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[ivory bobcat]

Maybe use the Color type instead?

[polar acorn]

The thing whose color you want to change

[ivory bobcat]

Oh, unless you're just asking for code.. maybe show us what you've tried.

[ivory bobcat]

Here's an example of how to access a random color from an array of colorscs [SerializeField] private Color[] _availableColors; public Color GetRandomColor() { int count = _availableColors.Length; if(count < 1) return Color.magenta;//Lack of colors int index = Random.Range(0, count); return _availableColors[index]; }

[amber spruce]

why cant i assign my gameobject to my variable

    public GameObject EnemySpawnerHideout1;

[rich adder]

is that a prefab?

[amber spruce]

no does it have to be

[rich adder]

no

[amber spruce]

it seems to only let me add a prefab to it

[gaunt ice]

is the code in the prefab script?

[rich adder]

show the whole object that has EnemySpawnerHideout1

[amber spruce]

oh yeah i see it the object im trying to add the variable to is a prefab

how else should i try to access this object?

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/programming/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[amber spruce]

im still super confused

i assume i want the target component

[rich adder]

explain what you're trying to do

[amber spruce]

so my enemyspawner deals with how many enemies are left and when my enemy that is a prefab dies i want it to tell the enemyspawner that it died

[rich adder]

so your enemyspawner should pass itself when spawning enemy

[frosty hound]

Show what you're trying to drag to what you're dragging to, full view.

[amber spruce]

how?

[rich adder]

the link i've sent has an example, make method in the enemy script where you want to pass the spawner

[north kiln]

follow the instructions in the link, but related to your objects instead

if you have trouble, be specific about what you're having issues with

[amber spruce]

the link has multiple options

[frosty hound]

For starters, if you have a prefab selected, you won't be able to drag scene objects into it as a reference.

[north kiln]

it has 4 steps, which one are you struggling with?

[polar acorn]

That would in fact be what they were asking that you said no to

[amber spruce]

i thought they meant the spawner lol

so how would i get the gameobject i just instantiated

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

this is how i instantiate it if that helps

[rich adder]

instantiate returns an object do you see the example

[gaunt ice]

MoveToTargetExample instance = Instantiate(_prefab);

read the article/code

[amber spruce]

i am but its really confusing like what is MoveToTargetExample

[rich adder]

An example of type you can put anything there

[north kiln]

When you put something they know there, they use it verbatim

when you put something they don't, it's the most confusing thing

what the hell do you use in an example, you can't win

[amber spruce]

but like what type do i put the script name im trying to add stuff to

[north kiln]

The component you care about on the prefab

[amber spruce]

and what is instance

[rich adder]

the object you just spawned

instance is a common name

[amber spruce]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error CS0246 The type or namespace name 'enemyHealth' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Assembly-CSharp C:\Users\vinny\Shadow Brawl\Assets\Scripts\EnemySpawner2.cs 58 Active

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

[SerializeField] private EnemyHealth enemyHealth;

[north kiln]

If EnemyHealth is the name of the type, use it to declare variables of that type:
EnemyHealth instance = Instantiate(...

[split dragon]

Hi. I wanted to make a change to the slider settings. I did everything with Weight, but not with the other parts (Weight is also of the float type). What is the problem?
Error:
Cannot implicitly convert the "float" type to "Unity Engine.Rendering.PostProcessing.FloatParameter"

[amber spruce]

did that now its worse

[rich adder]

do .value

[amber spruce]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.GameObject' to 'EnemyHealth' Assembly-CSharp C:\Users\vinny\Shadow Brawl\Assets\Scripts\EnemySpawner2.cs 58 Active

[frosty hound]

Just because you did it wrong, doesn't make it "worse" lol

[north kiln]

.saturation.Override(...)

[north kiln]

Your prefab needs to be declared the same type. Declaring a prefab as GameObject provides limited utility, and I don't advise doing it in 99% of cases

[polar acorn]

enemyPrefab should be of the same type

not GameObject

[north kiln]

That is not how you use a method

but also, I'm looking at the UnityEngine.Rendering version of color grading, so it may be a different method, or even a property for that post processing... take a look at the autocomplete options and their descriptions

[amber spruce]

so make my prefab this???

[SerializeField] private EnemyHealth enemyPrefab;

but wont that mess with stuff

[polar acorn]

If that's the type you want

then yes

[polar acorn]

mess with what

[north kiln]

You will need to re-assign the reference in the inspector, but other than that, no

[amber spruce]

well considoring now the enemy prefab is now a script i think its messing with stuff

EnemyHealth is the name of the script im triyng to reference

[polar acorn]

You think wrong

[north kiln]

I feel like you've completely ignored the instructions, the resources, and are just stumbling your way through instead

[rich adder]

shouldn't that be your EnemySpawner field anyway?

[polar acorn]

Yeah that's kind of been the theme for them

[north kiln]

because your prefab should be declared as a type on the prefab object, not the thing you're trying to reference

[amber spruce]

well its midnight for me i dont understand a thing

[polar acorn]

Then post again when you're willing to read

[split dragon]

He threw off the way I understood and translated: Did I get the name for Saturation right?

[north kiln]

then go to bed, and read the resource when you're properly awake

[amber spruce]

all i want to do is keep track of the remaining enemies

why is this so dang difficult

[rich adder]

case you lack basic c# understanding

[polar acorn]

It isn't, but you're going to need to understand how code works

you can't just program by successive approximation

[amber spruce]

alright im gonna go to bed and figure it out in the morning thanks

[polar acorn]

learn what you are doing and then you'll see that it's actually simple

code means things

it's not magic

[north kiln]

up to ....saturation. is correct, just re-type the last ., read the options available to you, and if Override is one of them, pass the value you want to it.
If it's not there, look for other methods to set the value. You can't assign directly to that property.

[rich adder]

you put them in a List when you spawn them with spawner
when enemy dies it removes itself from list
enemy can only have this list with reference thru spawner.
spawner needs to give itself as reference inside enemy script

[polar acorn]

Better solution: Enemy broadcasts message when it dies. Spawner listens for that message and temoves that enemy from the list when it gets it

[rich adder]

ahh yeah but i thought mix that with events and their brain melts

[polar acorn]

Fair

[split dragon]

Oh, I get it. Thanks

I have a question: I have 2 options how to make graphics settings:

1. Create public sliders fields for each section of the graph and write everything in Void Update.
2. Create your own Void for each section of the graph and then assign each Void to each slider.
   Which option is better? Or it doesn't matter (in terms of professionalism and ease of use)

[buoyant prawn]

not strictly code but idk where else to ask, im tryting to add an event system game object to my heirarchy and I cannot find where it is, can anyone help?

(if I need to move this question I will)

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk next time. But event system is in + symbol of the hierarchy view (under UI)

[split dragon]

Does your object have a public or [SerializeField] private field?

[buoyant prawn]

Will do next time and thank you so much!

[buoyant prawn]

I didnt actually have an object yet, Im on a new scene trying to make a menu

[static cedar]

Imo, the latter is better.

[grand gust]

Hi all, I am new to Discord and have a question about reading a JSON file. I have the class setup for the JSON file and I can successfully pull the data from the server, and can see that it came in correctly in the Inspector. But I cannot figure out how to properly access each list item (they are all within the same script attached to an game object), for instance, if I want to update the textmesh to "elevator #301"
Thanks so much

Nevemind, I found that I have to put index number. so elevatorInfo.equipment[0].equipment_name

[split dragon]

Which subtype should be written after the dot in order for the toggle system to work? If the slider needs "value", then for toggle?

[dire smelt]

the

 [Header("Crouching")]

Not separate

[north kiln]

the variable isn't serialized, so it cannot appear in the inspector

[dire smelt]

thanks

[dire smelt]

you know about this? how to amek this in C# the function is float A float B pick A(if true that pick a if false pick b)

[lavish magnet]

Hello, like everyone else, im making an fps shooter, and I’m wondering how I should go about making a body and animating it to go with my guns, im not trying to have fancy animations, but im wondering how my hiearchy is supposed to go, because I know unity animator and hiearchy doesn’t like eavh other, im wonderjng, should the hands be added under the gun, or as a parent., and how does getting a new gun work if that. If anyone has done this well and or has insight, please let me know, i need it. I want a simple body, i can animate it all myself, but i need to know how to do it in the hiearchy, full body. I have the model and everything

[languid spire]

Do you mean

float x = (PickA) ? A : B;

?

[dire smelt]

wait

i will explane the node

example:
A is 1.0
B is 2.0
pick A = true
Debug is 1.0
if
pick A = false
Debug is 2.0

like this

[queen adder]

How to find the class that destroyed a gameObject? My gameObject is destroyed when I start the game but I can't find what does it.

[languid spire]

so that is what I have written. x will be A if PickA is true or B if PickA is false

[gaunt ice]

dont cross post

you have to search the script that calls destroy and having reference to the gameobject

[queen adder]

There is not any API for that? I searched for it but couldn't find it, I use a networking lib too

[dire smelt]

can you make an example about this? i can make all except select in

[gaunt ice]

i know nothing on network behaviour....

[languid spire]

Sorry, no, I do not understand Visual Scripting, it just makes no sense to me

[dire smelt]

i will description with word
A = max clip size
B is CurrentAmmo + Total Ammo
Picka = CurrentAmmo + Total Ammo >= MaxClipsize

[gaunt ice]

step by step

bool A=currentXXX+totaXXX>=maxcliXXX;
if(A){
  return maxXXX;input to A
}else{
  return currentXXX+totaXXX;input to B
}

[dire smelt]

i can't understand

[languid spire]

just take what I have written and do the symbol replacement

[dire smelt]

float x = (PickA) ? A : B;

PickA is bool?
A and B is float?

[north kiln]

yes

[gaunt ice]

i just assume the top link to the left hand side of >= and bottom link appears in the right hand side.....

[languid spire]

float x = (CurrentAmmo + Total Ammo >= MaxClipsize) ? MaxClipsize : CurrentAmmo + Total Ammo;

[dire smelt]

i'll try

[fierce shuttle]

Try doing a project-wide search for the keyword "Destroy", if your using VS, you can use Ctrl + F and expand the search to "Find All"

[north kiln]

Or just directly find reference to Object.Destroy

[fierce shuttle]

Thats also an option, though you may have to already know where at least one "Destroy" call is in your code

[north kiln]

Or put one in temporarily, or if your IDE is good enough go to Object.Destroy via search

[fringe plover]

Im genius

[languid spire]

yeah, like false does not exist

[fringe plover]

false is just !true

[fierce shuttle]

In a typical setup, whatever object the hand should control (as in, where the hand goes, so does the object in question), the object would be a child of that hand, so in your case, you may want the weapon object to be a child of your hand bone - whichever hand should grip the handle could have that object as a child, you can also use IK nodes to position the hands around the various parts of a gun (for example, youd hold a pistol differently than youd hold a rifle or grenade) - this way you only need to change the object that is a child of one hand, and the animations playing on that rig, provided that you have relevant animations for all the states that object could be in (such as idle, reloading, etc), Animator Overrides may help with weapons that share similar states as well - you can also use AnimationEvents if you have code that should happen at certain frames of an animation, like ejecting a magazine at a certain frame of a reload animation - that said, full body animations are kind of difficult with an FPS camera from my experience, especially for multiplayer (scaling and alignment/correct posing can be difficult to look good in both third and first person on the same rig with the same animation), so typically games will have just the arms in first person, and a separate full body animation that others see - and keep in mind, many ways to approach a problem, I use a similar approach for my game

[hybrid jetty]

hey can i get some good resource to get started with unity addressable for dynamically loading Scenes

[steep shoal]

check the asset store tab i think there was one like 3 links down haven't tried it myself but its something might lead you in the right direction

[pallid verge]

how can i get the gameobject Flag from a script in the Checkpoint gameobject

Flag has a tag "Flag" but there are 5 other Flag gameobjects as well so just searching by tag doesnt work

Flag is a child of Checkpoint every time

[gaunt ice]

1. reference it in your script
2. transform provides bunch of methods but none of them find child by tag

[pallid verge]

this is what i have currently but i think it gets every Flag gameobject

[pallid verge]

well can i just get the child without a tag?

[gaunt ice]

since you find it in awake so i guess this object is not spawned in run time, just reference in your script

also other component

[pallid verge]

wdym reference it in your script? isnt it referenced now?

[gaunt ice]

https://unity.huh.how/references/serializing-component-references
mb, reference it in inspector

[pallid verge]

yeah but then ill have to drag n drop it everytime i wanna create a new checkpoint

which is kinda impractical imo

[rare basin]

each checkpoint has to have reference to it's flag

just make a Checkpoint class and assign the flag in the prefab

then you can always get the checkpoint's flag easily

checkpoint.flag

[gaunt ice]

open the prefab, drag and drop the reference, ctrl+s

[nimble apex]

lets say i have multiple scripts to control (close) a dialog, a popup

however, because theres multiple scripts calling it to close during runtime, is there any chance for me to find out which one called it to close

like the exact one

i have no idea how many script and function calling it

[queen adder]

I have a fighting game where the name of the character selected appears when hovering over the button by using the name of the sprite for the image but my script isn't working. Here's the source code:

[warm raptor]

hello I'm trying to make a flight simulator, and I was wondering if i need a rigid body to make my plane flight, because I was thinking about just calculating all the 4 forces ( drag, thrust, lift, weight) and apply them to my plane. And I want to know if this will be enouth or if I need to use a rigidbody ?

[teal viper]

Sure. You could use a breakpoint in the close method and then look at the stack trace.

Or if you prefer logs, refactor your close method to take the caller object. Then print the name of the caller object. Or add logs at every point where close is called with logging the relevant info.

[teal viper]

!code

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[nimble apex]

ty

[teal viper]

Well, you'll still need to apply forces to a rigidbody. And without it you'd basically need to implement a lot of what physics system already does for you.

[queen adder]

what do you mean?

[teal viper]

Look below at the bot message.

Share your code properly if you want people to have a look at it.

[queen adder]

//public class ChooseButton : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler
{
    [Header("Elements of Faction")]
    public TMP_Text chooseText;
    [Header("Elements of Leader")]
    public Image imageOfLeader;
    private string nameOfLeader;
    string currentLeaderName;
    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        nameOfLeader = imageOfLeader.sprite.name;
        var pos = nameOfLeader.IndexOf("ChoicePic") + 1;        
        int length = nameOfLeader.IndexOf("ChoicePic", pos) - pos;
        currentLeaderName = nameOfLeader.Substring(pos, length);
        chooseText.text = currentLeaderName;
        Debug.Log(currentLeaderName);
    }

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        chooseText.text = "Choose Your Character";
    }
}```

like this? My problem: I have a fighting game where the name of the character selected appears when hovering over the button by using the name of the sprite for the image but my script isn't working. Here's the source code

[warm raptor]

oh ok I see

[languid spire]

Define 'not working'

[queen adder]

I try to move the mouse over the button but the name of the character doesn't appear in the textbox

[languid spire]

does it debug?

[queen adder]

no

[languid spire]

are there errors in the console?

[queen adder]

no, there's no message on console

[lavish magnet]

Ok i get it, but im still confused on how my hiearchy works, and wdym seperate full body,

[queen adder]

here's the image of the gameobject:

[languid spire]

Do you have a PhysicsRaycaster attached to your camera?

[queen adder]

no

[languid spire]

add one, the IPointer interfaces need this to work

[queen adder]

other buttons work, but this one doesn't don't know why

still doesn't work

I have physics2draycaster

[fluid kiln]

how do i make an ui element clickable (left and right click) and hoverable?

[languid spire]

wait a second, this is a different script, this is not ChooseLeaderButton

[modest dust]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.IPointerClickHandler.html

[fluid kiln]

thanks!

[queen adder]

it's the same, just changed the name

[languid spire]

what?

[queen adder]

I changed the name of the script to share it here, but the old name is in my project

the code is the same

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/ugui/input-issues

[queen adder]

the raycast target is enabled but it still doesn't work

[north kiln]

yeah, well that was like 1 of the 5 things to check

and each one of those things have about 5 things each

[neon ivy]

I have an event that gets invoked when I change action maps and was wondering, should I make an interface for scripts that need to subscribe to this event? trying to figure out when / how to use an interface. is this where you would use an interface? or is it useless

[queen adder]

I have: a graphic raycaster in the canvas, an eventsystem in the scene, raycasttarget enabled, no troubleshooting overlaps and a standaloneinputsystem on the eventsystem

don't know what I'm missing

[north kiln]

no troubleshooting overlaps
What does this mean

[queen adder]

looking at the webpage you shared, there's no raycasttarget enabled that overlap when hovering the mouse button over the character selection button

[north kiln]

so what does it show in the event system when you hover your element?

[queen adder]

ok, the problem was that the foreground image had the raycasttarget enabled, but now when hovering over the button I get a console error:

[north kiln]

read the stack trace, re-read the error, look at the code it's talking about, and think about it

[unborn gale]

What is this?

[hasty basalt]

help in c# please?

[unborn gale]

I never put this object in?

[north kiln]

Not a code question; and it's the render pipeline debug object. Ignore it

[gaunt ice]

not code question really, DDOL scene is for storing the dontdestroyonload objects

[unborn gale]

Ok

[fringe plover]

why it giving me error

[north kiln]

because that's not how you initialize a struct

[fringe plover]

i fixed, thx

[queen adder]

I understand that the length variable is giving me the error due to being of value 0 but don't know how to change it, so when reading the name of the sprite of the character to get their name and make it appear on the textbox it just takes the name of the character and not the full name of the sprite

[north kiln]

being of value 0

[queen adder]

the name of all the images is ChoicePic followed by the name of the character, for example: ChoicePicAlex or ChoicePicJohnny

and only make Johnny or Alex appear in the textbox

[north kiln]

Then why are you trying to calculate the length by finding ChoicePic at another index after the previous pos you found it at + 1?

var pos = nameOfLeader.IndexOf("ChoicePic") + 1;        
- int length = nameOfLeader.IndexOf("ChoicePic", pos) - pos;

and then passing that value, probably -1 into Substring

[queen adder]

that was code somebody gave to me so didn't know

do I just delete the line and leave everything the same then?

[north kiln]

no, understand your logic and rewrite it so it makes sense

[queen adder]

I'm lost, I've been looking at it and don't know what I'm doing wrong. The error is gonem, but the script still doesn't fully work. I've changed the section of the script and I get the name of the image but the name of the character doesn't appear in the textbox and the section ChoicePic isn't taken from the name:

[north kiln]

if you're struggling so much just use string.Replace

and replace it with ""

[bleak prism]

This may be a stupid question but should i utilize more the drag & drop mechanic instead of just writing everything in code?

bcs rn when i Instantiate an object

I find them by code

[wintry quarry]

Depends on whether you like reinventing the wheel or not

[bleak prism]

instead of using drag and drop

[queen adder]

ok, that partially works now, the only thing missing is for the name to appear in the textbox

thanks

[bleak prism]

I kinda like it

I used this on this here

I've started to think about it, if its faster to instantiate since the object is already saved in the variable bcs of the drag & drop

And i don't have to look for it

If you are kinda catching my brain wave

[wild cargo]

This is great for modularity & the composition design Unity also promotes

But you should not use instantiation too frequently, use a pooling system for stuff that can get recycled

[bleak prism]

That would make more sense if i understand what a pooling system is that is

Basically predefine the objects

[wild cargo]

It's like you throw a killed enemy into a recycling factory, then the factory workers "recycle" that enemy into basically a new enemy without having to use materials for creating one from scratch

[bleak prism]

Oh yea

[short hazel]

You don't need pooling until you start instantiating and destroying the same object dozens of times a second

Use it if you notice performance drop and can pinpoint that instantiation is the problem

[bleak prism]

I could do such a system for switching between weapons

technically

[short hazel]

No, it's overkill

[bleak prism]

Oh

[short hazel]

Switching between 3 objects once every 15 seconds does not need a pooling system

[wild cargo]

Pooling is great for stuff like bullets which can be recycled easily

[bleak prism]

📝 noted

[wild cargo]

Also, if you expect to have many different recyclables (aka. pool types), I strongly recommend you to research into generics and create a PoolManager or similar that handles pooling of all kinds of different classes. Otherwise you'll enter into a what I call "pooling hell", where you'll be copy-pasting boilerplate pool code when you want to create a new pool type

Or just use one found in the Asset store or anywhere else, because I think there should be some prebuilt in there

[shrewd swift]

VS related question
lets says i have:

text
-text1
--somestuff1
-text2
--somestuff2

if i collapse text1 and text2, then text
later i expand text, text1 and text2 will still be collapsed

is there a shortcut or something that expands all collapsed text inside a collapsed text ? (if this make sense)

exemple
so here after i collapse text1 and text2, then text, i press shift+mouse click on the "+" and everything shows

[wild cargo]

Alt + click..?
nvm didn't see it was Visual Studio related

[shrewd swift]

i tested alt, ctrl, shift

[shrewd swift]

what is the alt+click for then ? in unity i mean

curious

[wild cargo]

If you have Unity open, you can test it right now. Go into your project tab and hold alt while clicking the "Assets" folder once or twice

[fierce shuttle]

Well for example, my hierarchy looks something similar to this:

Player (rb, scripts, etc)
-> (skinned meshes)
-> (bone rig)
  --> ... Right Hand Bone
    ---> ... (finger bones)
    ---> holder (empty transform)
        ----> Some Weapon Model

If I want to change which weapon the player is using, I change the child of holder, which is attached to the bone rig of my player hierarchy, it could be a weapon, apple, bottle, etc, you can play any animation you want since that only affects the rig (assuming your rig is an armature/humanoid), so in a setup like this, playing a "reload pistol" animation would force whichever weapon or object that is a child of holder to follow the right hand during the frames of that animation - I may have also misunderstood what kind of FPS experience your going for, as there are multiple ways to make an FPS, for example if you wanted to have your character "aim down sights" with a rifle, posing an animation with 1 full body rig may be doable, but difficult to carefully align what others see, and what the camera sees, some games will use 2 rigs to help with this, where the rig the camera sees is only of the arms to help with positioning, and the rig others see is only of the full body, to communicate players actions, you may see something similar in FPS tutorials as well, not sure if that helped clarify some things for you

[wild cargo]

Or click basically anything nested, whether that'd be array/list containers, hierarchy objects..

[shrewd swift]

ty for the tip

its also exactly what i want, but in VS

[wild cargo]

Worth trying

Ctrl + M + L seems to work but you can't control what it expands/collapses, it does it to every element in the script

[shrewd swift]

yeah i already saw that on google, i was looking for a "mouse" solution soi can keep a hand on my mouse

ty for loooking tho

[ashen helm]

@wild cargo
this is the script that's on the instantiated object:

using UnityEngine;
public class Customer : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Sprite[] wrappingPaperOptions;
    [SerializeField] private Sprite[] stickerOptions;
    public Sprite wrappingPaperImg;
    public Sprite stickerImg;

    void Start()
    {
        wrappingPaperImg = wrappingPaperOptions[Random.Range(0, wrappingPaperOptions.Length)];
        stickerImg = stickerOptions[Random.Range(0, stickerOptions.Length)];
    }
}

this is what it looks like in the editor

[wild cargo]

Were there any exceptions logged in your "Player.log" text located at "AppData/LocalLow/StudioName/GameName/"?

You can get to appdata by just WIN + R and type "appdata" in there

[ashen helm]

i'll check rn

[wild cargo]

Alr

It shows the logs of the most recent instance you played in

[ashen helm]

there aren't any exceptions, assuming the word "exception" is supposed to exist somewhere in the file

[wild cargo]

So assuming Start() still runs in the build, there are elements found in the list but some of them might be null..?

Because if the lists were empty it would return an IndexOutOfBounds exception

Maybe you're assigning a null sprite into the variable

[languid spire]

change Start to Awake

[wild cargo]

They said it worked in the editor, not in the build though

With the Start()

[languid spire]

exactlly, script execution order problem

[ashen helm]

i've thought of that but haven't tried it, ig i'll try rn

[wild cargo]

Probably not because the order should not change in editor vs. build

[keen dew]

That's not true though

[languid spire]

the one thing you can guarantee is that is not the case

[spring skiff]

How can I make, that VS2022 does open every script in the same window?

[ashen helm]

now the objects won't get instantiated :')

[wild cargo]

No, it is, because in my game for example I've changed the Script Execution Order somewhat heavily (don't judge me, I know it's bad practice), and the game runs fine without exceptions in the build

[ashen helm]

interesting thing is, again, works just fine in the editor, build acts differently though

[languid spire]

Of course, when you hard code the order, not when you do not

[keen dew]

Of course that works because you've specifically defined the execution order but if you don't do that the order is non-deterministic

[wild cargo]

So it's not alphabetical in those cases like I thought it was?

[keen dew]

no

[wild cargo]

Wow ok

[languid spire]

why not, you have just changed the execution time of the script slightly and as it has no external dependencies it will make no difference

[ashen helm]

🤷‍♀️ I have no idea, in the editor it works just fine, when i build it, it all goes to hell :')

should i change Start() to Awake() in my game manager too? or just the customer script ?

[languid spire]

so what happens when you change Start to Awake in that script?

[ashen helm]

the objects don't get instantiated

[spring skiff]

How you connect Visual Studio to Unity?
It doesen't even show me word like "Gameobject" and it opens for every script a seperate window.

[languid spire]

which objects?, that script does not instantiate objects

[ashen helm]

the objects that have that customer script on them don't get instantiated anymore

[languid spire]

which will have nothing to do with the change you just made

[ashen helm]

Edit->Preferences->External Tools->External Script Editor

[static cedar]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[ashen helm]

what am i supposed to do then :')

[spring skiff]

And now? VS 2022 is already selected.

[ashen helm]

try here i guess

[languid spire]

what else did you change?

[ashen helm]

that was all i changed, in the script i sent earlier, changed Start to Awake

[spring skiff]

What should this show me?

I already have VS 2022 installed and also with the Unity conponment

And also selected in unity

[languid spire]

apart from that script? Because changing Start to Awake would not stop the GameObject from Instantiating

[ashen helm]

Ok i changed, Start to Awake in my game manager too, it seems to work now, thank you very much!

[languid spire]

I suggest you look in the docs at Script Execution Order

[ashen helm]

as i said, at the time, the only change i had made was inside of the customer script (the one that i sent earlier), but doesn't matter now since it works after changing start to awake inside the game manager

[ashen helm]

i'll look into it, thank you

[steep shoal]

you may need to go to vs installer and install the addons there. If you got to your file explorer and search for visual studio installer.

[spring skiff]

are there more than just "Gamedevelopment with Unity"

[steep shoal]

there is a bunch of different one

[spring skiff]

I'm also have installed Gamedevelopment with C++ and .NET-Desktopdevelopment.

I cant select them to see what single conponments are inside because I would completly disbaling it by clicking on it.

How can I see what single conponments are installed in VS Installer, without disabling everything by clicking on it?

[steep shoal]

you should be able to see each individual component installed by clicking the tab

[teal viper]

If this is the correct ide(a bit sus that it says "internal") that have the unity workload installed, then you just might need to regenerate the project files.

[spring skiff]

What Tab?
by clicking with tabulator, it will select, but dont show the insides.

[teal viper]

What insides are you looking for?

[spring skiff]

IDK, but if I disable and enable it again, it shows me stuff to download, so I will lose my selections inside.
IDK what I need, I thought Game development with Unity is enough for Unity.

[teal viper]

It is enough

[spring skiff]

I try to have as less as possible because I dont want stuff installed what I'm never gonna use.

Besides of the storage space, every plugins also needs updated what makes it even more anoying if you dont even need those.

[teal viper]

You only need the unity workload

[spring skiff]

But is there a way to see what plugins are installed in what package, without deselecting everything by clicking on them in VS Installer?

[hollow gale]

hey, i have a question about reading variables from other scripts... The script where the variable is in is attached to different objects and those have different values for the variable. Anyone knows how to do this?

[teal viper]

You can see all the components in stalled in the "individual components". And on the right in the "instllation details".

[teal viper]

Use one of the Find functions or reference it in the inspector.

[spring skiff]

But if I click on it, everything gots disabled and by reenabling it, the configuration will be reset and is not the same anymore like I had might choose before.

[teal viper]

It's not gonna reset anything if you cancel (click the x button) afaik.

But anyways, I don't understand what you're trying to achieve by messing with the workloads.

[hollow gale]

how do i use a find function for multiple objects

[teal viper]

Wdym "how"? You call it.
For details and examples refer to the documentation page.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag.html

[rare basin]

don't use Find functions, they are really not recommended

there are multiple other ways of referencing your components

[hollow gale]

for example?

[rare basin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtv7mjj_iog

[cosmic grove]

guys i dont understand whats happening(yes im new to this)

[rare basin]

thats not how you share errors and ask for help

0 context, screenshots, 0 call trace

your weapon is not referenced

meaning it's null

[cosmic grove]

oh right

thanks!

[rare basin]

you literally had it explained in the error

[cosmic grove]

and thats why i showed you the error

i didnt clearly know what it meant

so i asked

[rare basin]

but it literally says "object reference not set to an instance of an object"

i said the same

[cosmic grove]

forgive my simple mind. i wouldnt understand a sentence even if it was said in clear comprehensive english

[hollow gale]

thx

[steep shoal]

add your object to the script

in the inspector

[cosmic grove]

yea i fixed it. thanks

[stray wraith]

is there any way to fix a broken unity scroll rect? i accidentally tweaked the viewport and it completely broke, not undoable

[stray wraith]

essentially every property inside of content was set to NaN (thanks, unity) and it doesn't let me set it to anything else

[woven crater]

how to make it so that i loop everything and trigger shoot in the same frame with different seed?

[gaunt ice]

0.00001f doesnt make any sense unless your fps is > 1/0.00001=100000frame pre one second
and why you need different seed?

[woven crater]

instantiate many object go in different direction

in one frame

[gaunt ice]

you can do this even the seed doesnt changed

the state changed after each call to it

[woven crater]

oh right i've using the wrong value type then forgot about it

[unkempt goblet]

why does the game over screen not show? The player deletes but the ui never shows

[gaunt ice]

first use comparetag
second please dont find object every frame, instead the player fire some method on GameOver to inform GameOver know he is died
third gameObject.SetActive()

also you can get the gameobject collides with by the collision parameter

[unkempt goblet]

where should i use compare tag?

[gaunt ice]

in where you compare the tag (calling .tag)

[rare basin]

!code

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// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[unkempt goblet]

like that?

[gaunt ice]

then you are calling CompareTag on the gameObject itself, not the collision

[unkempt goblet]

ok ok

ty

[steep shoal]

it should show tho if the player is tagged correctly and the script is attached

to the ui

also did you mean objectwithtag vs object(s)with tag

[broken tendon]

How would one go about having procedural sprites for abilities? For example creating a sprite for a "circle, firey effect, cold effect, 25px radius" kind of parameterization. The use case is something along the lines of a spell creator, where you can alter the size of the spell (bigger radius = more pixels needed for sprite for it to not look out of place), or add certain effects, each of which should hopefully apply (e.g. one adding a trail, one changing the color etc.). I assume i'd want to create this one and cache it, but what exactly am i creating so to speak, a sprite? A shader? I don't need a very low level breakdown, more so just a rough direction of what to look into

[verbal dome]

Sounds like shaders would be involved

What you would be creating for each spell is probably a material which holds the settings for the shader

[broken tendon]

would i just be applying multiple materials, 1 for each modifier

[verbal dome]

Each modifier could have its own shader pass, I guess yeah.
Or you can have a monolith shader that does it all

[waxen oracle]

Hey, i have a simple script thats attached to a platform that makes the player the child of it, so that it moves with the platform. But for some reason, the scale of player drastically changes when this happens, even though the scale of the platform doesn’t change and i have no idea why

[languid spire]

when you child the player to the platform the player will take on the scale of the platform

[waxen oracle]

Is there a way to stop it doing that

[languid spire]

yes, have the following construction
Empty GameObject
--- Platform as child
--- Player as child

[waxen oracle]

Then the player won’t follow the platform though

since the platform moving shouldnt move the empty game object

[languid spire]

yes it will if you move the Empty GameObject rather than the platform

[wild cargo]

You could just SetParent(platform, true), with the latter set to "true" it will keep the same scale as b4

[languid spire]

where do you get that idea?

[wild cargo]

Idk knowledge..?

[languid spire]

the second parameter is for position not scale

[wild cargo]

No, you're talking about Instantiate

[gaunt ice]

no, preserve all scale, rotation and position
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.html

[wild cargo]

Anyways they could just write SetParent and the IDE would tell them the bool's pos regardless so

[gaunt ice]

If true, the parent-relative position, scale and rotation are modified such that the object keeps the same world space position, rotation and scale as before.

[waxen oracle]

Unfortunately that did something really weird that didn’t really help

[wild cargo]

What'd it do?

Use true instead because I wrote false not knowing it actually does the opposite of what you wanted

That is, if you tried the SetParent approach

[waxen oracle]

im not really sure

the platforms all dissapeared

the cube player became a big cuboid

then fell

[wild cargo]

And you used true in the SetParent()?

[waxen oracle]

Ill put my code in a sec

[waxen oracle]

ive tried true and false

[wild cargo]

it should look like this:
player.SetParent(platform, true)

[waxen oracle]

!code

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[waxen oracle]

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.name == "player")
        {
            collision.gameObject.transform.SetParent(transform,true);
        }
    }
    void OnCollisionExit(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.name == "player")
        {
            collision.gameObject.transform.SetParent(null);
        }
    }
}```

this is the code i used thats attached to the platform object

[wild cargo]

Maybe use true in OnCollisionExit's setparent

Or maybe it's already true by default idk

[rich adder]

You have to fix the scale of object you parent, no way around it

main "root" gameobjects should not be scaled at all

[waxen oracle]

if i make the scale 1 on the parent it returns to being a cube

[rich adder]

if they have a mesh, mesh should be child and be scaled like that

[waxen oracle]

but id like it to be a cuboid

[rich adder]

again, you make it child of parent and scale the child

you never scale the main object for graphics, ever

graphics are just for visuals, and should always be child of main obj

Box collider,s rigidbody etc. all go on the Main Object, unscaled

scale box/colliders with the gizmos in inspector

[thorn holly]

Let’s say I have a try catch function with three lines of code in the try. If only one of the lines of code in the try function produces an error, will the other two lines still run?

[languid spire]

no

[thorn holly]

So nothing in the try will run if anything produces an error?

[languid spire]

exactly

[thorn holly]

Great, thanks!

[small mantle]

I am going to create a Quest Board System. What should I learn to do so? What is the most common way people do this.

[rich adder]

Scriptable Objects

[rare basin]

QuestManager + QuestData (SO) + Quest (MB/serializable class)

[small mantle]

Thanks!

[woven crater]

why i cant overide the range and speed ? -w-

[woeful epoch]

can someone teach me coding?

[woven crater]

just search youtube

[woeful epoch]

nah

[rich adder]

https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/tutorials/intro-to-csharp/index

[woeful epoch]

nah

[rich adder]

then no

[woven crater]

lol

[rare basin]

!code

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[woven crater]

hmmm okay.

[rare basin]

50$/hour dm

[rich adder]

wdym you can't override

[woven crater]

weapon instance class :https://hastebin.com/share/tecologodo.csharp
bullet instance class : https://hastebin.com/share/ezavekipul.csharp

its having the same value as the weapon scriptable object

i overwrite the speed and range to randomspeed and range

[woeful epoch]

nah

[rare basin]

then no

[rich adder]

which method shoot ?

[waxen oracle]

When i use transform.position = new vector3(10,0,0) Am i moving the object 10 right or am i moving it to the coordinates 10,0,0

[rich adder]

you're moving it to 10x

[languid spire]

All you need to know

if (cantBeArsedToLearn) answer = "nah";
Console.WriteLine(answer);

[rich adder]

world pos

[waxen oracle]

k thanks

[polar acorn]

Then perish

[rare basin]

answer was not defined

[woven crater]

oh shooting is trigger through an event in my weapon handler class

[languid spire]

yes it was, class variable

[rich adder]

you override the range from SO in bullet script

at start

void Start()
    {
        Range = Weapon.RangeModifed;
        speed = Weapon.shootSpeedModified;```

so you instantiate with random speed, and then your start method runs

[woven crater]

i need it so it will work with normal weapon which not set random range and speed

[rich adder]

then fix the flaw in your current logic..

[woven crater]

oh i see so all of this run before start?

[woeful epoch]

i kinda get it somehow

[rich adder]

well yeah thats on object creation @woven crater

[woven crater]

ah right make sense ...

[rich adder]

You should make method from bullets itself

for Init the values

then you can pass maybe a bool or weapon type to determine if you're getting random or set values

[woven crater]

thank

[waxen oracle]

Is there a function i can use that finds the parent of an object?

[rich adder]

transform property holds children and parents

[waxen oracle]

so i could run like

Obj = gameObject.transform.parent

[rich adder]

yea

[waxen oracle]

Nice

thanks

[rich adder]

you have quite a lot of errors

[languid spire]

ok so yuo have code errors

[rich adder]

also make sure to configure your IDE

[peak dock]

how

this is the first game im making

[rich adder]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
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• Other/None

[rich adder]

pick which editor you're using

takes a few minutes but save you hours of troubles

[peak dock]

i use visual studio

[rich adder]

if you forget braces or something you get tons of errors in editor should highlight like so

[peak dock]

this is the code

[rich adder]

thats not visual studio

thats visual studio code

[peak dock]

is there a difference?

[rich adder]

pretty big

[gaunt ice]

huge difference

[languid spire]

and you are obviously missing both an { and a }

[rich adder]

click the VSCode link then

[peak dock]

ive never coded before

[rich adder]

make sure you did all the steps

[peak dock]

alright

[rich adder]

might need to install .NET SDK at the end

[languid spire]

then you nead to !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[thorn holly]

Code wise, are components fields within a gameObject?

[languid spire]

no

[rich adder]

components are not fields

they are Components

[peak dock]

real

you guys are so helpful btw, thanks

[thorn holly]

How are they related to gameobject?

[rich adder]

they must live on one

[thorn holly]

Like I can say gameobject.transform, so isn’t the transform component a field of gameobject?

[rich adder]

no its a property you're using from the transform component

[languid spire]

you can think of it as Components belong to a GameObjects but are seperate entities from it

[thorn holly]

Code wise, how does that work?

[peak dock]

how long does it take to get decent at unity?

[neon ivy]

is there a way to get the name of an action map when accessed through the c# class?
I tried it like this

void SetInputListeners(InputActionMap actionMap)
    {
        
        switch (actionMap.name)
        {
                case InputManager.Actions.Exploration.name:
                    //subscribe to Exploration inputs
                break;
        }
    }

but the Exploration.name isn't a thing

[summer stump]

A field is a reference TO the component, not the component itself
Components are attached to gameobjects

[thorn holly]

Like when you say belonging, what does that mean?

[rich adder]

depends on how quick you learn and how much effort you put

[peak dock]

alright

[languid spire]

AddComponent, GetComponent

[rich adder]

#🖱️┃input-system

[peak dock]

ive heard unity charges you per download, it it true?

[languid spire]

no

[summer stump]

Not a code question
See here #archived-pricing-updates-talk

[rich adder]

only if you earn more than a million dollars in revenue and have 1million downloads, its per unique install after (once per user)
You can choose if you want that billed or 2.5% revenue

[thorn holly]

So would transform in gameobject.transform be an instance of the Transform class and a field within gameobject?

[languid spire]

It means, effectively, the GameObject owns the Components

[peak dock]

im done

[rich adder]

It comes inherited from Component

[summer stump]

The instance of transform attached to the gameobject sure. The .transform field is just a reference though

[peak dock]

i might rewrite the code

[languid spire]

not a field within GameObject.
gameObject is a standard property of a Component referring to the GameObject that owns it
transform is a standard property within a Monobehaviour referring to the transform on the gameObject that owns both objects

[rich adder]

you see here its a public get

but extern

meaning its going in external library

[NativeHeader("Runtime/Export/Scripting/Component.bindings.h")]
[NativeClass("Unity::Component")]
[RequiredByNativeCode]```

@thorn holly you can still traces of old componets you can do on MB like .light , thats why you get squiggles when making a field called light in MB

[rich adder]

You did all the steps ?
show me if its configured then

[peak dock]

i think i did

i installed visual studio

[rich adder]

smart

but you still need configure it

[rich adder]

don't think, be sure

[peak dock]

how to i know if i did it right?

[rich adder]

when you open script from Unity in VS you will see all your errors underlined red

[thorn holly]

@rich adder I think I get it, so if you have an instance of a component, the gameObject property is simply a getter/setter reference to the instance of GameObject the component is attached to?

[peak dock]

alright, ill look

[languid spire]

close but not quite

[rich adder]

its all an Object

GameObject is part of it

[thorn holly]

As in GameObject extends from Object?

[languid spire]

GameObject is a class which inherits from UnityEngine.Object. gameObject is a Property which contains a reference to the instance of it's GameObject class

[thorn holly]

So when you make an instance of Object, does it also make an instance of GameObject and Component?

[peak dock]

@rich adder

[languid spire]

depends how you make that instance

[peak dock]

it doesnt work

[languid spire]

now look at the red lines and see what is missing

[rich adder]

its working perfectly

its showing you everything wrong

[peak dock]

right

[rich adder]

you just need to write proper syntax

[peak dock]

how to i fix

what is syntax

[rich adder]

how you arrange the code

[peak dock]

what do i need to change

[rare basin]

fix the errors

you have all of them underlined

hover over it and read the error

[rich adder]

start with the first underline red

[peak dock]

this is what i want:

[rare basin]

do what you've been told to

[peak dock]

yeah

[rich adder]

start in order

over the red

it says whats wrong

[thorn holly]

If you make an object through the editor, then what happens?

[languid spire]

what is the difference in these 2 lines?

[rare basin]

the 2nd one is longer

[rich adder]

xD

prob

[peak dock]

guys!

be serious

im in desperate need of help

[rare basin]

hover

over

the

red line

[languid spire]

I am dead serious

[rich adder]

mate, even look at your code and the dam video...Com on.. you don't see differences?

[peak dock]

not really

the red

[rich adder]

if you don't get your glasses asap

[rich adder]

no

[rare basin]

you dont see ANY difference?

[peak dock]

the color

[summer stump]

They are being serious. Look at the lines above the scenemanagement one in you OWN code. They have something that line doesn't have
Not the color at all

[rare basin]

in video:
public
in your code
Public

for example

[languid spire]

man, programming is definitely not for you

[thorn holly]

@peak dock what does the first line have that the second line doesn’t?

[peak dock]

i just installed visual stufio

i have no experience

[rare basin]

then learn the basics of c# first

[rich adder]

well then do a proper crash course then on c#

gamedev aint a cake

[rare basin]

you can't get help if you dont understand the help

[peak dock]

that line thing

[rare basin]

what else

video

your code

what is the difference

[desert elm]

how I add all the results into a list?

[peak dock]

its getting better

[rare basin]

no its getting worse

[rich adder]

this is a sentence.
this is a sentence
what's the differences?

[peak dock]

the dot

the period

[rare basin]

how you can't see ANY difference between the tutorial code and your code

you must be blind then im sorry

[languid spire]

man, just go and learn c#, this is going nowhere

[rich adder]

so why didn't you see that in the code with ;

; these symbols actually mean stuff in coding..

[rare basin]

iterate over the Collider2D[] and add each element to your list

[peak dock]

fr

[short hazel]

Collider2D[] arr = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(...);
yourList.AddRange(arr);

[rich adder]

so until you learn what they are, you will struggle HARD

[thorn holly]

@peak dock srsly just go do a c# course

[desert elm]

oh thanks-

what does arr mean?

[short hazel]

Variable name

Can be changed

Short for "array" to type less

[thorn holly]

Also @languid spire if I make a new object in the editor, does that make an instance of Object, GameObject, and Component?

[peak dock]

just tell me what to change please

and i will learn

[desert elm]

oh okay-

[rich adder]

that won't teach you anything

[peak dock]

it will

[rare basin]

depends how you make that instance

[peak dock]

instead of making me guess

[rare basin]

we are telling you

[rich adder]

you already should know what to change by looking at difference between the video and your code

[languid spire]

I answerd that above, it depends how you make the new Object

[rare basin]

but you dont understand it

as i said, you cant get help

if you dont understand what we are saying

[thorn holly]

@peak dock you’re not going to learn anything from that. There’s a difference between following directions and understanding what you’re doing

[acoustic arch]

can you use a nav mesh with most 3D environments

[thorn holly]

What if you make the object through the editor?

[rare basin]

wdym make object through the editor?

[rich adder]

what that mean "most 3D enviroment"

[thorn holly]

Sorry the inspector ig

[peak dock]

i dont know what to look for

[rare basin]

you cannot make objects throught the inspector (not mentioning custom inspecotr buttons to instantiate things)

[thorn holly]

So take a c# course so you do know what to look for

[languid spire]

you mean AddComponent, it's the same in code or the Inspector

[rich adder]

because you lack the basics of c#

[rare basin]

C# BASICS google it

[peak dock]

almost done

[rich adder]

no

[rare basin]

jezus fucking christ xd

[rich adder]

its worse

[peak dock]

fixing this masterpiece of a code

[rare basin]

wear your glasses, zoom 200% on the video and on your visual studio

look on the differences

and make it 1:1

[rich adder]

either show you put some effort into learning or find another place to get help... Don't be foolish

[languid spire]

Man, close Unity and just go back to playing games

[thorn holly]

I’m confused. If I right click in the editor and make a new 3d object, what is happening in code? Is a new instance of GameObject being made? What exactly happens when I do that?

[peak dock]

you guys are just jelous that im learining so fast

[rare basin]

yup

i wish to be that good

[sharp tapir]

Hi Everyone! I'm quite new to game development as I'm an undergraduate pursuing a computer science degree. My school project requires me to come up with a pizza-making game to teach people about math. The gameflow is basically
Step 1: Chef explains step 1 via dialogue box, then the game will require user to execute some actions. After executing the action, step 2 will be triggered.
Step 2: Chef explains step 2 via dialogue box, then the game will require user to execute some actions. After executing the action, step 3 will be triggered.
This goes on for a few steps, maybe until step 5.

The logic I have come up with is basically a DialogueManager, which is used to manage the dialogues, then GameManager, to manage the flow of the game and GameUIManager, to manage the UI of the game. Basically GameManager will trigger the DialogueManager to start the dialogue for step 1, and at the end of the dialogue, the GameManager will be triggered to trigger GameUIManager to display the UI for step 1. At the end of the step 1, I have a step tracker, called currentStep, which will be incremented and thus Step 2 will be called. However, as I have coded the basic game flow, I realise there are some bugs which I am unable to fix it.

For step1, everything is executed properly. However, as the UI for step 2 is being displayed, the DisplayNextSentence() function starts to become a little wonky. Could anyone help me with this?

[languid spire]

Yes, you can think of it as a new instance of GameObject and a new instance of Transform which is owned by the GameObject instance

[rare basin]

well do you have any code?

[sharp tapir]

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

[System.Serializable]
public class Dialogue
{
    //public string name;

    [TextArea(3, 10)]
    public string[] sentences;
}

[rare basin]

you might want to watch some dialogue tutorials on youtube, as your questions is so general to help you with all of it

[sharp tapir]

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

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public DialogueManager dialogueManager;
    private int currentStep = 1;
    [SerializeField] public GameUIManager UIManager;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        Debug.Log("this is game manager");
        dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepOne);
    }
   public void NextStep()
   {
        currentStep++;
        switch(currentStep) 
        {
        case 1:
            dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepOne);
            //execute step 1
            break;
        case 2:
            Debug.Log("This is case 2 of NextStep()");
            dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepTwo);
            //execute step 2
            break;
        case 3:
            dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepThree);
            //execute step 3
            break;
        case 4:
            dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepFour);
            //execute step 4
            break;
        case 5:
            dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepFive);
            //execute step 5
            break;
        default:
            dialogueManager.StartDialogueManager(dialogueManager.stepOne);
            //execute step default
            break;
        }
   }
   public void ExecuteStep()
   {
           switch(currentStep) 
        {
        case 1:
            UIManager.StepOne();
            break;
        case 2:
            //execute step 2
            break;
        case 3:
            //execute step 3
            break;
        case 4:
            //execute step 4
            break;
        case 5:
           
            //execute step 5
            break;
        default:
            UIManager.StepOne();
            //execute step default
            break;
        }
   }
}

[rare basin]

i'd make dialogues as scriptable objects, some kind of dialogue manager

[thorn holly]

Wdym owned? Like I can’t just say in code GameObjectInstance owns TransformInstance

[rare basin]

and integrate it with input system

[rare basin]

this is awful code

[sharp tapir]

yupp i did it already just that after putting everything together, something seems to be messed up

[rare basin]

what if you have 30 steps?

[rich adder]

holy shit ever hear of an array ?

[sharp tapir]

oh theres only gonna be 5 steps at most

[rich adder]

you're in CS and u dont know an array

sad

[rare basin]

Dictionary<int, Dialogue>

<step, dialogue>

[rare basin]

sure but make things the right way

[gaunt ice]

maybe year 1 student

[rich adder]

even a CS crashcourse tells you about collections and O notation xD

[rare basin]

and all the variables stepOne stepTwo

[sharp tapir]

yeahh i just started year 1

[rare basin]

this entire architecture is just bad

you won't be happy workign with that code later

[peak dock]

😮‍💨

[languid spire]

if you say in code
GameObject go = new GameObject():
that will create an instance of GameObject and a instance of Transform which will be belong to that instance of GameObject

[sharp tapir]

😦

[rare basin]

adding 6th step is too much work instead of just drag&drop the scriptable object into the list of dialogues for example

[rich adder]

SO might be overkill

[rare basin]

yea for that project

[rich adder]

a simple json with the lines, scroll through the array of strings

[peak dock]

Guys, help me with that last part

and we good

ill forgive u

[rare basin]

200% zoom video

and find it

[rich adder]

dude if you're copying a video then copy it ..

[languid spire]

and, no, instance of Transform cannot be transfered to other GameObject instances

[spring skiff]

Visual Studio Warning:
"Screen.SetResolution(int, int, bool, int)" is outdated: "SetResolution(int, int, bool, int) is obsolete. Use SetResolution(int, int, FullScreenMode, RefreshRate) instead."

Why? I use Unity 2023.2.3f1 and why does even the Unity Documentation say, that it is still wroten "Screen.SetResolution..."?

[peak dock]

im dont guys

[rare basin]

good luck making other functions and mechanics mate

[sharp tapir]

my dialoguemanager is even worse...

[peak dock]

thanks for the motivation guys

[rare basin]

i'd say start from scratch

[sharp tapir]

im quite lost in this whole thing tbh

[rare basin]

it is pain in the ass already to work with that dialogue system

[rich adder]

not that diffcult, you're just working with a bunch of strings.

[rare basin]

that's a good tutorial for a complete begginer

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

[rich adder]

just look up how to do that in c#

[sharp tapir]

actually i followed that tutorial

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/strings/

[rare basin]

then why do you have big switch statements

and weird variables like stepOne

[violet falcon]

Hello, i have made a script that with it you can change the skins but when i click one it dosnt load the skin and let default skin the code is https://paste.ofcode.org/b2yjT5RfBESERxiNhAfxmS

[sharp tapir]

because i want to make it such that step one instructions will be displayed, and users have to execute a certain action

[thorn holly]

Oh I think I get it. So if I said go.transform, transform would be a property that references the new instance of Transform that is created when go was created?

[sharp tapir]

then step 2 will be displayed, and users have to execute a certain action

[rare basin]

still, you can do this following the tutorial

[languid spire]

exactly

[rich adder]

if you ever find naming things somethingOne, somethingTwo you need a collection. Like array

[rare basin]

its just a chain of dialogues

im assuming it's linear

without any branches/choices

[peak dock]

guys it doesnt work

[thorn holly]

What was supposed to happen?

[peak dock]

im making a start button for my game, and i wanted it to load the game

[rare basin]

did you assign the function to button's on click event?

[sharp tapir]

yeah just that i was confused as to how do i transit from displaying the dialogue to allowing the user to execute a certain action at a certain point of the dialogue

[violet falcon]

can someone help me with this

[peak dock]

yes

[rare basin]

learn how to ask for help

[rare basin]

did you debug it if it's being called

do you have event system?

[summer stump]

No. Not without actual information

[peak dock]

what is that

[violet falcon]

what information more you need

[rich adder]

You could probably slice the sentence into different words, and when you hit that particular word you call a Method

[rare basin]

[summer stump]

Code of course

[short hazel]

SetResolution has multiple overloads. The one you're trying to use, which takes two int, a bool, and an int, is obsolete. The other overloads in that screenshot are still valid. The warning/error suggests the correct overload to use

[rare basin]

what information do we need in CODE channel?

[peak dock]

how long does it take to learn c# coding or whatever its called

[rare basin]

for you? years i'd say

[summer stump]

Unanswerable

[rich adder]

depends how fast you are at learning.. so far..you might take a few years

[peak dock]

a real kneslapper pal

[languid spire]

!code

[summer stump]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[thorn holly]

Dude, there’s no need to be a jerk

[rich adder]

double kill

[rare basin]

sorry bossman

[violet falcon]

it's to long t send like that

i tried

[summer stump]

Read long code blocks

[rich adder]

well you refuse to learn the proper way, thats not a good sign of wanting to learn

[languid spire]

Hey, he was being optimistic

[spring skiff]

I dont get it? What is wrong by using it and what should be better used?
Currently, I use:

Screen.SetResolution(Display.main.systemWidth, Display.main.systemHeight, true, 60);

[vast tangle]

I am trying to make a object I brought from blender clickable
I put the "Button" Component on the object and changed the OnClick values
But nothing happens when I click it, it doesnt hit my visual studios breakpoint (when other methods do)
The purple parts are the objects imported that have the Button component
Any help appreciated!

Edit: SimonsSaysObject is a CanvasGroup

[sharp tapir]

anyway, the code for dialoguemanager is this..
https://gdl.space/osajedovet.cs

[violet falcon]

https://paste.ofcode.org/b2yjT5RfBESERxiNhAfxmS

[rich adder]

so you're using a collection already with Queue
why did you make stepOne,stepTwo,etc..?

[short hazel]

As versions move forward, some features are obsoleted. For now you're getting a warning, in a later version you'll be getting an error.
And again, the correct overload to use is the one mentioned in the warning message:

Use SetResolution(int, int, FullScreenMode, RefreshRate) instead.

[thorn holly]

So if I make a new script, that makes a new instance of Component. If I say gameObject within that script, that’s a property referencing the GameObject the script is attatchements to. Lastly, if I say gameObject.transform, that’s using a property to reference the instance of GameObject the script is attached to, and then transform is a property of that GameObject that references the instance of Transform that is attached to that GameObject?

[sharp tapir]

because i didnt know how to transit from displaying step 1 to a user-executable action, without making everything in just one script

[languid spire]

youve got it

[thorn holly]

Holy hell, that was a struggle. Thank you so much though, I’m glad I understand something that I’m never going to use XD

[rare basin]

pseudo code:
if player presses certain key
proceed to another queue step

[rare basin]

you will

[rich adder]

the same way you scroll through sentences

[rare basin]

unless you move to another engine

[acoustic arch]

so for late response, like my 3D world i made for the enemy to path in

[rich adder]

why would navmesh not work ?

[peak dock]

i never refused, i just wanted to make a home menu quick

[rare basin]

you did atleast several times

[acoustic arch]

i've never used it before i just wondered if i'd have to find new options

[rich adder]

"I just wanna do..." insert thing. Is common to someone who refuses to take a step back and revisit the basics before jumping head first.
Im serious search it in this discord, you will see

[rare basin]

it will work

[rare basin]

try it first, if it doesnt work then ask

[acoustic arch]

ask chatgbt to make the script for you 🤩

[sharp tapir]

so i should make all the instructions in one queue?

[rare basin]

well if you have all the steps in a queue

you dont need variables such as stepOne stepTwo

you already have acces to the first, second step inside the queue

[languid spire]

one more wrinkle in the story
if you do
Instantiate(obj)
and obj is a GameObject it will create a GameObject and a Transform
if obj is a prefab it wil create a copy of the prefab
if obj is a Component it will create a GameObject, a Transform and the Component

[terse raven]

Hi everyone. I am making a game where a player can go on a hover board (2D top down) and when the player goes on the board I want the player to be able to look where they want but the boards rotation to be the same as the direction its travelling in. In simpler terms I want to be able to find the direction the board is travelling in only using the players current velocity. How would I go about this?

[spring skiff]

Oh, now it works, I was confused because of it doesen't show the "Screen."

[violet falcon]

Please help me with this

[rich adder]

seprate them into two different gameobjects ?

[thorn holly]

Heres my suggestion. Do a c# crash course. Then, do a couple unity learn lessons. If that doesn’t work, do scratch, a c# crash course, then unity learn lessons. You can’t just dive head first into this.

[peak dock]

wait

[sharp tapir]

yeah so if from step 1, i wanna transit to a user-executable action, how do i trigger it? do i create a sentenceTracker lets say, for the 3rd sentence in the queue suggests the end of the step 1?

[peak dock]

kinda smart

[languid spire]

I look at your code and I see no effort to debug it, why is this?

[rare basin]

in your dialogue manager

in update look for key pressed by the user

then execute NextDialogueSentence()

[violet falcon]

i alredy made a debug and it was working

[rare basin]

where you handle all the things

[rich adder]

thats horrible advice . Goodluck learning anything that isnt broken with that😆

[thorn holly]

Got it, that makes sense. It’s like a chain, and when you make something, it only has to make the stuff below it. Makes sense, Tysm.

[rare basin]

proceed to next queue step, display it's dialogue

[peak dock]

okay, i wont

any good videos to learn coding?

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting

[thorn holly]

My advice is?

[rare basin]

if(Input.GetKeyDown(Keycode.Space))
{
   NextDialogueStep();
}

[sharp tapir]

yes i have all these already, it's just that after 3 sentences, i need the users to perform some sort of action before continuing the dialogue

[acoustic arch]

it's not kinda smart because i was being sarcastic

[rich adder]

no talking about the other guy who suggested GPT

[acoustic arch]

not smart

[rare basin]

such as?

[thorn holly]

Oh didn’t see that

[acoustic arch]

i was kididng lmao

[rare basin]

gathering certain item?

killing certain monster?

[vast tangle]

Can anyone help me out please 🙂
If you need more info im happy to supply!

[rich adder]

well you should prob say that cause ppl take that seriously and its just bad way to learn

[sharp tapir]

it's a pizza making game, so, selecting a dough size

[rare basin]

can you try disable the Orange,Grren,Blue objects

[peak dock]

i aint readin all that

[rare basin]

and then check if it works?

[acoustic arch]

i thought the 🤩 emoji would make it clear but possibly not

[languid spire]

then why are you here, because I see no evidence of debugging in that code

[rich adder]

its videos your troll monkey @peak dock

[rare basin]

i have a feeling that the orange, green blue ale blocking the raycast to Red @vast tangle

[violet falcon]

Debug was working but skin changes dosnt work

[languid spire]

that statement makes no sense

[acoustic arch]

if your not willing to learn then you should probably stop asking for suggestions

[rich adder]

did you even bother clicking or are you actually inept ?

[peak dock]

the first one is just text

[tender breach]

I'm trying to make a sprite a random color from an array.

[vast tangle]

Like this? still doesnt work

[rich adder]

hows this text

you have some vision problems

[rare basin]

ow

your button is missing target graphic

[wild cargo]

Code Monkey is a good video-form resource for beginners/intermediates

[rare basin]

it cannot catch the raycast

[peak dock]

i dont know, gone?

[rare basin]

right click -> ui -> make button, fit the size so it matches the graphics, then reduce the image alpha to 0 and see if it works @vast tangle

[rare basin]

can someone mute this guy lol

[peak dock]

im only speaking when other people are speaking to me

stop being a cuck

im just asking for help

[rich adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Z7xc18CcA&list=PLX2vGYjWbI0S9-X2Q021GUtolTqbUBB9B
Its the same exact Playlist.

[violet falcon]

this is the code that changes the skin: https://paste.ofcode.org/3M5anup7uAybKVsf4DAEBi

it has the debug

[acoustic arch]

you should read through w3schools c# after a bit it helped me a lot

[peak dock]

thank you! ill look through it

[vast tangle]

It works as a button element, but I only want the purple button areas to be clickable and not just as a square button that also touch the background black circle

[languid spire]

Do you really think that 1 Debug.Log statement is debugging code?

[vast tangle]

is there a way to make the purple object clickable?

[violet falcon]

it debug one skin change

[rare basin]

well the button is a rectangle

can't make it circular

[languid spire]

no you don't, you debug I PlayerPrefs call

[polar acorn]

Pretty sure this was answered last night

[rare basin]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-make-a-circle-button/151181/3

[violet falcon]

i do not really know how debugs works

[fluid kiln]

Is Using Cursor-Following Objects a Viable Alternative to TextMesh Pro (TMP) for Unity UI Elements?

Cause UI elements will only be clickable if they have a button/image, which i can't make invisible unlike sprites,a dn i was wodnering if its something that people do.

[rich adder]

should've been first thing you learned

[rare basin]

then google it

[rare basin]

why cant you make the image invisible?

[vast tangle]

yes I understand 🙂
I was more asking if it was possible to make an entire object clickable instead of putting a button on it
Is adding a Button Component the wrong move here?

[rare basin]

the button component need to have Image referenced

so it "catches" the raycast
no other way

[rich adder]

disable the raycast target on TMP Text

[rare basin]

button works only on UI elements, you cannot add a button to your 3d mesh for example @vast tangle

[vast tangle]

oh i see

[rare basin]

you can simulate it

by making a raycast

so you don't need a button

but shoot a raycast from your mouse forward instead

[languid spire]

Debugs work by putting them at the start and End of every single method you have and then to look at the console output to see what your code does.
Either that or learn to use the VS debugger and step through your code

[rare basin]

and check if you hit your desired purple thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaYfoe9i5lY

watch this

[vast tangle]

Great I was just about to ask what I should google 🙂

thank you!

[fluid kiln]

thanks a lot ❤️

[fluid kiln]

oh sorry i've explained myself wrong, im trying to make an inventory slot clickable/hoverable.

this is its components, sadly sprites and colliders don;t count for onclick actions prebuilt in unity.

So i was wondering if the best way to do this was using a collider.

(i've tried using immages but i can;t make them transparent even when i dodn't assign any object to them they appear as white)

[peak dock]

I FIXED IT GUYS

it works

im a master coder

[rich adder]

you can use the physics 2d raycaster.. but is there a reason to use colliders?

[unkempt goblet]

can anyone recommend any tutorials that go show how to make an inventory system but also make it save?

[rich adder]

that is a complex system

start with a basic list / dictionary of items and learn to serialize that into file

[unkempt goblet]

ok any channels that you would recommend?

[wild cargo]

You could make the Inventory Slot class implement the appropriate interfaces for IPointerXHandler (like IPointerEnterHandler) which doesn't need any colliders to use.
(only works for UI elements and upon second glance, it seems like you're using sprite renderers which are not UI, so maybe convert your system)

[rich adder]

I would reccommend just learning all those part individually instead of blindly following someones way of doing it

[modest dust]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseOver.html
This might help, but UI Images and IPointer interfaces would be better (just change the color alpha to 0 to make them invisible)

[fluid kiln]

i've never used raycasters, ill have to document myself about them.

[unkempt goblet]

ok through docs or specific website?

[hidden sun]

any idea?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-Physics2DRaycaster.html

its a a component, you put it on the camera

it gives you all the UI callbacks

still not sure why you're using colliders for UI like inventory though

[fluid kiln]

uhm tbh neither documentation nor that really esplained it to me x.x sorry im very unexperienced, i'll just watch a video ^-^

[fluid kiln]

because im a noob and i think practical rather than functional

[rich adder]

huh? its a component, you throw it on the camera and does its thing

yeah maybe watch a video

[wild cargo]

Learn about canvases and rect transforms, it should take no longer than 1 hour and you will thank yourself later

[desert elm]

what are component types? atleast in this content- Is it just the name of the component?

[rich adder]

its just impractical to use physics objects (colliders) on UI lol
also they will not scale well with differen resolutions, Canvas handles that better

[wild cargo]

T is basically a wild card (generic) for any type

And the name of the component is the name of the class, which is the name of the type so you're correct on that

[peak dock]

what button do i press to make

{

}

[wintry quarry]

The { button

[peak dock]

i dont have that

[wintry quarry]

how did you type what you typed then?

[wild cargo]

If you're on EU like I am, use AltGR + 7 (for {) or 0 (for })

[desert elm]

ah, okay, understood
so I can just say put something like "Health" instead of T to get the Component named that?

[wild cargo]

If you have a class named Health then yeah that should work

[peak dock]

what is gr?

[wild cargo]

The right button of your space key

Like the one next to it

[peak dock]

oh okay

[wild cargo]

Basically alt + ctrl

[fluid kiln]

thanks!

The ui elements that can interact with events are images, buttons, text, and neither i fit what i need here :/ but ill try.

As i said images would be the best bet, but since its an inventory slot, and it can be empty, if i use immages, when empty, it would show a completely white image which isn't ideal/

[rich adder]

nothing fit because the way you're doing it is wrong

[fluid kiln]

what would be your best tip in my case?

[wild cargo]

You can just disable the icon when there's no item, or set it to a blank image (the former is a better option)

[rich adder]

Use the UI and do it properly

[wild cargo]

They are asking for tips, I don't think that is the most appropriate tip in this case

[rich adder]

the tip is to start over and learn the UI

[wild cargo]

Yeah, but maybe you could've gone a little in depth as to what they should learn first

[rich adder]

anything else wil just confuse them, you want me to give a step by step on how they should display it?

this is out of the scope of a coding channel

[wild cargo]

But then again one could simply direct them to for example create a canvas and put an image into it, which would not be that out of scope imo

Or just a link to a resource if you don't want to use too much effort by making a 2 step intro into UI