¶ Introduction
Both See Others and Custom Multiplayer modes allow you to tweak how each player will look during game play. The easiest tweak is assigning to each player a random character at the game start.
You can also give characters some accessories, or ensure that no other player will have the same look during a session. The final touch is saving the character so that returning players will have the same look as last time they've played.
These guides do not cover building an inventory or a skin shop.
¶ Different Player Characters
Follow these instructions to assign different characters to players. In the See Others mode it's quite easy to set the character at random, although the same character may be assigned to many players. In the Custom MP mode, it's equally easy to randomize the looks or assign each player a specified character.
Tap the second tab to see the instructions for the Custom MP mode!
¶ 1. Add the Characters and the Player
- Open Assets and select the different character models you want to use. If the player will be a humanoid, don't add e.g. bird models or animations will break.
- Select a model, to the Advanced details > Object and turn the model into a reference object. Repeat for all models.
- Did the models disappear? Tap Logic on the bottom bar to see them again!
- Open Assets again and add a Player Premade that suits your game.
¶ 2. Set up the Selector Node
- Go to Logic > Add node > Logic tab and add the Selector node
- Tap Edit on the Selector node's Details panel. Set the mode to Probability Distribution, and Data type to Object
- Tap Add Case until you have as many cases as you have different character models
- Set the value of every case to 1.0
¶ 3. Connect Models to the Selector
- Drag a link from each weight to a different model.
- Set the Selector to be executed On Start
The Selector chooses a model at random at the start of the game. Each model has a 25% chance. To adjust the probabilities, tap Edit again and change the values of the cases.
¶ 4. Set Up the Object Changer Node
- Go to Logic > Add node > Visual tab and add the Object Changer node
- Drag a link from Set as Target to the Player
- Drag a link from the Selector's Output to the Object Changer's Set as Source
- Make sure the link is a red executing link
¶ 5. Playtest!
- Start the playtest. Tap Restart to see randomly selected Player Characters
- To see more than one ghost at a time, save your work and play the game with two different devices. Or ask a friend to play the game with you!
¶ 1. Set Up Player Spawn Logic
Set up the basic player spawning logic by following these instructions on the page that introduces the Custom MP mode.
¶ 2. Add the Characters
- Open Assets and select the different character models you want to use. If the player will be a humanoid, don't add e.g. bird models or animations will break.
- Select a model, to the Advanced details > Object and turn the model into a reference object. Repeat for all models.
- Did the models disappear? Tap Logic on the bottom bar to see them again!
¶ 3. Set Up the Selector Node
- Go to Logic > Add node > Logic tab and add the Selector node
- Tap Edit on the Selector node's Details panel. Set the mode to Probability Distribution, and Data type to Object
- Tap Add Case until you have as many cases as you have different character models
- Set the value of every case to 1.0
¶ 4. Connect Models to the Selector
- Drag a link from each weight to a different model.
When executed, the Selector will pick a model at random. Each model has a 25% chance. To adjust the probabilities, tap Edit again and change the values of the cases.
¶ 5. Object Changer & Executing
- Go to Logic > Add node > Visual tab and add the Object Changer node
- Drag a link from Set as Target to the Player
- Drag a link from the Selector's Output to the Object Changer's Set as Source
- Make sure the link is a red executing link
- Drag a link from Multiplayer Info's On Player Joined to Selector's Execute
¶ 6. Playtest!
Follow the playtest instructions on the page that introduces the Custom MP mode.
It's easy to tweak this example to give every player an unique look by changing the Selector mode to Number Selector:
¶ EXTRA: Unique Characters
- On the Selector, tap Edit > change mode to Number Selector
- Change the cases to 0, 1, 2, 3 etc.
- Select MP Info. Tap the outputs. Delete the link that goes to Selector's Execute
- Drag a link from MP Info's On Player Joined to Selector's Value
In this example, The Player Index is sent to the Selector's Value input. Player 0 gets the character defined in Case 0, Player 1 gets Case 1 and so on.