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[vivid river]

https://onlyhello.net/

[gray frigate]

lmao

❌ reacts are not Hello

Hello!

ONLY Hello

also, does FixedUpdate run around once per frame at all other times?

(at 60 FPS, you should see one of them in 5 of every 6 frames)

[cerulean eagle]

Ye can anyone help me with this issue, really thanks you for this because im new to Unity

[gray frigate]

ah, nevermind, asked and answered

[sly lake]

I had something like this after updating Unity once, and it turned out the timestep was suddenly set to run like 10,000 times a second

Ah, not the case here.

[sonic ferry]

maybee off topic but how do I make a server for my game? Or how do u guys make a server for ur games? I have an old PC I can repurpose for this, is it just messing around with the fire wall settings? Im hoping to be able to use Unity's GetTexture and GetUrl stuff to read from it and the directory specifically for this project only (like json files and images), since isnt that how the internet works? Website URLs are really just directories to those html/css files in those servers right ?

[worldly cave]

you would need a dedicated server client for your game that would basically stay open 24/7 on your laptop

[gusty abyss]

did this completely by accident someone help what do I do I don't want my game to have 67 tris

[latent meadow]

do you want it to have 62, or 78? i could probably do 150, if the price is right

[remote sluice]

anyone know how long pac man game gonna take to make

w my own assets

[exotic relic]

Depends on how much you know. it could take someone a year or a day

[stuck flower]

Only way to know for sure is to do it

[remote sluice]

like off a youtube vid straight up

0 knowledge

but not stupid

[remote sluice]

ig

i have assets but like

may be cooked

[plain dagger]

If you have already been learning then take the first step out of tutorial hell!

[kindred hill]

hello guys i do have some question

[eager agate]

Hello

[worldly cave]

-# that bot message is gonna get a lot of mileage here

[wraith mesa]

hi

[eager agate]

Hi

[wraith mesa]

mayonnaiseee

[eager agate]

zakkkkkkk

Good to see you again

It's been a while

[wraith mesa]

yesss where have you been

[eager agate]

Sleeping

[wraith mesa]

me too

[eager agate]

Back to sleep now

[wraith mesa]

same

[eager agate]

It's 4am

[wraith mesa]

1 here

go sleep mayonnaise

[stuck flower]

This isn't a social server

[eager agate]

Kay

[eager agate]

It's okay we're not harming anyone

[wraith mesa]

goodnight sleep well

[eager agate]

Bye bye Zak sleep tight

[wraith mesa]

and?

[stuck flower]

You're filling the chat with pointless noise

[eager agate]

Don't let the bed bugs bite

[wraith mesa]

u too mayonnaise

[stuck flower]

If you want to have a one on one chat with someone take it to DMs

[eager agate]

Baiiii >U<

[wraith mesa]

bye bye!!

[opaque thicket]

Anyone know how to fix the lighting after baking it?

This is what it looks like un baked

Settings

All objects have this static applied

[whole jackal]

Hi everyone!! I´m creating a game i i´m new in this kind of channels, can anyone say to me where proposse my game in the channel?

[worldly cave]

propose?

[whole jackal]

Yes, i´m searching for developers

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[whole jackal]

Thanks a lot!

[oak meadow]

is it a good idea to have high res Ui say like 1000 x 500

[hushed hamlet]

The raw files may be scaled down to whatever your build platforms build target will be (so if you did all 8k it would be scaled down anyway), and downscaling can add a bit of fuzz (nothing like upscaling of course)...

But on the unity scaling side post import (i.e. canvas) it's really all arbitrary. I usually set my idea canvas to a 50/50 resizer based on height/width, and build a UI using layout groups and 9 slicing in landscape (1920x1080) and/or portrait.

I like my base canvas to more or less represent my ideal screen size. But I have inherited projects where someone just arbitrarily had it say 400x200 - which actually isnt too crazy as it might be easier for them to think in whole numbers for the purpose of 1/3rds and all that fun stuff.

But yeah there is the rez for your assets, rez for your game play preview, rez for your canvas and then the canvas scaler to figure out how to match it all together. Generally higher is better for the UI assets

[oak meadow]

Well I have seen the splitting up into 9 slices for ui but i didnt know if i needed that I just want it to scale with screen size

[hushed hamlet]

I started using 9 slicing in the early mobile days, blackberry had a few more 9 slicing options iirc for tiling, fill, etc... but I 9 slice everything except for circle elements.

Its extremely helpful

[oak meadow]

Okay thank you

[opaque thicket]

Sorry, just wanted to bump this

[violet thunder]

#1390346776804069396 try asking here

[opaque thicket]

Okay thanks

[torn ravine]

What are some really impressive 3D games that have been made with Unity?

[copper gust]

genshin is probably the biggest

tarkov too

[torn ravine]

tarkov? like escape from tarkov?

[copper gust]

ye

[torn ravine]

wtf I had no idea that was made in unity lol

thats awesome

[lapis gate]

yeah there's a bunch of games I've recently found out that they used unity

meanwhile I can spot an unreal game from miles away

[copper gust]

depends on what your considering "impressive" but popularity wise Lethal Company, PEAK & Repo all use Unity aswell

which we're pretty big releases

[lapis gate]

Risk of Rain 2, OuterWilds

[copper gust]

outer wilds is cracked

[lapis gate]

Blizzard's Hearthstone

[copper gust]

those devs insane for pulling off such polished stylised visuals

[lapis gate]

Yeah, Outerwilds, before the actual release, was released as a web export and showed me how powerful web games had become

really marked the day that flash died

[loud isle]

Road 96, Pokemon Go, Among Us

Do i really need to l.earn Blender and Photoshop?

[torn ravine]

Depends on if you want to make 3D models and 2D art lol. If you do, you’ll need to learn some tool to make them.

[loud isle]

thats so time consuming lol i should have stayed at art class then lol

[loud isle]

i should have known game making is mostly art

[copper gust]

I mean game making is art

But to answer what you mean, you don’t need to be a talented traditional artist to make games

[loud isle]

thats what i mean by my comment lol

[copper gust]

There are a lot of approaches to handling the visuals of your game in a way that doesn’t require heavy experience

Consistency matters the most and good use of colours and contrast does a lot of the legwork for you

I’m not an “artist” at all and people have been pretty receptive to the visuals in this prototype I’ve been messing with

This doesn’t even have real lighting! And everything uses a single colour and basic models I’ve found online for free or just basic shapes in probuilder

[loud isle]

oh ok nice

nice art

its the art and ai im mostly worried about

[copper gust]

Baba Is You is a really great example of this too https://store.steampowered.com/app/736260/Baba_Is_You/

Steam

Baba Is You

Baba Is You is an award-winning puzzle game where you can change the rules by which you play. In every level, the rules themselves are present as blocks you can interact with; by manipulating them, you can change how the level works and cause surprising, unexpected interactions! With some simple block-pushing you can turn yourself into a rock,…

Price

$14.99

Recommendations

19376

Metacritic

87

The art is almost comically simple but it’s the consistency that sells it, along with it correctly serving its purpose in visualising the game

[wispy glacier]

dwarf fortress: am i a joke to you

[loud isle]

im wanting to make a 3d game. a First person shooter but its gonna take some learning. im not that interested in 2d unless i make some phyx game or something lol

and the animals i mightr make low poly as well as the world

[wispy glacier]

i think you have a lot of options

you can make artsy games or technical games

but probably best to start with a core idea that you yourself think: "I'd like to spend time doing this"

e.g. csgo: mouse mechanical skill

if you know how to let players express their skill in such a fun way, the art can be secondary, e.g. i'd somewhat argue cs:go assets are more "labor intensive" than say, no man's sky (idk an examples rn just think of some artsy agme)

[solid bay]

Is there a way to check if a certain statement in a script executed? I have a method that is definitely going through but part of it doesn’t seem to work

[copper gust]

debug.log

[solid bay]

How would that work for a specific line tho

[balmy kettle]

because if you put the log immediately before or after the line and it prints then you know that line is being executed

[solid bay]

Methods don’t usually just stop partway through do they?

At least not without something breaking

Bc this method is definitely being called and is definitely starting

[balmy kettle]

no, the only thing that could cause a method to "stop partway through" is an exception being thrown

[solid bay]

Which would appear in the log right?

[balmy kettle]

assuming the method is being invoked on the main thread or you are properly handling exceptions on other threads, yes

[solid bay]

Hmm weird

[balmy kettle]

presumably your code is running, it's just not doing what you think it should. show the relevant code in a code channel and explain what you are expecting to happen compared to what you are seeing is happening.

[solid bay]

I’m gonna have to do that later then bc I don’t have access to the project rn

[ionic ermine]

how do i use

glb files

does anyone know

[copper gust]

i wonder

[ionic ermine]

thanks

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[copper gust]

not true

requires a package

still a quick google tho

[ionic ermine]

no its not

u need some bluggins

plugins

like jsondotnet

and

gltf unity

utility

i was wondoering why when i loaded the glb file it was not like other 3d objects like fbx or smth

[wary notch]

Is it just on my end, or webinar https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/master-multi-threading-in-unity doesn't open? Listed under Tutorials here: https://learn.unity.com/tutorials/

[fleet canopy]

oh oop mb

[high osprey]

Hello i sign in to my account but this happened

Can someone tell me how to fix this

[molten kernel]

A bit old but I happened to see your message. I've only worked with LAN servers for industrial simulation in Unity. If you have a well designed game, it's fairly simple to convert the game to multiplayer, all you need to do is interface with your game model and update it with the data from the server, and periodically send data from the client to the server. Then the server needs to collate all the data from the clients and calculate each next state.

Most of the gotchas for networking are related to anti-cheat and latency, if you are running LAN you don't need to worry about that. Once you get to the stage of running on the internet, basically everything is the same but connections are worse and users might be hackers - a good guide at this point is how the Source engine does networking, it's super simple and will probably work for most games unless they need less latency (ie time warping).

[stable sky]

How to delete a commit in Unity DevOps Version Control?

[hasty zinc]

hi yall

[analog crane]

Random question, will a netstandard lib using C# 14's field keyword work with Unity?

I could look at a compiled assembly to make sure but it'll probably be faster to ask than to remember where i left the app i use to peek into assemblies

[hasty zinc]

Yes, but only if you do these 3 things

Set your .csproj to target netstandard2.1
(Unity reads this, not the <LangVersion> line)
Add this line at the very top of your .csproj
<LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
Use the field keyword exactly like this (works 100% in Unity right now):

C#public partial class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
public required field float speed = 5f; // ← works

public required field Vector3 spawnPoint;   // ← works

void Start() => transform.position = spawnPoint;

}

[hasty zinc]

@analog crane

im looking devs for my unity game

[jolly copper]

is it possible to make the lower arms do the same action as the upper arms?

[violet thunder]

With code that would be relatively easy, just copy the rotation of each source bone's transform to the target bone's transform every frame in LateUpdate

But it's probably possible with some IK packages too (like Animation Rigging)

[jolly copper]

How do you do that?

[violet thunder]

Which one?

At its simplest, the code wouldbe doing this for each pair of bones cs targetBone.localRotation = sourceBone.localRotation;
in LateUpdate

[jolly copper]

using animation rigging

oh

[violet thunder]

I'm not very familiar with that but you can ask in #🏃┃animation

[jolly copper]

ah ok

Thank you

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@shy bay Again, this is not a place to promote

[shy bay]

i was asking for help

from u

[charred fog]

If you have a Unity related question then ask it.

[copper gust]

if you are paying people, they should be paid what they are worth, if you cannot afford that, you cannot pay people

hence the bot saying look for non-commcercial participation

[shy bay]

thank

[stable sky]

How can I delete these last two saves in unity devops?

[open locust]

Hmm anyone have a idea what to do?

[versed tulip]

Is it possible to use an outline on TMP text? I've asked AI and it can't manage it, videos online have said there's workarounds for it. Is there not just a simple way to add outlines to text in Unity?

[copper gust]

lmao ai can't do it?

[versed tulip]

I asked chatgpt and it gives me all these settings to apply but they dont do anything

[violet thunder]

What did it tell you to do?

[versed tulip]

Go to the TMP material inspector, make sure the outline thickness is not at 0, I changed it and nothing happened

Then it told me to add an outline component to the object and that did nothing

[copper gust]

yeah for reference in this case it just lied to you

[charred fog]

Read the error.

[violet thunder]

Show the TMP inspector and the material inspector

[charred fog]

You can find a guide on how to use new Input System pinned in #🖱️┃input-system

[copper gust]

whats the text look like?

[open locust]

Ty

[versed tulip]

I just pressed update atlas texture and now it's messed up the entire font. It has an outline on every letter apart from 'e' which has just been left

[copper gust]

you'll have to read up on the best way to import fonts using the tmp tool

unfortunately it's not always magic button instant work, fonts can be a little finnicky

[opal rock]

Hey. I'm having a hard time getting to work and setting up lights in my scene. Is anyone willing to help?

[deft rock]

You're very unlikely to get help asking like that, you're basically asking for a tutor with that question.

To actually get replies and help, ask specific questions about what you're stuck with. But if you're just starting and not actually stuck yet, I'd suggest just googling 'unity light tutorial' but add in the RP you're using URP/HDRP.

They'll also be info on the unity learn site 👇

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[deft rock]

When you get to the point of having a specific question to ask, lighting questions go in #1390346776804069396

[opal rock]

alright, fair

[ionic ermine]

does anyone know how to add a swim system to this model

[lapis gate]

code

[balmy palm]

Add a swim state. Add a swim state movement script and adjust gravity and controls acordingly.

So yeah, code.

[ionic ermine]

aight bet

[hoary reef]

Where do we feedback for ECS?

[deft rock]

To give feedback on ECS?

[hoary reef]

Exactly. Could you help me for finding the feedback channel?

[deft rock]

There is no channel on discord for feedback on anything, this is a community place, Unity employees are rarely here.

You'll need to use the Unity forums (Discussion) and post in the relevant section on there

[arctic portal]

why is the line horizontal when im using -vector3.up?

        else
        {
            Debug.DrawLine(rayPoint.position, rayPoint.position + (wheelRadius + maxLength) * -rayPoint.up, Color.green);
        }

raypoint is a gameobject and its rotation is 0,0,0

[jolly copper]

there are some timelines that I cannot hit record in
is there a way to fix it?

figured out the issue

I had the play button on

[strong fable]

is there some sort a variable assets that behave like a RenderTexture asset does as in I can plug them into everything, they can be changed from everywhere and they act as a global value?

[gentle shale]

Hey guys, does anybody know how to fix this?

Or is it normal that he constantly moves like that?

[strong fable]

whats the drag on the rigidbody lookin like?

[strong fable]

drag = movement gets reduced over time. therefore 0 drag = constant movement

[copper gust]

scriptableobjects are probably what your looking for?

[gentle shale]

Thank you!

[strong fable]

oh yea those exist lol. ty

[steep garden]

I'm getting random spikes on basically empty project, I need some help... I've spent 2 days now trying to figure it out and I can't seem to fix it in any way. I have a movement setup and when I walk around the camera snaps suddenly due to the spikes. I had other outputs from the spikes as well, such as GC.FInalizer or garbageCollector.

I tried V sync, limiting frames, on/off Graphics Jobs, switching between DX11/DX12, tried different Unity versions (2022.3.62f3 & 6.3.1f1), updated my drives, and I've even fully rebooted my PC, and still this persists...

I can provide further footage, video, other spikes screenshots, please someone help 😭 🙏

[copper gust]

profile builds

[pearl oyster]

Editor loop is only in the editor, it won't affect the build. If you want to find out what in the editor causes it, turn on editor profiling and Deep Profile

[steep garden]

the issue does happen in the build for me as well, I tested it

[pearl oyster]

You still have to profile the build to get rid of the editor overhead

[slow dirge]

Well, it doesn't happen in the editor. Other than the editor loop nothing takes much time.

So you'll need to profile the build.

[steep garden]

I'm on it, get back to it in a sec

[slow dirge]

Unless you want to troubleshoot the editor performance.

[steep garden]

Right so this is from the build

[gusty abyss]

Every time I restart the editor my preferences reset how can I stop this and make them save

It seems random on when they save and when they reset

[ionic ermine]

Holy shit that looks so good

The camera and the box pick up thing

It's so sick

Guys can you recommend me somewhere to learn scripting

Like in c#

[little beacon]

I have a question

Does SQL really necessary for data in Unity

[potent geyser]

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[potent geyser]

There are also tutorials pinned in #💻┃code-beginner

[potent geyser]

Nope

[little beacon]

Huh

[potent geyser]

Sorry, do I need to say "Nope" in a different way?

[little beacon]

So i dont need to learn database and sql right

[ionic ermine]

alr thanks guys

[potent geyser]

No, you don't

[slow dirge]

This doesn't look normal. Maybe even not unity fault but your system's.

[little beacon]

Well In which areas of IT is SQL commonly used

I wanna be a fullstack game dev

So what things i must learn

[potent geyser]

Learn Unity 🤔

[little beacon]

No bro

[potent geyser]

GameDev is not IT

[little beacon]

I talk about backend

[potent geyser]

No, you were talking about Unity

Now you're talking about backend.

[little beacon]

So where the data about player,items put in

[potent geyser]

If you want to do server side stuff, then yes, of course some knowledge in databases would be necessary.

In a single player game, there is no need for any of that. Of course.

[little beacon]

Yeah i know

I want to do both

[steep garden]

Even better here

[little beacon]

Single and multi for extra money

Nah so i just learn sql a little bits

[steep garden]

here's what it looks like in game, camera snapped on its own, and then I have a cctv camera moving towards the player, but it's snapping at times, that's when the spikes happen

[little beacon]

I really wasted my time already

[potent geyser]

Okay then sure, if what you're actually asking if is it necessary to understand databases for backend features in a game, then obviously the answer is yes. 🤔

[ionic ermine]

guys sums wrong with my unity , in my unity in the my assets are theres nothing but in the browser i got a whole lot of things

[steep garden]

The thing is, I've been working on another game in which I've not had any of these issues, it's just with this new project I started making

[slow dirge]

This doesn't look like 640 sec lag.

[steep garden]

unfortunetly I'm not sure what I'm looking at

Every time it's sudden jumps, snapping my camera if I'm moving around, or that CCTV camera rather then rotating towards player smoothly it jumps in time from the way it looks

[slow dirge]

You need to look at the time column, that you've hidden in the screenshot.

[slow dirge]

But generally this one points out that there are heavy logs. Debug logs maybe.

[steep garden]

I'm not running any debug logs

[slow dirge]

Something about additional lights shadow caster.
A pkugin/asset perhaps?

[steep garden]

no plugins

[gentle shale]

I appreciate it)

[steep garden]

I mean, it does show up a lot of times with the RenderCameraStack and pointing at shadows

[jolly copper]

how do I fix this?

[deft rock]

read it and do what it says..

[jolly copper]

what do I do?

[steep garden]

If you check your animator you will see that the frames are yellow for the mis-match parts, you have different naming on the rig

using wrong/different avatar maybe

[ionic ermine]

anyone know how to use gridbox textures

on the ground

[steep garden]

Idk im giving up

[ionic ermine]

i wanna use this o n the ground

do u know how to do this

[storm patio]

you haven't really given us much info to work with

[ionic ermine]

cuz it comes as one big texture

[storm patio]

what's the issue

[ionic ermine]

i want to use that texture on the ground

[steep garden]

3d, 2d?

[ionic ermine]

no like

[gusty abyss]

🙂

[storm patio]

so, 3d

[stiff quest]

just create material for it or drag the texture on ground it will auto create material for it

[storm patio]

what's the issue you're encountering

[steep garden]

ok 3d then, make a material, apply the texture to the albedo and drag material on ground

[ionic ermine]

its not working like that

[storm patio]

you're gonna have to be more specific

[gusty abyss]

he guys from which country you all belong ?

[ionic ermine]

what should be the shader

[storm patio]

this is not a social space/space for off-topic, sorry

[gusty abyss]

ohh

[gentle shale]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.3/Documentation/Manual/Materials.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiTl7B2xTmA

[gusty abyss]

guys i am new in unity fron india i wanna know that which yt channel is best for a begineer

[storm patio]

there's no best

!learn

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[storm patio]

start there ☝️

[dusky narwhal]

Can you guarantee that all your cycles are working correctly?

[jolly copper]

Is there any way to fix the model in unity?

[gusty abyss]

thanks bruhh

[steep garden]

I tried it as well with empty scene with only cinemachine camera and it was still happening. It might be my pc, but then again, I don't have this issue on a different project. Difference is that this one is URP and the one that's fine is HDRP. Is it possible that URP has a bug that consists with my specs?

First I'm encountering this problem, but it's not going away now somehow wih new project, and different unity versions

really confused

[steep garden]

When it comes to animation and rig mis-match I'm not sure if there is a qucik easy fix. You just have to make sure that your animations are consistent with the use of the same avatar, especially if you're getting them from mixamo or other source.

because I can imagine that if you start renaming the rig parts, might get fixed for one animation but break for other

[dusky narwhal]

Just out of interest, what is your PC configuration?

[steep garden]

GeForce GTX 1080 (8GB), Intel i7-6700K, 16GB RAM

[dusky narwhal]

How long has this error been going on?

[steep garden]

2 days

[dusky narwhal]

Have you updated your drivers or changed anything on your computer?

[steep garden]

Tried many things

[slow dirge]

This definitely says logs. It must be some urp related logs if it's not yours. Can you check the console log of the build and make sure there is no huge number of spammed messages?

[slow dirge]

Perhaps it's a warning or error related to rendering. If it's spammed in huge numbers, that would cause a spike.

[jolly copper]

Alright, thanks!

[slow dirge]

Is that the only thing?

[steep garden]

yeah

well I have these errors but that's jsut not implemented inputs form the input system

[dusky narwhal]

Have you tried running it and checking the console at the same time? I'm not sure, but for some reason after exiting your console may be cleared.

[pale coyote]

dont fall into the youtube tutorial trap. the best way is to learn it by experimenting. thats one of the most efficient way to learn. you automatically get a habit and sense of whats where and how to use stuff

[gusty abyss]

@pale coyote okiee bruh

[storm patio]

that's definitely not the best way tbh

trial and error can only get you so far, and you need a foundation to do it well to begin with

[gusty abyss]

Ahh the Chris you tell me ?

[storm patio]

you need some base knowledge to experiment with

[pale coyote]

CPU bottleneck

[storm patio]

start with tutorials, and experiment with the info you get from them

[gusty abyss]

Ohh

[dusky narwhal]

What?

[pale coyote]

your cpu is stronger than your gpu causing limitation from using the full power of gpu

[dusky narwhal]

You don't understand the essence of the problem.

[steep garden]

how do I prevent the cpu from doing such a good job then lmao

[pale coyote]

get a better gpu

you cant change the cpu cuz its intel

[dusky narwhal]

Do you understand what you are talking about?

[steep garden]

so downgrading the cpu might fix it potentially? cause I could just put my old one into my pc for now

[slow dirge]

This one doesn't even have an issue.

You need to reproduce the issue reliably. Each of your screenshots shows different things with only 1 of them actually being related.

[dusky narwhal]

Don't listen to him, he doesn't understand what he's talking about. 🤣

[steep garden]

I'm just showing the spikes that I get when the lag/snapping happens in the game

[slow dirge]

The screenshot I referenced doesn't have a spike. It's almost 60 fps.

[pale coyote]

can you please tell me your mother board model and the age of your pc?

[pale coyote]

dont believe me then ask chat gpt

or any ai

or research it up

[dusky narwhal]

🤣

[dusky narwhal]

Well, I thought about it for a bit, and I don't think I can solve this problem; it's too deep and affects too many parts. It could be your PC or Unity.

[steep garden]

this one for a change affects both

[pale coyote]

Short summary for game development:

Main bottleneck: CPU (i7-6700)
Too few cores and old architecture. Causes slow compile times, shader/light builds, and editor lag in Unity, Unreal, and Godot.

Secondary bottleneck: RAM (16 GB)
Usable, but tight. Large scenes and multitasking will stutter. 32 GB is strongly recommended.

GPU status: GTX 1080 is still OK
Fine for editor viewports and testing at 1080p/1440p. Weak only for ray tracing (no RTX).

Storage matters:
If you’re not on an SSD/NVMe, that’s a major slowdown for project loading and asset imports.

Best fix:
Upgrade the CPU + motherboard, move to 6–8 cores, and increase RAM to 32 GB. The GTX 1080 can be kept for now.

Bottom line:
For game development, your system is CPU-limited first, RAM-limited second, GPU last

chatgpt gave this summary

[dusky narwhal]

🤣

[flat breach]

hi, how could I make a lookat transform system with cinemachine camera, the virtual camera should rotate and look at a specified transform during a specified time and then rotate back to its original rotation?

[pale coyote]

nobody asked you bro shut up. your not funny

[dusky narwhal]

You do understand that a simple output + log entry can't create a "bottleneck" under normal conditions? And that you don't know what you're talking about?

[storm patio]

we do not need to prolong this exchange

[slow dirge]

That's 258 sec long. Was there actually a freeze?

[flat breach]

#🎥┃cinemachine

[slow dirge]

Please avoid providing AI answers. It's against the rules.

[lapis gate]

Well, lot of preferences for it, but usually Orbital/PositionalComposer + RotationalComposer is a good combo

The most versatile that's for sure

[steep garden]

Eqch time its like a split second freeze

[storm patio]

more of a stutter?

[steep garden]

Yeah its stuttering

Snaps

[pale coyote]

if you dont need any hardware changes then enable vsync, reduce fog, realtime lights, reflection probes, and just try to reduce unnecessary stuff

[storm patio]

aren't these intermittent

[dusky narwhal]

enable vsync
What?

[storm patio]

those broad optimizations would apply if this was a consistent lag, no?

[flat breach]

okay,I'll take a look at these thank you,I didn't know about them

[slow dirge]

Then that's not it. It's more likely from making the window inactive.

[pale coyote]

i meant disable it in the editor mb mb

[slow dirge]

Please stop providing random advices without even understanding the issue.

[dusky narwhal]

Can you fully expand the branches in the profiler that are loading your CPU so heavily?

[steep garden]

Would either of u @dusky narwhal @slow dirge be willing to vc to go over it?

[storm patio]

it's not a very effective means to give info in comparison

[dusky narwhal]

No mic 😅

[storm patio]

there are no vc's here

[steep garden]

Add friend > vc

[storm patio]

that's even worse

voice is ephemeral
private is inaccessible

[copper gust]

There’s no vc’s here intentionally

[lapis gate]

My vc going rate is around $90 an hour

[storm patio]

these community spaces exist for a reason, and there's also a reason they're text-based

[slow dirge]

No. You need to identify the actual frames with the issue.

[dusky forum]

Dedicated one-on-one assistance is quite a burden. However, you're free to post your question with the necessary info here and would probably yield a few suggestions from the community.

[slow dirge]

I'd also suggest to start a thread to keep the conversation organized

[steep garden]

Right I've got to cook some food, will follow it up after

[drowsy salmon]

it was this. we were setting fixed timescale to 0 sometimes. which is very bad. i fixed it! thank you!

[steep garden]

Thank you for trying to help tho

[gray frigate]

Ha, that will do it

[strong fable]

does OnValidate need [ExecuteAlways] ?

[storm patio]

no

[flat breach]

hi, do you guys know why this happens?

[storm patio]

why what happens, exactly?

[flat breach]

the text seems to be a lot forward

look at the panel(canvas) and the text

[storm patio]

they both seem to disappear at the same time

[flat breach]

yes

but the canvas is still behind

I was wrong about the panel u right but the canvas

that's my first time seeing this

[storm patio]

is the panel just the black background

[gusty abyss]

believe it or not if you move into an object at some point it will disappear

[flat breach]

and that makes the text look a lot smaller on the screen gamescene

[flat breach]

but it doesn't disappear, the canvas is still behind lol

[storm patio]

what makes you say that

[brisk pewter]

Hey; is anyone facing the issue of not being able to see the camera border in Unity 6 2d

[flat breach]

the rectangle behind is the canvas no?

[flat breach]

no shi

[storm patio]

what rectangle behind? the camera frustum?

[flat breach]

ohhhhhh, welll seee I'm sorry

I thought this was the canvas lol

it's my first time seeing such a big frustum, that's weird

do you know how to hide it?

[gusty abyss]

then whats the issue here

[junior path]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f56VlWoe3R4
I like how they don't mention gacha montization here lol

[worldly cave]

Player-first monetization

wonder why they dont mention the gambling machine™

[ionic ermine]

no look here its like stretched into one big part

i want it to look like its one tile repeating

to acheive the other look

if i set it to standard it becomes pink

[gentle shale]

try changing tiling values

[ionic ermine]

oh

thanks

[fierce shuttle]

how could I invite someone to my game on steam while their game is off?

like how would I manage that when the game first opens?

is there a way to check that you opened the game via an invite and manage that

[ionic ermine]

yo anyone got free footstep sound

like for basic concrete or smth

i cant find a good one

[stuck flower]

• Good
• Fast
• Cheap

Pick two

[half saffron]

Hey guys. I'm kinda sick of

var pos = transform.position;
pos.x = 5;
transform.position = pos;

I'm currently working on a lib to add a syntax that goes:
transform.Easy().positionSet(Axis.X, 5);

how do you feel about that. Would you think that makes it only worse or is that something you would like to see?

[storm patio]

the Easy() step seems unnecessary

[violet thunder]

You could make an extension method

[storm patio]

i mean like, you've already made an extension method lmao

[violet thunder]

So you can "directly" call it on the transform

[storm patio]

ive considered something like that before, but imo, making it generalized makes it kinda clunky.
more often, you have a specific intent based on the context/design of your game
it's not hard to make your own extension, and making it customized like that means you can make it work nice for your specific usecase

[violet thunder]

Or have the Easy part as middleman struct if thats the syntax you want

[storm patio]

i don't think it makes it worse, i think it's an OK solution, but i think there are better, more specific solutions for each specific usecase

[half saffron]

The problem is that I also add functions like

positionAdd
positionSub
positionMul
positionDiv
positionDivSafe
positionDo

The same for local position, scale, local scale, rotation, local rotation
Adding it directly to transform bloats up the autocomplete like hell and prevents you from finding other usefull stuff

[violet thunder]

Thats a decent justification for having the Easy part IMO

[half saffron]

Easy() returns a wrapper struct

[balmy kettle]

but why
-# also fun fact, but this work you're doing will be obsolete once we get CoreCLR support because we'll finally be able to use with expressions

[ionic ermine]

free good

[stuck flower]

Go out and record it yourself to your exact specifications

[ionic ermine]

alr

sounds like good idea

[storm patio]

like, i have something like this

    void UpdateFacing(Transform transform) {
        Vector3 scale = transform.localScale;
        scale.x = facing.Value(); // modified for simplicity
        transform.localScale = scale;
    }
```because that makes sense for my specific usecase
that's much more ergonomic than `transform.scaleSet(Axis.X, facing.Value())`, it shows intent much more clearly

[sly lake]

Search the asset store. There’s a free pack that’s really good

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/sound-fx/foley/footsteps-essentials-189879

[storm patio]

or even this

    public static Vector2 WithX(this Vector2 vec, float x) {
        vec.x = x;
        return vec;
    }
```i didn't implement an enum to choose x vs y, because in my usecase, i only need to modify the x axis

don't forget - more flexibility comes with more complexity

[ionic ermine]

i found one better but thanks https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/audio/footstepper-lightweight-footsteps-solution-326141

[worldly cave]

well one is a pack of sounds

while what you linked is some kind of solutionfor playing the sounds themselves

you are still better off getting the actual sfx pack and not this

[violet thunder]

Lol I have 329 usages for this one in my codebase

public static Vector3 AddY(this Vector3 vec3, float add) => new Vector3(vec3.x, vec3.y + add, vec3.z);```

Mostly for offsetting stuff for debug drawing

[mild radish]

"lightweight" 😏

[storm patio]

why is add a keyword.

ah, event +=/-= bodies, akin to get/set

[half saffron]

To have that function is totally find, if it fits your project. My syntax would only change the internal of the function

[storm patio]

your syntax wouldn't really add anything in this case

[balmy kettle]

public static class Vec3Extensions
{
  public static Vector3 With(this Vector3 v, float? X = null, float? Y = null, float? Z = null)
  {
    if(X.HasValue) v.x = X.Value;
    if(Y.HasValue) v.y = Y.Value;
    if(Z.HasValue) v.z = Z.Value;
    return v;
  }
}

something like this should work nicely. then you can do transform.position = transform.position.With(Z: 1); and the like to kind of mimic a proper with expression
-# (I will also note that this was not written with a compiler so if there are errors i blame my memory for what should actually work or not)

[storm patio]

all those functions is, tbh, excess

[violet thunder]

Excess?

[storm patio]

position/scale/eulerangles
multiplied by global/local
multiplied by, what, set/add/sub/mul/div/mod/pow/exp/log/min/max/clamp?
that's 72 functions to maintain

and you need some kind of overloading to support planar changes, so maybe 144

[half saffron]

This looks bad for a general purpose lib regarding performance.

[storm patio]

performance doesn't really matter on this scale

[violet thunder]

On what scale

[sonic ferry]

no not multiplayer, just a server for data storage. When I tried looking for something on YT, same thing lol, everyones talking about multiplayer too

[storm patio]

this utility scale, no?
if perf mattered that much, you wouldn't be going through the utility methods to begin with

[hot tundra]

Can someone please tell me if I can stop the Universe of the game I made. For example if I press R, I want for the time to stop, everything to freeze and then when I press C, I want everything to continue again, like it didn t even stop in the first place. Is here in Unity some Time Freeze Mechanic?

[storm patio]

you can always make one yourself

there's timescale that you can leverage to aid in creating it - it affects deltaTime, so if stuff relies on that, the change over time will be scaled

[violet thunder]

Yeah I don't disagree with that generally
I first thought you meant something like 'indie game scale'

I want unity devs to be ambitious :p

Most of the code i wrote recently runs in hot loops so maybe im a bit out of touch

[balmy kettle]

the only way that could have any meaningful impact on performance would be if you were doing it multiple thousands of times per frame, but at that point you would also likely have other bigger impacts on performance. and like Chris pointed out, if performance were that important you wouldn't be using these utilities anyway.
also this is going to be pointless in the next couple years anyway when we finally get to use with expressions and won't need these utility methods

[storm patio]

yeah, optimizing a utility method that just does some conditional assignment is definitely microoptimization territory

-# though, heh, sorting algorithms are just a bunch of conditional assignments...

[half saffron]

Okay, thanks for your input about that.

[storm patio]

you can reduce this a lot by just not having those add/sub/mul etc and taking a delegate, actually

[torn ravine]

I've recently been using Unity Learn. Should I keep on those? Or are there any other guides/tutorials/courses that anyone here would recommend over those?

[lapis gate]

and if you were doing it multiple thousands of times per frames, even then you'd have less of an issue with this than what is happening with the objects that are being applied to

[storm patio]

i wouldn't really recommend any X over Y unless Y is egregiously bad.
X should be considered as an alternative or a supplementary resource

take advantage of all the resources you have as needed

if the specific learn tutorials aren't covering the topics you're interested in, try other resources, that kind of thing

[worldly cave]

after a certain point when learning you are better off experimenting and creating to progress further

you can only get so far through tutorials alone

if you have a basic understanding of unity and c# i say start working on something... anything really!

[lapis gate]

I'd find a tutorial that is similar to what you want to make and just follow that at a point

[midnight stump]

I have this list: public List<DialoguePack> _IntroDialogue;

public class DialoguePack
{
    public string _Line;
    public string _Name;
    public Sprite _Sprite;
}```

When I add more than 10 elements to the list in the Inspector, I get a bug where the data changes unexpectedly.

[lapis gate]

full script

[storm patio]

!code

[vagrant root]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://paste.mod.gg/, https://hastebin.skyra.pw/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://paste.myst.rs/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[midnight stump]

I got the exact same problem with public LevelObjects[] LevelObjects; public List<LevelObjects> LevelObjectsList;

[lapis gate]

So it's a serialized class inside of a serialized class?

[storm patio]

what version of unity are you on

[midnight stump]

_IntroDialogue4 is just a list of a serialized class

[midnight stump]

6.0

[storm patio]

the patch version is also significant in that question

[storm patio]

but whatever, it's >=6.2 <6.2.8 i think it was that had the list serialization issues

[midnight stump]

Is there a way to fix that ?

Or an alternative way to do that

[balmy kettle]

try updating to the latest patch

[midnight stump]

I try array and list but I got the same result

[lapis gate]

can't really make out the problem completely with the gif, but usually if you do have multiple serialized classes nested, serialization does tend to become displayed wrong in the editor. But doesn't look to be that issue

[midnight stump]

Is not a multiple serialized classes nested, it's only a List<MyClass>

[lapis gate]

Sounds like a bug in that case or some some validation script / editor is changing the values elsewhere then

[slow dirge]

Really looks like validation.

Share the code properly.

The whole script

[midnight stump]

ok

[balmy palm]

Guys. my entire project suddenly became empty?

after getting an error

[balmy kettle]

you don't have a scene opened

[midnight stump]

https://paste.mod.gg/eoijsprkkmkt/0

[balmy palm]

I do.

[balmy kettle]

that's literally an unsaved empty scene, i.e. your scene that you were working in is not open

[violet thunder]

Did you name your scene "Untitled*"?

[balmy palm]

i don't recall. every object is just gone tho..

[balmy kettle]

because your scene is not open

[balmy palm]

How do i open it?

[balmy kettle]

by locating it in your Assets folder and double click it like you were opening any file

[stuck flower]

Double click it

[balmy palm]

oh my god. thank you so much

[midnight stump]

What Validation mean ?

[balmy kettle]

!learn 👇 you should consider going through the unity essentials pathway on the learn site to learn how to properly use the editor

[vagrant root]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[balmy palm]

I would prefer to focus on more universal aspects of programming and keep the engine related knowledge to when i need to use it.

[balmy kettle]

to when i need to use it
you mean like . . . now?

[balmy palm]

Yeah which i now know

[storm patio]

you will always need to use essential knowledge. that's what essential means

[balmy palm]

that i just had to open the assets folder

[storm patio]

yes, this is a very basic thing that you shouldve learnt in your first 10 minutes of using unity

[balmy kettle]

so you learned one thing and you think you can skip learning the rest of the essential fundamental knowledge?

[sly lake]

Then read the manual 🙂

[storm patio]

there are reasons why those courses exist, and why they're called "essentials"

for example - do you know how to use flythrough mode?

[balmy palm]

What's an, flythrough mode?

[storm patio]

yeah...

go learn essentials

there's a reason they're called essentials

[balmy palm]

Well, this is how i think about it. I feel like focusing on a programming languages library is more beneficial in the long run.

[storm patio]

ok, im going to be blunt

you are wrong

fundamentals are called that for a reason

you have been disproven quite clearly here, tbh. you were unable to execute maybe the simplest task in unity project management

[balmy palm]

Yes, but what if i move on from unity in the future? i would have more knowledge.

and i think i know a well admittedly okay amount of the basic stuff, still iffy about build profiles and such. and basically other stuff too probably that i dont even know about

[storm patio]

knowing how to drive a car is useless if you can't even turn the key

[midnight stump]

Sorry to ask again , but , waht Validation mean in my bug list context ?

[balmy palm]

But those i feel like are things you learn along the road.

[storm patio]

and knowing how file systems work will be beneficial, yes

[storm patio]

they're referring to a specific unity message OnValidate which runs when data in the inspector is changed, it can be used to modify data after changing it
they were suspecting that was the cause of the bug you showed

[balmy kettle]

yes, you do learn those things along the road. but you're trying to skip that part of the road

[worldly cave]

too add to the car analogy nobody who drives the same type of car for years will suddenly have trouble switching to another

so knowing how unity works properly and in depth is not going to harm your understanding of other engines in the future

[balmy kettle]

learning how to use the editor is an essential part of your journey when trying to make games . . . in the editor.

[balmy palm]

Well i guess i'm starting to see your point. You guys are moreso imagining more about the workflow which is essential to programming, and if the workflow is disruptive and you don't know common things

it could be bumpy?

is that it?

[worldly cave]

yes

if you want to learn programming through unity you also need to learn how to do some basics with unity

[gusty abyss]

first reply decides what type of genre ill make a poor attempt at making

[balmy palm]

well- i just took it for granted i guess.

[worldly cave]

also learning unity as an editor now will actually make it easier for you to learn and adapt to other engines in the future.

[balmy palm]

but i see the point know, that i had time to think about it.

[storm patio]

stuff used in unity is not specific to unity.
the 2d and 3d tools and controls in the scene view are pretty much universal.
the game view, a preview, is a core concept to creating anything visual.
the project view is based on files and folders.
the console view is.. a console, used ubiquitously in software
the hierarchy is a general concept used a ton, like in every single website for example
the inspector is a data file with nice UI. most if not all software creations involve config/data
the package manager is a common concept in software, each language or environment will have its own version of managing dependencies

and all of it is a typical UI.

if you take the time to learn all this stuff, and then you don't use unity, none of that knowledge or experience is wasted.
even just being proficient at navigating a UI, understanding where stuff is

[worldly cave]

it also takes a lot less effort to actually get a basic understanding of the unity editor than you think

you can do it in an afternoon and through work you will get very comfy with it

[balmy palm]

oh yeah definitely with ui. i'm actually having a blast learning that. But unity does make it too simple with alot of common ui elements being inbuilt

saves alot of time tho

[storm patio]

huh? i'm not talking about making UI in unity

im referring to navigating the unity editor's ui

[balmy palm]

ooo. Well, i'd imagine i'm pretty comfortable with everything that's supposedly essential?

[storm patio]

you just had issues opening a file

confidence is good, but there's a very fine line between that and overconfidence

you're definitely treading in overconfidence right now

[balmy palm]

Yes. because my project suddenly decided to blankslate me which had never happened

[storm patio]

it did, once

when you created it

[balmy palm]

oh trust me, i know my lines and capability in terms of limits

[storm patio]

...the evidence provided really inclines me to not trust you on that

[balmy palm]

well, it's always easier to believe yourself rather then others.

[storm patio]

whatever makes you sleep at night, pal.

[balmy palm]

if your gut is telling you no. then sure.

[storm patio]

nope, this is years of experience of helping beginners

and also quite a few instances of helping you specifically

[balmy palm]

Well, when people typically have issues and can't solve it. there's a higher chance that it's something dumb they simply overlooked or a configuration error.

[storm patio]

you have decent experience and skill, but the skill ceiling is massive

[balmy palm]

Which i recall admittedly having but if those are considered skills i guess they could be considered a mental fortitude

then i cant argue

[storm patio]

and with experience, you learn to discard those assumptions and check thoroughly

they are debugging skills, yes

[balmy palm]

I revoke my statement, about the whole capability, thing. i was thinking i knew what i couldn't do. But you're right. A human can't truly know their limits and if that came off as insulting and arrogant i apologize.

i didn't mean to make it come off as like a "i'm better'' but i did.

[storm patio]

oh, don't worry about that. it's... kinda a natural human response afaict, im used to it lol. ive been there before myself

i didn't see it as "i'm better" - rather as "i'm good", which, you are, but it's hard to see the journey ahead when you're still embarking.

[storm patio]

like i mentioned before ^, much more room to improve

[balmy palm]

No. Like i might've tensed abit. Kinda embarrassing i know. But yeah. i don't wanna give off that vibe y'know but i did

[balmy palm]

Hope i'm atleast a decent beginner lol.

But thank you twice for the compliment. I didn't expect that from a programming server, usually people are harsh and honest which filters unmotivated people for those that actually wanna learn

[gusty abyss]

does checkers but with drugs as a mechanic sound like a fun project for a beginner

[storm patio]

i mean, that is entirely up to the person making it

if it sounds fun to you then it'll probably at least somewhat fun to you

[worldly cave]

everytime someone asks "is X fun" or "can Y idea be fun to play" the answer is pretty much always prototype it

[gusty abyss]

long enough into a game its probably gonna start looking like that one gd level lol

[clever quest]

Is it true unity’s unit circle is off by 90 degrees

[clever quest]

Sounds amazing

[gusty abyss]

imma start working on it after i finish my homework

[storm patio]

what do you mean by "unity's unit circle"

"unit circle" is just a mathematical concept

[sly lake]

Unity uses a left-handed, Y-up coordinate system

That covers all the specifics in that area.

And normals are also in Y+

[jolly copper]

What site would you guys recomend for getting free sound effets?

[worldly cave]

sometimes i wish unity and some other engines didnt use the blatantly incorrect up axis standard

im a Z up purist

[sly lake]

Z up makes no sense

[worldly cave]

it makes so much sense

[violet thunder]

It makes sense for a 2D-3D engine IMO

[worldly cave]

imagine youre looking at the cartesian coordinate system from the top downwards

[sly lake]

So you’re going to use an XZ Vector2 for screen space? 😅

[worldly cave]

well it changes for 2d

obviously

[storm patio]

you could also make it top down to keep it XY

[violet thunder]

My point being that Y is "up" in both 2D and 3D

[worldly cave]

its all about consistency and the most consistent solution would be to refactor everything using y up into z up 😈

[storm patio]

but yeah i agree with Y up, totally not for nostalgia reasons with minecraft in the cartesian plane, Y is clearly up, adding Z as depth instead of up makes more sense imo

[worldly cave]

the cartesian plane argument

depends on your perspective litterally

[storm patio]

why would you make me read that pun with my own 2 eyes

[sly lake]

So be inconsistent for no reason?

[worldly cave]

if you imagine it as a wall with Y as up and your distance from the wall as Z sure

but if you imagine it as a floor and yourself looking down, then Z up is the height and your distance from the floor

[sly lake]

Unity is always Y up, in every coordinate space

[storm patio]

but the "top" of your field of view still points to Y, and the depth of field of view (distance) is in Z

[lapis gate]

y up, z forward objectively best coordinate system

[worldly cave]

youre imagining them in a 3d space

[violet thunder]

If you made a 2D game on the XZ plane then you'd always have to be using Vector3's with an extra Y value dangling in between X and Z

[worldly cave]

i think im just used to Z being up in blender

[storm patio]

you described it in a 3d space what are you talking about 😆

[worldly cave]

but there is 1 important argument

you guys are not really getting here

[gusty abyss]

what effects should i make the drugs have

[worldly cave]

have you considered that Z is simply a cooler of the 2 letters

[storm patio]

i have a better argument: minecraft

[worldly cave]

actually the correct solution is to replace it with I, J and K

the most chaotic neutral solution

[worldly cave]

physics already figured it out ages ago

[worldly cave]

nvm im learning that K and J are both used as up with no clear standard; burn it all down

[lapis gate]

like why make your game engines different thanwhat the majority of graphical APIs use

with that being said, there's still a argument of depth being negative or positive with some

[worldly cave]

not a graphical api but blender uses the z up standard and honestly now that i think of it i cant think of any other engine that does

pretty sure directx, vulkan and opengl all use Y as up

[sly lake]

Yeah, Unity matches DirectX

Y up, left handed

Though DX8 used Y- normal maps

[storm patio]

there's a chart/diagram for it (well, several)

[worldly cave]

yeah so they decided on the Up standard but cant decide on the z and x axis?

so directx is left handed while opengl is right handed

[lapis gate]

unreal a little special

[sly lake]

Unreal is switching to Y up

[storm patio]

aw, beat me to it

[lapis gate]

yeah I've heard

[worldly cave]

also i seriously cant remember but im pretty sure source 2 uses Y up?

or at least s&box does

[sly lake]

Source also uses the Imperial system 😂

[worldly cave]

source uses hammer units

gross

[lapis gate]

https://i.imgur.com/qlWGsIZ.png

[worldly cave]

dont worry guys 1 hammer unit is like one-onetwelth of half an inch

[worldly cave]

i think the quake engine used z up, so it could also be the same reason source uses z up

but unreals use would have been an inspiration more than anything

for source it makes a lot more sense since gldsource is just a fork of the quake engine

[clever quest]

Unreal really just tryna be different

[sly lake]

First time I made a 3D engine I specifically flipped coordinates. None of it made sense to me 😅

[inland wharf]

I don´t know if this is the place to ask for this but is there anyone who can help me with a proyect? I´m having trouble with the character input and the colliders interacting properly

[storm patio]

!aks

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<:error:1413114584763596884> Command not found

There's no command called aks.

[storm patio]

whoops

!ask

[vagrant root]

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[storm patio]

we can't help without some info about what you need help with

though, if you're looking for someone to work on your project directly, this isn't the place for that. we're here to help you fix your own project

[azure pond]

haha what kind of manianc points up with their index finger

make a gun hand. that's the coordinate system

thumb is y, index is positive z, the side that the folded fingers are on is positive x

[vivid cedar]

But with your middle finger pointing straight out to the right instead of curled!

[azure pond]

yes that can work too

curled or pointed

your choice

it also makes it so much more clear how things are flipped / mirrored, and not rotated

[inland wharf]

That's what I´m referring to. I´m stuck with my project and thought that here was a good place as any to ask.

[storm patio]

im referring to 2 things in that message

are you trying to get assistance or project partners?

[inland wharf]

Assistance

I didn't mean for it to sound like "I´m dumping you my project to fix it"

[storm patio]

ah no it didn't really sound like that, it was just ambiguous

[storm patio]

anyways like mentioned before ^, gonna need some info about the issue to be able to help

[inland wharf]

I explain more in detail here or is there a more appropriate channel?

[storm patio]

pick a channel that matches the topic of the issue, or if you can't find one or you're unsure, you can just post it (and you'll be redirected if there's a more appropriate place)

[lyric osprey]

Can anyone help me with an issue in my game. When I downlaod the APK on my VR it says package appears to be invalid. I haven't changed my company or project name since last APK make and haven't added anything to the game that shoukd affect it. It was working perfectly fine before

[inland wharf]

I´ll explain here then. It´s a project for schoolwork so some scripts were given to me.

-Player can´t jump and when falling doesn´t collide with the floor. It gets stuck on the falling animation.

I think the jumping is related to the layers/colliders but haven´t found a way to fix it.

-Enemy doesn´t move.

The enemy script has an editable line in the Unity Editor that is meant to indicate the area in which the enemy has to move but it´s stuck in it´s starting point.

Those are the most glaring I´ve found for now.

[storm patio]

let's go one at a time.
for that first one, sounds like you aren't detecting the ground appropriately. how are you doing the ground check?

[gloomy canyon]

Hi

[vivid cedar]

There's a really decent chance all of these problems are caused by your grounded check not working.

[storm patio]

!collab

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[gloomy canyon]

Oh ok ty

[azure pond]

is your goal to learn the most?

if i were you and you are seeing a lot of issues with scripts it can be faster to implement them yourself, at the beginning learning level, and then trying to fix the bugs you observe

rather than trying to fix existing code written by another learner

[inland wharf]

It was given by our teacher

[inland wharf]

I have an Empty that is meant to work as the collider to detect the tilemap

[azure pond]

the purpose of the exercise is to fix bugs?

i mean to diagnose and fix a bug in someone else's code?

[storm patio]

well it's not an empty if it has a collider, but sure. you're checking OnCollisionEnter or something in the child?

[azure pond]

or you can change these scripts if needed?

i would change the scripts

[inland wharf]

The exercise was to create a project from the ground up during the semester but the teacher couldn´t explain to safe his life so now I have to find a way to make it work.

I can show screenshots if needed.

[azure pond]

okay, well so what if the code was written by the teacher

you're not going to be given bonus points for fixing that code

write new stuff

if the goal is learning and your end product will benefit from control here. otherwise use a package

[storm patio]

you also haven't said how the ground check is implemented, btw.

[azure pond]

🙏

focus on what i am saying

[inland wharf]

I guess it could work. The idea is to just make it work, not making a carbon copy. But it gets me a bit nervous redoing things at this point.

I´m trying to focus on fixing and correcting what I got instead of redoing

[azure pond]

well the learnings are the journey

one thing you will learn is, fixing bugs in stuff that is basically a bunch of traditions is as hard as writing it yourself from scratch

[storm patio]

well if you want help fixing what you currently have then you're going to have to give some info about it

there's a ton of ways to do a grounded check, so we can't say what you did wrong without knowing what you have so far

[inland wharf]

I would prefer to stick to corrections to make the project work. It seems that all I need to fix is making sure the character controller work properly and for the enemy to patrol and attack.

[storm patio]

oh, are you using a CharacterController?

[inland wharf]

Do i send you screenshots?

[storm patio]

if they're relevant to how you're doing the grounded check, sure

share code as below 👇

!code

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[inland wharf]

No, I meant it as controlling the character, not a CharacterController. The inputs for controllers are made on script.

[inland wharf]

Being honest I have no idea where the groundcheck is meant to be declared in my scripts. No warning or errors appear related to it, but I´m checking my scripts for something related.
And also, I wrote variables and annotations in spanish.

[azure pond]

^ you made this choice haha

you're delaying the inevitable

[storm patio]

do you know where you're jumping?

[azure pond]

i know you'd prefer to stick to it, but you better start believing in rewriting code, because you're going to be doing a lot of it haha

[inland wharf]

Yes

[storm patio]

presumably, you'd be checking to see if you're on the ground before you jump, right?

[inland wharf]

https://paste.mod.gg/zcnlnqzbtvtv/0
I think this is how to share my script? I can share the rest.

[storm patio]

you can share multiple files in the same bin

that's missing a lot of context from the parent class

seems like you're jumping on line 43 there, but you have not shown Saltar

[inland wharf]

OK, I´m sharing the others one sec

[azure pond]

i thin kyou will benefit IMMENSELY from writing this yourself

[inland wharf]

https://paste.mod.gg/pucflrmuukgk/0

https://paste.mod.gg/pucflrmuukgk/1

https://paste.mod.gg/pucflrmuukgk/2

https://paste.mod.gg/pucflrmuukgk/3

https://paste.mod.gg/pucflrmuukgk/4

https://paste.mod.gg/pucflrmuukgk/5

those are my scripts

[storm patio]

you only needed to share one of the links lol

anyways yeah in VIVO your Saltar method checks tocandoPiso on line 99

you can search for that throughout your project to see where it's being set

it's private, so it'd be set in VIVO, and it's not updated anywhere

so your character thinks it's never on the ground

so it's not really that it's broken, it's just that you just haven't made that

[inland wharf]

So I have to declare when the character is touching the floor in VIVO itself?

[storm patio]

technically not "declare", but yeah

"declare" is a specific term, it's when you say something exists, like bool tocandoPiso; is a field declaration

[inland wharf]

But I do have to make it so that the player detects when it´s touching the floor so that it can jump.

[storm patio]

you've already made the "jump if grounded" part, now you just have to figure out if you're touching the ground

[azure pond]

🥺

[storm patio]

there's quite a few ways to do so

you could use raycasts or collision messages for example

try researching grounded checks

[inland wharf]

Im guessing I have to do the groundcheck on the OnTriggerEnter2D at VIVO? Thats what I´m seeing from the results.

[storm patio]

if your colliders are set up for that, sure

[inland wharf]

Also, the way that i was told to do the GroundCheck and other tutorials say that it´s with an Empty object (I already have it) and scripting

[gusty abyss]

guys should I make a game

[tall hearth]

No

[gusty abyss]

alr

[tall hearth]

This is a help server to support people in using unity not to support those that cant make their own decisions

[azure pond]

i'm concerned you have code that is like

EnTriggerEnter

i assume VIVO calls EnTriggerEnter from OnTriggerEnter?

there's also an Invoke(methodName: "Revivir", time: 2)

i think you are actually un-learning by using this code, not merely doing things a slow and inefficient way

@inland wharf another point of view is, do you know why math tests have time limits? there are a million slow ways to solve a math problem, the point is that you understand things better if you're forced to do them efficiently. it does matter for learning to do things the right way

[gusty abyss]

never heard of EnTriggerEnter

[fierce shuttle]

is there a way to try out invites while working with steam? like inviting yourself somehow lol

just to test the callback

[fleet canopy]

you'd probably have to check the steamworks documentation

[exotic relic]

The only way it will work is if you have a custom ID for your game, then you can go ahead and send a invite to a friend. It will not work with the test 480

Unfortunately there is no way to send one to yourself

[fierce shuttle]

unfortunate. thank you

[exotic relic]

I totally agree. Which is why I created fallback indications, my networking system will notify the player of a invite

basically just forward the steamID, roomID, and a int to know theyve gotten one

[polar basalt]

spanish unity callback

[fierce shuttle]

are u using steamworks.net or facepunch?

[exotic relic]

steamworks api, not facepunch

[fierce shuttle]

oh so ur doin it raw lmao

[exotic relic]

I personally find it cleaner that way, the code is really not that hard. the steam api already has all of the functions you need, all you are doing is telling another player some info

youve sent someone your roomid, and when they click it they join that roomid, using callback functions

[sonic ferry]

can i use bluehost for unity or is it strictly a domain/website hosting server thing? Not too familiar with bluehost or servers but from the menus and its website, looks to be mainly domain

btw not talking about multiplayer, just strictly file reading/writing like jsons and pngs

[exotic relic]

if thats the case, then a web host would be fine. you can check out dreamhost too. one method would be to create a simple php site you can run request to and from

youll place your files in a folder on the webhost and using the domain you can link to it

[sonic ferry]

so have the website store these, and read them from there, while I guess keeping the site/page private/invisible ?

i see, smart

thx

[exotic relic]

basically yes. you could also make use of it to have a website for your game.

[sonic ferry]

meta requires it alrdy, where I ended up looking into wordpress and bluehost yeaa :/

[exotic relic]

This setup is very universal, unity C# is also .NET, therefor if you want to research a couple youtube tutorials on sending requests to php on a C# application, it will work in unity code.

That is if you are unable to find any that have that example in unity already

[sonic ferry]

idk about php, but it sounds like php is the piece I didnt know I was missing, thx!

and yeaa, couldnt find any examples, which is why I came here

[exotic relic]

Makes sense. And that is because it is reaching outside of Unity. Take a look again im sure youll find something

Typically these web hosts come with a free MySQL database, you may want to make use of that. depending on what you are storing

[hollow gyro]

Anyone have any experience talking to opencv without the store plugin?

[fierce shuttle]

do you use rich presence at all? im struggling to get it to show up while im in the editor. or does it just not show up unless i build, you think?

[exotic relic]

I dont, but that should be something steam would automatically do after being published

[fierce shuttle]

i see

maybe i have to push a build to test the changes

[azure pond]

what is your big picture goal?

[azure pond]

if you need to store files to distribute to users, your best bet is AWS free tier.

use s3

[sonic ferry]

I ended up looking into the bluehost thing and there were databases there! Since we got a website going alrdy, we'll probably be using that moving forward, looks snazzy. Thanks tho

Im sure ill be able to find better resources hooking up unity w/ a mysql database somewhere

than storing those on a website itself and retrieving it like that method

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond I meant the ocv plugin in the unity store, I want to at leas try to use my own cpp code fore paying the money.

[azure pond]

right. what are you trying to do? what are you trying to use opencv for?

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond an ar project?

[azure pond]

are you using bluehost because it is "free"?

[azure pond]

can you be more specific?

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond I think you're talking to the wrong dude. Qaric is using bluehost.

[sonic ferry]

no, its cuz we need a website due to meta requirements, and realized that it also has databases for us to use.

[azure pond]

i know. i'm asking, can you be more specific about the ar project? what are you going to use opencv for exactly?

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond object and human body tracking

[azure pond]

are you serious about publishing a game?

[azure pond]

can you be more specific haha

[sonic ferry]

who tf r u

[azure pond]

like why? why opencv

[sonic ferry]

wt u mean

[azure pond]

i know a lot about AR.

just focus on answering my question

[sonic ferry]

im making a VR game

noob

[azure pond]

like what are you trying to do that AR Foundation doesn't provide?

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond I'm trying to make ar rock climbing wall. I want to track climbers and holds.

[sonic ferry]

honestly, looks like 6.3 has some building blocks for easy interactability like that, I think they have a wall climbing template alrdy

I think Valem Just posted a tutorial about it

[azure pond]

okay, so someone points their phone at a wall. and you want to detect the holds and the climber's body pose. of the climber who isn't holding the phone obviously

[azure pond]

and what's the game exactly

or whatever

i mean it doesn't have to be a game

so far you haven't said anything that you can't do already with AR Foundation, which will work 100x better

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond no, I want to project interactive image on the wall. Like so; (https://www.valomotion.com/valoclimb)

[azure pond]

cool

so it's a stationary camera?

or it's a phone

[hollow gyro]

If AR foundation is better, I will gladly use it. I just have a lot more experience with python ocv

Stationary cam

[azure pond]

the wall is going to be fixed yes? you don't need a CV solution for the holds then

they will be in the same place "every time"

[hollow gyro]

Yes, but also no. They get switched up about once a month.

[azure pond]

an iphone will work a bajillion times better yes

that's fine

you should definitely, 100%, utterly unequivocally use AR Foundation

[hollow gyro]

Yeah, I'm not buying an iphone for the project

[azure pond]

haha okay well does your project have to work or

[hollow gyro]

Or an android, probably

[azure pond]

is it okay if it doesn't work

[hollow gyro]

It has to work eventually

[azure pond]

then you better start believing in buying an iphone

or. if you really want to do this with opencv. do not use unity at all

it provides no benefits to you

you will be much, much better served making the experience inside the browser

#1 you will be able to vibe code it. #2 the opencv.js experience is robust.

[hollow gyro]

A browser app is an interesting idea. However I want powerful 3d graphics, therefore unity.

And re iphone, this has been done, without advanced 3d graphics, with a pc webcam and ocv several times.

[azure pond]

if you don't have the budget for a $500 phone you won't get much out of graphics in unity versus in the browser

[hollow gyro]

I'm sorry?

[copper gust]

why is the #1 selling point being discussed vibe coding 😭

[hollow gyro]

@copper gust I also have this question, but I don't prioritize it

[azure pond]

well let me reassure you by saying that i know a lot more about this than you haha

something has been "done" but that doesn't mean it is good or works well

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond And yet, you didn't know that it has been done repeatedly the way you didn't want to do it. shrugemoji

[azure pond]

the nice thing about AR Foundation is that if you test it yourself in your own environment, you have greater confidence things will work when you put it in the installation

[stuck flower]

AI and Javascript. If you're trying to make this actually seem appealing you're doing a pretty poor job of it

[hollow gyro]

@stuck flower This is also my instinct. But I like to give people a chance.

[azure pond]

if you try to do this yourself using opencv, you are pretty much guaranteed to need to build the installation and do all of your testing (and therefore programming) literally on site

unless it isn't important that it works / or is ready on time

that is true for a lot of people!

a lot of installations are delayed

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond No offense, how many projects have you completed?

[copper gust]

your kinda oddly not responding to people

[stuck flower]

Also, the most common XR platform available is Android. The Quest runs on Android.

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond and, there is no fixed timeframe rn

[azure pond]

a lot

[stuck flower]

The new Valve headset will be linux at least if not also Android

[hollow gyro]

Yeah. Unless you give a specific number this is literally #trustmebro. Thanks for your "help"

[azure pond]

you can ignore my valuable advice. by all means, get bogged down trying to save $75 or whatever on an asset store asset, or $500 for a phone.

🥺

you have to look at what AR Foundation offers

[copper gust]

why are you being so weird about this 😭

[azure pond]

i'm recommending using it with the iphone (i.e. AR Kit) because it is very reliable

the human pose tracking is much better than anything you'll get out of opencv

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond To quote Jimmy Darmody, I wasn't going to but you sorta talked me into it.

[azure pond]

haha okay okay

i wouldn't recommend an android device because they don't have lidar, they don't have sensor fusion solutions

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond Bro you are literally trying to solve a software problem with hardware. Your response of "a lot" makes perfect sense now.

Have a good day.

[azure pond]

i wouldn't recommend opencv because it will be a pain in the ass to deal with compiling the contrib / nonfree modules. so even if you are okay with violating the license of the stuff that actually works in it, you will just be fucking around with nonsense to use it

[hollow gyro]

@azure pond What's that? You think software engineers shouldn't software engineer?

[azure pond]

haha

a lot of commercial projects suddenly make way more sense for their budgets now

considering how good gemini is nowadays at making SPAs

i mean, they have become deliverable for their budgets and timelines. i don't know if they make sense - most IT projects and games make no sense haha

specifically regarding human body pose estimation, i just think people don't realize how bad / flickery / insuitable for games most solutions are

[hollow gyro]

Cool story bro

[azure pond]

especially optical, in an optically challenging environment like projecting over people

but what do i know.

[hollow gyro]

Aight, I'm out. I literally have cleaning to do.

PS - literally multiple fucking commercial solutions, which clearyly you have never contributed to.

[azure pond]

i mean most AR experiences are bad

i cannot wrap my mind around, let's use someone else's code, that is a painful to use dependency, rather than this other, much higher quality piece of code

[potent geyser]

This isn't a Unity conversation at this point. Make a thread.

[stuck flower]

At this point I am now going to refuse to use AR Foundation for any AR projects I'm working on specifically to slight you

[hollow gyro]

Sorry. Good night all.

[azure pond]

haha

[hollow gyro]

@stuck flower perfect no notes

[azure pond]

ar foundation is really nice, the ar foundation remote asset is also excellent

I can't believe ARDK 3 removed remote mode

[azure pond]

they also added object tracking to android a few weeks ago, which is great. although it would be nice if it worked for moving objects

[wary notch]

Does Unity Learn have a separate support? I don't know where to write about the broken webinar link.

[ocean pumice]

I guess "and more!" could cover this issue

[potent topaz]

It seems some asset store plugins just go into your code folders - often into some dumb folder like <nickname>/PluginName! with no control of location, while others get installed to packages like a pro add on. Is this dependant on developer or when released?

[ocean pumice]

Packages through PackageManager always should go into your Packages Folder. If you install UnityPackage files tho, they will go into your asset folder into the specific Folder the Creator exported them from, to keep the hierarchy intact. This way, updates of the same package would not created duplicates on different locations by accident if you want to update.

[lucid moat]

Hello can anyone help me with this issue regarding bones and reparenting in unity/blender I have no idea what i am doing or if what i am doing is right or wrong

I am very new to blender and unity so I dont have any idea of what to do now ive already tried googling the problem but it didnt bring up any promising solutions

[ocean pumice]

#🏃┃animation might be the best place to ask

[lucid moat]

ah alright thank you

[potent topaz]

It is possible for asset store publishers to provide their packages to install to Packages folder now - not sure on how many do

[mystic vessel]

Hi I want to apply for junior developer in unity can anyone guide me through what things are required and how do I schedule a online interview

[ocean pumice]

At Unity or Junior Unity Developer at some company? Depends on the job description that should be up at the companies page.

[pale coyote]

Guys I want to take images of my game however just taking the screenshot makes the quality so much worse. Is there a way in which I can capture an image from the game without losing any quality? Like rendering in blender.

[ocean pumice]

How are you taking screenshots and why should the resolution be worse than the actual game?

[pale coyote]

I'm taking screenshot from game view with prt sc and sent it to my phone it looked pixelated

[ocean pumice]

Its a mobile game I assume?

[pale coyote]

No

Idk what but it looks different in game

Better

[ocean pumice]

you can use the unity built in function to take a screenshot: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/ScreenCapture.CaptureScreenshot.html
But if you use print screen, how do you sent it to your phone?

[pale coyote]

Whatsapp

[ocean pumice]

Whatsapp is reducing images and videos...

[pale coyote]

So should I use Google drive or something?

[vivid river]

Use Discord, just send it to yourself, if you have it on phone too

[ocean pumice]

anything else than a social media / communication app. vast majority are reducing quality to keep the storage demand low

[pale coyote]

Oh k

[vivid river]

quick solution, use a USB

[ocean pumice]

If you check your cars trunk and the grass next ot it, you can see the compression happening

[gray dirge]

Anything that doesn't do lossy compression. There are a lot of tools to share files in local networks too

[pale coyote]

Alr

Once I get home ill try

Also another quick question. For realistic and complex scenes such as the one I sent. Which game engine is better for optimization. Unreal or unity?

[ocean pumice]

If you want AAA graphics, Unreal makes it "easier" to achieve them out of the box. Optimization is partially up to you how you use the systems the engines provide. But you can have high quality visuals in both engines. If you dont know unreal yet, you gonna have to get a fair amount of time before even getting to the state you might be in unity right now. C++ instead of C#, different ways of managing stuff and just a steep learning curve from start on.

[sly lake]

Also terrain is just not good

Game relying heavily on terrain will favor Unreal

[thorn spruce]

hi,
Can anyone help me in Unity? When I import a 2D png, the image quality is not good. it looks all blurry. How can i fix this appear blurry, pixelated, or low-quality after import?
is there any asset I can buy from the Unity store or change anything from the settings

thanks

[polar basalt]

There is a website to download the image from your clipboard
https://www.paste.photos/

[slow dirge]

Texture max size + filtering settings.

[mystic vessel]

At unity I found it on unity Elevate

[ocean pumice]

Then the website should have an apoly form and requirements listed if there is an open position.

[ocean pumice]

https://unity.com/careers/positions open positions