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[timber tide]

I can understand what you're coming from, but prefabs and SOs are two different concepts, with prefabs being a saved set of gameobjects while SOs are templates for data. Both can be used interchangeably with each other.

[subtle folio]

If i understand correctly, say i make a SO of a bird, and make prefabs of different bird species based on the bird SO?

[timber tide]

It depends how exactly you want to design it, but usually you can just use a single prefab and have a collection of SOs for species.

[subtle folio]

I think i got the gist of it. Tysm

[timber tide]

It's a simple implementation idea assuming that the species prefab (components) doesn't change at all. Basically, you just load the data from the SOs for what type of species it should be and then populate it from them.

[timber tide]

You can also make prefab variants, basically using that one specific prefab and overriding some values for when you do want to just input some data yourself. This idea works great for working on the scene, while the other idea is ideally for instantiating them directly with the SO.

There's a lot of ways about it.

[pliant bridge]

whats the best way to make a 2d character check if its next to a wall?
most tutorials out there teaches how to use ray casts, overlaps circle and stuff but they always have blind spots where it wont check and covering them manually isnt very ideal, where/how can I learn the best way to do that?

[timber tide]

Overlap shouldnt have blindspots

But if you want to use Unity's trigger collider methods: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.html

[nocturne parcel]

overlaps don't have blind spots tho, it literally goes around your whole character. Maybe you mean it can get stuck on corners, etc, if checking for collisions when moving?

If so, there are some tutorials out there dealing with this

But if it's for checking stuff, if shouldn't have blind spots

[ruby elk]

Quick question for one of y'all, I made 0 changes to a script between yesterday and today and now the script is greyed out for all objects its on in the inspector. Does anyone have any ideas what that reason could be? I'm posting the inspector with a greyed out script vs non greyed. The code too. I'm sure the code is most likely idiotic since its essentially a single line but thats what (used to) works for me so I didn't want to change it. I will also post the code that is giving the error saying the greyed out script doesnt exist.

This was literally working yesterday but not today.

[teal viper]

Didn't the name of the file change?

Or the class name

[ruby elk]

SwordDamage. Always

[teal viper]

Are the 2 components on the first screenshot supposed to be "before vs now"? Or did I misunderstand?

[ruby elk]

No no, those were just on the same inspector of a sorta what a working one looks like (movement) vs not

And frankly I don't know where the checkmark went on the Movement script but I'm not too worried about that

[teal viper]

Because you said "I'm posting the inspector with a greyed out script vs non greyed out", so I thought it was before - after...

[cosmic dagger]

Try dragging another SwordDamage script component on the GameObject to see if it appears correctly . . .

[ruby elk]

Yeah I worded it horribly

[keen dew]

This says both SwordScript and SwordMovement. That can't happen unless you've renamed the class or file

I suggest you just remove the scripts from the object and re-add them

[ruby elk]

Oh I just noticed that. I don't know why it did that

[cosmic dagger]

The SwordDamage does not show correctly. Rename the script and file name of SwordMovement to be the same . . .

[ruby elk]

Damage and Movement are different scripts

[cosmic dagger]

I know . . .

[teal viper]

Try reading the components. If the issue persists, share the whole script as well as a screenshot of the file name.

[cosmic dagger]

Make sure Movement has the same file name and class name . . .

[ruby elk]

Oh gotcha. Yes they are the same

[cosmic dagger]

Then drag the Damage script on the GameObject and see if it appears correctly . . .

[ruby elk]

Once again, Unity loves to do its own thing and managed to rename the class...

[tacit grotto]

I have an error on every rand.Next(), how do I fix it?

SpriteRenderer Sprite;
class Random;
Random rand = new Random();

void Start()
{
  Sprite = GetComponentInChildren<SpriteRenderer>();
  Sprite.color = new Color(rand.Next(100, 201) / 255, rand.Next(100, 201) / 255, rand.Next(100, 201) / 255);
}

[cosmic dagger]

Care to share what the error is?

[tacit grotto]

I don't have my computer on me, I will be able to tell after 30mins

[ruby elk]

Still getting an error when trying to now put SwordDamage onto the object. I'll put SS of the codes, filenames, and error of course, for both scripts.

And nothing on the console

[keen dew]

class Random; what is this supposed to be

[cosmic dagger]

Do you have errors in your console?

[ruby elk]

no

[cosmic dagger]

class Random; doesn't make any sense. What is that supposed to be?

[keen dew]

Why aren't you using Unity's Random anyway

[cosmic dagger]

Didn't catch it earlier, but did you change any class or file names recently. That's what the problem seems like . . .

I'd re-open unity to see if it fixes itself . . .

[ruby elk]

If you look at the top of the code SS it has the filename and I did reopen it but I'll do it again just in case

[tacit grotto]

Random rand = new Random(); throws out an error otherwise.

[teal viper]

Show us the relevant files in the project window and their inspectors. Vs code can sometimes lose sync with the project and show you things that don't exist.

[ruby elk]

Per Microsoft documentation on Random

[tacit grotto]

yes

[keen dew]

So you decided to fix that error by creating your own Random class

[tacit grotto]

Oh

makes sense

[keen dew]

If you really want to use C#'s own Random class then you need using System;

[cosmic dagger]

Knowing what these errors were (are) would greatly help in solving the problem. My guess is it was an ambiguous error between System.Random and UnityEngine.Random?

[keen dew]

but why use that when you have UnityEngine.Random

[tacit grotto]

Didn't know it existed.

Just a skill issue

[cosmic dagger]

New skill acquired . . .

[keen dew]

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

and the solution to the next issue is that you need either (float)Random.Range(100, 201) or Random.Range(100f, 200f) for the color to work properly

[tacit grotto]

Didn't know that you could get future telling skills by developing your coding skills enough.

[ruby elk]

Solved my issue by deleting the SwordDamage script, creating it new and retyping. Maybe cause I didn't have a Start()? Either way its fixed so thanks yall

[teal viper]

Start is unrelated.

[ruby elk]

I figured

[cosmic dagger]

Sometimes you have to recreate the script or the GameObject with the scripts attached to work. I was hoping to avoid that. Start is unrelated though . . .

[ruby elk]

Lucky enough it was my only code with 1 line of functionality

[burnt vapor]

Configure your !ide first.

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[burnt vapor]

Which is part of the problem, by the way.

[ruby elk]

Which was done when I initially installed Unity...

[burnt vapor]

Judging by the screenshots you shared, this is not the case and something went wrong. Please follow the steps above

[ruby elk]

I did. And All of those setting, extensions, packages, are already installed and up to date.

Either way it doesn't make much difference to me as I don't think VSC can tell me that I need to delete my code and recreate it.

[burnt vapor]

I say again, your screenshots prove otherwise. Your issue also suggests there is a compiler error which causes Unity to lose context. I expect your editor to provide this error if it's a runtim error, and I expect it to properly support the syntax of your code. It does neither.

It's required you configure your editor properly before you ask a question because your editor is made to provide you with errors it can find, and it does not do that currently

[ruby elk]

Then why does my code autofill with unity recommendations?

(genuine question not trying to be rude)

[burnt vapor]

Either because it's partially configured or because it is a suggestion based on existing code

It's hard to tell with Visual Studio Code, and one of the reasons why you should not use it for Unity; setting it up is way more difficult than it should be

[ruby elk]

Most likely partially configured in that case.

[burnt vapor]

I suggest you see about using Visual Studio

[ruby elk]

I just installed it, will look into it more tomorrow.

[topaz mortar]

I have a Character gameobject that as a child has a healthbar gameobject
The character has a script Character that controls it's health
Do I add the healthbar as a variable (field?) in my character script and then drag it to link them?
Or do I use the GetComponent function?
Does it matter?

[strong wren]

Generally best to inject those dependencies through the inspector whenever possible.

[timber tide]

I usually expose fields for UI related stuff, but otherwise I'm usually just using GetComponent in their awake methods.

[topaz mortar]

Why?

[timber tide]

It's just cleaner on the editor.

For the UI however, they are usually composed of a larger hierarchy, so it's preferable that you just tell it where the references are.

If it's something that you are going to be instantiating a lot of - like say some prefabs. That's a situation where you could consider just assigning it on the editor.

[rough hill]

Im using RecenterToTargetHeading with Cinemachine to recentre my camera. After I press the button the camera recenters as intended but after releasing the button my camera starts tilting downwards. What am I doing wrong?

[north kiln]

You need to start by configuring your !ide

[eternal falcon]

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[north kiln]

After that, the question might be more relevant to #🎥┃cinemachine

[topaz mortar]

Is it ok to use the Find function when spawning a new monster so I can get it's healthbar in my combat script?
Or should I really avoid that function?

[timber tide]

Find is useful for preload scene reference bindings like linking objects to game managers, or other similar related gameobjects. But other than that you want to reduce the amount of searching through the scene.

[topaz mortar]

Ah nvm, apparently this works even if Slider is an object and not a component?
monsterHealthSlider = currentMonster.GetComponentInChildren<Slider>();

wait it is a component as well, so it's probably grabbing that

[royal linden]

why doesnt it work :~?

[timber tide]

Which can also be avoided by just using a singleton for these manager classes.

[timber tide]

red squigly there

[languid spire]

because you dont have a variable called y

[royal linden]

ok ty

[topaz mortar]

Is there a way to make a [SerializeField] read only in the inspector?

[north kiln]

With a simple property drawer, yes. Eg. https://github.com/vertxxyz/Vertx.Attributes/blob/master/Editor/ReadOnlyDrawer.cs

[vale blade]

Say I have if (Foo() || Bar())
Bar() isn't called if Foo() is already true right?

[languid spire]

yes, that is correct

[vale blade]

looking to make this code a bit more concise, and I got a little bug where Y was not handled if X was already handled. Thought it was that, but thanks for confirming it.

Any suggestions as to make this more concise? I'm not sure if method extraction using ref even makes more sense here than just duplicating the calculation code?

private void Update()
{
    var screenMiddle = new Vector2(Screen.width / 2f, Screen.height / 2f);
    var mousePosScreen = Mouse.current.position.ReadValue();

    var deltaMouseToMiddle = (screenMiddle - mousePosScreen);
    var dirMouseToMiddle = deltaMouseToMiddle.normalized;

    var lookingAhead = HandleAxis(ref _transposer.m_ScreenX, deltaMouseToMiddle.x, screenMiddle.x, dirMouseToMiddle.x,
            _minPercentFromCenter.x, _sensitivity.x, _minScreenOffset.x, _maxScreenOffset.x);
    lookingAhead |= HandleAxis(ref _transposer.m_ScreenY, deltaMouseToMiddle.y, screenMiddle.y, -dirMouseToMiddle.y, 
            _minPercentFromCenter.y, _sensitivity.y, _minScreenOffset.y, _maxScreenOffset.y);

    if (lookingAhead) return;

    _transposer.m_ScreenX = Mathf.Lerp(_transposer.m_ScreenX, 0.5f, _smoothing);
    _transposer.m_ScreenY = Mathf.Lerp(_transposer.m_ScreenY, 0.5f, _smoothing);
}



private bool HandleAxis(ref float screenPosition, float deltaMouseToMiddle, float middle,
    float dirMouseToMiddle, float minPercentFromCenter,
    float sensitivity, float minScreenOffset, float maxScreenOffset)
{
    var percentFromCenter = Mathf.Abs(deltaMouseToMiddle) / middle; 
    if (percentFromCenter < minPercentFromCenter) return false;

    screenPosition = Mathf.Clamp(screenPosition + dirMouseToMiddle * sensitivity, minScreenOffset, maxScreenOffset);
    return true;
}

[topaz mortar]

Why is this not allowed?
float b = 1.3;

[languid spire]

because 1.3 is a double not a float

[topaz mortar]

isn't a double just a larger number float?

[keen dew]

Yes it is, that's why it's not allowed

[lost hamlet]

1.3f is a float however

[languid spire]

not quite but converting from double to float would require down casting and c# will not do that automatically

[topaz mortar]

but 1.3 is tiny? why is it not a float?

[frosty hound]

Because it's a double

A doesn't have to be a large number. It just can be a large number.

[languid spire]

the default type for numbers with decimals is double

[lost hamlet]

A float has f at the end of it

[topaz mortar]

hmm

[lost hamlet]

If it doesn't, it's a double

[languid spire]

that is like saying 1 is tiny so why is it an int not a byte

[topaz mortar]

and then Mathf.Pow only works on floats, not doubles?

[royal linden]

help

[topaz mortar]

I must be doing something wrong

[tacit estuary]

Mathf is Unity’s math class for floats.
You can use C#’s math class for doubles https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.math.pow?view=net-7.0#system-math-pow(system-double-system-double)

[keen dew]

Why don't you just pass a float to it then

[topaz mortar]

yeah I guess that's easiest lol

[ashen ferry]

anyone knows if by the time SceneManager.activeSceneChanged is called is next scene loaded and I can call scripts there or not yet

[topaz mortar]

just trying to figure out if I'm doing something wrong or not

[keen dew]

well it doesn't even compile so

[stiff kettle]

yo idk if its a dumb question but i installed both unity and VS and i have configured it just like the tutorial said but now a few days later it stoped working( the autocomplt and stuff)
what am i missing here?

[royal linden]

can someone help me my pc like 3 fps and ive waited 14 mins for code to run

[burnt vapor]

This is not a coding question. Unless you know the related code you should ask a proper question in #💻┃unity-talk

[royal linden]

woudl be helpfull if you replied on how to cancel it

[topaz mortar]

well I'm just smart enough to figure out to turn it into a float (which is why I was asking what a float was) 😛

just wondering why it's designed like that

[royal linden]

plus i did

[topaz mortar]

seems like by default it wants me to use Double, but then it forces me to use Float

[burnt vapor]

🤷‍♂️

Unity compiling is not modifying your files, so you can cancel it with no risk

[keen dew]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[languid spire]

you are confusing 2 things. C# default is double but unity uses floats

[keen dew]

The compiler can't make subjective evaluations like "this number is small so let's make it a float"

You have to tell it what data type to use

[tacit estuary]

In the real world, most people use doubles. Floats (32 bit) are faster and more space efficient than doubles (64 bit) which is why they are used in game programming where the precision doesn’t matter that much and speed is pretty important

[formal bolt]

hey im making a undertale fangame and how to make player can only in my square sprite?

[burnt vapor]

There's also very little reason to have a bigger number than what a 32-bit number allows. If you reach that limit you usually have the knowledge to extend it

[formal bolt]

is there any detection that is likey i can use it

[topaz mortar]

It was just very confusing to me that you have to add the f for a float, never ran into anything like that in PHP or JS

[wintry quarry]

C# uses doubles by default for literals because most computers these days are 64 bit.

Floats are more of a specialized data type now for special applications. Unity happens to be one of those

[keen dew]

PHP and JS don't have separate data types for float and double

[turbid glacier]

yo my bro please add me as a friend

[daring sinew]

???

[north kiln]

!warn 613067723551014912 do not use this discord to randomly solicit friend requests

[eternal falcon]

verletswing has been warned.

[turbid glacier]

@daring sinew hello I see you are making a 2D drag racing game, I am also in the process of doing so and there is 0 info online relating to helping me make this, unfortunately you have your dms and friend requests turned off so reply to this so we could hopefully talk about this thank you

[turbid glacier]

is that message okay?

[north kiln]

No, #📖┃code-of-conduct

[turbid glacier]

I meant the one I just sent

[north kiln]

- • @ or reply to people not in the conversation. Use common sense here, please.

[daring sinew]

thanks for sending context, i was very confused and annoyed by that random ping, i can help you out.

[turbid glacier]

sorry mate I was just very surprised that someone has messages about the exact topic I was looking for

And I just kinda typed really fast and pinged you my bad

[lavish grotto]

Just wanted to send a thanks for your suggestion ❤️ I got it working in about 1.5 hours. 🙂

[daring sinew]

i see

[turbid glacier]

If you wanna talk here we can or DMs I don’t mind

how far have you gotten with your game

[daring sinew]

car mechanics, speedo/distancemeter stuff, etc

what are you capable of doing?

[turbid glacier]

ahhh so you’re pretty damn good at coding then

[daring sinew]

pretty new but eh

[turbid glacier]

not much tbh 😭 I’ve got a car that accelerates and stops

but can’t figure out now to do grip

I tried adding mass or drag as online people have posted about that but it doesn’t really works

Yet to wrap my head around adding vehicles upgrades and mods

[finite star]

Perhaps use physics materials?

[turbid glacier]

maybe I’m a mooron but I thought drag and mass was under the physics materials thing

[daring sinew]

same, but it should be simple to add more cars, unsure about upgrades/mods, idk how to make saving system yet

[turbid glacier]

Yeah I saw you posting about that

[finite star]

I thought it was under rigidbody no?

[turbid glacier]

All this stuff is actually so confusing

[daring sinew]

indeed

[turbid glacier]

I was adding mass to the wheel collider

[finite star]

JSON reading and writing

[daring sinew]

yes, but i dont get it

[turbid glacier]

how have you done gears and stuff

[daring sinew]

yes

[finite star]

I see, try adding a physics material and mess around with the friction values

[daring sinew]

i have manual gears done

[turbid glacier]

very nice

I downloaded a 2d drag racing game on GitHub and they have car mods I think

Maybe I’ll try learn from that

[daring sinew]

i misread, i used chatgpt and edited the code a lot

[turbid glacier]

ohhhhh

I didn’t even think about using chatgbt that’s so smart

[daring sinew]

i just needed acceleration, not manual gears

[daring sinew]

it honestly sucks most of the time

i had to edit the code a lot to fix it

[turbid glacier]

Did chatgbt give you the gears and stuff

[finite star]

It’s a great tool if you know how to use it. It’s good for helping with and debugging code, but it’s not good at writing it

[open apex]

Hello! I am watching a video and when writing a code on visual studio https://prnt.sc/MK2bGBoEad6p this thing under the code comes up to help complete the code faster, but when I'm using visual studio I am not getting the same thing under the code, without it I am usually spelling something wrong https://prnt.sc/UXPkY_spgN7v . How can I fix this?

[daring sinew]

yes, but i could have done it myself already

[north kiln]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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[finite star]

Is your IDE configured?

[turbid glacier]

how long have you been making this project and coding because I’m trying to get an idea of now difficult this will be

I have some amazing ideas for the game but the only thing holding me back is having the basic things coded

like driving and gears

[open apex]

I don't know what IDE is

[turbid glacier]

I can do the rest like scenes and etc etc

[finite star]

@open apex

[finite star]

I would he happy to help either of you if necessary. I’m burnt out from working on my own projects but I’m always happy to help with other peoples work

[turbid glacier]

Thank you so much bro that’s very kind of you

maybe at some point we could great a group chat or something

[turbid glacier]

added you

[daring sinew]

sure

could we 3 make a group or?

[finite star]

Send me a friend request rq

[finite star]

Yeah I’ll set it up

[open apex]

https://prnt.sc/UZk55ZhLoxhH

which one should I download

community?

[north kiln]

Or you just configure the IDE you are already using

instead of downloading a different one. Though VS Community is better, you should download it via the Unity Hub if you want to use it

[finite star]

Community

[open apex]

ok

[turbid glacier]

Yeah

I’m leaving collage now to catch bud

Bus***

Will send my code when I’m back so you guys can examine it if you want

[topaz mortar]

Could/should I use a "ulong" instead of "double" for my experience system? numbers should all be integers

[open apex]

I'm bout to cry

😭

[keen dew]

What is the largest number that the experience system needs to handle?

[topaz mortar]

just download community edition then follow the steps in #854851968446365696 to set it up for unity, that's what I did

[topaz mortar]

2.231.401.599.869 for now 😛

I mean for now even a regular int is probably fine, but I dunno where my game might go after some updates

[keen dew]

Things like serializing can get annoying with the more exotic data types so you should really consider if you really need that big numbers or if you could change the design

[topaz mortar]

so long is probably better? or just keep double?

[keen dew]

int is better

But if that's not big enough then it doesn't matter if it's long or ulong

[topaz mortar]

Double sounds better for my experience system though

don't really care about the precision that much once the numbers get really big

float is probably fine too

[ashen ferry]

u can make ur own type like one int stands for how many max integer limits u reached and another as progress towards another limit lol then u can go into gazillion billion trillions or whatever

[topaz mortar]

I'd rather just keep it simple lol

[ashen ferry]

yea for the record my idea was stupid I found out theres BigInteger with seemingly no big catch to using it

[topaz mortar]

yeah saw that somewhere as well, but still too much for my current game

[polar acorn]

If you need ints bigger than max int, then you don't really have any other options

[open apex]

YES MR WHITE

I think I did it B)

does it save automatically?

is there a save button?

(the settings)

I did it 😎

Thanks for the help yall

[gaunt snow]

I had the same problem and just came to check out the unity discord server and dam. That solved my problem lol

[open apex]

I don't know what I would have done without the help I have got

(probably cry 😭 )

[gaunt snow]

Lol yea I spent like 2 and a half hours just setting up unity cause of the file location. I could not get a project open lol. Eventually I learnt that I coulda just changed the whole file location in 5 mins.

[open apex]

:DD

[stone shoal]

Is it possible to add 2 events on 1 line to a Button.OnClick.AddListener?

[rich adder]

wdym two events ?

[stone shoal]

                pauseMenuManager.forwardButtonPM.onClick.AddListener(() => StartAssigment("forward"));
                pauseMenuManager.forwardButtonPM.onClick.AddListener(() => SendText(forwardText));

This is what I got now, so then is it possible to combine it by adding the sendtext part to the first add listener

to make it more compact, less lines of codes

[rich adder]

put them in the same method instead of anonymouse function

[stone shoal]

What do you mean "instead of anonymouse function"

[summer stump]

Make a method with the StartAssignment and SendText calls in it. Subscribe just that method.

You are creating "anonymous" functions by writing () =>

[rich adder]

        pauseMenuManager.onClick.AddListener(MyMethod);
    }
    void MyMethod()
    {
        StartAssigment("forward"));
        SendText(forwardText));
    }```

[stone shoal]

That's not going to work sadly with the way I have made my script

Or I would have half to remake half of my entire script

[rich adder]

how so?

[summer stump]

How could that be possible? You would only have to add something

[stone shoal]

StartAssignment uses a string to find the name of a key. Those strings are connected to the buttons you click on. That keyname is used in a switch case, to see which keybind has to be changed.

[summer stump]

So have the method take a parameter of the button name

[stone shoal]

Nope

Not the button name, a string which is being used for a switch case.

[languid spire]

try

        button.onClick.AddListener(() => { MethodA(); MethodB(); });

[stone shoal]

Thanks!

[rich adder]

how would that make any significant difference to what was suggested. Anyway you can use what SteveSmith sent,
You can't unsubscribe/remove listeners this way

[summer stump]

I meant a string that represents the button name, like you had before....

[obtuse oar]

is there a method header comment assist like in IntelliJ with Java for VS with C#? in IntelliJ typing "/**" then pressing enter sets up a header comment for you

[languid spire]

use /// to create a summary comment

[ashen ferry]

is header like above everything for stuff like author

[obtuse oar]

I dont think that achieves what I want though unless i'm using it wrong

[languid spire]

    /// <summary>
    /// 
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="ok"></param>
    public Test(bool ok)

[obtuse oar]

this is what I mean

[ashen ferry]

just write /// as he said and it will make the template for u

[obtuse oar]

upon typing "/**" followed by enter it fills in all the params and return for you

[polar acorn]

use /// to create a summary comment

[swift crag]

pretty sure that's JavaDoc-specific styling

[obtuse oar]

you just have to add the descriptions

[ashen ferry]

/// does that

[swift crag]

C# uses summary comments with XML markup

VS should be able to generate the comment for you based on the method.

[polar acorn]

Before typing ///:

[swift crag]

VSCode sure does.

[polar acorn]

After:

[swift crag]

I should really use these...

[obtuse oar]

hm maybe it's because most of my variables are declared outside the methods

[swift crag]

well, then, yes

those aren't parameters

so they won't appear in the list of parameters

[polar acorn]

Javadoc wouldn't get those either

[swift crag]

that wouldn't happen with --

yeah

[obtuse oar]

yeah sorry, complete dumb moment from me

ty for the "///" thing though, didnt know abt that

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/xmldoc/recommended-tags?redirectedfrom=MSDN

You can also attach these to fields

or, more generally, any class member

it goes before the attribute, which results in an annoying ordering here

[obtuse oar]

yeah i find it much easier to reference those types of comments than to just spam inline ones

especially since they are readable from outside the class istelf if the method is used, at least that's how it works in IntelliJ with java

my experience is 90% IntelliJ with java so that's all i have to pull from

[swift crag]

hopefully, fields don't require a long diatribe to explain

[obtuse oar]

working within a team of people with very different styles of thinking is difficult, just trying to find ways to make communication on my methods easier

[swift crag]

Oh yeah, definitely work on filling out those summaries.

[topaz mortar]

More weird noob questions 🙂
I have a Character script that tracks all my character stuff, like stats
There are several buttons that each increase a specific stat
Is it bad to set a reference on each button to my character script in the editor?

[swift crag]

(and maybe get more aggressive with your access modifiers)

[swift crag]

If you have LOTS of them, it would be worth automatically creating all of the buttons from a prefab.

[topaz mortar]

nah just 3

[swift crag]

But I see nothing wrong with having a couple of buttons you have to manually reference.

[obtuse oar]

are you saying setting everything to public isnt smart

[topaz mortar]

I'm just not used to draggin stuff like you do in Unity and it doesn't make a lot of sense to me
To me it feels like I'm copying my character script on all the buttons

[swift crag]

You're referencing the Character component.

Whenever you drag something into a field in the inspector, you're referencing it

a reference isn't a copy; it's just saying "i use that object over there"

[topaz mortar]

Does it matter if I drag it from my Hierarchy or from my Project folder?

[topaz mortar]

ah that make a lot of sense 🙂

[swift crag]

Yes. I presume you're talking about the UnityEvent "on click" field on the button?

[topaz mortar]

yeah

[swift crag]

you're targeting whatever you drag in there

If you drag a script asset into it from the Project window, you're trying to target the script asset itself

which is not what you want

[polar acorn]

Those are two different objects

[swift crag]

You want to tell a specific instance of the player to increase their strength stat by 1

The script asset is used by Unity to track which script file is responsible for which component

[topaz mortar]

So I want to drag the script reference on my character onto them?

[swift crag]

Correct.

[topaz mortar]

cool, thx a lot 🙂

[swift crag]

you would also not want to drag in a prefab with the character component on it

that would be less wrong (it'd indeed be the actual character component, not the script asset for the character component)

but you would be changing the stats of some prefab that doesn't even exist in your game

instead of, you know, your actual player's stats

[pliant bridge]

i meant that its format is just not ideal at least for my character, i wanna check if its touching a wall and have a different checker for each side,
if I make the circle overlap too big i end up checking too far from where my character actually is, and too small makes some areas where my character may touch a wall where the circler overlap doesnt cover for not being big enough if you know what I mean,
i could make multiple overlaps to cover the height of my character but sounds a bit unpractical so I wanted to know if there was a more ideal way

[pliant bridge]

thx ill check it out

[summer stump]

Perhaps you would also be interested in using different shapes. I get what you mean about the circle being too big/small when trying to get it to work

Instead try a overlapcapsule or overlapbox
That could give you a lot better coverage the way you seem to want it.

[obtuse oar]

is this how a summary should look?

    /// <summary>
    /// This method sets the numbers for the choices box the script is attatched to, additionally it makes sure that none of the numbers in the duplicates parameter are present in this choices box <para/>
    /// <paramref name="duplicates"/> -
    /// This parameter is the list of duplicates for the two other choices boxes in this column
    /// </summary>
    public void SetNums(List<int> duplicates) {

[swift crag]

you should just use <param> to list the params out

[languid spire]

I dont know where you get <para/> from. Parameter definition should end with </param> as show in the 2 examples above

[swift crag]

<paramref> is used to reference another parameter in your text

[languid spire]

@obtuse oar #💻┃code-beginner message

[obtuse oar]

oh okay, i just let it autofill the "paramref" thing, was an option after typing "pa" lol

[swift crag]

The entire thing should be auto-generated for you after doing ///

[obtuse oar]

it did not auto generate the first time, that's odd

worked this time

Should I put summaries on classes as well?

[swift crag]

I suppose it's nice to explain why something exists.

You should talk with your team about what they would find useful

[pliant bridge]

ic, perfect, I should have thought of that before🤦‍♂️
is there a debug function for me to measure its size in game?
or some other way for me to make it match my player's size?

[verbal dome]

Gizmos.DrawSphere/DrawCube/DrawWireCube etc.
If youre talking about physics.overlap

[obtuse oar]

goin through and commenting made me realize how inefficient this method looks, any ideas on improving this?
overall goal of the method, which is on a button, determine if the button is an up button or a down button. Then just adding functionality to have the numbers roll over from 0-9 since this is for incrementing a single digit box

    private void OnMouseDown() {
        if (Up) {
            if (selection_Box_Controller.currNum < 9) {
                selection_Box_Text.text = (++selection_Box_Controller.currNum).ToString();
            } else {
                selection_Box_Controller.currNum = 0;
                selection_Box_Text.text = selection_Box_Controller.currNum.ToString();
            }
        } else {
            if (selection_Box_Controller.currNum > 0) {
                selection_Box_Text.text = (--selection_Box_Controller.currNum).ToString();
            } else {
                selection_Box_Controller.currNum = 9;
                selection_Box_Text.text = selection_Box_Controller.currNum.ToString();
            }
        }
        selection_Box_Controller.CheckNum();
    }

[polar acorn]

Add or subtract based on the button, then set the number to that number mod 10, then set the text

[obtuse oar]

would that work for negatives?

[polar acorn]

I believe so, but I've just rememberd C# doesn't actually have modulo, it has remainder so let me double check

[obtuse oar]

that's a smart way to go about it though, that didnt even cross my mind lol

[polar acorn]

No, it does not. So you'd do (x + 10) % 10 to un-negative it

[obtuse oar]

gotcha, thanks

[final kestrel]

 private void Move()
 {
     Vector3 forward = transform.forward;
     float currentYVel = _rb.velocity.y;
     Vector3 newVelocity = transform.forward * _moveSpeed;
     newVelocity.y = currentYVel;
     _rb.velocity = newVelocity;
     //_rb.velocity = transform.forward * _moveSpeed;
 }

I am kind of confused how this method works. Can someone explain please?

[polar acorn]

What do you not understand about it

[final kestrel]

The part why we play on the y velocity

[polar acorn]

It stores the previous Y velocity and then makes sure to keep that value when it sets the velocity again

Otherwise it'd become 0

[final kestrel]

float currentYVel = _rb.velocity.y; this is where we store the previous velocity then?

[polar acorn]

yes

[final kestrel]

Why then we Vector3 newVelocity = transform.forward * _moveSpeed; do this

what is the point of setting a new velocity?

[polar acorn]

...to set the velocity

If you want to set the velocity to a vector, that vector needs to exist

[final kestrel]

hmm

Sorry I just got confused because we use = lots

Thanks for the explanation

[polar acorn]

That's how you assign a variable

[summer stump]

I notice the first line isn't even used.
transform.forward is used even though it's cached as forward

So that is one extra variable that I guess is unnecessary

[final kestrel]

ah yes I know. It just felt overwhelming assigning variables that much.

[final kestrel]

Ahh okay thanks.

I didnt have to make them local variables right?

[twilit trail]

public class PlayerPreview : NetworkBehaviour
{
    private NetworkVariable<int> skinColor = new NetworkVariable<int>(3, NetworkVariableReadPermission.Everyone, NetworkVariableWritePermission.Owner);
    private NetworkVariable<int> eyeColor = new NetworkVariable<int>(0, NetworkVariableReadPermission.Everyone, NetworkVariableWritePermission.Owner);
    private NetworkVariable<int> hairColor = new NetworkVariable<int>(0, NetworkVariableReadPermission.Everyone, NetworkVariableWritePermission.Owner);
    private NetworkVariable<int> hairStyle = new NetworkVariable<int>(0, NetworkVariableReadPermission.Everyone, NetworkVariableWritePermission.Owner);
    private NetworkVariable<int> outfit = new NetworkVariable<int>(0, NetworkVariableReadPermission.Everyone, NetworkVariableWritePermission.Owner);

    [SerializeField] private Image skinImage;
    [SerializeField] private Image eyeImage;
    [SerializeField] private Image hairImage;
    [SerializeField] private PaperDollImage hairDoll;
    [SerializeField] private PaperDollImage outfitDoll;
    [SerializeField] private PlayerTexturesScriptableObject textures;

    public override void OnNetworkSpawn()
    {
        skinColor.OnValueChanged += SetSkin;
        eyeColor.OnValueChanged += SetEyes;
        hairColor.OnValueChanged += SetHairColor;
        hairStyle.OnValueChanged += SetHairStyle;
        outfit.OnValueChanged += SetOutfit;
    }

    public void NextSkin()
    {
        skinColor.Value = (skinColor.Value == 16) ? 0 : (skinColor.Value + 1);
    }
    public void PrevSkin()
    {
        skinColor.Value = (skinColor.Value == 0) ? 16 : (skinColor.Value - 1);
    }
    public void SetSkin(int previous, int current)
    {
        Material mat = skinImage.material;
        mat.SetFloat("_Current_Palette", (float)current);
    }
...```

when I set material properties like this it affects all instances of the prefab. i want it to only affect the calling instance instead. how do i make the material unique?

[summer stump]

I guess so. But they make the most sense as local variables as written

Since they are only used right there, correct?

[final kestrel]

Yes that is correct

Damn you guys are cool

[summer stump]

Then yeah, they should be local

[final kestrel]

Thanks a lot 😄

[swift crag]

You can Instantiate a material to make a copy of it.

You can then assign that copy into the material property

[mild mortar]

I'm brand new and trying to figure out how to do referencing properly

Wondering if I can get some help?

Essentially, I have a moving platform and a player character that has an empty object at it's feet I use to detect the ground.

I want to add a script to the groundcheck to see if the object it is colliding with has the tag "MovingBlock", and if it does, to then add the blocks velocity or such to the player character's

Because atm, my character just slides off the block if I put him on one

This is the start I have at the moment

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if(collision.gameObject.name == "Ground Check" &&)
        {
            // Add this object's velocity to player
            


            
        }
    }

[polar acorn]

Currently, you're checking if this object is colliding with an object named "Ground Check". Is that what you want to be checking for

[twilit trail]

thank you! so as a quick test i did this and it seemed to work:

   public void SetSkin(int previous, int current)
    {
        Material mat = Instantiate<Material>(skinImage.material);
        mat.SetFloat("_Current_Palette", (float)current);
        skinImage.material = mat;
    }

my concern is i'm creating a new material with every change and I assume that is wasteful af. i assume better practice is to give each prefab a unique material at the start of the scene then set them how i was before?

[mild mortar]

Ah no, that's a mistake, I was meant to put compareTag and MovingBlock

[swift crag]

Just make it unique once

e.g. do it in Awake

[twilit trail]

got it thanks!

[sand stump]

Hey

[junior mica]

Hello, I am confused:
When I perform 'Physics2D.IgnoreCollision(object 1.GetComponent<CompositeCollider2D>(),object 2.GetComponent<CompositeCollider2D>(), true);' collisions always occur.
However, the same problem exists if I enter rather 'BoxCollider2D' or any other Collider2D.
Thus, only 'CompositeCollider2D' to the problem, I can however not use anything other than 'CompositeCollider2D'.
Do you have an idea?

[mild mortar]

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if(collision.gameObject.CompareTag("MovingBlock"))
        {
            // Add this object's velocity to player

So I have the player character named "Player"
The empty object called "Ground Check" at Player's feet
And a bunch of platforms where I have made one specifically, move around and given it the tag "MovingBlock"

I want "Ground Check" to detect the tag, then copy the movement of the block and add it to the Player so that they don't slip off and can just stand still

[polar acorn]

First off, if you want this to be firing constantly while the platform is in contact with this object, you should use OnCollisionStay instead of OnCollisionEnter, which fires only once when they start colliding.

Then, you could get the velocity of the collision object and add it to the velocity of your player.

[sand stump]

Do yall know that in the 2d pokemon games you can tap any direction slightly just to change the direction the player is facing wihtout walking?

how can i implement that into my player code?

using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;

public class Player_Control : MonoBehaviour
{
public float MovementS;
public bool MoveIsTrue;
public Vector2 input;
private Animator animator;
public LayerMask SolidObjLayer;
public LayerMask InteractableLayer;
private void Awake()
{
animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
}

void Update()
{
    if (!MoveIsTrue)
    {
        input.x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        input.y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

        if (input.x != 0) input.y = 0;

        if (input != Vector2.zero)
        {
            var PlayerPos = transform.position;
            animator.SetFloat("MoveX", input.x);
            animator.SetFloat("MoveY", input.y);

            PlayerPos.x += input.x;
            PlayerPos.y += input.y;

            if (IsWalkable(PlayerPos))
            {
                StartCoroutine(Move(PlayerPos));
                MoveIsTrue = true;
            }
        }
    }
    animator.SetBool("MoveIsTrue", MoveIsTrue);
}

IEnumerator Move(Vector3 PlayerPos)
{
    while ((PlayerPos - transform.position).sqrMagnitude > Mathf.Epsilon)
    {
        transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, PlayerPos, MovementS * Time.deltaTime);
        yield return null;
    }
    transform.position = PlayerPos;

    MoveIsTrue = false;
}

private bool IsWalkable(Vector3 PlayerPos)
{
    if (Physics2D.OverlapCircle(PlayerPos, 0.2f, SolidObjLayer | InteractableLayer) != null)
    {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

}

Sorry idk how to put code in discord

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[sand stump]

thx

[mild mortar]

Thanks for the info on the Stay 😄

In that case then, my first thought is

collision.gameObject.velocity but I can't use that since it says that the GameObject doesn't have a definition for velocity.

How would I go about referencing for the Player and the thing it is touching?

Sorry for these stupid questions, I'm really new

[polar acorn]

GameObjects don't have any property named velocity. What "velocity" means depends on how you are moving

if you're using rigidbodies, Rigidbody has a velocity property

[sand stump]

using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;

public class Player_Control : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float MovementS;
    public bool MoveIsTrue;
    public Vector2 input;
    private Animator animator;
    public LayerMask SolidObjLayer;
    public LayerMask InteractableLayer;
    private void Awake()
    {
        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (!MoveIsTrue)
        {
            input.x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
            input.y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

            if (input.x != 0) input.y = 0;

            if (input != Vector2.zero)
            {
                var PlayerPos = transform.position;
                animator.SetFloat("MoveX", input.x);
                animator.SetFloat("MoveY", input.y);

                PlayerPos.x += input.x;
                PlayerPos.y += input.y;

                if (IsWalkable(PlayerPos))
                {
                    StartCoroutine(Move(PlayerPos));
                    MoveIsTrue = true;
                }
            }
        }
        animator.SetBool("MoveIsTrue", MoveIsTrue);
    }

    IEnumerator Move(Vector3 PlayerPos)
    {
        while ((PlayerPos - transform.position).sqrMagnitude > Mathf.Epsilon)
        {
            transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, PlayerPos, MovementS * Time.deltaTime);
            yield return null;
        }
        transform.position = PlayerPos;

        MoveIsTrue = false;
    }

    private bool IsWalkable(Vector3 PlayerPos)
    {
        if (Physics2D.OverlapCircle(PlayerPos, 0.2f, SolidObjLayer | InteractableLayer) != null)
        {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}
```cs

[junior mica]

Listen, I realized I didn’t put my Collider2D in the composite. Have a good evening and I apologize.

[sand stump]

Do yall know that in the 2d pokemon games you can tap any direction slightly just to change the direction the player is facing wihtout walking?

how can i implement that into my player code?

[mild mortar]

Oh right

So basically, the block is just moving between two waypoint objects that I created. So it is using transform.position and Vector3.MoveTowards

This is the waypoint code I have on the block

public class WaypointFollow : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] GameObject[] waypoints;
    int currentWaypointIndex = 0;

    [SerializeField] float speed = 1;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].transform.position) < .1f)
        {
            currentWaypointIndex ++;
            if (currentWaypointIndex >= waypoints.Length)
            {
                currentWaypointIndex = 0;
            }
        }

        transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, waypoints[currentWaypointIndex].transform.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

[frozen mantle]

You using the new input system or the old input manager?

[sand stump]

Sorry for stupidity but how do i check that?

[frozen mantle]

Do you have a action map in your project?

@sand stump

Or input map, forgot what it's called

[sand stump]

Sorry but idk

Im really new to this all, sorry for any dumb questions lmao

[polar acorn]

So it looks like you're going to have to use math to figure out this object's velocity since you're basically doing consistent short-range teleportation every frame

[final kestrel]

Does an object with rigidbody that is standing still on the ground has a negative y velocity? because of the gravity?

[polar acorn]

It should, so it remains in contact with the ground instead of hovering just above it

[frozen mantle]

Do you have a window that looks like this in your project?

[final kestrel]

hmm okay. is it common practice to store the y velocity before doing something to preserve it?

[sand stump]

No

[swift crag]

You would have to actively choose to use the new input system.

so, by default, you will be using the old one.

[mild mortar]

Not the words you usually wanna hear 😂

But yeah, I would be open to trying methods for this, but the last method I had involved making the player a child of the block so it would move with it.

That caused issues with transformations though and the player model would just stretch out

[frozen mantle]

Okay, so what I would personally recommend is to use the input system, you do that by installing the package for it in your package manager

[sand stump]

ok , imma install that one sec

[frozen mantle]

But, if you don't wanna do that for whatever reason, basically what you want is to make the first like, 0.1 second of holding a movement key just change the players direction, and if they hold that key, they will start moving

[polar acorn]

You could use Rigidbody movement for the platform as well as the player.

[swift crag]

I'm not sure I'd leap straight for "learn the new input system"

[sand stump]

So wheres the package manager?

[frozen mantle]

I would go and look at some docs on how you cna do that

I gotta go back to work so you'll have to ask someone else, apologies

[swift crag]

All you need to do here is to add a slight delay before your movement input actually causes the player to start moving.

[sand stump]

Its ok buddie, have a nice one

[swift crag]

void Update() {

bah

ipad keyboard moment

actually, I won't write out code just yet.

[sand stump]

LoL relatable

[swift crag]

The big idea is:

[sand stump]

Ok dw

[swift crag]

i think my shift key isn't working..

If the move input is zero, reset a counter to a small value (maybe 0.2)

If the move input is non-zero, subtract Time.deltaTime from the counter

Use the move input to rotate the player

If the counter is less than or equal to zero, use the move input to move the player.

[sand stump]

Ok i think i got it

[swift crag]

Do you move on a grid in this game?

like in old Pokemon games

[sand stump]

Yeah

[swift crag]

In that case, you probably want to move instantly if you're already facing the right direction

[sand stump]

exactly

[swift crag]

Perhaps by setting the counter to 0 if, on the first frame that you try to move, you're already facing the direction you want to move

[sand stump]

Ok, ill search on how to do that

[spring coral]

is there any way that i can reference a scriptableobject and make adjustments to one of its fields without changing the base asset, similar to a prefab?

[verbal dome]

You could create a copy of it with Instantiate

[spring coral]

this is all done at editor time

[verbal dome]

Dont matter

[polar acorn]

Or use ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<___> with whatever type

[swift crag]

are you trying to make a new asset?

[verbal dome]

Just remember to DestroyImmediate it in OnDisable or something, so it doesnt leak

[polar acorn]

if you don't want it to clone an existing one and instead be whole-cloth new

[spring coral]

i want to make the adjustments at editor time though, so how would i serialize and save these changes so it takes affect at runtime?

[verbal dome]

You want to save it to a diffeeent asset?

[spring coral]

think of how you can drop prefabs into a scene but modify some of the fields without changing the values on the base prefab

sort of like that

dont know if its possible with SOs

[verbal dome]

The instantiated SO needs to be saved somewhere

Not sure if it gets serialized if you put it on a field on a gameobject, maybe try that

[spring coral]

hmm ill have to experiment then

[verbal dome]

Instantiate, modify, assign to a serialized field

[spring coral]

at least with the way that i know how prefabs work is that if you reference a prefab then make modifications to that prefab via inspector, it serializes ONLY the changes and fetches all the other values from the base prefab

[verbal dome]

Ah yeah, SO does not support that really

[spring coral]

ahh alright

[verbal dome]

It would be dope though

[spring coral]

yeah thats pretty much what i was wondering since ive never seen that behaviour

yeah for sure

maybe ill work on a plugin for that in the future

[verbal dome]

The closest I have seen to that is the Volume framework

Where you can override or not override parameters

[spring coral]

havent seen it before

[verbal dome]

Post processing volume, etc

Uses that

[spring coral]

huh, ive never seen it, is it on URP?

that workflow i mean, ive used those assets ofc

[verbal dome]

Volume profiles is what I mean

The page seems to be missing on the URP doc 🤔

[spring coral]

[verbal dome]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@7.1/manual/VolumeProfile.html
I think it can be used for custom stuff too, not just post processing

I might look into it myself too

[spring coral]

huh, cool

[nova trout]

hello, i want to start coding again, i updated my visual studio, but idk what to download now so i can edit / make C# scripts for unity. thanks for help

[summer stump]

Stop crossposting

[rich adder]

this mf..

just ignores replies and crossposts

[summer stump]

You were given the resource to figure this out twice

#archived-code-general message
Read it.

[rich adder]

dw prettyy soon they gonna post another in #archived-code-advanced

[obtuse oar]

is there any benefit to a switch statement vs if else when there's only two options? like for a single bool

[buoyant knot]

no

i’ll do that only if I’m expecting my if to become a big switch case in future

How does Rigidbody.MovePosition work? Does it teleport my rigidbody there with all the colliders? Does it stop my rigidbody early? does it move other things out of the way etc?

[rich adder]

negative

[buoyant knot]

all i see is that moveposition normally moves things smoothly

[nova trout]

thank you

[rich adder]

2D or 3D?

[buoyant knot]

but it’s hard for me to see if colliders are getting moved as a result of MovePosition, or afterwards in physics simulation step

2D

[rich adder]

are you having an issue or something ?

[buoyant knot]

I’m trying to figure out how different steps will work together in terms of script execution order

i have a motor which moves a platform, and the platform moves an enemy. And these happen on different parts of a frame, so I want to understand how they affect each other’s calculations

my main issue right now is if the enemy falls onto platform while it is moving down, they don’t connect. He stutters in the air (like the platform’s collision held it at its old position), and platform keeps moving.

so it is super janky

make a prefab variant

[rich adder]

hmm how does it move down?

[buoyant knot]

MovePosition

[rich adder]

made my red cube fall onto a white cube with MovePosition

[buoyant knot]

lift is parented to motor, and motor uses MovePosition

well, here is where it gets tricky: When the enemy is in contact with the lift, I move the enemy’s transform

[rich adder]

hmm already higher drop it moves weird

[rich adder]

Ohhh

[buoyant knot]

I basically calculate how much the lift has moved since last frame, then transform.Translate by that amount.

RB.moveposition doesn’t work for me there

[rich adder]

Translate might be messing with the accuracy of positions of the rbs

[buoyant knot]

and the lift doesn’t have a defined velocity (since it is just moved by moveposition), so I can’t copy velocity differences over

[ivory bobcat]

Is there some code to go along with this?

[buoyant knot]

there is a lot of code. I’m sparing you the details

I have like 4 relevant scripts here, all of like 300 lines

[ivory bobcat]

We would only need to know the implementation of movements

[buoyant knot]

but it all comes down to a few critical lines at the core

[ivory bobcat]

Else we're guessing without being able to see what's actually happening

[buoyant knot]

enemy has a ReferenceFrameHandler component, with early execution order. ReferenceFrameHandler uses Transform.Translate to move the enemy by how much the lift has moved last frame. And it usually works really well

motor moves by MovePosition

Lift is parented to motor

i tried all sorts of things to set parents etc, joints, or rigidbody.MovePosition to couple the enemy motion, but nothing really worked. Only moving the transform worked.

idk maybe using synctransforms after using translate will work

i would love if there were just a joint that just sent movement of one object to another, while not contraining it

[ivory bobcat]

It would be some custom game physics and not necessarily Rigidbody/Kinematic physics.

[swift crag]

switch statements are kind of weird in general

despite looking like separate blocks (because you have many statements that end in a break, and you indent them all), it's all one big block

        bool what = Random.value < 0.5f;
        
        switch (what)
        {
            case true:
                int x = 3;
                break;
            case false:
                int x = 3;
                break;
        }

This will cause a compile error because x is declared twice in the same block

[languid spire]

you can scope within a case to avoid that

[swift crag]

        bool what = Random.value < 0.5f;

        switch (what)
        {
            case true:
                {
                    int x = 3;
                    break;
                }
            case false:
                {
                    int x = 3;
                    break;
                }
        }

I like to do this nowadays.

Yep.

Block statement in each case. Horrific indentation, though.

I think I can configure that...

I use these to implement simple state machines.

[obtuse oar]

i am a diehard K&R fan, this hurts me greatly

[swift crag]

newlines for braces is the default

I kinda flip-flop on this.

[rich adder]

after a while you dont even notice the braces , it looks like intents to me 😛

[ivory bobcat]

The alternative if-statement would be: cs bool what = Random.value < 0.5f; if (what) int x = 3; else int x = 3;which can be much cleaner

Ignore obsolete stuff

[swift crag]

python time

[swift crag]

I rarely find switches to actually be the right choice

[rich adder]

ohh man..that shit f me up last time , never had to use Tab so much xD

[swift crag]

if you're not putting multiple cases together, they're pretty much just a roundabout way to write an if / else if / else if / ... sequence

[ivory bobcat]

Same unless I'm using some fall through (OR with if-statements)

[swift crag]

can you even allow fallthrough?

it's a compile error by default, at least

[ivory bobcat]

It's a niche case that isn't ever so useful - hackish.

[swift crag]

duff's device!

This leads to what the Jargon File calls "the most dramatic use yet seen of fall through in C".[5] C's default fall-through in case statements has long been one of its most controversial features; Duff himself said that "This code forms some sort of argument in that debate, but I'm not sure whether it's for or against."[5]

lol

[ivory bobcat]

It's formatting is quite pretty though but.. it's very much like a lookup table but with all of the code jumbo'd below - the case bodies can be scoped but each expression would still be processed like chained if statements.

[buoyant knot]

i changed the one line { setting immediately once I got visual studio. It drives me insane

[somber wren]

has anyone an idea of why those two object, at the exact same place but not in the same project has not the same coordonates ?

1st one is not bugged, 2nd is

[short hazel]

One of the two has a parent object

[somber wren]

both have

and both are at 0 0 0

[short hazel]

Inspector shows Local coordinates, always

[somber wren]

its the same prefab, same size

yeah i know

so yeah

im gonna cry

i've been on a bug since 3 days, and now i found the problem

my targets are misplaced for absolute no reason

but only on the inspector, on the scene it is at the right place. So when i play, it get misplaced.
And if i place them correctly on the inspector, but they show misplaced on the scene. They get right placed when i play

[ivory bobcat]

Is this code related? If not try #💻┃unity-talk Either way, make sure to provide more info. As is, it is presumed that their local positions are not the same.

[somber wren]

but they should be

look

[vapid igloo]

Is this code right?

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

namespace SojaExiles

{
    public class opencloseDoor : MonoBehaviour
    {

        public Animator openandclose;
        public bool open;
        public Transform Player;

        void Start()
        {
            open = false;
        }

        void OnMouseOver()
        {
            {
                if (Player)
                {
                    float dist = Vector3.Distance(Player.position, transform.position);
                    if (dist < 15)
                    {
                        if (open == false)
                        {
                            if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
                            {
                                StartCoroutine(opening());
                            }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            if (open == true)
                            {
                                if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
                                {
                                    StartCoroutine(closing());
                                }
                            }

                        }

                    }
                }

            }

        }

        IEnumerator opening()
        {
            print("you are opening the door");
            openandclose.Play("Opening");
            open = true;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
        }

        IEnumerator closing()
        {
            print("you are closing the door");
            openandclose.Play("Closing");
            open = false;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(.5f);
        }


    }
}```

[somber wren]

The bugged spider vs The not bugged spider :

[vapid igloo]

sorry for flood btw

[somber wren]

wdym right ?

[vapid igloo]

is it good

does it work

[ivory bobcat]

Was there an actual question?

[somber wren]

test ? xD

[cosmic dagger]

np, use any of the sites from !code to copy/paste your code, save, then send us the link. it'll avoid the wall of code that scrolls up other ppls questions and responses . . .

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks
Large code blocks should be posted as links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/
https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code
Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
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.
```cs
// Your code here
```
Do not share screenshots of code unless requested.

[short hazel]

Looks like there's IK acting up on these positions. Does it really matter that the positions are different? Make sure your Move Tool (arrows in the scene view) are in Pivot + Local mode (buttons above the scene viex)

[somber wren]

they are IK targets

but i setted them up just like in the first project

and yes it matters bc when i my spider moves, the positions are completely offset

what does pivot do ?

[polar acorn]

[short hazel]

Makes sure the arrows are placed relative to the selected object and not its parent chain

Pivot / Local, two buttons

[somber wren]

hmm i see thanks

but doesnt change anything idk

[vapid igloo]

i cant add it for some reason

[somber wren]

i'm asking why my ik targets are in a position on the scene, but its not the same as in the inspector 😭

[cosmic dagger]

is the file name and the class name the same?

[polar acorn]

Make sure that there are no compile errors and that the file name and class name match

[vapid igloo]

what is class name

[short hazel]

Ask in #💻┃unity-talk or #🏃┃animation. It's not because of your own code

[polar acorn]

The name you gave your class

[somber wren]

i see

thanks

[cosmic dagger]

the name of the class in the script file . . .

[vapid igloo]

ohh the public class thing

kk

[short hazel]

public class Sample : MonoBehaviour
//           ^~~~~~ Class Name

[dawn oracle]

Any tips on where to start learning c# I have a decent experience in minecraft skript

[polar acorn]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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

[vapid igloo]

i matched the file name and class name. it says the same thing again

[short hazel]

Show both

[polar acorn]

Make sure that there are no compile errors and that the file name and class name match

[ivory bobcat]

Did you save the script?

[vapid igloo]

there is no errors

[polar acorn]

Show console, show code

[short hazel]

Show the class name, and the file name. Screenshot right from the code editor with both names well in view

In one image, just to be sure

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure to save the script, show the console tab and show the script (code and asset)

Previous error basically suggested that they did not match or there were compiler errors

[short hazel]

Well from what I'm seeing from earlier screenshots, the file name is Door.cs but the class name is openCloseDoor

So definitely not matching

[vapid igloo]

i changed it

now it matches

but now it just loops

idk why

[ivory bobcat]

What do you mean by loop?

Is this a different error?

[vapid igloo]

the animation loops

[ivory bobcat]

So problem resolved?

[vapid igloo]

when i start it loops

instead of me opening the door

[vapid igloo]

damn whats that

[polar acorn]

Read it

[ivory bobcat]

This doesn't look related to the previous error.

[polar acorn]

It tells you pretty clearly what to do, check the full text of it in the console

[ivory bobcat]

Not code related anymore #💻┃unity-talk (assign it from the inspector)

(or through code etc - preferably inspector if possible)

[vapid igloo]

it says to assign the openandclose variable to the opencloseDoor script

[polar acorn]

Correct

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure to read and fix the error - including any other from the console tab.

[vapid igloo]

so i assign it with my animation ?

just loops the animation

now i need a animatorcontroller for the animator

which when i put the animation it loops

[ivory bobcat]

Best to follow a tutorial if you're not sure what you're doing.

This is the coding channel, if it's not related to code try #💻┃unity-talk

[timber sundial]

Anyone able to help me with GUILayout.HorizontalSliders?

i have ```cs
GUILayout.Box("Columns: " + Mathf.Round(columns));
columns = GUILayout.HorizontalSlider(columns, 3.0f, maxColumns);

but my slider is still 1-5. columns is set to 1 and max columns is set to 15

[zealous oxide]

hey peeps, im trying to read an enumator from one script in another script and use its value (its a direction, Up, Down etc) to set the vector2 of the second script, but i cant figure out how to get it to work https://hastebin.com/share/ilesimolup.csharp

[ashen ferry]

change D into d u typed in there actual enum type also its private

[polar acorn]

What's the first error say

[rich adder]

thats not how you also make a vector 2 lol

[polar acorn]

Yea so there's a lot wrong here

[swift crag]

new Vector2.direction.normalized makes no sense.

This is trying to access a member named direction on Vector2, then trying to get normalized from that.

[ashen ferry]

wtf

[swift crag]

Perhaps you wanted to do this?

direction.normalized

This would access the normalized property from direction, which would be valid

[zealous oxide]

i know what i'd like to do but i'm not sure i can articulate it in c#

[ashen ferry]

how did u end up with that even

[polar acorn]

What is it that you're trying to do then because that makes basically no sense in any language

[swift crag]

er, well, it would be if direction was a vector2

[polar acorn]

Because they're trying to use new on a property

[swift crag]

but it's an enumeration type

[ashen ferry]

AAA

[swift crag]

so you have a value from an enum type, and you want to create a Vector2 based on that value.

[zealous oxide]

on the other script i've got an enumarator for a direction. on the script above i'd essentially like to get the direction of the enumator from the other script, and send it in that direction. i'm trying to do a projectile deflection thing

[polar acorn]

What do you mean "Get the direction of the enumator"

[polar acorn]

Okay, so you want to get this field and then turn it into a vector

So you're going to need a switch statement

or a chain of ifs at least

[swift crag]

PlayerCombatEntity.Direction

this doesn't make much sense, partially because you didn't share PlayerCombatEntity

It looks like you've declared an enum named Direction in several different places

These are all completely unrelated types.

[short hazel]

Enumeration, btw. Enumerator is something else entirely!

Or enum, for shorts

[swift crag]

PlayerCombatEntity.Direction is the enum type itself. It is not a value.

Perhaps you wanted playerScript.direction .

[polar acorn]

Enumator*

[wintry quarry]

Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 90 * (int)theDirection) * Vector3.up;``` is a cute way to do it.

if you rearrange that to Up, Right, Down, Left

or add Up = 0, Down = 2, Left = 3, Right = 1

[ashen ferry]

save lines of code lose lines on comments cause u gonna forget how that works

[timber tide]

I'm making a little voxel editor and I was wondering what's the best way I should detect the faces of a voxel to append to. I was just thinking about detecting a point on the collider, but I'm not entirely sure of the method to grab the specific face of the voxel, maybe the idea is to create a voxel with a collider for each face?

[wintry quarry]

eh, one line.
You could also do

Up = 0,
Right = 90,
Down = 180,
Left = 270``` in your enum and directly use it

[wintry quarry]

raycast and use the normal of the raycast hit to determine the face

with box colliders

[timber tide]

Oh right, yeah good idea

[swift crag]

an extension method might be enjoyable to use

public enum Direction
{
    Up,
    Right,
    Down,
    Left
}

public static class DirectionExtensionMethods
{
    public static Vector2 Vector(this Direction direction) => direction switch {
        Direction.Up => Vector2.up,
        Direction.Right => Vector2.right,
        Direction.Down => Vector2.down,
        Direction.Left => Vector2.left,
        _ => Vector2.zero
    };
}

then:

        Direction dir = Direction.Left;
        Vector2 vec = dir.Vector();

[wintry quarry]

another good option ☝️

[swift crag]

if only you could do extension properties

an extension method lets you create new methods you can call on an existing type

[wintry quarry]

could also do the same as an implicit or explicit conversion operator

[zealous oxide]

hey Fen, thanks for this, im going to try applying this to my script, thank you for the advice everyone

[swift crag]

oh, that's a good idea

although, can you do that

[wintry quarry]

I think so?

[swift crag]

you can't put operators in the enum definition and you can't put an operator in a static class

(you can't put methods in the enum definition in general)

Anyway, getting back to the original code, there were several problems:

• PlayerCombatEntity.Direction is just the enum type. playerScript.direction is a field of that type, which is what you wanted
• You've declared an enum named Direction in several places. These are all unrelated types, even if they have the same name and the same values. You should just declare Direction once, and not nest it inside another type
• new Vector2.direction.normalized is bogus syntax
• new Vector2(direction) wouldn't work because C# has no clue how to construct a Vector2 from your enum.
• direction.normalized wouldn't work because Direction is just an enum type, and it has no property named normalized

[zealous oxide]

dont worry i've already gotten rid of the .normalized bit

this is my first time using enums

[dry tendon]

Hi everyone, do you think it would be better to use an invoke here to run the startTheGame function after the onPlayButtonClick function has executed? I think it would be better because it would eliminate a public variable and make the code more concise and easier to read. ```cs
public bool hasPlayButtonBeenClicked = false;
public void OnPlayButtonClick()
{
// Prepare canvas
mainMenuCanvas.SetActive(false);
getReadyCanvas.SetActive(true);

    // Click sound
    AudioManager.Instance.PlaySound(transitionSwooshSound);

    // Has play button been clicked = true
    hasPlayButtonBeenClicked = true;
}

void startTheGame()
{
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && hasPlayButtonBeenClicked == true)
    {
        getReadyCanvas.SetActive(false);
        PipesController.Instance.canSpawnPipes = true;
        PipesController.Instance.hasCollisioned = false;
        playerRb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Dynamic;
        player.canPlayDieSound = true;
        player.canPlayJumpSound = true;

        AudioManager.Instance.PlaySound(jumpSound);
        playerRb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        Vector2 fuerza = new Vector2(0f, player.impulse);
        playerRb.AddForce(fuerza, ForceMode2D.Impulse);

        hasPlayButtonBeenClicked = false;
    }
}```

[swift crag]

is it important that startTheGame does not run instantly?

[dry tendon]

Its the time it takes to change the ready screen to the play screen in a flappy bird, what do you think?

Its for a mobile game...

[wintry quarry]

use a coroutine

[swift crag]

I'd keep the "has been clicked" variable, though, so that you can't start the game 15 times

note that it doesn't need to be public here

[dry tendon]

Oh, thats true

[swift crag]

also, an important distinction: "public" and "serialized" are two separate ideas

the former means that other components can see the variable. the latter means it shows up in the inspector and gets saved in the scene

public variables are serialized and private variables aren't, by default

So if you were thinking that it's annoying to have that in the inspector, then that's not strictly because it's public -- it's because public variables are serialized by default.

[dry tendon]

Oh, thank you for explain me that

i didnt have much clear the difference between both of them

[swift crag]

A non-public field can be serialized if you add [SerializeField] to it, and a public field can be non-serialized if you add [System.NonSerialized] to it

[dry tendon]

and in a few words, serialize, is to make it visible and editable on unity inspector, right?

[swift crag]

Something is "serialized" if it's saved, basically

that means it will show up in the inspector

[dry tendon]

thaankksss

And, one other thing, if for example I create a public var cs public int points = 5; on c# and later i change its value on unity inspector to 6, when i make the final build of the project, wich value will it take? what will happen with the other one?

[swift crag]

That's called a "field initializer". It provides an initial value for the field.

[polar acorn]

The value in code is just the default value when creating a new instance of this script

[swift crag]

This happens the instant that the object is created. Unity will then apply the serialized values.

So, for objects in the scene (or for prefabs), the value in the inspector is the value you will get.

points will be be 5 or 6 or whatever the initializer says until Unity applies the saved values

(and it does so immediately)

New instances will use the initializer's value, since there is no saved value at all

And if you hit "reset" on a component, you'll also get the initializer value

since the whole point of that Reset option is to clear the saved values

[lone sable]

I know I can build one but.

Does anyone have any good free assets that allow for easy debug menu creation? EG: Press F1, give yourself/spawn in items, all that jazz. I know I'd have to build the hooks into it, but yeah. Just curious if theres anything already out there.

[swift crag]

There are some assets for "dev consoles"

press tilde, noclip

[dry tendon]

Really much clearr. thank you so much

[lone sable]

That might work, thanks.

[swift crag]

np (:

So if you make that field private, or add [System.NonSerialized], then it won't show up in the inspector, and no value will be saved

so you'll always get whatever value the initializer sets

If you make it private, and then add [SerializeField], it will go back to having its value saved

[civic rock]

Hello all. I've had a problem that I hope somebody could help me with - I guess it's probably a beginner query since I'm trying to do something quite basic that, as I understand, should work, but just... Doesn't.

I'm trying to serialize a list as part of a MonoBehaviour:

private List<WeaponInfo> weapons;```
This list is read, but never modified or assigned, by the containing class; and no other class has access to it.

The `WeaponInfo` class is defined in a separate file as follows:
```[Serializable]
public class WeaponInfo
{
    [SerializeField] private int weaponID = 0;
    [SerializeField] private int groupID = 0;
    [SerializeField] private bool isAvailable = false;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject weapon = null;
}```
This omits some accessors for the sake of brevity.

However, what I'm observing is that, although I'm able to populate the list and WeaponInfo data as expected within the inspector, upon entering play mode, the list in memory is empty - although it still appears populated in the inspector. I've confirmed the list isn't being cleared anywhere in the code I've written, and nor is it being reassigned. The inspector continues to show what I expect (ie. the data I populated the list with), but debugging reveals the list to have no elements. I'm not using any custom editor or serialization code for this class.

Furthermore, if I add an additional list, and an array, purely for the sake of testing:
```public List<GameObject> gameObjects;
public GameObject[] gameObjects2;```
And then populate them via the inspector with data, these behave in the same way as the original list - that is, the inspector will appear populated, including on entering play mode, but the list and array will in fact be empty if I place a breakpoint and inspect them with my debugger. This will happen even if I try to populate an array of primitives, eg. `public int[] ints;`.

I imagine that there's some very simple mistake that I've made here - but I can't for the life of me think what it might be. Could anybody offer any insight?

(And apologies for such a long initial query, but I wanted to include as much relevant information as I could)

[timber tide]

This data is being set in the inspector?

Make sure you're not reinstantiating the list

[civic rock]

Yes - the list and the contents of WeaponInfo appear in the inspector, and I can edit them as expected. In the inspector, they remain populated when I enter play mode - but as soon as code that attempts to read them runs, the code will start logging errors because the list is unexpectedly empty. It's not being reinitialised or modified anywhere in the containing class, and there's no other class that has access to it (and it's not passed to another class's method either; it's strictly internal to the containing MonoBehaviour)

[wintry quarry]

the list and array will in fact be empty if I place a breakpoint and inspect them with my debugger
Are you sure you're looking at the correct instance of this thing?

can you show more of the code (especially the part that reads the list?) and where you set your breakpoints?

[obsidian fern]

Is a horizontal line a function?

[wintry quarry]

sure:

f(x) = lineHeight;```

or whatever the height of the line is

lineHeight

[obsidian fern]

The line is on y=2

[wintry quarry]

then sure the function is f(x) = 2

[swift crag]

Show your code.

[obsidian fern]

I am having hard time understanding because I thought a function had to be consistent because multiple y values equal different x values

[swift crag]

you are thinking of the mathematical definition of a function.

[obsidian fern]

Yes that's correct

[wintry quarry]

the mathematical definition of a function only dictates that each input has a single output. It says nothing about the uniqueness of outputs

[swift crag]

but yes, that's still not a problem

a vertical line is impossible to define as a function of x

[wintry quarry]

in this case it happens that all outputs are 2, no matter the input

[swift crag]

but a horizontal line is fine.

[polar acorn]

If the weapons list is still visible in the inspector, then that instance's weapons list is not empty. It does not mean every instance's weapons list contains data. You need to check if the one you're looking at is the same one that you're setting in the inspector

[swift crag]

I suspect you are looking at the wrong instance, yes.

[obsidian fern]

Thanks a lot @wintry quarry and @swift crag

Good to see the same guys are here a year later.

I'm on math now. Had to put game dev on pause because I need sharper math skills for it

[swift crag]

i've never really thought about the formal definition of a function when working on a game

[civic rock]

It looks like you're right - there were, somehow, two instances of the class on the same GameObject, one at the bottom of the components list and one somewhere in the middle where I hadn't noticed it (and I hadn't been looking for a second instance since the behaviour had DisallowMultipleComponent); I hadn't spotted this while debugging since my breakpoint was on an accessor, and thus only being triggered for the instance returned by GetComponent when the caller was initialised - which was the erroneous instance rather than the one I'd populated.

I'm not sure quite how the second got there - above several other components when it should have been the most recently added, and especially with DisallowMultipleComponent - but that was indeed the problem. Thanks.

[swift crag]

Clicking on an error in the console will take you to the offending component, if possible

That can help you find duplicates

[royal linden]

why is this under lined

[summer stump]

Ambiguity

[royal linden]

?

[summer stump]

It doesn't know whether to use System.Random or UnityEngine.Random

Fully qualify it or write
using Random = UnityEngine.Random;

[royal linden]

oh

[summer stump]

Well wait. You don't have using System....

What does the error actually SAY?

What does your IDE tell you to do to fix it?

[royal linden]

does that matter

[summer stump]

Oh I see it. Unity.Mathematics

[eternal needle]

the error is right there, its ambiguity between Unity.Mathematics.Random and UnityEngine.Random

[royal linden]

i fixed it ty

[heady nimbus]

Hey, dumb beginner question. Simple player movement code with rigidbody2d.velocity I'm getting a lot of sliding around when I release the direction button. I can get rid of it by increasing the drag, but then I get some weird issues with jumping. Suggestions?

https://hatebin.com/whqlitwrpy

[light moss]

How can I have my button working. I do not know what I am doing wrong

[summer stump]

Why do you even have Unity.Mathematics there? I would just remove that as the simplest fix, since you aren't using it there

But yeah, I guess you fixed it already

[royal linden]

idek why its there

[ivory bobcat]

What do you want to happen when a directional button on the controller isn't pressed?

As is, you're not doing anything to velocity when the buttons aren't pressed.

Maybe have v.x = 0f on line 4

[heady nimbus]

Ok, that was my next question, just a default to 0 velocity somewhere? I'll give that a shot. Thanks

[ivory bobcat]

If not directly setting it to zero, maybe smooth damp it to zero or decelerate it to zero.

[heady nimbus]

Ok that gives me the smooth stop I was looking for, thank you. I just need to work out carrying that velocity over into the jump, as now it loses all momentum on a jump

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe only apply the stop/deceleration if grounded

[light moss]

Can someone please help me?

[royal linden]

this wont crash my pc will it

[heady nimbus]

Yea that seems like a good start, thank you again. I can tweak things from here

[ivory bobcat]

Why would it? (I do not see any infinite loops)

[royal linden]

yea just found out it doesnt do anything

[ivory bobcat]

Your random position won't be so random though

[royal linden]

whys that

[ivory bobcat]

Get a random value
Get another random value
Create a vector with all three values being equal to the first random value```

[summer stump]

Is that SetActive call affecting the object that script is attached to? Because when you deactivate it, the rest of the code won't run

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming you wanted to use rand like a short cut variable for randomly generating values.

[royal linden]

yea im trying to make world generation

[eternal needle]

looks like you're missing an event system in your scene

[light moss]

how can I add one?

[light moss]

nvm got it

thank you very much

[eternal needle]

you should definitely learn the basics of c# before doing unity, world gen is not an easy topic and you'll be learning both c# and unity at once.

[royal linden]

yea

have to learn somehow

[royal linden]

have any idea how i can make a inf world so it only loads things within my view

[ivory bobcat]

Follow a tutorial

[eternal needle]

you really dont even need to do that yourself, unity already does frustum culling. You just need to not load things that arent nearby (like minecraft)

you will want to scale this down by a lot though, infinitely scaling worlds will have problems very quickly.

[west obsidian]

is there a Material.SetTextureOffset for rotating a material? I cant find anything on the material methods page for rotating a material around a point

(does this even belong in beginner? I still feel like a noob but Im not sure when I should start posting in #archived-code-general...)

[royal linden]

i keep getting this

its cloning once

[eternal needle]

what are you trying to do? you could possibly use a shader or rotate the actual object

[west obsidian]

Im trying to make this conveyorbelt turn

[west obsidian]

I have a straight conveyor with arrows that move straight using the Material.SetTextureOffset, but if I wanted my arrows to rotate for a curved conveyorbelt I would need to rotate a texture around a pivot

I mean if its really hard to do I dont mind just using a mesh but I would rather do this with materials

[swift crag]

that Debug Updater object is normal

[eternal needle]

how are you moving the objects? i think easiest would be actually rotating the belt then

[royal linden]

oh

thx

anyone know why the pos is not working

[summer stump]

You probably want the random as the index in the instantiate call, not rand

[summer stump]

You only make one rand variable. Start is only called once

[royal linden]

inside the[]?

[summer stump]

So they all go to the same position

[summer stump]

Yes. Because random is the one limited to the length of the array

[rich adder]

also 0,3 will only give 0 or 1 or 2

cause its ints

[royal linden]

oh yea thats right doesnt go from 1

[west obsidian]

no, Im rotating the material

like a scrolling material

I want to do the same thing for rotation

[eternal needle]

i meant objects on the conveyer belt, as those will be moving right?

[west obsidian]

yeah

Im not talking about that

thats already done

Im talking about aesthetic animation

[deft yacht]

Hey guys sorry, I have one final error! : Assets\Plugins\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass\DG\Tweening\Plugins\Options\NoOptions.cs(11,2): error CS1513: } expected

But I have the closed Bracket so i can't work out what it wants me to do 🤔

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace DG.Tweening.Plugins.Options
{
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 1)]
public struct NoOptions : IPlugOptions
{
public void Reset()
{
}
}

any ideas?

[summer stump]

@deft yacht You are missing the ending brace } for the namespace (the one to match the red one)

Always count the braces. You have 3 opening ones and only 2 closing ones

[rich adder]

!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

[deft yacht]

how is this?

[rich adder]

you mind as well code on notepad if you're not configuring your ide lol

[deft yacht]

thanks, I'm new so still learning the program

thansk for the help!

[summer stump]

Definitely follow that link. It will make things MUCH easier
#💻┃code-beginner message

[deft yacht]

Okay I'll check it out, i just installed c# ddev kit exstention also

ah and now the unity one, did not know that exists ahaha

[swift crag]

Follow the instructions closely.

[royal linden]

this?

[summer stump]

Yep 👍

[royal linden]

it still goes to one position

[summer stump]

That wasn't the issue for that part

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

This was

Start only runs ONE time, and you use that ONE rand value for the whole for loop

So of course they all spawn in the same place

You have to set rand and pos INSIDE the for loop

[royal linden]

but i made more

[royal linden]

oh

[summer stump]

That doesn't help at all

That is just making two separate values you make only once and use for every object

[royal linden]

how do i put them into for loop

[rich adder]

that whole code should go in the loop if don't want the same thing

[rich adder]

first don't write loops inline like that

its ugly as hel

[polar acorn]

Instead of putting them outside the loop, put it in the loop

[summer stump]

for (...)
{
    line of code;
    Other line of code;
    Even more lines of code;
}

[royal linden]

so for every plus 1 it does whatever is below it in the {}?

[summer stump]

Yep, exactly. It loops as many times as it takes to satisfy the middle condition

So that means it would make a NEW position for each new object

[royal linden]

do i leave the var outside

[shell ice]

How would I be able to make it when a player spawns in they spawn in with a character already for multiplayer for vr?

[summer stump]

You want to SET the variables inside the loop.
randX, randZ, and pos need to be in there

You can DECLARE them wherever though. If you want to use them elsewhere, put them as a class variable (where randX are in your last screenshot). Or as a local variable in start

public class worldGen...
  // class variable
  public int randX;

  public void Start()
  {
    //local variables
    int random;
    for (...)
    {
        // all equals signs that you want to be unique go here
        randX = Random.Range(0,10);

        random = (whatever);
        //use the values
    }
  }

[royal linden]

i dont understand why i have to define randX and randz inside the loop is it bc at the start it will choose a random value and stay like that?

[summer stump]

You don't define them in the loop. You assign them. I added the type (int) where I declare a variable.
And the = where I assign. If I put int at both places, it would create a new local variable, disconnected from the class variable one.

So game starts (simplifying it):
It reads the "definitions", one time

Then it gets the message to Start()

It reads the variables inside one time. (If rand was 2, it would have been (2,0,2)).

Then you looped over objects and spawned all of them at that position.

If it's INSIDE the foor loop, it would assign a new value to the variable each iteration.

[royal linden]

oh so inside the for loop every 1 that gets added to i till 100 is individually assigned the random var

[swift crag]

the for loop will run the statement below it num times

since a block statement is below it, everything in it will run num times

anything that isn't inside that for loop will run once

[rich adder]

@royal linden
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/tutorials/branches-and-loops-local#use-loops-to-repeat-operations

[royal linden]

thankyou i understand for loops 100X better

@summer stump

[deft yacht]

I know this isn't a coding problem but a unity issue, I apologise wasnt sure which channel to go to, but this is my final error 🥲

[fiery notch]

hello! I am currently making a breakout game and had a question, I have everything completed except for one thing. I want to make it to where if the ball hits a certain block, it goes a certain speed, such as if it hits a red block, it would be fast.

[rich adder]

Put it OnCollisionEnter of the ball

if(hit.comparetag("RedBrick")
movespeed = moveSpeedRed

^ example, don't copy

[royal linden]

anyone know a good method to make sure that the assets are on the ground

[queen adder]

Need help

        public void SelectCharacter(CharacterData data)
        {
            // Close the character selection panel
            mainMenu.characterSelectionPanel.SetActive(false);

            // ...then set the "character using" in the DataCarrier
            for (int i = 0; i < characters.Length; i++)
            {
                if (data == characters[i])
                {
                    DataCarrier.chosenCharacter = i;
                    PlayerPrefs.SetInt("SelectedCharacterIndex", i);
                }
            }

            PlayerPrefs.Save();

            mainMenu.characterIconPresenter.sprite = data.icon;
        }

When I save the selected char it saves it but it does not the icon so when I select one then go into game and come back to menu its still selected but it shows the icon of the default one and not the one thats saved

public void LoadValues()
{
        int selectedCharacterIndex = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("SelectedCharacterIndex", 0);
        DataCarrier.chosenCharacter = selectedCharacterIndex;

        CharacterData selectedCharacter = DataCarrier.characters[selectedCharacterIndex];
        mainMenu.characterIconPresenter.sprite = selectedCharacter.icon;
}

Im loading the prefs in another script

[shell ice]

Is someone able to help me out? Can't find out why my legs and feet wont move left and right, forward and back. On a test model it worked fine but I don't understand what's wrong.

[teal viper]

Log or place breakpoints and step with debugger to figure out if the correct values are being loaded/assigned and in what order.

[teal viper]

Seems like you're using the animation rigging package, so it might complicate things, but it seems like the ik targets for the feet are not parented to the object you're moving, so the feet are trying to match the target which stays at the same place.

Not really a coding question btw

[shell ice]

Oh ok wasn’t sure kinda new to this

Where would I go for questions like these?

[static cedar]

#🏃┃animation

[shell ice]

Ok

[magic smelt]

I have the following code, that is working perfectly, but is there a way I can do this mathematically without hard coding the coodinates?

float[] yPositions = { 0, -7.5f, 7.5f, -15, 0, 15, 7.5f, -7.5f, 0 };

for (int i = 0; i < xPositions.Length; i++)
{
    float x = xPositions[i];
    float y = yPositions[i];

    print($"X: {x}, Y: {y}");
}```
The result should be:
X: -30, Y: 0
X: -15, Y: -7.5
X: -15, Y: 7.5
X: 0, Y: -15
X: 0, Y: 0
X: 0, Y: 15
X: 15, Y: 7.5
X: 15, Y: -7.5
X: 30, Y: 0

[teal viper]

Are these number sequences follow some kind of linear pattern? If not, then you're probably better of with keyframes like you have now.

[magic smelt]

No im not looking for the pattern, i just want the results to match, im trying to spawn a gameobject at grid coordinates

I would love to do something like minX = -30, maxX = 30, minY = -15, maxY = 15

[teal viper]

Well, then there's no way to do it mathematically(unless you want to train an ML ai to find some pattern in your coordinates).😅

[magic smelt]

just cant figure out the math to do this correctly, i came close few times ;P

[teal viper]

It would work if your sequences were changing linearly. But they have repeating numbers and going from positive to negative, back to positive.

Basically, it's hard to derive a mathematical function from your data.

[magic smelt]

I did this earlier and it almost worked perfectly, it was just missing 2 gameobjects:
X: 0, Y: - 15
X: 30, Y: - 15

minX = -30,
maxY = 15f,
minY = -15f,
thresholdX = 15,
thresholdY = 15; // Adjusted thresholdY to match the expected output

for (float x = minX; x <= maxX; x += thresholdX)
{
    for (float y = minY; y <= maxY; y += thresholdY)
    {
        print($"X: {x}, Y: {y}");
        Vector2 spawnPosition = new Vector2(x, y);
        Instantiate(gridManagerPrefab, spawnPosition, Quaternion.identity, gridArea.transform);
    }
    // After each row, adjust the Y coordinate for the next row
    minY = minY == -7.5f ? 0 : -7.5f;
}```

[hushed spire]

Will calling an Invoke inside my method to start the method again every x seconds lead to any issues down the line?

[rich adder]

better using coroutine

[hushed spire]

Just using startcoroutine inside the coroutine?

[rich adder]

just a while loop would suffice

[hushed spire]

But I need it to only run once every minute or so

Won't using a while loop and making a manual timer impede on runtime as it's checking that every frame?

[rich adder]

its a Coroutine which kinda works async

IEnumerator Repeat(float timeBetween = 60)
{
    while (true)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(timeBetween);
        //do the thing

    }
}```

[hushed spire]

Ah ok

That does make sense

[teal viper]

First of all, that'd already not a "mathematical" way. It's a programmatic way. And it's making it more complex than just to have a list of points. Not to mention that it skips some, because you have some points share the same x or y position as others.

[hushed spire]

while(true) feels cursed to use in a practical sense though lmao

Appreciate the help

[rich adder]

I usually do use a bool to break it, but most of the time I just store this in a Coroutine incase i need to stop it as well (another benfit for coroutine)

MyCoroutine = null;

MyCoroutine = StartCoroutine(Repeat())

StopCoroutine(MyRoutine)

[hushed spire]

I usually just do StartCoroutine("nameOfCoroutine")

Is that bad code or just down to prefrence?

[rich adder]

using strings is not type safe

[hushed spire]

Meaning?

[rich adder]

if you mispell it the editor has no idea

[hushed spire]

But if I just copy paste the name there's no mispellings to be had

Though editing later on it's possible to accidentally edit it

So I do see where you're coming from now

[rich adder]

yus

[hushed spire]

Thank you again!

[deft yacht]

anyone got any ideas what this could mean? getting desperado for solutions

[static cedar]

I was thinking, but u can use span here.

[teal viper]

It's an issue with the services package. Either it's current installed version is incompatible with unity or some other package, or your library folder cache is corrupted.

Try updating the package and if that doesn't work, delete the library folder.

[deft yacht]

Thank you, very much i just foud this out but i really appreaciate the response

[static cedar]

It kind of is a bad code.
Even if u just copy paste it or smth, just changing the name of the method will still break it. You have the nameof() to get changed along with it (using with ctrl + r + r in visual studio not code to rename something and update all references to that thing).
But i'd rather avoid relying on string inputs for stuff like this anyways.

Here's an extra reason why not to use string input ig.

/*Declaration*/
public Coroutine StartCoroutine(string methodName, object value = null); 

/*Description*/
//Starts a coroutine named methodName.

In most cases you want to use the "StartCoroutine" variation above. However "StartCoroutine" using a string method name lets you use "StopCoroutine" with a specific method name. The downside is that the string version has a higher runtime overhead to start the coroutine and you can pass only one parameter.

[hybrid karma]

IEnumerator Mark(int i)
    {
        HighlightColumn(i, Color.blue, 0, array[i]);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);
    }
``` when i call this there is no delay, the variable is define and it works elsewhere in the script, idk what to do

[slender nymph]

you're not delaying anything there. you're calling the HighlightColumn method, then it waits. but since nothing comes after the wait nothing is being delayed

[hybrid karma]

if i put the delay before it still doesnt delay

[slender nymph]

then either delay is zero, or by "doesn't delay" you actually mean that it only delays for the first time you call it, then every time after that you don't see any delay happening. and if the latter is the case then you're probably just starting the coroutine in update without doing any sort of checks for whether it is currently running or not

also keep in mind that coroutines do not delay the calling code in any way (with the exception being starting a coroutine inside of another coroutine and yielding that)

[hybrid karma]

oh, i need to delay the calling code, but i dont want the calling code to be a coroutine

[slender nymph]

is that code inside of update?

[hybrid karma]

no

[slender nymph]

then it needs to be a coroutine

or you need to be calling the method over and over and use if statement(s) to control what part of that code executes

[hybrid karma]

ok if the calling code is a coroutine then can i keep the delay in Mark? how do i make the delay in Mark work

[slender nymph]

yield return StartCoroutine()