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[queen adder]

Ur prolly right actully

It does look off

[abstract pelican]

Win+G record video

Alt+F9 Record video nvidia

[queen adder]

OBS is pretty standard lol

What is ur beef with my software

[abstract pelican]

I had beef and pasta last night.

[queen adder]

Im having chicken and pasta tonight. We dining like kings out here

[abstract pelican]

I haven't had chicken in a long time, mostly beef and turkey.

chicken is very dry

Cue a good video on inventory so I can start building off of it???

[queen adder]

Whoever is making chicken for u is making it wrong then lmao. Chicken shouldnt be dry

Off topic tho lets stay on code

What type of inventory u plan on making? I think most ppl end up over complicating them they arent hard

[abstract pelican]

I don't get you.

To have things sorted, a quick-access panel in the center, to be able to drag and drop items around the inventory, etc.

also to be able to put on equipment

like in Minecraft.

[queen adder]

Ive said this like a dozen times as of late but just use unitys UI interfaces to pick up mouse events

OnPointerEnter, Exit,etc

That shouldnt be to hard honestly. The only part of that i think might be complex is equipable items since they tend to modify data / stats on the player

[abstract pelican]

yes

Because of this, I need some sort of base of movement and item equip.

[summer stump]

That's just slots
Finding a slot-based tutorial will give you a good head start. Then you make slots that only take items of a certain type

Slots could take something like an item interface to make it more flexible

[queen adder]

I would just use a enum personally

And a base class like Equipable

[summer stump]

Yeah. That's what I was thinking for the item type

[queen adder]

That way u cant drag in food items / potion items into the equip slots

And they can have a overrideble method like OnEquip() that way each equip item can have there own implementation

[abstract pelican]

How to make a folder and a script not conflict with the same name?

Invetory folder, Invetory.cs

[buoyant spade]

can someone help me with this

[cosmic dagger]

that's weird. what's the folder for?

[summer stump]

Not a code question
#💻┃unity-talk

[abstract pelican]

to keep everything inventory-related in it.

[queen adder]

You could just change the name of the folder? I don't think I've ever heard that issue tho

[grizzled zealot]

I've an object with many properties (e.g., health, ammo). If I have two scripts modifying the same property (e.g., damage, healing), how should I manage the value? Should I have all properties in a single script and then use observer or set/get functions to manipulate the value? Or should every script its own copy?

[cosmic dagger]

the class should handle its own state. an observer pattern will do fine . . .

[cosmic dagger]

just looked at my old project. my folder is called InventorySystem . . .

[abstract pelican]

ty

[supple wasp]

Hello, how can I make it not take so long to stop the car because it lasts a long time...

[thorn holly]

!code

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[supple wasp]

I can't do that the code is too long

[timber tide]

I pass around interfaces such as one called entity which exposes limited functionality. But if we're talking about modifying one unit in particular (such as connecting managers to scripts) it would be a top level script with an observer pattern mostly but could always substitue with a service locator static reference, or static reference lookup with some combination of events if seem fit.

[supple wasp]

look this is the code

[teal viper]

Read the "large code blocks" part...

[thorn holly]

Dude, use the links I sent you

[cosmic dagger]

use the links provided to copy/paste your code, save it, and send us the link . . .

[supple wasp]

https://gdl.space/uripewacum.cs

[polar acorn]

I really hope this is not what your code looks like while you're working with it. Is this Notepad

[supple wasp]

If it's the notepad, don't even think that I make the codes in it, the codes I'm doing it in another PC because this one doesn't handle almost anything

[summer stump]

I don't use wheel colliders, but should you perhaps be stopping the motorTorque when braking?

It looks like it can keep getting set?

[rare quarry]

hey guys, im just curious: how can i make an octopus AI? I mean its gonna be large boss, Maybe it will shoot something later but its usual attack is melee (I mean with its tentacles)

[verbal dome]

Pretty broad question. Can't really answer unless you have some specific problem with implementing it

Like what makes the octopus unique, and not just a normal enemy with octopus animations?

[abstract pelican]

such a panel should be in the same parent as the inventory so that I can move things there?

[charred spoke]

Provide more context

[rare quarry]

I just wanted to know how the combat works for it

[abstract pelican]

Does it all have to come with an inventory? So I can drag and drop things into the slots? Or can the inventory be created on a different canvas?

[rare quarry]

especially the tentacles

[verbal dome]

The thing is, you should tell us how the combat should work

So that we can give hints on how to implement it

[charred spoke]

I dont see how drag n drop is connected to a specific canvas so I would say no they dont have to be in the same canvas

[abstract pelican]

thank you

and how does the different UI of an item get passed around in the first place?

[charred spoke]

What do you mean passed around ?

[abstract pelican]

Well, quick slots is a separate UI and Inventory too, how should I link it all together?

[charred spoke]

I cant answer that since I have no idea how your quick slots nor inventory work

[rare quarry]

oh ok:

• its gonna be big place but a little space for our character
• octopus is gonna try to hit us with its tentacles, maybe sometimes grabs us?
• we are gonna block the octopuses tentacles with our sword and not really attack it

i mean thats it, hows gonna tentacles find way to hit character?

[verbal dome]

You can use a physics query at the tentacle's position to detect hits.

For example, Raycast, CheckSphere, SphereCast, depending on how you want to detect the hit

You can have a list of classes for the tentacles. The tentacle class could be a Monobehaviour on the tentacle, or just a plain C# class (not inheriting from anything) stored in the octopus script

[rare quarry]

Hmm okay but how do i do the movements of the tentacles

[native seal]

what movement method respects colliders?
when I move enemies using transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, target.transform.position, enemyData.Speed * Time.deltaTime); they all stack

[rare quarry]

detecting hits wouldnt be that hard but i really have no idea how to do movements of the tentacles

[charred spoke]

Well either traditional animation or some complicated IK chain that can form a procedural motion

Or a verlet integration of the positions of the bones

[rare quarry]

so it will be like: when ray hits to our character, tentacles joints are gonna grow longer and hit our character

[teal viper]

Velocity change or adding force in case of RB. Move in case of CharacterController.

[rare quarry]

if i make the octopus on blender wouldnt it be hard to control tentacles

[native seal]

im trying to avoid using rigidbodies as im going to have a lot of enemies

any way around that?

[rare quarry]

since the colliders dont grow longer with the animation

[teal viper]

Custom physics if you think you can do it more performant than unity.🤷‍♂️

[verbal dome]

2D or 3D?

[rare quarry]

3d

[verbal dome]

First you probably want a skinned 3D mesh for the tentacle - either separate mesh or part of the octopus

And then use animation and/or IK like Uri mentioned

[teal viper]

Collisions in unity are handled by the physics system, which in turn requires a rigidbody on moving objects. If you don't want to use rbs, you basically go against the unity physics system.

[rare quarry]

hmm ok i will try

[charred spoke]

This will possibly do you good

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.animation.rigging@1.0/manual/constraints/ChainIKConstraint.html

[charred spoke]

Implement a performant local avoidance algorithm

I suggest orca https://gamma.cs.unc.edu/ORCA/

[native seal]

thanks

is the gist that each enemy checks a circle around it and moves away accordingly

[teal viper]

Probably quite a bit more complicated than that.

[native seal]

how do I stop an overlap circle from detecting itself?

when it is also detecting other things of the same type/layer ie enemies

[verbal dome]

When iterating the results in a loop, you could just skip if collider == myCollider

Or use a layermask that excludes the layer of your collider

Or temprarily disable your collider

[native seal]

im doing it and it works but feels super scuffed

[solid sail]

I have a string "a", I need to convert it to int then use it in switch case.How do I do it?

[teal viper]

I think it would be more efficient for you to just use rbs.

[native seal]

it definitly isnt

my game literally crashes lol

[solid sail]

The problem is switch case. whatever after case must be constant

[languid spire]

how many enemies are you generating?

[teal viper]

If the amount of rbs causes it to crash, then it's probably not something for the gameObjects workflow. You should consider using ECS.

[native seal]

over 20

200

think vampire survivors

[teal viper]

But I'd debug the crash properly if I were you. Unity shouldn't crash even with thousands of rbs.

[languid spire]

that's nothing, I have a game with 1,500+ rb running without problems

[native seal]

hm, not fully crashes but goes to 1 fps

on build I have to alt f4

[teal viper]

Well, what made you think that the issue is the amount of rbs?

[native seal]

because when I remove them its over 200 fps

[verbal dome]

Are you doing something like cs foreach(var enemy in enemies) { foreach(var otherEnemy in enemies) { // ... } }

[teal viper]

That's not a very wise conclusion

Maybe your setup was just very inefficient

[native seal]

perhaps

[languid spire]

then there must be something seriously wrong with your setup or usage

[native seal]

the only thing the rb is doing is changing velocity in update

[teal viper]

So, you should debug the issue instead of nuking the whole physics system.

[languid spire]

what kind of colliders are you using?

[teal viper]

It's like burning your house because you found one cockroach inside

[native seal]

circle

[native seal]

well its clear theres ways to do enemy ai without rbs and rbs are espcially expensive

[teal viper]

And now you have to rebuild your house and you don't even know how

Well, what part exactly about the rbs was expensive?

[languid spire]

first thing you can do is move your rb.velocity to fixed update

[teal viper]

It's really triggering me when people make wrong assumptions and just go with them...

[native seal]

seemed like just existing

even turning off movement caused lag when loading in the enemies

[teal viper]

That's very wrong. Nothing takes CPU time by just existing. Something in the physics system or your code was processing these rbs and using a lot of time. But you never investigated what it is.

[languid spire]

can you sreenshot your rb setup

[languid spire]

so you are doing continuous interpolation, do you really need that?

[native seal]

no, but i totally forgot about changing the loop to fixed update

frames are better

[languid spire]

really you should only need continuous interpolation for very fast moving objects

[native seal]

gotcha

everything else on it fine?

[languid spire]

yes, if you could add some exclude layer overrides it would also help, so see if you can improve your layer usage

[native seal]

ironically the rbs improved performance because im no longer checking 100 colliders in one frame when the enemies are stacked up lol

my matrix is setup already doesnt that mean the overrides are fine as it is?

or do they do something different

[languid spire]

thats ok

[native seal]

thank you for the help

forgot about the fixed update

[teal viper]

For future reference, you should use the profiler to diagnose a performance issue before attempting random fixes.

[languid spire]

true ^^

[native seal]

I did but I just assumed rbs wouldn't work for that many enemies judging by what people say about vampire survivors

[sterile moon]

I've been following Mikes Codes survival series just for core concepts, and I am having trouble with player movement. I can not jump when my players view is maxxed out to the clamping point

[languid spire]

the vast majority of people do not know what they are talking about when it comes to things like this @native seal

[verbal dome]

Wdym with 'players view'

[sterile moon]

When the mouse y is clamped at max +-

[queen adder]

whats the best way to learn unity?

[languid spire]

not a code question but !learn

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[native seal]

circle colliders > box colliders generally right?

[summer stump]

We're gonna need a lot more information. I don't know Mikes Codes, so I dunno how it is done.
I find it odd that the view is having anything to do with the movement?

Basic information needed:
Is this 2d or 3d
How do you move (transform, rigidbody)?
Is movement fine otherwise?

[summer stump]

Circle is mathematically cheaper of course

[native seal]

kk

[summer stump]

I wouldn't say BETTER though, if that's what > means

[native seal]

better for performance

[sterile moon]

3D, transform, movement otherwise is fine, just jumping when the camera is at clamp

[summer stump]

Then yes

[native seal]

since the shape doesnt really matter

when its super small

[summer stump]

Ok can you show !code?

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[summer stump]

I am actually heading to bed now, but someone should help

[teal viper]

If you want to push even further you should consider DOTS and ECS. But that's a totally different workflow.

[sterile moon]

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

This is both of my move files (mouse and player), combined into one paste file, seperated by dashed line

[teal viper]

But unity physics already is pretty optimized if you use it properly. There's no point discarding it(and rbs) with gameObjects workflow, unless you don't need physics at all.

[summer stump]

Couple things before I leave. Don't ever multiply mouse input by deltaTime like that. It's already a delta from the last frame
Also, you are using a CharacterController, not the transform

Very very odd that the view is affecting the jump. I don't see anything that should cause that

[sterile moon]

I'm also noticing that the characters goes slightly airborn when going backwards if I'm looking down

same thing if looking up, seems it launches towards the immediate forward point then gravity catches back up

Does anyone have just a solid functioning player movement script with move and jump that I could link in and see if its a straight up code issue or an IDE/Engine issue

[teal viper]

Are mouse movement and player controller scripts on the same object?

[sterile moon]

Yes

my plaeyer object

player

[verbal dome]

You should show your !code

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[verbal dome]

Ah sorry you posted alredy

[vernal plume]

tryna find where the mistake is when it isnt registered as an actual error is actually painful

[verbal dome]

It gets easier when you learn to write more maintainable code

And debugging

[languid spire]

And use the debugger to step through code

[teal viper]

Well, then it would make sense why it's going into the air. You're rotating it on the x axis and using it's transform.forward to move the character controller.

[vernal plume]

like rn im following this tutorial (part of a series), and his works perfectly fine but mine doesnt work at all despite not seeing a difference in our code

[languid spire]

can you screenshot the inspector for PlayerMovement @sterile moon

[verbal dome]

What about it doesn't work

[vernal plume]

the bullet holes arent appearing on the surface like they do for him

[verbal dome]

And is your camera in the hierarchy that you put into transform.Find

Because it's different from the tutorial

[verbal dome]

Did you properly set up that canBeShot layerMask?

Just make sure you follow all the steps correctly. Re-watch it if needed

[vernal plume]

i beleive so

he set it to everythingn and then removed the player and weapon layers

[verbal dome]

Do you get any errors in the console while playing, when you should see bullet holes?

[vernal plume]

which i also did

[sterile moon]

Sure one sec

[vernal plume]

it seems to be referencing these lines

[languid spire]

So your transform.find is not working

[burnt vapor]

The importance of properly sharing the issue

[languid spire]

yep, 5 posts before sharing a very obvious error

[vernal plume]

since the camera holder isnt parented to the player like his is

do i just reference the cam and not holder/cam

[languid spire]

there you go

[sterile moon]

@languid spire

[languid spire]

the question is why is it not set in the inspector? why does it need the transform.find?

[languid spire]

nothing obviously wrong there

[sterile moon]

Thats what I thought too

but for some reason it does not work right

@languid spire do you have a standalone move script I can drop in with little modification to see if its a client side issue or a code issue?

[languid spire]

sorry, no. I do not generally use Unity build in scripts

[native seal]

do couroutines instantly finish when on an object that's destroyed?

[languid spire]

should do, yes

[burnt vapor]

Coroutines stop on the yield statements so if an object is destroyed, those are no longer continued

[native seal]

makes sense

[topaz thistle]

Hello Everyone! I'm trying to create a game where the user shoots hoops and score points, it is a 3d game where the player walks around, can hold the ball and shoot hoops, although I am having a few issues during the creation. Has anyone run into an issue where your player moves toward a gameobject (in this case, a basketball) and as soon as the player has contact, the player automatically moves in a weird direction. Could this be because I am using transform.translate in my movement script?

[queen adder]

wait can i set an IEnumerator to private

[verbal dome]

Are you using rigidbodies? transform.Translate does not respect the physics system.

[queen adder]

yeah i tried it and am getting an erro

error

[verbal dome]

Ok

[static bay]

Well. What do you think private does?

[topaz thistle]

Yes, I am. If I use add force, wouldn't it make the player accelerate and deccelerate for movement?

[verbal dome]

Yes, but transform.translate will mess it all up

[burnt vapor]

You can set anything to private

[topaz thistle]

So, should I not use Rigidbodies?

[verbal dome]

Only move rigidbodies via the rigidbody (AddForce, MovePosition, .velocity...), not via the transform

[verbal dome]

Just ditch the transform.Translate instead

Why do you need that if you are moving via AddForce anyway?

[topaz thistle]

Okay, I'll give it a go!

[topaz thistle]

I'm not

[verbal dome]

Ah I misread this

[queen adder]

like a reference?

[static bay]

What does making a field private do?

[verbal dome]

@topaz thistle If you want 'instant'/snappy movement, you can directly modify rigidbody.velocity instead of AddForce

[sterile moon]

It makes the field inaccessible outside of the class its in

[queen adder]

it makes it a private reference and so i cant make a reference of it

[topaz thistle]

Epic, thank you! I'll let you know what happens!

[sterile moon]

It makes it private, giving it privacy so other classes, objects, files, etc. can't touch it. useful for when hiding things or showing things to an API

[static bay]

Haileykins has it right. If makes the field inaccessible outside of the class it's declared in.

[queen adder]

wwhen i click on the error it redirects me here

[static bay]

Aka if you made that Enumerator private, and it's giving you an error, that's likely the issue.

[queen adder]

so should i set it to public?

[rich adder]

its inside a method

[sterile moon]

I know my shit quite well, have run Java and C# before, just never run with the Unity library

[static bay]

Is this an inline method?

[rich adder]

maybe, we need to see more

[burnt vapor]

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[static bay]

Can you show more of the script?

[queen adder]

sure

[queen adder]

i already have

[burnt vapor]

No it's not

[languid spire]

you can see from the mismatched } it's an inline method

[burnt vapor]

And after your configured your editor please c# access modifiers

Namely this page

[rich adder]

its the opposite

name

[queen adder]

before i wrote this there were no errors

[burnt vapor]

Ah yep, thanks

[native seal]

why is your spacing so weird

[languid spire]

your ienumerater is inside Update

[rich adder]

because it wasnt formatted 😉

[rich adder]

this syntax error, you have to configure your VScode properly

[static bay]

I legit can't get VSCode to work with Unity.

Ok let me rephrase.

[burnt vapor]

If you are on Windows I suggest you just use Visual Studio

[native seal]

vs community is better anytway

[rich adder]

[static bay]

YOU THINK YOU'RE SO COOL?

HUH?

[rich adder]

hell yea!

[static bay]

FUCK HE'S RIGHT

😔

[rich adder]

have you tried the new Unity plugin for it?

[static bay]

Ya I have.

[topaz thistle]

What new Unity Plugin?

[burnt vapor]

@queen adder So please configure your !ide or consider using Visual Studio if you're on Windows. VS is much easier to configure and VSCode is generally kinda bad at doing things.

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[rich adder]

for VSCode

[topaz thistle]

Oh nvm sorry Mb

[rich adder]

so much easier than using the old method

[static bay]

I think the last time I tried it, I was able to get it working. It's just I had issues where copy-pasting code would lead to freaky formatting issues.

[topaz thistle]

I've gotta ask, is there any difference between installing VS through Unity Hub or Manually?

[static bay]

So I just said fuck it and went back to Visual Studo.

[rich adder]

one installs the workload already

[timber tide]

VSCode is great

for shaders

[queen adder]

yea im installing visual studio rn

[rich adder]

VS for mac is getting phased out this summer, so mac users have no choice

or shell out for rider

[topaz thistle]

Ur kidding

[static bay]

What? Why?

[languid spire]

MonoDevelop ?

[static bay]

Did Apple do a dumb again?

[rich adder]

because its old xamarin editor

[burnt vapor]

VS is probably hacked together to work on Mac

[rich adder]

they prob consolidating

[topaz thistle]

So, I've got a Mac and am using manually installed VS

Should I switch IDE's or smth?

[rich adder]

It will still work, they just wont update it anymore. Just patches

[static bay]

Is there any advantage to working with VS Code as opposed to VS when it comes to C# + Unity?

On Windows

[languid spire]

no

[rich adder]

more lightweight

thats about it

[timber tide]

it uses less than a gig for me

[static bay]

See that's what I kinda wanted. Using VS feels like I'm driving a semi.

[timber tide]

and it looks nicer :)

[burnt vapor]

There really isn't. VSCode is very good when it comes to supporting everything, but often a IDE targetting a specific language works better than one that works with all of them

[topaz thistle]

Ah, that makes sense

[static bay]

I like how VSCode debugging looks.

I like seeing all the variables in scope.

[rich adder]

same

[verbal dome]

Wait, how so? Do you have some HLSL plugins or something?

[timber tide]

vs plugin for HLSL doesn't highlight correctly for me, but other than that there's no intellisence or anything

just clean shader code syntax <3

[static bay]

Here's the issue I was having. Imagine copying some section of code.

Then pasting it

Tabs dont get cleaned up.

[verbal dome]

What HLSL plugin do you use for VSCode?

[rich adder]

you pressed the formatting shorcutt?

[static bay]

Gets especially bad when you paste to a scope with a different number of tabs.

[rich adder]

i dont like that it doesnt format yes, but you can press ctrl K + ctrl D

"Format Document"

[static bay]

Every time?

[verbal dome]

I format document all the time

[rich adder]

trying to find a way to make it auto lol

[static bay]

Wait this is intended behaviour?

No

No that cant be right. I worked with Javascript in VSCode and it formatted fine every time.

No way this is base behaviour.

[languid spire]

I think it's screwing up the formatting because you have an error

[static bay]

nah happens regardless

[queen adder]

oh god i just configured vs and there are so many errors

[verbal dome]

That's such a weird hotkey IMO.
VSCode has Alt+Shift+F which is quicker/more accessible

[static bay]

holy shit

[rich adder]

wait im on vscode rn

[static bay]

the mad lad

where dis at?

[rich adder]

search "format" in settings

[rich adder]

actually no idea what shortcut that is lol

[queen adder]

the thing is if i remove the IEnumerator from the update i get like 10 errors

[static bay]

well at least you're being told stuff is wrong now

progress

[rich adder]

ahh alt shift F works on mac too @verbal dome

[static bay]

Alright I guess I'm getting VSCode to work at 4am.

here we go

[queen adder]

wwait so should i remove the IEnumerator from the update?

[static bay]

yes

[languid spire]

yes

[rich adder]

You should not nest methods unless you know what you're doing 😛

[timber tide]

I don't think there's many options beyond the HLSL tools package, but there is one for built-in unity support but that's not been supported in forever

I primarily use https://xibanya.github.io/URPShaderViewer/ for unity macro lookups, function calls, ect. It also has syntax highlighting too if you post your code into it.

[verbal dome]

Alright, I'll check it out next time I have to touch HLSL. Recently I mostly used Shader graph and Compute shaders

[queen adder]

wait what is a namespace error because i have way too many of them

[static bay]

Compute Shaders are so cool conceptually. I gotta get into those.

[rich adder]

now you're on vs

[queen adder]

yes

[rich adder]

before you showed vscode

[queen adder]

i wwas told to switch

[languid spire]

show the complete script

[static bay]

Going to be honest man. Post the entire script in a hastebin or something. You have some odd formating somewhere.

[queen adder]

okay

[verbal dome]

Not just odd formating. It's missing the whole class

Or is that cropped

I guess it is

[static bay]

We don't need those.

They hold us back.

[rich adder]

yes prob missing a curly brace

[queen adder]

whats the command for hastebin?

[rich adder]

https://hatebin.com

[static bay]

@rich adder You mentioned some new Unity VSCode extension?

[rich adder]

the one from microsoft

[static bay]

ye I got it

[static bay]

Alright well the paste setting actually works.

[queen adder]

ive copy pasted the code into hatebin how do i export it

[static bay]

But now it takes 2 Ctrl+Z to undo it 😛

[rich adder]

hit save, send link

[static bay]

because the paste comes in

THEN it formats

actually unusable

[rich adder]

:\

[static bay]

I joke. It's fine.

I'll give it a try for a day.

See if it feels good.

Thanks regardless 😛

[queen adder]

Ive saved it like it auto formatted itself so i just copy and paste the link?

[languid spire]

yes

[queen adder]

https://hatebin.com/

[static bay]

it's empty

wait

it's just hastebin

[verbal dome]

Save it on the website too

[static bay]

you need to hit save, then copy the link

https://hatebin.com/qhqrbssjko

On the topic of IDEs, Rider any good?

[queen adder]

ive saaved it is it supposed to show a name option?

[verbal dome]

What name option? Just

1. paste your code into the site
2. Hit save 💾
3. Copy the link from your browser and paste it here

[queen adder]

ive done the same thing but it doesnt show anything

[languid spire]

I personally don't like Rider, I find it way too intrusive and it interrupts my flow too much when I'm coding

[static bay]

This is as clear as he can possibly be.

[verbal dome]

Do it again. Wait for the link to change after hitting save. Then copy & paste it.

[rich adder]

https://hatebin.com/hbtpqkrgyj

[static bay]

I stand corrected.

He has made it more clear

[rich adder]

remote desktop is next

[verbal dome]

I was hoping we don't need a video tutorial for this one

Maybe they hit Ctrl + S in the browser. Who knows

[queen adder]

ive done the exact thing now

https://hatebin.com/

[rich adder]

lol

[queen adder]

why

[static bay]

It's not possible

[languid spire]

omg

[rich adder]

just use another site then..idk

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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

[static bay]

Honestly how big can this class possibly be?

Can he just copy-paste the whole damn thing into discord?

[queen adder]

here

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

[rich adder]

better learn to do it right

[static bay]

We're so back.

[queen adder]

im so sorry idk why it wasnt working

[static bay]

wait

[teal viper]

If it's too long, discord uploads it as a text file, which you can't view on mobile without downloading it.

[rich adder]

your whole Update method is outside of a class, well and all the variables too

[static bay]

I'm going to assume the top part of the code is copied and the bottom is their own?

[rich adder]

probably

[queen adder]

yes the dash part

is mine

[rich adder]

don't cram everything into one file

you see how messy it gets

[queen adder]

yeah

[languid spire]

no wonder the formatting is crap, that is not correct c# structure

I'm confused, you already had an Update method, why make another one?

[static bay]

I'm going to assume he got this script from a Tarodev video, wanted to add a dash to it and has been trying to do so without getting a hold of the fundamentals.

[languid spire]

yep, seems about right

@queen adder What is your coding background?

[static bay]

By the way we're not trying to blast you.

[queen adder]

nothing

[languid spire]

so, best to go do some basic C# courses

[static bay]

Agreed.

[queen adder]

any recommendations?

[languid spire]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/csharp

[queen adder]

okay thank you so much

[static bay]

No problem. Programming is mostly problem solving, so it's important to get the fundamentals down first.

Once you know the syntax and general flow, it'll be much easier to make sense of the tutorials, and figure out what you need to do to get the behaviours you want.

[opal portal]

Hello there, i've just started today with unity, i've been checking some code (mostly for movement and physics), and dont understand why people use Update + Time.deltaTime instead of ussing FixedUpdate for movement like gravity (?

[timber tide]

because those people are wrong :)

[opal portal]

lmao xD k tnks

[verbal dome]

Were they using CharacterController?

[opal portal]

yup

[verbal dome]

AFAIK that is supposed to be moved in Update with deltaTime, yes

With Rigidbody and other physics related stuff you should use FixedUpdate

[timber tide]

wouldnt you still do it in fixed update though?

[opal portal]

what's the difference using Rigidbody and CharacterController (except that Rigidbody automatically does gravity and mst of collisions)

[timber tide]

Because this goes back to my previous problem that frame skipping breaks cc if they fluctuate too much but then again I've only done limited testing with it

[verbal dome]

You can probably do it in fixed too yeah

But it doesn't have interpolation so it might be slightly choppy

But fixed is more consistent ofc

[pallid nymph]

FixedUpdate is probably gonna be laggy/weird as CC is not interpolated

[verbal dome]

If I were to use CC, I would probably do FixedUpdate and interpolate manually

Having movement tied to framerate in any way is sketchy to me

[pallid nymph]

I'd check what's the recommended approach in the docs for CC and use that 😄 And only worry about it later if I have issues

[timber tide]

CC is rigidbody lite if you do want to manage the physics a bit more yourself than relying on the built functionality that comes with rigidbodies

[opal portal]

tnks, i've just been checking now and seems that when CC collides with a rigidbody causes some glitchy movements (it just happened to me and thought it was other thing) so i guess i'll just go for rigidbody, i can do more stuff, even if i do not use them at least i've the option to use 'em

[pallid nymph]

Non-kinematic RBs tend to be annoying for character controllers as they do a lot of non-snappy stuff. And doing a kinematic RB CC yourself is on the difficult side.

[verbal dome]

Non-snappy stuff sounds like you are using AddForce and not taking current velocity into account

[pallid nymph]

AddForce is taking current velocity into account. Problem is you need to start manage velocities yourself.

[verbal dome]

I like to do this: cs Vector3 desiredVel = ... Vector3 currentVel = rb.velocity; Vector3 difference = desiredVel - currentVel; rb.AddForce(difference * someMultiplier)

Use the difference to target velocity as the force

[pallid nymph]

Then the next thing is lets say you want stairs, now you need to do more stuff to support that so that the RB doesn't just get blocked by the stairs

And suddenly you're doing all the stuff yourself - which gives you best control but is high effort

Whereas the default CC just handles most of it

[verbal dome]

Adds greater force if you are far from the target vel. If it's already similiar, no force will be added

While the usual AddForce(moveInput) is really floaty

[pallid nymph]

Agreed, forces are only good if you're doing proper physics stuff. As in, you have balls and cubes and stuff and want them to behave physically correctly.

[frigid flume]

hello ! i'm a complete beginner and i have a question : what's the best way to change a text between two scenes ? (that stays until another modification). I have a button that leads me to a new scene when i click on it. on that new scene there is another button, i want that when i click the first button from the first scene changes his text :) thanks in advance

[timber tide]

I've more respect for RB after dealing with accumulative forces and not clipping through every wall after testing a few things

[pallid nymph]

For CCs you end up fighting the RB more than being helped by it :/ (or at least that's been my experience)

[languid spire]

subscribe to sceneLoaded event, when it fires get a reference to the button, change the text

[pallid nymph]

mm... store the value in a global place and read it from the other scene

[frigid flume]

i think for me the global value is the better option since there will be a lot of these but how do i store something in a global place

[pallid nymph]

can you tell us a bit more about what are you doing? what's that all about? 🙂

[frigid flume]

it is an app (for the moment there is a main menu with buttons that leads to other menus) each menu gives you sort of challenges, and when you complete a challenge it gives you points for the specific menu score

should i use this

public class GlobalVariables : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Start()
    {
        // Load the global score from PlayerPrefs, defaulting to 0 if it doesn't exist
        int score = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("GlobalScore", 0);
        // Assign the loaded score to your global variable
        GlobalScore.globalScore = score;
    }

    void OnDestroy()
    {
        // Save the global score to PlayerPrefs when the object is destroyed
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("GlobalScore", GlobalScore.globalScore);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }
}```

[pallid nymph]

Perhaps not. This saves across sessions. If that's what you want- it's an option.

[frigid flume]

yes it is what i want, it's gonna be the player's score forever

[pallid nymph]

Yeah, but is it the same for the button thing you mentioned?

[frigid flume]

once gained the point stays (unless removed by another script)

[pallid nymph]

Okay, so this is good 👍

[frigid flume]

thanks i'll try it :)

[frigid flume]

do i have to create a script for every button that gives a score ? every button gives a point for a different score (strenght, stamina,...) is there a way to have one script that can be attached to all buttons ?

like "if examplebutton pressed give one point to example"

[verbal dome]

You can have just one script but make a variable for what score type it is

[pale vault]

How do you make variables remain even when changing scenes?

[frigid flume]

how can i tell to a button to which score it should add a point ?

[verbal dome]

The score type should be stored in the script on the button

For example, make an enum for your score typescs public enum ScoreType { Strength, Stamina ... }
And then the script that adds score, you would have a variable of ScoreType

´Then pass that scoretype as a parameter into the method that changes the score

Lets step back, how are you adding score currently?

[frigid flume]

i'm a big code noob it is my first time so i don't understand everything

[frigid flume]

currently i don't have anything but i may use this

[acoustic crow]

I need help; as soon as the resolution changes, sizes in the game also change. However, I want the game to look the same on all devices. How do I achieve that?

[pallid nymph]

I assume those are UI objects. You need to adjust the canvas scaler on the canvas

[pale vault]

Select your Canvas GameObject (in the hierarchy panel).

Go to the inspector panel, and see the Canvas Scaler (The image down there)
Change the UI Scale Mode to Scale With Screen Size
Reference Resolution = 2560x1440 (because you are using a 1440p display, but I believe you can use whatever you want)

(Optional part. I personally like doing this)
Go to the inspector, and see the Canvas component

Change it from Screen Space - Overlay to Screen Space - Camera.

[pale vault]

If you successfully do this, the text will appear the same in all screen sizes, whether it be a small mobile phone or a huge TV, regardless of resolution.

[acoustic crow]

@pale vault and @pallid nymph i kiss you

[pale vault]

🫂

[pallid nymph]

@acoustic crow Just to clarify though, it may be a bit more involved than that depending on the complexity of the menu. You need to assign proper anchors and pivots to the elements as well. And you should test with the various expected screen ratios. 🙂

But if it's just a few buttons in the center - that'll probably be good enough 🙂

[acoustic crow]

The problem is that it works perfectly with the “World” scene. My phone is 2960x1440
and I would like if someone has a cell phone with 4k or something that also looks like me in the "World" scene, then it works too, but in the "MainMenu" scene I have it the same as set in world, 2960x1440, but at 4k everything disappears and it doesn't work with the other resolutions. I'm confused @pallid nymph

World

[stiff sapphire]

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

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{
// Start is called before the first frame update
private string ad;
private int number=20;
void Start()
{
ad = "Eileen";
Debug.Log(ad);
Debug.Log(number);

}

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

}

[languid spire]

that is not 'attached to a gameobject'

[stiff sapphire]

how can ı do that?

ı just started learning unity

[languid spire]

also your script name and class name do not match

[languid spire]

create empty game object in the hierarchy then Add Component, somewhat strange your tutor did not teach you this

[pale vault]

After creating your script, drag it and drop it on your GameObject in the hierarchy panel

Or you can use the Add Component approach mentioned above

[languid spire]

but not until the naming problem has been resolved

[pale vault]

Change it to this:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class DegiskenManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    private string ad;
    private int number=20;
    void Start()
    {
        ad = "Eileen";
        Debug.Log(ad);
     Debug.Log(number);

    }

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

    }
}```

[pale vault]

Change the name of the file to DegiskenManager

[stiff sapphire]

It finally worked!!

thank you so much all you saved me ❤️

[pale vault]

No problem 🫂

[stiff sapphire]

ı did both the naming and adding component

[pale vault]

I suggest looking up some tutorials, but remember to TRY, or else you'll end up in somewhere called "Tutorial Hell"

[pale vault]

Also, when it comes to coding/scripting, don't be afraid to ask AI (ChatGPT, Google Gemini) for help. They can give valuable insights and improve your knowledge.

[stiff sapphire]

omg yes it's such a huge pain making everything the same but still getting errors

[languid spire]

!learn may be a good place to go

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[languid spire]

we do not recommend using AI spam bots in this server

[pale vault]

Hmm, never been there
Gonna go check it out.

[stiff sapphire]

ı use chatgpt almost everyday ı'm a computer engineering student and it helps me with my problems a lot

[pale vault]

I wasn't referring to AI in that sense lol

[upbeat stream]

chatgpt likes to invent functions in the unity api that don't exist though, just make sure to question it all the time lol

[stiff sapphire]

alright thank you in advance

[pale vault]

Same

Except I use Gemini instead becuase I prefer it

[pale vault]

That doesn't happen very often for me
But if it does, I also question it a lot

That's honestly how I learned coding and became a (kinda) experienced coder

[stiff sapphire]

is it better?

[pale vault]

I've tried it and it works

Can't really say it's better because I haven't really gotten into detail when it comes to comparison

One thing I can say is:

ChatGPT: Helps you with debugging
Gemini: Aggressively debugs it and even tries to change your code. But it doesn't mean I don't recommend it.

[oblique ginkgo]

ChatGPT: spat me back the same code i gave it while making up a random error when i tested out its debugging
would not recommend either tbh

[stiff sapphire]

ı mostly use them when ı get an error asking how can ı solve it but ı dont usually ask them to give me the full code or functions practicing always works better for me ,more efficient at least

[pale vault]

I guess our experience is different

[pale vault]

That's a good way to learn using AI

[stiff sapphire]

still useful ı think just gotta find the best way for you to use it

[pale vault]

I personally think writing entire scripts using AI is not a good way to learn, and the code itself is also very unfunctional

[stiff sapphire]

agreed

[pale vault]

I only learned when I did the coding myself, and only used AI for explaining something I don't know

[acoustic crow]

When I play games on my phone I feel like the game is very sloppy but. It's fluid, but the things that move look strange. I don't know if it's due to too low FPS or no plan. What can I set in Unity's project settings to make it smoother?

[pale vault]

e.g. at first, all I knew were void functions, but then I learned that any type can have functions

Then I learned about namespaces

Bla bla bla

All those stuff, I learned by AI, and it saved me so much time in comparison to tutorial hell 💀

[pale vault]

What are your phones' specs?

[acoustic crow]

@pale vault I don't know everyone either, it's a Samsung s10+ but of course it should run smoothly on other cell phones. It actually runs very smoothly. I just don't know if it's my imagination or what I don't like about the object. When I look at it, I feel like I'm holding on and then I see that there's a black film behind the picture

[pale vault]

That phone is like 5 years old lol
To be fair, it's still hard to determine the cause because we don't know what the problem looks like

[upbeat stream]

im on an s8 and most stuff works pretty well on that one, is it your game that works worse on the phone than in the editor? what's the actual issue

[acoustic crow]

wait i upload it on youtube and send you then the link wait a 5minute

[pale vault]

Wait, are we allowed to send links in this server?

[acoustic crow]

now i send this private

to you

[upbeat stream]

you should be able to share a youtube vid of your problem, but recheck the rules just in case 😄

seems like its fine
⚙️ Content
• Where applicable, attach supporting materials such as screenshots, videos, or code for better clarity and understanding.

[pale vault]

I think videos is referring to mp4 or that kind of stuff

[fathom mist]

Hello! I was wondering how to edit my collider so my character doesn't rotate when coming into contact with one

[upbeat stream]

should be fine anyway

[pale vault]

I think it's in the Constraints property in the Rigidbody component

(At least in 2D. Not sure about 3D)

Oh 2D yeah

[fathom mist]

oh! yes I see thank you

[covert matrix]

in my game i save a score to an inputted id using playerprefs which it does as seen in my debug statements, but in a different scene when i want to see the score of a id searched, it always says the score is 0

could use help resolving this, i think the issue is somewhere in the savescores() and OnSearchButtonClick() methods

https://gdl.space/poniyalusa.cs

[upbeat stream]

can you show the line you save, and the line you load the score? 🙂

[burnt vapor]

Yeah it would help if you only share the relevant piece of code

[upbeat stream]

i'm guessing your issue is here:

PlayerPrefs.SetInt($"TotalScore_{studentID}", playerScore);
int lastRecordedScore = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("LastRecordedScore", 0);

saving to a different key than you are loading, not seeing where LastRecordedScore is saved ever

[covert matrix]

https://gdl.space/ovufevefat.cs

[covert matrix]

thanks ill have a look

[burnt vapor]

So, do the ids of the students match?

Generally I'd advice you place the key in a constant to avoid mistakes with magic numbers/strings, but that does not seem to be the issue here so not something you'd have to do currently

[covert matrix]

havent implemented the suggested fix but yes the id is confirmed to exist and match, but the score is always 0 (the default)

[hallow iris]

i have a question how to make a negitive effect like a curse that only effects enimies in a game and not?

[upbeat stream]

and thats why i wanted the exact code 😄 was looking at the wrong place, can ignore the LastRecordedScore thing. agreed with FusedQyou, const strings all the way for pref keys

[burnt vapor]

This is a very broad question, and not something that can really be answered without specifics

[burnt vapor]

I see, the code does not appear to have any issues so I'm not sure

Unless you load the data before saving it

But that would have been obvious

[hallow iris]

i have a kind of a curse in mind in a game so i want it to be when ever i pick and use the curse it inverts gravity for all the enimies

[burnt vapor]

So I guess whatever handles gravity should check if the curse exists, and if whatever it applies gravity on is an enemy. You would need to differentiate enemies from players and keep track of enemies you spawn so you can give the curse

For example, with a manager that handles spawning

[sterile moon]

public Enemy enemy;
public GameObject target;
public bool curseObjectUsed;

if (curseObjectUsed && && target.isEnemy && enemy.inEffectRange) {
  // Attach effects
}

Super SUPER broad way of applying the effects, requires extra back end code not provided

[burnt vapor]

Or have the enemies subscribe to a singleton manager that can apply effects, and have it trigger when the effect is given

[covert matrix]

thank you so much this worked

[burnt vapor]

Either way your first task would be to figure out how you tell enemies of the curse effect, and then you should actually differentiate enemies from players

[upbeat stream]

wait really? xD i thought the issue was what was being printed in the onsearchbuttonclick. glad it worked out though!

[hallow iris]

thanks

[timid marlin]

hi can someone please help me with something

[sterile moon]

Only if we know what it is

[timid marlin]

ofc

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class CollectCoins : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

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

    private void onTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.name == "Player") 
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }


}

heres a script for a coin

its supposed to be destroyed one a player collides with it

but my player just passes through

[keen dew]

OnTriggerEnter is misspelled

[timid marlin]

omg

ugh

thanks

lol

[sterile moon]

@timid marlin to prevent any possible confusion I would suggest using other.tag instead of .name

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.tag.Equals("Player"))
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }

You set the tag in the inspector window, very top, there's a preconfigured option for Player

[pale vault]

How about

other.CompareTag("Player");

?

[sterile moon]

Compare tag would work just as well for sure, I'm weird and am partial to equals because it reads a little cleaner for me

[pale vault]

Wait a minute.
other.name is supposed to be about the name, not the tag, right?

[frigid flume]

hello ! coudl you tell me how do i link "ForceDisplay" to a text ?```public class ForceAdd : MonoBehaviour
{
public Text ForceDisplay; // Référence au texte où afficher la variable
private int Force; // La variable à incrémenter

void Start()
{
    // Charger la variable à partir de PlayerPrefs ou utiliser une valeur par défaut
    Force = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Force", 0);
    UpdateDisplay();
}

void UpdateDisplay()
{
    // Mettre à jour le texte pour afficher la valeur actuelle de la variable
    ForceDisplay.text = "Variable : " + Force.ToString();
}

public void Increment()
{
    // Incrémenter la variable et enregistrer la nouvelle valeur dans PlayerPrefs
    Force++;
    PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Force", Force);
    PlayerPrefs.Save(); // Enregistrer les changements
    UpdateDisplay();
}

}```
the script goal is to add 1 to force value on click

[pale vault]

Is there GameObject.CompareName(string)?

[sterile moon]

not sure, but I wouldnt doubt it

[sterile moon]

You do that in Unity itself, by giving the parameter ForcedDisplay in the inspector a textmeshpro, you will first want to change Text to TextMeshProGUI

[timid marlin]

noted

[frigid flume]

so doesn't work with a legacy text ?

[sterile moon]

It probably would, but TextMeshProGUI is the modern integration and will usually carry logner term support without later risk of deprication

[pale vault]

Just checked, it doesn't exist

[frigid flume]

ok thanks :)

[sterile moon]

Hm, good to know

[teal viper]

Why would that exit in the first place?🤨

[pale vault]

It would really help if it existed

[teal viper]

I don't see how..?

[sterile moon]

It's a reasonale method honestly, surprised it doesn't exist

[frigid flume]

and do you know how i can reset a playerpref value for testing ? because if it is saved forever for editing the game too it's not easy

[sterile moon]

wdym? Like, a variable that you configure in hard code?

[pale vault]

Actually, you can make it exist like this:

bool CompareName(string Name)
{
    if (Name == name)
    { 
        return true;
    }
    else 
    {
        return false;
    }
}

[frigid flume]

i have a variable that is like a high score, i want it to stay forever for the player but not for me while editing

[pale vault]

Lmao I made this code on Discord

[timid marlin]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerCollectCoins : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int points = 0;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

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


    private void onGUI()
    {
        GUI.Label(new Rect(10, 10, 100, 20), "Poiddsfsdfadsfsdafadsfasdfasdfasdfasdfdsafsdfadsnts: " + points);
    }   



}

can anyone tell me why the gui label isnt showing up on my screen? thanks

[teal viper]

Why not just use name == someString directly?🤷‍♂️

[keen dew]

OnGUI is misspelled

[sterile moon]

Are you wanting to save the high score to a file? Or just hide it from your screen or? I'm not understanding what you are wanting to do

[timid marlin]

ffs

everytime

[pale vault]

Same reason why someone wouldn't do
GameObject.tag == otherTag

[frigid flume]

my program save a value using playerpref but it is saved for me too between sessions and i can't test the game well

[teal viper]

And that is?

[timid marlin]

ty

[pale vault]

Because there is a more concise option: GameObject.CompareTag(string)

[sterile moon]

Add a line in the code as a dev line to reset the number on game start, or set a keybind to reset the number. Essentially build a cheat code via key bind. This is the initial reasons that cheat codes were invented in the first place, they were developer debugging tools, they got left in a game for players to find and eventually players did, it became a standard

[pale vault]

Depends on preference

I like CompareTag(string) for its conciseness

[teal viper]

That's not why CompareTag is recommended

[pale vault]

Why is it?

[teal viper]

performance and human error avoidance

None of which is feasible with object names

[frigid flume]

ok thanks i'll try that ^^

[pale vault]

Hmmm
Learning new things every day

[frigid flume]

i can't find how to add a parameter to the TMP

is it to add a component ?

[sterile moon]

its over in your inspection

You create a textmeshpro game object in the hiearchy, then name it, set it in the hiearchy where you want it, and link it by dragging it into the field on the inspection labled ForceDisplay

[frigid flume]

i don't think i am understanding how to do it even if it seems simple

[sterile moon]

Do you know what your inspector is

[frigid flume]

where do i drag the TMP ?

yes

but can't find forcedisplay, do i have to create one ?

it is only on my script for now

[sterile moon]

Okay, when you click on whatever game object has the script above, do you see a field that says ForceDisplay on the inspector that has no file in it yet

[frigid flume]

oh i havn't added the script on anything yet

[wind phoenix]

my player is jumping but it doesnt stay on track

[frigid flume]

was waiting for me to link text with display x)

[sterile moon]

Yeah, you need to have your script attached to a game object before you can link anything to it

[sterile moon]

doesnt stay on track in what way

[wind phoenix]

wait i send u ss

[queen adder]

how can I configure my IDE on linux kali? I have both installed

[frigid flume]

i attached the script to the button but still can't find the field x)

[wind phoenix]

@sterile moon

like this

its working fine on left and right input

but not jump

[sterile moon]

show me your inspector when you have the button selected

[wind phoenix]

https://pastebin.com/j4qXn1ic

my code @sterile moon

[frigid flume]

it may be related to that

[sterile moon]

its not related to that, but thats because you didnt finish changing text over to textmeshpro I bet. I can't read any of what that says because I do not speak French

[frigid flume]

the name cant be found

[sterile moon]

so check your class for errors

it looks to be a NPE, and since you changed to TMP its most likely you didnt update all instances of text to TMP

[frigid flume]

well i can't find any remaining "text" anywere

[sterile moon]

nowhere on that button inspection do I see a script added

[frigid flume]

on click

where else can i add one ?

on click - no function - ForceDisplay

oh yes so i had to do "add component"

[sterile moon]

you create your ForcedDisplay game object and drag it here

[frigid flume]

this appared as i added the script as a component

so i guess it is good

but i can't add anything to that field btw

how can i drag something from one scene to another

[sterile moon]

to add something to the force dispaly field you need to have a text mesh pro game object to put in there. It wants a TMP object

[hallow iris]

dose any one know how this is made any detials videos or and readable metaril would be greatly appriciated

like how to select a ability in the start screen and then get it in the game

[sterile moon]

You would need to use a GUI or a keybind, some sort of trigger to get what they selected, then just implement that item into the game

[hallow iris]

i am new to game dev so i applogise in advance for my stuipd questions

[frigid flume]

but the TMP displayed the force value is on another scene

[queen adder]

!configure

[verbal dome]

!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

[queen adder]

I have visual studio

it saya error acquiring .NET!

so doesnt autocomplete

I also downloaded vs externally

not via unity hub

[burnt vapor]

That's fine. Visual Studio downloaded correctly?

Make sure you selected the correct workloads

[queen adder]

yes

Im using linux

vs tried to get net 7 on its own but failed

so im trying manually

[queen adder]

wdym

[upper gyro]

how do I get the path to the folder with the game (i.e. where the executable file is located)?

[sterile moon]

Get the path via code, or like, navigate to the path on your pc

[upper gyro]

I need to get the path with code...

[sterile moon]

path = Application.dataPath;

[burnt vapor]

That's part of the step, assuming you use VS

[upper gyro]

the GameName_Data folder is not what I need

[sterile moon]

that might be dependant on how the game is installed then. May need to link into whatever distrobution manager you plan on using

[languid spire]

maybe Environment.CurrentDirectory ?

[queen adder]

yea I do

Im installing .net 8 now

hope it works

[languid spire]

you know Unity does not use .Net 8, right?

[queen adder]

nah I didnt

it doesnt work anyway

oh its 7 cool

[upper gyro]

thanks

[burnt vapor]

As in unity .NET 7? Also not the case

Versioning in .NET is weird, Unity uses something called .NET Standard

Too lazy to explain but you can think of .NET Standard being the interface where .NET 7/8 is the class that implements the interface

Assuming you even know what these are

[frigid flume]

hey, i still can't manage to find a solution to my problem. I have a button on a scene that have to increase a PlayerPrefs value, and a text on another scene, where the game starts, that have to display that value. How can i do that ? i tried multiple things, i probably should use a DDOL but i can't manage to do it

this seems very easy but is unbelievably hard for me

and can't find anything on google

[teal viper]

Get the value from the player prefs and update the text with it.🤷‍♂️

[frigid flume]

i just cant manage to do that

[teal viper]

Doesn't sound code related.

[queen adder]

guess I need .net 7

sdk net

[frigid flume]

don't even know where to start

[languid spire]

do you have a script with a method that saves the value to PlayerPrefs?

[frigid flume]

i deleted what i made since it was useless

[languid spire]

well make a new one

[teal viper]

Well, since you already save to player prefs, you should know how to load from it. And the only other thing is assigning a string to a text component.

[frigid flume]

is this a good script to add 1 to the playerpref value ```using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class IncreasePlayerPrefsValue : MonoBehaviour
{
public string playerPrefsKey = "PlayerScore"; // The key used to store the value in PlayerPrefs

}

void IncreaseValue()
{
    // Increase the PlayerPrefs value by 1
    int currentValue = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(playerPrefsKey, 0);
    int newValue = currentValue + 1;
    PlayerPrefs.SetInt(playerPrefsKey, newValue);
    PlayerPrefs.Save();```

[shell sorrel]

define good

[hexed terrace]

full of errors 😄

[shell sorrel]

i see no reason why it need to GetInt everytime

it can do that on Start and cache it, and increment the cache

also assuming its a bad copy and paste since it has a bunch of syntax errors

[frigid flume]

yes sorry

public class IncreasePlayerPrefsValue : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string playerPrefsKey = "PlayerScore"; // The key used to store the value in PlayerPrefs

    void Start()
    {
        // Increase the PlayerPrefs value by 1
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt(playerPrefsKey, PlayerPrefs.GetInt(playerPrefsKey, 0) + 1);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }
}``` how about this

[queen adder]

do I need net sdk for autocomplete?

or net runtime

[shell sorrel]

feels like you are guessing now, since that only runs on Start now and still does all the work in 1 step, instead of caching anything

[languid spire]

if you have no idea what you are doing, which is what it looks like !learn

[eternal falcon]

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

[teal viper]

You need to follow ide config guides !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

[frigid flume]

i used chatgpt to get thoses last scripts since what i was doing what trash

to have an example

[languid spire]

and you do not know the rules on using AI code?

[shell sorrel]

so you are not understanding the code it gives you then trying to ask others to fix it

vs reading it and learning what it does

[frigid flume]

{
    public Text ForceDisplay; // Référence au texte où afficher la variable
    private int Force; // La variable à incrémenter

    void Start()
    {
        // Charger la variable à partir de PlayerPrefs ou utiliser une valeur par défaut
        Force = PlayerPrefs.GetInt("Force", 0);
        UpdateDisplay();
    }

    void UpdateDisplay()
    {
        // Mettre à jour le texte pour afficher la valeur actuelle de la variable
        ForceDisplay.text = "Variable : " + Force.ToString();
    }

    public void Increment()
    {
        // Incrémenter la variable et enregistrer la nouvelle valeur dans PlayerPrefs
        Force++;
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Force", Force);
        PlayerPrefs.Save(); // Enregistrer les changements
        UpdateDisplay();
    }
}``` this is what i made

but since it wasn't made the correct way

[queen adder]

yeah did those

still doesnt auto complete

[languid spire]

but you said you were using TMP and I distincly remember someone telling to check all Text references which you said you had done

[frigid flume]

i used text legacy then tmp

[teal viper]

What ide are you using?

[shell sorrel]

yeah never use the legacy text system

[frigid flume]

but i was thinking i could link the text from a scene to the inspector's of a button froma another scene

[shell sorrel]

its literally just a using import and type swap to use tmp

you cant link across scenes like that from the inspector

[queen adder]

linux

[frigid flume]

yes so i ask for help

[queen adder]

why is it damn hard to install net sdk 7 to linux

[frigid flume]

i was told to use a DDOL

[teal viper]

Wrong answer.

[queen adder]

not much resources

[shell sorrel]

since there is no insurrance all the scenes would be loaded at once

[queen adder]

wrong answer what

visual studio

and unity

[teal viper]

Linux is not an ide

[queen adder]

yeah I use vs I thought that was obvious

[teal viper]

Which of the things that you listed is an ide?😬

[languid spire]

vs on Linux? I don't think so

[teal viper]

Obviously, it was not obvious. If you're using vs, share the unity workload installed and the IDE selected in the external tools in project settings.

[shell sorrel]

thats VS Code

[teal viper]

This is not vs

[queen adder]

yeah

[languid spire]

At this point you're just trolling

[shell sorrel]

yes MS is bad at naming things, but VS Code, VS for Mac and VS are all totally different things

[queen adder]

oh wrong aplication

[queen adder]

why would I

just started linux

I googled install visual studio for linux

and did that

here we are

[teal viper]

This looks configured properly though. I think. I don't use vs code for unity.

[languid spire]

if you don't know the names of the apps you're using then you should not be using them

[shell sorrel]

though i heavily recommend if its a option to use windows or mac as a dev envirmeoment for unity

[teal viper]

Visual studio is not the same as visual studio code(what you're using)

[shell sorrel]

linux support exists, but you will have less help with it, and its less stable

[queen adder]

okay

lets see

I go with visual studio only then

without code part

[shell sorrel]

Visual Studio is windows only IDE

[languid spire]

does not exist for Linux

[shell sorrel]

Visual Studio Code is a code editor for all platforms

[queen adder]

I see

so no way for auto complete then?

or seeing errors

[shell sorrel]

there is just follow the guide for the thing you are actually using

#💻┃code-beginner message

[queen adder]

yeah vs code that is

[languid spire]

but I strongly suggest if you do not know how to use Linux then don't use it

[shell sorrel]

VS Code is listed in the above

[teal viper]

It should be working imho.

[queen adder]

it does. but doesnt autocomplete for unity libraries

[teal viper]

For example?

[shell sorrel]

also being new to unity, programming and linux at the same time as asking for a lot of trouble

[languid spire]

to put it very mildly

[rare quarry]

my character keeps going to movepoint after camera moves

first part of the video: normal movement script
second part of the video: tile based movement (a.k.a the ss i sent :P)

[queen adder]

doesnt auto complete gameobject

or rigidbody

or gamemanager button stuff like that

autocompletes stuff like private public readonly float int

[teal viper]

Maybe remove that private above?

[shell sorrel]

@queen adder did you follow this guide
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/other/unity

[queen adder]

no I didnt I followed visual studio thought that was the one I was using

let me do it real quick

[shell sorrel]

so you followed the guide for the one you are not using, but expect it to work after that was pointed out?

[queen adder]

I didnt know

happens

[rare quarry]

im trying to solve this for days :/

basically this script updates character position after switching to next area but i don't understand why character tries to go back

FINALLYY

i solved it guys

sometimes i feel like dumb

[queen adder]

can i get help with my maze generator code please? I've made a node in 2d with 4 different walls and im trying to use a depth first search to do so but I keep getting these errors.

[frosty hound]

Miscounted, you have too many closing braces

[languid spire]

check your syntax, specifically line 15

[frosty hound]

Nevermind, ignore me. I can't parse code that has { on the same line lol.

[queen adder]

I have corrected that now my syntax was completely wrong

[languid spire]

also don't nest methods unless it is useful

[queen adder]

This is my first attempt do you know any other ways for random maze generation other than a depth first search

because im trying to explore methods on doing so and which works best for what I am doing

[shell sorrel]

is referring to you defining the GenerateMaze inside of Start

[languid spire]

tbh that is irrelevant if you cannot write correct c#

[shell sorrel]

let start be its own method, then have the generate one as its own method too, dont put one in the other

[queen adder]

school project I have to do it

[languid spire]

first learn then do

[queen adder]

how would you suggest doing that

my first time using C# and i hate it tbh

[summer stump]

Start() {
IEnumerator GenerateMaze() {}
}

This is what you did ☝️
This is what you should do

Start() {
}
IEnumerator GenerateMaze() {}

[languid spire]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/csharp
and !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[shell sorrel]

learning some of its basics, you got multiple syntax errors, that would be obvious after even a bit of introductory learning about C# or really any C like language

[queen adder]

yes i went thru my code line by line and corrected it

thank you

[queen adder]

thank you sm

ill keep that in mind

[dapper zenith]

Why would my grid be so massive? this is default, on 1,1,1 and the 2nd image is if i make the grid scale values tiny.

[low path]

what's the size of you robjects?

and sprite import settings, etc

also camera settings

are you using an orthographic camera? could be that your grid is closer to camera than objects, changing relative size

[dapper zenith]

i am using othographic

i tried change the size but nothing changes

[fathom mist]

Does anyone have a good tutorial for adding a cutscene to a 2D game? I want to trigger an ending scene based on a specific pickup

[low path]

size of what?

[dapper zenith]

just the size value in the inspector that zooms it in/out

[low path]

what's the size of your game objects, and what is your sprite pixels per unit

and how large are your sprites

[dapper zenith]

nevermind i fixed it somehow..

[low path]

happy to help

[dapper zenith]

ty

[low path]

llol

[tepid urchin]

I'm moving my Rigidbody2D by changing velocity in FixedUpdate...

I noticed that without vsync the movement is horrible. Am I doing it in an ugly way?

[pallid nymph]

you'll have to better define horrible, buuut you maybe need interpolation on some rigidbodies

[tepid urchin]

well I mean horrible as in clearly bad practice for some reason, trying to educate myself 😄
I can just force VSync and looks good

but will look into interpolation stuff, thanks

[pallid nymph]

problem is that horrible is not descriptive, and whatever I say is a guesstimate

[tepid urchin]

yeah, fair enough

[pallid nymph]

is the camera moving choppy? are other objects moving choppy? (choppiness is entirely my guess here btw)... or it could be something entirely different

[tepid urchin]

anyways depending on monitor refresh rate, the character itself (whom camera follows) is choppy

position isn't updated smoothly (like it is with vsync) but "jumps" to new positions quickly

144hz is pretty much blurry, 60hz the "jumps" are slower/clearer

[cosmic quail]

have you enabled interpolation on your rigidbody

interpolation should always be enabled for things like your player character

[fathom mist]

Quick issue, I have code that is supposed to load a new scene when I collide with something but I can't seem to trigger it? Should I post the code? It was tied to an empty game object with a collider and then rn I'm trying a specific sprite but neither of them are working

[tepid urchin]

seems like not, will do that
thanks

[cosmic quail]

did it make the movement smooth? there shouldn't be any jittering whatsoever, if there is then something is still wrong somewhere

[tepid urchin]

can try in handful of minutes, fiddling with my project during work 😄
but I'd guess it will make it all pretty

[tepid urchin]

perhaps try to add debug message when you collide to make sure that collision itself is actually happening

loading level itself should be fine, as there is no fancy logic other than
SceneManager.LoadScene("name");

---

also adding interpolation indeed fixed my weird movement, thanks again guys

[fathom mist]

huhh I can't seem to figure it out?

My character is physically colliding with the object?

[tepid urchin]

then use OnTriggerEnter2D instead (or similar for 3D)
that doesn't collide "physically" but tells you when you went inside

ah you already are

[verbal dome]

It's not marked as trigger

[fathom mist]

It doesnt change anything if I mark it

[verbal dome]

Well it needs to be a trigger if you want to use OnTriggerEnter/Exit

[frigid flume]

could you explain to me how i can make this button be the ForceAdd Button please ?

[verbal dome]

You are mixing Input buttons and UI buttons. Not related

Just hook up the method in the OnClick in the UI button's inspector

[fathom mist]

Yeah I get that now just I dont know why it just doesnt do anything other than let me walk through it

[polar acorn]

The Three Commandments of OnTriggerEnter:

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

[fathom mist]

I have all that but 2D?

[frigid flume]

how do i do add ? ^^'

[polar acorn]

Then why are you using the 3D method

[fathom mist]

Do I need to change it?

Oh

[frigid flume]

i know how to hook up a script but a method

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnTriggerEnter2D.html

[fathom mist]

whats...the 2d method

[verbal dome]

What

[frigid flume]

how do i hook it up in the onclick button

[polar acorn]

In this box, put in the method you want the button to call

[fathom mist]

nvm

[tepid urchin]

there are tons of methods without any "3D" mention what won't work for 2D.. always good idea to check if "2D" one also exists if something doesn't work

[frigid flume]

not sure because i'm not english speaker, what is the method ? it is in the script right ?

[fathom mist]

I didnt realize I was using something for 3D aa my bad

[frigid flume]

the script is already added to the button but it's not especially a script for the button

[polar acorn]

method is the "proper" name for what you might call a "function". It's the thing in code you're trying to call with the button

[frigid flume]

yes it is what i thought :) but how can i drag it to the on click field ?

[polar acorn]

Drag in the object with the script you want on it, then choose that script and method

[frigid flume]

i can't really do that but maybe is it because it's the wrong method

[polar acorn]

Why not

[fathom mist]

ok I changed the code but I'm still having the same issue as before. I said that it couldnt load scene 2 bc it wasnt in the build settings so I fixed that which got rid of the error but it's still not taking me to the next scene? I tried messing with the trigger effects and I added the proper tag on the player character ("Luin") Do I have to edit the tag on the frontdoor too? I tried replacing "nextSceneName" with 2 since that's the name of the scene I want loaded but that wasnt valid so I'm just at a loss rn

[frigid flume]

actually i have an object to which i added my script. i addes this object to the button

i can't choose anything

in function ?

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector for the object this is colliding with

[polar acorn]

What function are you trying to call

[fathom mist]

ive tried with and without the is trigger

[frigid flume]

i have this but apparently it's wrong. I just want to link this or whatever to the UI button

[polar acorn]

That's a controller button and has nothing to do with the UI button

[frigid flume]

what should i use

[polar acorn]

Your UI button calls a function when you press it. You need to make a function for it to call

[polar acorn]

OnCollision means not a trigger

[frigid flume]

does it call a function or a script ?

[polar acorn]

Neither object can be a trigger

[polar acorn]

It calls a function

[fathom mist]

yeah i've done it with both

neither of them work

[frigid flume]

how can i link the button to the function

[polar acorn]

Show the whole object inspector

[polar acorn]

Like this:
#💻┃code-beginner message

[frigid flume]

sorry it's very dumb lol

but there is no function related to the button

i may have to write it in the script but what do i write ?

[polar acorn]

What do you want the button to do

[frigid flume]

add 1 to a value

[polar acorn]

Then write a function that does that