How to control dialogue flow during the conversation.

[lakshman]

Hi Tony,

As I have created a SMS conversational flow, and everything is working as expected.
There are two questions :
1. I'm wondering how to control the flow like, on next button click I need to forward the conversation to the next dialogue and pervious button to replay previous dialogues. And also need to pause and play the current conversation without hiding the dialogue UI.

2. On sequencer I'm setting an pop-up image to display, but before closing the image. The next dialogue flow is starting. How to check until the image/game object is closed I don't want to start the next dialogue. After on close button click I need to start the next dialogue.

kindly point me on the right direction to achieve the above mentioned functionality or any references.

Thanks,
Lakshman

[Tony Li]

Hi,

1. I'm wondering how to control the flow like, on next button click I need to forward the conversation to the next dialogue and pervious button to replay previous dialogues.

Please see the Backtracking Example on the Dialogue System Extras page.

And also need to pause and play the current conversation without hiding the dialogue UI.

I don't understand. Are you asking how to keep the dialogue UI visible even when a conversation is not playing?

2. On sequencer I'm setting an pop-up image to display, but before closing the image. The next dialogue flow is starting. How to check until the image/game object is closed I don't want to start the next dialogue. After on close button click I need to start the next dialogue.

Use the WaitForMessage() sequencer command on the dialogue entry node that shows the pop-up image, or make the command that hides the pop-up image wait for the sequencer message. For example, your entry's Sequence might look like:

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SetActive(PopUpImage1);
SetActive(PopUpImage1, false)@Message(ClosedPopUp)

When the player closes the image, send the sequencer message (e.g., "ClosedPopUp"). You can do this in C#:

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PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem.Sequencer.Message("ClosedPopUp");

Or with a Dialogue System Trigger. Put the Dialogue System Trigger on the pop-up image, and set its trigger dropdown to OnDisable. Set Add Action > Play Sequence. Set the Sequence to:

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SequencerMessage(ClosedPopUp)

[lakshman]

Hello Tony,

Firstly sorry for the late reply.
Thank you for pointing me to the right direction to achieve the required functionality.

I don't understand. Are you asking how to keep the dialogue UI visible even when a conversation is not playing?

Yes, imagine there is a pause button when we click on the button I need to pause the current conversation without disabling the dialogue UI window.

Thank you,
Lakshman

[Tony Li]

Hi,

You could do like the example scene in this thread. Add a Canvas Group to the Dialogue Panel (if it doesn't already have one), and set its interactable property false. You can also pause the Dialogue System by calling DialogueManager.Pause(). (Call DialogueManager.Unpause() when you want to resume the conversation.)

[lakshman]

Hello again,

Thank you Tony for the guidance. The functionality according to our need is fulfilled.
I have one more question Is there is way to give hyper reference of a website in "Subtitle Panel" or "Response Panel" ?


Thank you,
Lakshman

[Tony Li]

Hi Lakshman,

Yes, use TextMesh Pro (see TextMesh Pro Support) and <link> tags. You will have to write the code that makes the <link> tag open a website (e.g., using Application.OpenURL).