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The **Dialogue Editor** is where you will create conversations for your game's characters or narration for scripted sequences and cutscenes. Dialogue can be attached to an NPC from its [[Entity Properties]] dialog in the [[Map Editor]] or triggered from a script using the [[Start Dialogue]] function. | The **Dialogue Editor** is where you will create conversations for your game's characters or narration for scripted sequences and cutscenes. Dialogue can be attached to an NPC from its [[Entity Properties]] dialog in the [[Map Editor]] or triggered from a script using the [[Start Dialogue]] function. | ||
- | =====Toolbar===== | + | =====File Toolbar===== |
- | ^Icon^Function^Description^ | + | ^Function^Description^ |
- | |{{: | + | |New Resource|Opens the [[New Resource dialog]] (with " |
- | |{{: | + | |Save|Saves changes to the dialogue.| |
- | |{{: | + | |Save As|Saves a copy of the dialogue to a new file.| |
+ | |Add Section|Adds a new section to the dialogue. A section can be jumped to using a "Go To" node.| | ||
+ | |Collapse All|Collapses all dialogue nodes that have any child nodes underneath them.| | ||
+ | |Expand All|Expands all dialogue nodes that have any child nodes underneath them.| | ||
+ | |Compact All|Enables compact mode for all dialogue nodes.| | ||
+ | |Decompact All|Disables compact mode for all dialogue nodes.| | ||
- | =====Dialogue | + | =====Dialogue |
- | The Dialogue | + | The Dialogue |
- | {{:wiki:dialogue_graph.png? | + | {{:dialogue_tools.png? |
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+ | =====Dialogue Tree===== | ||
+ | The Dialogue Tree is the visual workspace where you will build your dialogue. Nodes can be removed from the dialogue tree by clicking on their " | ||
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+ | {{:dialogue_tree.png? | ||
=====Node Types===== | =====Node Types===== | ||
- | There are several different types of nodes that can be added to a dialogue | + | There are several different types of nodes that can be added to a dialogue |
- | <WRAP group> | + | |
- | <WRAP column 58%> | + | =====NPC Node===== |
- | ====NPC Node==== | + | |
**NPC nodes** are for dialogue spoken by non-player characters (i.e. characters other than the player). Clicking the " | **NPC nodes** are for dialogue spoken by non-player characters (i.e. characters other than the player). Clicking the " | ||
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- | \\ | + | {{: |
The NPC's default portrait (as defined in the [[Voxel Editor]]) can be overridden for a specific node by selecting an image from the " | The NPC's default portrait (as defined in the [[Voxel Editor]]) can be overridden for a specific node by selecting an image from the " | ||
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The " | The " | ||
- | </ | + | |
- | <WRAP column> | + | |
- | {{: | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | </ | + | |
<WRAP group> | <WRAP group> | ||
<WRAP column 70%> | <WRAP column 70%> | ||
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</ | </ | ||
</ | </ | ||
- | \\ | + | |
- | <WRAP group> | + | =====Player Node===== |
- | <WRAP column 58%> | + | |
- | ====Player Node==== | + | |
**Player nodes** are for dialogue spoken by the player character. Clicking the " | **Player nodes** are for dialogue spoken by the player character. Clicking the " | ||
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The player' | The player' | ||
- | </ | + | |
- | <WRAP column> | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
- | </ | + | |
- | </ | + | |
<WRAP center round info 100%> | <WRAP center round info 100%> | ||
- | You can connect more than one " | + | You can provide the player with a list of responses to choose from and branch |
</ | </ | ||
- | \\ | + | |
- | <WRAP group> | + | =====Message Node===== |
- | <WRAP column 58%> | + | **Message nodes** are used to display any general text that is not spoken by a character, for example to describe an event that is occurring in the scene. |
- | ====Message Node==== | + | |
- | **Message nodes** are used to display any general text that is not spoken by a character, for example to describe an event that is occurring in the scene. Clicking the " | + | Clicking the " |
- | </ | + | |
- | <WRAP column> | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
- | </ | + | |
- | </ | + | =====Condition Node===== |
- | \\ | + | **Condition nodes** provide a way of branching the dialogue based on the results of a conditional expression being evaluated. |
- | <WRAP group> | + | |
- | <WRAP column 58%> | + | Clicking the " |
- | ====Condition Node==== | + | |
- | **Condition nodes** provide a way of branching the dialogue based on the results of a conditional expression being evaluated. Clicking the " | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | <WRAP column> | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
- | </ | + | |
- | </ | + | =====Script Node===== |
- | \\ | + | **Script nodes** |
- | <WRAP group> | + | |
- | <WRAP column 58%> | + | The "Pause until complete" |
- | ====Script Node==== | + | |
- | **Script nodes** | + | |
- | </ | + | |
- | <WRAP column> | + | |
{{: | {{: | ||
- | </ | + | |
- | </ | + | =====Go To Node===== |
+ | **Go To** nodes allow you to jump to another part of the dialogue. You can either jump to a specific dialogue node or to the start of a section. | ||
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+ | =====Comment Node===== | ||
+ | **Comment nodes** allow you to insert comments into your dialogue. These provide a way of keeping notes or commentary about the dialogue and will not be displayed in-game. | ||
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