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[tepid summit]

ive tried everyhting

[hexed terrace]

What?

[tepid summit]

oh

[hexed terrace]

Try reading this? 😄

[tepid summit]

i misread

my bad

i thought it said i cant do CoilyBoily =GetComponent

sorry

ok so the errors are gone,

but when i assign this it resets to none on play

[rich adder]

GetComponent looks for the component On this script its calling from

if its not found it sets it to null

anything done in inspector gets overwritten by it

[tepid summit]

but it has the script on it

so idk why it resets

[hexed terrace]

Showeth

[tepid summit]

showeth what

my script

[hexed terrace]

this gameobject

[hexed terrace]

so, this component, is not on the gameobject you just showed

[tepid summit]

wdym

[hexed terrace]

I mean what I said, which bit don't you understand?

[hexed terrace]

You have 2 game objects.

The component looking for CoillyBoily is on a different game object than CB .. so cannot find it.. which means ☝️

[tepid summit]

right

[hexed terrace]

If you're assigning something in the inspector, why do you think you need to do GetComponent<T>() ?
You don't, do you?

Do one or the other, not both

[tepid summit]

ok

thast good

but the script itself isnt working now

basically i have an object that moves to the player and i want it so when the player looks at said object, it stops

[rich adder]

"isn't working"

that helps nothing

[tepid summit]

The object doesn’t stop

[rich adder]

you have to provide the code

[tepid summit]

I did

Oh wait

[rich adder]

no

[hexed terrace]

if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), out hit, Mathf.Infinity, layerMask))

A raycast is a tiny line, so you'd have to have it directly hit

[tepid summit]

Well I gtg for tonight so I’ll do it tmr

[rich adder]

I believe CoilyBoily is the one with the movement ?

i don't see the ray doing much besides canMove on CoilyBoily

[hexed terrace]

gotta check if the ray is hitting, as well as what's happening in CB

But he's gone now , so meh

[rich adder]

yea true

[lavish gate]

        if (otherFruit.fruitType != fruitType)
        {
            if (otherFruit.special_isSticky == true) return;
            if (special_isSticky == true)
            {
                if (numOfSticks > 0) return;
                stickFruitTogether(otherFruit);
                return;
            }
            else return;
        } ``` anyway to refactor this to make it look cleaner?

[gaunt ice]

if (otherFruit.special_isSticky == true){}
else if (special_isSticky == true&&numOfSticks<=0){
  stickFruitTogether(otherFruit);
}
return;
====================>
if (otherFruit.special_isSticky==false&&special_isSticky == true&&numOfSticks<=0){
  stickFruitTogether(otherFruit);
}
return;

[fossil drum]

        if (otherFruit.fruitType == fruitType) return;
        if (otherFruit.special_isSticky) return;
        if (special_isSticky && numOfSticks <= 0)
            stickFruitTogether(otherFruit);
        return;

Something like this? Not sure why you would need the last return, because you return out of everything.

[slender bridge]

that is better

[gaunt ice]

you cant early return in first if

you dont need if there other codes below it

[lavish gate]

Yeah sorry there is code below

void HandleFruitCombination(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (justSpawned || hasBeenTouched) return;


        FruitCombiner otherFruit = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<FruitCombiner>();

        //fix this mess
        if (otherFruit == null)
        { 
            if(special_isSticky && collision.) numOfSticks= 0;
            return;
        }
        if (otherFruit.fruitType != fruitType)
        {
            if (otherFruit.special_isSticky == true) return;
            if (special_isSticky == true)
            {
                if (numOfSticks > 0) return;
                stickFruitTogether(otherFruit);
                return;
            }
            else return;
        } 

        hasBeenTouched = true;

        Vector2 midPoint = FindMidPoint(transform.position, otherFruit.gameObject.transform.position);

        AddForceToSurroundingFruits(midPoint);

        if (nextFruitPrefab == null) return;

        if (hasSpawnedObject == true)
        {
            hasSpawnedObject = false;
            otherFruit.hasSpawnedObject = false;
            return;
        }

        Combine(midPoint, otherFruit);
    }```

heres the whole method

most is irrelevant

[fossil drum]

Well then just add a curly brace with an indent on the first if.

        if (otherFruit.fruitType != fruitType) {
            if (otherFruit.special_isSticky) return;
            if (special_isSticky && numOfSticks <= 0)
                stickFruitTogether(otherFruit);
            return;
        }

Still seems cleaner then your version.

[lavish gate]

yup

[terse osprey]

Hey I am using an integer for my array called index but it does not let me set it to 0 and tells that int cant be converted into bool

[buoyant knot]

show code

[gaunt ice]

is your array bool[]

[gaunt ice]

ok, then the way of accessing it

[terse osprey]

nvm I was being dumb, I fixed it

[faint osprey]

i have a list of lists of ints public List<List<int>> roomMatrix = new List<List<int>> { new List<int> {-1, -1, -1}, new List<int> {-1, -1, -1}, new List<int> {-1, -1, -1} }; and an array of gameobjects i need to make a loop that will check every index of the list of list of ints and if its 0 or above change that index in the list of list as in the array to something else so for example if the top left index was 0 or above the 0th term in the array would change then if the top middle was 0 or above the 1st element would change and so on but i dont know how i would compute this

[timber tide]

just compare each increment?

[faint osprey]

wdym sorry?

[timber tide]

read this, am lost, made coffee and read again, still lost

maybe draw something out cause I can't figureout the exact requirements here

but unless you need some sort of sorting, you're just doing some comparison on value changes between neighbors

[faint osprey]

I dont need sorting its the point of tho how can i do it without 9 if statements

[cursive viper]

In a multiplayer basketball type game would it make more sense to house the script that handles picking the ball up and throwing it within the player object or a game manager object??

[wintry quarry]

It's a behavior of the player, no?

[sweet flume]

I'm trying to make a sword swing animation play when I press lmb can someone tell me what's wrong?

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

[gaunt ice]

in real life, the ball is picked up by player not by the judge or other audience....

[cursive viper]

so then should I use a reference to pick up the ball or a game event?

[terse osprey]

Hey is there any way to change the index of objects in an array

[wintry quarry]

This question is incredibly vague

[rich adder]

what is the problem

[wintry quarry]

You use references for almost everything in some form or another

Presumably you'd use a Raycast or other physics interaction or query

[sweet flume]

When I press lmb nothing happens

[wintry quarry]

Iin order to get a reference

[rich adder]

you need a temp array/var

[wintry quarry]

Start debugging your code

[sweet flume]

I did yet no issues found

[wintry quarry]

Clearly issues were found

[rich adder]

put debugs first make sure code is running, check console for errors

[wintry quarry]

Explain what debugging steps you took and what you saw

[sweet flume]

K lemme tell u the errors I'm getting

I'm getting "🦗🦗🦗"

What's happening is when I press lmb the attack trigger doesn't trigger

[thorn holly]

If you have List[y][x] then it would be y*3 + x

[rich adder]

do you know if that part of the code is even running?

[thorn holly]

To return the assigned value to each space on this sort of grid you made

[modest dust]

Did you put any debugs into the code to check if the code is even running and detecting your lmb?

[cursive viper]

this is real simple but I forgot how to do it if I have a number inside a vector like new Vector3(0, 0, 1.2) how can I make the 1.2 a double so it works

[sweet flume]

It's not detecting my lmb as I've stated

[cursive viper]

I thought it was double[1.2] or something like that

[modest dust]

1.2f

[cursive viper]

nah thats a float

[modest dust]

Oh yeah

I misread that

[cursive viper]

and if you do 1.2d it doesn't work

[modest dust]

1.2 is double

1.2f is float

[cursive viper]

apparently not

it's saying I can't put 1.2 there because you can't put a float in a vector3

[rich adder]

show where you put the debug.log

[modest dust]

Vector3 expects a float

not a double

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 accepts float not double

[cursive viper]

??? I just tried float and it didn't work

let me try again

[wintry quarry]

Prove it

[cursive viper]

nevermind I misread the error lmao

[sweet flume]

Under if (input.GetMouseButton(0))

[rich adder]

if its not printing then the script is not running

[cursive viper]

I thought you could multiply vector3s whats the correct way to add value to a vector3 if you cant add or multiply them? I haven't done this in a while if its not obvious

[wintry quarry]

You can add them

[rich adder]

you can only multiply by float or add to another v3

[wintry quarry]

You can also multiply them in 3 different ways

[sweet flume]

Yes but why

[gaunt ice]

you can add vec3 with vec3 and multiply it with float

[cursive viper]

I swear my vs gotta be tripping cuz i tried to add and it didn't work

watch me try it again and it works and I look stupid lol

[wintry quarry]

.Scale, .Dot, and .Cross are all ways to "multiply" vectors

[gaunt ice]

vec3 * vec3 is not defined in mathematics

[rich adder]

also make sure its the UnityEngine class one?

[gaunt ice]

there is no such thing

[rich adder]

assuming your saying the truth about ide @cursive viper

[wintry quarry]

It is defined , just in many different ways

[wintry quarry]

Namely these

[cursive viper]

bruh im tripping lmao I was trying to add vector3 to transform

I thought a transform was a vector3

[gaunt ice]

cross product dot (inner) product is not multiplication to me, they have a different name at least

[rich adder]

lol no transform a component that has 3 vector3s pos,scale, rot + other info ofc

[wintry quarry]

It's a whole Component that contains lots of different information

[modest dust]

Did you put a debug at the beginning of Update() to check if that's running?
Also check your CanAttack bool in the inspector since it's public and might be set to false so it never goes inside if (CanAttack) and thus it doesn't check your lmb

[rich adder]

oh yeah check this ^

[sweet flume]

K gimme a min

[rich adder]

oh nvm thats wrapped inside Input

[sweet flume]

Ok I just realized I'm stupid

I forgot to add the c sharp code to my sword 😐

[modest dust]

[rich adder]

thats why we said check if its running lol

[modest dust]

I had that possibility in mind but I was like "no way that's the problem.."

[sweet flume]

U gotta know I'm stupid

[rich adder]

had a confirmation once the debug inside Input Didnt work

Input always runs

[sweet flume]

Everything is good now

Ty guys

[opaque cloak]

unity says specifically line 16 is throwing a NullReferenceException https://hastebin.com/share/yijawefifa.csharp

[rare basin]

then it must be the case

you are using the spriteRenderer before getting a reference to it

[rich adder]

spriteRenderer is null

also use an array lol

[rare basin]

yes, also this

[opaque cloak]

thanks

[rare basin]

imagine you having 15 sprites

new4Sprite, new5Sprite

also you can just make it a coroutine

    IEnumerator Start()
    {
        spriteRenderer = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        spriteRenderer.enabled = true;
        spriteRenderer.sprite = newSprite;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
        spriteRenderer.sprite = new2Sprite;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
        spriteRenderer.sprite = new3Sprite;
         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
        spriteRenderer.enabled = false;
    }

[gaunt harbor]

I don't understand anything at all because when I change the code from Raycast to SphereCast and it gives me errors but according to the page they say that it is the same, I mean it can be linked with another similar cast code

if (Physics.Raycast(Cam.transform.position, Cam.transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), out hit, Range) && hit.transform.tag == "Enemy")

[gaunt ice]

*you dont to new a waitforsecond, you can reuse the instance

[rare basin]

yes just wanted to show on his case since i imagine he's a begginer

[queen adder]

what's stopping us from using yaml to save the whole scene thingy?

[rich adder]

the scene file is a yaml wdym?

[queen adder]

save the game progress, using it

[rich adder]

whats error say ?

[queen adder]

is unity just not giving us the tool to to save the whole scene?

[hexed terrace]

ctrl+s

file -> save

[gaunt ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.SphereCast.html
find an overload that takes vec3 as its first two arguments

[queen adder]

yea, if we can do that in runtime,it's an impressive save system already

[hexed terrace]

because what states do you want saving at runtime?
Do you want your player position saved where it is? etc.. That could cause problems?

[gaunt ice]

save scene in play mode?
when you open your editor it is in its run time...

[rich adder]

yeah that Task.Delay doesn't do anything lol since you did not make the method async.
Also awake has async version but not Start

but like Xaxup suggested use a Coroutine as Start

[queen adder]

awake can async?

[rich adder]

indeed

[gaunt harbor]

argument 4 must be passed with the 'out' keyword

argument 3 should not be passed with the 'out' keyword

argument cannot be converted from unityengine.vector3 to float

I don't know what happens but if it is installed with raycast there are no errors, but I want to change to Spherecast and I don't understand why it gives errors if they are the same with raycast :- /

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

the direction is passed as third param

or make a ray with the 2 you have

var ray = new Ray(Cam.transform.position, Cam.transform.forward)

[short perch]

why does my gameobject detect collisions even though I never pressed "Is Trigger" anywhere?

[rich adder]

OnTriggerEnter?

[short perch]

I thought you needed to press is trigger

[rich adder]

yeah but if other object is trigger maybe it called too

[wintry quarry]

Wdym by "detect collisions"?

In what specific sense?

[short perch]

using OnTriggerEnter

[rich adder]

yeah your question isn't clear

[wintry quarry]

Then yeah one of the two objects involved is a trigger

[cursive viper]

public class BallFondling : MonoBehaviour
{
    public KeyCode grab = KeyCode.E;
    public Transform ball;
    public Transform cam;

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 fwd = cam.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);

        if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, 30) && Input.GetKeyDown(grab))
        {
            Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);
            ball.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + .5f);
        }
    }
}

anyone know why this code is not doing as intended? it is meant to place the ball in front of you when you look at it and grab it with "e". Tried asking chatgpt which didn't give any helpful info

I know there's probably a better way to do this too so if anyone has any input on that itd be appreciated as well

[rich adder]

getkeydown inside physics update 😬

goodluck catching that

[short perch]

but I haven't checked is trigger anywhere

[cursive viper]

would it be better to store the boolean in update and then use it in fixedupdate if that makes sense?

[rich adder]

yes

[gaunt ice]

yes, you need to do that

[cursive viper]

ok bet lemme do that rq

[dusty coral]

how to select this collider?

[hexed terrace]

collisions don't require "isTrigger" to be true..

A trigger lets you pass through the collider, and has OnTrigger
A collision stops you hitting the collider, but has OnCollision

If you're getting trigger enter, then one of the two colliders is a trigger.

[wintry quarry]

Then why did you write OnTriggerEnter in your code?

Debug.Log the name of the object you're interacting with, and check the inspectors of both objects

[short perch]

BRUH I used on collision enter instead of on trigger enter

[cursive viper]

public KeyCode grab = KeyCode.E;
public Transform ball;
public Transform cam;
public bool grabPressed;

private void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(grab))
    {
        grabPressed = true;
    } else
    {
        grabPressed = false;
    }
}
private void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector3 fwd = cam.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);

    if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, 30) && grabPressed)
    {
        Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);
        ball.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + .5f);
    }
}

changed to this and still doesn't work

[wintry quarry]

Delete this:

else
    {
        grabPressed = false;
    }```

and put grabPressed = false; at the end of FixedUpdate

[cursive viper]

ohhh right because then it will turn it to false every frame even before the code inside the if in fixedupdate is executed right?

still doesn't work

[rich adder]

ur layermask is prob wrong

[gaunt harbor]

I haven't managed it yet, it still gives me some errors :- /

[cursive viper]

I have ball at layer 30 and using layer 30 in the code

[rich adder]

those layers aren't the same

that won't work, use a layermask
public LayerMask layerToHit;

[polar acorn]

Show errors

[gaunt harbor]

here

[cursive viper]

LayerMask mask = LayerMask.GetMask("Ball"); something like this?

except I replace mask to whatever I want it to be called?

[summer stump]

I would do what nav wrote

[rich adder]

just make the field mate

more info herehttps://unity.huh.how/bitmasks#bitmasks-and-layermasks

[gaunt harbor]

It's still giving me those errors

[hexed terrace]

Have you shared your spherecast code?

[rich adder]

just look at the signature of the code on docs

also use your IDE to make sure its the correct ones

if IDE doesn't show those param suggestions, configure it

[gaunt harbor]

yeah

[quaint flicker]

I keep coming here with generic open questions. I'm coming from python where "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it." so I keep getting hung up on a multiple ways to implement things in csharp and I don't have much intuition what the "best" way is. I'm extending my sfx manager to be able to play spatial audio and optionally parent the audiosource to a moving object would you:

• Have one Play() method with optional parameters?
• Have 3 Play() overloads with different params?
• Have 3 different explicit Play, PlayAtPoint, PlayAtTransform?

[gaunt harbor]

here

[rich adder]

thats your raycast code

[hexed terrace]

That quite clearly says..... Raycast

[gaunt harbor]

¿Do I share the full code?

[gaunt ice]

why you think you can simply replace "Raycast" to "SphereCast" (literally replace the text) without changing the parameters....

[cursive viper]

so 01 followed by 28 other zeros would be the layer I need?

and itd be better to do that then

public LayerMask layerToHit = LayerMask.GetMask("Ball");

[rich adder]

just do it in the inspector..

[gaunt harbor]

I have changed some and it still shows me some errors

I don't know what I'm doing wrong : /

[rich adder]

show what you changed

your ide is clearly not configured

[rich adder]

use your code editor to your advantage and help your write it correct?

[open apex]

FindObjectOfType<GameManager>();
Can anyone explain me the logic behind this code please? Why do we put "()" Brackets at the end of the code? and can't we use the brackets instead of "<>"?

[polar acorn]

Because it's a function. You have to call the function

[rich adder]

<> is to pass the Type into a generic function

[gaunt ice]

this is c# syntax

[open apex]

What is the difference of it and GetComponent?

[rich adder]

signature is public static T FindObjectOfType();

[modest dust]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.FindObjectOfType.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.GetComponent.html

[rich adder]

they're both generic functions but do same thing but differently

[polar acorn]

Nothing

They do different things but the syntax is the same

Both take a type and no function parameters

[cursive viper]

ok so I got it to work but now the ball starts absolutely tweaking

if (ballGrabbed)
{
    ball.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + 1.5f);
}

[timber tide]

How do you get these overloads to show up like that? I've been using some crappy shortcut to expand them out

[open apex]

I am a bit lazy (I might not want to read the 2 pages you guys sent me) 😔 What is the difference?

[rich adder]

probably hitting itself on the collider

[cursive viper]

the collider of the player?

[rich adder]

this is Visual Studio Mac 😔

[cursive viper]

I checked that but the balls is quite far from the player

yeah I figured there was a better way than using the ball.position and transform.position

[wintry quarry]

you're mixing physics with driect Transform position manipulation

[rich adder]

also is that ball inside layerToHit

[modest dust]

I'm also kind of lazy (I might not want to explain basic C# concepts and the difference between two functions already described in the docs) 😔 Go and learn, don't be lazy.

[rich adder]

cause if it is it will keep spazzing out also

[cursive viper]

whats the physics part? if im just changing the position of the ball to the position of the player with a 1.5 added to the z

[cursive viper]

yeah it is, why does that make the ball tweak and how do I avoid it?

[polar acorn]

One of them gets components

[open apex]

😔 👍

[rich adder]

exclude ball from layerToHit

[polar acorn]

Show current code, show current error

[rich adder]

but also if you're using rigidbody on ball you want to not use transform.position

[cursive viper]

the rest of the code wouldnt work anymore then though right?

if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
{
    Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);
    ballGrabbed = true;
    grabPressed = false;
}

it needs to be in the layertohit

[rich adder]

you want to ball to be hit or are you hitting something else?

[swift crag]

If you do not understand the difference after reading the docs (and thinking about it for a bit), feel free to ask

[open apex]

I was going to read it anyways I asked it on purpose so I might learn a few extra things 😎

[cursive viper]

hold on let me post the entire script that will probably help

private void Start()
{
    layerToHit = LayerMask.GetMask("Ball");
}

private void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(grab))
    {
        grabPressed = true;
    }
}
private void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector3 fwd = cam.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
    if (ballGrabbed)
    {
        ball.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + 1.5f);
    }
    
    if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
    {
        Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);
        ballGrabbed = true;
        grabPressed = false;
    }
}

[rich adder]

so you can put a bool or not do raycast once you have ball

[rare basin]

  float currentTime = timer.currentTime;
  int minutes = Mathf.FloorToInt(currentTime / 60);
  int seconds = Mathf.FloorToInt(currentTime % 60);
  int milliseconds = Mathf.FloorToInt((currentTime - Mathf.Floor(currentTime)) * 1000);
  
  timeLeft.text = string.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}:{2:000}", minutes, seconds, milliseconds);

Anyone could help why are te miliseconds always displaying 000?

[rich adder]

would be easier if you explain a bit the goal of your game / mechanic

[open apex]

maybe it's too fast you can't see it moving 😎

[rare basin]

I don't need to see it moving wdym

[open apex]

I am joking

[swift crag]

It seems reasonable to me. Get the decimal part, multiply by 1000, floor that.

[rare basin]

yea i tried many approach

[swift crag]

tangent: you might find TimeSpan to be useful here

[rare basin]

CeilToInt also returns 000

tried TimeSpan aswell

doesnt work

[swift crag]

it lets you specify a timespan and then format it to a string

[cursive viper]

so could I do something like

private void Update()
{
  if (!ballGrabbed)
  {
      layerToHit = layerMask.GetMask("Ball")
  } else {
    layerToHit = layerMask.GetMask("some random unused layer")
  }
}

???

[rare basin]

timeSpan.Milliseconds % 1000

or just timeSpan.Milliseconds

[swift crag]

is timer.currentTime actually including a decimal portion

[rare basin]

same result, always returns 000

[polar acorn]

Try using the debugger to inspect the values, so you aren't possibly running into issues with the string formatter

[cursive viper]

to be able to grab the ball, and then once its grabbed press another button to launch it

[rare basin]

it is a float so i guess

[swift crag]

or is it just giving you whole seconds

[polar acorn]

Why

[swift crag]

you guess?

that's not good enough.

[rare basin]

it is a float

[swift crag]

so what?

float x = 3;

[rich adder]

so you dont need raycast after ball is grabbed, make a bool.
or store ball in variable

[polar acorn]

Floats can also store whole numbers

[swift crag]

Actually check instead of just assuming

[cursive viper]

yeah like the other code I posted? where the layermask thing is in Update instead of Start?

[swift crag]

you could do this by logging currentTime, or by inspecting with a debugger

[rare basin]

that might be the case, the timer is set to "900" in the inspector (15 minutes)

then im doing currentTime--; in a coroutine

every second

[swift crag]

well, there you go

of course it doesn't have decimal values

[polar acorn]

So, the milliseconds are 0 because the milliseconds are 0

[rare basin]

right

[polar acorn]

You literally aren't tracking them

[rare basin]

makes sense 😄

can't do it in a coroutine then

alteast not with wait for seconds (1)

[rich adder]

you have the bool already then just parent the ball to player no? why are you manually setting its position

[polar acorn]

If you want this to be updated every frame, why not just... update it every frame

subtract deltaTime in update

[swift crag]

that'll actually be more accurate

since subtracting 1 every time WaitForSeconds finishes will cause some wobble

[rare basin]

it was easier for me to make it into a coroutine, because im also playing a sound effect and updating a text

    private IEnumerator Countdown()
    {
        yield return new WaitUntil(() => stopTimer == false);

        while (currentTime > 0)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
            currentTime--;
            if(currentTime <= 5)
            {
                lastSecondsPlayer.PlaySound();
            }
            UpdateTimerText();
        }

        onTimerEnd?.Invoke();
    }

[swift crag]

it will actually take 1.03 or 1.01 or 1.02 or whatever seconds for that to finish

[cursive viper]

would I then unparent it after I launch it or something?

can you parent objects to other objects inside of a script?

[rich adder]

pretty much

[rich adder]

ofc

[polar acorn]

Do that in update when the seconds value changes

[polar acorn]

yes

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.html

[cursive viper]

so I do another bool that checks if the ball is parented, inside the if method that changes the position, I nest another if method that only moves the position of the ball once if its not parented yet, then after moving the ball it parents it to the player?

lemme try that rq

[rare basin]

private void Update()
{
    if (stopTimer == false)
    {
        currentTime -= Time.deltaTime;

        if (Mathf.Floor(currentTime) <= 5 && !isSecondElapsed)
        {
            lastSecondsPlayer.PlaySound();
            isSecondElapsed = true;
        }

        if (Mathf.Floor(currentTime) < currentTime)
        {
            isSecondElapsed = false;
        }

        if (Mathf.Floor(currentTime) != Mathf.Floor(currentTime + Time.deltaTime))
        {
            UpdateTimerText();
        }

        if (Mathf.Floor(currentTime) <= 0)
        {
            onTimerEnd?.Invoke();
            stopTimer = true;
        }
    }
}

that will work i guess

[rich adder]

you're overcomplicating it

[swift crag]

UpdateTimerText should run every frame.

or else it's not going to show milliseconds very effectively..

[rare basin]

that function is not for updating miliesconds

i show miliseconds only in the summary screen

the UpdateTimerText() is only minuted and seconds

no miliseconds in there

    private void UpdateTimerText()
    {
        int minutes = Mathf.FloorToInt(currentTime / 60);
        int seconds = Mathf.FloorToInt(currentTime % 60);
        timerText.text = string.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}", minutes, seconds);
    }

[rich adder]

Vector3 fwd = cam.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);

    if (ballGrabbed ) return;
  
    if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
    {
         ball.SetParent(cam); // etc.. make your own point to parent to infroot of cam
        Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);
        ballGrabbed = true;
        grabPressed = false;
    }```
You just need the method to launch the ball / unparent it and set bool `ballGrabbed` false

[polar acorn]

int oldSeconds = currentTime.FloorToInt();
currentTime -= Time.deltaTime;
int newSeconds = currentTime.FloorToInt();
UpdateTimerText();
if (oldSeconds != newSeconds) {
  //You've changed seconds, do whatever you want here
}

[open apex]

I am trying to make it so, when the place is not touching "ground" it runs the function "EndGame" but it says that "OnCollisionEnter" it's not working

How can I make it work?

[polar acorn]

You have a function in your function

[cursive viper]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh ok makes a lot of sense. can you do ball.parent tho? as ball is just a transform not a gameObject

[rich adder]

the function set parent is on the Transform class

[cursive viper]

ok

thanks u really helping me a lot lol

[rich adder]

no problem 🙂

[cursive viper]

would probably be on this for hours otherwise lol

[rich adder]

yeah it takes hours sometimes

was stuck on my ai for a gamejam yest for 5 hours 🥲

[cursive viper]

the worst part is when u figure something out sometimes and realize if you had come up with a certain way to do it 4 hours ago it wouldve been done already

[rich adder]

exactly, mine was figuring out I just needed a dictionary in the end 🥹

[cursive viper]

one time I tried to implement gun spread by having 4 gameobject children of the player rotate at certain degrees depending on the gun type and then casting a ray in the forward direction of each of those game objects and calculating the "diamond" shape that the raycasts made when they hit a collider and firing another ray inside of that "diamond" 😭

then some guy on the unity discord turned my paragraph of code into two lines without the unecessary gameobjects

[dusty coral]

why is the audio clip not playing?

[cursive viper]

by the way the code still doesn't work lol, now the ball tweaks slightly less for like 5 seconds before it just noclips through the floor lmao

[wintry quarry]

Use Debug.Log to see which code is running and when and if that matches your expectations

[rich adder]

can show what you mean "tweaks"

[cursive viper]

yeah hold on

do any video recording software come with windows?

[rich adder]

yeah but obs is better imo

[rich adder]

windows key + G iirc

[dusty coral]

it worked when i used a box collider instead of a capsule

[wintry quarry]

My advice is the same

you have to debug

[rich adder]

also I think if you want collisions while holding the ball then parenting is not the solution and might need to use rigidbody instead

[cursive viper]

here it is

[open apex]

I, have, a, question 👉👈 😊

[rare basin]

then ask?

[open apex]

I have put it in a FixedUpdate function on purpose

Is it going to update or just gonna run once?

[polar acorn]

why

[polar acorn]

it's not going to run at all

[rare basin]

you made a local function

[wintry quarry]

Functions don't belong inside other functions unless you're an advanced programmer who knows what you're doing.

[rare basin]

and you are not calling it

[rich adder]

ok and can u send ur current code from link https://hatebin.com paste it and save send link

[cursive viper]

I didn't know you could even put functions inside functions without an error

[cursive viper]

its only 40 lines should I still use hastebin?

[open apex]

no I mean if I code it as a function on it's own

[rare basin]

it's valid syntax

called local functions

[open apex]

is it gonna only run once?

[wintry quarry]

that is what you have to do , yes

[polar acorn]

If you put it on its own then your question is irrelevant

[rare basin]

its gonna run whenever the conditions are met for it to trigger

[wintry quarry]

it's going to run whenever a collision happens

that's the point of OnCollisionEnter

[rich adder]

yea much easier to read

[open apex]

ohhhh

[cursive viper]

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

[open apex]

😊 Thanks

[cursive viper]

that was much easier than I thought lol I uploaded it before you even answered if I should use it or not

[rich adder]

can you screenshot the inspector for the ball btw

[cursive viper]

btw even though this code includes the line

ball.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + 1.5f);

on line 34 I tried running it without it and didnt work

this is for the parent

[rich adder]

ah its a rigidbody

simply parenting wont work

[cursive viper]

and this is for the obj

[rich adder]

also your scale is inverse, always keep root object at 1,1,1 with all the components and meshes resized as children

[cursive viper]

can I make it not kinematic or whatever its called while its not on the floor or being launched and then it wonr move?

[rich adder]

yeah kinematic is what you want sure to not make it move

but you still need to manually move it iirc

[cursive viper]

how do I do this

[rich adder]

I also have done it in the past where you can keep the ball dynamic rigidbody if you dont want it to clip through walls

[open apex]

How can I code my player, so, if it's not touching ground. It prints "GameOver"

That was what I was trying to code

[rare basin]

if(!isGrounded)
   Debug.Log("GameOver");

many ways to check for isGrounded

many tutorials on that

[rich adder]

this is a dynamic rb ball

 private void FixedUpdate()
 {
     if (currentObj)
     {
         Vector3 dirToT = pickupTarget.position - currentObj.position;
         float distToT = dirToT.magnitude;
         currentObj.velocity = amount * distToT * dirToT;
     }
 }```

[shell sorrel]

just take the function out of the fixed update and make it its own thing, then debug what is going on

you were told this the other day when you did the function in a function as well

[open apex]

I will have a look at it

[open apex]

I fixed that my friend, please read my question carefully. I am sorry if I made you angry

[cursive viper]

the ball still bugging

[cursive viper]

if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
{
    Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);

    ballRb.isKinematic = true;
    ball.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + 1.5f);
    ball.SetParent(cam);

    ballGrabbed = true;
    grabPressed = false;
}

[rich adder]

ballRb.isKinematic = true;
ballRb.MovePosition(new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + 1.5f));

[tepid summit]

im back

    public CoilyBoily CoilyBoily;
    public float speed = 20f;
    float xRotation = 0f;
    

    public LayerMask layerMask;
    
    void Start()
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
        CoilyBoily = GetComponent<CoilyBoily>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float xAxis = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * speed * Time.deltaTime;
        float yAxis = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * speed/2f * Time.deltaTime;
        xRotation -= yAxis;
        xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -90f, 90f);
        Mathf.Clamp(yAxis, -90, 90);
        player.Rotate(0f, xAxis, 0f);
        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0f, 0f);
    }
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward), out hit, Mathf.Infinity, layerMask))
        {
            CoilyBoily.canMove = false;
        }
        else
        {
            CoilyBoily.canMove = true;
        }
    }
}

[cursive viper]

ah ok that seems like a better way to move the ball

[rich adder]

please use links for large code

[rich adder]

let me know how it works its been a while since I used kinematic

[tepid summit]

i will remember that for future reference

[cursive viper]

@rich adder all this code will still work in multiplayer as long as instead of using references I get the rb and transforms within the script and then just sync the position of the ball and players and such right?

[rich adder]

you still showed the wrong script

[tepid summit]

no

[cursive viper]

assuming I successfully somehow manage to implement multiplayer in a game ever

[tepid summit]

this is the other one

[open apex]

Mission complete o7 (I did it with OnCollisionExit)

[rich adder]

honestly I would not worry about multiplayer this early, you should learn a little more

[open apex]

thanks for the help Xaxup

[rich adder]

multiplayer needs to be build from scratch its harder to implement into a made game

[tepid summit]

which do you want

[rare basin]

My answer was kinda meme but I'm glad it helped you lol

[open apex]

You are evil

[rare basin]

The code is sometimes in the question you write

Read your question again I didn't make anything particular to write this pseudo code

[cursive viper]

yeah but then theres no point in even making this project since the idea is multiplayer oriented, plus im just messing around not like I have to turn this into anybody. If I make something cool good and if not back to the drawing board.

[rich adder]

the one you said doesn't stop

[tepid summit]

yeah

is ent it

[cursive viper]

but yes I know I have to make multiplayer from scratch im just messing around with this rn to get an idea going

[rich adder]

no

[tepid summit]

oh wait

i selected it but didnt pres copy

so i thought i sent tit

[rich adder]

well def learn more before doing multiplayer parts
learning while doing multiplayer wont be fun i promise lol

[tepid summit]

can you do the bot command for teh links

[rich adder]

!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.

[tepid summit]

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

[cursive viper]

yeah might put this down for a bit later while i experiment with other stuff

but for now the ball has reached unprescedented levels of tweaking

if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
{
    Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);

    ballRb.isKinematic = true;
    ballRb.MovePosition(new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y, transform.position.z + 1.5f));
    ball.SetParent(cam);

    ballGrabbed = true;
    grabPressed = false;
}

[tepid summit]

here you go

[rich adder]

first make sure the pivots are correct , i see you're in center mode

[cursive viper]

OHHHH I figured out the issue

I think

[rich adder]

so did you look at the CanMove bool and make sure its set properly, look in the inspector ?

[cursive viper]

the main camera is a child of another object called camholder

[tepid summit]

makes sure its..?

[cursive viper]

and the player gameobject has several children

[tepid summit]

oh

lemme see\

[cursive viper]

I think the best course of action would be to give the player another child called "ballHolder" and parent the ball to it

or do you think thats overthinking it

[rich adder]

yeah also scale plays important part as well as pivots

both should be 1,1,1

[tepid summit]

im fairly certain its fine

[rich adder]

well i want proof then

[polar acorn]

How are you "fairly certain". Did you check or not

[tepid summit]

i did

[rich adder]

in playmode?

[tepid summit]

in both

[rich adder]

and what is the result the screenshot above?

[tepid summit]

wdyn

oh

yeah

thats the inspector

[rich adder]

so CanMove is false in playmode?

[open apex]

When I specifically write position.y < -1 does the job. Are there any reasons it doesn't work this way?

[tepid summit]

no

it keeps going back to true

im gonna review my code

[rich adder]

so you just lied

[wintry quarry]

What on earth is the code in the screenshot suppsoed to be doing?

position is a property

it is not a function

only functions can be invoked with (parameters)

[open apex]

if the players position is -1 it print "you are dead"

in the y axis

[polar acorn]

Because position is not a function

[wintry quarry]

ok well I just explained why the syntax you used doesn't work

because it makes no sense

[open apex]

hmm ok

[tepid summit]

if (player.transform = new Vector3(0, -1, 0))

[open apex]

it worked when I did position.y < -1

[wintry quarry]

yes because that makes sense

[polar acorn]

That doesn't work for many reasons

[wintry quarry]

you are checking if the value of the property is less than -1

[tepid summit]

i didnt say it did

[polar acorn]

Yes, because position.y is a number, and you're checking if it's less than -1

[cursive viper]

oh wait that is overthinking it?

I thought you meant yeah thats a good idea and I did it lol

its not working either way the ball doesn't do anything now

[eternal needle]

Why write it if it's not supposed to work..?

[open apex]

lmao

[cursive viper]

if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
{
    Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);

    ballRb.isKinematic = true;
    ball = ballHolder;
    ball.SetParent(ballHolder);

    ballGrabbed = true;
    grabPressed = false;
}

[open apex]

thanks for the help guyz

[tepid summit]

no

i looked

[rich adder]

you said you screenshot it during playmode

[polar acorn]

You should seriously consider learning basic C# syntax instead of coming here with some buck-wild hypothetical guess at the syntax every ten minutes

There are many useful links in the pins

[tepid summit]

i said i looked in playmode

[open apex]

😊

[rich adder]

so what good is that screenshot if it wasn't in playmode 🤔

anyway put debug.log inside your methods there and see if the bool is triggered at all through function

[polar acorn]

You've got like three more digicredits before I start charging per answer

[open apex]

HAHA

Do you mind checkings dms?

[polar acorn]

Do you mind paying my consulting rate

[open apex]

how much is it?

[polar acorn]

$28 USD hourly

Minimum two hours

[rich adder]

pretty fair

[polar acorn]

Paid in advance

[charred spoke]

Thats…cheap

[cursive viper]

Ill charge a quarter of that, but ill get the answers wrong half the time and ill be using google to answer most of them

[polar acorn]

I'm competitively priced until I get professional references

[tepid summit]

the collider wasnrt scaled correctly in the model

ive got it rom here

[charred spoke]

Yo’ve got mine

[open apex]

I sometimes try to google them aswell 😎 That's why I end up here (sometimes I don't)

It's fun learning how to code, but it's more fun trying to code with some theory and 0 knowledge (because I get digiholic busier 😎 )

[charred spoke]

And the most fun is solving the problems yourself

[open apex]

Bro, that's called "torture"

[silk night]

nah +1 to Uri

[polar acorn]

No one becomes a programmer without on some level enjoying the pain

[open apex]

LASOD;JKHG[OIJFASDG

lmao

I know it's sometimes kinda annoying that I keep on asking questions, but honestly I do (sometimes) try to solve my problem on my own.

[silk night]

and why do we endure the pain? ofcourse to have more advanced pain on more convoluted problems!

[rich adder]

pain grinder 2000

[open apex]

Daddy GPT decided to take on the pain for the boys

[rich adder]

funny

you like playing dice

[tepid summit]

can i change the max polyogns limit

[rich adder]

did you fix your previous problem?

also why are you going over polygons limit

[polar acorn]

What max polyogns limit

[polar acorn]

No, I believe they specifically said polyogns

[rich adder]

I never hit it so I have no idea what it is lol

[tepid summit]

for a convex mesh

its aight i just use a capsule collider

[polar acorn]

Yeah I'm not sure what a polyogn is either but they seem to be very confident in what they say so we should probably listen to them

[tepid summit]

we both know i meant polygons

[rich adder]

that got me too

my dislexia made it look correct for a sec

[rich adder]

You probably should be using primitves in the first place

mesh colliders are expensive

if you hit limit on convex you prob have something guaranteed to implode and to complex

[tepid summit]

you mean too complex?

jk

[polar acorn]

I'm the one that made the spelling comments, be snarky in my direction

[smoky epoch]

I'm having issues making an object transparent. Every time I use the fade render mode my body no longer overlaps the visor. I can't find anything on google about it. I just want my player to become transparent but so far the only way I've found to do that is with the fade/transparent rendering mode on my material.

[tepid summit]

change the material

idk

[polar acorn]

Transparent shaders do not do depth well. Also this doesn't really have anything to do with code

[smoky epoch]

well i figured there might be some stuff at runtime to mess with it but yeah ill keep looking thanks

[robust kelp]

anyone willing to review this yanderedev type script and explain to me why is my velocity clamped at 30 while sliding in air?

[timber tide]

you have a max velocity method there so why don't you debug that

if you're not supposed to be calling it while sliding then throw out some more logging

or better yet, use breakpoints

[robust kelp]

ill try thanks

[ancient cloak]

    {
        horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        forwardInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

        
        transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * speed * forwardInput);
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up, Time.deltaTime * turnSpeed * horizontalInput);
    }```

how can i adapt this to limit the rotation of the object (a car)

basically when i press a or d the object will rotate in place and it feels unrealistic so im trying to fix it but i have no idea how

[rich adder]

use a car controller

with wheel collider

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

[ancient cloak]

oh okay thanks

[hexed granite]

hi I have a little problem I know I had already asked several times but they helped me I installed something and now my script looks like this and I don't know why it displays this : Can't add script component 'PlayerController' because the script class cannot be found. Make sure that there are no compile errors and that the file name and class name match. ```c#
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class playerController : MonoBehaviour
{
public float movespeed;

private bool isMoving;

private Vector2 input;

private void Uptade()
{
    if (!isMoving)
    {
        input.x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        input.y = Input.GetAxisRaw("vertical");

        if (input != Vector2.zero)
        {
            var targetPos = transform.position;
            targetPos.x += input.x;
            targetPos.y += input.y;

            StartCoroutine(Move(targetPos));
        }
    }
}

}

IEnumerator Move(Vector3 targetPos)
{
isMoving = true;

while (targetPos - trasnform.position).sqrMagnitude > Mathf.Epsilon)
{
    Transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(transform.position, targetPos, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}
Transform.position = targetPos;

isMoving = false;

}

[languid spire]

you have very obvious compiler errors. Please learn some C# basics

[hexed granite]

okay how

[languid spire]

you also have non compiler errors which will mean even if you fix the errors it wont work

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[hexed granite]

and how to make it work even if you know how to do C#

[languid spire]

Learn will teach you that as well

[hexed granite]

but I can't learn I don't have time if only

it is for school

I have to do a project presented and I chose to create a little game

[dreamy ravine]

Hi! I need some help. I want to make a 2-player card game for a school project.
I'm using Lobbies to connect the 2 players and I have an issue: I'm testing it with ParrelSync, but I get this error:

Unity.Services.Lobbies.LobbyServiceException: player is already a member of the lobby

because the players have the same ID. Is there any way I can make the players generate different IDs?

[languid spire]

why would you do that with absolutely no knowledge or experience?

[hexed granite]

we have to choose a project that is close to our hearts, I thought it would be less complicated, the problem is that I understand almost nothing

I understand what I write in scripts but when there is an error having to resolve it without help is quite hard

[topaz pendant]

Hello, could you provide your code so that I can look into it

[topaz pendant]

You can't just ask for help here with no knowledge of how Unity works, at least start learning by yourself by watching youtube tutorials for beginners, there are plenty of great quality

[hexed granite]

I completely agree with you but when you speak French it’s not so simple

[topaz pendant]

that's true, but to be a developper you kinda have to learn english

[dreamy ravine]

I found a tutorial about Lobbies on YouTube and the guy had no problem with this code. Someone in the comments said they had the same problem as me and the guy didn't explain why he didn't have said problem in the video (He just hit Build and Run). He pointed that person to his Discord server because someone encountered the same issue. There are other scripts that link the Join and Host buttons but they mainly use functions from here.

[eternal needle]

Do you have to use unity? You can make a very easy game just using like python, or even just in javascript. Something like snake, or a recreation of any game.

If this isnt a unity specific class, save yourself the headache because the people marking it wont care if it's a shitty game in unity vs a shitty game in python. Except one is much easier to make

[hexed granite]

i just want to make a game similar to Pokémon Platinum and have a character move in a 2D world and capture beasts, it seems hard to me now

[topaz pendant]

Can you specify what namespaces you're using

tristan try using RPG Maker

[hexed granite]

okay do you have a link good for official page ?

[modest dust]

You have to pay for RPG Maker

[hexed granite]

oh shit

[modest dust]

Unless you, you know.

[hexed granite]

i dont pay

only free

crack ?

[cunning rapids]

Should my weapon be under the player game object or camera holder

[hexed granite]

Can someone just tell me how I can correct my mistakes and tell me what should I do to make it work in less than 1 hour because I have to finish it by July

[polar acorn]

Do you have your IDE configured, are your errors underlined in red

[dreamy ravine]

There's a bunch of bloat. Some of these auto initialized when I wrote certain function

[scarlet skiff]

idk how to make a good cooldown systemm.. this one isnt working

[cunning rapids]

Get rid of bloat

[hexed granite]

yes it was but after saving and closing and reopening it is no longer displayed in red

[frosty hound]

You can delete the ones that are greyed out

[cunning rapids]

Guys, help please

[polar acorn]

So, look at the lines that are underlined in red, and see what the IDE says the error is. Then you can look up how to fix it and what your syntax should look like

[cursive viper]

how can I make a collider phase through another?

[eternal needle]

That's a big "just". Like me, I "just" want to make a billion dollars

[hexed granite]

me too

[cunning rapids]

Does it specifically have to be a collider? There is an "is Trigger" property in the component which just phases through all colliders

[hexed granite]

me not dollar me euros

[scarlet skiff]

any1

[topaz pendant]

Did you install some extensions for your IDE to use these namespaces ? My VS Code doesn't recognize Unity.Servies

Services

[cursive viper]

how can I make an object render on top of everything else and make it a trigger inside of a script

[hexed granite]

I would like to but the errors are no longer displayed and I don't understand why in the guy's video it works and I don't

[cunning rapids]

You can make it a trigger from the collider inspector. As for rendering on top of everything else you can camera stack

[tawdry rock]

it's up to you. there is no direct way to do it. this is my way to go

[cunning rapids]

I used to do the same but there aren't any differences how you arrange the hierarchy, right?

[cursive viper]

well to do what I need to do I cant do it from the collider inspector because then the player would need to have access to the inspector lol

[cunning rapids]

If you're talking about activating a trigger, you can refer to this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

[cursive viper]

I think probably making it a trigger isnt the way to go here anyway

I just want it to phase through another specifc collider not every collider

[tawdry rock]

ofc it matters, you can do other way but this is just the simplest imo

[cunning rapids]

Again, all colliders have this box to tick. The collider will phase through everything. You can use OnTriggerEnter to check if colliders itneracted with your trigger

[cunning rapids]

I meant in means of Quality-Of-Life and probably performance, not functionality

[dreamy ravine]

The guy from the tutorial manually wrote them and so did. They work. The main problem is that I have the same Player ID on both instances and that's what causes the error. I mainly want to know if there is a way to force ParrelSync to generate a separate ID or if there is an alternative because I don't want to load all of the code on my laptop and test it with a VPN.

[cursive viper]

thats really not what I need I just need the object to phase through a specific other collider

not every collider

and I dont need it to be a trigger either

[eternal needle]

What's the use case? Maybe you can just use the physics layer matrix here

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.IgnoreCollision.html

[cunning rapids]

Tell us specifically what you're trying to achieve. This is vague

[cursive viper]

thanks

[cursive viper]

trying to achieve phasing a collider through another one lol, other guy already posted the link

[tawdry rock]

performance wise doesnt matter. QoL = just make a global refference to your WeaponHolder and you can easly spawn, destroy prefabs into it for weapon switching

[dreamy ravine]

Didn't catch the Host's Player ID in the 2nd screen shot (It's the same as the client)

[cunning rapids]

You can ignore collisions

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.IgnoreCollision.html

[cunning rapids]

Oh shit he alr posted it nvm

[cursive viper]

have a ball that the player can hold, however when the player holds it and looks down the ball collides with the floor and the player causing the player to begin flying. I was thinking of having the ball render on top of the floor and having it ignore the floor, that way the player can look down without flying

[tawdry rock]

i mean if you use GameObject.Find then performance wise it matter (very slightly) because unity will search for the gameobject from top to bottom each time in the hierarchy. thats why its a good solution to cache it in a singleton refference

[cunning rapids]

Yeah, the docs should help. As for rendering on top of everything else, there are many simple tutorials in like under 2 minutes

Camera stacking is a common method

[eternal needle]

Sounds more like it shouldnt collide with the player, though it depends what "holding" is in this.

[cursive viper]

if it doesnt collide with the floor it would never reach the player, and it looks kind of weird when it starts hitting the floor and getting closer to the camera so I figure itd be better to make it not collide with the floor than the player so it looks better

ill show a video tho

im stupid lol

definitely should not be colliding with the player

maybe the floor and the player for best results

maybe should avoid all collisions while holding then stop ignoring them once launched

how can I unattach an object from its parent?

[rocky canyon]

set its parent to null

[cursive viper]

was thinking that

thanks

[rocky canyon]

in the new render pipelines i think they're trying to go away from that

just using seperate Renderers in the piepeline

still a legitimate approach in teh Standard Renderer Pipeline tho

[shell sorrel]

thought it was trying to encourge camera stacking and not mov away from it

[rocky canyon]

i guess

well u only use 1 camera

[shell sorrel]

its a pretty common way to handle things like view models and not clipping geo

[rocky canyon]

as opposed to having multiple camera's at once..

u can just stack renderers in teh asset

each doing a different thing.. and u can insert passes between the stuff thats already there

[rocky canyon]

ya, i mean i still use it too.. but i heard that somewhere. could be misinformation

"renderer feature" is what i was thinking

i use this + layers to render an outline in one of my projects

[shell sorrel]

yeah have used that for rendering outlines for interactables etc

or sometimes i just do it manually with my own render feature + render pass

[rocky canyon]

yea i just noticed this "Stack" area

seems like u can do it there too

[cunning rapids]

How to switch moving tools in the 2019 editor

[cunning rapids]

It's an advantage tho because they retain the lighting in the scene

Unlike before they implemented stacking

[cunning rapids]

I don't want to use the rotator tool, but the move tool

In the 2021-Now editor it has a button to switch

[rocky canyon]

ya, it seems theres multiple ways.. as u could use a singular camera, and have a certain layer render after everything else..

which would be equivilent to stacking camera's w/ different culling

but yup, many ways to peel a banana i suppose

[rocky canyon]

afaik its the same.. Q W E R T Y are the hotkeys to swap thru the tools

u can find all ur shortcuts here in this menu, as well as modify them to ur liking

i have mine set to mirror Blender's transform tools

[fiery fjord]

I have a coroutine in an OnTriggerExit2D method shown here:

    {
        if(!shipExited && other.CompareTag(WORLD_TAG))
        {
            shipController.ShipEnteredWorld(false);
            
            StartCoroutine(WaitForShipExit());
        }
    }
    
    private IEnumerator WaitForShipExit()
    {
        shipExited = true;
        
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.25f);
        
        shipExited = false;
    }```

Every time I restart the level or stop playing the game in Unity, I get this error around 3-4 times:

``Coroutine couldn't be started because the the game object 'Collision Detection' is inactive!``

I have attempted to change my if statement to this: ``if(!shipExited && other.CompareTag(WORLD_TAG) && gameObject.activeSelf)``

And this has not fixed it, any recommendations? Thanks!

[cunning rapids]

Right! Of course! Can't believe I forgot that. Thanks

[rocky canyon]

physics methods run on their own..

meaning if the gameobject is inactive the updates and stuff stop.. but the physics methods wont..

so its trying to call the coroutine. when the coroutine cant run

if(!shipExited && other.CompareTag(WORLD_TAG) && gameObject.activeSelf)

[fiery fjord]

Ah, gotcha, that makes sense

[rocky canyon]

u could try this..

to make sure the gameobject is active when the physics methods try to run

wait.. u said u tried that?

u could also make a method to check if the coroutine is already running. to avoid calling it mutliple times.. but not sure thats the issue

[fiery fjord]

I believe I did, that's why it was pretty confusing. Though, I am trying it now and it seems to be working. Unfortunately the error happens once in a while, so I just have to wait and see

[rocky canyon]

yea theres other things like the method to check if its running that might solve all the issues

[fiery fjord]

I was thinking there might be multiple instances of the script running

I might double check to see if that is the case as well

[rocky canyon]

    if(condition)
    {
        if (!IsCoroutineRunning(WaitForShipExit()))
        {
            StartCoroutine(WaitForShipExit());
        }
    }

private bool IsCoroutineRunning(IEnumerator coroutine)
{
    return coroutine != null && coroutine.MoveNext();
}```

something like this.. but i dont know what it does.. just seen it in a unity forum

i had to look up what .MoveNext() was

[rocky canyon]

seems like u got a grasp on it..

[fiery fjord]

Hahaha, I will try to avoid that if possible. Not that it won't work, it just seems a little overkill maybe

Thanks for the help

[rocky canyon]

ya true..

np, gl

the whole physics functions running on a disabled object had me stumped with my own issue a year or so ago

turned my hair gray b4 i figured it out

[fiery fjord]

Lol, I never knew that happened, thought the physics function couldn't run if the object is disabled

[rocky canyon]

yea i did too thats why i never thought to debug it

and i went looking for the solution in all the wrong places lol

it wasnt until i started seeing debugs from a disabled object i finally connected the dots

i started adding booleans to all my stuff that had physics

"allowDetection"

and i would enable and disable it in the OnEnable() Disable() functions

[fiery fjord]

It seems like the physics function runs a few times, even after disabling or destroying the object when the scene unloads or loads. Like for example, I put StopAllCoroutines() in an OnDestroy() and OnDisable() methods, both still gave me the error. Though, I don't know whether that would fix it anyways

[rocky canyon]

just a blanket fix.. so i wouldnt forget about it

ya, not sure why that is.. im not super good with coroutines and how they work

[fiery fjord]

Me either

[rocky canyon]

i can use them but not quite fully understand them

u may want to cache the coroutine and stop it directly

[fiery fjord]

Imma head out and see if this issue is fixed, thanks for the heads up on the physics functions, I will have to keep that in mind

[rocky canyon]

altho im not sure that would yield any different result

[fiery fjord]

Not a bad idea

[rocky canyon]

🍀 good luck again

[swift crag]

activeSelf is the wrong thing to check.

activeSelf tells you whether this specific game object is activated

It does not tell you whether its parents are activated.

And if any parent of the game object is deactivated, then every child will be inactive.

You want activeInHierarchy.

[scarlet skiff]

My intention is to make it so that the player can only "float" aka hold down the space bar for 3 seconds, and after that they need to wait half a second to do it again, but it like floats for 1 frame then poof

[swift crag]

A deactivated object's components cannot receive physics messages, since that would require a collider to be enabled and active on the game object or a child of the game object.

And there's no way for a game object to be inactive yet have an active child

[keen hill]

how can i unlock the free movement of a sprite attached to a gameobject to fully rotate and face the player instead of weirdly changing shape here is the pic of two of them they should bot face me they are both square sprites and both have the same script the one closer to me works fine and the other one doesnt heres a pic

its like its stuck to the log

"log"

[swift crag]

this is false immediately after you start floating

so the if statement fails and the else statement runs instead

and you stop floating

your conditions are wrong

[keen hill]

and yes it is a parent of the square

[swift crag]

The game object is non-uniformly scaled.

This will cause distortion as child objects rotate.

If you can't make a model with the correct shape, then set it up like this

- Parent
  - Cube
  - Sprite 1
  - Sprite 2

[keen hill]

i mean the sprite that rotates corectly is not attached to the cube

its just an example

that the second one is stuck

[late bobcat]

https://hatebin.com/rlkkzogpdm Guys any idea on why it is not resetting positions of Player and Ball after scoring a goal? (Last method is what should reset positions, and it's being called in the Ontrigger Method) I've linked positions already in the unity inspector and linked Player gameobject too

[swift crag]

Yes. It's weirdly changing shape because it's parented to a non-uniformly scaled object.

Don't do that. All of the parents should have a uniform scale.

i.e. all three scale values should match

Parent the cube to an empty object and scale the cube however you want

[swift crag]

Do you have any proof that the trigger methods are working at all?

[late bobcat]

ye i debugged

[swift crag]

The score going up would be sufficient.

What did you do to debug it?

[cursive viper]

Ive been stuck on this for like 30 minutes and chatgpt couldnt come up with anything either but

private void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector3 fwd = cam.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);

    Vector3 velocity = (ballHolder.position - ball.position) / Time.fixedDeltaTime;

    if (ballGrabbed && !grabPressed)
    {
        ball.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = false;

        ballRb.velocity = velocity;
        ballRb.MoveRotation(Quaternion.RotateTowards(ball.rotation, ballHolder.rotation, rotationSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime));

        return;
    }

    ball.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = true;

    if (Physics.Raycast(cam.position, fwd, 5, layerToHit) && grabPressed)
    {
        Debug.DrawRay(cam.position, fwd, Color.green, 10);

        ballGrabbed = true;
        grabPressed = false;
    }
}

this code works almost perfectly except for that when the ball is dropped and the collision of the ball is re enabled, because the button to grab the ball has to be pressed in order for it to be dropped, the second if method is immediately reactivated and it goes back to the first if method and keeps returning. I tried adding a delay between the re enabling of collsion and second if method but didnt work

[keen hill]

okay but now comes the problem that the cube has its own gravity

so when i move it the name stays in place

[late bobcat]

i debugged ResetPositions @swift crag

[swift crag]

Move the rigidbody onto the empty parent object

The collider can remain on the cube.

[keen hill]

collider too?

[swift crag]

Rigidbodies look at all of their child colliders, so it'll work fine

[keen hill]

no

[scarlet skiff]

how do i make ithe condition be like if the DataTime floatDuration is equal to the ucrrent date or more.. in the future

[swift crag]

The collider can stay.

[swift crag]

flip the comparison around

[late bobcat]

i was trying to edit the code and i had a method that after scoring a goal it would reset the current scene. But i only wanted to reset positions, not the whole scene

[swift crag]

you want to fail if the current time is past the float-end time

note that your variable name is not good here

"float duration" implies that it's a duration

but that's not what floatDuration stores

it stores a time

floatEndTime would be appropriate

That should make it clear that DateTime.Now < floatEndTime means "the current time is before the time we stop floating"

[swift crag]

So that is executing?

Are you using rigidbodies for the ball and player?

[late bobcat]

yep

[swift crag]

I bet you have interpolation enabled.

[viral tulip]

i have a collision detector to keep score, but it only works for the first one?

[late bobcat]

@swift crag on players/balls?

[swift crag]

When you set the position of a transform, you're going arounds the physics system's back.

Yes.

Don't turn interpolation off -- it's just what's causing the issue to happen.

When interpolation is on, the rigidbody sets the position of the transform every single frame

(so that it isn't just moving during physics updates)

[scarlet skiff]

doesnt worok 😔

[late bobcat]

https://gyazo.com/592893cf1ef23721c48445067a1566bb

[swift crag]

But this means that if you set the position directly, it gets overwritten instantly

You need to set the position of the rigidbody component directly.

[late bobcat]

it's on youre right

[swift crag]

You already have that for _ball

_ball.position = ...

[late bobcat]

ye

[swift crag]

I would suggest referencing the player as a Rigidbody2D as well

[late bobcat]

but shouldn't it work for ball at least?

[swift crag]

show me what your code looks like now

[swift crag]

No, because you grabbed the transform from the rigidbody, and then set the position of the transform

It's identical to what you're doing for the Player

[late bobcat]

ohh i see

so i just grab rigidbody and edit it

[swift crag]

both GameObject.transform and Rigidbody2D.transform give you the Transform for the object / the object they're on

[late bobcat]

for both players and ball

[swift crag]

change GameObject Player to Rigidbody2D Player and then change Player.transform.position to Player.position

and you'll be good

yep

[swift crag]

gonna need way more information. show us your !code at least

[eternal falcon]

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[late bobcat]

i see thanks, that's because interpolate is updating the position of the object is attached to?

[swift crag]

Right. Now, it would still be suboptimal to set the position of an object with a non-interpolated rigidbody on it

[ancient holly]

    private List<Dungeon> _dungeons = new List<Dungeon>();
    private int _currentDungeonIndex;
    private Dungeon _currentDungeon { get { return _dungeons[_currentDungeonIndex]; } }

the last {get {}} causes index out of range exception in editor, whats the ideal way to fix this?
the last {get {}} causes index out of range exception in editor, whats the ideal way to fix this?
is there a way i can make that get {} not get executed while in editor
or should i just add an if statement

[swift crag]

I'm not really clear how that works out, actually

[keen hill]

why is my rigidbody falling through the floor ?

[late bobcat]

i see

[swift crag]

I'd just return null if there are no dungeons.

[swift crag]

Look at your console.

[late bobcat]

ty @swift crag 🙏

[swift crag]

oh wait -- the second screenshot is the floor, isn't it

[keen hill]

yes

[swift crag]

I thought you had a concave mesh collider on a rigidbodyh

That would cause errors.

[ancient holly]

the thing is i cant return null

because dungeon is a struct

[swift crag]

make sure you've got a rigidbody

[keen hill]

the console's empty

[swift crag]

ah, then return default

This is kind of wrong

But if all you're doing is stopping it from throwing up in the editor, I suppose that's fine

[keen hill]

hold on ill send all of the player componets's

[ancient holly]

welp, it won't ever happen inside the gameplay

so its fine i guess

[ancient holly]

i didn't know this was a thing, thanks

[swift crag]

default is the default value a field gets, iirc

for reference types it's null

and for other types it's going to be things like zero

[swift crag]

use backticks, not single quotes

it's the lowercase tilde

`

[swift crag]

You have both a character controller and a non-kinematic rigidbody here. This is not correct.

[keen hill]

okay i understand

[ancient holly]

i was using new struct() with default constructors on structs before

[keen hill]

that what i was thinking too

[ancient holly]

this is way more practical

[swift crag]

That also works, I think

[ancient holly]

or cleaner

[swift crag]

I'm a little fuzzy on the intricacies there

[keen hill]

ill probably change my movement script cuz its trash anyways

[swift crag]

default is nice for generic methods

(although, it's also a little bit misleading for value types...)

[viral tulip]

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

public class TileSpawner : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject tile1;
    public GameObject tile2;
    public GameObject detector;
    public Text score;
    int i = 0;

    void Start()
    {
        score.text = "Score: ".ToString() + i.ToString();
    }
    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col)
    {
        if(col.gameObject.name == "Player")
        {
            i++;
            score.text =  "Score: ".ToString() + i.ToString();


        }
    }
}

[scarlet skiff]

and here is all of it: https://paste.mod.gg/iszlhrlbsddm/2

[swift crag]

well, you have the same problem with the last condition

floatCooldown is probably in the distant past

you want to check if the time is greater than the time the cooldown ended at

[swift crag]

So you're saying that this increases your score and updates the score text once

but doesn't do it afterwards?

[viral tulip]

yes

[swift crag]

You should use Debug.Log(col.gameObject.name); to log what's hitting the collider each time

[scarlet skiff]

ye but i thought >= did the trick, if that doesnt work what can i try?

[polar acorn]

Does this object collide with the player again after the first time?

[viral tulip]

@polar acorn there are multiple of them

[swift crag]

you didn't write >=

you wrote <=

that's less than or equal

this checks if the cooldown is not yet over

[swift crag]

if there are many things you can collide with, each one is going to have its own score counter

and they're all going to say your score is 1 after one hit on them

[polar acorn]

So every time the player interacts with a new one, you want to overwrite the text with 1 again?

[viral tulip]

shouldnt the only one with a score be "Player" because of the if statement

[swift crag]

You said there are "multiple of them"

Multiple of what?

[viral tulip]

and it should update becuause of the variable i thought

oh my bad

multiple collidable objects

[swift crag]

and does each one have its own TileSpawner component?

[viral tulip]

yes

[scarlet skiff]

i had originally but i thought u meant i should change it

[viral tulip]

i just copied and pasted them

[keen hill]

how can i disable a sprite renderer componet through code?

[scarlet skiff]

soo... like this?

[rocky canyon]

now time to refactor b/c this is a mess!

AYE! finally!

[shrewd swift]

looks pretty

[polar acorn]

Each one updates the text, and each one has an i of 1

[swift crag]

Yes, that's what I envisioned. But this is still going to be wrong, since you set floatDuration = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(3); constantly as long as you have space held.

[scarlet skiff]

ye didnt work

[swift crag]

You need to detect when you start floating exactly once

[scarlet skiff]

ah i see

so i put it with getkeydown

[fiery fjord]

Thank you, will do

[swift crag]

Then a second condition should check when the player stops floating. It'll have two reasons:

• GetKey is returning false
• The float end time is reached

[swift crag]

you'll need to split this into two if statements

one decides to start floating if GetKeyDown is true and all of the conditions are met

one decides to stop floating if GetKey is false OR the time runs out

[teal elk]

I'm confused as why my bullet when spawned dosent shoot at my mouse direction. i have made a code like this in another project's the same way and it just works but here i get this issue```cs
public void Fire()
{
if (Time.time > timeTofire)
{
timeTofire = Time.time + playerData.FireRate;
Projectile newProjectile = Instantiate(projectile, projectileSpawnPoint.position, projectileSpawnPoint.rotation) as Projectile;

        newProjectile.SetSpeed(playerData.ProjectileSpeed);
        
    }
}```

[viral tulip]

i did this and it only logged for the first detector

[swift crag]

what is SetSpeed?

I'm guesing that your projectileSpawnPoint transform is rotated wrongly.

[sand veldt]

how can we add ads in unity game

[ivory bobcat]

It's direction would be relative to projectileSpawnPoint.rotation
What's set speed do?

[swift crag]

Maybe SetSpeed sets your speed in the +Y direction, but the spawn point's +X axis is pointing forwards from your ship.

in that case, you need to rotate the projectile spawn point so that it's pointing in the right direction

[teal elk]

its this function im my projectile script, so i can set my player projectile speed in the weapon script.cs public void SetSpeed(float newSpeed) { speed = newSpeed; }

[shrewd swift]

to check if this is the case, @teal elk , you can pause as soon as you spawn your projectile. and select the projectile in the inpector and look where it faces

[keen hill]

please help im getting this error and i think its cuz i retrieved the bool from the other script incorrectly

[ivory bobcat]

How're you moving this projectile?

[swift crag]

no, it's because you have no object reference at all

go to the first error -- the one on line 14

[shrewd swift]

we need mroe context about your code

[swift crag]

something on that line is getting used, but is null

[keen hill]

sry the rest of the pics didnt send

[swift crag]

You've expertly cropped out the line numbers

[keen hill]

lol

one sec

[swift crag]

scr is null

[viral tulip]

oh i think i get what you mean now, how would I fix that?

[teal elk]

here is how I'm moving it , i will try to look at which way the projectile is lookingcs void Update() { transform.Translate(transform.up * speed * Time.deltaTime); Destroy(gameObject, lifeTime); }

[polar acorn]

Look at the lines those errors are on. Something on those lines is null but you're trying to use it anyway

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe consider posting !code correctly

[eternal falcon]

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[swift crag]

a NullReferenceException falls out whenever you try to read a member from a reference typed variable.

[polar acorn]

The score should probably belong to the player, and it should update the score when it hits the other object

[shrewd swift]

move it forward instead of up

[keen hill]

how can i fix it cuz i wanted to get the bool value from another script

[scarlet skiff]

i fixed it, it works now

[swift crag]

make it not null

[shrewd swift]

if you spawn your bullet looking towards the mouse

[swift crag]

that would go into the screen

[shrewd swift]

wait i might be confusing with UE

[scarlet skiff]

floatDurastion had to be updated not in the else statement

thanks btw

[swift crag]

looks like you forgot to assign a reference in the inspector.

[polar acorn]

Where do you assign a value to scr

[ivory bobcat]

Your projectile will move in the direction of the transform's up value.

[shrewd swift]

can you show the 3 arrows of your bullet when you spawn it ? what does it faces ?

[keen hill]

in the same script in the start()

[rocky canyon]

I sent the wrong one.. i meant to send this. I was working on a Drawing Mechanic yesterday, where it sort of drops waypoints for the navmesh to follow as you draw..

[keen hill]

i retrive it form my other script

[swift crag]

it would be useful to look at the projectileSpawnPoint

you don't have to pause after shooting a bullet that way

the rotations will be identical

[polar acorn]

No, where do you set scr

[rocky canyon]

its still very much a WIP and imma most likely need help today.. as i got to get these waypoints into the navmesh script.. w/ is pretty chunky and bad rn

[shrewd swift]

still cool :)