Create game with MMORPG KIT-Part 2-Map and first Character

In this part, I will create empty scene which has a floor for character movement testing and the first character.

Map preparation

You can create new scene from menu File -> New Scene

Delete Main Camera, because it will instantiate gameplay camera prefab as main character when player enter map scene, it should not have more than one main camera in the map scene

Map scenes must have EventSystem for UI event handling, so you have to add it by menu GameObject -> UI -> Event System

I will create this scene for character movement testing only, so I will just add a cube and set its scale to [100, 1, 100], position is [0, -0.5, 0]

Then save the scene, I've set it name to 000_Leveling_Test, saved it to Assets/Leveling/Scenes/Maps.

And don't forget to add it to Scenes In Build

After that, you have to create map info for the map scene.

Open Game Database Editor dialog from menu MMORPG KIT -> Game Database

Choose your game database

Select Map Info section, then click Create

Choose kind of map info, for generic maps uses MultiplayerARPG.MapInfo

Then save it, I will save it to Assets/Leveling/GameData/Maps, name: 000_Leveling_Test

Set created scene to Scene field

Create new character

You can create new character easily by Character Entity Creator dialog

Before you use this tool, you have to prepare character model prefab

I will uses characters from Modular RPG Hero Polyart package

I will prepare character model prefab based on ForExternalAnimations prefab which located in Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Prefabs/CharacterBaseForExternalAnimations, duplicate it by select it, press CTRL+D.

Then drag duplicated prefab to Assets/Leveling/Prefabs/PlayerCharacters and rename it to Human.

And delete all components except Animator

Now a new character model preparation is done, next I'm going to create new player character entity based on this character model.

Open the dialog from menu MMORPG KIT -> Character Entity Creator (3D)

Then I will set filename to Human, set Character entity type to Player Character Entity, set Entity movement type to Character Controller, Select game database which created for this project (It is LevelingGameDb which was created in first part) and set FBX to prepared character model prefab

After set data in the dialog, press Create button, then it will shows folder choosing dialog, select folder which you want to save, Mine will be saved to Assets/Leveling/GameData/PlayerCharacters/Human

Then data will be created in selected folder

And also added to the game database

Then you can press play from 00_Leveling_Init scene to try creating the character

You'll noticed it has no animation, so we've to set it animation

Set character animations

To set character's animations, you have to open the character entity prefab. For this character, I've saved it to Assets/Leveling/GameData/PlayerCharacters/Human so I will go to the folder and open prefab

Then find attached Playable Character Model component

In Default Animations, set following clips

• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/Idle_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Idle State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/NormalRun_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Move States -> Forward State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/JumpStart_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Jump State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/JumpAir_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Fall State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/JumpEnd_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Landed State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/GetHit_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Hurt State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/Die_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Dead State -> Clip.
• Set Assets/ModularRPGHeroesPolyArt/Animations/NoWeapon/PickUp_noWeapon to Default Animations -> Pickup State -> Clip.

Then test it, create new character and move in map scene. (W/A/S/D/SPACE)

Character won't be able to play attack animation yet, so let's set it up.

Set character attack animations

Open the character entity prefab again, then in Playable Character Model component, Default Animations -> Right Hand Attack Animations I'll set 2 attack animations

Then the important settings other than State -> Clip is Trigger Duration Rates which is rate of Clip's duration at when it should hit enemy, you can find it from animation clip previewing.

For example NormalAttack01_SingleTwohandSword clip, the character will swinged and should hit at 50%, so I will set Trigger Duration Rates to 0.5.

After set the character animation, test it again, now press attack (V) button, it will play attack animations randomly.

Extra - I want to change default equipment

You can change default equipment by open character entity prefab, then activate/deactivate meshes as you wish

If you use other model packages, it may have difference mesh setup, you may not able to activate/deactivate to change default equipment

Extra - Why character's HP is decreasing

You may found that character's HP is decreasing and doubt why it's happening. It's because of gameplay rule, its default settings was set to decrease character's HP while character is hungry, you can change the settings to not decrease character's HP.