Decide what a timed dialogue choice picks when the player hesitates

A hostage shouts a question and the player has a few seconds to answer while bullets fly. The timer runs while the pause menu is open, picks an answer the player never leaned toward, or ignores a button press that came a hair too late. Here is how your AI makes the outcome fair and predictable.

Why this works

A timer under pressure must measure the player's attention, not the clock on the wall. If the menu stops it, a late press never counts, and a leaning is honored, the outcome follows what the player meant and does not depend on luck.

When not to use it

Skip it when the choice is a big, lasting one, such as who lives: a timer there feels cruel and forces guesses. Let the player take their time, or offer a setting that turns the timer off.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 43 lines of example code with 7 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Decide what a timed dialogue choice picks when the player hesitates" (read_entry timed-dialogue-choice-pause-and-highlight) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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