Timeline dialogue flow

[nehvaleem]

Hi,
I've searched it but didn't found anything like that. I'd like to control my dialogue from the timeline entirely. It works mostly with the ContinueConversationTrack, but it doesn't fit my needs entirely. It's by the nature of ContinueConversationClip - as the name implies, it is to progress the conversation, but if I start the conversation along with my timeline - it displays the first subtitle immediately.

What I'd like to:
- start the dialogue, but not display first subtitle until specific clip in the track is reached (like ContinueConversationClip, but more of like "DisplaySubtitleClip")
- to be able to specify the start and end of the display of particular line. Right now it can be somewhat achieved by combining continue clip & other continue clip with operation: clear subtitle text. But the ContinueConversationClip was designed to a bit different use case I think.

So to sum up: is it possible to achieve something like this? Or am I supposed to write it on my own? Also - I'd like to not put some dummy lines with empty sequences on dialogues that I'd like to be controlled by the timeline. I am using ink integration if that matters.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

If your conversation will be controlled by Timeline, can you set your Dialogue Manager's Display Settings > Camera & Cutscene Settings > Default Sequence to:

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Delay(1)@Message(Typed)->Message(ClearNow);
ClearSubtitleText()@Message(ClearNow)

The first line will delay 1 additional second after the typewriter effect has finished. Then will send the sequencer message "ClearNow", which the ClearSubtitleText() command will wait for.

If you're not using a typewriter effect, use:

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ClearSubtitleText()@{{end}}

to wait for a duration based on the text length and the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings.

Then use Continue Conversation clips in your timeline whenever you want to show the next line of dialogue.

To start the dialogue, but not display first subtitle until specific clip in the track is reached, can you put the Start Conversation clip at that point in the track (i.e., not at the very beginning of the track)?