Issue with using signals

[EizenSmith]

I'm trying to make the conversation emit a signal when the player chooses to bike to work. The timeline functions fine until i add in the 'bike_signal func'

extends Area2D

var active = false
var bikeChoiceMade = false

func _ready():
    connect("body_entered", self, '_on_bike_body_entered')
    connect("body_entered", self, '_on_bike_body_exited')

#called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
func _input(event):
    #check the golbal variable to see if the player has already made their choice
    if gameManager.bikeChoiceMade == false:
        if get_node_or_null('DialogNode') == null:
            if event.is_action_pressed("ui_accept") and active:
                get_tree().paused = true
                var dialog = Dialogic.start('timeline-1688729263.json')
                dialog.pause_mode = Node.PAUSE_MODE_PROCESS
                dialog.connect('timeline_end', self, 'unpause')
                #updates the golbal variable to diable the interaction in the future                 
                gameManager.bikeChoiceMade = true                
                add_child(dialog)
                #connect the signal from the dialogic conversation                
                dialog.connect('dialogic_signal', self, 'bike_signal')                   
                #hides the interaction prompt
                $promptBike.hide()          

func bike_signal(bike):
    if  bike == 'user_chose_bike':
        print('+15')

func unpause(timeline_name):
    get_tree().paused = false

func _on_bike_body_entered(body):
    if body.name == 'Player':
        active = true

func _on_bike_body_exited(body):
    if body.name == 'Player':
        active = false```

[EizenSmith]

i've narrowed it down to the if line of the the bike_signal func as the print works correctly without the if.

something wrong with 'if bike == 'user_chose_bike':

Edit: i commented out the if line again and it didn't work. no idea why it worked once.

[EizenSmith]

So if i trigger another dialogic interaction before this one it works fine. but if it's the first dialogic interaction it doesn't work at all and breaks all other dialogic interactions in the scene.

[Jowan-Spooner]

So this is dialogic 1?

[Jowan-Spooner]

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[Jowan-Spooner]

Hey @EizenSmith, please let us know more about your issue or when we can close it.

[EizenSmith]

Apologies for the delay, had a mental weekend.

there was one mistake in my code, both Connect arguments said 'body_entered' instead of one entered and one exit. But the actually issues was caused by merging files with a friend. the layers & masks were set up incorrectly.

[EizenSmith]

thank you all for looking at this.

[Jowan-Spooner]

Alright, glad you figured it out and sorry to hear your weekened wasn't going as planned. Feel free to ask for help again here (for bugs) or on discord for any misunderstandings/questions/problems with using dialogic in your game.