jRPG Template

[exadi]

@M_L

Well now that I’ve had time to really play around with it I must say, It’s better then I hoped for, and it does become very easy to build upon once you learn where everything is kept. I do have a few minor issues but they are more personal opinion problems rather then problems with the system itself. Like I don’t like how the World Menu navigation is handled on a controller- it basically requires all the D-pad, face trigger and shoulder buttons which is a bit too finicky for me. I prefer the classic streamlined method of one button being your ‘select/open sub menu’ and one being your ‘Cancel/Back’ alongside using the d-pad/thumbstick to navigate up and down. I also think that the character select (For swapping party members) and equipment change should be done in 2 separate but similar menus as it would work better with Gamepad overall. Gamepad controls are very important to me because I am a console gamer first, pc second, so I like to use a gamepad with any pc games that offer it.
But yeah besides the awkward gamepad control, (only on the world interface menu widgets, battle and main menu gamepad controls are fine), it’s probably the best attempt of a generic jrpg template I’ve seen made with ue4. I often wondered if you could create such a complex system using just blueprints and tried and failed a few times myself. I’m really impressed that someone managed it, your basically a blueprint wizard lol.
I look forward to seeing how it changes in the future and what other content you release. I highly recommend this template to anyone considering old school turn based rpg combat.

Thank you for kind words Malibu Lizard. I am really happy that you like it and find it useful. t

Few words regarding controller input. I reckon the main “problem” with controller input is that it cannot be as generic as mouse input is. Generally, there are as many solutions as many users.
Everyone would like it to behave a different way (more or less), which will require some personal customization. In the end, people will use their own user interfaces and controller inputs will need to be redone to fit the interface. After all, it is just a template and I hope it will give users the idea of how controller input can be handled.

I think I may give it a second chance at some point and prepare another world interface specifically for gamepad. Existing one is more mouse-oriented and I needed to adapt controller input to it.

Thanks again for constructive reply, it really motivates and helps to make the template even better.