Battle start no reaction turn based

Mattheo

Hi :)

I'm trying to start a turn-based battle using the Battle Start trigger component, but when my player enters the zone, nothing happens. I have confirmed that the player successfully entered the Battle Start's sphere collider.

I'm working on my own project, but to be sure of a result, I applied the exact configuration from the 3D RPG Playground tutorial, including the same schematics. My intention was to customize it later. However, the battle does not start, and I am not getting any error messages in the console.

The battle scene's ID is set to 0 (for the first combat). The enemy is the Snake from the tutorial.

What could be blocking the battle from starting? Is there a way to use a script or any other method to debug and find out which step is preventing the Battle Start from launching correctly?

Thank you in advance

gamingislove

There are multiple things that can cause this, e.g.:

no rigidbody involved (e.g. on the player), so the battle's trigger doesn't recognize the player entering
no enemy added to the battle
enemies have 0 health (e.g. due to missing/wrong setup) and are immediately dead, so the battle has no enemies and doesn't start
battle has already been marked as finished via scene ID

Mattheo

I tested the Rigidbody using a Debug.Log — the player is correctly detected with the "Player" tag.
The Snake enemy is properly set up in the Battle component.
The enemy uses the "Development" status with 200 HP at level 1.
I also tried changing the Scene ID, but it had no effect.

It seems like nothing in my project that should detect the player through ORK is actually working — even though the Combatant component on the player shows correct status values during gameplay.

Is there a way to ensure that the player is properly recognized and detectable by ORK?

gamingislove

Is the combatant actually the ORK player - i.e. it's added to the player group (e.g. via schematic using Join Group node)?
Are you setting up your players via scripting?

Generally, ORK's player is the leader of the battle group, usually the first combatant to join in a fresh game. Naturally, you can set it up to have a non-battle player as well.

Mattheo

Yes, I am using the schematics from the tutorial, and my solo player has the same information in the battle component as the Warrior player in the tutorial, but when I enter the battle start trigger zone, the InBattle variable remains false.

gamingislove

Hm, is your player's prefab set up in a way that e.g. has a child object moving instead of the prefab's root?
You earlier mentioned using a debug output - did you put one in the battle start schematic, to check if it's running?

Mattheo

The child GameObject contains only the Animator, while the root GameObject contains the Rigidbody, Colliders, movement script, Player Input, Add Combatant, and damage zone. I put debug logs in the schematic, but the schematic doesn't launch at all.

gamingislove

Add Combatant shouldn't be used on the player - this component is used to add a combatant to a game object in your scene. The player is (usually) added to the player group and spawned via a schematic (as shown in all the tutorial series). Adding this component to the player prefab can cause issues, e.g. the wrong combatant being linked to the game object and not being recognized by others.

Mattheo

I removed the Add Combatant component, but the result is the same. I also tried starting the battle using a schematic with a Start Battle node and a trigger machine on the player. Everything before and after the Start Battle node run.
I can also see this from the debug messages I placed myself. The player still always shows as "In Battle: False." Could this be related to the fact that my player’s controls don’t go directly through ORK? It’s frustrating ! I don’t see any error messages, and I’ve tried so many things.

gamingislove

I can check it out if you send me a Unity test project.
If Start Battle node isn't starting the battle either, either your battle is set up wrong (e.g. no enemies) or the player or enemies are dead at the start.

Mattheo

Thanks, I just sent you the link to my project.

gamingislove

For others having this issue: Make sure you've set up faction sympathies in Combatants > Factions > General Settings.
There should actually be a standard setup for the default factions (player, enemies, allies) in a newly created project.