Displays a paragraph of dialogue in the designated dialogue text object.

Property	Description
Name (optional)	Name of the person talking.
Phrase	The phrase/paragraph that should be presented.
Append	Check to append existing dialogue, rather than replacing it.
On new line	Check to makes sure the appended text is on a new line.
Vocal audio asset (optional)	Audio to be played when this paragraph is spoken
Volume	Audio volume
Balance	Audio balance

Halt the execution of actions for a set duration of time or until player presses a button.

Property	Description
Wait	Waiting mode. [Timed, Forever, Until mouse button is clicked, Until video ends]
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) for which the wait will occur.
Allow skipping	Allow the player to skip through by clicking or pressing a key.

Display an interactive menu to the player and act on their selection.

Property	Description
Menu template	Menu asset which will be used to display the menu.
Number of options	Number of options to display [2..8]
[Option] Phrase	Text phrase for this option
[Option] Condition (optional)	Condition for when this option is enabled.

Change the current page's background image.

Property	Description
Background image	Texture asset to use as background.
Fade	Fade in the new background.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the fade.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Conditional story branch. Act on a condition being true or false.

Property	Description
Condition	Condition to evaluate.
When true	Action to perform if the condition is true.
When false	Action to perform if the condition is false.

Go to a different page.

Property	Description
Page	Destination page.

Play a story thread.

Property	Description
Thread	Destination thread.

Defines a label.

Property	Description
Name	Label name.

Go to a label (current page only).

Property	Description
Label	Destination label.

Ends the novel.

Make an actor appear in the scene. Once the actor has been instantiated, it can be manipulated by other actions like any other object.

Property	Description
Actor	Actor to enter.
Location	Where in the scene the actor should appear.
Target layer	The layer in which the actor object should be placed.
Fade in	Fade in the actor object.
Slide	Slide in the actor object.
Distance	Distance (in pixels) that she actor should slide.
Direction	Slide direction.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the fade and/or slide.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
State	Initial state of the actor (if available).
Mirror	Actor object should be mirrored.

Remove an actor from the scene.

Property	Description
Actor	Actor to withdraw.
Fade out	Fade out the actor object.
Slide	Slide out the actor object.
Distance	Distance (in pixels) that she actor should slide.
Direction	Slide direction.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the fade and/or slide.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Change the name of an actor. The change will affect future dialogue.

Property	Description
Actor	Actor to rename.
New name	New actor name.

Change the current sequence of an animated image.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Animation	New animation sequence.

Change the current state of an image set.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
State	New state.

Change the text content of a text object.

Property	Description
Object	Target text object.
Text	New text.

Toggle the visibility of an object. You can set a time value, for when the object's OnShow or OnHide event will be called, giving you the ability to create custom transitions through scripting.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Visibility	[Show, Hide]
Time (sec)	Duration for which the OnShow or OnHide event should run.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Show an object at one of a number of predefined positions. Useful for displaying characters, mostly.

Remarks: This action is deprecated. Use Enter actor instead.

Fade an object in or out over a set duration of time.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Fade	[In, Out]
Time (sec)	Duration for of fade/slide.
Slide	Slide object.
Slide distance	Slide distance (in pixels).
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Change an object's color.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Color	Color value.
Opacity	Opacity value.
Fade	Fade to the new color.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the fade.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Change the position, size, scale and rotation of an object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the transform.
Smooth	Smooth (non-linear) interpolation.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Position	New object position.
Size	New object size.
Rotation	New object rotation.
Scale	New object scale.

Change the position of an object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the transform.
Smooth	Smooth (non-linear) interpolation.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Position	New object position.

Change the scale of an object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the transform.
Smooth	Smooth (non-linear) interpolation.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Scale	New object scale.

Change the size of an object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the transform.
Smooth	Smooth (non-linear) interpolation.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Size	New object size.

Change the rotation of an object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the transform.
Smooth	Smooth (non-linear) interpolation.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Rotation	New object rotation.

Mirror an image object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.

Flip an image object.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.

Shake an object in the scene for a set duration.

Property	Description
Object	Target object.
Magnitude	Magnitude (in pixels) of the shake.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the shake.
Directions	Directions of the shake. [All, Horizontal, Vertical]
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Play audio asset (as background music).

Property	Description
Audio asset	Audio asset to play.
Volume	Music volume.
Looping	Music should loop.
Crossfade	Should crossfade from previously playing music.

Play audio asset (as vocal).

Property	Description
Audio asset	Audio asset to play.
Volume	Music volume.
Balance	Audio balance.

Play audio asset (as sound effect).

Property	Description
Audio asset	Audio asset to play.
Volume	Music volume.
Balance	Audio balance.
Looping	Sound effect should loop.

Stop currently playing background music.

Stop currently playing vocal.

Stop (all) sound effects from playing.

Loads and plays a video file. The video is fed into one of three video channels and can only be viewed using a Video object.

Property	Description
Video source	Video source filename (relative to Novelty runtime)
Channel	Video channel [0..2].
Volume	Audio volume.
Looping	Video should loop.

Jump to an arbitrary point in a playing video.

Property	Description
Channel	Video channel [0..2].
Minutes
Seconds
Milliseconds

Stop playing a video file.

Property	Description
Channel	Video channel to stop.

Change the panning, rotation and zoom of the camera.

Property	Description
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) for the camera transition.
Smooth	Smooth transition.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Panning	Camera pan (position).
Rotation	Camera rotation.
Zoom	Camera zoom (scale).
Target	Entire scene or individual layers.

Resets the camera to the default settings.

Property	Description
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) for the camera transition.
Smooth	Smooth transition.
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.
Target	Entire scene or individual layers.

Shake the entire scene for a set duration.

Property	Description
Magnitude	Magnitude (in pixels) of the shake.
Time (sec)	Duration (in seconds) of the shake.
Directions	Directions of the shake. [All, Horizontal, Vertical]
Wait to complete	Wait for this action to complete before triggering the next.

Set or change a game variable.

Property	Description
Operator	Assignment operator.
Variable name	Name of the game variable to set or change (case sensitive).
Value	Value to assign.

Turn a game switch on or off.
Same as setting a game variable to true or false.

Property	Description
Operator	Set or Toggle
Switch variable name	Name of the game variable to set or change (case sensitive).
Value	Value On or Off

Brings up a dialogue where the player may enter text. The response can be assigned to a game variable or be used to change the name of an actor.

Property	Description
Message	Text message to display to the player.
Response action	[Store in game variable, Rename actor]
Variable name	Name of the game variable to set (case sensitive).
Actor name	Name of an Actor.
Default value (optional)	A default value for the entry
Max length (optional)	Maximum length of the text. (0 = no limit)
Allow empty	Allow the player to give an empty entry.

Execute a piece of script code.
This action can be used to simply call a script function or you may enter a more complex script if you like. The code you enter will be compiled when the action is triggered. Any errors are reported in the console window.

Property	Description
Code	Script code that should be executed.
Comment (optional)	A comment that will be displayed in the Action window.