File IO

[nathanlink169]

Hi all,

I’m making my own external tool for dialogue tree editing. This is because the dialogues in my game can branch quite a bit, and the RPG Maker editor isn’t great for these large dialogue trees.

In my external tool, I’m generating a .txt file that includes all my dialogue for that encounter. That being said, I’m not terribly aware of the way to properly import these files in JavaScript. Is there a difference between loading a file in the editor and loading a file in an exported version of the game? Any resources you could point me towards I’d greatly appreciate.

 

[caethyril]

I'd suggest putting the dialogue file into your project's data directory and loading it via the built-in DataManager.loadDatafile method. Quick, easy, no custom file access code needed, and it'll do the parsing automatically if you set it up right. In case you're unaware: a .json just contains one or more stringified objects, pretty easy to write from scratch if you're familiar with JS.

In case you're interested, I have an ExtraJSONs plugin that loads specified files into specified global variables (you may find this old thread helpful); feel free to use it as-is or as a learning reference~