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I want to make sure the player can't control the camera or player character when NPC's are talking to him (i.e. when the Dialogue UI is active). How can I ask the Dialogue System if this is the case from outside?

Here are two ways:

1. Check DialogueManager.isConversationActive.

2. Or add a Dialogue System Events component to the player. Configure the OnConversationStart() event to disable the player's controls. Configure OnConversationEnd() to re-enable them. For an example, see the player in DemoScene1 or the bottom part of the Interaction Tutorial.

Number one sounds easiest! Thank you very much.

Number one is easiest, but depending on where you use it, it may involve polling -- that is, constant checking such as in Update().

Number two is slightly more efficient because it's event-driven. Instead of constantly checking, it just runs once when a conversation starts and once when the conversation ends.

The performance difference may be absolutely negligible, though.