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[queen adder]

this will add a +0.1 to counters each frame

[robust condor]

Yeah I could add that I guess but this is more of a test

What I mean is, I need to run code every frame on the NPC to increment a number

So it seems unavoidable to call a function on NPC every frame?

[queen adder]

incrementing a number every frame isn't that costly tbf

as long as you dont put some huge blocking logic inside the Update() function you should be fine

[ruby python]

Yeah, just changing a number in update is essentially nothing.

[cosmic dagger]

That's normal. Its not a problem . . .

[ruby python]

There is also a method to InvokeOnce if I remember correctly. But I've never really used it, just seen it on a few videos in passing.

[robust condor]

Imagine a FSM or behaviour tree and 1000 npcs, do they run all their state machines every frame for every NPC?

[queen adder]

If your npc is not active then the Update function wont run

[verbal dome]

Each state can have an update interval/tickrate so they don't have to update every frame anyway

[queen adder]

also if your Update function has something as little as modifying a state of a counter then its fine tbf

[ruby python]

Anything that is in Update() runs every single frame, even calling other methods/functions etc. So (and please someone correct me if I'm wrong) CoRoutines and the like are more desirable as they take the 'load' off the constant updating.

I'm still learning so I get a lot of things wrong, but I always try and keep my Update()s as empty as possible.

[queen adder]

It does not run every single frame. It does not run if gameObject.activeSelf == false

[ruby python]

@queen adder I was assuming when active.

[queen adder]

Oh

I thought the only time he needs npc's to NOT run update is when its active = false

[robust condor]

Well I think they will always be active because I need to know when NPC has finished sleeping

[cosmic dagger]

A coroutine internally checks a timer every frame to determine when WaitForSeconds has expired . . .

[robust condor]

Unless I make a clock and wake up all the sleeping NPCs with a schedule

[ruby python]

Ah. I understood it as, NPC's are performing tasks throughout the game, when task A is finished, move on to Task B etc. etc.

[robust condor]

Yeah they have a life cycle

[queen adder]

yeah defo sounds like you should use coroutine

So after the npc is awake you dont need to run the counter?

[ruby python]

Okay, so sleeping is essentially a Task. So yeah either a timer (like in the video I posted, old, but works), or coroutine.

[queen adder]

esentially be like this:

public IEnumerator WakeNpc() {
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(_secondsUntilNpcIsAwake);
    DoSomethingAfterItsAwake();
}

[ruby python]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[cosmic dagger]

Use a variable as a timer, a timer class, or a coroutine. Those are your options for tracking time and execute a method afterwards . . .

[queen adder]

Idk what timer task you are talking about but whatever you do, do not use a the timer in c#

It spawns a new thread

[ruby python]

You could even do something like.

public IEnumerator PerformTask(state Task, float taskDuration) {
    //Change task to the one gotten from above
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(_taskDuration);
    SelectNewTask();
}

Maybe?

[queen adder]

nvm i was wrong this is java TimerTask

Get mixed up a lot

[eternal needle]

if they're running logic on a ton of AI's, I dont think coroutines like this are a good idea. Itll create a ton of garbage

[ruby python]

Not sure what your Tasks are stored as so edit accordingly.

[ivory bobcat]

The coroutine will nicely handle states and instances for you though, if you opt for the coroutine - has a cost of some memory allocation for managing the state/instance.

[cosmic dagger]

I meant a custom Timer class. I ended up creating my own Timer package for this very reason . . .

[queen adder]

You can do a proper nice coroutine design .e.g. 1 coroutine for several npcs:

public IEnumerator WakeNpcsUp() {
    var firstNpcToWakeUp = Npcs.Min(t => t.WakeUpTime);
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(firstNpcToWakeUp);
    //calculate which npcs are awake
}

So your coroutine wakes up the earliest npc. You'd need the while loop in there too

Instead of 1000 coroutines, 1 coroutine checking the min time required to wake the first npc up

[eternal needle]

Not sure what the original problem was tbh

[ivory bobcat]

Cache the yield statements if possible as well unless they're one time use disposables.

[queen adder]

He was doing it in the Update() function

so the logic would call regardless every frame

[empty summit]

was it possible to show a variable in the inspector but not make it editable? just so i can see that it changes

[verbal dome]

I think you want something like this
https://www.patrykgalach.com/2020/01/20/readonly-attribute-in-unity-editor/

Not built in AFAIK

[eternal needle]

All serializable values should show up in debug mode

[empty summit]

yeah i know but wondering if it is possible in normal mode

[queen adder]

. not possible out of the box

You need to add extra code

[ivory bobcat]

Or assets like Odin inspector read only etc

[verbal dome]

Yeah, that's the whole point of the page I linked

[cosmic dagger]

Easy to find a ReadOnly attribute online or write your own. Very handy . . .

[verbal dome]

NaughtyAttributes also has it https://dbrizov.github.io/na-docs/attributes/meta_attributes/read_only.html

[queen adder]

why do people do this in unity :[

    [ReadOnly]
    public Vector3 forwardVector = Vector3.forward;

I know its longer to add [SerializeField]

But its equally as ugly seeing public variables all over the place

Even if i needed something to be public i'd do:

[field: SerializeField]
public string A { get; set; }

never public string A;

[cosmic dagger]

I didn't know people did that. If given access to other classes, it's preferable to use a property . . .

[wintry quarry]

I've never seen anyone do this. Is that from NaughtAttributes or Odin?

[verbal dome]

It's in the naughty example

[queen adder]

just this link over here in an example. Ive seen many other packages follow the same style

[verbal dome]

Probably just for readability

[wintry quarry]

Oh - probably just to show off the attribute

[cosmic quail]

hey, i wanted to ask how would you handle this issue for a competitive shooting game?
cause torque interpolates right?

[cosmic dagger]

That makes sense. You can't really show how it works if you use a property . . .

[queen adder]

i assume you can do this: [field: ReadOnly]

[robust condor]

Can't use { get; set; } with Odin

[queen adder]

or show their example like such:

[field: SerializeField]
[field: ReadOnly]
private string A { get ; set; }

you guys not seen use of public class variables all over in unity?

I might be downloading bad packages then

😭

[wintry quarry]

only beginners (or the lazy) do this 😉

they're all over the docs though

[eternal needle]

Torque doesnt interpolate, it just rotates. That's what torque is. Im not entirely sure how current games handle it, but mostly they arent using rigidbody movement (or unity) to begin with. Just directly rotating the player should be fine since those games dont require accurate physics in that sense, and you want it up to date with mouse input

[eternal needle]

It is just an example, even the unity docs have some shit code in their examples.

[queen adder]

Sadly bawsi :\

People follow these examples and end up writing public all over the house

Show people the correct way they'll do it the correct way ;D

[cosmic quail]

but to make such game in unity you'd have to use a rigidbody though, right? a lot of people say charactercontroller is bad (also it forces you to use a capsule collider) and making your own solution from scratch requires you to basically recreate all the physics a rigidbody offers if you want to interact with physics objects

[eternal needle]

Lots of packages or assets can be made by beginners anyways. Like I tried out one AI asset from the "23 for 23" bundle recently and it was absolutely written by a beginner who had a decent amount of time. GetComponent calls everywhere, ton of garbage created

[queen adder]

I only recently realized that we could do [field: Attribute]
Before i was doing:

[SerializeField]
private string _a;

public string A { get => _a; }

[ivory bobcat]

You'd use the appropriate tool for the job

[cosmic quail]

so if i want the player to be able to push physics objects and stand on moving platforms, the tool for the job is definitely rigidbody? or something else?

[eternal needle]

You could use a rigidbody, could make a custom character controller. Not really sure what answer to give you, because all the current competitive shooting games I know arent made in unity to begin with

[cosmic quail]

one that comes to mind is tarkov (idk how competitive that is but its a shooting game)

[eternal needle]

You can do any of that with a custom character controller as well.

[ivory bobcat]

Rigid body component is for rigid body physics - you'll get basic physics and more (sliding, friction, ragdoll and whatnot)

[cosmic quail]

but by making a custom character controller yourself you'd have to manually do all the interactions with physics objects, like pushing them and standing on moving objects and such. but with rigidbody it comes out of the box, right?

[queen adder]

john you after a multiplayer physics interaction

or single player?

[ivory bobcat]

What if you don't want some of the features from Rigid body though?

[queen adder]

tbf photon quantum has worked pretty nicely for me

For the physics stuff

[eternal needle]

You would also push players if you arent careful. Which can really suck

[queen adder]

Backend server side integrates with unity assets

[ivory bobcat]

Like how gravity applies to a rigid body on a slope (sliding) or how fall speed (terminal velocity) isn't game-ish enough

It's great for simulating physics behavior with objects though - rolling a ball, firing a cannon, sliding a box and whatnot.

[queen adder]

.e.g. my component can have something like this attached onto it and from my server side code i can get this script and change state of it, it reflects on the client too

It just works

[ivory bobcat]

Looks unsafe

[queen adder]

very :]

[cosmic quail]

wait but im talking about a kinematic rigid body, is that different?

[queen adder]

Photon Quantum also has physics support

2d and 3d

[cosmic quail]

wow multiplayer looks complicated. does one have to remake every script from scratch to be able to turn a game multiplayer?

[queen adder]

well if you use something like photon quantum you want to make all your entities using the EntityPrototype component script

You dont need to re-write all of it, just the bits where state update is required and the update is on a multiplayer level

.e.g. if i was firing a bullet i'd not instniate it using the unity client i'd use photon systems (server sided) and use frame.Create(projectilePrototype)

This way all users can see it

[cosmic quail]

interesting

[sage mirage]

Hey, guys! I have a question. How to choose display mode(Windowed, Fullscreen) with a dropdown, I mean how to make the functionality work when someone want to choose in dropdown for example full screen?

I have seen videos of how to make full screen to work with a toggle but dont know yet how to make it work with dropdown

[queen adder]

photon quantum is expensive btw well atleast i think

0.5$ per ccu

I had to write a pre-lobby system so people dont automatically connect to photon lobby

It saves $

[cosmic quail]

but all the character controller scripts you find on the asset store are rigidbodies, and called like "kinematic character controller". seems like nobody has made their own character controller

[cosmic quail]

wait it costs money for players to be able to play multiplayer? dang

[queen adder]

:/ I know. I've made a few game servers in the past and to get them to handle load reliably is a really difficult thing to do

They are offering the reliable photon cloud

No netcode too. So i dont need to worry about shit like endianness

[terse raven]

What is the most efficient way for enemies to detect players in a given range? Because the only option I can think of is if every enemy had a script that constantly measured its distance from the player. But with a lot of enemies this seems a little stupid?

[queen adder]

thank you!

[cosmic quail]

a-star algorithm for 2d, navmesh for 3d. am i right that those are the best options? (not an expert)

[terse raven]

I'll research that thanks

[robust condor]

@terse ravenCould also run a trigger on the enemies, not sure how performant it is tho

[queen adder]

You can do something like this:

Collider[] hitColliders = Physics.OverlapSphere(center, radius);

[robust condor]

Or overlapshere on the player and see what they can find

[queen adder]

I use OverlapShape with a 2d circle

My entities dont use the Y axis 😄

[robust condor]

Are there any downsides to pausing using timescale = 0? Last time I did this it paused the entire GUI, but that doesn't seem to happen now. I still need to use GUI, and do script stuff

[terse raven]

I need path finding too because of top down game lol

[queen adder]

Navmesh!

🙂

[cosmic quail]

2d top down cant use navmesh tho

if its 2d u gotta use something like a-star algorithm right?

[queen adder]

oh 2d i c

[cosmic quail]

not sure if a-star algorithm is the best though

[terse raven]

whats this?

[queen adder]

I manage to use navmesh fine with 2 axis's :\

But i assume they cant form the navmesh

Cause sprites are not models

[cosmic quail]

can u actually ask ur question again on #🤖┃ai-navigation to get a confirmation from experts on this

[terse raven]

sure!

[queen adder]

You can generate a navigation mesh which tells your game this place is walkable and this place isn't. You can find this in your navigation tab and tag different components as walkable or not.

@terse raven you're talking about a 3d game right?

Tile clipping in a 2d game will be different

[terse raven]

nope 2d top down

[queen adder]

Ok so you dont need a nav mesh

[terse raven]

tile clipping then?

[cosmic quail]

well i think the answer is a-star algorithm but id also want to hear what is said in the ai-navigation channel to be sure

[queen adder]

yeah basically you'd use the A* which denotes a tile like this:

clippingFlags[hash(x,y)] = flag;

where flag can be NORTH_BLOCKED | SOUTH_BLOCKED | EAST_BLOCKED etc.

Each coordinate has a clipping flag where you can block certain directions. From this the A* algo can work out the best route to take to a coordinate

Best asking #🤖┃ai-navigation the best way to do this in unity

[terse raven]

thanks a bunch!

I have asked there just awaiting responses 🙂

[cosmic quail]

do you recommend making a new character controller system from scratch and coding stuff like hitting walls with raycasts, and being able to push rigidbodies and stand on moving platforms and such?

or is rigidbody recommended

cause a lot of people recommended rigidbody so idk

[sullen zealot]

hello!
i have a gameobject that has 2 child trigger colliders. is there a way to check onTriggerEnter/Stay/Exit which child got triggered from the parent script?

or at least make it so that the parent ignores the second trigger's collisions

but keep it as its child

[summer stump]

You can't
You can just do the OnTrigger in the child objects and choose whether to bubble it up to the parent or not.

But the parent rigidbody will "see" all child colliders as the same compound collider and cannot differentiate between them automatically

[sullen zealot]

what do you mean bubble it?

[summer stump]

Have the child script call a public method on the parent script or something

Bubble up just means lower tier (child) entities tell the entity above them, which tell the entity above THEM, and so on.

[dim yew]

void RemovePreviousRoom(int index)
    {
        moveable.RemoveAt(index);
    }```
i'm trying to remove an element from a list and i get this error. is there an easy fix for this?

[slender nymph]

your list is null

[dim yew]

sorry, i'm not sure what that means

[rich adder]

your list doesn't exist

[slender nymph]

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

[rich adder]

and you cannot access something that doesn't exist

[summer stump]

Where do you assign a list to the variable movable?

[dim yew]

i see, thank you

[dim yew]

under a switch statement in another method

[summer stump]

Well, it may not be hitting that switch value.

[rich adder]

is it local variable then

[dim yew]

wait i'm really dumb hold on

[lavish roost]

Hello guys, i have a scaling problem i want to be able to move objects from my inventory based on the current mouse position but when i use the Input.mousePosition variable it doesnt actually match with the screenspace even after dividing through the scales of the parent components im not sure what im missing

[SerializeField] private RectTransform rectTransformItem;
[SerializeField] private RectTransform rectTransformUI_Inventory;
[SerializeField] private RectTransform rectTransformCanvas;
[SerializeField] private RectTransform rectTransformItemSlotContainer;
private RectTransform rectTransform;
private bool clickedSlot = true;
private void Awake()
{
    rectTransform = GetComponent<RectTransform>();
}
private void Update()
{
    if (clickedSlot)
    {
        //Debug.Log(UnityEngine.Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, -10)));
        Debug.Log(Input.mousePosition);

        rectTransform.anchoredPosition = Input.mousePosition / rectTransformItemSlotContainer.localScale.x / rectTransformCanvas.localScale.x / rectTransformUI_Inventory.localScale.x / rectTransformItem.localScale.x;
    }
}

[dim yew]

i don't believe so, also i made it create the list at awake and now i'm getting this error

[rich adder]

so now you have a list, its just has less elements than index you're accessing

[rich adder]

show full !code

[craggy lava]

Hi i have a problem with my gravity tool because when i use my tool wheel to activate it then my tool does not work and when i activate it in the inspector it works and the tool wheel just activates the script on the player using

toolScripts[index].enabled = true;

and the script gets enabled it just dosnt work like it should and the LightTool works fine using that method of enabling it (no error in console)

[dim yew]

https://hatebin.com/strquwmqas ignore my absolutely horrendous switch statement, i'm not great at optimizing yet

[rich adder]

what is this line of code supposed to help with debugging..

toolScripts[index].enabled = true;

[craggy lava]

i dont know

[rich adder]

also show the full stack trace plz

[dim yew]

(i hope i'm not mistaken about this being the stack trace)

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ depends really on the game. im sure you would get the most customization with a custom system but this isnt really something easy to build at all

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/stack-traces

you have to select one of the errors

[dim yew]

is this correct?

[rich adder]

yes

[dim yew]

bad screenshot oops

[rich adder]

its this moveable.RemoveAt(index - 1);

you're removing at index that isn't in the list

[dim yew]

ahhhh

i'm fairly new to lists so i can see how i would make that mistake

does this mean that i have to change how i get the length of the list?

[rich adder]

make sure you have enough elements before doing RemovePreviousRoom(enemyRoom);

its literally guess work from this side at this point..

[dim yew]

thanks a ton, i'll figure out a way around this

[lavish roost]

does anyone have an idea?

[wintry quarry]

You should use these instead:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RectTransformUtility.PixelAdjustPoint.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToWorldPointInRectangle.html

[craggy lava]

I have made a tool system for a game and it works but after it enables the tool script i need to press again and then the tool script works

[slender nymph]

please see #854851968446365696 for what to include when asking for help. nobody knows wtf you're talking about without more context

[craggy lava]

but what Context do you need

[slender nymph]

how about literally any context? what is a "tool system" what does it mean to "enable the tool script" what are you "pressing", what does it mean for it to "work", how are you accomplishing any of this. nobody here can read your mind, mate. nor can we see your screen

[fervent ridge]

chill

[slender nymph]

your input is not needed. but if you feel they've provided enough context with that one message, then go ahead and answer their question

[craggy lava]

oh yea sure the tool system is where you hold tab and then a radial menu comes up then you press the tool you would like to use like the Gravity Tool then if you press it enables the script On the player and the player has this inspector and a rigid body and collider but when you select a tool you need to press again after the tool is selected (the script is enabled like the gravity tool script) and then the gravity tool script works like you can pickup objects and rotate and place them

[slender nymph]

don't forget to also show your !code

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[craggy lava]

Code was here

[wild cargo]

What do you need to press again? The tool button in the radial inspector?

[sullen zealot]

the start btn 😂

[craggy lava]

Just the left mouse button

[slender nymph]

where are the methods inside of the ToolWheelButtonController being called?

[craggy lava]

In the ToolWheelButton under Event Trigger

[wild cargo]

Wouldn't this then mean that the tool is fully enabled in gravity tool at the if statement at line 49?

[craggy lava]

look at line 46 it says ```cs
if (isHoldingObj)

[wild cargo]

Do you want it to start holding after the tool is activated in the tool manager?

[craggy lava]

You pickup stuff using E but when you have selected a tool you need to press Left mouse button for the tool to work thats my problem because i want the tool to work when you select the tool

[slender nymph]

and what does it mean for a tool "to work"

like is it not appearing visually?

[craggy lava]

that with the gravity tool if you press E after just selecting the tool and not pressing LMB it does not detect you are pressing E

[wild cargo]

When you press E does it run ActivateTool in the tool manager?

[craggy lava]

No??

[wild cargo]

Wait nvm

[slender nymph]

you should put some logs in those methods on the ToolWheelButtonController to see when those are being called

[slender nymph]

and it is only after that Deselect is called that it starts working?

or are you not fully testing it to see the full picture?

[craggy lava]

yea it is

[craggy lava]

NVM works now i just added Deselect(); down at HoverExit
like this

    public void HoverExit()
    {
        Deselected();
        Debug.Log("Stoped hovering over tool with id " + toolID);
        animator.SetBool("Hover", false);
        toolText.text = "";
    }

[slender nymph]

yeah i have a feeling it's because you are constantly enabling/disabling the component until Deselected() has been called

[craggy lava]

why is that?

[slender nymph]

okay after testing it, that is exactly what is causing this

[DefaultExecutionOrder(-100)]
public class TestThing : MonoBehaviour
{
    AnotherTest thing;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        var go = new GameObject();
    thing = go.AddComponent<AnotherTest>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        thing.enabled = false;
    thing.enabled = true;
    }
}

[DefaultExecutionOrder(100)]
public class AnotherTest : MonoBehaviour
{
    private void OnEnable() => Debug.Log("Thing was enabled");
    private void OnDisable() => Debug.Log("Thing was disabled");
    private void Update() => Debug.Log("Thing updated");
}

not a single "Thing updated" log was printed for the duration of the test

[slender nymph]

instead of calling ActivateTool every single frame until the object has been deselected, only call it when the object is selected

[desert plinth]

Hi there, I got this script, and it is supposed to decrease the enemy's health when colliding with a game Object with the tag "Attack". Yet nothing happens? The tag is the same, and is attached to the attack.

[craggy lava]

how would i do that because this script under is the activation thingy

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

public class ToolWheelController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Animator animator;
    private PlayerController playerController;
    [SerializeField] private ToolManager toolManager;
    [SerializeField] private Image selectedItem;
    [SerializeField] private Sprite noImage;
    public static int toolIndex;

    void Start()
    {
        playerController = Camera.main.gameObject.GetComponentInParent<PlayerController>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (playerController.toolWheelOpen)
        {
            animator.SetBool("OpenToolWheel", true);
        }
        else
        {
            animator.SetBool("OpenToolWheel", false);
        }

        switch (toolIndex)
        {
            case 0:
                selectedItem.sprite = noImage;
                break;
            case 1:
                toolManager.ActivateTool(0);
                break;
            case 2:
                toolManager.ActivateTool(1);
                break;
            case 3:
                toolManager.ActivateTool(2);
                break;
            case 4:
                toolManager.ActivateTool(3);
                break;
        }
    }


}

[slender nymph]

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

[craggy lava]

I mean its like this

collision.gameobject.tag == "tagName"

[craggy lava]

boxfriend just a question after we fix this loop thingy is why is this code wrong

[slender nymph]

or if you cannot conceive of how to only call a method one time instead of every single frame you could just loop through the objects inside of ActivateTool and set the enabled property to i == index so you're not disabling the one you want to keep enabled

[slender nymph]

the CompareTag method, which is what they are using is better. not only will it throw an error if a tag is spelled wrong/doesn't exist, it is actually a bit faster too. what you've suggested is slightly worse for performance and will fail silently if you've made a spelling mistake

[craggy lava]

huh?

[slender nymph]

so it's not that it is wrong, it's just less correct than what they have

[slender nymph]

this is not a helpful response

[craggy lava]

oh well my teacher has like a Tags.cs that will help do so we can have multiple tags on 1 item and dont make spelling mistakes

[craggy lava]

yea it is i just dont understand the ì == index where that is

[slender nymph]

create a loop like i suggested

inside of ActivateTool

[desert plinth]

I have to admit I am a total noob and I'm not understanding anything rn tbh 💀

[slender nymph]

i provided a link that will walk you through everything you need to check to ensure that OnCollisionEnter is being called. have you gone through that?

[desert plinth]

I am trying

[slender nymph]

okay well keep in mind that nobody here is a mind reader so if you do not understand something you are seeing on that site, then you have to ask about it

[wild cargo]

Is your game 2D or 3D? Because 2D games use OnCollisionEnter2D()

[desert plinth]

It's 3D

[wild cargo]

Alr

[craggy lava]

still nope ```cs
public void ActivateTool(int index)
{
for (int i = index; i < toolScripts.Length; i++)
{
DeactivateAllTools();
toolScripts[index].enabled = true;
}
}

[slender nymph]

did you even read the entire message?

[wild cargo]

Hi there, I got this script, and it is

[craggy lava]

yea i did

[slender nymph]

instead of calling DeactivateAllTools (which is where you are disabling all tools, including the one you do not want disabled) you use that loop and for every iteration of the loop you set toolScripts[i].enabled to i == index
and why are you even starting the loop at index.

[craggy lava]

i am sorry i am so tired right now can you try and explain it for me

NVM

ITS WORKING

    public void ActivateTool(int index)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < toolScripts.Length; i++)
        {
            if (i == index)
            {
                toolScripts[i].enabled = true;
            }
            else
            {
                toolScripts[i].enabled = false;
            }
        }
    }

[slender nymph]

i know, because you are no longer disabling the component every frame

also you can literally just do toolScripts[i].enabled = i == index;

[craggy lava]

but this is more readable for me

[slender nymph]

you don't need the if/else because i == index evaluates to either true or false already. and you're assigning to something that expects one of those two values

[teal solstice]

g'day guys, I'm super new to coding, what do you think is the best FPS movment I could do, I have tried a lot of tutorials they just have not worked.

[slender nymph]

they just have not worked
do you mean to say that the movement was not satisfying for you? because if you mean that the code you got from the tutorials didn't work then you didn't pay enough attention to whatever tutorials you followed because there's no reason they shouldn't work, unless you're looking at some truly terrible tutorials that nobody else has followed

[teal solstice]

sorry, I should have explained better; It's almost my Visual studio is different from there's I have the unity game developer thing on it, and development with c#.

[slender nymph]

make sure that your !IDE is configured 👇

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[slender nymph]

but that will also not make the tutorials just not work, it just won't provide syntax highlighting, error underlines, and autocomplete

[teal solstice]

thank you, also, when I was doing a launcher script, (followed a long tutorial for it) it didn't work because the photon stuff just will not show up while I am coding

it gets super annoying because it gives me 11 errors when i finish

[slender nymph]

don't do multiplayer if you don't know what you're doing. you're going to have a bad time

[teal solstice]

It's realy what I wish to do, so I can test it and have fun with friends and all that jazz

[slender nymph]

sure, but learn what you are doing first

you're not gonna go race a formula 1 car before you've even learned to drive. so don't do multiplayer before you've learned to make literally anything

[teal solstice]

thanks for the advice

I will just try to only movement

and try all of that stuff

[ruby tide]

Hi guys very new here. I’m working on a 3D breakout game called Cubix. I have the paddle and blocks programmed and a score displays. I’d like to have scores persist. API call to my own website?

How is authentication and authorization normally handled in Unity web gl games?

[queen adder]

Hey, is there a way to detect npc movement?

[verbal dome]

Be more specific

[queen adder]

i have an npc that follows my player, i need to detect when he moves so i can make that when he moves he starts doing his running animation

[polar acorn]

How are you moving it

[teal solstice]

I made the movement, I took my time and thank you for this advice

[robust condor]

How do I create the input settings asset? The xxxx.inputsettings.asset

[slender nymph]

check the docs pinned in #🖱️┃input-system

[bleak prism]

What's the best way to create a canvas and add text to it in script

[robust condor]

@slender nymphOkay I found it, but it still does not find my mouse and keyboard

[slender nymph]

i have no idea what you are referring to with that last part 🤷‍♂️

[crude brook]

I have a value that gets incremented by Time.deltaTime every frame (in Update()), how can I call a function every time this value is a multiple of 5? In other worlds, how can I call a function every 5 sceonds?

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel mate. if you have questions about setting up the input system then ask in #🖱️┃input-system

[robust condor]

Already did

[slender nymph]

whenever it gets to or above 5 call your method and subtract 5 from it. or if you cannot subtract from that specific value, then have a second float that you also add deltaTime to and use that

because the alternative would be to FloorToInt the value, % 5 it, check if you've already called the method for this specific multiple of 5 and if not you call the method

[verbal dome]

Something like this:cs while(timeValue >= 5f) { timeValue -= 5f; MyMethod(); }
I used while instead of if so that if you get lag and it goes to for example 10+ seconds, it executes it twice

[crude brook]

Alright, thanks

[verbal dome]

You can also use a coroutine to do the delay

[queen adder]

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

public class gatomilowmovimiento : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float speed;
    private Transform target;

    void Start()
    {
     target = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player").GetComponent<Transform>();
    }

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

im searching in docs for a way to make the npc dont touch the player tho

[polar acorn]

So, the NPC moves any time target.position is not equal to transform.position

[queen adder]

I made it, thx, that was actually a nice way to guide me without telling me exactly what to do

[woeful lagoon]

Can someone help explain the difference between Update() and LateUpdate() and how LateUpdate() works?

[verbal dome]

See the 'Game Logic' section of the graph here:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html

[ripe shard]

Simplified: First all Update() methods in all monobehaviours are called. Then all LateUpdate() methods in all monobehavoiours are called. Both are called before the frame is rendered.

[woeful lagoon]

This helps a ton, I appreciate it. Exactly what I needed to know!

[queen adder]

is there a way for making the npc only following the player in the x axis?

[polar acorn]

Instead of moving towards target.position, move towards a position that is target's X position, but this object's Y and Z

[queen adder]

transform.position = new(target.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);```
i made it like this, but the npc is sticking to the player and i want it to follow him

[upper sphinx]

@queen adder You might need to add an offset so the NPC is not trying to match the Player X position.

@queen adder Or you could do an distance check within the NPC component

[polar acorn]

What happened to MoveTowards

[frigid sequoia]

How do you usually work around player getting crushed by platforms and clipping into the ground?

Right now and just did a false safe that tps the player up if they get beneath the ground :p

Do you prevent the player to ever get beneath the platform? Do you create a collider beneath it that stops the platform movement if the player is in there? Do you just kill it?

I am kinda curious what is like the default thing to do here

[verbal dome]

More of a design question.
If you want it to be forgiving, stop/reverse the platform when it hits the player
If you want it to be hardcore, kill the player

Checking if an object is "squished" between two objects can be tricky, though

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, like I was wondering how could I detect the player is in position of which they should be "crushed"; like maybe like create an smaller collider inside the main player collider that while in contact with another collider which is not the main player collider would mean that he is clipping and should be killed?

Seems kinda messy, can't really think of much more to be honest

[teal viper]

Maybe make a raycast from the platform down to the ground and if the distance is equal or less than the height of the character, consider it crushed.

Obviously, the raycast would need to ignore the character layer.

And it's best to make that check when the platform already collides with the player.

[teal solstice]

Im having a problem with this script for my looking in my FPS game, know how to fix?

[slender nymph]

make sure that your !IDE is configured so that it will underline errors

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[teal solstice]

its giving me an error with my UpdateCursorLock();

[slender nymph]

yes because that's the line you declare the method and it isn't abstract so it needs a body

[teal solstice]

can you explain better for me?

[slender nymph]

what is different about that line compared to any other line you have a method on

[frigid sequoia]

That wouldn't crush the player even if they are not even there?

[teal solstice]

like {}'s?

[teal viper]

That's why you do it only when the platform already collides with the player.

[slender nymph]

almost there. but pay attention to that line specifically

[teal solstice]

void?

[frigid sequoia]

That woul kill them if they are on top... right?

[teal solstice]

maybe the update would be before

[slender nymph]

no

[teal solstice]

im stumped

[teal viper]

I guess you could also make a check that the player is colliding from the bottom of the platform.

Unless you have situations where it can get crushed between the ceiling and the platform too.

[teal solstice]

I dont knw whats wrong

[slender nymph]

look closer

[teal viper]

Basically sounds, like you want to go over C# basics.

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, it depends of if you want to make it just a single case think or a whole integral part of the game how you would code it

[teal viper]

It might be impossible or very hard to make it fit every case. Does it worth the effort if you're never gonna have such cases in your game?

[teal solstice]

sthrdrt hert yhurhjg

[frigid sequoia]

In Little Big Planet for example you could be crushed from any force in any direction or conbination of forces in different directions if it was enough

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, not really, but is always worth trying to make some script as modular as posible so it can be reused later

[teal viper]

Alright, here's a quick fix: check that the platform velocity direction and the the direction to the player align before making the raycast.

[frigid sequoia]

I actually kinda have an issue with that for a while with my "mini-test" game where the player moves based on forces and the plataforma just use a translate, so I don't, think they have a velocity at all

[teal solstice]

HMM i wonder

[teal viper]

Velocity is an abstract thing. You can keep a track on velocity even with translate.

[teal solstice]

object p = UpdateCursorLock();?

[teal viper]

But here's another way:
Keep track of what your character collides with and from what direction. When it collides with 2 objects from opposite directions, consider it crushed.

[slender nymph]

well now you're just taking random guesses. please see the beginner c# courses pinned in this channel

[teal solstice]

not a guess :( visual studio dumb i guess

[frigid sequoia]

I think I could send a raycast from the player up to check only for plataforms and down to check for any valid ground and check that they both return a hit that is at least half of player heigh away from the origin, if they aren't, that means they are clipping

[teal solstice]

void UpdateCursorLock();

[slender nymph]

and what is wrong with that

[teal solstice]

oops semi

the semi thing

[teal viper]

The intellisense would do it's best to make suggestions that make sense in the context of the code. It doesn't know your intention, so it might guess it wrong. That's why you need to understand the basics.

[teal viper]

Doesn't sound more generic than my previous solutions, but if it works for you, go for it.

[teal viper]

Wdym by "semi"?

[steep shoal]

anyone aloud to ask question in here?

[teal viper]

Not aloud. You can ask quietly though.

[steep shoal]

whats that mean lmao?

[teal viper]

English mf, do you speak it?😬

[steep shoal]

yea its my first language you?

[frigid sequoia]

Is pretty generic, indeed; I think you could do the same with left and right and have a system that could maybe work at detecting crushing for any side??? I am not sure, sounds kinda cheap tbh

[teal viper]

It's not my native language, but allowed and aloud is not the same thing.

[teal viper]

That's what my last suggestion would do without any extra logic.

If you're specifically differentiating between sides, it makes it less generic.

[steep shoal]

yea grammar isn't my stong side but i get the joke

[frigid sequoia]

So you are suggestions to keep track of anything that collides with player and its velocity?

[teal viper]

Anyways, you don't need to ask for permission to ask. Just make sure it's the right channel.

[teal viper]

Collision direction, not velocity.

[frigid sequoia]

How can I even detect the collision direction?

I didn't know you could do that

[steep shoal]

I'm pretty sure this is the right place,

[teal viper]

Many ways, but I think you get the contacts info from the Collision object and use it's position to get the direction. Or relative velocity.

[steep shoal]

Rigidbody enemyBulletInstance;
enemyBulletInstance = Instantiate(enemyBulletPrefab, enemyFirePosition.position, enemyFirePosition.rotation);
enemyBulletInstance.AddForce(new Vector3(playerPosition.transform.position.x, playerPosition.transform.position.y, -5f));

the enemybullet fires from the correct spot but has the wrong trajectory. how would i fix that?

[teal solstice]

man im taking a break

been doing this all day

since I woke up

[frigid sequoia]

Oh so like, onCollision I get a vector of the position between the object and the object it collided with; and then.... what? Like this seems like way beyond my knowledge rn

[steep shoal]

have a good one i know the feeling

[teal solstice]

i still don't understand why im so dumb after going over 5 different courses of coding

[teal viper]

And then you cache it(add to a list for example). Might be a good idea to create a plain class or struct that contains all the required info and cache it.

[teal solstice]

cause every dang time people say, "go over basic knowledge of c#" WHEN I HAVE

I JUST CANT FIGURE IT OUT

[teal viper]

Then also check if there are already and cashed collisions. And if there are, make the crush check.

[teal solstice]

IM FRIED

[teal viper]

Break it down. Analyse the things that you're having difficulties with and research then separately. Or all about them.

[teal viper]

!code

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[steep shoal]

im still pretty fresh i just started for the day, i normally feel like that after a long day and trying to fix an issue so your not alone.

[teal solstice]

I've asked multiple people went through the roll-a-ball course to try and fix 1 line of code, and after all of it I still can't, and people know and wont even tell me

I have been up since 2Am until now coding, Im not stopping

until

[slender nymph]

then start with the basics of c# outside of a unity context.

[frigid sequoia]

Sry, this is clearly surpasing me, I have not "cache" anything yet. But like when do you say they collisions should be removed from the cache then; do I just check all collisions each frame and then deleted them?

[teal viper]

Perhaps the courses you went through were bad, or you didn't concentrate, or it's just not a suitable learning method for you. Hard to say.

[slender nymph]

also yes, that was the issue

[teal viper]

On collision exit.
To cache just means to save/keep track of some data/references for later use.

[teal solstice]

and now i import the lines of code..

unity?

i made the script

now importing?

[steep shoal]

https://gdl.space/juculatiju.cs like this?

[slender nymph]

wdym by importing?

[teal solstice]

im fried bro

[slender nymph]

then take a break. i don't know what you want me to tell you 🤷‍♂️

[teal solstice]

i've been pushed around all day and my eyes are super bluuryy

so yeah now I can

taje a vreak

[frigid sequoia]

But... you would need to take the collisions reference Onstay, not just on enter, since stuff can move around while on contact with you, how do you exactly clear the cache on exit? And how do you exactly do the crush check anyways? Like you go with each collisions 1 by checking if there is any collision on opposite direction with one of them having enough velocity towards the player?

[teal viper]

You can update the cached data in OnStay and remove it on exit. I don't see a problem here.

[teal viper]

The crash check would loop the cached data and check if there are 2 collisions with directions(dot product) being close to opposite.

[frigid sequoia]

Yep, definetly more advanced that what I can do now, I still think doing a single fucking spheres Cast to. work is complex enough

[teal viper]

Well, you'll get there eventually. It would be pretty simple for you at some point.

Actually, you're probably confused by dot product? It's not that difficult if you research it. It's just a Vector operation. Very handy too

[unkempt blade]

guys idk where to start with game development, man

like I know what I want to make

but I just like

have no idea how to do it and its at a point where I'm in "uncharted territory" and there arent gonna be any resources for my specific issue

if that makes sense

actually you know what? Is chatgpt reliable in helping me with game development? Like can it help me make a game for me

anyone have any idea about that?

[north kiln]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[polar acorn]

This is when you take the things you have learned and why they work and combine them into new ideas

[north kiln]

anyone have any idea about that?
Yeah, it sucks, and most people here hate seeing any question that's arised from it, answered with it, or related to it

[unkempt blade]

haha I'm not a fan of learning that way, I just like to jump in and learn as I go but I think I'm at a point where I need to do this now

[unkempt blade]

dang

[open moss]

I have a Bullet class that has a simple OnTriggerEnter callback to destroy the bullet. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Not sure why. I am firing the bullet at the same wall, the wall has collider, the bullet has collider and is marked as Kinematic and Is Trigger. Its Collision Detection is set to Continuous Any ideas?

[knotty schooner]

I'm reading up about Scene Management and additive scenes and I want to be able to unload additive scenes that are no longer required.
I'm aware of the function UnloadSceneAsync however it says in the description the following:

Destroys all GameObjects associated with the given Scene and removes the Scene from the SceneManager

Just to clarify about the bold section, does it simply mean that the additive scene is removed from the Main Scene hierarchy?
So in theory, I can load that additive scene in again if I want?

[teal viper]

I'm not sure you can unload an additive scene. It kinda merges with the main scene afaik.

[north kiln]

Sure you can

removes the Scene from the SceneManager
It just means you can't find the scene via any of the GetScene functions

because it's not loaded any more

[knotty schooner]

ahh right, so If I want to do anything with that scene again, I'd have to reload it back in additively.

cheers!

[teal viper]

Oh really? I always thought that part of unity was a bit underdeveloped, but I guess I didn't get into it enough.

[knotty schooner]

hey, we all learn new things every day

[teal viper]

For sure

[shell osprey]

https://gdl.space/yomofabaqa.cs this is the code from the #💻┃unity-talk channel

[north kiln]

Your bounds includes 0,0,0, are you sure you want that?

[shell osprey]

whats it do?

[north kiln]

Bounds combinedBounds = new Bounds(Vector3.zero, Vector3.zero);

[low perch]

how do I get all tiles on a tile map?

in a list

[north kiln]

Your bounds starts at 0 always, ie. it has encapsulated Vector3.zero

[verbal dome]

Pasted it into a better site: https://hatebin.com/qjbtqtqbhz
In gdl.space the comments are the same colour as the code so it's really unreadable

[pliant mist]

why is this doing nothing? it doesn't even print i?

[north kiln]

They are different colors to me 🤔

[verbal dome]

🤔

[north kiln]

i = 10, which isn't < 10, so the for loop never enters.

[low perch]

because it only runs when i < 10 and you are setting i to 10

[verbal dome]

@north kiln Oh it's my dark reader extension causing that lol

[pliant mist]

👀

[shell osprey]

nono, how do i make it so the boundarys encapsulate the green platform

[low perch]

set int i = 0

[north kiln]

🤷

[low perch]

for 10 loops

[north kiln]

Type for and autocomplete it to create a for loop

instead of manually typing it out like a pleb

forr for a reverse for loop

[verbal dome]

@shell osprey I gotta ask, are you using ChatGPT?

[shell osprey]

yeah 😭

[north kiln]

Don't create a default bounds, only initialise it when you set it to the first bounds

I personally made a NullableBounds struct for myself because I hated that 😄

[teal viper]

You shouldn't be using bounds for that anyway. That wouldn't prevent the objects from spawning in the holes between the meshes.

[shell osprey]

how do i go about fixing it?

[teal viper]

You'll need a different solution. Since you're using chat gpt, try telling it that there is an issue with this approach.

[shell osprey]

it gives me a new script that changes nothin

[pliant mist]

is move towards a lerp or a teleport?

[polar acorn]

Neither, it's a move towards

[teal viper]

Did you explain it what the issue was? Also, don't expect it to give you a whole script. Instead ask it how to implement it. It shouldn't replace you as a coder, but help as an assistant.

[polar acorn]

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

[pliant mist]

oh well now I have no questions

[shell osprey]

alr ill try that

[shell osprey]

it helped except that not all of them are being randomsied now

[summer stump]

It neither lerps two values nor teleports anything. It is CLOSER to lerping plus increment code I guess if you have to pick one. Teleporting isn't anything like it though.

Lerp nor MoveTowards (despite the name) have anything to do with movement by themselves

[verbal dome]

What did you change

[shell osprey]

making sure the spheres actually get randomised

ill send the script

[verbal dome]

You don't know what lines changed?

Seems like you are just blindly copying from ChatGPT and then asking us to fix it

Instead of trying to understand what's going on

[unreal imp]

guys im making a weapon recoil but it seems to not work,anyone knows which thing is bad?```
public class WeaponRecoil : MonoBehaviour
{
private Quaternion initialRotation;
private float randomRot;
private void Start()
{
randomRot = Random.Range(initialRotation.x - 1000f, initialRotation.x + 1000f);
initialRotation = transform.rotation;
}
private void Update()
{
if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
{
transform.Rotate(randomRot, 0, 0);
StartCoroutine(BackToNormalRotation());
}
}
IEnumerator BackToNormalRotation()
{
while (true)
{
setRotation();
yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
}
}

void setRotation()
{
    transform.Rotate(initialRotation.eulerAngles);
}

}

[verbal dome]

https://unity.huh.how/quaternions/members

[north kiln]

This needs to be mostly re-written, most of it is bad. Follow a tutorial or something

[shell osprey]

yeah and hoping it works

[unreal imp]

ok thank you

[verbal dome]

So you are putting nearly zero effort into learning or making the game, apart from asking questions

[north kiln]

This is a totally inappropriate way to get help on the discord, so much so it goes against our #📖┃code-of-conduct

- • Use unverified AI-generated responses in questions or answers.

[summer stump]

It will not

[rapid coral]

hello can some1 pm me i need help with something

[north kiln]

No, just ask your question

[rapid coral]

im having issues with some code from one of the brackeys tutorials and cant seem to get around it

[north kiln]

Describe the issue specifically and post the !code

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wdym post the !code

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[north kiln]

Read the bot message and post the code.

[prime horizon]

You just triggered the guilde. Follow it and add the code.

Guys. I'm now working with Dialogue System with Ink intergration. Now one component I need to add is voice acting and background music. What should I do now?

[rapid coral]

after ive written it what do i do

[summer stump]

What do you mean "what should I do now"? Like how to handle voice acting and bg music?

[summer stump]

In a paste site?

[rapid coral]

ye

[prime horizon]

Yeah, that one

[summer stump]

There will be a save button. Click that. Then copy the url and paste it here

[prime horizon]

Do you want the code? I'm going to post them here if you want

[rapid coral]

https://gdl.space/irimanosix.pl

like this?

[summer stump]

Sure.
I was gonna say that you just need to have the sound file linked to the text. Structs or SOs are good. When you bring up the text have the audio source play the sound file

For bg music, I like to just stick a source on the camera and have that play the sound file

[summer stump]

You need using TMPro; at the top

[rapid coral]

like add that or change it for one of them?

[summer stump]

Change it for one of them?

It's a using directive. It's a line to add
You should already have a few lines that say using
It's just like that

[rapid coral]

okay thanks

[prime horizon]

Well this is the DialogueManager script. The script is too long now I can't actually copy and paste to discord :v

[low perch]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[prime horizon]

The code is too long. I can't add it to discord.

[low perch]

Look at large code blocks

[prime horizon]

https://gdl.space/iyohihedon.cs

[prime horizon]

Got it!

[dry ore]

What are the best practices for components of a gameobject? Like should I make a variable for the rigidbody or just call GetComponent every time? Should I make the variable public or private?

[low perch]

GetComponent is very expensive, make a variable at awake

[wintry quarry]

you should definitely not call GetComponent every time. Cache it in a variable if you're going to use it multiple times

GetCOmponent is NOT very expensive but it's still not something you should do constantly

and there's no reason for a field to be public, pretty much ever

especially if you're not accessing it from another script

[low perch]

it can be for sure

[dry ore]

So you're saying I probably won't need to access it?

[pliant mist]

What type of movement would I use if I want to constantly move a object by a vector

[dry ore]

I guess go private until I need it to be public

[pliant mist]

the vector will be randomly determined at the start of the game

[wintry quarry]

it depends if you need physical collisions and physics simulation or not

[pliant mist]

I want the object to be destroyed on collision but that is all

[wintry quarry]

You need to use a rigidbody then

[pliant mist]

ok thanks 🙂

[upbeat stirrup]

code bit too long hold on

[wintry quarry]

Just set the object's velocity at the start and make sure drag is 0

and that's all you need to move it

[true pasture]

I cant get my mouse to interact with UI. I changed the default input actions for UI new input system is that why?

[wintry quarry]

• You shouldn't change the default actions, just make your own custom one
• Make sure there's an event system in the scene
• Make sure there's a properly configured input module on the event system
• Make sure there's a graphic raycaster on the canvas

[true pasture]

oh mb i couldve tjust tested it

which i did and yeah thats why

okay ill go back to the default one

ty

[upbeat stirrup]

Hello, for a while now I was trying to use the pixel perfect camera, but encountered an issue when I moved the player. Essentially, when using my Vector3.SmoothDamp camera follow script, my player would shake between pixels when I used upscale render texture/pixel snapping on my pixel perfect camera.
Camera Code:
https://hastebin.com/share/tujukujire.csharp

Player Movement:
https://hastebin.com/share/jiyejavilu.csharp

[bold acorn]

where the report system at or like support for help

[true pasture]

pixel snapping will look really shaky when moving the camera unless you have a high pixel count

[wintry quarry]

1. _rb.velocity = _currentInputVector * _moveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime; < Velocity should NOT have fixedDeltaTime multiplied into it. THis is basically just dividing your velocity by 50 for NO reason
2. Your camera script should probably be using LateUpdate not Update
3. Make sure your Rigidbody has interpolation enabled

[pliant mist]

intellisense is beginning to predict my less than family friendly print messages LOL

[upbeat stirrup]

Fixed everything mentioned, still shaking. Thanks though!

[pliant mist]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using static UnityEngine.GraphicsBuffer;

public class asteroidScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Vector3 direction;
    private int maxSpeed;
    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody rb;
    void Start()
    {
        direction = new Vector3(Random.Range(-maxSpeed, maxSpeed), Random.Range(-maxSpeed, maxSpeed), Random.Range(-maxSpeed, maxSpeed));
    }
    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Debug.Log("should be moving");
        rb.velocity = direction;
    }
}
``` it's possible I am being insane but is this going to cause performace issues if ran 200 times?

[upbeat stirrup]

Got it, any way to fix/minimize that?

[pliant mist]

nothing moves and I don't know why

message prints tho

[slender nymph]

are your rigidbodies dynamic?

[pliant mist]

I think so

[slender nymph]

you should check if you are not 100% sure

[summer stump]

They are if they are not kinematic

[pliant mist]

then yes

[wintry quarry]

max speed is 0

you never set it to anything else

and it's private

so you couldn't have set it to anything else

[slender nymph]

ah yeah, that'll do it lol

[pliant mist]

👀

thanks

[true pasture]

high pixel count, or dont use pixel snapping. Most games dont use it. Its a hassle and its okay to have subpixels.

[wintry quarry]

you can also do direction = Random.insideUnitSphere * maxSpeed; instead of that big ugly Vector3 thing

[upbeat stirrup]

Alright, thanks alot! Probably won't go through the hassle of upscaling all the art.

[pliant mist]

ok thanks

[clear seal]

can someone tell me why doesunity crash every time i press s

here is my script

[slender nymph]

you probably have an infinite loop in your code

[clear seal]

yes do while loop

[slender nymph]

yes, that loop can never end. just use an if statement like you're doing below

[clear seal]

oh ok

[clear seal]

thx

[slender nymph]

remember, loops run to completion. and since nothing inside of that loop can change the value returned by Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.S) then it never exits the loop

[clear seal]

um how do i close unity when crashed😅

[slender nymph]

kill it with the task manager

also it's not a crash. crash implies it closed

[silver wasp]

hello friends, I have a question, where can I start to look for FPS tutorials?

[clear seal]

oh yeah i got a good youtuber

[slender nymph]

inb4 brackeys

[clear seal]

go search fps builder

[summer stump]

FPS games are usually a more intermediate genre. You want to do multiple games before attempting one. Once you've done enough of those games leading up, you wouldn't need an FPS tutorial, you would be able to use docs and piece together small-scope tutorials

[clear seal]

the reason why he should search fps builder

[silver wasp]

where should I start from if I want to end up making a FPS?

[slender nymph]

start with the basics !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[clear seal]

he is right that link really helped

me

[silver wasp]

lets go, thank you! i'll be back

[clear seal]

boxfriend

[summer stump]

In addition to what Box said. I like to recommend a pure c# course. Also there are resources pinned in this channel.
Catlike coding is great

[clear seal]

it doesn't work

[slender nymph]

that's not specific

[summer stump]

Show code

[summer stump]

GetKeyUp/Down are only true one frame

[slender nymph]

that will rotate by 10 degress on the X axis once you release the S key

also keep in mind that for 2d you probably want to be rotating on the Z axis, not the X axis

[silver wasp]

i'll check this one out first, hadn't heard about it before

[clear seal]

yeah but when i released the s key it translated and not rotate

[slender nymph]

it most certainly rotated by 10 degress on the X axis. but like i pointed out, that's probably not the one you want to rotate around 😉

[clear seal]

but how do i repeat it infinitly

[summer stump]

GetKey not Up or Down

[slender nymph]

well GetKeyUp only returns true the first frame you release the key. if you want to check for every frame the key is up use GetKey but just invert the condition (check it is false instead of true)

[clear seal]

um i dont know if you guys knew what i meant but i wanted the circle rotate everytime exept when the S key is pressed

[summer stump]

Sounds like exactly what Boxfriend said?
Rotate continuously except when s key is pressed?

[clear seal]

i dont get it

[summer stump]

if (!Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
{
  //rotate
}

This will rotate constantly EXCEPT when you press s

[slender nymph]

also make sure to multiply your rotation by deltaTime otherwise it will be zoomin

[clear seal]

wdym by not valid

oh nvm

[summer stump]

I missed some stuff. I fixed it I think though

[clear seal]

and so i use coroutine to make it continue

[clear seal]

right?

[slender nymph]

why? just use Update . . .

[clear seal]

but it's in update

[slender nymph]

and?

[summer stump]

Yes. Keep it there
Update runs every frame, which you want

To be clear, Update IS a loop

[clear seal]

but when i press S if i want it to move infinitly until the key is up

[slender nymph]

huh?

[summer stump]

Yeah, so do that. In update

[clear seal]

so i use loop?

[slender nymph]

no

[summer stump]

Update IS a loop, as I said

[slender nymph]

just the if statement inside of Update is sufficient

[summer stump]

void Update() 
{
  if (!Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
  {
    //rotate
  }
  else 
  {
    // move
  }
}

Could reverse this of course. I just copied from above cause phone coding sucks

[clear seal]

yeah i think i should go to sleep

[clear seal]

um do i keep the if statement for the rotate

pls respond

i wanna sleep

[slender nymph]

just go sleep and come back to it with a fresh mind tomorrow. at this point we have to spoon feed you the answers which is something that nobody really wants to do

[clear seal]

😭

[summer stump]

I mean, I don't know why you wouldn't.
I literally gave you exactly what to write. But yeah, what box said. Sleep time haha.

[dry ore]

I'm making a 2d platformer with a gamepad as input, do people usually use analog left and right movement or a couple of different set speeds (run and walk)

[real falcon]

im looking to make a door, and I'm wondering if I should use a rigidbody or what

I am not sure what the best way to rotate it would be, ideally it would stop if it hits something for example

like I could just change the objects rotation, but would it properly push the player and other objects if I did that?

or does it have to be in a specific method? does it have to use a specific method?

[eternal needle]

Unfortunately on everything in your world. If your objects move via rigidbody, then yes a door moving via rigidbody should push it. But you have to make sure its rotating with enough force, and not too much to knock some objects out of the world. I found joints pretty useful for this because you can literally make the entire door with no code. It just wont automatically open (or close) depending on how you set the joint constraints. By setting a target rotation, it can automatically try to close at all times for example
If you just directly change the rotation, then it will teleport into objects, and those objects may try to depenetrate themselves (rigidbodies will) but itll be clunky and you may end up on either side of the door by the end.

[eternal needle]

And if you want it to stop while hitting something, a really light door would technically do this but it may be a bit of fine tuning to make it work properly

[real falcon]

well, tbh I'd be ok with other things pushing it but it not pushing other things

I tried to do that but I can only get it to be solid to the player, without the player really pushing it

I think it's beacuse the player doesnt have a rigidbody, just a character controller and a collider

also when its pushing the player it seems to be "choppy" do you know what that is a result of?

idk anything about game physics

[eternal needle]

character controllers dont respect physics at all, it basically just teleports the player but also makes sure its not stuck inside of anything. So yea the player is not being pushed, your CC is constantly trying to depenetrate which will be buggy

either you need to add a way for objects to push your character controller in a way that looks like physics, or use a rigidbody instead

and yea your player wont push the door because no physics

[real falcon]

hm, well I don't want to use a rigidbody because in my experience you basically just cant have tight controls with a rigidbody

you're just at the mercy of chaotic physics simulations

how would I make the door stop if it touches the player, without it pushing the player at all or intersecting them

I tried OnCollisionEnter but it didn't seem to work

wait no

let me fix

nope still doesn't work

[real falcon]

@eternal needle

[eternal needle]

it should just do that by default with rigidbody movement and a collider

[real falcon]

hm its set to kinematic is that why

[eternal needle]

if you just adjust the transform then you gotta do like an overlap check or something

not really sure whats best there

[real falcon]

making it non kinematic makes it stop but it jitters when it touches you, depenetrating again maybe?

also, I want to lock the x and z rotation but when I do that it rotates from the center of mass, not the object pivot I set

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ cant really say much without seeing the setup, or how you're moving it. i cant imagine your previous method of movement was respecting physics if kinematic was toggled

[real falcon]

the door is just a box collider and a rigidbody, moving with MoveRotation in FixedUpdate

im gonna watch a video about game physics tho so I know what the foundation of this is

[thin carbon]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[empty yoke]

is there any good documentation somewhere on good practices for persistent data between scenes? I have two scenes I want to be able to move between, and some core data needs to persist, (meta upgrade data for a roguelike effectively, and then on the opposite scene change, currency data that carries from runs back to the hub world)

I've seen things like PlayerPref data, and something about having a master scene that never disables, but I'm not really sure what like...just a good place to start and better understand would be.

[summer stump]

You definitely don't want playerprefs or any file read to have persitent data between scenes. That is for persistent data across quitting and restarting.

What you want is to look at DontDestroyOnLoad and additive scene loading

DontDestroyOnLoad is, itself, a scene that will make it so objects are not destroyed when a new scene loads. So you put an object in that scene when you want it to persist

Additive scene loading is very similar, but can do it with prebuilt scenes and it's pretty common to have a scene with UI and manager scripts, then load your location/map/whatever on top

[empty yoke]

Oh I see, so I could put data managers under that DontDestroyOnLoad part, and I'd be able to call that data from any scene, or similarly with a prebuilt scene as y ou described

[summer stump]

Exactly. That way it is all just in memory instead of having to read and write to and from disk

[empty yoke]

It's really that easy huh?

Thank you!

[tough lagoon]

Yes! Just remember, it'll break any direct references from the inspector. So you'll need to use a singleton pattern, or other method to find it and get the settings when you change levels

And be careful not to have more than one

Singleton patterns probably the easiest way to access it and avoid that problem

[empty yoke]

already using singleton for all my managers thank god 🙏

[silent idol]

I'm wondering what's the best way to save the position of the player gameobject before a scene change, and teleporting them to the same position when the next scene exits?

1. Player clicks on object that triggers scene change. Save his current pstn.
2. when the player presses the return key (ESC)/returns to previous scene, load the player position that was saved in 1.

I already have a working scene changer, just need to make sure the player position is saved... or alternatively, the player is teleported to the location of the scene changer object itself when he returns to the previous scene.

[modest dust]

Just reference all scene changers in one scene in some kind of manager, save the name/ID/whatever of the last entered scene changer, call the manager in the new scene, search for any scene changer connected with your previous name/ID/whatever and spawn the player at that position

[silent idol]

I see, so a singleton manager and a list/dictionary/etc of data containing all scene changers in the game + position?

Then referencing them when the scene change is triggered?

[woven crater]

is this a good way to make instance of weapon that im gonna have like 100 of in the future?

[wintry quarry]

A single enum field would be much better than a series of booleans for weapon type.

Also I don't see how this is an "instance" of anything. This appears to be general information for a weapon.

[silent idol]

or you could use scriptable objects

[woven crater]

i mean create instance of this Scriptable object

[silent idol]

oh i see

so each gun has 3 types?

laser, shoot and sniper

modes of fire

[woven crater]

no its for each instance of the gunSo. it hsouldd only have one each

[silent idol]

as in modes of fire

yeah my english bad

but i think that should be fine

[woven crater]

yea. but i also want to make an artifact system using this method. that kind of effect more than just the weapon

[silent idol]

artifact? elaborate

[woven crater]

stuff like items in binding of isaac that change the game in many aspect like slowdown time. give random enemy debuff and changing player stat

does it still work?

[woven crater]

how?

[silent idol]

So... do all guns have the same artifacts, or do you have to assign artifacts to each gun individually.

Like, gun A and B both can cause Slow and Blindness, or can Gun A only cause Slow and not Blindness?

[woven crater]

the artifact is a seperate thing that player can collect . not apply to weapon

[wintry quarry]

How what?

[silent idol]

OK so whats the point

[woven crater]

using enumerable field?

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/enum

An enum

[silent idol]

They're not relevant to the gun SO

[woven crater]

ah i see the misundderstanding. i thought you say modifying one thing should be fine using alot of bool method like that. i was asking if it okay to use this method on create an artifact system that change many different thing in the game?

[silent idol]

Yeah that's fine

But seems a Lil clunky

Might be better to make an artifact and list what it does

In a SO

[woven crater]

you cant define custom fuction inside each instance of each artifac, can you?

[shrewd swift]

Does the "get gameobject with tag" work with UI elements ? Such as a panel/canvas

[wintry quarry]

Why not? They're also GameObjects

Note that Canvas is an actual component and Panel is just a cute name for a GameObject with an Image component on it. Either way they're GameObjects

Everything you see in the hierarchy window is a GameObject

[woven crater]

@wintry quarry oh i see

another question. should i use switch case to check for what type of shooting or use if statement

[rare basin]

You can use everything you want, even a dictionary

[woven crater]

i watch enough yandere dev documentary to have paranoid on which method i should you

[silent idol]

That's the least of yandevs problems

Switch cases and if statements aren't that far off

In performance

What really fucked him over was his overuse of the Update method and GetComponent spam

Also the fact that mf doesn't seem to know what a script able object is

[woven crater]

oh thank god im paranoid on if i should put stuff in update instead of using event or call from another class

[shrewd swift]

Weird, my friend has an issue

Red error: game object null

Edit: i forgt that disabled GO are not detected

(Yes its visual scripting but here it doesnt matter)

[woven crater]

whats the better way to getcomponent?

[silent idol]

Event if you can

[silent idol]

Use it on Awake

And try to use script able objects where you can

Correction, it's FINE to use getcomponent once or twice

[woven crater]

i saving Awake for when i need some script to run before start

[silent idol]

But calling it every frame

Is where you run into issues

[woven crater]

so get component in start() is fine?

i think this is the wrong place to post this

its cool?

yea

[silent idol]

yes

but not every frame

general rule of thumb, update should only contain methods and code that is fairly lightweight

anything that requires lookups should be called selectively or using an event system

[woven crater]

got it. thank much for help 🫡

is there a more simple way to delay each forloop than using Coroutine?

[wintry quarry]

Seems to me like this should all just be one coroutine

With a delay inside the loop

This is a really weird way to do it, and wasteful too

[woven crater]

typical self_effort

[hardy mist]

For people new to async/await approach,
Let's say we have a method:

public async Task RenameUser(string userId, string newName) { throw new NotRegisteredException(); }

What will the return type look and how can I handle the exception?

[modest dust]

Could be a singleton manager with a list serialized in the inspector, just add a "connection" field (name/Id/whatever) to each of your scene changer to know where it goes to/from and the rest is easy

The scene changer itself should have a field for spawn position

[silent idol]

yep

so uh, the list/dict inoputs the spawn position var from scene changer right,

[eternal needle]

Your question makes it sound like a quiz for someone else, are you asking this for your own knowledge?
Usually your own async stuff isnt really needed in unity

[modest dust]

Vector3 GetSpawnPos(string cameFrom)
{
   foreach(SceneChanger sc in m_sceneChangersList)
   {
      if (sc.Connection == cameFrom)
         return sc.SpawnPos;
   }
   return Vector3.zero; // Nothing found, check if everything is correct in the scene changers
}```

[hardy mist]

For my own knowledge, have to abandon coroutines due to the fact that I can't even do basic try/catch inside those in a clean way.
I want to know how exceptions are thrown upwards the stack in cases where I don't want to handle exceptions inside the method.

[silent idol]

what does string cameFrom do?

[modest dust]

It's the name/Id/whatever from your previously entered SceneChanger

[silent idol]

i see

[modest dust]

Could be anything you want, just an example

[silent idol]

okay i get it now, thanks!

[eternal needle]

Maybe have a read on the ms docs for async programming
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/asynchronous-programming/
But I dont really know what you're asking for the exceptions part. Itd be more clear if you share what you're actually doing, maybe then you could even find a way to do it with coroutines. Async stuff really isnt needed at all

The doc also has an example with an async task so you can see what goes inside the method

[hardy mist]

Okay, so to confirm, what I can do is either:
try { await task(); } catch { //handle exception }
or
task().ContinueWith(task => { If (task.IsFaulted) { //handle exception } });

Right?

[eternal needle]

I haven't really used that 2nd method at all so I guess, and the first one is what the other person in the other channel told you.

[hardy mist]

yep, thank you!

[bright zodiac]

you won't get a clean try-catching in async/await, instead it will be much worse

many ways to check if a task was completed or was cancelled. as I've written in other channel, you can do .Result or try-catch it's CancelledOperationException exception

you don't want that ContinueWith in Unity when running it via Task.Run just a heads up

instead you'd want to make your own dispatcher

[hardy mist]

Don't agree, here is why (but feel free to correct me):

How can I handle an exception outside the coroutine?
How can I preserve the exception stack? (e.g. I did StartCoroutine(_DoStuff(null)), but _DoStuff() isn't supposed to receive null, so it throws NullPointerException().
How would you know who sent null? Coroutines erase the call stack, which is horrible in production, as you can't trace the error source.

[safe socket]

I am using moveposition for movement and using transform.position for keeping player in bounds. It is causing glitches as the player will get stuck in bound position. IS there an easy fix or do I need to change the transform.position to moveposition for keeping player in bounds

[wintry quarry]

You should not be mixing Rigidbody motion and Transform motion.

Beyond that, if this is 3D, MovePosition ALSO doesn't respect collisions.

The real robust way to do this is move with velocity and use Colliders to make your bounds

[celest holly]

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

public class BulletMove : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float bulletSpeed;

    private Vector3 newPos;
    private Vector3 originalPos;
    
    void Update()
    {
        originalPos = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
        transform.position += transform.forward * Time.deltaTime * bulletSpeed;
        newPos = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
        CheckForCollision();
    }

    void CheckForCollision()
    {
        float distance = (newPos - originalPos).magnitude;

        Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position, -transform.forward);
        RaycastHit hit;

        Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, distance);

        if(hit.collider != null)
        {
            Debug.Log(hit.collider.gameObject.name);
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
}

is this the most efficient way of fast bullet travel detection?

[safe socket]

ok

[wintry quarry]

Raycasts are not going to work properly in Update if the things they're supposed to hit are moving. Collider positions don't update until the physics update phase. Physics things belong in FixedUpdate

[celest holly]

i heard rigid bodies dont detect collisions if the bullet is too fast though

is there any other approach

[wintry quarry]

Rigidbodies with continuous collision detection should be pretty good. Worst case you add raycasting like you have here but it should be in FixedUpdate with Rigidbody doing the movement

[celest holly]

tghank you

[wintry quarry]

BTW your whole newPos = new Vector3(...); etc lines are super verbose and inefficient. You can just do newPos = transform.position;

[celest holly]

for some reason i thought the position would update so i tried putting it in a new vector 3

can i just do it for both?

[wintry quarry]

Vectors are value types, not references.

Yes you can do it for both, but really it won't be necessary to even have these fields when moving with a Rigidbody

[celest holly]

yeah i deleted them now but i just wanted to know for future reference

thanks again

ill play around with the rigid body instead

[dark sandal]

pls help me i downloaded unity but it dont downloaded visual studio 2022 if i open an skript i get to visual studio code

[teal viper]

Don't crosspost

[pliant mist]

how do I find the gameobject hosting my script?

[languid spire]

gameObject

[pliant mist]

that doesn't work

not even sure what that really mean to be honest

[languid spire]

that is not what I wrote

[pliant mist]

well if thats the case lemme go write what you wrote

[languid spire]

do you not know that C# is case sensitive?

[pliant mist]

works

thanks

[wintry quarry]

If you just want the Transform you can leave out gameObject entirely

[languid spire]

btw you dont even need gameObject in this case. transform.position does the same thing.
Time to go and learn Unity I think

[wintry quarry]

Just transform

[warm raptor]

hello I have this issue in my code : Assets_Script\PlanePhysique.cs(53,22): error CS0266: Cannot implicitly convert type 'double' to 'float'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?) but I dont see were there is a "double" in my script

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

public class PlanePhysique : MonoBehaviour
{
    //constante 

    private float g = 9.81f; //pesenteur 

    // constante air

    private float Mair = 0.029f; //Masse molaire air
    private float R = 287.0f; // constante des gaz pour l'air sec en J/kg.K
    private float pAir = 0f; // Masse Volumique de l'air
    private float L = 0.0065f; // gradient de température standard de l'atmosphère en K/m 

    //condition de vol

    public float Température = 0f; // température en degré Celsius 
    private float TempératureKelvin = 0f; //température en Kelvin  
    public float PressionAtmosphériqueNiveauMer = 101325f; //pression atmosphérique en Pa 
    private float DensitéAir = 0f;

    //Position avion 

    private float Altitude = 0f; // Altitude de l'avion 

    void Start()
    {
        TempératureKelvin = Température + 273.15f; // calculé la température en Kelvin
        MasseVolumiqueAir();
    }

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        //récupérer les valeurs du joystick
        float xAxis = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"); 
        float yAxis = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

        Altitude = transform.position.y;
    }

    void MasseVolumiqueAir()
    {
        pAir = PressionAtmosphériqueNiveauMer / (R * TempératureKelvin); // calcule la Masse volumique de l'air
        Debug.Log(pAir);
    }

    void CalculDensitéAir()
    {
        DensitéAir = pAir * Math.Pow((1f - (L * Altitude) / TempératureKelvin),g/(R*L)); // <-- THE LINE WITH THE PROBLEM 
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

You want Mathf.Pow, not Math.Pow

Math.Pow returns a double

[warm raptor]

ah ok thx

[pliant mist]

https://gdl.space/xeraqavifa.cs how do I improve the performance of this?

I'm not sure how to make distance a vector and then use the vector for less if statments but I am sure it's possible

[wintry quarry]

For one, cache the transform.position calls in variables

You're accessing it like 20 times

Making copies every time

Just do it once

[pliant mist]

oh shoot

[wintry quarry]

Also why do separate xyz distances?

[pliant mist]

I'm not sure how I am supposed to only chance the one axis and how to find out if they are greater or less than stuff using a vector3

[wintry quarry]

You could just do something like

asteroid.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(player.transform.position, asteroid.transform.position, maxDistance);```

This would replace all of your Update code

[pliant mist]

oh stepping by maxdistance is genius, I don't want the asteroid to move the player tho,

[wintry quarry]

Nothing in there will move the player

A secondary issue here is Rigidbody motion isn't going to play too nicely with this Transform motion.

[pliant mist]

let me try this first

[wintry quarry]

Wait is this supposed to wrap around

Like asteroids

Because my code is just limiting the distance, I think I misinterpreted a little 😛

[pliant mist]

yes, it's supposed to wrap around

it works now just when rendering like 15 there are some issues

30*

[wintry quarry]

Are you sure this code is the issue? Have you profiled it?

If so, then try reducing the number of copies you're making of the positions like I mentioned above.

More caching. More local variables.

[pliant mist]

ok, I removed all of the transform and all variables are private, I changed the number from 30 to 15 but the fps is still 5

like an unwavering exact 5 it's strange

[wintry quarry]

You need to use the profiler

Otherwise how do you know this code is even the issue?

[pliant mist]

yea fair I'll figure that thing out thanks

ookay this is gonna be more difficult to understand than I thought

[woven crater]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/632894194062721044.webp?size=48

cursed?

[wintry quarry]

Yes cursed

[woven crater]

how to uncursed?

[frigid sequoia]

I don't even understand what you are trying to do

[woven crater]

random point distribution

[wintry quarry]

Use weighted selection algorithm, which is what you're sort of doing here but in a cursed way

[woven crater]

thank. will look into it

[waxen aurora]

Does exist a way to lerp via code the Weight or the Vignette Intensity of a Global Volume?

[wintry quarry]

Sure,
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@12.0/api/UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal.Vignette.html

Weight field is on the Volume component too

[waxen aurora]

I wonder if its possible to do it by using Leantween

So far I found a way to suddenly do it

now I need an interpolation

[wintry quarry]

Interpolation is always the same

[waxen aurora]

true

I usually achieve that with Leantween.value since is visually simple and has lots of parameter to play with

but for now it doesnt seem working

[ionic zephyr]

why would you use fixed update apart from physics?

[wintry quarry]

For anything that you want to be consistent regardless of framerate. deltaTime can only accurately adjust for framerate discrepancies for constant/linear changes over time. Anything with second order changes over time (acceleration, growth of gaining money/points, ticks in a simulation game) requires a fixed time interval for deterministic simulations.

[ionic zephyr]

and why is fixed update associated with physics?

[wintry quarry]

For exactly the reason i just described

To give a consistent, repeatable simulation in the presence of second order changes over time (for example acceleration due to gravity or any other forces)

[ionic zephyr]

second order you mean x^2 for example?

[gaunt ice]

d/dt^2

[wintry quarry]

In this case m/s^2 but sure

[neon fractal]

https://streamable.com/u7y2ia knows when the second tab is active, the game freezes. How to turn it off

[wintry quarry]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-do-you-keep-your-game-running-even-when-you-switch-out-of-it/928

[neon fractal]

Thank you

[ionic zephyr]

sorry, I dont understand second order

you dont mean to the power of 2, do you?

And I dont understand the "tick" system in Unity

if anyone could explain

[gaunt ice]

do you know what is differentiation?

[ionic zephyr]

not really

[woven crater]

what is icon type? can i use it to like assign icon to my item?

or i just use image type for it

or sprite.... idk anymore

[queen adder]

im new and kinda wanna try making something anyone got ideas

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[queen adder]

no i know how to code ( a lil)

also i dont wanna learn mobile and vr

[waxen aurora]

I''m trying this approach, guess I have to interpolate the 3rd parameter, how can do it?

[wintry quarry]

Same way you interpolate anything

Use a coroutine, or Update, or a tween library

[languid spire]

learn is not just about coding although it will teach you how to code with Unity. Nobody forces you to learn mobile or VR although there is very little difference when using Unity

[queen adder]

ok

[waxen aurora]

I really hate to use Update space or even a whole coroutine just for that, I need to somehow do it with leantween

the thing is, even if tween the T, do I need to call this Interp function everyframe?

[wintry quarry]

The whole point of the tween library is to not have to do anything in Update or a coroutine

IDK if leantween has support for custom tweens. DOTween does

[woven crater]

i realized i can just put many scripable class inside on script so i delete all

SO script and put it into one SO script

now i got this error

[wintry quarry]

You can't do this, no.

Filename has to match class name

So one file per class

[woven crater]

ah....

thank you

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/665498699417387008.webp?size=48

[wintry quarry]

Not sure why you'd want to do that anyway

[woven crater]

look clean

[timber tide]

I'd actually would pack a bunch of SOs together if I could

[wintry quarry]

We have different definitions of clean

[woven crater]

[lost hamlet]

You actually can do that if you use an assembly, tho that's a huge pain to setup

[waxen aurora]

At the end I achieved the tween with this code, even if I think it can be done in a clear way

[woven crater]

should i use list or enum to hold a list of scriptable object?

[lost hamlet]

Iirc you can also manually add components using AddComponent(typeof(SomeComponent)) but I don't know if that works in editor

[lost hamlet]

A list

Why an enum?

[woven crater]

why not?

[timber tide]

I understand why it doesn't work with the editor, but I could easily see it working with an attribute to define the SO

[languid spire]

how would an Enum hold a List of SO's?

[woven crater]

ah isee

[timber tide]

but until then I'll stick to serialize references

[lost hamlet]

Also I know JsonUtility isn't that great but can it serialize tupples ?

[languid spire]

no

[wintry quarry]

It uses the same serialization as the rest of Unity

[woven crater]

also i would like to take a deep appriciation to this chat that help me alot.the big part that i like about this is the rule is not so strict that only question and answer can be send here or by god using "threat" for question.

as a person with extreme social anxiety asking for help through a thread feel very isolated

[elfin gale]

(I don't really know if this is the right channel to use :'D)
Hello, I'm really new to coding and overall game making, and i have this reoccurring problem with my game (I'm making Snake for a school project):
Every time that I build my game there is this problem when I move to a second scene (I have main menu and scene for playing) it all turns black, but it only looks like that if I use another computer, on mine it's all fine.
Is this maybe something that other's struggled with/a common problem? I haven't found any information about it online.
All that there is, is just the player, snake's segments, score, sound and pause menu (when u click Escape).
I can add all the information needed!
(I attached the photos for how the game looks like for me, and for another player on another computer).

[sullen zealot]

hello!
i have a gameobject that creates a gameobject but not as a child(and i want to keep it that way).
i want the created gameobject to follow the gameobject that created it. is there a way to reference in script the "creator" gameobject?

[sullen zealot]

show the script that changes scenes

[elfin gale]

here

[amber spruce]

how do i instantiate smth between 2 points

so it would be a random spot inbetween those points

[sullen zealot]

Random.Range

[sullen zealot]

show the scripts associated with the backgroud gameobject

[sullen zealot]

3D points?

[amber spruce]

2d

        Instantiate(enemyPrefab, new Vector3(Random.Range(spawnPoint1.x, spawnPoint2.x), Random.Range(spawnPoint1.y, spawnPoint2.y), 0), Quaternion.identity);

thats what i have so far but it has some errors

[SerializeField] private GameObject enemyPrefab;
[SerializeField] private float numberofenemies;
[SerializeField] private Transform spawnPoint1;
[SerializeField] private Transform spawnPoint2;

those are my variables

[sullen zealot]

show the console log

[amber spruce]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error CS1061 'Transform' does not contain a definition for 'x' and no accessible extension method 'x' accepting a first argument of type 'Transform' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Assembly-CSharp C:\Users\vinny\Shadow Brawl\Assets\Scripts\EnemySpawner2.cs 22 Active

[sullen zealot]

oh

use transform.position.x

[elfin gale]

I don't have any scripts associated with it, it's just a plain object?

[sullen zealot]

ex: spawnPoint1.position.x

[sullen zealot]

are you moving the sprite from any scripts?

try making it a prefab

[elfin gale]

I'm sorry I don't really understand what i have to do

[sullen zealot]

https://youtu.be/PSKKQKr2bnA?si=4BnIJ5RIo4s5JuqI

drag the "background and pause menu" like he does with the cube

or just the background photo

try and see what works

[elfin gale]

okay Imma try it, thank you

[sullen zealot]

can soemone help me with this?

[amber spruce]

void Update()
{
    for(int i = 0; i < numberofenemies; i++)
    {
        SpawnEnemy();
    }
}

private void SpawnEnemy()
{
    Instantiate(enemyPrefab, new Vector3(Random.Range(spawnPoint1.position.x, spawnPoint2.position.x), Random.Range(spawnPoint1.position.y, spawnPoint2.position.y), 0), Quaternion.identity);
}

so this should work right

[fickle plume]

You can pass the reference when you create the object. https://unity.huh.how/references/simple-dependency-injection

[rare basin]

it will spawn numberofenemies every frame

[amber spruce]

oh wait yeah lol

but that should spawn numberofenemies

i never have been good with for loops

[sullen zealot]

do you want it to spawn them simultaneously?

[amber spruce]

yeah

its just so they arent all in the game at once