How to create an invisible narrator

This tutorial explains how to create an invisible narrator for cutscenes etc. If you don't know how to create dialog I recommend that you read the dialog tutorial first.

6 easy steps :

Place a LevelMaster in your map (Pawn->LicenseePawn->U2Pawn->U2PawnBase).
Create a new dialog file for the cutscene narration. In this .dlg file you create a very simple chain of dialog nodes that connect to each other. Make the Player the speaker of every node, and add the "HideChoices=true" line to every node. This will make the player's dialog play automatically, instead of asking for user input first.
If you need help with the syntax take a look at ../Dialog/CS_Outro/DorianGray_04.dlg in the U2 directory, this is an exact example of how the dialog should be written.
If you're using audio files for the dialog make sure that you add ",Player" at the end of all SoundFile= lines. This plays all dialog sounds at full volume, no matter how far away the speakers are. Again, look at DorianGray_04.dlg for examples.
Create an empty AI script for the LevelMaster to use, then set his CommandFileName to this .u2s file.
In the LevelMaster's AI script, use the "dialogfar" command to initiate dialog with the player and to play the narration. For example "dialogfar DorianGray_04_002 player". You can check out ../Scripts/CS_Outro/CS_OutroDialog.u2s for an example of how it's done.

In the game, trigger the LevelMaster to initiate dialog.

Tutorial by Matthias Worch