Same conversation keeps repeating

[aandinofreeland]

I've been trying to make a database at runtime following the guide I've seen posted as well as reading the documentation. I get everything to work fine. The first conversation prints as expected, but each time I try to print a new one after that it just replays the same conversation as the first one. I made sure this wasn't anything on my end as all my debug logs for the dynamic dialogue are showing the correct text to print, but the dialogue shown through the DialogueSystem doesn't match.

[aandinofreeland]

I have discovered using

DialogueManager.ResetDatabase(DatabaseResetOptions.RevertToDefault);

did the trick, but it resets all my variable values which becomes an issue.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

When you're done with a conversation, I recommend removing and destroying its database to free up the memory it's using:

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DialogueManager.RemoveDatabase(runtimeDatabase);
Destroy(runtimeDatabase);

Alternatively, you could create and reuse a single "fake" conversation whose details you fill in at runtime. (This is what the Dialogue System's Ink integration does. It lets Ink run the back-end engine, and the Dialogue System just acts as a front-end to serve up whatever text and choices Ink produces.)

To fill in the details at runtime, you can use an OnConversationLine() method to set the fake dialogue entry's subtitle text. Example:

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const int FakeConversationID = 9999;
...
var conversation = template.CreateConversation(FakeConversationID, "Fake Conversation");
// (Create a START node and a node with entry ID 1 linked from START.)
...
void OnConversationLine(Subtitle subtitle)
{
    if (subtitle.dialogueEntry.conversationID == FakeConversationID && subtitle.dialogueEntry.id == 1)
    {
        subtitle.formattedText.text = /* get text from some other source */
    }
}