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[rich adder]

regen project files again and open script from unity

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the colours look different

[rich adder]

oh there we go then..

now you're coding properly

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thanks

[rich adder]

screenshot

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sorry if i came off as fighty

didnt mean to

[rich adder]

just in case

[rich adder]

its fine lol we try to help but a configured IDE will solve 98% of issues

you'd be surpised how many people get combative when asked to configure ide for some reason lol

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i can imagine

but still

is it ok to have if statements like that

for toggles

i cant think of a better way

[rich adder]

2 Move function should be combined into one

even though the unity docs does it 🙄

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how so

you mean like

an else if?

or

[rich adder]

just + to add 2 verctors

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yeah but where would i do that

[rich adder]

move * speed * Time.deltaTime + velocity * Time.deltaTime should do it

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oh

and then i just delete the one at the top

[rich adder]

yeah, make sure its working

not a code question #📲┃ui-ux
make sure you properly anchor and use correct scaler mode

[hushed badge]

yeah its working

thanks again

[honest matrix]

Guys am I right to say that Scriptable Objects are interfaces that are imported from another script?

[ivory bobcat]

They are data containers used to save large amounts of data, independent of class instances.

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now i gotta figure out how to add animations

[rich adder]

no interfaces are completely different

[honest matrix]

I understand that interfaces give shape and structure

i wasnt aware it could hold on to data

[rich adder]

interfaces meerly enforce a contract between class and interface

[honest matrix]

correct

[ivory bobcat]

Interfaces do not hold data.

[honest matrix]

right

so ScriptableObjects are blueprints, containing prefabs and methods that other scripts can use?

[frosty hound]

They're data containers

[honest matrix]

I get it, they can store all kinds of values

[ivory bobcat]

SOs do not enforce implementation of methods - very different from Interfaces.

[swift crag]

They're Unity objects that don't exist in a scene

compare to MonoBehaviours, which must be attached to a GameObject

[honest matrix]

Oh thats important I didnt think of that

[swift crag]

SOs let you create new kinds of assets.

These assets can be referenced like any other asset (materials, prefabs...)

[honest matrix]

is it like class inheritance?

it sounds similar

[ivory bobcat]

It has nothing to do with polymorphism

[swift crag]

SOs are not a fundamental C# concept.

[modest dust]

basically a class instance, but in a file

you can do with it whatever you want

[swift crag]

They aren't "like" classes or interfaces or methods or whatever

[ivory bobcat]

Think of it as a special struct or class that exists without being instantiated.

[honest matrix]

all of its use cases sound like polymorphism

thats why i was confused

[ivory bobcat]

It surely does not.

Maybe read up on polymorphism.

[honest matrix]

you fix values, give it prefabs, and methods to hold.

and you create new objects from it

[rich adder]

its literally just a regular class that inside unity can be created as an .asset
and has a few special methods unity related

[honest matrix]

I see

[swift crag]

since it's a Unity object, you can instantiate and destroy it

[storm fractal]

Hi I'm new, can someone build a game for me and tag me as the author.

[swift crag]

no

[frosty hound]

Not the place for ridiculous requests, no.

[storm fractal]

[frosty hound]

If you're here to shitpost, you may as well leave the server now

[honest matrix]

in what use case would i use SOs and not prefabs?

[frosty hound]

For storing data definitions

[ivory bobcat]

When you're not wanting to instantiate an instance.

Sharing data.

[rich adder]

its not one or the other..

[frosty hound]

If you have a bunch of items, for example

[rich adder]

they can both be used as they do different things

[swift crag]

A prefab is an asset created from a GameObject.

[frosty hound]

SO's and prefabs are not comparable

[swift crag]

prefabs exist to be instantiated and put into scenes.

[honest matrix]

okay so SOs may exist as data only

that makes sense

[swift crag]

A ScriptableObject can be instantiated, like any other unity object, but it's never in a scene

[honest matrix]

I see

[swift crag]

Anything deriving from Component is attached to a GameObject

[rich adder]

SO can only be attached something else, they can't be put on a gameobject

[swift crag]

just like materials, and meshes, and all sorts of other assets

[honest matrix]

correct

[swift crag]

SOs are custom asset types. That's the long and the short of it.

[honest matrix]

I understand this

[honest matrix]

I see

[swift crag]

They let you create new sorts of assets.

[honest matrix]

This raises a question. Can I change data on a scriptableObject and expect that value changed for all other scripts

[swift crag]

I was just talking about this with someone else!

https://canary.discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1188167114721341531

[rich adder]

it will change across all SO yes

[honest matrix]

ah great

imma read

[swift crag]

might be kind of rambly

[ivory bobcat]

Assets do not exist during runtime. You'd create a new instance by mutating it.
The SO will not be the same in a different scene.

[swift crag]

Sure they do.

You just can't permanently alter them.

[honest matrix]

by changing SO values? is that mutating it?

[swift crag]

When you get a reference to a ScriptableObject asset for the first time, the asset is loaded and a new C# object is created.

[rich adder]

yes

[swift crag]

Anyone else referencing the same asset will get the same object

The tricky thing is that, once the asset unloads, the changes you made are gone.

When the asset loads again, you get the values it was serialized with.

If you switch from Scene A to Scene B and Scene B doesn't have any references to your ScriptableObject, it unloads

[honest matrix]

yeah thats understandable

[swift crag]

That's the footgun. You play around with it in the editor and see that changes persist

[rich adder]

very useful when you want everyone to share a common list without using a static class

[swift crag]

I use scriptable objects for my settings system

Each Setting asset has serialized fields for things like name, description, default value, maximum value...

as well as a non-serialized value field

[rich adder]

I think most Unity settings are SO no ?

[swift crag]

When the game starts, I load an asset that references every single setting asset

and I keep a reference to that asset forever

thus, every single setting asset remains loaded forever, and nothing ever unloads

[rich adder]

yeah very useful as shared static assets

[swift crag]

then I write default values into those setting objects before checking if the user has saved settings

if so, I deserialize them and write the new values

[swift crag]

This is the footgun.

(i thoroughly tested this after getting baffled by the behavior for the nth time)

It makes perfect sense if you understand that ScriptableObjects are assets.

They aren't magic. They load when they're needed and they unload when all the references are gone and Unity decides to clean house.

(generally during a scene transition)

There's nothing special about them!

[ivory bobcat]

Sounds pretty special 😉

[swift crag]

Although, I don't understand why writing to material assets does permanently change the asset on disk in the editor

hey, we can't know everything...

[ripe shard]

Hence the common advice to treat them as immutable

[ivory bobcat]

Compared to components and whatnot.

[swift crag]

Indeed.

that makes things easy

It's also consistent with how you normally use assets

[ripe shard]

I distrust any code that writes to a SO

[dawn owl]

public class Money : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Text text;
    public float moneyVal = 100;

    void Start() {
        text.text = moneyVal"$"
    }
}

how would i make it display 100**$** instead of just 100 by just changing the moneyVal?

[swift crag]

trivial option: + operator

"$" + 100 will produce "$100"

more general option: string interpolation

[ripe shard]

Use a format string

[swift crag]

$"money: {moneyVal}" will produce "money : 100"

and $"${moneyVal}" would be "$100"

kinda ugly, since you're using a $ there :p

hence the simpler example...

[dawn owl]

i did moneyVal+"$" and it worked! tysm

[swift crag]

oh right, you want it at the end

[dawn owl]

yeah it works either way

[ripe shard]

It’s typographically incorrect though

[swift crag]

well guess who has 100$ here: not you 💸

[dawn owl]

im still learning so it doesnt matter much for me 😁

[swift crag]

The third option is explicitly using string.Format

string.Format("{0}$", moneyVal);

This is extremely useful when you want to contorl how the number looks

[ripe shard]

No reason to practice/learn the wrong things 😉 (applies to English only btw.)

[eager elm]

might want to look at this:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-numeric-format-strings#currency-format-specifier-c

[swift crag]

string.Format("{0:N2}", floatVal);

This shows the number with two decimal places

[swift crag]

yep! this lists all of the ways to format numbers

I use P and N a lot

[dawn owl]

will do! ty :D

[tropic shuttle]

Please help, I can't see variables in the inspector. Similar code works, I don't understand why this one doesn't

[ivory bobcat]

Is your ide configured?
Are there errors in the console tab of Unity?
Did you save?

[summer stump]

Is the file name EXACTLY Slenderman.cs?

[tropic shuttle]

Yes

[ivory bobcat]

What do you see instead?

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man getting animations to work is harder than i thought

[verbal dome]

What learning resources are you using?

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tutorials

[ivory bobcat]

Are there errors in the console tab?

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should i play the animations from the player movement script or should i make a separate one

[ivory bobcat]

Fix the errors.

The console generally shows more than what the bottom of the Editor shows:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Console.html

[rich adder]

Fix the error first then configure your IDE

[ivory bobcat]

Fix any errors from the top to the bottom.

[swift crag]

Unity will only recompile and use your new code once there are no errors.

That's why nothing changed.

This includes errors in other scripts.

It's an all-or-nothing deal.

[split dragon]

Hi. I have created a public field: public Display Cameras. I want to switch between the display (camera) by pressing a key. I have done everything that is necessary, but I do not know exactly how to switch the display number. I couldn't find it on the Internet :(. Which method should I use?

[dense cargo]

Display number?

[tropic shuttle]

Guys, how to make the object change GameObject.SetActive(true) to (false) after 5 seconds, let's say. How can this be done?

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aint no way

[rich adder]

Timer or Coroutine

[tropic shuttle]

Okay

[rich adder]

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

[dense cargo]

There are multiple ways to do this. Don't just hop in here and tell people it's not possible.

[cosmic quail]

whats the advantage of using a timer over couroutine? it seems coroutine is always better, no?

[rich adder]

not having an update loop running ?

[frosty hound]

You can interrupt it

[rich adder]

also this ^

[frosty hound]

You can modify it, speed it up or slow it down

[cosmic quail]

wait coroutine runs an update loop?

[rich adder]

no timers do

so you're calling the C++ kinda expensive function just to run a timer

[cosmic quail]

oh i asked whats the advantage of a timer tho

[rich adder]

idk less scary than an IEnumerator for noobie?

[frosty hound]

#💻┃code-beginner message

#💻┃code-beginner message

[cosmic quail]

im confused so is couroutine the expensive one?

[rich adder]

no Update loop is

[cosmic quail]

ah ok

[summer stump]

Neither are really expensive
I guess update is COMPARATIVELY, but both are extremely cheap either way

[cosmic quail]

yea cause i've only been using couroutines everywhere, i refuse to do a timer in an update method cause its really hard to understand lol

[rich adder]

I just don't see the purpose of running such a loop just for timers

[frosty hound]

I never use coroutines for timers. They're purely used to sequence a set of actions.

[summer stump]

time += deltaTime
If time > threshold
Do thing
Time = 0

[dense cargo]

More or less.

[rich adder]

while loop yield fixedUpdate or end of frame 🤷‍♂️

for the slowing /speeding point

[cosmic quail]

but if you want the timer paused then u gotta start checking a bool in the update loop whereas with ienumerator the program has to do nothing, right? no update loop overhead and no bool checking

[dense cargo]

#🏃┃animation is the place

[summer stump]

Bool checks are so cheap they're basically free 🤷‍♂️

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aight thanks

[rich adder]

it gets messy quick now you need a timer ended bool, then you need a pausing bool

bools just to not run timer but Update loop still calls the C++ backend 🤷‍♂️

[cosmic quail]

with couroutine you can just StopCoroutine

[summer stump]

And you would need some check for when to stop coroutine...

[rich adder]

my main gripe is having an uneccessary Update loop open in a script

[cosmic quail]

yea thats what im worried about too

[rich adder]

its not big deal for 1 script but they add up

and in a unity doc i was reading, Update even empty ones still allocate

[summer stump]

This is correct

[gaunt ice]

I just use existing loop to update all my timer

[rich adder]

yeah I usually do that for other things, I subscribe to a global update

no need to have 100 enemies all running Update

[cosmic quail]

if u need extra functionality than just a super simple timer, then putting it into update the code is gonna get messy imo

idk im just used to couroutines and they have worked perfectly for every scenario

[rich adder]

as long as it works , this is prob the last channel to talk about micro optimizations haha

although good habits should start early

[cosmic quail]

couroutines are the good habit here right?

[rich adder]

no, I wouldn't say that.. I personally prefer them for most things people use update loops for

Distance inside a while loop for example

or like enemy patrol

[cosmic quail]

do you prefer coroutines even for shooting guns? cause i've seen many gun tutorials that have a messy update loop that handles all the firing and reloading and everything

[rich adder]

yeah exactly
yield return new WaitForSeconds(reloadTime)
canShoot = true; //or w.e

its clean imo 🤷‍♂️

and it can be stored in an object

Coroutine

[cosmic quail]

yep

[tropic shuttle]

Help please with the timer, I don't understand what I'm doing wrong, the slender doesn't disappear

[rich adder]

before help
!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

[rich adder]

#854851968446365696

no ide config = no help

oh wait you nested coroutine in OnTriggerEnter

wtf. config IDE first though

[cosmic quail]

is that even possible

[rich adder]

the synax is valid

just wont work as is

coroutine still needs to be Started

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anyone willing to help me out in #🏃┃animation

also does anyone know how i can get the visual style of lethal company

its like

cell shading

with

retro stuff

ion know

[cosmic quail]

well step 1 is locking your resolution to 640x480 or whatever it was. cause lethal company does it (or did idk if they changed it) but people made mods to get it to 1920x1080 so you probably dont want to do this step

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tbh i like the low resolution

so is that all

[cosmic quail]

definitely no

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low resolution and cell shading

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oh

[rich adder]

not really code related

[cosmic quail]

yeah i was gonna say that

#💻┃unity-talk ask there

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ok

[rich adder]

also this can be easily done with a shader

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should i delete the messages

[cosmic quail]

nah its ok just repost it to unity-talk i guess

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ok

[tropic shuttle]

[rich adder]

uh I have no context to this . did you follow the steps in the guide

[tropic shuttle]

Okay, I just rolled it all back, no more problem.

[silver heron]

Guys can you help? I cant run a file on VC 2022

thats what happen when i press un that green run button

[verbal dome]

Doesn't really seem Unity related

[silver heron]

i need vs for unity

[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

[silver heron]

i try, thanks!

[clear seal]

i want to repeat the first code but are the loop compatible?

[summer stump]

You should look into a coroutine for this

[clear seal]

aren't the coroutine act like the wait functions

[rich adder]

no?

[clear seal]

oh

[fierce shuttle]

Which "wait functions" are you referring to?

[summer stump]

Kinda. Not really.
It is asynchronous code.
So you can wait INSIDE it (like the delay between firing bullets)

[rich adder]

idk what you want to loop though

oh like a submachine gun

[clear seal]

yeah

[rich adder]

yeah def use coroutine and timeBetweenShots

[swift crag]

Coroutines let you write code that suspends itself, then gets resumed later.

A common pattern is to write a loop that yields after each iteration

To do bullet shooting, I like to do this...

[clear seal]

so i change ubpdate to ienumerator

and add stuff to start

[swift crag]

[SerializeField] shotInterval;
private float shotDelay;

void Update() {
  shotDelay -= Time.deltaTime;

  while (shotDelay <= 0) {
    Shoot();
    shotDelay += shotInterval;
  }
}

this correctly fires multiple times per frame if needed

it also runs forever if you forget to make shotInterval non-zero...

[rocky canyon]

ur coroutine is an ienumerator.. u call that from elsewhere

    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButton(0) && !isFiring)
        {
            StartCoroutine(FireBullets());
        }
    }```

[swift crag]

[SerializeField] shotInterval;
private float shotDelay;

void Start() {
  StartCoroutine(ShootForever());
}

IEnumerator ShootForever() {
  while (true) {
    shotDelay -= Time.deltaTime;

    while (shotDelay <= 0) {
      Shoot();
      shotDelay += shotInterval;
    }
    yield return null;
  }
  // i put yield return null here by mistake
}

[rocky canyon]

w/ the StartCoroutine

[swift crag]

something like that

oops that's bogus

that will run forever!

[rocky canyon]

lmao

INFINITE AMMO GLITCH

[swift crag]

For something where the player can start and stop firing, I'd probably just do it in Update

Starting and stopping the coroutine sounds annoying

[rich adder]

    private void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetButton("fire") && canShoot)
    {
        StartCoroutine(Shoot());
    }
}
public IEnumerator Shoot()
{
    canShoot = false;
    FireBullet();
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeBetweenShots);
    canShoot = true;
}```
Whats wrong with this 🥲

[rocky canyon]

public class MachineGun : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float fireRate = 10f;
    private bool isFiring = false;

    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButton(0) && !isFiring)
        {
            StartCoroutine(FireBullets());
        }
    }

    IEnumerator FireBullets()
    {
        isFiring = true;
        FireBullet();
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f / fireRate);
        isFiring = false;
    }

    void FireBullet()
    {
        Debug.Log("Bullet fired!");
    }
}``` here's my example

[swift crag]

Coroutines are great for things that have complex state to keep track of

[clear seal]

but like a simple basic example

[rocky canyon]

my example is as basic as u can get pretty much

unless u use like a 1 line Invoke() method or something

but ppl say dont use Invoke

[rich adder]

ohgod no

[rocky canyon]

^ see

lol

[swift crag]

ah, we used coroutines for different things; i misunderstood the goal

[rocky canyon]

yea, mines not technically a loop

[swift crag]

My coroutine fires bullets. The others decide when you're allowed to shoot again

Those make more sense :p

[rocky canyon]

its just that the mouse button being held restarts the ienumerator each time it runs

while its being pressed ofc

[rocky canyon]

or maybe i did /shrug you never know

[cosmic dagger]

If you only ever need to run smth once that repeats, using Invoke is preferred . . .

[rich adder]

while loop + ienum

[rocky canyon]

while loops scare me

i try to use them very very sparingly

[rich adder]

make a game inside Console

youll use nothing but while loops xD

[clear seal]

o_o

[rocky canyon]

on my bucket list

[swift crag]

we've probably made a mess for Gold here

[swift crag]

so coming back to your original question:

[cosmic dagger]

That's what I'd do, make the coroutine for the time between shots. But if doing burst fire, using the coroutine for each bullet works fine . . .

[swift crag]

So this is your code.

When you click the mouse, it calls ShootBullet

[clear seal]

yeah

yep

[swift crag]

and only when the mouse goes down, not every frame

You want it to shoot many times.

Is that right?

[clear seal]

yep

[swift crag]

But not every single frame.

You probably want it to shoot, say, 10 times per second

[clear seal]

yeah let's sy this

[swift crag]

This code does what you want, then.

[clear seal]

like it'S customable

[rocky canyon]

im kinda hooked on world-space UI atm.. but a console program Within my canvas could be pretty cool

[cosmic dagger]

Me as well. I hardly — if ever — use them . . .

[swift crag]

As long as isFiring is false, holding the mouse will start the FireBullets coroutine

That coroutine will call FireBullet and set isFiring to true

It will then wait for a little while.

in this case, it waits for 1/10th of a second

Then, the coroutine sets isFiring to false and ends

[rich adder]

looks better there lol mind as well keep it inside unity imo

how would you even embed the console Exe inside

[rocky canyon]

then when it loops back around in the update if ur still holding the fire button the coroutine starts again, fires, waits and rinse and repeat

[rocky canyon]

i mean like a command console

i havent actually ever used the legit c# console yet

[rich adder]

ohh

i meant this by console

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/console-teleprompter

[clear seal]

from what i understood

[rocky canyon]

ya, the stuff i shoulda learned first

i know what ur referencing lol

i'll get there sometime

[rich adder]

oh ok lol I did after i learned some unity but helped me greatly solidating just logic because of not worrying of UI
also makes it tricky to make ticks and loops, hence while loops become your bff

[clear seal]

it doesn't shoot

[rocky canyon]

logic in a command program seems sooo scary to me

id need a scratch sheet of paper just to keep up with the flow

[swift crag]

what doesn't shoot?

[clear seal]

the gun

machine gun

[rocky canyon]

put some debug.log's scattered around and make sure ur logic is executing like u think it should

[swift crag]

Your code isn't working?

Show us what you have now.

[rich adder]

its pretty much the same stuff you use in Unity minus the Monobehvaior stuff xD

logic wise

[swift crag]

i've built like 1/10th of a game engine a few times

[clear seal]

you told me to use spawn camp games's script

[rich adder]

that one scares me more haha

[rocky canyon]

i use the functionallity of monobehaviours to break up my logic tho.. to keep it organized.. can u do the same in command programs?

[swift crag]

you're going to have to modify it :p

[rocky canyon]

like having stuff in an external class

[swift crag]

That's just going to print "BANG!" to the console

[rocky canyon]

and calling it from within the main logic

[rich adder]

yeah ofc

[rocky canyon]

oh oka

[swift crag]

make it call your ShootBullet method

[rich adder]

usually c# applications will also consider a folder to be its own namespaces

[rocky canyon]

from first glance i would think that would Print the "Bullet FIred!" over and over

[clear seal]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i foud the problem

so the IEnumerators call for the function

[rich adder]

you need your ShootBullet method there

[rocky canyon]

the Ienumerator is just what a coroutine is

[clear seal]

and so i need to add an other function&

[rocky canyon]

yea u need a function to Start the coroutine

[rich adder]

you didnt have to delete your ShootBullet method

[clear seal]

but wait

[rocky canyon]

u coulda slotted the function into where the debug is

[rich adder]

you would use that instead of Debug.Log

[rocky canyon]

ShootBullet();

[clear seal]

is it possible to call a function from a function

[rocky canyon]

ur update calls the coroutine.. the coroutine calls the shoot method.. then waits ..

[rich adder]

thats literally how you call functions

[summer stump]

Update is a function
You were already calling something from it

[rocky canyon]

then it repeats b/c of the update loop

    IEnumerator FireBullets()
    {
        isFiring = true;
        ShootGun();
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f / fireRate);
        isFiring = false;
    }

    void ShootGun()
    {
        // Replace this with your actual shooting logic
        Debug.Log("Gun shooting!");
    }

like this ^

u call the FireBullets() from ur update using ur inputs.. then it will call the ShootGun() function from within it

[rich adder]

you deleted all your declerations 🤷‍♂️

[rocky canyon]

sure did

ur class is telling you that the variables ur trying to access dont exist

[clear seal]

i forgot the top part lul

[rich adder]

in c# you must declare a type before you can use it

[swift crag]

you can't just paste a bunch of code together and expect it to work

[rocky canyon]

unless its a built in variable like Camera.main or others

[swift crag]

look at what spawncampgames did, then do something similar with your own code

[clear seal]

it works :D

tysm

[rocky canyon]

im just robbing my basic character controller

[rocky canyon]

Very much welcome

[rich adder]

is that like the ToolGun from Garrys Mod

[rocky canyon]

if it is its coincidence

just some unity cubes layered together

lol

[rich adder]

no I meant the functionality didnt see its a gun

[rocky canyon]

wanted something ez to animate..

ohh it has 3 modes..

projectile raycast and gravity

soo i guess its very similar

[rich adder]

can you weld objects together?

[rocky canyon]

lol not yet?

that sounds hard

[rich adder]

😏

Hinge joint gun 😆

[rocky canyon]

unity joints are nothing but heartache

[clear seal]

should i add it as an assault or as an smg?

[rocky canyon]

same functionallity for both

[clear seal]

ok

[rocky canyon]

u can even use the same class and just modify the values

[clear seal]

oh you tryna make a sandbox

kwel

[rocky canyon]

or u can duplicate it and change the name

[rocky canyon]

thast basically all i do

😄

[clear seal]

are you gonna add gor like gore box or smth

[rocky canyon]

not sure.. this project is kinda on the backburner.. i just keep it handy to help beginners. it has almost all the code that beginners start with

working with world space UI atm..

[clear seal]

on a scale to 1 to 10, what level of coding you think you are

[rocky canyon]

so 3D UI panels basically

a 6?

ive been learning unity for about 2 years now

[clear seal]

for me it'S 3 years

my parent put me in coding class

[rocky canyon]

i can't do advanced stuff yet.. a lot of the coders in here.. like navarone, fen, and randomdiscord all have me out-coded by a mile

[clear seal]

your stuff are fire bro

[rocky canyon]

thanks.. im a graphic artist

so i can make things look better than they actually are

😄

[clear seal]

that's even better

[clear seal]

abt that

i had a team cuz it was like a project

[rocky canyon]

lol, ur stuff looks cool too.. atleast urs has arms

lmao

my guns just float

[hollow raft]

i am using visual studio, but it give me the "The type or namespace name 'type/namespace' could not be found" error, but the game works fine (without error) when i launch it via unity, but i can't code if it can't access the namespaces (this error started when i switched pc)
(the namespaces should be referenced i check in the solution explorer, i thus have no idea what to do)

[clear seal]

thx but i didn't put any effort lol

[rich adder]

tell me about it....Me trying to make a fishing pole with joints lol

[rocky canyon]

lmfao!!! my friend in another channel has been working on a fishing game for years

u ever looked into faux rope?

might be a cool addition

[unreal imp]

guys 2 things,first merry christmas and one more things: how i do get a Vector3 as a position for the instantiate? var collisionTransform = col.ClosestPoint(transform.position); //Debug.Log("It Works"); var collisionNormal = transform.position - collisionTransform; AudioSource porcelainHit1i = Instantiate(porcelainHit1, error->collisionTransform<);

[rich adder]

its a horror game but you get to fish.

[rich adder]

Oh def should look into it that line renderer aint gona cut it

I just wish the joint wasnt so drastic lol

too "elastic"

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/NoxWings/Cable-Component

really ez to set up. could be cool with ur fishin rod

[rich adder]

exactly what i needed thx!

[clear seal]

i found a good waepon with optic and laser

[rocky canyon]

just remember to try to settle on a style before u go adding models..

u dont want everything to be low poly but the weapon

and vice versa

[rich adder]

Coincidentally I'm working on a project where you can pump gas and this actually perfect for that too. nice!

[rocky canyon]

awesome.. glad i could help.. i use it for electrical cables..

[clear seal]

just prefabs while i am working

so at the end i make my own

[rocky canyon]

u should be getting a vector from the get-go.. no need to use the transform..

Vector3 myNewVector = transform.position - thatothertransform.position;
should result in a vector3

if u stick with a transform.. u can still use that too.. Transform myTransform = bla - bla;
then to get the vector its just myTransform.position;

and merry christmas to u 2

[unreal imp]

i was wrong,its isnt Transform collisionNormal

its var collisionNormal

[rocky canyon]

well var just assigns it to w/e it should be automatically

var myBool = false;
var myVector = Vector3.zero;

[rich adder]

is this a raycast bullet or physics?

[rocky canyon]

both var are different types in that example ^

[unreal imp]

well my objective is to play a sound when the bullet hit some material

[summer stump]

Hmm. Try removing them and using quick fix on each resulting error to add the right namespaces.

[rich adder]

are you u using assembly definitions

[summer stump]

Ahhh, this ^

[rocky canyon]

it seems to me like ur IDE isn't configured anymore

in the top corner it should say Assembly-CSharp.. if it says anything else.. like Miscellaneous then its not working correctly and is probably not linked to Unity anymore

[rich adder]

ah yes didnt even catch that

[sudden grove]

im about to pastebin the code AND the tutorial i was looking at

[rocky canyon]

ya, the UnityEngine.UI; being underlined led me to taht conclusion..

[rich adder]

oh you cant see it on ss

[lapis halo]

Im trying to make the camera follow the player, but whenever the game starts it doesn't show anything

[rocky canyon]

not sure its the right assessment tho

[summer stump]

Is the camera too close?

[lapis halo]

Its 2d.

[rich adder]

prob this

[summer stump]

It can be too close in 2d

[rich adder]

check Z positions

camera should be less than the things infront
ie cam.z -10 ; objects.z = 0

[sudden grove]

https://pastebin.com/zkZp1Nvn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kKLUsn7tcg

@rich adder the main issue is is that im picking up the torch, lovely! and i can drop the torch, lovlier! but wwhen i pick it up it makes it massive, pushes my character around indefinitely until i drop the torch, and then its stuck being big

[lapis halo]

the z position goes to 0 on start

idk why

[rocky canyon]

why not disable the collider of the torch when u pick it up?

or better yet go into the physics settings and disable them from interacting w/ the player

[rich adder]

because the colliders

[sudden grove]

because the issue is it still turns massive and faces upwards

[rocky canyon]

well thats a different issue

[sudden grove]

what about the size?

[summer stump]

Do you do cam.transform.position = player.transform.position ? Or something like that?
You want
cam.transform.position = player.transform.position + new Vector3(0,0,-10)

[rich adder]

your parent scale probably

you have to parent it to something at 1,1,1

[sudden grove]

yeah the whole thing is set to 0.3 crap

[rocky canyon]

if u parent a cube thats 1,1,1 to something with a scale of 10,10,10 its all of a sudden gonna be a 10,10,10 cube

[sudden grove]

is there an easy wway to keep it at size?

if that makes sense?

[rich adder]

all parents of objects should be 1.1.1

[sudden grove]

wwithout having to readjust the whole thing?

[rocky canyon]

u can parent it to the object and then adjust it to the size it needs to be

and then unparent it

[sudden grove]

im a little confused?

cause if i set everything to 1,1,1 then the torch wwont be the same size anymroe? itll reset all shapes back to its original shape?

[rich adder]

because u have to make it CHILD of something

[rocky canyon]

w/o modifying the main player or w/e u can make the pickup the size it should be.. (like as if it was already parented) that way when u unparent it.. it will be the correct size it needs to be in order to be the size u WANT it to be once it gets parented

[rich adder]

always separate your graphics from ur root object

[rocky canyon]

otherwise u can either fix the scale's and make ur obejct 1,1,1 like it should be

u can adjust the size in script After u parent it.. OR u can NOT parent it.. and use code to move it around to match the transform of the player or w/e

[sudden grove]

which would you advise to be easiest?

[rocky canyon]

the most proper is to keep ur gameobjects scaled to 1

it will save u heartache in the end

[sudden grove]

so right now which wwould be my first step to achieving this

[sudden grove]

im so sorry if im annoying or slow

[summer stump]

Make everything scaled 1,1,1 except the bottommost child of a chain

[sudden grove]

ohhhh

noww the torch is the original size

[rocky canyon]

239 foot long fishing Rod

[rich adder]

xD

[sudden grove]

but i still need to make it smaller?

unless thats the process of making the children smaller noww?

[rich adder]

omg why does it have so many colliders

[rocky canyon]

yea. u need to readjust things

[summer stump]

Make the child the right size

[sudden grove]

i dont know 😭

[rocky canyon]

in order for the parent to stay 1,1,1

[rich adder]

dw once you learn it once youll do it as second nature

[sudden grove]

so i sorta gotta "remake" the torch a lil bit?

[rich adder]

just resize this one

then create empty object inside, then unparent it and parent mesh to that

[rocky canyon]

and seperate ur graphics from ur logic.. ALWAYS

the graphics should just be a child of the main object..

that way u can adjust its size scale or anything else.. and it doesnt impact the main logic of the parent

[sudden grove]

so this is better?

[rocky canyon]

always better

[rich adder]

you need to show scales but looks better

[sudden grove]

okay so the body is fine

the spotlight, fine

is the button and the tip i need to figure out

[rich adder]

no you're doing it wrong

[sudden grove]

teach me master

[rich adder]

you have to put meshes into 1 object

then scale the parent

thats itself inside the ROOT

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

like this

[rocky canyon]

heres another example..

just make a container called Graphics or w/e

and scale that instead

[rich adder]

button and tip need to be reset to original size so they match

[rocky canyon]

the 'Tree' or the Root object should never change from 1,1,1

[sudden grove]

OHHHH

hang on

my torch looks like this but i think my heirarchy is correct now?

[rich adder]

yes and you only scale graphics

is this what the torch original looked like though ?

[sudden grove]

not at all 😭

[rich adder]

can you drag the original model file in scene

and ss it

[sudden grove]

how do i do that?

cause its not a premade model

[rich adder]

oh?

[sudden grove]

i literally got a few cylinders and put it together myself

i probably should have mentioned that shouldnt i

[rich adder]

so thats how it supposed to look?

its just big

[sudden grove]

no 😭

its meant to look like a flash light

but you were saying reset everything to 1,1,1

[rich adder]

We dont know what the original looked like

[sudden grove]

so i did

this but smaller

[rich adder]

we were talking about the root parent but you scaled everything without getting further clarification

[sudden grove]

ohhhh

[rich adder]

make an empty parent and parent those 3 meshes to it

then sacale parent

then attach that to another 1,1,1 parent

pretty simple

[sudden grove]

like this?

[rich adder]

is TestTorchParent 1,1,1 and graphics ?

[sudden grove]

graphics is 0.3, 0.3, 0.3

[rich adder]

if so, only scale graphics until the flashlight is whatever size you want

[rich adder]

ok so is fixed now?

delete colliders for each mesh

[rocky canyon]

if the parent is 1:1:1 then the thing u parent it to are both 1:1:1 no scaling will happen

and yup, every piece doesn't need a collider anymore. u can use a primitive collider like a cube,sphere, or capsule on the root object that fits teh general shape of all ur graphics

my tree for example

[sudden grove]

hang on im breaking a bunch of stuff cause im panicking

[rocky canyon]

the colliders aren't even aware of the graphics.. they just fit the shape enough where the player doesnt notice

[sudden grove]

lemme just start from the beginning

imma delete the torch then we'll go from scratch

[ionic fjord]

How can I change animation easly?

I made a Animation Controller but making a trigger for each possibility "from --> to" is annoying. Can I just make a variable and a "Change state (and animation) to variable" ? based on the name of the animation.

[sudden grove]

okay torch is gone, whats my first step @rich adder

[rocky canyon]

• TorcheObject
  • Graphics
    • Mesh1
      Mesh2

[sudden grove]

is Torch Object an empty object?

[rocky canyon]

basically yea

[rich adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwLekxsSY3Y

[summer stump]

There is the anystate box too
But this is more of an #🏃┃animation question (they can talk about code there too)

[sudden grove]

is graphics empty, or empty parent?

or are they the same thing?

[rich adder]

Graphics is empty yes

[ionic fjord]

Thanks, I'm watching now

[sudden grove]

and now the mesh im assuming is 3d objects?

[rocky canyon]

the actually mesh parts are the only things that arent empty

so that way u can scale the parts to any scale u want.. and the parent is still gonna be 1:1:1

that will prevent u from having scaling and rotation errors and etc

[sudden grove]

okay so all of the stuff under graphics has its owwn scale value

and torch object is set to 1

[rich adder]

yes

[rocky canyon]

yup,

[sudden grove]

let me add the script to the torch

and ill let you know what happens

[rich adder]

you have to also fix the empty parent scale you're attaching wep to

[sudden grove]

cause i need a box collider and a rigid body for the script to work, so would i add those to the main torch object also?

[rocky canyon]

u add those to the root object

yes

and u scale the collider within the component itself.. not the main object

[sudden grove]

wait so which one of these is the box collider and the rigid body going onto?

[rocky canyon]

it can be on the main obejct

[rocky canyon]

the TorchObject

[sudden grove]

okay

[rocky canyon]

u dont want ur code having to look thru the entire hiearachy to find the components

u want them at the top

[sudden grove]

wwhy tf

[rich adder]

dont put spotlight in graphics

[rocky canyon]

ya, the graphics should just be graphics..

[rich adder]

even tho scale doesn't affect it

[rocky canyon]

if u have a spotlight or something that can be on teh same level as the graphics

[rich adder]

being child of Torch is fine

[rocky canyon]

my setup would look like this..

if i disable "Graphics" i just want all the graphics to disable

not the light /scripts/ or anything else i added

[rich adder]

also things should always face blue in LOCAL pivot mode
this would be bad

esp for weapons, you want the front to always be blue

all you would do is rotate Graphics unitil it faces blue

[sudden grove]

okay guys i got good news

it works now no issues

i just gotta get it so its in view of my camera

[unreal imp]

wait but do you understand my error?it was var collisionNormal,not Transform collIsionNormal

[sudden grove]

is this okay?

[rich adder]

delete all those colliders

[rocky canyon]

thats teh same thing

[rich adder]

put 1 capusle on main object

[unreal imp]

ah oka

[unreal imp]

no because in the collisionNormal only accepts Vec3

[sudden grove]

you right, i have colliders now 😭

[rocky canyon]

u could just do Vector3 collisionNormal = too

[rich adder]

prob overkill being soo chunk but you get the point

[rocky canyon]

^ good example

[unreal imp]

yeah but i do to turn it into a transform?because instantiate(object,pos) only accepts transforms and not vec3

[rocky canyon]

just abouts the same size

[rocky canyon]

doesnt matter.. if u had a transform.. u could just grab teh vector from it.. like Instantiate(theTransform.position)

if u used a Vector3 u'd just put that in the place

[rich adder]

you're using wrong signature then

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

notice which signature has position

[rocky canyon]

       // Example 1: Using Vector3
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit))
            {
                Vector3 hitPosition = hit.point;
                InstantiatePrefabAtPosition(hitPosition);
            }
        }

        // Example 2: Using Transform
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
        {
            Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit))
            {
                Transform hitTransform = hit.transform;
                InstantiatePrefabAtTransform(hitTransform);
            }
        }```

both examples pass in the same Vector information.. 1 is doing it via the Vector3 and one is just grabbing that from the transform cs void InstantiatePrefabAtTransform(Transform transform) { // Instantiate the prefab at the position of the transform Instantiate(prefabToInstantiate, transform.position, Quaternion.identity); }

    void InstantiatePrefabAtPosition(Vector3 position)
    {
        // Instantiate the prefab at the specified position
        Instantiate(prefabToInstantiate, position, Quaternion.identity);
    }```

[tender stag]

how do i make the y position smooth

[rocky canyon]

same thing..

[tender stag]

at the moment it just teleports

[unreal imp]

thanks and merry chritsmas

[tender stag]

i tried doing this but it give me weird resultscs cameraPosition.localPosition = Vector3.Lerp(cameraPosition.localPosition, targetCameraPosition, Time.deltaTime * crouchDuration); cameraHolder.localPosition = cameraPosition.position;

[rocky canyon]

got any code to go along side that?

thanks

[rich adder]

wrong lerp

https://unity.huh.how/programming/specifics/lerp/wrong-lerp

[tender stag]

the height here is smooth

like it goes down over time instead of teleporting

but when i look up and down

[terse raven]

Hi everyone! I'm making a card game and I was wondering whether to use scriptableObjects or not, or whether to just have instances of classes. What would you suggest is the best option?

[tender stag]

its also lerping the position

[ionic fjord]

How can I turn a "string" into a part of the code like the name of variable like:

//emotion is the variable set to "Normal"
if (emotion == "Normal")
  {
    frame_renderer.sprite = Normal_frame;  //I have to repeat it several times and I don't want a else if for each of them
    frame_renderer.sprite = "emotion"_frame;  //or something to turn emotion into part of the name of the var
  }

[rich adder]

SO +1

[rocky canyon]

not sure thats possible

ive asked a similar question and was told C# isnt a macro language

but could different use-cases

[tender stag]

i'd have to send u my whole movement code

[rich adder]

you mean switch it at runtime ?

[tender stag]

i send all i really needed to send

i think

[rich adder]

its possible but shouldn't prob be doing it not for this..

[clear seal]

um do yall think making NVG on unity is simple or hard?

[rocky canyon]

ya u sent it while i was typing.. ignore that last message

[rare basin]

make a dictionary<string, sprite>

serializable dictionary so you can edit it in the editor

[tender stag]

so got any idea how to make it so that it only lerps the height?

[verbal dome]

At its simplest it can be a post process effect

[rare basin]

or dictionary<enum,sprite>

[tender stag]

that might be a solution

[clear seal]

yes but for multiplayer is it possible?

[verbal dome]

There's nothing networking-specific about a night vision effect, so yes

[clear seal]

so it wont affect other player vision?

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

check out the link he sent.. its a problem with the way ur using lerp..
u should not pass in the same thing ur trying to lerp.. so

for example
transform.position = Mathf.Lerp(transform.position, newPosition.... is wrong

[rich adder]

not unless you told it too..

[unreal imp]

It still doesn't work for me, the problem is that when my object collides with the other it disappears/is destroyed and therefore the position is null,i tried what you say

[rich adder]

everyone is running their own version of the game

[verbal dome]

Well no, because you of course activate it only on the client that has NVG turned on

[rich adder]

thats all multiplayer is to sync those versions

[tender stag]

its not that

[rocky canyon]

well couldn't u cache the position before its destroyed?

[tender stag]

its not about the lerp

[rich adder]

what you posted had wrong lerp so I sent it 🤷‍♂️

[tender stag]

true

[rocky canyon]

so is that screenshot u sent instead the code u tried?

[tender stag]

what

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

this.. is this the logic we're watching in the video?

[tender stag]

yup

when the rotation is above 0

[verbal dome]

Where does xRotation come from?

And have you logged its value?

[unreal imp]

i have to do it when they collide at the right moment with another object but as I said the problem is that the bullet disappears

[tender stag]

xRotation is calculated correctly

[unreal imp]

If you can tell me an alternative, I have no problem

[rocky canyon]

ya, ur gonna have to figure out a way to cache the position u wanna use before u destroy it.. and find a way to use that data..

[rich adder]

still wrong lerp

[rocky canyon]

rather than pulling it from the bullet

[tender stag]

all this code does is when a player starts looking down, it moves the cameraPosition forward and down a bit

according how much the player is looking down

as you can see in the video

but the problem is that its not smooth

[verbal dome]

What is the value of lowerLookLimit?

[tender stag]

88.5

[unreal imp]

AHhhhh or i can make that the bullet generates a bullet hole which plays the sound of the hit material if its colliding with a certain material

[rocky canyon]

^ yea could be..

its all about problem solving

[unreal imp]

thank you 😘

[rocky canyon]

u could have the bullet hole check what material its on

and have it play the sound

lots of ways ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[unreal imp]

👆

👏 👏 👏

[rocky canyon]

🍀 gl

[verbal dome]

Do you mean when you crouch/uncrouch?

[tender stag]

this is without the lerp

and it works

but when i crouch and uncrouch

the camera position gets instantly set

and it just teleports to the walk or crouch position

[tender stag]

but when i lerp it u saw what happened here

[verbal dome]

I would have a float for crouching too, something like crouchLevel or crouchAmount

[tender stag]

i have that

[verbal dome]

Is it like smoothed?

And moves gradually to 0 when uncrouched and to 1 when crouched?

You should use that to lerp between thet targets of those lerps

[verbal dome]

Lerpception

[tender stag]

this is how i was doing it before

and it was working

[verbal dome]

Paste this as code so I can show an example

[tender stag]

just have the whole code

your looking at HandleCameraPosition()

[rich adder]

says lerp is not wrong but wrong lerp everywhere lol

[tender stag]

i said i know its wrong

but its not about the lerp

i can fix that later

[verbal dome]

The current code has correct lerp

[rocky canyon]

in some places

[verbal dome]

Yeah I mean the HandleCameraPosition method

[rocky canyon]

the crouching lerps not so much

[rich adder]

that class finna get bigger and bigger

[rocky canyon]

lol.. its a hefty class rn

but i give it a pass b/c its a CC

[verbal dome]

@tender stag I guess something like this cs Vector3 targetCrouch = Vector3.Lerp(cameraCrouchPosition, cameraCrouchRotPosition, t); Vector3 targetStanding = Vector3.Lerp(cameraWalkPosition, cameraWalkRotPosition, t); targetCameraPosition = Vector3.Lerp(targetStanding, targetCrouch, crouchAmount);

[tender stag]

should the camera position have a parent, and when i crouch i'd lerp the parent height up or down, and then just add the positions to the camera position position?

[rocky canyon]

my CC has the same style crouching.. so i cant say for sure

[rich adder]

yup

[rocky canyon]

i lerp my height and center just like u do

[verbal dome]

This would go inside the if(xRotation > 0) if-statement

[rocky canyon]

        private void CrouchCheck()
        {
            // a little jerky
            if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl))
            {
                isCrouching = true;
                // Height and Center deltaMaxs need to match
                characterController.height = Mathf.MoveTowards(characterController.height,1f,(7f * Time.deltaTime));
                characterController.center = Vector3.MoveTowards(characterController.center,playerSettings.crouchingVector,(7f * Time.deltaTime));
            }
            else if(!obstacleOverhead)
            {
                isCrouching = false;
                // Height and Center deltaMaxs need to match
                characterController.height = Mathf.MoveTowards(characterController.height,2f,(5f * Time.deltaTime));
                characterController.center = Vector3.MoveTowards(characterController.center,playerSettings.standingVector,(5f * Time.deltaTime));
            }
        }```
i use `MoveTowards`

so i dont have to make a extra variable for lerps

[tender stag]

the thing is you think im on about something different

its hard to explain it

[verbal dome]

If the problem is the jankiness when crouching/uncrouching then this should solve it ^

[tender stag]

its not

its the camera position

[rocky canyon]

no.. u asked should the camera position have a parent, and when i crouch i'd lerp the parent height up or down, and then just add the positions to the camera position position?

i just answered with a sample of how i did my crouching.. after i said my CC has the same style crouching.. so i cant say for sure

just an example.. ur very much free to ignore me lol.. i dont know how to resolve ur camera issue, as Osmal is dealing with that

[verbal dome]

...when crouching/uncrouching?

Or what

[tender stag]

so this is how it works

you see how the camera position is getting moved down and a bit forward when i start to look down?

and the more i look down the more it gets moved to the target position

same when i crouch

thats whats supposed to happen

but the problem comes in the i crouch and uncrouch

because i need to move it down slowly

so lerp it

[verbal dome]

So why don't you just say "yes" when I ask if it's about crouch/uncrouch??

I already gave a solution to that

Don't ignore it

Of course the transition is not going to be smooth if you use a boolean

[tender stag]

so this?

[verbal dome]

If currentCrouchHeight is a float that goes between 0..1 gradually, then yes it looks right

[tender stag]

i have no idea what is happening lmao

[verbal dome]

If it's the height of your character then it won't work, or is inverted/wrong scaling

[verbal dome]

^need info

[tender stag]

its not

hold on

[verbal dome]

[unreal imp]

One last last last thingy, how do I rotate the bullet hole so that it looks outside? I want to do it with OnTriggerEnter() but idk how to deal with the rotation

[verbal dome]

How are you spawning the bullet hole?

[verbal dome]

If it's a raycast, use raycastHit.normal
If a collision, use collision.normal
As transform.forward or Quaternion.LookRotation

[unreal imp]

these are the rotations

[unreal imp]

oh its with trigger,same?

[rocky canyon]

what they said

[verbal dome]

How do you get the hit position currently?

[verbal dome]

Remove the MeshCollider btw

[rich adder]

hella expensive for no reason 😆

[verbal dome]

On the bullet hole I mean

Just noticed the bullet has one too

Better use a capsule, sphere or box

[rocky canyon]

Sphere FTW

[rich adder]

that would be a ray

hit is unused , time to use it

[verbal dome]

Ok so use hit.normal
Also use hit.position for the position in Instantiate

[rocky canyon]

yup hit is a variable that gives u all sorts of details about the collision

[hollow carbon]

whats my mistake?

[verbal dome]

GetAxis does not return a bool

[rich adder]

your logic makes no sense rn

[unreal imp]

A small problem is that if I also use instantiate it will ask me for the position of where it wants me to put the bullet and I will need the contact

[hollow carbon]

what should i change?

[rocky canyon]

thats what Hit is

tahts the contact

[unreal imp]

unlike raycast it is more complicated

[rich adder]

make a comparison on the float returned

== to compare
= to assign

or also > <

also >= <=

[hollow carbon]

I dont know what you mean

[rich adder]

then you outta go do some basic c# courses

learn how to compare stuff esp numbers

[hollow carbon]

just say my mistake pls

[rich adder]

its basic math not even code related

[hollow carbon]

hahahha

[rich adder]

GetAxis returns a float

[unreal imp]

its a trigger so it doesnt have col.normal

[rich adder]

do you know what a float is

lets say its 0.4f

Your first if statement is doing if(0.4f) ? ? ??

which ofc makes no sense

[verbal dome]

Again, you are also using a Raycast which returns hit, which is a RaycastHit, which has point and normal which you can use here

[rocky canyon]

This is a raycast just like You have it spits out the Hit information that I use to debug the name of it. but it has other things too.. like the normal.. (that would be the facing direction of the thing you hit)

soo im confused by the way youre trying to get teh position and the normal.. its all prepackaged right there in the raycast for you

[unreal imp]

contactOffset

[hollow carbon]

correct

[rich adder]

so then what are you comparing that number against

[rocky canyon]

no no, of the raycast, HIT is the contact the point the raycast hit something

[unreal imp]

yeah but i want to make it when the bullet hits the wall exxactly

[rocky canyon]

hit.point

[unreal imp]

ohhh ok

[unreal imp]

but it will detect when the bullet exatly hit the wall?

[rich adder]

but for decal facing correct you still need hit.normal

[rocky canyon]

yes

[rich adder]

like Osmal said

[unreal imp]

or will do it without matter that and generate the hole even if the bullet doesnt hit the wall

[rocky canyon]

well when the raycast hits the wall..

[verbal dome]

I'm wondering, how is the bullet's trigger even being used? Seems like only raycast

[rich adder]

Quaternion.LookRotation

[unreal imp]

thanksssss

[rocky canyon]

yea, i think he's using the bullet hole to get what material he hit..

and play an appropriate sound effect

when u can do all that inside the raycast

[rich adder]

indeed

[rocky canyon]

but live and learn

[hollow carbon]

thanks

[unreal imp]

🥲 if (Physics.Raycast(fpsCam.transform.position, fpsCam.transform.forward, out hit, shootForce)) { var bullet1 = Instantiate(bullet, bulletSpawn.transform.position, bulletSpawn.transform.rotation); bullet1.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = bulletSpawn.transform.forward * shootForce; if (hit.collider.contactOffset.Equals(bullet1)) { var bulletHole1 = Instantiate(bulletHole, hit.point + (hit.normal * 0.1f), Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.up,hit.normal), hit.transform); } }

😖

[verbal dome]

Does it work correctly?

I assume your bulletHole's forward vector is actually up

[unreal imp]

i thought the main problem was contactOFfset.Equals

[verbal dome]

Uhh I didn't even notice that line

What is it even supposed to do? 🤔

contactOffset is a float and you are checking if that float is the bullet you just instantiated

Makes no sense

[sudden grove]

do you guys have a good tutorial for headbobbing with a rigidbody?

[rocky canyon]

outside the box kinda programming 😛

[rich adder]

dont think it matters if its rb or not..

just animate the camera holder

[unreal imp]

yeah i thought that it will detect when the hit collider (the gameobject colliding with the raycast) is hit with a bullet

[sudden grove]

i cant seem to find one that agrees with my code?

[unreal imp]

im very dumb

[rocky canyon]

yea, ud be moving the camera up and down in its own container

[verbal dome]

Nah it's nonsense tbh

[rocky canyon]

make an extra container for ur camera..

[rich adder]

this shouldnt affect anything mostly

[rocky canyon]

and bob the container instead

[verbal dome]

You are already detecting the bullet hit with the Physics.Raycast

You are overcomplicating it

[sudden grove]

if i move the camera thing about, nothing bad should happen right?

[rich adder]

animate the object that holds the camera, not the camera itself

[sudden grove]

okay bet

[unreal imp]

That not will make detect when you shoot and you have a wall or gameobject? But it doesn't detect if the bullet collide generate the bullethole

[verbal dome]

I'm really confused now and gtg for a moment anyway

Someone else take over lol

[rocky canyon]

the raycast can do everything it can spawn a bullet, it can spawn a bullet hole on the object it hit.. u can rotate it to match the normal of the thing u hit.. can even play the audio

all within the raycast

[sudden grove]

this keeps happening?

[rocky canyon]

can't have any errors in it

and make sure the name of the class matches the name of the script

[sudden grove]

theres not a single error

[wild cargo]

is the script deriving from monobehaviour?

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/script-loading-issues

[sudden grove]

i believe?

[wild cargo]

usually when this happens to me I just have to invoke a recompilation event and then it will go away

[unreal imp]

I meant that it detects if the raycast line hits a gameobject and you click on a key to shoot not when the bullet just collide because otherwise it would be independent of that

Sorry for the bad english

[wild cargo]

so change something in a script, save it, undo it and save it agian

[unreal imp]

Again -_-

[sudden grove]

https://pastebin.com/TFFG0EK2 this is the code

[rocky canyon]

these have to match at all times.. or it wont compile and give u that error

[wild cargo]

I believe I see the error

[sudden grove]

wwassup?

[wild cargo]

the script name does not match with the class name

[rocky canyon]

or theres some logic errors.. and that will prevent it from saving correctly and you'll also get that error

[wild cargo]

So like in this image it's called HeadBobbing, but the class itself is HeadbobSystem

they need to equal each other

[rich adder]

bingo

[rocky canyon]

HeadBobSystem is not the same as HeadBobbing

[sudden grove]

okay 1 second then

[zealous oxide]

Hey friends. I'm trying to make a dynamic list to keep track of all pick/power ups acquired by the player by adding the parent object of the pick/power up to a list in an inventory manager but i'm having issues with the inventory manager. i've tried using a method within the inventory manager to directly add the object into the list, but thats not worked, list never changes when the game is running. so i've tried to make a separate gameobject variable [objectToAdd] in the inventory manager and set that as the parent of the game object im trying to add from the pick/power up script but I keep getting a NullReferenceException error. what am I doing wrong?

i've never used lists before, only arrays

[sudden grove]

it still doesnt seem to be working?

[wild cargo]

show screenshot

[north kiln]

You never initialize InventoryManager.Instance

[wild cargo]

or something