Show Message

Description
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'show message <message_id>'
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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.
Parameters
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.
Configuration
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.
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Monogatari.action ('Message').messages ({
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    '<message_id>': {
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        title: '',
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        subtitle: '',
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        body: ''
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    }
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});
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Properties
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
Examples
Text Message
The following script will show a simple text message:
Script
Message Configuration
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Monogatari.script ({
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    'Start': [
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        'show message SampleWriting',
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        'end'
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    ] 
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});
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Monogatari.action ('Message').messages ({
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    'SampleWriting':{
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        title: 'Some sample writing',
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        subtitle: 'From Evelyn',
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        body:'Just look how easy it is!'
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    }
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});
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HTML Message
You can also include HTML on your message, the following script and configuration will show a message with HTML on it.
Script
Message Configuration
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Monogatari.script ({
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    'Start': [
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        'show message SampleHTML',
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        'end'
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    ] 
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});
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Monogatari.action ('Message').messages ({
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    'SampleHTML':{
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        title: 'Some sample writing',
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        subtitle: 'From Evelyn',
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        body: `
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            <p>This message is being formatted with HTML</p>
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            <img src="assets/images/message.png">
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        `
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    }
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});
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