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[verbal dome]

Yeah that's what I meant with the FixedUpdate thing.

[summer stump]

The Input should be in Update, only movement in FixedUpdate

Oh, wait. It's in both?

[verbal dome]

Getting continuous input is totally fine in FixedUpdate

[verbal dome]

That's a common misconception

[flint wind]

sorry, i just fixed that

[verbal dome]

Because one-time inputs like GetKeyDown will work poorly in FixedUpdate

[summer stump]

Ok, good to know

[summer stump]

Ah, makes sense

[summer stump]

You still set velocity in both

[verbal dome]

And according to my testing, I actually recommend getting the input in FixedUpdate.
FixedUpdate runs just before Update. So if you use the input values from Update, your FixedUpdate will use the last frame's input

Does that make sense?

It causes a 1-frame delay which is not easy to spot but worse regardless

[summer stump]

Yeah, but that would be for continuous only, right?
That does make sense

[verbal dome]

Yep, continuous only.
Surprisingly I have never heard anyone else mention it, kinda figured it out on my own🤔

I'm such a pioneer

[flint wind]

    {
        rb = gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
        sr = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update() 
    {
        RaycastHit hit;
        Vector3 castPos = transform.position;
        castPos.y += 1;
        if (Physics.Raycast(castPos, -transform.up, out hit, Mathf.Infinity, terrainLayer))
        {
            if (hit.collider != null)
            {
                Vector3 movePos = transform.position;
                movePos.y = hit.point.y + groundDist;
                transform.position = movePos;
            }
        }
    }

    
    private void FixedUpdate() 
    {


        float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        float y = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
        Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(x, 0, y);
        rb.velocity = moveDir * speed;

        rb.MovePosition(rb.position + moveDir.normalized * speed * Time.fixedDeltaTime); 

        animator.SetFloat("Horizontal", x);
        animator.SetFloat("Vertical", y);
        animator.SetFloat("Speed", moveDir.sqrMagnitude);

        
        if(x < 0)
        {
            sr.flipX = false;
        }
        else if (x > 0)
        {
            sr.flipX = true;
        }
    }

}

[flint wind]

does this look right?

[verbal dome]

Why did you change it?

I said "yes, that's what I mean" when you showed your updated code

Keep rendering related things in Update: animator, spriterenderer

[flint wind]

Sorry let me change that

This is my first time using unity so sorry if im being annoying lol

        animator.SetFloat("Horizontal", x);
        animator.SetFloat("Vertical", y);
        animator.SetFloat("Speed", moveDir.sqrMagnitude);

added that as well

[verbal dome]

To Update, right?

[flint wind]

yes

[verbal dome]

Now remove the rb.velocity line from Update
Also using both velocity and MovePosition is weird, maybe try with velocity only?

And you might want to add .normalized after moveDir in the rb.velocity line, maybe not

[flint wind]

hows this

[verbal dome]

Remove the rb.MovePosition line. You are already moving the rb with velocity

[verbal dome]

I wasn't talking about the code in the top. Change the name back to movePos.

Also, replace transform.position = movePos with rb.MovePosition(movePos). If your object has a rigidbody, you shouldn't move it with transform. Use rigidbody methods instead

[verbal dome]

Looks better, try it out

You probably need to make speed higher now that you removed the MovePosition line

[cunning heath]

How can I manually stop an editor script (Sometimes it runs for 5-10 minutes or so and I need to stop it)

Any keyboard shortcut?

[verbal dome]

It really looks like another script is changing the flipX too. It shouldn't behave like this

Or maybe an animation is changing it

[teal viper]

You'll need to incorporate the stopping logic into the script code.🤷‍♂️

Is it async? A coroutine? Or just an update that runs in the editor?

[cunning heath]

I am trying out wave function collapse to generate terrain randomly

just regular for loop and recursion

[teal viper]

Well, that would just freeze the editor while it's executing. And you can't stop it from the outside.

[cunning heath]

Ah so I have to force quit then

[teal viper]

You could try manipulating the loop from the debugger if you need to stop it right now.

But better add a stopping logic/make it execute asynchronously after that.

[verbal dome]

I do suggest async or coroutines for things like map generation. For coroutines in the editor you need the EditorCoroutines package.
It gives you a chance to visualize the generation process too

Watching your map get formed is fun and helps with debugging

[cunning heath]

Thanks will check it out. I didn't think visualizing it was possible after searching in google but this gave me something to read about

[cunning heath]

Do you mean editing in Visual studio or something else?

[flint wind]

I think by just removing the if(x < 0) { sr.flipX = false; } else if (x > 0) { sr.flipX = true; } itll fix it but I was hoping for the rest animation to be looking right after moving right instead of left

[verbal dome]

Are you using a joystick/controller?

[flint wind]

keyboard but I do plan on using controller in the near future

[teal viper]

The debugger is a feature of an ide(visual studio in your case). You could modify the value that the loop condition checks to break out of it early.
If you don't know how to use the debugger, it's a whole separate topic.@cunning heath

[verbal dome]

And you earlier showed code where you were only setting flipX to false but it was still flipping it. That's what makes me think that another script or animation is doing something.

[cunning heath]

Ok will check it out

[teal viper]

And to make your code execute asynchronously, yes, you need to write it in an async way(async/coroutine).

[cunning heath]

ah

So you mean to write this as an editor coroutine and have a method to stop execution if i need to as well

[flint wind]

well the only other script I have is a script that allows the sprite to billboard when ever the camera moves

[teal viper]

Yes.

[verbal dome]

For testing purposes, change it to: cs if(x < -0.5f) { sr.flipX = false; } else if (x > 0.5f) { sr.flipX = true; }

And tell me if it changes anything

[verbal dome]

Hmm... Okay next test, comment those lines out completely. Surround that same code with comments: cs /* code here */

It's like deleting the code, but you can bring it back by removing the /* */

[frozen surge]

Hi what usually causes when your using an asset that is working on the sample but when you used it to your own character it doesnt interact with it?

[verbal dome]

See? Something else is flipping it.

Do this:

1. Use your code editor to search the scripts for flipX
2. Check the animations that you are using and see if they are modifying SpriteRenderer.flipX

[frozen surge]

the falling platform doesnt detect my character for some reason

[teal viper]

Something missing in the setup. It could be many different causes.

[teal viper]

Well, how does it detect the ground?

[verbal dome]

Another important one @flint wind:
3. Check if anything is modifying your player's transform.localScale

Including the animations

[rich adder]

do you have trigger?

[frozen surge]

this what in the code i had the tag alr on the character

[frozen surge]

yes

[rich adder]

OnCollision doesn't work with trigger

[frozen surge]

what usually best one for the falling plat?

[rich adder]

put trigger a bit above it in a separate object

then disable the main solid collider when you enter trigger

[teal viper]

What exactly is "falling plat". You'll need to make it clear for us to understand as we don't know anything about your project.

[frozen surge]

im making obstacle course

[teal viper]

That doesn't make it much clearer.

[verbal dome]

Falling platform or a platform that you can fall through?
Falling platinum?

[frozen surge]

making like a wipe out game for assignment

[frozen surge]

platform

[verbal dome]

What should happen when the platform hits you?

And is it really a platform, or just solid?

[frozen surge]

it should disappear when being stepped in

[verbal dome]

Ah now I see. I was also thinking something different

You should just say that in the first place

[teal viper]

Still not entirely clear. Never heard of that game. Maybe explain the general idea of the game and/or share a link to the game you're referring to. Google provides several different results and I'm not sure which one you're talking about.

[verbal dome]

Like a block that falls when you step on it, right?

[rich adder]

I think they mean a game like obstacle course like fall guys or w/e

[flint wind]

I think I see my problem. In the animator window I have the rest sprite originally looking left. I guess what im looking for is how to flip the x of the rest sprite after moving right

[verbal dome]

Just do all the 3 steps that I listed. Something is clearly modifying either your flipX or transform.localScale

But yeah, usually sprites face right, so you might wanna fix that

[flint wind]

I did check through all my components and nothing modifies the x of the sprite

[verbal dome]

3 steps

That's just one step, or two, depending on what you mean with "x" of the sprite

[inner skiff]

Would someone here be able to help me with my parallax script or settings in unity? I’m running into this wild problem where I need to make my images like 100x bigger as they get further into the background, making it near impossible to design a level

[wintry quarry]

Doesn't sound code related - but sounds like perhaps you are accidentally using a perspective camera in your 2D game.

[inner skiff]

Oh yeah, I think it is set to perspective. Should I be using Orthographic instead? I tried switching to that but once I do I lose my parallax effect entirely

[wintry quarry]

For a 2D game generally you use Orthographic - yes

In 3D parallax would come automatically, as it's a side effect of perspective effects

2D games often use scripts to simulate parallax by moving images around at different rates depending on the "distance" of the image to the camera.

When you said "my parallax script" I assumed you were using or creating such a script

[inner skiff]

Yeah I have a basic script made for parallax scrolling but it doesn’t seem to work when I set the camera to Orthographic

[wintry quarry]

then you have an issue in your script

[inner skiff]

Ahh okay. Tyty. Just having a lead on where the problem exists is nice. I’ll start poking around in there

[inner skiff]

Would you mind looking over my script if I post a pic?

[wintry quarry]

!code

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[inner skiff]

how do i link it once i'm done?

Do I just copy and paste the whole code now?

[wintry quarry]

no you share the link from the paste site

i don't know which one you're using but generally you press a save button somewhere then share the link here

[inner skiff]

https://gdl.space/zovifakivu.cpp

Noice, I think that’s it

[wraith wadi]

hey Thank you soo much
i finally understand it now and I did it.
The aim is perfect now.
i am still new and learning vectors and unity. Thank you 😍

[gloomy urchin]

have you got it working?

[flint wind]

I fixed my problem, thank you to urs and A.. help

i also have another issue

its with my billboard script

[wintry quarry]

you don't have a MainCamera in the scene

[verbal dome]

Something on that line is null, it has to be Camera.main.
Your camera needs to have the "MainCamera" tag

[flint wind]

Yup that fixed it, thank you!

[teal elk]

I’m currently working on a project in Unity and I’ve encountered an issue that I’m having trouble resolving.

The problem lies in the instantiation of a gun object in my game. Here is the line of code where the issue occurs:

equippedGun = Instantiate(gunToEquip, weaponHold.position, weaponHold.rotation) as Gun;
equippedGun.transform.parent = weaponHold;```
The gunToEquip is supposed to instantiate at the weaponHold.position with the weaponHold.rotation. However, it seems that the gun is being instantiated with incorrect values. I’ve checked the gunToEquip prefab and the weaponHold’s transform values, and they seem to be set correctly. The equippedGun is also correctly set as a child of the weaponHold.

Despite this, the gun does not appear as expected in the game. I’m unsure if the issue lies within these lines of code or if it’s related to another part of the script or the game setup.                                                                                  
I would greatly appreciate any guidance or advice you could provide on this issue. Thank you for your time and assistance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I’ve attached an image of the gun as a prefab. This image shows the gun when it’s manually dragged to the weaponHold point in the scene. There’s also an image of the gun when it’s instantiated at the weaponHold point during runtime.

[raven trout]

What does the WeaponHold rotation look like?

On the gun, when its attached to the WeaponHold in the editor can you set all of the rotation values to zero and see if it looks like the second picture

[teal elk]

here is how the weapon hold looks (image 1), the gun it looks the same , like when it's spawned, the roation is all zero.

[raven trout]

Yeah so thats the problem

you could make another gameobject with the correct orientation, as a child of the current WeaponHold

and then use that as the weaponhold

and it should work

[teal elk]

it works thank you very much

[twin hill]

Hi guys im new i have a question, Why does the line extend from a fixed point? I can't take it where I want. i need it like second img protected virtual void OnDrawGizmos(){ Gizmos.DrawLine(transform.position, new Vector3(groundCheck.position.x, groundCheck.position.y - groundCheckDistance)); } }

okkey i fix

it

[distant mesa]

anyone know how to fix this?
tried reimporting, restarting, deleting library, changing the manifest.json file etc. This also happends when we try to make a new Unity project and add OpenXR in.

[queen adder]

Can anyone help me with making a limited radius vision in a 2d side scroller? I couldn't find anything on it and i just want it to do this to make a point for a project for school.

[rare basin]

what exactly do you need help with

what have you done so far

[queen adder]

i've made all the movement for the sprite and I am currently working on the enemies. What I aim to do is make it so that the player can not see the full screen and only a small circle around them that follows them sort of like this

I'm doing this because I want to make a top down game and I have to talk about the disadvantages of what I want to achieve in a side scroller

[rare basin]

best would be to write a custom shader for that

or you can try with just a simple light attached to your character

but shader would be the best

or, you can also achieve it with layers and masks

[queen adder]

okay thank you, do you have any examples or videos to recommend for this?

[rare basin]

make a layer mask, set the camera culling mask, add this layer there

add Mask component to Camera

then make a script for it

with X radius

so the camera will render only things inside this radius

and set camera's solid color to black

[queen adder]

thank you

[young smelt]

For some reason when I change scenes, the event in the new scene bugs out and gives error

god I can't even explain the error because I don't even understand it

forget it

[rare nexus]

Hi everyone! I'm having an issue where when I make a prefab, the transforms I set in my script don't save and change to "None" (blank).

A photo for context.

[fossil drum]

Because it references something in the scene, and it's not in the scene anymore. You can reference something inside the prefab.

[rare nexus]

I'm refrencing the transforms of something literally in scene though?

Like the transforms I'm mentioning to the script are children of the player, which is active. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

[fossil drum]

Prefabs don't know anything about the scene, that's my point. You can also drop that prefab into a scene without a Player for example.
The weapon stuff it knows, because its inside the same prefab.

The Player, Gun Container, and FPS cam are not part of this prefab right? Those are things inside the scene.

[rare nexus]

No

So if I'm understanding right. The transforms have to be PART of the gun this script is on for this to not happen, and the fact that I'm referencing my player is why this happens?

[fossil drum]

Yeah, it can't reference things not in the prefab. So normally (as far as I know, I normally don't use MonoBehaviours anymore) you get the references from either a Manager object that has those objects cached or you search for it.

[rare nexus]

You know, now that you're mentioning it, this makes sense.

How's Unity supposed to reference the transform of a totally different object every time when this weapon prefab spawns in?

[ancient zenith]

what exactly are you trying to do

[rare nexus]

I didn't think about it like that. And I'm not using a manager yet, so. This answers my question.

[ancient zenith]

most the time, people want something and they don't realize what they want isn't what they need

[modest dust]

A prefab is a "template" of a GameObject which you can instantiate in any given scene.
You cannot reference anything scene-related in the prefab which is not a part of that prefab. Think of it as if the prefab was in a separate scene than your player, etc.

If you want references then pass them into it when instantiating

[rare nexus]

Yeah, I realize that now

I didn't before

[modest dust]

Some kind of Init method

[rare nexus]

Apparently, things are more specific and require more thought than I had expected. Which is fine. We live and learn.

[fossil drum]

[craggy lava]

How do i make a firework rocket like in Firework mainia??

[fossil drum]

Don't crosspost.

[ancient zenith]

ask ChatGPT

[fossil drum]

Oh you removed it in the other channel, nevermind then.

[teal viper]

We don't know what's firework mainia, so you'll need to provide some more info.

[rare nexus]

On the topic of a Manager. How would I do it? Just a scriptable object to store the info, then reference the manager though the weapon script? So it goes Weapon script --> Manager --> Player as a link?

My grab script is what allows me to pick up (and by extension, drop) weapons.

[craggy lava]

So i want to make a firework you light with a lighter tool but i need a firework rocket that can be launced and then if it hits something it would do like in the real world like bounce and when it explodes it would like have a explosion force and this thing might be in code general but i will try beginner first

[rare basin]

so with what exactly do you have issue

what have you done so far

[fossil drum]

I'm not saying this is the most optimal solution, but I had a singleton Manager inside the scene which I can just reference everywhere, which already knows the most common references to objects.
So then you can do this in the Awake methods of your scripts that need the reference:
player = Scene1Manager.Player; or what ever you want. That way you don't have to Find all the things again, which could provide some hickups in the FPS if you do a lot of those at once.

[rare basin]

share some code

[rare basin]

in fact using any Find() type method is a bad practice in my opinion and you never really need to use them with proper architecture

correct me if im wrong, these functions no need to exist, atleast for me

[craggy lava]

I have a Particle Graph that launches a firework in the air but like it cant like shoot sideways and bouce of like a slope and there is no force when it explodes

[rare nexus]

I also have no idea how to use scriptable objects still, despite having been told by someone that they're "Super powerful". But to be fair I am a beginner, so. Need time to wrap my head around them.

[rare basin]

so what exactly do you have problem with

you are asking such general questions

[fossil drum]

They are nice convenience methods that shouldn't be in a production ready game. I agree with that. Just testing out stuff without the need to serialize anything could be nice in some cases.

[rare basin]

I've been porting a game once to xbox, and we got a project with like nested for loops with Find() looking for objects by string in Update()

it didin't even run

[fossil drum]

Yeah, that's sounds terrible.

[rare basin]

it was funny tho xD

[craggy lava]

That is there is no like physics like if it turns sideways it still shoots up and the firework if i put a slope about it wouldnt like turn

[rare basin]

well, you need to implement it

[craggy lava]

Yea idk how

[rare basin]

show the code you've done so far

[craggy lava]

its a VFX graph

[rare basin]

this is a code related channel

[craggy lava]

true

[rare basin]

if you want to add force to your particles from VFX graph i believe there is "Add Force" method in there

Add Block > Forces > Add Force

but you might need to make your own script for more advanced physics you want to achieve

[craggy lava]

Thanks i will take a look and i asked in VFX and Particles

[ancient zenith]

example of how I use scriptalbe objects

they are good for storing data that will not change during runtime in game. They help keep the game file size a lot smaller when you build the game.

[rare nexus]

Yes, I know what they're for and I've watched tutorials. I don't know how to use them because code related stuff is a hard to remember for me.

[ancient zenith]

Well you just need a refrence to the scriptable object then take the data from the scriptiable object. That is all.

[timber tide]

They're just data objects at core, otherwise you'd use stuff like plain text or json if you wanted to say give your gun a default amount of stats like damage and bullet capacity.

what makes them much more useful is we can reference other project assets or other data objects directly from the inspector without having to explicitly code in their path.

[ancient zenith]

so in my game i literally have 1 enemy prefab for all my enemies in my game. At runtime I make a enemy pool of 1,000 enemies. Then I just move them around and give them a new refrence to an enemy scriptable object. (some games you don't want to do this but for this game its fine and good)
that code there in the method "ChangeSprites()" I have a refrence to the scriptable object which actually contains all the data of this enemy so I can change this 1 enemy prefab to the enemy I want.

[rare nexus]

I love how the two of you help me understand this more than 97% of the tutorials I've watched and in less time 😆

[ancient zenith]

Majority of tutorials don't teach you the correct way of doing things.

The reason I make a pool of enemies is cuz this game there are thousands of enemies being killed in a minute

So instead of Instantiating/Destroying them, I just disable the enemy, then move and activate it again when needed

[rare nexus]

Because instantiating would cause performance issues right?

[ancient zenith]

It saves performance and reduces garbage collection

Whenever you destroy something, it creates garbage and the comp has to get rid of it sometime which then can cause lag spikes

So I keep my 1000 enemies in the game at all times so there is no garbage

Those are my enemies btw.

They are all made by 1 enemy prefab. But I take enemy scriptable objects to replace their sprites at runtime.

[rare basin]

you can use them much better btw

instead of having one big SO with all the weapon data, you can split it into multiple SO

so you have WeaponData (SO) with references to WeaponAudioData (SO), WeaponVFXData(SO) etc

easier to work with in bigger projects

[ancient zenith]

i only have attack and hit audio though, and it's only attack and hit vfx

but i can see that

[rare basin]

yea, if you grow this project

it becomes kinda pain to manipulate this big chunk of SO

instead if you want to change the hit VFX of a certain weapon, you just go into PistolVFXData for example

and change it there

it also gives you more control, so if you want to have List<VFX> for each weapon and pick one randomly everytime you shoot

[ancient zenith]

i don't have issues currently

[rare basin]

you can just make GetRandomHitVFX() inside the PistolVFXData.cs

combining this with Odin's Inspector [InlineEditor] attribute you can do things very fast and efficient

[ancient zenith]

yea i've done this before. idk if i should do that in this game. it's good for like open world survival games. This is just arcade game.

[rare basin]

well, it's always good to make a good, clean code, no? ;p

doesn't matter if its big or small project

maybe in the future you will come back to this project and want to extend it with some mechanics

it's also keeping the SOLID principles

[ancient zenith]

so you think I should have more S.O. for 1 weapon even if I'm just using what I told you?

[rare basin]

imagine having one big Player.cs class with everything inside

movement, healthsystem, upgrade system, shooting system

instead of small (single-responsibility) classes for it

also, just a small thing i've noticed, maybe you are not aware

bool IsElite()
{
    return Ref.gm.enemyPoolIndex != 0 && Ref.gm.enemyPoolIndex % 100 == 0;
}

you can do it like that instead of splitting into return true/return false

[ancient zenith]

yea haha, so true

[thin sedge]

Hi! I'm trying to make a start for my platformer game that is supposed to have an animation when the player runs by the start arrow and not play at all when the game starts befor collision. Any ideas?

[rare basin]

What have you done so far?

Show the code

And what exactly do you have an issue with

[thin sedge]

I've only added the animation and the collider to the object

So no code

[rare basin]

this is a code related channel

[thin sedge]

Right...

[thin sedge]

I'll take it somwhere else then

[humble condor]

how i set VideoClip on run time?

[rare basin]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Video.VideoPlayer.html

[humble condor]

i tried

[rare basin]

what is that

VideoPlayer.clip = yourClip variable

[hexed terrace]

1- Why did you leave off the ; on both lines
2- What's the error? Mouse over the red lines -> read the error

[humble condor]

oh, so that is .clip @@ , ty

[rare basin]

configure your ide

read the documentation

[hexed terrace]

it is configured

[rare basin]

right

[raven kindle]

Can someone help me out? I wanna use a script to generate tiles inside my game, i have watched tutorials and still dont understand, can anyone help?

[rare basin]

what have you done so far and what exactly do you need help with

[raven kindle]

Linking the script with the right tile on a tilemap

[rare basin]

you gave 0 context of how this should work

and what have you done so far and what do you need help with

[timber tide]

I've a base SO for most assets, but broken into like VFX and other project related assets, but otherwise this base SO does most of the heavy lifting. Composition approach best approach.

only time I do extend from the base is for type constraints, but otherwise I try not to tunnel the logic into different derivatives.

type checking / component checking is fine for most of my cases anyway

[short grove]

Hello, is there a way to make the object not jump multiple times when collided to the walls

[rich adder]

make grounded check better

[short grove]

I did that but...

[rich adder]

show code

[short grove]

Under print jump

[rich adder]

!code

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[short grove]

I cant

My laptop doesn't have vpn

So any ideas?

[rich adder]

mate if you're not willing to share the code lookup how to make grounded check better

https://youtu.be/LEUhxe9vUOM

[short grove]

Ok wait a minute

https://hatebin.com/rsqygolcjw

[short grove]

Here you go

[rich adder]

isGround.collider_collision_interact

doesn't show what this does

[short grove]

It returns true or false by using

Oncollisionenter2D

[rich adder]

yeah this wont be a suitable way to do it , guaranteed

[ancient island]

r u checking for every platform to see wich one is the player touching?

lol

[rich adder]

check out the video I've sent. They do this properly use physics casts @short grove

[short grove]

Ye

It was intentional

[short grove]

Ok

[rich adder]

that wont work for exact reason why its not working now lol

if you touch a platform from the sides you can still be "grounded"

[short grove]

I should use arrays?

[rich adder]

no arrays got nothing to do wtih it, you need physics queries

in this case I've sent a boxcast vid

[short grove]

Ok

Thanks

[rich adder]

think of it like an invisible box thats gets thrown in the direction you pass it , tells you anything thats hit in box

[queen adder]

Hey guys i made a scriptable object in my unity project.
Its called World. It holds my other scriptable object which is the levels.
Everything was working great last night.

But when i opened my project today i keep getting an error
"Unknown error occured while trying to load scriptable object World"

And my world scriptable object isnt that funny blue and orange block thing anymore. It just shows like a white little page / paper next to the name.

My level scriptable objects are all the same still and working.

Anyone know what i could do?
I tried google with no luck

Sorry if this is the wrong channel

[celest ravine]

Hey there, does anyone know a good way I could have all my Skins for my game in one place. The skins are a png that I am making a sprite with. But the problem is I have 2 scenes and the information has to be accessable in both scripts. And I would want it to be easily done in the editor. I made a class like this ```cs
[Serializable]
public class Skin
{
public int skinId;
public Texture2D skinTexture;
}

and then I am making a List of that type Skin, which is public, so that I can drag the skin pngs in there.
```cs
public List<Skin> skinList;

I am just facing the problem that I have to create this list once in each scene, which is a really bad way of handling this. And I would like to have this information in one place where it is accessible from any script in any scene. Any suggestions on how this can be achieved? And is it possible to have the skinId increase by 1 by default?

[rich adder]

why are you crossposting this everywhere..

[celest ravine]

i am crossposting nothing everywhere.

[timber tide]

I don't know why it would change, but make sure the scriptable object asset is of the extension .asset

[rich adder]

you posted in multiple channels , thats crossposting bozo

[celest ravine]

oh nooo that is so horrible

[celest ravine]

2 channels

[rich adder]

its against server rules regardless

#📖┃code-of-conduct

[celest ravine]

how about you find some hobbies instead of getting angry at people who post in 2 channels because they are not sure which channel it belongs to

[rich adder]

how about you follow community rules instead of acting like an entitled brat

[celest ravine]

i am quite sure calling people entitled brats is also against the #📖┃code-of-conduct buddy

[timber tide]

If you're not sure what channel to post in, just throw it in general in the future (it moves slower anyway). As for the question, you can consider using scriptable objects and sticking them onto a singleton class that lives on the scene (which you DDOL between scenes). This way you can access your cache'd data directly if you're having problems passing references around/

Static class should be fine too honestly if it's just data

then populate it on start, many ways you can go about it

[celest ravine]

ok thank you 🙂

[rotund abyss]

Hi when I wanted to extract the game as an .exe file it didn't work and I looked in the settings and I must have screwed something up and now it says this in the console: Call to DeinitializeLoader without an initialized manager. Thanks for the help.

[rich adder]

wdym extract game as exe?

[nimble apex]

if a game is built out on windows platform it should have a bunch of files and an exe to start the game?

it seems that this problem is on XR settings?

#🤯┃augmented-reality or #🥽┃virtual-reality ?

[rotund abyss]

I don't know, I just clicked on build. and I wanted to have one file to send to someone.

[nimble apex]

thats called build, u dont extract the game, u build out the game app

[rich adder]

screenshot consolewindow

[digital lynx]

Hello, im having this error for some reason in my code Anybody know why?:
Assets\Scripts\ThirdPersonMovement.cs(26,89): error CS0103: The name 'cam' does not exist in the current context

The code:

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

public class ThirdPersonMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
CharacterController controller;
float turnSmoothTime = .1f;
float turnSmoothVelocity;

Vector2 movement;
public float moveSpeed;

void Start()
{
    controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();    
}

void Update()
{
    movement = new Vector2(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical"));
    Vector3 direction = new Vector3(movement.x, 0, movement.y).normalized;

    if (direction.magnitude >= 0.1f)
    {
        float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
        float angle = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, targetAngle, ref turnSmoothVelocity, turnSmoothTime);
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, angle, 0f);
        
        Vector3 moveDirection = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetAngle, 0f) * Vector3.forward;
        controller.Move(moveDirection.normalized * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

}

[rich adder]

!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.

[rich adder]

hmm screenshot the entire window

[rotund abyss]

sorry

this error only shows up when I start the game and turn it off again

[rich adder]

clear all the logs and Build Again

[nimble apex]

@digital lynx

[rich adder]

do you get actual errors?

[rotund abyss]

only this warning

[digital lynx]

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

public class ThirdPersonMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    CharacterController controller;
    float turnSmoothTime = .1f;
    float turnSmoothVelocity;

    Vector2 movement;
    public float moveSpeed;

    void Start()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        movement = new Vector2(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical"));
        Vector3 direction = new Vector3(movement.x, 0, movement.y).normalized;

        if (direction.magnitude >= 0.1f)
        {
            float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
            float angle = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, targetAngle, ref turnSmoothVelocity, turnSmoothTime);
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, angle, 0f);

            Vector3 moveDirection = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetAngle, 0f) * Vector3.forward;
            controller.Move(moveDirection.normalized * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }
} 

[eager elm]

what is line 26?

[rich adder]

if you dont get errors then build should be fine

[digital lynx]

float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;

[rich adder]

so where did you define cam ?

[digital lynx]

i was just following a youtube tutorial

[rich adder]

follow it again but better

also configure your IDE(Code Editor)

its not underlining error?

[digital lynx]

https://youtu.be/iHzAwGg--LM?si=MO7rY811NqQmK5f9&t=203

I highlighted this part in the video.

[rich adder]

well you clearly did not follow it to the T

[eager elm]

look at the top of his script and then yours

[digital lynx]

ah apologies

thanks

[rich adder]

should configure your IDE !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

[rotund abyss]

if I start the game it works normally but when I turn it off it throws this warning

[rich adder]

this warning seems related to some third perty plugin

it shouldnt prevent a build afaik

[rotund abyss]

ok thanks you one more thing where can I download JDK?

[rich adder]

install it via the hub it gives you the correct version

Cog wheel icon on the editor Installs tab

[amber spruce]

so i know for unity with number variables you can just do the variable then ++ to increase it by 1 is there a way to do that but increase it by like 5 or 6

[rich adder]

like +=5

[amber spruce]

so this inscreases it by 5

                numberOfEnemiesInWave += 5;

[rotund abyss]

here??

[rich adder]

yes

[amber spruce]

k thanks

[rich adder]

no the cog wheel on the installs

[rotund abyss]

so there?? i dont know

[rich adder]

this means you did not install unity via hub.

you'd hve to manually do it. also this is not coding question and should go in #💻┃unity-talk

[raven kindle]

I am very new, how can i assign a tile to a gameobject?

[queen adder]

I will check thank you

[gaunt ice]

create a field of type tile, assign it in inspector

[raven kindle]

I have made a tilemap, but how can i assign it in inspector

[rich adder]

what are you trying to do exactly?

you haven't explain

[raven kindle]

i am trying to generate a platform with a script

but first i need to make a game object with the tiles

soo when i create it, it just makes a new object

[rich adder]

thats not how tiles work

[raven kindle]

i have a gameobject atm, it has one tile in it

oh

[rich adder]

tiles aren't gameobjects

no first yu reference the tiles you want to place inside a script, then reference the tilemap so you can place said tiles

[raven kindle]

but i want to delete them after i use too

doesnt each platform need to be its own object?

[rich adder]

no

[rich adder]

irrelevant

You store the tiles positions to where they have been placed

[ruby python]

Hi all, was just wondering if anyone had a resource/tutorial for a grappling hook/gun script with an animate 'rope' BUT, where the animation/'growing' of the rope works backwards also? Literally everything I've found has the rope just disappear when you let go of the mousebutton. 😕

[raven kindle]

but when i generate, how does it know which tiles to use?

and can i group multiple tiles together, so when it generates, it spawns 3 at a time?

[rich adder]

you reference the tile and add it in the slot

public Tile SomeTile```

[raven kindle]

but how can i group mutlple tiles into one?

i have all the individual ones

i want these 3 to be joined

[rich adder]

youd have to reference all three n combine them via code

[raven kindle]

oh

[rich adder]

or just use a image editor and make it 1 piece

[raven kindle]

i am watching this tutorial, and he is doing it completely different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vClEQ1GqMPw&list=PLfX6C2dxVyLylMufxTi7DM9Vjlw5bff1c&index=3

ok

[rich adder]

this isnt a tilemap

major differences

a tilemap is a self contained gameobject

with its own assets

and coordinates

[raven kindle]

ok

soo i just need to use code, i dont need to make any objects at all?

or i need only one, with the components

and script attached

but im just confused how i can tell the script that i want these 3 tiles, do i just use the tile name?

[raven kindle]

from here?

[rich adder]

no you use the reference

[raven kindle]

how can i do that?

[rich adder]

public Tile L_piece, M_piece, R_piece;

[raven kindle]

ah, and what do i put for L/M/R_piece?

[rich adder]

what do you think

[raven kindle]

the name?

[rich adder]

wdym the name ?

[raven kindle]

of the tile

[rich adder]

no you dont use names.. you use the reference

[raven kindle]

where do i find that

from the tilemap?

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/references/serializing-component-references

[raven kindle]

soo i need a gameobject to drag

into the target transform

[rich adder]

not even close no

you should start here https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting

learn how to distinguish between variables and types

[raven kindle]

ok

but what is he dragging into the target transform?

the tiles he wants to use?

[rich adder]

what target transform

[rich adder]

Transform is the type. inconsequential to what i've been telling you

the example I sent uses Tile instead of Transform

[raven kindle]

but they are dragging target into this box, what is target?

[rich adder]

thats why i said you have to learn the basics on declaring a type

[raven kindle]

the tiles?

[rich adder]

target is just a name

[raven kindle]

yes, but what does it contain

[rich adder]

anything you drag into it ?

have you played a shape game before ?

If you have a cube you cannot put a Sphere in it

the concept is the same

the type is the "shape"

again, if this confuses you its because you lack the basic c# understanding

you should not skip that

[raven kindle]

ok

[frosty lantern]

So I have this script calling my ui

private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D otherCollider){
        string playerTag = otherCollider.gameObject.tag;
    if(playerTag == "Player" || playerTag == "Player2"){
                if(userInterface != null){
                int playerId = (playerTag == "Player") ? 0 : 1;
                    userInterface.AddPoints(playerId, pointsWorth);}
                Destroy(gameObject);
}}}```
and my ui is
https://gdl.space/lecajivupo.cs
My ui's addpoints method, specifically:
```cs
  numberLabels[1].text = scores[playerNumber].ToString(); //with one player, the score is on the right

Is returning a null reference error.

I don't understand whet exactly it's trying to add points to, if not an array of values in the ui, which is already declared and instatiated. i'm not sure what other reference it should be looking for

[rich adder]

one of these is null
numberLabels[1]
or
scores[playerNumber]

[frosty lantern]

that should be where they are declared, right?

    [Header("References (don't touch)")]
    //Right is used for the score in P1 games
    public Text[] numberLabels = new Text[2];
    // Internal variables to keep track of score, health, and resources, win state
    private int[] scores = new int[2];

[rich adder]

the only thing that can be null is if numberLables doesn't have a Text componennt inside

[frosty lantern]

do i need to declare the specific numberlabels 1 inside of the array?

how do i add a text component?

[rich adder]

its a public serialized field, there should be slots in the inspector no?

[frosty lantern]

I don't see it

they just kindof write it as an overlay in game view

[rich adder]

do you have a custom inspector for this ?

seems to be missing a few things

do you have any compile errors ?

example, where are public GameObject statsPanel, gameOverPanel, winPanel; fields?

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure to save.

[frosty lantern]

I think the urp just comes with a custom inspector that's so tied into everything that when theres an error it's half impossible for me to look through

how do i turn off the custom

[rich adder]

wdym URP comes with custom inspector lol

[rich adder]

did you actually save the script ?

screenshot console window

[polar acorn]

Why would URP come with a custom inspector for a class you made

[ivory bobcat]

If you've got an error, the script inspector will not reflect the latest changes.

[frosty lantern]

i didn't make it it's the playground urp asset

[ivory bobcat]

Not referring to runtime errors.

[rich adder]

whats that? I keep hearing the layer field is also missing for that

might be related

Playground URP Asset

[frosty lantern]

yeah i didn't import the layer manage which fixed that error

[rich adder]

ohh

Unity Playground is Unity’s first project dedicated to total beginners, educators and anyone looking for an initial introduction to game development in a more simplistic form.

maybe it is gimped

[frosty lantern]

completely
but my assignment requires me to import assets and i'm kind of locked in due to deadlines

[rich adder]

well if you can't use inspector fields then i dont see how you would add the appropriate components in the slot

[frosty lantern]

so i'm hoping to get arroung the errors that honestly shouldn't even be there

[rich adder]

the errors is because ur trying to use components that have no references

[frosty lantern]

is there a way to turn off the custom inspector?

[rich adder]

it doesn't know what numberLabels[?] s

[rich adder]

not sure how unity paints the inspector in that project

[polar acorn]

Have you changed the script at all?

[frosty lantern]

no

[polar acorn]

Because the link you shared, line 75 is a curly brace

So that can't be the one giving the error

[rich adder]

yea cs at the top

extra line

[polar acorn]

Ah, right, nevermind then

[frosty lantern]

i thought i could format the thing

like how discord does

[rich adder]

the line is numberLabels[1].text = scores[playerNumber].ToString(); //with one player, the score is on the right

numberLabels[x] isn't assigned because none of the fields are in the inspector

[rich adder]

pastebin sites already format the code 🙂

[frosty lantern]

i went and found the thing that sets the default inspector but it doesn't change it either

at the bottom

[polar acorn]

That's entirely unrelated and you should probably put that back to what it used to be

[frosty lantern]

alright

done

[ivory bobcat]

Do you've got any non-runtime errors?

[frosty lantern]

no

[rich adder]

indeed no script errors, tried it in my IDE

[frosty lantern]

i have another runtime error about some vfx but it's not affectingameplay g

[ivory bobcat]

It seems as though lines 19 through 26 are private

[rich adder]

yeah its weird af

try adding script again or right click and hit reset ?

maybe it serialized private idk lol

or perhaps compiling needs to be forced in Project Window by Right Click and hit Reimport

it did happen a few times for me on 2022. I save a script but never triggered the reload

[frosty lantern]

wereé reimport?

[rich adder]

right click inside the folder

[frosty lantern]

that didnt work

[rich adder]

🤷‍♂️ try this script another blank project

[ivory bobcat]

Is the script saved?

[frosty lantern]

yeah

[polar acorn]

So, I found the tutorial I think is being used here. It looks like it depends on specific tags to set references:
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/advanced-concepts?uv=2022.2&projectId=5c5147e8edbc2a002069444e#

Check section 5

Do you have those tags on your objects? I think the inspector script is likely doing a findWithTag and setting the values on this script

[frosty lantern]

yeah my object is a collectible and my player is set up how they say

[polar acorn]

Hm, I wonder if there is a UI prefab you're supposed to use entirely, rather than putting this script on something manually?

[frosty lantern]

yeah it's saved in prefabs

that's what i'm using

[polar acorn]

Do any of the playground components have custom inspectors?

[frosty lantern]

i tried turning the playground off because it says it will turn off the custom inspectors but i still don't see the fields

[polar acorn]

For example, do you see this for your auto rotate?

[quiet pasture]

does anyone know why dragging prefab into scene makes it,and all children invisible?

[polar acorn]

I just want to make sure it's loading those inspectors

[rich adder]

not from this statement alone

[polar acorn]

Is it positioned in view of the camera

[ivory bobcat]

What do you mean by invisible? This is the programming channel btw.

[quiet pasture]

where should i ask them sorry

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

[quiet pasture]

ok,thank you

[polar acorn]

Okay so the inspectors are loaded. It should be showing those fields if they were meant to be set by you

[frosty lantern]

so how do i fix the null reference error?

do text arrays already have a text component?

[ivory bobcat]

It's just an array that references instances somewhere.

[frosty lantern]

so how do i ensure that it is getting the reference?

[ivory bobcat]

Unfortunately, it seems as though you aren't supposed to be modifying the arrays through the inspector.

[rich adder]

yeah this is an odd one

why would they gimp the inspector like that

[ivory bobcat]

So either you're supposed to set them up during runtime or something from the scene is missing.

Maybe set a break point and see the contents of the collection.

[frosty lantern]

all i have is the player, ui prefab, and an object with a collectible component

[ivory bobcat]

Or log the contents

[frosty lantern]

how do I do logging and break points?

[rich adder]

maybe you can do
numberLabels = FindObjectsOfType<Text>(); 😬

[polar acorn]

Here's the inspector for it:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityPlayground/master/Assets/_INTERNAL_/Scripts/Editor/UI/UIScriptInspector.cs

[rich adder]

custom inspector!

[polar acorn]

It doesn't do anything with that references section so something else must be setting it

[rich adder]

well it doesn't bring the fields though

[polar acorn]

Is there a "search all files" in GitHub or am I gonna have to pull this

[polar acorn]

Right, they don't draw those fields so they obviously expect it to be coming from somewhere else, but where?

[rich adder]

yeah its odd that they would put that in another editor script

i guess it comes at a later time ?

not sure what the thought process was here

[frosty lantern]

should i check those?

[polar acorn]

Yes, check those 11 references, see if you can find what sets numberLabels

[raven kindle]

@rich adder i watched all guides

[polar acorn]

The 1 asset reference is the prefab you are currently using so no need to check that

[raven kindle]

but it didnt really help

[rich adder]

"all the guides"

[raven kindle]

the one u sent

[simple forge]

https://hatebin.com/gmetyygwjn

[rich adder]

i wish had the doubt emoji

[raven kindle]

:(

[rich adder]

what did i sent?

i sent a whole course on c# + unity

not 1 vid

[simple forge]

i am current making AI for my game, the navmesh is baked and look fine, but my enemies still wont move

[raven kindle]

yes i went through the whole course

[rich adder]

you finished all these ?
#💻┃code-beginner message

[simple forge]

i followed this tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=UjkSFoLxesw

[raven kindle]

yes

it didnt help tho

just basic c# stuff

[glad igloo]

can someone please explain to me what the problems at the bottom mean, i just got the latest version of unity

[rich adder]

then you didnt really watch them

[raven kindle]

oh i did

[rich adder]

no you skimmed through it

i can tel

[raven kindle]

it helped abit, but not what i need to do

[rich adder]

no one finishes such important concepts in less than an hr

[sonic remnant]

I have a problem. when i place my (isUseable) item in the quickslots it removes it. I only want to remove it when i place it. here is the video and scripts.

https://gdl.space/imipaxohil.cpp
https://gdl.space/ahenivozoq.cs
https://gdl.space/nopiyawefu.cs

[raven kindle]

i skimmed the loops/if statements etc

[rich adder]

because you skimmed through it

[sonic remnant]

can someone please help me? im stuck for a day now ..

[simple forge]

need some help here aswell please (ping me to grab my attention)

[polar acorn]

Unity Playground Ghost References

[languid spire]

read this again 'when i place my (isUseable) item in the quickslots it removes it. I only want to remove it when i place it'

[frosty lantern]

https://gdl.space/bakupipume.cs

these seem to be attatched components, not sources for the text

maybe that's why it's null, it's literally not created

idk

[sonic remnant]

it removes is from the UI when i select it but i want to remove it from thee UI when i place it in on the ground in the game world.

[hollow dawn]

should i use visual studio code for coding c# in unity? im a beginner which one is the best to use?

[raven kindle]

@rich adder so i found out the thing i drag into the script is a tilemap

[rich adder]

Visual Studio Community

[rich adder]

thats just one part of it

[raven kindle]

but when making a new tilemap, do i just paint one tile there and drag it

or how can i do it

[rich adder]

moving tiles aren't easy in tilemap

you would have to move the entire tilemap just for 1 platform

[raven kindle]

yes thats what i thought

how would i do it then?

[rich adder]

why do you want to use tilemap in the first place?

[raven kindle]

what else would i use?

[rich adder]

you can just make LMR a combined object prefeb

[sonic remnant]

@languid spire do you understand my problem better now?:) i really can't figure out the solution.

[raven kindle]

ok

[polar acorn]

I think I'll need to pull the playground source code myself and take a look at it. I made a thread, I'll get back to you when I'm at a computer

[rich adder]

if you want to make a scrolling/runner game tilemap is just extra work.. Use regular gameobjects

tilemap is better for building levels with tiles

or grids

[simple forge]

please help me up here, my AI wont move

[rich adder]

what have you tried to debug it ?

[simple forge]

ive checked that the function gets called

deleted and rebaked my navmesh a couple of times

[rich adder]

which debug,.log would that be and how many times it prints

[grim eagle]

yo

am i allowed to send a youtube vid here which is pretty usefull for complete beginners

[frosty lantern]

cool thanks

[rich adder]

this is a code channel not a resources channel

[simple forge]

in ChasePlayer, it prints out probably every frame im outside the attack radius

[grim eagle]

ok

[languid spire]

Ach, jonge, je moet er veel meer Debug.Logs er in zetten

[grim eagle]

nederlander

[sonic remnant]

hahaha, jonge ik loop godverdomme al een hele dag te kutviolen.

[languid spire]

no, but I can read it

[grim eagle]

i'm belgian lol

[rich adder]

try remove ChasePlayer in update and move it in start. does it work

[sonic remnant]

everyone here can read dutch but can someone please help me with my problem 🥲 ...

[buoyant knot]

ist wunderbar?

[languid spire]

there is way too much of it, you will have to narrow it down and show some log output

[simple forge]

no, but i see that WalkPoint never gets set

[grim eagle]

only thing i've done yet is make flappy bird with a tutorial, i can't srry

[rich adder]

yeah u gotta call SearchWalkPoint first

[simple forge]

wait no, walk point isnt needed for the chase player function

only patrolling

[rich adder]

yea

if its not moving in start you have to select the agent in playmode with navmesh selected and screenshot it

[simple forge]

i decreased the sight range and attack range to check if it would patrol

[rich adder]

no the scene view of agent

[buoyant knot]

your equipsystem calls UseItem in SelectQuickslot. Not sure if that is what you want?

[rich adder]

it should show you debugs of navmesh, if gizmos is on

[raven kindle]

@rich adder How can i make the platforms as an object? When i drag the asset on the hierarchy nothing happens

[rich adder]

are you sure that agent type is assigned to walk on that Navmesh layer ?

[simple forge]

well i havent used unity AI before so if you could explain how id go about checking ?

[rich adder]

you have to create a new empty gameobject and put a sprite renderer on it, select the sprite from what u want

you need to lay 3 side by side and put 1 box collider @raven kindle

the parent object should be the middle tile one ideally

[simple forge]

heres the nav mesh surface

[raven kindle]

One game object for each tile?

[rich adder]

2 child 1 parent

[median escarp]

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

public class MonsterMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
public Transform[] patrolPoints;
public float moveSpeed;
public int patrolDestination;

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if(patrolDestination == 0) 
    {
        transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, patrolPoints[0].position, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);  
        if(Vector2.Distance(transform.position, patrolPoints[0].position) <.2f)
        {
            global::System.Boolean v = patrolDestination
                == 1;
        }             
    }
    if(patrolDestination == 1) 
    {
        transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, patrolPoints[1].position, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);  
        if(Vector2.Distance(transform.position, patrolPoints[1].position) <.2f)
        {
            global::System.Boolean v = patrolDestination
                == 0;
        }             
    }
}

} @languid spire

[sonic remnant]

@languid spire here is my console log. how i want it to work from the inventory it works! it deletes the UI. when i do it from the quickslot it deletes it when i seleect it.

[rich adder]

!code

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[raven kindle]

ok

[buoyant knot]

one note is: AddToQuickSlot should check that the thing you are putting in quickslot isn’t already there

[raven kindle]

Like this?

[rich adder]

show me gizmos for the agent on enemy i cant see it from before was too far

[median escarp]

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

public class MonsterMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform[] patrolPoints; 
    public float moveSpeed; 
    public int patrolDestination;


    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if(patrolDestination == 0) 
        {
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, patrolPoints[0].position, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);  
            if(Vector2.Distance(transform.position, patrolPoints[0].position) <.2f)
            {
                global::System.Boolean v = patrolDestination
                    == 1;
            }             
        }
        if(patrolDestination == 1) 
        {
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, patrolPoints[1].position, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);  
            if(Vector2.Distance(transform.position, patrolPoints[1].position) <.2f)
            {
                global::System.Boolean v = patrolDestination
                    == 0;
            }             
        }
    }
}

[rich adder]

yes

[languid spire]

wtf is this? global::System.Boolean v = patrolDestination
== 1;

[buoyant knot]

@sonic remnant It’s just kind of hard to navigate your code because there is so much. I recommend using #region and #endregion directives to organize it

[grim eagle]

that looks so complicated yet it is beginner 😭

[median escarp]

some error came up when i wrote the script without that, so i included that and it was fixed

[rich adder]

!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

[languid spire]

man, patrolDestination = 1;

[raven kindle]

it seems a bit out of place

[median escarp]

yh?

[buoyant knot]

@sonic remnant Example
#region Modify quickslots
AddToQuickSlot
RemoveFromQuickslot
FindNextOpenQuickslot
#endregion
#region Selecting Quickslot
SelectQuickslot
DeselectQuickslot
#endregion
…
etc

[rich adder]

I dont see the Cylinder

for navmesh agent

[digital lynx]

hello, so i followed the code in the following video. However the character controller doesn't want to jump. Any idea why?

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class ThirdPersonMovement : MonoBehaviour
{

    //required
    public Transform cam;

    CharacterController controller;
    float turnSmoothTime = .1f;
    float turnSmoothVelocity;
//movement
    Vector2 movement;
    public float walkSpeed;
    public float sprintSpeed;
    float trueSpeed;


    //jumping
    public float jumpHeight;
    public float gravity;
    bool isGrounded;
    Vector3 velocity;   

    void Start()
    {

(Part 1)

[rich adder]

why did you put them like that

[sonic remnant]

i will structue it. can you help me when im done? i really want to solve this.

[raven kindle]

i just created new objects, and assigned the assets to it

[buoyant knot]

i’m trying, but it’s a big system lol

[raven kindle]

didnt place them

[languid spire]

!code

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[rich adder]

*Large Code

[median escarp]

@languid spire works now thank you so much man

[buoyant knot]

I think this would have been simpler if you had split your EquipSystem and a Quickslot class

[rich adder]

@median escarp make sure you're not coding without a configured IDE #💻┃code-beginner message

[languid spire]

great, next time think about the error don't just 'do stuff so it goes away'

[median escarp]

will do thank you so much guys

[digital lynx]

hello, so i followed the code in the following video. However the character controller doesn't want to jump. Any idea why?

https://gdl.space/pakimafula.cs

https://youtu.be/iHzAwGg--LM?si=SjGnxJmIyuL_YyTY&t=419

[rich adder]

if its anything like earlier you probably mised a step

again

"followed the code" is quite common here and never turns out it is

[raven kindle]

@rich adder also they dont seem to inherit properties, i change sorting layer for parent and the child ones dont change

or do i have to do it manually for each one?

[buoyant knot]

@sonic remnant One more thing that helps in terms of style is documentation (docstrings).
Right before a method, write:

public void AddItemToInvenyory(Item item) {```

then if you mouseover the function from anywhere in your program, it will give you a tooltip that gives you that string

which is immensely useful. VS’s IDE automatically adds the <summary> if you write /// before a method like that

[rich adder]

wdym inherit props ? I don't see how lining them up should be anymore complex than putting them each 1 unit away from eachother..Assuming you actually have the correct PPU set for sprites

[raven kindle]

i mean they are child classes of the middle one, when i change the sorting layer arent they all supposed to change?

[sonic remnant]

@buoyant knot thanks for the tip, i will structure it and hope i will solve it ❤️

[buoyant knot]

i know i’m not directly solving your problem, but I think these are handy tools as you grow out

[rich adder]

no,they only inherit transforms

[buoyant knot]

a lot of my older code doesn’t have these features, which makes it harder to read now.

[raven kindle]

ok

[rich adder]

they are not classes

gameobjects

[raven kindle]

yep

[sonic remnant]

understandable. @buoyant knot do you think when i structure it you can solve it for me?

[raven kindle]

and now i can link this game object parent to the script right?

[rich adder]

make it a prefab before you do anything with spawning

[rare basin]

i don't feel like it's a proper learning way

[buoyant knot]

not sure lol

[rare basin]

if someone solves it for you

[rich adder]

and spawn one from folder not the ones from scene @raven kindle

[raven kindle]

ok

i just drag it yes

to folder

[rich adder]

yes

[raven kindle]

cool cool

[sonic remnant]

okay @rare basin but maybe when i understand the problem why its not working then i learn from it. right?

[raven kindle]

now to figure out how to make it show

when i generate it

[rare basin]

understand the problem != someone solve the problem for you

[summer stump]

Should this be an else if?

if(velocity.y > -20)
        {
        velocity. y += (gravity * 10) * Time.deltaTime;
        }

You have it running IMMEDIATELY after the jump, and doing the jump will obviously make the y velocity greater than -20

[rich adder]

wdym make it show ? you just spawn it

[raven kindle]

easier said then done :)

for me at least

[rare basin]

watch some basic unity tutorials

it's hard to point you in proper direction without basic knowledge

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

[raven kindle]

ty

[sonic remnant]

okay man, just want to understand it and learn from it. im trying to solve it for a day now. so thats why i ask it. i do the best i can..

[buoyant knot]

@sonic remnant right, one more tool that is very useful is assertions. write Debug.Assert(somethingThatShouldBeTrue, “Error message if it isn’t.”)

[rich adder]

actually here this ones good too
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/InstantiatingPrefabs.html

[raven kindle]

like this ?

[raven kindle]

ty

[rich adder]

right

[digital lynx]

that's strange. According to video. It's not else if...

[orchid trout]

        private void MoveLine()
        {
            transform.localPosition = new Vector3(0f, _linesAnchor.x, _linesAnchor.y);
            Vector3 iterativeVec = transform.localPosition;
            if (lines != null)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
                {
                    if (isStart)
                    {
                        lines[i].SetStartPoint(iterativeVec);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        lines[i].SetEndPoint(iterativeVec);
                    }
                    iterativeVec.z += _lineSpacing;
                }
            }
        }
        public void SetStartPoint(Vector3 start)
        {
            _startPoint = WorldToLocal(start);
            SetPoint();
        }   
        public void SetEndPoint(Vector3 end)
        {
            _endPoint = WorldToLocal(end);
            SetPoint();
        }

        public Vector3 WorldToLocal(Vector3 worldPosition)
        {
            return transform.InverseTransformPoint(worldPosition);
        }

What are possible reasons why when I set this position to a position that the positon I set it to is miles away from where its supposed to be?
I am using InverseTransformPoint to do world -> local but the values that get assigned are completely wrong and I am not sure why

[rich adder]

did you Debug.Log(isGrounded) ?

[orchid trout]

whoops wrong image

[buoyant knot]

these lines get removed when you build, but give you error messages if the expression is false. I would do things like,
Item item = GetComponent<Item>();
Debug.Assert(item != null, “No item component found!”);

[summer stump]

Ah it's a +=
Sorry. Still waking up haha

[digital lynx]

no worries.

[buoyant knot]

you should use a large number of Debug.Assert statements throughout your code to detect fuckups as early as possible

[rare basin]

if you are operating on the UI it should be anchoredPosition

[orchid trout]

Its not in canvas UI, its world positions
Anchor is just a name I used to say 'be relative to here'

[digital lynx]

how to do that?

[raven kindle]

unity crashed :) and is using 8gb ram wtf

i think it generated 1000000s platforms

[frosty hound]

That woud likely be the result of an infinite loop

[raven kindle]

yup

none of my heirarchy saved ...

why is that?

[rich adder]

because u never saved the scene

and it crashed before you did

[buoyant knot]

example before:

itemList.Add(item);
}

Better style:

public void AddItemToInvenyory(Item item) {
Debug.Assert(item != null, “Can’t add a null item to our inventory!”);
inventoryList.Add(item);
}```

[raven kindle]

fuck

[rich adder]

you're mixing two different ppl /issues lol

[buoyant knot]

he asked a separate question in a void about assertions

[rich adder]

yea true, think they thought you were replying to theirs

[buoyant knot]

probably lol

[rich adder]

anyway @digital lynx have you tried Debug.Log(isGrounded) ?

still didnt answer lol

[digital lynx]

no not yet

i don't even know how

[raven kindle]

nice

[buoyant knot]

anyway, assertions like this will help you quickly identify bad code way earlier. Assertions are worth their weight in gold

[rich adder]

put Debug.Log inside Update

[rich adder]

yeah its gonna keep increasing until you run out of memory and crash

[raven kindle]

yup

[rich adder]

best Task End

also not recommended you run unity as Admin btw

[buoyant knot]

Out of Memory exception ☠️

[raven kindle]

i couldnt fix it

i did spend a while trying

when i click restart as standard user nothing happened

[rich adder]

are you running custom win 10/11 ?

[raven kindle]

maybe

[rich adder]

could be user extra elevated permissions

throws unity off when UAC is disabled

[raven kindle]

probably is that

its not custom os but optimized one

[rich adder]

yeah that would be custom , like Tiny7 etc

part of the "optimization" was probably turning off UAC altogether and/or elevated admin user

[raven kindle]

https://pastebin.com/mbSvehsv
Do you know why this is going on infinitely?

its not the update function

[queen adder]

I think pastebin is blocked in my country i can only open it with VPN

[quasi rose]

dang, see if you can move.

[quasi rose]

what is "this"?

[languid spire]

I see no Debugging in your code so how do you know?

[rich adder]

endlessly calling SpawnNextPlatforms

your if condition probably never goes false

[raven kindle]

i need to make it so it updates after the player moves over one?

[simple forge]

about this ? any ideas ?

[amber spruce]

how do i load a specific scene?

[rich adder]

pass name or index to SceneManager.Load

[rich adder]

You have to porbably udatte the spawn threshold correctly

[amber spruce]

so like this

SceneManager.LoadScene(SinglePlayer);

[rich adder]

is SInglePlayer a string or int ?

[amber spruce]

forgot it needed the "

[rich adder]

this would still be valid and ideally smarter if you did make it into a variable

and not needing ""

[amber spruce]

all it is is the main menu where you choose single or multiplayer

[rich adder]

private const string MyCoolScene = "SinglePlayer";

SceneManager.LoadScene(MyCoolScene);

[raven kindle]

@rich adder Which one do i need to select?

[rich adder]

wdym which one do you need, you named it player

[raven kindle]

oke

[simple forge]

i still need help with AI, i was just adding scene restarting in the meanwhile

[raven kindle]

@rich adder i managed to stop it quickly after running, it made platforms but lots of things on hierarchy

how do i fix this?

there is probably 1000+ things on the hierarchy

its generated the platforms ontop of each other loads

[rich adder]

you're spawning Clone of Clone indicates some sort of Recursive spawning or something

find a better way to do this

plenty of tutorials on these infinite platform things

[simple forge]

nvm

they're moving

idk why

[safe root]

Why is this Object reference not being set?

[rich adder]

!code

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[safe root]

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

namespace TowerDefense
{
    public class Grids : MonoBehaviour
    {
        private Dictionary<Vector3Int, GameObject> gameObjects = new Dictionary<Vector3Int, GameObject>();
        

        public bool Add(Vector3Int tileCoordinates, GameObject newgameObjects)
        {
            if (gameObjects.ContainsKey(tileCoordinates)) return false;
            Debug.Log("Wo");
            gameObjects.Add(tileCoordinates, newgameObjects);
            return true;

        }
        
        public void Remove(Vector3Int tileCoordinates)
        {
            if (!gameObjects.ContainsKey(tileCoordinates)) return;

            Destroy(gameObjects[tileCoordinates]);
            gameObjects.Remove(tileCoordinates);
            Debug.Log("Work");
        }

        public static Vector3Int WorldToGrid(Vector3 worldPosition)
        {
            Grid grid = FindObjectOfType<Grid>();
            Debug.Log(grid);
            Vector3Int gridPosition = grid.WorldToCell(worldPosition);
            Debug.Log("Wor");
            return gridPosition;

        }

        public static Vector3 GridToWorld(Vector3Int gridPosition)
        {
            Grid grid = FindObjectOfType<Grid>();
            Debug.Log("W");
            Vector3 worldPosition = grid.GetCellCenterWorld(gridPosition);

            return worldPosition;
        }
    }
}

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

namespace TowerDefense
{
    public class Path : MonoBehaviour
    {
      
      [SerializeField] private List<Vector3> points = new List<Vector3>();

      void Start()
      {
        CollectPoints();
      }

      private void CollectPoints()
      {
        points = new List<Vector3>();
        Grids grid = FindObjectOfType<Grids>();

        for (int i = 0; i < transform.childCount; i++)
        {
            GameObject child = transform.GetChild(i).gameObject;
            Vector3 point = child.transform.position;

            points.Add(point);
            grid.Add(Grids.WorldToGrid(point), child);
            child.SetActive(false);
        }
      }
    
    }
}

[rich adder]

use site link, we cant read line like this.

*Large Code

[safe root]

Oh

My bad

How do I send it to you?

Send it in here

[rich adder]

hit save and send the link

[safe root]

https://gdl.space/tetidigiha.cs

https://gdl.space/punogolube.cs\

((BRB, going to lunch))

[rich adder]

this link isnt working

nvm its the slash at end

grid is Null apparently

you'd have to show the Grid gameobject inspector

[thin sedge]

Hi! I'm trying to use an OnCollisionEnter method to enable an animation for a start point in a platformer game. The arrow is supposed to swing back and forth when the player runs by it and when the animation is complete, the animation should be disabled again. How do I do that?

I have no code whatsoever other than an empty method

[quiet dune]

Hi, I'm trying to rotate a GameObject (which is stretched along a surface) away from the surface by using its RigidBody and setting rb.rotation = x. I'm assuming the RigidBody rotates around the center of mass? It seems like the rotation isn't working, because parts of the GameObject are pushed into the surface due to the rotation and preventing the rotation. The Physics Debugger shows forces that support this assumtion. Is there a way to force the rotation and make is push the GameObject away from the surface? Or any other ideas how to deal with this?

[rich adder]

lookup how OnCollisionEnter works, whats the confusion ?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnCollisionEnter.html

[thin sedge]

I just don't want to use the exit version and stop it that's all

[rich adder]

huh? wdym the exit version

nothing forcing you to use that one lol

[thin sedge]

OnCollisionExit

[rich adder]

ok so dont use it

[celest holly]

Hi, My visual studio isnt working, apparently its something to do with the "miscellaneous files" at the top left. Can anybody help?

[rich adder]

follow all these steps

!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:

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[celest holly]

thank you

[frosty lantern]

        public static void Create ()
        {
            ScreenFader controllerPrefab = Resources.Load<ScreenFader> ("ScreenFader");
            s_Instance = Instantiate (controllerPrefab);
        }

This code is trying to set up a controller in (https://gdl.space/vohaxonuni.cs)
and returning a null error

well nevermind

[celest holly]

worked perfectly, thanks!

[frosty lantern]

it was a teleporter that i'm not using anymore

because it didn't work

[dense root]

so I'm trying to set a timer that delays the launch of the ball by 3 seconds, where do i set the method to avoid the ball jittering like so?

    public float targetTime = 3.0f;
    
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        startPosition = transform.position;     
    }

    void Update()
    {
        targetTime -= Time.deltaTime;
        if (targetTime <= 0.0f)
        {
            Launch();
        }
    }

    public void Reset()
    {
        rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        transform.position = startPosition;
        Launch();
    }

    private void Launch()
    {
        float x = Random.Range(0, 2) == 0 ? -1 : 1;
        float y = Random.Range(0, 2) == 0 ? -1 : 1;
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(speed * x, speed * y);
    }

Oh

I only need to call launch once

But how do I do so?

[celest holly]

maybe you could use a boolean

to check if its been launched already

[dense root]

ahh that's a good idea let me try that

[rich adder]

you should use a coroutine

[dense root]

Hmm what's causing my ball to be stuck?

    void Start()
    {
        startPosition = transform.position;     
    }

    void Update()
    {
        targetTime -= Time.deltaTime;
        if (targetTime <= 0.0f)
        {
            if (Launched = false)
            {
                Launch();
            }
        }
    }

    public void Reset()
    {
        rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        transform.position = startPosition;
        Launch();
    }

    private void Launch()
    {
        float x = Random.Range(0, 2) == 0 ? -1 : 1;
        float y = Random.Range(0, 2) == 0 ? -1 : 1;
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(speed * x, speed * y);

        Launched = true;
    }

[rich adder]

basic c# mistake 🙂

= is assigning == for checking equality

[dense root]

Oh goodness

Thanks haha :)

I forget... in PONG after the play scores do the paddles reset too?

[edgy prism]

Pretty sure they do yeah

[dense root]

they don't but the game is ALOT faster

Paddles are dinky too

[rich adder]

yeah paddles never did reset

that would feel terrible gameplay wise

[safe root]

Back and do you mean by SerializeField?

[rich adder]

no, the inspector for Grid gameboject

[edgy prism]

Oop my bad I thought they did

[safe root]

The grid object has the code for it but shows nothing else unless you mean by code

[rich adder]

can you screenshot the object

[rich adder]

ok you know what this line is doing

[quiet dune]

Hi, can you show the code where you update the positions of the paddles and the ball? Might be an issue with fluctuating frame rates?

[safe root]

I know but don't at the same time

[dense root]

We solved it, but thank you!

[rich adder]

well what do you think,

its ok to guess

How did you setup/paint these tiles btw ?

[safe root]

Is calling the Grid the code and calling to the type which is the object

[safe root]

Little circles

[rich adder]

close but kinda otherway around

FindObject -=> Scanning through all the scene objects

OfType <T>

T in this case is the component of Grid.

do you have a Grid component in the scene

in C# you're mainly working with types not Names ideally

[safe root]

There's a Grid componet?

[rich adder]

yeah its built into unity

thought thats what you used to lay tiles

[safe root]

Oh, that makes a lot more sense

[rich adder]

your code uses functions from it

did you copy and paste this without understanding it ? lol

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Grid.GetCellCenterWorld.html

[safe root]

No, I followed a video in my class and it told us about this stuff but never told me about that

From Mastercoding

[rich adder]

either you skipped a step or its a bad course

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-Grid.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Grid.html

[safe root]

I don't think I did and it's good as they are fixing stuff constantly but they still need feedback

[rich adder]

well the script is looking for the component and using some methods from it. I'd assume it is needed somewhere

[safe root]

That is fair, but thank you very much for the help.

[dense root]

How do I wire this timer to show in the UI/UX?

[rich adder]

same thing as always

make a reference, use the value

[dense root]

Like I have a TMP text object and I want it to show the countdown

[rich adder]

dont make a timer inside a ball tbh

[thin sedge]

How do I write the if statement for if the player tag is in the collider again?

I am too tired to think right now

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.CompareTag.html

[thin sedge]

the "other" is somehow wrong in vs and is marked red whenever I write it

[rich adder]

show

[rich adder]

so what is other

[thin sedge]

I didn't know it needed a value?

here's the whole script:

[edgy prism]

It needs a reference

[thin sedge]

Like what for example?

[rich adder]

do you know what a method parameter is?

[thin sedge]

Not really been in that area much

[rich adder]

side effect of blindly copying code

[rich adder]

read the Trigger method is giving you a Collider2D

[thin sedge]

So it needs the collider as reference?

[rich adder]

a collider 2D stored in collision

the collider is stored in collision

[polar acorn]

Then what are you trying to check the tag of

[thin sedge]

The player. If it runs past the start sign through the collider it should play an animation

And when the animation finishes should be able to do it again

[polar acorn]

Okay so what is other then?

[thin sedge]

Nothing right now

[polar acorn]

So then why are you checking the tag of nothing