Dungeon Architect

[anonymous_user_beae5721]

So I have 2 questions for the snap builder. Is there a way to reconnect a side branch back into the main branch?
And my second question, is there a way to limit how many times a given module is generated in any given snap dungeon?

Thanks a lot! Amazing work…

[Ali_Akbar]

I have a new build ready with 4.20 engine support. You can grab it from my website. If anyone needs access to the site, let me know

I’ll test on mac and upload to the marketplace by today

Version 2.9.0

• Update: Added 4.20 Engine compatibility
• Improved the stability of Snap Map builder
• Added level streaming support on the Snap Map builder
• Early implementation of the Dungeon Flow system using graph grammar (mission editor)

[Ali_Akbar]

Note the new snap map builder works only at runtime. I create transient map files (for the spawned module maps) so we don’t have the overhead of creating asset in the content browser and saving them. This keeps things fast

[Ali_Akbar]

@JBernhelm

! Any idea on when the next update will be released?

With the new stability of SnapMap / level-based snap builder, do you plan to deprecate the actor based snap builder?

I’ll keep the blueprint / actor based snap builder around as people are using it and possible merge them in the future so you can use either of them

[Ali_Akbar]

Hey,

AMAZING WORK ON THIS PLUGIN! It’s absolutely amazing.

I’m using it now and have a few questions.

1. I’m using the snap builder for my game to create a procedural world, how would I ensure that at runtime, a random world is generated but the player starts at at start modules?
2. In terms of saving the game, I want the world to always be unique when the player starts a new game. However, if you load game, you are returned to a level which was created for that playthrough.

Best,

Thank you @

1. The start module is spawned at the dungeon actor location. You could alternatively place a player start actor in your start module
2. Response from @AngelV would work nicely

[Ali_Akbar]

@elec2ron

Very cool, looking forward to the update.

Wondering how the level based snap builder works in the editor, do you end up with loads of level instance files as you place modules?

This works only in the runtime mode for now. You can build in the editor mode but that would create a bunch of map files for each spawned module and they would not be saved as they are tagged as transient

[Ali_Akbar]

Hi,

There are two places in DungeonBuilder.cpp you’re calling FTransform::Multiply and passing the same pointer for the first and third parameters:

FTransform::Multiply(&transform, &spatialRotationTransform, &transform);
FTransform::Multiply(&transform, &prop.Offset, &transform);

This works fine on platforms that use FTransform from TransformVectorized.h, but on platforms that use FTransform from TransformNonVectorized.h (i.e. Switch) it can cause the transform to be wrong because the code actually writes to parameter 1 during the calculation which writes over parameter 3 mid-calculation.

In most other places you use a temp FTransform as the first parameter and then copy the result to where you want it, like this:

FTransform out;
FTransform::Multiply(&out, &logicOffset, &transform);
transform = out;

Regards,
.

@ Thank you , I’ve updated the code and is part of 2.9.0

[Ali_Akbar]

@n00854180t

Can we get a download that does use Fantasy Dungeon? I have that and it’s kind of a pain to set up as a theme, so I’d love to be able to work off yours.

Obviously WITHOUT the actual Fantasy Dungeon assets, just the theme.

Sure, I’ll provide that too.

[Ali_Akbar]

Changed the way snap map doors are managed. The doors are generated in the persistent map and adjacent rooms share the same door object (unlike the previous one where there were 2 door instances spawned in the same location, one for each room)

The map module’s blueprint graph can also grab an instance of a door and lock / unlock it. I have a demo where the doors lock when the player enters the room and unlocks after a while. This can be used for opening a door when a puzzle is solved or when all the NPCs in the rooms are destroyed

[Ali_Akbar]

@Kjeld_Pedersen

Hello guys finally bought it via marketplace, excited to start, Not finding Dungone1 actor in the outliner

I’m following the instructions, I’ve installed it on 4.19.
When I open the “DungeonDesignTime”
It says,

Select the Dungeon1 Actor from the Outliner window
Click “Build Dungeon” button from the Details window

but its not there,
message log,

/Game/DA_StarterPack/Maps/DugeonDesignTime : Can’t find file for asset. /Script/DungeonArchitectEditor
/Game/DA_StarterPack/Maps/DugeonDesignTime : Can’t find file for asset. /Script/DungeonArchitectRuntime
/Game/DA_StarterPack/DungeonTheme/D_StarterPackTheme : Can’t find file for asset. /Script/DungeonArchitectEditor
/Game/DA_StarterPack/DungeonTheme/D_StarterPackTheme : Can’t find file for asset. /Script/DungeonArchitectRuntime

Am I’m missing something from the manual installation? I’ve checked for Dungeon Designer under plugins to see if I had to turn it on like on the manual version, it showed up after restarting both, unreal and epic games, there it shows up as Dungeon Designer 2.5, although the downloaded package is 2.8 , but when I attempt loading it errors out, when opening the project, it says,

Binaries for the ‘DungeonArchitect’ plugin are missing or incompatible with the current engine version.
Would you like to disable it? You will no longer be able to open assets that were created wit it,

I say “no” and it loads.
when going back to the plugins it shows as unchecked,

Thanks! UPDATE this might be an issue with my setup, having projects set up outside of the unreal content folder so one content area can’t find the other. Being that my plugins are not manually installed I can see that perhaps being the case.

SOLVED: Wiped out unreal and removed plugins, installed a fresh one on a new location and launched it, there I was able to see the 2.8 dungeon architect plugin.

[USER=“654312”]Kjeld [/USER] Great to hear. Let me know if you face any other issues

[Ali_Akbar]

@FS_Creations

Hello, hope you’re well.

I can’t get this to work properly in mobile. I made a very simple theme (Just the 1M default cube), added it to the map, and run the “Build” on begin play. It works perfectly in windows but nothing happens whatsoever in the device.

I tested in Samsung Galaxy S4, S7 and a LG Spirit as well with the same result. It happens whether I use “Instanced” or not.

Any clues? Thanks!

[USER=“15635”]FS Creations[/USER] I disabled mobile builds in the last update (2.8.3) in the marketplace as there were some deployment issues. I’ve re-enabled it in 2.9.0 and tested it on Android and runtime creation works fine. I’ll submit 2.9.0 shortly

[Ali_Akbar]

@PhosphorArt

One feature that would be really nice is having a connection that can just be checkbox be active / deactivate

For example, if you use multiple themes for a dungeon, the BP preview essentially no longer works because you are using custom markers it doesn’t understand; it doesn’t know how the connections should work . So then you need to temp wire it up for the BP preview and then unwire it for the actual dungeon. Ideally there should be some way so you wouldn’t need to do this.

@PhosphorArt Could you elaborate? by BP preview, do you mean theme editor preview?

[Ali_Akbar]

So I have 2 questions for the snap builder. Is there a way to reconnect a side branch back into the main branch?
And my second question, is there a way to limit how many times a given module is generated in any given snap dungeon?

Thanks a lot! Amazing work…

For now, no. However, in the future updates, you can do some really interesting stuff with the mission editor and graph grammar

[PhosphorArt]

@PhosphorArt Could you elaborate? by BP preview, do you mean theme editor preview?

Yes. In some of your examples you provide you do this, where one theme might be just the walls and not the whole dungeons. Sometimes the theme might even be some new marker “details” of dungeon, so the preview is just blank. I’ll often hook these up to something just to see them and then unhook them and build it, etc. It would be nice if you could just null them out so you wouldn;t have to temp construct / destruct

For complicated setups, I have like 8 themes or so to a dungeon so it is more modular to add things later w/o disturbing the main hierarchy

[Zelgador]

It seems good, I want to play the demo >_<

[Ali_Akbar]

Submitted a new update with Epic for review with 4.20 engine compatibility

Version 2.9.0

• Update: Added 4.20 Engine compatibility
• Improved the stability of Snap Map builder
• Added level streaming support on the Snap Map builder
• Early implementation of the Dungeon Flow system using graph grammar (mission editor)
• Enabled mobile builds in the marketplace so it works on Android and iOS
• Added a Marker window in the theme editor to jump to a marker. Useful if you have a complicated theme graph

[HaraldFrankeREZ]

Thank you Harald. Sorry I don’t have the demo yet, I’ll create one soon

Hello,

that would be very great
Looking forward to it.

Best regards,
Harald

[anonymous_user_de23abbb]

The dungeon flow looks really cool, any docs on how to use it?

[FS_Creations]

Procedural Mission Designer (Dungeon Flow)

Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a editor that will give you more control on the flow of your dungeon. It is driven by grammar rules where you define simple rules to create infinite no. of complex mission graphs and level layouts. The DA builders (i.e. layout algorithms) would then take this graph and build a level layout accordingly. You can define your own rules or use pre-built ones

The example below demonstrates a Key-Lock relationship created using 4 grammar rules. The white arrows show the passable connections and the green arrows show the locks that the key opens. It creates a valid key-lock path where the user can reach the goal without getting stuck

[The graph on the right is procedurally generated]

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Hi, the mission designer looks incredible.

Would you be able to provide a few tips on how to use it? Just a few simple bullets to get us started.

Thank you!

[DrinkThisPotion]

2.9.0 crashes in Standalone - UE 4.20

Steps to repro:
Make a clean project.
Enable DA 2.9.0.
Launch in standalone.
Crasherino.

Access violation - code c0000005 (first/second not available)

UE4Editor_DungeonArchitectRuntime
UE4Editor_CoreUObject!UClass::CreateDefaultObject() [d:\build++ue4\sync\engine\source\runtime\coreuobject\private\uobject\class.cpp:2902]
UE4Editor_CoreUObject!UObjectLoadAllCompil