* For now, this is limited to instances inside custom objects. This will be made available in the future for all instances in scenes if this works well.
* This is not finished yet:
- Documentation needs to be written.
- Menu item (and shortcut?) to quickly toggle between a standard event and a else event must be added so it's easy to switch from one to the other.
- Design must be adapted to make it clearer that the else event is "linked" to the previous one and is not run if the previous event is run.
- Variants allows to restyle custom objects
- They can be customized with the graphical editor
- The asset store will progressively use them notably for UI elements (buttons, sliders)
* Still to do:
* Properly handle effects (disable 3D effects) for layers
* Handle hot reloading properly
* Avoid duplicating the configuration of the custom object inside each object created from it. Instead, only store the modified values.
* Add a "Extract as a custom object ("prefab")" when selecting instances in a scene.
* Add a dialog to give choice between 2D or 3D object when creating one.
* Make sure "behavior shared data" are properly handled (physics, pathfinding...)
* Check if we need to give an expression to translate coordinates from the parent to the local custom object.
* Ensure a deleted custom object does not break the editor
Co-authored-by: Davy Hélard <davy.helard@gmail.com>
- Global or scene variables can be used with a unique action and condition.
- Object variables can be used with a unique action and condition.
- Variables need to be declared following the same logic as the new expression syntax.
- Local variable can be declared on events
- Extensions have their own variables
- Show a diagnostic report when a preview is launched and there are missing scene variables, object variables or behaviors.
- This is especially useful if external events are shared between several scenes.
* For example, "Your score is " + NumberVariable + " points" was rejected, because the second operator type was not properly inferred.
* If something does not work in your game anymore, double check if your expressions in the events sheets are not underlined in red. Sometimes, adding `ToString(` or `ToNumber(` around it might be required.
Gleb Volkov