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| - | Displays a dialogue box with the specified message text. Interaction with the scene will be disabled until the player clicks | + | Displays a [[dialogue]] box with the specified message text. Interaction with the scene will be disabled until the player clicks the left mouse button |
| ====Signature: | ====Signature: | ||
| <code python> | <code python> | ||
| - | display_message(message_text) | + | display_message(message_text, speaker) |
| </ | </ | ||
| ^Argument^Description^Type^Required^ | ^Argument^Description^Type^Required^ | ||
| - | |message_text|Message text to display in the dialogue box.|[[String]]|Yes| | + | |message_text|Message text to display in the [[dialogue]] box.|[[String]]|Yes| |
| + | |speaker|[[character|Character]] who will speak the message.|[[Entity]]|No| | ||
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| - | You can use [[placeholder_expression|placeholder expressions]] within the message text, or even variables and properties on their own, if you'd like to display dynamic information (for example, the current value of a global property). | + | You can use [[placeholder_expression|placeholder expressions]] within the message text, or even variables and properties on their own, if you'd like to display dynamic information (for example, the current value of a [[global_properties|global property]]). |
| </ | </ | ||
| ====Example: | ====Example: | ||
| <code bauxite> | <code bauxite> | ||
| - | display_message(" | + | display_message(" |
| </ | </ | ||
| - | // | + | // |
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| - | Use the **Display Message** function to display information about interactive objects (such as signs) or to inform the player of events that have occurred. | + | Use the **Display Message** function to display information about interactive |
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| - | ====Visual Demo: | + | ====Visual Demo:==== |
| {{: | {{: | ||
| </ | </ | ||