Unit Maker

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What is Unit Maker?

Unit Maker (also known as “Unit Blueprint Maker“), is a software component of the RTS Module, that allows you, the game developer, to make any Game Creator character into a RTS unit.

What options can you change or influence?

Given the sheer number of configuration options, I have divided them into the following subsections –

General Configuration Options
AI Specific Configuration Options
Fighting Specific Configuration Options
Gathering Specific Configuration Options

**It is important to note a few things as well here.

There will be some noted options that will say “This is not implemented in a meaningful way yet”
- These indicate upcoming features but ARE subject to change based on the feasibility to allow in the module as well as if it’s a true improvement for you as a developer or not.
Some options reflect a minimal and a maximum value.
- These are important as they indicate to the system the random value it should assign, based on those settings you have implied.
- This is designed this way to allow the game you design to be more realistic, in terms of damage, versus a specific number.
  - You can easily make this a “specific number”, by setting the max and min value(s) to be the same

General Configuration Options –

Unit Sprite
- Sprite Image reflecting your Unit
  - This is not implemented in a meaningful way yet
  - Example could be – used in a UI interface
Name of Unit
- Designated Name for the Unit you are creating
  - Example could be – Generic Fighter
Class Options
- A class that your unit falls into (Fighter, Gatherer)
  - Currently only 2 options as of this date
  - The Class you choose directly impacts the Units ability to either Fight an enemy or Gather resources
    - Example could be – Fighter
Character Type
- Type of character reflecting your Unit
  - This allows the developer to self identifying specific units, that are fighters with a set of stats that differ than another same classed fighter, that might not be as strong
  - Example could be – Soldier VS Guard
  - Example could be – Archer VS Calvary
  - This is more for keeping specific stats for specific unit types
Unit Home Point
- The home building of unit
  - This is not implemented in a meaningful way yet
    - Example could be – used as a location for main home building
Starting HP
- Much how you imagine this lets you define how much health your units start out with
Full Resource Color
- The color here reflects the amount of health this Unit Started out with as “Full“
  - This can be whatever color value you would like
    - Example use could be – UI to reflect when full
No Resource Color
- The color here reflects the amount of health as its being reduced for the unit, leading to when it is finally empty
  - This can be whatever color value you would like
    - Example use could be – UI to reflect when empty
Death Prefab
- This Game Object prefab is currently used to reflect a particle effect of your own choosing that will be instantiated upon the unit health hitting zero (dyeing).
  - Currently requires a Game Object Particle Prefab
    - Example could be – BoomEffect from Unity Standard Assets
Death Audio
- The audio that will play once a unit is killed
  - This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet
Move Audio Array
- The audio that will play randomly selected voice sound, indicating a unit is obeying a command
  - This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet
  - Example could be – “Yes Sir”, “As you command”, etc

AI Specific Configuration Options-

Area Location
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Specifically designed to be set and used with the custom Wandering System included with RTS Module
  - For more information please check this guide out.
Movement Wait Time
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate how long, between AI controlled movements, a Unit may wait, prior to moving , or following AI logic again.
  - Example could be – Setting this to 3 , means a unit will move to a location and then wait 3 seconds, prior to continuing AI logic.
Unit Vision Range
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to set just how far a Unit can actually “see”
Unit Vision Radius
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to set just how wide a Units’ vision is
Unit Search Duration
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Set how long an alerted Unit searches for the enemy or resources, before moving on.

Fighting Specific Configuration Options –

Min Melee Damage
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate the minimal Melee Damage
Max Melee Damage
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate the maximum Melee Damage
Melee Attack Distance
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to set how far a unit must be before being able to do a Melee based attack
Min Ammo Damage
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Used with the custom Ammo System
  - This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet
- Allows you to dictate the minimal Ammo Damage
Max Ammo Damage
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Used with the custom Ammo System
  - This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet
- Allows you to dictate the maximum Ammo Damage
Rate of Attack
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to set how often a unit can attack over a period of time
  - The higher the more of an impact the attack is
Attack Force
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to set how powerful a unit attack can be
  - Consider this as a multiplier for strength of attack for both Melee and Shooting Fighters
Attack Distance
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to set how far a unit must be before being able to do a Shooting based attack
Attack Audio
- The audio that will play once a unit is attacking
  - This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet
Unit Ammunition
- Used with the custom Ammo System
- This allows you to assign a specific Ammo prefab for each unique unit you create.
Ammo Speed
- How fast our Ammo travels to target over a period of time.
- Good for making bullets faster than arrows for example

Gathering Specific Configuration Options –

Gather Amount
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate the amount a unit can gather at a time
Gather Rate
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate the rate of speed a unit can gather over a period of time.
Gather Load
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate the amount a Gathering Unit can carry
- This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet
- - Example could be – How much unit Gathering can hold before heading back to a resource holding bin
Gather Distance
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate how far away from a Resource Node, a Gathering Unit can be, to start Gathering it.
Gather Audio
- Designed to be used with the AI Maker
- Allows you to dictate the sound a Gathering Unit makes when gathering a resource.
- This is not implemented in a meaningfully yet

Please Continue to Unit Maker 2 , for additional instructions

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