Battle system question, I think?

Vovun

Hey guys. I'm working on battle system right now and I have an issue.

I'm using turn-based battle system and opening it in another scene, but the problem is I want to use 2D animated gifs instead of 3D models in this battle scene. And I need every combatant to have an associated art for them.

Think of it like this: when you are traveling in the world, you use 3D models, but when you collide with enemy model, the new scene loads and battle looks a lot like Darkest Dungeon, with 2D characters.

Is there any way I could do this via ORK, or I should write my own script for that?

Klep

That's possible. Just have each playable character have 2 models as child objects. Have the default prefab keep its 2D model disabled.

When you transition to the new scene, have an Ork event disable the 3D model and enable the 2D one. Then fade the screen in. Then just make sure your battle animations play for the correct child object. In fact, that's easy to sort out if you use the separate Battle Animations feature.

There's actually several different ways to do it. This is just the easiest way I can think of off the top of my head. Let me know if you get stuck.

gamingislove

Easiest way is to use Conditional Prefabs for your combatants. This allows you to have a different prefab spawned or replace the combatant's prefab when defined conditions are valid, e.g. checking the status requirement In Battle or using a game variable as a flag for changing prefabs (changing the variable in the battle start/end events).

Conditional prefabs are set up in the Prefab Settings of your combatants.

Vovun

Thanks guys, much appreciated! I will try this right now!