[Released] 2D Jump'n'Run Framework

Hey modeling_man,
no, you can get the mega pack every time, just send me an e-mail

 

How to have this great Megapack ??? PM sent...

6R

 

Hi Samb Not sure why but in my level when i have ladder and plastforms ( rigt site of the screen ) when my player is going down and is contacting with the ground i can walk left right ( animation then is changing from climbing ) but when i copy theseme ladder and platforms to the left site of my screnn i cant go left or right ( animation is still climbing ) but why if this are theseme meshes ? I was playing with this a couple of hours and not sure why is that...

 

Nice update Samb ! Problem with long ladder gone thank You

 

There is the problem... set falldamage to 50 ( your max health 50 ) and try to fall from big distance ( player is falling trough platforms )

 

I check and in your example file when enemy hit you a couple of times and you die player is fallling trough platforms (coliders) too.

 

I have a few suggestion for this framework: Ignore Jump on Enemies. I like the Mario jump on an Enemies head to kill them, but what if I don't want this for my game? In my game, I want the user to punch/kick his or her way through the enemy.

 

@elizeusz
You're right, that should be because I have now "freeze player" and "player can move". "player can move" now only disable the users input, but won't freeze the player in place. Will be fixed in the next version, sorry for that!

@gregmax17
Or in other words: We need a second enemy AI component I will work on something like that for the next update.

So lets say: Next up: Crouching and a second enemy AI!

 

Perfect When is time for next update ?

 

Hey,

Thanks for this excellent framework; it saves a ton of my precious time. However, right now that time is consumed by trying to figure out how to make the walljumping more Mega Man X-esque, meaning that in order to make a wall jump, the player should put the analog stick or press the directional key into the OPPOSITE direction of the wall while pressing Jump. How should I approach this problem?

I've attached an image which describes what I'm trying to accomplish:
1. First, jump towards the wall.
2. Stick to the wall and slide along it by holding your direction towards the wall.
3. Quickly switch your direction into the opposite, towards your jumping direction (in other words, off the wall) and press Jump.

 

@Routalanttu - I agree with you there, it makes more sense and didn't think about it at first. I vote for this as well.

I have a question in regards of this framework, is it possible to make my player jump through the ground, yet stand on top of the platform. I think its called a "cloud" effect/platform. Is there way to do this at the moment? I can probably write a quite script to do this otherwise (just thought to ask before I dig into this)

 

One way collision?
Use a plane as collider of the platform.

 

@Routalanttu - @gregmax17

Hey guys play around these settings:

rotate_in_air=true;
min_speed_for_walljump=0;
walljump_speed=something-small;
walljump_up_power=something-big

Original post link:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/90...-Run-Framework?p=702872&viewfull=1#post702872

 

Can i use NGUI with your joystick script ?

 

@Routalanttu
Hm, I think your problem is if the player is wallsliding and press in the opposite direction, there is no way the player can make a walljump anymore. like "press left and one frame later jump, player will just fall down".
So what we need is something like a cooldown, that we can say "the player got 0.1 second to walljump after he lifted the directional key".. I have to think a bit about it... But it should be possible. Hope that's the problem?

@gregmax17
Hmm no, right now there is no script for that. But some ways to achieve this, like a "if(player-position-playercolliders-halfsize>platform-position) then make it a solid gorund". I think we need some more example scenes

@elizeusz
As far as I know.. no.. I have to see how NGUI works..

 

I just thought of a few more suggestions for this framework (I keep coming up requests, sorry):

1 - swimming
2 - rope swinging

When is the next expected release and what will the new features be? (no hurry, just curious - you are doing great on this btw)

 

I would like to see swimming as well. Maybe with an oxygen bar.

Is it possible to spawn an enemy at the exact location where the player died?
Cheers

 

Yes, I agree - the rope swinging and swimming would be excellent - Sam did mention swimming before, so he's probably got that down for a future release.

While I'm here, can anyone tell me how to get the health to register in the UI - I couldn't see anything in the documentation. Sorry if this is an obvious question - I'm new to this.

Thanks

 

Hotfix is submitted, thanks to BCEmcke, because of his request I found a bug in playerHealth

@BCEmcke
I added "Spawn Enemy" to PlayerHealth. Set it to a prefab (for example an enemy) and it will be spawned where the player died.

@Routalanttu
Time for Walljump will now delay the detaching of wall while wallsliding. That should make it a bit easier to walljump and a bit more megaman-ish

@harry
I have to look into PlayerUI. something is wrong there..

 

@Samb88
Thanks, that's awesome. This'll save me a lot of time. (Next on the agenda: The famous 'Make mindblowing game' button)

 

@Samb88
No problem - there's plenty else to get on with - I'm sure you'll sort it in a later update.
Great package!

Thanks

 

Thank You Samb for update now everything working like before But i have problem with sticking my player to walls ( wall jumping is disabled) and to other coliders do You know why ?

 

I found the problem now everything is perfect.

 

Hey all,
I'm very grateful for the support everyone of you gave me! So I decided to use a free day do make a new example scene for the framework:

This example scene is made for the framework, si I haven't touched a single line of the player code, just made some additional coding (the soccer ball and the goals). But, as you can see, you can create some fun minigames without much extra work

And, of course, this example scene will be included in the next version, without extra charge!
So yes, have a great weekend! I will submit the new version on monday

-Samb

 

This framework is truly keeping better and better;
Nice one Samb, again

 

Wow looks interesting thank You Samb !

 

Yes, that's pretty much exactly it, but maybe this would be another way of approaching it:
Regardless of whether or not you've pressed the direction off the wall, ANY GIVEN MOMENT when the player is at a reasonable proximity of the wall, pressing the jump button would make him jump off of it. In other words, the walljumping ability would never be unavailable when the player (almost) touches the wall. It works brilliantly in Mega Man X. This way, you could press a key or hold the stick in any direction you want or not even press/hold it (whatever your preferred way of walljumping is), and you could still walljump. Drop down hundreds of meters next to the wall with your back against it, and you can still bounce off of it once you press the jump button. Basically, this would mean that walljumping wouldn't be dependent on wallsliding first; just a jump you can always do when next to a wall.

Right now (after the update), it's still impossible to turn against the wall before impacting it and walljump. Walljumping should always work when hitting or being next to the wall, not just when wallsliding.

But anyways, thanks for the update; it's much appreciated how quickly you reply to customer feedback

PS. I would love to see a "low dash/slide" (the kind with which you go through lower, tighter spaces).

 

@Routalanttu
I will look into that Walljumping without sliding is possible.. when sliding is deactivated.. ^^ But should be possible


Sorry for the late update but it's now submitted.
I also updated the online demo with the soccer scene!

Also, I'm working on a full minigame with the soccer assets. This won't be in the framework but should show what you can do without too much work


Ok, that's it for now, have fun!

 

Tested the new demo, that new sample is very fun is like Super Champions

 

I am having a problem getting a single button to work on screen with android. I am able to get the directional pad to work but the jump button wont work. I assign it in the jump area of the inspector but nothing happens is there something I am missing?

Also Wanted to say how much I love this Framework nice job. You could of asked twice the amount for it and it would of been worth it.

 

Another question with a 2d mario type game whats the best directional controler to use? I am using the stock unity on screen joystick right now any ideas?

 

Thank for this update Samb ! What about option for crouching in nest one ? )))))))

 

@Routalanttu
I added something that's not exactly what you wanted but should make things easier. "Time for walljump" works nor for after hitting a wall and before hittin a wall. Let's say you're about to hitting a wall, if you pressed the jump button a short time before the impact you will automatically walljump. It makes fast walljumping a lot easier, because you completly skip the wallslide part. Also, I added "must face wall", if unchecked the player don't have to face the wall but can use the walljump and slide when hitting a wall. The only thing to have a bit more of the megaman X feeling would be to set the "min speed for walljump" to zero. that way, you can use walljumping and sliding without any need of speed. Maybe it's not exactly what you wanted but perhaps it will do it's job. If it's still not enough just say a thing and I will try some other things

@Monarky
Have you tried the template in the ragesplinescene? The last time I checked it everything went without problems. Please see if the ragepslinescene also won't work on your android phone. And thanks for the support!!

I will submit a hotfix in a few minutes.
- Fixed: Won't lose jumping speed after double jump (check your levels if you now can jump over things that you couldn't before)
- Better walljump

 

Whats planned in the next big version, not these hot fixes?

Any swimming? Any rope swinging? Any new Enemy AI component (one where you don't jump on the enemy head to kill, and avoid collisions with the enemy)?

I am getting antsy

 

Hi Samb88. thank you for what you already did!

I found a couple of bugs. For better understanding of the problems use these settings.
for move: "max_running_speed" = 6; "gain_move_speed" = 70; "lose_move_speed" = 50; "stopping_lose_move_speed" = 50;
for jump: “jump_strength” 16 ; "max_jump_speed" = 6; “jump_force y -30”:

1) The speed of character doesn't reduce when you release the control button. If you run-up, then jump and at this moment you release the control button, character's speed will remain the same. This is a real problem when you try to jump off the platform edge. The character doesn't fall near the platform as it suppose to be, it continues to move forward because of acceleration. There is a trick in such platform games: several platforms are places one above another, thus once jumped of one platform, you can fly in another platform. Now it is impossible to do like that... Actually, it reacts correct as a physical body but not like a game character.
2) When you use the «Glide» before the character starts to fall, the meanings sum up, thus character flies up much higher then it supposed to do. Simply press both buttons at the same time.

Sorry I'm not a programmer at all, but... Here possible solution for a first problem. Рaste this code in "PlayerMovement" script, and you'll see the difference.

var loseJumpingSpeed : float=13;
var getAxisInput = true;
var grounded : boolean = false;

function Update ()
{
//if (Input.GetKey ("right") || Input.GetKey ("left"))
if (Input.GetAxis(x_axis_name))
{
getAxisInput = true;
}
else
{
getAxisInput = false;
}

if(current_mode==playerStates.Jumping || current_mode==playerStates.Falling)
{
//if(current_speed > 0)
if (Vector3.forward != 0)
{
if (getAxisInput == false)
{
current_speed = Mathf.Max(0,current_speed-(loseJumpingSpeed));
}
}
}
}

 

Hey Samb88,

does this support sprite atlases?

It would be nice to reduce draw calls over using individual images.

Great work so far, I'm looking forward to kicking the tires! =)

 

@wrocum
Thanks, I will look into that

@VoodooPuppy
Sadly I have no idea how to achieve that, but I'm thinking about adding NGUI to the framework, which would support atlases.
Is there interest in adding NGUI to the framework?


Ok, to everyone: the next few days, I'm moving out of my appartment and will be back next week. Next up is crouching and making it easier to add new states, right now it's to static for my taste!
See you next week!

Meanwhile, you can test the minigame I'm working on!
http://www.bysamb.de/unity/soccer/index.html

 

Hey Saamb88
I'd suggest you do something with NGUI. Just for the sake that it's currently a pretty solid UI add-on.
Can't wait for "crouch"! Here's hoping for a fully MegaMan type control setup.

I'd like to make a request.
I want a 'Yoshi' or a pet that would follow me around.
I figure you could modify the monster AI...but ya. Put that one in your backlog
Thanks!
B

btw. This is modeling_man...er was. I updated my profile.

 

NGUI this will be nice to have it in this framework !

 

NGUI would be great, especially if it allows you to support atlases.

 

Hi Samb!
What changed since version 1.64? Which files have changed? I have made modifications in some files, and knowing what changed would make my job easier. You can make some release notes for us?

 

is there a c# version now?
Or do I have to convert the code myself?

 

Hey all, bad news: my internet connection does not work in the neu appartment. Hopefully they will fix it monday. I will try to continue the work without internet.

There are my little fixes that make it hard to track everything.. Hmmm. The best would be to save the old version and compare it with the new one (I'm sure there is some programs that can show the difference of two files) I will look for something like that and provide it for everybody.

There is still no c# version. This shouldn't be a big problem even if every other script uses c#. Right now I'm fixing some "stupid" bugs so taking care of two versions would be painful.. But I will try my best to get a c# version out as soon as possible! At least the main player script files.

Thanks everyone for your patience! And sorry for spelling errors... I'm typing this with a cellphone

 

Hi Samb, I try to set option in navigation ( joystick ) that when You press the button character will run in one direction ( cant run left side ). I can do this for PC ( turn off left control and use only right one). Maybe some user know how to do this?

 

I set x add axis to 1 ( when player is moving all the time ) but when i activate joystick this is not working ( in your example scene "ragespline" too) can you explain to me how to set this to work with joystick ? i need only button for jumping.

 

3D Player can't wallslide or multijump on right side wall. I test it on testsceneragespline scene with your 3D Player Prefab and my own. Thank you!

 

I found the way to do what i want

 

Now I found the problem because in function OnCollisionEnter this line

Code (csharp):

1. if(playerMovement.current_speed>min_speed_for_walljump  playerMovement.player_graphic_pointer.eulerAngles.y==90)

When my 3D character jump to the right wall value of playerMovement.player_graphic_pointer.eulerAngles.y equal to 90.00001 not 90.

 

@jittian you're totally right, Added Mathf.Round to that part of the code


Good news: Everything is in place, I can work again!
Submitted new version to unity. Now crouching is possible! Yay!

Please make sure, that in your input settings horizontal and vertical gravity and sensivity is set to 1000 or else you will have a delay.

 

Perfect ! thank You samb