FPS Tutorial update

For some reason I couldn't get anything to work in the tutorial part one, however part two was going great until I hit a snag with the rocket explosion. I can't get it to collide with other meshes with colliders, do I need to edit the script? I am using newest unity and OSX.
thanks

 

I think it might be better all around to have the waypoints actually have a variable to assign the next waypoint. IE.. a waypoint target. Also Having a variable that allows you to assign a monster / NPC to the path.

I'm considering rewriting the waypoint. In theory you would have a "Waypoint Starting Post" that held the monster/NPC then have a simpler script for the individual posts that made up the rest of the path. And each one would have a variable slot for the next post. This would probably use less memory and also the interface would be much less cluttered. Also you could incorporate respawning upon NPC death and the Waypoint Starting Post would be a good place to put that code. If you wanted to be slick you could also add a variable to assign the color of the line between waypoints. Thus helping organisation of large groups.

As I said earlier I combined this demo with the island demo. And Having too many waypoints actually killed it at compile time. but a bigger issue was waypoint lines going everywhere. Even to clusters I did not want on the other side of the island. Which made organization an issue.

I'm looking for a job this week but next week if I have time I'll post a test.

 

@grfxman: Great idea!! An optimal thing would be in my opinion the definition of several (not just 3) points in the 3d space (let say and array of points to be reached, or having several empty objects placed into the scene to have it visually) and as you suggest an assigned npc that will go from the first to the next following a imaginary straight line...
So, an npc, a bunch of points (placed smartly [no pathfinding requested] in order to allow the npc to follow a linear path which also can have different y values ) and a really "forget about the rest" logic which just processes two points each time and loops till the assigned npc is "alive"....

@aebrahimi: I think that the collisions for the level mesh are not properly working... There are places (i.e inside the main room of the building) where the grenades and rockets does not collide, falling down, remaining alive without obviously triggering the explosion code... However, the player does not fall anywhere...

 

Thnxs for the comments This tutorial really got me to love Unity's Abilities. I was dreading having to learn yet another scripting language after spending 5 months learning Real Crafter's language. But since my end goal is an MMORPG this tutorial got me excited about this engine.

As far as the lack of explosions in certain rooms, That is something I encountered as well. It has more to do with the rigid body solver then any code. In any animation package if an object is passing through a really low resolution mesh at too high of a speed, its possible for it to pass thru a barrier before the solver can detect any collision.

Your options to fix this usually are

_1 Increase the density of the mesh.

_2 Slow down the rate of speed/velocity of the projectile.

_3 increase the number of times the rigid body solver calculates for object collision per second.

You can get these same errors in any 3D package that runs physics simulations. And its always a trade off on accuracy versus speed. I fairly new at this app so I'm not sure how you would increse the solver's samples per second. But I'm sure it is in the manual somewhere.

 

@grfxman: I think you're right, but i0ll understand your analysis for what concerns rockets, but for grenades (which travel not so fast) i was expecting something different... for improving the physical computation one should modify the Fixed Timestamp value (in the first pdf of the tutorial, pag. 16), but probably also the mesh of the tutorial is not properly dense as you suggest.. Obviously for my future projects i'll keep this considerations in my mind...

However, i'm really interested in the waypoint idea you're proposing.. will you be so kind to let me know if you do progresses with it or also if you need help implementing this functionality?
Thanks...

 

Hi

This thread has gone a little quiet recently ... is the FPS demo completely finished now or are we awaiting further developments ?

I check everyday

Thanks

 

The update on the original post in this thread should work for most everyone now. However we found one more bug which has stopped us from officially releasing it on the site.

 

Could somebody please post up the Ai, Ai Animations and Waypoint scripts?

Edit: nevermind

I'm on dialup for a few days and downloading the lot while take ages. The scripts seem to have been removed from the third pdf.

Cheers
AaronC

 

I tried attaching this but the forum wont let me.

Its the defined waypoints approach where one waypoint references the next. Inspiration Courtesy DaveyJJ, and the origional scripts of course.

http://rapidshare.com/files/258822810/DirectionalWaypointExample.zip.html

Only 10 downloads available so if someone feels like adding it here for others that could be handy.

Cheers
AaronC

 

Quick question about the FPS tutorial.

Do you have to create a new scene when you start each part?

I tried following from part 1 and continuing to part 2 with the rocket launcher but I've ended up with some errors.

 

I've worked my way through the three parts of the tutorial and have problems with the final one:

- the sounds for the rocket and the machine gun don't work. I can play the machine gun ok in Windows Media Player, but the rocket makes it crash!

- killing the robot generates the rag doll although sometimes it takes off into the sky, rather than lying dead on the ground.

Any ideas about what I'm doing wrong?

 

@tHolland, when I first did these tutorials quite some time ago, I did it three times over, until I got comfortable with it. Well a little more comfortable.

If firing the rocket is causing a crash on windows it sounds like a null reference exception: The code is seeking something thats not there so doesnt know what to do. Is everything assigned in the inspector? Does the rocket prefab have the audio and explosion prefab assigned?

@Others (lol non-Dharma Initiative)
My defined waypoints project is now on my website for D/L
click the www button below and its under the "Stuff" tab.

It enables your AI to travel along a definite route, rather than semi-randomly-and hard to control, like the fps tutorial.

Enjoy your work
AC

 

So, I replaced the Unity package with a project folder for all the people who were having crashes on Windows when importing. I have fixed this crash bug in 2.6. See the OP for download links. We'll push all of this to the website soon.

 

This is on the website now:
http://unity3d.com/support/resources/tutorials/fpstutorial

 

Thanks ! Downloading it now

 

Ok so I downloaded th new files and there are a few issues:

_1 First upon loading the completed tut file it asked me to save to update the files. Which I found odd since this is supposed to be a new version.

_2 once the scene was loaded and I hit play I got these errors:

NullReferenceException: The prefab you want to instantiate is null.
UnityEngine.Object.Instantiate (UnityEngine.Object original, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation)

(at C:\builds\unity-trunk\unity\Runtime\Export\Generated\BaseClass.cs:51)
RocketLauncher.Fire () (at Assets\WeaponScripts\RocketLauncher.js:11)
UnityEngine.Component:BroadcastMessage(String, Object, SendMessageOptions)
UnityEngine.Component:BroadcastMessage(String, Object, SendMessageOptions)
UnityEngine.Component:BroadcastMessage(String) (at C:\builds\unity-trunk\unity\Runtime\Export\Generated\BaseClass.cs:532)
PlayerWeapons:Update() (at Assets\WeaponScripts\PlayerWeapons.js:10)

_3 I went ahead and built it anyway. These were the major errors during game play

Rocket Launcher does not work

Barrels don't explode

Enemies don't fire anything

 

Is this the completed project you downloaded or the assets folder for starting out the tutorial?

 

Its the completed project. Thought I would test it first.

The starter projects doesn't contain a scenes folder. The only error I'm Getting on the Starter Projects is :

There are inconsistent line endings in the 'Assets/WeaponScripts/Explosion-Simple.js' script. Some are Mac OS X (UNIX) and some are Windows.
This might lead to incorrect line numbers in stacktraces and compiler errors. Unitron and other text editors can fix this using Convert Line Endings menu commands.

 

Somehow an older version of the completed project got published. I'm updating the site right now with the newer version. I'll post again when it is done.

 

Thanxs

 

The completed project folder has been updated.

 

Rocket launcher doesn't work for me (v2.51, Vista)

 

I'm really sad to know that the updated FPS Tutorial does not have any new features, after so much was requested by the community. As it is, just a couple of bug fixes that most Unity developers had fixed themselves, and updated documents. :cry:

 

@Armagon: The point of this update was to fix the tutorial documentation and completed project, so it would work outright in v2.5.1. This is step one of a two part process, which was to simply maintain old content that once worked. Step two will be to produce a wholly new FPS tutorial, based partly on the feedback of our community.

 

Well, I'm glad you went to the trouble of updating the FPS. I think it's a great learning tool and having it jive with the latest version of the software is damn helpful.

I also wanna shout out to Jeff for his very cool, video tutorial breakdown of the Occlusion Culling project for iPhone. Five minute in and out, and his cadence and speaking style were exactly right. THIS is exactly what the hordes are looking for... A quick, to the point single topic vid. Bravo! and look forward to as many as you guys can pump out.

Props to the Unity Demo Team. The goods are coming and the promise of the best documentation in the industry is well underway.

B. 8)

 

I have to agree. I know this tut has run into some problems for a time, But it is a step in the right direction for anyone who is building an MMORPG or FPS.

Thanks for all the work that you guys put into it!!!

 

The Completed tutorial is still the old one.
I downloaded the one above it and did not get the updating message.

However, I still cannot open the tutorial or any
project or unitypackage that contains an .mb file. The asset importer becomes non-responsive. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

Hi

Could someone respond to CrystalVisions post please, I can't see any difference either.

Thanks

 

Dude, relax and wait for it. It's barely 9:30am here in San Francisco where the demo team is primarily based so they're not likely on the forums just yet.

 

What do you mean by updating message?

There is only a project folder, no unitypackage. The .mb file is there only to give additional source material if you own Maya. We provide an FBX file for the purpose of the tutorial, which does import regardless of whether you have Maya installed or not.

 

@HiggyB

Did I state or imply a time restriction on the response ?

 

Apparently, there is now an issue with the update making it through our CDN (content delivery network). I'm looking into it now.

 

grfxman had said earlier: "First upon loading the completed tut file it asked me to save to update the files. Which I found odd since this is supposed to be a new version. "

That is what I mean by the "updating message" which still appeared on the completed tutorial but not on the fps tutorial at the link above it.

As far as the mb files: It is not a problem if there is an fbx file as well, and it is a project so that I can remove the mb file before opening it. But if the project only contains the mb for example the Locomotion project with the coyote model, there lies the problem.

Every time I try to open a unitypackage file OR a project that contains an mb file it freezes the asset importer. I have the learning edition of Maya installed. Where should I be posting this, in a bug
report?

 

I'm not sure if Maya PLE allows exporting to FBX. Can you check whether that is an option? Currently, we only support automatic importing of maya files into Unity with registered, full versions of Maya and Max. To prevent Unity from freezing you'll need to disassociate .mb/.ma files with Maya as this is what we use to automatically import the files.

 

Okay, so I’ve just renamed the file altogether to get around the delay in this getting propagated through our CDN. If the file on the fps tutorial page does not say “FPS_Tutorial_Completed.zip”, then you need to refresh your page.

 

Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Much.

 

Great it's working !

The rocket launcher is very scary, I can't wait to let it loose on those pesky herons on the island

BTW: I extracted the completed.zip file and ran inside Unity. Can I assume that the other first 4 files in the list are the latest ? I am sure they are but I'd just like confirmation please.

Thanks

 

Hee Hee I have the old FPS tut working on the island demo already and people love shooting the Herons. LOL

But I'm looking forward to comparing this version with the old one.

Quick Question: Were there any changes made on the waypoints on this version? The old ones were memory hogs and would kill the build if you added to many.

 

grfxman, i compared the "updated" FPS tutorial with my version of the old FPS tutorial and i saw absolutely no significant changes, specially to the culling or waypoint scripts. So, no performance or other improvements at all.

 

Well That's OK if it's just a maintenance update. There is a large and very helpful group of talented people on the forum and wiki. So I'm sure we will be able to add some fun touches. The main thing is that the FPS really is a good foundation for learning the Unity3D app.

I am in the middle of making a bunch of VTM's for my site and it looks like I will be working with the guys at unitytutorials.com as well. It's my intention that all of the tuts I make are geared towards making MMO's and MMORPG's. And since I found this tut so useful I have already made plans to expand on it.

I'll make a separate post in about a week with the details and I'll also try to add some additional tools for this tut specifically. I'm just waiting for a few questions to be answered by Unity and then I'll wrap the first VTM and do the final edit and post the NFO.

 

@grfxman

There is a different waypoint model here, where each waypoint points to the next one:

http://deepwater3d.com/DW3D/html_css/Stuff.html

AC

 

Those are pretty cool !!! Thxs for the link

 

I've just added an enhanced machinegun project there too if anyones interested:

http://deepwater3d.com/DW3D/html_css/Stuff.html

Have fun

AaronC

 

Hello,

I am unable to get the fps tutorial to go past the first step of using the mainlevelmesh. I don't see textures. When I run the application, I don't see anything either. Is there a recent download for the fps tutorial?

 

Hello and welcome to the forum!

Is this with the complete version of the tutorial (ie, the downloaded one)?

 

Yes, it is with the complete template, I realized that I made a mistake. I tried to import new assets, I tried copying the project folder and it seemed to work. It was complaining about the may .mb file, so I removed it. The fbx file is grey, doesn't seem to be showing textures.