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[burnt vapor]

This really isn't a question that fits in this server as it has nothing to do with Unity. I doubt anybody will know the answer.

You're better off asking the !cs server

[eternal falcon]

Join the C# Discord server, a programming server aimed at coders discussing everything related to C# (CSharp) and .NET. https://discord.com/invite/csharp

[static cedar]

You can still rename it to .cs and send it. :p

Most people on pc can view it.

But it can get so long as some point that discord will cut it off anyways.

[kindred swallow]

why i cant refrence it?

[slender nymph]

is the interface in a namespace you haven't added a using directive for?

[slender sinew]

it should tell you why it doesn't work if you hover over it

[kindred swallow]

oh thanks

[kindred swallow]

it worked

[delicate portal]

In unity's input manager package, it had a binding to mouse delta. It doesnt have it now. Why and how can I replace it?

[rare basin]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[bitter oar]

oh thanks didnt know

Hey, I need help. I've got a player that moves, and when i change the movement direction, he faces it straight away. what i want to do is like in mario games, that he starts slowly facing that direction and drifting towards it. (like leaning to it). i dont care about rotation right now just about movement.

my code is this:

private void HandleMovement()
    {
                moveDirection = new    Vector3(cameraObject.forward.x, 0f, cameraObject.forward.z) * inputManager.verticalInput; 
                moveDirection += cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput;
                moveDirection.Normalize();
                moveDirection.y = 0;

                if (inputManager.moveAmount > 0)
                {
                        if (isSprinting && inputManager.moveAmount > 0.5f)
                        {
                            moveSpeed = sprintingSpeed;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            if (inputManager.moveAmount >= 0.5f)
                            {
                                if (!isSprinting && moveSpeed < maxSpeed)
                                {
                                    moveSpeed = maxSpeed;
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                if (moveSpeed > walkingSpeed)
                                {
                                    moveSpeed = walkingSpeed;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                        moveDirection *= moveSpeed;
                }
                else
                {
                    moveSpeed = 0;
                    moveIncreaseSpeed = 0;
                }
        if (isGrounded && !isJumping)
        {
            Vector3 movementVelocity = moveDirection;
            playerRigidbody.velocity = movementVelocity;
        }
    }

here

sorry

[rotund condor]

what exactly are you trying to achieve? is this a platformer?

[bitter oar]

third person platformer, yes

[rotund condor]

aha, and what exactly do you want the movement to do?

[bitter oar]

lets say im facing forward, and then i turn the joystick right-up. now, he just keeps moving in that direction. i want him to slowly face that direction so the turn will be more rounded (sorry if my explaining sucks, if you still dont understand ill try to explain better)

[rotund condor]

so you want your camera to align or better word recenter to the direction you move to correct?

[bitter oar]

no not the camera

can i send a screenshot?

or is it against rules?

[rotund condor]

I have no idea im new here

[bitter oar]

i see someone has sent here screenshots in the past so i will asume you can

[hexed terrace]

videos and screenshots of your issue are wanted

they're useful and help get the point across better than words

[rotund condor]

I see, how about for turning left and right you rotate

[slender nymph]

slerp your movement direction and rotation toward your input

[rotund condor]

or that

[bitter oar]

isnt slerp just for quaternions? sorry im new to unity

[slender nymph]

no https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Slerp.html

[bitter oar]

so would it be like this?

moveDirection = new Vector3(cameraObject.forward.x, 0f, cameraObject.forward.z) * inputManager.verticalInput; //front and back
                moveDirection += cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput;
                moveDirection.Normalize();
                moveDirection.y = 0;

                moveDirection = Vector3.Slerp(moveDirection, moveDirection + cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput, 2f);

i guess not because its not working... did i do it wrong?

[slender nymph]

first thing i notice is that your t parameter for the Slerp call is 100% incorrect

here's how that t value works: https://unity.huh.how/lerp/overview

[bitter oar]

oh so i need to multiply it by Time.deltaTime?

[slender nymph]

well that depends on how you want to handle it. technically that is wrong, but may lead to results that are close enough to what you want

[bitter oar]

t is like how much time the lerp takes, right?

[rare basin]

https://gamedevbeginner.com/the-right-way-to-lerp-in-unity-with-examples/

[slender nymph]

surely you read the page i linked?

[rare basin]

t is the interpolation point

basically timeElapsed/lerpDuration

[bitter oar]

now i did

[steel smelt]

can the assumption be made that awake has been called on every scene components at the time of unity's sceneloaded callback?

[slender nymph]

probably, i just tested it and Awake was called before the sceneLoaded event was invoked. but i honestly wouldn't count on that always being the case

[bitter oar]

is this better?

moveDirection = new Vector3(cameraObject.forward.x, 0f, cameraObject.forward.z) * inputManager.verticalInput; //front and back

                moveDirection.Normalize();
                moveDirection.y = 0;

                if (driftTimeElapsed < driftDuration)
                {
                    float t = driftTimeElapsed / driftDuration;
                    moveDirection = Vector3.Slerp(moveDirection, moveDirection + cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput, t);
                    driftTimeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
                }
                else
                {
                    driftTimeElapsed = 0;
                    moveDirection += cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput;
                }

tried it

made a modification

ill edit the message

so it kinda works

its lerping correctly

but when its done, it resets and does it again

[rich adder]

where did you put this script?

it should prob be in a coroutine and ran once

[bitter oar]

good idea

im running it in fixedupdate

[rich adder]

this shows an example
https://unity.huh.how/programming/specifics/lerp/coroutines

[bitter oar]

because the player can always just change the input

[rich adder]

oh you have input in there..

[bold nova]

Im trying to instantiate a player and enemy prefabs at the start of the game session, somewhy there's an error stating that prefabs are inactive, even though as prefabs they are saved as active

Instantiate(playerController, playerController.transform.position,
playerController.transform.rotation);
Instantiate(enemyPrefab, enemyPrefab.transform.position,
enemyPrefab.transform.rotation);

[bitter oar]

yeah exactly

[rich adder]

!code @bold nova

[eternal falcon]

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[bitter oar]

thats the problem

[rich adder]

yeah I never used that inside lerp so I'm useless here xD

[bitter oar]

oh ok thx. anyone else?

[tawny cave]

I'd like to teleport my player upon death but I get syntax errors, I don't know how to fix them...

[rich adder]

this is not how to set position

how do we assign things in code ? 🙂

again.read the bot
#💻┃code-beginner message

[bold nova]

oh, backquotes..

[tawny cave]

yea my bad forgot the equal sign... Stil doesn't work tho

[rich adder]

close

what is error is saying

what is target

postion is a vector3

[polar acorn]

That's not how you make a vector

[bold nova]

    public void StartSession()
    {
        loseMenu.SetActive(false);

        Instantiate(playerController, playerController.transform.position,
            playerController.transform.rotation); 
        Instantiate(enemyPrefab, enemyPrefab.transform.position,
            enemyPrefab.transform.rotation);

        playerController.GetComponent<PlayerController>().StartIntro();
        enemyPrefab.GetComponent<Enemy>().StartIntro();

        enemyPrefab.GetComponent<Enemy>().StartShooting();
        spikeSpawner.gameObject.SetActive(true);
        gameIsOn = true;

[rich adder]

which one is spawning disabled?

and show the prefab of such object

[polar acorn]

You are calling StartIntro and StartShooting on the prefabs, not the objects in the scene you just made

[bold nova]

they are both set to active, if thats what you want to know

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3-ctor.html

read this, its important

[polar acorn]

What is the actual error you are getting

[bold nova]

Coroutine couldn't be started because the the game object 'Player' is inactive!

[little meteor]

Instantiate returns an instance. You give it a prefab, it gives you something you can use at runtime. You need to capture that and use it. You're not doing that here.

[bold nova]

yeah, i've assigned prefabs, now everything seems to work now

[polar acorn]

Probably because you're trying to start a coroutine on a prefab that doesn't actually exist

[normal arrow]

Hi again !
i've found this command in the unity API ScreenCapture.CaptureScreenshot and from what i understood, this takes an entire screenshot, but from which camera ? is there a way to choose to camera that takes the screenshot ?

[rich adder]

probably the one that is active

[normal arrow]

yeah that what i tought indeed

[rich adder]

if you want a specific camera you'd have to use Render Texture and just save it manually

[normal arrow]

yeah but it's a bit overkill for what i want

thanks !

[little meteor]

You want to take screenshots at runtime or in the editor, whats the purpose?

[normal arrow]

at runtime

[tawny cave]

So when trying to teleport my player upon death, it gets teleported for 1 frame to the right location then is right away back where it was. I am using characterController to move the player. Any fix ?

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/character-controller/teleportation

[little meteor]

There's most of an example of how to use a disabled camera with Camera.Render in the docs to make a 'screen shot' https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Camera.Render.html

[tawny cave]

I am thinking of moving it with a vector between spawn location and player location with characterController.move, but I'd like an easier way

[polar acorn]

Character controllers don't like being teleported. It keeps its own internal copy of where it should be and moves the object there every frame. You can tell it to throw out it's copy and get a new one after the teleport by calling Physics.SyncTransforms()

[bold nova]

ok, i've figured it out. I wanted to locate those prefabs on the dafault point, when player clicks replay button. Now everything works, but is if someone knows better way, im opened to suggestions.

        Vector3 enemySpawnPosition = enemy.outPoint.position;
        Vector3 playerSpawnPoint = playerController.spawnPoint.position;

        playerController.gameObject.transform.position = playerSpawnPoint;
        enemy.gameObject.transform.position = enemySpawnPosition;

        playerController.StartIntro();
        enemy.StartIntro();

[tawny cave]

it works, thank you very much !
just had to disable character controller as well, it's what is causing the issue

[rich adder]

yes it says so in the instructions lol
thats because character controller overrides transforms so it saves its own internal position

if you move manually , the next frame will just return back

[crisp tulip]

like your brain

i know

just turn off the wifi👍

[frosty hound]

There's no off topic here. Move on.

[smoky niche]

Hey there I have a question. I start a coroutine in another coroutine using yield return StartCoroutine(CoroutineTwo()); This should first finish that second coroutine before moving on with it's onw code if I remember correctly. The problem is that everything after the CoroutineTwo() doesn't get called anymore. Can anyone help me find the problem? Here is my code for the first Coroutine:

    {
        if(activePlayerPowerupState == newPowerupState) yield break;

        isPoweringUp = true;
        yield return StartCoroutine(animationController.PowerupAnimationCo(newPowerupState, activePlayerPowerupState));


        //THE CODE BELOW DOESNT GET CALLED


        if(activePlayerPowerupState.powerupSize != newPowerupState.powerupSize)
        {   
            if(player.IsDucking())
            {
                SetCrouchSize(newPowerupState);
            }
            else
            {
                SetBaseSize(newPowerupState);
            }

            controller.CalculateRaySpacing();
        }

        activePlayerPowerupState = newPowerupState;
        isPoweringUp = false;
    } ```

Here is my code for the second coroutine:

    {
        if(activePowerupState.powerupSize == PlayerPowerupState.PowerupSize.Small)
        {
            if(newPowerupState.powerupSize == PlayerPowerupState.PowerupSize.Large)
            {
                Vector3 startScale = transform.localScale;
                string animToPlay = CheckAnimationState();
                SetAnimator(newPowerupState);
                PlayAnimation(animToPlay);

                transform.localScale = new Vector3(startScale.x, startScale.y  / 1.2f, startScale.z);
                float newYScale = transform.localScale.y;
                
                SetSpriteOffset(newPowerupState);
                float yOffset = (startScale.y - newYScale);
                transform.localPosition -= new Vector3(0f, yOffset, 0f);

                yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f);
                transform.localScale = new Vector3(startScale.x, startScale.y / 1.3f, startScale.z);
                newYScale = transform.localScale.y;
                SetSpriteOffset(newPowerupState);
                yOffset = (startScale.y - newYScale);
                transform.localPosition -= new Vector3(0f, yOffset, 0f);

                yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f);
            }
        }
    } ```

[buoyant knot]

!code

ok fine. I summon thee. Come! !code

[fossil drum]

https://dyno.gg/status

You can summon all you want, but the dyno shards are dead

[rich adder]

!help

[buoyant knot]

he needs a blood sacrifice, but I’m all tapped out

[rich adder]

one of us

[rich adder]

https://hatebin.com/

[smoky niche]

Oh sorry do I put the code in there and post it here again?

[buoyant knot]

yeah. it’s tidier, and on mobile, your code looks like this

[smoky niche]

Ah I see, I'll do it rn. Thx for letting me know!

[buoyant knot]

i assume this is for the mario project, right?

it’s not relevant to the discussion. just asking

[smoky niche]

Yeah just a prototype thingy that gets stuck

Wait how do you know lol

[buoyant knot]

i saw the video, your code, and your name. put two and two together lol

[smoky niche]

Oh okay, well yeah I'm basically overhauling the thing ans starting over

Okay how do I send the filled in hatebin thing?

[buoyant knot]

link at the top

i wonder if the issue comes from the second coroutine coming from a different class.

[smoky niche]

Well I have done some testing with a coroutine in the same class and it does the same so I dont hink that's the issue

[buoyant knot]

you could try making the second coroutine’s IEnumerator private, and give a public method to start that coroutine. I assume the second Ienumerator comes from a class derived from monobehaviour?

[smoky niche]

Yeah it's a monobehaviour

[buoyant knot]

i’ve done it before too, but i don’t recall doing that within a Coroutine

[quiet dune]

Hi hi, i want an animal to eat another. My idea is to add a collider to the eaters head and "eat" anything, that collides. I already have a collider on the game object tho. Can implement collision or trigger methods for individual colliders or is this approach over the top?

[buoyant knot]

ok, try making a public method in the second class that starts the coroutine

btw, you probably want to save a private variable for the coroutine to make sure you don’t have two running at once.

[smoky niche]

Oh okay I'll try that

Thanks

But can I then still yield return it? As it's wrapped in a method

[buoyant knot]

public void TryStartPowerupAnim() {
if (poweringUpAnim == null)  poweringUpAnim = StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());
}```

and MyCoroutine sets poweringUpAnim = null at the end

oooh, the formatting was so strange, I didn’t understand why it wasn’t working

i didn’t realize you were yield returning StartCoroutine

[tawny cave]

what is the method if I want to make my player object child of a platform so that it moves with it ?

[smoky niche]

Oh is that why it doesnt work?

[buoyant knot]

so, how is it supposed to work?
Coroutine 1 code block 1, Coroutine 2, then Coroutine 1 code block 2?

[smoky niche]

Yeah

[buoyant knot]

ooooh. Ok, so we don’t want to start coroutine

[merry basin]

fellas i need help my script does everything i want BUT it does not let me look up or down not sure what im doing wrong here

[buoyant knot]

or rather, we don’t want to start the second ienumerator as a separate coroutine

we want to manually enumerate through it.

[little meteor]

yourTransform.parent = platformTransform;

[polar acorn]

I'm assuming you want to be able to look up or down

[smoky niche]

Oh okay okay

[merry basin]

yes

[polar acorn]

which makes it not doing everything you want

[merry basin]

true i guess my cylinder has a stiff neck

[buoyant knot]

I forget the exact syntax, but in the first coroutine, you need something like;
IEnumerator powerupAnim = PowerupAnimationCo(…);
while (powerupAnim.MoveNext())
yield return powerupAnim.Current;

i need to check what the methods are called for IEnumerator, but you want the first IEnumerator to enumerate through the second one, partway thru

the system running the coroutines is probably extremely confused that you yield returned an object of type coroutine

[smoky niche]

Okay I see

Lol I remember doing smt similar in the past where it did work, but might be wrong

[buoyant knot]

ok i think the syntax I gave you is roughly right

[merry basin]

anyone able to tell me WHY this does not look up or down https://pastebin.com/viSWvV3Q

[smoky niche]

Nice I'll try it and do some more research, thanks for the help!

[buoyant knot]

good luck

[smoky niche]

Thx

[summer stump]

You use Vector3.up for both mouse x and mouse y

[little meteor]

Camera.main.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(newRotationX, 0f, 0f); spot the mistake?

[merry basin]

i feel like i should but i dont

[wintry quarry]

        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseY);```
Why are you rotating on the y axis for both mouse input axes?

[merry basin]

idk i have been trying to fix it for a while so kinda just copied the same thing but changed x to y

[tawny cave]

is there a way to get the object name a character controller is standing on ? like characterController.isGrounded but for the name of the object

[wintry quarry]

I would say your most likely issue is some improper setup in the scene, as well as that double Rotate line

Are there any errors in console?

[wintry quarry]

You'd have to use either https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnControllerColliderHit.html
or a raycast

[slender path]

Hey so I don't know if this is normal or not but my update function does not work

[frosty hound]

Obviously that is not normal

But you'll need to show code for anyone to see why

[buoyant knot]

define “not work”

[slender path]

I might of fixed it

[buoyant knot]

another happy customer

[slender path]

nope it still does not work

[buoyant knot]

if the monobehaviour enabled, on an enabled gameobject, and timescale > 0?

[slender path]

It was the enabled thing

But i have another problem

I can't get a button to work

[wintry quarry]

#📲┃ui-ux

[slender path]

I am adding the listnener in the code above

[buoyant knot]

if you only say something doesn’t work, understand it is impossible to help fix

[slender path]

I try and have it log CLICK but it does nothing when I click it

[buoyant knot]

is giveitembutton null?

[slender path]

No I assigned it

[buoyant knot]

give the button many different colors for the different states

[wintry quarry]

Is your button even responding to the mouse

[buoyant knot]

like for highlight, select, normal, etc

[wintry quarry]

Do you have an event system in the scene?

[buoyant knot]

give the button all different colors for selected, highlight, etc to see where the problem is

[slender path]

that is what i missed

Thanks

[topaz mortar]

easy one 🙂
var entry = character.FakeCharacter.SpriteCollection.MeleeWeapon1H.SingleOrDefault(i => i.Name == itemSO.SpriteName && i.Collection == itemSO.CollectionName);
How do I replace MeleeWeapon1H by my itemSO.CollectionName variable?

[wintry quarry]

Use a Dictionary

SpriteCollection would need to have a Dictionary<string, whatever type MeleeWeapon1H is>

[topaz mortar]

heh? no I'm calling this line of code with multiple different itemSO.CollectionName's and I need the MeleeWeapon1H to change to the variable value

[wintry quarry]

And I'm telling you how to do that

C# is not Python or JavaScript

we cannot simply substitute strings for variable names willy nilly

[topaz mortar]

CollectionName is an Enum

[wintry quarry]

ok then

Dictionary<ThatEnumType, Whatever>

you will need a dictionary or a switch statement basically

[topaz mortar]

SpriteColection is "external" code - I can edit it, but would rather not
so I guess I just use a switch statement then?

[wintry quarry]

You can use a Dictionary or a switch

either way

you can build a function:

public Sprite GetSpriteForWeapon(WeaponType wt) {
  // return the corerct sprite for the weapon type
}```

you can implement this function with a Dictionary or a switch statement

I'm guessing at the types here

you'll have to fill in the correct parameter and return type

A better option than all of this might be just to have a direct reference to a ScriptableObject that has the sprite on it

There's too many unknowns in the example you provided to get very specific here though

[topaz mortar]

well basically I need to do this:

var entry = character.FakeCharacter.SpriteCollection.Helmet.SingleOrDefault(i => i.Name == itemSO.SpriteName && i.Collection == itemSO.CollectionName);```
But I don't know if it will be MeleeWeapon1H or Helmet up front and theres 15 other types

[wintry quarry]

You really should write shorter lines of code

this is all 😵‍💫

Anyway I explained what to do

You can tqake it or leave it

[quiet dune]

Can i have multiple colliders on a GameObject "A" and have only collisions to a specific collider of "A" execute a methode?

[wintry quarry]

Whatever SpriteCollection is needs to have a function on it to get a sprite for a given equipment type

[wintry quarry]

Put the separate colliders on separate child objects

and put scripts on those sepearet children

[quiet dune]

This would be it. Thanks

[buoyant knot]

alternatively, if your script has references to those colliders, you can check which one it is in OnCollision callbacks

[topaz mortar]

    case "MeleeWeapon1H":
        var entry = SpriteCollection.MeleeWeapon1H.FindSomething();
        Equip(entry, itemSO.EquipmentPart);
        break;
    case "Helmet":
        entry = SpriteCollection.Helmet.FindSomething();
        Equip(entry, itemSO.EquipmentPart);
        break;
}```
There must be a better sollution for this over writing 15 of these?

I simplified the code to better show my question

[wintry quarry]

Yep - as mentioned - a dictionary

or just a direct reference to a ScirptableObject where this is preconfigured

instead of using a CollectionName

[quiet dune]

I think the former method suits my purpose better, because i want the additional collider only for triggers

[topaz mortar]

like I said, it refers to external code that I would rather not edit

I don't understand how a dictionary would help?

and there's no way to add a direct reference to the sprite, it's not referencing a sprite but an object defined by the external code

this would be sooo easy in PHP, does C# really not have a solution for this?

[eager elm]

Is this the same?

GameObject go;
if (go)
{ //Do something; }
-------------------
if (go != null)
{ //Do something; }

[wintry quarry]

yes

[rare basin]

if(!go)

is also the same as == null?

[wintry quarry]

Yes

Note this is only specifically for things that derive from UnityEngine.Object

this is due to operator overloading for that type, not anything built into C#

[rare basin]

got it thanks

[bitter oar]

can i receive help for this?

[rich adder]

whats wrong with it

did you try what I sent?

[bitter oar]

but the problem is im constantly checking for an input

[summer stump]

Why is that a problem?

[bitter oar]

i mean right now im running it in fixed update, and any time there is a change to the joystick it recognizes it, would that work in a coroutine?

[charred spoke]

Thats not a problem, in fact you should check for input in Update

[bitter oar]

so like this?

IEnumerator DriftToDirection()
    {
        if (driftTimeElapsed < driftDuration)
        {
            float t = driftTimeElapsed / driftDuration;
            moveDirection = Vector3.Slerp(moveDirection, moveDirection + cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput, t);
            driftTimeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
            driftTimeElapsed = 0;
            moveDirection += cameraObject.right * inputManager.horizontalInput;
        }
    }

[wintry quarry]

Coroutine without any yields?

this will be a compile error, and also makes little sense

[bitter oar]

yield return null?

[polar acorn]

Why is this a coroutine

[summer stump]

That makes it yield the main thread for one frame
There are multiple kinds of yield though

[bitter oar]

to stop it from running again and again

[polar acorn]

That's not what a coroutine does

[bitter oar]

i only want it to run when input direction changed

[polar acorn]

Then you should make this a normal function, and call it when the input direction changes

[bitter oar]

i was relying on navarone

[slender nymph]

it would need to be looping if you intend to make it a coroutine that you only call when input changes

[pulsar lodge]

https://gdl.space/xedupovutu.cpp https://gdl.space/nosirihita.cs https://gdl.space/erirutujuf.cs https://gdl.space/howepatazi.cpp Hey guys, I was wondering if someone might know what I'm doing wrong here, I'm getting a null reference error. All of my inventory itself and items are setup as scriptable objects, Getting a null reference error on the GiveKey() method

[polar acorn]

What is the error

what line

[pulsar lodge]

29 on howepatazi

[slender nymph]

where do you assign to cKey

[polar acorn]

cKey is null

[pulsar lodge]

object reference not set to an instance of object

[bitter oar]

like this worked but after it lerped my current direction to the wanted one, it reset me to my last direction and did the lerp again

[summer stump]

cKey is private and not serialized, so how do you assign it. I don't see it anywhere there

[formal escarp]

Im unsure on why my code is not working. It does not drop the item when the enemy is killed.

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

public class DropBrain : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform transform;
    public GameObject Dropear;
    public float vida = 1f;
    void Update()
    {
        if (vida >= 0)
        {
            void die()
            {
                Destroy(gameObject);
                DropCerebro();
            }   
        }
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void DropCerebro()
    {
        Vector3 position = transform.position;
        GameObject Cerebro = Instantiate(Dropear, position, Quaternion.identity);
        Cerebro.SetActive(true);
        Destroy(Cerebro, 10f);
    }
}

[polar acorn]

You have a function in your function

Where do you call die()

[formal escarp]

i swear, the guy in the tutorial did it like that and it worked 💀

[polar acorn]

Show the tutorial

[formal escarp]

(Tutorial)

[polar acorn]

Link to it

[summer stump]

This is a compile error

Is that gpt?

[formal escarp]

No.

[formal escarp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjZ5mLNll5M

1:35

[bitter oar]

is there a simpler way to fix this which im just not seeing?

[polar acorn]

Well I'll be damned. One of the actual cases of this being true. Congrats on being the fifth ever:

"I did it exactly like the tutorial so why does theirs work and mine doesn't" counter:
Number of times it wasn't exactly like the tutorial: 138
Number of times it was exactly like the tutorial: 5
Number of times the code literally did not exist: 1
2022-07-19 to 2023-12-7

You should probably delete everything this tutorial told you to do and find one that isn't terrible

[formal escarp]

YEAAA!

Do i get a high five?

BTW. I was also like "this guy created a void inside a void? it works? huh" so i was not sure if i was tweakin or not.

[polar acorn]

You get immortalized as one of the single-digit number of people who have managed to find a broken tutorial

[rich adder]

horrible

[polar acorn]

It's legal C# code, but it is almost never what you want, and you'd still need to actually call it

[formal escarp]

Is the tutorial that bad? im going to search for another one either way.

[polar acorn]

If a tutorial is willing to put blatantly non-compiling code in the tutorial and not mention it you can assume the rest of it is low effort and not worth following

[bitter oar]

how would i check if the left stick has moved since the last frame? using new input system

[rich adder]

seriously i would take something down if it was like that

[polar acorn]

You can maybe get some of the concepts, but don't use any code from it, make your own

[formal escarp]

I mean. Fair enough, but sometimes i find tutorials that has code that breaks a little, i fix it or maybe change it a little bit and keep on my day.

but anyways, thanks.

[rich adder]

the best way honesstly is watching many different people doing it without copying , just learn and compare from each small bits ... after put your own system together

[formal escarp]

this actually sounds like a great idea

[rich adder]

this way ensures you pretty much know your own system if something goes wrong..

[formal escarp]

I love and hate coding

[rich adder]

otherwise its like blindly following someone in the woods until they leave you stranded

[formal escarp]

Sometimes im happy because i make stuff works, or i get errors and i know how to fix em. But sometimes i just wanna take my own face off.

[bitter oar]

can i get help?

[rich adder]

the more experience you gain solving problems, the less frustrating it will be

[swift crag]

by the way, they're not called "voids" -- void is just the return type of the function

void Foo() { }
int Bar() { return 3; }

[polar acorn]

Store the value from last frame, check the current value this frame. If they aren't the same, it's been moved

[swift crag]

these are functions named Foo and Bar

Foo returns nothing and Bar returns an integer

[bitter oar]

yes but how do i store the value from the last frame so it doesn't change every frame

[swift crag]

You can indeed declare a function inside of another function

void Foo() {
  void Bar() {
    Debug.Log("Hi");
  }

  Bar();
}

This would log "Hi" if you called Foo.

The reason that the example in the tutorial was bogus was because it tried to put an access modifier -- public -- on the local function

[polar acorn]

Store it in a variable, and check the variable before you change it

[swift crag]

An access modifier only makes sense when declaring members of a type. Local functions don't exist outside of the function they're defined in, so it makes no sense to put public there.

[bitter oar]

reworded my question

[polar acorn]

Store it in a variable, and check the variable before you change it

[bitter oar]

yes but the variable im storing it in will be updated every frame to the new input - how do i stop that?

[formal escarp]

This is the first time i see it.

[swift crag]

It's not very common.

[formal escarp]

Why would you do it tho? In which cases?

[swift crag]

I only do it when I have some logic that:

• I need to use many times in a function
• I won't use anywhere else

[queen adder]

Could yall help me ? My 2d character cant start the runinng animation unless it jumps first

[rich adder]

not enough info

[queen adder]

I set 4 states idle, jump running and falling. I used animator for trying to make transitions

Do i have to uncheck exit time?

[rich adder]

yeah probably, also sounds like you put the transitions wrong

not sure where the code part comes in

you have to send that and show your transition conditions

[swift crag]

if this is an animation question, ask in #🏃┃animation . please show us your animator controller when you do so

[ruby python]

!code

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[loud topaz]

Question: How does the scaling get from top to bottom when attaching the player to the "attacher" empty with (1, 1, 1) scaling. The Player was (1, 1, 1) before.

I need the player to stay uniform.

[ruby python]

Hi guys, not sure if this belongs here or in #⚛️┃physics is honest as it's a bit of both, but I'm having a bit of brain fog.

I have a player shooting at a door, the door then explodes into bits and I want the 'bits' to be pushed away from the direction of the shot that destroyed it (using the physics system.

I'm getting the direction of the shot with.....

Vector3 shotDirection = (explosionPoint.transform.position - playerFiringPosition.position).normalized;

and I know that I have to apply a force to each of the 'bits' but getting the direction of the force (opposite of my 'shotDirection' variable) is eluding my addled brain.

[loud topaz]

this is the code that happens, when i touch the mover.

[ruby python]

I believe it's because the transform is in World Scale?

[rich adder]

because the scale becomes relative to its parent

[loud topaz]

yeah i know why, but what does it calculate. can i reverse that?

[rich adder]

also you might not want to parent it to a non-uniform scale

[loud topaz]

the "attacher" is uniform

that doesnt work?

[rich adder]

wdym what does it calculate ?

[rich adder]

if you rotate your platoform you're gonna get weird skewing on it or player

your platform isn't uniform btw

[loud topaz]

im not sure what happens here. i know it has something to do with the non uniform scale of the moving platform.

[queen adder]

You know what gravity should we use ?

[loud topaz]

i want to know what happens when i parent to something non uniform. how does unity get to those scaling numbers on the player.

[rich adder]

probably. idk fully what you're asking.
attaching anything to non-unform causes weird distortion

[queen adder]

plus what force should we use for a 2d game

[swift crag]

well, what's the scale of the "Attacher" game object?

[rich adder]

math

[swift crag]

It will attempt to change the player's scale so that the apparent size of the player doesn't change

This can't be done in many cases.

[loud topaz]

yeah, i know that it is math obv 😄

[swift crag]

Is the player parented to something before touching the platform?

[loud topaz]

nope

[swift crag]

oh, wait

MovingPlatform is scaled, right

It doesn't matter that the Attacher object is uniformly scaled

[loud topaz]

it is numbers given above

[swift crag]

Its parent is not. Therefore, the player's local scale will have to change when you parent the player to Attacher

If you scale the parent, that affects all of its children, too.

You should rearrange it like this:

Moving Platform <- [1,1,1] scale, player attaches to this
  Surface <- any scale you want, has the renderer and collider

[loud topaz]

Attacher > Moving Platform and Player

[swift crag]

Right.

This way, everything above the player has a nice uniform scale

[loud topaz]

i know, but how does unity get to those numbers.

[swift crag]

I don't know exactly how it works, because it's non-obvious for rotated objects

An object whose parent is non-uniformly scaled gets distorted as it rotates.

If the parent scale is [5,1,1], then the player is always being stretched 5x in the parent's X direction

[loud topaz]

this is interesting. thx for that answer.

[swift crag]

So as the player rotates, different parts of the player get pulled

whatever is lined up with the parent's X axis

I guess Unity tries to approximate a scale for the player that minimizes the change as you go from no parent to distorted parent

If the parent is uniformly scaled, it's easy

if you reparent to something at [2,2,2] scale, your local scale halves

your local scale is [0.5, 0.5, 0.5], which perfectly cancels out the parent's [2,2,2] scale

[loud topaz]

i see. thx ill fix that. was just curious what happens under the hood 🙂

[wintry quarry]

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[queen adder]

how can i make it so my character cant jump in the air? only until it hits the ground?

[fossil tree]

hi my problem is the next i try make when i push a button he be retired of my list and a other random button be add at the list but currently when i push my button that just remove without adding a new one why? my code:

    {
        if(boutonController.boutonListe.Contains(1))
        {
            boutonController.boutonListe.Remove(1);
                int random = Random.Range(1,9);
                while (random == boutonController.boutonListe[0] | random == boutonController.boutonListe[1] | random == boutonController.boutonListe[2])
                {
                    random = Random.Range(1,9);
                    if(random != boutonController.boutonListe[0] && random != boutonController.boutonListe[1] && random != boutonController.boutonListe[2] )
                    {
                    boutonController.boutonListe.Add(random);
                    score++;
                    }
                    
                }
                
                
                

                
                
        }
    }```

[summer stump]

Look up grounding. There are multiple ways. I generally use one or more raycasts pointing down and when they hit the ground, I set a bool called grounded to true

If it's false, you disable jumping

[loud topaz]

@swift crag fixed it 🙂 player stays uniform after leaving the platform. thx for your help

[fossil tree]

and this is the error i got : ```ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T].get_Item (System.Int32 index) (at <6073cf49ed704e958b8a66d540dea948>:0)
bouton5.OnMouseDown () (at Assets/bouton5.cs:41)
UnityEngine.SendMouseEvents:DoSendMouseEvents(Int32)

[rare basin]

that is a weird piece of code

[polar acorn]

Then you're trying to get an element from a list with an index that is either negative or greater than the size of the list

[wintry quarry]

It's a pretty clear error.

[rare basin]

did you use | on purpose or you meant ||

(just asking, this is not related to the index out of range error)

[wintry quarry]

there's no way it's on purpose

[fossil tree]

i use | for or

[buoyant knot]

Options:

1. Use OnCollisionEnter/Stay to detect collisions, and filter the contents to specifically detect ground.
2. Use GetContacts to get all the contact points for your collider/RB, and filter to see if you have a valid ground contact.
3. Raycast/BoxCast/Cast/CapsuleCast downward, and check if you hit ground.
4. Have a separate collider below character as a trigger, and use OnTriggerEnter/Stay to look for ground.
5. Define a region under your character mathematically. Then call Physics2D.OverlapAreaAll to check if any valid ground is found there.

[polar acorn]

why

[fossil tree]

why not

[summer stump]

Because || exists

[polar acorn]

because || is boolean or

[buoyant knot]

because it has a different meaning

[fossil tree]

what is the diference with | ?

[buoyant knot]

| is bitwise or

you know how a number is stored in binary with 0 and 1?

[polar acorn]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35301/what-is-the-difference-between-the-and-or-operators

[rare basin]

| is bitwise or

[buoyant knot]

| goes through each bit individually and gives the or for each in the final

[rare basin]

if you want a boolean or you use ||

[fossil tree]

oh ok i see

[buoyant knot]

so 0011 | 1000 makes 1011

[short hazel]

| also works with booleans, it's just less efficient because it does not short-circuit

[wintry quarry]

| is not bitwise,

it simply doesn't short circuit

[short hazel]

It's not bitwise in this context

[wintry quarry]

it's only bitwise with numerical arguments

[rare basin]

how isn't it bitwise or?

[polar acorn]

Because the parameters aren't numeric

[summer stump]

Because this is a different context

[rare basin]

but im talking in general

[polar acorn]

This is one of the reasons to avoid it by the way

because it behaves differently depending on whether your values are numeric or boolean

[fossil tree]

but no :( i have the right number of element in my list and i dont got negative number

[summer stump]

In a conversation about something specific...

[wintry quarry]

int x = 5;
int y = 6;
int result = x | y; // This is bitwise or

bool x = false;
bool y = true;
bool result = x | y; // This is logical or

It depends on the argument types

[rare basin]

ik

[short hazel]

| does not mean "bitwise", it's just how numerical types override this operator to make it bitwise

[polar acorn]

If that were the case, you wouldn't be getting the error. Try logging the length of the lists on the line before you attempt to access them

[rare basin]

@summer stump please how can i block you, you're just a trolling clown

[summer stump]

Gets so mad all the time lmfao. Really embarrassing for you
I'm sure thinking I'm a troll or clown will make you feel much better about being a bully
Typical behavior

Click my profile, then the three dots and click block

[rare basin]

ok done lmao

[polar acorn]

It's best to avoid giving "general" information about a specific topic when the general information does not apply

[buoyant knot]

🤔

[fossil tree]

my list is on public so i can see what i have in my list and i only have 4 value and 3 when i click

[polar acorn]

Doesn't matter log it anyway

you can see a list in the inspector

[buoyant knot]

idk i didn’t realize | was even implemented for bools

[polar acorn]

but that might not be this list

[fossil tree]

why?

[buoyant knot]

since people explicitly use | |

[polar acorn]

Because every single instance of this script has their own list

[wintry quarry]

|| is almost always preferred.

[polar acorn]

one of them having a list set does not mean all of them do

log it

[buoyant knot]

i assume because of operator order

[wintry quarry]

nothing to do with that. || skips the second expression entirely if the first one is true. It can therefore save performance. | always evaluates both operands.

[minor roost]

is there a good tut to make game hub in unity where u can choose ur game

[polar acorn]

Because it is a 100% free minor performance boost and unambiguously ensures you're doing a boolean operation

[buoyant knot]

oh. i didn’t realize | wouldn’t short circuit for bools

[summer stump]

Probably just some buttons that change the scene or something

But not that I know of

[polar acorn]

That seems like a very project-specific feature so it's unlikely to find a tutorial for that specific thing

[wintry quarry]

x || y will never give a different result from x | y. The difference is if you do x | SomeExpensiveFunction() vs x || SomeExpensiveFunction(). In the latter case, the expensive function can be skipped if x is true.

[minor roost]

ok

ty

[wintry quarry]

The only reason you wouldn't want to skip SomeExpensiveFunction is if it had some other side effect besides returning a bool

[buoyant knot]

makes sense. I assume || also has a much higher priority when it comes to order of operations?

[wintry quarry]

They ahve the same priority

[fossil tree]

so i have print him and he say me 4 :(

[buoyant knot]

that’s unexpected

[wintry quarry]

NVM I'm wrong, | is actually higher priority

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

[polar acorn]

Is that the last log before the error? Share the code again with the log in it to see where it is

[buoyant knot]

idk if I’m reading it backwards. shouldn’t = have very high priority?

[fossil tree]

this is the code ```if(boutonController.boutonListe.Contains(1))
{
boutonController.boutonListe.Remove(1);
int random = Random.Range(1,9);
while (random == boutonController.boutonListe[0] || random == boutonController.boutonListe[1] || random == boutonController.boutonListe[2])
{
random = Random.Range(1,9);
if(random != boutonController.boutonListe[0] && random != boutonController.boutonListe[1] && random != boutonController.boutonListe[2] )
{
boutonController.boutonListe.Add(random);
score++;
}

            }
            
            
            

            
            
    }```

and in the log i got this : ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T].get_Item (System.Int32 index) (at <6073cf49ed704e958b8a66d540dea948>:0) bouton3.OnMouseDown () (at Assets/bouton3.cs:41) UnityEngine.SendMouseEvents:DoSendMouseEvents(Int32)

[buoyant knot]

nvm it’s like the opposite

[polar acorn]

Where is the log

[fossil tree]

what you calling log?

[polar acorn]

...the log

the log I told you to add

[obtuse veldt]

Do I need "using System.Diagnostics;", because when I am using "Debug.log()", it gives me error CS0104 with "using UnityEngine;"
Ty for the help (I am very new to Unity)

[polar acorn]

that you said you added

[polar acorn]

No, remove it

[fossil tree]

oh the print message?

[wintry quarry]

no you don't want System.Diagnostics

[buoyant knot]

Debug.Log is in UnityEngine

[obtuse veldt]

so why it is there? isn't it by default?

[polar acorn]

No, it isn't

[summer stump]

That will cause an error of ambiguity if you also have using UnityEngine

[wintry quarry]

your IDE added it automatically when you typed Debug and you accepted it

[buoyant knot]

Debug is also a class in System, which can be confusing

[obtuse veldt]

oh my bad ;p

[summer stump]

Another one that may get you is using System.Numerics

UnityEngine has its own Vector3, and if you have that it can cause an ambiguity error

[buoyant knot]

but obviously if you’re using Unity, you want Debug in UnityEngine and not in System

i just turned off all automatic using namespace things

VS kept adding the most random shit to my code, making it fail during build

[languid spire]

why are you looking for specific entries in the List without first checking if those entries are actually in the List?

[tender stag]

if i have procedurally generated terrain, how would i go about making the nav mesh

[obtuse veldt]

now i have CS0117 (Debug does not contain a definition for log)

[polar acorn]

Because it doesn't

[summer stump]

Log not log

[polar acorn]

There's no such thing as Debug.log

[tender stag]

how would i bake it through script after i generated map

[buoyant knot]

Debug.Log

[rare basin]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/runtime-navmesh-generation

[languid spire]

build at run time

[tender stag]

thanks

[rare basin]

wait its removed

[buoyant knot]

does the version of C# supported by Unity allow Records? I have been struggling with those.

[rich adder]

anyway is dead simple

[rare basin]

im pretty sure its just

surface.BuildNavMesh()? surface being the NavMeshSurface

[rich adder]

just bake it from the NavMeshSurface

[tender stag]

yeah

one more thing

[obtuse veldt]

It worked! I don t have errors but it doesn t print what i want to

[tender stag]

if i have like a building system in the future

like when i place a wall

do i need to bake the nav mesh surface again?

thats kind of performance heavy

[summer stump]

Show the code. Hard to help without seeing

[rare basin]

if you have a dynamic environment with walls, obstacles etc, then yes

[tender stag]

the whole nav mesh?

[summer stump]

You can rebuild small portions

[obtuse veldt]

how can i insert it here like this?

[rare basin]

no

[tender stag]

yeah thats what i meant

so its possible

alright

[fossil tree]

i just want check if the first second and third value are not the same of the random number

[summer stump]

!code

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[rare basin]

@tender stag

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMeshBuilder.html

[obtuse veldt]

https://paste.ofcode.org/37Lv9j2EsxXgVjEMX4dfHrK

[summer stump]

Is that attached to an active gameobject in the scene?

[obtuse veldt]

... I don t think so

How to do that

[summer stump]

Then it will not run.

You just drag it onto and object.
Or click addcomponent at the bottom of the inspector for an object

I recommend taking the pathways here
!learn

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[obtuse veldt]

I did it with the main camera and now it worked on a capsule, thanks

[obtuse veldt]

ill take it ;-;

[languid spire]

but you do not know if there even are a first, second or third value

[polar acorn]

I asked them to log it but I never got an answer back on that

[languid spire]

typical

[tender stag]

is it normal for a wire arc to have these like points

like its not a perfect circle

[wintry quarry]

yes it's normal

it's made up of line segments

[tender stag]

oh alright

so is this why i cant connect these lines to it?

technically its correct

we just cant see it?

[wintry quarry]

Seems plausible

[tender stag]

what does that mean

[wintry quarry]

It's possible you're correct, but based on just eyeballing this it's also possible your lines/positions/math are slightly off

it looks good though

[tender stag]

alright

[tender stag]

could you check if i've done it wrong

just in case

its not that long

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/azizoqoyot.java

[sage mirage]

Hey, guys! Does dropdown panels have OnClick event cuz I can't see them, I can only see On Value Changed (int32)?

or maybe I cant add this event somehow?

[rich adder]

There should be OnPointerClick in script

or any of the Event Triggers could work

[sage mirage]

Oh, ok thanks!

Yes but on pointer click is a class.

I mean if there is any method that does that

[rich adder]

is a method*

[valid pulsar]

been learning the unity input system and set up a way to rebind keys is there a way i can set a refrence to an action in inspector instead of making a ton of lines an going playerInputActions.PlayerMovement.action for each line. i was looking around and it seems like theres a way everting i found looks very convoluted

[sage mirage]

@rich adder It is a custom method

There is a class called OnPointerClick

[rich adder]

just use EventTrigger component

its in there

[languid spire]

use the IPointerClick interface

[rich adder]

or that

[sage mirage]

What is the event trigger?

[rich adder]

its a component

[sage mirage]

Oh, I found it

The IPointerClick is the same as the trigger?

[rich adder]

yes they do exactly the same thing

one is code and one is a inspector component

[weary moss]

will "random.range(1, 10)" generate numbers from 2 to 10?

[rich adder]

no 1-9

[weary moss]

alright thanks

[queen adder]

Hey all!
https://pastebin.com/yXk6u2kS
can someone help me figure out why this thing (the raycast) detects the player (that's on the default layer), instead of the specified groundLayer?

I tried bitshifting the layer that I wanted, I tried checking everything it collides with and comparing the collided obj's layer

I tried the using the log to get the ground layer

[rich adder]

are you sure player is on default layer ?

[queen adder]

yep, 100%

[rich adder]

oh, how do you know its hitting player

[queen adder]

I think I checked at least 50 times by now lol

debug.logs

on line 71

it says player

[rare basin]

show the ground layer in the inspector

[rich adder]

oh ok and how about your hierarchy

[queen adder]

1 sec

[rare basin]

and the player's inspector where he has the collider component attached to

[rare basin]

what's the player's layer

[queen adder]

default

[rare basin]

can you show it

[queen adder]

I really feel like it should be an obvous fix, bit I just can't seem to find it

Collision matrix is checked too

oh

i got it

it seems like that it did collide with it

[rich adder]

Debug.Log(m_GroundHit.collider);

[queen adder]

yep

seems like m_GroundHit.transform.... returns the object the script is attached to?

which kinda makes sense

but also doesn't

[rich adder]

no https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RaycastHit-transform.html

[queen adder]

well, then I dont know why m_GroundHit.transform.gameObject would return the Player

[rich adder]

maybe you have another script somewhere thats stuck on default 😆

[queen adder]

well I have to check that, but I highly doubt it lol

[rich adder]

yeah not sure lol im try to test it

i always use collider

[queen adder]

and now that I've restarted unity it doesn't return the player at all

[rich adder]

are you sure you weren't looking at some old logs or something

[weary moss]

is case better than just a bunch of if's stacked?

[queen adder]

naah, I always delete or comment out my logs after I'm done using them

Even made this scene to just have the player and the ground

[rich adder]

you meanswitch vs else if

[rare basin]

if you have bunch of if stackeds (like 5/6 if else statements) then you can surely improve your architecture

[weary moss]

yea

[rare basin]

to maybe use a dictionary or something else

[weary moss]

what's a dictionary

in the programming that is

[rich adder]

you never use a real life dictionary ?

its the same thing

[queen adder]

key : value pairs

[rare basin]

serialized dictionaries will become your best friend

[weary moss]

the documentation?

[queen adder]

just type in "Unity dictionaries" or "C# dictionaries" into youtube

[rare basin]

just google it

[queen adder]

its like arrays on steroids

sorta

[rich adder]

https://www.tutorialsteacher.com/csharp/csharp-dictionary

[spring coral]

real quick, how would I check if the current gameobject is already destroyed? doing gameObject == null returns a missingref exception

assuming it does that because this.gameObject calls a backing field that tries to invoke the actual logic, but i want to check for null

i was thinking of a weird hack like caching the local gameobject instance, maybe that would work?

[rare basin]

what do you need it for

[queen adder]

you could make the variable nullable

so if its destroyed, and you set it to be null when it's destroyed

with like an event or something

you can do stuff

but if you use an event on destroy, you probably dont even have to check if its null

since the event would fire when it gets destroyed

[polar acorn]

If the object is never disabled, you could do a hack by checking if activeInHierarchy is false, since queueing an object for destruction immediately disables it

But that's assuming it's either active or gone. This won't work if being disabled is a normal condition for it

[queen adder]

what exactly are you trying to do? we're just shooting in the dark tbh

[queen adder]

It could be that when I opened unity for the first time (when it still logged the player as being the object detected) it console logged some sort of memory error with the editor

maybe that's what was causing it

Cause I just can't recreate it now

[rich adder]

i'm certain it was an old log

[queen adder]

But I made this scene just to test it

its literally just the player script running along with the input manager

[rich adder]

that doesn't necessarily mean logs got cleared

[summer stump]

How many do you need to check? Another option is to have an event that fires in OnDestroy
But that really depends on the use case

[queen adder]

I set my console to clear the logs every time a scene runs

[spring coral]

the object is destroyed

[queen adder]

so its always cleared

[spring coral]

and hmmm maybe the ondestroyed thing will work?

then just compare against that

[summer stump]

It is a method that runs once

[queen adder]

like I said, you could just fire an event when it gets destroyed

[spring coral]

also the problem is that some code is running due to unitask, and it runs until even after the object is destroyed

[rich adder]

explaining the use case would prob help get better solution

[polar acorn]

Yeah, once you call Destroy on it, it'll deactivate it right away, but the actual destruction happens later. If it's never disabled other than this condition, you can check for it being disabled. If it is, then it's in the process of being destroyed

[spring coral]

explained above a bit more of why its happening

[summer stump]

Can you link to it? I never saw it

[spring coral]

the unitask explanation

heres the code

this runs at some point, but then something else triggers this gameobject to destroy earlier, but this is still running

i might just be able to cancel the task though tbh

[rare basin]

maybe try/catch in this case?

[spring coral]

alternative solution

i think this should hopefully work?

without the need to set a flag in ondestroyed

[rich adder]

dejavu

[valid pulsar]

looking into this more and found this https://forum.unity.com/threads/get-reference-to-an-inputaction-by-action-name.1020280/ which would work but is there a way to just select the action insted of this

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys, I have this code that makes my enemies move.. but it seems that in diagonal they are faster even using normalized. Why is that? ```cs
private void Move(){

    Vector3 MoveDirection = _player.transform.position - transform.position;
    MoveDirection.Normalize();
    _rb.velocity = MoveDirection * data.speed;

} ```

[red kindle]

where do I find assets for my game?

I appreciate that

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.ClampMagnitude.html

[rich adder]

hmm should still work like this though iirc

[timber tide]

normalize should handle magnitude

[solemn fractal]

yesterday I was having the same prob with my player mov and I fixed like that: ```cs
float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
float verticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

    Vector2 vector = new Vector2(horizontalInput, verticalInput).normalized;

    transform.Translate(playerSpeed * vector *  Time.deltaTime); ``` here I go same speed even in diagonal

[timber tide]

no clue about rb methods though

[solemn fractal]

But now I need the same for the enemies but they use rb.velocity

[solemn fractal]

that might work ?

[onyx blaze]

I'm trying to select my button via script, but aren't working "OnEnable"
Only works when "Start"
I'm doing something wrong?

[tawny cave]

I attached a box collider to the bottom part of my player. I'd like to make the player object child of a moving platform when this specific collider is in collision with the platform (player standing on it), but I get some syntax error....

[rare basin]

because it doesnt take BoxCollider as the parameter

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

[rare basin]

btw you can just do _contentPanel.Select()

you can call Select() on any Selectable

[tawny cave]

actually it's probably OnTriggerStay I need, since I only use the collision box as trigger

[solemn fractal]

Trying to instantiate this cs [SerializeField] private BulletBossTwo[] _bullet; but not being able. I get the error . I cant instantiate things inside an array ?

[rare basin]

wdym instantiate things inside an array?

you want to add them into the array after instantiating?

[solemn fractal]

no, I can do it another way but just wanted to know if I cant do it, because I get this error and not sure why.

[rare basin]

but what are you trying to do

[solemn fractal]

basically each bullet will go to a dif direction

[rare basin]

show the code

[solemn fractal]

and it is 4 bullets using the same prefab but the mov is inside the bullet script and I am instantiating it inside the boss script.. so I created an array to make sure they are 4 dif things . But I can try to do differently.

private IEnumerator shoot(float waitOne, float waitTwo, float waitThree, float waitFour){

        while (true){
            
            Vector3 _posRight  = new Vector3(transform.position.x + 7.5f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
            Vector3 _posLeft   = new Vector3(transform.position.x - 7.5f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
            Vector3 _posTop    = new Vector3(transform.position.x + 6.9f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
            Vector3 _posBotton = new Vector3(transform.position.x - 6.9f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

            _bullet[0]   = Instantiate(_bullet, _posRight, quaternion.identity);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitOne);
            _bullet[1]   = Instantiate(_bullet, _posLeft, quaternion.identity);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitTwo);
            _bullet[2]   = Instantiate(_bullet, _posTop, quaternion.identity);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitThree);
            _bullet[3]   = Instantiate(_bullet, _posBotton, quaternion.identity);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitFour);
        }
       
    } ```

movement of the bullets ```cs
private void Move(){

    Vector3 _directionOne   = new Vector3(_bossTwo.transform.position.x + 7.5f, _bossTwo.transform.position.y, _bossTwo.transform.position.z);
    Vector3 _directionTwo   = new Vector3(_bossTwo.transform.position.x - 7.5f, _bossTwo.transform.position.y, _bossTwo.transform.position.z);
    Vector3 _directionThree = new Vector3(_bossTwo.transform.position.x + 6.9f, _bossTwo.transform.position.y, _bossTwo.transform.position.z);
    Vector3 _directionFour  = new Vector3(_bossTwo.transform.position.x - 6.9f, _bossTwo.transform.position.y, _bossTwo.transform.position.z);
    
    if (_bullet[0] != null){

    _directionOne = transform.position.normalized;
    _bullet[0].GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = _directionOne * _velocity;

    } else if (_bullet[1] != null){

    _directionTwo = transform.position.normalized;
    _bullet[1].GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = _directionTwo * _velocity;

    }else if (_bullet[2] != null){

    _directionThree = transform.position.normalized;
    _bullet[2].GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = _directionThree * _velocity;

    }else if (_bullet[3] != null){

    _directionFour = transform.position.normalized;
    _bullet[3].GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = _directionFour * _velocity;

    }
} ```

[wintry quarry]

you should try to learn to use for loops
there's no point in having an array if you do everything manually like this.

[onyx blaze]

Isn't working :/

Aren't selecting :/

[rare basin]

exactly, imagine if you have 20 bullets array, or 100 bullets

[onyx blaze]

The code are getting the right object

[solemn fractal]

True.. I know for loops haha I just didnt think about them. Normally for works great with arrays..

but my question was, I cant instantiate things inside an array ?

[rare basin]

is BulletBossTwo a MonoBehaviour?

[wintry quarry]

Anyway your error is obvious. _bullet is an ARRAY of things. Which makes it both:

• A very poorly named varialbe
• Not something you can call Instantiate() on

You can Instantiate an individual "BulletBossTwo"

but not an array of them

if you want to do something for each member of the array, use a loop.

[solemn fractal]

ok thank you

[wintry quarry]

As general advice, any time you find yourself "numbering" your variables or class names, such as:

• _directionThree. _directionFour etc
• BulletBossTwo
• _bossTwo
  That's a STRONG indicator you should really be using arrays, lists and loops

[rare basin]

or dictionaries! 😄

[wintry quarry]

collections in general, and loops

[solemn fractal]

Got it, thank you guys.

[rare basin]

once i've discovered serialized dictionaries i can't dev without it

[timber tide]

my serialized dictionary keeps breaking my data that I got from the forums

[onyx blaze]

Debug.Log are retrieving the object, but aren't selecting in the screen

[timber tide]

I've just been loading the data manually at startup

[rare basin]

i can recommend the GenericDictionary

available on github free to use

[onyx blaze]

I set a coroutine and it's works \o
Just need to wait 1 frame

[maiden current]

Hey guys, I'm thinking about a Save System for my game.

I was thinking about making an interface to implement to every gameObject that needs to save / load data. Then, when saving the game I collect all items in the scene that have inherited the interface and call the save method.

I now have the data for all the scene, the thing is, to keep track of the data from other scenes I'll make an static persistent gameObject that contains all the variables to be saved from all scenes.

My doubt is the next. If I'm in a scene and I navigate to another for the very first time I would firstly save the current data in that static script and then when entering the other scene I would load the data I have in the hierarchy of that scene. If It's the first time I'm in that scene It would load uninitialized variables to the scripts in the scene.

To fix this I thought about doing a dictionary that tells If I have previously visited a scene, if so, then I can load, else not.

However I think I'm overthinking all this, could you bring me some light?

[tawny cave]

how do you get a public variable from another game object in a script ?

[fossil gulch]

You mean static variables?

Look that up

See if it’s what you mean

[summer stump]

https://unity.huh.how/programming/references

Reference the instance and get the variable.
Drag and drop reference if you can

[fossil gulch]

Ooooooh thats what they meant

[summer stump]

You could do a static variable, but be very careful, most of the time it's not what you want
That would mean a single instance of the variable, and modifying it anywhere will modify it everywhere

[fossil gulch]

[deep zealot]

Found this error and am stunted;
"A local or parameter named 'obj' cannot be declared in this scope because that name is used in an enclosing local scope to define a local or parameter"

Pls explain

[solemn fractal]

with this magnitude should work?

[rich adder]

iirc thats how it was done

[rich adder]

which line, show code

[wintry quarry]

Looks like obj is already used in an enclosing scope. You can't use the same variable name twice, or it won't know which variable to use.

[queen adder]

Hi there. Got a simple question because im in lack of knowledge. Im rotating an NPC towards another object which works well. I just wonder which value or calculation could be use to check if the rotation towards the target is acually done.

float singleStep = 1f * Time.deltaTime;
 newDirection = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.forward, targetDirection, singleStep, 0.0f);
                    transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);```

[tawny cave]

drag and drop doesn't work, it seems to only add the transform component of the other object

I actually want variables contained in a script attached to the object

but when I try to use target = GameObject.find() and then do target.variable, it doesn't work

[summer stump]

It will add the type you chose
Show the variable you tried to drag it into

For example, if you drag an object with script Foo on it into:
public Foo foo;
It will reference Foo

If you drag it into
public Transform foo;
It will reference the transform

[rich adder]

if it doesn't work its either the wrong type chose or its a prefab and the object is part of the scene

[tawny cave]

the said platform is part of the scene, and the player is a prefab

[weary moss]

if i do:

if(value >= 5)
{
//do something
}
else if(value >= 2)
{
//do something 2
}

let's say the value is > 5, will it only run the If, or will it also run the Else If?

[tawny cave]

is there a way to add script instead of Transfrom in the box "movingPlatform" ??

cuz I can only drag from the hierarchy with all objects and it's what it does

[short hazel]

Only the first if, because the else will only be reached if value < 5

[deep zealot]

public int time_seconds = 5;

public List<spawnWhenCalled> objects;

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
{
foreach (spawnWhenCalled obj in objects)
{
obj.Spawn();

    for (int i = 0; i < time_seconds; i++)
    {
      foreach (spawnWhenCalled obj in objects)
      {
        obj.Despawn();
      }
    }
  }
}

[deep zealot]

the obj.Despawn();

[rich adder]

lol thats a lot of loops

[deep zealot]

so I just change name

[rich adder]

anyway u named 2 local vars obj

in the foreach

[deep zealot]

I know lol

[rich adder]

whats the point of this cursed code?

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

I explained exactly how to right here

Oh, if the player isn't in the scene at runtime, you need a different reference method. Grab it from wherever you instantiate it

[tawny cave]

well I know I must very dumb but cant figure out the right line for that (this one doesn't create a field in the inspector)

[queen adder]

No, it will take the first statement which is true.. xd

[deep zealot]

First create a list of game objects each with a script attached( this is so I can access the script) and then if player collide it will ativate the objects and after a number of time deactivate the objects

[queen adder]

But that if/else statement still does not make sense.

You should use If (value >= 2 && value < 5) {} elseif ...

[deep zealot]

How do you think I should uncurse it

[rich adder]

using coroutine for the timer, loop through whatever scripts ig

id only need 1 loop tho 🤔

[deep zealot]

coroutine has always confused me, well time to go back to the books

[rich adder]

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

[fierce shuttle]

Why exactly might you want to save game objects and scenes? Shouldnt those things be persistent already? What changes about your scenes that need to be saved? And are you trying to save this data to file or some other way?

[maiden current]

Yeah, I'll save it in a JSON. I want to track player's coordinates, npc's interacted, and basically all variables important for the game. Variables that tells me if an event has already happened or not. That's why I want to keep track of all data in the game and not only in the scene.

Is not gameobjects what I want to save, but some of it's variables.

[queen adder]

Still got my math question. Nobody got an awnser ? 😄

[summer stump]

Where?

[queen adder]

Im rotating an object towards another object using: transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(newDirection);

which works well. But how can i verify if the rotation is done?

[rich adder]

you can just use == no?

[queen adder]

Like using the angle between the objects rotation and a vector3

[rich adder]

afaik Quaternion overrides equality check

[queen adder]

No, because the the other object got its own rotation which is allways differend.

[short hazel]

Dot product between target direction, and transform.forward can do

If it's close to zero 1, then your directions are almost aligned

[tawny cave]

how do you get a vector that's relative to the world instead of a specific object ?

[rich adder]

oh thought == does the dot product for you

[rich adder]

transformPoint? or transformDirection :p

[queen adder]

Do you have a short example on how to create the dot product?

[tawny cave]

might be that ty

[short hazel]

Vector3.Dot(v1, v2)

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Dot.html

[keen hinge]

Hey, I just really wanted to thank y'all for helping me on my project, I hope everyones having a good day :)

[queen adder]

AIght. Thanks. That works.

[fierce shuttle]

Ah I see, a interface could work, maybe giving each npc, and other data you want to save an "ID" could work as well, then you only need to save the ID and the relevant data to some manager, the manager can then look for the NPC, item, etc with the ID and apply the data, unless you would rather have a different file for each NPC - you could also look into a pattern called "micro services", which could be a way to handle saving and loading without depending on game objects or scenes, and you could subscribe to scene load events to trigger the service, the service itself can keep track of what has or has not been loaded yet as well, if that is relevant - that is, if I am understanding the data your trying to save correctly

[spiral oak]

Hey, Im a bit lost right now. I'm researching about making my own libraries.
If I want to save some scripts I reuse in severa, projects, should I save them in a .dll file? Or what should I do?

[summer stump]

You can. I honestly just copy the scripts directly over to my new projects asset folder

[rich adder]

that or make your own packages

[spiral oak]

What's the advantaje of making a .dll file?

[maiden current]

Sounds interesting the micro services thing, I'll research. Thanks a lot

[spiral oak]

Well, that's another option

[summer stump]

It keeps it together, easy to move around, limits the scope, compilation won't include it

[cosmic dagger]

Make your own packages. That way, you can easily update and track changes . . .

[spiral oak]

Is there any way to share scripts between .dll files or packages? Or maybe between packages?
You know what I mean?

[summer stump]

Well, a dll would kinda lock them together. You can reference things in it, sure. But it depends on your use case if that's the best way.

Honestly, I haven't done it that way before, so I don't want to lead you astray or tell you something wrong. This is all just what I've read and heard

[spiral oak]

Well, in case I would make some own packages... I guess I could have a folder with some shared scripts between all packages. Is this a good idea?

[chrome storm]

Hello, i keep getting an error code "error CS1003: Syntax error, ',' expected" but i tried everything and nothing worked

    {
        jumpBufferCounter = jumpBufferTime;
    }
    else
    {
        jumpBufferCounter -= Time.deltaTime;
    }   ```

i prob forgot something stupid ;-;

[rich adder]

which line , which script ?

[chrome storm]

(40,42)

and this script is 40 to 47

[rich adder]

if its not underlined inside the code editor follow the guide
!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

[polar acorn]

Why does the parameter you're passing to Jump have a type included

[chrome storm]

XD

[polar acorn]

If that's not underlined in red, configure your IDE as noted above

[summer stump]

Does jump even return a bool? Usually it would return void, as it is an action. Poor naming if not

[chrome storm]

yeah its not underlined

trying to fix that rq

[polar acorn]

then configure your IDE

[chrome storm]

i am gimme a min

[tawny cave]

is this the right method to close the game ? Didn't seem to work for me

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application.Quit.html

[tawny cave]

Ah.

hum any way to have one that works in editor ?

[rare basin]

EditorApplication.playmodeStateChanged i guess?

note that will work only in the editor and you need pre-procesor directives if oyu want to make a build with it

[lofty sequoia]

EditorApplication.isPlaying ?

[tawny cave]

alright thanks !

[tender stag]

as u can see when the testVisionPosition isnt rotated in any way, the black line reaches the radius which is the white line

but when i rotate the testVisionPosition

it doesnt reach anymore

how would i make it reach?

like no matter at what angle it is

to just go until it reaches the visionRadius

[chrome storm]

Fixed

i got the red line

[warped pendant]

does anyone here use any type of mentor/coaching service for unity development they'd recommend?

[polar acorn]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[rocky canyon]

Self taught chest pound

[chrome storm]

alright this is what i got :P

[rich adder]

ok good , now put something that makes sense there

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

Show the jump function

[chrome storm]

👍

got this error now ;-;

Error CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.Vector2' to 'bool'

[queen adder]

correct vector2 is not a bool, you are using a vector2 where a bool should be

[chrome storm]

ah

[abstract finch]

How would I be able to make an object strafe arounda nother target? Similar to an enemy stalking the player around a perimeter?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.RotateAround.html

[abstract finch]

thanks but is there a way I can fetch the vector?

I'm trying to use it alongside the navmesh pathfinding system

[polar acorn]

what vector

[abstract finch]

I would like the vector3 for the next position where they will move. In this case the next position to where they circle around the player. The arrow representing the movement the circle representing the target/player

[chrome storm]

if i change it into a bool it still wont work :/

[polar acorn]

what did you change to a bool

[chrome storm]

if (rb.velocity = new Bool(horizontal * speed, rb.velocity.y))

[polar acorn]

I don't quite follow. The Vector3 you pass is the position you want to rotate around

[chrome storm]

thats the thing vs is telling me to change

[polar acorn]

Do you know what a bool is

[chrome storm]

isnt it like a thing with 2 values likes (isGrounded && !somethingidk)

[polar acorn]

no

a boolean is a yes or no

[abstract finch]

RotateAround moves the transform but I only need the vector, maybe this approach is wrong actually and its more complicated than that. Im using a navmesh agent so I need the destination. Maybe i just need a position then have it curve to that pos

[queen adder]

[polar acorn]

Does it make sense to set rb.velocity to yes

[chrome storm]

;-;

[polar acorn]

.position

[chrome storm]

no..

[modest dust]

I would suggest going for a plain C# course before trying anything with Unity

[polar acorn]

For that matter, does horizontal*speed become "yes" or "no"?

So, you're trying to set velocity to the yes-or-no answer of horizontal*speed, neither of which make sense

[chrome storm]

fine 😔

[queen adder]

a boolean is a type that can be either true or false

[modest dust]

I was expecting either being ignored or some sort of resistance, so you actually got me there

[chrome storm]

XD

[modest dust]

Either way, learning C# first will make learning Unity a lot easier

[chrome storm]

i was like im gonna throw myself in unity and learn everything there. XD

but yeah learning c# sound easier

[queen adder]

[acoustic arch]

im new to using raycasting

oh wai

oh nvm

[silk night]

!code

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[true pasture]

im so confused on how dividing 73/100 = 0. I poll them right after each other. what the hell.

[meager gust]

dividing an integer by an integer, will give you an integer

and it also rounds down

so 73/100 = 0.73 = 0

[true pasture]

thank you i was so confused

how would i fix that

[meager gust]

use floats

[true pasture]

can you divide two integers and get a float in c#?

with a special operator?

[meager gust]

try casting them to float first

float myFloat = (float)int1 / (float)int2

(float)int1 is a temporary cast. It doesn't permanently change int1 to a float

int1 is still an int after the operation

[true pasture]

that works for me

ty for the help

[steep mist]

i have no idea why i'm getting this or what to do about it

someone made a comment about it and i tried what i though the solution was with no improvement

[meager gust]

you need to configure your ide. there should be red squiddles all over the text editor

[summer stump]

You actually only need to cast one to a float. It will still do a float operation

[steep mist]

there isnt any

the editor says its fine

[summer stump]

Exactly, that's why you need to configure it

[fierce shuttle]

You can actually get a float as long as just the last value is cast to a float, so you can also do float = int / float, but both might add more readability

[summer stump]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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[steep mist]

i already did that a few days ago

[summer stump]

If there are no squiggles, then something got messed up

[meager gust]

@steep mistWhat is VoxelData ?

it looks like you're trying to access a type

and not an object instance

[summer stump]

Oh, I thought it could be either. @true pasture i lied to you! Sorry

[steep mist]

all the way back here navarone and boxfriend helped me through that so the IDE config is good

[summer stump]

If there are no squiggles, then something got messed up

It can become unconfigured sometimes unfortunately

[teal viper]

This is entirely unrelated to your issue btw. Your issue is probably due to lack of programming/C# basics understanding (not knowing the difference between static and instance members).

[steep mist]

voxel data is my class that holds the shape and info for the voxel

[meager gust]

you need to create an object instance.

I suggest you learn the basics of C#

[steep mist]

and it doesnt probably help that i'm following along with an older tutorial

[steep mist]

i have the basics but have never applied them in this way before

[teal viper]

No it should be fine. You probably just missed something important in the tutorial.

Go back to where they write/explain this part of code and follow it through.

[steep mist]

it could be as others in the comment have mention this particular area of code doesnt work. but i cannot figure out what it actually expects from me or where i went wrong. but i'll keep looking over to see. so far everything looks right.

if i still can't i'm gonna do a side by side comparison and try his github code

[teal viper]

Share the tutorial and timestamp.

Or GitHub link(even better)

[summer stump]

Is VoxelData a static class? (I strongly assume not) Otherwise you just need to get an instance of the class/struct

[steep mist]

https://youtu.be/7OHrE2krQU8?list=PLVsTSlfj0qsWEJ-5eMtXsYp03Y9yF1dEn&t=427

https://github.com/b3agz/Code-A-Game-Like-Minecraft-In-Unity/tree/master/02-the-first-chunk/Assets/Scripts

[steep mist]

it is supposed to be a static class since it is not supposed to change after its been defined

[summer stump]

Well I see it was haha

[teal viper]

    public static readonly int ChunkWidth = 5;
    public static readonly int ChunkHeight = 15;

Make sure your VoxelData looks like theirs.

[summer stump]

Oh haha, sorry. Laggy discord. I see that now

[steep mist]

public static class VoxelData {

public static readonly int ChunkWidth = 5;
public static readonly int ChunkHeight = 5;
 public static readonly Vector3[] voxelVerts = new Vector3[8] {

[teal viper]

The file is not saved.

[steep mist]

that was the first thing i checked, multiple times even

maybe i need to restart unity or regenerate the files incase it "forgot"?

[teal viper]

It's not saved on both screenshots though.

In VS

[steep mist]

maybe then i only saved the one?

[teal viper]

Probably 🤷‍♂️

Save VoxelData and make sure unity recompiles

[steep mist]

well its working now and i didn't do anything 0-0

maybe it was laggin' shrugs

[meager gust]

(consider setting up your IDE properly)

[steep mist]

it is, already did that a few days ago

boyfriend and navedea? helped me

[teal viper]

It does seem configured though. I'd just blame VS code. Use VS if you want a more reliable ide.

[steep mist]

could be

space is the only reason i use VS code

regular VS plus all the other crap i got on here takes up precious space to develop and make assets for games

[meager gust]

I don't think it takes up that much space

[steep mist]

a catch 22, have shitty code ide but more space for assets or less space but better code

[meager gust]

when you save your files in regular VS, it sends a callback to unity

and updates everything

[steep mist]

coulda sworn when unity offers to dl it for you it takes up 1-3GB

[meager gust]

so you wont have issues like you just had

[meager gust]

that's really hardly anything

[steep mist]

when i'm wokring with 250 thats shrunk down to only 50 with all my art and editing software its a lot

WOMP WOMP

[summer stump]

I see 804gb free over yonder