In this tutorial we’ll continue our equipment setup.
With all equipment for this game set up, we’ll now add a loot table to get it dropped by enemies, set up the player’s start equipment and add an Equipment Viewer to the player’s prefab.
We’ll set up:
- loot
- available and start equipment for the player
- equipment viewer on the two player combatant prefabs
Let’s get to it!
Loot #
We’ll add more loot to get random equipment from harder enemies (we’ll add them later).
We’ve already set up loot before, so let’s jump right into it.
Open the ORK editor, navigate to Inventory > Loot and add a new loot setup.
Random Weapon #
We’ll give a random weapon, but this time we’ll use a different setup.
- Name
Set to: Random Weapon
Loot Table 0 #
Click on Add Loot Table.
- Draw Type
Select: Random - Use Chance Selection
Enable
Instead of selecting an item randomly and using it’s chance check, this’ll calculate a chance and check the added items one after the other, adding their chance.
E.g. random chance is 30:
First item has 5% chance and fails.
2nd item has 15% chance – 5+15=20, still fails.
3rd item has 20% chance – 20+20=40, success!
Click on Add Item.
- Type
Select: Equipment - Equipment
Select: Sword - Quantity
Select: Value > Value
Set the value to: 1 - Chance
Select: Value > Value
Set the value to: 15
Copy the Sword item.
- Equipment
Select: Axe - Chance
Set the value to: 10
Copy the Axe item.
- Equipment
Select: Staff - Chance
Set the value to: 5
Random Armor #
We’ll give a random armor.
Add a new loot setup.
- Name
Set to: Random Armor
Loot Table 0 #
Click on Add Loot Table.
- Draw Type
Select: Random - Use Chance Selection
Enable
Click on Add Item.
- Type
Select: Equipment - Equipment
Select: Leather Armor - Quantity
Select: Value > Value
Set the value to: 1 - Chance
Select: Value > Value
Set the value to: 15
Copy the Leather Armor item.
- Equipment
Select: Cloth Vest - Chance
Set the value to: 10
Random Accessory #
We’ll give a random accessory.
Add a new loot setup.
- Name
Set to: Random Accessory
Loot Table 0 #
Click on Add Loot Table.
- Draw Type
Select: Random - Use Chance Selection
Enable
Click on Add Item.
- Type
Select: Equipment - Equipment
Select: Poison Charm - Quantity
Select: Value > Value
Set the value to: 1 - Chance
Select: Value > Value
Set the value to: 5
Copy the Poison Charm item.
- Equipment
Select: Stun Charm
Copy the Stun Charm item.
- Equipment
Select: Elemental Brooch
Player Equipment #
We’ll set up which equipment the player can equip and the start equipment.
Navigate to Combatants > Combatants and select the Fighter combatant.
Inventory & Equipment > Available Equipment #
By default, combatants will have all equipment slots and can equip all equipment – we’ll change that for our player.
- Available Equipment
Select: Custom
Available Equipment Slots #
Defines the equipment slots that are available to the combatant (at the start – they can be added and removed during the game, e.g. by bonuses from other equipment, status effects or via schematics).
- All Equipment Slots
Enable
The combatant will have all slots.
Available Equipment #
We’ll allow all equipment except the Staff.
- Exclude Equipment
Enable
The equipment defined here will be excluded from the combatant, i.e. it can’t be equipped.
Click on Add Equipment.
- Equipment
Select: Staff
Available Content Types #
You can also allow/exclude equipment by it’s content type.
In larger projects with many different equipment, it’s recommended to use this method for an easier setup. E.g. using different sub content types to organize your equipment, using different types for swords, axes, staves or light and heavy armor.
Inventory & Equipment > Start Equipment #
We’ll now set up the start equipment of the player – we’ll just have a sword equipped.
Start equipment can be set up for different level ranges via the Start Level and Maximum Level settings. E.g. when enemy combatants with status development can spawn with different levels in your game, you might want them to give different equipment based on that.
Click on Add Start Equipment.
- Start Level
Set to: 1 - Maximum Level
Set to: 10
Click on Add Equipment Slot.
- Equipment Slot
Select: Weapon - Equipment
Select: Sword
Save Changes #
That’s it for the editor setup.
Save the changes using the Save Settings button at the bottom of the editor.
Equipment Viewer #
We’ll now add an Equipment Viewer component to the prefabs of our two player combatants (we’ll add the 2nd one later) to show the equipped weapon during battles.
You can find the player prefabs in Assets/Tutorial Assets/Prefabs/Combatants/Player/ – we’ll change the Warrior and Wizard prefabs, but feel free to also change the rest of the player prefabs in this folder (e.g. if you want to add more player combatants later).
Open the Warrior prefab for editing.
The weapon’s Equipment Viewer component is added to the Weapon child object, you can find it under:
CharacterArmature > Root > Body > Hips > Abdomen > Torso > Shoulder.R > UpperArm.R > LowerArm.R > Fist.R > Fist1.R > Weapon.R > Weapon
The placement is the same on all player prefabs.
Add an Equipment Viewer component to the Weapon object using the component menu. Change the following settings in the inspector.
Equipment Viewer Settings #
- Equipment Slot
Select: Weapon
Display Conditions #
The weapon will only be displayed in battles.
- Only In Battle
Enable
The weapon will already be shown during the battle start schematic, i.e. when zooming in on the player he’ll already hold the weapon in hand.
Using a game state instead would allow us more control over when to show the weapon in and out of battle (e.g. only after loading the battle scene), but this setup is good enough for us.
Equipment Preview #
You can use these settings to preview how equipment will be placed.
And that’s it for the prefab – save the changes and close editing the prefab.
Repeat the same setup for the Wizard prefab (and other player prefabs if you want).
Tip!
You can copy/paste whole components and their setup!
Right/context-click on the header of the component and select Copy Component in the context menu.
Select another object (e.g. the Weapon on the Wizard prefab) and right/context-click on one of the available component headers (e.g. Transform) and select Paste Component as New in the context menu.
The copied component will be added with the same setup.
Testing #
Hit play and start a battle.
The weapon is displayed in battles – and we’re doing more damage due to the ATK bonus of the sword.
If an equipment’s positioning isn’t to your liking, you an adjust that in the equipment’s prefab settings (there are Position Offset and Rotation Offset settings for that).
Next, we’ll add magic and support abilities that’ll be used by our 2nd player and harder enemies.