Can't connect signals to portrait script

[M4Z3-R]

I have been trying to figure out how to swap the animations on my character portrait. I understand the idea of connecting Dialogic's signals to the script used for the portrait, and have found earlier answers on what signals to use.

Yet when trying out something like Dialogic.Text.about_to_show_text.connect(_about_to_show_text) in the _ready function of the portrait script i don't actually receive any signal when i would expect one, the script i'm trying to connect is the sample scene script which extends DialogicPortrait.

I also can't seem to figure out how to connect to finished_revealing_text, i tried things like: DialogicNode_DialogText.finished_revealing_text.connect(_text_finished) but nothing i could come up with ran without errors.

Am i supposed to connect the signals in the DialogicPortrait script at all? If so, how would i write that exactly in the _ready function?

[M4Z3-R]

i have tried some more and the signals just aren't able to trigger methods in my DialogicPortrait script. There are multiple post on here suggesting it can be done, yet nowhere am i able to find any clear example of how to get it to work. Can anyone clarify whether it should be possible to connect the Text.text_finished and Text.about_to_show_text to the DialogicPortrait script by just connecting them on ready?
I am only trying to animate a mouth sprite when the character is talking/typing. Shouldn't be this mysterious right?

[eVliin]

Are you using a custom portrait scene? i did exactly this just fine in my game

[M4Z3-R]

Yes i'm using a scene based on the included "CustomPortrait_AnimatedSprite", the scene loads fine and plays the talking animation when loaded in. Now i'm only still trying to change animations when Dialogic.Text.text_finished fires, but putting Dialogic.Text.text_finished.connect(_text_finished) in the ready function has no effect

[M4Z3-R]

I tried to connect the signals elsewhere before calling Dialogic.start, which also didn't work. So it seems Dialogic just doesn't fire these signals in my case.

[eVliin]

You can take a look at my code to see if yours is very different

func _ready() -> void:
	Dialogic.Text.about_to_show_text.connect(_about_to_show_text)
	Dialogic.Text.text_finished.connect(_text_finished)

func _about_to_show_text(info: Dictionary) -> void:
	"""
	Prepares character visuals when about to speak
	
	Args:
		info (Dictionary): Dialogic event data
	"""
	if is_character(info):
		_highlight()

func _highlight() -> void:
	"""Activates speaking state with mouth animation"""
	mouth.play("talk")

func _unhighlight() -> void:
	"""Returns to neutral state after speaking"""
	mouth.stop()
	mouth.frame = 0

func is_character(info: Dictionary) -> bool:
	"""
	Identifies if current character is Char
	
	Args:
		info (Dictionary): Dialogic event data
	
	Returns:
		bool: True if character matches Char' ID
	"""
	var character = info.get("character", "")
	return str(character).contains(CHARACTER_ID)

[M4Z3-R]

Thanks! I wasn't passing the dictionary, which was the problem, it works now.