Battle Dialogue

Battle Dialogue

Shows what is said in a battle in boxes that slide out at the sides of the screen, in the same style as Map Display (opens in a new tab), instead of the message window. The battle no longer stops until you press a key: animations and damage go on while the lines are shown.

• Lines of your party slide out at the left with a green bar, lines of the enemy side at the right with a red bar, each with the speaker's face and name. The box fades out towards the middle of the screen.
• A summon speaks on the side of whoever summoned it.
• Lines of the game's events, such as an enemy's answers when you use Talk, show at the right unless a member of your party says them.
• Messages nobody says, such as "... appears!", show as a see-through strip at the top, below the skill name.
• Each box stays for 1.5 to 5 seconds, depending on how long the line is, then fades out. Up to three stack on each side, the newest on top.
• Messages with choices stay in the normal message window.
• Once a battle is won or lost, its messages stay in the normal message window too, so victory screens such as Victory_Screen.rb wait for you as before.

It works together with Monster Girl Quest! Online (opens in a new tab).

Install

1. Install the community's mod loader: the Patch.rb from Patch.rb (enable Type 1 mods) (opens in a new tab) on the MGQ wiki, in your Patch folder. If you already use other Patch folder mods, you have it.
2. Download Battle_Dialogue.rb (opens in a new tab) and put it into the Patch folder.

To uninstall, delete Patch\Battle_Dialogue.rb.

Settings

Timing, sizes, positions and colors are constants at the top of Battle_Dialogue.rb. Open it in any text editor to change them. ENABLED = false turns the boxes off without uninstalling the mod.

Compatibility

Tested on 3.06, with and without the English translation.

This mod wraps the following methods and calls the original from them:

• Scene_Battle#wait_for_message
• Scene_Battle#process_skill_word
• Scene_Battle#process_down_word
• Scene_Battle#update_basic
• Scene_Battle#terminate
• Game_Message#clear

Mods that replace these without calling the original may not work together with it.

A mod that shows battle messages of its own can name who says one by setting $game_message.speaker to that battler; the box then shows on that battler's side. Without it, the side is told by the speaker's name and face.