Change subtitle panel runtime

[MasterDataBase]

Hi everyone
In my project I'm facing an unusual use case, and maybe I'm using the wrong approach.
In my project, turn based game, I use the dialogue for feedback after every action, so I have one database for all the dialogue line, inside, for every character, then a conversation, and each node will be fired when the related action is triggered on the game.
Now I have a section of the game where 2 character can interact, so at the start of these phases I change the Dialogue UI Canvas with another one, in this canvas I have one panel NPC and another one PC as for the standard.
Now my problem is, how I can set via script the relation between the character in these phases and the subtitle?
Because in these moments, I have two characters, one who attacks, and the other who has to defend, and I would like to keep the attacker always on the left and the defender on the right, regardless of the characters. I have tried changing the subtitle panel in the Dialogue Actor component, but I am not getting results

What I'm missing?

[Tony Li]

While a conversation is active, you have two options:

To use a specific subtitle panel for a single dialogue entry, include a [panel=#] markup tag in your dialogue text.

To switch an actor to using a specific subtitle panel going forward, use the SetPanel() sequencer command.

[MasterDataBase]

Hi Tony

Thanks a lot, your hint it was really helpful!
But now I have another question, how I trigger two different nodes from 2 different databases in the same times? because at this moment I'm using the current block code, but just the first line was triggered

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        dsController.UseDialogueUI(dialogueFight);

        var currentPlayer = PlayerController.Instance.CurrentPlayer;

        //DialogueActor 

        DialogueSystemTrigger dsTrigger;

	// Here i get the current player with his own Diualogue System Trigger component
        dsTrigger = e.playerRobbing.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>();

        DialogueLua.SetVariable("StartFight", true);

        dsTrigger.OnUse(dsTrigger.transform);

        dsTrigger = e.playerToRob.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>();

	//This line will not be triggered
        DialogueLua.SetVariable("RobberyLand", true);

        dsTrigger.OnUse(dsTrigger.transform);

        DialogueLua.SetVariable("StartFight", false);
        DialogueLua.SetVariable("RobberyLand", false);

Maybe there is another way to fire 2 different node in the same way?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

At runtime, all loaded databases are merged into a single database in memory called DialogueManager.masterDatabase. (Like your username! )So technically you are starting two conversations from the same masterDatabase.

To allow the Dialogue Manager to run two conversations at the same time:

1. You must tick the Dialogue Manager's Other Settings > Allow Simultaneous Conversations.

2. Each conversation must use a different dialogue UI. You can use Override Dialogue UI components to do this.

[MasterDataBase]

Sorry, but I'm here again because I got anyway some trouble.

I set up everything correctly, but I don't get the code in the right way

this is the code now

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        e.playerRobbing.GetComponent<OverrideDialogueUI>().ui = dialogueFight;
        e.playerToRob.GetComponent<OverrideDialogueUI>().ui = dialogueFight;

        dsTriggerRobber = e.playerRobbing.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>();
        dsTriggerRobbed = e.playerToRob.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>();

        DialogueLua.SetVariable("StartFight", true);
        DialogueLua.SetVariable("RobberyLand", true);

        dsTriggerRobber.OnUse(dsTriggerRobber.transform);
        dsTriggerRobbed.OnUse(dsTriggerRobbed.transform);

        DialogueLua.SetVariable("StartFight", false);
        DialogueLua.SetVariable("RobberyLand", false);

But anyway it trigger just the first line, and not the second one
There is some change required in the code?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

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       e.playerRobbing.GetComponent<OverrideDialogueUI>().ui = dialogueFight;
        e.playerToRob.GetComponent<OverrideDialogueUI>().ui = dialogueFight;

Different conversations must use different dialogue UIs.

However, I don't think this is what you want to do.

What do you want to happen? Can you provide a diagram or mock-up picture?

[MasterDataBase]

Thanks for your answer Tony, here some more information
The idea is to fullfil this 2 panel, the one on the left with the information of the "attacker" and on the right with the "defender" line

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and here I have on example of 2 different node that i would trigger in the same moment
Attacker

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This one below is the defender

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Here, as I attach before, but just to keep everything toghether, the code I'm using

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    private void Instance_OnStartRob(object sender, RobbingArgs e)
    {


        dsController.UseDialogueUI(dialogueFight);

        var currentPlayer = PlayerController.Instance.CurrentPlayer;

        //DialogueActor 

        DialogueSystemTrigger dsTriggerRobber, dsTriggerRobbed;

        e.playerRobbing.GetComponent<OverrideDialogueUI>().ui = dialogueFight;
        e.playerToRob.GetComponent<OverrideDialogueUI>().ui = dialogueFight;

        dsTriggerRobber = e.playerRobbing.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>();
        dsTriggerRobbed = e.playerToRob.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>();

        DialogueLua.SetVariable("StartFight", true);
        DialogueLua.SetVariable("RobberyLand", true);

        dsTriggerRobber.OnUse(dsTriggerRobber.transform);
        dsTriggerRobbed.OnUse(dsTriggerRobbed.transform);

        DialogueLua.SetVariable("StartFight", false);
        DialogueLua.SetVariable("RobberyLand", false);

        //StartCoroutine(Delay(e.playerToRob));
    }

Now my idea is to take from 2 differen database (but as you said everything is merged in the same database)
in the same time (or at the least with one second of different) both of the line, and have for few seconds both of the line on the screen.

If need, this is the Trigger Component

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The UI in the override component will be setted only when necessary as you can see in the code.

[Tony Li]

I don't think these need to be separate conversations. In fact, two barks may be better. Here's an example that uses two barks:

DS_TwoBarksExample_2023-12-05.unitypackage

Notice that the example doesn't need OverrideDialogueUI components or, in this case, any code at all.

[MasterDataBase]

Tony you are incredible!
thanks a lot for your work!
now it seems also work pretty fine, but, there is a "small" problem, to let it work I had to delete from the Dialogue System Trigger, the conversation action, (that was setted after the bark).
But i setted a lot of line before to be fired as conversation (as also as you said, the bark should work better, but at time I was too naive).
So there is a way to keep everything togheter? or is better to move everything to the Bark?

[Tony Li]

For consistency, I recommend using barks. However, if you really want to use your existing conversations, you can do that. Try setting the NPCs' Dialogue Actor components > Dialogue UI Settings > Subtitle Panel to Use Bark UI. To make the barks appear at the same time, set the first dialogue entry's Sequence to:

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