Starbound

Starbound

Chat Bubbles Stay Longer
20 Comments
soopytwist  [author] 8 May, 2021 @ 11:44am 
@Blackwolf_swe
No problem at all, glad to be of some help.
Blackwolf_swe 8 May, 2021 @ 11:22am 
@soopytwist Thank you! :)
soopytwist  [author] 8 May, 2021 @ 9:44am 
@Blackwolf_swe
Unsub the Steam mod, download the folder from the dropbox link below and put it in the game's Mods folder. If you want to change the time to 15 seconds then edit the file chatbubbles.config.patch with Notepad (Notepad++ recommended) and change the value 10 to 15.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hea5f9gm16jn3sx/AADfQ3lei1VpUfL10qoqHa5Ca?dl=0
Blackwolf_swe 8 May, 2021 @ 7:40am 
Would you mind making 2 more verions for this? 10 seconds and 15, im playing with my nephew and he can't read english that well yet. it's helped a lot so far but frackin universe has so much more text to read :P
LucasStim97 9 Dec, 2020 @ 7:37pm 
thanks. very helpful
Artificer 22 Dec, 2019 @ 12:18am 
or helpful for people who read slower
Lottas 26 Aug, 2016 @ 6:53am 
really helpful for guys like us.. that aren't native English speakers. Thank you for this little gift.
UndeadWaffle 2 Aug, 2016 @ 6:53pm 
So this is still useful! yay!
Heartless 2 Aug, 2016 @ 5:56pm 
Lol chuckle fist. xD hehehe that would be funny~
soopytwist  [author] 2 Aug, 2016 @ 10:06am 
PLEASE NOTE: The Starbound update 1.0.4 has extended the NPC chat bubbles to 4.5 seconds... that's a whole ONE AND A HALF SECONDS extra!

:steamfacepalm:

Use my mod instead and they'll stay on screen for 6 seconds. My mod is patch compatible so it'll stay working regardless what Chucklefist do.

UndeadWaffle 2 Aug, 2016 @ 9:45am 
Update just came out where it extends the chat bubble in game. How long does it stay for now by default?
Heartless 31 Jul, 2016 @ 4:12am 
Before.. I wanted to click an npc 50 times to read what they said.. now.. I only have to click them 25 times.. Thanks Soopy!
AliensOnMars 30 Jul, 2016 @ 4:32pm 
Thanks for doing this - I read slowly so this a really big help, hate missing story bits, breaks the immersion!
soopytwist  [author] 29 Jul, 2016 @ 7:56am 
@MaBra I thoroughly expect them to patch it at some point (making this mod useless). I'm more concerned with the apparent lack of a pause function.
Mabra 29 Jul, 2016 @ 4:16am 
This should be implemented in vanilla.
soopytwist  [author] 28 Jul, 2016 @ 7:55am 
@fuyu._

If you want to change the time for chat bubble display unsubscribe from the mod and download this instead:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6htz922uy36njty/SayWhat.zip?dl=0 .

After unzipping, edit the chatbubbles.config.patch file with Notepad. Starbound can use unpacked files as long as they are in the mods or user folder.

Alternatively use the asset unpacker in the win32 folder to unpack contents.pak from the workshop folder, change the maxAge value then repack it back to contents.pak - that way I get to keep your sub :steamhappy:
Fuyuno 27 Jul, 2016 @ 5:19pm 
any 'longer longer' options? sometimes npc's say a hellofalot that i can't read in 3 (or 6) seconds xD

say... 8~11 seconds or so?
ethereal 27 Jul, 2016 @ 12:39pm 
Thank you.
it's a gabe 27 Jul, 2016 @ 12:27pm 
JS, there should be an option in vanilla to set for how long you want the bubbles to stay up. Thx for this!
Wex 27 Jul, 2016 @ 11:24am 
Nice, I use to always miss that last 5 words on big chat bubbles.