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[devout hull]

My friend and I are trying to create a game similar to flappy bird, but we’re having an issue where the bird doesn’t die when it falls below the camera or goes too high up. Is there a way to fix this?

We’re also experimenting with triggers and trying to get them to work

[slender nymph]

might wanna check #854851968446365696 for what to include when asking for help

[random sand]

{
    public PlayerController playerController;

    private void Start()
    {
        playerController = GameObject.FindObjectOfType<PlayerController>().GetComponent<PlayerController>();
    }
    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        playerController.isGrounded = true;
    }


}

Trying to detect if 2 objects are colliding with each other but doesn't work. Both objects have colliders. Please help

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

[teal viper]

As boxfriend pointed out, you'd need to provide some details on your current progress(setup, code and what's not working) for us to help you.
Triggers is the right way of thinking btw.

[random sand]

thanks

[devout hull]

What we want is basically if bird touches kill zone end screen shows up, what we have rn is literally nothing because we keep restarting

We have tags and what not on the objects

Sorry this is literally our first day coding lol we don’t know what to look for rly

[slender nymph]

so you've tried nothing and are all out of ideas?

[devout hull]

We don’t know where to start tbh we keep scrapping everything

It’s not that we’re out of ideas we don’t know how to use the ones we have

We tried google

It didn’t help very much

[slender nymph]

start by learning the basics. if you already know c# then do the unity !learn pathways. that will teach you the basics of using unity including things like collision detection

[eternal falcon]

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[slender nymph]

and if you are not very familiar with c# then start with the beginner c# courses in the pins

[devout hull]

Oh cool thanks

[random sand]

does collision detection work with planes? idk why it's not working

[slender nymph]

does the plane have a collider?

[random sand]

yes

no rigidbody though

the other object has a rigidbody

[slender nymph]

provided at least one of the objects has a rigidbody then physics messages will be sent to both

however it seems like you are doing ground detection and this is honestly a pretty poor way of doing so. i'd recommend looking into using a raycast or some other physics query (like an OverlapBox or OverlapSphere) instead of relying on physics messages

[random sand]

alright i'll try that

thanks

[teal viper]

What's so bad about physics messages for ground detection?🤔

[slender nymph]

what happens if you use OnCollisionEnter/Exit for ground detection but you are moving along the ground, suddenly touch another ground object (without fully exiting the current ground object you are already touching) then move away from that other ground object? you're suddenly no longer considered grounded, unless you go and track all ground objects you are currently touching.

you would also have to design your objects so that they are only considered ground on the very top of the objects since side collisions would still send physics messages. unless you're also checking where on the collider you hit

but then you're just doing more work than it would take for a simple physics query in a small area directly below the player

[teal viper]

Hmm... I guess these are valid points. Never thought about it, since I rarely deal with physics based movement.

[random sand]

overlapbox is great thanks

[obsidian parcel]

hi, do any one know how to share the unity project without sharing code

like hide the code or something

[random sand]

Compile your build and export it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxKAtxGSn8&ab_channel=Brackeys

[obsidian parcel]

not build but i want to give the full unity project but not code

[polar acorn]

Like, the project, where people can edit things, but not code?

[obsidian parcel]

ya

[polar acorn]

You can't

[obsidian parcel]

like their are dlls but the process is kinda lengthy

[polar acorn]

That's the closes you're going to get

but that's just code

It's not a project

It's a library

[obsidian parcel]

is thier any other way to hide code instead of dlls?

[polar acorn]

No

Not if you want it to be useable

[random sand]

{
    public PlayerController playerController;

    private void Start()
    {
        playerController = GameObject.FindObjectOfType<PlayerController>().GetComponent<PlayerController>();
    }
    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        playerController.isGrounded = true;
    }


}```
Trying to detect if 2 objects are colliding with each other but doesn't work. Both objects have colliders. Please help

[obsidian parcel]

okay

do one have rigid body

[rich adder]

what is even going on here..

[random sand]

Using this for ground detection

[polar acorn]

The Three Commandments of OnCollisionEnter:

1. Thou Shalt have a 3D Collider on each object
2. Thou Shalt Not tick isTrigger on either
3. Thou Shalt have a 3D Rigidbody on at least one of them

[rich adder]

this is redundant .GetComponent<PlayerController>();

[random sand]

the object this is on is different to the one with the PlayerController script

[polar acorn]

Right but you're getting the PlayerController component from the PlayerController component

[eternal needle]

a grounded check is going to have to be way more complicated than this to get it good. you should just raycast downwards

[polar acorn]

That's redundant

You're getting the component from itself

Just use the component returned by the find

[random sand]

alright thanks

[random sand]

my player is a little hard to implement this for

[eternal needle]

what do you mean

[random sand]

it's not a traditional character where it's like one capsule

[rich adder]

using OnCollision for grounding is wonky

[polar acorn]

Things that work are often harder to make than things that don't

[random sand]

alright i'll try another solution

could i implement like a raycasting thing on an active ragdoll

[eternal needle]

yes

infact itll be harder to rely on your current method using an active ragdoll

[random sand]

alright i'll try that thanks 👍👍

[random sand]

wait sorry for disturbing you but why would it be harder?

[polar acorn]

Well, right now, whenever the object this script is on touches any collider anywhere for any reason, the first PlayerController in the hierarchy is going to have its grounded set

Lots of vectors for stuff to go wrong

[random sand]

was gonna add a ground layer but yeah you are right a raycast would be much easier i just realised 🤣🤣

[eternal needle]

for one, you would have to care about niche cases like what boxfriend described #💻┃code-beginner message
but with an active ragdoll things get very weird, like for one would you consider your ragdoll grounded if the chest was lying on a surface but all limbs were dangling off the edge of that surface?
If yes: then all your limbs now have to use collisions and check if any of them are grounded and what they are touching.
If no: your character will be stuck on that surface and you have to add an additional way to free it somehow

it really is a lot easier when you just raycast down from the hips, if theres nothing directly below the hips then its very likely you shouldnt be standing upright

[random sand]

ahh

wait nvm

sorry for asking dumb questions i'm a beginner

[eternal needle]

that also does lead to another niche case, something i faced as well. If you only raycast down from the hips, well you'll run into cases where you are grounded and may have logic running if(grounded) then allow movement. But if the ragdolls feet arent in the proper walking position then it wont exactly make sense what to do. Tldr: Active ragdolls are extremely hard tbh, its clear why they arent common in games. you may even see active ragdoll talks online, then it turns out the person is just using animations to drive the main body anyways 🤷‍♂️

not trying to deter you from it, but consider if you really need an active one because its really a major pain

[random sand]

yeah it's really hard

i've looked into different types of active ragdolls, would an animation driven one be better?

[eternal needle]

the basic idea for what i consider a real active ragdoll is one that just moves without animations on the main body. It may try to copy another bodies current rotations (who is driven by animation). This would allow it to react to getting hit by something like the arm or head may swing back from the force
When you use animations directly on the main body, this wont happen because animations will override the rotations

[random sand]

yeah i have an animated and physics based body which will try to follow the animations. idk if it's not working out then i'll switch to the other type. thanks for the help

[eternal knoll]

hi, if i want to add a list/array to the firebase, what kind of tutorials should i be looking at?

[eternal needle]

there isnt really other types, you either have something thats a ragdoll all the time or something thats not. One using animations directly is just a character that can ragdoll occasionally once you stop the animator

[eternal needle]

the firebase docs are decent from what i remember. it gives examples even for unity

[eternal knoll]

i heard there are realtime db and firestore and stuff like that so idk what to look at, my program is simply having the user inputing a task, then the database should store the task name, task description, due date of tast, etc

[eternal needle]

https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/rtdb-vs-firestore?hl=en&authuser=0

im pretty sure i always used the firestore database and not realtime but this was just for school projects some time ago

[eternal knoll]

i think same go for my thing, but where should i start with these database stuff

i am new to this

the vids i have watched are just ppl inputing random values/one variable to the database, not a list or array

[eternal needle]

id start with just console apps and c# instead of in unity, itll be way quicker to run at least and to experiment.
There should definitely be tutorials on how to put an array in

[shell ice]

Don’t know if this would be with code or not but I’m trying to setup my hands for vr and they are lying horizontal on top of where my controller sits and not in a normal resting hand position

[rich adder]

wdym no work

this is just a ray, not a raycast

and debug would only show if u have gizmos enabled

[random sand]

wait nvm 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ thanks

        {
            Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position, Vector3.down);

            RaycastHit hit;
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, raycastLength, groundLayerMask))
            {
                print("Distance to ground: " + hit.distance);

                if (hit.distance < 4.9f)
                {
                    Bone.AddForce(new Vector3(0, jumpForce, 0));
                }
            }
            else
            {
                print("Ray did not hit the ground.");
            }
        }```
how can i make better ground detection? this is what i have so fat

[rich adder]

why is it inside an if statement for one frame

[random sand]

if the raycast hits the ground

[rich adder]

I'm talking about this if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space

you only raycast when you tap spacebar

[random sand]

yeah should i be doing something else?

[rich adder]

yea in Update

[random sand]

would that make it less efficent because i only need the ray to check if my character is touching the ground

[rich adder]

not sure what you mean "less efficient" ?
maybe look at some example online, you'll see

[summer stump]

Doing something is always less efficient than not doing something, of course. But in this case, it is worthwhile to raycast every frame, and it is cheap enough to not care about the performance of it. You should be wary of premature optimization at the cost of your games functionality.

Always profile before worrying

You can do a ton of raycasts every frame no problem

[timber tide]

How do you know if you're touching ground if you don't ray cast ^^

[random sand]

didn't know raycasts were so cheap

but how does it reduce functionality?

[random sand]

I raycast when i need to know if i'm touching the ground

[summer stump]

I meant it generally, but in your case it's because your ground check functionality will only work when jumping, which is suboptimal

You probably need to know in more cases than just when you press space

[random sand]

yeah you're right

thanks

[lunar root]

Hi, I'm making a 2d topdown game and I am currently trying to use a blend tree to have 4 directional idle and movement animations, though I don't know how to do this. Help would be much appreciated.

[topaz mortar]

How do I find an unrelated empty object and call a function from a script on that object?
In my Item script I want to access the Combat script (which is sitting on an empty object) and call a function DrinkPotion there

[burnt vapor]

There are many ways of doing this. This page explains it pretty well https://unity.huh.how/references

So the thing you need to figure out is what Combat script should fall under. Perhaps it's a singleton, or are there multiple instances?

Perhaps you need a general manager for these things, which contain a reference

[topaz mortar]

I'm just testing my inventory and want to get this to work quickly

need to rework the whole combat system anyway

but all this reference stuff is too complicated atm

[burnt vapor]

Part of the learning process I'm afraid. Doing stuff quickly is almost never the right way when you're still learning

[topaz mortar]

I got this, but it doesn't work:
Combat combat = GameObject.Find("CombatScript");

ah nvm found it 🙂

if (combat != null)
    combat.DrinkPotion();```

[burnt vapor]

That is the exact way to not find an object

[random sand]

anyone know how to rig an already imported model?

[burnt vapor]

If you read the page, you would have noticed this should only be used for debugging, and not for actual use in your game

It's slow, unreliable and just all around bad. You should find another way @topaz mortar

Don't cut corners just because you want to implement it quickly

[topaz mortar]

I am debugging ...

I'm just testing my inventory system

it doesn't work though, throws an error: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[unique falcon]

    {
        Debug.Log("LookAround");
        Collider2D[] colliders = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(this.transform.position, sight);
        foreach(Collider2D coll in colliders)
        {   
            Debug.Log(coll);
            if(coll.tag == "Flower" && coll.transform.parent.gameObject.GetComponent<FlowerController>().color == colorPreference) 
            {
                target = coll.transform.position; 
                return;
            }
        }
    }```

I must be missing something obvious here. Unity is throwing a null reference exception at the "if" line.

[burnt vapor]

That's because it tries to find gameobject with that name, and it unable to find it

And this can have multiple reasons, and it's unreliable

See why I suggest you don't use it? 🤔

With debugging, this mostly relates to finding gameobjects ina more dynamic fashion. Right now it's part of your actual game behaviour and you should in fact not use it there.

So please read through the page instead of trying to fix something you should not use to begin with

What you want most likely is a singleton

[topaz mortar]

probably, but that would be in my combat system, which is not implemented at all right now

and I want to finish my inventory system first

[burnt vapor]

[topaz mortar]

Meh, I just put in a Debug.Log so I know it works for now 🙂

[lunar root]

I'm trying to do 4 directional movement, but the animations are still janky. Here is my code: https://pastebin.com/Lw8Maeu3. Help would be much appreciated.

[neon ivy]

I have a width and height, and I need it to be filled with square pixels of which the size depends on a float, but I have no idea how to not leave gaps at the sides....
the aspect ratio is currently 11:8 but if that makes it hard I can turn it into 12:8 for a 3:2 aspect ratio.
does anyone know how to do this math?

[queen adder]

Its hard to make run movment of center tiles? Where start?

[silent valley]

hi. This is for my pistol and the bullet comes out from the transform. do i need to make a new script for my shotgun which has bullets coming out of 5 transforms or is there a way to use this for it. Ie making the shotguns transforms a child or something. idk

[fringe pollen]

You could probably loop your shoot function for the amount of bullets it needs to shoot and add some spread

[silent valley]

I've done it like this which works but I'm 100% sure theres a way more efficient way

[fringe pollen]

Can you ask your question again with more detail? I don't really understand what you are trying to achieve

[fringe pollen]

Make a loop which loops for n times where n is the amount of bullets per shot

[silent valley]

Thanks. I'll look that up to get a better understanding

[fringe pollen]

And add spread instead of multiple shoot points if possible

[queen adder]

Want to create movment on tiles, no matter when you change direction, you always move in the center of tile

[queen adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3EZ9G0Gtx0

or rather: tile based movement there's a lot of implementations to it

ok, will check this video, thx

actually the video is wrong

[queen adder]

just : Tile based movement and find the right tutorial

[polar comet]

can someone tell me how i can fix my script so that my cube actually moves ? : https://gdl.space/ubimobohap.cpp

[azure zenith]

I need help

If you can help please tag me

Help

[ashen ferry]

multiply Vector3.forward it might be just too low of a force

[polar comet]

Well i pressed the key while checking the coordinates and it's not moving an inch 😦

[ashen ferry]

is rigidbody dynamic?

[polar comet]

?

[ashen ferry]

click on rigidbody component and look for

I forgot the name bruh theres a dropdown to set mode to rigidbody

[azure zenith]

I am unable to instantiate cubes

I will explain in more details if someone can help

[gaunt ice]

show your code please and just throw your question here

[polar comet]

Ok

[azure zenith]

Instantiate(spawnCollectibleCube, newPos, transform.rotation);

This will not work

I don't know why

[gaunt ice]

is there any new GameObject appear on the hierarchy? something like: box (Clone)

[polar comet]

can you identify it

[azure zenith]

It does but then it doesn't

[polar comet]

it looks like it is "is kinematic" but idk

[gaunt ice]

show your !code

[eternal falcon]

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[ashen ferry]

no clue tbh just increase force ur rigidbody isnt kinematic so I dont know whats left

[polar comet]

Ok

I'll ask chat gpt

[topaz mortar]

Why am I getting this warning* and how do I fix it?
Copied the code from a tutorial but it seems to work fine, the error shows in the tutorial video too

[burnt vapor]

Because the loop is never running twice due to the return statement

Or in other words, do not copy code and learn to write it yourself

[polar comet]

i changed update to fixedUpdate because that's what ChatGpt asked me to do and now it works fine but are you capable of telling me why it works now

[ashen ferry]

no

if code is identical I cant answer why it will work in fixed update but not in update but you had to move it over anyways so thats a win ig

[queen adder]

!cs

[eternal falcon]

You can format your multiline code block with C# highlighting! Just add cs to the start of it. Highlighting example below!

class Fluffs : FluffyCat
{
    public void PetCat ()
    {
        Debug.Log ("Petting Cat.")
    }
}

[topaz mortar]

chat gpt is horrible at writing / debugging code
it will consitently give different answers and write just terrible code

[gaunt ice]

start with ```cs and end with```

[queen adder]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[queen adder]

private bool isMoving;
private Vector3 orgiPos, targetPos;
private float timeToMove = 0.2f;


// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.up));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.down));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.left));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.right));
    }

}

private IEnumerator MovePlayer(Vector3 direction)
{
    isMoving = true;

    float elapsedTime = 0;

    orgiPos = transform.position;
    targetPos = orgiPos + direction;

    while(elapsedTime < timeToMove)
    {
        transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(orgiPos, targetPos, (elapsedTime / timeToMove));
        elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
        yield return null;
    }

    transform.position = targetPos;

    isMoving = false;
}

how to increase move speed in this code?

[azure zenith]

Should objects have rigidbody for it to be instantiated?

[gaunt ice]

no

[azure zenith]

Why not?

[gaunt ice]

you can instantiate a empty GO (ie only the transform)

[azure zenith]

I added rigibody to the cube I want to instantiate everytime a new floor is instantiated but my unity editor freezes everytime I run the game

[gaunt ice]

dead loop, please show your code

[azure zenith]

Those two collectible cubes will instantiate

Then no more

I don't know what the issue could be

Adding rigidbody seems to work I think

But then my unity editor freezes

[gaunt ice]

then where is the triggered collider? you need to enter the triggered collider to spawn new GameObjects

[polar comet]

is AddForce only made for moving upwards and downwards

[burnt vapor]

It moves the rigidbody in the direction you specify

[gaunt ice]

rb is required for detecting onXXXEnter/Stay/Exit event (XXX=trigger or collision)

[polar comet]

because it works perfectly if i try to move up but i can't make it move forwards and there are no errors

[azure zenith]

The trigger collider is enabled

My cube is child element of block

[topaz mortar]

just look at the code
at the top there's a line timeToMove

[storm pendant]

hello! Quick one regarding strings...

if I have a string called "<incr>"+Text+"</incr>", how do I extract the 'Text' portion and disregard the <incr> </incr> modifiers either side?

[burnt vapor]

You can go for a regex

Or you look for the index of certain characters and work with that

[gaunt ice]

Ontriggerenter only runs once when you enter a triggered collider , so you need to move your ball leave the collider and re enter it

[storm pendant]

hmm okay I'll give it a google 🙂

[queen adder]

yes, i changed it and works

[storm pendant]

also, should I be worried about adding too many 'Systems' at the top of my scripts? Notice this 'RegularExpressions' one needs me to add another one

[distant current]

can someone help me with what's causing this error?

[burnt vapor]

No need, here's the regex if you want

<incr>"\+(?<text>[\w\d,. !?]*)\+"<\/incr>

Make sure you uncheck case sensitivity.
Here's the text I performed: https://regex101.com/r/4roKEv/1

I should note that this does not cover all characters

You should probably use this instead:

<incr>"\+(?<text>.*)\+"<\/incr>

This works better.
https://regex101.com/r/EzKV0w/1

[storm pendant]

oh wow! Thanks! 🥰 that's a lot of strange looking characters!

[burnt vapor]

Yeah, Regex is weird. I just happen to need them quite a bit

In this regex you can find your text in a group by the name of text

I would generally advice against using Regex but if you're sure that the input is always this simple you can use it

[storm pendant]

yeah, it will always be letters, so I reckon I'll be safe!

[azure zenith]

I need help

[burnt vapor]

You've already been told to explain your issue and to not ask for help. Nobody is going to answer you if you don't share your problem. #854851968446365696 -> 🤔 Asking Questions

And don't cross post. You already asked for help in #💻┃unity-talk

[azure zenith]

All I want to do is to instantiate cubes but it won't work. They say using the instantiate function is easy, well guess what, it isn't

There are a lot of things I want to clarify

Do I need another script for instantiating an object?

Or can I do it in the same one

[gaunt ice]

No

[frosty hound]

Scripts are irrelevant. You just need code. Where it goes is up to you.

[gaunt ice]

You can just put the instantiate code in ontriggerenter

[azure zenith]

Should an object that you want to instantiate on another object being instantiated be a child of that object?

[frosty hound]

No

It can be, it doesn't have to be

Instantiation just spawns something. Where and what is up to you. And how you organize it in the hierarchy is up to you.

[queen adder]

private bool isMoving;
private Vector3 orgiPos, targetPos;
private float timeToMove = 0.05f;


// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.up));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.down));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.left));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.right));
    }

}

private IEnumerator MovePlayer(Vector3 direction)
{
    isMoving = true;

    float elapsedTime = 0;

    orgiPos = transform.position;
    targetPos = orgiPos + direction;

    while(elapsedTime < timeToMove)
    {
        transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(orgiPos, targetPos, (elapsedTime / timeToMove));
        elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
        yield return null;
    }

    transform.position = targetPos;

    isMoving = false;
}

how to fix it, i dont want hold key to move. Want just one click and player self move

[tawdry mirage]

constantly move the player in fixed update or in update, only set movement vector when you get inputs

[gaunt ice]

You dont need to hold key to move, once you press the key the coroutine will start but you dont know when it ends

[queen adder]

void Update()
{
    if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W) && !isMoving)
    {
        playerDirection = Vector2.up;
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) && !isMoving)
    {
        playerDirection = Vector2.down;
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && !isMoving)
    {
        playerDirection = Vector2.left;
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) && !isMoving)
    {
        playerDirection = Vector2.right;
    }

    StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(playerDirection));

}

this doesnt work ;/

[modest dust]

Well, you're calling the coroutine each frame

You'll be having tens and hundreds of the same coroutine trying to move the player at the same time

[gaunt ice]

Your coroutine doesn’t allow you change the player direction while it is moving, you have to hold the key until the player finishes its movement

[modest dust]

Also wouldn't playerDirection = new Vector2(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical")).normalized be easier and shorter

[modest dust]

Not true, I don't see the playerDirection being set to Vector.zero anywhere in the code

also the targetPos stays the same during the coroutine

[gaunt ice]

His previous code

[modest dust]

Well, still, it's not being set to 0 anywhere

[queen adder]

yes, but this code work perfect for me becaue i need grid tille movement, but dont want hold key

[modest dust]

it's just constantly changing to a bigger value

[storm pendant]

Hmmm...I'm having trouble trying to implement this Regex thing...

I have a button with a Text field on it. How would I use the above Regex expression to extract the text from the button and assign it to its own variable? Do I replace <text> with myButton.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>().text, or does it operate a little differently if I'm adjusting a string value on a GameObject rather than a variable?

[modest dust]

Still, you're calling the coroutine constantly

once you press for example W, your playerDirection will be set to up

and then it will try to constantly go up

[gaunt ice]

You need a queue to store the key you press since the update will not response to any key you press while the player is moving
I am talking about your previous code not the new one you sent

[modest dust]

at least put a if (isMoving) return; at the beginning of update

[gaunt ice]

if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.up));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.down));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.left));
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) && !isMoving)
    {
        StartCoroutine(MovePlayer(Vector2.right));
    }
```this one

[burnt vapor]

Create a variable with the regex
private readonly Regex _textRegex = new(@"<Regex goes here>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);

Get all matches
var textMatchCollection = this._textRegex.Matches(myContent);

For each match, get the text group I mentioned before.
var text = match.Groups.GetValueOrDefault("text")?.Value ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Expected text content.");

You now have the text.

[burnt vapor]

What is this even? Please don't do this

[burnt vapor]

Why do you want to call a Coroutine? What does it do?

It sounds pointless

[gaunt ice]

it is not my code....

[queen adder]

Man i find this code and works great, i want just make grid movement.

[storm pendant]

thanks! I'll try it out 🙂

[gaunt ice]

i have said the main reason why you need to hold down the key to make player turn is that the update will simply "return" because it will not start any coroutine while the player is moving,
you can have a queue to store the input while the player is moving and dequeue to process it
(though i think you need some guard on it)

private Queue<Direction> q;
void Update(){
  if(input.getkeydown(XXXXX)||other direction key){
    q.enqueue(the direction)
  }
  if(q.Trydequeue(out direction)){
    switch(direction){
    case here
    }
  }
}

[queen adder]

Guard of course, im not developer, just hobbist

[distant current]

Can anyone help me why Im getting null on this?

[gaunt ice]

try next step to see if it is null

i dont know what exactly the button is called

[random sand]

why can't this use mixamio animations

[distant current]

Im calling the name of the scriptable object, the Base is a scriptable object

[gaunt ice]

just nextstep since the line var x=X() is not executed since the process is stopped in this line

[distant current]

sorry I am too dumb, which next step

[gaunt ice]

step over button?

[keen dew]

I think they mean that Base is null, not saveData. Stepping over doesn't change the value of Base

[gaunt ice]

try press it the vs should stops in next line

[distant current]

is this it?

what makes the Base null?

[keen dew]

Did you write this code or is it a library/plugin?

[gaunt ice]

i think one of them is step over, hover on it and have a look

[languid spire]

Step In, Step Over, Step Out. In that order

[distant current]

when I click the Step Over, it just stays on the break

[distant current]

I wrote it

Im trying to use the same approach to my inventory and it works

But my quest is getting null

[keen dew]

well Base is null either because you've passed null to the constructor, or GetObjectByName didn't find anything, depending on which constructor was used when the object was created

that's the part that you should be debugging

[gaunt ice]

i misunderstand your problem, probably the name passed into getobjbyname is "wrong"

[distant current]

Is it the (saveData.name)?

[keen dew]

That seems to be an important part of setting the value of Base, yes

when you say that you wrote this, do you mean that you copied it from a tutorial? It seems strange that you wrote it but have no idea how it works

[distant current]

Yes, I did copy it from a tutorial but I was able to follow all of it but somehow the quest state is not working

[keen dew]

Put this at the end of the second constructor:

Debug.Log($"The value of Base is {Base} and saveData.name is '{saveData.name}'");

(or use the debugger)
Then when it says Base is null, check that the database contains an item with that name

[distant current]

Got it, thanks I will try that

[azure zenith]

How can I instantiate 3D cubes on top of blocks that instantiate themselves?

[distant current]

It doesn't print the log

[keen dew]

Then the object was created using the first constructor. Log _base there.

[distant current]

I tried to debug the first constructor, it doesn't print the log

[keen dew]

did you save the file

the NRE still points to the same line

[distant current]

as soon as the game runs, it NRE occurs as well as when I try to save the game

[azure zenith]

Help

Please and thanks

[ashen ferry]

so if you instantiate the block instantiate 3d cube above it whats the issue

[faint elk]

I am not sure if this is considered a beginners question but from the channel directory this one seemed to be the place since I am fairly new to C# and unity. So I was looking around the unity documentation and notice that there was a section for JAR plugins and I had the idea of having my game open a jar file of runescape just to see if it was possible. I went through the process of adding the jar to the file hierarchy and got all the import setting figured out and noticed the open button in the inspector which just ran the jar file when clicked. I looked through the docs to see if there was any way to open the jar through a script but i didnt see anything and figured i would ask here. Is this possible to do?

[iron galleon]

can someone help me? I wrote this rigidbody script and it doesnt work. only the camera script works which is in another file. it says nothing.

there isn't any error that shows up

it just doesnt work

[languid spire]

Firstly can you post your code correctly please
!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[iron galleon]

alr

wait so like I paste the link of of the code?

[languid spire]

yes

[iron galleon]

oh

https://paste.ofcode.org/gkFMGQJYtLsBkCyF9ZKyjp

[languid spire]

Now why does that look like AI generated code?

[iron galleon]

it honestly is

im too lazy to not use chatgpt or smth

[languid spire]

this server has a rule against helping solve problems in AI code, sorry you're on your own

[iron galleon]

oh

[tough lagoon]

The code, in of itself, is usable. It's wrong on the ring damage portion. But as long as you tagged objects right, added it to a main (3D, not 2D) object. And have a rigidbody and collider it'll be usable. I'm also not so sure on the sliding mechanic and if that is actually functionally correct.

At any rate, it should be doing something. So debug and look at it closer.

[frosty hound]

You're too lazy not to use AI generated code, yet you come here asking people to use their time to resolve it for you? Have some respect.

[slender cargo]

So my player now rotates with the mouse, but I can't get it to walk in the correct local axis?

I remember there was something like Vector.3.axis

or something

[ashen ferry]

chat gpt comments be like ``` // declaring a:
int a = 2;
// declaring b:
int b = 2;

    // adding a and b together:
    int c = a + b;``` ![kekW](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/888545109262622760.webp?size=128 "kekW")

[slender cargo]

Does anyone know a solution?

[ashen ferry]

use transform.right transform.forward

[slender cargo]

How would I implement that? transform.right += horizontal?

[manic shore]

I am trying to make an enemy AI that's trying to follow the player when they hit their line of sight. But I keep getting this error

[rich adder]

your navmesh agent isn't on navmesh

[manic shore]

What would I need to put?

[rich adder]

wdym what you need to put? You need to bake a navmesh

[slender cargo]

I'm not sure what im doing 😂

[rich adder]

var dir = (transform.right * horizontal * speed *Time.deltaTime) + (transform.forward * vertical * speed * Time.deltaTime)

[ashen ferry]

        float ver = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
        Vector3 moveThisUpdate = transform.right * hor + transform.forward * ver;
        transform.localPosition += moveThisUpdate * speed;``` try this idk

actually its a bit shit but idk how u wanna move the thing exactly

[slender cargo]

this seemed to try to work, but my player was glitching back

[slender cargo]

This works! Thanks!

[manic shore]

I have the NavmeshAgent component on the enemy and going by the video tutorial, I put the reference to the component on the script. So I didn't get the error

[rich adder]

none of this tells me you baked a navmesh 🤷

[rich adder]

if you plan on using collisions you might not want to move the direct transform position

[manic shore]

Is there a guide on NavMesh's

[rich adder]

hmmI thought you said you're following a video on this tutorial?

they dont' bake navmesh in this video?

send link

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/class-NavMeshSurface.html

[manic shore]

The closest I've seen is him adjusting the settings. Unless there's a big detail I'm missing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xppompv1DBg

[rich adder]

another brackys tut..

[manic shore]

?

[rich adder]

he probably did it in a different video

since its a series

[rich adder]

brackys videos are half assed

[manic shore]

oh damn

[rich adder]

all good. which version of unity are u on

[manic shore]

2022.3.8

[rich adder]

ok so you downloaded the AI.Navigation package?

[manic shore]

Yes

[rich adder]

ok good. now you have a floor yes?

[manic shore]

Yes

[rich adder]

put the component I sent u link of. NavMeshSurface

hit bake , show screenshot of scene with surface selected

[manic shore]

This how you do it?

[rich adder]

look okay

did you test it

[manic shore]

It works!

Thanks.

[rich adder]

[vast ivy]

does this code look correct for changing animations?

if(enableSprint)
        {
            if(isSprinting)
            {
                playerAnim.SetBool("run", true);
                isZoomed = false;
                playerCamera.fieldOfView = Mathf.Lerp(playerCamera.fieldOfView, sprintFOV, sprintFOVStepTime * Time.deltaTime);

                // Drain sprint remaining while sprinting
                if(!unlimitedSprint)
                {
                    sprintRemaining -= 1 * Time.deltaTime;
                    if (sprintRemaining <= 0)
                    {
                        isSprinting = false;
                        isSprintCooldown = true;
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // Regain sprint while not sprinting
                sprintRemaining = Mathf.Clamp(sprintRemaining += 1 * Time.deltaTime, 0, sprintDuration);
                playerAnim.SetBool("run", false);
            }

[rich adder]

I usualy use character speed + blend tree, is it not working or something?

[vast ivy]

The animation is set to loop, so when I start sprinting it should start to run, but no animation happens for a few seconds, then it runs the animation for 1 second then stops again, does this every few seconds

[rich adder]

do you have exit Times enabled?

on transitions

[mental zenith]

https://gdl.space/ekayovizes.cs
Why can my character jump twice and why is the speed only set to 5 after the second jump?

[rich adder]

use bin site for large code

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[vast ivy]

the only things I've messed with in the animations themselves are the humanoid shape, and loop

[rich adder]

hmm try disabling the Exit time, that should help delayed animation

[vast ivy]

wheres that at

like tab

[rich adder]

oh its on the animator, on the line / transitions

the white line

click it

[vast ivy]

ohhh found it

it recommends having at least 1 condition between the animations, is this a problem I need to fix

[rich adder]

what does?

show transition

[rich adder]

have you checked all the logs?

[vast ivy]

lol I got it working

I read it wrong

[mental zenith]

it logs correctly

[rich adder]

you dont seem to have it plugged transitions

ie the bool param

[vast ivy]

Had to give it the bool values in the arrows

[mental zenith]

[vast ivy]

wait so do I need any code?

[rich adder]

well you need the code to set the bool

[rich adder]

debug.log jump count?

[vast ivy]

the bool is set in the manager isnt it?

no check means false correct? which it is referencing in the arrows

[rich adder]

your code is doing it, sure u can manually set it but shouldn't

yes, unchecked = flase

[mental zenith]

i dont get it hahahaha

[rich adder]

where did u put that log

[mental zenith]

in the input.getdown("jump") if statement

[polar acorn]

🤔

Curious how you expected anything else

[mental zenith]

speed stays 10 tho

thats the entire issue xD

the logs are (semi) correct

is it possible its because of the fixedUpdate?

[polar acorn]

yes because you set it back to 10 later

[mental zenith]

when they land

[polar acorn]

No, if they are grounded

that is different than "when they land"

If you're on the ground already

then you set it to 5 then to 10

[mental zenith]

but thats normal when the player is on the ground it should have a speed of 10 but if it jumps it should become 5 until they are on the ground again

[polar acorn]

Here's what happens.

1. Let's assume your player is on the ground.
2. Check for the jump button. Let's assume it's pressed. Speed becomes 5 and a bunch of velocity stuff is set
3. Log the value of speed. It logs 5.
4. Check to see if the player is on the ground. Due to axiom (1), we know they are. Speed becomes 10.
5. Look at the inspector and see the value of speed. Speed is 10.

[mental zenith]

what is axiom 1?

[polar acorn]

I literally numbered them for you

[mental zenith]

sorry didnt know what axiom mean

but I think I see the issue thnx

[rich adder]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axiom

[mental zenith]

thnx

[polar acorn]

It doesn't matter here, but it's a thing used in mathematical proofs which is essentially defining a true initial state

Such that if the axiom is true then the proof is true

[twilit trail]

like in Start()?

so just an else Destroy(gameObject); ?

since the block is already if (IsServer)

[rich adder]

oop this should prob be in #archived-networking

[eternal needle]

Destroying it probably shouldnt matter, especially since all the logic only runs if they are the server

[rich adder]

true!

[twilit trail]

okay I'll copy it there

[manic shore]

Is there a package that comes with this code?

[polar acorn]

What is the context

What code

[rich adder]

are you still on that Brackys tutorial?

[manic shore]

Yes

[rich adder]

so its a series , follow from 1 to whatever

he probbaly made it somewhere else

[swift sedge]

what series is it??

[manic shore]

I have my code to be at MonoBehavior but this one is different in that it's Interactable

[manic shore]

Making an RPG in Unity

[manic shore]

At this point I probably should.

[polar acorn]

What is the context in which you saw Interactable

[manic shore]

Brackey's Enemy AI tutorial

[polar acorn]

This means "Episode 10" which means there's 9 episodes of code that already exist

[buoyant knot]

[amber nimbus]

Hey, I have this code that rotates a turret on my tank this rotates it on the y axis. That is great but I need the turret to also follow the movement of the hull (which is the parent) so how can I get only 2 of the axis to follow?

the commented out code didnt work

[polar acorn]

localRotation is a quaternion. localRotation.y has absolutely nothing to do with the Y axis in 3D space

If you want to get the euler angles in XYZ space, use localEulerAngles

[buoyant knot]

isn’t rotating on 2 axes the same as free rotation?

[amber nimbus]

what i basically need is to keep the localRotaion of X and Z at 0 but I need to change the Y axis in world space to follow the rotation

[buoyant knot]

because 2 angles defines the whole sphere

[rich adder]

the numbers you see in the inspector are eulerangles

[buoyant knot]

so, what if the parent has a non-Y axis rotation

[amber nimbus]

that is the problem

Basically what I need: transform.localRotation.x = 0 then transform.rotation.y = rotation and transform.localRotation.z = 0 And I need the Y rotation to happen slowly at a constant speed towards the target

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[buoyant knot]

rotation gives euler angles in world space. local rotation is a quaternion in local space

[amber nimbus]

well yes, but i need to work with Y in world space

and X and Z in local space

[buoyant knot]

i wonder if this is what you need: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.LookRotation.html

you know vector of turret to target, and you should know the local up of the transform

[amber nimbus]

here is my problem, the turret follows the "crosshair" but it doesnt follow the parents rotation

[buoyant knot]

unity’s documentation explicitly says to never assign transform.rotation

probably because you get that sort of thing. you are assigning the world space rotation

you probably want something like this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetLocalPositionAndRotation.html

so you want to get the current localrotation quaternion, calcluate the desired future quaternion using Quaternion.LookRotation, interpolate between the two using turret speed, then transform.SetLocalPositionAndRotation to assign it

make sense?

[amber nimbus]

Yes, it does I will try it and thanks

[buoyant knot]

you should browse the scripting API methods for quaternion

lots of useful shit in there

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.html

lots of good methods that don’t require you to actually understand exactly how quaternions function

[swift sedge]

any reason for s word?

[buoyant knot]

because saying there is a lot of useful crap makes it seem like the content in there is not good, when it is in fact quite good

[swift sedge]

:/

[faint elk]

Stupid question if I have an object with script foo attached to it and do .GetComponent<Bar> which foo is an derived from will i get anything back or will I get an error

[verbal dome]

If Foo inherits from Bar then yeah it will find it

[faint elk]

Ok I figured it would but i thought id check before making the assumption

[faint elk]

So I have this extremely ugly and horrible if statement and was wondering what i can do to make it less horrific https://paste.ofcode.org/ZVTnuMXRgaL94r25Rk722c

[fringe pollen]

Perhaps you could loop through each of the hit parts instead of assigning a variable for each of them and checking each variable separately?

[languid spire]

A) Cache the Getcomponents
B) Put the data into 2 arrays and use a for loop

[timber tide]

beautiful

[faint elk]

How would I chace it?

[harsh vault]

idk why but my when I press the WASD keys. the character tries to make itself go back to idle then has a hard time going back to the walk animation. Is there a way I can make this better?

[languid spire]

by doing them first and saving the reference, just like you cache anything

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input.GetAxis.html

[faint elk]

You mean like putting them into an array and itterating through it?

[faint elk]

I have not chached anything before

or maybe im thinking of the wrong thing

[timber tide]

if it's only component data for that frame it may just be fine since it doesn't need all the component data if it shortcircuits, no?

[languid spire]

have you never done

MyScript myscript = GetComponent<MyScript>();

that is caching

[faint elk]

oh thats called caching

learned something new

[languid spire]

yes, means you only call GetComponent once instead of everytime you need something from MyScript

[faint elk]

this leads me to ask how I would implement it in this case?

[timber tide]

Ah, yeah you're getting the same component each statement, so yeah good idea to cache

[faint elk]

the thing is that its all raycasts so its not always going to be able to get the component from the the collider

[timber tide]

because each time you getcomponent, you're searching through the list of components on the GO

[faint elk]

you know it might be better if I pasted the whole code bit instead of just the if statement

https://paste.ofcode.org/w2NdGeqGC8DrTtYqSgi6Ry

that will probably give better context at whats going on

[languid spire]

old

hitDown.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>().pieceType == "king" && hitDown.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>().pieceColor != this.pieceColor
hitLeft.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>().pieceType == "king" && hitLeft.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>().pieceColor != this.pieceColor
new

[] types;
[] colors

FillArray(hitDown.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>(),0);
FillArray(hitLeft.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>(),1);


etc, etc


void fillArray(Pieces pieces, int ix) {
types[ix] = pieces.pieceType;
colors[ix] = pieces.pieceColor;
}

then you have arrays you can loop over

[timber tide]

That's a lot of raycasts per update. I'd feel like you could probably accomplish something with just some overlapsphere/circle and figuring out the distances between you and the hit component.

but honestly, if what you're making isn't that complex it should be fine

[faint elk]

so if im understanding that right the code just gets the component no matter what and adds the color and pieceType to an array, then once all of it is populated i just check to see if the array has the king of the opposite color/

[languid spire]

exactly

you could also make FillArray return a bool and not need the arrays at all

[faint elk]

Thats what I as thinking but since I am making chess its important to know that the piece doesnt have a beeming sightline to the king so knowing whats in its path seems important. Unless I can somehow do that with overlap spheres and stuff

[timber tide]

Oh is this chess?

[faint elk]

yes

[timber tide]

You can probably just ignore the raycasts then and do it by indexing, no?

[faint elk]

Wouldnt I need to add in if statement to check if the collider ever sees a piece?

[languid spire]

yes, but it would be a lot less ugly than what you have

[faint elk]

I am currently doing indexing for everything else in it but I felt like using raycasts to check for the king being in check would be easier and cheaper to use raycasts instead of going through indexing

[languid spire]

is hitdown etc a raycast hit?

[faint elk]

yea

just in case you missed it this is the link to the whole code and not just the if statement https://paste.ofcode.org/w2NdGeqGC8DrTtYqSgi6Ry

[languid spire]

ok, wait one

if (checkCollider(hitDown) || checkCollider(hitLeft) etc, etc

bool checkCollider(RaycastHit hit) {
if (hit.collider != null)
Pieces pieces = hit.collider.GetComponent<Pieces>();
if (pieces.pieceType == "king" && pieces.pieceColor != this.pieceColor) return true;
}
return false;
}

@faint elk

[faint elk]

oh shit thats a really smart way of doing it. I feel so stupid that I didnt think of that now lol

[languid spire]

Always look for patterns in code, when you find one there is always a better way

[faint elk]

it didnt even process that I could pass the variable to a function and do it like that

[languid spire]

btw pieceType and pieceColor should probably be enums

[faint elk]

pieceColor is an enum as for pieceType I should probably turn that into an enum

[faint elk]

Would that take into account the collider potentally being null?

[languid spire]

now it does

[faint elk]

Lol thank you so much for your help

[languid spire]

np

[last grove]

why are none of my gameObjects rendering except for the player capsule?

[rich adder]

something seems bugged with your probuilder
maybe try reset shape

[last grove]

how do I do that?

[languid spire]

Also @last grove Not a code question and don't cross post

[last grove]

nothing changed. The transform just moved

[last grove]

my b, couldn't find any building help channels

[rich adder]

read #💻┃unity-talk 's description

[languid spire]

#🛠️┃probuilder

[last grove]

Thanks

[timber tide]

const int SIZE = 8; //8x8 grid
const int ChessPiece[,] chessBoard = new ChessPiece[Size, Size]

//knight moves
int const numMoves = 8;
int x[8] = { 2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1, 1, 2 };
int y[8] = { 1, 2, 2, 1, -1, -2, -2, -1 };

public bool KnightValidPositions(int x, int y)
{
   if(x >= 0 && x < SIZE && y >= 0 && y < SIZE )
   {
      if(chessBoard[x, y] == null) return true;
      
      else if(chessBoard[x, y].ChessPiece.owner == OwnerType.Enemy)
      {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
}

public List<(int, int)> KnightMoves(ChessPiece Knight)
{
    List<(int, int)> knightMoves = new();

    for (int i = 0; i < numMoves; i++)
    {
        int newX = Knight.x + x[i];
        int newY = Knight.y + y[i];

        if (KnightValidPositions(newX, newY))
        {
            knightMoves.Add((newX, newY));
        }
    }

    return knightMoves;
}```

If you wanna ditch the raycasts it's just possible to check the indicies like this

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/possible-moves-knight/#

I actually hate this site, but the information seems to be there

they got some anti-addblocker now too haha

[languid spire]

yes, Geeks for Geeks should be renamed 'Showoffs reposting other peoples code for people who dont know better', not as snappy perhaps but truer

[timber tide]

just not in the mood to read through Stackoverflow's chain of comments of how you should do it like this instead at the moment

[eternal needle]

There was a point where they made it so you had to have an account too, think they reverted it

[languid spire]

I love Stackoverflow responses they always seem to start with ' You should not be doing this' or 'I wouldn't start from here'

[empty sentinel]

“The result of this expression is always ‘true’ since a value of type ‘OVRInput.Button’ is never equal to ‘null’ of type ‘OVRInput.Button?’” Anybody know how to fix this?

[languid spire]

showing code might help

[short hazel]

Doing != null probably, where the value can never be null

But yes, post the code

[empty sentinel]

I can’t at the moment but I will in a bit

It’s code from a an Itch asset

I’m not super great with Unity, that’s why I’m using an asset, and it’s also a project for my little brother, my goal is to be able to add whatever he wants relatively fast

https://twitch375.itch.io/v-armory-vr-firearms

Here’s the asset if you want to take a look

[faint elk]

So I am getting an error saying " FindObjectsOfType is not allowed to be called from a MonoBehaviour constructor (or instance field initializer), call it in Awake or Start instead. Called from MonoBehaviour 'Queen'." and it appers to be because the variable is serialized for some unknown reason, how do i prevent it from be serialized

[short hazel]

No it's because you're calling FindObjectsOfType in a field initializer

class Sample : MB {
  public T Something = FindObjectOfType<T>(); // not allowed
}

[faint elk]

Thats the thing im not doing that. I have that in the start method

[short hazel]

Post the Queen class, that is where the error is originating

[faint elk]

thats the thing its not even in the queen class its in the piece class

[short hazel]

The error says otherwise

[faint elk]

make fun of me for the trash code later https://paste.ofcode.org/38PiEhfHhkfQHr7X7quNdUB

[short hazel]

Where do you call Queen.setup()?

[faint elk]

in the chessboardmanager class

[short hazel]

Same for movement(). Where exactly

[faint elk]

movement is called in the queen class

im telling you the issue is in the pieces class

unity even opens the piece class when i go to the error

[short hazel]

Then search for any FindObjectsOfType there

[faint elk]

that code doesnt even exist in the class

i dont think i have ever used that findobjectsoftype

I have FindObjectOfType but not objects

[short hazel]

A quick "Find In Files" will sort that out

[faint elk]

nothing

[short hazel]

Well I see the stack trace of the first error and it mentions the constructor of Pieces

Chess.Pieces.ctor(), line 29

[faint elk]

i can post the pieces class for you if that will help

[languid spire]

yes

[faint elk]

https://paste.ofcode.org/Q2hEaawDEx2DmKwDZALzpA

[short hazel]

There is nothing on line 29. Save and run the game again to get an updated stack trace

Also Pieces inherits from Chessboard? What?

[faint elk]

lets not talk about that one

still figuring out why i did that myself

but the issue seems fixed now

[delicate portal]

Hey! How do I import assets to unity from unreal engine?

[summer stump]

What kind of assets?

[delicate portal]

Textures, meshes

I mean I imported them but they look like theese:

[polar acorn]

You don't. Unreal converts most things into uassets which are proprietary. You'd need to import the source file that actually made the uasset instead

[rich adder]

better not be the ones from Epic Store, its against TOS

[short hazel]

Considering that your error is from half an hour ago (if you don't live in one of those countries that have half an hour of time offset), then yes you likely fixed it half an hour ago

[delicate portal]

its not

[delicate portal]

What do you mean by 'source file'? The whole sceen?

[polar acorn]

No I mean the source file.

The image, or fbx or whatever file was imported

[paper sable]

hey guys, im trying to make a car with wheel colliders but when i start the game, my wheel colliders move a bit forwards (which they shouldn't), and when i press W to move forward, the wheels move, but the car doesn't move. also the wheels go a bit under the ground

[delicate portal]

How can I get that or?

I imported theese assets but I cant import the materials

[polar acorn]

Wherever you imported the asset from

Whatever file you dragged in

[delicate portal]

That contains the uassets?

[polar acorn]

No, the file that you imported

[short hazel]

This is a code channel folks, move to whatever channel is on topic for asset importing

[delicate portal]

Sure, can we have a short disussion in #💻┃unity-talk ?

[polar acorn]

I'm not sure there's much more to say anyway. Just drag in the file you imported into unreal into unity instead

[tender stag]

any way to make the enum ogranized better?

[System.Serializable]
public enum CellTypes
{
    Hotbar,
    Inventory,
    Head,
    Body,
    Legs,
    Feet,
    Fuel,
    Furnace,
    Campfire,
    Scrapper,
}```

something like this

[timber tide]

You can always make sub-type enums

[tender stag]

what is that?

[timber tide]

What does Celltype represent? Like a base type?

[tender stag]

on the slot script you have an array for CellTypes

and on the item SO you also have an array

it cheks the compatibility

if you can place into that cell

[timber tide]

Ah, ok so it's stuff that can be stored on slots which include an SO

Right, so stuff like Head, Body, Legs, Feet. Perhaps another enum like EquipCellTypes

[unique falcon]

I keep getting this neverending NullRef after I stop the scene, any ideas why? Or is it something I can ignore for now? https://pastebin.com/qYPpc3ie

[timber tide]

[System.Serializable]
public enum CellTypes
{
    Utility,
    Equipment,
    PlayerCells,
}

public enum EquipmentCellTypes
{
    Head,
    Body,
    Legs,
    Feet,
}

public enum UtilityCellTypes
{
    Furnace,
    Campfire,
    Scrapper,
}

[tender stag]

ohhhh

like that

yeah thats good

dont i need to [System.Serializable] all of them?

[timber tide]

ye

[tender stag]

alr

[timber tide]

Actually you don't need to serialize them. Unity does this automatically for you, but if encapsulated in a class then that needs to be serialized

[tender stag]

then how do i modify my CompatibleWithCell method?

public bool CompatibleWithCell(Item item, InventoryCell cell)
{
    if(cell.canPlace)
    {   
        if(cell.cellTypes.Count == 0)
            return true;

        if(cell.cellTypes.Contains(CellTypes.Hotbar))
            return true; 

        if(cell.cellTypes.Contains(CellTypes.Inventory))
            return true; 

        foreach(var compatibleType in item.itemData.allowedCells)
        {
            if(cell.cellTypes.Contains(compatibleType))
            {
                return true;
            }  
        }

        return false;
    }

    return false;
}```

[tender stag]

that wont work tho

cause on my furnace

im not using all the UtilityCellTypes

im only using Furnace

and on a campfire im only using Campfire

[timber tide]

This is just to reduce type checking. If you know that the furnace is at least a Utility type, then you can eliminate checking every single enum

Ah, maybe im thinking of this wrong. I think what you have is probably fine, but when it comes to the hotbar, that requires a bit more checking.

[tender stag]

what do you mean

[timber tide]

What can you store on the hotbar

[tender stag]

i already got that done

look

on my inventory manager

i got hotbar manager

the items list holds the item data and the game object in the players hands

and if the current selected hotbar slots item item data matches the one in the items list

then equip, or unequip or switch

you get the point

anyways i'll keep what i had at the moment with the enums

can i at least add spaces?

like this

i know it wont show in the editor

[polar acorn]

Not without a custom inspector

[tender stag]

why not?

i just want the code to be more visible

i know in the inspector wont be seperated

[polar acorn]

Oh wait, I misread what you said. I thought you said "It won't show in the inspector" like that was the question

You can put lines in code anywhere you want

even in the middle of lines in certain cases

[tender stag]

alright thanks

[timber tide]

Honestly what you got is fine, it's just think of a situation that you may have 1000 types of very specific enum entries. At that point you have to loop over all 1000 of them, but if you divide it down like above, you can minimize the checking.

[tender stag]

alright i'll worry about it later on then

[timber tide]

Yeah absolutely

it's not like it's every update at runtime type of thing, and you're only checking once

so it's all good if it works for you

[tender stag]

i wish you could just do something like

or add headers

[swift sedge]

just wondering, what game are you making

[empty sentinel]

That was the problem, I did something like “if something something != null” what should I do instead?

[tender stag]

monument

[tender stag]

message me in dm cause this is a code channel

if you want info

[paper sable]

can anyone help me pls?

[short hazel]

It depends on the context. But the thing you're comparing with null cannot be null, ever. Maybe it has a property/method to tell you whether it is "valid" whatever you need it to do?
It's as if you did the following

int x = 42;
if (x != null)
  // ...

As int is a value type (a struct), it cannot be null. You'd get the warning here too

[swift sedge]

like bool can be either false or true

[empty sentinel]

I was kind of in a hurry while looking for the error, so I can’t give you the context at the moment. If it helps at all it’s an asset for a vr weapons system and this specific error (although there’s multiple) was in a “weapons.cs” or something along those lines

[short hazel]

Without at least the code, and the position of the warning/error, nothing can really be done

[empty sentinel]

Yeah

[jade elk]

how do I add a background to a scene?

[swift sedge]

skybox

[empty sentinel]

Could it be possible that it has something to do with the version of Unity I’m using? Or the oculus integration sdk? Like if the project was made with 2019.1.2f1 and I’m using a newer Unity build could that effect it? Or if the oculus integration sdk has a deprecated feature or something?

[swift sedge]

inside the main camera

[jade elk]

do you have a tutorial

[short hazel]

It is a possibility, if the type of the variable you're trying to compare has changed from a class to a struct from one version to another.

[empty sentinel]

So if I downgraded sdk versions it may help?

[swift sedge]

make a material, give it a colour that you want (or image) and attach it inside the skybox

[tender stag]

is there anyway to make it so that when i add a new enum i dont have to manually set every single one again?

cause the enum moves up or down

[short hazel]

They probably have versioned docs. Look for the type name in the API reference, and see if it's a class or a struct for your current version. Repeat for an older version.
No need to up/downgrade until you're sure the type has changed. It's unlikely though, I've never seen a type change like this in a codebase

[empty sentinel]

Alright will do

[ashen ferry]

Ive got poco class serialized and noticed its never null it makes sense but I need to know if its not just a shell of default values how do I check for that

[jade elk]

i have a 2d game, i made the background a sprite, but now i can't see the other sprites

why is that

[polar acorn]

It's probably in front of them

[jade elk]

how do I make it behind them

[polar acorn]

Move it behind them

[jade elk]

changing the z doesn't change anything

[polar acorn]

both directions?

[jade elk]

ah

[swift sedge]

try going into 3D mode

[jade elk]

setting into 1 works

-1 doesnt

[timber tide]

It usually creates an object with the default constructor. An example would be having a SO that includes a poco inside with some data. One thing you'll notice is you don't have to invoke new to create this instance.

[empty sentinel]

Also I don’t get these warnings until I switch my build to android

[jade elk]

how do I make it so if my sprite is hit, it is deleted?

[polar acorn]

Which part do you not know how to do

The hitting or the deleting

[jade elk]

to delete it

[polar acorn]

Destroy(someGameObject)

[jade elk]

will it delete it in real time?

[short hazel]

Okay so the code is probably guarded by #if compiler directives, that includes the "faulty" code only when an Android platform is selected. This is called conditional compilation, and is very common in apps that must be cross-platform

[swift sedge]

yes

[empty sentinel]

Well then how do I fix this?

[swift sedge]

if you want it to delete faster, you can use DestroyImmediate() but it's not recommended for performance reasons

[ashen ferry]

I meant this ```
[System.Serializable]
public class Example
{
public int var1;
public int var2;
public int var3;
}

[SerializeField] Example example;```  now if I check somewhere if(example == null) its never true but I dont want to use it if all it has are default values due to serialization

[short hazel]

Same as the previous answer. Verify that it is the case first. Explore the code base, search for any #if directives in the code.

[jade elk]

what is the game object

[empty sentinel]

Alright and if there are? Do I delete them or change them?

[eternal needle]

Yea I definitely wouldnt even suggest this in the first place. You can accidentally delete stuff from your project, this should be used for editor scripts.

[short hazel]

It's probably not in your own code, so better not touch it. If it does not break anything, then ignore it.

[eternal needle]

What do you mean in real time? Itll destroy end of frame or next frame

[timber tide]

Right, if you're serializing it so you can set it up in the editor then it'll call the default constructor

[ashen ferry]

sorry one of us dont get something how does that help me to know whether that instance of class is empty or not

[polar acorn]

What object do you want to destroy

[short hazel]

Without exposing a bool you check manually in the inspector to say "I have verified this instance is initialized and legitimate", you can't

[jade elk]

i was able to figure it out

is the game manager where everything is called and used?

[summer stump]

If you want it to be, but probably shouldn't.
A game manager is something you make and decide the scope of

[jade elk]

how do you guys get more than one sprite up and running?

[summer stump]

Black hole?

[jade elk]

sorry, sprites are black holes

do I have to create multiple instances?

or is there a better way

[summer stump]

Make it a prefab, instantiate it

[jade elk]

can you explain?

this is my current black hole script to control the sprite:
https://hastebin.com/share/gefudimepo.java

do I make instances within?

[summer stump]

Which part?
Do you know how to make a prefab?
If so, just use the instantiate method call, and pass in the prefab
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

[jade elk]

// Instantiates 10 copies of Prefab each 2 units apart from each other

using UnityEngine;

public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject prefab;
    void Start()
    {
        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
        {
            Instantiate(prefab, new Vector3(i * 2.0f, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity);
        }
    }
}```

would I do this in that file?

[summer stump]

Probably not

That should handle an individual black hole

[timber tide]

If you want to set the values in the inspector then you need some checking otherwise to say it's null because the class will be instantiated. Perhaps doing something like onvalidate and removing the serialization? Otherwise null the reference on awake or w/e.

[summer stump]

You want like a BlackholeSpawner script to handle that, and the prefab would have the Blackhole script on it

[jade elk]

yeah, im gonna make like a manager script

alright bet

[jade elk]

using UnityEngine;

public class BlackHoleManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject blackHolePrefab; // Reference to your BlackHoles prefab
    public int numberOfBlackHoles = 5;

    void Start()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfBlackHoles; i++)
        {
            GameObject newBlackHole = Instantiate(blackHolePrefab, GetRandomPosition(), Quaternion.identity);
            
        }
    }

    Vector3 GetRandomPosition()
    {
        float x = Random.Range(-10f, 10f);
        float y = Random.Range(-10f, 10f);

        return new Vector3(x, y, 0f);
    }
}```

like this right

but how do I set the prefab

[polar acorn]

Drag it

[jade elk]

to where

[polar acorn]

Into the variable

[summer stump]

Yeah. I would make minX, minY, maxX, maxY variables to pass into the random range
Avoid "magic numbers" wherever possible

[jade elk]

don't see anything about prefab

[jade elk]

oh ok

[summer stump]

Wrong script

Drag it to the Manager one

[polar acorn]

Did you try looking at the script that has the variable

instead of a different unrelated script

[jade elk]

i don't have that script added though

[summer stump]

Then you can't do it...

[jade elk]

what do I add it to though

[polar acorn]

Then it's going to be hard for the script to do anything at all

[summer stump]

A gameobject...

[polar acorn]

Considering it does not exist

[jade elk]

sorry, new to unity but not programming. don't we add scripts to a sprite?

do I have to create a sprite for the manager then?

[summer stump]

A sprite is a gameobject with components

So no

Add it to an empty gameobject unless you want to see it for some reason

But it's a manager, so you probably dont

[jade elk]

gameoject in the scene?

[summer stump]

Of course

[gaunt thistle]

i havent had this issue for a very long time but im an idiot so eh. i have a child object of pistol. under that child i have a another child which then has a mesh child. its been put under the camera object and it skews weirdly whenever the camera moves

[summer stump]

You can make it a prefab too, but it will only work in the scene

[jade elk]

so I hit "new" and create game object

[summer stump]

Yes.

I strongly recommend going through the !learn courses at this point. It's gonna be REAL tough going without this basic foundation to build on

[eternal falcon]

🧑‍🏫 Unity Learn can offer you over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience! Make sure to check it out at https://learn.unity.com/

[summer stump]

Are they different scales? Irregular scaling causes weird rotation issues for children

[jade elk]

gotcha, now it works, thank you

[gaunt thistle]

ive scaled down the mesh

so its not 1:1

[summer stump]

What about the parent of the mesh?

It's fine to scale children. Parents are the issue

[gaunt thistle]

its normal

[summer stump]

Hmm

I'd need to see a screenshot I guess. I'm not sure what the issue is otherwise

[tender stag]

how could i handle displaying item info in my inventory?

like each item has of course non mutable data

like name

max stack

weight etc

[tender stag]

and all of that i want to display

but then you have mutable data

[tender stag]

like recoil

damage

etc

[short hazel]

Scriptable object for immutable data, regular serializable class for mutable data

[gaunt thistle]

learn about scriptable objects

[tender stag]

im using them

[tender stag]

each item has item data

which is an SO

[gaunt thistle]

it should be working right?

hang on i know why

fuck im stupid

player is 1, 1.5, 1

[summer stump]

Sorry, had to step put. I was gonna say, it can be any scaling up the whole chain

[ashen ferry]

can DDOL game object get destroyed in some other ways than by ur own code its just disappearing like 10 frames into the next scene im so confused lmao

[polar acorn]

All DDOL does is prevent it from being removed with the rest of its origin scene

It does not convey it any sort of invulnerability

[ashen ferry]

yea tho loading next scene or destroying it myself are like only ways I know how it can be gone

[polar acorn]

Yeah that's basically it

So, if it's not being destroyed by changing scenes, there's only one other option

[ashen ferry]

I had line I completely forgot about adding singleton on that game object when loading scene but I was changing that scene and ended up adding that script there as well, which was destroying intruder from last scene with no logs that was nasty ngl

[faint elk]

Is there any ways to make a script wait for a new frame to be rended before it continues?

[polar acorn]

Start a coroutine, then put whatever you need to happen next frame after a yield return null

[faint elk]

a coroutine?

[gaunt swan]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

If you are on 2023.1 you can also use the new Awaitable.NextFrameAsync method from an async function

[faint elk]

so its literally just C# IEnumerator Waitforframe() { yield return null; }

i can never get code blocks to work

[gaunt swan]

You would put whatever you want to happen before the next frame above yield return null, and everything after below it.

Then call the method with StartCoroutine(WaitForFrame())

[faint elk]

So next question in VS its showwing IEnumerator as not a thing

Am I suppose to import something?

[gaunt swan]

It's in System.Collections

[faint elk]

ok ill give it a try

did not seem to work

[gaunt swan]

Post your coroutine function

[faint elk]

IEnumerator Waitforframe()
       {
           yield return null;
       }```

[gaunt swan]

That's not going to do anything

[gaunt swan]

^

[faint elk]

OOOOH

THE IT GOES INTO THE COROUTINE

im stupid

[gaunt swan]

yield return null acts like a barrier that 'pauses' your code and then resumes it in the next frame.

[faint elk]

I can pass variables and stuff to coroutines, right

[gaunt swan]

Yes, they act like normal functions. They just can't have a return value since they return an IEnumerator implicitly

[vast ivy]

Is there a way either in the animator manager to automatically reset this bool back to false after the animation is played or a way to do it in code?:

private void Jump()
    {
        // Adds force to the player rigidbody to jump
        if (isGrounded)
        {
            playerAnim.SetBool("stand jump", true);
            rb.AddForce(0f, jumpPower, 0f, ForceMode.Impulse);
            isGrounded = false;
            
        }

        // When crouched and using toggle system, will uncrouch for a jump
        if(isCrouched && !holdToCrouch)
        {
            Crouch();
        }
    }

[faint elk]

ignoring how bad my code is I am having trouble figuring out what the best way to implament the coroutine would be. I need a whole object generated and configured before the if statement runs on line 98 https://gdl.space/eqetalazel.cs

[gaunt swan]

The link you posted has no line numbers

[faint elk]

damn

its in the spawnmovementdot function

[gaunt swan]

Why is the function being called if the program is in a state where that is not allowed?

[faint elk]

i dont quite understand what you are refering to

my brains a bit out of it since i have been doing this for 6 hours

[gaunt swan]

I need a whole object generated and configured before the if statement runs
Why are you running the statement at all if your program is not ready to do that? You could for example generate the object in a different script and then enable this one once the required objects exist

[ivory bobcat]

Place the code to be yield inside the coroutine after the yield instruction. Starting the coroutine does not stop/delay the execution of code outside of the coroutine - they happen immediately.

coroutine:
    yield
    do something after yielding```

[gaunt swan]

To elaborate on this a bit more, it will immediately run the code block before the first yield statement, then return execution to the calling method. So the bit until the first yield instruction also happens immediately.

[tender stag]

can the random number be 100?
float randomValue = Random.Range(0, 100);

or do i have to like add 1

[ivory bobcat]

Exclusive for integer

[tender stag]

what do you mean?

[ivory bobcat]

Inclusive for float

[ivory bobcat]

What are you not understanding?

[faint elk]

Ok I think i understand it thanks for the help

[ivory bobcat]

Exclusive means not including

[gaunt swan]

Also be careful since you are implicitly casting an integer to a float here, which makes the intention not entirely clear

[ivory bobcat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Random.Range.html

[tender stag]

like i need to calculate a percentage

but im not sure if it can pick 100

[gaunt swan]

Then why not use values in the range of [0, 1] as floats?

[tender stag]

or the max will be like 99.9999999

[ivory bobcat]

Integers will only be whole numbers

[gaunt swan]

You probably want something like float randomValue = Random.Range(0f, 1f)

[ivory bobcat]

Integer: 100
Float: 100f

[tender stag]

i could use integers for the percentage tho

right?

[gaunt swan]

Yes, but why would you ever want to do that

[tender stag]

not sure

lol

[ivory bobcat]

Random.value will produce a random value between 0 and 1 inclusive if that's what you're wanting.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Random-value.html

[wary delta]

Random.Range(0f,100f);

[tender stag]

with this the number will be able to be 100?

[wary delta]

Yes

[tender stag]

alright thanks

i always thought u needed to like add 1

when using random range

[wary delta]

Of type float, not int

[tender stag]

alright

[wary delta]

@tender stag the docs are your friend...

[tender stag]

yeah i know i just didnt understand what inclusive means

and exclusive

i read them but still didnt understand

[wary delta]

inclusive means including, exclusive means excluding

[tender stag]

ohhh

[wary delta]

so if it was exclusive, it would return a value between 0.000001 and 9.999999 where the value would be random but could never be 0f or 100f.

but its not, it's inclusive.. which means it will return a value between 0.000000 and 100.000000 and both 0 and 100 are possible outcomes.

[eternal needle]

The exclusive one (ints) only applies to the max

[unique violet]

How can I make something for an iOS app that brings up the file picker and sends the chosen file to an api? I’ve seen some file picker assets but idk if it’ll work to send to an api

[swift patio]

No idea how to fix this error

Enemy.OnParticleCollision (UnityEngine.GameObject other) (at Assets/Scripts/Enemy.cs:17)```
the image below is line 17

nvm guys i fixed it

[teal viper]

Wdym by "send to an API"? Send in a web request?

[swift crag]

picking a file and sending the contents of the file to a third party are two unrelated problems

[unique violet]

Alright but I want to send the whole file not its contents

[swift crag]

that...is the whole file

barring extra data stapled on by your filesystem

you will need to elaborate.

[teal viper]

File = file contents.🤷‍♂️

• maybe some metadata, like info on its path, extension creation date, etc...

[elder osprey]

How can I use info from the 2DRaycast so i can draw a cube gizmo at the position the raycast hits?

[swift crag]

Store the point you hit in a field.

then use it in OnDrawGizmos

[summer stump]

See the docs
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Gizmos.DrawCube.html
It takes a position, so just the raycastHit position, as Fen said

[cosmic dagger]

the method has overloads to return a RaycastHit2D . . .

[unreal imp]

guys,im making a pickup objects player system to imitate it like half life 2 and the code is this but doesnt works: ``` private FixedJoint joint;
private Rigidbody grabbedObject;

void Update()
{
    
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
    {
        if (grabbedObject == null)
        {
            TryGrabObject();
        }
        else
        {
            DropObject();
        }
    }

    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1) && grabbedObject != null)
    {
        
        ThrowObject();
    }
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && grabbedObject != null)
    {
        
        DropObject();
    }
}

void TryGrabObject()
{
    RaycastHit hit;
    if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.forward, out hit, 5f, LayerMask.GetMask("Pickable")))
    {
        grabbedObject = hit.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        if (grabbedObject != null)
        {
            
            joint = gameObject.AddComponent<FixedJoint>();
            joint.connectedBody = grabbedObject;
            joint.breakForce = 1000f;
            joint.breakTorque = 1000f;
        }
    }
}

void DropObject()
{
    if (joint != null)
    {
        
        Destroy(joint);
        grabbedObject = null;
    }
}

void ThrowObject()
{
    if (grabbedObject != null)
    {
        
        grabbedObject.AddForce(transform.forward * 10f, ForceMode.Impulse);
        
        DropObject();
    }
}```

anyone has an idea?

[timber tide]

that's a lot of code, have you debugged it via logging or breakpoints

[wintry quarry]

"doesn't works" isn't much to go on

[unreal imp]

i had the steps like they said with doing FixedJoint

ahhh i think i might already know what the problem is.

By chance, would anyone know what it would be like to make the steps of grabbing objects like Half Life 2 more detailed?

[acoustic arch]

for my fps small game would the gun shoot to like the crosshair or how does it usually work

[unreal imp]

🤦

[fossil harness]

It depends. Realistic shooters ala Arma shoot from the gun and use a fancy retical that represents where the gun is pointing. Most other FPS shoot bullets from the camera itself

[late burrow]

does findobjectsoftype work if parent gameobject is disabled?

[empty juniper]

how do i get the current rotation of an object

[late burrow]

transform.rotation

[empty juniper]

i need to use it in an if

[late burrow]

rotation.eulerangles

[summer stump]

If the parent is disabled I believe the child is too, so no

[late burrow]

parent disabled but child enabled

[summer stump]

In what way

[late burrow]

probably he wants if x y z

[empty juniper]

so i have a plane and i want the fins to rotate 45 degrees when i press w but only if the current rotation is less than 46

[summer stump]

Can you show that in the inspector?

[late burrow]

i mean child is enabled in a way that its ticked

but parent is not

so in theory its disabled

[fossil harness]

A bit more context on this answer:
Rotations are stored as BUFFs (quaternions) that aren't really human friendly, so we can cast them to EulerAngles which are the degrees around the XYZ axes that we're used to (e.g. 90 degrees around y axis is "left" if you're facing 0 degrees around the y axis)

[summer stump]

That's tough. Your rotation, nor euler angles, usually won't match the inspector. You probably want to calculate the angle between the plane and fin via the cross product

[fossil harness]

You could read local rotation no?

Or does Unity still have rotation shenanigans with the inspector and code

[summer stump]

I am TERRIBLE with rotations, but I believe they get funky, and don't usually match

[empty juniper]

i put (transform.rotation.z < 46 || transform.rotation.z > -46) as the condition and i didnt get syntax errors but it just dont work

[fossil harness]

Ah yeah, because you're accessing the z of the quaternion

[summer stump]

Yeah, that isn't ever gonna work. A rotation is a quaternion, which black magic

Lol

[fossil harness]

I.e. a 4D circle from hell

You need to access "transform.rotation.eulerAngles.z", though I'd recommend "transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.z"

Quaternion = incomprehensible extremely high-level math
EulerAngles = normal, readable numbers

[cosmic dagger]

the local rotation will not always match because the inspector because the same quaternion can be represented as different euler angles . . .

[cosmic dagger]

no, you don't use or check the quaternion value, that is not the actual angle . . .

[empty juniper]

this didnt work

[violet topaz]

public class LookAtMouse : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        var dir = Input.mousePosition - Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position);
        var angle = Mathf.Atan2(dir.x, dir.y) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.forward);
    }
} ``` how do I make the player look at the mouse. right now its looking the opposite way

[empty juniper]

idk what to do bruh

[fossil harness]

What's the recommended approach for this? Store a float for the desired angle and set it?

I.e. some field "rudderAngle" and assign the local rotation to a quaternion constructed from the eulerangle of the aforementioned "rudderAngle" whenever it changes?

[cosmic dagger]

@fossil harness
you can store the original direction of the flaps in a field and check the angle against the current forward direction of the flaps

you can store the current z axis in a field and subtract it from the input, clamp field using your ranges, then assign the rotation using the stored field . . .

[violet topaz]

public class LookAtMouse : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        var dir = Input.mousePosition - Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position);
        var angle = Mathf.Atan2(dir.x, dir.y) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.forward);
    }
} ```
 how do I make the player look at the mouse. right now its looking the opposite way \

[unique violet]

Whoops yeah sorry. Basically I just want it get a file picker working I know how to send the data to a web request fine.

[teal viper]

Well, check the asset description and reviews. If it's in the store it's probably working as intended.

[teal viper]

Try reverting the axis that you rotate around.

[smoky ledge]

Hello, I'm trying to get into Unity but I can't cuz I think I goofed up. I set my programming holder as notepad and whenever I try to write code it won't open up the notepad, is there a way to change this?