"What to do if my dialogue reader can't open a file?"

Maddcat

A friend of mine is struggling with using a dialogue reader, for the reader can't open specific files. Is there any way to combat this?

TwistedTwigleg

Welcome to the forums @Maddcat!

Is the dialog reader in Godot or on the OS? Which file type(s) is it unable to read?

GDScript (.gd) and C# files (.cs) should just be normal text files, so they should be readable as long as you can tell the dialogue reader to open them like text files. Text-scene files (.tscn) should also be readable as normal text, however they maybe be a tad confusing due to how the data is stored. Some files though, specifically resources (.res) and binary-scene files (.scn) are stored as binary, so they may need to be converted before they can be processed using a dialogue reader. Assets like images, 3D models, etc, may not be readable due to how their data is stored.

Maddcat

Thanks for the welcome! :) Actually, The dialog reader is in Godot! The file that the reader cannot read is actually one of the assets that are provided. The asset is called "Godot Dialog System" and it's made by DavetheDev.

cybereality

You have to be careful because you can only read files from certain folders in Godot. Like from the user folder. But if you want to include the files in the export package, you have to make sure you export that file type in the export settings (your can do *.dialog or whatever the extension is so it picks up all the files). It will still work in the editor either way, but when you export a build there are additional security settings that will block free file access.

TwistedTwigleg

@Maddcat said: Thanks for the welcome! :) Actually, The dialog reader is in Godot! The file that the reader cannot read is actually one of the assets that are provided. The asset is called "Godot Dialog System" and it's made by DavetheDev.

Cool! I'm not sure how the dialog reader works, but you may need to interface with the "Godot Dialog System" plugin to get the data in a way the dialog reader can work with. I looked at what I believe is the GitHub repository and it looks like it uses a node-based workflow similar to the visual shader editor. I'm not sure how the dialog is saved, but there may be an API you can use to read, modify, and save the dialog, which you could potentially use with the dialog reader.