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[polar acorn]

1. This shouldn't be in Update
2. DDOL doesn't make copies. You're loading a scene that has this object in it, so it's going to load it

[wintry quarry]

The copy is made when you load the scene

If you want a singleton you need code to enforce that it stays single, like this #💻┃code-beginner message

[golden ermine]

So I should make this data load when I press load button in menu

[wintry quarry]

yeah you should not be directly writing things straight to your player controller and cam controller here

just store the GameState on this script in a variable and stop

let those other scripts read the game state from this script when they start up

[golden ermine]

Im a beginner I just find youtube tutorial so thats why I have it like that, I find it easier to make other things to save if I have it like this but I do understand what you mean by that

[wintry quarry]

For example in the camera script you can do this:

void Start() {
  GameState gameState = SaveServiceSystem.instance.data;
  this.minPos = gameState.camMinPos;
  this.maxPos = gameState.camMaxPos;
}```

[golden ermine]

okay I will try that

so that means I wouldnt even need to have all that in loadFromJson function, only string json etc and GameState data = JsonUtility etc

[wintry quarry]

exactly

That's all the save system should be responsible for anyway

[golden ermine]

why is error here at data, i doesnt say why i have to restart my VS

[wintry quarry]

I assume you didn't make that field yet

[golden ermine]

i did this

[wintry quarry]

Yeah I know

I'm saying you didn't make the data field on SaveServiceSystem yet

[wintry quarry]

you definitely don't want that first line

[golden ermine]

yea i removed it

that resets my data right=

[wintry quarry]

sorry I made a typo in my example above

I mixed up two identifiers gameState and data

but still you do need to make the data field on SaveServiceSystem to store the loaded data.

[golden ermine]

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

this is my full code for saveservicesystem

its to big so that i dont need to send screenshot

[wintry quarry]

sure and like I'm saying you need to add the field

[golden ermine]

yes i dont really understand how to add that field

[wintry quarry]

Do you understand the difference between local variables and fields?

[golden ermine]

what data in instance.data represent

[wintry quarry]

it represents the game data you loaded

but you need to actually make the field

you probably want to go through some basic C# stuff

[golden ermine]

like [SerializeField] data

[wintry quarry]

it doesn't need to be serialized

but no

it also needs a type

fields need a type and a name

[golden ermine]

this good? @wintry quarry

[queen adder]

the forum is more like something to find and learn specific

[wintry quarry]

looks better

[golden ermine]

ok so now i do it for death count and player pos

i did it @wintry quarry for everything

but i put all of that in start but what if my data is null then it like if i start new game, then it will just be default settings like death count will be back to 0 or? Will it affect anything because that is in start method

[wintry quarry]

you could either:

• Have the Save System create a default data object
• Have the other code say if (data == null) // do some default thing instead

[golden ermine]

ok what now after i did that

[stuck jay]

I've heard two times that it's good practice to separate your visuals from your code, so you'd make two different gameobjects and make an empty one the parent then add rigidbody, collider and scripts to it. Would breaking this to put a GunTurret.cs script on a tank's barrel be a bad thing? The way I'm planning to do this is by making it so each barrel has different stats and every few levels you can choose a better barrel.

[rich adder]

its good to seperate visuals and scripts/logic yes

You could also just make a script that manages all the barrels, or just use SO

[stuck jay]

Actually yeah, this is about time I learned how to use Scriptable Objects

Well, after I write the actual barrel and tank functionality

[queen adder]

You mean having 1 Parent and 1 Child and adding one of them the programming and one of them the visuals? Did I understand that correct?

[rich adder]

yeah I think SOs is good for mods and other modular parts

[stuck jay]

That's what I meant with everything before asking if I should break this, yes

[queen adder]

oh okay

Sounds interesting

But reasonable

never thought of that jet

[neon ivy]

I have a trigger to check if objects are within range of a planet, but since the planet is tagged with terrain, the ground check goes off immediately upon touching the trigger. is there a way to turn this off?

[short hazel]

Prefer physics queries such as Physics.CheckSphere() to detect if objects are nearby, instead of a collider. It's probably less expensive than a collider too!

[neon ivy]

well I need to add to a list on enter and remove from a list on exit...

I guess I don't need to but

[short hazel]

Then use Physics.OverlapSphere() instead which returns an array of colliders you can iterate on

[neon ivy]

ok I'll try that

thanks :D

[shell sorrel]

if using it often would use the non alloc version

but yeah best tool for i just want all colliders within a area

[neon ivy]

though how will I know if an object left the range

[shell sorrel]

what do you mean by left range

[neon ivy]

do I keep track of a list and decouple any that don't appear in the list the frame after?

[frigid sequoia]

Ey can I like... do a loop over a specific folder to get references to all objects there and store them a List or do I have to do it manually one by one?

[neon ivy]

I was using ontriggerenter and exit, idk where to put the exit code now

[shell sorrel]

oh if you care more about if things enter or leave the range would just use a collider

if you just want everything in range at the current moment would use the OverlapSphere

[neon ivy]

collider had an issue,
but that aside which would be more expensive.
a trigger or an overlapSphere every frame

[shell sorrel]

i would worry about what is the best soultion before worrying about performance

though if using it everyh update use the non alloc version
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.OverlapSphereNonAlloc.html

[neon ivy]

then overlapSphere cuz it doesn't have the issue I have rn xD

[short hazel]

With a physics query you do not need a collider. The code initiates the query and receives the result

[shell sorrel]

pre allocate a array outside of your function with the max amount of items it might carry

that way you can use the NonAlloc version and not incure garbage per frame

[short hazel]

And pass a layer mask, so you don't get unwanted objects

[neon ivy]

I would prefer not to specify a max if possible

it wouldn't be an issue now but it might be later

[shell sorrel]

the NonAlloc version costs way less to call, which is why it was recommended

[rich adder]

huge differences when you profile, you'd be surpised..

[neon ivy]

hmm maybe I'll just assign a higher max for objects that need it then

[shell sorrel]

also just set a max that is like dobule what you expect

[rich adder]

nonalloc automatically makes a new array if your current one was too little

iirc

[shell sorrel]

i would have to test but am sure it does not

and that it is not possible with the way its passed in

since its not a out parm but a reference and arrays do not resize

[short hazel]

And make sure to only loop with a for loop, and up to the number OverlapSphereNonAlloc() returns. Else you'll get null values, or values from older queries

[rich adder]

its not? dam could've sworne.. im prob just remembering wrong

[neon ivy]

for loop over foreach?

[shell sorrel]

i feel if it did reallocate it would use a list not a array as well

[shell sorrel]

yes

[rich adder]

yeah you're right doc says

The length of the buffer is returned when the buffer is full.

[short hazel]

Yes because you do not want to go through the whole array, as it may have filled less elements than the actual capacity

[shell sorrel]

because the array will be larger then the results

the function returns the count

[rich adder]

yea sry must've misremembered 😅

[neon ivy]

ah right

[shell sorrel]

the reason why this costs less to use, is instead of allocating memory on call you give it a array to reuse

but it might not fill it every time

[neon ivy]

ok I'll use overlapSphereNonAlloc

[shell sorrel]

the array should be a field not a local variable as well

[eternal needle]

Itd be funny if the nonalloc method alloc'd. But yea that's the one downside if you have a case where you get more results then expected. You'll miss some things

[neon ivy]

learning more every day

[neon ivy]

[shell sorrel]

with how the args are passed it actually would be impossible for it to reallocate the array

[rich adder]

haha yeah duhh generetaing new array each time = defeats the whole purpose of non-aloc.
i shall run to my caffeine now lol

[neon ivy]

the overlapsphere, in update or fixed update?

[rich adder]

update

[short hazel]

If you re-create a brand new array each frame, just to pass it to the method, then it's basically useless. You allocate as much memory as the regular OverlapSphere.
Whereas with a private Collider[] _bodies = new Collider[50];, it will never be re-created and will always fill the same one

[neon ivy]

ah right

[rich adder]

sometimes I run it inside a Coroutine while loop with yield return 0.2ish
if I need checks without too much frequency/accuracy

[shell sorrel]

i do that for updating targets and wanted positions for NPCS, it does not do it per frame but prolly takes a full second to update the all groups of nodes o nthe map

[short hazel]

Yeah there's a lot of ways to optimize it. One would be to reduce the query frequency if you're far from everything, and increase it if there's objects that are close

[shell sorrel]

splits the work over many frames

[neon ivy]

if you disable the object with the script on it. does that coroutine also stop or does it continue?

[shell sorrel]

coroutine pauses

[rich adder]

yup

[shell sorrel]

coroutines require a active object to run

[neon ivy]

ah ok

[shell sorrel]

its the same reason why need a instance of a scene object to use StartCoroutine as well

[polar acorn]

Does it pause or does it stop? I'm pretty sure it stops entirely right, you can't resume from where it was

[stuck jay]

Actually yeah, reminds me

[neon ivy]

ah so that's why you can't start a coroutine from a scriptable object

[stuck jay]

Any way to make a 'cooldown' for a method?

Without writing a function specifically for it

I don't want to write the same function 3 times

[shell sorrel]

is it a shared cooldown

or a cooldown for each one

[rich adder]

yes you can pass a Func

if i didnt misunderstand that ur asking

[stuck jay]

Cooldown for each one, the scripts are entirely separate (so for example, cooldown for firing a gun and another for damage immunity so my player won't get annihilated after stepping on the funny red block)

[stuck jay]

So make another function with a cooldown?

[shell sorrel]

so could have a cooldown function that accepts a delegate

[rich adder]

I meant you can make the coroutine generic enough and pass it a custom time/function to run after done

[shell sorrel]

so 1 function that takes your other function as a argument

[stuck jay]

Any way without coroutine?

[rich adder]

for timer? yeah you can use Update loop but then less neat

[ivory bobcat]

Write your own timer

[stuck jay]

And make it static so everything else uses it? What if I have two different functions?

[ivory bobcat]

An even bigger mess

[stuck jay]

It just seems awfully inefficient

[shell sorrel]

its common to need to write your own stuff to handle a exact case

[golden ermine]

Why cant I use instance of my SaveServiceSystem code like this

[shell sorrel]

but its very easy to abstract said things and reuse them

[stuck jay]

I know, but I just thought such a basic feature would be built as a method already

[shell sorrel]

you already got a instance

why get it again

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe tell people what the actual error is

[rich adder]

Id do it like this

IEnumerator CustomTimer(float time, Action method)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(time);
        method?.Invoke();
    }```

[shell sorrel]

like looks like you are trying to access it like a singleton when you already got the component from GetComponent anyways

[polar acorn]

What's the error say

[short hazel]

If instance is static (it is if you make a singleton), then SaveServiceSystem.instance. That's the entire purpose of making it static.

[shell sorrel]

could still be done with the delegate but thought they wanted a cooldown, so jsut early out of the function too close to the previous call

[rich adder]

ah ye true 😅

[shell sorrel]

persnally i would just keep it simple and use a simple timer counting delta time over frames

and return early on the function

if i had a lot maybe abstract it a little

[stuck jay]

Okay awesome, just ran into another issue

[golden ermine]

I removed Instance and just called function and it doesnt show error but it doesnt load data. It should when I click load game in menu load scene where the game is and find gameobject with all data stored and load all data, basically like save and load system but it doesnt load my data.

I want it to load this

[stuck jay]

If I added health for a damage cooldown script I'd have to add an Update() function to actually decrease the timer

[wintry quarry]

because you're assinging it to your local variable data not the field data

[wintry quarry]

you shouldn't be doing this, just use SaveServiceSystem.instance, always

you don't need drag and drop or anything

[stuck jay]

And uhh, considering I'm gonna have 1k or so objects in the game that have health, this isn't going to be light

Any solutions?

[shell sorrel]

it will be fine

stop worrying about it

if you need cooldown on 1k objects you need to track 1k timers

[shell sorrel]

there is no avoiding that

[rich adder]

Too early in development to be thinking about that stuff

just make your game work first

[golden ermine]

then if I use instance it will show this error

[shell sorrel]

a timer is just adding or subtracting a number

costs almost nothing per frame

[wintry quarry]

SaveServiceSystem.instance.LoadFromJson(); delete the rest

[shell sorrel]

like a ns or 2 at most

[short hazel]

Why did you switch back to the old version? You created a singleton, use it

[stuck jay]

Can't I just make all of them run in a separate Update() function on a TickRateManager.cs script?

I'm not worrying too much about performance but I'm adding precautions for the future

[golden ermine]

because i didnt understand it very well and I complicated things for me i find this easier if it will work

[wintry quarry]

it won't work, so no it's not going to be easier

[stuck jay]

Well not adding, I'm not implementing this right now

[shell sorrel]

you can do it how ever you want, but why combine them all into 1 place when they are all disnective timers for different things

you are just overthinking things mate

get the logic working and easy to read first

[summer stump]

Copy paste this 🤷‍♂️
#💻┃code-beginner message
It doesn't get easier than that

[polar acorn]

Why are you trying to get an instance from an instance

just use the instance you already have

[golden ermine]

yes it doesnt but why, I made it first load a scene and then I made SaveServiceSystem ddol singleton so I want it when I click load game to load my game scene and then from that ddol save system script to load that json method

[wintry quarry]

all you do is what I wrote

I showed you what to do

you keep trying to do something else

[golden ermine]

because u went somewhere and idk how to do it alone so i backtracked

[summer stump]

Why? Because it is a static variable

[summer stump]

Are you using version control?

[golden ermine]

what is version control?

[golden ermine]

so can I just make it

[summer stump]

Git with github
Or Unity Version Control

[summer stump]

Just copy paste this...
#💻┃code-beginner message

[golden ermine]

I already did

it doesnt load my data

[summer stump]

That is a separate issue

You have fixed the error, so that is step one

[faint sluice]

Is the script from coroutine a DDOL?

[golden ermine]

yes

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

this is that code

[faint sluice]

Is the function being called?

[golden ermine]

yes

[short hazel]

It says "0 references" here

Are you calling that from a button or something?

[faint sluice]

No I mean is loadFromJson being called after the loadscene? Did you debug it?

[golden ermine]

i have it on button

[golden ermine]

wait let me try

[faint sluice]

I'm still thinking the coroutine object is not a DDOL, but let's see

[polar acorn]

Can you show the full !code of this script?

[eternal falcon]

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[north scroll]

my dash isnt workingpublic void OnDash()
{
Vector2 dashing = Vector2.right * dashSpeed;
Debug.Log(dashing);
rb.AddForce(dashing);

}

I get 20, 0 in the console from the debug but when I press the dash button, it doesnt move. Ive tried rb.velocity as well, weirdly enough, it works if I do Vector2.up (like the jump), but not left or right

[polar acorn]

Are you setting rb.velocity to a fixed value somewhere else in code

[golden ermine]

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

[golden ermine]

its not being called 😦

[faint sluice]

Like I said, the coroutine object is not ddol

[polar acorn]

Okay, and is MenuManager on an object that's being made a DDOL in a different script?

If this is a normal scene object it's going to get destroyed when you leave the scene and the coroutine will never finish

[golden ermine]

no

[polar acorn]

it'll be gone by then

[golden ermine]

oh i only made ddol saveservice script

[golden ermine]

so I make menu manager also ddol?

[faint sluice]

Load scene is being called , and because of that menu manager is being deleted before it can call loadData

[north scroll]

move = inputMap["Move"].ReadValue<Vector2>(); //value of movement per the binding I set

Debug.Log(move.x);

//the velocity.x of the player is equal to the value input-ed by the analog stick/A-D keys,
//velocity.x is changed depending on isCrouch status
//the velocity.y retains, will be modified only when OnJump is called

if (isCrouching)
{
rb.velocity = new Vector2(move.x * crouchSpeed, rb.velocity.y);
}

else rb.velocity = new Vector2(move.x * walkSpeed, rb.velocity.y);

yea in fixedUpdate, thats why I changed it to addforce but i still see nothing being changed. even if its one frame thats being overridden, I dont understand why the addforce wouldnt apply

[polar acorn]

Or put it on the same GameObject, although you'll have to reset CheckMenu when the scene changes

[polar acorn]

!code

You're overwriting your velocity every frame, meaning any horizontal force you've added just becomes move.x * speed

[eternal falcon]

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[north scroll]

https://gdl.space/tajipavuga.cs

[golden ermine]

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

is this good

[faint sluice]

Jesus just send it via link man

[north scroll]

sry :(, i thought it was short enough

[polar acorn]

That'll work but unless CheckMenu is also a DDOL you're gonna lose the reference to it as this object transitions between scenes

[golden ermine]

I need checkmenu only in main menu, checkMenu is gameobject ui that will when I click new game show another UI with "are you sure - yes/no" buttons

but also it destroy on load

it doesnt go to another scene

did i write it wrong

[faint sluice]

You'll have to refactor the coroutine in that case i guess, but is there any specific reason why you're using this method of "loading data" after changing scene?

[polar acorn]

So it seems like MenuManager shouldn't be a DDOL after all. It doesn't look like it does anything between scenes. I think you just want a different object to be the thing loading from the SaveServiceSystem in the next scene

[ionic zephyr]

why when I make my build the objcts in my canvas are disordered???

[north scroll]

im still confused it as to why it adds the upward force, same code as jump, but doesnt apply a left or right force

[polar acorn]

Why not have something in the new scene run the LoadFromJson in Start?

[polar acorn]

Because you aren't overwriting your vertical velocity every frame, just horizontal

[north scroll]

oh

right

[polar acorn]

Every frame, your X velocity becomes move.x times whatever speed

[golden ermine]

because if u click start new game in main menu then I dont want it to load data

[polar acorn]

it doesn't matter what it used to be, it is now that

[golden ermine]

because save service system script is in game scene and menu manager is main menu scene

[polar acorn]

Ah, good point. Is there a reason you can't load the data first, then change scenes?

[ionic zephyr]

Why do the objects in my canvas move whenever I make a build?

[faint sluice]

Then just use a bool in DDOL ,
Bool DoILoadData

[golden ermine]

because save service system script is in game scene and menu manager is main menu scene

[faint sluice]

When pressing NewGame set bool to false

[golden ermine]

wait what that does how is that gonna help im confused now

[polar acorn]

SaveServiceSystem is a DDOL, it should be in every scene

[golden ermine]

yes but its not in in main menu scene because that is starting point and i only save data from game scene

and then I cant assign player and camera script in main menu

cause they are only in game scene

[faint sluice]

Keep a bool in save system , for when you want to load data and not

When you press NewGame set that bool to false, and when you want that data to be loaded after changing the scene set bool to true before changing the scene

And in the new scene inside the start load data if that bool is true, otherwise not

[polar acorn]

Why does your save system script need to reference other objects instead of having those objects tell the save system what to save

[golden ermine]

Yes I know I should have changed that but this was easier way and I understand it more I dont think I will know how to convert it to player script and cam script to tell save script what to save

[shell sorrel]

save system in my game does not care what the data its saving is, the data just needs to implement a interface and be passed in

[summer stump]

#💻┃unity-talk
And explain what that means

[golden ermine]

you maybe havent set canvas scale with screen option

and make it 1920x1080

i guess

[polar acorn]

Right now you have what we in the 'biz refer to as "A gigantic pile of spaghetti".

You have so many things referencing each other and those references referencing other references that reference the original reference that your entire codebase is a big pile of tangled noodles.

[golden ermine]

yes haha i understand

[polar acorn]

You're gonna need to really learn how references work, and how to work with singletons, and re-do a significant portion of your infrastructure if you want to be able to save and load data

otherwise any time you intend to add anything, it's going to necessetate changing dozens of scripts

[golden ermine]

but can I somehow make it work as things are set now

[north scroll]

so if Im changing the velocity in fixedUpdate, all movement based logic should be contained in it including dash, even though its a one time thing ?

[queen adder]

Can i get help with something? I am making a database for a leaderboard and I want make it to that when the player dies their user and score is input to the leaderboard. Everything ive tried so far isn't working?

[north scroll]

cuz I added this to FU() but its not working either:

if (isCrouching)
{
rb.velocity = new Vector2(move.x * crouchSpeed, rb.velocity.y);
}

else if (isDashing)
{
rb.AddForce(new Vector2(move.x + dashSpeed, rb.velocity.y));
}

else rb.velocity = new Vector2(move.x * walkSpeed, rb.velocity.y);

[golden ermine]

because Im not really making complicated game, I will probably have only this options to be saved and maybe health

[golden ermine]

can I?

[rich adder]

what have you tried

[polar acorn]

Rework your save system so that it exists in all scenes and does not reference any game objects.
Have the objects in the new scene get their starting data from the save system when they're created.
Then all you need to do is tell the save system whether or not to load the JSON before changing scenes and everythign will be in place

[golden ermine]

Okay I will try

[golden ermine]

but in which method should I put that, for example now Im doing that camera reference save not save reference camera but idk where to put that in which method

like i mean do I put it in void start etc

cause if I put it in void start it will at the start of game scene tell to load camera data and I only want it to load data if player pressed Load Game in main menu

[polar acorn]

What does this script need to read from the save system

[golden ermine]

so here for example I need camera max/min pos and camera pos to reference save

[polar acorn]

And this code is on your save system, right?

[golden ermine]

this one yea

and I need to convert all of this to player script and cam script

so they reference save not save reference them

[polar acorn]

So don't do that. Instead, in start, have camController check this object, and set its own minPos and maxPos to whatever this object has in data

[golden ermine]

okay and where to tell it to save

[polar acorn]

And make the save system default to the values you want minPos and maxPos to be when you start a new game

[polar acorn]

Where do you currently tell it to save

[golden ermine]

I meant to load not save sorry, I save my data trough button in my game scene

I meant where to tell it to load camera min/max pos and its normal pos

[polar acorn]

You'd load the data from the JSON exactly as you currently are

You have the camera get its minPos and maxPos on start. They'll get whatever data the save system has for it

If you've loaded the JSON, it'll be the data from the JSON

If you haven't, it'll be whatever default value the save system has

[golden ermine]

yes but u said to remove reference for camera and player

[polar acorn]

Correct

The save system should not reference the camera or the player

[golden ermine]

yes

[polar acorn]

Those objects should get their data from this object

which can be referenced from anywhere

[golden ermine]

I just delete this lines

[polar acorn]

because it's a singleton

[polar acorn]

Yes, and have the camController set its own minPos and maxPos in start, based on this singleton's data

[golden ermine]

yes and then I do SaveServiceSystem.instance.data.camMinPos = minPos;

in camera script

for example

[polar acorn]

This would save the camera's minPos in the singleton's data

Is that what you want to do

[golden ermine]

well when I click Load Game in main menu I want it to load: Camera min and max pos, camera position where it was last saved, player position where it was last saved and death count

so yes

and then I would do same for maxPos and its position and then similar thing in player script right?

[polar acorn]

Which you are doing by loading data from JSON, correct?

[golden ermine]

yes like this

SaveServiceSystem.instance.data.camMinPos = minPos;

right?

wait sorry

minPos = SaveServiceSystem.instance.data.camMinPos;

like this

so that would set its minPos to last saved data

[polar acorn]

The one you want to set is the one on the left of the = sign

that's the value that changes

[Thing to change] = [Value to change it to]

[golden ermine]

yes

minPos = SaveServiceSystem.instance.data.camMinPos;

like this

but i still dont know where to put that line of code

in my camera controller script

i cant put it in start cause I dont want it to load everytime u start game only when u start game by load game button

[polar acorn]

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[polar acorn]

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[golden ermine]

ohh okay

so in start

thanks

[queen adder]

making a custom url to input the username and score and then to add that to the database

[rich adder]

why a custom url ? wdym by that. Also is this local or web

[neon ivy]

int count = Physics.OverlapSphereNonAlloc(transform.position, range,_colliders,mask);
Debug.Log(count);
``` my overlapSphere isn't detecting my player. the player tag is in the mask and the player is tagged :C

[rich adder]

tag and masks are completly different things

[neon ivy]

I mean it has the layer mb

[queen adder]

web, have some code that allows me to input smth into the database using a url, so i tried to add it to the unity that it will set the username and score

its working now i believe

[rich adder]

you should iterate through the count and see what was hit

[queen adder]

i just need to make the leaderboard

[neon ivy]

nothing, count is 0

it's not even detecting its own collider

[rich adder]

then nothing is hit

is mask a layermask

[neon ivy]

yes

[rich adder]

also you can draw the gizmos

see make sure its where you think it is too

[neon ivy]

I did

[rich adder]

show it

[rich adder]

Unity already has one if you're doing web.

[rich adder]

ok , n which one is the script with overlap

[neon ivy]

when my player falls in it won't detect it

[rich adder]

does ur player have a collider?

i dontsee it

[neon ivy]

ye it's at the bottom

this is the script, it's on the sphere

[rocky canyon]

whats the issue? cant find the OP

[rich adder]

overlap not detecting Player

[rocky canyon]

ahh, classic

[rich adder]

not seeing something obvious 😢

[wintry quarry]

does the player actually have a collider?

[rocky canyon]

if u squint it appears to have one

can we see the player's inspector?

[rich adder]

thats looks like the gizmos to me oh nvm

[neon ivy]

this is the entire update

protected virtual void Update()
{
    int count = Physics.OverlapSphereNonAlloc(transform.position, range,_colliders,mask);
    Debug.Log(count);
    for(int i = 0; i < count; i++)
    {
        Debug.Log("found Collider");
        _objects[i] = _colliders[i].gameObject;
        CustomGravityObject gravityObj = _colliders[i].GetComponent<CustomGravityObject>();
        if (gravityObj != null && !influencedObjects.Contains(gravityObj) && gravityObj.enableCustomGravity && gravityObj.isGravityStateAccepted(gravityType))
        {
            AddGravityObject(gravityObj);
        }
    }
    foreach(CustomGravityObject gravityObj in influencedObjects)
    {
        if (!_objects.Contains(gravityObj.gameObject))
        {
            RemoveGravityObject(gravityObj);
        }
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

i bet that's a CharacterController which is technically a collider but I don't think they show up in raycasts/queries

[neon ivy]

nah, capsule collider and rigidbody

[rocky canyon]

ya, triggers are the only thing a CC will activate

[wintry quarry]

show the collider

[rocky canyon]

show the player

[wintry quarry]

looks like it's on a child object

is the child object in the right layer?

[wintry quarry]

and what layer is this object in?

[neon ivy]

Player

[rocky canyon]

yea show the entire inspector plz

[neon ivy]

it's the parent

[wintry quarry]

note this appears to be a child of the above

[rocky canyon]

and the hierarchy

[wintry quarry]

Then what's teh "Capsule" object?

[rocky canyon]

sorry if we seem to not belive u..

[neon ivy]

Player doesn't have a mesh, just the collider and rb

capsule is just the mesh

[rocky canyon]

thank you.. and the layer is correct?

can we see the mask in the inspector

[rich adder]

it was when I saw it

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[neon ivy]

this is the mask

[wintry quarry]

Ok and where is this overlap query located? Is it the yellow thing? The player doesn't seem to be inside that

[neon ivy]

when I click play the player falls into it

[rocky canyon]

i meant the mask of the script

[rich adder]

how when its so far lol

[rocky canyon]

yea, lol looks like its off the damn map

hacks i tell you!

[rich adder]

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[rocky canyon]

ok welp, idk

[rich adder]

now I want to see the capsule enter the Sphere Gizmos!

[rocky canyon]

unless ur overlapsphere is super small

[neon ivy]

the overlapsphere and gismo use the same range float

[rocky canyon]

i know right.. its like u gotta cover all bases

[rocky canyon]

is the position the same?

[neon ivy]

ye just transform.position

does it matter that it's being called as base.update() from a script inheriting this?

[rocky canyon]

but is this centered up on the planet graphics?

[neon ivy]

it shouldn't cuz the debug.log is being shown

[neon ivy]

yes

[rocky canyon]

damn bro..

thats odd

[neon ivy]

[neon ivy]

how? xD do I screen record or just a screenshot of when it's in there?

[rich adder]

whichever you can, video would be easier

[rich adder]

make sure ur not reading any older Logs

[rocky canyon]

https://www.screencapture.com/

heres one that records from ur browser..

dont have to download anything.

[neon ivy]

I got obs

[rocky canyon]

^ oh well use that

ShareX is better 😛

shareX = little files

OBS = big ass files

[rich adder]

true, in OBS yu can just reduce the filesize too btw

[rocky canyon]

ya, but thats a hassle..

[neon ivy]

it's only a couple seconds

[rocky canyon]

very odd

@rich adder we're overlooking something

[rich adder]

[rocky canyon]

at this point i'd say isolate the code...
make a new gameobject.. with just that single overlap call

[neon ivy]

I'll try with normal overlapsphere

[rich adder]

doubt that will make difference

there is prob something very obvious we're not looking at

[rocky canyon]

when i run into an issue like this where i can't explain it.. its normall the system as a whole.. something in the system interfering... and i prove that by making a simple gameobject/ simple script with just the part thats broken and see if that registers the thing

[rocky canyon]

probably.. but i dont see it

he has a rigidbody.. its not kinematic.. its on the root GO, the mask is Player.. the layer is player.. the collider is sufficient size.. the overlapsphere originates from planets center..

[rich adder]

which one is the Attractor script?

in the inspector

[neon ivy]

planet test has the PlanetGravityAttractor

oh

[rocky canyon]

oh

[rich adder]

ahh is the mask field correctly assigned there?

[neon ivy]

wait what do u mean. this one?

[rocky canyon]

one possibility is the transform.position is not centered to the planet u think it is

(that would be if the graphics were off-center of the parent) or w/e

but if ur drawing gizmo's from teh same point i dont think thats it either

[rich adder]

you shown PlanetGravityAttractor but log is coming from GravityAttractor

[rocky canyon]

but could u show the planet test uncollapsed, and the inspector

[rich adder]

or is that because its inherited

[neon ivy]

ye

[rocky canyon]

he metnioned that earlier

but i dont know about inheritance so i dropped out

[edgy prism]

Hello, nullable bools?

public IEnumerator SetOverheadEmoji(string input, bool? isAnimating = null)

can I use this to do

while(isAnimating)

[rich adder]

Ahh

a null ref

[rich adder]

was that always there?

[neon ivy]

that's with the normal overlapsphere

[rocky canyon]

this doesnt have anything to do with it does it

[rich adder]

nullabale u need .value

oh wait nvm u asked something else.

[neon ivy]

normal overlapsphere is getting a count of 2 and then goes into the code I guess with an entry of null

[edgy prism]

I thought as much but im not sure how that works, .Value == true?

[rocky canyon]

interesting

[rich adder]

if you want to know tru/false yes .value , otherwise yes for null check the var itself

[rocky canyon]

good call using that method.. atleast u know its positioned correctly

what two colliders does it get?

does it get its own collider?

[pallid nymph]

what's the question here? am curious

[edgy prism]

Ok thankyou kind sir

[neon ivy]

oh maybe capsule and the ground check trigger

[rocky canyon]

u can scroll back up to see... OverlapsphereNonAlloc not detecting player..

[pallid nymph]

keep in mind you need to check HasValue before checking value..

[neon ivy]

ye I checked, it's the capsule and the trigger

[rocky canyon]

yea, thats probably it.. the ground check.. sooo aparently now regular Overlap does work

but NonAlloc doesnt?

[neon ivy]

yep

[edgy prism]

Hmm how come?

[neon ivy]

why nonalloc so mean

[rich adder]

are you sure u allocated enough size?

[neon ivy]

it has a size of 10

[rocky canyon]

his layer is assigned correctly.. the mask matches.. the player has a collider has a rigidbody.. its not kinematic.. it does make contact.. but doesnt register a hit

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[neon ivy]

I set them to a new array in start

[cosmic dagger]

How big is the radius?

[neon ivy]

15

[pallid nymph]

if you have a nullable bool and it is null, .Value will throw an exception, so make sure you handle the null state properly

[rocky canyon]

his gizmo may be misleading

u are correct

[neon ivy]

^ bottom right

[rocky canyon]

he says he uses the same variable for the gizmo..

[edgy prism]

Ahh ok so I should be ok if im running other code when it is null?

if (isAnimating == null)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < animatedThinking.Length; i++)
                {
                    overheadEmoji.sprite = animatedThinking[i];
                    yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.8f); // Wait for 0.8 seconds
                }
            }
            else if (isAnimating!= null)
            {
                while (isAnimating.Value == true)
                {
                    for (int i = 0; i < animatedThinking.Length; i++)
                    {
                        overheadEmoji.sprite = animatedThinking[i];
                        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.8f); // Wait for 0.8 seconds
                    }
                }
            }

[rich adder]

just sanity check gizmos and overlap are in the same script yes?

[neon ivy]

ye

[rich adder]

baffling

[cosmic dagger]

Did they already show the LayerMask to make sure it's correct?

[rocky canyon]

take the performance hit and use regular overlap? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[neon ivy]

yep

[rocky canyon]

yes

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[neon ivy]

I could but... learning is good and either I did something wrong or there's a bug in Unity

[rocky canyon]

lol, im not seeing the issue..

[neon ivy]

most likely me doing something wrong xD

[rich adder]

Debug.Log(count, gameObject)
make sure it is running from the correct script just in case

[rocky canyon]

i agree but i wish i could tell u wat

[cosmic dagger]

Bc the only difference is that nonalloc needs a collection provided. It should work correctly . . .

[rich adder]

yeah they should work the same

[cosmic dagger]

Do you have the code posted to look at? I want to check the collection used . . .

[rocky canyon]

he used regular overlap and it does register

super freaking odd

[neon ivy]

how do u send large code again?

I'll just send the entire script

[rocky canyon]

use a paste bin site

[rich adder]

!code

[rocky canyon]

http://www.hatebin.com

[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.

[rocky canyon]

show us the entire code..

[cosmic dagger]

That's why I want to see the collection implementation/setup . . .

[rocky canyon]

yea, maybe with the entire code block something will stand out

me and nav are not seeing it

[neon ivy]

https://gdl.space/igerixuger.cs

in the inherited class it mostly just calls base.Update()

[rocky canyon]

^ thats the only oddball part that i can't help with

not sure that matters

[neon ivy]

wait...

[rich adder]

uh oh

[rocky canyon]

did u rubber duck urself?

[neon ivy]

\

override start where

[rich adder]

nice

[rocky canyon]

lol.. bro

[pallid nymph]

😄

[rocky canyon]

i want my 10 minutes back

[neon ivy]

[rich adder]

I want it + interests of 35%

had a funny feeling inheritence had something to do with it

[neon ivy]

wait nvm the ohno, start wasn't virtual

[rocky canyon]

me too.. b/c nothing else made sense

[cosmic dagger]

I figured smth was amiss with the code. It all comes back to the code . . .

[rich adder]

yeah good call on that

[rocky canyon]

facts..

by u asking for the entire script it revealed the culprit

[pallid nymph]

yeah, I also knew something was off with something... it always is 😒

😝

[cosmic dagger]

Once they mentioned calling base. Smth was missing a base call or access to the base method . . .

[rocky canyon]

soo.. whats the fix?

[cosmic dagger]

Right, right? 😄

[rocky canyon]

enlighten me.. as someone not familiar with inheritance

[rich adder]

making the start virtual and call its base method in parent

[neon ivy]

make start virtual -> call base.Start() in the inherited class' override start

[cosmic dagger]

They did not make Start virtual so it can be overriden and call to the base method . . .

[rocky canyon]

ahhh, cool cool TIL

[rich adder]

antother reason I usuaully stick to composition when possible 😛

[rocky canyon]

you know better.. shame

lol! j/k glad u figured it out 🙉

[neon ivy]

[rocky canyon]

actually... lets thank the rubber duck

[neon ivy]

rubber duck OP

[rocky canyon]

always is

[neon ivy]

but plz still buff

[rocky canyon]

facts

i've never had an issue with comp

[pallid nymph]

right 😄

[rocky canyon]

much easier to debug imo

u damn near need breakpoints everywhere to debug an issue with inheritance

(atleast i would)

[rich adder]

yeah and sometimes you want to use abstract methods because you want child classes to do something parent only defined

but then you mind as well use Interfaces

[crisp anvil]

when using Instantiate to spawn a GO in the world the scripts that are attached to it, Do their constructors run?

[rocky canyon]

interfaces im cool with

[neon ivy]

interfaces I've only recently learned

[rich adder]

if the object is created yes

[rocky canyon]

even inheritance im okay with.. as long as im not overriding stuff

[rocky canyon]

yup, thats how i initialize starting values and stuff

[rich adder]

if you mean like

public SomePlainPoco somePlainPoco

Unity will init this but only if its serialized in the inspector (assuming you meant scripts with constructor like poco)

[rocky canyon]

who summoned me?!

[shell sorrel]

yeah on Instantiate Awake, Start OnEnable will be called

[crisp anvil]

class x

public X {
variable assignments here
}

?

[shell sorrel]

this isnt C++

[cosmic dagger]

Scripts attached to GameObjects derive from MonoBehaviour. A MonoBehaviour does not have a constructor . . .

[shell sorrel]

oh also no constructors on UnityEngine.Object stuff

[pallid nymph]

but like, Awake, OnEnable immediately (in most cases) and then later Start

[shell sorrel]

use Awake Start and OnEnable

[crisp anvil]

ok, so then would void Awake work?

oh ok

[shell sorrel]

yup

[crisp anvil]

Each Awake / start/ update is associated with thier own specific object and not hte class in general

[shell sorrel]

jsut a side effect of how components are done you cant use the constructor directly

[shell sorrel]

yes they are instance methods

[rich adder]

right they're instances

[crisp anvil]

thanks

appreciate it

[cosmic dagger]

@crisp anvil if you want to activate or setup a script on a GameObject, use its Awake, OnEnable, or Start method . . .

[shell sorrel]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html
the order all the messages are called in

we got both Awake and Start so you can make some assumptions

generally Awake setup your internal state

in Start you can assume everyone else has run Awake and setup external stuff

[rich adder]

there is also this assuming you use poco

public class SomePoco
{
    public string Something = "";
}

public class Foo : MonoBehaviour
{
    public SomePoco somePoco; // will get new() automagically
}```

same with Lists/Arrays

[cosmic dagger]

Awake = internal
OnEnable = switch code on
Start = external
OnDisable = switch code off . . .

[crisp anvil]

That is good to know, I tried using the new keyword and monobehavior didn't like it

[rich adder]

yup, you cannot new components since they're UnityEngine.Object

[rocky canyon]

public class SpawnerScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            SampleClass sampleInstance = new SampleClass(42);
            sampleInstance.Initialize();
        }
    }
}```
```cs
public class SampleClass
{
    private int storedInfo;

    public SampleClass(int info)
    {
        storedInfo = info;
    }

    public void Initialize()
    {
        Debug.Log("Initialization method called.");
    }
}```

i also just usually use an Initialize method. that i call right after i Instantiate..

if its a regular monobehavoiour

[rich adder]

Yeah I usually have Init methods because to reset games I prefer not to reset the whole scene + other reason ofc

[rocky canyon]

ya, i have setups where i need to know who spawned it..

but i havent figured out a better way to do it.. than to use an Init method..

but that may be the best way..

[pallid nymph]

yeah I think it's a reasonable way to do that

[rocky canyon]

neat, no refactor for me!

ive slowly starting using Non Monobehaviours for data type stuff..

but it sketches me out tbh

not sure when/how imma break something

[rich adder]

when you do anything outside of Unity you cannot help it but use pocos

[pallid nymph]

hey, best way to learn is to break things in various ways! 😛

[shell sorrel]

feel like tons of my code was always structs and regular classes

[cosmic dagger]

Init methods are great for MonoBehaviours. My problem is naming some Init and others Initialize. OCD issues . . .

[rocky canyon]

thats why i have backups of backups.. and more backups

[pallid nymph]

you mean git, right? 😄

[rocky canyon]

Init = Pro

[rocky canyon]

both Git and Local

i take no chances

[pallid nymph]

haha, git should be pretty much enough 🙂

(given that it is both local and non-local)

[rocky canyon]

yea but ive had conflict errors that fuckd up my entire project

thankfully i had local zips

[cosmic dagger]

I use Git but keep a backup on an external hdd. You never know . . .

[rocky canyon]

like once.. i had a git that i tried to push.. and it would get to 99 percent and just fail

[shell sorrel]

its always possible to fix a issue on git with conflicts

[rocky canyon]

then it was screwd from then on

i couldnt fix it to save my life

[rich adder]

me when I accidentally purged my last 5 commits

[rocky canyon]

aye! ME TOO

i have somethign in common with the mighty Random!

[rocky canyon]

I have a particular repo that I'm not sure about.. I'll pass on the errors next time im fiddling with it..

perhaps u have the magic touch to help me out

[cosmic dagger]

I hardly commit or forget to. I guess I haven't lost enough to commit fully, though I do recommend it to everyone . . .

[rocky canyon]

its not really a conflict as more of a failure to push/pull

[shell sorrel]

at work we got a few vcs systems in use, but code is pretty much just git, then a monthly backup of the server the remote is on runs

we do use perforce for the artists though instead of git. draw a very hard line vs source art and gameready art

[rocky canyon]

i learned github during a gamejam.. it was a terrible experience 😄

[cosmic dagger]

That's what I hated the most; losing art from failed drives. That shit made me quit. I do miss making 3D art . . .

[stuck jay]

This is a very stupid question but I can't test this in-game now, can you attach multiple identical scripts (as in, the same script) on the same game object?

[rich adder]

yes as many as you want

[cosmic dagger]

Yep . . .

But they're harder to distinguish from if attempting to access an individual instance with code . . .

[stuck jay]

How would that work when you're calling it with GetComponent?

[cosmic dagger]

It's easier to create separate variables and assign them via the inspector . . .

[rich adder]

exactly , you would need to link directly in inspector

otherwise no guarantee which one GetComponent grabs

i think the one added first but never tested that, just assuming lol

[cosmic dagger]

I did run a test and it grabbed them in the order added, but if you manually reorder them from the inspector, I believe they will retain their original order . . .

[stuck jay]

Don't think I'm ever gonna need to call that script, just going to be an ammo pickup and I don't want to make an entirely new script for picking up an object with multiple ammo (like the backpack from doom)

[rich adder]

ah yeah so its kind of like how InstanceID works ?

[cosmic dagger]

But multiple runs could yield different results . . .

[cosmic dagger]

I'd like to think so . . .

[rich adder]

you mean its like kind of like a Tag?

why not just make an array instead of multiple scripts

[rocky canyon]

you could ^ yea

[stuck jay]

Hm, could work

[rocky canyon]

would be much better

[rich adder]

at least thats what I got used to making my Data be SO

[stuck jay]

Though an Array would probably not work since it's constant

So list

[rich adder]

why are the backpacks changing their content during playmode

[cosmic dagger]

A backpack with different types of ammo sounds like an array of SOs for each type of ammo . . .

[rich adder]

yeah thats exactly how I do mine ^

[stuck jay]

It's a general AmmoPickup.cs script, not a specialized BackpackPickup.cs script

[rich adder]

it can be an array regardless.. and you can tell if its backpack if contents > 1

[stuck jay]

I don't see the point in copy pasting the ammo pickup code just for one item

[rich adder]

you dont need backpack seperate script is what Im saying

[stuck jay]

Why do all of that instead of making a list though?

[cosmic dagger]

When you create the array variable, you can pick the size/add the amount of different ammo. If the backpack does not change the number of ammo during runtime, an array is fine . . .

[stuck jay]

Oh

Damn, I forgot

[rich adder]

yur ammo pickup script can be both . And your player can tell if its backpack if contents of list ammo types is > 1

[stuck jay]

You can change the array size before runtime

In the inspector

[rich adder]

yes since they're placed at scene

[stuck jay]

This is what leaving unity for 6 months does to a mf

[tender stag]

when im walking up a slope on the side im not walking forward but also to the side, why? cs moveDirection = orientation.forward * y + orientation.right * x; slopeMoveDirection = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(moveDirection, slopeHit.normal);

slopeVelocity = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(rb.velocity, slopeHit.normal);

if(slopeVelocity.magnitude > moveSpeed)
{
    float a = slopeVelocity.magnitude - moveSpeed;
    Vector3 o = -slopeVelocity.normalized * a;

    rb.velocity = rb.velocity + o;
}```
```cs
rb.AddForce(slopeMoveDirection.normalized * acceleration);```

[rich adder]

if you had dynamic things like chest then yes something not-fix would make sense, like dictionary or list

[rocky canyon]

just wanna say, i like the debug panel... that's how I design my Controllers..

[tender stag]

yeah i gave up on it after some time

lmao

i need to put other important stuff on there

[rich adder]

I should start using UI more often, I got into a bad habit of using OnGUI

[tender stag]

i just increased the friction and it helped

[stuck jay]

I just make my variables public/serialize them, and track them in the inspector

[rich adder]

haha yeah I remember those days too

I still do just use inspector for private vars though by using Debug mode

[rocky canyon]

lol, i just like seeing the data move around

[rich adder]

Yeah i do that with OnGui it just doesn't look as neat as canvas 😛

public void OnGUI()
{
GUI.Label(etc..
}

I dont have to create like 1000 diff things and link them inside inspector, each script has their own debug

[rocky canyon]

i think it just depends..

if ur in code.. and just wanna see the variables OnGUI is fine.

but if u wanna show it off or juice it up.. UI all the way

[rich adder]

oh yeah def just for debugging. Never for the Player 😛

[naive pawn]

what does the "SO" mentioned here refer to?

[tender stag]

i need the friction to be set to 1 which is the max

but thats only for walking

and i also need the friction to be 0 to block the player sticking to walls

what do i do

[cosmic dagger]

ScriptableObject . . .

[rocky canyon]

hehe

[rocky canyon]

seems like an ez fix with some if else statements

[rich adder]

speedometer for player, I dig it lol

[rocky canyon]

yup, never made it into a game or anything.. just for debugging.. but it felt sly

[rocky canyon]

if (isWalking)
{
    friction = 1.0f;
}
else if (isJumping)
{
    friction = 0.0f;
}
else
{
   // something else maybe
}

playerRigidbody.drag = friction;```

[tender stag]

i already do that

[rich adder]

would be pretty neat for a speedrunner game

[tender stag]

but i cant do that

for the walls

im thinking of adding a second collider

for only half the player

from the middle going up

[rocky canyon]

like a wall collider?

[tender stag]

yeah

making it like 0.01 bigger than the normal one

so u wont really notice it

with 0 friction

but i'd also have to scale it properly with the actual one

[lost anvil]

dont know how to fix this issue where one set of my drawers moves correctly using DOTween however the other one on the opposite side moves weirdly, ive tried using localPosition in my script but to no avail

code - https://gdl.space/josujewiti.cpp

[rich adder]

are you sure the pivots are correct

[lost anvil]

what do you mean?

[rich adder]

need to see the pivot of each drawer to know which way to open it no?

[wintry quarry]

baed on the code, the relative orientations of the drawers are different for each chest of drawers

[rocky canyon]

could maybe use a sphere that ignores the player.. but detects walls

[wintry quarry]

GIven that you're doing a local move on the x to -1.5, I would guess you haven't standardized anything

[lost anvil]

no?

[tender stag]

true but then if hes on the floor and against a wall

i cant have him rubbing on the wall

with 1 friction

and if its 0 then the movement against the wall will be sloppy

[rocky canyon]

ahh true.. i didnt think of that

[tender stag]

i'll try adding a second collider

[rich adder]

can you select one of the drawers in scene mode and show the Pivot point with move tool

[summer stump]

Anything more substantial to add? Or is that all?

[rocky canyon]

perhaps?

[lost anvil]

i dont know what standardizing is

[summer stump]

Making things follow a standard
So they are similar to each other

[rich adder]

making sure that x-1.5 would work across many objects?

[lost anvil]

right

[rich adder]

yeah select it on Local mode and not in center mode or Global

[lost anvil]

same thing just moved down

[rocky canyon]

should have containers fitting around the drawers so ur axis' are all the same..

[rich adder]

ur still in global mode

[rocky canyon]

the front of the drawer should always be facing the (certain) axis

[lost anvil]

xd my bad

[rocky canyon]

if its not.. slap it inside a empty container.. rotate it to make it right.. and move that container instead

[rich adder]

so -x is correctly going inwards, you need + X

[rocky canyon]

+x would go outward ^

for that drawer

[lost anvil]

is there a way i can check if i need - or + based on the orientation?

[rocky canyon]

thats the hard way

[rich adder]

perhaps store on each object what their open direction will be

[rocky canyon]

or that ^

could use a vector3.. +1, 0, 0

would be the opening direction..

-1,0,0 for the other way

[rich adder]

unless you wanna go through each thing that opens and fix it with pivot parent or blender

[lost anvil]

no thanks

[rocky canyon]

if its just one so far.. that wouldnt be so bad

[lost anvil]

blender is cancer

[rocky canyon]

nah bro.. ur insane

ur psycho

lock em up

[rich adder]

fixing pivot is easy in blender but sure lol

[lost anvil]

bro i can only make block and export block

theres too much stuff

[rocky canyon]

everything starts with block 😄 lol

[lost anvil]

and all the beginner tutorials just make donuts lol

true

[rich adder]

personally all my drawers are so the Z is always forward this way there is no second guessing but yes its time consuming

[rocky canyon]

blender is really powerful. but i understand beginners not wanting to deal with it

[summer stump]

They aren't saying to make anything, just reexport with the right orientation

[rocky canyon]

r to rotate.. shift + a to apply rotation

and ur done

[tender stag]

now i gotta do the scaling

i hope having two colliders wont be a problem in the future

lmao

[rich adder]

iirc you dont even need to rotate, just export it with the Apply Transforms for FBX

[rocky canyon]

lol... legit concern tbh

[polar acorn]

The Donut tutorial is hands down the greatest tutorial for any piece of software I've ever seen. It teaches you the program, not how to make whatever specific thing you want someone to make for you

[lost anvil]

okay

[rocky canyon]

ya, theres not much it doesn't show u..

if he animated a chunk being bit out of it.. it'd be the ultimate blender tutorial

[rich adder]

gamedev is problem solving, you need to figure out this one has many fixes

[polar acorn]

There's a reason basically every 3D animator knows about The Donut.

[rich adder]

you could just make an empty parent on each drawer with correc Z

[rocky canyon]

if it were me id use Nav's suggestion and have a orientation vector and just change that in the inspector depending on ur drawers

or throw them inside an empty container.. and make that face the right way instead

two solid solutions

[rocky canyon]

theres a cheeseburger one too.. that teaches you procedural texturing

thats the 2nd best one ive ever seen

[tender stag]

could someone help me always center and scale this collider accordingly to the one above?

[rocky canyon]

copy values and paste?

[tender stag]

when i crouch and uncrouch

and crawl

the height and center changes

[prime cobalt]

Does anyone have any idea why my rigidbody would be moving way slower backwards than it does forwards but not have that issue when going left/right with this? They should be identical...

[rich adder]

btw u should not use Time.delta time inside AddForce

[prime cobalt]

ok

[rich adder]

try combining it into one call

[prime cobalt]

ok

[meager steeple]

is there a way to see the version history in visual studio code?

[wintry quarry]

where does forwardInput come from

[rocky canyon]

ya, u have to change the center variable on ur collider when u do such things

[prime cobalt]

I tried this and it didn't work

[rich adder]

dang. btw forward is missing speed

[prime cobalt]

Oh I meant to get that in the screenshot mb it's the same as the horizontal one

[wintry quarry]

Just share the full script, and not with a screenshot

!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.

[prime cobalt]

https://gdl.space/oqatazewiw.cs

[wintry quarry]

Not seeing anything in this code that would cause it. It would be from something else probably

anywy Update should not be used for physics

[crisp anvil]

in a list when you remove at entry
Listname.removeat(5) for instance

the list collapses on the deleted entry.
I save that index point at the GO's creation so the saved Index's for each GO after 5 will be wrong 6 will be 5 and so on. What a good way to update all the ID's?

any better way than

in a method
for ( int 1 = 0, i < Listname.count; i++ )
{
listname[i].id = i;
}
?

[wintry quarry]

If you find the need to do this, there's something fundamentally wrong with your approach

don't use the list index as an id

[prime cobalt]

What should be used for physics instead if not update?

[rich adder]

FixedUpdate()

[wintry quarry]

and if you need to look these things up in the list from some ID, you should be using a different data structure, like a Dictionary

[wintry quarry]

FixedUpdate is for physics

[crisp anvil]

I apologize, let me rephrase, I don't use it as a ID however I use a int called IndexReference that stores the GO's index.

[wintry quarry]

yeah this means you're using the position in the list as a reference

don't do that

store a different kind of ID

[crisp anvil]

oh ok

[prime cobalt]

ok I'll move it there and look through the other scripts

[rich adder]

also show the inspector for this gameobject

[rich adder]

are you sure maybe you didn't animate the transforms by accident or something maybe overriding it

[tender stag]

in HandleHeight i need to set the height and center of wallCapsuleCollider accordingly```cs
public CapsuleCollider capsuleCollider;
public CapsuleCollider wallCapsuleCollider;

private float defaultHeight;
private Vector3 defaultCenter;

private float defaultWallColliderHeight;
private Vector3 defaultWallColliderCenter;

private void Start()
{
//Height
defaultHeight = capsuleCollider.height;
defaultCenter = capsuleCollider.center;

defaultWallColliderHeight = wallCapsuleCollider.height;
defaultWallColliderCenter = wallCapsuleCollider.center;

}

private void HandleHeight()
{
float targetHeight;
Vector3 targetCenter;

if(isCrouching)
{
    targetHeight = crouchHeight;
    targetCenter = crouchCenter;
}
else if(isCrawling)
{
    targetHeight = crawlHeight;
    targetCenter = crawlCenter;
}
else
{
    targetHeight = defaultHeight;
    targetCenter = defaultCenter;
}

capsuleCollider.height = Mathf.Lerp(capsuleCollider.height, targetHeight, heightDuration * Time.deltaTime);
capsuleCollider.center = Vector3.Lerp(capsuleCollider.center, targetCenter, heightDuration * Time.deltaTime);

wallCapsuleCollider.height = ;
wallCapsuleCollider.center = ;

playerModel.localScale = new Vector3(playerModel.localScale.x, capsuleCollider.height / 2, playerModel.localScale.z);
playerModel.position = capsuleCollider.bounds.center;

}

the wallCapsuleCollider has an offset

bottom is wallCapsuleCollider and top is capsuleCollider

[prime cobalt]

I tried setting the speed in the function I sent to zero and it didn't at all so I don't think anything else is making it move.

[rich adder]

not moving it per say but maybe holding it back? but its prob something else, im not sure cause I havent seen/experienced the problem

since you said it moved slower?

[crisp anvil]

    public static bool RemoveNPCByID(int id)
    {
        NPC npcToRemove = npcInGameList.Find(npc => npc.npcID == id); // find npc id in list

        if (npcToRemove != null) // if found remove
        {
            npcInGameList.Remove(npcToRemove);
            return true;
        }    
        return false; // didn't find for some reason
    }

With this i can do it without storing a index. Better solution ?

[prime cobalt]

Oh I think I found the issue it was in the script I used for turning the gameobject

[lusty flax]

I don't know why, but this snippet of code for a moving platform I made just does not work. The issue is that the character doesn't stick to the platform; it always slides off and doesn't stick to the platform like I want it to. What's supposed to happen is that the character gains the velocity of the platform in order for it to move along with it at the same rate. However, this isn't working. I even disabled the friction portion of my character controller while the character is on a moving platform, but that hasn't fixed anything. All collideable objects in my game have a Friction: 0 PhysicMaterial attached to them (on their colliders & rigidbodies).

time += Time.deltaTime;
Vector2 movementVector = targetPosition - initialPosition;
movementVector.Normalize();
rb.velocity = movementVector * time * velocityMultiplier;
Debug.Log(playerRB.velocity);
if (checkForCharacter())
{
    playerRB.gameObject.GetComponent<CharacterController>().negateFriction = true;
    playerRB.velocity += (rb.velocity - previousVelocity);
}
else
{
    playerRB.gameObject.GetComponent<CharacterController>().negateFriction = false;
}
previousVelocity = rb.velocity;

Context:

• This is a 2D game.
• This is all running in FixedUpdate.
• checkForCharacter() checks if the character is standing on the platform (this function works 100%).
• previousVelocity is just a variable to keep track of the platform's velocity in the last FixedUpdate.
• The platform moves to the target location as intended.

[modest dust]

Besides the fact that you're finding the npc twice, it's fine unless the list somehow get's massive

[wintry quarry]

I'm guessing CharacterController in this context is a custom script of yours?

[tender stag]

anyone?

[lusty flax]

Yeah, it does have the same name as something else though...
It is a new script though.

[shut crag]

I’ve been reading about it for three days, but I haven’t had the chance to sit down and code yet… am I correct in understanding animator velocity is available without using a RigidBody?

[wintry quarry]

what is "animator velocity"?

[austere hedge]

I want to disable a script after it finishes running. If I know the name of the object that has the script, I can turn it off.

GameObject.Find("Cube").GetComponent<ScriptNameHere>().enabled = false;

But I don't want to hard code "Cube" because this script could be attached to other objects as well. What do I replace "Cube" with to select the object that the script it associated with?

[shut crag]

i’m animating an object under a rigid body so I can’t add another one, but I’m trying to get its velocity and Google is saying animators have a velocity and angular velocity

[wintry quarry]

a public field where you drag and drop the reference into in the inspector

[shut crag]

I wanna know if they’re internally dependent on a rigidbody still

[wintry quarry]

public ScriptNameHere example;```

[trail heart]

Yes, Animator motion/velocity is entirely different from rigidbody motion/velocity (and not compatible)

A gameobject can only be controlled by an animator or by a rigidbody at any given time

[shut crag]

Is it safe to guess that they still read essentially the same? 👀

If someone animates a sword to move in a direction, and then you moved it that way with a rigid body instead, would you still get generally the same information?

[wintry quarry]

They have nothing to do with RIgidbodies, no

It's probably talking about when using an animation with Root Motion

[shut crag]

Yeah it says to enable that 😛

[wintry quarry]

Indeed the docs even mention root motion https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator-angularVelocity.html

[austere hedge]

I added "public ScriptNameHere example;" on the outside.

[wintry quarry]

Why are you writing GameObject.Find and all that other stuff?

All you need now is example.enabled = false;

[austere hedge]

I took it from a snippit on stackoverflow

[wintry quarry]

You need to think about what the code is doing

you are blindly copying things without understanding

that's not a good way to learn

A better way to learn is to go here: !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[austere hedge]

Thanks for your help.

[lusty flax]

[trail heart]

What says to enable what?
Root motion is a vector represention motion baked into a root transform of an animation clip
It can be applied into a rigidbody, a charactercontroller or a transform
All three work in different ways so depending which one you use Animator.velocity may also return different values
But it really depends what your setup is like
If your animator is correctly giving the rigidbody forces via root motion maybe it'll return the value you expect

[wintry quarry]

without seeing the player movement code this is only a small piece of the puzzle

[shut crag]

🤔 there’s a lot of things I don’t know here since I have yet to ever mess with this before, apparently. The documentation just says that you can get those values from the animator if you tick the box- not much explanation on all this depth you’re teaching me on :3

[trail heart]

I don't know what part of the documentation you're referring exactly to when you say "those values"

[shut crag]

I have a rigid body and an object that is a child it that is animated by players that use one platform out of a game that supports multiple different platforms, so I’m trying to get the animated object’s velocity when animating but use the parent RB for the other people

If ticking to apply root motion passes the values to the rb anyway then I guess I can just leave it on

My issue was that the items weren’t having very good gravity physics when apply route motion was enabled, and the objects aren’t held, so I’ll probably just toggle that on grab

And pray that that works 🙏

[lusty flax]

the code that i need to send is quite long and might create quite an annoying text wall, so...
this is only the horizontal movement as it's the most important
https://hastebin.com/share/fecobenihu.csharp

[wintry quarry]

if you're going to share a script in a paste site why not just share the whole thing?

[lusty flax]

i mean yeah you're right
https://hastebin.com/share/bodiyoxubu.java

why does it say java...?

[wintry quarry]

anyway it looks like this code is specifically adding forces to try to get the player to the specified "target" velocity. This will easily negate whatever you're doing in the platform script.

[lusty flax]

oh... yeah i forgot about that...

thanks

[tender stag]

could someone help me out with this?

i need to set the height and center of the wallCapsuleCollider accordingly to the capsuleCollider

and the wallCapsuleCollider has a different height and center

[wintry quarry]

it's really not clear what the relationship you want to have between them is though

[tender stag]

top is capsuleCollider
bottom is wallCapsuleCollider

[wintry quarry]

sounds like you probably want a remap function

[tender stag]

what is that?

[wintry quarry]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/re-map-a-number-from-one-range-to-another.119437/

e.g. remap(capsuleCollider.height, minCapsuleHeight, maxCapsuleHeight, minWallHeight, maxWallHeight)

[tender stag]

im not sure that i need that

[wintry quarry]

pretty sure you do

[frigid sequoia]

Isn't this supposed to return an int?

[tender stag]

i've already got all the values

[wintry quarry]

no it returns a float

[tender stag]

just dont know how to use them

[wintry quarry]

there's a separate RountToInt

[wintry quarry]

by plugging them into a remap function

[grizzled zealot]

I'm facing a strange problem:

In Start() I set enabled = false. But it seems that Update() gets still executed once before Start() finishes its execution and disables the script.

How come Update() gets called even once if I have enabled = false in Start()?

[wintry quarry]

Start runs as part of the first update process

So yeah it's still gonna happen

Can you use Awake instead?

[grizzled zealot]

What do you mean? I need something that runs before Update(). Does Awake() run before?

I don't want to start messing with constructors, because I think MonoBehaviour doesn't want that.

[slender nymph]

Awake runs earlier than Start

[pearl lodge]

Is there a way to change the color or alpha of a 'Tile'?
public Tile tile;

[strange dune]

Can anyone explain to me why this doesn't work? I'm attempting to make text flash on and off till E is pressed.
Help would be greatly appreciated （；´д｀）ゞ

[pearl lodge]

gotta make it a coroutine

[modest dust]

yield return can be only used within an IEnumerator

etc

[strange dune]

Ohh okay

Would it work without the yield return maybe..?

[modest dust]

nope

unless you play around with a timer and some if statements

but that's messy

just learn how to make a coroutine

[pearl lodge]

public void Update()
{
StartCoroutine(myUpdate());
}
IEnumerator myUpdate()
{
all your stuff here
}

[modest dust]

Yeah, that but with a few additional stuff if you don't want a massive bunch of coroutines playing at the same time

Update is not needed

Can be placed within Awake/Start and looped

[shell sorrel]

well more some problems are better suited to coroutines and some update

[reef patio]

my tilemap continues to work like this, it just lets my player go around on mass tile walking, then inside the tiles, he disappears... any idea how to solve this problem?

[strange dune]

Thanks I tried this, there's no more errors but the component doesnt become enabled or disabled. Any idea why?

[wise oyster]

How can I make a script that can change the mesh from a sphere to a capsule or vice-versa? so far I have been able to identify the mesh filter component but not much else

[wintry quarry]

change the mesh the filter is pointing to

myMeshFilter.sharedMesh = whatever;```

[pearl lodge]

right when the waitforsseconds ends youll have to be basically be frame accurate on pressing 'E' . I would move this logic

[strange dune]

Ah okay Ill move it into Update() . it doesnt blink on and off though weirdly

[wise oyster]

sharedMesh, got it, but how do I specify which mesh I want? Just putting 'Capsule' wont do

[wintry quarry]

reference them in the inspector

[swift crag]

Mesh is a kind of unity object.

[wintry quarry]

public Mesh HappyMesh;
public Mesh SadMesh;``` for example

[swift crag]

It's just like referencing a material, or a prefab, or whatever

[wintry quarry]

Yep, it's an asset like anything else

[wise oyster]

ohh i think i know what you mean, cheers

[nocturne violet]

UI_transform.pivot = new Vector2(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y);

hey does anybody know how to change the pivot by the mouse position? I tried doing it but it just flies off the screen.

[wintry quarry]

What does "change the pivot by the mouse position" mean?

[nocturne violet]

im trying to make the pivot of a ui object the same position as the mouse

[wintry quarry]

well according to the docs pivot is normalized, so you can't just directly pass in screen coordinates

i.e. 0.5, 0.5 is the center of the object, no matter where it is

you need to convert the screen space position of the mouse into normalized coordinates within the object

[pearl lodge]

is it 'active' when you hit play in the unity editor? becaause if you start when active is false, then it wont go into the while loop

[nocturne violet]

i see, thank you

[thin hollow]

do overrided methods always do whats inthe base method too?

[wintry quarry]

no

they replace the base method

[strange dune]

It's not ticked in the hierarchy, does that stop the loop?

[thin hollow]

so do i need to do base.Method?

[wintry quarry]

if you want to call it, yes