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[wind raptor]

[SerializeField] bool* someBooleanCallback;
[SerializeField] void* someVoidCallback:

void Update(){
  if(something) someVoidCallback();
}

I know this isn't the right syntax, but what terms should I be looking for to accomplish this?

[buoyant knot]

the direct answer to your question, is it depends… on the units of what you have

[queen adder]

bool * ?

This is not C or C++

[short hazel]

mmm pointers

[buoyant knot]

serialize a pointer lol

[wind raptor]

I know, wrong syntax, but that's the concept I'm trying to accomplish

[timber comet]

void *?

[queen adder]

No bro lmao

[rocky canyon]

public UnityEvent onCustomState1;

[queen adder]

Just do the type and youll get ur reference

[buoyant knot]

that way, the bool* can point to a memory address on my computer, I build, someone opens it on their switch, and then it accesses the memory of the same address and seg faults

[grim raft]

Ok, so when I'm applying forces to an object in general I do not need to multiply the forces bt Time.deltatime (?)

[buoyant knot]

look at the units

[short hazel]

If you want to expose an event that you can set in the Inspector, then use UnityEvent. If you need it to take a parameter, then use the generic version, UnityEvent<T>: UnityEvent<bool>, UnityEvent<GameObject>, etc.

[summer stump]

Also look at the docs for the method you use

[rocky canyon]

you could use unity events.. or u can reference the scripts u need to call methods from on the Controller script

otherScript.DoSomething();

ur switch statement could call w/e

at this point im confused on how ur project is set up.. lol

[queen adder]

Just derive from UISelectable

U wont need a reference to a button them

[rocky canyon]

but what if he wants to disable the button at anytime.. that script would have to be on the button itself

[queen adder]

Selectable = false

He doesnt have to disable the script to turn of the button

[rocky canyon]

ah thats true

[queen adder]

I believe hes left

[wind raptor]

Sorry, no still here

[rocky canyon]

to get ready to publish i bet ;D

[queen adder]

But if he comes back just look into UISelectable

Oh sorry

[rocky canyon]

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class ButtonController : Selectable
{
    private enum ButtonState
    {
        Unpressed,
        Pressed,
        Latched,
    }

    private ButtonState currentState = ButtonState.Unpressed;

    protected override void Start()
    {
        base.Start();
        onClick.AddListener(OnButtonClick);
    }

    private void OnButtonClick()
    {
        PressButton();
    }

    public void PressButton()
    {
        currentState = ButtonState.Pressed;
        PerformAction();
    }

      ....etc

[wind raptor]

As soon as I get the multiplayer and inventory system then yeah you betcha

[buoyant knot]

when adding force, the force you add has units of force (Newtons are mass * length / time ^2)

if the formula you write when adding force does not have those units, what will happen is that you will tune the numbers until they look like they work right, and then later in development when numbers change, everything will break again. Because the formula (with wrong units) is wrong

[buoyant knot]

this applies to any physics code you write. It MUST obey units, or the result is guaranteed to be incorrect

if you write:
rb.velocity = transform.position - secondTransform.position;
i just wrote meters to speed, but speed is m/s. This will be wrong

[grim raft]

Yeah the fromulas that I wrote are right (or at least they are what I remind from my school studies hahah)

[wind raptor]

Alright yeah, UnityEvents are definitely what I was after, but I will do some looking at the Selectable class.

[rocky canyon]

👍

[buoyant knot]

and just looking at youtubers who say “you need to multiply by delta time for it to be consistent” is bullshit, because that is not how it works

[rocky canyon]

UnityEvents are awesome/ lazy 😛 j/k

[wind raptor]

If it were up to me I'd do it all in code, but I'm trying to make it convenient for the other guy to work on a UI. Thanks for all your help!

[grim raft]

I just can't really understand at 100% how do Update differ from FixedUpdate and in which cases I should use Time.deltaTime or Time.fixedDeltaTime

[wind raptor]

And thanks @queen adder whoever else

[queen adder]

The Selectable class enables u to use UnityEvents

The Selectable class just lets u make a Button but with extra logic

[rocky canyon]

rb.velocity = velocity;```

[queen adder]

Well really ANY class can use UnityEvents

[buoyant knot]

Unity runs one FixedUpdate frame every fixedDeltaTime. You might get several Update frames in between. The physics system only performs simulations on fixed frames

so you can be running at 500 FPS vs 60 FPS, and still maintain 30 fixed frames per second

[rocky canyon]

if u set a RB velocity in update tho it'll wait until the next fixed update before it actually impacts the RB

[buoyant knot]

at 500 FPS, you call Update 500 times, and FixedUpdate 60 times.
At 100 FPS, you call Update 100 times, and FixedUpdate 60 times

per second

[grim raft]

Is it ok to perfrorm some math like this in FixedUpdate?

[polar acorn]

50 times* per second. Fixed Timescale is 0.02 by default.

[buoyant knot]

right. depend on settings

[rocky canyon]

nuh uh

[buoyant knot]

point being, fixedupdate is on a fixed schedule

Update is not. And you can sometimes get a lot of Update calls between physics simulation steps, and sometimes not so many Update calls

[rocky canyon]

well if ur rigidbody is respecting phyiscs.. then sure.. u run u calculations and then send it over to the rigidbody.. all will happen within the same frame

[grim raft]

Thank you all for your help✌️

[rocky canyon]

it is calculations for the physics after all

[buoyant knot]

as a general rule, you should only touch rigidbody fields/parameters with setters in Update (or non fixed update frames) IF you are initializing (or related non-physics movement)

[grim raft]

Does anyone also know something about this?

[lost anvil]

I finally got the door working but my script to play a random sound of 4 when moved isnt working?

https://gdl.space/sudofomizu.cs

[rocky canyon]

might be somehting to do with this

[lost anvil]

well yeah but i dont know what that is

[rocky canyon]

scripts dont run like they should when they're popping Null errors all thetime

[buoyant knot]

so you should not be modifying rb.velocity or rb.position, or calling rb.AddForce or rb.MovePosition in Update

[buoyant knot]

that doesn’t make the problem go away

[rocky canyon]

it means somethings not assigned correctly.. its trying to access a script u havent told where it is

[buoyant knot]

if you get a null reference exception, usually everything in the game is about to break

[rocky canyon]

script go bRrrrrrrrrrr

[buoyant knot]

because you’re usually breaking out of a lot

[polar acorn]

Something on that line is null but you're trying to use it anyway

[buoyant knot]

like cutting off the program halfway through a frame

double click on the error, and it will take you to the problematic line of code

it also tells you that the error is on line 43 of that file

[rocky canyon]

hinge;

where do u assign hinge

ohh i see it nvm

[wind raptor]

Okay, so another basic question regarding how events work...

  Button button = GetComponent<Button>();
  void doThingWhenPointerDown(){ }
  //make button.OnPointerDown cause doThingWhenPointerDown()

What's the syntax there?

[lost anvil]

its line 69 now

doorSound.PlayOneShot(doorClips[Random.Range(0, 4)]);

[buoyant knot]

then you best figure out why doorSound or doorClips of that index are null

[rocky canyon]

    Button button;

    void Start()
    {
        button = GetComponent<Button>();
        button.OnPointerDown.AddListener(doThingWhenPointerDown);
    }```

[buoyant knot]

you need to call button.OnClick.AddListener(

[queen adder]

Wdym?

[grim raft]

Are also raycasts called every physics frame?

[wind raptor]

Sweet, thank ye

[queen adder]

Oh i was so confused

Thats redundant tho

[rocky canyon]

if they are in the update yea

[queen adder]

Why not just put the method via the inspector

[summer stump]

They are called every time you call them

Might be every frame if it's in update

[buoyant knot]

the only physics unity will do for you is Physics.Simulate. If you are raycasting in Update, it is because you put it there

[rocky canyon]

unless they're wrapped in an input or something void Update()

        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {
            Raycast();
        }

[wind raptor]

That method in particular is just related to visual stuff only effecting the button. So I don't necessarily want it in the inspector.

[buoyant knot]

the computer will not ask questions if you raycast in update, but we will judge you

[rocky canyon]

lmao

hides code

[grim raft]

I'm creating a car and I'm actually setting the wheels positions using raycasts

[rocky canyon]

cool. i do that for suspension

[timber comet]

Is it acceptable if I put it behind an input?

[rocky canyon]

sure

see it all the time

[grim raft]

I noticed that using raycasts in Update() works fine for setting that positions

[queen adder]

Ppl use Raycast In Update All the Time?

[grim raft]

But it's "slow" if i use raycasts in FixedUpdate

[rocky canyon]

for Inputs yea

[buoyant knot]

wdym input

[rocky canyon]

like when u click mouse -> raycast into the scene -> get position

[queen adder]

Ppl use Raycast for other stuff to

[rich adder]

not only. I use it for checking slopes, climb mechanic etc

[buoyant knot]

in general, if you are using old input system, you want to store logs of input in Update, and then action on physics queries linked to them in fixed update

[queen adder]

I cannot remember the effing name

[ashen wind]

how do you change the render order of ui elements?

[queen adder]

Stealth Games

[timber comet]

Like(Input.ButtonDown(“E”)

[rocky canyon]

sorting order

[rich adder]

hierarchy

[timber comet]

Something like this, I don’t have unity in hands rn

[ashen wind]

i mean how to do it from script

[rich adder]

switch the child order

[eternal needle]

If the rest of the object is moving in update, itll definitely look like the wheels are off too

[ashen wind]

you can switch the child order in code?

[rich adder]

ofc

[buoyant knot]

if you use the new inputsystem, you invoke a function, I’ll normally store input variables there, to then do stuff based on input variables in fixed update

[ashen wind]

setsiblingindex?

[rich adder]

yup

[ashen wind]

sweet

[buoyant knot]

but i would rather do any sort of casting in fixed frames only

[rocky canyon]

the way i learned quickly is.. whatever u do in the editor with ur mouse.. u can probably also do in code

[buoyant knot]

casting in Update is bad juju, because you are querying while things could be changing leading up to a physics sim step

[short hazel]

There's absolutely nothing wrong in using Raycast in Update, because the result is instantaneous.

[buoyant knot]

you usually only run physics queries for physics reasons

[rocky canyon]

how would u split it up? or would u just get ur input in fixed? and then cast.. but then u might miss the click?

[eternal needle]

Especially if you're checking for the floor.. it doesnt matter because the floor doesnt move

[grim raft]

I'm actually applying forces only in FixedUpdates

[queen adder]

Raycast arent that slow

[rocky canyon]

thought so

[eternal needle]

I think you've developed a misconception that EVERYTHING physics related must be done in fixed update. This really isnt the case

[buoyant knot]

In old input system, Update checks inputs, stores some bools/floats/etc to log what is going on. Then in fixed update, you actually do physics

[eternal needle]

It would look like shit if an object moved in update while the wheels move in fixed update

[short hazel]

Where it causes issues is when stuff is applied over a few frames, like an AddForce call. If the framerate is inconsistent, the applied force smoothed over a few frames will appear inconsistent. But not for one call, an instant velocity change, or a physics cast

[rocky canyon]

ohh thats tedious

ill keep casting in update 😈

[ashen wind]

god bless the person who thought to code the SetAsLastSibling function

[timber comet]

In the newest one you need to create a method for that (not necessarily)

[timber comet]

And you can use your logic there

[rocky canyon]

wtf is creating a void ?

[buoyant knot]

every time I try casting in update, I get the “old info” problem, where the timing in frame doesn’t match what is going on with the rbs

[queen adder]

I think he means a void Function

[rich adder]

man if he created a void we'd all get sucked in

[timber comet]

Yes

[rocky canyon]

how fast is your shit moving 👀

[buoyant knot]

because you can be moving rbs within fixedupdate

[summer stump]

Just say create a method

[rocky canyon]

i know.. just a bit of trolling

[summer stump]

And yeah, new input can be callback driven

[buoyant knot]

i try to move things very precisely, and I have a custom physics engine, so if I’m slightly off, it’s a big deal

[rocky canyon]

i gotta learn the new input system (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[queen adder]

Its not hard

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.8/manual/Migration.html

[rocky canyon]

its sooo much stuff in the editor

i feel overwhelmed

[queen adder]

Ur a pretty good coder Spawn so youll prolly learn it pretty ez

[buoyant knot]

if you fuck up slightly with a dynamic rb using box2D, unity will automatically depenetrate you before it does anything

[short hazel]

Method. void is the return type.
What do you call this:

int GetNumber() { return 42; }

An "int"?

[rich adder]

its 1 component lmao

[rocky canyon]

lol sure thats what it is ;D

[rocky canyon]

ya, but theres like a million settings.. like if i want mouse input theres like 5 different ways to send it

[eternal needle]

A void int

[timber comet]

Honestly it’s really good, for setting up controllers and stuff, but it’s more complicated than the old (personally)

[buoyant knot]

this happened to me a lot before I made my custom physics engine, where Unity’s box2D usage would fix a lot of my sloppiness

[queen adder]

It is way more complicated

[rich adder]

yeah options are nice 😈

[queen adder]

And honestly the API is not that great

Trying to set up KeyBinds at runtime is fucking annoying

[timber comet]

I know how is it called, I wrote “void” just to be quick

[rocky canyon]

okay.. okay.. my next prototype ill use it

promise

[buoyant knot]

new input system is more complex, but it is so much better, because you can tie functions to events for specific inputs

[rocky canyon]

ya its hella expandable

[timber comet]

Never again

[rocky canyon]

method is 2 letters more

[timber comet]

I’m That lazy

[rich adder]

in new Input system You can do polling too if you're used to that

[buoyant knot]

instead of checking “iS tHiS buToN dOwN nOw?” every goddamn frame, in every script that responds to input, like a buffoon

that pisses me off so much

[rich adder]

if(Keyboard.current.qkey.WasPressedThisFrame)

[rocky canyon]

thats the way id end up using it.. Current.Keyboard...

[timber comet]

That only checks the keyboard tho

[queen adder]

Honestly i like using UnityEvents the new input system

[rocky canyon]

yea, that..

[timber comet]

Not if you press from any other input device

[rich adder]

you can also use Device.

iirc

I just use the Messages though so its no problem

[rocky canyon]

true.. but im not developing for controllers..

[queen adder]

Its really intuitive you just write a function and it gets called

[rocky canyon]

KBMR!

[short hazel]

I'm gonna be that guy, but you called them "void" 6 times, "method" or "function" only once...

[queen adder]

No Update no references

[short hazel]

So yeah nice excuses my man

[queen adder]

Just call a function when the key is pressed

[buoyant knot]

my issue is that the new input system would benefit from more documentation/help. going through youtube guides is necessary, and also makes the process way hardee than it needs to be

[rich adder]

yes events are great

[timber comet]

Did you really checked all my messages 😂

[rocky canyon]

#🖱️┃input-system needs a little more activity imo

[rich adder]

we need more people who are experienced with it chill there 😈

[timber comet]

Ok then I admit it, I did not know how a void was called

[buoyant knot]

inputsystem is just better than input

[buoyant knot]

am experienced, but am not chill

[queen adder]

It comes with its own complexity tho

[short hazel]

There weren't many matches lol, plus it displays a count at the top of the results page

[rocky canyon]

needs to go in for an alignment

[grim raft]

I solved it by using the raycast in Update instead of FixedUpdate

[rocky canyon]

aye, nice.. as long as it works.. it works

[queen adder]

Lmao

[timber comet]

You won, honestly I cannot say anything

[rocky canyon]

https://learn.unity.com/project/using-the-input-system-in-unity
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7/manual/index.html

since its being talked about..

[summer stump]

It's called a return type

[short hazel]

Paradoxical type, void is a return type, that indicates no return value

Describes something that doesn't exist

[queen adder]

Bro it was a simple mistake lmao

[short hazel]

Yeah?

[queen adder]

Why are yall going off on him

[short hazel]

I'm not

[rancid tinsel]

any idea what this means and what I should do?

[timber comet]

He is the programmer grammatical police

[rocky canyon]

it'll definately be burnt into his memory

😄

[queen adder]

For sure lmao

[rocky canyon]

we're doing a service

then he can be grammar police w/ us

[buoyant knot]

void isn’t a return type. it is a keyword for “nothing”

[frigid sequoia]

Shouldn't this work?

[rocky canyon]

seems ur branches have diverged

[buoyant knot]

arrays cannot .Add

[short hazel]

Just wait until I see someone naming something incorrectly regarding the C# naming conventions lmao

[rancid tinsel]

what does that mean?

[timber comet]

lol

[rocky canyon]

no clue

[buoyant knot]

we had someone earlier with lowercase function names. go get’em!

[frigid sequoia]

Then.... what?

[timber comet]

Did u set your git to unity?

[frigid sequoia]

I am really confused

[short hazel]

Using Java naming in C# is a clear violation of the Geneva convention

[buoyant knot]

that is the Array class

Array is a class in System

arrays are not Array

[rancid tinsel]

no, you only need to do it in VS

and it's been working fine until today

[short hazel]

You can use Array like that? Hang on what

[queen adder]

Array.Add is real ????

[short hazel]

No you can't

[rocky canyon]

https://medium.com/@rajlaxmii/git-error-you-have-divergent-branches-and-need-to-specify-how-to-reconcile-them-75e97bd8abd2

[buoyant knot]

it sounds like one of the dumbest ways to use an array tbh

[frigid sequoia]

Then how do I "add"?

[timber comet]

Wait what, wasn’t arrays like static. You cannot change its length on runtime?

[slender nymph]

this is unity's Array class. and according to the documentation is only available in javascript
https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Array.html

The Array class is only available in Javascript.

[rocky canyon]

use a List<>

[buoyant knot]

you are looking for a List

the whole point of an array is that its length does not change

[short hazel]

Yeah that explains it. System.Array is abstract, you cannot do new Array() without it getting angry at your face

[frigid sequoia]

Then I have to change these to Lists?

[buoyant knot]

you cannot change the length of an array. that requires you to make a whole new array

[rocky canyon]

you should use lists yes

if u plan to add and remove

if u need a fixed length list then use an Array

[queen adder]

Lists are better for games in general IMO the performance cost is worth it

[timber comet]

Do List<Material> material = new List<Material>;

[rocky canyon]

i always use lists for some reason

[buoyant knot]

the whole point of a List is that you can .Add and .Remove entries.

Lists have other features, but the main feature is .Add and .Remove (RemoveAt)

[timber comet]

Same

[frigid sequoia]

Can I add a LIst to the materials? I though it only accepted arrays

[rocky canyon]

Material ***

[static bay]

You'll quickly learn that Arrays are a bit cumbersome to use, and that Lists are the goto collection for most tasks.

[rocky canyon]

ohh u named it material.. mb

u got the type right.. im blind

[timber comet]

This time I didn’t even made an error 😭

[rocky canyon]

i know right.. 😅 sorry

[buoyant knot]

List<Material> material = new List<Material>();

forgot ()

[rocky canyon]

@rancid tinsel is that helpful?

[short hazel]

Pointer to pointer to pointer to Material

[timber comet]

Kinda sad they removed js support, but C# is 100% better

[rocky canyon]

nah fk js

and fk boo

and monoscript

[buoyant knot]

row row fight the power

[timber comet]

Monoscript?

[rocky canyon]

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

oh wait im thinking of something else i think

[frigid sequoia]

Also, arrays aren't ordered rigth?

[rocky canyon]

it was that language that they used that was based off JS i thik

UnityScript 🤦‍♂️

[rancid tinsel]

i decided to just merge it and it seems to be fine

thanks

[rocky canyon]

np 👍

[timber comet]

Do you know what’s an assembly definition? I saw it in unity’s microgames

[buoyant knot]

what does ordered even mean?

[rocky canyon]

ofc they're ordered

[buoyant knot]

you just put things jnto different indices

[rocky canyon]

0,1,2,3,4... etc

[buoyant knot]

that isn’t an order. it’s an index

[rocky canyon]

to me is a vague thing.. but its basically a group of scripts and all that is its own DLL after u build..

[buoyant knot]

because the array is just a pointer, and an index takes you straight to a spot in memory

[rocky canyon]

when Unity recompiles.. it recompiles each assembly def

[queen adder]

Not true

[rocky canyon]

so if u use multiples u can keep it from compiling ALL ur code

[frigid sequoia]

Like this then?

[queen adder]

It will actually only changes the ones that have been modified

[buoyant knot]

unity only recompiles assemblies that changed, or assemblies that depend on ones that changed

that’s half of the point of using assemblies

[timber comet]

So basically make compiling faster?

[rocky canyon]

ya that ^

and organization

[queen adder]

Yes

But keeping up with namespaces can be annoyin

[buoyant knot]

the other half of why you want assemblies is to break shit up, and especially to use the internal keyword

[queen adder]

You can get namespace conflicts super easily

[rocky canyon]

just dont worry about assemblys just yet

[buoyant knot]

if you don’t use assemblies, internal might as well be public

[rocky canyon]

in the future u may want to go back and learn em/ use em

[timber comet]

Thanks for the help

[buoyant knot]

you can wait until a lot later tbh

[timber comet]

I completed a few months ago junior developer pathway, just wanted to learn more about unity before starting some real projects

[buoyant knot]

part of an assembly is how dependencies work

[short depot]

hello is there a support channel here?

[slender nymph]

!support

[eternal falcon]

Where can I get help?

Take a look at #🔎┃find-a-channel

:warning: This is not a channel for official support.

Please do not ping admins, moderators, or staff with Unity issues.

[timber comet]

This is about scripting support +-

[buoyant knot]

if I have Class A which depends on Class B, and B also depends on A, then they MUST go into the same sssembly

[short depot]

ty

[buoyant knot]

and if this becomes a more complex web, then you will quickly find yourself with one gigantic assembly anyway

[timber comet]

Isn’t it polyphormism?

[buoyant knot]

no

if in my file for Class A, there is any reference at all to the existence of class B, and visa versa, then they must be in the same assembly

point being, don’t worry about assemblies, and writing code that satisfied requirements for assemblies until you get way deeper in.

[timber comet]

So, I need to use it on bigger projects, where if I don’t do that, I would lose loads of time compiling the whole thing?

[buoyant knot]

only if the project gets really big

[timber comet]

K tysm

[buoyant knot]

i’ve been working on a project for 6 months. Still one major assembly. recompile is still like 5-10 seconds

i broke up a couple of smaller things into a separate assembly, and also my editor code into a separate editor assembly. Still mostly the same

[hybrid gust]

If I want to control the flow orf a minigame, darts for example. Would using something like a FSM be the way to go? I feel like it would be, but I felt like I should ask just to make sure there isn't a simpler / better way to go about it

[shell sorrel]

i never really found splitting asmdefs to really help compile times

i just do it for organizational purposes and limiting scopes, also unit testing

[queen adder]

Tbh same

Unity is just slow in general lmao

[shell sorrel]

on a bigish project, it starts compiling when i hit save, generally done or close to when i swap to unity

[rocky canyon]

all engines get slow while u build up the project

[queen adder]

Unity is slow from the start

[shell sorrel]

its faster then C++ compiles for unreal

[queen adder]

Godot compiles much faster from my experience

[shell sorrel]

defiently faster then any in house engine i used

have found the faster your storage the better

[static bay]

Do you have one of those Hot Reloaders?

Game changing shit.

[queen adder]

Oh yeah hot reloaders are pretty cool

I should look into that

[shell sorrel]

my old work machine was getting pretty horrible compile times, but it was a old iMac that still had a fusion drive, instead of pure ssd. new one is ultra fast

[queen adder]

Unreal engine hasnt been to bad from my experience with compile times either

[buoyant knot]

the biggest thing that slows me down is reloading domain tbh.

and I’d rather spend an extra 5 seconds each time, than deal with the risk that build does not match edittor because i did not reload domain’s static variables.

[shell sorrel]

what hardware are you on?

also a big upside i have is rider tells unity to start compiling on save, so i am not switching to unity then haveing it start

[violet rose]

rider's unity integrations have gotten so good

[queen adder]

The fact that some Third Party treats C# better than microsoft is very effing telling

[shell sorrel]

feel i get about 2 or 3 seconds on both of my machines, my mac is a M2 max 64gb ram

and my PC is a ryzen 9 7950x 64gb ram

[shell sorrel]

jetbrains is just really good at making tools

[hybrid gust]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[shell sorrel]

i use there Rust, Go, and C ides as well

[queen adder]

I took their Programming Course

And thats the only way i learned programming lmao. Granted it was Kotlin but the stuff they make in general is pretty good

[shell sorrel]

yeah not a fan of JVM, but that aside kotlin is a cool langauge

[queen adder]

If rider didnt have a fee i would use it

[shell sorrel]

have only used it sofar for making jetbrains plugins though

ah i just have the all products pack, think it costs me like $140 CAD per year

[vast vessel]

sooo i want to use git LFS with github desktop.
ive downloaded git LFS
ive installed git LFS
and ive added all the file types i need with git lfs track "*.extentionGoesHere".

so now, i have this already existing repository on github desktop that is fully local and nothing has been pushed yet.
so if i push to origin right now, will it use git LFS, or do i need to do any more configuration?

[shell sorrel]

good tools are worth the money, i spend 40 or more hours a week doing dev

[timber comet]

Is rider even worth the price? I know it has better compatibility and features, but is it really worth it

[queen adder]

It is yeah

It pretty much updates you about Editor Values and intergrates really well with the editor

Its one of those things where u once u have it you cant live without it

Its much better than VS

[shell sorrel]

so before rider existed, i was literally running a whole windows VM so i could run vs + resharper for unity ios dev

and pretty much once rider came out i never looked back, what i use on both os's now

now comment i will make, its a total ram hog

like you will want 32gb or more for doing unity stuff with rider

[hybrid gust]

I hate to be that guy, but can we move this convo to #1157336089242112090 or smth?

[queen adder]

Yeah sorry

[hybrid gust]

np, thanks 🙏

[timber comet]

Sorry

[hybrid gust]

Sall good

[orchid trout]

dumb question, why can't I name a method '1D' ? I assume because 1D has some kind of special meaning?

[hybrid gust]

Can't start things with number iirc

[orchid trout]

Ooh its the number tripping it? I see

[shell sorrel]

cant start with a number, just use OneD

[orchid trout]

Ah yeah D1 is just fine

[shell sorrel]

or prefix with something else

its just a parsing thing, starting with a number it thinks you are doing a literal

[hybrid gust]

Also @shell sorrel and @timber comet I should apologize, I just now saw that #1157336089242112090 is a thread channel, I didn't mean to suggest it to be an ass or anything

[orchid trout]

I was using it for a dice roller like
int result = D(20) + 5; (the method was just called 'D'

[timber comet]

Np man you are right anyway, this is a coding channel

[orchid trout]

hm I can make it XD(1, 20)
typing XD makes me feel dirty though

[shell sorrel]

hey no worries mate, topic is for programming help and we were flooding it

[rich adder]

_1D

[orchid trout]

Ah underscore that's acceptable

[queen adder]

Yeah mayo dont sweat it lol we understand

Ur not an ass

[vast vessel]

b u m p

[spark lantern]

Hello, I'm trying to make my character move like Sonic (that is, when he walks he starts slow and goes faster and faster, and when he stops he returns to his initial speed) The code works, he increases his speed etc, but it's supposed to that when you stop, your speed returns to the initial one, which does not happen

[timber comet]

Cause you never checked when you released the button

[queen adder]

He does With Input.GetKeyNone

[timber comet]

You need to to use: Input.GetKeyUp()

[vast vessel]

set velocity to 5 when you GetKeyUp(KeyCode.D)

[timber comet]

True

[queen adder]

Oh?

[spark lantern]

I had forgotten that, thank you very much.

thx

[timber comet]

Np

[polar acorn]

Pretty sure it's not actually possible to press the none key

[queen adder]

Yeah lmao im so dumb for that

[timber comet]

The reason behind that wasn’t totally wrong tho, if you press no key then…

[chrome veldt]

how do i uh, make 3d third person camera?
i was following a tutorial, but it got confusing mid way through

[polar acorn]

Yeah but how do you "press" no key

I can get checking GetKey, because "Are you currently pressing no key" at least makes a bit of sense

[slender nymph]

obligatory: use cinemachine

[polar acorn]

But how would you have pressed the none key this frame?

[timber comet]

You can use cinemachine for that, with no effort you can make a third person camera

[chrome veldt]

i saw it too, but how do i set it up?

[timber comet]

You are right

[slender nymph]

look at the documentation pinned in #🎥┃cinemachine to learn how to use it

[chrome veldt]

ok, thx

[sage slate]

see the First/Third Person Starter Assets from Unity in the Asset Store (free), very simple examples (terrible character controller though)

[frigid sequoia]

Can I use the destroy method to destroy just the script that is running it?

[timber comet]

Destroy(this);

[sage slate]

yes

[timber comet]

This is a reference to the script running that bit of code

[frigid sequoia]

Oka thxs, I just used Destroy(gameObject) up until now

[sage slate]

also fine if you have just this one script on it
i tend to make many game objects with only one script so it's easy to pick the right one in the hierarchy by naming the game object accordingly

[timber comet]

You can also use TryToGetComponent

[rich adder]

TryGetComponent

[zinc osprey]

Hi, can I flip the faces of an UI Image?

[frosty hound]

What faces?

[zinc osprey]

This is now facing the camera.

When I rotate it like this, it's now facing away.

[frosty hound]

Rotate it 180 on the y axis only?

Not sure why you're also rotating by 90 on the z

But if you want to flip something visually, you can set the x-scale to the negative value instead.

[zinc osprey]

to make it fit into the whites squares

[frosty hound]

Ok then I'm completely missing what you're asking.

[zinc osprey]

I don't know how to explain it without video, but changing the scale worked

Thanks

[calm hull]

why this name appears as (Clone)? The class is a child of a general class, could it be cause of that?

[night mural]

If you instantiate a prefab, unity appends (Clone) to the name of the instantiated prefab instance in the hierarchy.
Object.name (which you are using there) is the name you see in the hierarchy, so if you instantiate a prefab and then set the text to be its name, that's what you see

[calm hull]

how could i fix it?

[night mural]

fix what? it's not broken...set the text to be something else if you want it to be something else, or name the object when you instantiate and use that name

[calm hull]

yes, i want to only appear the name of Allie1, without the clone

[night mural]

you could also create your own DisplayName property intead and use that

[calm hull]

like a getName(){

[chrome veldt]

just the camera, thx

[rich adder]

public string Name

[ivory bobcat]

var instance = Instantiate(prefab);
instance.name = prefab.name;```

[calm hull]

perfect

thanks!

[dusky dirge]

Hey I'm new to unity and I need some advice

I'm making a game where you have a base, and then you can choose to explore in a randomly generated terrain, as you get either teleported to the terrain or it switches scenes

Would it be better to put the base and the randomly generated terrain in separate scenes or in the same one? My game is 3d.

If you need me to elaborate further lmk and I'll try my best

[calm hull]

how do you check the values of a variable while running the game? i know there was a thing to put in front of it but dont remember

[rich adder]

Break Points? Debug.Log?

[calm hull]

yea how can i debug log

[rich adder]

Debug.Log(someVariable)

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html

You can also view non-local variables inside the inspector

private ones can be seen with SerializeField or Debug mode in the inspector

[rich adder]

Same scene would provide a more seamless transition

[calm hull]

why red?

[empty dust]

should i write a new script for player combat or add it to my playermovement

[calm hull]

yea System.Diagnostic.Debug

[rich adder]

agh Debug.Log is a method.

also

You cannot use outside a method, ie where you declaring variables

[calm hull]

iu see

was that

i iused it out of a method

TY

[rich adder]

that will just log the object though

if you want to see your list in the inspector btw you can serialize that

make it public or [SerializeField] private 👈 better

[plain mural]

I'm trying to make a main menu but am having some trouble can someone help me?

[rich adder]

I personally keep those split up

easier to extend or debug stuff later on

[empty dust]

okidoke thank you

yeah lot less messy

[rich adder]

https://dontasktoask.com

[empty dust]

trouble how?

[plain mural]

Ok, well I am trying to get the play button of my Main Menu to go to the next scene but it doesn't really work whenever I build my project.

[rich adder]

maybe something is blocking the button?

does it work in editor

[plain mural]

No it doesn't work on Editor

Idk if there is anything blocking in the editor

[rich adder]

do you have an event system in the scene

[summer stump]

Do you have an Event System

[plain mural]

I put it in a Canvas

Oh, I added an Event System just now

[lost anvil]

I have 2 doors however the code i have written to open them affects both doors and im not sure why.

https://gdl.space/uviluduxov.cs

[plain mural]

What do I do with it?

[summer stump]

You just have to have it

[calm hull]

Why onClick() dont work? (its not adding to list)

[plain mural]

Ok I added an Event System but it's still not working

[rich adder]

is the hovering working?

[plain mural]

No, I don't see any hovering

[rich adder]

put Debug.Log inside make sure is working

[summer stump]

Do YOU have an event system? Lol

[summer stump]

Can you show a screenshot of it?

[calm hull]

its a Ui botton, do i need a event system?

[rich adder]

can you screenshot your button + hierarchy

[rich adder]

yea

[summer stump]

Event system is for UI events

Like buttons

[calm hull]

oh i thought with the OnClick was enough

[summer stump]

OnClick is an event

Events are usually named "On" something

[calm hull]

then i have a event oClick() yes

[summer stump]

You need the EventSystem component

To make the OnClick event work

[rich adder]

you didnt have to put on a button lol just root of scene was fine

[summer stump]

Make sure the Button is in front of "Background"

[rich adder]

it is it seems, lower on hierarchy = drawn last so they should be on top. Doesn't hurt to disable Raycast target on those though

Your highlight color is white...how could you tell it was hovering or not 🤔 @plain mural

[lost anvil]

^ still need help

[rich adder]

start debugging

[rich adder]

fyi event system goes at root of scene not on button

if you disabled a gameobject button the whole canvas breaks

[calm hull]

so i need to put the event outside of the botton?

how i put it on a scene

[plain mural]

Which one of these is the hovering button color?

Cuz when I try it again the color doesn't change

[rich adder]

create it from the UI menu

[rich adder]

Highlighted color..

[lost anvil]

how do i debug that

[calm hull]

so once i create it out, i put inside it the botton right?

[rich adder]

start logging what it is your code is actually interacting with, never make assumptions. Visuals can be deceiving sometimes compared to what code is doing

[rich adder]

no..

[calm hull]

sorry im a bit messed

[plain mural]

Yeah unfortunately it still doesn't work

[plain mural]

Even when I change the Highlighted Color

I wonder if the Background is covering the button?

[rich adder]

debug the event system during playmode

it tells you exactly what you are hovering

[calm hull]

yes, i have it there

[rich adder]

put a Debug.Log inside the Method you call with OnClick

2 people with the same problem, no shite..

lol

[plain mural]

There are 2 event systems in the scene. Please ensure there is always exactly one event system in the scene
UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update () (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.ugui@1.0.0/Runtime/EventSystem/EventSystem.cs:543)

[calm hull]

xD

[plain mural]

Apparently this is what I get

[rich adder]

well then you should only have one..

again the one added with the + button should be there only , at roo of scene

[calm hull]

but how you connect it to the botton, once is already at root

[rich adder]

During Playmode, You can inspect this object and tells you exactly what ur hovering

[queen adder]

The error tells u what to do?

[dreamy fulcrum]

    {
        HingeJoint2D[] hingeJoints = GetComponentsInChildren<HingeJoint2D>();

        foreach (HingeJoint2D hingeJoint in hingeJoints)
        {
            JointAngleLimits2D limits = hingeJoint.limits;
            limits.min = limits.min + angleOffset;
            limits.max = limits.max + angleOffset;
            hingeJoint.limits = limits;
        }
    }
}```
Im trying to write a script where i set the lower angle and upper angle of my hingejoint2D to its original value + 180 (angleOffset) but i cant find a way to stop it from continuously adding 180 to the angle limits (it's triggered if GetAxisRaw is < 0f)

Any advice?

[rich adder]

wdym connected to the bottom

Inspect the Event system during Playmode to see what its hitting @calm hull @plain mural

[calm hull]

that appears when debug right?

[rich adder]

no, that appears when you just run the game

and inspect the event system object

[rich adder]

is collapsed

[calm hull]

tnat are the ones i have

[rich adder]

click this

[calm hull]

the script

[queen adder]

Where it says event system

[calm hull]

ohh

[queen adder]

You can click it

Yuh

[rich adder]

not sure what this screenshot is supposed to do?

[queen adder]

There that's all the info u need for the UI

It tells u everything

[rich adder]

you're supposed to utilize it and hover the button to see what it says

[plain mural]

How do you access the stuff in the bottom?

[rich adder]

click the bottom bar where it says Event System

#💻┃code-beginner message

[calm hull]

nothing appears when hover the b8otton

[rich adder]

Attack 3

it says it right there

[calm hull]

thats the botton name

[rich adder]

that means its reading whatever is on it

as UI

so that aint the issue

put Debug.Log inside your function like I said earlier and click the button , check the console

[calm hull]

nothing appears on console

its not entering the method

[rich adder]

show the Attack 3 button

[queen adder]

PointerEnter shows what ur hovering

[plain mural]

Apparently in the bottom right the EventSystem doesn't show up

[queen adder]

Pointer being the mouse

Click on the EventSystem gameobject

Then it will show

[plain mural]

Is there something where I can show the screen?

Cuz I think it's easier to get help that way

[queen adder]

Screen shot it?

OBS studio allows you to screen record

[rich adder]

what in the..

why do you have 2 scenes open, also remove the event system on the button..

[plain mural]

I had the actual game in the "Home" scene and the Main Menu in the "Main Menu" Scene

[calm hull]

i think its working!

wait let me check

[queen adder]

Nice!!

[plain mural]

Ok I removed the event system on the button

[queen adder]

Navarone also already said make sure the event system is in the root of the scene

[rich adder]

Add it from the + button and UI menu

[slender nymph]

do not put the Event System on the same object as something else with a preview and it won't be a problem. also you'd look at the preview during play mode, not edit mode

[rich adder]

then its easier to inspect cause is its own object

[calm hull]

its working

yeeeee

[queen adder]

Nice!!

[calm hull]

thanks guys

sorry for all that xD

[queen adder]

Ur good homie

[rich adder]

all good. Ui is confusing

[calm hull]

with that eventsystem will be enough for all bottons right

[rich adder]

Also you lied ? said you had changed the hover color..

[plain mural]

I changed it offscreen

Still doesn't work though even with the Highlight Color Change

[rich adder]

still doesnt what work? Im not inside your brain idk what u did

[plain mural]

I added the EventSystem in the Canvas

[queen adder]

Take a screenshot then?

[plain mural]

The hover doesn't work

[rich adder]

are you inspecting the Event System during playmode or what?

[long spade]

Hello, excuse me but can i ask a simple question?

[long spade]

or its in other channel

[plain mural]

Yes I have been doing that for a bit

[queen adder]

You can ask ur question

[rich adder]

how can we know if there is no question..

[rich adder]

doing what, hover the button during playmode and Screenshot the event system inspector info

[calm hull]

xD

[queen adder]

Screenshot ur highlighted colors...color

[long spade]

someone know why its blank? i tried making a new scene but nothing happends. im starting in unity but i cant get through it.

[rich adder]

Layout -> Default Layer

also not code question, next time #💻┃unity-talk

[polar acorn]

you've maximized your inspector window. Double click the header of it to put it back to normal or reset layouts

[rich adder]

you did not follow any of the instructions given to you did you

[plain mural]

Wdym

[polar acorn]

Where is the event system info you were asked to show

[plain mural]

It's in the left side

Do you not see it

[summer stump]

I do not. No

[polar acorn]

what

[summer stump]

Where?

I only see the hierarchy on the left

[plain mural]

EventSystem

What does this mean then?

[summer stump]

That is not what was asked for

[polar acorn]

click on it

[rich adder]

did you not follow this
#💻┃code-beginner message

[summer stump]

They want to see the debug information FROM the event system

And also, only ONE event system should be in the scene

Find the other and remove it

[plain mural]

Ohhhh

Wait I see it now

[long spade]

It worked! Thank you navarone and digiholic. sorry for bother tho.

[summer stump]

And also, only ONE event system should be in the scene

[plain mural]

Yeah only eligibleForClick changes

[summer stump]

You need to get rid of the other event system

Do that before anything else

[plain mural]

I already got rid of it

[summer stump]

Ah sorry- yeah just realized

[rich adder]

You have to expand it

I cant see shit

[summer stump]

Show the actual debug info that includes what you are clicking. Most of it is cut off
See this
#💻┃code-beginner message

[buoyant knot]

where are the VS settings in windows to change things like formatting?

[polar acorn]

Particularly that "Current Raycast" bit

[buoyant knot]

trying to reconfigure IDE on my new windows machine

and menus differ from mac

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/reference/options-text-editor-csharp-formatting

[buoyant knot]

ty

it’s in a very different place from mac lol

i also see way more features in VS for windows

[plain mural]

Is this good enough?

[rich adder]

ok now hover the buttons

and read Current Raycast

[plain mural]

How do you scroll down in the preview?

Event System I mean

[rich adder]

just keep it expanded there is no need to scroll

[plain mural]

Yeah there is no change in anything

Whenever I click

In Current Raycast

[calm hull]

not click

hover

[plain mural]

Yeah, no change even in hover

[rich adder]

does your canvas have Graphic Raycaster?

[plain mural]

You get the Graphics Raycaster in the Inspector right?

Cuz in that case... yes

[rich adder]

the graphic raycaster will appear in inspector if you slect canvas yes ?

can u make another video with event system info expanded hovering buttons?

[rich adder]

Your background is ontop of your buttons

just noticed you switched it up

[plain mural]

Ah...

So do you change the Scale of Z to make the buttons accessible?

Cuz when I delete the Background there is still no change

[summer stump]

Event system should be a root object, I believe that was mentioned before?

[plain mural]

Yeah I have the Event System in the Canvas Root

[delicate slate]

is anyone good with github?

[north kiln]

Just ask your question.

[delicate slate]

i put up my site

and it says its not there

[north kiln]

I'm not sure what this has to do with Unity

[delicate slate]

ik this is the only coding server im in😭

[north kiln]

You can make a thread asking about it in #1157336089242112090, and clarify what you mean by "put up my site", it's unclear if you mean github pages

[nocturne parcel]

Have you... tried searching for the github discord?

[delicate slate]

i couldnt find it

do you have it?

[nocturne parcel]

Nope

I thought it would be a thing lol

[delicate slate]

ya github pages

[rich adder]

thought you would make a vid of you hovering the button with event system expanded. You showed something else

[plain mural]

Ok you know what I am just going to take a few steps back to do the Main Menu from scratch

[summer stump]

Meaning it is the child of the canvas, and not a root object
Root object means it is a child of nothing

[dreamy fulcrum]

    {
        HingeJoint2D[] hingeJoints = GetComponentsInChildren<HingeJoint2D>();

        foreach (HingeJoint2D hingeJoint in hingeJoints)
        {
            JointAngleLimits2D limits = hingeJoint.limits;
            limits.min = limits.min + angleOffset;
            limits.max = limits.max + angleOffset;
            hingeJoint.limits = limits;
        }
    }
}```
Im trying to write a script where i set the lower angle and upper angle of my hingejoint2D to its original value + 180 (angleOffset) but i cant find a way to stop it from continuously adding 180 to the angle limits (it's triggered if GetAxisRaw is < 0f)

Any advice?

any general advice on how to flip a HingeJoint2D would also be appreciated

[ivory bobcat]

What's the value of angleOffset?

[dreamy fulcrum]

180f

that way it flips, sorta, idk its complicated

[ivory bobcat]

If it's the delta this iteration, it would be fine. If it's the current total amount, you need to default the limits before adding to it.

[dreamy fulcrum]

wouldnt i need to reset each of the joints manually if i default the limits of every child?

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming it's not 180 all the time.

Also maybe show what's calling this method.

[dreamy fulcrum]

yeah every joint has a varying lower/upper angle

oh its my charactercontroller script hold on

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming you're just wanting to stop it from

stop it from continuously adding 180 to the angle limits
and if the above code works then it's what's calling this method that's the issue.

The method is private so it's likely on this same script.

[dreamy fulcrum]

    {   
        MovementState state;

        if (dirX > 0f)
        {
            transform.localScale = new Vector3(1, transform.localScale.y, transform.localScale.z);
            state = MovementState.running;
        }
        else if (dirX < 0f)
        {
            transform.localScale = new Vector3(-1, transform.localScale.y, transform.localScale.z);
            AdjustAngles();
            state = MovementState.running;```

oh and dirX is dirX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"); if you were wondering

basically it just kicks in whenever i walk to the left

[ivory bobcat]

Without having to look at all of your code, the non-precached solution would be cs private Dictionary<HingeJoint2D, JointAngleLimits2D> initialLimits = new Dictionary<HingeJoint2D, JointAngleLimits2D>(); void AdjustAngles() { HingeJoint2D[] hingeJoints = GetComponentsInChildren<HingeJoint2D>(); foreach (HingeJoint2D hingeJoint in hingeJoints) { if(!initialLimits.TryGetValue(hingeJoint, out JointAngleLimits2D limits)) { limits = hingeJoint.limits; initialLimits.Add(hingeJoint, limits); } limits.min = limits.min + angleOffset; limits.max = limits.max + angleOffset; hingeJoint.limits = limits; } }

where you'd map the default value of each limit to each hinge joint and use those values + whatever offset you're needing to adjust.

current = initial + offset```and not```cs
current = current + offset```Where the second would do what you're not wanting - assuming you're wanting to just add an offset to the initial and not the current.

[dreamy fulcrum]

swanky, i'll check this out

question, what does the [i] in hingeJoints[i].limits = limits; mean? it's undefined

[ivory bobcat]

Ah, change it to hingeJoint.

[dreamy fulcrum]

Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.HingeJoint2D' to 'int'

[ivory bobcat]

Had initially attempted to approach this with a different collection type.

The line should have been like your original.. hingeJoint.limits = limits;

[dreamy fulcrum]

i get an error when i remove your square brackets from that line

'HingeJoint2D[]' does not contain a definition for 'limits' and no accessible extension method 'limits' accepting a first argument of type 'HingeJoint2D[]' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[ivory bobcat]

Did you remove the s as well?

[dreamy fulcrum]

ah, typo, gotcha

well damn it works, thanks

[latent sedge]

How do i turn off this annoying feature that replaces the current letter or symbol instead of just adding onto the line?

[summer stump]

Press the insert key on your keyboard

[latent sedge]

thank you! You have no idea how hard it is to explain this issue to google without sounding like a psycho

[rich adder]

Overwrite mode

OVR

[nimble jacinth]

The interact function happens when you press the F key while staring at something, this whole process is suppose to open and close a laptop when you interact with it, however whenever the animation is complete, the laptop resets back to it's original rotation. Without all the coding, the laptop is closed. The animations play out normally, toggling the open and close normally, but its just resets back, im so lost and tired please help

[rich adder]

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[nimble jacinth]

so can you help me?

public class LaptopTurnOn : MonoBehaviour, IInteractable
{

    [SerializeField] private Animator laptopAnim = null;

    [SerializeField] private bool openTrigger = true;
    [SerializeField] private bool closeTrigger = false;

    
    public void Interact()
    {
        if (openTrigger)
        {
            laptopAnim.Play("laptopOpen", 0, 0.0f);

            openTrigger = false;
            closeTrigger = true;
        }

        else if (closeTrigger)
        {
            laptopAnim.Play("laptopClose", 0, 0.0f);

            openTrigger = true;
            closeTrigger = false;
        }
    }

[rich adder]

well first of all is the Loop unticked on animation clip

[nimble jacinth]

yes, it only plays once

[rich adder]

so what is resetting back?

[tulip hill]

im making a flappy bird type game, and the thing is you can technically go forwards with the bird because if you hit the corner of the pipes you bounce, i was trying to change that by making the bird's x position stationary, but that just makes it ignore pipes, how do i prove if the bird's on a collision? ```csharp
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class BirdScriptThing : MonoBehaviour
{
public Rigidbody2D MyRigidbody;
public float flapStrength;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    transform.position = new Vector3(0, transform.position.y); //thing where i try to make bird still

//im trying to make an if statement on collisions to see if the bird is touching a pipe

    transform.rotation = new Quaternion(0, 0, 0, 0);

    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) == true || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0) == true)
    {
        MyRigidbody.velocity = Vector2.up * flapStrength;
    }
    
}

}```

[nimble jacinth]

it opens the laptop, then instantly the laptop closes

[rich adder]

how do you call Interact

[nimble jacinth]

like what does the script look like?

[rich adder]

btw you should never new a Quaternion,

[tulip hill]

why?

[rich adder]

0,0,0,0 is hella wrong

[tulip hill]

i know

[rich adder]

no such rotation

[tulip hill]

i was just trying to make it stop rotating completely

[rich adder]

then disable rotation on the rigidbody

[tulip hill]

OH

i did not know you could do that

[rich adder]

its under Constraints

[tulip hill]

yeah i noticed now

[rich adder]

btw == true is redundant

[nimble jacinth]

interface IInteractable
{
    public void Interact();
}

public class Interator : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform InteractorSource;
    public float InteractRange;

    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.F))
        {
            Ray r = new Ray(InteractorSource.position, InteractorSource.forward);
            if(Physics.Raycast(r, out RaycastHit hitInfo, InteractRange))
                {
                   if (hitInfo.collider.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out IInteractable interactObj))
                        {
                            interactObj.Interact();
                        } 
                }
        }

    }
}

this could be god level coding or poor level, i got it off a tutorial

[tulip hill]

i know i can just ignore the == true thing, but i was following a tutorial

[rich adder]

did you inspect the bools during runtime ? Put debug.logs also to check how many times that gets called.

if the state / bools are fine during playmode, then issue is just visuals

try to narrow if problem is animation or actual code

[nimble jacinth]

The code does exactly what it's suppose to do, play the animation, once the animation is does it resets back to its normal position. I've been trying for hours but I don't know how to get the laptop to stay open even after the animation plays

[rich adder]

most likely because your animator is overriding the rotation

[rich adder]

can you show your animator

and also screenshot the animation clips for open

[plain mural]

Ok, so I just redid my project starting with the main menu and then with my game and it's working properly

Sorry for the trouble

[rich adder]

no worries, at least its working now

[rich adder]

if you want to learn more on the features -> https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/index.html

[crisp token]

Can I use interfaces with monobehavior?

[rich adder]

yea ofc

[empty dust]

how can i flip the player's child object when the player turns?

[rich adder]

sideview? rotate 180 on Y

[empty dust]

as in add it to the playermovement script where dirX stuff is? or seperate lil one on the child?

[sour fulcrum]

If I run ignorelayercollision between x object and every layer in the project to blacklist all collisions, then ignorecollision false specific gameobjects to whitelist them, will that work the way i intend?

or will whitelisting specific objects like that still fail because ive ignored that layer

[rich adder]

do you need them to be different rotation between parent n child?

[empty dust]

uhh just mean that when i turn my player to the left in 2d game the player's attackpoint game object child isnt flipping with em

[rich adder]

the layers are still ignored, pretty sure the colliders ignored or not would not matter to it

unless i misunderstood your question

[sour fulcrum]

sad

is there a semi performant way to disable all physicscollisions between 1 object and everything else via code?

[crisp token]

idk what it iis about working with monobehavior scripts but it just totally messes with my OOP skills

[rich adder]

switch to a specific layer that is ignored by other layers

only when needed

[crisp token]

it's weird when the scripts themselves are kind of like objects too

[sour fulcrum]

not an option in this scenario unfortunately

[rich adder]

why not

[sour fulcrum]

context is modding

[rich adder]

biggest difference is that you do not new() them and unity makes instance created when is on the object

[crisp token]

yeah, I guess that's really the only difference, but it is a big one

[rich adder]

ermmm modding?

[sour fulcrum]

This code is being used on a game I didn't create

[rich adder]

sorry community rules, we do not discuss modding / decompiled games #📖┃code-of-conduct

[sour fulcrum]

Yes I'm aware, In this specific scenario though my question isn't related to modding. You asked why I can't mess with layers for this question, that's why

[rich adder]

well you asked for a solution and that is one of them lol

in terms of perfomance

the limitation is imposed because its related to modding 😛

[sour fulcrum]

Absolutely and I appreciate that, it's just one that isn't viable given my scenario. Think I have to play ball with the two ignorecollision functions Unity provides. That's why i was hoping it would be possible to blacklist all layers off the bat then whitelist from there

[rich adder]

well if ignore func works then you can probably keep track of that via a collection with all the colliders, and you'd have to iterate through all of them..

[sour fulcrum]

mhmmmmm

[tulip hill]

how do i convert int to text?

let me contextualise

brb

[frosty hound]

myInt.ToString();

[tulip hill]

just string?

[summer stump]

And int can be directly passed to the text property of a text object usually

[frosty hound]

As opposed to what?

[tulip hill]

idk

[frosty hound]

So why did you ask that?

[summer stump]

MyTextObject.text = myInt

[tulip hill]

oh yeah i didnt think about that

[summer stump]

Of course, you usually want some mix of string and values.
So this is nice too
MyTextObject.text = $"Number: {myInt}";

[rich adder]

$

[rocky canyon]

$

[rocky canyon]

how the heck u do that? 😅 edit: i figured it out u sneak

[cobalt creek]

if i have script in ui running and i dont want to deactivate its parent game object, would it be fine to set scale to 0 instead?

[rich adder]

very safe link, trust me bro

[rocky canyon]

why not disable the element instead

[rocky canyon]

ya it took me way too long to realize it was a link

i was like tf he get that to be blue w/o the syntax block

[dusky marlin]

same here

[cobalt creek]

where is the disable elemtn, i have a panel and the only chek mark is beside it on top near the cube thingy

[rich adder]

not sure where the code question is

[rocky canyon]

u reference the element.. aka a Sprite for example or Image component and disable it.. imageReference.enable = false;

[rich adder]

you can just disable the child?

[rocky canyon]

or if u dont need any of hte scripts (if there are any scripts attached) just do that ^

[cobalt creek]

well i mentioned running script, so if i talk about scripts in ui i dont know if they can help

[rocky canyon]

if its scripting thats just using UI its still scripting and is fine to ask here 👍

[cobalt creek]

ty

[rocky canyon]

but you have some options above ^

[cobalt creek]

I'll try that enable one, thank you to both. Also the script is in the panel, not in the child of the panel so there isnt a child to disable

[rich adder]

yes but i meant Idk what you meant to do with a script, but i get it now

[queen adder]

No don’t disable the children their too young to die

[rocky canyon]

enable=false; or SetActive(false); pick ur poison

[queen adder]

SetActive

[rich adder]

disable the parents

now you have batman

[queen adder]

lol

[rocky canyon]

thats almost too witty 😆

[cobalt creek]

Well I seaid before I cannot do SetActive in this case because the script is in there, if I set active to false it turns off the game object and its components which has the script

[fallen lodge]

I'm trying to create a script that generates a plane with adjustible resolution, and I found a script on a youtube tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ekimUWb9I&ab_channel=ZeroKelvinTutorials

I copied the script character for character (minus the bottom bits that make the plane move in different ways), but I get this error when I press play:
Assets\Plane_Generator.cs(76,16): error CS1061: 'Mesh' does not contain a definition for 'verticies' and no accessible extension method 'verticies' accepting a first argument of type 'Mesh' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
My code is as follows:

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

//will create required components if not on game object already
[RequireComponent(typeof(MeshRenderer))]
[RequireComponent(typeof(MeshFilter))]
public class Plane_Generator : MonoBehaviour
{
    // references
    Mesh myMesh;
    MeshFilter meshFilter;

    //Plane settings
    [SerializeField] Vector2 planeSize = new Vector2(1,1);
    [SerializeField] int planeResolution = 1;

    //mesh values
    List<Vector3> verticies;
    List<int> triangles;

    //initialize mesh and assign meshFilter reference
    void Awake()
    {
        myMesh = new Mesh();
        meshFilter = GetComponent<MeshFilter>();
        meshFilter.mesh = myMesh;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        //min avoids errors, max keeps performance sane
        planeResolution = Mathf.Clamp(planeResolution,1,50);

        GeneratePlane(planeSize,planeResolution);
        AssignMesh();
    }

    void GeneratePlane(Vector2 size, int resolution)
    {
        //Create verticies
        verticies = new List<Vector3>();
        float xPerStep = size.x/resolution;
        float yPerStep = size.y/resolution;
        for(int y = 0; y<resolution+1; y++)
        {
            for(int x = 0; x<resolution+1;x++)
            {
                verticies.Add(new Vector3(x*xPerStep,0,y*yPerStep));
            }
        }

        //Create triangles
        triangles = new List<int>();
        for(int row = 0; row<resolution; row++)
        {
            for(int column = 0; column<resolution; column++)
            {
                int i = (row*resolution) + row + column;
                //first triangle
                triangles.Add(i);
                triangles.Add(i+(resolution)+1);
                triangles.Add(i+(resolution)+2);

                //second triangle
                triangles.Add(i);
                triangles.Add(i+(resolution)+2);
                triangles.Add(i+1);
            }
        }
    }
    
    void AssignMesh()
    {
        myMesh.Clear();
        myMesh.verticies = verticies.ToArray();
        myMesh.triangles = triangles.ToArray();
    }
}

[rocky canyon]

holy flash flood

[fallen lodge]

sorry for the wall of text lol

umm...how?

[rich adder]

or just like post the script on a Bin site

large code should go in links

[tulip hill]

i want to add +5 value to a variable once another variable reaches a multiple of 10 but i cant seem to think how to do it, can someone help me? i dont think i need to attach code since it's a fairly simple question

[rich adder]

modulus

[summer stump]

if (value % 10 == 0)

[tulip hill]

ive never thought of a useful way of using modulus wow

[north kiln]

You can't spell. If your IDE has not underlined that in red you need to configure it. !ide

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[shell sorrel]

need to compare with that after modules

[tulip hill]

ok

[summer stump]

Yeah, added it right before you responded
Brain dead right now hahah

[rocky canyon]

simple typo homie

[fallen lodge]

I realize that now

[rocky canyon]

but yes do config ur IDE

[rocky canyon]

ya, remainders were never really useful in school either ;D

[tulip hill]

ikr, remainders were useless after we got taught how to exactly divide any number with decimals

[rocky canyon]

back when i was in school we couldnt use calculators

thats all changed now

[tulip hill]

btw the value i was adding is now on an infinite loop once it reaches 10, it just starts adding 3 every frame

[rich adder]

show current code

[tulip hill]

i mean in my school teachers dont really care about students

[rocky canyon]

thats an actual shame

hopefully u took ur education seriously on ur own accord, well ur learning programming now soo.. must have

[tulip hill]

problematic snippet of code: csharp if (logic.points % 10 == 0 && logic.points != 0) { pipeSpeed += 3; }

[rocky canyon]

if indeed

[tulip hill]

im not that dumb

[cobalt creek]

at least teachers now also allow students to get help with intellisense.. also that comment u siad gonna remind alot people here how old they are

[tulip hill]

i mean im not at an age where i should be learning programming, ts should be what we're learning on informatic technology but we're apparently learning to multiply on python

[rich adder]

where are you calling this code ?

[rocky canyon]

^ can we see more context

[tulip hill]

on void update, maybe thats why

[rich adder]

yea

[tulip hill]

how do i control it'

[rich adder]

call it on an event when score was added

[shell sorrel]

so its in update, so you would be adding to pipespeed many times

[rocky canyon]

^ or in a function that runs once.. like when the score is added..

[shell sorrel]

since it will keep adding as long as its still a multiple of 10

[tulip hill]

ok

[shell sorrel]

so the logic that increments points should have this check and increment pipeSpeed as well when the condition is met

[tulip hill]

the thing is there are no other methods in action @ the script

[shell sorrel]

well how do you add points to logic.points?

[tulip hill]

pipeSpeed is only referenced to be altered on the editor

[rocky canyon]

ohhhh

[tulip hill]

collider checks

im doing flappy bird

[shell sorrel]

the other approach is simple just calculating how many multiples of 10 you have

can do that with division and rounding

[tulip hill]

switch?

[rich adder]

are you not calling a method?

[tulip hill]

no

[rich adder]

inside collision check ?

[rocky canyon]

? im a little confused myself

[shell sorrel]

no would divide by 10 then floor the value back to a int

[tulip hill]

i guess

the point adding method is on another script

oh now that i think about it i can just do that there

[rich adder]

yea
would also make it an event so other scripts can make use of it too

[shell sorrel]

Mathf.FloorToInt(logic.points / 10);

would return how many multiples of 10 fit in points at its current value

then pipespeed could simply be the result of that line * 3

[queen adder]

I need help, I have brackeys movement script right here. I wanna add something to the script that would hopefully get my character to begin a walking animation when moving

DM me if possible

[rich adder]

use the .velocity of the character controller to drive a blend tree speed

[frosty hound]

Most people will not take the bait of DMs, and not how this srever works.

Use the speed of the CC on a blend tree.

[queen adder]

whats a blend tree?

how do i do that?

[frosty hound]

Blendtree is part of the animator which lets you blend animations by a property such as a float value (what your speed would be)

You can blend between idle, walk and run animations using that.

[queen adder]

Alright.

But how do I do that?

tutorial or...

[summer stump]

Yeah, there are tutorials for it

[queen adder]

Alrighty.

[frosty hound]

You do it by doing it. You learn it by finding a tutorial.

[north kiln]

This is really a question for !csharp and you wouldn't change it to do that, the example is convoluted and not a usecase where you would use that capability

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[vernal plume]

gotta love tutorials

only major difference im seeing is the reigions

(im dark mode)

[rich adder]

most likely bad parenting / hierarchy / pivot direction

[summer stump]

That lerp is done incorrectly (the tutorial does it wrong)

[vernal plume]

[rich adder]

yes there's that too, you have to show where exactly your wep is in relation to camera/parent obj

[summer stump]

The lerp thing is not a big deal though. Not part of your issue.
Just funny(saddening) how common that error is in tutorials

[vernal plume]

i forgot one silly part

ctrl + s

the lerp part didnt receive the edit for localrotation

[timid quartz]

sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.... anyone have a link to a plane cut in half model I could use? or is there an easy way to cut the plane obj in half? I need it cut corner to corner, aka into two triangles.

[vernal plume]

it is functional now, just need to fix clipping after i add the rest of the features

[rich adder]

probuilder

you can just create a triangle

[timid quartz]

hmmm that seems like overkill for what I'm looking for.... I'll keep looking

[rocky canyon]

Polybrush..

[summer stump]

Never used probuilder before, but the alternative is to take the vertices and construct two new meshes yourself
Gotta create the vertices, normals, and UVs, pass those in

[rocky canyon]

j/k just learn blender

[summer stump]

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

Kind of a big pain, but for two triangles it's pretty simple

Something like delaunay triangulation with constrained ear clipping is much tougher 😭

[rich adder]

yea could make it through code

[rocky canyon]

two piece 10x10 plane

but you could do it in code..

||learn blender||

[timid quartz]

my hero

I am learning blender... the problem is that if I google "blender modify plane" I get 1000 results about aeroplanes

[rocky canyon]

lol, my friends ask for little stuff like this all the time so im quick at it.. shader stuff uses simple models for all kinds of cool effects

[rocky canyon]

u just need to learn the basics.. like the knife tool.. thats all i did was make a plane and cut it half and a few other things..

[timid quartz]

oh! I just figured it out myself at the same time

[rocky canyon]

and why not learn how to do it code too? that'd be good to know too

[timid quartz]

I just had to delete a vertece

dumb question, so sorry.... is the z supposed to be 0 here? or 1?