[SUPPORT] Advanced Turn Based Tile Toolkit

[Monokkel]

@RTE1984

Hi ,

To my knowledge there is no option in the toolkit to allow players to share a space on the grid, am I mistaken and if not could you provide a direction on how we would accomplish this? The image below would be an unlikely but possible case that could happen because our game has a maximum of 5 players. We’re thinking to avoid weird clipping issues that maybe we could assign different locations on each grid space to each player.

Hi RTE, how difficult this is to achieve depends a lot on your desired end result here. The GridUnits array only supports one unit on each tile by default, but you can work around it in various ways depending on your game. Could you explain a bit more about the purpose of this in your game? Are units to be “grouped” on a tile, which can then be moved as a single unit? Should they all be selectable individually once they are all on the same tile? If so, how are you imagining the UI and input would be to convey this to the player and allow him to select one of the units? Be as specific as you can on these things and I will think up a recommendation.

@Infest1908

Hi Dr.
First I wan´t to say thank you for your great Toolkit, I learned a lot in the last days from it and your videos.

Great to hear! I always hope that my toolkit is a good learning resource for blueprints more generally.

@Infest1908

So I have three initial questions, mybe you can help me out:

1. When I wan´t to update to latest version, what way do you recomend updating an already started project? Creating a new Project from thew new version and migrate all of my own stuff to the new project excluding the Toolkitfolder itself? Or is it enough to just click the Update button in the library and it will be updated?

Unfortunately, there is not really any simple way that does not require significant work. You will have to do most things manually, and how you go about this depends a bit. For very minor updates like my last one, the simplest way is to create a fresh ATBTT project, do a blueprint search for the version number (2.61, in this case) where I have marked the changes and copy the relevant blueprint changes to your project manually. For more substantial ATBTT updates you might want to go the other way (since you know your own changes best), migrating and copying your changes over manually. I’m sorry that there is no automatic merge function, so for any update you will have to consider the magnitude of the changes and if updating is worth the work it takes.

@Infest1908

2. I have started something similar to Might an Magic Heroes 7 but with every unit beeing able to gain Levels and without the stacks. So every unit will just represent one unit. Switching from the world map (level) to an encounter should then lead to a new level where combat starts. After that the Level will be cleanded out and the player rejoins the world map. How would you organize the units so that they are able to progress throughout the game? So were to store their data best that I can load (spawn) them to the temporary combat level.

There are two main ways to save progress in UE4: GameInstance and SaveGame. GameInstance is initialized when a client joins the game and is maintained between levels. You can use it to store the data about your units when transitioning to a level. Then when loading a new level you would get the GameInstance, get the variables you’ve stored there and create/update your units from there. SaveGame works similarly, but creates an external SaveGame file that is maintained even when exiting the game. You use LoadGameFromSlot to access the data you have stored there. These are general UE4 features, so I recommend looking up the documentation and various tutorial videos that exist out there.

@Infest1908

3. After revisiting a lot of your resources I intend to organize the world map via your strategic combat mode and the combat levels via your basic and D&D initiative combat mode. Is that a good starting point? Or am I wrong and there is a better starting point from your point of view?

Nothing wrong with doing that, if they work the way you want them to in your game. Sounds like a decent fit for a HoMM-style game.

@Infest1908

By the way what is the game you are programing yourself about? Are there already some information you can share? I am really interested

It is a long work in progress that has gone through many prototypes. I want to make sure the game is really fun and interesting before I take it beyond the prototype phase. I have some ATBTT prototypes as well as some paper prototypes that I can play with friends as a board game (great way to have rapid iteration and get feedback early!).

The game is a run based TBS all about fast and tactically dense combat, where all abilities are decided by the loot you find, creating wild and emergent synergies that change each game. If I try to compare it to existing titles it is a bit like a cross between D&D and Into the Breach, but it embraces chaos and unpredictability in a vein more like the Binding of Isaac.

It is also inspired by some of the higher level design principles of games like Dream Quest/Slay the Spire (the test-your-luck synergy building aspects, not the card mechanics). Game is a long way off, though, but it is a blast to work on

@Infest1908

Thank you a lot in advance and keep up your great work

Thanks!