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[carmine sierra]

what do you mean sorry

[rare basin]

it's not a answer to you mate

[rocky canyon]

i was talking to vinny

[carmine sierra]

cool

[rare basin]

debug if your method is being called

[dull arch]

permanent

[rare basin]

@carmine sierra

[carmine sierra]

by just clicking debug?

never used it before

[rich adder]

so make it not permanent

[night sparrow]

After changing things and testing same issue it doesn't seem to detect the Enemy and stuff

void RayCastForEnemy()
{
    RaycastHit hit;
    LayerMask enemyLayerMask = LayerMask.GetMask("Enemy");

    if (Physics.Raycast(transform.parent.position, transform.parent.forward, out hit, Mathf.Infinity, enemyLayerMask))
    {
        Rigidbody rb = hit.collider.attachedRigidbody;
        if (rb != null)
        {
            Debug.Log("Hit an enemy");
            rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.None;
            rb.AddForce(transform.parent.forward * 500);
        }
    }
}

[rare basin]

debug it by debug logs

see if its even being called or not

[carmine sierra]

i did

debug.log("passed through spawn")

[rare basin]

you didint

that is not what im asking you to do

[rocky canyon]

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider other)
    {
        Debug.Log("We entered the trigger");

        if(weaponFired)
        {
            Debug.Log("... and the weapon has been fired");
        }
    }```

^ debug the function..

[rare basin]

why spoon feed

[carmine sierra]

what are you asking

[rocky canyon]

anywhere and everywhere u possibly can

[rare basin]

if your method is being called at all

not your if statement

[carmine sierra]

okay cool

i just put it there since the if statement is definetely called

[rocky canyon]

im not spoonfeeding.. i psuedo coded his code and gave him Debug.Log("");

then he can answer the question whether or not it gets logged.. or maybe he can't.. either way we'd be moving forward

[carmine sierra]

yeah it logs the method being called

[rare basin]

then your weaponFired is false

[carmine sierra]

ohh that means the if statemet is the problem

thanks

[rocky canyon]

thats what i said originally.

[carmine sierra]

yeah ik mb got it mixed up with something else in the code

[rocky canyon]

when in doubt tho.. debug

[carmine sierra]

yeah fr i will

[rocky canyon]

debug here, debug there, debug everywhere.. then when its fixed u can remove em

[rare basin]

also learn debugger

[rocky canyon]

And breakpoints while ur at it

[rare basin]

well ofc, thats part of the debugger xd

[rocky canyon]

i still dont know how to use breakpoints 😈

i mean i think i do.

gotta practice one day and just step thru some of my statemachines

that'd be a solid test

[verbal dome]

If your enemies have children with colliders, make sure those colliders also have the Enemy tag

[night sparrow]

Oh okay thanks!

[verbal dome]

Btw use ForceMode.Impulse/ForceMode.VelocityChange when using AddForce for one-shot forces, so you don't have to use crazy numbers like 500

It's a second, optional parameter for AddForce

ForceMode.Force is the default which is scaled by time

@night sparrow Also if it still wont work, visualize your raycast with Debug.DrawRay

[night sparrow]

Okay thanks working on it right now!

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/nomnomab/RaycastVisualization helpful asset

[carmine sierra]

my weaponFired bool still won't set to true, it debugs when the ammo touches the spawnCollider (when it spawns) but doesn't debug it when it passes through it once it's fired

I can send a vid if needed

[verbal dome]

Sure but share your current code

[rocky canyon]

where do you set it to true? i dont think we ever saw the boolean actually get set

[carmine sierra]

you might be right

gimme a second

[rocky canyon]

take ur time

[carmine sierra]

no i do set it

[rare basin]

but WHERE

show the CODE

[carmine sierra]

yeah i need to find that character lol

the weird parenthesis

[verbal dome]

` <---

[carmine sierra]

thanks

[verbal dome]

Okay well better learn where it is on your keyboard lol

[rocky canyon]

search google.. lol "where is the backtick on ..... type of keyboard" lol

[night sparrow]

All issues fixed thanks!

[swift crag]

it's called a "grave"

[carmine sierra]

public class WeaponFire : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] Camera firingCamera;
    Rigidbody2D rb;
    public float velocityMultiplier;
    Vector3 originalPos; 
    Vector3 newPos;
    Vector3 poschange; // newPos - originalPos
    BoxCollider2D boxCollider;
    [SerializeField] float gravityScale;
    public GameObject weaponInstance;
    [SerializeField] GameObject Shop;
    Vector3 mouseWorldPosition;
    [SerializeField] CircleCollider2D spawnCollider;
    public bool weaponFired;
    
    private Vector3 GetMousePos()
    {
        mouseWorldPosition = firingCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
        mouseWorldPosition.z = 0f;
        return mouseWorldPosition;
    }
    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D spawnCollider)
    {
        Debug.Log(weaponFired);
        if (weaponFired)
        {
            Debug.Log("Passed through spawn");
            rb.gravityScale = gravityScale;
        }
    }
    void Start()
    {
        boxCollider = gameObject.GetComponent<BoxCollider2D>();
    }
    
    void OnMouseDown()
    {
        if (weaponInstance) //Checks that the weapon has spawned in
        {
            
            GetMousePos();
            originalPos = mouseWorldPosition;
            Debug.Log("Clicked"); 
        }

    }

    void OnMouseDrag()
    {
        if (weaponInstance)
        {
            GetMousePos();
            weaponInstance.transform.position = mouseWorldPosition;
        }
    }
    void OnMouseUp()
    {
        if (weaponInstance)
        {
            weaponFired = true;
            rb = weaponInstance.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
            newPos = mouseWorldPosition;
            boxCollider.enabled = false;
            poschange = newPos - originalPos;
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(-poschange.x*velocityMultiplier,-poschange.y*velocityMultiplier);
        }
    }
}

[rocky canyon]

aye!

[carmine sierra]

so i set weaponFired to true once the mouse click releases

[rare basin]

ok so you set it nowehere

[carmine sierra]

lol wdym

[rare basin]

if (weaponInstance)
{
    weaponFired = true;
}

doesnt make any sense

[rocky canyon]

if i recall from the other day.. his weapon instance can be null

[carmine sierra]

oh shit your right

[rocky canyon]

so if its not null he sets it to true.. but still ya

the logic is odd

[carmine sierra]

oh yeah it can be

cause it means if it's active right

[rare basin]

why do you have your weapon shooting logic

with OnMouseUp systems

instead of just using the input system

[carmine sierra]

its a slingshot

[rare basin]

alr fair enough

then debug it

if it's being set to true

[rocky canyon]

well, does the trigger get triggered BEFORE you release the mouse?

[rare basin]

if it enters that if(weaponInstance)

[rocky canyon]

if so... thats why its not true

[carmine sierra]

yes

[rare basin]

here's you answer then

[carmine sierra]

but i used an if statement so the ontriggereneter2d function only does something if the weapon is fired

[rare basin]

you check if it's true THEN you set it to true

[rocky canyon]

ya ^ ur logic flow doesn't work how its set up..

ud have to release the button b4 it returns true..

[carmine sierra]

im sorry im a bit too slow to understand

[rare basin]

just do

rb.gravityScale = gravityScale; after you relase the mouse

no?

why do you need it in the trigger

i assume you want to restore the gravity after you shoot

[rocky canyon]

xaxup can help, i gotta be back later

[carmine sierra]

wouldn't the ontrigger enter function work every time it touches the thing or only once

[rare basin]

it triggers everytime a collider enters it

[carmine sierra]

it was like that before but the projection was like

but now I want gravity to only turn back on when it passes through the center point

so yeah it needs to have an on trigger

so why exactly does on trigger just work the first time

[rare basin]

ok so just check if the BALL entered the collider

and then set the ball's gravity to whatevery you want

you don't need information if you shoot or not

[carmine sierra]

yeah that's what im trying

[rare basin]

you just need to know if ball entered the trigger

[carmine sierra]

but the spawn point of the ball is the trigger

[carmine sierra]

but it enters the trigger when it spawns

[rare basin]

that's a design issue

or make a bool

allowTrigger and set it to false at start

and back to true on collider exit

then 2nd time it enters, it can trigger

or just disable the collider

[carmine sierra]

thats what ive been trying lol

[rare basin]

and enable it after you shoot

simpliest solution

[carmine sierra]

that might be a simple solution your right

[rare basin]

disable the "center" collider, re-enable it on shoot

[carmine sierra]

ill try that and let you know

[rare basin]

OnMouseDown - disable collider, OnMouseUp - enable

[carmine sierra]

should probably be start right

as the weapon would have already triggered the collider by the time it is spawned

[rare basin]

yup

[rocky canyon]

good call 👍

[rare basin]

whenever you spawn the new ball

disable the collider, onmouseup enable it back

[rocky canyon]

im sure you can get this system up and working.. but
if u keep having trouble and cant get your current setup to work correctly.
maybe check how jason does it.. he has the same type of slingshot mechanic.. but i think its structured in a better way.. regardless you can see how other ways work differently.. (learning experience)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAvfA1F3qTo&ab_channel=JasonWeimann

just a little extra something in case

he has a newer one too.. but the original one works pretty good.. i followed it back in the day and it worked

[rare basin]

actually i was doing my first ever job interview task with this video lol

[rocky canyon]

but keep on the one ur working on now.. as long as u can.. (problem solving like ur doing now, is the BEST way to learn)

[rocky canyon]

its a solid all the way around video imo

[carmine sierra]

bruh how is this happening

right after disabling it it says it's active

[summer stump]

You are checking if it is null, not active

Disabling it doesn't make it null

[carmine sierra]

idk the difference

would enabled = false; disable the collider

[summer stump]

Null means it doesn't exist at all

[slender nymph]

it disables it. it does not make it null or destroy it. so if you want to check whether it is enabled, then you need to check the enabled property, not the object itself

[summer stump]

Disabled means it still EXISTS, but is simply not enabled

[carmine sierra]

so if (spawncollider.enabled)

[rocky canyon]

dont get ur variables mixed up... these are not the same thing..

[carmine sierra]

damn how?

ive been assuming that the whole time

[slender nymph]

the same way that two people named Bob are not the same person

[rocky canyon]

on the trigger function.. the spawnCollider is the collider that enteres that trigger..

you THEN use that collider inside the function..

its not using the one u assigned as a CircleCollider2D

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider other)
    {
        if(other.CompareTag("Box"))
        {
            Debug.Log("other is a collider and is tagged as box");
        }
    }```

this is how that works ^.. when the Trigger function runs.. the other variable is the Collider that goes into that trigger.. (it could be anything)

u can name it anything.. the fact that u named it as the same as ur CircleCollider is just confusing in the end..

its not the same reference... (it could be the same) but u'd have to check it in the function to see if it is or not

[carmine sierra]

damn i don't get it

[slender nymph]

you should look up variable scope

[rocky canyon]

when a collider enters the trigger it is other now.. that function has access to that collider

[carmine sierra]

so how would I check when the cannonball (weaponInstance) touches spawnCollider

[carmine sierra]

oh okay

[slender nymph]

check a tag or check for a specific component

[carmine sierra]

also this code is in neither objects

[carmine sierra]

could that be the issue

[rocky canyon]

    public CircleCollider2D theObjectIwantToDetect;

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider other)
    {
        if(other == theObjectIwantToDetect)
        {
            Debug.Log("the collider that triggered this function IS the same as the circleCollider I declared");
        }
    }```

does this make sense to you now?

[carmine sierra]

yeah

but i realised the code isn't in either collider's object

[rocky canyon]

i caught that in the corner of my eye, and thought u might be confusing the two

[carmine sierra]

does that mean the current code is checking if the weapon touches the parent of the scripts collider?

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats a problem lol.. for the IsTrigger to work correctly it needs a collider attached to it that IsTrigger

[carmine sierra]

yeah idk what i was thinking

ill just move the code to the actual spawn colliders object

[rocky canyon]

    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D spawnCollider)
    {
        Debug.Log(weaponFired);
        if (weaponFired)
        {
            Debug.Log("Passed through spawn");
            rb.gravityScale = gravityScale;
        }
    }```
this code checks if a collider enters the trigger.. and then if the weapon is fired... 
at the moment it doesn't care what the collider is.. spawnCollider could be anything with a collider and a rigidbody

private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider colliderThatEnteredThisTrigger)``` 
as a beginner just try to name things that make sense to you.. it doesn't matter how uncatchy the names are.. as long as u can see it and instantly know what its for

just don't get ahead of urself.. i feel like u could be on ur way

[carmine sierra]

i moved the ontrigger function to a script which is inside the spawncolliders object

that means that the 'other' will mean any object that touches the spawn collider right?

[rocky canyon]

any collider thats detectable yea

thats why when a collision happens theres usually another code inside of it checking on what it is

to make sure its the right thing.. for the code to make sense

[carmine sierra]

okay cool

yeah idk why i thought i could check two separate colliders to the object i wrote the code inside of

[rocky canyon]

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if(other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            // Your code for player interaction goes here
        }

        if(other.CompareTag("Enemy"))
        {
            // Your code for enemy interaction goes here
        }

        Light attachedLight = other.GetComponent<Light>();
        if(attachedLight != null)
        {
            Destroy(other.gameObject);
        }
    }```
like for example this one trigger could detect many things... i could have the one trigger run different codes depending on what the collider was.. say it had a Player Tag i could do this.. or if it was an Enemy tag i could do that..
or if it has a light component on it... i could do something like destroy the object

ya, i think u were just confused on how the Collider other part of the function worked..

it wasn't something you were giving the function.. it was something the function was giving to you.. (when it was triggered, ofc)

[swift crag]

A method's parameters are filled with arguments by the caller.

Each parameter is a local variable you can use in the method.

[rocky canyon]

i gotta learn the terminology of this stuff..

[verbal dome]

At this point, yeah you should lol

[rocky canyon]

run different codes
lol, im going backwards! haha

i guess the c# docs are the best place to learn the legitimate stuff

ohh heck yea, they have an OOP section ❤️

it is alot easier to understand now that i have some Unity experience

[hazy crypt]

hey guys, a weird one here. I want a number range, 0 to 359. I would like to "scroll" through that range using player input

then use the output

[verbal dome]

Do you want it to loop?

[hazy crypt]

If i modulo then I get negative numers, if i mathf.repeat then I cant loop through the range

[rocky canyon]

not weird

[hazy crypt]

yeah

Im sure theres an obvious solution that im missing

you guys got any advice?

[verbal dome]

Not sure what you mean with 'cant loop through the range'

With Mathf.Repeat

[rocky canyon]

why ^ yea i was wondering.. why wouldnt mathf.repeat work

[hazy crypt]

Sorry guys it does work

I wasnt using it properly before

[thorn kiln]

I'm sure I learnt this at some point in the many tutorials I've watched, but I'm doing Flappy Bird, and I've added a projectile, put the pipes together and put a button on them. I've managed to get it to recognize if the projectile collides with the button, but I can't figure out how to reference the lower pipe in the pipe prefab so I can get it to move down.

[hazy crypt]

thanky uo for being patient with me

[verbal dome]

Wait why are you using buttons?

[thorn kiln]

Following a beginner tutorial, did all the simple stuff and this was one of the "bonus challenges"

[verbal dome]

Is it the GMTK tutorial?

[thorn kiln]

Yeah

[verbal dome]

I'm still not sure what buttons got to do with it

[outer cobalt]

i'd do it with a empty game object, call it PipePrefab and drag both pipes into it

[carmine sierra]

AYYY

I FINALLY GOT IT WORKING

[rocky canyon]

lol you had me tripping

[verbal dome]

Ah, now I see

I was thinking UI buttons

[thorn kiln]

So I'm trying to figure out how to tell it "if an energy ball collides with the button, move the lower pipe down"

[carmine sierra]

thanks alot spawn camp

[rocky canyon]

hell ya! nice job

[night sparrow]

Hi, is it possible for anyone to explain this issue and a way around it?

[21:12:57] Non-convex Mesh Collider with non-kinematic Rigidbody is no longer supported since Unity 5. if you want to use a non-convex mesh either make the Rigidbody kinematic or remove the Rigidbody component. Scene hierarchy path "Bullet(Clone)/Bullet Color/BulletLite_02_2", Mesh asset path "Assets/Environment/Models/BulletLite_02.fox" Mesh name "BulletLite_02_2"

Code:

IEnumerator ShootGun()
{
    DetermineRecoil();
    StartCoroutine(MuzzelFlash());

    var bullet = Instantiate(bulletPrefab, bulletSpawnPoint.position, bulletSpawnPoint.rotation);
    bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity = bulletSpawnPoint.forward * bulletSpeed;

    RayCastForEnemy();

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(fireRate);
    _canShoot = true;
}```

It should send a bullet to the direction but get the error instead

[swift crag]

the error message explains what the problem is.

you can't use a mesh collider with a rigidbody unless you check the "convex" box

a convex mesh collider is like a rubber band stretched around the object: it doesn't have any holes or dents

[rocky canyon]

^ perfect explanation

[swift crag]

a convex shape is a lot easier to deal with, which is why you aren't allowed to have a rigidbody with a non-convex collider

(unless the rigidbody is kinematic: in that case, it's not affected by forces, so it's not moving around by itself)

[rocky canyon]

and heres a perfect visual explanation ^

[swift crag]

You can probably just give your bullet a single primitive collider

[rocky canyon]

u cant have the one on the right

[swift crag]

by that, I mean a sphere, box, capsule, etc.

[rocky canyon]

if u want a more complex collider u can try building it up using primative colliders

to match teh shape

[swift crag]

this is an example of creating several smaller convex colliders to approximate the shape of a complex object

very handy

[rocky canyon]

ya, does it work?

[swift crag]

i dunno, i've never used that package :p

[rocky canyon]

lol me neither.. only seen the hype

[night sparrow]

Ah im using Empty Object to contain the Bullet

as the Bullet it self when shot without Empty object comes out sideways so I set the parent of the Bullet to the Empty box as the Z axis is set to the correct thing

[rocky canyon]

a good ole fashioned primative usually does me decent

[swift crag]

That's fine (and unrelated)

[carmine sierra]

whats the best calculation for force for a 2d projectile

[rocky canyon]

give it a min force and a max force.. where the min is if u release near the front of the slingshot.. and the max is if u release at the very back of the slingshot

then u can lerp to get the inbetween values

or u can use a base force and just multiply it by the distance from the original spot..

100 for example.. if u drag it 1 unit from the slingshot u get a force of 100, if u drag it 2 units from the slingshot u get a force of 200, etc

many different ways tbh..

[verbal dome]

You could add a script to the button, with OnCollisionEnter method and check if it collides with an energy ball

By checking the colliding object's tag (CompareTag) for example

The button should have a reference to the lower pipe

So you can move it down in the method

[rocky canyon]

thats how he does it.. he gets a distance and multiplies by "the powah"

[dull arch]

how do to change the input of crouch

[polar acorn]

How are you currently inputting crouch

[dull arch]

input manager

[summer stump]

Then go to the input manager and change the value

I believe I sent the link to the docs for the input manager to you the other day, right?

If not, good "input manager unity" and scroll halfway down that page to see the names you can enter

[thorn kiln]

Oh I ve got that part, its moving the lower pipe thats stumping me

[verbal dome]

The button is part of the pipe prefab, right?

[thorn kiln]

Yeah

[verbal dome]

In the button script, add a serialized field for the lower pipe

[carmine sierra]

i want the force to change as it travels

[verbal dome]

[SerializeField] Transform lowerPipe;```

Then in prefab mode, drag the lower pipe into that slot in the button script's inspector

Now you have a reference to the lower pipe

[carmine sierra]

it would work where if it has enough force to break through a weak object it will break it, but if it has enough force to break a stronger object, it would also break that one

[thorn kiln]

This is probably a good point to ask what SerializeField actually does. I've seen it come up in a few videos, but no one bothers to explain it

[polar acorn]

It allows you to assign a private variable in the inspector

[carmine sierra]

it's like a public variable but it isn't accessible by other scripts, you just use it to reference

[verbal dome]

It makes Unity
-Save the value instead of reverting to default value every time the scene is reloaded
-Show it in the inspector

[swift crag]

to "serialize" is to turn things into data

data can be stored in scenes and prefabs

that which is not serialized is not stored

[thorn kiln]

I'm not sure any of those help me figure out when to use it

[verbal dome]

Do you know what the inspector is?

[thorn kiln]

Yeah

[verbal dome]

If you want a value to be visible there, it needs to be serialized

So you can tweak it from the inspector

For example, a serialized float will show an editable float in the inspector.
A serialized Transform (or other unity object type, such as GameObject, or any of your custom script components) will show a drag & drop slot in the inspector

[swift crag]

serialized fields are things that you'd want to customize for each instance of the component

[rare rivet]

How can i paint tilemap tiles on top of eachother without having to create a new tilemap and set its order in layer each time?

[thorn kiln]

Well I tried this in a script on the buton, and no good. I had this same issue when I tried to learn JS. I could never figure out how to reference stuff.c# private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision) { if (collision.gameObject.name == "pfEnergyBall") { Debug.Log("Test"); } }

[swift crag]

what is this component attached to?

[polar acorn]

The Three Commandments of OnCollisionEnter2D:

1. Thou Shalt have a 2D Collider on each object
2. Thou Shalt not tick isTrigger on either of them
3. Thou Shalt have a 2D Rigidbody on at least one of them

[swift crag]

also, always log something immediately if you're having trouble with a collision or trigger method

you want to know if the method is running at all

[rare rivet]

I dont want to have to make a new object each and every time i want a sky and a cloud or sun or whatever

[verbal dome]

Does it work so far, does it log "Test"?

[thorn kiln]

It does not

[verbal dome]

Show me the inspector of the energy ball

[verbal dome]

Also does the pipe have a rigidbody?

[slender nymph]

1. clean your screen
2. https://screenshot.help
3. the answer is to create another tilemap because only a single tile can exist in a position on a single tilemap at any time
4. this is a code channel

[thorn kiln]

The pipe does not have a rigid body

[verbal dome]

Ok, how are you moving the energy ball?

[rare rivet]

1 sure 2 i cant screenshot because my school blocked discord 3 alr thanks thats annoying 4 good to know

[thorn kiln]

    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) && !logic.gameOverScreen.activeInHierarchy)
        {
            var bullet = Instantiate(energyBallPrefab, energyBallSpawnPoint.position, energyBallSpawnPoint.rotation);
            bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = energyBallSpawnPoint.right * bulletSpeed;
        }
    }
}```

[verbal dome]

Looks ok

[slender nymph]

if you cannot send a screenshot and must resort to photographing your screen, then you should either describe your issue with words or don't bother asking for help until you can get a proper screenshot. nobody wants to read a blurry ass photo of your dusty, fingerprint covered screen just to see wtf you are talking about

[thorn kiln]

Yeah, I mean, it certainly works to an extent

[verbal dome]

Are you sure it does not log anything in the console?

[thorn kiln]

Im sure

You'd see it in the bottom left of the video if it did

[dire tartan]

ive got a pressure plate which plays an animation to go down when collided with something is there a setting on the animator to wait a second or two before switching to the up animation or will i have to do it via code

[thorn kiln]

If I put the same code in the energy ball script though, it does log test

[verbal dome]

Yeah but it is cropped out at least for me so I was just making sure

[thorn kiln]

The seek bar is probably blocking it 😂

[verbal dome]

Nah

Anyway put a log in the button script's collision method. Log the collided gameobject's name. No if statement

[thorn kiln]

That works

[verbal dome]

What does it log?

[thorn kiln]

Test

[night sparrow]

Ah can i get some help. I using Mesh Colliders on a Bullet

Each Child has it and Set to Convex and Is Trigger the code i have also checks to see what its hitting and if its a player or not

but seems to register hitting player through walls at speed of 25

working with 3D Objects!

 private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
 {
     if (collision.collider.CompareTag("Enemy"))
     {
         Debug.Log("Bullet hit an enemy!");
         Rigidbody enemyRigidbody = collision.collider.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
         if (enemyRigidbody != null)
         {
             enemyRigidbody.AddForce(transform.forward * 500);
         }
     }
     else
     {
         Debug.Log("Bullet hit something other than an enemy!");
     }

     Destroy(gameObject);
 }```

[verbal dome]

I meant that you should log the object's name:cs Debug.Log("Collided: " + collision.gameObject.name)

[rare rivet]

Jesus dude sorry ig ill go stab myself and bleed out before asking a question with a picture that idk how to describe

[slender nymph]

way to overreact mate

[verbal dome]

Ah of course.

This is one reason why you don't use names to identify things

See how the name has (Clone) in it? The name is not be equal to pfEnergyBall

[slender nymph]

and this is why relying on gameobject names for logic is a bad idea

[verbal dome]

This is why I originally suggested using the object's tag to identify it

[slender nymph]

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

[verbal dome]

@thorn kiln Assign a tag to the energy ball in the inspector, then use CompareTag to check it instead of the name

[thorn kiln]

Is that the most efficent way to handle this stuff? I imagine having to make a new tag for every different kind of interaction could get out of hand fast

[slender nymph]

checking for a specific tag or component is way better than checking the object's name

[verbal dome]

Another option is to use GetComponent/TryGetComponent to see if the collided object has a specific component

Using a tag is probably more efficient though

[verbal dome]

I using Mesh Colliders on a Bullet
Do you have a really good reason to use MeshCollider?

Using an approximated shape like a Capsule or Box is way better for performance and probably more reliable too

[native seal]

whats the recommended method of getting a dictionary to show in the inspector?

[verbal dome]

@night sparrow Also I suggest continuous collision detection for fast moving objects:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-collisionDetectionMode.html

[night sparrow]

Ah

[slender nymph]

also if it wasn't clear from the link i sent, the issue is that a trigger collider does not produce an OnCollisionEnter message

[verbal dome]

but seems to register hitting player through walls at speed of 25
That's a common problem in games (called tunneling), solved by continuous collision detection

[verbal dome]

Yeah that is the main issue

Tbh I didn'nt even notice the istrigger part

[slender nymph]

also another thing to note is that you don't actually need to GetComponent the Rigidbody. Collision has a reference to the object's rigidbody
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collision.html

[summer stump]

@thorn kiln I use the TryGetComponent method usually, reserving tags for broad concepts (building, unit)
But I often want to know the specific type of building or unit, so I skip the tag check in those instances and check if it has certain scripts I care about (like a medic or sniper etc)

[thorn kiln]

Okay, I've very nearly got it. I just need to figure out how to tell the lower pipe how far down to move when it gets hit

So far i've only really been moving things by applying vectors

[verbal dome]

You can just add a vector to the lower pipe's transform.position

This will just teleport it down, but that's a start

[thorn kiln]

It's doing it in tiny little incriments atm

[summer stump]

pipe.transform.position += new Vector3(0,-10,0)

Are you doing something like that?

[thorn kiln]

Extreme hard mode 😂

[summer stump]

Ahhh, I see.
Cool

[thorn kiln]

            lowerPipe.transform.position = lowerPipe.transform.position + (Vector3.down * moveSpeed) * Time.deltaTime;

[summer stump]

Probably want to remove the deltaTime for something like this

[verbal dome]

Yeah deltaTime is for stuff that happens every frame

[thorn kiln]

Okay, well I've got instant movement, but I want a slower lowering 😂

[summer stump]

Now just reduce the moveSpeed
DeltaTime is a very small fraction, so removing it will make everything else way faster

[verbal dome]

There is no built-in way, but you can write your own or use something existing, such as this:
https://github.com/azixMcAze/Unity-SerializableDictionary

Basically it would just serialize the keys into one list and the values in another

[verbal dome]

You could use an animator for that, or a Coroutine
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

Coroutines are methods that allow you to wait inside them

[visual hedge]

is it a good idea to store the dictionary in some SO so the data persists to some extent?

[verbal dome]

SO can be used to store data, yeah

You can't change the data in a built game though

Or you can but it doesn't save

But you still need a serializable dictionary (or lists of keys + values)

[hazy crypt]

hey guys can I do this to add a force to "camera right" of my object

private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Move();
    }

    private void Move()
    {
        rb.AddForceAtPosition(Vector3.forward * xInput, rb.transform.position + playerCamera.transform.right);
    }

[thorn kiln]

moveSpeed might be a misnomer. All that value is really doing is determining how far down it moves the pipe. I copied it from another script so the names a little off 😂

[summer stump]

You generally don't want to use SOs for persistance. They are best used kinda like prefabs. Variation of data you can plug in

[verbal dome]

That would push you forward/left and probably rotate the rb too

[hazy crypt]

yeah thats what I want

Doesnt seem to want to rotate the rb

[summer stump]

Oh I knew that, no worries haha. Setting that to a lower value will make it go down less though.
If you meant smoothly go to the next position, do what osmal said

[visual hedge]

yeah... but... if those pairs of data are kinda persistent no matter what? and I don't add that data by hand

[verbal dome]

Actually it might not if the force position is perfectly on the right side

[summer stump]

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Can you reword it?
But you want to generally keep SOs immutable

[hazy crypt]

interesting

Could you give me a hand working out how to achieve this?

[verbal dome]

What exactly do you want to achieve

[visual hedge]

    private Dictionary<string, GameObject> Summon = new Dictionary<string, GameObject>();

    public void SpawnSummon(string name)
    {
        string name2 = "model" + name;
        Debug.Log("name2= " + name2);
        if (!Summon.ContainsKey(name))
        {
            var go = Resources.Load<GameObject>("GameRes/Model/Character/" + name + "/Prefabs/" + name2);
            if (go == null)
            {
                Debug.Log("tried to instantate summon with ID " + name + ". but it does not exist");
                return;
            }
            Summon.Add(name, go);
        }
      var go22 = Instantiate(Summon[name], BSM.MassVFXenemy.position, Quaternion.identity, BSM.MassVFXenemy);
    }

here's what it is... I mean this data will be destroyed after I exit the game, right?

[hazy crypt]

Is there another channel to cchat about this

[summer stump]

Yes

[hazy crypt]

Its busy in here

[verbal dome]

Thats fine

[hazy crypt]

okay no worries

[visual hedge]

sooo I want this data to stay somehow 🙂 And finding the way to do so )

[hazy crypt]

oh wait

[summer stump]

No I understand. I'm saying don't use SOs to do that

Use JSON, Binary, or if you must PlayerPrefs

[visual hedge]

oh okay. What would be better approach then please?

oh, okaay, got you

[swift crag]

the idea is to create a plain old C# class that holds the important data

you turn that into JSON/binary and write that to a file

[visual hedge]

but how does json play with the gameObject?

[swift crag]

then you turn that data back into an object to load it

[summer stump]

Fen is describing how to do it now

[swift crag]

and then you use the object to create and configure things

you won't be running one line of code to create and configure a ton of game objects

you'll be loading a description of what things need to be created, and then you'll use that description to actually instantiate prefabs and set values

[vague dirge]

Quick question, the camera.eulerAngles.y returns the camera rotation along the y axis, but is there a way to get it's rotation form any given vector (direction) ?

[verbal dome]

rotation form any given vector
A bit vague, but maybe you want Quaternion.FromToRotation

Or Vector3.SignedAngle if you want an angle along an axis, between two directions

I feel like the latter is what youre asking for

[swift crag]

so the inverse of AngleAxis, basically?

[visual hedge]

okay, thank you

[swift crag]

I'm actually not sure on that..I've thought about it once or twice

[verbal dome]

How is that not Vector3.SignedAngle?

[swift crag]

My first thought was to compute Quaternion.AngleAxis(0, axis) and then measure the angle between it and your rotation. But that sounds wrong to me.

[carmine sierra]

If anyone could check #⚛️┃physics and give their opinion I’d appreciate it

[vague dirge]

The thing is I have a character controller script that rotates it with its moving direction and the camera rotation, along the y aixs. I want to generalize it for any axis, because my chracter can change gravity or things like that.

[swift crag]

I'm imagining measuring the "roll" around an axis

imagine the difference between Quaternion.LookRotation(foo, Vector3.up) and Quaternion.LookRotation(foo, Vector3.down)

that'd be a 180 degree angle difference

but maybe I'm not imagining the same thing that Aksword is looking for

[verbal dome]

Well, signedangle lets you get an angle on an axis you specify

Still not 100% sure how you want to use it though

[shut spade]

does anyone know how to make this wihout transform.position but making rb do the same thing? cuz i have an issue with the colliders cuz with transform.position the AI clips into the walls and if i remove that line of code just with the rb.velocity it doesnt clip into the walls but does not move correctly

float smoothness = 2.0f;
direccion.Normalize();
rb.velocity = slidingVelocity * Time.deltaTime;

Vector3 acVelocity = adjustedDirectione * aCSpeed;
slidingVelocity = Vector3.Lerp(slidingVelocity, acVelocity * smoothness, Time.deltaTime);
transform.position += slidingVelocity * Time.deltaTime;

[verbal dome]

@vague dirge Vector3.SignedAngle(cameraForward, characterForward, upAxis) something like that..?
Or are you thinking of something different

[slender nymph]

don't multiply velocity by deltaTime unless you are adding that to the current velocity to speed it up over time

[vague dirge]

I think it's what I want to achieve I was currently typing the method

float targetAngle = Mathf.Atan2(direction.x, direction.z)*Mathf.Rad2Deg + cam.eulerAngles.y;

My code is like that, and so I'm trying to replace the last term

[thorn kiln]

There's gotta be an easier way to move a pipe downward than coroutines

[verbal dome]

Animation

[hidden heath]

True

[carmine sierra]

If anyone could check #⚛️┃physics I’d appreciate it

[hidden heath]

Bro why is there a Vector3.Scale in unity which just multiplies the 2 inputed vectors X Y and Z values together because its just the same as doing Vector * Vector except we can't do that. I'm pretty sure its something with C# and all that because Vector3 and those are not provided in default C# but even there we can multiply a Quaternion and a Vector3 and those are not default C# values.

[swift crag]

no, it's not for any of those reasons

it's because there's no one way to multiply two vectors together

[verbal dome]

Yeah, we can't assume that we always want component-wise multiplication

[swift crag]

The best fit would be the vector product

which is Vector3.Cross

[hidden heath]

That is true

[swift crag]

There's no reason there couldn't be an operator * for Vector3 and Vector3

but as you've just stated, you wanted it to be Vector3.Scale, not Vector3.Cross

so it'd be ambiguous if the * operator was implemented

[shut spade]

the real issue is with the collisions, i have the movement code like that and moves really good and smoothly (i also make changing direction smoother) and the issue comes when the IA wants to pass throug an static wall cuz it doesnt stop just still moves on and clips onto the walls but it comes from the transform.position line

[hidden heath]

Your not wrong.

[slender nymph]

well yes, moving by teleporting the object does not respect physics. if you want collisions to work then you must either manually check for collisions using physics queries before you teleport the object using transform.position or move it in a physics friendly way like with a rigidbody and a non-trigger collider

[thorn kiln]

How do I figure out how to do that? All I've touched with animation so far is to make the wings flap.

[verbal dome]

Lots of tutorials out there. I don't know what is the best

Maybe !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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[shut spade]

yea, i tried moving it with the rb and it does respect collisions but the movement is glitchy/not consistent

[pastel dome]

ayo how do you get two functionalities out of one button im getting error saying it already exists in the context for buttonheld and buttonpressed

[swift crag]

i have no idea what you've done

are you asking about the new input system?

or is this a UI button?

[pastel dome]

yeah

is there like a refrence its a control button for retargeting or tab targeting

controller

[swift crag]

it already exists in the context for buttonheld and buttonpressed

I have zero idea what this means

I need to see errors and I need to see code

[pastel dome]

okay lemme get the code

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

[swift crag]

this has nothing to do with the new input system

[slender nymph]

you need to be more specific about what you mean. but also you still shouldn't be multiplying the velocity by deltaTime when moving via rigidbody. the rigidbody's velocity is already expressed in units/second and the deltaTime multiplication is meant to convert the value from units per frame to units per second

[candid roost]

Hi Guys I need Help with Animetor please Im really stuck for 2 days... I just want to to put the cat arm close the trash hat and open and hide "catArm" then closed but didn't work problem is that the Trash Bin 3D Collider andthe Cat arm Object Collider is 2D

script:

`using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;

public class EatObjects : MonoBehaviour
{
private Animator _animator;

private void Start()
{
    _animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
}

private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
{
    if (other.CompareTag("Trash")) // Adjust the tag as needed
    {
        _animator.SetTrigger("OpenTrigger"); // Transition to "OpenState".
    }
}

private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other)
{
    _animator.SetTrigger("CloseTrigger"); // Transition to "ClosedState".
}

}`

[pastel dome]

controls.gameplay.target.performed += ctx => OnTargetPressed(); its new input system? wym

[swift crag]

you didn't show me that

please share the entire script

[pastel dome]

oh budd its long but hold on

[swift crag]

I can only read the code you actually share

[verbal dome]

Very confusing question but you shouldn't use both 3D and 2D colliders

They can't interact

[pastel dome]

https://hastebin.com/share/vadafinole.java

[candid roost]

umm I see thank you for that

[summer stump]

3d and 2d are completely different engines (physx and Box2d)

[candid roost]

I was expect its passable xD

[swift crag]

okay, and what is the error?

[candid roost]

but how to setup the animetor cuz I am still beginner on that

[summer stump]

The #🏃┃animation channel has pinned resources

And !learn has courses on it

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[pastel dome]

Assets\CustomCameraController.cs(51,18): error CS0102: The type 'ThirdPersonCamera' already contains a definition for 'isTargetButtonHeld'
Assets\CustomCameraController.cs(50,19): error CS0102: The type 'ThirdPersonCamera' already contains a definition for 'targetHoldTimer'

[candid roost]

❤️

[swift crag]

you didn't share CustomCameraController.cs

so I can't tell you much about them

I'm guessing you've redeclared both of those fields

[summer stump]

Does customcameracontroller inherit from thirdpersoncamera?

[swift crag]

although, both of those fields are private in ThirdPersonCamera

so declaring fields with the same name shouldn't matter

[pastel dome]

huh yall are making fun of my mismatched name XD

[swift crag]

So this is CustomCameraController.cs

The file is named incorrectly, yes

Those errors don't match the lines of code you shared.

There's nothing at all on line 51 and line 50 doesn't declare a field named targetHoldTimer

[shut spade]

i mean that the movement i need must be smooth and exact for different fps etc and when the AI ​​moves with the rb the movement is not smooth, how do i explain, when it chases you it looks blurry because it seems like it is teleporting

[swift crag]

Please make sure you've actually saved your code and reloaded it in unity

[pastel dome]

unity allows for mismatched script names now i think

[vague dirge]

I there a way to get a vector whose direction is perpendicular to another ? Like I know there a infinity of different vecotrs possible, but anyone

[pastel dome]

im in 2023

[swift crag]

okay, cool, but your errors still have nothing to do with the lines of code you shared

[teal viper]

Cross product.

[swift crag]

isTargetButtonHeld doesn't even appear in that file

[swift crag]

they need to pick a vector to cross with, though

[vague dirge]

But with the vector and itself ? I would return zero no ?

[teal viper]

Yeah, you need to decide on the second vector.

[swift crag]

you could just pick up, which will usually work

[summer stump]

It would have been nice to be TOLD that was the name of the file though. How could we know otherwise?

[swift crag]

this is basically what Quaternion.LookRotation does

[slender nymph]

must be smooth and exact for different fps
this is how moving by assigning velocity should work provided you aren't doing something like multiplying the velocity by deltaTime again

[pastel dome]

im asking for a refrense for where u get two functionalities of the same button

[swift crag]

I'm asking you to actually share the code that's producing the error.

[pastel dome]

like button tapped verses button held over 1 second

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7/manual/Interactions.html

you want Interactions.

[pastel dome]

https://hastebin.com/share/vadafinole.java

[slender nymph]

also if you are unable to explain exactly what you are seeing, then record a video to demonstrate

[swift crag]

you can check which interaction was responsible for a CallbackContext being produced

as an example, here's code I use for an input icon that reacts to the button being used in an action

https://gdl.space/orusovuzav.cs

You can also just define multiple actions.

[summer stump]

This is, again, not the right code...
The errors are for line 50 and 51

[pastel dome]

it is the right code lol you can change the name in 2023

[swift crag]

This code does not produce these errors. #💻┃code-beginner message

[swift crag]

then why does isTargetButtonHeld appear nowhere in that file?

[summer stump]

That has nothing at all whatsoever even a little bit to do with anything

#💻┃code-beginner message
This error could not have come from that code

[swift crag]

Those aren't even close to the errors you posted

[summer stump]

Please show it uncropped

[polar acorn]

If this was the error you were getting then why did you post a different one

[swift crag]

Those errors are because you didn't define methods named OnTargetButtonHeld or OnTargetButtonPressed

The solution is to define those methods.

[summer stump]

This is what you posted earlier

Assets\CustomCameraController.cs(51,18): error CS0102: The type 'ThirdPersonCamera' already contains a definition for 'isTargetButtonHeld'
Assets\CustomCameraController.cs(50,19): error CS0102: The type 'ThirdPersonCamera' already contains a definition for 'targetHoldTimer'

[pastel dome]

i did define it xD it wont let me define it twice

[swift crag]

You defined NEITHER METHOD.

[pastel dome]

i think i took that out

[summer stump]

Those are calls

Not definitions

[swift crag]

creating duplicates of other random fields won't do anything to fix the fact that those methods do not exist

[polar acorn]

Then where is it

It exists only in the place you're trying to call it

[summer stump]

Then please be more aware, instead of sending us on wild goose chases and arguing about it

[polar acorn]

there is nothing else in this code that defines it

[pastel dome]

so i can delete those?

[swift crag]

I presume you want them to actually exist and do something

this is exhausting

[polar acorn]

Get your shit together, then ask the question. Don't ask us to chase ghosts

[eternal needle]

Gotta be gpt usage..

[swift crag]

you know, LateUpdate is really suspicious looking to me

lots of obvious comments

[pastel dome]

my bad boys

[swift crag]

If you don't understand what these errors mean, then you need to !learn how C# works. Don't just throw random stuff at the wall until something sticks.

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[swift crag]

and especially don't throw ChatGPT at it

[rocky canyon]

chatGPT only helps when you know ur away around enough to tell it when its wrong

[pastel dome]

lol i had it working pretty good earlier just trying to work around recoding a dang cinemachine

[thorn kiln]

Now if I could just figure out how to make it happen on a trigger instead of automatically...

[rocky canyon]

lol

[swift crag]

anyway, this is what you want for "tap" and "hold" interactions

[rocky canyon]

u got the first step then! 👍 first step (make something happen) second step (make that thing happen when the user does soemthing)

[thorn kiln]

Sadly, all the explanations of how animation works seem to be on topics very different to what Im using it for

[swift crag]

is there a reason that using a coroutine is unacceptable?

either a coroutine or some code in Update both sound great for this situation

[thorn kiln]

Because I have no idea how

And it's extremely confusing

[swift crag]

okay, so ask for help

they're very straightforward to use.

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

[thorn kiln]

No no, I looked at how to do it, and it made no sense

[swift crag]

what about it made no sense?

[swift crag]

i can't help you if you just say "none of it made sense"

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVFg9g4f-ME&ab_channel=KetraGames

[teal viper]

Quote the words and keywords that don't make sense to you.

[slender nymph]

i'm willing to bet this is actually an issue of the camera updating on the wrong timestep or you've disabled interpolation on the rigidbody

[thorn kiln]

Well when you didnt understand anything, it's hard to elaborate more than "I dont know"

[teal viper]

If the whole page doesn't make sense, the only thing I can assume is that you can't read English.

[swift crag]

Surely you understand at least one of the phrases on the page.

[rocky canyon]

scroll down and look at the examples

[shut spade]

no, the camera works corretly its the crow(goofy placeholder)

[sour ruin]

Asked about this here yesterday but I still havent sorted it out, for some reason my x and z velocities on my rigid body will not budge from 0, ?, 0. While the addforce in the Move() function doesnt change velocity it still makes the player move around as you would expect which is super strange. Its particularly evident that the velocity isnt being correctly updates as when jumping the player doesnt retain their horizontal inertial path. It seems as though something is overriding the velocity to 0 in the x and z but I don't know what it could be since im not updating any velocities directly (this is the only code pertaining to player movement). I even commented out the addforce in Move() and tried to see if updating the rigidbody velocities in the x and z directly would work but no good. I also put a physics material with no resistance set to multiply on the player collider to see if it was maybe a friction thing (which it is not). Jumping works correctly.

https://paste.ofcode.org/frs5rKFPvkjmMs9sA3VxC2

[slender nymph]

so your camera is updating on the same timestep that the object is moving? because i doubt you've got your camera updating in FixedUpdate

[slender nymph]

!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.

[rocky canyon]

ya, get us a link we can open up.. that block of message.txt is gonna get buried pretty quick...

and mobile guys are like FFS

💯

[sour ruin]

https://paste.ofcode.org/frs5rKFPvkjmMs9sA3VxC2

[swift crag]

A coroutine lets you write code that executes over several frames, instead of running instantly.

IEnumerator Example() {
  Debug.Log("Starting!");
  yield return null;
  Debug.Log("One frame has passed!");
  yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
  Debug.Log("One second has passed!");
  yield return null;
  Debug.Log("One more frame has passed!");
}

Each time this method reaches a yield statement, it suspends until Unity resumes it later on. Depending on what you yield return, Unity will resume the method...

• on the next frame, by default
• after the specified delay, if you yield return a WaitForSeconds

There are other options, but these are two very common ones.

[shut spade]

the camera has an sliding and moves as smooth as possible same as the player(cant see cuz doesnt have an sprite) ill send another video with the transform.position one

[swift crag]

StartCoroutine(Example()) will:

• Instantly print "Starting"
• Print "One frame has passed!" 1 frame later
• Print "One second has passed!" 1 second later
• Print "Onem ore frame has passed!" 1 frame later

[rocky canyon]

couldn't of explained it better

[slender nymph]

it's almost like you're completely ignoring everything i've said.

[swift crag]

IEnumerator RunForASecond() {
  float endTime = Time.time + 1;

  while (endTime > Time.time) {
    Debug.Log("Running!");
    yield return null;
  }
}

This coroutine will print "Running!" once per frame for one second.

[rocky canyon]

ur animator isn't overriding the positions or anything right?

[swift crag]

The while loop executes until endTime is not greater than the current time. Since endTime was set to Time.time + 1 at the start of the coroutine, the while loop lasts for one second.

now, imagine moving the pipe inside of that while loop

[sour ruin]

how could I check this?

[swift crag]

every frame, for one whole second, you move the pipe downwards

[rocky canyon]

normally u seperate ur animator /graphics and the actual logics.. the animator just only be animating the graphics and not the root gameobject.. if it is u can just check ur animation clips and make sure u don't have keyframes for the positions

[teal viper]

Disable the animator a

[rocky canyon]

oh ya thats simple enuff ^

lol

[shut spade]

idk what u meant by same timestep

[sour ruin]

my animation clips dont look like they are overriding position, ill try disabling it and get back to you

[rocky canyon]

thats just the first thing that always comes to mind.. and i tend to check that first.. if it acts the same w/o the animation then yea u can move forward and assume its the coding

[slender nymph]

i mean a rigidbody moves on FixedUpdate. without interpolation enabled on it, you will only see it move each FixedUpdate. which typically happens far less than Update. so your camera moves in LateUpdate (hopefully if you've set it up correctly) which happens more often than FixedUpdate. your rigidbody probably does not have interpolation enabled therefore the visuals for the RB are not updated each frame, only when it moves. So your camera is moving on a different time step than your object is.

[swift crag]

imagine two metronomes set to different tempos

[shut spade]

but how? if i use it with transform.position it moves smoothly and yea the camera is on lateupdate

[rich bluff]

the scene position of the physics object will be updated after FixedUpdate tick was completed, on the next Update

Update is the main loop that synchronizes scene and physics worlds

[shut spade]

the AI has interpolation in rb

[slender nymph]

because you are updating the position manually each update when you set the transform.position so its visual position updates on the same timestep as the camera

[shut spade]

ahhh okay, so what do i need to fix that? movement actually is on Update

[sour ruin]

ok so i disabled the animator (probably not in the right way) and it looks like my x and z velocities are now being updated but I cant move far before my guy gets teleported to the scene boundaries and the scene ends

[thorn kiln]

I still have no idea how to impliment it

[rich bluff]

start with simple coroutines

[rocky canyon]

well, all u were looking for is if the velocities changed.. and it seems that they do.. so the issue is probably within the animator

[rich bluff]

print something every frame

[swift crag]

I literally just showed you multiple examples of how to write coroutines.

[sour ruin]

good start, how do i get my animations to stop fiddling with my rigidbody?

[thorn kiln]

Yeah, and I didn't understand. Always a risk when it comes to teaching.

[swift crag]

didn't understand what?

I'm not going to help you if all I get out of you is "I don't get it"

If you have literally no idea what any of this means, that means you have no idea how to write C#

which means you need to consult unity's !learn material

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[thorn kiln]

That is certainly a possibility

[rocky canyon]

well, u can remove any keyframes moving the actual transform or..

[rich bluff]

@thorn kiln coroutine is a "fire and forget" object (like a GameObject that you can create in the scene) but the payload of this coroutine object is the method you write

[rocky canyon]

you can set it up differently.. like this.. #💻┃code-beginner message .. that way the animator is controlling just teh graphics..

and ur moving around the root (with the code)

[rich bluff]

StartCoroutine() will send this object to unity backend which will spin it until its considered dead, like execution leaves its scope, or you force quit it with yield break

[sour ruin]

if i chuck the animation stuff on the model would that sort it out?

[rich bluff]

so coroutine can be run indefinitely, suspended every frame

[thorn kiln]

Okay, so where would I put this #💻┃code-beginner message and how would I make it activate?

[rich bluff]

IEnumerator Test()
{
    while(true) yield return null;
}

this will run forever or until you kill it

[rich bluff]

you put it same way any other method

its just a method that returns IEnumerator

[clear seal]

it says there is an error when i added the 3rd condition but why, i don't understand the problem here it should work right?

[rich bluff]

IEnumerator is a special c# type of object

[rocky canyon]

most likely yes.. thats the way most characters are set up.. ur animating a child object (the graphics)..
your player is actually moving around the Parent object (the main root).. the animator is just animating the child within that object.. (if u do it this way.. then even if u animate the transform it's animating the local transform) soo you could make an idle animation that moves up and down on the y.. but the parent's y would remain 0

[swift crag]

from the Coroutine manual page:

[rich bluff]

to actually start it you have to "send" it to unity with StartCoroutine() at which point unity will manage it for you

[swift crag]

void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown("f"))
    {
        StartCoroutine(Fade());
    }
}

call the method and pass the result to StartCoroutine

[clear seal]

me? or someone else?

[swift crag]

I'm not responding to you here

I see how you got confused though lol

the F key was involved

[languid spire]

== true not = true

[sour ruin]

ok ill see how i go with that, thanks

[clear seal]

dumb mistake

my speciality

[rich bluff]

@thorn kiln on a sidenote this IEnumator thing works because c# treats it in a special way, the compiler converts it to a state machine under the hood, which allows it to "suspend" the method, by basically switching from one state to the next

each yield instruction you add to it is converted to a state

[rocky canyon]

heres a visual example

[languid spire]

do yourself a favour, try to curb youself

[sour ruin]

mm yes i see what you mean, its just so strange because i thought the animations running were rigged to the model anyway. maybe im not understanding something about the animation system

[rocky canyon]

they are the model itself should be a child

u should be controlling an empty gameobject technically..

[sour ruin]

yeah thats how it is

currently

[rocky canyon]

if u were to turn off the graphics.. they'd be nothing but a transform ur moving around

[sour ruin]

yeah

[rocky canyon]

then im not sure why the graphics would interfere with the rigidbody..

[sour ruin]

thats what im saying

[rocky canyon]

lol. that may not be the issue then.. but it is good practice to keep em seperated

[sour ruin]

i have an empty game object for the player and my model being animated as a child

[rocky canyon]

yea, thats correct then

and theres no animator on the root object?

[rocky canyon]

the main one/ w the rigidbody and the player code?

[sour ruin]

animator on the root player object

yes

[rocky canyon]

ohh ya, id probably put that on the model itself

not the root

[sour ruin]

mm ok

[rocky canyon]

there may be an animation thats modifying the roots transform

thats what u dont want

[teal viper]

Disable root motion.

[rocky canyon]

if u got ur model from mixamo that could be it too ^

which from ur hierarchy it appears to be one

[sour ruin]

absolutely

[rich bluff]

- actual root (no animator, use to move/rotate)
   - animator with mesh
     - bones

typical structure

[rocky canyon]

yea, id check the root motion thing too

[sour ruin]

disabling root motion sorted it out

[rocky canyon]

🎉

root motion uses the animations for the movement.

so that was the issue

[sour ruin]

mmm sounds right, if my animations had no motion would that have been overriding my velocity to 0?

[rocky canyon]

can't say for sure.. but i wanna say no
on the other side of hte fence.. if there was no motion.. it might have been locked in place

so ya, if the model wasn't animated to move upwards.. thast probably why the Y wasn't changing

i'd have to experiment. i suck at animations so i rarely use root motion LoL

[thorn kiln]

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("projectile"))
        {
            StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine(lowerPipe));
        }
    }

    IEnumerator MyCoroutine(Transform lowerPipe)
    {
        while (lowerPipe.transform.position.y > -20)
        {
            lowerPipe.transform.position.y = lowerPipe.transform.position.y + (Vector3.down);
            yield return null;
        }
    }
}```Am I even *vaguely* in the right direction here?

[sour ruin]

just to check, this is my player and model inspectors now

[rocky canyon]

yup, that looks legit now..

[sour ruin]

sweet

[rocky canyon]

changing ur movement code shouldnt affect the animator.. and changing the animations shouldnt affect ur movement code

[sour ruin]

i could probably check root motion on now and check the local transform to see if it actually is being displaced

[languid spire]

where do you get the idea you can do

lowerPipe.transform.position.y = lowerPipe.transform.position.y + (Vector3.down);

?

[rocky canyon]

u sure could. now that they're seperate u shoudl be able to check the transforms and see whats happening

[sour ruin]

nice, thanks

[thorn kiln]

I dont, it's throwing a bunch of errors. But until I understand what I am trying to do, I can't exactly post working code.

[rich bluff]

while below that y, the coroutine will move it every frame

*above, yes you are on the right track, now you can add second yield that switches the direction every second

[thorn kiln]

Okay, Im lost again

I got work in 2 hours 😩

[teal viper]

These errors are unrelated to the coroutine. They're due to trying to modify a position member(y) directly.

[languid spire]

before trying to implement logic, you need to learn how to actually write working code

[thorn kiln]

That'd be nice

The tutorials on this stuff are just way too advanced

[languid spire]

what, changing transform.position is advanced?

[clear seal]

back

[thorn kiln]

You'd think telling something to move would be basic

[clear seal]

again

nvm

it's fixed

[languid spire]

it is basic, but, like all thing programming, you need to learn to give the correct instructions

[thorn kiln]

Because the script that's moving my pipes is
transform.position = transform.position + (Vector3.left * moveSpeed) * Time.deltaTime;

[languid spire]

yes, and where do you see a .y in that?

[thorn kiln]

I dunno

[languid spire]

ok, so you just made something up and hoped it would work?

[thorn kiln]

I didn't make up the Y axis

So it's not entirely outside of reality

[languid spire]

but you did make up how to address it

[thorn kiln]

Also known as "got something wrong"

[languid spire]

also known as not reading the documentation

[rich bluff]

@thorn kiln something like this

        IEnumerator MyCoroutine(Transform lowerPipe)
        {
            int direction = 1;
            while(true)
            {
                Coroutine moverCoroutine = StartCoroutine(MoveDirection(direction)); 
                        // start a nested coroutine
                        // and store a reference to it
                yield return new WaitForSeconds(1); // wait for 1 second
                StopCoroutine(moverCoroutine); // after 1 second stop the mover
                direction *= -1; // flip direction
            }// repeat
        }

        IEnumerator MoveDirection(int direction)
        {
            while(true)
            {
                lowerPipe.transform.position.y = lowerPipe.transform.position.y + (Vector3.up * direction);
                yield return null;
            }
        }

[languid spire]

rofl

[rich bluff]

im ignoring the transform errors discussed before

[thorn kiln]

Okay, I think I've got it, but now Im struggling to figure out how to set a value for how far down it should go. If I just say "-20" all the pipes will go down to the same position, rather than relative to the other elements in the prefab

[rocky canyon]

instead of setting the pipes to -20 on the x you can set the pipes to its current position - 20

that way each pipe is offset -20 from where it originally was.

[thorn kiln]

I don't seem to be able to just write [SerializeField] Transform upperPipe; and then set public float lowestPosition = upperPipe.transform.position.y - 45;

[rocky canyon]

you have to do that in start or awake or something (after the code starts to run)

[rich bluff]

you should approach it not with absolute values, but with start/end

[rocky canyon]

and i dont think u can set just the .y property like that.. you have to set the entire transform position..
it'd be like

Vector2 pipesPosition = pipe.transform.position;
pipesPosition.y = -20f;
pipe.transform.position = pipesPosition;```

[rich bluff]

you have starting position, end position, now you need to interpolate the pipe over 1 second

Vector3.Lerp for example

[thorn kiln]

There's so many different things involved in just moving something

[rich bluff]

yes

[rocky canyon]

yea, people don't tend to make games in hours..

its more like months or years

it takes a lot of work

[thorn kiln]

I dunno, game jam people seem to do alright

[rocky canyon]

gameJam people re-use a lot of code.. and they've been learning / practicing that code for years usually

[thorn kiln]

Im not exactly making skyrim. I'm moving a pipe.

[rocky canyon]

ya, those guys probably have a script laying around that moves things

they take that and copy paste it.. and change what they need to and tada they making pipes move in half an hour or so

[thorn kiln]

Right, well this is the last thing I need to do before I try and get an hours sleep before work

So how do I tell it "relative to it's current position" instead of an absolute value?

[rich bluff]

by absolute value i mean -20

if you want to use these you will have to manually tweak each and every one of those, so that you dont under/overshoot

instead you should use linear interpolation

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

lerp function will calculate that -20 for you, you just have to provide it with start/end positions and how much along that line to move

[thorn kiln]

Yeah, thats in the video Im watching

[ashen wind]

I've got a scrollrect and I'd like to be able to scroll it up and down, does anyone know how to do this?

[rich bluff]

programmatically?

[ashen wind]

nah

[thorn kiln]

Its so hard looking at other peoples code though because until you know how the thing they're explaining works, you don't know which bits of code to ignore that they're not explaining

[ashen wind]

just in ui normally

[rich bluff]

just ask what you dont understand

[ashen wind]

oh wait, I realized you need to assign the content

nvm

[thorn kiln]

Well I dont currently know what values Im trying to get or where Im assigning them, so I'll have to wait until I know that to ask questions

[rich bluff]

you can grab start/end positions from the inspector

[swift crag]

go to bed. you won't learn properly when you're tired.

[rich bluff]

you can also use 2 transforms, as start/end

and reference them in your script, then use their transform.position as start/end

[thorn kiln]

Currently Im just looking at this guys code and trying to make sense of it

[rich bluff]

if the distance to target is greater than 0.05f, lerp to target position

[thorn kiln]

Yes, but Im trying to figure out how his parameters translate into my code

[rich bluff]

create empty scene, create a box, create 2 transforms that are start/end, create a script, and do everything in Update for now

1. make the box lerp towards end transform
2. make the box bounce between start/end using lerp

[thorn kiln]

    IEnumerator MyCoroutine(Transform lowerPipe)
    {
        while (Vector3.Distance(upperPipe.transform.position, lowerPipe.transform.position) < 45)
        {
            lowerPipe.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(upperPipe.transform.position, lowerPipe.transform.position, 1f * Time.deltaTime);

            yield return null;
        }
    }```Okay, tried this, it doesn't *not* work, but it does the instant movement thing still

[summer stump]

You never use deltaTime like that in lerp

You can ADD to the variable, but not multiply

[swift crag]

well, the main problem is that it's backwards

[thorn kiln]

I'm also noticing that it's moving the pipe upinstead of down when I zoom the camera out

[swift crag]

lowerPipe.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(upperPipe.transform.position, lowerPipe.transform.position, ...);

If the third argument is a small number, this basically just returns the upper pipe's position

flip it around, and consider...

Vector3 currentPos = lowerPipe.transform.position;
Vector3 targetPos = upperPipe.transform.position;
float change = 10f * Time.deltaTime;
lowerPipe.transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(currentPos, targetPos, change);

[thorn kiln]

Like I said, I was just copying this one

[swift crag]

MoveTowards will go from currentPos to targetPos. It moves by at most change.

[swift crag]

You've flipped the "from" and "to" positions around.

[thorn kiln]

I cant seem to get it to do anything besides something wrong

It will either do the wrogn thing or nothing at all

[ivory bobcat]

You'll not be able to copy/paste the code

The movement should be within your loop whereas the other stuff defined before the loop

[swift crag]

don't cram everything into one line. break out each part into a variable so that you can clearly see what it means

[native seal]

im using the Serializable Dictionary https://github.com/azixMcAze/Unity-SerializableDictionary but it wont let me change the keys and values in the inspector, anyone know why?

[thorn kiln]

What happened to lerp? 😭

[summer stump]

Replaced with MoveTowards

It's simpler and makes more sense here imo

[shell sorrel]

the code with lerp was not using it properly anyways

MoveTowards or SmoothDamp are the ones for this case

[summer stump]

It was what is colloquially called "wrong-lerp"

[shell sorrel]

the "wrong-lerp" never actaully reaches its point, just approaches it forever

[summer stump]

In a herky jerky manner at that, unless your FPS is exactly the same each frame

[shell sorrel]

i have no clue why so many people do it too

[swift crag]

because it's easy and it kind of works

[thorn kiln]

So where does this go in the context of the script then?

[swift crag]

MoveTowards is great if you need to steadily move towards a target

[swift crag]

inside the coroutine's loop.

you are executing this every frame.

[shell sorrel]

MoveTowards or simply just getting a directianl vector and adding it to pos

[swift crag]

this moves the object at 10 meters per second

[shell sorrel]

SmoothDamp if you want a speedup and slow down

[swift crag]

MoveTowards is nice because it'll stop at the end!

[thorn kiln]

It's insane that GMTK put this at the end of his "complete beginner" tutorial, even as the extra challenge

[swift crag]

also, Lerp is perfectly fine if you use it like this:

float lerpTime = 0;

Vector3 startPos = mover.position;
Vector3 endPos = target.position;

while (lerpTime < 1) {
  lerpTime = Mathf.MoveTowards(lerpTime, 1, Time.deltaTime);
  mover.position = Vector3.Lerp(startPos, endPos, lerpTime);
  yield return null;
}

Lerp is problematic when the start and end points are constantly changing

[swift crag]

This moves mover to target over the course of one second.

[thorn kiln]

Wait, how's this supposed to work anyway, I want it to move away

[swift crag]

I see.

you can use MoveTowards with a negative speed to achieve that

assuming the two transforms don't start on top of each other

[thorn kiln]

How do I give it a negative value? I can't just put "-45" in these things

[swift crag]

sure you can

mover.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(mover.position, target.position, -10f * Time.deltaTime);

this will slide you away from the target at 10 meters per second, assuming you run this every frame

[ivory bobcat]

If you're just needing to move from point A to B over time, you'd just use move towardscs while(Vector3.Distance(A, B) > 1f) { transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(A, B, speed * Time.deltaTime); yield return null; }

[swift crag]

i believe the goal here is to make a pipe move away from another one to open a gap

You can also just do something like...

Vector3 delta = mover.position - moveAwayFrom.position;
Vector3 direction = delta.normalized;
mover.position += direction * 10 * Time.deltaTime;

The cube is moveAwayFrom and the sphere is mover. The arrow is delta

[thorn kiln]

And with that, I am done for the night

[swift crag]

there you go (:

now take a break

[thorn kiln]

Gonna get a whole 45 minutes of sleep before work

Tomorrow I'll hopefully get the highscore tracking in quickly and then I can move on to learning about platformers, which is what my actual interest is

Not this mobile game garbage

[rocky canyon]

sometimes u can come full circle, and make mobile not-garbage w/ ur newfound knowledge

[thorn kiln]

I mean, flappy bird was a really annoying game to start with because when you press play you're immediately about to die

[rocky canyon]

lol, flappy bird..

[thorn kiln]

It made it harder to test if parts of it were working properly

So, out of curiosity, the purpose of the coroutine was to make something update every frame. Is that not what void update does?

[shell sorrel]

there is a lot of overlap between them, but it can be useful for thigns you dont always want happening that need frame updates

or cases where you want to wait on a certain amount of time or a condition to become true

[verbal dome]

Yeah, you could do it in Update, but you would need unnecessary variables in the class to keep track of. While in a coroutine those are local variables that will be forgotten when the coroutine ends

You will find coroutines more useful later

[shell sorrel]

is that too, also yield return null; just waits a frame, but there are other yield instructions you can use to do other things

[swift crag]

Coroutines are nice for:

• things that have lots of intermediate data
• things that can be overlapping several times

[shell sorrel]

like wait so many seconds, or wait till something else happens

[verbal dome]

Yeah waiting is way handier, no need to make variables and logic for a timer

[shell sorrel]

yeah no class wide field for elapsedTime

[verbal dome]

And you can wait for the end of frame, wait for fixed update, etc

[shell sorrel]

good to know how to do things both ways though lots of cases where update is a better choice too

[keen dragon]

I have just 1 question
what the hell is an ienumerator???? Why do I need one????

[summer stump]

It is a Type.
A coroutine must be a method that returns that

It has a couple methods, like Next()

So, if you want to do a coroutine, you need one

[keen dragon]

ok thank you
(also nice pfp)

[robust bridge]

There has got to be a better way to do this, but JSON objects don't work
Tips anyone?

[summer stump]

What is DropperData?

[robust bridge]

supposed to just hold the data

[summer stump]

Ah, can't serialize ScriptableObjects like that

just make it a POCO

[shell sorrel]

you should not make ScriptableObjects that way

just use a regular C# class

[summer stump]

an SO is an asset, so this is a poor use case for them anyway

[robust bridge]

Whats a POCO?

[summer stump]

Plain Old C Object

public class DropperData { }
Inheriting from nothing

[robust bridge]

I've never heard the term before, thanks :D

[shell sorrel]

its a weird term since its how most people use C# aside from in unity

[summer stump]

Yeah, I should explain it when I use it, especially when in a unity server haa

[thorn kiln]

So, coroutines weren't on the list of "learn these 9 lines of code to master c#" that I watched. How often do they come up?

[summer stump]

Pretty often

And "learn these NINE lines of code to MASTER c#" is an obvious clickbait video. I honestly would immediately distrust everything it says

[thorn kiln]

Well the actual title was " Learn C# with these 9 LINES OF CODE - Unity Tutorial! "

[summer stump]

Just as bad, perhaps worse? Unsure. Certainly immoral

[thorn kiln]

I think it's just talking about the core beginner ones

[slender nymph]

and the contents were more likely "Learn nothing at all except these 9 specific lines of code to master nothing at all!"

[summer stump]

@thorn kiln Have you done !learn ?

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[summer stump]

I recommend it strongly over youtube

[thorn kiln]

Im really not big on reading

[summer stump]

Get over that, it's a MASSIVE part of coding
You absolute first step in it should be reading. RTFM is the standard refrain for a reason

But either way, it's a bunch of videos

[shell sorrel]

literally just transform.parent

[slender nymph]

i just want to point out that unity uses c# not c++ for its scripting language

[summer stump]

Either way though, for the love of god, stop with youtube until much later

[shell sorrel]

all componetns have a transform so just access it from the characterCOntroller

characterController.transform.parent

[ivory bobcat]

You can only move the object with the character controller component using the character controller component. You can make the parent follow along or have some constraint that forces it to be displaced but you'd get weird behaviors. You're probably better off just having the character controller on the parent or have the two object decoupled and follow each other with some other means instead.

[frigid sequoia]

I usually have a general script that just makes the gameObject attached to it to follow another given gameObject, either with a given speed or instantly, is pretty usefull

[summer stump]

Have you seen the [RequireComponent(typeof(T))] attribute?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RequireComponent.html

[rocky canyon]

in that case you'd make 1 controller and have abunch of different skins or models that are child of that controller object..
you would always move around the main controller and just change out the graphics that'd be following along that controller

edit: or you could do it the way Dalphat mentions farther down.. w/ 1 script attached to different things/prefabs maybe

[summer stump]

It would automatically add scripts if you add one with that

But yeah, I have no idea what you want. Never played roblox

[ivory bobcat]

Create a script and attach it to the objects that need the functionality.
Don't create a prefab to do what a component does.

[shell sorrel]

would do it the other way around the top level object is the controller with the scripts on it, then under it are the visual parts of it

or just use prefabs and prefab variants to get visual varrations of more or less the same thing

[dire tartan]

if i have a bool in one script which is getting changed and its on an object how do i accest it from another script

[summer stump]

https://unity.huh.how/references

[dire tartan]

ty

[summer stump]

One of multiple ways

Depends on how things are set up though (are the objects there before the scene starts or instantiated later?)

[dire tartan]

well i have a pressure plate and when its pressed all the way down it sets a bool to true and i want to access it on a door so when its true it opens

[summer stump]

Ok, and are the objects there before the scene starts or instantiated later?

[dire tartan]

there at the start

[summer stump]

Then do serialized references

Make a field and drag them in via the inspector

[dire tartan]

thanks for the help

[arctic ether]

need help, no idea why character turn that way when i import it into unity. In blender its fine.

[teal viper]

Is that code related?

[vale karma]

probably modeled rotated on the z axis and didnt know it

so it looks like the origin of that model is in the middle, and also probably applied rotation or something odd

i think if you invert what it looks like and mirror it to stand straight up or 'recalibrate' the model and ctrl + A to apply rotation/scale

this method is the most sophisticated/coppied version of a raycast groundcheck ive used, is there a way to alter this? Im having trouble where the player is getting stuck on a wall/ledge if the player jumps towards it and hits it, or falls on it

    {
        Vector3 newPosition = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y * 1.5f, transform.position.z);
        int hits = Physics.OverlapSphereNonAlloc(newPosition , capCollider.radius, groundedResults, groundedLayers);
        return hits > 0;
    }```

[teal viper]

Why are you multiplying the y position by 1.5?

[vale karma]

an issue with the raycast i also have to manage. The player empty parent object is at the models feet. and this code i have is for if the center is at 1m or so. So i have to adjust for it now until i understand how to fix it/have time for it

[teal viper]

But regardless of that, you should probably use a ray or sphere casts in addition, so that you can tell the normal of the colliding surface.

[teal viper]

But position is in world space! That would mean that it would work differently depending on how high the character is positioned.

What if your character is at 100 on y axis? Where would the check be?

[vale karma]

oooo yeaa i see that now

crap i thought i could do + 1 but that didnt work

im guessing a float 1 doesnt equal 1m to the Vector

[vale karma]

testing it now

[teal viper]

That sentence makes no sense.

[vale karma]

like i tried adding 1 to the y axis but it screwed it up too

[teal viper]

Do you even need to test it? Just make the math in your head. 100*1.5 = 150

[teal viper]

Don't know what exactly you did, so hard to say anything.

[vale karma]

yea i am now, and its not workin, it seemed to work at a mostly flat level. but yea its an issue

[teal viper]

What's the problem with it being at the feet. A grounded check should be at the feet.

Besides, you can adjust the transform of the check object instead of adding magic numbers to code.

[vale karma]

yea but now it makes the player doublejump from switching states so fast. I forgot what the code was to draw the ray so i can see it

[teal viper]

Didn't we talk about that issue yesterday?

As for the code for drawing ray, check the documentation

[vale karma]

Debug.DrawRay(newPosition, Vector3.down, Color.red);

i got this guy now, ill try it out

[dire tartan]

how do i send code

[vale karma]

and yea, so i made a looptieloop

[summer stump]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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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]

https://hatebin.com/mdcenwjipv

im trying to get the door to open the other way

im tired and i dont know what the issue is

but it starts opening but doesnt stop

but returns to normal position when i step off the button

[vale karma]

    //   point1:
    //     The center of the sphere at the start of the capsule.``` I notice it says *the center of the sphere, is that like if you were to cut the capsule in half, and find the middle of one of the halves?

[teal viper]

What are the parameters for?

Where is that text from?

[vale karma]

i clicked on the CapsuleCastNonAlloc from public static int CapsuleCastNonAlloc(Vector3 point1, Vector3 point2, float radius, Vector3 direction, RaycastHit[] results, float maxDistance, int layerMask)

[teal viper]

A capsule is made of 2 spheres at the edges and a cylinder in the middle. that parameter describes one of the sphere's center

[vale karma]

how would i calculate the middle of both the spheres?

[teal viper]

Why do you need to calculate it?

[vale karma]

not sure, does it give it to u?

[teal viper]

And what are you using the capsule cast for?

[teal viper]

No. You pass in the positions depending on how you want the capsule be positioned/oriented.

[vale karma]

im gonna replace the spherecast i have on isgrounded bc it seems to make more sense, also, i saw i could change the maxDistance, im guessing its the distance the raycast can shoot? if so it could help with the offset and timing issue im having with the first method

[teal viper]

I don't think there's much point in using a capsule cast unless you're doing something pretty advanced. For your grounded check would be more than enough. Don't overcomplicate things before you have it working even

[vale karma]

yea your right, so OverlapSphere doesnt have a maxDistance does it?

[teal viper]

It has a radius. It's not a cast, but overlap

[charred spoke]

That would be the radios of the sphere. Overlap doesn’t move it stays in place

[tawdry mirage]

why visual studio recommend this?

if i press tab it just removes the if check

[summer stump]

Best to show the context as well

[tawdry mirage]

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

line 210

[teal viper]

Are you using GitHub copilot or something? It doesn't make sense to remove the check there from what I can see.

Debug draw ray

[tawdry mirage]

no, only vs and unity

[vale karma]

yea i used that, but it only draws a line, but i just did capCollider.radius / 2 and it works well. I think the radius was too large at its feet

[teal viper]

Can you take a screenshot of the whole line suggestion?

[teal viper]

Can't say much without seeing your code.

[vale karma]

its a bit back there

[teal viper]

I don't see any debug rays in that snippet.

[vale karma]

oh i added one after Debug.DrawRay(newPosition, Vector3.down, Color.red);

[teal viper]

That would draw a one unit long ray

[teal viper]

I see
That doesn't make sense. Consider it intellisense glitch

[vale karma]

ohh the Vector3.down is the length :0 Im gettin stuck on objects still :/ i can move out of a wall but i cant move out of a corner of a box collider

[teal viper]

What collider are you using for the character?

[vale karma]

capsule collider

[teal viper]

Vector3.down is a direction vector. But that doesn't matter, what matters is what the draw ray method takes/expects.

[vale karma]

i have the slippery physical material too

[teal viper]

Must be something with your movement controller then.

Are you applying gravity at all times?

[vale karma]

its a rb, so it should

it gets stuck in jumpstate, im guessing bc it cant ever get grounded being right there