# MONSTER SCRIPTS ### Overview First, just play around in the demo scene to see each monster and their skin variations. Drag and drop one of the monster prefabs in `Cainos\Pixel Art Monster - Dungeon\Prefab` into your scene and then you can control it with your mouse and keyboard. For every monster prefab, there are 3 scripts attached to it:


Pixel Monster	Controlling the appearance and animation of the monster.
Monster Controller	Controlling the movement of the monster.
Monster Input Mouse and Keyboard	Reading mouse and keyboard input and feed into the Monster Controller script

Generally, you would let an AI rather than players to control the monsters. In this case, remove the `Monster Input Mouse and Keyboard` component and let your AI to feed in the input values to the controller script, or you can only keep the `Pixel Monster` component and take full control of the monster’s movement by yourself. ### ### Pixel Monster Script for controlling the appearance and animation of the monster. Properties in the `Runtime` foldout should only be modified in the runtime except `Facing`. Some properties in the `Runtime` foldout will be modified by `Monster Controller` script.


Renderers	Reference to all the renderers inside the monster prefab.
Animator	Reference to the animator object inside the monster prefab.
Fx	Reference to the object that contain special effects inside the monster prefab. Can be left empty.
Die Fx Prefab	The special effects object to instantiate when the monster dies. Can be left empty.

Alpha	Controls the transparency of the entire monster.
Facing	The monster’s facing. Can be changed in editor to set the character’s initial facing.
Is Hiding	Is the monster hiding. Only works for Mimic.
Is Grounded	Is the monster on ground.
Is Dead	Is the monster dead? Turn this on will only let the monster play the die animation. If you also want to stop the monster’s movement. Turn on the [Is Dead] property of the controller script.
Moving Blend	Moving animation blend. 0.0: Idle 0.5: Walk 1.0: Run

Attack	Play attack animation.
Injured Front	Play `Injured Front` animation.
Injured Back	Play `Injured Back` animation.

### Monster Controller Script for controlling the monster’s movement. It will modify some of the parameters in the `Pixel Character` script to control animation.


Default Movement	Default movement type, walk or run.
Walks Speed Max	Max walking speed.
Walks Acc	Walking Acceleration.
Run Speed Max	Max running speed.
Run Acc	Running Acceleration.
Air Speed Max	Max move speed while in air.
Air Acc	Air acceleration.
Ground Brake Acc	Braking acceleration while on ground. Applied when there is no movement input.
Air Brake Acc	Braking acceleration while in air. Applied when there is no movement input.
Jump Speed	Speed applied to the character when jump.
Jump Cooldown	Time needed to be able to jump again after landing.
Jump Delay	Time it takes from the moment the jump input is fired to the moment the monster actually jumps. During this time, the jump prepare animation will be played to achieve a more realistic jump behavior, and you will need to press the key for a little while until the monster actually jump. If you do not need this, you can set it to 0.
Jump Gravity Multiplier	Gravity multiplier when the monster is jumping. Set it to lower value so that the longer you press the jump button, the higher the monster can jump.
Fall Gravity Multiplier	Gravity multiplier when monster is falling.
Moving Blend Transition Speed	The transition speed when modifying the `Moving Blend` property in `Pixel Monster` script.
Ground Check Size	Size of the box on character's bottom to determine whether the character is on ground.
Can Attack in Air	Can the monster perform attack action while in air.
Can Attack When Moving	Can the monster perform attack action while moving. When turned off, it also forbids the monster to move while in attack animation.

Input Move	Movement input, x for horizontal, y for vertical, x and y should be in `[-1.0, 1.0]`.
Input Move Modifier	Input to switch between walk and run.
Input Jump	Jump input.
Input Attack	Attack input.
Is Dead	Is the monster dead? When turned on, it will also turn on the `Is Dead` property on `Pixel Monster` script and stop the monster’s movement.

### Monster Flying Controller Same as `Monster Controller` script, but for monsters that can fly.


Speed Max	Max moving speed.
Acc	Moving Acceleration.
Brake Acc	Braking acceleration Applied when there is no movement input.
Ground Check Size	Size of the box on character's bottom to determine whether the character is on ground.
Moving Blend Transition Speed	The transition speed when modifying the `Moving Blend` property in `Pixel Monster` script.
Dead Gravity Scale	Gravity scale when the character is dead. Flying monsters will have their gravity scale set to 0 when there are alive. So, this parameter actually controls whether the flying monster should fall to the ground when it is dead.

Input Move	Movement input, x for horizontal, y for vertical, x and y should be in `[-1.0, 1.0]`.
Input Attack	Attack input.
Is Dead	Is the monster dead? When turned on, it will also turn on the `Is Dead` property on `Pixel Monster` script and stop the monster’s movement.

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