Chat Bubble Addon

Chat bubble addon for Suriyun's MMORPG Kit Tested on MMORPG Kit v1.70f

Installation

1. Import the folder
2. Done (no configuration necessary)

Uninstall

1. Delete the ChatBubble folder

Temporarily disable

1. Open each of your PlayerCharacterEntity prefabs
2. Un-tick Show Chat Bubbles on each PlayerCharacterEntity component

Edit chat bubble appearance

1. Open the ChatBubblePrefab in ChatBubble/Resources
2. Make your changes to the prefab
3. Do not change prefab name: it must be named ChatBubblePrefab and it must be in the Resources folder
4. If the chat bubble is too high or too low for your characters, you can move the BubbleRoot object up or down
5. The MessageBubble-Template object is the template that will be instantiated at runtime to create multiple chat bubbles.

• You can try setting a new sprite on the Image components of the MessageBubble-Template and Arrow objects (sliced sprites look best).

6. The channel colors will be applied to all the items in the Tinted Graphics arrays in the ChatBubble and ChatBubbleElement components
7. The items in the Transition Objects array will be transitioned out when there are no bubbles visible

• By default, the Arrow object should be in the Tinted Graphics and Transition Objects arrays.

Edit word-wrap width

1. Open the ChatBubblePrefab in ChatBubble/Resources
2. Edit the Max Bubble Width field on the ChatBubble component

Edit chat bubble duration

1. Open the ChatBubblePrefab in ChatBubble/Resources
2. Change the value of Min Duration, Max Duration and Extra Duration Per Character on the ChatBubble component.

• The Extra Duration Per Character allows longer messages to be displayed for a longer amount of time, measured in seconds per character.
• Min Duration is the base duration. If Extra Duration Per Character is 0, the total duration will be Min Duration.
• Max Duration is the upper bound on the total duration (so that Extra Duration Per Character does not make the duration too long for really long messages).

Change display based on channel (e.g. disable chat bubble for Guild messages, or change color of bubble for Whisper)

1. Open the ChatBubblePrefab in ChatBubble/Resources
2. Change the channel message tint colors to whatever you want
3. Tick the boxes for the message channels for which you want the bubble to display (e.g. unticking Show Guild Bubble will hide the bubble for Guild chat)
4. Note that the channel colors will be applied to all the items in the Tinted Graphics arrays in the ChatBubble and ChatBubbleElement components

Other settings

1. Change the maximum number of chat bubbles that can show at once: edit Max Bubbles on the ChatBubblePrefab
2. Change how long (in seconds) the transiton animations will take: edit Transition Duration on the ChatBubblePrefab
3. Bubbles Must Expire In Order on the ChatBubblePrefab:

• Because of the Extra Duration Per Character, longer messages display for longer than short ones.
• This means if you send a long message followed by a short one, the short message may expire before the (older) long one.
• Setting Bubbles Must Expire In Order to true will prevent this, by waiting to close a given message until after all its previous messages have closed.