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[somber wren]

why spherecasts

[buoyant knot]

because if the surface is irregular, you don’t want to get fucked by edges

raycasting works, but will look super wrong whenever the surface changes slope

because the spider (which lacks collision) will have part of him just clip right through the world

i know people like raycasting because it’s cheap, but casting shapes helps prevent jank

do you understand?

[solid yew]

@forest wolf thanks for the help I'll try those

[forest wolf]

Good luck! If you get stuck please let me know :)

[somber wren]

i do

i don't really care about that, we dont have the time

its a uni project. 3 Months to do a 3D multi leg procedurally animated in a game

[forest wolf]

in this snippet you set the rotation, where do you set the position?

[somber wren]

from 0 exp on unity

[forest wolf]

then after your transform.position += line

[somber wren]

but its not in the same script

[forest wolf]

give me a sec, I need to open rider to add the lines I need :)

[somber wren]

i could do it still i think

okay

[forest wolf]

by the way, instead of doing screenshots it's better if you do
3x ` and then add C# then after the code add it once again

[somber wren]

oh yeah that too

[forest wolf]

you will have something like that

var trolo = hey;

[somber wren]

yeah i know

its mb

[forest wolf]

*CSharp not C#

[somber wren]

or cs

[forest wolf]

@somber wren I think something like that could work:

    private void Move()
    {
        var t = transform;
        t.position += (t.forward * ForwardInput * Time.deltaTime * _moveSpeed);
        Physics.Raycast(new Ray(t.position, -t.up), out var hitInfo);
        var currentDistance = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, hitInfo.point);
        var distanceAdjustment = TargetDistance - currentDistance;
        t.position += t.up * distanceAdjustment;
    }

[somber wren]

if the raycast doesnt work then currentdistance is 0 ?

[somber wren]

you are a wizard

thank you

but it wont work ON my cube

it just goes through

and yeah sometimes it goes in the infinity under the ground, i will raycast from my raycaster

[forest wolf]

oh sorry, did you manage to get it working? I maybe missed something as I haven't tested that snippet

[somber wren]

xd look

[forest wolf]

Can you add Debug.Log($"{currentDistance} adj: {distanceAdjustment}");?

By the way if your spider is always lying on the surface then you don't even need raycasting and calculating the distance adjustmenet. If the distance is always 0

then you should be able to do only t.position += t.up * TargetDistance;

[somber wren]

wdym

[somber wren]

no xd

its going up to the infinity

i can't recooord aaa

im on da wall and then pouf

fucking up in edges yes

[dry tendon]

heey, does anyone knows how could i do this to make a fade transition?

[forest wolf]

and if you use the adjustment?

[somber wren]

it works

[forest wolf]

Just add in the canvas empty image, set the color to black. Then add canvas group component to it and you can simply animated the canvas group's alpha from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1 depending if you want fade in or fade out

[somber wren]

but on the edge it goes through its bc of my raycaster

look

[lapis veldt]

Hello everyone

[somber wren]

the ray goes on the wall :(

[lapis veldt]

I am following a tutorial to make a vampire survivors like game and I am stuck at cinemachine part. I selected the virtual camera to follow the player, but it doesn't follow him

[forest wolf]

Oh that's fun! In that case probably better would be BoxCast rather than raycast

and the box would have to have size of the spider body

[somber wren]

wow why XD

[dry tendon]

i don't know if i expressed good my self... i want all canvas to fade to discover what is under the canvas,,, Like disable the canvas but with a fade... is there any way to do that?

[somber wren]

i never used it wow

[cosmic dagger]

put a canvas group on the GameObject and animate the alpha property . . .

[dry tendon]

oh, right, thankss

[dry tendon]

and how could i get access to alpha parametter?

[cosmic dagger]

save as mp4 or use http://streamable.com . . .

[cosmic dagger]

the same way you access any member — property — of a class . . .

[lapis veldt]

my bad, I forgot to change the type

[tender stag]

how can i stop players from spam eating and drinking as shown in the video? like if they switch to another item they can eat or drink straight away

using System.Collections;
using MilkShake;
using UnityEngine;

public class Food : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Item")]
    public ConsumableItem item;

    [Header("Eating")]
    public bool isEating = false;
    public float eatTime = 5;

    [Header("Audio")]
    public AudioSource audioSource;
    public AudioClip eatClip;

    [Header("Shaker")]
    public Shaker shaker;
    public ShakePreset eatShake;

    private void OnEnable() 
    {
        item = HotbarManager.Instance.currentItem as ConsumableItem;
    }
    
    private void OnDisable() 
    {
        item = null;
        isEating = false;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && !isEating && PlayerHandler.Instance.canUse)
        {
            StartCoroutine(Eat());
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator Eat()
    {
        isEating = true;

        Statistics.Instance.currentHealth += item.health;
        Statistics.Instance.currentHunger += item.hunger;
        Statistics.Instance.currentThirst += item.thirst;
        Statistics.Instance.currentStamina += item.stamina;

        item.cell.SetAmount(item.amount - 1);

        audioSource.PlayOneShot(eatClip);
        shaker.Shake(eatShake);

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(eatTime);

        isEating = false;
    }
}```

i was maybe thinking have a static bool which goes across all food scripts

to check if you can eat?

idk

[cosmic dagger]

be sure to look at the CanvasGroup type in the !docs. it gives you all the details . . .

[eternal falcon]

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[somber wren]

boxCast doesnt work :(

maybe i dont use it properly

[cosmic dagger]

do you have a cooldown before they can consume again?

[tender stag]

i have the coroutine

[forest wolf]

The static bool will work but it is ugly from the perspective of Object Oriented design. The issue is that "Eat" is on the food item. Item can get eaten but it's eaten by a player. In that case the controlling item should have a field for 'isEating' or even better more generic 'isBusy'. Player's 'use item' method should check if the player is busy doing already something different

[tender stag]

it works when i dont switch items

[cosmic dagger]

is the coroutine for each food item? if so, then it'll only work for that specific item because each item will have thier own . . .

[forest wolf]

Then maybe 5 raycasts? From each corner and the middle of the spider?

[tender stag]

all the food items have this script

[eager elm]

at the top of a script:

public CanvasGroup myCanvasGroup;
private bool isAnimating;
private float animationTimer;
private float animationEnd = 1f;

void Update()
{
    if (isAnimating)
    {
        animationTimer += Time.deltaTime;
        AnmiateFadeOut();
    }
}
public void ToggleAnimation(bool animate)
{
    isAnimating = animate;
    animationTimer = 0;
}
private void AnimateFadeOut()
{
    myCanvasGroup.alpha = Mathf.Lerp(1f, 0f, animationTimer / animationEnd);
}

[somber wren]

ah

[forest wolf]

Then check those that hit and are the 'shortest'

[somber wren]

how do i get each corner and how do i know which one is good. I only need 3 tho, one at the front and one at the back

[forest wolf]

you create an empty object and make it child of the spider. You then create a serialized fields for those transforms in your script. Drag & drop the game objects into the fields in the inspector - boom you have transforms with positions :D

[tender stag]

u can see how the objects are getting activated

and deactivated

thats the problem

because on disable i do this

[tender stag]

like these

[somber wren]

smart

[cosmic dagger]

@tender stag that's the problem. you need a controller/manager that controls the consumption of consumables. when a food item is eaten, a timer on the manager runs. switching to any food and attempting to eat will send an event to the manager that will determine if they can consume again or must wait . . .

[tender stag]

would a coroutine work if i start it when the object is still activated and then i disable it like half way through the coroutine?

[eager elm]

If the coroutine is on the object that is getting deactivated it would stop

[inner marsh]

This is like the 4th time you've said this i did what the instructions said nothing has worked 💀

[forest wolf]

Why would you complicate it like that? Seriously, the easiest way to control that is to put the controlling field on a higher level - like the player or manager

[cosmic dagger]

a coroutine will stop if the GameObject it's on is disabled . . .

just create a manager that controls the consumption. that's the simplest solution . . .

[tender stag]

so i could have like a manager for each of the categories?

and just place them on like consumables, weapons etc

[timber tide]

Can do OnDisable() to flag that the coroutine should end early

[somber wren]

@forest wolf doesnt work... sigh

[forest wolf]

what's the result? In what way it doesn't work? :)

[bitter carbon]

quick question, if something is moving will it always have a velocity above 0, and if it is not moving will it always be 0

[summer stump]

Depends on how it's moving

[bitter carbon]

isnt there - velocity as well

[summer stump]

Is it using transform.position += ?

[bitter carbon]

nope

[forest wolf]

Not even manager, holder holds an item, each items, be it weapons, consumables or tools can have a common interface "Usable" or something like that that have method "Use". Each item could implement the interface and thus the method. Then the holder could execute the use of any item that you are currently 'holding'

[summer stump]

That is one way to move it yes

[cosmic dagger]

velocity is determined by the physics engine. if you're not using that to move, then velocity is unaffected . . .

[bitter carbon]

ok so if it is stopped it will be 0 velocity

[summer stump]

Well, need to know how it moves..

[summer stump]

Should, yeah

[bitter carbon]

yea but i need to know if it is stopped

ok thanks

[cosmic dagger]

you can easily test that out. move and object and check its velocity. stop the object, then check its velocity . . .

[bitter carbon]

how do u see velocity

nvm

i think i know

[cosmic dagger]

again — as we mentioned — it depends on how the object is moved. if using the physics engine, access the velocity property of the rigidbody. if manipulating the transform, you need to get the distance from the current position to the last position . . .

[pastel marten]

This is definitely a beginner question, and maybe not all that important, but I keep getting the following error when I stop the Play in my editor for a singleton:

Some objects were not cleaned up when closing the scene. (Did you spawn new GameObjects from OnDestroy?)
The following scene GameObjects were found:
InputHandler

And my InputHandler.cs has this:

//Create a Singleton for this InputHandler Static Class so it stays on Scene Change
    private static InputHandler instance;
    public static InputHandler Instance
    {
        get
        {
            if (instance == null)
            {
                instance = FindObjectOfType<InputHandler>();
                if (instance == null)
                {
                    GameObject obj = new GameObject("InputHandler");
                    instance = obj.AddComponent<InputHandler>();
                }
            }
            return instance;
        }
    }

    private void Awake()
    {
        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
    }

//more code not visible that handles input

    void OnDisable()
    {
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }

It's not breaking anything, just a little annoying. Any help would be appreciated! ♥

[somber wren]

i have a new idea that should work

[summer stump]

Why do you destroy it in OnDisable?

Also, you don't really wanna do new GameObject

You want Instantiate

[pastel marten]

even if I remove the OnDisable() the same error occurs.

[pastel marten]

ah ok, let me try that.

[dry tendon]

heey, how could I do on the last methodCanvasFadeto instead change the alpha from 1 to 0 directly to make a fade changing alfa softly? ```cs
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class LoadingScreen : MonoBehaviour
{
[Header("Preferences")]
[SerializeField] private float loadingCanvasTime;
private float loadingTextTime;

[Header("Drag")]
[SerializeField] private GameObject loadingCanvas;
[SerializeField] private CanvasGroup loadingCanvasGroup;

void Start()
{
    loadingCanvas.SetActive(true);
    loadingTextTime = loadingCanvasTime - 0.5f;
    Invoke("CanvasFade", loadingCanvasTime);
}

private void CanvasFade()
{
    loadingCanvasGroup.alpha = 0f;
}

}

[summer stump]

Ah, I didn't think that was the issue. Just wanted to know. Can't think of a reason to do that

Also, I don't think the Instantiate thing is the issue.

I dunno what is causing it, sorry for the confusion

[summer stump]

Start a coroutine that lerps the value

You could also skip the invoke by doing that

[pastel marten]

ya Instantiate has the same error. 😦

[cosmic dagger]

@pastel marten using new GameObject() is fine here . . .

[summer stump]

Ah ok

[spiral oak]

you can use a coroutine and wait for x milliseconds while changing the alpha little by little
but dont return null. then youll need to use time.deltaTime

[pastel marten]

Is it just a weird Editor error? Maybe it won't affect the build?

[cosmic dagger]

take a look at coroutines. there are some video resources online . . .

[spiral oak]

@dry tendon oh its you
I can show you by DM, I made the same youre trying to do some days ago

[dry tendon]

hehe, better

[dry tendon]

I'll do it, thankss

[cosmic dagger]

why?

you asked seconds ago and it's just about input . . .

[bitter carbon]

how do u get numbers using this method of inputing
Image

[cosmic dagger]

what intellisense pops up after you enter current.?

[bitter carbon]

yea but i thought most ppl dont do it like that

there is like 10 different ones

but it is all just cuz its number

[bitter carbon]

also no one seems to know here

so ill put in code genereal instead

[cosmic dagger]

have you asked this question multiple times?

[bitter carbon]

nope

[cosmic dagger]

this is the first time i've seen and you've barely waited for anyone to answer . . .

there isn't a hundred people waiting for questions to pounce right away. you seem impatient . . .

[bitter carbon]

yea but it is not really beginer if the average person doesnt know, if you dont know that is fine just leave me be

[cosmic dagger]

did you check the docs for the Keyboard class to see its available properties?

have you checked anything online?

[bitter carbon]

yes

couldnt find anyone doing it the same as me

[cosmic dagger]

is this the old input system or the new input sytem? try to provide more details . . .

[bitter carbon]

new input system

it was just a method i saw by someone and used it as it is alot more simple than other methods

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.Keyboard.html

C# names cannot start with a digit.

[bitter carbon]

ty, i saw this website but i didnt know it would say how to do it for every key so i went off of it but the problem seems to be solved

[cosmic dagger]

my search brought me here. you need to look at the docs for the Keyboard class where all of the available keys are . . .

[bitter carbon]

yea i did get there, but i didnt know that the docs explained it for each key so i clicked off, at least ik for next time

[buoyant knot]

is there a simple way to make a given field/property only accessible to its class AND one specific class that is not derived from it?

[polar acorn]

You could always just look at the autocomplete suggestions

[swift crag]

C# does not have a friend equivalent, AFAIK

(C++'s friend keyword allows for this)

[cosmic dagger]

no problem, next time continue reading and/or scrolling through the docs. don't just click away . . .

[polar acorn]

No. You cannot specify which classes have access to something.

[bitter carbon]

i didnt see them, after i type smth it just removes them for me i think

[cosmic dagger]

nah, c# don't play favorites . . .

[buoyant knot]

😦

[timber tide]

events

[languid spire]

there is one simple way to do it, put both classes in one assemdev and make the field internal

[swift crag]

Perhaps you should add a nested class that holds a reference to the class, and then offers a property that gets and sets the class's private field

[timber tide]

c# friend classes when

[swift crag]

You would then hand an instance of this class to whoever needs access

    private int test;

    public class Gimme
    {
        public Entity entity;
        public int Test
        {
            get => entity.test;
            set => entity.test = value;
        }
    }

(the enclosing class happened to be named Entity here)

Although, this has a public constructor, so anyone could make an instance of Gimme

I'm not sure you could make this work. If you made the class private, then you could not return it from a public method. If you made the constructor private, the enclosing class couldn't call it

I suppose the problem here is that we're trying to do access control programatically (making something that's nominally public, but can only be granted if certain conditions are met)

it just doesn't really jive with the completely static nature of access control modifiers

[summer stump]

This is a very beginner question. I would keep it here

[bitter carbon]

ok

[spiral oak]

Hi
Does anyone know if there's a way to get the object who sent a log in the ILogHandler methods?

[cosmic dagger]

this is weird. i figured it was the OnDisable method. most people with that have smth in OnDisable or OnDestroy . . .

[swift crag]

You shouldn't be constructing anything derived from MonoBehaviour. I believe ScriptableObject also wants you to use CreateInstance to get new instances.

The former has a very obvious reason: components must be attached to a game object

so a free-floating component would be nonsense

I dunno about scriptable objects.

[pastel marten]

I removed the OnDisable and OnDestroy methods, still getting the error.

[swift crag]

I think I recognize this.

When you're unloading a scene, objects get destroyed immediately -- so they wind up equalling null right away

I had some components that were trying to access a singleton while exiting play mode

[cosmic dagger]

smth is trying to access the Singleton after its been destroyed . . .

[cosmic dagger]

that's what i've come to . . .

[swift crag]

The singleton would get destroyed first, so the singleton class tried to find them again

It would get a bogus object reference back (because there was no valid instance of the type it wanted in the scene)

and then overwrite the existing instance variable with it

So I lost the (still totally usable) reference to my destroyed singleton and got a new (unusable) reference to nothing

In this case, you're constructing a new game object when you notice that the instance is null

So if anyone tries to access this singleton during scene unload, a new game object will be constructed

I'm not sure what the best option here is

You could try to get rid of the use of the singleton during a scene unload, or you could make the singleton not try to find an instance if it notices the game is quitting

[cosmic dagger]

they'd have to add a check if the scene is getting destroyed or reloaded . . .

[swift crag]

that sounds tricky to solve correctly

it'd have to create itself in a valid scene

but what is the correct scene?

If your code accesses the singleton while the current scene is unloading, there would be no valid place to put the new object

[pastel marten]

Well... it's just an annoying error in the Editor I suppose. It shouldn't affect the build or anything should it? I can just ignore it?

[inner marsh]

im watching a video for some movement tips, and he uses some characters inbetween thrust1D > 0.1f and thrust1D < 0.1f, i cant tell what they are, anyone knows?

[frosty hound]

They're pipes ||

Representing the OR operator

To be clear, they're two pipes |

[inner marsh]

and how do i type said symbol?

[frosty hound]

Entirely depends on your keyboard 🤷‍♂️

[summer stump]

Mine is above the enter key iirc

On my phone though

[inner marsh]

ah okay found it

ty

[pastel marten]

@swift crag @cosmic dagger

This makes no sense to me at all, but the error magically stopped after adding a GameManager class and DataSaver class for player traits & stats.

GameManager script: https://pastebin.com/XH1VcR8e (updated)
DataSaver script: https://pastebin.com/s6bDAJXZ

Doesn't make any sense? But at least it's gone I guess... lol

[nimble inlet]

Hello there. :D Good to be back. :)

I'm sort of trying to get my camera working in a unity project. It doesn't move in scene view despite any changes in inspector :C

[wintry quarry]

what does this have to do with code?

[nimble inlet]

It moves in the actual view but turn on game; jumps to some high zoom

what, oh, maybe it doesn't.

[wintry quarry]

Well maybe it does

[nimble inlet]

where would I go with this?

[wintry quarry]

that sounds like you have a script that is setting the camera's position

[nimble inlet]

I don't think I do. :C I just set this up. imma go look around.

that would explain it for sure.

[wintry quarry]

objects don't move on their own

some component will be doing it

either a script you write

or some other component you added somewhere

[nimble inlet]

yeah I just want to set the starting location.

[wintry quarry]

you need to make sure your script respects a starting location and doesn't just trample on it

[swift crag]

If you script sets the position to [0,0,0], it doesn't matter where the camera was

[nimble inlet]

no script yet. are you saying I can't setup a camera location without a script? there's always this:

[swift crag]

It's gonna end up at [0,0,0]

[swift crag]

no, we did not say that.

Praetor suggested that there is a component in your scene that is setting the camera's position

[summer stump]

Show the whole editor, including the hierarchy, with the camera selected

[nimble inlet]

very beginning. don't think I have any components, unless they come with the basic setup. but can't find scripts just typing scripts to search.

[wintry quarry]

and what happens when you play the game?

Show the same screenshot once play mode starts

[swift crag]

so, start the game, click back to the Scene tab, and screenshot that

[wintry quarry]

Looks to me like you're just confused about how UI works TBH

[wintry quarry]

yeah the cameras in the same place, see?

You are just seeing your UI

[swift crag]

oh, yes, you're trying to show an image on a Screen Space - Overlay canvas, aren't you?

[wintry quarry]

because now you're looking at game view

[nimble inlet]

well, as far as my confusion goes, there's some values on the right, and I can't alter them to alter this camera view.

[swift crag]

The canvas appears in the scene view so that you can work on it.

[wintry quarry]

right because the camera has nothing to do with how screen space overlay UI is shown

it's not shown on a camera

it's overlaid on the screen directly

[nimble inlet]

right...

[wintry quarry]

double click on your canvas in scene view and turn on the "rect" tool

position your UI as desired there

[summer stump]

So the camera IS moving. The canvas is just always gonna overlay it wherever it is

So there is nothing that will obviously LOOK like a different position

[nimble inlet]

I think I got it.

gotta figure this out on my own now. Thank you!

[buoyant knot]

if kinematic RBs in 2D use velocity, what happens when you MovePosition and also have velocity?

[unreal phoenix]

I am getting weird interactions when rotating my player where I stick to walls ass if my capsule collider was a rectangle that is clipping into them

[bitter carbon]

how come there is an issue, i just want to get the currentTime from timeScript and round it to nearest whole number so it can detect if the currentTime == 5

[cosmic dagger]

dot notation is for accessing members of a type . . .

[bitter carbon]

yea but where do i put round thingy then

[naive pawn]

Math.Round is the function, you can pass timeScript.currentTime to that

fn(args) is how you invoke functions, so Math.Round(timeScript.currentTime)

[polar acorn]

.(Math.Round) makes zero sense

That would imply timeScript has a member named (Math.Round)

[cosmic dagger]

(Math.Round) is not a member. Math is a type with a method named Round. i don't know why you have it surrounded in parentheses . . .

[polar acorn]

which cannot be since you can't have parenthesis in a variable name

[cosmic dagger]

what does the error say now?

[naive pawn]

@bitter carbon that's not what i said to do

[bitter carbon]

doesnt work as its if statement

it needs (

[swift crag]

no

[polar acorn]

This is calling Math.Round on timeScript.currentTime == 5, which is a boolean

[swift crag]

it doesn't work because everything is out of order

[naive pawn]

no, that's not relevant

[polar acorn]

You're attempting to round a "yes" or "no"

[swift crag]

read your error messages.

[polar acorn]

You should probably look at the Intro to C# link in the pins to see how C# syntax works

[naive pawn]

Math.Round(timeScript.currentTime) is how you get the number, then you can compare that to 5 outside the function call

[cosmic dagger]

i would understand what you're trying to do first, then take it one step at a time instead of randomly guessing . . .

[bitter carbon]

its ok i realsied it now

its right now

thanks everyone

[bitter carbon]

ik how it works its just sometimes i forget certain rules

[polar acorn]

This isn't "forgetting rules" this is a significant misunderstanding of the . operator, parenthesis, and functions

You really should make sure you understand the basics before attempting to continue

[swift crag]

these aren't "certain rules"

this is a very fundamental concept

Learn C# properly. It will save you a lot of time in the long run.

[swift crag]

this is extremely incorrect syntax

[bitter carbon]

ok ik how it works now and its unlikely ill do it wrong again, also ik certain concepts more than otehrs so me being bad at one thing doesnt mean im bad at everything

[swift crag]

i don't think you know how it works now

i think you know how this example works

[bitter carbon]

i do

[polar acorn]

No one said you were bad at everything but you do seem to be bad at syntax which is why I suggested going back to the basics on it

[bitter carbon]

give me a certrain question and ill try answer it

[unreal phoenix]

You have to understand that Mathf/Math are static function classes and not extensions of types

[swift crag]

wot

"and not extensions of types"

I don't understand what you mean by this.

[unreal phoenix]

whatever . is called

[swift crag]

that has nothing to do with "extensions of types"

. is the member access operator.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/member-access-operators

[unreal phoenix]

what is the terminology

[swift crag]

It retrieves a member from a type.

(or from a namespace)

[cosmic dagger]

. is called dot notation . . .

[unreal phoenix]

Member access expression

[swift crag]

UnityEngine.Mathf.Round

UnityEngine is a namespace, so UnityEngine.Mathf retrieves the Mathf member from the UnityEngine namespace
Mathf is a class, so Mathf.Round retrieves the Round member from the Mathf class

[cosmic dagger]

it is how you access —public — members of a type . . .

[unreal phoenix]

I know what it does, I used the wrong terminology

[swift crag]

well, members that you have the right to access, in general

[polar acorn]

It's actually a struct for some fuckin' reason

[bitter carbon]

is it best to use a for loop if i wanna do it like:

if (time) is 5 seconds add 1 to decay etc,etc.

[swift crag]

huh, the more you know

[cosmic dagger]

no, please, don't get into that. it makes no sense (to me) . . .

[unreal phoenix]

C++ does weird stuff like this to, at least in Unreal

[swift crag]

C++ is made entirly of weird stuff

[unreal phoenix]

was it truly easier to write that and make us decipher the handwriting?

[bitter carbon]

i can read that easy, that is like my normal writing

[unreal phoenix]

I sure hope you can read your own style of writing

[bitter carbon]

i can

[short hazel]

And I remember it being not static for some reason? Like you could do new Mathf()

Might have mixed it up with something else though

[summer stump]

Well obviously. But you being able to read it has no bearing on whether others can. You have experience reading it lol

I, for example, cannot read that

[swift crag]

            var x = new Mathf();

cursed

[polar acorn]

Wouldn't surprise me. Of all the archaic decisions this is the one that leaves me the most baffled

[bitter carbon]

hm ok, next time ill just type it out

[polar acorn]

Allow me to translate.

;f 5 sec I decaw
jf 10/1s see deeey
it 21/26 🐙c dean

[unreal phoenix]

I wouldn't say a for loop is the best for that, you could use a Coroutine or Update tick to count time passing and then execute code at intervals

[bitter carbon]

i already have a time counter so ill just need to add it in,

i think ill just try with for loop and see if it works well or not

[polar acorn]

What are you looping over

[swift crag]

A for loop is used to execute the same block of code many times.

[unreal phoenix]

I don't even know how you would loop over that

[swift crag]

If you want to perform an action every time a certain condition is met, a for loop is not appropriate (by itself, at least)

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/tutorials/

[bitter carbon]

where can i read about for loops as i cant find anywhere

[unreal phoenix]

you don't want a loop

[swift crag]

I continue to insist you need to stop trying random things and follow some tutorials

It is absurd to claim that you "can't find anything" about for loops

[polar acorn]

What are you expecting a for loop to do

[polar acorn]

Also this. Literally millions of pages looking up for loops in C# or Unity

[cosmic dagger]

this is a ridiculously bogus statement . . .

[bitter carbon]

ok everyone calm down i found one, it just i waslookign one from the unity documentation site

but ill use a different website instead

[rich adder]

loops are a coding concept not unity

[unreal phoenix]

This won't do anything for you when you are talking about adding something after a certain time

for (i = 0; i < someInt: i++) {}

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/loops-z2b-1?uv=2019.3&projectId=5c8920b4edbc2a113b6bc26a

[swift crag]

it is fine to not understand, but it is unreasonable to pretend that you do

you're doing yourself a disservice

[polar acorn]

Maybe this one:
#💻┃code-beginner message

[unreal phoenix]

When I am trying random stuff or even needing to check something, I always use: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference

You may not get much out of it if you're not very familliar with Unity/C#

[summer stump]

Don't look on Unity docs, even for unity things. Google it and get the docs that way

You had that issue yesterday too iirc

And it WAS a unity thing you couldn't find

[bitter carbon]

yea i think googling is alot better

[uncut dune]

how can I get RaycastHit2D[] normal?

[unreal phoenix]

Yeah never search the site, use google and look for the link XD

[uncut dune]

Ik that RaycastHit2D hit would just be hit.normal but I cant find it

[polar acorn]

Which one do you want the normal of

[uncut dune]

normal of this

[cosmic dagger]

that's an array. you need to access an element from the array first, then you can access its normal property . . .

[uncut dune]

ohhhhhh

[polar acorn]

Which one

[uncut dune]

yah it worked

[bitter carbon]

can someone pls explain differenece between || and | (ik they are both or but i dont understand differece)

[uncut dune]

when it hit the wall

but I already have a foreach loop that checks it

[unreal phoenix]

if you only care about the first thing it hit just use hitscan[0]

[uncut dune]

I was trying to access it directly from the variable name

I thought it would give me the full length of it

[rich adder]

|| is conditional logical OR operator .
| for integral numeric types,

[bitter carbon]

ok thanks

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/boolean-logical-operators
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/bitwise-and-shift-operators#enumeration-logical-operators

[cosmic dagger]

i'd say it's a bitwise operator more than it's for enums . . .

[rich adder]

true, was trying to oversimplify . edited 🙂

[unreal phoenix]

aren't all single operators bitwise and doubles are conditional?

[uncut dune]

when I redo a raycasthit2d[] from inside of a foreach loop that is cycling thru its elements does the foreach get updated?

with the new raycasthit2d

[unreal phoenix]

if you re use the variable it will overrite the previous array

[uncut dune]

but the foreach loop will restart right?

or will just end

[unreal phoenix]

it would restart

[rich adder]

the loop would finish first

[uncut dune]

great to know

[cosmic dagger]

it won't restart unless you tell it to . . .

[unreal phoenix]

It would finnish the previous array and end

[bitter carbon]

it says | will look at both x and y whereas with || if x is true it only looks at x

[unreal phoenix]

it would not restart, my bad

[cosmic dagger]

code only does what you write . . .

[uncut dune]

how do I tell it to restart?

[eternal needle]

Would that not just result in an error? something something dont modify collections as you foreach over them

[cosmic dagger]

you cannot change or edit an array if it's iterating over the collection . . .

you'd get an error . . .

[polar acorn]

It depends on the context it's used in. | can be either a non-short-circuting or comparison or a bitwise OR operation depending on whether you're trying to use it where it expects a bool or an int

[uncut dune]

then something is wrong with my code💀

really wrong

cuz I got not error

[unreal phoenix]

I did something like this in a project. You can make a function that is a foreach loop and restart that function with the new array as an input, but it needs a fail condition so it doesn't infinietly loop

[uncut dune]

oh Ik whats wrong

[cosmic dagger]

you have to show your !code. at this point, we have no idea what you're doing . . .

[eternal falcon]

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[uncut dune]

yah I will its rll rll big piece of code

I mean not big

badly written

[cosmic dagger]

i always use for loops bc it's easy to modify, change, stop, and start based on a condition . . .

[unreal phoenix]

i never use for loops

[rich adder]

yeah for loops are the best

[uncut dune]

https://paste.ofcode.org/38bvqcV2iRUtHJHPdcgTBM2

dont get too scared

[unreal phoenix]

Banned

[uncut dune]

wha-

somehow Im not getting errors but it is also not working

[cosmic dagger]

my first issue is the paramater n for the shootHitScan method. it does not explain what it is used for or supposed to do . . .

[uncut dune]

n is if I have more then one firepoint

[polar acorn]

No errors means the code is doing exactly what you told it to do. This says nothing about whether or not you've told it to do the right thing

[cosmic dagger]

okay, cuz i have to search for n within the code, then read where it's used to figure out what it's suppose to be . . .

[uncut dune]

well it is doing it right, just not going what I want it to do

[unreal phoenix]

I still don't know what the purpose of this code is

[uncut dune]

I'll show u

[unreal phoenix]

No you just aren't generating runtime errors or syntax errors

[polar acorn]

Code doesn't know what you want, just what you've told it

[bitter carbon]

this is really wierd, it is doing the if when it got to 14/15 instead of 2

[cosmic dagger]

this is good start though. it sure is better than no code . . .

[uncut dune]

this is what it does

it was working good I just want to be able to change a variable if I want the weapon to bounce the shot

[uncut dune]

yah thats true

[polar acorn]

That's a really complicated way to write 15

[uncut dune]

yah I know but to put it in other words, I dont know what do tell the code

[unreal phoenix]

like you want to run this again for the bullet if it can bounce?

[polar acorn]

why not just check if it's 15 instead of doing all that bitwise math?

[uncut dune]

exactly

[bitter carbon]

im not trying to write 15, i was tryna do 2 OR 7 OR 11

[uncut dune]

but starting from the pos of the wall to the next wall

also another thing that is not related do raycasts rotate according to the object rotation?

[polar acorn]

Well, right now you're doing a bitwise comparison of three numbers

[uncut dune]

like if they were children of the object

[uncut dune]

isnt it || for or?

[summer stump]

Use ||

[unreal phoenix]

I think you could have chopped this function into smaller functions to do this so that reusing some logic would be easier

[summer stump]

| can be, but I think issues occur when you use it on ints

| doesn't shortcircuit, and || does when used as an or

[bitter carbon]

i did that at first but it said

[uncut dune]

I will definitly do that after fixing this issue💀

[polar acorn]

Yes because "Yes or no: 2 or 7" doesn't make sense

[uncut dune]

what does | do

[unreal phoenix]

It would help you fix this issue

[polar acorn]

Bitwise OR operator

[bitter carbon]

it makes sence to me

[uncut dune]

damn

[polar acorn]

So, tell me yes or no to this question:

32 or 17?

[bitter carbon]

yes

[unreal phoenix]

You could technically restart this function if the the bullet is able to bounce, if there is a max bounce count you woul also subtract from that

[uncut dune]

I guess you are right

[summer stump]

And how did you decide that? Or just trolling?
Gotta show your work

[polar acorn]

Why

[bitter carbon]

nah but it isnt yes or no, it is checking a number ( for example 8) and seeing if it is the same as 2 Or 5 Or 7

[uncut dune]

good idea tho

[polar acorn]

It is a yes or no though

That's what a Boolean is

[uncut dune]

do yk the answer to this? might be handy later

[polar acorn]

|| compares to booleans and returns a boolean

[bitter carbon]

what if i wanna compare 2 int

[rich adder]

you can assign whatever direction you give the ray

[polar acorn]

Compare how? What comparison do you want to provide between two numbers?

[summer stump]

You want to do

int num = //rounded time
(num == 2) || (num == 7) || (num == 11)

[bitter carbon]

ok i remember from school how its a boolean now, and i see how im supposed to do it above

[rich adder]

if you did in 2D var ray = new Ray (transform.position , transform.right)
if u rotate said object then the ray is rotating with object sure

[bitter carbon]

thanks everyonme

[bitter carbon]

ah ok, makes sence ig

[polar acorn]

More like aeth gave you the code finally and now you have your answer until the next time you don't understand c# syntax

[swift crag]

i rest my case

[bitter carbon]

yea pretty much, not sure how else i could solve it without someone telling me

[swift crag]

You can keep doing this forever, or you can just take some time to learn the language

[summer stump]

Sorry guys... 😭 lol

[swift crag]

I'm not going to help you if you refuse to help yourself

[unreal phoenix]

I do it all the time to

[polar acorn]

You could try actually reading the page I linked that shows how to write c#

[bitter carbon]

where?

[polar acorn]

You don't seem to understand types or functions. You're treating numbers and booleans as if they're interchangeable

[polar acorn]

It's the intro to c# guide in the pins

[unreal phoenix]

In fairness that is not the most appetizing thing to do. At the very least they need a youtube vid or some sort of informative content about CS to consume

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

Best to do these kind of courses multiple times imo

[uncut dune]

thats exactly what I did actually

good to know

[zenith cypress]

if (number is 2 or 7 or 11) // :)

[summer stump]

Yeah, I always try to keep my suggestions as similar as possible to what the person gave lol, just corrected

[zenith cypress]

Yeah, I gotcha

[swift crag]

i forgot about this syntax

[bitter carbon]

i feel like ik most of thise tbh

[buoyant knot]

anyone know what would set a kinematic rigidbody2D 's velocity to zero?

[polar acorn]

Do you know it or can you recognize it

[rich adder]

kinematic has no velocity

[polar acorn]

You need to actually internalize what it means not just "Yeah that looks right"

[unreal phoenix]

rigidbody.velocity = new Vector2();

[zenith cypress]

Setting it to kinematic sets the velocity to zero afaik ah only for 3d ones nvm

[swift crag]

let me be blunt: you don't

[buoyant knot]

2D rigidbodies do have velocity

[swift crag]

that is fine

[rich adder]

I don't think so.

[swift crag]

it is acceptable to not understand things

[rich adder]

thats what makes them Kinematic afaik

[bitter carbon]

well there is like 500 subheadings so it will take me ages to check if i know each one

[buoyant knot]

they do in 2D

[rich adder]

do they? I barely do 2D physics

afaik Kineamtic 3D have 0 vel

[swift crag]

you are approaching this completely wrongly. you are not going to read 500 paragraphs to learn 500 little concepts and then "know C#"

[bitter carbon]

how not>

[swift crag]

Follow some of the introductory tutorials. Get through the tutorial, then play around with the code you've written.

[bitter carbon]

is this tutorial fine compared to the other ones people said, https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_methods.php

[polar acorn]

I mean, that's just methods

[bitter carbon]

yea it has all the stuff that is just the last one i clicked on

[unreal phoenix]

That is just C#, there would not be any Unity nuance

[bitter carbon]

someone else said to follow a couse and linked one without unity as well so its pretty much same

[summer stump]

The one they were linked to was the microsoft c# course. So that would also have no unity "nuance"

But yeah, @bitter carbon learn.unity.com has a junior programmer pathway

[rich adder]

yes because learning C# you will know how to read unity's API

[bitter carbon]

i agreee

[bitter carbon]

i dont like that as i find it confusing where to go after ive done a section and i find it hard to navigate through which bit i wanna learn

[summer stump]

That's why the PATHWAYS are best. They're different from just the standalone courses

And don't skip around for what you want to learn. Just do it all

[queen adder]

Guys my health and damage codes do not work

Help please

[swift crag]

Did you read #854851968446365696 before posting here?

[summer stump]

This is unanswerable as stated in #💻┃unity-talk

As they said
https://dontasktoask.com/

[cosmic dagger]

provide your !code and which part does not work . . .

[eternal falcon]

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[polar acorn]

Well, considering the information provided, my guess is missing a semicolon on line 12

[swift crag]

I think it's on line 13

[queen adder]

Gonna give y'all the code okay okay

Those are the codes: https://hatebin.com/qcwodiyvio
https://hatebin.com/iuyctfpbec

[polar acorn]

And what is the problem

[fringe pollen]

MaxHealth = -amount; in DecreaseeHealth I am supposing

[queen adder]

The problem is that the Damage system doesn't quite work, meaning that it should every time i touch the object with the damage script it should decrease the health but it doesn't

[queen adder]

Gonna check it

[polar acorn]

What is happening that is not supposed to be happening,
or what is not happening but is supposed to be

[queen adder]

The second one

[queen adder]

Well your note is in place but still doesn't work

[polar acorn]

So what is not happening but is supposed to be

[queen adder]

Yeah

[fringe pollen]

Wdym my note

[polar acorn]

That's not a yes or no question

[queen adder]

Okay yes what is not happening is supposed to happen

[summer stump]

Put a debug in the OnCollision and OnTrigger methods to see if you receive those messages

[polar acorn]

Again

[fringe pollen]

Did you change MaxHealth = -amount; to MaxHealth -= amount;

[polar acorn]

not a yes or no question

you tell me what is not happening

[summer stump]

They are asking WHAT is supposed to happen
"What" cannot be responded to with "yes"

[polar acorn]

that you are expecting to happen

[queen adder]

What is supposed to happen is maxhealth gets decreaseed by the damage

[silent obsidian]

Hello guys. How can I get the same behaviour as in "GetAxis("Horizontal")" with the new input system?

I don't want it to jump instantly from 0 to 1 and -1 but rather to go smoothly.

[queen adder]

I change it that what's i meant with note

[summer stump]

Do this
#💻┃code-beginner message

[polar acorn]

Are you getting logs

[summer stump]

Changed it to what?

[queen adder]

No

[queen adder]

-=

[polar acorn]

Then it would seem that whatever object has the Damage script on it is never colliding with something that has a PlayerHealth component

[swift crag]

I don't believe the input system will directly smooth inputs for you.

You can use MoveTowards to move your current value towards the input value.

[summer stump]

Nm, yeah there is

[queen adder]

Will do

[queen adder]

Yes i think your right

[silent obsidian]

Thank you

[queen adder]

Did it but still doesn't work

[polar acorn]

Then no collision is happening

[weak isle]

Does the player have a rigid body and a collider

And does enemy have a collider

[polar acorn]

Show the inspectors of the Enemy and the PlayerHealth objects

[queen adder]

The player has a character controller not rigidbody

[weak isle]

…

[queen adder]

What is it?

[polar acorn]

CharacterControllers do not use OnCollision methods. They have their own:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnControllerColliderHit.html

[weak isle]

Yeah was gonna reference that

[queen adder]

Oh thank you so much!

I am a fucking dumbass

[swift crag]

Character controllers can absolutely cause OnTriggerEnter to execute. I just checked.

A character controller that moves into a trigger collider will receive an OnTriggerEnter

[queen adder]

So it should work?

[polar acorn]

Yes, it does triggers, but not OnCollision

[swift crag]

I do not receive OnCollisionEnter, though.

[polar acorn]

A solid collider will fire OnControllerColliderHit instead

[swift crag]

yep, that seems consistent

[summer stump]

I mean, is the collider a trigger?

You had both methods, so it was unclear what type of collider it was

[buoyant knot]

I'm so confused by my physics engine. I just can't move my kinematic RBs unless I set their velocity. MovePosition just doesn't seem to move them to a given position

2D, so velocity does matter

I can MovePosition(Vector2.one) to avoid any calculation issues, but the line gets called, and the body doesn't move

[ripe shard]

are you moving it a) far, b) in update, c) repeatedly in the same fixedupdate interval?

[vagrant lynx]

Hello guys, I have a simple question....

How to get this everytime I enter

But not this

[polar acorn]

https://screenshot.help/

[queen adder]

https://hatebin.com/kdfephunrd this is the new code is it right now?

[buoyant knot]

I tried moving far (like 50 units, and the body is 1x1). I move it at the end of FixedUpdate in a script with -200 priority, so it should execute last in frame.

[vagrant lynx]

I really didn't want to open the screen snip

[polar acorn]

Because fiddling with a cell phone and lining up a shot is so much easier than Win+Shift+S

[buoyant knot]

fyi, my rigidbodies are kinematic Rigidbody2D

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[buoyant knot]

they can have velocity AND moveposition. It works if I change their velocity, but I don't think it is right.

[ripe shard]

your move will only take place on the next fixed update, so if you for some reason perform calculation on it before that happens it wont work

[vagrant lynx]

Win shift S quality not much good sometimes

And I was talking about the curly brackets

[polar acorn]

what

[ripe shard]

you should not touch both, that cant work

you're overriding one with the other

[buoyant knot]

I see. well, kinetic rigidbodies do have a .velocity assigned

[ripe shard]

just DONT use velocity AND MovePos when you have a kinematic rb

[buoyant knot]

ok, I'll test that out

I tried setting the velocity to zero, to allow the moveposition to go unencumbered, but that does not work

[ripe shard]

actually, never use both

you are trying to do too much, just let the system work

[vagrant lynx]

....??

[buoyant knot]

I am trying to figure out how to tell the system "I know exactly where I'm going. just go there."

[ripe shard]

do you want to trigger colliders on the way?

[buoyant knot]

I am making a system for that. first I need to just get things moving

[eternal needle]

Google how to change your ide settings so curly brackets stay on the same line

[ripe shard]

you arent really helping with your answers

if you don't want collisions, ie you want to teleport, set the rb position directly

if you want to have collisions, use MovePosition with a delta that is relatively small

[buoyant knot]

I'm not worried about collisions right now

[ripe shard]

MovePosition will calculate the velocity to get to the destination in 1 update, if you ALSO set velocity, you will override whatever MovePosition has calculated

[buoyant knot]

assume I will deal with collisions later. I am right now trying to get the body to move in a vacuum

[uncut dune]

transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards();

[buoyant knot]

I'm not moving transform

that will actively screw with what I'm doing. I need to move the RB

[uncut dune]

why dont u use MovePosition like mentionedbefore

[buoyant knot]

I'm trying but the system is confused because .velocity was screwed with

I think I need to refactor the way anikki mentioned

so .velocity never gets touched. I wish I could just make 2D kinematic RBs not use their velocity in simulation

[ripe shard]

then you can't have collision interpolation

you can't have physics and not have physics at the same time

[buoyant knot]

I will take care of collisions myself

I just want the physics system to generate contacts at the end

[ripe shard]

then just move the freaking transform

[buoyant knot]

I'm making a physics engine to figure out the in-betweeen

[vagrant lynx]

Oh yes!, I'll check the settings. Thank you

[buoyant knot]

assume I can calculate the target destination accurately

[silent obsidian]

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    "FormattingOptions": {
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        "NewLinesForBracesInAnonymousMethods": false,
        "NewLinesForBracesInAnonymousTypes": false,
        "NewLinesForBracesInControlBlocks": false,
        "NewLinesForBracesInTypes": false,
        "NewLinesForBracesInMethods": false,
        "NewLinesForBracesInProperties": false,
        "NewLinesForBracesInObjectCollectionArrayInitializers": false,
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        "NewLineForCatch": false,
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}

create an omnisharp.json file in the root of your project

[buoyant knot]

also, I do not know if assigning rigidbody.position is a problem

for the middle of a calculation, I basically want to teleport an RB around, then teleport it back to where it started when I'm done.

[delicate portal]

Hey! How can I rotate an object from its center? I used this but this will rotate it by the pivot:
transform.parent.eulerAngles += new Vector3(0, rot, 0);

[uncut dune]

how

[buoyant knot]

ok, it seems like MovePosition overwrites anything going on with velocity

[uncut dune]

my hitscan reflection isnt working properly💀

[silent obsidian]

    private void OnEnable() {
        playerInputActions.Player.Jump.Enable();
        playerInputActions.Player.Jump.performed += DoJump;
        playerInputActions.Player.Movement.Enable();
        playerInputActions.Player.Movement.started += DoMove;
        playerInputActions.Player.Movement.canceled -= DoMove;

    }

    private void DoMove(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        hzInput = playerInputActions.Player.Movement.ReadValue<float>();
        rb.velocity = new Vector3(hzInput * speed, rb.velocity.y, 0);
        
    }

Should the movement logic be in a fixedupdate instead ;-?

Right now if i tap the left button it just keeps walking towards that direction. I suppose that's because .canceled -= DoMove; is not the right way to do it.

[buoyant knot]

I think this is ok

the .canceled is wrong

-= removes the function from getting called

it does not make the function do the opposite

[silent obsidian]

Hm, then how could I make the function get called only when the "left"/"right" button is pressed.

[delicate portal]

Hey! How can I rotate an object from its center? I used this but this will rotate it by the pivot:
transform.parent.eulerAngles += new Vector3(0, rot, 0);

[buoyant knot]

releasing tap isn't canceled. it is performed

you should subscribe functions for .started, .performed, and .canceled

[rich adder]

RotateAround iirc you can specify a specific point
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.RotateAround.html

[buoyant knot]

canceled would be something like: you were holding a button, and tabbed out. the program had the input actually interrupted

OR it got canceled because a different type of callback is going (e.g. long press will cancel the tap interaction)

[silent obsidian]

so i should just change the .canceled to .performed?

[delicate portal]

transform.RotateAround(transform.parent.position, Vector3.up,rot);
Still rotating around pivot

[buoyant knot]

you need both

if tap gets canceled by tabbing out, you also want to register it as letting go

[wintry quarry]

RotateAround rotates around whatever point you pass in as the center

[buoyant knot]

else the program will keep the player moving while tabbed out

[silent obsidian]

So what i would want to do is to remove the function from getting called on the .performed and .canceled event and add it on .started ?

[buoyant knot]

Add the function to being called from all 3

it is reading the value in the function anyway

[vagrant lynx]

Oh, so I have to do this. Isn't there any option in settings ?

[silent obsidian]

Ohh okay I see. I understand now.

Thank you

[silent obsidian]

Wait, what IDE are you using?

[buoyant knot]

is that input a control stick actually?

[silent obsidian]

nope, keyboard key

[vagrant lynx]

VS code

[buoyant knot]

nvm then. ok

[delicate portal]

transform.parent.eulerAngles += new Vector3(0, rot, 0);
Okay but still it is rotating incorrectly. RotateAround still doesnt work

[silent obsidian]

i think it is the only option

[vagrant lynx]

Using your code for making this setting ?

[silent obsidian]

Yep

[vagrant lynx]

Okay

[silent obsidian]

perhaps this as well

[rich adder]

aren't you passing the pivot as point to rotate around?

[delicate portal]

I do, but how to fix it?

[rich adder]

A. would be easier to just fix the pivot in blender.
B. you could just pass the collider/bounding box as the center

[delicate portal]

How to do B?

[eager elm]

I recommend you only set a Vector3 in your InputAction method and then in FixedUpdate() you set your velocity to that Vector. You can use: if (context.canceled) movementVec = Vector3.zero;
to stop moving.

[rich adder]

uh for example
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider-bounds.html

.center prop

iirc you can also get it from the mesh/renderer if you have no collider

[delicate portal]

Oh god it works!

Thanks!

Also, how can I make the cursor is on the center of the transform?
Now I am just setting the pivot's position where the cursor looks:
BuildingGhost.Instance.transform.localPosition = raycastHit.point;

[delicate portal]

Can you help for a minute please? ^

[rich adder]

sure but not sure I understand wdym the cursor? is it a gameobject

[delicate portal]

Let me show you

[silent obsidian]

Will look into it, thanks

[delicate portal]

Here you'll see that the cursor is on the pivot of the gameobject, not on the center where its rotating.

[rich adder]

the best thing to do here is using proper pivots

[delicate portal]

Sure, bot how?

[rich adder]

basically you make a new child object place it where you wuld want pivot to be then reverse the order, make the parent now the child of this object. obv put this object outside the parent first

[delicate portal]

Also, any other options avalailbe if possible? Because the buildingghost gameobject can be various and their pivots can be different

[rich adder]

I mean you could also just do the same thing you do as your rotatearound

[delicate portal]

Yeah but that is a vector3 and not a transform

[rich adder]

the parameter is a vector3

[delicate portal]

Yes, so I should set the BuildingGhost's position to the cursor's position as there is now, and then use that Vector3?

[rich adder]

ehh actually I think you would need to do some math and get the offset
then put that in the follow transform for the ghost

[formal escarp]

Hey guys quick question. How can i make it so when i impact against a certain object a certain sound effect comes out?

[delicate portal]

what follow?:

[cosmic dagger]

play a sound when the impact occurs . . .

[rich adder]

doesn't your ghost transform.position goes to mouse hit ray

[delicate portal]

Ah sure

Sorry for bothering you this much, what kind of math should I use here?

So like I'm completely dumb

Use the center I assume

[formal escarp]

Im unsure on how to, or rather i dont know how to. Maybe i should make a "If player touches x item it calls a sound"? or something like that?

[rich adder]

probably something to do with seeing how far pivot.position is (transform.position) vs bounds.center.

that should be your offset

[cosmic dagger]

yes, try and break it down into tasks:

• first, you need to check for an impact (collision)
• second, you need to check what the collided object is
• third, you need to play the sound effect . . .

[delicate portal]

So (transform.position - bounds.center) is my pivot

[formal escarp]

I should use tags for that right? i believe the answer is yes.

[delicate portal]

And then BuildingGhost.transform.position + offset = cursorPos

[bitter carbon]

anyone know how i can make it so there is around 40 different things in here, but in a different way as it will be very untidy and worsen performance if i write them all out

like maybe some sort of maths pattern

[cosmic dagger]

also, each of these tasks can have their own list of tasks as well. you can use tags; that's one option to check for the collided object . . .

[formal escarp]

Alrighty, i think i know how to make it work

[cosmic dagger]

you shouldn't have to check for 40+ different results. what are you trying to do?

[cosmic dagger]

if you have that many, place all the numbers in a list, then iterate the list and check the current index (iteration) . . .

[bitter carbon]

i just want it so every x seconds passes since the game started it does something in the if but its gotta slowly be in lower increments

i asked chat gpt but i think ur method is better🤣🤣

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/arithmetic-operators#remainder-operator-

[cosmic dagger]

then you should only have to check one variable. when the first value is passed, increment it by a certain amount, then you check against the same variable but it will have the new value . . .

[bitter carbon]

that isnt what i want

[polar acorn]

yes it is

[bitter carbon]

maybe i explained what i was tryna do wrong or smth but this isnt it

[polar acorn]

Well, first off, why not say what "this" even is, as you understand it

[swift crag]

Explain what you want to make your game do

not "check these 40 numbers"

What gameplay are you creating?

[bitter carbon]

so ill probably end up doing in a list but

[summer stump]

A timer that goes off more often as the game goes on?

[bitter carbon]

yes, exactly

[cosmic dagger]

i'd just use an animation curve that changes the value of the variable and you check that against your time . . .

[polar acorn]

In that case,
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/arithmetic-operators#remainder-operator-

[swift crag]

Okay, that sounds reasonable, but please humor me here -- I want to know what gameplay you want to create.

[bitter carbon]

does it matter?

[swift crag]

I don't ask irrelevant questions.

[summer stump]

Yeah, it's called an XY problem at this point.

[bitter carbon]

i dotn reeally wanna explain if it doesnt matter so can u say why its impirtant

[polar acorn]

https://xyproblem.info/

[swift crag]

Asking about your original goal, rather than whatever solution you attempted, will help people help you.

[silent obsidian]

private void DoMove(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        hzInput = playerInputActions.Player.Movement.ReadValue<float>();
        rb.velocity = new Vector3(hzInput * speed, rb.velocity.y, 0);
    }

    private void FixedUpdate() {
        CharacterRotate();
        Debug.Log(rb.velocity);
        Debug.Log("hzInput: " + hzInput);
        Debug.Log("speed: " + speed);
    }

Seems like my velocity on the X axis slowly decreses the longer I hold a button pressed down. ;-?
Is it because I'm not running the movement logic inside a fixedUpdate method?

[cosmic dagger]

there can be an easier way to perform what you're asking if they have an idea on what system/mechanic you're trying to make. just bc you don't think it's important does not mean it isn't . . .

[bitter carbon]

idk how to make it cleaer tbh, but ig ill explain what the game will be like

[swift crag]

DoMove gets called every time the input updates, iirc

[swift crag]

So it only gets called once. verify with a log statement.

I prefer to use InputActionReference to get values. It makes things super easy.

public InputActionReference someAction;

...

someAction.action.ReadValue<float>();

I just read the value every frame and use it directly

[polar acorn]

DoMove is called once when your input changes. Once it stops changing, it stops resetting back to hzInput * speed and drag will slowly slow it down to 0

[cosmic dagger]

why do you have the method with a InputAction.CallbackContext if you're not using it and just reading the value from the action? that can be done in Update . . .

[bitter carbon]

so, there is a timer that starts when the game starts,it goes up in seconds

every x amount of seconds it needs to give a message to a plant in my game so the plant will know when to develop/grow

this x amount of seconds needs to decrease the incrimenting over time so it makes the game harder, otherwise it could go on forever

i made a typo so reread before reply

[polar acorn]

How do you intend to decrease x as time goes on

[rocky canyon]

wow, cool.. thanks for remembering lol!

[bitter carbon]

here^^

[polar acorn]

Like, what is the actual math you intend to use to decrease x by

[bitter carbon]

well i was gunna just manually type it so i wanted to know how best to store it but i might think of a formula to do it i havent decided asi dotn nkow lal the options, for exmaple there might be a built in thing that already achieves this

[silent obsidian]

Oh okey, thank you

[rotund gorge]

oof

[bitter carbon]

ummmm^^ MODS

[summer stump]

<@&502884371011731486>

[silent obsidian]

pathetic

[polar acorn]

bah

Sorry @queen adder you're cool but your name is too close to <@&502884371011731486>

[bitter carbon]

why are there no mods?

[summer stump]

Why not just every time the timer goes off reduce by a bit

[rich adder]

so edgy hiding behind a screen

[bitter carbon]

ok its gone

[summer stump]

That would be a linear reduction though

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, they need a formula . . .

[summer stump]

You could use a formula

Edit: ah, as random said

[bitter carbon]

i would do it like that but sometimes its gotta stay the same

[bitter carbon]

yea

[summer stump]

Make a method to change the x, and if a condition is met, don't change it

[polar acorn]

And then, once you have x, oh hey look its our friend that thing I said
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/arithmetic-operators#remainder-operator-

[bitter carbon]

like maybe so it decreases the incrementation each time by 0.3 then rounds it

ima think about it in paint rq

[subtle hedge]

why is this happeing ?

the foot moves how is supposed to when i'm not adding the height offset

[inner marsh]

im referencing a public static bool from a helper script, but it says that the helper script doesnt contain a definition for that referenced bool public static class TargetInfo { public static bool isTargetInRange(Vector3 rayPosition, Vector3 rayDirection, outRaycastHit Hitinfo, float range, LayermMask mask); { return (Physics.Raycast(rayPosition, rayDirection, out Hitinfo, range, mask)) } } bool referenced

    {
        RaycastHit hitInfo;
        if(TargetInfo.isTargetInRange(cam.transform.position, cam.transform.forward, out hitInfo, hardpointRange, shootableMask))
        {
            //create laser hit particles
            foreach(var laser in lasers)
            {
                Vector3 localHitPosition = laser.transform.InverseTransformPoint(hitInfo.point);
                laser.gameObject.SetActive(true);
                laser.SetPosition(1, localHitPosition);
            }
        }``` where its being referenced

[polar acorn]

If the ray hits nothing that's gonna move this object to 0,0,0 in world space

[polar acorn]

What is the specific error

[subtle hedge]

but the ray allways hits something

[inner marsh]

Assets\Scripts\LightCruiser.cs(117,23): error CS0117: 'TargetInfo' does not contain a definition for 'isTargetInRange'

[cosmic dagger]

is it in a namespace or a different assembly?

[bitter carbon]

i think smth like this

[languid spire]

; at end of method definition

[polar acorn]

This function has no declaration

There's nothing in it

[cosmic dagger]

damn, good eye . . .

[inner marsh]

yea i forgot to save that, now i got 10 errors instaed of 1 💀

[polar acorn]

Which are?

[rich adder]

is your IDE even configured ?

[polar acorn]

Yeah there's quite a bit of syntax errors. Look at the stuff underlined in red, you're probably missing something

[inner marsh]

i followed the guide to configure it and nothing changed.

using vscode

no "ide" stuff works

[rich adder]

if nothing is underlining red you did not configured it

[inner marsh]

i followed the guide

as it stated

installed plugins as it said'

[rich adder]

followed the guide is vague

many people followed the guide and still did it wrong

[summer stump]

What version of the Visual Studio Editor package in unity do you have?

[inner marsh]

all three are installed

[rich adder]

this aint the only step

[summer stump]

What does the External Tools menu look like in Unity

[rich adder]

ah so you skimmed thru it

[summer stump]

Too old

[subtle hedge]

digihlic the ray walyas hits something, this occurs only if i add the offset, i don't see why it won't move

[rich adder]

like everyone else

[summer stump]

Remove the Engineering package

Then you can update it

Needs to be 2.0.20 at least

Also, you do not need the Visual Studio Code Editor package. It may cause problems

Both IDEs use Visual Studio Editor

[rich adder]

"followed the guide"
does 1 step

[inner marsh]

ig ill go follow the whole guide again

fun

[summer stump]

First just do what I said. That is likely the part that got messed up

[rich adder]

its like 2 more steps

you lucky it aint what vscode was like w unity

[polar acorn]

It looks like it's moving to me in the video? You move up and down and it stays in place. You move it sideways and the ray moves with it

[primal burrow]

how do you make a brodcast audio/measage like recroom does when its going under maintnence

[rich adder]

dont crosspost

[bitter carbon]

are negative decimals always double or can u make it a float

[rich adder]

what does that even mean?

not everyone plays recroom

[polar acorn]

Do you mean play a sound?

[inner marsh]

it wont let me remove vs code editor lol

[summer stump]

-0.5f

[polar acorn]

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

[cosmic dagger]

dafuq is recroom?

[bitter carbon]

k thanks

[subtle hedge]

that's my problem, when i add the height offset is moves only up and down, i need it to move also left right and forward

[summer stump]

Remove the Engineering package first, as I said

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[primal burrow]

search recroom going under maintnecne

[polar acorn]

no

[rich adder]

put some type of effort into your questions..

[polar acorn]

If you want an offset in multiple directions, add a whole vector rather than up times a constant

[subtle hedge]

well i'm adding the vector

[polar acorn]

You're adding a vector that is pointing straight up

If you want offset in other directions, you're gonna need a vector that is in that direction

[swift crag]

switch to the "Unity Registry" category, then remove the "Engineering" feature

[subtle hedge]

transform.position = footPosition + new Vector3(footPosition.x, footPosition.y * heighOffset, footPosition.z);```

like this ?

[swift crag]

this does not make sense

it would add more and more height as you get further vertically from the origin

[polar acorn]

Why are you doubling the X and Z position of the vector?

[primal burrow]

how do you make a measage/audio that plays in every server so kinda like

New Update In 10m

Then 5m past then it say

New Update in 5m

Then after the timer is up
Servers get closed or everyones game quits and cant play until servers update

[swift crag]

just...play a sound?

[polar acorn]

This depends entirely on what you mean by "server"

But it also sounds like you just want to play a sound

[subtle hedge]

transform.position = footPosition + new Vector3(0, footPosition.y * heighOffset, 0);``` this ?

[primal burrow]

every person in the game can hear

[swift crag]

that does not answer digi's question at all

[primal burrow]

but how will they hear/see it

[subtle hedge]

i got the same result

[polar acorn]

Take a moment and think about it

Position is where the foot is

[swift crag]

well, I guess it kind of does

[polar acorn]

footPosition is where the ray hits

[swift crag]

but I don't know how your multiplayer architecture works here

[ivory bobcat]

Break the problem down.

How do I make a message/audio
How do I delay something

[quasi rose]

The whole point is you need way more details ❤️

[rich adder]

send an RPC

[primal burrow]

how

[bitter carbon]

anyone know why this doesnt work

[swift crag]

because this is bogus syntax

[polar acorn]

Tell me, in words, where you want the foot to end up relative to where the ray hits the ground

[bitter carbon]

explain?

[polar acorn]

What are you even trying to do there

[subtle hedge]

where it hit

[slender nymph]

what do you think that is supposed to be doing?

[polar acorn]

Then... you don't want an offset at all?

[rich adder]

https://docs-multiplayer.unity3d.com/netcode/current/advanced-topics/message-system/clientrpc/

[polar acorn]

So just use footPosition

[subtle hedge]

only on the y aixs

[polar acorn]

Then you're good

You're currently adding an offset on the Y axis to where the ray hits

[ivory bobcat]

Third argument is for counter increments and decrements not random arithmetics

[subtle hedge]

but i got the same result

[subtle hedge]

the foot only moves on the y and not on the x and z

[polar acorn]

The result that seems to be what you just said you wanted

[swift crag]

specifically, it's for complete statements

[bitter carbon]

ok that is what it was siuppoised to be

[subtle hedge]

it's not

[rich adder]

whats j -0.6f

no operation there

[polar acorn]

It doesn't move on X or Z. It always ends up exactly where the ray hits

[bitter carbon]

yes j = 9

[summer stump]

Wth is j -0.6f

[bitter carbon]

j = 9

[polar acorn]

what?

[summer stump]

You have no = sign though oh misread. So that says 9 -0.6f which is different than 9 - 0.6f btw

And that doesn't make much sense there either

[bitter carbon]

wait lemme think

[rich adder]

whats 9 -0.6 mean

[primal burrow]

something like

Play Audio : 10 minutes until next update
Delay 5 minutes
After Delay: 5 minutes until next update
Delay 4 minutes
After Delay: 1 minute until next update

Delay 1 minutes
After Delay: Kick Everyone From Game To There Meta Home,
Disable servers for (How Much Time)

[bitter carbon]

wdym

[primal burrow]

not C# Code btw

[polar acorn]

More like: What does it mean to check if 9 - 0.6 every frame

[polar acorn]

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

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

you said j is 9
so what is 9 -0.6

[bitter carbon]

its simple maths my brain cannot explain it more

[summer stump]

That just lists two numbers

[subtle hedge]

digiholic, i want the foot to stay in place and to add an height offset to it, when i add the offset the foot stays in the right position only when moveing up and down, look again in the vid

[ivory bobcat]

If you placed i + 3 - z / x you'd still get an error. These aren't statements. Invalid mumbo jumbo.

[bitter carbon]

yea

[primal burrow]

did not help

[rich adder]

so what operation are you trying to do ?

[summer stump]

It is not math. It is two numbers next to each other

[polar acorn]

You are casting a ray straight down from where the foot is, then moving the foot to the place that ray hits, plus some height offset

Is that what you want?

[bitter carbon]

that can be math u know

[polar acorn]

Math is procedure

[summer stump]

Not without an operator.
Digi said it better

[polar acorn]

Two numbers standing next to each other is just a pair of numbers

[swift crag]

I'm not seeing what y'all are seeing. that is a valid expression

[ivory bobcat]

We don't know anything about your system. Google how to make a message or audio.

[swift crag]

it's just that you need a statement there

[delicate lagoon]

Please go google what a for loop looks like and compare it to what you have instead of confusing everyone with dumb math

[sturdy lintel]

This is my script which is attached to a moving blue ball. I want it to cast projections as shown in the photo (black cylinders of S(0.02f,len,0.02f) ). I am trying to do something of that sort in the for loop line 39-50. But there seems to be some problem with my math.
This is a college assignment & we are not allowed to use raycasts to do our projections, but rather just pure vector math. Can someone please help me out? @slender nymph or anyone?

TravellingBalls.cs : https://pastebin.com/HPT09Y7U
Reference Script from Github: https://github.dev/Apress/basic-math-for-game-dev-w-unity3d/blob/master/Chapter-6-Examples/Assets/EX_6_4_MyScript.cs

[bitter carbon]

it is same

[primal burrow]

already did but bing just says

[subtle hedge]

NOOO, i want know why the food dosen't stay in place when i add the height offset, but it moves when i don't add the height offset

[delicate lagoon]

No it's not

[summer stump]

I promise you it is not which is why you have an error

[bitter carbon]

ok ill be afk for a bit

[swift crag]

this needs to go in a thread if it continues

[slender nymph]

don't ping people into your questions

also wtf. why ping me specifically?

[sturdy lintel]

cuz you were the only one who helped me last time (twice)

[ivory bobcat]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/statements-expressions-operators/statements#expression-statements

[summer stump]

It is against the rules to ping people you aren't currently in conversation with
What happened last time is irrelevant

[sturdy lintel]

alright, I didn't know. I'm sorry, wont do this again

[polar acorn]

The reason it worked in the first place is the thing I said originally. Your ray hits nothing, so it goes to 0,0,0. You're raycasting down from the foot, and when the foot is below the ground the ray hits nothing

[ivory bobcat]

// Expression statement (assignment).
area = 3.14 * (radius * radius);

// Error. Not  statement because no assignment:
//circ * 2;``` @bitter carbon

[polar acorn]

So, when you add height, the ray actually hits the ground

and therefore moves the foot to the ray's position

[sturdy lintel]

can anyone help me out here? really stuck badly 😢

[quasi rose]

ah thanks, was confused.

[bitter carbon]

my unitys been loading for 15 min💀💀

how can i restart my pc without losing my work

[slender nymph]

you probably have an infinite loop

[sturdy lintel]

me?

[slender nymph]

what would make you think that was in reference to your issue?

[bitter carbon]

nah my pc just bad, i // my loop code which wasnt even infinite and its still going

[fickle plume]

@sturdy lintel Not seeing a single debug message in your code. Debug what's happening and understand the problem. https://unity.huh.how/debugging

[slender nymph]

nah, you 100% have an infinite loop somewhere.

most likely in some object's Awake or Start method

[ivory bobcat]

An infinite loop would definitely cause it to hang though

[sturdy lintel]

something wrong with my math. I'll add debuglogs

[fickle plume]

no need to tell me that

[bitter carbon]

i think it is that cuz it sais waitign for code to exucute

but i am making all my code green with //

and it isnt fixing