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[wooden minnow]

what?

[sour dome]

Edit: moved code to https://hastebin.com/share/ilogemacuf.csharp per Bot's recommendation

I have the SimpleRandomWalkDungeonGenerator piece of code from a tutorial. I am having a hard time understanding the protected and abstract stuff, can someone help me implement that RunProceduralGeneration into my PortalBehaviour script? My goal here is to make it so a new dungeon is generated when a collision happens between a player and a portal prefab.

[wooden minnow]

?code

[rare basin]

!code jezus

[eternal falcon]

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[wooden minnow]

that's not the command...

[wooden minnow]

oh ffs it's with ! not ?

[rare basin]

Debug seconds

and debug your timeScale

WaitForSeconds() is dependant on the timeScale

[wooden minnow]

how do i log timeScale?

[rare basin]

Time.timeScale

[wooden minnow]

3 seconds, timescale is 1

[rare basin]

then i honestly dont know

[wooden minnow]

is it because im disabling the object?

[rare basin]

if you are disabling the object the coroutine is on

then yes

[burnt vapor]

Uhh, so protected on a class, method or property basically indicates on the class containing it can use it. Additionally if you inherit from that class they can also use it. Look up public, protected, private and internal accessors.

As for Abstract, this is also related to inheritance. Abstract means the class must be inherited from and implement whatever is abstract, be is just the class or also methods, properties and such.

To learn about Abstract, also look up protected/override and the difference between those and Abstract.

[sour dome]

Thank you for the code tip, I have moved the code per suggestions: #💻┃code-beginner message

[burnt vapor]

Better you learn what they are than have us fix the code

[wooden minnow]

i am

how do i fix that?

[rare basin]

don't disable the object

or disable just it's renderer

not the entire object

is it a 2d or 3d game

[wooden minnow]

2d

[rare basin]

then disable your Coin sprite component

and collider for example

[sour dome]

I understand that protected and override part. I'm just not sure how to fix it without going deep into the AbstractDungeonGenerator and changing it away from Abstract (which will break a lot of the other related scripts that inherited that class)

[rare basin]

althought im not sure why this is not working, because coroutines are not stopped when a MonoBehaviour is disabled

~~only if it's destroyed ~~

Edit: nevermind, SetActive() also stops the coroutine

[fierce shuttle]

You mentioned you started watching tutorials, see if those help, if not you can try searching "C# events" and see some more examples outside of Unity (which may make it a bit easier to understand), if your still confused after trying some stuff, maybe you can show what you have and where your confused

[sour dome]

I also understand that's why SimpleRandomWalkDungeonGenerator has that protected override void RunProceduralGeneration() which allows it to have its own version of RunProceduralGeneration(), but that just means that I need to also do an override on PortalBehaviour() which seems a bit convoluted to me.
Note: my javascript/node experience does not help here since we don't usually use private/abstract classes in my previous projects

[hidden sleet]

Will do. I’ve heard about a fair few different event systems but I’m not too sure in which case each of them are used

[young warren]

Hi! when it comes to events and delegates, I usually recommend this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWMmib1RYFE

I used it myself to understand the syntax. I hope it helps you as much as it did me

[hidden sleet]

Looks good, will give it a look

The hardest part so far definitely seems to be making it so each class only does the one thing it describes

[young warren]

understandable 😆 that takes a bit of discipline

but remember that's just a recommendation/suggestion. not a must

[hidden sleet]

Indeed

and it makes me understand why so many people recommend multiple small projects instead of one medium to big game as a first go around

although I'm glad this guy makes me realise it's not just me confused by the syntax lol

[young warren]

if it's any reassurance, i truly knew nothing about the C# syntax of events and delegates before, and that one video is all I needed. So best of luck with that. Take it slow

[hidden sleet]

One thing I'm not too sure on is while adding a function that has return types and parameters looks simple enough, where do you actually pass in those values?

[young warren]

for Func?

[hidden sleet]

hang on, lemme bring up my example

oh it seems to be working this time?

ok

:/

Right, so I want to set up a broadcast from the UI slot script, which the inventory manager will act upon and reduce the item count, then update the display

think I got it

[young warren]

I think what you're asking might be in the Actions and Funcs section. particularly in the Action part

it's just myEvent?.Invoke(myParameter);

[hidden sleet]

yeah I was getting an error when I tried that before, I assume it must have been unrelated

[queen adder]

Hey guys I have an issue,in my game I have a simple shooting script that spawns an object at a co-ordinate and then when I click on the screen it just drops it and adds a bit of velocity.
The issue is that in the editor everything works perfect fine, but when I create a build for my android phone when the object gets shot (so it's falling) it's movement is not smooth and it feels really laggy.
If needed I can show my script, but all the shooting is in fixed update and everything else is just for checking if the player has clicked on the screen

[young warren]

just show the script please

[queen adder]

Okay give me a minute

[hidden sleet]

So I've got the delegate in the ui - ```cs
public abstract class newInventoryUiSlot : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler
{

public InventoryManager Manager;
public InventoryItemSlot CorrespondingInventoryItem;
public delegate void OnUiItemClicked();
public OnItemAdded onUiItemClicked;

public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    itemPlacer itemPlacer = FindObjectOfType<itemPlacer>();

    if (itemPlacer)
    {
        itemPlacer.placeItem(CorrespondingInventoryItem.item.objectPrefab);
    }
    //When the ui item is clicked, send an event to the inventoryManager to remove the item, then update the display
    if (onUiItemClicked != null)
    {
        onUiItemClicked.Invoke(Manager.getProcessedInventory());
    }
}

}```

But this would be for every individual slot. Would it be wise to make that onUiItemClicked a static?

[swift crag]

Sure. You can then have something else subscribe to OnUiItemClicked on each inventory slot.

[rare basin]

why not just use Action

[swift crag]

no static members here

[rare basin]

public Action OnUiItemClicked;

[swift crag]

and yes, you should generally just use System.Action and System.Func

System.Action is used for functions that return void. System.Func is used for functions that do not return void.

System.Action<Foo, Bar> takes a Foo and a Bar as arguments. System.Func<Foo, Bar> takes a Foo as an argument and returns Bar

[young warren]

I second using Action as opposed to delegate void

far easier to write, and less syntax to remember

[swift crag]

The event keyword allows for anyone to subscribe/unsubscribe, but only allows the member's class to actually invoke the delegate

[hidden sleet]

I was just wondering since if I have one for each ui slot wouldn't I need to iterate through and assign the function in the inventory manager for each one

[rare basin]

doesn't func return that last input parameter?

bar in this case?

[swift crag]

oops, typo

fixed

[swift crag]

There are two options here.

[queen adder]

Bruh the script is too long so I need to send it in three different messages

[young warren]

!code

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[swift crag]

• You can use System.Action<UISlot> instead of System.Action. This will allow the UI slot to pass itself.
• Whoever subscribes to the event can create an anonymous function that includes the slot. Like this:

foreach (var slot in slots) {
  slot.OnClick += () => HandleSlotClick(slot);
}

[hidden sleet]

why can't I use delegates?

[swift crag]

System.Action is a delegate type

[hidden sleet]

ah, I see

[swift crag]

I just find it nicer to use the System.Action and System.Func types

I find it jarring to have what looks like a method signature

[queen adder]

Here you go ig
https://paste.ofcode.org/W7QLZaYMyngV863bAy5bFt

[hidden sleet]

Yeah I will admit trying to wrap my head around this delegate code is already giving me a headache

although that's just me struggling to figure out where I should put the stuff that handles changing the inventory

[swift crag]

you know, I'm curious if this causes the same footgun that a for loop does https://unity.huh.how/anonymous-methods-and-closures

I don't quite remember

foreach is materially different from for

[young warren]

so it lags as it falls?

[queen adder]

Yep

[hidden sleet]

Yeah that action does look a little clearer ```cs
public abstract class newInventoryUiSlot : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler
{

public InventoryManager Manager;
public InventoryItemSlot CorrespondingInventoryItem;
public delegate void OnUiItemClicked();
public event OnItemAdded onUiItemClicked;

public event Action uiItemClicked;

public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    itemPlacer itemPlacer = FindObjectOfType<itemPlacer>();

    if (itemPlacer)
    {
        itemPlacer.placeItem(CorrespondingInventoryItem.item.objectPrefab);
    }

    uiItemClicked?.Invoke();

}

}```

right then, time to figure out the rest

[young warren]

can i see the script of the object that's spawned and falling?

[swift crag]

public event Action uiItemClicked;

This line doesn't do what you think it does

[young warren]

by the way, the naming convention for C# is PascalCase for types/class names

[hidden sleet]

oh?

[swift crag]

oh, no, I misread your code.

[young warren]

so it should be ItemPlacer itemPlacer = FindObjectOfType<ItemPlacer>(); since you seem to care about conventions 🙂

[swift crag]

what's OnItemAdded, though?

That threw me off.

[queen adder]

Actually this is the main script that the objects have, the other two scrips are one that is for merging objects and one the deletes the object if there is a bomb nearby

[hidden sleet]

Didn't spot that one

[queen adder]

I'm gonna send the other two scrips, but the don't have anything physics related (I think)

[hidden sleet]

wait now even I'm confused. Hang on

[rare basin]

you can delete the now

    public delegate void OnUiItemClicked();
    public event OnItemAdded onUiItemClicked;

[swift crag]

This works fine, good. It's strictly for loops that'll do that to you...

[rare basin]

public abstract class newInventoryUiSlot : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler
{
    public InventoryManager Manager;
    public InventoryItemSlot CorrespondingInventoryItem;

    public event Action OnUiItemClicked;

    public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        itemPlacer itemPlacer = FindObjectOfType<itemPlacer>();

        if (itemPlacer)
        {
            itemPlacer.placeItem(CorrespondingInventoryItem.item.objectPrefab);
        }
        OnUiItemClicked?.Invoke();
    }
}

[young warren]

sorry, I have to go. I'd suggest making a thread though. things are getting busy here

[hidden sleet]

Ah, I think I tabbed by accident. That was the event that fires when the inventory is changed

[swift crag]

(or anything else that create a variable once and modifies it)

[hidden sleet]

so that shouldn't be there

[rare basin]

@hidden sleet take a look

[hidden sleet]

goodness I'm not making this easy for myself am I

[rare basin]

you either use

public Action ...

or delegate + instance of that delegate

dont mix both

[brave compass]

I like to compare the use of Actions/Funcs vs delegate definitions to the use of tuples vs struct definitions. Tuples are quicker, but depending on the number of properties, can be lengthy. And if you reuse the same tuple in multiple places, you have to redefine the properties in each occurrence, making refactoring more difficult.

[hidden sleet]

yeah I got rid of the delegate

[swift crag]

True, that's a fair point.

[hidden sleet]

now I need to figure out where these will actually all go to

[timber tide]

Actions should be all you need. You shouldn't need return through func and just have bi-directional action events

assuming this is through UI -> Manager -> Model

[brave compass]

But my main issue with it is the fact that that the parameters in Actions/Funcs are unnamed. You only have the type to guess what it means. In cases where there's only one parameter of each type or no parameters, it's fine. But then you have cases like:
Action<Scene, Scene> SceneManager.activeSceneChanged
What do the <Scene, Scene> parameters mean? Well, you can't know for sure without checking the documentation.

[swift crag]

You know, I completely forgot to consider that!

    public event System.Action<GameState, GameState> StateChanged;

the second one is...probably the new state

but maybe that's the first one

[rare basin]

that's actually the good point, never thought about this in such way

i cna imagine working in a bigger team

and using <GameState, GameState> might be confusing for others

well this case might be understandable better than some other cases, cuz

<oldState, newState>

[gaunt ice]

oldState probably is the variable name not type name

[rare basin]

what

that was a thining shortcut xd

[hidden sleet]

So if I have this action on my ui element that fires when something is clicked, passing the item that slot represents, in my inventory I could listen for that and remove the item. But since each ui slot will be it's own object, would I still be able to make the action static in my UI slot, so that I don't need to constantly look through the list of displayed slots and add / remove the actions?

[swift crag]

why not just subscribe to each slot?

the slot can choose to not invoke the event if it doesn't have an item in it

[rare basin]

i wouldn't make a static event for adding a item in the inventory

[hidden sleet]

I think I'll try that approach. Just struggling to wrap my head around it

[swift crag]

see here

If you need both the slot and the item it contained, you can use System.Action<Slot, Item>

[rare basin]

can you use default parameters in delegates?

<Slot, Item = null> kinda?

[brave compass]

With custom delegates, yes. Not with Action.

[swift crag]

the compiler isn't yelling at

        public delegate void Test(GameObject x = null);

so ye

[timber tide]

Well, just my opinion is that you shouldn't have the reference to the slot or manager on the slotUI itself as this is the whole idea of using the events here to remove that coupling

[final kestrel]

I cannot seem to get my enemy capsule turn while attacking the player. Here is the code. Can someone help me out.
https://hatebin.com/nrywpnbmwd

[hidden sleet]

yeah that's what I'm trying to resolve. It's just gotten a bit complicated as I try to figure out how to do that properly

[timber tide]

only the manager should know about what slotUI maps to the actual slot data

[gaunt ice]

just remember

using alias=Type name; is supported
```so you can
```cs
Action<OldState,NewState>
```by using statement

[hidden sleet]

at the moment I'm trying to get a list of all the slots displayed, so I can then get the listeners set up

[hidden sleet]

I've got this thing set up at the moment which I want to try and bridge that gap ```cs
public class UiInventoryManager : MonoBehaviour
{
protected InventoryManager InventoryManager;

public List<newInventoryUiSlot> UiInventorySlotList;
public Dictionary<InventoryItemSlot, GameObject> invSlotToUiObject = new Dictionary<InventoryItemSlot, GameObject>();
public Dictionary<Structure, GameObject> structToUiObject = new Dictionary<Structure, GameObject>();
public RectTransform scrollParent;
public GameObject slotPrefab;

[stuck palm]

Im sending out a static event, and I can see that its being sent out, but my recipient doesnt seem to be receiving it. why woudl this be?

did my message send/

[timber tide]

Right, the reference on the inventory I'd say correct here, so basically you want to forward that event from the UISlot to the inventory manager.

through the UIManager

[hexed terrace]

this log doesn't show what you think it does, it just shows that OnReady is called, anything after log may not happen because of the if statement.. check those

[hidden sleet]

k, so that would end up being Ui slot clicked -> send event to UI manager -> send event to inventory manager essentially?

[stuck palm]

ahhh, i see its not actually firing now, thank you

[timber tide]

that seems like an idea, but since you do have the reference to the inventory here (which like I was saying is fine), you could just call the method on the inventory itself here.

[stuck palm]

fixed the bug, thank you

[timber tide]

depends how exposed you want the use method on inventory

[hidden sleet]

Is it not necessarily bad for the UI script to be modifying the actual inventory? That sort of decoupling is why I started this in the first place

[timber tide]

Well, you're taking input from the user through the UI, and the manager is passing it through to the inventory. You want that input from the user, but the inventory itself has the last word for if it should use the information it's being given.

Your inventory should still be functional without the UI, but by designing your system this way you can deatch these interfaces without having remake the whole inventory itself.

[rare basin]

single-responsibility rule

keep the UI for the UI

dont let it modify the actuall slot data

[hidden sleet]

that's what I'm trying to figure out

At this point I'm struggling to keep track of what's what now

[noble summit]

to make an enemy follow the player, why do you have to do player position - enemy position to get the vector3 position to go to

[devout flower]

I have a problem where I turn on the animator, make an empty parent, copy over the scale to the parent, set the child scale to Vector3.one, and play my animation (the fish slap one, which doesn't change the scale).
For some reason, the child scale is set back to what it used to be.
I was wondering if this was a code or animation issue?

Also, later, after my child object has played another animation (the SwitchModes one shown in the animator) and goes back to play the one that there is a bug with, the scale works as intended

[timber tide]

Clicking on a slot and requesting the inventory to Use() the contents isn't the UI that's modifying the slot contents.

If you were to drag a slot onto another slot, you request the inventory by sending both to, and from, slots and to swap them (if possible)

[fringe perch]

Hello is there a way to not generate in custom physics shape ? In the same tile map there are tiles I don't want to have colliders but from the same set and separating only one stair seems ugly as a solution

[rare basin]

that is the direction you need to go

[hidden sleet]

So if I just have this UiInventoryManager, which keeps track of which slots exist and what items they are for, listen to that click and remove the item from the inventoryManager using the Inventory's own method, that still abides by those principles?

[noble summit]

but why is it not just the player position

[polar acorn]

That doesn't get a position that gets a direction

[hidden sleet]

Ah, Okay. I think that's what I've generally been confused by then

[noble summit]

how

[hidden sleet]

I've been obsessed with trying to make everything clean and tidy so I can maintain some good architecture but I had no real clue how to link stuff together with that in mind

[polar acorn]

Because subtracting two positions gets you the direction vector from one to the other

You can try this out on a sheet of graph paper, put two dots, manually work out how many X and Y steps to go from one to the other, then subtract the positions and see how the numbers align

[final kestrel]

Sorry if this is a spam. Can someone help me out with this one? My enemy capsule does not rotate at all. I have assigned the target to player in the inspector as well.

[polar acorn]

Try logging transform.rotation before and after the Slerp line and see if they're different. If they're different, but no rotation is happening, then something else is likely setting the rotation and overwriting this. If they're the same, then something is wrong in the math and it's not getting a target

[hidden sleet]

Something else then, I've got two different inventory types - Inventory and StructureInventory. If possible I'd like to extend InvManager so that different classes handle the different types of inventory as i've had to essentially make a copy of this one. What could I potentially do to have this method exist in a superclass, and the subclass can use it but pass in either this Inventory or the StructuresInventory? cs public void DisplayInventoryOnLoad(Inventory inventory) {

[noble summit]

it all makes sense now 😨

[final kestrel]

they are the same

[brave compass]

You're slerping from Quaternion.identity to the target rotation. The t value you're using is Time.deltaTime * turnSpeed. Assuming you're running at 60 FPS and turnSpeed is set to its default value of 10, the t value is equal to 0.1666. So what you're doing every frame is setting the enemy's rotation to be 16.6% the way from the zero rotation to the target rotation.

[hidden sleet]

if I had the parameter be of a generic type could that work?

[polar acorn]

Oh, right I literally did not even see that the first parameter wasn't the current rotation. @final kestrel this is the problem

[final kestrel]

Oh so I just use the transform.rotation?

Okay after changing it my capsule rotates but It was something to do with the animator. I was setting the rotation there on idle state. Removed it and it works now thanks a lot.

[timber tide]

I wouldnt deal with generics

just use polymorphism and make a virtual method

[hidden sleet]

but how would parameters work in that case? If I have a virtual method that takes Inventory i'd still need another that takes StructuresInventory

[timber tide]

Why cant inventory and this other inventory derive from a single type

[hidden sleet]

I tried to figure out a way too but I just couldn't figure it out. I'd like to, and have tried different ways to, but for the time being I felt I had to do this just to get it at least working before figuring that out too

Unless i literally make a class they can derive from that has no code in it, I can't really see enough similarities between what both inventories do under the hood that I can use to make one class they can cleanly extend from

[timber tide]

Well, you can also just implement the method only in the subclass too

and keep the superclass abstract

You can try generics, but if you don't have a constraint then that will create more problems for this probably

[hidden sleet]

if I have a start method on a superclass I assume it'll fire on the subclass too?

[timber tide]

sure, and you can also override it too

[hidden sleet]

can I do a fancy thing and have it so the subclass does a second start after the first one? So if my super does this ```cs
private void Start()
{
inventoryManager = FindObjectOfType<InventoryManager>();

}, Can I have it so the sub does this after that first Start has run ? inv = inventoryManager.getProcessedInventory();```

[timber tide]

look up base keyword

[dim monolith]

not a unity problem, but i been trying to run c# codes on visual studio code. i look up yt vid on how to set it up . im still not able to

[hidden sleet]

so base.Start in the sub's start method could do that?

[timber tide]

will call the previous implementation too, yes

[hidden sleet]

doesn't seem to allow Start()

[timber tide]

well, you need to implement start in the superfirst and make it virtual

[hidden sleet]

So a 'private virtual void Start()' but start doesn't show up in the tab list

[timber tide]

doesnt look like you're overriding start

[hidden sleet]

oh the tab list doesn't show up

hang on

I think I get you

Is base a bit like super.### in java?

[rare basin]

you don't override Start() anywhere

you just made a new Start()

should be override void Start()

[hidden sleet]

So 'private virtual void Start()' in one, and 'override void Start()' in the other?

[timber tide]

protected

[hidden sleet]

haven't done overriding in C# yet if you couldn't tell :/

hang on

what am I failing to understand here

[timber tide]

access modifiers

[hidden sleet]

ah yes

Theeerrre we go

So this onDestroy method that's on the super, will it run that when the subclass is destroyed too?

[timber tide]

if it's implemented at the base, it'll run in all children classes

[hidden sleet]

k, good to know

[timber tide]

unless you override its implementation

[hidden sleet]

learning many things today my word

still got a headache

and the person using this won't know I changed anything once it's done

I just need to learn some decent principles so it's possible to expand this

[timber tide]

i'd learn more on the polymorphism before getting involved with the events

and getting the design of your classes down

[hidden sleet]

It was a rather rushed job at the start since this is a uni project I needed to push out. But now I'm putting more time into properly understanding more about what I should be doing

[sweet osprey]

What might be the opposite of this.AddComponent<MyScript>()? I want to Remove the script by code now.
Is the most convenient way really something like: Destroy(this.GetComponent<MyScript>()) ? Seems elaborate

[polar acorn]

Destroy

[cosmic dagger]

Use Destroy with the component reference . . .

[fiery fjord]

This might be more of an advanced topic but I'll try my shot in this channel. I'm working with Physics scenes (In 2D) and I am currently having an issue with the simulation updating correctly (I may misunderstand the timing of it)

This is my "Physics Scene Manager" script which simply manages the physics of my scenes.

I am attempting to grab all of the points of a physics object to make a trajectory line using a line renderer. (Under the GetHiddenPhysicsPoints() method) Everything is working except the capturing of the velocity of the rigidbody.

Here is my script called "Trajectory Drwaer" which takes in a hidden physics object (which is already moved to the physics scene on start) and simply adds a velocity given a current direction (which is updated every tick). The problem lies in these two lines:
``
// Sets velocity of the rigidbody with direction and throw velocity
currentPhysicsObjectRb.velocity = currentDirection * throwVelocity;

    // Gets physics points from hidden physics object for drawing
    List<Vector2> physicsPoints = PhysicsSceneManager.GetHiddenPhysicsPoints(hiddenPhysicsObject);

``

This is where the physics call is made to change the velocity. I have also tried using the AddForce method for my rigidbody. I was hoping someone could help my clarify what could be the issue here. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

[fading rapids]

whats wrong with line 27

[fiery fjord]

Semicolon

After 'ms'

[fading rapids]

xDDDDD

[polar acorn]

When a semicolon is missing, the previous line can't actually end, meaning line 27 is line 26 as far as the compiler is concerned

[fiery fjord]

Been there too many times haha

[cosmic dagger]

Check the entire method and look at the error message. The line does not end until it reaches a semi-colon . . .

[fading rapids]

ty

[hidden sleet]

So @timber tide , for something like this, this doesn't necessarily mean that this crafting manager actually has the inventory within it, but it's just referencing what is on the InventoryManager instead? ```cs
public class CraftingManager : MonoBehaviour
{
//Handles turning one object into another and holds the process to perform
public InventoryManager inventoryManager;
public Inventory rawInventory;
public Inventory processedInventory;
public List<Item> outputItems = new List<Item>();
public Dictionary<CraftMethod, Item> craftToItem = new Dictionary<CraftMethod, Item>();
public static CraftMethod craftMethod;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    rawInventory = inventoryManager.getRawInventory();
    processedInventory = inventoryManager.getProcessedInventory();
    craftToItem.Add(CraftMethod.RodCraft, outputItems[1]);
    craftToItem.Add(CraftMethod.CuboidCraft, outputItems[0]);
    craftToItem.Add(CraftMethod.PlateCraft, outputItems[2]);
}```

[fading rapids]

is there anyone that could help me privately with a short code

or here if u like that

[spare mountain]

just post it here why do you need private help

[timber tide]

Right, it's a reference so you can pretty much bind another inventorymanager here.

[fading rapids]

idk seems unrelated to the type of posts i see here

[fiery fjord]

Found out my issue, this whole time I have been spawning the ghost object as inactive since it didn't have to be active on spawn. But I forgot to reactivate it once it spawned lol

[fading rapids]

but ill post it then

[hidden sleet]

okay, that's a big help. Was so caught up with wasting memory that I got a bit ahead of myself

[fading rapids]

how do i post my script like you?

[hidden sleet]

wait

I can't send the sign without the formatting

[hidden sleet]

The sign to the left of 1, three times on either side :/

[fading rapids]

OKAY

[fiery fjord]

it's not that sign, but that's a way to send it

[spare mountain]

!code

[fiery fjord]

Oh it is

[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.

[fiery fjord]

Nvm

[spare mountain]

```

[fading rapids]

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

i dont understand why the dashing is not working

[spare mountain]

define "not working"
e.g. what do you expect to happen vs what is happening

[fading rapids]

when i click E the dashing button ntohing happens

while i am supposed to dash a specific amount of lenth

[spare mountain]

when are you changing your character's velocity?

[fading rapids]

Oh wait

[spare mountain]

all I see is you changing a bunch of variables which don't affect line 34

[fading rapids]

damn

[hidden sleet]

How can I specifically tell whether something is a reference or actually contains the data? my inventory itself is a scriptable object, so that I figured means there can only be one instance of it stored as an asset, but for others is it just wherever you use the new keyword like you would outside of unity?

[timber tide]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/programming-guide/language-features/data-types/value-types-and-reference-types

[hidden sleet]

That one's for visual basic, does that still apply?

[timber tide]

oh huh that was my top google result, but they are somewhat similar

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

[hidden sleet]

I'll go look it up regardless

haven't done all too many projects of my own, so I've not delved too deep into the topic

I think It'll definitely be worth doing some research on it though. Felt like I was almost holding myself back because I understood things incorrectly

Need to take a step back to fully grasp everything I've changed up to day. Still determining exactly how stuff works together but I know a heck of a lot more than I did at the start!

Do any of you ever organise files and folders so that they kind of represent the hierarchial structure of your class inheritance? At the moment I've got common scripts (Ui scripts, movement scripts) etc all in one place, but it's already becoming messy

[timber tide]

I structure by namespaces usually

which is another fun concept to learn weeee

[hidden sleet]

[fading rapids]

https://hastebin.com/share/elukagewet.csharp, now the dashing is working for both left(E) and right(E) but it is like randomized(i think) if i click E 10 times maybe 2 times it works

[spare mountain]

what do you mean it's randomized?

[hidden sleet]

Although in all honesty the hardest part of all this is spotting the situations where some technique can be applied to streamline it, and maintaining a bank of everything that can be done. There’s so much it’s overwhelming at my level

[fading rapids]

if I click e or q the dash button it isnt always dashing

sometimes its dashing twice in a row

and sometimes its just not dashing

[spare mountain]

that's possibly because of getkeydown

try using getkey and a variable

[fading rapids]

what do you mean by variable

im sorry im pretty new to this

[spare mountain]

you don't know what a variable is?

you should learn the basics of C# before trying to code anything

[fading rapids]

not by name maybe

[spare mountain]

int g = 3;

g is a variable

[fading rapids]

oh

yh

[hidden sleet]

Was just thinking, are there ways to view some unity projects so I can learn more about general design principles and patterns?

When I started work on learning Minecraft modding I could just find mods on curseforge and look at them, but are there any ways to do something similar for Unity?

[storm imp]

what does this mean and how do I fix it?

[wintry quarry]

it means you have a field in your script that you're not using (zoomSpeed)

it's a warning not an error

[polar acorn]

You have a variable that you are never using. If you intended to use it somewhere, you forgot to. If you intend not to use it, you can probably just get rid of it

[storm imp]

No I think I need it

[polar acorn]

Then you should probably be using it somewhere

[wintry quarry]

Well you're not currently using it. Do you plan to use it in the future?

[storm imp]

yes

[polar acorn]

Then the warning will go away when you actually use it

[wintry quarry]

then don't worry about it

[frank delta]

Hey this is really unrelated but I found one of your answer on the Unity Forum lol, thanks

Aight cya! Sleep now

[zinc osprey]

Hi guys, how come when I rightclick on the red spot it detect the Player, not the item slot?

The script is attached to the Player.

[wintry quarry]

the script is the one receiving the event

and the scirpt is on Player

so you have clicked on player

Each slot should have a script on it with OnPointerClick to detect them individually

[zinc osprey]

oh alright thx

[wintry quarry]

What you could try

is eventData.pointerCurrentRaycast.gameObject

[zinc osprey]

It works, thx ❤️

[fading rapids]

how do i fix player sticking on wall while pressing d in air towards the collider

[vague field]

hey i just loaded in a new avatar, but i cant safe it because a prefab is missing and i just cant figure out what prefab or how to solve this problem, ive been struggling for over an hour on this now. How can i solve this problem?

[cunning raven]

Could you add a physics mat that applies no friction?

[fading rapids]

ima try

[cunning raven]

Or something of that nature

[polar acorn]

Check the objects listed. You have a missing script on those objects. Either assign a script or remove the component

[fading rapids]

ty it worked

[cunning raven]

np

[jaunty coyote]

I have a void OnEnable and void OnDisable which i want them to run when i activate/deactivate a script. However, they only work once-the first time. I tried debuging and came to a conclusion this is only a problem with enabeling/disabeling the script but not the object. If i wanted to enable/disable the object of the script, the script would work correctly.

but i need it to work so if i enable/disable the script

[polar acorn]

They do

OnEnable and OnDisable work whenever this component is active or not. Deactivating an object also deactivates all scripts on it, so it will fire all OnDisable functions

[jaunty coyote]

i know how it should work

the thing is it only works once

[polar acorn]

Then the object is only enabled/disabled once

[jaunty coyote]

its not

trying to compress a video recording hold on

[storm imp]

I thought I was using it already

[jaunty coyote]

im stupid, the void works correctly but i got problems with assigning animations, ill figure it out

[polar acorn]

Not according to your warning you're not

[storm imp]

interesting

[polar acorn]

Where do you think you are using it

[storm imp]

in my CameraController script

[vague field]

worked, but i cant find the last missing prefab

[polar acorn]

show

[polar acorn]

Look at the full error and see what object it's on

[storm imp]

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

public class CameraController : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Sensitivity of the mouse
    private float rotateSpeed = 7.0f;

    // Zoom in/out variables
    private float zoomSpeed = 600.0f;
    private float zoomAmount = 0.0f;

    //tourmanger
    private TourManager tourManager;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        tourManager = GetComponent<TourManager>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (tourManager.isCameraMove)
        {

            if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
            {
                Quaternion currentRotation = transform.rotation;
                Quaternion xRot = Quaternion.AngleAxis(Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * rotateSpeed, Vector3.right);
                Quaternion yRot = Quaternion.AngleAxis(Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * rotateSpeed, Vector3.up);
                transform.rotation = currentRotation * yRot * xRot;
            }

        }


    }

    public void ResetCamera()
    {
        transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
        zoomAmount = 0.0f;
        Camera.main.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(0, 0, zoomAmount);

    }
}

[polar acorn]

So where are you using zoomSpeed

[storm imp]

private float zoomSpeed = 600.0f;

[polar acorn]

So where are you using zoomSpeed

[storm imp]

I guess am not

[vague field]

fixed, tysm

[grizzled surge]

How do people use OnControllerColliderHit??

[short hazel]

It's a method you put in a class, like void Update() { }

But named OnControllerColliderHit

[grizzled surge]

This is how I have it now but I dont understand what I am missing for it to work

[short hazel]

Ah I see, it's the argument that's not correct, not the method name

OnControllerColliderHit(ControllerColliderHit hit)
//                      ^ HERE

There's no "On" for the argument type

[grizzled surge]

How is it supposed to look?

I tried following a tutorial but it is hard without a good understanding of c#

[short hazel]

Just like how I typed it

[grizzled surge]

Oh right

[short hazel]

Notice the difference

Also you need to configure VS Code so it works with Unity, that line should be underlined red
!vsc

[grizzled surge]

I see

[short hazel]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[short hazel]

There we go

[median rain]

hey, Im new here. i got 3 errors and idk how to fix them

Shader error in 'BoatAttack/Water': redefinition of 'SurfaceData' at final/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@14.0.10/ShaderLibrary/SurfaceData.hlsl(5) (on d3d11)

Shader error in 'Unlit/InfiniteWater': redefinition of 'SurfaceData' at final/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@14.0.10/ShaderLibrary/SurfaceData.hlsl(5) (on d3d11)

Shader error in 'BoatAttack/Water': redefinition of 'SurfaceData' at final/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@14.0.10/ShaderLibrary/SurfaceData.hlsl(5) (on d3d11)

[grizzled surge]

I am still using unity 2020

[short hazel]

And?

[grizzled surge]

Says I need atleast 2021

[short hazel]

Meh try anyway

[short hazel]

Nothing as good as package errors when starting a new project.
If you're not using the Universal Render Pipeline (URP), you can uninstall the package from the Package Manager (Window > Package Manager). If you don't know whether you're using URP or not, leave it as is.
If you're using URP, close Unity, go to where your project is saved, and delete the Library folder only. Then start your project again. It'll take more time to start up as it needs to rebuild everything, but that should solve the problem.

[median rain]

idk if im using URP but I downloaded an Asset from Unity and I added it from the package manager, and I go those 3 errors

and I do use URP just checked. ill go delete the library and see if it works

deleted the library

[real estuary]

I'm a bit new to unity, but I've been using it for about 3 months with minimum to no issues with uploading avatars to vrchat that I've purchased. Recently though, as soon as I open a new project this error pops up. I've tried deleting the library folder and reopening it, but that doesn't work. Any help is appreciated.

This is Unity 2022.3.6f1

[smoky granite]

can any1 help me?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe but not if you don't provide information about what you're needing help with upfront.

[smoky granite]

sorry

basically

i want to use lerp to scale up an objecty

this is my code so far
`public class LerpScaling : MonoBehaviour
{

private Vector3 endScale = new Vector3(0.9437993, 0.9437993, 0.9437993);
private Vector3 startScale;
private float desiredDuration = 2f;
private float elapsedTime;


// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    startScale = transform.localscale;
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
    float percentageComplete = elapsedTIme / desiredDuration;

    transform.localscale = Vector3.Lerp(startScale, endScale, percentageComplete); 
}

}`

and its broken

[rocky canyon]

localscale isnt a thing

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you've got a typo. Make sure to have a configured ide to prevent minor syntax errors from getting in the way of your adventure/journey.

[rocky canyon]

configure ur IDE and it'll show u the typos/errors as u code !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

[short hazel]

If you are not getting code completion suggestions as you type, you need to configure your code editor

[smoky granite]

i have tried so hard and its not working

[median rain]

thxx a lot it did work, do have some warnings but I can live with those :))

[grizzled surge]

What can this mean?

[rocky canyon]

well ur gonna keep getting errors like these..

its localScale not localscale

[smoky granite]

oh lemme try

[ivory bobcat]

The error usually comes with code.

[short hazel]

You are trying to do something with a variable that does not contain a value. The second line here gives you a hint, it's in your PlayerManager script, on line 25.

[ivory bobcat]

Score text is null

[short hazel]

Yup

Can't get the .text on nothing (null)

[smoky granite]

i fixed it but now its saying this?

[ivory bobcat]

You need to fix your ide

[rocky canyon]

because elapsedTIme is not the same as elapsedTime

use ur eyeballs

[summer stump]

One issue that may be causing the null is that you have a TMP text object? And it isn't letting you drag it in?

[grizzled surge]

So I fill it like this?

[summer stump]

No

[short hazel]

No, like scoreText doesn't have a value

[smoky granite]

im so sorry man

[summer stump]

You have to reference the object that has the text component

[rocky canyon]

no worries.. ur just making it hard on urself w/o the IDE

[grizzled surge]

Oh

[grizzled surge]

So the reference is the text in my hierarchy?

[summer stump]

Yeah

You have to point to that

[rocky canyon]

well itd be the thing u wanna change yea

[grizzled surge]

But I have done that now but still have the error?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show where you assigned it, whether through code or inspector.

[summer stump]

You have done what now?

[grizzled surge]

given it a reference

[summer stump]

And what does that mean specifically?

[ivory bobcat]

Also consider it becoming null if it's been destroyed.

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[grizzled surge]

Is scoreText what you mean that I should reference it to?

[summer stump]

Where do you reference that?

[ivory bobcat]

Where do you reference it?

[grizzled surge]

Idk

[summer stump]

Up to you. Can't say

[smoky granite]

guys im so sorry im so STUPID but please help me this isnt a spelling error this time

[ivory bobcat]

That would be using it

You'd need to reference it before using the variable

[summer stump]

You need to assign the reference. Either by dragging the object in via the inspector, or by using scoreText =

[grizzled surge]

Can you give me an example if possible? Idk how to

[summer stump]

https://unity.huh.how/references

[rocky canyon]

ur right.. it isnt a spelling issue this time 🙂

ur learning lol

[ivory bobcat]

Configure your ide. You've likely missed a step like many others have. We cannot help without you having a properly configured ide first.

[smoky granite]

genuinly cant do it

i'll retry

[median rain]

the first img is my console that should look like the 2nd one... Why??

im missing folders

[ivory bobcat]

#💻┃code-beginner message
Check the unity inspector field for that script component

[rocky canyon]

uninstall the IDE ur using..
restart the entire PC..
then install it thru the Unity Hub

thats the easiest way

[short hazel]

And if you can, install VS 2022

It's way easier to configure

[grizzled surge]

I managed to fix it:D

[smoky granite]

okok do i uninstakll visual studio code and then re install it through unity?

helloo

[ivory bobcat]

Just install Visual Studio (assuming you need VSC for other stuff)

[short hazel]

Worst bot commands

That one needs to be on its own message

[ivory bobcat]

This is the coding channel, general unity discussions would be in #💻┃unity-talk

[smoky granite]

!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)
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[rotund vapor]

How would i go about making a script that changes the song playing in a audio source from a intager?

[ivory bobcat]

What have you tried so far?

I suggest googling if not anything yet.

[rotund vapor]

i found this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource-clip.html

[summer stump]

From an integer? You could use an enum where the value is the name of the clip or something

Or use a dictionary

Or just use an array and the integer would be the index

[ivory bobcat]

Or an array

[rotund vapor]

that would work better

[summer stump]

Depends. How many clips will you have?

I'm partial to the enums, but it's kinda more work. Array is easiest

[rare basin]

Dictionary<enum, AudioClip>

cleananest way

[rotund vapor]

not counting the defualt one, 4

[rare basin]

PlayAudioClip(AudioEnum enum)

[summer stump]

You'd be perfectly fine just doing an array then
The indexes won't get too confusing

[grizzled surge]

Guys I have a problem with getting my car that runs into a wall to collide with it. When it collides with the wall it is supposed to stop but it doesn't. Could someone help me with it?

[rich adder]

show both colliders, also show how you move car

[ivory bobcat]

The other data are important as well

[rotund vapor]

how do i make it stop the other audio before playing the new one

[rich adder]

mate, these cutoff screenshots its hard to tell which object is what

[rare basin]

read the docs man

AudioSource.Stop()

everything is in there

[rotund vapor]

thank u

[grizzled surge]

okay let's make it bigger

[ivory bobcat]

So, a collision will not occur if there isn't a rigid body or character controller involved

[rich adder]

show the Sedan root object

[grizzled surge]

there is a character controller

[summer stump]

If you use Play, it will stop whatever is playing on that source

[rich adder]

so you're using a Character controllerfor car? why do you have a mesh collider then

anyway does wall have collider?

[grizzled surge]

The wall has a box collider

The car came with mesh collider in the asset I used

[rich adder]

show how you are moving car

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you should use the character controller to move rather than teleporting with Transform?

[rich adder]

Oh thats the code

well thers the problem

[rich adder]

yes Translate = No collisions

you are essentially teleporting

replace it with Character Controller Move method

[ivory bobcat]

Google Unity Character Controller Script and check out it's move methods

[grizzled surge]

Oh okay I will do so

[ivory bobcat]

Or lookup a tutorial

The docs should be enough for a single particular behavior though

[grizzled surge]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/CharacterController.Move.html

[rich adder]

yeah its a farily easy mechanic

[grizzled surge]

This is it?

[rich adder]

yes

[ivory bobcat]

Evaluate the code and see what you can make out of it

[rich adder]

btw Your direction seems wrong

[ivory bobcat]

Read the description as well

[rich adder]

oh nvm I see you're doing that already, just combine the two direction into one single call

[vast saffron]

sorry this has nothing to do with this channel but can somone help me how to fix this and make it bigger again

[lost anvil]

Anyone know?

[potent garnet]

How would you DoTween a mesh gameobject's color? I'm trying to access the gameObject's meshrenderer -> material then do DoColor from there, but it throws an error.

[rich adder]

cntrl + scroll mouse wheel?

[vast saffron]

doesnt work

[rare basin]

left ctrl + scroll up

[rich adder]

make sure its enabled

[rare basin]

zoom in/out

[vast saffron]

doesnt work

[rich adder]

must be enabled

[ivory bobcat]

It's not remotely related to Unity.

[vast saffron]

how am i finding this now if its now to small

[vast saffron]

whats wrong with you

stop hating around

[rich adder]

because the menu options arent ?

[vast saffron]

i just need help

they are

[rich adder]

so do the shortuct ctrl + ,

search for Mouse Zoom, but thats for the code part your whole app is borked

google it

[ivory bobcat]

Because it isn't.

[vast saffron]

"🤓" "Because it isn't."

[rare basin]

it kinda is

"anything related to begginr codding in Unity"

if he is coding in unity

and he needs help with his code editor

[vast saffron]

yes i am

[rare basin]

then it is related

[rich adder]

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/accessibility

[summer stump]

He's doing html according to the first image

[vast saffron]

doesnt matter

i named it wrong

[rare basin]

well now it does xd

[summer stump]

Well, that's why dalphat was saying that. No need to be a jerk to them

[rich adder]

mate you wanna develop, learn how google works to be honest @vast saffron

[vast saffron]

i wasnt

hes not friendly

trying to hate around

[ivory bobcat]

It's pretty normal here

[vast saffron]

gotta feel pretty cool right? @ivory bobcat

WOW!

u didnt help a noob for coding

cool

[rare basin]

lmao

[vast saffron]

ur so cool

OMAGWAD

[rich adder]

just be quiet and move on

[rare basin]

monday strikes hard 😄

[rich adder]

stop being a child on tantrum

[short hazel]

You're doing HTML and JS. This isn't the place

[vast saffron]

okay

[summer stump]

<@&502884371011731486>

[rich adder]

alt account probably

[lost anvil]

🤣

[vast saffron]

what

alt acc?

why

[rare basin]

just move on and stop before you got muted or banned

not worth it

[rich adder]

yes i bet you been banned here before

[ivory bobcat]

Spam <@&502884371011731486>

[vast saffron]

cause i dont know how to code?

[rare basin]

@vast saffron#💻┃code-beginner message

[vast saffron]

yes

[vast saffron]

Not spam at all im not even posting every 3 seconds

[rare basin]

now you are - stop, and move on

[rich adder]

spam is also talking offtopic nonesense

[vast saffron]

okay but yall wanna ban me thats not appropiate

[frosty hound]

Move on please

[vast saffron]

yes i will, thanks i was just replying to his message

[rare basin]

that's the server rules

[vast saffron]

move on please

[rotund vapor]

ok i have been working on it but now it will not accept my audio source and says that it does not exist
Code:

    [SerializeField] private bool UseSongSet = true;
    public AudioClip Set1;
    [SerializeField] private AudioSource bgm;
    private void Start()
    {
        if (UseSongSet == true)
        {
            SetSongSet();
        }
    }
    private void SetSongSet()
    {
        bmg.Play();
        bmg.clip = Set1;
        bmg.Play();
    }

[rare basin]

either accept the rules, or leave the server #📖┃code-of-conduct

[vast saffron]

move on please 👍

im accepting the rules

and will now move on

[rocky canyon]

make sure u have this asssigned in the inspector

b/c its not in code

[rare basin]

is your IDE configured?

[spare mountain]

woah what is up with your screenshot? it's all chromatic aberration-ed

[rotund vapor]

it is asssigned

[rare basin]

what is the error, can you screenshot it

[ivory bobcat]

Your ide likely isn't configured

[rotund vapor]

IDE?

[ivory bobcat]

Typo is present in the code you sent

[rare basin]

well, read the error

and configure your !Ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
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• JetBrains Rider
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[vast saffron]

what? move on please

[fickle plume]

@spring onyx Don't spam the channel

[vast saffron]

This is rude!

[fickle plume]

!ban 500905566785241088 Spamming alt account

[eternal falcon]

quex7390 was banned.

[fickle plume]

!mute 1149987645234102323 3d ignoring warnings spam

[eternal falcon]

pfrarr was muted.

[sage mirage]

Hey, guys! I have a small issue with my game. When my game object collides with the other game object I want to see a particle effect but I have made a functionality so that when it collides to hit game over and freeze the game. So, with that I can't see actually the particle effect only the startup of it.

[rare basin]

that is a code related channel

[hidden sleet]

A little bit confused on how parameters work here within the context of actions. I've got this action set up here cs public event Action<Inventory> OnItemAdded; Which is invoked later in the script cs OnItemAdded?.Invoke(this); But where it actually listens to this it doesn't seem to like me putting in the parameters from before. With an action setup like this, how do parameters work?

[rocky canyon]

lol what? nu uh

[hidden sleet]

UpdateDisplay is a void, but I just want to pass in the inventory, but not sure exactly where cs public void UpdateDisplay(Inventory inventory)

[rare basin]

just += UpdateDisplay;

[hidden sleet]

where does the parameter that you've passed in go?

[rare basin]

wherever you invoke the event

OnItemAdded?.Invoke(inventory);

[spare mountain]

idk

[rare basin]

then UpdateDisplay gets that inventory

[hidden sleet]

so would updateDisplay just receive whatever it was from where it was invoked?

[eternal needle]

You dont pass in a parameter at that point. You are just adding to the delegate for what method should be running when the event is invoked

[rare basin]

yes

exactly

[hidden sleet]

Alright, I see

[trim gulch]

Hi! My character keeps getting stuck on the tilemap's walls. I've tried everything I've seen, using composite colliders, adding materials with no friction, etc. but it still won't work. Does anyone have any Idea what could be?

[rare basin]

public event Action<int> IntAction;

private void PrintNumber(int number)
{
   Debug.Log(number);
}

@hidden sleet

so for instance if you do

IntAction?.Invoke(5);

it will debug log 5

(int number) is now 5 -> the invoked parameter

[slender nymph]

show how you move the object

also it is a known issue with Box2D (the physics engine unity uses for 2d physics) that you can get caught on the edges of tiles if using a collider with corners so if that is what you are experiencing rather than a friction/code related issue then you'd want to ensure you are using a round collider

[trim gulch]

Oh

I'll try that then

[slender nymph]

and you've put the physics material 2d on the collider and/or the rigidbody2d?

also keep in mind that your input overrides gravity too (realized it is top down not side scroller so this isn't an issue)

[trim gulch]

In both

[trim gulch]

I think this fixed it

I'm testing it and it seems to work so far

Thank you so much

[median rain]

any1?

[rich adder]

where is the code question ?

[rare basin]

did anyone understand anything from your question?

[median rain]

there is no code question. Im missing some files and Idk why

i have no errors

[rich adder]

then why are you posting in a code channel

[rare basin]

so why do you ask in code related channel

[median rain]

fair enough... srry

[unique citrus]

i got a code related question the errors have just came up now and idk whats wrong

[rare basin]

do you have duplcicate GunController file?

[unique citrus]

nope

[slender nymph]

are you missing a using directive or assembly reference?

[unique citrus]

idk thats the thing

[rare basin]

or, is your IDE configured? lets start with that

[slender nymph]

paste the entirety of GunController.cs into a bin site 👇 !code

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[unique citrus]

ok

!code

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[unique citrus]

yep

[rare basin]

show a screenshot from your IDE

[slender nymph]

you were meant to read the bot message to post your code to a bin site

[unique citrus]

mb

https://hatebin.com/yylzqfdmhh

[rocky canyon]

aye, thats the best one imo

[unique citrus]

alr sry im new to this

done some research before hand but clearly not enough

[slender nymph]

also for future reference, when sharing your code do not edit it. you added the comment at the top so now the line numbers do not match up with your errors. of course the issue is going to be that either you are using an asmdef that does not have an engine reference or you've put the file in some special folder that acts like it has an asmdef

[polar acorn]

Well, it's in Assets so it's not the latter

[slender nymph]

yeah i just went back and looked at that lol

[polar acorn]

Do you have any files in your project with the extension asmdef?

[unique citrus]

i can check

one sec

im not no

[polar acorn]

Can you send a screenshot of your Assets folder in Unity?

[slender nymph]

if you make any change to your code and save it again, do those errors persist

[polar acorn]

Hopefully there's not so much there it won't fit on one screen

[unique citrus]

yep

[polar acorn]

Also, the old standby, try closing and reopening Unity

[unique citrus]

ill do that now

[vague dirge]

What's the difference between transform.rotation = Quaternion(0f, 90f, 0f) and transform.Rotate(World.up, 90f) ?? It outputs smth different but I don't understand hy it would do the same thing

[polar acorn]

Yep, definitely no assembly definitions

[slender nymph]

the first assigns a specific rotation. the latter rotates by 90 degrees

[polar acorn]

The first one sets the rotation, the second one performs a rotation

[vague dirge]

Ok

[polar acorn]

Note that the values you see in the inspector are one of infinite possible vectors that represent the same orientation. It's possible the objects could be oriented identically but have different Euler Angles. Check the directions the three arrows are pointing when you've got the object selected

[unique citrus]

how do i solve that then?

[vague dirge]

And is there a way to set the rotation with Rotate() ? Because the fact of giving a custom axxis of rotation is really usefull and I didn't find it in another method

[polar acorn]

In this case, the Assembly Definition being present and misconfigured could cause the problem, but if there are none then it should be working. I'm gonna say first try a restart and see if the errors come back

[unique citrus]

done a restart errors are still there

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[unique citrus]

still says im missing assembaly referances

[polar acorn]

Just multiply your axis by your angle and it should work

[unique citrus]

yea

[hexed terrace]

force a compile of the class - right mouse click the file -> reimport

oh, nm that's the same as what box just said to do

[vague dirge]

In the quaternion of a multiply the rotation itself ?

[polar acorn]

Try closing Unity, then delete the Library folder in your project. The next time you re-open the project it'll generate a new one

[polar acorn]

Actually forget what I just said, use this instead:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.AngleAxis.html

[unique citrus]

ok ty

it worked cheers

[quaint crystal]

if i convert two centers of two bounds to worldposition then average it, will i get the center of both?

thanks

[vague dirge]

Thanks, it's not working but I think I'm doing smth wrong, I have a new clue to work with. Thanks !

[timber tide]

It would be half the distance between two pivots if you wanna do it that way

[hidden sleet]

Following on from what I was going on about earlier, I've realised that i've got it so that my ui slot will be what spawns this object into the world, which doesn't feel right. Is that necessarily bad? ```cs
public class newInventoryUiSlot : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler
{

public InventoryItemSlot CorrespondingInventoryItem;    

public event Action<InventoryItemSlot> uiItemClicked;

public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    itemPlacer itemPlacer = FindObjectOfType<itemPlacer>();

    if (itemPlacer)
    {
        itemPlacer.placeItem(CorrespondingInventoryItem.item.objectPrefab);
    }

    uiItemClicked?.Invoke(CorrespondingInventoryItem);

}

}```

[timber tide]

Your UIManager should contain the list/array of slots

you can actually just initialize them on the scene as a prefab if you want too and just serialize them

[hidden sleet]

In this case my UI one has a dictionary that would map a slot to one of the UI gameobjects public Dictionary<InventoryItemSlot, GameObject> invSlotToUiObject = new Dictionary<InventoryItemSlot, GameObject>();

I'm just unsure whether it makes sense for the item placing logic to exist on it too

[timber tide]

Dictionary is fine, you can also just assume your inventory slots and UISlots are as of same indicies for each list

[hidden sleet]

dang now another issue has popped up as a result of all this refactoring

[timber tide]

I'm not a fan of slot ref to slot ref though, but that's something I'm not 100% sure of the correct way with dealing. Preferably (in my opinion), your UI manager would have the reference to each UIslot in the dictionary, and mapped to a indice which you would send to your inventory to manage

[hidden sleet]

in an attempt to make it easier for me to set up all these ui managers I've now made it so I can't control whether clicking a ui element allows for item spawning in a specific scene

[opaque matrix]

Can anyone help me with anims? Every anim works BUT the falling one. It doesnt play plus it doesnt go back to idle

[timber tide]

Should debug your code and make sure you're even going into your statement

[hidden sleet]

I think Im back to square 1 now...
went through all this to overcome a problem, fixed many others and I seem to have backed myself into a corner

Cause now that same ui slot code means it spawns in the item regardless of which scene you are in, which I only want it to work in certain scenes

[timber tide]

Use your comparisons and check before you add your item

[hidden sleet]

{


    public InventoryItemSlot CorrespondingInventoryItem;

    public event Action<InventoryItemSlot> uiItemClicked;

    public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
    {

        if (CorrespondingInventoryItem.item is ProcessedItem)
        {
            itemPlacer itemPlacer = FindObjectOfType<itemPlacer>();

            if (itemPlacer)
            {
                itemPlacer.placeItem(CorrespondingInventoryItem.item.objectPrefab);
            }

            uiItemClicked?.Invoke(CorrespondingInventoryItem);
        }


    }
}``` I could do this I suppose

wait can you do 'is not' that type

otherwise I can only get specific

but wait even that won't work

AHHH

What i'd like is some boolean on the uiSlot to say if it should be clickable or not, but I don't know how I'd differentiate them when they are spawned since all ui items are created the same way now

bouta bring out the pencil and paper to fix all this

[slender nymph]

yes but it probably requires unity 2021+ since i think that was introduced in the c# 9 pattern matching improvements

[autumn tusk]

i dont understand why my code is acting this way

lemme showcase my issue

so basically i have a fading text system that shows you what you got from a pickup

[potent garnet]

for some reason, this isn't working

[slender nymph]

do you have the DOTween namespace added in your using directives?

[potent garnet]

yup

[slender nymph]

then you'd better ask the dotween community 🤷‍♂️

[autumn tusk]

for some reason when i pick up pickups the pickup text just breaks

discord media uploading is being slow as hell

gimmie a sec

[quaint crystal]

what does it mean by "Note that the returned position is affected by scale"?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.TransformPoint.html

[potent garnet]

nvm got it to work

[slender nymph]

a parent's scale will affect the coordinate system for all of its children. so a point at local position 0,1,0 on a child where the parent's scale is 2,2,2 and both positions are at 0,0,0 would be at 0,2,0 in world space

[autumn tusk]

there we go

basically if i pick up the same pickup type it breaks

[slender nymph]

show code

[autumn tusk]

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

this is the pickup code

this is the pickup text code

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

[slender nymph]

check the console for errors

and then make sure that the correct object is set for the Pickup variable on that object

[autumn tusk]

no errors

it just seems to break after picking up 3 pickups

[lost anvil]

I have an item that i can pick up with a text overlay and i want to change that text to whatever the items Text Component says but when i run the following code it makes the text disappear all together?

using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class firstPersonRaycast : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Camera camera;
    public float rayDistance;
    public float distance;
    public GameObject hand;
    public Text itemText;

    Rigidbody itemRb;

    void Start()
    {
        itemText.enabled = false;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;
        Ray ray = camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, rayDistance))
        {
            if (hit.collider.CompareTag("interactable") || hit.collider.CompareTag("pickObject"))
            {
                itemText = hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<Text>();
                itemText.enabled = true;
            }
            else
            {
                itemText.enabled = false;
            }
        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
        {
            Pickup();
        }
    }

    void Pickup()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;
        Ray ray = camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, rayDistance))
        {
            if (hit.collider.CompareTag("pickObject"))
            {
                itemRb = hit.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();

                Debug.Log("You hit a pickObject!");
                GameObject target = hit.collider.gameObject;
                target.transform.position = hand.transform.position;
                target.transform.SetParent(hand.transform);

                itemRb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeAll;
                target.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(90f, 0, -90f);
            }
        }
    }
}

[north kiln]

Are you not getting a NullReferenceException? Your code replaces the text with one from whatever you're looking at, which seems unlikely to be what you want

Surely you want to get some sort of name and apply that info to the text you currently have

[lost anvil]

that is what i want, i want the text to change to the text in the component inside the object

[lost anvil]

and no im not

[lost anvil]

i want to make this script work for alot of items tho

[north kiln]

Yes, the name being retrieved from what you look at

It seems very fragile to me to rely on tags and a component being there

I would have a component with an interface that you can look for, if that exists on what you hit, you can get the label from it and assign it to your text object

[lost anvil]

okay ill try that, just have to learn about interfaces now lol

[north kiln]

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[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/references/getcomponent-methods#use-with-interfaces for example

[vague dirge]

How to apply a rotation uppon pre-existing one ? Like instead of doing transform.rotation = Quaternion(), I'd like to do smth like transform.rotation += Quaternion()

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/quaternions/multiplication

[hidden bone]

i need help with how loading scenes work when building the project. do i ask here or is there another channel i should ask in

[north kiln]

Please use the large codeblock method, which is linking to code

[north kiln]

Not really sure what the issue would be, but if it's code-related, ask here

[hidden bone]

its not code-related. i just dont know how to only load 1 scene. I want only the main menu to be loaded on launch and idk how to do so. is unloading the other scene enough or will that not do anything to the project when its actually built

[north kiln]

Just add it to the build settings, and if it's the first scene it will be the one that's loaded

[hidden bone]

like this?

aight thx

[smoky granite]

GUYS I GOT INTELISENSE WORKING

5 HOURS

RE INSTALLING

[rich adder]

[smoky granite]

can someone help me if i explain?

[summer stump]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[smoky granite]

sorry i just feel bad

[summer stump]

We can only know if we can help if you DO explain

[summer stump]

No need. All good

[smoky granite]

so im trying to make a UI element that scales when hovering over it and unscales when stoping hovering. i have learnt to use lerp and its slightly working but i need to know how to get it back to its original state after unhovering

this is my code so far

`using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class LerpScaling : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler

{

private Vector3 endScale = new Vector3(0.9437993f, 0.9437993f, 0.9437993f);
private Vector3 startScale = new Vector3(0.7167659f, 0.7167659f, 0.7167659f);
private float desiredDuration = 2f;
private float elapsedTime;


// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    startScale = transform.localScale;
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
  
}

public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
    float percentageComplete = elapsedTime / desiredDuration;

    transform.localScale = Vector3.Lerp(startScale, endScale, percentageComplete);
}

public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
{
    elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
    float percentageComplete = elapsedTime / desiredDuration;

    transform.localScale = Vector3.Lerp(endScale, startScale, percentageComplete);
}

}
`

[north kiln]

Please link to large codeblocks !code

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[rich adder]

I would not lerp there.. Start a coroutine

or even easier, use Dotween

[smoky granite]

sorry i will next time

[north kiln]

Would the the tiniest little application of deltaTime

a little blip when you enter and exit

[smoky granite]

i got told the best way to do was using lerp

so i learn what lerp was

[sullen jetty]

Hey I'm having some trouble with my character movement in a game i'm making. Whenever I am against a wall, I am able to jump infinitely. Do you have any solutions?
My Player Movement script:

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    private float horizontal;
    public float speed = 2f;
    public float jumpingPower = 6f;
    private bool isFacingRight = true;

    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;
    [SerializeField] private BoxCollider2D feetCollider; 
    [SerializeField] private LayerMask groundLayer;

    void Update()
    {
        horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");

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

        if (Input.GetButtonUp("Jump") && rb.velocity.y > 0f)
        {
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, rb.velocity.y * 0.5f);
        }

        Flip();
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(horizontal * speed, rb.velocity.y);
    }

    private bool IsGrounded()
    {

        return Physics2D.OverlapBox(feetCollider.bounds.center, feetCollider.bounds.size, 0f, groundLayer);
    }

    private void Flip()
    {
        if (isFacingRight && horizontal < 0f || !isFacingRight && horizontal > 0f)
        {
            isFacingRight = !isFacingRight;
            Vector3 localScale = transform.localScale;
            localScale.x *= -1f;
            transform.localScale = localScale;
        }
    }
}

[slender nymph]

your overlapbox is probably too wide

[smoky granite]

how can i do that

[rich adder]

Download the plugin, call DoScale

[smoky granite]

hold the phone

i think i might've done it

[smoky granite]

where can i get that i didnt do itr

[rich adder]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/animation/dotween-hotween-v2-27676
https://dotween.demigiant.com/documentation.php
https://dotween.demigiant.com/examples.php

[sullen jetty]

How do I change the size?

[slender nymph]

notice how the size of the box is determined by the size of the collider assigned to feetCollider

[vague dirge]

Quick question, I have a Quaternion.AngleAxis(targetAngle, Vector3.up), and when I do that the rotation of my transform clips between 90,180 on Y axis, but I debugged the thing the Quaternion is constant and targetAngle too. Why the rotation is changed then ?

QuaternionA*QuaternionA = QuaternionA right ?

[rose imp]

No experience at all with coding or anything, but having a great time. I was wondering, if I download a system in the asset store, can I put any asset into it? for instance could I download a racing system, and then attach it to a car asset in the store?

[timber tide]

easier said then done

[eternal needle]

if the racing system was made well, sure. otherwise you might have to jump through hoops to make it work

[north kiln]

QuaternionA*QuaternionA = QuaternionA ... no?

if they're both the identity, sure 😛

[vague dirge]

Oh

[vague dirge]

And is there a way to do so even if they arent ?

[north kiln]

I don't know what you're asking; but don't expect something from euler angles, they're derived from the quaternion, as long as the output rotation is what makes sense the values of the euler angles can be whatever combo makes up that orientation

[vague dirge]

Yeah right 💀 (btw this site is amazing)

[north kiln]

Thanks 👍

[eternal needle]

to do what?

[rose imp]

Another beginner question, when learning how to use unity, would you reccomend trying to learn by downloading premade systems and then tinkering around with them? or starting super simple with something I write by myself to learn the basics?

[vague dirge]

I started with Brackey's introduction for C# then character movement tutorials, it worked (is working ?) great for me

[eternal needle]

if you wanna learn, then yes learn the basics with c#. premade assets will be a pain if it doesnt do exactly what you need because you wont know how to fix it

also Brackeys is known to be pretty bad, i wouldnt recommend

start c# outside of unity

[vague dirge]

When I move I multiply my character's rotation by a quaternion, but it clips at each frame enven if the quaternion is constant. Therefore I guess it's safer to set it instead of declaring it, and doing a little math here and there ?

[rose imp]

thanks a bunch, I will look into

[rose imp]

thank you, I will look into learning C#

[eternal needle]

i think you are a bit confused on the terms and its really hard to understand what the issue is or what you are asking tbh

[vague dirge]

Before Brackeys I learned the very basis on Codecademy, a free site to learn whatever programming language you want @rose imp , with exercises and an online terminal, you can try it it can be useful

[vague dirge]

Yeah it's a common issue of mine sorry. But I have right now an hypothesis that I wanna try, if I don't succeed I'll reask my question, thanks for helping

[timber tide]

what do you mean by clipping? Gimbal locked?

[rose imp]

thank you, just looked into it, do I only need to focus on C# for now?

[vague dirge]

If you want to use Unity, I guess so ? That's what I personnaly planned, I learned other languages since but for non Unity related purposes

[vague dirge]

The most important is understanding algorithmic and logic (fancy worlds to mean knowing how to "think" like a computer, with variables and statements). The rest is only syntax that you learn quickly (at least in my opinion).

[vague dirge]

I have transform.rotation = transform.rotation*Quaternion.AngleAxis(targetAngle, Vector3.up);/Debug.Log(Quaternion.AngleAxis(targetAngle, Vector3.up));, targetAngle is constant

[timber tide]

maybe try not rotating by 90 on the y every frame

[polar ermine]

How to make player invisible behind objects in unity 2D rpg with urp? Without urp i was able to make it by changeing project settings but in urp it isnt possible

[vague dirge]

That's what I want to avoid

[timber tide]

like topdown 2D?

[timber tide]

yeah, it's in project settings somewhere. You're looking for transparent sorting axis and you want to sort by the y

and after that you need to go into the sprite editor and move the pivot points to their feet and then on all sprite renderers you need to sort by pivot point

[polar ermine]

There is no settings that have transparent in name and i got info that some settings are hidden Becouse of urp

[full imp]

Hey, does anyone know how I can make a gameobject inactive through the network in photon pun? It seems like I can't do what I have here

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (isFalling && PV.IsMine)
        {
            isOnGround = true;
            isFalling = false;
        }

        if (collision.transform.tag == "Item")
        {
            PV.RPC("EquipItem", RpcTarget.All, collision.transform.name);
        }
    }

    [PunRPC]
    void EquipItem(GameObject item)
    {
        item.SetActive(false);
    }```

[teal viper]

You can't pass references over the network. The referenced object only exists on the client that calls the rpc.

[full imp]

So I assume that would be the player that hits the object?

[timber tide]

Ah, it would be part of the rendering asset then if it's not in graphics

[teal viper]

No. You simply can't send references. If you did it would just arive as a long number that doesn't make sense to the other clients. You'd use whatever your networking framework uses to identify objects over the network.
Also, it's a question for #archived-networking
Also, I'd recommend not diving into networking as a beginner.

[full imp]

Oh right - I'll see if I can find any guides to networking

[teal viper]

And he does exactly what I recommend against...

[polar ermine]

Mg i finally found it thx Man

[vast ruin]

I think I broke something but I'm absolutely not sure why - I'm following https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmGSEH7QcDg from Code Monkey and after the movement refactor, the "walk" animation is no longer triggering.
The animation is setup correctly afaict, based on the boolean
The boolean IS being updated, the log shows the isWalking boolean being updated when I move, but the animation screen just stays on Idle...
Here's the Player.cs

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

public class Player : MonoBehaviour {

    [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed = 7f;
    [SerializeField] private GameInput gameInput;

    private bool isWalking;

    private void Update() {
        Vector2 inputVector = gameInput.GetMovementVectorNormalized();
        Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(inputVector.x, 0f, inputVector.y);
        transform.position += moveDir * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

        isWalking = moveDir != Vector3.zero;
        Debug.Log(isWalking); // This updates correctly in the Console
        float rotateSpeed = 20f;
        transform.forward = Vector3.Slerp(transform.forward, moveDir, Time.deltaTime * rotateSpeed);
    }

    public bool IsWalking() {
        Debug.Log("Checking if is walking?" + isWalking); // This never prints, if that's important
        return isWalking;
    }
}

[carmine sierra]

is anyone able to help me in dms? The issue isn't too complicated

just because I need to send parts of two different codes and give a tiny bit of context

[rich adder]

Make a thread and link to it with the main question

[cosmic dagger]

That's like any other question. Just post in here or create a thread. No DMs allowed . . .

[carmine sierra]

Slingshot game help

will someone close the thread

I can't do it rn

so I want to come back to it tmrw

[fleet granite]

is there a way so that when i change the size of a boxcollider2d it doesn't resize via the center

like as if i was manually dragging it

[cosmic dagger]

Not that I recall; you have to move it if you resize it . . .

[vast ruin]

oh god, C# has a way to define output params inside the function's input params. my brain just melted >.<

[fleet granite]

alright

[night mural]

you can put it in a parent and offset it so that its pivot is in a corner and the scale the parent which will have the effect of scaling the collider object from that corner

[craggy oxide]

should Coroutines be the go-to for creating cooldowns/countdowns or is there an equally efficient way of doing it in a normal method

[cosmic dagger]

It's one way to do it. Coroutines, timers, or async, take your pick . . .

Use what works until you come across a problem that needs a different solution . . .

[night mural]

i always felt like a simple timer is much less confusing and easier to debug/keep track of

with dotween existing i'm not sure what i'd ever use a coroutine for actually

[hybrid gust]

Any ideas as to why this List<Vector2> is refuses to actually be set? 'allPlacementGridPointsInScreenSpace' is a private field that nothing else is writing over or setting to null. I'm super confused.

Debug.Log() outputs both counts as 152 aswell

[night mural]

so everything works but it's not showing up in the inspector?

[hybrid gust]

Must be an editor thing

yea

[night mural]

are you sure you have the instance selected and not, like the prefab or something?

[hybrid gust]

I'm looking at the prefab not the actual game

thx

Been staring at this too long clearly

[minor patio]

lawdy

[night mural]

that's a classic

[hybrid gust]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who's done this then 😭 😂

Thought I was losing my mind

been working in OnValidate() so long that thought never even crossed my mind

[minor patio]

I have a conditional if statement that increments a score using points from a pool; problem is, if the pool has enough points the if statement is true for multiple increments. How to put a (brake) on the code jumping a score of (example) 4 to a score of 6 and instead correctly increment to 5?

[hybrid gust]

reset the pool to zero after adding it, no?

[minor patio]

no
pool gets set to (pool - incrementing cost)

[hybrid gust]

Code snippet?

[minor patio]

https://i.imgur.com/YTeAhtH.png

I'm not sure I should even be using an if statement for this process, because of the limitation described

[night mural]

so you want to do something when they cross a particular threshold, but only once when they initially cross it? it would be easier if you describe what you actually want instead of the code which doesn't work

[hybrid gust]

Yeah I'm lost too

[night mural]

i feel like the way it works now is kind of how i'd expect it too, like if earning 10 points gets me 1 ambition and i earn 20 points, i should get 2 ambition right?

[rocky canyon]

u could always add some extra checks in there.. like if its over ur increment value you deduct just once then run the code again w/ the remainder, unless im confused too

[minor patio]

each Feature has + & - buttons to increase their score from a pool of available points (rep.featureXP); I'm looking to place a limit on the number of score increments per button press to 1. The points earned are the pool from which 8 different scores can be raised

[minor patio]

sort-of what I'm aiming at, yeah

[rocky canyon]

why does it get triggered twice?

same kinda logic goes behind reloading a magazine and having x amount of bullets added back into ur remaining ammo pool

[minor patio]

the if statement is true multiple times with the pool points a character starts off with

[teal viper]

The question is why is it called multiple times on one button press.

[minor patio]

but reversed, code-wise

[rocky canyon]

cant be that hard to change up the logic within the if to know if it should run only once or call itself again, after removing what was spent

[minor patio]

because I'm using a conditional if

[teal viper]

That's not how ifs work

They don't loop code

[minor patio]

the points in the pool are exceeding the cost of raising a score twice

[night mural]

(is this running in update)

[rocky canyon]

has to be right?

[minor patio]

in some circumstances

[teal viper]

There seem to be some huge misunderstanding and lack of proper info sharing surrounding the issue.

[night mural]

if you only run it on button press, it will only run when they press the button

one time per press

[minor patio]

yeah

[night mural]

welltheresyourproblem

[teal viper]

Ok, maybe should start from pointing that out then.

[rocky canyon]

ur button logic should handle that, it should only fire once (and the method called from it)

then if theres leftover stuff it merits a 2nd button press

[teal viper]

The solution is simple: don't call it in update, or make a mechanism that limits it to being called once after each button press.

[minor patio]

wait - the display is run through an update, the code I have is just running off the button I've attached code to

[minor patio]

I'm trying to find said mechanism

[teal viper]

If you need help with that you'd need to share more context/code.

[teal viper]

Then it shouldn't be called more than once and you don't need any mechanism to prevent it.

Maybe confirm what your code does first, because it seems like even you don't have a full grasp on it.😅

In either case, sharing more details is gonna help.

[rocky canyon]

wheres the button code..

show that

[minor patio]

that's what I thought, but an if is true if an if is true
or at least, it is in how I've coded it

[teal viper]

The if is really unrelated here... Unless you share more details(debug results, inspector setup, code) there's not much we can help you with.

[minor patio]

sorry
the way I'm looking at it the if is the whole problem

but thanks for the input

[cosmic dagger]

Smth smells . . .

[teal viper]

Well, it's not from our perspective. So unless you share more details, any further conversation is pointless.

[cosmic dagger]

Press a button, execute a method. That's it. Create an empty method with a log. Attach it to the button (remove your current method). Press the button and see how many times to log appears from the console . . .

[minor patio]

sorry, I gotta split
Next caller XD

[cosmic dagger]

Sus . . .

[sour dome]

Does anyone know what this means? generator = (AbstractDungeonGenerator)target; I'm trying to learn what is being assigned to generator. The paranthesis + target is a bit new for me, I'm not sure what to search for to learn more about this subject.

[teal viper]

It's casting the target objects to AbstractDungeonGenerator

Look up type casting in C#.

[sour dome]

so target in this case is...not defined anywhere?

[teal viper]

Nevermind that

It's defined right there in your script

Or rather declared I guess.

[sour dome]

but that means... generator = generator?

[teal viper]

The real type is defined somewhere else. Depends on where it is passed in from.

[sour dome]

this was taken from a youtube tutorial for procedural dungeon generator so I'm just trying to understand what he's doing here

[teal viper]

It assigns a reference. It is null initially.

[sour dome]

right, so line 10 initialize it but it's null, then line 12 assigns a reference to itself?

[teal viper]

generator is null initially. Then they assign it in awake

[teal viper]

No.

F12 while your cursor is over the target variable and it would take you wherever it's defined.

[sour dome]

gotcha, public UnityEngine.Object target

[teal viper]

That message was a mistake after all. I confused target with generator.

[sour fulcrum]

Trying to read up on it online but seems somewhat niche

Am i correct in that tags in unity are hardcoded into a project when you built it and you can't assign new tags to objects at runtime unless their on that built manifest of tags?

[teal viper]

Must be defined in Editor

[sour dome]

yup, thanks for the f12 tip!