massive work towards godot 4

scripts/TypeLabel.gd

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+extends Label
+
+@export var time_to_show = 4.0
+@export var fade_after_show = true
+#Hide all charafcters checked start
+func _ready():
+	show_text(time_to_show)
+	visible_characters = 0
+
+
+var timePassed = 0 #Current amount of time spend displaying te
+const CHECK_LENGTH = 0.05 #Interval to check for updates
+var timeNeeded = 0 #Time that it takes to display the text
+var timer #Timer object
+var fadeTimer #Timer object
+
+func show_text(seconds):
+	timeNeeded = seconds
+	timePassed = 0
+	if(!timer):
+		timer = Timer.new()
+		add_child(timer)
+		timer.connect("timeout",Callable(self,"on_timeout"))
+	timer.start(CHECK_LENGTH)
+	
+func fade_text(seconds):
+	timeNeeded = seconds
+	timePassed = 0
+	if(!fadeTimer):
+		fadeTimer = Timer.new()
+		add_child(fadeTimer)
+		fadeTimer.connect("timeout",Callable(self,"on_fade_timeout"))
+	fadeTimer.start(CHECK_LENGTH)
+
+func on_fade_timeout():
+	timePassed += CHECK_LENGTH
+	modulate.a = 1 - (timePassed/timeNeeded)
+	if(timePassed >= timeNeeded):
+		fadeTimer.queue_free()
+	else:
+		fadeTimer.start(CHECK_LENGTH)
+	pass
+
+func on_timeout():
+	timePassed += CHECK_LENGTH
+	visible_characters = (timePassed/timeNeeded) * get_total_character_count()
+	if(timePassed >= timeNeeded):
+		timer.queue_free()
+		if(fade_after_show):
+			fade_text(2)
+	else:
+		timer.start(CHECK_LENGTH)
+	pass