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Make sure the setup on the asteroids and the player is correct - also, you did set the player as Makinom's player (see here)?

Yeah, it wasn't really an error, that was just your console output (you probably have outputting to the Unity console enabled).
If you get nullrefs when playing directly in the scene, you probably don't have a Game Starter in the scene. Check out the documentation on quick game testing.
Generally, there seems to be something strange going on in your project - it definitely works fine here. Can you send me a small Unity test project with your setup where it happens to contact@orkframework.com? E.g. delete the library folder from the Unity project to reduce it's size, upload it somewhere (dropbox, google drive, etc.) and send me the link :)

Hey thanks for the fast reply! :)
Basically I've been following the full game tutorial but trying to use Mecanim instead of Legacy so hopefully I haven't missed any critical setups...
A.) I've checked auto animation on the combatant and set the system type to Mecanim. I'm also using position change. The speed is lightning quick though, maybe because of scaling on my scene objects. I've had to reduce the movement speeds to 0.3, 0.6 and 0.9 for the movement to look way more normal.
The other complication is that I'm transitioning between two idle animations in my controller as default. Maybe that needs to be wired up a bit differently (as in duplicating the transitions to Idle State #2 as well)?
B.) Yeah, I'm using the Return to Base type event as described in the tutorial. It's getting even weirder too as the enemy seems to travel less and less each time I run the game! -- So, in writing this reply and double-checking stuff, I changed the Return to Base event to use time instead of speed. And that essentially fixes it... (while not having changed the move to target event that still uses speed, curiously)
The other artifact I have is that the sparks display at +1Y of my target which is way above their head, and they're about the full size of my enemy, so I'm guessing my scale is making things weird again there. (Because I'm using different store assets, one prefab is scaled to 5,5,5 and the other to .13,.13.13 #awkwardface)
Oddly, sometimes they'll play at the correct height, like maybe 1 in 10 times I run the test.

@gamingislove
That's good to know.
The Ork HUD Value Bar doesn't seem to be functioning when my combatants take damage. I didn't do anything special to change the default settings. So I'm wondering if this could be a bug.
Edit: For some strange reason the flying text aren't displaying. I noticed if I slow down the animation machine (for example, change the text position, enable move and make it wait 25 seconds) I can see it spawn in the flying text layer but they are invisible on screen during play. I noticed if I disable/enable the flying text object during the 25 second wait period they show up correctly.
Edit #2: If you use Combatant Settings Allow Non-Player and use Menu List to show other menu screens that also have Allow Non-Player, those menu screens won't display information correctly. For example, if I call that menu during battle and used it on a enemy, it won't show the information of the selected enemy but the player. If I call these menus directly instead of using Menu List, the information displays correctly. Menu List may not be aware of the Allow Non-Player setting in the menus it calls.


public void com1 (string t) {
compressedData = new GZipCompression ().CompressString ( t );
}
public void dec2 () {
decompressedData = new GZipCompression ().DecompressString (compressedData);
DataObject testData = new XMLParser(decompressedData, null).Parse();
}

After compressing about 100kb of save data (xml) through the CompressString function (result in 14kb) , when the above code is executed, the editor stops working.
Is it because the data is too large? Or is there something wrong with the code?
(xml string is obtained from savegame0.save file.)

public void dec2 () {
decompressedData = new GZipCompression ().DecompressString (compressedData2);
testData2 = new XMLParser (decompressedData, null).Parse ();
}
public void dec3 () {
testData = ORK.SaveGame.GetSaveData ();
xmlData = testData.GetDataFile ("filename", false).GetXML ();
compressedData2 = new GZipCompression ().CompressString (xmlData);
}

#2
I tested it one more time.
dec3 > call dec2 > freeze editor
Why is this?

After creating the combatant, I connected it as follows.
enemyCombatant.Status.DeathStateChanged += DeathChanged_Enemy;
When that combatant dies, DeathChanged_Enemy method is fired twice.
(Should be run only once)
Unity console
#1.
ORKFramework.Combatants.CombatantStatus:set_DeathState(CombatantDeathState)
ORKFramework.Combatants.CombatantStatus:HasDied()
ORKFramework.DeathAction:ActionEndSetup()
ORKFramework.BaseAction:EventEnded()
#2.
ORKFramework.Combatants.CombatantStatus:set_DeathState(CombatantDeathState)
ORKFramework.Combatants.CombatantStatus:Death()
ORKFramework.Combatants.CombatantStatus:CheckDeath(Combatant)
As above, both paths seem to fire the event each.
I want to control death through scripting, is there a solution?
(Not the editor's death event)

There've been a lot of updates for grids in 2D in the latest ORK version 2.31.0 (and general making 2D easier with one centralized horizontal plane setting in the game settings).
1) This should no longer be a problem when using the XY horizontal plane and regenerating the grids.
2) Disable Use Deployment Cells if it's enabled - otherwise the combatants will only use deployment cells instead of any free cell. Maybe use a Wait node (with 0 second wait to continue in the next frame) to give Unity time to spawn the combatants before placing them.
3) The Destroy Object node is the way to go, when using the Enemy Group it'd destroy any already spawned enemy. Like with #2 it's probably best to add a 0 second Wait to give Unity time to destroy the game objects, though.

As for the point #2 there is an End Battle which I have set to None and I assume that's what you meant, so I guess this is out of the way.
Now I managed to revive the player and have 3 problems:
1. Player is turned away from the enemy. Look At Enemies node is not available in the regular Game Event. How can I turn him towards the enemy?
2. Popup is still there, what is the best way to destroy it?
3. Battle remained, both combatants are alive and both have In Battle set to true, yet nothing is happening. Monster is not autoattacking player combatant.
Any suggestions?

I solved #2 by setting the Y position in the Total Level Up text.

Counter attacks are triggered at the end of the ability that caused it (i.e. when the battle events of it finished).
There are 2 solutions I see for this:
1) Add some time at the end of the ability causing counters.
2) Add some time at the start of counter attacks. Since the combatant's counter attack is a separate ability, you can just set one up specific for counters and add a short wait time at the start (e.g. through an additional battle event as first event using a Wait node).
#2 is probably the better solution.

While it's nice having the additional help, it's most likely due to using both options for adding and spawning the player in tutorial #3.
You should either use the easy way (#1) or an event interaction (#2). Using both will execute the event twice, adding the combatant twice to the group.

I have an unusual status effect I want to attempt. And I wanted to consult on the best way to approach this.
Hallucinations - Target sees extra fake enemies while under influence of this status effect.
I'll probably write the custom code for spawning these dummies. But in terms of them joining the battle and being only visible to the affected combatant.
#1) Should I spawn new combatants and call join the battle on them? Or was there like summon temporary ability functionality that I could use? I remember something about that.
#2) To control this behavior, I was thinking of using Status Effect's game events. Turn Start/Turn End to call custom functions for spawning/despawning the decoys. Or is there a better approach?

#2 will definitely be better.
How have you set up the transition from Scene A to the battle scene? Is it using a Scene Changer component, a game event or are you using a teleport battle?

Thank you!
For #2 I'm more looking to add a fixed bonus to normal type/noncombined status values.
For example, I have a regular status value called Skillpoints. In my custom "Skill Shop", players can spend Skillpoints to upgrade status values.
And on each level up, I want to add a fixed amount of skill points. For example each level up to get +3 skill points.
Is there such "Bonuses on level up" feature anywhere? Or can Value Development be used for this?
Because from what I understood Value Development will set status value to specific value. It won't add it.
The difference is that in my case, Skill points can be spent down to 0. So, It's not really connected to level progression.

Hello,
I'm using Turn Based battles (Active Turn Based Mode), Hex grid.
In the battle Start Event, I intend to use "Place On Grid" node to place all roaming combatants (both NPCs and player group) on an available cell, closest to combatant's actual position. I believe that's what the "Place On Grid" node was meant for. But after experimenting with several setups, I'm still facing following issues(s):
Issue #1: On the first battle turn, Player turn is skipped and NPC AI battle script starts running in never ending loop. I guess, that for some reason Player combatant or NPC combatant (or both) is not placed on the grid propperly, so the AI script does not find any enemy on the grid.
Issue #2: Only available action for Player combatant is "No action/End turn". Turns are being cycled OK (not looping forever as in Issue #1), but NPC AI battle script does not register any target again.
For further information, I tried following setups:
SETUP A
NPC combatants are spawned by the Battle Event component, which is linked to the nearest Battle Grid. Player group is roaming freely and battle starts when player enters the Battle Event area. Please note this is not desirable scenario, since NPC conbatants should be pre-spawned and roaming the area already... but this is the only scenario where I'm able to achieve some functionality (in variant #1).
Variant A1: Using "Player Grid Placement" node -> NPC combatant is placed automatically on a free deployment spot, battle usually all works fine, but sometimes Issue #1 happens. Issue appearence seems to be related to the case, on which cell the Player combatant is placed.
Variant A2: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Enabled, Place All: Enabled -> No Player combatant is placed/shown at all on the grid and Issue #1 happens.
Variant A3: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Disabled, Place All: Enabled -> Player combatant is placed and visible, but Issue #2 happens.
Variant A4: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Enabled, Place All: Disabled, Actor: Player group -> Player combatant is placed and visible, but Issue #2 happens.
Variant A5: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Disabled, Place All: Disabled, Actor: Player group -> No Player combatant is placed/shown at all on the grid and Issue #1 happens.
SETUP B
NPC combatants are pre-spawned by the Combatant Spawner (single) linked to the nearest Battle Event, which again points to the nearest Battle Grid. There is no combatant spawned by the Battle Event itselves ... probably due to this, battle does not start by Battle Event trigger (combatant enterring the area). This seams bit weird. But, the battle is triggered when player group enters the agro area of the copmbatant, which is OK. This is wanted scenario, but in this setup I'm not able to run the battle, since Issues #1 and #2 are happening all the time.
Variant B1: Using "Player Grid Placement" node -> Player combatant is visible, but after manual placement Issue #1 happens.
Variant B2: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Enabled, Place All: Enabled -> No Player combatant is placed/shown and Issue #1 happens.
Variant B3: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Disabled, Place All: Enabled -> No Player combatant is placed/shown and Issue #1 happens.
Variant B4: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Enabled, Place All: Disabled, Actor: Player group -> No Player combatant is placed/shown and Issue #1 happens.
Variant B5: Using "Place On Grid", Use Deployment Cells: Disabled, Place All: Disabled, Actor: Player group -> No Player combatant is placed/shown and Issue #1 happens.
Issues occurence also seems to be somehow linked to the Battle grid itselves, the behaviour is not same on all the battle grids!
Thanks for your support!

Hello,
After several days, I'm not able to get throught the following two issues...:
Issue #1:
In the grid based battle - my NPC combatant is attacking the enemy automatically using basic attack, when it comes to the attack range. Is it possible to disable this behaviour?
I would like to controll all the atack (and NPC behavoiur) through my battle AI scripts.
Issue #2:
In the grid based battle - I'm using formulas to callculate the hit chance, critical chance and damage, using it in the ability setup.
But seems that the formulas are being called several times, messing up the results.
I even used empty formulas (with just debug output) and double checked abilities setup, combatant setup, battle setup ... but I still do not see the cause...
Thank you!
Best regards,
Riffage

A created a custom node to remove a random status effect when a healing kit is used. This works fine for the currently active party member.
However, I need to figure out how to apply this function to the combatant you select from the Combatant Selection window.
For example, if I use a healing potion (no custom code) and select combatant #2 from the list, combatant #2 is healed.
Is this possible?
I found - ChoiceSelected in lots of the menu scripts; but, they return nothing.

Hello, I'm trying to check player inventory for a given item, but the item name shall be defined by given variable.
Use case:
To open the doors, player need to have relevant key in his inventory.
Solution #1 I'm trying to implement now:
Each "Doors" object have "key_name" variable in it's Object variables, defining the name of the Key needed to open the doors. Then in a Game Event, I'm using "Has In Inventory" node to check if an item of the given name is present in the inventory or not.
Issue:
I'm able to read the Object variable successfully, but "Has In Inventory" node is always returning "Failed", never "Success" (despite the item named "Rusty key" is present in the Player inventory).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s2sM5tNSeflJCJRFqgrJa_77eeHw2cV3/view?usp=sharing
To make it super-simple, I even tried to set the variable value manually - see the screenshot. Still no hit.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HRqM5WBHoffN6Z1zL2rMejXRe40vz-tx/view?usp=sharing
When I select the item manually (not using selected data) then it works, but in such case I would need dedicated Game Event for each Doors - absolutelly no way.
What I'm doing wrong?
Variable settings in "Has In Inventory" seems a bit odd...
Thank you in advance for your support!
Bonus: solution #2 (wanted):
Better, I would like to check the inventory items based on it's name and also Item Variables, so I could have many keys with the same name ("Key"), /but of different prefab = colour, shape, etc../ and use each Item Variables to link them to the relevant doors.

I'm using ORK and Makinom together (via plugin) and trying to accomplish some things on AI controlled Navmesh agent combatants. I'm hoping for some advice. This is for real time combat.
#1. I make use of ORK's automatic move animations, and would very much like to blend in an automatic turn animation (a slight tilt) when an AI is either turning left or right (to avoid that "straight as a board" animation when turning). Is this possible with ORK? Like, can ORK recognize when an AI is rotating, and change a mecanim parameter (e.g. "isTurningLeft" boolean)? That would help make animations look much more lifelike.
#2. Can anyone help me figure out a way to make a navmesh AI run alongside an enemy. Think like a pirate ship sailing alongside a target for a "broadside" attack.
#3. How about making an navmesh combatant AI run by (or even through) a target. Like an airplane flying over a battleship, for a "strafing run" and then continuing on for a bit before circling back around for another run.
Any thought on these? If so, let me know and I'll give them a try!

What you're looking for are the Random Battle Areas, and they're used in tutorial #29 :)
If your battles should take playe in a different scene, check out this gameplay tutorial.