[SUPPORT] Advanced Turn Based Tile Toolkit

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@valmuadib

Hey ,

First of all, great job on this project, I think it’s awesome, too bad I am probably too noobish (or too tired after work) to fully understand how everything is connected.

My first problem is as follows: I am trying to make some traps and I want the traps to deal damage, but not end movement. After watching the tutorials, I split it into simulation and animation, etc, and it works, whoever walks into them takes damage. It mainly works well, unless there is only an AI and a player controlled unit remaining. Then, if the player-controlled unit dies on movement while walking the traps, the game enters an infinite loop and exits (it calls RunOnActorSelected on the AI unit forever, though the game should have ended). If the AI unit dies from traps when moving, the remaining player unit can stroll around indefinitely, and the end game is not triggered.
This behaviour does not happen if there are also other units, it only happens on last kill made by my traps, kill that would otherwise trigger end game.

So, I am pretty sure I am doing something wrong, but I’ve been investigating this for some time, and still I don’t have the faintest idea what. I will upload my blueprints screenshots, and hope you can help me

Second thing: I am curious how/if a ready-action/shoot-on-sight ability could be implemented. I admit not having seen all of the video tutorials, I got stuck on problem 1, but I like to think about the future as well.

Third thing: is there an API kind-of-thingie? A document describing the parameters for various stuff (I am mostly thinking about the QueueAction macro here), and I always try to remember, open all the blueprints, or open the video.

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Thanks

Hey Valmuadib, no need to feel stupid when it comes to this particular issue, that is for sure. Actions interrupting movement is one of the things I’ve personally struggled the most with when it comes to finding a clean and generic implementation. As you have noticed it is particularly problematic when it comes to a unit dying on its own turn, and particularly if that death also leads to game over. However, the last update was (among other things) an attempt to fix these issues, and you’ll find that there is both a spike trap and an Overwatch shot ability in the Maps - Experimental folder. These are exactly the two things you say you’re after, so check them out and see if they solve your problems.

Your code looks good from what I can tell, by the way. The issue does not lie in your specific code, but rather how unit death and Game Over is handled. If you’re using the very latest version I’m not sure why your solution does not work while mine does. I’ll have to check my code to figure that out, but I’m still on vacation away from home for another week.