Displaying Character Names

[Gingerbread]

How do I display character names during dialogue? I see it in the program trailer and I'm real curious as how to use it.

Such as...
___[Hero Name]__________________

Hi. This is dialogue.
_______________________________

Thanks.

[AceHangman]

Use the SHOW TEXT command. Hover your mouse over the dialogue box where you are typing and a list of commands will show up. How to color or resize your text, how to make the words pause for a second before continuing or how to make them wait for input.

The syntax you want to use is '\n [#]' (without the apostrophes) where [#] is the number of the Actor. For instance \n [1] might appear as Eric (if he's your 1st Actor). You can always (and should) use the Preview button to see how your text will show in game (and to make sure your text isn't too long and cut off).

Otherwise, if it's just an NPC and not an Actor, you can just type their name in yourself, adding color to make it stand out. Something like \c [14]Jim \c [0] will make the word Jim show up in yellow (the \c [0] afterwards will make sure that the following text is back to normal).

[Gingerbread]

Thank you again! You’ve been such a help!