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Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Constant Change Media — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:25:54 GMT

Slickman:
Andrew Stratton:
Good tutorial - it really helped me in my current plan to extend the quest mechanism - the first task being to add a hidden attribute.

However - I came across a couple of comments, that I thought might be useful.

The first is not a problem - but you can make an attribute optional by putting '[ContentSerializer(Optional = true)]' between the definition of the attribute type and the definition of the get/setters. Have a look at Quest.cs -> GearRewardContentNames for an example.

The second comment is that you may have to watch out for custom Clone methods. In the case of Quest - this may need to have the attribute copy added to it as well - in my case, I need to look at the quest details in the QuestLogScreen.cs, so I had to enhance the Quest.Clone to copy across the hidden attribute.

If anyone is interested, I will post a new thread on my plan and progress on enhancing the Quest functionality.

Cheers
Andy Stratton

I was wondering how to make it optional. It was kind of a pain to go back and alter those xml files. :)

Can you guys please explain this more explicitly - ie what files and what code are you changing here.

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Constant Change Media — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:25:33 GMT

Yes Andrew, please post a thread on your plan/progress for enhancing quest functionality (if you havent already)

Thanks

I am not sure if the comments you made above were actually required to make this mod work.

I am still getting

Error   1   'RolePlayingGameData.GearDrop' does not contain a definition for 'QuestName' and no extension method 'QuestName' accepting a first argument of type 'RolePlayingGameData.GearDrop' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)   C:\path\RolePlayingGameWindows1\RolePlayingGameProcessors\Gear\GearDropWriter.cs   37   32   RolePlayingGameProcessors

Error   2   No overload for method 'CalculateGearDrop' takes '2' arguments   C:\path\RolePlayingGameWindows1\RolePlayingGameWindows\Combat\CombatEngine.cs   1633   29   RolePlayingGameWindows

and

Error   3   'RolePlayingGameData.Quest' does not contain a definition for 'AreGearRequirementsMet' and no extension method 'AreGearRequirementsMet' accepting a first argument of type 'RolePlayingGameData.Quest' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)   C:\path\RolePlayingGameWindows1\RolePlayingGameDataWindows\Characters\Monster.cs   109   31   RolePlayingGameDataWindows

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

bixel — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:44:33 GMT

so Andrew; should the code look like?

        private string questName;

        /// <summary>
        /// The content name of the inventory.
        /// </summary>
        [ContentSerializer(Optional = true)]
        public string QuestName
        {
            get { return questName; }
            set { questName = value; }
        }

I take it [ContentSerializer(Optional = true)] allows the xml file to have or not have the content without causing a crash?

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

DeadlyInstinct — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:11:03 GMT

it was all fine xD

i just hat to retype "arerequirements" and restart the program

now it works all perfect

now i can start making quests ;)

thx a lot

i'll write you into credits if u want

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

CDarklock — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:57:15 GMT

DeadlyInstinct:
RolePlayingGameData.Quest includes no definition for "AreRequirementsMet".

Something is wrong with your copy of the code. Line 161 of Quest.cs quite clearly says "public bool AreRequirementsMet". Go to Quest.cs and search for it. If you can't find it, you may just want to start over with a new project.

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

DeadlyInstinct — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:29:53 GMT

ye u were right, i meant that.

but it still get this error and

(sry i dont know exactly the english sentence for that error - cause i have the german editor :) )

RolePlayingGameData.Quest includes no definition for "AreRequirementsMet". in Monster.cs

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

CDarklock — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:31:22 GMT

DeadlyInstinct:
i get an error when i add: session.quest

We need to know the exact error you're getting. Visual Studio has never issued the error message "2 is too much". I can assume that you mean it's saying there is no overload for CalculateGearDrop that takes two arguments, which means you haven't changed the declaration of CalculateGearDrop in Monster.cs as directed in the tutorial. Carefully check your work; make sure you've done EVERYTHING as directed in the tutorial. If you skip any of the steps, it won't work.

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

DeadlyInstinct — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:04:19 GMT

does some1 know the answer pls :)

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

DeadlyInstinct — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:02:35 GMT

i get an error when i add: session.quest at

monster.CalculateGearDrop(Session.Random, Session.Quest)

it says 2 is too much

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

DeadlyInstinct — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:33:24 GMT

hey

thanks a lot for that tutorial, that was exactly what im looking for!! thx

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Jim Perry — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:49:57 GMT

We really can't help you if you don't give us more information, like what error you're getting.

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Blind Bartemis — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:47:44 GMT

i like the tutorial but every time i do it i get an error,i am trying a different more faster and easier route to completeing the end result

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Slickman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:02:29 GMT

Andrew Stratton:
Good tutorial - it really helped me in my current plan to extend the quest mechanism - the first task being to add a hidden attribute.

However - I came across a couple of comments, that I thought might be useful.

The first is not a problem - but you can make an attribute optional by putting '[ContentSerializer(Optional = true)]' between the definition of the attribute type and the definition of the get/setters. Have a look at Quest.cs -> GearRewardContentNames for an example.

The second comment is that you may have to watch out for custom Clone methods. In the case of Quest - this may need to have the attribute copy added to it as well - in my case, I need to look at the quest details in the QuestLogScreen.cs, so I had to enhance the Quest.Clone to copy across the hidden attribute.

If anyone is interested, I will post a new thread on my plan and progress on enhancing the Quest functionality.

Cheers
Andy Stratton

I was wondering how to make it optional. It was kind of a pain to go back and alter those xml files. :)

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Slickman — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:01:04 GMT

FatalFrenchy:

Hi great post, I like the direction you are taking the starter kit in.

However, shouldn't the check for AreGearRequirementsMet on the Quest object be done within the if (q.name == gearDrop.QuestName) block?

Otherwise you could be checking the gear requirements on a different quest ?

You are correct. I made the change above. The editing of code boxes seems all messed up but I did my best.

Re: RPG Toolkit How To:

Andrew Stratton — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:20:03 GMT

Good tutorial - it really helped me in my current plan to extend the quest mechanism - the first task being to add a hidden attribute.

However - I came across a couple of comments, that I thought might be useful.

The first is not a problem - but you can make an attribute optional by putting '[ContentSerializer(Optional = true)]' between the definition of the attribute type and the definition of the get/setters. Have a look at Quest.cs -> GearRewardContentNames for an example.

The second comment is that you may have to watch out for custom Clone methods. In the case of Quest - this may need to have the attribute copy added to it as well - in my case, I need to look at the quest details in the QuestLogScreen.cs, so I had to enhance the Quest.Clone to copy across the hidden attribute.

If anyone is interested, I will post a new thread on my plan and progress on enhancing the Quest functionality.

Cheers
Andy Stratton