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DialogueManager

Signals

  • passed_title(title) - emitted when a title marker is passed through.
  • got_dialogue(line: DialogueLine) - emitted when a dialogue line is found.
  • mutated(mutation: Dictionary) - emitted when a mutation line is about to be run (not including set lines).
  • dialogue_ended(resource: DialogueResource) - emitted when the next line of dialogue is empty and provides the calling resource.

Methods

func show_dialogue_balloon(resource: DialogueResource, title: String = "", extra_game_states: Array = []) -> Node

Opens the dialogue balloon configured in settings (or the example balloon if none has been set).

Returns the balloon's base node in case you want to queue_free() it yourself.

func show_dialogue_balloon_scene(balloon_scene: Node | String, resource: DialogueResource, title: String = "", extra_game_states: Array = []) -> Node

Opens a dialogue balloon given in balloon_scene.

Returns the balloon's base node in case you want to queue_free() it yourself.

func get_next_dialogue_line(resource: DialogueResource, key: String = "", extra_game_states: Array = [], mutation_behaviour: MutationBehaviour = MutationBehaviour.Wait) -> DialogueLine

Must be used with await.

Given a resource and title/ID, it will find the next printable line of dialogue (running mutations along the way).

Returns a DialogueLine that looks something like this:

  • id: String - the ID of the line.
  • next_id: String - the ID of the next line of dialogue after this one.
  • character: String - the name of the character speaking (or "").
  • text: String - the text that the character is saying.
  • tags: PackedStringArray - a list of tags.
  • translation_key: String - the key used to translate the text (or the whole text again if no ID was specified on the line)
  • responses: Array[DialogueResponse] - the list of responses to this line (or [] if none are available).
    • id: String - the ID of the response.
    • next_id: String - the ID of the next line if this response is chosen.
    • is_allowed: bool - whether this line passed its condition check (useful if you have "include all responses" enabled)
    • character: String - the character name (if one was provided).
    • text: String - the text for this response.
    • tags: PackedStringArray - a list of tags.
    • translation_key: String - the key used to translate the text (or the whole text again if no ID was specified on the response)

If there is no next line of dialogue found then it will return an empty dictionary ({}).

Pass an array of nodes as extra_game_states in order to temporarily add to the game state shortcuts that are available to conditions and mutations.

You can specify mutation_behaviour to be one of the values provided in the DialogueManager.MutationBehaviour enum. Wait is the default and will await any mutation lines. DoNoWait will run the mutations but not wait for them before moving to the next line. Skip will skip mutations entirely. In most cases you should leave this as the default. The example balloon only supports Wait.

func show_example_dialogue_balloon(resource: DialogueResource, title: String = "", extra_game_states: Array = []) -> CanvasLayer

Opens the example balloon.

If your game viewport is less than 400 it will open the low res balloon. Otherwise it will open the usual balloon.

It will close once dialogue runs out.

Returns the example balloon's base CanvasLayer in case you want to queue_free() it yourself.

DialogueLabel

Exports

  • seconds_per_step: float = 0.02 - the speed with which the text types out.
  • pause_at_characters: String = ".?!" - automatically have a brief pause when these characters are encountered.
  • skip_pause_at_character_if_followed_by: String = ")\"" - ignore automatic pausing if the pause character is followed by one of these.
  • skip_pause_at_abbreviations: Array = ["Mr", "Mrs", "Ms", "Dr", "etc", "ex"] - Don't auto pause after these abbreviations (only if "." is in pause_at_characters`).
  • seconds_per_pause_step: float = 0.3 - the amount of time to pause when exposing a character present in pause_at_characters.

Signals

  • spoke(letter: String, letter_index: int, speed: float) - emitted each step while typing out.
  • paused_typing(duration: float) - emitted when the label pauses typing.
  • skipped_typing() - emitted when the player skips the label typing out.
  • finished_typing() - emitted when the label finishes typing.

Methods

func type_out() -> void

Starts typing out the text of the label.

func skip_typing() -> void

Stop typing out the text and jump right to the end. This will emit skipped_typing.