Brendan Vanous
started a topic on Sat, 09 August 2014 at 2:17 PM
I want to have a drop from an special enemy in my game which gives the player a group of items which are randomly determined, but I want all the items to be "themed" - all having an attribute in common, which is randomly selected.
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Brendan Vanous said on Sat, 09 August 2014 at 2:17 PM
If you've read this post on the RandomResultTable, you'll notice that a RandomResultTable can contain another RandomResultTable. This allows you to nest them in such a way as to produce exactly this type of random drop.
Let's say you have three attributes, each with three options: Frequency (Common, Uncommon, Rare), Element (Earth, Fire, Water), and Type (Weapon, Armor, Enhancement). First, create a RandomResultTable for the specific items in the 27 combinations of item categories this defines (Common/Earth/Weapon, Rare/Water/Enchantment, etc.). The JSON data for one example might look like this:
{
"TableId":"Uncommon Fire Weapon",
"Nodes":[
{
"ResultItemType":"ItemId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon 1",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"ItemId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon 2",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"ItemId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon 3",
"Weight":20
}
]
}
Next, create a RandomResultTable for each first-tier combination of these tables. As an example (again, using the JSON data for the table):
{
"TableId":"Fire Weapon",
"Nodes":[
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon",
"Weight":40
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Common Fire Weapon",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Rare Fire Weapon",
"Weight":10
}
]
}
A possible second-tier combination then would be:
{
"TableId":"Weapon",
"Nodes":[
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Fire Weapon",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Earth Weapon",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Water Weapon",
"Weight":20
}
]
}
A Bundle (or Container) could then be defined to generate a group of items from any combination of these tables. As items are added to the catalog, the only necessary step would be to add the items to the appropriate first-tier RandomResultTable, and they would automatically become part of the logic for all derived tables.
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Brendan Vanous said on Sat, 09 August 2014 at 2:17 PM
If you've read this post on the RandomResultTable, you'll notice that a RandomResultTable can contain another RandomResultTable. This allows you to nest them in such a way as to produce exactly this type of random drop.
Let's say you have three attributes, each with three options: Frequency (Common, Uncommon, Rare), Element (Earth, Fire, Water), and Type (Weapon, Armor, Enhancement). First, create a RandomResultTable for the specific items in the 27 combinations of item categories this defines (Common/Earth/Weapon, Rare/Water/Enchantment, etc.). The JSON data for one example might look like this:
{
"TableId":"Uncommon Fire Weapon",
"Nodes":[
{
"ResultItemType":"ItemId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon 1",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"ItemId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon 2",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"ItemId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon 3",
"Weight":20
}
]
}
Next, create a RandomResultTable for each first-tier combination of these tables. As an example (again, using the JSON data for the table):
{
"TableId":"Fire Weapon",
"Nodes":[
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Uncommon Fire Weapon",
"Weight":40
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Common Fire Weapon",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Rare Fire Weapon",
"Weight":10
}
]
}
A possible second-tier combination then would be:
{
"TableId":"Weapon",
"Nodes":[
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Fire Weapon",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Earth Weapon",
"Weight":20
},
{
"ResultItemType":"TableId",
"ResultItem":"Water Weapon",
"Weight":20
}
]
}
A Bundle (or Container) could then be defined to generate a group of items from any combination of these tables. As items are added to the catalog, the only necessary step would be to add the items to the appropriate first-tier RandomResultTable, and they would automatically become part of the logic for all derived tables.
