Originally Posted by ajstoner

Hey Brian, great guide you posted above; very solid advice and I agree with Baz that you should post it to SBUGC.

I wanted also to drop in and thank you once more for your excellent advice in your reviews of "Finding Resolution." It has been at the top of the ratings chart for the last several days and your input played a big part in getting it there.

Listen to this guy, folks. He knows his stuff.

AJS

Originally Posted by grylak

Hmmm. Interesting comments on the Continue button. I had wondered about replacing my continue with something, but wasnt sure what. I guess making them blank buttons would not be a good move?


I'll have to fix those on my mission on your list, there are quite a few continue in it. I viewed it as continue the conversation, not as the player saying continue.

Originally Posted by dalolorn

Meh, was just pointing out small errors.

By the way, nice guide. :smile:

Originally Posted by bazag

You can't have a blank button - If you try it just automatically reverts back to 'Continue'

Originally Posted by backyardserenade

Personally, I think it is OK to have "Continue" as a button, when the text really continues (e.g. 3 pages of dialog, on page 1 & 2 it says "Continue"). Whenever another character speaks or a dialog is finished, there could/should be something to acknowledge that there's a change in the dialog. Sometimes a simple "Understood" is enough, if you ask me.

And you should be aware that this coin has two sides. Many Foundry authors tend to overuse the button text and put A LOT of dialog or sentences in there - that pretty much destroys text flow and is often confusing. I would dare to say that most people only superficially read those buttons and don't want to have answers put into the mouths of their captains.

As with many things, you should try to hit the right balance. And be consistent in the way you use buttons.

Originally Posted by grylak

Even if I just put in a space bar press?

Originally Posted by ajstoner

Yes, there has to be something in there and spaces only will be removed. I typically use "..." if the captain isn't adding anything at that point.

Originally Posted by markhawkman

I try to avoid using continue constantly, and instead use something appropriate. although I have on at least one occasion used an emoticon. >_<' is the one I used.