Articy Draft: Quest Machine, Dialogue System, and Love/Hate

[Nashnir]

This is a general question applicable to Dialogue system (DS), Quest Machine (QM), and Love/Hate(LH);
I am working in QM at the moment so, I decided to post this here.

I have all three products and articy draft (AD). I thought of using AD as a centralized hub for the project.

1.
DS offers a template project for AD and QM doc suggests creation of 4 AD components that QM can parse.
As such I can create a project with DS's template and add QM components to it.
Integrating DS and QM together and using QM's system and DS's conversation means pointing to a DS conversion in QM's quests.
How can this be represented in AD?

2.
I couldn't find LH support for AD. I have yet to cross that bridge so, I think at the moment all I can think of set and check LH parameters in AD.
Not much of a question and more of request I suppose.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

1. DS offers a template project for AD and QM doc suggests creation of 4 AD components that QM can parse.
As such I can create a project with DS's template and add QM components to it.
Integrating DS and QM together and using QM's system and DS's conversation means pointing to a DS conversion in QM's quests.
How can this be represented in AD?

When using AD, I recommend starting the DS conversation first, and then using the DS-QM integration's Lua functions to work with QM quests. In other words, when interacting with a quest giver NPC, use a DS Dialogue System Trigger to start the interaction instead of calling the QM QuestGiver's StartDialogueWithPlayer() method. The DS Dialogue System Trigger can start a conversation that uses conditions that checks QM quest states to show the appropriate branch of dialogue.

2. I couldn't find LH support for AD. I have yet to cross that bridge so, I think at the moment all I can think of set and check LH parameters in AD.

There is no official LH integration for AD. However, you can use the DS-LH integration's Lua functions in AD input pins, output pins, condition nodes, and instruction nodes.

[Nashnir]

Thanks!
I had a follow-up. Your recommendation on how to use QM and DS is only for when I use AD, right?
Am asking since I just got through the "Dialogue System Support" documentation in QM and the workflow there, indicated to embed DS conversation in Quests. Not sure if things have changed.

[Tony Li]

That's correct, although it's perfectly fine to use this suggestion without AD, too. Without AD, it's up to you. With AD, you should use the suggestion.

In fact, personally, I prefer to start every NPC interaction from a DS conversation. This way it's consistent between quest-giving NPCs and other NPCs. But it's just a personal preference.

[Nashnir]

Thanks! I like that perspective and I will adapt to your workflow.
It will make things easier, and more importantly standardized for me as well.
Appreciate your support. Thanks again

[Tony Li]

Happy to help!