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[keen hill]

wdym

[rocky canyon]

thanks mate 🙂 lets hope the refactor isnt bad.. b/c it needs it

[keen hill]

sry if i dont understand something

[swift crag]

Which of these lines sets scr to something other than null?

[polar acorn]

I mean what I said

where do you set scr

What is the value of scr

[keen hill]

its false

[polar acorn]

where do you tell the code what scr is

[keen hill]

ill send the code

[polar acorn]

how

[swift crag]

scr is absolutely not false

[shrewd swift]

bool not set = null

[shrewd swift]

except for stuff like structs

[keen hill]

not even talking about setting it automatically in the first frame

cuz its not in any item's range

[swift crag]

this has absolutely nothing to do with the problem

[polar acorn]

I don't know why you're showing this code this has nothing to do with the previous question

[swift crag]

the problem is in LookAtPlayer

why are you showing us random code?

[shrewd swift]

so the bullet goes with the green axis, which is Y if i remember correctly ?.
this mean your movement logic is good, but the issue is the rotation your are giving to the projectile when spawning it

[swift crag]

yes, green is Y

[swift crag]

look at how the arrows are oriented for the projectileSpawnPoint object

[keen hill]

the bool is set in this code to false

so the src is not null its false

[swift crag]

InItemRange has absolutely nothing to do with src

They're not the same type and they're not even in the same class

[shrewd swift]

maube use a look at, but this depends if you have a gameobject always tracking the cursor position

[polar acorn]

we aren't talking about any bools

[swift crag]

Again, I do not understand why you're showing us this completely unrelated code.

[polar acorn]

in the script with the error

how do you set src

what value does that variable hold

[keen hill]

i thought it holds bool

from the other script but idk now

[swift crag]

You have a very weird misunderstanding of how references work

[keen hill]

probably

[swift crag]

scr is a field of type PlayerInRange

It is not a bool. Nor is it a float or LayerMask or Transform or any other type that happens to be stored in a field on PlayerInRange

It is a PlayerInRange

[keen hill]

okay

[swift crag]

The reason that scr == true worked is because of how Unity lets you convert any unity object into a boolean implicitly

e.g.

[shrewd swift]

could you tell us what is this transform coming from ?

[swift crag]

if (scr) {
  Debug.Log("scr is a valid unity object");
}

This has nothing to do with InItemRange

It is completely unrelated.

[keen hill]

ok so

is there a way

[swift crag]

scr.InItemRange would be the value of InItemRange stored in the object referred to by scr

[keen hill]

i can reference a bool form the other script

[swift crag]

Sure. Assign a reference in the inspector, then use scr.InItemRange to read the boolean field

[shrewd swift]

this would error yes ?

sometimes when i just do if value it errors, but if value != / == null it doesnt, is there a reason ?

[swift crag]

No.

[keen hill]

so private bool src;

[polar acorn]

You can. You have to reference that script. You need to tell the code which PlayerInRange you want to get the value from

[swift crag]

The reason that happened was because value was not a UnityEngine.Object derivative

UnityEngine.Object is where the implicit conversion to bool is implemented

You can't just throw any type into an if statement and have it convert to a bool

[shrewd swift]

ah okay

[swift crag]

so List<int> would not work

[keen hill]

could you write me a script quickly?

[polar acorn]

No

[swift crag]

No. You already have the script.

[shrewd swift]

thats why for ie you cant do if GOref

[swift crag]

You need to make incredibly tiny changes

[keen hill]

i just want the reference

[swift crag]

You also need to pay attention

[polar acorn]

https://unity.huh.how/references

[swift crag]

because I've already indicated exactly what you need to do

[shrewd swift]

because unity isnt "converting" GOref to a "bool" ?

[keen hill]

its easier for me to learn by looking what changed and understanding how things work

[swift crag]

you can absolutely do if (foo) where foo is a GameObject

[shrewd swift]

🫠

[cursive viper]

sum1 pls help been stuck on this for hours now

[shrewd swift]

then why do i remember does error i had

[swift crag]

it's going to be incredibly hard for you to learn anything if you refuse to even attempt to solve your problems.

[keen hill]

cuz im having problems with understanding complex stuff in a language i dont know well

[lofty sequoia]

unity allows null checks by just saying if(the object)

[swift crag]

Read this. #💻┃code-beginner message

[keen hill]

thats my case

[swift crag]

Specifically look at the "Serialized references" section

[swift crag]

you probably had some other type

[shrewd swift]

also, in chsarp can you create a method so it gets used when trying to print or evaluate a class instance ? can you even do this with structs ?

like in python, __str__

[keen hill]

the thing is i dont want to do it through the serialize field

[swift crag]

ToString()

[keen hill]

cuz i will be creating a lot of items with this script

and i dont want to assign everything manually

[swift crag]

If every object will refer to the same ItemInRange component, then consider the "Singletons" section

sigh

[scarlet skiff]

https://paste.mod.gg/itvbnzmmiqed/2

my code ^^

anyone know why when i start the game, and the player falls, i cant move til i jump, same as when i double jump, when i land i move very little then i cant move

[swift crag]

there's enough spam in the world already. i'd rather not get buried under more of it

[swift crag]

I have a hard time believing this, though.

[stuck palm]

if a parent is disabled and enabled, will the childs "onenable" get called?

[swift crag]

OnEnable runs exactly once.

[frosty hound]

If you can't help someone, you don't need to be their ChatGPT mediator. @cursive viper

[swift crag]

also, I presume you mean deactivated and activated

[stuck palm]

yeah

that was quick damn

i'll do something else then thanks

[slender nymph]

just FYI, when using that site to share code make sure you include the .cs in the file name so it provides the proper syntax highlighting

[swift crag]

you can use OnEnable if you want to run every time you become enabled

wow, the documentation for OnEnable is bad

This function is called when the object is loaded.

true, but....

[keen hill]

but thats the thing i cant learn shit or at least not learn that much with reading shit i dont understand

[swift crag]

then follow some tutorials to get guided help

[keen hill]

i have to see it work and see how every single line works

[swift crag]

people aren't going to walk you through literally every step

[keen hill]

but there isnt a tutorial how to link a bool from another script

[swift crag]

Of course there is.

[keen hill]

cuz it probably requires one line of code

[swift crag]

oh my god there are so many tutorials about this

you've been linked to one

[shrewd swift]

class someClass {

public string ToString(){ return "this is me"; }


}
someClass instance = new()
Debug.Log(instance) //prints out "this is me"
instance.length //prints out the length of string  "this is me"

string test = "yoo";
if (test = instance) //this would not error

so this examples would work ?

[keen hill]

i dont want them to do i just want to learn how to link a bool

[shell sorrel]

really best docs for most unity messages is the ExecutionOrder page from the manual

[swift crag]

No, ToString isn't an implicit conversion operator.

You can implement one if you want.

[keen hill]

been tyoping for like 15 minutes to just link a bool from another script lol

[shrewd swift]

* i wrote length but i dont remember the exact keyword

[swift crag]

public static implicit operator string(MyType self) {
  return "hello";
}

I want to say that's correct.

This enables a type to implicitly convert to another type when needed.

[shrewd swift]

it would work for what ? by default

[swift crag]

consider reading the website you were linked to

it explains quite a lot

[shrewd swift]

thanks, might be usefull

can this be used for a struct ? since struct can have methods

[swift crag]

    public struct Foo {
        public static implicit operator string(Foo self) {
            return "123";
        }

        public void What()
        {
            if (new Foo() == "123")
            {
                Debug.Log("OK");
            }
        }
    }

this compiles.

[scarlet skiff]

oh ye i forgot about that, thanks

[swift crag]

ToString is simply a method that's defined on every object

like, every C# object, not just every Unity Object

[proper hornet]

hey would any body tell me what is the best thing to download if your trying to learn c sharp visual studio code or visual studio

[swift crag]

It's used by some things, like the + operator when concatenating an object to a string

[cursive viper]

visual studio

[swift crag]

But that's different from the language being told "hey, type Foo can implicitly convert to a string"

[cursive viper]

visual studio code is just a text editor with some fancy features pretty much

[swift crag]

I believe the common wisdom is to favor Visual Studio

[frosty hound]

Get visual studio through Unity Hub so it configures it for you.

[swift crag]

I use VSCode for a lot of things, so I picked it

(VS is also not really available my macbook)

[stray wraith]

I have a movement script and I want it to have no velocity cap when falling down. The way to do this as far as I know is to set the rigidbody's drag to 0 however I also want the movement to feel responsive, what do I do?

[swift crag]

what doesn't feel responsive with 0 drag?

is the problem that you ice-skate around?

or are you talking about movement specifically when falling?

[stray wraith]

yep

[swift crag]

One option would be to apply your own drag.

Vector3 fallingVelocity = Vector3.Project(rb.velocity, Vector3.down);
Vector3 movingVelocity = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(rb.velocity, Vector3.down);

movingVelocity = Vector3.MoveTowards(movingVelocity, Vector3.zero, Time.deltaTime);

rb.velocity + fallingVelocity + movingVelocity;

[stray wraith]

generally when airborne

[swift crag]

This would slow you down by 1 meter per second per second, but only horizontally

Proper drag should be proportional to your current speed.

Unfortunately the obvious answer doesn't quite work right...

Vector3 fallingVelocity = Vector3.Project(rb.velocity, Vector3.down);
Vector3 movingVelocity = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(rb.velocity, Vector3.down);

movingVelocity = Vector3.MoveTowards(movingVelocity, Vector3.zero, movingVelocity.magnitude * Time.deltaTime);

rb.velocity + fallingVelocity + movingVelocity;

https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp

It's the same sort of problem as this

Although, if it's happening in FixedUpdate, then it's probably fine.

(this code slows you down twice as fast if you're moving twice as fast, which is roughly how drag should work)

[cursive viper]

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

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

    return;
}

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

    ballGrabbed = true;
    grabPressed = false;
}

Anyone know what I could do here? If I re enable collision in between the if methods, the ball will immediately be "grabbed" again due to the second if method running right after, but if I don't re enable collision the ball will no clip through the floor

[stray wraith]

thanks

[rocky canyon]

Since we're speaking on Directions and stuff (earlier) I have a question..

• I wrote out this script (trying to make it generic enough to use thru-out my project
  • Everything works pretty much the way I think it should only the additionalOffset part of it

The additional offset was originally b/c the UI i was using on it was backwards and used a 180 offset so it would be facing directly..
That's when I noticed how the Transform gizmo would look upwards first and then back down.. I'm pretty sure this is the way I'm adding the offset
(causing quaternion magic stuff)

heres the script : https://gist.github.com/SpawnCampGames/47b2edb673714b5c6fa1e7c30b371e6c
and how I add that offset // Apply additional offset directly to the desiredLookTarget desiredLookTarget += additionalOffset;

anyone know of a better way to add the offset?

[teal elk]

i tried trasnform.forward and my bullet is now going only in the direction , why the y and x is static,

[shrewd swift]

can i replace string with other type, so i can use this for other use cases ?

[shrewd swift]

okay ty

like

// inside a class
public static implicit operator int(MyType self) {
  return 3;
}

myClass inst = new()

if (inst > 3) // this would not error

[rocky canyon]

wait, this may be correct, it may just appear wrong to me.. i'm going to test w/ some raycast and drawlines right quick

[swift crag]

there is nothing special about retrieving any field from another object -- all you have to do is get a reference to the object in the first place

the most straightforward way to do this is a serialized field: you drag an object into a field in the inspector and you're good

If you don't want to have to manually assign it, then you must find another way to get that reference. if everyone uses the same reference, then the singleton pattern is appropriate (as described in that link)

otherwise, you'll need some other mechanism to provide the reference

[polar acorn]

Important note: There is no alternative to learning how to reference objects. That is programming. Almost every problem is some form of "How do I get a reference from here to there"

There is no shortcut

[rocky canyon]

ya, so i think this is okay. i think it appears to be looking upwards b/c it is.. when the camera goes across it, it has to look upwards b/c its so close to it

[odd mason]

trying to set an objects sprite to this other one and it wont recognize it unsure as to what im doing wrong

[rocky canyon]

show where you declare BerryBushEmpty

[odd mason]

i need to declare it?

[rocky canyon]

u have to tell the IDE what it is...

[modest dust]

Well, how else will your code know what to use?

[rocky canyon]

and which one it is

[odd mason]

yeah true, i think i got it now

[rocky canyon]

or

its a very important step

[odd mason]

yeah i get it now

jsut didnt think i had to declare it for sprites for some reason dont know why i thought that tbh

[rocky canyon]

• Hey Unity, I need to use a sprite;
  • I see that, what sprite are you going to use
• This one
  • Thank's, I'll remember you're going to use a Sprite named whateverYouNamedIt, and you want that sprite to use this image/sprite

[odd mason]

thanks for the help btw

[rocky canyon]

ya, if u can figure out how to get unity to know what i intend to use, b4 i tell it you let me know

that'd be extra beneficial 😄

[odd mason]

actually i think there might be a way to do that if im understanding this post im reading correctly

i currently dont really need this but if youd like here it is https://forum.unity.com/threads/create-spritelibraryasset-by-scripts.1168610/

[rocky canyon]

ya, I don't do runtime creation stuff like that yet

[odd mason]

ah i see

[rocky canyon]

but good resource

[vague dirge]

Hi, I'm using Nomnom's Raycast Visualization package in my project but it doesn't seem to work, doe smone knows why pls ?

[north kiln]

Do you have gizmos enabled

[vague dirge]

Ngl what's that 😅 😂

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/gizmos/enabling-gizmos

[vague dirge]

After verification, gizmos were enabled and I they show up when I call them through code

[north kiln]

Then I can only presume you're not calling nomnom's via code, or you're casting in a completely different place

[vague dirge]

I just finally fixed it, thanks for the help

[scarlet skiff]

how do i set the object reference to an instance of an object

[rich adder]

first find out which line is throwing that error

[scarlet skiff]

first one i think

[rich adder]

"first one" ?

[topaz pendant]

this means that your script looked for an object with the component (script) PlayerMovement in the scene, but there were none

[slender nymph]

"i think" you should verify that by looking at the stack trace. although i can guarantee that it is the first one since that is the only line shown that can throw that exception

[rich adder]

if you mean FindObjectOfType then you have no GameObject with PlayerMovement script on it

[scarlet skiff]

first line in update

[rich adder]

also why aren't you just putting a field in the inspector and assign reference that way

[scarlet skiff]

well it says the error coems from update

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[scarlet skiff]

i do have one

[topaz pendant]

navarone is right, you should almost never use a FindObjectOfType inside an Update method as this is a very expensive operation, you should most likely set this in Start or elswhere

[scarlet skiff]

this count as a GameObject with the script, right

[topaz pendant]

if the object or the script are disabled, FindObjectOfType won't find it

[rich adder]

name man u got errors the script isn't even loaded

[scarlet skiff]

i didnt really know how to set it up

[topaz pendant]

theres an error, you probable changed the name of the script or the name and the class don't match

[scarlet skiff]

ye i changed the name of the script to have a capita lletter eveyrwhere i could but ig it didnt update

[polar acorn]

Please fix any compile errors and assign a valid script

[scarlet skiff]

the code is same as before i just changed the name of the class and the script, and they do match

but its still compile error

before that the code could run without issues

[polar acorn]

Try removing the component and adding it again

[scarlet skiff]

wait i foudn the problem

somehow in one of the scripts a letter was removed fro mthe name and the script was saved 🤦

lols

okay so this is how the code is now, i have put the player in the serialized field, but the update isnt really update the fireballs rotation based on the plays position... any1 know why?

[polar acorn]

Try logging a, b, c, and rotation to see if they're what you expect every frame

[supple citrus]

I have 2 object classes, Suns and Planets. I want a list of all current gameobjects in the scene. How would I make a list store every instance of 2 different classes?

Or would I use a structure other than a list

[polar acorn]

Give them a shared parent class

[supple citrus]

Is that easy once you've already done a bunch of stuff with the original classes

[polar acorn]

If you need a list that contains both of them, chances are they have some sort of shared functionality you can move into the parent class

[supple citrus]

ehh suns are immobile and planets move around the suns. I want to use the list to store all current planets/suns so I can go through each element in the list when saving the current scenario as a preset that can be loaded later

[polar acorn]

So then presumably any functionality related to saving the objects can be put in the parent object

[supple citrus]

if i named the new class test would I just change the original scripts by making
the sun class into Sun : test
and planet into planet : test ?

[polar acorn]

Yes but don't call it test give it a name that actually explains what they actually are

[supple citrus]

yeye

ty

Oh does everything In the planet and sun script go into 1 big mega script for the new class

[polar acorn]

Anything shared between the two goes into the new class

[white pelican]

Not sure how visible this is, but when running my game there seems to be some sort of white border that flickers, not sure if this is a visual glitch or I may have done something to enable this

[timber tide]

you got the camera selected

also try posting videos from the computer itself ;p

[white pelican]

I don''t actually think I have a video capturing application currently 😅

[timber tide]

I think it's the camera? Could be UI related, but turn off gizmos in the top right to ignore it completely

[white pelican]

hmm good call, but it seems to still persist

[slender nymph]

you didn't turn off gizmos

[white pelican]

not this?

[timber tide]

yeah it's the camera's frustum

[slender nymph]

look in the top right of the game view window where it literally says Gizmos

you've toggled gizmos off for the scene view

[white pelican]

oh wow... Well I did think that this was most likely just me not knowing where some very common button is supposed to be located, TYSM both of you <3

[rocky canyon]

https://getsharex.com/ this is a solid screen recorder, in case you need one later..

file sizes are pretty small

[white pelican]

ahh tysm was about to get obs lol ^^ but might get that instead :)

[rocky canyon]

OBS is good for recording high quality, but ShareX allows u to just record sections of the screen (or windows that u select) and the file sizes are small enough to share pretty quickly

[rare basin]

If I modify the ScriptableObject values (int, float) via code in runtime, do they save between sessions?

[rich adder]

not in build

[slender nymph]

if you modify an asset then those changes persist in the editor. but not in a build

[rare basin]

so if i restart the editor

[polar acorn]

This is a good argument in favor of just never mutating ScriptableObjects. It can lead to difficult bugs that behave differently in development environments that don't happen in builds

[rare basin]

the changes will be present i made in runtime?

[polar acorn]

If the change occurs in the editor, it will modify the SO asset itself permanently.

If the change occurs in a build, there is no asset and it will reset when you restart the program

[wintry quarry]

For serialized fields the changes will persist across sessions in the editor but not in builds

[rare basin]

And if i change the SO via code in runtime, in editor?

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message

[rare basin]

okay

[polar acorn]

If the change occurs in the editor, it will modify the SO asset itself permanently.

[rare basin]

got it thanks

[scarlet skiff]

oh yea, it gives a value between 0 and 1, or probably -1 to 1. cuz its arccosine. what do i do wit hthat value to make the fireball actually look at the player? i actually cant rly figure this one out, i tried multiplying with 360, but its not really it

[rare basin]

but if i use SetDirty()

it will be permament even in build?

[polar acorn]

2D or 3D?

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[scarlet skiff]

2d game

[rare basin]

one more thing I dont understand. When making changes via runtime (in the editor) to the scriptable object, it is permamently - i get it. But I don't have any changes to commit in git. When I set the ScriptableObject as SetDirty() then i do have changes to commit in git, why is that?

[wintry quarry]

Changes in git means the file on disk changed

Which is different from the object in memory

When you set it as dirty the editor saves the in-memory changes to the file

[rare basin]

ah, alright

cheers

[polar acorn]

Which direction is "forward" for your fireball?

Is the sprite facing up, to the right, etc.

[scarlet skiff]

right

[potent echo]

Hey folks, I've been having a strange issue while writing a script that's used to figure out whether a gameObject is colliding with something from a certain direction. The error occurs whenever the subject gameObject initially comes in contant with the ground, setting IsGrounded to be true (which works fine), however the IsOnWall and IsOnCeiling properties are set to true as well for some reason, before quickly being set back to false. This creates a handful of bugs related to the gameObject's movement and collision handling. I've been struggling with this one for a while, so any help is appreciated.

Here's the script I've got:

// Had to cut off some parts of the script that (I hope) weren't related
public class TouchingDirections : MonoBehaviour
{
    public ContactFilter2D castFilter;
    public float groundDistance = 0.05f;
    public float wallDistance = 0.2f;
    public float ceilingDistance = 0.05f;

    BoxCollider2D touchingCol;
    Animator animator;

    RaycastHit2D[] groundHits = new RaycastHit2D[5];
    RaycastHit2D[] wallHits = new RaycastHit2D[5];
    RaycastHit2D[] ceilingHits = new RaycastHit2D[5];

    [SerializeField]
    private bool IsGrounded;

    [SerializeField]
    private bool IsOnWall;

    public Vector2 wallCheckDirection => gameObject.transform.localScale.x > 0 ? Vector2.right : Vector2.left;

    [SerializeField]
    private bool IsOnCeiling;

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        IsGrounded = touchingCol.Cast(Vector2.down, castFilter, groundHits, groundDistance) > 0;
        IsOnWall = touchingCol.Cast(wallCheckDirection, castFilter, wallHits, wallDistance) > 0;
        IsOnCeiling = touchingCol.Cast(Vector2.up, castFilter, ceilingHits, ceilingDistance) > 0;
    }
}

[polar acorn]

You can set the object's transform.right to the direction from the object to the player

You can get a direction between two objects by subtracting their positions and normalizing

[scarlet skiff]

so i didnt have to do all this?

[polar acorn]

Nope

Just set transform.right to the direction vector

[scarlet skiff]

can you break it down a lil more

im not fully getting it

[polar acorn]

Two simple steps:

1. Get the direction from the fireball to the player
2. Set transform.right to that

[timber tide]

right is on your right

[polar acorn]

You can get the direction between two objects by subtracting their positions, and normalizing

[scarlet skiff]

how do i get the direction between the two

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[scarlet skiff]

is this how u meant by get the direction

[polar acorn]

You can get the direction between two objects by subtracting their positions, and normalizing

[scarlet skiff]

ok so i looked into what normalizing meant and this is what i get:
Normalizing a vector means scaling it to have a length of 1 while preserving its direction.

What i have done so far is subtracting their positions and making a vector by it, and since i have to normalize it has ot mean we want it to be a vector.

what i see as the next step is to normalize, but i dont have a clue what it would mean in this situaiotn or how to do it, what is meant by "length of 1"

[small dagger]

Hi guys, I am trying to learn NavMesh and how to figure an AI that chases the player (in this picture, the green cylinder). The player is supposed to collect the gold orbs, however, if the green monster collides with the gold orbs, they are dstroyed, depriving the player of the point. However, the NavMesh agent seems to have trouble following the player when the player is surrounded by the orbs, is there a way to have the NavMesh agent ignore the gold orbs so it doesn't affect it's navigation?

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2017.3/Documentation/Manual/VectorCookbook.html

few topics there

[slender nymph]

if you're just getting a direction to assign to transform.right like digi suggested, then you don't even need to normalize it. also why do you have all of these single letter variables? just do transform.right = playerMovement.playerPosition - transform.position;
that's literally it. you are way overcomplicating it

[rocky canyon]

@small dagger do the coins have mass? why do they stop the navmesh

or do they carve out the navmesh?

[small dagger]

yes, the coins have mass. They are spawned dynamically throughout the game (when you collect one, another one spawns in at a random location) so I figured the navmesh was jsut reading them as an obstacle, and therefore can't find a path around them when surrounded by them

[small dagger]

Oh actually, setting the mass to 0 seems to have fixed this issue... thanks for the insight!

[eternal needle]

If you spawn them dynamically, and they dont have any navmesh components, then the navmesh agents should just ignore it by default. Since they wouldnt be included in the baked area

[scarlet skiff]

dam 😭

ok tysm

[timber tide]

what separates a wall from ground here? Do you have independent layer masks or as you banking on that the collider isn't hitting below and right of you?

could consider using different layers for each of these types, otherwise may need to look into a smaller cast range if you really need specific flags to always be set

usually better to just not work with exclusive logic

[wind raptor]

I have a unity desktop application that connects to several microcontrollers. I am wanting to create a UI to interact with these devices, but accessible from another device. Say from the web browser of a phone or laptop. Main priority is for it to be accessible by devices on the local network, but connectivity over the Internet would be nice too. And while I'd prefer for the UI to be web-based, I wouldn't be opposed to having a separate Unity application on the connecting device.

What is the best way to accomplish this? It would be nice to build out the UI within Unity and avoid dealing with HTML or something.

[small dagger]

hm ok, upon further testing you are right, I think my navmesh implementation was just really rudimentary and jittery, I will have to look further into implementing it correctly

[polar acorn]

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

[eternal needle]

Is this gonna be a unity to unity connection? You should look into how you're gonna connect with the microcontrollers first. If everything is within unity, then you have options like NGO, mirror, photon.

[eternal needle]

Try seeing what the path is as you play, maybe you just need to try baking the area again. Or maybe you have something else interfering with the movement

[shell herald]

a random range is different every time it is called right? so if i put a random range in update its gonna be different every frame?

[small dagger]

yep

every frame, update is called, and it will run the random function that produces a new number every time it's ran

[wind raptor]

Microcontrollers are connected, that's done. I currently have a UI, but it's just for that one application on the desktop.

The externally connected devices (not microcontrollers, the devices with the UI) don't strictly need to be within Unity if that's not the most sensible path.

[shell herald]

so this is gonna play the death1 sound 33% of the time randomly?

[eternal needle]

I'm unsure what your question is really about then, are you just asking if you should use unity?
Either way would be possible. UI in unity might be harder to fully customize compared to building your own html/css but it's definitely quick to setup a basic few buttons

[rich adder]

random.value <= .33f

[hybrid vine]

Guys do you know why the Button Click sound is not playing when i click the button? I have 3 buttons: Play, Options, and Controls, where i set an On Click action to play the sound (that i attached to an empty object, then drag and dropped it into the slot under the Main Camera for which i wrote the code (e.g, public void playSound1() { soundPlayer1.Play(); } ). All of the 3 buttons were set up that way, but now only the Play button plays the sound and the other 2 dont?

[shell oriole]

Hi, I need help. I need to store possibly hundreds of data items, but they all need to be different datatypes, how can I store these? I want to use an array/list. I just need a way to store large amounts of data that are all different datatypes without too much strugle. Thank you!

[hybrid vine]

ther are no errors in my code, and the sound actually plays if i set it on "play on awake", just doesnt play when i click the button

[teal viper]

What's the context? What are these items and what are they used for?

[eternal needle]

What's the use case? You can store anything in just type object but you wont get to be able to do much with them unless the thing using it knows what to cast it to

[near wadi]

and the inspector?

[shell oriole]

Alright, so it is for different events in the game, just to store the data so I can call it back to put the choices on the screen

[teal viper]

Sound like it all should be text..?

[shell oriole]

It uses a repeating patern (string, int, string, int.) or something like that

[shell oriole]

No, not quite. I also use numbers to take it to another event if you choose a certain choice.

each event has an id

[teal viper]

You could use a list of a serializable class/struct with a string and int fields.

[meager sentinel]

Someone could help me? When i try to get to interact with something (basically like a button) it dont works
https://hatebin.com/usvvrbspwb

[teal viper]

Then it sounds like what I suggested above is what you want.

[shell oriole]

Ok, I will check it out. I just started Unity about a week ago, but I think I can handle it.

[hybrid vine]

here is the inspector of the button, sound attached to an empty object, and main camera (under which the code that plays the button click sounds is):

[shell oriole]

ty bty

[shell oriole]

is there anything to actually run the audio function?

[hybrid vine]

wdym?

oh yeah this is the code

[shell oriole]

In your code it just looks like a bunch of functions with nothing to run them

i saw it before dont worry about resending it

[meager sentinel]

Could someone help?

[teal viper]

Share a screenshot of the "button" inspector.

[meager sentinel]

wdym with button?

[hybrid vine]

ah but wouldnt those functions just play the sounds that were attached int he inspector?

[shell oriole]

you need to run them

functionname();

after you declare them

i think at least

[teal viper]

With the first script...

[meager sentinel]

this is what you mean?

[hybrid vine]

hmmm should i put them all in the void update(); function? if so wouldnt that just play all sounds continuously with every frame

[shell oriole]

you need to run it in the function that detects when the button is clicked.

[teal viper]

Take a screenshot of it at runtime when the issue happens.

[hybrid vine]

ohhh wait lemme try

[meager sentinel]

If you mean when i click it it only does E has been pressed

click it is pressing E, i said it wrong

[teal viper]

A screenshot of the inspector just like before...

But at the timing after pressing E.

[meager sentinel]

exactly like before

[teal viper]

Is it active in the hierarchy?

[meager sentinel]

yeah

[teal viper]

Okay, then debug what object you're hitting.

[cursive viper]

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

not really necessary to read this script to get what im trying to do but just put it here for context, but how would I switch to grabbing an objects rotation from a raycast hit instead of from a reference??

[meager sentinel]

like this?

[teal viper]

Also, I don't see "yes" printed, so it doesn't even enter there.

[teal viper]

No... In your other script. We already established it doesn't enter into Interact. You want to figure out how far it goes and what condition is not getting passed.

[meager sentinel]

But then where i place the Debug.Log

[teal viper]

            {
                Debug.Log($"hit object {hitInfo.gameObject}");

[meager sentinel]

hitInfo does not contain a definition for gameObject

[teal viper]

collider.gameObject then. I don't remember the exact API. I'm typing from phone lol. Use the ide suggestions to make it work.

[meager sentinel]

i dont have the ide

[teal viper]

Wat?

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[meager sentinel]

that's why

[teal viper]

Then get an ide and configure it before proceeding with your issue.

Is that VS code? Follow the guide above to config it.

[meager sentinel]

alr did

[teal viper]

Now print the name of the hit object.

[meager sentinel]

wdym

Also, this part of the script stills dont work

[teal viper]

The code that I shared...

[meager sentinel]

It should print yes but it doesn't

and i also did what you said and stills doesn't

[teal viper]

Then it doesn't hit anything.

[meager sentinel]

How do i fix that?

Wait... I think i know the problem

[teal viper]

Possible causes, wrong ray direction, distance, lack of active colliders.

[meager sentinel]

the script should be on the player right?

[teal viper]

You tell me..? Does it need to be on the player?

[meager sentinel]

Like to make the raycast

[teal viper]

You're the one that knows the intention behind the code.

ATM your ray uses the interact source transform for ray origin and direction.

So it doesn't really matter where the script is. What matters is what transform is assigned to that field.

[meager sentinel]

k am dumb

i had to make the source be the player

that's why i hate 2 min tutorials

[teal viper]

Tutorials shouldn't replace your head.

You need to fully understand what you are doing even if you are following a tutorial.

[high wigeon]

so um....does anyone even know what this means?

[round umbra]

hello im working on a player movement script i countered a few issues on the way,

my player jump is really inconsistent
i have been stuck for a few days and taught well why not just ask

https://gdl.space/axebilikam.cs

[teal viper]

Start from making all your add force methods being called from fixed update.

[round umbra]

alright wil do

[teal viper]

Share some more context on the issue maybe. When does it happen? Are there other errors? Does it actually affect anything?

[meager sentinel]

I learned everything i know from tutorials

is just that i see a guy that does extremely explanatory tutorials (where i learn from) but i never saw him teaching about Raycast

Could someone help me in this? I got an error in the line 14 (marked in the code)
https://hatebin.com/ztavzbmcrh

[teal viper]

What's the error?

[round umbra]

appreciate it dlich its working

[meager sentinel]

it's down in the code

[teal viper]

The error is pretty self explanatory. It says that you already have a field with that name.

[meager sentinel]

I dont find where i have that

oh bro am sorry

damn the dumbest error i had

i forgot to change the variables name

[shell herald]

so im trying to switch to the new input system. if i get this right, callbackcontext.performed is similar to OnButtonDown and callbackcontext.cancelled is similar to OnButtonUp?

[polar acorn]

What line

[teal elk]

I'm trying to implement a muzzleflash sprite to be set active when the player fires bullete , but due to me setting false in the same fucntion , it never shows , is there a way for me to activbate and then deactivate once the bullete is shot ```cs

[RequireComponent(typeof(PlayerController))]
public class WeaponController : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] private PlayerData playerData;
[SerializeField] private GameObject muzzleFlash;
[SerializeField] private Projectile projectile;
[SerializeField] private Transform projectileSpawnPoint;
private float timeTofire;
private Vector3 mousePos;

private void Start()
{
    muzzleFlash.SetActive(false);
}

public void Fire()
{
    if (Time.time > timeTofire)
    {
        muzzleFlash.SetActive(true);
        mousePos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
       Projectile newProjectile = Instantiate(projectile, projectileSpawnPoint.position, Quaternion.identity);
       newProjectile.SetFireDir((mousePos - transform.position).normalized);
       newProjectile.SetSpeed(playerData.ProjectileSpeed);
       timeTofire = Time.time + playerData.FireRate;
        muzzleFlash.SetActive(false);
    }
}

}```

[timber tide]

can do an animation clip and play once

actually that may still be disabled, so perhaps coroutine then disable

[polar acorn]

Slot[_weaponSlot] is null

You never actually put a weapon list in that slot

[timber tide]

or just dont disable and use an animation play once

[teal elk]

okay , i will try an eneumerator

[shell herald]

i am super confused with implementing the new Input system. how do i implement button presses in the update instead of its own void? i basically want this, but instead of the normal inputs, the new ones. is that possible?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.8/manual/Migration.html

eg

if (playerInput.actions["jump"].WasReleasedThisFrame())```

[shell herald]

thx

[rich adder]

what are you confused on?

[twilit pilot]

it would be helpful to start by making a list, rather than an array of lists

[rich adder]

indeed

or in this case a dictionary would make more sense

[polar acorn]

You've made an array that can hold 6 lists, but you never made any lists

[shell herald]

currently going throught he doc, what confuses me is where the player in playerInput.actions comes from? is that the action map name?

[rich adder]

its a reference to the PlayerInput asset

there are dozens wdym

[teal viper]

Google🪄

[shell herald]

this thing? so if it has a different name i call it my custom name?

or this thing?

[rich adder]

this one

[SerializeField] private PlayerInput inputz;
void Update()
{
    if (inputz.actions["Fire"].WasPressedThisFrame())
    {
        Debug.Log("Fire pressed");
    }
}```

[shell herald]

ahhh, figured that was what i was missing

thx

[rich adder]

sorry you want Pressed not Released . fixed

np

[shell herald]

yep, works like a charm

[hybrid vine]

why does unity keep outputting "Can not play disabled audio source" in the console, when the audio source its talking about is literally enabled

[slender nymph]

sounds like it isn't enabled

[hybrid vine]

frustrating af because ive spent the past hour and a half trynna solve this 😭

how? its ticked idek how

[slender nymph]

prove that the audiosource you are calling Play on is not disabled

[slender nymph]

show the code where you call PlayOneShot

[hybrid vine]

the debugs is to try and figure out what is wrong

[shell sorrel]

90% chance you are not referencing the audio source you think you are

[rocky canyon]

i almost guarentee theres more than 1 audio source hiding up in there

[slender nymph]

at a guess i'd say it's probably a prefab being referenced. or one of the many disabled objects in that scene

[shell sorrel]

also seems complicated having these button and sound pairs

[hybrid vine]

i have 6 audio sources and 6 buttons, Play, Options, and Controls have their own audio sources (empty objects with audio clips dragged into them), and the last four are back buttons for each menu (3 audio sources with the same audio clip)

[rocky canyon]

you should use the context part of the debug to show u exactly which source its referring to..

[shell sorrel]

think i would just have a component on each button that calls some other system to play teh sound

could make it automatic by implement it in the IPointerClickHandler for the click component

[rocky canyon]

^ like an AudioManager static class.. that just plays UI sounds

doesn't even need to static.. could just have a singular gameobject with an audiosource to play all the clips

[hybrid vine]

but how would i specify a specific audio source to be played under specific buttons, if they are all attached under one gameobject

[slender nymph]

you don't need a separate audio source for each of those buttons though

just one audio source for all of your UI sounds

[shell sorrel]

well if its UI, its not going to be positional audio

so 1 source can be used for all ui sounds

[hybrid vine]

i just wanted different buttons to have slightly different sounds

[shell sorrel]

yes you can sitll do that

[hybrid vine]

but honestly at this point i dont mind having just one, i just want this to work already xD

[shell sorrel]

1 audio source with a script on it, then each button has a play on click component that references the audioclip you want to play

then it can call the system that has the audio source tell it to do a PlayOneShot and pass the clip in

[hybrid vine]

before this it all worked perfectly, but i played audio clips directly, and they were too loud, so i decided to use audio sources to change some of the sound parameters. Now i cant play them

[hybrid vine]

wait let me try this

its so late at night rn lmaooo, but i wanna get this done tonight instead of leaving it to tmr

[shell sorrel]

if you dont have time, would just leave yourself a few notes

[rocky canyon]

public AudioSource clickSounds;
public AudioClip clickUnit;
public AudioClip clickGround;

public void PlayButtonAudio()
{
            // Generate a random pitch within the specified range
            float minPitch = 0.95f;
            float maxPitch = 1.05f;
            float randomPitch = Random.Range(minPitch,maxPitch);

            // Set the random pitch and play the sound effect
            clickSounds.pitch = randomPitch;
            clickSounds.PlayOneShot(clickGround);
}```

this is how i deal with multiple sounds with the same function, anytime i click the ground it sounds a bit different..

then i can call other methods that use different clips

but thas just 1 way

[polar acorn]

If it says it's disabled then it's disabled. It's probably referencing a different audio source than you thought

[rocky canyon]

Debug.Log($"Audiosource played",gunAudioSource);
gunAudioSource.PlayOneShot(machineGun2Echo);

[shell sorrel]

yeah my method is i have a SO type called ClipBucket, which contains a list of audio clips, a volumn range and a pitch range

[rocky canyon]

id just add a little debug to all the places u call oneshot in ur scripts

[shell sorrel]

that way i can easily add varration

[rocky canyon]

they'll be able to be clicked and show which one logs b4 the error

[rocky canyon]

smart

[hybrid vine]

could it be saying that because of my BACK buttons? since they ARE indeed disabled due to them being under different menus that get enabled with a button press. I tried fixing that by delaying the sound playing a few seconds after the entire menu is enabled but that didnt work

[shell sorrel]

yeah all the sound manager stuff for playing sounds will aceept a clip and some args or a clipbucket

[rocky canyon]

i like.

i might do the same

[shell sorrel]

the last number on the right is for a weight so can make some more common then others

[hybrid vine]

whaaaaa that looks incredibly convinient

how can i make that?

[rocky canyon]

building ur own tools is magical..

a little extra work at the start.. but so much time saved later

[rocky canyon]

i made something similar

its an audiomanager singleton, that builds itself

then u got all these methods i pre-wrote.. where u can just pass in audiosources or clips as arguments

[odd valley]

guys how to make a fading in and out black screen transition between scenes

[rocky canyon]

ur still seems more scaleable lol

[shell sorrel]

yeah pretty similar, audio manager has pools of sources with different settings too

[rocky canyon]

i just make a gameobject with a clip that fades in our out.. and turn looping off..

i just enable/disable it w/e i need

[rocky canyon]

yup, mine grabs the first available one.. and if theres not one.. it creates one plays the sound and removes it..

the garbage collection is probably awful tho

[shell sorrel]

i just animate opacity on a full screen ui image

[hybrid vine]

icl imma just go sleep and come back tmr, thx for your help lads

[odd valley]

kk thx

[shell sorrel]

have done a more complex approach for other types of screen transitions like it circle closing on the character etc

but if i just want a fade to black no need to make it complicated

[odd valley]

alr thx man

[rocky canyon]

30 Second Fade Transition 😄

[cosmic dagger]

i almost forgot, this is what i was talking about. it's pretty simple: https://hatebin.com/sqyztbrbql

[rocky canyon]

oh, interesting!

[amber spruce]

void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector2 direction = (Vector2)target.position - rb.position;

    direction.Normalize();

    float rotateAmount = Vector3.Cross(direction, transform.up).z;

    rb.angularVelocity = -rotateAmount * rotateSpeed;

    rb.velocity = transform.up * speed;
}

any idea why this doesnt work

it just goes straight up

[civic adder]

I'm having problems making an Array for a Unity Object

[amber spruce]

trying to make a homing bullet btw

[shell sorrel]

and is this for a 2d game?

[amber spruce]

yeah

[shell sorrel]

what is rotateSpeed

[amber spruce]

200

[shell sorrel]

well should angularVelocity not be a vector

[slender nymph]

not for a rigidbody2d

[shell sorrel]

ah i am thinking 3d rb

not sure the cross product is doing exactly what you want

[amber spruce]

im following this tutorial for it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_H3oOR0aU

[shell sorrel]

since its 2d would be tempted to just do a ATan2 and do the math manually

[slender nymph]

1. not a code question
2. you are using a much newer version than that tutorial uses. have you checked to see if you can just create a ParticleSystem object from the Create menu?

[amber spruce]

i dont know what the math would be lol

[slender nymph]

id:browse to find a relevant channel. but i also already answered it

[ashen wind]

I'm trying to make a selection box when you drag your mouse, and I've got code like this

        Vector3 mousePosition2 = Input.mousePosition;
        selectionRect = new Rect(
            Mathf.Min(mousePosition1.x, mousePosition2.x),
            Screen.height - Mathf.Max(mousePosition1.y, mousePosition2.y),
            Mathf.Abs(mousePosition1.x - mousePosition2.x),
            Mathf.Abs(mousePosition1.y - mousePosition2.y)
        );

        Vector2 min = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector2(selectionRect.x, selectionRect.y));
        Vector2 max = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector2(selectionRect.x + selectionRect.width, selectionRect.y + selectionRect.height));

        Collider2D[] colliders = Physics2D.OverlapAreaAll(min, max);

but there's some kind of offset

it doesn't select items that are inside the box

and it selects items that aren't inside the box

[wintry quarry]

#💻┃unity-talk

[shell sorrel]

var subtraction = targetsPosition - observersPosition;
var myAngle = Mathf.Atan2(subtraction.y, subtraction.x);```
would get you the angle to rotate to in radians

[queen adder]

yay! i can save tilemaps now

[slender nymph]

in the hierarchy not your project window

[shell sorrel]

can convert it to degrees by multiplying it by Mathf.Rad2Deg

[ashen wind]

like I think I flipped something, because it selects below the box

and above it if I go on the bottom of the screen

[slender nymph]

okay at this point you've been directed to the correct channel to ask this in. for future reference, when you are trying to get something specific then you need to ask about that.

[glad widget]

sure, thanks for the help

[lofty gazelle]

is the grid component matched to the unity grid when its 1, 1, 1?

[amber spruce]

so i found the issue for some reason it doesnt set the angular velocity right it just always stays at 0 the value its trying to set it to works but it doesnt set it

[potent echo]

Ohh, so you're saying the issue could be in that I only have 1 castFilter which I'm using for all three collision direction checks?

[teal viper]

Wat? A component matched to the grid? Components don't have position, so they can't be matched to anything.

[shell sorrel]

iirc they are referring to the grid component

its mostly used for tilemaps

[teal viper]

Aah

[shell sorrel]

though can use it for convert differnet grids coord systems to worldspace and back again

[teal viper]

Read the message wrong. My bad.

[shell sorrel]

iirc at 1, 1, 1 and square grid it is matched

but only for that 1 grid type, since you can perfectly match a hex or isometric grid

[amber spruce]

anyone know why i cant change the angular velocity of my rb2d

[teal viper]

Either it has locked rotation, is kinematic/static, or you reset it somewhere else.

[amber spruce]

i for some reason locked the z rotation lol

im so dumb

[teal viper]

And of course there's always the case where you interpret the issue incorrectly.

[lofty gazelle]

the grid component,

is setting it to 1, 1, 1 match the unity snapping grid in the editor

ahh you guys talked about it

[cosmic dagger]

it simplifies having trigger/collision methods on multiple components. it's much easier to use one component and call methods from others. you can even separate the trigger and collision events into their own components. i made for enter, stay (maybe not), and exit . . .

[humble condor]

can anyone know why the hell this funtion not work?

[rocky canyon]

i didnt~~ know~~ think about using events like that w/ the physics calls

[cosmic dagger]

you have to convert the value using a log function, IIRC, to get the correct output . . .

[humble condor]

nonsense, it is just a float and it also not work

[cosmic dagger]

it makes things easier when you break them down to its smallest form . . .

[cosmic dagger]

there's tutorials for it. it's a common thing . . .

[eternal needle]

you arent using volume in your code

[cosmic dagger]

also, the parameter volume isn't used at all . . .

[humble condor]

dont mind about it, i just write a test funtion with same name

[calm coral]

Hey I have a problem with my interface, I've copied and pasted a .cs script from one project to another and for some reason it can't recognize it

[rocky canyon]

Way to confuse D:

[rocky canyon]

you broke it

[calm coral]

How do I weld it?

[rocky canyon]

its only 4 lines, copy it delete that one ^ create a new one paste it in and save

make sure the editor is compiling it before u try using it again

[calm coral]

Is there a way to attach a script without pasting the code into a new one?

[rocky canyon]

attch?

[vestal ether]

This is my code for my player. I have forwardForceX set to -2000, but in my unity it has it set to -5000. Why?

[rocky canyon]

u can right click the interface name and try renaming it thru the IDE

[eternal needle]

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

[glad widget]

This should be simple but i cant find a tutorial on this, how can i make a bullet explode when it hits something

Here is the code for my bullet:

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

public class Bullet : MonoBehaviour
{
public float life = 3;

private void Awake()
{
    Destroy(gameObject, life);
}

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Destroyable"))
    {
        Destroy(collision.gameObject);
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}

}

[rocky canyon]

usually that will rename the filename too.. so u can trigger a recompile like that

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

instantiate a prefab

in ur collision event

[cosmic dagger]

that's the default value in your script. once you change the value from the inspector it will always be used . . .

[calm coral]

It's like the IAmGood.cs file is there but Unity doesn't see it

[cosmic dagger]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[glad widget]

https://gdl.space/yayuxiripe.cpp

[vestal ether]

What

[glad widget]

heres the code in the website

[calm coral]

Renamed the interface then renamed back and nothing

[rocky canyon]

idk how to force it to recompile

[vestal ether]

What should I do, I want only th value in the script to be used

[rocky canyon]

its in an editor folder*, not sure that matters either

[glad widget]

how can i do this

[rocky canyon]

• to make a prefab u can just drag a gameobject into the project window (the folders)

[glad widget]

oh awesome

[rocky canyon]

then u can use https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/InstantiatingPrefabs.html

to instantiate it at a certain place, or whatever

[glad widget]

thank you

[rocky canyon]

maybe the syntax is wrong or something? idk do u have any errors?

thats stopping unity from compiling?

[vestal ether]

Can somone help me with this, my player is moving at -5000 instead of -2000 like my code

[cosmic dagger]

that's not the best option. it's much easier to tweak and change the value from the inspector until you find a value that works properly. you know you can just set the value to what you want, right?

[calm coral]

Well, that's the only error it throws, like the script file is there but not included with the project

[rocky canyon]

its in the editor folder.. maybe u need to call the namespace?

using UnityEngine.Editor or is it Unity.Editor

the error says it

thats it, i shoulda asked about errors earlier

[vestal ether]

Yes I can change it though inspector but idu why Its not working when I have it set to -2000 in the script

[rocky canyon]

-2000 even a valid volume setting?

[calm coral]

That doesn't matter if it's an Editor folder

[rocky canyon]

well the error says its in a different assembly

[cosmic dagger]

i found the code i used when messing with the audio mixer. don't mind the parameter . . .

public void SetVolume(AudioMixerArgs  e) => e.Mixer.SetFloat("Volume", Mathf.Log(e.Volume) * 20);

[vestal ether]

Its the force

[rocky canyon]

ah nvm, true wrong person

[cosmic dagger]

i already mentioned why. that is the default value. when you add the script to a GameObject that value is entered by default. if you manually change the value from the inpsector, it will use the new value because it's not the default anymore . . .

[rocky canyon]

maybe random knows

[vestal ether]

How do I make it back to default

[cosmic dagger]

also, your force value should not be that high . . .

[cosmic dagger]

what happened?

[rocky canyon]

his simple interface .cs class isn't being exposed to the script he's trying to derive it from

[vestal ether]

Why not, and how do I change it back to default

[rocky canyon]

its good in the editor.. but not in the VS, altho it is in an Editor folder, and the error is the *are you missing a using statement.. * error

#💻┃code-beginner message

[cosmic dagger]

1. reset the script from the inspector (this will remove any values you changed back to default)
2. remove the script, then add it back, effectively resetting all values
3. or just simply change the value to what you want

i really don't see why this is an issue . . .

[rocky canyon]

did u even try adding the editor using statement?

[calm coral]

Now I have this error

[rocky canyon]

it says assemb , - Editor in the thing, so i was almost certain alongside the error, thats the issue

[slender nymph]

That interface needs to come out of the editor assembly. That's the only solution that makes any sense because they can't build with it in there even if they got the assembly reference

[rocky canyon]

thats probably whats stopping the thing from compiling

[cosmic dagger]

why is this interface in an Editor folder? it won't get added to the build, so if you're using it in your game code that'll cause an error. also, are you using an assembly? if so, then you need to add the assembly of the script you're trying to interact with . . .

[rocky canyon]

oh see, i didnt even know that.. soo good stuff lol

[vestal ether]

I'm trying to learn how unity works, u reset the script and now even my no gravity line is not working?

[calm coral]

There's no need to have this interface in the final build, it's just for editor runtime purpose. As on the screenshot earlier I have 2 assemby definitions, one for each folder

It doesn't highlight "MonoBehaviour" anymore

[vestal ether]

Nvm, so basically every time I make a new variable in the code and change its value ill have to reset the script?

[cosmic dagger]

if you're trying to access a class from the other assembly, you need to add it to the current assembly definition . . .

[cosmic dagger]

no, you're suppose to change the values from the inspector. you don't set final values from the script . . .

[calm coral]

It is added, but even in the same assembly in the Controller class it doesn't recognize MonoBehaviour now

[vestal ether]

Oh, I understand now..

[cosmic dagger]

@vestal ether i suggest following a tutorial to learn how to interact with your code and what the inspector does . . .

[cunning rapids]

How to not strecth the texture for the floor?

[vestal ether]

Thats what I'm doing. The tutorials are kind of vague on exactly how things work so I got confused.

[cosmic dagger]

i'd make sure that your asmdef's are setup correctly . . .

[tepid summit]

make the floor out of many smaller planes

or

edit the png size

[cunning rapids]

There is a tiling option which I figured out

[tepid summit]

ok'

i didnt think of that so good job

[shell herald]

how can i disable a sprite renderer based on a bool?

[queen adder]

spriteRenderer.enabled = false

[shell herald]

damn. makes sense

[queen adder]

Hey guys, I'm using Navmesh to make it so the npc follows me but for some reason it keeps bouncing off of me as if it's hitting a forcefield. I used stopping distance to make sure it didn't push me but I don't know how to make him stop.

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe comment out the translate line.

[wintry quarry]

you seem to be mixing up nav mash motion with your own transform.Translate

[queen adder]

That worked 😮

[queen adder]

Thank you

[queen adder]

@ivory bobcat Okay so, it's back to do the same thing. Any other suggestions?

[humble condor]

i finally found what wrong here

[lusty marten]

I have a base scriptable object class Item, then one that inherits from it ToolItem : Item. ToolItem has it's own variable that is not on the base Item class.

When I have a List<Item> I cannot access the unique variables on ToolItem even though they can be added to the List.

Something I'm not grasping about scriptable objects and inheritance. I assumed since ant item that inherits from the base Item class can be added to the List<Item> then I could also access the variables unique to each class that inherited from the base class.

[dusty coral]

wot

[teal viper]

You can if you cast it to the type you're interested in, although, that is not a great practice. Can you explain a bit more the context of where and why you need to access the fields of the extending type?

[dusty coral]

why isn't this working?

[lusty marten]

I'm just experimenting with scriptable objects and maybe some sort of inventory.

So to make up an example on the spot

• Item type A, B and C each have unique variables associated with them, but all inherit from the base Item class which has the standard variables like name, item sprite, etc.
• Then have all of the items A, B and C in one List or array, then be able to access those unique variables on each for something like a method that scans a players inventory, searches for items of type B, which has a unique variable on it which the method references.

[glad widget]

!code

weird

[eternal falcon]

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[glad widget]

oh nice

[ivory bobcat]

Show your current code

[teal viper]

You can find the an instance of a specific type in the list by checking it's type or casting to that type. Then you would be able to access the fields, but generally, you would encapsulate the unique behavior of each sub type within an inherited method, so that you don't need to cast or check types.

[teal viper]

For example, if you have a list of usable items and there are many classes that extend the UsableItem class, you would just call a base method item.Use(user) on them and the inherited type would handle it in its own way.

[ivory bobcat]

Is the behavior exactly like what it was before?

[queen adder]

yeah

At first it stopped like it should but it's back to do it

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure to save the script.

Other than that, destination should be relative to player position

So it'd have something to do with player

Did you make any changes since the error had gone away?

[queen adder]

This is also the panel

[glad widget]

I want to make it where if the player collects 3 keys, a text will pop up on screen saying "You Win!"

So far, my game has collectable keys that can be collected, all that stuff is done with, all i have left to do is make it where if all 3 keys are collected, youll get a message saying "You Win!"

How do i do this? Ill send pictures of my code, and if you want them in text form just say the word and ill send them through gdl.space asap

and if you need any other screenshots or information again just ask and ill send them asap

[lusty marten]

So instead of unique variables, just have a method on the base item class and then override that on the inherited classes? So instead of trying to read the variables from another class, run the method which can then return that data to the other class that wants the info?

[teal viper]

Yes.

There might be cases where casting to the appropriate type might be okay. It really depends on the exact scenario of where you access the object.

[frank flare]

How do I remove the turning lock and slippery while turning and the thing where the cow flops?

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

public class DriveCow : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody Cube_rb;
    public GameObject Cube_gameobject;
    
    private Rigidbody Cube_rb2;
    public GameObject Cube2_gameobject;
    
    private Rigidbody Cube_rb3;
    public GameObject Cube3_gameobject;
    
    private Rigidbody Cube_rb4;
    public GameObject Cube4_gameobject;
    private float speed;
    private float turn_speed;
    
    
    void Start()
    {
        Cube_rb = Cube_gameobject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        Cube_rb2 = Cube2_gameobject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        Cube_rb3 = Cube3_gameobject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        Cube_rb4 = Cube4_gameobject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        speed = 20;
        turn_speed = 2;
    }
    
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
        {
            Cube_rb.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
            Cube_rb2.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
            Cube_rb3.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
            Cube_rb4.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
        {
            Cube_rb3.velocity = new Vector3(0, 0, 1) * turn_speed;
            Cube_rb4.velocity = new Vector3(0, 0, 1) * turn_speed;
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
        {
            Cube_rb3.velocity = new Vector3(0, 0, -1) * turn_speed;
            Cube_rb4.velocity = new Vector3(0, 0, -1) * turn_speed;
        }
    }
}

this is my code

[dusty coral]

why is he levitating

[nocturne phoenix]

can someone explain how to use transform direction to me?

[teal viper]

It's that a navmesh agent?

[teal viper]

What's the actual question?

[nocturne phoenix]

i am trying to make it so my character moves in the direction i am looking if i press key to move forward

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

public class Aim : MonoBehaviour
{
    float yAxis;
 
    float xAxis;
    [SerializeField] float Sens;


    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
  
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {

        Vector3 rotate;

        GameObject player = GameObject.Find("Player");

        yAxis = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y");
        xAxis = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X");


        rotate = new Vector3(yAxis, xAxis * Sens, 0)
        transform.eulerAngles = transform.eulerAngles - rotate;
    }
}

the aim script

lemme send the movement one

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

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] int speed;
    Rigidbody rb;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
 
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();

        speed = 5;

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()

    {

        float verticalInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
        float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");


        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
           rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, speed, rb.velocity.z);
            Debug.Log("Jumped!");
        }

        rb.velocity = new Vector3(horizontalInput * speed, rb.velocity.y, verticalInput * speed);
   
    }
}

someone told me i would need to use transform direction

but i cant figure out how exactly do you use transform direction even tho i understand what it does

[teal viper]

You probably want to use transform.forward * vertical input * speed, and transform.right * horizontal input * speed to calculate the velocity.

[nocturne phoenix]

whats transform.forward?

[teal viper]

You can check it in the documentation.

[frank flare]

My current problem is that the cube goes literally on a direction Vector3.new(-1, 0, 0), instead of moving somewhere like forward or backward or right or left

Cube_rb.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
Cube_rb2.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
Cube_rb3.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;
Cube_rb4.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;

[nocturne phoenix]

OH

so i shall use transform

instead of vector3

that would work probably

as its local space not world space

[teal viper]

It's not in any space. Only position vectors can be in local/world space.

[nocturne phoenix]

how would i use this for sideways movement tho

[nocturne phoenix]

i am using unity input system

so backwards and forward both is going to be vertical

[dusty coral]

player

[nocturne phoenix]

nvm i figured an answer

[dusty coral]

the char collider is right on the ground but it still can't detect the collission

-_-

[teal viper]

What collision? I though the issue was thay it's visually floating..?

[dusty coral]

i fixed that but the drop sound is still not being called when char collider hits the ground

it only works if i push the player under the ground

[nocturne phoenix]

@teal viper how would i go around doing horizontal movement?

  if (Input.GetButton("Vertical"))
        {
            rb.velocity = transform.forward * verticalInput * speed;
        }

        if (Input.GetButton("Horizontal"))
        {
            transform.Rotate(new Vector3(rb.velocity.x , rb.velocity.y , horizontalInput * speed));
        }```

the vertical movement works fine

i think i fucked up a little with horizontal tho

wait why am i using transform.rotate anyway

[tender walrus]

hi all, I'm new to .NET and unity and I'm trying to import a library from github but I'm getting a lof of compilation errors. I tried googling solutions without much success.
Attached you can find a picture of the repo containing the files i'm trying to get (https://github.com/jfg8/csDelaunay) . What I did is I cloned the project, placed it in the assets in my unity project, then I opened it with visual studio and ran the commands said in the readme, then opened it with unity but got a lot of complilation errors/warnings

Sorry if it's a stupid question, but could someone explain to me how I can import this library in my unity project ?

[teal viper]

Then you don't have a collision

[teal viper]

You ignore half of my response where I talked about transform.forward and transform.right.

[nocturne phoenix]

OH MY BAD

i never even noticed transform.right

😅

wait so transform.right is just transform.forward but horizontal?

[eternal needle]

you can think of transform.right as the tranform.forward, but on the right 🤯

[nocturne phoenix]

big brain

[nocturne phoenix]

that moves me forward instead of horizontally

😭

actually no i am dumb

my bad

i wrote transform.forward

intsead of right

again

[dusty coral]

why not

[nocturne phoenix]

is there a way to do something like
rb.velocity = new Vector3(verticalInput * speed * transform.forward, rb.velocity.y, rb.velocity.z); (that doesnt work)

so i can preserve the velocity of other directions

making strafes possible

and make it so if the player looks down he doesnt stop moving or if he looks up he doesnt start flying?

[teal viper]

Because the sound doesn't play..? Although it's really a speculation without seeing your code/setup.

[eternal needle]

How could starting a task race against cancelling said task? Also you generally dont need task or async stuff in unity

[dusty coral]

the debug.log doesn't trigger either

[teal viper]

Too many questions at once. Start by solving one problem at a time. First, you should know that you can add 2 vectors.

[dusty coral]

it only gets triggered if i put half othe player in the ground

[teal viper]

I don't know what debug log you're talking about. Haven't seen the code.

[teal viper]

Run them on the main thread.

[teal viper]

!code

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[nocturne phoenix]

what do you mean by 2 vectors

[teal viper]

And you want to put a log outside of that if statement. How are you gonna know if the method is even called?

[nocturne phoenix]

like you mean i shall create 2 vector3s

and then put them for rb.velocity

or what?

sorry if i am sounding dumb

thats probably because i am dumb

but alright

[teal viper]

2 vectors. Not one vector but two. Like plural.

[nocturne phoenix]

yeah i understood that

[teal viper]

Since transform.forward and transform.right are 2 vectors.

But you want them both combined.

[nocturne phoenix]

i can do that?

i can use transform.forward and transform.right at the same time??

but then how would i do that

[teal viper]

Vector math🪄

[nocturne phoenix]

i cant put transform.forward / transform.right in vector 3 tho

[teal viper]

Did you not learn about vectors in school?

[dusty coral]

if theres no log that means theres no collision

[nocturne phoenix]

i meant how to use it here

[teal viper]

How do you combine 2 vectors?

[nocturne phoenix]

thats why i am asking idk that 😭

[teal viper]

Imagine you you throw a ball. How do you get it's velocity vector given you know it's fall down velocity and throw velocity at a given point?

[teal viper]

No. That's wrong. What if your condition is just false?

[nocturne phoenix]

idk i am still in 10th grade

[teal viper]

Pretty sure that's covered by 10th grade. If you don't remember, now's a great time to go learn that.

[eternal needle]

@little garden
no need to keep hopping with the question, didnt get to fully but im pretty sure you can cancel a task no problem before its run. If you're trying to make sure it's not cancelled beforehand, then you need to structure your game beso it's not even possible to do so. Still, not sure what the use case of this is. You dont need to go through async hell for unity

[dusty coral]

its not false cause when i push the character controller half way through the ground the debug gets called

[eternal needle]

I learned proper vectors a little later, 11 or 12. Depends on region

[teal viper]

So you're fine with it being called when you push it half way through?

[little garden]

new Task(...);
cancel
// task may actually run here
new Task(...)
// both tasks may be scedualed to run but not actually started yet here
cancel
// or here

to ensure the above does not race, would we need to launch two tasks ?

new Task(...) // actual
new Task(...) // monitor
monitor.join(); // ensure actual task has actually began executing

actual task will cancel monitor task when it begins

monitor task will while loop for a token cancellation

[teal viper]

I learned them properly when started doing game dev.🤷‍♂️
Doesn't matter. They can learn it now.

[eternal needle]

Yea totally, was just saying it's likely they didnt learn it before.

[eternal needle]

Yea my response still stands, if you have a race condition then I believe you've already started in the async hell

And you can see the downsides of trying to use it in unity

[eternal needle]

If you're interested in learning vectors properly, Khan academy should have a lot of good videos on it. Im sure YouTube also has a lot since it's a highschool concept. You should be fine with most unity math knowing just the basics which is like magnitude, normalized vector, addition, scaling a vector. Theres more but that's a good starting point

[nocturne phoenix]

ig\

[little garden]

im trying to ensure an object is only accessed by 1 thread (the thread computing the object itself) while also ensuring such can be recomputed if needed as early as possible

i currently have this https://gist.github.com/mgood7123/878b7c2988372838c51d11ee4fad84c3

[teal viper]

You can use mutexes and other kinds of locks/thread safety mechanisms for that. Or just use the unity jobs system and save yourself a headache.

[gritty stratus]

The biggest trick I've ever used, and it is amazing for ForLoops.

If you are working with a static int, and want to see the values for it. Here's an example of how I got to see that value for Health.

public int _health;```
It's a meme in terms of naming convention, but it allowed me to check the conditions regarding a loop that wasn't working, which managed physical heart sprites. And that simple fix, now allows me to get sleep.

All you have to do to initialize it is to use in Start/Awake.
health = _health;

This was essential for a hearts/lives manager system I just completed

[eternal needle]

Maybe learn how to Debug.Log, or just learn how to use the debugger which is very easy. Let's you view every single value while the code is running.

Learning how to debug is the most important. Also static health is definitely ... questionable

[gritty stratus]

Not for viewing the static int values

That requires you to pair the integer to the static integer, or else you cannot view how that value changes in the inspector.

The lack of seeing static int in the inspector buggggggsssss me, esp when you are relying upon it for loop conditions

[eternal needle]

There is no pairing needed. You can debug the value anyways. And this value realllllly should not be static to begin with

Do you know how to print something to the unity console?

[teal viper]

Static doesn't belong to any instance. It wouldn't make sense to see it in the inspector.

[eternal needle]

Also this entirely doesnt make sense to begin with. Assigning a non static int to the value of a static one once wont make the values equal at all times. You'll have to change both everytime you change one

[gritty stratus]

I did get a compiler error when attempting to change it to just regular int. Is it less than ideal, sure, but for how my system is set up, it works

[gaunt ice]

you need to know how to reference an instance

[eternal needle]

You should 100% do some basics of c# before continuing in your journey. This code will be awful for you to edit later

[dim halo]

does someone know why I cant add my script as a component to the model that I have, I'd appreciate any kind of help>

[eternal needle]

Yes you will get an error because now you cannot reference the variable in a static way. Maybe you only have a few references for it. If you try to change this like a month later, its gonna require changes in a lot more scripts

[eternal needle]

Show the code

[dim halo]

okay

[dim halo]

it is not done yet, that is the reason why I added /* and */

[eternal needle]

You probably need to recompile, or save the script. The file name and class name should match as well

Recompile should just be done automatically for you when you save and go back to unity

[dim halo]

okay

[gritty stratus]

I am not the biggest fan of my setup even, because it does have ONE side effect function, which annoys me still.

But the setup I had to go with looked like this (which is only part of the three scripts required to make this work)

    {
        defaultLives = 4;
        health = 4;
        _health--;
 
        for(int i = 0; i < HeartUiObjects.Count; i++)
        {
            {
            if(_health < i + 1)
            {
                HeartUiObjects[i].SetActive(false);
            }

            else
            {
                HeartUiObjects[1].SetActive(true);
                HeartUiObjects[2].SetActive(true);
                HeartUiObjects[3].SetActive(true);
            }
            }
        }

        if(health == 0)
        {
            
        }
    }```

[nocturne phoenix]

i got a test of another subject tmrw 😅 so ima do that later

[slender cargo]

bool IsGrounded()
{
return Physics.Raycast(transform.position, -Vector3.up, 1.5f);
}

Would this be a routine? Or what do you call this method?

[gaunt ice]

i will call it private method

[remote sequoia]

Do the "if" term at the top and the "else" term at the bottom work together? How can I separate it?

[gaunt ice]

no, it works with second if

[remote sequoia]

But there was a bug

[restive ember]

If you want it to work with the first if

Put it below the first if

[gaunt ice]

if, else if, else
basic control flow

[remote sequoia]

İm going to try thanks

[restive ember]

Or this

[remote sequoia]

İ dont understand that

[remote sequoia]

No i dont want work with first if

İts for normal enemy

[restive ember]

You want it to work with both I’m assuming?

[remote sequoia]

Second and third about faster enemy

Nope

The first one is one piece and the remaining two need to work as one piece

[restive ember]

Then change the second if statement to else and put the code in the 2nd and 3rd piece into that else statement

[modest dust]

They don't. The first if statement is checked, it it's true, it executes the code inside. Then it continues to the next if statement and if it's false, it executes the code within the else block

Either do

if (...)
{...}
else if (...)
{...}
else
{...}

Or

if (...)
{...}
else
{
  if (...)
  {...}
  else
  {...}
}

[remote sequoia]

What I'm actually trying to do is if two enemies collide with the ilede and the booster in place, it should push them back. However, if the player collides with a fast enemy while there is no power-up, the player must move back a bit.

[modest dust]

Or you can return early from the first if statement:

if (...)
{
  ...
  return;
}
if (...)
{...}
else
{...}

[remote sequoia]

First suggest doesnt work

[modest dust]

Then you have other two

[remote sequoia]

Yea

[modest dust]

But they're basically the same, as far as I'm seeing correctly

[remote sequoia]

I think I need to rearrange all the wording

[tawdry dome]

I've used serializefield in my code in order to access variables from the inspector, but the variables are not showing up in the inspector, any help?

[gaunt ice]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[modest dust]

Configure your ide, make sure you saved your script and that you have no errors in the unity console

[remote sequoia]

Thanks for help guys

[tawdry dome]

I've saved my script and at the bottom of the IDE it says no errors found, I'm not sure what you mean by configure your ide though?
Sorry yeah I just looked at the links

[north kiln]

👆

[modest dust]

Check the unity console specifically, not the bottom of your IDE (it may only show errors within your currently opened script[s], not sure tho), but first configure your IDE

[tawdry dome]

I've got the correct one configured, but still not serializefield, additionally I would like to use the newest version, how could I do that?

I have also checked for the errors, I fixed some but I don't know how to fix the rest
They are all on line 52, I have linked it

I don't know why the || isn't working as an or operator, and I don't know why there are expected ; and ), I didn't think they were required there?

[modest dust]

You have an extra ) in your if statement

Right before ||

[tawdry dome]

Oh ok thanks

[modest dust]

And your IDE still doesn't look configured

Did you follow all the steps in the provided link?

[tawdry dome]

I will look through it again, but you fixed the code so thank you

Everything is working, so I think it is configured correctly

[modest dust]

Don't think, actually check all the configuration steps.
All the colors in your IDE seem to be messed up (unless you already fixed that) which indicates that it is not configured correctly

[tawdry dome]

Oh really? That is strange. I can't fix it currently as I have to go, but I will save your links and make sure to sort it out later

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[nocturne phoenix]

chat is there a way to do something like
rb.velocity = new Vector3(verticalInput * speed * transform.forward, rb.velocity.y, rb.velocity.z); (that doesnt work)

and uh no i cant learn vector math rn i will try to learn it later tho

i got a test tommorow of another subject

😭

[rare basin]

why doesn't that work?

you can assign any vector3 to rb.velocity

[nocturne phoenix]

cannot convert vector 3 to float

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

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] int speed;
    Rigidbody rb;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
 
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();

      speed = 5;

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()

    {

        float verticalInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
        float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");


        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
            rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, speed, rb.velocity.z);
            Debug.Log("Jumped!");
        }

        rb.velocity = new Vector3(verticalInput * speed * transform.forward, rb.velocity.y, rb.velocity.z);



    }
}

vertical and horizontal is float

[rare basin]

do you have your IDE configured?

[nocturne phoenix]

wdym?

its setup for unity

if you mean that

[rare basin]

you are passing a Vector3

as a x parameter

it requires a float

[nocturne phoenix]

whats a x parameter?

[rare basin]

x,y,z

rb.velocity = new Vector3(x,y,z)

[nocturne phoenix]

oh yeah

[rare basin]

and you are passing vector3 for the x

and it has to be a float

[nocturne phoenix]

so whyd i get that error

[rare basin]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[hexed terrace]

transform.forward is a Vector3..

[nocturne phoenix]

yeah but

[hexed terrace]

No buts

[rare basin]

but what

you cannot pass Vector3 instead of a float

[nocturne phoenix]

how would i take its value then?

[rare basin]

value of what

[nocturne phoenix]

i basically need to use transform.forward so it behaves according to rotation

but that fucks up the fact that i cant define other velocity

[rare basin]

set the rb.velocity to verticalInputspeedtransform.forward

then set the y and z to the before value

[hexed terrace]

forward is the Z axis, and you're putting this in the X axis

[nocturne phoenix]

its x axis isnt it?

or its not

and i am just dumb

which i am

so makes sense

[hexed terrace]

no, of course not, otherwise I wouldn't have said it 😄

[nocturne phoenix]

😅 my bad ig

[nocturne phoenix]

wait i can do that?

how

[rare basin]

what do you mean how

how do you modify just y value of any vector3?

[nocturne phoenix]

oh just that?

alr ty

i mean i just modify the value like i would modify a normal vector 3 correct?

[rare basin]

try it

and you tell me

[rare basin]

isn't rb.velocity a normal vector3?

[nocturne phoenix]

let me try

[rare basin]

it's not any special vector3

[nocturne phoenix]

i might be wrong but will i do

            rb.velocity.y = rb.velocity.y;```

[rare basin]

what would that change?

you are assign a value to the same value

non sense

[nocturne phoenix]

no like

2nd part i will replace by old value

but how will i take the old value tho

will i store it in a variable?

[rare basin]

cache it before you assign the new one

[nocturne phoenix]

sorry if i am sounding dumb

[nocturne phoenix]

ah alr

[rare basin]

just think

its not that hard 😄

read it

stop asking question you can just see yourself

[nocturne phoenix]

no like why is not letting me modify .y

here only

outside i can modify it

nvm i cant

so rb.velocity.x is just a readable term

[rare basin]

yup

Vector3 velocityVector = rb.velocity;
velocityVector.y = initialYValue;
velocityVector.z = initialZValue;

rb.velocity = velocityVector;

[frank flare]

what can I use something else than transform.forward?

how can I use here Vector3?

[rare basin]

what do you mean

you can use whatever you want, it doesnt have to be transform.forward

[frank flare]

I've got the same code but a different problem

[nocturne phoenix]

you can use anything

[frank flare]

Cube_rb.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0.04f * speed, 0) * speed;

[rare basin]

@nocturne phoenix

[frank flare]

here the problem is that it goes not forward

[nocturne phoenix]

it just doesnt work

[hexed terrace]

Z is forward, you have Z as 0.. of course it won't move

[nocturne phoenix]

i stored theo ld values

thats fine

[rare basin]

it does work

[frank flare]

yes, it goes up but even if I use

Cube_rb.velocity = new Vector3(-1, 0, 0) * speed;

[rare basin]

show what are you doing

[nocturne phoenix]

but i cant use the values together