Change background of dialogue option depending on state

[Adeoon]

Hi, so my dialogue options once read should have grey background as a highlight that player already ask about tha for example. I want to do it as simple as possible. One way to do that is make variable for each dialogue option, but that is very not optimal I would say. Do dialogue system supports that feature?

[Tony Li]

Without any scripting, you can set the format of the text (color, italics, bold, etc.), but not the background. To do this:

1. Tick the Dialogue Manager GameObject's Other Settings > Include SimStatus.

2. Set the Dialogue Manager's Input Settings > [em#] Tag For Old Responses.

3. In the Dialogue Editor window's Database tab, set the appearance of the selected [em#] tag under the Emphasis Settings foldout.


If you want to change the background, you'll need to do a little scripting. You can make a subclass of StandardUIMenuPanel. (See this post for how to replace your StandardUIMenuPanel component.) Override SetResponseButton(). Something like:

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public class MyMenuPanel : StandardUIMenuPanel
{
    protected override void SetResponseButton(StandardUIResponseButton button, Response response, Transform target, int buttonNumber)
    {
        base.SetResponseButton(button, response, target, buttonNumber);
        var alreadyAsked = DialogueLua.GetSimStatus(response.destinationEntry) == DialogueLua.WasDisplayed;
        var backgroundImage = button.GetComponent<Image>();
        backgroundImage.color = alreadyAsked ? Color.gray : Color.clear;
    }
}