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== Overview ==

The dialogue engine drives the conversations between player and [[Plot:Design:NPCs|NPCs]].

== Dependencies ==

* [[Tasks:Widget Set|Widget set]] and [[Tasks:User Interface|User Interface]] for parts other than lowlevel code

== Requirements ==

* <span style="text-decoration:line-through">Mainly needs be ported from [http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/adonthell/adonthell-0.3/?sortby=date#dirlist v0.3] branch to [http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/adonthell/adonthell/?sortby=date#dirlist v0.4]</span> (done)
* <span style="text-decoration:line-through">Only lowlevel functionality implemented in the [[Architecture:Overview|game engine]]</span> (done)
* GUI should be written in [http://www.python.org Python], to allow modifications by game authors
* GUI should contain history of conversation
* GUI should display NPC (and possibly player) portrait 
* Player's choices should be numbered from 1 to n

== References ==

* Introductory chapters in [[Tools:Dlgedit:Contents|dlgedit manual]] [http://adonthell.linuxgames.com/files/dlgedit.pdf]
* [http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/adonthell/test/dialogtest.py?root=adonthell&view=markup Test script] for dialogue engine in CVS
* Code of the Python [http://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/adonthell/test/data/dialogues/dialogue.py?root=adonthell&view=markup support module]

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