How to get the player's input

[DearDeerDee]

Hello there!

I have an NPC that asks the player "What's your name?" Then the player types in the name before it's stored in a variable.

I've already used the sequence command TextInput, and I have a gameobject in the scene called "TextInputField". But nothing happens when the conversation took place. Is there a detailed document of how to set up this TextInputField somewhere? I tried to search in the forum but didn't find anything particularly useful.

Thanks!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Does the conversation run at all?

Does it show the text input field?

If not, are there any errors or warnings in the Console window?

For an example of using TextInput(), examine DemoScene1's Terminal conversation. It uses TextInput() to get the password from the player. (The password is 'dominate'.)

In the next node after using TextInput(), you can set the player's Display Name. Example:

• Dialogue Text: "What's your name?"
  Sequence: TextInput(Text Field UI, Name:, playerName)

• Dialogue Text: "Hi, [var=playerName]. Nice to meet you!"
  Script: Actor["Player"].Display_Name = Variable["playerName"]

[DearDeerDee]

Hi Tony, in my node I have the sequence like this:

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This is the node afterwards:

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When I played this conversation, there was nothing on screen when the first node played. Then the second node played out as "Hi, Nice to meet you". It seems that there was nothing stored in the variable of PlayerName.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Is your text field UI named "TextFieldUI" (no spaces) or "Text Field UI" (with spaces)? Make sure the name matches exactly.

Also try setting some text in the first node's Dialogue Text field, such as "What is your name?"

[DearDeerDee]

Hi,

I tried to add a dialogue when the input window should pop up yet still nothing happens.

However, I noticed that I don't have a TextFieldUI gameObject compared to the demo.

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How can I create this TextFieldUI gameObject in my project? Is there any documented tutorial available?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

You can copy it from one of the prefabs. For example:

1. Open the Basic Standard Dialogue UI prefab.

2. Expand it until you see Text Field UI.

3. Right-click on Text Field UI and select Copy.

4. Inspect your own dialogue UI.

5. Right-click on Dialogue Panel and select Paste.

6. Inspect it in the Scene view to make sure it's positioned where you want and looks the way you want.

[DearDeerDee]

Hi Tony,

I don't have my own dialogue UI. So far I am using the basic standard dialogue ui, set in the dialogue wizard.

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[DearDeerDee]

Hi Tony,

I dragged a Computer Standard Dialogue UI prefab into my scene as a child of world space canvas. Then I checked and realized that the Text Field UI game object has spaces while my sequencer doesn't. After the modification, the input window pops up in the conversation and the variable is stored!

Thanks so much for your detailed responses! They are super helpful!

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!