Reputation and Tiers

Reputation Data Table

Tiers are defined by a Data Table, which can be set to the project globally, in the Faction Settings page. The row structure must be FactionReputationTableRow.

When creating this Data Table, you will need to provide the following information.

You can use the following JSON as a starting point for your Data Table.

Reputation JSON Sample
 {...}

Faction Source Interface

This is an interface that can be added to certain objects that can modify a member's Reputation. Some examples:

• The Player enters a zone delimited by a volume and its Reputation is modified. In this case, the volume can be a source.

• The Player defeats an enemy and gains Reputation with a Faction, but looses Reputation with another one. The enemy can be a source.

• The Player finishes a quest and gains Reputation, the quest giver or quest object can be a source.

These gains can also be dynamic, customized to the Faction Member requesting them and Event, which makes this approach very flexible.

Managing Reputation

Reputation is added via the Faction Manager, directly or via objects implementing the Faction Source interface.

Add Reputation

Reputation can be added directly, using the AddReputation function.

Blueprint

C++

void APluginLabsCharacter::AddReputation(const UNinjaFactionDataAsset* FactionData, int32 Reputation) const
{
    FactionManager->AddReputation(FactionData, Reputation, this, Tag_Factions_Event_Generic);
}

When adding Reputation, the following parameters are expected by the function:

Parameter	Description
Faction Data	Data Asset representing the target Faction.
Reputation	Amount of reputation to add to the membership.
Source	Object responsible for this change. It could be an implementation of FactionSourceInterface.
Event Tag	Gameplay Tag explaining the type of event that originated this change.

note

Decreasing Reputation

You can also decrease the current Reputation by providing negative numbers!

If the source implements the Faction Source Interface, it will be given an opportunity to make sure that the change being requested is truly viable.

This can be used to make sure that RPCs sent to the server, requesting changes in the Reputation, are valid.

Add Reputation From Source

Reputation can be added from any sources, using the AddReputationFromSource function.

Blueprint

C++

void APluginLabsCharacter::AddReputationFromSource(const UObject* Source, FGameplayTag EventTag) const
{
    FactionManager->AddReputationFromSource(Source, EventTag);
}

Delegates

Changes in the Reputation and Tier can be tracked by binding to the appropriate Multicast Delegates in the Faction Manager.

• OnReputationChanged: Broadcast whenever Reputation changes (client and server).

• OnTierChanged: Broadcast whenever the Tier changes (client and server).