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Add a very simple Bubble Layer template that doesn't move, or parameters to disable move #2247

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@hsandt

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There is only one text Layer that tracks a character's head, which is the Bubble Layer and it's very elaborate: it has lerped motion to target, wobble and a tail.

I can use the tail, and it's easy to disable wobble by setting Wobble parameters to 0, but I can't completely get rid of the initial move. I'm working on an old school game and I want to start simple before I start adding fancy effects.

I set Behaviour Distance and Behaviour Direction to zero, but there is still some motion.

Looking at res://addons/dialogic/Modules/DefaultLayoutParts/Layer_Textbubble/text_bubble.gd > _process, the motion uses:

var direction := (base_direction + edge_influence).normalized()
var p: Vector2 = base_position + direction * (
		safe_zone + lerp(bubble_rect.size.y, bubble_rect.size.x, abs(direction.x)) * 0.4
		)

where base_direction seems normalized anyway, and edge_influence is not zero either, so there is no way to really set it to 0.

The only way I found was to change code to force set p = base_position

Not the bubble doesn't move anymore on display, but I also lost the tail completely.

Describe the solution you'd like
A parameter to set to 0 or uncheck, to completely disable bubble motion.

Describe alternatives you've considered
It could also be a separate layer template, but it would probably be reusing the same .gd script anyway so in both cases there'd need to be parameter-based motion in text_bubble.gd

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The best result I got by suppressing motion, lost the tail:

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