Manuals

Sorting Layer

NineChronicles GameObjects are sorted based on the Sorting Layer.

NineChronicles sorting layer list

• InGameBackground
• InGameBackgroundVFX
• Character
• CharacterVFX
• InGameForeground
• InGameForegroundVFX
• UI
• VFX
• SystemUI

UI

UI is managed by Canvas in Game.unity scene. UI uses two sorting layers, and there are detailed layers below them.

Sorting Layer - UI

Name	Order
Hud	0
Widget	10
StaticLayer	20
Popup	30
Animation	40
Tooltip	50
TutorialMask	60
Screen	70

Sorting Layer - SystemUI

Name	Order
System	0
Development	10

Widget

UI is managed with widget. A widget belongs to a layer with the same name as the WidgetType.

WidgetType	Layer Name	Sorting Layer
Hud	Hud	UI
Widget	Widget	UI
StaticLayer	StaticLayer	UI
Popup	Popup	UI
Animation	Animation	UI
Tooltip	Tooltip	UI
TutorialMask	TutorialMask	UI
Screen	Screen	UI
System	System	SystemUI
Development	Development	SystemUI

UI Prefab

UI prefabs have UI_ prefixed. Add 'type' to the suffix to the object that inherited Widget. (e.g : WidgetType - Popup -> UI_HelpPopup)

• UI Prefab Location

Damage formula

How to calculate damage in battle

Damage = (playerATK + equipmentATK + SkillPower - targetDef) * comboRatio * elementalRatio * CriticalRatio

+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Total Damage = Player ATK + Equipment ATK + Skill Power |
+----------------------------+----------------------------+
                             |
                             v
+---------------------------------------------------------+
|             Damage = Total Damage - Target DEF          |
+----------------------------+----------------------------+
                             |
                             v
+----------------------------------------------------------+
|         Damage *= Combo Ratio (ComboCount * 100%)        |
+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
                             |
                             v
+----------------------------------------------------------+
|             Damage *= Elemental Ratio (120%)             |
+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
                             |
                             v
+----------------------------------------------------------+
|             Damage *= Critical Ratio (150%)              |
+----------------------------+-----------------------------+
                             |
                             v
+----------------------------------------------------------+
|                       D a m a g e                        |
+----------------------------------------------------------+	

Related links

• Damage Process
• Combo
• AttackCount
• Elemental
• Critical

Skill

How the skills actually selected in Nine Chronicles

+---------------------+
|      Get skills     |
|   with 0 cooldown   |  ** default attack skill cooldown is always 0
|                     |  
+---------------------+
          |
          |
          V
/---------------------\       +---------------------+
|      Have only      |  Yes  |         Use         |
|   default attack    | ----> |   default attack    |
|        skill?       |       |        skill        |
\---------------------/       +---------------------+
          |
          | No
          V
+---------------------+
|    Sum chance of    |  e.g., Skill A - chance 50%
|      all skills     |        Skill B - chance 30%
| call it 'sumChance' |        Sum : 80 = 50%(Skill A) + 30%(Skill B)
+---------------------+
          |
          |
          V
/---------------------\       +---------------------+
| random <= sumChance |  No   |         Use         |
| random range: 1~100 | ----> |   default attack    |
|                     |       |        skill        |
\---------------------/       +---------------------+
          |
          | Yes
          V
+---------------------+
|       Select        |  ** Use WeightedSelector to select skills.
|    skill based on   |     WeightedSelector decisions based on
|    weight(chance)   |     each choice's proportion of the total weight.
+---------------------+
          |
          | Yes
          V
+---------------------+
|         Use         |
|    selected skill   |
|        skill        |
+---------------------+

• Cooldown gets value from SkillSheet
• Power and Chance gets value from item
• How to access buff data.
  1. Take the skill id and find the matching buffer id on the SkillBuffSheet
  2. Find the data in the BuffSheet with the buff id
• Duration gets modify_type from BuffSheet

Tutorial

In the tutorial, the scenario is called recursively, and when the play id does not exist, stop is called. Tutorial trigger conditions are managed by TutorialController. Tutorial execution is managed in Tutorial.

Flow

 ┌────────┐
 │play()  │
 │id:1    │
 │nextId:2│
 └───┬────┘
 ┌───▼────┐
 │play()  │
 │id:2    │
 │nextId:3│
 └───┬────┘
 ┌───▼────┐
 │play()  │
 │id:4    │
 │nextId:?│
 └───┬────┘
 ┌───▼────┐
 │Stop()  │
 └────────┘

Data

• TutorialScenario.json - Tutorial scenario flow data
• TutorialPreset.json - Tutorial directing data
• tutorial.csv - Tutorial text

Prefabs

• UI_Tutorial.prefab