Character GameObject Assignments

[alexandr.kasatikov]

Hello, guys. I'm was searching for my newbie question but had no luck.
I did what says In doc about Character GameObject Assignments trying create general shopkeeper conversation with [var=Conservant] and in debug message i see actor and conversant as they should be according doc - assigned transform in dialogue system trigger. But in dialogue it is using Actor and Conservant according to conversation setup. Maybe i missed some checkbox ?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Make sure the conversation is starting from the correct Dialogue System Trigger.

Did the Dialogue System Trigger's assignments get unassigned by any chance?

[alexandr.kasatikov]

Thanks for the answer. It is simple scene with one trigger. Nothing unassigned. And in debug log i have this:
Dialogue System: Starting conversation 'Generic/Shopkeeper', actor=Side Npc (UnityEngine.Transform), conversant=Shopkeeper Valera (UnityEngine.Transform).
Look like it is using what i need under the hood but show me actor and conversant as it is in conversation.

[Tony Li]

What do you mean by showing the actor and conversant as it is in conversation?

Try adding Dialogue Actor components to "Side Npc" and "Shopkeeper Valera" and setting the Actor dropdowns to what you want them to use.

[alexandr.kasatikov]

Just trying to do this :
Dialogue System Trigger Actor & Conversant

When you set up a Dialogue System Trigger, you can assign GameObjects to the Start Conversation > Conversation Actor and Conversation Conversant fields. These GameObjects can represent different actors than those assigned to the conversation in your dialogue database.

The conversation will use these GameObjects even if they don't match the actors assigned to the conversation. This allows you to reuse conversations for different characters – for example, reusing the same shopkeeper conversation for all shopkeepers in your game world. (Tip: In your dialogue database, you can create a generic actor named "Shopkeeper" with a generic conversation such as: "Hello, I'm [var=Conversant]. Welcome to my shop!" etc. Then reuse the same shopkeeper conversation for each village's shopkeeper and simply assign the specific village shopkeeper to the Conversation Conversant field.)
and for me it does not work. It is show conversation Conversant not Gameobject name.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Did you add Dialogue Actor components to the GameObjects and set the Actor dropdowns?

[alexandr.kasatikov]

Dialogue Actor don't affect the dialogue.
Maybe some one can create a simple working scene that will override dialogue Conversant with Gameobject name ? Please.

I have looked in watches: Actor and Conversant set as in Conversation, but in Debug it is shown as in Dialogue System Trigger. I'm confused.

[Tony Li]

Here's an example:

DS_GenericConversationExample_2024-01-15.unitypackage

There are 3 actors: Red, Green, and Generic Soldier.

There is one conversation:
Title = "Generic Conversation"
Actor = Player
Conversant = Generic Soldier.

The scene has GameObjects with Dialogue Actors for Red and Green.

The scene also has two buttons with Dialogue System Triggers: RedButton starts Generic Conversation with Red. GreenButton starts it with Green.

[alexandr.kasatikov]

Thank you!. Look' like i understand now how it work but not sure why:

We HAVE to add Dialogue Actor ( it can have empty reference to actor, so we dont need to create a lot of actors in database). Other way it will use Conversant from conversation.
I have attached simple scene with trigger and usable components. Left Cube with Dialog Actor working as it should be, right one without Dialog Actor and it use General Shopkeeper actor name that set up in conversation.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

If the GameObject doesn't have a Dialogue Actor but you've assigned the GameObject to the Dialogue System Trigger's Conversation Conversant, then it will use the GameObject as the subject for things like sequencer commands. But it will continue to use the conversation's actor name in the dialogue database.

Note: You don't have to define all of your actor names in the dialogue database. If you create new NPCs at runtime, you can assign any string you want to the Dialogue Actor component's actor property. When a Dialogue Actor is used as a conversation's actor or conversant, it will use the actor property for the name. (If the actor property corresponds to an actor in the dialogue database, it will also check if that actor has a Display Name set.)