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[summer stump]

Do you have the c# dev kit?

[carmine sierra]

yeah

[summer stump]

Regenerating project files is unfortunately not part of the guide. But that is a big one

[carmine sierra]

so restart unity?

[rich adder]

no

show you selected VSCode in external tools

[slender nymph]

if you did not have the .net sdk before installing the c# dev kit then you need to restart your computer as well

[carmine sierra]

how do i know if i have .net sdk

ayy it shows the version now

[slender nymph]

if you are unsure whether you had the .net sdk installed before you installed the dev kit then restart your computer anyway

[carmine sierra]

i had the dev kit not unity extension though

yeahh it works now

yeah this is easy now

[rich adder]

proove it 🙂

[carmine sierra]

here lol

but i am actually confused why it's saying unnecessary assignment

is it only because I haven't used it yet since i haven't finished the code

[summer stump]

Yes

[carmine sierra]

also can I have a collider which does not actually touch other objects, just to use as a click detector for it's onmouseodnw

[summer stump]

If you haven't used it, the compiler won't know you WILL use it

[carmine sierra]

ohh okay

[carmine sierra]

anyone know about this?

[summer stump]

Make it a trigger collider

[carmine sierra]

event trigger?

[elder osprey]

How can I get a reference to the player objects normal value? I am trying to implement sliding with the built in character controller but I cant seem to find how to get the players normal to compare the two.

[arctic ibex]

Okay so I'm trying to get a distance joint compenent from the Player object, distanceJoint is set as a public DistanceJoint2D in the references, but this isn't working. What i sthe code supposed to look like?

[carmine sierra]

is it event trigger, or something else

[rich adder]

GetComponent is a method

[arctic ibex]

Alright, how do I fix the issue

[rich adder]

use the correct syntax for calling a method

[arctic ibex]

Whats that?

[carmine sierra]

()

[arctic ibex]

Where do I put the brackets?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.GetComponent.html

they finally fixed the code snippet

sweet

[summer stump]

A message will be sent when there are collisions to a OnTriggerEnter / Stay / Exit method on the objects involved, but you can ignore it. However, there would be no physical collision. The mouse click would work with it still

And/or you can use the layer matrix to prevent any other layers from colliding with colliders on a layer

[carmine sierra]

sorry does that mean it is using the event trigger?

[summer stump]

I don't know what you are asking.
It's just a collider with the "IsTrigger" option selected

[carmine sierra]

yeah it works now lol

so basically it is solely a trigger if you tick istrigger

[rich adder]

Event Trigger is a different component

[carmine sierra]

what category does is trigger, used by effector and such fall under

[elder osprey]

nevermind, I figured it out.

[rich adder]

Physics?

[carmine sierra]

nah like is it a function or idk

i need to know for my coursework

[rich adder]

isTrigger is a Property

[carmine sierra]

don't wanna waffle the terminology

okay thanks

[summer stump]

Properties are like this:
public float SomeName { get; set; }
Vs a plain variable which is just this
public float SomeName;

Properties are actually a kind of function behind the scenes, but look like variables

Most unity "variables" are implemented as properties

[rich adder]

Unity loves camelCase for properties 🥲

[summer stump]

Like .transform .gameObject .mass etc etc

[carmine sierra]

so is the x coord a variable or property

[summer stump]

Probably a property, but that's just a guesz

[carmine sierra]

yeah what is that camelCase thing i've just been using it cause apparently it's standard

[rich adder]

props

generally you dont want anything that is Public to just be a field (variable)

so they should be props

Unity just likes to use camelCase for some f reason (they should be PascalCase)

[summer stump]

This is what Microsoft recommends
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/coding-style/identifier-names

But it just comes down to consistency. The MS schema is not the only one

[ivory bobcat]

It would depend on the language and context. The naming conventions are there to help make things easily recognized.

[rich adder]

I do see some fields that are just regular public Variables and not props though

m_Follow from cinemachine is a Public Var for example cause it can be Assigned

[summer stump]

I really hate snake_case but that is convention for rust, and clippy yells at me when I don't 😢

[rich adder]

I do use snake case for classes sometimes to prefix

im still on the fence for that

public class UI_GameManager

public class UI_Player

[summer stump]

You have caps there though. I think that's something else
Snakes are on the ground haha
ui_game_manager

[carmine sierra]

is the only way to change an object's position to subtract or add to it's current position

or can I make it snap to the same coords as another object

[rich adder]

oh wops thought snake was adding _ instead of spaces

[summer stump]

Nah. You can addforce or set velocity or use MovePosition of a rigidbody too

[carmine sierra]

but to make it snap to another objects coord

[ivory bobcat]

You could just assign it a new position.

[summer stump]

Then yeah, setting transform.position would do that

transform.position = otherObject.transform.position

[carmine sierra]

oh okay cool

[elder osprey]

I am currently trying to implement sliding for my game, but I am having trouble and cant figure out what the problem is, the player just isn't sliding at all, instead they stick and cant move up or down the slope. Plus whenever they walk down the slope they do this weird bounce thing. Here is my script: https://hastebin.com/share/wopodevona.csharp. Here is a video of my issue: https://streamable.com/fixz0q.

[rich adder]

idk about the sliding part but if you want to fix the bouncing going down slopes part I have a fix

[timid quartz]

What's the safest way to fill a 2d array with a single, specific value? From googling around Array.Fill only works in 1d. Should I just iterate over it and set the value and call it a day or is there something clever I'm missing?

[elder osprey]

Alright, whats the fix?

[rich adder]

https://youtu.be/cEQdjYk51KQ?t=740

[carmine sierra]

what data type would I save the rigidbody of another gameobject as?

I tried bool and turning it false but that didn't work

[polar acorn]

Rigidbody

[rich adder]

why would a bool do anything to do with rigidbody 🤔

[carmine sierra]

to turn it off

[rich adder]

you can't disable a rigidbody

[carmine sierra]

so i guess enabled won't work

can you not untick it through code?

[rich adder]

either make it Kinematic temporarily

[rich adder]

nope

[carmine sierra]

so i need to change a property because I want to keep it floating in place until the interaction takes place

so i should make the mass 0?

[rich adder]

floating in what way ?

[carmine sierra]

just completely still

[elder osprey]

freeze the positions

[rich adder]

also Rigidbody is not same as Rigidbody2D hence ur underlined error in awake there

[carmine sierra]

ohh okay

[elder osprey]

what is the input velocity for that function?

is it CharacterController.velocity?

[rich adder]

here is my whole function

//Update
cc.Move((moveInput.y * currentMovementSpeed * Time.deltaTime) * Move(transform.forward) +( playerVelocity * Time.deltaTime));

private Vector3 Move(Vector3 velocity)
{
    if(Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, out var hitInfo, 1.5f, groundedLayers))
    {
        var slopeRotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(Vector3.up, hitInfo.normal);
        var adjustVel = slopeRotation * velocity;

        if(adjustVel.y < 0)
        {
            return adjustVel;
        }
    }
    return velocity;
}

could be cleaned but made it on the spot during video recording
and yes a function named Move inside cc.Move is confusing af , i realize that lol

[carmine sierra]

it says i can't convert float to rigidbody2d??

[elder osprey]

Would this work aswell instead of what you have for slopeRotation?

angle = Vector3.Angle(Vector3.up, hit.normal);

[rich adder]

Im still new to trig so I dunno for sure

I just know FromToRotation worked great from what i've read around forums so i did that

[elder osprey]

it calculates the angle between the two normals.

Its basically the same thing but shorter

[rich adder]

it works for me so idk

[storm imp]

wow it's been busy for a long time

[rich adder]

you're trying to assign .mass to a rigidbody2D

float into a Rigidbody2D, no such conversion exists

computer is always right

[elder osprey]

Wait no, there is a difference. Vector3.Angle() results in a float, while your method results in a quaternion.

[rich adder]

well yeah it gives me a rotation from the slope..its in the name

[carmine sierra]

so how can I save the mass of it so I can set it to 0?

[storm imp]

WOW!!!

[rich adder]

well, it told you that mass is a float

so how do you think you should save it as

[carmine sierra]

yeah sorry lol my brain wasnt working

4am time

mass = 0 is not working

though

[rich adder]

btw making local variable means only lives in that function

[carmine sierra]

ohh okay

[carmine sierra]

got this issue solved then

[summer stump]

Just to clarify, every time you declare a type (float, string, Camera, Rigidbody, etc) you are making a new variable. You only declare the type ONE time

So as nav pointed out, and you saw, writing float made a new separate variable that only existed in that method.

[carmine sierra]

if a gameobject is disabled can you get a component from it

because I am trying to get it's mass but I have it disabled initially

[teal viper]

You mean deactivated? Because a gameObject can't be disabled. It can be active or deactivated. Components can be enabled/disabled. And yes, you can get a component from a disabled GameObject.

Is mass a component on your GameObject?

[arctic ibex]

How do I say "This does not equal this or this"? eg. if (buildindex != 0 or1){what ever I want to happen} I mean, I know I can just say buildindex twice but it feels like there should be a less clunky way of doing it

[rich adder]

||

[feral crane]

So I did what you said, now the Protected Script looks like this:
https://gdl.space/apofifanej.cpp

[arctic ibex]

like this? cause that doens't work

[elder osprey]

I'm not sure why but for some reason what you suggested didnt work and instead what worked was me attempting to implement sliding. Looks like the reason the player was going down slopes wonky was because of an issue with my variables, and determining if the player is on a ramp seems to have fixed that. But now I cant jump if I'm on a ramp.

[rich adder]

you have write buildIndex twice then fix parenthesis

[rich adder]

why do you have HStext.text = PlayerPrefs.GetFloat("HighScore").ToString();

[arctic ibex]

what? you mean do exactly what I said I wanted to avoid doing and was asking if there was another way?

[feral crane]

Oh yea forgot to change that, before this save load I just did PlayerPrefs as Temp save system.

[rich adder]

idk another way sorry

[arctic ibex]

alright, thanks anyway

[rich adder]

oh ok.
I just noticed you have a ScoreScript so you have to keep that in sync with the one stored in currentPlayerData

            HStext.text = ss.Score.ToString();
            currentPlayerData.highScore = ss.Score;
            SaveSystem.SavePlayer(currentPlayerData);```

[arctic ibex]

sorry I didn't mean for that to sound so passive agressive over writing

[feral crane]

I don't really get what I need to do.

[rich adder]

I did not take it any type of way you good lol

[rich adder]

look at the edit

[fierce geode]

This is gonna sound stupid, but can you change this part in an Editor script?

[feral crane]

HStext.text = ss.Score.ToString();
Yes so, if Score is higher than the Highscore, it basically sets the Highscore text number into score number.

[rich adder]

we're not talking about the text here lol

the class you created PlayerData holds your data to save. Just keep it in sync with that Score value before save

[icy grotto]

I'm just wondering what will happen if I keep on making local variables? is it going to affect the performance greatly or no?

[rich adder]

no

and not something you should worry at all

[icy grotto]

okay thanks!

[feral crane]

Oh jeez I gotta go, this thing is itching my brain XD

[rich adder]

did it work?

[feral crane]

I am just going to look for a new method I guess, thank you for the help though

no

[rich adder]

wdym no..

you followed exactly ? It should work 100%

[hybrid sundial]

I made a program with a plane and obstacles , they both have colliders yet if my plane moves at the obstacle at a decent speed it phases through it

It glitches though

[unreal imp]

Guys, is there a way to make my bullet come out of the gun and go to the center where the player's crosshair is pointing? I did it with this code but it is not very clear where the bullet comes from (it is generated in a corner to the right of the screen) ``` Ray ray = fpsCam.ViewportPointToRay(new Vector3(0.5f, 0.5f, 0) );
RaycastHit hit;

    Vector3 targetPoint;
    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
        targetPoint = hit.point;
    else
        targetPoint = ray.GetPoint(1000);
    var bullet1 = Instantiate(bullet, bulletSpawn.position, gunHolder.rotation);
    bullet1.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = (targetPoint - bulletSpawn.transform.position).normalized * shootForce;```

[ivory bobcat]

Your initial position would be bullet spawn position

[arctic ibex]

Is there any way to check if a sprite is hidden by another sprite? Like, it's still there, but it's hidden form the camera by another sprite

Cause my game involves paralax creating obstacles and things, and I don't want to give everyone of my paralax layers a trigger collider (espeically since it need to be decently specific for it to work properly, so i cant just use circles or squares)

[vale karma]

https://paste.ofcode.org/CnxT7EJ6JUeYXMfFzBWdWD why am i getting a null reference error at line 19?

[keen dew]

Because you haven't assigned anything to playerMovement

[vale karma]

i thought it was using the value from the base movement script i have? i cant just pull from it?

[keen dew]

Show the base movement script

[vale karma]

https://paste.ofcode.org/36JjEXyHF5Ed2A5AiWUst5z

[keen dew]

That's just a normal component. You need a reference to it like you always do with components

[vale karma]

how so?

[keen dew]

What do you mean how so

[kindred swallow]

```help

[keen dew]

that's how Unity works

You're getting reference to all the other components in PlayerMovement too, why would it be any different here?

[vale karma]

i think the different layout of how state machines work compared to monobehavior is tripping me out. ive done this a few times where i felt stumped over things i do without thinking about in a regular script

[summer stump]

I didn't see the original script (it won't load), but referencing things is necessary in all programming I've ever done. From console apps in rust to games in unity to websites in javascript.

[teal viper]

State machines don't go against MonoBehaviour. You can't say "compared to" in this context.

You can use both without a problem.

I said many times already: state machine is a programming pattern. It's an abstract thing without actual form, until you implement it in one way or another. MonoBehaviour on the other hand is a physically existing type.

[vale karma]

yea im gettin there, little by little. And yea i know most of what you guys are talking about, i just dont have the vocabulary or dont know how to say things. i meant im used to only using Monobehavior scripts, so it looking different makes things different even though theyre unrelated

i get most of what your talkin about, it might just be my IQ or bc im newer but using words like references, functions vs methods, all those words kind of dont mean anything to me yet. It mainly just confuses me unless Im used to using it in code. So when easy concepts come up in a more compicated topic all the easy stuff flies out the window lol

it took me until recently to understand wtf return and void meant fully

[charred spoke]

Functions and methods are the same thing

[teal viper]

I'd make a guess and say that these words don't make sense to you, because you didn't learn properly what they mean. When you know the essence of the word, you can't just forget it.

[vale karma]

okay, just kuz i know what somethin is doesnt mean i know how its used

[charred spoke]

Honestly learning to code via gamedev might possibly be the worst choice

[teal viper]

And a good way to learn is asking. Even better: explain how you think you understand it and ask whether it's correct and how it relates to the issue or topic at hand.

That is assuming you went through the learning resources and still don't understand.
If you just ask about things that are written all over the place, no one is gonna repeat it.

[vale karma]

lol this is gettin off topic. If i have rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>(); in the start method of the movement script then why would I have to do it again? also i added GetComponent with a few different types and it didnt work

[teal viper]

Imho it's not off topic. Knowing how to learn correctly is probably the most relevant topic for this channel. Perhaps even more than concrete code questions.

[teal viper]

Assuming you use that rb reference, you wouldn't need to do it again.

Also assuming it actually found the rb.

[vale karma]

thats what i was tryin to say, i already have it there

[teal viper]

Have it where?

[vale karma]

in the start function of the movement script

[teal viper]

Does it run? Does it actually find the component? Did you confirm that?

[vale karma]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object" yea i dont think it does

[keen dew]

You need a reference to playerMovement. Nobody said anything about rb. That's not the problem.

[teal viper]

Here's another important tip: understand the issue properly before moving on to debugging. How is it that you're talking about the rb when the issue appears to be something else?

[vale karma]

not sure dude

[teal viper]

Did you solve the issue?

[native seal]

how can I change a scriptable object reference at runtime? for example, i want to change the ItemWeapon to currently equipped weapon

[keen dew]

The same way you change anything else, with the = operator

[vague dirge]

Hi quick question, for debugging purposes is there a way to visualise vector3 ? Like the 'VisualPhysics' package for example, but draws arrows for vectors.

[eternal needle]

There is Drawline and DrawRay
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.html

[vague dirge]

Thank you !

[earnest atlas]

Why visual studio is telling me this?

       InputSystem = new StarterAssetsInputs();

[pallid verge]

i have an empty gameobject with some images and text as children, is it possible to decrease the alpha value of everything and once or do i have to do it for every image individually (through code)

[earnest atlas]

you can get all Image components

and just iterate through them

[north kiln]

Presumably this is a component. You don't new components. You use AddComponent

[grand forge]

!IDE

[eternal falcon]

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[violet falcon]

Hello, i have a bug on the level one of my level that the player appears inside a block but i did clear player prefs, how it can be fixed? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1205802550868181012/1205816505032249385/Screenrecording_20240210_180341.mp4?ex=65d9bf21&is=65c74a21&hm=37a693609074da77b7d4dadb98b4fe1d6ef3f0ff1f3e284285301cd506fd9054&

[pallid verge]

what about the text

[earnest atlas]

       foreach (var image in images)
       {
           
       }```

Text also has color probably

[pallid verge]

check the player position in the editor

[violet falcon]

In the editor does not happen

[earnest atlas]

Also you want components from same object or children

If same object remove Children

[pallid verge]

children of the same object

[earnest atlas]

Then the line I have given

[pallid verge]

alright ty

[violet falcon]

on editor show this

[pallid verge]

does it look like this?

[earnest atlas]

var r = _pRenderer.color.r;
var g = _pRenderer.color.g;
var b = _pRenderer.color.b; // Cleaner representation of RGB

for (var i = 0; i < flickerCount; i++)
{
    // Alfa value logic
    _pRenderer.material.color = _pRenderer.material.color.a switch
    {
        1f => new Color(r, g, b, 0.3f),
        0.3f => new Color(r, g, b, 0.6f),
        0.6f => new Color(r, g, b, 0.3f),
        _ => _pRenderer.material.color
    };
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(flickerDuration);
}```

This is somewhat similar to what you want. Its dealing with different thing so you will need to rewrite this. 

Its Corutine code

Just noticed a kekw

by rgb was more of rrr

[pallid verge]

check if you have set the background as terrain

[violet falcon]

and that its the background

[pallid verge]

so when you play the game in the editor the player isnt stuck?

[violet falcon]

Nope

[fierce geode]

Hey, this is gonna sound stupid but I have a music volume slider that goes from -80 to 0. But it doesn't really lower half way when the slider is half way down; I think this is because the decimal is a logarithmic system of measurement. So I'd have to convert the slider value into a logarimthmic scale, I think? But I'm not sure

[violet falcon]

but yes when i play on mobile

[violet falcon]

player its good on preview

and thats the grid

[noble summit]

how can i share my project with others

[pallid verge]

share the folder of the project in your file explorer

[noble summit]

will it work if the other person doesnt have unity

[pallid verge]

do you want them to edit it or just play the game?

[noble summit]

just play the build of the project

[violet falcon]

@pallid verge can you help me please

[rare basin]

lol dont

use git+github for example

[rare basin]

then make a build and send your friends that build

[pallid verge]

then share the exe file with the other folders there besides the one which says do not ship

[pallid verge]

why not

[rare basin]

terrible idea to work together on one project

version control systems exist

for a reason

[west sonnet]

Could someone please help me understand why this isn't working?

[rare basin]

== for comparisions

[west sonnet]

Thanks

[pallid verge]

i have no idea sorry

it could be a million things, just start testing and see what fixes it

[violet falcon]

ok

[violet falcon]

it's been 1 month

[pallid verge]

are you testing things out?

[violet falcon]

yes

i have beta testers

[pallid verge]

no i mean testing what the problem could be

not the game itself

[violet falcon]

i tried to fix with scripts and clear player prefs

but nothing

[pallid verge]

well try other things then

[violet falcon]

idk what to try

[pallid verge]

try removing some box colliders, some rigidbodies

[rare basin]

anyway, this is code related channel

[pallid verge]

well the problem could also be in a script

[rare basin]

then share the code

[violet falcon]

thats what i tried to check

[earnest atlas]

Anyone has any idea how this works? Its not getting call anywhere and this is working.

It came with unity starter assets

[rare basin]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[earnest atlas]

https://hatebin.com/

OnReload and OnShoot I added

[pallid verge]

are you using them?

[earnest atlas]

I have no idea

This is unity input system that came with Unity Starter assets player

Last time I delt with it I autogenerated a class

Here its doing something else

https://hatebin.com/

This is FPS controller code

[pallid verge]

its bad when you dont know what your code is doing

[earnest atlas]

Its not mine code Im tempted to rewrite it all

[pallid verge]

if you have the time then do it

imo

[earnest atlas]

I think I will because atm I have no idea how its accessing inputs

[pallid verge]

and make sure to understand what youre doing not just copy paste things

[earnest atlas]

this code is not mine

I got told to import this

[pallid verge]

who told you

[earnest atlas]

Teacher

And atm Im hitting my head against how is it accessing anything

[pallid verge]

well if your teacher wants you to work with that code then you should probably try to understand it

[earnest atlas]

Im not sure he wants us to work with it

[west sonnet]

I've got this method that is called whenever the player presses the Space key and when a bool is enabled determining if the pick up has been picked up by the player. It chooses a random integer and then plays a sound based on that integer. But for some reason, I can't hear anything else in my game anymore, but when I pick up the pickup, the sound comes on

[earnest atlas]

And autogenerated code looks like nothing

[west sonnet]

I can't figure out why. Can anyone offer any help?

[earnest atlas]

why not use switch

[wintry quarry]

Why not use an array

[earnest atlas]

yeah that works too

what is audio controller?

[west sonnet]

I have an Empty in my game which has an Audio source attached to it

[rare basin]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[west sonnet]

I'm getting this error, and it's taking me to this bit of code but I don't get it? How is the statement empty?

[silent valley]

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

I'm trying to teleport my player but they just do not teleport. There are no errors

[earnest atlas]

I might be wrong but I belive its complaning about different line?

[west sonnet]

Is it not about line 27?

[earnest atlas]

Ah I though u shown us line 7

[west sonnet]

When I double click it, it takes me to that line

Oh my bad, I cropped it badly

[pallid verge]

is it possible that the "FartSoundSelector" method just selects a sound but doesnt play it?

maybe you could show us the method

[west sonnet]

This is what it does

[glossy eagle]

I might be wrong, but given that it is a warning and not an error (so it still works), it might only be that instead of "BuffEnabled == true", it is asking you to just write "BuffEnabled", given that it is a bool so it doesn't need the "== true"

[rare basin]

learn arrays

[west sonnet]

What advantage would an array have over a switch in this situation?

[rare basin]

what if you have 20 sounds?

[earnest atlas]

you would need 1 line isntead of all of that

[rare basin]

20 switch cases

AudioManager.PlayOneShot(fartSounds[Random.Range(0, farSounds.Length)]

[west sonnet]

No, didn't work 😦

Oooh, I see

[earnest atlas]

AudioController.PlayOneShot(soundsArray[UnityEngine.Random.Range(1-n)],soundVolume)

[west sonnet]

Even once the method is called, I don't see any Debug logs

[rare basin]

what is that lol

[earnest atlas]

Well I tend to name everything Controllers

[rare basin]

entire formatting of that line is wrong

idc how you name your controllers

[earnest atlas]

Its perfect

[rare basin]

you passed 2 parameters

into the []

they array takes a index into the []

[earnest atlas]

I know that

[rare basin]

and why is there 1-n that doesnt make any sense

(0, array.Length)

is the proper way

1-n wont even compile

it needs 2 parameters into the Random.Range function

[earnest atlas]

Its just a representation of values from range

[rare basin]

if you write code, then write it properly, not a representation of your thinking lol

it should also start from 0, not from 1

[earnest atlas]

It.Doesnt.matter:)

[rare basin]

it does tf

[pallid verge]

i should be making a dialogue system rn but im watching u argue

[earnest atlas]

Xaxup just cant

[rare basin]

you would skip first element

in the array

[earnest atlas]

not argue

[rare basin]

if you start from "1" xd

but ye it doesnt matter 😄

if you want to help someone, then do it properly, instead of make someone guessing mate

[earnest atlas]

Its others guy job implementing it

Also. Im. TRYING. TO.WRITE 1 LINE OF CODE

Silence

[rare basin]

🤡 😄

[silent valley]

speaking of help. Please :p

[earnest atlas]

what u have there

What is Island.gameObject

[rare basin]

show the entire class

[earnest atlas]

What is TP.Teleport

Where rest of class

[rare basin]

that code wont even compile if thats the entire class, is your IDE configured?

[earnest atlas]

Also I think class teleported ends on 3rd bracket

Its all wrong

[silent valley]

Island is where the player starts.

[earnest atlas]

that is not correct way to destroy something

[silent valley]

TP is my Teleporting class. I have thatscript attached to my player

[earnest atlas]

but in that class you have nothing that accesses those things

[silent valley]

Teleport is the method shown

[pallid verge]

so whats the correct way then?

[earnest atlas]

That entire class is broken

Let me just underline all things that are wrong

[stuck cliff]

Does anyone know if there is a C# script for a 2d game, basically I want to create a mechanic, that after the knife cuts the bread (goes through all the bread collision) changes the sprite

[carmine sierra]

yeah how do I do that?

[carmine sierra]

its a property of rigidbody

[rare basin]

just configure your IDE

@silent valley

[pallid verge]

i doubt theres a specific script for that on the internet

[earnest atlas]

you can have 1 child object below the bread and have it as trigger.

when knife reaches it it should be cut

[stuck cliff]

alr

[earnest atlas]

Im not sure what u want to make, beware if you set all logic on hitting that last trigger if someone just goes for the bottom trigger it will cut the bread

[stuck cliff]

i want to do this

[earnest atlas]

I mean if cut from below it will instantly change sprite

[stuck cliff]

yeah i will try to avoid that somehow

[silent valley]

I'd like to point out that the space in the middle is 2 different scripts. I have the teleporting class and another class with the IEnumerator in it

I'll post both scripts. 1 sec. sorry. i was at the shop

[west sonnet]

I'm changing the orthographic size of my 2D camera, so that it zooms out, when something is triggered. This is my code at the moment:

When the trigger is activated:
Cam.m_Lens.OrthographicSize = 15;

And when the trigger is deactivated:
Cam.m_Lens.OrthographicSize = 10;

My only issue is that it does a quick snap to the different values and it looks ugly. Does anyone know how I could make it more of a smooth transition?

Would Lerp work?

[wintry quarry]

Smoothly Interpolate it over time. You do this the same way you'd smoothly Interpolate anything

[silent valley]

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

[wintry quarry]

Mathf.MoveTowards in Update is the most straightforward

[carmine sierra]

is this how I can save the mass value

[silent valley]

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

[earnest atlas]

I would say do it with corutine by using Mathf.Lerp

[silent valley]

I'm aware code is bad. This was my first project. I'vce improved it a lot

[earnest atlas]

yeah

Its not that its bad it just wont worl

[west sonnet]

I could use Mathf.MoveTowards to smoothly interpolate?

[earnest atlas]

Why move towards?

[carmine sierra]

how can I change the masses value it if I've already initiated outside the methods

[earnest atlas]

Its to omve

[wintry quarry]

Yes that's what it's for

[earnest atlas]

Access it again. Saving it like you did just saves the value not reference

[wintry quarry]

It "moves" a number

[earnest atlas]

It does?

[wintry quarry]

There's nothing here that changes the mass

[carmine sierra]

yeah mb probably removed that

[earnest atlas]

Also if you save mass into BulletMass or whatever and change it

it wont save bullet mass only variable

[carmine sierra]

ohh

so it saved the number not the reference

[earnest atlas]

yeah

[carmine sierra]

how do I call the reference again then

[earnest atlas]

Same way as before

[wintry quarry]

This just changes your variable. If you want to change the Rigidbody mass you do myRb.mass = 0;

[wintry quarry]

Make a variable to save your Rigidbody reference and reuse it

[carmine sierra]

so that should work

[earnest atlas]

yes

[carmine sierra]

didn't think id just be able to write a dot and access the property

[silent valley]

I don't get how it won't work when teleporting the player. Every tutorial uses the same code.

[rare basin]

that's how programming works?

[earnest atlas]

At least what you shown us there is nothing that actually does most of the functionality

You class even ends after 3rd bracket

I want to serialize a player object, but issue if I serialize it from the scene on next scene it will commit complamo in my DDOL object.

Should I just find it?

[west sonnet]

I've used Mathf.MoveTowards but it only increases the value by 1 now, instead of moving it from the initial value (10) to the target value (15)

[silent valley]

I would of thought when calling on the Teleport method. My players position will = the target position

[earnest atlas]

Yeah that sets the position

[silent valley]

So my player should end up on point B?

[earnest atlas]

Yes if you have transform of the object

[earnest atlas]

On the scene object not prefab

Looks like there is position

So what happens now?

[silent valley]

nothing at all. I'll debug.log it RQ

[west sonnet]

It's being called when there is a collision. That wouldn't be an issue, right?#

[wintry quarry]

You're using it wrong

The current value goes in the first parameter

And duration doesn't go in the last parameter

It should be speed * Time.deltaTime

[earnest atlas]

Where is it even calling debug

Post ENTIRE class

I cant guess

[west sonnet]

But if I add *Time.deltaTime, it increases the value by only 0.02

[silent valley]

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

[wintry quarry]

Per frame

Times speed

Which is correct

[west sonnet]

Ooooh

[arctic ibex]

Is there any way to check if a sprite is hidden by another sprite? Like, it's still there, but it's hidden form the camera by another sprite. Cause my game involves paralax creating obstacles and things, and I don't want to give everyone of my paralax layers a trigger collider (espeically since it need to be decently specific for it to work properly, so i cant just use circles or squares)

[west sonnet]

So how do I get it to continue until the max value is reached?

[wintry quarry]

Follow the instructions I gave

Use the correct parameters

[wintry quarry]

Here

[west sonnet]

The current value is my first parameter.
The second is my target value.
Third is the durration * time.deltatime

[wintry quarry]

Show code

[wintry quarry]

This is not correct

First parameter is wrong

The current value would be the camera orthographic size

Not "RegularSize"

[west sonnet]

Ooo

Ooooh

I think I get what you mean

[wintry quarry]

Also is this code running in Update?

[jolly quarry]

Hi Although an experienced programmer I am new to Unity (Really helping my daughter).
She have a project that uses a Playmaker asset bundle that I import into a new project.
Here original project works on her college computer.

At home the trouble is it always shows the following compilation error

Assets\PlayMaker\Actions\VideoPlayer\VideoPlayerSetTimeSource.cs(21,22): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'VideoTimeUpdateMode' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Now I see VideoPlayerSetTimeSource is part of the Unity scripting API. Why can it not find the assembly reference ?

Where in Unity can I see what references it has ? I assume assemblies have to be in Unity itself and not the global .Net install.

Thanks for any guidence.

[west sonnet]

No, it's within a TriggerEnter2D

[wintry quarry]

Chad k the Assembly Definition and what references it has

[wintry quarry]

Well that's only going to run once. The actual MoveTowards code needs to go in Update or a coroutine

[west sonnet]

Should I assign the value at the top of my Script or in Start()?

Or at the beginning of the method?

[wintry quarry]

All you need to do in OnTriggerEnter2D is set the Targetesize value

You need a "targetSize" variable

Which you will move towards in Update

[earnest atlas]

Do I need to get component or I can just pass "this"?

[carmine sierra]

why does the object fall when it is spawned despite having the mass set to 0?

[hybrid sundial]

I’m trying to use the new input system to add movement and jumping to a capsule is there any good tutorial, that shows good code, and explains

[wintry quarry]

What you have will actually break if there were multiples. Just use this

[earnest atlas]

Im just not sure what is considered component

[wintry quarry]

Why are you setting mass to 0. Set gravity scale to 0

[wintry quarry]

Components are considered components.

[west sonnet]

Should I assign the value at the top of my Script or in Start()?

[wintry quarry]

Components are all the things attached to GameObjects in the inspector

[wintry quarry]

I don't understand what you're doing now. Isn't that just 10?

You seem to have gotten confused

[west sonnet]

I was getting the value of the orthographic size and assigning it to RegularOrthoSize

[wintry quarry]

Why

[west sonnet]

Should I just assign it to 10?

[wintry quarry]

That' doesn't make any sense

[carmine sierra]

wouldn't a mass of 0 stop it from falling

[west sonnet]

Within OnTriggerEnter2D, how could I set the target value without changing the value?

[wintry quarry]

No, gravity scale of 0 will

[carmine sierra]

yeah it works thanks

but what is the science behind that?

I swear without mass it will stay still

[wintry quarry]

targetValue = RegularOrthoSize;

Or the other one

[carmine sierra]

cause you multiply the gravity scale by the mass right

[wintry quarry]

There's no science behind 0 mass. It's not a real thing

[carmine sierra]

fair lol

but if it were to exist in a game why not

[west sonnet]

Would this change the target value (15) to 10?

[carmine sierra]

0*9.8 is 0

[rare basin]

how can a object have 0 mass?

[carmine sierra]

cause it's a game

[wintry quarry]

It doesn't really matter, it's just the choice they made for whatever reason

[carmine sierra]

fair enough

[wintry quarry]

Probably because it makes things simpler to code as you don't need to special case anything

[wintry quarry]

You're confusing target value with BuffOrthoSize I think

Buff and Regular are basically constants

In fact you can make them constants

You need a third variable to keep track of the current target value

And in Update you can just do cam.OrthoSize = Mathf.MoveTowards(cam.OrthoSize, targetSize, speed * deltaTime)

So then all you do in the trigger code is change the target value to whatever you want

[west sonnet]

Oooh okay, I think I finally get what you mean

Thank you so much!

[earnest atlas]

10f of jump force is a lot or not?

[velvet tide]

I have a bit of an issue I'm to dumb to figure out. Im testing out Netcode for GameObjects, I get everything to move properly, x players with one host or one server everything on that front works. But my issue is my animator, everything animates correctly on the host/server, but on the clients it doesn't change to my "move" layer when I'm moving. The character is moving, its idling in the correct direction, it just doesn't want to activate the "move" layer so it animates its legs while moving, instead of just hoovering about. Could anyone of you help me out? Why is it capable of getting the direction its moving in, but it doesnt understand that it is moving?

using UnityEngine;
using Unity.Netcode;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class PlayerNetwork : NetworkBehaviour {
    private readonly float MyBaseSpeed = 1f;
    private Vector3 MyDirection;
    protected Animator myAnimator;
    public override void OnNetworkSpawn() {
        if (!IsOwner) gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerInput>().enabled = false;
        myAnimator = GetComponent<Animator>();
    }

    void Update() {
        transform.position += MyBaseSpeed * Time.deltaTime * MyDirection;
        
        if (MyDirection.x != 0 || MyDirection.y != 0)
        {
            ActivateLayer("Walk");
            myAnimator.SetFloat("x", MyDirection.x);
            myAnimator.SetFloat("y", MyDirection.y);
        }
        else
        {
            ActivateLayer("Idle");
        }
    }

    public void ActivateLayer(string layerName)
    {
        for (int i = 0 ; i < myAnimator.layerCount; i++)
        {
            myAnimator.SetLayerWeight(i, 0);
        }
        myAnimator.SetLayerWeight(myAnimator.GetLayerIndex(layerName), 1);
    }
    
    public void OnMove(InputAction.CallbackContext callback)
    {
        SendMovementToServerRpc(callback.ReadValue<Vector2>());
    }

    [ServerRpc]
    private void SendMovementToServerRpc(Vector2 movement) {
        MyDirection = movement;
    }
}

[west sonnet]

I've got it smoothly interpolating, but for some reason it's not reverting back to it's original value

When it's triggered, the ortho size is increased. I then have a method that is called, using Invoke, after a few seconds that changes the target value back to the RegularOrthoSize

But nothing's happening

and the MathF.MoveTowards is in Update()

[wintry quarry]

Show the code

[earnest atlas]

Should I move object with RigidBody or with transform in 3d?

[wintry quarry]

Depends on your game and the object

[earnest atlas]

I got told its better to move with RB

[wintry quarry]

it depends on your game and the requirements of the object in question

A decorative blimp floating in the sky? Move it via the Transform.

An object that needs to have physics interactions? Use a Rigidbody

[earnest atlas]

I mean player

[west sonnet]

This is the Update()

And here's the OnTriggerEnter2D. The ortho value changes are in the 2 methods below

[wintry quarry]

Is DeactivateBuff ever running? Put in debug logs

[west sonnet]

Yeah, it is

[wintry quarry]

Add more logs. Check in update that the target is correct

[west sonnet]

When DeactiveBuff() is called. I can see in the Inspector that the camera's Orthographic size has changed back to 10, but the game still looks the same

[wintry quarry]

Then it's not a problem with the code

What object is this code on? I see you're deactivating this object

That means update isn't going to run anymore

So the zoom won't happen

[west sonnet]

Oooooooh shit, you're right 🤦🏻‍♂️

Can't believe I missed that, Thank you

[lost anvil]

not sure whats going on here im new to unity

[wintry quarry]

First your IDE is not configured.

[earnest atlas]

I have a suspition this is not how I imagined player moving

[wintry quarry]

Second, you put a semicolon where it doesn't belong

[lost anvil]

what does that mean

[wintry quarry]

!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

[wintry quarry]

^ you're not getting error highlighting and autocomplete

[lost anvil]

whereabouts

[wintry quarry]

OnCollisionEnter

[trail fox]

im trying to aim in with my weapon but the weapon doesnt go exactly to the anchor so its offset from the anchor which means the gun isnt where its supposed to ive checked it is because of the headBob without the headbob it goes where its supposed to why is this that the headbob is changing the aim in positions whenever i aim in https://gdl.space/exuwikariw.cs

nvm i just fixed it

[bold nova]

Hi, I'm trying to implement logic, where player cliks on some spot on the screen in 2d game and on that spot should be created a game object (or in this case set active) but for some reason the objects get -10 value on z axis and are rendered outside of the camera frustrum. Any idea why?

private void CheckPlayerInput()
{
   if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
   {
       Vector3 mousePosition = CalculatePosition();
       CreateWindForce(mousePosition);
   }
}
private Vector3 CalculatePosition()
{
   Vector3 position = Input.mousePosition;
   return camera.ScreenToWorldPoint(position);
}
private void CreateWindForce(Vector3 position)
{
   var windForce = ObjectPooler.Instance.GetWindForce();
   windForce.transform.position = position;
   windForce.gameObject.SetActive(true);
}

[faint sluice]

Because our "screen" is basically camera, and camera's position is by default set to -10 on z axis

So camera.screentoworldpoint
Returns x, y value on where you touched it, and z value for where camera is

[spiral narwhal]

Do I have to check for OnMouseHover and then for the right mouse input to detect a right click on a Sprite, or is there a method like OnMouseRightClick?

[faint sluice]

Input.GetMouseDown(1) i believe

Or something like that

[spiral narwhal]

But that triggers anywhere no?

No matter if the sprite is hovered or not?

[faint sluice]

Ohh wait yeah

[faint sluice]

I mean you can check if sprite is hovered by shooting a ray inside the if statement for right click

[spiral narwhal]

I thought of using OnMouseEnter to flag a bool and OnMouseExit to unflag it, and in Update check for the right mouse button and if the flag is active. But maybe that's bad practise?

[faint sluice]

No clue tbh, depends on use case i guess?

[rare basin]

use IPointerEnterHandler interface

and ExitHandler

[spiral narwhal]

I thought that only works for UI elements

[rare basin]

nope

works for 2d/3d objects aswell

just needs physics raycaster on the camera

[vague dirge]

Hi, I have a really strange issue. I have this statement : if (isonground && Vector3.Dot(gvelocity.normalized, groundnormal) == -1)The thing is that on start, the conditions are passed and all is fine, but on input I can change the two vectors, and when it's done the statement is not validated : with debugs, I checked and the two conditions really are true, so I don't understand why the condition is not passed.

[faint sluice]

The dot result is EXACTLY -1?

[vague dirge]

I think

[faint sluice]

Did you debug it?

[vague dirge]

When I print it on Debug.Log() it outputs -1

[faint sluice]

Could be a floating point error

[vague dirge]

But why would it not print the whole number ?

[cobalt wing]

i dont know where to post this but

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
UnityEditor.Graphs.Edge.WakeUp () (at <5675beb25788478c930377bea67fb893>:0)
UnityEditor.Graphs.Graph.DoWakeUpEdges (System.Collections.Generic.List1[T] inEdges, System.Collections.Generic.List1[T] ok, System.Collections.Generic.List`1[T] error, System.Boolean inEdgesUsedToBeValid) (at <5675beb25788478c930377bea67fb893>:0)

im getting this error for some reason wasnt able to solve it, dosent interrupt anything in my game it runs just fine

[upper yoke]

Hey, coming in the middle of all conversations but is there a way to know if my controller is Xbox/PS4/other to display the right buttons (ABXY or circle/squares/etc) using the new input system?

[faint sluice]

No clue, it's just a possibility, issue might be something else too.
But just in case you can try to see if that's the case by using mathf.approx(-1)

[swift crag]

that's an internal problem with unity

just restart your editor

[cobalt wing]

oh ok

ty

[vague dirge]

I TRIED THIS, THANKS A LOT THE ISSUE WAS HERE

[faint sluice]

Lel welcome to the world of floating point errors, #1 pain in the butt for programmers

[swift crag]

You generally don't want to test for equality after doing math

Especially not when your inputs might be slightly off in the first place

even ignoring floating point error, I'd still give a little margin to the result of Vector3.Dot

[faint sluice]

For some reason debug only looks at first few decimals of a float and if it's all 0 it be like "GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! SEND IT!"

So if you debug a float with value 0.10000000001 it will show 0.1

But if you compare it with 0.1f it will be false

[swift crag]

That's down to how float implements ToString(), I presume

[faint sluice]

Yeah

[timber comet]

Yes, Xbox controller have layouts containing xinput. PlayStation have layouts containing DualShock

[timber comet]

Just search online for controller layout

[upper yoke]

I'll have a look thanks

[timber comet]

np

[lost anvil]

can anybody tell me whats wrong here?

[swift crag]

what's wrong is that your !ide isn't configured

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[swift crag]

follow the instructions for the code editor you're using

Your IDE should be highlighting the error.

[lost anvil]

ok

[swift crag]

also, if you're using VS Code, make sure you remove the old "Visual Studio Code Editor" package

the instructions mention this

[timber comet]

Isn’t the error due to the fact that he closed the if after: if (speedX>0)?

[swift crag]

the syntax is very mangled, yes

but we should get the IDE working first

[faint sluice]

There's one more error but ide first

[vague dirge]

Also, is it possible to change the whole Cinemachine orbits ? Like instead of being world reference, it related to the player or an input, and if I click it, the orbits rotate too ? Like if I was changing referencial

[swift crag]

cinemachine questions should go in #🎥┃cinemachine

[vague dirge]

Oh sry

In my movement, I have somewhere cam.eulerAngles.y for my camera, what is the function to call the get the same thing but for a given vector and not y ? Thanks !

[rare basin]

what?

that sentence doesn't make sense, atleast I completely dont understand

[vague dirge]

I may be not clear

In the cam.euleurAngles.y, it returns smth depending on the y axis, so a Vector3.up. I wanted to know if we could use the same methos or smth similar, but dpeending on another given vector

[meager raptor]

hi i don't understand what to change here

[slender nymph]

what does the error say

[meager raptor]

that is the error

[faint sluice]

If you hover over the red squiggly line it will tell you exactly what's wrong

[slender nymph]

what does the error say

[meager raptor]

yeah but i've changed everything

[faint sluice]

Also error will be shown in editor, what does it say

[slender nymph]

there it is. you have two namespaces with similar names and you are likely working inside of the Units namespace so it is trying to resolve Units.Player.PlayerManager instead of Player.PlayerManager

use an alias or don't name your namespaces so similarly

[meager raptor]

ah okay that makes sense thanks

[swift crag]

that's not how namespaces work, though.

namespace Foo
{
    public class FooClass
    {

    }
}

namespace Bar
{
    public class BarClass
    {
        public Foo.FooClass foo;
    }
}

This compiles just fine.

However, introduce a new class and...

namespace Foo
{
    public class FooClass
    {

    }
}

namespace Bar
{
    public class BarClass
    {
        public Foo.FooClass foo;
    }

    public class Foo
    {

    }
}

This malfunctions.

[slender nymph]

right but they have the namespace Units which contains the nested namespace Player. they also have the namespace Player. they are working inside of the Units namespace so by trying to access something in the Player namespace it tries to resolve Units.Player because that is the closest one

[swift crag]

Ah, I see

I missed that being in namespace Foo would let you refer to the Foo.Bar namespace as Bar

[exotic wedge]

hello I am a beginner in C# and I am making a game where the main camera is intended to rotate around a game object (ball) with this script and there are no errors in the console but it does not work and all variables are assigned.

[slender nymph]

!code

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Posting code

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[amber spruce]

public void StartGame()
{
    if (Lock.activeSelf == false)
    {
        characterSelect.SetActive(false);
        StartGameServerRpc(selectedOption);
    }
}

this will check if the lock gameobject isnt active to do the stuff right

[rare basin]

[sullen rock]

hello, Im trying to fix my formula for finding a point inside of a collider that has the shape of an ellipse - Ive been looking at this for a while and I cannot find the mistake, could someone please help me here?
https://gdl.space/jironofuso.cs

or, suggest a better approach even

[faint sluice]

I'm not even gonna attempt to figure out what's written inside if statement, can you dumb it down for me?

[sullen rock]

its this equation for an ellipse

or well, it should be

but for some reason the method is returning points outside of the ellipse

[buoyant knot]

you should use intermediate variables so your math isn’t one line broken across 3 lines

[faint sluice]

Every single point is outside the ellipse and not inside?

[buoyant knot]

also you are using lossyScale

[sullen rock]

thats intended, using a local scale wouldnt make sense)

[buoyant knot]

you already got the collider bounds

also, this function should take a bounds as an argument

[sullen rock]

they are a box tho

bounds returns box bounds

[sour yew]

hey guys. complete noob here. i was wondering how do people version thei unity projects? can smb help me out? thanks

[faint sluice]

@sullen rock ??

[buoyant knot]

you are trying to get points in the ellipse defined by what would go up to the edges of the bounds?

there is just a lot wrong with this code tbh

[sullen rock]

nope, both inside and outside

[buoyant knot]

like, this should be a while loop, and not a recursive call

[faint sluice]

Do you mean which version to use? As a new person it doesn't really matter, but I would use the latest LTS version?

Any is fine tho

[buoyant knot]

also, you are returning a vector3 for a 2D ellipse

when I would expect the result to be an ellipsoid

[sour yew]

no thats not what i mean. do u know git? its a version control system. where u can track ur progress and effectively collaborate with others and work on a project. does unity have smth like that?

[buoyant knot]

the function name does not match what the function does, and there is no documentation to describe it

[faint sluice]

I know this isn't what you asked for but in case it helps

I would put random spawn points manually inside the ellipse shaped spawn area. And when you want to spawn, just grab a random point from the list

That way you have more control over which spawn point you want to choose and also avoid spawning on "non spawnable areas" as randomly finding a vector might give you a result that's inside another object, which you will have to check for anyway

[buoyant knot]

i would expect a ///<summary>This function produces a random point within the ellipse/ellipsoid that makes normal contact with the edges of the input bounds.</summary>

and the name of the function should reflect this

[faint sluice]

Much easier to impliment too

[sullen rock]

Im working in a 3D application, but this particular method works on a plane

[buoyant knot]

if someone can’t immediately tell wtf the function is supposed to do, then you need to work on your documentation

if this function gives a random vector3 on a plane, then I expect only 2 calls for Random, not 3.

[faint sluice]

I guess most use git in unity too?

Atleast the places I worked at used that as well, but I hear plastic is also pretty good

[buoyant knot]

does collider.Bounds not already include the effects of scale? I thought it did.

[sullen rock]

well, I could just replace the one random with a set value

[sullen rock]

it creates a box, it doesnt respect the shape of the mesh

[sour yew]

but doesnt github have very limited size for ur repo?

[sullen rock]

thats the issue

[buoyant knot]

what mesh. i don’t see any mesh here

[faint sluice]

Really don't know about that, but I'm sure you'll not run into issues like that as a beginner anyway

[buoyant knot]

you generated a random 3D point within the bounds, and then do a check on a 2D projection of this point, when compared to lossyScale. The units simply don’t make sense, as lossyScale is dimensionless, and x/y/z have units of length.

[sullen rock]

hows lossyScale dimensionless?

[buoyant knot]

lossy scale is a dimensionless quantity.

it is a scaling factor to make the whole thing bigger or smaller, relative to a transformation matrix = identity.

that inequality will never make sense

[swift crag]

scale is also dimensionless

if I ask you how tall you are, you don't say "My scale is 2"

that just tells me that you're twice as big as if your scale was 1

[swift crag]

It does, yeah.

localBounds is iin local space and thus doesn't care about your scale (or anything else), by compariosn

[faint sluice]

Just gonna bump this up real quick

[swift crag]

the bounds of a collider is a bounding box that completely encloses the collider

so that's expected

[sullen rock]

found the issue

[buoyant knot]

there are many issues

and i recommend you fix them all lol

[sullen rock]

I mean, it works perfectly now

I will clean it up a bit

[buoyant knot]

i assume you used bounds.size to get the major and minor axes

[sullen rock]

btu Im sticking to this logic

nah

I just halved the localScale

[buoyant knot]

oh, so the numbers are just accidentally correct now

[sullen rock]

not accidentaly

[buoyant knot]

the units don’t match up, so it is wrong. So if it is right, it is purely accidental

and will not be correct if the collider is made a different size without changing the scale

you probably have collider size = 1 on each dimension, with lossy scale = 1 in each dimension

[faint sluice]

@sullen rock first think I would suggest is clean up that horrendous if statement, use local variables

float x² = ....;
float y²=.....;
float a²=.....;
float b²=.....;

If((x²/a²) + (y²/b²)) <1)

Sooo much cleaner to read and figure out where you went wrong

[sullen rock]

I will do that

[sullen rock]

it is not - when you start with a circle with the scale of 1 and reshape it to have the scale of like, idk, (3,2), the scale is actually the size of the bounds collider

not sure if Im explaining myself well here

english isnt my native language

[swift crag]

That happens to be true in that specific case

But why not just do it correctly?

[faint sluice]

I don't know why we were bothering with scales in the first place anyway

You have width and height of bounds to use as a and b in the formula

[buoyant knot]

change the actual dimensions of the collider without changing the scale of the transform

you will immediately see it cease to work

also, your units are still wrong

therefore, it is impossible that your formula is correct

A collider of size 2,2,2 and scale 1,1,1 should give the same result as a collider of size 1,1,1 and scale 2,2,2. However, that is not going to happen in your code. The collider of size 2,2,2 will generate points within an area of 1,1,1

That is part of why this method should be a static method that solely takes a single Bounds as an input argument.

[sullen rock]

I mean, I made this for my specific use case, not for any collider I will be ever using again

[swift crag]

why do you insist on doing it incorrectly?

[sullen rock]

I will change it to that

I dont insist on doing it incorrectly

[buoyant knot]

then why do you refuse to change the formula which is clearly incorrect

[sullen rock]

this is a correct formula for one specific use case, it is not universal, I understand your point

[buoyant knot]

the formula is only accidentally correct when a specific set of numbers line up in a certain way

and it is so easy to change it from the wrong variable to the correct variable

from lossy scale, to bounds.size

but you insist on using lossy scale

[carmine elm]

i have a player data script and at line 28 i want the numbers from parenthesis to be variables.https://pastebin.com/8FGBDB6e i don t know how to make it

[buoyant knot]

private const int CONSTANT_NAME = 28;

[faint sluice]

private int base_health = 100;
private int base_damage =..;

Etc etc?

[buoyant knot]

this is a very strange way to use a singleton pattern

[carmine elm]

An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'PlayerData.HEALTH'. Is not really working

[swift crag]

just write HEALTH if you made a variable named HEALTH

[faint sluice]

private static int base_health;

[swift crag]

alternatively, make the variables static if you really want to refer to them as PlayerData.HEALTH

but you already have a variable called HEALTH (which should really be written as health)

[faint sluice]

He's using it inside static property

[swift crag]

ah, I missed that

[swift crag]

this is a reasonable option, then

[faint sluice]

Also HEALTH and base_health should be different, keep in mind

One shows current health and one shows what starting health should be

[carmine elm]

Thanks'

[faint sluice]

I.e. base_health value should never be touched, so yeah make it a const too

[dusty hull]

how do u get what physics material an object is using? Like say if u bumped into something u would know what physics material that object was using

i mean the ones u can create

[faint sluice]

Wat

[dusty hull]

in colliders

[faint sluice]

Ohh

Wait my bad

Collider.material doesn't work?

[swift crag]

the Collision class includes the collider you hit

[faint sluice]

Something like that

[swift crag]

and the collider can give you the Physic Material

(Physic, not Physics!)

[dusty hull]

that was an example but thats what im doing

what im trying to do is when u enter a surface it checks what current physics material u are using

[buoyant knot]

Unless its PhysicsMaterial2D

[swift crag]

[faint sluice]

@dusty hull ??

[dusty hull]

yes

idk

[faint sluice]

[dusty hull]

how would u write that in code?

ive been doing playerCollider.GetComponent<PhysicMaterial>();

but that doesnt work

[faint sluice]

Physics materials is not a component, it's an asset assigned to a component called "collider"

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider-material.html

read the documentation

[faint sluice]

You don't do
Spriterenderer.getcompoment<sprite>();

You just spriterenderer.sprite

[dusty hull]

it tells me that collider doesnt have a definition for PhysicsMaterial

[swift crag]

yes, because you don't write collider.PhysicsMaterial

you also don't write collider.potato

[faint sluice]

I never said do collider.physicsmaterial
You're making shit up on your own buddy

[swift crag]

if you want the material property, you get the material property

it's just a property on Collider. that's it

[faint sluice]

See right here

[swift crag]

collider.GetComponent<SomeComponent>() has the SomeComponent name because it's a generic method

you don't just stick the type name in when accessing a field or property

[trim gulch]

Helllo! I have a bit of a problem
I'm making a 2D topdown game, and I want my character to be able to pick up a gun. The idea is that he approaches it lying on the ground, interacts and the gun joins with the player, and now he's able to rotate it and shoot

What I was doing is I have a gun object, and when the player approaches and interacts, the gun destroys and instantiates itself again as a child of the player and enters "picked up state"

Where it does all of it's stuff

But the gun still isn't attached to the player and is somewhat independent with its movement

Is there anything I can do or should I go for another approach?

[faint sluice]

What do you mean independet in movement?
Player guess forward and gun stays in same place?

[trim gulch]

Yes

[faint sluice]

Maybe it didn't become child

[trim gulch]

And if I add a rigidbody and try to sync the movement up with the player it gets it's own physics

[faint sluice]

As one does ofcourse

[wintry quarry]

make the Rigidbody kinematic when you pick it up, then the parenting will work

[rich adder]

you cant parent rigidbody and expect it to work, or yeah kinematic works

[wintry quarry]

you could also use a completely separate object for the "gun on floor" and the "gun in player's hand".

There's no rule saying they need to be the same prefab or whatever

[trim gulch]

I could do that

Yeah

[wintry quarry]

the "gun on floor" prefab could have a reference to the "gun in hand" prefab, for example, which can be instantiated when picked up

[rare basin]

usually pickups are different prefabs than the actual items, yes

[rich adder]

you still on this?

[sterile radish]

i want an object to follow my mouse (the light blue square) however everytime i start the game it goes into the corner and it only moves when my camera moves? this is my script

    void Update()
    {
        transform.position = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
    }```

[rich adder]

camera is prospective you're not accounting for that

[wintry quarry]

cam.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
This isn't going to work in a game with a perspective camera. https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint

[sterile radish]

oh okay

[storm imp]

yes it's not resolved

[rich adder]

which part is not working still ?

[storm imp]

I have three button that should go to three different 360 photos and they all go to the same one

[rich adder]

show button's onclick for each button

[storm imp]

oneclick?

[rich adder]

no I did not say one lick, I said the Buttons On Click event , capish?

[storm imp]

in the code?

[rich adder]

the code and the inspector of each button thats shows the On Click event

[rich adder]

ok and TourManager script?

[storm imp]

here @rich adder

[rich adder]

well first this loop is wrong

 for (int i = 0; i < objSites.Length; i++)
        {
            objSites[1].SetActive(false);

        }```
this only deactivates the 2nd site

3 times

put debug.log inside here make sure index are passed on correctly

[storm imp]

I changed that to i not 1

[rich adder]

ok

[storm imp]

before or after objsite?

[rich adder]

put log like this cs public void LoadSite(int siteNumber) { //show site objSites[siteNumber].SetActive(true); Debug.Log($"found site {objSites[siteNumber].name} with {siteNumber}"); canvasMainMenu.SetActive(true); //enable the camera isCameraMove = true; }

click some buttons and show logs

[storm imp]

I'll add it in

I'll let you knew if it fixed it

[rich adder]

this isnt a fix, this is a debugging to find out what the problem is and how to fix

click all three buttons and show the prints

[neon marsh]

i dont know if this is the correct channel for my question but how does unity decide what sprite gets rendered first?

[median ferry]

Does anybody know how to make a Grid Layout Group the same for all resolutions?

[rich adder]

Order In Layer

[wintry quarry]

wdym by "the same"

in what ways should it stay the same?

Generally UI must adapt to different resolutions either by scaling, rearranging, etc.

[median ferry]

I mean the spacing and stuff

[neon marsh]

what if they have the same order in layer?

[median ferry]

Its different depending on the resolution

[wintry quarry]

Looks like a canvas scaler problem

[median ferry]

How would i fix it?

[wintry quarry]

By changing canvas scaler settings

[storm imp]

oh!

[rich adder]

I'm not 100% sure tbh .
this is more of #🖼️┃2d-tools question maybe or #💻┃unity-talk

[sour yew]

hey guys. when i try to import asset, i get this. can smb help me out?

[neon marsh]

ok thank you 🙂

[rich adder]

"Cannot import package in playmode"

[wintry quarry]

are you in play mode?

[sour yew]

idk what it is

[rich adder]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[wintry quarry]

The big play button

that runs the game

[median ferry]

Here are my current settings idk how to fix

[sour yew]

thanks. fixed it

[storm imp]

like this?

 {
            objSites[i].SetActive(false);
            Debug.log($"found site {objSites[siteNumber].name}with {siteNumber}");
            canvasMainMenu.SetActive(true);
            //enable the camera
            isCameraMove=true;

        }```

[rich adder]

sure, click buttons and show the prints

[storm imp]

unity is busy a lot and for a long time

[rich adder]

I did not write it Debug.log

I wrote Debug.Log

capitalization matters..

[storm imp]

it's case sensitive got it

[rich adder]

just copy it exactly how i wrote it

[south sky]

Hey guys, im new so sorry for the dumb question but how do you reference other scripts within a script. If I wanted to access code from a different file etc

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/references

[storm imp]

prints where?

[rich adder]

in the Console window

[noble summit]

idk if this is the right channel but how do i remove the line in the center of visual studio

[rich adder]

"the line in the center"

thats helpful

[noble summit]

its like a divider but it doesnt do anything

[rich adder]

can you like screenshot it , I have no idea what you mean

[noble summit]

i would but im on my phone rn i will try to find an image on google

[storm imp]

two errors

[rich adder]

You put in the completely wrong method

[storm imp]

oh I did

[rich adder]

Pay attention

[noble summit]

cant find one

[rich adder]

this ?

[noble summit]

nope its vertical

[rich adder]

did you open two script side by side?

[noble summit]

nope

[swift crag]

log in to discord in your web browser and send a screenshot.

[noble summit]

i cant right now

[rich adder]

see if you have this option

[noble summit]

im on a mac

[rich adder]

ooofa

[noble summit]

yeahhh

[rich adder]

Visual Studio mac or VScode?

[noble summit]

visual studio mac

[swift crag]

oh, that's nothing to do with Visual Studio on windows

[noble summit]

vscode says i dont have an .net sdk (i do)

[swift crag]

you should really just switch to VSCode, since "Visual Studio" on macOS is getting sunsetted

I use VSCode on my mac

(the "visual studio" editor also just kind of sucks)

[rich adder]

You could just like reset layout afaik

[noble summit]

yeah i would use vscode

[late bobcat]

guys why the hell is this not working wtf
https://hatebin.com/ryekhonufd
I just wanted to make it so when i hold down left click ,laser (which is a stupid 2d sprite square gameobject) is active, else is unactive. I'm going crazy

[summer stump]

If it says it, then it is either not there or it is not in the PATH
Sometimes restarting your computer can help

[rich adder]

yeah VS for mac is going bye bye in august

[noble summit]

i dont know what the path is

[rich adder]

macos doesn't exactly have a "PATH" like windows

[summer stump]

Oh, missed the mac part

[storm imp]

oh I should put it here?

[faint sluice]

Update doesn't work when gameobjrct is disabled

[noble summit]

and also sometimes when i play around with setting it works but then after a while it says it again

[rich adder]

literally the screenshot I sent lol look at it you see where it is yes

[late bobcat]

@faint sluice i see thanks

[rich adder]

are you using the new VSCode Unity extensions ? @noble summit

[noble summit]

new?

like version? if so i have the latest

[rich adder]

no. The Unity extensions for VSCode

[noble summit]

i think?

how do i know if it is new

i used vscode for unity before and had no problems

[rich adder]

"the new" implying that you're using the Unity extensions instead of the old way with Omnishaprp

[noble summit]

ah then yes i do have the extensions

[rich adder]

are you forreal right now?

[summer stump]

Why would you do that?
Look at what you did and think about it for a bit

[rich adder]

Nowhere did I say to put a function inside a function..

[storm imp]

I think I fixed it

[rich adder]

you outta make your life easier and learn some basics of c#..

[rich adder]

all you had to do was add 1 line dude..

[timid saffron]

I hate to say that IM still stuck on this transform codes but It wont move can you tell me why?

I think i did everything right

[faint sluice]

What is expected result vs what's happening?

[rich adder]

what is separationSpeed value in the inspector ?

5f seems kinda low esp with Time.deltaTime

[faint sluice]

It's actually fine , you move 5 units per second

Issue could be something else entirely, like gameobject being disabled so no update, speed value being 0, script is not attached to correct object etc

[swift crag]

go look at the inspector for this component

[swift crag]

make sure that seperationSpeed is 5

[sullen rock]

and make sure the object isnt set to static

[rich adder]

you wrote it wrong..

[vague dirge]

Real quick, is there a method to calculate the distance between to points, instead or manually doing every time sqrt(x^2 + y^2)

[rich adder]

Debug.Log($"found site {objSites[siteNumber].name} with {siteNumber}");

[sullen rock]

Vector3.Distance

[rich adder]

holy shit if you're fucking up a copy and paste job, you're in trouble.. @storm imp

[faint sluice]

Same with vector 2

Vector2.Distance

[rare basin]

chat gpt enjoyer?

that white IDE hurts my eyes

[rich adder]

finally.. and yeah you still got a line twice but doesnt matter right now, this is taking long than it should as is..

ok now save changes

as you see * means no saved

Save , click some buttons. Screenshot the Console window

[rich adder]

surpising to say those dont look like GPT comment

who knows tho

[vague dirge]

And for points coordinates instead of vectors ? I there a method ?

[sullen rock]

transform.position is a vector

[faint sluice]

What's point coordinates?

[vague dirge]

yes

But I whant for example transform.position.y and transform2.position.y

[sullen rock]

could you elaborate a bit please

you can just substract them in that case

[swift crag]

There's no Mathf.Distance method

[faint sluice]

Just subtract

[swift crag]

But you can just do Mathf.Abs(a - b)

[vague dirge]

I meann the distance between the two only through the Y axis I mean

[sullen rock]

the individual values are just floats

[rich adder]

thats what they suggested

[swift crag]

I did write a MathUtil.Distance method because I like the consistency

[vague dirge]

Ayo I'm forgetting my basic maths 💀

[sullen rock]

dw we all do sometimes

[storm imp]

why is unity always busy?

[rich adder]

is ur pc fast enough?

[night mural]

to get to the other side!