LDC (Localized Dialogs & Cutscenes) - Powerful and intuitive Dialog System with tons of features!

Mel.. I have few wish list for LDC
1) Insert / copy/ paste / duplicate dialogue within the flow ( at least insert new )
it is time consuming rearranging the numbers or moving up and down..

2) Inserting images, you have fade in , fade out, show.. It would be great to have more.. like scroll , SHAKE ( it is one of NV writers favorite ) , etc

3) Panning and zooming feature with a cam2DD for cutscenes....
So we can show a little presentation before starting the dialogue..

Right now I am using A.C with cutscene and call LDC modules.

4) Animations are played in loop . It would be nice to have a check box to play once or in loop

5) If a navigational block have a END DIALOGUE , That particular block/panel have different color.

6) A quick start tutorial on RT-Voice with demo ( I saw your youtube )

 

Added to the wishlist

 

Hi,

I'm curious about the new system under development.

My use case is VR and Text Mesh Pro.

ty!

 

Hi @sonicviz

It's still in the R&D phase right now but it is on the road map.

I've been prioritising some other tools I'm working on first, which is why I added VR support to LDC v6 in the meantime.

- Mel

 

Hey there Mel,

just for your info - the german translation of buttons is kinda wrong

The "No" button should be "Nein" (Nicht = is in German more like "nothing")
The "Next" button should be "Weiter" (You don't say "nächster" in this case and as you in your code, the encoding of "ä" is also causing issues..).

I fixed it locally now but it would be great to update your codebase to have it correct when updating in future.

Thanks a lot,
Oliver

 

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for letting me know, I'll roll it into the next update

- Mel

 

Awesome

BTW is there an easy way to fade out the whole dialog at the end of a dialog/conversation or maybe I am missing something...?

What I mean is the main actor itself is always fading in out and this can be well controlled via the Navigation options. But if there are any additional actors put in via the Actions Actors layers - then at the end of the dialog they are not fading out, they are just disappearing instantly (which doesn't look smooth). It would be great to fade the whole dialog scene out at the end of the conversion.

The only way I can do this right now would be by making another "empty" dialog step and using the Actions Fade out all actors layers. But then there is still the next button I need to click and nothing is shown anymore. So I am seeking something like "Fade out all actors layers" at the end of the current dialog - not at the beginning - or just fade everything out at the end...

Thanks for your help,
Oliver

 

Hi Oliver,

Please send me a pm / email with your invoice number and I'll be happy to offer some suggestions!

- Mel

 

@melgeorgiou I just purchased the asset and realized that Localization is hardcoded to 10 languages. As such, the asset is unusable in our project and I'd like to ask for a refund. I couldn't find any contact info on your support page, so here I am, asking for refunds in your forum thread

 

Hi @adhdchris,

Please send me a PM with your invoice number and we'll take it from there

- Mel

 

Hi everyone,

I've just released a new tool called Data Kit - The Reimagined Data Serialization System For Unity.

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As with all of my Unity plugins, it uses visual inspectors in an effort to make things as easy to use as possible (although some scripting is required). There are quite a few tutorial videos on the DataKit forum page but please check out this introduction video to see how DataKit can help with your own projects!

DataKit is currently on sale with a 50% launch discount! For more information about DataKit check out the Asset Store page HERE. If you have any questions or suggestions for DataKit, please use its own unity forum page HERE.

... OK, now back to LDC!

- Mel

 

Hello, I'm using the multiple buttons form for a game and the more choices (buttons) there is, the bigger the space below increases, as you can see in the red rectangle
2 choices:

4 choices:


I configured all I can in the DialogSkin (the Margin, Padding, Overflow, Content Offset, Fixed Width/Height) in the skins Button, Custom Styles > Pannel Box and Custom Styles > Button Offset, and have most values to default so that it works the same for every case.

I could configure the DialogSkins somehow by changing some values depending on the number of choices, but it's not generic (and I don't know how I can change a DialogSkin by code, and if it is even possible).

Thanks in advance

 

Hi @capu087,

Please send me a PM / Email with your invoice number and I'll be happy to offer some suggestions!

- Mel

 

Hey mel, is there a way to play a sound when we hover a button?
As found in the documentation, I tried these two options:


However, the Select sound plays when the button is clicked/pressed, and the focus changes seem to do nothing.

Thanks in advance!

 

Hi @capu087,

The focus audio changes when using the keyboard / joypad to switch focus to different buttons.

There currently isn't a way to add mouseover audio but I'll add this request to the wish list!

- Mel

 

Thanks for your answer

Is there a way to do this by changing the source code? Or some hack hehe?
If it's not possible it's okay, it's not so important.

 

Hi @capu087,

Unfortunately not I'm afraid, it needs to be part of the core GUI code

 

Hi @capu087,

Yep, you can use images as backgrounds to panels, buttons, etc. You just need to apply it to your skins.

It's always best to backup your project as well as the current GUISkins first so you can restore them if necessary.

If you have specific questions about that, feel free to send me a PM / Email

- Mel

 

Oops, you answered too fast before I coul'd correct my message! (Misstyped on enter)

Okay no probs don't worry! Thanks a lot for your fast answers

I just remembered I have another question about the DialogSkins.
We can use images as background for each object type:

but I wondered if it's possible to use the "Tiled" option like here:

The type used seem to be Simple, and my background boxes get stretched because of that


EDIT to answer your next message: Applogizes (

 

Hi @capu087,

Please refer to the PM I just sent you!

- Mel

 

LDC v6.1 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON MY SITE!

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE UPDATING!

LDC Direct Website Link
http://unitygamesdevelopment.co.uk/downloads/ldc-localized-dialogs-cutscene-plugin-for-unity/

LDC 6.1 is a maintenance update for Unity 2019.3.

It should be available on the Unity Asset Store soon!

Thanks!

- Mel

 

The last post here is like Jan 5th 2020
I just came to peep if all are fine
now it is 11th Feb 2021
More than a year
is anyone home?

 

Hi @Siddhattha ,

... Yep, still here!

Most support requests tend to come in through email now!

- Mel

 

Hi everyone,

Just a quick announcement to let everyone know that unfortunately Yandex.Translate ( the API behind LDC's automatic translation functionality over the last 8 years ) has recently changed its API to become a commercial service and is no longer free. Some of you may have noticed that automatic one-click translation features no longer work.

I'll be trying to find a way to allow users to purchase their own Yandex keys to use within LDC to restore the previous functionality in a future update ( this appears to start at $15 for up to 5 million characters ). I apologise about this but obviously I cannot control how Yandex ( as well as Google, etc ) choose to monetize their APIs.

As a workaround, you can use either Yandex or Google's translate websites to copy and paste translations into the relevant LDC localization tabs. It's not as easy as a single click, but at least a 'free' workflow is still possible.

Thanks!

 

LDC v6.3 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON MY SITE!

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS BACKUP BEFORE UPDATING!

LDC Direct Website Link
http://unitygamesdevelopment.co.uk/downloads/ldc-localized-dialogs-cutscene-plugin-for-unity/

Hi everyone!

I'm sure that many of you now know that Yandex's Auto-Translation API ( which has been a part of LDC and free for the last 10 years ) has unfortunately switched to a commercial "paid" model. This is why you may have noticed your auto-translations no longer working in the Editor.

Unfortunately this was entirely out of my control but I have found a way for users to re-enable the feature if they choose to. As well as some bugfixes, LDC 6.3 allows users to purchase their own Yandex API keys and enter them in the new LDC tab in the Unity Preferences window.



You can now optionally purchase a Yandex API key by creating an account at the Yandex Translate website. After setting up your account and adding some credit ( I believe the minimum is $15 ) you will be allowed to create a new API key that can be used directly in LDC.

It should be available on the Unity Asset Store soon!

Thanks!

- Mel

 

Hi, I have purchased all your assets, but I suddenly found that the documents cannot be downloaded today. Could you sort it out, please? Thank you very much!

My Email is 919375734@qq.com

 

@hippobob,

That's very strange. If Unity isn't allowing you to download them, I think you need to reach out to them to ask why ( I'm not in charge of that, it's an asset store issue ). As far as I know, this isn't happening to anyone else?

Hope that helps!

EDIT: I just realised you were talking about some of the links on the asset store page itself. I thought you meant you couldn't download the actual assets. I've updated them now!

- Mel

 

Hello, thank you very much for your reply!


I have already downloaded the resource in unity. I found that there are documents in it, but the documents on your website can't be opened... XD


Then, I want to ask, can't you keep the dialog box forever? It's when I don't do anything and I don't get to the next conversation in seconds.
Does it have to be a very large time? I tried for 0 seconds or -1 seconds. It didn't work out...

 

Hi @hippobob ,

I'll be happy to help, but can you please email me via my contact form here or PM me. Please make sure to add your Unity Invoice ID for LDC (you should be able to find this on your receipt).

Thanks!

- Mel

 

I found that I had to set a time for the dialog, not zero seconds, which would lead to the next dialog. If you want to keep the world for a long time, you have to set a big time, which I think is not good. Is there any other way?

And I sent you an E-mail.

 

Hi @hippobob

Yep, there is a very simple solution

Please check your email!

Thanks!

- Mel