Two Character Conversation Text

Assets/Scripts/TextBoxManager.cs

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+using UnityEngine;
+using System.Collections;
+using UnityEngine.UI;
+
+public class TextBoxManager : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    /** 
+    For a text box to simulate a conversation between two characters.
+
+    Things that need to be specified: 
+        - names of the first and second speaker.
+        - file that contains the dialogue.
+
+    In the text file, format should look something like:
+        Zimri: Hello.
+        NPC: I must go.
+        Good bye!
+        Zimri: Have a nice day.
+    If a speaker has more than one line, you can include the speaker's name in each 
+        line after the first, but it is not necessary.
+    See sampledialogue.txt for an example.
+    **/
+
+    public GameObject textBox;
+
+    public Text thedialogue;
+
+    public TextAsset dialogue;
+    public string[] dialoguelines;
+
+    int currentLine = 0;
+    int endAtLine;
+    public string firstCharacter;
+    public string secondCharacter;
+    bool firstSpeaker = true;
+
+    // Use this for initialization
+    void Start()
+    {
+        //Each line in the text file stored into dialogueLines.
+        if (dialogue != null)
+        {
+            dialoguelines = (dialogue.text.Split('\n'));
+        }
+
+        if (endAtLine == 0)
+        {
+            endAtLine = dialoguelines.Length - 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Update is called once per frame
+    void Update()
+    {
+        //Detects a change in speaker.
+        if (dialoguelines[currentLine].Contains(firstCharacter))
+        {
+            firstSpeaker = true;
+        }
+
+        if (dialoguelines[currentLine].Contains(secondCharacter))
+        {
+            firstSpeaker = false;
+        }
+
+        //Text color changes depending on speaker.
+        if (firstSpeaker == true)
+        {
+            thedialogue.color = Color.red;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            thedialogue.color = Color.blue;
+        }
+
+        //Display line.
+        thedialogue.text = dialoguelines[currentLine];
+
+        //Press U for next line.
+        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.U))
+        {
+            currentLine += 1;
+        }
+
+        //Text box disappears after all lines have been spoken.
+        if (currentLine > endAtLine)
+        {
+            textBox.SetActive(false);
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}

Assets/Text/sampleDialogue.txt

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+Zimri: Hello.
+NPC: Good morning.
+Zimri: Good bye.
+NPC: Wish you well.
+Have a nice day!

ProjectSettings/ProjectVersion.txt

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-m_EditorVersion: 5.3.2p1
+m_EditorVersion: 5.3.2f1
 m_StandardAssetsVersion: 0