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I've got a question about Magic Mouths. Occasionally, I like to have the player wander into a cut-scene where a proximity switch will active six or seven mouths on a character. I've realized by now that the order in which I connect the switch to the mouths decides when they'll play, and also that because they all activate together, the five or six waiting speech bubbles are depicted as smaller bubbles beneath the active one. I've encountered a problem, however, that only occurs some of the time, and only when multiple mouths (usually more than two) are involved. The player walks into range of the proximity switch and the first speech bubble pops up, the camera pans/zooms. Under it, I can see the five waiting bubbles, but after a few seconds, all or most of these "time out"--they disappear. This is a major problem, as while I'm reading the first speech bubble, I find that the others disappear from the queue, and when I cancel the first to read the second, the cut-scene ends abruptly without any further speech bubbles appearing. This kinda cripples my ability to do longish cut-scenes, so if anyone knows how to make sure those speech bubbles stay waiting for the player, that'd be great.

2010-08-26 23:39:00 Author: Chirm Posts: 9

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A solution to this is to make a directional piston with mag key on end and It goes over mag switches activating them one at a time. Also check my YouTube for a different method with a more precise and flexible method for this

2010-08-26 23:59:00 Author: AssassinatorRFC Posts: 715

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I used to have the hardest time figuring this out, but someone finally figured it out and told me the solution. Anyway, the mouth has to be onscreen or it will time out (even if it's invisible, it still has to be on screen). If the next mouth you're queuing up has to be offscreen, then you're gonna' need a timer to trigger it and immediately detrigger the one before it like Assassinator said.

2010-08-27 00:17:00 Author: Sehven Posts: 2188

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Thanks for the replies, guys. Very helpful information.

2010-08-27 00:23:00 Author: Chirm Posts: 9

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See also this post (https://lbpcentral.lbp-hub.com/index.php?t=9218-Cinematic-control-using-magic-mouths-Do-s-and-Don-ts) which explains it in detail.

2010-08-27 13:41:00 Author: Aya042 Posts: 2870

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