Hack Slash - Framework [Beta released]

Tutorial 01: Setup

Tutorial 02: Project Goal + Information about uLink

Tutorial 03: BaseClass Overview

First example spell (demonstration)

Tutorial 04: Create your first spell

Tutorial 05: Basic networking tutorial

Tutorial 06: Sending a RPC

Hack Slash - Framework now available
www.kanta3d.com

www.kanta3d.com/forum/



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Changelog:

Build 0.4 from 05.05.2012 (pre release)

OnNotEnoughMana, OnSpellIsCasting ,OnSpellOnCooldown ,OnSpellGobalOnCooldown are now only called 1 time per second, and you have full control over the calling rate.


Build 0.3 from 05.03.2012 (pre release)

- Added Callbacks :
OnNotEnoughMana
OnSpellIsCasting
OnSpellOnCooldown
OnSpellGobalOnCooldown

-Added GlobalCooldown



Build 0.2 from 05.01.2012 (pre release)
- redesigned spell system
- fixed several bugs
- added cast time
- added two example spells


Build 0.1 from 04.22.2012 (pre release)

- It will work on any system (ios android windows etc)
- Works with the basic version of Unity

- Camera: RTS / fixed camera (diablo)
- Movment : You character will follow the mouse if the left mouse button is pressed.
- Attack: If the left mouse is pressed (on an enemy), your character will perfom a normal attack (range only atm)

- Spell-System
=> Three damages sources are implemented:
1. Magic Damage
2. Phyical Damage
3 Pure Damage

Spells are able to scale with attackpower / spellpower. You are able to code spells like you would normally do and they still work in a network game.

Two example spells are implemented:
- Bouncing Shot:
Bounces though enemies and inflicts phyical damage.
-Firebolt:
Explodes after x range or if it hits an object it will explode and aplly AOE damage to all enemies and inflicts magical damage.


- Spellbar:
- You have four different spellstates. Q W E R
=> If you press Q your are in Spellstate 1 , If you press W you are in Spellstate 2 and so on...
The rightmousebutton will cast the spell.


- Character System :
Baseclass for players , npcs or enemies.
=>
Player class has functionaltiy for classes like Mage , Warrior , Rogue etc.
It includes:
Autoattack, Movement, Casting, leveling,upgrading,dieing and so on.

Basenemy:
- can give experience.
(No movment or AI is implemented yet)

Damagesystem:
- You can choose between 3 examples armortypes:
LightArmor, MediumArmor, HeavyArmor.

Lightarmor will reduce magicdamage by 90% and physical damage by 10%
MediumArmor will reduce magical / phyicaldamage by 30%
HeabyArmor will reduce physical damage by 90% and magical damage by 10%

Rough Talentsystem:
- You can create "TalentNodes" to create entire talent trees.
(visual implemention will come soon)

Looting:
- Enemies are able to "spawn" loot which automaticly moves to the nearest player.
- To loot wil contain random items.


- Basic GUI (with NGUI free version):
You have a healthbar, manabar an expbar.
You also have a character stats screen which is toggable with the key "C".
=> Level, Class, attackpower,spellpower etc.
No Visual inventory yet, but it is already impelemented!(non visual )

Chat:
-You can chat with everyone


-Multyplayer support with uLink, uLobby, uZone, uStream, uGameDB
- Authoritative Server
- different approches with interpolation extrapolation (in development)
=> waiting for a response from muchdifferent.com

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What I have planed ?

- working on the pre release make it stable.
- implementing A* and AI behavior
- QuestSystem with random objectives

- Many example spells, Example Coop Game
=> Team up with 4 players, 4 different classes and fight against random generated enemy waves.
The enemy waves will grow in strength. You are able to level, skill and loot items.

- GameDB => Account login, Save Characters , Friendlist, host servers etc
- Visual Spell Scripting, Visual Talent Scripting
- Map (minimap etc)

Tutorials:
- I will start creating many many tutorials after the pre release is stable.
Topics that i will explain:

Networking => interpolation , extrapolation , lag compensating etc
Project goal: I explain you my project design
I will explain every single line of code to you

You can request tutorials

Custom code
Feel free to request custom code like Spells => Frostbolt which slows enemies in a certain range and applies frostdamage.
I will implement these custom spells for free ! However these spells will be available for everyone.

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What this Framework is not
It is not a oneclick solution.
It uses C# and object orientated programming.
=> If you want to extend or customize functionality , you have to code it by yourself.

That means you should know how to script ( at least a little bit)
This project is great for learning.

You can use Javascript => HOWEVER all classes will be written in c#, but if you want to create your own Warrior class, you are able to write it in javascript.


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Only buy if you do not expect a finished product yet
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uLink
http://muchdifferent.com/?page=game-unitypark

NGUI
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/114833-NGUI-(Next-Gen-UI)-demo-amp-final-feedback-request


DEPENDENCIES :

http://www.mediafire.com/?r58c8ln4crclazj

http://www.tasharen.com/get.php?file=NGUI

http://download.muchdifferent.com/ulink/uLinkSetup.exe

http://download.muchdifferent.com/ucollab/uCollab.unitypackage

Know Issues:

uCollab (workflow -> editor synchronization) is only available for pc and not for mac.

 

I will record many tutorial videos to get you started, but first things first.

We will create many example spells together. Tell me what you wanna see in a tutorial and we will create it together!

You are a designer and want to team up with me ? -> write me a pm

 

What's next :

- activating interpolation

- implementing a real inventory + useable / equipable items

- npc's + quest system

 

This package is looking nice already. Glad to see that it uses uLink. Will it work with a third person camera with WOW type movement and control?

 

sure it will. but its not included as a example yet and you would have to make client side prediction for a mmo. I will cover all this in later tutorials.

atm i make a writeup for the setup and i will record the "getting started" video again because my editor was already configured.

 

Great kit. Just got it and looking over it. Its very easy to install too.

 

Awesome, I will purchase it. Thanks.

 

You have many great features and the base functions for things like spells and other content.
The install was very easy. I would suggest anyone who wants it to get it now at this price.

What Would be great would be editors for developers to input content without know programming.

The editors would set specific values and names for specific content.

Editors needed would be:
Spells or talent tree's. With the ability to assign them to a specific class.
NPC's. With the ability to assign them to a specific quest, shop conversation ect..
Quests
Items including loot tables.
Shops


As you add more features keep in mind that the developers may need to add masive amount of game specific content.

Space Dwarves
Good Luck
God Bless

 

what i wanted to add. If you have any questions or problems feel free to contact me or leave a post in this thread,
I'm working on a forum
=> Will be available tomorrow
www.kanta3d.com/foum

Thanks for the feedback,

Everything is already in production

 

Project Goal + Information about uLink

 

You can find the forum here :

http://kanta3d.com/forum/


ps: You need to request some spells, or i will invent my own spell for tomorrow (spell tutorial)

 

The old thread said this kit costs $25. The current charge is $29.9 . Is it a typing mistake?
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/131188-Hack-amp-Slash-framework-by-Kantaki

 

its really awesome ! When do you release the spell tutorial ?

 

Because I was not allowed to sell it at the asset store. This gives me many sidecosts (found a company) So I thought i could increase the price a little bit

Before I start with the spell tutorial I want to give you a brief overview of my baseclasses. I will upload them very soon.

 

I would think a " Morph " spell would be cool. I'm thinking in the context of this kit you could have it change one of the unsavory cubes into an aimlessly wondering sphere for a settable period of time. Maybe at that point a "Fear " spell would be fairly similar to achieve.

Being able to use the morph spell on yourself could be neat. kinda like a transform ability.

A hunter spell that I like is to be able to set a trap. I think it would be something that could have a good number of options for what the trap does. Different amount of damage, effects to movement, abilities and how they interact with each other. like when a player is frozen by an ice trap, any damage will free the player from the trap. or not

I have move but will have to finish a task at hand first. Will post more later.

 

I see.

One more question: How easy to replace ulink to other network solution (say to Photon, smartfox, unity networking, etc.) without breaking down the kit?

 

great spell ideas !
But i will probably start with a fairly simple spell first.

I will release an update today with some bugfixes.

 

It is possible. But to be honest, this would take too long, so if you don't want to use uLink you should probably don't buy this kit.

remeber i'm not only using uLink, I will use the entire suit like uZone, uStream etc.

 

Thanks. I will consider this ulink is suitable for me.

 

If you have questions about uLink ask them in my forum
www.kanta3d.com/forum
or directly at
www.muchdifferent.com

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update released: 0.4
Just redownload the project and import it.

changelog => see first post



I made a general video about the baseclasses. Its just an intodruction , it's okay if you couldn't understand some parts.
In the next tutorial we will cover the spell creation.

 

Awesome kit, I bought it already and is very easy to use it. Great job!.

I have some spell ideas like;
Stealth/Invisible- your enemies cant see you (maybe a speel for make all team invisible).
Clone- make a fake clone of you
Camouflage/Spy- make you look like a other team player

Best Regards,
Carlos Pacheco

 

thats also great ! thanks

 

A few spells:
Lock pick or decription for future type games.
Mezzmerize type spell. Make a npc a pet for a short time.
A aura of damage around the caster like the summoned birds in diablo or the cyclone.

 

Demonstration -> First example spell

Here the code. This spell is also included in the next update.

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3. using System.Collections.Generic;
4.  
5. public class Doomsday : Projectile
6. {
7.     [SerializeField]
8.     protected float aoeRange;
9.     [SerializeField]
10.     protected float explosionRate;
11.     [SerializeField]
12.     GameObject explosion;
13.  
14.     public override void Initialize (BaseChar bc, Spell spell)
15.     {
16.         bc.ApplyCoolDown (coolDown, spell);
17.         bc.DrainMana (manaCost);   
18.         endDamage = (bc.attackPower * pDmultiplier) + (bc.spellPower * mDmultiplier) + baseDamage;
19.         DestroyAfterRangeReached (missleRange);
20.         ShootForward ();   
21.         if (explosion) {
22.             InvokeRepeating ("AoeExplostion", 0f, explosionRate);
23.         } else {
24.             Debug.LogError ("No Explosion set");
25.         }
26.     }
27.    
28.     protected void AoeExplostion ()
29.     {
30.    
31.         Info info = new Info ();
32.         info.damage = endDamage;
33.         info.damageType = damageType;
34.         List<GameObject> nearEnemies = GetObjectByTagInRange ("Enemy", aoeRange, transform);
35.        
36.         foreach (GameObject o in nearEnemies) {
37.             uLink.Network.Instantiate (uLink.NetworkPlayer.server, explosion, o.transform.position, Quaternion.identity, 0);
38.             Damage (o, "Enemy", info);
39.         }
40.     }
41.    
42.    
43.    
44. }

 

Tutorial 04 Create your first spell

 

I have a question, created a new terrain for the player to walk on but i cant make the player cube walk on it, do I have to implement it in some special way for it to work to walk on? Sorry for the noob question

Awesome kit!

Update: Nvm, found out how to do it

What are you working on for the next update?

 

Sure no problem. remeber everything in the example is just an example.
If you want to move on a different terrain, you have to set the terrain to Tag "Ground".

Atm implementing the interpolation, -> to make the movement look smooth.
And i'm creating an inventory + equipable items.

 

When will you include the A* pathfinding ?

 

There's a lot of diablo-like code in the open-source project mooege http://www.github.com/mooege/mooege just find the most recent branch

 

This will take some time, i can't give you an exact date yet.

its licensed under GNU -> not allowed in commercial projects.

And I like to code things on my own

 

short update:

- Inventory: (60 % done)

drag drop
swap items
add and remove items
Highlightning
Resoltuion independed
My own GUI system -> Planes with textures.
=> High perfomance -> works on all devices
You can add bags of different sizes at runtime.

 

looks great

 

Inventory system is now rdy

Its also included in the next update for this framework


http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/135783-RPG-Inventory-Now-Available

WEBPLAYER DEMO

 

So, I was wondering, I'm using player animations in the scripts and I've managed to call animation.CrossFade("run"); from the file PlayerController.cs, but what if i want an enemy to move? I tried to call animation.CrossFade("gethit"); from the ApplyDamage() function in the BaseChar.cs file but nothing happens... Do i need to point to an abject with the animation and if so: what object?

Thank you! It's a great framework!

 

Okay ,
i didn't implement pathfinding yet.I need to code my own pathfinding solution because navmesh is only available for pro users. This means enemies can not move at the moment.

For the applydamage function

For example :

Code (csharp):

1. BaseChar player , BaseChar enemy

to apply damage to the enemy you need a reference of this enemy for example

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. Info info = new Info();
3. info.damage = 200f;
4. enemy.ApplyDamage(info);

but you dont need to do this. It's easier to use a spell to do this.

Look at the spell examples that i have included.

Code (csharp):

1. protected void Damage (GameObject t, string tag, Info info)

Its always easier for me if you show me some code. If this doesn't answer your question , please just post a code snippet.

thanks

 

Thanks for your answer, but I'm not trying to make them move or anything, I just want to play a predefined animation. Like this:

Code (csharp):

1. public virtual void GetExperience (float exp)
2.     {
3.         if (experience + exp >= expToLevelUp) {
4.             expToLevelUp *= expMultiplier;
5.             experience = 0;
6.             level++;
7.             UpgradeStats ();
8.             currentHealth = maxHealth;
9.             animation.CrossFade("dance");
10.         } else {
11.             experience += exp;
12.        

For example, but the character does not dance, am I referencing the character right? Should I explain in more detail?

 

Well first of all there is one crucial mistake , but this is probably my fault because I didnt had the time to record as many tutorials as i wanted.

Never change the source code. What if i release an update? it would override all of your work. thats not what you want.

always extend from the classes for example

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  
3. public class MyTestClass : BaseChar
4. {
5. public override void GetExperience(float exp)
6. {
7. // do somthing
8. }
9.  
10.  
11. // or in your case
12. protected override UpgradeStats()
13. {
14. animation.CrossFade("dance");
15. }
16. }

But back to your problem. Your code seems correct.
Are you sure that your animation works correctly ?

 

Well, here's my new class

The animations in the function update() works, the skeleton runs when i press the W-key, but it doesn't play the "die" animation when it's hit... Does this work for you? Can't get any animation to work in the override functions :S

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class BaseLavenderEnemy : BaseEnemy {
5.    
6.     // Use this for initialization
7.     void Start ()
8.     {
9.         currentHealth = 100;
10.         armor = 5;
11.         giveExperience = 250f;
12.         expRange = 1000f;
13.         armorType = ArmorType.HeavyArmor;
14.         attackPower = 200f;
15.         spellPower = 10f;
16.         sightRange = 100f;
17.         currentMana = 100f;
18.         maxMana = 100f;
19.         animation.wrapMode = WrapMode.Loop;
20.         animation["attack"].layer = 1;
21.         animation.Stop();
22.     }
23.    
24.     void Update () {
25.    // Based on the key that is pressed,
26.    // play the walk animation or the idle animation
27.    if (Mathf.Abs(Input.GetAxis("Vertical")) > 0.1)
28.       animation.CrossFade("run");
29.    else
30.       animation.CrossFade("idle");
31.  
32.    // Shoot
33.    //if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
34.       //animation.CrossFade("attack");
35.     }
36.    
37.     public override void ApplyDamage (Info info)
38.     {
39.         animation.CrossFade("die");
40.         Debug.LogError("Jag tog stryk!");
41.         base.ApplyDamage (info);
42.     }
43. }
44.  

 

well i think i know your error. even if i'm not too familiar with animation.

You call run or idle in the update with crossfade

I'm pretty sure this will always "override" your 'die' animation.(Maybe they are using the same bones ?)


I will recreate your problem tomorrow

you could also send me your project and i will fix it.

 

Thanks for the quick reply! I found this, don't know if it's a bug or what it is...
When i do a basic attack (shooting a Missile/left-clicking on an enemy) the animation plays, BUT if i shoot a spell with the right mouse button, the animation does not play... I'll look into this to see if it's something with my code or a bug

I'll write soon!

 

this is weird because missle is a spell too. if you need further assistance feel free to contact me at any given time.

 

How's the new update going? I cant wait to see the inventory in this kit.

 

sorry i was sick.

maybe it will come today :

 

Sorry to hear. Hope its all done with.

 

sorry , I'm verry busy atm, I have two exams next week.

short update :

I will integrate A* by Aren Grandberg http://www.arongranberg.com/unity/a-pathfinding/ as a temporary pathfinding solution. I want to conzentrate more on essential gameplay mechanics

 

short roadmap:

i finish my exams on Thursday.
This means i will quickly implement the inventory system on Thursday. The optimized networking + networking tutorials will follow shortly .

 

Great!!! Been waiting biting my fingers to the bone.... Ha ha. Good luck on your exams.

 

Web player crashes even if I wait several minutes.

 

Which webplayer version do you use ?

 

okay , I'm nearly done with the inventory port. I will upload it during the day.