Setting Barks to Random by Script Doesn't Work

[tmeans825]

Hello-

I have a character with a dialogue system trigger on them. Trigger = On Use.

The action includes Barks.

I have a script that eventually changes the bark conversation values in the following way:

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milo.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>().barkConversation = "Homestead/Act 1/Milo/Generic Barks";
milo.GetComponent<DialogueSystemTrigger>().barkOrder = BarkOrder.Random;

In the Editor, everything looks right - including showing the Bark Order being Random. However, the character will only ever bark the very first available bark in the conversation, it is not random.

There are no conditions added to any of the dialogue entries.

Any ideas? Thanks!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

To keep track of bark order, the Dialogue System Trigger creates a BarkHistory object the first time it barks. It uses the barkOrder variable to create the BarkHistory object, but then it doesn't observe the barkOrder after that. If this Dialogue System Trigger has barked before, then changing the barkOrder variable will do nothing.

Here are two solutions:

1. Set up two different Dialogue System Triggers -- one with sequential barks, another with random barks. Disable one and enable the other.

2. Or, to use the same Dialogue System Trigger, make a subclass so you can access the protected BarkHistory property. Then use this subclass. Example:

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public class DialogueSystemTriggerWithChangeableBarkOrder : DialogueSystemTrigger
{
    public void SetBarkOrder(BarkOrder barkOrder)
    {
        BarkHistory.order = barkORder;
    }
}