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Settings

The Settings page helps you customize Dialogus for your workflow.

You can enable shortcuts, change grid/node appearance, and set default values for nodes or scripts.

To open settings:

Tools > Fast Studios > Dialogus > Settings

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Tabs

On the left, you can select between five pages:
 

  • General: Default values and minimap settings.

  • Appearance: Controls node colors and grid background layout.

  • Shortcuts: Enables or disables asset shortcuts.

  • Effects: Sets default values for the typewriter effect.

  • Advanced: Advanced options.

Bottom Buttons:

At the bottom of the window, you’ll find four buttons:
 

  • Documentation: Opens the online documentation.

  • Reset: Resets settings to default values.

  • Apply: Applies your current settings.

  • Close: Closes the settings window.

Setting default values

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Default values determine the initial setup whenever you create a node or add a script.

This helps speed up your workflow — set defaults once, and new nodes/scripts will use them automatically.


If your game always uses certain features (e.g., typewriter effect), enable them here to avoid repetitive setup.

Minimap Settings

  • Enabled: Activates the minimap in the dialogue editor.

  • Fixed Position: Makes the minimap unmovable. Disable if you want to reposition it.

Activation Settings

For all scripts that inherit from the  BaseActivation  class (used to trigger dialogues):

  • Enabled: Allows triggering dialogue with a key or mouse button (useful if you want to skip the default continue button—just assign a transparent button if you don't want it visible).
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  • Continue Trigger Type:

    • Mouse

    • Keyboard

    • Both

  • Mouse Buttons:

    • Left Mouse Button

    • Middle Mouse Button

    • Right Mouse Button

  • Key To Continue:

    • Assign which key triggers continue (when trigger type includes Keyboard).

Diaogue Node Default Values

  • Wait Time: How long (in seconds) the system waits before showing buttons after dialogue.

  • Node Output: Default output port type (Continue, Choice).

  • Max Choice Connections: Maximum number of choices per dialogue node (range: 1–15).

  • Use Actor Name: If enabled, the actor’s name will be shown.

  • Use Actor Icon: If enabled, the actor’s icon will be shown.

Subtitles Node Default Values

  • Use Actor Name: If enabled, shows actor’s name.

Loop Node Default Values

  • Loop Node Type:

    • Repeat

    • Return to Start

Wait Node Default Values

  • Wait Time: Time (in seconds) to wait before proceeding to next node.

Typewriter Effect Default Values (In effects tab)

  • Enabled: Activates typewriter by default.

  • Characters Per Second: Number of characters shown per second.

  • Can Skip: Allows skipping the effect.

  • Skip Type:

    • Speedup

    • Go To End

  • Skip Speed Multiplier: Speed multiplier for skip (speedup type).

  • Skip Trigger Type:

    • Mouse

    • Keyboard

    • Both

  • Skip Bind: Mouse button or key to skip.

  • Show Buttons When End: Automatically shows buttons when the effect finishes.

  • Wait After Special Char Delay: Enables delay after special characters.

  • Special Character Delay: How long to wait after a special character.

Appearance

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Customize the appearance of the grid and each node:

  • Node Colors: Set the default color for each node type.

  • Grid Colors: Set background, line, and thick line colors. Adjust grid spacing as needed.

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