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[rare basin]

and assign correct ability based on the rotation

[tawdry nymph]

thats what i am trying to do

[rare basin]

how are you reading the rotation?

[tawdry nymph]

transform.eulerAngle.z

[rare basin]

Debug.Log it, see if it matches wit the inspecotr value

if not, try localEulerAngle

or just use quaternions

[gaunt ice]

void Update()
    {
        Rotation = Player.transform.rotation.z;
        AssignAbilitys();
    }
```where is the eularangle....https://gdl.space/iqaxulodax.cs

or the file is not updated?

[tawdry nymph]

its not completely up[ to date

[tawdry nymph]

localEulerAngels also breaks when going to 180 degrees

[gaunt ice]

btw you dont need to check rotation in update, you check it only if you change the rotation and idk how you rotate player tf and the eulerangle.z may not be Exactly The Same as enum value, depends on how you rotate it

[tawdry nymph]

i locked rotation on the rigidbody so it won't rotate from terrain and changed the rotation with transform.Rotate(new Vector3(transform.rotation.x, transform.rotation.y, transform.rotation.z + 90));

i have also tried rotating with rB.rotation += 90

[rare basin]

@tawdry nymph just use quaternions

[tawdry nymph]

i don't understand those

[rare basin]

well, time to learn them then 🤷

we wont learn them for you 😄

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQHG_Tv9vzA

[rotund hull]

how can i set up chunks and make them load in and out near the player

[sharp bloom]

You don't exactly need to "understand" them. They're extremely advanced math that honestly I think almost nobody here understands.

[rancid tinsel]

whats that thing in C# called with the : that replaces if statements?

its not a switch is it?

[rare basin]

ternary operator?

[rancid tinsel]

thats the one

does that have any advantages apart from maybe condensing the code?

[rare basin]

it's just cleaner

[rancid tinsel]

like maybe better performance or something

[rare basin]

and more readable

doesn't have any performance advantages

[rancid tinsel]

but if its code that im working on myself and i find if statements easier, its prob better to stick to that right?

[rare basin]

if it's easier for you then yes

[rancid tinsel]

i guess what im asking is, its the same thing as if statements and just down to preference ultimately?

[sharp bloom]

Just that Euler angles break sometimes and do very weird stuff, particulary when doing any logic on x/y/z and we need to use quaternions instead. But Unity handles the complicated part under the hood.

[rare basin]

yes

[rancid tinsel]

i see, thank you

so if (ifStatements == easier) {sticktoThem = true;}

🤓

[rare basin]

can do better ;p

stickToThem = ifStatements == easier;

[rancid tinsel]

that works?

[rare basin]

why not

[rancid tinsel]

idk ive never written a variable like that

never thought to

[gaunt ice]

== operator "returns" bool

you can think in this way

[rare basin]

        if (age > 18)
        {
            adult = true;
        }
        else
        {
            adult = false;
        }

same as

[rancid tinsel]

yeah i think i understand how that works

[rare basin]

adult = age > 18;

[rancid tinsel]

just so weird i never thought of it before

[rare basin]

we learn something everyday ;p

[rancid tinsel]

for real

[rare basin]

but also, avoid if/else walls

if you have any

[rotund hull]

how can i set up chunks and make them load in and out near the player

[rare basin]

that's such a generic questions without any context

with several valid approaches

make a chunk class with list of objects in it, enable/disable it based on colliders, distance to player etc

basically just load/unloads objects based on certain conditions you want

[sharp bloom]

Shouldn't this work by destroy any object that touches the collider?

Basically I have set up a box collider around my playing area to destroy any stray projecticles

[rare basin]

yes, as long as the conditons to trigger OnTriggerEnter2D are met

trigger events are only sent if one of the Colliders also has a Rigidbody2D attached

[rotund hull]

well if it is disabled then nothing will collide with it

[rare basin]

then make a ChunkManager

and store all chunks in that

[rotund hull]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

alright

thank you

[sharp bloom]

So it doesn't matter if this "death zone" collider doesn't have rigidbody2d?

[rare basin]

atlesat one of the colliders has to have rb2d

and the one with OnTriggerEnter2D function muse be set to isTrigger obviously

[pulsar lodge]

Can anyone help with why my On Click() Event is not working for a button? https://gdl.space/huceyugimo.cs really only care about the first line of code under Input1(). Its not even executing that. not sure what is going on

[rare basin]

do you have EventSystem in the scene?

[pulsar lodge]

i dont think so

[rare basin]

then it won't work

[pulsar lodge]

the guide im following is pretty old (8 years), is that something newer required in unity?

[rancid tinsel]

with an event system in the scene buttons wont work

are you using the brackeys tutorial?

[rare basin]

without it*

[pulsar lodge]

Nah, its a guy doing a turn based battle system tutorial

[rancid tinsel]

my bad lol

[rancid tinsel]

yeah just add an event system and it should work

[rare basin]

type this in the hierarchy

t: EventSystem

[rancid tinsel]

unless the issue is something else

but most likely that

[gusty vector]

sorry if i broke up aquestion but i just need a quick help in this,

so i have a string based of :
"blabla 0lasdldfsjndfsjd9
blaablaa 0jdnljjanfdnsdlfsfs9"

and i wanna replace the parts between 0 and 9 (including 0 and 9) using regex but i cant figure out the pattern... any help ?

[gaunt ice]

0*9, should be some pattern like this
btw a simple two pointers algorithm can solve it

[rare basin]

string pattern = @"0.*?9";

i guess?

then just Regex.Replace(yourString, pattern, replacement)

but why not just use variable in this matter?

string someString = $"blabla0{variable}0faf";

then you can just put any string variable you want

or ints, floats

[gaunt ice]

oh .* i mess up with wildcard, is "?" necessary? since * is zero or more previous char

[gusty vector]

alright! this works just perfectly

im just curious how

[pulsar lodge]

Thanks! that definitely fixed it, I guess this EventSystem wasn't required when this video series was published, he didn't have one in his

[rare basin]

nah its not neccesary

? is just non-greedy

[gusty vector]

this only replaced the 9..

[rare basin]

without ? it onl replaces the first substring

"blabla 0lasdldfsjndfsjd9 blaablaa 0jdnljjanfdnsdlfsfs9"

it will only replace the first part

with ? it will replace both

[gaunt ice]

yes my pattern is searching for (zero or more of) "0" and following by "9" eg 9, 09,009

[dense root]

So for some reason I cannot drag my audio into my audio source into the inspector... any idea what's happening?

It's the right format (.wav)

[slender nymph]

your wav file is an AudioClip, not an AudioSource. AudioSource is the component that plays an AudioClip

[spiral narwhal]

How would I use coroutines for cooldowns etc. when I want to pause them as soon as I open the paus menu? I feel like there is a better way than yielding wait for seconds and then checking if the game is paused or not

[slender nymph]

if you're setting timeScale to 0 when you pause the game then you don't really need to change anything since WaitForSeconds will be scaled by the timeScale. If you aren't though you can instead put a timer loop in there that just increases a float by deltaTime on frames the game is not paused. you will need to check whether it is paused doing that but it will at least be accurate as opposed to using WaitForSeconds and just checking if the game is paused after the WaitForSeconds is complete

[spiral narwhal]

Ohh that's practical. So I will make use of timescale

[modest dust]

Or multiply that Time.deltaTime by your own cooldown time scale which you set to 0 on pause, since using Time.timeScale is "global", so all other code using Time will "freeze"

[spiral narwhal]

Because I don't want to freeze animations in the pause menu and such right?

[modest dust]

Right

[spiral narwhal]

Sounds good! Maybe I will try to create an interface or something for pretty much anything that is affected by pause

[slender nymph]

this is effectively the same as my second suggestion of a timer loop

[modest dust]

True

But shorter

no need to check anything

just multiply by timeScale

it will either add 0 or deltaTime

[dense root]

For some reason my audio is playing at the beginning and end of the word sequence not the end, any thoughts?

[slender nymph]

please share your !code correctly. nobody wants to scrub through a video to try and read it

[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.

[dense root]

https://gdl.space/afitewariw.cs

And where currentWord is coming from for reference
https://gdl.space/weviyokeyo.cs

[eager elm]

the beginning probably because the audioSource is set to play on awake

[dense root]

There's an if statement preventing that

[slender nymph]

Play On Awake is a property on the AudioSource

[dense root]

oh

By default it's play on awake

thank you

[quick ruin]

if I have two circle colliders how do I reference the second one in a script

[slender nymph]

for what purpose? but also you can just drag it directly into a serialized field

[quick ruin]

beginner at prefabs but ty

[slender nymph]

although typically you'd want to separate your colliders onto different child objects

[cosmic dagger]

if you have two on the same GameObject you need to drag the one you want into a variable field manually. also, don't put more than one collider on a GameObject . . .

[quick ruin]

ones a trigger ones not idk how else to do this ;s

[cosmic dagger]

audio source component has Play On Awake selected by default. you probably need to uncheck it . . .

[slender nymph]

you haven't even bothered answering the first question i asked. there's probably a better way to do whatever it is you are trying to do

[dense root]

Yeah that's what it was @cosmic dagger

But I'm wondering why it plays after the user hits enter, not before as intended

        if (readInput.currentWord == "りんご")
        {
            audioSource.Play();
            oldImage.sprite = apple;
        }

You'd think it would play before the image is shown

[slender nymph]

it will start playing the same exact frame that the sprite is assigned

[dense root]

But the game is showing the sprite but not playing the audio

Not until after I click enter

[slender nymph]

you're probably just repeatedly calling that method which is restarting the audio clip over and over until you stop editing the input field

and by probably, i mean that is exactly what is happening since you call it in Update 😉

[dense root]

Oh I see

How do I call that method without repeatedly doing it over and over?

[slender nymph]

only call it when the currentWord variable on your ReadInput class changes. i assume that is what your currentWordChanged event is supposed to be used for despite it not being used at all

[dense root]

Yeah I didn't understand how that works

[spiral narwhal]

Is there a way to get the remaining amount of seconds when using WaitForSeconds or would I have to store it as a variable in seconds and only use WaitForSeconds each second? I'm asking because when I exit the game I would like to store the remaining cooldown

[slender nymph]

no, use a timer loop instead

[cosmic dagger]

don't use WFS at all, store the time in a variable and yield every frame . . .

[spiral narwhal]

Why is it bad practise?

[rare basin]

why not

nothing bad in both approaches

[slender nymph]

because they can't do the thing they want when using WaitForSeconds

[rare basin]

yes in this case

[spiral narwhal]

Oh I see

What is a timer loop

[rare basin]

but he said dont use WFS at all ;p

[slender nymph]

clearly referring to their issue and not every single instance of anyone wanting to use WFS

[cosmic dagger]

because they need to insert a specific time when using WFS and that won't allow them to get the time reamining . . .

[slender nymph]

a loop that adds or subtracts deltaTime from a variable

[gusty vector]

srry if im breaking a question...(again) but- what could be the regex pattern to detect whether the line of a text file doesn't start with an "A" (capital AND lower case) ?

[rare basin]

^(?![Aa])

^ - start of the line
?! - negavite assertion

no actually it checks capital or lower case

no nvm

its good

then you can do like Regex.IsMatch(string, pattern) store it in a bool

and do whatever you want

[gusty vector]

gotcha! ill test stuff and brb

[spiral narwhal]

public class Timer
{
   private int baseTime, currentCooldownTime;

   public void StartTimer() => StartCoroutine(Timer);

   private IEnumerator Timer()
   {
      currentCooldownTime -= Time.deltaTime;

      if (currentCooldownTime <= 0) DoSomething();
   }
}

Do you mean something like this?

[rare basin]

that will execute just once

i wouldn't do it in coroutine, but just in Update

[spiral narwhal]

Ohh so in update and then with a while loop?

[modest dust]

Update() is not necessary

[rare basin]

yes, but without the loop ;p

    public float timeRemaining = 10;
    void Update()
    {
        if (timeRemaining > 0)
        {
            timeRemaining -= Time.deltaTime;
        }
    }

[slender nymph]

pick one or the other. Update without a loop or coroutine with a loop

[modest dust]

float cooldown = 3f;

private IEnumerator Timer()
{
  while (cooldown > 0)
  {
    yield return null;
    cooldown -= Time.deltaTime;
  }
}
      ```

[rare basin]

that wont work

in his case

ok nvm it will

[slender nymph]

why not, cooldown is a field so they can access it when the coroutine ends or is canceled

[rare basin]

well it depends what does he mean by "exiting the game"

[spiral narwhal]

Ok thanks everyone :) If both ways are viable I think I will use the update one because I don't like having to yield null for "no reason"

[modest dust]

Both work, but keep in mind that Update() runs all the time, even if you don't need it

Coroutine only runs when you need it

It's basically an Update() but for temporary tasks

[spiral narwhal]

Ohhh

Then I will use that, thank you!!

[gusty vector]

so basically the File is a lot of lines.. so im splitting the file by lines and checking them one by one but for somereason it seems to match up with other words that start with a ? or perhaps not even check them ??

    private string Pattern = "^(?![Aa])"; 

    private string[] STR;

    private string FinalSTR;

    void Start()
    {
        STR = OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n");
    }

    void Update()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < STR.Length; i++)
        {
            FinalSTR = Regex.Replace(STR[i], Pattern, "");
        }
    }

    void LateUpdate()
    {
        System.IO.File.WriteAllText("Assets/Main Assets/Turkish/AlphaSorted/" + "A.txt", FinalSTR);
    }```

[slender nymph]

three backticks to format code

[rare basin]

i dont understand

and why are you doing this in Update and LateUpdate?

[gusty vector]

im not exactly sure if it matters im just tryna sort a word bank into different files...

[rare basin]

but do you need to do it every frame?

you replace the final string every frame with regex patterns

and every frame you write the same final string to the A.txt file

also afaik regex is not really optimal to use especially every frame with a loop additionaly

[gusty vector]

uhh- how could i approach this then ?

[rare basin]

Just split it and write once

or whenever you need

there is no need to change it and write every frame if it's the same

same with for example healthbars for your game, you don't need to set the fillImage every frame to match the current hp, just do it when player takes damage or heals

[willow nexus]

does anyone know why this object is spamming the very start of its sound effect while its loaded? I don't see anything here in the script that would cause it...
Can confirm the sound file works fine when played standalone

[rare basin]

we can't hear any sound

[willow nexus]

unmute the video and watch 4 seconds of it

[rare basin]

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        audioSource.Play();
        imageComponent.sprite = image2;
    }

comment this Play()

and turn off playOnAwake by default

you are constantly playing the clip

that's why it's looped in the beggining, cuz its starting again and again

put a debug.log in OnPointerEnter

[gusty vector]

i need it to check every line of the textasset tho it only checks the last one, why is that?

[rare basin]

🤷

not a regex issue

[gusty vector]

moved it to start like this :

    public TextAsset OriginalFile;

    private string Pattern = "^(?![Aa])";

    private string[] STR;

    private string FinalSTR;

    void Start()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n").Length; i++)
        {
            FinalSTR = Regex.Replace(OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n")[i], Pattern, "");
        }


        System.IO.File.WriteAllText("Assets/Main Assets/Turkish/AlphaSorted/" + "A.txt", FinalSTR);
    }```

[willow nexus]

I added audioSource.playOnAwake = false; to start
and the onpointerenter is now

```public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    Debug.Log("Test");
    audioSource.Play();
    imageComponent.sprite = image2;
}```

The debug runs fine and the sprite from the mouseover is fine, but the audio never plays
and if i check play on awake it goes back to playing the sound on repeat super fast

[rare basin]

because you are overwriting finalSTR

at each iteration you are replacing finalSTR with the result of the regex for current line

meaning finalSTR has the last line stored after the loop completes

[gusty vector]

ohhhhhhhhh

[rare basin]

you understand? 😄

FinalSTR += Regex.Replace(lines[i], Pattern, "") + "\r\n";

try sth like that

[gaunt ice]

you should use stringbuilder this case...

[dense root]

So I'm trying to call my ChangeImage method without using Start or Awake how do I go about doing that?
https://gdl.space/vicihajuqe.cs

[gaunt ice]

suppose you have 1MB file and 1K line (1KB pre line), you generated 1K,2K+3K+...+999K bytes garbage in total... (1K=1000 and 1M =1000K by disk manufacturers)

[rich adder]

bro fr learn some basics

we spent long time on this lol

[dense root]

I'm trying lol

Can you recommend a tutorial?

[rich adder]

I'd go through C# tutorials first (checking pins here)
for example
https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting

[rotund hull]

how can i set up chunks and make them load in and out near the player

[rich adder]

references is how you can call methods in other objects. What we did last time is does it with an event

[rare basin]

why are you asking this again

[rotund hull]

i am still confused

i thought i got it but i dont

[rare basin]

then just write what are you confused about

and what have you done so far

and what are you struggling with

instead of such general question

[rotund hull]

so I thought of making a list for all of the chunks and when the player get close euogh to one it loads in but I dont know how to reference transforms to a list or array

[gusty vector]

    public TextAsset OriginalFile;

    private string Pattern = "^(?![Aa])";

    private string FinalSTR;

    void Start()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n").Length; i++)
        {
            FinalSTR += Regex.Replace(OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n")[i], Pattern, "") + "\r\n";
        }

        System.IO.File.WriteAllText("Assets/Main Assets/Turkish/AlphaSorted/" + "A.txt", FinalSTR);
    }``` 
this literally does nothing- whatt-?!

[slender nymph]

so many arrays being allocated 😬

[gaunt ice]

and string

[gusty vector]

uhhhhh-

[slender nymph]

every time you do OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n") it allocates a new array. and you do that each iteration of the loop

much like how it was pointed out that you are allocating strings each iteration. but this is even worse tbh

[gusty vector]

    private string Pattern = "^(?![Aa])";

    private string[] STR;

    private string FinalSTR;

    void Awake()
    {
        STR = OriginalFile.text.Split("\r\n");
    }

    void Start()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < STR.Length; i++)
        {
            FinalSTR += Regex.Replace(STR[i], Pattern, "") + "\r\n";
        }

        Debug.Log(FinalSTR);

        System.IO.File.WriteAllText("Assets/Main Assets/Turkish/AlphaSorted/" + "A.txt", FinalSTR);
    }```

does this do ?

(prbbly not)

[slender nymph]

that's better. though you can split the string inside the same method you are operating on it.
you're still allocating a new string for each iteration of the loop though

[gaunt ice]

i have said that you should use stringbuilder if you want to append string continuously

[gusty vector]

idk what a stringbuilder is-

[gusty vector]

how to not allocate a new string for each iteration again ?

[gaunt ice]

google
though i will just write a simple two pointer to split the string by "\r\n"

[slender nymph]

use stringbuilder as was already suggested

[rapid dragon]

Does anyone know good tutorial for like, a classic RPG set up? Like top down, camera moving with the character, that type of thing

[fierce mortar]

I really hate programming👍

[languid spire]

well don't do it then, no one is forcing you to

[fierce mortar]

my friends

[languid spire]

get better friends

[fierce mortar]

anyways is there a feature to use strings to call specific function

[slender nymph]

why would you want to do that

[rich adder]

"Good" can be subjective, there's like 100 clones of these tutorials , what exactly are you looking for that they don't provide?

[fierce mortar]

so i can have a function where i change the string with inputs and don´t instantly call the function the string stands for

[slender nymph]

https://xyproblem.info/

[spare umbra]

I want to be able to change the size of a square like this

in 2D

[rich adder]

manipulate your own vertices

[spare umbra]

How?

[rich adder]

through code

Catlike has good examples

[spare umbra]

Do you have links?

[fierce mortar]

i wanna make a top down shooter and wanna change my weapons

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh.html
https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/mesh-basics/
https://catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorials/procedural-meshes/

[slender nymph]

and how is a string relevant to that?

[fierce mortar]

so i don´t instantly call the specific shoot function for the weapon when changing the weapon and when pressing the shoot button it redirects me to the specific function

[rich adder]

i think my brain just suffered a malfunction reading that

[slender nymph]

i feel like you barely grasp how code works if you think using strings is somehow going to prevent you from calling a method

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting
@fierce mortar

[vale sparrow]

quick question. is there a way I could trigger a button OnClick() through event triggers?

[rich adder]

you mean IpointerClickHandler?

[rich adder]

just call the function the button calls 🤔

[vale sparrow]

oh shit

didnt think of that

tysm

[eager elm]

button.onClick?.Invoke();

[slender nymph]

events can only be invoked by the object that owns them

[eager elm]

well it's a unity event, not a system one

[vale sparrow]

im using the new input system

[eager elm]

ah well he said through event triggers, not code, mb

[vale sparrow]

so some things could just not work

really cool thing so far, im digging it

[fierce mortar]

I don´t know how I can change my weapon without directly calling the specific shoot function for the weapon, and because of that I thought there is any way that when changing my weapon i could attach the name of the weapon shoot function to a string. And then I thought, with my stupid coding beginner brain, i could maaaaaybe convert this string to a function name to call the weapon specific function, when i pressed the Shoot Button. I know what a string is I´m just not experienced enough to know if you can change a string to a function name. Hope this was finally understandable enough.

[slender nymph]

what do you mean by "the specific shoot function for the weapon"? have you gone and made completely unrelated classes for each of your weapons instead of using a common base class that declares the Shoot method that each of the derived classes overrides?

[eager elm]

polymorphism C# is what you should take a look at.
You basically need a base class or interface that has a method called Shoot(), then you create classes that derive from that for all the different weapons. Your player then has a field for the base class to which you can assign one of the guns to.
Then you call Shoot() on that variable and it will call the correct Shoot() function

[fierce mortar]

how can i assign classes to a specific field

[cosmic dagger]

enter interfaces . . .

or you can use a base class that contains a Shoot method . . .

[slender nymph]

there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel if you do not know how to assign something to a variable

[rich adder]

inheritance vs composition 🥵

[cosmic dagger]

composition FTW, but inheritance is still existent . . .

[rich adder]

haha yeah interfaces are awesome!

[fierce mortar]

thank you guys that really helped, gonna try that tomorrow (gonna try everything without doing beginner courses )

[slender nymph]

gonna try everything without doing beginner courses
that's a good way to guarantee you are going to struggle

[slender nymph]

and now this makes more sense

[cosmic dagger]

i don't know anout that last part. at least learn and understand what the terms/concepts are . . .

[vernal thorn]

It doesnt work but I dont know why

using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class SceneTransition : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Name of the scene to transition to
    public string nextSceneName = "Scene2";

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        // Check if the player (or any other object with a collider) has collided with the trigger
        if (collision.collider.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            // Load the next scene
            SceneManager.LoadScene(nextSceneName);
        }
    }
}

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

[rotund hull]

how can i reference things to a list in code

or array

[cosmic dagger]

which part doesn't work? some of it, all of it? details about your question help give better results . . .

[vernal thorn]

The player dosnt teleport too scene2

[cosmic dagger]

reference things to a list? do you mean how to access an element from the collection: list, array . . .

[fierce mortar]

im gonna look into tutorials about classes, but the thing is that i already watched a lot of beginner courses and know the super basic stuff like variables

[rotund hull]

like wehn you make a list you put objects into the list in the code

[cosmic dagger]

you can follow the link boxfriend suggested from their response . . .

[vernal thorn]

oke dokee thx

[vernal thorn]

thx

[vernal thorn]

i know why now i forgot the 2D......

[cosmic dagger]

variables are only one concept. it's totally different from reference type, value type, classes, methods, properties, interfaces . . .

[rotund hull]

so i have chunks that i want to render in and out and I make the chunks in another script so they are not in the scene view

[cosmic dagger]

okay, so you want to add object to a list?

[rotund hull]

in code

[fierce mortar]

thats why i said “like” variables

[cosmic dagger]

sure, what have you tried or google? just asking cuz if you search "how to add to a list c#," you'll get tons of answers . . .

you can swap list with array if you have that. make sure you know the difference between an array and a list cuz those collections are used differently . . .

[vale sparrow]

ok so that sadly didnt work because i got mixed up a couple of things. is there another way to trigger a buttons OnClick() with the new input system?

[cosmic dagger]

to trigger a button's OnClick event, you manually call it. you can do that from anywhere as long as you have a reference to the button . . .

[slender nymph]

why did the event on the EventTrigger you were using not work? that would have worked just fine if you connected the same method to it that you connected to the onClick event

[vale sparrow]

ok so

what i wanted to do

was use these

for the event trigger

[slender nymph]

EventTrigger is entirely unrelated to your input actions

[vale sparrow]

and those are separete from the triggers

[vale sparrow]

yeah i only realized that after

[slender nymph]

you can use a PlayerInput component or your own component to do that

i recommend looking at the documentation pinned in #🖱️┃input-system to learn how to use the input system

[cosmic dagger]

your PlayerInput component will have events for each of your actions. you can link the method you want to call from there . . .

[copper perch]

Can I add this script to the floating joystick to stop it from spinning in circles over and over when I look left and right and hold it with my finger?

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

public class FloatingJoystick : Joystick
{
    [SerializeField] private float rotationSpeed = 5f;
    [SerializeField] private float rotationLimit = 80f; // Adjust as needed

    protected override void Update()
    {
        base.Update();

        // Limit camera rotation based on joystick input
        float horizontalRotation = inputVector.x * rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        float clampedRotation = Mathf.Clamp(transform.eulerAngles.y + horizontalRotation, -rotationLimit, rotationLimit);
        transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(transform.eulerAngles.x, clampedRotation, transform.eulerAngles.z);
    }

    protected override void Start()
    {
        base.Start();
        background.gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }

    public override void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        background.anchoredPosition = ScreenPointToAnchoredPosition(eventData.position);
        background.gameObject.SetActive(true);
        base.OnPointerDown(eventData);
    }

    public override void OnPointerUp(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        background.gameObject.SetActive(false);
        base.OnPointerUp(eventData);
    }
}

[solemn fractal]

hey guys, I have this if: cs if (_uiManager.currentTime > 60 && _uiManager.currentTime < 70 && _canSpawnSkel){ _coroutineSkel = StartCoroutine(SpawnSkeletons(12)); _canSpawnSkel = false; } but even if the currentTime is like above 80 it enter this if.. what am I missing here?

[cosmic dagger]

log the current time inside of the if statement to check its value . . .

[fossil drum]

Why not just try it and see? You coded it

[cosmic dagger]

no way for us to tell if that will happen since we don't have the project or any of the materials . . .

you have to test it and see what happens. based on those results, you can see or tell us what occurred instead. then we can probably help with fixing the code since we have a result from the test . . .

[copper perch]

I am trying to get the unity starter assets fps controller to stop spinning in circles with the lookpad joystick

floating joystick

[cosmic dagger]

use links to paste your !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.

[pale hazel]

for some reason a lot of times my programming app likes to suddenly be weird and when i wanna type something after something else, it instead replaces that something with something else. like if i wanna type space after print it replaces the t with space how do i fix this?

[short hazel]

Hit Insert on your keyboard. You accidentally switched to character replace mode

[pale hazel]

oh thanks

[slender nymph]

skipped right over the part where you were suggested to use a link and where the bot says how to post large blocks of code

[signal cosmos]

aaa

[short hazel]

Beginner
Uses interface explicit implementations, lambdas, and dependency injection
Something doesn't add up

[eager elm]

brah, you need to be more specific. What is not working? What is happening, what do you want to happen?

[cosmic dagger]

what is not right about it? does smth not work? also, this isn't a link but a wall of text (large code block) . . .

do you just mean code formatting or naming convention/guidelines?

[signal cosmos]

again, https://gdl.space/adokecaxew.cpp, I am a beginner and I would like to know what is not right in my code. In short, I want to mention that there will be different types of ratings in my game. I would like you to tell me what you see wrong here and what you can recommend?

work,link?

[short hazel]

(remove the "Hello" at the end of the link)

Now onto being more explicit, you need to say if you're having errors or whatever

[signal cosmos]

what you can recommend, for performance?

[slender nymph]

are you actually experiencing a performance issue?

[cosmic dagger]

we can't determine if anything will work based off the code because i don't see any Unity methods. are you looking for smth specific?

[signal cosmos]

I would like to know if I have structured this code correctly from a technical perspective, I mean in terms of code professionalism

[cosmic dagger]

i can say that you use don't unsub from the events that are subscribed in IStartable.Start() . . .

and they are lambdas, so you don't have a reference to the method/delegate to unsub . . .

if they remain until the application closes then it won't be a problem . . .

[signal cosmos]

one sec to test what you say, sry for my english

thx for critic

[signal cosmos]

like that?:

[short hazel]

No the events you subscribe to in IStartable.Start(), you need to unsubscribe from them when this instance is not needed anymore

[signal cosmos]

okk thx for comment

[cosmic dagger]

does the method UnsubscribeFromEvents actually unsub the methods (lambdas) from the events?

[short hazel]

lol, I basically just copy-pasted Random's comment

You can't unsubscribe from a lambda (unless you keep a reference to it somewhere), so I assume that's not the case

[cosmic dagger]

yep, they need to store them as methods . . .

[signal cosmos]

ohhh

[cosmic dagger]

if you want to be picky, const variables are PascalCase and private variables prefixed with an "_" — if following the Microsoft coding guidelines . . .

[signal cosmos]

i have other rights ;))) but ok thx

[short hazel]

Wait hold on there's something weird in this code
The rating loading on line 65 will overwrite the loading made on 64, they target the same variable
Same for saving

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, it's not a big deal at all, haha . . .

[signal cosmos]

hmm ok

[cosmic dagger]

also, why do you call UpdateAndSaveRating twice in a row?

ahhh, SPR2 just mentioned that . . .

[short hazel]

For "good" and "bad" ratings, but they need two properties because they're stepping on each other right now

[cosmic dagger]

oh, then that's fine. they use different keys as arguments . . .

[short hazel]

You're always saving/loading the bad rating metric, because it's the last one in the subscription list

[signal cosmos]

"I want to use a single variable for the rating system, where at the beginning of the game, you choose to play for a 'badrating' or 'goodrating,' meaning you can be a good pharmacist or a bad pharmacist, and 'currentRating' is shared, as ideally they should not intersect.

[short hazel]

Well you need three properties then. One for the good rating, one for the bad rating, and one for the one you'll be choosing when the game starts

void UseRating(Rating r) => CurrentRating = ...

[spiral narwhal]

For a death screen, should the preferred approach be to make it its own scene and load that asynchronously on death, or make it an overlay and set the delta time to zero?

[rare basin]

So I'm making a 3D top-down view RTS game. I've watched a tutorials on how to do a selection box to select my units, but all of them are in 3d using Physics2D.OverlapAreaAll(), is there any replacement for that in 3d?

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.OverlapBox.html

[rare basin]

yes that takes the Center

i need 2 points (startPos and endPos)

and make rectangle based on these points

[timber tide]

You can calculate the points and get a center

[rare basin]

but i guess i can calculate the center

nvm

thank you

[cosmic dagger]

yup, get that center . . .

[dry tendon]

Does anyone knows how could i transpose textures from a terrain to a plane?

Cause i can't use the shader on a terrain due to it has no materials...

[quick ruin]

how would I stop this during the 5 seconds to not disable the game object?

[fossil drum]

StopCoroutine

[quick ruin]

still sets it to not active

[fossil drum]

Show code then

[quick ruin]

the stopcoroutine is functioning it still runs the next line not sure how to get between it

[fossil drum]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.StopCoroutine.html
As you can see in the docs, you need to cache the coroutine to actually stop it.

[cosmic dagger]

are you sure StopCoroutine runs? try caching the coroutine in a variable . . .

[timber tide]

You can still use a material with the mesh data texturing, but not sure about the question.

[dry tendon]

how?

[timber tide]

make one

[dry tendon]

for meshes i have the material option...

[timber tide]

Oh, then you do have a material

[dry tendon]

but thats the building... not the terrain

i don't know how to apply it to the terrain too

[timber tide]

oh, you're using actual terrain tool ah

[dry tendon]

i don't know how... but i need to apply the shader to the terrain... any ideas for that?

or just convert the terrain into a plane or something like that

if it's posible hehe

[sly wasp]

real quick, i have a line of code that says "cam.GetComponent<Animator>().Play("introRunCam");"
im trying to replay the animation when i press a button ( i already have a function and stuff ), how would i achieve this?

[timber tide]

Doubtful, as for the shader question it's probably better to ask in #⛰️┃terrain-3d. May need to google around a bit

[dry tendon]

thankss

[rare basin]

link this function to the button's on click event?

[sly wasp]

whenever i replay this code the animation doesnt restart

[rare basin]

🤷

[lament silo]

Whenever I have one item equipped (eg. axe) and then i try to switch to a different item (in this case it's a wood log) it wouldnt switch until i free up selected slot

[sharp bloom]

Sorry I absolutely suck at math, what is the best approach for this kind of motion?

Non-physics I mean

[severe scarab]

quick question, which is better for unity, javascript or python

[sharp bloom]

I mean unity is in C# but just learn whatever programming language you want

[severe scarab]

can you use python or java?

[sharp bloom]

Not really

[severe scarab]

alright, thanks!

[sharp bloom]

I started out in Python as well but switching to C# wasnt too difficult

[severe scarab]

are they like the same?

[sharp bloom]

Once you'll learn the basic concepts, the differences in syntax aren't really a big deal

[severe scarab]

so if I am to learn python, I basically learn C#

[frosty hound]

If your goal is to use Unity, then learn C#.

[severe scarab]

alrighty, thanks!

[sharp bloom]

So like just learn the base concepts like variables, methods, classes, etc. and you're good to go for Unity

Saying it because couple of years ago when I first started learning Unity, I had no clue about programming and I just copied code

learned absolutely nothing

[runic dome]

ok ! so i want to create actions for my player movement
but i cannot select the bind "right stick [gamepad]" for no reason
and "Delta [Mouse]" to

[short hazel]

Ask in #🖱️┃input-system and provide a screenshot of the Input Actions Asset editor with the action you're trying to bind visible

[runic dome]

ok !

[neon summit]

hello, im trying to implement a simple fps camera into my scene so im watching this video. it kind of works as intended but for some reason, when i start the game, the camera starts by always pointing down. idk if this is a silly question but i cant find the reason it's happening. https://youtu.be/f473C43s8nE?si=jkmRJOJOAOmgk22g

[slender nymph]

two things: first, the reason the camera starts by pointing down is because when you press the play button then move your mouse down to the game view, that is happening within the first frame so immediately the camera is rotated downward because of your mouse movement.
second, don't multiply mouse input by deltaTime. mouse input is already framerate independent and multiplying by deltaTime is to make something framerate independent. by doing that multiplication you are requiring your sensitivity to be about 100 times higher than it really needs to be and you end up with stuttery camera controls

oh and obligatory "use cinemachine"

[neon summit]

i knew it was something silly like that. Thanks for that and you are right on that second part. had to change the sens to 1000 for x and y to get a decent camera speed

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys, when I use this snippet code cs private void Update() { if (_player.playerCurrentHeath <= 0) { Scene currentScene = SceneManager.GetActiveScene(); SceneManager.LoadScene(currentScene.name); } } When I die everything resets and works fine. BUT there is just one object that is not reseting and continue in the scene. why ?

[rich adder]

its either static or inside DDOL

[solemn fractal]

DDOL ?

[rich adder]

Dont Destroy On Load

[tacit flame]

So, i tried making a thing that lets me wall Jump if i collide with a Certain Gameobjects with the tag "Climbable Wall" But whenn i collide with it , not only does my character no longer have gravity effect it (not hitting the ground anymore) . It also reduces my JumpForce to below 1 when i spam space. U can see the values on the right side of my screen

https://pastebin.com/PRcLYT28

[solemn fractal]

no i dont have that.. that is wierd.. well anyways that is not a bug i need to fix now.. not important.. but in the future for sure

[rich adder]

yeah you would have to show the setup , which object you're talking about and what its doing instead.

[solemn fractal]

yeah, its fine. In the future I wil address this prob again. thakn you !

[rich adder]

goodluck 🙂

[rich adder]

without seeing the full code do you have something setup that puts values back when you jump off ?

[tacit flame]

paste bin link

right below wit

[rich adder]

um yeah I would not use OnCollider hit

its totally unreliable for what you want

You should either use triggers as a hack, or actually do Physics like raycast or other types of casts

[tacit flame]

huh?

Triggers as a hack, or Raycast?

idk wht tht means

[rich adder]

yes, triggers can be used.. which is hacky way of doing it

or using Physics like raycasts and such

wiich are the standard for this type of stuff

I suggest you learn about them

[tacit flame]

one or the other or both?

[summer stump]

One or the other is fine

[tacit flame]

Anyoen in particular worth looking at?

or any wowrk

[rich adder]

any would do yes

just to get the concept

then use Boxcast or something more "thicc"

they're just for detecting whats there

[tacit flame]

I see

so its like a Scanner with a small radius looking at certain point

[rich adder]

distance but yeah

kinda

doesnt have to be a point, it can be a direction like boxcasts/spherecast

[tacit flame]

this seems like its cardinal directions toh

Can it move in all directions beyonnd cardinal directionns?

[rich adder]

if you mean a vector you can make your own directions

that would be kinda useless if it was only NSWE

[tacit flame]

Bett

Does transform.something take the value of the current position of that object ?

For example transform.direction in a script for a game object would ONLY show THAT game objects direction?

[slender nymph]

well transform.direction isn't a thing, but yes. the transform property refers to the current instance's Transform component

[rapid dragon]

I suppose I’ve found a lot of tutorials contrived. Difficult to follow. I was just wondering if anyone had a good recommendation of someone who knows how to explain things well

[tacit flame]

Weird the video showed him using that maybe I misread it

[rich adder]

usually the documentation or official course

[rapid dragon]

Documentation as in those things explaining each mechanic from Unity’s site? Yeah I do use those a lot. Just sucks to have to search each individual thing

Sorry I just have some issues studying by myself. But it’s good to know they’re good resources regardless

[rich adder]

they're pretty good, some stuff is questionable and some poorly documented, but for most part better than most.

huh...Physx has Convex Cverlap but we can't do that In Unity ?
https://docs.nvidia.com/gameworks/content/gameworkslibrary/physx/guide/Manual/SceneQueries.html#overlaps

ig convex triggers but we can't do overlap or am I missing something..

[halcyon osprey]

Quick question, is it bad practice to save bits of useful code in a text file to reuse for other projects? I came across things like a camera locking script, a basic player movement script, things like that, but I couldn't possibly think of being able to remember them all

[rich adder]

yeah its fine why not, imo its more neat if you make a custom package or something

or make your own libraries / dlls

reusing code is part of the gig 😛

[tacit flame]

@rich adderi tried usingn Raycast w/ this functionn detereminning whether i colide with the wall or not

        Ray theRay = new Ray(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(direction * rayCastRange));
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(direction*rayCastRange));

        if (Physics.Raycast(theRay, out RaycastHit hit, rayCastRange))
        {
            if (hit.collider.tag == "Climbable Wall")
            {
                collideWall = true;
            }
            else
            {
                collideWall = false;
            }
        }
        ```

same issue the player is stuck @ tht y level and never falls back down if it collides wwith a wal

my movement Script must be wrong

[rich adder]

yeah your whole code is probably wrong

also this snippet alone doesn't help

[tacit flame]

https://pastebin.com/ze6FAMS9

[rich adder]

this only changes the collideWall to false, if it hits another collider with No tag climable wall

it shuld also be included in the else of the main RayCast If

do like actually debug your bools and stuff when you add them 🤔

[tacit flame]

Line 75 i have 2 OR conditions idk if thats fuckingn it up

[tacit flame]

yeah i normally have a Debug.log with text

[rich adder]

separate your methods instead of jamming everything inside Update

its hard to read this

Character Controller's built in isGrounded is also very unreliable

[tacit flame]

So new raycast

to floor tag for is grounded

[rich adder]

again if you look at unity's example it has an overlap

pretty much

[tacit flame]

Unity's example?

[rich adder]

ray is too thin tho

[tacit flame]

I couldnt evenn login much less use the learnn thing

[rich adder]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/starter-assets-first-person-character-controller-urp-196525

[tacit flame]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497872424281440267/1176701926876913754/image.png?ex=656fd411&is=655d5f11&hm=3c397a1dd8ff708a6bc093b77ad23dc4b30c9be0bde2431dd5fdb7e18e793f41&

i cant add that becuase its not letting me log inn

which IDK why

any idea what i can do?

[rich adder]

not sure maybe ur using a vpn or something

[tacit flame]

even nafter i turnend off my vpn

Same issue

[rich adder]

not sure 🤷

[cosmic dagger]

did you refresh?

[tacit flame]

yes

ive tried it on multiple browsers with and without vpn

Disabled UBlock origin

still nothing

[rich adder]

maybe clear cache/cookies

[tacit flame]

just did

No diff

[tacit flame]

it wokred on my ipad

why is it broken on my pc

OK

So it was because of my VPN, evenn tho the connection was off

[tacit flame]

Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(downDirection*groundRayCastRange));

if (Physics.Raycast(isGrounded, out RaycastHit hitground, groundRayCastRange))
        {
            if (hitground.collider.tag == "Ground")
            {
                Debug.Log("Touching the Ground!");
                isTouchingGround = true;
            }
            else if (hitground.collider.tag != "Ground")
            {
                isTouchingGround = false;
            }
        }
        
        }``` How come it never reaches the elseif statement where hitground.

I have the bool as a public varaible so ican see if the check box ever gets unchecked

nvm

🤡

[cosmic dagger]

you don't need the else if condition. if the first if statement is false, then the tag is not ground. there is no need to check for the opoosite . . .

[tacit flame]

i figued it out

        {
            if (hitground.collider.tag == "Ground")
            {
                Debug.Log("Touching the Ground!");
                isTouchingGround = true;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            isTouchingGround = false;
        }

solved tht

had to move the else

Now i jus need to figure out why my character doesnnt Move back down wwhen it collides wwith a "climbable wall"

im like 99% sure it has to do wwith this line of my code

        {
            jumpCount = 2;
            moveDirection = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical")); // Reads movement keys (WASD).
            moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection); // Turns the input into movement direction.
            moveDirection *= isSprinting ? sprintSpeed : walkSpeed; // Chooses between walk or run speed.
        }```

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys. I have a problem here. What could be the cause that I am not being able to get the value from cs _finalBossOne._finalBOCurrentHealth it is always 10 as it is his health, but here I cant get it when he receive damage, only the default value. I have the variable on the boss set as public and inside my spawnManager, I have a method that is inside update, with this part to check if his HP is 0 cs if (_finalBossOne._finalBOCurrentHealth <= 0 && _canSpawnPoison){ _coroutinePoison = StartCoroutine(SpawnPoison(12)); _canSpawnPoison = false; } but it is always 10. I am using cs [SerializeField] private FinalBossOne _finalBossOne;and assigning the boss prefab in the inspector.

[cosmic dagger]

are you assigning the boss from the scene or a prefab in your project folder?

[solemn fractal]

prefab in the folder

[cosmic dagger]

then you're affecting the prefab in the folder, not the one in the scene . . .

[cosmic dagger]

you need to assign the boss from the scene hierarchy into the slot . . .

[solemn fractal]

but i have done like that many times and worked for other scenarios.. and in the scene I can only do it when it spawns.

[cosmic dagger]

this will change values on the prefab which has nothing to do with the scene or the game . . .

[solemn fractal]

using instantiate

hmm, well well

makes sense

[cosmic dagger]

no, Instantiate creates a copy. you need to get a reference to the copy and change those values . . .

[solemn fractal]

got it, will try thank you

[solemn fractal]

ok Let me try to make the picture here and see what could it be now. I have this method inside the spawnManager ```cs
private void InvokeFinalBO(){

    if (_player.playerLevel >= 1 && _canSpawnLastBO || Time.time >= 1200 && _canSpawnLastBO){

        _camera.Follow = null;
        _canSpawnLastBO = false;
        _SpawnManager.gameObject.SetActive(false);

        DestroyAllEnemies();

        fBO = Instantiate(_finalBossOne, new Vector3(_player.transform.position.x + 5, _player.transform.position.y + 20.5f, 0), Quaternion.identity);

        for (int i = 0; i < _spawnDelays.Length; i++){
            _spawnDelays[i] = -1;
        }
    }
} ```here I instantiate the boss. What I tried now with what you said is I created a variable at the begining of the class as FinalBossOne fbo;  this method is in update. and in update i put. ```cs
void Update(){

    CoroutinesController();
    InvokeFinalBO();
    Debug.Log("BOSS HP: " + fBO.GetFBOHP());
}``` and gives me null reference.

debug log is after the method on invokefinalBo() in update

even tho I get nothing.

because now it is trying to get something that doesnt exist yet

[cosmic dagger]

what is the error line and message?

[solemn fractal]

as it will spawn only when i get lvl 1.. so i cant have it like that

object reference not set to an instance of an object.. but might be because he will spawn only when I am level 1.

[cosmic dagger]

fBO (a lot of variable names are confusing because of abbreviation), is only assigned when the if statement is true. if it is false, fBO is not assigned and fBO.GetFBOHP will create a null reference error . . .

[solemn fractal]

fbo, first boss one

[modest barn]

I replaced a TMP Input Field GameObject and I'm not getting any Console errors. However running the game makes the editor crash inexplicably. Could someone check this out for me and let me know if it works on their end?

https://github.com/AdiZ-1579887/CipherDecoderApp

[chrome valve]

Is there a reason that my raycasts always return to the same point even though they were working before? i didn't touch the script or gameobject and it always sets the raycast point as the same random coordanites

[solemn fractal]

well even doing that it gives me always 10

[cosmic dagger]

does it work if you remove the component? if so, add a new one and see if it still crashes . . .

[modest barn]

After removing the object, it still crashes.

I have no idea why

I can revert changes on git so I'm safe but just very confused

[cosmic dagger]

it should because it was just instantiated (created). i'd expect it to have full health. add a line to remove health, before the log . . .

[cosmic dagger]

then the issue isn't the tmp component . . .

[solemn fractal]

but when i hit the boss and he lose HP it should show no? i already have other bosses .. enemies always done like that but in this case here isnt working.. super wierd 😦

[modest barn]

All I did was delete the legacy component and replace it with its TMP counterpart and now my game won't run

Perhaps something to do with that legacy object's components?

[verbal dome]

Hard to speculate without seeing code and your setup

[cosmic dagger]

possibly, i haven't used legacy stuff before . . . 🤷‍♀️

[modest barn]

Could you try opening my project maybe? If it's not much of a hassle

It'll also test my GitHub setup as this is my first time using it

[cosmic dagger]

it should, but you'd have to place a log after the boss loses health for us to see. this snippet doesn't show that . . .

[solemn fractal]

yeah I already put a debug log every where possible and it is always 10. this is messing with my mind hahaha.. done it so many times.. crazy stuff

[true pasture]

what is this extra code after I implemented my interface? first time using them.

do I need it there?

[verbal dome]

Looks like it was auto-generated by your IDE

Yes, you need to implement every interface you use

[modest dust]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/exceptions/

[verbal dome]

Currently it will just throw exceptions to remind you to implement it

[true pasture]

no this isnt in my interface tthis is another script

srry my fault

[cosmic dagger]

your IDE auto-generated that. when it adds required members from an interface, it places NotImplementedException to throw an error. this informs you that the requested method or operation is not implemented . . .

then you know to add the implementation . . .

[true pasture]

ok thanks

[cosmic dagger]

not able to at the moment. i'm moving back-and-forth between cooking, discord, and figuring out my stat system right now. trying to figure out handling max value(s) for stats . . .

[modest barn]

Yeah now worries, I'll try some stuff and see if it works itself out

[cosmic dagger]

it doesn't work at all anymore?

[modest barn]

If anyone could try it out that would be fantastic though, just to see if the project actually builds

[modest barn]

Hitting play just crashes it, no errors nothing, just straight closed

[cosmic dagger]

ouch . . .

[chrome valve]

{
    if (rocketCooldownTimer > 0 || charges < 0)
    {
        yield break;
    }

    RaycastHit castHit;
    Physics.Raycast(cam.transform.position, cam.transform.forward, out castHit, maxRocketDistance, whatIsRocketable);

    if (castHit.collider == null)
    {
        rocketPos = cam.transform.position + cam.transform.forward * maxRocketDistance;
    }
    else
    {
        rocketPos = castHit.point;
    }
    Collider[] colliders = Physics.OverlapSphere(rocketPos, rocketExplosionRadius);

    particlePos = rocketPos;
    StartCoroutine(ParticlesPlay());

    foreach (Collider hit in colliders)
    {
        Rigidbody rb = hit.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        if (rb != null)
        {
                rb.AddExplosionForce(rocketKnockback, rocketPos, rocketExplosionRadius, rocketKnockback / 1.5f, ForceMode.Impulse);
        }
    } 
    rocketCooldownTimer = rocketCooldown;
    charges--;
    yield break;
}```
This is the code

[keen galleon]

Hello, I have my project in Unity that consists of a player, with its corresponding movement script where within it I have an onGround bool to check if the player is jumping or not. I also have a camera that follows this player with its corresponding Script. I need the camera ONLY when the player jumps, not to alter its Y axis. Can anyone give me a hand?

[modest barn]

How do I fix this?

@cosmic dagger I tried to revert my changes and this happened 😢

[chrome valve]

also it works in some other scenes but not the older ones even if i updated the prefab

[verbal dome]

Why is this a coroutine?

You could just use a normal method and return instead of yield break

Also seems like you are using the "2D" way of doing raycasts. In 3D you can just do ```cs
if(Physics.Raycast(...))
{ ... }
else
{ ... }

instead of checking if the collider is null

[keen galleon]

@verbal dome can you help me pls?

[verbal dome]

Store your jump height in a variable when you jump

[cosmic dagger]

try not to ping specific people, you don't know how available they are to help (or if they even know how). someone will respond and help if they can . . .

[verbal dome]

And when your character is in a 'jumping' state, use that height for the camera's y position

[keen galleon]

Okey, sorry. Im new

[cosmic dagger]

yikes, never dealt with that before . . .

[modest barn]

And I barely understand Unity as well...

[keen galleon]

But I need my camera to stay fixed on Y, if the player jumps

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon Additionally you can do so that the camera's y position is the minimum of it's normal position and the jump start height

[verbal dome]

I'm literally explaining you how to do it

[keen galleon]

Okay, I'm sorry, my English is not very good and I haven't been programming in C# for a while.

But I still don't know how to do that, can I give you my code?

[verbal dome]

So lets say you make a new float jumpStartPosY in your movement class.
Set that float to the character's transform.position.y when you jump.
You also need a way of knowing when the player is jumping or not. So set a bool jumping to true when you jump, and set it to false when you hit the ground.
Now in your camera script, if jumping is true, limit your camera's position.y to the jumpStartPosY with Mathf.Min.

[feral flax]

It's trying to merge scene files but a regular merge tool won't be able to do it correctly due to Unity's YAML serialization. There is a tool you can use to do the merge but it requires a bit of set up. Unity has documentation for it here: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/SmartMerge.html

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon Mini tutorial here.

[modest barn]

Amazing, thank you!

[chrome valve]

its still setting the rocket position to the same random spot on the map after pressing the button

[keen galleon]

I'm going to try to do it, see if I can do it. thank you

[chrome valve]

the weird thing is this happened before and fixed itself and then broke again without changing anything

[verbal dome]

Use Debug.DrawLine/Debug.DrawRay to visualize your raycast

[verbal dome]

I doubt that

Maybe it was always broken slightly

But now it shows more

[modest barn]

@feral flax I'm trying to add the text

[merge]
    tool = unityyamlmerge

    [mergetool "unityyamlmerge"]
    trustExitCode = false
    cmd = '<path to UnityYAMLMerge>' merge -p "$BASE" "$REMOTE" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED"

To my .git or .gitconfig file as instructed. But I can't find either of those files in my project folder? Where are they normally contained?

Is it just this?

Its contents are:

[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = false
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    symlinks = false
    ignorecase = true
[submodule]
    active = .
[remote "origin"]
    url = https://github.com/AdiZ-1579887/CipherDecoderApp.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "main"]
    remote = origin
    merge = refs/heads/main
[lfs]
    repositoryformatversion = 0

So I'm guessing that is where it's meant to be

[chrome valve]

theres nothing wrong when i draw the ray with gizmos using the same parameters it still goes from the camera and out the specified distance

[feral flax]

.git will be a hidden folder so you might not be able to see it. It should be at the root of the workspace folder. .gitignore is usually in the same place as the .git but it could be in other locations as you can have as many as you like and they cascade. It's also possible you don't have a .gitignore if you never created one buit I assume you'd have a lot more issues if that was the case.

[verbal dome]

So the ray looks right? Your problem might be in the rocket's script, if it has one. Or whatever is moving it

[modest barn]

I didn't know where to save my .gitignore file initially so it's just in the project's root. You're saying it should just be inside the .git folder?

[feral flax]

ah, no, beside it

project root is fine

[modest barn]

Also I edited the config file and there is still a merge error. Do I need to do something?

The manual doesn't specify anything as far as I can see

[feral flax]

Yes, it won't automatically fix anything because it hasn't been run. you need to run the merge tool on the file in conflict

[modest barn]

So should I find the .exe in my Program Files?

[feral flax]

You can make git use the tool by instructing it to use the mergetool in command line. You can do that with git mergetool [path_to_conflicted_file]

[chrome valve]

currently it is just a raycast and placing the explosion on the point where it hit

[modest barn]

I do that from git bash, right? I have it installed but never used it as I've only used GitHub Desktop so far

[feral flax]

yes, git bash would work

[modest barn]

Great. Do I have to put the path in quotes?

I should just try it, sorry for asking so many questions haha

[feral flax]

that's okay. It only needs quotes if the path has any spaces

but having quotes when you don't need them is fine

[modest barn]

Cool. Somehow I can't paste the path, it's Ctrl + Shift + V, right?

[feral flax]

not in git bash, unfortunately. I think it might be Shift + Ins

[modest barn]

Oh no

Shift + Ins

Just right-clicked to check

Interesting choice. Thanks

But... I didn't use mergetooll?

[feral flax]

weird, it looks like it thinks you made a typo somehow?

[modest barn]

I tried it again and it worked, however it's giving me an error

[feral flax]

could be an invisible character from when you tried copy pasting

[keen galleon]

I have done everything you said and it doesn't work

[modest barn]

But it definitely is a git repo

[feral flax]

oh, also strange...

[verbal dome]

Right.. Show your code

[modest barn]

What does the : .git at the end mean?

Is that significant?

[feral flax]

it means it can't find the folder named .git which is where the repo part of the git repo would live on your hard drive

[modest barn]

How is that? I'll show you my directories

[feral flax]

It is essentially saying that the location you gave isn't set up as a git repo. Is it possible at all that you have the project in multiple places nad might have them mixed up? Otherwise, if the .git is there, I'm not sure why it can't find it.

[keen galleon]

I have written Osmal in the new thing that you told me to do

[modest barn]

Definitely is a git repo as I cloned the repo straight to there..

@feral flax however I'm trying to resolve the conflict manually but there are no conflicts in the file. There were 2 conflicts showing in GDesktop, I fixed that, now there is one. However when I click Show in VSCode, the .unity file opens up and there are no conflicts

However there is this:

Which is the only <<<<<<< HEAD in the entire file.

[feral flax]

It shows up twice?

[timber tide]

wat

[modest barn]

Which means it is the only conflict, correct?

[timber tide]

just delete it

[modest barn]

Tried that and the conflict doesn't disappear in GitHub Desktop

[timber tide]

how are you even getting merge conflicts with your own personal repository

[modest barn]

I should delete these three lines, correct?

[feral flax]

It looks like that file was committed with a merge conflict and this is a conflict with that conflict

[modest barn]

Tried reverting changes and somehow it did not work

Evidently

[feral flax]

That's the only way to get two <<<<<<< HEAD lines in a row

[modest barn]

Sounds about right

[modest barn]

Should I try this?

Or just the HEAD lines?

[verbal dome]

Sorry but it's in spanish (?) and I'm not going to translate it all

[feral flax]

Can you find any >>>>>> lines?

[modest barn]

What does > mean?

Incoming?

[keen galleon]

I'll translate it to English, wait.

[feral flax]

yeah, incoming changes

[modest barn]

Ok...

Can I just delete them?

All I care about right now is getting it working because I literally have 2 empty objects in my project - I'm not going to lose anything.

[verbal dome]

I don't see you setting saltando (is that jumping?) to true anywhere..

[feral flax]

I can't say for sure since. If these are the only places where it's showing up it looks like it's okay to delete all the <<<<<<< >>>>>>> and ======= lines

[modest barn]

First of all, should I delete those empty HEAD lines?

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon Come on, read my instructions very carefully before saying that it doesn't work. You aren't doing it right. Now youre just wasting my time

[solemn fractal]

!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.

[feral flax]

This is only possible because it looks like the conflict was from an insertion and nothing actually needed to be merged.

The real issue would be, if the file doesn't work after deleting those lines, that the first conflict that happened mangled the file. If that's the case then it'll be a fair bit more work to recover the file and changes and would need some git know-how.

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon Don't see you doing this anywhere

[modest barn]

Oh dear

[keen galleon]

anim.SetBool("salto", true); // salto (Parametro del animator) = TRUE para que realice la animacion
enSuelo = false;
ReproducirSonidoSalto();

// OSMAL

saltando = true;
jumpStartPosY = transform.position.y;```

[modest barn]

@feral flax I removed all that jazz and now GitHub Desktop allowed me to continue the merge

That's obviously a good sign, but does it void the possibility of that mangled file business?

[feral flax]

Not until you can open it in Unity

[verbal dome]

You need to set it to true when jumping
Is this your jump method?

[modest barn]

My scene came back! EVERYTHING IS FIXED

Andrew I would quite literally be so screwed without you

[feral flax]

Great news, glad I could help, ahaha

[modest barn]

Now I just have to figure out the bs issue that caused me to try and revert in the first place

[keen galleon]

yes

part of

[modest barn]

The entire editor crashes when I try to run the project

[verbal dome]

Paste the whole script in a paste site !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.

[modest barn]

So annoying because there are no errors or anything so I don't know what I have to do

[feral flax]

Have you checked the editor logs?

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon And use english names or I can't help

[modest barn]

Yep, the Console, you mean? Nothing there

Oh wait you mean actual logs

Where are they?

[feral flax]

ah, there is a file that has the console log. It's handy because if Untiy crashes there is usually some logging that happens you can't see

[keen galleon]

Camera orbit: https://gdl.space/fivodawaso.cs MovePlayer: https://gdl.space/enurumemil.cs

[modest barn]

Found the paths. I'll send it here

This makes no sense to me

[modest barn]

But I don't see anything resembling a failure

[feral flax]

Did you by chance open Unity again after the crash?

[modest barn]

Yes multiple times

[feral flax]

can you send the log that has prev in it?

when you open a new unity instance it overwrited the Editor.log with the new one, but it does keep the previous log around

[verbal dome]

The jumping in your camera script is not the same bool as the jumping in your player script.
You need to reference the player script from the camera script and get the bool from there.

Just having the same name doesn't magically make them the same value

[modest barn]

This is weird

Couldn't extract exception string from exception of type StackOverflowException (another exception of class 'StackOverflowException' was thrown while processing the stack trace)

What even is StackOverflow? Never heard of that

[keen galleon]

How do I do that?

Sorry Osmal, I'm Spanish and it's hard for me to understand English.

[verbal dome]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7ybBDhrY4&t=3s

[modest barn]

Unity Inexplicably Crashing

[verbal dome]

Referencing objects from other scripts is something you should learn as soon as possible

[true pasture]

i know this is a dumb question but Im getting confused can interfaces actually run functions themselves? or are they just blueprints for monobehaviors. Like I can't use this function in my interface because it destroys something?. Which makes me think im using this completely wrong.

[feral flax]

they are just blueprints, no logic.

[verbal dome]

Is this inside the interface itself or the class that implements it?

[true pasture]

the interface

so interfaces don't really do anything?

[verbal dome]

Okay the newer C# versions have default interface support

Which you seem to be using

Destroy is a method in UnityEngine.Object and anything that inherits from it, such as MonoBehaviour

So you can try UnityEngine.Object.Destroy

Or just implement it in your monobehaviour

[static cedar]

I keep forgetting that Destroy is a static method.

[verbal dome]

Normally you can just write Destroy(...) if your script class is a MonoBehaviour but the interface is not

[true pasture]

yeah, okay that does work. would it be possible to implement OnTriggerEnter in an interface?

maybe ill just do that in monobehaviors im still figuring out the best way to do this

[summer stump]

Since you don't call OnTriggerEnter directly, I'm not sure why you would want to, but sure, in newer c#
Seems antithetical to the purpose of an interface

[verbal dome]

Hmm technically yes but it sounds a bit unusual

[solemn fractal]

I really have a problem here and would love if someone would take the time to help me out.

[true pasture]

ive googled it, but im curious what you personally use interfaces for? Would I be missing out significantly not to use them?

[static cedar]

Abstraction.

[keen galleon]

@verbal dome CameraOrbit: https://gdl.space/dugecawara.cs MovePlayer: https://gdl.space/oxacalaqoz.cs

doesnt work

[feral flax]

They are useful when you want to have a reference to an object with specific functionality but don't want or need to know the specific implementation of the interface.

[cosmic dagger]

to limit access of a type through interfaces. you can only access the members of an interface instead of all members of a type . . .

[keen galleon]

and already refer to the objects and everything

[verbal dome]

I suppose that GetEnSuelo is now GetIsGrounded ? Because they have different names in those scripts

[solemn fractal]

guess not, well first time after 3 weeks programming non stop i see something that really doesnt make sense for me.

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon I took a quick look, the new part of the code seems to be OK.
Next make sure that isGrounded is actually true when you are on the ground, and same with jumping when you are jumping.
You can use the inspector, Debug.Log or GUI.Label to debug the values.

[cosmic dagger]

try simplifying the approach. instantiate the boss using the prefab variable, remove some health, then log the value of the health. do all of this in one script and check the logs. comment out the other stuff . . .

[solemn fractal]

i am 4h hours now creating all debug logs possible and trying all the ways possible. .but doesnt make sense.. anyways whatever.. i will try an ugly really ugly way to fix the problem.. its a lot of code for u guys to check and try to understand with me what is happening .. ty anyways

[keen galleon]

They are the same, only in the method of being on the ground in moving player it has been translated and in the method of the camera it has not been because he has left it literalç

[verbal dome]

@keen galleon I think the problem is herecs if (movementScript != null && movementScript.GetEnSuelo()) { jumping = false; }

Setting jumping to false in the camera script will not set it to false in the movement script

[keen galleon]

okay, I'll try it

[verbal dome]

The jumping in the camera script is a copy of the bool, not the same value

Just remove that code ^ from the camera script and move it into the movement script.
Just set jumping to false when isGrounded becomes true.

[verbal dome]

Read my latest messages first

[keen galleon]

okey

[wooden shard]

is it bad to instantiate inside an instantiate?

[verbal dome]

That would spawn two objects

Also that line is really unreadable lol

Don't be afraid to break it into multiple lines

[wooden shard]

thanks

[true pasture]

(Ty guys for all the help its making a lot more sense now) Whats the point of making a health int in my interface? I can't set it in the inspector like with a monobehavior, what would I do with the health int?

Im attaching this interface to a monobehavior with a health variable already

[verbal dome]

You could draw a health bar after getting the Health value from the interface, for example.

The idea is that it's not tied to any specific class

I'm not great at explaining this lol

[true pasture]

So how does the health stat on my monobehaviour interact with the Idamageable Health variable?

thats the part I dont get

[verbal dome]

The value in the monobehaviour is the value that is ultimately used

The interface just says 'hey I have a health variable'

[static cedar]

That's the thing with interfaces, you can't have fields. get; set; in classes normally makes a hidden field, but in interfaces, that doesn't happen.

So you need to implement the Health getter and setter from the interface.

[verbal dome]

if(someObject.TryGetComponent(out IDamageable damageable))
{
  DrawHealthBar(damageable);
}``` Simple example

[static cedar]

You can explicitly implement it. Since I personally find it redundant to have multiple access to the Health value when referring to it as the type itself.

[keen galleon]

@verbal dome I have used Debug.Log on the player's movement, and when he jumps, the bool for being on the ground is set to false and the bool for jumping is set to true. I have also deleted the part of the camera code that you told me but it still doesn't work.

[verbal dome]

You can serialize the property of the monobehaviour like thiscs [field: SerializeField] int IDamageable.Health { get; set; }
It will show in the inspector

[verbal dome]

Did you do this in the movement script?

Don't skip steps

[keen galleon]

yes

of course

wait

[verbal dome]

Well show your code again

[keen galleon]

Camera:https://gdl.space/ivobepuvuf.cs

Player: https://gdl.space/efefomecin.cs

[true pasture]

am I misunderstanding how this works? why cant i use this variable?

[verbal dome]

I still don't see you setting jumping to false when you are grounded

[verbal dome]

What is the error?

[cosmic dagger]

all you really need to check is this . . .

FinalBossOne finalBossOne = Instantiate(_finalBossOne, new Vector3(_player.transform.position.x + 5, _player.transform.position.y 20.5f, 0), Quaternion.identity);
finalBossOne.ApplyDamage(5f); // Use your actual damage method.
Debug.Log($"Health: <color=cyan>{finalBossOne._finalBOCurrentHealth}</color>.");

[verbal dome]

Maybe you need to access it with IDamageable.Health but I'm not sure, I'm on an older C# version.

[true pasture]

i tried that too

[static cedar]

It's explicitly implemented.
You have to cast this to IHittable.

If you want to implicitly implement it, remove the IHittable part and add public.

[cosmic dagger]

interfaces don't have variables; you mean the property?

[keen galleon]

now yes: https://gdl.space/ipolurojuy.cs

[cosmic dagger]

you have IDamageable.Health, remove the IDamageable part . . .

[keen galleon]

still not working

[verbal dome]

Why didn't you do it before, I even asked twice and you said yes

[summer stump]

As Lilac said, for abstraction.

1. It's as close to multi-inheritence as there is in c#. You can have many interfaces that a class inherits from.
2. You can also do things like TryGetComponent(out IInteractable interactable)
   And many different classes could implement their own interaction methods. The calling class doesn't have to know what implementation is actually is, or what class implements it.

There are many other reasons to use it too

[true pasture]

it has to, thats part of the interface implementation

[keen galleon]

because I've been dealing with this error all day and I'm already a little tired and desperate

sorry

[verbal dome]

Take a break and try again tomorrow

[static cedar]

You read what I said?
You can also implicitly implement it.

[cosmic dagger]

nah, it is not mandatory . . .

[true pasture]

i really dont understand what youre saying srry

[verbal dome]

Honestly it's really annoying trying to help and you just ignore some steps

Read everything 5 times before replying from now on

[open gull]

I need to measure the distance between the shot object and the target object frequently, but when I shoot, I create a new variable that can't be accessed in the void update, how do I measure the distance between these 2 objects while the shots are in the scene?

I've tried using "float distance = Vector2.Distance(temporary.transform.position, targetMiddle.transform.position);" but it's no use, since it's only executed once after the click, not continuously.

(Forgive me if I didn't make sense, it's confusing even for me LOL)

[static cedar]

The compiler will automatically know that it implants the interface, that's pretty much it.

[verbal dome]

Implant lol

[keen galleon]

I need to deliver this project well done in two hours

[verbal dome]

Then you better pay some attention. Can't say much else

[cosmic dagger]

make distancia a class field instead of a local variable . . .

[keen galleon]

ok, but I already did everything you said and it still doesn't work

[static cedar]

[field: SerializeField] public int Health { get; set; }
@true pasture compiler will know that you implement the interface implicitly IF the access is public and the name is the same.

[verbal dome]

Good luck, I don't have motivation to help you today, sorry

Most likely you did something differently again

[keen galleon]

I have passed you the code and you yourself can see that everything is as you have said. I have already told you that I am starting with this and that I do not understand English well. I do what I can

[verbal dome]

Sure, but you keep responding that you did everything I said and you really didn't

Just wasting my time

Might want to find a spanish speaking unity server if one exists

[true pasture]

is this what you mean bc its not recognizing it

[keen galleon]

Well nothing, thanks for the help. If anyone else can help me I would appreciate it.

[keen galleon]

they do not exist

[open gull]

works in parts, the game only returns the value once, I need it to return it while the object is in the scene

[cosmic dagger]

show the EnemyMono class . . .

[keen galleon]

I'm asking here for a reason, it's my last option.

[static cedar]

I forgot one more thing.
The member in the interface also has to be public.

Idk if you did.

Wait.

I meant in the class. @true pasture

[static cedar]

The EnemyMono should have this.

Sorry.

Didn't clarified enough.

[true pasture]

okay it worked

man this is rough ty guys for the help

[static cedar]

NGL, you could have right clicked the EnemyMono class and go to quick refactoring (I think) and you should have the Implement IDamageable.

And you have two options there.

[true pasture]

i did it implemented it with the Idamageable.Health version

[static cedar]

Explicitly, Implicitly.

[true pasture]

ok

lemme check

okay now it works and I see what you mean by implicit or explicit

okay so now I can access the health of everything Idamageable without knowing what monobehaviour its on i think right?

[static cedar]

The difference between explicit and implicit is pretty much you have to cast itself to the interface when it's explicit.

[true pasture]

like thats the main benefit right?

[static cedar]

Yep.

Different Mono behaviour can also use the same interface.

That's the abstraction part.
You shouldn't need to know the Monobehaviour itself.

[true pasture]

Okay yeah the hard part was figuring out how to use the interface variables ty for the help!

[gray bough]

This is the inspector for the camera. When you press play the money variable is set to 100 and I added the console log on SubtractMoney method and realized the method is never actually getting called. But I do not know why

[true pasture]

or i guess soimeone said they arent variables but members

[static cedar]

Well yeah, interfaces can't have variables or fields.
And getter and setter are secretly just methods.

[cosmic dagger]

based on your code, it will get the distance if atirou is true . . .

[static cedar]

{ get; set; } are just sugar.
It basically means it makes a variable behind it automatically when used inside a class or struct.

[cosmic dagger]

start by remembering interfaces don't have variables, only properties, methods, events, and indexers. that is the main (and only part) confusing you . . .

[static cedar]

Events?

[cosmic dagger]

you created a Health variable, not a property. that's why it didn't work . . .

[cosmic dagger]

Action OnAction;
Action<int> OnIntAction;

[static cedar]

Still field aren't they?

[cosmic dagger]

nope, a field is just a class-level variable . . .

they're members . . .

any field, property, indexer, method, or event is called a class member . . .

[summer stump]

So you're saying you DO see the debug in OnTriggerEnter that logs other.name though?

[gray bough]

yes

[summer stump]

Call getcomponent in start. Or better yet, just drag the object into a PlayerMoney field.
I can only think that the GetComponent call is causing issues?

It is getting TO the point where it would call SubtractMoney..

[gray bough]

I don't really understand putting the getcomponent in start

[summer stump]

The script is on the same object... there is no reason to call it EVERY time OnTriggerEnter is run

Just do it one time in the Start method and save it as a variable

public PlayerMoney money;
void Start() {
money = GetComponent<PlayerMoney>();
}

[gray bough]

I'm having it on OnTriggerEnter because I want it to call the method every time a specific type of game object is clicked on. And I want to make different tags so that different objects send different values to be subtracted

[summer stump]

That is not a good reason to have the getcomponent call in OnTriggerEnter

The way I suggested above means you can just do: money.SubtractMoney(amount);

That way you have the reference, it is saved, you can use it as many times as you want with any amount you want

[gray bough]

I made the changes you suggested and it still picks up the object but still doesnt make it to the subtract method

[summer stump]

Double click those logs and see where it takes you

[gray bough]

this is what my code currently looks like

[gray bough]

it takes me here

[summer stump]

Ok, so your OnTriggerEnter method never runs

Go through this to find out why
https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

Btw, this is why you should have more descriptive logs.
Like Debug.Log($"Trigger Collision with {other.name} by {gameObject.name}", gameObject);

If it's just the name, it is less clear where it's coming from.
You had three debugs (at least) ONLY showing a name.

[gray bough]

So I realized that the objects im clicking and "picking up" still had a different script as a component and I am no longer using that other script. So I tried taking the code from it to put into my current scripts but now the gameobjects are not being destroyed and the subtract method is still not being called

[keen galleon]

I pay $5 to whoever solves this for me. Hello, I have my project in Unity that consists of a player, with its corresponding movement script where within it I have an onGround bool to check if the player is jumping or not. I also have a camera that follows this player with its corresponding Script. I need the camera ONLY when the player jumps, not to alter its Y axis. Can anyone give me a hand?

[queen adder]

camera.transform.position = new Vector2(player.transform.position, camera.transform.position.y, `camera.transform.position.z)

can change depending on your game

[summer stump]

Did you go through that link?
Do you have a rigidbody or character controller on one of the objects? Colliders on both with isTrigger selected on one?

[gray bough]

I did. I have a box collider 2d

[keen galleon]

look md

[queen adder]

md?

[keen galleon]

private message

[summer stump]

On BOTH objects (including the camera?)
And one being a trigger?
And what about the rigidbody or character controller?

[gray bough]

I don't have it on the camera but I do have it set as the trigger

[summer stump]

Well that is why it doesn't work

The object with the script needs a collider.

And AGAIN, what about a character controller or rigidbody?

You're not being very clear

[gray bough]

I have never used either of those so I'm not familiar with what they do

[summer stump]

You need one on either of the colliding objects for OnTriggerEnter to register.
In short, you are missing a lot
This is why it isn't working

CharacterController is a built-in movement controller
Rigidbody is a component for physics/movement

Are you moving your player with the transform?

You may want to just manually do spatial queries on your own like OverlapCircle

[gray bough]

No I am not, I don't have a player. I just want the player to click on objects and have a counter deincrement

[summer stump]

Clicking would usually be done with a raycast or something like that.
What is the OnTriggerEnter supposed to do if you aren't even moving?

OnTriggerEnter is for physics collisions

[gray bough]

This is essentially a very bare bones shop function. The player mouse clicks on a still object, and a text UI component with a value subtracts the "value" (int) from their total

[summer stump]

No, I understand
I'm saying OnTriggerEnter is not the right thing to use here
Scrap it. Use a raycast
Or OnMouseOver or something

[true pasture]

getcomponent takes more resources so better to call few times

[summer stump]

It's actually very cheap (even when it fails, which is comparatively much more costly), but it's always best to do less whenever possible.

[true pasture]

its not expensive but it is best to minimize yeah

Should I just move all my stats to an interface?

or would that cause a problem? I can't think of one.

[teal viper]

Interfaces can't have fields.

[true pasture]

yeah i know

[ivory bobcat]

You could probably have a struct with those as it's contents - they're all value types.

[true pasture]

ok

ty

[cosmic dagger]

even better, create a Stat class and have a list or dictionary of Stats . . .

[timber tide]

An interface could work and you can just pass the class ref as the interface without exposing the whole script.

depends how you want to calculate it though. On the actual enemy class or some other utility class for all that.

[summer stump]

For what purpose? Does some script need to know max health to pass damage to the IDamageable interface? What about Attack? BounceOff?

If it makes sense then sure.

To me, I feel like IDamageable should have a ReceiveDamage(float amount) method
Maybe with an enum for damage type.

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, that makes more sense to me . . .

[timber tide]

Right, IDamagable should already have the health to pass around

so that's fine as is