💻┃code-beginner

[smoky ledge]

This is what it looks like

[static cedar]

I believe trying to set it on Euler angles can cause other values to change as well.
I had this happen and they certainly don't match the inspector.

[cosmic dagger]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/set-your-default-script-editor-ide#

[static cedar]

Unlike in the inspector where u just see the raw values, the Euler angles I guess let's say readapt the values. If I remember correctly, you won't see 360 degrees in Euler angles for example.

[smoky ledge]

Bad thing, I tried this already and it didn't work.

[static cedar]

I tried rotating something on the X axis and whenever it clocks to 180 or 360, y is somehow affect. -_-

[rich adder]

screenshot your External Tools in preferences inside unity

[cosmic dagger]

show us cuz when you change the default IDE, that IDE opens up when you double-click on the code . . .

[smoky ledge]

How do I get there?

[cosmic dagger]

the link i sent you tells you how. did you even look or follow the tutorial at all?

[rich adder]

spoiler alert: they did not read

[smoky ledge]

Bits of it

[cosmic dagger]

then don't say it didn't work if you "didn't" do it . . .

[smoky ledge]

Yes, let me go back and read it

[grim tulip]

Me=code beginner

[rich adder]

fitting for channel

[grim tulip]

Ikr 🤓

Anywayyy

I shall set my stuff up until I Get a pc to actually start coding on 😃

[cosmic dagger]

you can code on a crappy pc . . .

[grim tulip]

Yea but u can’t make a game on one

Or your pc is gonna go boom with one asset

[rich adder]

you can still learn to code meanwhile

[cosmic dagger]

you can, just not some fancy, shmancy, AAA graphics one . . . . . .

[grim tulip]

I SEE

my eyes have opened a new

[grim tulip]

That’s what all the hype is all about tho 🤓☝️

[cosmic dagger]

not really. you heard of indie games?

[rich adder]

a good game != good graphics

[grim tulip]

Yuh

I thunk

[eternal needle]

ever heard of amongus, flappy bird, candy crush?

[rich adder]

what about heartstone ?

[grim tulip]

Neva heard of it

[rich adder]

WHAT

[grim tulip]

Candy crush was made by one person?

Oh wait

Wrong topic

[grim tulip]

YEA UR HEARD ME

Neva heard of it

[rich adder]

how you never heard of heartstone

[grim tulip]

Idk

[teal viper]

RimWorld, terraria, Minecraft

[rich adder]

ig ur not into card games 😛

[static cedar]

I'm honestly not much of a card game fan.

[grim tulip]

Oh I just looked at it

Yea no card games

[grim tulip]

OMG I LOVE RIMWOLRD

I love kenshi to 🙂 but idk if it was made from Unity

[rich adder]

but i suppose thats considered AAA cause its blizzard game, just thought it was neat it was in unity

[static cedar]

Aye.

[teal viper]

Oh, was the discussion about games made in unity?😅

[grim tulip]

Rimworld isn’t made in Unity?

BRUH

[teal viper]

I thought it was about good games != graphics.

[grim tulip]

Got my hopes up for nothin 😔

[grim tulip]

No

[teal viper]

I don't think so, no.

[grim tulip]

Well jokes on you I already have a game that I wanna make

But I has no skills to make t

[rich adder]

time to get learnin

[grim tulip]

YUH

But like

👀

Not rn

Cause I tired

[static cedar]

Is ultra kill made in unity?

[rich adder]

yus

[grim tulip]

Wot dat

[static cedar]

I'm genuinely surprised.

I can't even pay for games. :P

[grim tulip]

It otay

I shall rant about my game idea

TOMORROW

bye people 🙂

[cosmic dagger]

that's for #archived-game-design not here . . .

[grim tulip]

OKAY

Tomorrow I shall rant there

[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

[grim tulip]

But today is a Zzzzzz

[cosmic dagger]

i thought someone answered this earlier, no?

[teal viper]

Me😭

[cosmic dagger]

just flip it . . .

[violet topaz]

ok, sorry didnt see the message i wasnt at my comupter

[smoky ledge]

@cosmic dagger Thank you, I'm absolutely technologically bankrupt. I finally got it working

[topaz mortar]

I have a Combat Script with a reference to my Character Script
While combat is happening and the character kills a monster the Combat Script will send experience to the Chracter Script
But on level up, I need the Character Script to tell the Combat Script to re-calculate damage
How would I go about this?

[cosmic dagger]

use an event . . .

[topaz mortar]

that's the Invoke thingie not?

[cosmic dagger]

try to keep the character and combat mechanic separate (non-dependent) from each other . . .

[topaz mortar]

so I should re-calc damage before every attack?

[cosmic dagger]

but why should the character script inform the combat system to re-calc after a level up?

[topaz mortar]

because the character script has the stats and the stats determine the damage

[teal viper]

Yeah, calculating the damage for each attack would be the most reliable way.

[cosmic dagger]

doesn't the combat script have the stats of the character for the attack?

[teal viper]

You could use a cache and "isDirty" kind of system, but that might be over engineering.

[topaz mortar]

yeah but it only gets it at the start of the script and never updates it

[cosmic dagger]

how are your stats stored? i figured it'd be a class or collection of stats which would be a reference type . . .

[summer stump]

The stats only change when you level up, right? So damage will be the same until level up? I second an event in that case. It could even be an event in the level property setter

[topaz mortar]

I calc damage in the Start() function on combat script

[summer stump]

And never again?

[topaz mortar]

nope

[cosmic dagger]

that doesn't seem right . . .

[summer stump]

So what does leveling up do?

[cosmic dagger]

damage should be calculated on every attack . . .

[topaz mortar]

why not? the damage never changes (unless you level up or equip new items)

[teal viper]

What about buffs or items?

[cosmic dagger]

what if a specific attack has a buff or debuff?

[topaz mortar]

haven't gotten that far yet 😛

it's an idle game, so damage really shouldn't change often

[cosmic dagger]

when you attack, you should call a method to calculate the damage and send that to the enemy . . .

[topaz mortar]

I think the event makes more sense

[summer stump]

It won't cost much at all, and that would be quite reliable.

Then you can just change the stuff your damage function uses to calculate damage from

[topaz mortar]

true

I'll just go with that for now 🙂

C# is not like JavaScript right?
If I do

DamageMonster();```
It will finish the 1st function before executing the second one right?

[eternal needle]

this will proceed in order yes, although im unsure what the comparison of js is for. any language run these til completion in order

[topaz mortar]

no javascript will execute them at the same time

that language is crazy

[cosmic dagger]

it just calls each line . . .

[topaz mortar]

yeah that

but it often results in the 2nd function getting called before the 1st one has finished

[teal viper]

Maybe with async it does. I'm not sure it would do that with normal code.

[eternal needle]

im super curious where you got this idea from, unless you were unknowingly using async

[summer stump]

There is also asynchronous code in C#

[eternal needle]

because literally nothing will run at the same time

[topaz mortar]

it 100% does lol
javascript is sync by default while c# seems to be async

[rich adder]

wrong

[teal viper]

Wat

[summer stump]

No

[eternal needle]

you 100% should not be throwing out definitive statements like that

[cosmic dagger]

no, c# has async code but it's not by default . . .

[topaz mortar]

I've made games in JS before and ran into the issue
you use async in JS to prevent it from executing the next part of the code before the previous part has finished

[teal viper]

It could've been the engine or the framework you were using that were working async by default. The language itself is not async by default.

[eternal needle]

🤔 even i am confused what you are now trying to claim. you used async, but are claiming regular functions will run at the same time

[topaz mortar]

I might have the terms backwards

[rich adder]

how did you code a game not knowing this?

[summer stump]

You seem to have a profound misunderstanding about what asynchronous code is, how JS works and even the issue you were having (sounds like a race condition from USING asynchronous code incorrectly?)

Not trying to be rude..

[topaz mortar]

not claiming they run at the same time
in my example:

DamageMonster();```
JS will not wait for the 1st function to finish before starting the 2nd function
so if the 1st function calculates the damage but takes too long
the damage will already be done before it is properly calculated

[eternal needle]

you are still wrong on that

[teal viper]

It depends on the definition/implementation of your functions. If they are async, it will indeed work as you describe.

[summer stump]

But again, that is explictly telling them to work that way. It does NOT work that way by default.

I have used JS a LOT and yes, it will only work that way with async.

[topaz mortar]

my terminology might be wrong, but my point is valid

[eternal needle]

what no, its still wrong

[topaz mortar]

JS by default does not wait for that 1st function to complete

[summer stump]

No, it is not

[topaz mortar]

go try it

[summer stump]

I have spent almost a decade using JavaScript

[eternal needle]

And i am not a fool 🤷‍♂️

[topaz mortar]

I'm looking at google on my 2nd screen and it supports my claim

and I've made games in Node.js and ran into this exact issue

[buoyant knot]

gif of the funny black man walking into a burning appartment with a pizza

[eternal needle]

alright pack it up boys, google supports his claim

[teal viper]

Just tried it. Not async by default.

[eternal needle]

Im not trying to be rude, but with the people in here telling you otherwise, and you asking a question in #💻┃code-beginner, do you really feel this confident in your statements?
what you are saying is completely wrong and its taught in the very beginning of comp sci courses. you may have experienced a bug, then incorrectly assumed the cause.

or have been using functions that were async unknowingly

[teal viper]

Node js has promises, callbacks and other stuff that runs async. So maybe you're confusing with the framework implementation.

[rich adder]

seems legit

[summer stump]

Exactly what I was thinking. You ABSOLUTELY can get it to work as they said, and fairly easily, so I assume they just slapped some words in (or copied code) and made it asynchronous, then assumed that was the default.

It objectively is not though, or else a LOT more of my code would have been broken

[rich adder]

or people legit just say shit to cause a reaction xD

[frozen mantle]

Im a bit embarrased that i can't seem to figure out the logic im trying to go for here, but what im trying to do is run through a list of gameObjects, and if their names are not "x" or "y", then go ahead and enable them. The issue i'm running into is that when i write this out in an if statement (child.gameObject.name != "x" || child.gameObject.name != "y") i get the issue that even if the gameObject name is x, it still gets enabled because its name is not y, so it passes the boolean.

in other words, i want to enable all objects except the two that are named "x" or "y". Is there a way to do it in 1 if statemnet, or do i have to use a nested if statement?

[topaz mortar]

pretty sure u just use && instead of ||?

[summer stump]

Just trying to be helpful, but this site explains it well:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/asynchronous-javascript-explained/

"By default, JavaScript is a synchronous, single threaded programming language. This means that instructions can only run one after another, and not in parallel."

Async is cool, and useful. C# can do it too.

Just trying to help.

Edit: also, Unity has "Jobs" which enables highly performant threading, and it is AWESOME. They aren't necessarily multithreaded, but it makes it easy to do

[frozen mantle]

dammit, yeah that makes sense

[buoyant knot]

sync is usually the default. You normally need to explicitly ask for async, because it’s otherwise not clear how you split the work.

[frozen mantle]

yeah that was it, thank you!

what you lack in JavaScript knowledge, you make up for in Boolean logic

nah i'm just teasin'

[rich adder]

async Function

can't read?

[frozen mantle]

reminder of the capabilities of JavaScript:

"wat"

[cosmic dagger]

it's speaks of operations, not the entire language and it says "some" . . .

[rich adder]

that page is nonense, they talk about async function but fetchData isn't marked as async

yet says the function is async

//DataFetching logic here is probably in the assumption some kind of async call is going on there to the API

[summer stump]

Can you provide the link to this site?

[topaz mortar]

yeah because some behaviour in JS is async by default
maybe it's just API calls & database calls or something
but I've 100% run into this issue in the past, it's been years though
anyway, I'm done with this subject

[charred spoke]

This is the worst tutorial/explanation page I have seen

[topaz mortar]

why would JS have async await if not for this exact issue?

[summer stump]

To make functions asynchronous

[rich adder]

some type of gpt probably

[cosmic dagger]

it's not by default, it is a set of operations created specifically to run code asynchronously . . .

[summer stump]

Can you please provide the link to that page

[frozen mantle]

https://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-async-await/ @summer stump

idk why i replied to you random, sorry

[topaz mortar]

here's a good example I think:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75564521/why-is-my-internal-api-call-not-waiting-for-response

[frozen mantle]

but here's the site they were referencing, it seems

[topaz mortar]

ah no they use async

I don't remember this shit, it was years ago

I just know I ran into this issue

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message
still waiting on this link

[summer stump]

Carby found it
#💻┃code-beginner message

[topaz mortar]

yeah u were right, I probably used async in my function because I needed to wait for API or database

[charred spoke]

There I fucking typed js on my phone for this

https://runjs.co/s/J@do48ORP

Its not async

[topaz mortar]

now write that with an API or database call 😉

or just stop talking about it, I really don't care

[charred spoke]

It still will mot by async u less I make it

[summer stump]

The article is pretty poorly written, imo, but it used fetch in that function

[charred spoke]

Api and db calls are MADE to be async because of the longer response time

[rich adder]

yeah fetch def makes it async

[topaz mortar]

yeah this is what I meant to say in my original point, but I didn't remember the exact context since it was years ago

[rich adder]

originally you said games not databases

[charred spoke]

Guys guys I was saying this all along I just didn’t remember cause it was years ago right

[topaz mortar]

assholes ...

[charred spoke]

Just admit you were wrong

Its okey

[topaz mortar]

I already did lol

[frozen mantle]

if a mod were here they would be peeved, ain't no JS gotta do with unity!

[rich adder]

🚔

[cosmic dagger]

guess you missed out on unityscript . . .

[rich adder]

oh dont even offend JS like that xD

[frozen mantle]

wat

i confuse

[rich adder]

unityscript = js like code for unity

back in the dayz

wasnt real JS tho

[cosmic dagger]

yep . . .

[frozen mantle]

https://blog.unity.com/community/unityscripts-long-ride-off-into-the-sunset

wat da heck

ew

[summer stump]

One of the MULTIPLE scripting languages unity used

[frozen mantle]

why did unity have a bespoke language?

what is this, GoDot?

Hey-oooooooooooo

[rich adder]

also BOO

clearly c# won

[frozen mantle]

when did they just settle on C#?

[frozen mantle]

what's this chart?

[rich adder]

https://blog.unity.com/technology/documentation-unity-scripting-languages-and-you

[summer stump]

Not sure the timeline. I started at like version 5.

Which, looking at the docs, looks about the time they were changing stuff from JS to C# on the backend?
https://unity.com/releases/editor/whats-new/5.0.0

It says "All built-in image effects were rewritten from JavaScript to C#."

[charred spoke]

I started with 3. somethibg

[frozen mantle]

what's wrong with built-in image effect being rewritten into C#?

[charred spoke]

The amount of js to c# translating from unity answers that I have done

[summer stump]

Nothing?

[charred spoke]

I basically learned js by osmosis

[frozen mantle]

oh, you put a little squiting cat face with the name "at what cost"

[summer stump]

Exactly, cause it WAS js lol.

But yeah, probably wrong meme

[frozen mantle]

ah ok\

i thought you were saying that converting the code from JS to C# was too costly or something

[rich adder]

in the end it all turns into bytecode

[silent vault]

Hello, I'm using Unity 2022.3.9f1 and imported the Starter Asset Third Person Shooter with cinemachine. I've replaced the model by my own as explained in the video tutorial but my character is stuck in Falling animation despite being on the floor

Anyway to fix that ?

[frozen mantle]

random, but how come unity scripts don't define "System" as a name space?

[frozen mantle]

what does the animator graph look like while your game is running?

[frozen mantle]

i calls in using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; but not plain ol System? grrrrr

[silent vault]

Like this

Seems like grounded never changes to true

[frozen mantle]

did you change just the model? or did you mess with the collision box too?

[silent vault]

But my character capsule seems to be on the floor

Just the model

[frozen mantle]

is this a character controller?

[silent vault]

Yes

Oh I'm dumb... I forgot to change the "Ground" layer in the controller script like the documentation said. My bad. It's ok now

[frozen mantle]

ahh yeah that'll do it, lol

[silent vault]

Thanks 😉

[cunning rapids]

Guys I have a problem with my weapon switching

[cosmic dagger]

sad to hear . . .

[charred spoke]

Bummer

[summer stump]

Maybe... tell us more?

[frozen mantle]

sorry to hear that, but if you're trying to look for help, perhaps you should go ahead and elaborate what the problem is? What are you trying to do, and what's actually going on instead?

[cunning rapids]

I'm recording it hold on

Sorry

[cosmic dagger]

i'd wait until you have everything ready before sending out a cryptic, open-ended message . . .

[cunning rapids]

When you switch weapons while reloading it disables the shooting for that weapon for some reason

[rich adder]

maybe system might have some classes that by default conflict with UnityEngine, Random etc.

[charred spoke]

Well that is most definitely a problem yes.

[cunning rapids]

I can provide you with anything because I literally have no idea the source of this problem

[frozen mantle]

i suppose so, im trying to use TimeSpan, and i was wondering what it meant by it saying it was "not defined"

[charred spoke]

Perhaps care to share some relevant code

[summer stump]

I don't think that video really helps explain the issue. Some code would help though
Specifically the code where you reload and fire

[rich adder]

Do you use Visual Studio ? mine already adds the namespace a certain class belongs to and you can scroll through them all

[charred spoke]

My bet would be that you set a isReloading bool somewhere and when you switch you never reset it because you only reset it from a animation event but that event never fires

[cosmic dagger]

seems you disable shooting when switching. do you enable shooting for the active weapon?

[frozen mantle]

i use VSCode

[rich adder]

bummer, gotta use that Quick Refactor

[summer stump]

Wait... so you want timespan, and when you add using System; is says system is not defined?

[cosmic dagger]

naw, it prolly says TimeSpan is not defined . . .

[frozen mantle]

no sorry, i meant that before i added using System; it was saying undefined

[cunning rapids]

Sure. This is my update method

[cosmic dagger]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[frozen mantle]

"The name 'TimeSpan' does not exist in the current context"

[frozen mantle]

wat

Quick Refactor?

[summer stump]

Ah, well yeah. It is in the System namespace
Can't use it without that using statement

[charred spoke]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[cunning rapids]

    private void Update()
    {
        if (!isReloading)
        {
            if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1") && Time.time >= nextFireTime && currentAmmo > 0)
            {
                isShooting = true;
                Shoot();
                currentAmmo--;
                nextFireTime = Time.time + 1f / fireRate;
            }

            if (Input.GetButtonUp("Fire1"))
            {
                isShooting = false;
            }

            if (isShooting && Time.time >= nextFireTime && currentAmmo > 0)
            {
                Shoot();
                currentAmmo--;
                nextFireTime = Time.time + 1f / fireRate;
            }

        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R) && !isReloading && currentAmmo < magazineCapacity && currentAmmo > 0)
        {
            animator.Play(reloadAnimationName);
            Reload();
        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R) && currentAmmo == 0 && !isReloading)
        {
            animator.Play(noAmmoAnimationName);
            NoAmmoReload();
        }
    }

[rich adder]

when it says It doesn't exist , you can press w/e shortcut quick refactor in vscode is, it adds namespace, should be the lightbulb icon

[cosmic dagger]

show the Reload method . . .

[cunning rapids]

Those are the respective reload coroutines and methods:

    private void Reload()
    {
        StartCoroutine(ReloadCoroutine());
    }
    
    private void NoAmmoReload()
    {
        StartCoroutine(NoAmmoReloadCoroutine());
    }

    private IEnumerator ReloadCoroutine()
    {
        isReloading = true;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(AmmoSeconds);
        currentAmmo = magazineCapacity;
        isReloading = false;
    }

    private IEnumerator NoAmmoReloadCoroutine()
    {
        isReloading = true;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(NoAmmoSeconds);
        currentAmmo = magazineCapacity;
        isReloading = false; 
    }

[cosmic dagger]

and the method to switch weapons . . .

[cunning rapids]

I use a seperate script for weapon switching

[frozen mantle]

ye i know, but now that @rich adder bought up that it could cause come conflicts with UnityEngine, my game feels like, "weird" with it on... idk if it just in my head tho

[summer stump]

What conflicts? Like namespace ambiguity? That is easy to solve and not a reason to avoid System

[cosmic dagger]

what's the problem? you can just add the namespace, done deal . . .

[frozen mantle]

ah ok

[cosmic dagger]

or use the fully qualifying name . . .

or an alias. many options . . .

[rich adder]

not what i said.. I said its maybe not in the file by default because some classes have same name and its ambiguous

[charred spoke]

If you disable the entire gameObject that runs the Reload coroutine it will not finish the coroutine and thus isReloading will nver be set to false

[frozen mantle]

oh ok

[cosmic dagger]

as @charred spoke mentioned, isReloading is never set back to false when you switch weapons . . .

[frozen mantle]

use an elipses one more time, and i am going to react to your next message with an angry emote

[cunning rapids]

Oh yeah that's definitely the problem:

using UnityEngine;

public class WeaponSwap : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject[] objectsToToggle;

    private void Update()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < objectsToToggle.Length; i++)
        {
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1 + i))
            {
                ToggleObjects(i);
            }
        }
    }

    private void ToggleObjects(int activeIndex)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < objectsToToggle.Length; i++)
        {
            if (i == activeIndex)
            {
                objectsToToggle[i].SetActive(!objectsToToggle[i].activeSelf);
            }
            else
            {
                objectsToToggle[i].SetActive(false);
            }
        }
    }
}

[cosmic dagger]

coroutines stop running on a GameObject when it is disabled . . .

[cosmic dagger]

bruh, check all my messages, like, ever . . .

[summer stump]

Make a CancelReload function that you call before disabling if isReloading is true. Just set isReloading to false, but don't do the ammo

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, fix those edge cases . . .

[cunning rapids]

Also I feel like the script is pretty messy

[frozen mantle]

nvm i misunderstood what nava meant

[cunning rapids]

What would you do for weapon-switching?

[cosmic dagger]

when you switch weapons, call the cancel method on the active weapon . . .

[summer stump]

I saw one like a week ago without one, and it was memorable 😆

[cunning rapids]

What would CancelReload do?

"Just set isReloading to false, but don't do the ammo"

This?

[summer stump]

Yep

Just don't add the additional ammo, and reset the bool

[cunning rapids]

And I can call the function using cs OnDisable
right?

[cosmic dagger]

give it a try and let us know . . .

[frozen mantle]

off topic, but why do you end all your message with an elipses?

[cunning rapids]

Brand recognition 💀

[cosmic dagger]

i have a few, depends on the context. questions and directing ppl to proper channels are final remarks that end any open-ended conversation . . .

[cunning rapids]

@summer stump what do you mean exactly by "but don't do the ammo"

[frozen mantle]

was that meant as a reply to me?

or were you replying to Aeth, and your reply just so happen to answer my question as well?

[cunning rapids]

.

[cosmic dagger]

nope, i replied to their message . . .

[frozen mantle]

oh, funny, i think you answered my question as well lol

[cunning rapids]

    private void CancelReload()
    {
        isReloading = false;
        currentAmmo = currentAmmo;
    }

Something like this should cut it, right?

@cosmic dagger

[charred spoke]

[cosmic dagger]

if it answered it, then that's a twofer . . .

[charred spoke]

CurrentAmmo= currentAmmo does nothing

[cosmic dagger]

again, try it out. no one will know until it's tested . . .

[frozen mantle]

so, you use an elipses to show that the conversation is still open ended/continueing? interesting... i guess i do the same thing sometimes

[cosmic dagger]

it has more than one meaning. i take the creative writing approach . . .

[cunning rapids]

How come? I want to set the ammo to it's current count rather than to the mag capacity that happens during reloading

[cosmic dagger]

if currentAmmo = 5, that's the same as saying:

5 = 5;
```it changes nothing . . .

[frozen mantle]

oh ok, i think i get it
(i do not)

[cunning rapids]

Nevermind then, I guess that's what happens when you prgram in Python for 2 years

[summer stump]

You could cache the ammo as something like preReloadAmmo (which may or may not be 0) and in the cancel reload just set currentAmmo to that

And if not, then do a full magazine

[cunning rapids]

Just tried it

Doesn't work

[cunning rapids]

Interesting idea

[frozen mantle]

the issue is that ammo's current count is the Mag capacity, so you're just setting it to itself, basically meaning it's being left at the mag capacity

[cosmic dagger]

you shouldn't change the ammo count until after the reload is done. if you switch weapons during reload, the current ammo should not change at all . . .

[cunning rapids]

I think that's what my coroutines are already doing ```cs
private IEnumerator ReloadCoroutine()
{
isReloading = true;
yield return new WaitForSeconds(AmmoSeconds);
currentAmmo = magazineCapacity;
isReloading = false;
}

private IEnumerator NoAmmoReloadCoroutine()
{
    isReloading = true;
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(NoAmmoSeconds);
    currentAmmo = magazineCapacity;
    isReloading = false; 
}

[cosmic dagger]

so what's the problem with the ammo?

[cunning rapids]

Should I put the isReloading bool above the ammo set or will that change absolutely nothing?

[queen adder]

#⚛️┃physics i asked a question in this channel not sure if it’s better suited for here if so lmk and i will move it

[cunning rapids]

There's no problem with the ammo. When I swap weapons while the reload animation is playing, it disables shooting for my weapon

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, that's the original issue. did you test what we said from earlier?

[cunning rapids]

You mean making a CancelReload() function and calling it OnDisable?

Didn't work unfortunately

    private void OnDisable()
    {
        animator.Rebind();
        CancelReload();
    }

    private void CancelReload()
    {
        isReloading = false;
    }

[cosmic dagger]

did you check if those methods were called? place logs in cancelReload and OnDisable . . .

[cunning rapids]

What should I log specifically?

[cosmic dagger]

anything. you're just testing if the method runs. the log will inform us it does cuz that line of code was executed . . .

just log the method name or smth . . .

[cunning rapids]

    private void CancelReload()
    {
        isReloading = false;
        Debug.Log(isReloading);
    }
```?

    private void OnDisable()
    {
        animator.Rebind();
        CancelReload();
        Debug.Log(isReloading);
    }

It should logically return false

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, but you should name it to know what value you're looking at . . .

[cunning rapids]

    private void CancelReload()
    {
        isReloading = false;
        Debug.Log("isReloading");
    }

[cosmic dagger]

Debug.Log($"<color=magenta>CancelReload</color> | isReloading: <color=cyan>{isReloading}</color>");

Debug.Log($"<color=magenta>OnDisable</color> | isReloading: <color=cyan>{isReloading}</color>");

[cosmic dagger]

well, it sets it to false . . .

[cunning rapids]

Maybe if I handle the shooting with a seperate method and call it in ```cs
OnEnable

[cosmic dagger]

it still won't allow you to shoot when you switch back to the weapon?

[cunning rapids]

Yup

Didn't work

[cosmic dagger]

when you switch back is isReloading still false?

[cunning rapids]

How do I check that?

[cosmic dagger]

log the variable in OnEnable . . .

[cunning rapids]

Maybe I can just make my WeaponSwap script communicate with my Shooting script to disable itself while the animation is still playing?

[cunning rapids]

!code

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[frozen mantle]

this is the nastiest, overly long line of code i've writen, but by jove it works:

||ScoreBoard.transform.GetChild(1).GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>().text = "Time:\t "+((int)TimeSpan.FromSeconds(currLevelStats.time).TotalMinutes).ToString()+":"+TimeSpan.FromSeconds(currLevelStats.time).Seconds.ToString("00");||

[cunning rapids]

https://hastebin.com/share/fasiziweba.csharp

This is the full code

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/interpolated

[cunning rapids]

@cosmic dagger

[frozen mantle]

No

[rich adder]

🥱 cs if(ScoreBoard.transform.GetChild(1).TryGetComponent(out TextMeshProUGUI text)) { text.text = $"Time: \t {(int)TimeSpan.FromSeconds(currLevelStats.time).TotalMinutes} : {TimeSpan.FromSeconds(currLevelStats.time).Seconds:00}"; }

[frozen mantle]

Wait wat

[summer stump]

Nope, it's too late. You said No, and now it can't be changed.
Stop looking at it!

[cunning rapids]

@cosmic dagger I found the problem

I fixed it

Thank you

It turns out we were looking at the wrong value

We thought there was something wrong with the isReloading bool

In reality our fix worked, but the currentAmmo was simply 0

[timber sundial]

Hi! Is there a way to declare new variables for each enum? I have an enum of collectibles (coin, files etc.) and want to declare a new integer for each one but want to make it in a way where if I add a new enum it would automatically make a new integer for a counter of how many of those items are collected?

[gaunt ice]

idk if there way to "add" new value to enum in run time, but you can use Enum.getname.length to see how many value in enum

and you may need array, use enum as the index

[timber sundial]

ty!

[cunning rapids]

Guys

How do I handle grenade throwing when my grenade prefab explodes after a short delay

Which means after said short delay, Instantiating the object doesn't work anymore

[fossil drum]

Why wouldn't it work anymore? You can instantiate prefabs an infinite amount.

[cunning rapids]

Because the prefab literally destroys itself

[fossil drum]

No, the prefab sits in your Assets folder, not in your scene.
It will never destroy it self.

[cunning rapids]

Oh right

I'm stupid

I unpacked it when I added it to the scene

[cunning rapids]

Guys, how do I anchor TMP to the bottom left of my screen

[queen adder]

is there a string to vector3 method?

that just the inverse of vec3.ToString()?

[gaunt ice]

no, since format is undefined

[ashen ferry]

u can make ur own ig

[cunning rapids]

Why is TMP not at the bottom left when I anchored it like this

[gaunt ice]

you have set pos x and y

btw not code question

[light moss]

How can I make my camera not follow the player when the player falls into the void.

[cunning rapids]

I need it to anchor on all resolutions

[gaunt ice]

if(player not in void){
  camera follows player
}
```now camera only follow pleyer if player is not falling into void

[woven cradle]

hey, could someone tell me how I can make a path along which the Enemies should move, and what I mean here is not specifically about marking lines or points, but the entire path in which the Enemies would move randomly when it comes to their appearance, but they always went towards the end of the path and when Ally appears on their way in a certain area, they cancel their further progress on this path, they will just start attacking him, I'm asking because I don't really know how to go about it, I've heard something about navmesh but I don't know if it's a good solution and I'm not entirely sure how it's supposed to work.

[cunning rapids]

Show us the camera script

[light moss]

`using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class CameraFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
public float FollowSpeed = 2f;
public float yOffset = 1f;
public Transform target;

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    Vector3 newPos = new Vector3(target.position.x, target.position.y + yOffset, -10f);
    transform.position = Vector3.Slerp(transform.position, newPos, FollowSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}

}`

[cunning rapids]

You can add a variable to stop following the target after he reaches a specific y level

[light moss]

yeah thats what I am trying to do right now

[cunning rapids]

It's easy

add this variable

public float stopFollowingYLevel = 10f;

and then the camera logic under this condition:

        if (target.position.y <= stopFollowingYLevel)
        {
            Vector3 newPos = new Vector3(target.position.x, target.position.y + yOffset, -10f);
            transform.position = Vector3.Slerp(transform.position, newPos, FollowSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }

another trick is you can add colliders under your map to define where the void starts

and if the camera triggers the colliders it stops following the player

[eternal needle]

Doing it based on colliders is probably better. you can define areas where this happens so you arent limiting yourself to design around the Y value. Also itll allow you to have more complex level design.
You could have some event on the player, that the camera subscribes to, which happens when the player enters the kill area. Then another event for when it respawns to tell the camera to start following again

[woven cradle]

could someone help me please

[lethal relic]

I have created a simple ScriptableObject. After doing some changes to the script, the .asset file no longer loads properly. How can I fix that?

Here's what it looks like:

Here's what it should look like;

[wintry quarry]

You changed the name of the file.
Did you also change the name of the class?
Do you have any compile errors?

[queen adder]

I want to know why unity does not included the Abs method of System.Numerics.Vector3 in UnityEngine.Vector3?
https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.numerics.vector3.abs?view=net-7.0

[quaint thicket]

I'm trying to get my camera to rotate vertically without it becoming lopsided like in the picture. Any ideas?

        public static float rotationX = 0;
        public static Vector2 rotationLimits = new Vector2(80, -80); // Vertical rotation limits
        private static Vector3 offset = new Vector3(0f,0f,0f);

        void RotateCamera4(float x, float y)
        {
            Transform target = Object.PlayersMainObject[0].GameObject.transform;

            // Get the mouse input
            float mouseX = x * 2f;
            float mouseY = y * 2f;

            // Rotate the target horizontally
            Camera.main.transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);

            // Rotate the camera vertically
            rotationX -= mouseY;
            rotationX = Mathf.Clamp(rotationX, rotationLimits.y, rotationLimits.x);
            // Camera.main.transform.Rotate(Vector3.left * mouseY);


            // Calculate the rotation quaternion
            Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Euler(rotationX, target.eulerAngles.y, 0);

            // Calculate the new position of the camera based on the rotation and offset
            Vector3 newPosition = target.position + rotation * offset;

            // Apply the new position to the camera
            Camera.main.transform.position = newPosition;

            // Make the camera look at the target
            Camera.main.transform.LookAt(target);
        }```

[neon ivy]

I want a scene wide tick speed I can call functions in, my best idea is to make a coroutine call an event every x amount of milliseconds and to then subscribe to this event from other scripts. does anyone have a better idea on how to implement tick speed?

[charred spoke]

Use this pattern https://blog.unity.com/engine-platform/10000-update-calls but call the MyUpdate when a timer hits your desired seconds

[neon ivy]

thanks

[slender cargo]

Does anyone know how this is supposed to work? Not sure why this grounded check isn't working..

[grim tulip]

I think that’s a movement code

For such things as crouching

[slender cargo]

I know, I wrote it :)

[grim tulip]

Gasp

So cool

[slender cargo]

What im saying, I don't know why the IsGrounded check isn't working

[fossil drum]

Just DrawRay the Raycast you made. My guess its probably too short because you shoot it from the middle of your controller.

[slender cargo]

ahh right

I was unaware it comes from the middle

That works perfectly, Just increased the value

[slender cargo]

My next question is how would I get this to apply the force on the local axis?

[fossil drum]

Instead of Vector3.forward, use transform.forward.
Vector3.forward is the forward in world space. transform.forward is the forward in local space of the transform.

[slender cargo]

ahh right, that makes sense

Thanks Mate!

[fossil drum]

[grim tulip]

NGL

Idk

🤷🏿‍♂️

SORRY

[distant current]

Is there a way in unity to pass a component of an object to another? I'm trying to assign an object that has collider on it and I want that object to be assigned inside one of the objects inside a prefab. So what I did is I created for each, one for a scene and one inside a prefab, I created a script to instantiate the one in a scene.

[final crystal]

How to clear previous debug.drawray ?

[faint elk]

So I have a coroutine that I am using try and make my game wait a frame before continuing to do check. The way I had it explain to me was that in the coroutine i needed to have everything that needed to happen before the wait above the yield return null; and then the game would wait a frame and then run everything after it. After looking at it through a debugger the code runs properly up until the yield statement which instead of pausing for a frame its exiting the coroutine instead of waiting. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? https://paste.ofcode.org/35D8a7gYttesrfHThbiHFcx

[fossil drum]

Give it a time.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.DrawRay.html

[final crystal]

but I want to see only the ones drawed this frame

[fossil drum]

Well, duration by default is 0
So it should clear it if you don't put anything higher then 0.

[final crystal]

mmm, ok

[fossil drum]

Can you perhaps show the code?

[final crystal]

I see it. I just wanna be sure that the green line wasn't drawed before.

[fossil drum]

Yeah, then it's fine. By default it clears every frame.

[fossil drum]

Sure, you can pass any component to another gameObject if you have a reference to the other script component.
You could also search for it. You could also make a gameManager that has all these references so you don't spend time searching. There are a bunch of options, don't know which one is best for you.

[cosmic dagger]

This is a large method. You may want to specify where in the code you have the problem. Does it not continue the coroutine after any of the yield statements? Log the current frame before and after the yield. Also, you have if statements, do they evaluate to false to continue execution?

[faint elk]

from how it was explained to me the whole thing should have be a coroutine. The problems is on lines 28 and 51. There is no if statements that would continue execution as this is simple something that gets called to create things and shouldnt return anything. The code after the yield does execute on the next frame, but the problem is that the coroutine is called multiple times in the first frame and then all of them execute the code after the yield on the next one. What I am trying to achieve is having the game stop everything its doing once it hits the yield update the frame and then continue execution because the subsequent runs of the coroutine rely on information generated by the preivous run of it.

[rare basin]

Why it doesn't change the parametr in Animator?

Debug.Log($"Index to set: {indexAnimator}, attack direction: {attackDirection}");
fallAnimator.SetFloat("Fall", indexAnimator);

Animator is referenced, this is the only place in code where im changing this float

[faint elk]

i guess the best way to put this is that the routine is running 5 times and completing in 2 frames when what I need is for it to run 1 time for 2 frames and then run again doing that sequence 5 times

Worth pointing out I do have the execution in a for statement

[analog depot]

is there a way to have unity editor load a specific scene when you hit play? I want to work on my scene, but hitting load runs the 'start' scene instead (to get to my scene fully setup)

[willow swift]

hey gys newbie here can i ask some help on my code ?

[fossil drum]

Yeah, that's exactly the point of this channel

[gaunt ice]

just throw your question

[fossil drum]

Well, you either run the correct scene, or load your correct scene with a script. Not sure what the problem is.

!code

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[willow swift]

and that stack overflow thing

[swift crag]

the question is how to do the latter, then

[fossil drum]

And show the stack overflow error message.

[swift crag]

It should be a pretty simple editor script. It would enter play mode and then immediately load a scene.

[fossil drum]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.LoadScene.html

[swift crag]

yes, but making that happen isn't exactly obvious -- putting an object in the scene that does it would throw you back to the start screen every time you tried to play the game

I think you could add a menu item that starts the game and loads the Start scene

[willow swift]

the line "neighbourTileScript = neighbours[i].GetComponent<scr_TileBehaviour>();" have been pointed out as the problem by unity in the stack overflow message, but sometimes it just crashes

[rich adder]

this dude put the script on binsite and didnt send the link but screenshot.. lel

[gaunt ice]

next time post your code in the website in !code

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[willow swift]

not cool man, im newbie here

[gaunt ice]

your code may create cycle then stackoverflow

[willow swift]

I see

sorry

[analog depot]

editor script, as in code we write to add editor menus that do that?

[swift crag]

it was just a little funny to see

since people usually just screenshot their code editor

or is that just how your code editor looks?

it looks like a paste site

[rich adder]

yeah looks like gdl

[gaunt ice]

suppose you have two neigbhor tile and they are connected then when you call AltHUD on one of them it calls the other one AltHUD and call back to one, causes cycle

[willow swift]

thats why i used the bools oh i think i get it

[cosmic dagger]

If the code does execute the next frame, then it's not exiting

If the other coroutines rely on a previous coroutine, then you need to ensure the first one runs until completion

If you want the game to stop everything, you may need to invoke an event that halts execution for the objects you want to stop . . .

[gaunt ice]

your guard doesnt block second call on the same instance i think

if(called){
  return;
}
called=true
for all neighbors=>call AltHUD
called=false;

[willow swift]

why "called = false;" at the end ?

i was gonna make a list of all neighborsthat are already called

[gaunt ice]

just standard DFS, the called=false actually cant be inside the AItHUD method

[swift crag]

The idea would be to mark the tile as being visited already

You clear that mark at the end so that the next search can work.

[willow swift]

ok update

U made me understand the fact that in a loop it dont read the rest of the code ofc

now i dont have the overflow

(still dont work lol) Thanks tho

[gaunt ice]

static Stack<instance> path
bool called=false;
public void Method(){
  if(called){
    return;
  }
  called=true;
  path.push(this);
  call neighbors Method()
}
void CallMethod(){
  Method();
  foreach instance in path, reset called;
}

[queen adder]

Hey guys I have this bit of code:

CurrentDay = System.DateTime.UtcNow.ToLocalTime().ToString("dd");

I need the script to just give me the current day, but the issue is that it gets it as a string while I need it as an Int. How can I change this?

[gaunt ice]

int.Parse

[solar tide]

Do you guys have the problem where if you instantiate an object through code and immediately under that code tried to affect the instantiated object's components, that code will not read?
I did encounter this problem and I fixed it by invoking the component affecting method 0.2f second later. I was just wondering if there was a better fix.

[swift crag]

You probably have some code in Start that hasn't run yet.

When you Instantiate an object, Awake and OnEnable both run immediately (before Instantiate returns)

[solar tide]

I did all my instantiations on start

[swift crag]

Moving that code into Awake would fix the issue.

The rule of thumb is to set yourself up in Awake, and to then talk to other objects in Start (since they will also have had a chance to set themselves up)

Alternatively, if you need to do some configuration first, the best option is to write your own "init" method

[snow wyvern]

static Stack<instance> path
bool called=false;
public void Method(){
  if(called){
    return;
  }
  called=true;
  path.push(this);
  call neighbors Method()
}
void CallMethod(){
  Method();
  foreach instance in path, reset called;
}

[swift crag]

and to call that immediately

[queen adder]

This isn't really helpful, where should I put it?

[rich adder]

did you read the docs for it?

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.day?view=net-7.0

[rich adder]

^^

easier

[swift crag]

no need to round-trip that through a string

[solar tide]

What if I wanted to instantiate objects as child of certain objects that are also going to be instantiated in Awake?

[swift crag]

if you did have to use the string, int.Parse would take it and return an integer

[swift crag]

Sounds fine. Awake will run immediately when you instantiate the object.

You can then access anything that was created in Awake

[willow swift]

made me some time to understand, ill try it thx

[twin bolt]

Why isnt the material being changed? https://i.imgur.com/q6Rotuz.png

[swift crag]

ah, this is an easy mistake

materials is a property that returns a new array containing all of the renderer's materials

[gaunt ice]

call CallMethod to start the dfs on each instance, after all instances AItHUD are called then it return from Method, and reset all instance

[swift crag]

Save the array in a variable, update the array, and assign it back to the materials property

[rich adder]

use the code Fen sent you..
If you were to ever need parse it really is as simple as int myInt = int.Parse(CurrentDay);
although imo using TryParse would be more secure than Parse

[swift crag]

That will set all of the renderer's materials.

[willow swift]

yayy, what means DFS ? loop ?

[swift crag]

Depth-First Search

[twin bolt]

Oh, ok thanks

[swift crag]

in a DFS, you immediately recurse on one of your children

so it goes all the way down first, before trying the next child

[willow swift]

you guys are the best

[swift crag]

compare this to a Breadth-First Search (BFS), where you check all of your children, then all of their children, and so on and so forth

[queen adder]

Okay thanks

[swift crag]

I always find BFS more annoying to implement

[gaunt ice]

you can find some animation on youtube of DFS, better to understand

[swift crag]

DFS is dead simple. Check if your current tile is what you want. If not, check each child in sequence

[swift crag]

note that renderer.materials[1].someField = 123 would work fine -- it doesn't return a new array of new material instances every time. It just returns a new array holding the renderer's materials

[gaunt ice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fujbpJ0LB4

[swift crag]

It does make a copy of the materials the first time you access it, though (and then assign those to the renderer)

so that you aren't editing the shared materials

[twin bolt]

Do i do meshrender or renderer?

[swift crag]

either would work here

[twin bolt]

okay

[swift crag]

all Renderers have materials

Being specific might make your code more clear

I got footgunned by this once. I was doing GetComponentInChildren<Renderer> to grab a mesh renderer

Then I added a visual effect, and my code (only after a restart!!) started grabbing its renderer instead

that took a while to diagnose. it was breaking the visual effect.

[willow swift]

tysm

[twin bolt]

What am i doing wrong? https://i.imgur.com/zAqH3FF.png

[rich adder]

active is obsolete

use activeSelf

[twin bolt]

@swift crag

[brave compass]

You're checking if the second material is set to the right material, before assigning the same material, which doesn't make sense. That means that it will never assign OnMaterial unless OnMaterial is already assigned.

[twin bolt]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH thanks, thats what i was trying to do instead.

It works now

[delicate portal]

Why is this not working? The first picture's log is working, but then the Action does not invoke.

[swift crag]

Presumably you aren't subscribing to OnNewOfferCreated.

Perhaps you're doing it too late.

[summer stump]

Show where you subscribe the one on the right

[summer stump]

I dunno, try putting that in awake?

Nah wait, do you serialize the reference to emptyPanel? Or capture at runtime?

[swift crag]

verify that this is actually running, and that it's referencing the correct emptyPanel

[delicate portal]

emptyPanel is a prefab which is instantiated

[swift crag]

prove that it's the right panel by including this as the second argument to Debug.Log so that you can click the log entry and see where this is

[delicate portal]

You mean like this?

[swift crag]

do this in CreateNewOffer (first image), in Start (last image), and wherefver it is you instantiate the panel

[delicate portal]

Works exactly right

[lilac crow]

Hello good day!
I have a problem with intellisence of vs code can anyone help me?

[polar acorn]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[lilac crow]

I use this but its still not working.

[swift crag]

follow every step to the letter.

[wind raptor]

My GPU usage is consistently at over 90% for an empty scene. I've tried lowering the target frame rate but have noticed no difference. Tips?

[swift crag]

show me a screenshot of your package manager window so I can see if it's configured correctly

along with your External Tools settings

[delicate portal]

@swift crag it is about listening to the event I guess. Because in start, I'm listening to a prefab's event

[swift crag]

so you put Application.targetFrameRate = 60; somewhere?

[swift crag]

ah, well, that'll stop it from working.

listen to the instance's event

[delicate portal]

okay

So?

Make a static instance?

[soft lotus]

What does the AABB a error mean?

[swift crag]

Axis-Aligned Bounding Box.

It means something is positioned at infinity

this can be tricky to nail down.

[lilac crow]

Sure I'll send you as soon my pc come up thank you.

[wind raptor]

Yes. And then 30. And then 5

[swift crag]

Give whoever's listening to the event a reference to the specific panel instance you need

[swift crag]

And did your framerate actaully go down?

click the "Stats" button in the game view

top right corner

[delicate portal]

But I have 4

[wind raptor]

Yeah it did, looking at the profiler now

[swift crag]

well, surely you want to listen to a specific panel

not just a completely random one

Or is this code supposed to listen to all of the panels?

[wind raptor]

Oh, that's useful. Thanks

[swift crag]

If so, you need to tell it about each panel.

[analog yew]

I use this to teleport the Player to a random spawn. I call the coroutine from the start method of my GameManager. However, the player only gets teleported when I start playmode directly from the scene, whenever I enter the scene from my Menu Scene it doesnt teleport the player at all, only the monster. What am I doing wrong?

[swift crag]

well, does the GameManager get created in the menu scene?

[delicate portal]

Well what do you mean?

They have the same script

[analog yew]

No, only in the game scene

[swift crag]

if you want to be able to listen to the events of ten panels, you need to given references to all ten panels

[swift crag]

perhaps whoever spawns the panels can call a method on whatever this is

[distant current]

can anyone help me how to get a component of an object and pass it to another object?

i can't assign the object with component directly in the inspector since I will be assigning inside a prefab

[polar acorn]

https://unity.huh.how/programming/references

[summer stump]

Same script, different INSTANCES of that script

Think of the script as the CONCEPT of a banana, and each of the objects as actual bananas

[distant current]

using UnityEngine;

public class PassCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject objectB;

    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonCollider;

    public static PassCollider Instance { get; private set; }

    private void Awake()
    {
        Instance = this;
        CopyColliderToOtherObject();
    }

    // Call this function when you want to copy the PolygonCollider2D.
    public void CopyColliderToOtherObject()
    {
        // Get the PolygonCollider2D component from Object A
        polygonCollider = GetComponent<PolygonCollider2D>();

        // Pass the PolygonCollider2D points to Object B
        GetBoundObject objectBScript = objectB.GetComponent<GetBoundObject>();
        if (objectBScript != null)
        {
            objectBScript.polygonColliderB = polygonCollider;
        }
    }
}```

using UnityEngine;

public class GetBoundObject : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonColliderB;

    private void Update()
    {
        CopyPolygonCollider();
    }

    // Function to copy the PolygonCollider2D points.
    public void CopyPolygonCollider()
    {
        var sd = PassCollider.Instance;
        polygonColliderB = sd.polygonCollider;
    }
}```

[swift crag]

I have to wonder what happens if you instantiate something with an event

[distant current]

is there something wrong my script?

[swift crag]

Does the event's delegate get copied too?

[distant current]

i need help

[buoyant knot]

i don’t understand what you are trying to do

you want gameobject B to get a component on gameobject A?

[distant current]

yes that's right

[buoyant knot]

you can call gameObjectA.GetComponent<>()

[polar acorn]

If objectB solely exists to get a GetBoundObject from, just make the variable of type GetBoundObject then you don't need to use GetComponent or do a null check. Also I don't know why you're bothering to set this when you're overwriting polygonColliderB every frame in the other object

[buoyant knot]

you can normally write GetComponent because you are in a monobehaviour class, so the program automatically checks GetComponent in your gameobject

GetComponent normally actually calls gameObject.GetComponent

but you can call GetComponent on any specific gameobject from any other gameobject

idk if that is what is tripping you up

[swift crag]

well, it calls this.GetComponent (which is equivalent to gameObject.GetComponent)

[analog yew]

I tried putting it in the update method, and while the enemy gets teleported around like crazy the player stays unaffected and can move freely. Any help?

[polar acorn]

Does the player have a CharacterController on it

[analog yew]

Yes

[swift crag]

Log the object your'e finding here. I wonder if you have multiple things tagged Player somehow.

[analog yew]

I already did that, there is only 1 Player Object

[swift crag]

I'm curious about the behavior differing depending on whether you directly started the scene

I guess that could affect update order.

[polar acorn]

Those things don't like to be teleported. They'll ignore movement that comes from other sources. You can add a Physics.SyncTransforms() after teleporting a CharacterController and it'll override their position with the new one from the transform

[swift crag]

Which could make the order between this component and the CharacterController unpredictable

That might be it

[polar acorn]

CharacterControllers keep their own internal state, including position, and modify that internal vector, then set the object's transform's position to that every frame. It only reads from the transform when it starts. SyncTransforms tells everything "Hey, read from those transforms again, something's changed" and it updates its internal position

[analog yew]

Oh that's it! I think I fixed it by disabling the CC before teleporting and enabling it afterwards again

[distant current]

using UnityEngine;

public class PassCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject objectB;

    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonCollider;

    public static PassCollider Instance { get; private set; }

    private void Awake()
    {
        Instance = this;

        polygonCollider = GetComponent<PolygonCollider2D>();
    }

}```

```cs
using UnityEngine;

public class GetBoundObject : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonColliderB;

    private void Update()
    {
        CopyPolygonCollider();
    }

    // Function to copy the PolygonCollider2D points.
    public void CopyPolygonCollider()
    {
        var passCollider = PassCollider.Instance;

        polygonColliderB = passCollider.polygonCollider.GetComponent<PolygonCollider2D>();
    }
}```
is this okay now?

[polar acorn]

Use SyncTransforms instead, it's much lighter weight

[analog yew]

But I still wonder why it worked sometimes before

[tiny terrace]

is there an advantage on using the EnhancedTouch class instead of using InputActions for joystick movement?

[polar acorn]

1. polygonCollider is already a PolygonCollider2D, you don't need to get the component from itself.
2. If this is the use case why do you even have a field for polygonColliderB at all? Just use PassCollider.instance.polygonCollider

[swift crag]

Yeah, that was almost it

If you have a script that calls Move every frame, the teleporation works if and only if you teleport after that script

[distant current]

using UnityEngine;

public class GetBoundObject : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonColliderB;

    private void Update()
    {
        CopyPolygonCollider();
    }

    // Function to copy the PolygonCollider2D points.
    public void CopyPolygonCollider()
    {
        var passCollider = PassCollider.Instance;
        polygonColliderB = passCollider.polygonCollider;
    }
}```

```cs
using UnityEngine;

public class PassCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject objectB;

    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonCollider;

    public static PassCollider Instance { get; private set; }

    private void Awake()
    {
        Instance = this;
    }

}

is this okay now?

[polar acorn]

polygonColliderB is still pointless

If you're gonna use the polygon from the singleton why bother copying it to a variable every frame

just use the singleton

Also objectB literally does nothing

[distant current]

I want to assign the PassCollider object into Cameramachine Confiner2D but that's inside a prefab object

[polar acorn]

Then do that

[buoyant knot]

you just want one gameobject to query another gameobject’s components?

[distant current]

I can't directly assign it since my camera is inside a prefab

[polar acorn]

So use the singleton you made

that's presumably why you made it a singleton

so you can use it

Just set the variable in the camera to the polygon collider in the singleton

You don't need to copy it to a variable every frame

[distant current]

how do I do that?

[polar acorn]

Just... use the variable

from the singleton

the way you already are

[buoyant knot]

What I normally do is I have EntityDataHolder : Monobehaviour which stores core information for a given gameobject, including its collider and SOs with specific flags about its behaviour.

Then I have EntityAttachmentHandler : Monobehaviour. This monobehaviour goes onto an object that is attached that keeps as a field a reference to the gameobject to which it is attached.

[polar acorn]

but do what you actually want with it instead of storing it in a variable

Just delete polygonColliderB and use PassCollider.Instance.polygonCollider when you need to use it

[distant current]

Im sorry for asking much, Im new to unity so I dont have much knowledge

ohh let me do that

using UnityEngine;

public class PassCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject objectA;

    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonCollider;

    public static PassCollider Instance { get; private set; }

    private void Awake()
    {
        Instance = this;
    }

}```
```cs
using UnityEngine;

public class GetBoundObject : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonColliderB;

    private void Update()
    {
        var passCollider = PassCollider.Instance;
        if (passCollider != null)
        {
            if (polygonColliderB != null)
            {
                Destroy(polygonColliderB);
            }
            polygonColliderB = passCollider.polygonCollider;

        }
    }
}

is this it?

it destroys the component of objectB but it doesn't use objectA's component

[polar acorn]

What

Literally just get rid of polygonColliderB

that variable does not need to exist

It's completely pointless

[gaunt ice]

it will destroy the instance polygoncollider....

btw why you do it on update, or i miss some chats

[polar acorn]

Because they have no idea what any of this code means and they're coding by successive approximation

[distant current]

what will i use as a parameter of my polygonColliderB?

just the object itself?

[polar acorn]

polygonColliderB does not need to exist

Just remove the variable and all uses and references to it

and use the polygonCollider from PassCollider instead

[buoyant knot]

and why is it a polygoncollider2D, and not a collider2D?

[polar acorn]

That's the least of the problems with this setup

[buoyant knot]

yeah, I think his class should be very simple

[distant current]

using UnityEngine;

public class PassCollider : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject objectB;

    [SerializeField] public PolygonCollider2D polygonCollider;

    public static PassCollider Instance { get; private set; }

    private void Awake()
    {
        Instance = this;
    }

}```

```cs
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class GetBoundObject : MonoBehaviour
{

    private void Awake()
    {
        PassCollider.Instance.polygonCollider.GetComponent<PolygonCollider2D>();
    }
}

is this it?

[buoyant knot]

wait, is the whole goal here to get a collider into a singleton?

[polar acorn]

Why are you getting a polygon collider from a polygon collider

And why are you getting a polygon collider and doing nothing with it

and why does this class even exist

[buoyant knot]

all of these questions

[distant current]

I just want to pass the component of an object to another object

[buoyant knot]

this whole class would just be holding one collider, right? and give you global access to that one collider?

this is not the way to do this

[distant current]

will you help me?

[polar acorn]

GetBoundObject seems to be completely pointless. You have the collider from PassCollider. It's accessible everywhere. That's why you made it a singleton

Just use that

[buoyant knot]

you are trying to make a singleton, which is a class of which there is only one instance

so you can only hold ONE collider, because there is only ONE instance of the singleton

but why do you even want that one collider to be accessible from everywhere?

[distant current]

I meant I want to assign that object that has PassCollider script attached on it into an inspector of one object inside a prefab

[buoyant knot]

i think we need to back up several steps

there are several layers of doing things wrong that we need to unpack here

[distant current]

Im so creating two object, one from the scene and one inside a prefab

[polar acorn]

I sent them the link on references, they didn't read it

[buoyant knot]

bro

[polar acorn]

https://unity.huh.how/programming/references

[buoyant knot]

you need to know how references work

that’s like, programming 101

this is like trying to learn how to read without knowing the symbols used in the language

[distant current]

alright, i will figure it out myself

[buoyant knot]

you mean you will read the link that tells you how it works?

[polar acorn]

I've been spending almost an hour telling you what to do, you're just... not doing it

[buoyant knot]

one of these days, the next time someone doesn’t read a link that clearly answers their question, I’m just going to start copy pasting the text in that link bit by bit into discord

[stark ruin]

Hi guys,i need to build a game on standalone and i need to see the errors in the console log,how can i print them inside the game?

[summer stump]

Make a debug UI where you print the text to

You can enable or disable that ui

[stark ruin]

yes but how can i access to the console messages?

Cause it is what i am trying to do

[summer stump]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-logMessageReceived.html

[polar acorn]

You can subscribe to this method:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-logMessageReceived.html

It's called whenever anything goes to the log. You can add in a function that takes the string and prints it out on the UI somewhere

[stark ruin]

Thanks

[swift crag]

Oh shoot

That's really useful.

[final kestrel]

https://hatebin.com/pnscqbdeof
The script is to change the glow when pointer enters. It all works fine till I press play and start the game. Then When I come back to main menu. Even though im not hovering over the last pushed button which is play. It still is glowing until I hover over and trigger pointer exit again. Anyone know why?

[polar acorn]

I'm assuming the object is disabled some way rather than destroyed when you press play

Disabled objects stop all coroutines, so it doesn't finish its fade thing. You should probably have an OnDisable that instantly resets the glow back to normal with no timer

[final kestrel]

Hmm all right thanks.

Ahh I also need OnEnable too?

Can I just stuff them into my current script? Or could it be cleaner

Ahh I got it work. Thanks digiholic

[rocky canyon]

so unreal has this variant manager.. its cool for things like day / night presets.. (as i build materials i like to switch around)
my question is how would be the best way to go about replicating something like this? (not including the drag and drop preset stuff)

i think i would use Scriptable Objects, and a class with a slot.. then i can loop thru the components and set them according to what SO i have assigned..

i could just use an editor function to swap in edit mode..
i'll give that a shot first and see how it works out

[autumn bough]

Hello! I was wondering if anyone could point me to good resources about how to use the unity profiler (or some other thing!) in order to identify memory leaks / garbage collection issues and then pinpoint their location in my codebase?

[rocky canyon]

https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/using-the-unity-profiler-e282edf38142

medium always has good articles to get u started.. / familiarize urself with

[autumn bough]

TYTY!

[rocky canyon]

• look for spike
• click the spike
• expand the call logs
• find the class / loop taking the most time to run

[merry nebula]

Hey everyone, I am expiriencing a pretty weird issue where my collision doesn't work at all, basically I don't know what mistake exactly I'm making, or if I'm even being crazy, but if 2 objects who just have their own colliders get in contact they should collide somehow, even just crashing if one runs into the other, and mine just kinda ignore each other. Now the thing is that they the obstacle can kill my player on touch with it because of the script i used, but they never collide if i take out the script, so it's kinda as if collider is there but he doesn't work at all. I will gladly provide screenshots or videos if needed, if anyone is willing to help 🙂

[languid spire]

screenshot the inspectors of both objects

[merry nebula]

Just a moment

First 2 are for player

[summer stump]

You have isTrigger selected

So it won't collide

[merry nebula]

The reason is because I thought it might fix it but it didn't

[summer stump]

Triggers simply don't collide. But you're saying it was an issue with it NOT selected?

[merry nebula]

Yes

[summer stump]

Both must have it deselected.

[merry nebula]

But then how will it react to my OnEnterTrigger2D() btw?

[summer stump]

Ok, so, what layer is the player on, and have you touched the collision matrix?

[keen dew]

Does any of those have a rigidbody?

[summer stump]

It wont. You can use OnCollisionEnter. Or do a separate trigger in ADDITION to a non-trigger collider

[summer stump]

Yes, player has dynamic

[languid spire]

OnEnterTrigger2D ??

[summer stump]

Oh yeah, that isn't what it's called btw. Just the enter and trigger part reversed

[merry nebula]

I apologize OnTriggerEnter2D*

[merry nebula]

Ok I'll be frank with you, I did do another project in the exact same way yesterday but I had to redo it because of some setup issues and it did work back then with this same code and trigger being enabled so now I was completely shocked

To see it

And I am also kinda shocked to realise am supposed to just not do it? Even tho it worked yesterday?

Idk I feel like there is a bigger issue to it, or just something i am missing out

[summer stump]

Something else caused it to collide. Triggers do not

You had a different setup if it worked

[violet topaz]

public class Shoot : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform firePoint;
    public GameObject bulletPrefab;

    public float bulletForce = 20f;
    public float timeBetweenShots = 1f;
    // Add Max ammo, reload, mag size

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButton("Fire1"))
        {
            Shooting();
        }
    }

    public void Shooting()
    {
        GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firePoint.rotation);
        Rigidbody2D rb = bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        rb.AddForce(firePoint.up * bulletForce * timeBetweenShots, ForceMode2D.Impulse);

    }
}``` can someone help me make multiple bullets spawn in each other

[summer stump]

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

"A collider configured as a Trigger (using the Is Trigger property) does not behave as a solid object and will simply allow other colliders to pass through. "

Like I said though, just use two colliders. One non-trigger to collide.
One a trigger that is slightly bigger if you want to get that OnTriggerEnter

Or just use OnCollisionEnter

[merry nebula]

Can you explain "one a trigger that is slightly bigger"

[summer stump]

A second collider component attached to the object that has a larger size (if circle, use radius, for example)

That is common for doing a "sight range"

[summer stump]

You could do a coroutine and wait between each shot.
Or a timer in update

I assume you meant "can someone help me make multiple bullets NOT spawn in each other"? Because they seem to be spawning in each other already

[violet topaz]

oops my bad

[trim cedar]

if anyone has knowledge about using color in scrpits, help would be apprichiated. heres my code:

foreach (SpriteRenderer pumpkin in pumpkinSprites)
  {
    pumpkin.color = Color.HSVToRGB(0f, 0f, 10f);
  }

and here is what it actually does (the V value previously being 100f):

No matter what value i enter for V in the script, it always just makes it 75 and i have no idea why

[rich adder]

hsv values only go from 0-1

[trim cedar]

ah, that makes sense, thank you

[edgy prism]

This is probably a stupid question so apologies in advance but within my scripts I have a Dialog Manager and an NPC Controller doing what they say on the tin. Now my Dialog Manager is just a singleton with different methods to call different types of dialog however I want to add Character Sprites and names to my dialog window and Im not sure whether to do this in my NPC Controller (the option im leaning towards) and then doing so independent of the Dialog System or somehow try and get a reference in the Dialog Manager to what called the dialog and if its an NPC to set an image sprite and a name sprite

[rich adder]

dont you have a custom object for this?

[edgy prism]

Unsure what you mean by custom object

[rich adder]

object , like a class

[wintry quarry]

I'd probably just allow an optional Character speaker parameter in the dialog functions in the dialog manager

[edgy prism]

I do not, so far Ive just been trying to figure out the best way to do it

[wintry quarry]

the type of which is your ScriptableObject for a character or whatever

the character object should have:

• name
• speech color?
• maybe a font?
• portrait sprite
• whatever else you want

[rich adder]

yea SO for each character would be perfect

[edgy prism]

Is it a problem if my characters are not based on scriptable objects

[wintry quarry]

You will want to have some kind of class that describes a character

it doesn't have to be a ScriptableObject

though they are pretty convenient for this.

[edgy prism]

I can definitely see how it could be

See this is why I thought it a stupid question because I have a character class that right now just handles movement and things like a LookTowards function, My NPC Controller that I mentioned opens dialog on Interact and I just dont really know where best to put all this stuff

[wintry quarry]

that character class sounds like something completely different

I'm thinking of something more like an object that holds all of the necessary info to describe one of your story characters.

I would not combine those

If you don't have such a thing already, I recommend creating it.

[uncut dune]

how do I get an int of a float without rouding the values

just using the first digits before decimal

[edgy prism]

Yeah I would probably say I dont have one right now im not really sure what I would store inside it other than a name and sprite

[wintry quarry]

just cast it

int myInt = (int)myFloat;```

[uncut dune]

so does that not round it

like

15.6 = 15

[wintry quarry]

it truncates

yes like that

[buoyant knot]

it is okay to add more to it later. Characters will need more info than just a name and sprite. You’ll probably add flags to them later, like IsPlayableCharacter, or IsNPC or whatever

[uncut dune]

ok

thank you

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/numeric-conversions#explicit-numeric-conversions

When you convert a double or float value to an integral type, this value is rounded towards zero to the nearest integral value. If the resulting integral value is outside the range of the destination type, the result depends on the overflow-checking context. In a checked context, an OverflowException is thrown, while in an unchecked context, the result is an unspecified value of the destination type.

[edgy prism]

I already do this via seperate controller calsses i.e. I have PlayerController and NPCController Im thinking based on what Praetor said im best off doing this in my Character class.

Ive just managed to confuse myself with the scope of everything, I never thought id have so much going on it would be hard to keep track of 😆

Would it be a better idea to create SO's and reference them in my class over just creating fields in my class and setting them in the inspector?

[muted wadi]

im trying to implement a 3rd person camera into my game without the use of cinemachine and have it almost done, I just can't figure out why the camera isn't clamping.

{
    float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * rotateSpeed;
    float vertical = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * rotateSpeed;
    horizontal = Mathf.Clamp(horizontal, -90, 90);
    lookAt.transform.Rotate(vertical, horizontal, 0);

    float desiredAngleY = lookAt.transform.eulerAngles.y;
    float desiredAngleX = lookAt.transform.eulerAngles.x;
    Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Euler(-desiredAngleX, desiredAngleY, 0);
    transform.position = lookAt.transform.position - (rotation * offset);

    transform.LookAt(lookAt.transform);
}```

[rich adder]

[dry tendon]

heey, does someone know why the print works but the var doesnt get false? ```
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PipesCollision : MonoBehaviour
{
public bool hasCollisioned;

private void Start()
{
    hasCollisioned = false;
}

//Check collision with player
private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
{
    if (collision.tag == "Player")
    {
        hasCollisioned = true;
        print("Te has chocado");
    }
}

}```

[rich adder]

each character can have a field just for dialogue object / info SO

ideally you don't want this mixed with your Locomotion script etc.

[cosmic dagger]

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[rich adder]

your clamping input instead of angles ?

bit strange

[cosmic dagger]

you set to false at the start of the GameObject and set it to true in the trigger (which you said runs) . . .

[muted wadi]

would that not work?

[edgy prism]

Yeah I saw Praetor said the same now im thinking that that I will just put it in my NPC Controller, I have the Player identifying information in my Player Controller so I feel like that makes sense

[muted wadi]

also i did try clamping the desiredAngleX but that didn't work

[rich adder]

what if its Non-NPC player that needs dialogue ?

[edgy prism]

Im not sure what you mean by Non-NPC player

[dry tendon]

what?

[cosmic dagger]

you said the variable doesn't get false but you set it to true . . .

[dry tendon]

sorry, i meant why it doesnt get true on the trigger

[cosmic dagger]

after the console prints, show is the variable from the inspector . . .

[rich adder]

ohh thought you said only NPC Controller have the identifying info for dialogue

it should tbh be something different like public class CharacterInfo or something

[summer stump]

Do you set it false anywhere else? Could some code be immediately setting it back?
(In another script I mean)

[edgy prism]

Thats my bad Im just thinking in terms of NPC's right now and the info like names in the other scripts are not currently used for what im trying to do

[dry tendon]

could we talk on dm? or i tell it you right here

[polar acorn]

If that print happens then hasCollisioned is true

How do you know it's not

[summer stump]

No sorry. I just pop in and out. If the conversation is here, others will be able to help if I leave or if they know more

[edgy prism]

So a new class rather than just fields and properties to expose them? How come?

[rich adder]

to encapusulate the info

and keep it separate from other logic/code

you don't want a monolith class full of fields

eg mixing movement / stats with other datainfo meant mainly for visuals

[dry tendon]

cause the var is public and it doesnt get checked the box in the inspector

[polar acorn]

Then you are looking at a different PipesCollision than the one that logged

[edgy prism]

Ah ok got you I will do that then, they'll be in the same prefab anyway so easy referencing, Thankyou for your help!

[polar acorn]

Or something else is changing the variable after it's set to true

[dry tendon]

let me check it in one moment

[dry tendon]

oh, i know what happens, but i dont know how to fixe it...

it gets true on the object

not in the prefab

[polar acorn]

Of course it isn't set on the prefab

[summer stump]

Why would you want it to change in the prefab?
Prefabs are files. They are not in the game, they are assets

[polar acorn]

the prefab has not collided with anything

[dry tendon]

cause the game is instantiating that prefab... so i need to change that in all instantiated objects

how could i do that?

[polar acorn]

Once an object is cloned it has nothing to do with the prefab it was cloned from

it has no connection to it

If you don't want each individual instance of this script to have its own copy of the variable it probably shouldn't be on this class

[dry tendon]

oh, thanks... ill look for another way to do what i want

[grim tulip]

IM BACK FROL SCHOOL

finally

Time to learn to code

YAY

[muted wadi]

could someone explain to me what variable I'm supposed to be clamping on a 3rd person camera? Someone said I shouldn't be clamping the input values and that makes sense. But I'm still not sure which value exactly I should be clamping.

[summer stump]

This is a channel for getting help with code
Maybe try all that here:
https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/497875120556081172

And then after that, there is no off-topic channel on this discord

[summer stump]

Probably read the euler angles and set them to a float. Clamp that float and use it to write back to euler
I'm bad at rotations though, so maybe not.

[rich adder]

are you doing rotation? you would clamp the rotation ideally

[muted wadi]

this is what im working with right now, and I've tried clamping the rotation, but it doesn't work and i dont understand why

    inputX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * rotateSpeed;
    inputY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * rotateSpeed;
    lookAt.transform.Rotate(inputY, inputX, 0);

    desiredAngleY = lookAt.transform.eulerAngles.y;
    desiredAngleX = lookAt.transform.eulerAngles.x;
    rotation = Quaternion.Euler(-desiredAngleX, desiredAngleY, 0);
    transform.position = lookAt.transform.position - (rotation * offset);

    transform.LookAt(lookAt.transform);
}```

[muted wadi]

in my code desiredAngleX and Y are reading the euler angles of the lookAt transform

[summer stump]

You're calling LookAt after all that rotation setting...
Oh wait. You're setting the rotation OF lookAt... ok

[rich adder]

rewriting camera script when you have cinemachine, is like re-inventing the wheel

[slender nymph]

1. obligatory "just use cinemachine"
2. there's no clamping happening here
3. don't operate on the eulerAngles from the rotation. track your own float values that you add/subtract to after getting input

[muted wadi]

for the sake of this project I'm not using cinemachine

[muted wadi]

could you please explain that last part in a bit more detail

[slender nymph]

search "clamp camera" in this discord for many examples

[late burrow]

if i run string.replace but string is not found does it still gets the string that would be used as replacement?

[eternal needle]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string.replace?view=net-7.0

A string that is equivalent to this instance except that all instances of oldChar are replaced with newChar. If oldChar is not found in the current instance, the method returns the current instance unchanged.

[late burrow]

ok more exactly

will script error out if string used as replacement will be from invalid index of array

if string to replace was not found at all

[cosmic dagger]

if nothing is found, i don't see how it would get the new string to use since there is nothing to use it with . . .

[late burrow]

yeah i dont know if second part is executed or no

[cosmic dagger]

if oldChar was not found, it just returns the original string . . .

[late burrow]

i know it returns original string

[cosmic dagger]

there's no need to check newChar if the first part is false . . .

[late burrow]

but does script errors out if it has errorprone code in newchar

[late burrow]

ok

[cosmic dagger]

that's just my guess, you'd have to test it . . .

[eternal needle]

this question alone doesnt really make sense, "errorprone code in newchar". its a string

or a char

[late burrow]

array[-1]

[eternal needle]

yes that'll be an error..

[languid spire]

the string replace will not throw an error because Array will beat it to it

[gaunt swan]

If you want the last element you need array[^1]

[late burrow]

time to replace 20 lines of my code with that

dont know what is even this operator but very useful

[gaunt swan]

I assume you are a python programmer 😅

[lilac crow]

im so so so sorry somthing came up and i had to go , here are the screenshots.

[languid spire]

which can still throw an error

[late burrow]

yes that was the point of question

[gaunt swan]

Yep, but -1 will never be valid

[late burrow]

array can be empty but i will be replacing using array

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/member-access-operators#index-from-end-operator-

[late burrow]

but if found then it always be valid

[late burrow]

thats fancy

usually you start array from 0

but when ^ then from 1

[gaunt swan]

It takes length-value

length is outside of the array

The compiler uses System.Index which is passed to the array

var lastItem = array[^1]; // array[new Index(1, fromEnd: true)]

[slender nymph]

although if you're still making stuff for vr chat you can't use that since vr chat uses unity 2019 which does not even support c# 8 where that operator was introduced

i'm pretty sure you have to be targeting .net standard 2.1 to use it at all. i could be wrong about this and it may work on 2021+ when targeting .net framework but it does not work on 2020 and below

[swift crag]

This is not set up correctly.

The instructions tell you to update the Visual Studio Editor package to 2.0.20 or later

you will need to remove the "Engineering" feature to unlock the package, then re-install it

[lilac crow]

oh okay Thank you sooooooo mush! yet again sorry for sending it late! 🙏 🌹

you saved me!!!!!

i was going crazy.

[fickle knoll]

i need some help. im making my first game and i have made a platform with a car on it and some obstacles. But my car just drives thought the stuff also all the things just fall down, ive tried ading a ridgidbody but it dosent work

[gaunt swan]

It sounds like your objects are missing colliders?

[fickle knoll]

yea prob

how to add

[gaunt swan]

Add either a collider2d or collider3d, depending on what you are doing

[fickle knoll]

okay

[gaunt swan]

e.g. a BoxCollider

[polar acorn]

The same way you've added all the other components you're using

[fickle knoll]

now things arnt falling down but i cant drive up things like rams i just drive through them

hello

[polar acorn]

How are you moving your player

[fickle knoll]

wasd

you want to see the code?

ik big brain

[slender nymph]

typically when people ask how you are moving an object, they are not referring to the buttons you press but rather how you actually move it in your code

[slender nymph]

!code 👇

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.
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// Your code here
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Do not share screenshots of code unless requested.

[slender nymph]

also your !IDE is not configured

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it:

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We recommend using VS or Rider instead.

[fickle knoll]

i've tried that

dosent wrok

work

[slender nymph]

a configured IDE is required to get help here

[fickle knoll]

can you help me configure it

[slender nymph]

follow the instructions

[fickle knoll]

ive tried

dont work

[rich adder]

tried what exactly?

[fickle knoll]

to configure my ide

[rich adder]

how did you do it?

[slender nymph]

if the instructions don't work, then you've either skipped something or followed the wrong instructions. because spoilers: ||they do work||

[fickle knoll]

dude ive tried like 5 times

[pearl coyote]

But what exactly

[fickle knoll]

the guide

[rich adder]

which guide / which code editor

say useful answers, we're not here to play 20 question if you want help

[fickle knoll]

by code editor you talking about visuial studio or vs code?

[pearl coyote]

You are using Visual Studio