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Hi Tony,

So I have a field in some of my quests that's a boolean called "Return".

What would I put in the dialogue tree script field to progress if this particular value of this particular quest is set to true?

Thanks,

BB

If you want the dialogue to be allowed or blocked by the boolean, in the Condition field you would have:


Or, if you want to change the boolean value, you can use the script field to make changes to variables and quest states, etc.

- it's best to use the drop-down menu for adding fields to conditions and scripts.

Similarly to Nathan's reply, if this is a field in your quest rather than a variable, you'll need to check the Quest[] table instead of the Variable[] table. The "..." dropdowns don't go so far as to handle custom quest fields, so you'll have to type it manually. For example:

• Conditions: Quest["Holy_Grail"].Return == true

Note that non-alphanumeric characters such as blank spaces should be replaced by underscores, so "Holy Grail" becomes Quest["Holy_Grail"].

If the quest doesn't have a Return field, it will return nil, which is the "undefined" value.

Perfect, thanks guys.

I have a similar problem where a conversation string spits this out:

Hey there Variable["player_name"]

As that's what's in the dialogue editor. Is there something special I need to do to get this as a runtime value?

Thanks,

BB

Hi,

If that's a dialogue entry's Dialogue Text or Menu Text field, or a quest's description or entry fields, then the Dialogue System should automatically replace [var=player_name] with the value of the variable player_name.

(Note that the format is [var=varName].)

If it's another field or a string of your own, call FormattedText.ParseCode to get a version in which [var=varName] and [lua(code)] tags have been replaced with their values:

That still didn't work, maybe I'm explaining myself poorly.

Here's what I have in the Dialogue entry, it spits this out literally in-game.

Hi,

Try changing your Dialogue Text to: Hey [var=player_name]

Hey, I know it's been a while. I still can't get this working even with that syntax.

I've tried these in my dialogue text field:

"
Variable["player_policeStars"] hours should do it.

[var="player_policeStars"] hours should do it.

[var=player_policeStars] hours should do it.

"
None of those do anything other than the raw code coming through in the text. Is there something I'm missing?

Never mind, it was the way this was being parsed at the text box end.