Change NPC Name During Dialogue

[WizardMonke]

Hello!

I'm new to the dialogue system and I was wondering if there was a way to change the name of an NPC that the player is talking to after they engage in dialogue? For example, the player may walk up to someone named "Stranger", and then in the dialogue, the NPC introduces themselves, and so now the player can see their name when looking at them.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Please see the "Discover Name" example package (direct download) on the Dialogue System Extras page.

[WizardMonke]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!

[suisei]

How can I localize this new Display Name?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Set the field "Display Name LN" where LN is the language, such as "Display Name zh" for Chinese, "Display Name es" for Spanish, etc.

[suisei]

Sorry Tony, I should give more details for the question.

I'm asking about localizing new display name, changed in lua function:

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ChangeActorName("Mephistopheles", "Mephistopheles")

Display Name localization can only localize "Stranger", but not "Mephistopheles".

Obviously this new name is not going through localization system... What is the best way to properly localize it?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

You will need to set it for each language in this case, such as:

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Actor["Captain"].Display_Name_es = "El capitán";
Actor["Captain"].Display_Name_zh = "船長";
ChangeActorName("Captain", "The Captain")

Use the ChangeActorName() function last, since it also updates the active conversation's UI.