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[buoyant knot]

like saving the whole .asset file

[summer pulsar]

it works here but not there thats why im confused

[buoyant knot]

honeslty, I just need an event that is called automatically in editor, that must be called before I close the inspector for the SO

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetModificationProcessor.html
Maybe something like that? Have not really looked into it

Does OnValidate() not get called though? Could check if it does

or maybe SerializationCallback interface

[north kiln]

Good thing I specified one change and gave you a resource then

[buoyant knot]

it does, but I wanted to call a method less frequently

[silver sun]

that saved me a considerable amount of time thanks to you.

[thick orbit]

Hello, I'm working on a game that involves soldiers automatically firing on enemy units within a certain range. I have functionality for aiming and firing at a set target, but its a bit choppy getting the logic for choosing a target down. Currently Im using a collider on trigger to determine range that sets collided objects to be the target. However on its own that meant soldiers were switching to new targets once they entered range instead of finishing off their old targets. I have a little progress where now I check to see if the target field is null before the collision sets a new target. The problem with this is that if there are two enemies close by, once the originally targeted enemy dies, the troopers do not target the other once because its already within the collider's sphere. Any ideas how to fix this?

Current relevant code:

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider)
{
    if (collider.TryGetComponent<EnemyID>(out EnemyID enemytroop))
    {
        if (targetTransform == null)
        {
            targetTransform = collider.gameObject.transform;
        }
    }
}

[summer pulsar]

idk what did i do but it worked, i tried your comparetag but it didnt work then pressed ctrl z until i got my old code back but it worked again? thanks anyways

[eternal needle]

add to a list of transforms in range instead, that way you can just select a new target

[sour fulcrum]

bump 😄

[timber tide]

OnTriggerStay or w/e it's called probably would fix the second problem.

along with managing how you want to focus a target

[thick orbit]

Ok that worked perfectly, thank you

OnTriggerStay is exactly what I needed

[eternal needle]

if this is for a lot of units, might want to consider just storing in a list. OnTriggerStay will be called 50 times each frame, for each target, for each enemy. If you dont have too much going on then its not a concern really.
With a list you can also have it easily compare which target is closest, which entered first/last etc

basically gives you more control of what to target

[queen adder]

Give them an id and start with the lowest in the array

[molten pulsar]

hi

i have a problem whit this line of code

[night mural]

and what do your errors say?

[queen adder]

Ive never seen a raycast done that way

[molten pulsar]

the line that says if(Physics.Raycast(ray, out hitInfo, distance, mask))

[night mural]

not what line, what's wrong? it'll tell you

[molten pulsar]

well when i hit play

[night mural]

you have 2 errors underlined in red that you can hover over and read

before you even hit play, you can see that there are errors

[molten pulsar]

yes but what is wrong?

[night mural]

what does the error say? it should tell you

[eternal needle]

that you havent read the errors yet

[night mural]

sounds like you should check that function and make sure your arguments are in the correct order

[eternal needle]

you are using 3d raycast btw

[night mural]

(yeah that's the real problem but hopefully we'd get there through actual debugging)

[molten pulsar]

yes

[night mural]

your hit is 2d

[molten pulsar]

oh

[night mural]

they can't mix

[queen adder]

So what the 2d hit doin

[molten pulsar]

that was a stupid mistake

[night mural]

best kind to make since they are easy to fix

[queen adder]

I imagine it still won't work

[night mural]

if you follow the errors they will get you there

[eternal needle]

was considering not saying anything, but them reaching that conclusion would probably take awhile since they werent even looking at errors at the start. Would have to see errors -> look docs for declarations -> notice it doesnt have raycasthit2d as a parameter

[queen adder]

I cant see how they've got it setup working in the docs

[molten pulsar]

so that finally works

ty

[queen adder]

Egg on my face, learn something new every day

So does Ray just store pos and direction?

[night mural]

yep a ray is an origin with a direction

[warm depot]

hello, my script machine is fully broken, I can't right click or zoom in or out or anything. Does anyone know what's going on?

[queen adder]

Script machine?

[warm depot]

yea script machine component for visual scripting

[eternal needle]

this is for writing code,#763499475641172029 for that server

[queen adder]

Haven't a clue, if in doubt restart the editor

[swift crag]

reset your layout in the top right corner if the editor windows are messed up

[rocky canyon]

visual scripting basically a disadvantage imo, less people use it

than standard scripting

[queen adder]

IDEs are so complex now they basically are visual scripting

[rocky canyon]

👀 interesting point of view

[eternal needle]

definitely not lol

[queen adder]

You type like 2 letters in a configed Rider and it already knows what you wanna do

[rocky canyon]

sometimes, usually just finishes word.. like autocomplete on ur cellphone.

[eternal needle]

that has nothing to even do with visual scripting

[rocky canyon]

its not gonna autocomplete an entire script, or finish ur system for ya

anyways, give the #763499475641172029 a shot

maybe u can find some help in there

or if u can convert what u have into normal code u can just ask here, and convert it back into visual code

[queen adder]

Wait, visual scripting does that?

[rocky canyon]

that may be viable

no, lol not that know of.. but u made it sound like thats what an IDE does

so ur using Bolt?

[ionic zephyr]

should I use RigidBody or Logic to move my character in the overworld of a pokemon type Overworld???'

[queen adder]

No, I just had in my head visual scripting was like that Unreal Engine type thing where you drag the lines around

[warm depot]

its whatever is built into unity

[rocky canyon]

Ideally you should learn to use both tools in tandem because visual scripting is a better solution sometimes, and other times, traditional code is best. Learning how and when to use each is one in the same as learning how to use unity.```

[swift crag]

That is, indeed, visual scripting.

[rocky canyon]

^ good reply to a forum thread where they asking regular's for help in visual scripting

[swift crag]

Unreal encourages you to use Blueprints to produce specific behaviors after you write some "bedrock" code in C++

I think the same applies here.

[sour fulcrum]

How does Unity actually create the gameobjects in a scene when a scene is loaded? Is the actual creation in the c++ side of it?

[ivory bobcat]

You can hide the code (syntax) but you cannot hide the logic.

[rocky canyon]

either way you'll use logic.. but i know what you mean.. and its pretty much up to you

[ionic zephyr]

like changing the transform.position I mean

[rocky canyon]

do you need a Physics heavy character?

if not.. don't use a rigidbody.. use a CC instead

[ionic zephyr]

Not really, I´m worried about collisions

[rocky canyon]

CC will detect collisions just fine

it has its own method

[queen adder]

Character controller is a lot less of a headache

[ionic zephyr]

Im using 2D

Which is better Character Controller or creating my own logic?

[rocky canyon]

CC doesn't have Gravity so you'll have to code that in
a Rigidbody doesn't have Ground Checks or Stair Climbing Capability you'll have to code that in..

[ivory bobcat]

Or you can roll your own detection system if little to no common game movement is needed. Not very practical though.

[rocky canyon]

what one has the other doesn't pretty much

adding gravity is baby steps

[ionic zephyr]

I ´ve gone this way but I wanted to make sure because CC is tempting

[rocky canyon]

they both can do teh same things as each other..

[queen adder]

Stairs, slopes, ground detection, friction managing..
Vs
Adding gravity

[rocky canyon]

physics is pretty easy to just setup and like the physics engine react..

[ionic zephyr]

Yeah, if you visualize a pokemon type player movement gravity isn´t necessary

[rocky canyon]

a CC will be lots of coding to get elevators, or knockbacks, etc to work

but a Rigidbody will just work with that stuff, after you code in the ground checks and stuff

[queen adder]

Never thought of that

[ivory bobcat]

If you're doing grid based old school jrpg/dungeon crawler-like, you'll not need anything complex to move your character.

[ionic zephyr]

The thing is I´ll make a transition between battle and overworld exploration

so maybe I can use CC for Overworld

and RigidBody for the combat phase

[ionic zephyr]

Yeah thats true, I´m facing a problem with my own logic which is that the character has this inertia/moment even if I stop pressing the key and I don´t know how to eliminate that

[vernal minnow]

What would cause an object to freeze a variable after one use in a built version of a game?

[ivory bobcat]

Are you using Rigid Body physics?

[ionic zephyr]

No, logic (transform.position)

modifying it I mean

[vernal minnow]

My enemies should fire bullets at me, and yet they fire one round and then just stop firing

[queen adder]

And it works fine in editor?

[vernal minnow]

Yes

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show your implementation and folks may help you debug.

[vernal minnow]

They still follow the player which is even more confusing

[queen adder]

Probably something running too high FPS that needs to be migrated from Update to FixedUpdate if I had to hazard a guess

Did you build as development?

[vernal minnow]

It's a timed event though

[ionic zephyr]

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

[vernal minnow]

Uh... no

[swift crag]

this sounds inappropriate

[vernal minnow]

What's a development build do?

[swift crag]

put things in FixedUpdate if they need to interact with physics

[rocky canyon]

its like a debug version

you'll have a Console.. and see debug logs

[swift crag]

show your code.

[queen adder]

What

[rocky canyon]

not applicable

[queen adder]

[swift crag]

like an inappropriate programming decision

not the other interpretation of "inappropriate"

(:

[vernal minnow]

Like a paste bin version?

[swift crag]

Yes.

Share your code.

[vernal minnow]

Alright

[queen adder]

I mean, weren't given a lot to work with and that's the only thing I can think of that has caused me errors in build only

[ivory bobcat]

Your movement field would be the limiting factor as to whether there will be any movement or not.

It's assigned the x and y values every update, so perhaps set those values to zero if input is no longer being applied

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, lets see

[ivory bobcat]

We'd need to see where you're calling register x and y

[ionic zephyr]

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

I thought of adding an if(is pressing w,a,s or d)

[vernal minnow]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/obuhuqahen.pgsql

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/usuqiwozep.pgsql

[rocky canyon]

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
        {
            _playerMovement.Run();
        }
        else if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift))
        {
            _playerMovement.StopRunning();
        }```

this is a little off... GetKeyUp() would be registered on the next frame..

[vernal minnow]

bullet code

[vernal minnow]

enemy code

[rocky canyon]

getkey and getkeyup can't be triggered on the same frame

so the else if() really isnt necessary

[swift crag]

if(transform.position.x == target.x && transform.position.y == target.y)

I'm not a huge fan of this. It actually should work okay, since you're using Vector2.MoveTowards, which returns exactly the "to" vector if it's close enough

But exact comparisons of floats like this are just inviting problems with floating point error

[ivory bobcat]

So your movement isn't the culprit. Do you've got anything else moving your character?

[swift crag]

especially if you're setting the position into transform.position

[ionic zephyr]

Not really

[swift crag]

That's going to update your transform's local position.

This may result in a slightly different world position than the one you asked for.

Instead, do this:

if (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, target) < 0.01f)

pick some small value

[rocky canyon]

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
    _playerMovement.Run();
}

if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
    _playerMovement.StopRunning();
}```

for those to work they'd have to be in seperate if statements

[ivory bobcat]

With your second script, we can assume that the movement vector can be a zero vector. Anything multiplied by zero (all parts of the vector are zero) will result in a zero vector. Either movement somehow isn't zero or something else is moving the character.

[rocky canyon]

the else if block checking for Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift) might not be triggered if another key is pressed in between the Update frames. If another key is pressed, the else if block won't be executed even if the Left Shift key is released in the same frame.

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, fixed, thanks!

[ionic zephyr]

it is not a vector zero

[vernal minnow]

im assuming that is directed at me, theres a good bit going on here lol

[swift crag]

Nothing is jumping out at me here. You should check your Player log to see if there are errors being thrown.

[swift crag]

yes :p

basically, favor checking if two vectors are really close together rather than testing if their x and y values are identical

[vernal minnow]

will do, imma check the devbuild

[ionic zephyr]

the thing is that it is not a big movement but it is a tiny little space that my character advances because of inertia or moment of some kind

[swift crag]

the development build should give you more readable logs

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

[ivory bobcat]

Were you saying your character doesn't stop if the keys are released or takes it's time to stop (delayed)?

[vernal minnow]

yeah... i set a timer on em if they bounce off of something

[ionic zephyr]

it takes a liiiitle amount of time to stop

which I don´t like at all for a game of this characteristics

[vernal minnow]

ill be back in a bit if i find anything odd

[rocky canyon]

you can use an additional condition to check if ur registerX and Y are zero.. or (approximately 0) and if they are can call a function to stop the player

[ionic zephyr]

oh okay, thanks

is it strange to this?

just curiosity

[rocky canyon]

my controllers usually stop on their own. b/c they're continuously using the inputs with a multiplier to move..

when its 0 (0 * multiplier = 0) so no forces/movement goes thru the player

[ivory bobcat]

When you normalize the vector, your vector will attempt to give itself a magnitude of one. So even if the value is decreasing because the input was released, it'll delay a bit till it's too little to be normalized
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3-normalized.html

Maybe consider raw input

[ionic zephyr]

sorry, what is raw input

[ivory bobcat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input.GetAxisRaw.html

With raw input, the values will be either zero, one or negative one. You'll not get the miniscule values in between, which you aren't wanting as those values will count towards the normalized result.

[ionic zephyr]

oooh thanks a lot

My God this is just what I needed

thanks a lot

[rocky canyon]

how'd u write ur code? most tutorials will explain the difference.. thats the very first thing i learned in unity

good segue on how smoothing works

[gritty notch]

does anyone know how i can get world bounds of a ui element?

[rocky canyon]

thats a good one.

[vernal minnow]

well odd i did indeed find

[ivory bobcat]

Could probably convert the screen coordinates to world coordinates, blue's on the more appropriate track

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RectTransform.GetWorldCorners.html

[vernal minnow]

its saying the object that i want to instantiate is null after the first fire@swift crag

any idea what could cause that?

[swift crag]

Oh, are you destroying the prefab

[gritty notch]

thanks

[vernal minnow]

shouldnt be

[wintry quarry]

sounds like you might be

[vernal minnow]

should be destroying closes just like all the other enemies

[swift crag]

Yeah. You’re destroying shot

[vernal minnow]

bruh... clones*

[wintry quarry]

You're definitely destroying the prefab

[swift crag]

you're discarding the instantiated object

[vernal minnow]

i keep getting blocked by the mod bot lol

[north kiln]

Good

[wintry quarry]

var cloneBullet = Instantiate(prefab, ...);
// later
Destroy(cloneBullet);```

What you have right now is Destroy(prefab)

[swift crag]

You should have been getting a bunch of warnings in your console about trying to destroy a prefab.

[wintry quarry]

naming your variables more clearly would help avoid this btw. If your variable was called bulletPrefab you would be less likely to accidentally destroy it

[vernal minnow]

if this is the issue, why would the other spawned objects not break?

[wintry quarry]

what other spawned objects?

[swift crag]

because you didn't do that to the other objects?

even if you hit your mailbox with your car, your front door will be fine

[vernal minnow]

the enemy for one

enemy shooter ai*

[wintry quarry]

well where's your code that destroys enemies

presumably it's not this same code

[swift crag]

EnemyShooterAI does not destroy anything other than its shot prefab.

[wintry quarry]

Don't you see how this code is destroying the prefab?

[vernal minnow]

it used the same code that the player uses to fire its bullet, so im a bit confused

[swift crag]

well you didn't show us that, so we can't tell you why things are different

[vernal minnow]

fair enough

[ivory bobcat]

How to post !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.

[wintry quarry]

I bet it's different

[swift crag]

i presume it correctly destroys the instance, or doesn't destroy anything at all

[vernal minnow]

wait so the coroutine is just removing the prefab?

so whys it work in the editor?

[swift crag]

It is passing the reference to the prefab to Destroy

[swift crag]

Look in your console.

You will find out why.

[wintry quarry]

the editor probably stops you from doing that and says "Destroying prefabs is bad, don't do it" in the console

[vernal minnow]

oh...

[swift crag]

you really shouldn't be ignoring warning messages in your console. Unity isn't printing them for fun.

[vernal minnow]

im a dimwit

i have had an error for a while like that

wasnt causing issues so i ignored it

[vernal minnow]

an error like this perhaps?

[swift crag]

Yes.

[vernal minnow]

wow im dense

[swift crag]

A prefab is a kind of asset, and you were asking Unity to destroy the asset.

[ivory bobcat]

With an error, your play session will attempt to run the most recent working version that did not have any errors

[swift crag]

huh?

[ivory bobcat]

Oh, runtime error

[swift crag]

and when it's a compile error, unity just refuses to run :p

[vernal minnow]

GameObject laser = (GameObject)Instantiate(CirclePrefab, firePoint.position /*+ new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0)*/, itGuy.rotation /*Quaternion.identity*/); so a variation of this should fix it?

thats the players version

[swift crag]

why are you casting that to a GameObject?

what is the type of CirclePrefab?

[vernal minnow]

the prefab is the bullet

they share a similar name being 1 and 2

[swift crag]

okay, and what is the type of the CirclePrefab variable?

[vernal minnow]

public GameObject CirclePrefab;

[swift crag]

okay, so there's no need for that GameObject cast

that was confusing to me

anyway, yes, you'll save the reference returned by Instantiate

then pass that to your destroy coroutine

Alternatively

You can just do Destroy(thing, 2f); to destroy something after 2 seconds

[vernal minnow]

is it not needed when getting rotations?

[swift crag]

This code doesn't "get a rotation"

[vernal minnow]

the rest does

[swift crag]

if you mean when you pass a rotation to Instantiate, then no

Instantiate always returns whatever the type of its first argument is

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

[vernal minnow]

`float worldHeight = Camera.main.orthographicSize * 2.0F;
float worldWidth = worldHeight * Camera.main.aspect;
Vector2 position;
position.x = Random.value * worldWidth - worldWidth / 2.0F;
Debug.Log("Laser 1 Fired Successfully");
GameObject laser = (GameObject)Instantiate(CirclePrefab, firePoint.position , itGuy.rotation );
Rigidbody2D rb = laser.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
rb.velocity = transform.right * laserSpeed;
StartCoroutine(scheduleDestroy(5.0F, laser));
IEnumerator scheduleDestroy(float delay, GameObject target)
{
yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);

                Destroy(target);
            }`

heres the full thing

lotta extra stuff that i didnt fix tho...

[ivory bobcat]

Ah, yeah. Not sure why I thought otherwise. Test builds maybe..

[swift crag]

I don't see anything here that "gets a rotation" other than itGuy.rotation

which reads out the rotation of the Transform named itGuy

regardless, the cast is not necessary: the method will return a GameObject if you give it a GameObject

[vernal minnow]

ah

[swift crag]

The cast might have been necessary in Unity's ancient past

[vernal minnow]

its a tag check mb

[swift crag]

maybe before they included the generic Instantiate method

in that case, it would've always returned UnityEngine.Object

[north kiln]

Why's your bold font so foul 👀

[swift crag]

Safari's bold font is AGGRESSIVE

it looks so thin in Chrome

[vernal minnow]

its for collisions maybe? if not then ya are right about it being unneccesary

[swift crag]

you would not cast to GameObject in a collision method either

[vernal minnow]

not even comparing gameboject tags?

[deft siren]

the audio is set to be hearable up to the circle but i hear it max volume all the way in the house

[north kiln]

yucky safari looks like this to me with Vivaldi (which is chromium)

[swift crag]

you'd just get the game object of the collider or rigidbody you hit directly

[swift crag]

you would not do any casting here, no

[north kiln]

Rarely do you have to cast something

[swift crag]

Casting is necessary when you have a less-specific type than you want. This often indicates you're doing something wrong.

[vernal minnow]

ig im just using non necessary stuff...

[deft siren]

3D lvl was 0, mb

[swift crag]

You should do things for strong reasons, not just because you saw it once!

[vernal minnow]

its how ive done everything...

thats honestly a bad habit im guessing

[swift crag]

Yes. It leads to code that implies things that aren't true, which makes it hard to reason about your code

GameObject foo = (GameObject) Instantiate(something); implies that something is not a GameObject

and there aren't many other valid types for something in that case

pretty much just UnityEngine.Object

[vernal minnow]

carp, i still broke it lol

GameObject shot = (GameObject)Instantiate(shot, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);

[swift crag]

You already have a variable called shot

[ivory bobcat]

Why the cast?

[near wadi]

i thought i was the only one who said carp

[swift crag]

Now, it's not an error to declare a local variable with the same name as a field

But this does shadow the field

shot no longer refers to the field

[vernal minnow]

still giving the same error, do i need to directly add a prefab variable to the script?

[swift crag]

So you're trying to pass shot, the local variable, to Instantiate

[vernal minnow]

so im still killing the prefab...

[vernal minnow]

oops

[swift crag]

this will never compile.

what did you change it to?

[vernal minnow]

im still coroutining the shot...

[swift crag]

Answer my question, please

I can't help you if you go running off doing random stuff

[vernal minnow]

`if(timeBetweenShots <= 0)
{
//GameObject laser = (GameObject)Instantiate(CirclePrefab, firePoint.position /+ new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0)/, itGuy.rotation /Quaternion.identity/);
GameObject bullet = (GameObject)Instantiate(shot, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
timeBetweenShots = startTimeBetweenShots;
StartCoroutine(scheduleDestroy(2.0F, bullet));
IEnumerator scheduleDestroy(float delay, GameObject target)
{
yield return new WaitForSeconds(delay);

            Destroy(target);
        }
    }`

fixed it

and youwere right

[swift crag]

This looks fine, save for the pointless (GameObject) cast that you can just get rid of.

[vernal minnow]

shot also wasnt working lol, i didnt save the script when i ran it😂

[vernal minnow]

removing it wont break anything?

[swift crag]

Of course not, as long as the type of shot is GameObject

[vernal minnow]

bullet = Instantiate(shot, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);

so like that?

[swift crag]

You still need to declare bullet

GameObject bullet = Instantiate(...)

[vernal minnow]

GameObject bullet = Instantiate(shot, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);

ill try it, now im curious why i ever was casting it to start with?

my 3rd project and ive done it on all 3

[buoyant knot]

but hear me out.
(int) (short) (long) (uint) (int) enumState

[vernal minnow]

whats uint?

[buoyant knot]

unsigned int

[vernal minnow]

and enumstate

[buoyant knot]

32 bits of unadulterated INTEGER

[vernal minnow]

imma use that... wait, can it be assignd later?

[swift crag]

do not worry about it.

you will know if you actually need an unsigned integer

[buoyant knot]

an enum is an integer, with special named values

[swift crag]

enumState is a variable name

[vernal minnow]

wait, i read unassaigned

[buoyant knot]

uint is really useful when you want to do bitmath, but negative numbers are confusing

[swift crag]

I presume it's an enum type.

[vernal minnow]

mb

[swift crag]

an enum lets you declare a new type with a fixed set of values

public enum Color {
  Red,
  Green,
  Blue
}

internally, an enum is just an integer

in this case, Red=0, Green=1, Blue=2

Enums show up fairly often in Unity. They're used wherever there's a small set of options.

[vernal minnow]

so red green and blue are now integar variables?

[swift crag]

No.

Color.Red, Color.Green, and Color.Blue are the three values of the Color enum.

[buoyant knot]

uint just lets you handle the actual 32 bits without messing with negative numbers flipping bits and all that crap

[swift crag]

Color myColor = Color.green;

[vernal minnow]

oh...

[buoyant knot]

don’t name your enum Color. That is confusing

[swift crag]

it collides with Unity's Color, yes

it was a simple example

[buoyant knot]

public enum Cardinal { Up = 1, Right = 2, Down = 4, Left = 8}
This defines an enumeration type called Cardinal

[swift crag]

now you're naming enums after birds!

[vernal minnow]

im both confused and intrigued

cardinal directions

oh

that was a joke...

[buoyant knot]

let’s say i have Cardinal direction. This represents a direction, but in code, it is actually just an integer

[vernal minnow]

oki, now i have a stupid unrelated question

[buoyant knot]

but now I can do things like check direction == Cardinal.Up; instead of direction == 1, which makes no sense when you look at it

enum types are just integers with predefined values specific to that enum type

[vernal minnow]

when running build, how do i force the build to specific screen size/resolution

my build makes the game look funny bc the resolution is way off

[buoyant knot]

been a long time, but I would check Project settings

[vernal minnow]

yeah... i tried that, and the internets unity looks different from mine

kinda triggering tbh

the how too looked easy and mine didnt even have the same settings

@swift crag thx man, ya fixed my broken enemy issue

[near wadi]

can't reference a prefab in a prefab because.. FU that's why
EDIT: In the end, this was due to user error, and does actually work as one would expect

I have a simple overhead healthbar HUD Canvas thing that is a prefab. good luck getting it working on multiple enemy prefabs without jumping through so many hoops it would make an acrobat nauseous

[shell sorrel]

prefabs can reference other prefabs and assets just fine

they just cant reference scene objects for obvious reasons

[vernal minnow]

Do the enemies need an overhead healthbar?

Or is it a player health bar?

[shell sorrel]

also there are many ways to make references, if enemies need health bars for example, just have them notify a system in your UI and pass a self reference

[near wadi]

enemy health bar

[dusty coral]

@north kiln i removed the parenthesis, i dont get the error anymore but the debug.log is not being triggered

[near wadi]

the issue is not adjusting the value of the Health Bar, it is getting it to recognize the health bar to begin with. it is a nested prefab. Best method i have found so far is FIndGameObjectWithTag. dilemma being, i assumed that since it was on the same object, finding each other would be a simple GetComponent, but it seems that is not the case with nested prefabs

[north kiln]

and logs are not hidden in the top right of the console window?

[dusty coral]

oh 😅

its good now

[near wadi]

Here is an example of what i am having issue with. i am sure there is a simple way around it, i just do not know it.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class HungryAnimal : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        Canvas WhyYouNoWork = GetComponent<Canvas>();
        if ( WhyYouNoWork != null ) { Debug.Log("Found"); }
    }
}

the Canvas is not found. this is after unpacking it, and also just flat out adding another Canvas as a test

[teal viper]

Is the script on the Canvas/1 object?

[near wadi]

No, it is on the main Prefab

[teal viper]

Then why should it find it?

[near wadi]

they are on the same object. why should it Not find it?

[teal viper]

GetComponent only gets components on the same object.

[near wadi]

ok, perhaps a misunderstanding. the Script and the Canvas are on the same Prefab

[teal viper]

Does the prefab root have a canvas component?

[near wadi]

i think so?

[teal viper]

Do you see it in the hierarchy inspector on the left side?

[near wadi]

in this screenshot, no. i do see it in the hierarchy labeled windows though

[teal viper]

Okay, lets make things clear: what is displayed in the hierarchy?

And what is displayed in the inspector?

[near wadi]

They are both in the image shared above.. what are we trying to get to here?

[teal viper]

What does the hierarchy show in general?

What does each element in it correspond to?

[near wadi]

sorry, i do not know what you mean.. the screenshot is of the hierarchy..

[teal viper]

I'm trying to figure out if you understand what a hierarchy is

[north kiln]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.GetComponent.html

Gets a reference to a component of type T on the same GameObject as the component specified.

[teal viper]

Do you?

[shell sorrel]

we have not seen a screenshot that shows your canvas component yet

[near wadi]

is the hierarchy in the screenshot or not?

[shell sorrel]

GetComponent only looks on the gameobject its called on and no further

[teal viper]

In general

[shell sorrel]

so will only find components on the exact same gameobject

[near wadi]

is a prefab a gameobject?

[north kiln]

It's made up of gameobjects.

[shell sorrel]

its made of one or many gameobjects

[near wadi]

ok, that is helpful

[north kiln]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-GameObject.html

[teal viper]

A hierarchy always shows only gameObjects and their relationship. Inspector only ever shows components(aside from materials and custom inspectors) of the selected object.

If you don't see a component in the inspector GetComponent wouldn't find it either.

[near wadi]

Ok, so at this point, the way i am finding it is by Tag. it seemed to me that there should be a more direct route to 'find' it

[teal viper]

Prefab or not doesn't matter. Consider prefab edit mode as a small separate scene. It doesn't change how components and gameObjects work.

[north kiln]

A serialized reference would be direct

[near wadi]

Ok, therein lies the problem, i cannot seem to serialize a reference to something in the same prefab

[north kiln]

You can do that just fine

[shell sorrel]

you can do that just fine, a prefab can have references to stuff inside of its self and assets including other prefabs

only restriction is scene objects

[near wadi]

When i attempt to Drag the the thing titled Canvas, which is of Type Canvas from the Prefab (shared prefab), to the serialized reference spot, i get just a red circle with a line

[shell sorrel]

take bigger screen shot that shows the object you are trying to drag in as well

it sounds like it is either not a canvas or its a scene object and not part of the prefab

[north kiln]

Can you show the canvas' inspector?

[near wadi]

so at this moment, i find by Tag, then assign the Camera on Start

[north kiln]

You should be able to drag that object into that reference just fine, if it's not allowing you then that's very strange. Are you looking at that inspector with the root of the prefab selected from the hierarchy window? Or did you have it selected from the project

[near wadi]

this is the main prefab that i double clicked in the Project

[north kiln]

Perhaps select the root via the hierarchy and see if you can drag and drop then

[near wadi]

Yes! Thank you

By having this 'active/highlighted' i was able to drag the Canvas to the Serialized Field

i am not 100% sure how i screwed it up, but i am sure it was user error

Thanks again everyone

[shell sorrel]

You likely did not have it opened in the prefab editor and were trying to drag in a canvas from your scene not the one in the prefab

[near wadi]

i think you are right. I must have been flip flopping between double clicked open, and single click selected, and not realizing it

Oh, no.. there is none in the Scene. pretty sure it was the half open, click vs double click thing

I can reproduce it now. when in this single clicked state, i cannot drag to it

but when in this double clicked state, i can

Yet, both show it available, and indentical Inspector (for most parts)

Obvious now, but in my frustration i did not realize i was alternating between fully open and not.

[abstract hedge]

i cant fix my sliding issue

still

[nimble apex]

public class SocketIndicator : MonoBehaviour
{
  public enum Status { Idle, On, Disconnect, Emit }

  [SerializeField] private Text indicator;
  [SerializeField] private int statusResetDuration;

  public void OnStatusChange(Status status)
  {
    StopCoroutine(ResetStatus());

    switch (status)
    {
      case Status.Idle:
        indicator.text = "I";
        break;
      case Status.On:// 3 seconds reset to idle
        indicator.text = "R";
        StartCoroutine(ResetStatus());
        break;
      case Status.Emit:// 3 seconds reset to idle
        indicator.text = "E";
        StartCoroutine(ResetStatus());
        break;
      case Status.Disconnect:
        indicator.text = "D";
        break;
      default:
        indicator.text = "N/A";
        break;
    }
  }

  public void OnStatusChange_Reconnect(int attempt)
  {
    indicator.text = attempt.ToString();
  }

  private IEnumerator ResetStatus()
  {
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(statusResetDuration);
    indicator.text = "I";
  }
}```

is it optimized enough?

we planned to make an indicator UI that told users and beta tester the websocket status
as you see in the code, when websocket event is called, they will call this script as well

[abstract hedge]

can someone help me, i still cant figure my movement controller out

[near wadi]

so, to double verify, like the GetComponent, there is no GetObjectOfTypeAndName in this prefab?, it would always be a Find scenario? When not serializing, i mean

[near wadi]

your best bet would be to put a link back to the original question when you are pinging for assistance

[abstract hedge]

this

[near wadi]

ok, that shows the final issue, but not anything about your actual controller

[abstract hedge]

idk what is is though

[near wadi]

Did you write code to make a controller, or are you using a third party controller code?

[abstract hedge]

im using one from a video

[near wadi]

So, you would need to share the code

[abstract hedge]

/code

[near wadi]

!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.

[abstract hedge]

thanks

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

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    private CharacterController controller;

    public float speed = 12f;
    public float gravity = -9.81f * 2;
    public float jumpHeight = 3f;

    public Transform groundCheck;
    public float groundDistance = 0.4f;
    public LayerMask groundMask;

    Vector3 velocity;

    bool isGrounded;
    bool isMoving;

    private Vector3 lastPosition = new Vector3(0f,0f,0f);

    
    void Start()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
    }

    
    void Update()
    {
        
        isGrounded = Physics.CheckSphere(groundCheck.position, groundDistance, groundMask);

        if (isGrounded && velocity.y < 0)
        {
            velocity.y = -2f;
        }



        float x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float z = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");


        Vector3 move = transform.right * x + transform.forward * z;



        controller.Move(move * speed * Time.deltaTime);

        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && isGrounded)
        {

            velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -2f * gravity);
        }


        velocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;


        controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);

        if (lastPosition != gameObject.transform.position && isGrounded == true)
        {
            isMoving = true;

        }
        else
        {
            isMoving = false;

        }

        lastPosition = gameObject.transform.position;
    }
}

[teal viper]

Can you maybe start the game paused, switch to the scene view and take a screenshot from the bird's eye view?

[abstract hedge]

alr

[near wadi]

Also, when that happens, are you holding down a key, or does it just kamikaze off the side on its own?

[abstract hedge]

yea

it just kamikazes

[teal viper]

Also if you could record a video of the issue with your mouse rotation disabled, it would be helpful.

[near wadi]

you perhaps have a joystick or a space mouse attached to your computer?

[abstract hedge]

no, i only have mouse and keyboard

[near wadi]

ok

[abstract hedge]

i just had to go back to a save, i bluescreened

[deft siren]

how do i keep edits i make while playing?

[teal viper]

I really think that the issue could be related to your mouse rotation code. Could you disable the component and record a video of the issue again?

[abstract hedge]

yes

[teal viper]

Mp4 please?

[abstract hedge]

gotu

[teal viper]

You don't normally.

[deft siren]

figured out a way lol

[abstract hedge]

@teal viper

[deft siren]

hey so my Ai script was working just fine for some time but now it wont detect the player

it was not facing the right direction so to solve it i placed the scripts into a parent in the parent (but i dont think that could be affecting in any way)

heres how it looks (mazeDog: scripts + mesh, dog: animations and objects)

and heres the script

[abstract hedge]

@teal viper

[teal viper]

Okay. Can you make the input variables public or serialized fields so that we can see them in the inspector and record a video just like the one you made again?

[abstract hedge]

yea, 1 second

[teal viper]

Draw debug rays to see where they are cast and wether they hit anything

[abstract hedge]

tbh i dont know how to do that

[teal viper]

#🖱️┃input-system

[teal viper]

Just declare public float x and the same for y at the top of your script where the rest of the fields are. Then remove the "float" from the declaration in the update.

[abstract hedge]

alr

[abstract hedge]

so this

[teal viper]

Yes. Now record a video like before.

[abstract hedge]

alr 1 min, i have to throw some stuff away il be back

[queen adder]

Can you lend me the code? It helps me a lot for other things?

[teal viper]

Don't take code from strangers. They might kidnap you and sell your kidneys.

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[sonic dome]

what other way should i do this?

[abstract hedge]

@teal viper

wait mp4

[sonic dome]

using UnityEngine;

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody rb;
    [SerializeField]
    private float speed;
    private Vector3 direction;
    private Animator anim;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
    }


    void OnMove(InputValue value)
    {
        direction = value.Get<Vector3>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        Motion();
        if(rb.velocity.x > 0)
        {
            anim.SetBool("Walk", true);
        }
        else if(rb.velocity.x == 0)
        {
            anim.SetBool("Walk", false);
        }
    }

    void Motion()
    {
        rb.velocity = direction * speed * Time.deltaTime;
    }
}

can anyone tell why my player is going homelander mode and just flying without me pressing anything value of speed is 1000

[teal viper]

From this video your input is pressed all the way until the end of the video.

[abstract hedge]

so the game thinks im clicking/ pushing something

[teal viper]

It thinks you're holding the movement keys

[abstract hedge]

how would i fix that?

[sonic dome]

removing the animator fixed the issue it happens when i use the avatar of the player in animator if i remove it from there it works

[teal viper]

Do you not actually hold them all the time?

[abstract hedge]

no im not touching my keyboard

[teal viper]

At all?

[small mantle]

I still don't understand how this code works. How can I visualize this? ```cs
Vector2 direction = new Vector2(mousePos.x - playerPos.position.x, mousePos.y - playerPos.transform.position.y);

[abstract hedge]

after i hit play no

[teal viper]

Take a screenshot of your project - input settings with the axes in question visible.

[abstract hedge]

ok

these?

[teal viper]

Yes. Expand Horizontal and Vertical. Also, why do you have 2 of each??

[abstract hedge]

idk, i have never touched these settings

1 sec letme move my mouse out of the ss

[teal viper]

And the other one's?

[abstract hedge]

its just so that you can see the setting that was coverd in horizontal

[teal viper]

You have 2 Horizontal and Vertical. Take a screenshot of the other ones too

[abstract hedge]

oh

[teal viper]

Remove these

[abstract hedge]

ok

[teal viper]

Or even just reset the whole input manager.

[abstract hedge]

it was there when i reset the input manager

[teal viper]

Click the 3 dots at the top right and select reset or clear.

[abstract hedge]

it only says reset

[teal viper]

Okay. Then maybe it's not related. Try removing them manually or changing the name.

Also, do you have a joystick connected?

[abstract hedge]

i just deleted them

[abstract hedge]

no

[teal viper]

Does that fix the issue?

[abstract hedge]

idk il check

EYS
"

YES

[small mantle]

I'm having an issue with the player skipping frames when moving. I know its because its rotation, how can I solve this? ```cs
// Inside the Update Method

// This is the mouseCusor Code....
Vector2 direction = new Vector2(mouseCursorPosition.x - playerPosition.position.x, mouseCursorPosition.y - playerPosition.transform.position.y);

    playerPosition.transform.up = direction;

// This is the Movement Code....
if (moveVector != Vector2.zero) {
rb.MovePosition(rb.position + moveVector.normalized * moveSpeed * multiplier * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
}

[teal viper]

Okay. Then you probably have something recognized as a joystick connected.

And it provides input.

[abstract hedge]

i figured it out

it was a usb stick

[teal viper]

A USB stick..?🤔

[abstract hedge]

yea, i unplugged it and it worked

[teal viper]

Like a memory USB?

[abstract hedge]

yea

[teal viper]

Lol okay

[abstract hedge]

idk how it works but idc it worked

[sonic dome]

Is there a way to get the magnitude of vectors?

[north kiln]

!docs

[eternal falcon]

Documentation

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

💻 API

📖 Manual

[odd mason]

hey so im trying to use my animation triggers but whenever i do set them off my project freezes, cant find a way where it wont do this

[keen dew]

This code doesn't cause it. Post the entire script

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[odd mason]

like this

?*

[keen dew]

no

read the bot message

[odd mason]

oh k my bad

https://gdl.space/xefudijucu.cs

alright did it

[keen dew]

There's nothing there that should cause the editor to freeze

Do you mean that the editor freezes and you have to force quit it?

[odd mason]

no just that the game preview freezes, sorry about the poor wording choice

i thought this would work for animation control but yeah it just always freezes, been lost only problem ive had, the triggers work when i set them with the editor so i dont think its the animations causing the freezing, im pretty sure theyre running over and over but i thought this wouldn't cause that, unsure what to do

[keen dew]

Do the animations play at all?

[odd mason]

not sure since it just freezes

lemme check if hte triggers even activate though

ummm i got my editor stuck fullscreen on one editor window, know how to fix this?, cant check the triggers cause of it

i did before but i cannot find it again forgot how lol

[oblique ginkgo]

Double click the tab where it says the name of the tab and the icon

[odd mason]

thank you so much

yeah it jsut makes the game freeze, the triggers dont even get a chance to run

the idle state bar is just stuck

[craggy lava]

Why is my INT not default assigned to 0

int point;

if (point == 0)
{
      // CODE HERE     
}

Use of unassigned local variable 'point'

the int should by default be 0

[gaunt ice]

This is stack variable

[craggy lava]

whats that?

[gaunt ice]

It doesnt have default value
Memory in stack

[teal viper]

In C# you have to initialize your vatiables

Unless they're class members

[craggy lava]

oh ok

[oblique ginkgo]

or theyre ref types like lists

You don't have to initialize ref types if they're serialized in unity, though

[teal viper]

Then they'd just be null.

[odd mason]

figured it out!

[crisp gate]

guys why ;w;

for some reason when i use Kinetic rigidbody, it doesnt detect collision, but dynamic does?

i dont want dynamic cuz the bullets just send the enemies flying

[brisk escarp]

umm im falling through the floor and sticking to the otherside of the floor... and the vs code not showing any error also there are no errors showing on unity any one have a clue to this issue?

[crude prawn]

i had a programming exam and my teacher said that a would equal to b is this true?

[lean basin]

I have a Vector3 that represent movement of a player without considering direction.
How do I manipulate the vector to make the value facing on transform.forward?

I usually multiply the vector to transform.forward, and transform.right then sum them up. I wonder if there are more elegant solution.

Vector3 velocity = someVelocity();
Vector3 forwardMovement = velocity*transform.forward;
Vector3 sideMovement = velocity*transform.right;
Vector3 newVelocity = forwardMovement+sideMovement;

[rare basin]

is this related to Unity?

[crude prawn]

yes

[rare basin]

how

basic c# concept

you can google in 2minutes

or less

[crude prawn]

i will try

[rare basin]

or just try it yourself

and print the value 🤔

[crude prawn]

i did but it gives me an error

[rare basin]

did you read the error?

[crude prawn]

cannot convert int to bool i know

[rare basin]

yup

you cannot assign values

inside if brackets

= is assignment sign

[raw yoke]

you must use == in order to compare two values

[crude prawn]

in the answers i typed "The compiler would have gave you an error because you cant assign values inside the parameters in a "if" statement. Variabel a wouldnt have touched and would have remained at 1.

[rare basin]

wanted him to guess it himself, but ok

[crude prawn]

This is exactly what i typed

[raw yoke]

lmao sorry bro 😔 ✊

[rare basin]

kinda good asnwer

[crude prawn]

i know right

[rare basin]

better answer would be

[crude prawn]

i got wrong

[rare basin]

that the code wouldn't compile

[crude prawn]

yeah its translated so its bad english

[rare basin]

if it was

a = b;
if (a==b)
{
//code
}

then it would be true, and a will be 2

but you cannot do

if(a=b)

[crude prawn]

yes i do know that but i got a wrong answer how do i convince my teacher to give me a point for that

[teal viper]

Actually you can make assignments in the condition. It's legal. At least under certain circumstances.

[rare basin]

not in his case

[rare basin]

tell your teacher to try compile that code

[crude prawn]

Yeah and i still got a wrong answer so i dont know

[crude prawn]

he said he put an error there on purpose

but that a wouldnt equal 1

[rare basin]

it will be equal to 1

because the code wont even compile

and wont run

so it wont change to anything

infact a wont even exist

because... the program didin't run and compile

[crude prawn]

yeah xd

[rare basin]

a wont ever be declared

[crude prawn]

yeah thats the thing so im not sure why he said a would equal to b

[rare basin]

what is the correct answer your teacher said?

[crude prawn]

a = b

[rare basin]

🤔

10seconds in google

literalyl copy paste this message

[rare basin]

tell your teacher he is wrong

and that the code wont even compile

[rare basin]

so a wouldnt be created

so a doesnt have any value

because it doesnt exist

[crude prawn]

ill tell him this thank you

[teal viper]

Are you sure the question was not about bools?

[crude prawn]

im 100% sure

[rare basin]

do you have the question?

maybe you misunderstood it

but you said "the teacher put this error on purpose"?

why would he do that?

[crude prawn]

ig to test us

[rare basin]

so you spotted the error

[crude prawn]

i didnt misunderstood it the whole class got the same answer

[rare basin]

and he knows that this code is wrong and wont compile

[crude prawn]

yes

[rare basin]

so why does he say that the correct answer is a=b

tell him to explain

[crude prawn]

haha i have no idea ill ask him

and ill update you

[nimble apex]

unity has no dll in project file?

i need the assembly definition of default assembly

[rare basin]

i believe the default one isn't in the project files

[true heart]

i made a tilemap for the background in my game, it had the grass tiles stone and so on. i was wondering is it possible to make another tile map to add rocks and stumps while still showing the other background behind it. as when i tried it looked liek this

[timber tide]

if(a=b) is actually legit syntax in c++ to check assignment

c# it's a compiler error

[nimble apex]

the problem is i need to modify a script inside a plugin, that plugin has its own assembly/library , so all the scripts including that one is enclosed inside the library

from that script, i cant reference all my other managers because theyre all in default assembly, they dont have one

but, you cannot pull that one out from the plugin, so many other scripts are depending on that script

its sad scripts that dont have assembly can just reference other one by doing "using xxx;"
but theres no "using default;"

[timber tide]

could probably just use a background image instead of another tilemap and set the sorting group so it renders behind it

[rare basin]

the exam was related to Unity

atleast from what i understand

[rare basin]

and it's not legal way to check assignement, even in c++

[true heart]

i was hoping to use a tile map for both as it woudl make it much easier for me to edit as i coudl just add decorations ontop using the tile thign instead of having to place images is there really no way of makign teh rocks have a transparent background around it to show teh bottom layer?

[rare basin]

its a common mistake

[timber tide]

yeah, I actually remember seeing a question like that going from java to c++ because it's also a compiler error in java haha

[rare basin]

In C++, the expression if(a=b) is a valid assignment statement

[teal viper]

C++ would compile it though

[rare basin]

yes

and it will always evaluate to true

if a=2, and b=4

if(a=b) will return true in c++

because this is just a normal assignment

it's essentially checking if the assignment operation was successful, not if the numbers are matching

[earnest tendon]

ok so im trying to change the scene in my game after a ceirtain time limit, i got it set to 30 seconds rn so i can test it, but for some reason when it loads the next scene it doesnt load anything like i need it to load, i cant move the player and no ui elements update

[ivory bobcat]

Is it related to the delay? Sounds like something else.

[earnest tendon]

no it doesnt seem to be that

i could try something

but it wouldnt really fix the issue

rn the way i got it set up you gotta go through a character select screen in order to enter the level

[ivory bobcat]

There isn't enough information.

[earnest tendon]

theres not alot of info i can give, i got no idea whats going on, all ik is that the way i got my game set up you gotta go through a character select screen in order to play the game but if i boot up the game from the game scene itself without going through the character select screen then the issue im having occurs, where i cant move the player and the UI doesnt update to show the current stats

[ivory bobcat]

Well, this is a coding channel so we're assuming you'd have some kind of code to be viewed.

[earnest tendon]

if (stopwatchTime >= timeLimit)
        {
            SceneManager.LoadScene("Next Level");
        }

this is the code i got rn that changes the current scene

ive tried difrent methods to load the next level but none work

[ivory bobcat]

Looks valid. Your issue is likely elsewhere.

if i boot up the game from the game scene itself without going through the character select screen
Meaning, you've got some dependency with the character selection screen. Maybe persistent data that's only generated in the character selection screen.

[ivory bobcat]

What loads in the character selection screen that's absolutely necessary?

[earnest tendon]

theres nothing that gets added in the character select screen, it just has the buttons that send you to the next scene with all the needed dependencies to controll the character or obtain items

[ivory bobcat]

So something happens in that scene. That something is probably what's missing from your expected next scene if the prior isn't loaded first.

[earnest tendon]

the only thing that happens is that the buttons are what allows the player to move

but if i do the same for the other levels then the player would just reset to the base stats

[rare basin]

are you sure that this code doesnt execute several times?

causing to load the same scene every frame might cause some issues

[ivory bobcat]

You'd need to find some workaround. Maybe decouple the functionality from that particular scene and have it setup in an intermediary scene between where all other scenes would load this necessary scene as well prior to loading the non-working scene.

[rare basin]

might need some kind of secure on that, like a bool isLoaded

[earnest tendon]

nope

[ivory bobcat]

Likely it's just a timer delay before the scene is completely wiped out.
Sounds like the unwanted behavior is that skipping a particular scene would have another not work properly

[rare basin]

how did you make sure of that?

[ivory bobcat]

Probably something along the lines of...

• Title -> Character Selection -> Play (works)
• Title -> Play (don't work - missing persistent data/configurations from Character Selection)
• Play (don't work- missing persistent data/configurations from Character Selection)
  etc

[earnest tendon]

i tested it earlier when the issue began showing up

[rare basin]

put debug logs in there

[ivory bobcat]

Where the solution would be to decouple the dependent data from Character Selection and have an intermediary

• Title -> Character Selection -> Setup -> Play
• Title -> Setup -> Play
• Setup -> Play
  Where all of the above would Play after loading the setups.

[rare basin]

and show the console

when you load the scene

[ivory bobcat]

it just has the buttons that send you to the next scene with all the needed dependencies to controll the character or obtain items

Is that what's missing if you don't load the character selection screen first?

[earnest tendon]

yes thats what missing

but if i just load it like i do there it resets the character back to 0

[ivory bobcat]

Sounds like it

the issue im having occurs, where i cant move the player and the UI doesnt update to show the current stats

[foggy magnet]

Hi, I'm trying to use the c# tripple quoted strings ( so I can use newlines in the string literal ) , like string str = """ .... """;

It just isn't working though, Visual Studio doesn't recognise it as a multiline string, and neither does Unity as the console thinks I need newlines etc..

Is this kind of """ string supported in unity c# ?

[fossil drum]

You have your terminology correct, it's a string literal and the first C# string literal in google gives you the answer

[foggy magnet]

Thanks for the link. That's not for the """ string though, that's the one that begins with @ by thelooks of it.

The """ string allows you to have newlines also. But I'm wondering if it is a later version of c# than Unity suppots maybe?

[fossil drum]

Hmm, then I don't understand the difference between 1 string with newlines and @ or $ in it, and your version with newlines. Never used that style outside of Python.

[keen dew]

String literals with triple quotes is a C# 11 feature, Unity uses C# 9

[foggy magnet]

Aha brill, thanks, ok I can stop tying that now 🙂

Actually, it makes me do things properly anyway, I was trying to just use a JSON string I was pasting in, but I'll do it properly with JSON Serialization instead now.

[foggy magnet]

I may well be wrong about the details, but I think
@"greger "rgrege " // " /'"; Can have characters you'd otherwise need to esscape

and
"""
This sting can have characters you'd normally
have to ecape /|";//| etc..
but can also have newlines too
""";

[keen dew]

@-strings can also have newlines but I'm not sure if that's also an addition to later versions

[fossil drum]

This seems to work just fine for me

[north kiln]

no

Raw string literals are C# 11

Unity is C# ~9

[north kiln]

raw string literals trim the newlines on subsequent lines so you don't have to remove the indent completely

comparing the pair

[fossil drum]

Thanks, that explains the difference then.

[foggy magnet]

waaa, strange day today, now I just pressed a weird key combination in Visual Studio Community and all my code has gone a funny colour.

Has anyone seen this before? I'm not sure what I pressed or what it means. It is just this one cs file, and I've quite Visual Studio and reopned it and this file still has this weird colouring?

I must have turned on some mode, but I've never seen it before.

[kindred halo]

For some reasons OnCollisionEnter() is not working
I gave a debug log but doesn't appear when I collide with something
here's the code: https://paste.ofcode.org/6j4q5weQc6rHxdxp9iv9CK

[keen dew]

Put the log outside the if block

if it still doesn't show up then go through https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

[vale bloom]

hi, is anybody know how to debug / attach android from visual studio code in macos ?

[rare basin]

did you try google?

[vale bloom]

yes, i cant find any

I can debug Unity Editor, but not the android. i cant find anything on google

[languid spire]

you dont attach VS to your device you attach it in Unity in the build settings

[stuck palm]

How could you do a dash with the character controller? Cus you can't just add an impulse force like a rigidbody

[frosty hound]

The CC requires you manage your own velocity. Add a dash velocity to your movement that slows down to zero over a small amount of time.

[stuck palm]

Oh yeahh

Like move velocity+ dash velocity

[frosty hound]

Yep

[stuck palm]

I was thinking of just changing move velocity

Thanks thats a lot easier

Would I use a coroutine for making the dash velocity go to zero?

[frosty hound]

Sure you can override the movement instead. Up to you really.

Lots of people would use coroutines for that, yeah. I personally would not. Again, up to you in the end.

[stuck palm]

Out of curiosity how would you program a thing going to zero?

Idk what the word is

[frosty hound]

Update

[stuck palm]

Decreasing a value over time

Oh yeah I guess that could work

[frosty hound]

It's how I do it here. This is super old though, but only gif I could find.

[vale bloom]

I don't understand, usually we attach visual studio to android process. With script debugging checked on build setting.
I dont see any config for attach to android proccess

[languid spire]

Do you not have 'Run Device' ?
Sorry I'm not a Mac user, this is Windows but I would expect it to be the same

[vale bloom]

I was able to run the app Ok in android,
what i need is debug the app, and setup breakpoint etc

[languid spire]

Ah, then I suspect you would need Android Studio for that

[sonic dome]

https://pastebin.com/AP0H4P2F why doesnt my player move in the direction its looking in

[jaunty heath]

the direction comes from OnMove -> whatever you pass as InputValue determines your direction, so maybe thats where the problem lies, not the Movement class because that seems okay (even though i would call Motion() in a FixedUpdate() and not a normal Update())..

[sonic dome]

any fix u might wanna suggest?

so roation works with the OnMove direction

[jaunty heath]

if the direction your player is going to is wrong, then that's because value.Get<Vector3>(); does not give you what you expect

[sonic dome]

so should i use somthing like vector3.forward

[jaunty heath]

(also i would not set velocity of a rigiybody directly, but rather use things like AddForce but thats another story)

[ivory bobcat]

Why doesn't it look in the direction it's moving?cs if(rb.velocity.sqrMagnitude > 0) transform.forward = rb.velocity.normalized;

[sonic dome]

would .velocity be a problem in the long run?

[jaunty heath]

if you want to go forward i would use transform.forward as direction

[sonic dome]

let me try this

[jaunty heath]

setting it directly can interfere with other things, it doesnt have to though 🙂

[ivory bobcat]

You've already got this line, so you could probably just insert it in here as well

[sonic dome]

yes i did

time for the test

[sonic dome]

nope isnt working

no wait

my bad

let me try one thing

naw

this looks so bugged

maybe cuz i m chaning the transform and rb.velocity at the same time

https://pastebin.com/mNgwEnNy tried something like this

still isnt working

[ivory bobcat]

transform.rotation = orientation.rotation;

[sonic dome]

how will this help?

[ivory bobcat]

You need to remove that line from your code

[sonic dome]

but then the character wont rotate

it will be just the camera

[ivory bobcat]

And your line 29 isn't corret

[sonic dome]

i mean it worked

like i showed no error

but still doesnt move in the direction i want

[ivory bobcat]

Just set the forward direction to the velocity vector...

[sonic dome]

i did that as well it bug proly cuz there r 2 motions at the same time 1 is transfom.forward and one is velocity

[ivory bobcat]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[sonic dome]

what?

[ivory bobcat]

What did you not understand?

[sonic dome]

you want me to use this right?

[lavish gate]

what direction is moving

[sonic dome]

the direction the camera is looking in

[ivory bobcat]

I want you to set the forward direction to the velocity vector if it's magnitude wasn't zero. I want you to remove the rotation assignment at the end of the function.

[sonic dome]

okk let me try

[lavish gate]

and what direction do you want to move

[sonic dome]

https://pastebin.com/7B2x8v92

like this?

[ivory bobcat]

Likely he's moving relative to his velocity vector.
The only concern would be if jumping is implemented, he'd not want to evaluate the y component with it as well.

[sonic dome]

https://pastebin.com/zTPMBA0L this is my cam scirpt

[sonic dome]

still isnt working

[lavish gate]

value.Get<Vector3>(); i have never seen this syntax in my life

[ivory bobcat]

Define not working. (you'd want to tell folks what is happening instead)

[sonic dome]

its used to get the value from the new input system

[ivory bobcat]

New Input system

[lavish gate]

okay i see

[sonic dome]

it keeps moving in the forward direction and even tho the camera is looking somewhere else

[ivory bobcat]

To be specific, the Polling Actions section of https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7/manual/Actions.html

I thought you were wanting to look in the direction you're moving...

[sonic dome]

i wanted to move in the direction im looking

[lavish gate]

Mhm

[ivory bobcat]

If you're wanting to move in the direction your camera is pointed towards, use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.InverseTransformDirection.html

[sonic dome]

let me try

[ivory bobcat]

Relative to your direction field

[lavish gate]

Dalphat have you used unity events much

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure to revert to your original setup - remove the changes done.

[frank flare]

When I add Rigidbody to Cube (5) it falls under the ground. How do I make it stay?

[ivory bobcat]

Usually, you'd just ask the actual question and people would give suggestions.

[lavish gate]

Does the floor have a collider?

[sonic dome]

https://pastebin.com/vCaa7r3T

the player is rotating

but the movement is still the same

[lavish gate]

Yeah i did in the other channel

[frank flare]

I can walk on the floor and when there is no Rigidbody exactly on childs of Bottle nothing falls down. Bottle also has a Rigidbody, so I don't think it has to do anything with the floor

[lavish gate]

Oh sorry i read the question wrong

[ivory bobcat]

    void OnMove(InputValue value)
    {
        direction = transform.InverseTransformDirection(value.Get<Vector3>());
    }```

[lavish gate]

My bad

[ivory bobcat]

Assuming this script is on the camera or in the same orientation as the camera

[lavish gate]

Why do you need rigidbody on the bottle?

[frank flare]

Bottle flip challenge 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[lavish gate]

Why not just have a singular rigidbody?

[rare basin]

sorry for jumping in middle of the convo, but by doing this, is the relative vector now the local forward of the transform, meaning transform.forward?

Vector3 relative;
relative = transform.InverseTransformDirection(Vector3.forward);

[sonic dome]

by doing this it only makes it move in 1st direction i m looking at i have to stop and move again to change the direction again

[frank flare]

Then it would be a bobber, which I don't want

[lavish gate]

bobber?

[ivory bobcat]

Should be, yes.

[frank flare]

it should have some challenge on flopping the bottle, but not like when the flop is 100% accurate that the bottle will go down at the good rotation

[rare basin]

so basically it just converts world space direction into local space?

[frank flare]

a bobber of a fishing rod. an item that is used for fishing

[ivory bobcat]

Transforms a direction from world space to local space.

[lavish gate]

id reckon just add one rigidbody to the main object and have a few box colliders attached to the bottle

[sonic dome]

^?

[lavish gate]

You can have multiple box colliders

[frank flare]

Box colliders are attached to the children of the bottle

[ivory bobcat]

I don't recall how input is handled but if up direction is y then it'll not be correct for 3d.

[sonic dome]

yes up is y

[ivory bobcat]

You may want to use the other overload
public Vector3 InverseTransformDirection(float x, float y, float z);
Setting the x equal to your x direction and z equal to your y direction

[lavish gate]

They don’t need to be

[sonic dome]

so like InverseTransformDirection(dir.x,dir.y,dir.z);?

[ivory bobcat]

x equal to your x direction and z equal to your y direction

[sonic dome]

direction = Transform.InverseTransformDirection(value.Get<Vector3>().x,value.Get<Vector3>().z,value.Get<Vector3>().y); ?

[ivory bobcat]

I don't want to advise you to write code you aren't sure of, so I'll probably stop after this..cs var input = value.Get<Vector3>(); direction = transform.InverseTransformDirection(input.x, 0f, input.y);Edited

[sonic dome]

see it works but

[frank flare]

If I make box colliders on a bottle then it would be sick

[sonic dome]

cuz once i choose a direction i have to stop and look into another one to go in that direaction it does not chage if i m in motion

proly cuz its in OnMove

i just want a way to put it in update

[ivory bobcat]

Likely so

Maybe just apply the changes to the result before assigning to velocity in Motion

[sonic dome]

i m trying to think of a logic to do that

[frank flare]

So what I want to do is to make something like a hinge joint with those objects or something

[rare basin]

then make a hinge joint

[ivory bobcat]

it should be of the same pattern but instead using the result @sonic dome cs var result = ...; rb.velocity = transform.InverseTransformDirection(result.x, 0f, result.y);

[sonic dome]

https://pastebin.com/jfqh7E5i new approach i want it to move in the direction of the the player rotation

[kind bramble]

What is the diffrent between 3d and 3d URP

[sonic dome]

what should i use in result?

direction vector?

[rare basin]

he wont make the code for you

everytime

he showed you all the functions and approaches you can take

think of it yourself, then ask a specific question

[sonic dome]

okk

i did

[rare basin]

and i believe this was already answered

[sonic dome]

var result = direction;
rb.velocity = transform.InverseTransformDirection(result.x, 0f, result.y);

but now the

player wont move forward

[rare basin]

do you understand how InverseTransformDirection works

or you just blindly copy&pasted it

from the code he sent

[sonic dome]

it changes it to local space

right?

[rare basin]

you ask me?

[sonic dome]

no thats what i think it does

[rare basin]

you need to know it, not think it does that

dont work with code you dont understand

[sonic dome]

well wtv i m trying once it works ill be able to understand it better

[rare basin]

you will understand it even better if you do it yourself instead of someone else making it for you

[sonic dome]

i am not asking him to code anything for me

https://pastebin.com/T9BkC8MT can anyone tell why the force keeps stacking and my player reaches the speed of light?

[rich adder]

please stop using pastebin, it sucks ass @sonic dome

use one of the sites !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.

[languid spire]

because you are calling Motion every frame

[rich adder]

You keep AddForce in update , what do you expect to happen

esp with impulse

[sonic dome]

so whats the proper way to do it?

[sonic dome]

i should use impulse mode?

[rich adder]

what are you trying to achieve

[sonic dome]

well tbh this new input system wasnt working out for me so i just went back to basics and now everything works

https://gdl.space/idalutikuz.cs

[rich adder]

the input has no relelation to this, you changed how you call the movement

velocity is a fixed value instead of AddForce, which...keeps adding force duh

[frank flare]

That's not the problem

[sonic dome]

ya but there were some complications like OnMove would only take the 1st input and not change my direction mid motion

[rare basin]

thats not related

[sonic dome]

https://gdl.space/iheyehopuk.cs why is my player moving for a while even tho its velocity now?

[frank flare]

I'm trying something, how do I make an object change local position to another local position?

[rich adder]

move for a while? wdym

[sonic dome]

ya ik i just said that cuz i dont have the prevous issue cuz i chaged the moment type

[sonic dome]

its like i m slipping on ice

[rich adder]

also u should not use GetInput in fixed update

[sonic dome]

why?

[rich adder]

because it could miss the initial keydown and only "catchup" on the next physics loop

not noticeable with GetKey as much as GetKeyDown but you still have slight delays

[sonic dome]

so i should do all that in update and then do the motion in fixed update?

[rich adder]

yes

store ur inputs in a v2

[sonic dome]

okk

[sonic dome]

what bout this?

[rich adder]

huh as for slipping, it shouldnt with velocity

are you sure the script was applied from old?

[sonic dome]

thats what is confusing

[sonic dome]

yes

[rich adder]

also remove time.deltaTime

for .velocity

 void Update()
    {
        movement.x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        movement.y = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
        LookRot();
    }
    Vector2 movement;
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (movement != Vector2.zero)
        {
            rb.velocity = movement.y * speed * transform.forward;
        }
    }```

[radiant sail]

srry if im being annoying but is anyone able to help me in #archived-code-general

[sonic dome]

ooooo yeaaaaa i forgot that was something ,one question tho if i slow down the time scale

will it slow the velocity as well?

[rich adder]

timescale affect physics object yes

[sonic dome]

tysm

[rich adder]

btw keep in mind .velocity will override any external forces, including gravity

so it "Falls slow"

or if at all

[sonic dome]

yes thats something which scares me

[swift crag]

One option is to split the current velocity into two parts

• aligned with gravity
• not aligned with gravity

you then only modify the second part

[sonic dome]

hows that done?

[swift crag]

using Vector3.Project and Vector3.ProjectOnPlane

Vector3.Project tells you how much of the first vector is aligned with the second vector

Vector3 gravityVelocity = Vector3.Project(rb.velocity, Vector3.down);

[rare basin]

so its like Dot product basically?

[swift crag]

well, actually, what I just said is what the dot product is, whoops

I should say that Project gives you the part that's aligned

Vector3.ProjectOnPlane does the opposite. It gives you the part that's not aligned

Vector3 movementVelocity = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(rb.velocity, Vector3.down);

[rare basin]

hmm i think i don't get it