💻┃code-beginner

[sudden grove]

i mean i got the script to show up fine

i mean the actual head bobbing isnt working

[wild cargo]

Wait lemme read the context because I have no idea what it's even suppose to do

[sudden grove]

bet

[sudden grove]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ysd9uWmUfo should be the code from this video, save me typing it all out i got the code from the comments haha

[zealous oxide]

oh my word, how did I miss that

thank you!!

[rocky canyon]

when u stare at something soo long 😄

[wild cargo]

it has trig functions and I have no clue how trigonometry works because I haven't even finished school yet

[sudden grove]

😭

[wild cargo]

but maybe you can give us some insight as to what doesn't work

does it move at all?

[sudden grove]

not at all

[wild cargo]

have you tried setting a breakpoint into the startheadbob function?

[sudden grove]

i even set the settings for maximum bobbage

and nothing

[sudden grove]

ion know what that means

[wild cargo]

or if you don't know about debugging yet try putting a print statement into StartHeadbob()

[sudden grove]

im still kinda a beginner

[wild cargo]

like print("Entered headbob function")

and see if it triggers at all

[sudden grove]

howw would i add that in c#?

would i need a text object at all or just "print"

[wild cargo]

just add a new line inside the function and type "print("whatever here")"

[sudden grove]

i added it and nothing

[wild cargo]

did you save the script

[sudden grove]

yeah

[rocky canyon]

Debug.log is better b/c u get context and console functionallity (click to view gameobject) etc

[wild cargo]

yes ik but he's still a newbie

[rocky canyon]

then best to learn that debug is better than print 😉

[rich adder]

good habits should be taught early

[wild cargo]

I thought he would learn that 100% later on but ok

[rocky canyon]

but yea, print works too

[rich adder]

Debug.Log should've been the first thing they learned

[sudden grove]

teach me your ways

[rich adder]

Debug.Log(someVlaue)

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Resources/blob/main/101/Debug.md

basics

[sudden grove]

wha

[wild cargo]

soo did you try moving left/right with your keyboard when on play mode?

[sudden grove]

i tried every direction i could

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

learn how to use Debugging in your favor

[sudden grove]

oh wait

i might already be getting an idea on this

[wild cargo]

why is the stopheadbob in the update loop right after startheadbob occurs?

it would stop it even if it ran

[rocky canyon]

yup, that'll inform you when ur if statement is running true 👍

[sudden grove]

im not 100% sure, like i said i got the code from the comments to save me rewriting all the code

okay im getting my warning!

[wild cargo]

anything happening?

[sudden grove]

which means theres something wrong functionailty-wise right?

[wild cargo]

yupp

[sudden grove]

nuthin

[wild cargo]

I think the StopHeadbob() call should not be in the update method

because it will literally stop the headbob right after you've invoked it

[sudden grove]

i removed it and still nothing

[wild cargo]

ok now try replacing CheckForHeadbobTrigger() with this

private void CheckForHeadbobTrigger()
    {
        float inputMagnitude = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical")).magnitude;

        bool isMoving = inputMagnitude > 0;
        if (isMoving) StartHeadBob();
        else StopHeadbob();
    }

so now you can see, when the player is moving, it will start the head bob, and when it's the opposite it will stop it

oh and also is the script attached to your camera?

because it should be

[sudden grove]

its attached to my "cameraHolder"

[wild cargo]

ok and I assume PlayerCam has a Camera component

and that camera is the main camera of the scene

correct?

[sudden grove]

uhm yeah

but i still dont see any bob?

[wild cargo]

okay good

[sudden grove]

lemme send you a video

[wild cargo]

nah you don't have to

I don't know how I can explain the code that may work without your brain exploding lol

[sudden grove]

my bad

[wild cargo]

could you set the "amount" field on your script to a higher value?

hold on

you have a "MoveCamera" script?

it must also be accessing the camera then

[sudden grove]

ya

[wild cargo]

so there may be a conflict where both scripts are trying to modify the transform's properties at the same time

[hollow carbon]

hello

[wild cargo]

and because they don't seem to have any communication between eachother, it will not work

[sudden grove]

so would i implement the code that im trying to use into my move camera code?

[wild cargo]

wait lemme rewatch

so your MoveCamera script is modifying the position of the cam holder

maybe delete the headbob script from the cam holder

and add it to the cam holder's next child

[sudden grove]

Player Cam?

[wild cargo]

yes exactly

[sudden grove]

still nuthin

[wild cargo]

so then MoveCamera modifies the transform on the holder and the bob modifies the other one

[sudden grove]

unless i make a new object

in which i put the cam holder in that

and use the code to move that

[wild cargo]

nah I don't think it's necessary

check if Player Cam's transform position is being modified

when you try moving

[wild cargo]

Hello, need help?

[hollow carbon]

Nah, im fine

[wild cargo]

alr

[wild cargo]

as you can see the amount the position is being modified by is very tiny

[clear seal]

that's gud what is it about?

[wild cargo]

change the [Range] attribute you have on top of the Amount variable to be something bigger

or just delete it entirely for clarity

I gtg sleep in like 5 minutes so let's hope we get this done in that time

[sudden grove]

okay its working

but its kinda wweird

[wild cargo]

great!

[sudden grove]

cause it feels like the character is slowing down each time it bobs?

[wild cargo]

that's odd

maybe another clip could be useful?

[wild cargo]

oh yeah that doesn't look normal

the Z value isn't being changed so that isn't the issue

maybe it's just your eyes messing with you idk lol

[sudden grove]

dont you see it slowing my character down?

[wild cargo]

it can't be if it's not accessing the movement script

[clear seal]

quick question

[sudden grove]

shoot

[wild cargo]

ask away

[clear seal]

um how do we use destroy if we want to destroy the object where the script is

[north kiln]

the bobbing is huge, I imagine it's just a perspective problem

[north kiln]

On the same object: Destroy(gameObject) on a different object Destroy(other.gameObject)

[wild cargo]

also that ^

[clear seal]

k thanks

[sudden grove]

okay guys i wanna make a very simple horror game, and i have a few basics down, i need to make a list so i can hold multiple items

is there a good place you guys can refer me to?

[wild cargo]

inventory system?

[sudden grove]

yeah

maybe be able to view the inventory system

but that comes later on

i just want fuinctionality first

[wild cargo]

so you need a fully fledged one, or expect scalability

not just a hotbar

[sudden grove]

yeah

[wild cargo]

let me find a video I used for this when working on a 3d game a while back

it teaches about SOs and layout groups and stuff like that

[sudden grove]

if anyone also knows of any good free low poly forest packs then im your man!

[rocky canyon]

cool pixel effect

[wild cargo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAE6CbsQQA

this was that video I believe

[sudden grove]

thanks!

[wild cargo]

for me, just watching the video, even when fully focused was not enough to grasp the concepts, so you should google stuff when something is not completely clear

it's also 40 minutes long soo

[sudden grove]

yeah i know 😭

this is for a 2d game tho no?

[wild cargo]

it doesn't matter because there's only 2d ui, no 3d ui

2d and 3d games both have 2d ui

like in Minecraft for example, the ui is 2d

even tho it's 3d

[sudden grove]

tbf just thinking about it i can grasp the concept from previous knowledge

[rocky canyon]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/free-low-poly-nature-forest-205742
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/low-poly-simple-nature-pack-162153
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/low-poly-woods-232818
the three i use for prototyping

[wild cargo]

alr well you do you

also just realised I'm past my bedtime soo

time to say goodbye I guess

hopefully someone else helps you l8r

[sudden grove]

so i can create the image/UI then from that i can make it so that a button eg. esc can open this image, in which it also enables the scripts that gives the menu functionality?

[wild cargo]

yeah, that's pretty high level but could work

[sudden grove]

oh damn, im surprised i got that

[rocky canyon]

u can use a gameobject to hold a scriptable obect as well.. with slots for everything like the image etc

and just change out the scriptable object.. each one having a different image, different functionallity, etc

[wild cargo]

also this video will teach you how to make a minecraft style system (where you can stack items, drag them around and stuff) so might not be the best system depending on your game

[sudden grove]

tbf i think i only plan on having classic horror game things, so a key, a crowbar or sumn, a flashlight

that sorta thing

[sudden grove]

wwhat?

[wild cargo]

then I don't think you need such a complex system for your game

[sudden grove]

is there a name for what im looking for?

[wild cargo]

a hotbar might be enough idk

do you expect a save / load system in your game later on?

[sudden grove]

i do

[wild cargo]

ohh ok

i honestly haven't seen a video for a system you're looking for so

maybe try looking for one yourself

but I'm going to bed soo tired

cya

[sudden grove]

cya! thanks so much for your help!!!

[brittle plume]

could someone please explain why I am getting this error on line 23 of my PatrolState script, Im new and have been trying to fix it for so long

[summer stump]

Enemy or Agent are null/not referenced

[queen adder]

Ur missing a reference to the enemy

[summer stump]

What even is enemy in this scope?
Ah, from BaseState probably

[swift crag]

It looks like it's from BaseState

A NullReferenceException occurs when you try to access a non-static member from a reference-typed object

mmmm words

[brittle plume]

Yes

[swift crag]

it happens when you don't have a thing and try to use it anyway

[brittle plume]

Could someone dumb it down for me

[summer stump]

So where do you assign the enemy variable?

[swift crag]

enemy is null or enemy.Agent is null.

[queen adder]

Did u copy and paste the code?

[summer stump]

Where do you tell unity which enemy you want?
I'd guess agent is fine if it's actually on the same object as Enemy

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[queen adder]

Id be surprised if u knew about inheritance and statemachines but not NREs

[slender nymph]

the state machine is probably from a tutorial

[queen adder]

Oh prolly

Could u share the BaseState code?

[brittle plume]

It’s in the picture of the enemy script

At the top

[queen adder]

Thats the patrol state

[swift crag]

no, that second image has nothing to do with the enemy variable

that's the definition of Enemy

[brittle plume]

Ohh shit

[swift crag]

you've defined the concept of an Enemy with that script

[queen adder]

Its ok i figured u did that on accident

[swift crag]

but I can't eat the concept of a hamburger

i can only eat actual hamburgers

[queen adder]

Its giving plankton eating that hologram burger on spongebob

[swift crag]

even more abstract than that

[brittle plume]

I can when I get home

[swift crag]

If you don't understand this, you should consider starting with something a little smaller.

[brittle plume]

So the problem is the enemy variable isn’t assigned

[queen adder]

Yes pretty much

[brittle plume]

Prolly a good idea

[queen adder]

Is the Enemy script on the same Gameobject as the PatrolState script?

[brittle plume]

No

[summer stump]

A quick note. What you have is a Declaration of a variable. It points to a value called null right now (some things have a default value, but a reference type like a Class, which enemy is, points to null).
You want an Assignment. That means using the = sign, or dragging in something via the inspector. If you don't do one of those two things, but try to use the variable, the compiler will say "hey, you just gave me null, that isn't right. You promised me it would have a reference. This betrayal forces me to give you an error!"

[swift crag]

a declaration says "I can store an X"

alas, having a box to put my hamburger in does not create one

[brittle plume]

Very good explanation

Thanks a lot

I’ll get back to y’all when I’m home and check it out more

[zealous oxide]

time to manifest a hamburger

[sudden grove]

guys im trying to make a second canvas for my inventory, but its sticking to the 1st canvas i have ?

[swift crag]

I don't understand your problem

Do you mean both canvases are the same size?

[sudden grove]

i cant resize the second canvas or anything?

[summer stump]

ScreenSpaceOverlay?

[swift crag]

That is expected by default. Screen Space cameras are fitted to your screen size

[summer stump]

Not in that mode

[swift crag]

Resize the things you put in the canvas

for example, this image is stuck to the bottom of its parent, covers 100% of the available width, and is 300 pixels tall

[sudden grove]

yeah but then its in the same place as my screen space one?

[swift crag]

Yes, that's expected

[sudden grove]

dont i want them in seperate locations?

or do i just end up turning one off and the other on when i activate it?

[swift crag]

the "Screen Space - Overlay" mode draws directly onto your screen

the canvas doesn't really have a meaningful position in the world

this is just how Unity decide to position it in the scene view

(it has to go somewhere)

[summer stump]

You can do that, or change the mode.
You can even parent it to the other canvas

[swift crag]

changing the mode sounds irrelevant here

Screen Space - Camera would be the same issue; it's automatically positioned in front of the camera

and World makes no sense for an inventory display

If you want to make the inventory appear on only part of the screen, you need to set up your UI elements accordingly

[summer stump]

I was thinking world space. I use that for inventory sometimes

[swift crag]

that would be an answer to Y

"how do I make the canvas smaller?"

but X is "how do I make an inventory window?"

also, this isn't a code problem at all

#📲┃ui-ux would be most relevant

[sudden grove]

im still extremely new to all of this so alot of this is kinda going over my head, so i do apologise haha

[swift crag]

It's fine. UI took me a hot minute to figure out, haha

[sudden grove]

yeah im kinda tryna make it

[rich adder]

are you trying to make UI display on Render Texture ?

[sudden grove]

i just thought positioning was a big thing?

[swift crag]

You don't really position the canvas itself

You position stuff that's attached to the canvas

[swift crag]

(unless you're doing world-space UI, where the UI is physically placed at a specific spot in the world)

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/UICanvas.html

noooooo

I'd give that page a read

as well as the subsequent "Basic Layout" page.

[sudden grove]

im following the first 2 mins of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IPjFSWeyrg
so people can get abit of a grasp as to what im trying to achieve

[swift crag]

I bet there are also some Unity Learn courses on UI

[rich adder]

you didnt answer my basic question lol

what is problem? is the UI not showing on Render Texture

[copper magnet]

@rich adder

[sudden grove]

i havent got to that part yet haha

[swift crag]

I am curious why there's a RenderTexture involved, yes

[rich adder]

faking Low-Poly / pixel look

[summer stump]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[sudden grove]

correct

makes level design a teensy bit easier on me too hahaha

[copper magnet]

isnt it showing this on your end ?

[rich adder]

I meant more like, post your issue with relavent code not me exactly. I haven't made much car controllers, i mostly get one from Asset Store and just put my own mesh onit :

[copper magnet]

oh okay

[rich adder]

also use links for code because this doesnt show on mobie

[copper magnet]

Oh right sorry, never knew that

[sudden grove]

guys how do i make an "empty transform"

[rich adder]

you dont, you create an empty game object

[summer stump]

Empty gameobject

[sudden grove]

ohhhhh

okay he just said that in the vid

so i was confuised as

[rich adder]

every gameObject has a transform

and vice versa, but gameobject is kinda the whole container

[copper magnet]

Issue im having : Visual mesh of WheelColliders are flipping randomly on the Z axis

Source Code:
https://hastebin.com/share/ikicobilom.csharp

Update: The error resides in the conversion from Quat to V3 and vice-versa

[rocky canyon]

a tip, use a parent container... that way u can rotate it (steer) left and right.. and u wont be fighting against the normal rotations of the tires

u can spin the tires within that extra container to keep the two rotations seperate

[copper magnet]

I fixed my actual problem simply by avoiding the infamous conversion i mentioned earlier

the problem really is in quaternion.eulerAngles

[real falcon]

        if (hit.normal.y < 0f) {
            playerVelocity.y = Mathf.Min(playerVelocity.y, -1f);
            Debug.Log("Hit Ciel " + hit.normal);
            return;
        }```

how exactly is it getting into this block if the y component is 0.00?

[north kiln]

The Vector3 ToString only reports 2 digits, if you care about precision use .ToString("F7") or similar to get more digits

[real falcon]

the wall is perfectly upright

and grid aligned

like its normal is 0 0 1

[swift crag]

log hit.normal.y to find out what you're actually getting

[north kiln]

I mean, what if it was 0.0000000025, -0.000000001, 1

You would never know with that debug

[real falcon]

it shouldn't be, since its exported from hammer editor which you have to use a specific tool to even get anything which isn't grid aligned

[north kiln]

Which is why you should probably have a less precise check

[north kiln]

Every tool that uses floating points suffers from floating point innaccuracy

[real falcon]

when im jumping against a wall it says the Y vector is -1 now

which makes no sense

[north kiln]

You can't even represent a value like 0.2 as a float accurately

[real falcon]

I am at my limit with this stupid collider

why is it so hard to get VECTOR OF WALL I HIT

[north kiln]

Draw the collision using Debug.DrawRay

[sudden grove]

guys im a little confused with this inventory tutorial

so im pretty sure i have everything in place

but i dont know how to actually make it so that an item is equipable and how to actually ADD it into my inventory?

[real falcon]

I just wish there was a collider that could actually tell me the vector of the wall I hit

not some random vector that kind of relates

[north kiln]

Well, with no screenshots of the setup and little debugging, nobody can help you

[real falcon]

this doesn't even make any sense

[sudden grove]

was that for me i assume?

[real falcon]

how???

[north kiln]

Makes a lot of sense to me

[real falcon]

its the same variable

[north kiln]

that's -0.0000000476837

[real falcon]

oh its really small

why can't I get the vector of the wall I actually hit though

its the stupid capsule shape the collider has, nothing makes sense because its using tangents or something

in the debug view the ray is displayed as expected

pointing down, despite the wall being vertical

[north kiln]

I mean, ~0, 0, 1 sounds like a normal vector for a wall

[real falcon]

yes but that's not the vector it's giving me

that's the vector of the wall, in the mesh

if I Looked at the vericies I guarentee you there is no y component do the normal

because it's a brush exported from hammer

[north kiln]

There's barely a y component here, it's a floating point error

your logic just doesn't account for any error, which is not how to program this sort of logic

[real falcon]

ok, yet, if I set the condition to hit.normal.y < -0.1f which is well within error it still doesn't work, gonna try it again

[north kiln]

It shouldn't trigger when hitting the wall with a value like that

[real falcon]

ok yeah it seems fine now. the log still seems weird but the movement itself seems correct

mostly

still seems a bit jittery when I jump against a wall

that might be fps tbh

I still need to find a way to figure out what wall I collided with though, this collider can collide with an edge without colliding with either surface which contains that edge

and so the normal is just compeltely unintuitive

but whatever ill do that later

nevermind this is definitely not fps

if I hold into the wall it's stuttery

but that might be an issue with my code and not collider nonsense again

[delicate venture]

hey man, sorry for the late response i´be trying to figure out the problem for the last two days and i only resolved today, the article you send was really helpful so thank you : )

[sudden grove]

hi guys, could you guys help walk me through this variable inventory system?

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/variable-inventory-system-174157 this is the asset im trying to use

or if its uneccesary ill just use a plain one

would prbs be better tbf if i used a plain one

[sudden grove]

hi uhm, do you by chance know how i can reference my canvas object using code? im trying to set it so that when i press tab it opens the view

[abstract finch]

do people typically name the variable timeElapsed to simply 't'?

[sudden grove]

https://pastebin.com/BJaJJHsY this is the code im working with

really simple but i dont know how to reference my canvas?

[teal viper]

People that don't care about readability(bad people) do.

[polar acorn]

Drag it in

[clear seal]

some wanna make it simple, smth that they will reconize

[teal viper]

I will not recognize it the next week without reading through all the relevant code and understanding it.

[swift crag]

I use t when I am about to plug that variable into a lerp

I do not use t when the variable is going to live for a long time

[teal viper]

I want to see the variable name and know what it's for.

[swift crag]

float t = Mathf.InverseLerp(lower, upper, amount);
float result = Mathf.Lerp(from, to, t);

[teal viper]

It might be justifiable in this case👆

[swift crag]

t is also more valid than elapsedTime if I'm counting up towards 1 from 0

public class Explodinator : MonoBehaviour {
  public float duration;
  [SerializeField] Renderer targetRenderer;
  private float t;
 
  void Update() {
    t = Mathf.MoveTowards(t, 1, Time.deltaTime / duration);
    
    targetRenderer.material.color = Color.Lerp(Color.green, Color.red, t);

    if (t == 1) {
      Debug.Log("Explodination time!");
      Destroy(gameObject);
    }
  }
}

something like that

I don't use it in most other contexts

[amber spruce]

quick question if i add a event to the animation from the project files instead of it via clicking on my player does that change anything

because this is what i see

how do i have it set a bool to smth

[teal viper]

Wasn't it the same for from the import settings?🤔

As a bool you can use int 0/1

[swift crag]

There's no bool paramter, yeah

just use an int

[amber spruce]

how do i have it set it for that script though

and how do i reference the correct variable

video im watching has this

[teal viper]

I've never seen that. Can you share the link of the video?

[amber spruce]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INJmqquHaz4

[teal viper]

Normally, it would call the function name specified function on all the scripts on the same object as the animator

[amber spruce]

well slight problem is the script would be on a parent object of the one with the animator lol but its animator reference is the correct one

Attacks/Methods/FinishAttack ( ) set that as the function ??

and what goes for object

[teal viper]

an object parameter you can pass afaik

[teal viper]

Then you'll need a proxy script

Ah, I guess animation events are a bit different for animations you made in unity and that's what you see in the video

[amber spruce]

do you have like a image of what it should look like

[teal viper]

The event?

[amber spruce]

yeah like the paramaters

[teal viper]

Just type the function name same as in your code and change whatever params you want to be passed in.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/script-AnimationWindowEvent.html

[amber spruce]

it doesnt show what to put for it

thats the only image it gives of that

[teal viper]

wdym?

Type the name of the function in "Function" field

[amber spruce]

what if i have multiple functions with the same name

[teal viper]

All of them will be called

You'd usually create a function specifically for the animation event

[amber spruce]

FinishAttack so thats good

[teal viper]

like OnAttackAnimationEvent or something

[amber spruce]

 public void FinishAttack()
 {
     canAttack = true;
 }

for that one

[teal viper]

FinishAttack

[queen adder]

do you have the animation inside the animator controller?

[amber spruce]

so thats the problem because technically no

i use animation overides for my attack combo system

[unreal imp]

how works the getContact?

[teal viper]

it gets the cotnact I guess. You'd need to provide some more details for a better answer.

[swift crag]

oh, is that the differentiator?

I was wondering about that

[teal viper]

Probably if you create an animation in unity tied to a specific object, it has a reference to it, so it can show available functions..? I don't know for sure. Just a guess.

[uneven swallow]

Had a good look around the internet but couldn't find any guidance that worked.

I am trying to bake a navmesh at run time. If I do this manually everything works just fine. When I attempt to use "using UnityEngine.AI;" to create my mesh as per some tutorials, I'm faced with this.

Assets\Scripts\DungeonManager.cs(9,12): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'NavMeshSurface' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

The reason I'm baking at runtime is because Im procedurally generating a map at start.
I have the Unity AI Navigation package installed.
Here is an example of my script.

    {
        SpawnMobs();
        if (navMeshSurface != null)
        {
            navMeshSurface.BuildNavMesh(); // Build the NavMesh
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError("NavMeshSurface is not set.");
        }
    } ```

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[queen adder]

that shouldn't be an issue.

[amber spruce]

that means that they arent in there

[teal viper]

NavMeshSurface was added in the Navigation(I think?) package. When the navmesh was integrated in the engine, there was no such class afaik.

[amber spruce]

well it seems to be one because only the first one does it

[uneven swallow]

Thank you for the reply.

I am using the NavMeshSurface component and baking manually from there works. If there is no such class do you know why I'd be getting this error?

[teal viper]

Wait, so you are using the package?

[uneven swallow]

I am.

[teal viper]

What namespace are you using?

It seems to be in Unity.​AI.​Navigation

[cosmic dagger]

https://youtu.be/2f2azhep87I?si=sT0cFSJki2GhT4x1

[uneven swallow]

Oh thank you!

I was using UnityEngine.AI; and tried UnityEngine.AI.Navigation; but it appears my second attempt was a mistake as it drops the "Engine".

This worked. Really appreciate the help.

[teal viper]

You can always google the api, to see what namespace it belongs to:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ai.navigation@1.0/api/Unity.AI.Navigation.NavMeshSurface.html

[queen adder]

put both the AnimatorController and the AnimationClip in question inside the AnimatorOverrideController.

in the target GameObject, throw an Animator component on it AND your script containing the method(s) (functions) your targeting, then feed the Animator your AnimatorOverrideController.

with the GameObject select, head to the Animation tab, select the animation containing the event from the dropdown menu, and select the event.

now you should see the AnimationEvent window properly on the inspector.

[uneven swallow]

I shall bookmark this, Thanks.

[teal viper]

Don't lol. bookmark "google" if anything

you just need to google "unity API apiNameYouSearch".

[amber spruce]

this is what it looks like already

it just swaps the punching one with 3 different punch animations

[queen adder]

more than often, an ALT + ENTER will find the correct namespace (not always though!)

in case you're using VS of course.

[uneven swallow]

Is this a plugin? I'm using VS Code and that shortcut does nothing.
A quick google found Resharper?

[north kiln]

Are you getting proper autocomplete and error highlighting?

[uneven swallow]

None of that.

[north kiln]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

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

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[queen adder]

poor thing...

[queen adder]

to answer your question, no.

it's not a plugin, it's the built-in Quick Actions feature in Visual Studio (not the Code one)

but if I'm not mistaking, VS Code also provides such built-in utilities.

here's a list for VS Code.

Add missing usings / imports

[uneven swallow]

I've got VS Code set up correctly and it's helping me now :D
Thanks @queen adder @north kiln .

[lapis halo]

How could I add a delay to instantiate an object?

[rich adder]

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

[lapis halo]

👍

[cosmic dagger]

That's amazing! It takes everyone else hours to days to set up correctly. You're on the right track . . .

[amber spruce]

i have done that but it doesnt fire for the other 2

[queen adder]

I'm by no mean an expert on AnimatorOverrideController nor have I found the need to use them before, can't really advise you on the topic any further.

[lapis halo]

update, cant figure out how to create a coroutine

[rich adder]

you saw the examples ?

  private IEnumerator WaitAndPrint(float waitTime)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitTime);
        print("Coroutine ended: " + Time.time + " seconds");
    }```

[queen adder]

I thought another advantage of using coroutines is to avoid the update method...

[lapis halo]

I saw the examples, they just don't make much sense to me

[rich adder]

which part exactly? most of it is pretty self describing

WaitForSeconds

[lapis halo]

I get the terms mostly, just utilizing them is confusing. If that maeks any sense

[teal viper]

Can you provide a specific example?

[rich adder]

call it with StartCoroutine(WaitAndPrint(2.0f)); // wait 2 secs

[lapis halo]

Like creating the coroutine,

[teal viper]

What part exactly? They mention in the docs that you use StartCoroutine to start/create one.

MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine returns a Coroutine

[lapis halo]

I guess I'm not getting how to actually use it within context.

[teal viper]

Well, use it to delay the instantiation.

[lapis halo]

Wait, something just clicked.

[teal viper]

yield return allows you to pause the coroutine for the specified amount of time.

[queen adder]

which makes me wonder... what's the point of returning one?

would you know?

[teal viper]

returning what?

[queen adder]

a Coroutine

[rich adder]

to stop it usually

[teal viper]

To have a reference to the instance of the running coroutine.

[lapis halo]

I've figured it out. Thanks a ton.

[queen adder]

I-... don't mind my question...

[glad fiber]

this sounds out of blue but anyone willing to help me out with my project? im running late on deadline. I will literally pay u and price is negotiable.

[teal viper]

!collab

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[glad fiber]

woah. thats cool

[queen adder]

I would've loved to help you for free, except...

I'm not really a game dev, wouldn't be of use, only a burden on top of yours.

[glad fiber]

thats alright. thank you for the kind words tho

[true pasture]

how would I change the color of the name text here?

[rich adder]

RichText

<color="red"> sometext</color>

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.textmeshpro@3.2/manual/RichText.html

[true pasture]

thanks that was easy

[uneven path]

Helo does anyone know the code to like

Make a script wait for like 2 seconds

Then execute the next part of the script?

[summer stump]

Coroutines with WaitForSeconds

[lapis halo]

Enemy's spawning in and going towards players spawn pos, instead of the players current pos.

[uneven path]

Does wait for seconds only work in coroutines?

[frosty hound]

Yes

[uneven path]

Nooo

[lapis halo]

please help with this issue

[eternal needle]

you havent shown code

[teal viper]

There's also async await, but I'd be careful with it as a beginner.

[untold idol]

We have no context to help you

[lapis halo]

{
    public GameObject blood;
    public GameObject player;
        public float speed = 5;


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

    // Update is called once per frame
   private void Update()
    {
        gameObject.transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(gameObject.transform.position, player.transform.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
    }```

[frosty hound]

If this object is moving towards what was the player's spawn position, then you've probably incorrectly assigned that object to player, instead of the actual player.

[lapis halo]

I'm spawning in the enemy prefab and that doesn't seem to let me assign the actual player.

only the player's prefab

[untold idol]

Then the script that spawns the enemy should have a reference to the player

then it can be assigned from there

[uneven path]

Oh it's mostly sad because I'm gonna have to reprogram some code in script A to turn a function into a coroutine then reprogram code in script B to call the coroutine rather than the function

But I see

[teal viper]

Refactoring is a programmers routine. There's nothing to be sad about.

[eternal needle]

prefabs cannot reference scene objects, and having it reference the prefab directly wont be too useful. one simple way is just having some singleton which the enemies can use to access the player.

[eternal needle]

sounds like you just need to change like 3 lines

[uneven path]

Yeah true but it takes time ah well

[grand badger]

you could solve this by using singletons, or another way to find the proper reference to the player

[lapis halo]

singletons?

[teal viper]

Don't bring singletons into this... There's nothing requiring a singleton here.😅

[grand badger]

e.g.:

   private void Update()
    {
        if (player == null) { player = FindObjectOfType<PlayerMovement>().transform; }
        transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
    }

[grand badger]

from what I understand, their issue is that they can't reference the player object in the enemy's prefab -- what would you suggest instead?

[uneven path]

True, tho it's like a thing where I'm making variations of a script tho maybe I should modularize it so I only have to do it once then just call the thing instead hm.

It's a bit weird to explain I guess. I'll figure something out

[ivory bobcat]

Just properly reference this from the inspector or with the manager that spawns the object.

[uneven path]

I appreciate the thoughts tho

[eternal needle]

there isnt much room to suggest otherwise, given only the words enemy and player. A game manager holding a reference to the player would still require the game manager being a singleton or dragged in as a reference in scene, which is slightly more tedious to do

[ivory bobcat]

Whoever spawns the enemy should be given a reference of the player.

[teal viper]

An spawner/manager object in the scene can pass in the required references to whatever it spawns.

[ivory bobcat]

They'd pass that reference to the enemy after spawning itcs var enemy = Instantiate(enemyPrefab); enemy.player = player;

[grand badger]

Or if Player was a singleton type:

   private void Update()
    {
        transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, Player.instance.transform.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
    }

[teal viper]

I mean, the game manager can be a singleton for sure, but it doesn't have to be in this context. You could get a reference to it via Find methods or even better, pass the references from whatever spawns these objects.

[eternal needle]

true for the last part, the Find methods isnt really a valid option imo though

[grand badger]

I personally dislike both Find and assigning a reference from the manager, unless it's part of the game design
(e.g.: you want SOME enemies to target non-player objects sometimes, but want to keep it really simple)

[ivory bobcat]

Singleton isn't really an option for multiplayer games without introducing more complexity.

[eternal needle]

#💻┃code-beginner message
the example you gave directly used FindObjectOfType 🤔

[grand badger]

idea is:

• if you're going for fully simple, singletons is the simplest choice
• if you're going for more than that, passing reference via manager won't be enough anyway, and you'll eventually need a FSM that deduces target

[summer stump]

Lemme drop a little more confusion here for @lapis halo

Check this out
https://unity.huh.how/programming/references

[teal viper]

Why wouldn't passing references be enough?🤔

[ivory bobcat]

singletons is the simplest choice
Opinionated. Passing a reference is the easiest method - you're going to instantiate the object and an extra single line does not hurt.

[teal viper]

And what do you mean by FSM? Finite State Machine? What does it have to do with referencing an object?

[grand badger]

in a multiplayer game, given the complexity, you probably want complex enemy logic -- vs just chasing a pre-determined object forever

[teal viper]

This has nothing to do with assigning dependencies though.

[ivory bobcat]

Constructing and maintaining the aberration to provide global access of variables isn't easier.

[grand badger]

we're exactly dealing with assigning dependencies xD your choice is to add a dependency of EnemySpawner to Enemy.target, therefore to Enemy

whereas in clean architecture the Enemy should be able to retrieve its target by itself (either its FSM, or a fixed static reference, if that's enough)

[teal viper]

It depends. If we're talking about AI, there's a lot more involved. It might have sensors that would get the required references themselves. But that's a totally different story.

[summer stump]

But what you said here has nothing to do with assigning dependencies.
#💻┃code-beginner message

It has to do with how to use those references and dependencies. A secondary topic

[ivory bobcat]

In my opinion, it's best to have patterns that are self contained where little to no outside calls are made.

[grand badger]

that's a valid architecture choice as well -- as long as you follow through.
from my experience I found avoiding external dependencies to important variables allows for a more flexible design

like -- sry.. I mean avoiding direct assignments to those important variables from outside the class

[ivory bobcat]

Initialization and configuration from others who have reference to the instance is okay in my opinion. An instance accessing more than what's given to it would be a red flag for me.

It's definitely less of a hassle to directly have access to everything though.. (extreme: global/public everything)

[grand badger]

This sounds great in theory but could end up with extreme complexity to make up for that loss of accessible references and ability to spaghettify.
e.g.: you could initialize with ITargetSolver, IMovementSolver, IAttackSolver instead of creating a new class for each combination.
..which is great but overkill in a lot of cases and would likely end up requiring multiple times the code, especially if solver code has more dependencies (e.g.: animator).

I love that pattern but haven't found much success pulling it through besides basic alterations without going for a full-pledged AI system.
(e.g.: basic aka configuring only AttackPatternSettings, EnemyStats, etc)

[nimble scaffold]

Guys can anyone give any good starting mobile game ideas

[grand badger]

an Infinite Runner sounds like a good start

[nimble scaffold]

Like 3d good game except the runner ones

Okay..... What about a good AAA racing game?

But @grand badger can you help me by saying where to get good high poly models for free??

[cosmic dagger]

bro . . .

[nimble scaffold]

Okay

[lapis halo]

congrats, i am way more confused than when I asked

[nimble scaffold]

Lul

But do unity textbooks work??
I mean do they worth?

[queen adder]

we are antimeme society

[pseudo pasture]

nooooo

[queen adder]

remove that meme before the cops get you

[pseudo pasture]

where am i supposed to post funny unity memes now

[queen adder]

somewhere else

[pseudo pasture]

smh

can you just laugh before i delete it then 🥺

[queen adder]

No 😛

[pseudo pasture]

nooooooooooooo

ok but fr tho chatgpt being helpful af

[dense cargo]

You still need to know more than it. Otherwise it will feed you straight garbage.

[pseudo pasture]

not just because it's doing the work for me, but it's also explaining how the bits work

[pseudo pasture]

i know absolutely nothing about programming in C#

[queen adder]

it's helpful for biginner stuffs, but can hinder your learning a lot. it can be a frustation when you at intermediate level already

[pseudo pasture]

good thing im a beginner then

[rich adder]

you'll get there eventually

[round scaffold]

Been doin it for months i still dont know what im doing

[pseudo pasture]

yeah im hoping i can figure out most of the practical stuff with this game im making. then i can always just refer back to it and copy paste bits of old code to new programs like everyone else does!

[glacial blade]

i have this code

and when i take damage the fill amount just drops to zero?

my healt is still 95 and the print says its zero?

i have this cvode where the fillamount works dine

fine

[pseudo pasture]

where's the part that tells the code that damage was dealt?

[gaunt ice]

integer division

[rich adder]

OOF

i just noticed

good catch

[glacial blade]

aaah

damn

[pseudo pasture]

the hecky is integer division

[rich adder]

i usualy make my health floats so it make sense

[rich adder]

meaning no decimals

[pseudo pasture]

oh

wait so does that mean like

this is a division equation?

[glacial blade]

yes?

"/" means division

[grand badger]

you gotta cast one to float

[pseudo pasture]

yeah sorry my brain had a slow moment and i thought it was like a string sort of thing and the "/" was just a visual separator, but strings need ""

[glacial blade]

yeah making it float is working nw

[pseudo pasture]

i feel like a neanderthal trying to understand why it's health divided by max health

[glacial blade]

fill amount has to be 0 to 1 . so 95/100 is 0.95

health is 95 and max health is 100

and if you dividehealth when its full or 100 to max health which is 100 you will get 1 so the fill amount if full

[pseudo pasture]

ooohhhhhhhh

[grand badger]

don't make it float, just cast it to float 😄

[glacial blade]

difference?

[grand badger]

health makes sense to be an integer

[pseudo pasture]

thanks for explaining that, makes so much more sense

[grand badger]

semantics, mostly

if you don't want floating numbers in the UI, int makes more sense

[glacial blade]

so like what is casting? just turning it int to float?

[grand badger]

yeah

[rich adder]

nah keep it float

[grand badger]

float c = intA / (float) intB;

[rich adder]

just format the float via text

[glacial blade]

eh im sure thats on ones prefrence

btw like how do you guys make something thats not on tutorial. i have very hard time making something new

[rich adder]

experience

learn stuff until you can piece it together on your own

[glacial blade]

ok

[rich adder]

repetition is key basically

[grand badger]

hmm maybe start with your own project and look up tutorials for piece-by-piece

e.g.: design your thing first, what you want (maybe a top-down roguelite puzzle with immovable enemies)

then search top-down movement, triggers, tilemap, etc, until you have something close to what you want

[queen adder]

@glacial blade I say make it a float,

and keep the value between 0 and 1, then when displayed, multiply the value by 100

multiplication is faster than division* anyway 😅

Why Division is Slower Than Multiplication?

[grand badger]

MaxHealth is not a great variable to have if it's intended to be always 1 😛

[pseudo pasture]

maybe there's going to be a thing later where max health can be upgraded?

lots of things do that

[rich adder]

yea 0-1 is silly

but making health/max health floats is normal and prob better

dealing with casting every time is annoying

[eternal needle]

this is just a useless optimization tbh, makes it harder to code in the future because your health is always 0-1 rather than its true value

[queen adder]

it wasn't meant to be an optimization, it was just a cherry on top...

but understandable! at the end of the day, what's important is to make the game itself XD

and I wouldn't say it becomes harder, having a property that calculates the desired value is a thing in C#

you only have to write it once.

[rich adder]

0-1 you have no room to expand max health

[eternal needle]

then why have it 0-1 in the first place if you only use a property to get its true value?

just store the true value

[grand badger]

is there a thing people don't argue about in this discord? xD how is this possible lol

I guess makes sense since there are tons of people, each having different practices

[rich adder]

i think its just a regular discussion dont think anyone is arguing lol

[grand badger]

but a float casting? XD

[eternal needle]

we're just talking, no ones breaking out the weapons dude

[cosmic dagger]

You'd need a global value that scales the health, damage, and any effect applied value. That seems like more work to me. The entire game must change based on an 0-1 structure . . .

[gaunt ice]

it is impossible to get rid of division in your case
then how would you deal damage? multiply with 1f/their max health (though this can be precalculated, actually you will get wrong answer, but i think that fine in game software....)?

[queen adder]

XD

[pseudo pasture]

🔪 👀

[grand badger]

yeah, I can tell -- it's just that answers to beginner questions tend to get deep in no time -- which I bet looks like an argument to the new person that asked the question

[eternal needle]

yes because beginners tend to provide questionable answers, then people in here will try to guide them in a better direction while explaining why something isnt desirable

[brittle plume]

can someone help me with this please

I dont know how to fix the error

[rich adder]

!code

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[rich adder]

id like not to squint to view code

[grand badger]

assign a reference to the enemy and make sure Enemy has a reference to Agent

[eternal needle]

how come this gives 101? i am confused even

[brittle plume]

could you show me what that would look like

im honestly just watching a tutorial and still very new

[grand badger]

it prints iteration, not hp, lol

[cosmic dagger]

You need too assign a value to theEnemy variable . . .

[eternal needle]

yes, i know that.

[cosmic dagger]

Keep watching the tutorial and see if they do that . . .

[grand badger]

100 + 1 because of late set hp=1 oh nvm

[brittle plume]

they were able to run the code

[rich adder]

so you copied wrong

[eternal needle]

🤔 did you read the code carefully, they set iteration back to 0.

[brittle plume]

ive looked at the tut over so many times and it seems i have everything right

[cosmic dagger]

I would go back over the video and see what they assign the Enemy variable . . .

[rich adder]

we hear that alot , you'd be surprised how its usually a simple thing 🙂

[low perch]

is vector2 =
any different from vector2.set() performance wise

[brittle plume]

so is the problem Enemy or enemy

[grand badger]

yeah no it's a mystery 😆

[gaunt ice]

floating point error

[rich adder]

uhh just use =

if you need to pass a new vetcor2/3 you can't, as only takes 2 floats

[summer stump]

I will say, this is abnormal. I know you saw two (at least that I saw) deeper conversations. But I wouldn't say it tends to go that way any more than any other group of nerdy people 😸

[queen adder]

I only suggested to keep the value in the range of [0-1] since it made sense for the health to be [0-100], but of course, it doesn't have to be [0-1]!

could easily be [0-2] or anything else really...

properties are commonly used to used to prepare your value before getting/setting it.
or simply do something for it.

however, you should implement your things as you wish, I was merely suggesting.

[cosmic dagger]

It's the field enemy from the BaseState class . . .

[brittle plume]

so the problem lies in the BaseState class

[grand badger]

hehe fair enough 😛 I'm not a regular here so mostly judging by just what I saw today and what I would expect in a #💻┃code-beginner channel

[rich adder]

0-2? oh godno.
just cause it can be anything doesn't mean it should be

[cosmic dagger]

No, that's where the field enemy originates from. The problem is in the PatrolState, which derives from BaseState. You do not assign enemy inside of the class at all, but you are trying to access it . . .

[brittle plume]

yeah im an idiot

[brittle plume]

thanks a lot

i really did just miss a very small thing

[rich adder]

usually is

[cosmic dagger]

We all knew. It happens all the time. If you're following a tutorial and it doesn't work, then you missed smth. Always go back and watch carefully; there is no rush . . .

[brittle plume]

I was worried that maybe it wasnt working because the navigation component was changed since the video was made

but i was wrong

so thank you

[queen adder]

ah yes! reminds me of myself when I used to believe that I LITERALLY copy-pasted the tutorial, and that the tutor had done something wrong just because I know I don't make mistakes... (I do make mistakes, ever hour of my time being alive, in fact! me being alive is a mistake XD)

[unreal venture]

i am very confused
i have a vector3 rb.velocity and i'm trying to scale it to avoid side drift of a vehicle
but even scaling it by local 1,1,1 doesnt work and the vehicle completely spazzes out ...?
scaling it with world space vector3 doesnt work because it's unable to turn, then.

//TEST: scale velocity to local 1,1,1
//forward: 0,0,1    right: 1,0,0    up: 0,1,0
rb.velocity = Vector3.Scale( transform.forward + transform.right + transform.up , rb.velocity);

//reduce sideways drift
rb.velocity = Vector3.Scale( transform.forward + transform.right * 0.2f + transform.up , rb.velocity);

[lavish terrace]

how to activate this by coding ?

[rich adder]

.enabled

[spiral glen]

Idk if this is UI but when I attempt to use an inputfield I need to click on it to actually interact with it, is there a way to make it auto-clicked on scene opening?

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Scale.html
scale doesnt do what you think it does. that first line literally does nothing

[rich adder]

Activate i think you want

no

Select

[spiral glen]

Where would I find that?

[rich adder]

 [SeriliazeField] private TMP_InputField input;
 input.Select();```

there might be another one you may need

[spiral glen]

I'm usinga method connected to an input field to get the actual value

[rich adder]

well you need a reference to Inputfield

[spiral glen]

if I just throw it into the keyboard class would that work?

it just needs to be run on scene

[rich adder]

if it already gets input mind as well

[spiral glen]

swag, thansk

💋

[cosmic dagger]

Digiholic has a counter for exactly this. I need to tell them to update it . . .

[queen adder]

yes, please do the ++

[spiral glen]

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        autoClickText.Select();
    }```
I can't actually put the inputField into the thingy (I don't know the name of it, it's in the image)

[rich adder]

you didn't even copy it correctly xD

[spiral glen]

is TMP important?

[rich adder]

if yours is textmesh pro

yeah id say it is

[spiral glen]

how do I know if it is

[rich adder]

read the label ?

[spiral glen]

I changed the name to text area for some reason

[spiral glen]

yeah it's the pro one but it's make an error

[rich adder]

you need to add Namespace

using TMPro

[spiral glen]

wdym

oh ok

[rich adder]

at top of script

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.textmeshpro@1.3/api/TMPro.TMP_InputField.html

[spiral glen]

YIPPEEE

it works

🙂

[rich adder]

Namespace is just a "group" scripts belong to

[spiral glen]

So like a library

or a collection in a library

[rich adder]

yea usually a dll

[spiral glen]

Ah ok

[queen adder]

think of it as a folder to your C# script files XD

[spiral glen]

👍

[unreal venture]

yes. the first line SHOULD do nothing.
but with it, the vehicle goes glitching into the sunset

[spiral glen]

is there a way to see if something is visible or not?

trying to make a button that shows a list but removes it if it is already shown

[eternal needle]

maybe floating point errors cause it to not be exactly 1

[spiral glen]

holy guacamole it's 3:30 am

[hushed badge]

yall

what would be the index for crouch layer

im not sure if c# starts counting from 0 or from 1

[rich adder]

yes pretty much all indexes start at 0

so crouch is Layer(1)

[hushed badge]

ok thanks

[hushed badge]

yo how do i smoothly transition between animation layers

[rich adder]

Lerp the weight

[hushed badge]

i tried but its not really working

i havent used lerping before

[rich adder]

use a coroutine its easy, replace the v3 with Mathf.Lerp
https://unity.huh.how/lerp/coroutines

[north kiln]

That will always evaluate to roughly 10, because Time.deltaTime is small

[hushed badge]

i mean thanks but im not really sure where to place all of this

im assuming this is a function?

not sure tho

[rich adder]

    IEnumerator LerpWeight(float targetValue, float duration = 1)
    {
        float startValue = anim.GetLayerWeight(1);
        float elapsedTime = 0;
        // Wait until the time has reached the target duration.
        while (elapsedTime < duration)
        {
            // Increment our timer.
            elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
            // Normalise our timer, and use it to interpolate.

            anim.SetLayerWeight(1, Mathf.Lerp(startValue, targetValue, elapsedTime / duration));
            yield return null;
        }
    }```

[north kiln]

You need to at least understand how Lerp works https://unity.huh.how/lerp/overview

So you can comprehend the rest of the logic

[hushed badge]

ok thanks

[hushed badge]

yo i mean

its working but

for some reason theres a delay when uncrouching

like a 1-2 sec delay before the coroutine starts

this is how its looking rn

[rich adder]

you might be triggering multiple ones, also the layer weight max is 1

10 is overkill since its fully activate only at 1

[hushed badge]

oh youre right

setting it to 1 fixed

but i thought that at 1 it would be kinda in between base and crouch

isnt that how weight works

[rich adder]

.5 you mean?

[hushed badge]

damn what

i couldve sworn the max weight was 10

😭

im tripping

[rich adder]

yea lol

[hushed badge]

so now i also gotta lerp the camera and the collisions?

i mean i guess i dont need to lerp collisions i could just set them normally

but the camera

[rich adder]

if you want things smoothly moving

you mean lerp the collider ? thats also common

there are also tweening libraries out there (DOTween is good)

Coroutine simple enough, the result is pretty good when done correct

[hushed badge]

ok thanks

so should i make another function for lerping vector3s

or should i try putting it all into one

[rich adder]

make different methods

yes one for vector3

[hushed badge]

and also what uhh

type? i guess
are objects

like strings ints floats etc

what do i use when getting the camera for example or the player model

[rich adder]

Camera

model is part of the Mesh FIlter, Mesh renderer displays how it will look aka texture/material

[rich adder]

all the components are found in !docs

[eternal falcon]

Documentation

Get the most out of Unity Editor by accessing our documentation!

💻 API

📖 Manual

[rich adder]

under API

All the components have access to their gameobject/transform

[hushed badge]

wait what if i just change the center of the collider instead of lerping the camera down

[rich adder]

pretty common

are you using character controller?

[hushed badge]

yeah

[rich adder]

https://youtu.be/-XNm7dPVVOQ

this dude does that and with lerp

they actually lerp correct too which is rare on YT

[queen adder]

?t=624

[hushed badge]

yall how can i move the camera position up while still keeping it on the character

[queen adder]

you mean change the camera's height while maintaining its movement relative to the player?

[abstract finch]

I have two varaibles i want to track, the prefab of an object and its interface. I want to store a list of these two varaibles, should i be using dictionary or classes?

Think of it like an enemy pool.

[hushed badge]

yeah

[hexed terrace]

The convo for this is in #💻┃unity-talk , don't cross post

[queen adder]

you don't have the camera as a child of the player's head, do you? (you don't need to btw)

[hexed terrace]

it's also not currently a code question, keep it in #💻┃unity-talk

[hushed badge]

brother i dont wanna be mean but youre really being a pain

jus let us talk

[hexed terrace]

Follow the server rules ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hushed badge]

mods will handle it if they wish to

[queen adder]

I see!

[dry tendon]

hi everyone... does someone knows why do i get this log?

and what does it mean

[rich adder]

its not a log

thats a Null Reference

something on line 85 is null on Night Background

[dry tendon]

i can ignore it?

[rich adder]

gamedata is null

no you shoud never ignore errors

[wind meteor]

can you help me with code

[gaunt ice]

what is interactable object?

[wind meteor]

i dont know

[gaunt ice]

then we dont know ofc if you dont know what this type is
and there is a method called as TryGetComponent

[wind meteor]

bro it's don't work but i don't have "InteractableObcject"

and i create code "InteractableObcject" and now its work

thanks

[queen adder]

you're welcome!

[rich adder]

not code question

#💻┃unity-talk and read the logs in hub

[queen adder]

@wind meteor and try dis, it's 🤵‍♂️er

var ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
/// if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hooray) is false) return;
if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out var hooray) is false) return;

/* TODO: ... */ _ = hooray.transform;```

[wind meteor]

how to create cod like photo

[wind meteor]

like this

[gaunt ice]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[gaunt ice]

read inline code section

[queen adder]

Call of Duty?

[rich adder]

cod like the fish

[queen adder]

XD

you see me

now you don't

[last venture]

Hey i have an animation for a 2d character (the player) attack (dash attack) so the animation move the sprite. Id like to know how could i make the player collider and position match the animation

The attack is the sweep

[wild cargo]

#🏃┃animation

[craggy lava]

Error

MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'GameManager' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.

Its on this line

 DontDestroyOnLoad(Instance);

I know what the error means but like i dont know a fix

    private async void Awake()
    {
        try
        {
            await UnityServices.InitializeAsync();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Debug.LogException(e);
        }

        SetupEvents();

        await SignInAnonymouslyAsync();
        await EconomyService.Instance.Configuration.SyncConfigurationAsync();

        if (Instance == null)
        {
            Instance = this;
            DontDestroyOnLoad(Instance);
        }
        else if (Instance != this)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }

[keen dew]

The singleton setup should be before all the async stuff

[craggy lava]

What?

[keen dew]

Which part is unclear?

[languid spire]

yes, why would you initiate all the async stuff to just then go and destroy the object it's running on?

[craggy lava]

I just never heard the name singleton setup before

[keen dew]

Probably not a good idea to use code that you don't understand

but the singleton setup is from the if (Instance == null) line onwards

[craggy lava]

I understand the code i just never heard the name before

[keen dew]

I mean it's the code that sets up the singleton

[craggy lava]

I fixed the code now i got a new error

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
MainMenuManager.Awake () (at Assets/Scripts/Managers/MainMenuManager.cs:26)

line of error

PlayerBalance playersCoinBalance = await coinCurrencyDefinition.GetPlayerBalanceAsync();

here is my code

private async void Awake()
{
    await EconomyService.Instance.Configuration.SyncConfigurationAsync();

    var gemCurrencyDefinition = EconomyService.Instance.Configuration.GetCurrency("GEMS_DATA");
    PlayerBalance playersGemBalance = await gemCurrencyDefinition.GetPlayerBalanceAsync();

    var coinCurrencyDefinition = EconomyService.Instance.Configuration.GetCurrency("COIN_DATA");
    PlayerBalance playersCoinBalance = await coinCurrencyDefinition.GetPlayerBalanceAsync();

    gameManager = GameManager.Instance;

    coins = playersCoinBalance.Balance;
    coinsText.text = "Coins: " + coins;

    gems = playersGemBalance.Balance;
    gemsText.text = "Gems: " + gems;
}

[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)
(i am using assembly-CSharp definitions)

[willow scroll]

This script might be not a part of your game, that's why it cannot access other scripts

[craggy lava]

fixed my GetCurrency("COIN_DATA"); needed to be GetCurrency("COINS_DATA");

[hollow raft]

may you explain?

[hollow raft]

because it should be

[willow scroll]

Mind trying to find this class in your Unity Assets?

[willow scroll]

Now open it.

By double clicking it with your right mouse

[hollow raft]

yes?

[willow scroll]

Does it open the same class with errors?

[hollow raft]

yes :' (

[willow scroll]

And you don't receive any errors in Unity?

[hollow raft]

none

[willow scroll]

just in vs?

[hollow raft]

yes

[willow scroll]

That's strange

[hollow raft]

it is xD

that's why i am seeking for help, i am super confused

[willow scroll]

It seems to be a bug? Have you already tried to refresh unity?

[hollow raft]

yes over multiple weeks

[willow scroll]

Over multiple weeks? Do you have this error for so long already?

[hollow raft]

yes

when i changed pc

[willow scroll]

What about other scripts? Do you have the same weird behavior there?

[queen adder]

Could it be bc you're missing some .net stuff, or bc your visual studio installation is missing the unity addon thing?

[willow scroll]

#1188473817539039393

[hollow raft]

i have the unity addon and it seems to be a reference issue so i doubt it would be a .Net

[craggy lava]

Error

The best overloaded Add method 'SortedDictionary<int, string>.Add(int, string)' for the collection initializer has some invalid arguments

Line of error

        {1000000000000.ConvertTo<int>, "T" }

Code

public static class AbbrevationUtility
{
    private static readonly SortedDictionary<int, string> abbrevations = new SortedDictionary<int, string>
    {
        {1000,"K"},
        {1000000, "M" },
        {1000000000, "B" },
        {1000000000000.ConvertTo<int>, "T" }
    };

    public static string AbbreviateNumber(float number)
    {
        for (int i = abbrevations.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            KeyValuePair<int, string> pair = abbrevations.ElementAt(i);
            if (Mathf.Abs(number) >= pair.Key)
            {
                int roundedNumber = Mathf.FloorToInt(number / pair.Key);
                return roundedNumber.ToString() + pair.Value;
            }
        }
        return number.ToString();
    }
}

[gaunt ice]

idk how you can convert long to int

[craggy lava]

I also dont know but if i remove the .ConvertTo<int> it still does not work

[craggy lava]

fixed just used Convert.ToInt32(1000000000000)

[gaunt ice]

try to run it
i think you will get an overflow error
you should change the generic parameter int to long

[craggy lava]

ye OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for an Int32.

[hushed badge]

i finished my first movement system and now idk what to do

should i make a map

or

interactions

or something else idk

[craggy lava]

Make the mechanics then the visuals

thats what i would do because if you have some mechanics you can make a map if you need a map just make a little prototype map

[craggy lava]

Dont think this is normal

[hushed badge]

so like doors and stuff like that?

im tryna make like a low poly horror game about cleaning up murder scenes

[craggy lava]

if you need a door opening mechanic just make a door and make it work then after that make a map when you are done with all mechanics

[hushed badge]

with ps1 graphics

[hushed badge]

ok

[gaunt ice]

you mean the -1T?

[craggy lava]

yea like i have 5 gems and it says i have -1T i will just try and find another way of formatting my numbers so i can get K, M, B, T, Qa, Qi, Sx, Sp (sp is 100e24)

[gaunt ice]

i am not sure if it is due to some number type conversion (the rounded number is -1), try to change all the type to long first (except the i in for loop)

oh wait it shouldne fall into the if block, it should return "5" directly

[craggy lava]

yea thats why i dont understand

[gaunt ice]

I try to reproduce it but it works....

[craggy lava]

Works now i use a double

[craggy lava]

but now the problem is that i want it to only show 2 decimals and it works but the gems that is 11 it shows 11,00

[swift crag]

one trillion modulo 2^32 is 3567587328

which wraps around to something like negative one billion

I presume that's why you tried to use ConvertTo. Any numeric literal that's too big for an int will automatically become a long.

long will give you some more headroom. You can also use double if you want to use extremely large numbers, but note that you'll pay for it in precision

[quick kelp]

i gave my player controller the ability to crouch but i honestly have no idea how to make it to where the controller checks if there is a ceiling there to keep it crouched

[swift crag]

for example, the first number can be stored in a long, but if you convert it to a double, it'll be off by quite a bit

[gaunt ice]

i have checked

Mathf.Abs(5)>=1000000000000L
```returns false, so sorted Dictionary<long,string> works (tested)

so i have no idea why it returns -1, if he has changed it

[swift crag]

they said it works correctly now

it was wrong when they had a dictionary mapping ints to strings

since one trillion overflows to a negative number when stored in an int

[charred spoke]

Fire a sphere cast from the top of your character( or better yet a capsule cast) and if you hit anything there is a ceiling

[quick kelp]

will try this

[cosmic dagger]

Just use any casting method to check for anything above the player's head . . .

[desert elm]

hm-
this should select a new chosentargetlocation if its closer than the already selected one, but this doesn't appear to work- where did I make a mistake?

[cosmic dagger]

You don't store any of the distance values so no one knows what the numbers are. Log the values to the console to see if the target is closer than the chosen target . . .

[gaunt ice]

what is chosenTargXXX at first? the first element?

[desert elm]

well, here is the placeholder that serves as the first chosen target location. One might guess that its further than any enemy ( red boxes )

[cosmic dagger]

This doesn't help us. Log the values of the distance to see if it becomes less than the chosen target distance . . .

[desert elm]

right yeah okay-

yeah I guess ill need to log- but you know
the red square in the firing range ( white circle ) is certainly closer than the placeholder at X=500

[shrewd swift]

is there a way to comment enum elements ? so when i hover them i can get some text showing in VS

[swift crag]

I don't understand.

Do you mean when you hover over a variable holding an enum?

[verbal dome]

I guess like a summary for individual enum entries

[shrewd swift]

i mean the VS tooltip

[swift crag]

Oh, comment!

[shrewd swift]

like i can hover
whateverenum.whatevervalue

[swift crag]

a triple slash starts a documentation comment

You can put these in quite a few places

[verbal dome]

In your example the summary goes to the field, not the enum though

[shrewd swift]

okay ty

idk why i didnt try the default way of commenting first, in my head enum were "special"

[swift crag]

looks like that was just an example of seeing a doc comment when hovering

[cosmic dagger]

Man, I like having documentation (summary info) for all members of a class. I did that for one of my packages and the entire thing is just comments everywhere! 80 lines turned into 400 . . . 😄 🤣

[quick kelp]

ok looked at the Documentation and implemented it to the best of my knowledge
and im still clipping through the ceiling

[hidden sun]

hi, why i'm starting to get this type of errors on everything i do?

it used to work only with Debug.Log();

[cosmic dagger]

Bc you have two namespaces with the same type: Debug. The IDE does not know which Debug class you want to use . . .

[hidden sun]

ty, now i've seen that it added somehow

[cosmic dagger]

You need to specify which one by using the fully qualifying name . . .

You don't need the System.Diagnostics one . . .

[unborn gale]

why doesnt this code work (trying to make a bullet collide)
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class bulletDistroy : MonoBehaviour
{
public string tar;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    
}
 void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    print ("boom");
    // Check if the colliding object has the specified tag
    if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag(tar))
    {
        // Destroy the colliding object
        Destroy(collision.gameObject);

        // Destroy the object that holds this script
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}

}

[quick kelp]

im gonna guess and say its cause there's nothing in the void Update()

[ivory bobcat]

First, how to post !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[unborn gale]

i dont think so

[unborn gale]

are you like a mod?

[ivory bobcat]

Second, for a collision to have occurred both objects must have colliders and one must have a rigid body

[ivory bobcat]

Are you new?

[subtle canyon]

@unborn gale It would be easier to read your code which would help you and us so why not?

[unborn gale]

yup and I basacly joined this whole server to ask this

[unborn gale]

I dont know what !code is and the bot doesnt explain wel

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
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[ivory bobcat]

The bot provides useful shortcuts that any member can invoke. Best to avoid spam, off topic and whatnot.
#💻┃code-beginner message is necessary.

[unborn gale]

public class bulletDistroy : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string tar;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {

    }
     void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        print ("boom");
        // Check if the colliding object has the specified tag
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag(tar))
        {
            // Destroy the colliding object
            Destroy(collision.gameObject);

            // Destroy the object that holds this script
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
}

[cosmic dagger]

Do you see all of the links the bot posted? It's a bunch of websites where you can paste your code, save, and send us the link so we can view it. It's hard to read (and help) with unformatted code in the channel . . .

[unborn gale]

yay

[unborn gale]

dis good?

[subtle canyon]

well you didnt declare tar to anything

you just assigned it to a string

[unborn gale]

i did inside unity

[cosmic dagger]

It's public, they probably wrote the name from the inspector . . .

[ivory bobcat]

Does it print anything?

[subtle canyon]

oh ok got it

[uncut holly]

before anyone ask why isnt my vscode configured i already given up on that long time ago. the question now is that i not sure if theres a syntax error since the error shown in the unity is the type or namespace names LogicScript could not be found. what is LogicScript in unity mean

[unborn gale]

why isnt it in vscode?

[cosmic dagger]

Did you check what Dalphat mentioned earlier?
#💻┃code-beginner message

[subtle canyon]

I think LogicScript is just a class defined previously in the tutorial

[unborn gale]

both have rigid bodies and colliders

[subtle canyon]

Does it print the debug message you wrote?

[cosmic dagger]

Did you follow the entire tutorial? That sounds like a custom made script. You should know if they created that beforehand . . .

[ivory bobcat]

2d colliders and 2d rigid body?

[unborn gale]

yes