Version 2.2.54

[Core]

- Added: Dialogue Manager Display Settings > Subtitle Settings > Convert Pipes To Line Breaks checkbox.

- Added: DialogueSystemEvents OnConversationLineEarly event.

- Improved: ChangeActorName now also updates Variable["Actor"]/Variable["Conversant"] if applicable.

- Improved: Added Resume Conversation On Apply Persistent Data checkbox to SMSDialogueUI.

- Improved: Updated Dialogue Manager wizard.

- Improved: Installation now automatically adds TMP_PRESENT symbol in Unity 6.0+, not just 6.1+.

- Improved: Disambiguates use of UnityEditor.Editor to work around bug in Unity AI Toolkit prerelease.

- Fixed: Issue with continue button shared across multiple subtitle panels not appearing when conversation starts.

- Fixed: UIToolkit typo that caused NPC subtitle panel to be used for PC.

- Fixed: Harmless editor warning when adding a duplicate field name to template.

[Third Party Support]

- FMOD: FMODWait() now accepts optional parameter and value.

- Opsive Ultimate Inventory System: Updated integration.

- RPG Builder: Added rpgRankUpBonus() function.

- Spine: Added fallback handling to SpineAnimation() sequencer command (per user bmringo's suggestion).

- uMMORPG: Updated for uMMORPG 2.43.

Version 2.2.53.2

[Core]

- Changed: Automatically adds TMP_PRESENT symbol in Unity 6.1+; checks for Input System package.

- Changed: When StandardUIInputField's Allow Blank Input is UNticked, input field also disallows input that's only whitespace (e.g., blank space character).

- Improved: Added SMSDialogueUI checkbox to specify whether or not to resume conversation when loading saved game.

- Fixed: StandardUIInputField now gracefully handles errors from virtual keyboard.

[Third Party Support]

- TopDown Engine: Fixed issue with unpausing with PauseTopDown's Pause Top Down During Pause checkbox was ticked.

Version 2.2.53.1

[Core]

- Added: OnConversationLineEarly(Subtitle) special script method.

- Changed: UILocalizationManager no longer updates LocalizeUI components on start if no current language is specified (i.e., if default language is being used).

- Fixed: Conversations starting when editor play mode started would skip first entry if its Sequence was a Delay() command due to inaccurate Time.unscaledDeltaTime in first frame.

[Third Party Support]

- Text Animator: Fixed issue with accumulated text flashing for one frame before continuing typewriter.

Version 2.2.53:

[Core]

- Added: UI Toolkit integration (beta).

- Added: Tweening class.

- Added: Camera easing options in Dialogue Manager's Camera & Cutscene Settings.

- Added: DialogueManager.instance.conversationLinePrepared(Subtitle) C# event.

- Improved: Dialogue Editor > Stats now reports stats per actor.

- Improved: Camera() command now recognizes angles registered in SequencerShortcuts.

- Improved: QuestStateDispatcher.UpdateListeners() is now public.

- Fixed: SMSDialogueUI now observes [panel=#] tags.

- Fixed: SetPanel() immediate keyword now works.

- Fixed: Removed variable name reporting in Console window when opening dialogue database.

[Third Party Support]

- Behavior Designer Pro: Start Conversation task now properly reports when the conversation ends.

Version 2.2.52:

[Core]

- Fixed: DialogueManager.Bark() can now find barker's bark UI even if it's not in barker's hierarchy.

- Fixed: Unique ID Tool no longer forces each database's content to use the database's minimum Base ID value.

- Fixed: Custom subtitle panels (e.g., overhead bubble) now close when Visibility is set to Until Superceded Or Actor Change Or Menu.

- Fixed: SMS Dialogue UI now properly hides continue button after clicking it.

- Fixed: Using SetPortrait() with addressables works again.

- Fixed: When starting a second conversation that uses the default UI at the end of a conversation that uses an override UI, correct UI is now used.

- Fixed: In complex chained Delay() sequencer commands, sequencer now correctly sends last message to OnSequencerMessage().

- Fixed: Lua os.clock() function to correct iOS accuracy.

- Fixed: Issue where creating a StringAsset in a StringField could log a harmless error message in the editor.

- Improved: Dialogue Editor automatically removes variables with blank names when opening database.

- Improved: CharacterInfo.RegisterActorTransform reports if no Dialogue Manager is present.

- Improved: Changes/optimizations to Use Linear Group Mode option.

- Save System: Handles savers that destroy themselves in BeforeSceneChange().

[Third Party Support]

- Adventure Creator: Added acGetObjectiveStateByTitle(), acGetSubObjectiveState[ByTitle](), acGetSubObjectiveStateByTitle(), Lua functions; updated Unity API calls.

- articy:draft: Now handles articy X [i]..[/i] formatting codes; importer window respects Convert Markup To Rich Text checkbox.

- Localization Package: Dialogue System To String Table now correctly marks databases for saving; added Export Localized Fields checkbox.

Version 2.2.51:

[Core]

- Changed: Blank <START> node is no longer logged as "Actor says: ''", and OnConversationLine(Subtitle) is not invoked.

- Changed: Duplicating conversations no longer duplicates dialogue entry references to scene events.

- Improved: QuestLogWindowHotkey now has ToggleQuestLogWindow() method that you can call from a UI Button's OnClick event.

- Improved: Changing languages (e.g., DialogueManager.SetLanguage()) now also updates quest UIs.

- Improved: StandardUIContinueButtonFastForward now sets selected UI object to null if Hide Continue Button On Click is ticked.

- Improved: When using Input System package, InputDeviceManager no longer allocates any memory each frame.

- Improved: Unique ID Tool ensures unique Base IDs among databases and keeps each database's assets within Base ID range.

- Improved: Added InputDeviceRegistry component for easier Input System support.

- Improved: Player can no longer navigate to StandardUIQuestLogWindow's "No active/completed quests" text using keyboard or joystick.

- Improved: KeepRectTransformOnscreen does a better job of keeping entire RectTransform onscreen.

- Fixed: If all player responses are disabled (Conditions are false but Include Invalid is ticked), conversation ends.

- Fixed: If using Input System package, UIButtonKeyTrigger component doesn't disable input action by default.

- Fixed: Quick text entry on dialogue entry nodes (double-click) now supports IME keyboard input.

- Fixed: Dialogue System Trigger inspector wasn't marking quest name changes dirty on prefabs.

- Fixed: [LuaScriptWizard] and [LuaConditionWizard] attribute drawing issue.

- Fixed: ConversationStateSaver should no longer show wrong portrait images when multiple actors share panels.

- Fixed: Saving data when switching text tables.

- Fixed: DialogueActors in scenes without a Dialogue Manager no longer report an error when disabled.

- Fixed: Added missing built-in sequencer commands to "+" dropdown.

[Third Party Support]

- Adventure Creator: Added "Is Player Actor?" checkbox to Bark action.

- Feel: Updated for Feel 5.4.

- Localization Package: Added option to prepend name to key; no longer duplicates synchronized actors or quests; doesn't add string table entries for blank dialogue text.

- Playmaker: Added option to specify Set Quest State / Set Quest Entry State using dropdown menu instead of string.

- RPG Builder: Added rpgModifyStat() function.

- Twine: Fixed (if:) logic conditions, now allows white space between (if:) and [link], supports '->' links.

- Visual Scripting: Added Lua functions to get values of Application Variables.

- Yarn 1: Fixed import of custom commands with arguments containing forward slashes. (Put argument in quotes.)

- Yarn 2: Added import of portrait images.

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