Question about Yanfly's message core

[Bridgeman]

How do you change the height of the message box? I googled this and pretty much every result says "use Yanfly's message core", but nobody explains how to actually change the height of the message box using it. I don't see an option for it anywhere.

 

[Munchy]

okie dokie give me a second i shall try and suss this for you, havent used it personally but i understand alot of the yep plugins bare with and ill get back to you!

 

[Munchy]

How do you change the height of the message box? I googled this and pretty much every result says "use Yanfly's message core", but nobody explains how to actually change the height of the message box using it. I don't see an option for it anywhere.

within the plugin itself you see a default row option, increase that from 4 to 8 and you will have a big big text box there you go bro glad i fixed it for you!

 

[Bridgeman]

Unfortunately that doesn't quite solve my problem. I had already fiddled with that, but that option basically declares how many lines of text can be displayed, and the textbox size is altered as a result. However, I want to make the textbox smaller, not bigger, and if I enter a value lower than 4 I can also only have that many lines of text.

 

[Munchy]

EDIT* after putting the box height on 2 and the font size on 20, without going the full hog and wrapping the text so it doesnt get cut off (look at the plugin manual on the left on how to do that) i have managed to achieve small text box with yes two lines of text but if you wrap your text you wont have the cut off problem and will give you your desired effect. you can definitely achieve what you are after using this plugin just gonna take abit of setting up using the plugin commands during text events hope this helps

 

[Bridgeman]

Right, but with only two lines of text. Imagine your run of the mill RPG cutscene, except now with only two lines of text available per textbox. Not something I want to do to players. There must be a less roundabout way of going about this.

 

[Munchy]

I HAD A THOUGHT! i cant believe this slipped my mind. i assume you are using yeps core engine? have you tried altering the windows fields there? that im sure will change the text window but then 4 rows as default

 

[Andar]

@Munchy @Bridgeman
Sorry if this comes out as condensing, but has anyone of you even bothered to read the description on the plugin website?

Message Core (YEP) - Yanfly.moe Wiki

www.yanfly.moe

Scroll down to plugin commands and you'll find out how to dynamically change the number of lines at any time between show text commands.

EDIT:
and I just checked, you don't even have to go to the website, the descriptio of the plugin commands is even in the help window of the plugin itself in the plugin manager...

 

[Munchy]

@Munchy @Bridgeman
Sorry if this comes out as condensing, but has anyone of you even bothered to read the description on the plugin website?

Message Core (YEP) - Yanfly.moe Wiki

www.yanfly.moe

Scroll down to plugin commands and you'll find out how to dynamically change the number of lines at any time between show text commands.

well **** me sideways lol as that info is in the plugin manager info section i completely overlooked it lol! yeah man this holds the key to the answers you seek! lol!!

 

[Bridgeman]

I finally figured it out. It's really vague and pretty much requires tweaking like five different settings, but it works. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction guys.

 

[Munchy]

@Munchy @Bridgeman
Sorry if this comes out as condensing, but has anyone of you even bothered to read the description on the plugin website?

Message Core (YEP) - Yanfly.moe Wiki

www.yanfly.moe

Scroll down to plugin commands and you'll find out how to dynamically change the number of lines at any time between show text commands.

EDIT:
and I just checked, you don't even have to go to the website, the descriptio of the plugin commands is even in the help window of the plugin itself in the plugin manager...

i looked back at this man and if you actually read his request he is specifically asking for the HEIGHT change and it doesnt state anywhere on the list you provided how to do that. i was working with him to figure out how to do the HEIGHT specifically within the plugin

 

[Andar]

It's really vague and pretty much requires tweaking like five different settings, but it works.

he is specifically asking for the HEIGHT change and it doesnt state anywhere on the list you provided how to do that

The command is
MessageRows n

each row is one line of text, you use that plugin command to change how many (n) lines of text are displayed in a single message window.
for cases with more than 4 rows/lines (the maximum of the default show text) the plugin automatically combines several show text commands into one window if the show text commands come one after another.
for cases of less than 4 rows you simply place less text lines into the next show text command.

 

[Munchy]

yeah man thats what we got up to figuring out, he wanted the same 4 rows but in a smaller box so i figured smaller font with wrapped text would do the same thing, im not sure on the exact method hes used to suss it mind you id be interested in seeing what tweaks in the plugin hes figured out to achieve it

 

[Bridgeman]

I ran into problems because I'm using a bitmap font, which is smaller than the default font. I had to tweak several settings. Line height, text padding, text size, mainly.

 

[Munchy]

I ran into problems because I'm using a bitmap font, which is smaller than the default font. I had to tweak several settings. Line height, text padding, text size, mainly.

ah see i tested it in my current project which has a custom font which is naturally smaller than the default so perhaps this is why i managed to achieve it earlier, im glad you figured it out man and are happy with it now yeah?

 

[Bridgeman]

Yep, working as I want it to now.

 

[Munchy]

Beautiful problem solved! peace out man

 

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