Stop Timeline in ContinueConversationClip

[Tony Chou]

I want the dialogue system to work like a movie narrator in unity Timeline.
1. When subtitle show , stop timeline until player press continue button.
2. Hide dialogue UI until next subtitle show.
How do I complete this feature?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

There are two ways to do this:

Method 1:

• Don't link your conversation's dialogue entry nodes linearly. Link them all from the <START> node.
• Add a Conversation Track to your timeline, and use separate Start Conversation clips to show each node.
• Set the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings > Continue Button mode to Always.
• Set the Dialogue Manager's Default Sequence to:

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  Timeline(speed, timeline, 0); 
  required Timeline(speed, timeline, 1)@Message(Continued)

  where 'timeline' is the name of your PlayableDirector GameObject.

Method 2:

• Link your dialogue entry nodes linearly.
• Add a Conversation Track, and use a single Start Conversation clip to start the conversation.
• Add a Continue Conversation Track, and use Continue Conversation clips where you want to show each next node.
• Set the Dialogue Manager's Default Sequence, or the conversation's Conversation Properties > Override Display Settings > Camera & Cutscene Settings > Default Sequence, to:

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  Timeline(speed, timeline, 0);
  required Timeline(speed, timeline, 1)@Message(ClosedSubtitle)

  where 'timeline' is the name of your PlayableDirector GameObject.
• Set the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings > Continue Button mode to Always.
• Configure the continue button to call this script's CloseSubtitle method instead of actually continuing the conversation:
  CloseSubtitleButton.cs

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  using UnityEngine;
  using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;
  public class CloseSubtitleButton : MonoBehaviour
  {
      public void CloseSubtitle()
      {
          GetComponentInParent<StandardUISubtitlePanel>().Close();
          Sequencer.Message("ClosedSubtitle");
      }
  }

Here's an example of method 2:

DS_TimelineContinueClipExample_2021-12-16.unitypackage