Comments on: What’s in a Dialogue Tree? http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/ Game development, design, and discussion Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Smoke Dialogue Trees | Illogic Tree http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Smoke Dialogue Trees | Illogic Tree Wed, 13 May 2009 09:40:46 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=633#comment-188 <p>[...] http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/ [...]</p> [...] http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/ [...]

]]> By: Craig Stern http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Craig Stern Sun, 10 May 2009 16:46:37 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=633#comment-187 <p>I developed my own dialog tree system for the Telepath RPG series, and structurally, it's similar to what you have, though I approach certain things differently. I use two different functions: (1) a conversation function which calls the appropriate dialog and reply text depending on two variables (the conversationID, which is usually just the name of the person you're talking to; and the conversationBranch, which is simply a number that differentiates the different--you guessed it--branches of the dialog tree); and (2) a reply function, called when you click a reply button, that changes the conversationBranch (and possibly other things as well) depending on the current conversationID and conversationBranch, as well as which reply button you clicked (via a third variable, the replyID). The reply function then calls the conversation function to update the dialog and replies.</p> I developed my own dialog tree system for the Telepath RPG series, and structurally, it’s similar to what you have, though I approach certain things differently. I use two different functions: (1) a conversation function which calls the appropriate dialog and reply text depending on two variables (the conversationID, which is usually just the name of the person you’re talking to; and the conversationBranch, which is simply a number that differentiates the different–you guessed it–branches of the dialog tree); and (2) a reply function, called when you click a reply button, that changes the conversationBranch (and possibly other things as well) depending on the current conversationID and conversationBranch, as well as which reply button you clicked (via a third variable, the replyID). The reply function then calls the conversation function to update the dialog and replies.

]]> By: Gornova http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Gornova Fri, 08 May 2009 13:28:04 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=633#comment-186 <p>i've found this editor for nwn dialog system:</p> <p>http://flamewind.com/programs.html</p> i’ve found this editor for nwn dialog system:

http://flamewind.com/programs.html

]]> By: twood http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-181 twood Wed, 06 May 2009 13:23:25 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=633#comment-181 <p>Yep, I was going to suggest looking at neverwinter nights as well. It has a very powerful dialogue engine. I'm not sure how they implemented it, but it'll give you ideas for nice features - i.e. jumping between portions of the tree depending on selected options, tying scripted events/triggers to responses, etc. If your game is anything more than text based, you'll probably end up wanting to define things like animations to play or camera movements, within the tree as well.</p> Yep, I was going to suggest looking at neverwinter nights as well. It has a very powerful dialogue engine. I’m not sure how they implemented it, but it’ll give you ideas for nice features – i.e. jumping between portions of the tree depending on selected options, tying scripted events/triggers to responses, etc. If your game is anything more than text based, you’ll probably end up wanting to define things like animations to play or camera movements, within the tree as well.

]]> By: aschearer http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-180 aschearer Wed, 06 May 2009 07:34:02 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=633#comment-180 <p>Thanks, this looks really useful, definitely going to have to dig in!</p> Thanks, this looks really useful, definitely going to have to dig in!

]]> By: Rob http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/05/whats-in-a-dialogue-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Rob Wed, 06 May 2009 07:27:32 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=633#comment-179 <p>Hi, maybe you can have a look at Neverwinter Nights, goold old CRPG from Bioware. There are some developer resources here: http://nwn.bioware.com/developers/ There should be a description for the Dialog-file format (gff files).</p> Hi, maybe you can have a look at Neverwinter Nights, goold old CRPG from Bioware. There are some developer resources here: http://nwn.bioware.com/developers/ There should be a description for the Dialog-file format (gff files).

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