Installing the RPG Creation Kit

This article is dedicated to the installation of the RPG Creation Kit and the checks to perform in order to know if everything installed correctly.

It is highly recommend to create a new Unity Project to have a fresh and clean installation and to keep the project clean during the "Getting Started" tutorial series. The import of the package will override your Project Settings, hence you should create a new one.

The project was made and released with Unity 2020.3.25f1, and it should support any newer version.

Installation

Before installing the RPG Creation Kit, make sure your project contains and uses the new Unity's Input System.

If it doesn't, while importing the package it will propt you to switch to the new Unity's Input System, you'll have to click YES, the Editor will restart and you'll have to import the RPG Creation Kit again.

When importing the package you will be prompted with this window:

You need to click "Import" and override the Project Settings.

Next, you need to select what to import in the project, obviously you need everything, so click the "All" button and then "Import".

Once everything is imported, check the console to see if there are any errors, if there are none, click the Play button and if the game starts everything should be ok.

If you are getting errors make sure the dependencies are installed properly.

The RPG Creation Kit uses the new Unity Input's System, obtainable from the Package Manager, if you're getting errors regarding "Input" or "Input System", make sure you have installed and enabled the newer Input System. For an installation guide of the Input System, click here. If you have installed the Input System after importing the RPG Creation Kit, or if you are not able to click on UI, restart Unity.

Layout and Verification

Before going forward, I highly suggest you to use, at least at this stage of learning, the "RPG Creation Kit Windows Layout", as the layout of the windows is a fundamental part of the workflow.

On the top-right of the screen click on "Layout -> Load Layout From file" and import the file "RPGCreationKit.wlt" located at:

Note: On newer versions of Unity (2021+) you may have to do "Window> Layout ->Load Layout From file" instead.

"Assets/RPG Creation Kit/Templates/RPGCreationKit.wtl".

The Editor will reload and you should have this situation:

We'll get through every window later, for now focus on the Cell View.

On the top-right of the window you'll see three buttons "M" "WL" and "Refresh", click on "M" to load the main menu and hit "Play" to play the game.

If everything is installed correctly you should be able to play through the demo just as you did with the executable, so try a little bit, create a new character, load savegames and play with it to ensure everything works as it should.