Dialogue system

[coreys]

Personally, I'd prefer a scripted method. Maybe something similar to a common way behavior trees are made:

PHP Code:

this.conversation = newConversation()
  .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Hello, World!")
  .dialogue(player.nick, player.headimg, "Sup")
  .question("Bob", "head0.png", "How you doin?", {"Good", "Alright", "Bad"})
    .answer("Good")
      .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Awesome. ttyl")
      .toParent()
    .answer("Alright")
      .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Cool, cool")
      .toParent()
    .answer("Bad")
      .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Sorry to hear that")
      .toParent()
    .toParent()
  .dialogue(player.nick, player.headimg, "Smell ya later")
  ; 


[Immolate]

Originally Posted by coreys

Personally, I'd prefer a scripted method. Maybe something similar to a common way behavior trees are made:

PHP Code:

this.conversation = newConversation()
  .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Hello, World!")
  .dialogue(player.nick, player.headimg, "Sup")
  .question("Bob", "head0.png", "How you doin?", {"Good", "Alright", "Bad"})
    .answer("Good")
      .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Awesome. ttyl")
      .toParent()
    .answer("Alright")
      .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Cool, cool")
      .toParent()
    .answer("Bad")
      .dialogue("Bob", "head0.png", "Sorry to hear that")
      .toParent()
    .toParent()
  .dialogue(player.nick, player.headimg, "Smell ya later")
  ; 


I love this idea but rather than having to keep typing the head filename and name, I think it'd be better to have some functions which defines an object for each participant of the conversation, which contains their specific attributes.

[12171217]

I thought of something like that, Abjorn, but figured it would be easier for LATs to handle it if it was stored in text files with a simple interface, could be done with an editor too.

The new format with trees would look something like this:

PHP Code:

CHARACTERS
"Bob" "head3.png"
CHARACTERSEND

DIALOGUE
LABEL choices
Bob: What should I do?
CHOICE "Go to label poop" line: poop
CHOICE "Load a new file" file: bloop.txt
CHOICE "End dialogue" line: end

LABEL poop
Bob: Ah, so you like poop!
-player: ummkay?
GOTO choices

LABEL end
DIALOGUEEND 


Choices could be handled just as easily by sending back another array with corresponding choices, most likely parsed again by the server. Would be the easiest, in my opinion. Make have a SETVAR function to set player variables or a RUNFUNC function or something, dunno.