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[wintry quarry]

tf.Rotate(tf.position * movespeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime); << What on earth is this

[autumn tusk]

the crosshair is not a child and its still acting like this

[wintry quarry]

that line of code is nonsense

remove it

it's not going to do anything either since you're overwriting the rotation a few lines later with tf.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, angle);

[hidden sun]

hi, can i somehow make a static vector3 get; set;? to save data for other scene???

[wintry quarry]

While there's nothing inherently stopping you from doing that, static variables are not the way to go

Make an actual class to hold the data

[hidden sun]

yeah, i have a class

in which i want to have a vector 3

[wintry quarry]

ok now keep a reference to that class in either a DDOL singleton or a ScriptableObject

[hidden sun]

what's the syntax?

[wintry quarry]

for what

[hidden sun]

umm... i think i forgot something

so..... i want to make a static vector3 in a static class and the vector will have 3 classes

[wintry quarry]

Bad idea

don't use static variables like that

Make an actual class

[hidden sun]

ugh i want to pass the pos of 3 obj to other scene

[wintry quarry]

and keep an instance of it referenced from a DDOL singleton or ScriptableObject

Yes I'm explaining the best way to do it

[hidden sun]

public static class Pdatas
{
    public static Pdata Plane1 { get; set; }
    public static Pdata Plane2 { get; set; }
    public static Pdata Plane3 { get; set; }
    public class Pdata
    {
        public int PosX { get; set; }
        public int PosY { get; set; }
        public int Rotation { get; set; }
    }
}

instead of p1 2 3 i want to make a vector

[wintry quarry]

What's stopping you?

You mean a list?

Use a list

Or array

[hidden sun]

it stupid because its easier with other method or?

[wintry quarry]

Because static variables are a bad idea for many reasons. it will be hard to manage this way

[swift crag]

static variables mean that you get one -- and only one -- instance of that data

[hidden sun]

single use

[swift crag]

it's also annoying to serialize and deserialize static data

[wintry quarry]

You will need to manage this completely manually

and yes serializing will be difficult too

[hidden sun]

um.. im not doing much with it, just single read in the next scene

[wintry quarry]

You want something like this:

public class GameData {
  public List<PData> Objects;
}

public class PData {
  public Vector2 Position { get; set; }
  public int Rotation { get; set; }
}```

[hidden sun]

yes

[wintry quarry]

then you can keep an instance of GameData on a singleton or a ScirptableObject

[swift crag]

Once you have the GameData, I think it would be fine to just stuff it in a static field to get it from Scene A to Scene B. You can build something more complex if you need it later.

[wintry quarry]

anyway I don't see what the issue you were having was. Are you confused about the difference between a Vector and a List?

[autumn tusk]

setting my camera refresh rate to fixedupdate fixed this

[hidden sun]

i didnt get the syntax

ithink

solved, thank you

[buoyant rune]

can somebody help me, the enmy dies but it stands back up no clue why, the death animation isnt looped

[rich adder]

probably calling taking_damage_enemy state again by hitting it

have you disabled its colliders on death?

nvm was looking at wrong clip

[buoyant rune]

nope how should i do that

[thorn iron]

How can I get an image of a 3D GameObject, the background must be transparent ? (I can choose the camera angle to take the 2D image)

[rich adder]

is that the enemy death running again?

you probably need to disable transition to self

[buoyant rune]

was off already

[rich adder]

I have an extension if you're trying to take screenshots of scene objects for UI

[thorn iron]

I would like to!

[rich adder]

https://github.com/navarone77/Screenshotie

[thorn iron]

will it take the background?

or I can make it transparent

[rich adder]

it will give you transparent background or you can set one up

[median ruin]

What does it mean to make a variable static?

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/static

[rich bluff]

means it will belong to the static instance of the class

[buoyant rune]

fixed, was a mistake on the animation

[rich bluff]

all classes have static and non static part, static exists as a single instance, available through the class name

[grizzled zealot]

I have a dynamic RB (parent) and a kinematic RB (child). Both have and need a collider. If I addforce to the dynamic RB, it's still sometimes colliding with the kinematic RB, although the kinematic is a child. Are they not moved together?

[rich bluff]

by marking field or method as static you put it into the static part

[rich adder]

nah they are separate bodies
if you want to avoid self-collision you can use layer based collision

[median ruin]

Hmm so like there can only be one value of that variable?

[rich adder]

only one can exist yes

[rich bluff]

in a sense yes, only 1 static class exists globally, it is created for you by the .net and you cant delete it

[rich adder]

in the context of unity also you will not be able to set / see it in the inspector

[median ruin]

hmm okay

[rich bluff]

so if a variable is public and static, anything can access and change that value

[grizzled zealot]

What's the suggested way to code bodies with their own colliders that sometimes get connected (and move jointly) and sometimes work independently?

[rich adder]

depends on your game really , do you want it to collide with itself or not.

[rich bluff]

class Foo
{
   public static int count;
   public int nonStaticCount;
}

void Test()
{
  Foo.count = 5;
  Foo foo1 = new Foo();
  foo1.nonStaticCount = 1;
  Foo foo2 = new Foo();
  foo2.nonStaticCount = 2;
  Foo foo3 = new Foo();
  foo3.nonStaticCount = 3;

  // Foo.count is 5, the rest have unique values
}

[grizzled zealot]

Should not collide with itself, but with others. Think of building something out of lego pieces. Once you stick them together, they're a unit.

[rich adder]

layer-based collision could work but

[median ruin]

Hmm.. I want to generate a getter and a setter but also be able to set the value in the editor, but the issue is that it doesn't appear in the inspector. I tried making a secondary value that is accessible in the editor that gets applied to the getter/setter
like this

[SerializeField] float _decay = 1.0f; 
public float Decay { get; set;} = _decay;

But unfortunately this is wrong.

[grizzled zealot]

tought of that, but if you build many independent lego structures, I need to dynamically create layers. that seems cumbersome.

[rich adder]

[field: SerializeField] public float Decay { get; private set;}

[median ruin]

does the set need to be private?

[rich bluff]

static members wont be shown in inspector, but

[median ruin]

Oh- hmm I see...

[rich adder]

no but why use a prop at that point lol

[rich bluff]

[SerializeField] float _decay = 1.0f; 
public static float Decay {
    get => _decay;
    set => _decay = value;
}

this is a hack by the way

[median ruin]

I'm not sure what you mean?

[rich bluff]

i dont recommend as a wide use pattern

[humble island]

how to properly duplicate an object?

[rich bluff]

problem with your initial example is that the value is only assigned at the object creation

[buoyant rune]

wait I fixed the issue where it stands up again but how do i disable its collider and movement after it dies

[rich adder]

oh my.. don't use GameObject.Find

[rich bluff]

or its not assigned at all, most likely its a compile error

[rich adder]

Destroy(thecomponent)

[buoyant rune]

this is my movement code, do i add a else if then destroy the component?

[median ruin]

Well my preference is that it is set on creation or which value are we talking about?

[humble island]

why? :D the object is found and duplicates but not on the position i want

[rich bluff]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

nah when u run the Die function or whatever
Destroy(ColliderReference); Destroy(this);// destroys the script, not the object

[rich bluff]

im becoming confused, you want to use static there or not?

[rich adder]

because its slow and britle

[median ruin]

Well I want to be able to change it in the editor and in game, but I have heard that it is bad to use public on variables?

[rich adder]

depending on gameobject names is a horrible idea

and goes against the whole type-safety concept anyway

[rich bluff]

its a blanket advice that if not explained why, will lead you towards bunch of wrong assumptions

[humble island]

we can fix that later, please now i need to know why it doesn't duplicate on specified position

[rich bluff]

in short you by default strive to keep everything private, and resort to using public on things that are intended to be modified externally

[median ruin]

I see

[rich adder]

what are you trying to duplicate, its unclear to me

[median ruin]

Well this value is intended to be changed

[rich bluff]

the assumption is - if its public it is an indicator of intent to be used and changed

[humble island]

a tree gameobject

[median ruin]

My teacher explained it poorly

[rich bluff]

its not wrong or bad, its just a way to interact with APIs, that has to be designed carefully

[rich adder]

so whats not working ?

[humble island]

putting the cloned object on specific position

[rich adder]

your position is prob wrong then

[swift crag]

Are you talking about changing it in the inspector?

Being public or private is different from being serialized or non-serialized

[median ruin]

In the inspector and via external scripts

[humble island]

i don't think so since i am using that exact position on another object that sets correct

[buoyant rune]

stilll doesnt work , i referenced the patrol script i use

[swift crag]

Okay, so you have to either make the member public or provide a way to modify the member that's public.

The latter lets you control exactly how the field is changed.

[rich adder]

wdym

[swift crag]

public void SetAngle(float newAngle) {
  angle = Mathf.Repeat(newAngle, 360);
}

for example

[humble island]

can i move to DMs?

[swift crag]

make a thread.

[rich adder]

you should destroy any scripts that you dont want to run after death, even if health too runs animation you dont want that too

[buoyant rune]

does destroy(this) destroy the current script?

[median ruin]

I understand, but this value doesn't need any checks or calculation to be set, I'll just make it public

[rich adder]

yes I mentioned this already

[queen adder]

replaced the green with my own version below, cringe or nah?

[rich adder]

Yes when you should just use GetAxis

[buoyant rune]

still doesnt work

[humble island]

Proper way of cloning gameobjects

[rich adder]

what exactly "doesn't work"

[buoyant rune]

i can show u my patrol script

[rich adder]

are you getting error or what

[buoyant rune]

no error juts a bug

the enemy dies , yet still patrols

after

i'll show u with a gif

[queen adder]

oh yeah you're right

[rich adder]

are you sure you destroyed that script ?

[buoyant rune]

https://gdl.space/acaxozomom.cpp - enemy health script
https://gdl.space/meqivadipu.cs - patrol script

could u double check i aint too sure

[rich adder]

you def have console error at runtime

patrolBehaviour and boxCollider are not assigned anywhere

[buoyant rune]

wdym

[buoyant rune]

i dont

[rich adder]

hmm show me the console window when enemy dies then

[buoyant rune]

theres this , but this is from ages ago doesnt affect enemy death

apart from that nothing else

this isnt the issue tho

[rich adder]

no the whole Window

[rich adder]

this is when enemy died?

[buoyant rune]

yep

[rich adder]

I need to test, somehow Destroy doesnt throw null I guess.

Okay either way, you havent assigned them

so it has no idea what to destroy

[buoyant rune]

where do i assign it

[rich adder]

the same way you assign stuff in PatrolBehaviour

[SerializeField] private then use the Inspector

[buoyant rune]

oh oh

and do that in the enemy health script?

[rich adder]

sure

 if (EnemyIdleTimer > EnemyIdleDuration)
            moveLeft = !moveLeft; // only this line belongs to if statement check
        EnemyIdleTimer += Time.deltaTime;

Btw when you Dont use brackets only the first line is part of the If statement block

[buoyant rune]

now that it destroys it does this

also

in my game im going to have multiple enemies, doesnt me destroying the script for patrol affect all other enemies

[rich adder]

you must have a script that is still trying to use it

[rich adder]

no because ideally you are only destroying the component on the enemy

other enemies should not be affected from this single instance

Is PatrolBehavior on the Enemy ?

[buoyant rune]

yes

i just tested something and duplicated an enemy and when i kill one, the other one complelety freezes

possibly because the patrolbehaviour destroys

[rich adder]

that makes no sense , each enemy has their own version of each script

unless you made something flawed or global

[buoyant rune]

i have one enemy type tho

[swift crag]

is PatrolBehaviour on a completely separate prefab?

[buoyant rune]

nope on the same enemy prefab

wait

mnightve found the issue

should the patrol behaviour scriptbe assigned to the prefab enemy?

[rich adder]

no

it should be inside the prefab then inside the prefab you assign everything

[swift crag]

if every enemy instance shares a reference to the same patrol behaviour, then destroying it will, unsurprisingly, leave every enemy without a patrol behaviour

[buoyant rune]

so that means that it shoudlnt be inside the prefab?

[swift crag]

no, it should be in the enemy prefab.

When you instantiate a prefab, any references within the prefab will point to the corresponding object in the instance

Your enemy prefab should look like this:

• PatrolBehaviour
• EnemyHealth
• BoxCollider2D

all of those components should be on the prefab, and you should assign references to them within the prefab

[buoyant rune]

this is my prefab

[median ruin]

Is there a way to get the amount passed since start? or creation of the instance of a script?

[swift crag]

record Time.time in a field

[swift crag]

That looks fine. Each enemy will have their own patrol behaviour

[median ruin]

I'll try it

[rich adder]

^ this also you can record each spawn with DateTime.Now and compare time too

[rich adder]

is this the in context of the prefab ?

[median ruin]

What is a record?

[buoyant rune]

yep

[rich adder]

sorry I meant store

[rich adder]

what is EnemyPatrol

just blank?

[median ruin]

I mean, the keyword "record"

[buoyant rune]

yep

[swift crag]

It's a special kind of class.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/record

[median ruin]

thanks

[quick pollen]

just for the record, ive never seen this used anywhere before

[rich adder]

then yeah others should no be affected

[swift crag]

Destroying one enemy's PatrolBehaviour will do absolutely nothing to any other enemy's PatrolBehaviour

[rich adder]

its very common in DBs

[frigid sequoia]

So is this how you are supposed to use the SmoothDamp? Cause I didn't find an example outside the Update method

[primal turtle]

does OnMouseOver just not work for tilemap?

[swift crag]

You must repeatedly call SmoothDamp.

[wintry quarry]

In a loop like this that runs each frame it's the same as update

[rich adder]

did you put a collider?

[swift crag]

So, yes, that looks fine

[primal turtle]

yes

[buoyant rune]

yep it works now thanks

[primal turtle]

oh hi navarone!

[buoyant rune]

thanks aswell

[rich adder]

tilemap collider yes?

[primal turtle]

yes

[rich adder]

might need to do your own raycast then

[primal turtle]

does the orthographic view change anything?

[rich adder]

nah i think the issue is tilemap coordinates are not the same as world coordinates

[swift crag]

isn't the tilemap collider one big collider?

[rich adder]

also that

it shrinks/expands depending ontiles

[primal turtle]

yeah, I want it to send a result to the tilemap as a whole,

[rich adder]

make your own ray then use tilemap.WorldToCell

[primal turtle]

but it won't send anything, debug doesn't even run, which means the funtion isn't being called.

[primal turtle]

any good tutorials?

[rich adder]

probably. Its only 2 functions really

[median ruin]

Why should I use record in this instance? am I not just storing a value in a variable?

[rich adder]

no said to use record

[median ruin]

What?

[swift crag]

"Record" as in the verb

record the current value

i missed that

[rich adder]

Yeah I meant that lol

[median ruin]

oh-

Lol

[rich adder]

   var worldPos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            worldPos.z = 0;
            var cellPos = yourTilemap.WorldToCell(worldPos);
            if (yourTilemap.HasTile(cellPos)) return;
                //do something with tile here```

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, but like, do I have to update the values given or does it do the transition itself based on the given aceleration?

[primal turtle]

thx so much!!

[frigid sequoia]

I don't quite get it

[swift crag]

SmoothDamp takes the current position, the target, the current velocity, and a damp time.

[primal turtle]

would yourTilemap be a serialized field with the game object attached?

[swift crag]

It returns the new position. It also updates the current velocity, which is passed by reference with the ref keyword.

You just have to call the method repeatedly

[rich adder]

it would be a Tilemap type assigned in inspector

[primal turtle]

ok

[rich adder]

@primal turtle what are you trying to do exactly , maybe there is something else

[swift crag]

SmoothDamp has a deltaTime argument that defaults to Time.deltaTime, so you don't have to explicitly tell it how much time has passed if you're running it every frame.

[gilded verge]

hey its been sometime since i used unity i cant seem to find the navmesh window nor can i find the agent component...

[primal turtle]

just trying to know whether the mouse is on the tilemap as a whole or not

[rich adder]

gotcha

[primal turtle]

this was supposed to be simple...

[rich adder]

yeah tilemap.HasTile does that

[frigid sequoia]

So this is wrong then? Cause I am updating the transitionDuration

[swift crag]

changing transitionDuration like that doesn't make sense

[wintry quarry]

Did you install the ai navigation package?

[swift crag]

the fourth argument is how long it should take to reach the target

This isn't a Lerp method.

You aren't telling it how far along you are.

[gilded verge]

nope. it was a package? damn alright thanks mate

[swift crag]

All you do is tell it:

• Where you are
• Where you want to be
• What your velocity is
• How long you want it to take

[primal turtle]

can I specify what tile I want it to search for using .Hastile?

wait nvm

[rich adder]

it is now since 2022

[swift crag]

It produces a new location and updates your velocity.

[rich adder]

yup you can pass a Tilebase inside

so you can make your own tile

[frigid sequoia]

But, like it gets the position based on the time that passed since it was last called? Cause I don't get how is this working

[gilded verge]

oh wow okay havent realized its been that long lmao

[swift crag]

No. #💻┃code-beginner message

I guess it technically does if you call it every frame

But it doesn't magically "know" how long it's been

[rich adder]

hehe currently working on Grid rpg-ish / RE
Inventory system based on tilemap

[frigid sequoia]

That's what I was referring... so it just take starting point, end point and calculates based on the acceleration and the deltaTime where should it be, isn't it?

[rich adder]

not really code related

probably #📲┃ui-ux

[fringe plover]

Damn wrong channel sry, ill repost

[swift crag]

The magic is in the ref currentVelocity parameter.

[wintry quarry]

If you have a known duration you can just use Lerp with an easing function

[swift crag]

That lets it remember how fast it's going from call to call.

[wintry quarry]

Or use DotTween which handles the whole thing for you

[frigid sequoia]

What if I call it again, but want it to reset to the ref?

[swift crag]

I don't understand what you mean

"reset to the ref"?

[frigid sequoia]

Like, it remembers the acceleration it had in the last call; how do I tell it "nah, forget about that, we are doing a new transition"?

[swift crag]

by using a different velocity variable

Nothing is stored in SmoothDamp at all. There is no static data here.

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform target;
    public float smoothTime = 0.3F;
    private Vector3 velocity = Vector3.zero;

    void Update()
    {
        // Define a target position above and behind the target transform
        Vector3 targetPosition = target.TransformPoint(new Vector3(0, 5, -10));

        // Smoothly move the camera towards that target position
        transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, targetPosition, ref velocity, smoothTime);
    }
}

if I wanted to use SmoothDamp for two unrelated things, I'd need two velocity variables

There is no magic. It doesn't run by itself, or remember values from call to call, or anything like that

Given a position, destination, velocity, and smoothing time, it gives you a new position and updates the velocity.

That's it.

[primal turtle]

nicee

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, if I call the Coroutine again, I am guessing the acceleration value is considered "new" and the ref is not stored from the last call

[swift crag]

transitionVelocity is a local variable.

so, yes, the two enumerators produced by calling energyCounterTransition twice will have two different variables

If transitionVelocity was a field on the class you defined energyCounterTransition in, then two or more coroutines would wind up fighting over it.

[vale karma]

hey guys, so i ran into a pretty big flaw in design, I have a movement state machine hierarchy, and the problem is the substates (idle, walk, run) ExitStates are not getting called when changing out of the parent grounded state. Is there a way i can ensure ExitState gets called 100% of the time?

[rich adder]

I cannot tell whats goin on in this video tbh lol

[vale karma]

Ill send code in a sec

But if you look close at the bool checks at the bottom, if i am walking and jump (leaves grounded state) the walking anim never gets called to turn off

But if i walk and then run it works bc i never leave grounded state

[rich adder]

yeah the bools are runining the whole point of being in a single state

you need a cleaner way to activate the states

[vale karma]

Yeah i knew i set it up in a bad way, i just cant find good documentation to follow

I just activate the animation on the EnterState, and disable it on exitstate

And trigger for jump

[rich adder]

you're not using the built in scripts states right?

[vale karma]

Uh, i think i am, i dont understand how to animator and state machine are supposed to work together, or if they do the same thing

I am using my script/state machine for the bool values

Are you saying i could just play the animation directly through code?

[rich adder]

you can go into a state directly through code yes

[vale karma]

Oh thank god

[queen adder]

There's a custom class for animation states as well

[vale karma]

Oh god no

[rich adder]

yeah the build in script states

[queen adder]

It's not bad

It's pretty good imo

[vale karma]

Please, no, not another wall😂

[rich adder]

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

[queen adder]

It's still c#

[vale karma]

Ill check it out, i gotta get a faster workflow im moving at a snail’s pace😂

I attempted setting up github all yesturday and it didnt even work

[rich adder]

there are plenty of tutorials on that system

[queen adder]

It just gives you access to the animators call backs / events.

[vale karma]

i read thru it, im lookin up statemachine behavior, is that specific enough?

[gilded verge]

is it okay if i use the obselete navmesh? i cant see the bake navmesh in the new one..

[queen adder]

Should be

[rich adder]

new one you should use navmesh surface

[fringe swallow]

Hello guys (sorry if me english is bad), I want to make a weapon can bounce on nearby enemies, but I don't know how I can get the distance of the all enemies that exist in the camera so that is bounce. ¿How can i get the distance of the all enemies in the camera or scene? 😭

[rich adder]

by "in the camera" you mean inside the view or just close enough to camera?

Vector3.Distance would work

if you mean in the view only probably do a overlap then calculate dot product to each one to see if its within a range "infront", or just use a boxcast forward

[wind raptor]

Is there a way to have a Serialized field which can accept one of two types of objects?

Without having a serialized reference to a common parent class and verifying in Start or something

[eternal needle]

How is the camera related? I would just use a physics overlap function to see who is nearby. Relying on the camera immediately makes this unusable by enemies

[eternal needle]

What are you trying to do? Sounds like abstract classes with child classes would be your solution here

[wind raptor]

Yeah that's what I'll do. I was mostly curious if there was another solution I was missing

[queen adder]

Interfaces as well

[eternal needle]

It is possible in other ways but tedious to do with interfaces because you cannot drag in inspector by default

[queen adder]

Oh you cant?

[eternal needle]

You would need custom inspector stuff for any other solution

[rich bluff]

can you expand on the desired result? "one of two types of objects" sounds like "just use end type"

[queen adder]

My apologies then

[gilded verge]

i cant see where this navmesh surface is...? when i click the navmesh tab all i see is agents and areas

[cosmic mural]

what does this error mean?

[rich adder]

its a component now you add onto an object

[gilded verge]

so i add it to every ground object?

[rich adder]

no you only need 1 of them

[rich bluff]

generic imgui errors that mean that some control is not reseting, is that from your code?

[rich adder]

it has many filtering methods too like if you want only certain layers etc. @gilded verge

[gilded verge]

ignorance is bliss

[rich adder]

i suggest you lookup the documentation on it

[wind raptor]

I gave it some thought and my desired result doesn't actually make sense.

[eternal needle]

I think this is just a general unity editor issue, but I have not seen it at all lately so it may be fixed in the 2022 version

[gilded verge]

ah so i just make a empty object and throw it?

[rich adder]

This has been a thing for ages, no one knows

[fringe swallow]

This is my camera. How the distances of enemies relate to the projectile of the weapon or the weapon itself.

[rich adder]

You could put for example all the things you want to bake with a common empty parent then put surface on empty parent and select only child objects filter in it

[queen adder]

Sr.x?

[fringe swallow]

Hello

[queen adder]

Im confused by what ur saying

[rich adder]

you just need an overlap

that will check all enemies within a zone

then do a loop to each one for the bullet path or w/e ur doing

[gilded verge]

aah okay alright thanks alot

[rich adder]

no probs. if you get lost here is the docs that explains all the modes
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ai.navigation@1.1/manual/NavMeshSurface.html

[fringe swallow]

I'm going to try this, thank's.

[fringe swallow]

I'm confuse with object oriented programming xD and i still don't know how the objects relate in the game.

[gilded verge]

yeah thats good imma need this thanks!

[rich adder]

everything you do is an object in c#

[fringe swallow]

But, the enemies have a distance in the map, the weapon have a distance to, but I don't know how to access the distance of the enemy with respect to the weapon or the bullet because they are different objects

[quick summit]

hello, I have seen a lot of tutorial, but they don't seem to work. Do anyone know what version I should use?

[rich adder]

yes thats why you do a physics query

to find all those objects with a range, once you do you do a loop to find the distance for example

[fringe swallow]

Aaaaaah!!!! 🤯

Im gonna try something, THANKS!!

[eternal needle]

This is one of the most vague questions possible. Tutorial for what, what doesn't work, version of what??

[rich adder]

you can also make a bigger cast towards a certain direction and that gives you the hit distances as well

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.CircleCast.html

[quick summit]

it was something about movement do you know how to do it?

[rich adder]

the unity version would have no effect on the code / tutorial validity

unless ur looking at some js-like syntax which is very old

[eternal needle]

Look at the #854851968446365696 on how to ask a question, also look at how others ask maybe. No one is gonna play 20 questions to figure out how to help you

[summer stump]

Still too vague to answer, but here

[static bay]

Bruh did you just toss him a flow chart

Actually you know what

[summer stump]

Are you... unable to see it?

[static bay]

This is a damn good flow chart

[quick summit]

ye

[summer stump]

I was not asking you. But really?

[quick summit]

yes

[summer stump]

Maybe you need to download it? It's full resolution but discord sometimes compresses images

[quick summit]

ok

[faint sluice]

Whoever made that o7

That's so beautiful i can look at it for hours

[hidden sun]

how do i unsubscribe from player events?

callbacks?

[rich adder]

which event?

-=

[hidden sun]

umm all?

[rich adder]

well unityevent and c# are different thats why im tasking

[hidden sun]

im subscribing in a scene to send/receive some messages

[hidden sun]

unity

[rich adder]

then its RemoveListener

i usually put it in OnDisable

[cinder mason]

my movement script works fine but when i try and walk into a wall it starts glitching in and becoming jittery

    private void Update()
    {
        direction = movement.action.ReadValue<Vector2>();
        float sprinting = sprint.action.ReadValue<float>();
        float currentSpeed = speed;

        //changes which speed to use if player is sprinting
        if (sprinting > 0)
        {
            currentSpeed = sprintSpeed;
        }
        else if (sprinting == 0)
        {
            currentSpeed = speed;
        }

        if (canMove)
            GetComponent<Rigidbody>().MovePosition(GetComponent<Rigidbody>().position + new Vector3(direction.x * (currentSpeed * Time.deltaTime), 0, direction.y * (currentSpeed * Time.deltaTime)));
    }

[rich adder]

oh lord cache that rigidbody...

[wintry quarry]

Do not use MovePosition and do not do physics in Update

It belongs in FixedUpdate

Move via velocity

MovePosition will happily move you inside a wall

[cinder mason]

so this?
rb.velocity = new Vector3(direction.x, 0, direction.y) * (currentSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

(in fixed update)

[wintry quarry]

Do not multiply DeltaTime

Otherwise yes

Velocity is already adjusted to be per second

[cinder mason]

you mean use fixedDeltaTime?

[wintry quarry]

No

Use neither

[summer stump]

Velocity is meters per second already

[cinder mason]

ohh ok

[crisp copper]

what is this error mean?

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs0246

[wintry quarry]

You're trying to use a type that doesn't exist

[crisp copper]

!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.

[crisp copper]

https://gdl.space/utusofehox.cs

what is wronge in that script so i get that error?

[vale karma]

you guys shouldnt have told me about a better way to do animations, i went from "i need some functionality and animation" to "ooo procedural animationnnnnssssss"

[north kiln]

Nobody knows what Entity is meant to be, so we can't answer you

[crisp copper]

i dont know ether i followd a tutorial and got that error

[rich adder]

you probably copied wrong like last time

[north kiln]

Also, by sending a screenshot of the console window and not the error underlined in your IDE, it indicates that it's likely unconfigured. !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

[rich adder]

hope not 😢 we spent good amount of time configuring it #💻┃code-beginner message

[crisp copper]

i fell hurast

[cinder mason]

the movement works but now if i move into a wall diagonally, the player stops moving entirely instead of just stopping moving in the direction thats going into the wall

[uncut shard]

https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZeQ3XVKSnL

I am facing this problem
it is shaking in bottom

[rich adder]

if you u are doing 3D you can use character controller that gives you that sliding on walls behavior

[paper star]

can someone help me with this code?
i have the problem that i wanna split up the code of the X and Y axis because the gravity pulls my character and moves it across the map

[vale karma]

im not finding the right way to implement animations into my state machine script... theres the blend tree and transitions with booleans, is there any other way?

[paper star]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class MouseY : MonoBehaviour
{
        public float mouseSensitivity = 500f;
        float yRotation = 0f;
    
    void Start()
    {
      Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * mouseSensitivity;
        
        xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -89f, 89f);
        Rigidbody.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0f);
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

Possibly due to friction? Hard to say without seeing the project

[shadow vigil]

I was wondering if anyone has any good recommendations on a tutorial series for how to set up a 2D inventory system? been trying to set it up for a while but been struggling

[rich adder]

that isnt possible

every inventory is different and people use many different ways to do it

instead of following a series, recommend you just learn what parts you will need and go from there

[timber tide]

Yeah, they can be either super simple or complex af

[rich adder]

yup start with a basic one list / dictionary

learn how to use a dictionary you'll make one quick

[timber tide]

Ideally, don't have a resizable inventory, craft your inventory prefab beforehand and serialize the exact UI slots to the script on the editor.

[shadow vigil]

okay thanks for the advice 🙂

[eternal needle]

Theres no difference between 2d and 3d here. An inventory can just be a list as others said. Consider things like do the user need to interact with the inventory for rearranging/dropping etc? Do they need to be able to interact with objects with different options? Is it just a place where they hold objects and the user doesnt need to touch it

[vale karma]

i just completed a really in depth tutorial series on an inventory system, it took me a week or so of hours a day

[eternal needle]

If the user doesnt need to do much then it can be extremely simple

[timber tide]

im remaking mine right now to make it less complex

[vale karma]

this one is perfect, equipable objects, swapping, deleting yada yada. but it falls into "you need this for this to work" kind of thing. along the lines of what theyre saying

[static bay]

How bad could it have been?

[vale karma]

hehehe

[timber tide]

having different inventory types like equipment slots also adds some complexity since you're now making sure you can swap items into it

because inventory can have all item types, but each equipment slot can only have a single type

and if you've got drag/touch controls then you need to duplicate a lot of that logic

then you have your hotbar which you may want to store equipment on too so you can quick swap, but then you need to make exceptions for that too

[rich adder]

me trying to make a Grid / resident evil style inventory using only tilemap 😅

[timber tide]

oh no

[vale karma]

im not finding much on coding animation instead of using booleans or blend trees

[rich adder]

You can use bool but your flaw is activating them at the same time

[vale karma]

huh

like two nodes being true at the same time?

so i could take the ground bool out?

[rich adder]

2 bools of state both true = you're not in a finite state lol

[vale karma]

shit nvmd, i got some learning to do

[rich adder]

What you could potentially do is use Enum cast to int then use that to activate a state

so instead of bools use int coming from state

[vale karma]

couldnt i just check if its in a state or not? that may be easier but it just made my perspective more confused haha

the flaw with what i have rn is its not calling exitstate from each substate method once it changes superstates

[rich adder]

that would require a pretty big swich statement then disable all bools back to false even if it was never set to true

[vale karma]

its not necesarilly leaving the substate, its more like turning it off or pausing it

and switching super states, and so the bool always stays checked until i enter the state again, then it fixes itself

[rich adder]

thats why i dont think its good to have bools instead its more assured to use an int

[vale karma]

so if i walk and then jump ill still be walking when i land but not move

[rich adder]

bools can be in multiple states

int cannot

[vale karma]

okay, im not sure how to go about creating that

[rich adder]

is your statemachine in code an enum ?

[vale karma]

no

[rich adder]

oh..

[vale karma]

yea, its hard to tell what to do. theres too many ways to do the same thing

i wish there was a vc channel, problems would be so much easier to talk about

[rich adder]

oh dang cause thats how I do mine usually and its simple to link it to animator

something like cs public enum States { Idle, Walking, Sleeping } public States statecurrent; void ChangeState(States state) { statecurrent = state; anim.SetInteger("state", (int)statecurrent); }

[vale karma]

yea, i guess this one is supposed to be much more robust and modular or something idk

trying to make a game that is as clean and dry as i can get it. i figure if this is easier for more exp devs that me taking a really long time not rushing to finish at each step would soon get good results

[rich adder]

I just use the most straight forward way until i need to expand, otherwise if i sit there thinking of every little Design aspect Ill never accomplish anything

my earlier projects were over-designed / overengineered when sometimes the KISS method works best

[static bay]

Lalala can’t hear you

[vale karma]

i did that, but took note of what made it harder for me to continue, those things were movement capabilities, inventory system, saving, and procedural environment

now im trying to make sure or gauge how good i need these to be before i keep goin

[rich adder]

those can get complex fast

[vale karma]

ohhhh yea

i want to stick with just walk run jump, but theres also falling, which i am having a real hard time implementing

[rich adder]

start with the enum and a switch statement and ur done 🤷‍♂️

[vale karma]

how would i fall, only if the jump animation completed, im not on the ground, and its not gonna look funky if it hits .1 seconds or somethign of animation

[rich adder]

statemachine is a concept not a particular way to do it

as long as you exist in a single state, you have a state machine

[vale karma]

wha..buh.. ujwah

*windows xp restart

*windows xp loading

*windows xp loggin

would the enum and animations affect my movement scripts?

[rich adder]

why would it

[north kiln]

Why do you do hit.collider.gameObject == gameObject

also, I doubt you want a raycast, and instead want an OverlapPoint

[vale karma]

i dont know, somehow my animations became physical and started bullying my movement

[rich adder]

do you have root motion checked or animated the root bone/legs?

[vale karma]

yea i went thru that dumpster fire, fixed that, but i still have the fundemental issue that my substate code doesnt complete if i exit the superstate

[summer stump]

Depending on the genre and use, they would either affect or be affected BY the state machine. For example, in my rts game, the ai movement only runs when the state is correct. Animations vary by state, etc

But in a fps the state changes based on input

Why would an object want to hit itself?

[north kiln]

Oh, every script that wants to be clicked does it's own raycast? Yuck

You should only raycast once from the camera and check if what was hit is clickable

[rich adder]

why do you have substates already if you only had those 4 states or w/e

[vale karma]

because later on, when i add attacks, death, swimming, flying if theres a need, transportation and even load screens, that enum list will get extra long

[rich adder]

the what ifs i was talking about earlier

also those mentioned wouldn't need to be substates anyway

[vale karma]

yeah but i got stuck once i wanted to add more than just jump, move, crouch, and sprint

[rich adder]

your flying and swimming controls would probably not be the same would they

[north kiln]

I have no idea. As I said, I would use OverlapPoint. And actually do some debugging beyond a single log

[vale karma]

no not at all lol, but you wouldnt want to be able to attack an enemy if your dead, you dhave to check for that, or if you could use a power move only when your hurt and about to die, etc, theres alot i could do with it

im not doing it justice trying to explain it well but it has its benefits

[rich adder]

if you're in a dead state you wouldnt be able to get out of it

unless you had some revive potion or respawning

[vale karma]

like rn i can use it so when im in the air, or falling, i cant move the character

[summer stump]

They weren't talking to you I think

[vale karma]

it would be a bit different to code, maybe a bit more destructive than just not including it in what the player is allowed to do in that state

its only flaw is the user in this case is not smart enough to use it well XD

[rich adder]

imo is better to start simple and add on from there complexity as you go than to start complex with so many options that you might not even need

[vale karma]

i learned that the hard way with graphics

https://paste.ofcode.org/kVW75b9ZtZfCd72zUXrjtF

[frigid sequoia]

Why the heck is my value going down? Isn't this supposed to go from first value to second value?

[vale karma]

i know it has to do with the order that the switchstate is called, i think exitstate(); may be in the wrong place?

[dusty silo]

I am getting the error: 'ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.'
Relevant code segments:

//from a class of static functions
#nullable enable
    public static Edge? getEdgeFromPoints(Vertex a, Vertex b) {
        List<Edge> intermediate = a.connectedEdges.Intersect(b.connectedEdges).ToList(); // error here ^, making this list nullable does not help
        return (intermediate.Count < 1 ? null : intermediate[0]);
    }
// from my Polygon class
 private void pointsToEdges() {
        if (_borders == null) _borders = new Edge[_points.Count];
        Edge? e;
        for (int i = 0; i < _points.Count; i++) {
            e = Geometry.getEdgeFromPoints(_points[i], _points[(i + 1) % _points.Count]);
            e ??= (_points[i] + _points[(i + 1) % _points.Count]);
            _borders[i] = e;
        }
    }
#nullable disable

Any ideas on why this is happening and how to fix it?

[north kiln]

passing two fixed values into SmoothDamp is a bizarre and likely incorrect way to use it

[rich adder]

which line ?

[north kiln]

Look at the stack trace, and think about what's being passed to whatever it mentions.
Presumably Intersect, so that would mean b.connectedEdges is null

[frigid sequoia]

I changed it for debug purposes, it is still going reverse with the intended ones

[dusty silo]

List<Edge> intermediate = a.connectedEdges.Intersect(b.connectedEdges).ToList();

[dusty silo]

I assume so. I originally only had return a.connectedEdges.Intersect(b.connectedEdges).ToList()[0] but this also threw an error. Are all null values not equal?

[frigid sequoia]

Still does weird things with these values

[north kiln]

Are all null values not equal?
I don't know what you mean by this

As I said, presumably (based on the limited info you have provided) b.connectedEdges is null. You cannot Intersect with null.

[north kiln]

Those values are both fixed again, energy - energyGain doesn't change over this loop

[eternal needle]

The first parameter is supposed to be the current value, not just one value. That value does not change

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, ok, I see

[grizzled zealot]

If the parent is on a specific layer, are all the children automatically on the same layer if their layer is "Default"?

[dusty silo]

That worked, thanks.

[rich adder]

no

[north kiln]

No. If there's a rigidbody involved iirc its colliders will use the layer of the rigidbody, but I'd have to test it

[summer wedge]

hi! how do you print a texture generated on runtime to png and avoid compression? i'm using this method but unity will downscale the image to the default 2048 when the texture is actually +5000px wide

    void SaveTextureAsPNG(Texture2D texture, string name)
    {
        // Ensure the texture is not null
        if (texture == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("Texture is null. Please assign a texture.");
            return;
        }

        // Convert the texture to bytes
        byte[] bytes = texture.EncodeToPNG();

        // Define the file path using the provided texture name (in this example, saved in the Assets folder)
        string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.dataPath, name + ".png");

        // Write the bytes to a file
        File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, bytes);
    }```

[rich adder]

did you set it higher res in the texture importer?

[summer wedge]

it is generated on runtime, am i supposed to tweak how i'm generating it maybe?

[rich adder]

when you create texture you put large size ?

show how you create it

[summer wedge]

you mean this?
textureB = new Texture2D(textureA.width, textureA.height, TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);

[rich adder]

so you're saying textureA.width is over 5000px ?

[summer wedge]

i guess i should add an extra argument for compression size?

[summer wedge]

yee, 100%

[rich adder]

forgot if thats a gpu limit

[summer wedge]

nvm there is no argument for that

[rich adder]

or system

[summer wedge]

for x32 is like 8k

[rich adder]

oh cause I was reading wrong thing maybe

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SystemInfo-maxTextureSize.html

[summer wedge]

yee for x64 is double

[rich adder]

unity limits 16384 so its not that..

[summer wedge]

i think it is on the method, since it will also change compression so how is the texture defined seems irrelevant

[rich adder]

where do you see the size stays at 2048 in the project folder?

[summer wedge]

? in the inspector, once the png is generated it seems to be proportionally downscaled to 2048 which is the default texture max size

[rich adder]

because maybe the original is bigger but the texture importer was seeing 2048 since its default import size unless changed

but if you're saying the file itself on hard drive is 2048 capped then nvm that

[summer wedge]

nah i mean it is not even just the compression option but like it actually downscales the texture, probably when EncodeToPNG?

[rich adder]

was checking but manual doesn't mention any limits of sorts

[summer wedge]

ahhhhhh

nvm no

oh yes

[rich adder]

fixed?

[summer wedge]

yes, i checked with the explorer and it has the right dimensions, but on the inspector it will show the compressed dimensions directly

i'm so sorry

[rich adder]

ahh nice..had a feeling lol

all good!

[summer wedge]

thanks!

[cinder crag]

im having a bit of a problem where im trying to combine the sliding and dashing statehandler daves code into one but idk how to do it without messing up with the sliding building up speed when sliding down a ramp , does anyone know how i can fix it?

also the vids if needed
https://youtu.be/SsckrYYxcuM?si=yUR_ATpbTYeIQCyp
https://youtu.be/QRYGrCWumFw?si=mVEcdJ93Ak0vKjIJ

[rich adder]

so you're trying to slide while dashing ? i don't understand what you mean combine to one

[cinder crag]

no no , i mean like combine the code so it doesnt mess with eachother since daves dashing tutorial uses kinda the same SmotthLerpMoveSpeed function but its different for sliding , im not sure how i can combine them so it doesnt affect one another , cuz rn when sliding down a ramp doesnt build up speed like in this vid

this was before adding the dashing

idk how to combine them so they dont mess with eachother

[rich adder]

not sure tbh

[cinder crag]

cause rn when im dashing , the speed doesnt instantly go away and lerps to the sprint speed or walk speed and when im sliding the speed doesnt build up as i slide down the ramp

so i think its confusing eachother

[tender stag]

if i have a physics material

with 0 friction

would the drag affect it?

[teal viper]

Drag is unrelated to friction.

[tender stag]

yeah i realised

i just solved my counter movement issue

i just increase the drag

instead of adding opposite forces like i did before

[tender stag]

i forgot it exists

[winter frost]

Hello everyone! How can I ask an Object to rotate the same way as another in the Y axis, without it being it's child? Thanks.

[rich adder]

Parent Constraint

[cinder crag]

YESSS I FIXED IT

jsut did this

[winter frost]

How can I use that?

[rich adder]

Add component -> Parent Constraint

[winter frost]

Ok, thank you very much

[tender stag]

Land is called only once when the player lands and HandleLanding is in update

how can i improve this?

its not really smooth

if you played muck or any games made by dani then you know that when you land the camera like goes down and then up

giving the effect of more realistic landing

im trying to achieve this

i did it

[vale karma]

how can i attach ids to animator values?

im trying to use animator.SetFloat(0, rb.velocity.z); and animator.SetFloat(1, rb.velocity.x); but its throwing an error on the first line

[tender stag]

animator.SetFloat("name", value);

[vale karma]

i tried that too, and it didnt work :/ same error

[tender stag]

well it has to

[vale karma]

MissingComponentException: There is no 'Animator' attached to the "Empty Player Controller" game object, but a script is trying to access it.
You probably need to add a Animator to the game object "Empty Player Controller". Or your script needs to check if the component is attached before using it.

[tender stag]

read the error

[vale karma]

i have the animator on a child object, am i referencing it wrong?

[tender stag]

how are you referencing it?

[vale karma]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class AnimatorValues : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Animator animator;
    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody rb;

    private void Awake()
    {
        animator = gameObject.GetComponent<Animator>();
    }

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

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        animator.SetFloat("animSpeedZ", rb.velocity.z);
        animator.SetFloat("animSpeedX", rb.velocity.x);

    }
}```

[tender stag]

yeah thats why

try this animator = gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<Animator>();

[vale karma]

ahhh okay, thankyou

[tender stag]

or just reference it normally

by dragging it in

[vale karma]

i figured using gameObject is for a game object not attatched to the object the script is on

[tender stag]

u dont even need the gameObject

u could even do animator = GetComponentInChildren<Animator>();

[vale karma]

yea i think i got in children and game object meanings mixed up

it fixed that issue, much more to follow

how is my rb.velocity.z value affected even if im not moving?

[prime cobalt]

Can I make a ui element a raycast target/not a raycast target in a script?

[timber tide]

usually there's a boolean right on those elements for that

also #📲┃ui-ux

[final trellis]

im gettin really strange behaviour with transform.LookAt in 2D, im trying to point this [image 1] gameobject's Y axis towards another object, in theory my code [image 2] should work, but instead of of the expected behaviour, the object in image 1 rotates along the X axis and makes the Y rotation -90 or 90 ( depending on the position on the object i want it to look at ) all instead of just rotating it along the Z axis

ive tried every single Vector 3 direction, none of which provide the correct result

😭

ok so apparently transform.lookat sucks for 2d, hope unity one day releases a 2d lookat function

if anyone has the same issue, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oda2M4BoNs, no mebed to reduce chat clutter

[covert sinew]

I'm having trouble finding the method to destroy an array that exists, then recreate it with a new index (or alter the index range of an existing array)

[solar charm]

sorry for the question but is there something wrong with this line? (line 72)

[summer stump]

What is StarterAssetsInputs?

[solar charm]

idk i downloaded it off the asset store 😭

[summer stump]

Hmm, well the compiler doesn't know what it is

Check that your editor version is supported by the asset, and if it has any dependencies

[solar charm]

ok thanks ❤️

[scenic shuttle]

Can I post my code here and ask for advice?

[solar charm]

yep, amazing no?

[viral hemlock]

what does the

normalized

do?

[summer stump]

normalized returns the vector with a magnitude of 1

[loud python]

Hey guys, do you notice anything wrong with this because its not working as Intended. https://paste.ofcode.org/75KTTditbqdQ33Zx6GmUxm . The intention is to Instantiate a InventorySlot into the Canvas>Inventory>Viewport>Content> (this is hwere it spawns the prefab). All is good with the instatiating of the prefab. The only problem is it doesnt set the itemWeapons Data as it instatiates the slot. Is there something im missing here? Here is a video https://gyazo.com/07f4e334402617476f190fabd079f4be not sure if you can see but when I transfer from the chest it just transfers the slot not the itemWeapons Icon. Not sure why.

[final trellis]

how do i make an object move along the Y axis, relative to its rotation?
this code makes it always go on the global Y axis rather than the local

[slender sinew]

transform.Translate(0f, Time.deltaTime * speed, 0f);

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.Translate.html

[final trellis]

ah, thank you! :3

[brittle trench]

Hey guys, i wanted to have my game quit after the player gets a certain amount of points (ive set it to 1 temporarily so i can check quickly) but i cant get this code to work

This s a screenshot of the scoring system im not sure if im referencing it wrong in the gamemanager

[summer stump]

Where do you increase score?

Oh, it's public static, that isn't good, but I guess you increase it directly somewhere else?

[rich adder]

those two are different variables btw

[brittle trench]

This one perhaps?

[rich adder]

if you want the static one you would need to call it from the class it belongs to

[summer stump]

Yeah, just about to say, theScore in GameManager is completely different than the one in ScoreSystem

[brittle trench]

ah

[summer stump]

Do not declase a theScore variable in GameManager at all
Reference it exactly like you do in CollectBottle

[rich adder]

also cache that Text component

GetComponent every frame is insane

no need to store scoreText as GameObject , you can store directly as Text

[brittle trench]

oo ok ill change that

thanks, i got the end game working

[polar acorn]

If the first thing you do with score text is get a component from it why is the variable of type gameObject instead of the component you want

Oh man holy scroll lock that was an hour ago. Sorry for necroposting my discord didn't fetch new posts until after I sent it

[summer locust]

So im new to coding and setting up a basic movement system and have the jumping down but when going to side to side I gain more and more speed but I want a consist speed. I use rig2D.AddForce(Vector2.left * _walkingSpeed) is there any way i can keep using AddForce?

[whole idol]

After setting up VSC for Unity I always get this in front of every VSC file project I might try to run.

[teal viper]

You either need to limit the velocity, or adjust the amount of force that you apply such that it doesn't increase your velocity beyond the desired value.

[loud python]

Figured it out. https://gyazo.com/b95aab00bd66411c0fa8e7a9578c04fd Needed to call for the data once re instantiated

[teal viper]

It's probably an extension you have installed in VS code.

[whole idol]

scriptcs??

[teal viper]

What extensions do you have installed?

[teal viper]

A lot of unnecessary stuff installed I see. I think Code Runner implements scriptcs and calls the command.

Honestly, I'd just use VS(not vs code) for unity, to avoid issues like that.

And C# in general.

[whole idol]

Im not using unity right now. Im just testing out c# on its own

[teal viper]

As I said "and C# in general"

[whole idol]

I don't know this program doesnt seem to work that well either lol

[whole idol]

but you need code runner extension to run the code right ?

[barren violet]

Press the down arrow by the button, what does it say?

wait Did you make a new project or just a random .cs file in a folder?

[teal viper]

You need to create a proper project. You can't just run a single file in C#.

[barren violet]

There’s a wizard that walks you through it

[teal viper]

Should go through the C# manual to learn properly:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/tutorials/

[whole idol]

random new project

[pearl lodge]

Did this change or am I missing something?

[barren violet]

You need to open the solution or project, not just a lone .cs file

[whole idol]

But I wanna use c# without a unity project

[barren violet]

Ambiguity between your class name and the static scene manager class?

[barren violet]

You still have to make a new project in c#

[pearl lodge]

No the error is: 'SceneManager' does not contain a definition for 'LoadScene'

[barren violet]

Yea because it’s referencing the current class your in

Add the namespace path to the static class if you want to have ambiguous class names

[teal viper]

It doesn't have to be a unity project. If you want to create a console app, it needs to be a console project.

[pearl lodge]

Thanks for that. lol It would have taken me a while to spot it myself.

[barren violet]

Awesome, you got this my guy!

[timber tide]

did you stick the box on another layer now

[quick pollen]

i dont get why you use a spherecast for checking ground

why not have a gameobject with a circlecollider

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[quick pollen]

also why are you crossposting @queen adder

[pearl lodge]

I didn't look at the code but is your 'box' tagged as ground/ground layer?

[summer stump]

Is this from a Tutorial? I remember there is a bad one out there that has you make a class called SceneManager

I've been trying to figure out which one it is

[summer stump]

Usually you want to avoid that (unless you mean a child positioned at the feet, which is ok) because then you will be considered grounded when touching walls or ceilings.

But really, casting or overlaps are generally the best for ground checking imo. Spherecast is great, but I generally use raycasting

[pearl lodge]

Well I got the idea from a tutorial but this was way back(I don’t remember which one). I just accidentally made my class called SceneManager. So I changed it to MySceneManager.

[summer stump]

Fair. Thanks anyway!

[quick pollen]

i mean the child method yes

[summer stump]

Yeah, I generally find that suboptimal, but yeah that works for sure

[quick pollen]

idk, creating a spherecast every frame doesnt sound that viable either

[summer stump]

Why? They are basically free, and with a layermask it's gonna be cheaper than validating collisions from a collider

People have this weird notion that casting every frame is expensive.

They really are not, especially ray and sphere.
Capsule and box become slightly more, but still EXTREMELY cheap

[static bay]

Sphere is pretty damn cheap, ya. It's one of the simplest queries you can do.

[granite atlas]

is there a way to like play as 2 people on one pc similar to roblox's

[summer stump]

Yes

Local multiplayer

[granite atlas]

yea how do i do that?

[summer stump]

Just have different input control different players

[granite atlas]

ok

[half sparrow]

I'm having some trouble with HTTP requests. I have a simple HTTP server running on my localhost on port 8888. My browser can access it just fine at 127.0.0.1:8888 but unity gives a 'Cannot connect to destination host' network error. Heres the code:

    {
        mouthMeshRenderer = GetComponent<SkinnedMeshRenderer>();
        StartCoroutine("RequestValue");
    }

    IEnumerator RequestValue()
    {
        UnityWebRequest request = UnityWebRequest.Get("127.0.0.1:8888"); //sends http request --> php script reads sql database
        yield return request.SendWebRequest(); //waits until request is done
        string requestString = "testing string";
        Debug.Log(request.isNetworkError);
        Debug.Log(request.error);
        if(!request.isNetworkError && !request.isHttpError)
        {
            
            requestString = request.downloadHandler.text;
        }
 
        Debug.Log(requestString);
    }```

I saw something about insecure urls being blocked on a support post but they didn't elaborate. Are simple ip addresses like this blocked in unity?

Oh also due to a package I need to use as part of the project, I'm on unity 2019.4

I realized I might need http:// on my url to make it work, but that returned a different error: Curl error 1: Received HTTP/0.9 when not allowed

Okay I figured it out. So http:// was needed, but also, on my actual HTTP server, I forgot to add 'end_headers()' to the get request code, which meant it didn't send a status code. The internal cURL doesn't like it when that happens and assumes its an old version of HTTP I think

[scenic shuttle]

Is using raycast in the "update" function OK and not burden performance?

[timber tide]

Go for it. Character Controller basically does a bunch of raycasting too

[scenic shuttle]

okay thank you

[static bay]

How are you attaching it to the hand?

_>

How? Are you making the cube a child of the hand though a script?

How is the PickupObject method being called?

It says 0 references above it.

Are you calling it from a Unity event or something? If not, you may just not be calling it.

Alright. Just to make sure, does the box follow the players movements when it's picked up? It's just not actually in the hand, right?

Does the box have a rigidbody and collider?

So in your PickupObject method, you're setting the cube's parent to be the hand, and resetting its rotation, which is good. The issue is you aren't setting the cubes position to be the same as the hand. It's moving with the player as a child should, but it's still offset from the hand.

Adding pickAbleObj.transform.position = handPlayer.position; should do it.

Though the cube may end up falling from the hand and onto the floor. If it does that, you'll need to shut off the Cube's rigidbody while its picked up, and turn it back on when you drop it.

also for DropObject you can do
pickAbleObj.transform.SetParent(null); instead of this

[glass belfry]

I cant open new project in unit 2022

how to fix it

[static bay]

Turn off the cube's box collider and rigidbody when you pick it up, and turn them on again when you drop it.

pickAbleObj.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().enabled = false;```

And then set them to true in DropObject

Or you just move the hand gameobject a bit.

What's happening is the box is so close to the player its "pushing" them.

but the box can't move

so it just keeps pushing them back

[magic pagoda]

I'm getting an error that says can not convert from "method group" to "string", how can I fix this?

[simple sun]

i believe you replace Shoot with "Shoot"

[magic pagoda]

ohhhHHH- thanks lol--

[static bay]

no problem

[ruby python]

!code

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[static bay]

That's a rough way to do it. Do Shoot() instead.

[ruby python]

Mornin' all.

I'm trying something a bit different (for me at least), but having issues with my 'Ship' controller.

https://streamable.com/hhd0vb

It's a very very very simple controller at the moment (basic forward back, no tweaking/lerping etc.), as you can see in the video I'm having a weird issue when I get to the poles of the moon. I'm not really sure why this is happening because in my head the ship should keep moving in the direction it's pointing, but it wigs out completely. Could anyone point me in the right direction please?

public class EagleController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Scene Paremeters")]
    [SerializeField] GameObject moonCenter;

    [Header("Keybind Assignements")]
    [SerializeField] KeyCode forwardKey = KeyCode.W;
    [SerializeField] KeyCode backwardsKey = KeyCode.S;
    [SerializeField] KeyCode turnLeftKey = KeyCode.A;
    [SerializeField] KeyCode turnRightKey = KeyCode.D;

    [Header("Eagle Physics Parameters")]
    [SerializeField] float moveSpeed;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        // Always point at center of Moon
        transform.LookAt(moonCenter.transform.position);

        //MyInput();
        if(Input.GetKey(forwardKey)) { 
            transform.Translate(Vector3.up * moveSpeed);
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(backwardsKey))
        {
            transform.Translate(-Vector3.up * moveSpeed);
        }
    }
}

[foggy crypt]

Hello, I want to make something in Unity using coroutines.

I have a game project, where you should deliver "Pills" To your "Wife" because she is on timer.
I want the timer of "Wife" life to change when "Pills" are delivered to her by player.

Here's PlayerController code for this mechanic:

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Pills"))
    {
        AudioSource.PlayOneShot(collect, 1f);
        ice.SetActive(true);
        hasPills = true;
        Destroy(other.gameObject);
    }
    if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Wife") && hasPills)
    {
        AudioSource.PlayOneShot(deliver, 1f);
        hasPills = false;
        gameManager.wifeTimer += 50;
        ice.SetActive(false);
    }
}

Here's GameManager script for "Wife" Timer:

public IEnumerator WifeCountDown()
{
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(wifeTimer);
    mainCamera.enabled = false;
    gameOver.SetActive(true);
    gameOverCam.enabled = true;
}

For some reason when I change the WifeTimer variable - Coroutine variable doesnt change and it still count downs that number that it was when the Coroutine started.
Also, I have an UI timer on screen that counts down the WifeTimer and that number changes when "Pills" are delivered, but Coroutine WifeTimer doesnt change

How can I update the timer of the Coroutine?

[magic pagoda]

huh, I thought you needed StartCoroutine before a coroutins.. thanks :>

[static bay]

You do. I'm saying to do StartCouroutine(Shoot());

[ruby python]

I think I'm right in thinking, that every time the timer changes, you'd need to stop the corouting (StopAllCoroutines(); ??) and then call the CoRoutine again and pass the new timer value to it.

[foggy crypt]

Yeah, you're right
That was my first thought

But the thing is - I dont quite understand how does StopCoroutine works.
I cant use StopAllCoroutines cause there is another one running in GameManager

[ruby python]

I'm not entirely sure if honest, I've never actually used it.

This may help.

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

[foggy crypt]

I already checked that and did everything how it is there - but I guess since I call StopCoroutine in my PlayerController - It doesnt work in GameManager

I had this problem in my previous projects as well

[ruby python]

StopCoroutine(GameManager.CoRoutine) ??

[timber tide]

you can't change waitforseconds if it's currently sleeping. Use a basic timer loop and just do time comparison each frame.

[foggy crypt]

if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Wife") && hasPills)
{
    AudioSource.PlayOneShot(deliver, 1f);
    hasPills = false;
    gameManager.wifeTimer += 50;
    StopCoroutine(gameManager.WifeCountDown());
    ice.SetActive(false);
}

Coroutine is still running

[foggy crypt]

Can you maybe explain more? Please

[timber tide]

public IEnumerator WifeCountDown()
{
    while (wifeTimer > 0)
    {
        wifeTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
        yield return null;
    }

    mainCamera.enabled = false;
    gameOver.SetActive(true);
    gameOverCam.enabled = true;
}```

[foggy crypt]

private void wifeTimered()
{

    if (hasTime)
    {
        if (wifeTimer > 0)
        {
            wifeTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {

            Debug.Log("Wife is dead");

            wifeTimer = 0;
            hasTime = false;
        }

    }

}

I already have that tho
It is in the UI timer

Will Yield Return change something?

[languid spire]

how do you start the WifeCountDown?

[foggy crypt]

In Start

[timber tide]

Is the problem the coroutine is ending and you don't want it to even though you're changing the time?

[languid spire]

show the line of code

[foggy crypt]

void Start()
{
    gameOverCam.enabled = false;
    StartCoroutine(WifeCountDown());
    StartCoroutine(gameCountDown());

[foggy crypt]

Yeah, exactly

[timber tide]

And if that's the case then what I said previously that you can't change WaitForSeconds if it's currently sleeping

[languid spire]

ok so you need to cache the Coroutine passed back from StartCoroutine and use that in the StopCoroutine

[static bay]

I thiiiiiink this might have to do with transform.LookAt? You can see how the rotation of the ship is flipping between 0 and -180 each frame.

[timber tide]

once it sleeps it aint waking till it waits it out

[ruby python]

I think I have figured out one teeny issue, I was using vector3 instead of the ships Transform. But now I have a new issue I'm trying to figure out. lol.

But yeah, I think the LookAt is an issue too.

[static bay]

So when you cross the pole it flips the ship around to point back to the center, then crosses the pole, then flips the ship around to point back to the center etc etc.

LookAt uses the world space up as a default.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.LookAt.html

So maybe providing the ships transform.up would help instead?

Not sure, rotations are a weak point for me.

[ruby python]

Yeah, trying a couple of different things. Thanks 🙂 And yeah, rotations always trip me up. lol.

[static bay]

But I definitely think it's related to how LookAt is rotating the whole ship when it passes the world up.

[warm forge]

I have a timer manager for ya

[foggy crypt]

What's that?

[warm forge]

Then you only have to call add timer and give a delegate

[ruby python]

Ah haaa, okay, yeah using the ships Transform.forward (cause of how it's rotated works like a charm. thanks for the idea :))

[warm forge]

https://github.com/GHendrikx/UnityEditor-TimerManager

[warm forge]

If you need help you can pm me

[foggy crypt]

Looks like too much

[ruby python]

https://streamable.com/pcqq9b

According to the widget, it seems like there may still be some weird flipping, but doesn't seem to affect the actual game view.

[static bay]

I think that might be Unity just trying to align the widget in a way where you can best see it?

Idk the ship aint flipping and the inspector says we're good.

So fuck it.

We ship it.

[ruby python]

Yeah that's what I thought. lol.

Now to deal with the headache that is lerping and rotating left/right. lol.

[foggy crypt]

Any idea how can I stop it instead?

[static bay]

I will say that in the future, you might need to do something a bit more specific to clamp the ship to a specific height from the planet.

A low FPS/high velocity with your current set up can send the ship to bum fuck no where.

[timber tide]

StopCoroutine or use the code I provided and set the timer to 0

[ruby python]

Yeah, the ship will be moving pretty slowly, it's just this fast atm so I'm not waiting for days to test. lol.

[balmy bramble]

does anyone know why it is saying rigidbody2d couldnt be found?

[static bay]

Cause your IDE is not configured

[balmy bramble]

how do i configure it?

[static bay]

!ide

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[waxen inlet]

i think you forgot to use Capitalisation when you were doing Rigidbody2D rb; and rb = getComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

[balmy bramble]

ill try that, tahank you

[static bay]

Configure the IDE though regardless.

You want that formatting.

[waxen inlet]

the correct spelling should be

Rigidbody2D
and GetComponent

[modest dust]

Which he would know if he had his IDE configured

[waxen inlet]

idk what IDE is
is it like visual studio plugins

that come with unity

[ruby python]

Okay, now I'm really confused. I've got this exact piece of code in another project and it works great, but on this new project my ship is just 'bouncing' back and forth (always trying to get back to 0, and I can't see why.

if (Input.GetKey(turnLeftKey))
{
    transform.Rotate(transform.forward * -turnLeftSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
}

[modest dust]

What

Visual Studio is the IDE

[waxen inlet]

idk

[balmy bramble]

i changed it over and its still saying it cant be find. i also configured it

[waxen inlet]

im stupid

this is how it should be spelt

[static bay]

IDE stands for integrated development environment. Visual Studio is a type of IDE, ya. They're just the programs that let you edit/run code.

Visual Studio needs to be configured to recognize Unity.

[waxen inlet]

ok

thanks

[polar mica]

Hey, good morning. I want to make a Game about balls falling down and everytime the ball hits a obstacle is should be counted and should get saved in a Variable in the ballprefab. At the End of the parkour the Value should get addet to another script like a moneysystem, which i already have. But if I spawn multiple balls the value gets overwritten? Can someone explain how i can solve this problem?

I then send the value to another script via an instance

[gaunt ice]

what values got overwritten?

[static bay]

Well each time you spawn a ball with this OnContact script, it sets itself as the value in that instance variable.

And the Value in the new OnContact starts at 1.

Thus, it gets "reset".

Those other OnContacts still exist, but they're no longer what that Instance variable is pointing to.

[modest dust]

Perhaps what you want is a static Value, not a static Instance.

[polar mica]

Okay, i understand, but how do i count then the conntacts, if there are more than one ball

[static bay]

For a simple solution, just make Value static.

[gaunt ice]

or store the variable in other singleton

[static bay]

Would definitely be better if this was in a dedicated Manager class, but ya.

[polar mica]

Ok thank you, i will try it

[ruby python]

Anybody have any clue please?

[verbal dome]

This should make it roll/rotate along its own Z axis. What other components does it have?

[minor patio]

Tell me a story about initialising components, daddy...
I have a component attached to a game object, but the fields in that component remain null

[verbal dome]

How do you initialize the fields?

Like how do you define them or how do you assign a value to them

[proven herald]

Does anyone have an utility method (or could tell me how) to convert a Color to an HDR color at runtime providing an intensity? leaning towards Color Mutator

[minor patio]

https://youtu.be/HRLdcMil7Ec?si=MWDMu3UW7BEWlO8M
as an aside
@verbal dome so far I've initialised them with the standard 'x = new ({class} (class field))', but that's still returning null

I get the impression that I'm missing a lot
I had a semi-functional house-of-cards last week XD

[odd widget]

to destroy a gameobject (monster) is it better to check the health on the Update() or is it better to do it when doing the damage calculation?

[verbal dome]

Better show us your code

[minor patio]

the offending code:
public Feature Ambition { get; set; }
public Feature Vitality { get; set; }
public Feature Nous { get; set; }
public Feature Mystique { get; set; }
public Feature Might { get; set; }
public Feature Grace { get; set; }
public Feature Humour { get; set; }
public Feature Habit { get; set; }

public Representative()
{
Ambition = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Ambition);
Vitality = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Vitality);
Nous = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Nous);
Mystique = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Mystique);
Might = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Might);
Grace = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Grace);
Humour = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Humour);
Habit = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Habit);

 // Assign the initialized features to the provided _features array
 features = new Feature[8];

 features[0] = Ambition;
 features[1] = Vitality;
 features[2] = Nous;
 features[3] = Mystique;
 features[4] = Might;
 features[5] = Grace;
 features[6] = Humour;
 features[7] = Habit;

}

oops - I hate when that happens

the get & set properties are getting references in the editor, but the Representative constructor got nothing

[verbal dome]

Is this a MonoBehaviour?

[minor patio]

yeah

[verbal dome]

You should not use constructors with MonoBehaviours (or other UnityEngine.Objects).
Use Awake and/or Start for initialization instead

Also you could can use an initializer with a property: public Feature Ambition { get; set; } = new Feature(FeatureTitle.Ambition);

[minor patio]

thanky

[verbal dome]

Also unity C# version doesn't support nullable ref types as far as I know. So this video is not relevant

[minor patio]

my bad - it looked interesting to my learning

[proven herald]

So I have theses 2 methods in a Utility

public static Color PercentageToColor(float percentage, Color minColor, Color maxColor) {
            return Color.Lerp(minColor, maxColor, percentage);
}        

public static Vector4 ConvertToHDR2(Color color, float intensity) {
            return color * Mathf.Pow(2,intensity);
}

And I call them in an update like this, goal is to change a material's emission color over time

private void Update() {
            var percentageAsColor = ColorsUtility.PercentageToColor(
                GetComponentInParent<TowerController>().GetMaintenanceLevel(),
                GameTheme.positiveColor,
                GameTheme.negativeColor
            );
            
            _material.SetVector(
                EmissionColor,
                ColorsUtility.ConvertToHDR2(percentageAsColor, 4f)
            );
}```

Issue is that although the intensity is always set to somewhere around 4f, it's not exactly 4f as it would be setting it in inspector. and also the intensity value goes down over time. noticed it start at 4.7f and ended up at 3.9f, any idea what's wrong or the proper way to do this?

[low estuary]

hello, can i recieve help from guys who now unity2D on this server, because i have a small problem and am new to the dev game

[ivory bobcat]

With the assumption that negative color and positive color are not changing, the resulting color from percentage should be somewhere between the two colors. The intensity parameter according to your code (hard coded) would be exactly 4f. I'm not sure what you're referring to with the varying values 4.7f and 3.9f.

[ivory bobcat]

https://dontasktoask.com/

The solution is not to ask to ask, but just to ask. Someone who is idling on the channel and only every now and then glances what's going on is unlikely to answer to your "asking to ask" question, but your actual problem description may pique their interest and get them to answer.
This is the beginner coding channel. If it's related to coding, you should ask here else try #💻┃unity-talk

[smoky granite]

can someone help me with a tiemr? so i want to make a 3 hit based combo and im assuming the main premise of it is that

if hit 1 is 1f and press "fire1" then play anim for hit 2

but i dont know how to make it a timer. the timer would preferably be like 2 secconds for each hit and if the button doesn't get pressed its back to idle position.

here is my relevant code so far:
`public void attack()
{
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1")&& IsGrounded())
{
hugo.GetComponent<Animator>().Play("HguoFire1");
attacking = 1f;

}

}`

[ivory bobcat]

Probably something like this (relative to your code)cs public void Attack() { limit += Time.deltaTime; if (limit > 2f) attackType = 0; if (!Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1") || !IsGrounded()) return; hugoAnimator.Play(hugoCombos[attackType]); limit = 0f; attackType++; }

[smoky granite]

limit is a float i know that but how do i add attack type and what does the ++ mean

[ivory bobcat]

Attack type would be an integer to access the wanted attack string from an array or list. The ++ would be post increment - short hand for attackType += 1.

[ivory bobcat]

The docs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/arithmetic-operators#increment-operator-

[languid spire]

how do you test for Ground?

[pallid sand]

Screen.SetResolution(resolution.width, resolution.height, Screen.fullScreenMode == FullScreenMode.FullScreenWindow); Debug.Log($"resolution height {Screen.currentResolution.height} and width {Screen.currentResolution.width}");

this is my code to change resultion but it's not working in build or editor always debug same resultion

[languid spire]

maybe make your Box not Ground but add a Plane to the top of the Box which is Ground

I can only supply answers to the questions asked, I'm not a mind reader

of course there is, but are you ready for such complexities?

so you write your own collision code and use the normal of the contact to decide what to do about it

[smoky granite]

can someone help? basically i have a timer for this system im doing and im trying to make it so when i let go of the fire button the float goes to 0f slowly from when poressing it 5f.

here is the relevant code

`public void Attack()
{
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1") && IsGrounded())
{
attacking = 5f;
hugo.GetComponent<Animator>().Play("HguoFire1");
}
if (Input.GetButtonUp("Fire1") && IsGrounded())
{
attacking -= Time.deltaTime;

}

}`

[languid spire]

that code makes no sense. your if statements will only fire once

[smoky granite]

wait

thats made something click in my brain

i knew hat but

im so dumb wtf

[ruby python]

Sorry was afk having lunch. And Yeah, that's the idea (the rotational thing), but it's like it's fighting to get back to 0 all the time.

Ship has a box collider and a rigid body. It's a little odd.

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[eternal falcon]

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[ruby python]

public class EagleController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Scene Paremeters")]
    [SerializeField] GameObject moonCenter;

    [Header("Keybind Assignements")]
    [SerializeField] KeyCode forwardKey = KeyCode.W;
    [SerializeField] KeyCode backwardsKey = KeyCode.S;
    [SerializeField] KeyCode turnLeftKey = KeyCode.A;
    [SerializeField] KeyCode turnRightKey = KeyCode.D;

    [Header("Eagle Physics Parameters")]
    [SerializeField] float moveForwardSpeed;
    [SerializeField] float moveBackwardSpeed;
    [SerializeField] float turnLeftSpeed;


    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.LookAt(moonCenter.transform.position, transform.forward);

        //MyInput();
        if (Input.GetKey(forwardKey)) { 
            transform.Translate(Vector3.up * moveForwardSpeed);
            
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(backwardsKey))
        {
            transform.Translate(-Vector3.up * moveBackwardSpeed);
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(turnLeftKey))
        {
            transform.Rotate(transform.forward * -turnLeftSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(turnRightKey))
        {

        }
    }
}

Full code, just in case I'm missing something really obvious (and yes I know it stupidly simple etc. lol)

[languid spire]

Please use the 'Large Block' option for code longer than a few lines

[ruby python]

My bad, never really sure what the 'cutoff' is for large/small blocks.

[verbal dome]

You should not move move a rigidbody with transform

[languid spire]

basically, imo, anything less than 10 lines is ok for inline, more than that should be in a paste site

[ruby python]

Okay cool. Will use that guildline from now on 🙂

[ruby python]

Well tbh, the rigidbody is only on there so that I can have collisions. lol.

[languid spire]

where do you see a Rigidbody in that?

[verbal dome]

Right, and moving via transform will not detect collisions reliably and you get all kinda weirdness

[verbal dome]

They said it in an earlier message

[languid spire]

Ok, I'm missing context, mb. Yes, do not mix transform and Rigidbody manipulation

[ruby python]

I'm only using the collision to detect when the ship has landed and trigger an animation. @languid spire there is a rididbody on the ship. I'm just not using it for movement

[languid spire]

does not matter, if you have a Rigidbody you MUST use it for movement and Rotation

[ruby python]

Okay.

[steel smelt]

Why?

[languid spire]

because otherwise they will fight and screw up

[verbal dome]

Moving via transform will not really notify the physics system and make it detect collisions

[steel smelt]

His RB could be kinematic. PhysX will sync with transforms at the beginning of the first physic step for the frame

[languid spire]

kinematic is different, but afaik, that is not the case here

[craggy laurel]

I am looking for a UI feature which I know exists but forgot how to implement:

• I have 2 UI elements (say a Character and a Square)
• The square limits how much I can see of the Character - outside of the Square, the Character is invisible
• When the square gets bigger, I can see more of the underlying Character

Can someone help out?

[ruby python]

Image Mask

[craggy laurel]

thanks!

[languid spire]

or Sprite Mask

[craggy laurel]

Sprite Mask for WorldSpace right?

[languid spire]

yes

[verbal dome]

99% not a unity issue

[atomic star]

My animator is not playing the default "Flying" animation please help I am getting it using GetComponent<Animator>() in Start() of my character script but it's still not working I am also calling animator.play("Flying") i get no errors and no null exception but the animation just does not play.

the name of the idle state in animator is correct

[ruby python]

Could be wrong, but you animation speed is set to 0 (top left of your first image)

[atomic star]

omfg i feel so dumb

[ruby python]

Nah, easy to overlook, especially if you've been looking at it for a while.

[atomic star]

i had set it to 0 cause i thought it was for sample rate at first but then i found it and never switched it to 1

Thank you! <3

[ruby python]

No probs. 🙂

Okay, so I've re-written my controller, but am now stuck on something. lol.

Originally I had the ship always pointing to the center of the moon using LookAt. But now that doesn't work (because, physics. lol.). And I'm a little stuck on how to keep the ship perpendicular to the surface of the moon and maintaining the same height (I don't need/want to move the ship 'up and down).

https://pastebin.com/DvqHxGA1

Would anyone have any ideas? ((Image for Illustration))

[silent vault]

Hello, small question regarding AI and triggering their behavior. If I want to detect if an AI needs to shoot at a player, is it better to use colliders or to check the distance in an update method? Which one more performant if I'll end up have dozens of such AI in the map?

I've checked several tutorials and their code varies. Sometimes it's a collider, sometimes it's an update. Not sure which one is better at the moment

[verbal dome]

One idea is that you could use a joint that has the look rotation as the target rotation. You can get a rotation similiar to LookAt with Quaternion.LookRotation

[languid spire]

Collider will always be more performant than a RayCast in Update

[verbal dome]

ConfigurableJoint can do that at least @ruby python

Or you can manually add torque to rotate towards the desired rotation, but I think thats more complex

[ruby python]

Okay, thanks. Time for some reading. Never used joints.

[fleet breach]

Hello i have a problem in my thingg ;-;

I cant assign the AR session game object to the raycastmanager

I did copy paste the exact script too

[verbal dome]

Does it have the correct component on it?

ARRaycastManager

[silent vault]

It wouldn't be a raycast. It's a simple math function to check if the distance between the ai and the player is less than 10 meters for example. No raycast needed.

[fleet breach]

im not sure tbh

wait can i show u the code ?

[silent vault]

Vector3 playerDirection = agent.target.transform.position - agent.transform.position; if (playerDirection.sqrMagnitude > agent.config.initChaseDistance * agent.config.initChaseDistance)

[fleet breach]

im all new to this so yk

this is for my uni project ;-;

[verbal dome]

Well you dont have the component that you are trying to drag in 🤷‍♂️

[ruby python]

Collider would still be more performant I think as the distance calculation is always running on every frame.

[fleet breach]

it dosent have the ARRaycastManager tho

[silent vault]

Got it. Yes it would run on every frame indeed. I'll go with colliders. Thanks a lot!