New to Articy & need help.

[rpoteat]

Hi all.

I'm very new to Articy, and need some help with a few things.

1) is there a way to import data from an Excel file that has not been created with articy? I have tried, and while the file is read, Articy seems to be looking for an id number, and i have no idea of what the rules are for that. I have tried just creating a numbered list, but it still will not import the data. I have been working on a few tables and lists before discovering articy, and if i'm able to simply import the data from excel, it would save me from having to re-input and re-create some of the data by hand, especially the list that contains all of my wav and mp3 files and their directories and sub-directories.

2) with articy, what are some good tips for a question where i want a random answer chosen from a list of possibilities? (Ex: i have 3 answers to How are you doing? but i want one to be chosen randomly every time the character is asked, and all have to be used before an answer can be repeated).

Any and all help is appreciated!

[Peter Thielmann]

Hi rpoteat,

to give you a quick answer to your question number one: Unfortunately, no. Because of the structure needed in the file you are not able to import an Excel file not created with articy:draft. But what you can do is - you can use the Macro Devkit (in articy:draft 3) and write your own "importer" for your custom formatted files.

Question number two: Commonly, this is not something you'd want to do in articy:draft itself. In articy:draft you prepare your data and then in the engine you use - or wherever you further process your prepared data, you do the random select.

Otherwise you might find some interesting information here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=720851257.
But I don't know if this is what you are looking for?

[rpoteat]

Hi rpoteat,

to give you a quick answer to your question number one: Unfortunately, no. Because of the structure needed in the file you are not able to import an Excel file not created with articy:draft. But what you can do is - you can use the Macro Devkit (in articy:draft 3) and write your own "importer" for your custom formatted files.

Question number two: Commonly, this is not something you'd want to do in articy:draft itself. In articy:draft you prepare your data and then in the engine you use - or wherever you further process your prepared data, you do the random select.

Otherwise you might find some interesting information here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=720851257.
But I don't know if this is what you are looking for?

trying to get an example ready - not being able to copy pre-created elements from one project to another in articy is a bit of a drag -have to manually re-create all of the links, entities, locations, etc from scratch, hopefully will have this over the weekend now that I have some time off work.