Indeed, one solution for you would be exactly what you suggest; to set and use a blackboard variable for the actor.
You are also probably right about “self”. A better implementation, would be to be possible for the actors to show and be selected like variables do in the variable selection dropdown.
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Unfortunately though, actor parameters are not treated the same way and are not blackboard variables per-se (code architecture wise), since actor parameters are specific to Dialogue Trees, while Blackboard Variables are common in all graph systems.
I would have to think of something else, but once again, your suggested solution is probably better until then 🙂
Gavalakis
