Dialogue and Conversation.

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May 14 2014, 3:15 pm
Is this not getting fixed?
May 14 2014, 6:33 pm
Well, one major problem is that it's not making any new instances of Dials or Resps, which is why it usually returns null. I believe this should fix most of the issues people seem to be having.
May 16 2014, 5:09 am (Edited on May 16 2014, 5:16 am)
I usually do Dialogue/Conversations onscreen because I think alert/input/output is a terrible way to display important features unless you're debugging/testing then it's okay. But here's an example of the way I usually do it.

mob
    var
        tmp/chatting // keeps track of if you're in a Conversation.
        tmp/chosen   // keeps track of your choice chosen.

    Login()
        ..()
        // a macro created on the fly.. get it? flysbad? anyways.
        winset(src, "Action", "parent=macro;name=space;command=Action")
    Move()
        if(src.chatting) return
        else ..()

    proc
        // this proc will be used when there are more
        // than multiple choices to pick.
        ConversationAlert(var/text, var/list/choices=list("Ok"))
            if(src.chatting) return
            src.chatting=1
            src.chosen=null
            spawn src.chosen = input(text, "Conversation") in choices
            while(!src.chosen)
                sleep(1) ; continue
            src.chatting=0
            return src.chosen

        // this proc is used for quick conversations.
        // using space to advance through the messages.
        Conversation(var/text)
            if(src.chatting) return
            src.chatting=1
            src << text
            while(src.chatting)
                sleep(1) ; continue

    verb
        Action()
            set hidden = 1
            if(src.chatting)
                src.chatting=0
                return

        Test_Alert()
            if(ConversationAlert("This is just a simple conversation", list("Go ahead", "Leave"))== "Go ahead")
                Conversation("Heh, you've continued to the next slot. Press Space to continue.")
                Conversation("You've advanced to the next message!")
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