# Narrative Design Not responding

**URL:** <https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840>\
**Category:** Unreal Engine Plugin\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [October 7, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840 "2024-10-07T08:02:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/1 "2024-10-07T08:02:09Z")

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**Original Discord Post by iranpower | 2024-10-07 08:02:09**

I have setup multiple triggers and im triggering them through unrealengine. if i trigger the first one and then trigger the rest it works fine, but if i dont trigger the first one and i try trigger the other ones they dont work. they answer like " oh , bla bla bla ". my current work around is when it starts just trigger it once on being play so the rest can work any time.

am i doing something wrong ? or thats not how triggers work ?

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**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/2 "2024-10-07T15:22:02Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-10-07 15:22:02**

Hello \<@222597391474360320\>,

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**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/3 "2024-10-07T15:22:13Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-10-07 15:22:13**

Could you please share the Character ID?

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**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/4 "2024-10-08T05:46:48Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-08 05:46:48**

e84de9fe-6f3a-11ef-9ce5-42010a7be011

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/5 "2024-10-09T07:19:54Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-09 07:19:54**

any ideas ?

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/6 "2024-10-09T07:56:58Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-10-09 07:56:58**

Okay, I tested it, it works on the playground.

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/7 "2024-10-09T08:04:25Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-10-09 08:04:25**

Also it is working in the Unity.

How do you invoke the trigger?

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/8 "2024-10-09T09:31:04Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-09 09:31:04**

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/9 "2024-10-09T09:32:13Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-10-09 09:32:13**

\<@365628745886859267\> Do you have any ideas?

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**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/10 "2024-10-09T14:38:17Z")

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**Reply by freezfast | 2024-10-09 14:38:17**

Not really, we didn’t face this issue before, \<@222597391474360320\> could you share your narrative design graph we need to replicate the issue first

\<@1216254232957685765\> please create a new character using \<@222597391474360320\> narrative dewign graph and try to replicate the issue above

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/11 "2024-10-10T06:01:49Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-10 06:01:49**

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/12 "2024-10-10T06:02:13Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-10 06:02:13**

im calling the trigger names, 1990 2000 2010 2020

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/13 "2024-10-10T06:02:28Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-10 06:02:28**

and inside section description i have and etc

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/14 "2024-10-10T06:35:14Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-10 06:35:14**

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/15 "2024-10-10T06:35:20Z")

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**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-10 06:35:20**

is this the right way of doing it ?

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**Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/16 "2024-10-12T16:30:09Z")

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**Reply by k3kalinix | 2024-10-12 16:30:09**

\<@1216254232957685765\> did you check?

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**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/17 "2024-10-14T07:32:47Z")

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**Reply by mighty\_brute | 2024-10-14 07:32:47**

Hello \<@222597391474360320\> ,

On my end, everything is working fine, regardless of the order in which I trigger them. I’ve tested it multiple times, and it hasn’t broken even once.

Just to confirm, I followed a similar setup to yours: I created a narrative design with the same trigger names (1990, 2000, etc.), and attached each trigger to a section. Inside each section, I used a speak tag, like this: `<speak>1990 is triggered</speak>`. However, in one section, I forgot to close the speak tag, which resulted in a strange response.

Could you please check on your end and confirm if all your speak tags are properly closed?

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**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/18 "2024-10-15T05:35:15Z")

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**Replying to mighty\_brute’s Message**

> **Reply by mighty\_brute | 2024-10-14 07:32:47**  
> Hello \<@222597391474360320\> ,

On my end, everything is working fine, regardless of the order in which I trigger them. I’ve tested it multiple times, and it hasn’t broken even once.

Just to confirm, I followed a similar setup to yours: I created a narrative design with the same trigger names (1990, 2000, etc.), and attached each trigger to a section. Inside each section, I used a speak tag, like this: `<speak>1990 is triggered</speak>`. However, in one section, I forgot to close the speak tag, which resulted in a strange response.

Could you please check on your end and confirm if all your speak tags are properly closed?

**Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-15 05:35:15**

heyy, sorry i didnt get back to you, indeed that was the problem, some of them werent closed properly

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**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/19 "2024-10-15T05:58:26Z")

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> **Reply by iranpower | 2024-10-15 05:35:15**  
> heyy, sorry i didnt get back to you, indeed that was the problem, some of them werent closed properly

**Reply by mighty\_brute | 2024-10-15 05:58:26**

I’m glad to hear that your issue has been resolved!

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**Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/narrative-design-not-responding/1840/20 "2024-11-25T12:14:15Z")

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