Can dialogue be triggered without using _unhandled_input?

[danfriedz]

In my taxi game, i have built a system to activate destinations when the passenger pickup commences. I would prefer to automatically start the dialogue when they appear in the vehicle.

If i try to call
DialogueManager.show_dialogue_balloon(character_1_dialogue,"beat_0")
within the pickup passenger function, i get this error
Invalid set index 'visible' (on base: 'Nil') with value of type 'bool'.
this is occurring on this line of code in 'example_balloon.gd'
var dialogue_line: DialogueLine:
set(next_dialogue_line):
***misc stuff*****
character_label.visible = not dialogue_line.character.is_empty()
member variables for dialogue_line are null

I've read through the docs and couldn't find an answer. Am I implementing this wrong?

Godot version 4.2.stable
The _unhandled_input method works find btw. So the plugin appears to be functioning.

[nathanhoad]

I just pushed something that should fix that. While you're waiting for the next release you can give it a go yourself by making this change.

[danfriedz]

Thanks, that solves the crash.
I was able to get it working how I wanted.
Ty for providing a fix!

If anyone stumbles upon this I just instantiate a scene that has code a little like this

#display the dialogue box instantly upon loading scene
func _ready() -> void:
	DialogueManager.show_dialogue_balloon(dialogue_file,beat)

#click through for the rest of the dialogue
func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) -> void:
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("dialogic_default_action"):
		DialogueManager.show_dialogue_balloon(dialogue_file,beat)

Video:
https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager/assets/61813510/8bc13a40-071e-4b12-9952-b9d6aebf7dbf