Prompting Alerts

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Thu May 07, 2015 4:58 am

Is there any way to prompt alerts aside from having a conversation node? I want to prompt an alert at a certain point but I don't want to make a new conversation with an empty node just to have that alert. I am also using Adventure Creator. Is there a way to prompt an alert from there?

Tony Li · Post by **Tony Li** » Thu May 07, 2015 5:07 am

Hi,

Good idea - In the next release, I'll add an Adventure Creator action to show an alert.

Currently, you can show an alert using an Alert Trigger or any of the other triggers that allow you to specify an alert message such as Increment On Destroy. You can also call DialogueManager.ShowAlert() in code.

Tony Li · Post by **Tony Li** » Thu May 07, 2015 3:17 pm

You can download an updated support package for Adventure Creator: here.

This updated package works with AC 1.44 and AC 1.45, and adds two new actions:

ThirdParty: Dialogue System Alert (shows a message using the Dialogue System's UI)

ThirdParty: Dialogue System Sequencer Message (sends a message to the sequencer)

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:04 am

Tony, thanks for getting that update out so quick! Looks awesome so far. As a quick question, how would you go about setting a Popup Switch type variable in AC through the Dialogue Nodes. I've tried

Variable[My_PopupSwitch] = "MyValue";

Variable[My_PopupSwitch] = MyValue;

Variable[My_PopupSwitch] = 0;

None of which seem to alter the value of my Popup Switch. Is there something I'm missing?

Tony Li · Post by **Tony Li** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:23 am

Hi,

What is the name of your AC variable as defined in AC's Variables tab? And what type is it (string, int, Boolean)?

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:29 am

The name of my AC Variable is Q1B Trigger. It's type is Popup.

Tony Li · Post by **Tony Li** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:41 am

Thanks! Let me look into this and get back to you. I may need to add specific support for the Popup variable type. The AC/DS bridge currently supports the basic variable types: strings, ints, floats, Booleans.

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:44 am

Tony,

Sounds good. In the mean time I have found another way around this. I am just going to make a empty dialogue node with a sequencer command to hit Continue for me.

Tony Li · Post by **Tony Li** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:26 pm

Should you need to sync popup or float variables in the future, I updated the AC support package. It's on the Dialogue System Extras page.

Rocco · Post by **Rocco** » Tue May 12, 2015 4:50 am

Thank you very much Tony!