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[rocky canyon]

interesting... maybe it hides it from other scripts? i have no idea

using UnityEngine;

public class WaveManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    private static int numberOfWaves = 0;
    public GameObject zombiePrefab;

    void Start() => SpawnZombie();

    void SpawnZombie()
    {
        Instantiate(zombiePrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
        numberOfWaves++;
        Debug.Log("Wave " + numberOfWaves + " spawned!");
    }
}``` @grizzled pagoda

yea, i think i'd use a master script that u can count the waves on..

but events could be cool too.. u would subscribe to an event like (when u spawn a wave or w/e)
then anything subscribed (listeners) will fire off their respective functions when it happens..
this could do things like count.. or add to a number for example..

even when its not in the same class..

[eternal needle]

thats odd, i cant replicate the bug. That should be a compile error anyways so it should light up in the IDE. Maybe it is using a different Sound type

[potent garnet]

yea that's what i thought at first

that there was some ambigious reference when i used the name Sound

[rocky canyon]

 // UnityEvent to signal when a zombie is spawned
 public UnityEvent onZombieSpawned = new UnityEvent();

  void SpawnZombie()
    {
        Instantiate(zombiePrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);

        onZombieSpawned.Invoke(); // invoke the event
    }```
```cs
using UnityEngine;
public class WaveCounter : MonoBehaviour
{
    private int waveCount = 0;
    public WaveManager waveManager;

    void OnEnable() => waveManager.onZombieSpawned.AddListener(IncrementWaveCount);

    void OnDisable() => waveManager.onZombieSpawned.RemoveListener(IncrementWaveCount);

    void IncrementWaveCount() => waveCount++;
}```

heres a boilerplate example of how using a unity event would work.. (altho im not super familiar with unity events just yet)

[rich adder]

Also zombie should just have event OnDied , that spawner subs to

[rocky canyon]

very well coulda been, having it exposed in the editor might trigger something where unity can clear up any confusion

[calm coral]

I swear I have no f idea why, but it seems assembly definitions are to blame. I've had 2 folders with scripts and 2 assembly definitions, one pointing to another one, and suddenly when I deleted both assembly definitions everything started working when I build the game @wintry quarry@rare basin no errors, no exceptions, my Card class spawns properly, everything works fine after I build the game and it's all because of assembly definitions if I've had misconfigured assembly definitions then why did they work in play mode before building the game out?

I have no idea but this is what it is...

And definitely there was no issue with #if UNITY_EDITOR or my custom Auxiliary.cs class

[wheat geyser]

this

I don't usually do this, I actually just have a bunch of audio sources for each sound effect

don't like it but it's how it is

[rocky canyon]

that works, i usually use 1 source for each type of sound.. 1 source for all the gun sounds, 1 source for all the button clicks, etc

PlayOneShot() can play like 3 clips at a time or something

[wheat geyser]

ooh that's good

yeah that's a good way of doing it

[rocky canyon]

👍 keeps it pretty simple to debug and keep track of everything

[wheat geyser]

unity needs a better sound system honestly because it's not very intuitive

[rocky canyon]

eh, once u use it for a while it gets pretty intuitive

its when you introduce a mixer and multiple sources it does get a bit complicated

ohh and the way the spatial audio works.. (3d audio) getting the settings correct for the audio to fade when u walk away from it..

that bit took me a while to get going the way i wanted

[wheat geyser]

THE MIXERS I like

fw the mixers leave those alone

but the line setting up idk

I like fine tuning my sounds perfectly

so that does require having sources for each sound effect

i might try and make a sound engine and see how that goes

[grizzled pagoda]

Yeah, this seems like a simpler version of my code, though my code checks for the amount of zombies, and then spawns the next wave

[rare basin]

Why do you ping me, don't

[calm coral]

Because you were involved in the case? But fine

[limpid warren]

help! why my animator wait for end of animation for do the transition?

[silk night]

uncheck "has exit time"

on all animations that should be interruptible by other animations

otherwise the animation can ONLY be exited at the set exit time

also next time #🏃┃animation would be your channel

[cosmic dagger]

I copied the scripts and didn't have an error. I think they didn't save after adding the source line . . .

[rocky canyon]

cool cool ur 2nd one to say it wasn't replicateable

[limpid warren]

dont work :\

[cosmic dagger]

Oh, I see they had an ambiguous exception. Not sure how they have two Sound classes . . .

One of them didn't have the source field . . .

[rocky canyon]

ahh yea makes sense.. ghost code

[cosmic dagger]

I use SOs for sounds or an array of sounds an object will use, but I have a list of audio sources for each type of sound, similar to SpawnCampGames. It's much easier to use with an audio mixer (they're awesome when setup correctly) . . .

[rocky canyon]

how do u tune ur audio? @cosmic dagger ?

like do u keep the audiosources at 1 volume

and tune it down in the mixer?

thats the only problem i seem to have.. like where to start my audiosources volumes

[cosmic dagger]

Yep. All the audio sources at 1 by default . . .

[wheat geyser]

that's what I was thinking of just now!

[cosmic dagger]

@wheat geyser
So, e.g., I have an SFX audio source attached to the SFX mixer. Within that mixer are multiple audio mixer groups for different types of sounds: projectiles, footsteps, ambient, etc.

I set the volume for these groups in the audio mixer. So footsteps will be lower than projectiles, but the actual SFX mixer will come through at normal volume

This allows the user to still control the volume for music, SFX, dialogue, UI, etc., from the menu . . .

[rocky canyon]

thanks for the insight

ill hook this up one day 😅

[minor spindle]

damn bro why u flexing on me like that

[rocky canyon]

lol no flex, its more procrastination

[minor spindle]

the menu looks real sexy though

[rocky canyon]

thanks if u got any questions about it i'd be free to answer

but its basically a parallax mouse script and JSON save system in the backend

[minor spindle]

Will keep it in mind but haven't given menu's a shot yet so far in my project :))

[minor spindle]

Yeah i'm sure its nothing too complicated but it looks great

[timber tide]

it's not a fun rabbit hole

[cosmic dagger]

Seriously, you're almost there. When the slider value changes, use that Unity event to call a method on an audio manager that changes the volume of the appropriate mixer . . .

[rocky canyon]

ya, i have scripts that run while im dragging.. it changes the value to display the sliders and stuff but only gets saved if i press save..

back returns them to their original values.

(it saves to a json) so all i got to do is load up that data WHEN i get my mixers implemented

so far its just saving to the JSON.. I can view it, but theres no audio manipulation yet

[rocky canyon]

so i actually have 2 systems at work.. one is realtime, and monitors the sliders (updating the values as i slide)
and the other system stores teh data when i click the save button.. and will revert back to the original values if u dont save

gosh, its so messy

[minor spindle]

love it when devs are shy about the state of their projects 🤣

[rocky canyon]

i like showing off the pretty stuff..

[minor spindle]

My room can be in complete disarray and i'll be fine with it but please don't look at my code hahah

[minor spindle]

understandable hahaha

[rocky canyon]

but i hide behind most of my code. b/c even tho i understand it, its always messy and theres better ways

when i show the actual backend stuff

[minor spindle]

also I was stalking your itch.io and just had to point out you left this guy on read for 288 days

[rocky canyon]

lol, wasnt important to him or he woulda bugged me about it 😄

[minor spindle]

🤣 🤣

[rocky canyon]

plus i dont usually give out freebies for my projects to strangers

i worked hard on that.. (i would imagine) lol

[minor spindle]

especially not to people called Isaac_baguette

[minor spindle]

Yeah it doesnt look like an easy feat

[rocky canyon]

i gotta get some more stuff on itch.. thanks for reminding me

[rocky canyon]

ohhh! thats because it was all Rick and Morty stuff

[minor spindle]

thats what i'm here for lmao 🤣

[rocky canyon]

didnt wanna get sued, for distributing it

[minor spindle]

Ahhh hahaah makes sense lmao, >inb4 adultswims lawsuit

should've called it the "Smif House, completely unrelated to the Smith House"

[rocky canyon]

fun fact on that, the inside of the house (on the show) doesnt match the outside of the house

thats why i quit on that project

[cosmic dagger]

Save systems are awesome when they work. I like waiting to save until button press. It's easier than constantly saving when a value is updated . . .

[rocky canyon]

its one of those impossible spaces.. id have to do some closed doors (swap the environment out) kinda deals

[rocky canyon]

ya, i agree i only save when u press the button.. (this saves to json)
but if u just mess with the sliders and go back they revert to the default values..

i just needed teh realtime stuff so the slider values would update while u drag the handles around

all the runtime stuff

but this is all there is to the actual save

[cosmic dagger]

@rocky canyon looks like you need a custom editor . . .

[rocky canyon]

i tend to try to stay away from those.. i get too involved

its probably my biggest time-sink

[minor spindle]

On some spongebob's pineapple type shi

[rocky canyon]

LoL, this is about as much custom inspector as I do nowadays

🤣 probably my favorite (system) ive written

string TextField ftw

[cosmic dagger]

I'm trying to learn UI Toolkit. It's nice making custom editors and drawers, but I need to understand the code part

I'm trying to display the correct class based on the value of a field, but the class is either the base Stat or the derived Resource

I'm using SerializeReference for the first time, but I'm not sure if I create a new instance or specifically draw the correct property drawer . . .

[shell sorrel]

got to do it all manually

[rocky canyon]

i tried using that yesterday with a custom inspector type that.. that was supposed to show me a list of interfaces i was using

[shell sorrel]

make your own UI for it, and isntance objects manually

[rocky canyon]

but i couldnt get it to work correctly

[cosmic dagger]

I don't do crazy stuff either. I mainly just group fields or sliders and stuff together. I might create a tab for different fields to look at . . .

[shell sorrel]

i was using it to repersent nodes in a behaviour graph for a while, but ended up dropping it since it was ultra fragile to refactors

[rocky canyon]

and thats actually why i use the text field.. to print out the selected interfaces i have in my list

as i know no other way to expose it in the inspector

  public List<ISelect> selected = new List<ISelect>();```

  if(Physics.Raycast(ray,out hit,distanceOfRay))
        {
            focusedTransform = hit.transform; // not needed here (this is realtime raycast transform)

            if(hit.collider.TryGetComponent(out ISelect selectable))
            {
                scrollLock = true; // enable the scrollLock flag
                hold = true; // enable the hold flag
                drag = true; // enable the drag flag

                lastSelectable = selectable; // cache our selectable
                storedTransform = hit.transform; // cache our selectable's transform

                initialMousePosition = Input.mousePosition; // Store the initial mouse position when the drag starts
            }
            else
            {
                Instantiate(groundSelectPrefab,hit.point,Quaternion.identity);
                Debug.Log("We clicked something unselectable");
                lastSelectable = null;
            }
        }```

[cosmic dagger]

That sucks if refactoring made it unusable . . .

[shell sorrel]

yeah ended up repersenting my nodes with SO's instead and just using a abstract type

[cosmic dagger]

I take it then; I need to create and add the StatDrawer (uxml created file) or the ResourceDrawer to the root based on the value of a different field . . .

[shell sorrel]

them having guids for the types made them less fragile to stuff like renaming a type

[cosmic dagger]

Oh, I'd hate that. I rename mine all the time. I'm wishy-washy . . .

[shell sorrel]

otherwise they worked fine, once i made UI and code for creating them

and i could clearly see in the yaml, they were stored in 1 blob at the end that included type information, then referenced elsewhere

[rocky canyon]

lol, im also wishywashy, i abuse the F2 button

[shell sorrel]

pretty sure if i bothered matt ellis rider would get support for refactoring them

[cosmic dagger]

Man, I keep forgetting to start using Rider. . .

[minor spindle]

Can yall point me in a direction to increase the visual aspects of my game?

[north kiln]

no time like the present

[rich adder]

not really a code question

[minor spindle]

Apologies

would it be better fr #💻┃unity-talk ?

No

probably #archived-shaders

or #archived-lighting

[rich adder]

sure, although you should be specific what you're asking

[north kiln]

The question is vague as hell

[minor spindle]

Yeah I get that but it's cause I have no idea what to ask, thats kinda the problem 😭

I dont know if I need shaders, lighting, post processing, or a combination of all lmao

[north kiln]

Figure out what you want to emulate and ask about that

[paper rover]

General question, does OnBecameVisible / OnBecameInvisible cause GC Alloc?

[north kiln]

Don't see why it would

If you're concerned about allocations, use the profiler

[minor spindle]

i'll try my best 🙏🏼

[paper rover]

after profiling, it seems like the function is causing alloc, must be something in the function then

[north kiln]

and don't cross-post

[cosmic dagger]

Quick question: I have an Attribute class with a StatType and [SerializeReference] Stat field. You're saying I'd have to assign the managedReferenceValue to the appropriate type and it'll draw its own custom property drawer?

[north kiln]

by default SerializeReference draws nothing if the value is null

If you assign a value, it will draw the property

[cosmic dagger]

Wouldn't it create an instance of the type in the inspector?

[north kiln]

Unless you assigned it a value, it's null

[shell sorrel]

no

[north kiln]

it's serialized by reference

[shell sorrel]

null since its truely points to data elsewhere unlike serilziefield

you can have many things pointing to the exact same data with it

[north kiln]

...when it's not buggin' out

[shell sorrel]

yeah mentioned it breaks very easily, expecially to things like type name refactors

[north kiln]

You definitely have to learn the additional attribute: MovedFromAttribute

and use global find and replace a bunch

[shell sorrel]

yeah because it references regular types and not just components and so's

it has no guid to track for the types

[north kiln]

It's annoying that there's no attribute for renaming the type, just the field or the namespace/assembly

[cosmic dagger]

Okay, thanks. I'll test and, hopefully, figure this out when I get on the computer—I never used SerializeReference . . .

[cosmic dagger]

That sounds scary . . .

[minor spindle]

I'm having some trouble, with checking whether or not the goblin is airborne by using raycast

For some reason they get stuck though.. I'm guessing maybe the ray is being cast under the map?

[rich adder]

where is the pivot

[minor spindle]

I believe in the center? but I'm not quite sure, I'm quite new to Unity

[rich adder]

you have to change it fom Center mode to Pivot

[minor spindle]

oVER HERE RIGHT,

oops caps

Yeah just did that

still same issue though

[rich adder]

what

I wanted to see pivot, this changes nothing in the game

[minor spindle]

I'm sorry I'm having difficulties understanding 😅

ah okay

U want to see where the pivot point is?

[rich adder]

yup.

so you're saying the Raycast is returning false then?

[minor spindle]

Yes correct

            bool isAirborne = !Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, 1f);

            if (isAirborne)
            {
                Animate(AnimationType.InAir);
            }

Despite my character being on the floor the code inside the if statement is being triggered

My guess is that the pivot point is under the map? since the floor is just a plane

[rich adder]

put the out parameter on the raycast and Debug.log what you're hitting or not hitting

[minor spindle]

Okidoki, one moment

[minor spindle]

😅

[rich adder]

how did u write it

[eternal needle]

doesnt this indicate that its working then? there is no collider because you did not hit anything

[minor spindle]

Right but it's supposed to hit the floor

[rich adder]

what the floor collider look like

mesh collider?

maybe the ray is inside

[eternal needle]

use debug.drawray to visualize your raycasts. might just be that your raycast is starting inside the floor thus not hitting it

[eternal needle]

i start my raycast a little higher up, then just raycast that distance further

[minor spindle]

Yeah thats the running theory

let me try one sec

[rich adder]

cant even see the green gizmos in this shot 😆

[minor spindle]

hahaha sorry I thought the parametres on the right would be nough

green gizmos are barely visible

too thin?

[rich adder]

should try printing the visual ray, but also I would try starting the character higher up in the beginning of the game

[rich adder]

that might def be starting inside

[minor spindle]

Thats a really good point, but I'm doubtful whether it'll fix it

I could also just duplicate the floor

and put one underneath it

if it work it works type shi

[rich adder]

its not a fix dude its meant for debugging

[eternal needle]

you could easily just test this by moving the goblin up and see if it works. takes 5 seconds

[minor spindle]

Ah my bad lol

[rich adder]

 Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Vector3.down * 1, Color.red, 1);
        if (hit.collider == null) return;
        Debug.Log(hit.collider);```

[minor spindle]

my camera rotates when I press play again 😅

[rich adder]

the log should not be in if statement

[eternal needle]

also, duplicating the floor is probably one of the most random "solutions" ive heard. Just move the goblin, or move the start of the ray up

[minor spindle]

lmao look i'm a hot glue gun fixing type programmer okay 🤣

[minor spindle]

I'll move the start of the ray up

[grizzled pagoda]

hi idk why but i can drag my script in but it wont let me select the function inside the script

[eternal needle]

you need to drag in an instance of the script, not just the script from the assets folder

[grizzled pagoda]

oh

[eternal needle]

https://unity.huh.how/unity-events/incorrect-assignment should be clear enough of an explanation

[minor spindle]

The matter has been effectively addressed and resolved with optimal efficiency, aligning seamlessly with our organizational objectives and fostering a paradigm of excellence.

Thanks 🙏🏼

[eternal needle]

i would hardly say with optimal efficiency, considering you guessed the issue (kinda) from the beginning but didnt test 😛

[grizzled pagoda]

for some reason even though this image is above the button in the hierarchy its not showing above it

[north kiln]

it's below in the hierarchy as far as UGUI is concerned. Also a question for #📲┃ui-ux

[minor spindle]

Only been working with unity for 4 days now 😅 but now I'll now for the future that raycasting is an option :))

[grizzled pagoda]

my friend has a main menu where after he presses the button and goes to his main scene, the lighting in his scene is messed up

[eternal needle]

this is a #archived-lighting question

[minor spindle]

I'm a novice but dont coroutine's usually use IEnumerator?

[potent nymph]

I have the following code here online which sets a timer which works fine

        time -= Time.deltaTime;
        int minutes = Mathf.FloorToInt(time / 60);
        int seconds = Mathf.FloorToInt(time - minutes * 60);

        text.text = string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}", minutes, seconds);

However, I'd like to include milliseconds, but I can't figure out how sting.Format works

[rich adder]

why not just use TimeSpan?

[potent nymph]

I didn't know that's a thing

is that a unity thing?

[rich adder]

its c# class

[rich adder]

private TimeSpan timerDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
    private TimeSpan currentTime;
    private void Awake() => currentTime = timerDuration;
    void Update()
    {
        if (currentTime.TotalSeconds > 0)
        {
            currentTime -= TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Time.deltaTime);
            string timerText = string.Format($"{currentTime.Minutes:D2}:{currentTime.Seconds:D2}.{currentTime.Milliseconds:D3}");
            Debug.Log("Time remaining: " + timerText);
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("Timer has reached zero!");
        }
    }```
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.timespan?view=net-8.0

[potent nymph]

I was able to get a little bit working actually

        time -= Time.deltaTime;
        TimeSpan t = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(time);

        text.text = string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}:{2:00}", t.Minutes, t.Seconds, t.Milliseconds);

but I still don't know how string.Format works and am just doing random things (like idk what D2 or D3 means)

also, milliseconds shows up in 3 digits, when I only want it to be formatted as 0:00:00

[rich adder]

put D2 then 🙂

[potent nymph]

that didn't work either

well I wrote it like this, I don't know if I did it right

text.text = string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00}:{2:D2}", t.Minutes, t.Seconds, t.Milliseconds);

[rich adder]

sorry just devide by 10

$"{t.Minutes:D2}:{t.Seconds:D2}.{t.Milliseconds/10:D2}");

there is also more methods here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-timespan-format-strings

[potent nymph]

that works, thanks!

[north kiln]

now the format's redundant

[rich adder]

true 😅 late night oversight

[true pasture]

how do I use screenpointtoray with a different cursor size. Like I want to increase the size of the raycast from the camera.

[north kiln]

screenpointtoray has nothing to do with interacting with the scene, it returns a ray, you choose what to do with it.
Use a SphereCast, or multiple raycasts

[true pasture]

well i want to cast what im clicking on just with a larger circle cast

[rich adder]

then use the mentioned methods, rays are lines they dont have width just length

[true pasture]

no i understand those methods

I dont understand how I can cast them without screentoworldpoint

[north kiln]

There is nothing wrong with ScreenPointToRay

[true pasture]

should i just do a sphere cast on my cursor with 100000000 depth (like this isnt making sense)

[rich adder]

they have direction ray same as raycast

[north kiln]

No? Just use a spherecast with the radius you care about

[true pasture]

spherecast where?

[north kiln]

down the ray you are getting?

[true pasture]

oh do you mean the spot where screentoworld point hits?

[rich adder]

Youre still using ScreenPointToRay

[true pasture]

yeah thats what i mean

[rich adder]

it returns a ray and you pass it to spherecast

[true pasture]

okay ill try that thanks both

[grizzled pagoda]

anyone know why this might be happening?

the zombie floats after colliding with my wallnut

[rocky canyon]

well u never click the zombie.. but im guessing they're set up similar to the player.. does it have a rigidbody?

does the rigidbody also not have gravity?

[grizzled pagoda]

yep they both dont have gravity

[rocky canyon]

thats why it float away.

[rich adder]

and Y position is not locked

[rocky canyon]

ya just do that ☝️

[cobalt creek]

how would i capture event when person clicks the dropdown button to expand dropdown? there is drop down onValueChanged but that is for when you click an option different from the previous one

[teal viper]

Assuming you mean the unity drop-down "template", then it's not a single component. It has a button for the drop-down afaik. You can subscribe to it's on click event.

[sonic dome]

guys ik this is not the channel to ask this but can anyone tell me if there is an alternative to #⛰️┃terrain-3d cuz i never get help there

[prisma silo]

how can i go about rotating a 3d gameobject towards the mouse position. I have done this in 2d but cant seem to find a way to make it in 3d

[sonic dome]

rotate in 3d as in?

[sonic dome]

like while looking it rotates?

[cobalt creek]

thank for response.. but i checked and when I clicked on the "Template" GO, it does not highlight the dropdown button area. The "Label" and "Arrow" part at least is in the click area of that button

[teal viper]

The arrow probably has a button component.

[prisma silo]

like rotating the gameobject on the y axis

to "look at" the mouse position

[sonic dome]

in that case just get the getaxis raw of mouse x multiply that with sens
then use yrotation += mousex
then use transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0,yRotation,0)

[cobalt creek]

no, unfortunately not

[prisma silo]

alright let me try that

[teal viper]

Then it's probably used as a target graphic by the actual button that is on a different component.

Or the button uses a different overlapping image.

[prisma silo]

what is "yrotation" here is it the mouse's y rotation or the gameobject's?

[sonic dome]

it is your mouse input

[queen adder]

Hey all.
So in my unity project i want to spawn an object at a random position. The player must then click on that object to collect their reward.

My issue is now, i can get an object to randomly spawn but i cant get it to click.
I have made it a button but it still wont click.

How can i make this object clickable?
I have tried googling but they only showing me how to make an object spawn on mouse click. I dont want that. I want the object to spawn which i have done, then i want the player to click on that object which will then pop up a panel with the reward they have received.

And help would be greatly appreciated.

[teal viper]

First decide/explain what kind of object is that? Is it part of the ui? Is it a physical object in the scene? Is it 2d? 3d?

[queen adder]

Its a image of a turd.
I have a little pet that walks around and every few minutes he will drop a "turd". The player then has to click on that turd to clean it. Which is supposed to pop up a panel to give them one of 4 different rewards.

[teal viper]

That doesn't answer any single one of my questions....

[prisma silo]

ok so i tried this but since mouseY is a vector3 i cant use it in a quaternion

[eternal needle]

i feel like that was said for comedic value, rather than actually trying to clarify

[sonic dome]

transform.rotation

[prisma silo]

lol im so dumb

[teal viper]

It's fine if it was along an actual clarification, but there isn't one at all...

[cobalt creek]

it was pretty sincere to me

[queen adder]

I suppose its part of the ui as its an image.
Its a plain 2d image sprite that i used.
Not sure how to spawn a physical object

[teal viper]

Image? Or Sprite?

What component renders it?

Because there's an Image component and a SpriteRenderer component.

[prisma silo]

heres the result its kinda weird

[sonic dome]

show me the code

[queen adder]

Well i drew this 💩 in paint.
Then i added it to my assets.
Then there are 3 ways i can add it. I can drag that image i made into my hierarchy and it shows up on my screen, i then resize it and make it a prefab. My pet then poops it out every few minutes. But still cant click on it even if i add a button component.
I also tried making a image by creating UI -> image. But also cant click it when it spawns.
I tried making a button by UI -> button. But it also wont click when spawned

Im not sure whats going on.
How would i go about spawning an object with a button on it instead of a ui element?

[sonic dome]

is the 4th line mouseY a float?

make another float variable

[prisma silo]

public GameObject body;
float mouseX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") * mouseSens;
float mouseY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y");
mouseY += mouseX;
body.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, mouseY, 0)

[sonic dome]

and do it in that

private float rotation

rotation += mouseX;

[prisma silo]

alright

[sonic dome]

body.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, rotation, 0)

last line

[prisma silo]

ok

[prisma silo]

so instead of mouseY += mouseX i do rotation += mouseX

[sonic dome]

yes

[teal viper]

You should start with doing it one way first and ask for help with your existing setup instead of restarting from zero and then asking here without any setup at all.

It is possible to make it work both with a ui Image component and a non ui SpriteRender component, so you need to decide which one suits you better.

[sonic dome]

almost there

let me cook

can u show me the complete code?

[prisma silo]

sure

public Rigidbody rb;
public float moveSpeed = 10f;

Vector3 PlayerMovementInput;
public GameObject body;
private float rotation;

public float mouseSens;
void Update()
{
    PlayerMovementInput = new Vector3(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"), 0f, Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical"));

    float mouseX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X") * mouseSens;
    float mouseY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y");

    rotation += mouseX;

    body.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, rotation, 0);
}

private void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector3 MoveVector = transform.TransformDirection(PlayerMovementInput) * moveSpeed;
    rb.velocity = new Vector3(MoveVector.x, rb.velocity.y, MoveVector.z);
}

working on an isometric game

[sonic dome]

i think the approach is wrong we r rotating it with mouse input i think we need to make it so that it looks towards the mouse

let me see

public GameObject player;
void Update()
{
    Vector3 mouse = Input.mousePosition;
    Vector3 mouseWorld = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3( mouse.x, mouse.y, player.transform.position.y));
    Vector3 forward = mouseWorld - player.transform.position;
    player.transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(forward, Vector3.up);
}

something like this

wait this might also have a problem

[timber tide]

that should be fine

if you want to do it by look rotation

but this would be instant and not lerped

[prisma silo]

let me give it a try

[sonic dome]

should that matter as it would follow the delta pos of the mouse?

[livid tundra]

I need to have the zero vector as a default parameter and I want my function to be as uncluttered as possible to do this

this does NOT work:

public void SetupClone(Transform _newTransform, float _cloneDuration, float _alphaFadeDuration, bool _canAttack, Vector3 _offset = Vector3.zero)
{...}

[prisma silo]

so close

[timber tide]

well, I guess it comes down to how the character should behave if quickly changing rotation from say angle 0 to 180

[livid tundra]

that last one, the offset, is a new update to this function and if we don't want an offset, I'd like it to just be the zero vector

[eternal needle]

what specifically does not work?

[livid tundra]

if there's a way to do this without an "if" statement in the function, I'd like to know

[prisma silo]

also im trying to rotate a children of the player gameobject

[livid tundra]

I get this error:

Error    CS1736    Default parameter value for '_offset' must be a compile-time constant    Assembly-CSharp    D:\Unity\RPG Alexdev Course\Assets\Scripts\Skills\Controllers\Clone_Skill_Controller.cs    36    Active

[sonic dome]

i think its worse as u cant look forward now

[gaunt ice]

vec3.zero is not compile time constant

[livid tundra]

Vector3's have no compile time constants

[gaunt ice]

it is static readonly (or something similar to this) iirc

[north kiln]

Yes. The only option is default.

[livid tundra]

Shirly, there must be a workaround 🤔

[north kiln]

Either use default, or just make an overload

[sonic dome]

float CameraDistance = Camera.main.transform.position.y - transform.position.y;
Vector3 WorldPoint = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
WorldPoint.z = CameraDistance;

float AngleRad = Mathf.Atan2(WorldPoint.y - transform.position.y, WorldPoint.x - transform.position.x);
float AngleDeg = (180 / Mathf.PI) * AngleRad;

Body.rotation = AngleDeg;

i found this online try this one

[livid tundra]

what will 'default' do?

[north kiln]

also, use a standard naming convention for parameter names... not whatever this is

[timber tide]

that's interesting. Maybe screentoworldpoint isn't accurate with isometric view

[prisma silo]

alrigh

[livid tundra]

you mean _offset?

[north kiln]

You should really virtually cast against a Plane instead of doing this

[livid tundra]

all of this guy's parameters are named like that in the tutorial and it's actually almost 40 hours long 👀

I'm in too deep

[north kiln]

Who on earth is it? Because in no world do C# method parameters start with underscores

[prisma silo]

well i dont think that worked

[livid tundra]

how should method parameters start

[north kiln]

they are camelCase. The standards are pinned to #archived-code-general

[eternal needle]

default will be the default value, i remember having this annoyance with rotation

which is worse cause iirc default rotation is an invalid Quaternion

[prisma silo]

i will try different solutions and if they dont work i will your suggestion

[sonic dome]

var mousePos = Input.mousePosition;
var wantedPos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(0, mousePos.y, 0));

Body.LookAt(wantedPos);

if this work then okk else i m not really sure

[livid tundra]

so I believe that his intention (and this does make sense to me) is to be able to use meaningful names as parameters and as arguments that are defined in the classes or methods that call those functions.

[timber tide]

honestly consider getting this to work this way instead of casting because mapping x/y should work to map out your forward direction

[north kiln]

Of course it is, they're just at a constant distance from the camera, which is at an angle, and that position doesn't make sense to sample against a flat plane

[livid tundra]

so SetupRunSpeed(float _runSpeed){...} could take on float runSpeed as an argument

[north kiln]

That's just backwards though

[eternal needle]

there is no case where you need _ in the parameter, even if you have a duplicate name.

    float something = 4;
    void Test(float something)
    {
        this.something = something;
    }

this exists

[sonic dome]

yea then screen to world wont work

[livid tundra]

when I do new Vector3(), is that the zero vector by default?

because that is working as a default parameter

[north kiln]

numerical value types are initialized as 0

[livid tundra]

so yes then?

[north kiln]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/default-values

[livid tundra]

(0,0,0)?

seems that way, since each element is a float

thank you

[prisma silo]

unfortunately, that didn't work but nonetheless thank you for your help

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint#using-a-plane

(see Using a Plane if that was unclear)

and provide a plane at head-height aligned with the ground

[tame girder]

Hii, i have a problem here. so i have a variable or attributes money that was a float and started from 0. and i have a funct when clicked a button it will be +0.001 how can i make it? i already make like this but its wrong public void Clicked()
{
float money = ++0.001;
}

is it money += 0.0001; or what

[eternal needle]

the float has to exist outside the method scope, otherwise this wont do anything (wont even compile in this case). You should look at some c# basics first

your float should also end with f

[tame girder]

ooh alright i forgot the f my bad

[livid tundra]

this works perfectly, thank you

[eternal needle]

vertx suggested it 😅

[prisma silo]

ok so i found a really good solution that works to my problem found this on the internet

Vector3 mouse = Input.mousePosition;
Ray castPoint = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(mouse);
RaycastHit hit;
if(Physics.Raycast(castPoint,out hit, Mathf.Infinity, ~playerLayer))
{
    Vector3 playerHeight = new Vector3(hit.point.x, this.transform.position.y, hit.point.z);

    Vector3 hitPoint = new Vector3(hit.point.x, hit.point.y, hit.point.z);

    float length = Vector3.Distance(playerHeight,hitPoint);

    var deg = 30;

    var rad = deg * Mathf.Deg2Rad;

    float hypote = length / (Mathf.Sin(rad));

    float distanceFromCam = hit.distance;

    if(this.transform.position.y > hit.point.y)
    {
        requiredHitPoint = castPoint.GetPoint(distanceFromCam - hypote);
    }else if (this.transform.position.y < hit.point.y)
    {
        requiredHitPoint = castPoint.GetPoint(distanceFromCam + hypote);
    }
    else
    {
        requiredHitPoint = castPoint.GetPoint(distanceFromCam);
    }
}
    thing.position = hitPoint;

which just puts a gameObject to the mouse position by using raycast then i made it so my player/the player's children looks towards that gameObject like this,

Vector3 thingPos = new Vector3(thing.position.x,body.position.y,thing.position.z);
body.LookAt(thingPos);

[north kiln]

what on earth was wrong with my simple solution

[prisma silo]

im sorry bro i was trying this out 😭

thanks tho

aight im dipping from here

[eternal needle]

thats an interesting way to declare hitPoint as well

[north kiln]

Insane to cast against geometry only to do trig against a virtual plane vs just using the plane

Only one benefit/drawback, if you weren't hovering a collider, it doesn't look in that direction

[cerulean quest]

why is there no mesh being rendered when i run this code

// mesh variables.
    Mesh mesh;
    Vector3[] RoomVertices;
    int[] RoomTriangles;

    // room information.
    Vector3 FirstPoint, SecondPoint;

    // this function takes the two defining points and defines the vertices and triangles for the room mesh.
    void CreateRoomMesh( //Vector3 Point1, Vector3 Point2
                         )
    {
        RoomVertices = new Vector3[]
        {
            // i will replace the 0s with point1 and the 1s with point2 later.
        // bottom vertices
            new Vector3 ( 0 , 0 , 0 ),
            new Vector3 ( 1 , 0 , 0 ),
            new Vector3 ( 0 , 1 , 0 ),
            new Vector3 ( 1 , 1 , 0 ),

        // top vertices
            new Vector3 ( 0 , 0 , 1 ),
            new Vector3 ( 1 , 0 , 1 ),
            new Vector3 ( 0 , 1 , 1 ),
            new Vector3 ( 1 , 1 , 1 ),
        };

        RoomTriangles = new int[]
        {
        // floor
            1, 3, 2,    2, 3, 4,
        // ceilling
            5, 6, 7,    7, 6, 8,

        // east (positive X) wall
            2, 4, 8,    8, 6, 2,
        // north (positive Y) wall
            4, 3, 7,    7, 8, 4,
        // west (negitive X) wall
            3, 1, 5,    5, 7, 3,
        // south (negitive Y) wall
            1, 2, 6,    6, 5, 1
        };
        Debug.Log("mesh vertices are cooked");
    }
    void UpdateMesh()
    {
        mesh.Clear();
        mesh.vertices = RoomVertices;
        mesh.triangles = RoomTriangles;

        Debug.Log("it should be updated now");
    }

    void Start()
    {
        mesh = new Mesh();
        GetComponent<MeshFilter>().mesh = mesh;

        CreateRoomMesh();
        UpdateMesh();
    }

when i inspect the mesh thats inside the mesh filter this is what it shows me

[north kiln]

Seems like there's no triangles. I can assume that means that that didn't work, where I presume that there's an error/warning in the console, and then I look at your triangles array and note that it's not 0 indexed and your indices are out of range for 8 vertices.

[cerulean quest]

ok so what do you mean by indexing 0 in the indeces

it did error

[north kiln]

indices start at 0, not 1

[cerulean quest]

😭

so this is uselss now

i have to subtract 1 from each of them

[north kiln]

yes

[cerulean quest]

nooooooo...

[timber tide]

write a script that deducts it all for you

[north kiln]

Which you can do with IDE trickery with a good plugin

[cerulean quest]

bro thats gonna take 2 hours to mke

[north kiln]

If you use I recommend String Manipulation

[timber tide]

as much as I hate working with microsoft excel, it's good at dealing with problems like this ahaha

[cerulean quest]

bro procedural generation is already brain melting enough i dont think i have any brain juice left to learn how to make a script that deducts 1 from a list of numbers

[ivory bobcat]

Wouldn't it just be... cs for(int i = 0; i < RoomTriangles.Length; ++i) RoomTriangles[i] -= 1;

[timber tide]

parsers are fun

could probably just throw it into chatgpt and it'll spew it out for ya

[north kiln]

RoomTriangles = new int[]
{
    // floor
    0, 2, 1,    1, 2, 3,
    // ceilling
    4, 5, 6,    6, 5, 7,

    // east (positive X) wall
    1, 3, 7,    7, 5, 1,
    // north (positive Y) wall
    3, 2, 6,    6, 7, 3,
    // west (negitive X) wall
    2, 0, 4,    4, 6, 2,
    // south (negitive Y) wall
    0, 1, 5,    5, 4, 0
};

[cerulean quest]

wait what

[cerulean quest]

what editor is that

how did you only select ,

[north kiln]

JetBrains Rider

[cerulean quest]

oh well too late i already did it manually

[timber tide]

pay2win

[cerulean quest]

that costs $?

[cerulean quest]

why is dollar sign banned

[north kiln]

Probably because you just posted a single character, which is a bad way of communicating

[cerulean quest]

oh

[north kiln]

You can type $ just fine

[ivory bobcat]

Subscription fee https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/buy/#personal

[cerulean quest]

CUBE CUBE CUBE

[north kiln]

Yes, it costs money, students can get it for free, and the early access program is free while it's running (it just started again)

[cerulean quest]

💀

[cerulean quest]

i am a happy boi now

[nimble apex]

im studying a very complex code, what is the ref here :

function(ref .... , ref,,,,)

[teal viper]

Passes the variable by reference

[languid spire]

ref is used to pass a value type parameter by reference instead of by value

[cerulean quest]

aka doesnt create a clone inside the functions

with the same vvalue

[nimble apex]

im looking at a chaotic system, not function, and that system is hooked onto a custom library

in fact i dont even know where to start

[teal viper]

If it has parenthesis after indentifier, it's a function/method. Or a constructor.

Or a delegate(but that's basically a method/function)

[nimble apex]

to be very simple, im in charge of fixing one of the function in this chaotic system

it is a function to draw icons of a grid

by nature, it is a normal void function

[abstract finch]

generally do you want to put the true condition in an if else statement first?

[nimble apex]

4 yrs of coding i still cant get used to if ternaries lol

it depends tho

[teal viper]

Depends

[languid spire]

in this case the true option MUST come first

[abstract finch]

why is that?

[languid spire]

because that is how the statement is evaluated

[teal viper]

I assume what they're trying to ask is wether the should do it as in their code or !IsCasting ?...

[languid spire]

condition ? if true : if false

[flat slate]

How do I check whether a collision occurs right at the start?

[languid spire]

then I would say which is more readable or more likely

[cinder spruce]

Hey Steve how are you? We talked yesterday you remember? I understood what the problem is but i couldn't solve it anyway, can you help me? It drives me crazy. It's a very crucial mechanic of the game and i need to finish the project in 2 days

[teal viper]

A physics query. But ideally, you shouldn't get into a situation where you need to check that.

[flat slate]

okay

[cinder spruce]

this is the code i modified https://pastecode.io/s/r4fwn8fh

[languid spire]

Did you not implement this ? #💻┃code-beginner message
Ah, yes you did, you added canAttack

but you didn't do what I said

[cinder spruce]

it doesn't work. I thought i need to find a way to turn canAttack to true when the RandomlyChooseAttack(); but tried and it didn't work either. I need to turn canAttack false right when attack starts

[languid spire]

coz you did it wrong

lets make a thread

[nimble apex]

how to optimize, without changing the library function

cuz im strictly warned not to change one single bit of the library

[languid spire]

what are the ref values after the method is called ?

[gaunt ice]

get rid of string, but you cant do that
the left is to use own parser without any split() or regex \d+ since you already know the format

[nimble apex]

man its doing delta updates

damn

[languid spire]

there is just not enough information there but maybe something like

List<Vector2Int> vectors
...
vectors.Add(new Vector2Int(int.Parse(coord[0,0]),int.Parse(coord[0,1])));

[gaunt ice]

oh did i misunderstand the format?

[["123","456"]] or [["{{123,456}}"]]

then you just access the color by corrdinate

[nimble apex]

the right one and the upper graph has additional functions

so its using a model class to contain the info

instead of string[,]

bruh its far comlicated than i thought actually

i think just keep it this way for now

thx guys

[hollow zenith]

Do enum count as "class"? I can't create a class in Unity as "class already exists"

https://i.gyazo.com/d31a5dbb2268a5881c521c05a7a89537.png
https://i.gyazo.com/42266ab77eab84c78ef6b7e2f690ddf4.png

I have enum called that

[languid spire]

enum is a Type so it cannot be the same as a class name

[hollow zenith]

alright thx

[grizzled hull]

hello, I followed a tutorial to make my character jump in 2D, then to make him jump only once. Even after following the tutorial, my character continues to jump endlessly, can you help me?

[slender nymph]

most likely your OverlapArea is detecting your player's collider because you aren't using a LayerMask

also !code

[eternal falcon]

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[grizzled hull]

What is a layerMask ?

[rare basin]

such a google question

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/bitmasks

[gusty ibex]

Anyone know if you can anchor 2 views together?

E.g.
<A> END anchored to <B> start. With an offset of 10 for spacing.
So if I move <A> up or down, <B> mirrors the layout changes to A + the 10 spacing.

I've seen arrows in videos about this, but the video doesn't mention anchoring to other views. Only anchoring to corners and then everything else is offset.

Is there any way (Ideally in GUI) to anchor views together?

[amber veldt]

Hey guys, weird question but maybe you have the answer.

I'm following some tutorials on aiming, I have a crosshair with a sphere at the target point (where it's going to land)

I'm using a raycast for that, so when I'm rotating my character too fast, the sphere does not follow perfectly and takes some time to go there.

Is there a solution to fix this issue?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbM4CkqtOuA&t=1365s here is the reference video, 17min30ish

[rare basin]

this is a code related channel

[stuck palm]

can you do "foreach" on a dictionary? or is there an equivalent?

guess u cant

[slender nymph]

yes you can

[stuck palm]

or right

oh right*

just read an article

i tried to do it wrong

[late jolt]

Can someone help me to fix this? i have try anything but is still error

[cosmic dagger]

Did you test it out or search for a link? An answer should've popped on the top three results . . .

[slender nymph]

googling something should be the first thing you do when you have a question like that.

[stuck palm]

figured it out

[slender nymph]

seems like your navmeshagent is not actually placed on a navmesh. of course that isn't a code question

[cosmic dagger]

Is your navmesh agent active? Is it on a navmesh?

[late jolt]

thats the thing, i dont know how to active the agent. can you explain?

[slender nymph]

active meaning not disabled in the scene

[late jolt]

ah i see, so what should i do

[slender nymph]

well you need to ensure that your navmeshagent is on the navmesh at the time you call the SetDestination method

[late jolt]

how to do that?

[slender nymph]

place it on the navmesh . . .

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMesh.SamplePosition.html

[late jolt]

wait i will try

[late jolt]

thanks

[cosmic dagger]

Did you happen to follow a tutorial? There are a bunch that will explain the process more thoroughly . . .

[late jolt]

yes i do, but it still

[cosmic dagger]

If it's working on their video, I would rewatch it. It seems you missed a step . . .

[rare basin]

... Not neccesairly, a lot of videos about navmesh are outdated and a lot has been changed in the newest versions comparing to some old tutorials ...

[slender nymph]

well we also know absolutely nothing about their setup (except that they are using an older version that tutorials will likely cover) since they didn't deem it worthy enough to share so we can really only speculate

[rare basin]

yup

[stuck palm]

why isnt this working?

[rare basin]

could not cast or convert string to Level

[stuck palm]

yes i am aware

but why couldnt it do that?

[rare basin]

because Level is a class probably

and string is a string

[stuck palm]

relevant images

[rare basin]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[cosmic dagger]

Because a Level and a string are not the same type . . .

[rare basin]

JsonUtility.FromJson<SaveObject>(saveString);

[stuck palm]

instead of deserialize?

[cosmic dagger]

Interesting, I'd have to try a few of them—when i get home—see if they still work . . .

[slender nymph]

JsonUtility cannot deserialize a Dictionary

[rare basin]

well it works fine for me

but i have my own serialized dictionary

so maybe the normal Dictionary doesnt work

[slender nymph]

yeah that's why it works for you

[rare basin]

 SaveManager.LoadClass<GenericDictionary<ChuckwagonType, int>>(GameSaveManager.Instance.currentSaveSlot.ToString(), SaveType.CHUCKWAGON_LEVEL);

    public static T LoadClass<T>(string ID, SaveType saveType) where T : class
    {
        string keyString = GetSaveName(ID, saveType);

        if (!HasKey(keyString)) return default(T);

        string loadedJson = (string)savedFormatedData[keyString];
        return JsonUtility.FromJson<T>(loadedJson);
    }

[cosmic dagger]

You need to split the values and keys of the dictionary into two lists and save those lists. When deserializing, create the dictionary using both lists . . .

[rare basin]

interesting that's good to know

[cosmic dagger]

Yeah, that'll do it. A custom one is different from the default dictionary . . .

[rare basin]

or make your own custom, serializable dictioanry

you can edit it in the inspector + save it/load it via json

[stuck palm]

thats a real bitch

[cosmic dagger]

I agree, but that's out of scope for them (at the moment) . . .

[stuck palm]

thanks guys

i thought adding the [serializable] thing would fix that issue but ig not

[rare basin]

nope

[stuck palm]

is it because "level" is a SO?

[rare basin]

scriptable objects are serialized, actually everything that shows up in the unity inspector is serialized

[stuck palm]

okay

well i guess i'll have to do the split method then

thanks chat

[rare basin]

or you can make a workaround

like a monobehaviour class containing 2 lists or sth

[slender nymph]

except you aren't even using jsonutility, you're using json.net which can serialize dictionaries

[stuck palm]

im using newtsonsoft.json

[slender nymph]

yes, that is the same thing as json.net

[stuck palm]

oh right

so what the hell

its weird cus

its serialising it fine

but it cant deserialise it

[slender nymph]

the issue is likely how you are serializing it. but why are you serializing a ScriptableObject in the first place?

[stuck palm]

i guess its only serialising the name

[rare basin]

well you cannot really "save" scriptable objects

[stuck palm]

im doing like a save map, which maps a level to the players level data like completion time or whatever

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rare basin]

if you are trying to save SO into a json

then "load" it

it wont work with SO

[languid spire]

bullshit
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/scriptableobject-pro-218340

[rare basin]

how is that bullshit?

im talking about built-in SO not some assets lol

[shell sorrel]

scriptableobject is meant to be a custom asset type, its just kinda over complicating things to use for runtime saves

[rare basin]

ow its your asset

what does it do? @languid spire

[shell sorrel]

when you can simple serilize out any data structure without the overhead and complication

[rare basin]

if it will work with saving/loading it via json then im buying it right now lol

[languid spire]

what is says, saves and loads So data at runtime, makes SO's mutable

[stuck palm]

what is a copy constructor?

[languid spire]

yep

[shell sorrel]

a constructor takes takes its own type as a arg, and coppies the data into the new instance

[cosmic dagger]

Everything . . .

[rare basin]

that's kinda too complex to save/load SO via json, i've been trying to do that for quite a lot of time and just gave up and did a workaround

[slender nymph]

@stuck palm
^ that except you'd want it to take the SO rather than its own type

[rare basin]

what you could do is a Dictionary<LevelEnum, LevelStats>

and save that

[languid spire]

yes

[rare basin]

and have a different Dictionary<LevelEnum, Level>

so you load the Dictionary<LevelEnum, LevelStats> with JSON, then get proper Level frmo the 2nd dictionary

[shell sorrel]

question if this is for save data why do you want the SO in the first place? is this for just refernecing it, or is this for defaults?

[rare basin]

he wants to load the saved level data

[rare basin]

@stuck palm i made this workaround for exactly same problem you have right now

and it works perfectly

[stuck palm]

level just works well in game to easily make new level data where i can just change values on the fly

[stuck palm]

where would these dictionaries be stored?

i mean like on what class

[rare basin]

idk up to you, in some kind of SavedLevelManager

[stuck palm]

thank you, it looks good and i know what you want me to do but im just confused as to what the enum would look like

[rare basin]

make a enum LevelEnum, fill it with entries like LEVEL_1, LEVEL_2
make a Dictionary<LevelEnum, LevelStats> - this will be the one you save/load with JSON

[stuck palm]

yeah i think i got it

[rare basin]

and make a Dictionary<LevelEnum, Level> where you have all the levels assigned

and then you can work with it

[stuck palm]

so then you can like link the Dictionary<LevelEnum, Level> to the Dictionary<LevelEnum, LevelStats>?

[shell sorrel]

well you access the data in both using the same key

if you really wanted to link them could just fake it with a Getter

[stuck palm]

yeah okay i get it now, thank you

working on it now

[shell sorrel]

So like LevelStats could have a getter that does a lookup into the dict with levels

[rare basin]

yea

[stuck palm]

then i can make the final dictionary using those two

[rare basin]

not needed really

why?

i mean you could after you load the saved json

if it's easier for you

[stuck palm]

yeah after the json is loaded

[rare basin]

yea sure then you can make <Level, LevelStats>

[stuck palm]

its needed for some logic i have going on

[rare basin]

and work with it

[stuck palm]

awesome

[rare basin]

i still encourage you a lot

[stuck palm]

thanks i have an idea in my head on what to do now

[rare basin]

to make a serializable dictionary

so you can fill dictionary keys/values

in the inspector

it's game changer

[stuck palm]

i dont understand, cus the dictionary is being serialised into a json

[rare basin]

this is a dictionary

<int, bool>

and i can add keys, change values etc

[stuck palm]

is this like a paid asset

[rare basin]

no i made this myself

[stuck palm]

i can probably find a serializable dictionary online

[rare basin]

you can use

GenericDictionary

from github

it's free license iirc

[stuck palm]

does it take very long?

to implement

[rare basin]

no its easy

[stuck palm]

might as well do it now then

[rare basin]

use the GenericDictionary from github

and all you need to do then is to just replace

all Dictionary<> to GenericDictionary<>

it's honestly a game changer, saving tons of time

[stuck palm]

could i have a link please? i cant find ti on google unless this is it

[rare basin]

for example this is a `GenericDictionary<BalistaEnum, GenericDictionary<int, bool>>

so i have a dict inside a dict

so for example i can check if FIRE balista level 1 is unlocked

this way

[stuck palm]

would i still have to do the enum method by doing this?

[rare basin]

and esaily motidy it

yes, it is not related to your ScriptableObject problem

[stuck palm]

okay

[rare basin]

you cannot save it via json

[stuck palm]

do u have a link for the generic dictionary? i cant find it

[rare basin]

https://github.com/upscalebaby/generic-serializable-dictionary/tree/master/Assets

copy the Editor and Scripts folder

[stuck palm]

okay, thanks

[barren violet]

I’m late to the party, but why a generic dictionary and not just a dictionary?

[stuck palm]

and i only have to make Dictionary into GenericDictionary? it all still works the same/

[rare basin]

so you can modify it in the inspecotr

[rare basin]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[stuck palm]

this one looks a little less clean than yours lol

but if it works hey

[rare basin]

yes

[stuck palm]

im happy either wa

[rare basin]

yea because i also have Odin Inspector

which kinda changes the look of it

the default GenericDictioanry looks kinda different

but does the job still

[rare basin]

try get to use it a lot, you can make so many great things with it

[stuck palm]

what, odin?

[rare basin]

no, serialized dictionaries

editable in the inspector

odin is great too 😄

[stuck palm]

okay 😄 thanks working with it now

serialisable dictionary thing is gonna make the enum method a lot easier

[rare basin]

yea i cba doing the enum method

and fill the dictionaries

with code 😄

[stuck palm]

makes it a lot easier filling the dictionaries in the inspector i was dreading writing it manually, thanks 😸

[rare basin]

no worries, this will be your best friend very soon when you explore what you can do with it 😄

[pliant oyster]

Where do I put the Time.deltaTime in my bullet shoot code? My bullets shoot slower when my character moved than when my character is still.
(Please answer directly, I have a mental disability and struggle with non-direct instructions)
https://hatebin.com/qpetiqjwrc

I'm still testing it, which is why there's only a code for "Level 0"

[barren violet]

The code looks like it just instantiates the bullets, this code isn’t responsible for the bullets movement?

[pliant oyster]

Oh thank you, let me post the other one. For some reason the movement is in a separate script...

[rare basin]

why are you calculating frames?

[pliant oyster]

Here: https://hatebin.com/qmqnonsqqc

[gaunt ice]

your fire rate is frame rate dependent

you should make it time dependent

[pliant oyster]

How do I do that? I'm guessing I have to change the frameNormal++; to something else? I tried changing it to frameNormal += Time.deltaTime; but it didn't seem to work. It spawned no bullets.

[rare basin]

why are you calculating the frames anyway?

[neon fractal]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[pliant oyster]

To make it so the player only shoots once every 16 frames. Because a level up should half it to 8, and another level up should shorten it to 4.

[rare basin]

wouldn't it be easier if the player can shoot every X seconds for exmaple

instead making it frame rate dependand

what is palyer A runs 60 frames per second

and player B runs 120 frames per second?

palyer B shoots more bullets in 1 second than player A

doubt it is intended behaviour

[gaunt ice]

public int fireRate=100;//100 rounds per second
public float coolDown=1f/fireRate;//around 0.01s per shoot
public float idk_how_to_name_it=0;
idk_how_to_name_it-=dt;//eg if dt=0.03s, you should shoot three bullets
while(idk_how_to_name_it>=0){//note that you need a while loop since the fireRate is larger than fps=60
  shoot();
  idk_how_to_name_it+=coolDown;
}

[stuck palm]

i dont understand why im getting this error if im nullchecking? the error is on the highlighted line

[pliant oyster]

Hm, thanks for telling me!

[rare basin]

because the key you are checking

is not added to the dictionary

[stuck palm]

how do i check if a key is present in a dictionary?

i thought thats what i was checking

[rare basin]

.Contains()

[pliant oyster]

What is dt?

[stuck palm]

wouldnt it be contains key?

[rare basin]

yea sorry

[pliant oyster]

Also thanks!

[slender nymph]

deltaTime

[rare basin]

if(dict.ContainsKey(key))
{

}

[shell sorrel]

have to not handle stuff with frames at all, would decide how long you want to wait for the next shot, then keep a elpasedTime variable you add deltaTime to each update, and when it exceeds your wanted wait, you fire and reset elpasedTime to 0

[stuck palm]

how do i delete a file from the editor? i've got a save file somewhere and idk where it is and its messing with my code since i changed the values

[gaunt ice]

dictionary has a method called trygetvalue

btw the indexer allows you to set the value even no such key

[rare basin]

it's not in the editor

depends where you saved it

[stuck palm]

turns out old me made a debug message for the save location so i found it and deleted it

[cosmic dagger]

You should base it off of time not frames . . .

[pliant oyster]

Real quick question, I keep switching them in my head, in C#, is it if (... and ...) or if (... && ...) for an if that needs both to be true?

[rich adder]

&&

[pliant oyster]

Thank you!

[rich adder]

[pastel pollen]

Is it safe to have nested foreach over the same IEnumerator IEnumerable?

[brave compass]

You can only foreach an IEnumerable, and yes, it's safe to have nested foreaches of the same IEnumerable

[pastel pollen]

Thanks 🙂

[swift crag]

An IEnumerable is something that can give you an IEnumerator!

[stuck palm]

public void MapData(Level level, LevelStats ls)
    {
        if (loadedSave.savedLevelData.ContainsKey(enumLvlDict[level]))
        {
            loadedSave.savedLevelData.Add(enumLvlDict[level], ls);
        }
        else
        {
            loadedSave.savedLevelData[enumLvlDict[level]] = ls; 
        }
    }

how do i fix this? something is already in this

[rare basin]

well you cant add the same key

to a dictionary

[wintry quarry]

What do you want to happen? Do you want the data to be overwritten? Do you expect this to be happening?

[rare basin]

if it contains a key, you cant add the same key again

[stuck palm]

i wanted to overwrite the data

[rare basin]

loadedSave.savedLevelData[enumLvlDict[level]] = ls; just this is enough

[wintry quarry]

then use the myDict[key] = value; syntax

.Add specifically will throw an exception for a duplicate

The indexer does not, it overwrites.

[stuck palm]

cant belive that works by itself

[amber nimbus]

If I have mutiple classes with the Update() method which classes code runs first? Is there a way to find out?

[languid spire]

you can only specify order
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-MonoManager.html

[wintry quarry]

Assume it runs in a random order unless you have specifically specified it.

[amber nimbus]

Aight thanks :d

[wintry quarry]

It can even change from platform to platform

[undone rampart]

its in the order they are loaded, which is arbitrary

[stuck palm]

@rare basin finally got the save file working thanks to your system 😄

[rare basin]

yay

[stuck palm]

How could I make a little beep play when i hover over a button/select a button? I feel like it would be tedious to give every button a script to play a noise when hovered or selected

[wintry quarry]

You could use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint.html

[rich adder]

put the buttons in an array and use AddListener to tie a method to each button nvm that wont work for hover/select

[stuck palm]

I could just make a script actually, I don't have too many buttons in my game

[restive bay]

I'm trying to reference a script to reuse variables but it won't allow me to drag the script into the inspector to give that script access. Hopefully I explained that properly.

[modern pecan]

hey this might not fit in here but i downloaded unity hub but when i try to open it it shows my mouse that its loading but then it just doesnt open up

[restive bay]

Did you end the task and try again?

[modern pecan]

where do i end the task?

[restive bay]

Task manager and search to see if Unity Hub is running already.

[modern pecan]

no siree

i typed in Unity Hub

nothing

[restive bay]

You might need to uninstall unity hub and reinstall

[modern pecan]

oh man i tried that

10 times by now

[restive bay]

Or right click and try to run it as administrator

[modern pecan]

i tried that too

[restive bay]

This might be a dumb question but did you restart your pc?

[modern pecan]

nothing

ehm

no

[restive bay]

Wouldn't hurt to try it

[modern pecan]

alright

im back ima try now

and it wont work.

[verbal dome]

Are you dragging the actual script file in the slot? You need to drag an object that has that script component

[swift crag]

Look at the Hub log files.

!logs

[eternal falcon]

📝 Logs

Documentation

Editor logs

Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\Editor.log
MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/Unity/Editor.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Editor.log

Unity Hub

Windows: %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs
Mac: ~/Library/Application support/UnityHub/logs
Linux: ~/.config/UnityHub/logs

[modern pecan]

alr

[swift crag]

There is probably an error at the end of the log file.

[modern pecan]

how do i look at em?

[swift crag]

I forget the exact name of the log file -- let me go look..

[swift crag]

by going to the path in this bot message.

I presume you're on Windows

[modern pecan]

yh

[swift crag]

If you paste this into the Run dialog, an Explorer window will open in the right directory

%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs

[modern pecan]

what now?

[swift crag]

open the log file and look towards the end of it

that's generally where an error will be

[modern pecan]

and how is a error?

how does it look like

[restive bay]

Thank you I appreciate it.

[swift crag]

literally the word "error" appearing in the logs

[modern pecan]

nope

not anywhere

[swift crag]

also, this isn't actually a code problem, so you should ask about this in #💻┃unity-talk

[modern pecan]

yh i did but nobody responded

anyways i didnt find anything

[polar acorn]

Then you wait

[modern pecan]

that says

"error"

[modern pecan]

i didnt find anything??????????

no errors

[timid hinge]

hi guys i have a question im vreating a game 2d roguelike and i want to spawn anemies on the map anyone can help me ?

i have this map

how generate random map everytime i want

[frosty hound]

How did you generate that one?

[nimble scaffold]

I need urgent help.... In all my unity scenes most of the things turned pink(magenta) idk why and I also tried to convert materials to urp but it's also not working

[timid hinge]

here

[fossil drum]

Not code related at all, ask in #💻┃unity-talk next time, but your materials don't work with your render pipeline.

[nimble scaffold]

Then how it previously worked????? And then how it can be solved???

[rare basin]

thats why you should sepaarate your UI

[frosty hound]

So then call that function to generate a random map everytime you want?

[timid hinge]

yes

[frosty hound]

So problem solved? #💻┃code-beginner message

[rare basin]

for example make a ButtonElement prefab, which contains well - a button, and when you want to some kind of scripts to that button you only need to add it to the prefab @stuck palm

[timid hinge]

but the question is how can i place items and enemies in the map?

[rare basin]

same with Text components, imagine you have 1000 text elements in your game and suddenly you want to change a font, you can do it with just replacing the font in a TextElement prefab instead of going to each element

[fossil drum]

How should I know? URP materials only work with URP. It was either not in a URP project, or it was not URP materials. No idea what you did.
Just make sure that your materials match your render pipeline.

[stuck palm]

i guess that could work yeah

how would u check if a button has been highlighted?

or selected

[nimble scaffold]

I used urp materials only

[frosty hound]

You need to first decide what your rules will be for placing the enemies on the map. Obviously it can't just be completely random, that wouldn't make sense for gameplay.

[rare basin]

IPointerHandler interface

@stuck palm https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Selectable.OnPointerEnter.html

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
       //play UI button hover so, switch graphics to "selected" or "highlighted" etc
    }

you also have OnPointerExit so you can switch back the graphics

[stuck palm]

is that directly on the buitton itself or on an object with the button on it? if that makes ense

[timid hinge]

okay but any advice on how to do it like a course or something im making this project and im super late i need something

[rare basin]

with an object that has Button component on it

[fossil drum]

There is honestly not a lot we/I can do here. Just make sure they match, or give an error message why it doesn't work.

[stuck palm]

right

okay thanks

[swift crag]

you implement IPointerEnterHandler on a MonoBehaviour

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.EventSystems.IPointerEnterHandler.html

[nimble scaffold]

No errors in logs

It changed within a second

[swift crag]

This is still not a code problem. Please ask about it in #💻┃unity-talk .

[frosty hound]

I'm not going to search courses up for you on game design, no. If you're just wanting anything, then go the random route. Pick a random tile and place an enemy there.

[nimble scaffold]

Ok... Posted there

[timid hinge]

and if i pay you?

[frosty hound]

You can't afford me

[swift crag]

that would be an extremely expensive way to use google

[timid hinge]

how much ?

[frosty hound]

But if you're interested in hiring someone. You can post on !collab

[eternal falcon]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

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Please use the forums:
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• Non Commercial Collaboration

[swift crag]

i think you should just try the most basic thing that works

[stuck palm]

owned

[timid hinge]

so your not good?

i qustion because i have money but i need the best here

[polar acorn]

!collab

[eternal falcon]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

We do not accept job or collab posts on discord.
Please use the forums:
• Commercial Job Seeking
• Commercial Job Offering
• Non Commercial Collaboration

[swift crag]

i think you need to do your homework

[rare basin]

200$/hour and you can have me for 8h per day

[timid hinge]

you are a studdent?

i need the best

[rare basin]

for 200$ i will be average, for 500$/hour i will be the best

[frosty hound]

@timid hinge Again, go to the forums to post for jobs. This isn't the place.

[swift crag]

this is borderline spam

[frosty hound]

Also I suggest your change your trolling pronouns before you get kicked from this server as well.

[swift crag]

sigh

[polar acorn]

They always have to show it off. Like those poison dart frogs that use the brightest most conspicuous colors

[neon fractal]

Why do my hands shake a lot? I use IK and change the weight. Code https://gdl.space/anageweleb.cs.

Is there any other way to change 0 to 1 smoothly?

[rare basin]

you are Lerping wrong

this is not how you lerp

https://gamedevbeginner.com/the-right-way-to-lerp-in-unity-with-examples/

last parameter in Lerp is interpolationPoint, between min and max value

timeElapsed / lerpDuration

not changeSpeed * Time.deltaTime

[neon fractal]

I'll try it.

[safe root]

What's the website so i can send code?

[rare basin]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[safe root]

Thank you

[swift crag]

note that this, alone, probably isn't causing the crazy vibrations

it's just going to make the speed of change framerate-dependent

[echo matrix]

Hey, is there a better way to have multiple animation curves in a script? I want to call different kind of curves for specific use cases. ATM i have a serializefield for every single curve. I was searching for something like a curvelist (if this is even a thing)

i need 10-20 curves and it makes the component and code really ugly

[rare basin]

in a serializable dictionary

Dictionary<ColorEnum, AnimationCurve>

[languid spire]

make an array or List

[swift crag]

You have three separate two-bone IK constraints.

[rare basin]

then you can access each curve by its color

[swift crag]

They're probably just fighting each other

[rare basin]

animationCurves[CurveEnum.GREEN]

etc

[swift crag]

You should be changing where a single two-bone IK constraint is trying to go

[echo matrix]

thats sounds exactly like what i have been looking for thanl you

[neon fractal]

it is divided 50 by 50 and so on until 1 becomes 100 and the second 0

[swift crag]

note that you need an addon to have serializable dictionaries

you can also just make a list of structs that hold an enum value and an animation curve

then build a dictionary out of that when the game starts

[rare basin]

@echo matrix

public GenericDictionary<ColorEnum, AnimationCurve> animationCurves;

[swift crag]

I see what the weights are doing. But you still have three different IK constraints here

[rare basin]

then animationCurves[GREEN] gives you the curve assigned to green key etc

[swift crag]

They're all going to be fighting over where the arm goes

[echo matrix]

What does Enum mean?

[rare basin]

[echo matrix]

ok

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/enum

[neon fractal]

and it should not mix the 3rd weight because only 2 will be active and then only 1

[wintry quarry]

basically a fancy way of having "named numbers"

[rare basin]

so you can interprete that enums are just Dictionary<string,int> in someway?

thinking process shortcut ofc

[echo matrix]

thx

[celest spoke]

https://hatebin.com/quvgsnjlhn

Anyone knows why the slime flies away? It seems like my Coroutine is not ending but i dont understand why. See video and attached code

[neon fractal]

They cannot interfere with each other because they will mix

[wintry quarry]

Sort of??
More like:

const int Sunday = 0;
const int Monday = 1;
const int Tuesday = 2;
const int Wednesday = 3;
// etc...```
would be:
```cs
enum Day {
  Sunday,
  Monday,
  Tuesday,
  Wednesday,
  ...
}```

[rare basin]

yea 😄

[swift crag]

i mean, it looks like they're interfering with each other quite a bit in your video..

[echo matrix]

how did you do that? My version does not know generic dictioneries

[rare basin]

GenericDictionary is a serializable dictioanry that shows in the inspector

not built-in in Unity

[echo matrix]

what do i need to get for it?

[rare basin]

cuz like Sunday(key) = 0 (value)

[rare basin]

make your own serializable dictionary

there should be some free on assetstore aswell

[celest spoke]

anyone?

[rare basin]

show the inspector of the Knockback component

on the slime

also what is your timeScale?

[rare basin]

also you don't need the enemy != null check again, since you aer already checking that

[rare basin]

that's not the Knockback component

[celest spoke]

sorry here

[rare basin]

and what is your timeScale?

[celest spoke]

timescale? O.o

[rare basin]

nevermind, it's not 0

are you not overriding enemy velocity anywhere else?

[celest spoke]

nope

[stuck palm]

why are my buttons not working when i hover over them with the mouse? only works with the up and down arrows on thge keyboard. the sliders work fine tho for some rason

[rare basin]

raycast target enabled on images on them?

noting else on top of that UI that could block it?

[stuck palm]

raycast target is enabled, and nothing else is on top

[celest spoke]

i have my update as FixedUpdate @rare basin maybe that is something thats causing it?

[stuck palm]

anything that is rendered on top doesnt have a raycaster on it so it cant block it

[rare basin]

can you try disabling everything in the hierarchy below those buttons?

just to be sure

[stuck palm]

the only things that are below are the DDOLs

[rare basin]

disable it aswell

the UI Canvas

also, if you in runtime make a new button on that object

[stuck palm]

nothing happens

[rare basin]

is it interactable?

[stuck palm]

i dont understand cus the sliders work fine

so nothing is blocking them

its just the buttons

[rare basin]

right click pause menu -> ui->button

does the button work then?

[stuck palm]

i'll try one sec

[stuck palm]

it does work yes

[rare basin]

yup

something wrong with the button setup

show the hierarchy of that button

and that button component

you probably disabled the image component

so there is nothing that can "catch" the raycast

[stuck palm]

the new button is highlighted, here is an example of one of the broken ones

i havent disabled the image

and these buttons are basically exactly the same on the home screen and t hey work fine

[rare basin]

i guess just make new buttons then, hard to say what broke

[stuck palm]

so idk whats up with that