[SOLVED] Using a variable as a string in the Quest[] list?

[Ders]

I'm trying to create a "modular" dialogue tree where there will be information given based on a global variable that will be set with the quest name. So the dialogue tree will be filled in with it's description and such.

Now, I had it working if I did it like this (harcoded):

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Quest["Name_of_Quest"].Description

But I want it to have the dynamic quest lookup with the variable so I tried this:

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Quest[Variable["Name_Of_Quest"]].Description

and this doesn't work.

So in the Dialogue Text of one of the node I have:

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[lua(Quest[Variable["CurrentQuest"]].Description)]

and this throws an error:

Dialogue System: Lua code 'return Quest[Variable["CurrentQuest"]].Description' threw exception 'Lookup of field 'Description' in the table element failed because the table element itself isn't in the table.'

Any idea how I can solve this? I'm kind of new and I can't see what I'm doing wrong.
Thanks in advance

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Make sure your variable's value has underscores in place of blank spaces, quotes, and other special characters.

The "index" into arrays such as the Quest array (that is, the part inside the [ ] square brackets) must have underscores in place of blank spaces etc.

Let's use the Feature Demo's "Assassinate the Emperor" as a concrete example.

You can get the quest description like this:

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Quest["Assassinate_the_Emperor"].Description

(Note the underscores in place of blank spaces.)

The trick is to make sure Variable["CurrentQuest"] is equal to "Assassinate_the_Emperor" with underscores:

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Variable["CurrentQuest"] = "Assassinate_the_Emperor"

Then you can use this in Dialogue Text:

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[lua(Quest[Variable["CurrentQuest"]].Description)]

and it will be equivalent to this:

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[lua(Quest["Assassinate_the_Emperor"].Description)]

If you need the "clean" quest name, it's kind of roundabout but you can use this:

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[lua(Quest["Assassinate_the_Emperor"].Name)]

It returns "Assassinate the Emperor".

[Ders]

Thanks for the reply! I figured it out in the meantime. It was indeed the problem that my quest name had spaces and I was thinking that the system would catch that for some reason (which was stupid). Removed spaces and everything is working correctly!

[Tony Li]

Great!