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This page describes how to import and export Comma-Separated Values (CSV) format, which can be opened in spreadsheet applications.
To export CSV, use the Dialogue Editor. On the Database tab:
Assets hierarchy) and name to create the dialogue database.The image below shows settings for converting a CSV file:
The CSV file must follow the format below.
It can contain one or more sections. Each section is optional. The sections are:
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Database | Database Properties |
| Actors | Actors |
| Items | Items; also used for quests |
| Locations | Locations |
| Variables | Variables |
| Conversations | High level information about each conversation |
| DialogueEntries | Individual dialogue entries in the conversations |
| OutgoingLinks | Links between dialogue entries |
The Database section must contain:
Database Name,Version,Author,Description,Emphasis1,Emphasis2,Emphasis3,Emphasis4 (name),(version),(author),(description),(emphasis setting 1 in format #rrggbbaa biu),(emphasis2),(emphasis3),(emphasis4) Global User Script (luacode)
The Actors section must contain:
Actors ID,Portrait,AltPortraits,SpritePortrait,AltSpritePortraits,Name,Pictures,Description,IsPlayer Number,Special,Special,Special,SpecialText,Files,Text,Boolean (id),(texturename),[(texturenames)],(name),[(picturenames)],(description),(isplayer) ...
NOTE: In version 2.2.10, the columns in the Actors section changed. The SpritePortrait and AltSpritePortraits columns were added. If you need to import a pre-2.2.10 CSV file into version 2.2.10+, you must add these columns to the Actors section of your CSV file.
The Items, Locations, Variables, and Conversations section must contain:
(Heading) -- where this is Items, Locations, Variables, or Conversations ID,(field),(field),(field)... Number,(fieldtype),(fieldtype),(fieldtype)... (id),(fieldvalue),(fieldvalue),(fieldvalue)...
The Variables section may contain a final column titled "InitialValueType" that specifies the variable type (Text, Number, or Boolean).
The DialogueEntries section must contain:
DialogueEntries entrytag,ConvID,ID,Actor,Conversant,MenuText,DialogueText,IsGroup,FalseConditionAction,ConditionPriority,Conditions,Script,Sequence,(field),(field)...,canvasRect Text,Number,Number,Number,Number,Text,Text,Boolean,Special,Special,Text,Text,Text,(fieldtype),(fieldtype),...,Text (entrytag),(ConvID),(ID),(ActorID),(ConversantID),(MenuText),(DialogueText),(IsGroup),(FalseConditionAction),(ConditionPriority),(Conditions),(Script),(Sequence),(fieldvalue),(fieldvalue)...,#;#
The DialogueEntries section may contain an optional final field "canvasRect" of the format "x;y" that specifies the dialogue entry's position on the node editor canvas.
The OutgoingLinks section must contain:
OutgoingLinks OriginConvID,OriginID,DestConvID,DestID,ConditionPriority Number,Number,Number,Number,Special #,#,#,#,(priority)
Omitted values in any particular asset should be tagged with {{omit}}.
This is an excerpt of a dialogue database in CSV format. It's been pared down for brevity, so it won't actually import into the CSV importer, but it shows the format of each section. You can use the Dialogue Editor to export a complete version of the Demo database which you can import using the CSV importer.
Database Name,Version,Author,Description,Emphasis1,Emphasis2,Emphasis3,Emphasis4 CSV Import,1.5.1.0,John Smith,"This is the description.",#ff0000ff b--,#44b634ff b--,#4688e6ff b--,#ccccccff b-- Global User Script Variable["Alert"] = "Welcome!" Actors ID,Portrait,AltPortraits,Name,Pictures,Description,IsPlayer Number,Special,Special,Text,Files,Text,Boolean 1,,[],Player,[../../Art/Portraits/Player.png],The player controls a sci-filieutenant.,True 2,,[],Private Hart,[../../Art/Portraits/Private Hart.png],"The squad's technical expert.",False Items ID,Name,Description,Success Description,Failure Description,State,Entry Count,Entry 0 State,Entry 0,Entry 1 State,Entry 1,Is Item Number,Text,Text,Text,Text,Text,Number,Text,Text,Text,Text,Boolean 1,Assassinate the Emperor,"Your squad has infiltrated the evil Emperor's star carrier to assassinate him during the launch ceremony.\nYou can liberate your star system by opening the airlock, but scores of innocent attendees will also die.\nWill you follow orders or abandon this opportunity?","With the Emperor jettisoned into space along with scores of innocent families and children, your star system is free from the Empire's tyranny.",You decided that killing so many innocent people would make you no better than the Emperor himself. The rebellion will have to find another way.,unassigned,2,unassigned,You must hack the computer to gain control of the airlock doors.,unassigned,You must decide whether to open the airlock doors or lock them.,{{omit}} Locations ID,Name Number,Text 1,Star Carrier Variables ID,Name,Initial Value,Description,InitialValueType Number,Text,Text,Text,Text, 0,Alert,,Show alert messages during gameplay by setting this variable.,Text Conversations ID,Title,Description,Actor,Conversant Number,Text,Text,Actor,Actor 1,Private Hart,"This conversation occurs between the player and Private Hart, who refuses to open the airlock to kill the evil Emperor because a hundred bystanders would also die. This is the primary conversation in the demo. It demonstrates branching dialogue, the quest system, sequences, and QTEs. ",1,2 DialogueEntries entrytag,ConvID,ID,Actor,Conversant,Title,MenuText,DialogueText,IsGroup,FalseConditionAction,ConditionPriority,Conditions,Script,Sequence,Video File,Importance,FR,Menu Text FR,Sequence FR,Response Menu Sequence Text,Number,Number,Number,Number,Text,Text,Text,Boolean,Special,Special,Text,Text,Text,Text,Text,Text,Text,Localization,Text,Text,Text Player_1_0,1,0,1,2,START,,,False,Block,Normal,,,None(),,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Private_Hart_1_1,1,1,2,1,No Quest Yet,,"Lieutenant! We have a problem, sir!\nA big problem.",False,Block,Normal,Item["Assassinate_the_Emperor"].State == "unassigned",,"LookAt(listener,speaker); LookAt(speaker,listener); Camera(Medium); Camera(Closeup,speaker,1)@0.1; require Camera(Closeup,listener)@2",,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Private_Hart_1_2,1,2,2,1,Quest is Active,,"We can't murder those bystanders, sir. It's not right.",False,Block,Normal,Item["Assassinate_the_Emperor"].State == "active",,"LookAt(listener,speaker); LookAt(speaker,listener); Camera(Closeup); require Camera(Closeup,listener)@2.5",,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Private_Hart_1_4,1,4,2,1,Airlock Relocked,,"You did the right thing, sir.",False,Block,Normal,Item["Assassinate_the_Emperor"].State == "failure",,"LookAt(listener,speaker); LookAt(speaker,listener); Camera(Closeup); require Camera(Closeup,listener)@2",,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Player_1_5,1,5,1,2,,Calm down. What's the problem?,,False,Block,Normal,(Quest["Assassinate_the_Emperor"] == "success") and (Variable["gotBox"] ~= false),Quest["Assassinate_the_Emperor"] = "unassigned",,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Player_1_6,1,6,1,2,,"Report, private.",,False,Block,Normal,,,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Player_1_7,1,7,1,2,,"Stand by, private. I'll be back.",,False,Block,Normal,,,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Private_Hart_1_8,1,8,2,1,,,"The Emperor is in the hangar, sir.",False,Block,Normal,,,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} Player_1_9,1,9,1,2,,Good. Our spies were right.,,False,Block,Normal,,,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}} OutgoingLinks OriginConvID,OriginID,DestConvID,DestID,ConditionPriority Number,Number,Number,Number,Special 1,0,1,1,Normal 1,0,1,2,Normal 1,0,1,3,Normal 1,0,1,4,Normal