`DIAL` Record – Dialog Topic

DIAL record type.

Classes:

DIAL(flags, id[, revision, version, ...])

Dialog topic.

class DIAL(flags, id, revision=0, version=15, unknown=b'\x00\x00', data=[])[source]

Bases: Record

Dialog topic.

Parameters

flags (int)
id (bytes)
revision (int) – Default 0.
version (int) – Default 15.
unknown (bytes) – Default b'\x00\x00'.
data (List[RecordType]) – Default [].

Classes:

`DATA`(type, flags)	DATA(type, flags)
`FULL`([cstring])	Name of the topic.
`INFC`([cstring])	Info connection (New Vegas Only).
`INFX`(args, *kwargs)	Info index.
`PNAM`(args, *kwargs)	Priority.
`QSTI`([cstring])	Form ID of the associated quest (`QUST`).
`QSTR`([cstring])	Form ID of the associated quest (Fallout 3) / Removed Quest (New Vegas).
`TDUM`([cstring])	Unknown.

Attributes:

`data`	Subrecords of this record.
`flags`	Record flags
`id`	4-byte form ID
`revision`	Used for revision control by the Creation Kit, if enabled.
`unknown`
`version`	Form version

Methods:

parse_subrecords(raw_bytes)

Parse this record's subrecords.

namedtuple DATA(type, flags)[source]

Bases: NamedTuple

DATA(type, flags)

Fields

type (DialType) – Dialog type
flags (int) – Alias for field number 1

classmethod parse(raw_bytes)[source]

Parse this subrecord.

Parameters: raw_bytes (BytesIO) – Raw bytes for this record
Return type: Self

unparse()[source]

Turn this subrecord back into raw bytes for an ESP file.

Return type: bytes

class FULL(cstring: Union[str, bytes] = b'')[source]

Bases: CStringRecord

Name of the topic.

class INFC(cstring: Union[str, bytes] = b'')[source]

Bases: FormIDRecord

Info connection (New Vegas Only).

Form ID of an INFO record.

class INFX(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Int32Record

Info index.

class PNAM(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Float32Record

Priority.

class QSTI(cstring: Union[str, bytes] = b'')[source]

Bases: FormIDRecord

Form ID of the associated quest (QUST).

class QSTR(cstring: Union[str, bytes] = b'')[source]

Bases: FormIDRecord

Form ID of the associated quest (Fallout 3) / Removed Quest (New Vegas).

Form ID of a QUST record.

class TDUM(cstring: Union[str, bytes] = b'')[source]

Bases: CStringRecord

Unknown.

data: Type: List[RecordType]

flags: Type: int

id: Type: bytes

classmethod parse_subrecords(raw_bytes)[source]

Parse this record’s subrecords.

Parameters: raw_bytes (BytesIO) – Raw bytes for this record’s subrecords
Return type: Iterator[RecordType]

revision: Type: int

unknown: Type: bytes

version: Type: int