Best way to create branching conversation trees?

[Vree]

For the moment, I have been proceeding like this:

label Sally_conv1:
menu:

"Do you know the answer to 1+1=?":
s "Yes, it is 2."
jump Sally_conv1

"Do you know the answer to 3+4=?":
s "No, I don't. Ask Mike."
jump Sally_conv2

"Goodbye.":
pass

label Sally_conv2:
menu:

"Where is Mike?":
s "He's standing right next to me."
jump Sally_conv1

"Actually, I don't care about Mike. Let me ask something else.":
jump Sally_conv1

Ie. topics that branch out into other topics are placed under separate labels, so a character who has a lot to talk about will have a lot of labels covering different subjects, character_conv1, character_conv2, etc.

Is this an economical way of doing things? Or would it save effort/disk space if I used some different solution like embedding menus into each other?

Thanks!

[mobychan]

Please use [ code][ /code] (without spaces) for your code, not quote

You can use what ever of the two you want, there's not really a difference except for better readability with calling labels

[namastaii]

I think that using it all under one menu conversation would be easier and more organized instead of creating a bunch of short separate scenes to jump to.

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label conversation:
    s "blah blah blah?"
    menu:
        "choice 1":
            s "blah blah blah for choice 1"
            s "blah blah?"
            menu:
                s "blah blah blah"
                s "blah"
        "choice 2":
            s "blah blah blah"
            menu:
                "blah blah":
                    s "blah blah"
                "blah blah blah blah":
                    s "blah blah"
                    menu:
                        "blah":
                            s "blah blah"
                        "blah blahhhh":
                            s "blah blah"

[Kate]

I would use calls if the conversation is long and complicated and has a bunch of menus, but no jumps in it.
Otherwise, hard code the conversations where you want them to the best of your ability and stack the menus reasonably like namastaii demonstrated.

[Onishion]

Yeah, I basically do like Kate suggests, if it's only a short comment branch I keep it all in a single linear flow, but if it sends the conversation off in a completely different direction from everything else then I might call or jump to a label. It's all about what works for you, what you can write without confusing yourself. So long as you can keep the flow of conversation rational in your head, it's probably fine.

[namastaii]

Yeah, as long as YOU'RE not confused, it doesn't necessarily matter. You're the one creating this, nobody else. So as long as it keeps you on track, that's what matters. As long as you don't feel lost