No Dialogic Class in Dialogic 2.0

[mechPenSketch]

When I upgraded my Dialogic to 2.0, I got the following error in my output:

  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Text/event_text.gd:91 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Text/event_text.gd:141 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Other/DialogicGameHandler.gd:513 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Editor/directory_holder.gd:19 - Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'new' in base 'GDScript'.
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:88 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:90 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:117 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:119 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:142 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:144 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:164 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:166 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:252 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:299 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Editor/directory_holder.gd:35 - Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'new' in base 'GDScript'.

Mainly, that there is a missing Dialogic class.
For now, it does not affect my project in any other way, and I don't really have a way to test out my Dialogic on my project. Therefore, I don't have an issue to report. Should this be concerning, though?

Could it be that the Dialogic class script is missing, or has it been renamed to another class?

[Jowan-Spooner]

Did this persist after enabeling the plugin and restarting godot? This is typically a problem with godot trying to scan the scripts event thought the Dialogic singleton is only added when the plugin is enabled. It goes away once godot starts with the plugin already enabled.

[mechPenSketch]

Yes, the error is still being output even after restarting Godot with the plugin enabled. I have also disable dialogic plugin first, then enable it. It returned the following error message:

Can't add Autoload:
Invalid name.
Must not collide with an existing global script class name.

[mechPenSketch]

Maybe by reading Dialogic, godot is expect it to be a class when it's really a Singleton?

[mechPenSketch]

Is Dialogic the name of a Global autoload and not class_name? I initially thought it's a class_name, but after reading through the plugin code, it seems to be a singleton to be added to the autoload:

func _enable_plugin():
add_autoload_singleton("Dialogic", "res://addons/dialogic/Other/DialogicGameHandler.gd")
add_dialogic_default_action()

I've tried adding it to autoload manually, but I still get an error message saying the name would clash with an existing class Dialogic.

Apparantly, there's supposed to be a class script named Dialogic, but when I opened res://addons/dialogic/Other/DialogicGameHandler.gd, it has the output error stating missing Dialogic script.

For now, my solution is to rename the singleton differently.

[mechPenSketch]

Since DialogicGameHandler.gd is supposed to be the Dialogic singleton and its method start(timeline, single_instance = true) calls Dialogic for start_timeline(timeline), in which it also has, maybe it can cut Dialogic off and have it call its own method start_timeline(timeline) instead.

Can the same be said for other scripts calling Dialogic?

event_text's from_text(string:String) calls Dialogic for character_directory in which the singleton has, so I can't modify it.

[mechPenSketch]

In the end, I have edited project.godot with a text editor to add Dialogic into autoload. I still get the output error despite Dialogic being enabled. Maybe in GdScript 2.0, global singletons are called differently from classes?

For reference here is the out message:

  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Text/event_text.gd:91 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Text/event_text.gd:141 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Editor/directory_holder.gd:19 - Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'new' in base 'GDScript'.
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:88 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:90 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:117 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:119 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:142 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:144 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:164 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:166 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:252 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Events/Character/event_character.gd:299 - Parse Error: Could not find script for class "Dialogic".
  res://addons/dialogic/Editor/directory_holder.gd:35 - Invalid call. Nonexistent function 'new' in base 'GDScript'.
  Script does not inherit from Node: res://addons/dialogic/Other/DialogicGameHandler.gd.
  editor/editor_autoload_settings.cpp:551 - Condition "!info->node" is true. Continuing.
  modules/gdscript/gdscript.cpp:1981 - Condition "!named_globals.has(p_name)" is true.
  Script does not inherit from Node: res://addons/dialogic/Other/DialogicGameHandler.gd.
  editor/editor_autoload_settings.cpp:551 - Condition "!info->node" is true. Continuing.

[mechPenSketch]

According to Godot's Singleton page, they can still be called by their name.

[mechPenSketch]

Seems that Godot registers Dialogic as a missing class before going to check the list of singletons in autoload. If that's the case, the problem could lie in the godot engine and not in this asset.

[mechPenSketch]

Okay, after experimenting with the plugin, I have diagnosed what's wrong with it and have made a proper issue here: #1489

[ConstantChange]

Also having this issue - parse error cant find classes = Alpha 13

class_name DialogicGameHandler

[Jowan-Spooner]

@ConstantChange Here's some things you can try:

• Delete the .godot folder to trigger recalculation of the global class cache
• Make sure you don't have multiple versions installed that might be clashing. When installing always properly remove the old version first.