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# startAutomatically

Field in [DialogueRunner](/2.4/api/csharp/yarn.unity/yarn.unity.dialoguerunner.md)

## Summary

Whether the DialogueRunner should automatically start running dialogue after the scene loads.

```csharp
public bool startAutomatically = true;
```

## Remarks

The node specified by [startNode](/2.4/api/csharp/yarn.unity/yarn.unity.dialoguerunner/yarn.unity.dialoguerunner.startnode.md) will be used.