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[topaz pendant]

this sound like the value is decreased for one frame only

[faint osprey]

yeah cause i removed it

[topaz pendant]

or that is is reseted to 50 before each frame

[swift crag]

Don't remove anything.

I need to see exactly what you are seeing

[ivory bobcat]

It's not a property which was misunderstood #💻┃code-beginner message

[swift crag]

what currently exists is fine, though

It's actually kind of ideal, since it'll completely ignore anything that happens to the lens settings whilst the coroutine is running

which rules some stuff out

[faint osprey]

oh wait no i was debugging m_Lens.orthographic size and not lensSettings.orthographic size

[topaz pendant]

lol

[faint osprey]

lensSettings.orthographicSize goes down to 5

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show the code now

[faint osprey]

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

public class SpawnCutsceneScriptCompanion : MonoBehaviour
{
    public CinemachineVirtualCamera VC;
    public GameObject player;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        StartCoroutine(Delay());
    }

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

    }

    private IEnumerator Delay()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(4f);
        Vector3 deltaPos = player.transform.position - VC.transform.position;
        float timePassed = 0;
        var lensSettings = VC.m_Lens;
        while (timePassed < 1f)
        {
            timePassed += Time.deltaTime;
            VC.transform.position += deltaPos * Time.deltaTime;
            VC.transform.position = new Vector3(VC.transform.position.x, VC.transform.position.y, -35);
            lensSettings.OrthographicSize -= 45 * Time.deltaTime;
            VC.m_Lens = lensSettings;
            Debug.Log(lensSettings.OrthographicSize);
            yield return null;
        }
        VC.transform.position = player.transform.position;
        VC.Follow = player.transform;
    }
}```

[swift crag]

How many console messages are you getting? Screenshot your console after the coroutine ends.

I suspect you're creating many copies of SpawnCutsceneScriptCompanion, which is starting many copies of the coroutine. You could check that by logging when Start() runs.

[swift crag]

okay, just 129 messages, which is consistent with only one copy of the coroutine running

[faint osprey]

so the variable is changing but the actual value of the camera isnt changing

[swift crag]

click on m_Lens and hit Shift-F12

we are going to search for every place you use that field

[topaz pendant]

when you log VC.m_Lens.OrthographicSize it isn't changing ?

[swift crag]

given everything we've seen, I think something else is also writing to m_Lens

For example

You might have code that's trying to set it to 50 every frame

[faint osprey]

only by like 0.46

[terse osprey]

Hey, so I have an array of 3 objects and from either the first or second object in the array I switch to the 3rd object as the current index. I want a way to somehow keep track wether I switched from the first or the second object and be able to reference it/ know its index. Please help

[swift crag]

although that doesn't square up with the slight decrease you're seeing

[scarlet skiff]

help i renamed a scene before i saved, is there a way to get back what i changed?

[swift crag]

"before i saved"?

i don't understand the problem. your scene has a new name now

renaming the currently-open scene should be fine

[scarlet skiff]

ye but i added a bucnh fo UI elements that now are gone

[ivory bobcat]

You'd keep track where you'd switch

[scarlet skiff]

it reloaded the scene

[swift crag]

just remember the old index, I presume

[faint osprey]

the only other script in this scene is the player movement and procedural dungeon script both scripts dont refrence any sort of cameras

[swift crag]

okay, cool, but do this anyway #💻┃code-beginner message

[terse osprey]

I get that but as a beginner I dont know how to do that. sorry

[cobalt sentinel]

can someone tell me why visual studio dont auto complement the code please?

[topaz pendant]

and after the end of the corouting it is still at like 49. something ?

[cobalt sentinel]

and yes i have this

[faint osprey]

no it says 50 in editor but 49. something in console

[ivory bobcat]

previous = current
current = next```it would be dependent on your switching number feature

[swift crag]

what says 49.6 in the console?

[topaz pendant]

can you try changing the execution order of your script to make it execute last on each frame ?

[swift crag]

Debug.Log(lensSettings.OrthographicSize); ?

you showed us that the console logs values ranging from 50 to 5

[terse osprey]

does unity c# script run in order that the lines are written?

[swift crag]

did you add a line that lots VC.m_Lens.OrthographicSize ?

[swift crag]

of course.

[swift crag]

how do you know what the "current" thing is?

do you store an integer that you used to index the array, like this?

private int current;

void Update() {
  Debug.Log("The current thing is : " + items[current]);
}

[faint osprey]

no i was talking about when i was logging that before

[swift crag]

I really can't follow you. You need to be way more explicit about what you're doing.

there are several kinds of numbers here and it's extremely confusing when you just talk about them without context

also, please: #💻┃code-beginner message

[topaz pendant]

you can do something like this ```
var myArr = object[3];
int index = Random.Range(0, 2); // gets either 0 or 1
myArr[2] = myArr[index];
// you can still use index or myArr[index]

[ivory bobcat]

We'd need more context. As is, I'm assuming this bit of code isn't inside the body of a class

[swift crag]

they're trying to declare a method

i don't know if you actually get autocompletion for Unity message names

[ivory bobcat]

Yeah, it'd really depend on how they're switching numbers in the first place

[swift crag]

(it certainly doesn't happen in VSCode for me)

[ivory bobcat]

I haven't used VSC for quite some time but when I did, an extension inserted them for me (before the new configuration)

[swift crag]

well you definitely won't get autocompletion for unity message names inside of another method

[cobalt sentinel]

@swift crag

[swift crag]

those names are only meaningful when declaring methods in a class

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe your ide isn't configured

[swift crag]

you should see if you're getting completions for, say, transform inside the Update method

[ivory bobcat]

Can you post the entire !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.

[swift crag]

show the entire code editor please

all of it. whole window.

[swift crag]

Your IDE is not configured properly.

[languid spire]

oncoll can not be a valid method return type, how should it auto complete?

[topaz pendant]

• Run the visual studio installer
• Click modify
• on the right at game development with unity, is intellicode ticked ?

[swift crag]

Follow all of the steps in the !ide instructions

[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

[swift crag]

you need this installed, but there are more steps.

[cobalt sentinel]

what are those steps?

[cobalt sentinel]

ah this

[ivory bobcat]

Yeah, it's not configured properly. Do the steps and see if it works. If you get stuck in any step, feel free to ask the channel for help

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/es-es/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows#configure-unity-to-use-visual-studio

the instructions are available in spanish if that works better for you

i noticed you sent a screenshot with Spanish text

[scarlet skiff]

why cant i find the method?

[topaz pendant]

@cobalt sentinel have you looked at this

[cobalt sentinel]

i have it

[cobalt sentinel]

here

[swift crag]

you've dragged a script asset into the field

[ivory bobcat]

Did you reference an instance with the component script in the scene or the prefab script?

[swift crag]

you're trying to do stuff to the script asset (the thing unity creates from your .cs file)

[ivory bobcat]

The method isn't static so it'll only be available for instances

[scarlet skiff]

oh i see

[swift crag]

you probably meant to drag an actual instance of the ButtonManager class into the field.

i.e. a component you've attached to a game object

[swift crag]

even if it was static, MonoScript is editor-only

this is targeting the literal script asset

[night grove]

Hey, when i start a new project, i have this error, can maybe someone help me ?

[echo matrix]

hey, first of all: i hope this is the right place to ask. I am fairly new to unity and want to seek some advice.
I want to have a dynamic ecg in my game and was wondering what the best approach would be.
My ideas:

1. Make the ecg a moving png (Pro: low programing needed (probalby), special waveforms easy to show ; Con: every wave-form must be handmade beforehand, max frequenzy is limited because qrs-complex cant overlap)
2. Use a dynamic chart taking its data from a list updating at 50hz (Pro: very customizable, small differences can be made (same diagnosis does not look exactly the same ; Con: more programing, high resource needed?? (i dont know about this))
3. Way i dont know yet (Probably because i have little to no idea how to do this)

Would be very happy if someone could tell me if 1/2 are actually doable and what might be the best option.

[swift crag]

not a code problem. ask about this in #💻┃unity-talk

[echo matrix]

PS: Sorry for my english-skills... i am not a native

[echo matrix]

thank you i will

[swift crag]

I was talking to Mathis.

[swift crag]

Is this going to be a core part of your game?

like, you're being asked to interpret EKG charts?

[timber tide]

Well, probably also relative to #💻┃unity-talk

[echo matrix]

correct yes

[swift crag]

It's closer to a code problem at least :p

[ivory bobcat]

Looks like a design problem

[swift crag]

I think this is a good application for AnimationCurves.

Each part of an EKG waveform can be modeled as a separate animation curve. You can then sum up several curves to produce the final waveform

[topaz pendant]

i think you can do this pretty easily with a LineRenderer

[cobalt sentinel]

thanks a lot everyone, it worked

[swift crag]

You would then use a LineRenderer to actually draw the line, yes

[topaz pendant]

you need to compute a sum of waveforms ?

[swift crag]

For example, you'd store the Q wave like this.

then, if you want to display a chart with a missing Q wave, or a badly-timed Q wave, you'd just mess with how you sample the animation curve

[echo matrix]

can i dynamicly change the waveforms in a LineRenderer? like slowly rising t-waves indicating beginning infarction?

[swift crag]

[SerializeField] AnimationCurve qWave;

public float GetWave(float t) {
  float result = 0;

  result += qWave(t);
}

[swift crag]

you can do whatever you want in the LineRenderer

you just need to figure out how to compute the values to display with the LineRenderer

[scarlet skiff]

the button has now the script as a component, u meant this ye?

[topaz pendant]

a line renderer is just a set of points that are drawn together with lines

[swift crag]

this could be easily extended

[SerializeField] float qWaveOffset;
[SerializeField] AnimationCurve qWave;

public float GetWave(float t) {
  float result = 0;

  result += qWave(t + qWaveOffset);
}

now you can push the Q wave around

That's what first comes to mind. Make a bunch of AnimationCurves, one for each major feature of the EKG

[topaz pendant]

to which you can add some configurations such as differents widths in various places of the shape

[swift crag]

You could even make a ScriptableObject that holds the animation curve, so that you can make an asset for each wave type. Then you could make a list of those assets.

[echo matrix]

thank you very much! i will look into the linerenderer

[topaz pendant]

yes, now you need to click No Function > ButtonsManager > Restart

[swift crag]

one annoying thing with the line renderer is that you'll need to move all of the points down the list every step

point 0 has to become point 1, point 1 becomes point 2, etc.

[echo matrix]

yeah i already thought so. atlest thats how i imagined the chart tool i was going to use initialy

[scarlet skiff]

ye but uhh..

[echo matrix]

will my game suffer fps if i use a highly detailed line? like lets say 10hz or something?

[topaz pendant]

can you click on the circle on the right of ButtonMa[...]

and show a picture

[echo matrix]

also can the linerenderer do sharp edges?

[polar acorn]

Add in an object with the script on it not the script file

[shell sorrel]

you attached scripts to game objects as components to use them

then this OnClick you drag the game object with the script on it in

[scarlet skiff]

ok ty solved

[shell sorrel]

think of a class in a script as a template as just instructions to make something

when you put it on a gameobject is when it becomes what we call a instance which is a real object you can reference

[long scarab]

Hello, I looked on the web but could not find a fix from the other things people suggested to try.

My issue is Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) outputs correct position but is offset from the mouse at all time. The axes are fine, so when I move mouse up it moves up or down etc, but it is always bit left and higher than mouse.

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show some code, the hierarchy and the inspector for game object in question?

[wintry quarry]

You'd need to provide more context.

[long scarab]

Well I have a generated mesh

I generate the points on Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) since I am not using PointerEventData for one reason

and well, the output of the ScreenToWorld is offset from mouse

[wintry quarry]

The code will be useful to see

[long scarab]

sure

            trianglesList = new List<int>();

            verticesList.Add(transform.position + (stemWidth * Vector3.down));
            verticesList.Add(transform.position + (stemWidth * Vector3.up));
            verticesList.Add(verticesList[0] + Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition));

            trianglesList.Add(0);
            trianglesList.Add(1);
            trianglesList.Add(2);

            mesh.vertices = verticesList.ToArray();
            mesh.triangles = trianglesList.ToArray();```

[wintry quarry]

note that Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) is going to give you a point on the camera's near clipping plane

[long scarab]

but it shouldnt affect the two main axes

its 2D btw

[wintry quarry]

then you should absolutely be more careful about the z position you want

because this is going to be way offset on the z axis most likely from your other vertices

[long scarab]

I assumed I can ignore the Z when there is kinda only importance in XY?

[wintry quarry]

also note that vertex positions for a mesh are in local space of the object. ScreenToWorld produces a world space position

[wintry quarry]

you can never ignore z

[long scarab]

well not in distance and other methods

but in here I thought i can

anyway, offtopic

[wintry quarry]

definitely not

it will materially affect your mesh shape

[long scarab]

mhm

[wintry quarry]

I suspect this is likely your main issue though

[long scarab]

How do I change it from local to global then

I know how to change GameObject transform ones

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 localPos = transform.InverseTransformPoint(worldPos);

[long scarab]

not a custom mesh ones

ah thanks!

[wintry quarry]

you'll want to use the Transform of the GO that the MeshRenderer is attached to

[long scarab]

yup

its all on one object fortunately

its kinda placeholder showing the final object size

Thanks for help

trying now

no, still offset 😐

I ll make a video maybe

And also reset Z to 0, just in case

[wintry quarry]

Ah wait you're also doing verticesList.Add(transform.position + (stemWidth * Vector3.down)); inside here?

That's sketchy

now you're incorporating world space positions into these local space positions

[long scarab]

yup

but those works

since I create the object on the correct world coords

verticesList.Add(verticesList[0] + transform.InverseTransformPoint(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, 0))));

trying this now

[wintry quarry]

0 is incorrect

you would want the distance of the camera to the object

[long scarab]

ah yeah, I am slightly recalling it was something like that

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 worldPoint = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
worldPoint.z = transform.position.z;
verticesList.Add(transform.InverseTransformPoint(worldPoint));``` no?

why verticesList[0] + ?

[long scarab]

might be redundant

yeah it is

yay it works

well not exactly fully but at least the vertex at mouse does 😄

for some reason now the other two points pop up elsewhere than where I Instantiate the object

but I dont want to bother you unless?

[wintry quarry]

I suspect because you're adding world space positions into it

Which doesn't make sense

[long scarab]

technically if it were up to me I d love to work in world space all the time 😄

[wintry quarry]

I think you need to remove transform.position + from those other points

well you're stuck with local space since that's how mesh coordinates work

[long scarab]

I have all main objects at 0 0 0 so technically I rarely used local positions

[wintry quarry]

it's not just position that matters

also scale and rotation

[long scarab]

yeah I know

I ll go debug it further now

[scarlet skiff]

is there a disadvantage to using Awake compared to Start?

[polar acorn]

They run at different times

If you need to to happen on Awake, put it in Awake. If you need it to happen on Start, put it in Start

[scarlet skiff]

cuz imma use Awake to rerun the code whenevr the script is initialized

cuz when i restart the scene

the values i set in start dont get reset to what i set them in start

[polar acorn]

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

[shell sorrel]

both exist for a reason

when Start runs its safe to assume Awake has already run for all other active objects

[ivory bobcat]

Both awake and start only ever occurs once

[shell sorrel]

so i setup stuff that only effects the current object on Awake, then i use Start for any startup logic that needs to reference and interact with other objects since at that point its safe to assume they have run awake

[rich egret]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[rich egret]

I need help, the button of previous is not worked.
https://gdl.space/jamuvezoji.cpp

[queen adder]

quick question, lets say i want to refer to a filePath within the code to access a specific file inside the assets folder, how would i do that?

as i do not know where the possible end user has got the assets file actually stored

[shell sorrel]

it does not work how you think

once you build the project there is no assets folder

[delicate zinc]

im not that good with unity/c# yet but my autocorrect just stopped working now for some reason

is there any like

common issue of it not working

[polar acorn]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[delicate zinc]

it was working fine yesterday

[polar acorn]

If it suddenly stopped chances are you need to regenerate project files

[delicate zinc]

oh

[queen adder]

so where would a file i need to deserialise go

if it was originally in the assets folder

[shell sorrel]

what kinda file is it?

[wild mantle]

can i ask, im trying to lerp a rectangle 2d with this code

        timeElapsed += Time.deltaTime;
        if (timeElapsed < timeToReachTarget)
        {
            transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, target.position, timeElapsed / 10f);
        }
        else
        {
            transform.position = target.position;
        }

why does it reach the end position before the timelapsed reaches 10f?

[delicate zinc]

how would i do that

[queen adder]

.bin

[shell sorrel]

make a field of type TextAsset

[polar acorn]

Go to your external tools menu and there's a button at the bottom to regenerate it

[shell sorrel]

you will be able to click and drag the file into it, and access its data as byte[] or string

[feral palm]

yo how would i put my panel above all my other elements in my scene???

[shell sorrel]

if TextAsset is not enough for your purposes you will want to look into the StreamingAssets folder

[polar acorn]

Put it after them in the hierarchy

[tawdry rock]

How can i pick a point in the raycast if the ray is null? This not working.

if (Physics.Raycast(start.position, start.transform.forward, out hit, rayLenght))
{
    if (hit.collider == null)
    {
        Vector3 pointInRay = start.position + new Vector3(0f,0f, rayLenght);
        Debug.Log("You shooting nothing.");
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("You hit something.");
    }

[queen adder]

i dont really understand im ngl

here is the context of where im using this

[polar acorn]

Well, your ray's direction is start.transform.forward. The pointInRay is assuming this object is always facing Vector3.forward

[eternal needle]

Your first if statement is checking if it hit something, add an else after that if it didnt instead of checking the collider

[polar acorn]

Oh, right, the collider cannot be null if the ray hit something anyway so it doesn't matter

[shell sorrel]

if you are trying to include it in your game as jsut a file you would want to use
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/TextAsset.html
or
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-streamingAssetsPath.html

[polar acorn]

Unless you've messed with the render layers, this would draw Panel on top of everything else in the canvas

[shell sorrel]

for files to be included in a build, they must be referenced somehow, or in a addressable/assetBundle or be in the streaming assets path

[feral palm]

so waht do i do bro😭

[scarlet skiff]

why does it nit destroy it when it touches something with the tag ground

[polar acorn]

Log collision.gameObject.tag before the if. See if you ever actually touch something tagged "Ground"

[summer stump]

Does the object with this code have a non-trigger collider and rigidbody? And i assume the ground has a non-trigger collider?

[frosty orbit]

Hey I'm pretty new to unity and working on a lobby/ relay system for practice/ to learn.
I'm making a host/lobby on one scene with a script attached, then trying to use SendHeartbeatPingAsync() in the Update method to keep the lobby active in another scene with the same script attached. When I create the lobby its there, but then disappears when i check again ~30s later

[scarlet skiff]

just a collider no rigidbody

[bronze yacht]

Hello Guys
I Have a problem where i can't find the visual studio for mac.
Do you know how i can add it?

[summer stump]

Needs a rigidbody for collision messages

[scarlet skiff]

but i dont want it to be affected by gravity

[polar acorn]

then disable gravity

[scarlet skiff]

oh ye lol

[polar acorn]

but at least one of the objects involved in the collision must have a rigidbody

[scarlet skiff]

is it enough if i set the gravity to 0?

[gaunt harbor]

What is the code to increase the opacity from 0 to 100 automatically?

[polar acorn]

.a = 1

[gaunt harbor]

just one letter? I get an error.

[frosty orbit]

private void Update()
    {
        HandleLobbyHeartbeat();
    }

    private async void HandleLobbyHeartbeat()
    {
        if (hostLobby != null)
        {
            heartbeatTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
            if (heartbeatTimer < 0f)
            {
                float heartbeatTimerMax = 15;
                heartbeatTimer = heartbeatTimerMax;

                await LobbyService.Instance.SendHeartbeatPingAsync(hostLobby.Id);
                Debug.Log("Heartbeat ping");
            }
        }
    }

    public void StartHost()
    {
        NetworkManager.Singleton.StartHost();
        NetworkManager.Singleton.SceneManager.LoadScene(gameplayScene, LoadSceneMode.Single);
        CreateLobby();
    }

private async void CreateLobby()
    {
        try
        {
            string lobbyName = "Lobby Name";
            int maxPlayers = 8;

            Lobby lobby = await LobbyService.Instance.CreateLobbyAsync(lobbyName, maxPlayers);
            hostLobby = lobby;

            Debug.Log("Created lobby " + lobby.Name + " " + lobby.MaxPlayers);
        }
        catch (LobbyServiceException e)
        {
            Debug.Log(e);
        }
    }

[gaunt harbor]

a = alfa?

[stuck palm]

how do u change these in code?

[rich egret]

someone can help me?
https://gdl.space/elukevaqop.cpp
the previous does not worked

[normal vault]

hi, i am searching desperately for a code to get the value of a variable of another gameobject, i tried several off youtube or in forums nothing worked
thx

[tawdry rock]

Well still not doing what i want.. (line is a linerenderer)

 Vector3 pointInSpace = laserStart.forward + new Vector3(0f,0f,laserLenght);

 if (Physics.Raycast(laserStart.position, laserStart.forward, out laserHit, laserLenght))
 {
     if (laserHit.collider.CompareTag("FS/CON"))
     {
         line.SetPosition(0, laserStart.position);
         line.SetPosition(1, laserHit.point);
     }
     
 }
 else
 {
     line.SetPosition(0, laserStart.position);
     line.SetPosition(1, pointInSpace);
 }

[frosty hound]

Show what didn't work. Referencing other objects is basic Unity. Seriously doubt everything you found didn't work.

[normal vault]

GameObject go = GameObject.Find("mainCharacter");
controllerScript cs = go.GetComponent<controllerScript>();
float thisObjectMove = cs.move;

this for exemple

[frosty hound]

Show this object in your hierarchy

[polar acorn]

"Does not worked" is not any information at all. You have to say what the problem actually is

[normal vault]

@frosty hound i know i have to assign the script, but it didnt work

i cant drag and drop wether the script nor the object

[polar acorn]

Are you trying to drag a scene object onto a prefab

[normal vault]

ye

[polar acorn]

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

[normal vault]

so the prefab is the problem

so basicly i want that the bullet spawns at the players position

[polar acorn]

The fact that you're trying to drag an object that only exists when that particular scene is loaded onto an asset that always exists regardless of scene, is the problem

[polar acorn]

So spawn the bullet at the player's position

The prefab doesn't need to know the player's position to do this

just spawn it directly there

[normal vault]

@polar acorn you mean just type instantiate in player

[queen adder]

so when i build the project, nothing inside assets is included ?
so if i upload a textAsset to the Assets folder it will also not be included as well

generating the table during run time is also not an option

[shell sorrel]

The text asset field will let you reference the data in the file like any other reference in unity

[honest haven]

how do i get highlighted button color

[shell sorrel]

So that will work for those purposes

[polar acorn]

You're instantiating it somewhere, right?

[rich egret]

Ok, when I click the button it doesn't change image. And the button is linked to the script.

[polar acorn]

Just spawn it where you actually want it to be

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of this object

[queen adder]

but will the file be downloaded alongside the program

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of this object. The one with the script on it

[shell sorrel]

It will be included as part of the program and can be accessible through C#

[rich egret]

ok lol

[queen adder]

ok

thanks

[shell sorrel]

It won't be a file you see with it, the text asset field will just give you direct access to the bytes

[normal vault]

cloning prefab

[swift crag]

If you have a serious need to bundle some loose files along with your game, that's what StreamingAssets is for

What are you trying to actually accomplish here?

[polar acorn]

Put this log inside of your for loop:

Debug.Log($"{gameObject.name} setting {background[i].name} to {i}=={index}: {i == index}", this);

and show what it prints when you click on the previous or next button

[rich egret]

🇮🇩

[polar acorn]

Where did you put it

[rich egret]

better

[queen adder]

if you read this code, i am basically converting a table from my own computer from binary to an array of bytes which i am going to use as a hash table for heuristics, so i need the file. obviously it wont still be on that filePath for anyone else, so from what i understand i have to do something like this.

string filePath = "cornerHeuristics"; 
TextAsset cornerHeuristicsAsset = Resources.Load<TextAsset>(filePath);
byte[] cornerTable = cornerHeuristicsAsset.bytes;

[rich egret]

But what do you mean when you say loop?

[polar acorn]

I mean the loop

the for loop

that you wrote

put it in there

[queen adder]

@swift crag

[swift crag]

Okay, so you just need to be able to include a blob of binary data in your game.

You don't have to use Resources.Load for this. You can just directly reference a TextAsset

[rich egret]

i did

[swift crag]

(which, confusingly, is used for both text and non-text data)

[rich egret]

but the previous still not work

[queen adder]

this is only one table. i have around 8 others i need to load also

[polar acorn]

Okay, cool, so, after this runs, the 4v4 object should be active. Can you show a screenshot of the 4v4 object while the game is playing, after this debug log shows that it's set to true

[swift crag]

Then make a list of them!

[polar acorn]

or any of the other ones that are activated by it

[polar acorn]

So it's active

[rich egret]

ik

[polar acorn]

Then what's the problem

[rich egret]

You know, when I click the previous button it doesn't work

[polar acorn]

Looks like it's working just fine

[rich egret]

I switched to 4v4 through the next

[polar acorn]

The log says 4v4 should be active

[polar acorn]

So then why did you show me it when that was never the issue

click on previous and show me what the logs print for that

[rich egret]

It doesn't show any log

[queen adder]

i dont really understand what you are talking about

[polar acorn]

Then nothing is calling that function

Or your list is empty

[swift crag]

List<TextAsset>

you now have a list of TextAssets.

[queen adder]

i dont get text asset

[swift crag]

If you have nine very distinct tables, just make nine variables

[queen adder]

still

[swift crag]

It's an asset that stores text.

[queen adder]

and it is included in the build

[swift crag]

A Texture2D is an asset that stores an image. An AudioClip is an asset that stores audio.

[rich egret]

the list is not empty

[swift crag]

Of course it is. Assets would be useless if they weren't included in the build.

[polar acorn]

How do you know.

Log the size of the list outside the loop

[queen adder]

why cant i just have the files included in the build themselves

[swift crag]

But, as others have said, assets are not loose files. They're bundled into large archives.

[swift crag]

Why do you need loose files?

[queen adder]

i see

[swift crag]

You just need the data, right?

[queen adder]

yeah

[swift crag]

If you actually need files, you can put things in StreamingAssets, which gets copied straight into the build directory

but it sounds to me like you just need a way to include some binary blobs in the game

[queen adder]

i see

[rich egret]

I know that's not the problem, there probably isn't a function that calls it

[polar acorn]

This is an ImageSwitcher. How do you know that this is the one you're calling the function on

[polar acorn]

How do you know that's not the problem

Log it

Prove it

[rich egret]

this is the code if you want

ok ok

[swift crag]

if you knew what wasn't the problem, you wouldn't be here asking for help

please humor digiholic

[polar acorn]

log

it

log the length of the list

outside the loop

stop guessing

check

[timber tide]

really need a !debug

[rich egret]

I did that but it doesn't send any logs

[polar acorn]

Okay, so then that proves nothing is calling this function at all

now we have information

Nothing calls Previous

[rich egret]

so do you know how to solve it pls?

[polar acorn]

Call Previous

[gaunt harbor]

a quick question, it is possible to detect something like this (between 1 and 16 can detect) but more than 16 it cannot detect?

if (remainingTime > 1 / 16) ?

[rich egret]

I don't really know how because I think I did everything right

[polar acorn]

Where do you call Previous

[gaunt harbor]

or if (remainingTime > 1 = 16) ?

[queen adder]

yes i see what you mean. it turns out i do actually only need one table to be added into the game. So, i have added cornerHeuristics.bin to the Resources folder, and will run this code:

string filePath = "cornerHeuristics"; 
TextAsset cornerHeuristicsAsset = Resources.Load<TextAsset>(filePath);
byte[] cornerTable = cornerHeuristicsAsset.bytes;

would it work ???

(after building)

[frosty hound]

Check if the time is greater than 1 and (&&) less than 16

[swift crag]

if you obey the rules of Resources.Load, yes

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html

this works if you have a TextAsset named "cornerHeuristics" in a folder named "Resources"

[rotund vapor]

I am trying to make my game check to see if a folder exists and if not, then create said folder but, when i try to test run the scene in the editor it gives me this error:
"UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\Users%username%\Documents\My Games\Transversal Platformer' is denied.
System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory (System.String fullPath) (at <88e4733ac7bc4ae1b496735e6b83bbd3>:0)
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory (System.String path) (at <88e4733ac7bc4ae1b496735e6b83bbd3>:0)
BootupSave.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/BootupSave.cs:15)" and if i build it then it just does not make the folder, how do i make it create that folder?
my code for checking for the folder is this:

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

public class BootupSave : MonoBehaviour
{
string savedir = @"C:\Users\%username%\Documents\My Games\Transversal Platformer";
// If directory does not exist, create it

    void Start()
    {
    if (!Directory.Exists(savedir))
    {
        Directory.CreateDirectory(savedir);
    }  
        
    }

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

[swift crag]

notice that you have that %username% thing in there

I don't know if that's going to get substituted for you

Also, this sticks out to me

from the error message: C:\Users%username%\...

that slash went missing.

There's some funky escaping going on here.

[queen adder]

it is currently cornerHeuristic.bin
i am wondering if textAsset needs to have .txt extension, but you said before it handles text and non-text so it might not but idk

[swift crag]

I would suggest just using Application.persistesntDataPath

[rotund vapor]

ok

[swift crag]

that writes to AppData/LocalLow/CompanyName/ProductName/...

[north kiln]

If Unity hasn't imported it as a TextAsset, yes, you'll need to change the extension to load it as a TextAsset

[swift crag]

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

Any of these extensions will work

I suppose you'll want .bytes

[queen adder]

it is currently a binary file so how do i convert to a text asset. just add .bytes on the end instead of .bin ?

[slender nymph]

even if you don't want to use persistentDataPath for whatever reason, you shouldn't be hardcoding your path like that and should instead use Environment.GetFolderPath to get a special folder like the Documents folder
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.specialfolder

[swift crag]

you don't convert anything

you just give the file an extension that Unity will import as a text asset

again, any of the extensions on the page I just linked will work

including .bytes

[queen adder]

and how do i make it import it ?

[swift crag]

by putting it in the Assets folder

as you would with literally any other asset

TextAsset isn't "special" in any way.

it works exactly like every other kind of asset you've ever used

[queen adder]

here is my .bin file alongside other TextAssets

does it need to be in the same format ?

[swift crag]

Did you read the page I linked you to?

if not, please read it.

[queen adder]

ohhhhh

change the extension then drop it in

[swift crag]

i'm not sending you random links for fun

you can also change the extension after you put it in Assets

you'll just need to do that outside of unity, since Unity doesn't let you change the extension

[queen adder]

yeah ok let me try that

[shell sorrel]

Make it .bytes

Also don't name your folder resources that's a special use case

[swift crag]

They're intending to use Resources.Load , apparently.

[shell sorrel]

Ah I would use text asset or addressables or streaming assets over it

Text asset or streaming assets feel most suitable for that case

[swift crag]

over what? you just named all of the possibilities :p

[shell sorrel]

Resources

[swift crag]

a TextAsset is a TextAsset, whether or not it's in Resources

[shell sorrel]

Text asset with direct ref before best for just building in a binary blob

[swift crag]

bingo

that was my suggestion :p

[pliant oyster]

Why does my shooting code run slower when I move the player than when I keep the player still?

void Update()
    {
        frameNormal++; ;
        if (ControlsSwitch.isMouse)
        {
            if (Input.GetMouseButton(0)) // If LMB is pressed down
            {
                if (PlayerScript.playerLevel == 0)
                {
                    if (frameNormal > baseShootSpeed) // If <baseShootSpeed> frames have passed
                    {
                        Instantiate(bulletObject, transform.position, Quaternion.identity); // Create bullet
                        frameNormal = 0;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (Input.GetButton("space")) // If Space is pressed down
            {
                if (PlayerScript.playerLevel == 0)
                {
                    if (frameNormal > baseShootSpeed) // If <baseShootSpeed> frames have passed
                    {
                        Instantiate(bulletObject, transform.position, Quaternion.identity); // Create bullet
                        frameNormal = 0;
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        if (frameNormal > baseShootSpeed + 16)
        {
            frameNormal = baseShootSpeed + 1; // Make sure no overflow can happen
        }
    }

[swift crag]

because you're counting frames

I presume the game is running slower when you're moving, for whatever reason

don't count frames

use Time.deltaTime to determine how long the last frame took, and use that to determine when you're allowed to fire

[pliant oyster]

I assume in frameNormal I multiply it with timedelta first, then do +1?

[ivory bobcat]

Use time stamps to make it relative to time rather than frames.

[swift crag]

I do not follow.

timeSinceShot += Time.deltaTime;

if (timeSinceShot >= shotDelay) {
  // shooting is possible
  timeSinceShot = 0;
}

[pliant oyster]

Neither do I, I'm not familiar with the complex terminology.

[pliant oyster]

Ah thanks

[ivory bobcat]

if(next < Time.time)
{
    next = Time.time + delay;
    ...
}```Does not account for poor frame rates.

[swift crag]

this is also a good idea

[swift crag]

I prefer to count up like this to properly handle multiple shots per frame

[pliant oyster]

Hm, still shoots slower while moving...

[swift crag]

float delay;

void Update() {
  delay -= Time.deltaTime;
  delay = Mathf.Max(0, delay);

  if (wantsToShoot) {
    while (delay <= 0) {
      // fire bullet
      delay += shootDelay;
    }
  }
}

[swift crag]

then show us:

• the entire script that your excerpt was from
• your movement code, if it's in another script

[ivory bobcat]

Does it feel slower or is definitely slower?

[pliant oyster]

Definitely slower. In the left menu, it shows significantly more bullets while not moving than while moving.

[pliant oyster]

One sec, lemme upload it

[swift crag]

you'll have to remember that we have no idea what a "left menu" is

[pliant oyster]

Bullet: https://hatebin.com/cozqhongey
Movement: https://hatebin.com/jhlbskqcaj

[pliant oyster]

This one

[swift crag]

that's the hierarchy

also, your code has barely changed

you're still counting frames

frameNormal++;

        if (frameNormal > baseShootSpeed + 16)
        {
            frameNormal = baseShootSpeed + Time.deltaTime; // Make sure no overflow can happen
        }

this doesn't make any sense to me

[pliant oyster]

I make it so it only shoots a bullet every 16 frames

[swift crag]

yes, which is wrong

frame times vary

[pliant oyster]

I wrote the code a while ago btw

[polar acorn]

don't do that

[swift crag]

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

please read this

[pliant oyster]

Right, it was to make sure it doesn't overflow, thus the 16

[swift crag]

don't try to write any more code until you've read this

[pliant oyster]

Apologies

[swift crag]

you have a severe misunderstanding of how all of this works and you need to correct it now

you don't need to go through all of the examples, but at least get through the "Variable frame rate management" section

[shell sorrel]

It's pretty bad to tie to frames unless you are locked frame rate and are well optimized enough it is rock solid even on rubbish hardware on a engine designed for that. So not unity

Just count accumulation of deltaTime

[pliant oyster]

So this? frameNormal += Time.deltaTime;

[swift crag]

Right. I would also rename it to timeSinceShot

since that's what the variable means

[pliant oyster]

Okay

It no longer shoots bullets

[swift crag]

well, yes, because the rest of your code is still probably waiting for that variable to reach 16

you can't just change one line and then hope everything is fine now

you need to think about the implications of your changes

[pliant oyster]

And I am here asking for help to figure out why it doesn't work like I want it to. If I knew exactly what was wrong, I wouldn't be asking.

[swift crag]

Then show me what your code looks like now.

I can't guess what you've done.

well, I can, but it's not very productive (:

[queen adder]

how can i build my project so that it can only open in the 16:9 aspect ratio?

[pliant oyster]

https://hatebin.com/cbvgwtfqbk

I also tried changing this:

if (timeSinceShot > baseShootSpeed + 16)
        {
            timeSinceShot = baseShootSpeed + Time.deltaTime; // Make sure no overflow can happen
        }

to this

if (timeSinceShot > baseShootSpeed + 16)
        {
            timeSinceShot = 0; // Make sure no overflow can happen
        }
```But that also did not make it work again.

[swift crag]

Look at every line that still talks about "frames"

all of these lines are either:

• wrong
• using a value you need to change

baseShootSpeed should definitely not still be 16

that would mean you shoot once every 16 seconds

[swift crag]

the 16 value here is also now incorrect. If you're really worried about the float overflowing, I guess you could do...

timeSinceShot = Mathf.Min(timeSinceShot, baseShootSpeed);

[ivory bobcat]

This would be how I'd fire given your codecs private float next; public float delay; private void Update() { if(!(ControlSwitch.isMouse ? Input.GetMouseButton(0) : Input.GetButton("space"))) return; if(PlayerScript.playerLevel > 0) return; float current = Time.time; if(current < next) return; next = current + delay; Instantiate(bulletObject, transform.position, Quaternion.identity); }

[shell sorrel]

you got to think in time not frames, like think fast you want it to fire, like a shot say 0.2 of a second or something like that

[cosmic dagger]

Store the time, not the frames. It's the only unit of measure that exists . . .

[stuck palm]

does changing timescale make update run slower

[shell sorrel]

no @stuck palm

[cosmic dagger]

!docs timeScale

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[ivory bobcat]

It messes with delta time and time dot time though .
There's https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Time-unscaledTime.html to make up for it.

[shell sorrel]

Update is based on your framerate, that will differ based on your machine, if you got vsync on or off, etc timescale just scales deltaTime and time

[ivory bobcat]

You'd use the unscaled varients if you're working with time and aren't wanting time scale to effect certain behaviors.

[pliant oyster]

Yea I'm just gonna give up.

[shell sorrel]

its literally 2 fields a Update method and a few lines of code

[swift crag]

if you refuse to try, then you will fail

I would strongly suggest following some tutorials on !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[swift crag]

a great example is for UI animations

you probably don't want those to stop when the timescale is set to zero..

[stuck palm]

are player input events affected by timescale

[shell sorrel]

no

[stuck palm]

are coroutines affected by timescale?

[shell sorrel]

it effects Time.time, Time.deltaTime, Time.fixedDeltaTime, WaitForSeconds in coroutines and the fixed update

[shell sorrel]

it depends

[swift crag]

everything that happens once per frame continues to happen once per frame

[shell sorrel]

if you are using deltaTime in them, or time, or WaitForSeconds yes

if not not

its not touching the framerate so updates happen at the same rate they normally due, and that includes yielding frames in coroutines

[pliant oyster]

I'm sorry if this sounds negative, but I'm here to learn interactively. A static text can't respond if I tell it that its approach doesn't apply to me. I really hoped for some help, but it's already pretty late and I'm about to tear my hair out, so I just hope that whenever I retry, I'm not just pointed to the 8tth redirect to "THE" help forum, but rather get an answer that I can work with. I greatly appreciate your time though, thanks.

[swift crag]

People here aren't going to write all of your code for you. You need to put some effort in to reason about your problems.

[ivory bobcat]

You can yield using https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/WaitForSecondsRealtime.html to not be relative to the time scale. Pretty sure most stuff revolving time in Unity has an unscaled time variant.

[swift crag]

My impression is that you're making the minimum possible change and then hoping the game will start working right.

That ain't going to cut it.

Tutorials are there to help you build a baseline understanding. They aren't going to be the only thing you ever learn from

[shell sorrel]

anyone willing to help wants to be met half way, people did a lot of hinting in directions to look at that would have solved the problem

[pliant oyster]

Yea, because I'm basically forced to do it that way, because I only get a vague pointing into an overly complicatedly worded site instead of "On line X, Y, and Z you forgot to do A and B", which I can learn more from than from trying to smash my head against a keyboard for an hour. Not everyone has the able-mindedness to immediately comprehend that stuff. Again, I do appreciate you putting your time in.

[swift crag]

If you don't understand a thing, ask about it

don't just shrug and hope it's unimportant

[pliant oyster]

I did, and was pointed to a site I understood even less.

[swift crag]

No, you didn't ask me questions.

You posted code, asked about a single-line change, and then declared you're giving up

[echo matrix]

@swift crag Hey thank you for your help earlier this day! (I was the guy with the ecg). I looked into the linerenderer and while searching for this i found the trailrenderer. I played arround with both and found the trailrenderer to actually work quite fine for the project. However there are 2 new problems presenting themselfs to me now. 1. i have to somehow generate a trail for an object only moving up and down that goes to the left 2. i somehow have to limit the trails lenght only on one axis (so it always ends at the same place even when the atached object goes up and down constantly). What i tried so far: 1. make the object move to the right instead of standing still -> only works one time or will look very ugly if reset to the left side again; moving the cam with object constantly to the right -> will work in 2d, but if tried to apply it in an object in 3d (like a monitor) wont work 2. no idea how to fix it and didnt find anything in stack overflow / youtube. Anyone has any idea how to do that?

[swift crag]

I am trying to help you here, but you've gotta meet me halfway.

[pliant oyster]

I knew I had to use "Time.deltaTime", but I have no idea where, and once that site got put up, I then had to experiment around with not just "where", but also which subclass (or whatever it's called), trying to understand the graphics, etc.

[swift crag]

Then ASK.

[pliant oyster]

I can't really do that if I was already at the end of my wits.

[swift crag]

I can't read your mind.

if you're at your wits' end, you need to take a break

because it's incredibly hard to learn anything when you're burned out and tired

[pliant oyster]

Which I am currently.

But yea, again I do appreciate you taking the time. I hope you have a great rest of your night.

[swift crag]

you could have the entire trail renderer fade out before the next wave appears

that way, the jump never happens in the first place

alternatively, use two line renderers

one would fade out as the next one started drawing

[echo matrix]

oh yeah... wow that was way too simple. i feel stupid now

[swift crag]

i hadn't thought of it earlier :p

[echo matrix]

however, the 2. problem is still there

[swift crag]

point 2 sounds like you just need to switch to local space

I think the default is world space, where [0,0,0] means "center of the world"

when you switch to using local space, [0,0,0] means "my position"

[echo matrix]

i dont really follow here

what i was trying to say is: i can define a lenght for the trail, however if up/down movement is high, the line will be shorter (if only left/right size counts) and if up/down movement is low, the line will be longer

[swift crag]

Ah, I get it

[iron mango]

i want to add "abilities" to a list, all have different code but are an ability. i tried it with interface and with just adding a class, but i can't add it to the list in the inspector

[swift crag]

you're talking about the trailrenderer

[echo matrix]

there seems do be no way of limiting the trailrenderers lenghts only in one axis

[swift crag]

That's a big strike against using that.

I thought you were having problems with the line appearing in the wrong place when you moved the display around

[swift crag]

Although...doesn't the trail renderer use time, not length?

[echo matrix]

maybe some setting i have not seen... but for me it seems to use length

[swift crag]

Unity can't serialize an interface type.

You can probably just use an abstract class here.

public abstract class Ability : MonoBehaviour {
  public abstract bool CanUse();
  public abstract void Activate();
}

sort of like this

Since Ability derives from MonoBehaviour, it's a unity object, and thus it can be serialized

[shell sorrel]

yeah unless its SerilizeReference you cant Serilize a interface abstract class is the way with the most easy to do something similar

[stuck palm]

my code is set to load one scene, but it only seems to load the current scene its in right now. no idea why it does this

[swift crag]

(and [SerializeReference] requires you bring your own inspector UI)

[echo matrix]

oh wait, i think i know why it seems to use length for me. When i tested it the overall speed was the same, but actually the speed of one axis should stay the same without considering the other axis.

[swift crag]

if you implement what I suggested this morning, your code will look something like this

void Update() {
  float x = Time.time % 1;
  float y = CalculateEKG(Time.time % 1);
  
  trailRenderer.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(x, y, 0);
}

x is just going from 0 to 1 over and over, once per second

% is the remainder operator, if you've never seen that

it gives you the part that's left over after division

[shell sorrel]

i also find its fragile as well, had what i thought was a good usecase and ended up junking it

[iron mango]

is it possible to add scripts to a list that are not attached to any object? just the script itself?

[swift crag]

Not with a MonoBehaviour.

[shell sorrel]

sure, you can still do regular C# stuff

[iron mango]

how then

[shell sorrel]

just makes instances of a regular old class that is not a MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject

[swift crag]

so yeah, two options

you can just serialize an ordinary C# class, like this one

[System.Serializable]
public class Foo {
  public int x;
  public float y;
}

Note that this would not automatically let you do polymorphism

public abstract class Ability {
  public abstract void Activate();
}

public class Explode : Ability {
  public override void Activate() {
    Debug.Log("An earth-shattering kaboom!");
  }
}

you wouldn't be able to serialize an Ability and wind up putting an Explode in there in the inspector

[shell sorrel]

the abstract class would be the fastest way to do what you want if you can work with the limitation if not implementing multiple interfaces at once

[swift crag]

I'll get back to that in a moment

The other option is ScriptableObjects. These allow you to create instances of unity objects and store them as assets.

[echo matrix]

@swift crag thanks again. You were really helpful!

[swift crag]

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

[iron mango]

i am confused.

[swift crag]

So you could serialize an Ability and then drag any ability asset into the field.

public abstract class Ability : ScriptableObject {
  public abstract void Activate();
}

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "New Explode Ability", menuName = "Explode")]
public class Explode : Ability {
  public override void Activate() {
    Debug.Log("An earth-shattering kaboom!");
  }
}

[swift crag]

about what, exactly?

[timber tide]

or my I can't be bothered with OOP right now way:

public abstract class Ability : ScriptableObject 
{
  public abstract void Activate();
  
  [SerializedField] private ExplodeComponent explodeData;
  public ExplodeComponent ExplodeData => explodeData;
  
  public class ExplodeComponent()
  {
    //should have private setters too but im lazy
    public bool enabled = false;
    public float radius;
  }
}

[swift crag]

wot

[timber tide]

Component check, if set then apply it. Beats digging yourself a hole when you want to say have your lazer class have some explosion at the end of the hit

[swift crag]

oh, this is closer to composition

I kind of get what you're getting at

[iron mango]

wait i am trying it out

[timber tide]

few comparison checks won't hurt and stuff like these systems of classes are easy to make hundreds of if you don't design it beforehand

[swift crag]

Note that, if you do this, multiple people could be referencing the exact same asset

you would not want to store data that changes in there

But it would be very reasonable to store fixed data.

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "New Explode Ability", menuName = "Explode")]
public class Explode : Ability {
  [SerializeField] float damage;
  [SerializeField] float radius;

  public override void Activate() {
    Debug.Log("An earth-shattering kaboom!");
  }
}

you could create multiple Explode assets and give them different values

[swift crag]

I don't think it's a huge problem for abilities to be MonoBehaviours that you attach to each character, though.

That makes it easy to keep track of stuff like cooldowns (and any other data that needs to be remembered)

each character has their own ability components

[iron mango]

but my game is mod based, i want to just drag and drop ability presets into a list

[swift crag]

"mod based"?

[iron mango]

yes, if you create a variation of a unit (strategy game) in the game as a mod you just add abilities to it, with fixed values at default

have you played tabs (totally accurate battle simulator) ? they have a unit creator where you can add abilities

[swift crag]

I'd have to think about that for a bit.

[iron mango]

what you said works tho

[swift crag]

just keep this in mind

you'll need to store per-unit data somewhere

[iron mango]

the scriptable object has values

[swift crag]

(like how long their Punch ability needs to wait until it's off its cooldown)

[swift crag]

if ten units all reference the same scriptable object, then they'll all share the exact same object reference

One option could be to Instantiate the scriptable objects when you spawn the units into the game world

Instantiate copies any Unity object. It's not just for MonoBehaviours and GameObjects

[iron mango]

uhm that wouild be performace intensive in a strategy game

[swift crag]

it'll make a little garbage

doesn't sound like an issue to me, since you do it just once per ability

[SerializeField] List<Ability> abilityTemplates;
private List<Ability> abilities = new();

void Awake() {
  foreach (var ability in abilityTemplates)
    abilities.Add(Instasntiate(ability));
}

something like this

now each unit has its own ability objects

[iron mango]

but if i just want the abilities all to have the same values it should work like this?

[swift crag]

If Unit A uses an ability, should it go on cooldown for every single unit that uses the ability?

That's what I'm talking about.

[iron mango]

ah

[night adder]

New to Unity and trying to setup the Unity extensions in VSCode (Unity & Unity Code Snippets). I've got .NET installed and restarted but now I'm getting this output

2024-01-26 19:04:44.266 [error] (Z:\Unity\Projects\Floppy Birb\Assembly-CSharp.csproj): SDK Resolver Failure: "The SDK resolver "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildWorkloadSdkResolver" failed while attempting to resolve the SDK "Microsoft.NET.Sdk". Exception: "System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Collections.Immutable, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'System.Collections.Immutable, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
   at Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadMSBuildSdkResolver.CachingWorkloadResolver.Resolve(String sdkReferenceName, String dotnetRootPath, String sdkVersion, String userProfileDir, String globalJsonPath)
   at Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadMSBuildSdkResolver.WorkloadSdkResolver.Resolve(SdkReference sdkReference, SdkResolverContext resolverContext, SdkResultFactory factory)
   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.SdkResolution.SdkResolverService.TryResolveSdkUsingSpecifiedResolvers(IList`1 resolvers, Int32 submissionId, SdkReference sdk, LoggingContext loggingContext, ElementLocation sdkReferenceLocation, String solutionPath, String projectPath, Boolean interactive, Boolean isRunningInVisualStudio, SdkResult& sdkResult, IEnumerable`1& errors, IEnumerable`1& warnings)""
2024-01-26 19:04:44.318 [error] Failed to load project 'Z:\Unity\Projects\Floppy Birb\Assembly-CSharp.csproj'. One or more errors occurred. (SDK Resolver Failure: "The SDK resolver "Microsoft.DotNet.MSBuildWorkloadSdkResolver" failed while attempting to resolve the SDK "Microsoft.NET.Sdk". Exception: "System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Collections.Immutable, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'System.Collections.Immutable, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
   at Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadMSBuildSdkResolver.CachingWorkloadResolver.Resolve(String sdkReferenceName, String dotnetRootPath, String sdkVersion, String userProfileDir, String globalJsonPath)
   at Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WorkloadMSBuildSdkResolver.WorkloadSdkResolver.Resolve(SdkReference sdkReference, SdkResolverContext resolverContext, SdkResultFactory factory)
   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.SdkResolution.SdkResolverService.TryResolveSdkUsingSpecifiedResolvers(IList`1 resolvers, Int32 submissionId, SdkReference sdk, LoggingContext loggingContext, ElementLocation sdkReferenceLocation, String solutionPath, String projectPath, Boolean interactive, Boolean isRunningInVisualStudio, SdkResult& sdkResult, IEnumerable`1& errors, IEnumerable`1& warnings)""  Z:\Unity\Projects\Floppy Birb\Assembly-CSharp.csproj)
2024-01-26 19:04:44.321 [info] Project system initialization finished. 0 project(s) are loaded, and 1 failed to load.

Sorry if this is the wrong channel to post this in

[arctic ibex]

Just, quick question, what does this mean? Is it worth trying to fix? (I'm trying to make entering a trigger play an animation)

[slender nymph]

just slap new onto the variable declaration like the warning suggests

it's happening because Component has an old deprecated member named collider that would have referenced its collider. it's no longer in use though so if you want to create a variable with that same name you just have to hide the old deprecated one with that new modifier

[north kiln]

Or use the C# naming conventions (pinned to #archived-code-general) and name private variables _collider and public Collider and don't have naming conficts that way.

[odd valley]

guys I want to create a objective UI that has a method UpdateObjective(), but I'm not sure how to call it from another game object

[slender nymph]

get a reference to it and call it. or subscribe that method to some event

[molten pulsar]

hi have a problem with auto generate input code

[slender nymph]

you clearly have multiple copies of it in different places. delete the old copies

[molten pulsar]

okey

im i kind of new in this themes of unity so

thank you

[slender nymph]

just ask your question here

[solid sail]

How to make "equals" auto align in a raw in visual studio?

[teal viper]

Would probably need to find a setting in your ide/code editor.

[wintry quarry]

Make a thread

[past brook]

why is it not accepting the OnCollisionStay2D? i haven't had this problem before

[slender nymph]

did you read the error?

[past brook]

yah, i don't understand what its telling me

[slender nymph]

you have the wrong parameter type

it also looks like you have an unconfigured !IDE so you better get that sorted 👇

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[solid sail]

Is that munally typed "space"? I used visual studio a while ago.But still dont know how does some ppl write them

[teal viper]

I don't know if there's any setting to do it automatically, but using Tab would usually standardize the spacing.

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of aligning things like that. Feels like a waste of time and hindrance for future edits.

[dusk mural]

Dose anyone know how to fix this error?

[slender nymph]

start by getting your !IDE configured 👇

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[dusk mural]

ok i did all the steps

[slender nymph]

do you see a red underline on line 27 now?

[dusk mural]

ya but now its asking me to sign in, i made a new account but its still asking me to do a capcha

[north kiln]

Please don't make suggestions until they confirm their IDE is configured

[dusk mural]

visual studio now its asking me to sign in, i made a new account but its still asking me to do a capcha

[north kiln]

I don't know why that matters to me? Do the capcha if that's what's blocking you

[dusk mural]

i did like 10 times

i dont know if you know how to fix it?

[north kiln]

I don't know why you've installed VS when you were originally using VS Code?

Just configure VS Code?

[dusk mural]

Oh

[celest mortar]

How could I find the position for the 2nd card, knowing it'd always be 0.6m away, without using transform.right? (so only with position/rotation)

[teal viper]

Create a vector representing transform.right from position and rotation and use that. At which point you might as well use transform.right.😅

[timber tide]

like what's the use case here

probably a lot of ways to resolve what you're trying to do

[celest mortar]

its really long to explain

[timber tide]

think in terms of UI if anything

[restive ore]

what does this screwdriver and yellow line mean?

can anyone explain

[celest mortar]

You guys think this would work?

        Vector3 posOffset = Vector3.right * 0.6f;

        Quaternion rot = Quaternion.Euler(Rotation);
        Vector3 secondCardPosition = firstCard.position + rot * offsetVector;

i cant try it and see rn

[restive ore]

is this like error or something?

please anyone explain

[minor spindle]

Anyone with unity experience wanna give me a quick hand with one of Kenney's character's animation's import settings?
I'm new to Unity and after having followed 3 tutorials decided to give my own shot at my own project.

I'm using Kenney's mini-arena asset and I've imported the character-soldier model, so far I've set up the animator controller with triggers for each animation that are triggered by the PlayerMovement script, but it looks like the animations aren't fully looping through and instead being restarted every frame (and also finishing their loop once I do let go of the inputkey)

video for added clarity

[minor spindle]

Screwdriver indicates that there are options where you can change the code

[restive ore]

so it doesnt mean error?

cause im stressed out after i saw that

[minor spindle]

No, hover over it/click on it and see what it says

[restive ore]

ok, but what about the yellow thing?

[timber tide]

Use boolean logic for looping clips

triggers for one-offs

[minor spindle]

I tried that a second ago but it didnt seem to work, let me try it again and I'll report back to you

[teal viper]

It usually shows what lines where edited recently.

[timber tide]

still want a statemachine even if it seems like the animator handles it all (it doesn't)

[teal viper]

For errors, warning, you should pay attention to underlines in code and the console in your ide and unity.

[minor spindle]

Still not functioning as it should, I suspect it might be something I didnt do in the import settings of the character model

[timber tide]

Your walking animation keeps resetting but it should be playing out completely unless interupted

[minor spindle]

Yeah exactly

Also for reference this is Kenney's documentation for importing chars and animations, but the only thing I've been able to achieve from this is enabling "loop time"

I couldnt set it as humanoid in the rig tab since it doesn't have enough bones according to unity, and for the rest besides the animator controller stuff, I wasnt able to find the settings like "Root Transform Rotation" etc

[timber tide]

perhaps play around with the blend times to see if it's getting interupted early

[minor spindle]

Could u elaborate on what you mean?

Also for clarity, when I stop pressing the input key, it does finish the full animation loop

but whilst holding the input key it keeps refiring the animation like you've stated

and for further clarity the animation import settings for the character's walk animation

[timber tide]

yeah, maybe adjust your code and make sure stuff isn't being flipped on and off even if it's all in a single frame

and to secure the logic even more, make some states and check what you're in each frame instead of relying specifically on that frame's input

[arctic ibex]

Quick question, what do i use to turn the particle system on? (eg. animator.enabled) cause this doesn't work

[timber tide]

what's the underline

[minor spindle]

What's weird is that while looking at the animator in the video it doesnt look like anything is flip flopping like that, could it be related to this highlighted area being too narrow?

[timber tide]

that's what I was referring to, but I'd suggest fixing up the code too

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem.Play.html

[minor spindle]

For sure, the code was just quickly thrown together to test out if I could get the animations to work, like I said it's my first time going tutorial free on unity 😅

[restive ore]

i downloaded the wrong program the whole time ;-;

it shouldnt be microsoft visual studio 2022

it should be vs code

no wonder i dont understand a single thing

[tender breach]

For some reason, whenever my gameObject touches a certain layer, it doesn't detect it. https://pastecode.io/s/jj0ge2ez

[gaunt ice]

i dk what to say about the code

if (Other.gameObject.layer == 0){
  Falling = false;
  Rotating = false;
  Left = false;
  Right = false;
}
```no idea why when layer==0 spawn is not setted

[teal viper]

Visual studio is arguably better though.

[gaunt ice]

btw this is quite hard to read

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.X)) {
    if (Rotating == true) 
    {transform.Rotate (0, 0, 90);
    if (Left == false)
    {transform.Translate (-1f, 0, 0);}
    if (Right == false)
    {transform.Translate (1f, 0, 0);}
    }
}
```i dont want to simulate a stack in my brain to get the scope back

[shrewd swift]

took me way to much time to understand it was nested if statements

[shrewd swift]

what is noticeable between 2019 and 2022 ?

i am using 2019 rn because i had some weird issues when trying to setup 2022, i am still wondering if its worth the change

[static cedar]

Oh it's nested.

Da fuq.

[teal viper]

Navmesh changed from built-in to navigation package as well as functional changes. Can't think of anything else, aside from added features.🤔

Maybe changes in specific packages, like ECS. But since they were experimental/preview anyway, I wouldn't count that.

[shrewd swift]

okay ty

i'll stay with 2019 then

[teal viper]

I mean, in terms of positive changes there were a lot. From stability and performance, to improvements in the render pipelines, shader graph, vfx graph, etc...

[shrewd swift]

mh

i might try again to instal it then

[gaunt harbor]

I have no idea how debugs.log works

A thousand messages come out every minute, you can delay the game, right?

[shrewd swift]

Debug.Log() lets you print a string

in the Unity console

[gaunt harbor]

but can it cause the game or nothing?

[shrewd swift]

if you call it somewhere where the code is called every frame (like Update), you have to expect to have a lot of message very fast

[shrewd swift]

wdym with "cause the game" ?

Debug methods, like any methods, can make the game lag if there are to much

but with debuglog you can still have multiple of them every frame and it will be fine (for debugging purposes)

[gaunt harbor]

So when there are thousands of messages the game can have delays

Sorry for that question, although I have been new for 1 month and I am learning.

[shrewd swift]

there is no need to keep old debug logs when you dont need them

[gaunt harbor]

Perfect, that's what I wanted to know :D

if (remainingTime == 1) Is it not possible to detect the same number?
The problem is that it detects less than 1 and I want to detect the same number

[shrewd swift]

it is very recommended to use < or > with floats, because most of the time it wont be a exact "int" number

example:
instead of 5 it will be 4.999815

[static cedar]

Mathf.RoundInt?

[shrewd swift]

depends of the case

[static cedar]

Still better to use greater or lesser comparisons imo.

[shrewd swift]

idk if this occurs for simple math like

float a = 1;
float b = 2;

a + b // 3 ?

[gaunt harbor]

I'll try to understand, I'm too slow to understand LoL.

[restive ore]

finally i did it, i made my first ever 2d topdown movement

[shrewd swift]

how do you track remainingTime ?

[gaunt harbor]

It's a stopwatch

time is subtracted*

[shrewd swift]

so my guess is that its updating each frame, but because you are using == remainingTime has to be 1, but because frames are inconsistent, it would be numbers like 0.956 then 0.99 1.06, ...

so Unity wont have remainingTime == 1

[gaunt harbor]

ohh you are right...

I'll try it to see that.

[gaunt harbor]

It doesn't work but I'll use that anyway ;(

[shrewd swift]

maybe check your other code

print remaingtime to see its values

[gaunt ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.Approximately.html

[fickle plume]

@queen adder Please don't post random stuff without context

[supple jungle]

is it possible to use function on button which has more than 1 attribute? when i try do that buttons dont see the functions

[gaunt ice]

your function can have multiples attribute

[supple jungle]

how to apply it on button then

[gaunt ice]

[A,B,C,...]
your function()

[fickle plume]

Button will expect a specific signature, if you want to run anything else you can call another method inside

[supple jungle]

alright thank you

[quick kelp]

was making a health script and this error came up i have no clue how to fix it

ok i really should of said i have no clue why it has an error cause as far as i can tell i did things right

[queen adder]

excuse me ,Suppose there are 100 types of enemies. How would you organize and allocate scripts for them?

[quick kelp]

Scriptable objects

same can also be done with items

[gleaming wagon]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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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.

[gleaming wagon]

https://gdl.space/ozibagagaf.cs This is a script for a bat. The bat has a trigger col and the enemy has a normal collider and has the tag "Enemy". I swear I checked the spelling. Why is my bat not detecting the enemy? The debug.log i set up is never getting called

[foggy arch]

I have just started using unity and I wanted to create a collectable item, I used this code to do it

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

public class Collectables : MonoBehaviour
{
    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        PLayer player = collision.GetComponent<PLayer>();

            if(player)
        {
            player.Seed1++;
            Destory(this.gameObject);
        }
    }
    
}

[gleaming wagon]

Destroy is misspelled

[foggy arch]

oh, thanks i feel stupid

[gleaming wagon]

Haha dw

[gaunt ice]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

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[gleaming wagon]

can anyone help me with this?

[icy junco]

UnassignedReferenceException: The variable reload of SingelShot has not been assigned.
You probably need to assign the reload variable of the SingelShot script in the inspector.
UnityEngine.Object.get_name () (at <f7237cf7abef49bfbb552d7eb076e422>:0)
SingelShot.Reload () (at Assets/Scripts/SingelShot.cs:76)
SingelShot.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/SingelShot.cs:51)

does anyone know what this means

[gaunt ice]

Assign the variable, read the messge

[icy junco]

but i did

[gleaming wagon]

it might be getting disabled at start, or you didn’t set it up properly

[gaunt ice]

duplicate instances

btw

public void Method(){
  if(some condition){
    Debug.Log("Hello world");
  }  
}
```what are the two possible reasons why you dont see Hello world

[gleaming wagon]

the condition isnt happening

the method isnt getting called

[gleaming wagon]

but doesn’t the method get called if the trigger collider collides?

in my case*

[gaunt ice]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

[gleaming wagon]

My tags are set up corectly and I am using the CompareTag

[gaunt ice]

first thing is to check if your method called

[gleaming wagon]

okay I'll add another debug there

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
Debug.Log("Ontrigger called");
if (other.CompareTag("Enemy"))
{
attacking = true;
Debug.Log("Enemy detected");
}
}

The method isnt getting called

no debug messages

but my bat has a trigger collider

[gaunt ice]

does the enemy has rb and collider
and follow the guides

[gleaming wagon]

no just a collider

[gaunt ice]

you need rb

[gleaming wagon]

Thanks, I don’t know how i forgot that. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[shrewd swift]

does making a variable nullable interfer wit hshowing the var in the inspector ?

i cant find a way to make a variable show, the only differences with the other vars i have is that its nullable

[gaunt ice]

unity wont serialize nullable afaik

[shrewd swift]

:(

[gaunt ice]

nullable is a wrapper you can copy the source code
i remember there are alternatives but i forgot, maybe search nullable in channel history

[kindred halo]

How do you debug floats and check their current value in the logs?

[gaunt ice]

by logging the float....

Debug.Log(your float)

[kindred halo]

That would probably give me the value of one frame
Is there any way to see if the value is changing or not

[copper plaza]

you could make it public or seralize it to see it in the editor

[kindred halo]

ah yeah

[gaunt ice]

custom debug panel on world?

or custom editor

[blissful pond]

hello, I was wondering if someone could help me.
I'm trying to create a trigger that only triggers when the gameobject of the player is fully inside of it.
However, it does not work completely. Unity Engine understands when the player exitst the collider fully and gives me the debug. But it does not register the player when it is fully encapsulated by the trigger collider.

[gaunt ice]

on trigger enter is called once right after they touch, so obviously the collider is not inside another collider yet

[teal viper]

Compare to previous log🪄

[blissful pond]

what method would you suggest I use?

[gaunt ice]

by continously checking

[blissful pond]

thanks

[kindred halo]

so I did some checking and
the float does reduces with delta time
but It stays on that value
It doesn't stores 1 after reaching 0

[dim pawn]

Why this isnt working?

[gaunt ice]

hover on the line to read the message
and please store the collider in class member instead of GetXXX.GetXXX.GetXXX.....

[dim pawn]

Could not convert from 'method group' to 'UnityEngine.Collider'

[gaunt ice]

you are missing something, how you call method?

[dim pawn]

i pluged my prefab into gorillaPrefab in editor, so i dont think i missed anythink, and the physics thing is on start

[dim pawn]

oh sorry, i forgot to add ()

[tawdry dome]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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[tawdry dome]

I changed my visual studio code preference to open in visual studio 2022, and after this the scripts became invalid, then after closing and relaunching my unity project, it prompted me to open in safe mode and now I'm getting this error, any help would be great, thanks

[keen dew]

Do you use visual scripting?

[tawdry dome]

Yes, I used it for my previous scripts

Then I changed the preferred visual studio from 2019 to 2022

Then my scripts became invalid, then I re started the program and this happened

[keen dew]

but do you use visual scripting in this project? Visual scripting, not Visual Studio

[tawdry dome]

Oh, I don't know, I don't think so

[late bobcat]

https://gyazo.com/4dd419cac93ae27186cfab5c43b79cee guys why do i get type mismatch when i try to drag the playergameobject into the [SerializedField] Gameobject ?

[keen dew]

Then you can uninstall the package

[tawdry dome]

The data type you have used for the serialize field doesn't match the data type of the item you dragged in

[late bobcat]

but they're both gameobjects

Like in the script i typed [SerializeField] GameObject name

[tawdry dome]

oh I see thank you nitku

[late bobcat]

and then i'm trying to drag and drop player object

[tawdry dome]

oh

[late bobcat]

https://gyazo.com/547eec3c23670c4827f0ad4c1cb3c010

[tawdry dome]

Do you have a rigidbody2d component added to the player

[late bobcat]

ye i do

[tawdry dome]

maybe put that in?

[thorn holly]

That definitely won’t work

[tawdry dome]

ok sorry

[thorn holly]

Restart your editor @late bobcat

[late bobcat]

i even tried with transform directly

mm okay i'll try

[keen dew]

You can't drag in objects from the scene to prefabs

[thorn holly]

Ohhh I didn’t see it was a prefab

Yup that’s it

[late bobcat]

it wouldn't work with transform component too

same error

[thorn holly]

^ @late bobcat

[late bobcat]

oh i tought component was different from object

how should i do that then?

grab it from the script or something?

[keen dew]

assign the reference when the enemy is spawned

[late bobcat]

oh i see

tyty

[tawdry dome]

@keen dew I just opened my project and everything is gone, there is nothing but the main camera. No errors though

I went into package manager and deleted visual scripting

[keen dew]

Open your scene

[tawdry dome]

oh

ok everything is working now thanks nitku

[fringe plover]

!cide

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[fringe plover]

did my own dialogue/cutscene system based on tutorials, added bunch of stuff and combine everything in one item, but when dialogue starts it says that queue is empty and giving me default stuff in dialogue that is set in editor, what should i do?
https://hatebin.com/gnunuwiiuy

(P.S. ignore In game console plugin, it gives me this error every time after compilation while playing)

[polar acorn]

What calls StartDialogue

[fringe plover]

lemme see, i almost forgot

[polar acorn]

Okay, and none of the objects involved are prefabs you might have referenced somewhere instead of an object in the scene?

[fringe plover]

i forgot to mention

it actually worked before i put everything in DialogueItem

(you can see commented stuff in "Dialogue")

[polar acorn]

Ah, I see now. You're calling Dequeue over and over and expecting it to get the same thing. Once something's dequeued it's removed from the list. Dequeue it once at the top of the function and store it in a variable. Then reuse it in all of those places

[fringe plover]

okay ill try, thanks

[swift crag]

You can use Peek() instead.

as the name implies, it lets you peek at the head of the queue

[wintry quarry]

Intermediate variables are king

getting in the habit of using them is a good idea

[swift crag]

string a = "o";
string b = a + "k";
string c = b + " ";
string d = c + "b";
string e + d + "o";
// user was advised this joke isn't funny

I agree though -- even if you still use Peek()!

var currentDialogue = whatever.Peek();

[wintry quarry]

they want to dequeue it

might as well actually Dequeue it

[swift crag]

You are right! Definitely just dequeue it once here.

I misread it and thought Dequeue() was being used in two different methods

[fringe plover]

it really helped, thank you!

i did this

        if (dItem.Count == 0) { EndDialogue(); Debug.LogError("No dialogue items was found"); return; }
        var stuff = dItem.Dequeue();

        string sentence = stuff.sentence;
        dialogueText.text = sentence;
// rest of code

still, thank you guys for help

[blissful pond]

I've been stuck for hours now. I'm trying to create a trigger in which the player object needs to be enveloped by the trigger collision box. That didn't work. Now i'm trying to have two triggers in an empty gameobject. Both triggers need to be actively touched by the player, however nothing happens. I can't even get one trigger to work.

   public bool child1Inside;
    public bool child2Inside;

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) 
    {
        Debug.Log("Enter");
        if(other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            if (other.transform.IsChildOf(transform))
            {
                if (other.name == "UpperT")
                {
                    child1Inside = true;
                }
                else if (other.name == "LowerT")
                {
                    child2Inside = true;
                }
                CheckDualChildTrigger();
            }            
        }
    }
    private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other) 
    {
        Debug.Log("Exit");
        if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            if (other.transform.IsChildOf(transform))
            {
                if (other.name == "UpperT")
                {
                    child1Inside = false;
                }
                else if (other.name == "LowerT")
                {
                    child2Inside = false;
                }
                CheckDualChildTrigger();
            }   
        }    
    }

    private void CheckDualChildTrigger()
    {
        if(child1Inside || child2Inside == true)
        {
            Debug.Log("Both Inside");
        }
    }
}

[swift crag]

define "can't even get one trigger to work"

as in, you don't even get "Enter" messages?

[blissful pond]

i don't even get the enter message

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

Walk through these steps

I used to have a ton of trouble with physics messages

there are a few different things that all have to be correct, or nothing happens

[blissful pond]

thanks! I'll go through them now

[swift crag]

if (other.transform.IsChildOf(transform))

This seems weird to me, though..

This implies you're trying to overlap with colliders that are children of yourself

[blissful pond]

I got desperate and asked ChatGPT for some help. I asked him about it but his explanations weren't really sinking in.

ok, i managed to get the Enter and exit messages

[swift crag]

Did you read the page I linked you to

It explains each thing you need to do.

[swift crag]

if (other.transform.IsChildOf(transform))

I'm still very confused by this line.

Now i'm trying to have two triggers in an empty gameobject. Both triggers need to be actively touched by the player

I don't see why you're checking if the player is a child of the empty game object.

[blissful pond]

that line is written by ChatGPT, I think he told me that it is to check that a child object is being touched by the player.

[swift crag]

well there's your problem

i would advise against using a spam generator to write your code

[swift crag]

This code is also checking if other has the "Player" tag, but is then checking if the other object is named "UpperT" or "LowerT"

That implies that "UpperT" and "LowerT" are two colliders on the player

[swift crag]

You can't tell which of your own colliders caused a trigger message to be sent.

I presume you're trying to detect which of the two colliders on the empty game object was overlapped

You can't do that if they're both on the same game object.

You could detect the overlap on the player side (since you know exactly which Collider you hit)

I'm unclear on what your end-goal is here, though.

Explain what you want the game to do.

not "detect when two colliders overlap"

[blissful pond]

The idea is that the player moves the black box up and down. At certain heights are spots where he needs to stop the box but the height is specific so it needs to be within a certain area. A large trigger box didn't work for some reason so I'm trying to use 2 triggers that both need to be touched at the same time.

The two grey boxes are the triggers

[swift crag]

okay, I think using two trigger colliders makes sense here

here's what I'd do

make a component called PlayerSensor. It will look something like this

public class PlayerSensor : MonoBehaviour {
  public bool playerDetected = false;

  void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider) {
    // decide if the collider is from the player
    playerDetected = true;
  }
  void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider) {
    // decide if the collider is from the player
    playerDetected = false;
  }
}

Create a game object with:

• PlayerSensor
• a trigger collider

This will be a single sensor. If you want to have two colliders, just make another sensor.

Now you need something that can decide if all of the sensors are detecting the player at the same time.

public class SensorList : MonoBehaviour {
  [SerializeField] List<PlayerSensor> sensors;

  void Update() {
    bool success = true;

    foreach (var sensor in sensors) {
      if (!sensor.playerDetected) {
        success = false;
        break;
      }
    }

    if (success) {
      // do something. every sensor is active
    }
  }
}

Drag the sensor objects into the Sensors list

So your hierarchy might wind up looking like this:

• Puzzle <- has a SensorList
  • Sensor <- has a PlayerSensor and a BoxCollider
  • Sensor <- has a PlayerSensor and a BoxCollider
  • Sensor <- has a PlayerSensor and a BoxCollider

this would require you to overlap all three Sensors at once

[blissful pond]

Thanks! I'll start working on it! Thanks for all your help!

[swift crag]

no problem (:

this separates the duties out into two classes

in the future, you could even use this to combine many different kinds of "sensors"

public abstract class Sensor : MonoBehaviour {
  public abstract bool IsSatisfied();
}

public abstract class ColliderSensor : Sensor {
  [SerializeField] bool wantsOverlap;
  
  // all of the stuff from above

  public override bool IsSatisfied() {
    return wantsOverlap == playerDetected;
  }
}

if wantsOverlap is false, the sensor reports true when you aren't overlapping it

and then you could have other things, like a RaycastSensor that shoots a raycast to decide if it's happy

etc.

SensorList doesn't have to worry about how its sensors work

[blissful pond]

Awesome! Defenitely looking into this as well!

[glass urchin]

So I've got VS Code up for my scripting, but I'm not getting autocompletes for Unity-specific classes

[languid spire]

!ide