Beat Playback Service

Description

Handles the sequential presentation of beat groups within a dialogue node. When a node is entered, this service walks through its beat groups one at a time, presenting all beats in each group simultaneously and coordinating with the response and progression services.

It also plays connection beats -- the beat groups authored on a connection, which let the responder answer before the conversation moves to the target node. See Beats.

Interface

Type
N/A

A plain sealed class with no interface. ChatSystemService and HeadlessConversationController each own one.

Inherits

Type
N/A

Properties

Name	Type	Description
IsPlayingConnectionBeats	bool	True while a connection's beat groups are being played out.

Public Methods

Name	Parameters	Return Type	Description
Bind	IChatResponseService, IAgentPresentationService, IDialogueAgentService, AudioSource	void	Binds the service to its dependencies for the current conversation.
Bind	IChatResponseService, IAgentPresentationService, IDialogueAgentService, AudioSource, Transform speakerTransform, IAgentService speaker = null, IAgentService listener = null	void	As above, plus the transform and agents needed for camera framing and token resolution.
BeginNode	ChatData node	void	Starts playback of a node's beat groups from the first group.
AdvanceBeatOrDisplayOptions	N/A	void	Advances to the next beat group, or shows options if at the last.
PlayConnectionBeats	DialogueBeatGroupData[] beatGroups, IAgentPresentationService responderPresentation, IDialogueAgentService responderDialogueAgent, AudioSource responderAudio, Transform responderTransform, Action onComplete	void	Plays a connection's beat groups as the responder, then invokes onComplete. Invokes immediately if there are none.
StopConnectionBeats	N/A	void	Cancels connection beat playback in progress.
Stop	N/A	void	Stops playback, audio, and any pending progression.
Clear	N/A	void	Releases the bound dependencies so the service can be re-bound.

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