[Solved] Getting some context in conditions

[Iegor]

Hi!
I'm thinking of better conversation structuring, since conversation/quest tables are getting bit out of hand in terms of size. What I need is to automate some condition checks.

For instance I assign a custom field of "Item" type to conversation to hold relative quest name.

Then I want to create formal conversation template -
Conversation having dialogue entry for "unassigned","active", "success","failed" quest states.
Ordinary we have to do checks in these entries like this GetCurrentQuestState("QuestName") == "unassigned"

But since we have a quest field in conversation object, how can I get current evaluated Conversation id?
To do the following: GetCurrentQuestState(Conversations[ID].quest) == "unassigned"
How can i get this ID?

This will be very helpful for restructuring dialogues based on quests.

Best regards,
Iegor

[Tony Li]

Hi Iegor,

You could set a Lua variable "ID" in a script attached to the Dialogue Manager. Something like:

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using UnityEngine;
using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;

public class SetConversationID : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnConversationStart(Transform actor) {
        Lua.Run("ID = " + DialogueManager.MasterDatabase.GetConversation(DialogueManager.LastConversationStarted).id);
    }
}

Then use it like this in your Conditions field:

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GetCurrentQuestState(Conversations[ID].quest) == "unassigned"

[Iegor]

Yes thought of something like this, but this will not help when I check entry for validity right?

Using

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DialogueManager.ConversationHasValidEntry ();

So, for example, standard conversation trigger won't work, because ID variable is not set correctly when it checks?

Also I sometimes check for valid dialogue lines to put a quest mark over npc, this happens without starting conversation.

Thing I want to achieve is a method for checking quest state in conversation that is linked to quest , without entering quest name to condition script.

[Tony Li]

Try this instead:

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using UnityEngine;
using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;

public class SetConversationID : MonoBehaviour {
    void OnPrepareConversationLine(DialogueEntry dialogueEntry) {
        Lua.Run("ID = " + dialogueEntry.conversationID);
    }
} 

The Dialogue System calls OnPrepareConversationLine(dialogueEntry) before evaluating links in ConversationHasValidEntry.

[Iegor]

Hi!

Thank you for your help, it worked, I now use simple checks like this :

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CurrentQuestState(ConversationQuestName) == "success"

And state changes like this:

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SetQuestState(ConversationQuestName,"done");

And effectively link conversations to specific quests!

Kind regards,
Iegor

[Tony Li]

Whew! I'm glad that worked.