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[idle elk]

https://gdl.space/yizinacuji.cs

[rocky canyon]

👍 much better

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

context with question ^

[idle elk]

https://gdl.space/qahegadesa.cs

[rocky canyon]

did you debug the values of the player pref variable to see if it is what u believe it should be?

[idle elk]

yup

[rocky canyon]

which variable is it? that should be loading into the game?

or which playerpref value are u working with?

[idle elk]

this code at void collectstone

[autumn arrow]

im mby stupid but how do i prevent dealing damage while in the trygger i want to deal the damage only once and i have to reenter the trigger

[rocky canyon]

youre using the correct one..

OnEnter happens only once during the first interaction with the trigger

OnStay would happen every physics frame that you are in the trigger

[wintry quarry]

If either object has multiple colliders this would run once for each collider.

[autumn arrow]

well it will deal damage even tho it is in the tigger

[rocky canyon]

then it might be exiting and entering over and over

u can test it with simple primitive shapes.. u can drag a box into the trigger, it'll only happen once..

its probably ur setup and colliders, like praet mentioned

[autumn arrow]

no i have only one i just tested it on a wall and its will be doing the same thing

the second i touch the trigger the hp go down extremly fast

[rocky canyon]

are u sure there isnt other scripts?

or the script isnt being disabled and re-enabled over and over?

[autumn arrow]

only this

youtube

brackeys

[rocky canyon]

so "Enemy AI Found and Damaged" debug is happening over and over too?

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[autumn arrow]

nope

so its becous of the method

ye

and a lot of projects

i dont much tho mostly use Tutorials

[rocky canyon]

has to be.. if that debug doesnt go constantly.. then its not the trigger that happens over and over

[autumn arrow]

then i nead to ind a way to call it only once pre enter

[rocky canyon]

very weird.. is ur TakeDamage() function called anywhere else?

in an Update loop of something

[autumn arrow]

no

[rocky canyon]

idk that doesn't make sense tbh, why would the function be running more than once..

but not the trigger that calls that function?

[wintry quarry]

Add Debug.Log and see where it's being called

the stack trace will show it

[autumn arrow]

in here

nice i fixed it

it was me being stopid

i forgot that i had dmg on the weapon set to 999 cus i was stesting somethign else

and i was just oneshoting the objects but beacous of the Invoke it was destroy them later thats why i thout they were geting kiled while inside the trigger

[idle elk]

This is script where i save

[idle elk]

This script to display

Idont know why the stone dont display while debug " stone display"

[honest haven]

any one?

[rocky canyon]

debug ur outputs and make sure they're getting modified with the values u expect..

then.. make sure ur animations arent controlling its position (overwriting ur code)

if its set to "Root Motion" the animation will overwrite the translation u use in code

[honest haven]

thanks

[rocky canyon]

just to be extra sure.. the better way to do it.. is to have a parent root object.. thats the object you move in ur code.. the animation and stuff should be Graphics.. it should be seperate from the logic.. and a child

iso u animate the graphics in the child.. but u move the parent container thats containing that child..

the animated graphics will just follow along.. b/c of being parented

[honest haven]

awesome. understand

[rancid pelican]

hello hello! So i'm in the process of creating a fangame, but i'm having an issue with the main menu. I'm trying to recreate Danganronpa's way of using a "Press Any Key" function to get the actual main menu options, but i can't figure it out?

[zealous oxide]

Hey friends, i'm trying apply a force to a projectile based on a vector2 that is made up of the right analog stick axis' on a controller and my issue is that if the analog stick isnt moved to an edge, the projectiles generated are slower. I'd like to make sure all the projectiles are moving at the same speed. I get that the vector2 figures will be anywhere between -1 to +1 and having a vector2 thats like 0.2,0.01 will make the projectiles slower than something like 0.75,0.75 but im not sure what my options are here. The only other alternative i've thought of is to generate the projectiles moving Vector2.right but possibly rotate them?

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input-anyKey.html

[idle elk]

Sir do you have any solution regarding my problem ? Or can you suggest another script .. my game basically need to collect calorie ..after collect calorie user can collect stone to go next level .. i want to save only stone and display in another scene .

[wintry quarry]

normalize the vector

[rocky canyon]

PlayerPrefs.SetInt("StonesCollected_Level" + SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex, stonesCollected);
PlayerPrefs.Save();

i dont use playerprefs

but i think its something about the way u try to save the build index with the string..

[rancid pelican]

ahah, yes, but how do I make it so it gets rid of the "Press Any Key" text and shows the "Start" option and other main menu buttons.

[idle elk]

Can you suggest another way to savs it? And appear in another scene ?

[rocky canyon]

have you seen any of those PlayerPrefs assets in the Unity Asset Store

some of em has a window that u can look at that will show ur player prefs

it can help you debug

[timber tide]

Start your journey by researching into using Unity's UI and Canvas components

[zealous oxide]

excellent, thank you!

[rocky canyon]

I use JSON and Serialized Data.. but thats pretty advanced for saving a random integer

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/playerprefs-editor-167903

like this one

[idle elk]

Orite tq i will try

[rocky canyon]

can help u visualize the playerprefs that ur modifying

instead of just trying to guess and having to debug the values all the time

it may help ya find a solution

if not just keep asking..

[nova swift]

Anyone got any tips to deal with this stuterring?
It all seems to work pretty well physics wise, just not visually.
This is how I'm moving the player and the platform:

        if(xMovement != 0)
        {
            float t = Mathf.SmoothStep(0f, 1f, Mathf.PingPong(Time.time * speed, 1f));
            Vector2 newPosition = Vector2.Lerp(startPos, endPos, t);

            // Calculate the delta position
            Vector2 deltaPosition = newPosition - (Vector2)transform.position;

            // Move the platform
            transform.position = newPosition;

            if (playerOnPlatform)
            {
                // Move the player along with the platform without interfering with velocities
                playerScript.rb.position += deltaPosition;
            }
        }

[dark oak]

Guys, how can I use input.GetAxisRaw for player control in unity

[wintry quarry]

That's a very vague question. GetAxisRaw tells you the current state of some input axis.

You use it however you want to control your player object

The details of that are bespoke to how your player and your game works

[dark oak]

can i use it for fps player movements?

[wintry quarry]

sure, why not

Maybe look up some tutorials for FPS character controllers

[dark oak]

tnx

[dark oak]

im using unity 2017.4 on windows 7

[wintry quarry]

That's a very old version of Unity and Windows

But, ok.

[gusty hazel]

how can i add a dahsing fearue if my movement works like this, would this work

if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.RightArrow) || Input.GetKey (KeyCode.LeftArrow) || Input.GetKey (KeyCode.A) || Input.GetKey (KeyCode.D)) {
            transform.Translate (Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * speed, 0, 0);
        }
        if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.UpArrow) || Input.GetKey (KeyCode.DownArrow) || Input.GetKey (KeyCode.S) || Input.GetKey (KeyCode.W)) {
            transform.Translate (0, Input.GetAxis ("Vertical") * Time.deltaTime * speed, 0);
        }

[wintry quarry]

disable this code during the dash

and no, the link would not work

you cannot mix Rigidbody motion with transform.Translate

[desert elm]

it seems I have a problem with a stack overflow
with the recursion, where for some reason, it gets repeated
and Now i can't even run the game without getting a stack overflow, even after restarting the engine

[wintry quarry]

why wouldn't this get repeated?

You probably should start the new raycast from slightly further along in the original ray's direction

[rocky canyon]

you can try to use some interpolation if its a rigidbody.. another solution would to be to parent the object to the platform while ur standing still.. unparent it when u start moving.. would also need to disable things like ur rigidbody and what not when u do and renable it when u get off of it

theres different solutions.

actually it could be just ur camera.. can use cinemachine to follow ur target smoothly..

also has more options

[desert elm]

it should only repeat once after the reload timer is set to zero in the other part of the code

[desert elm]

how much? like, 0.1 of a unit?

[wintry quarry]

sounds like a decent start. Big enough to not hit the same collider in the same spot again, small enough to not screw anything else up

[desert elm]

yeah ill do this

[nova swift]

I'm interested on rigidbody interpolation, since i'm not sure what you mean by that. I've previously tried the parenting methods, and this is actually moving on from that, because it didnt work well with the physics, and I also used to use cinemachine, before I moved on and made custom camera movement

[rocky canyon]

well i dont think its the rigidbody.. its not the rigidbody thats jittering

its the camera.. now that might happen if its parented to the player..

[nova swift]

It's not parented for one

[rocky canyon]

but interpolation smooths out the movement of a rigidbody

[nova swift]

Ah, I've already got that turned on unfortunately

[rocky canyon]

it basically takes where it is.. where its going.. and finds a middle ground

[desert elm]

and this is also a weird error

[rocky canyon]

cinemachine is built into unity.. just need to go into the package manager get it..

im sure with its features u can get a smooth follow

[desert elm]

since armor, maxHealth and health are all public bools in Unit

[rocky canyon]

it has a great section of options for 2d scrollers just like this..

with deadzones and whatnot.. to keep the chracter int he center

[nova swift]

I'll try making the camera idle and see if the issue persists to see it's my camera movement that's the problem, because I actually stoped using cinemachine because i wanted to accurately recreate the camera from the sonic classics in 90s

[thorn holly]

Run some debug code right before the if statement that checks if any of the variables in line 122 are null

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xk6rlhBeXBA&ab_channel=GDTitans

check out this video..

u can see things like damping

which would totally help ya out

[nova swift]

Yea I made the camera idle issue still persists

[rocky canyon]

hmm may have to code in a solution then

[nova swift]

Yea I guess so

[rocky canyon]

moving platforms are always a PITA

[nova swift]

yea haha, thanks for giving a response though, appreciate it

[desert elm]

thanks

[thorn holly]

Is your ide set up correctly?

[rocky canyon]

integrated development editor

or something like that.

[thorn holly]

The place where you write the code

[rocky canyon]

its ur code editor.. VStudio VSCde

[thorn holly]

Well yeah, but will it auto finish your code and highlight errors and stuff?

[rocky canyon]

ur error is here tho..

see if u can figure it out

^ ding ding

[thorn holly]

Then your ide isn’t set up right

[languid spire]

rb.AddForce(speedright * Time.deltaTime, 0, 0,);
one , too many

[thorn holly]

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[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI6H3_Ry49k&t=86s&ab_channel=SpawnCampGames

heres a visual guide if thats ur taste

for visual studio ofc, if ur using visual studio code, you'll have to use a different source

[desert elm]

could just copy/duplicate a script?

[rich adder]

likely the type doesn't match the component or you're putting a scene object onto a prefab not in scene

[wintry quarry]

TextMeshPro is the 3D text version. It's unlikely you're using that

[slender nymph]

use TMP_Text for the variable type

[wintry quarry]

you probably want TextMeshProUGUI. But it's usually best to just use TMP_Text since that covers both of them

[rich adder]

put the correct type TMP_Text

[harsh hemlock]

Hi, anyone know why this text(TMP) isnt showing up in the actual game?

[slender nymph]

not a code question. but it's also not on your canvas

[wintry quarry]

The bright white lines are the bottom left corner of your canvas. Your text is outside (to the left) of the canvas.

[harsh hemlock]

oh thanks, i couldnt see it because it was so big

[slender nymph]

check the docs pinned in #📲┃ui-ux to learn how the canvas works and how to set up your UI

[merry spade]

when I rotate my capsule in the scene the arrows for the z y and x pos doesnt turn with the rotation

why is that?

[slender nymph]

your tool handle is set to global rotation instead of local

and not a code question

[merry spade]

oh sry but thank you

[upbeat stirrup]

how would i offset a prefabs position by a vector3 taking account for the rotation?

[slender nymph]

use transform.TransformDirection and pass in your desired offset direction. but make sure to call that on the object whose rotation you want to account for. then you can just add that new direction to the position

[timber tide]

do you mean offset it such as the rotation would be considered 0 rotation when considering position?

[upbeat stirrup]

if the z rotation is 0, Vector3(0, 1, 0) would move it up, and if rotation was 180, same vector would move it down

[slender nymph]

if the object is not rotated then 1,0,0 would move it right, not up

[wintry quarry]

taking into account the rotation of what?

[rocky canyon]

just dont modify the rotation...

add the vector3 to the position as the offset.. the rotation will remain the same

[upbeat stirrup]

crap your right

[rocky canyon]

rotation is global.. localRotation is local

[timber tide]

z+ is forward
x+ is right
y+ is up

[slender nymph]

still though, the answer i provided would solve your issue
#💻┃code-beginner message

[upbeat stirrup]

alr, thanks!

[stable ore]

whats wrong with this

im so confused

[undone rampart]

you have 2 scripts with the same name

[wintry quarry]

you have a duplicate script

both of them define class PlayerMovement

[stable ore]

where

what line

[wintry quarry]

Not on a line

a different file

You have two scripts defining the same class.

[stable ore]

yeah i just clocked i delted that buy now when i play my game my animations messed up (there is 2 animations playing while walking idk y)

im following tutorial rn its from 2 years ago

might be outdated that y idk

[wintry quarry]

no

it's not outdated

you made a mistake somewhere

[stable ore]

alr ig i gotta go through 40 mins of tutorial cuz its in episodes💀 🔥 ima j go sleep this makin my brain rot rn

[subtle hedge]

if i want to add arms to my fps character, how should i start, should i add for each wepaon a pair of arms with different animations ?

[north kiln]

Is there a code question in there

[subtle hedge]

well yeah kinda

should i code in different animations for the arms and each and every gun

[subtle hedge]

or should i do this

[rich adder]

group them by animation type, try to keep it generic?

[eternal needle]

You could do animation rigging if you simply just need the hands in different places based on weapon.

[subtle hedge]

what about the reload animation ?

[timber tide]

skip the arms just use weapons as the arms

[north kiln]

Either way, there is not (or barely) a code question here and you should not be asking in this channel

[subtle hedge]

no code in the question, but i try to know how to aproach it for me to be easyer to code in the arms

[north kiln]

Just do what's the least amount of work for your game or authoring pipeline

[subtle hedge]

but i need the arms

it's esential

[waxen oracle]

Is there a way i can use one script to change a variable from another script from a different object

[slender nymph]

get a reference to the instance of the component you would like to change a variable on. and that variable must be public or have some public way of changing it (like a public property or method)

[chrome osprey]

Guys can you help me!
I use Unity Netcode, the players can move and now I want to move the camera to the center of the players, does anyone have any idea how to do this

I would appreciate any attempt to help 😔

[slender nymph]

obligatory: use cinemachine

[chrome osprey]

Thank you a lot I will check this out

[earnest atlas]

Can someone help. Its driving me crazy.

 public void ShowGameOverScreen(bool show)
 {
     SceneManager.LoadScene("2");
 }

Im pretty sure this is supposed to work. Considered from scene 0 to 1 it works. But from 1-2 no, 2-1 or 2-0 also no

Why??

[polar acorn]

You don't have any scenes named "0", "1", or "2"

[earnest atlas]

im loading by index arent i?

[polar acorn]

No

You're passing in a string

If you want to load by index, pass in a number

[earnest atlas]

wdy I am passing a number

[polar acorn]

No you aren't

[earnest atlas]

wait

[polar acorn]

"2" is a string

[earnest atlas]

Im tired as geck

btw does loading a scene resets it?

[rich adder]

yes, unless its a DDOL or static vars

[earnest atlas]

YAY I am almost done with this

[waxen oracle]

i have a reference to both the instance and the script of the instance, how can i change the variables in the object?

[swift crag]

I am unclear how you'd have a reference to the "script" of the instance

do you mean you have a reference to both a GameObject and to a monobehaviour class you've created?

[waxen oracle]

i have a reference to what says Image(Dialogue)

Image is the object

and dialogue is the script, the reference is to the script on that instance of image

[earnest atlas]

while I am here can I link these together?

If I anchor them to top right wont they overlap each other.

[wintry quarry]

#📲┃ui-ux

[swift crag]

Show me a screenshot of your inspector.

[polar acorn]

That is a reference to the instance of Dialogue that is on the GameObject named Image

[waxen oracle]

yeah i know

but how can i use the variables from that

[wintry quarry]

referenceName.variableName

[swift crag]

ah, I was getting tripped up by the "Image" name

[waxen oracle]

Whenever i try that

nothing will happen, and at the bottom ill get an index error

[wintry quarry]

wdym "index error"?

Show your code and your error

[waxen oracle]

IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside bounds of the array

[polar acorn]

Then that would mean you're trying to get the index of a collection that is either negative or bigger than the count of the collection

[north kiln]

Can you show the error

[waxen oracle]

the variable name script is working completely fine btw, thats attached to the same object

[polar acorn]

Nothing here is indexing anything

[waxen oracle]

i copied the error

[polar acorn]

Show the error

[polar acorn]

So then why didn't you paste it

[waxen oracle]

That’s literally the error word for word

[north kiln]

Include the stack trace

[polar acorn]

The whole thing

including what line it's on

[waxen oracle]

Its not an error in the code

[north kiln]

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

[waxen oracle]

its a red warning error i get after the codes ran

[polar acorn]

Yes, it is.

This is not a compile error your IDE could give you

[waxen oracle]

It shows in unity

[north kiln]

It's an exception, it has a stack trace

[polar acorn]

if you get that error, it's in your console

[prime cobalt]

Is it possible to make a bool be false while a specific animation in an animation controller is playing?

[waxen oracle]

Visual studio tells me i have 0 errors

[north kiln]

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

[polar acorn]

Because it's not a compile error

it's in the Unity console because it's a runtime error in your code.

now show

the

error

[swift crag]

some kinds of errors can be caught by the compiler before your code runs

these are compile-time errors. you'll see them in both your code editor and in unity, and they'll stop your game from running

like if you make a typo or try to assign a value that doesn't fit into a variable

[waxen oracle]

IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
dialogue+<TypeLine>d__8.MoveNext () (at Assets/scripts/ui/dialogue.cs:46)
UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine.InvokeMoveNext (System.Collections.IEnumerator enumerator, System.IntPtr returnValueAddress) (at <f7237cf7abef49bfbb552d7eb076e422>:0)
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
dialogue:startdialogue() (at Assets/scripts/ui/dialogue.cs:42)
dialogue:Start() (at Assets/scripts/ui/dialogue.cs:18)

[summer stump]

The difference between compiler errors and runtime errors is important.
A compiler error means something in your code COULD NOT possibly work.
A runtime error is something that could work but for whatever reason failed when it tried

[swift crag]

other errors occur when the code runs

[wintry quarry]

that has nothing to do with your question
that's an error with your code accessing an array element that doesn't exist.

[swift crag]

these are run-time errors

[north kiln]

dialogue.cs:46

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it's dialogue.cs line 46

Which has absolutely nothing to do with the code you've shown

[waxen oracle]

Because it shouldn’t

The variable i change never even appears in that code, its literally is just meant to show if it runs

[polar acorn]

Because what shouldn't

[waxen oracle]

so that error is useless

and was just because nothings in there

[polar acorn]

No, your question is useless, solve the error

[north kiln]

If you want anyone to help you, post the code that's relevant to the error that you want to solve

don't just post some random code that's got nothing to do with it

[waxen oracle]

The error would almost definitely be that theres nothing for it to run

[polar acorn]

No, the error is that you're trying to access an index outside the bounds of the array on dialogue.cs line 46

[waxen oracle]

theres nothing for it to run because i cant give it anything to run because i do not know how

[polar acorn]

That's the entirety of the problem

[polar acorn]

This is literally not relevant whatsoever

Show the line of code

Your error literally says exactly what and why the problem is

[waxen oracle]

foreach (char i in lines[index].ToCharArray())

[polar acorn]

So index is either negative or greater than the size of lines

So how about show the actual !code

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[polar acorn]

instead of us having to basically beat the information out of you like lunch money

[waxen oracle]

i just stopped the error by adding 1 thing for it run, so it was because there was nothing in it

theres nothing in it because im trying to learn how to change variables from other objects

which is why i am here

[summer stump]

I'm kind of confused by the whole conversation. It feels like you don't really want help?
Why not provide what was asked for so many times?

[polar acorn]

show

the

code

[north kiln]

Certainly is an extremely frustrating conversation, where I'm considering just delivering a mute

[waxen oracle]

what would you mute me for 💀

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[swift crag]

people do not enjoy having to play a game of 20 Questions

[rich adder]

learn how to use a coroutine

[wintry quarry]

Use coroutines.

[waxen oracle]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using TMPro;
using System.Linq;

public class dialogue : MonoBehaviour
{
    public TMP_Text textcomp;
    public string[] lines;
    public float textspd;
    int index;
    public bool troo = false;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        textcomp.text = string.Empty;
        startdialogue();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            if(textcomp.text == lines[index])
            {
                NextLine();
            }
            else
            {
                {
                    StopAllCoroutines();
                    textcomp.text = lines[index];
                }
            }
        }
    }
    void startdialogue()
    {
        index = 0;
        StartCoroutine(TypeLine());
    }
    IEnumerator TypeLine()
    {
        foreach (char i in lines[index].ToCharArray())
        {
            textcomp.text += i;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(textspd);
        }
    }
    void NextLine()
    {
        if (index < lines.Length - 1)
        {
            index++;
            textcomp.text = string.Empty;
            StartCoroutine(TypeLine());
        }
        else
        {
            gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }
    }
}

[north kiln]

Not reading resources, not sending requested information, being randomly argumentative

[waxen oracle]

i argued where there was something they didn’t understand about the code

Because i didnt explain it fully

[polar acorn]

Then fucking post it

[swift crag]

you asked about a problem with X and then gradually revealed that it was actually Y

[north kiln]

!code please link to large codeblocks

[eternal falcon]

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[swift crag]

a completely unrelated problem

[waxen oracle]

i thought the error code was related, it was an accident

i only first noticed when i started this

[polar acorn]

So it looks like lines is set in the inspector and you gave it nothing

[north kiln]

and then you didn't read the resource on stack traces I sent you twice, and started an argument about errors for no reason

[swift crag]

to bring us back to the original point: do you now understand how to modify a variable on another component?

[waxen oracle]

No, because it does still not work

as the original problem says

the line of code
dia.troo = true:
is not doing anything

ill post the code again

[polar acorn]

How do you know

[summer stump]

Only do so in a paste site please
#💻┃code-beginner message

[waxen oracle]

troo is public

so i can monitor if it changes

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class camtext : MonoBehaviour
{
    public cammove script;
    public GameObject obj;
    public dialogue dia;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
    
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (script.count == script.time)
        {
            obj.SetActive(true);
            dia.troo = true;
        }
    }
}```

[polar acorn]

Then you are either looking at a different instance or something else is changing it back

[waxen oracle]

nothing is changing it back

and theres only 1 instance

[north kiln]

Have you checked whether that code is running

[waxen oracle]

Yeah, i have

the object is being set active, so its running

[swift crag]

then dia.troo is being set to true, end of story

[north kiln]

Can you check a bit harder, without any assumptions, by using the debugger or placing a log

[swift crag]

as long as something else is not activating whatever that object is

so yes, let's check this assumption

[waxen oracle]

okay

[polar acorn]

Log dia.troo after you set it. See what it prints

[waxen oracle]

after removing that line of code

the object does not activate

meaning that code 100% runs

[polar acorn]

Log dia.troo after you set it. See what it prints

[north kiln]

Request one thing, do something entirely different

wild stuff

[waxen oracle]

i did this

i checked

I got told to log it afterwards, wait a second

You just want me to use a regular debug log right?

[north kiln]

Preferably you would use the debugger, but I doubt you're going to

[waxen oracle]

i don’t know what that is

[polar acorn]

No I want you to use the premium DLC version that comes with a hat

[north kiln]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReL099Y5nRdW8KEd59B5KkGeqWFao34n no time like any time to learn the debugger

[waxen oracle]

you confused me with see what it says mb

the debug log says that it works

[polar acorn]

What does it say

[waxen oracle]

yeshhh
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
camtext:Update () (at Assets/scripts/camera/camtext.cs:25)

[polar acorn]

How is a boolean set to "yeshhh"

[waxen oracle]

I did that

[north kiln]

Debug.Log($"{diag.troo} - {diag}", diag);

[polar acorn]

Log dia.troo after you set it. See what it prints

Don't just log a random word

Log something useful

Like I said twice

[north kiln]

This will print the value, the object (its name), and will allow you to select the log and it will ping the object in the scene/project

[waxen oracle]

thank you

[swift crag]

this will show you what you're actually referencing, which may not be what you expect

[waxen oracle]

True - Image (dialogue)
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object,UnityEngine.Object)
camtext:Update () (at Assets/scripts/camera/camtext.cs:25)

[polar acorn]

So, the dialogue component on the object named Image has troo set to True

[north kiln]

So it's set to true, and you can click on the log, look at the object it pings, and it should also be true

[waxen oracle]

how the fuck

[polar acorn]

It's a different instance isn't it

[waxen oracle]

Theres only 1

I understand that literally everything says its true except for the game which isn’t

[polar acorn]

Show a screenshot of the object after the log prints

[north kiln]

Can you show your setup

[waxen oracle]

the inspector of it?

Idk if thats my setup

idk what u mean by setup

[polar acorn]

And is this object highlighted when you click the log

[waxen oracle]

it doesn’t seem to

[north kiln]

Can you record a video of this happening

[waxen oracle]

tbh at this point i give up

im just gonna do it differently this is dumb

thanks for the help tho

[north kiln]

Either something else is setting it back to false, or you are. That's the only options here

[polar acorn]

If that's not the object that highlights then it's a different instance

[north kiln]

And the specific variable we're asking about being highlighted in blue really doesn't give me confidence that it's the code's problem

[polar acorn]

Yes, it looks like it was just changed. I think we're being bamboozled

[north kiln]

Yeah, I don't know how you get that white border around a boolean, but if the label was selected the field wouldn't have an outline

[earnest atlas]

It was always correct XD

[north kiln]

Ah, it's the hover state

Selected the label then hovered? No idea, either way, video evidence of this happening would be required to go any further

[vale sparrow]

hey! does anyone know a way i can move an object from the scene inside a list, remove that object from the scene and still keep it in the list for later use

[timber tide]

prefab

[vale sparrow]

no work :(

either that or im using it wrong

i have a prefab saved in a variable which i reference to and add to the list before i delete the object. but the prefab gets deleted with it

[north kiln]

Show !code

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[ivory bobcat]

The instance needs to exist in the scene if you're wanting something other than a reference to the prefab. Maybe consider scriptable objects if you're needing scripts with access from the inspector without needing a game object in the scene. Note: SO are normally expected to be immutable

[meager sentinel]

Guys, i did the ide thing for VSC and i literally followed every step and the ide yet isn't configurated, what happens?

[vale sparrow]

if(Input.GetMouseButton(1))
        {
            var objectCheck = Physics2D.OverlapBox(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition), Vector3.one * 0.125f, 0, LayerMask.GetMask("Furniture"));
            if(objectCheck)
            {  
                gameManager.furnitureInventoryList.Add(objectCheck.gameObject.GetComponent<furnitureStats>().furniturePrefab);
                var listReference = gameManager.furniturePlacedList.Find(obj=>obj.name==objectCheck.gameObject.transform.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().name);
                gameManager.furniturePlacedList.Remove(listReference);
                Destroy(objectCheck.gameObject);
            }
        }

[ivory bobcat]

Did you get a net sdk error pop-up at the bottom right of VSCode?

[meager sentinel]

yep

[north kiln]

Install .NET https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download and restart your computer

[ivory bobcat]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[vale sparrow]

its messy as hell since this is my first time working with lists but what i want to do is when i right click, i "stash" a placed object by moving it from a list of placed objects to a list which serves as inventory that i can place again later

[north kiln]

This code is a mess, I have no idea what's going on with most of this list logic

doing things by name is a bad look, really should figure out how to make that same query by reference. Also, if you're just Finding to then remove, just call Remove with that same query?

[queen adder]

this function is called in update(). however, my crosshair image never disables itself !

i called debug.log() inside the condition where it disables my crosshair and it works

[timber tide]

what type is crosshair

[queen adder]

Panel

or Image in the script

[tacit estuary]

Does it hide itself if you manually disable it?

[queen adder]

yes

[north kiln]

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

[tacit estuary]

Show the inspector of the crosshair

[ivory bobcat]

Log the value of current item

[timber tide]

panel is just a UI component with an image

you can hide the image

[queen adder]

see, the problem is

there are child images inside the parent panel

thats why i want to disable it entirely

[north kiln]

Then use a CanvasGroup to hide all the children

[timber tide]

does SetActive work, I forget

or does that break what you have too

[north kiln]

Also works of course, but depends on what you want and they have performance differences

[queen adder]

there is no defined setactive method inside a Image object

[timber tide]

SetActive on the gameobject

[queen adder]

oh

it works!

thank you Mao

[jovial sandal]

hey guys i am trying to make a inv systen but the drag and drop is not working i also have a hover bool to check if that is working and that isint working i have turned of raycast target on the drag/drop img does some1 know what is hapening(copied the code from the vid sorce bc i tought it was that but it aitnt)

[queen adder]

here is my revised code

[timber tide]

oh right yeah if you want to disable the children just disable the object

I read that wrong

[north kiln]

You're still reading directly from a Quaternion btw

[meager sentinel]

Idk what causes this, and i dont even know if it's a coding problem (if it's not, please lead me to the channel) when i shoot with my weapon it goes to the right, like this, the blue arrow represent to where the bullet goes

[jovial sandal]

rotate the shooting point?

[meager sentinel]

Let me try

[ivory bobcat]

Are you certain it's not being set to true again? Place the log outside of the if statements.

[meager sentinel]

Ty, it was a very stupid problem, idk how i could not figure it by myself

[ivory bobcat]

Also #💻┃code-beginner message
rotation.z isn't an Euler value.

[jovial sandal]

np sometime we all need some help

[queen adder]

how do i rotate a UI element through scripting?

[ivory bobcat]

It isn't so much as rotating that's the problem but that you're using the z component of a quaternion, which isn't an Euler value.
#💻┃code-beginner message

[queen adder]

should i change my assigned object to this?

[sturdy wren]

how do i rotate the camera?

[queen adder]

i did this and it worked!!!!

[timber tide]

your other method would be fine too but you need to use those current euler values as well

[queen adder]

what was i going to ask

uhhh h

RIGHT

ok

how do i make objects have two layers at once?

i want the ground to be both grappleable and walkable(whatIsGround layermask)

[north kiln]

You can't

[timber tide]

tags probably

not unity tags for some reason

[north kiln]

Tag it as something specific and then add that to anything that the masks that look for grappable or walkable surfaces

[timber tide]

imagine if unity tags were bitwise enum

I'd probably use them

wouldn't even need to component search and instead just reference the gameobject tag when casting

[jovial sandal]

hey guys i am trying to make a inv systen but the drag and drop is not working i also have a hover bool to check if that is working and that isint working i have turned of raycast target on the drag/drop img does some1 know what is hapening(copied the code from the vid sorce bc i tought it was that but it aitnt)

[dense root]

Any idea why this code throwing an error when I try to add to the dictionary?

public Dictionary<string, string> language = new();
language.Add("apple", "ringo");

[wintry quarry]

You can't put code just floating in the class

it needs to go in a method

If you want to initialize the Dictionary inline you can do this:

public Dictionary<string, string> language = new() {
  {"apple", "ringo"}
};```

otherwise - use Awake:

void Awake() {
  language.Add("apple", "ringo");
}```

[dense root]

Ohhh

It needs to go in a method

[wintry quarry]

yes

[prime cobalt]

is there a way to set the base layer of an avatar controller's speed to zero while an avatar mask layer moves at full speed?

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like an #🏃┃animation question

[prime cobalt]

I mean a way to control that speed in the code

[meager sentinel]

Someone may know why when i try to make PistolMesh active (it's not a mesh, it's a GameObject) it dont works, but somehow if you enable the object again (because it does disable on start) it also shoots, which is strange

[dense root]

How do I return a "random word" from dictionary?

    string GetRandomWord()
    {
        // Use Random.Range to get a random index within the list
        int randomIndex = Random.Range(0, JapEngDict.Count);

        // Get the word at the randomly chosen index
        string randomWord = JapEngDict[randomIndex];

        //  Remove the selected word from the list
        JapEngDict.RemoveAt(randomIndex);

        // Populate text if this condition is met.        
        if (JapEngDict.Count == 0)
        {
            inputField.placeholder.GetComponent<Text>().text = "No more words in the list!";
            Debug.Log(inputField.placeholder.GetComponent<Text>().text);

            textElement.text = textValue;

            return null;
        }

        // Return the selected word
        return randomWord;
    }

[meager sentinel]

Wait, maybe because it's unabled it can enable himself again?

I think so, am sorry for annoying

[wintry quarry]

select a random key from a list or array of all the keys

Well... sounds pretty self explanatory - but show your quality and graphics settings windows

[dense root]

Do you know a good document for this? So I can see examples and what not

[wintry quarry]

scroll down - you'll have mixed assets

that one is a URP asset

what are the others

and what is the Graphics Settings set to

[wintry quarry]

I mean you have the code for randomly selecting from a list or array right in your example

[gritty lion]

My editor crashed without any errors

[wintry quarry]

        int randomIndex = Random.Range(0, JapEngDict.Count);

        // Get the word at the randomly chosen index
        string randomWord = JapEngDict[randomIndex];```
That thing just needs to be a list or an array, not a Dictionary

[gritty lion]

Is there any crash log to know what caused it?

[wintry quarry]

editor log https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/LogFiles.html

[dense root]

How do I do the same thing with Dictionary? Sorry I'm super new to using Dictionaries

[wintry quarry]

sorry not scroll down - but select all the different quality levels

[wintry quarry]

you don't - you need a list or array basically

you could get an array of all the keys in the dict if you want

e.g.

string[] keys = JapEngDict.Keys.ToArray();```

[dense root]

Error CS0119 'ReadInput.JapSpaDict()' is a method, which is not valid in the given context

[wintry quarry]

what's JapSpaDict

like the error is saying, that's a method

you're trying to use a method like it's a variable

[dense root]

private void JapSpaDict() { Dictionary<string, string> JapEngDict = new Dictionary<string, string>(); JapEngDict.Add("apple", "りんご"); }

[wintry quarry]

yeah that's a method...

what are you doing

[dense root]

I'm trying to return a random word

From my dictionary

[wintry quarry]

What happened to JapEngDict

JapEngDict is your dictionary

[wintry quarry]

this code does absolutely nothing

[dense root]

Sorry I changed the names

[wintry quarry]

it creates a new dictionary, adds something to it, and then you lose reference to it forever

[dense root]

What's the proper way to add a reference to it?

[wintry quarry]

you didn't just change names

assign it to a variable that exists outside the function

[dense root]

I'm trying to associate the Japanese word with the English

[rich adder]

private Dictionary<string, string> JapEngDict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 private void JapSpaDict()
  {
      JapEngDict.Add("apple", "りんご");
  }```

[dense root]

Thank you

[rich adder]

you prob want that to be more flexible with params

[wintry quarry]

i have no idea why you have this function though - that's a weird function

what's the point of it

Is something else going to call it?

[dense root]

Here let me make a video

It might be easier if I just show you my game

[wintry quarry]

I don't think it would help to see the game

[dense root]

Okay

Nevermind

[wintry quarry]

Just an explanation of what the function is and what it's for and where it would be getting called and why it's called JapSpaDict

[dense root]

I'm trying to associate two different languages with one english word

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[wintry quarry]

anyway back to this you would use your dictionary, which is called JapEngDict.

[dense root]

https://gdl.space/ofotadunif.cs

[rich adder]

make a struct as the value

ohh nvm you mean like a translate type thing?

[dense root]

yes

bingo

There are two boxes for the languages, one for Spanish, one for Japanese

[rich adder]

oh okay so how do you plan on filling this dictionary

[dense root]

I can manually type it I don't mind

The end goal is 100 words doesn't need to be anything fancy

Is Dictionary really the best data structrure for this?

[rich adder]

sounds like it, esp if you want 2 languages per word

[dense root]

Okay

[rich adder]

You can make 1 word as key and then custom struct/class as values, 1 string per language?

[dense root]

Okay let me try

[wintry quarry]

where does english come into play?

[dense root]

It is to key value pair the dictionary value

[wintry quarry]

Why?

[dense root]

i.e. apple -> りんご

[wintry quarry]

How is English involved in the game?

[dense root]

Well technically it's not but just for easier record keeping

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like you just want a mapping from the spanish word to the Japanese word

and/or vice versa

[dense root]

Yes

But I'd like to map it to English for reference

    string GetRandomWord()
    {        
        string[] keys = JapSpaDict.Keys.ToArray();
        
        // Use Random.Range to get a random index within the list
        int randomIndex = Random.Range(0, JapSpaDict.Count);

        // Get the word at the randomly chosen index
        string randomWord = JapSpaDict[randomIndex];

        //  Remove the selected word from the list
        JapSpaDict.RemoveAt(randomIndex);

        // Populate text if this condition is met.        
        if (JapSpaDict.Count == 0)
        {
            inputField.placeholder.GetComponent<Text>().text = "No more words in the list!";
            Debug.Log(inputField.placeholder.GetComponent<Text>().text);

            textElement.text = textValue;

            return null;
        }

        // Return the selected word
        return randomWord;
    }

How do I convert this from list previously to now the dictionary?

[wintry quarry]

Probably would do something like:

[Serializable]
public class Word {
  public string English;
  public string Spanish;
  public string Japanese;
}```

Then you'd have :
```cs
public Word[] allWords;
Dictionary<string, Word> mappings = new();

void Awake() {
  foreach (Word word in allWords) {
    mappings[word.English] = word;
    mappings[word.Spanish] = word;
    mappings[word.Japanese] = word;
  }
}```

then you have a map from all the languages to each other @dense root

and you just fill the words in the inspector

and:

Word GetRandomWord() {
  return allWords[Random.Range(0, allWords.Length)];
}```

[rich adder]

nice 😛 i was doing exactly similiar

[dense root]

Getting an error :(

ohhh

capitalization lol

[wintry quarry]

don't forget [Serializable] on the Word class

[dense root]

Getting this unusual error

About ambiguity

[wintry quarry]

just write UnityEngine.Random.Range

it will go away

it's because you have using System; and using UnityEngine; and they both have a Random class

[rich adder]

this happens when two namespaces share the same class name, in this case Random

another solution can be to write using Random = UnityEngine.Random

this tells the computer you want only Random from that namespace when using it

[timber tide]

just noticed the other day vs was adding namespaces even if they were conflicting with my other namespaces

[rich adder]

VS weird sometimes xD

Love when it randomly adds VisualScripting namespace

[dense root]

How do I return a string from my GetRandomWord method?

[timber tide]

ive had that happen too idk where from

[timber tide]

I think it doesn't remove the namespace from the undo history if you accidently add the wrong class call

[rich adder]

this returns you the object Word not a string

the string is inside

[wintry quarry]

look at my example

yours is different

#💻┃code-beginner message

[dense root]

Oh stupid me lol

So how do I convert from Word to String?

[rich adder]

access the specific word with .

[dense root]

Ohhh nice

[wintry quarry]

depends which languag eyou want

[dense root]

How do I add words?

[wintry quarry]

in the inspector

[dense root]

ohh

[prime cobalt]

I asked in animation chat but it kinda applies here too, is there a way to do something like this? (Enemyloco is an animation controller and this specific function is read only)

I only want to change the speed of a single state or layer not the whole controller

[wintry quarry]

Make a float parameter in the animator

Then in the state you can do this:

[prime cobalt]

Oh sweet ok thanks

[dense root]

I'm getting a null reference error.. any ideas?

[north kiln]

Surely you can figure this out

[dense root]

lol Let me keep trying at it, I've tried all the options in the inspector

[north kiln]

What's the inspector got to do with it

[dense root]

Isn't it asking me to select the Text Element in the inspector?

To reference it to the code?

[north kiln]

It's not asking you to do anything

what are you trying to access on the line of code that's throwing the NRE

[polar acorn]

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

[dense root]

I'm trying to access InputField

[north kiln]

No

[wintry quarry]

Which one?

[dense root]

Japanese

[wintry quarry]

Where's that?

[dense root]

To the left

[wintry quarry]

I mean in the hierarchy

[dense root]

Above Spanish

[wintry quarry]

What's it called?

[wintry quarry]

Ok and look at your code

Your code is looking for something called what?

[dense root]

It's looking for InputField(Legacy)

[wintry quarry]

Yep

[dense root]

oh

[north kiln]

[polar acorn]

Okay and show the inspector of the object named InputField(Legacy)

[proud robin]

how do i know what values to put for cycles offset 😇

[pallid heron]

I have never figured out how to get vscode to put opening brackets on the same line

[dense root]

inputField = GameObject.Find("Japanese").GetComponent<InputField>();

[polar acorn]

No, the object named InputField(Legacy)

The one you're looking for in code

[dense root]

Japanese was previously named that

But I renamed it to distiniguish it

[polar acorn]

So, follow up question:
Why are you using Find at all

Just make a public InputField variable and drag it in

[dense root]

I could try that

How do I convert this to use a word as defined before?
japInputField.placeholder.GetComponent<Text>().text = newPlaceholderText;

https://gdl.space/otexerudav.cs

This is how the inspector looks now

[north kiln]

If the problem's just more NREs, the solution is the same steps every time https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[tacit estuary]

https://drlongnecker.com/blog/2018/11/vscode-omnisharp-kr-formatting/

[north kiln]

Also, inTheAir = !hit.collider.CompareTag("Ground");

[dense root]

I assigned my Inputfield in the inspector I'm not sure what's creating the NRE

[north kiln]

the one in your screenshot has nothing to do with an input field

[dense root]

oh...

I got it! Thank you everyone

[normal mango]

trying to call the "StopPlacement" method from the "PlacementSystem" script to use in the "CameraPosition" script, whats the correct way of doing this?

[north kiln]

public PlacementSystem Whatever;

void Start() {
  Whatever.StopPlacement();
}

[normal mango]

what is whatever supposed to be?

[north kiln]

it's a name, call it whatever the hell you want

[normal mango]

ah ok

[polar acorn]

Does CameraPosition have a function named StopPlacement?

[normal mango]

No it's PlacementSystem that has the function, but vertx's code worked

[shell herald]

i am currently working on a 2d platformer gun aim system. it aims where the cursor is pointing, which works great, however im struggling to try to limit the rotation (limit the gun from going over 180 degrees so that it doesnt look weird when its pointing to another direction than my character)

I tried to do it with (as you can see in the bin) " difference.x = Mathf.Abs(difference.x);"
which works great if the player faces right, but doesnt work when the player faces left

how would i go about fixing this?

https://hastebin.com/share/buzavegojo.csharp

[vernal plume]

Why is it even after adding a code to stop it from bouncing like this it just doesn't seem to work

[vale sparrow]

i know this is a while after your message but tysm for the tip! looked into SO and they are exactly what i needed. really functional and helped me clean my code up a lot

[shell herald]

i know this is probably a really inefficient way to do it, but i simply did an if else statement:

if (facingLeft)
difference.x = -Mathf.Abs(difference.x);
else
difference.x = Mathf.Abs(difference.x);

atlest it works, if anyone knows something better, pls let me know

[queen adder]

when you double click the message in the console

[gaunt ice]

the method right before (lower then) the top one(log) ?

[timber tide]

how is it inefficient? It's a single if statement and probably the least of your worries if anything

[ionic lava]

Hello, anyone here that could help me with a very basic jump animation in 2D game? I've set up the animations for walking and idle properly and succesfull. But for some reason my Jump animation gets looped when mid air, despite the fact I unchecked "Loop Time"

[wintry quarry]

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

[queen adder]

neat thanks, lemme test when i got back

[rich adder]

what is the transition condition and how are you setting it

[ionic lava]

I set it from any state to jump when grounded is false and from jump to idle when grounded is true

[rich adder]

chances are its going from Any State to jump constantly, unless you did uncheck Transition to Self

[queen adder]

😭

[supple wasp]

I need help with this, it tells me here that the text does not exist in the current text, how can I fix it? is to turn shadows on and off using a toggle

[rich adder]

so where did you make those two ?

[supple wasp]

here

[eternal needle]

another win for chatgpt, giving you code that doesnt even compile

if you really cannot solve the issue of "does not exist in current context", drop what you are doing and go do some basics of c#.

[polar acorn]

How about asking ChatGPT to write code that exists

[eternal needle]

My absolute favorite from chatgpt was the Color.Distance incident someone had

[supple wasp]

for me it is not necessary

[eternal needle]

it clearly is necessary for you. you are blindly copy pasting code, and not even aware of what the code is yourself.

[supple wasp]

I know what it is

[charred spoke]

Funny enough I actually have that exact extension method because of a potion mixing VR minigame 🤣

[eternal needle]

then why are you trying to use a variable that does not exist

[eternal needle]

🤨 maybe chatgpt learned it from some public repos lol

[charred spoke]

Not mine haha

I called it distance rather than difference simply to be the same as a Vector3

Now Im sitting here thinking what the cross product of two colors look like

[nova swift]

Hey, you've probably forgotten about the whole issue I was having, but I thought you could find this interesting or helpful. I managed to fix the problem.
Previously I was just updating the player's rigidbody positions, which was great physics wise, but caused terrible stuttering visually.
I tried moving just the transform, and there was no stuttering, but the physics became all janky. So i tried moving the rigidbody positions first, then the transform along with it, and it fixed the stuttering somehow. Also needed to round the player's offset on the platform to the nearest 1/32 for a pixel perfect camera, otherwise stuttering would continue:

                float roundedOffsetX = Mathf.Round(offsetX / 0.03125f) * 0.03125f;
                playerScript.rb.position = transform.position + new Vector3(roundedOffsetX, 1);
                playerScript.transform.position = transform.position + new Vector3(roundedOffsetX, 1);
                playerScript.sprite.position = transform.position + new Vector3(roundedOffsetX, 1.25f);

oh and also had to change interpolation mode to none

[eternal needle]

assuming non zero values (and alpha always 1), i think it would just be like applying an offset in that circle you can use to set colors in inspector. Like green * white = red, red * white = blue, blue * white = green. When reversing the order, basically just go in the reverse way around the circle. white * green = blue etc
If using like fractions (not fully green) then idk lol but its probably similar just more dim

[charred spoke]

Would be a interesting experiment haha

One can probably make a whole indie game where colors and directions are the same thing haha

[crystal sierra]

I have a question.
Is it possible to create a custom editor script so that I can drag a prefab into a list of sprites (sprite[]) in the inspector, loading all the frames from that prefab?

[eternal needle]

i was experimenting with more decimals values in it, id say itd be pretty hard to design a game with it lol. Im not the best at visualizing cross products in 3d, but the offset thing I said is basically what happens if you use a pure white value for one color. When one color isnt pure white, it'll start to kinda fade between black and an offset color

[crystal sierra]

Sorry if I asked this in the incorrect thread

[eternal needle]

to me, the question doesnt really make sense. You said you want to drag a prefab into a list of sprites then load all the frames

[crystal sierra]

Yes

The prefab is an imported .asseprite file

[crystal sierra]

...or are you not experienced with that sort of thing?

[eternal needle]

im not entirely familiar with custom editors, but that the "drag a prefab into a list of sprites" part doesnt sound like something that'd be fun to handle. You could probably just make a field for the prefab, then a button which starts the logic instead

also yea I dont know much about that file type sorry

[crystal sierra]

Thanks for your help though

It's all g

[verbal dome]

@crystal sierra You can ask in #↕️┃editor-extensions but like bawsi said, EditorGUILayout.ObjectField for the prefab and a button would be easiest

[crystal sierra]

Thanks. I'll try that

[nimble scaffold]

Guys I have a serious problem..... In my car game... The speed of my car is much and it's acceleration also but in rigidbody 's info section the speed showing is something in 0. Something... Why?? But in game speed is much... And in speedometer script I converterted m/s (SI Unit) to km/hr..

[slender nymph]

show relevant !code

[eternal falcon]

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[desert elm]

is there a way to increase the resolution of the game?

other than
scaling everything up?

[nimble scaffold]

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

public class Speedometer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody target;

    public float maxSpeed = 0.0f; // The maximum speed of the target ** IN M/S **

    public float minSpeedArrowAngle;
    public float maxSpeedArrowAngle;

    [Header("UI")]
    public Text speedLabel; // The label that displays the speed;
    public RectTransform arrow; // The arrow in the speedometer

    private float speed = 0.0f;
    private void Update()
    {
        // The speed is now the magnitude of the velocity in meters per second.
        speed = target.velocity.magnitude;

        if (speedLabel != null)
            speedLabel.text = ((int)speed) + " m/s";
        if (arrow != null)
            arrow.localEulerAngles =
                new Vector3(0, 0, Mathf.Lerp(minSpeedArrowAngle, maxSpeedArrowAngle, speed / maxSpeed));
    }
}

@slender nymph the code

[slender nymph]

now show how you move it

[nimble scaffold]

By wasd keys

[slender nymph]

jesus christ, i obviously meant the code

[nimble scaffold]

Oh

[slender nymph]

you seem to have already forgotten how to correctly share !code
but the issue is that you are moving via the transform. that does not change the rigidbody's velocity

[eternal falcon]

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[nimble scaffold]

using UnityEngine;

public class SimpleCarController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float initialAcceleration = 10f;
    public float accelerationIncreaseRate = 5f;
    public float steeringSpeed = 5f;
    public float brakePower = 20f;
    public float inertiaFactor = 0.95f;

    private float currentAcceleration = 0f;
    private float currentSteering = 0f;

    void Update()
    {
        // Acceleration
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
        {
            currentAcceleration += Time.deltaTime * accelerationIncreaseRate;
        }
        else
        {
            currentAcceleration *= inertiaFactor;
        }

        // Steering
        currentSteering = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * steeringSpeed;

        // Braking
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
        {
            currentAcceleration -= Time.deltaTime * brakePower;
        }

        // Move the car
        transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * currentAcceleration * Time.deltaTime);
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * currentSteering * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

[nimble scaffold]

Oh ..... But how to fix that

[slender nymph]

move using the rigidbody instead of the transform

or pass the speed and direction from this component to the speedometer component. but if you want to move it via the transform why does it even have a rigidbody

[nimble scaffold]

Ill do it

[queen adder]

Is it true that there was an era where unity devs dont have UI objects and must do UI stuff via purely GUI?

[nimble scaffold]

Yup

[tender hound]

what is the best way in a 3d world to find a path? is it navmesh or do i have something else?

[slender nymph]

navmesh is unity's built in way. otherwise you could get some asset or implement your preferred pathfinding algorithm manually

[left gazelle]

hello

is there any help section in this server?

[slender nymph]

!support

[eternal falcon]

Where can I get help?

Take a look at #🔎┃find-a-channel

:warning: This is not a channel for official support.

Please do not ping admins, moderators, or staff with Unity issues.

[fickle plume]

Almost all channels are help channels, consult https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/531961806646935564 where to ask and #854851968446365696 on how to ask.

[left gazelle]

ok thanks

[queen adder]

As we know, the List<T>'s array size increases by doubling the starting point of capacity 4,8,16,32,64... based on the count. How does it work if i pass Initial Capacity? Lets say i said "100" at the capacity at initialization of new list. Will it double to 200 or snap to the 128?

[keen dew]

https://dotnetfiddle.net/AWUO7x

[gaunt ice]

https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#mscorlib/system/collections/generic/list.cs,d2ac2c19c9cf1d44,references

you ca find the source code

[sleek notch]

Collision doesn't work often. When I'm shooting from starting position it works fine but if I move torward to wall or rotate tank about 90 degrees it doesn't work

[brisk escarp]

if anyone is free i have a slight problem with my code, (context: im learning how to do 3d movement in unity and i am having issues with line 34 heres the code)
(and heres the error Assets\Scripts\Playermovement.cs(34,70): error CS0131: The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable, property or indexer )

Fixed it dont worry

[queen adder]

!ide @brisk escarp

[eternal falcon]

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[queen adder]

Helps you detect them later on

[brisk escarp]

thanks, had that on my old laptop and forgot to add it to my new pc.

[sleek notch]

please can someone help me with this?

[languid spire]

change your rigidbody collision detection from Discrete to Continuous or Continuous Dynamic, please consult the docs to see which one fits your situation the best

[slate gale]

Don’t check objects by name

Use tags instead

[sleek notch]

You have video of that under thta

that

[slate gale]

What

[dry tendon]

I need help, the next code it's supposted to save another boxhelp height on boxHelpHeight var, that works correctly, cause the log shows me the values changing... But when i try to apply the var's value to the right boxhelp it doesn't work... What could happen? The right boxhelp changes it's vertical size to a really small one and it doesn't do nothing with that code```csharp
boxHelpHeight = GUILayoutUtility.GetLastRect().height;
Debug.Log("BoxHelp Height: " + boxHelpHeight);

// RIGHT BOXHELP
EditorGUILayout.BeginVertical(EditorStyles.helpBox, GUILayout.Height(boxHelpHeight), GUILayout.Width(EditorGUIUtility.currentViewWidth * 0.25f));

GUILayout.Space(2);
GUI.backgroundColor = new Color(46f / 255f, 204f / 255f, 113f / 255f);
propertyAdditionMenu.Draw();
GUILayout.Space(15);
GUI.backgroundColor = Color.white;

EditorGUILayout.EndVertical();```

[sleek notch]

@slate gale there

[slate gale]

Is your wall a plane or cube

[ivory bobcat]

Should probably consider asking your editor scripting question in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[slate gale]

Yes i’ve seen the video and the code, i already made a suggestion

Do you use a plane or box mesh for your wall?

[dry tendon]

Yesterday i published the question there, but nobody has answered it...

[north kiln]

I presume they're using HDRP and that's a planar reflection probe

[slate gale]

Maybe no one knows. Ask chat gpt maybe it can find a bug

Check the assetstore

[autumn arrow]

nohing good there

[slate gale]

Too bad

[autumn arrow]

its for school project im not wiling to pay

[slate gale]

Maybe just make it yourself??

Then you’ll actually learn something

For you know

[autumn arrow]

i made it but it horible

[slate gale]

School

[autumn arrow]

and broken

[slate gale]

The place where you’re supposed to learn

Instead of cheat and copy

[dry tendon]

Believe me, i've tried it with all AI chat-bots that exists on the world hehe

[slate gale]

Then idk sorry, not too experienced myself with editor scripting 🙁

[north kiln]

@autumn arrow don't cross-post

[dry tendon]

oh, don't worry, i'll just keep looking for an answer myself

[north kiln]

If you have a specific question, ask it, instead of asking something so general and requiring people invest in a conversation with possibly no ends

[dry tendon]

are you talking to me?

[north kiln]

no

[languid spire]

One has to wonder why you are writing Editor scripts using IMGUI and not UIToolkit which is a much better solution

[dry tendon]

honestly idk... when i started creating the window i didn't know about it existence... so i started with IMGUI and i didn't wondered about wich one is better... and know, if wanted to use UIToolkit i'd need to reestruct all code (wich is quite big)

[languid spire]

honestly, you could have done it in the time you have been waiting for an answer to your question which is so niche that I doubt anyone else can help you with

one of the reasons I stopped using IMGUI was because expecting it to behave rationally is unrealistic especially in edge cases

[stable ore]

i followd a tutorial double checked it twice

and my animation is still bugged

when i move the movement animation and jumping is at same time

[dry tendon]

So, you really recommend me to restructure all my code to implement better unity ui toolkit?

[north kiln]

It will be the only option in the future, so yes. IMGUI has been secondary for the Editor for ages

[languid spire]

yes, it does have a bit of a learning curve but if you have ever done any webdev then you are 90% of the way there

[stable ore]

plz help

somebody

[languid spire]

really? On the basis of your question and the code you incorrectly posted an answer is impossible

[stable ore]

this the other half

[languid spire]

!code

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[dry tendon]

better post it like text

[stable ore]

https://gdl.space/eweheliwiy.cs

there is no errors in it i tried debugging

[dry tendon]

Is it more visual working with that unity UI toolkit...? I just wanted to create an small window for a little asset

[languid spire]

it can be both, it is certainly visual debugging which is very nice

[stable ore]

why is it red with no errors

[swift crag]

It looks like you're trying to run the debugger.

do you see this up top? if so, hit the red button to stop

[supple night]

can anyone offer tutoring in beginning development in Unity or UE?

[swift crag]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[stable ore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEUhxe9vUOM

folllow dis tutorial from episode 1

it really helped me understand basics

[supple night]

Is that the current version of Unity? my problem was i was following an outdated tutorial for a while but everything was updated and moved around,.. it was a nightmare

[stable ore]

i mean im up to episde 7 and only one problem where i found a fix in the comments and there are 13 episodes im pretty asure

[stable ore]

i learned basic scripting stuff , how to import models,how to create 2d maps,and more unity stuff

[supple night]

Okay you made it farther than I did with the Domestika tutorial im referring to

I trust you Batman

[stable ore]

i can show you my progress i have got up to

if you want

or you can watch the video i sent

thats where im at towards the end

[dark oak]

I need help!!!
How can i install c sharp on windows 7?

or enable c sharp snippet on vs code

[rich adder]

!vscode

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[rich adder]

you also need to prob download .NET sdk

[gusty sorrel]

i have three 2d rigidbodies(fuel tank, engine base/mount and the engine bell) each is connected with a fixed joint to the one above it. pressing a/d should rotate the engine while the base does not move. what really happens is the engine base rotates, while the bell stays in the same rotation(relative to the base). any ideas why this happens?

i'll copy the code i use

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

public class Controls : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float throttle, thrust, rot, gimbal;
    public Rigidbody2D rb, mrb, trb;
    public GameObject mount, tank;

    void Start()
    {
        throttle = 0f;
        thrust = 170f;
        mount = GameObject.Find("Engine Base");
        tank = GameObject.Find("Fuel Tank");
        mrb = mount.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        trb = tank.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    }

    
    void Update()
    {
        
    }

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
            throttle += Time.fixedDeltaTime;
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftControl))
            throttle -= Time.fixedDeltaTime;
        if (Input.GetKey("z"))
            throttle = 1f;
        if (Input.GetKey("x"))
            throttle = 0f;

        mrb.rotation = trb.rotation;
        rot = mrb.rotation;
        if (Input.GetKey("a"))
            gimbal = -15f;
        else if (Input.GetKey("d"))
            gimbal = 15f;
        else
            gimbal = 0f;
        rb.rotation = Mathf.Lerp(rot, rot + gimbal, Time.fixedDeltaTime*10);

        throttle = Mathf.Clamp(throttle, 0f, 1f);
        rb.AddForce(thrust * throttle * transform.up);
    }
}

[languid spire]

firstly, don't use Input in FixedUpdate

[gusty sorrel]

why?

[languid spire]

because it will not work correctly

[gusty sorrel]

its been working correctly so far

[languid spire]

notice how you've had to use GetKey?

[vagrant shard]

I am currently working on a Unity project that involves multiplayer functionality using NGO (Netcode for GameObjects). I am facing challenges in synchronizing bullets between the server and clients.

Specifically, I am encountering issues with ensuring that when a player shoots a bullet, its position, and other relevant information are synchronized correctly across the network for all players.

If anyone has experience or insights into properly synchronizing bullets in a Unity multiplayer environment, especially using NGO, I would greatly appreciate your guidance or any code snippets that could help me troubleshoot and resolve this issue.

[gusty sorrel]

whats wrong with using getkey?

[languid spire]

GetKey fires for each frame the key is held down

[gusty sorrel]

what should i use then?

[languid spire]

GetKeyDown in Update would be favourite

[gusty sorrel]

i cant do getkeydown with throttle controls

anyway i dont think input has anything to do with the wrong object being rotated

[swift crag]

well, you're setting rb.rotation

that's going to rotate whatever object that rigidbody is attached to

[gusty sorrel]

and its attached to the engine bell

[swift crag]

how is the engine bell connected to the rest of the ship?

note that parenting rigidbodies to each other can cause unexpected behavior

[gusty sorrel]

no parenting

only joints

[swift crag]

ah, okay, good

[gusty sorrel]

engine bell -> engine mount -> fuel tank

[swift crag]

Is the ship a lot more massive than the engine bell?

and how is the bell jointed to the ship?

[gusty sorrel]

fuel tank has a mass of 10, engine has 1

[swift crag]

if the joint doesn't permit free rotation, and you change the rotation of the bell, the entire ship will have to rotate

I haven't done a lot with joints, so I'm not sure what the "correct" way to do this would be

[gusty sorrel]

i used a fixed joint but i dont think thats the problem as its only the engine base that gets rotated, not the entire rocket

[swift crag]

A fixed joint forces two rigidbodies to maintain the same relative position and rotation

You either need a different kind of joint, or you need to update the rotation the joint is trying to maintain

[gusty sorrel]

there was some funny wobble going on between the fuel tank and the engine base so in the script i set the rotation of the base the same as the rotation of the fuel tank and then rotated the bell relative to the base

[swift crag]

I use joints a little, but I'm not quite experienced enough to know what the best option is here

Maybe ask about this in #⚛️┃physics

[gusty sorrel]

i tried going for a hinge joint but i couldnt figure out how to set the angle in the code so the engine was just flapping around freely when turned on

relative joint fixed the issue

yay

[stuck palm]

are scriptable objects ddol?

i wanted to make scriptable objects as a way to save level data, but idk if that would work

[queen adder]

SO's exist in project folder

they can kinda hold their data yes, but they will get reset per restart of the game (closing and reopening)

[stuck palm]

thats fine

i can implement a save system then

i was just thinking an SO would make sense because levels all hold the same data, such as like time and stuff

[queen adder]

just try it for now, last time i tested, I used SO's to send data from 1 scene to another and that worked

I did use an Instantiated(so) btw, and they were referenced by a singleton ddol

not really sure if that was the reason the data persisted

[swift crag]

No.

A ScriptableObject, like any other Object, will be unloaded some point after all references are lost

If Scene A references an object and Scene B doesn't, and all other references are lost, then the object unloads if you load Scene B in single mode

[swift crag]

in this case, you have a reference, so the object stays alive

[stuck palm]

What is this singleton business i keep hearing about

[queen adder]

yea quite had to clarify that cause i doubted their case will be the same as mine before

[swift crag]

When the object is reloaded, it will have its original serialized values (again, as would be the case for every Object)

[swift crag]

a singleton is something you have just one of

classically, you'll make an instance and stick it in a static field

I store some runtime data in scriptable objects for my settings system

[stuck palm]

in what class would u make that in?

[swift crag]

I load an object that references all other settings objects, either directly or indirectly, when the game starts

so all of the objects stay alive forever

[queen adder]

arent you familiar with singletons yet?

in this case, you better make a new class

sticking it to another calss will just make that class messy

[swift crag]

Scriptable objects do not make sense for actually saving data

You should create a serializable class that holds all of the data you need

and then use something like Json.NET to serialize and deserialize that class

[System.Serializable]
public class LevelStats {
  public float completionTime;
  public float score;
}

for example

[queen adder]

We can serialize SO's though, cant we?

I remember grabbing a tool before that can do so

[swift crag]

Not without some extra legwork, at least

You're not supposed to directly construct ScriptableObject instances

and naïvely trying to serialize and deserialize them would mean you're constructing a new instance

[queen adder]

i remember that tool just place the values in an existing SO instance

[tough lagoon]

I'm just going to say i completely agree with Fen, to me, its trying to fit a round peg in a square hole

[stuck palm]

i think im just gonna leave level data alone for a while

[queen adder]

you feed it string and an instance of an SO

[stuck palm]

im nowhere near that point yet i was just wondering if it was possible

[swift crag]

You should distinguish unity serialization from your own serialization

An object is serializable by Unity if the game engine can understand how to turn it into data and then get the original object back

A good example of the difference: dictionaries

[stuck palm]

i just remembered in my old game i actually had that system using newtonsoft,json

so i might just do that again

[swift crag]

Json.NET can handle dictionaries just fine

(and with a little finagling, you can even do dictionaries with complex key types)

Unity has no clue what to do with a dictionary

[swift crag]

I used to think that ScriptableObjects made sense for this, because they kind of look right

they're serialized, and you make files (assets) out of them

but you don't create and store new ones at runtime

[queen adder]

anyway```cs

public static T Circle_GetOneComponent<T>(Vector3 position, float Radius, int layermask = -5)
    => Physics2D
    .OverlapCircleAll(position, Radius, layermask)
    .Select(x => x.GetComponent<T>())
    .FirstOrDefault();```why is one Overlap hitting and the other doesnt? ![UnityChanOops](https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/885169594879328306.webp?size=128 "UnityChanOops")

[swift crag]

maybe it's just on the edge

i don't know how well the visual lines up with the actual physics query

[fringe kindle]

How do I reset a scene upon death but keep the lives reduced instead of resetting?

[tough lagoon]

Yeah same, I have used them that way if I have to. But these days I definitely prefer for them to be used for informational structures and keeping my user and saved level data stored separately

[swift crag]

you need to store that data outside of the scene itself

one option: use DontDestroyOnLoad to move an object into a special scene that never unloads

another option: make the lives counter static, so that it's not tied to a specific object

[swift crag]

I use them for my settings and configuration systems right now. They define what settings exist, what they're called, what their limits are, etc.

and for settings, the actual data lives in them to

(configurations aren't global settings; they're for customizing specific things)

so their data actually lives elsewhere

but when serializing, I pull that data out and create a plain old C# object that gets serialized

[queen adder]

it have same range and buildings have same displacement, idk why it not hitting though

[swift crag]

Looks different to me. Compare where the circle touches the building

[swift crag]

good luck hand-editing your settings file...

[stuck palm]

what is this notation with the arrow?

[swift crag]

that's an anonymous function

oh wait no it's not

[queen adder]

rotation? wait im iliterate lol

[swift crag]

it would be if it looked like this

var wat = (x) => x * 2;

That's just an expression-bodied member

[stuck palm]

does the arrow replace the brackets or

[swift crag]

an expression-bodied method, specifically

It lets you write a method as a single expression

[queen adder]

ah yeas

[swift crag]

So yeah, it's an alternative to writing a method made up of many statements

You can also make expression-bodied properties

[queen adder]

it's called expression body

[swift crag]

public int Property => 3;
public int Method() => 3;

I like mixing this with switch expressions!

[stuck palm]

what is this event system that keeps showing up in my hierarchy

[swift crag]

public int PlayerCount => mode switch {
  GameMode.SinglePlayer => 1,
  GameMode.Duel => 2,
  GameMode.FortniteGaming => 100
};

[swift crag]

the EventSystem turns your input into information that the UI system can understand

[stuck palm]

oh right

[swift crag]

it tells buttons when they're getting clicked and keeps track of the currently selected game object

[stuck palm]

i havent done anaything with that yet but i feel like i'll have to soon

cus im using controllers

[swift crag]

of course, nowdays, GameMode would probably just be a scriptable object

public int PlayerCount => currentMode.playerCount;

[swift crag]

There are a few pain points with controller input

notably, it's really easy to just...deselect

and then be trapped forever

[stuck palm]

thats great

[swift crag]

a common fix is to have a component whose job is to just select something

void Update() {
  if (!EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject) {
    var target = FindFirstObjectByType<Selectable>();
    EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject = target;
  }
}

I do things more granularly, but the same idea holds

each of my menu screens knows if it's the "active" one and is responsible for selecting something if necessary

hey Fen! what if you have two active menu screens that both need to be usable at the same time?

🫠

i should think about that

[swift crag]

then you have a problem with mouse input: the selected object looks a lot like the hovered object, which is confusing

you see two things highlighted at once

I've played around with auto-selecting whatever is under the cursor, but that can be unintuitive if you're using the keyboard to adjust sliders while clicking around menus

[stuck palm]

i mean luckily the menus im making are gonna be super simple and only have like 3 buttons

[tough lagoon]

Me too! Its comforting knowing someone else is doing it this way too

[swift crag]

I was originally deserializing directly into the type that actually holds the runtime data, but then I realized I'd have to replace the existing instance with a new one

which was a hassle because I'd have to copy over some other information (like lists of listeners for each config item)