Dialogs

Argh.. this is the first time I've dinked around with dialogs, so could someone real fast tell me how to get them to display? I have my dialog variable, and I create of buttons on it and tell it to display.. but.. nothing. What stupid boo-boo am I doing? ;)

-Sharsnik

Action:
Dialog - Show/Hide Dialog

Right.. but I figured out that you can't do that with a Map Initialization trigger... it has to be run from another trigger... and waits are important too :/

Problems with dialogs? Or do you just want to shorten your code? Get the dialog engine!

Ok, here's some tips. (unless you want to use someone's pre-made dialog engine) Here's how to make a very basic one.

1. The Variables
- Make a 'Dialog' variable. (ex. "dialogx")
- Make a 'Dialog Button' variable ARRAY. (ex. "dialogbutton")

2. The trigger(s)

Event - (The event to trigger the dialog/menu)
Actions:

Dialog - Clear (dialogx)
Dialog - Change title of (dialogx) to "Whatever"
Dialog - Create a dialog button for (dialogx) with the text (Choice 1)
Set Variable - Set (dialogbutton [0]) to the last created dialog button
Dialog - Create a dialog button for (dialogx) with the text (Choice 2)
Set Variable - Set (dialogbutton [1]) to the last created dialog button
Dialog - Show (dialogx) for player Y.

- - -
Event - Dialog - A button is clicked for (dialogx)
Condition - Dialog Button Comparrison - Clicked Dialog Button equal to dialog button [0]
Actions:
Dialog - Hide (dialogx) {NOTE - You could also clear it now too.}
(Enter all other actions for "Choice 1" here)
- - -
Event - Dialog - A button is clicked for (dialogx)
Condition - Dialog Button Comparrison - Clicked Dialog Button equal to dialog button [1]
Actions:
Dialog - Hide (dialogx) {NOTE - You could also clear it now too.}
(Enter all other actions for "Choice 2" here)
- - -


There. That will give you a simple understanding of dialogs.

Edited because: You could also put all actions in one trigger for all of the choices using if/then/else statments. Also, remember that when you 'clear' a dialog, it forgets which button was clicked. .