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Posted: **Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:32 pm**

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?

Posted: **Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:35 am**

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

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