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# Copyright (C) 2012, Tom Rothamel
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# This file is distributed under the same license as the Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine package.
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# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
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"Project-Id-Version: Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine 6.15.7\n"
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"POT-Creation-Date: 2013-10-06 11:52\n"
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"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
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"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:7
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msgid "NVL-Mode Tutorial"
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:9
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msgid "There are two main styles of presentation used for visual novels. ADV-style games present dialogue and narration one line at a time, generally in a window at the bottom of the screen. NVL-style games present multiple lines on the screen at a time, in a window that takes up the entire screen."
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:15
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msgid "In this tutorial, we will explain how to make an NVL-mode game using Ren'Py. This tutorial assumes that you are already familiar with the basics of Ren'Py, as explained in the :doc:`Quickstart manual<quickstart>`."
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:20
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msgid "Getting Started"
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:22
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msgid "NVL-mode can be added to a Ren'Py script in two steps. The first is to declare the characters to use NVL-mode, and the second is to add ``nvl clear`` statements at the end of each page."
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msgid "Characters can be declared to use NVL-mode by adding a ``kind=nvl`` parameter to each of the Character declarations. For example, if we the character declarations from the Quickstart manual are::"
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msgid "Changed to use NVL-mode, those declarations become::"
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msgid "Note that we have also added an NVL-mode declaration of ``narrator``. The ``narrator`` character is used to speak lines that do not have another character name associated with it."
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:43
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msgid "If we ran the game like this, the first few lines would display normally, but after a while, lines would begin displaying below the bottom of the screen. To break the script into pages, include an ``nvl clear`` statement after each page."
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#: ../../source/nvl_mode.rst:48
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msgid "The following is an example script with pagination::"
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msgid "While nvl-mode games generally have more text per paragraph, this example demonstrates a basic NVL-mode script. (Suitable for use in a kinetic novel that does not have transitions.)"
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msgid "By default, menus are displayed in ADV-mode, taking up the full screen. There is also an alternate NVL-mode menu presentation, which displays the menus immediately after the current page of NVL-mode text."
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msgid "To access this alternate menu presentation, write::"
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msgid "The menu will disappear after the choice has been made, so it usually makes sense to follow menus with an \"nvl clear\" or some sort of indication as to the choice."
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msgid "Showing and Hiding the NVL-mode Window"
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msgid "The NVL-mode window can be controlled with the standard ``window show`` and ``window hide`` statements. To enable this, add the following code to your game::"
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msgid "Setting :var:`config.empty_window` to ``nvl_show_core`` will cause the NVL-mode window to be displayed during a transition. (The last two lines select the default transitions to be used for showing and hiding the window.)"
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msgid "An example of using the window commands to show and hide the window is::"
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msgid "Customizing Characters"
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msgid "NVL-mode characters can be customized to have several looks, hopefully allowing you to pick the one that is most appropriate to the game you are creating."
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msgid "The default look has a character's name to the left, and dialogue indented to the right of the name. The color of the name is controlled by the ''color'' parameter. ::"
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msgid "A second look has the character's name embedded in with the text. Dialogue spoken by the character is enclosed in quotes. Note that here, the character's name is placed in the ''what_prefix'' parameter, along with the open quote. (The close quote is placed in the ''what_suffix'' parameter.) ::"
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msgid "A third look dispenses with the character name entirely, while putting the dialogue in quotes. ::"
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msgid "Since the third look might make it hard to distinguish who's speaking, we can tint the dialogue using the ''what_color'' parameter. ::"
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msgid "Of course, a completely uncustomized NVL-mode character can be used, if you want to take total control of what is shown. (This is often used for the narrator.) ::"
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msgid "Customizing Menus"
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msgid "There are a few styles that control the look of the menus. Here's some code showing how to customize them. See :doc:`style` for more information about styles. ::"
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msgid "Customizing the NVL window"
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msgid "There are a few styles that control the NVL window; here's some code showing how to customize them. See :doc:`style` for more information about styles. ::"
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msgid "You can also completely customize the screen used to display NVL text, which is named ``nvl``; see :ref:`nvl-screen`."
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msgid "Paged Rollback"
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msgid "Paged rollback causes Ren'Py to rollback one NVL-mode page at a time, rather than one block of text at a time. It can be enabled by including the following code in your script. ::"
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msgid "Script of The Question (NVL-mode Edition)"
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msgid "You can view the full script of the NVL-mode edition of ''The Question'' :ref:`here <thequestion_nvl>`."
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