Is there any way to use the "Title" field as the display for the "Links To" list instead of Menu Text?

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EffieArtoria
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Is there any way to use the "Title" field as the display for the "Links To" list instead of Menu Text?

Post by EffieArtoria »

I want to use a specific emphasis to show when a dialogue option has previously been used. After a lot of poking and prodding I've found that this will work:

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[lua(return Dialog[thisID].SimStatus == "WasDisplayed" and "[em5]Sorry![/em5]" or "Sorry!";)]
(if there's a better alternative to achieve the same result please let me know!!)

The drawback I have with this approach is that it gets very difficult to read when looking through the "Links To" field for the node directly beforehand. I have multiple options that all just start "lua (return Dialog..." and have to scan ahead to find what the actual Menu choice is. I thought if I filled in the Title field for the nodes that might solve the problem, but it looks like these are not used in the editor.

Is there any way around this? It's not stopping me from developing, it's just a bit of a pain.
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Tony Li
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Re: Is there any way to use the "Title" field as the display for the "Links To" list instead of Menu Text?

Post by Tony Li »

In the next update, I'll add an option in the Menu > Show > ... submenu to prefer titles over menu text in the Link To list.
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