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Can you create an empty GameObject for the model-less player? This way in the future you can add scripts to it in that can receive player-specific messages such as OnConversationStart for conversations that involve the player. Otherwise, you can just leave the Conversation Trigger's Actor field blan...

Hi,

Use the AnimatorPlayWait() sequencer command in the node's Sequence field. For example, say your NPC has an animator state named "dance":

• Dialogue Text: "Watch me dance!"
• Sequence: AnimatorPlayWait(dance)

You can read more about sequences here.

For NPC nodes, it always shows the first node whose Conditions are true (or blank), at the highest available priority level.

For PC nodes, you found where to untick the Always Force Response Menu checkbox. To force a specific node to be a menu option, add the "[f]" (force) markup tag.

Hi, It really depends on how you want it to work. Some designers show lengthy text in one go, typically using the typewriter effect to type it out into a scrollable Subtitle Line text component. The typewriter effect will automatically scroll to the bottom of the text component as it types. Other de...

Hi, You can add localized versions of the Name field: http://pixelcrushers.com/dialogue_system/images/localizeActorName2.png Or the Display Name field, which I prefer: http://pixelcrushers.com/dialogue_system/images/localizeActorName4.png Then add an Override Actor Name component to your NPC, and ti...

Thanks!

Hi! The DialogueDatabase class has a list of actors . Each Actor has a portrait and an array of alternatePortraits which are Texture2Ds. Let's say you want to get the first alternate portrait for an actor named "Bob". (You can tell a dialogue entry to show this portrait by using the [pic=2...

Sure!
You can also use [em#] codes. You can define the appearance of em1 - em4 on the Dialogue Editor window's Database tab.

If you're using the Unity UI version, you can use < size> tags, such as:
This will show the letter "B" in size 40.

Happy to help! If you run into any issues, just let me know.