This is how the player leaves the chat in the OpenAI API

The guide today will cover how a player can end the chat with an AI. The ability to exit conversations is essential to create a realistic and engaging user experience. Here we will learn how to give the player the option to end the chat through simple function calls, without losing important information. This is achieved through the use of specific callback functions that manage the conversation's status. Let's dive straight into the details.

Key Insights

• The player can end the chat by a simple natural language input.
• Implementing a function that responds to the player's input is crucial.
• It is important to reset the chat history when starting a new conversation to avoid confusion.

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Create the end chat function

To enable chat exit, you first define a function called leaveChat. This function can be triggered by natural language such as "goodbye" or "bye", checking if the player indeed wants to exit the chat.

Step 2: Integrate the function into the system

After defining the function, integrate it into your existing system. This is done through a "Function Call" that is already prepared in the code. Here, a switch statement has been created to react to function calls and decide what to do on input.

Step 3: Set Contents

Upon a function request, the switch statement sets corresponding content. If the player does indeed want to exit the chat, the Content object is set to "end conversation," signaling to the browser to end the conversation.

Step 4: Reset Chat History

To ensure the previous chat history does not influence the new conversation, you need to reset the history. Each new conversation start involves generating a new Chat ID. This is done through a call to setChatID, creating a new and empty array for the chat history.

Step 5: Test the exit chat function

After implementation, test the new functionality of chat exit. Go into the chat, type "goodbye," and see if the chat component disappears successfully and the end conversation condition is set to true.

Step 6: Additional Parameters for New Conversations

If a player wants to speak with the AI again, a fresh history should be presented, crucial when switching between different interaction types. Ensuring the AI receives the appropriate parameters for each type of interaction is important.

Step 7: Optimizing Chat Interactions

Consider how you can further optimize interactions, perhaps by creating your own system prompts for different characters. For example, the bartender may need a specific backstory to make the conversation varied and relevant.

Summary

Here is an overview of how you can implement chat exit through a function. The implementation ensures the player has a clear way to end the conversation and maintains a cleanly reset system for new chat starts.