✅ Expected behavior

The dialogue should pause at each wait tag.

💔 Actual behavior

The client refuses to render wait tags when there are more than one in a message.

📸 Screenshots

They don't have comments on the right side of them!

This will make the code more readable and give more freedom to developers.

Dialogue can't be deleted unless I manually go to the NPC's DialogueContainer and delete the dialogue folder. This is too much just to delete one message.

This might be interesting: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/sectionsstring-change-color-font-size-etc-of-parts-of-textlabels/352406

Behavior

What should happen: My view should be placed in a directory that's one parent above the current directory.

What actually happens:

• The Dialogue Maker goes to the root directory (1).
• The current directory number isn't shown; it only says "Viewing".
• Pressing View Parent again causes the following error:

14:23:48.643 - Dialogue is not a valid member of Model
14:23:48.646 - Stack Begin
14:23:48.649 - Script 'Plugin_4880346258.DialoguePluginScript', Line 77
14:23:48.651 - Stack End

Reproduction

Method:

1. Open the Dialogue Maker editor after selecting a model.
2. Create a new dialogue.
3. Open that dialogue's children.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
5. Press View Parent.

Frequency: Happens all of the time.

This will help with adding text effects.

I feel like this would make settings management easier.

How do I activate a script when a response is selected?

Message buttons (like the priority editor) can still be pressed and it would break button functionality if one is pressed.

There is no keybind set to continue the conversation.

regarding feedback:

This would make things easier when updating the plugin.

Current workarounds

• Change the ImageTransparency of both circles to 1
• Add a LocalScript in the ClickToContinue button with the following code:

script.Parent:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Visible"):Connect(function()
  if script.Parent.Visible then
    script.Parent.Visible = false;
  end
end)

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/dialogue-maker-beta/537321/36

Notes:

• Doesn't matter if the action is synchronous or asynchronous
• Happens regardless of what's inside the Execute() function

Reported by Roblox user extravent3.

For example, <i>*Test*</i> freezes the client.

Reported by Roblox user extravent3.

I know how the plugin works, but other people may not know and thus struggle to operate it properly.

Right now, it acts the same as an "after action". I think the BA should execute when the response is shown for the player.

Behavior

What should happen: Dialogue Maker should warn the user that the folder no longer exists, create a new folder, then take them back to the root directory.

What actually happens: Dialogue Maker allows me to make dialogue, but it isn't saved in the NPC's DialogueContainer because it doesn't exist.

Reproduction

Method:

1. Open the Dialogue Maker editor after selecting a model.
2. Create a new dialogue.
3. Go into Object Explorer and delete the DialogueContainer folder that is in the NPC model.
4. Create a new dialogue.

Frequency: Happens all of the time.

I feel like this might be a Roblox issue. I wonder if this can be fixed using events.

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/dialogue-maker-plugin-beta/537321/8?u=draconicchris

This thing right here:

I think it should disappear when:

• Skipping isn't allowed (and the text is still being changed)
• No responses are available

When the dialogue is triggered, the player should be able to see a name that the developer defines in NPCs' settings.

A sound effect when the player clicks the box would be nice.

This'll probably be in the NPC settings.

The SpeechBubble offset is broken due to an incorrect property name in ClientAPI script. Line 63 reads

SpeechBubbles[npc].StudsOffset = properties.StudsOffset

but the property name in the Settings script on line 21 is SpeechBubbleStudsOffset

SpeechBubbleStudsOffset = Vector3.new(0,4,0); -- Replace this with how far you want the speech bubble to be from the NPC's head. Measured in studs. [accepts Vector3]

This causes the the ClientAPI to throw an error "expects Vector3, got nil" or similar. Changing the reference to the correct property in ClientAPI fixes this problem:

SpeechBubbles[npc].StudsOffset = properties.SpeechBubbleStudsOffset

that's pretty ugly ngl!!

Behavior

What should happen: Conversation should reset.

What actually happens: Conversations can't be held with NPCs.

Reproduction

Method:

1. Have a conversation with an NPC, but don't exit the dialogue.
2. Die.
3. Try to trigger a conversation with an NPC.

Frequency: Happens all of the time.

Behavior

What should happen: A scrollbar should appear on the right side of the frame when there are more priorities than the frame can fit.

What actually happens: No scrollbar appears, yet the dialogue is created in the folder.

Picture:

Reproduction

Method:

1. Open the Dialogue Maker editor after selecting a model.
2. Create 7 new messages.

Frequency: Happens all of the time.

They're pretty easy to make, but I gotta explain how to do it lol

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/typewriter-effect-new-property-maxvisiblegraphemes-live/1092043

If the user enters a directory that is really deep, then the directory number becomes illegible. This not only looks bad on the GUI; it prevents the user from easily being able to add redirects that point to said directory.

Picture:

Solution: Truncate the directory number and print full version to the console.

This may require an overhaul of the entire code.

Behavior

What should happen: Redirects should point to dialogue on a different priority.

What actually happens: The redirect gets trumped by higher priority dialogue.

Reproduction

Method:

1. Open the Dialogue Maker editor after selecting a model.
2. Create two new messages (1.1 and 1.2) on the root directory.
3. Open the message's children.
4. Add a new response. (1.1.1)
5. Open the response's children.
6. Add a new message. (1.1.1.1)
7. Open the message's children.
8. Add a redirect (1.1.1.1.1) pointing to 1.2.
9. Test the dialogue in-game.

Frequency: Happens all of the time.