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Show Message
Show a message
'show message <message_id>'
The
message
action let's you show a message to the player. A message is a nice way of showing something that requires more text such as an email or instructions. You could also use it as a mailbox or something of the sorts in your game.Each message has a close button so the user is able to close it when he's finished reading it.
Action ID:
Message
Reversible: Yes
Requires User Interaction: Yes, the user needs to close the message before continuing.
Name | Type | Description |
message_id | string | The name of the message you want to show. These must be declared beforehand using this action configuration functions. |
To show a message, you must first declare it with all of it's characteristics. To do so, the message action has a configuration function where you can define your id or name for each message and their respective information.
Monogatari.action ('Message').messages ({
'<message_id>': {
title: '',
subtitle: '',
body: ''
}
});
Name | Type | Description |
title | string | The title of the message |
subtitle | string | A subtitle for the message |
body | string | The body or contents of the message |
The following script will show a simple text message:
Script
Message Configuration
Monogatari.script ({
'Start': [
'show message SampleWriting',
'end'
]
});
Monogatari.action ('Message').messages ({
'SampleWriting':{
title: 'Some sample writing',
subtitle: 'From Evelyn',
body:'Just look how easy it is!'
}
});
You can also include HTML on your message, the following script and configuration will show a message with HTML on it.
Script
Message Configuration
Monogatari.script ({
'Start': [
'show message SampleHTML',
'end'
]
});
Monogatari.action ('Message').messages ({
'SampleHTML':{
title: 'Some sample writing',
subtitle: 'From Evelyn',
body: `
<p>This message is being formatted with HTML</p>
<img src="assets/images/message.png">
`
}
});
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