💻┃unity-talk

[tall hearth]

first of all no one in their right mind will download this. Secondly for the third time now your Compiled game file is not the project folder

[slow dirge]

Please don't share random files

[narrow canopy]

ok

[stuck flower]

You don't. It's the folder you open in the hub

[glad bloom]

anyone know what causes this overlapping, I am using an isometric Z as Y grid tile map

heres another screenshot

[viral hill]

best to ask #🖼️┃2d-tools

[oak meadow]

How do you deal with not having enough players on launch for online games

[unreal jewel]

market it better

if you don't have enough players you get more players

[hushed hamlet]

You can populate it with bots if player counts are too low, so at least there is someone to play with

Personally, I like to make the bots notably different

[fair cove]

Thats honestly one of the hardest parts of multiplayer games, actually having enough players at any given time of day so people have others to play with, and usually youll need to have a large and diverse player pool, which means a lot of people need to know your game exists, and also have access to your game (if its a paid game your going to automatically have a smaller pool of players than a free game for example, since not everyone who wants to play your game may be able to afford it)

[rain barn]

I'm trying to do the roll a ball tutorial, but I can't get the ball to move. I have the Active input handling set to both. The Player Input module on the ball says there are no input actions associated with this input component, but I made the Inputs folder and have the Actions set up in there. idk what else I need to do to get this to work.

[wraith coral]

Wht shd I learn in this
Wht courses shd I learn ?

[unreal jewel]

you need to actually tell it what input actions asset to use

right now you've just created them

but the actual 'actions' field is empty

[rain barn]

thanks a bunch, I've been scratching my head trying to find out why it wasn't working for a while. its working great now

[undone monolith]

What is the difference between a Serialised field and a public float?

[storm patio]

those aren't really separate things

they're like, separate categories

[unreal jewel]

a [SerializeField] attribute just tells unity to show the field in the inspector no matter if it's private or public
but if it's public, then it's both shown in the inspector and any other script can access it (given it has a reference to it)

[copper gust]

Unity natually serialises things that are public, SerializeField lets you explicitly serialise without it being public

[storm patio]

public fields are serialized as well - a more apt comparison would be between a private field marked SerializeField, vs a public field without the attribute, to which the answer would be that one is private and the other is public

[undone monolith]

Essentially Serialised field and public float both show up in the inspector, but public floats can be accessed by other scripts, while Serialised field cannot, correct?

[unreal jewel]

yeah

[storm patio]

public fields are serialized

[unreal jewel]

fields are by default private, if you make them public then other scripts can access them

and serialized fields are ones that are shown in the inspector

unity by default serializes public fields

[storm patio]

also, this doesn't depend on the type - float would just be the type of the field

[viral hill]

No. It being private is what makes it inaccessible to other scripts. Manual Serialization is simply something that you commonly attribute to private variables

[unreal jewel]

or you can force unity to serialize any field with the [SerializeField] attribute

[undone monolith]

Oh alright I understand now. Thanks guys

[storm patio]

only if it's a serializable type.

[unreal jewel]

well yeah

[storm patio]

(rq, not intended as a personal jab, but - i get you're trying to simplify, but there's a point where oversimplification can end up being subtly inaccurate)

[ashen bough]

6000.2.7f2

[elder haven]

Does anyone know of any games that are made with Unity HDRP?

I was surprised to find out Escape From Tarkov is made with URP, considering how detailed the game is

[fair cove]

You can learn whatever youd like from that link, theres many sections that cover different parts of the engine and many "Pathways" that cover topics like programming, design, art integration, ui, audio, etc its up to you what you want to learn, you can focus on just one specific thing or you can go through all of it till you feel confident enough in knowing your way around the engine and scripting within it, so maybe a better question might be what do you WANT to learn?

[wraith coral]

Idk wht I want to learn 😅😅

[copper gust]

lethal company

[elder haven]

Do you know why? The game isn't very graphically detailed

[copper gust]

volumetric fog

its also all realtime lighting so its a lot more demanding than you might think

[exotic relic]

But that stuff is in urp too

[copper gust]

volumetric fog? not out of the box

[fair cove]

I would start with the very beginning then, learn about Unity Hub, how to navigate in the editor, all the absolute basics, its all structured and ordered by those cards on the site, so you can start with "beginner" card or the pathways

[exotic relic]

maybe not instantly out of the box, neither is hdrp. could pick up a decent asset that provides it

[copper gust]

potentially yeah

thats not what they did

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fair cove]

Volumetric fog and lighting (and decals) are things that are "out of the box" with HDRP, unless they changed it so you now have to install those packages separately, I remember when I used HDRP for a project all that stuff came with the template

[copper gust]

decals have been in urp for awhile now too but its one of those things where it feels more recent than it actually is

[wraith coral]

Ohkk
Thank you

[fair cove]

Yeah, I remember when I started my project, the main reason we chose HDRP was because it supported Decals and URP didnt at the time

[elder haven]

Do displacement/height maps work in URP?

[exotic relic]

Yes

[sly lake]

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon, Harold Halibut, and infamously; Cities: Skylines 2.

[sly lake]

Supposedly it’s a custom render pipeline

[ocean pumice]

And do not crosspost!

[rotund stone]

Hello guys, I have a small problem regarding a scrollview. Basically, whenever I try to scroll and even modify the scrollbar value manually during game, it just doesn't scroll. The scrollbar moves but the content remains still. It does work in edit mode though

I tried looking it up but it seems I don't have the common issues people could be having, like not having assigned a viewport

the scrollbar component is this, idk if it helps

[ocean pumice]

How are you setting the scrollbar value by code?

[rotund stone]

I mean I can send the script, but it doesn't matter I think? Right now I've disabled the script to debug this issue, as it doesn't even scroll when I directly, manually modify the scrollbar value during play

[ocean pumice]

And you are sure, the scrollbar is the one you have attached to your scrollview component?

Wondering why interactable is disabled

[stiff quest]

Looks like interectable is off

[rotund stone]

yeah it's disabled because normally I control the scrolling via script, basically whenever the player moves off screen in the UI I calculate the new scrollbar value and assign via code

[ocean pumice]

oh, you want to do lazy loading?

[rotund stone]

and in any case I also tried enabling interactable and it still doesn't scroll, so that's not the problem I think

[rotund stone]

uh no? It's just the way I make the player interact with the UI

my game doesn't use a mouse at all, the player controls the UI with the keyboard

[ocean pumice]

cause you said, when the player moves off the screen. Just trying to understand your setup here

When you are using the mouse (just for testing), can you actually scroll the scrollview content?

[rotund stone]

nope

[ocean pumice]

are you sure, your content rect is adapting to the content at all? What does your contents rect transform look like?

[rotund stone]

also I can confirm that I can move the content object itself manually during play, so there isn't a script freezing it in place or something. I just can't move it by modifying the scrollbar value

[ocean pumice]

I think, thats because the scrollview is controlling your scrollbar, not the otherway around: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/UIElements.ScrollView-scrollOffset.html

Oh wait, thats UIElements

[rotund stone]

what do you mean? During edit mode, if I modify the scrollbar value, the thing does scroll

[ocean pumice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@2.0/manual/script-ScrollRect.html

yes, because the scroll rect comp is not active. but in playmode, it will override the scrollbar value.

But its still weird that you cannot scroll the view in playmode with your mouse

[rotund stone]

ok I see, I have to look for verticalNormalizedPosition as a property in the scroll view

but I don't see it in the inspector

can I only modify it via code?

I do use that property in my script, I just assumed I could also see it in the inspector

[ocean pumice]

I think you cant do that in editor inspector. If I remember correctly writing a stepped scrollview, I also had to do this via code and not in inspector

[rotund stone]

unity being unity as usual

but thank you, I'll try looking into it like that

[fresh otter]

guys, how to decide what type of game I wanna make? 😭

[ocean pumice]

If you are new, chose something simple. Try to adapt existing mechanics maybe, like tic tac toe but in 3d or what not. If you are just starting, the first games will most likely get stuck in prototype state and give you a bunch of learnings for the next one

[fresh otter]

yeah but if you start you start with a dream game which you can slowly work towards but idk anymore 😭

idk if i wanna make 2d or 3d

fps or soulslike

idk

[ocean pumice]

yeh, we all have dreams, but knowing your limits is already a big learning. Soulslike games are not easily done to make them "fun". FPS is wide spread among code/tutorials and project quantity, so that could be something you can work your way towards which does not require too much mechanics from the beginning.

[fresh otter]

yeah, is it maybe smart to make a base idea of one of my dream games and write it down and then make multiple games working towards that final product learning all mechanics one by one

[ocean pumice]

thats a great idea actually. Try to make mini games from the mechanics you would love to have and get the learnings you need before even trying to combine them. Good call there

[fresh otter]

alr, then i'm first gonna write down what i want in my dream game, idk if i'm gonna take the fps tho

[unreal jewel]

if you start a big project with little experience the codebase is quickly gonna turn into an unmanagable mess - that's why it's often recommended that beginners should make small games

[ocean pumice]

If its just for your concept, you can think of anything 🙂 Just knowing, if you would start that "dream game" right now, you would kill your own idea because you will most likely stumble over so many hurdles that it will kill your enthusiasm for that idea

[fresh otter]

yh, i've heard that 😭

[fresh otter]

fair, but it's always worth a try

[unreal jewel]

i'm not saying you can't start with a big project right away, but making small projects will make your life easier

[fresh otter]

if it doesn't work out it means i wasnt good enough

[ocean pumice]

Thats a wrong assumption

[unreal jewel]

odds are, your first few games aren't gonna be great, but that doesn't mean they will never be

[ocean pumice]

Or rather said, the objective way of saying this will not be the result you gonna experience when you fail after months of trying. But thats just my advice from some years experience. You decide if youw anna verify this again 😉

[sharp jetty]

Pay to win tho

[fresh otter]

🔥

[unreal jewel]

what

[sharp jetty]

Commission work

[unreal jewel]

still doesn't make any sense

commissioning people to make the game for you isn't gonna teach you anything

[sharp jetty]

Teaching from exploration will give you an example of the right path

[unreal jewel]

i wouldn't say so

it can be very overwhelming looking at other people's code you don't understand

[sharp jetty]

So asking for help makes you a worse person? At coding? Where you just have to arrive at a solution and if you can't you have to scrap it? Cuz at a point go for pay to win consultants

[unreal jewel]

that is absolutely not what i said, what are you even talking about?

[sharp jetty]

Ur talking about hard work it's not hard work to learn it's reading and practicing not trial and errors on a big project

[ocean pumice]

Finding arguments to prove his point even if they are far off the topic here. Of course observing others can help improve knowledge, but not built up basics and experience you need to understand specific scenarios yourself.

[plush heron]

hi... can someone help me out w how to use ML agents in Unity, or suggest me some good tutorials

[unreal jewel]

you can learn a lot of things (usually even more) from finishing multiple small projects than getting stuck on one big one

[sharp jetty]

The basics are found in books I read a whole textbook and learned the basics

[unreal jewel]

there are a lot of free resources online

[sharp jetty]

I spent 20 hours reading and understanding a textbook and it made me decent at basic theory

[ocean pumice]

20 hours, you must be joking. I guess this is a question of defining "basics"

[tall hearth]

20 hours isnt much when it comes down to it

[ocean pumice]

close to nothing from my opinion.

[sharp jetty]

It's skilled basics from a place of education so it will be relevant until updates happen

[tall hearth]

ah thought you were here saying that it seemed like quite a bit

[sharp jetty]

20 hours for a skill isn't much but it gets the ball rolling before you ever touch a project

[unreal jewel]

i'm not saying you can't learn the basics from a book, but you definitely don't have to, there are plenty of other resources for completely free online

[ocean pumice]

I am out of this discussion. You are not here to have an objective discussion, just trying to convince people from something while stretching your opinion to fit the needs of reaching your goal. Good luck to you anyways in your future projects 🙂

[unreal jewel]

some people don't like textbooks or don't learn well from them

[sharp jetty]

I read it from a online textbook with decent pacing so yes it's definitely worth it to find a book

[unreal jewel]

it's worth it to find a book if you want to learn from a book, but that's far from the only way

[sharp jetty]

I mean it's one continuation not a bunch of small implications that gets boring after a while

It's a good start from what I'm saying. But you can start from anywhere but if you standardize yourself you will have standardized projects with substantially less bugs

In most cases

If you understand everything correctly that is... Which is a skill of memory and practice

[uncut rivet]

!install

[vagrant root]

When Unity fails to install checklist

• Make sure you have enough space including on C: drive.
• Check that it's not being blocked by antivirus/security programs.
• Look through the logs for a real reason why the setup fails they are pinned [here](#💻┃unity-talk message).

If you still have issues, perform a clean install in another location:

• Install the Hub and Unity in a non-system drive or a clean new folder in the root of C: drive.
• Failing that use the recovery Refresh option or reinstall OS entirely then repeat the previous step.

[stable sky]

Where can I get the Crouching Walking animation?

[somber agate]

The error was caused by parts of the source texture being assigned multiple times.

[plain dagger]

Overlapping uvs! I think i told you the solution but fixing uv0 also works

[candid lark]

how do i make a project with my friend

[somber agate]

Ah, sry I am very new to 3D so I thought you meant overlapping points in the mesh.

[unreal jewel]

usually using a source control system (like git - the most popular one)

[candid lark]

what

[plain dagger]

No problem. The option on the model importer will make unity auto gen new uvs for light mapping which won't overlap. Useful if your model needs to make use of overlapping uvs

[ocean pumice]

or using unitys own Unity devops (plastic scm)

[unreal jewel]

i gave you some search terms to google, go ahead

but source control systems basically let you (among other very useful things) easily sync and share changes between devices

[terse shore]

Mixamo

[stable sky]

I found this animation there, but it doesn't work with my character

[terse shore]

youre character must use the mixamo rig for it to work

[gray frigate]

you need to import both:

• your character's model
• the animation(s) from mixamo

as Humanoid rigs to make this work

A humanoid animation can be played by any animator with a humanoid avatar

The default is "Generic" – these animations target specific bones, and they cannot be used by any other rig

[fair cove]

Wasnt that renamed to just "Unity Version Control"?

[deft rock]

yes

[cyan oyster]

Hi, unity beginner question here. I used to make 3d levels with Valve Hammer Editor and it had an excellent feature where i could press Z in the 3d view, and the cursor would disappear, and you could fly around the 3d view with WASD while using your mouse to turn the view. One thing im finding very annoying in Unity is that when i try to make big turns in the 3d view with the mouse, the cursor goes out the window, which is not a big problem in itself, but it interrupts the turning if im strafing or moving at the same time. To me this makes navigating in the 3d view a bit inefficient. Is there any way to change this? Maybe with a plugin?

[sly lake]

It just wraps around, no?

[cyan oyster]

I hold right click to start turning, but the turning often gets interrupted for reasons that i havent entirely understood, but it happens sometimes if the cursor goes outside the window, or onto my other screen, or if i just stop moving for a bit. So the turning constantly gets interrupted and i have to right click again to enter "turning mode" again

If im only turning, not moving, it wraps around fine, yes

[sleek halo]

quick question, does clicking on "revert change set" reverts the changes made to my project back to that particular date

if I'm understanding it correctly from this forum question

[shadow heron]

wdym the cursor goes out the window? if you want to fly around in the scene view you need to be holding the left mouse button the whole time and you can move around with wasd.

Wait I see what you mean by cusor going out the window but it shouldn't stop you from doing anything

[cyan oyster]

Try using wasd while turning with the mouse. When i do that, i sometimes lose the ability to turn with the mouse

[potent moss]

does anyone maybe know why _camera returns null here?

I'm probably being stupid somehow but yeah

https://blazebin.io/sdoxgukqsokz/0

[shadow heron]

Works fine for me

[cyan oyster]

Hmm actually it seems only happen when i use the arrow keys for navigating

[storm patio]

where is this instance of the component

[stuck flower]

Because it's null. Either you never set it or you set it to a value that is also null

[storm patio]

have you actually assigned anything to _camera

[shadow heron]

so you weren't using wasd?

[cyan oyster]

No, sorry

[storm patio]

the Find in Start isn't doing shit, it's a local variable, and your ide is telling you as such

[cyan oyster]

i will try binding some other keys, wasd is not convenient for me as im using the mouse with my left hand. thanks for helping

i thought the arrow keys were equivalent to wasd for navigating, but i guess they trigger something that interrupts the mouselook

[potent geyser]

Because you're creating a new camera variable in Start, not using the one you think you're using.

Also this is your last free warning about not using #💻┃code-beginner for your constant code questions.

[stuck flower]

Because https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/c-sharp/scope-of-variables-in-c-sharp/

[terse shore]

thats true many animations dont work perfectly

with generic

[potent moss]

yeah sorry I was being stupid

thanks king

[storm patio]

you should start taking notes, like i said many days ago

[odd rivet]

people, question

i have a 2d game on Unity 2021.3.6f1

[storm patio]

just ask, don't lead with that

[odd rivet]

and it has a security issue

[storm patio]

and actually just ask your question in a single message please

[tall hearth]

Lets write in full sentences please

[odd rivet]

oka, sorry xd

[deft rock]

type in full sentences, don't spread your question across several msgs so it gets broken up and lost

[storm patio]

do we have a tag for this yet

[balmy kettle]

update to a version where it is patched, or manually patch it. #📢┃announcements message

[odd rivet]

it will explode if i pass it to Unity 6?

[odd rivet]

oka

[deft rock]

Just to answer this in general (do what Box said for your specific situation).

It... depends.. the bigger the jump between versions the more likely you are to run into issues, and more likely to have to put it extra time/work to fix things.

(In general) It's unlikely to ever break a project beyond repair - but the work required for a huge leap (5.6 to 6) might be more work than the time spent doing is worth.

The more third party plugins/ assets you're using too will be a factor too, as they are more likely to not have updates to work with newer versions of Unity.

[south crane]

Why does this happen? it only shows the first part of the level? It also turns alot darker

Nvm i fixed it. It was scaled down in the sprite editor

[odd rivet]

i only use the default components and i only script with visual studio. i didnt put any plug in or strange asset, just 2d sprites that i drawn in Krita. Will it be too buggy?

[deft rock]

i only script with visual studio
What you use to write your code has no relevance to anything.

Will it be too buggy?
My entire msg was meant to teach you and not have any follow up questions. The answer is still "it depends".

You can only ever try it to find out. Which you can do safely by having the project baked up on version control (eg: git)

[odd rivet]

Oka, ill do a backup and try, thank you c:

i updated, and at least in-game, it works the same. ill see later if the code has a problem or something. but so far, at least my game will be secured. Ty for the help yall

[shadow heron]

When I am in scene view in full screen is there a way to make it so when I press play while in scene view full screen it changes to the playmode screen? its a bit annoying getting out of scene view then going to play mode

[inner zephyr]

Hello everyone, I am having an error that causes Unity to crash while building in Unity Hub (I am building a 3D project, 2D project also has this problem), like when I open the project and work for 15 minutes, it will crash, very annoying
Has anyone had the same problem as me and fixed it, please tell me how to fix it
Link drive video , crash in 15:50
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ybm5zoyhV52hzQgrQa7m8-HbxtrMqrIj?usp=sharing

[sweet charm]

!logs

[vagrant root]

📝 Logs

Documentation

Editor logs

Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\Editor.log
MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/Unity/Editor.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Editor.log

Unity Hub

Windows: %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs
Mac: ~/Library/Application support/UnityHub/logs
Linux: ~/.config/UnityHub/logs

[sweet charm]

Check the log at the time of the crash

U might want to upgrade the editor version to the lastest LTS

[viral hill]

yeah you can write an editor script to do that for you

something like this

{
    Type gameViewType = typeof(EditorWindow).Assembly.GetType("UnityEditor.GameView");

    if (gameViewType != null)
    {
        EditorWindow gameView = EditorWindow.GetWindow(gameViewType);

        if (gameView != null)
        {
            gameView.maximized = true;
        }
    }
}```

[wanton wolf]

anyone wanna join my minecraft server lmaoo

[viral hill]

there's no off topic here

[cyan geode]

hi guys

i was asking can i actually model in unity?

and how to make money out of it in the builder/modeler feild

[gray dirge]

Depends on what you are about to model, but unity isn't really a modeling software. You would be much much better off using a real modelling software (like Blender or Maya) if you want to have a career as modeler. Pretty much the only two modelling tools unity provides are the pro builder (for simple geometry) and the Terrain system (for making landscapes, you still need to model the trees/rocks/etc. elsewhere). There are surely some third party modelling tools available, but again, unity isn't really meant to be a modelling tool

[dense sentinel]

For things like rocks and small environment bits, would I be able to import the model without unwrapping it and slap on a material in unity? Or would I have to unwrap every single rock and texture it, etc

[vivid cedar]

You can use ProBuilder but it's not very good compared with actual 3D modelling applications like Blender

[vivid cedar]

Any 3D model you create you will need to UV map

you can use Triplanar shaders for certain things, but not something like a rock

[cyan geode]

OHH

i get it now

so unity is just like

the game operating system where i place everything togeteher

right?

[vivid cedar]

Unity is a game engine, not 3D modelling software

[cyan geode]

oo

[cyan geode]

seems hard

[vivid cedar]

Just like it's not an image editor either

[dense sentinel]

Why not a rock?

Like stuff like this for example

[cyan geode]

holy that looks insane

pretty hard

[vivid cedar]

can the rock move or rotate

triplanar shaders are based on the world space position of the fragment

[stuck flower]

Well yeah it cost $200 million to make

[vivid cedar]

so it would look very odd if it moved

[dense sentinel]

Ah I see

[cyan geode]

dayum..

[shadow heron]

Yea but when I am using the scene view in full screen I want it to change to the playmode in full screen as well. I don't want the playmode to pop up in the corner in a little window.

[viral hill]

Ok, and my proposed solution solves this problem

[obsidian herald]

hi does anyone know how to get multiple developers on one project?

[vivid cedar]

Use version control software such as Git or Unity Version Control

[obsidian herald]

like vcs cloud edition?

[vivid cedar]

you'll have to be more specific about what that is

[obsidian herald]

https://learn.unity.com/course/getting-started-with-plastic-scm/tutorial/set-up-plastic-scm-in-the-unity-editor?version=2022.1

it was written here

[vivid cedar]

yes that's Unity Version Control

[obsidian herald]

ok thanks a lot

[waxen star]

can anyone help me cut up this image into something that would properly repeat itself in a sprite sheet

its extremely bland cuz i wanna know how to properly cut stuff up but its wayyy bigger then the tile when i put it in unity

if the sprite itself isnt repeatable thats fine

[radiant pewter]

how can I import TMPro in Unity 2018.4.34f1?

nvm I had an empty manifest file for some reason

so the package manager was gone

[tall hearth]

this should sum it up pretty well https://youtu.be/z-XrOB-XSHY

[south summit]

why my barrel model is missing some mesh parts?

[exotic relic]

you applied a material to it that has transparency, the mesh exists its just you are using a invisible texture

you are using ammo texture instead of the barrel material

[south summit]

👍

[twin forge]

This number keeps increasing. How long do you think it will last? 😂

[tame shadow]

Does anyone know the workflow for maintaining a UPM package, but also uploading it to the asset store?

It seems you can only really do one or the other

[tame shadow]

haha, from experience, anywhere from 15 days to 30 days

[vivid cedar]

I do both. Basically the github version gets updated first then I upload it to the asset store.

[tame shadow]

Do you need to copy the package contents into an Assets folder? It seems like the Asset Store Uploader tool only allows you to upload files in an Assets folder

[plain dagger]

does the asset store support upm packages properly yet?

i basically never touch anything from the asset store anymore

[vivid cedar]

The package contents never leave my assets folder

[vivid cedar]

with a third party plugin 😆

[plain dagger]

gah fucking sad

[tame shadow]

interesting. (my package is "Health System"), so you don't have it following this layout?

[tame shadow]

Yee..but gotta find a way to make some revenue as an asset developer

[vivid cedar]

I have a Unity project designed for working on, testing, and editing my package.

inside the assets folder of that project is a folder that contains the full unity asset store contents of the package

which also happens to be a valid UPM package

[plain dagger]

the last package I maintained for use over 2 games was always edited in one of those 2 projects (as an embedded package)

[tame shadow]

@vivid cedar So I should be able to just move everything including the package.json into Assets and it should behave pretty much the same?

[vivid cedar]

If you install my package from the asset store it doesn't come in as a UPM package.
If you install it from github it does

[vivid cedar]

Yes, but it will become part of your project assets

[tame shadow]

ah see that seems wonky lol. But I guess thats how it works currently

[plain dagger]

thats fair but unity should then work on supporting this

[tame shadow]

hard agree lol

[vivid cedar]

This is the way to do it properly but I can't be bothered:

needle upm

[plain dagger]

thankfully more plugins use upm or openupm so that helps when you need to update them

mobile plugins love to shove random binaries in Asset/Plugins even though ITS NOT REQUIRED

looking at you google

!collab

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Please, use Discussions to promote yourself as job-seeking, advertise commercial job offers, or look for non-commercial projects to participate in:
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[potent geyser]

Just pointing out that you've been directed to the collab forum before. Use that, thanks.

[grand shale]

Bro at least don't delete it. My English is not good. Let me copy it first.

[grand shale]

It's OK anyway thank you.

[waxen star]

Ty ty

[fallow rock]

which compass does everyone prefer? I know it depends on the game but personally i like the sea of thieves compass

or a minimap over a handheld map like in minecraft

[rich trellis]

I liked the handheld map/compass in FC2

It's wild how the UI in that series did a complete 180 between 2 and 3

[south summit]

no, its like this just that

[cursive cosmos]

does anyone use the eft unity ?i have some issues

[south summit]

may i did something on unity though an option, or the model is wrong in blender

by the way, why my viewmodel rigged weapon is like this? just the slide and offset

[plain dagger]

invert the model normals in blender. You can enable back face culling in blender too so you can see this easier.

[sinful mural]

hellooo

[stuck flower]

!collab

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[elfin sun]

I'm trying to find the information online and can't seem to find it... However, if you were to scale your models to be 100% to scale in Blender and then import them into unity... What would a single terrain tile be in dimensions? I'm looking for a rough 1:1 idea to generally picture how I want to make my map.

[plain dagger]

set your units in blender to meters to match unitys scale

[elfin sun]

Yep, that's what I did. I'm just trying to get a general sense of what it would be. The object is already to scale

I kind of have an idea, a 4x4 terrain map would be just slightly larger than a square mile

[plain dagger]

well you can convert miles to meters if you want and go from there

[elfin sun]

Yeah, I'll see what I can come up with. I want to base my game in the Midwest, but unfortunately.. It's so spread out.

[plain dagger]

then cheat and put things closer together

[elfin sun]

You can easily go 10 miles or better to go from one large city to another

I might have to

[plain dagger]

you will 😆

[mild radish]

☝️ you can define your own scale.. and keep things consistent

only time that full-scale ever works is in Flight Sims

could you imagine if Fallout was in full-scale 👀

or Skyrim

[elfin sun]

So, I was thinking about this for optimization purposes... Unreal Engine has a problem with collisions and stuff when you underscale... Does unity have the same issue?

[mild radish]

how much underscaling are you talking about?

i wouldn't go down into the thousandths lol

even then it might be okay

[elfin sun]

I guess it really just depends, but even if you go half scale in Unreal, it messes with collisions very noticeably.

[mild radish]

i was thinkng more like 1 km = 10units

maybe 100

[mild radish]

eww thats gross.. lol nah Unity can handle half-scale pretty easily in my experience

you can always keep ur rigidbodys full scale 1:1:1 and make ur collider as small as u need to..

1, .1, .01, etc

[elfin sun]

Yeah, it was a huge bummer because I decided to go that route and downscale everything so that it would work... And I couldn't even do that.

Cause I do realize that the further you go from the origin of 0,0,0, the harder the engine has to work

[mild radish]

you may want to consider using floating origins

thats an alternative to scaling

[elfin sun]

I'll have to look into it for sure

[mild radish]

ya, in unity is 1500 units or so..

u start getting precision errors

[elfin sun]

I mean, I'm BRAND NEW to Unity, so alot of it will be trial and error... But I really want to make a game that players can actually stand behind and not have scandal and drama going on in the background. Stuff that's like super questionable to the point they don't even want to support the genre anymore.

[mild radish]

you basically have a threshold u dont want to pass..
once u reach that distance.. u take the offset of everything..
and reposition urself back to zero (player doesn't notice anything)
b/c the world around them adheres to the offset

its like the worlds on a treadmill.. well.. not exactly but cool thought lol

[mild radish]

that'd be more akin to flappy bird

where the worlds moving.. but ur not

[mild radish]

what kind of propaganda / dramafest games u talkin about?

[elfin sun]

Yeah, I gotchu, rather than the world being the center... The player is the center and the world moves while the player is basically at 0,0,0 or whatever predefined origin

[mild radish]

yup, that'd be one way..

the way i mentioned before that.. would be like the world is static until u reach ur limit.. and then the world snaps that new position back to center..

so then u start over.. w/ a new limit

[elfin sun]

I don't want to bring outside drama in, but lets just say that those particular games support pedophilia, sexual assault, and other undesirable actions.

[mild radish]

ohh ewww.. ya we wouldn't wanna be hearing about that anyway

[elfin sun]

Or, I should say, the devs do. The game itself doesn't revolve around that type of thing... But a feller doesn't really want to support a game that has devs with that background.

[mild radish]

oh.. well that seems obvious

[elfin sun]

You would think so, but apparently that's not the case

[mild radish]

give ur money to people that deserve it 🫡

[elfin sun]

My thoughts EXACTLY. If Nazis made some bomb ass chocolate, would you still buy the chocolate, knowing full and well Nazis make it?

[mild radish]

lol.. never considered

but anywho.. since ur a beginner i'll let you get to it.. got some work to do my own 🍀 good luck mate

[elfin sun]

Alrighty man, you take care, I appreciate your insight

[mild radish]

https://manuel-rauber.com/2022/04/06/floating-origin-in-unity/
heres a source for ya b4 i leave..

might get u on the right path.. (if thats what you chose to do)

[elfin sun]

Thank you, I will look into it

I found the answer, 1 terrain tile without scaling is 1 sq kilometer

[blissful hemlock]

hey there mi devs!

i was thinking about UI whats the best way to do an Pokemon style ui ??

but more like the Legends games?

[potent geyser]

Best way in what sense?

[mild radish]

with colorful pictures and dynamic words + numbers 🙂

[waxen star]

How do people typically go about removing the background being shown while the player is moving

before i add pixel perfect camera for it

anti aliasing is off and the filtering is linear

[copper gust]

video isn't loading for me, not sure what you mean via text only

[waxen star]

let me resend it

this

the red lines you see when the player moves

[copper gust]

This might be what your question is but where are those red lines coming from

[waxen star]

it is the question im asking

i wanna get rid of them

i searched it up and its saying to get a new package that handles the camera in a way where that wont happen

but im assuming theres an easier way

cuz ive done it before without it doing that

[copper gust]

Heard. If you don't mind, just a slight nitpick in the way you present questions. Instead of phrasing the question in a "how would i do x" where x is an idea for a solution you have, instead explain the direct problem from the getgo. just more likely to get people replying 😄

do those lines show up when the background is not rendering?

[waxen star]

nope it just shows the basic unity tilemap rendering

so something like this

[vocal heath]

Try preloading tilemap

[waxen star]

how do i do that

[vocal heath]

Do you have multiple scenes

Like a loading scene

[waxen star]

2 seprate levels but this ones in its own scene

[vocal heath]

Use that to preload assets before scene

[vocal heath]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/approach-to-preloading-assets/727886

[vocal heath]

Use this for tilemap coz its in everu scene

[waxen star]

both tilemaps?

[surreal lichen]

Has anyone have an issue where you install Unity packages but they’re not showing up?

I’m having an issue where my packages aren’t showing.

I’m using Unity 6 for this

[storm patio]

in the package manager? are you looking in the right tab?

[surreal lichen]

Yes. I installed UnityGLTF but it’s not giving me the setting for UnityGLTF.

[storm patio]

what do you mean by setting

are you in the package manager?

could you show what you're looking at

[surreal lichen]

Project Setting

[surreal lichen]

Yes that too.

[viral hill]

send a screenshot

[pearl grove]

why is unity asking me to install android module but its already installed

[viral hill]

have you restarted

[pearl grove]

yes

it was installed already

i installed it when i installed the editor

[viral hill]

try deleting it and redownloading 🤷‍♂️

[pearl grove]

editor or module?

[viral hill]

the module

[pearl grove]

how

only install option

[viral hill]

before that though, try deleting your library folder and restarting

[slow dirge]

Make sure you're using the same editor version that has the module installed.

[pearl grove]

ofc i am

its the newest

[slow dirge]

I mean, if you have several installed, it could be that you're opening the project with a different version.

[viral hill]

in the playbacksengine folder i believe

[pearl grove]

i know

but like... I opened the menu from the editor

[viral hill]

actually, try this

kinda crazy that there's no uninstall button

[pearl grove]

on penguinos?

[viral hill]

linux?

[pearl grove]

yea

[viral hill]

i dont see what's stopping you

[slow dirge]

Then give us some more context. Take a screenshot of the whole editor with the warning visible.

[pearl grove]

where is the configs on linux

[viral hill]

it literally says it in the screenshot

[pearl grove]

c drive does not exist on linux

[viral hill]

the "c drive" exists in your computer as a piece of hardware... im not familiar with linux so idk the terminology

[pearl grove]

in linux you only have root (/)

[copper gust]

operating system drive

[slow dirge]

The path leads to the editor installation dir, so look for that. I don't know where it is on Linux either.

[pearl grove]

kinda, but i have my editor on my other drive

[copper gust]

Sounds like you know where to look

[slow dirge]

The version seems to match the one with the modules, so I guess try that reinstall solution.

[pearl grove]

wtf is that

[blissful hemlock]

like the format... bc this is an prototype but.. i want it to look appealing ... with the ui

but the numbers and info are for debugging...

i was thinking to have an mix of pokemon z-a and pokemon legends arceus style...

[potent geyser]

Are you asking for design advice or like actual Unity questions?

[slow dirge]

The modules json file.

[pearl grove]

why is it looking like bs

i darn hate single line jsons

thank god prettifiers exist

[blissful hemlock]

its more like desigin and this is an unity so its a bit of both..

[slow dirge]

It's omiting line breaks and indentations to save space. You need to pretty print it as the screenshot was suggesting.

[pearl grove]

i dont care if the config will weight more by like 2 mbs, but would be nice if i wouldnt had to prettify it

[oak meadow]

What size should a landscape loading screen be im not sure if it will Stretch to different screen sizes or like an ipad will see more of a loading screen than a phone

[slow dirge]

It's not really about what you care about. It's the industry standard. That file is not expected to be read by humans often. For faster read/write times and other operations it's preferred to be in a compressed format. If a human needs to look at it, they'd prettify the contents.

[lapis gate]

I'd probably just find a good middle point then resize with respect to aspect

so like good margins around 0.1 of the screen space, then expand it over that area with resize while keeping aspect of the image of that load screen

oh, also safe space which is actually the more trickier problem. Could just make margins relative to the worst of those safe spaces

[pearl grove]

then whats the point in storing it in human-friendly format...

anyway you will have to use external tool

[copper gust]

Aren’t you having to edit it directly rn?

[pearl grove]

im using prettifier

[south summit]

in which cases? with the both problems i had?

[thorny patio]

Hello

[mortal needle]

anyone having issues right now?

[thorny patio]

Maybe server down!

@mortal needle bro check this out

[mortal needle]

can you sign in to unity hub? @thorny patio

[thorny patio]

You can't unity web login is down now

[thorny patio]

You have to wait until unity fix this

[mortal needle]

i see, thanks

[thorny patio]

https://status.unity.com/

Keep your eyes on it

[thorny patio]

My pleasure

@mortal needle can you tell about your experience in unity

[mortal needle]

dm me bro

[viral hill]

what's wrong with this

[oak meadow]

Is there any information out there on how to make an estimated wait time to find a match

[viral hill]

this is pretty specific to the way your game works, but im sure you'll find tutorials on the general concept

[surreal lichen]

Basically I installed the packages but they’re not showing especially in Project Settings. I’m trying to use UnityGLTF from this.

https://github.com/KhronosGroup/UnityGLTF

[viral hill]

isnt that it all the way at the top of the package list?

[tepid narwhal]

Why does Unity do this

why does it need my entire scene to be rotated to the left

[viral hill]

click one of the colors in the top left right

[tepid narwhal]

I know how to fix it but why does it need to do that

[viral hill]

idk it's just a bug. it's only happened to me a couple times before

[silk whale]

can someone help me, ive had this issue for a while now where im trying to use version 6000.0.32f1, and even though i have used it in the past and it works, it sometimes has this glitch where all the pannels start to flicker and then when i move my cursor over to a different pannel it then duplicates it and then i cant click anything in unity because all the pannels are glitched

in that screen recording im not even clicking anything

its just doing all that

i havent done anything to the pannels at all

i just opened another project using the same editor version and everything works so i dont know whats wrong

nevermind, fixed it

[sleek halo]

does clicking on "revert change set" reverts the changes made to my project back to that particular date

if I'm understanding it correctly from this forum question

[storm patio]

it sounds like it creates a revert commit just for that commit (changeset)

[sleek halo]

oh so it just undoes whatever changes i've made back to the previous state?

[storm patio]

i'm not sure what it does, but that's not what i'm saying it probably does

what i'm saying is that, if you have commits A, B, C, and then you revert B, you basically get A, B, C, B', where B' is the opposite of what B did, so you effectively get A, C

[viral hill]

this is a common bug with 6.0 and 6.2, id recommend using the latest LTS version of 6.2

[sleek halo]

ooo

i think i get what you're saying

i'll test this out with a seperate project

[sly lake]

6.2 is not LTS

[silk whale]

i gotta use it for school unfortunately

[viral hill]

Oh whoops I thought it was already

[viral hill]

How would they know

[copper gust]

(if its a device on campus)

[viral hill]

I doubt someone is logged into discord on their school desktop

[copper gust]

perhaps they work at home and on campus

via version control

[silk whale]

nah its not like that, its just coz we are working with a project thats used on the uni PCs and we cant download different versions

i have a home computer but the only way my group can work at uni with it is on their computers coz my laptop isnt powerful enough

and besides, unis basically done for the year so im working on the project at home

[silk whale]

its not that we arent necessarily allowed to its just we dont have admin privilages on the school computers

coz we ran into that problem the other day, one of our group members was running the project on a newer version and we had to change it to the older version and fix some stuff

funny part is im not making a game with unity

[ocean pumice]

you should use some version control and lock the project version once decided, so only local changes are allowed but you cant push them.

[stuck ocean]

I have built my app and exported as an .apk file, and install it in Bluestacks emulator. However, when I run the app in Bluestacks, it shows a black screen for a few seconds, then jumps back to the main page. Why is it?

[stable sky]

why can't I see the texture? why is it transparent?

[copper gust]

that will be $50 please 😇

[stable sky]

I changed everything in Render Face, and it's working now.

[pearl oyster]

#📱┃mobile but first make sure it works in a normal Android phone or emulator. If it does, attach a debugger to Bluestacks and see what the error is. https://support.bluestacks.com/hc/en-us/articles/23925869130381-How-to-enable-Android-Debug-Bridge-on-BlueStacks-5

[vivid cedar]

The app is probably crashing. Have you checked LogCat?

[woeful spear]

How to create a backup/duplicate or this project? So that I can refer to backup if something goes wrong.

[unreal jewel]

well the ideal way is using a version control system like git (plenty of tutorials you can find online about it)

[woeful spear]

Isn't there any other quick/rough way like copy paste

[unreal jewel]

but if you don't wanna learn that (even though you definitely should!), you can just copy it into another folder on your drive

[woeful spear]

I'd learn that later for sure

[unreal jewel]

you can exclude the library folder from the copy, it's automatically generated by the engine

[woeful spear]

So it doesn't show up in Unity Hub?

[unreal jewel]

what's the "it"?

the library folder?

[woeful spear]

The project copy.

[unreal jewel]

you just put it in a different folder on your pc

like if i have a Projects/Unity/my-project folder, i could copy it into Projects/Backups/my-project

[woeful spear]

Okay done. Thanks

[unreal jewel]

now if you wanna revert it you just delete the original Projects/Unity/my-project folder (or move it somewhere else) and then copy the Projects/Backups/my-project back into Projects/Unity/my-project

but tbh, you should just set up a git repo - it's really not that hard

[woeful spear]

I'd test it in another test project.

[unreal jewel]

most ides should let you just do it in one click

[unreal jewel]

go for it

[tiny anchor]

Hi, I have a question about level design. What I want to do is this imagine a small crane, like one used in a construction tower. It has a platform or box attached with ropes, and both the crane and the attached box or platform move from one position to another.
As the player, you need to climb onto that moving box or platform to reach another location.
The problem is, I’m still learning Unity, so I’m not sure should I animate both the crane and the attached box/platform, or should I only animate the crane and move the platform using code? Or is there another approach?
My main goal is that the player should be able to stand on the platform or box and move with it to another position. Just looping an animation looks simple, but I’m not sure if that’s the right way to do it.

[unreal jewel]

there isn't really a "right" way to do something - just do whatever feels easier to you, you can always change it later to meet your needs

[storm patio]

the unity hub only lists projects you've added/created, and you can remove them from the hub as well

[safe arrow]

where should i go to ask for help with aron granberg's a* project? i'm thinking i may need to either make my own ai or find a way to enable/disable one at will so i can switch to different movement once the target is in sight

[deft rock]

the asset documentation and then the publishers support channels

[safe arrow]

thanks

[tall hearth]

Unity hub loves to also remove projects if they've crashed

[surreal lichen]

Yes but the packages are on the bottom.

[sly lake]

The A* forum is best. There's also a Discord server but it's only questions with no answers 😅

[carmine bough]

Hello, I can't submit my project in Step 6 on this page:
https://learn.unity.com/pathway/junior-programmer/unit/manage-scene-flow-and-data/tutorial/submission-data-persistence-in-a-new-repo?version=6.0
Tried uploading a picture or a video, but the api returns a 400 Bad Request everytime:
{errorCode: "InvalidParameter", message: "The given parameter is missing or invalid", target: "stepId"}
I can't continue the Pathway, any solution?

[stable sky]

I made a Tree billboard and now they're facing in different directions, how can I make all these billboards face the camera? so it looks like they're always facing the front?

[storm patio]

they look like they're facing the camera tbh

but it's kinda hard to tell with the small window

[stable sky]

They don't look at the camera.

[storm patio]

they do look at the camera. the actual camera object, not the scene camera

[chrome solar]

Man why is this the new norm in Unity? :/

[storm patio]

something something not quite stable version

[tall hearth]

Use a LTS version...

[chrome solar]

I've had this happen with every Version 6 of Unity :/
And I had some few run-ins with this in the 2022 version as well although few and far between.

[stable sky]

They don't look at the camera.

[storm patio]

alright, that's something we can work with.

do you have multiple cameras in the scene?

[stable sky]

Yes, there is 1 more camera

[storm patio]

what do you mean by "I can't continue the Pathway", exactly? can't you just skip over this with the sidebar?

[storm patio]

are they perhaps billboarded to the other one

[carmine bough]

I can't complete the exercise:

[stable sky]

No, it's the same on that camera.

[tall hearth]

It asks for a github repo not just the video gave you given it one?

[cinder night]

hi

[tall hearth]

It references a mesh renderer is that mesh renderer set to be a billboard there? (Might be wrong for if this is an option only like 80% sure and not home to check)

[fair cove]

If you are experiencing this in every version of Unity 6 and other versions before Unity 6, then its possible it could be some driver or GPU issue, I havnt had any problems in 2022, but ive heard many people specifically in Unity 6 have that similar graphics issue

[chrome solar]

If many people have had this issue in Unity 6 then I imagine it's not isolated to a GPU issue but a software issue

[carmine bough]

You mean in the Media URL?

[fair cove]

For Unity 6, yes, its most likely a software issue, but you also said you had this issue in 2022, which to my knowledge, no one has reported a similar issue in that version, which is why I think it might be a hardware issue

[tall hearth]

Idk but i assume you drop the photo /video in the big box that says drop files here and the git link in the url text box

[chrome solar]

I happened some times. Not often. Usually when the editor had to serialise arrays

[storm patio]

it says "media", definitely not

"Upload media [upload box] OR insert media [URL field]"

[carmine bough]

I tried but same result

[tall hearth]

Hey im just taking guesses here ive never used unity learn, just reading from the link he sent where it asks for a github link

[storm patio]

and can you just skip to the quiz with the sidebar, like i mentioned?

[storm patio]

where are you seeing "github link"

the only text field that says "link" or "URL" clearly says "media"

[carmine bough]

I've submitted a few exercises before and it's the only form that seems broken

[tall hearth]

If you go to the pathway he sent and go to step 6 (the one hes stuck on)

[carmine bough]

Ah yes I was able to skip to the quiz, thank you! I hope I can finish it sometimes when they fix the problem though...

[storm patio]

ah, cool. still.. not media though.

also, it doesn't say to post the submission there, it says just to post the screenshot/video, aka just the media...

[carmine bough]

Well I left a Q&A so maybe someone will look at it and fix it

[storm patio]

yeah it's definitely not on your end, given the actual error message

[tall hearth]

Well i mean i guess but any 4xx error means a problem on the client side

[storm patio]

doesn't mean it's a user error

unity learn is somewhat known for not having a very good frontend

[tall hearth]

Fair again ive never used it myself

Just mentioned that any 4xx is a client side error, assuming their servers are setup properly for these error codes

[carmine bough]

Yeah when you look at the Q&A on the page, you can see it has been broken before, although a different error

[barren nacelle]

Is it bad if u use someone else’s art or design that was posted on unity asset store for you games official art?

[tall hearth]

Them taking 5 months to fix it is too funny

[tall hearth]

What license does the asset have?

[barren nacelle]

It says “standard unity asset store EULA”

[storm patio]

if you buy it then you can use it, but like... if it's something someone has made just to generically sell, and you use that as the main art of your game, then your game is just gonna look generic

[barren nacelle]

So the best option would be to make a personal art for my game then….but that takes so much time and I’d need to learn how to use blender and it’s also my first official game

[tall hearth]

Could've sworn there were licenses that said you cant sell the asset as is in a game :/

[storm patio]

yeah, but i don't think the standard UAS EULA is that license?

IANAL though

see https://unity.com/legal/as-terms Appendix 1 § 2.2

[sly lake]

The marketing images are usually painted

Kinda hard to compose them exactly right if you're using 3D.

[full flint]

Impossible to follow the conversation here so you could post in #⛰️┃terrain-3d
It looks to me like you've created your own billboard mesh
With Terrain trees I believe you'd rather let the component generate and render them automatically which it can do with proper shaders
Assuming you're using the Terrain component, anyway

[dark apex]

hey guys i just downloaded unity hub for the first time and when i tried to install the 2022 editor or even the most recent one it says "Download failed: Validation failed" can anyone give me some advice on this?

[balmy kettle]

!install

[vagrant root]

When Unity fails to install checklist

• Make sure you have enough space including on C: drive.
• Check that it's not being blocked by antivirus/security programs.
• Look through the logs for a real reason why the setup fails they are pinned [here](#💻┃unity-talk message).

If you still have issues, perform a clean install in another location:

• Install the Hub and Unity in a non-system drive or a clean new folder in the root of C: drive.
• Failing that use the recovery Refresh option or reinstall OS entirely then repeat the previous step.

[hybrid oyster]

Yo so what's so special with Cinemachine vs Creating your own?

Is there a bunch of pre-created Cameras or does it do something special that separates it from creating your own Camera?

[balmy kettle]

it's already made and takes little effort to set up camera(s) how you want

[hybrid oyster]

Well what do you mean?

[balmy kettle]

also unless you really know what you're doing, it's going to just be better than whatever you can make yourself right out of the box

[balmy kettle]

what was not clear about that?

[hybrid oyster]

@balmy kettle I understand what you said but like for example the particular camera im going for needs an Arm and basically it's the WoW camera... What does Cinemachine have a prefab or something of a WoW camera?

[balmy kettle]

by "WoW camera" do you just mean a third person camera? because yes, it has stuff to easily set that up.
Cinemachine vs a custom solution is like wanting a cake and having a cake and a can of frosting on the counter and next to it you have a bag with all of the ingredients of a cake. do you want to spend the time to bake the cake yourself, or do you want to use the ready-made cake that just needs a bit of frosting to look how you want?

also the ready made cake was made by professionals

[shadow heron]

No need to ping someone when your already in a conversation with them. Also I am guessing WoW is world of war craft. if you want the same camera angle as them yes you can do so by messing around with the package yourself or watching youtube tutorials

[hybrid oyster]

Well it is a bit more than just a 3rd person camera it's, it's more of a 3 dimensional space camera but to input for your Cake example, it's more like taking the Cake without knowing the recipe and then someone telling you to make sure you make the perfect wedding cake... just as an example.. I'm not saying it's bad i barely know what im doing

[stuck flower]

Well, let's do a thought experiment. What all do you think you'd need to do to create that sort of orbiting follow camera WoW uses? Don't need actual code just some vague notion of how you'd set it up

[hybrid oyster]

but i don't know any wedding cake recipes

[balmy kettle]

then you use the already made wedding cake instead of trying to make your own. it's already got everything you need to set it up the way you want, you just need to learn how to actually use it

[hybrid oyster]

well it'd be CharacterObject (Parent) -> SpringArm (Child) -> PlayerCamera (Child)

in my case it'd be PlayerObject (Parent) -> SpringArm (Child) -> PlayerCamera (Child) and then the PlaerCharacterObject is its own Child under PlayerObject and you'd have your PlayerCameraController script have a cameraTarget and it'd be the PlayerCharacterObject

[stuck flower]

For Cinemachine, you create a FollowCamera, drag in the player object and set your orbit distance

[hybrid oyster]

yeah i get it, but im just curious because it's more like the cakes ready but it has to be a wedding cake and you didn't make the recipe so it's a little jumbling jumping especially... Ill watch some youtube videos on it

[hybrid oyster]

ooohhh

What does it have exposed component information for stuff like Left Click and Right Cick stuff for moving the camera etc?

[balmy kettle]

but you're forgetting that the alternative is to make everything yourself which is going to be a lot harder to do if you literally do not know how to do it

[sly lake]

I highly doubt that

[hybrid oyster]

i agree i agree im just trying to get an idea of what's good yah know? not being combatitive or anything promise

[sly lake]

In general my experience with Unity packages has ranged from "it's janky but we can deal" to "too buggy to even consider using".

[balmy kettle]

in what way is it janky or buggy

[sly lake]

Never tried Cinemachine since it only replaces a bit of math

[balmy kettle]

how can you claim it is janky/buggy and then turn around and say you've never tried it

[karmic moss]

So ive been Working an Zombie RPG Game Lately iam not quite of sure How will i make the map can any one suggest some ideas?

[sly lake]

Because every other package is buggy

[balmy kettle]

you know damn well that's some stupid ass logic

don't tell someone not to use something because something else is buggy

[hybrid oyster]

well I think the only package ive used so far is the one that lets you bend the planes and other game objects, like make a rectangle and bend it into a right angle, that was janky because the meshes didn't align with the change in dimensions

but Cinemachine actually looks like it's a very revered package, i was watching some videos and dude was like we're just going to import a Camera and PlayerController from Cinemachine and im like.... wow what a tutorial

[sly lake]

Yeah, I got Animation Rigging from a tutorial as well

[shadow heron]

even if the other packages are "Buggy" that doesn't necessarily mean cinemachine is also buggy. Also I have been using it for a while and I have not come to any bugs at all.

[hard inlet]

All i did was react to this message #📢┃announcements message 💔

[shadow heron]

and claiming its buggy even though you said you have never used it is a crazy statement.

[hybrid oyster]

GetRekt() method has been activated

[sly lake]

Just a general advice not to rely on third party code if you can write it yourself.

[charred fog]

@hard inlet And now you are spamming this channel with off-topic?

[shadow heron]

your claiming its buggy when you just said you have never used it..

[hybrid oyster]

GetRekt() method is initiated ooh lord

[hard inlet]

Question mark is banned too. 💔

[hybrid oyster]

Umm okay let me watch some videos on Cinemachine to see what's going on hahaha

it's honestly the variables and methods im concerned about, it sucks when you don't really know what's going on and everyone names their variables h and v... it's like just type horizontal and vertical im not a computer

[storm patio]

people usually don't do that unless it's like, physics or math stuff with established symbols

[hybrid oyster]

check out my super cool camera and controller ... variables and methods are name a b c e h v ub ne

referenced in over 20 scripts hahaha ill check it out enough memeing

i'd even opt for horizontalPlayerMovement or verticalPlayerMovement or even just horizontalMovement or something jeez

[karmic moss]

can someone please help with this?

[tall hearth]

My java teacher does bothers me so much, though i cant really talk i start every var with a captial.

[gray frigate]

I only use tiny variable names for tiny variables

[storm patio]

what exactly are you asking about? the art? the level design?

[gray frigate]

float t = Mathf.InverseLerp(lower, upper, current);

[balmy kettle]

if you're watching tutorials where people do this, they are bad tutorials

[gray frigate]

t does not live very long

[hybrid oyster]

nah im not, it's actually unfortunately very common tho tbh

[storm patio]

it really is not. where are you getting these ideas

[hybrid oyster]

usually you do that for generic method parameters or even paramter methods but people have been just opting to be like h or what ever and i also hate when asking AI questions or learning stuff they do it too

[copper gust]

not using ai fixes that

[karmic moss]

The basic idea of Like Making the Map feel more Interactive and best?

[hybrid oyster]

they're great for debugging and asking questions

[storm patio]

generic stuff usually can't have concrete names, because they're generic

[viral hill]

extremely loud incorrect buzzer

[storm patio]

i really have no idea what you're complaining about tbh. most code just.. doesn't do that

[hybrid oyster]

yeah im hip... there seems to be some reading comprehension miscommunications here

no one is complaining lolol

[storm patio]

ok, then what have you been doing the past 5 minutes? making up a story?

[hybrid oyster]

No i've been talking about things that i've seen

[storm patio]

i assure you, it is not as common as you seem to think

[tall hearth]

Debugging is like the worst thing to use ai for.

[hybrid oyster]

complaining would be like "you never do the dishes, I'm always carrying your bags, something needs to change or im leaving you"

[storm patio]

yes, that's kinda what you've been doing...

it sucks when you don't really know what's going on and everyone names their variables h and v...

[hybrid oyster]

nothing said in this chat can defer to any changes or differences in the experiences or things that we are talking about. They're just statements

[viral hill]

this you? #💻┃unity-talk message

[hybrid oyster]

I don't know why you are so geared towrds negativity

[storm patio]

...i came here seeing someone saying that bad variable names are common, and i refuted that...

[hybrid oyster]

conversation, speaking and making statements isn't inherently geared towards a positive or negative inference

[storm patio]

jesus christ this is so far off topic

[hybrid oyster]

you can refute that no one is taking that from you

[potent geyser]

I don't know what this is, but can we all move on, thanks.

If you have a Unity question, feel free to ask it.

[glass kraken]

hi, why do the objects in my scene disappear when I assign them a layer?

[storm patio]

they shouldn't. are you assigning the gameobject layer or a rendering layer

[glass kraken]

gameobject layer

next to the static thing

[viral hill]

does this happen with a specific layer or any layer

[glass kraken]

any layer apart from some of them, but those specific layers that work come from an asset I'm using

is there an option somewhere that enables to render only specified layers?

maybe its something like this

[viral hill]

yes on your camera component

[glass kraken]

I've not a camera yet...

[gray frigate]

You may have hidden some layers in the editor.

check this dropdown in the top right corner

[glass kraken]

I've not got it:

I'm using unity 6

[gray frigate]

oh huh, let me check in 6

[vivid cedar]

It's there it just looks like those stacked squares

[glass kraken]

which window should I go to?

[vivid cedar]

It's one of those drop downs in scene view

[gray frigate]

There it is.

but not these squares 😉

[glass kraken]

yeeee well see

well, it's selected, and when I unselect it, it doesn't change anything

would you guys want a record?

[gray frigate]

i don't know what "it's selected" means

[gray frigate]

screenshot the Layers menu, as I did here

[glass kraken]

the layer is not hidden

[viral hill]

i think they mean none of the layers are hidden by default

[gray frigate]

okay, that looks good

[glass kraken]

yes that's what I've said

[vivid cedar]

Show us a video of you changing an object's layer and it disappearing. Don't crop the video

[dark apex]

hey guys i know this is such a weird question but do you know what the default downloads location is in windows?? how can i recover it cause i tried reinstalling unity hub but it unfortunately remembers the pathway i changed to. i was playing around with the settings and i think i messed it up lol

[gray frigate]

yeah, I can look at mine; one sec

[dark apex]

youre a lifesaver thank youu

[gray frigate]

I always have to see what it's set to on my PC

[viral hill]

should be c:/downloads i misunderstood nvm

[terse shore]

programs files/unity/hub

[gray frigate]

these are not the default download location

for me, it is:

[dark apex]

oh so its just the same as the installs location??

[gray frigate]

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\

[terse shore]

i think so it it that for me

[gray frigate]

The download location should not matter much, though

Just make sure it's not somewhere that requires administrative privileges to write into

[storm patio]

but it unfortunately remembers the pathway
this would be due to a config file for the hub existing somewhere in the folder used to store appdata. you could delete it or move it somewhere else and restart the hub to see what it generates

[gray frigate]

the Hub probably doesn't expect that

[dark apex]

ive just been trying different methods to solve the infamous Download failed: Validation Failed problem lol

[terse shore]

lmao it happened to me alot

i update unity hub

and it works

[shrewd geyser]

I'm bombarded by this message :

UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)```

The scene is in a sci-fi town at night so I've a bunch of lights but I've disabled shadows to every lights but it still boring me with the message.
Any tips?

[terse shore]

dawg you are making a 8K TEXTURE

oh sorry i mean lightmap

[storm patio]

that is mentioning an atlas

[terse shore]

just decrease the shadow resoulution or else you might become the reason some peoples PCs explode

[shrewd geyser]

Could be a nice Idea!

🦹

[gray frigate]

sounds like you need to bake some lights!

See if the warning persists after restarting the editor

just to make sure it's not some lingering effect

[glass kraken]

@vivid cedar I can't rec so I'll take multiple screenshots if it doesn't bother u is it okay?

[shrewd geyser]

I was trying to avoid it because the town isn't finished... but I've to surrender, I guess.

[glass kraken]

it would take too much time to download an app for it

[terse shore]

you should always bake lights last

and use mixed if you have multiple moving objects

[shrewd geyser]

btw the shadows at 8K was advised by Real Toon (the shader) tutorial 😅

[glass kraken]

when I give a layer to my gameobjects, their textures disappear

[gray frigate]

oh

that's very different from "they disappear"

[viral hill]

windows has a built in recorder via gamebar

[gray frigate]

it's still very weird

[glass kraken]

yea mb

[gray frigate]

well, actually

[glass kraken]

yea i know but it doesn't allow me to do it within unity editor

[gray frigate]

is that gray floor a different object?

the shadows are at a slightly different height

in that case we're back to something that makes sense 😛

[glass kraken]

oh yea it is?....

[viral hill]

it wont let you clip, but you can record

[glass kraken]

I'm dumb

[gray frigate]

okay, thank god

that would have been really strange

[glass kraken]

so yea it disappears completely then

[gray frigate]

just to sanity check this, look at your camera's culling mask

(the main camera in your scene)

it should be set to "Everything"

[glass kraken]

there are no main cameras

I deleted it

[viral hill]

they said they havent even put a cam in the scene yet

[potent geyser]

Do you have any custom render objects on your URP renderer?

[gray frigate]

ah, right, okay

[gray frigate]

that's my next thought

if you have no idea what that means, that's probably not the issue, but we'll still want to check

[glass kraken]

I'm not really sure I've understood what you asked but I've a custom URP render pipeline asset

[potent geyser]

Screenshot that

[gray frigate]

notably, the actual Renderer asset has its own layer mask

(this is a 2D renderer, but i'm guessing the 3D one has the same thing)

[gray frigate]

double click on that "UHFPS Ultra Quality" field to go to the asset

[gray frigate]

You will see a Renderer List. Double click on the renderer to go to that asset

[gray frigate]

yep, that's the issue

[dark apex]

sorry another question how do i check the reason why the Download failed: Validation Failed problem using the window logs do i just paste this on a terminal? %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\Editor.log

[gray frigate]

both the Opaque Layer Mask and Transparent Layer Masks are excluding the "floors" layer

[glass kraken]

ohh yea it's mixed

[gray frigate]

sneaky!

[potent geyser]

[gray frigate]

i didn't know that existed until now, lol

[glass kraken]

lmaoo

[viral hill]

you can paste it in the Run application

[sly lake]

You can paste %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\ into explorer to go to the directory

[gray frigate]

This is useful when you start building more complex rendering setups

[potent geyser]

This is why they pay me the big bucks of $0

[gray frigate]

It might have been configured to ignore layers that were meant for some really specific effect

[glass kraken]

yeaa i think it's this

[gray frigate]

but layer masks are just a list of numbers, so your "floors" layer happened to line up with it

[glass kraken]

ty so much

[sly lake]

Ah, no. It's a single number.

A bitmask, to be specific. Not really useful to think of it as a number.

[gray frigate]

it represents a list of numbers :p

[plain dagger]

Its not accurate though to call it a list but i get you

[gray frigate]

yeah, i just figured that'd be easier than saying "it's a 32-bit bitmask"

[storm patio]

it's 32 booleans packed into a single value

[gray frigate]

the important part is that it doesn't know about things like "floors" or "Default"

it just knows layer indices

[shadow heron]

I am trying to make rope physics. I am using a configurable joint and when I collide with the rope the capsule colliders fall off any ideas?

[gray frigate]

Try moving the individual bones of the rope's armature outside of play mode

I bet the rope will move very sluggishly

I'm guessing that each vertex is weighted to many bones (which gives you very smooth movement, but also means you can't sharply bend the rope)

i'm not sure what the deal is with that one object flying to the left

that doesn't seem to be affecting the rope at all; maybe that was the end bone?

[shadow heron]

In blender I added bones / joined with automatic weights & added some loop cuts to the cylinder

I was following a tutorial the guy used a hinge joint instead which I didn't wanna use as it doesn't rotate freely in all directions.

[gray frigate]

Did you make the cuts after parenting with automatic weights?

If so, that is your problem

Blender auto-weighted with only two edge loops (on the ends)

it then smeared that out across the entire rope when you added the loops

Just re-parent the object to the armature with automatic weights and you should be good

(you don't even have to un-parent it first)

[sly lake]

I’d use the ragdoll wizard, just to create an example of how joints should work.

[gray frigate]

Character joints might also be more appropriate here

They're designed to rotate, but not translate

Configurable joints support everything and can be kinda confusing to look at

I'm still struggling with them 😉

[shadow heron]

Should I make the cuts first then parent with automatic weights?

[gray frigate]

Right.

The weights are calculated per-vertex

After doing this, you may need to smooth the weights a bit

go into weight paint mode, hit F3, and search for "smooth weights"

run the operator, then switch it to "All Groups" and turn up the Iterations count

it'll smear out the weights

which will make the rope bend more smoothly

[plain dagger]

assuming there are enough verts to do that

[gray frigate]

yeah, but it looks like they added plenty of edge loops

(they were just added too late 😉 )

[dark apex]

guys does it take a long time for the unity package manager to install??

[gray frigate]

It has to download packages the first time, which could take a while

notably, the Burst package is a few hundred megabytes

[dark apex]

can i force quit the installation or is it better to wait

[shadow heron]

is this fine?

[gray frigate]

That looks pretty good! See how it behaves in-game

Just overwrite the original FBX

[gray frigate]

If you kill the editor while it's installing packages, it might wind up with a broken install of that package

you'd fix that by deleting the Library and reimporting everything again

not a huge deal

can you screenshot what you're seeing?

[dark apex]

ooo im working on another computer rn so cant send the screenshot but its a white box and the loading bar is green and it says Unity Package Manager (busy for 22:00) Downloading 13 packages (4.50 MB/58.8 MB)

[dense oyster]

hey does anyone know how i can get my unity projects out of the cloud onto my pc?

[shadow heron]

@gray frigate THANKS! it works now! how would I make the rope not so heavy to push?

[gray frigate]

are you actually using Unity Version Control?

[dense oyster]

what

[gray frigate]

being connected to a cloud project doesn't mean that the entire project is being stored anywhere other than your computer

[dense oyster]

i have unity hub

[dense oyster]

huh

[gray frigate]

the cloud is used for a variety of things, like building your game, running mobile advertisements, etc.

[dense oyster]

i thought it would store them

[gray frigate]

you can try adjusting the mass of the rigidbodies

the default is 1 (which is one kilogram)

[dense oyster]

arent clouds there to store files and stuff?

[iron shore]

Hello! I am new to the Discord

[dense oyster]

sooo does that mean my projects i thought where getting stored in a cloud are just gone now?

[gray frigate]

if you do not have an actual copy of your project somewhere, then yes

[dense oyster]

what does this cloud thing actually do then?

[gray frigate]

it provides a bunch of different services (including Unity Version Control)

[dense oyster]

what is so special about this "unity version controll"?

[gray frigate]

lots of stuff, like multiplayer lobbies, in-app purchases, error reporting, etc.

[gray frigate]

version control software keeps track of changes to a project over time (and lets you switch back to older versions)

Unity Version Control is provided by Unity (but you can also just use your own system)

I version-control all of my projects with Git.

[stuck flower]

Yes, but did you actually put files in it

[dense oyster]

i thought just clicking the cloud symbol would store it

[gray frigate]

i think it's reasonable to assume that being "on the cloud" means that your project actually lives there

especially when software like GDevelop has "cloud projects" that do genuinely get stored remotely

[stuck flower]

That would set up a repository for it on the cloud, but you have to push the files up to it

[gray frigate]

well, not even that: it just lets Unity know that your project exists

[shadow heron]

Thanks for the help! it looks soo good now 🫂

[gray frigate]

you'd then have to explicitly set up UVC

[gray frigate]

nice (:

[dense oyster]

i never got a prompt for something like that

[gray frigate]

I use cloud error reporting for a game, but nothing else

[stuck flower]

It's not something that you would get prompted for. It's a thing you actively have to do

[dense oyster]

well i didnt know i had to more than just click a button

[stuck flower]

Linking the project is at least part of UVCS right? You can't set up a repo for a project that's on the cloud at all?

I just use git so I've never actually dealt with UVCS

[dense oyster]

i just got a lil windows one time saying something along the lines that i can store stuff in a cloud

[gray frigate]

i'm talking about these icons in the Hub

this also really implies that projects are either "on your computer" or "on the cloud"

whoopsie

[dense oyster]

so i just assumed that clicking that symbol would save it on a cloud as a backup

[gray frigate]

It used to just show a crossed-out cloud

[dense oyster]

well i guess i just lost multiple projects then

[hybrid oyster]

Yo so Im checking out the Cinemachine right? and basically if i disable MainCamera i get a thing that says Display 1 no Camera Rendering but in this tutorial dude is golden what do i do?

[gray frigate]

the tutorial is probably turning off a cinemachine camera

there is only one actual Camera in your scene. Cinemachine's job is to move that camera around.

[hybrid oyster]

Oohh so basically The MainCamera... Well he created a whole new camera

One sec

[gray frigate]

the Cinemachine Cameras suggest places for the real camera to go

[hybrid oyster]

Okay so yeah he made a Cinemachine Camera, we did the for Orbital Follow and the Rotation Composer, his didn't create a Cinemachine Brain mine did

this my current set up, it got mad at me when CineMachine Camera was a child of the Player with a CinemachineBrain

but when he tested his camera was like good to go; a hold on when i just created a ThirdPersonCamera again it attached the CinemachineBrain to the MainCamera... Okay okay, so i gatta rename the MainCamera then... So the ThirdPersonCamera object is basically the settings that the Brain uses?

[shadow heron]

You don't need to add the cinamachine camera to the player you can just add a empty game object in the player and use that as the tracking target in the cinemachine

[gray frigate]

The CinemachineBrain gets automatically attached to the same object as the Camera. I guess that, if you had no valid main camera, Cinemachine made one for you (and then put the Brain on it)

You should have to do absolutely nothing beyond creating a cinemachine camera

[tall hearth]

It doesnt, hecl it tells you not to have them on the same object

[gray frigate]

where is this documented?

perhaps you are thinking about putting a Cinemachine Camera component on the same object as your actual Camera.

that would cause some exciting behaviors

[tall hearth]

It shows a warning in the inspector when you put the brain in the same object as the cinemachine carmera component

[gray frigate]

I did not say to attach it to the same object as a Cinemachine Camera

that would, indeed, be wrong

it's supposed to be attached to the object with the Camera on it

(i do prefer when it was called a Cinemachine Virtual Camera, since "vcam" or "virtual camera" is more clear)

[tall hearth]

Is it not the opposite?

[gray frigate]

Cinemachine 2.0 called it a "Cinemachine Virtual Camera".

Cinemachine 3.0 calls it a "Cinemachine Camera"

[frigid birch]

Sorry for typing here but i am new here so were i can ask about help with coding

[gray frigate]

you'll want #💻┃code-beginner

[tall hearth]

I wasnt talking about the name

[gray frigate]

I don't know what you're referring to, then.

woops, wrong reply

[tall hearth]

Could'ce sworn the cinemachine is to go on the camera and the brain on its own object

[shrewd geyser]

Ok I've reduced the shadow atlas, also disabled all the light in the scene, all but the light from Cozy Weather, but soon as I've enabled a 1 spot light with a soft Shadows, the message popped out again

UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

[gray frigate]

• CinemachineBrain goes on the same object as the Camera
• CinemachineCamera goes on other objects

the brain looks at the Cinemachine Cameras and decides what to do, then moves its Camera

[gray frigate]

are you sure that's a spot light?

point lights use six individual shadow textures

[shrewd geyser]

nope is a Point Light 😅

[gray frigate]

if the shadow resolution is set to 1K ,then six of those would not fit into a 2K shadow map atlas

[uncut ridge]

Hello guys İm new here

can some one answer Annyone know we how bake nav mesh i dont see bake button in open pop out

[gray frigate]

Newer versions of Unity now use NavMeshSurface components, rather than having a single scene-wide "bake" button

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ai.navigation@2.0/manual/CreateNavMesh.html

[uncut ridge]

i need to add plane or game object navmesh surface by pressing add component?

[gray frigate]

You need to add a NavMeshSurface component somewhere in your scene.

I like to put it on an object that all of my level geometry is parented to.

[uncut ridge]

yea thank you @gray frigate its help me finally i solve 🤣

[glass kraken]

hi,I've just made a simple interacting system script on my player's camera, it's simply a raycast going from the camera position to its forward position, it detects gameobjects that have the "interact" layer and then I simply have if statements for the tag of the hit.collider, I just made it for a door, my door has an animator with 2 states and they don't work, the detection doesn't work, is that because my door has a mesh collider? or because its parent has got no tag and no colliders(normally it should work)

if you want, i can show screenshots of the setup

[gray frigate]

There's a sneaky thing about the raycast hit info: if there's a Rigidbody on a parent object, then the .gameObject field will point at the parent

wait, I made that field up, lol

the .transform field

😉

If you want the exact object you hit, do .collider.gameObject

In this case, though, I'd suggest putting the tag on the object with the rigidbody on it.

[glass kraken]

There are no rigid bodies, the parent gameobject of the door is an empty gameobject that is the pivot, it simply has an animator

[gray frigate]

ah, okay, then that's a bust

[copper gust]

there has to be at least 1 rigidbody

[gray frigate]

Log what you're actually hitting.

[gray frigate]

not for a raycast

that would be true for collision events

[copper gust]

dumb me

its 5am 😔

code in #💻┃code-beginner time

[glass kraken]

Well I’m hitting nothing

This is the thing…

Don’t you think the problem is with the mesh collider ?

[copper gust]

wouldn't be the immediate suspect no

[gray frigate]

have you confirmed this with a debugger or by logging when the raycast fails?

[copper gust]

who knows what your doing code wise and who knows what your layer setup is