Objective progression

I'm trying to figure out how to add objectives to my game and when to trigger the next one when the first has been completed. At the moment I want to see if I can figure it out for myself, but I may eventually have to get additional help soon. For the time being, how would everyone recommend I handle them? I was thinking of doing them with a CoRoutine, but maybe an 'if' statement/bool would be better...?

Also, though I have a Game Manager, should I add an Empty Game Object to attach the script to to control the different objectives?

Thanks

 

Maybe you could get some inspiration from an achievement system. Achievements are basically objectives with with a certain progression and conditions applied to them, right?

 

So close and yet... I can't seem to get my objective complete text to pop up. Everything else seems to work so far.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class ObjectiveOne : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     public Text objective;
4.     public Text checkpointUnlock;
5.  
6.     private int required;
7.  
8.     void Start()
9.     {
10.         required = 0;
11.         Objective();
12.         checkpointUnlock.text = "";
13.     }
14.  
15.     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
16.     {
17.         if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Gold"))
18.         {
19.             required = required + 1;
20.             Objective();
21.         }
22.     }
23.  
24.     void Objective()
25.     {
26.         objective.text = "Collect 5 Gold Bars";
27.         Invoke("Hide", 3f);
28.  
29.         if (required >= 5)
30.         {
31.             checkpointUnlock.text = "Checkpoint Unlocked";
32.             Invoke("Hide", 3f);
33.         }
34.     }
35.  
36.     void Hide()
37.     {
38.         objective.enabled = false;
39.         checkpointUnlock.enabled = false;
40.     }
41. }

 

In your Hide() method you are disabled certain objects to hide them, I get that, but are you enabling these back again somewhere? Also, you consider using this:

Code (CSharp):

1. void Objective()
2. {
3.     objective.text = "Collect 5 Gold Bars";
4.  
5.     if (required >= 5)
6.     {
7.         checkpointUnlock.text = "Checkpoint Unlocked";
8.     }
9.    
10.     Invoke("Hide", 3f);
11. }

 

No. Well, the Checkpoint Unlocked will be after each objective. But the Collect 5 Gold Bars doesn't need to be. I tried what you suggested, but it didn't work. It's weird because I'm trying to incorporate the same method as the Roll a Ball tutorial with the text. I don't get why the second text doesn't work though. Unless I need to link/reference my script for the gold bars...?

 

check out the event and delegate system. This video goes over how to implement this for an achievement system and much more.

 

If you are ever only disabling the text objects, they are never going to be visible again until you enable them again; is what I'm trying to say. My suggestion was simply a slight, simple and tiny optimization, not bound to your problem in any way.

 

Enabling them before any methods begin doesn't work either. I guess I'll have to try linking my game manager script with it.

 

This is why im learning about events and delegates\callbacks. I ended up tightly coupling my code. first project, 4 years coding learning all the way. Almost done with my game, but damn will I do stuff different on the next one.

 

I'll have to work through that video you've linked

 

Still having no luck with this. I've tried experimenting with this and still can't get it to work. To me, the code makes sense and it should work. Nothing comes up in the console either.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
2. {
3.     public int currentGold;
4.     public Text goldText;
5.     public Text objective;
6.     public Text checkpointUnlock;
7.  
8.     void Start()
9.     {
10.         currentGold = 0;
11.         SetCountText();
12.         checkpointUnlock.text = "";
13.         checkpointUnlock.enabled = true;
14.     }
15.  
16.     void Update()
17.     {
18.         objective.text = "Collect 5 Gold Bars";
19.         Invoke("Hide", 3f);
20.     }
21.  
22.     public void AddGold(int goldtoAdd)
23.     {
24.         currentGold += goldtoAdd;
25.         goldText.text = "Gold: " + currentGold;
26.     }
27.  
28.     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
29.     {
30.         if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Gold"))
31.         {
32.             SetCountText();
33.         }
34.     }
35.  
36.     void SetCountText()
37.     {
38.         if (currentGold == 5)
39.         {
40.             Debug.Log ("checkpoint unlocked");
41.             checkpointUnlock.text = "Checkpoint Unlocked";
42.         }
43.         Invoke("Hide", 3f);
44.     }
45.  
46.     void Hide()
47.     {
48.         objective.enabled = false;
49.         checkpointUnlock.enabled = false;
50.     }
51.  
52. }

 

Okay, I managed to get it working at last. However, I want to add my different objectives as separate game objectives under a parent object. I'd rather keep my gold pickup code in my game manager and the code related to the objective in an objective script. I'm having difficulty referencing code from one script to another. I take it this is done using static variables? I can't figure out how to do it though. I've tried following some tutorials, but I can't quite grasp it. :-\