implemented NPC system and working bartender conversation

NightclubArcadia/Assets/Scripts/Dialogue/DialogueInteractable.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using StarterAssets;
 using UnityEngine;
 using Yarn.Unity;
 
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Dialogue
     {
         [SerializeField] private DialogueRunner dialogueRunner;
         [SerializeField] private GameObject dialogueUI;
-        [SerializeField] private GameObject playerArmature;
         [SerializeField] private string yarnNodeName = "Bartender_Chat";
 
         private bool playerInRange = false;
@@ -38,14 +36,19 @@ namespace NightclubArcadia.Dialogue
             }
         }
 
-        void StartConversation()
+        async void StartConversation()
         {
-            var playerController = playerArmature.GetComponent<ThirdPersonController>();
-            if (playerController != null)
-                playerController.enabled = false;
+            // Player controls are locked by DialogueTransitionController off the
+            // runner's onDialogueStart event — nothing to do for that here.
+            if (DialogueUIVisibility.Show(dialogueUI))
+            {
+                // Only reached if the UI was found deactivated; give TMP a
+                // frame to re-cache its Canvas in OnEnable before any text is
+                // generated.
+                await Awaitable.NextFrameAsync();
+            }
 
-            dialogueUI.SetActive(true);
-            dialogueRunner.StartDialogue(yarnNodeName);
+            await dialogueRunner.StartDialogue(yarnNodeName);
         }
     }
 }