Custom Balloon Paths Not Recognized

[LouisC00]

Describe the bug
I’m experiencing an issue with the Dialogue Manager 2.39.1 in Godot 4.2.2-stable where the runtime does not recognize custom balloon paths. Regardless of the custom path I set, whether it’s a scene path unrelated to dialogue or not, the runtime consistently defaults to the default balloon.

Affected version

• Dialogue Manager version: 2.39.1
• Godot version: 4.2.2-stable

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Create a copy of dialogue example balloon and customize it
2. Set the run time path to that balloon in dialogue manager
3. Observe that it always runs the balloon at res://addons/dialogue_manager/example_balloon/example_balloon.tscn regardless of the runtime path set.

Expected behavior
The Dialogue Manager should run my custom balloon as specified in the runtime path. I attempted to replace my custom dialogue at the path res://addons/dialogue_manager/example_balloon/example_balloon.tscn, which interestingly results in the runtime pointing to a different path and displaying my custom dialogue. This suggests that the paths I set are not being read properly.

[nathanhoad]

Can you show me a screenshot of where you've set the custom balloon?

[LouisC00]

1. You can see the custom balloon has a portrait, and the path is correct, but in the game, there’s no portrait:

2. When I use the default test scene, it should point to the default scene in the dialogue manager because I don’t have my custom test scene, but it actually tests the runtime path.

I have checked the dialogue balloon in the dialogue manager; it should have no portrait:

[nathanhoad]

Can you show me the code you're using to start the dialogue in your game? It should be calling DialogueManager.show_dialogue_balloon().

[LouisC00]

Oh. I did forget to use show_dialogue_balloon(). I use show_dialogue_example_balloon() instead.
So now the runtime is correctly showing my custom balloon.
but the test still showing the runtime path balloon.

[nathanhoad]

The "test dialogue" button will use whichever balloon is configured to be your runtime balloon (it uses show_dialogue_balloon() internally).

So is your game working as expected now? If so, I'll close the issue.

[LouisC00]

Yes. it's working as expected now. Thank you. Please close the issue