Again, we use Battle Events to animate defend, escape and death.

Die, combatant, die!

Up until now, when a combatant died in battle, he just vanished … that’s not pretty now, isn’t it?

Luckily we can change that by using a Battle Event to animate death itself – let’s open the ORK Framework editor and navigate to Events. Click on New Battle Event to create the event.

Event Settings

Check Chance

Add > Base > Check Chance

We want to change a camera position in 50 % of the deaths. The chance check let’s us do this.

Change Camera Position

Add > Game Object > Camera > Change Camera Position

We’ll connect this step with the Success slot of the Check Chance step.

Wait

Add > Base > Wait

We’ll connect this step with the Failed slot of the Check Chance step and the Next slot of the Change Camera Position step.

Combatant Animation

Add > Animation + Audio > Animation > Combatant Animation

In this step we’ll stop the Idle animation of the combatant – if we don’t do this (or stop all ongoing animations), the combatant might rise again after playing the Death animation.

Combatant Animation

Add > Animation + Audio > Animation > Combatant Animation

Now it’s time to play the Death animation.

Fade Object

Add > Animation + Audio > Fade > Fade Object

Finally, we’ll fade the combatant to a black color.

And that’s it for this event – click on Save Event and save it as death in Assets/Events/Battle/.

Defend yourself

The Defend command will let the combatant defend itself until his next turn – i.e. he will take less damage (how much is defined in Battle System > Battle Settings).

To animate the Defend command, we use a battle event – so click on New Battle Event.

Event Settings

Change Camera Position

Add > Game Object > Camera > Change Camera Position

Combatant Animation

Add > Animation + Audio > Animation > Combatant Animation

Now it’s time to play the Defend animation.

Wait

Add > Base > Wait

Initial Camera Position

Add > Game Object > Camera > Initial Camera Position

This step is used to set of fade the camera to it’s initial position (i.e. where it was at the start of the battle event).

And that’s it for this event – click on Save Event and save it as defend in Assets/Events/Battle/.

Run, combatant, run!

The Escape command let’s the combatant escape from the battle (by chance). We don’t have this command in our battle menu yet, but we’ll change that later.

To animate the Escape command, we use a battle event – so click on New Battle Event.

Event Settings

Check Chance

Add > Base > Check Chance

We want to change a camera position in 50 % of the deaths. The chance check let’s us do this.

Change Camera Position

Add > Game Object > Camera > Change Camera Position

We’ll connect this step with the Success slot of the Check Chance step.

 Change Rotation

Add > Movement > Rotation > Change Rotation

Let’s turn the combatant around before running. We’ll connect this step to the Failed slot of the Check Chance step and to the Next slot of the Change Camera Position step.

Combatant Animation

Add > Animation + Audio > Animation > Combatant Animation

Now it’s time to play the Run animation.

Wait

Add > Base > Wait

Combatant Animation

Add > Animation + Audio > Animation > Combatant Animation

And stop running.

That’s it for this event – click on Save Event and save it as escape in Assets/Events/Battle/.

Adding the events

The battle events for our special actions are set up in Battle System > Battle Settings for all combatants, using the same way as we added battle events to items and abilities. Individual combatants can optionally override battle animations for these special actions, as well as for abilities and items. This can be done in the combatant’s Battle Settings > Override Settings > Battle Animations.

Navigate to Battle System > Battle Settings change the following settings.

Battle Animations

Defend Animation

First, the defend animation.

Escape Animation

Now, the escape animation.

Death Animation

Finally, the death animation.

That’s it for battle animations.

The escape command

We can’t use the escape command yet, because we didn’t add it to the battle menu – let’s change this. Navigate to Battle System > Battle Menus and change the following settings in the Default Battle Menu.

Click on Add Menu Item to add a new item to the menu.

Option 5

That’s it – click on Save Settings and close the ORK Framework editor.

Testing time

Open the main menu scene (0 Main Menu) and hit Play. Walk outside of the town and into the battle and use Defend and Escape – and watch your enemy die.

There’s still two things left for animating our battles – displaying the equipment and displaying the player’s status.

And that’s it for now – the next lesson will cover displaying the equipment.