set Bool for NPC that is convinced to join my party

[americanbob]

hello,
i write a simple party system for the npc of my game, they to follow me, help in fights,, i'm control these functions with a bool on the npc "inParty" so if inParty is true for a npc, it will disable the "conversation trigger" collider and they will follow me etc.

i see there is variables section in dialogue but i'm not sure will help i need to set bool on my script for individual npc. is there a good way this can be with dialogue system?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Instead of using a bool in your C# script, you can define a field in your NPC actor:



To set the field's value in a dialogue entry, use Script:



To check or set the field's value in a C# script, use DialogueLua:

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using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;
...
// Is Fred in the party?
bool isInParty = DialogueLua.GetActorField("Fred the Warrior", "inParty").AsBool;
...
// Fred leaves the party:
DialogueLua.SetActorField("Fred the Warrior", "inParty", false);
DialogueManager.BarkString("Goodbye for now.", fred.transform);

Fields are included in saved games. When you load a game or change scenes, you can automatically activate/deactivate the NPC's conversation collider using a Persistent Active Data component: