Failed to load Articy file

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bigbobbers
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Failed to load Articy file

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Hello, I'm not sure where I am going wrong with exporting from Articy and then using that file with the plugin to save a database. I just get two error messages.
-No valid schema data found
-Dialogue System: Failed to load

More detailed info:
I export my Articy Draft X file using the Unity preset, with the following settings:
-Markup for text formatting: Convert text markup to Unity Rich Text
-Include Assets in export
-All objects

It always dumps the exported Articy file in the Asset folder instead of where I tell it to. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. I move it into the 'ArticyExports' folder I created. In the Dialogue System I set the 'project' and the 'save to' sections but when I attempt to Save Database I get those two errors.

Any advice on how to make this work would be really helpful! Is it possible that Articy Draft X isn't supported by the Dialogue System Import tool?

I think it could be something to do with the exported file because it is not recognised as an Articy file in the Unity inspector. It is just a default file, and it has a space where it shouldn't.
In the inspector is it called 'The_News Stand' and in the project hierarchy it is called 'The_NewsStand' and I have no idea why.

It sounds similar to https://www.pixelcrushers.com/phpbb/vie ... php?t=1180, but I am using the latest versions of both plugins and Articy software and Engine, so I don;'t know what the fix is.
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Tony Li
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Re: Failed to load Articy file

Post by Tony Li »

Hi,

The Dialogue System for Unity doesn't rely on articy's Unity plugin. Please export your articy project to XML format:

xmlExport.png
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Then specify that XML file in the Dialogue System's Articy Importer window. More info: articy:draft Import
bigbobbers
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Re: Failed to load Articy file

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Thanks for that! I had no idea :oops:
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Tony Li
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Re: Failed to load Articy file

Post by Tony Li »

No worries! This way you don't have to have articy's Unity plugin in your project, which is kind of a slow plugin.
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