How to allow the player to rename their character?

[godofgrunts]

Is there a built in way to do this or do I need to create a new scene with a LineEdit node?

Is it possible to make any character's name a variable instead?

[zaknafean]

You would need to build your own input UI to capture user input like that.

And you can make a Dialogic definition to store that result in and use the definition anywhere in Dialogic.

In addition there seems to be a bug if you're using the DialogNode directly rather than instantiating it via code (Dialogic.start(timeline_name)). So be sure to start the Dialog via code!~!

[coppolaemilio]

Just to clarify, the name of a character could be the value of a Dialogic definition:

Character:

In game:

[godofgrunts]

Okay so I have a problem.

Once I set the variable it doesn't change.

For example. I have [MCName] set to John at the beginning. I then ask the player to rename the character.

I change_scene to new node that has a LineEdit function. When the text is entered I'm calling:

func _on_Input_text_entered(new_text):
	print("Name before: %s" % Dialogic.get_variable("MCName"))
	Dialogic.set_variable("MCName", new_text)
	print("Name after: %s" % Dialogic.get_variable("MCName"))
	get_tree().change_scene("res://src/scenes/chapter1/Chapter1.tscn")

But when [MCName] speaks, it is still set to John.

[godofgrunts]

Removing the answered tag since the solution doesn't actually work.

[godofgrunts]

Okay I figured out the issue. My code was working well, but you can't call Dialogic from the Dialogic node if you change the variables.

Calling it from code works fine.