World Building [RELEASED] Dungeon Architect

I'm looking for the best way to generate medieval/fantasy village with a certain logic, can you point me on the right direction toward the best workflow to use?

I was thinking about using your grid workflow tool but I was wondering, is it possible to build a theme that would acte differently depending on the grid area?
In this example, could I use the alternate area (orange section) to be the merchant area and setup only shops?

Thank you!

 

@mick129 sure, you can spawn a bunch of shops in those nodes using ``Spawn Item`` Exec node. In your theme file, you'll choose which meshes (shops) to spawn. You can control how the shops are placed using a placement script. If you need more info on this, please le me know

 

I've added support for mirror volumes. This will allow you to create symmetric levels, for your multiplayer games

 

Hiya, I'm trying to create something like the following in 2D, what type of generator do you recommend? Playing around with the grid flow editor, it seems like it may not be a good fit.

 

@AliAkbar I just purchased Dungeon Architect for use with the Lordenfel asset. Only trying the demo scene from Lordenfel, hitting "Build Dungeon" I noticed that the walls don't align:




Looks like the generated rooms are intersecting. Any idea how to fix this?

This is such a very powerful combination of 2 assets and i'd like to have this working properly

 

@spottedzebra Snap would work great with this. There's a 2D sample for snap builder in the launch pad

 

Thank you. Lordenfel is an awesome asset. the misalignment looks like a connection setup issue in that room prefab. Perhaps @Mana-Station could have a look?

 

Hello Sir!
I'm looking for 2D, 2.5D platformer dungeon generator. I've searched everywhere on this thread, but can't find a clear answer. Some 3-4 years ago you said that you'ŗe just planning it.
So, is it capable of making such dungeon and if yes is it limited somehow?
Thank you!

 

Hey @jiigga There are some 2D and side scroller samples in the launchpad.

There's also a mario example if you want to build something like it

 

I missed a mail @Mana-Station sent a while ago regarding this issue. I'll have this issue fixed soon

 

I've fixed the overlap issue with the snap builder where, in some cases the bounds were not calculated correctly. The fix will be available in the next update soon

This also fixes the overlap issue in the Lordenfel DA samples

@Rowlan

 

Awesome, thank you very much!!!

 

Submitted a new update:

Version 1.13.0
* New: Mirror Volume allows you to create symmetric dungeons.
* New: Added a mirror volume sample in the Launch Pad window
* Fix: Fixed a null pointer issue when grid flow item markers had empty nodes
* Fix: FindLongestPath function produces correct result
* Fix: Snap builder was not generating correct bounds for some prefab types, which was causing overlaps

This update is available for unity version 2020.1+

 

Superb. That's what I need. Thank you. Already purchased your asset!

 

Hello, I have been tinkering with the asset for a week or so and decided to use it in a little 2d Top-Down project to begin with. I have a ton of questions but thought I might fire a couple off to begin with. Some of these would be in relation to both my 2d and 3d projects.

1. Is it possible to make it so that Doors (or even wall props etc) only appear in Horizontal Walls?
2. Is it possible to make it so that a Sprite for Doors/Walls/Fences etc doesn't rotate at all or perhaps be locked off at a specific rotation angle?

Unfortunately my pixel art isn't pure top-down like in the supplied 2d examples so thus far my best grid dungeon result is a similar setup to the ground corner beautifier but for walls instead. However this method screws me over for accessing standard Door/Wall etc functionality.

Obviously I am digging through samples/docs/tutorials/forum etc but thus far haven't stumbled on any real basic way to answer my own questions.

Regardless I am very impressed with the asset and am looking forward to when I can implement it with my main 3d project in the future.

 

Hey @MudPuppet Thank you. If you are using snap builder, you can disable rotation like this:


If you're using a theme engine based builder (like grid, gridflow etc) you can use spatial constrains to do lots of customization. You can have a sprite for horizontal walls/doors, another sprite for vertical walls/doors, different one for corners (L-shape, T-shape, etc) and many other configurations based on the nearby tiles. More info here:

If you have any questions, feel free to join our discord channel and we can chat

 

Much thanks for that information. This will give me something to look into today. In the least I might get a better idea of which builder to use. Yes I should probably get into Discord as it seems more and more software devs are pushing for that to cut down on multiple points of contact. I should also supply an image or two of what I am working with as I am sure you would be able to provide some good insight into what the best approach might be. Anyway, I will see how I go today.

 

I am unable to download the latest version, whenever I download it downloads version 1.11.

And how to make pillar appear on only corners? I tried corner selection via selection rule but wasn't able to do that.

I had also sent email regarding this but didn't got any revert back. Is there discord channel for this ?

 

Same for me. I had to delete the unitypackage in Asset Store-5.x\Code Respawn\Editor ExtensionsUtilities, after that I could download a new version.

 

I tried that but that also didnt worked. It again downloaded v1.11

 

I'll check the configuration and upload again if not working. Could you upgrade to 2020.1+ and try. It works there correctly

 

I downloaded via package manager after deleting from assetstore folder, it downloaded latest version.

For pillars on corner, I tried spatial constraints. But when ever i switch on spatial contraints all the pillars disappers, even without any rules.

 

@adifrank That's by design. Please check this:

 

Hi everyone, as part of my Messy's 12 Days to Christmas, I am interviewing amazing asset store devs and game developers live on twitch. Today I am joined by someone you know !!!

We hope to see you all today when I talk to @AliAkbar live on stream to talk about Dungeon Architect, life, love, learning and leprechauns! okay maybe not leprechauns

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if you want to see who else will be live on stream, come visit the 12 days to Christmas website:
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@TheMessyCoder , been thinking it's about time I return to Dungeon Architect and see how it's come along. But being lazy, I'll watch your Twitch TV first!

 

Thats what I do too!

 

Looking forward to the stream. Please do explore the demos. It has a ton, even a Super Mario one which I didn't expect, but do think it's awesome in that way

 

@TheMessyCoder , ask the developer where he intends to take this asset and if he has any other new assets under development...

 

DA has a new website

https://dungeonarchitect.dev/unity

 

Might have found bit of a bug in the Spatial Constraints editor. ie: Enable spatial constraints on a node and then you are able to copy/paste the main or starting node in the window (like you can copy/paste rule nodes) - but then you cannot delete the copies like you can with other rule nodes. Hope that makes sense.

 

A couple of suggestions after some more experience with DA - make of it what you will

1. It would be great if I could select a prefab/sprite node from within the Theme Editor window (or relevant inspector) and somehow be able to select all generated nodes of that type. A working example is definitely 2d sprites whereby you would use this to be able to set the Layers on sprites after dungeon generation - unlike prefabs which retain layer settings etc. Anyways this would be much faster than doing a manual search and selection process using the Hierarchy window after dungeon generation.

2. In a Dark Mode Unity3d GUI it is a little difficult to accurately make node connections in the Theme Editor without zooming in/out more times than necessary - this is much worse if you are using a laptop and limited screen space. Is there some way to maybe add a color connection point? See sample image for what I mean.

3. Is it possible to add in the standard Alt-RMB zoom functionality that is present in just about all Unity3d windows?

 

Hello, after many many attempts to work out 2d sprite spatial constraints for walls and fences using a Grid builder setup I may need to get some help. I have been through the suggested videos and used the example files - it all makes sense. But as soon as I try to get something worked out for my wall/fence 'top' (sides/corners etc) it just becomes messy quite quickly.

Anyway, here is a pic to show that I am getting 'something' happening utilising your corner beautifier script. My walls are essentially the top crenelation(?) for top/bottom/sides/corners and lower walls (wall faces), props, etc emitted from there with use of spatial constraints. However, the underlying problem being that I need to sort the top crenelation part properly using spatial constraints or I can't get actual rooms.

I have also setup a demo scene with custom sprite sheet done in a similar fashion and most of the base stuff in a Theme if having that helps to explain things.

*** I did get Discord installed and the DA channel sorted too.

 

There are many dungeon assets in the Asset Store. You already support several. Do you have any plans to support other assets? As a promotion, I think other asset creators will support you for free.

 

Hi @AliAkbar,

How do you control spacing? I added to ground elements and two wall elements and the spacing is off. Everything is in using default settings.

 

Hi @AliAkbar ,
do you think is it possible to use your asset to build "buildings"?
Owning Medieval Exterior and Interior assets, is it possible to create a set of rule so that with just few input:
- size
- shape (linear, L, U, T...)
- floors

and how to customize it:
- kind of interior (farm, forge, bank, house, inn...)
- kind of exterior (wood, rock, bamboo..)
- kind of roof (wood, straw, rock, shingles..)

then your asset would produce a building?

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Ok, I saw a doc about floor planner settings:
Dungeon Architect User Guide (coderespawn.github.io)

but using this module it is possible to build only rectangular buildings, isn't it?
are there any way to build houses?

Another question:
Medieval Exterior prefabs walls should be mixed with the Interior walls.
(each wall has only one side, so a full wall is a combination of two)
is possible to use them? (notice, that in this case the wall should be placed in the correct direction, so must be rotated facing outside for the exterior..)

 

Heya, this should be the 'Grid Cell Size' where, for example, your floor geo might be 1 Unity3d grid unit in size and a wall might be 1 unit in height in which case you might have 1,1,1 for XYZ. Pretty sure this is explained in one of the first DA tutorials.

 

Thanks @MudPuppet, I played around with it. But will take a look at more videos

 

I saw this video, it was made on 2015 for the UE4.

Dungeon Architect: Multi-Story Building - YouTube

Any ETA for the Unity version?

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Using the floorplanner, how properly insert the stairs?

 

I get error after upgrade to newest version.

Code (CSharp):

1. Assets/DungeonArchitectCustom/DA_MarkerEmitterSpawnPoint.cs(159,33): error CS1061: Type `DungeonArchitect.DungeonBuilder' does not contain a definition for `PropSockets' and no extension method `PropSockets' of type `DungeonArchitect.DungeonBuilder' could be found. Are you missing an assembly reference?

 

For Snap Builder, is it possible to limit the tiles? So If I only want once of each tile to spawn, is that possible?

 

Hi, when do you plan to bring that awesome UE4 Snap Grid Flow Builder with 3D Flow Graph to Unity?

 

A few questions about this asset:

Is it possible for grid flow maps to generate overlapping floors? Could the upper/lower levels query the cells above/beneath them to affect how they're generated?

Can the snap and grid flow systems be used in tandem, or at least transition from one to the other at certain points?

Can the floorplan generator be used to make multi-story structures connected by stairs/ladders?

Can you randomly place certain themed volumes, like a long, thin, tall area (running the gauntlet kind of idea)?

Could the variable height be used to incorporate underground/overhead passageways, resulting in a non-overlapping but somewhat vertical dungeon layout?

 

First, great tool! Thanks for putting so much work into this.

I am using the Dungeon Grid Flow prefab with the MyGridFlow_Edge asset. I would like to have ceiling tiles above all the rooms but NOT above the corridors. I tried adding the NonStairRoomTileRule to the ceiling tile's selection rule, but it turns off ALL the ceiling tiles instead of only the ones above the corridors. Is there a way to achieve what I need?

Thanks, Jay

 

Dungeon Flow Editor Freezes/Crashes on 2019.4.21f, if I open the Game DungeonFlow.asset in DemoBuilder_Snap and try to select an item from the Node list the UI will freeze and it seems like the entire Unity Editor UI, will freeze and become unresponsive.

 

Having the same issue here on Unity 2020.2.0f1 & 2019.4.22f1.
Tried assigning the default AlternateSelectionRule.cs, changing the namespace to DungeonArchitect didn't work.


Any thoughts?

 

** Solved **
Updating the asset from 1.15.0 -> 1.16.2 fiixed the issue.

@AliAkbar
Thanks for this awesome asset and continuous support!

 

A friendly reminder, please join our discord channel for support instead of posting here. We have an active community (1.5k+ users) and you can come chat with us and we'll help you out

 

Im glad you have a Discord server to help us out. Just a note - sometimes I don't have Dungeon Architect installed so I don't have the discord link handy, and a search brings up nothing.

 

This is because you aren't in the server. Join once, and it will appear there

 

I bought Dungeon Architect a LONGGGG time ago on Unity. How do I get to the Discord link?