Linking files

To organise your dialogues further, you can access blocks defined in other files by linking them using the @link keyword.

Here is a simple example importing a shopkeeper.clyde

@link shopkeeper

-> @shopkeeper.greeting

• @link shopkeeper makes the file accessible via @shopkeeper
• Diverts work the same way as with normal blocks. You just need to use the format -> @<file identifier>.<block name> to divert to a linked file.
  • <file identifier> follows the identifier format. <block name>follows the block name format.
• Diverting without providing a block name (i.e. -> @other_file) will execute the default block in the other file.
• @link does not check if the file exists or is valid. Parsing will only happen in runtime when diverting to the file for the first time.

Here are a few different ways you can reference files:

• @link greetings: references a greetings.clyde file in the default dialogue folder.
• @link external_greetings = greetings: same as the first one, but allows you to set a different name for the link
• @link greetings = ../greetings: references greetings.clyde file relative to the current file.
• @link greetings = res://dialogue_samples/greetings.clyde: absolute link