I want to call out to a co-routine and have it call a special dialogue tree for my main character and three companions.

Some extensions below but not relevant to my basic problem. I simplified it to show what I want to do.

Call each special dialogue until they are closed, then call the next one. When all orders filled, exit the co-routine.

Any help much appreciated. This is super simple code after having vast elaborate schemes with ten times this much code and this still doesn't work to simply display them one at a time.

It shows each "Display" debug text but only the last menu for "Goliath" ...

I need to know how to open a dialogue tree, wait for it to be closed, then execute the next one.

Code below ...

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C.Jonah.TurnOrder = Character.TurnOrderMode.None;

C.Goliath.TurnOrder = Character.TurnOrderMode.None;

C.Eddy.TurnOrder = Character.TurnOrderMode.None;

C.NurseJan.TurnOrder = Character.TurnOrderMode.None;

   if(C.Jonah.IsDead() == false && C.Jonah.TurnOrder == Character.TurnOrderMode.None)

   {

    Display: Showing Jonah Combat Orders ...

    D.JonahCombatMenu.Start();

   // E.WaitUntil(()=>C.Jonah.TurnOrder != Character.TurnOrderMode.Pending);

   }

   if(C.Goliath.IsDead() == false && C.Goliath.JoinedParty == true && C.Goliath.TurnOrder == Character.TurnOrderMode.None)

   {

    Display: Showing Goliath Combat Orders ...

    D.GoliathCombatMenu.Start();

    //E.WaitUntil(()=>C.Goliath.TurnOrder != Character.TurnOrderMode.Pending);

   }

   if(C.Eddy.IsDead() == false && C.Eddy.JoinedParty == true && C.Eddy.TurnOrder == Character.TurnOrderMode.None)

   {

    D.EddyCombatMenu.Start();

    //yield return E.WaitUntil(()=>C.Eddy.TurnOrder != Character.TurnOrderMode.Pending);

   }

  if(C.NurseJan.IsDead() == false && C.NurseJan.JoinedParty == true && C.NurseJan.TurnOrder == Character.TurnOrderMode.None)

  {

   D.NurseJanCombatMenu.Start();

   //yield return E.WaitUntil(()=>C.NurseJan.TurnOrder != Character.TurnOrderMode.Pending);

  }

End

I went to the web archive at https://unity.com/releases/editor/whats-new/2020.3.48#notes and was able to download and install it, however unity recommends using a newer LTS version.

It appears Unity 6 will be released on October 17 as LTS which means very soon you will be three major LTS versions behind.

You provide an awesome tool and I guess adventure games don't need the newer features but, it would be nice to be able to use an officially supported version of Unity that is also supported by PowerQuest. I did use it with unity 2022 by removing the visual scripting package and it works. Not sure about Unity 6 but, I image some people may want to use it just to remove the unity splash screen.

I use the Unity editor on Linux and newer versions tend to work better as unity improved the Linux editor support over time, so it would be nice if newer versions of Unity were supported out of the box without having to delete packages etc.

Anyway, just some thoughts. Thanks for all your hard work and a great product.

I noticed you licensed PowerQuest under the MIT license and wondering if you will ever put the code on github, so others can contribute code to the project if they make changes.

Maybe it's because of the shader used ?

Do you have some tips about it please ?
Thanks

Why is PQ sw installation such a problematic procedure.?  I expected  PQ tobe just a program  as it was in the past (1995-2005)?  

Please don't make me to regret my little donation!  

In fact I just want to access/decode/expand  1  [Luc.pqi  654MB and Luc.002  142MB] file from my archives (2002)

Please help. Kind regards 

Luc BEERSMANS retired independant  Informatic since 1965.

I was wondering what's the process for scaling sprite /characters. Is the only option to create a smaller source file (i'm using the aseprite import pipeline) since scaling down the prefab is useless? (I've come to understand that everything done in the prefab is overridden animation-wise by the framework, like when placing manually characters prefab in a room gets ignored)

I'm actually trying to make a new room with Powerquest and I can't see the red "Look At", green "Walk To", and blue "Baseline" squares on the Scene View. I tried to look at Gizmos but I don't understand how to show them in the window. Can you help me please? I share the tutorial screen with the squares and my scene.

Thank You!

Tutorial :

My scene view :

Is there anyone here who is using Unity and Powerquest on an MacBook Pro with M1 and it works?

I tried more versions of Unity, from older to newer ones, and there is always an error. If someone could just point me to a version that works like instructed (install Unity and drag Powerquest) I would be very happy. 

Thank you in advance.

How do I start a new game? Like from scratch?  I start with the demo game and put my stuff over the top of it, but there are parts that I just don't want to use and if I delete them I end up with an error. 

First of all, thanks for this amazing tool! I've had lots of trouble with other Adventure Game tools (like Adventure Game Creator) and being close to AGS it was nice to see it! I'm having lots of fun with it, although the documentation could use a ittle more fleshing out, it sometimes is a bit nebulous (nothing a bit of experimentation can't fix of course).

Now, I'd like to have a support character following the main character wherever they go. I've been going around with using C.SupportCharacterName.WalkToBG(C.Player) on the Update() method, which works quite well but needs doing on every Update() method of each room, alongside a C.SupportCharacterName.Room at each change of room. I could not find a more elegant solution on the Scripting API. Is there any?

Basically the support character would need to be in the same room than the main character, including when E.ChangeRoom() is called. Potentially it would also have to follow the player in general, though sometimes randomly wandering around points of interests (like props). I thought of just changing the E.ChangeRoom() itself to change both the player and the support character at the same time but I haven't been able to find where to modify that. I'm not asking for the code to do it, just where I can change it for my need?

Cheers :)

Just downloaded Powerquest yesterday (looks great!) , but I encountered a bunch of compilation errors in Unity. Managed to get the errors down to 3 in Safe Mode, but I'd like Unity to work normally. Am I doing something wrong?

(Please see enclosed screen capture fragment)



Regards,
John Oakley

EDIT: Never mind. Followed the "Getting Started" link, backdated my copy of Unity, et voila!

Really, the problem is just that characters use a custom shader to offset their sprite, and unity's shader doesn't do that. So here's a couple of ways around it-

Option 1: Use a custom shader

• Download and install this shader from Joseph Riches of Robust Games
• You'll need URP and ShaderGraph packages installed and it just goes on the Shader Override property on each Character
• That's it!
• Extras Notes from Joseph: The MainTex property has a reference for _MainTex and the Offset property has a reference for _Offset in the Node Settings which means they just pick up the Sprite from the SpriteRenderer and the Offset from the Sprite component (as far as I understand it). This is the graph:

Option 2:  Use the original unity shader, but move the character sprite to be nested under the character game object:

• Open the character prefab
• Make a child gameobject under the character
• Add a "PowerSprite" and "Sprite Animation" component
• Put the URP lit shader in the "shader override" field of the PowerSprite component
• Remove the animator, and sprite components from the parent gameobject.
• Then just move the transform of the child object so that the feet line up with the parent object's position.

I'm trying to change the player character in a room,  without changing the character order in the Powerquest Editor.

I've managed to do it, by simply adding a public reference to a character in the PowerQuest script, but I can't seem to be able to move the character.

After some investigation, I've found that the m_instance value for that character is Null, even though the SetInstance function is called and it does change the m_instance to a correct value upon the character spawn. 

I'm kind of lost so any ideas/recommendations are more than welcome :)

I think this is what it's supposed to look like when I click on it (this is a screenshot from the tutorial that i'm using: https://youtu.be/ZJR85alnGIU)

But this is how it shows up in my screen:

I also get this error message when I try to see the scripts.

Does anyone know how to fix it or make it so that I can actually see and edit the script for the template game?

If it helps, I'm using a macbook pro and the big picture at the top is a picture of my unity workspace :)

I guess I can make a separate "gameplay room" in PowerQuest editor, populate it with my own gameobjects (rigidbodies and stuff), then hide ingame interface and characters after switching to this scene. Will it be the "right way" to do an arcade section?

Please point me at right direction.

I'm copying them here to make it easier for others who might have the same questions. 

I'm facing some problems with the characters' text position when entering a room.

Say I enter a new room and I start  a cutscene. Sometimes, the very first text will be in a random position and not on top of the character speaking(changing the TextPositionOverride didn't seem to do anythin).  All other texts are positioned as expected.

For example, I might have something like this:

IEnumerator OnEnterRoomAfterFade(){
    E.StartCutscene();
    yield return C.Character1.Say("blah blab blah") //this text appears in a random position
    yield return C.Character1.Say("more blah") //this is positioned correctly
    E.EndCutscene();
} 

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

I also have some secondary questions:

1) Sometimes I'd want a character to be talking in the background when entering a scene. I've noticed that if the character is off-screen, the text will appear on the edge of the screen. The problem is that when approaching the character, the text will stay in place and eventually appear as if it's floating.
Is there a built-in way to have the text stay on the edge of the screen while moving, and eventually rest on top of the character speaking when said character appears on the screen?

2)Having a character off-screen, is there a way to make their text not appear on the edge of the camera(making the text also off-screen).

Sorry for the long post, and thank you in advance!

~Alex

I've loaded the default template project and I was having a play with it, but it seems the sound / music doesn't work it doesn't matter what I do.

Am I missing anything? Should it work right of the bat?

I tried following the instruction files for voice over and created a DAVE1.wav in the FX folder but no luck yet.

Best

Unity 2020.3.5f1 Personal

If this is fairly stable over the next week I'll take it out of beta status. Let me know if you encounter any issues.

~17 minutes into the PowerQuest Intro + Quick Tutorial you right-click on a sprite, go to create, and select "Animation from Sprites"

I don't see this option in my drop-down menu, or it's not where it's supposed to be. Any ideas?

Using Unity Version 2019.3.7f1 Personal

Thank you!

I'm fairly certain there is not a way to add more verbs yet, which I can pretty much deal with fine by splitting the Use action into different verbs like Talk To, Pick Up, Give, etc.

Additionally, and unrelated, I'd like to prevent the dialog tree gui from turning off after a dialog choice has been made, again it appears as if that can only be changed in the OnDialogOptionClick function in the PowerQuest.cs script. I could get a workaround going if there were OnDialogStart and OnDialogEnd calls. Do those exist in any capacity?

Any ideas?

To update just download the package from itch again and import it over your existing project. It won't copy over any of your game files. But it's always worth backing up anyway ;)

Any issues, let me know!

Whenever I click outside of my Walkable Area, my player character doesn't seem to want to walk to the nearest spot inside the Walkable Area. This was working fine earlier but just decided to stop after I imported an updated background and re-positioned the Walkable Area's collider. It seems that the player only wants to walk when A) I click inside the Walkable Area and B) there is direct line-of-sight to the point I clicked from the player character.

Any tips?

Thanks!

To update just download the package from itch again and import it over your existing project. It won't copy over any of your game files.