Dialogues on build

[ImHorROr]

when I build the game dialogues stop working (The next button does not appear)
it works in the editor
any idea how to fix it?

[ImHorROr]

I went back to the dialogue course and downloaded the instructor project and it has the same problem

[Brian_Trotter]

Yes, there is a small bug in the Dialogues code.
What happens is that we’re relying on OnValidate() to populate the Dictionary, but OnValidate() is never called in a built game.

The best solution is to take the contents of OnValidate() and put them in a new method that is NOT within the #if UNITY_EDITOR block.

This method should be called by both Awake() and OnValidate()

More info here:

Possible bug with nodeLookup dictionary

Summary: The nodeLookup dictionary is built in the Dialogue.cs callback OnValidate. But this method is only called in the Unity Editor, so in an actual build, the dictionary is never populated. The result is that no nodes will be found to have children in GetAllChildren(). Long version: I used the dialogue system we created here in a VR (Oculus Rift) experience I created. Everything works great in the editor but when I tried to run my app from an actual build, I couldn’t get past the first no…