Dismiss current conversation

[zenasprime]

Currently, when I have conversation triggered by OnEnable, the dialogue started remains with the UI even if a new conversation is triggered. How do I explicitly dismiss a conversation either in code or via a Unity Event?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

I assume you've ticked the option to allow simultaneous conversations, right? Otherwise it shouldn't allow the new conversation to start while the old one is active.

You can call DialogueManager.StopConversation() to stop the old conversation before starting the new one.

That's the preferred way to do it. If you need to dig into a list of active conversations, you can access DialogueManager.Instance.ActiveConversationRecords, which is a list of ActiveConversationRecord objects. To end a specific conversation, call its ConversationController property's Close method.

[zenasprime]

I had not but I'll look into that.

And this is exactly what I was looking for. I see there are other functions as well that I can call from an event.

Thank you.

[zenasprime]

Is it advisable to bypass the conversation trigger altogether and simply use Unity Events to trigger conversations?

[Tony Li]

It's up to you. Ultimately they both call DialogueManager.StartConversation(). Conversation Triggers have built in Conditions, though, which can be handy.

[zenasprime]

As always, Tony, thanks for the quick and sound advice. You've been a big help.

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!

Putting a related question out there for everyone: Is there any demand for a version of DialogueManager.StopConversation() that takes a specific conversation title? Such as:

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DialogueManager.StopConversation("Politics at Dinner"); 

[hellwalker]

Would that help with stopping one of simultaneous conversations?

[Tony Li]

Would that help with stopping one of simultaneous conversations?

Yes, as long as you can distinguish the conversations by their titles. If you've started two conversations with the same title, I'd probably program it so that both of them are stopped.

[zenasprime]

Is the current Stop() the equivalent of a StopAll()?