[RELEASED] Corgi Engine - Complete 2D/2.5D Platformer [new v8.0 : advanced damage system]

@dmauldin > Yes, the dynamic gravity will work but it has its limits (you've found one in these small bumps on every angle change). Creating a dedicated ability that detaches the player from gravity/normal movement, but instead moves it left/right on that spline, changing its model angle would probably be safer.

 

Hello, I'm having this timing problem:
* Enemy with AIBrain
* Melee Weapon used by that enemy, everything seems to work (the animation plays, the attack fires)
* the weapon animation needs to be looped while the player is close: it's essentially a bite so the enemy charges and then bites
->If I just make it Auto and tune the timing with Melee Damage Area Timing to damage according with animation and the attack loops for a while, the damage area goes out of sync with the animation.
I played a while with auto/semiauto and the animator's transitions but I could not find a good solution to loop seamlessly without losing damage sync

 

@luigi7 > I'm not aware of any "loss of sync" between damage systems and animation (and I don't see how it could be possible, both are synced at the frame level). You can see an example on the RetroSwordsman in the RetroAI demo scene, I just let it run for 200 attacks, it's still going in sync. If your issue persists, please use the support form and provide steps to reproduce it, from a fresh install, I'll be happy to run more tests for you.

 

Trying to make it so that the player normally flips to face direction, but doesn't when certain melee weapons are equipped, but the "Flip Character To Face Direction" isn't in the list in the unity inspector when trying to call an event. Any other way I can switch that Bool through an event or maybe some code?

 

@bwlgeo > FlipModelOnDirectionChange is a public bool, you can access it from anywhere, as simple as this :

Code (CSharp):

1. aReferenceToYourCharacter.FlipModelOnDirectionChange = false;

 

Hello @reuno I want to setup and Archievement, that I could call several times during a level, like a notification System, but using The Archivement feature in Corgi Engine.

What do you think? I only see progress and unlock in Achivements Rules, I want to use somenthing like push, or a setInterval (a notification each time). Ok I hope there is somenthing interesting to do. Thank you!

 

@xacarana > I think it'd be easier to create a new dedicated system for that, achievements and notifications have different specs, it'll be harder to modify a system designed for a completely different purpose, and will lead to more issues, but sure, it's doable, if you implement it, everything's possible.

 

@reuno Thank you for clarification about that.

 

@reuno Hello, I want to know if there is some parameter or somenthing that controls, how many Archievements message shows during a level. Because I have only 4 achivements maximun does it, no more. I test it several times, the same. I was looking for a parameter to control this maximun, but I can't find anyting. Please help. Thank you!

 

@xacarana > It depends on the size of your UI elements. Make the container bigger, you'll be able to display more.

 

@reuno Thank you!

 

Hello again @reuno I have a question about Pause feature. Whe the game is paused the
StartCoroutine also stop? What is your recomendation to close a window during pause after waiting for a few seconds? Thank you!

 

@xacarana > You'll want to look into unscaled time, I suppose. If you have more questions, please use the support form, thanks.

 

@reuno Thank you!, I had to changed for realtime instead, because pause affects waiting for seconds. Sorry bother you with so many questions. And thank you for your help, also today FEEL is with discount

Solutions, maybe someone need it:

Code (CSharp):

1. public IEnumerator EsperarXSeg(int sec)
2. {
3.         yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(sec);
4.         CerrarVentana();
5. }

 

Hello @reuno ! What is the method to speed up the character while climbing the stairs? I am referring specifically to "stairs" not "ladders". I tried changing all the possible values from the respective scripts (horizontal movement, character run etc) but for any change to the speed I make, the speed of the stairs always remains the same.

 

@AndreaFantasia > There's nothing to change the speed on stairs specifically. That would be impacted by the slope speed curve, but that would impact all curves, not just stairs. The easiest way would be to create a new ability that applies a multiplier while on stairs.

 

Hi reuno,

I have a problem about saving coin points, I save the points and load the points successfully with "EasySave Plugin"，but the UI always display "000000", I think the problem from "UI Manager/Points Pattern", it will Overwrite the displayed points of UI；
I don't know how to resolve it.

 

@Dumpling007 > You'll need to call the RefreshPoints method on your GUI Manager for the points to refresh.

 

Hi Reuno, really enjoying the pack and the multitude of awesome demo scenes!
I had a bit of a simple question: is it possible to alter the camera so that when the player reaches the edge of the screen, it shifts the camera one screen-length to the right? A little bit like the old metroid games when you went through a door.

 

@Eyehawk > Yes, you could use the Room system for that, or the simpler Cinemachine Zones system. You'll find demos of both in the engine, as well as more info on both in the dedicated section of the docs : https://corgi-engine-docs.moremountains.com/rooms-system.html

 

Oh wow! That's exactly what I'm looking for - massive thank you!

 

Thanks very much reuno!!

 

Hi, how can i round damage min/max float to int? Pls check uploaded images.

 

@fertel > You can do so as mentioned in your first screenshot, by selecting a rounding method on your floating text feedback. That's if you have the latest version of Feel. If you don't, you'll need to wait for the next update of the Corgi Engine, coming soon, that will bring it up to speed on that feature.

 

After imported latest Feel, this happens on console. Any tip to solve? Thank you

 

@fertel > Looks like you forgot to remove the old version. Hard to confirm that without more info about what exactly you did. See 1st page of the docs (or install section, or FAQ) for more on this : http://feel-docs.moremountains.com/...-update-feel-from-an-old-version-to-a-new-one

 

Having a bit of an interesting issue. I have a character object, then two nestled ability objects, and I'm using the ability node swap ability to switch between the two nestled objects. Only problem is, when I switch abilities, it turns invulnerability on, on the main character object's health component. Switching again doesn't turn it off, and none of the nestled objects have health components or any other type of invulnerability that I could see interfering with that main health component. Any wonder what might be causing this?

 

@bwlgeo > I would need more information to be able to help. The issue doesn't seem to happen when setting things from scratch, or when testing in a demo.

Here are simple steps to verify this :
- fresh install of CE 8.1 on 2019.4.40f1
- open the BrobroLevel demo scene, press play in the editor
- with the spine-brobro node selected, press P to swap ability nodes, notice that the Health doesn't become invulnerable

If your issue persists, please provide similar steps, I'll be happy to have another look for you.

 

I narrowed the problem down, strangely enough, to the character's Roll component. Even though Roll is bound to a different key, it seems that switching ability nodes triggered the roll and its invincibility, but because I was switching ability nodes, the invincibility didn't go away. Unchecking "Prevent Damage Collisions During Roll" made it so I could switch without making the character invulnerable.

 

Hello minor fix for teleporter if you want to include in an update.
(in my case the teleporter was to the right of the player and I wanted her to face right before she teleports)

Added to function SequenceStart

if (!player.IsFacingRight) {
player.Flip();
}

 

This is probably a very stupid question, but.... I am trying the Corgi3d demo-scene, and wanted to see what happened if I put in my own custom background. I tried dragging a large png (5000x1000 approx) and place it right behind the objects. This creates a sprite. I also tried to create a material and assign it to a plane, but both approaches give very blurry background. In my Scene view it looks great, as soon as I start it (or go to Game view) the background is completely blurred out. Is there some simple way of avoiding this? It appears to be the post process layer on the 3d camera that causes it. Turning off post process gives a sharp background but now everything in the front looks a lot worse. Thanks!

 

@tosvus > Disable (or tweak) the depth of field post processing.
You can learn more about Unity's post processing stack at https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.postprocessing@3.2/manual/index.html

 

Hello, I have created an animation of the character that moves on the ladder, but while I climb to the character and stop in the middle of the ladder for example, the animation remains in loop without pressing anything on the keyboard, what could it be?

 

@Helienio > It's likely to be an issue in your animator. You can debug it at runtime to see what the problem is. You can also compare with any of the demo characters that have climbing animations (RetroCorgi for example) to see how they do it.

 

Hi, does Corgi engine support multi ground layer depth? For example, player can switch from ground A (near screen) to ground B (far screen)

 

@Underline404 > There is no such feature at the moment. You can see a full list of features on the asset's website.

 

Hi there, I have a problem with rooms at the moment. When I copy zones they seem to work, but at a later time, the wrong camera from another zone without the player will activate and take priority over the zone the player is current in at the moment. Is there anyway to prevent this?

 

@Eyehawk > I don't know, I've never heard of such an issue. Do you reproduce that issue in any of the demo scenes? If yes, how? If not, have you tried comparing what you're doing with the demos? Or checked the room system's documentation? If your issue persists, can you provide steps to reproduce what you're doing? Here are examples of such steps that will work : https://corgi-engine-docs.moremountains.com/rooms-system.html#setting-up-simple-rooms

 

Yes I based it on the Rooms demo scene. Thanks for the manual page link, I'll take another look and come back to you if I still have issues.

 

Hi renuo，
I want to trigger feedback when using consumption items.I can make a better visual representation when character use items.So I am trying to modify some code.
I added “MMFeedbacks Feedback = TargetInventory(playerID).Owner.GetComponent<MMFeedbacks>();”in
InventoryEngineHealth.cs.Seems no feedback show up when character use this type item.
Can you give me some advice？Thanks

 

Should I create a custom character ability to trigger this consumable item usage feedback? But there are already have CharacterInventory.cs

 

@wechat_os_Qy0z_aF7Nfhquhava38GLxUWU > I'm not sure I understand that piece of code. Unless you have a MMFeedbacks at the top level on your Owner (which wouldn't be great), it won't do anything. And yes, ideally you'll want to have an ability to target, that'd be a better separation of concerns.

 

Thank you, this is the first time I heard of this term< separation of concerns>.
I am not a programmer, but I googled about it, it seems to be a kind of engineering system thinking method.
This is very good, I will continue to learn.
I think this kind of mentality method can be used in many fields.

 

thank you so much.

 

Hello, I come to bring feedback on my problem with the ladder in the 2.5D version. The player when standing on the ladder, does not stop moving and does not call the LadderClimbIdle animation correctly and what was the solution. The problem is that the Animator NewCorgi3DAnimatorController in the transition from AnyState to ClimbLadder animation is missing the comparison of LadderClimbSpeedY->Greater->0.2, with this I solved the problem that the character does not stop moving. This occurs in a clean version of CorgiEngine, so the creator could fix this detail in their next bug fix.

However, I now have a new problem. I am trying to put a timer in my game using the mmcountdown.cs component. I added it to the UI and in the Countdown Complete Event() to run an action, I selected the player prefab and used the Kill() function of Health if the time is 0, but the player does not die, and what happens is that it deactivates the prefab. What am I doing wrong, how can I kill the player when the time is 0?

I use the last version of corgi 8.2 and Unity 2021.3.17f1

 

@Helienio > Calling Kill on a Character's Health will kill it. That's how it's done. The character being disabled would be the expected result in such a case, that's what Kill does. You can see it in action across multiple classes, from the KillPlayerOnTouch to the LevelBounds ability, the CrushDetection one, or the SelfDestruct AI Action.

 

But I need Kill the player if the countdown is 0. You have any sample to see how mmCoundDown work? I search for this but no have any sample.

 

@Helienio > No, there are no samples of it, it's a helper class, and is fairly straightforward. And while I wouldn't use one to kill a character after a while (definitely something that should live in its own system to avoid hard bindings), it's easy to do :
- fresh install of CE 8.2 on 2019.4.40f1
- open the MinimalLevel demo scene, drag a Rectangle in it, set the LevelManager's PlayerPrefabs array size to 0, put the Rectangle as the SceneCharacters[0]
- add a new Text object to the UICamera's Canvas, position it at 0,400,0
- add a MMCountdown to it, CountdownFrom:5, CountdownCompleteEvent:Rectangle:Health:Kill()
- press play in the editor, after 5s, the Rectangle gets killed

 

Yes, this way works, but only once, I also need the player to reappear again in the Star Point, and if I use the prefab of the rectangle it does not work because the function mmCountDown does not work with the prefabs and the events do not work. A basic function A Countdown Kill Player should be added in future versions, the MMCountdown is good and helps with many things but only works with objects in the current tree and not instances.
Thank you very much for your time, Reuno.
I will try to create my own function, since, with the current functions I have not been able to achieve my goal.

 

@Helienio > As I said, I wouldn't recommend using a countdown UI helper to implement such a feature, it requires its own system. The engine's API lets you do that, I'd recommend implementing it cleanly.