1.9.4

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ADDED

Isle Demo
new demo showcasing a simple 2d mobile game
on screen controls usable in game view with device simulator includes top down overworld and side scroller cave scene
SideScroller2DMovement
2d movement with gravity that can jump and climb ladders
TopDown2DMovement
2d movement that freely moves in all directions without gravity
DialogAction
new character action that shows a dialog and ends when it is finished
WanderAction
new character action that makes 2d movement walk in a random direction

IMPROVED

FadeAndDestroy now also works on SpriteRenderer
additional events and unity for damage sending
new ColorBlinker can visualize damage without needing animations
new duration in motion action can automatically end action

CHANGED

minimum recommended unity version increased to 2021.3.45

1.9.3

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Various smaller changes made for the Netcode for GameObjects integration example. The example contains an experimental multiplayer version of the Arena Demo. The project is called AAK_Multiplayer and can be found on GitHub!

ADDED

surrogates for inventory, action area, resource and attribute pools
can be used to bind ui to elements of characters that spawn during gameplay

IMPROVED

new methods and visual scripting units for targeting closest player or enemy
piercing field in projectile damage sender so projectile is not destroyed on impact
arena demo screen fade in is delayed by a couple frames to mask loading

FIXED

system even unit not unsubscribing when flow is disabled
mixup of GetSlot and GetEmptySlot
bad namespaces for modify damage instructions
instructions might have to be reassigned

1.9.2

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CHANGED

reserialization of all prefabs and scenes

FIXED

issues with missing instructions

1.9.1

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ADDED

TiledInventory stores items in a 2d grid
example in new ManualItemTiled scene
ItemValue can be used to store persisted values with inventory items
could be used to store things like battery charge or item durability
example in new ManualItemValues scene

IMPROVED

minor rework of ai movements
new NavMeshSteerMovement as a compromise between agent and tank movement
more uniform behaviour between agent, steer and tank movements
set rotation in CharacterControllerMovement using OnRotate
arena demo uses this for twin stick controls, disable by unbinding rotate
new settings for auto equip new items or unequip empty items in inventory
items are now auto equipped in the hero and souls demos
new debug scene HeroDebuggingBlackout demonstrates reset if character falls

1.9.0

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ADDED

Arena Demo
new roguelike mini game added to extras project
beat increasingly difficult stages of enemies to earn essence currency
spend essence in shop between stages on a set of randomly selected items
DamageModifier for changing sent and received damage
available on characters, trigger damage senders and receivers
can also be applied by instructions and may use stats for their value
used in arena demo to grant bonus damage based on character strength
DamageMessage for triggering events and sending messages
allow filtering based on damage kind and value
available on characters, trigger damage senders and receivers
used in arena to only send hurt message when affected by health damage
ActionItemSlot for instantiating items with one action
action can be started by binding input to slot, used for weapon slot in arena demo
UsableItemSlot for usable items that may be instantiated during action
item can be used by binding input to slot, used for quick slots in arena demo
PurchaseAction for exchanging items, attributes, resources for items(arena shops)
AnimatorMovementSetter for setting movement parameters on animator
instructions for min and max movement speed
min speed is used to give roll in arena forward speed when standing still
Fader component for easily fading camera and sound in and out(arena scene transition)

IMPROVED

SuspendMovementInstruction can be set to still ApplyPhysics
used in arena, prevents enemies from clipping into player while performing attacks
PersistenceContainer can now buffer data between scenes
used in arena so data is only loaded in title and only saved on stage win
ProjectileDamageSender now has methods to directly instantiate
used in arena demo for sling and bow projectiles
LockOnManager additional setting CalculateCenter
needed when the camera is not centered on the character
CharacterAssociation can be set to search character automatically
RootMotion can be disabled on CharacterControllerMovement
RootMotion can be enabled on NavMeshAgentMovement
ListedInventoryPanel filter by ItemSet
PlayableAnimation with controllers can now also define Start- and EndTime
hover over character message(‘Last 20 Messages’) in inspector for stack trace
InputBindingText can now define Overrides based on control scheme
used in arena to display WASD for Move composite action input

CHANGED

character initializes movement, inventory and pools in its Awake
this ensures everything is ready before any Start is called
damage direction SenderToReceiver now calculates direction from character to character
additional mode SenderTransformToReceiver goes sender transform to receiver character
minor rework of NavMeshAgentMovement Approach methods
can now also approach a Vector3 target
new NavAwayAction makes enemies run away from target
SphereDamageSender only sends damage once per character
would previously be sent once for each collider regardless of character
CharacterControllerMovement calculates SpeedSideways based on target direction

FIXED

MotionAction going into release state with Release unchecked
wrong message in object action preview
playable animation preview not resetting properly
SoulsHeroApe ragdoll being pushed properly by lethal damage
playable animation not working when started in Next
temp resource bars not being properly removed on character death
added default color animation to hero animator to properly reset color after damage

Action Adventure Kit