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Hi all.
Nice to be here

I installed DS successfully yesterday, and had a look around here and there as you do.
Seems like a great asset, but I am going to ask a newb question anyway!
(This will also test the forum for replies lol)

I have searched for the question I have and there are some replies from Tony to these posts.
However, as a noob, I need a basic explanation...

Starting off with a basic converstation, (New Conversation 1)and the NPC and player can have several responses, how and where do I set up a variable that guides the dialogue to a certain node? Where do I input the variable?
Say, I have 3 possible responses. Need a variable. Set it where?
And when its set where do I tell the node to check this variable?

My apologies for such a basic question, but I have tried to do this from the other post replies, but I'm obviously doing something wrong!

Regards Chris

Hi Chris,

Thanks for using the Dialogue System!

The Conversation Conditions Tutorial covers this. (That link includes a video version as well as text version.)

There's a bit of fluff at the beginning to set up the actors. Then it gets straight to defining a variable, writing a conversation, and using the variable in the conversation.

Please give the tutorial a try. If you have any questions, let me know.

Hi Tony.

Thanks for a great asset and response, it is appreciated.
Just the learning curve and all that...

I have already looked at the tuts, but the examples are booleans, which wont help if there are more than 2 options.
So, I guess I'm asking how to set a variable that has 3 or more possibilities.
In the dialogue manager where you add variables, I cannot see a variable type that would accomodate random numbers.
Again my apologies for asking such basic info.
I'm sure when I get all the basics understood, I can work my way around most other problems.

Regards Chris

Hi Chris,

You could of course use multiple Booleans, but you're probably looking for the Number type. If you have a question about how to accomplish what you want with the Number type, please let me know. If possible, describe a specific conversation, such as:
I realize the example above uses conditions on the NPC's lines, but the same idea applies for player lines.

Some other things to note:

• Conversations Evaluate Conditions One Extra Level Ahead
• You can register your own C# methods with Lua, for example to expose certain player responses only if the player has a certain skill level in a skill system that's not part of the Dialogue System.