Dungeon Architect

riuthamus · February 4, 2019, 7:25pm

Must have, CAN NOT WAIT!!!

Ali_Akbar · February 6, 2019, 3:34pm

I’ve release 2.11.0 on my website (only Windows). I’ll test the mac version and submit the update to the marketplace for review tomorrow

Edit: Mac version is also available on the website

Version 2.11.0

New: Dungeon Flow Editor - Design and control the flow of your dungeons using this powerful new feature using Graph Grammars
New: Snap Map Builder: A new builder that allows you to stitch pre-made rooms together using the dungeon flow system. This builder has now been moved out of work in progress state
New: Mini Map framework - Generate procedural mini-maps for your dungeons and decorate them with your materials. It supports fog of , static and dynamic icons and other features
New: Level Streaming Framework - A reusable node based level streaming framework that loads only the nearby accessible rooms on demand, keeping the framerate high
New: Level Streaming Navigation - Optimized level navigation system that properly updates as new new chunks are streamed in
New: Proto Tools - New Prototyping art assets to quickly create dungeon pieces and rooms for your SnapMap builder
New: Modes Category - The modes window now has placement categories for Dungeon Architect and ProtoTools to easily find and drop related actors on to the scene
New: Added a sample game to demonstrate the new Snap Map dungeon builder
New: Added blueprint access to cluster themes
New: Theme editor supports drag-drop of any type of asset from the content browser. If it doesn’t understand an asset (e.g. Paper2d, Prefabricator), it would create an actor node and ask the engine to initialize the template. This removes the previous limitaion of supporting third-party plugins
New: Theme editor shows better thumbnail for the actor node by showing the thumbs of the asset it uses. If it cannot find one, it falls back to the class type icon like before
Fix: Fixed a null pointer issue with the marker emitter node in some cases of bulk deletion
Fix: Fixed all level streaming stability issues
Fix: The snap map builder generates the dungeon from the Dungeon Actor’s location instead of (0,0,0)
EXPERIMENTAL: Grid Builder Thick Wall/Door Support - Redesigned the grid builder layout strategy to fully support thick walls and doors (i.e. walls/doors taking up one full tile, instead of an edge)

motorsep · February 6, 2019, 3:39pm

Great update !!! I think you meant to say “keeping the framerate HIGH”

Ali_Akbar · February 6, 2019, 3:55pm

Download the sample game binaries that uses the mission graph and new mini-map framework

Binaries Game Demo

Game Source

The game source requires the following:
UE4: 4.21
Dungeon Architect: v2.11.0 (grab it from the website for now, till is shows up in the launcher in a few days)
Instructions: Create an empty blueprint project. Unzip the game source file and copy it over to your contents folder

Ali_Akbar · February 6, 2019, 3:56pm

haha yes. fixed

riuthamus · February 6, 2019, 10:46pm

I’ve release 2.11.0 on my website (only windows). I’ll test the mac version and submit the update to the marketplace for review tomorrow

Version 2.11.0

New: Dungeon Flow Editor - Design and control the flow of your dungeons using this powerful new feature using Graph Grammars

New: Snap Map Builder: A new builder that allows you to stitch pre-made rooms together using the dungeon flow system. This builder has now been moved out of work in progress state

New: Mini Map framework - Generate procedural mini-maps for your dungeons and decorate them with your materials. It supports fog of , static and dynamic icons and other features

New: Level Streaming Framework - A reusable node based level streaming framework that loads only the nearby accessible rooms on demand, keeping the framerate high

New: Level Streaming Navigation - Optimized level navigation system that properly updates as new new chunks are streamed in

New: Proto Tools - New Prototyping art assets to quickly create dungeon pieces and rooms for your SnapMap builder

New: Modes Category - The modes window now has placement categories for Dungeon Architect and ProtoTools to easily find and drop related actors on to the scene

New: Added a sample game to demonstrate the new Snap Map dungeon builder

New: Added blueprint access to cluster themes

New: Theme editor supports drag-drop of any type of asset from the content browser. If it doesn’t understand an asset (e.g. Paper2d, Prefabricator), it would create an actor node and ask the engine to initialize the template. This removes the previous limitaion of supporting third-party plugins

New: Theme editor shows better thumbnail for the actor node by showing the thumbs of the asset it uses. If it cannot find one, it falls back to the class type icon like before

Fix: Fixed a null pointer issue with the marker emitter node in some cases of bulk deletion

Fix: Fixed all level streaming stability issues

Fix: The snap map builder generates the dungeon from the Dungeon Actor’s location instead of (0,0,0)

EXPERIMENTAL: Grid Builder Thick Wall/Door Support - Redesigned the grid builder layout strategy to fully support thick walls and doors (i.e. walls/doors taking up one full tile, instead of an edge)

Anyway I could get access? I purchased through marketplace and would love to test this out sooner than when Epic decides to update.

Ali_Akbar · February 7, 2019, 11:38am

Sure, I’ve sent you the codes. If anyone else needs it let me know

Ali_Akbar · February 7, 2019, 11:38am

I’ve upload the mac version to the website, so you should be able to use it on both windows and mac

Ali_Akbar · February 7, 2019, 11:39am

Submitted 2.11.0 to the marketplace for review. I’ll keep you posted

riuthamus · February 7, 2019, 7:28pm

Trying to add the flow and the Snap Map Dungeon Config looks nothing like what you have in the video, should i try to rebuild the plugin?

Ultros · February 7, 2019, 9:15pm

Hello [USER=“28980”][/USER], I purchased your product at the marketplace and I love it so far. I was going through the video tutorials and I’m wondering how do I create windows only in the outside of the entire generated structure? I don’t want windows inside a building, that would look odd. I believe selector logic to find the room first but then another logic to find walls that belong to the outer most structure. Any help would be great. Thanks!

riuthamus · February 7, 2019, 9:22pm

I had to delete the binaries folder and rebuild, works perfectly now!

unit23 · February 8, 2019, 12:02am

Do you plan to add prefabricator node support? Or is the new Proto Tools a replacement for that?

riuthamus · February 8, 2019, 12:49am

Now I am having issues where when I close the editor it doesnt save the dungeon. Also, it doesnt show up in runtime?

unit23 · February 8, 2019, 2:27am

For some reason destructibles only work with Enable Impact Damage, instead of also by collision projectile https://.youtube.com/watch?v=ts6jiojwm7s&feature=youtu.be Any ideas how to fix this, or do i miss a setting?

Ali_Akbar · February 8, 2019, 9:29am

@unit23 Prefabricator and all other third party assets are supported by DA with the new update. However, Prefabricator needs an update (an actor factory class) for this to work, which I’ll release shortly

You’d simply drag drop the prefab asset on to the theme editor

Ali_Akbar · February 8, 2019, 9:32am

@riuthamus It should show on runtime, you’ll need to build the dungeon. It doesn’t save the level streaming dungeons built in the editor by design as it caused lots of issues in the previous versions (increased disk size, source control issues etc)

Please check the sample game source for more info. I’ll have proper documentation soon

Ali_Akbar · February 8, 2019, 9:35am

I’ll have a look. In the mean time, have a look at this: GitHub - coderespawn/dungeon-architect-ue4-demo-dm

watch?v=VZIIEQoMp7o

J.C.Smith · February 8, 2019, 2:32pm

Kudos on the new Snap Map Dungeon Builder. It’s excellent and easy to use.

Ali_Akbar · February 8, 2019, 5:52pm

[USER=“59677”]J.C. Smith[/USER] Glad you like it