Is there a way to disable user input during dialogue?

[Archlvt]

Hello,

I'm having a bit of trouble with something that's honestly probably incredibly simple. I would like to temporarily take control AWAY from the user while dialogue boxes automatically come and go. Yes, I'm aware you can use \| and \^ in order to automate the message window, but the problem is that if a user hits confirm, it will finish the dialogue early. I would like to completely remove the user's ability to skip or speed up the dialogue as it is part of a cutscene where multiple characters are walking and talking.

The cutscene plays out beautifully as is, provided the player doesn't touch anything when it's playing.

I am using YEP MessageCore, AutopauseatPunctuation, YED Wordwrap, and GALV MessageSoundEffects.

**Edit** I did just notice that GALV MessageSoundEffects is what allows the user to skip dialogue entirely rather than just speeding it up, but I really don't want to give up such a big part of the game for one cutscene. I'm hoping someone with experience in these plugins knows a way around this.

 

[Shaz]

Are you sure it's that plugin? I don't see anything in the code that tells it to skip the rest of the message.

 

[Archlvt]

Are you sure it's that plugin? I don't see anything in the code that tells it to skip the rest of the message.

100%. Enabling it lets me skip the dialogue before it even finished displaying, while without it all I can do is speed up the message. But even without it, I don't want the player to be able to even speed up the message in this case.

 

[MushroomCake28]

Not sure if your current plugins can accomplish that so I'm moving this thread to Plugin Support for now.

Moved to Javascript/Plugin Support

 

[Kuro DCupu]

Alternatively there's a tricky way to achieve the same effect without using plugin, although it's a bit clunky.
Here, I have a tutorial that allow you to make a skippable event.

DCupu Eventing - Skippable Event

This eventing tutorial works with most RPG Maker. I must admit, that even though it's NOT PERFECT and INCONVENIENT, this is probably the most relatable way of making a skippable content in your game. What is this about? Common question from most player : "Can we skip the cutscene?" Yes, this...

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The only problem with it is just when dealing with message window it still has to wait for the last window message to finish. Unless you found a way to forcefully close a window message, my skippable event will be perfect.

 

[MikaTeapot]

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...-forward-for-move-routes-and-show-text.49982/ worked for me, for this problem.

 

[Archlvt]

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...-forward-for-move-routes-and-show-text.49982/ worked for me, for this problem.

This actually worked flawlessly, even eliminating issues caused by the other plugins. Frankly, I didn't like that GALV MessageSoundEffects allowed the ability to skip dialogue entirely to begin with, so that fast forward plugin was a double whammy win. Thank you very much for referencing it.