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Version 1.51: Music handling, ActionList pausing, Animator saving and event listeners
After the various overhauls that v1.50 brought, this update is one of refinement. It's important that as AC matures, and games being developed with it get closer to completion, development focuses more on stability than grand features. Still, there are a number of useful additions here, and updating is recommended for all users.
While I normally write summaries of an update's larger features here, this time I've prepared a new video to showcase them (as well as one or two from updates made since the last video tutorials were made). Check it out here:
But the key features, in bullet-point summary, are:
Managing music across scenes
Calling custom events
Big thanks to the testers on this one. My fingers are crossed this release doesn't warrant quite so many 'a' updates this time..
Finally, this forum now has an official rule page - please take a few moments to read them.
While I normally write summaries of an update's larger features here, this time I've prepared a new video to showcase them (as well as one or two from updates made since the last video tutorials were made). Check it out here:
But the key features, in bullet-point summary, are:
- Ability to pause and resume ActionLists
- New music handling
- Scrolling rich text
- Improved script sheet exporting
- Event listeners for common functions
- New 'Remember Animator' save script
Managing music across scenes
Calling custom events
Big thanks to the testers on this one. My fingers are crossed this release doesn't warrant quite so many 'a' updates this time..
Finally, this forum now has an official rule page - please take a few moments to read them.
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- The “InputMousePositionDelegate” input delegate now takes the cursor’s locked state as a bool parameter
- The GameEngine and Persistent prefabs have been updated and must be re-imported
ActionLists- Added: Action comments - When using the ActionList Editor window, a comment box can be shown and edited on each Action
- Added: “ActionList: Pause or resume” Action - use to pause an ActionList and resume it at a later time
- Added: “ActionList: Set parameter” Action - use to set the value of a single parameter in an ActionList as opposed to all
- Added: If a scene-based ActionList uses an ActionList asset as it’s Source, the “ActionList Editor” and “Run” buttons are now shown in the Inspector
- Added: UI improvements to the “Character: Animate” and “Object: Animate” Actions
- Added: Ability to change the scene’s “On variable change” Cutscene with the “Engine: Change scene setting” Action
- Added: When using “ActionList: Run” to run an ActionList with parameters, setting the parameter values is optional
- Added: Warning if the “ActionList: Run” Action is used to run the ActionList the Action is placed in
- Fixed: Nodes in the ActionList Editor window not tinting properly in Unity 5.3
- Fixed: Error message in Console when manually running an ActionList in Unity 5.3
- Fixed: Editor problems if an inappropriate script file is placed in an Actions folder - a descriptive error is instead shown in the Console
- Fixed: Time not unfreezing when running ActionLists set to “Unfreeze pause menus”
Sound- Added: “Music: Play music” Action - use to play and queue music track easily across scenes
- Added: The 'Remember Sound' component now records the current fading effect of a Sound
- Added: The 'Sound: Change volume' Action can now be used to change a Sound's volume over time
- Added: “Wait until finish” option to the “Sound: Play” Action
- Fixed: Sounds not fading when the game is paused even if 'Play when paused?' is checked
Speech- Added: Rich text tags can be used in scrolling speech text
- Added: Ability to limit Menus set to appear When Speech Plays to only show when specified characters speak
- Added: Speech-skipping features will now react to any input named “SkipSpeech”, as well as mouse clicks
- Added: Ability to set a minimum display duration for speech lines
- Added: Option to fallback to speech audio and lipsync files in the original language if a translation has no such files
- Added: Speech ID-merging feature is now available if “Auto-name speech audio files?” option is disabled
- Changed: If carriage returns separate speech lines, the delay between lines can now be zero seconds
- Fixed: Manually-assigned Audio clips and Lipsync files becoming unassigned after clicking “Gather text” in the Speech Manager
- Fixed: “Dialogue: Play speech” Action not always showing full UI under certain circumstances
- Fixed: Display issues with game text listed in the Speech Manager
- Fixed: “Dialogue: Play speech” Actions that have multiple line IDs not showing them all in the Action’s UI
- Fixed: Translation lipsync files placed in subfolders not being read from correct directory
- Fixed: Speech ID-merging feature not working fully in Unity 5.3
Script sheets- Added: Ability to create and assign 'Speech tags' to ActionLists that store speech, for further filtering options in the Speech Manager
- Added: Ability to generate script sheets that are limited to lines spoken by a specific character, or lines tagged with a specific label
- Fixed: Script sheets created for translations not showing the translations of lines in ActionList assets
Conversations- Added: Ability to trigger Conversation dialogue options with defined inputs, as well as numeric keys
- Fixed: Conversations occasionally ending prematurely if 'Auto-play lone option?' is checked
Translations- Added: String and PopUp variables are now translatable
- Added: Character names are now translatable
- Fixed: Original scene not being reloaded after gathering text in the Speech Manager
- Fixed: Issue when gathering text in games that have no player prefab defined
- Fixed: Errors when importing translation files with text covering multiple lines in Windows
Interactions- Added: Ability to prevent Player head-turning to face individual Hotspots
- Added: Option to not de-select inventory items when “unhandled” Interactions are run
- Added: Ability to pass the Hotspot clicked on as a GameObject parameter to unhandled Inventory and Cursor interactions
- Added: Ability to define an Interaction that runs whenever a PickUp object is picked up
- Added: If the player clicks on a Hotspot in Choose Interaction Then Hotspot mode, they’ll walk to the Walk-to Marker (if defined)
- Fixed: Hotspot states sometimes saving incorrectly when limited to a particular Camera
- Fixed: Custom events defined in Highlight Inspector not working in Unity 5.3
Input- Added: Inputs defined in Active Inputs and Menus set to appear On Input Key are now included in the Settings Manager’s list of Available inputs
- Changed: The “InputMousePositionDelegate” input delegate now takes the cursor’s locked state as a bool parameter
- Fixed: Minor interaction UI issues
Characters- Added: Option to prevent direct-controlled player movement while Interaction Menus are on
- Added: If the New Game Wizard is used to create 2D Player, then a Rigidbody2D component is added so that it can detect Triggers
- Added: Characters animated with Sprites Unity can show a list of all expected standard animations in their Inspectors
- Added: Ability to halt characters instantly when using the “Stop Moving” method of the “Character: Move” Action
- Fixed: Issues with “Super accurate movement” option with Direct-controlled Players
- Fixed: Player prefab not always loading into the scene if is modified in the Editor in Unity 5.3
- Fixed: Jumping animations for Mecanim-based players not playing correctly when walking or running
Pathfinding- Added: Ability for Menus to only appear during cutscenes
- Added: Option for Menus to be clickable during cutscenes, depending on their "Appear type" setting
- Added: Ability for Unity UI-based Button and Interaction elements to respond to PointerDown event instead of PointerClick
- Added: Adventure Creator-sourced Menus are now automatically resized if the game’s resolution is changed
- Fixed: Minor issues when copying Menus and Menu Elements
- Fixed: Incorrect instructions in Manual regarding animated Unity UI-based Menus
- Fixed: Issues when clicking on empty slots in InventoryBox elements that are limited by inventory item category
- Fixed: Sliders set to hold discrete values not being able to reach the maximum value possible
Journals
Save system- Added: Remember Animator save script - attach to Animator components to record their state in save games (Unity 5 only)
- Added: The Remember Visibility component can be made to save a Sprite Renderer’s colour and alpha
- Added: Ability to check if a save slot is empty with the “Save: Check” Action
- Fixed: Unity UI-based Menus being included in save game screenshots
Cursor- Fixed: Main cursor showing under rare circumstances even if “Replace mouse cursor?” is checked
- Fixed: Minor issues with Hardware Cursor rendering
Variables- Added: The “Variable: Copy” Action can now be used to transfer a Integer variable’s value to a PopUp variable and vice versa
- Fixed: Changes made to local variables not always saving in Unity 5.3
API- Added: EventManager component - Contains static events that get called when common tasks occur, such as when speech plays
- Added: Public function to PlayerCursor script to read the currently-assigned cursor texture
- Added: Public functions to Hotspot script that trigger Use, Examine and Inventory interactions manually
- Added: Public functions to MainCamera script to set and release the camera’s focal point in screen-space
- Added: The AdvGame.RunActionListAsset function can be used to set the value of any integer-based parameter
- Added: SceneChanger.LoadPreviousScene function
Camera- Added: Ability to choose which Layers are used to detect wall collisions on a Third-Person GameCamera
- Fixed: Errors when using a GameCameraThirdPerson with no Target set
OtherScript variables and functions listed in Section 12.7 of the Manual are
now hyperlinked to their Scripting Guide counterparts
A good weekend to all!
I updated from 1.48 though and anyone know what might have completely broken my first person character? It doesn't use its camera or movement even though it seems to all still be assigned.
- Added: Dynamic width to default HotspotUI prefab
- Added: The “ActionList: Run” and “ActionList: Set parameter” Actions can now be used to set parameter values on ActionLists linked to asset files
- Added: Scene-based ActionLists linked to ActionList Asset files can have their parameters synchronised with their source (enabled by default)
- Changed: The Variable: Set Action now has more options when manipulating PopUp variables
- Fixed: UI Menus set to Follow Cursor not positioning correctly at screen edges
- Fixed: Mecanim Player “jump” bool not being set correctly
- Fixed: Rare issue that causes a Menu to no longer be editable in the Menu Manager
- Fixed: Hotspots not always responding to double-taps when using Touch Screen input
- Fixed: Audio Mixer Group volumes not being set correctly in Unity 5.3
- Fixed: Issue with “ActionList: Run” Action when running asset files
@radiantboy: Can you post the full error message from the Console? I need to see the context. Also, at what point does this error occur? Right when the game begins or sometime during the scene?- Added: Ability to filter Menus by name in the Menu Manager
- Fixed: “Engine: Change scene setting” Action not assigning TintMap parameter correctly
- Fixed: “Sound: Play music” Action not always working if looping music is already playing 4866
- Fixed: Issue with “Input: Check” Action’s click/tap detection
- Fixed: Hotspot clicks taking precedence over Menu clicks in v1.51
@radiantboy: Custom Actions are a totally separate issue - could we move this to a new thread? Actions are derived from ScriptableObject, not Monobehaviour - so can't access transform/gameobject/etc by design. If you want to access a MonoBehaviour from an Action, you can create a reference to it within the Action itself. See the provided ActionTemplate.cs class for a breakdown on how the script works.