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[silent locust]

that scared the crap out me

[rich adder]

Open Sample Scene

[silent locust]

thank you

[tender stag]

how can i invert this 180 degrees? float yTargetRot = climbingWall.transform.rotation.eulerAngles.y;

if i add a - it doesnt work properly

[polar acorn]

-180

Or +180

[tender stag]

lmao

yeah it works

thanks

also is there any way to make smoothdamp run at the same speed regardless of the fps?

because there is a masive difference to the point where it breaks the game

[elder osprey]

How can I implement acceleration without using AddForce. I want a custom acceleration amount. Here is my code currently: ```cs
void FixedUpdate()
{
Move();
}
void Move()
{
Vector3 desiredVelocity = transform.TransformDirection(moveInput.x, 0, moveInput.y) * speed;

rb.velocity = desiredVelocity;
rb.velocity = new Vector3(Mathf.Clamp(rb.velocity.x, -speed, speed), rb.velocity.y, Mathf.Clamp(rb.velocity.z, -speed, speed));

}```

As you can see I've already clamped the velocity to the speed.

[slender nymph]

increase velocity over time instead of just assigning it

[elder osprey]

How to I decrease it afterwards?

[slender nymph]

the same way you increase it

also that's honestly a pretty terrible way to clamp the velocity. just clamp the magnitude of the desiredVelocity vector before applying the Y velocity

[silent locust]

is there a good gun tutorial

[elder osprey]

So when would I decrease it? because if I do cs rb.velocity += acceleration; rb.velocity -= acceleration;the player wouldnt move

[slender nymph]

just use Mathf.MoveTowards to move the current velocity towards the desired velocity

then when there's no input the desired velocity will be 0,0,0

just don't include the Y velocity in that calculation if you want normal gravity

[elder osprey]

like this? ```cs
void FixedUpdate()
{
Move();
}
void Move()
{
Vector3 velocity = rb.velocity;
Vector3 inputVelocity = transform.TransformDirection(moveInput.x, 0, moveInput.y) * speed;

velocity.x = Mathf.MoveTowards(velocity.x, inputVelocity.x, speed / acceleration);
velocity.z = Mathf.MoveTowards(velocity.z, inputVelocity.z, speed / acceleration);

rb.velocity = velocity;

}```

[slender nymph]

sorry, Vector3.MoveTowards instead of doing each axis individually

or you could try it like that if you'd like and see if it works 🤷‍♂️

[elder osprey]

Both seem to work well, but using Vector3.MoveTowards gravity is very slow.

This is what I did: ```cs
void FixedUpdate()
{
Move();
}
void Move()
{
Vector3 inputVelocity = transform.TransformDirection(moveInput.x, 0, moveInput.y) * speed;

rb.velocity = Vector3.MoveTowards(rb.velocity, inputVelocity, baseSpeed / acceleration);

}```

[slender nymph]

remember how i said not to include the Y axis in your MoveTowards calculation?

[elder osprey]

How can I use Vector3.MoveTowards while not including the Y axis?

[nova frigate]

does anyone know how to access Wwise using scripts?

[silent locust]

i just set up better movement and when i press play i just get flung

how do i fix that

[wintry quarry]

Doesn't sound better

[dusty silo]

I have a local variable which I initialize before it gets assigned in a following loop. However, after the loop, the compiler says that my variable is unassigned. How can I get the loop-assigned value to persist post loop?

[summer stump]

Are you assigning it to a class-member variable, or a local variable inside the loop?

You should probably just show the code

[dusty silo]

Local variable (of a function) initialized, assigned in a loop.

ptpPath(Vertex a, Vertex v, int t){
Vertex current;
Vector2 d = b - a:
for(...){current = ...}
//Current is uninitialized here
}

[cosmic dagger]

If the for loop is skipped (meets exit condition), current will remain uninitialized . . .

[whole idol]

How do u fix this?

[reef patio]

problems, solve?

[reef patio]

https://paste.myst.rs/fl8nmz1y

[whole idol]

Oh nevermind I found it

Ok so, I did update it. WHY AM I STILL GETTING THIS MESSAGE ???!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Edit: Nvm, I restarted it's all good.

[rugged beacon]

Im on my first 2d map proj, stuck on combining procudural generation with chunk loading
how do i approach this

[reef patio]

I have 3 errors of Player Animation.

Can someone help with it, its scripting?

https://paste.myst.rs/fl8nmz1y

[queen adder]

@sam you forgot a { after the SetMoveBool method

Also add some spacing to ur methods

[reef patio]

which line?

[queen adder]

24

The way the method is typed is wrong

Look at ur other methods

[queen adder]

Did that fix it?

Also share the whole thing

[reef patio]

That's the teachers side to it.

Ok, share the script or error list?

[queen adder]

Method signatures must have: MethodName(paramType paramName) { }

Both the errors and the code

[queen adder]

Youve got two { in the method SetMoveBoolTransition

Delete one of them

[rugged beacon]

also got a ; end of line 24
i think you should learn programing first

[queen adder]

Didnt even realize

Ur IDE should be flagging this stuff

[reef patio]

ok, the IDE broke again

[queen adder]

its not the IDE

[reef patio]

what is it?

[queen adder]

Method signatures shouldnt have semicolons at the end

MethodName(paramType paramName) ;

Is wrong^^

[summer stump]

Line 24 is just invalid syntax, as Vee said

[queen adder]

And so is having multiple { in the method

{ } defines scope

[summer stump]

I guess the IDE IS broken though, because it should be pointing this out
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[queen adder]

{ { } doesnt make sense to the compiler

[rugged beacon]

sometime when i use vsc for unity only it randomly stop working also, no suggesting anything
just close and reopen every since, no clue what cause it

[reef patio]

can you paint strike it Vee?

[queen adder]

Can i what?

[reef patio]

show me with paint where the incorrect portions are?

[summer stump]

Vs code is not officially supported by Unity. MS is maintaining their own extension

[queen adder]

Not to be a asshole

[summer stump]

Just count the curly braces

[queen adder]

But i like ppl to figure stuff out on there own

[summer stump]

And remove the ; where they said

[queen adder]

Otherwise they will be here all the time

[rugged beacon]

you should learn the basic programming first sam

[queen adder]

You cant have mutiple { in a method

[slender nymph]

if you get your !IDE configured it will show it for you

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[reef patio]

one moment im going to remodify my VSC2019

[queen adder]

Like i said its MethodName(paramType paramName) { }

The { } define the scope of the method

[reef patio]

ohhh ok

[queen adder]

So its { = Start of the method. } = The end of the method

[reef patio]

just these two now

[queen adder]

We cant help without seeing the code. Although i wish i was a master programmer and could just tell ur problems from just looking at the errors

[reef patio]

link?

[queen adder]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[reef patio]

to the copy paste url

[queen adder]

Just do one of these and send the link back here

[reef patio]

https://gdl.space/ucukohawoz.cs

[queen adder]

Again

{ } Defines scope

Two { doesnt make sense to the compiler

Review ur code one more time

[summer stump]

Take a look at this ☝️

[queen adder]

Pretty neat ^^^

Thats why its important to have Matching { and } braces in ur code

{
{
}
}

[summer stump]

You have scope issues on lines 24, 25, 27, 36

[reef patio]

it went backwards

4 errors

[summer stump]

Did you look at the image I sent? Did you compare what vee has been saying to your code.
There are significant and obvious issues on the lines I pointed out. You need to just take the time to look while thinking about what you've been told.
The solutions are SUPER obvious and easy

Look at EVERY curly brace and ask yourself "does this one need to be here?"

[reef patio]

I'll look at that closer.

[summer stump]

Ignore the errors for now. The compiler is super confused by the mismatched scopes.
Fix those, THEN see what errors are left

Proper indentation would help too

[reef patio]

i'll see what I can do

[queen adder]

Make sure each "{" has a matching "}"

Thats it

And Method names cant have a ; at the end of them

[barren violet]

Unless they’re abstract but that’s for a different lesson

[frosty hound]

All this was covered yesterday, how is it still a problem. 🤔

[uncut shard]

My player is not able to move forward automatically on play

heres my script

[teal viper]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[cosmic dagger]

Use one of the provided links to post your code. Not everyone can see the script when dropped into Discord. . .

[uncut shard]

https://gdl.space/keyifeyebi.cpp

[reef patio]

https://gdl.space/metuvesuta.cs 1 error left...what to do?

[uncut shard]

Hi I sent the code

[teal viper]

Don't ping everyone.
That code doesn't make much sense. Are you following a tutorial?

[uncut shard]

I am yes sorry

[teal viper]

Share the tutorial.

[summer stump]

You have the word private inside a method
Because, again, the braces are messed up

[reef patio]

i see that its in the tutorial I look at

[summer stump]

You never close the ReadMovement method

[summer stump]

I strongly doubt that
But it's possible 🤷‍♂️
If so, the tutorial is wrong

[uncut shard]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0WgRP7BtOez8O7UAQiW0qAp-XfKZXA9W&si=btQGvwEjIiVLtAw3

[reef patio]

ok i think this guys got gaps in it

how do I correct the problem so it works?

[uncut shard]

me?

[summer stump]

Look at each brace and make sure it has a matching one in the right placa
Again, your ReadMovement method is not closed. You start OnEnable INSIDE of ReadMovement because of this

[uncut shard]

i shared the tutorial

[summer stump]

They are probably looking at it now

[uncut shard]

ok

[frosty hound]

You've been told many times by now, that you need opening and closing braces. You must have the same number of open as close. They must encompass the code around the class, the functions and the if statements (in your code).

If you this is something you're going to keep asking, then you're going to need to do some basic C# learning.

[uncut shard]

@reef patio it is best to follow tutorials on Youtube

[frosty hound]

Actually, you also need to show that your IDE is configured with a screenshot of it underlining the error. Failing to do this will result in you not asking any further questions here. Enough is enough on that front.

[teal viper]

That's not a great tutorial... Even their demonstration of the end result is jittery, meaning they're not moving the object correctly...

Didn't unity !learn have a course on endless runner?

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[uncut shard]

okay I see

[buoyant knot]

your IDE should immediately be able to identify curly brace issues, because everything will turn red lol

[buoyant knot]

That’s how he got here in the first place.

[uncut shard]

ok @buoyant knot

[buoyant knot]

in general, YT tutorials are great to show you install/setup, and show the different tools you can use

YT tutorials generally suck at style and code architecture

[summer stump]

Strongly disagree honestly. At least until you understand unity and coding kinda well at least.
Best to do a c# tutorial like https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php or tutorialspoint or microsofts own guide first.
If not, then just !learn

I always recommend against youtube at first though

[eternal falcon]

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[buoyant knot]

case and point: most YT tutorials spam public fields, which is very noobish

[uncut shard]

Okay thats how I learn @buoyant knot I see

[teal viper]

To be fair public fields are the least of the problematic things. Much worse is if they use functionally incorrect stuff. Like moving physical objects via transform. Or querying input in fixed update.

[final trellis]

I have 3 classes, Entrant, AbberationEntrant and GreyEntrant, both AbberationEntrant and GreyEntrant inherit from the Entrant class

how would I make an array, where each element can be any of the 3 classes?

[queen adder]

Make a array that takes in the BaseClass type

I always forget the syntax for arrays for some reason hold on

Entrant[] entrants;

@final trellis

[final trellis]

how would i declare the first element in the array to be a normal entrant, then abberation then grey during the initialization of the array? cant seem to get the syntax right

[queen adder]

Are you doing it via the editor or via code?

@final trellis

Obviously via code if you cant the syntax right sorry im dumb

[teal viper]

You assign a reference of a desired type to the array element.

A reference type array holds references to the objects, not the objects themselves.

[queen adder]

Should be like any other type?
entrants[index] = entrant_reference

[teal viper]

So, what matters is how you create the object and what type it is.

[queen adder]

Share code as well

[final trellis]

oh i meant something like this, but the current unity C# version doesnt seem to like it

[queen adder]

!code

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[queen adder]

Oh lol

No

Just make it the base type

You dont need the sub types in the declaration

[north kiln]

Yes, that is unsupported by Unity's C# version

[queen adder]

Thats invalid syntax for any array

Thats something you can do?!?!?

🤯

[teal viper]

The issue is that that's not a correct syntax of a constructor.

[north kiln]

It's the recently introduced collection initialiser syntax.

[queen adder]

WHAT

Thats so cool

[final trellis]

right i forgor the ()

[north kiln]

Unity supports C# 9 (mostly)

Not 12

[final trellis]

itd be damn nice if it was 12 tho

[north kiln]

In roughly a year's time it might be

[queen adder]

Were talking about unity having nice features here... A.K.A Impossible

[final trellis]

https://pastebin.com/gTNrJ502

pastebin of the classes code

[queen adder]

This code LMAO

[final trellis]

damn what'd I do

[queen adder]

Breast size

Sorry im childish

[final trellis]

boobs are a real thing

[queen adder]

I know i know

My fault

[final trellis]

you should be more concerned about the markiplier slider

[queen adder]

So many questions

But whats wrong with ur code? Seems fine to me

[final trellis]

i prob dont need a pastebin but my array declaration is just

    [SerializeField]
    Entrant[] entrants = { new Entrant(), new AbberationEntrant(), new GreyEntrant() };

[queen adder]

Does that work? I thought that syntax was unsupported

[final trellis]

its supported as soon as you replaces the square brackets with curlies

[queen adder]

Aka cant have mutiple types in a array declaration

Really??

Huh thats pretty neat

[final trellis]

but theres an issue where, either its all being converted to just the Entrant class, or the variables for the 2 other classes arent serializing

[summer stump]

Well, the array IS declared as Entrants, so it will only show the variables available from that class

[final trellis]

is it possible for it to show me everything?

[summer stump]

I am not sure how. It would probably take something like an editor extension
Maybe a serializable dictionary could do it?

Not sure

[final trellis]

agh i should probably check odin serializer's legal stuff then

bc i have it im just anxious abt using it in this project since its for a gamejam where the projects gotta be open source

[queen adder]

What are u trying to do exactly?

Having an array of multiple types is a code smell to me personally

[final trellis]

basically, im tryna make a Papers Please inspired game where instead of determining if their papers are in order, its if theyre human or not. each "day" has an assigned list of Entrants. These Entrants can either be random human, random nonhuman, randum indeterminate, complete random, or compeltely scripted human/nonhuman/indeterminate

my idea is to make each day's entrant list an array it goes through

[queen adder]

Oh i see

Cant you just [SerializeField] each entrant outside of the array?

[final trellis]

maybe, but then I cant change my mind on if the 2nd entrant is nonhuman or not that way

[queen adder]

Instead of using the array to access them. Instead just make them public or have some form of Get And Set that handles retrieving the references

Then again i dont know ur project fully or your requirements. But theres always multiple ways to do the same thing

It seems like the Unity Editor doesnt like multiple types in the Array declartion so you could make a custom script or look into another way of handling the problem. Its honestly out of my expertise but i hope someone else here can help!

[buoyant knot]

I appreciate that breast size is the first slider defined in your class

[final trellis]

ay i aint the one down bad here!

tiddy size is a thing that varies between humans!

[abstract finch]

Is there a way to make the float less long?

[frigid sequoia]

You want the number itself to be rounded or just to show rounded?

If you just want it to show with less decimal use standard string formating

[abstract finch]

Ah sorry I just want this to show. 0.10

ideally ".1"

[frigid sequoia]

Else, multiply it and then divide it by the same number, since that would make it lose the last decimals since it can only store up to so many

[abstract finch]

    {
        value *= 100;
        value = Mathf.Floor(value);
        value /= 100;
        Debug.Log(value);
        return value;
    }```
This seems to work

[frigid sequoia]

You could simplify it like this

Which, is also literally the first google seach I found

So... I don't mind answering, but next time if you think your question is generic enough pls search it fisrt

[wraith hornet]

have u guys use Physics.SphereCast with both index layermask and float maxdistance ?

[limber narwhal]

is there a way to force using access modifier for variables in vscode , sometimes i forget to put "private" and copilot always suggests variables without "private"

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.SphereCast.html

[polar acorn]

Variables with no access modifier are considered private by default

[limber narwhal]

i understand, i was just reading on whether i should use private or without and settled on always using private (but sometimes i forget to do it and occasionally go thru my scripts to check if i missed it)

it's not a big deal, i can just keep checking scripts from time to time, ty

[lavish gate]

Hey guys, memory leak but idk where its happening, how do i check whats wrong?

[neat beacon]

Working on this drawing tool, I need it to be interactable with the player object. How would I go about that?

Drawing Tool Script: https://pastebin.com/wTWpLL4K

[elder osprey]

I currently have a problem with my movement code causing my player to move strangely. Here is my movement code: ```cs
void FixedUpdate()
{
Move();
}
void Move()
{
Vector3 velocity = rb.velocity;
Vector3 inputVelocity = transform.TransformDirection(moveInput.x, 0, moveInput.y);

velocity.x = Mathf.MoveTowards(velocity.x, inputVelocity.x * speed, speed / acceleration);
velocity.z = Mathf.MoveTowards(velocity.z, inputVelocity.z * speed, speed / acceleration);

rb.velocity = velocity;

}``` In this video I am moving back and forth, then I am spam tapping the forward move key to show how the player moves at a weird angle: https://streamable.com/mzdrv0

[teal viper]

Could be related to the stack overflow that you have.

[lavish gate]

I fixed the problem anyway, was instantiating every single update and deleting the same thing because i was missing something that was crucial

[elder osprey]

Would it be better to lerp instead of using Mathf.MoveTowards?

Nvm, using lerp does seem to work better, and it uses the acceleration variable like acceleration should be used now.

[strong imp]

Why is my spot light that im using for my flashlight making the terrian (floor) glow weridly once shined within range of it. If it goes close to the floor it lights a big area. Can anyone help me

[river roost]

#archived-lighting

[tawdry mirage]

trying to make missiles fly, with homing after reaching high(total trajectory is more like of mortar), in 2d by using

transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(dirToTarget), turnSpeedBase);

by default, up is Vector3.up, and when missiles flies vertically(diving), it does weird spiraling ang goes off my 2d zeroed z. So, when missile starts diving, i feed Vector3.right(or left) as up direction and it goes without spiraling. I don't think i get it.
So, the up direction's purpose is to control how the curve will go, right?

[reef patio]

i need assistance,

!code

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[reef patio]

https://gdl.space/uxiwilovug.cs

1 error

[languid spire]

line 34, please pay attention to your code

[reef patio]

im on line 34

[languid spire]

the brace is the wrong way round

[reef patio]

that popped up now

[languid spire]

post code again

[reef patio]

https://gdl.space/fetoyefeyi.cs

[languid spire]

now count your braces, they need to be balanced

[reef patio]

14

balanced as in position in code?

aligned

[languid spire]

yes, you have 6 open and 8 close. you do understand wehat balanced means don't you

[reef patio]

yes

[languid spire]

so if you have 6 open you should only have 6 close

[reef patio]

bar 6?

[languid spire]

balanced as in 1 close for each open

[reef patio]

or the sixth brace?

[languid spire]

neither, look at your code from top to bottom, each section should have 1 opening brace and 1 closing brace, this is very basic C#, you should know this

[reef patio]

like this {} ?

[languid spire]

yes

[reef patio]

in each opening section?

[languid spire]

create a new c# script and look at it's structure

[reef patio]

a new c# script shows braces like I had earlier

[languid spire]

no it doesn't

your code

[reef patio]

oh that part

[languid spire]

what did you think I was talking about?

[reef patio]

the top part to bottom

[languid spire]

well, that is the bottom. Is your IDE even configured?

[reef patio]

ya

[languid spire]

show me, screenshot the complete ide window

[languid spire]

So it is not configured
!ide

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[reef patio]

what's wrong with it?

[languid spire]

this
it should say Assembly-CSharp

[reef patio]

ok ill check

[stuck jay]

If I were to make a Doom 1993 style ammo system (touching ammo increases an ammo variable in an AmmoManager script) would the best way to do that is to use dictionaries and make an enum for each ammo type?

[rich adder]

sure that can work.

[static bay]

No just have the pickup tell the AmmoManager how much to give.

Now you can have as many as you want.

[stuck jay]

Why not make an Enum for each ammo variable?

That way I can have a MaxAmmoCount variable

[rich adder]

You will need enum anyway if you want to know what ammo type you picked up

[stuck jay]

But how would I define a maximum ammo cap?

Do I set it in the dictionary?

So it'd be
(PlasmaAmmo, 600)

[rich adder]

store them inside fields like consts or yeah dictionary could work too
You can make custom class to store all that info in the value

[arctic ibex]

Hey anyone know what this means?

[stuck jay]

So I can just make a class called Ammo and have it store the type (Enum,) max amount, etc?

[rich adder]

the enum would be the Key

[stuck jay]

But then how would I initialize it? Dictionary's?

[rich adder]

the class could be just the currentAmmo and maxAmmo

[teal viper]

What's on line 213 of the movescript?

[reef patio]

Done, again, thanks.

[rich adder]

public Dictionary<AmmoType, AmmoInfo> AmmoInventory = new Dictionary<AmmoType, AmmoInfo>
{
    { AmmoType.Pistol, new AmmoInfo { MaxAmmo = 100, CurrentAmmo = 50 } },
    { AmmoType.Rifle, new AmmoInfo { MaxAmmo = 200, CurrentAmmo = 100 } },
};```
Just an idea, but obviously you can use other ways, like scriptable objects or just a bunch of fields or classes. Remember, there isn't just one way to do things as long as it works for you and easy to understand

[teal viper]

Hmmm... Maybe check angle for NAN🤔

[arctic ibex]

whats NAN?

[teal viper]

Not a number

[arctic ibex]

How would I check that?

[stuck jay]

AmmoType is the Enum, and AmmoInfo is the class, right?

[rich adder]

yea

[stuck jay]

Why not just make the class handle both the info and type?

[rich adder]

Sure you could do it that way too

[teal viper]

float.IsNAN I think.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.single.isnan?view=net-8.0#system-single-isnan(system-single)

Should be something in Mathf too🤔

[radiant forge]

   if (Timer > MaxTime)
        {
            Variation = Random.Range(0, Walls.Count); 
            Distance = Random.Range(3, 6);
            Pos += Distance;

            // Instantiate a random wall from the Walls list
            GameObject NewWall = Instantiate(Walls[Variation]);
            NewWall.transform.position = transform.position + new Vector3(Pos, Random.Range(-Height, Height), 0);
            Destroy(NewWall, 60);
            Timer = 0;
        }


        Timer += Time.deltaTime;``` ive made this script to generate objects and i (player) have a constant speed but no matter how mush i fiddle with it either the generator outruns me or i outrun it

[rich adder]

you still need a collection to store them

I mean you could put a whole bunch of fields but that to me seems very code smell lol

Dictionary is neater imo

if you had 14 weapons you would have 14 fields 😵‍💫

[stuck jay]

No I meant why make the dictionary handle <AmmoType, AmmoInfo> when you could place AmmoType in AmmoInfo?

So it'd only be <AmmoInfo>

[rich adder]

yes but now where are you storing AmmoInfo

[stuck jay]

In the dictionary

Or do you need two parameters for dictionaries?

[rich adder]

and how are you going to know which ammoInfo you want?

[rich adder]

a dictionary is a Key Value storage

like a real life dictionary , you lookup a word(value) by a letter (the key)

[stuck jay]

So we're basically assigning the enums values?

[rich adder]

the first param/type is always the Key

WeaponType is the Key to find which ammoInfo you want to pullup

[arctic ibex]

So uh... I added this little if statement to the code (I've probably done this wrong but whatever) and the error is gone. I took this line away and the error came back?

[teal viper]

Does it print the log?

[arctic ibex]

no

[languid spire]

why would you test for something AFTER you have used it?

[stuck jay]

That's actually close to my original implementation, I just didn't know how to assign more than one variable to the Key

[arctic ibex]

Good point I guess, still don't no why it fixed it self tho

[stuck jay]

So AmmoType.pistol would only have MaxAmmo, it wouldn't keep track of current ammo

[teal viper]

Must be some specific case where the value is invalid.

[arctic ibex]

OH wait I might have forgotten to trigger the spin thing while i was playing

hang on

Oh... so now my character just doesn't rotate at all

[rich adder]

No Key has to be only 1 type.
Also you can make your own keys by using classes but you have to implement their respective methods for equality check

[arctic ibex]

It doesn't run that spin code or the other one that goes at a different time

[stuck jay]

A thousand thanks for the help!

[rich adder]

np! best of luck

[teal viper]

Well, make sure what it runs first

[arctic ibex]

... I don't know at what point I broke it, but after futher testing, it's barely functional

It can't even press the play button from the main menu anymore

[fickle plume]

!warn 880555918083903499 Configure your IDE to ask questions here as you've been told before, next time you will be muted.

[eternal falcon]

sam_othman has been warned.

[hot wave]

how to add a highlight made from shader to an object?

i know how to raycast, just confused with integration of two shaders

or how they work together

ah wait I found out how

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJRtSSD32UE, but I think it is inefficient, it is making lots of materials with highlighted versions (1 object specific shader with fresnel, 1 object specific shader without fresnel) if it was 30 objects, it would reach 60 shaders, instead of using a transparent fresnel thingy and the object's shader (object specific shaders + fresnel (universal)) which would only be 30 shaders + 1 (fresnel), but I dont know how to do the second one

what would be the best approach to make highlights?

[timber tide]

if you can manage it all in a single shader, why not

[hot wave]

it uses 2 shaders, I dont know how they interact or how to make it work

[static bay]

Wouldn't it just be 2 Materials? One without fresnel and one with? Multiple objects with the same material will share a material instance by default.

But regardless, yes I would just use 1 shader.

Swapping between meshes is... hard to manage in some cases.

[hot wave]

im still confused how materials work with unity, I might be misunderstanding how they work

[static bay]

And you can't do a nice smooth transition between unhighlighted and highlighted either.

[hot wave]

from the video, they made something like helmet texture and helmet texture with highlight, then wood texture, wood texture with highlight, instead of making something like helmet texture and highlight texture (universal) but I do not know how to make a universal fresnel work if it is also a shader (not sure if two shaders apply on one item)

[abstract marlin]

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[static bay]

Do you know anything about shaders or the Shader Graph?

[hot wave]

I know shaders in blender, it is a bit similar in unity i think

but dont know how they interact with 3d space or code

or what limitations objects have when it comes to shaders, like, I know i just need to make a universal fresnel over an object to save shaders instead of making copies, but dont know if it would be possible to overlay that over a shader

if I could relate it to editing pictures, the video made something like pngs instead of layered psds

[timber tide]

materials is unity's batching concept for shaders, but it's less of a thing in URP I've read (from the devs)

[rare rover]

Hello

[timber tide]

wrong channel, wrong place. Try the forums

[rare rover]

The forums ?
Do you have any forums I can join ?

[timber tide]

!collab

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[jovial talon]

hey could someone help me with this error ?

i can send screenshot of the script

[faint sluice]

What's trajectoryline?

[jovial talon]

i basically want to make a ball that u can drag and shoot with your mouse and the line is smt that u will se on screen to indicate where you will really go

[faint sluice]

What you're trying to achieve doesn't matter here

[languid spire]

your !ide is not configured. Do that before asking questions

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[jovial talon]

its not that its not configured im just using notepad

[languid spire]

well don't. you must have a configured ide to ask questions here

[faint sluice]

I'm speechless

[jovial talon]

ah k sry

[errant pilot]

Guys can someone lead me to a good projectile motion tutorial, i need help pls

[faint sluice]

YouTube those words

[errant pilot]

none of them are like i want 😭

[keen dew]

How are we supposed to know what kind of tutorial you want?

[faint sluice]

What do you mean by "good projectile tutorial" then? If you want your projectile to work hyperspecific ways you won't find any, you have to create on your own

Or by modifying existing methods

[errant pilot]

like i have a target transform and i set the height, i want the object to go in a trajectory towards the target

any ideas

[timber tide]

math

[faint sluice]

What does that even mean?

[timber tide]

easiest way is to let gravity to it all for ya

[faint sluice]

Is this projectile idea of yours freshly cooked in your brain or did you see similar thing happen in any game?

[static bay]

I assume it means they have a target they want to hit, and an intended height the projectile should reach during the travel.

Which can be figured out using the kinematic formulas.

[errant pilot]

yes its not that deep

[errant pilot]

just mechanics?

[faint sluice]

Set height of what? Projectile? Target? Launcher? That may not be deep but vague as hell

[static bay]

It's not that vague.

If I'm being real these are the types of questions you'd get in physics classes a ton.

[errant pilot]

one second ill show you

[languid spire]

question is. How do you want to move your projectile?

[errant pilot]

guys like this

i want it to do this with delta y picked by me

[timber tide]

math

[languid spire]

but how? Manually? Physics? Magic?

[faint sluice]

It is vague af

[errant pilot]

idk whatever works best

[faint sluice]

See?

[timber tide]

there's no shortage of youtube tutorials on this

[static bay]

float targetThrowHeight = //provide your intended height here
Vector3 initialPos = //provide your initial position
Vector3 targetPos = //provide your target's position

float gravity = Physics.gravity.y;
float displacementY = targetPos.y - initialPos.y;

Vector3 displacementXZ = new Vector3(targetPos.x - initialPos.x, 0, targetPos.z - initialPos.z);
float time = Mathf.Sqrt(-2 * targetThrowHeight / gravity) + Mathf.Sqrt(2 * (displacementY - targetThrowHeight) / gravity);
Vector3 velocityY = Vector3.up * Mathf.Sqrt(-2 * gravity * targetThrowHeight);
Vector3 velocityXZ = displacementXZ / time;

[timber tide]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/calculating-trajectories#

[faint sluice]

You really went ahead and spoonfed answer?

[timber tide]

Unity even made one

[static bay]

I've been fucking with Pikmin-esque arc throws for like, 2 weeks. Would you believe my throw code was open?

[faint sluice]

I don't mind it, but I don't think we are supposed to spoon-feed answers here

Oh well

[timber tide]

if that was the case then all replies should be followed by "Did you debug your code at all?"

[faint sluice]

It's different helping figure out the issue, and totally different just straight up giving a codeblock for a problem but I digress

[static bay]

Nah, that's fair. My bad.

[eager bane]

Hello can anyone help me with jaggy movement, I was using transform based movement but then I started using rigidbody based cuz the collisions weren't working but now it jags a lot

Also I have low fps cuz of OBS

[languid spire]

post your !code

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[timber tide]

assuming you changed all your movement methods to rigidbodies, it must be done in fixedupdate

[eager bane]

Yeah I tried that as well

[arctic ibex]

Hey is there any common reason fo rplayers/rigidbody 2D's to be bouncy? the physics object attached isn't, but for some reason the player is?

[eager bane]

https://gdl.space/janoriyeta.cpp This is not the one I'm using in the video but it's jaggy as well

[static bay]

I saw the .cpp extension and got concerned

[eager bane]

it's not cpp it's cuz of the website

dw I'm using cs extension

Also for some reason it's not jaggy when there is no rotation

When I add the player rotation it starts to be like that

[timber tide]

Seems fine, I'd expect something more with the camera

you've got it following the mouse it seems or something (regardless, jitter with rb is pretty common)

[eager bane]

Oh yeah

[sage mirage]

Hello, guys! I got a reference issue but I am not sure why? I have tried to add some debug.log statements to figure it out it says that the issue persists somewhere in my PlayerController script at the lines it says in console. Is someone available to help figure it out?

[timber tide]

If you've not looked into cinemachine, it fixes a lot of stuff itself

[eager bane]

Alright I'll take a look thnx

[keen dew]

Surely you should know by now that you need to show the code

[sage mirage]

Hey! Do you want me to make a thread maybe?

[keen dew]

however you want

[eager bane]

Yeah the problem is the camera thnx for helping again

[sage mirage]

NullReferenceException

[cunning rapids]

I know this probably isn't the right channel but idk where else to post it. Why does my material inspector look like that and how to change it back?

[timber tide]

debug mode is on, click the triple dots

#💻┃unity-talk for more editor specifics

[cunning rapids]

Oh alright. I tunred it on when working with animations. Thanks!

[subtle veldt]

Hey there, I have some problems with the physics and the linear drag particularly.
So I adjusted the Linear Drag value of my rigidbody and I find it perfect for the X velocity but not for Y tho.
My object reaches its terminal velocity too quickly and that terminal velocity is too slow. I think the right thing to do would be to add some code to FixedUpdate but I don't know what to add without messing to much with the physics of my object.

[crystal cipher]

help this should naturatly jump over not tripping over and flying away

[sage mirage]

How you send that?

[crystal cipher]

wdym

i just can send this

I mean 'it'

[languid spire]

!code

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[lavish gate]

https://pastebin.com/TP1FWfMh i have this script right here, its pretty messy so hopefully that doesn't get in the way too much.
I have this script on 2 objects and it should run on both objects when they collide. I want when they collide for an animation to happen and for a singular new piece to spawn in.

Right now, I can only get 2 pieces spawning at the same time with some experimentation, ive been looking at this code for like over a month on and off and havent found a cleaner solution to what is right now (the animation is new and broke lots of things)

[arctic ibex]

!code

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[lavish gate]

What did i do?

[gloomy bison]

RectTransform itemSlotRectTransform = Instantiate(itemSlotTemplate, itemSlotContainer).GetComponent<RectTransform>();``` gives the error that the object i want to instantiate is null but they both have recttransforms??

the specific block this is happening in is as follows:

 void RefreshInventoryItems() {
        int x = 0; int y = 0; float itemSlotCellSize = 90f;
        foreach (Item item in inventory.GetItemList()) {
            RectTransform itemSlotRectTransform = Instantiate(itemSlotTemplate, itemSlotContainer).GetComponent<RectTransform>();
            itemSlotRectTransform.gameObject.SetActive(true);

            itemSlotRectTransform.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(x * itemSlotCellSize, y * itemSlotCellSize);
            Image image = itemSlotRectTransform.Find("image").GetComponent<Image>();
            image.sprite = item.GetSprite();
            x++;
}

[keen dew]

Show where you assign itemSlotTemplate

[gloomy bison]

private void Awake() {
        itemSlotContainer = transform.Find("itemSlotContainer");
        itemSlotTemplate = itemSlotContainer.Find("itemSlotTemplate");
    }

they're both transforms above awake in

Transform itemSlotContainer;
    Transform itemSlotTemplate;

[keen dew]

Show them in the hierarchy

[rich bluff]

where is RefreshInventoryItems called from

[keen dew]

For some reason it doesn't find the template object, but you shouldn't use Find anyway, just make the fields public and drag the objects in

[gloomy bison]

a setinventory from another script

public void SetInventory(InventoryScript inventory) {
        this.inventory = inventory;
        RefreshInventoryItems();
    }```

[rich bluff]

and where is that called from

[gloomy bison]

will do that. thanks

[rich bluff]

if both are in Awake it may simply be initialization order issue

[gloomy bison]

awake in the player script

private void Awake() {
        inventory = new InventoryScript();
        uiInventory.SetInventory(inventory);
    }

[gloomy bison]

do i put one in start then?

[rich bluff]

move the code that accesses other scripts to start

[gloomy bison]

all of it?

[scarlet skiff]

idk what i did but my force field and fireball dont interact no more

[rich bluff]

its the logic behind the system - Awake phase is for setting up internals, Start is for accessing externals

[gloomy bison]

ahhh thanks

[rich bluff]

all scripts first go through Awake phase, by Start everything is expected to be setup and ready

[gloomy bison]

do i do the same with the find ones too?

[rich bluff]

otherwise you have to rely on Script Execution ORder

private void Awake() {
        inventory = new InventoryScript();

    }
private void Start()
{
        uiInventory.SetInventory(inventory);
}

[gloomy bison]

ive moved the set inventory to start

thanks

[scarlet skiff]

i have provided the collision script + both the fireballs and force fields components i nthe screenshots

[gloomy bison]

same error same line

lemme just drag and drop them instead

[rich bluff]

use debugger

see what exactly is throwing

[gloomy bison]

the item slot container rect transform keeps going?

before start

after start

[rich bluff]

so Find fails

see API Docs for Find

if may ignore the object it originated from, or something similar

[gloomy bison]

monovegaviours can only be added using addcomponent()

[rich bluff]

InventoryScript() ?

[gloomy bison]

ui one

idk imma have a play and see if i can get it working

[keen dew]

If you drag the objects there you have to remove the Find lines

[gloomy bison]

the one thing i forgot to do lol. thanks

[scarlet skiff]

any1?

[crystal cipher]

https://paste.myst.rs/j1pi7dvh

whats wrong with the physics

it should jump over naturatly not just tripping over and flying

[neon ivy]

I'm creating custom gravity and I want to have a normalized vector3 in the direction of the gravity so I can determine which way it goes for each object that has this custom gravity override the normal gravity.
does anyone have an idea how to do this efficiently?

[rich bluff]

what do you mean efficiently?

i dont think there is a way to skip squaring on normalization if thats what youre asking

sqrt'ing

[neon ivy]

well I could create an empty game object and use that to get a direction for gravity but maybe there's a better way of doing it

[rich bluff]

you mean an object that will represent the attractor?

[short hazel]

Do it like how physics do it by default. There's Physics.gravity so make your own static gravity property

[pallid nymph]

why would you need a separate GO? you just assign the gravity to some component that handles it 🤔

[rich bluff]

how many centers of gravity you will have?

are they moving?

[scarlet skiff]

any1?

[hot wave]

when I see highlight tutorials, they often replace the material from the object, is it possible to add another shader on top instead? like fresnel with transparency so the original shader is kept?

[rich bluff]

yes

you can use Command Buffers for that in built-in and Render Features in new RP

command buffer is a container for a bunch of instructions, like draw this mesh with this shader after camera is done rendering

[hot wave]

is there a tutorial for command buffers with similar scenario? or similar use

I am pretty new, but I want to explore

[rich bluff]

it can get quite messy tho trying to overlay it on top of existing shader

[rich bluff]

probably

[hot wave]

I'll add size, would that work?

so it doesnt z fight

[rich bluff]

that shouldnt be an issue

zfight happens when both shaders are in the same sorting group, your overlay shader should already be higher, and as command buffer will not even be rendered in the same queue

[dusty silo]

Might be because you can't use the equals operator on strings.

[short hazel]

I guess the easiest solution is to have the highlight effect on the shader but disabled, and you tweak the intensity from the code by modifying an exposed property.
But that would imply copy-pasting the highlight effect to all shaders that can be highlighted

[neon ivy]

probably yea

[hot wave]

ah, I see, it is like something above the shaders

[hot wave]

this was one of the options, option 1 was make 2 copies of highlighted and non highlighted materials, option 2 is pasting it in every shader, my 3rd option is to make a fresnel on top of every interactable

[scarlet skiff]

well uhm, how do i approach this then?

[rich bluff]

depending on how many attractors/attractees there will be you may have to implement some sort of spatial optimization structure, in any case the query for the closest attractor, or all in range, will take a massive chunk of computations, at which point whether they are game objects or just v3 in an array is insignificant

[hot wave]

i thought the first two options were troublesome, or another way to make it do less work

[dusty silo]

collision.gameObject.name.Equals(Names.shield)

[short hazel]

Or 4th option is to have a separate object that you reposition above the currently selected object

equals? really lol

== exists and works fine

[scarlet skiff]

appearantly not..

[dusty silo]

Then I am of no use lol

[tacit estuary]

that’s only a java thing 😅

[short hazel]

Well if == returns false, then your strings are different

[hot wave]

ah, like instanced ( i do not know the term xD)? but would that be costly, or not much

[short hazel]

Nah if you have only one instance of it that you disable/enable and move as needed

[scarlet skiff]

i chekced the names, they are correct, and the object do in fact collide, so idk why it would return false then

[cinder plover]

Can someone please tell me how to position the text just a bit higher and rotated for 180

[hot wave]

if it were you, would you choose 4th or 2nd approach? I do not know the cons and pros yet

[short hazel]

The code says otherwise. Maybe one has a space or invisible characters at the end? Have you logged them and their lengths in the console to see if the variables contains really what you think they are?

[stone narwhal]

Best ways to learn coding

[neon ivy]

if I have 2 attractors I should just be able to normalize the dot product of their attraction right? maybe have the vector decrease in length exponentially over distance

[tacit estuary]

Try also using a debug log outside of the if statement. An easy thing to print would be the name of the colliding game object like what SPR2 mentioned. It would narrow down whether it’s a naming problem or a detection problem.

[rich bluff]

can you elaborate? im not sure how dot would help here

[dusty silo]

Doesn't the dot product return a scalar?

[stone narwhal]

I wanna make a VR game but I don't really have any coding experience. Should I learn general coding or lean how to code vr games straight off the bat?

[pallid nymph]

do you actually have a problem with the performance? if not - I'd say implement in the easiest way and improve only if necessary

[neon ivy]

if I have a source of attraction on the left at distance 3 and a source on the top at distance 2, the object in question should move to the top left but more towards the top because it's closer

[short hazel]

There are formulas for gravity attraction calculations, what do you currently have in place?

Usually you compute each attraction vector for each body, then average them

[neon ivy]

ah ok

[short hazel]

They're based on distance, so bodies that are farther away will attract way less than closer or more massive ones (if you want to implement mass, there are also formulas with them)

[rich bluff]

problem is locating nearest attractors when you have lot of them, because if you dont optimize that part it will lead to combinatorial explosion

[neon ivy]

maybe I should only check for gravity sources within a certain radius around the object then?

[scarlet skiff]

what the hell is going on

[neon ivy]

forgot -1?

[rich bluff]

yes and the method of doing so will affect performance the most

the rest, vector computations you can unload onto a Job

[neon ivy]

is using a trigger collider good here?

or maybe an overlap sphere

[pallid nymph]

again, before trying to optimize, understand what the parameters are - do you actually have hundreds / thousands of objects that affect each other, or < 10?
optimizing stuff is great fun, it just seems like that's a few steps ahead of your current stage

[rich bluff]

until a certain point, after which custom structures will perform better

[neon ivy]

I mostly just want to future proof and learn. I never had a lot of vector math in school

[rich bluff]

relying on physX internal trees for sphere queries is easy, but they come with an overhead because its a structure designed to work with lots of various geometries, plus you will be relying on moving colliders in the scene

[pallid nymph]

okay, so start with making it work in an easy to code way, play with the elements, see at what counts it starts being problematic, profile, try more advanced solutions, profile and measure improvement 🙂

the point of starting with a simple solution is to have something to compare your optimal thing against, and to be able to compare effort vs effect

[neon ivy]

I'll see what I can do

[pallid nymph]

(otherwise cache's points are all 💯 👍 )

[rich bluff]

if you want to learn about spatial structures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounding_volume_hierarchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadtree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octree
and spatial hashing

[neon ivy]

last question, should I check for custom physics objects from the source of attraction or the other way around?

[short hazel]

Inspect each line of the error. If none of them point to your own code, then you can ignore it.
You know when it points to your code when the line has a link to one of your files, with a line number. Instead of the <hex number>:0 at the end

[cursive abyss]

try AddComponent instead of GetComponent

[pallid nymph]

(oh... pointcache! took me a while to realize you're you 😄 )

[scarlet skiff]

i see, yea i just re ran the game and did the same thing but the error didnt show up

Also, the debug shows that it is ion fact colliding with the shield, so yea the problem is somewhere with in the if statement, tho even after copying the name fro mthe heirchy its still not running the if statement

[short hazel]

Apply the debugging instructions provided earlier on. Log both strings and their lengths to the console.

[rich bluff]

i think its best to iterate over each object, computing the vector for each individually, if you are using custom tree, and from source if its physx query, it seems to be a complex topic with nuances
there is actually another way completely which may be most performant

there is a thing called flowfield, where space is a grid with each cell being assigned a vector value

there is a possibility that instead of assigning a static vector for a cell you can assign which attractors are affecting it

then each object will know which are in range just by accessing the cell it is in, and compute the final value

the only heavy computation will be updating the grid when attractors move

which is basically just a spatial hash

[neon ivy]

[rich bluff]

flow field will not work here because it will lack the resolution and the physics would be wonky

[neon ivy]

I will pretend to know what this means until I take the time to read up on it xD

[rich bluff]

those are all just ways to look up things in space with minimal iterations

[neon ivy]

I've seen flow fields in videos a handful of times

[scarlet skiff]

what the hell, how is it even possible if i literally copied the name exactly

[short hazel]

You aren't colliding with what you expected

That's the lengths right? Also log the strings themselves

[scarlet skiff]

error solved, thanks

[twin ibex]

    {
        if (collision.CompareTag("enemy")) 
       
        {
            Destroy (enemy);
        }
    }```

why its not working ?

[opaque crescent]

scam

don't click

[twin ibex]

hm ?

[teal viper]

<@&502884371011731486> suspicious link

[teal viper]

You're trying to destroy a prefab, which is not really possible at runtime and probably not what you want.

[twin ibex]

what should i do then

[teal viper]

Well, what do you want to do?

[twin ibex]

i want to destroy the bulite that called "enemy"

this\

[teal viper]

This a prefab, an asset. Do you want to destroy/delete the asset from the project?

[twin ibex]

no

i want only the prefab

[teal viper]

A prefab is an asset.

[twin ibex]

then

iman

i mean*

[teal viper]

So you want it deleted from your project?

[twin ibex]

i want the current prefab that tuched the barrier to be sestroyed

[timber tide]

public static class SaveLoadManager
{
    public static SaveData saveData = new SaveData();
}

[System.Serializable]
public class SaveData
{
    public ScoreTuple casualTopScore = new("Casual", 0, 0, 0);
    public ScoreTuple normalTopScore = new("Normal", 0, 0, 0);
    public ScoreTuple advanceTopScore = new("Advance", 0, 0, 0);

    public ScoreTuple[] previousScores = new ScoreTuple[6];
}

[System.Serializable]
public class ScoreTuple
{
    public string mode;
    public int score;
    public int words;
    public int skips;

    public ScoreTuple()
    {
        mode = "None";
        score = 0;
        words = 0;
        skips = 0;
    }

    public ScoreTuple(string mode, int score, int words, int skips) { }
}```
Any reason why
```cs
public ScoreTuple[] previousScores = new ScoreTuple[6];

default constructor isn't being called here? This works if I just make it into a singleton, but I'm trying to figure out why doing it static this way just doesn't populate this array with defaults.

[teal viper]

A prefab instance maybe? The gameobject in the scene? Because if you destroy a prefab it implies it being deleted from the project.

[twin ibex]

no no i mean

see

[teal viper]

Do you understand the difference between prefabs and objects in the scene?

[twin ibex]

no ?

i think not that much

[blazing estuary]

what just happened

this is the code

[teal viper]

The default value of reference types is null

[blazing estuary]

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

public class PlayerShip : MonoBehaviour
{
public int shipSpeed;
public GameObject enemyShip;

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

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(enemyShip.transform.position + transform.position, transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.up));
    transform.rotation = new Quaternion(0, 0, rotation.z, rotation.w);
    transform.Translate(transform.up * Time.deltaTime * shipSpeed);
}

}

[timber tide]

Yeah, but I have a default constructor here, why wouldn't that be called? no wait uh

[twin ibex]

i want the white wall to destroy only the ball but its not working

[blazing estuary]

what exactly is telling it to do that

[teal viper]

Because a constructor is called when an object is created. You just have an array of nulls, no objects in there from what I can see.

[teal viper]

Then I suggest going through the beginner pathways on unity !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[teal viper]

Well, you're not referencing the ball

[blazing estuary]

its even looking away sometimes

im clueless

[twin ibex]

no i rreferenced it

[timber tide]

new ScoreTuple[6];

This should be creating 6 indices and all the data should be populated

[languid spire]

no

[teal viper]

No. That creates the array.

[short hazel]

ScoreTuple is a class, the default value for reference types is null

[twin ibex]

@teal viper
how i must follow this website

[teal viper]

No. That's not the ball that you showed. It's not a scene object.

[twin ibex]

yes its a prefab

[teal viper]

Yes. Follow the courses on the website to learn properly.

[teal viper]

Yes. And a prefab is not an object in the scene.

[twin ibex]

it learns the c# ? for unity
bcuz i don't know much about c#

[twin ibex]

so ow to delete it?

[teal viper]

Yes, they cover some C# as well.

For C# I'd recommend the Microsoft C# manual though

[teal viper]

Delete what?

[twin ibex]

no its bad for unity
it didnt helped me

[twin ibex]

the ball

[timber tide]

Well

public class SaveLoadManager : MonoBehaviour
{    
    // "Global" instance
    public static SaveLoadManager Instance;

    public SaveData saveData = new SaveData();
}```
Making save data not static here does populate each array with defaults so if someone can expain what black magic is happening

[languid spire]

Unity serialization

[short hazel]

It's serialized by Unity

[timber tide]

ok, so unity is calling the constructor then

[languid spire]

yes

[teal viper]

I really don't understand what you're saying, but you should do proper learning.

[teal viper]

Reference it instead the prefab

[timber tide]

ok right, this what happens when I use this language primarily for unity

[twin ibex]

hmmm
the ball is a bullet
the player is shooting bullets
i want the white wall to destroy the bullet
the bullet is instantiating when i shoot using left M click
i want to destroy the bullet

[teal viper]

Then you need to destroy the instantiated bullets, not the prefab that they're spawned from.

[twin ibex]

yes

spawned ??
wth is spawn hhh

its a shooter point i mean

[teal viper]

instantiated

[twin ibex]

do u understand ?

[teal viper]

No. I don't understand.

Please use google translate or something to convey your thought.

[twin ibex]

emotional damage

[teal viper]

But the solution to your issue is to destroy the instantiated bullets, and not their prefab. Understand?

[twin ibex]

i dont know to cry or laugh

[teal viper]

Maybe do some learning instead. Probably the best course of action.
!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[twin ibex]

think i am wasting ur time , right

[twin ibex]

what iz zis

what it learn

[teal viper]

It doesn't learn. It teaches you.

Unity basics.

[twin ibex]

whats the deferent beatwen learn and teach

[twin ibex]

it helps ? more than tuts?

[teal viper]

For that you'll need to learn English. Not really a question for this server.

[teal viper]

Yes, since it goes over all the stuff that you need to know.

[twin ibex]

what abou coding
it doesnt

i dont want every thing

[teal viper]

Unity learn does cover some coding, but ideally you should go throught the Microsoft C# manual.

[teal viper]

You do. You do want everything related to basics of working with unity.

[clear seal]

Um is it possible to make a cutscene using timeline?

With some vode and all

[twin ibex]

no i mean every thing of c#

[teal viper]

You wouldn't learn everything of C# even if you wanted to.

[twin ibex]

just 1 q
what shoud do here?

[steel smelt]

@twin ibex Unity learn is fine. Plz do not go through that guide

[twin ibex]

i mean i want a few of the all

[clear seal]

This is good

[short hazel]

If you read, it'll tell you what to do

[clear seal]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[twin ibex]

donot ?

[teal viper]

At the very least go over "Get started" and "Fundamentals" Maybe check the tutorials as well for beginner tutorials.

[twin ibex]

u r saing its fine ?

[steel smelt]

@twin ibex I am under the assumption that you have never developed any software under any form, correct?

If so, then reading a cold hard manual is going to affect your motivation. It'll be a while till you see any form of progress.

If you were experienced in a different area, my advice would be different

[tribal minnow]

hey guys, i just learned how to make asset bundles in unity, but i dont know how to instantiate them. i want to instantiate them using asset play delivery if possible.
does anyone know how ?

[twin ibex]

ok then

[teal viper]

I'd still go through some of it. That's what I did when I was starting and it helped a lot.

[twin ibex]

wtf i must do
go through it or not

[teal viper]

Even if you don't understand all of it right away, it would give you some idea on the concepts and how they're related

[short hazel]

Yeah definitely do the "Introduction to C#" link on that page

[steel smelt]

Take our input and think for yourself 🙂

[twin ibex]

what r u talking about ?

[teal viper]

Up to you, but maybe start with unity learn instead.

[tribal minnow]

is putting them here and making the delivery mode install time enough or is there anything else i should do ?

[teal viper]

About the C# manual.

[twin ibex]

do u mean this ?

[teal viper]

No, I was pretty clear about what I meant here:
<#💻┃code-beginner message>

But you might as well go through this too.

Here's another pro tip: improve your English. It's very important for software development.

[twin ibex]

how this would help ?

no

i mean its not Related to unity

[teal viper]

It covers object oriented programming. Very important concept of you want to improve beyond basics, but you don't have to learn it right now.

[teal viper]

It is. It's part of C#. And unity uses C#.

As I said, start with unity learn first.

[twin ibex]

unity learn

ok

what

[thorn holly]

The game engine is built around c#, not the other way around

[twin ibex]

what path

how 12 weeks ?

[steel smelt]

@twin ibex Dude, I'm sure you can figure that one out

[teal viper]

Essentials, then programming. The rest is optional.

[twin ibex]

qqqqq

how the Essentials

the Essentials is 2 weeks and the junior 12

how?

[thorn holly]

That’s how long it takes to learn them

[short hazel]

Welcome to programming, where practice is required to get good

[noble yew]

how can I create a logic where if triggers works > play sound and if trigger doesnt work > play another sound? to play a sound when trigger works is clear but idk how to connect them so i wouldnt play 2 sounds at once or missplay one of them

[twin ibex]

i will die

[twin ibex]

bro do u see

[teal viper]

It can be faster depending on your experience

[twin ibex]

the Essentials is every thing but in 2 weeks
how

[teal viper]

It's not everything

Just the basics

[steel smelt]

2 weeks is absolutely nothing if you want to make games

[twin ibex]

but the juniorr is apart of the Essentials but its 12

[twin ibex]

i dont mean that

[steel smelt]

Yeah I realize that just now

[short hazel]

It's not a part of it, it's after as the graph shows

[steel smelt]

I think it's supposed to be a path and not a container

[short hazel]

Observation and understanding is one of the key skills to have when starting out with programming, you need to work on that

[steel smelt]

Harr, closely followed by communication

or structured communication

[twin ibex]

how to open those skills ?

[steel smelt]

@twin ibex Practice makes perfect

[short hazel]

Practice, like everything

[twin ibex]

practice what

if i dont know much about c#

[short hazel]

That's what the tutorials do, they make you practice

[twin ibex]

no the tut stocked me in a loop
but i exited it
and now iam trying to practice

[steel smelt]

Member for 3 years. Maybe troll

[short hazel]

If you're stuck on a tutorial it's most of the time because it was too advanced for you

[twin ibex]

ok
give me a bigginer tutorial that explains the codes

[cosmic quail]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[short hazel]

Unity Essentials linked above.

[twin ibex]

learn isnt a tutorial

[clear seal]

yes

it is

[cosmic quail]

really? 😱

[short hazel]

It's a collection of tutorials

[clear seal]

that explains the basics

[twin ibex]

u said it

[steel smelt]

Holy hell, hadn't explored learn in years. Feels bloated now

[twin ibex]

the basics

[clear seal]

you can't learn complicated stuff in c# if you dont know the basics 💀 😭

[cosmic quail]

over 750 hours of basics

for all levels of experience!

[clear seal]

it is worth it

from my experience

[twin ibex]

after it

[short hazel]

Don't think about the after

You haven't even started

[twin ibex]

thats not my first time

[clear seal]

well do it and then you will see like @short hazel said

[steel smelt]

@twin ibex Okay, well after it, you will be a slightly improved version of the Salata developer, and then you keep going until the version is good enough to create what you want to create

and likely stopping won't even be an option at that point

[twin ibex]

i willl learn from it ?
i mean learn to do somthing without tuts

[short hazel]

You could have began like 20 minutes ago, yet you're still here complaining and thinking about your future. Just go do it now

You'll see what you learn while doing it, along the way

[twin ibex]

see

ok

[clear seal]

you WILL learn of it it's simple you can try to copy it in a notebook or something
when you code, try to go back and see it many time when you need and you will learn it

[twin ibex]

i must stop the YT tutorials , right

[clear seal]

not exactly

[cosmic quail]

no u can do both

[clear seal]

unity learn explain the basics while the yt tut learn how to do stuff

[thorn holly]

Not exactly, just make sure you’re actually retaining the information from the videos and not just copying the code

[twin ibex]

ok

[cinder crag]

im having a slight issue with my sliding and im not sure why. idk why but im floating after sliding from any height , if i jump and slide , i float until the sliding timer runs out same happens with the ramp etc, pls someone help me

https://youtu.be/SsckrYYxcuM?si=6I-npAjAxarKsd-q this is the tutorial i followed for the sliding

[clear seal]

meh i had the same problem too :/

[cinder crag]

did you fix it?

[clear seal]

i tried by going to dave's discord server

in was barely active

[cinder crag]

yeah trying to find a solution there as well but it was barely active

hopefully someone can find the solution to this problem

[thorn holly]

Hey, can you post your code on one of these? Thanks! !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.

[cinder crag]

Oh yeah! Sorry

[thorn holly]

You’re fine! That’ll just let me see it on phone.

[cinder crag]

https://paste.ofcode.org/Gpyu9hF7uqzKX2JUKcvgnz here you go

[amber dust]

hi sombody can teach me one script to player movement with animation?

i aready have all animation and i know a little of movement code

[thorn holly]

Can I see the script that holds SlidingMovement()?

Or actually, it would appear that the entire script didn’t paste into the website

[polar mica]

Hey, I have a question, I want to position the white gameobject at the edge of the camera, as it works in the canvas with anchor presets, but I don't know how to do it with gameobjects

[cinder crag]

its in the sliding script lol

[wanton canyon]

don't know where to ask this so just gonna ask here - trying to implement a simple pick up script for items, however they seem to be rotating weirdly as you can see in the video and Im not exactly sure what is causing this. I just followed and copied code from this tutorial: https://www.patrykgalach.com/2020/03/16/pick-up-items-in-unity/

[thorn holly]

And then can I see the jump script?

[cinder crag]

the jumping is in the PlayerMovement script , lemme send it to you rq

https://paste.ofcode.org/mxU2LDvGsfnZ6RV3XrXXPy here

[timber tide]

Do you not set them to their identity rotation when picked up?

and if you're childing them, and the parent has rotational values then they too will be affected by it

[wanton canyon]

yeah I have a parent with the script and then the model underneath - I have only been applying transformations to the parent. Unfortunately I dont know what you mean by setting identity rotation - I am really bad at programming

[timber tide]

Quaternion.Identity

basically the default rotation of the object (or just zero out the rotation ^^)

[frigid sequoia]

If I want to do roguelike stuff where like, the player gains fancy things during the run. Like, for example returning damage back when attacked or gaining a temporary speed buff after killing an enemy. Should this kind of stuff be already within the player controller script waiting for a boolean to trigger them? Should they be like separated scripts components that I do attach to the player later? Or is there a way to add or override methods to an existing script during runtime?

[lean geyser]

Hey, have a little problem, I used to have a spawn prefab responsible for spawning bullets for the ship which was a child of player, but now that I moved it as a reference it doesn't seem to update its position anymore (I can see the bullets spawning in the console, but that's about it). I'm guessing it's a very easy fix, could anyone help out with some suggestions?

[lean geyser]

This also got me a bit confused as I am not sure how to manually assign the position for the spawner anymore

[icy junco]

is there someone who can help me setting up with a ladout choosing screen for an fps , just like a good tutorial or a way how its done best would be a big help already

[timber tide]

Your examples don't seem controller specific. This would be more related to a class like PlayerStats, PlayerModifiers, ect

[frigid sequoia]

Like... just have a reference to what point you want the proyectile to spawn, like the current ship position + an offset

[cinder crag]

@thorn holly sorry to tag but here

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, I see that in retrospective; but I added all this into the player controller a while ago, since I was just managing basic movement at the moment

[frigid sequoia]

Anyways, the question remains kinda the same

[wanton canyon]

found this code in the script SimpleGrabSystem - is this not doing what you said? (sorry for the silly questions;;;)

[timber tide]

So locally the values should be rotated as their defaults, meaning if you were to take out the model and put it in your scene that's how they should be displayed, but this also takes into account of the parent rotation if it is being rotated too

Which makes sense because it does follow your arms, so the question is are these objects orientation the same as the imported rotation

[thorn holly]

I’m sorry, I have to go, I hope someone else can help you

Sorry

[cinder crag]

damn , alrighty , its fine dwdw

[cinder crag]

can someone help me with this?

[timber tide]

Drag out a pumpkin into your scene with a 0,0,0 rotation that's not parented and tell me if it's flipped like in your video

if it is -> the forward direction of the object was not exported/imported correctly

[wanton canyon]

it is ;_; Okay, so I imported the models wrong...

[timber tide]

z-forward, y up

You can also wrap it into an empty gameobject and use that as the pivot

buttt, if you know how to change orientation through blender, I'd just go ahead and do that

[wanton canyon]

I think doing that + hitting "apply transform" worked! I will test with my other food stuffs

[timber tide]

there's one other option that deals with transform units if you're importing by fbx

in case your objects import with terrible scaling

[grizzled zealot]

Where should I store data for a game element? In the associated script or in another object? E.g., an object has "health", where do I store the current health value? Since I have many other properties (e.g., weight, height, money), if I store the associated values in each script, I get a hotchpotch of scripts and always have to look for it. If I store it in a central object, then some game elements will not have all properties but their objects have them.

[carmine ferry]

Hey everyone. I am an absolute beginner at game-programming. I watched a tutorial on how to program your first game. When it gets to player-movement I followed the instructions step by step and seemingly have everything right, yet I get an error message CS1503. Could someone help me? I don't really know what I did wrong.

[rare basin]

that's not how you declare a coroutine

IEnumerator

[wanton canyon]

what's the other option?

[carmine ferry]

How do I declare it then? I checked it multiple times but I can't find the difference to the code in the tutorial.

[rare basin]

i just told you

show the code in the tutorial

100% it's not 1:1

[timber tide]

Ah, maybe it was apply transform like you were saying

[rare basin]

yup

tutorial code is different

than your code

[carmine ferry]

Omg

I see it now

God damn it

Right, I was stupid as hell. Thanks a lot, mate!

[abstract marlin]

ayoooo just a quick question to you , youre name sounds familiar , are u working on diffrent other platforms and are u creating programs ?

[rare basin]

wdym different other platforms

[short hazel]

If you don't want to do it the "composition" way where you have 1 script per "feature", then you can do it with interfaces. Declare an interface like IHealth which forces the class to implement a Health property.
Then to get the script and modify the health, use your regular GetComponent but pass the interface type: GetComponent<IHealth>(). It will get the first component that implements the interface (your script), and you'll be able to modify it as usual

[abstract marlin]

Some Platforms related to League of Legends , creating tools to boost the playfun and making the game easier 😄

[timber tide]

Usually you store information about the gameobject such as stats on a component internally. There is no requirement to do that though, and you can pretty much store data about gameobjects on an external script decoupled from the gameobject. This way would require some additional identification and callbacks though because otherwise that gameobject would be ambiguous as to what it contains.

[rare basin]

yea if you call it like that 😄

[cinder crag]

Does someone know how I can fix this pls

[wanton canyon]

eggplant is behaving weirdly when doing the same thing I did for the pumpkin (export as fbx with apply transform, z forward y up). the mesh collider is rendered above the model itself?

[noble folio]

hello, im getting this error can someone help me?

[summer stump]

Show line 15

[noble folio]

if (other.GetComponent<PlayerVariables>().Player == 1)
{
fpitf.WhichPlayerHasPossesion = 1;
}

btw fpitf is a script

[summer stump]

Which of those lines is 15?

[noble folio]

the if

[summer stump]

Then it didn't find the PlayerVariables script on other

[noble folio]

well thats strange

[summer stump]

You need to check if the getcomponent returns null before trying to use the component

[summer stump]

Or use TryGetComponent

[nocturne parcel]

You must check if other is not null and it is the player

[summer stump]

Other can't be null, it's the parameter of OnTriggerEnter

[nocturne parcel]

Oh, true

[frigid sequoia]

If you changed the export settings with already some samples on the scene, it does update the mesh, but not the collider, which is calculated when you assign the collider based on the current mesh, so it keeps the original mesh shape

[noble folio]

is this right? btw i just added debug.log so i know if it works

if (other.GetComponent<PlayerVariables>())
{
Debug.Log("Works");
}

[summer stump]

I would use TryGetComponent or put == null at the end

[noble folio]

and how should i do it with the TryGetComponent?

[summer stump]

TryGetComponent gives you the benefit of being able to use the script directly from that one call

[wintry quarry]

TryGetComponent was made for this

[noble folio]

i never used it

[summer stump]

other.TryGetComponent(out PlayerVariables player)

[wintry quarry]

Always check the docs for examples https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.TryGetComponent.html

[noble folio]

thanks

[noble folio]

alright i will

[cinder crag]

Does no one know how to fix this?

[wanton canyon]

if I create a new parent object, assign eggplant fbx and add mesh collider component, it still happens

[noble folio]

it cant find it

because it isnt puting anyithing it to the console

[wintry quarry]

you only shared one script and it's most likely the PlayerMovement script that's the issue

[summer stump]

Debug what other is, outside any if statement

[noble folio]

ok

[nocturne parcel]

Are you following the tutorial to the letter?

[frigid sequoia]

What? That shouldn't happen. Did you try to just drag the model into scene and add a meshcollider? Does it still get the collider wrong?

[carmine ferry]

is there a way to reset the corresponding metadata? I messed up a little while moving a couple of files

[wanton canyon]

Yuppp

[frigid sequoia]

It does only happen with that model?

[queen adder]

I could just be being incredibly dumb but im confused why im getting this error when its just not true??
this is my script: https://hastebin.com/share/adoyigoxem.csharp

[noble folio]

so it debugs ball which im using

[short hazel]

There's another script somewhere else in the scene that doesn't have them assigned, and that's the one throwing the exceptions.
Locate it and remove it

[wanton canyon]

it is happening with the pumpkin too - I exported these with fbx apply transform z forward y up. I assume it'll happen to my other foodstuff models if I do it that way, too 😅

[queen adder]

thank you so much i was really lost

Very cool shaders!! hamantha

[short hazel]

You should be able to do it easily from the Hierarchy's search bar, search for t: EnemySpawn to filter out the list to object having this script attached

[noble folio]

so i dont know what im doing wrong

[queen adder]

I've got it now it was on one of the enemies, thank you for pointing that out

[summer stump]

Does that object have the PlayerVariables script in it?
Not on a child or anything?

[noble folio]

it has it in the object

i have a gameobject of 11 gameobjects and all 11 of those have it

[frigid sequoia]

That's... weird, those kind of issues happen cause the export is wrong, but seing the imagen just seems that the mesh IS slighty moved for some offset or weird parenting...

[timber tide]

Do you have convex enabled

[wanton canyon]

yes

models fall through the terrain if I do not

[frigid sequoia]

If you are using blender. I use this and then in Unity, when importing, tick "bake axis conversion"

Try that

[timber tide]

Hmm, and it's only one gameobject such that you've not a secondary mesh child with the mesh collider not rendering.

[wanton canyon]

well so in hierarchy view the eggplant for example looks like this, I was putting the mesh collider in the circled part

[wanton canyon]

doing that is slightly different but mesh collider is still off

[cinder crag]

Wdym?

[noble folio]

it just cannot find the PlayerVariables script because everything else is working

[frigid sequoia]

Do you really need to have 3 objects there? Why not combine them?

[nocturne parcel]

You're following that tutorial, correct?