2014-04-06, 11:36 PM
I've moved on from the quest text for now and started working on the "Battle Quips" section. Luckily, it uses pretty much the same text system as the "Special Recruit Quests" so I didn't have to do much dissecting. But I still had to program a custom text extractor tool since the battle quips section is arranged differently that other sections.
The Quips/Special Quest text system includes special tags to integrate speech and sound effects directly into text. The quest's "choreography" data tells the system which sounds and graphics should be ready for the use in the quest. Then tags embedded in the text control when the sounds/graphics are played/displayed.
The big problem is that the setup is designed to auto-next the dialog boxes in sync with the voice acting. Needless to say, the timing on Japanese speaking is quite different than the time it takes to read the equivalent in English. Not quite sure the best way to handle this problem yet.
Anyways, here is a little sample from one of the battle quips as displayed in the Recollection section.
The Quips/Special Quest text system includes special tags to integrate speech and sound effects directly into text. The quest's "choreography" data tells the system which sounds and graphics should be ready for the use in the quest. Then tags embedded in the text control when the sounds/graphics are played/displayed.
The big problem is that the setup is designed to auto-next the dialog boxes in sync with the voice acting. Needless to say, the timing on Japanese speaking is quite different than the time it takes to read the equivalent in English. Not quite sure the best way to handle this problem yet.
Anyways, here is a little sample from one of the battle quips as displayed in the Recollection section.