Custom fixed time pause characters

[juliohq]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Writing [pause=1.0] in your timelines is a bit too long for a simple feature, especially if your pauses have mostly the same length.

Describe the solution you'd like
I believe adding a special character like @, ~ or even * in the middle of your timelines might be a good idea to speed things up a bit. Preferably, the fixed time pause character could be configurable so users might choose what special character to use and how long each one should be.

Describe alternatives you've considered
N/A

Additional context
I've written some logic that worked fine for me in the res://addons/dialogic/Modules/Text/subsystem_text.gd script:

func parse_text_effects(text:String) -> String:
	...
	# Parse fixed pause asterisks
	var last_index = text.find("*")

	while last_index != -1:
		text = text.substr(0, last_index) + text.substr(last_index + 1)
		parsed_text_effect_info.append({
			'index': last_index,
			'execution_info': {
				'callable': effect_pause,
			},
			'value': "0.1"
		})
		last_index = text.find("*", last_index)
	...

This is just a draft feature and could evolve to something better than it looks like right now. What do you think about it?

[Jowan-Spooner]

Hey @juliohq this is kindof what auto-pauses already do, with the exception that they do not remove the symbol. But this could be implemented as a custom text modifier in an extension module pretty easily. I'm not sure it needs to be in the core, but I'm open to be convinced otherwise.