Infinity PBR by Magic Pig Games
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  • Game Modules 4
    • ➡️Quick Start
    • 📽️Video Tutorials
      • Quick Start: Creating Game Module Objects
      • Automating Start Actions on GameModulesActor
      • Inflicting Damage with Conditions
      • Updating UI (and more) with Blackboard Notes
      • Dynamic Menus with Item Objects and Dictionaries
      • Create Custom Quest Rewards
      • Save and Load Game Data
      • Stats: Deep Dive
      • Items: Deep Dive
      • Conditions: Deep Dive
      • First Person Movement
      • Tutorial: "Overheal" Effect with Condition & Stats
      • Tutorial: Create a Character & Actor Class Inheriting from GameModulesActor
    • 👀Game Modules Viewer
      • Viewer: Dictionaries
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      • Viewer: ItemObject / GameItemObjectList
      • Viewer: ItemAttribute / GameItemAttributeList
      • Viewer: Condition / GameConditionList
      • Viewer: Quest / GameQuestList
    • V4 Migration Tips
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          • GameConditionList Get() Methods
          • GameQuestList Get() Methods
        • Contains() Methods
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          • GameItemObjectList Contains() Methods
          • GameItemAttributeList Contains() Methods
          • GameConditionList Contains() Methods
          • GameQuestList Contains() Methods
        • Count() Methods
          • GameStatList Count() Methods
          • GameItemObjectList Count() Methods
          • GameItemAttributeList Count() Methods
          • GameConditionList Count() Methods
          • GameQuestList Count() Methods
        • Remove() Methods
          • GameStatList Remove() Methods
          • GameItemObjectList Remove() Methods
          • GameItemAttributeList Remove() Methods
          • GameConditionList Remove() Methods
          • GameQuestList Remove() Methods
        • GameStatList
        • GameItemObjectList
        • GameItemAttributeList
        • GameQuestList
        • GameConditionList
      • Blackboard
        • Blackboard.cs
        • Blackboard Follower
        • Blackboard Note
        • Blackboard Event
        • Blackboard Values
        • Tips & Tricks
          • Use extension methods to check BlackboardNotes (or events)
      • Stats
        • IHaveStats
        • Stat.cs
        • GameStat.cs
        • GameStatList.cs
        • Mastery Levels
      • Loot
        • LootItems.cs
        • LootBox.cs
        • GameLootBox.cs
        • Generating & Handling Loot
        • Custom Loot Generation Algorithm
      • Items
        • ItemObject.cs
          • Manage Item Objects
          • Allowed Item Attributes
          • Starting Item Attributes
          • Item Attribute Variables
            • Variables Methods
        • GameItemObject.cs
        • GameItemObjectList.cs
        • ItemAttribute.cs
          • Manage Item Attributes
          • General Settings
          • Name Settings
          • Requisite Attributes
        • GameItemAttribute.cs
        • GameItemAttributeList.cs
        • Code Examples
      • Conditions
        • Condition.cs
          • Main Settings
          • Condition Time
          • Effects on Points
        • GameCondition.cs
        • GameConditionList.cs
        • Expiration Condition Handler
        • Code Examples
      • Quests
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          • Main Settings
          • Quest Step Settings
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          • Create a Custom Quest Condition
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            • Blackboard Value Number
            • Blackboard Value String
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            • Game Item Object List Contains
            • Game Stat List Contains
          • Quest Condition Enums
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            • Your Quest Reward Editor
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          • Quest Reward Details
            • Point Reward
            • Condition Reward
            • Quest Quest Reward
            • Item Object Reward
          • Custom Quest Reward Handler
        • GameQuest
        • GameQuestList
        • Quest Events
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          • Push the Button
          • Add Money
          • Don't Get Poisoned
          • Rescue the Puppy
      • Voices
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        • Voice.cs
        • Code Examples
      • Dictionaries
        • Dictionaries Setup
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        • KeyValue Methods
        • Save and Load
        • Object Reference
      • Gametime & Timeboard
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        • TimeSpan
        • Code Examples
      • Property Code
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        • Making objects saveable
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        • BlackboardEvents sent by Save and Load
    • Game Module "Systems"
      • Drag-and-Drop Inventory System
        • Scripts
          • PanelManager
          • OnScreenItem
          • Panel
          • BoxManager
        • Scene & Class Setup
        • Item / Object Setup
        • Item / Inventory Setup
        • Box Setup (Chests, Bags, Other Inventories)
        • Setup Your Scene
      • First Person Movement
      • Character Creation
    • Game Module Demo Projects
      • Party Based RPG
        • Title Scene
        • Character Creation Scene
        • World & Dungeon Scenes
    • Magic Time for Game Modules
  • ✨Northstar Tracking System
    • ✅Overview & Quickstart
      • ➡️Quick Start
      • 🫐Demo Scene
      • 🛠️Customizing & Overriding
        • Create a Custom Navigation Bar
        • Create a Custom Compass / Radar
        • Runtime Overrides
          • Screen & Edge Overlay
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    • Northstar Documentation
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        • Screen & Edge Overlay
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      • Tracked Target Overlay
        • Types
        • Override Values
      • Overlay Icon
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      • Distance Text
  • 🚀Projectile Factory
    • 👀Overview & Quickstart
      • ➡️Quick Start Guide
        • Create Your First Projectile
        • Add Projectile Factory & Create a Projectile Spawner
        • Use 3rd Party Integrations
        • Extending Projectile Factory
        • Making Lasers & Similar Attached Projectiles
      • 💡FAQs + Important Reminders
    • Game Modules 4 Integration
      • Projectiles with TimeMod
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    • ✅3rd Party Particle Integrations [16]
      • ▶️Archanor VFX [5]
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      • ▶️Gabriel Aguiar Prod [2]
        • Unique Projectiles Vol. 1
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      • ▶️Jean Moreno [1]
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      • ▶️Synty Studios [1]
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        • Spawn Behavior Code
        • Spawn Behavior Modification
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        • Behavior Examples
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        • Toggle Objects At Events Observer Object
      • 👩‍💼Factory Manager
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      • 🎱Object Pooling
      • 🤩Create Custom Behaviors
      • Spawn Point Manager
      • Helper Tools
        • Projectiles Quick Editor
        • Set Trail Auto Destroy to False
        • Set Layer of All Projectiles
        • Remove Colliders
      • Additional Scripts
        • Destroy or Pool Object
        • Project Force
        • Raycast Shooter + Handlers
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  • Additional Systems & Tools
    • 🎨Runtime Color Sampler
      • Quick Start
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        • Sampler Sphere
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    • 🙎‍♀️Portrait Avatars
      • Setup
        • Create a Portrait Avatar
        • Create a UI Portrait
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        • Scripting
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      • Important Considerations
    • 🎛️Audio Clip Combiner
    • 🌈Color Shifter
    • 🛠️Support Classes
      • Utilities.cs
      • InfinityExtensions.cs
  • ⌛Magic Time - Local Time Scale
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    • ➡️Quick Start
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    • Local Time Scale
      • Local Time Scale Scripting
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      • Magic Time User Scripting
      • Additional "Magic Time User" Components
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  • Equipment Systems
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      • EquipmentObject.cs
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  • My objects disappear right after being spawned
  • Objects go back to the Object Pool too soon
  • My projectiles don't collide; Fly right through objects
  • Reminder: Set the layer of your projectiles to "Projectile" or something similar
  • "Trails" seem to warp when the Projectile is recylced from the Object Pool

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FAQs + Important Reminders

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Last updated 11 months ago

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My objects disappear right after being spawned

Check to see if there is a Destroy on Collision behavior. Depending on the Projectile, some can be destroyed as soon as they collide, as in situations where they also spawn an "impact" particle that isn't part of the projectile.

In other cases, the Projectile will have particles that need to finish their lifetime. If this isn't happening, check the Destroy behavior, and add time to the destroyDelay value.

Objects go back to the Object Pool too soon

As soon as the "Destroy" call happens, the object will be sent back to the pool. However, using the destroyDelay value, you can force the Object Pool to hold the object for some period of time before making it available to be pulled back out.

Similar to the "My objects disappear" question, this often comes into play when the Projectile needs to finish some lifetime effects, like audio or particles, after it has Collided.

My projectiles don't collide; Fly right through objects

Check to make sure the Collision Mask is set up on the object. Scripts which have a LayerMask option will default to inherit this from the Projectile Spawner including Collision Behaviors. Each can override this value -- make sure that your Projectiles aren't changing this to an undesired setting.

Also make sure you have some mechanism to collect hits -- either a collider on the object, or a raycast behavior on the Projectile.

And, make sure that you have a behavior that actually does something on collision. Otherwise, nothing will happen beyond any physics interactions like bumps.

Reminder: Set the layer of your projectiles to "Projectile" or something similar

By default, your projecitles may be in the "Default" layer. Often projectiles will also collide with "Default" and other specific layers. Generally you'll want your Projectiles to be in their own layer, and it's easy to forget to do this.

"Trails" seem to warp when the Projectile is recylced from the Object Pool

This occurs because the trail is "on" when the projectile is recycled, so you see the trail travel from it's last position to the spawn point. You'll need to ensure the trail is off at this point. To do this, we've included the ToggleTrailRendererObjectsDestroyAndLaunchObserverObject.cs component.... long name!

Trail components in the children of the object you add this to will be automatically populated. You can also add additional objects if it makes sense, and select the specific lifecycle events on which to turn the objects on and off.

Also make sure the Trail component is not being destroyed. The Trail component has an option "Auto Destruct". Make sure this is false.

This is an , which has access to all the lifecycle events on the Projectile. Add this to your Projectile. Important: Do not add this to an object you will be toggling on/off, as once that object is off, this component will not perform any actions, and can not turn itself back on.

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