Create a simple schematic that can be used as a battle’s start schematic.

In this tutorial we’ll create two very simple battle start schematics. One for starting a battle in the same scene, one for loading a battle scene where the battle takes place.

Both will do the following:

• remember the current music and play the battle music
• fade out the screen
• spawn and place combatants
• fade in the screen again

The teleport battle start schematic will additionally store the current scene and player position and load the battle scene.

Battle Start Schematic #

A battle start schematic is used at the start of a battle to e.g. animate the battle introduction, spawn and place combatants at their battle spots.

You can download the finished schematic here:

Download Schematic

Please note that you’ll have to update the used music in the Change Music node of the schematic.

 

Settings #

We want the player and camera controls to be blocked during this schematic.

Store Music #

Add Node > Audio > Music > Store Music

We store the currently playing music to be able to resume playing it after the battle (i.e. in a battle end schematic).

The default setup of the node should usually already be what you need. Please note that this depends on which music channel your music is playing.

Change Music #

Add Node > Audio > Music > Change Music

Now we change the music to our battle music.

This requires you to already have a music clip set up in Game > Music.

Fade Screen #

Add Node > Animation > Fade > Fade Screen

We’ll fade out the screen to hide our combatant spawning and placement.

Place At Spots #

Add Node > Battle > Spawn > Place At Spots

This’ll place the already spawned combatants (e.g. the player) at their battle spots.

Spawn Battle Combatants #

Add Node > Battle > Spawn > Spawn Battle Combatants

This’ll spawn all combatants participating in battle.

Wait #

Add Node > Base > Wait

Add a short wait time to make sure Unity spawned the combatants (usually happens at the end of the current frame).

Look At Enemies #

Add Node > Battle > Combatant > Look At Enemies

Our combatant’s are spawned, but they’ll probably not look where we want them to. This node will make each faction look at the center of their enemies, i.e. the player looks at the enemies, the enemies look at the player.

Please note that you shouldn’t use this node in 2D games.

Fade Screen #

Add Node > Animation > Fade > Fade Screen

We need to fade in the screen again – let’s make this easy and copy the previous Fade Screen node and connect it to the Next slot of the Look At Enemies node.

Change the following settings in the copied node.

And that’s it for the schematic. Click on Save Schematic to save it, e.g. as SimpleBattleStart.

Teleport Battle Start Schematic #

Your battle should take place in a different scene? Sure, we just need to do small changes to get this going.

• store the current scene and player position (used in battle end schematics to return to it)
• instead of fading out the screen, load the battle scene and handle the fade out there

You can download the finished schematic here:

Download Schematic

Please note that you’ll have to update the used music in the Change Music node of the schematic.

 

Settings #

We want the player and camera controls to be blocked during this schematic.

Store Music #

Add Node > Audio > Music > Store Music

We store the currently playing music to be able to resume playing it after the battle (i.e. in a battle end schematic).

The default setup of the node should usually already be what you need. Please note that this depends on which music channel your music is playing.

Change Music #

Add Node > Audio > Music > Change Music

Now we change the music to our battle music.

This requires you to already have a music clip set up in Game > Music.

Store Scene #

Add Node > Game > Scene > Store Scene

This node stores the current scene and player position, this can be used by Load Scene nodes to return to the stored position.

The default setup should already work – you’ll mainly define how the scene is loaded.

Load Scene #

Add Node > Game > Scene > Load Scene

Now we’ll load the scene the battle should take place in.

Target Scene 0 #

The Target Scene settings define the scene that will be loaded and where to spawn the machine (e.g. via spawn point).

Screen Fade Settings #

We handle fading out the screen here.

Place At Spots #

Add Node > Battle > Spawn > Place At Spots

This’ll place the already spawned combatants (e.g. the player) at their battle spots.

This is probably not needed in a teleport battle start since no spawned combatants should be there – but it doesn’t hurt to have it.

Spawn Battle Combatants #

Add Node > Battle > Spawn > Spawn Battle Combatants

This’ll spawn all combatants participating in battle.

Wait #

Add Node > Base > Wait

Add a short wait time to make sure Unity spawned the combatants (usually happens at the end of the current frame).

Look At Enemies #

Add Node > Battle > Combatant > Look At Enemies

Our combatant’s are spawned, but they’ll probably not look where we want them to. This node will make each faction look at the center of their enemies, i.e. the player looks at the enemies, the enemies look at the player.

Please note that you shouldn’t use this node in 2D games.

Fade Screen #

Add Node > Animation > Fade > Fade Screen

We need to fade in the screen again – let’s make this easy and copy the previous Fade Screen node and connect it to the Next slot of the Look At Enemies node.

Change the following settings in the copied node.

And that’s it for the schematic. Click on Save Schematic to save it, e.g. as SimpleTeleportBattleStart.

Using the Battle Start Schematic #

You can use a battle start schematic in two ways.

Battle System #

Define the battle start schematic as the default start schematic of a battle system. This’ll be used by all battles, unless the Battle component will override it.

Navigate to Battles > Battle System and select the battle system you want to use the start schematic in.

Base Settings > Battle Start/End Schematics #

Don’t forget to save your changes via the Save Settings button.

Battle Component #

A Battle component can optionally override the default battle start schematic for a battle. This can e.g. be useful when you want to do a special introduction to a battle, e.g. adding some dialogue or flashy boss animation.

Select the battle’s game object in the scene and change the following settings in the Battle component’s inspector.

Battle Settings > Battle Start/End Schematics #

Add More #

The battle start schematics we’ve set up here are very basic – you can add more functionality by adding different nodes.

Change Camera Position #

Add Node > Game Object > Camera > Change Camera Position

This node uses camera positions (set up in Game > Camera Positions) to set or fade the camera to a new position.

If your battle blocks camera controls you’ll most likely want to change the camera to look at the battle center. You can add a Battle Arena actor to your schematic’s Settings node to have it available.

Show Dialogue #

Add Node > UI > Diaogue > Show Dialogue

This node can show dialogues, e.g. an Auto Close dialogue to display a battle message (e.g. Fight!!!).

Combatant Animation #

Add Node > Animation > Combatant > Combatant Animation

Use an Animation Type to play a battle intro animation on your combatants.

You can add the different actors to the schematic’s settings node to have different groups available for this. E.g. the Player (Battle) and Enemies (Battle) actor types to have the player and enemy combatants participating in battle as separate actors.