NPC Chat - Dialogue & Event Trigger System

NPC Chat is a powerful prefab and chat box system that allows you to configure events, dialogue, notifications and more in a few quick steps. Add an NPC Chat object to your scene and assign the required inspector references (player transform, chat box to use, text, events and trigger settings).

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Chat Box Features:
• Unity UI – the box is made from standard Unity UI components, simply edit or duplicate as needed if you want to customize the layout or design in any way for various needs.
• Title and Dialogue Text – the basics of any dialogue system.
• Dynamic Buttons – chat conversations can use up to 6 pre-configured buttons using the familiar inspector UnityEvent from the NPC Chat object when configuring page dialogue.
• Render Texture Camera – allows for a speaker to be animated in a portrait window of the chat box.
• Lerp In/Out Settings – the box can animate in-to and out-of screen space when a conversation starts or stops.

NPC Chat Features:
• Optimized Inspector Workflow – a clean inspector layout that provides quick access to all the settings you need.
• Conversations and Pages – each NPC can have any number of conversations, each conversation can have any number of dialogue pages, each page can use any chat box.
• Chat Manager – assign a Chat Manager ScriptableObject to control which NPC should use which conversation index.
• NPC Chat Options – assign a NPC Chat Options ScriptableObject to control settings (start/stop triggers, input triggers, distance check, scrolling text, outline, single use, and more).
• Page Audio – assign an audio clip to be played for a conversation page.
• Page Buttons – chat conversations can use up to 6 pre-configured buttons using the familiar inspector UnityEvent. Set the button event and button text.
• On Chat Start/Stop Events – setup conversation start/stop callback events using the familiar inspector UnityEvent. Trigger whatever you want to happen!
• Outline – assign a mesh, skinned or sprite renderer to recieve outline effects based on NPC Chat states (distance, mouse over, active).

Release Notes

Version 1.9.2 • Added "Structured Dialogue Tutorial" to user manual. • Added "Structured Dialogue Tutorial" scene. • Added "Reset Chat Manager Index On Start" option to "NPC Chat Options". If enabled, the assigned Chat Manger will have the corresponding Conversation Index reset to 0 when the scene starts. This allows for NPCs to always use their first configured conversation when a scene starts - useful when creating structured/branching dialogue. Version 1.9.1 • Fixed missing ground material in demo scenes. • Moved package to Unity 2018.4 LTS • updated manual url Version 1.9 • Improved workflow • Improved inspectors • New demo scenes • New tutorials • "NPC Chat Options" moved to ScriptableObject to reduce the need to configure the same settings for multiple NPC Chat objects and having redundant variables in memory. • Unique "Chat Manager" references can now be assigned to "NPC Chat" objects, allowing for more control over how conversations can be structured and handled. • Added "disable" and "destroy NPC Chat object on chat complete" options. • Added "allow chat if other chat is active" option.