ORK integration

[dlevel]

Ok perfect, right on time with the new ORK update out

[Tony Li]

I'll be running the Dialogue System + ORK integration and Quest Machine + ORK integration through testing next week to make sure nothing in the latest versions of ORK broke anything with the integrations. I'm running a couple versions behind on ORK, and I want to make sure everything will run perfectly in the latest version.

[dlevel]

I was able to finally start playing around with QM, and I have some questions, all ORK/QM related.

1) how can I have the HUD counter for kills/items gathered? I saw in your demo that you do it with {#coins} but how can I do it with ORK Items (gather 10 Wood for example). And the same for kills.

2) I use some strings in ORK like: #varstringplayerName# that gets the player name, is it possible to get those from QM?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

1) how can I have the HUD counter for kills/items gathered? I saw in your demo that you do it with {#coins} but how can I do it with ORK Items (gather 10 Wood for example). And the same for kills.

Use the SetQuestCounter event step to keep a Quest Machine quest's counter in sync with the number of kills / items gathered. For kills, you may find it easier to set up the message system to send a message (e.g., "Killed":"Orc") that auto-increments the counter.

For the completion condition, you can either check the counter using a Counter Value Quest Condition or check the player's inventory directly using an ORK Has Item Quest Condition.

2) I use some strings in ORK like: #varstringplayerName# that gets the player name, is it possible to get those from QM?

It will probably require a little scripting. To get the player's name as defined in its Quest Journal component:

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var questJournal = FindObjectOfType<QuestJournal>();
string playerName = questJournal.displayName.value;

If that's not what you're looking for, would you please give me an example of how you'd want to use it?

[dlevel]

Hi,

1) how can I have the HUD counter for kills/items gathered? I saw in your demo that you do it with {#coins} but how can I do it with ORK Items (gather 10 Wood for example). And the same for kills.

Use the SetQuestCounter event step to keep a Quest Machine quest's counter in sync with the number of kills / items gathered. For kills, you may find it easier to set up the message system to send a message (e.g., "Killed":"Orc") that auto-increments the counter.

For the completion condition, you can either check the counter using a Counter Value Quest Condition or check the player's inventory directly using an ORK Has Item Quest Condition.

2) I use some strings in ORK like: #varstringplayerName# that gets the player name, is it possible to get those from QM?

It will probably require a little scripting. To get the player's name as defined in its Quest Journal component:

Code: Select all

var questJournal = FindObjectOfType<QuestJournal>();
string playerName = questJournal.displayName.value;

If that's not what you're looking for, would you please give me an example of how you'd want to use it?

Hmmm, I can't quite get how the event steps work, I mean where do I set the SetQuestCounter to sync the counter with QM? Would love a video tutorial with ORK and the workflow that you have in mind as the best with ORK/QM, or just a workflow graph/explanation here

for now I just use it like in your ORK demo, which is pretty straight forward and easy

[Tony Li]

...where do I set the SetQuestCounter to sync the counter with QM?

I had in mind something like adding a SetQuestCounter step to GiL's Harvesting items event, but there's probably a better approach. I'll dig into ORK's gameplay source and see if there's a better way.

[dlevel]

yeah that doesn't seem very handy, if you find any other way let me know

[Tony Li]

ORK's Inventory class has a "changed" event. I'll update Quest Machine's ORK Support package to hook into this event. I'll try to have it ready some time next week.

[dlevel]

that sounds awesome! it would be pretty nit if you could call an ORK event from QM, as an alternative component so you could start an ORK event when a quest starts/finishes. Just a thought

[Tony Li]

that sounds awesome! it would be pretty nit if you could call an ORK event from QM, as an alternative component so you could start an ORK event when a quest starts/finishes. Just a thought

You already can. Just add an ORK Event Quest Action to your quest.