Level FAQ

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How do I make Levels/Maps for Blade and Sorcery?

A video guide for making levels will be uploaded at a later date. In the meantime, you can join the Discord and look at the #modding-resources forum to follow the community-written guides.

Why can’t I spawn in my map? / My map kicks me back to character selection

  • Make sure that your level has a Level component, as well as a PlayerSpawner component, where the ID of the PlayerSpawner is set to “default”.
  • Make sure that your scene does not have any enabled cameras. This can either cause an issue with sound/UI, or force it to be the main camera.
  • Ensure that your Level JSON is set up correctly, with the correct game-modes set. You can find information on this in the Level JSON documentation.

My map isn’t on the map selection board

  • Ensure that your Level JSON is set up correctly, with the correct game-modes set. You can find information on this in the Level JSON documentation.
  • Ensure that your map’s ID is not conflicting with another existing map.
  • Ensure that your scene addressable address is correct
  • Ensure that your worldmapTextureAddress is correct.
  • Ensure that “showOnMap” in the JSON is set to true
  • If the problem is on Nomad, ensure that “hideOnAndroid” is set to false
  • Ensure that “showOnlyDevMode” is false

No enemies spawn when starting a wave

  • Ensure that your WaveSpawner book has a WaveSpawner script linked to it.
  • Ensure that your NPC spawn points are located on a navigation mesh
  • Ensure that you have baked a Navigation Mesh or baked a NavMeshSurface.

My Wave book is empty

  • Ensure that the ID located in the Wave Spawner’s “setup” area is set to a map that already exists (like Arena), or the wave json have the ID set correctly in the “waveSelectors”. The easiest function is to set the ID in the UI Wave Spawner script to a level that already exists.
  • Your SDK may be installed incorrectly or is out of date. Try a re-install of the SDK and make sure you are on the Unity version 2021.3.38f1

My Zones don’t work, or they block the player.

  • Ensure that the zone is set to the “Zone” layer
  • Ensure that the zone has a collider, and that the collider is set to “trigger”.

I’m having shader issues with my map / I have pink shaders in my map.

  • Ensure that Fog is enabled under the Lighting settings, and ensure it is set to Linear
  • Check the SDKShaderStripConfig to ensure that the shader isn’t stripped (e.g. URP/TerrainLit is stripped.)