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Changing DialogueManager.CurrentConversant during dialogue
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:49 am
by BoringSuburbanDad
Hi there,
I use the variable "CurrentConversant" in some of my C# scripts.
However, when I change the conversant during a running dialogue, it doesn't seem to have an impact on the scripts. So I assume that CurrentConversant isn't updated while a dialogue is active.
Is there any way to change to change it manually?
Re: Changing DialogueManager.CurrentConversant during dialogue
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:24 am
by Tony Li
Hi,
What's your intent? I may be able to provide a simpler solution.
Re: Changing DialogueManager.CurrentConversant during dialogue
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:53 am
by BoringSuburbanDad
I have multiple scripts, working like this:
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private void Update()
{
var conversant = DialogueManager.CurrentConversant;
if (conversant != null)
{
something happens, depending on the CurrentConversant
}
}
Everything works fine so far. But if I change the conversant in the Dialogue System during a dialogue at some point (via inspector), the scripts don't seem to update.
Thank you for looking into this!
Re: Changing DialogueManager.CurrentConversant during dialogue
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 1:09 pm
by Tony Li
Hi,
Checking something every frame is called polling, which generally isn't a very efficient approach.
You may want to consider events instead. For example, if you want to know which GameObjects are the speaker and listener of each dialogue entry in an active conversation, you can add a script (or multiple scripts) with an
OnConversationLine(Subtitle) method. Example:
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void OnConversationLine(Subtitle)
{
if (subtitle.speakerInfo.transform == this.transform)
{
// I'm the speaker, so do something special here.
// ...
}
}