Line Advancer
A Line Advancer listens for user input and sends requests to a Dialogue Runner to advance the presentation of the current line, either by asking a dialogue runner to hurry up its delivery, advance to the next line, or cancel the entire dialogue session.
A Line Advancer is generally used to implement a ‘press spacebar to continue/skip’ mechanic.
A Line Advancer isn’t a Line Presenter itself, but it’s designed to work with other line presenters, to interrupt and control the flow of dialogue.
To use a Line Advancer, create a new game object, and attach a Line Advancer component to it using the Add Component button.
You can control what specific input the component is looking for by changing the Continue Action Type setting:
- If you set the Input Mode to Key Code, you can select a key on the keyboard that will continue to the next line on press, or hurry up.
- If you set the Input Mode to Input Actions, you can create an Action from an input device (such as from a keyboard, gamepad, or other method).
If you want to use Input Actions, your project will need to be set up to use the Unity Input System.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Runner | The Dialogue Runner that will receive requests to advance or cancel content |
| Multi Advance Is Cancel | Does repeatedly requesting a line advance cancel the line? |
| Advance Count (available if Multi Advance is Cancel is chosen) | The number of times that a line advance occurs before the current line is cancelled. |
| Input Mode | The type of input that this line advancer responds to. |
| Hurry Up Line Key Code or Action (available depending on choice of Input Mode) | Tell the advance to hurry up. |
| Next Line Key Code or Action (available depending on choice of Input Mode) | Force the next line. |
| Cancel Dialogue Key Code (available depending on choice of Input Mode) | Cancel dialogue. |