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Hi there.

I'm trying to add a list of custom responses that are generated in a script to the dialogue manager. So far I've managed to find the specific response menu I need to access with the OnConversationResponseMenu event, and I can read the responses that exist, but I can't figure out a way to modify those responses. I understand that I can take the Response[] array and find the text of each response added in the conversation tree, but what I need is irregardless of how many options are already created in the tree, I want to replace every response with one generated in the script.
Is there a way I might be able to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

You might want to create an entire conversation at runtime. If so, please see: How To: Create Dialogue Database At Runtime

Otherwise, you could make a subclass of StandardUIMenuPanel that overrides ShowResponses(), and completely ignore the Response[] array that's passed to it, instead adding your own responses.

Tony Li wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:20 pm Hi,

You might want to create an entire conversation at runtime. If so, please see: How To: Create Dialogue Database At Runtime

Otherwise, you could make a subclass of StandardUIMenuPanel that overrides ShowResponses(), and completely ignore the Response[] array that's passed to it, instead adding your own responses.

Thank you Tony, this worked pretty well for me. I ended up creating a new database at runtime and deleting it after the conversation, following the tutorial post you linked. By the way, having the power to use Unity Events on a conversation node within the script is really nice. I found that by using a delegate, I'm not limited to the parameter options I'd usually find in the editor.
With that said, I have a small hitch which would be nice to fix, I'm hoping you might be able to point me in a direction.
When I'm creating this new database and new conversation, I'm still using characters that already exist in my main database, and I'd like to use their actors, mostly so that I get to have their names show up in the new conversation. How would I go about getting their names displayed?

Thank you for the help!

Hi,

Just use their actor IDs, which you can get from DialogueManager.masterDatabase. For example, to assign the "Player" actor to an entry:
Since your runtime database and the original design-time database will be merged into the same DialogueManager.masterDatabase (at least until you remove and destroy your runtime database), your runtime-created conversation can reference anything that's in the design-time database.

Tony Li wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:42 am Hi,

Just use their actor IDs, which you can get from DialogueManager.masterDatabase. For example, to assign the "Player" actor to an entry:

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var playerActor = DialogueManager.masterDatabase.GetActor("Player");
someDialogueEntry.ActorID = playerActor.id;

Since your runtime database and the original design-time database will be merged into the same DialogueManager.masterDatabase (at least until you remove and destroy your runtime database), your runtime-created conversation can reference anything that's in the design-time database.

That worked great, thank you very much, Tony!

Happy to help!