💻┃code-beginner

[rich adder]

month and a half is plenty of time

unless you're lazy I suppose that makes sense

[languid spire]

spend a month learning and make a game in 2 weeks or spend the next 6 weeks to produce nothing, your choice

[carmine sierra]

what course should I take, i just need to make a few scripts like seven maybe

i do other subjects not just cs

[rich adder]

you think a game is just scripts ?

[carmine sierra]

fair

need a network and a few sprites

[rich adder]

no you need to understand basic coding concepts if you plan on doing scripts

script doesn't do much if you don't even know why a certain method belongs somewhere etc

[carmine sierra]

any videos you would recommend watching, I know python already

[rich adder]

I did say check the pins :https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting

[carmine sierra]

thanks, does it require me to make a new game though

[rich adder]

no just open a project and start coding

[carmine sierra]

okay thanks alot

[rich adder]

just make sure you at least configure your IDE before doing any coding

[carmine sierra]

like using extensions?

I have those

[rich adder]

depends on the editor

[summer stump]

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/other/unity

[carmine sierra]

also my cs teacher said to use github for our project but he just is going to look at a word document so what is the point of github

[deep goblet]

making sure it can interact with unity and it's functions and other stuff

[summer stump]

If you say extensions, I assume vs code

[rich adder]

because its industry standard way to version projects and have them on the cloud

[summer stump]

Probably also because he's had people lose their project in the past. Using a hosting site will prevent that from happening (as long as you commit your work of course)

[deep goblet]

^ or you lose access to your school account (if you use one, i lost a few projects and schoolwork once because i couldnt access my school email)

[carmine sierra]

true he did say that

[polar acorn]

History

You can view each draft all at once if it's in git

[deep goblet]

portfolio after you graduate

[polar acorn]

Also it prevents someone from just pasting a ChatGPT essay into the submission box and calling it a day

[deep goblet]

(saying that because i wish i had one, i made some epic stuff eeeexcept it all saved to my old school email)

[dire tartan]

is this the right place to ask for help with coding problems?

[slender nymph]

yes

[frigid sequoia]

How can I know what part of the object is "the front" for stuff like lookAt()?

[slender nymph]

forward is along the Z axis (blue arrow)

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[dire tartan]

oh sorry

[slender nymph]

it's backticks, not apostrophes. but also use a bin site for large blocks of code like that

anyway, i cannot see the line numbers so i don't know which is line 32, but at a guess i'd say it's probably FixedJoint fj = grabbedObj.AddComponent<FixedJoint>(); and grabbedObj is null because you aren't null checking it there

[dire tartan]

yes that was line 32

[frigid sequoia]

That's usefull, not that easy with exports though, let's see if I can figure this up...

[dire tartan]

to send a hatebin i just send u the link?

[slender nymph]

not that easy with exports though
i have no idea what you mean by that. but when your tool handle is set to local rather than global for rotation then the blue arrow points along the selected object's forward direction

[slender nymph]

just paste the link here, yes

[dire tartan]

https://hatebin.com/biwsvllbpi

okay thank you

[pearl lodge]

how to change color of sprite render?

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SpriteRenderer-color.html

[pearl lodge]

I tried that

[slender nymph]

yeah so you need to null check grabbedObj before line 32 and the following lines

[slender nymph]

and what does the error say

[dire tartan]

yeah got it thank you

[polar acorn]

What's the error say

[polar acorn]

Renderer doesn't have anything named color. SpriteRenderer does.

[slender nymph]

and Renderer does not contain that property. that is on the SpriteRenderer class

[frigid sequoia]

For example I think that from Blender to Unity the axis change like that, so I am trying to export it changing the axis to compensate for it but I think I am doing it wrong and I no longer know which way is up

[slender nymph]

you can ask for help with your export settings in #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[open apex]

Event takes place, no errors, no "The event has happened" in the console

[slender nymph]

1. https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages
2. use the CompareTag method to check a tag, don't use the == operator for that

[polar acorn]

The Three Commandments of OnTriggerEnter:

1. Thou Shalt have a 3D Collider on each object
2. Thou Shalt tick isTrigger on at least one of them
3. Thou Shalt have a 3D Rigidbody on at least one of them

[ivory bobcat]

How do you know it occurred if no logs were present?

[acoustic sun]

So I was able to fix some of the issues on my script, but now I came across another problem where it shows this

[open apex]

I am using it for 2d

[polar acorn]

Then why are you using the 3D event

[open apex]

I didn't know it was for 3d

[polar acorn]

Do you have a script named CharacterController

[acoustic sun]

I do

[slender nymph]

you probably have your own class called CharacterController so it's trying to use that instead of unity's CharacterController

[north kiln]

Do you have an IDE that is configured...

[polar acorn]

Does it have anything named isGrounded

[acoustic sun]

I did that already, and I am still getting the same error

[acoustic sun]

Yes I do

[ivory bobcat]

3d: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html
2d: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider2D.OnTriggerEnter2D.html

[polar acorn]

Show !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[acoustic sun]

Is this something I have to do on my script or something that is shown on discord?

[ivory bobcat]

Intellisense should not have suggested the field/property and marked it as an error immediately in Visual Studios.

[polar acorn]

it is how to post code

[acoustic sun]

I used gdl

What do I do to share it?

[polar acorn]

give the link

[acoustic sun]

https://gdl.space/jisidexasu.cs

Thank you so much. Im sorry for taking a while. I am new to code and I am not able to figure things out "right-a-way"

[north kiln]

Is your IDE configured?

Because I can see something that would be underlined

and other things that should be correctly indented

[polar acorn]

Why do you have two variables who only exist to set each other

this would be a stack overflow as soon as you tried

[slender nymph]

actually that second one sets and gets the field from line 11. but that first property is very weird

[acoustic sun]

It should be. I went trough IDE last night

[ivory bobcat]

The second actually refers to the camelcase field.

[polar acorn]

Oh, right

[north kiln]

well, do you have error underlining and proper autocomplete then?

[polar acorn]

I got PlayerController blinded by how many were in one place

[north kiln]

eg.
https://unity.huh.how/HTML/programming/ide-configuration/functioning-ide.mp4

[acoustic sun]

I do not. For some reason, have linked visual studio with unity for my project but I am not getting underlined issues.

[acoustic sun]

The bottom one was suggusted to me when it showed me the tool

[ivory bobcat]

Did you setup your workloads? (a common missed item from the list of things to do from the configuration manual)

[acoustic sun]

What do you mean set up workloads?

[north kiln]

1. Open the Visual Studio Installer.
2. Select Modify
3. Select Workloads
4. Make sure the Game development with Unity workload is enabled

[ivory bobcat]

Running the installer again will allow you to modify Visual Studio

At the very least, the Unity workload must be checked.

[acoustic sun]

It is not giving me that option to do that. I have already downloaded Visual Studios

[north kiln]

Screenshot what you are doing

[ivory bobcat]

What's not giving you the option?

[acoustic sun]

The workload tab

[north kiln]

👆

[ivory bobcat]

Show us your workload tab or whatever it is that you're looking at.

[acoustic sun]

This is what it is showing me

[north kiln]

2. Select Modify

[teal viper]

I think we'll have to explicitly go through each step with them.😅

[acoustic sun]

Yeah I apologise if I am slow lol

Here is the file

[teal viper]

Did you get the ide to underline the errors?

Also !code

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

making a game wont be any easier than configuring your code editor to write scripts efficiently..

[ivory bobcat]

Some users will not be able to see embedded text files.

[hot talon]

jjooo I need help my Visual Studio is weird af

I use 2022 and it doesnt really work together with Unity

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe tell people what is weird with it.

[hot talon]

Hard to explain but I want to write code for my Vr hand. I creat a c# file and write code but it just doesnt appear in Unity

[ivory bobcat]

What do you mean by "it doesn't appear in Unity"?

I'm assuming "it" refers to your script not appearing in the Unity Editor

[hot talon]

uuuh sorry I am new but when you creat a Script there should be variables that appear in Unity when you write it down in the code. wait let me make some screenshots

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe share your !code

[eternal falcon]

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[slender nymph]

have you actually saved your code? and made sure that there are no compile errors?

[hot talon]

yeah thats fine

There are no channels that you can join to Share your screen right?

[ivory bobcat]

Please don't share using images unless asked for

[rich adder]

config IDE first

[slender nymph]

start by configuring 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

[hot talon]

aahhhh thanks

[slender nymph]

then when you've done that fix your spelling

[hot talon]

bro thank you very much for helping me but it is midnight on a school day for me plus I am not from a native english speaking country... or whatever you call it

[rich adder]

lol you're the one who posted asking for help

should've asked earlier

[slender nymph]

the issue is literally caused by a spelling mistake too

[ivory bobcat]

A configured IDE is required to get code help on this server. Maybe wait till you've got more time to debug this if you're busy.

[hot talon]

thanks mate your a real one

[teal viper]

By a spelling mistake they referred to the error in your code. It wasn't an attack on your spelling in discord.

[hot talon]

💀 yeah got it now. I used JetBrains for java before this, so I am not used to configurate stuff... found the two spelling mistakes too... thank you everyone you saved me

[ivory bobcat]

When an IDE is configured, the Intellisense will provide code suggestions that will prevent most (if not all) typos and minor syntax errors.

You'd not be able to continue to the next line without the whole script throwing red squiggly lines everywhere or having completely messed up indentations - as the statements are likely invalid.
You'll be able to focus more on designing and actual logical errors rather than syntax errors.
You'll also be more aware of the available members of a type without having to lookup the docs - you should read them anyways, at least for the specific tool you're using (nobody really remembers the docs in detail... they're just aware of the constraints and patterns for the tools they find themselves often working with).
A properly configured IDE makes a huge difference in productivity.

[open apex]

Hello, it's me again. I have finished flappy bird

I am having an issue with a code I am writing.

There 4 scenes

from 0 to 3

[ivory bobcat]

C# counts from 0

[open apex]

I know

I wrote so it would be chosen from scene 1-3 but it would never choose scene 3

so I wrote from 1-4

and now it works

isn't that weird?

or am I just unlucky

[ivory bobcat]

Random Range is exclusive of the max for integers

[open apex]

Hmm, so you add +1 for the max int?

Thanks for the help

[ivory bobcat]

The docs https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Random.Range.html

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe limit it to https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager-sceneCount.html instead of hard coding a value.

[open apex]

thanks

[rotund hull]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[rotund hull]

When I run this code and the bullet gameobject collides with something it doesn't Log "yes" https://www.toptal.com/developers/hastebin

[thorn holly]

Uh we can’t see your code

That’s a link to the paste site

But there’s no code in that link

@rotund hull

[summer stump]

You have to click save before copying the url
Although, people have issues with hastebin sometimes. So maybe it was just a bug

[vale karma]

what kind of capitalization should I use for c#? I saw a video where he said to make public variables LikeThis and private variables _likeThis. is that the right way to do it? Ive just been doing it likeThis

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/coding-style/identifier-names?source=recommendations

[vale karma]

it doesnt say much about public variables, and im still not sure and kind of more confused now

[rich adder]

general rule of thumb
public classes, variables and props are PascalCase
while
private are camelCase

Methods are same as properties so they are PascalCase

[rocky canyon]

sure it does

[vale karma]

okay, and do private variables get the '_' in front?

[rich adder]

its choice at the end of the day

[rich adder]

I used to but dont the point anymore

[rocky canyon]

i also just do pascalCase

[rich adder]

code with a lot of _ looks ugly to me now 🥹

[teal viper]

Typically you shouldn't have public variables.

[rocky canyon]

private static IWorkerQueue s_workerQueue;

[vale karma]

its hard to understand what variable needs to be accessed outside the class, im still kinda new to it, so when i think it needs to im more generous with private until i hit error codes

[rich adder]

string hello = "hello_world_I_like_to_code" <- seen someone do this recently

[north kiln]

The C# naming conventions have been linked already, and are pinned to #archived-code-general

[teal viper]

Ideally none.

[vale karma]

i have just learned kind of what public type name {get; private set;} means, i tried using it a little and i got error codes

[summer stump]

What errors?

[teal viper]

What errors..?

[vale karma]

uhmm i took it all out ill recreate the issue one sec

Cannot modify the return value of 'expression' because it is not a variable

compiler error CS1612

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs1612

[vale karma]

oh wait i havent made the class yet

[rich adder]

what did you write exactly?

[vale karma]

ok im confused now, heres my code

https://paste.ofcode.org/hxJAi6rmukGedhCPmxcjmM

[teal viper]

When you access a vector via property, it creates a copy of the original variable, so modifying it doesn't make sense, and this the error.

If you want to change a value type via a property, you need to cache the whole thing in a local variable, modify it however you like and reassign the whole thing back.

You can also skip the first step if you don't need the previous values.

In this case you'd need to create a new instance.

[vale karma]

i feel like thats a bit too advanced for me atm

[teal viper]

Not really. Knowing the difference between value and reference types is one of the basic things you need to know.

Everything else is a consequence of that

[vale karma]

i meant learning how to do that and a state machine at the same time, i gottapick a lane and figure one out, if i am debuging both at the same time that would be horrible

[edgy forge]

my build for android is only getting this far. no errors during play in the editor, and it was building a few days ago. not much has changed that I can think of reverting. is there a way to debug the build process?
it just sits at this point, even overnight

[summer stump]

Then pick knowing the difference between a value and reference first
It is absolutely crucial. A state machine is not

[teal viper]

True. But I think language basics should come before state machines and other programming patterns.

[vale karma]

dang and i was excited to get this done today

[summer stump]

It's like saying "I don't know what a class is, I want to learn how to make an object pool first"

[vale karma]

yea makes sense

[rich adder]

delete library folder and try again maybe

also #📱┃mobile

[edgy forge]

ok, thanks

[rose galleon]

Hey, so, I been getting this message: Assets\Scripts\GameController.cs(39,9): error CS0120: An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'SavePoint.SavePosition

The line of the code is: SavePoint.SavePosition = Player.transform.position;
I am trying to refer to the Vector3 stored in the SavePoint script, called SavePosition, to teleport the player there. any idea of the problem?

[swift crag]

which SavePoint instance, though?

SavePoint is a class. It's a kind of object.

SavePoint.SavePosition is trying to get SavePosition from the class itself

You haven't provided a specific save point to set SavePosition on here.

[rose galleon]

i think I get it

[swift crag]

that's why it says you need an "object reference"

Transform.position = Vector3.zero is an error because you need to set the position of a specific Transform, not the Transform class itself

transform.position = Vector3.zero is fine because transform is a property on MonoBehaviour that gives you an instance of the Transform class

[rose galleon]

so I need to instantiate the SavePoint script?

[swift crag]

If it's just a regular class (not a MonoBehaviour or ScriptableObject or something), you'll want to create an instance, store the data in it, and then hang on to the object

I don't know what SavePoint is so I can't say for sure.

[rose galleon]

got it

[rose galleon]

public class SavePoint : MonoBehaviour
you talking abt this, in the top part of the script?

[swift crag]

SavePoint is a class that derives from MonoBehaviour

so SavePoint is a component that exists in your scene?

[rose galleon]

yes

a script, assigned to an object

[swift crag]

how is this meant to work?

do you want to remember the player's position after you reload the scene?

or is this just remembering where the player was so that you can respawn within the same scene

[rose galleon]

there is a scene. Within the scene, the Save GameObject exists, having the SavePoint script. When the player dies, I want them to respwan at the Save gameObject's position

[swift crag]

Okay, that makes sense.

I think the Save Point should detect when the player touches it using a trigger.

[rose galleon]

i find this better in a long term than having set Vector positions, so the Save GameObject can be in different positions in different scenes

[swift crag]

When that happens, it should do two things:

• Remember the player's exact position
• Tell the GameController that it should be the active save point

[rose galleon]

already have the second thing working

[swift crag]

oh, did your Save Point class tell the Game Controller about the player hitting it?

[rose galleon]

tho the player position doesnt matter to me, the only position that matters is the Save position

[rose galleon]

respawning was working when I tested it, but now Im getting so confused in the code

[swift crag]

that doesn't answer my question

does SavePoint call a method on GameController?

[rose galleon]

void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if(other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            GameController.instance.Save = currentSave;
        }
    }

[swift crag]

where is this code from?

[rose galleon]

the SavePoint script

[swift crag]

then what is currentSave?

is that not a SavePoint?

[rose galleon]

a string, containing the name of the scene the current save is on

[swift crag]

just add another field to the game controller to store the position of the save point

GameController.instance.SavePosition = transform.position;

[rose galleon]

GameController not being destroyed on load wouldnt mess this up tho?

[swift crag]

why would it?

[rose galleon]

true

[swift crag]

it already remembers the Save string

Storing the SavePoint itself would be inappropriate

since the SavePoint would get destroyed on scene unload

[rose galleon]

so SavePosition would be a Vector3 on GameControlelr instead?

[swift crag]

Right.

Just like Save is a string

I would rename that to saveScene

it's the scene you saved in

[rose galleon]

true! i hadnt thought abt that

[swift crag]

and savePosition is where you were

[rose galleon]

My God, how didnt I think of this before

this is so much easier

[swift crag]

it's easy to get stuck on the wrong idea :p

You could go a step further and make a serializable SaveData class

and then use JsonUtility to save that into JSON and also load it back into an object

then you could save the game between play sessions

[rose galleon]

between play sessions is a thing I really would have to learn, I dont want the game to reset every time it gets loaded

[swift crag]

If your save data is simple, the built-in JsonUtility methods can easily handle serialization for you

for more complex things, Json.NET is popular (you might've seen the "Newtonsoft" name before)

I use it for saving.

[rose galleon]

huh. everything is working as it should, except the respawn point. the player is still not respawning on the Save .-.

[swift crag]

did you update your code to actually use the savePosition value?

not just to write it

[rose galleon]

SavePosition = Player.transform.position;

SavePosition being a Vector3 in GameController

[swift crag]

Okay, but where do you use that variable?

[rose galleon]

isnt it being used in SavePosition = Player.transform.position?

https://hastebin.com/share/ebohutusoz.cpp
I think maybe this is somehow overriding the "SavePosition = Player.transform.position;"

[swift crag]

You have to actually use it to set the player’s position

Just remembering the value doesn’t do anything by itself

[rose galleon]

i thought that was setting, not remembering

[swift crag]

That’s storing the player’s position into the savePosition variable

That’s good, but if you never actually read the value from savePosition, it’s kind of pointless…

[rose galleon]

.-. oh

isnt there a thing like "findObjectWithTag" or something like that?

[winter prawn]

Compare tag?

[summer stump]

Yes, FindObjectWithTag is a method. Not great, but better than the base Find

[rose galleon]

because since the GameController doesnt originally exists in the same scene as the Save GameObject, I need to find a way to bring the GameObject into its script through the script, not assigning it in the inspector, so I can store its position

[summer stump]

Ah, FindWithTag
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.FindWithTag.html

[summer stump]

If it doesn't originally exist, then you instantiate it, right?
Instantiate returns the reference. Cache that and pass it where you need instead of using Find

[rich adder]

there is also GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag but no docs, just the GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag version.. weird unity

[rose galleon]

uhh how exactly?

[summer stump]

GameObject newObject = Instantiate(prefab);

You can also store whatever the prefab type is, like:

public Player prefab;

Player newPlayer = Instantiate(prefab);

You rarely want a GameObject reference

[summer stump]

Weird, yeah I was looking for docs for it.
I never use find ever, so I don't really keep track of the different variations haha

[rich adder]

same now, it used to confuse the shite out of me.. it never came up on docs but it did on IDE weird stuff

[rose galleon]

Thanks yall

[storm imp]

@north kiln would I do that whole line the same except for time.deltatime?

[north kiln]

Yes, and fix the capitalisation mistake in the axis

[storm imp]

where?

[spare latch]

Just curious, I know when learning ChatGPT is normally not a good idea. Im just wondering if first I figure out a way to add something for example (Movement for 2 paddles in pong). Get it all working and whatnot, then asking ChatGPT to imrpove my code, then using that code.

I did all the "hard" work by adding the feature myself, but I have ChatGPT optimize it and help me to understand why its code is better than my code and what not.

I guess my question is just will it still be a good way to learn, or should I just stick to solely writing the code myself.

[storm imp]

the y? that's from the video

[rich adder]

and its still wrong

[teal viper]

Probably better to do it the other way around. Ask chat gpt to give you an overview of how to implement something and some barebone code and build upon it yourself with full understanding.

[north kiln]

and I think getting it involved in any stage is a bad idea

[spare latch]

I feel like that would defeat the point of learning to structure things yourself wouldn't it?

[teal viper]

You can learn that by reading and understanding the code.

[spare latch]

Isnt that what leads to people being stuck in tutorial hell? Just reading code

[storm imp]

do I still * it be zoomSpeed?

[north kiln]

Just remove the deltaTime multiplication

[teal viper]

No. What leads them to tutorial hell is copying the code without understanding it.

[storm imp]

got it just the deltaTime

[teal viper]

And by understanding the code, I don't mean just functional understanding, but also intentional. You need to understand why it was done this way and not another and wether it would work in a different way and how.

[spare latch]

That's just what I was gonna ask you, I feel like you can understand it but not understand it at the same time. How you put it seems to be exactly what I was trying to say, Thank you

Appreciate the advice

[vast vessel]

I have this IEnum that will move a transform, to another position, based on animation curves. one for the speed, and one for the height offset.
this is all running in a while loop, that will run as long as timer is < leg.travelTime.is there a way for me to remap timer from 0, leg.travelTime to 0,1 to use it for evaluating my animation curves? since my animation curves run from 0 to 1, and not from 0 to leg.travelTime.

[faint sluice]

In this case Timer/leg.travelTime usually would send value between 0-1 no?

[north kiln]

You should not use WaitForEndOfFrame, it's not doing what you intend it to

you should just yield return null to wait a frame

float normalizedTime = timer / leg.travelTime;

[vast vessel]

huh, thanks.

[storm imp]

how do I fix it?

[vast vessel]

read the error

your unity version is diffrent then the one you last saved your project on

you can continue but it might break some things

or download the original version of the editor.

[storm imp]

I did you think I know what it means

I don't get it that's how I opened it the last time

[vast vessel]

make a backup of your project, then open it again and press continue

[storm imp]

backup?

[vast vessel]

just in case something breaks

[storm imp]

I've already closed it

[vast vessel]

dude. go into your project's folder, make a copy somewhere else. re open the project, then if this same message pops up press continue. its not that hard

[storm imp]

I can put it anywehere?

[vast vessel]

yes.

[storm imp]

now what?

[vast vessel]

wdym now what. did you open your project like i told you?

[storm imp]

I already did this

[vast vessel]

this has nothing to do with your issue

read that thing. it says go to prefrances>external tools and then set VS as your external editor

[storm imp]

I keep getting this

@vast vessel

[vast vessel]

press continue

[spare latch]

Does it not say there’s no space left on your drive?

[storm imp]

I should read what the errors say

I'll fix that tomorrow

can I save it to a different drive?

[summer stump]

You should use version control (git or unity version control (i recommend git)), not make a copy of the folder. Just for the future

[storm imp]

git?

[storm imp]

what is it?

[summer stump]

Google it...
It's version control

[storm imp]

this?

https://git-scm.com

[summer stump]

If you ever see a word you don't recognize, you should immediately google it
In this case, something like "how to use git with unity"

[storm imp]

it's a way to backup my projects?

I'll fix it tomorrow

[fierce geode]

How much does GetComponent effect performance? Been trying to not use it as much as possible. But is it like, using it like once when something specific happens is fine, it's more so when you're doing something every frame it becomes a problem?

Was wondering because in my ontriggerenter script for my character, everytime it enters a trigger; it'll be checking if that trigger object has a checkpoint script

Wondering if I should switch to just creating a tag for checkpoint objects so I can just check if there's a checkpoint tag, or if it doesn't matter too much.

[twin bison]

Hi do I have to unsubscribe from an event where i delete the object that invokes the event?

private void OnEnemyDied(EnemyController enemy)
    {
        enemy.Died -= OnEnemyDied;
        _spawnedEnemies.Remove(enemy);
        Destroy(enemy.gameObject);
    }

[fierce shuttle]

You could use TryGetComponent<T>(out someVar) or TryGetComponent(out T someVar): https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.TryGetComponent.html - if the component does not exist, no extra memory will be allocated, if it does, then itll be stored in "someVar" - in general "GetComponent" isnt exactly bad, its just often times you can probably cache your reference, it does generate (a small amount of) garbage when called, and scans all components of a object, avoiding it in large loops and functions like Update can give micro optimization, but probably wont be the leading cause of major performance issues in your project (though for that, the Profiler is a good tool to confirm and find performance issues)

[native seal]

anyone know how I can fix the color?

    {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

<color=#").Append(Rarity.Color.ToHexString()).Append(">").Append(Rarity.Type.ToString()).Append(" ").Append(EquipmentType.ToString()).Append("</color>").AppendLine();


        return builder.ToString();
    }
}```

right now it just deletes the text

[gaunt ice]

<color=#").Append(Rarity.Color.ToHexString()).Append(">").Append(Rarity.Type.ToString()).Append(" ").Append(EquipmentType.ToString()).Append("</color>").AppendLine();
```what is this? and did you log the builder.tostring

[native seal]

yes

[gaunt ice]

btw https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/interpolated

[native seal]

the line doesn't show

[fierce geode]

Thanks!

[fierce shuttle]

Unsubscribing can always be a bit confusing, as a good rule of thumb I always try to unsubscribe anyway, though maybe this post can clarify: https://forum.unity.com/threads/unsubscribing-listener-in-c-object-instance-within-monobehavior.1252914/#post-7963866 - as I understand it, if the thing being destroyed has subscribed to something that wont be destroyed, then it should unsubscribe itself before getting destroyed

[gaunt ice]

did you see anything in the tmp or what ever and its color?

[native seal]

nvm got it

string color = ColorUtility.ToHtmlStringRGB(Rarity.Color); have to use this

[gaunt ice]

you should use string interpolation (or string.format) instead of append.append.append....

[native seal]

apparently string builder is way better with memory?

[gaunt ice]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6785/is-string-format-as-efficient-as-stringbuilder

[native seal]

ah so use string.format but not concatonation

[gaunt ice]

.append().append().append().... 7 appends vs
$"abcd {var0} efgh {var1} ijkl {var2}\n"

[native seal]

in string.format do i just use + in place of append?

[gaunt ice]

string.format is

Format("abcd {0} abcd {1} abcd {2} ...",var0,var1,var2.....);

no idea what you mean by +

[native seal]

nvm

got it

[gaunt ice]

btw the number inside {} tell which argument it needs, so you can

Format("{0} abcd {0}",var0);

[native seal]

Is there a reason it doesn't work with the $ infront?

because my ide doesnt syntax highlight without it

if I put it it breaks

[modest dust]

$ is needed only for string interpolation

[gaunt ice]

with $ you dont need to maintain the order of arguments inside string.format, just

return $"abcd {var1} abcd";

[native seal]

ah okay

[gaunt ice]

short hand of format

[native seal]

when I try to tab it down a line to make it more readable it adds a +

pretty annoying

[scarlet sinew]

Hi, I keep getting this error . I have tried the most basics of tech support advice of turning it off and on again. Please can someone advise me how to clear this error?

[gaunt ice]

you dont need format any more, string interpolation already returned you a string

[native seal]

i know, but to make it more readable for me

[vale karma]

can you still change a variable from another script if its private?

[modest dust]

No, unless you use a public method/property which changes it

Or internal I guess

[gaunt ice]

reflection /pointer (if unmanaged struct)

[vale karma]

okay, i think im understanding getters and setters now

i thought private types werent able to be used if it was outside the class. I realize you can read the value but you cant change it if its setup with a get and private set, but its not readable or writable if its just private, am i right on this?

[modest dust]

Private types surely aren't accessable from outside of the declaring scope.
You're talking about public properties with a public get and private set. And yeah, if it's purely private then you can't read or write

[native seal]

public x {get; private set}
is just shorthand for getters and setters, x is actually private

[vale karma]

correct i keep forgetting its actually public

isnt it x is private when setting and public getting?

[native seal]

if you use properties the variable is private even though it technically says public

its just shorthand

properties being {get; set}

[opaque mortar]

!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.

[opaque mortar]

hi i have this erroa Assets\Main\Scripts\InputManger.cs(24,49): error CS1061: 'PlayerMotor' does not contain a definition for 'Crouch' and no accessible extension method 'Crouch' accepting a first argument of type 'PlayerMotor' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
this my code https://gdl.space/raw/ugeriyedux

[native seal]

idk check ur PlayerMotor class

[opaque mortar]

https://gdl.space/raw/xotegepotu

[vale karma]

why are there red errors for ViewRotation.y and x? https://gdl.space/cogacewaqa.cs

[languid spire]

`C# is case sensitive

[opaque mortar]

i know

[languid spire]

crouch is not the same as Crouch

[vale karma]

oop i fixed it i think

makes so much sense now that i did it lol

[opaque mortar]

so what do i do

[languid spire]

change crouch to Crouch ?

[opaque mortar]

ok

[languid spire]

if you really needed to be told that you need to follow some basic C# lessons

[opaque mortar]

work ty and i only know pyhon

[gaunt ice]

py is case sentitive

[nimble scaffold]

!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

[nimble scaffold]

I just wanted to get the link

That's all'

[ripe kayak]

i can't find the playgame or quitgame function

[languid spire]

screenshot inspector

[ripe kayak]

whar

[languid spire]

ok, screenshot console

[ripe kayak]

this is from YT is what im trying to do

i can't find these 2 (QuitGame + PlayGame)

[languid spire]

did you save your script?

[ripe kayak]

yep

i did save manualy

this what i found

[languid spire]

So fix your errors

[ripe kayak]

oh i see the problem lol

people call me blind for a reason

i wrote screenmanager instead of scenemanager

[languid spire]

and just did it again, lol

[ripe kayak]

done

thx alot

[languid spire]

you need to configure !ide, those errors should have shown up there

[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

[ripe kayak]

uhhh where exactly

let me check the bot rq

[languid spire]

Here, this line should be red underlined

[ripe kayak]

what should i do about it? (im a beginer tw lol)

[languid spire]

which IDE are you using?

[ripe kayak]

i have no idea what IDE even means

[languid spire]

the program you use to type code into

[ripe kayak]

im using it

[languid spire]

that looks like VS Code not VS

[ripe kayak]

they are not same?

wowie

[languid spire]

no, not at all

[ripe kayak]

uhhh is it an issue?

[languid spire]

yes, without a configured IDE you cannot get help here

[ripe kayak]

lmao i think i should install it then

[languid spire]

yes, Visual Studio (Community) is best to use

[ripe kayak]

soooo this one right?

[languid spire]

yes

or you can install via the unity Hub

[ripe kayak]

i didn't find it in unity hub for some reason but ok

this one?

[languid spire]

yes

no, Unity one

[ripe kayak]

oh

[languid spire]

yes

[ripe kayak]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1110638655392989184.webp?size=48&name=Why&quality=lossless

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1192251714045223013.webp?size=48&name=sus~1&quality=lossless

i will do it later

[tepid summit]

honestly so true

this is a genuine screenshot

[languid spire]

Time to learn about Arrays @tepid summit

[ivory bobcat]

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

[tepid summit]

yes, yes

this was like 2 or 3 months ago

[rose galleon]

How would I do it for vscode?

Just download the c# and unity extensions?

[earnest atlas]

Yes

Tho visual studio and visual studio code are different things

[languid spire]

!ide. Follow the link EXACTLY

[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

[rose galleon]

You think throwing copilot in there would mess up my learning process like ChatGPT?

[languid spire]

yes

[rose galleon]

Ikik

[earnest atlas]

mess up what exactly?

[rose galleon]

Yk, like chatgpt gets you stuck in a tutorial hell sort of way? It just gives you a code and complicated explanation

[earnest atlas]

well if you use to generate all code for you withtout bothering to undestand anything then yes

[languid spire]

kinda, these are really not learning tools and should only be used by someone who already knows what they are doing

[earnest atlas]

I would say they are learning tools depending on what language u want to learn and if you have any base or not

some not so known languages it hallucinates almost entire code

[rose galleon]

Tho copilot still needs you to know something, so I guess it isn't that bad?

[earnest atlas]

I mean everything requires you to know what u are doing

it can give u legit looking code that is not what you need at all

[languid spire]

One of the most difficult jobs in software development is debugging code that you didn't write, and code generated by CoPilot or GPT makes this doubly difficult

[earnest atlas]

lets add when it gives you code that gives no eror messages when it fails 🙂

Im looking at you android

[fierce geode]

For coding in Unity, are you supposed to use Visual Studio or Visual Code?

I use Studio, I honestly dont know the difference between Code and Studio

[gaunt ice]

it is called visual studio code or vsc not visual code

[languid spire]

Visual Studio is a fully fledged IDE, VS Code is a jumped up text editor

[fierce geode]

Ah okay.

[quaint flicker]

random question: why does the unity starter assets tpp example ThirdPerson controller example includes a spherecast for a groundcheck if the CharacterController already provides an isGrounded property?

[eternal needle]

The CC isGrounded check is known to be pretty weird. At least I've seen a lot of people complain about it or say theres been an issue. Implementing your own let's you define what grounded even means along with whatever other feature you want

[teal viper]

Even unity admits that CC sucks.😬

[eternal needle]

It is pretty awkward when you are limited to its options, and requiring that you do 1 move per frame or it might be buggy.

[jaunty coyote]

how do you acces blend tree values?

[rare basin]

as you normally access animator parameters

[jaunty coyote]

whoopsie, i had a sort of local float value going on in the blend tree, al fixed

[vast vessel]

can anyone tell me why im getting this error? the Agent of AI_Health is assigned in Ai_Agent script in awake. and i did check before Die was called, it was indeed assigned.

error :

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
DELTAV.AISys.AI_Health.Die () (at Assets/Scripts/AI_AgentSys/AI_Health.cs:41)
DELTAV.HaDSys.HaDSys_Damagable_Base.TakeDamage (DELTAV.HaDSys.HaDSys_DamageInfo damageInfo) (at Assets/Scripts/Health And Damage System/HaDSys_Damagable_Base.cs:20)
DELTAV.AISys.AI_Health.TakeDamage (DELTAV.HaDSys.HaDSys_DamageInfo damageInfo) (at Assets/Scripts/AI_AgentSys/AI_Health.cs:30)

AI_Health script : https://hastebin.skyra.pw/oriyorakap.csharp

the debug.log on line 37 outputs Agent is . and dosnt say the game object name

[gaunt ice]

where it is assigned?

[languid spire]

if Agent is not null then Agent.speaker must be null

[pastel pollen]

Is it overkill to mark things like DeltaTime as [ReadOnly] when used in jobs, or is it a good practise?

[gaunt ice]

what deltaTime?

[vast vessel]

nope its not. i moved Agent.InvokeTriggerTransition("Die"); up and i still got a null ref error, so Agent is null. but when i look in the inspector in debug mode it is assigned.

[vast vessel]

AI_Agent -> Awake() ->health.Agent = this;

[gaunt ice]

try log with the gameobject to see which one gives you NRE

[vast vessel]

i am logging Agent on line 37, but it doesn't give me an error, it just doesn't say the name of the agent script in the log output

[languid spire]

name or Type?

show console

[vast vessel]

Agent is 
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
DELTAV.AISys.AI_Health:Die () (at Assets/Scripts/AI_AgentSys/AI_Health.cs:37)
DELTAV.HaDSys.HaDSys_Damagable_Base:TakeDamage (DELTAV.HaDSys.HaDSys_DamageInfo) (at Assets/Scripts/Health And Damage System/HaDSys_Damagable_Base.cs:20)

[languid spire]

so Agent is null

[gaunt ice]

agent is null so nothing got displayed
btw

Log("XXXX",gameobject);

[languid spire]

debugging a null object does not throw an exception

[vast vessel]

but i can see it assigned in the inspector!

[languid spire]

how? Agent is not serialized

[vast vessel]

also every other thing that AI_Agent assigns in Awake works fine

[vast vessel]

i can see it in debug mode

[gaunt ice]

duplicate component

[vast vessel]

elaborate please

[languid spire]

wait.
Agent is a property. How can it ever know what to get?

[gaunt ice]

you probably have two components of this script
search the hierarchy or debug.log

[vast vessel]

no i only have one

[vast vessel]

even when i remove the getter and setter i still get a exception

[languid spire]

you need a GetComponent before you access the property

you are not setting it to anything

[languid spire]

or is this health.Agent refering to this script?

[vast vessel]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/tuwoyetuci.csharp line 43

[vast vessel]

yes, on my ai_agent script, health is referencing the component that is giving me these errors

even when i assign Health's agent through its own inspector i get the error!

what is this bull shit

[placid wadi]

a question, how to make the game look sharp? I mean my game feels blurry for some reason 🤔

[vast vessel]

you prob have a low screen resolution in the play mode window

on the top it has an option for it

set it to free aspect or your own screen resolution

might be your bloom

[placid wadi]

is there a way to have a lot of bloom but without the blurriness or is it a lost cause in that case?

i really like the bloom haha xD

[vast vessel]

change the threshold

also #💥┃post-processing

[placid wadi]

ah shi sent in wrong again haha xD

[languid spire]

show inspector of AI_Agent

[vast vessel]

yea so uhh i cant send pictures on discord cuz im in iran,

but i assure you it is correct

[languid spire]

ok add logs to the Awake

[vast vessel]

also that cant be the issue beacuse /\

[vast vessel]

alr

[static vigil]

Hey I'm working on a XR project and I'm trying to make teleporters you can step on and go to a certain other location. The problem is I don't think what ever collision box I'm using is colliding with the teleporter. Could someone help me? (my code is attached btw)

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

public class Teleport : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform teleportTarget;
    public GameObject thePlayer;

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        thePlayer.transform.position = teleportTarget.transform.position;
    }
}

[languid spire]

that could exactly be the reason

[tepid summit]

make all texture filters point and change bilinear to none

[placid wadi]

oh gotta try that thanks 😄

[tepid summit]

all g

[tepid summit]

maybe change thePlayer.transform.position to other.transform.position

[hexed terrace]

There's no need to declare public GameObject thePlayer you get this info from the OnTriggerEnter

other.transform.position =...

[tepid summit]

and use something like a tag comparison to filter it

[static vigil]

That didn't work

[tepid summit]

wdym

[hexed terrace]

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

[static vigil]

I have a cylinder with capsule collider running that script and my XR camera isn't colliding ig

[vast vessel]

i logged both the health and health's agent after assigning it at the end of awake.
both were logged correctly:

UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)```
```Strider (DELTAV.AISys.Strider.AI_Strider)
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)```
(btw `AI_Strider` in the log is of type `AI_Agent`)

[tepid summit]

does the teleport have a coll

[languid spire]

just a thought.
You have Awake as Virtual, this suggests a inherited class somwhere that may not be executing this Awake

[static vigil]

It should

[tepid summit]

check

[vast vessel]

it is. in AI_Strider which is of type AI_Agent, i have Base.Awake in awake

[hexed terrace]

@static vigil been here and clicked through this?

[static vigil]

working on it

[languid spire]

post that code

[vast vessel]

also other things in AI_Agents awake get assigned sooo....

here is the awake of ai agent right now:

protected virtual void Awake()
        {
            aiTarget.faction = faction;
            speaker.Agent = this;
            targetingSystem.Agent = this;
            targetingSystem.faction = faction;
            targetingSystem.los = ai_Los;
            

            health.Agent = this;
            Debug.Log(health);
            Debug.Log(health.Agent);
        }```

this is AI_Strider :
```cs
        protected override void Awake()
        {
            base.Awake();
            -----other shit-----
        }```

[static vigil]

I will test it now

[languid spire]

you need to be Adding GetInstanceID() to your logs so you can be sure you are refering to the correct objects

[tepid summit]

is the rest of the player childed under cam offet

[tepid summit]

also what are these center numbers

[static vigil]

idk man they just happened

[static vigil]

yea

[tepid summit]

try setting them back to 0

[tepid summit]

or try using xr origin as thePlayer.gameObject

[static vigil]

oh wait are they like offset by 5 or whatever

[vast vessel]

i logged health in Ai_Agent and this on AI_Health. both gave the same instance ID : -206766

[static vigil]

really? ok

[tepid summit]

more like 5 trillion

[static vigil]

i see

ok should be centered now

[tepid summit]

e in a number means to move the decimal by the number after e iirc

[static vigil]

yeah i know

but since it said zero i just thought it didnt move 😂

[tepid summit]

ah

i see

[static vigil]

ok it looks good now

ill set the other thing to whatever rq

[tepid summit]

ok

so it works?

[static vigil]

idk

im gonna test it now

gimme a sec

[vast vessel]

@languid spire isnt this unusueal? i also have another script called AI_Soldier of type AI_Agent and that works fine?

that one dosnt have any problems with its AIHealth

[tepid summit]

what is xr again

is that mixed reality

[languid spire]

post the full AI_Strider code

[vast vessel]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/abowinetiw.pgsql

[static vigil]

virtual reality

so it didnt work

[tepid summit]

so its just another way of saying it

[static vigil]

i guess

its just what unity calls it

[tepid summit]

🤔

[tepid summit]

do you mind postiong the code

[static vigil]

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

public class Teleport : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform teleportTarget;

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider)
    {
        collider.transform.position = teleportTarget.transform.position;
    }
}

[vast vessel]

does your player have a rigidbody?

[tepid summit]

i do have an idea

do you mind rewriting the code

[static vigil]

No

[static vigil]

no

[vast vessel]

OnTrigger enter needs a rigidbody

[static vigil]

breh

[vast vessel]

put a Kinematic rigidbody

[tepid summit]

nvm

[vast vessel]

on your player

[static vigil]

i have a colider though

[hexed terrace]

It's an industry term, XR doesn't just mean VR

[tepid summit]

needs to be rb

[vast vessel]

needs a rigidbody

[hexed terrace]

it's a term for VR and AR

[tepid summit]

doesnt matter if kinematic or not

[static vigil]

thanks for clearing that up

[tepid summit]

make sure to constrain rotation

[static vigil]

im new to all this stuff lol

[hexed terrace]

the link I gave you went through all this ..

[vast vessel]

since hes probably doing custom player movement i thought kinematic would be more... suitable

[tepid summit]

just ssaying

[static vigil]

ok i gave it a rigidbody

[tepid summit]

did you constrain rotation

[static vigil]

now i did

so it just

works now?

do i still need the capsule collider?

[vast vessel]

yes

didnt you originally need it for something else like.... not phasing through walls?

[languid spire]

@vast vessel Can you show the sequence of the debug.logs you are getting

[static vigil]

not yet

[vast vessel]

for the instance ids?

[static vigil]

ok so i loaded in anddd then everything was just gone..

did i fall through the floor?

[vast vessel]

maybe. turn on kinematic if you dont really need physics cuz it might be messing your movement up

[static vigil]

i just have teleport to move

[languid spire]

All of them, the only thing I can think of is the Die is being called before the Agent Awake

[static vigil]

like aim the controller click a button

[vast vessel]

its not the latter i assure you. i will try to find a way to post puctures but i cant promise

[static vigil]

ok I set it to kinematic, ill see how it does

[languid spire]

you are going to need to use the VS debugger and step through the code, this is all too complex to resolve just by looking at the code alone

[vast vessel]

how do i enable the debugger?

[languid spire]

Attach To Unity button

in VS

[static vigil]

ayyyy lets goo it works

[tepid summit]

ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[static vigil]

theres just.. one more issue

._.

my aim click teleport thingy, its getting blocked by something now i guess and it only blocks it like 30deg in front of the player and the rest of the directions work fine

[vast vessel]

well guess i gotta fix my other erros cuz there is one happening on every frame that wont let me see whats up with AI_Health

[languid spire]

you might have mentioned that earlier!!!!!!!!!!

[vast vessel]

they are not related at all

[rare basin]

they are

because of that error other things might broke

[languid spire]

does not matter, not disclosing ALL information or drip feeding it does not make it easy to help you

[vast vessel]

oh wait. i think that error is beacuse i was already in playmode when i pressed attach to unity

beacuse it is not ususal

[rare basin]

what is the error

maybe you can finally tell us?

[vast vessel]

well.... after i pressed attach to unity i have 23, 250 stacked errors, going up on every frame. mostly null exceptions.
yea that happens when i compile code when my game is running

gimme a sec

[tepid summit]

tag the rb with ingore reaycast

[rare basin]

okay and what is the error

jezus

[vast vessel]

lots of them, from lots of scripts

[tepid summit]

thats not an error

[rare basin]

you'll keep us guessing

or what

[vast vessel]

i said it was beacuse i attached to unity when i play mode. now they are gone

[static vigil]

how would one go about that

[tepid summit]

mostly nre's i bet

[tepid summit]

it should already be a thing

air sorry

layer

not tag

put it on ignore raycasy layer

[static vigil]

like exclude

[tepid summit]

oh wait

[vast vessel]

well what do i do now? how do i see the execution order @languid spire ?

[tepid summit]

you can t layer specific components

[vast vessel]

i am in play mode

[static vigil]

alrighty tyyea you can i think

[tepid summit]

player settinga

[tepid summit]

oh there you go

[languid spire]

you set breakpoints in your code and see which ones fire and in what sequence

[tepid summit]

yeah try that

[static vigil]

but should it be on exclude or include

[tepid summit]

try one then both

[static vigil]

ok

[tepid summit]

see what works

wait

i think thats just the layers the rb interaacts with

so it only will collide with things that ignore raycast

[languid spire]

@vast vessel if you've never used the debugger before, read this https://unity.huh.how/debugging/debugger

[tepid summit]

wanna try setting the entire player to ignore rsycasts

[static vigil]

uhhh sure

[vast vessel]

when i habe it paused, and i press the press over button it goes highlights lines of code in my project in the order they are executed, but it does not highlight base.Awake on my strider script. is that normal?

[languid spire]

no

it means the Awake in strider is not being executed

[tepid summit]

probably not

[vast vessel]

i also have this script, AI_Soldier :https://hastebin.skyra.pw/solavaroki.csharp
it is also of type AI_Agent, and also has the base.awake() thing, and i also get this same behavior there of code not being highlighted, but AI_Health dosnt have any errors on game objects with the AI_Soldier script

[tepid summit]

is it written exactly the same?

[vast vessel]

yes

at the start of Awake

look at the code

[languid spire]

do you know how to read a stack trace?

[tepid summit]

i dont do ai

[vast vessel]

this is AI_Strider :https://hastebin.skyra.pw/abowinetiw.pgsql

[vast vessel]

not related to ai. its a null exception

[tepid summit]

it would be like sending acleaner to do brain surgery

[tepid summit]

but the code is

[vast vessel]

that thing that tells you the order of execution when you get an error, or log something in the console?

[languid spire]

yes, but it also shows you that in VS

So if you put a breakpoint in AI_Agent.Awake you can look at the stack trace and see how it got there

[vast vessel]

first it traces back to health.Agent = this; in AI_Agent, then Base.Awake() in AI_Strider

[languid spire]

damn, this is so difficult without screenshots, can you try to fix that?

[vast vessel]

I will try

This is so weird tho

Like why is it so hard to assign a value?

[languid spire]

it is indeed and I bet there is a real simple explanation for it

[tepid summit]

is it being overridden anywhere?

[languid spire]

thats the point of using the debugger, to find out

[tepid summit]

fair enough

[languid spire]

his code is pretty complex

[tepid summit]

pretty?

[languid spire]

lots of inheritance

[tepid summit]

yes

[tepid summit]

bro imagine its something like a misplaced bracket or semicolon

[vast vessel]

Yes but the base is still being executed

[tepid summit]

which would be wierd to get an nre from but still

[tepid summit]

aha

[languid spire]

with the project and the VS debugger I could solve this in 5 minutes, just based on the code is somewhat trickier

[tepid summit]

i believr i havr a lead

[vast vessel]

I wish you could just come over to my desk

Wait.... u got anydesk?

[languid spire]

can you send your project via Google drive or something?

[tepid summit]

no way

[vast vessel]

11 gigabytes? Hell no

[tepid summit]

are we gonna IT team this

[languid spire]

you can do an export you know, dont need the complete project folder

[vast vessel]

Guys i gtg. I will come back to makig you suffer in like 15-30 mins

[languid spire]

I'm out for the rest of the day shortly, I'll tag you when I get back

[rare basin]

you don't need to send Library folder

[vast vessel]

Dont you also need the scenes that have the components in them? And the models that code refrances? And animations? And.....?

[rare basin]

ok and how is that related

to the Library folder

you can delete the Library folder and zip&send the project

then whoever opens it, it will build the llibrary for him

[scarlet skiff]

does anyone have any advice regarding how i can make a gameobject "split" into two? (destroyed and then instantiates 2 more in OnDestroy with a smaller scale), not only can i not do it correctly i also get the error "Some objects were not cleaned up when closing the scene."

should i instead spawn these gameobject in the OnCollisionEnter2D method? and then i call Destroy

or maybe if anyone has a good tutorial for this situation

[vast vessel]

I was going to tell you that alot of my projects weight comes from my assets

[rare basin]

as i said

Library is not your assets folder

you can safely delete the Library folder

[timid saffron]

im trying to make the rotation the opposite

[rare basin]

read the error

rotation is a Quaternion

[timid saffron]

it says * cant be aplied

[rare basin]

it's not a Vector3

[timid saffron]

👍

[keen dew]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.Inverse.html

[rare basin]

is this the same as this?

transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(Player.transform.eulerAngles * -1);

[keen dew]

no that won't even compile

[timid saffron]

i found out that theres a local var called inverserotation

its handy 👍

[rare basin]

why not?

sorry

[timid saffron]

it doesnt. i tried

[rare basin]

i did mistake, edited now

i meant eulerAngles*

[keen dew]

What if eulerAngles is (0, 0, 0)?

[rare basin]

then it will be 0,0,0

[keen dew]

which is the same, not opposite direction

[rare basin]

but what would be the opposie direciton of 0,0,0

when the player has no rotation

Inverse() would also set it to 0,0,0

[earnest atlas]

sprite rotation is not object rotation

[rare basin]

if euler angle is 0,0,0 then both methods will be the same result

[rare basin]

who talked anything about sprite rotation?

[earnest atlas]

also make object with sprite child of object you are moving

otherwise moving it will be confusing

[rare basin]

if eulerAngles is (0,0,0), then
Quaternion.Inverse(Player.transform.rotation) will return the same value as Quaternion.Euler(-Player.transform.rotation.eulerAngles); im pretty sure

[keen dew]

Actually I just tested it; you're right 🥴

seems like a silly feature to have

[rare basin]

ow nice, was about to test it myself

thanks for confirming it, I wasn't sure

the Inverse seems pretty useless then

[keen dew]

See above; you could do transform.forward = -Player.transform.forward; instead

[hazy crypt]

Hi guys, Im trying to make a rolling ball. I have it looking exactly as I want but when the ball rolls, it doesnt have any friction (stays in place)

heres the code

Im just rotating it, is that the issue?

[keen dew]

yes

[hazy crypt]

And rotating it doesnt apply physics?

How do I apply a rotary force?

[keen dew]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddTorque.html

[hazy crypt]

Thats fantastic, thanks mate.

[keen dew]

rb.transform doesn't affect the rigidbody, it's exactly the same as just accessing transform directly

[hazy crypt]

Thats interesting, I assumed the rd stodd for rigidboyd

damn my spelling lol

[keen dew]

It does, but rb.transform is a reference to the object's transform. Rigidbody doesn't have its own transform

[hazy crypt]

Okay so the rigidbody is just a component, the object has the tyransform?

[keen dew]

right

[hazy crypt]

Sort o makes sense

Ill understand more as I play with it

Thank you!

[timid saffron]

transform?

[keen dew]

...what?

[timid saffron]

It moves the player forwrd

[keen dew]

What does?

[timid saffron]

transform.position = Player.transform.position+ offset;

this is for camera to follow player

[keen dew]

And how is that related to anything?

[timid saffron]

you said you could do transform.forward = -player.transform.forward

why

[keen dew]

Because that sets the transform's forward direction to the opposite of the player object's forward direction

[timid saffron]

I dont understand why I would do that

[keen dew]

That's what you asked for?

[timid saffron]

this happens when i do that

[keen dew]

Why tf would you replace the line that moves the transform instead of the one that rotates it?

[timid saffron]

you said see above

i thought the code above

[keen dew]

🤦

[timid saffron]

I see this

I think this code makes camera turn 180 degrees

[keen dew]

Which is what you asked for

[timid saffron]

actually no

yes

i see

i asked the question poorly

your right

should have provided more details there

I was just trying to make cameras rotation in X axis the opposite

but i fixed it

what i was trying to do was basically: camera transform.rotation = players rotation (in x axis) * -1

you see how camera rotates to left when player rotates to left

i tried to do the opposite thats all

can you tell me why continousmovespeed works but continuousrotation doesnt?

[keen dew]

Doesn't work in what way?

[timid saffron]

it wont rotate at all

by itself

[rare basin]

how did you make sure

it doesn't rotate at all

[timid saffron]

Im watching it

values are set

[keen dew]

Well for one if you use a fixed vector value it should be rb.AddRelativeTorque

[timid saffron]

it didnt fix it

still wont rotate

[keen dew]

You can see the rotation values change

[cobalt solstice]

I know this was a while ago you said this but I've been trying to search for something to fix it myself 😭, you ever managed to figure this one out? Or what the thing causing the error was if you remember?

[keen dew]

make the rotation force bigger

[timid saffron]

oo yes

i didnt pay attentiont to there

i set it to 6000 now it rotates a bit

in my mainship if it was like 20 it would go like spinning really fast

i didnt quite get why i have to set it to such high values here but nevermind. it works

[pastel vector]

I think it was the spaces that made it not work

[cobalt solstice]

I'll have a check ty, the video I'm finding is quite old since they were using WWW rather than UnityWebRequest and in php they were using mysqli rather than PDO

So just tryna figure out how to change it

[honest haven]

    {
        RaycastHit Hit;
        
        if (Physics.Raycast(camChild.position, camChild.forward, out Hit, 20f))
        {
            floorBuild.position = new Vector3(
                Mathf.RoundToInt(Hit.point.x) != 0 ? Mathf.Round(Hit.point.x / 2) * 2 : 2,
                Mathf.RoundToInt(Hit.point.y) != 0 ? Mathf.Round(Hit.point.y / 2) * 2 : 0,
                Mathf.RoundToInt(Hit.point.z) != 0 ? Mathf.Round(Hit.point.z / 2) * 2 : 2);

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.B))
            {
                Instantiate(floorPrefab, floorBuild.position, Quaternion.identity);
            }
        }
    }``` hi im trying to place objects at run time im using cinemachine. i can only place items in a circle around me rather then where my mouse is pointing. Or is my code wrong?

[hexed terrace]

You're not using the mouse at all to get a position to place it. From the variable names, you're using the ... camera .. dun dun dun dunnnnn, shocked face

[rare basin]

nothing related to your mouse position here

so why would it spawn where your mouse is?

[rose galleon]

Anyone knows any good tutorial for teleporters in metroidvania? E.g. the "horse" in hollow knight?

[honest haven]

yh sorry i see what you mean. I had a child object under my main camera. an i thought that it was coming from that.

[rose galleon]

Theres also the mirrors in castlevania

[honest haven]

Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition); cheers

[static cedar]

Might be better to ask this on #💻┃unity-talk additionally, you have to say your setting since magic mirrors on a sci-fi setting will not sit well.

[spiral narwhal]

        [Serializable]
        public record InventorySlot(ItemSO Item, int Amount);

Are records not serialised in the inspector?

[slender nymph]

records aren't even fully supported in the engine

[rose galleon]

I was more worried abt the code, not the game design

[slender nymph]

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

C# 9 init and record support comes with a few caveats.

[swift crag]

this looks like what happens when the inspector GUI throws a fit. i'd try selecting something else and selecting your object again

ah, but

You shouldn’t use C# records in serialized types because Unity’s serialization system doesn’t support C# records.

that's more of a showstopper

[hexed terrace]

teleporting is teleporting, how you visualise that makes no difference to the functionality of it

[spiral narwhal]

Yes I had to define IsExternalInit, but if I can't use them for serialisation I'll find a a way around this. Just wanted to know if they're not supported or if I'm doing something wrong. Thanks for the heads up 👍

[static cedar]

Yeah I thought he was asking for ideas for instant travel in general.

[hexed terrace]

Poorly asked question I guess, missing the spcifics of what they actually need!

[polar acorn]

This isn't really the kind of thing a tutorial would exist for. One, it's incredibly specific to your particular design, and two, it's incredibly simple. Whatever you are doing to load a new area, just... do that. It doesn't change anything just because the area isn't "adjacent"

[swift crag]

That is a good point to make

It shouldn't be very special.

whether you're loading a saved game, going from room to room, or using a teleporter, it's all pretty much the same thing

[brave compass]

The issue of records not being serialized is less about the records (which are just classes after all) and more about the fact that it's using properties, which Unity doesn't serialize.

This will serialize just fine:

[Serializable]
public record MyRecord
{
    public string Field;
}

[swift crag]

you change scenes if necessary, and then you position the player correctly

[brave compass]

The one liner you're using:

[Serializable]
public record InventorySlot(ItemSO Item, int Amount);

generates (roughly) this class:

[Serializable]
public class InventorySlot
{
    public ItemSO Item { get; init; }
    public int Amount { get; init; }
}

Of course, Unity won't serialize this, because these are just auto-properties. You can add SerializeField to the backing field like this:

public record InventorySlot([field: SerializeField] ItemSO Item, [field: SerializeField] int Amount);

However, this won't work either, because the backing field generated from this will have the readonly keyword because there's no setter, so Unity will still not serialize it.

[swift crag]

good insight (:

[spiral narwhal]

Indeed, thank you!

[slender nymph]

make sure that your !IDE is configured so it underlines errors for you. then stop trying to use a variable that does not exist

[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

[ripe kayak]

ops

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

public class MainMenu : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] GameObject exitPanel;


    public void PlayGame()
    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().buildIndex + 1);
    }


    public void QuitGame()
    {
        Application.Quit();
    }


    public void Openurl()
    {
        Application.OpenURL("nuh uh");
    }


    public void AreYouSure()
    { 
        QuitPanel.SetActive(true);
    }


    public void AreYouSureNo()
    {
        QuitPanel.SetActive(false);
    }



}

here we go

guys what should i do

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[ripe kayak]

oh u meant me

[slender nymph]

yes

[rocky canyon]

not sure what u mean.. but u can use just 1 method for both these cs AreYouSure(bool verdict) { QuitPanel.SetActive(verdict); }

[ripe kayak]

but how

[ripe kayak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG93etH9aBg

im trying to follow this video

[slender nymph]

follow the bot's instructions to get your code editor configured. that is step 1. it is a requirement to have configured tools to get help here

[polar acorn]

If only there was a bot that posted that told you how to 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

[ripe kayak]

its so confusing ngl

i installed it

[slender nymph]

did you follow all of the steps for the code editor you are using?

[rocky canyon]

just follow it one step at a time.. its really not all that difficult

when its correct you'll see Assembly-CSharp at the top

[ripe kayak]

done

yepi

[polar acorn]

Did you configure it. Do you have a red underline under your error

[spiral narwhal]

public event Action<Inventory.InventorySlot[]> OnInventoryLoaded;

How do I allow outside classes to Invoke the event without using a function?

[slender nymph]

there you go. now stop trying to use a variable that does not exist

[slender nymph]

you don't. that's literally the point of the event modifier

[polar acorn]

Okay good. Now you should be able to solve the problem. There's no such thing as QuitPanel

[ripe kayak]

the video says ```quitPanel````

[spiral narwhal]

makes sense, but I must invoke it on start, but the class isn't a mono behaviour

[slender nymph]

that's cool. you do not have a variable with that name in your code. nor are you atttempting to use a variable with that name. you are trying to use QuitPanel which does not exist in your code

[slender nymph]

then you must create a method on that object that invokes the event and you can call that method from other objects