{"id":1378,"date":"2025-05-10T23:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T23:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:10:17","slug":"skill-tree-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/et4g23\/2025\/05\/10\/skill-tree-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Skill Tree – Pt 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that the UI for the Skill Tree was set up, I needed to program and develop the hard part.
Getting the Skill Buttons to work when pressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Customizable skill buttons mean skill buttons that can unlock different types of skills – A robust system for creating a skill tree<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Terra Shard UI counter would have to update depending on Terra Shards spent and the players current terra shard count<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Skills can be locked – preventing the player from spending Terra Shards on them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Terra Shards must be used as the currency to upgrade skills and can be increased by killing enemies in the dungeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Prerequisite skills function – certain skills must be purchased before other skills can be unlocked<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    To set up the Skills System, it requires three scripts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. SkillSO script <\/strong>– A scriptable object script that handles data about each skill<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. SkillSlot script <\/strong>– Handles each skill button (What skills need to be unlocked before it etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. SkillTreeManager script <\/strong>– Communicates between all skill scripts (Handles spending Terra Shards to buy skills etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      SkillSO Script<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      What is a scriptable object in unity? The following is directly from the Unity’s Documentation<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      The reason I make the SkillSO script call from ScriptableObject as opposed to MonoBehaviour, is that it is able to save memory when running the project, as all of its values are never changed throughout the game. They are only ever set in the Unity editor before the game is run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This is the SkillSO script, the CreateAssetMenu <\/em>attribute <\/strong>allows me to create more ScriptableObjects <\/strong><\/em>much easier (“Attributes <\/strong>in C# are metadata markers <\/strong>that can be placed above <\/strong>a class, property, or method declaration <\/strong>to indicate special behaviour<\/strong>” – Unity Documentation<\/a>). However, the main use of the SkillSO script is to store data about certain skills, hence the public data types for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n