Best way to convert dialogues from text format

[mandi]

Hi Tony,
some of my dialogues are written in plain text files, in a script-like fashoin (capitalize name of the character, under that its dialogue line, then an empty line, and then the same for the other conversant). What kind of pipeline would would recommend for converting that into DS database (I guess some xml parser maybe)?
Best!

[Tony Li]

Hi Artur,

Here are three ideas:

1. Put it in CSV format and use the CSV Converter. You'd need to convert this:

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LADY ASTOR
Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your tea.

CHURCHILL
Madam, if I were your husband ... I'd drink it.

to something like this:

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Actors
ID,Portrait,AltPortraits,Name,Pictures,Description,IsPlayer
Number,Special,Special,Text,Files,Text,Boolean
1,,[],Player,[],"",True
2,,[],CHURCHILL,[],"Winston Churchill",False
3,,[],LADY ASTOR,[],"Lady Astor",False

Conversations
ID,Title,Description,Actor,Conversant
Number,Text,Text,Actor,Actor
1,Test Conversation,"This conversation occurs Churchill and Lady Astor.",2,3

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
CHURCHILL_1_0,1,0,1,2,START,,,False,Block,Normal,,,None(),,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}}
LADY_ASTOR_1_1,1,1,3,1,,,"Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your tea.",False,Block,Normal,,,,,{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}},{{omit}}
CHURCHILL_1_2,1,2,2,1,,,"Madam, if I were your husband ... I'd drink it.",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

2. Or do the same but put it in Chat Mapper XML format and use the Chat Mapper Converter.

3. Or write your own converter. There's a starter template in Scripts/Editor.

[mandi]

Thank you Tony!

[Tony Li]

Happy to help!