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[ivory bobcat]

If not, your action input may not be setup correctly

[wanton hearth]

This is what it looks like, I want E to be the action key, anything wrong here?

[wintry quarry]

you set it as Type: "joystick axis"

it should be a keyboard key

or whatever that option is called

[abstract finch]

    {
        while (_camera.fieldOfView != targetFov)
        {
            _camera.fieldOfView = Mathf.Lerp(_camera.fieldOfView, targetFov, duration);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }

For some reason this coroutine is zooming in the field of view faster than it should I put it at 1 second but it goes to the target FOV within .1s

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/programming/specifics/lerp/wrong-lerp

not sure what this is even supposed to do
yield return new WaitForSeconds(Time.deltaTime);

[wanton trench]

Hey. for some reason my player character tends to walk towards the left randomly without me giving it any input. i already looked at the debug.log and it seems that sometimes it gets an random input which is like -0.00068 and so on. Here is the method which handles the running

void Run()
{
Vector2 playerVelocity = new Vector2(moveInput.x * runSpeed, rigid.velocity.y);
rigid.velocity = playerVelocity;

    bool playerIsMoving = Mathf.Abs(rigid.velocity.x) > Mathf.Epsilon;
    

    if(playerIsMoving)
    {
    myAnimator.SetBool("IsRunning", true);
    }
    else
    {
    myAnimator.SetBool("IsRunning", false);
    }
 
}

[steep coral]

Why do i get a error at Transform parent

[languid spire]

because you cannot declare a variable in the middle of that API call

[steep coral]

and what shall i do

[gaunt ice]

transform.parent?

[steep coral]

I want it to instantiate under a certain object

[abstract finch]

i tried yield return null but its supposed to be for one frame

[ivory bobcat]

Either x isn't zero or other forces are causing you to have velocity in the x axis - assuming you're referring to velocity with the value.

[gaunt ice]

i havent took a look at the api yet, you have to check it

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe explain what you're trying to do

[abstract finch]

Its a coroutine to set the field of view of the camera kind of like a zoom in zoom out function

[rich adder]

you need to lerp the correct way

[ivory bobcat]

How so? (that much was given already)

[wanton trench]

Bruh. Thanks for the Answer. My Controller was plugged in and has Stick drift. thats why i had the problem

[short hazel]

Transform: the type.
transform: the game object's Transform on which this script is attached to
C# is case sensitive, these two names mean something different entirely.

[wanton trench]

i feel stupid right now

[rich adder]

example of good lerp

IEnumerator LerpFunction(float endValue, float duration)
{
  float time = 0;
  float startValue = valueToChange;
  while (time < duration)
  {
    valueToChange = Mathf.Lerp(startValue, endValue, time / duration);
    time += Time.deltaTime;
    yield return null;
  }
  valueToChange = endValue;```

[abstract finch]

Using the lerp function, it tries to set the current FOV to the target one but at the speed of the duration float. It's going faster than it should right now but its not iinstant

[abstract finch]

thanks ill try with this one

[steep coral]

I tried this

didnt get what i wanted

[short hazel]

Well at least it compiles now

[languid spire]

you still haven't explained what you do want

[ivory bobcat]

Use the appropriate lerp with a fixed start and end value with an accumulative third value.

[steep coral]

I want to instantiate under the object i click in the hierarchy

idk man

making a board gaem is way difficult that platformer

[languid spire]

but which object is this?

[steep coral]

which meaning ?

[short hazel]

You want clickedTile.transform most likely (the tile you hit). Not the parent of the tile you hit

[steep coral]

hmmm

its not doing it

it still shows up hierarchy under scene not where i want it

[short hazel]

Then it's the second Instantiate that runs, when it's not "the tiger's turn"

[sacred zenith]

Hello,
If I raycast the Terrain with the boxcast, will it return only the first point to touch terrain, or every point?
I am trying to implement a tool that affects the terrain in a certain area

[short hazel]

First point. A box cast is merely just a thicker raycast

[sacred zenith]

I see, do you have any suggestion to my problem? I tried defining a starting and ending corner and simply looping from one to the other, but it seems bad

specially since raycast coords and texture coords operate on separate spaces

[short hazel]

What you can do is a BoxCastAll

Returns an array of colliders

[sacred zenith]

Nice, will try

Thank you

[sage spruce]

Hello, I am instantiating a ground (basically a cube) with some enemies on it. After I kill the enemies in the first ground, rest of the instantiated grounds comes with allready dead enemies. I thought every prefab was suppose to be unique and not get effected by the previous alterations. Any idea what I am doing wrong ?

[languid spire]

probably re-instantaiting the ground gameobject rather than the ground prefab

[sage spruce]

I drag from the prefab folder not the game object in the scene

[languid spire]

I meant in your code

[sage spruce]

a little frustrating 😄

Instantiate(groundCube, RBspawnPoint.position, RBspawnPoint.rotation);

this is the code I use

[languid spire]

just that?

[sage spruce]

' public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.tag=="Player")
{
Vector3 direction = Vector3.right;
Ray theRay = new Ray(rayStart.position, rayStart.TransformDirection(direction * range));
Debug.DrawRay(rayStart.position, rayStart.TransformDirection(direction * range));

        if (Physics.Raycast(theRay, out RaycastHit hit, range))
        {

            if (hit.collider.tag == "Ground")
            {
                //Debug.Log("cant spawn");
                bx.enabled = false;

            }
         
           
         }
        else
        {
            Instantiate(groundCube, RBspawnPoint.position, RBspawnPoint.rotation);
            //bx.enabled = false;
        }
} '

[languid spire]

so how do you parent your enemies to the ground?

[sage spruce]

they are on the ground prefab ready to attack

as a child onject

object

[rich adder]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[languid spire]

ok so you are only working with the prefab, never with the GameObject created from the groundCube prefab

[sage spruce]

thats right

[languid spire]

no, thats wrong, that is why your enemies are dead when you instantiate again because you are instantiating the same object which you just used

[sage spruce]

@languid spire thanks for the help, at least now i know I am doing it wrong. I will try to find a solution

[languid spire]

Solution is easy

GameObject groundGO = Instantiate(groundCube, RBspawnPoint.position, RBspawnPoint.rotation);
then use groundGO in the rest of your code instead of groundCube

[sage spruce]

thanks Steve I will implement it right now

[sacred zenith]

Just tested, it returns only one collision per collider. Say I am checking the ground and want the coordinates bellow something, the box will only return one coordinate of Terrain

[tender stag]

how can i make this shorter?
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/unuvudibah.wren

and make it better

or does it look fine?

[ivory bobcat]

That's 65 lines. What're we supposed to look at?

[tender stag]

there is a lot of repetition

whole method

i feel like its too long

for what its actually doing

[main flame]

17 to 36 is weird

You're checking the same things in reverse order?

[tender stag]

yeah

[ivory bobcat]

You could probably refactor it for readability else opt to not create a new instance of the list or create it with a set capacity to avoid garbage collection etc

[tender stag]

its first checking if there is an object open with an inventory

so an object that has slots

[main flame]

nvm yeah

[tender stag]

and if it does you first add those slots to the list

[crude prawn]

instead of GUIText.pixelOffset what can i do?

[acoustic arch]

for an fps should the bullets be invisible and have them shoot from the camera?

or visible and make the crosshair accurate to where the gun is pointed

[tender stag]

depends what you want

[acoustic arch]

which is better

[tender stag]

there is no better

[acoustic arch]

for a simple game from camera is probably better

[tender stag]

if you want physics bullets

then go with them coming out of the gun

and using physics

if not its prob better to use a raycast from the camera

[acoustic arch]

yeah

[sacred zenith]

In this image, assuming this is all on 3D space. The red is my vehicle, I have access to the BLUE dots coordinates. How can I find the Terrain coordinates of the GREEN cells?
I want to change the texture of those cells in specific

[sage spruce]

@languid spire I could not get it to work so I gave up on prefabs spawning prefabs (they just clone their curent state) , intead I have created a spawn manager that with a puplic function and the prefabs just feeds the next spawn point to the script and the manager spawns the prefabs. This works like a charm. Thanks again for the help

[sullen lantern]

void SaveData()
{
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("higscore", highscore);
int button;
if (buttonEnable)
button = 1;
else
button = 0;
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("buttons", button);
Debug.Log("Data Saved: "+button +", "+ highscore);
}

void LoadData()
{
    highscore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highscore");
    buttonEnable = (PlayerPrefs.GetInt("buttons") == 1);

I want to save int highscore and int buttons

[rich adder]

hmm and ur certain you called these two?

[sullen lantern]

yeah

[rich adder]

this isn't the entire script..
Anyway.
Try adding PlayerPrefs.Save after SetInt

[sullen lantern]

should I post the entire script

[rich adder]

did you read the bot message how to post script?

use website linked

[jovial forge]

Man, this concept of a prefab referencing in scene components just isn't computing

[sullen lantern]

idk how

[rich adder]

references should be one of the first things you should learn and learn it well. Its the core concept of working with Objects

also what you should and shouldn't reference between what

[rich adder]

you don't know to read it wdym?

#💻┃unity-talk message

[sullen lantern]

sry

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

the entire code

[rich adder]

nvm

lol

[sullen lantern]

:)

[rich adder]

my firefox search being weird rn

wait yea

OnLevelWasLoaded() isn't called anywhere

therefore LoadData is never actually called

[sullen lantern]

but OnLevelWasLoaded was shown in Blue for me so I thought its a build in like Update and Start

[rich adder]

oh it is a monobehavior

never seen this b4

uhh

this is like unity 3.5

[sullen lantern]

2021.3.13

[rich adder]

why are you using such an old version

oh

[sullen lantern]

sry

[rich adder]

anyway this function doesn't seem to work or something

its old

[sullen lantern]

well

[rich adder]

use the SceneManager instead

[sullen lantern]

is there an alternative

[rich adder]

to subscribe to level changed

[sullen lantern]

so like which method

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager-activeSceneChanged.html
or
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager-sceneLoaded.html

also can do

        Scene scene = SceneManager.GetActiveScene();

        if (scene.buildIndex == insertSceneBuildIndexHere) {
        //Do something
        }
        if (scene.name == insertSceneNameHere) {
        //Do something
        }```

[sullen lantern]

started here and I'm scared to move

[rich adder]

nah nvm you edited that message , you said originally 3.13

i thought you were on unity 3.13 lol

[sullen lantern]

oh ok

[rich adder]

your function is before unity 5 was a thing

thats like more than like 5-10 years now iirc

[sullen lantern]

ooooh

[rocky canyon]

u can duplicate ur entire project folder and rename it.. open the copy through the newest version or (newer) version of unity..

if it doesn't work on ur project u still have the original.. but yea ur missing out on so much new stuff 😄

[sullen lantern]

what can be new...

ima try it

[rich adder]

oh nahh they're on 2021.3.13

they're fine

[rocky canyon]

ohh i thought they were using pre- Unity 5 👀

i was like whats NOT new

[rich adder]

their original msg said 3.13 lol and was presented with a function from unity 3.

[rocky canyon]

lol

[rich adder]

I put the two together wrongly haha but still they used deprecated function I didn't know existed on MB

[rocky canyon]

ignore me.. i thought u were using a version older than 5

[sullen lantern]

I think I just accidentally deleted my Project...

[rocky canyon]

if ur on 2021 thats new enough

Ctrl + D?

[sullen lantern]

jeah

[rocky canyon]

its in ur recycling bin

[sullen lantern]

...

I ctrl + Z ed

[rocky canyon]

dont do that to urself

😄

[rich adder]

good time to learn Version Control before going futher

[sullen lantern]

who Invented this...

[rocky canyon]

Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V

is the safer bet

Ctrl + D is a unity thang

[sullen lantern]

someone at Unity really thought "lets change duplicate into delete XD"

[rocky canyon]

yea i think its a bad hotkey imop

once u get used to it.. its liable to screw u over in other programs

as D is delete sometimes

[sullen lantern]

used this I think it works now..

[rocky canyon]

Shift + Del permanently deletes in windows

thast a real bad key.. thers no recoverying that

[rich adder]

everything is technically recoverable

[rocky canyon]

until it is re-written

but have you ever used a recovery tool?

[sullen lantern]

Im creating this for android but I dont have one for my own so I can only test it in the editor... where it doesnt work

[rocky canyon]

theyre all trash

unless you buy one.. the free ones suck lol

[rich adder]

it should work

[sullen lantern]

ok

thanks

[rocky canyon]

u can still simulate android devices thru the editor

[sullen lantern]

I do

[rich adder]

sadly i have and true they're trash but somehow found one to recover all my Sony DSLR videos I shot for someone
saved me $$$ from being lost in stupid format mistake 😅

[rocky canyon]

u can buy a pre-paid phone for cheap

[sullen lantern]

it still doesnt work

[rocky canyon]

less than 50 bux

that u can atleast test on

[sullen lantern]

dont have that money

[rich adder]

Debug.Log the function of load

make sure its running at all

[rocky canyon]

oof, ^

[rich adder]

"doesn't work" isn't helpful

[rocky canyon]

do that.. make sure ur calls are being accessed

then go from there

[sullen lantern]

sorry

[rocky canyon]

Debug.Log("This Function got called properly");

or is it .log

its been a minute

[rich adder]

Log

[sullen lantern]

Debug.Log("THis Function doesnt work")

:L

[rich adder]

doesnt matter what u write for this one

[rocky canyon]

then the function isnt being called..

just make sure it prints something

[tender stag]

@ivory pollen sorry to ping you, but i've just realised that the error happens almost every time when im compiling InventoryManager.cs

[sullen lantern]

VS stopped working 😭

[rocky canyon]

restart, and try again 😄

[sullen lantern]

loads

so the method is called

[rocky canyon]

👍

[sullen lantern]

and it also logs data savedd

[rocky canyon]

make sure you have ur scene plugged into the build index of the project

[sullen lantern]

it is

[rocky canyon]

ok good, just thinking of the common mistakes

[rich adder]

show new script

[sullen lantern]

1 sec

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

[rocky canyon]

what doesn't work?

you say "Loaded" is called.. which makes sense.

but thers nothing in that function that actually loads a new scene

[pseudo frigate]

in a 2d project how to do you make things follow alongside the wall collider? like in this clip from an old NES game, the fireball follows the wall after hitting it. and also those little ball enemies follow along the wall as well

https://youtu.be/eMFg_BKZMzQ?t=1521

[sullen lantern]

no the data is loaded

When I call Die() the player reloads the scene and should load the highscore data but he doesnt load the highscore

its set to 0

[rocky canyon]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/make-character-follow-along-walls-ceiling.1220904/

peep this thread.. might be something there for you

[rich adder]

so ur saying that Debug.Log("Loaded");
is called on which scene exactly

and when

make sure you have data also

 void LoadData()
    {
        Debug.Log("Loaded");
        if(PlayerPrefs.HasKey("highscore")){
            Debug.Log("Has Highscore saved");
        }```

eg

[sullen lantern]

first when I load the scene with the player in it. then when I die once

[rich adder]

so each scene reload or no?

[sullen lantern]

every time the scene reloads

[rich adder]

ok

and you checked the if statement I sent you

PlayerPrefs.HasKey("highscore")

see if the value is there so you know thats not the problem

[sullen lantern]

Im testing

SO...

it still skips to zero when I reload the scene

[rich adder]

?we're talking about the log here, forget the 0 for a second

#archived-networking

[near saddle]

how come when i use cinemachine 2d all my gameobject sprites disappear

[proud vigil]

Alright thx, i deleted it!

[rich adder]

doubt its related to cinemachine

[near saddle]

it is

[rich adder]

is the new camera somewhere else?

[near saddle]

b4 i added it i can see the gameobjuects nd stuff

[slender nymph]

not a code question. but you need to offset your camera so that it is not at the same Z position as the rest of your objects. it's typical to put the camera at -10

[rich adder]

then the new "Added" camera is in the wrong position than ur main cam

[sullen lantern]

so it doesnt show the "Has Data" Log

[rich adder]

ok so your data isn't there

[sullen lantern]

yeah

Debug.Log("Loaded");
if (PlayerPrefs.HasKey("hightscore") && PlayerPrefs.HasKey("buttons"))
{
Debug.Log("Has Data");
highscore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("highscore");
buttonEnable = (PlayerPrefs.GetInt("buttons") == 1);
}

[rich adder]

OH FFS

strings

[sullen lantern]

strings?

[short hazel]

hightscore

[sullen lantern]

...

[short hazel]

Misspelled in the if statement

[sullen lantern]

:(

[short hazel]

Misspelled everywhere :/
Use a const string variable !

[sullen lantern]

hate grammar

:(

[short hazel]

const string Highscore = "highscore"; and then the compiler backs you up

[rich adder]

thats why we use a variables for the same thing

[sullen lantern]

it works now

😭 😭 💀

[rich adder]

idk how I didn't see that earlier lol

[short hazel]

Type it wrong, and you get an error in the code directly. Change its value, and it's reflected everywhere. Absolute win to use const in this case

[near saddle]

whats correct chat

[sullen lantern]

I was sitting there looking for mistakes...

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel to find a relevant channel for your question

[sullen lantern]

since like two days

thanks yall

[near saddle]

ty

[sullen lantern]

I want to change my script so I can call Save Data and Load Data without having a Player Movement script appended

is that solved with static classes?

[slender nymph]

not necessarily. if your Save and Load methods are on the PlayerMovment script then you need to move them to some other class. depending on your needs it could be an instance in the scene, a scriptable object, a static class, there are many ways to go about it

[sullen lantern]

is it possible without a gameobject carrying the script

like I want to call it in every scene

[slender nymph]

"instance in the scene" would be the only option i suggested that requires it to be attached to a gameobject

[sullen lantern]

oh

[slender nymph]

of course that still doesn't preclude it from being accessible in every scene

[sullen lantern]

So like when I use a static class how would I do this?

[slender nymph]

why not go find a tutorial to follow?

[sullen lantern]

sry

often times this is faster and creates less confusion#

[slender nymph]

that's really only true if you are only watching terrible tutorials that don't explain the process and just basically dump code on you instead

[sullen lantern]

most of them are like this

[lean temple]

Hi! I am very new to unity and started like 5 days ago. Im workin on a Gorilla Tag fangame using XR. Lately ive been getting this error called “ A native collection has not been disposed, resulting in a memory leak. “ can someone please help me? Im scared i might lose my project.

[wintry quarry]

You're not going to lose your project

You should be using version control to prevent any unexpected data loss though

I.E. Git

That error is quite generic and unless you're dealing with the Job system or DOTS it's not related to your code

[lean temple]

Ok tysm and im gonna see if it helps

[spiral rain]

I have this problem. Basically I am trying to set the position of a object that I instantiated but it is not going where I want it to I tried local and world position but both seem to have the wrong x value and y value here is the code snipit that makes and sets the position ``` for (int i = 0; i < PlayerInventory.i.Soc.Count; i++)
{

        currentButton = Instantiate(ButtonTemp, parent.transform);
        if(xpos < 556.2f)
        {
            xpos += 188.2f;
        }
        else if(xpos >= 556.2f)
        {
            xpos = -571;
            ypos -= 170;

        }            
        currentButton.transform.position = new Vector3(xpos, ypos);
   }```

[wintry quarry]

What's up with these magic numbers

Also is this a UI element?

You should be using the recttransform layout system to position your UI elements, not setting the position in code directly

[spiral rain]

Forgot about recttransform thank you

[opaque mortar]

i have got this error Assets\scrips\PlayerMotor.cs(5,14): error CS0101: The namespace '<global namespace>' already contains a definition for 'PlayerMotor'
can someone help

[languid spire]

you have a duplicate class/script

[opaque mortar]

i do not i cheked

[languid spire]

bet

[summer stump]

The error says you do

[opaque mortar]

look

[summer stump]

If you show one folder, I will tell you it could be in a different folder

[languid spire]

it could even be in a completely unrelated script

[summer stump]

"it could be in a different folder" ah, that is search

Or a different script, as Steve said

Look through your scripts for PlayerMotor

Search using the IDE

[languid spire]

<@&502884371011731486>

[opaque mortar]

???

[summer stump]

They... can see deleted comments btw

[opaque mortar]

ok well bye

[summer stump]

Do you know what an IDE is?
Like visual studio

[opaque mortar]

i gess

[opaque mortar]

idk what you saying

[summer stump]

the thing you type code in....

[opaque mortar]

yes

[summer stump]

... use its search function....

[opaque mortar]

can i cal you be ezay

for me

[summer stump]

No

[opaque mortar]

ok

it start when i change my code

[summer stump]

You gotta just learn to google things. If you don't know what an IDE is, google it.
If you don't know how to search in it, google it.
You will find all your need. I pointed you in the right direction, and Steve told you the answer/reason for the error
You have another PlayerMotor. Find it

[slender nymph]

mate you're too young to even be on discord. how you gonna ask strangers to call you

[opaque mortar]

bc you will get my ip from a call

[opaque mortar]

i play val

and fn and rl and on mc severs

[slender nymph]

congrats. did you know that you are breaking the TOS for most of those services? but that's off topic from here. you should probably leave this server until you are old enough to even use discord

[swift crag]

i remember having to stop using the Gruntz! fan-forums because I was 12

or maybe 11, i forget

is there a more clever way to make a bidirectional map than to just have two dictionaries?

i guess i can just make a little class

[polar berry]

hey guys I dont know were is the best way to post for this, but my update start or any trigger enter are in gray, the compiler is ignoring them and I have this error when I hove with the mouse "Private member 'NewBehaviourScript.Start' is unusedIDE0051"

any ideas?

[swift crag]

Does the class derive from MonoBehaviour?

i.e. does its first line look like public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour

[polar berry]

yeah

I am not new to this

[wintry quarry]

does the code run?

[polar berry]

no

[wintry quarry]

Show your code

[polar berry]

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

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    private void Start()
    {
        print("Hello World");
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

looks fine. If the code isn't running you haven't attached it to an active GameObject in the scene.

if the IDE isn't recognizing those as unity messages, it's not configured properly for use with Unity

[polar berry]

its attached man, I work with unity for more than 2 years now, this is not the problem

[swift crag]

we are attempting to help you.

[polar berry]

humm how so?

[wintry quarry]

Show it and show your console

[polar berry]

sorry dont want to sound condecending, just want to help to dessmiss newbi problems

[polar berry]

console clear

[wintry quarry]

show screenshots

of your inspector, of the console

maybe just the whole editor window in play mode with this script attached to an object in the scene

[swift crag]

info messages are disabled.

turn them on (and then fix your IDE)

[polar berry]

HAHHAa

lool

yeah its there

the hello world

omfg

I feel ashamed

thanks

I was used to the warning messages to be there already

[tender stag]

since when can you do print

is it the same as debug.log?

[wintry quarry]

since a very long time

it literally just calls Debug.Log, yes

[tender stag]

bruh

[wintry quarry]

it's to make python people more comfy

[tender stag]

didnt know

[slender nymph]

it only works for the single parameter overload of Debug.Log though

[tender stag]

oh

alright

easier way to write this?```cs
foreach(var cell in hotbarCells)
{
cells.Add(cell);
}

foreach(var cell in inventoryCells)
{
cells.Add(cell);
}```

[wintry quarry]

cells.AddRange(hotbarCells);
cells.AddRange(inventoryCells);```

[tender stag]

alright thanks

[wintry quarry]

or

List<InventoryCells> cells = hotbarCells.Concat(inventoryCells).ToList();```
(with `using System.Linq;`)

[queen adder]

Does anyone have a script for a 2d.mobile game that lets you move side to side

[summer stump]

That is pretty basic. Just any "2d player movement" tutorial should do it

What part specifically are you struggling with

[swift crag]

not posting the same question in four different channels, it appears

[summer stump]

Oh shi-
And one of the channels is #archived-code-advanced !? Lmfao

[lone sable]

What would be a good way to keep track of a bunch of stats? I'm talking about things like.. "Used a weapon X amount of times" or "Died to X this amount of times" or even things like "Saw NPC X amount of times". I guess a generic way to track things? Obviously, I don't want to use PlayPrefs, so I'm trying to think of a generic solution where in editor, I can define the key etc? Iunno. Thoughts?

[timber tide]

any variable which you can add to

add it with your player scripts and append to it

[lone sable]

Sure, but mroe so an overarching system.

I think I stumbled on the Termanology which is called Blackboard.

[timber tide]

No clue with termanology of the stuff, but what you want is basically just a struct.

if you have like say multiple players, then perhaps some singleton via gamemanager, but even then just stick it on the players and access it

[swift crag]

You need to decide how you're identifying each stat

Maybe enums, maybe just a bunch of constant string keys

[lone sable]

Yeah, thats kinda what I'm trying to figure out. Whats the best way to track the things I want to track, and how to go about tracking them.

I guess I'm looking mostly for design priciples. I assume this has been done in the past.

[swift crag]

I was dealing with the same problem a few months ago

Didn't really "solve" it, per se

[timber tide]

I'd just cache it all honestly

[swift crag]

I wound up storing each kind of stat separately (floats and ints)

and using enums to identify them

Enums are annoying because they'll go haywire if you rearrange them. Assigning explicit values fixes this

[timber tide]

I guess if there is a lot of stuff you want to keep track, then perhaps some string/value dictionaries

if the purpose is to just display it to the user

[swift crag]

As for storing the data: just use Json.NET to serialize a dictionary, if you go with a dict

[lone sable]

There will be events fired from said values as well, pending whats going on.

[swift crag]

oh, this isn't strictly stat-tracking

[lone sable]

Yeah thats what I figured I'd do.

[swift crag]

you want to have reactions to these

[lone sable]

Correct. Mixture of both really?

[swift crag]

In that case I'd say you should make a class that holds a delegate for every kind of stat

so that you can subscribe and unsubscribe

If you want to do stats per-item (e.g. "kills with X" and "times Y used"), you might want something smarter than just a big blob of string keys

[lone sable]

The idea being is like. If a player steps on a spike trap, say, every 10 times, then they should say something about it. Or, say on the 10th attempt of a boss, a cutscene happens. But then also, I want thinks like generic stats like you've died to this enemy X amount of times" etc.

[swift crag]

I mean, you could totally do $"stat-{weaponIdentifier}-{statKind}"

[timber tide]

problem is unique stuff and how much you want to display that

[swift crag]

but i might lean towards something more polymorphic

[timber tide]

like how are you deciding between two different instances of an iron sword you killed with. In this case, either merge the kills together, or add the higher of the two.

[swift crag]

so a Stat could be a SimpleStat, that's just a string key

or an ItemStat that holds a reference to an item kind along with which item stat it represents

the idea being that you could construct an ItemStat as needed to look up "number of kills with X item"

You'd just need to override GetHashCode so that the same item and the same stat always gives the same code

then it'd work nicely in a dictionary

[lone sable]

Hmm.

[swift crag]

conceptually, this isn't much different from just doing this

but it would survive a weapon rename

well, you would ideally avoid changing the identifier if you were using string keys

you'd just change the display name if needed

[timber tide]

Actually, I'd keep track of those types of stats on the weapons themselves, but depends on the usecase here and not just like an achievement style kind of display

[swift crag]

I'm not sure which would be smarter. I might try doing this.

[lone sable]

Well, I already have SO's tied to all of my enemies, weapons, and a few other things.

I could easily tie a "Key" to them to use for keeping track of stuff.

Then from there do sort of what you are saying, so, using playprefs as an example (Dict Json instead)

PlayerPrefs.SetInt(weaponID-TimesEquiped,value)
or
PlayerPrefs.SetInt(enemyID-DiedTo)

etc.

[swift crag]

If you need a unique identifier for each SO asset, you could just copy the asset GUID into a field on the scriptable object

[timber tide]

Did you want to use playerprefs? I thought you didn't want to.

[swift crag]

It's a little funky (you have to make your own serializable GUID)

[lone sable]

I just said as an example to explain what I was thinking about doing. It would just be a generic <String,Object> Dictionary/Map.

[timber tide]

Ideally, just use non-unique cases, this way you can just use the SO IDs when possible.

[lone sable]

I'd probably just, on the SO, make a field called "UniqueIdentifier" for me to plugin. So when I read the stats file, it would be in plain text and easy to read.

And even then I can have a enum system setup for the events I want to listen for, which, probably is a decent idea.

[timber tide]

// Get the asset path of the Scriptable Object
string assetPath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(this);

// Get the GUID of the asset and set it
storable_ID = AssetDatabase.AssetPathToGUID(assetPath);

For the asset ID

[lone sable]

So building out the StringDict would be like.

weaponID + Stats.Equiped

or even enemyID + Stats.Killed

(I think thats what I'll do, keep it simple/small).

I can still hook up some sort of events to it as well.

[barren loom]

how do you get your code inside that little box with those color codes

[timber tide]

how do I even type it

lol

[lone sable]

```csharp
//CodeHere
```

[timber tide]

https://i.imgur.com/6luhTiZ.png

[barren loom]

ohh, thank you

[ivory pollen]

best thing to do is to reply to the email you got sent with that information, so that it gets attached to the bug report itself

[silent valley]

How can i get the sword sprite to always point in the direction the player is facing. aka the mouse? I spawn it in as a prefab so dont have it equipped to the player but to a weapon holdster. hope that makes sense

[pseudo frigate]

in this short clip, https://streamable.com/na3c7p , you can see in the first character jump he doesnt make it all that far, but if i spam attack while hes in the air he can travel a lot farther before touching the ground. i tried to make it so the gravity and velocity are 0 while the animation is playing with the intention of having the character temporarily freeze in place, i dont really want them to travel more. what do i need to do to fix the code?

void Start()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

void Update()
{
    // Get input in Update
    moveHorizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

    if(moveHorizontal < 0)
    {
        movingLeft = true;
    }
    else if(moveHorizontal > 0)
    {
        movingLeft = false;
    }

    SetAnimation();

    // Jumping
    if (isGrounded() && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
    {
        jump = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce);
    }

    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0))
    {
        Attack();
    }
}

void FixedUpdate()
{
    if (attackLeftRenderer.enabled || attackRightRenderer.enabled)
    {
        //rb.velocity = new Vector2(0, rb.velocity.y);
        rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        rb.gravityScale = 0f;
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        rb.gravityScale = 2.5f;
    }

    Vector2 movement = new Vector2(moveHorizontal * moveSpeed, rb.velocity.y);
    rb.velocity = movement;

    if (jump != Vector2.zero)
    {
        rb.velocity = jump;
        jump = Vector2.zero;
    }
}

[slender nymph]

you're resetting the effect of gravity back to 0 every single time you attack. gravity is an acceleration so it continuously increases the magnitude of the velocity.y. each time you attack you set it to 0 so it has to start over once the attack has been completed therefore allowing you to stay in the air longer

[queen adder]

Yeah but I tried and it didn't work

[summer stump]

Can't really help with no information.. 🤷‍♂️

What does "didn't work" mean? What did you try?

I mean, it's just moving back and forth. It's the first thing you would learn in any unity tutorial.
https://learn.unity.com/pathways is always what I recommend. Choose a path and go through all of it.

[timber tide]

So it's equipped as a child to the player? You'll have to get the mouse coordinates and then use that with your sword position to get a direction. Since the sword is local to the player, you'll have to take that into consideration too.

[silent valley]

I would of thought it would be similar to my shotgun bullet spray as i rotate the sprite for that depending on my mouse - the projectile

[pseudo frigate]

hm i set gravity to 0 because i could see the sprite sinking during the attack animation and didnt like the look of that. if i dont touch the gravity then yeah it lands where i expect it to. but is there a way i can get what i want and have it freeze mid air and still not travel farther?

[timber tide]

Oh, if you got a working methods then try it out. There's possibly otherwise to do this, but I'm just giving the general idea.

[slender nymph]

store the Y velocity at the time you begin your attack. apply it after the attack has finished

[pseudo frigate]

ill try that, thank you!

[slender nymph]

of course that will allow you to continue rising if you attack before the peak of the jump so if you don't want that to happen you'll need to check for that as well

[queen adder]

When I put it on the object I wasn't able to move the object

[timber tide]

Vector2 direction = mouse.transform.position - gun.transform.position;

//world space direction to local space direction.
Vector2 localDirection = transform.InverseTransformDirection(direction);

Vector2 localDirectionNormalized = localLookDirection.normalized;
transform.right = localDirectionNormalized ; //or transform.up

Ah, is there a 2D lookAt?

[slender nymph]

no. you just assign either transform.right or transform.up to the direction

[timber tide]

oh yeah I guess that makes sense

[summer stump]

That is equally unhelpful. You put what on what object? Show code, show screenshot of the inspector for the object, share the tutorial you used. Give details lol

[silent valley]

i still can't get it to work

[slender nymph]

i don't know what you tried or really most of the context of your issue

[silent valley]

my sword is always facing up. it doesnt rotate with the player.

I'm spawning a prefab which is where I'm getting confused. I have it so it spawns on my player but cannot get it to swing in the direction the player is facing

[slender nymph]

if it has been more than 4 hours you should see a doctor /s

[slender nymph]

show how you have it all set up and any relevant code you have right now

[silent valley]

hehe

https://hatebin.com/lnkpibdqhp

I'm aware the move towards is wrong. I had it really messy but this is kinda what i was working with

using my shotgun bullets as referency - the shooting

[slender nymph]

well for starters, you only ever change its rotation one time

so it will be rotated in whatever rotation the player has when this originally spawns and then never rotated again. unless something in the hierarchy is affecting the rotation, but since you haven't bothered showing how your hierarchy is setup i can only assume nothing is rotating it

[silent valley]

I wouldnt say i'm not bothered

[slender nymph]

and which object in that screenshot has the component you shared the code from?

[silent valley]

The code is on my sword prefab which spawns whenever I press my mouse button. i'll show it now

it spawns on the FirePoint transform

[slender nymph]

i see that you give it the FirePoint's position. but is it actually a child of that object?

[silent valley]

yes. The "Dir" is a bit infront of my player.

[slender nymph]

please show the entire hierarchy during runtime when you expect this object to face whatever position it is not currently facing. these screenshots where the actually important context is either not provided due to not being in play mode or is cut out because you decided to crop the hell out of it is not helping

you'll also need to confirm that you have frozen the rotation on the rigidbody so that physics is not affecting the rotation. and check any animations you have to ensure those are not also affecting the rotation

[silent valley]

well....... It was my animation. fml.

thank youu

[pseudo frigate]

    void DestroyBlock(Vector2 pos)
    {
        pos.x = Mathf.Round(pos.x) + 1;
        pos.y = Mathf.Round(pos.y);

        Debug.Log(pos);

        if (Physics2D.OverlapBox(pos, Vector2.one / 2f, 0f, destructibleMask))
        {
            Vector3Int cell = destructibleTiles.WorldToCell(pos);
            TileBase tile = destructibleTiles.GetTile(cell);

            if (tile != null)
            {
                destructibleTiles.SetTile(cell, null);
            }
        }
    }

i have a 2d tilemap and had to put a tilemap collider2d and composite collider 2d on it to fix an issue where the player collider was getting stuck on it. but with the composite collider the code above doesnt work to destroy individual blocks, is there something i can change so i can still destroy an individual block but use the composite to avoid the stuck issue?

[empty juniper]

i have a plane that shoots and it used to work correctly but i decieded to delete the prefab and recreate it and it shoots until the bullet object in the hierarchy gets destroyed by going to far away and if i delete the gameobject it doesnt shoot

anybody know why this might happen

[slender nymph]

it sounds like you're cloning the bullet object that is in your scene instead of a prefab

[empty juniper]

well the instantiate is on the script that is on the bullet prefab so idk how i would not be cloning that

[empty juniper]

dang it ur right i dragged it from the hierarchy to a diff script instead of the prefab

[lone sable]

Whats the proper way to return T?

public T GetValue<T>(string key) {
        if (typeof(T) == typeof(int)) {
            Stat stat = blackBoard.FirstOrDefault(stat => stat.key == key);
            return (T)stat.intVal;
        }

        return default(T);
    }

[crystal cipher]

i think you should return as int

[abstract finch]

Is there a Mathf function that allows me to lerp a float starting in a way that starts off really high then end slowly or would I need to use an animation curve?

[cosmic dagger]

lerp is linear interpolation. you need to create the easing yourself using an animation curve (easiest method) . . .

[abstract finch]

alright thank you

[cosmic dagger]

honestly the best to do it. easy to customize and change the anim curve . . .

[unreal imp]

sorry about the topic again and sorry for responding late, does that code cause them to be deleted in order from first to last? because I'm not noticing it, eg: eliminates random toilets leaving 9,12,20, etc.

[ashen ferry]

that Queue will fill up to max amount and afterwards oldest toilets ( whoever you enqueued first thru that method) will start to be Dequeued giving you reference and u destroy that

u cant do anything to random elements in queue even if u wanted

[abstract finch]

Is this a proper use of an animation curve to adjust the speed of a lerp?

            _currentStrength = Mathf.L(_currentStrength, endValue, currentSpeed);```

[cosmic dagger]

you use the curve for *t* since the curve goes from 0-1 . . .

[acoustic arch]

when a method returns a value how do you use the value

like after using

return;

and what is the value

[cosmic dagger]

the method is assigned to a value. just use the value after it is assigned . . .

[acoustic arch]

can you give me an example

[cosmic dagger]

string name = GetName();
Debug.Log($"My name is {name}");

public string GetName() {
    return "RandomDiscordInvader();";
}

[abstract finch]

So your saying evaluate t rather than recoil curve? Ah nevermind I'm not sure what you mean.

[unreal imp]

😭

[ashen ferry]

I can give u equivalent using list if u want access random elements lol

[cosmic dagger]

gimme a sec. let me find one of my uses . . .

[ashen ferry]

it looks aight tho but multiply timeElapsed with recoilSpeed that would make more sense

[abstract finch]

Thanks no rush, Im trying to figure this out myself

[grim tulip]

Uhhh question

For code I kinda don’t get how I’m reading it soooo

[cosmic dagger]

t is is normalized from 0-1. you just put the value of t inside of `Evaluate . . .

[grim tulip]

If u look at a code how would you read it?

Like it’s a person or something else

[cosmic dagger]

@abstract finch when t moves from 0-1, the anim curve will move from 0-1 as well but along the curve you created . . .

[cosmic dagger]

not sure what you mean . . .

[grim tulip]

Ok I’m trying to write code

And whenever I write it always say’s I’m wrong

Sooo

I’ve been thinking instead of just writing something randomly and hoping for the best

Or using someone else code cause that’s weird

[abstract finch]

by t is it timeElapsed inside the coroutine?

[grim tulip]

Why not understand it first and know what I have to say to it

Like what they need to know

Inorder for them to take action

[cosmic dagger]

have you followed or watched a beginner or intro c# tutorial. sounds like that's what you need . . .

[grim tulip]

I’ve tried but I just get lost in the sauce

[cosmic dagger]

oh, i don't know anything about a coroutine, are you using that? i didn't see that code . . .

[abstract finch]

yep one sec ill post it its quite long

{
  float timeElapsed = 0;
  float startValue = _currentStrength;
  float endValue = _currentStrength + recoilStrength;
  while (_currentStrength < recoilDuration)
  {
    float currentSpeed = recoilSpeed*_recoilCurve.Evaluate(timeElapsed);
            _currentStrength = Mathf.Lerp(_currentStrength, endValue, currentSpeed);
            timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return null;
 }
 timeElapsed = 0f;
 while (timeElapsed < recoveryDuration)
 {
  float currentSpeed = _recoilCurve.Evaluate(timeElapsed) *  recoverySpeed;
  _currentStrength = Mathf.Lerp(_currentStrength, startValue,  currentSpeed);
   timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
   yield return null;
  }
    }```

I can add notes to it if needed, to be honest i dont know what im doing here

[unreal imp]

that message is to me?

[ashen ferry]

nah

[unreal imp]

oh sorry xd

[grim tulip]

I think I just fount a video I don’t get lost in

Someone test mehhh 😃

[abstract finch]

ok ill give it a shot

[deft yacht]

since last night i got my 660 errors down to one 🥲 anyone have ideas?? 🥺

[cosmic dagger]

here is an example. i'll look at your code right now . . .

_rectTransform.localPosition = Vector3.Lerp(_oldPos, _newPos, _animationCurve.Evaluate(percent));

percent is the normalized t you would normally have when using Lerp . . .

[abstract finch]

what is t exactly?

[swift crag]

you will often see t used as a parameter for something that blends between two points

ranging from t=0 to t=1

[dull eagle]

Hey, anyone got an idea why the scripts on my prefabs are not updating when changing values and saving in visual studio? I also have auto refresh enabled.

[swift crag]

I think the idea is that it's the "time" -- at time 0, you're at one point, and at time 1, you're at another point

You often see it in parametric equations, where it can quite literally be the current time

[abstract finch]

i see i guess the goal is recoil duration for me

[cosmic dagger]

okay, so you're adding to timeElapsed but you're comparing currentStrength to recoilDuration. if you're comparing those two, then you need to use both of those variables to get the normalized time and use that, or compare timeElapsed to the time you want it to take to finish . . .

[abstract finch]

theres two durations recoil then the recovery fro mit

[swift crag]

Same for evaluating animation curves

since you often evaluate them with an elapsed time

[abstract finch]

oh man the typo is real im fixing it now

[cosmic dagger]

okay, that makes more sense . . .

[abstract finch]

to elaborate on how it works, there is two parts of recoil the move up part and pull back down, the reason why im using a global variable is so that if the player shoots again during recovery it will cancel the whole thing and start a new

[cosmic dagger]

it should be like this:

    float timeElapsed = 0;
    float startValue = _currentStrength;
    float endValue = _currentStrength + recoilStrength;

    while (timeElapsed < recoilDuration)
    {
        _currentStrength = Mathf.Lerp(startValue, endValue, _recoilCurve.Evaluate(timeElapsed));
        timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime * recoilSpeed;
        yield return null;
    }

    _currentStrength = endValue;

[cosmic dagger]

if you want to change the speed at which the lerp happens, multiply recoverySpeed by deltaTime. you multiply it by the evaluation of the curve. that will affect the interpolation . . .

[abstract finch]

ill give this a shot thank you!

[cosmic dagger]

also, you used _currentStrength in the Mathf.Lerp method, that will change the value of a every time it's called, thus, creating a skewed effect . . .

[cosmic dagger]

i'll update it with the speed change real quick . . .

[abstract finch]

ahh ok i have another cr thats doing this ill fix that too

[cosmic dagger]

now you can copy/paste and try it. i only did the first (top) half of it. you can try fixing the bottom half . . .

[abstract finch]

yea it pretty much works the same way

[cosmic dagger]

oops, i forgot to normalize the time. it should be timeElapsed / recoilDuration because what if recoilDuration is 5? it's supposed to be from 0-1 . . .

_recoilCurve.Evaluate(timeElapsed / recoilDuration)

[abstract finch]

i still dont understand the concept of normalizing when do you typically use it?

[swift crag]

normalization rescales something to fit in a fixed range

[dawn sparrow]

How can I prevent an object I instantiated during play from being destroyed on application exit?

[swift crag]

in this case, it remaps [0..5] to [0..1], which is what the Lerp function is expecting

[cosmic dagger]

you normalize to scale it to the 0-1 range. t is a normalized value for a lerp . . .

[swift crag]

are you asking how to save your game?

everything is destroyed when the game quits..

[swift crag]

so after 4 seconds, the t value is 0.8

[cosmic dagger]

how can you keep the object when the game quits?

[dawn sparrow]

I'm talking specifically about an inventory scriptable object which stores an array of item scriptable objects

At runtime I have an AddItem() fuction that instantiates a new scriptable object from a given item and adds it to the inventory

What happens when I exit the application is the scriptable object is destroyed

I want to preserve that object

[swift crag]

you can't. everything is gone.

what you can do is write some data to a file

and then read that data back when the game restarts

and use that data to reconstruct your inventory

[cosmic dagger]

you need to save the inventory so you can load it when the application starts again . . .

[dawn sparrow]

I thought scriptable objects existed outside application instances tho

[swift crag]

they do not

You are probably thinking of how you can make assets out of scriptable objects

those assets get loaded and turned into objects

you can't just create new assets on the fly or something, though. that's all locked in when you build the game

[dull eagle]

Anyone got an idea why script values are not updating on a prefab variant whenever I make changes in Visual Studio and save? I have auto refresh enabled.

[swift crag]

Because they never do.

The values you see in the inspector are serialized in the prefab.

[dawn sparrow]

Gotcha, I think I understand it now

I'll look into a save system

[swift crag]

The field initializers in your script are used when the object is constructed

The values are then overwritten as Unity restores the serialized values

So the field initializer only matters when creating a new instance of a component (or when you reset a component)

[dull eagle]

So how can I change a value in visual studio and have the updated value work in play mode? Because whenever I debug the value it is never updated

[swift crag]

Show your code. I don't know what you're doing.

!code

[eternal falcon]

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To get C# formatting the first line should only contain cs or csharp.
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.
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```
Do not share screenshots of code unless requested.

[polar acorn]

The value is whatever the debug says it is at the time you debug it

[dull eagle]

using Assets.Scripts.BaseClasses;
using Assets.Scripts.Models.BaseClasses;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Assets.Scripts.Models.Bullets
{
    internal class ExplosiveBulletModel : BulletBase
    {
        public float ExplosionRadius { get; set; }

        public ExplosiveBulletModel()
        {
            Damage = 1;
            ExplosionRadius = 3;
        }
        internal override void SpecialEffect(PassiveEnemyBase enemyModel)
        {
            if (enemyModel.isActiveAndEnabled == true)
            {
                Debug.Log("ExplosionRadius = " + ExplosionRadius);
                enemyModel.ExplodeEnemy(enemyModel, Damage, ExplosionRadius);
            }
        }
    }
}

Changing the ExplosionRadius and saving, the script is attached to a prefab variant of bullet

[swift crag]

okay, so ExplosionRadius isn't serialized, since it's a property and doesn't have [field : SerializeField] on it

I would expect it to always be 3, then, unless someone else is setting it.

Perhaps someone else is setting it.

It does have a public setter.

[dull eagle]

I mean when I change it in VS to let's say 2 and save wouldn't the field normally update in unity?

[polar acorn]

This isn't a monobehaviour is it?

[dull eagle]

BulletBase is

[summer stump]

It has a constructor, isn't that not possible for a MonoBehaviour?

[wintry quarry]

show BulletBase and tell us which field you're actually talking about

[swift crag]

it's perfectly possible

it's just unusual

[wintry quarry]

also yes you shouldn't use a constructor

[summer stump]

Oh ok

[wintry quarry]

that should be Awake

[swift crag]

AFAIK the constructor will be run as usual

[wintry quarry]

it runs as usual, but not when you expect

in fact it may run multiple times, and it runs before any serialized data is populated

[swift crag]

right

[dull eagle]

using Assets.Scripts.BaseClasses;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Assets.Scripts.Models.BaseClasses
{
    internal abstract class BulletBase : MonoBehaviour
    {
        public int Damage { get; set; }
        internal abstract void SpecialEffect(PassiveEnemyBase playerModel);
    }
}

not much here to really see

[swift crag]

in this case, I would still expect it to work, since nothing serialized is being touched

[summer stump]

I thought I remembered a warning saying not to do it. Which I guess is explicitly saying it is possible, just not recommended haha

[wintry quarry]

neither class you shared has any serialized fields, so it's unclear which inspector value you're talking about

script values are not updating on a prefab variant
This seems to imply you're talking about some field in an inspector?

Can you explain which field you're talking about here?

and where you're changing it? And where you're checking it at runtime?

[dull eagle]

The explosion radius field here, I'm chechkng it at runtime

[wintry quarry]

you're changing it where and when

[dull eagle]

In Visual Studio, it's never changing in the game

[wintry quarry]

when are you changing it in visual studio

[dull eagle]

Right now? XD

[swift crag]

as in, changing the values assigned in the constructor

[wintry quarry]

that's not going to affect any already created objects

you need to use Awake and not a constructor

[swift crag]

There are no serialized fields.

[wintry quarry]

if you do that, it will change at runtime

[swift crag]

Oooh wait, I get it

Those objects were already constructed.

Adding that to the list of reasons to not use MonoBehaviour constructors...

[wintry quarry]

indeed - but the instances of those scripts in the editor do have that data, it won't be saved between Unity restarts though

or unloading the scene

yeah

long story short - don't use constructors for MonoBehaviours

[swift crag]

If you need to call a parent class's "setup" method as well as your own, add a virtual method called OnAwake or something

and call it from Awake in the base class

[dull eagle]

Ok thanks, pretty new to unity, used to constructors

[wintry quarry]

or just make Awake virtual

and override it (and call the base)

[swift crag]

I've never used a constructor in a monobehaviour

[swift crag]

ah, yeah, that also works fine

[wintry quarry]

You can't use them for MonoBehaviours or ScriptableObjects in Unity

use Awake

[shell ice]

I’m trying to make it where only my hands show up for me in vr but to others they see the full body how could I do that?

[swift crag]

is this VRChat

[wintry quarry]

Disable the renderer for your body on your computer.
Enable it on theirs

[shell ice]

Ok

[dull eagle]

Now the values are always 0 and 0 in the inspector

using Assets.Scripts.BaseClasses;
using Assets.Scripts.Models.BaseClasses;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Assets.Scripts.Models.Bullets
{
    internal class ExplosiveBulletModel : BulletBase
    {
        public float ExplosionRadius { get; set; }
        internal virtual void OnAwake()
        {
            Damage = 1;
            ExplosionRadius = 3;
        }
        private void Awake()
        {
            OnAwake();
        }
        internal override void SpecialEffect(PassiveEnemyBase enemyModel)
        {
            if (enemyModel.isActiveAndEnabled == true)
            {
                Debug.Log("ExplosionRadius = " + ExplosionRadius);
                enemyModel.ExplodeEnemy(enemyModel, Damage, ExplosionRadius);
            }
        }
    }
}

[swift crag]

run the game.

[dull eagle]

I did, still 0's

[wintry quarry]

They will be 0 until the game runs. Use Debug.Log or the debugger, not the inspector

[swift crag]

actually, you'll never see the values on the prefab, since it'll never get an Awake

you must look at an instance at runtime

[carmine mist]

How to keep an object as "visible" when partially obscured by obstacle?

[swift crag]

Is there a reason you are using non-serialized properties like this? It seems very unusual to me.

You usually give an object serialized fields with a default value that you can then override in the inspector.

[dull eagle]

Weird it looks like the bullets from the object pool have the correct values, but whenever the bullet hits an enemy it still uses the 0 value's that show up in the prefab variant

[swift crag]

now you're throwing in object pooling

[wintry quarry]

sounds like your code has a bug then

[swift crag]

if you're new to unity, you should be doing things in the most straightforward way possible

[dull eagle]

Well I know for a fact that I'm not changing the values anywhere in code besides the initial values

[swift crag]

store values in serialized fields. instantiate and destroy objects as needed.

[dull eagle]

I need object pooling, I have a game with 100s of objects

[swift crag]

100s is nothing

[wintry quarry]

pooling is fine

as long as you understand how it works

[dull eagle]

started lagging around 3k

[swift crag]

that's not hundreds :p

of course, you should also be profiling to find out why it's lagging

[dull eagle]

Well I'm not done yet so I have to estimate for the future, rn it's hundreds, in the future prob will be thousands

[swift crag]

it'll be zero if your game doesn't work

[dull eagle]

The game works fine, I think it's just unity not wanting to update my values whenever I edit a script, even though it did all the time before

[eternal needle]

didnt really see too much convo above, if these are objects with complexity (physics or some custom logic) then you just wont be running this at all. Pooling only saves you from new'ing up a bunch of objects, not from them actually existing

[swift crag]

they're updating fine; you just saw the values in the inspector.

[wintry quarry]

we've shown that the values are fine. if you have a problem with the damage being applied it's time to debug that

you figured out how to use the debug mode in the inspector - time to learn to use Debug.Log and/or your IDE's debugger

[swift crag]

you should make sure that you aren't trying to call SpecialEffect on the prefab

rather than calling it on the instance of the prefab that hit the enemy

[wintry quarry]

yep that's probably the issue

[swift crag]

if you were using serialized fields instead of properties that get set in Awake, the prefab would have the values on it, at least

(although, it would still be wrong to be talking to the prefab instead of an instance in the scene)

[dull eagle]

Okay thank you, that ended up being the problem

[cosmic dagger]

http://www.streamable.com

[wintry quarry]

Convert to mp4

[shell ice]

wrong one this one^

[random sand]

Can you use IK with configurable joints?

[shell ice]

Idk how to fix this

[wintry quarry]

Are you switching your render pipeline asset in a script or something

[shell ice]

dont thing so just clicked play was working before but I switched to this model and that happened

fixed the character turing pink but everything else is staying pink

[swift crag]

I wonder if this being VR matters at all

I would make a new scene and see how that behaves.

[inner marsh]

{
    public GameObject MainInventoryGroup;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Tab)){
            gameObject.SetActive(!MainInventoryGroup.activeSelf);
        }
    }
}``` no errors show, but the inventory screen doesnt pop up when tab is pressed

[swift crag]

that would make the InventoryCheck turn off its own game object

[inner marsh]

its on a inventory manager

would it still turn off?

[cosmic dagger]

you're affecting the GameObject this script is attached to . . .

[inner marsh]

oh so instead of gameObect. replace that with said MainInventoryGroup?

ie

[cosmic dagger]

give it a shot . . .

[inner marsh]

alr

it works, ty

[carmine mist]

This is a question I'm having trouble describing, but its pretty much how to have object that I do visibility checks on behave as an obstacle for others but not for itself?

[swift crag]

so you want it to block raycasts that you shoot at other objects to decide if they're visible?

[carmine mist]

Yes, I have it setup so theres a normal wall that just acts a barrier and when you it blocks visibility. The objects that are visible change colour.

I want the objects that change colour to also act as a wall for other objects that change colour

But becuase they're all on the same layer ("objects that change colour") I don't know how to make it ignore itself as an obstacle

[swift crag]

you could turn off the collider before doing the check, then turn it back on afterwards

or you could use RaycastAll so that you get back a list of colliders

[carmine mist]

Okay I'll try

Thanks that worked!

[deft yacht]

bro does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?? 🥺

[wintry quarry]

Have you modified dotween somehow? I recommend uninstalling and reinstalling it

[deft yacht]

uhm it was missing so i installed the latest version of pro, i currently have only one error now 🥲

earlier it was 161

[inner marsh]

so uh im tryna do sum where i unlock the cursor to go into inventory but then lock it when i press tab again and my mind is dying tryna work the logic out anyone have ideas mb for being so slow lmao

    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Tab)){
            MainInventoryGroup.SetActive(!MainInventoryGroup.activeSelf);
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
            if(invopen)
            {
                invopen = false;
                Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
            }
            if (invopen == false)
            {
                invopen = true;
            }   
        }
    }``` what i got so far, unlockes the cursor at first then doesnt afterwords

[ashen ferry]

so just put Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None in another statement

[inner marsh]

wym?

[slender nymph]

use else

[wintry quarry]

Use else not another if

[inner marsh]

alr

[ashen ferry]

u can do same thing with 3 lines if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Tab)) { invopen = !invopen; MainInventoryGroup.SetActive(invopen); Cursor.lockState = invopen ? CursorLockMode.Locked : CursorLockMode.None; }

[abstract finch]

float timeElapsed = 0;
        float startValue = _currentStrength;
        float endValue = _currentStrength + recoilStrength;
        while (timeElapsed < recoilDuration)
        {
            _currentStrength = Mathf.Lerp(startValue, endValue, _recoilCurve.Evaluate(timeElapsed / recoilDuration));
            timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return null;
        }```
Is there a reason why this is instantly snapping to the end value without lerping at all?

[random sand]

nvm

[wintry quarry]

Have you logged what recoilDuration is?

[cosmic dagger]

log the current timeElapsed and recoilDuration . . .

[ashen ferry]

im not at pc but iirc animation curve can go beyond 1 might want to check if u didnt drag it around way beyond that

[cosmic dagger]

@abstract finchcs Debug.Log($"Time Elapsed: <color=cyan>{timeElapsed}</color> | Duration: <color=cyan>{recoilDuration}</color>");

[random sand]

can you use ik along with configurablejoints at the same time

[abstract finch]

yep I have its a local variable ive set it to 1 or 5 and the result is the same

[abstract finch]

alright

[tiny leaf]

when I wanna do:

(myFloat > 0)

Should I use Mathf.Epsilon or -Mathf.Epsilon instead of 0 and why

[abstract finch]

Its progressing correctly but the lerp is just instantly snapping

[ashen ferry]

send pic of ur curve

[cosmic dagger]

this looks fine. definitely show us your anim curve . . .

[cosmic dagger]

you really only need that when checking for equality . . .

[abstract finch]

Here it is

[ashen ferry]

make so this thing maxes out at 1 and ur good to go, on both axis

[cosmic dagger]

your values are outside the 0-1 range . . .

[slender nymph]

that's also backwards. it will immediately snap to the end position then move away from it if they just reduce those values

[ashen ferry]

ye

[violet topaz]

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

    public Camera cam;

    public float bulletForce = 20f;
    public float timeBetweenShots = 1f;
    


    public void Awake()
    {
        cam = Camera.main;
    }

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

    void Shoot()
    {
        GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firePoint.rotation);
        Rigidbody2D rb = bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        rb.AddForce(firePoint.up * bulletForce, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
    }
}```  I'm trying to add time between shots so i can add customization to my gun but i don't know how

[abstract finch]

ahhhh

[random sand]

can i implement ik along with joints

[cosmic dagger]

store the time until the next fire in a variable and check if the current time is passed that time in the if statement when fire is pressed or in the Shoot method . . .

[abstract finch]

its working now thanks!

[violet topaz]

ok

[sterile river]

Yo guys! In my game I switch between 3D and 2D and now in the 2D view it still feels like 3D (see screenshot). I change it by setting the projection to either orthographic or perspective. I might adjust it by setting the rotation of the camera to 0 if I press the key but how do I access it? This is my code:

    {
        _cameraRotation.yaw += _input.x * mouseSensitivity.horizontal + Time.deltaTime;
        _cameraRotation.pitch += _input.y * mouseSensitivity.vertical + Time.deltaTime;
        _cameraRotation.pitch = Mathf.Clamp(_cameraRotation.pitch, cameraAngle.min, cameraAngle.max);

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.C))
        {
            use2DPerspective = !use2DPerspective;
            Camera.main.orthographic = use2DPerspective;

            if (use2DPerspective)
            {
                mouseSensitivity.horizontal = 0;
                mouseSensitivity.vertical = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                mouseSensitivity.horizontal = 0.2f;
                mouseSensitivity.vertical = 0.2f;
            }
        }
    }```

The camera keeps moving itself, also when I switch back to 3D

I'd be glad if you can help me out

[random sand]

how would you hold a weapon with an active ragdoll character? with a normal character i would use IK but idk how to do that with joints. any advice?

[eternal needle]

more joints possibly? active ragdoll and weapons might be extremely tedious

you wont have a super nice way of forcing them to stay in position, if this is something like 2 hands on a gun for example

[random sand]

that's what i'm doing right now, a joint from the hand to the weapon but it's hard to control animate and aim

[prisma blaze]

i want to spawn those spinning boxes on a plane, but i also want them to not be too close, so i wrote this function

    private bool IsCloseToAnotherBox(float x_dim, float z_dim)
    {
        var boxPosition = new Vector3(x_dim, 0.5f, z_dim);
        var colliders = Physics.OverlapSphere(boxPosition, 0.75f);
        foreach (var collider in colliders)
        {
            if (collider.gameObject.tag == "SpinningBox" || collider.gameObject.tag == "Player" || collider.gameObject.tag == "Wall")
            {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }```
it works most of the time but there is still some overlapping, the dimensions of every box is 0.25 and the draw sphere is 0.75 so there shouldn't be any overlapping. the screenshot shows the gizmos with 0.75 radius

the parameters come from this function, it keeps generating random values until the function returns false

  private void SpawnSpinningBoxAtRandomPosition(GameObject plane, float x_dim, float z_dim)
    {
        GameObject obj = Instantiate(SpinningBoxPrefab, UnityEngine.Vector3.zero, UnityEngine.Quaternion.identity, plane.transform) as GameObject;
        var x_rand = Random.Range(-x_dim, x_dim);
        var z_rand = Random.Range(-z_dim, z_dim);
        while (IsCloseToAnotherBox(x_rand, z_rand))
        {
            x_rand = Random.Range(-x_dim, x_dim);
            z_rand = Random.Range(-z_dim, z_dim);
        }
        obj.transform.position = new Vector3(x_rand, BoxHeight, z_rand);
    }

[gaunt ice]

i hate var.... have you log the foreach loop and use comparetag instead?

[eternal needle]

what you want kinda depends how you want the game to feel. Like is this some game where shooting should be extremely accurate, or is it some goofy thing where the player just sprays around in whatever direction?
Maybe you can force the weapons rotation and make it kinematic? Honestly i was thinking of what to suggest and im blanking out because theres a lot of different stuff in here. Active ragdolls are more goofy/less accurate and weapons are supposed to be relatively accurate for a nice feel

[prisma blaze]

oh i didn't know compare tag existed

[prisma blaze]

so log every collision ?

[random sand]

it's kind of a goofy game

what i'm thinking is instead of the hands holding the gun

the gun holds the hands up?

[gaunt ice]

first log the colliders.length , then log every gameobject in foreach loop (or use debugger)

[prisma blaze]

every time there is only 1 collider, which is the ground

so they don't detect each other for some reason

nope the function returns true if it detects other colliders

maybe i'm wrong with the radius value?

even when they have .25 radius it still happens

[eternal needle]

itll probably be fine that the hands hold the gun, at the end of the day you'll probably get the same affect from either one. I think you could just attach it via joint and constantly apply a torque to your gun to get it towards the correct rotation

[gaunt ice]

try overlap a large sphere after one box is spawned (put it outside the while loop, just overlap once), maybe cover the whole area, it must overlap the box

[prisma blaze]

i tried running the same overlapsphere method after the while loop, and even doubling the radius from .25 to .5, and it still only get occational collisions with walls

but never boxes, even though they're closer than the wall

maybe i should try drawing box colliders instead? idk how to draw them though

[frozen mantle]

onTriggerEnter() and onTriggerStay() are not multithreaded/multitasked methods, are they?

[gaunt ice]

turn the radius of overlap sphere into 1000
just turn on gizmos then the collider will be drawn

[north kiln]

Unless something explicitly says it is, assume it is not.

[frozen mantle]

okay, i seem to be having an issue where both are being called, but i call Destroy() in onTriggerEnter()

[prisma blaze]

i started getting about 290 collision logs

could it be that unity instantiation takes more than 1 frame or something

but the function isn't running in Update

like can there really be nothing wrong with the function because unity hasn't created a box in that position yet, so the function returns false?

[frozen mantle]

https://gdl.space/ayuvowiyat.cpp here's my script

[gaunt ice]

are you overlapsphere wirh radius 1000 immediately after spawnine all box (no waiting) then is successfully logs all the box? idk how unity physics works

[frozen mantle]

i am trying to destroy the object as soon as it is picked up by the player if they are not on full health, but it seems that it stays around long enough for onTriggerStay() to be called, therefore giving me twice the intended healing amount

can onTriggerEnter and onTriggerStay called on the same frame?

[prisma blaze]

yes i overlapped a 1000 radius sphere after spawning

i think on triggerstay triggers 1 frame after enter. you can set a variable to check with, there might be a better option idk

[gaunt ice]

maybe try overlap a larger sphere while spawning (i have no idea why the sphere looks much larger than the box but it only overlapping the ground)

but once you overlapping a radius 1000 sphere, it works

[prisma blaze]

i really hope it's not a unity bug with my version

i doubt it but i can't think of anything

maybe i'll try spawning them disabled, and then try to put them in the plane properly and enabling them?

[north kiln]

If you're moving objects, those transform changes aren't immediately integrated, as that would be expensive. Calling https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.SyncTransforms.html would sync them in that case. If your call to Instantiate sets the position, I think that would set it before the new object is integrated. If you go through the transform afterwards, it won't update immediately.

  private void SpawnSpinningBoxAtRandomPosition(GameObject plane, float x_dim, float z_dim)
    {
        var x_rand = Random.Range(-x_dim, x_dim);
        var z_rand = Random.Range(-z_dim, z_dim);
        while (IsCloseToAnotherBox(x_rand, z_rand))
        {
            x_rand = Random.Range(-x_dim, x_dim);
            z_rand = Random.Range(-z_dim, z_dim);
        }
        GameObject obj = Instantiate(SpinningBoxPrefab, new Vector3(x_rand, BoxHeight, z_rand), UnityEngine.Quaternion.identity, plane.transform);
        // Redundant: GameObject obj = 
    }

[prisma blaze]

thank you! that solved the problem!

i was looking at the wrong function this whole time

i didn't think that the function not running in an update loop wouldn't make the changes immediately/on the next frame

i need to keep that in mind

[prisma blaze]

which function is better to subscribe to events, awake, onenable or start? or does it not matter?

[strong wren]

Generally Awake/Destroy or OnEnable/OnDisable. Consider whether the component can become disabled and how it should behave in relation to those events.

[prisma blaze]

thanks

[languid spire]

you are using an alpha release of 2023 so the chances of it being a Unity bug are quite high

[prisma blaze]

should i use a lts release?

[languid spire]

Always unless you really know what you are doing or need something very specific

[prisma blaze]

got it, i'll install it soon

[swift sedge]

im still using 2021 lts, but there's no need to change so thats why im keeping it

[prisma blaze]

"if it ain't broken don't fix it"

[languid spire]

good plan, I still do a lot in 2019,4 and (mainly) 2020

[swift sedge]

some games like war robots (Pixonic) are still using 2017

[languid spire]

yep, I still have a lot of 5.6 and 2017, 2018 projects

[random sand]

how would you get the vector of direction needed to look at something

[strong wren]

Vector3 direction = (toPos - fromPos).normalized

[keen dew]

To look at something you need a rotation, not a direction

what you probably really need is https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.LookAt.html or similar

[random sand]

    {
        if (target != null)
        {

            Vector3 lookDirection = target.position - transform.position;


            cj.targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(lookDirection);


        }
    }

would this work where cj is a configurablejoint?

[prisma blaze]

what's wrong here? i'm trying to get the textmeshpro components from ScoreText and ScoreValue

getcomponents in children returns a single component

i know i could use GetChild(0) but i want to know what's wrong with what i wrote

[cosmic dagger]

are you getting the correct component?

are they UI or 3d text?

also, do you get an error or what?

[prisma blaze]

they're just null

just ui

[keen dew]

and why are you using Find instead of serialized fields

[cosmic dagger]

TextMeshPro is for 3d text, not UI . . .

[prisma blaze]

oh

[prisma blaze]

i couldn't find a way to bring a component to another object so i just decided to find it in awake

i should have probably looked that up first

[cosmic dagger]

use TextMeshProUGUI or just TMP_Text (works for both 3d and UI) instead . . .

[keen dew]

[SerializeField] private TMP_Text scoreText; and drag the object into the field

[cosmic dagger]

if you're trying to get components from child GameObjects, just use [SerializeField] and assign them from the inspector . . .

[prisma blaze]

ah, i tried to drag the component instead

[keen dew]

Both work but if you had the wrong type then obviously it won't work either way

[cosmic dagger]

it's cause you had the wrong component type, that's why it didn't work . . .

[prisma blaze]

i tried to use serialize field but when i dragged the component, i couldn't make unity focus on the object i wanted, hovering wouldn't change the inspector contents, dropping it there just added a new component to it

[keen dew]

You can lock the inspector contents with the lock icon

[prisma blaze]

how would i get the component then?

[keen dew]

open another inspector that's not locked

but doesn't really matter, just drag the object

[prisma blaze]

i didn't know you could do that lol

i just found the option

thanks

[mossy arrow]

what do i do when i lost date
how can i get it back

[languid spire]

do not cross post

[mossy arrow]

what is that!!!

what is cross post

[dry tendon]

does someone know why when i buid a project 2d for android the game look like it would have 30 fps? Its just a flappy bird... so the game its quite simple

[languid spire]

30fps is the default for mobile

[dry tendon]

how can i increase them?

it looks horrible

The jump of the bird looks weird and not very fluid

[languid spire]

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

[keen dew]

I doubt it's a frame rate problem. Frame rate doesn't/shouldn't cause changes in how objects move

[dry tendon]

In my computer its quite soft the movement

[gaunt ice]

it will, the higher frame rate, the objects will move "smoother"

[keen dew]

If only the bird looks weird and nothing else then it's not a frame rate issue

other than maybe indirectly

[dry tendon]

all objects looks weird, but specially the bird...

So, i just need to create an script and paste this? ```cs
using UnityEngine;

public class Example
{
void Start()
{
// Make the game run as fast as possible
Application.targetFrameRate = -1;
// Limit the framerate to 60
Application.targetFrameRate = 60;
}
}```

and drag it for example into an object called fps controller

[cyan horizon]

apparently this makes u jump up higher if u hold down for longee, but how does it work?

also what button is ('Jump')?

[gaunt ice]

i remember the button is setted in project setting

[cyan horizon]

huh?

idk what the means if im honest

[dry tendon]

edit > project settings > input manager

[cyan horizon]

so if the game was published would my selected input be the same for everyone else?

or would it vary depending on the other persons selected input

[languid spire]

that will not make you jump higher if the button is held down for longer. GetButtonUp only fires when you release the button

[dry tendon]

To solve my fps problem i just need to do what I said a few messages abobe?

[dry tendon]

.

[cyan horizon]

well then it technically does as when u let go, it sets ur velocity to that value causing u to fall, so if u hold for longer before letting go, then u will go higher before getting that value set on ur velocity right?

this is the whole thing

its basically from a character controller script

steve smith thanks for the help u helped me understand now

[languid spire]

do you think that will work?

[dry tendon]

no

[languid spire]

neither do I

[dry tendon]

but its said here

[languid spire]

well it's wrong. It's missing something absolutely crucial

[dry tendon]

What is it?

[languid spire]

don't you see it?

what does a class need to have if the Start method is to be executed?

[dry tendon]

oh yeah

monobehaviour

[languid spire]

exactly

[dry tendon]

and that will work correctly?

[languid spire]

maybe, try it and find out

[dry tendon]

just one thing, why i would like to limit fps rate?

[languid spire]

conserve battery power, stop overheating for 2 reasons

[dry tendon]

true

thanks

[north kiln]

Stopping unnecessary hogging of the GPU. Often uncapped framerates will also cause unpleasant coil whine noises from GPUs

[keen dew]

30 fps is not janky so I'd be surprised if that solves the problem but if it does then great

[languid spire]

depends on how well/badly it's been implemented

@dry tendon One thing you could try is to limit your fps to 30 on your computer and see what happens to your game

[dry tendon]

thats exacly what i thougt

now i say you

ok, so

in my computer that limit works

now i'm gonna build it and see what it happens

[silent idol]

Sometimes the OnMouseDown/Up command work and sometimes they don't

although the scripts are very similar in both cases

Yes I have checked allignment and collider/trigger

[grizzled wraith]

i need help

on how i can have my particle system on play while the player is running

[ashen ferry]

how do u move ur player

[swift sedge]

set the transforms position to a vector3

[grizzled wraith]

how bout meee

[ashen ferry]

oh I was asking bloo how does he moves the player but actually it doesnt matter u should have running bool then u like

[swift sedge]

in the update method, check if they are running and play the particles

[ashen ferry]

var emission = urParticleSystem.emission;
emission.enabled = running; in update and it should work

[short hazel]

Particles systems have an emission rate over velocity module. Tweaked right, you shouldn't need to program anything in C# to make it work

[ashen ferry]

over distance yea I forgor

but he wants it when he is running

what abt walking

[grizzled wraith]

yeah i do that then it only plays AFTER i stop pressing the key for it to run

[grizzled wraith]

oh i dont have separate

just running

[ashen ferry]

then its just when moving and theres "rate over distance" in ur particle system

[short hazel]

Even if you have multiple walking speeds, you can use a curve for the emission rate

[grizzled wraith]

how does the emission rate over distance work

[ashen ferry]

it emits some particles per unit travelled

never heard abt the curve where its at

[grizzled wraith]

so i just keep it on loop
and start on awake

[short hazel]

Aside the field where you input the value, there's a small dropdown where you can select between "single value", "random between two values", or "curve"

[grizzled wraith]

okay imma continue this after dinner

[ashen ferry]

oh dayum

[grizzled wraith]

ty, ur gonna make sum taiwanese exchange students happy

[lone sable]

I got a slightly weird problem? I'm trying to create a good ol' Singleton. This is the awake function for it:

void Awake() {
        Debug.Log("This first?");

        if (Instance == null) Instance = this;
        else Destroy(gameObject);

        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
    }

Then on another script I'm trying to call it OnEnable.

void OnEnable() {
        Debug.Log("Hello");
                Singleton.Instance.DoSomething();

The problem is, Hello comes out first? Its very weird? I also changed the ScriptExecution order for the Singleton to start sooner.

Any ideas why that might be happening?

[languid spire]

OnEnable executes before Awake, Also your Awake code is incorrect

[lone sable]

What. No it doesn't.

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

[strong wren]

You sure?

[short hazel]

Awake and OnEnable run sequentially yes, it's not like Start and Update

But Awake is first

Not "all Awake", then "all OnEnable"

[young warren]

is the singleton already in the scene before playmode?

[gaunt ice]

same object awake->onenable->other object...

[languid spire]

Sorry I missed the 'Other script' bit

[lone sable]

Yes. As are the obejcts calling the onenable in this case.

[ashen ferry]

use Start if u want to be everything ready in other scripts I think

[short hazel]

Awake, initialize yourself. Start, get refs from others

[lone sable]

I spawn objects in at runtime via a pool. Some objects are in at runtime, others need to fire with OnEnable.

This is just the first time this is happening to me.

[short hazel]

That way everything will always be initialized at the time you start getting references from other objects

[languid spire]

Anyway the Awake is still wrong

[lone sable]

Instead of just saying its wrong you could explain how its wrong.

[languid spire]

Potential DDOL on a Destroyed object

[ashen ferry]

bruh I was looking at it and was thinking why as well the fact Destroy isnt "return" out of method still gets me