Change Actor At Runtime

[RetroVertigo]

Sorry if this has been answered already, but looking around the forums I didn't see what I was needing.

I am trying to instantiate a NPC object and within that object I have a Dialogue Actor component added. I want to change the Actor field within it based on another variable.

I am assuming I can use something at runtime to change the Actor based on my other variable

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DialogueActor.Actor = "someone";

but I am not sure how to go about this. Any ideas?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Assuming you have a reference to the instantiated NPC object, try this:

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using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem; // (Add to top of your script.)
...
DialogueActor dialogueActor = npcObject.GetComponent<DialogueActor>();
if (dialogueActor != null)
{
    dialogueActor.actor = "someone";
}

Here's another tip that I'm not sure is relevant, but I'll mention it. You can include [var=variable] and [lua(code)] markup tags in your Dialogue Actor's actor value.

For example, say you have a DS variable named "Number_Of_Kingdoms_Conquered". You could set an NPC's actor field to:

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dialogueActor.actor = "Emperor of the [var=Number_Of_Kingdoms_Conquered] Kingdoms";

[RetroVertigo]

Thanks again for all the assistance Tony!

[Tony Li]

Happy to help!