Get Actor Details Set In Conversation Editor

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zenmaster
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Get Actor Details Set In Conversation Editor

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Hiya.

Can you please tell me how I'd go about getting the name and the ID of the actor and the conversant set in the dialogue editor window?

I only have conversations between two entities, and they're comfortably set in the conversation window and shown down the bottom right. Using the conversation title I'm trying to get those actor details at runtime and can't quite figure it out.

Thank you!
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Tony Li
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Re: Get Actor Details Set In Conversation Editor

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Hi,

If you're trying to get them in a C# script, a Conversation has ActorID and ConversantID fields. From those, you can get the Actors and their names:

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Conversation conversation = DialogueManager.masterDatabase.GetConversation("Some Conversation Title");
Actor actor = DialogueManager.masterDatabase.GetActor(conversation.ActorID);
Actor conversant = DialogueManager.masterDatabase.GetActor(conversation.ConversantID);
Debug.Log($"This conversation is between {actor.Name} and {conversant.Name}");
If you're trying to get them in a conversation, use [var=Actor] and [var=Conversant]. Example:
  • Dialogue Text: "Hi, [var=Actor]. I'm an NPC named [var=Conversant]."
zenmaster
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Re: Get Actor Details Set In Conversation Editor

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