Official Feedback Request | Unity's New Mobile Runner Template

The Runner Template seems to only be available for the LTS version of the Editor. If that's how it's supposed to be, you really should make that clear both here and in the documentation.

 

I have an LTS version of the editor (2020.3.2f1) but still can't find the template in the hub

 

Probably needs to be the latest LTS. (I have 2021.3.13f1.)

 

Hello! Thanks for the free project!

Ive downloaded the project and had a small poke around in it. I need to poke it some more before having more thorough thoughts and feedback on the technical details.

My main questions so far are:

• Why this type of genre for a template? Studios have been building Runner games in Unity for over a decade and its not a particularly complex genre to tackle with plenty of resources already on how to build things like this. Aside from the Services like Ads, Analytics and Cloud Build, Unity hasn't shipped anything in the past 10 years that would greatly benefit this genre so im confused why to release this now as opposed to any other number of game types that would lean more into the investments Unity has been making.
• Only Unity Ads is being shown; what about Analytics, IAP, etc and the other monetization services? Trash Dash had these 5 years ago. Pretty much every mobile f2p games has some kind of purchasing system.
• No Saving Of Data? For leaderboards, profiles, unlockables etc. Every game needs this.
• Settings menu is fairly bare bones; would like to see more settings in terms of Localization, Input Controls, Accessibility, etc. What does changing Quality actually do? Most Quality Settings Menus now have individual settings per shadows, texture res, etc.
• Could Unity use this template and extend on it and then ship and maintain that extended game to the App Stores? And document the delta of work between the template offered as-is and the shipped version? The blogpost has example scenarios of how it could be reskinned and its a shame not to have those versions to study aswell.

 

No reply to questions and feedback after a week? Thats a shame.

 

Anyone able to share this template

 

Is this considered a standard Unity approach for mobile architecture, eg. the scriptable object event systems etc?

 

After running this template player is not moving.I am also getting error with mouse movement

Code (CSharp):

1. Player cannot move because SetMaxXPosition has never been called or Level Width is 0. If you are in the LevelEditor scene, ensure a level has been loaded in the LevelEditor Window!
2. UnityEngine.Debug:LogError (object)

 

The same!!! It's bug or feature?

 

Same ((

Did you succeed?

 

Try making sure the level editor window is showing somewhere when you click the play button.
I had this problem, too. At the time, I had the level editor window and the gameplay window on different tabs in the same docking panel. When I played the game in the Editor, it would switch to the game window, covering the level editor window so that, the next time I tried playing, the level editor wasn't showing. Apparently, this messes something up with the way the level editor sets things up for playing in the Editor. I moved the level editor to its own docking panel and that seems to have fixed the problem.

 

@Mehdi_Hasheminia
As suggested I have started using Boot.unity and also opened level editor window while playing the scene.But still I am not able to move player left and right.Even I have tried using arrow keys,WASD and well as mouse pointe click etc..
You can also observe the error on console.Please refer the screenshot and kindly help me with resolution.
Unity given assets are always work smooth.First time I a

 

@sevenfivel
As suggested I have opened level editor window while playing the scene.But still I am not able to move player left and right.Even I have tried using arrow keys,WASD and well as mouse pointe click etc..
You can also observe the error on console.I could not understand what am I missing here.Please refer the screenshot and kindly help me with resolution.

 

For some reason my Levels are not being loaded correctly. The boot scene always loads the last level opened in the Level editor. I tried adding "debug.log(m_LevelDefinition)" in the LoadLevelFromDef wehre it told me that for example Level_000 got loaded even though it was Level_001 that effectively got loaded. Did anyone have this issue too and was able to solve it?

EDIT: Solved the issue. It was becasue a LevelParent object of the LevelEditor was preloaded in the boot scene. This somehow messed everything up. I'm very glad I could find the issue.

 

Could you please help me

 

To be honest, I'm at a bit of a loss here. You could try making sure there is actually a level loaded in the level editor and then clicking on "save level" and then "load level," but, if you're launching while the boot scene is loaded (as in the screenshot), it shouldn't make a difference (at least, it doesn't on my computer), so I'm not too hopeful that will help at all. I really think the Devs should take this one, but they have been slow to respond, so far.

 

I would like to echo the sentiments of Andy-Touch, but also add that there are some Unity provided frameworks absent from this demo that could be interesting the see integrated like Unity Social API which has leaderboard integration.

Is the omission of the Social API a sign that Unity also can't get leaderboards to work anymore?

 

The following error message appears
Is this a bug?

Unity 2021.3.16f1 Mac Editor
Advertisement Version 4.3.0

Assets/Core/Scripts/Ads/AdsController.cs(47,31): error CS1501: No overload for method 'Initialize' takes 4 arguments

// Advertisement.Initialize(GameId, TestMode, false, this);//ERR
Advertisement.Initialize(GameId, TestMode, this);//OK

 

seems like the demo uses the old version of unity ads.

 

surely is a bug, seems that they changed the library but didn't update the demo. could someone help with an updated default for the

Advertisement.Initialize(GameId, TestMode, false, this)

should we keep

(IUnityAdsInitializationListener) this

on initialization, ignoring the false argument that comes on the default project?

edit: after editing the script it asked me to update the adds package saying that it will soon be discontinued, now basically the whole script is bugged. probably this "runner template" should be removed until you update the tutorials.. wasted a lot of time not learning much. since the base of the project(ads) is deprecated

 

This approach have worked for me. That's how it was done, we have to open the boot scene to load the variables and play the game. WASD doesn't worked here (idk why), I played with mouse (clicking, holding and directing the player)

 

WASD isn't set up, the tutorial tells you to use the mouse. you can use touch as well

 

is runner template only available for LTS version

 

Hi there,

I'm experiencing a lot of problems using my own saving/loading system when I build the game.
Basically does not work.
In the Editor work normally, but not on the phone.
I don't use the save system provided by the Template because Playerprefs does not manage collections.

Let me know if the Runner encapsulation blocks something outside the Editor.

Thanks,

Marcos

 

Hi, I'm having some trouble with this template too. I started with unity/c# some time ago with simple 2d projects and some e-learnings where i could learn the basics. Now I gave this template a try and, oh boy, these scripts give me headaches. Though, having some success modifying the template, I, for example, still do not understand how the events system works. The scripts which they are calling do not seem to do much except for some pathing. I'm also failing on getting a 'try again' button on the levelcomplete screen to work, seems the game needs to be in the lose state and not in the win state, like it is done on the lose screen. And where can I find that game framework which is shown on the runner template webpage? Maybe this could help me to understand what is actually happening here. Thanks in advance.

 

I am afraid it is very detailed, but I would be happy if you could correct this comment to something appropriate (Maybe not Gate). Because it is very confusing for ScriptableObject newbies! Thanks in advance.
Collectable.cs Line 27-30

Code (CSharp):

1. /// <summary>
2. /// Reset the gate to its initial state. Called when a level Called when a level
3. /// is restarted by the GameManager.
4. /// </summary>

Gate.cs Line 7-12 (...fail state?)

Code (CSharp):

1. /// <summary>
2. /// A class representing a Spawnable object.
3. /// If a GameObject tagged "Player" collides
4. /// with this object, it will trigger a fail
5. /// state with the GameManager.
6. /// </summary>

 

When placing a spawnable in a level, it seems that when using PrefabVariant, the original Prefab is registered in the LevelDefinition, not the PrefabVariant.

I think the following changes will cause the PrefabVariant to be registered in the LevelDefinition.

RunnerLevelEditorWindow.cs
void SaveLevel(LevelDefinition levelDefinition)
Line 452

Code (CSharp):

1. SpawnablePrefab = PrefabUtility.GetCorrespondingObjectFromOriginalSource(spawnables[i].gameObject),

Code (CSharp):

1. SpawnablePrefab = PrefabUtility.GetCorrespondingObjectFromSource(spawnables[i].gameObject),

 

The skybox comes off when the level starts. How do I set it up?

 

I am having the same issue with the skybox... is there any way to change the backgrounds for individual levels?

 

Great!
I'm just going to update my Run Game on the App Store,then here this;

 

I moved the Level Editor to a second screen in my version of events. This strikes me as an odd need.

 

Also, why is the Runner Template not available from the latest LTS (2022)? I recommend a Unity team member confirms the Rummer Template shows in a Template search in the Hub, and not just state it does. It did not for me.

 

I'm on Unity Hub 3.5.1 and Editor version 2022.3.8f1 (LTS) - How do I use this template? My Unity Hub "All Templates" doesn't have this and every link on websites says get it through Unity Hub?

 

You have to install another version, believe 2021.3.x. They don't support it I guess on anything newer. Which is odd to say the least. Good luck. I moved away from them, their solution.

 

I was just about to delete my post but yeah that was it. When the accompanying blog post said:

"Editor's Note (November 17, 2022): To navigate to the Runner Template, please ensure you're on Editor version 2021.3.4f1 or later."

I assumed it was anything later than that version but I guess it has to be 2021.x.x.

I confirm I can see it with editor version 2021.3.30f1.

 

I followed the steps outlined in unity learn tutorial - 'Building your first runner game". Everything seems to be working except it appears the AdsManager prefab scripts are missing. I've looked but can't locate them, and I don't know what they're named. Can anyone help me out .. really it's the main reason I was checking out the tutorial.

 

Hello I'm Stalwart, if you drag this very simple file to the scene and define the level definition asset just like the runner level editor window, and define the game manager in the scene, you can load your level without runner level editor window, designated level definition values will be loaded after playing the project.

The problem is related to the fact that the level load and level definiton properties are defined in the level editor window functions. Anyway, You won't have this problem after compiling the project.

I think when you create different unique objects, you will need to save the scenes differently. Then, in order to integrate these level definition values into the determined level, you need to both open the scene and determine these values according to that scene, but I haven't examined it much yet, maybe there's something for it.