Dialogue Manager

The Dialogue Manager is a new system introduced in Tekken 8 to control character dialogue and facial animations during interactions with specific opponents. It standardizes how intro and win pose animations are handled, giving each character:

3 intro animations
3 win pose animations (Not including Fate intros)

These animations are triggered via the Extra Move Property using the following properties:

0x877B — Triggers facial animation
0x87F8 — Triggers a voice clip

Components

Each entry in the Dialogue Manager consists of:

Type — Specifies the context (Intro, Outro, or Fate Intro)
Cinematic ID — Identifies the specific animation sequence
Requirements — List of Conditions that must be met for the dialogue to trigger
Voiceclip ID — Encrypted or transformed identifier for the voice line
Facial Animation ID — Index of the facial animation

How It Works

Each character has three standardized intros and three win poses. These are defined using the Type and Cinematic ID fields:

TYPE   CINEMATIC ID   DESCRIPTION
0      N              Nth Intro (values: 0–2)
1      N              Nth Outro (values: 0–2)
2      XY             Fate Intro:
                      X = Segment (0–2)
                      Y = Player (0) or Opponent (1)

Examples:

Type = 0, Cinematic ID = 0 → 1st Intro
Type = 1, Cinematic ID = 0 → 1st Outro
Type = 2, Cinematic ID = 10 → Fate Intro, Segment 1, Player animation
Type = 2, Cinematic ID = 21 → Fate Intro, Segment 2, Opponent animation

Fate intros involve multiple segments (X = 0–2), and both characters have animations playing simultaneously. Y = 0 means it's the player’s animation; Y = 1 means it’s the opponent’s.

Note: A voiceclip having a value of 0x88E3EE99 seems to mean silence or "NO VOICECLIP"

Example: Leo's Dialogue Data

TYPE     CINEMATIC_ID   VOICECLIP     FACIAL_ANIM_ID   REQUIREMENTS
Intro    1              0x9DC0A576    114              Episode Pre-fight, Opponent: RAVEN
Intro    2              0x4AB13EA2    115              Episode Pre-fight, Opponent: YOSHIMITSU
Outro    1              0xCA9173D2    117              Episode Post-fight, Opponent: AZUCENA
Intro    0              0x12DDC46D    124              None
Intro    1              0x07442268    125              None
Intro    2              0x06FFE5A7    116              Condition 804:1, Opponent: KAZUYA
Intro    2              0xBA7FFD01    126              None
Outro    0              0x8A5135E2    128              None
Outro    1              0x783B6486    118              Opponent: AZUCENA
Outro    1              0x733B937A    129              None
Outro    2              0xFCC3BECE    130              None

// Fate Intro – Chapter 10 Story Battle
Fate     0              0x88E3EE99    131              Story Fight: Chapter 10 Battle 4
Fate     1              0x1013D932    119              Story Fight: Chapter 10 Battle 4
Fate    10              0x84216BBB    120              Story Fight: Chapter 10 Battle 4
Fate    11              0x88E3EE99    134              Story Fight: Chapter 10 Battle 4
Fate    20              0x17B414F3    135              Story Fight: Chapter 10 Battle 4
Fate    21              0xC5688173    136              Story Fight: Chapter 10 Battle 4

// Fate Intro – Leo vs Azucena
Fate     0              0x88E3EE99    131              Controlled Character: LEO, Opponent: AZUCENA
Fate     1              0x3D3B53E8    132              Controlled Character: LEO, Player: AZUCENA
Fate    10              0x66DDD077    133              Controlled Character: LEO, Opponent: AZUCENA
Fate    11              0x88E3EE99    134              Controlled Character: LEO, Player: AZUCENA
Fate    20              0x17B414F3    135              Controlled Character: LEO, Opponent: AZUCENA
Fate    21              0xC5688173    136              Controlled Character: LEO, Player: AZUCENA

Data Structure

struct tk_dialogue {
  uint16_t type;              // 0 = Intro, 1 = Outro, 2 = Fate Intro
  uint16_t cinematic_id;
  uint32_t _0x4;              // Unused/reserved
  tk_requirement* requirements;
  uint32_t voiceclip;         // Encrypted/converted voiceclip ID
  uint32_t facial_anim_idx;   // Index of facial animation
};