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[polar acorn]

Un-delete it

The event system is what makes your UI events work

[solemn bobcat]

Most likely the issue is unrelated to this code. Probably you're missing EventSystem component (which is necessary for all UIs on scene to work) or some other object is in front of your button (which blocks raycasts and access to the button).

[polar acorn]

It has nothing to do with Visual Scripting

[swift crag]

That's what I originally thought the problem was -- that it wasn't partially masking the text

but I'm a little unclear on what the issue is..

[pliant oyster]

Thank you!

[vocal fable]

is there any way to make rocket jumping like in tf2

or quake

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddExplosionForce.html

[vocal fable]

thanks

[swift crag]

I never actually knew about that until recently

I just did it manually with an OverlapSphere

[polar acorn]

You likely still want an ovelap so you know which objects to call AddExplosionForce on

[swift crag]

true; this just does a little extra math for you

[white crag]

oh my god you are still here

i remember your name from 3 years ago

[polar acorn]

No one else wants me around 😭

[white crag]

have you made any games

[polar acorn]

[white crag]

how come ;(

[polar acorn]

They keep adding new stuff to Runescape

[white crag]

hahahahaha

[rare basin]

yea 😄

[white crag]

people say making games ruins the magic of playing them

[swift crag]

i saw they messed with the wilderness again

[white crag]

now I cannot play a single player game ever again

[polar acorn]

RS3 maybe but OSRS is still fine

Just added new bosses to it recently actually

[swift crag]

sometimes I have a problem in Pokemon Go and realize I might know why it happened

[swift crag]

i should go play OSRS. I did RS3 for a few months and then burned out really hard

unfortunately i am no longer a small child and have trouble playing games non-efficiently

[white crag]

i cannot see a cool indie game without the burning desire of making it which wont go away until i try

[eternal needle]

For me it's the opposite, i always played games trying to break apart how things work. I cant imagine many scenarios where someone learns how an effect is made, then doesnt wanna play a whole game because they know fire is now just a particle systen and not real fire in their monitor

[white crag]

no no its not that at all

for me its just that I wasnt ever a single player game type of guy

and even though I have a big passion for seeing how cool alot of indie games are I still dont enjoy any single player game except like assassins creed but even that I cant come to enjoy anymorer

im still very intrigued by all types of games though and rather watch someone play them than play them myself for some reason

[halcyon mauve]

I am trying to make a spawn manager script that randomly picks from one of three prefab models, where should I start?

[swift crag]

Make a list of game objects. Pick a random number that's less than the length of the list.

If you have a more specific component on all of the prefabs, you should make a list of those instead

so, for example..

[SerializeField] List<Bullet> bullets;

void Start() {
  int index = Random.Range(0, bullets.Count);
  Bullet newBullet = Instantiate(bullets[index]);
}

[tall delta]

create a list of prefabs, then randomly select one of them?

||```cs
public List<GameObject> listOfPrefabs;

//in some method
var randomPrefab = listOfPrefabs[Random.Range(0, listOfPrefabs.Count())]

[swift crag]

this would work if all of my prefabs had a Bullet on them

[halcyon mauve]

Yeah I have created around 4 prefabs made in a prefab folder for the project and need one of them to be spawned in randomly in a random direction

So I trying to understand how to put that in a script

[ivory bobcat]

Break the problem down (simplify it). Create the list and get the random selection of the target first.

[halcyon mauve]

So I guess my question for that would be how do I get the script to have the prefabs as targets

Like how to I have them as objects in the script

[tall delta]

It's a bit hard to help when we don't understand what part you are stuck on.
is it selecting a prefab, spawning a prefab, moving it in a random direction, creating a random number?

[ivory bobcat]

Create a list?

[swift crag]

simex's answer will let you do that.

A List<GameObject> will show up in the inspector.

You can drag the prefabs into it.

[ivory bobcat]

Are you simply stuck on implementation of code?

If so, maybe check out the tutorials pinned on this channel

[halcyon mauve]

A little bit yeah

Ok I think I am getting it. So the list is open-ended but in Unity you can drag the objects you want in the list to the script?

If I wanted them spawned ever 0.5 seconds is that in the Update method?

[swift crag]

The easiest way would be to use a coroutine.

[ivory bobcat]

Are you finished with the referencing of objects first?

[tall delta]

I'd break this down in to simple steps, all off these should be simple to google. or maybe even ask here

1. Learn how to spawn a prefab.
2. Learn how to spawn a list of prefabs.
3. Learn how to spawn just one item from a list of prefabs.
4. Learn how to select a random element from a list, then spawn that.
5. Learn how to move an object that has been spawn by code.
6. Learn how to create a random movement.

[swift crag]

But yes, get that done first.

Worry about spawning many objects after you can spawn one object

[halcyon mauve]

This is what I have:

public class SpawnManagerA : MonoBehaviour {
public List<GameObject> listofPrefabs;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start() {
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update() {
    var randomPrefab = listOfPrefabs[Random.Range(0, listOfPrefabs.Count())]
    
}

}

[swift crag]

Looks good.

This will get a random prefab every frame.

It won't do anything with it, of course.

[halcyon mauve]

OK Thanks

[wintry quarry]

it's just listOfPrefabs.Count not listOfPrefabs.Count()

[halcyon mauve]

So I am trying to add the script to an empty game object but I keep getting this error:

Can't add script component 'SpawnManagerA' because the script class cannot be found. Make sure that there are no compile errors and that the file name and class name match.

[swift crag]

well, have you checked for the problems the message is talking about?

you must have zero errors in the console

including errors for other scripts

[polar acorn]

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

[halcyon mauve]

The names match

[polar acorn]

and the other thing?

[halcyon mauve]

I have no errors so far, at least that is what Visual Studio is saying

[polar acorn]

What does unity say

[halcyon mauve]

I dont know how to compile it on unity tbh

[swift crag]

Unity will try to compile your code whenever it sees changes.

If it has any problems, it will put errors in the console.

Look at the console.

[halcyon mauve]

It saying nothing

[swift crag]

Screenshot the entire console and show us.

[polar acorn]

Show the script for SpawnManagerA

[halcyon mauve]

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

public class SpawnManagerA : MonoBehaviour {
public List<GameObject> listofPrefabs;
public char 'c';

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start() {
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update() {
    var randomPrefab = listOfPrefabs[Random.Range(0, listOfPrefabs.Count)]
    
}

}

[polar acorn]

First off, !code for how to format it.
Second, if this is exactly copy pasted from your code then I guarantee you have an error send a screenshot of your unity console

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[swift crag]

that will not compile.

Screenshot your console.

[halcyon mauve]

Ah ok I didnt know how to format that sorry

[summer stump]

That char is an issue

[swift crag]

that line is malformed, yes

[tall delta]

I might be a bit off base here, but it seems to me like you'd get a lot out of a quick "how to unity" tutorial. something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48LtUkZRjU&list=PLPV2KyIb3jR5QFsefuO2RlAgWEz6EvVi6

it's just that, yes, people here could just give you the copy / paste code that does what you want. but it's kind of like asking:
what's the answer to ∫(2x^2 + 3x + 1) dx
and you get: answer is (2/3)x^3 + (3/2)x^2 + x + C

it doesn't really help anything, if you don't understand the question, or the answer 😅 because you don't learn anything that way

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure you ide is properly configured. 'c' is not valid.

[halcyon mauve]

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

public class SpawnManagerA : MonoBehaviour {
    public List<GameObject> listofPrefabs;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start() {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update() {
        var randomPrefab = listOfPrefabs[Random.Range(0, listOfPrefabs.Count)]
        
    }
}

[polar acorn]

Not really off base at all

[swift crag]

This will still not compile. Please show us your console.

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, that got rid of the problem line. Does it work now?

[summer stump]

I recommend a c# tutorial like:
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php
Personally I found a pure c# tutorial more helpful than a unity-specific one

There are also other resources in the pins of this channel

[summer stump]

They removed the char line. What else is the issue?

[halcyon mauve]

This is the consol. It has nothing at all because I dont have the spawn manager as a component to anything yet

[swift crag]

Missing semicolon.

You have errors hidden.

[summer stump]

It would show even without it attached

[swift crag]

Click that button to show them.

[summer stump]

Ah, nice catch

[halcyon mauve]

Semicolons

[swift crag]

I completely glossed over the char line, mentally autocorrecting it into char x = 'c';

🫠

[halcyon mauve]

Sorry about that

[coral vapor]

Can someone help me, I’m trying to make a mobile runner game and I can’t find the template for it on my editor

[summer stump]

You need the older editor (i think 2021).
They were removed from at least 2022

[ivory bobcat]

You should be able to find Unity official templates on the asset store as well.

[halcyon mauve]

I think this is the main problem but IDK what that means

[polar acorn]

Duplicate script

[coral vapor]

Oh I was using 2022 thanks

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message
This too

[halcyon mauve]

Is it conflicting with a move forward script then? it has a start and update method in it as well

[coral vapor]

Ok thanks

[summer stump]

Is the name of the class the same? That is the issue
You can have as many starts and updates as you want (theoretically)

[slender nymph]

no, it's a duplicate or the SpawnManagerA class

[halcyon mauve]

Ah ok

this was the first spawn manager script though

[slender nymph]

if you are using vs code and you moved or renamed the file then hit save in vs code again then you just recreated the same file that you originally moved/renamed

[summer stump]

You definitely have a duplicate somewhere. That is what the error is telling you

[halcyon mauve]

So I have to go digging then I guess

[swift crag]

it's a very easy mistake to make

i do it occasionally

Just search for project for "SpawnManagerA" and you'll find the duplicate.

ctrl-shift-F in VSCode, at least.

[tall delta]

I'm just gonna refer back to this, because at this pace I don't think you're gonna run out of questions anytime soon

[slender nymph]

i honestly prefer visual studio's method of handling changes to files. it tells you the file you were editing no longer exists and basically forces you to open it again. very handy to prevent accidentally duplicating something when you've moved or renamed it inside of unity/filesystem instead of using the refactoring tools in VS

[slender nymph]

you can use the search tools in whatever IDE you are using to find it. you should be able to search the entire project with that

[halcyon mauve]

Ok I fixed the dupilicate problem. Now it says that prefabList does not exist in current context

[summer stump]

You had listOfPrefabs

Not prefabList

[swift crag]

well, yes, you didn't name the field prefabList

[halcyon mauve]

Sorry was just typing that not that it was the correct name

the error does say listOfPrefabs my bad

[summer stump]

Trying to use it outside of SpawnManagerA without a proper reference?
Show the code where the error is

[halcyon mauve]

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

public class SpawnManagerA : MonoBehaviour {
    public List<GameObject> listofPrefabs;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start() {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update() {
        var randomPrefab = listOfPrefabs[Random.Range(0, listOfPrefabs.Count)];
        
    }
}

[swift crag]

i am also going to point you back to this.

[polar acorn]

You should use things that exist instead of things that do not

[slender nymph]

first, make sure that your !IDE is configured

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[swift crag]

you know, this code editor probably isn't configured

given all of these typos

[coral vapor]

Can’t find it in asset store

[halcyon mauve]

Sorry I have three classes this year using java, c#, and c and I am constantly having to change it. C# is completely new to me but its not too bad

[slender nymph]

Java and C also require you to spell things correctly

[summer stump]

Configuration should switch when you open the project file afaik, so you'd only have to do it once per language (per device)

At least that's how it is for me when I jump between languages

[coral vapor]

Is Computer science a major I should go for in college cause I heard it’s a job that there is gonna be too much coders for in the next 6 years

[halcyon mauve]

What did I misspell?

[swift crag]

this is not a code question and not a unity question

[slender nymph]

configure your IDE and it will show you 😉

[swift crag]

every single error you have is caused by a typo or incomplete name

so yes

configure your IDE

[coral vapor]

Sorry meant to put on general

[wintry quarry]

is your IDE actually configured? It's clearly not

[swift crag]

the longer you spend here explaining why you aren't fixing your code editor, the longer it will take to help you

so go do it

[summer stump]

There is no general chat in this server actually. You might get away with it in #💻┃unity-talk but it'll be up to the mods
See here
#531949462411804679 message

[coral vapor]

I meant code gen

Would that not work

[summer stump]

No
It is not a code question, nor a unity question.

[coral vapor]

Can’t find mobile runner game template for tutorial in asset store, do I have to download 2021 editor version

[coral vapor]

Ok thanks

[tall delta]

listOfPrefabs
listofPrefabs

this is not the same name, so yes, configure that IDE

[trail gull]

In my script im making 2 gameobjects called leftcurrentBox and rightcurrentBox
Im trying to destroy them when they come into contact with my gameobject called 'Destroyer'

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.TryGetComponent<Destroyer>(out Destroyer destroyer))
        {
            Destroy(leftcurrentBox);
            Destroy(rightcurrentBox);

This is my code but its not working and the two gameobjects just go through the 3d object
My destroyer gameobject has trigger on, has a script attached to it

[slender nymph]

does your gameobject that is called Destroyer also have a Destroyer component attached? and have you confirmed that this code is even running?

[trail gull]

A Destroyer component?

[tall delta]

I might be miss remembering this, but I don't think OnTriggerEnter etc will fire if one of the object in the 'collision' does not have a rigidbody attached

[hollow axle]

How do you write classes? I want to make a Traits class and pass the parameters. Currently I have it like this which of course is wrong:

public class Traits
    {
        public float Speed;
        public int[] Color;
        public float[] Scale;

        // Constructor for Traits class
        public Traits(float speed, int[] color, float[] scale)
        {
            Speed = speed;
            Color = color;
            Scale = scale;
        }
    }

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        public Traits balltTraits = new Traits(1.0f, {255,0,0}, {0.5f,0.5f});
        //gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().color = new Color(255,0,0);
    }

[trail gull]

Both objects have a rigidbody

[slender nymph]

yes, the component your TryGetComponent is searching for

[wintry quarry]

what's wrong about it, other than your array initializers?

[summer stump]

Correct, it needs a rigidbody OR CharacterController

[tall delta]

well, this is a class, but not a monobehaviour, so Start() will not work the way you expect

[swift crag]

I do not quite understand your design here.

[summer stump]

Is one a trigger?

[swift crag]

Can you show us your hierarchy?

[trail gull]

Yep

[wintry quarry]

the class containing the Start function is not shown in the example

[polar acorn]

Why are color and scale arrays instead of being a Color and a Vector2 respectively

[swift crag]

Your script references leftcurrentBox and rightcurrentBox, so it's presumably attached to some other object.

and it's not on the "Destroyer" object, beacuse it's searching for a Destroyer on the thing it hits

[trail gull]

Thats what I thought the issue was but I dont know how to fix it

[swift crag]

Are you replying to me here?

If so, I haven't stated a problem yet, so I do not understand.

[hollow axle]

this is the full scripts:

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

public class BallScript : MonoBehaviour
{
public class Traits
    {
        public float Speed;
        public int[] Color;
        public float[] Scale;

        // Constructor for Traits class
        public Traits(float speed, int[] color, float[] scale)
        {
            Speed = speed;
            Color = color;
            Scale = scale;
        }
    }

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        public Traits balltTraits = new Traits(1.0f, {255,0,0}, {0.5f,0.5f});
        //gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().color = new Color(255,0,0);
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

the only thing wrong here is how you're intializing your arrays here new Traits(1.0f, {255,0,0}, {0.5f,0.5f});

[slender nymph]

this should result in a compile error because you cannot create an array like that

[trail gull]

No I thought I was in dms with someone oops

[hollow axle]

I dont know I'm new to scripting so..

[swift crag]

Then you need to start with some tutorials.

[wintry quarry]

good way to start asking for help is by providing any errors you are seeing

[trail gull]

When it runs, the two Obstacle(Clone) are created

[polar acorn]

You have a public inside a method

You can't have access modifiers for member variables

If that's not underlined in red in your IDE, you need to configure it. !ide

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[trail gull]

Is there anything wrong here making this not work?

[polar acorn]

What exactly is the issue with this

[honest nacelle]

!code

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[polar acorn]

The reply chain goes cold, I don't know the original question

[swift crag]

You've posted several messages without indicating what they're a reply to.

I can't do anything with this information.

[trail gull]

When it runs, two gameobjects are created currentboxLeft and currentboxRight
I also have a 3d object called 'Destroyer' with a script called 'Destroyer' attached to it
I want my two gameobjects currentboxLeft and currentboxRight to be destroyed when they collide with my Destroyer gameobject

The two Obstacle(Clone)'s are the currentboxLeft and the currentboxRight

[swift crag]

Okay. What is this code attached to? #💻┃code-beginner message

[honest nacelle]

Hey, whenever I try to run my code, I'm getting this error :

Assets\Scripts\PlayerController.cs(28,21): error CS0103: The name 'movementVector' does not exist in the current context

[swift crag]

well, movementVector doesn't exist, then.

Show your !code .

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[trail gull]

That code is in the script which creates the gameObjects leftcurrentBox and rightcurrentBox

[polar acorn]

What is movementVector

[honest nacelle]

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

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody rb;
    private float movementX;
    private float movementY;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }

    void OnMove(InputValue movementValue)
    {
        Vector2 movementVector = movementValue.Get<Vector2>();

        movementX = movementVector.x;
        movementY = movementVector.y;
    }

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(movementX, 0.0f, movementY);
        rb.AddForce(movementVector);
    }
}

Here is my code

[polar acorn]

What is movementVector

[swift crag]

Okay, so why do you expect OnTriggerEnter to be called?

[polar acorn]

Actually, are you sure you copied the error correctly

[trail gull]

Not sure, I just thought it would be

[honest nacelle]

here's a screenshot of it

[swift crag]

The error is correct.

[swift crag]

Unity won't just call random methods.

[honest nacelle]

I'm not sure actually, I'm going through the learn.unity project Roll-a-ball and I just stumbled upon that error

[swift crag]

Let's thread this.

[polar acorn]

Ah, wait, it's a parameter, nevermind

[swift crag]

Collisions

[swift crag]

movementVector is a local variable in your OnMove method.

It doesn't exist outside of that method.

If you want to remember the movement vector so that you can use it later, you'll need to change that.

[honest nacelle]

Oh ok I understand

[swift crag]

Instead of declaring a local variable named movementVector inside of OnMove, you would add a field to the class

and assign to that field

[honest nacelle]

I see what you mean, yet it seems to work for the one making the tutorial somehow???

Maybe I missed something

[swift crag]

Most likely, yes.

They might have added the field after writing the FixedUpdate method.

[honest nacelle]

I'm going to check back the video, I'll be right back

Ok it seems I'm quite stupid

Basically it's supposed to be rb.AddForce(movement); and not rb.AddForce(movementVector);

[swift crag]

Ah, of course!

[honest nacelle]

My bad and thanks a lot for pointing that out!

[swift crag]

I didn't notice that either :p

similarly-named variables can get mixed up really easily

[honest nacelle]

indeed it is

especially late at night x)

[last grove]

how do I make this gizmo cube the same size as my object?

[swift crag]

If you set the Gizmos.matrix property to be the matrix of the object's transform, it'll move, rotate, and scale in the same way as the object

transform.localToWorldMatrix would be what you want

[last grove]

    {
        Gizmos.matrix = transform.localToWorldMatrix;
        Gizmos.color = Color.blue;
        Gizmos.DrawWireCube(Vector3.zero, Vector3.one);
    }``` This is what I have

[swift crag]

Is that a ProBuilder mesh?

[last grove]

yes

[swift crag]

note how the transform's scale stays at [1,1,1] as you adjust the probuilder object's size

[last grove]

thats what is being used in the tutorial I'm following

[last grove]

yes

[swift crag]

You will need to get the size from ProBuilder component, I guess

                var mat = transform.localToWorldMatrix;
                Vector3 size = new Vector3(1, 2, 3);
                mat *= Matrix4x4.Scale(Vector3.right);

I ~think~ this would be correct

replace line 2 with something that actually gets you the size, of course

I have never touched ProBuilder components from code, so I wouldn't know what to do here.

[harsh vault]

How would I detect when a color changes and to play a sound when its detected?

[swift crag]

Not enough information.

Where is this color coming from?

Explain what your game is doing.

[last grove]

this is what happened

[swift crag]

you would also need to adjust the position, most likely

why do you need to draw a gizmo?

[harsh vault]

Bascially I'm using a sprite thats lerping colors from one to another. And I want to make it play a soundtrack when it changes to that colors hex code

[swift crag]

Are you trying to play a sound when the sprite is finished changing color?

[last grove]

its for visualizing a gravity field

[harsh vault]

when it goes back to the original color. Like if it hits the dark color I want it to play night time music and when it hits the brighter color I want it to play the daytime track if that makes sense

[swift crag]

I don't think you want to use the sprite's color at all.

I think you want to use the value that's controlling the color.

float time = 0.3f;
background.color = Color.Lerp(Color.white, Color.black, time);

I presume your code is a bit like this

[harsh vault]

yeah

[swift crag]

look at time, not at the color

[swift crag]

close enough

use the value of Mathf.PingPong(Time.time * speed, 1.0f) to decide what music to play

I would store that in a local variable

then use that to:

• calculate a color
• pick a song

There's no reason to try to figure out what music to play based on what color you got

[toxic wasp]

hi im very new to unity and the discord (so direct me if this is the wrong channel please).
when i try install unity the 'editor application' fails saying "validation failed". i have run as admin, turned off my antivirus, reinstalled unity hub. any other suggestions would be incredibly useful!

[swift crag]

Have you restarted your machine at least once?

[toxic wasp]

yes i had to do that to turn off my anti virus unfortunately

i have vscode installed prior do you think that would be an issue?

[swift crag]

no, that is irrelevant

If you're having persistent problems, check the log files. Scroll to the end and look for anything that looks like an error.

I think it's... !install ?

[eternal falcon]

When Unity fails to install checklist

• Make sure you have enough space including on C: drive.
• Check that it's not being blocked by antivirus/security programs.
• Look through the logs for a real reason why the setup fails they are pinned [here](#💻┃unity-talk message).

If you still have issues, perform a clean install in another location:

• Install the Hub and Unity in a non-system drive or a clean new folder in the root of C: drive.
• Failing that use the recovery Refresh option or reinstall OS entirely then repeat the previous step.

[swift crag]

yep

note that you should ~not~ need to run this thing as an administrator

also, this isn't a code problem; you should ask further questions in #💻┃unity-talk

[toxic wasp]

thank you i'll try look through logs

will do

[silk island]

Hey so I'm new to Unity and am trying to spawn meteors on a random x axis but whenever I try and run the game with the script in it gives me this error. Is there a specific reason why? Any help would be greatly appreciated

[slender nymph]

remember that it is case sensitive

[north kiln]

use nameof to avoid easy mistakes like these, nameof(Spawn) will evaluate to "Spawn"

[silk island]

Okay thank you, I will try that

[silk island]

Huh, I never knew, thanks for sharing

[silk island]

Oh my god it actually worked

[silk island]

Thanks so much for your help, I suppose it's because the course I'm following along with was made using an older version of Visual Studio

[queen adder]

just realized all my SO's are always marked as Serializable, will removing it potentially do any harm?

[solemn bobcat]

I never use System.Serializable on ScriptableObjects, and I haven't encountered any issues.

[eternal needle]

Worst case u just have to undo changes in git

[static cedar]

Pretty certain it's unnecessary.

Monobehaviour also don't need the attribute.

And if I remember correctly, you can't have either as a serialized field other than an object field because Monobehaviour and SerializedObject don't have serializable attribute. So you can't make it like any serializable structs or non unity objects.
Normally you can't do that with unity objects but I think I remember forcing it through custom editor and got errors.

[lunar root]

Hi, can somebody help me with making a 2d lever change scenes?

[teal viper]

What do you have so far?

[buoyant prawn]

So I’m extremely new to coding, and my goal is to make my player object move around in key inputs by the end of the week, how do I do that, I know it needs to be like

if something about keypressed down

Then transform x,y,z

But I don’t know the specifics, can anyone explain?

[keen dew]

Literally any beginner tutorial shows how to do that

[buoyant prawn]

I tried following one in the unity website and it didn’t work, but also I’m more interested in learning how it works as opposed to what to type, so I can apply that info later

[keen dew]

Show your code and explain the issue and someone can tell what the problem is

[buoyant prawn]

Ok will do once I get back to my pc, thanks

this is what I have and its for outputting a textline to the debug log on w press

i believe i need to define GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W and Debug.Log globally but i genuinely dont know how

[eternal needle]

the unity learn guides should be teaching you how it works, they are not resources for you to just copy paste without learning. If it didnt work, you should specify what didnt work

also !code for formatting

[eternal falcon]

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[buoyant prawn]

the text did not output to the debug log, I also didnt just copy paste, ill go re-read but as far as i know, its basically something i dont know how to search for, basically idk what the concept im missing is called

[buoyant prawn]

also will do this in the future

[gaunt ice]

do it now, dont do it in future

[eternal needle]

do you have errors in your console?

actually nvm i read the code more carefully

you have 2 classes there, you dont need KeyCodeExample

[buoyant prawn]

gotcha

[static bay]

Oh jeez I barely caught that he defined a subclass in there.

[eternal needle]

If you assign move to a game object, there is no KeyCodeExample created. KeyCodeExample is not created or initialized in move. (you also shouldnt really do this with classes inheriting from monobehaviour)
KeyCodeExample should be in its own file

if you want 2 classes that is

[buoyant prawn]

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

public class move : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    public class KeyCodeExample : MonoBehaviour
    {
        
    void Update()
    {
        
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W))
        
        {
            Debug.Log("W was pressed");
        }
        
    }
}
}

is this correct?

[gaunt ice]

is ``` (the char on top of Tab)

[buoyant prawn]

i was missing one sorry

[static bay]

No you still have that KeyCodeExample class inside your move class.

[buoyant prawn]

i meant the way to format it ima go edit the code now

[static bay]

ah kk

[buoyant prawn]

wooo its workin! i also realized I had 2 too many curly brackets, thanks yall

[static bay]

No problem, but please make sure to understand WHY it worked.

[buoyant prawn]

I believe I do, the brackets for one were out of place, and secondly, the key code example was a subclass that just didnt need to exist correct?

[silver dock]

There's an age option in the game, and i want the character to randomly die between the ages of 80-100. but currently its always dying at 80 doesnt go further. Whats the issue?

[fierce shuttle]

Try logging your random death threshold and see what values your getting, compared against your death threshold, also, where are you executing that function? Is it something that happens once/on an event or constantly/in update?

[silver dock]

in update

yep that was the issue

fixed it

lmao im so dumb

[silver dock]

Can you help me fix one more thing pls?

https://hatebin.com/uablqiggtq how can i stop the two types of events i have in this script from overlapping each other (occuring at once) the two types are supernatural events, and regular events

[buoyant prawn]

ok so I have been working on my code for a bit and, it works how I want it too now, aside from tunneling instead of collision occurring at high speeds, the sphere has this script attached and both the sphere and wall have a rigidbody on them, any advice on how to fix the tunneling? I think the solution is to jsut make movement slower, as my project dosent need particularly fast movement, but if there is a way to completely just stop the tunneling, I would like to know, for future issues

i apologe for asking so many thingems here

[languid spire]

Please use a paste site for large blocks of code
!code

[eternal falcon]

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[buoyant prawn]

got it i apologize lemme do that

[timber tide]

Not sure what you mean by tunneling, but using update with rigidbodies is usually a sign of doing something wrong

[rich bluff]

use debugger, step through line by line

[buoyant prawn]

How should i do smooth movement, I kinda knew it was wrong, but I did not know how to figure out the correct way

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddForce.html

[rich bluff]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-interpolation.html

[buoyant prawn]

https://paste.myst.rs/g5s4tfs7

[timber tide]

I'm actually not even sure this example is 100% correct since it's doing input in fixed

[buoyant prawn]

what does fixed do as opposed to regular update?

[languid spire]

you are using GetKey which fires for every Update the key is held down so you are probably adding too much force

[rich bluff]

@buoyant prawn

1. Update and FixedUpdate run at different tickrates, FixedUpdate is separate loop tied to physics "steps" which can happen multiple time per Update or none at all, depending on settings
2. Use Update to store input into booleans, use that input in FixedUpdate
3. To stop tunneling
   3.a - dont disrupt physics steps by moving objects with transform, use forces instead
   3.b - change rigidbody collision detection mode to continous
4. For it to be smooth, enable interpolation on rigidbody, it means the transform will be smoothly adjusting to actual physical position between physics steps
5. Do not directly parent the camera to the physically controlled object

[buoyant prawn]

So i have done 3. 4. and 5 in this, but thank you for the update/ fixedupdate info

[buoyant prawn]

is there an alternative to GetKey to make it only fire once?

[rich bluff]

GetKeyDown

[chilly jetty]

Hi so i have an issue in my game so for context, my game is a multiplayer fps game, and the issue is about the button. You see if someone creates a room affter a few seconds a button is instatiated and if you click the button you join the room. But my problem is the button/buttons have a text for the roomname but it is too far to the left side the button, and when the button is instatiated it is parented to a gameobject so i tried moving the parent object, but when i pressed ctrl + s to save it reset the position please help

[buoyant prawn]

gotcha

[rich bluff]

Down/Up/ and GetKey is "being held"

[timber tide]

You can cap the amount of force too if that's what you're looking for

[buoyant prawn]

i would like to know how to do this, but I would prefer it only fire the speed once

[rich bluff]

when adding force you can select which force mode to use

read which each of them does

[timber tide]

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        //cache this eventually
        var sqrMaxVelocity = MaxVelocity * MaxVelocity;

        var v = RigidBody.velocity;
        // Clamp the velocity, if necessary
        // Use sqrMagnitude instead of magnitude for performance reasons.
        if (v.sqrMagnitude > sqrMaxVelocity)
        { // Equivalent to: rigidbody.velocity.magnitude > maxVelocity, but faster.
          // Vector3.normalized returns this vector with a magnitude 
          // of 1. This ensures that we're not messing with the 
          // direction of the vector, only its magnitude.
            RigidBody.velocity = v.normalized * MaxVelocity;
        }
    }

Some project I was working on. Probably not 100% correct as I probably snipped it from stackoverflow/unity forums ;)

[rich bluff]

take into account that this directly modifies velocity, any bumps that would physically change the trajectory will be overriden

[timber tide]

I don't use rb that much; I just needed to prevent some objects randomly being flung into the skybox

[buoyant prawn]

thank you both!

is there a better way to move things that I should look into than rb? these little wiki pages for terms are extremely helpfull

[solemn fractal]

hey guys. I am using that code to move a lot of things and it works fine. But now I added it to a new object and it is not working. ANy ideas why would be? ```cs
private void BossMovement() {

    float dist = Vector3.Distance(_player.transform.position, transform.position);

    Vector3 MoveDirection = _player.transform.position - transform.position;
    MoveDirection.Normalize();

    _rb.velocity = MoveDirection * _speed;

}```

[rich bluff]

if you want physics you use rigidbody

[gaunt ice]

what is the value of speed?

[rich bluff]

the alternative to that is to use third party physics system, which is probably over your head

[solemn fractal]

LOL, I didnt give a value to it. Damn sorry just woke up

[buoyant prawn]

👍

[silver dock]

please anyone?

[teal viper]

You'll need to provide some better explanation.

[gaunt ice]

have you log Why the superXXX and regular event are triggered at same time

[silver dock]

Well okay
events are basically just set the panel gameobject to active

i have two types of events, regular ones which need to keep happening, and supernatural ones from which one needs to be randomly selected and occur only once in a character's lifetime. That all works as expected i guess but the problem is sometimes both the regular and supernatural events happen at once, meaning two panels enabled at once, which makes the game unplayable until you restart

[gaunt ice]

supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear = false; 
if (currentYear != previousRegularEventYear && !supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear){
  TriggerRegularEvent(currentYear);
  previousRegularEventYear = currentYear;
}
if (currentYear != previousSupernaturalEventYear){
  TriggerSupernaturalEvent(currentYear);
  previousSupernaturalEventYear = currentYear;
}
```you have set the supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear =false

so your code can be simplified as

if (currentYear != previousRegularEventYear){
  TriggerRegularEvent(currentYear);
  previousRegularEventYear = currentYear;
}

[rich bluff]

did you use the debugger?

[gaunt ice]

and the two boolean guards:

if (!eventOccurredThisYear && !supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear)//in regualr
if (!supernaturalEventOccurredInLifetime && !supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear)//in supernatural
```can also be simplified as
```cs
if (!eventOccurredThisYear)
if (!supernaturalEventOccurredInLifetime)
```so, no any guard to block the supernatural event happening after regular event happened

and there is a simple way to solve this, swap the two triggerXXX in update

[silver dock]

i dunno what you mean, sorry

[gaunt ice]

the boolean guard is "supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear" variable and the only method set it to true is triggerSuperNXXXX so you can just swap the two triggerXXXEvent method

[silver dock]

like put the TriggerSupernaturalEvent before TriggerRegularEvent?

[gaunt ice]

yes, let it executes earlier

[silver dock]

okay well i did that, issue isn't fixed

[gaunt ice]

oh i mean swapping the two if blocks, not just the method calls, forgot to say that

the check of supernaturalEventOccurredThisYear should be done after TriggerSupernaturalEvent

[rich bluff]

debugger is not scary, its easy to use

[silver dock]

do you mean Debug.Log? i cant find anything in unity called a debugger

[teal viper]

In your ide(visual studio for example). There's a tool/feature called debugger. It allows you to pause and step through your code along many other convenient features.

Check the Debugging section in the pinned messages.

[reef patio]

Hello, I am having trouble moving my character, this is the error,

[hexed terrace]

!code - show your code

[eternal falcon]

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[hexed terrace]

Line 62 is probably trying to access a child transform, and there aren't any

[reef patio]

https://gdl.space/avufequhab.cpp

[hexed terrace]

Vector3 endPosition = waypoint.transform.GetChild(0).transform.position;

There is no child

[reef patio]

how do I add a child?

[eager elm]

by dragging a gameobject onto another gameobject

[reef patio]

ok whats that suppose to be regarding this 2D Fantasy Character pack?

I should rename it to Player.

[teal viper]

It's your project and your code. We don't know what it's supposed to be.

[reef patio]

I need to know how to create a player with the use of a asset given character model, from the asset store.

in 2D mode.

Any links or suggestions?

[frosty hound]

Maybe look up a tutorial on how to use sprites

[reef patio]

I did those. But this is some other script type that has shooting a magic spell it's suppose to be.

Do I have to purchase this guys pack is why?

It's a demo

[frosty hound]

Nobody knows what you're looking at so not sure how anyone can actually answer that.

If there's a sample scene in the asset, run it and see how it works?

[reef patio]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/characters/2d-fantasy-character-pack-demo-101030

That one.

There is a sample scene.

[frosty hound]

Run the sample scene.unity and explore how they made it work.

[reef patio]

I found in the scene underneath the mage role object has a shadow I added to the scene.

The scene in Unity 2D Asset, is only showing a film to be played.

[frosty hound]

There is no video files listed in the package contents ...

[reef patio]

It's known as "scene"

[frosty hound]

A scene isn't a film

[reef patio]

if you play "scene" it opens a game that is just a film.

[frosty hound]

No, it's not

It's a scene, that when you run it runs the scene. The point is to look at the objects in the scene and see how they set up their animate.cs component.

[reef patio]

I did check around it, I will check the animate again.

[frosty hound]

Good luck 👋

[reef patio]

It's animate script is some type of auto-script.

That goes to the waypoints.

[wise fractal]

can someone help why it isnt showing the text like in inspector I cant drag the text under button

[System.Serializable] public class ButtonData { public Button button; public Text buttonText; public string normalText = "CHANGE"; public string ownedText = "OWNED"; public int cost = 0; public bool isOwned = false; }

[hexed terrace]

explain better

[ivory bobcat]

What does it show instead?

[wise fractal]

like in inspector I cant drag Text UI to the desired field I want

[hexed terrace]

Are you using TMP?

[wise fractal]

Yes

[hexed terrace]

public TMP_Text buttonText;

[wise fractal]

thank you!

[hexed terrace]

Text is the legacy text component

[oak epoch]

Just a sanity check: isn't Vector3.Normalize() equivalent to Vector3 = Vector3 / Vector3.magnitude?

[ivory bobcat]

Yes

In other words, to normalize a vector, simply divide each component by its magnitude.

[oak epoch]

Okay so I do have a big bug somewhere and it's not just me mis-remembering the doc. Thanks.

[quaint thicket]

I tried to add a Tag to a GameObject but since it wasn't predefined in Unity it didn't work. Can I use C# to predefine tag types?

[wintry quarry]

Only if the magnitude is greater than 0

[wintry quarry]

You cannot. Just put a component with a string field on the object instead of relying on tags

[eager elm]

I recommend not using the Unity Tag system, instead write your own scripts and add them to the gameObjects.

I.e. you add an 'Enemy' script to a gameObject. To see if the GO the player hits is an Enemy you use:

if (TryGetComponent(out Enemy enemyScript))
{}```
You can also make an interface:
```cs
public interface IHitable{}```
and have your Enemy script inherit from it:
```cs
public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour, IHitable```
Then you can look for a IHitable component. That allows you to group tags together and makes it easy to retrieve the correct component.

[oak epoch]

Yeah, that was the bug.
Was doing a bunch of distance check between objects and forget to filter for self-check, which result in a null distance.
.Normalize could handle it but /.magnitude was creating non-sense values that created aberrant results further down the code.

[quaint thicket]

Will try

[tiny terrace]

Hello, I want my game to save it's state when the application is paused and this is how I implemented it, Is this correct?

[wintry quarry]

Depends what your definition of "paused" is https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnApplicationPause.html

[distant mesa]

Is using SimpleJSON included in 2019 but not 2020?

[burnt vapor]

Why would a Python library be included in Unity?

You can download Newtonsoft as a Unity library and use that for serializing/deserializing JSON

[distant mesa]

A project i just got from a collegue has that in the "using" area, and has JSON.Parse, but im using a different unity version and all, so i was wondering if its bc of that

[burnt vapor]

Oh, there are a ton of SimpleJSON libraries, not just Python

Well I never heard of it but as I said, you can very easily migrate to Newtonsoft either way

[distant mesa]

I just need an altrernative for the JSON.Parse since it doesnt exist in my own project

[burnt vapor]

Newtonsoft 💯

Json.NET is a great library and there's no reason to use anything else

[distant mesa]

ohh okay great

ty

[tiny terrace]

Just how it was implemented in the docs, but what I see is that they assign it to a variable outside of the method, can't I just do the savegame inside the OnApplicationPause method?

[frozen dagger]

why i cant use SetActive on multiple objects? (private GameObject[] hideObjects;)

[gaunt ice]

it is an array of gameobject

[burnt vapor]

Because you don't set a gameobject as active. You set the component in it as active.

[distant mesa]

is it in the asset store or

[tiny terrace]

I think you can just use a foreach method to do SetActive on each gameobject

[frozen dagger]

weird, gonna take more time cuz i need to hide whole UI

and not full canvas

[burnt vapor]

Yes

Newtonsoft JSON

[distant mesa]

ohhhhh is it in NuGet

[tiny terrace]

Then I think you can just put all your UI elements under a parent GameObject then just SetActive the Parent Object, no?

[frozen dagger]

nope, there is much more things, it will broke if i use this method

[distant mesa]

it wont install them 😔

[delicate portal]

How can I handle going up on slopes with SphereCast?

[frozen dagger]

i almost got heart atack when i entered #archived-code-advanced

[distant mesa]

why

[wintry quarry]

sure you can do whatever you want in there.

[frozen dagger]

im code begginer...

[distant mesa]

oop yeah

youll get there :P

[honest nacelle]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
using TMPro;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float speed = 0;
    public TextMeshProUGUI countText;
    public GameObject winTextObject;

    public TextMeshProUGUI speedText;

    private Rigidbody rb;
    private int count;
    private float movementX;
    private float movementY;
    public AudioClip triggerSound;
    private AudioSource audioSource;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        count = 0;

        SetCountText();
        winTextObject.SetActive(false);
        audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
    }

    void OnMove(InputValue movementValue)
    {
        Vector2 movementVector = movementValue.Get<Vector2>();

        movementX = movementVector.x;
        movementY = movementVector.y;
    }

    void SetCountText()
    {
        countText.text = "Count : " + count.ToString();
        if(count >=12)
        {
            winTextObject.SetActive(true);
        }
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float speed = rb.velocity.magnitude;
        speedText.text = "Vitesse : " + speed.ToString("F2") + "m/s)";
    }
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(movementX, 0.0f, movementY);
        rb.AddForce(movement * speed);
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter (Collider other)
    {
        if(other.gameObject.CompareTag("PickUp"))
        {
            other.gameObject.SetActive(false);
            count = count + 1;
            PlayTriggerSound();
            other.gameObject.SetActive(false);

            SetCountText();
        }
    
    void PlayTriggerSound()
    {
        if (triggerSound!= null && audioSource != null)
        {
            audioSource.Stop();
            
            audioSource.PlayOneShot(triggerSound);
        }
    }

    }

}

Hey, I have an issue with sound today. Basically, I wanted to pop a sound whenever an object was collected by the player, but I can't seem to make it work. Here's the code :

[hexed terrace]

!code for the correct way to post lots of code

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[hexed terrace]

And you're probably not getting past the if condition in PlayTriggerSound()

or the if condition in OnTriggerEnter()

You need to debug it to see where the code execution reaches

[slender cargo]

is there a bug within unity currently? Everytime I create a script it says "no monobehaviour scripts in the file unity" so I have to rename the script, then rename it back to what it was so that it registers???

[wintry quarry]

how are you creating the scripts?

from your IDE? From Unity?

[slender cargo]

From unity

then opening them in microsoft visual studio

then when I save it

and go back into unity

it says no monobehavour like it hasn't synced

[wintry quarry]

Are you changing the name from VS?

[verbal dome]

You can cast a sphere from the center(ish) of your character, downwards and a bit towards the movement direction.
The hit will give you

• a normal which you can use to rotate the movement direction and check if the angle is too steep
• a position so you can check the height

This stuff (custom movement) can be a bit complex though. You need some tweaking and its important to visualize what is happening

[hearty valley]

Anyone know a video that teaches you how to make a first person player controller similar to games like phasmophobia, lethal Comapany, and escape the Backrooms ?

They all have a rather similar player controller

[frosty flicker]

what with like the bending and stuff

[verbal dome]

What makes those games control different? I never played any of them

[frosty flicker]

like when u look down in phas your whole body moves and the cam is actually in the eyes and doesnt just rotate down

[frosty flicker]

phasmo character controller janky

[delicate portal]

Sure how can I visualize a capsulecast?

[hearty valley]

Nvm I got it , thx doe

[verbal dome]

Was talking about spherecast, but anyway probably a combo of Gizmos.DrawWireSphere + Gizmos.DrawLine

One important thing to know about SphereCast is that the hit.distance is not the same as the distance from the origin to hit.point.
It is the distance that the sphere moved

[slender cargo]

Nope...

[hexed terrace]

Have you tried right mouse click -> reimport? Probably a quicker way to do it

That's not a solution to the overall problem, just a quicker way to get the script working

[swift crag]

so you aren't on macOS, then

I have had some ~weird~ problems when changing the case of a file name, because macOS's file system is case-insensitive

[hexed terrace]

MacOS has VS 🤔

[swift crag]

it has "visual studio"

[hexed terrace]

Yes

[swift crag]

Unity doesn't quite notice the change. It winds up failing to compile the file.

case-insensitive filesystems my extemely unbeloved

[swift crag]

so there's a chance, yeah

[slender cargo]

oo that might be beter

[slender cargo]

nah Windows 11 pro

Was happening in college too... so might just be this project weirdly

either way, project deadline is tomorrow so oh well

[swift crag]

I would try this.

I have occasionally had Unity miss a file change. Deliberately reimporting the file helped in that case.

[verbal dome]

In what context? If you are dealing with individual angles, the correct method would be SmoothDampAngle

[swift crag]

If you're trying to smoothly rotate towards a Quaternion, then that would be inappropriate

[rare basin]

var leftStick = inputSystem.gameInput.Gameplay.MoveCursorMap.ReadValue<Vector2>();

Vector2 anchoredPosition = cursorTransform.anchoredPosition;

anchoredPosition.x += leftStick.x * cursorSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
anchoredPosition.y += leftStick.y * cursorSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

cursorTransform.anchoredPosition = anchoredPosition;

I am moving my crosshair on gamepad using the left stick. Now, how do I detect if I am over an button (UI) element with that crosshair (cursorTransform)?

[eager elm]

you could fire a raycast from that position

cursorTransform.anchoredPosition += (Vector3)(leftStick * cursorSpeed * Time.deltaTime)

is the same as what you wrote, but shorter

[rare basin]

how so

raycast only works with colliders afaik

UI elements doesn't have colliders

[mystic oxide]

is it correct using it this way? or just put it on void start

[rare basin]

if you click loginButton multiple times it will add multiple listeners to that onclick event

[mystic oxide]

i don't find that much resource for addlistener meaning, can you explain what it is?

[eager elm]

you need to use the EventSystem
https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.EventSystem.RaycastAll.html
or GraphicRaycaster
https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.GraphicRaycaster.html

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEvent.AddListener.html

You use AddListener to say "when this event happens, tell me about it"

It doesn't makes sense to add a listener every time the login button is clicked

[wintry quarry]

use a virtual cursor

don't use a hack

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.8/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.UI.VirtualMouseInput.html

[opal fossil]

should I prevent monbehaviour functinality if the monobehaviour is disabled? for example,

public class Damageable : MonoBehaviour
{
  [field: SerializeField]
  public int Health {get; private set;} = 100;
  public void Damage(int damage)
  {
    if(!enabled) return;
    Health -= damage
  }
}

[rare basin]

thank you didin't know about that

[swift crag]

I wouldn't, personally.

If I tell something to take damage, it'd better take damage

But I can't come up with a concrete reason beyond that.

[hexed terrace]

Should be writing your code in such a way that this method can't be called when it's disabled.

EG: Damage wouldn't get called on this because the collider is also disabled so there would be no physics events to start the flow off

[swift crag]

Yeah.

[mystic oxide]

got it!

[opal fossil]

i see. thx

[mystic oxide]

god I just realized how it's work, have to read it again a few time, it isn't that complicated actually

[quiet dune]

Hey, can anyone share some insight into what affects a Physics.OverlapXNonAlloc performance, regarding the size of the space, total objects in the space, objects of given layer in the space, anything else?

[honest trellis]

What is better for spaceship shooting mechanics, raycast or physics based shooting?

[sullen wraith]

Hello. Am i doing something wrong when calling this method? LaserSource Script calls the Laser script method.

[gaunt ice]

GetComponent can return null

[polar acorn]

Does the object with the Laser script on it have a LineRenderer

[sullen wraith]

Yes sir it does have a LineRenderer 🙂 @polar acorn It broke after i refactored the code a bit

[gaunt ice]

assign the line renderer directly if possible

[polar acorn]

You're getting the component in Start but you're calling DrawLaser immediately after creating it. Start runs at the beginning of the frame

So it hasn't run yet

Make the field public and drag in the reference

[sullen wraith]

This works so the lineRenderer seems fine @polar acorn

[sullen wraith]

what field?

[polar acorn]

lr

[wintry quarry]

that should go in Awake

[sullen wraith]

I will try that. was reading about that before.

[polar acorn]

Better to just have the object already know its line renderer before it starts at all

by assigning it in the inspector

[sullen wraith]

Your solution worked. I never thought it was necessary to reference a component inside an object that way.

[polar acorn]

If you can use the inspector you should use the inspector. GetComponents are much slower than a manual assignment

you should only use those in situations where a direct reference can't be done

[swift crag]

Indeed. Use it when:

• there is no way to assign the reference ahead of time
• the reference is so unambiguous and obvious that it'd be a waste of time to assign it

(your threshold for the latter should be very high)

I mostly do that when I have a component that must be parented to something, like an entity

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys, if I have an object called boss, and I have a child empty object with only a collider 2d set as isTrigger to ON. I also have in the child a tag. I am using that tag to check for collisions but it is not working. Why?

[summer stump]

Does the boss have a rigidbody2d?

[solemn fractal]

yes

the boss yes

but the child no

[polar acorn]

1. Use CompareTag, not == to check tags https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.CompareTag.html
2. Show the inspector of this object and the thing that it's colliding with

[summer stump]

That is fine

[solemn fractal]

The onTriggerEnter method is on my enemy script.. i just dont want the enemies to overlap the boss. But I want in a bigger area that is why i added a child to control the area with a collider

[slender cargo]

What on earth does this mean?

I have UnityEngine.UI declared

[polar acorn]

You have two namespaces imported that both have a class named Text

[polar acorn]

And the other?

[slender cargo]

ah it auto did that 😂 Thanks

[solemn fractal]

What other? u want to see inspector of the enemy ?

[polar acorn]

The thing with this script on it

[solemn fractal]

its the enemy that contain the ontrigger method

[spare umbra]

When I open my script, intellisense is not working and the expolorer tab is empty

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, neither of these objects have the tag "AreaOfTouch" so the code is doing as it's expected to do

and not logging

[polar acorn]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[spare umbra]

It was working before but suddenly it just broke

[polar acorn]

VSCode has a tendency to just die randomly. Hit the regenerate project files button

[spare umbra]

Where is that 😵‍💫

[solemn fractal]

            if (other.CompareTag("BossAreaOfTouch")){

                 Debug.Log("Emeny touched the Boss Area");
            }```

[polar acorn]

On the screen you just sent a picture of

[polar acorn]

Okay, so does that work now?

[solemn fractal]

No

[polar acorn]

Show the full !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[polar acorn]

You say VSC but both screenshots show VS

[swift crag]

and that script editor has (internal) at the end

that implies that you don't actually have the "Visual Studio Editor" package installed

alternatively, it implies you have a compiler error that's preventing it from activating

[spare umbra]

I can't find it

lol

[swift crag]

Are you on the "External Tools" tab?

It is in there.

[hexed terrace]

!vs

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio guide

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

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)

[spare umbra]

Oh. @polar acorn you mean the Unity editor

I thought you mean vscode

[polar acorn]

I meant this screen that you send a picture of

[swift crag]

You have not set things up correctly.

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[swift crag]

you shouldn't see "(internal)".

Do you currently have any compile errors?

[spare umbra]

No

[swift crag]

Follow the guide for VS Code in this message.

Do not skip any steps.

[swift crag]

also, nitpick: i would not put my git repos into the OneDrive folder

just feels like you're asking for OneDrive to do something that confuses Git

[spare umbra]

I always forget it

[swift crag]

This is not correct

[summer stump]

You don't need that or want it

[swift crag]

Follow the instructions for VS Code.

[spare umbra]

it fixed the issue

it's completely fine now

[swift crag]

You should follow the instructions. That is a legacy package that doesn't work as well.

You should also follow the instructions.

The package is installed in the Unity editor.

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[summer stump]

It lost support on august 6th
Now both use the Visual Studio Editor package

[swift crag]

it's been deprecated for a looong time

[spare umbra]

Oh

Alright

[swift crag]

Both of you should not be trying to "DIY" this. Just follow the instructions.

you'll just give yourself a headache otherwise

[summer stump]

I meant that specific one. Microsoft finally made their own extension on august 6th (I think. It was august at least) and that was the final nail in the coffin of that package. It worked mostly up until then

[swift crag]

Ah, I see.

[spare umbra]

Thanks

[swift crag]

The new package gets rid of some weird restrictions that made Code's analysis slower

[gilded sinew]

i am noob. how do i change color of text

its a basic text mesh pro text but i dont see color option

[rich adder]

pretty sure there is a color option on text prop

[gilded sinew]

i dont see it

[rich adder]

in the code?

[gilded sinew]

no in editor i mean

shouldnt there be option to change color of text

[rich adder]

ur in a code channel

anyway the Red thing is the color

[gilded sinew]

ah i am dumb wrong chanel

but why it doesnt change to red, it stays black now that we started?

[rich adder]

you might have wrong shader somehow

[gilded sinew]

hmm probably

[rich adder]

make a new TMP text object

[rich adder]

|base color should be white

see difference

[gilded sinew]

when i change color there, all texts change color and i just want this particular one

[rich adder]

you dont change color there

you make the base color white

then change it where it was red

dude this is a code channel

[gilded sinew]

i love you, its solved. ty boss

[rich adder]

so why dont you ask about that

the animator has parameters that can trigger different transitions

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

[spiral narwhal]

Hey so I've got an issue with a ScriptableSingleton, maybe this is not how you use it?

So in Unity, I have this StarterDeckDefinition which is a ScriptableSingleton.
It has a private serialized field, in which I set the values via the use of the Unity inspector (!).
So technically, the field is null, but it's filled by the Unity editor just like any other ScriptableObject.
However, when calling Get() to actually get the starter deck, the field is asserted to null.

This is the line calling the ScriptableSingleton:

        public DeckService()
        {
            Instance ??= this;
            LogInfo("Successfully set the DeckService's singleton instance");

            LogInfo("Now retrieving starter deck definition");
            _deck = new CardPile(StarterDeckDefinition.instance.Get(), true); // <------
            LogInfo("Deck has been set and shuffled");

            LogInfo("Deck consists of these cards:");
            if (debugMode) _deck.Pile.ToList().ForEach(card => Debug.Log($"\t- {card}"));
        }

Is this not how you use it?

[wintry quarry]

Show your test code?

[open vine]

Hey, does anyone know how to add functionality to scriptableobjects? I have an inventory that takes an item SO which has name, description, item cost, model. I can assign it to my inventory but I'm not sure how to add unique effects to each item. For example one item would heal health, one would recover mana, add movespeed, etc. but im not sure how to go about this.

[spare umbra]

I tried to reimport the project files but it's not working

[wintry quarry]

The message is telling you exactly what's wrong and how to fix it

You need only to read it

[eternal needle]

Hold the affected stats in the item so, whether that be an enum or whatever a stat is defined as. Inventory loops over all the items

[languid spire]

Also it not a good idea to keep Unity projects in a OneDrive folder, this can cause problems

[spare umbra]

Oh I thought I have git installed. Let me try to install it

[spare umbra]

it's not in onedrive but the ThisPc/documents folder. However it also exist in onDrive

[open vine]

That sounds good but what if the item doesnt do anything to stats for example? Like it has a function of a grenade

[eternal needle]

You can still declare functions in an SO, but you'll maybe have to declare a new SO which inherits from your old one. Or you provide it this functionality in the form of a delegate. Regardless this method has to exist somewhere

[distant slate]

I created a method that subtracts the percentage of the victim's armor from the damage that was applied to it. Works correctly with any percentage of armor exept 100%. If I give a 100% armor to enemy method output very strange number. Can you say where is the problem? (On screenshot is shown result of this method)

private float CountDamageArmor(float damage) { return damage - damage * Armor * 0.01f; }

[open vine]

I'll try out the delegates you suggested. Thanks!

[short hazel]

This, is scientific notation of a number. It's very close to zero right now. The e-07 means there's around (my math is rusty) 7 zeroes before the 4 here: -0.000000447
You can format the text with damage.ToString("F0") to not display decimals. Adjust the number after the "F" to show more or less decimals

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-numeric-format-strings

several options here

In this case, you're discovering the power of ~floating point imprecision~

damage - damage * 100 * 0.01f should just be zero

but due to slight errors, it's not exactly zero

I would suggest clamping damage to 0 anyway. You wouldn't want 200 armor to make an enemy take negative damage..

alternatively, use armor scaling that doesn't need a limit!

damage * Mathf.Pow(0.99f, armor) would reduce damage by 1% for every point of armor

Any armor formula that involves addition or subtraction will need to be clamped so that it doesn't go into wacky negative values

note that this formula causes enormous damage when enemies have negative armor (if that's even a thing you're going to have, of course)

[spiral narwhal]

It just does new DeckService() to test if it is working

[swift crag]

are you supposed to actually create an asset out of a scriptable singleton?

i've never done it that way

[spiral narwhal]

Isn't that the point of a scriptable object? But maybe I've approached it wrong, this is the first time I've used it

[wintry quarry]

sure but where?

In a [Test]? [UnityTest]? Also did you create the singleton asset?

[spiral narwhal]

using System.Collections;
using main.service.Turn_System;
using UnityEngine.Localization.Settings;
using UnityEngine.TestTools;

namespace test.EditMode.Turn_System
{
    public class GameTests
    {
        [UnityTest]
        public IEnumerator Sample()
        {
            // Adds the first locale as the selected locale in CI executions 
            LocalizationSettings.SelectedLocale ??= LocalizationSettings.AvailableLocales.Locales[0];

            // Create a new game
            new DeckService();

            yield return null;
        }
    }
}

Yes this is the asset

[wintry quarry]

I think you're supposed to use [FilePath] as per the example https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ScriptableSingleton_1.html

[swift crag]

That's one major use of scriptable objects, yes

But they're really just a way to make a unity object that doesn't have to be in a scene or attached to a game object

Also, these are intended for use in the editor only.

They're in UnityEditor

This is not the appropriate use-case.

But I do have just the thing for you...

using UnityEngine;

public abstract class SingletonSO<T> : ScriptableObject where T : SingletonSO<T>
{
    private static T _instance;
    public static T Instance 
    {
        get
        {
            if (_instance == null)
            {
                _instance = Resources.Load<T>("SingletonSO" + "/" + typeof(T).Name);
            }

            return _instance;
        }
    }
}

This is how I create "singleton scriptable objects"

[spiral narwhal]

Ohh so not CreateAssetMenu like with ScriptableObjects?

[swift crag]

i mean, you can do it

but Unity doesn't care about those assets at all

[swift crag]

All of the SO assets go in Resources/SingletonSO/

here are mine

[wintry quarry]

Yeah I think ScriptableSingleton solves this same problem though

allegedly

at least in the editor

[spiral narwhal]

I'm confused, this is exactly what I want: I just want to define one ScriptableObject which contains the set of cards. This should be a singleton so I can acccess it -> why not use a ScriptableSingleton?

[swift crag]

Because ScriptableSingleton doesn't work the way you think it does.

[wintry quarry]

Well one thing is that ScriptableSingleton is editor-only

[swift crag]

It doesn't look for a single instance of an asset of the appropriate type and give you that

That is not what it does.

https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/ScriptableSingleton_1.html

Read the documentation.

it exists so that you can remember data between recompiles of your game -- and, if you specify a file path to serialize to, between editor sessions

[spiral narwhal]

Ah okay. Kinda awfully named then imo

But thanks I'll do your workaround!

[wintry quarry]

https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/186861/what-is-use-of-scriptablesingleton-in-unity explains it really well

[cerulean bramble]

I have a question. Does void OnCollisionStay() get called after or before void Update() and if it is before is there any way to make it get called after it or otherwise some way to check for collisions on demand?

[swift crag]

The important thing with the code above is that the asset's name must exactly match the type's name

so if it's a FooBar, the SO asset should be named FooBar

[wintry quarry]

before

[swift crag]

neither. it's called during physics updates.

[wintry quarry]

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

This shows where it's called relative to update^

note it doesn't run every frame, only on frames with physics updates

[swift crag]

I don't believe you can ask for unity to immediately check if you're currently overlapping another collider

~but~ you can use the Physics.Overlap* methods to check if there are colliders in an area

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.OverlapSphere.html e.g.

[swift crag]

2D physics allows for this.

[wintry quarry]

just use OnCollisionEnter and Exit to track the colliders you're touching in a list or set

and check that list in Update

[vague rivet]

Not sure if this counts as part of the scripting section or whether it is beginner or not, but can I get a little help with something? I tried opening up a project of mine, but it never would. Tried looking at task manager and restarting my whole system. Nothing worked so I eventually deleted Unity Hub and the version of unity I was using. I reinstalled the hub and downloaded the newest version of unity (2022.3.13f1). I am now able to open my project and everything works correctly except the "Starting Selected Interactable" of all my sockets. I know upgrading my engine isn't the best idea, but I found a blog post where someone was having the same issue. I even tested my issue with trying to move things in the editor while the simulation is running, and it seems my problem is exactly like theirs. I can link the blog if needed.

[wintry quarry]

what is "Starting Selected Interactable"?

[stable portal]

this is the bake that u asked i think

[vague rivet]

Part of the XR Socket interactor. Part of basic VR development

[rich adder]

show vidoe of issue, and do you have a script or something on enemy?

[rich adder]

does it still happen if yu disable the script?

[stable portal]

let me try

[rich adder]

also put pause mode when it disappears, then inspect scene view see where it is

[stable portal]

yet it does

if i disable the code it still does

[rich adder]

check the console for eerrrors

ur navagent is prob too low from navmesh

[cerulean bramble]

*sorry I haven't replied back to any of the answers I'm just kind of confused about what I'm trying to do right now thanks for helping though

[stable portal]

it gives me this error

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
PlayerMovement.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/Player/PlayerMovement.cs:36)

[rich adder]

not sure thats related to navmesh agent

something you should stil fix

[stable portal]

then there is no other error

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

ur floor is moving or something is moving the navmesh surface

[stable portal]

yes that might be the issue

but i dont know how to fix it

[rich adder]

just notice u have navmesh surface component on enemy/agent

thats wrong

it goes on the floor

then rebake

[stable portal]

OH thanks

ill try it

[marsh glade]

Hi, how do I ensure one of my variable properly references a PREFAB through script (as if I dragged it from my folder to an unity window variable) please ?

[stable portal]

thank you the enemy does not fall now thanks

[rich adder]

might wanna fix that error too (#💻┃code-beginner message)
https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[stable portal]

ill work on it thank you so mutch

[rich adder]

Dependency Injection..sorta

[polar acorn]

Drag it from your folder to a unity window variable

[rich adder]

the Unity way

[marsh glade]

If that was possible I would have done it lol

[polar acorn]

Why isn't it possible

[marsh glade]

Why does that matter ?

[rich adder]

kinda does

[polar acorn]

Because that's the solution

[marsh glade]

It isn't, because it's not possible

[polar acorn]

Why is it not possible

[rich adder]

prob a prefab and they want reference obj scene or sum

[polar acorn]

But they want to reference a prefab, specifically. Which means it's available everywhere to be dragged in, even other prefabs

[rich adder]

true , idk some people dunno what prefab is for lol

[grand birch]

I am trying to create a 2D shmup that incorporates basic math. As you can see from the screenshot, a random number will appear as the "answer" to a simple math problem that the player solves by shooting asteroids with random numbers on them. The problem is trying to make the numbers I shoot transfer to the problem. Right now I am receiving the following error:** NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
bullet_Script.Start () (at Assets/game_Scripts/bullet_Script.cs:17)
** on this script https://hastebin.com/share/naruhukapa.csharp. Any advice on how to correct this?

[summer stump]

is math_generator on the enemy? Or the enemy_generator?
You shouldn't really use find for that either way. Just drag and drop a reference

[wintry quarry]

Pretty clear. Line 17 is this:

generator = GameObject.Find("enemy").GetComponent<math_generator>();```
This can only throw a NRE if the "enemy" object is not found in the scene

[wintry quarry]

From your screenshot it's clear there is no object in the scene named "enemy" @grand birch

[eternal needle]

It is, you quite literally just drag it. Now if you are trying to get an object to reference its own prefab, that reference will update to be the instantiated object so you'll need to plug it in another way.

[marsh glade]

Except it's not a serialized property that can be displayed in the editor

I dunno why you assume that dragging it is the solution when I specifically ask for a case where it isn't the solution

[wintry quarry]

make it serialized

if you don't want to do that you'll need to assign it in code

[marsh glade]

which is exactly what I want to do

[wintry quarry]

ok so

copy it from somewhere that is serialized, or use Resources.Load or Addressables

those are more or less your only options

[marsh glade]

I ended up using Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll then filtering by name

[wintry quarry]

that's quite inefficient

[marsh glade]

it is

[wintry quarry]

why not just use the name directly in Resources.Load

[summer stump]

Why do that when you can serialize it and drag it in?

[wintry quarry]

or that^

[polar acorn]

Why can't you make it serialized

[wintry quarry]

I suspect this is just a case of someone who "hates" the inspector

[marsh glade]

Not quite

[slender nymph]

turns out that behavior is "by design"
https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/ontriggerexit2d-is-called-after-exiting-play-mode-when-trigger-colliders-overlap

[polar acorn]

So, why not actually say what the problem is

[marsh glade]

Because there is no problem ?

[wintry quarry]

wait I thought disabling colliders didn't trigger this stuff? Is that new? 2D only?

[marsh glade]

I'm just asking for a specific way to do something that isn't dragging it

[slender nymph]

why they want OnTriggerEnter2D to be called after Application.quitting has already been invoked but apparently don't want the same behavior for OnTriggerEnter is beyond me though 🤷‍♂️

[polar acorn]

Okay, so you can just serialize it and drag it in then if there's no problem with that

[slender nymph]

i guess that was a bug and they want it to trigger OnTriggerEnter2D, even if the collider is being disabled because the scene is unloading or the application is quitting.
and yeah, it is only 2d for whatever reason

[swift crag]

We do not understand why you can't just serialize the field.

[summer stump]

It's just odd that you don't want to use the most simple and performant way of doing it. I think they're just really curious

[swift crag]

You must explain why instead of just saying you can't

[marsh glade]

And you do not need to understand that to answer the question

[swift crag]

https://xyproblem.info

please read this before wasting our time further

[short hazel]

Alright then keep your secrets

[swift crag]

this is a patently obvious XY problem and it's kind of infuriating to read the chat logs

[polar acorn]

Until you say why you cannot serialize the field, the problem is solved. The solution is "Drag it in"

until you've specified why that doesn't work, your problem is solved

[grand birch]

Right. The enemy_generator object spawns the enemy objects at random X coordinates that fall towards the bottom of the screen. The math_generator is part of the UI and will be where the data for the math problem at the bottom of the screen will be stored.

[marsh glade]

"I would like something that tastes like fries, but we don't have potatoes here, any recipe ?" "just buy potatoes lol"

[daring tundra]

that's strange, what do you think about his solution? where he says to disable https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D-callbacksOnDisable.html

[short hazel]

The way they repeated "it's not possible" made me think of American Psycho, the scene where the guy says

Why isn't it possible?
It's just not.
Why not you stupid bastard

[swift crag]

Just answer the question.

[summer stump]

But in this case you DO have potatoes

[swift crag]

Why can't you just make a serialized field?

We might be able to help you if you actually explain the situation to us.

[polar acorn]

More like:
"No take, only throw"

[swift crag]

Perhaps this is something static? I don't know!

[marsh glade]

And you do not need to

[swift crag]

Then I am not helping you.

good luck.

[polar acorn]

Then you don't need another answer

[marsh glade]

Yes you aren't

[polar acorn]

You've got a perfectly good one

[marsh glade]

Glad you figured that one out

[swift crag]

nobody else will be interested in helping you either

[polar acorn]

Serialize the field, drag it in

[swift crag]

fix your attitude or leave.

[summer stump]

Leave

[marsh glade]

Says the guy looking for a fight

[polar acorn]

My sibling in christ they're looking to solve your problem

[short hazel]

Says the guy angering people by not telling the issue

Child beahvior right here

[marsh glade]

Thanks @wintry quarry btw, I tried Resources.Load first but it didn't work, not sure why it worked after renaming my prefab

[rich adder]

you're being rude to people trying to help you.. thats rude

[slender nymph]

i'm gonna be honest, i didn't even know that existed until now. might as well use it though if you don't want those messages sent on quit 🤷‍♂️

[marsh glade]

My question was (paraphrased) : "Is there a way to reference a prefab without dragging it in ?", you do not need any other information to ask that question, do you ?

[wintry quarry]

I assume you simply did something wrong with how you called it. Probably the wrong path or used the file extension or something

[summer stump]

So then the enemy probably doesn't exist when that code's start is run.
Which is why you get the NullReferenceException

[marsh glade]

The argument is the name of the Resource that is located in the Resources folder, right ?

[wintry quarry]

Yes but there are nuances to that. You'd have to show what you did in code and where the asset is exactly

[marsh glade]

Something like that "unitPrefab = Resources.Load<Unit>("Unit");" where "Unit" is the name of a prefab located within the Resources folder

[daring tundra]

i guess it does sorta solve the problem, unless you are going to disable a collider2d then its gonna mess things up i think

[polar acorn]

You're asking how to implement your solution without actually stating the problem you are trying to solve

[rich adder]

no need to be an ass when someone asks for more clarification on why you can't do one thing, its part of the solution to know..

[wintry quarry]

sure - assuming it's directly insude a Resources folder and has a Unity script on the root of the prefab and is named exactly Unit

[polar acorn]

If there's a reason you cannot serialize it, then that could affect other solutions as well

[swift crag]

I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt here.

You are asking about an attempted solution to your problem, rather than your original problem. That is the essence of the XY problem. I linked to an explanation of the XY problem earlier.

The answer to your original problem may differ from the answer to the new problem you invented. Giving people context and explaining what you're trying to do could result in a better outcome.

We're not just asking because we like making people type.

[marsh glade]

Ha ok, I figured the difference out, I used Load("Unit") as Unit instead of Load<Unit>("Unit")

[polar acorn]

so rather than trying to solve problems for the goddamn riddler you could say what the situation is so that we can provide the actual solution

[slender nymph]

if you wanted OnTriggerExit2D to be sent to colliders you are intentionally disabling then you can just leave that as true and check manually whether the objects are destroyed/disabled in the scripts where you don't want it to react. or you can subscribe to the Application.quitting event to flip a bool and just check the value of the bool since the messages are sent after that event is fired

[swift crag]

There are some situations in which you, indeed, cannot just drag a reference into a serialized field. Depending on the situation you're in, using Resources may be the best solution.

[marsh glade]

Not sure why they produce different results but they apparently do

[swift crag]

It also might be a problem that you can solve much more effectively in another way. When you refuse to provide context, you are forfeiting those better outcomes (and leaving everyone wildly confused).

[wintry quarry]

The version without the <Unit> returns the "main" object in the asset which is a GameObject, not a Unit, and GameObject as Unit returns null

[daring tundra]

wait you can disable it for specific colliders? i thought it was for all

[slender nymph]

no, which is why i gave solutions you can use for specific colliders

[distant mesa]

Hey! I've been having issues with NuGet, i cant install packages anymore, and it gives me this error:
Unable to retreive package list from http://.... System.Net.Webexception: The remote server returned an error: (400) bad request
I tried with different packages and it still doesnt work, tried reimporting the entire project, didnt solve anything, maybe someone here knows a good solution? :) I upgraded my project from 2019 to 2020, could that be the issue? Because it worked just fine before.

[swift crag]

the "NuGet for Unity" package?

or is this something else

[marsh glade]

... damn, I really wasted that much time because I used a cast instead of Component check, well thanks again

[wintry quarry]

You used the cast that fails silently too, rather than a normal cast. as simply returns null if the cast is invalid.

[distant mesa]

Uhh just the NuGet thing, theres a window for it in Unity when its imported. Just started using it so idk

[swift crag]

I use that pretty often.

Can you show the entire error message?

[rich adder]

which package are you trying to get?

[distant mesa]

newtonsoft.json

[rich adder]

its already in package manager

[swift crag]

there's a unity package for that

ye

[distant mesa]

Unable to retrieve package list from http://www.nuget.org/api/v2/FindPackagesById()?id='Newtonsoft.Json'&$orderby=Version asc&$filter=Version eq '13.0.3'
System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest+<GetResponseFromData>d__240.MoveNext () [0x00152] in <5a2009c85b134970925993880e2ecb2e>:0
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse () [0x00013] in <5a2009c85b134970925993880e2ecb2e>:0
at NugetForUnity.NugetHelper.RequestUrl (System.String url, System.String userName, System.String password, System.Nullable1[T] timeOut) [0x000b9] in <2dd456e09a61460fa915f49c38c2a123>:0 at NugetForUnity.NugetPackageSource.GetPackagesFromUrl (System.String url, System.String username, System.String password) [0x0006c] in <2dd456e09a61460fa915f49c38c2a123>:0 at NugetForUnity.NugetPackageSource.FindPackagesById (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier package) [0x000ee] in <2dd456e09a61460fa915f49c38c2a123>:0 UnityEngine.Debug:LogErrorFormat (string,object[]) NugetForUnity.NugetPackageSource:FindPackagesById (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier) NugetForUnity.NugetPackageSource:GetSpecificPackage (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier) NugetForUnity.NugetHelper:GetOnlinePackage (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier) NugetForUnity.NugetHelper:GetSpecificPackage (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier) NugetForUnity.NugetHelper:InstallIdentifier (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier,bool) NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:DrawPackage (NugetForUnity.NugetPackage,UnityEngine.GUIStyle,UnityEngine.GUIStyle) NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:DrawPackages (System.Collections.Generic.List1<NugetForUnity.NugetPackage>)
NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:DrawOnline ()
NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:OnGUI ()
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

oh its

big

oops

[swift crag]

Ah, interesting.

"NuGet.V2.DeprecatedThe combination of parameters provided to this OData endpoint is no longer supported. Please refer to the following URL for more information about this deprecation: https://aka.ms/nuget/odata-deprecation"

[distant mesa]

Could not find Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.3 or greater.
UnityEngine.Debug:LogErrorFormat (string,object[])
NugetForUnity.NugetHelper:InstallIdentifier (NugetForUnity.NugetPackageIdentifier,bool)
NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:DrawPackage (NugetForUnity.NugetPackage,UnityEngine.GUIStyle,UnityEngine.GUIStyle)
NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:DrawPackages (System.Collections.Generic.List`1<NugetForUnity.NugetPackage>)
NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:DrawOnline ()
NugetForUnity.NugetWindow:OnGUI ()
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

also says this

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json@latest

add package by name in PM
com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json

[swift crag]

that deprecation happened a few years ago, so that's weird...

I would just go ahead and use the unity package.

[distant mesa]

could it be bc i changed unity versions?

[grand birch]

So, I put an enemy object into the game off screen and that fixed the NRE. Now the question I have is how to I get the number from the enemy object shown on this screenshot to appear where the X (first_number within the math_generator) once my bullet destroys the enemy?

[daring tundra]

i didnt use physics2d much yet so i'm smoothbrain on that but ill try it. thanks for all the effort and telling me!

[distant mesa]

thank you! :) ill try this

wait i cant do "add package by name"

[swift crag]

ah, you've got an old enough version of unity for that to not exist yet

[summer stump]

Then you are only referencing that ONE off-screen enemy. But you are destroying a DIFFERENT enemy. That seems like a really bad solution. What is you goal here?

[swift crag]

Is there a reason you're using such an old editor?

[distant mesa]

im using the Mixed reality toolkit,

[swift crag]

Ah, so it needs an older editor. Gotchaj.

[distant mesa]

yup

[swift crag]

The alternative is to just edit your manifest.json file. It's in Packages/.

[distant mesa]

and then put the thing you sent earlier?

[swift crag]

"com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json": "3.2.1",

You would add this to the big list of packages. That ought to do it.

[lusty horizon]

Hi all, I'm working on a project and my vs code editor stopped differentiating things like Vector3 and Quarternions. I didn't change my theme or anything, anyone know how I can make it look like the first photo again?

[swift crag]

Sounds like it's not recognizing the .csproj files, and not analyzing your code properly.

You should follow the steps here: !ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[swift crag]

If you aren't using the latest instructions, it might be flaky/randomly decide to no longer work

[lusty horizon]

whenever I open up VS code, it registers like the first image for a split second then goes to the second.

[distant mesa]

this works! tysm :)

[swift crag]

nice 👍

Json.NET is fantastic

The documentation is pretty good, so make sure you read some of that

[distant mesa]

ohh okay

[stable portal]

hi i have a problem i have the navMesh component and everything is set like the enemy should chase but the enemy just dont move

[grand birch]

As I mentioned earlier, the enemy_spawner object I have will generate clones of the enemy object. My goal is to transfer the randomized math_number variable from https://hastebin.com/share/kawocacuse.csharp to the starting_number text variable from https://gdl.space/imayoqavul.cpp and then do the same for the second_number text variable.

[distant mesa]

yeah its my first time using this, since the project im in right now, i got it from a collegue and apparently it had SimpleJSON or something in it? someone said it was a Python library and said i could better use Json.NET, but ty for the help, ill read into it a little more.

[summer stump]

I wouldn't say that's your goal. That is how you want to achieve your goal. As brought up to someone else earlier, this is what's called an XY Problem.
What is the purpose of transferring this number? Is this a math game where you have to solve answers to progress?

[marsh glade]

I missed part of the discussion, but if I understand it properly, what you can do is have a callback attached to every enemy_script. This callback is invoked whenever the enemy is destroyed and tells the math_generator that a "number" was destroyed

[sullen wraith]

I have a cube with two child objects. Is it possible to get which way the green arrows rotate by script?

[swift crag]

That would be transform.up

[sand glen]

what you mean? those are up, right, forward arrows

[swift crag]

Red - X - right
Green - Y - up
Blue - Z - forward

transform.up will be the direction your transform's green arrow points

[sullen wraith]

i have tried to print the position.y and transform.up but both prints the same value

thats why i was wondering

[swift crag]

well, position.y is a float

and transform.up is a vector3

so I would not expect for them to be the same value!

[sullen wraith]

They should be different but they are the same?

[stable portal]

hi i have a problem i have the navMesh component and everything is set like the enemy should chase but the enemy just dont move

[swift crag]

transform.position.y is giving you a value of 5.2

[swift crag]

transform.up is giving you (0, -1, 0)

Oh, you're talking about the two groups.

[distant mesa]

how would you Parse something with newtonsoft? bc my old code just has JSON.Parse, but that wasnt with newtonsoft.json

[swift crag]

Show your code.

[swift crag]

https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/Introduction.htm Start here.

[sullen wraith]

@swift crag Should the two object not have different orientations?

[wintry quarry]

there are several ways. JsonConverter is one. JObject is another.

[swift crag]

You'll use JsonConverter's methods.

[swift crag]

They should, yes. So I'll need to see the code you're running.

Kinda feels like you're just accessing the parent object's transform here?

[sullen wraith]

@swift crag

[swift crag]

Okay, that looks fine.

[sullen wraith]

RegisterLaser is in the parrent script