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• monotonic

  October 2020

  Thanks for posting this.

  I have ABC in my 'Saved Items' on the asset store, I have held off buying it because I haven't had the chance to speak with somebody who's used it in anger.

  I take it you would recommend this for all things shooty and zappy?
• Vacerias

  October 2020 edited October 2020

  Yes, I use it in my current project and you can use the fighting/shooting/magic out of the box. But as soon as you want to sync variables then you will have to script it. I use for example Health and Mana in my game and I synced the health and mana-related ABC Variables with my AC Variables with just two lines of code.

  using AC;
  public int ACIDHP, ACIDMANA; // AC Variable IDs
  public ABC_StateManager myABCStateManager;
  public ABC_Controller myABCController;
  
  public class SyncABCtoAC : MonoBehaviour
  {
      void Update()
   {
          GlobalVariables.SetFloatValue(ACIDHP, myABCStateManager.healthABC);
          GlobalVariables.SetFloatValue(ACIDMANA, myABCController.manaABC);
  }
  }
  

  First time using ABC toolbox can be a bit overwhelming as the current manual and guides don't go to deep into the topic. But the author of the asset is very responsive and is quite active on discord.

  If you need any help just post here in this thread and I try my best to help you.
• monotonic

  October 2020

  @Vacerias

  Excellent, thank you for the clarification. I will be purchasing this today and taking a peek.

  I'm a developer by trade so don't mind getting my hands dirty in the code.
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2020

  Good stuff.

  Quick note about syncing variables: it needn't be done in an Update loop - you can instead hook into the OnUploadVariable / OnDownloadVariable events to sync them whenever they're requested.

  See the Manual's "Variable linking" chapter, as well as the VariableLinkingExample script for a guided example.
• monotonic

  October 2020

  @ChrisIceBox Good tip, thank you.
• Vacerias

  October 2020 edited October 2020

  Here is how my current fighting scene in AC looks like, with the help of ABC Toolkit And this work out of the box like that! But of course, it needs some work to fine-tune it but I am really glad and happy that I have now easily the possibility to add fighting scenes with magic, melee, and guns into AC.

  
• monotonic

  October 2020

  @Vacerias
  
  Wow! That looks fantastic, very well done - good work.
  
  If I may, I wondered what method of control are you using, point and click, direct third person etc?
• Vacerias

  October 2020

  Thank you very much! I am using outside of fighting scenes point and click and when I switch to fighting scenes then it is direct 3rd person.
• salex

  October 2020

  Awesome! Looks really good!
• Vacerias

  October 2020 edited October 2020

  A transition from point & click to 3rd person direct control looks then like this:

  

  @salex Thank you very much
• monotonic

  October 2020

  Ahh I see, that is a good method, it allows for fast paced combat and a nice relaxed exploration when not fighting.
  
  I like the indicator too “get ready, things are about to get real”.