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Choices

ShowChoice asks the player to pick from a list of options, and puts the number of the one they picked in LVar0. Options count from 0.

Show the question first, with a message that ends with [Yield][End] so its box stays open, then answer with ContinueSpeech:

Call(SpeakToPlayer, NPC_SELF, ANIM_Goombaria_Talk, ANIM_Goombaria_Idle, 0, MSG_CH0_0098)
Call(ShowChoice, MSG_Choice_0011)
IfEq(LVar0, 0)
    Call(ContinueSpeech, NPC_SELF, ANIM_Goombaria_Talk, ANIM_Goombaria_Idle, 0, MSG_CH0_009A)
Else
    Call(ContinueSpeech, NPC_SELF, ANIM_Goombaria_Talk, ANIM_Goombaria_Idle, 0, MSG_CH0_0099)
EndIf

The options are a message too. msg/1E_Choices.msg has the game's, such as Choice_0011, which is Yes or No:

#message:1E:(Choice_0011) {
	[Style choice pos=120,90 size=75,46]
	[DelayOff]
	[Cursor 0][Option 0]Yes[BR]
	[Cursor 1][Option 1]No[BR]
	[Option 255][DelayOn]
	[SetCancel 1][EndChoice 2][End]
}

To write your own, copy one with the same number of options and change its text:

  • [Cursor n][Option n] comes before option n.
  • [SetCancel 1] picks option 1 when the player presses B.
  • [EndChoice 2] is the number of options.
  • pos and size in [Style choice] set where the box is and how big it is.