I'm using Lonn, and I have a dialog cutscene trigger placed at the spawn point. I've given the proper ID, done the proper formatting on the dialog, yet no matter what I do it still only shows the ID in brackets. (Examples below)
#Dialog trigger not cooperating.
hot cloak
Pre-existing IDs work fine, but mine, formatted the same way just doesn't.
(The "granny" image is of the pre-existing CH9_FAREWELL ID)
If anyone can tell me I'm being dumb I'd appreciate it. Because I can't see what else I can do.
spring cloud
If anyone can tell me I'm being dumb I'd appreciate it. Because I can't see what...
uh, are you modifying vanilla's english.txt...?
spring cloud
God Forbid Do Not
do not edit vanilla files
please restore them by verifying game files and reinstalling everest
mossy oceanBOT
Steam Instructions
Epic Games Store Instructions
If you have Everest installed, you will need to reinstall it after verifying.
hot cloak
please restore them by verifying game files and reinstalling everest
i only edited one file
which was the dialog file
spring cloud
at least thats good but id still want to be sure
as for learning how to do stuff, i wrote a guide
hot cloak
Im playing everest rn, everything's fine
spring cloud
everest or not, you're still modifying vanilla files
hot cloak
as for learning how to do stuff, [i wrote a guide](https://gist.github.com/SnipU...
Thank you !!! I saw a tutorial and thats why im editing vanilla files
spring cloud
the changes will persist outside everest
fortunately vanilla is using the .export file, however you should still not modify vanilla files
hot cloak
that tutorial was awful and outdated tho
spring cloud
the guide is gets the basics going so that you can get started, and also explains some commonly asked questions
like "where do i put stuff", "how do i add dialog", "how do i play my map" etc
so long you read through this thoroughly you should be good to go
the rest is explained in the everest wiki:
mossy oceanBOT
spring cloud
also theres a myriad of channels
hot cloak
Will i need to know any coding to make cutscenes, or are there easy ways to make them? i know itll be answered in the guide but i just wanna know ehat im getting myself into 
spring cloud
Will i need to know any coding to make cutscenes, or are there easy ways to make...
just dialog is, well, the english.txt file
simple cutscenes you'll need lua for
or c#, whichever you prefer
pick your poison
spring cloud
you'll probably want to look at lua cutscenes then
visual oxideBOT
https://gamebanana.com/mods/53678
(shared by @spring cloud)
spring cloud
banger icon, i know
uhh gamation got a resource for that
just be wary of syntax errors in case there are any
hot cloak
@spring cloud For some reason Maddy's portrait doesnt show up for the first line of the dialogue
is that a bug or is she just shy
spring cloud
what is the dialog?
hot cloak
[MADELINE left excited] Wow! A {~}whole new world!{/~}
spring cloud
can you send the entire file?
@hot cloak there is no excited portrait for madeline
or wait no
im blind
oh yeah no, there isn't one
there is an excited portrait for theo
not madeline
hot cloak
I just found that out
im stupid
Sorry for talking in dms btw, didnt realize you were talking here 
spring cloud
im not exactly a fan of unsolicited dms, took me a minute to notice the dm because of discord's "message requests"
aat least let me know, yea?
hot cloak
aat least let me know, yea?
graaghhhh im really really sorry
spring cloud
its no big deal
hot cloak
I didnt mean to inconvenience you
spring cloud
just saying in the future
hot cloak
alsoi your the fella with the humongus tail in cnet right
hot cloak
an oc?
spring cloud
yea
spring cloud
he is yea
hot cloak
cute design!
spring cloud
thank you 
i appreciate it
hot cloak
Your guide didn't go over adding backgrounds, is there a good guide for it?
I know there are decals and background tiles, but they arent an actual background
spring cloud
eeh you just go map > stylegrounds
hot cloak
tysm!
spring cloud
for a plain background you pick parallax and click add
then get a vanilla styleground texture from here
mossy oceanBOT
spring cloud
alternatively you could add your own but i didnt explain that yet
in short youd want to put your stylegrounds in something like
Graphics/Atlases/Gameplay/bgs/mel/YourCampaign/yourBg.png where Graphics is right next to Dialog
also i advise prefixing dialog keys with your username and campaign name to prevent conflicts
hot cloak
you mean campaign as in name of the mod right
spring cloud
usually they match yeah
but they can be different
thats why the guide refers to then differently
hot cloak
im really hesitant to use any helpers
i wanna make the background move and half like a wine effect
but i dunno how to do it like golden ridge
spring cloud
i wanna make the background move and half like a wine effect
read the everest wiki page about stylegrounds
spring cloud
https://github.com/EverestAPI/Resources/wiki
