Effects on GS_Play Gameplay Framework

Mixing & Effects

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GS_Audio provides a named mixing bus system built on custom MiniAudio nodes. Each GS_MixingBus is a node in the audio graph with its own volume level and an optional chain of audio filters. Buses are configured in the Audio Manager Inspector and can be controlled at runtime through the mixing request bus.

The effects system includes 9 built-in filter types covering frequency shaping, equalization, delay, and reverb. Environmental influence effects allow game world volumes (rooms, weather zones) to push effects onto buses with priority-based stacking.

Dialogue Data Structure

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All dialogue content lives in a .dialoguedb asset file. This page documents the complete data model: the database container, sequences, actor definitions, every node type, the polymorphic condition and effect hierarchies, and the localization pipeline. It also provides an extension guide for registering custom conditions and effects from external gems.

For usage guides and setup examples, see The Basics: GS_Cinematics.

Dialogue System

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The Dialogue System is the runtime engine inside GS_Cinematics that drives all authored narrative experiences. It connects a persistent .dialoguedb asset to a node-graph sequencer, world-space and screen-space UI display, and an extensible set of polymorphic conditions, effects, and performances. Every piece is a standalone component communicating through EBus interfaces, so you can replace or extend any layer without modifying the gem itself.

The system is managed by the GS_DialogueManagerComponent, which participates in the standard Game Manager startup sequence.

Effects

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Effects are synchronous actions executed from EffectsNodeData nodes within a dialogue sequence. When the Dialogue Sequencer encounters an Effects node, it calls DoEffect() on each DialogueEffect in the node’s list in order, then immediately advances to the next node.

All effects are polymorphic — extending the base class automatically populates the effects list in the dialogue editor at startup.

For usage guides and setup examples, see The Basics: GS_Cinematics.

DialogueEffect (Abstract Base)
SetRecords_DialogueEffect
ToggleEntitiesActive_DialogueEffect
Complete Effect Type Reference
Creating a Custom Effect
See Also

DialogueEffect (Abstract Base)

The base class for all dialogue effects. Effects execute synchronously and can be reversed for rollback scenarios.

Effects on GS_Play Gameplay Framework

Mixing & Effects

Dialogue Data Structure

Dialogue System

Effects

Contents

DialogueEffect (Abstract Base)