Conversation Questions

[PayasoPrince]

Hi Tony!

Hope you have been well, dude.

I have a a few questions regarding conversations I am hoping you can answer when you get the chance.

1. If I want a specific NPC to start a specific conversation based on where the player is in the story, what is the easiest method for doing this?

2. Let's say "NPC:B" has 40 different conversations that can start for different cutscenes. Is there a more organized/optimal way of containing all of a specific NPC's conversations rather than just adding to the dropdown below?
I have a ton added already and its getting pretty messy.


3. When I start a Conversation Track in my Timeline, I like to stop the timeline until the player presses Continue.
What I have been doing is adding this to every conversation's sequence:

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

However, this is getting pretty cumbersome to add to each conversation sequence. Is there a way to make every conversation behave this way by default?
I thought I could accomplish this by navigating to: Templates > Dialogue Entries > Sequence > and adding it there, but it didn't seem to work that way.

As always, thanks so much for the assistance, Tony!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

1. If I want a specific NPC to start a specific conversation based on where the player is in the story, what is the easiest method for doing this?

Conditions. For example, always start a "hub" conversation that branches to different conversations based on dialogue entry Conditions.

2. Let's say "NPC:B" has 40 different conversations that can start for different cutscenes. Is there a more organized/optimal way of containing all of a specific NPC's conversations rather than just adding to the dropdown below?
I have a ton added already and its getting pretty messy.

Use forward slashes in your conversation titles to group them into submenus. Note: If you change a conversation's title, you'll need to update references to the conversation title in your scene's Dialogue System Triggers. You can do this manually or using the renamer tool (Tools > Pixel Crushers > Dialogue System > Tools > Asset Renamed).

3. When I start a Conversation Track in my Timeline, I like to stop the timeline until the player presses Continue.
What I have been doing is adding this to every conversation's sequence:

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

However, this is getting pretty cumbersome to add to each conversation sequence. Is there a way to make every conversation behave this way by default?

Set the Dialogue Manager GameObject's Display Settings > Camera & Cutscene Settings > Default Sequence. Or, if you don't want to apply this to all conversations, edit the conversation's properties (Menu > Conversation Properties) and tick Override Display Settings > Camera & Cutscene Settings.