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[rare basin]

just want to take a look

[north kiln]

Just stop addressing them

[barren aurora]

no.
Because: did i ask you for a problem ? i think not.

[rare basin]

I will, sorry, just can't stand trolls

[north kiln]

I want to see a screenshot of your IDE so I can see whether it's configured or not, you seem to not know

[rare basin]

also please stop dming me

[barren aurora]

Good 😄

[tight saffron]

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private SpriteRenderer sprite;
    private Animator anim;

    private float dirX = 0f;
    private float dirY = 0f;
    [SerializeField] private float jumpForce = 12f;
    [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed = 7f;

    private enum MovementState { idle, running, jumping, falling, }

    public bool ClimbingAllowed { get; set; }

   
    private void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        sprite = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
    }

   
    private void Update()
    {
        dirX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(dirX * moveSpeed, rb.velocity.y);
       
        if (ClimbingAllowed)
        {
            dirY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") * moveSpeed;
        }

            if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
            {
                rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce);
            }

        UpdateAnimationUpdate();
    }

    private void UpdateAnimationUpdate()
    {
        MovementState state;

        if (dirX > 0f)
        {
            state = MovementState.running;
            sprite.flipX = false;
        }
        else if (dirX < 0f)
        {
            state = MovementState.running;
            sprite.flipX = true;
        }
        else
        {
            state = MovementState.idle;
        }

        if (rb.velocity.y > .1f)
        {

            state = MovementState.jumping;

        }

        else if (rb.velocity.y < -.1f)

        {
            state = MovementState.falling;
        }

        anim.SetInteger("state", (int)state);
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (ClimbingAllowed)
        {
            rb.isKinematic = true;
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(dirX, dirY);
        }
        else
        {
            rb.isKinematic = false;
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(dirX, dirY);
        }
    }
}

[rare basin]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[rare basin]

psate it to external site

[barren aurora]

dont cares to me.

i am not here to gett attacket by you.
i ask for a solution, nobody can and want to help with the Package Manager.

After this, i help an other guy.
no reason to attack me

So: in this case:
i see no need to future this Conversation .

[north kiln]

Great, well if you're posting here in future without a configured IDE you will be banned. Have fun

[barren aurora]

🤣
no need, i do not post here in Future, and i have my VStudio completly inside unity.

help others to configure her ide 😄
i am out now for this time
(First visit this channel ever here lol)
i think: we do not meet again 🤣
lol

[tepid summit]

omg

what is bro on about

[teal viper]

Pfff... I have my windows entirely in unity

[fickle plume]

@barren aurora Don't send unsolicited DMs as well. Consider that as addon to the previous warning.

[west sonnet]

I want to make a trigger happen when a collision happens with an object of a specific tag. Is it a good idea to check for the tag name on collision?

Or is it slow?

[fickle plume]

That is one of the purposes of tags.

[ivory bobcat]

It likely isn't your limiting factor

[fickle plume]

If you can filter it previously using collision matrix that would be more optimal though

[barren aurora]

Is it all right now?

Is there no more peace ?
Guys : I've been here for the first time,
Asked one single question to which you get no answer,

and helped someone with a problem.
stop it, it has to be good for once! Or is this going on for 3 days now, that someone has to mention me all the time ?

I lived well without you until then,
You don't get any help with the Package Manager, which doesn't download anything,

and for the integration of a Java code, I'm wrong here, all good so far.

But: Apart from that, this thing is slowly coming to an end.
That's enough! You want to play a bit important, then do it.
But leave me out of it! I've lived well without you so far, and I'll continue to do so! I've never asked for code here otherwise.

So keep your head down!

[rare basin]

jezus you again

thought you don't have time

[fickle plume]

!mute 176068058241171456 3d Stop spamming. Listen to moderation and advise.

[eternal falcon]

smokingheadstudio was muted.

[west sonnet]

If I create a [SerializeField] and input a value, but then I change it in the inspector. Does the inspector or the script take priority? And will it automatically change respectively?

[languid spire]

Inspector

[west sonnet]

So, there's no problem with me changing values in the inspector, other than that it might just be confusing seeing two different values?

[languid spire]

correct. the confusing bit may be that if you add the script again it will take the value of the script at that time

[west sonnet]

ahh, I see. Is there a way to update the script with the values in the inspector, other than going into the script and manually chaning values?

[languid spire]

yes, you can do a Reset of the component in the inspector

[west sonnet]

Okay, thank you

[west sonnet]

Wait, wouldn't that reset the values in the inspector?

[languid spire]

Sorry, no that is the other way round, it updates the Inspector with the values from the script

[west sonnet]

Oh yeah

[languid spire]

The inspector cannot update the script

[west sonnet]

Need some help. I'm making a power up that will temporarily increase the players speed. On the DeactiveBuff() Method, i want to make the players speed back to the original value, but I'm not sure how/where I can store it in my script

[languid spire]

you already are doing, you just need to NOT make RegularSpeed a local variable

[west sonnet]

Hmmmmm, how would I do that?

[languid spire]

by removing the float and declaring the variable in class scope

[west sonnet]

i'm still not sure what you mean 😦

I've removed the float, but where would I place the line?

Oh wait

[languid spire]

where do you have your other variable declarations?

[west sonnet]

Yes, figured it out

Thank you

[modest dust]

{ } is your scope.
If you declare something within a scope, it is only accessable within that scope and child scopes.
If you declare a variable within the Start method scope, it only exists until the Start method end. So you need to declare it within the class scope as Steve said

[west sonnet]

This is my code at the moment. So I should move the line from Start() into DeactivateBuff()?

[languid spire]

no, that's good

[languid spire]

why are you using Invoke btw?

[west sonnet]

So that I can deactivate the pickups effects after a few seconds

[languid spire]

I meant the Invoke keyword. Just call the method

[west sonnet]

Oh, so that I can make it happen after a few seconds rather than instantly

I used BuffTime to determine how long the effects should last

[languid spire]

Coroutine would be better

[modest dust]

It is good as it is.
Think what would happen if you did though - you would change your regular speed every time you deactivate a buff, which doesn't make sense.. You want your regular speed to be only initialized once at Start with your initial default speed and that's it.

[kindred halo]

how do I reference the gameobject with the required script it has

[languid spire]

what is the declaration of m4?

[kindred halo]

It's M4

[languid spire]

what type

[kindred halo]

It's a class?
I mean I'm setting the m4's value

[languid spire]

so you have a class called M4 ? Do you have a reference to an instance of it?

[kindred halo]

no

[languid spire]

do you have a reference to the GameObject it is on?

or is it on the same game object as this script?

[kindred halo]

same gameObject

[languid spire]

then ... m4 = gameObject.GetComponent<M4>();

[kindred halo]

oh wait you meant that
That would probably go on the projectile script then
the code I showed
I was trying to reference the m4 gameobject with the M4 script

[languid spire]

you need to put this on the script that Instantiates Projectile

not on projectile itself

[kindred halo]

like this?
projectile.m4 = gameObject.GetComponent<M4>();

[languid spire]

yes

presuming this game object has a M4 script

[kindred halo]

Big thanks man
It works

[languid spire]

OK, now you would be better to pre reference M4 in the script by setting a variable for it in the Inspector so you can drop the GetComponent

[kindred halo]

how do I pre reference M4 in the M4 script?

[languid spire]

is this script the M4 script?

[kindred halo]

yeah

[languid spire]

then you just need

projectile.m4 = this;

forget the rest

[kindred halo]

It works
Thanks man

[pseudo ermine]

I am trying to set the mine active status to false, however it does not seem to work.

Any ideas?

[languid spire]

add some debugs and then screenshot console

[pseudo ermine]

will do, I have got the first mien working fine however, when I get to the second mine, it doesnt

[languid spire]

that would suggest that your reference to mine is incorrect so make sure to debug it's GetInstanceID

[pseudo ermine]

I get this error when on the 2nd mine.

[languid spire]

and that line is?

[languid spire]

so camera is null

[pseudo ermine]

so, how would I fix that? I have tried every way I can think.

[languid spire]

post your full !code

[eternal falcon]

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[pseudo ermine]

https://paste.ofcode.org/ReF4jD2GFiVfyxhNhMyD4r

[languid spire]

why new ?
public new CinemachineVirtualCamera camera;

that looks like a variable that should be set in the inspector but I guess it's not for mine2

[pseudo ermine]

all variables are set.

[languid spire]

the error message would disagree with that

[pseudo ermine]

Yeah, its an issue with camera.follow = mainPlayer, the mainPlayer gameObject is a transform.

[languid spire]

the problem is the camera variable it is null

[rich adder]

line 115 in code you sent is mineDefusedCounter.SetActive(true);

[languid spire]

so mineDefusedCounter is null
@rich adder good catch

cant be line 34 would give NRE

[pseudo ermine]

here, let me provide both scripts I am currently working with.

[rich adder]

true, something must be different maybe from what they sent

[pseudo ermine]

i think I sent a line from a different script my bad!

[rich adder]

ok cause screenshot says ,error comes from minigameMovementline 115

but that means you should also have another error on line 34

[pseudo ermine]

Minigame Movement: https://hatebin.com/pbjqfbhwqp
Mine Manager: https://hatebin.com/cfjhchgcbw

[languid spire]

thats better so it is camera

possible multiple instances
Debug.log this GetInstanceID

in Start

[timid saffron]

can you write me a very basic example of code block that simulates: gravity 0 for 5 seconds gravity 1 for second?

[languid spire]

ok, so mine manager gets a camera but movement does not

[rich adder]

use a coroutine

[rich adder]

can you show also where you assigned camera

[pseudo ermine]

I fixed it.

[timid saffron]

do you know the alarm event in gamemaker?

is it something like that

[pseudo ermine]

I added this line to minigame movement: camera = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Vcam").GetComponent<CinemachineVirtualCamera>();

and it seemed to have fixed it.

[rich adder]

yes I do

I used to use game maker

[timid saffron]

okay

[rich adder]

Coroutine is very similiar

[timid saffron]

then I set a variable in start event for corotine

then in update event i write the code

i guess

[rich adder]

no?

[timid saffron]

is there something like corotine event?

[rich adder]

perhaps lookup how a coroutine works first

[timid saffron]

that sounds reasonable

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Coroutine.html

[pseudo ermine]

I fixed it, however, now the score does not go up.

[rich adder]

the score?

[timid saffron]

I think I saw somewhere while messing around unity before there was a component that adjusted how much the player gets affected by gravity like -1000 and 1000 something like that.

I cant seem to find it now

[pseudo ermine]

Yeah, there is a scoreboard for when a landmine is defused.

[orchid shoal]

Greetings all! How can I make this one more optimized, it rotates objects around the center. I have 20 different objects rotate around the center, for some reason it loads RAM, maybe there is a variant to do more optimally! Multiply by Time.deltaTime or just Time? The goal is to rotate objects around the axis of the object

[timid saffron]

it was around here but i may have seen it in 2d

[rich adder]

no maybe in 2d

but also wtf is up with that mass

[rich adder]

cant see shit dude
!code

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[timid saffron]

it is spaceship 😄

[rich adder]

so is the log printing ?

[pseudo ermine]

which one? for the score?

[rich adder]

the only log you shown

[pseudo ermine]

The score is displayed on the users screen however, on the second mine, it does not increase by the specified amount.

[rich adder]

doesnt answer the question lol

about the log printing

[orchid shoal]

Sorry 😞 phone screen

[rich adder]

when you get on a computer copy n paste

!screenshots

[eternal falcon]

No

Be mindful, if someone requests your code as text, don't send a screenshot!

[rich adder]

also you should be using Time.deltaTime , eg RotateAround

20+ objects rotating shouldn't be an issue, if you're lagging its something else you must profile it

[orchid shoal]

I agree, I'm looking for the problem myself, maybe a heavy object somewhere on stage or something

[rich adder]

the only way to know is using the profiler, everything else is speculation

[orchid shoal]

Yea, thnx

[pseudo ermine]

I seem to be having an issue with the score and the way it increases, I have tried most things I can think off.

Any ideas?

https://hatebin.com/vfkfdhqhrq

[rare basin]

perhaps describe the issue?

"the way it increases" doesn't tell us anything

[pseudo ermine]

Sure thing, so when a mine is defused the score displayed on the users screen is supposed to increase by 1, however on the 2nd mine it doesn't.

[subtle hedge]

    public Canvas parentCanvas;

    private void Start()
    {
        //Cursor.visible = false;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        Vector2 movePos;
        RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle(parentCanvas.transform as RectTransform, Input.mousePosition, parentCanvas.worldCamera, out movePos);
        Vector3 mousePos = parentCanvas.transform.TransformPoint(movePos);

        cursor.position = mousePos;
    }
```i'm trying to make a compiuter in 3D using a canvas as the desktop. I'm trying to limit the cursor's position that it will always stay in the canvas and never get out of it. How can i do that ?

[languid spire]

which means you've probably got another NRE somewhere

[pseudo ermine]

lovely! xd

[scarlet skiff]

After attacking once, i get this error, im unsure why this happens, cuz i destroy the object after i get the info from it

Code: https://gdl.space/ekiredixew.cs

[gaunt ice]

the error have said you are trying to access a destroyed gameobject

so you know why

[scarlet skiff]

yea but its not really destroyed

unless a destroyed object still takes up space in a list?

[pseudo ermine]

I have indentified an issue where if you go from the mainmenu and play the game, then the landmines do not disappear when defused.

[scarlet skiff]

i mean that it gets replaced

[languid spire]

you probably need to Clear targets at the end of Delayed

[gaunt ice]

your list wont resize automatically

[scarlet skiff]

ah i see

[pseudo ermine]

How would I do this?

[languid spire]

targets.Clear();

there are docs for a reason

[languid spire]

that wasn't for you

[pseudo ermine]

oh, xd

[scarlet skiff]

yup it works, thanks guys

[pseudo ermine]

when going from the main menu to main scene and playing it, the landmines do not want to go from active true to active false but when playing the scene without going from the menu, it works. Any ideas on why this is happening?

[twin bison]

Hi guys. Just question if I do this correctly:

I have an enemy that has a rigidbody and a Move script. That Move function will just take the norma vector multiplies it by speed and set the velocity of the rigidbody. Now I also want to turn rotate the enemy into the direction it's facing and I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong / more complicated then it should be. Also should it be in Update for Fixed Update?
Here is the code:

void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector2 targetDir = Target.position - transform.position;
        transform.up = Target.position - transform.position;
        _movement.Move(targetDir.normalized, MoveSpeed);
    }

Just to make sure, this code works. The enemy is moving towards player and also turns correctly. I just want to know if this is 100 % correct since it smells a bit. My first intuition was to do like this : transform.LookAt(Target) but then my enemy completey disappears and I dont see him any more in scene or gameview 😄

Ok now I did some changes and it smells a bit less:

void FixedUpdate()
    {
        transform.up = Target.position - transform.position;
        _movement.Move(transform.up, MoveSpeed);
    }

[verbal dome]

I dont see anything about rotation here

Ah you are setting transform.up

The physics might not like that you are rotating it with transform. Could lead into oddities/missed collisions

You could get a look rotation with Quaternion.LookRotation + maybe FromToRotation, and then use that to rotate the rb with rb.MoveRotation

Usually it is cleaner to have the Z axis as your forward direction, though. Seems like yours is the Y/up direction

[cosmic dagger]

maybe it's 2D?

[pseudo ermine]

Hi, for some reason (which I am unable to figure out) the 1st landmine sets the 2nd landmine to false when it shouldn't.

The first landmine should set itself to false and the 2nd landmine should set itself to false.

I have attached both scripts that handle the landmines.

Any assistance/help would be appreciated.

minigame movement: https://hatebin.com/rvzasonowa
mine manager: https://hatebin.com/wzsjppzqof

[polar acorn]

I don't know what you mean by "sets itself to false", do you mean deactivates itself?

And I have no idea what scripts are on what objects, or when you're expecting something to happen, some context would be appreciated.

[languid spire]

you need to find another way to do this in minigameMovement

    mine = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("landmine");

you have no control of the found object
as mine is in the minigameMovement hierarchy transform.parent should do it

[deep goblet]

how do i make an instantiated prefab a child of another gameobject? im making a grid and i want to instantiate each tile it generates to be a child of a canvas i have.

[languid spire]

use the override of Instantiate that allows you to specify a perent

[deep goblet]

does that change the instantiated tile's position at all?

nope nevermind, got it, thanks!

also Im trying to make a dragging system for an object and for some reason the OnPointerDown event just isnt registering?
I have an OnPointerDown function and a debug.log in it but it doesnt work

{
  Debug.Log("OnPointerDown");
}```
I have imported the EventSystems and the class has the IPointerDownHandler

[languid spire]

is this a UI object?

[deep goblet]

no i have it on a square sprite

[languid spire]

add a PhysicsRaycaster to your camera

[deep goblet]

should i do the 2D raycaster

[languid spire]

tbh, I have no idea, I dont do 2D, but I would guess so

[verbal dome]

True, it probably is, didnt think of that

[deep goblet]

how do i change the color of a UI image in script? I added the UIElements package and i can make a variable for the image but theres no options for image.color

[cosmic quail]

u gotta import UnityEngine.UI and then u have the right Image class

what even is the UIElements package?

are you using the ui toolkit or default ui

[deep goblet]

idk i thought i saw it was the right one

default ui i think

[cosmic quail]

yea then you gotta import UnityEngine.UI and not the other one

[deep goblet]

that makes sense

[languid spire]

UIElements is UIToolkit

[proud kite]

where/how can I create 3d collision detection box?

I cant really find anywhere

so for example I will be able to detect with script if player is inside this box

[verbal dome]

Physics.OverlapBox if thats what you want

[rare basin]

or Collider?

[proud kite]

but in scene?

[rare basin]

Collider component

[cosmic quail]

make a gameobject and add a BoxCollider component to it and tick the Trigger box. and then add a script on it with "void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)"

[rare basin]

don't spoon feed

[proud kite]

thanks

I thought its separated object type

like triggers > box trigger

[cosmic quail]

why

[rare basin]

colliders are components

[rare basin]

because you spoon feeding answers is not how people learn things

[deep goblet]

whats the property for UI elements to show/hide them? For gameobjects its just setActive but i switched some things to UI and dont know how to recreate that

[rare basin]

UI elements are also game objects

[proud kite]

i just wanted to know how to make it

nothing more

[rare basin]

and you have been told to, but the additional steps aren't neccesary

to mark is as trigger and to add the callback in code etc

[proud kite]

mark as trigger wasnt told

and that was neccesary

i think

[rare basin]

#💻┃code-beginner message ?

[proud kite]

sorry i thought its unity-talk my bad

[deep goblet]

it wasnt working for me, i want a UI image that just has a transparency to it to show/hide when my mouse enters or exits the tile but it didnt work, ill keep messing around

[proud kite]

i know how to code didnt need that extra step

[rare basin]

UI elements are also game objects

you can access the gameObject normally

and call SetActive() on that

[rare basin]

that's what i said to him, to don't spoon feed you

[deep goblet]

i know but SetActive isnt working, does OnMouseEnter and OnMouseExit work on UI elements too? im not used to working with UI

[proud kite]

ok thanks for help Ill go do this now

[rare basin]

it is working

[rare basin]

use IPointerEnterHandler interface

and IPoniterExitHandler

[cosmic quail]

i think the opposite. you cant learn something by just staring at the problem

[rare basin]

no one told anything about staring at the problem - just don't spoon feed people direct asnwers, make them think and lead them to correct answers instead

[cosmic quail]

tell them riddles 😄

well i didnt tell him everything. the part where he detects the player inside the OnTriggerEnter method

[rare basin]

he just asked about how to add collider

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, if the question is a simple one and the answer is also simple, I think is way better way of learning to just straigh tell and not go with annoying riddles

Like a visit ask where are the snacks? And you hanlde them the house blueprint

[cosmic quail]

he asked how to detect with script if player is inside the box too

[rare basin]

no he didin't ask that

[cosmic quail]

ok he mentioned it

[rare basin]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[timid saffron]

my vehicle wont go forward but only upwards when pressed w key

Im trying to make it both go forward and upwards when pressed W

[rare basin]

that's not how it works

calculate the direction you want the vehicle to go after pressing W key

and translate into that direction

[cosmic quail]

oh ok

[timid saffron]

but vector3.forward ... and vector3.up ... work

when not used with each other

i can do like i did when i first started this pathway position change and assign it to w

[rare basin]

as i said

[timid saffron]

but what are the chances it will work together with vector3.up since vector3.up and vector3. forward dont together

[rare basin]

calculate the direction you want to move

and move towards that direction

right now you override

your script is moving forward

and then it's moving up

overriding the forward movement

simple vector maths

calculate desired move direction, and translate into that direction

you can use Vector3.Cross function for example

[timid saffron]

maybe something like this?

so it wont override

letme check vectorcross

[rare basin]

well

you clearly have a error

underlined in red

[timid saffron]

yeah i know

i was just trying to show you the basic thing i was trying to do to fix the override

maybe you could help me how to write it correctly

[rare basin]

by doing this way you wont be able to move forward

[pseudo ermine]

Yes, sorry, I do mean deactivates itself

[rare basin]

while already holding A/D

if any horizontal input will be detected, you wont be able to move forward

[timid saffron]

how does man fix it?

put if and else everyhwere?

[rare basin]

i still don't even know what are you trying to achieve

there is plenty of movement tutorials for unity online

[timid saffron]

I can move the vehicle to right and left

and forward and backwards

i got that part

now im just trying to modify it

[rare basin]

to achieve what

and what is the problem then

[timid saffron]

to be able to both move forward and up

when pressed w

[rare basin]

so as i said

calculate the direction

you want to go

and translate into that direction

[verbal dome]

Is it supposed to be only moving horizontally or vertically? Not both at the same time?

[timid saffron]

no

[rare basin]

you cannot translate fowrard and in the next line translate up

it wont combine it

[timid saffron]

ill try and calculate the direction and if it wont fix it ill come back

[rare basin]

doesn't work like you think it does

[timid saffron]

@rare basin

🤔

[polar acorn]

Check your parenthesis

[timid saffron]

it moves up i just need to attach it to input

[rare basin]

that's completely different

what i told you to do

make it in only one transform.Translate

not in two

one for forward, second for up

[verbal dome]

;)

[rare basin]

calculate the direction you want to move, and translate there

[polar acorn]

You know now that I think about it a whole bunch of programming lines end on a winking frowny face

[verbal dome]

Can't unsee

[timid saffron]

we are good 👍

the one not problem but thing is it moves up so fast so you cant actually comprehend it movingforward. it moves forward and up (I checked in inspector window)

even tho my UPSPEED is 0.1 and normal speed (for forward) is 4

[polar acorn]

It's a little weird that your vertical input is both forward and up but okay

[timid saffron]

i mean it does what I want it to do

it moves both up and forward

Im just a little surprised that even though upspeed is 1/1000 of normal speed their numbers are still relatively close

when increasing

[ripe kayak]

Hello, Guys i wonder if i can make the text mesh pro animations from canvas happens after specific period of seconds (3 seconds before the animation starts)

How

[timid saffron]

is there like clamp ?

[polar acorn]

Try logging the value you're passing to Translate. See what it's moving by every frame. I think you might be running afoul of order of operations

[timid saffron]

that I can set upspeed to a max value

[rare basin]

google exists

you can check if there is "like clamp"

[timid saffron]

bro you dont have to answer like that if you dont wanna answer just dont

[soft wren]

You can use an invoke method for the animation maybe?

[rare basin]

i won't spoon feed you, sorry

[polar acorn]

I mean, the presence or absence of a method is very googlable

[ripe kayak]

I tried to follow from YT, was pretty confusing and didn't help me

[polar acorn]

Literally just open a new tab and type "unity clamp"

[rare basin]

you could google "how to clamp values in unity" within the same time you was writing the question here

and get answer probably much quicker

[summer stump]

Google should always be the first stop. If that doesn't pan out, THEN come here

[rare basin]

also #📖┃code-of-conduct

"Use provided resources and advice before requiring others teach you how things work."

[ripe kayak]

You talking about me?

[polar acorn]

no

[ripe kayak]

Oh ok

[soft wren]

void function()
{
  // Do textmeshpro stuff

  // ^^^^

  Invoke("animations", 3.0f);
}

void animations()
{
  // Do animation stuff

  // ^^^^^
}```

@ripe kayak ^

[ripe kayak]

Omg thx alot

Imma give it a try

Btw

"Animations"

Should i change it?

Like the name

[soft wren]

you can name the functions whatever you want

i just did that as an example

[ripe kayak]

[late bobcat]

Hey there guys, i'm having troubles with animating enemies when they take damage. I'm getting "Animator is not playing an animator controller".
I'm spawning enemies prefab from a pool of object and while in play mode if i click on one of the spawned enemy i can see they've a controller attached to them.
I'm getting the warning when i start the game and when the weapon collides with them.
https://hatebin.com/fqchhzvvzo this is one of the weapon codes i'm using that should trigger the enemyPrefab.animator.
https://gyazo.com/84626b0478dd61da2ea3751637f8837f Screenshot of one of the enemyprefab spawned from the pool.
https://gyazo.com/72fa6cfffa8e01634f791801f9df2a1a Screenshot of the game animator

[polar acorn]

Why are you changing the parameter of a prefab

[late bobcat]

do i just need to animate the base enemy object?

[polar acorn]

A prefab doesn't exist, what are you expecting to happen animating something that isn't actually there

[late bobcat]

like to set the animator to the base enemy object

[polar acorn]

It's just a blueprint for copying into the scene

[polar acorn]

So, while this object is in contact with an enemy, you want to modify the blueprint such that all new enemies will be created with that parameter set?

why?

[late bobcat]

i just want the prefab to animate when it takes damage lol

but what am i asking is, should i just animate the enemy base object instead?

[rare basin]

you are missing concepts

of prefab and a instance

[languid spire]

did you not understand? Prefabs do not exist in the Scene

[rare basin]

do you know what a prefab is?

[late bobcat]

a copy of a gameobject?

[rare basin]

prefab is a recipe kinda

to create instances

prefabs doesn't exists in the scene

you can create instanecs of that prefab

[late bobcat]

prefabs gets created when the game starts no?

[languid spire]

no

[rare basin]

what

prefabs don't get created at all

you create them

manually

[late bobcat]

so instances of the prefab gets created?

when the game starts?

[polar acorn]

How do you expect to see an animation on a prefab

[wintry quarry]

whenever your code creates them

[rare basin]

if you create them, then yes

[polar acorn]

A prefab is a file

[late bobcat]

ye

[polar acorn]

it doesn't exist

[late bobcat]

i see

[polar acorn]

There is no visible "prefab" in the scene

[rare basin]

prefab is like a apple pie recipe

and with that recipe you can create an actual apple pie

[late bobcat]

apple pie is an instance of the prefab?

i guess

[rare basin]

yes

[late bobcat]

good

[timid saffron]

its great no problem. i like that you dont give directly codes but make ppl think its for our own good but sometimes googling stuff can be hard for total beginners to c#like me so its sometimes more comfrotable for me to ask here to how I could implement it to the code Im writing at that moment

i mean look at this full of stuff i dont know

[rare basin]

time to learn them then

you have comments

for each line

[late bobcat]

okay then if prefab is just the recipe

[rare basin]

and a big text above the code

[late bobcat]

should i give an animator controller to it?

so that every instance has the animator

[rare basin]

yes you should

but modify the actuall instance's animator

[late bobcat]

mm i see

[rare basin]

like you have 100 objects with animator on the scene

[late bobcat]

ye

[polar acorn]

What do you not know

[rare basin]

and you want to animate specific object

then you animate only on THAT specific object

not all the 100 objects

[late bobcat]

ofc

[timid saffron]

mathf, that f at the end of numbers, gui.horizontal stuff gui label and so on

seems daunting at first sight

[late bobcat]

okay i understood thanks everyone

[timid saffron]

so sometimes i feel more comfortable asking here

[soft wren]

You need to Instantiate a prefab which creates an Instance of it in the scene. The simplest way to put it

[rare basin]

where did gui.horizontal and gui label come from?

[late bobcat]

@soft wren yeye i'm doing that already, just having problem with animations

[rare basin]

that's not related to how to use the Clamp

[timid saffron]

but no problem sorry. Ill at least try to spend some minutes on these documentations before asking again

[timid saffron]

as a beginner you dont know that

[polar acorn]

f means float. Decimal numbers in C# are doubles by default but Unity uses floats because they take up half the space

[rare basin]

i mean you could think and connect things

that GUI is GUI related

and Clamp() is a different function

and you have use cases in the code

[polar acorn]

gui.whatever is for making UIs in code. If you took that whole script it'd come with sliders and whatnot

You'll notice, for example, that all of those function names are hyperlinks

you can click them

[buoyant knot]

Mathf is a unity struct with static methods, primarily for floating point math

[polar acorn]

It still bugs me that Mathf is a struct and not just a static class

[timid saffron]

okay yeah i realized that I just don't want our relationship to be strained because I like these help channels on unity 🙂 thats why i made these comments

[buoyant knot]

i’m pretty sure they could change it without breaking anyone’s code lol

[polar acorn]

I think when they wrote it they just didn't know static classes were a thing

[buoyant knot]

Math is a static class in C# System which contains static methods for math, especially with ints

[brave compass]

What about all my public Mathf myMath; fields?

[wintry quarry]

You're the one holding us all back

[brave compass]

I like that the color in my IDE matches other struct types with similar methods, though.

The class color makes me thing of garbage

[polar acorn]

This is why we can't have nice things

[brave compass]

Just give me static struct 😤

[buoyant knot]

i would be glad if changing Mathf to a static class causes that to break.

then everyone doing dumb shit can just do better

[green copper]

You are trying to create a MonoBehaviour using the 'new' keyword. This is not allowed. MonoBehaviours can only be added using AddComponent(). Alternatively, your script can inherit from ScriptableObject or no base class at all
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:.ctor ()

I'm trying to save an array of inventory objects to a file for an app, and I get this error when I try to load the array I created. It's an array of inventoryItem, which are scribtable objects with an image (sprite) component and a script attached. I'm using the Save Game Free asset

[polar acorn]

Don't create a MonoBehaviour using new. They cannot exist outside of a GameObject

[green copper]

I'm not using new, the save game tool is, I think? Is there another way to save objects other than saving an array containing them?

this is my test code for saving and loading the data

[languid spire]

I very much doubt if Save Game Free can serialize/deserialize anything other than POCO's

[polar acorn]

What line is the error on

[green copper]

what is a POCO

[languid spire]

Plain old C# object

[polar acorn]

An object that doesn't inherit or extend anything

[green copper]

the highlighted line in this function from Save Game Free

[polar acorn]

Yeah it looks like this asset is not designed to work with the kind of data you are passing it. See if that asset has a support channel or forum

[green copper]

Can you make any reccomendations for saving an array of scriptable objects? Save data tools are expensive

[honest haven]

https://gdl.space/enenulekef.cs having a bit of a issue here. Im trying to get the npc to attack if the distance is less then 2. but the issue is he only attacks once. then goes into running state. i dont understand becuase im never over 2 distance.

[languid spire]

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

[green copper]

I could be wrong, but when the monster first attacks, you set the boxColliderTrigger.enabled to false. You don't turn it back to true until the player is 3.5 units away. There's nothing in the code to turn the box collider trigger back on after that first run

[honest haven]

That box collider is for the player not the npc.

that is just a trigger collider for a dialogue system. not the attack from the npc

[pastel patrol]

My rigidbody (circle) can't move close to walls. They collide to early. Help?

[late bobcat]

check for the circle collider size in the inspector

[pastel patrol]

it's exactly the same as the character

[late bobcat]

what about wall collider?

[timid saffron]

what is a good way to combine rotations

like i did in translate

with +

what replaces + for rotations?

[late bobcat]

are you setting the collision offset in the inspector? @pastel patrol

and why do you have a collision offset

[pastel patrol]

I followed a guide for movement

[pastel patrol]

Haven't touched it in the inspector (solved)

[regal isle]

Yo can anyone help me find some bug? Unity (version 2023.2.8f1) says I have some bug here.
I am new at this so yeah, I don't know much about it. Also it doesn't show up in functions when I want to give it to some buttons.
(Please ignore the background)

[timid saffron]

medic 🥵

[polar acorn]

Configure your !ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[polar acorn]

That's the Sniper

[timid saffron]

yeah he calls for medic

🙂

[regal isle]

Where do I find it?

[languid spire]

And where do you get the idea there is a method called GetActivateScene?

[regal isle]

Video I have found on internet.

And it was here.

[languid spire]

video is wrong or you copied it wrong

[polar acorn]

Read the bot message

[languid spire]

try reading the docs instead

[regal isle]

Oh, alright.

Thx, that could be way useful tbh.

[languid spire]

should be the FIRST thing you do

[polar acorn]

Well, the first thing should be to configure the IDE. Then the documentation

[languid spire]

respectfully disagree

[polar acorn]

Doesn't matter if you know the concepts if you don't have spell check to tell you what you should actually be looking for

[regal isle]

Well it works now anyway, I just deleted whole string and did it like this.

[gloomy vector]

lmaoo

[languid spire]

I've programmed for many more years without an IDE than with one because I RTFM

[wintry quarry]

I mean you literally just spelled the function name wrong - which would have been extremely obvious if your IDE was configured.

[gloomy vector]

me when I refuse to use basic tools afforded to me by modern technology for no reason

[polar acorn]

Yes and you also probably programmed for more years without Internet than with but that doesn't mean you should be avoiding the basic tool use that currently exists just because it used to not be the case

[languid spire]

It is my firm belief, the more you rely on tools the less you actually know

[polar acorn]

Why use hammers when you have fists

Kids these days don't have calloused hammer-hands they're soft and depend on tools

[languid spire]

indeed, to their own detriment

[deep quarry]

RocketController controller = rocket.GetComponent<RocketController>();

Is this the correct way of making a reference to a script in another script?

or shall I just use public RocketController controller and drag the Script from the inspector?

[languid spire]

what is rocket?

[ivory bobcat]

It's okay but maybe you ought to reference rocket as the specific component type to avoid having to get the component later

[deep quarry]

Rocket is a GameObject, which I reference before using public GameObject rocket

[languid spire]

is it in the same heirarchy as this script?

[deep quarry]

Yea

[ivory bobcat]

Unless it's being referred to as a different component type that's necessary and you're not wanting to cache the specific component reference for some reason (not used enough, etc)

[languid spire]

then direct reference via Inspector

[deep quarry]

I only need to get the value of a variable though. Is it really necessary to direct reference via inspector then?

[languid spire]

less overhead, minimal but less

[timid saffron]

finally made it thanks everyone 🙂

[deep quarry]

alright. Thanks @languid spire and @ivory bobcat! :)

[ivory bobcat]

Direct reference is always preferred. Requires a bit more effort on your part as the designer but is explicit - the object will be properly referenced because you've made sure of it (get component would be implicit where it's implied that a component should be on this object else it was meant to have been a null referenced)

[swift crag]

I've gotten footgunned by GetComponentInChildren before.

I added more components to the object and, surprise surprise, I suddenly started getting the wrong thing

[languid spire]

Apart from runtime generated components there really is no need to use GetComponent

and even then it's suspect

[swift crag]

I use it sparingly nowadays.

[languid spire]

It's all about design, lots of GetComponent or, God forbid, Find, screams bad or no design

[buoyant knot]

GetComponent is great. It just gets your references, which makes setting things up easier.

[polar acorn]

Just make that field of type RocketController

[buoyant knot]

GetComponent isn’t slow, as some people claim. It’s only slightly slower than accessing a Dictionary to get a component at runtime.

[deep quarry]

But if I use public RocketController controller to make a reference for another script. What do I put in the field? I can't drag the script there?...

[languid spire]

why not, you alread said it's in the same heirarchy

drag the rocket gameobject into it

[deep quarry]

Oh. Thanks!

I thought you could drag only the script

[languid spire]

no, you drag the instance of the script which, in this case, is on the rocket game object

[deep quarry]

Ah, I see

[ivory bobcat]

This is the coding channel. Try asking in #💻┃unity-talk
|| An LTS version would be the accepted stable version. ||

[covert glade]

oki

[green copper]

how can I convert the GameObject[] returned by findObjectsWithTag to an inventoryItem[]? I know for a fact only inventory items will be added to this array and/or tagged

[polar acorn]

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

[wintry quarry]

You can't convert the GameObject array - but you can certainly iterate through the objects and get that component from them and put that in a new array or list

well ok - maybe i'm being pedantic. There's always cs InventoryItem[] inventoryItems = myGameObjectArray.Select(g => g.GetComponent<InventoryItem>()).ToArray();

[green copper]

does this look correct?

[deep quarry]

How does new Vector3(transform.forward * vertical + transform.right * horizontal) not take 3 arguments? transform.forward and transform.right are both Vector3s, in which when added together should form a new Vector3?

[swift crag]

there is no constructor for Vector3 that takes a single Vector3

just use the result of the addition directly! there's no need to try and construct a new Vector3

Vector3 vec1 = Vector3.one;
Vector3 vec2 = new Vector3(vec1);

you're trying to do this

[green copper]

forEach loops don't have a page on the documentation that I can find, how do I access the iterator for it?

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/statements/iteration-statements#the-foreach-statement

foreach is not a Unity concept

[deep quarry]

Oh.
So I should just do Vector3 dir = transform.forward * vertical + transform.right * horizontal;?

[swift crag]

Correct.

[deep quarry]

alright. Thanks!

[swift crag]

passing a Vector3 doesn't count as "three arguments" -- it's a single argument!

I guess you could do something like this if you wanted to

Vector3 vec1 = Vector3.one;
Vector3 vec2 = new Vector3(vec1.x, vec1.y, vec1.z);

but it'd be pointless

Vector3 vec1 = Vector3.one;
Vector3 vec2 = vec1;

It'd be the same outcome as doing this.

Vector3 is a struct, so you don't have a reference to an object -- you directly have the value

[swift crag]

This would matter with a reference type.

MyClass obj1 = new MyClass();
obj2 = obj1;
obj1.foo = 123;
print(obj2.foo); // prints "123"

e.g.

[deep quarry]

I declare the dir variable in the MyInput() function. Is it possible to use it in Movement()?

cuz I get red line when I write dir

[carmine elm]

How can i make when a button is selected something happens .

[green island]

how do Actions work i tried this but it didnt work:

GameManager.Instance.GameStart += PlayerSetupServerRpc;```
```cs
public static event Action GameStart;```
the instance is just this script where the action is

[short hazel]

Are you raising that event anywhere? As in GameStart?.Invoke();

[green island]

yes

 private void StartGame()
 {
     tick = 0;
     timer = 0.0f;


     


     GameStart?.Invoke();
 }```

[short hazel]

Make sure this method is being executed at some point

Log something in it

[green island]

oh thanks that was the problem i wanted to implement that func in a later time didnt think it was a problem

[honest haven]

            float angle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
            Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, angle, 0);
            _rigidbody.rotation = rotation;
            Vector3 newPosition = transform.position + direction * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
            _rigidbody.MovePosition(newPosition);``` move speed is really slow. am i doing somthing wrong here. i can increase the speed but my player speed is only 5 and this is much slower

[lost forge]

hello guys, i've got small problem, i donwnloaded animation from mixamo, and problem is that when anim is played avatar's position is changed, i want to play anim in a way that avatar's position stays the same, i turned off Root Motion, but still same...

[grave frigate]

I also have a quick question, why do I knock this cube into the floor. I am using a character controller and the cube has rigidbody physics.

[rapid wing]

Hi all, I'm using a CM VirtualCam with a script that applies a custom bounding / confiner box that I've setup using a 2D polygon collider trigger. Almost everything is functioning as I'd like however in play mode, when taking the camera to the bounds of the scene, the camera stops where it should but the transform values on the CM VirtualCam object continue changing in the editor while inputs are pressed. This leads to the camera appearing to "stick" to the bounds as when trying to move the camera to a new position it requires the transform values to catch up before releasing the camera to freely move within the bounds again. Any idea(s) what might be causing this issue?

[true gyro]

is there a logic error in my script? i feel like there is something wrong with my jumpBuffer logic. even if theres no obvious bug i can see in game.

[deep quarry]

How do I get the size of a Mesh Collider?

(via script)

[rich adder]

bounds

the meshcollider has no "size"

its as big as the mesh

[deep quarry]

Tried it, but it didn't quite work for me.
(GetComponent<MeshCollider>().sharedMesh.bounds.size.y) > 1f

RocketController.cs(42, 33): Parentheses can be removed
RocketController.cs(42, 87): Parentheses can be removed
Cannot implicitly convert type 'bool' to 'float'

Nvm I made it work ✅

[crystal venture]

guys, in my project when the cube falls from the platform it falls very slowly even if all rigidbody settings are ok, why?

[rich adder]

"even if all rigidbody settings"
wat?

also are you using with .velocity

[crystal venture]

PinoBody.velocity = transform.forward * Speed;

[rich adder]

but where did you put this, this line with no context doesnt help

anyway if you're using .velocity the gravity is overwritten

[crystal venture]

Sorry, I'm making some code for ML-Agent and I put this in the void OnActionRecived

[rich adder]

alr well anytime you call .velocity you overwrite gravity or external forces, so there's that

[lunar haven]

Hey all, don't mean to interrupt any discussion.

I have what I think should be fairly simple, but I am missing something..
I am trying to set the sprite of a gameobject, but it is not working.

Here is the code:

public static class TileFactory
{
    public static GameObject GenerateTile(TileType type)
    {
        GameObject tile = new GameObject(type.ToString()); // Init gameobject tile

        SpriteRenderer spriteRenderer = tile.AddComponent<SpriteRenderer>(); // Add sprite renderer component

        Sprite sprite = Resources.Load<Sprite>($"Assets/Resources/Sprites/Tiles/Sprite-Tile_{type}.png"); // change sprite based off of tile type
        //Debug.Log(sprite);

        spriteRenderer.sprite = sprite;

        return tile;
    }
}

Then just for testing, in the Start function I am creating a default tile using the following code:

    void Start()
    {
        GameObject defaultTile = TileFactory.GenerateTile(TileType.Grass);
    }

When pressing play, it will create a GameObject called Grass, as I am intending it to. But, I look at the object and the SpriteRenderer does not have the Grass sprite selected, it just says "none". Debug.Log tells me the sprite is null.

I think it might be with how i am calling the directory, but not sure. The one in the Resources.Load method is copy/pasted from the actual asset itself so not sure what else I can change it to. Unfortunately google / chatGPT has not been much of a help. What am I missing?

[rich adder]

not working because you did not read the Resources docs

[languid spire]

what you are missing is RTFM

[rich adder]

true

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

here this one is more clear to see where you went wrong
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html

[lunar haven]

Jesus christ, so hostile for what? I did read the manual. I am trying to load the asset from the path. I thought this was a beginner channel? I tried implementing it as stated in the manual, and even asked chat gpt for supplementary help with the method but I cant get it to work.

Nevermind then lol.

[swift crag]

navarone was not being hostile

[rich adder]

I mean, if you read the docs..Particuarly the Resources.Load you will see whats wrong..

idk how telling you to look at docs is hostile lol

also avoid GPT spambot, its as useful as watching paint dry

[languid spire]

you read this did you?

[swift crag]

you need to read the entire page, not just glance at a single line

the Resources.Load documentation is very explicit about the rules

[rich adder]

hint : Your path is messed up

[swift crag]

it breaks two rules, yes

[supple sedge]

hey can someone help me please. this is my first time coding. i trying to add camera controls so i can look around when walking around. i have the script which im 99% is fine, but when i test it i cant look around

[languid spire]

post your !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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

[supple sedge]

so do i just paste the link?

[languid spire]

yes

[supple sedge]

https://paste.ofcode.org/BL56VkAMeQbKPYzKtUsthq

[rich adder]

and is the sript on a gameobjec btw

did you check console window for errors

[supple sedge]

theres no errors in the script, yes its on a game object, the camera

[rich adder]

while its true no errors can come from this script it doesn't mean there are no errors in unity console btw

many people dont have IDE configured so they dont see error until unity compiles, not saying thats the case here just something to keep in mind

[supple sedge]

wait, sorry. i just checked and i forgot i added a new camera, i put the script on the wrong camera when i made a new one, sorry for wasting your time everyone im an idiot lol

could have sworn i put it on the right camera haha i even checked but i guess i still didnt notice haha, so sorry lol

🙈

[rich adder]

nicee. What helps in the beginning also is to explicitly declare what you're trying to modify

[supple sedge]

what do you mean?

[rich adder]

like if you made a field for Camera camera for example, no matter where you put script as long as the field is filled you are rotating the camera
camera.transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(pitch, yaw, 0f);

there is no guesswork

[languid spire]

don't fret it btw, you've already done more things right in 10 minutes than most people manage in 10 days

[supple sedge]

okay i get you now. thank you so much 🙂

[vague dirge]

Hello, I have a code with camera.euleurAngles.y, but I want to generalize it to a given vector (and not the y axis). How can I get the rotation between a transform and a given vector ?

[wintry quarry]

A transform is not a rotation or a vector, so your question doesn't make too much sense.

[vague dirge]

yes

[wintry quarry]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

Euler angles is almost definitely not the right approach

[vague dirge]

Get the angle between a transform and a vector. I don't know if it makes much sense, but here the code return the camera angles from the Y axis, but I'd like to achieve this but for "any" axis, so a vector that is not (0f, 1f, 0f)

(But maybe I didn't understand the whole method)

[wintry quarry]

"a transform" is a whole collection of rotation, position, various direction vectors

it's not a think you can compare with a single vector

you need to be more specific

[polar acorn]

Instead of explaining what you want your code to do, explain what you're trying to actually do

Like "I want to look at this thing"

[wintry quarry]

If you want the angle between transform.forward and an arbitrary vector for examplke, that would make more sense

[polar acorn]

or "I want to calculate the heading of an airplane"

or something like that

[wintry quarry]

but you aslso don't seem to want the angle between two vectors you want the angle around a certain vector

[polar acorn]

Context would help

[wintry quarry]

But yeah Digi is right - what are you actually trying to do? Not the solution you're attempting, but the actual gameplay goal

[polar acorn]

Chances are there's an easier way to do whatever

[wintry quarry]

Maybe draw a picture

or show a screenshot

if that helps

[vague dirge]

The thing is I have a character controller that is set up to move but not rotate with the ground. Like it always rotates from y axis when turning. So I used a raycast and hit.normal to make it snap to the ground, but the thing is it broke a little my moving code. I'm tweaking things here and there because a lot was depending to the Y axis, and I'm replacing it by hit.normal

Currently I have that :

[wintry quarry]

You need to just project your movement direction along the surface normal

Vector3 projectedDirection = Vector3.Project(myMovementDirection, surfaceNormal);```

[vague dirge]

        {
            float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z)*Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
            float angle = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, targetAngle,ref turnsmooth, turntime);
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(hit.normal*angle); 
            Vector3 moveDir = Quaternion.Euler(hit.normal*targetAngle)*Vector3.forward;
            player.Move(moveDir.normalized*(speed + alt + varjump)*incline*Time.deltaTime);
        }```

[wintry quarry]

yeah don't use Euler here...

[vague dirge]

Ayo

wow thats amazing

[vague dirge]

But doesn't it need to be perpendicular to the normal ?

Or that's what the method does

[wintry quarry]

Do you know what vector projection does?

it gives you the part of the vector that is perpendicular to the normal (on the surface of the plane)

you can then normalize that direction and do whatever else you want with it.

[vague dirge]

Ok, because I projected my moveDir but now my character doesnt move, I think I might project it earlier and normalizing it as your advicing me thanks

[wintry quarry]

well you'd have to show the full code

[vague dirge]

I think it's all in the snipped I sent, but I don't understand why when I project moveDir along my ````hit.normal```, my character (on straight ground) doesn't move. Like right after it's normalized, and it should be the exact same vector because the normal is vertical

[wintry quarry]

you'd have to show your new code

because the new code should be very different from the old code

like 80% of those lines of code should have gone away

[vague dirge]

oh

        {
            float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z)*Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;
            float angle = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.eulerAngles.y, targetAngle,ref turnsmooth, turntime);
            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, angle, 0f); 
            Vector3 moveDir = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetAngle, 0f)*Vector3.forward;
            moveDir = Vector3.Project(moveDir, hit.normal);
            player.Move(moveDir.normalized*(speed + alt + varjump)*incline*Time.deltaTime);
        }```

I just added the projection

Shouldn't it do the trick ?

[wintry quarry]

no

all that euler stuff needs to go byebye

[twin bison]

Basic C# question. I have an abstract weapon class. I want a property MaxUpgradeTier that I dont want to set in the base class but in all classes that inherit from it. VS makes this suggestion after i declared the property like this:
public abstract int MaxUpgradeTier { get; set; }

This is what VS gives me:

public override int MaxUpgradeTier { get => throw new System.NotImplementedException(); set => throw new System.NotImplementedException(); }

How to now define a value like 10 ?

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 projectedDirection = Vector3.Project(direction, hit.normal);
Vector3 moveDir = projectedDirection.normalized *(speed + alt + varjump)*incline*Time.deltaTime;
player.Move(moveDir);``` something like this

[vague dirge]

But I need it to make my character turn along the direction with the Euler no ?

[wintry quarry]

Well the abstract interface wants a getter AND a seetter

Are you sure you want a setter?

[swift crag]

The default is to throw exceptions for both accessors

replace the throw with something else

get => 10, for example

[twin bison]

Ok i think i got it. This is what it should be right public override int MaxUpgradeTier { get => 10; }

[swift crag]

you also probably don't want a set accessor, yes

[wintry quarry]

If you JUST want a getter then change the abstract to this:

public abstract int MaxUpgradeTier { get; }```
Then in the child:
```cs
public override int MaxUpgradeTier => 10;```

[twin bison]

ok yeah now it makes totally sense thx

what do you think about this desgin in my base class
public abstract void OnWeaponUpgrade();
And then I have this:

public void UpgradeWeapon()
    {
        upgradeTier++;
        OnWeaponUpgrade();
    }

Is this something to work with or how would you do that or is "normally" done

[wintry quarry]

I would make OnWeaponUpgrade protected

[twin bison]

My thinking is with this design, each different weapon can have its own thing happen when it upgrades itself

[wintry quarry]

I think it's a good idea - just make the abstract method protected so you don't accidentally call it elsewhere

[twin bison]

ok done - it is that only UpgradeWeapon works from outside, got it thx

[wintry quarry]

Because you always want to be calling UpgradeWeapon() right?

[frigid sequoia]

I actually never understood the part of programming that compels you to use private, protected and all that stuff; like, if you don't really care about security and are working solo and you know what your classes and methods do, you can practically call everything public

[wintry quarry]

It's to protect you from yourself

to make everything clearer and cleaner

When you write myWeapon.Up instead of one useless function and one useful function popping up in autocorrect ONLY the useful one does

this reduces cognitive load

reduces mistakes

makes your code better

[polar acorn]

Yes and why do we need shelves and cabinets we can access our things much faster if we just put it all in a pile on the floor

[frigid sequoia]

I DO that XD

[frigid sequoia]

Makes it cleaner, yeah, but also is the other side of having to be constantly reorganazing stuff cause you need access to stuff later and you don't have access over it

[wintry quarry]

I think you'll find as you gain more programming experience that you are probably over weighting that cost and under weighting the cost of everything being chaos

In general there's not really a "constant" reorganization. You think more up front about what an object's external facing interface should be before you start

[opaque mortar]

hi i am waching the move ment vid and now when i move my cam moves with the wasd no the moues

[wintry quarry]

Oh "the movement vid"? I love that one.

[opaque mortar]

he he sorry

[rich adder]

show script you wrote

and send tutorial

[opaque mortar]

can i send links

[rich adder]

yup

[opaque mortar]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=player+movement+unity+3d

play look script using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerLook : MonoBehaviour
{
public Camera cam;
private float xRotation = 0f;

public float xSensitivity = 30f;
public float ySensitivity = 30f;

// Start is called before the first frame update
public void ProcessLook(Vector2 input)
{
    float mouseX = input.x;
    float mouseY = input.y;
    xRotation -= (mouseY * Time.deltaTime) * ySensitivity;
    xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -80f, 80f);
    cam.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0, 0);
    transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * (mouseX * Time.deltaTime) * xSensitivity);
}

}

player motor using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMotor : MonoBehaviour
{
private CharacterController controller;
private Vector3 playerVelocity;
private bool isGrounded;
public float speed = 5f;
public float gravity = -9.8f;
public float jumpHeight = 3f;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    isGrounded = controller.isGrounded;
}

public void ProcessMove(Vector2 input)
{
    Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;
    moveDirection.x = input.x;
    moveDirection.z = input.y;
    controller.Move(transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection) * speed * Time.deltaTime);
    playerVelocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;
    if (isGrounded && playerVelocity.y < 0)
        playerVelocity.y = -2f;
    controller.Move(playerVelocity * Time.deltaTime);
    Debug.Log(playerVelocity.y);
}

public void Jump()
{
    if (isGrounded)
    {
        playerVelocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -3.0f * gravity);
    }
}

}

[rich adder]

why you sent the search query and not the actual tutorial you follow 🤔

also !code

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[rich adder]

use links

[valid pulsar]

was trying to add some custom inspector things to a script so its easier to use and i found this (https://discussions.unity.com/t/custom-inspector-if-bool-is-true-then-show-variable/178698) to help me. I was using the code posseted by ElijahShadbolt in it and it works properly in the inspector but whatever i set with it is reset to the default value when I run the game.

[opaque mortar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqP5EesxLk&t=1038s

[wintry quarry]

Hey - question - why not just use NaughtyAttributes? https://dbrizov.github.io/na-docs/attributes/meta_attributes/show_hide_if.html

[valid pulsar]

didnt know that was a thing ill try it

[deep goblet]

im using some UI elements for tiles and a test object for a grid placing system, and i know the layer order is based of the heiarchy, but the tiles for the grid are generated from a prefab, is there a way i can change that sorting order so the test object is always the most visible?

[rich adder]

ok and can u send ur code but through codebin

[wintry quarry]

Put it on a separate canvas with a higher depth

[opaque mortar]

ok trying

https://gdl.space/raw/mubiyoqene

[polar acorn]

You really don't. When you make something it should be pretty clear whether you want it public or private. You basically never have to go back and change anything, and if you do, your IDE can literally do it for you

[rich adder]

and how do you call ProcessLook

[opaque mortar]

https://gdl.space/raw/upatoxafez

https://gdl.space/raw/utoricomar

[deep goblet]

for some reason that isnt working, the grid tiles are always on top of the object..

[open apex]

I am making a 2d game (flappy bird) this is the code, 2 question.
Does it matter if it's vector3 for any specific reason when it moves to the left? Also when the object of the script is moving to the left, it only moves to a certain point, I have not givven it a stopping point. Is there any reason why it's stop at a certain distances?

this is the code I will use the green tubes to move

[rich adder]

you dont see anything wrong here 😏

look.ProcessLook(onFoot.Movement.ReadValue<Vector2>());

[open apex]

I am just making some testing, this is not the final result

[opaque mortar]

no not relly

[wintry quarry]

show what you tried

[rich adder]

What!

[opaque mortar]

oh

[rich adder]

Look at the names

You're passing in Movement inside Look

ofc your WASD will move camera

[open apex]

😏

[languid spire]

can you even expect this to move?

[open apex]

it does move

[open apex]

+I am just experimenting

[languid spire]

read the code

[rich adder]

but once

[deep goblet]

the tiles for the grid generate in the Grid canvas

[rich adder]

at the same spot

right now its stuck at 1,0

[wintry quarry]

and the canvas has a depth of what?
And the "test" object is on which canvas and that canvas has a depth of what?

[rich adder]

maybe follow a tutorial instead of guess work @open apex

[open apex]

Can I ask a monke level question?

[deep goblet]

i just saw that canvas' have a sorting layer of their own, i havent used 2D elements too much so im just blind ig

[opaque mortar]

ty

[open apex]

why would it stop even though I never told it to stop? I understand it move once, but I never told it to stop moving

😁

[rich adder]

because you assigned it x1,y0

every frame

its not incrementing

[wintry quarry]

Ah yeah - sorting layer. I was thinking "depth" which is for cameras

[open apex]

thanks for the answer

[deep goblet]

yeah i kinda just speedran adding canvases because i was replacing 2D sprites with UI elements so i didnt look too much at what canvas' have

[rich adder]

so basically the difference between
=
and += for example

[open apex]

OHHHHHH

that makes sense

😁😁

[rich adder]

yes, I still wouldn't move a gameplay object with transforms, but for learning its ok

btw unity also has a built in method transform.Translate

[open apex]

I would 😁 😁 😁

[rich adder]

I guess you don't want collisions to work 🙂

[open apex]

I will pray to god tonight, for it to work

no worries

all fixed

[rich adder]

lol sure

[frigid sequoia]

Does anyone knows how the component rotation constraint works? Cause I read the documentation, watched a video and I still don't get it

[wintry quarry]

it makes an object's rotation follow another object's rotation

[frigid sequoia]

This? How?

[open apex]

Coding it like this, in theory it would make it move frame by frame. Am I right?

[grave forge]

also guys how do i make the ground collide with the user
in a 2d game
i just added an collider for both but it didnt work

[open apex]

it would move it according to the amount of fps

[rich adder]

did you try and see what behavior you got, its def not what you think it is

[wintry quarry]

You add the object whose rotation you want to follow to the "sources" list

[open apex]

this is what the tutorial guy is telling me to do 😔

[rich adder]

Time.deltaTime just allows everything to be consistent through diff FPS

[frigid sequoia]

But I just want to "clamp" its rotation, this cannot do that?

[deep goblet]

what do i use to share code again? cant find it anywhere

[wintry quarry]

No - FixedUpdate is synced to the physics simulation rate. Update is once per frame

[wintry quarry]

!code

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[frigid sequoia]

Cause it does in blender, that's why I am confused

[rich adder]

then the tutorial is dogshit lol

[deep goblet]

thanks

[grave forge]

i need heeelp

[stuck mango]

How can i roll the camera depending on the speed of rotation on y axis? I have been trying for 2 hours and still nothing works, my head gonna explode

[wintry quarry]

this is not for that, no

[open apex]

😔 😔

I will just finish it

it doesn't hurt nobody

😎

[wintry quarry]

"How can i roll the camera depending on the speed of rotation on y axis?"
Well for one what does that actually mean?

[rich adder]

it only hurts you to learn the wrong way 🙂

and waste time

[grave forge]

man nobody is helping me i guess its time to hop on chat gpt

[open apex]

there are other things I learn

[rich adder]

be fucking patatient dude

[frigid sequoia]

Then there is no component for that? I have to do it by a script?

[rare basin]

go on

chat gpt best tool

[polar acorn]

Show the tutorial

[wintry quarry]

No there's no component for that because it's going to depend heavily on how the thing is rotating in the first place

[grave forge]

im tryna be

[deep goblet]

it should just be moving the objects transform by eventData.delta then dividing it by the canvas scale factor (if i decide to add one), but it goes wayyyy too fast

[rich adder]

besides your question not seeming like a code one, you haven't even shown your Setup..

[polar acorn]

How are you moving the user

[rich adder]

how is one supposed to know whats wrong without seeing context..

[stuck mango]

if the player is rotating camera to the left, get the speed of it rotating and clamp and store that speed between 0 and for example 30degrees/sec, then compare these 0 - 30 dg/sec to 0-15 RollAngle, which is basically rotating camera on Z axis

You get what i mean?

[grave forge]

uhh i cant i just added jumping and gravity

[ivory bobcat]

No one knows anything about your code right now.

[wintry quarry]

what kind of game is this?

Racing?

FPS?

[stuck mango]

FPS, i want to have a very dynamic effect

I am trying on making fast paced fps retro-styled game

[grave forge]

do u need my code for me to learn about colliding objects

[deep goblet]

so when you look left or right you tilt left or right?

[stuck mango]

When simplified, yes

but the tilt depends on rotating speed

[rare basin]

you ask in a code related channel my man

[ivory bobcat]

This is the coding channel. You should maybe try asking in #💻┃unity-talk for non coding questions.

[grave forge]

i got ignored

[wintry quarry]

I mean sounds like you have it figured out. Just add an empty object parent between your camera and whatever it's normally a child of and tilt that object depending on the current X mouse delta per second

[rich adder]

if you have scripts that move player it can be relevant to collisions yes

[polar acorn]

No, we're all just waiting for you to actually provide information

[stuck mango]

My question is, how to calculate x mouse delta per second? I have tried searching internet, youtube, even ai, nothing helps

[rich adder]

helppppp plzz omg help in such a rush
its brokee help pluzz why everyone ignoreeeme

[grave forge]

i just want to make the 2d character collide with the ground

[deep goblet]

theres a lot of people in discord its not really anyones fault if people are busy or accidentally scroll past the message, you can always bump your original question but i dont think guilt tripping that nobody is listening to you

[rich adder]

provides no context or screenshots

[polar acorn]

How are you moving the character

[wintry quarry]

float mouseDeltaPerSecond = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") / Time.deltaTime;```

[grave forge]

i cant yet

[rare basin]

that's too easy

[polar acorn]

Then no collisions can possibly be happening because nothing is moving

[stuck mango]

ion believe its that easy

[wintry quarry]

why not

think about it

very simple math

literally mouse delta / time

[grave forge]

thats how it works?

[polar acorn]

Well, how do you expect a whole bunch of completely stationary objects to collide?

[deep goblet]

he added gravity

and jumping

[rich adder]

mate collisions are physics

[polar acorn]

No I believe they very clearly told me they aren't moving anything

and who am I to believe otherwise

I can't see their screen so all I can go off of is the information provided

[deep goblet]

nope he added jumping and gravity

[open apex]

It's working 😎

[stuck mango]

ppl on internet have made some complex ass solutions, but yours is just right, thank you very much!

[polar acorn]

Yes but when I asked how they very clearly said they weren't so I have to assume that is the correct information so the problem is solved I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[deep goblet]

ahh mb gotcha

but we need to know what colliders and stuff you have on the player and ground, if we cant see the stuff relating to the problem then we cant help.

[rich adder]

now they're not in a rush anymore

[grave forge]

i did say i added jumping but i cant move yet

[polar acorn]

How'd you manage that? Jumping without movement. Miracle of physics right there

How does something jump while remaining stationary?

[deep goblet]

but how did you add jumping? what is your script for that so we can see whats happening, what colliders did you add?

[grave forge]

i meant movement as in left right jeez

[polar acorn]

Physicists baffled at this conundrum

[deep goblet]

we cant help if you wont show us what youre working with

[polar acorn]

At no point did I ever ask if you were moving left or right

[deep goblet]

movement can go up and down too

[grave forge]

rigid body for character box collider for the ground

[deep goblet]

are they normal or the 2D colliders

[scarlet skiff]

how am i getting an error if im not even running the game... 😭

[grave forge]

hmm hold on lemme check

[rich adder]

well apparently this is an error from Editor mode

[grave forge]

329 error its .......joever

[grave forge]

yep both 2d

[rich adder]

You are using Destroy() on a editor object

show the full stack trace

[grave forge]

like i dont need an script for the objects to colide right?

[scarlet skiff]

what does an editor objecct mean..? 😰

and whats a full stack trace

[deep goblet]

not for the collision but depending on how you have your gravity set up it could affect how the colliders detect each other

[polar acorn]

Show the inspectors for both objects

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception/stack-trace

[rich adder]

maybe you are trying to destroy a prefab or something

[scarlet skiff]

ye i spawn a prefab then i destroy it

happened before in my project wothout a problem

[rich adder]

then you are probably destroying the referenced prefab asset, not the instance

[polar acorn]

Are you destroying the prefab

[scarlet skiff]

i... didnt intend to..?

i just did what i usually do

[polar acorn]

So check your code and see

[grave forge]

here

[polar acorn]

You can't call Destroy on a prefab

[scarlet skiff]

public game object, put sprite in there, initiate it, and the gameobjkect has a script that destroys itself after an animation is played

[polar acorn]

No collider

[rich adder]

do this

var myObj  = Instantiate (prefab)
Destroy(myObj)```
not 
```Instantiate(prefab)
Destroy(prefab)```

[rich adder]

should just follow a course !learn

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[polar acorn]

I don't know why you're showing me this

[rich adder]

seems your guessing ur way through this

[deep goblet]

theres a rigidbody 2d

[grave forge]

i added an collider

[rich adder]

and no collider

[polar acorn]

where

not in this screenshot you didn't

[deep goblet]

oh crap i forgot that it doesnt count as a collider 💀 mb i might be stupid

[grave forge]

wdym where

[polar acorn]

I mean where

You've sent a screenshot of the same object still with no collider

[grave forge]

ITS THERE

[languid spire]

no it's not

[polar acorn]

Let's take a look at the components on this object in order

Not a collider

Not a collider

Not a collider

Not a collider

[deep goblet]

oh no 😂

[polar acorn]

And that's it

[grave forge]

man im getting cooked

[polar acorn]

That's all of the components on this object

Notice how none of them are colliders

[rich adder]

You complained about collisions not working but have no collider

what do you think?

[grave forge]

ok i fixed it yippie

[twin bison]

Hi,
Is there a way to directly get the correct Component:
EnemyController enemy = Instantiate(_enemyPrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.identity).GetComponent<EnemyController>();
Like some unity trick, or is this "The Way"?

[grave forge]

i thought rigid body was an collider

[polar acorn]

Make _enemyPrefab of type EnemyController

[rich adder]

how do you figure it would get its shape from 🤔

[grave forge]

from rigidbody

[twin bison]

Oh wait and I can still instantiate a whole new gameobject when its of that type? awesoem

[rich adder]

what

rigidbody gets its shape from rigidbody ?

that makes 0 sense

[rare basin]

what made you think that

[grave forge]

i dunno

also why my sprites are 144p

[rich adder]

it just describes what this physics object is.

A Body that is Rigid

[deep goblet]

another question though, on the test object that drags, it drags but it either goes slower or faster than the mouse, and i wanna figure out why instead of just brute forcing some value

https://gdl.space/etumebusef.cpp

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

[carmine sierra]

I need to create a function which will follow a mouse cursor and stretch two sprites, how can I start

Vector3 mousePos = Input.mousePosition; is this a good start

[rare basin]

By creating a function that keeps track of your mouse position

[carmine sierra]

void update() is a function?

[rare basin]

What do you think

[carmine sierra]

yes

but it needs the name update to be called every frame right

so how could I rename it to a different function like trackmouse

[rare basin]

If you are asking such questions you should better watch some very basics c# tutorials

[carmine sierra]

in relation to unity?

or general tutorials

[rare basin]

C#

[carmine sierra]

okay i will thanks

[deep goblet]

could someone take a look and see why the dragging system is all wacky silly :)

[rich adder]

You don't , you run functions *inside * the Update

[scarlet skiff]

would it also work with Destroy(this) in the script of the gameobject? cuz i dont destroy them in the same script that i instantiate them

[carmine sierra]

so any functions i want to be used every frame i should insert there?

[rich adder]

Destroy(this) would only destroy this which is the Script/Component

[carmine sierra]

is onmousedrag() called every frame the mouse has a change in movement?

sorry i should just google some things

[rich adder]

best you follow a course

check pins in this channel

[carmine sierra]

ngl though I don't have time for that just need to make a quick game in a month and a half for school

is update and start and onmousedrag called scripting API's?

[languid spire]

no

[rich adder]

you dont have time to learn , ur gonnna fail then