Create Spawn Room
We're going to create a spawn room and place a marker there to spawn our player prefab
Spawn Room
Create a spawn room module like before and leave a few connection points open
In this example, we've created a 1x1x1 spawn room with a single connection point
Create SpawnPoint Marker
We want the theme engine to spawn our player prefab in the spawn room. Create a placeable actor asset named PM_SpawnPoint
Select the PM_SpawnPoint asset and inspect the properties.
Add a marker named
SpawnPointin the Supported Markers arrayChange the debug color to green
Set the debug text to something descriptive, like
Spawn Point
Save and placeable marker prefab
Add SpawnPoint Marker
Open the Spawn Room module prefab and drop this placeable marker asset somewhere appropriate
Close the prefab and return to the scene
Add Player prefab
Open the theme file we created previously.
Create a new Marker node and rename it to SpawnPoint
Add a player prefab. We already have a player prefab setup with some fps controls. Drop it from the samples folder Navigate to Assets > CodeRespawn > DungeonArchitect_Samples > DemoBuilder_SnapGridFlow > Art > Prefabs > Player and drag-drop SGFDemoPlayer on to the theme editor
We want the player prefab to spawn 1 unit high (since the placeable markers was placed on the ground)
Save and close the theme editor
Register Spawn Module
Open up the module database and register this spawn room module
Set the category name to SpawnRoom. We'll use this category name in the flow graph shortly, to force it to use our spawn room while building the main path
Recompile the module database cache
Save the module database
Update Flow Graph
Open up our flow graph editor and reassign the Module database in the Editor Settings as before
Select the Create Main Path node and inspect the properties
Add an entry to Start Node Category Constraints and set it to SpawnRoom.
This will make the flow editor choose the start room registered in the module database with the specified category. As of now, we have only one spawn room, feel free to register more modules with the same name to have it randomly pick one spawn room
Hit build in the flow editor and make sure it generates a flow graph correctly
Goal Room
Open up the Goal room prefab we created earlier
We'll create a placeable marker prefab that supports the marker name LevelGoal. We'll then use the theme engine to spawn our level goal prefab (e.g. it could be an artifact that takes you to another dungeon)
Create LevelGoal Marker
Create a Placeable Marker asset and name it PM_LevelGoal
Inspect the properties. Add LevelGoal as a Supported Marker
Change the Debug Text to something descriptive
Add LevelGoal Marker
Add the PM_LevelGoal marker to the goal module. Drag and drop it somwhere appropriate in your goal module
Close the goal room prefab and return back to the scene
Since we've modified the markers in the module prefab, we'll need to recompile the module database cache
Open the module database and click Compile Module Database button
Add LevelGoal Prefab
Open the theme file we created previously.
Create a new Marker node and rename it to LevelGoal
Add your level goal prefab here. We'll use a simple cube for this example that will represent the final boss
Build dungeon
Open the scene where we previously set up our dungeon. Rebuild the dungeon
You should see the spawn room, and a PlayerStart actor spawned at the correct place
You should be able to play your game and move around with the player prefab
Level Goal prefab:
