local line_length = {}
local line_text = {}
local played = {}
local current_line = {}

--number of lines to display in total
local max_lines = 3

function subtitles_init(e)
--change prompt here to the subtitles you wish to show
line_text[1] = "Hello there cruel world"
--change time here to length you want to display each line for (in seconds)
line_length[1] = 2
--repeat for all lines (increasing the line number each time) like so
line_text[2] = "I am a test for subtitles"
line_length[2] = 1.5
line_text[3] = "How am i doing so far?"
line_length[3] = 1.1
--etc
end


function subtitles_main(e)
--start our timer at 0
if current_line[e] == nil then
current_line[e] = 1
StartTimer(e)
played[e] = 0
else
--check player in a zone to trigger the script
--replace it with GetPlayerDistance(e) if you want etc
if GetPlayerInZone(e) == 1 then

--used to only play the sound once
if played[e] == 0 then
--sound needs to be slot 0
PlaySoundIfSilent(e,0)
if line_length[current_line[e]] ~= nil then
--check timer is less than line duration so we can show the text correctly
if GetTimer(e) < line_length[current_line[e]] * 1000 then
if line_text[current_line[e]] ~= nil then
Prompt(line_text[current_line[e]])
end --nil check
else
StartTimer(e)
--check if we have reached the end or increase to next line
if current_line[e] < max_lines then
current_line[e] = current_line[e] + 1
else
played[e] = 1
end --end of subtitles
end --timer for next line
end --nil check
end --play once check
else
current_line[e] = nil
end --in zone

end --set up
end --main

function subtitles_exit(e)

end