Comments

• ChrisIceBox

  August 19

  You can modify the "Use" X "on" Y syntax per-item in the Inventory Manager, but it'll be fixed for each Hotspot.

  If you want to modify the Hotspot label further, including a chance display, you'd need a custom script that generates the label from scratch.

  Something like this, using Unity UI to display it:

  using UnityEngine;
  using UnityEngine.UI;
  using AC;
  
  public class CustomHotspotLabel : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public Text text;
  
      void Update()
      {
          text.text = GetLabel();
      }
  
      string GetLabel()
      {
          var hotspot = KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetActiveHotspot();
          if (hotspot == null) return string.Empty;
  
          var defaultLabel = hotspot.GetFullLabel(Options.GetLanguage());
  
          var selectedItem = KickStarter.runtimeInventory.SelectedItem;
          if (selectedItem == null) return defaultLabel;
  
          float chance = 0.8f;
          return defaultLabel + " (" + Mathf.RoundToInt(chance * 100f) + "% chance)";
      }
  
  }
  

  Having custom verbs for per-Item per-Hotspot would be a later step. For now, let's focus on the custom label with chance values. How/where are you currently storing such values?
• perezbalen

  August 23

  I haven't designed it yet. I'm tinkering to see what the best approach is.

  I aim to create a JRPG-style combat system. But rather than selecting attacks from menus and choosing targets separately, players will use inventory items to attack. You'll simply drag a weapon from your inventory onto an enemy. The system will calculate success probability based on both your stats and the enemy's stats. For example, instead of "use sword on enemy," you'll see "swing sword at enemy (50% chance)."

  I'm thinking I'll need a combat manager to handle the calculations, and character sheets for players and enemies, which will probably be scriptable objects.
• perezbalen

  August 24

  Implementing the code you gave me, I managed to get a label in the scene to display the modified text when an item is over a hotspot. (I do this by placing the CustomHotspotLabel script on the desired hotspot.) But I haven't been able to figure out how to change the actual hover text under the mouse pointer. I can't figure out how to address the Menu/Hotspot/Label text.
• ChrisIceBox

  August 24

  The code above is Hotspot-independent. Rather than placing it on a specific Hotspot, you can attach it to your HotspotUI canvas prefab to affect a Text box. This Text box can replace the default one that's linked to the Menu's HotspotLabel element, which is where the text under the mouse appears from.
• perezbalen

  August 24

  Oh. Thanks. I'll try that.
  But I still need to tell the HotspotUI canvas the % of each interaction. If I put a scritp in each hotspot (on a scene) with the % for each item, how do I send that number to the scrip in the HotspotUI?
• ChrisIceBox

  August 25

  The script above stores the active Hotspot in its hotspot variable. You can call its GetComponent function to extract the necessary custom data.