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[summer stump]

This is not a code question, and please don't crosspost

[hybrid mango]

Hey guys, I have the following script! Basically it follows a tool that I use to delete objects in my building game. Inside the unity editor, it works flawlessly. The entire object lights up red to display that it is highlighted. However, when I build the project and try to play it, only the first material gains an emmision, not all of the materials in the object.
https://pastebin.com/Z6HknA6d

[sour fulcrum]

I could be wrong but I think you wanna set Renderer.materials to your temp array once your done with it?

            foreach (Renderer renderer in objectRenderers)
            {
                Material[] materials = renderer.materials;
                foreach (Material material in materials)
                {
                    material.EnableKeyword("_EMISSION");
                    material.SetColor("_EmissionColor", color);
                }

[swift crag]

Nah, that should be fine. The materials in the array are the exact same materials being used by the renderer

You only need to reassign the array if you assigned entirely new materials

[buoyant knot]

I make generic components (which might depend on other generic components). Then I might make a specific component (specific to the type of thing) that can GetComponent and use the generic components

Example:
Enemy has: SpawnedEntityHandler, EntityDataHolder, ObjCollision (depends on EntityDataHolder), GenericEnemyWalk (depends on ObjCollision)

Platform has: SpawnedEntityHandler, EntityDataHolder, ObjCollision (depends on EntityDataHolder), PlatformHandler (depends on ObjCollision)

Checkpoint has SpawnedEntityHandler, EntityDataHolder, CheckpointHandler (depends on SpawnedEntityHandler)

idk if this helps

[slender path]

Anyone know how to make at the end of line 78 (https://gdl.space/joduxubava.cs)

[silk night]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[slender path]

get this info (https://gdl.space/puceqehuxe.cs)

[sour fulcrum]

How would I lerp a transforms rotation just based on a float?

Like if I want to make something turn to rotation.y 180

I quick google showed me Quaternion.Lerp and Slerp but the examples use a transform as a target rather than just a number

[slender nymph]

the examples use quaternions not transforms. those quaternions just happen to be the rotation of other transforms. you can create a quaternion from euler angles using Quaternion.Euler

[amber spruce]

so im making a player i used a asset for the model animations etc but for some reason only my camera moves on a differnt model the model also moved anyone know why this is happening

i would send my character controller but its to big

[teal viper]

It's not quite clear what you mean. Maybe upload a video demonstrating the issue.

[slender nymph]

also you can use a bin site to share large blocks of !code

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[amber spruce]

so i figured it out lol i had 2 character controllers lol

mb

although i could use help with one thing when i look around my model doesnt turn with it the old one did

here is the controllerhttps://hastebin.com/share/bujofonona.csharp

[slender path]

Anyone know how to make at the end of line 78 (https://gdl.space/joduxubava.cs)

get this info (https://gdl.space/puceqehuxe.cs)

[slender nymph]

get what info?

[summer stump]

What does "make at the end of line 78" mean?

[slender path]

it gives me the error

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[slender nymph]

please provide the stack trace

you should already know how to find that from the link you were provided earlier

ah, i see. after going through your message history i can finally tell what your issue is. you are not assigning anything to your meshData variable anywhere so it is null

[slender path]

do you know how I would assign it

Also the stack traces are
TerrainGenerator.UpdateVisibleChunks () (at Assets/Scripts/Infinite Terrain/TerrainGenerator.cs:78)
TerrainGenerator.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/Infinite Terrain/TerrainGenerator.cs:43)

[slender nymph]

i mean, the stack trace is no longer necessary. but do you not know how to create an instance of a class and assign it to a variable?

[slender path]

MeshData meshData = GetComponent<MeshData>();

[slender nymph]

meshdata is not a component

[slender path]

i am finding that out

[slender nymph]

again, do you not know how to create an instance of an object?

[slender path]

i guess not

[slender nymph]

there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel

you should start there if you don't know how to use the new operator

i'm also curious what data you think you are passing to that TerrainChunk constructor if you don't even have an instance of the MeshData

[slender path]

the verticies array

[slender nymph]

what data do you think is in that array?

[broken anvil]

anyway i can set the spawned bullet's transform positions and rotation to another object's transform value?

[slender nymph]

you can pass a position and rotation to the Instantiate method

[slender path]

Vector3 and Ids are in that array

[slender nymph]

how?

[broken anvil]

like i need the spawned bullet to position itself on this transform

[slender path]

vertices [vertexIndex] = vertexPosition;

[slender nymph]

also based on the fact that you are casting a double literal to a float instead of just writing a float literal, i recommend you go through some beginner c# courses. there are some great courses pinned in this channel

[slender nymph]

your array does not exist. how can you be assigning anything at all to it if it does not exist

[broken anvil]

yeah ive just been monkeyseemonkeydo-ing tutorials i have to check on those thanks

[slender path]

https://gdl.space/folepojosu.cpp

[slender nymph]

okay but if you aren't creating an instance of MeshData what data do you think is in the array you are trying to access?

hint: the array does not exist because you have not bothered to call the constructor for that object

[slender path]

what do you mean

[slender nymph]

meshData is null. you have not bothered to create an instance of it or even call that AddVertex method.

since you've not bothered creating the instance nor adding any vertices, what data do you think you are passing? the answer is obviously none.

[slender path]

https://gdl.space/tabazihado.cs

[slender nymph]

now go look at your TerrainGenerator. where are you calling that method that creates the instance of the MeshData and assigning it to your meshData variable?

again, you are not

[slender path]

That is what i am here for

[slender nymph]

and that is what i've been trying to make you understand this whole time

but you clearly do not understand your own code otherwise you'd have realized you need to call that method and assign its return value to your meshData variable

so you probably need to go rewatch whatever tutorial you copied the code from and maybe try and understand what exactly it is doing and why

[slender path]

my only goal is to get the height of the mesh at a certain point and place a tree there

[opal fossil]

what version off c# and .net does unity 2023 use

[slender nymph]

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

[opal fossil]

thx

[real dome]

sorry if this is a novice question but is there any way for smooth rotational movement without using Quaternion.Slerp?

im trying to make a 2d submarine game and the submarine's direction always tries to face the cursor which is locked around the centre with a radius of 5f (kinda unimportant but dont worry)

[slender nymph]

since 2d would only rotate around the Z axis you just need to use Mathf.Lerp the one angle

or you can just use Quaternion.Slerp if you get a quaternion representing the desired rotation. which is also fairly trivial

[real dome]

i think ill try Mathf.Lerp because when i tried using Quaternion.Slerp i got my desired effect but

its kinda hard to explain

[slender nymph]

i'd bet the issue lies with how you get the desired rotation

[real dome]

hold on ill just send a video

im getting the desired rotation through the tracking of a transform object

[slender nymph]

i'd rather see your code

[real dome]

you see how it sorta like flips once it passes the middle threshold

as for the code here it is:

[slender nymph]

!code

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[real dome]

whoops

[slender nymph]

Quaternion rot = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(direct), rotSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
rot.y = 0;
rot.x = 0;

yeah that's not right

[real dome]

https://paste.ofcode.org/382i3ziSGE6MXMxYfxS77jP

[real dome]

i was following a tutorial for 3d smooth rotation and thought id just change the z value and set the rest to zero and call it a day

kinda lazy but it worked until well

[real dome]

this

[slender nymph]

well for one Quaternion.LookRotation creates a quaternion that represents the Z axis pointing in the direction you provide. also quaternions are not euler angles and you should not be modifying them manually like that if you do not understand how they work. their axes are not in degrees

if you just want the desired Z rotation angle you can use Mathf.Atan2 to get the angle from the direction. then you can create a quaternion using Quaternion.Euler for the target rotation. or if you are using a rigidbody you could instead use its MoveRotation method

[frail adder]

Hi, my code for jumping using rb is being really weird as every single time the character jumps, the height of the jump is either high or really low. Why is this happening?

[frozen mantle]

hey all, i want to have a aggro system where the enemy will stay aggroed on the player for 5 seconds after the player has left it's range. in order to keep track of these 5 seconds, is it faster/more optimized to user a time variable, or to use coroutines?

[slender nymph]

reset Y velocity to 0 right before you apply the force to ensure it is consistent

[slender nymph]

update would be more performant compared to potentially starting a bunch of new coroutines quickly

any actual performance differences will be entirely based on implementation though

[real dome]

if you just want the desired Z rotation

[frail adder]

tysm that worked, one other question, the commented code resulted in the player being unable to jump at all while the current code functions, why is that?

[frozen mantle]

basically, i want the timer for the aggro to stop and reset if the player gets back into the enemy's range. I was reading up on coroutines and if i understand correctly, i want to call StartCorountine() when i leave the enemy's range, but if i get back into it, i call StopCoroutine()

[slender nymph]

right which is why i said that potentially starting a bunch of coroutines quickly will be less performant than just using a timer in update since you can just reset a float for that

[frozen mantle]

i think with that i would only ever have one coroutine going at a time? tho, that;'s one coroutine per enemy... tho, i don't plan to swarm the player with more than like, 3 enemies at once

[slender nymph]

if you normally move the player by assigning the velocity then you were likely overwriting the Y velocity each time you did so which of course would prevent the AddForce from being effective

[frozen mantle]

You think im overthinking my code by using coroutines?

im just trying to get into the habit of writing optimized code

[unique violet]

How can I keep my self organized instead of having right now 50 scripts. My big thing is having data scripts on parents that have variables for there child’s.

[static cedar]

Tbh, i'm preferring async over coroutines.

[slender nymph]

it depends entirely on how you decide you want to handle it. like i said starting a bunch of coroutines quickly is less performant than just using a timer in update. but compare to a timer in update, a timer in a single coroutine instance has nearly no performance difference. the only difference is the initial start for the coroutine (i have a benchmark that shows this somewhere, i'll try and find it real quick)

[frail adder]

this is how i move the player, would this conflict with it?

[frozen mantle]

i told you how im handling it... do you not have a definite answer for me?

[slender nymph]

no, that would not overwrite the velocity. if you comment out the middle line in your Jump method then uncomment the AddForce line it should theoretically work provided you are actually adding enough force

[slender nymph]

christ are you even reading what i've said?

[frozen mantle]

im just trying to understand is all

im sorry

please have patience

i just, i feel like my code it really sloppy in all honesty and i wanna start making good code

[frail adder]

ok, tysm

[slender nymph]

as i have already told you, any performance difference will entirely depend on the actual implementation. you can discuss theory all you want, but that doesn't mean shit if you end up writing it poorly anyway

[frozen mantle]

so what am i to do? just implement both methods and check the profiler?

sorry i don't mean to upset you

im just a tad lost

[slender nymph]

you should focus on just implementing it in whatever way makes the most sense to you. then if you happen to have performance issues, you can refactor if necessary

just work on it, don't worry so much about squeezing every single drop of performance out of the code otherwise you'll never get anywhere

[frozen mantle]

im trying to avoid refactoring but i guess that's just the life of a game dev

okay, thank you

i know you get bombarded with dumb questions and tend to lose patience quick

i apologize for contributing to that

[charred spoke]

Perhaps you just need this https://github.com/akbiggs/UnityTimer and all your timing needs are fixed.

[frozen mantle]

very handy but im trying to stick to stock/built-on solutions for this project

[charred spoke]

Why?

[frozen mantle]

it's supposed to be a "test" project, even tho i've been working on it for a year

idk i just want to

[charred spoke]

The moment you write code yourself

Its no longer a built in solution

🤣

[frozen mantle]

i don't wanna use outside libraries

[charred spoke]

Why?

[frozen mantle]

sorry im just

kinda frustrated

[slender nymph]

don't reinvent the wheel if you don't have to.

[frozen mantle]

gimme a quick second to gather myself

[charred spoke]

Im genuinely curious about it. Ive seen many new folks refuse to use ready made and tested libraries, while most senior dev would like nothing more than that. I hate writing code someone else has already written.

[static cedar]

I feel like it's a bit excessive for something that can be dealt with an if statement.

[frozen mantle]

okay

[static cedar]

That's just me ig.

[frozen mantle]

sorry im back i just felt bad because i don't mean to waste any of y'alls time

im just trying to make good habits is all

and i guess the imposter syndrome is deciding to hit me a bit, but i'll get it over soon

[charred spoke]

And if your game relies on many timings how many separate hard to debug and find if ststements you wanna write? Me personally as a rule I go if I use it more than ONCE it becomes a method and if I use it more than 5 times it needs to be it’s own class

[frozen mantle]

i guess the reason i don't wanna use libraries is i feel it complicates things?

and also makes it hard to ask for help if i use outside libraries in case my code explodes

[slender nymph]

typically they simplify things, though it can feel complicated while you learn how to use it. but it's not really any harder than learning how to implement it yourself

[frozen mantle]

true

also, with this specific library

i don't feel like going back through my code to implement it, i could just say screw it and just go ahead and only use it from this point on

but then my code is gonna look all sloppy

[frozen mantle]

also funny you bring this up, it's actually on the page's read me

in this Dev's opinion, it "hides away game logic"... whatever that means

but i guess it's a worry to someone

[static cedar]

If we're talking about like that stuff, that can be fixed by other ways like breaking something down to multiple methods as necessary. That principle is true in any case anyways.
Feels like this library just kind of inlines the time handling. Personally, i think i can go well just fine without this.

[frozen mantle]

Yeah kinda sorta same

[static cedar]

I feel like spouting random crap at times.

[frozen mantle]

i mean it's very handy and i appreciate it!

just think it's a tad overkill, so to say

imma just keep it stupid simple and use a timer

thanks all!

@slender nymph @charred spoke i appreciate you two's help, again sorry if i was being stubborn or annoying i just wanted to be sure i understood fully what was going on

brain is dumb sometimes

[charred spoke]

It’s okey. I suppose I was the same when I started. You will grow and learn

[frozen mantle]

I will DEF use libraries for my "real" projects

libraries are gooood

so you're advice is not falling on deaf ears

[slender nymph]

you could always learn to implement it yourself in a way that can be reused like that package that uri linked then you'll have your own version of it to pull into your projects that will suit your needs exactly

[static cedar]

The only library i used quite a bit is Unitask.

Pretty much a library to make async work pretty well since i'm not using coroutines.

[frozen mantle]

also very true

[static cedar]

I'm planning to do this for my weapon system... As much as it can without any component involved so i can reuse it in other game engines.

Though, ams currently, not working on my game, just a discord bot that scrapes my school web.

[final trellis]

making an audio player with "+ and - 5 second" buttons, getting this error despite clamping, anybody know a fix?

[broken anvil]

heya how do you make it so instantiated objects have suffixes like (1), (2), and so on

if multiples are spawned on every trigger

[slender nymph]

you can modify a gameobject's name property. but that would also require you to keep track of how many have been spawned. but honestly, what is the point in doing this?

[static cedar]

It looks nice.

I don't want to see unnamed stuff in the heirarchy.

[slender nymph]

i mean, it wouldn't be unnamed. it would have the prefab's name with (Clone) appended to it. it just wouldn't have the numbers at the end that they seem to want 🤷‍♂️

[broken anvil]

the framework's gun system fires ammo (which are actual game objects) in a certain order. i want to make the ammo at the bottom of the mag to be deleted first then to the top like it should be irl

[rich adder]

why use names instead of an array or something?

[slender nymph]

but why would you need to append numbers to the names for that? or are you using GameObject.Find

[final trellis]

I think a list would be better in this situation unless im crazy

[slender nymph]

a Queue would probably be even better

[frozen mantle]

oh, data structures

this is something im good at

i went to college

🤓

[broken anvil]

i guess i wanted to replicate the prefab example that the framework had which had numbered ammo. the number-ordered ammo allowed ammo to be consumed from bottom to up (first one was original object then largest numbered object was at the bottom)

[slender nymph]

you shouldn't be relying on gameobject names for your logic. that will make it incredibly brittle

[final trellis]

btw, anybody know somethin abt this?

[ashen ferry]

keep seeing this thing to not use names for anything

why is it brittle its as brittle as any string comparison noones gonna change gameobject name but you no?

[slender nymph]

there's nothing preventing a gameobject's name from being changed by other objects. it also relies on making sure your spelling is exactly correct with no compile time checking for that so if you spelled something wrong, you won't find out until you run it and hopefully notice that the code isn't doing what it should

also if you are searching for gameobjects by name using something like GameObject.Find then you are searching the entire hierarchy which can be incredibly slow in larger scenes with more objects

plus, the behavior they want to achieve can be done using a collection and just storing the objects when they are spawned in the correct order (such as with a Queue or Stack, or even just appending them to a List) instead of relying on any string comparisons at all

[charred spoke]

Most “best practices” are useful when working in a team. Solo devs can ignore most of them and keep in trucking

[ashen ferry]

no but like I used gameobject name for my object pooling and it was 100% percent fine u set animator params with string names or shader property with string as well theres some stuff where u "blindly shoot" into it but as long as it doesnt change randomly how is it bad

[charred spoke]

Well its slower

[ashen ferry]

tho what did u mean with there's nothing preventing a gameobject's name from being changed by other objects. part

god damn forgor how to quote

[charred spoke]

Shader properties can be converted to ints statically

So can animator params for that matter

[ashen ferry]

huh so im just retarted then

[charred spoke]

Mno you just never hit a scale where that matters

[ashen ferry]

what scale we talking about

[slender nymph]

the name property is public. that means any object with a reference to it can change that property. what happens if you accidentally reference the wrong object and change its name? suddenly your code doesn't work and it's not entirely clear why

[charred spoke]

Performance or team wise

[ashen ferry]

yea fair point ig cant argue

[ashen ferry]

where it starts to be relevant to follow the good practices wise

[charred spoke]

I dont have exact numbers

Like 5 team members and 20-30 animators running at once

[ashen ferry]

how is this thing called to change shader properties with ints

cant open ide rn and neither do I find anything

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Shader.PropertyToID.html this?

u still got a string in here

[charred spoke]

Yes but you call this once and store the result in a static or const variable and use that

That way there is no calculation and no garbage when calling for example animator.GetBool or what ever

[ashen ferry]

this just as its states for performance u can store static string as well

still blindly hope u typed it in correct

[charred spoke]

Sure but unity does the hashing anyways

[charred spoke]

Well you could have a tool that reads out the animators properties and generates code for you. Ive been wanting to try out the new roslyn code this might be a fun weekend project

[pearl grotto]

I am absolutely terrible with quaternions, I've been spawning soemthing using a vector3 + transform.forward, and i think it would work much better if i could just take the x z rotation of the player and not the y

looking up and down causes some weird collisions with my player and bounces them around lol

[charred spoke]

Nevermind its already done https://github.com/kayy/AnimatorAccess

[ashen ferry]

damn this would be nice to have if my animators wouldnt be with like 2 animations at most

[frozen mantle]

man, more of these USELESS LIBS

nah im joking

this looks handy too

[charred spoke]

It is an old library I might fork it and give it an update

[ashen ferry]

over engineered as fuck it must get pretty bad when u got a lot of animations for this to exist

[charred spoke]

I bet it will still work on modern unity, the animation api has not changed at all

[charred spoke]

It does

[frozen mantle]

maybe you can clean it up, Uri

and make it not over engineered as Blin thinks it is

[charred spoke]

I wouldn’t call it over engineered. It seems to handle every case I can think of

[frozen mantle]

ye

[charred spoke]

It gets so bad that we are heavily investing in creating our own motion matching tech so that we dont have to deal blend trees

[ashen ferry]

What yall cooking gta 7?

[real dome]

sorry for interrupting guys but im back to my old problem where ive been trying to ease in and out of rotational movement but its just giving me immediate rotation, the "angle" float is my desired rotational value of rb
https://paste.ofcode.org/tTfSvt4CbwZ8fFt5fLr9BC

[hybrid karma]

ive been using doubles for my money in my game but im finding issues with imprecision, can i just swap a double with a big int and everything be fine?

[charred spoke]

Funny enough the gta6 leaks showed us that we are using the same publishedpaper for character locomotion step prediction l, since one of the debug tools show was taken straight out of the paper. Half life Alyx are using it too.

[charred spoke]

Do you need decimal points?

[hybrid karma]

at early stages kinda? but at later stages the numbers are so high it wont matter

[charred spoke]

Can your money go negative?

[hybrid karma]

no

[charred spoke]

Wel ulong is your best bet then

[frozen mantle]

okay i think the time implementation is fine, works smoothly and is readable in code

tho, my boolean statements got a bit longer, but so is the pitfalls of AI

[hybrid karma]

ulong is hundreds of magnitudes less than i need

[charred spoke]

Ah this is a cookie clicker type of game. i suppose BigInteger then yes

[magic hawk]

Hey i was just wondering if anyone could help me learn how to make an action counter that increments every time a UI button is clicked?

[summer stump]

Make an int variable called counter in a script.
Add a method called IncrementCounter() where you add 1 to the counter
Drag the object with that script into the button OnClick box
Select the method.
Done

[magic hawk]

Alright i have that, I was also wondering how to apply that to on screen text because it only shows it increment in the Inspector. For example i have text that says "Actions" and I would like it to go up by 1 every time a UI button in clicked. Sorry if this is a lot i just suck with UI lol

[summer stump]

The script with the counter should have a reference to the text, then inside that IncrementCounter method, you just do myTextReference.text = "Actions: " + counter;

Keep in mind the type of the variable needs to be right. You should be using Text Mesh Pro, so the Type should be TMP_Text, and you'll need using TMPro at the top.

On my phone, so can't remember the capitalization, but I think that's it

If you try to put a TMPro text into a Text type field, it won't work

[magic hawk]

dont worry i have TMPro on lol

ALRIGHT I GOT IT WORKING

thank you very much you are a massive help

[queen adder]

guys, how can i make a script where if that gameobject is touched the players gravity gets switched

[slender nymph]

well first, don't crosspost

[queen adder]

i accidentally posted it there and i realised there is a code-beginner channel

[slender nymph]

but you need to break it down into smaller steps that are more easily solved. what part about that specifically are you not sure how to accomplish?

[queen adder]

well

[slender nymph]

then delete it from the other channel

[queen adder]

👍

so when the object which the script is attached to is touched

the players gravity goes from lets say 2 to -2 and also it rotates the players Z axis by -180

most tutorials i found are on when u press a key gravity changes but i dont want that

[slender nymph]

okay so then there are three steps you need to figure out how to accomplish:

1. how to detect collisions
2. how to change how gravity affects the player
3. how to rotate the player

[queen adder]

well this is what ive done so far

[slender nymph]

it's the same concept though. but instead of doing it when you press a key, you do it on a collision

[queen adder]

oops

accidentally put wrong comment

[slender nymph]

use the CompareTag method when checking an object's tag rather than string equality

[queen adder]

ok

[slender nymph]

but here you would just get the player's rigidbody2d and change its gravity scale as well as rotate it

[queen adder]

so i'd need to do something like GetComponent(Rigidbody2D)

[slender nymph]

yeah, but that's not quite how you use GetComponent

you also need to make sure you call GetComponent on the player object not the object that this script is attached to

[queen adder]

oh

hmm

i dont get it

[fiery sedge]

Hi! I want to create a timer. I've tried it in Update and it works perfectly.

private float _time;
private void Update()
{
    if (_time < seconds)
    {
        _time += Time.deltaTime;
    }
}

But if I try it in another method it works very quickly.

private void WaitForSeconds(int seconds)
{
    float time = 0;
    while (time < seconds)
    {
        time += Time.deltaTime;
    }
}

Maybe because Update is called every frame and while doesn't. Help me, please, with it! Thanks.🥰

[slender nymph]

just use if statements in Update to delay your code. or use a coroutine. you won't be able to create a timer like that in a regular method

[slender nymph]

what do you not get?

this is a code channel

[fiery sedge]

Thanks!

[queen adder]

like how would i call getcomponent on the player and the object?

then wait

[slender nymph]

that doesn't mean you should post in an unrelated channel

[slender nymph]

well you're checking that the incoming collider has the "Player" tag, right? so if it does have that tag, then you know it is the player, right?

[queen adder]

yep

[slender nymph]

so call GetComponent on the incoming collider if it has the Player tag

[queen adder]

i think i got it

thanks

[low perch]

how do I avoid an error if hit is null or something else

if (hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<click_point>() != null)
    {
        hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<click_point>().transport();
    }

[slender nymph]

start by checking that hit.collider is not null

[static cedar]

Did you check if hit.collider is null.

Ok wa.

[obsidian jewel]

i have 2 monster make by spine animation 2d. I need combine some part of them to new monster. the problem is it too different from 2 part animation and bone so i cant just swith their skin.

[ruby python]

Hi all, I'm kinda losing the will to live over here at the moment, so I really hope that someone can help figure out what I'm doing wrong..........

I've followed this video to make a simple script to open and close a door, but I just cannot get it to work at all.

https://youtu.be/7t218LaeiiI?si=8ztRcEgCOOT0htky&t=277

((Code to follow......))

https://pastebin.com/sdUCd5g7

My closeAngle is 40 and my openAngle is -15

When I open the door, it seems to work but when it gets close to reaching its target, it 'flips out' and snaps to trying to be at 90 degrees, and the closing just doesn't work at all (I'm guessing because of the flipping out). At the moment I'm just using the inspector to flip the bool on and off.

[keen dew]

You can't take the angles from the object's current localEulerAngles. You'll have to use a separate variable.

private Vector3 currentRot;

private void Start()
{
    currentRot = new Vector3(closeAngle, 0, 0);
    rearDoor.transform.localEulerAngles = currentRot;
}

void Update()
{
    if (isOpening)
    {
        if (currentRot.x > openAngle)
        {
            currentRot = Vector3.Lerp(currentRot, new Vector3(openAngle, currentRot.y, currentRot.z), doorSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
        else if (currentRot.x < closeAngle)
        {
            currentRot = Vector3.Lerp(currentRot, new Vector3(closeAngle, currentRot.y, currentRot.z), doorSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }

        rearDoor.transform.localEulerAngles = currentRot;
    }
}

Terrible tutorial btw

[ruby python]

Aaah okay, weird how it worked in the vid. lol. And I know there are better ways, just seemed like the quickest, and I reeeeeally don't want to use the Animator. lol. Thank you though, very much appreciate it.

[keen dew]

It can work by accident for some values but Euler angles are not unique so they're not reliable for this kind of thing

[ruby python]

Okay, gotcha.

That works great, thank you. 🙂 Now just need to figure out why the thing won't close after it's open. lol.

[loud dragon]

https://hastebin.com/share/hidevavewo.csharp
https://hastebin.com/share/inuzuqiwav.csharp

In this i am getting null reference error

[keen dew]

The object doesn't have a text component so CounterText is null

[loud dragon]

done but still same

[unique hull]

What line is the null reference on?

[keen dew]

done what?

[loud dragon]

i think 37

i made countertext public and add text component on inspector

[keen dew]

Did you remove the line from Start that re-assigns it?

[unique hull]

Yeah the start function tries to grab a text from the current gameobject. If that is null , then the text becomes null.

[loud dragon]

yes

[keen dew]

Show what you have now

[loud dragon]

now its not showing error

but

my targets are not spwaning

[unique hull]

Have you assigned a bullet prefab?

What line is it breaking on?

Does it break on the "if" line or on the "Instantiate" line ?

[amber spruce]

anyone know why my model doesnt turn with the camera the old model with the same scripts did i changed the model and now it doesnt here is the player controller https://hastebin.com/share/bujofonona.csharp

[loud dragon]

https://hastebin.com/share/ukececizoq.csharp
https://hastebin.com/share/orepeyanix.csharp
In these above it is entering targetspawner function but not in the condition also in bullet_destroy the ount is decreasing but it is not getting updated in counter

[lean basin]

Hello, since unity button doesn't have hover, and select event. I intend to make my own. I can use ISelectHandler to create Selected event, I can use IPointerEnterHandler to create hovered event. But how do I be able to navigate between my buttons using keyboard leke the built in button does?

[strong wren]

Probably need to inherit from Selectable https://docs.unity3d.com/2023.3/Documentation/Manual/script-Selectable.html

[loud dragon]

can anyone clear it

[amber spruce]

anyone

[gray pilot]

Not quite sure I understand what the count variable is for, or why it is in another class? The bullet_destroy script seems to be handling colision for each bullet too. Do you spawn more than one bullet_destroy script?

If there is more than one bullet_destroy script, they would each have their own separate counter variables

You also only reference one bullet_destroy script in your counter class, which one?

[topaz mortar]

I have Item, which is a MonoBehaviour
If I do Item newItem = newItemObject.AddComponent<Item>();
How would I set the fields of my newItem?
Is there a constructor or something?

[tacit estuary]

You should make it a prefab instead of a game object in the scene. If the original bullet is destroyed, it can no longer make copies of the original

[tacit estuary]

Make an initializer method

[polar acorn]

You would have to make a function then call it youself

[topaz mortar]

so there's no default constructor?

idealy I would add parameters to the AddCompentent<Item>(...)

[tacit estuary]

void SomeInitializer(int a, bool b)
{
    // treat this as a constructor
}

// How you would use it
Item newItem = newItemObject.AddComponent<Item>();
newItem.SomeInitializer(99, true);```

[tacit estuary]

unfortunately you can’t do it that way

[lean basin]

oh yes it is!! thank you

[polar acorn]

Well, there is. It's just a no parameter constructor that add component calls

[lilac hemlock]

Can someone help me please? I am building a grid based placement system. I want to calculate size of an object in cells and then mark it. However, I can't make the script to calculate size of an object is cells correctly. Also, if half cell is taken, i want it to count as one.

https://gdl.space/ejoqijosan.cs

[topaz mortar]

public void Create(ItemSO newItemSO)
{
    Debug.Log(newItemSO.ItemSprite.GetType());
    _image.sprite = newItemSO.ItemSprite; // This is line 25
}

[dry tendon]

Is there any way to detect sunset in real life and make something happen in the game?

[rich adder]

anything is possible

[dry tendon]

yeah, sure, the fact is how

[topaz mortar]

I know what a NullReferenceException is, but I can't figure out what I didn't set

I literally debug the thing I'm setting right above and it's a sprite

[rich adder]

screenshot entire debug window not cutoff

[topaz mortar]

that's everything

maybe I need to instantiate the gameobject my item script is on?

[rich adder]

its not

[rich adder]

ok and which object is this script on

screenshot

[north kiln]

It's also possible that you call the function twice and either newItemSO or ItemSprite is null the second time it's called

[topaz mortar]

Item newItem = newItemObject.AddComponent<Item>();
newItem.Create(monster.ItemDrop);```

[north kiln]

Well, _image or newItemSO can be null

[rich adder]

tryina see if _image wasnt set

[deep folio]

can somebody tell what is wrong

xpSlider.Value = PlayerXp;
xpSlider.maxValue = PlayerNeededXp;

[north kiln]

Your !ide should autocomplete so you don't make basic capitalisation issues

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[north kiln]

Also errors should be underlined in red

[topaz mortar]

_image is a private field of the class

[rich adder]

I can see that, screenshot the script on this object

no bro, the inspector

[north kiln]

The instance of the component in the inspector

[topaz mortar]

it's not created because of this error

[rich adder]

wut

[rich adder]

you dont have this script on a gameobject?

[north kiln]

The component with the Create function.

[queen adder]

What's a good game to start off with I don't know any coding

[topaz mortar]

this?

[north kiln]

Flappy bird. Any tutorial pinned to this channel.

[rich adder]

pong / angry bird

yea flappy good too

[queen adder]

Ok

[north kiln]

Item

[topaz mortar]

no it's not on a gameobject, I'm making a new gameobject with that script on it

Item newItem = newItemObject.AddComponent<Item>();
newItem.Create(monster.ItemDrop);```

[north kiln]

Then how is _image ever set

it is null.

Preferably spawn a prefab that has it already set up

[topaz mortar]

I think I can't work with prefabs since all items will have unique stats

that are generated when the item is created

[north kiln]

You can set the values on the instance just fine

[rich adder]

you already have a Create() method, pass the stuff there, ideally make it a Init() method

[SerializeField] isn't needed unless you did need the private field to show inside the inspector and want to assign it there

[topaz mortar]

everythign works just fine if I comment that one line

I don't understand why you're asking me if _image is set when that is the field I'm trying to set?

[north kiln]

you're not trying to set it, you're trying to use a field on it

_image.sprite = newItemSO.ItemSprite;
This is what you're trying to do:
null.sprite = newItemSO.ItemSprite;

[topaz mortar]

oh

hmm

wait what?

it's a field in my class? how can it be null?

I define it at the top of my class?

[rich adder]

defining != assigning

You declared it, thats good. But if you don't assign it, then it doesn't know where to point at..

[swift crag]

I would call it a declaration

public Foo myFoo;

This declares that your class contains a field called myFoo. The accessibility of that field is public. The field's type is Foo.

By itself, this does not do anything to construct a Foo or to find a Foo that already exists.

It simply declares that your class can store a Foo.

[topaz mortar]

and what I'm trying to do is myFoo = "sprite";
and I know the "sprite" is not null?

since I debugged it

[swift crag]

That would be fine.

But that is not what you are doing.

You are attempting to assign to the sprite property of an Image.

[rich adder]

its not the sprite thats null mate

[swift crag]

You must have an Image to be able to assign something to its sprite field

[rich adder]

its the component of the image

[topaz mortar]

so my gameobject doesn't have an image component?

[rich adder]

its like saying "Come Do this work in my Kitchen at My House"
but you dont give someone the address to your house

[swift crag]

public Image image;

public void GiveImage(Image theImage) {
  image = theImage;
}

public void GiveSprite(Sprite theSprite) {
  image.sprite = theSprite;
}

These are two very distinct situations.

[north kiln]

You can look at it that way, but the gameobject is irrelevant to the code. You could add an image to that object and it would be meaningless if you never assigned it to the field

[topaz mortar]

I do not understand anything you're saying 😦

[swift crag]

You could have an Image component somewhere else in the scene. You could have an object named "Image" with an Image component on it. You could have an Image component on the same game object.

None of these would result in your image field containing a reference.

[topaz mortar]

well I understand, but it doesn't make any sense to me*

[rich adder]

You need to simply tell where your image component is through assignment =

the computer doesn't know

[swift crag]

C# will not just randomly guess what you wanted to do.

you MUST do something to assign a reference to that image field.

The script must know which Image it's working with. It would be nonsense if it just...found some random Image somewhere.

[north kiln]

image is null, it was never set, you are trying to access a field (sprite) on it.
It was never set, an image doesn't exist there, you cannot set a sprite on something that does not exist

[swift crag]

one option is to do this in the inspector. you can drag an object with an Image on it into that field, or click the little circled dot and pick an Image from your scene.

When the code runs, that image field will not be null: it will hold a reference to the Image you picked.

[rich adder]

they already have an Setup -like method they pass SO, all they need to do is pass the Image component as well

[topaz mortar]

ah okaj I think I got it

[rich adder]

newItem.Create(monster.ItemDrop);

[north kiln]

Or just use a prefab and instance that instead of wholly creating it from scratch

[swift crag]

That sounds like the most reasonable idea, yes.

[topaz mortar]

at least it's working now, not sure if it's doing what I want though lol

[swift crag]

Every item instance in your game will need an image

[rich adder]

I'm guessing this some type of Image component in the scene already

[north kiln]

Who knows lol

[topaz mortar]

nah I just forgot to add the image component lol

didn't realize

and didn't understand what you were trying to explain

Image newImage = newItemObject.AddComponent<Image>();
Item newItem = newItemObject.AddComponent<Item>();
//Instantiate(newItemObject, newImage);
newItem.Create(monster.ItemDrop, newImage);```

but I will try to make it in a prefab instead

[rich adder]

yes do that lol

[dry tendon]

Heey, is there any way to detect sunset in real life and make something happen in the game?

[swift crag]

first thing that comes to mind: find a web service that can tell you when sunset is at a given location

[rich adder]

^

[swift crag]

The math probably isn't that hard, but there's just enough complexity with stuff like leap years, daylight savings time, leap seconds...

[rich adder]

https://sunrise-sunset.org/api

[ripe shard]

It’s fully explained here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise_equation

All the date intricacies are solved by the DateTime class

[swift crag]

looks a little frightening

[wise fractal]

yo can someone help with code here

[rich adder]

you mean chat GPT give you shitty code? shocker lol

[wise fractal]

so you guys can't help?

[lean basin]

Excuse me, when a gameObject is put inside canvas, it will have RectTransform component. But why can't I call this component? I have a reference of a component, how do I get the RectTransform from that?
I can't do this: someComponentsObject.gameObject.rectTransform

[rich adder]

help with what you havent explained the problem or code

[wise fractal]

ok bro so basically what I'm trying to do is basically a flag buidling

[north kiln]

var rectTransform = (RectTransform)someComponentsObject.transform

[ashen ferry]

never knew u can cast transform into rect one they are a bit different wtf

[rich adder]

its handy af

[swift crag]

RectTransform derives Transform.

It is a more specific kind of Transform.

[ashen ferry]

aaaa

[swift crag]

Every GameObject must have a Transform. Any type compatible with Transform will work.

[ashen ferry]

alright then will use that next time instead of GetComponent lmfao

[wise fractal]

which is basically like there is button which consist of Build, Lock, and Remove the thing is Im struggling with the removing part, where im trying to replace the cursor to be a UI within the game (replace cursor with UI), so when click "remove" a circle would appear and that game Object would be gone, and once clicked again the UI circle would be gone, leaving a normal cursor.

heres the code

[swift crag]

You can also use GetComponent<Transform>(), incidentally

nothing special about RectTransform there

Transform is a kind of Component.

[wise fractal]

let me upload as file

1000 word exceed

[rich adder]

!code

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[swift crag]

share your code correctly.

[wise fractal]

ok bro

https://paste.ofcode.org/tMXwvv8zMbDrswpLdQfmFx

[lean basin]

ah very well. Thank you.

one more follow up question. Can I do this in one line?

RectTransform rectTransform = (RectTransform)buttons[id].transform;
targetYPosition = rectTransform.anchoredPosition.y +yOffset;

this is what I tried:

targetYPosition = (RectTransform)(buttons[id].transform).anchoredPosition.y;

but.. it doesn't work.

[swift crag]

Wrong order.

You are casting after trying to get anchoredPosition.y out of the Transform

((RectTransform) buttons[id].transform).anchoredPosition.y;
(buttons[id].transform as RectTransform).anchoredPosition.y;

Both of these would work.

[north kiln]

Don't do as

[lean basin]

oh I put the brackets wrong. thank you again

[swift crag]

The . operator has extremely high precedence. It goes before everything else.

[swift crag]

is it Considered Harmful?

i guess you'll get null instead of an exception

[north kiln]

It is slower, and you'd just trade out a cast exception for a null reference

which would be confusing the issue

[rich adder]

so what are you expecting to happen & what happening instead?

[amber spruce]

how do i get a public static variable to show up in the inspecter

[rich adder]

you dont

static doesnt belong to an instance

[wise fractal]

so basically instead of the cursor being a UI like requested in the script, the cursors just disappear as well as adding random flags in random cords which was weird

[rich adder]

so are u saying cursorPosition is wrong?

[wise fractal]

I don’t t know if it’s about that or the UI

I already added it separately in inspector for UI

If can not it’s fine bro I need to go to sleep anyway

[rich adder]

come back to it with a fresh mind and start debugging your positions etc

[wise fractal]

👍 thanks again bro

[buoyant knot]

i had more ideas about reference framing, if someone will listen

Recap; dynamic rigidbody on moving kinematic RB platform, and need dynamic RB to move in the reference frame of the platform, with no friction and avoiding setting transform

New idea; Platforms get surface effectors, set to their current speed based on their transform shift. Would this work?

oof, platformeffector2D and surfaceeffector2D conflict with each other

[topaz mortar]

Does this work if Inventory is a script reference on a Gameobject that is referenced on the character gameobject? 😛
newItemObject.transform.SetParent(character.Inventory.transform);

I guess it does 🙂

[uncut dune]

does OnDestroy() run after the object dies

I want to spawn something from enemies that deals damage when it collides with them but I can spawn it before they get destroyed or it will just apply to the dying enemy

will OnDestroy() fix my issue?

[buoyant knot]

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

[rich adder]

just call Instantiate when you get damaged

[uncut dune]

what

I want when an enemy dies to spawn something that deals damage to enemies and gets destroyed when they collide

if I instantiate before it dies

on top of the enemy

it just gets destroyed

[uncut dune]

okay thank you

[rich adder]

wdym Ontop of enemy

just dont make it child of enemy

[buoyant knot]

I have a component called SpawnedEntityHandler that goes onto anything that can die/despawn. All my scripts (instead of calling destroy), call OnEntityDeath / OnEntityDespawn in the spawnedEntityHandler

this system is immensely useful

[rich adder]

when do you call Destroy() ? just call Instatiate there

[uncut dune]

I want to instantiate it on the position of the enemy and its not the child

[buoyant knot]

this way spawned entity handler can handle what happens when you have a request for an entity to die

[uncut dune]

if I call instantiate after it, it doesnt work, if I do it before it will jsut get destroyed

[rich adder]

show the code

[uncut dune]

whoa thats a good idea

[uncut dune]

not sure why

[rich adder]

Nah I said call it when you call Destroy()

this is something else

[uncut dune]

do you see this

this is what happens when I do that

[rich adder]

before you call Destroy, call Instantiate?

[uncut dune]

by instantiating it will get destroyed because its colliding with the enemy??

[buoyant knot]

my SpawnedEntityHandler also has an event Action onEntityDeath, which is invoked when an entity dies. So other entities/scripts can listen to the common request that an entity is about to die

[uncut dune]

yah I really have to look into that

[rich adder]

so fix that part

[uncut dune]

sounds like a good practice

[uncut dune]

I cant? it doesnt need a fix

thats how it is supposed to work

[rich adder]

clearly

so how do expect to spawn it on something if it instantly destroys it

[uncut dune]

you clearly are not following, I just wanted to spawn something AFTER the enemy got destroyed

[rich adder]

I get it..

[uncut dune]

so?

whats wrong with it

[topaz mortar]

Working with prefabs now 🙂

[uncut dune]

also I got it working now, @buoyant knot thank you so much

[buoyant knot]

so if a fireball hits a goomba, EntityLogic calls spawnedEntityHandler.EntityDied().
Then other things listening (like let's say a hat that the goomba has on its head or something), that can listen to OnEntityDeath. So when SpawnedEntityHandler calls OnEntityDeath?.Invoke(), now the hat knows that the goomba it's tied to is dead

[subtle hedge]

Vector3 pointDirection = drivePoints[pointIndex].position - transform.position;
transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(pointDirection, Vector3.up);
```how can i make it smooth, beacose it's snapping instanlty

[rich adder]

RotateTowards

[dry tendon]

@rich adder Ok, so, now i've got the API, but how can i ask for location permissions on android?

[rich adder]

ubication permissions?

[dry tendon]

and how could i take latitude and longitude

[dry tendon]

sorry, location

[rich adder]

hmm look into this maybe
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/LocationService.Start.html

[dry tendon]

oh, thanks

[rich adder]

so you want to code or add to this toolkit ? not sure what you're asking

Do you have a decent amount of experience with coding Unity Editor scripts?

[short hazel]

Modding is something we don't discuss here, see #📖┃code-of-conduct

[queen adder]

Wait, decompiling and modding binaries?

I wasn't discussing that

[short hazel]

Decompiling or modding altogether

[gray arrow]

Hey guys, really new unity developer here, i am trying to do a very simple first 2d game - a top down shooter - which has the very classic line of sight effect using a mesh. i am trying to make it so that certain objects that are outside of the field of view are not visible. there was one tutorial online that I was able to follow to an extent, however the URP upgrade has made most of it useless to me. Instead of using the URP i have decided to do some angle calculations to determine if the object is within the fov of the player - however I have spent hours trying to get the right formula and put it correctly into code. Here is where I'm at rn:

float dx = transform.position.x - player.transform.position.x;
float dy = transform.position.y - player.transform.position.y;
float angle = Mathf.Atan2(dy, dx) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
float playerRotation = player.transform.rotation.z * 180;
float DisFromNormalLine = angle - playerRotation;

//for debugging i print some variables to the console:
print(DisFromNormalLine + " " + playerRotation + " " + angle);

which gives me this effect, which gets less accurate the further away from (0, 0) you get (the capsule on the right is the "test object" running the script above):

[timber tide]

If you want to delve into URP render objects you can mask layers with stencils

[gray arrow]

yeah i tried that, thats why the entire screen is slightly greyscaled, but I couldnt get it to work so i resorted to maths.

[timber tide]

Ah, yeah I can see some difficulty preventing the light going through the wall

Actually, the mesh idea and adding depth such that you have a cone would probably work

[gray arrow]

what do you mean?

[timber tide]

Basically what you're doing, but you'd obtain less popout effect

[gray arrow]

i still don't understand sorry

[timber tide]

Is your problem just that you're trying to spawn enemies that are touched by your light source?

or rather, make them render onto your screen

[gray arrow]

im trying to make them visible if they are in the line of sight yes

not spawning anything new

[timber tide]

Ah, ok yeah. So technically if you got the mask working, if you do want to try out the URP render objects you can pretty much layer your enemies and your mask so they would be exposed when they collide through stencils. This would also eliminate the popin effect you got going which makes it more natural

[loud dragon]

i am atking reference from one script to another but whne value is getting updated it is not showing on the other script
Help

[gray arrow]

i dont know exactly how to do that since the URP update

but i did try, like i said earlier the greyscale is a big mask

[timber tide]

They are part of the URP render asset now instead of just individual components

very similar to built-in

[gray arrow]

i have all the layers set up but idk how they work

thats the real issue

[timber tide]

Something I've got to play around with since I've not touched them for a while, but seeing what you got I'm pretty sure you can make it work.

[tender stag]

so i have different like item types, and i need to be able to do something along the lines of if(item.maxDurability > 0) ```cs
using UnityEngine;

public class WeaponItem : Item
{
[Header("Durability")]
public AudioClip breaking;
public float durability = 0;
public float maxDurability = 0;

[Header("Statistics")]
public float damage = 0;
public float speed = 0;

[Header("Ammo")]
public int ammo = 0;
public int maxAmmo = 0;

[Header("Recoil")]
public Vector2 recoil;

}```

using UnityEngine;

public class ConsumableItem : Item
{
    [Header("Statistics")]
    public float health = 0;
    public float hunger = 0;
    public float thirst = 0;
    public float stamina = 0;
}```

all types of items inherit from Item

how do i go around this?

because i only need specific item types to have the durability attributes

i dont want to just slam it in Item and call it a day

im pretty much trying to access things from scripts that inherit from a specific script

in this case the Item

[gaunt ice]

is the type of item the base class Item? and the maxDurability is not a field belong to item, so cast it

[languid spire]

If you want to access the variable as class Item then it must be visible to class Item. End of story

[tacit grotto]

I want to make a delay function in a script, that is available in all other scripts, but WaitForSeconds() doesn't work.

    public void WaitFor(float delay)
    {
        StartCoroutine(DelayHelp(delay));
    }
    IEnumerator DelayHelp(float delay)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);
    }

I call the function like this:

  GameScript.WaitFor(x);

[gaunt ice]

show your code

one line tells nothing

[tacit grotto]

it was a missclick

[languid spire]

That is not how Coroutines work

[gaunt ice]

start coroutine will not stop following lines of code executes

startcoroutine is a non-blocking operation

[gray arrow]

update for you Mao:

i got the mask working and abandoned the other script entirely, but now I get this weird clipping issue with the mask, any idea why?

[tacit grotto]

ok, thanks!

[timber tide]

The mask you were using was something that I thought had down because it looked pretty good.

What exactly are you using?

[gray arrow]

a huge rectangle covering the whole scene

[timber tide]

I mean the light revealing mask

[gray arrow]

for that it is a mesh

from a code monkey tutorial on YT

[timber tide]

I would keep that part of the script then, because that looked like it was working fine.

Curious what methods he's using

[gray arrow]

do you want me to post the important parts of the scripts here?

[timber tide]

What ever he's using to fill the mesh in

[gray arrow]

private void LateUpdate()
    {
        int rayCount = 300;
        float angleIncrease = fov / rayCount;
        float angle = startingAngle + (fov/2);

        Vector3[] vertices = new Vector3[rayCount + 1 + 1];
        Vector2[] uv = new Vector2[vertices.Length];
        int[] triangles = new int[rayCount * 3];

        vertices[0] = origin;

        int vertexIndex = 1;
        int triangleIndex = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i <= rayCount; i++)
        {
            Vector3 vertex;
            RaycastHit2D raycastHit2D = Physics2D.Raycast(origin, GetVectorFromAngle(angle), viewDistance, layerMask);

            if (raycastHit2D.collider == null) {
                // no hit
                vertex = origin + GetVectorFromAngle(angle) * viewDistance;
            } else {
                //hit Object
                vertex = raycastHit2D.point;
            }

            vertices[vertexIndex] = vertex;

            if (i > 0)
            {
            triangles[triangleIndex + 0] = 0;
            triangles[triangleIndex + 1] = vertexIndex - 1;
            triangles[triangleIndex + 2] = vertexIndex;

            triangleIndex += 3;
            }

            vertexIndex++;

            angle -= angleIncrease;
        }

        mesh.vertices = vertices;
        mesh.uv = uv;
        mesh.triangles = triangles;
        mesh.bounds = new Bounds(origin, Vector3.one * 1000f);
    }

thats the update function that draws the mesh

and then the mesh renderer just has a material which is kinda translucent

[timber tide]

Ah, pretty neat. It does skitter a bit on the edges but it does seem pretty good

[gray arrow]

so what do you think is causing the masking issue?

[timber tide]

I'm feeling like the script's not working unless I'm misunderstanding. He's changing the vertices, so it's not a rendering problem.

[dry tendon]

Heey, I need help @rich adder ```cs
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Networking;

public class NightBackground : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] private float latitude;
[SerializeField] private float longitude;

private string url = "https://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?";

private void Start()
{
    StartCoroutine(GetSunriseSunsetData());
}
IEnumerator GetSunriseSunsetData()
{
    string requestURL = url + "lat=" + latitude.ToString() + "&lng=" + longitude.ToString();

    UnityWebRequest www = UnityWebRequest.Get(requestURL);
    yield return www.SendWebRequest();

    if (www.result == UnityWebRequest.Result.ConnectionError || www.result == UnityWebRequest.Result.ProtocolError)
    {
        Debug.Log("Error: " + www.error);
    }
    else
    {
        // Procesa la respuesta JSON aquí
        string jsonResponse = www.downloadHandler.text;
        Debug.Log(jsonResponse);
    }
}

}```

Im trying to use that api

but unity send me this message

The fact is that the API works correctly cause when i paste this link into google :https://api.sunrisesunset.io/json?lat=40.4168&lng=-3.7038It correctly works and the API shows me this: { "results": { xxx }, "status": "OK" }

Does someone knows what's happenning?

[rich adder]

debug.log your requestURL

also dont dox yourself lol

hope thats a test long/lat

[dry tendon]

hehe, true

[dry tendon]

Ok, one moment

[rich adder]

hmm worked fine for me

[dry tendon]

thats the log

I think

[rich adder]

are you trying to run this through ADB?

or ur device

[dry tendon]

whaaat?

[rich adder]

it aint the script though because its working for me

[rich adder]

your first error

the red one

something to do with your adb

[dry tendon]

whats that

[rich adder]

is the tool between android n pc

Android Debug Bridge

or w.e

[dry tendon]

oh, it appears me when i dont conect my pc with unity remote 5

but it doesnt happen nothing

[loud dragon]

sorry for interuption but can anyone tell me a way so that i can use a a variable from another script so that when it changes in the original script it gets changed in the other also

[rich adder]

are you testing this script in editor mode ?

[dry tendon]

no, just in play mode

[rich adder]

A property / event could help

[loud dragon]

https://hastebin.com/share/orepeyanix.csharp
https://hastebin.com/share/ukececizoq.csharp

[rich adder]

No I mean inside the Unity editor or you are trying to run it on the phone?

[loud dragon]

in this i am taking count and points from 2nd script to the first one

[dry tendon]

nono, just inside unity editor

[loud dragon]

but it is not showing changes while playing in the first one

[rich adder]

ideally an event

not needed tho

you just need to reference the Counter

[loud dragon]

yes

[rich adder]

store it inside a variable

you see how you do countincrement

[loud dragon]

yes

[rich adder]

pass a reference to Counter directly

so anytime you wanna do something to counter you have a working reference

[loud dragon]

can you write the command

[sterile river]

Quick question: I wanna freeze my Z position in 2D movement. I wanna do it by: The declaration is at the top of my class and the target transform in my update method

target.transform.position.z = 0.0f;```

[rich adder]

make an Init method and call it from your coutner when you spawn bullet

[loud dragon]

ok

[rich adder]

pass Counter as the type in the arguements of method

public void Init(Count counter)```

[sterile river]

It gives me an error and says: "The return value of Transform.position is not a variable and therefore cannot be changed"

[loud dragon]

will it take count from my other script?

[sterile river]

any idea?

[rich adder]

var bulletInstance = Instantiate(targetPrefab, spawnPos, spawnRotation);
            bulletInstance.Init(this);``` @loud dragon

[loud dragon]

ok

[rich adder]

also dont keep count inside the bullet

and get rid of bullet_Destroy

change public GameObject targetPrefab;
to public Bullet_destroy targetPrefab;

[loud dragon]

I am keeping it there because it is checking at the time of collision

[rich adder]

but Bullet_destroy is literally the same object..

[loud dragon]

No they are different

Bullet prefab is the bullet gameobject that I am attaching it on inspector and bullet_destroy is reference to the script

[gaunt ice]

i think you need static variable or smth similar

[rich adder]

you dont need the gameobject, bullet_destrory already has that

[gaunt ice]

the script will destroy itself...

[rich adder]

the spawned amount should just be held inside a list

[loud dragon]

ok

Thanks

[rich adder]

public List <Bullet_destroy> bulletspawned

 if (bulletspawned.count < 5)
        { //etc..
shoot();```
```cs
        var newBullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, spwanPos, Quaternion.Euler(turn.y, turn.x, 0));
            newBullet.Init(this);
            bulletspawned.Add(newBullet);```

oh wait targetPrefab is not a bullet ? @loud dragon

my bad put it in shoot()

[ruby python]

!code

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[ruby python]

Hi all,

I'm having such a weird brain fart moment. I'm trying to visual my raycast, but I can't seem to get my debug.draw to show up.

Debug.DrawRay(thrusterRayCastOrigin.transform.position, thrusterRayCastOrigin.transform.TransformDirection(-Vector3.up) * dustKicksRaycastDistance, Color.yellow);

Can anyone see anything I'm doing wrong please? 😦

[gaunt ice]

try to draw with a longer time instead of once frame, maybe 3 seconds

[violet topaz]

im having trouble adding bullet spread what is wrong ```cs
public class shooting : MonoBehaviour
{
public Transform firePoint;
public GameObject bulletPrefab;

public Camera cam;

public float bulletForce = 20f;
private float timeBetweenShots = 0f;
public float fireRate = 15f;

//float scatterOffset = Random.Range(-10f, 10f);



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

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetButton("Fire1") && Time.time >= timeBetweenShots)
    {
        timeBetweenShots = Time.time + 1f / fireRate;
        Shoot();
    }
}

void Shoot()
{
    GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firePoint.rotation);
    Rigidbody2D rb = bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    bullet.transform.rotation *= Quaternion.Euler(0f, 0f, Random.Range(-10f, 10f));
    rb.AddForce(firePoint.up * bulletForce, ForceMode2D.Impulse);


}

}```

[gaunt ice]

you should use bullet.transform.up (or right)

[ruby python]

Looks like you're rotating around the Z axis (forward), so the bullet is spinning along it's length, try adding the random to the X or Y axis instead. It's 2D so you should use the Z axis at all.

X axis if it's side scrolling, Y if it's top-down.

[ruby python]

Not sure what you mean.

[gaunt ice]

method declaration https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.DrawRay.html

public static void DrawRay(Vector3 start, Vector3 dir, Color color = Color.white, float duration = 0.0f, bool depthTest = true);

[ruby python]

Ah thanks.

[violet topaz]

@ruby python like this cs bullet.transform.rotation *= Quaternion.Euler(Random.Range(-10f, 10f), Random.Range(-10f, 10f), 0f);

[jolly cobalt]

Debug.Log("Before AddListener");
var num = shopItems[i].id;
gmo.GetComponentInChildren<Button>().onClick.AddListener(new UnityAction(() => OnShopItemClick(num)));
Debug.Log("After AddListener");

any ideas why this doesn't add any listener to my onClick?

It passes through the code perfectly, but the button doesnt get a listener

[ruby python]

is your game side or topdown ?

[gaunt ice]

does the buttons work?

[violet topaz]

top-down

[gaunt ice]

in my editor version it seems that it cant serialize action in the onclick list but it still works

[analog yew]

Hey, I use this code to teleport the enemy and the player at the start of each level. This works 90% of the time. However, sometimes either the Player, the enemy or both spawn at (0, 0, 0) with no error message at all. The teleportation debug is always true. The Player hast a CharacterController and the enemy a NavMeshAgent attached. I have turned AutoSyncTransforms on but it still doesnt work. I don't know what to do anymore

[jolly cobalt]

yep

[ruby python]

Okay, take the random off the Y Axis. Being only side on you only want the bullet to vary up and down (x rotation axis). I will say that depending on what you're going for, 10 degrees either way is a lot.

[violet topaz]

@ruby python this rotate to bullet not the angle its going in

[gaunt ice]

you apply the same force at every bullet, so they just go to same destination (or same trajectory)

[prisma blaze]

if i want to just test some logic and not physics stuff, can i just use new with a monobehavior in nunit?

[silver flicker]

!code

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[silver flicker]

Yo can anyone help me out here? I got these 2 balls - you can pick which one u want to use (coop type thing) And for some reason it doesn't let me ground check. atm IsGrounded() is constantly true whether you're above the range or not - IsGrounded() method at bottom https://gdl.space/gesefuguva.cs

[summer stump]

What is up with that layermask you're passing in?

[silver flicker]

The idea is that the player can jump on eachother and that was the easiest solution i coul dput together

So I pass in the string of theother player's tag in the inspector

extremely hackish solution

[summer stump]

Oh ok. And is the the ground layer called "Jump"?

[silver flicker]

I've set the ground layer, the size of the square and the gizzmo and everything is fine

yeah the ground = jump layer

I gotta put in some headers

[ruby python]

Ah okay, same should apply though in terms of the axis to use.

[open vine]

Hey, does anyone know how to get the value of an enum? I have an enum in a scriptableObject and I'm trying to read what the value of it is so I have if (weapon.WeaponType == ?).

[summer stump]

Ok, so the two balls have DIFFERENT layer names? I was thinking it is sensing its own collider

[rich adder]

just cast it to an int

[silver flicker]

Yeah they're different layer names

[rich adder]

oh you mean weapon.WeaponType == WeaponType.Shotgun

[silver flicker]

So what I've done is I've removed the jump layer entirely and the player can still infinitely jump so ik its not that

[open vine]

Yep ty both of those work, just wondering is there any pros or cons on each one or is it just preference?

[rich adder]

yeah use enum , only use ints if you need specifically something else with ints and need it, but otherwise defeats the point of an enum

[tulip tapir]

Hi, i have again stubled over a Problem, that i cannot find in the Internet. I have an Audio Source in my Project where i play some Audio Files. It works in the Editor, it works in the Windows Build, but, it does not work on the Mac Build. The Video Player works normal everywhere, so, since the Video Player is also using an Audio Source, it is probably not related to some file type things. Does anyone has an Idea, what Mac wants?

[open vine]

Gotcha ty

[silver flicker]

What file type is your current file

[tulip tapir]

mp3, or mp4 for Video, that works fine
I think Mac can play mp3, right?

[silver flicker]

Yeah for sure

[languid spire]

If you have the correct codec installed. Do you?

[silver flicker]

https://docs.unity3d.com/352/Documentation/Manual/AudioFiles.html

[tulip tapir]

im not really into audio stuff, i dont know what a codec is^^, but it works in the editor and on windows. Do you suggest, that Mac is missing a Driver?

[silver flicker]

Check that out

[summer stump]

Nothings jumping out at me, sorry. If you've got the layers all correct then that mask should be fine..

[silver flicker]

Alr Ill double check those layers

thanks anyway

[tulip tapir]

hm, im not sure if that helps, some of the things mentioned are not visible in my Audio Source in the Editor

[swift crag]

This would be on the audio asset (the thing produced from the .mp3 in your Project window)

Not the audio source (the component you use to play an audio asset)

[tulip tapir]

o.O

i dont have an "asset", i have an mp3 file and an audio source

[swift crag]

find the audio clip in the Project browser and click on it

that is the AudioClip asset.

[tulip tapir]

ok, and then?

[swift crag]

Show us the inspector after selecting it.

[rich adder]

audio file is an asset mate

[swift crag]

Everything you see in the project window is an asset!

[tulip tapir]

there is nothing in it

[swift crag]

screenshot the entire editor window

[tulip tapir]

its just an mp3 file, nothing attachted to it

[swift crag]

That seems wrong.

[rich adder]

yea

[violet topaz]

i got it but after shooting for a little it does this @ruby python

[swift crag]

What does your audio source look like?

it must have an audio clip assigned to it (or have one given to it by your code)

[tulip tapir]

its given by code

[rich adder]

show code & show your pivots

[swift crag]

and how does the code know about the audio clip? is it stored in a field somewhere?

[tulip tapir]

it gets loaded

[swift crag]

loaded?

Are these MP3s in a StreamingAssets folder?

[ruby python]

Can you show code again please?

[tulip tapir]

yea, i had to download an Audioloader because for some reason unity does not has that included

[violet topaz]

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

    public Camera cam;

    public float bulletForce = 20f;
    private float timeBetweenShots = 0f;
    public float fireRate = 15f;
    public bool Auto;

    //float scatterOffset = Random.Range(-10f, 10f);



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

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButton("Fire1") && Time.time >= timeBetweenShots )
        {
            timeBetweenShots = Time.time + 1f / fireRate;
            Shoot();
        }
        //if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1")&& Auto == true)
        //{
        //    Shoot();
        //}


    }

    void Shoot()
    {
        GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firePoint.rotation);
        Rigidbody2D rb = bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        firePoint.transform.rotation *= Quaternion.Euler(0f, 0f, Random.Range(-10f, 10f));
        rb.AddForce(firePoint.up * bulletForce, ForceMode2D.Impulse);


    }
}```

[tulip tapir]

yes

[swift crag]

ah, so you're decoding the audio at runtime and playing it..

[languid spire]

not an mp3 file. Just because something has the extension .mp3 does not make it an mp3 file

[swift crag]

perhaps your decoder is not working.

[ruby python]

!code

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[tulip tapir]

but its working in the editor and in the windows build

[swift crag]

but it's not working in the mac build

check if it's failing on there

[swift crag]

any files in a StreamingAssets folder get imported as "default assets", since they aren't actually processed by unity

[languid spire]

and the Unity Editor obviously fails to recognise the file format

[violet topaz]

https://gdl.space/gijebihafu.cpp @ruby python

[tulip tapir]

well, i already checked on mac, thats why i know its not working. but i wanna know why.

[swift crag]

I don't know what third party audio decoder you're using.

You will need to check your logs and see if exceptions are being thrown.

[tulip tapir]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/audio/audioimporter-146746

[languid spire]

It's simple it's not an mp3 file and you do not have the codec on mac to decode whatever it is

[swift crag]

or the importer is just failing to work, in general, on a mac

• Supports Windows, Android and iOS

[languid spire]

unlikely for something so simple as an mp3

[swift crag]

notably, macOS is not in that list

you may need to use another library to do the MP3 decoding. Once you have raw PCM data (a WAV file, basically), you can turn that into an AudioClip asset. I was helping someone with that here a month or two ago.

You should check your logs first, of course.

[rich adder]

Hmm interested to see how they made a working file picker..

[swift crag]

(for the record, this is a very important piece of information to lead with)

[tulip tapir]

iver never worked with logs yet, how do i do that?

[swift crag]

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

dunno how familiar you are with macs -- to open the library folder, open the "Go" menu in Finder while holding Option and pick "Library"

it's a hidden folder

[ruby python]

Okay, I think I know what's going on.

Change this.......

GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firePoint.rotation);

To......

GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, Quaterion.Identity);

What I think is happening is that you're compounding rotations.

[tulip tapir]

sound like hours of reading for 1 line of code, cant i just fix the missing thing in the loading script?

[languid spire]

It's called learning

[swift crag]

you can just search the log file for anything that looks relevant. it will not be hours of reading.

it may not be so simple to fix. If this package depends on a library that doesn't work on macOS, it will not be a one-liner fix.

[rich adder]

and ofc seems to be a custom UI for file directory command..

[tulip tapir]

nah, i think its really just one line of code. for the video is was "Resources/Data" - that was the only difference in the path. probably there is somewhere in the loading script another apth like that

[rich adder]

not a true OS filepicker

dammit

[swift crag]

That "AudioImporter" asset also does video?

It does not sound like it does.

[rich adder]

smh why cant unity just call filepicker like it can for Editor class...

[swift crag]

this is a completely different situation if it's coming from Resources

the Resources folder holds assets that are imported and processed by Unity

It just lets you access the assets by name.

[tulip tapir]

no, for the video you can work with url, and depending on windows or mac you need to change that line of code

[swift crag]

..what?

[languid spire]

platform agnostic, wont work

[tulip tapir]

its not, its just called like this on mac

[amber spruce]

does a character controller component add a collider?

[rich adder]

its weird becausee they make it work if you use the Editor class but not for Player / Build.. sucks

[tulip tapir]

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

[languid spire]

CharacterController has it's own special collider

[violet topaz]

@ruby python same thing is happening just the bullet doesn't rotate to the shoot direction

[swift crag]

oh, you're talking about where StreamingAssets is located

[tulip tapir]

but i know, its super annoying^^

[languid spire]

agreed. Unity dev's special brand of stupidity

[rich adder]

they kinda dropped the ball on this one..

[languid spire]

amongst many, many other things

[rich adder]

yeah seems I'm slowly uncovering those things 😅

[tulip tapir]

i still cant believe that unity does not has a simple audio loader. they have it for video, why not for audio? xD

[languid spire]

probably for copyright reasons

[tulip tapir]

o.O?

[languid spire]

they would need to pay a licence fee to use copyrighted file formats that is why OS's have codecs

and why codecs are not universal

[tulip tapir]

and videos dont have that? o.O

[ruby python]

Take out the random for the moment and see what happens.

[rich adder]

also you never did share what I asked..

[languid spire]

some do, some dont

[tulip tapir]

anyway, i found this one now
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioImporter.html
would that work?
like Clip = AudioImporter(path);

[rich adder]

show us the Pivots in Local pivot mode @violet topaz

shoot point + bullet

[rich adder]

I think this just changes the settings via code, the ones you normally see on an Audioclip's import inspector in asset folder

[amber spruce]

so all of my objects have a mesh collider but when i added a rigidbody to one of them they fell through the map

[rich adder]

thats because mesh collider and rigidbody don't mix unless its convex

pretty sure it gives u a warning in console for that

[tulip tapir]

alright, i guess mac users are just fuck"d then^^
no code, no game. Windows wins again :/

[rich adder]

I'm not entirely sure what exactly you're trying to do and why you need that asset specifically? I kinda skimmed thru ur post

[tulip tapir]

i want to load an mp3 file, that is not scrambled when building, into an audiosource to play it in the program

[rich adder]

wdym scrambled

[tulip tapir]

when i use the resources folder, it gets smashed into one file
thats why i use the streaming assets folder

[violet topaz]

@rich adder this?

[rich adder]

hmm why resource folder tho?

[rich adder]

ur not in Local mode

and ur in center mode

[tulip tapir]

i had this before, because, for the resource folder, there IS ACTUALLY a recourses.Load Method xD

sry for caps, but i find it funny^^

[rich adder]

true but I meant, why using ResourceFolder in the first place instead of having the files in the project folder

[tulip tapir]

but for streaming assets there is "of course" no Load Method^^

[tulip tapir]

u mean just making a custom folder? dont custom folders also get scrambled?

[rich adder]

just inside any folder in the project? what reason you dont want "Scambled" or part of the build files

[tulip tapir]

i need to access those files after the build, move things in and out later

[rich adder]

if you want to import custom tracks for user I suppose you can use Application.persistentDatapath

[violet topaz]

this?

[rich adder]

we're getting close

you see the problem now right ?

but also change pivot from Center to Pivot (ik confusing names)

[tulip tapir]

is that a Method that actually laods? if yes, how? or it this just the Path, because i know the Path, i just need the Method

[tulip tapir]

i tried it, all folders get fused together when building
only streaming assets remain

[rich adder]

You can probably use HTTP request into that application.persistentdatapath folder

and load As AudioClip

etc

[swift crag]

the problem is that the audio data needs to be decoded

if you import an audio file as an AudioClip, unity will decode it from whatever its source format is, then store it in a format it can understand

[tulip tapir]

if that is the case, then wouldnt it also be the case for video? which works totally fine just with the url?

[violet topaz]

watch to the end thats when it happens

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.UnityWebRequestMultimedia.GetAudioClip.html

[swift crag]

ah, that might work.

[rich adder]

ig from there you can use the AudioClip import setting and change it to whatever

this gives you some preloading options already
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.DownloadHandlerAudioClip.html

[neat tinsel]

I'm getting this error can someone help me please

[rich adder]

whats cocoapods

[slender nymph]

this doesn't look like an issue with your code

[tulip tapir]

would that work?
like skipping all the other stuff, and just using the method?

[rich adder]

why would yu skip that lol

[ruby python]

Oh, I think I might know what's happening. You need to reset your firing point rotation. everytime you fire, you're randomly rotating it. so for example, let's say that each time you fire, it randomly adds 10 degrees, over time it'll compound (ie. 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 etc. etc. etc.

[tulip tapir]

i just want to
clip = Load(Path, mp3);
Play();
xD

[neat tinsel]

i'm trying to use ios for AR but whenever i load the scene this pops up and not able to install cocoapods. which is the right thread i should post this in?

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel to find a relevant channel.

[violet topaz]

how would i reset it

[ruby python]

So, instead of just random. do 0+Random.Range etc. etc. (I think)

[rich adder]

Thats pretty much what that does

[tulip tapir]

cause, with Video it works just like that^^
Clip.url = Path;
Play();
easy peasy^^

[neat tinsel]

thanks

[ruby python]

That might be wrong actually, sorry, very tired and brain isn't working properly.

[tulip tapir]

so i can skip that other stuff and just use 2 lines of code?

[rich adder]

make your Load method return the AudioFile

[barren vapor]

If I want to load data from in an IEnumerator and wait until that's done, I can send a mail. Should I do it like this or how should I do it?

private IEnumerator NewMail(string _title, string _description, string _type)
    {
        yield return new WaitUntil(LoadUserData());
        //I'll put the script from sending the mail in here.
    }

public IEnumerator LoadUserData()
    {
        //Get the currently logged in user data
        Task<DataSnapshot> DBTask = DBreference.Child("users").Child(user.UserId).GetValueAsync();

        yield return new WaitUntil(predicate: () => DBTask.IsCompleted);

        if (DBTask.Exception != null)
        {
            Debug.LogWarning(message: $"Failed to register task with {DBTask.Exception}");
        }
      //Loading the data below here...
    }

[low perch]

is there a reason why a variable would only be null in a method? I have it printing the correct value a variable should be assigned on void update but whenever a method is ran (it is called by ui button press), the variable is null.
The variable is only assigned by 1 line of code and I have it print whenever that line runs and it never sets it to null.
its also a unity transform if it matters

[slender nymph]

you can yield a StartCoroutine call

[ruby python]

Actually, just try moving your rotation line below the addforce line.

[violet topaz]

it didn't work but i will just wait for @rich adder to help me

[violet topaz]

ok

[rich adder]

huh ? did you fix the pivots first

[ruby python]

You're spawning your bullet, then rotating the firing point and then propelling the bullet. Like I said, tired. lol.

[tulip tapir]

o.O
meh, i mean, thanks alot for the help, i might try using that later, but for now, i have to hold my deadline, and i think im just gonna say, mac sucks and doesnt work^^
later ill fix it maybe for mac

[barren vapor]

So like this?

private IEnumerator NewMail(string _title, string _description, string _type)
    {
        StartCoroutine(LoadUserData());
        //I'll put the script from sending the mail in here.
    }
...

[slender nymph]

well you have to yield it still

yield return StartCoroutine(whatevercoroutine)

[rich adder]

lol don't see how this is a mac/ os issue 🤷‍♂️

[tulip tapir]

well, mac is the only system where its not working already^^

[tulip tapir]

but true, actually its a unity issue

[rich adder]

you're blaming os for using a third party asset which you probably don't need lol

[tulip tapir]

hmm, yea maybe

[rich adder]

if anything just blame unity for not having a proper built in File Picker for Player/Build

[barren vapor]

ah thnx. Never went deep into coroutines. The yield makes the script (the comment part IEnumerator newMail) wait until it's done?

[slender nymph]

yes

[tulip tapir]

yea, better
if something doesnt work, i have to blame someone^^
and i cant blame myself^^

[barren vapor]

Thank you!

[amber spruce]

how do i fix the died part going beneath the you and have

[slender nymph]

#📲┃ui-ux

[rich adder]

make the text mesh width wider

also not code question

[amber spruce]

oh sry

[violet topaz]

@rich adder

[amber spruce]

and thanks

[barren vapor]

wait, doesn't yield return new WaitUntil(LoadUserData()); do the same as yield return StartCoroutine(LoadUserData())?

[rich adder]

ok whats the current script

also send a link of it, dont paste it inside the discord

#💻┃code-beginner message

[violet topaz]

https://gdl.space/ogeyurorin.cpp

[slender nymph]

have you tried it to see?

[barren vapor]

no, I have a large script. It uses both.

[ruby python]

Might be missing something, but shouldn't the *= just be = on the rotation? Looking at the numbers, the angles are getting compounded making it rotate way more than it should.

[rich adder]

try firePoint.transform.rotation *=

aslo GameObject bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, firePoint.position, firepoint.rotation);

[slender nymph]

why don't you test it out and find out for yourself if it works the way you expect it to

[barren vapor]

well, I got a quick answer

[rich adder]

iirc StartCoroutine starts a new coroutine without waiting for current to finish

[slender nymph]

yielding it like that does work and waits for the new coroutine to complete before proceeding with the one it was started in

in this case, the spam generator is correct

[rich adder]

Ah ok , what does make difference when just writing yield return LoadUserData()

i normally just do that

[barren vapor]

That's what I want. I basicly start a IEnumerator to send a mail, but I first wanna check the current number of all mails sent, so I can update it in the database

[low perch]

next_location only returns null in a specific method, everywhere else like update etc returns it as valid
https://pastebin.com/PyF5W9U2

[rich adder]

so it is it working what sillybot said?

dont expect much from it

[barren vapor]

I'm changing the script rn. I'll test it in a few minutes.

I have to attach it to the database yet

[rich adder]

its probably target thats null

if thats line throwing error

or destination_script

[slender nymph]

tbf they are getting clarification on something from the spam generator on something that was suggested to them in here. the yield return startcoroutine does work. i'm honestly not 100% sure the difference between that and just yielding the other method call though, but i assume it has something to do with how the coroutine will actually be handled by unity

[rich adder]

ahh ok , good enuf thank you 🙂

[low perch]

it prints next_location inside the method and it prints null also this is the error

Object reference not set to an instance of an object
game_manager.pressed_new_location```

[rich adder]

gonna see what forums say

[rich adder]

= null this would not throw error

so next_location can be null but would not throw that line

you're trying to access something else that null

you can assign a null to something just fine as long as you don't try to use said thing

[slender nymph]

here we go, i found a decent explanation of the difference: https://forum.unity.com/threads/why-cant-you-yield-an-ienumerator-directly-in-a-coroutine.359316/#post-8812777

[low perch]

it's being assinged to the target of the destination in the unity a* pathfinding project

[rich adder]

Ah exactly what i needed , thanks!