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[hexed terrace]

playerprefs are for ... preferences, and limited to what type they can save

[swift crag]

you could absolutely shove a big blob of JSON into PlayerPrefs

but i don't like finding 50kb of json in the windows registry

[fringe plover]

idk whats wrong but, when i set static instance it awake, its always null, but when i set it in start, its not null, aby way to fix that?

[timber tide]

code

[fringe plover]

instance = this;

there is not a lot of stuff

[timber tide]

it working in start just tells me it's dependent on something else being executed first.

[pure haven]

Hi, I've been following a tutorial to make a game.project for my college course, and I've run into an error: assets/scripts/inputmanager.cs(18,54):error cs1061: Playermotor does not contain a definition for Jump, and no accessible extension method Jump accepting a first argument of type Playermotor could be found.
https://youtu.be/rJqP5EesxLk?si=-3M2mSG9rJhXHeoR

This is the tutorial I have been following, I'll be sending the code if asked

[fringe plover]

!code

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[fringe plover]

https://hatebin.com/iqwiappkzn

[pure haven]

Can I send the files or do you want ibe if those above

[fringe plover]

part of code that gives error:

hiScoreText.text = "Hi-Score: " + SaveValues.instance.currentGameData.score.ToString();

[timber tide]

You sure it's not currentGameData

debug all parts of what's you're accessing one by one

[pure haven]

Am I allowed to send my .cs files

[timber tide]

but otherwise the script there seems fine

[cosmic dagger]

check the links from the bot in the above messages . . .

[fringe plover]

I didnt changed anything, but seems to work... its only null in first frame now

[timber tide]

is hiScoreText in a script that's also using awake?

[fringe plover]

LateUpdate()

it was on Update, but nothing changed

[timber tide]

Right, but is the script being initialized with Awake()

oh you're calling it in LateUpdate

I see

Yeah, that should only be called after Start so the execution should be fine

Unless you're instantiating these things on different frames.

[fringe plover]

what "that"? it just doesnt set text any more

if (SaveValues.instance != null) hiScoreText.text = "Hi-Score: " + SaveValues.instance.currentGameData.score.ToString();

It gives me same error... WHY?

[wintry quarry]

because currentGameData is null

[fringe plover]

oh....

[wintry quarry]

Which mao mentioned up here

[fringe plover]

dammit..

lemme check

yes you were right

yeah i got what was problem

In SaveData it return null data if file doesnt exist, so, thats why it was null

Sorry for being a bit dumb

[icy sluice]

Vector3 dampingFactor2 = new Vector3(
    Mathf.Max(0, 1 - Damping2 * Time.fixedDeltaTime),
    Mathf.Max(0, 1 - Damping2 * Time.fixedDeltaTime),
    Mathf.Max(0, 1 - Damping2 * Time.fixedDeltaTime)
);
Quaternion CamDir = cameraTransform.transform.rotation;
Quaternion gunDir = gameObject.transform.rotation;
Vector3 acceleration2 = (((CamDir.eulerAngles - gunDir.eulerAngles) * Stiffness2) - Vector3.Scale(currentVelocity2, dampingFactor2)) * Time.fixedDeltaTime;
currentVelocity2 = Vector3.Scale(currentVelocity2, dampingFactor2) + acceleration2;
currentPos2 += currentVelocity2 * Time.fixedDeltaTime;

gameObject.transform.eulerAngles = currentPos2;

any ideass how to fix this?

[acoustic crow]

I have a problem, in unityhub i dont have sounds but when i make a apk for my phone and then i startet, i have sound like wtf

[frosty hound]

UnityHub doesn't play sounds, for one thing

If you're talking about the Unity editor, make sure your game view isn't muted at the top.

[acoustic crow]

yes im see it lul

im dump 😮

Thanks @frosty hound

[fringe plover]

Wait.. it does sound while compiling? I want to try... Runs to computer

[nimble scaffold]

guys whats the use of vector4??

[tender stag]

im making ladder movement, why is this not making the player go up or down?```cs
float input = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

float yTargetVelocity = input * ladderSpeed;
float ySmoothVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(rb.velocity.y, yTargetVelocity, ladderAcceleration * Time.deltaTime);

rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, ySmoothVelocity, rb.velocity.z);```

[crystal cipher]

!code

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[swift crag]

it's another way to represent an RGBA color

[nimble scaffold]

oh ok

[swift crag]

4-vectors are also used when doing perspective calculations

[tender stag]

the rigidbody is kinematic

[swift crag]

https://www.tomdalling.com/blog/modern-opengl/explaining-homogenous-coordinates-and-projective-geometry/

[crystal cipher]

https://paste.myst.rs/axxiv41w
it actually went like this
moving distance = Swipe distance / Playerprefs get int speed

but it broke through walls so i used rigidbody
but now it should be proportion to squared of the swiping distance.
but the swiping distance is differnt from transform coordinates and we cant move a object as
a specific transform x sturds with adforce

can anyone help me with this?

[tender stag]

why is this sending my player flying at masive speed```cs
float input = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

float yTargetVelocity = input * ladderSpeed;
float ySmoothVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(transform.position.y, yTargetVelocity, ladderAcceleration * Time.deltaTime);

transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y + ySmoothVelocity, transform.position.z);```

ladderSpeed = 1;
ladderAcceleration = 15;

[wintry quarry]

Mathf.Lerp(transform.position.y, yTargetVelocity, ladderAcceleration * Time.deltaTime);

because this is nutty

[thorn iron]

Hello, I would like to know how I can create an GameObject
that follows a MonoBehaviour to enable animations, transformation etc..
while getting the properties, type and methods from my abstract class Equipement to stock them in an inventory?

[wintry quarry]

Is Equipment a MonoBehaviour already?

If so you don't need to write MonoBehaviour here

[thorn iron]

It is not

[nimble scaffold]

guys can anyone tell me like how much time it takes to switch platform from windows to android?

[wintry quarry]

if Equipment is NOT a MonoBehaviour then this doesn't make sense

[rare basin]

then it's pointless

[wintry quarry]

you can't inherit from two things. What you should do is make a MonoBehaviour class that HAS an equipment field on it

[nimble scaffold]

i am trying it...... its almost 20 mins and its 50 percent

[gleaming nymph]

How can i change this:
doors.transform.Rotate(0f, 0f, -60f);
to more smooth way?

I tried Mathf, i tried lerp, i tried rotatetowards but its very buggy.

[wintry quarry]

Depends where you're calling it

if it's in Update you need to multiply by Time.deltaTime

[swift crag]

calculate a target rotation and then use RotateTowards to smoothly move towards it

[queen adder]

I wan't to change a prefab variable from code in editor. Problem is, it does get changed but it doesn't gets serialized. Ex: You changed a scene prefab's variable named "position" in the editor from code. Now if you undo or play the game, it will reset itself.
I am using PrefabUtility.RecordPrefabInstancePropertyModifications(this); for when i change a variable in editor and want to serialize it without registering to undo. Is it necessary to do this every time or is there a way to do this automatically?

[thorn iron]

Hmmmm.
For my game, only Weapon have animations and get gameObjects.
The others class that inherit Equipement will not have such animations. (such as Torso, Helmet...)

Is MonoBehaviour on Equipement still a good choice? (for performance reaons etc...)

[wintry quarry]

I think inheritance is a mistake here

use composition

[thorn iron]

😮

[rare basin]

Weapon : Equpiment -> weapon has animations etc
Equipment : MonoBehaviour -> core of every equpiment

what's the issue

For my game, only Weapon have animations and get gameObjects.
The others class that inherit Equipement will not have such animations. (such as Torso, Helmet...)

[tender stag]

how do i do it then

i cant change the velocity

because the rigidbody is kinematic

[wintry quarry]

whya re you using the position as if it means velocity

[tender stag]

because i was trying to do it through velocity before

[wintry quarry]

you need to track the current velocity

in a variable

using the position as a velocity means if your object is 100 meters above the ground it will now move up at 100 m/s

so the higher it goes, the faster up it goes

hence it flying off right now

[thorn iron]

Example :
Torso : Equipment -> does not have animations, will only be used for its Methods/Fields/Property inherited from Equipement.

Basically I'm afraid that by giving it a MonoBehaviour, I must give him a GameObject, defining update() that doesn't have anything and costing performance on the game

[tender stag]

wouldnt this work?```cs
float input = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

float yTargetVelocity = input * ladderSpeed;
float ySmoothVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(rb.velocity.y, yTargetVelocity, ladderAcceleration * Time.deltaTime);

transform.position = new Vector3(transform.position.x, transform.position.y + ySmoothVelocity, transform.position.z);```

in the ySmoothVelocity i changed it to rb.velocity.y

[gleaming nymph]

with doors.transform.Rotate(0f, 0f, -60f); its working but not smoothly.
with doors.transform.Rotate(0f, 0f, -60f * Time.deltaTime); its only rotating by ~~ 0.84f, not 60f

[wintry quarry]

no - see this is why inheritance is silly. Don't inherit. Make a prefab with the components you need or don't need. If it needs animation, you attach an Animator. If it is an equipment, attach an Equipment component

[wintry quarry]

Yeah sounds like you're only calling this one time

Rotate is instantaneous

it happens immediately when you call it

if you want something to happen over time, you need to spread it out over many frames

that means doing something in Update or in a coroutine

[thorn iron]

I see, that's a harsh reality for POO enjoyer

[wintry quarry]

OOP you mean lol?

[thorn iron]

oh yeah OOP

oops

[wintry quarry]

No you're not an OOP enjoyer

you're a polymorphism enjoyer

[thorn iron]

And for the component, if my Weapon inherit MonoBehaviour, but has a Component Equipement.
Can I still use the Equipment's method ?

[thorn iron]

oh right

[wintry quarry]

you get a reference to the Equipment component, then you can do whatever you want with it.

[thorn iron]

Yeah, I'll do the component way. Thanks for the advice

[wind raptor]

public enum BooleanInputState
{
    Low,
    High,
    NewLow,
    NewHigh
}

BooleanInputState State;

// is there a way to simplify this:
if(State == BooleanInputState.High || State == BooleanInputState.NewHigh){ }

// to this
if(State){ }

And conversely, the other two enum states returning false

[wintry quarry]

Maybe if you do this (note I rearranged the enum order)

public enum BooleanInputState
{
    Low,
    NewLow,
    High,
    NewHigh
}

bool IsHigh(BooleanInputState state) => state >= BooleanInputState.High;

is that what you are asking? not really sure

[swift crag]

You can't put methods or implicit operators on enums, no

[wind raptor]

I think this is what I didn't know how to ask. Thanks

[swift crag]

it's a bit annoying!

[wind raptor]

But Praetor I will make use of your solution, thanks for that

[wintry quarry]

you can write extensions too:

public static class BooleanInputStateExtensions {
  public static bool IsHigh(this BooleanInputState state) {
    ...
  }
}```
Then you can write `if (myState.IsHigh())` @wind raptor

[swift crag]

Ah, you can! I was just checking that

with this great code

    public enum Huh
    {
        What
    }
    public static class Maybe
    {
        public static bool Test(this Huh value)
        {
            return true;
        }
    }

[wind raptor]

sorry, is myState the enum or the class..?

[wintry quarry]

it's a variable of the type BooleanInputState

e.g. BooleanInputState myState

[swift crag]

You don't directly use BooleanInputStateExtensions at all

[gleaming nymph]

... Right, ok, and how can i void it once in update?
Now i tried something and doors are spinning, i need to start from other void (void Interact i wrote) and end in update

[swift crag]

Extension methods allow you to tack new methods onto existing types.

[wintry quarry]

how can i void it once in update
I have no idea what this means

[swift crag]

All of the stuff in System.Linq is a good example ofthat

(well, most of it)

[wintry quarry]

void means "this method doesn't return anything". It's the return type of the method

[uncut crypt]

Should old code tutorials still be relevant?

[polar acorn]

General rule of thumb: If it's not related to render pipelines, networking, or post-processing, it probably hasn't changed in like ten years

[uncut crypt]

Ok good

[gleaming nymph]

I want to start in other void, void interact that checking if doors are open or not etc
And call one time update to rotate smoothly

[swift crag]

again, there's no such thing as "a void"

you have a method that returns void

If you want to run something that takes multiple frames to complete, like slowly rotating an object, you should use a coroutine.

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

[gleaming nymph]

ok i will try coroutine

[wintry quarry]

You either:

• start a coroutine
• do the movement in Update
• look into Tween libraries such as DOTWeen

DOTween honestly is what you want

but you have to learn it

[gleaming nymph]

code
interactObj.Interact();
and in script from doors i want to call void update from void Interact

[cosmic quail]

ive also heard of leantween, i wonder which one is better

[swift crag]

why do you want to call the Update method? the point of Update is to be called once per frame

[gleaming nymph]

i want to rotate smoothly doors

[fallen hawk]

why does the movement speed in the editor not change with the movementspeed in the script even after saving the script? complete beginner in unity

[swift crag]

The field initializer is only used when you create a new instance of the component or reset it in the inspector.

[wintry quarry]

DOTWeen has a more elegant interface, I think LeanTween might have better performance.

[swift crag]

Anything that shows up in the inspector is a serialized property. Unity remembers the values and restores them as it sets up the component.

So new instances of PipeMoveScript will have a value of 5 for Movement Speed, by default

It serializes that value. If you then change the field initializer so that the default is 10, nothing happens to existing components.

[swift crag]

Okay, so use a coroutine.

A coroutine lets you run code across several frames

so you can rotate the door by a little bit each frame

[gleaming nymph]

yes yes i will try thank u

[swift crag]

alternatively, use DOTween or LeanTween, as Praetor suggested

they'll handle it for you

[fallen hawk]

so if i want to change the speed in the editor with the speed in the script i have to rename the float in the script?

[swift crag]

with those, you can just run one method and then let the tween package do it for you

[swift crag]

If you don't want to see Movement Speed in the inspector, make the field private

this makes it non-serialized, so unity will no longer remember the value

since it doesn't remember the value, you'll just get whatever the field initializer sets the field to (5, in this case)

[fallen hawk]

so after set the float to private the speed is = to the value i give it in the script?

[swift crag]

Yes, because Unity won't be serializing that field, so it won't remember a value for each instance of the component

If that's what you want, then do that

If you want to be able to customize the movement speed in the inspector, then you need to serialize the field

[fallen hawk]

hmm if i want to see the speed in the editor and edit it in the editros as well tho, is there not a way to make the speed in the editor change with the speed in the sript or reversed?

[swift crag]

No, because how would it simultaneously:

• Remember a value
• Not remember a value

Now, if the script changes the value of the field in a method, that'll show up in the inspector

void Update() {
  movementSpeed += Time.deltaTime * 0.1f;
}

this will slowly increase the value of movementSpeed, and you'll see the value changing in the inspector

[fallen hawk]

ok thanks for the whole explanation appreciate it

[cinder crag]

im having a bit of a problem rn with the normal mode of the grappler , sometimes when yk im grappling , the rope after getting destroyed , it still seems to be there since it doesnt really let me walk after within grapplers maxDistance and im not sure how to fix it

heres the grappling hook script if needed:https://paste.ofcode.org/Mhc3LaRubQ6krGXKcNujqX

i really dont know why the rope is still there if it gets destroyed. if anyone knows why this is happening then i would love to know the solution!

[swift crag]

Also, if you just want to get rid of the values you set in the inspector, right click on the component and click "Reset"

This will delete all of the saved values and reset them to whatever the script initializes them to

[fallen hawk]

ahaaa thats crazy

aight thanks alot

[gleaming nymph]

i made coroutine but its still working on one frame only

its opening doors but not smoothly

[polar acorn]

show code

[gleaming nymph]

    {
        if (e4statistics.lfdoorsOpen == false)
        {
            StartCoroutine(OpenDoors(true));
            e4statistics.lfdoorsOpen = true;```

```    IEnumerator OpenDoors(bool state)
    {
        if(state == true)
        {
            for (float dAngle = 0f; dAngle <= 60f; dAngle += 1f)
            {
                doors.transform.Rotate(0f, 0f, dAngle);
            }
        }```

[wintry quarry]

your coroutine has no yields in it

it's all going to happen instantly

[gleaming nymph]

i have yield return null; on end, what i should use instead

[wintry quarry]

that doesn't do anything

you have to put the yield where you want to wait

if you want to wait one frame for each iteration of the loop, the yield needs to go in the loop

it's not magic, the code runs in order, line by line

Think about what your code is doing

yield return null; means "wait one frame"

[gleaming nymph]

should i put it in for?

[polar acorn]

This wouldn't even compile your coroutine has no yield

[wintry quarry]

do you want to wait some time in each iteration of the loop?

You should put the code in that you want to write

[wintry quarry]

also Rotate is additive

so... this thing you're doing is kinda crazy

you're doing +1, then +2, then +3

so the result will be 1, 3, 6

it's accelerating

[gleaming nymph]

yes i see now its accelerating lmao

if only u could see this

lol

[gleaming nymph]

how should it look then

[polar acorn]

Also what's the point of the state variable. If you pass in false the function simply does not run, so if you'd ever want to pass in a false, just don't call the method instead

[gleaming nymph]

i want to make if(state == false) to close doors

but now im fighting with opening doors

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it's currently unused but won't be in the future, gotcha

[gleaming nymph]

it almost works but doors are f... accelerating lmao

[polar acorn]

So stop increasing the rotation amount

[gleaming nymph]

if state == true
open doors
if state == false
close doors

[wintry quarry]

Honestly the easiest thing for you like I said will be to use a tween lib:
https://dotween.demigiant.com/documentation.php#:~:text=Rotate-,DORotate(Vector3 to%2C float duration%2C RotateMode mode),-Rotates the target

[cinder crag]

fixed it by doing this

[gleaming nymph]

but i want to use this coroutine since i started

[tender stag]

how do i make this raycast ignore triggers?

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/named-and-optional-arguments

[tender stag]

so they arent optional

[polar acorn]

They are optional

You just have to actually use the syntax right

that's why I linked to the syntax for it

[gleaming nymph]

bruh it works with

            {
                doors.transform.Rotate(0f, 0f, 1f);
                yield return null;
            }```
really bro? lmao

[polar acorn]

Why is your for loop indexer a float

[summer stump]

You put an equals sign inside...

[tender stag]

if(Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, queryTriggerInteraction:QueryTriggerInteraction.Ignore))

[gleaming nymph]

i wrote it fast only to try if its works

[tender stag]

this should work then

but it doesnt

im just keeping it as this

[charred heart]

Hi, I'm trying to implement a state machine. The problem is that my character can move and shoot at the same time, which is an issue because a state machine can only have 1 current state.

[polar acorn]

Then either one or both of those shouldn't be states, or you should add in a "ShootMove" state

[swift crag]

I'd make it so that each state indicates how you're allowed to move around

moving itself would not be a state

so the ShootState would say you can move at 50% speed

the StunnedState would say you can't move at all

a DashState would also say you can't move (because you can't decide to walk whilst the dash is happening)

[cinder crag]

solved it when with normal grappler mode but if i switch to normal mode when im swinging , it happens again

[charred heart]

nice ideas. Thanks for your advice. I'm going to try your approach now 

[cinder crag]

this is painful and im not sure how to fix it

[hexed terrace]

This is a code channel, and that is not a code problem.
Delete it from here, go to #💻┃unity-talk and post an actual screenshot... not a photo to get help

[cinder crag]

it is a code problem tho

[hexed terrace]

The msg I replied to has been deleted, I wasn't replying to you

[cinder crag]

oh sorry 😭

[hexed terrace]

What I said was only half listened to as well, because they posted the same photo 🙄

[wintry quarry]

why is this "really bro?"?

[gleaming nymph]

solution was easier than i think

[wintry quarry]

well. it's still framerate dependent, so there's that

[lofty sequoia]

What happens if I have two timelines controlling one gameobject, one that enables it, and the other disables it at a certain time?

[summer stump]

Sure, you came up with something that half works and will break in ways you won't immediately see 🤷‍♂️

[cinder crag]

the grappling hook is a bit weird.. like if i grapple forward then switch back and grappler backwards , the grappler doesnt make the player jump to the position i shot at. and also how do i make it so the speed of the player when jumping to the position after he shot the grappler not dependent on the maxDistance cause somehow , the player speed when jumping towards the grapple shot is dependent on how far you shot the grappler and that sucks , cause if you are close to a grapple able object , it barely moves you and im not sure how to fix it

also these are the func that are used in the player movement for the grappler

https://paste.ofcode.org/Mhc3LaRubQ6krGXKcNujqX the grappling script , hope its not too much! i jsut sent whats necesarry and whats needed!

[foggy yoke]

Hi guys, can someone help me please? The animations won't play, and I got this error: 'Main Camera' AnimationEvent has no function name specified! My code: https://pastebin.com/GhDuQ0LT

Also here's my camera nodes for animations:

[rich adder]

Dont use animation component, you should use only Animator

sounds like one of the clip though is missing method / hasn't been linked in animation event

[foggy yoke]

How can I do that then?

[rich adder]

Open the offending animation clip , find the animation event and link it to method?
or just remove the event if you don't need it

[late verge]

guys where I can report a bug:)

[polar acorn]

!bug

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[foggy yoke]

But that still doesn't play the animations

[rich adder]

You asked about the Animation clip event

[polar acorn]

Do you get your debug logs

[foggy yoke]

Yes

[rich adder]

If your clips arent working, migrate them to Animator first

[polar acorn]

Then the animations are playing

Whether or not they stay playing is a different matter entirely

do you have any transitions out of those animations that are happening immediately?

[foggy yoke]

No

[polar acorn]

Are you sure anim is on the object you think it is?

[foggy yoke]

Yes

[polar acorn]

Show the animator states

[rich adder]

show the animation inside the animator

[cinder crag]

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[rich adder]

Should look at them during playmode to see if it shows its playing.
what does the animation clips supposed todo?

[polar acorn]

Keep this window open and play the game. You should see a progress bar on these if it's in the state while that object is selected

Do you see the progress bar, and does it swap when you press or release shift

[rich adder]

make sure you have the object with animator selected during playmode

[foggy yoke]

Oh, then yes

It shows that it is playing, but I can't see it

[rich adder]

so they're playing, they are just not doing what you think they are supposed to do

[foggy yoke]

Yeah

[polar acorn]

So the animations are playing

Did you actually... animate anything with them?

[foggy yoke]

Yeah

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector for one of those states

[polar acorn]

Okay, and does the CameraZoomOut animation clip actually animate anything

[foggy yoke]

Yeah, I tested it, and it was playing very well, but it's not playing when I try to play it in the script

[faint sluice]

You can clamp the velocity after each grapple if that's what you want?
Like even if the grapple was done right next to you you can set min velocity to something higher that way it will always be "somewhat faster"

[atomic yew]

Good evening, how can I improve my game? Can anyone tell me my problem by looking at the screenshots? I optimized my code, but now the rendering part remains. I'd be very happy if someone could help. I'm new to optimization.

[timber tide]

#archived-urp #archived-hdrp

[atomic yew]

What should I do to fix it? I can't handle urp.

[timber tide]

Oh, if you're using built-in I guess you can ask in #💻┃unity-talk

odd there's no channel for it

[atomic yew]

ok thank you

[rich adder]

it does say its URP

[cinder crag]

yeah i like the sound of that , but exactly do i do that?

[faint sluice]

Say for example you want min velocity of 25 right?

After your grapple speed calculation you multiply by the required amount if it's below 25

Say after calculation magnitude of your speed comes to 2, you multiply it by 12.5

If it's above 25 already then all is well and good and we don't adjust

[cinder crag]

thank you and also , do i do that in this func? since this is where the calculation of the velocity happens n stuff

[queen adder]

i need help on unity, its about sdk

can someone pls

[rich adder]

sdk?

[queen adder]

yes

[rich adder]

yes?

[faint sluice]

Yeah , take a new variable for totalvelocity
Grab it's magnitude, if it's less than desired amount, multiply by adjustment and return the adjusted value

[queen adder]

here

[queen adder]

Android SDK Build-tools component is not found. Make sure all tools are installed in the SDK manager. Latest supported build-tools version is 30.0.3
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

[ruby python]

Random question time. In a lot of code samples (stackoverflow and the like) and video tutorials, I see people using var to declare a variable even though the variable type is ridiculously obvious (float/Vector3 etc). Is there any particular reason for this, or is it just lazy coding? lol.

[rich adder]

I know what an SDK is..

OP didnt specify which one..

[cinder crag]

[queen adder]

Android SDK Build-tools component is not found. Make sure all tools are installed in the SDK manager. Latest supported build-tools version is 30.0.3
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&) i have it installed btw

huh?

[faint sluice]

Lazy coding mostly

[rich adder]

so did you install the Android build tools ?

[queen adder]

can we go in vc

i can barely talk

in here

[rich adder]

not really

[queen adder]

oh

[cinder crag]

so basically remove this line and make a new vector 3 for total velocity and do all that other stuffs

[queen adder]

can i dm?

you

[rich adder]

just type out the issue

[queen adder]

its kinda hard to

becuz

my message keeps getting blocked

hold on

[rich adder]

thats because you're typing needs work..

try making a full sentence before hitting enter..

[tranquil glacier]

how do I find out if the player's mouse is hovering over the green part of this image :(

[rich adder]

depends what the green part is

[languid spire]

Shift+Enter is a thing, Use it

[wintry quarry]

What's the green part made of

[queen adder]

im dum in unity

[ruby python]

Yeah, tbh I figured it might be. only ask cause the one I'm looking at, at the moment declares position as var, direction as Vector3 and length as float. Was just weird to me that position was being declared with var instead of Vector3.

[rich adder]

show that its installed inside the project settings

[faint sluice]

I don't know what velocityY and VelocityXZ is, and frankly could care less that's upto your desired way of calculating

What i meant about new variable totalvelocity was

Vector3 totalVelocity = velocityXZ + velocityY;

[queen adder]

in the project settings. soo prefrences

[tranquil glacier]

I am displaying this image during the game as a "province" of a nation. The image is 1920x1080 but I only need the green part of the image to know when its being hovered on, not the entirety of the transparent areas

[rich adder]

External Tools yea

[wintry quarry]

What is it though

[ruby python]

https://www.google.com/search?q=install+android+sdk+unity&oq=install+android+sdk+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDAgIEAAYFBiHAhiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgcIARAAGIAEMgcIAhAAGIAEMgcIAxAAGIAEMgcIBBAAGIAEMgcIBRAAGIAEMgcIBhAAGIAEMgcIBxAAGIAEMgwICBAAGBQYhwIYgAQyDAgJEAAYFBiHAhiABNIBCDgyOTNqMGoxqAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[cinder crag]

thats all i needed to hopefully understand for the solution , thank you alot

[wintry quarry]

UI Image? SpriteRenderer?

[tranquil glacier]

wdym

[rich adder]

Do you see the warning ?

[tranquil glacier]

image

[queen adder]

yes

[faint sluice]

Np!

[rich adder]

so start by fixing that

[queen adder]

idk how to tho

[wintry quarry]

Then as long as you have the sprite set to tight instead of full rect and alpha as transparency normal UI interaction will work

[rich adder]

Make sure you installed the tools from the Unity Hub instead.

[queen adder]

i do

when i turn it on this happens

[nocturne bramble]

guyz anyone used addressable bundle

[tranquil glacier]

where do you find that in all of these sprites?

[rich adder]

Never had issues for android , make sure you set the correct paths.
This isn't directly code related, shouldprobably go in #📱┃mobile or #💻┃unity-talk

[tranquil glacier]

or you mean in here?

[faint sluice]

Actually don't even need to find "adjustment" I'm so dumb, sorry lol tired brain

If magnitude of TotalVelocity is < desired value
Just take TotalVelocity.Normalized * desired value;

[cinder crag]

dont i have to do totalVelocity.magnitude < my desired value?

[faint sluice]

Yea you do, but desired min value would be constant sooo

[cinder crag]

these appear

[faint sluice]

Totalvelocity.magnitude in the if condition

Also 12.5f

[rich adder]

youre missing an f on the 12.5

[faint sluice]

Also you're not supposed to use 12.5f anyway

Since your desired min value is 25

[cinder crag]

so i should just multiply it by 25?

[faint sluice]

Ye

Whatever you want your min value to be, totally upto you

Just keep it same in both places

[cinder crag]

thank you mr SexyYoungGod

also do i put f after the desired min value in the if statement as well?

or let it be without it

[faint sluice]

Doesn't matter as it's not a decimal number anyway

[cinder crag]

okie dokie

time to test

[swift crag]

A literal with a decimal point is a double, by default

[atomic yew]

What should I do to solve the problem?

[swift crag]

Hence the need for the f suffix to make it a float

[polar acorn]

f means float. In C#, decimal numbers are double by default, but Unity uses float for almost everything. The f tells the compiler "This is a float, not a double"

[tranquil glacier]

@wintry quarry ok I found what you are talking about. I attempted to do it with these settings, it said when I hover over the entire screen, that I am hovering over the image. Can anyone help?

[faint sluice]

Oh cool to know

[rich adder]

thats why they linked you to #archived-urp specific channel. I havent had to optimize that much urp just yet

[tranquil glacier]

can someone please help me with my problem :(

[atomic yew]

ok thanks

[polar acorn]

Show code

[tranquil glacier]

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

public class tooltip : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler
{
    public int population;
    public int stability;
    public int economy;
    public int economyTarget;
    public Text txt;

    public bool isHovering = false;

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        isHovering = true;
        Debug.Log("Mouse entered!");
    }

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        isHovering = false;
        Debug.Log("Mouse exited!");
    }
}```

the whole idea is to enable a tooltip when you hover over the non-transparent part of the image but I will implement later

[polar acorn]

Change your logs to provide a bit more info:

Debug.Log($"Mouse entered {gameObject.name}");

See what object you are hovering over

[tranquil glacier]

i mean I only have the script on one object but ok sure

this happened when my mouse entered the border of the game screen, in a transparent spot

[polar acorn]

Transparent is irrelevant

Images are squares

[tranquil glacier]

but I want it only to register on a non transparent pixel

thats the whole problem

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/en/2018.4/ScriptReference/UI.Image-alphaHitTestMinimumThreshold.html

[cinder crag]

mightve found two problems , whenever i grapple forward then change my direction backward and grapple then , sometimes the player wont jump to the position but backwards , and the second problem at the end seems like the rope doesnt get destroyed after grappling , its not there visually but it still makes the player not go anywhere , only within the grapples maxDistance radius , im not sure how to fix it

https://paste.ofcode.org/bBKd3hu2WUCuMZaUrjs8FW , grappling hook script

Not really sure what causes it ngl

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@2.0/api/UnityEngine.UI.Image.html#UnityEngine_UI_Image_alphaHitTestMinimumThreshold

[reef patio]

does anyone know how to fix these errors?

[languid spire]

you should know, the messages are self explanatory

[reef patio]

a little guidance?

[swift crag]

what about the error message do you not understand?

[reef patio]

it looks like the script is perfect

[polar acorn]

PlayerActions does not contain a definition for Dialogue

Or Attack

[swift crag]

I don't care what you think the script looks like. What part of the error message do you not understand?

The compiler doesn't think it's perfect, after all (:

[languid spire]

if that is true then your IDE is not configured, again

[reef patio]

oh ok ill reconfigure the dialogue

[swift crag]

no, you'll configure your code editor

[reef patio]

when the IDE is modified

yes

[swift crag]

!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

[reef patio]

be right back

[cinder crag]

anyone know how to fix this? pls

[reef patio]

!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.

[reef patio]

https://paste.ofcode.org/v3VLm6RMBcFfNhEW2Z4XVZ

2 minor errors are there but maybe in Unity the files

[swift crag]

so, back to those error messages

what part of the error message do you not understand?

[reef patio]

its typed in but doesn't accept that its a code

[swift crag]

that's not something about the error message

I am asking exclusively about the error message

not about the code you wrote

[reef patio]

oh in the console it shows that

but im not sure what happened to the files

I was playing the game and the script did not let me open the store unit

[swift crag]

I need you to answer my question. What about the error message do you not understand? I don't need answers to unrelated questions.

If you completely understand what the error message is telling you, then say so

[reef patio]

" "object" does not contain a definition for interact"

[swift crag]

This means that the type named PlayerActions has no member named Dialogue

[swift crag]

This doesn't match with the errors you're seeing here.

What are you currently seeing in the console?

[reef patio]

is it a file that its out of place?

"member"

[swift crag]

No. It means that PlayerActions exists, but that it has nothing named Dialogue in it

A member is a field, property, method, etc.

anything you can put into a class, basically

[reef patio]

Dialogue is in the script

the code of Dialogue

I think I may have to restore the game

[polar acorn]

What is the current error you are getting

Let's start there

[swift crag]

I need to know what error is actually happening, yes.

[reef patio]

is there an option, to restore each saved Unity project session, backup?

[swift crag]

please answer our questions

instead of inventing new questions to ask

[reef patio]

lol

ok

[swift crag]

I'm guessing that you're using the input system's "Generate C# Class" feature. Is that correct?

[reef patio]

Yes.

[swift crag]

Did you modify the code it generated at all?

[polar acorn]

So, actions.Dialogue is of type object, which does not have a variable or function named interact

[reef patio]

I was editing the input to mobile.

[swift crag]

I don't know what that means.

[reef patio]

Then I played the game, and the interact option did not open the dialogue.

[swift crag]

you don't edit the generated C# code. you edit the Input Action Asset and let it regenerate the C# code.

[short hazel]

I'm guessing they had another error, and used the Quick Action to add a new property into the class. The default type for this is object

[reef patio]

So I checked the generation and regenerated a script .

[swift crag]

That means you generated code that doesn't make any sense

[swift crag]

tada

[reef patio]

Ok, i'll turn off the script in VS.

and redo that.

[cinder crag]

does no one know how to fix this? i really dont know how to fix it

[meager steeple]

my character controller script is interfering with a polygon collider i made for the camera, since the collider is setting the grounded state to true, so it thinks its on the ground and lets me jump continuously. I copied the character controller from a youtube tutorial, it says that i can change the groundcheck position to a certain layer but im not sure what i change

[ruby python]

!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.

[ruby python]

Hi all, so I'm currently losing the will to live. lol.

I'm having a brain issue regarding raycasting ScreenPointToRay.

It works if I 'manually' enter a value for my 'hitDist' float, but obviously it's not at all accurate. I need the distance to be the 'impact' distance between the minigun and the hitpoint, but need to get the hitpoint before I can do the calculation, so I'm a little confused as to how to go about it. 😕

Could anyone help please?

  //MiniGun Mouse Targetting
  Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
  float hitDist = 10f;
  Vector3 targetPoint = ray.GetPoint(hitDist);
  playerMiniGun.transform.LookAt(targetPoint);

Pic for visual reference.

[polar acorn]

You need to actually Raycast with that ray to find out where it hits

[ruby python]

Yeah I thought so, that's the bit that confusing me as to how if honest.

[polar acorn]

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

[swift crag]

I'm randomly getting errors complaining that I'm using a quaternion with a non-unit length. However, I'm not really buying it...

Here's what I'm logging:

            Debug.Log(r + " " + $"{new Vector4(r.x, r.y, r.z, r.w).sqrMagnitude:N15}");

interestingly, I'm seeing the same values from sqrMagnitude as from magnitude...

i'm seeing a number of results with the same sqrMagnitude as the one that causes an error

[polar acorn]

I mean, 1 squared is 1

[swift crag]

(the rotation is being passed to Rigidbody.MoveRotation)

maybe the original rotation is bad...?

[ruby python]

Sorry to bug you man, but I'm still confused as how to use the screenpointtoray with the physics.raycast bangs head on desk

[polar acorn]

I'm going to guess it's a floating point precision error. Does Vector4 have a .normalized method?

[polar acorn]

You... use the ray

you have the ray

you use that in the raycast

[swift crag]

Scroll down to the bottom. It shows you how to use a Ray.

[meager steeple]

↑

[ruby python]

Oh pissing nora. sorry man, blind as a bat. lol.

Thank you.

[summer stump]

Show the inspector for that code, with the m_whatIsGround variable open

[tranquil glacier]

How do I recognize in the code of this sprite when the player hovers their mouse over the collider of this sprite?

[acoustic crow]

I upload my Folder on Google Play and i make a closed Test, i added my girlfriend to the TesterList but when She open the Link and come to Google play, Google say ("This app is not available") what is the problem? does it have something to do with the api level?

Because it works for me but it doesn't work for her

[modest dust]

Perhaps that's what you want:
https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.IPointerEnterHandler.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.IPointerExitHandler.html
Unless you want it to work with the collider then this one I suppose:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseOver.html

[meager steeple]

its set to an empty game object which is a child of the player sprite

[dapper whale]

I'm trying to make a coop fps game but I'm following a platformer video tutorial for it, i finished it once and i really liked the clean coding standarts etc.
Since the tutorial is using different systems, ( a static camera - mine has a playerCam, players only left,right,up,down - mine has fps movement) I'm kinda having hard time to convert the game into something else. Did anybody happen to try such thing before? Any suggestions would be helpful

[cinder crag]

damn still no help :(

[summer stump]

What?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll.html

[summer stump]

Open what is ground. As I asked

[meager steeple]

ahhhh

it all makes sense

thank you

[tender stag]

how can i make a raycast ignore colliders that are triggers?

[polar acorn]

Use the queryTriggerInteraction parameter
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/QueryTriggerInteraction.html

[tender stag]

yeah i know but i dont wanna pass in all the other useless information in

[swift crag]

what useless information?

do you really not care about which layer you hit or how far your ray goes?

[cinder crag]

If anyone knows a fix , pls tell me , I really wanna fix this

[tender stag]

in this instance no

[polar acorn]

So keep them at infinity and everything

[swift crag]

you can use named arguments here, I suppose

[tender stag]

what do you mean

[swift crag]

ah, that doesn't work here

Physics.Raycast(ray, out var hit, queryTriggerInteraction: QueryTriggerInteraction.Collide);

this screws up the method overloading

it thinks I'm trying to call a method that only takes three arguments

so, just pass Mathf.Infinity and the layer mask you're aiming for

you should probably have a layer mask here

[tender stag]

what if i want every layer?

[swift crag]

then pass a layer mask that includes every layer

-1 is such a mask

[tender stag]

alright that works

thanks

[maiden totem]

i need help with a error i have wail building it says error building player im new so i do not know

[swift crag]

there must be another error

you'll get an error about the build failing

but that's not the actual problem

[calm moss]

Hey! Having a little trouble getting a child box collider trigger to detect the player. The main script is on the parent gameObject

And the code:

        private SpriteRenderer interactSprite;
        // private BoxCollider interactionCollider;
        private void Start()
        {
            interactSprite = GetComponentInChildren<SpriteRenderer>();
            // interactionCollider = GetComponentInChildren<BoxCollider>();
        }
        void OnEnable()
        {
            WorldUIEventManager.onControllerSpriteChanged += UpdateUIElements;
        }
        void OnDisable()
        {
            WorldUIEventManager.onControllerSpriteChanged -= UpdateUIElements;
        }
        private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) // Notice it's now OnTriggerEnter, not OnTriggerEnter2D
        {
            // Check if the collider belongs to the player
            if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
            {
                // Turn on the sprite renderer
                interactSprite.enabled = true;
            }
        }
        private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other) // Notice it's now OnTriggerExit, not OnTriggerExit2D
        {
            // Check if the collider belongs to the player
            if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
            {
                // Turn off the sprite renderer
                interactSprite.enabled = false;
            }
        }
        private void UpdateUIElements(ControllerTypeSprites newSprites)
        {
            // Update your UI elements with the new sprites here
            // Example:
            interactSprite.sprite = newSprites.eastButton; // Assuming you have a SpriteRenderer or UI Image component
        }
    }

[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

[calm moss]

check , check and well... check

buttonSprite is 2D so not sure if that counts

[polar acorn]

Are any of the colliders or Rigidbodies 2D

[calm moss]

Nope

all 3D

[polar acorn]

Try logging other.gameObject.name before your if statement and see if you're ever colliding with something with the right tag

[calm moss]

the thing is, I am not even getting into the OnTrigger code block

that is the starage thing

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of this object and the thing that should be colliding with it

[calm moss]

The collider I am trying to interact with is a child gameObject and the script sits on the parent

[honest haven]

    {
        Transform playerTransform = PlayerController.instance.transform;
        
        Vector3 direction = (_position.position - playerTransform.position).normalized;
        
        direction.y = 0f;
        
        Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);
        
        playerTransform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(playerTransform.rotation, targetRotation, _rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        
        playerTransform.position += playerTransform.forward * _moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        
        if (Vector3.Distance(playerTransform.position, _position.position) < 0.1f)
        {
            PlayerController.instance.SetState(PlayerController.State.OpenChest);
            _animator.SetBool("Shake", true);
            
            _movingTowardsChest = false;
        }
    }``` im trying to make my player face the object this script is attached to. i cant seem to get the rotation correct

[polar acorn]

Does ButtonInteractionExample have a Rigidbody on it

[calm moss]

no. It just holds the scripts and interacts with InteractionCollider and ButtonSprite

[polar acorn]

The script needs to be on the object with the collider or the object with the rigidbody.

Rigidbodies contain child object colliders, but not all scripts

[calm moss]

NEEDS to be? 🥹

trying to not have scripts attached to child gameObjects

😔

[polar acorn]

The Rigidbody is the one that calls the function, so what happens here is the player object with the rigidbody collides with InteractionCollider, and calls OnTriggerEnter on itself, any child objects with colliders, and on InteractionCollider.

Nothing tells it to call a function on the InteractionCollider's parent

[calm moss]

Is there no way for me to referece the InteractionCollider in the parent script ? I already have reference to it .

but I do get what is happening here

[polar acorn]

You'll either need to put the collision detection on the other object and manually check the parent of the touched collider, or put this script on the object with the collider

[calm moss]

Well shit

Okay

Guess there is no way around it then

Thanks a bunch

[hot wave]

    {
        Renderer selectionRenderer = null; // Declare selectionRenderer here

        if (_selection != null)
        {
            selectionRenderer = _selection.GetComponent<Renderer>(); // Assign selectionRenderer here
            if (selectionRenderer != null)
            {
                selectionRenderer.material.SetInt("_enableFresnel", 0); //disable fresnel when not in sight
                Debug.Log("logging 0");
            }
            _selection = null;
        }

        RaycastHit hit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(Camera.main.transform.position, Camera.main.transform.forward, out hit, 2, interactableLayermask))
        {
            var selection = hit.transform;
            selectionRenderer = selection.GetComponent<Renderer>(); // Assign selectionRenderer here
            if (selectionRenderer != null)
            {
                selectionRenderer.material.SetInt("_enableFresnel", 1); //enable fresnel when in sight
                Debug.Log("logging 1");
            }

            _selection = selection;``` how do I make debug logging 0 and 1 only be called once inside to make it more efficient?

or should I let it keep being called

this highlights items, but not sure if I should let it keep calling

[whole walrus]

I'm currently trying to finalise my puzzle game and am using raycasting and reflections on "mirror" objects. once the laser collides with the target it should open the door. i've been using iterative testing and it still isnt working does anyone have any ideas.

[hot wave]

ah, maybe is like in my code?

but instead of enable fresnel and disable, make it open door xD i am not sure

and it has to not be camera maybe, it should be the laser thingy

[fresh harness]

can some1 plesae help me rn

[whole walrus]

line 47-57 is where it should open the door

it is entering the if statement as i can see with the debug log however isnt moving the door for some reason

[whole walrus]

if you only want it to call the log once, just get soem boolean values and set them to true after the first one is called then use them to not let it happen again e.g. an if statement

[hot wave]

hmm, does it need getcomponent maybe?

so it can find the collider for the door

[whole walrus]

it should work by using the game object tag for the target as this works in other cases

unless raycasting uses different rules in these circumstances

[hot wave]

raycasting needs collider I think

I tried it for the thingy, it wont interact without it, but maybe because I am using a different code

but two videos i watched needed a collider for raycast

so maybe you need collider

[cosmic dagger]

Don't ask to ask, just ask . . .

[fresh harness]

yup

[hot wave]

how do I make it stop calling, if ok, after bool I mean

[fresh harness]

im getting this error when i want to generate a c# class in the input system

[whole walrus]

yeah ive tried using colliders but they wont attach properly, i'll just have to speak to my teacher tommorrow

[hot wave]

you need layermask for that, and getcomponent i think

then assign a collider in the door, and assign that collider with the layer

[whole walrus]

just use an embedded if statement if(!isDebugged) {debug.log("Logging 1")} and do the same for logging 0

[hot wave]

then make raycast find that layer, then set the door thingy to open

[whole walrus]

oh alright ill have a look tomorrow

[fresh harness]

please help quick i gotta fix it rn i have a presentation tomorrow

[ionic zephyr]

if I am doing a game which is based on a static battle system with bullets is it better to use logic or physics

[round mural]

im trying to use Cinemachine and im just trying to get the camera as a private gameObject instead of a public one, yet for some reason it doesnt work and ive tried
gameObject.Find
gameObject.FindWithTag
transform.find().gameObject
gameObject.transform.find
honestly im out of ideas

it worked perfectly fine when it was a public gameObject ;~;

private GameObject vCam;

    void start(){
        vCam = GameObject.Find("/Camera");
    }

  void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other){
        if(other.CompareTag("Player") && !other.isTrigger){
            vCam.SetActive(true);
        }
    }

    void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other) {
        if(other.CompareTag("Player") && !other.isTrigger){
            vCam.SetActive(false);
        }
    }

[fresh harness]

@cosmic dagger

[polar acorn]

Why can you not just drag it in

[round mural]

because its a prefab, and im planning on making it be generated while inside the program

[polar acorn]

Then assign the reference when you create it

[round mural]

please use simple words, my brain is currently hurting because ive been at it for the past 16 hours (not just this, but it has taken a significant portion of my time)

[polar acorn]

Create the camera.
Tell this script "Here is your camera" and give it that camera

[round mural]

so just a public variable or?

[polar acorn]

Public variable, property, or function, or whatever other way you feel like

[round mural]

cause again, im not going for that

is there really no other way? no way to make gameObject.find work, no way to GetComponent<>?

[polar acorn]

If it is even remotely possible to avoid using Find or GetComponent, you should

[round mural]

eh, at least this sorta works

public GameObject vCam;

    void start(){
        vCam.GetComponent<Cinemachine.CinemachineVirtualCamera>().Follow = transform.Find("Character");
    }

[rocky canyon]

no it wont.

[polar acorn]

Do not

Literally

just set the variable

[fresh harness]

i get this error when i want to generate c# class in the input system. please fix

[polar acorn]

when you make the camera

[round mural]

it does, it automatically sets the follow to the character

i cant do it in the room prefab

it doesnt allow for it

[vale karma]

Absolute unity beginner here I'm trying to implement a working gun for an FPS (Pictured below). This project has barely started so far have the First Person camera working and can walk around the environment and such

So it seems like everything is in place except the part where the gun actually shoots. I was referencing a YouTube tutorial to help make this working (I can send if you think it's useful). I don't have the model for the bullet flash and impact which I was planning to get to later.

I can attach the full script below and also the fields that the script itself gives if that's of any use. I can see you're helping someone atm so there's no rush
Any help is appreciated thanks!!

using UnityEngine;
using TMPro;

public class GunSystem : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Gun stats
    public int damage;
    public float timeBetweenShooting, spread, range, reloadTime, timeBetweenShots;
    public int magazineSize, bulletsPerTap;
    public bool allowButtonHold;
    int bulletsLeft, bulletsShot;

    bool shooting, readytoShoot, reloading;

    public Camera fpscam;
    public Transform attackPoint;
    public RaycastHit rayHit;
    public LayerMask whatIsEnemy;

    //Graphics
    public GameObject muzzleFlash, bulletHoleGraphic;
    //public CamShake camShake;
    public float camShakeMagnitude, camShakeDuration;

    public TextMeshProUGUI text;
    private void Awake()
    {
        bulletsLeft = magazineSize;
        readytoShoot = true;
    }
    public void Update()
    {
        MyInput();

        // Set Text
        text.SetText("Ammo: " + bulletsLeft + " / " + magazineSize);
    }

    public void MyInput()
    {
        shooting = allowButtonHold ? Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse0) : Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0);

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R) && bulletsLeft < magazineSize && !reloading) Reload();

        // Shoot
        if(readytoShoot && shooting && !reloading && bulletsLeft > 0)
        {
            bulletsShot = bulletsPerTap;
            Shoot();
        }
    }
    private void Shoot()
    {
        readytoShoot = false;

        // Spread
        float x = Random.Range(-spread, spread);
        float y = Random.Range(-spread, spread);

        //Calculate Direction with spread
        Vector3 direction = fpscam.transform.forward + new Vector3(x, y, 0);

        // RayCast
        if (Physics.Raycast(fpscam.transform.position, direction, out rayHit, range, whatIsEnemy))
        {
            Debug.Log(rayHit.collider.name);

            // TODO: Look into fix for this
            //if (rayHit.collider.CompareTag("Enemy"))
            //{
            //    rayHit.collider.GetComponent<ShootingAi>().TakeDamage(damage);
            //}
        }

        // Shake Camera -
        // TODO: Develop CamShake class
        //camShake.Shake(camShakeDuration, camShakeMagnitude);

        // Graphics
        Instantiate(bulletHoleGraphic, rayHit.point, Quaternion.Euler(0, 180, 0));
        Instantiate(muzzleFlash, attackPoint.position, Quaternion.identity);

        bulletsLeft--;
        bulletsShot--;

        Invoke("ResetShot", timeBetweenShooting);

        if (bulletsShot > 0 && bulletsLeft > 0)
        {
            Invoke("Shoot", timeBetweenShots);
        }
    }

    private void ResetShot()
    {
        readytoShoot = true;

    }
    private void Reload()
    {
        reloading = true;
        Invoke("ReloadFinished", reloadTime);
    }

    private void ReloadFinished()
    {
        bulletsLeft = magazineSize;
        reloading = false;
    }
}```

[polar acorn]

So, you have a Room prefab that does not have a Camera component on it, and you want to assign a variable on Room to that Camera you have created. Is that right?

[round mural]

no, i have a room prefab that does have a camera component on it

[hot wave]

is it ok for raycast to be called per frame? or no

[round mural]

but it doesnt have a character component

[polar acorn]

So make the field public and drag in the camera

[round mural]

yeah i did that

[polar acorn]

So then what is the problem

[round mural]

the code i showed was for the "follows"

because i cant do that otherwise

[polar acorn]

Have whatever spawns the rooms have a reference to the player. When you spawn the room, set that room's camera follow to player

[round mural]

ill do that as soon as i get to the level editor in like 2 weeks, thanks for the heads up tho, appreciate it

[polar acorn]

And stop using GameObject as your object type when literally the first thing you do is GetComponent on it

Just make the variable the type you actually want

[modest dust]

Everything is ok as long as it doesn't break your game or make further work a pain

[vale karma]

Is this referring to mine

[hot wave]

the command under raycast gets called every frame, worried it is not optimized

[polar acorn]

This little bit above the message means it is a "reply" to that message

[round mural]

my jump is also buggy as heck tho, i have a double jump and like, i can triple jump if i press the button at just the right time ;~;
everything else works as inteded so far though

[vale karma]

I'm aware but the person was referencing raycasting which is a part of my script

[hot wave]

ah I was refering to my script

hope is ok

[modest dust]

Don't worry about optimization unless you either see a sudden drop in fps or you're near the mid/end of your project

[hot wave]

sorry for confusion

[vale karma]

It's all good

[wind raptor]

I have 84 UI elements that I want spaced evenly across a path, sort of like I have drawn.

1. how can I define the path that I have sketched here?
2. how can I evenly space my objects along it?

Bonus points if the transform of the objects can be perpendicular to the path

[night mural]

you could use the splines package https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.5/manual/index.html

[fresh harness]

come on some1 please dm or something i need to fix this rn. i have a damn presentation tomorrow

[vale karma]

Is anyone able to help here please

[wind raptor]

Yeah it just seemed a bit complicated to go from those splines to the canvas

[night mural]

you can get a position from any amount along your spline and put your elements at it
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.splines@2.5/api/UnityEngine.Splines.SplineUtility.EvaluatePosition.html
do that for however many elements you have

[fresh harness]

bro some1 answer for the sake of god i need to fix this rn

[night mural]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[fresh harness]

ive already done that 10 times but ok

i get this error when i want to generate a c# class in the inut system

[night mural]

maybe try clarifying then so that people are more able to help you

did you google it? people on stackoverflow say it could be caused by an invalid character in your path

[fresh harness]

nah i couldn't find anything

[slender nymph]

show the inspector when you've got your input actions asset selected

[fresh harness]

what is an inspector

[slender nymph]

perhaps you should learn how to use unity
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UsingTheInspector.html

[fresh harness]

aight my guy i just don't see the name

ok wdym this is the inspector

[slender nymph]

now show the full error including the stack trace

you can click it in the console to view the entire thing

[round mural]

i have a double jump implemented in the game and sometimes i can get 3 jumps in if i time the button presses correctly
i dont even know how to go about bug fixing this tbh
this is what i have right now and ive been messing about with it trying to use context.started and something to do with Time, moving the jumpsRemaining-- about and nothing ever helped

public void Jump(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        if (jumpsRemaining > 0)
        {
            Debug.Log("Jumped");
            if (context.performed) //if button is pressed = Big jump
            {
                player.velocity = new Vector2(player.velocity.x, jumpStrength);
                animator.SetTrigger("jump");
                jumpsRemaining--;
                if (jumpsRemaining == 0 && maxJumps >= 2) ParticleFX.Play();
            }
            else if (context.canceled && player.velocity.y > 0f) //if button is let go = Small Jump
            {
                jumpsRemaining--;
                player.velocity = new Vector2(player.velocity.x, player.velocity.y*0.66f);
                animator.SetTrigger("jump");
                if (jumpsRemaining == 0 && maxJumps >= 2) ParticleFX.Play();
            }
            Debug.Log("Jumps remaining: " + jumpsRemaining);
        }
    }

if i jump
and hold the jump button
and let go at a precise time and press it again
it does another jump that doesnt lower my jumpsRemaining count
and then i can jump again a third time
at which the particles will play

This is what it looks like when i do the 3 jumps

This is what it looks like normally

[fresh harness]

idk what happened but i reseted unity and the error is gone. like it still gives an error but its invisible in the console

[slender nymph]

then check the editor !logs

[eternal falcon]

📝 Logs

Documentation

Editor logs

Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Unity\Editor\Editor.log
MacOS: ~/Library/Logs/Unity/Editor.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Editor.log

Unity Hub

Windows: %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\UnityHub\logs
Mac: ~/Library/Application support/UnityHub/logs
Linux: ~/.config/UnityHub/logs

[timber tide]

the debug isn't that helpful since you're not showing when you go into your blocks

[round mural]

im using unity's input system

its just whenever "W" is pressed

or when it's let go

[timber tide]

right but, show that you're going into your statements more than how many times

[ivory bobcat]

I think they're referring to the if statements in the logs

[round mural]

what?

[crystal cipher]

https://paste.myst.rs/ne3nzfy6
I used rb.velocity to make it move and make it graduatly stop with 98% decelaton rate.
However, it doesn't seem to move in the first place. What should I do?

[round mural]

im sorry, im just a little confused as to what youre asking of me, my brain is mush right now

[timber tide]

What exactly is the issue? Are you jumping more than the limit you've imposed, or does pressing a single key consume all jumps

[round mural]

i can jump more than twice, which is the issue

if i press jump at a precise time, one of the jumps doesnt get consumed

[timber tide]

ok, then #💻┃code-beginner message

[ivory bobcat]

The logs could be firing if jumps remaining were greater than zero but neither jump cases were true, printing duplicates.

[round mural]

hold on, ill put the logs inside of the performed block

[timber tide]

both blocks it seems

[fresh harness]

which one of unity logs should i send?

[tranquil glacier]

if (gameObject.GetComponentInParent<GameObject>().name == "Alqa City") //if Alqa City

Is that the right code to check for a child to get their parent's name?

[slender nymph]

i am not going to look through the log files for you. you can do that yourself. but you need to look through your Editor log like i said and check for relevant errors

[round mural]

 public void Jump(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        if (jumpsRemaining > 0)
        {
            if (context.performed) //if button is pressed = Big jump
            {
                Debug.Log("Jumped big");
                player.velocity = new Vector2(player.velocity.x, jumpStrength);
                animator.SetTrigger("jump");
                jumpsRemaining--;
                if (jumpsRemaining == 0 && maxJumps >= 2) ParticleFX.Play();
                Debug.Log("Jumps remaining in big: " + jumpsRemaining);
            }
            else if (context.canceled && player.velocity.y > 0f) //if button is let go = Small Jump
            {
                Debug.Log("Jumped smol");
                jumpsRemaining--;
                player.velocity = new Vector2(player.velocity.x, player.velocity.y*0.66f);
                animator.SetTrigger("jump");
                if (jumpsRemaining == 0 && maxJumps >= 2) ParticleFX.Play();
                Debug.Log("Jumps remaining in smol: " + jumpsRemaining);
            }
        }
    }

this better?

triple jump:

[tranquil glacier]

can someone please make sure my code is right, im not sure if thats a good way because I get errors

[round mural]

normal jump:

its the same?

wait no its not

it doesnt matter if i make the second jump big or small, it always makes it small for some reason

[polar acorn]

If you get errors it's probably not right

[round mural]

but if it goes big then i can just jump another time?

[tranquil glacier]

idk what this means :(

[round mural]

literally sobbing rn, my everything hurts and its just a stupid jump function ;~;

[slender nymph]

sounds like it's time to take a break then and come back with a clear mind

[polar acorn]

GameObject is not a component

GetComponent only gets components

[round mural]

i need this done in like 6 hours ;~;

[tranquil glacier]

so I need to get a transform in order to get the name of the object

[timber tide]

your logic should be decrementing for each jump for how you have it, so all I can guess is you're appending values elsewhere.

[round mural]

and ive been trying to figure it out for the past 2 weeks

[polar acorn]

First off: Why do you need the name of an object. That should never be functionally relevant

[tranquil glacier]

so I can display it in a tooltip

[round mural]

only here:

private void GroundCheck()
    {
        if (Physics2D.OverlapBox(groundCheckPos.position, groundCheckSize, 0, groundLayer)) //if groundCheck box is overlapping ground = reset doubleJump
        {
            animator.SetBool("onGround",true);
            jumpsRemaining = maxJumps;
        }
        else
        {
            animator.SetBool("onGround", false);
        }
    }

[tranquil glacier]

also if it is one specific province, it needs higher numbers than the rest of the provinces

[round mural]

but the character is not on the ground layer

[polar acorn]

That definitely sounds like something you should have in a script on the object, not having a different object checking its name

[timber tide]

add a log there and try again

[round mural]

jumpsRemaining i assume?

[timber tide]

just in the statement

anything

[round mural]

triple:

normal:

i still have no idea

wait hold on

[timber tide]

no

that's the problem

[round mural]

ill do it in the else statement

[round mural]

what

[timber tide]

when do you reset jumps

[round mural]

when the little gray rectangle is touching anything that is the ground layer

[timber tide]

right, but look at your logs

[round mural]

and the player is the default layer

[round mural]

what about the logs?

[timber tide]

OnGround is being called between your jumps

[round mural]

oh yeah

[timber tide]

figure out why and you may come to a solution

[round mural]

thats really odd though

cause like

okay hold on ill get back to you

after inspecting the logs, this doesnt seem to be the case

yeah no, i dont know what was up with the logs then but it doesnt get called in the air

maybe it gets called twice in quick succession and somehow that messes something up?

[timber tide]

my assumption it resets right after the first jump

which is a common problem

[queen adder]

what are people using for analytics? im looking to add them to my game to track some information, and i was wondering if there are any good/easy to use options out there?

[round mural]

yeah but, why doesnt it do it all the time?

wait nvm i just figured it out

or at least part of it

its because i never cancel the jump

so if i let it go after its fully done, it doesnt remove the jumps remaining

i think

ill test it again just to be sure

yep

thats the problem

[timber tide]

Do consider what i've mentioned as it may still be a problem later. Usually what you do is just hold off on the casting until a frame or two before checking ground again.

[round mural]

ill keep it in mind for later

but right now i just wanna figure out what the deal is with the context.performed that is causing me the issue

[round mural]

isnt that also how you make coyote time?

and kinda similar way to make a jump buffer?

[timber tide]

similar concept ye

[round mural]

ahh im getting side tracked

i just wanna figure this out and then go to bed

my brain is just fried but i cant quit till im done ;~;

okay

lets do this, so if the problem is with the button being held down until the player starts losing upwards velocity then that must be the issue right?

do i just add another clause to the if statement?

hold on, ill try something

yeah that did absolutely nothing, but i cant put in anything else

tried this btw if (context.performed && player.velocity.y <= 0f)

i mean, im just throwing crap at the wall, hoping something sticks :')

if i try adding player.velocity.y >= 0f then it only works if i jump while still going upwards
which is not the intended way for a double jump to work

i just realised how the callback function actually works, hold on imma go drink something rq and then be right back to try and figure out if i... well figured something out

im just sad now, nothing is working and i dont know what to do, ive tried modifying the if clause, ive tried adding and removing if statements, i feel like im at a dead end or that im tunnel visioned, but i cant see a way out nor can i turn my head to go back

[swift crag]

don't reset your jump count if you're currently moving upwards

you should still let the player jump no matter what your velocity is

but if you're going up, even if your ground check succeeds, don't give the player their jumps back

[round mural]

i dont think this has anything to do with the ground checks, the logs didnt suggest that

for some reason i just dont think that the jumpsRemaining doesnt get deducted if i hold it for long enough

wait

context.canceled && player.velocity.y > 0f

if i dont cancel it until the player velocity is lower than 0 then the second part of the else if statement doesnt get triggered

i wonder if

adding an else jumpsRemaining-- doesnt work :|

but i still feel like it has something to do with the else if statement for some reason

O.O I THINK IT WORKS

I FIXED IT

IT WAS ONE STUPID ELSE IF STATEMENT OMG ;~;

i just wanna curl up into a ball and never emerge

but I did it

I FINALLY DID IT

@timber tide THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OPENING MY EYES

 public void Jump(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
    {
        if (jumpsRemaining > 0)
        {
            if (context.performed) //if button is pressed = Big jump
            {
                player.velocity = new Vector2(player.velocity.x, jumpStrength);
                animator.SetTrigger("jump");
                jumpsRemaining--;
                if (jumpsRemaining == 0 && maxJumps >= 2) ParticleFX.Play();
            }
            else if (context.canceled && player.velocity.y > 0f) //if button is let go = Small Jump
            {
                player.velocity = new Vector2(player.velocity.x, player.velocity.y*0.66f);
                animator.SetTrigger("jump");
                jumpsRemaining--;
                if (jumpsRemaining == 0 && maxJumps >= 2) ParticleFX.Play();
            }
            else if (context.canceled && player.velocity.y <= 0f)jumpsRemaining--; //THE DAMN LINE IVE BEEN NEEDING FOR THE LAST 3 OR SO WEEKS ;~;
        }
    }

it was just a stupid edge case i didnt know I needed ;~;

thank you to everyone that wasted their time, im proud to say it wasnt for nothing <3

[cinder crag]

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[amber spruce]

can someone refresh me how you do ors in a if statement

i always forget that one

are they just ||

so for example this would work

int randomnumber = Random.Range(0, 2);
if (randomnumber == 0 || randomnumber == 1)
{
    BasicShoot();
}

to make it so if it is 0 or 1 it calls basic shoot

[barren wing]

chicas

question

when i opened my project, it said that it needed to start on safe mode because there was a lot of compilation errors

i solved them all, but i need to know

i need to worry or something if the safe mode panel appears?

[summer stump]

Correct. It is ||

[summer stump]

No need to worry. Just open it and see what the errors are

Sometimes solving some errors lets the compiler get to a new point to "see" different errors

[amber spruce]

is there a way to easily have a if statement thats like if randomnumber = a number between 1 and 7

or do i have to just keep adding another or for each other number i want it to work for

[summer stump]

If <= 1 or >= 7
I guess AND there

Not or

[amber spruce]

aight thanks

so like this right

if (randomnumber <= 0 && randomnumber >=5)
{
    BasicShoot();
}

[loud python]

can anyone help me with this riddle? im trying to move my Inventory items to my chest. do I instantiate the same item prefab slot in the weaponchestUI tree as the Main Inventory and then send the ItemContent "ItemName&ItemIcon" (these are the details of the item prefab slot. Its a UI button with a text child, and a UI image gameobject) to the transform there and there is a maxslotlimit of one, so when you press the button in the Inventory it will play the method that will destroy the current slot in the inventory and Instantiate it in the weaponchest UI and then the itemContent would populate that slot. Or do I have to create another Item Prefab slot completely and call for the instantiation of that Item prefab and populate the itemName and itemIcon with the itemContent? any help would be nice

[summer stump]

Yeah, looks good.
I would make variables for 1 and 5 though. But syntax-wise that should work

[timber tide]

Few ways you can manage, one way in which you already instantiate all slots in your chest and inventory and simply move data around and refreshing the displayed image when changing a slot.

another way is move the slot game object entirely into the chest

[summer stump]

Not a code question and don't cross-post

[hushed hare]

sorry

ill delet

[loud python]

Yea i am trying this method since it is only one slot. https://gyazo.com/4b523b26580281f427fb643cc6a01896 (it looks like many slots but it is infact one Item prefab slot) The many slots is just an image. For some reason When I try this method to insatiate the Item Prefab into the chest UI through a button click, it just doesnt work

[teal viper]

Kinda hard to say anything without seeing your setup and code.

[unreal imp]

Guys, I have a problem and that is that the reloading animation I have runs even when I no longer have ammo (it should only play when my clip is empty and the ammo is greater than 0 to apply it to the clip) ``` if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && !isCooldown && currentClipAmmo > 0)
{
gunAnimator.SetTrigger("Shoot");
StartCoroutine(Shoot());
}
if (currentClipAmmo <= 0 && !gunAnimator.GetBool("OutOfAmmo"))
{
gunAnimator.SetBool("OutOfAmmo", true);
}
if (currentClipAmmo > 0 && gunAnimator.GetBool("OutOfAmmo"))
{
gunAnimator.SetBool("OutOfAmmo", false);
}
if (currentClipAmmo <= 0 && currentAmmo > 0 && gunAnimator.GetBool("OutOfAmmo"))
{
gunAnimator.SetTrigger("Reload");
gunAnimator.SetBool("OutOfAmmo", false);
}

is the code right and is an animation thing?

or isnt right?

[loud python]

https://paste.ofcode.org/ZunTCDBfTdeHzaMsE8XPB5 Inventory Manager< https://paste.ofcode.org/3aMzunE9yE4T7rBUqPjnYB8 Item Controller<https://paste.ofcode.org/C5uXMm7dKy9nVnygbYPFVy <ItemWeapons https://paste.ofcode.org/DpFHGdNwPsVktHAEC3nEKe <Item Pickup script https://paste.ofcode.org/3aSBgZgHGYLxz4e36vHwHiv <InventoryItemController https://gyazo.com/1e30f0d4473cd45c784a34392e6f1a5e <Image of Canvas Hierarcy

[teal viper]

Where's the part the runs on your button click?

[loud python]

I remove t hat scriipt

[teal viper]

So what's the issue now?

[loud python]

https://paste.ofcode.org/5tZ9qqdf84ACh4sugixTfc <Button script

im having a hard time of getting this to work ^

[teal viper]

Be more specific. What part exactly doesn't work.

[loud python]

The UpdateItemSlotContent metho and the TransferItemToWeaponChest dont work when I Assign this script to my Button and then in the properties of the button in the inspector I assign The OnClick properties to the script and call the instatiation method on click and it doesnt work

[native seal]

how do I use the particle system? do I make a singleton that controls all the particle effects or do I put it on every object that has particles?

[teal viper]

"doesn't work" as in not being executed? Can you add debug logs and see if the methods are called when you press the button?

[teal viper]

Up to you. If you need several particle systems running at the same time, you might need a pool in the case of singleton though.

[hot wave]

in cinemachine, does it have change controls also when in that view?

[frosty hound]

Cinemachine has no controls

[hot wave]

ah okok

how can we have different controls when something is toggled? (like if i press this switch, my controls would be based on cursor maybe or something else, might be an entirely different code)

would that be a dictionary inside character controller?

not sure how to start it

[frosty hound]

Use the new input system and change the input map

Otherwise, lots of bools

[hot wave]

thank you steel, I will try

[vale karma]

what are all these errors?

[slender nymph]

errors related to editor code. have you written any editor code or use any assets that include any?

[vale karma]

no, it happened right after i downloaded a picture to use as a background. but i reverted it and its still there

[slender nymph]

restart the editor

[vale karma]

unrelated but my pc only makes noise when i press play in unity, ive turned my volume all the way down and it plays from inside the case, what tf XD

[vale karma]

it had to do with the layout I had. I needed to just reset to the default layout and the error went away

[crisp anvil]

    {
        string inputText = inputField.text;
        Debug.Log("TMP_InputField text: " + inputText); 
        Debug.Log("PlayerNameSubmitted called with name argument: " + name); 

        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(inputText))
        {
            playerInfo.playerName = inputText; 
            AddMessageToChat($"Ah, {playerInfo.name}, a name that will soon be known across the lands.");
            inputPanel.SetActive(false); 
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogError("No name was entered in the input field.");
        }
    }```

I can't get the input field to work properly. I can grab the inputfield.text but cannot pass it to anything. Here is the On End Edit (string) trigger

TMP_InputField text: sfsfsf

PlayerNameSubmitted called with name argument:

What am I doing wrong?

[eternal needle]

that blank box on the bottom right indicates you are sending in a blank string, you need to select the method name under the Dynamic options

There is a dynamic string section, and a static parameters section

[crisp anvil]

The Dynamic String Option is greyed out, I read that somewhere but Couldn't figure it out.

oh my

Sorry

[eternal needle]

yea the option is under dynamic string, that Dynamic String is just a header

[crisp anvil]

Thanks, appreciate you showing me that

[waxen cypress]

Idk if where to put this question but. Im in my final year of school and for my project im making a vr escape room game and im trying to figure out how to code a number lock so you can rotate the lock and unlock it with a certain code. Is there any tutorial on this or advice? I have also made my own 3d model of the lock.

[ivory bobcat]

My advice would be to break the problem down. For instance, evaluating 3 digits/variables is pretty straight forward. Acquiring input would be what you'd make of it. Same with the visual effects - rotation and whatnot.

[rich adder]

You should be able to map it to a signed angle / 360 degrees , map each section in degrees to specific numbers of code

[waxen cypress]

so i should do mapping which is much easier

i thinks its more of like the part where

like when i grab a part of the lock and then it rotates

unless its very simple and its more complicated for me x_x

[rich adder]

youre talking about a safe-style lock right?

[waxen cypress]

ye so i have 2 lock designs

the safe one thats shaped like a dial

and ur normal one

[rich adder]

yeah both should be easy to approach

[waxen cypress]

alr so do u suggest like the visual code way

or the typical way

[rich adder]

wdym "visual code way" ?

[waxen cypress]

like this

[rich adder]

whatever you're most comfortable with using

[grizzled zealot]

Does Resources.Load<ScriptableObject>("foo") give me a new instance of the scriptable object, or does it give me the one assigned to other objects in the scene?

[rich adder]

it's an asset, should be the same one.. I think

[grizzled zealot]

Hm. is there a way to check? I think it gives me a new one.

(oh, just printing instanceid(). checking now)

[rich adder]

can't you just look for the specific kind of SO instead ?

[grizzled zealot]

What do you mean?

[teal viper]

Yeah, I don't get why you need to load it, if you have references to it in the scene..?

[grizzled zealot]

Confirming it's the same.

I could assign it to a script, however, that is error prone. I might assign the wrong SO. I'm trying event channels, so I'll have tons of SOs as each SO is for one event.

I want to avoid linking things in the inspector, because I'm worried that when I change a variable, it'll refresh the inspector settings and thus delete all event assignments.

[teal viper]

I don't really understand what the concern is about. If you're concerned messing something up in the inspector by accident, create one manager specifically for holding references to the SOs in a desired way.

[grizzled zealot]

I'm concerned that when I accidentally comment out an event und unity recompiles, it will erase all the listeners I set in the inspector.

[rich adder]

what kind of events and what does that have to do with inspector and SOs

[grizzled zealot]

I'm using this approach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_dyDmF0Ktw

But instead of using the inspector to link GameEventListeners to methods, I want to explicitly write the link in Start.

[teal viper]

You would use version control to avoid such silly mistakes.

[grizzled zealot]

Agreed. But the shoulda, woulda, coulda is strong in this.

[grizzled zealot]

In other words: I don't commit to the git repo every 5min.

[teal viper]

You don't need to. Only after major changes.

You can inspect and revert the changes before commiting

But you do you

[crimson ibex]

I feel I have not understood normalized or raycast properly

        //hit ray to touchposition vector2
        Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(touchPosition);
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit))
        {
            //Get "direction" of raycastHit to touchPosition from Player
            Vector3 moveDir = raycastHit.point.normalized;
            // Calculate movement distance per frame
            float moveDistance = moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
            //Move player
            player.transform.position += moveDir * moveDistance;

Here, the player is moving. but not in direction of touch, as i expected. Where did I go wrong ? Thank you

[night mural]

you're normalizing the point that the ray hit which doesn't make sense, since that's a position and not a direction

[teal viper]

Point is a position in world space. Normalizing it doesn't really make sense.

[night mural]

what you probably want to do is calculate the vector from the player's position to the point you want them to move to, normalize that, and then move them along it

[teal viper]

You should get a direction to the point from your player and use that direction in your movement.

Damn, Prakkus is one step ahead🥲

[summer stump]

Normalize means make the magnitude equal to 1, just to add to what they're saying

Which is why normalizing a position (which is the distance and direction from an origin point) does not make sense

[night mural]

i think this is a good strategy...maybe people will listen if we get enough people telling them the same thing 😄

[night mural]

yep, definitely go through this if you haven't: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/VectorCookbook.html

[waxen cypress]

I'm new to coding and I making a VR game and I'm making a dial lock(safe style). I want to code it so the player is able to interact with the dial and rotate it to each number. However, I'm unsure on the coding on how to make it so when the player stops on a number it registers it as the first number and so on up to three digits until it unlocks the safe. I was wondering if there was any guide in general I can look at for VR.

[crimson ibex]

Thank you @night mural @teal viper I will read documentation again.

[summer stump]

Just check when the direction of the dial changes

Register the position when that happens

#🥽┃virtual-reality has some pinned resources for general vr

[native seal]

do unity object pools respect if the object trying to be requested is different than what is in the pool or will it just grab off the top. ie in the case where theres multiple different things stored in one pool. For example, if I have an enemy object pool with a bunch of types of enemies, will the pool request the correct enemy when grabbing it from the pool?

[night mural]

i'm not sure if you'll find a vr specific tutorial but i expect the logic owuld be the same either way

[waxen cypress]

i think for me its more of the transferring like a 3d keyboard and mouse game to vr

[night mural]

Yeah, VR is a hard place to start though. I would try to implement it NOT in VR first so that you figure out what you're doing, then solve the VR problems. Otherwise you're trying to figure out too many things at once

[summer stump]

What do you mean "correct" enemy?

[night mural]

1. figure out how to make a working combination dial
2. figure out how to interact with that dial in VR (it can still have the same internal logic!)

[night mural]

pretty sure the pools are by type, so if your enemies are all the same type you'll be ok, if not you need more pools

[waxen cypress]

so rly its more of the code being the same and just adjusting it to VR

[night mural]

yep, VR changes how the inputs to your game are handled, but logic like 'how far was this dial turned' is probably just angle math, keeping track of rotation direction, counting how many correct angles they've hit and which one, and none of that has anything to do with VR

[native seal]

nvm i was confused how a pool worked, realized its very basic

[waxen cypress]

Alright tysm ❤️

[wide tapir]

anyone know why?

when hes not injured his animations work fine however when injured it changes his animations, idle works fine it only happens when i injuredly move

[native seal]

anyone know why my textmeshpro is not showing in the world?

its like its there but not

[teal viper]

Looks like it's behind that grass sprite or whatever it is

[native seal]

its not, even when its spawned in the skybox its not there

[teal viper]

Can you rotate your scene camera around and look at it from the other side?

[native seal]

like this?

[night mural]

what's the mesh renderer part? i think this setup is wrong

you shouldn't need a mesh renderer and you should have your font selected in the TMP inspector, not as a material on a mesh renderer

[teal viper]

I'd like to see the material setup as well

[native seal]

it gets atuomatically added when I add text mesh pro

[night mural]

oh alright

[native seal]

it was working a second ago, not sure what happened

[night mural]

oh in that case maybe reopen your scene or unity real quick to make sure it's not a silly rendering bug?

[teal viper]

Try disabling dynamic occlusion on the mesh renderer🤔

[native seal]

neither worked

if I place the prefab myself, it seems to work

only when its being instantiated

figured it out

was an issue when setting the color

alpha was 0 lol

[teal viper]

Where?

[wide tapir]

LOL

[native seal]

with my object pooling

when i set the color the dictionary had alphas set to 0

lol

[wide tapir]

common mistake happened quite a few times to me 🤣

[potent nymph]

can someone share an example of how to use Application.persistentDataPath for WebGL? The docs say it's located at /idbfs/<md5 hash of data path>, but I can't find the exact url to check if the file is even stored. I also don't know how to read from the path

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html

[icy junco]

hello, i just have a quick question is it possible to change a game object midame so i have two gameobjects primary and secondary and iw ant people to be able to choose there weapons is there any way i can doo that in this script?

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using Photon.Pun;
using System;

public class WeaponManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject Primary;
    public GameObject Secondary;
    public int currentweapon;
    public TPW tpw;

    [Header("Guns")]
    public GameObject pistol1;
    public GameObject M4;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        currentweapon = 1;
        EquipPrimary();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1) && currentweapon != 1)
        {
            EquipPrimary();
        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha2) && currentweapon != 2)
        {
            EquipSecondary();
        }

        if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Q))
        {
            if(currentweapon == 1)
            {
                EquipSecondary();

            } else if (currentweapon == 2)
            {
                EquipPrimary();
            }
        }
            
    }

    public void AssaultLadout ()
    {
        Primary = M4;
        Secondary = pistol1;
        EquipPrimary(); 
    }

    public void SniperLadout()
    {
        Primary = pistol1; 
        Secondary = M4;
        EquipPrimary(); 
    }

    public void EquipPrimary()
    {
        
        
        Secondary.SetActive(false);
        Primary.SetActive(true);
        currentweapon = 1;
        Primary.GetComponent<Gun>().Draw();
    }

    public void EquipSecondary()
    {
        
        
        Secondary.SetActive(true);
        Primary.SetActive(false);
        currentweapon = 2;
        Secondary.GetComponent<Gun>().Draw();
    }

    
}

[potent nymph]

I would like some elaboration on the answer to this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75419307/how-to-convert-base64-mpeg-to-audioclip-in-unity-part-2

In order to convert a base64 string into an audio clip, this is the code suggested by the answer

byte[] bytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(data);
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(bytes);
ms.Position = 0;
AudioClip GetAudioClip(bool threeD, bool stream, AudioType.MPEG);

However, I'm having trouble understanding the GetAudioClip method, as it doesn't seem to take any parameters related to the code above it

another answer suggested to use a memory stream, but does not elaborate any further. What I find really frustrating is that many answers assume I know certain things, when I don't

[teal viper]

I feel like that answer isn't really correct. It doesn't make sense to me no matter how you look at it.

[potent nymph]

nonetheless, is the answer related to "memorystream" (looking into that rn) ?

I'm having that exact problem in the SO post, so I'm kind of desperate

[languid spire]

That answer only works if the Stream is from the WWW class so as written is complete nonesense

[languid spire]

where are you getting your clip data from?

[potent nymph]

base64

[teal viper]

From a quick google, you should be able to create a clip with AudioClip.Create. but you need it in the right format.

[languid spire]

no, that is the encoding format, where is it coming from

[potent nymph]

from the user I guess? The user records their voice on the web application

It then passes the base64 data to the webgl build

[languid spire]

how are you loading it into your code

[potent nymph]

With the WebGL api https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-interactingwithbrowserscripting.html
More specifcally SendMessage()

[teal viper]

What web application? Is it a separate app?

[potent nymph]

The web application (react app) hosts/serves the webGL build

[teal viper]

Well, then you'll need to figure out what format the data is in.

[potent nymph]

the data is base64 encoded mp3