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[languid spire]

it's still wrong. Why would you destroy a game object and then set it to DDOL ?

[visual hedge]

it destroys other instance if it exists

[languid spire]

read what I wrote

[visual hedge]

I mean maybe you shoudl read the code once again? 😄 Because what the code tells makes perfect sense to me

[languid spire]

what your code should be

       void Awake()
    {
        if (instance == null)
        {
            instance = this;
            DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
        }
        else
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
        
    }

[visual hedge]

well yeah... okay, that looks better 🙂
I will be quite honest: this piece of code is how I saw it in one tutorial. it worked and well, made no trouble so I assumed it's liek it should be

[waxen aurora]

I need help on parsing a Json array string:

Assuming this is the string I get in a SendMessage pointed from a Front End to a Unity WebGL instance
string jsonString = "[{\"title\":\"Be Effective\",\"desc\":\"\",\"name\":\"general_be_effective\",\"isCompleted\":true},{\"title\":\"Be Proactive\",\"desc\":\"3000 points\",\"name\":\"be_proactive\",\"isCompleted\":false},{\"title\":\"The End in mind\",\"desc\":\"6000 points\",\"name\":\"begin_with_the_end_in_mind\",\"isCompleted\":false},{\"title\":\"Put First Things First\",\"desc\":\"9000 points\",\"name\":\"put_first_things_first\",\"isCompleted\":false},{\"title\":\"Think Win / Win\",\"desc\":\"12000 points\",\"name\":\"think_win_win\",\"isCompleted\":false}]";

I've prepared this class to fill up with all the values stores in the json

   public class TrophyData
   {
       public string title;
       public string desc;
       public string name;
       public bool isCompleted;
   }```

Now I usually just had a simple method like this one to parse
```public void SetDataTrophies(string jsonString)
   {
       TrophyData[] trophyDataArray = JsonUtility.FromJson<TrophyData[]>(jsonString);

       //LOG
       foreach (TrophyData data in trophyDataArray)
       {
           Debug.Log("Title: " + data.title);
           Debug.Log("Description: " + data.desc);
           Debug.Log("Name: " + data.name);
           Debug.Log("Is Completed: " + data.isCompleted);
       }
   }```

But for some reason i now get an error on the JsonUtility.FromJson part
"ArgumentException: Return type must represent an object type. Received an array"

Can somebody help me figure out whats wrong?

[keen dew]

As it says, JsonUtility can't deserialize arrays as the root element

[eternal needle]

Cant newtonsoft do it?

[keen dew]

Any proper JSON library can

[candid tree]

how to make a button where when we press it our player will do an animation with an example of a cooking animation, and it will be triggered by one button

[vale karma]

{animator.Play("nameofanimation");
}

that should work

but thats a very hack way to do it. ud want much more than that

[waxen aurora]

So should I integrate something?

[keen dew]

It would probably be a good idea in general to start using something else other than JsonUtility to read and write JSON, yes

[barren violet]

I think the way you did it was actually in the official Unity Learn pathway. But you left out the static reference to the Instance

[wintry quarry]

How bout sharing the one that doesn't work and the actual error message you see?

[visual hedge]

I guess I was tired or stupod last time I trìed doing this. I tried it once again like 40 min ago and it worked just fine. I believe it was giving errors because 2 "singletons" were attached to a single gameObject

[wintry quarry]

Wouldn't be a problem

[candid tree]

what's that? can i know?

[vale karma]

ah, i may not be able to help u ther

[candid tree]

okhai bro

thank u for helping me

[opal portal]

is there any way to check which key is being pressed? something like Input.getKeyPressed(), im looking for it but i dont find it

[visual hedge]

Anyways, problem is gone but thanks to posting that code, well, now also my gamemanager got a bit better code 🙂

[wintry quarry]

Either iterate through all keycodes or use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input-inputString.html

Or switch to the new input system which has slightly better support for this

[opal portal]

gotcha tnks

new input system
which new system?

[rare basin]

new input system

[opal portal]

oh lit that? xD

[waxen aurora]

are there some libraries I can include? Sorry but I have really poor knowledge about this topic

[wintry quarry]

The one Unity released 5-6 years ago

[nocturne parcel]

Newtonsoft

[grizzled surge]

Do someone know how I can make this change the text to the current number of the countdown? The countdown starts at 3 and I want it to show 3 then 2 then 1

[languid spire]

i guess you would use count.ToString() rather than countDownTime as you are not changing that in the while loop

[grizzled surge]

I will try

[tender stag]

Vector3 targetPosition;
Vector3 velocity = Vector3.zero;

transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, targetPosition, ref velocity, duration); ```

[teal viper]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[teal viper]

Also, feels like something's missing

[tender stag]

im on phone currently

i was trying to look for the thing

[teal viper]

Here, use it wisely: `

[tender stag]

alright thanks

[teal viper]

And where do you run it from?

[tender stag]

in update

[teal viper]

Is velocity a local variable?

[tender stag]

global

[teal viper]

Should be working then.

[tender stag]

i mean it is working

[teal viper]

I mean frame independent.

[tender stag]

its just that on lower fps its faster

[tender stag]

yeah thats not working

[teal viper]

It should be transitioning from source to target position in duration time.

[tender stag]

i can send u a video once i get on my pc of what it looks like

[teal viper]

Yeah, that would help.

As well as sharing the whole script.

[cunning solar]

!code

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[proven herald]

Is there a clean way to detect when someone clicks outside of UI?
I'd like to make my ui close if someone clicks outside of it, some people suggest a larger image but that's not clean and wont work for world space ui

[wintry quarry]

Make a Screen Space - Camera Canvas.
Set the canvas Plane Distance to ~500 or 1000
Put an Image component on it and set the alpha to 0, with the full stretch anchor preset so it covers the whole screen.
Put an EventTrigger with a PointerClick event on it (or a custom script with IPointerClickHandler)

Whenever you receive the pointer click event on this thing, it means the player clicked outside of all other UI.

[tender stag]

alright im on my pc

give me a 2 minutes and i'll send u the video

can you see when im in full screen and the fps is like 600 its a lot slower?
and its faster when im at 100 fps in windowed

[sterile loom]

Is it possible to create an animation that follows the cursor? Like the one on this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPqc7qYDtzM but not just modifying the Z rotation but rather completely triggering a different animation when mouse points somewhere else? Like say a 2.5d game, project zomboid sort of mechanic but the sprite is 2d

[teal viper]

It looks like it's a bit more complex than just smooth dumping the position. Share the whole code.

[tender stag]

sure give me a second

[waxen aurora]

How can I integrate it? I dont have a reference to that lib

[tender stag]

i have to warn u its quite long, but your looking at line 23/27, line 86/96, line 107
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/velemezowi.pgsql

maybe its because i use same velocity for every smoothdamp?

but i dont that should be a problem since their not playing at the same time

[proven herald]

Found something like this, and modified it a bit

public class CloseOnClickOutside : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler {
    [SerializeField] private ScriptableObject toggleableUI;
    
    private bool _inContext = true;


    private ToggleableUI _toggleableUI;

    private void Awake() {
        _toggleableUI = GetComponent<ToggleableUI>();
    }
    
    void Update() {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && !_inContext) {
            _toggleableUI.Hide();
        }
    }

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData) {
        _inContext = true;
    }

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData) {
        if (!_toggleableUI.IsVisible()) return;
        
        _inContext = false;
    }
}```

Downside, I still gotta figure out what's wrong with it cause once the menu closes, it'll never open again, but if I can make it works it seems to be a bit less setup?

[teal viper]

Hmm... Where do you set ladderStartPositionDuration?

[tender stag]

editor

they are never changed

when playing

[teal viper]

Can you debug ladderPositionVelocity and see if it's different between windowd and full screen?

[tender stag]

i made a toggle for capping fps to 30 so u can see it more clearly

[tender stag]

sure

[teal viper]

And debug the duration as well, while you're at it.

[tender stag]

which duration?

ladderStartPositionDuration?

[teal viper]

yes

[tender stag]

the one on the left is with lower fps

im not sure if this is what you meant

but wont the velocity also be different depending on how far im away from the target position?

[tender stag]

ladderStartPositionDuration is always the same

[teal viper]

Yes. It should.

Hmm... The velocity seems to be quite different though. Although I guess it's showing the change per frame..?🤔

[tender stag]

yeah

[swift crag]

let me try simulating this on my end

[white void]

I'm trying to make a list in Unity which only has integers, but those integers skip some numbers, e.g 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Unity keeps giving me the error:
Here's my code:

[wintry quarry]

Arrays in C# have Length, not Count

also this code isn't going to give you what you want 😛

[white void]

Thanks, also nice to meet you again 😄

Basically defining lst here

[wintry quarry]

I would do something like this:

int[] GenerateNumbers(int count) {
  int numbers = new int[count];
  int numberOfNumbersGenerated = 0;
  
  float chanceToSkip = 0.3f; // 30% chance to skip
  for (int i = 0; numberOfNumbersGenerated < count; i++) {
    if (Random.value < chanceToSkip) continue; // randomly skip numbers
    numbers[numberOfNumbersGenerated] = i;
  }

  return numbers;
}```

[wintry quarry]

ok, that's nice - again arrays use Length, not Count

int[] means array of integers

[white void]

where does it even have count in that one

[wintry quarry]

my code doesn't use either.

It doesn't need it

[white void]

I'm trying to make a list in Unity which

[ivory bobcat]

The only thing I see throwing red flags relative to delta time would be cs float ySmoothVelocity = Mathf.Lerp(rb.velocity.y, yTargetVelocity, 1 - Mathf.Pow(ladderAcceleration, Time.deltaTime * 10));where the exponential arithmetic may yield vastly different results

[tender stag]

thats the correct way of doing it

[teal viper]

Just did a quick test, and it works the same at different frame rates

[ivory bobcat]

But I've no clue how your code actually operates

[tender stag]

bro what

my unity is tweaking

[teal viper]

Works for me

Let me record a video

[golden ermine]

Hi guys, I made save and load script yesterday and today I changed my time on laptop cause it didnt showed it correctly and now in my game my save and load system doesnt work(more specificlly only load system, i can save but not load) and it shows this error:

[tender stag]

maybe i turned off an option somewhere or something

or that im using unity 2020

[wintry quarry]

you shouldn't really be writing your save game file to the Assets folder.
It should go to Application.persistentDataPath

[ivory bobcat]

Delta time in smaller rates or larger rates will play a huge difference on that line.

[stuck palm]

getting an error with my random object. any idea why this is?

using Random = Unity.Mathematics.Random;

public class PatientSpawner : MonoBehaviour
{
    private LevelManager _levelManager;
    public bool playerSpawned;
    public GameObject patient;
    private Random random;
    void Start()
    {
        _levelManager = FindObjectOfType<LevelManager>();
        random = new Random();
    }

[wintry quarry]

open the full stack trace

[stuck palm]

float spawnTime = random.NextFloat(1f,2f);

[golden ermine]

oh okay, where would that save my data

[swift crag]

I think smoothDamp is working fine.

These dots were created by damping from [0,0,0] to [1,0,0] with a smoothTime of 0.2f

[wintry quarry]

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

[swift crag]

I used deltaTime values of 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 (bottom to top)

[stuck palm]

i dont understand the issue, ive initialised a new object

[wintry quarry]

You need to initialize Random with a seed:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.mathematics@1.2/api/Unity.Mathematics.Random.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.mathematics@1.2/api/Unity.Mathematics.Random.-ctor.html#Unity_Mathematics_Random__ctor_System_UInt32_

[swift crag]

This code is resaonable

[tender stag]

so what could my issue be?

[stuck palm]

oh weird, i thought it did that automatically

[swift crag]

It gives you a framerate-independent lerp with a moving start point

[wintry quarry]

Not the Unity Mathematics one. System.Random does.l

[tender stag]

u can clearly see that its running faster at lower frame rate right?

its not just me

anyway i'll be right back if anyone knows what the issue might be please let me know

[teal viper]

Here

[ivory bobcat]

Right, so notice that the blue line is significantly lower at 0.05 seconds compared to the others

[wintry quarry]

If duration of the animation is important I don't think SmoothDamp is going to guarantee it.

[swift crag]

What is your stopping condition?

[swift crag]

That's something I forgot to bring up last night.

[stuck palm]

it works now, but each instance of this object has the same seed now so every value is the same between these 4 objects

[swift crag]

well, yeah, because that's 10 frames per second

[wintry quarry]

give them different seeds then. Use an instance id of an object or something

[swift crag]

the game never even exists at that state

the exponential calculation is correct.

[ivory bobcat]

Stop showing images without posting a valid argument. The results will be the same, how they get there will vastly differ

[tender stag]

well it works fine

the lerp

[ivory bobcat]

Uncertain if it's your issue but it's the only thing relative to time that would stand out immediately with what you've shown

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp

[tender stag]

maybe

[swift crag]

the page explains the point of calculating the t factor like that

[tender stag]

when the coroutine finishes

thats when the smoothdamp finishes

[stuck palm]

i'm using GetInstanceID, but the random values seem to be very close to each other. any idea why this might be?

[swift crag]

this could just be random luck

as long as the seeds are even slightly different, the results should be very different

[teal viper]

I'd try to isolate that smoothdamping from all the other logic and see if that works. In my tests, there doesn't seem to be a huge difference between framerates no matter what I try, so there's definitely something wrong in your setup.

[tender stag]

maybe i’ll try lerping it?

instead of smootdamping

and see if it has any effect

[teal viper]

You could try, but I feel like it might have a similar issue.

[swift crag]

There is a noticeable difference if you have a distance threshold.

in this case, I asked it to damp towards [1, 0 ,0], but to stop if it got within 0.5 of the destination

[teal viper]

The point is that the time from point source point to target point wouldn't change regardless of the framerate

[swift crag]

it ran for 0.2 seconds with a delta time of 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001

it terminates sooner with a smaller timestep

however, i wouldn't expect this to produce more than a frame's worth of difference

One possibility is that something else is manipulating the position of the player.

[ivory bobcat]

You're missing my point

[tender stag]

i can try turning some stuff off

and seeing if that changes anything

[teal viper]

I'd try turning all of it off and only leave smoothdamping in update.

[ivory bobcat]

Unless the values are being altered elsewhere the issue likely lies with something else.

[tender stag]

i've turned everything i possibly could of and its still happening

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe just log the smooth damp value with the others off. It should be consistent.

[swift crag]

I must be, since the entire point of that page is to explain why calculating the t factor that way gives you consistent behavior across different frame rates.

yes, the blue line is lower than the others at 0.05 seconds; this is because the blue line respresents a framerate of 10

there is no frame at 0.05 seconds at all, so it's not surprising that the blue line is below the other lines (which do have frames in that period)

[hazy crypt]

Hey guys, looking for some advice rather than a problem to fix.

I have a coroutine that waits 1 second when my player leaves the ground, then allows them to rocket boost upwards. I’ve tried initialising the coroutine from inside the Update method but it runs my coroutine every frame, whereas I just want it to run once. I can’t seem to find an appropriate method when looking at the monobehaviour docs. Can someone give me an idea of how to go about this?

[wintry quarry]

use a bool variable and an if statement

[ivory bobcat]

Right. I'm uncertain of the original issue but I'm assuming it's to do with the transition rather than the result (assuming low and high rates arrive at the ladder at the specified time but interpolated differently - extreme example: cubic vs sine)

[swift crag]

Yes, and this method gives you the most accurate transition possible.

[hazy crypt]

I’m not sure I understand mate, I’m already using a bool value to see if the player is grounded. This works fine, but for when it is false, update method calls the coroutine every frame rather than just once. How would I ensure that I only call the coroutine once?

[swift crag]

It doesn't matter what your framerate is; if you have a frame at at time t, it will exactly fit the curve you'd get from an infinitesimally small timestep

[wintry quarry]

use another bool to track if you already started your coroutine

[hazy crypt]

I SEE

if (not on ground && coroutine not already started)

That’s makes sense

Thanks so much

Dumb brain moment

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming both arrived at the ladder at the same time (did not time it, on mobile) but that there were variances in the stepping

On second look, the lower frame rate looks genuinely quicker. Maybe log how quickly each finished?

[ivory bobcat]

Just to be clear, nobody said it wasn't. I've only pointed out that it would be the only place where they're using delta time that could cause interpolation to differ in rate - assuming smoothness was the issue and not how quickly it was completing.

[swift crag]

I see.

I did notice that it's a bit moot, though, since that's in the "Climbing" state

[ivory bobcat]

Yeah, assumed smooth damp couldn't possibly be incorrect unless used incorrectly then scanned the code and thought interpolation (smoothness) was the issue rather than one being actually quicker than the other.

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[tender stag]

the higher fps one doesnt even have enough time to finish

[ivory bobcat]

Why not? Do you no longer call the line?

[tender stag]

the coroutine finishes

the stage finishes

which causes the smoothdamp to stop

[tender stag]

like getting onto the ladder stage

[ivory bobcat]

Got to open a browser real quick

[teal viper]

Maybe the issue is with the coroutine then, and not the SmoothDamp. You should log how far the smoothdamping gets before changing to the next state.

[ivory bobcat]

How are you controlling frame rates?

[teal viper]

That's why I suggested isolating it entirely.

[ivory bobcat]

If you're modifying the time, maybe yield relative to real time

[tender stag]

Application.targetFrameRate = -1;
Application.targetFrameRate = 20;

[tender stag]

yeah im gonna do that once i get home

cause i have to go out

[ivory bobcat]

So if anything, you've determined that the coroutine is stopping prematurely

[tender stag]

or the smoothdamp isnt fast enought because of framerate

[ivory bobcat]

Pretty certain that unless you're simply skipping calls to it, it should behave as expected.

[loud python]

hey anyone know why the SpawnInventorySlot method is not correctly acquiring the InventoryItem gameobject? And yes it is assigned in the field of the inspector. Here is the code https://paste.ofcode.org/YxXE9qQDCmkpsKKfkiE92p

[polar acorn]

Are you getting an error

[loud python]

I am not. PS here is where im calling the method https://paste.ofcode.org/A33cjg7qHxjB6efFedqFrh

[ebon robin]

I have a base class called EnemyController which has a variable called EnemyData. SlimeController extends EnemyController and I want SlimeData to also extend EnemyData. How do I do that?

[loud python]

in the instance of inventorymanager

[queen adder]

Have you checked if any of those items were null?

[polar acorn]

So what is the issue you're having? What are you expecting to happen versus what is actually happening

[polar acorn]

Make a class SlimeData that extends EnemyData

[queen adder]

If your if statements aren't running and ur not getting a error then one of the if statements null check is actually null

[loud python]

im expecting the InventorySlot prefab that is assigned in the insepctor to instantiate in the ItemContent reference that is also signed in the inspector

[polar acorn]

Okay and what is happening

[ebon robin]

but how to override EnemyData with SlimeData in SlimeController so I could use SlimeData methods?

[polar acorn]

You wouldn't. If you need to use methods unique to the slime data class then you need to have a reference of type slime data

Why would you have methods unique to this data type though?

[loud python]

When I assigned the Onclick in the field of the inspector for the button, and I click the button the Inventory.instance.SpawnInventorySlot should spawn in the instance in the itemcontent..but it seems that its just not instantaiting at all.

Inventorymanager.instance.spawnInventoryslot*

[ivory bobcat]

Where it'll take you from one value to the other within the respected time provided you give it a non modified velocity variable and large enough max speed @tender stag

[queen adder]

Check if the null checks are actually null inside of the SpawnInventory Method

[faint sluice]

Where does the debugs stop?

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, what function does the button call?

[loud python]

woops a bit long sorry

the butto ncalls the InventoryManager.instance.SpawnInventorySlot basically

[queen adder]

Wait which method is wrong then?

[polar acorn]

What do your logs look like

[loud python]

my logs are clean

nothing no errors

[queen adder]

Now I'm confused

So does it get called via a unity event? What was the method you just posted

[loud python]

It gets called with a UI button

[polar acorn]

So it looks like none of these else conditions where you log a warning are being run, but it could also mean that literally nothing is being called at all

So put some logs in the case where things "work" instead of only for errors

[queen adder]

Buttons use unity events just a fyi

[polar acorn]

Log things like inventoryItems when you get them

Make sure they're what you expect them to be

[loud python]

okay hmm...im thinking it is a problem with the SpawnInventorySlot method but I am searching... and it looks like it all checks out...

[faint sluice]

Just put the logs on expected paths like digiholic is suggesting...

[ebon robin]

oh yes why didn't I just do new SlimeData data

[loud python]

okay will do

I put this "Debug.LogWarning("InventorySlotSpawned!");" after I call InventoryManager.Instance.SpawnInventorySlot and I get the log in the debug when I trigger the event, but still not InventorySlot Instantiation https://paste.ofcode.org/yUFhYUWTZqde4ugxpqKWb9

[scarlet sierra]

Can anyone suggest me a best source or course to Begin my C# Code Journey ? Thank you

[rich adder]

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

[scarlet sierra]

Thank You Brother

[queen adder]

Well there's no Instantiate() call som I'm guessing it's inside the InventoryItemController.AddItem() method?

[loud python]

I think im figureing out the problem here...im trying to call the additem from the Slot that hasn't been instantiated yet in the SpawnInventoryItemSlot prefab....

[loud python]

yes

So I need to create another additemToInv method I think

will tell if this is it.

[scarlet sierra]

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[hazy crypt]

hello all

Im new to coroutines and Id like a hand working out why my coroutine isnt ending early

IEnumerator RocketBoost(float boostTime, float waitTime)
    {
        rocketBoostRoutineStarted = true;
        Debug.Log("coroutine started");

        if(ColliderEvents.playerGrounded == false)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(waitTime);
            Debug.Log("waittime over");
        }
        else
        {
            rocketBoostRoutineStarted = false;
            Debug.Log("Landed before boost");
            yield break;
        }
       
    }

Heres the script

[rich adder]

show how you try end early

[hazy crypt]

my script is above

[rich adder]

nothing here would stop the WaitForSeconds

[hazy crypt]

I see

i thought that when the else statement was true, it would end the whole coroutine

[rich adder]

well yeah It wont wait, are you sure the bool is true?

[rocky canyon]

it would

[hazy crypt]

Well Im still getting the WaitForSeconds debug.log after the player hits the ground

[rocky canyon]

then ur bool isnt what u believe it is

[rich adder]

then you already hit the first if statement

therefore second else statement is not ran

[hazy crypt]

I see

Okay so how would I stop the WaitForSeconds

[rich adder]

You would need to store it in a Coroutine then stop that

Coroutine theBoost;
theBoost = StartCoroutine(etc..

if(someCondition)
StopCoroutine(theBoost)

[rocky canyon]

^ you'd need to do something like that

[hazy crypt]

Where would I need to place that in the code

[rocky canyon]

step outside the coroutine (for managing the coroutine)

[hazy crypt]

Inside the If statement?

[rich adder]

well there are 3 seperate parts

[rocky canyon]

no. not if the if is inside the coroutine

[rich adder]

first you declare the variable inside the class, outside the methods basically

[rocky canyon]

listen up students.. the teachers talking

[rich adder]

then whenever you call StartCoroutine
replace it with myroutine = StartCoroutine

oh and put StopCoroutine in a separate method you call whenever

[rich adder]

where's the paddle!

[hazy crypt]

I see

Ill give it a go

thanks guys

[rich adder]

np . come back if something breaks :p

[rocky canyon]

then u can stop the coroutine w/ ur if conditional elsewhere. perhaps in the update. like (if ur coroutine is running.. and this conditional ends up being false.. stop that coroutine (now that u have a reference to it) @hazy crypt

[hazy crypt]

Im not sure I completely understand but Im gonna have a go and see if I can work things out

If I still dont get it ill come back

Dont want to go in circles and waste your time

[rich adder]

which part are you confused on?

[hazy crypt]

I think im not understanding exactly how coroutines are executed and written, the order seems to be different to writing other things like methods which Im more familiar with

        //rocket boost
        if (ColliderEvents.playerGrounded == false && rocketBoostRoutineStarted == false)
        {
            StartCoroutine(RocketBoost(1f, waitTimeBeforeBoost));
            Debug.Log("start boost coroutine");
        }

        if (ColliderEvents.playerGrounded == true)
        {
            StopCoroutine(RocketBoost(1f, waitTimeBeforeBoost));
            Debug.Log("stop boost coroutine");
            rocketBoostRoutineStarted = false;
        }

[rocky canyon]

once you call a coroutine it runs.. and its over

[hazy crypt]

Ive tried this now

Its running in update

It doesnt appear to stop the coroutine

[rich adder]

because youre not storing the same coroutine

[rocky canyon]

you have to create a reference to a coroutine and use that reference to call stop on it

so it know which coroutine to stop

[hazy crypt]

Okay, and I can declare it at the top of the script

[rich adder]

thats why we do theCoroutine = StartCoroutine

StartCoroutine returns a Coroutine object

[hazy crypt]

do i need to declare the object type like with variables

[rich adder]

yes

[halcyon geyser]

var

[rich adder]

private Coroutine myCoroutine

[rich adder]

you cannot use var at class level

[rocky canyon]

if (ColliderEvents.playerGrounded == false && rocketBoostRoutineStarted == false)
{
    rocketBoostCoroutine = StartCoroutine(RocketBoost(1f, waitTimeBeforeBoost));
    Debug.Log("start boost coroutine");
}

if (ColliderEvents.playerGrounded == true)
{
    if (rocketBoostCoroutine != null)
    {
        StopCoroutine(rocketBoostCoroutine);
        Debug.Log("stop boost coroutine");
        rocketBoostRoutineStarted = false;
    }
}```

[hazy crypt]

private Coroutine rocketBoost;

    private void Awake()
    {
        rocketBoost = StartCoroutine(RocketBoost(1f, waitTimeBeforeBoost));
    }

Now I have this

[rocky canyon]

that'll run the coroutine on the first frame.. is that something u want?

[rich adder]

basically this

forgot does stopping set it to null or you have to explicitly say so ?

[rocky canyon]

it may not work.. but its the gist of it

[hazy crypt]

No, I want to reference the corouitne

Ill try again hold up

[rich adder]

thats what rocketBoostCoroutine is for

you just need to declare it (which you have in snippet you sent)

[hazy crypt]

Oh I see, sorry I didnt see your code

It had already scrolled by

Ill implemetn now

thanks

[rocky canyon]

 // Store the IEnumerator without starting it
    rocketBoost = RocketBoost(1f, waitTimeBeforeBoost);```

[hazy crypt]

Yeah that makes sense

[rocky canyon]

 StartCoroutine(rocketBoost); // start it when needed```

[rich adder]

if you send an entire class, use a link

[rocky canyon]

i think thats how it works

[pseudo ermine]

oops, my bad. want me to do that?

[rich adder]

yes !code

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[rocky canyon]

damnit

[pseudo ermine]

Hey Hey! How can I make it so the player has to be within a certian field of view before it moves to the player?

https://hatebin.com/helslbtlof

[rich adder]

maybe deleet the old eye sore?

[hazy crypt]

@rocky canyon It works perfectly, thank you a million times over!

[pseudo ermine]

I already did?

[rocky canyon]

no prob 👍 thank @rich adder as well

[hazy crypt]

@rich adder Thanks mate!

[rich adder]

np 🙂

[hazy crypt]

❤️

[rich adder]

I usually use a Dot product for that

[pseudo ermine]

wdum?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Dot.html

[rocky canyon]

magic math stuff..

[rich adder]

good video example :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlnkTEyAx7Q

[rich adder]

these functions really are godsent lol Aint no way i knew how to make dot product just by writing it out

[rocky canyon]

if i remember correctly i use Dot product for this mechanic

same principal.. i could just offset it.. to have a 180 degree in front

[rocky canyon]

i honest hate using them.

confuses me if im modest

BUT your absolutely right.. it'd be ten-fold as tedious if they didnt exist

[rich adder]

all the Mathf functions too 😮

[rocky canyon]

Mathf is probably my favorite

[rich adder]

soo much goodies inside

[rocky canyon]

ive never looked inside the full thing.. my brain might explode 🤯

[rich adder]

all the stuff i hated doing in school now comes back to haunt me lol https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.html

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/master/Runtime/Export/Math/Mathf.cs

here we go.. let me shield my computer

what sucks is for me to vizualize alot of this stuff i have to make examples

[rich adder]

same I'm a visual learner

once I make gizmos for everything I'm "Ohhh I get it now"

[rocky canyon]

lol,, how many comments do u want?

• yes

im just giving them grief.. b/c honestly im glad they're there

❤️ ya Unity Staff 🙂

@rich adder is there any other special classes that worth peeking at? imma book mark a few of em

[rich adder]

so many! depends what context :p

various random utilities I found interesting like
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ColorUtility.html
(its the simple stuff sometimes ) 😛

[rocky canyon]

yea, forget i asked.. theres just too many... all of em are really interesting
Color, Vector3, etc

Yea, lmao, RIGHT! im looking at Color atm

jeez Quaternion.. 👀 i'll forget I opened that one

it gives you a new appreciation of how important game engines are to the layman's of the world

wait im confused.. wheres Random.Range?

does partial have something to do.. is there more pieces of this elsewhere?

[wintry quarry]

yes

the rest is indeed elsewhere

[languid spire]

Random is a partial class, there are bits of it all over the place

[rocky canyon]

ahh, that makes sense.. soo u can have multiple static classes?

in different pieces?

[wintry quarry]

it's one class, just written across multiple files

[rocky canyon]

omg, thats super interesting..

ive never knew

[languid spire]

partial classes are super cool

[wintry quarry]

Range is here though: https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/6c8a95ff127619e73519662fa497e242b898f9af/Runtime/Export/Random/Random.bindings.cs#L40

[rocky canyon]

and the compiler will just put them together?

(in the abstract sense) that i can call w/e function that corresponds

wild bro..

what is the partial part called?

[languid spire]

yes, as long as all the bits go into the same .dll, you cannot split a partial class across dll's unfortunately

[rocky canyon]

ohh thats outside my skillset anyway (for now)

[swift crag]

partial is very useful for code generation purposes

[rocky canyon]

what you mean by unfortunately? what usefulness am I missing?

[swift crag]

along with the interesting @identifier syntax

[rocky canyon]

whats the partial bit called?

[swift crag]

which lets you use anything you want as a identifier, including keywords

it's a keyword

i'm not sure if there's anything more specific to asy

[tall delta]

keyword modifier

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/partial-classes-and-methods

It's a "keyword modifier", apparently

[rocky canyon]

oh okay.. was just curious so i could loook up other things similar

b/c i really do find that interesting..

[languid spire]

well say you had a .dll for Unity and a .dll for Windows and a .dll shared by both, it would be nice to have a partial class in all 3

[rocky canyon]

ohh okay.. yea that makes sense

[swift crag]

the class needs to be fully defined before you can compile it, hence that not being possible

[rocky canyon]

i actually dont much about them other than
protection level type and name

not even sure what static is.. tbh and thats sad

i know what it does obv.. but not what its called

[rich adder]

static modifier ?

[rocky canyon]

modifier i guess..

soo maybe another keyword modifier lol

[wintry quarry]

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

[rocky canyon]

soo, would that mean to say the order doesn't matter?

nah, thats dumb.. lol

[rich adder]

was just about to send this..lol

[rocky canyon]

the real MVP today

[rich adder]

if you look at docs on the left side, they got all the good stuff

[tall delta]

a small thing most people don't know is that adding the 'sealed' class modifier will actually create a faster and more optimized version of the class. so that actually has compile implications, something public, private, abstract etc, etc, does not have.

[swift crag]

don't you still have to resolve virtual sealed methods, since there could still be several targets (any class you inherit from that also has that virtual method)?

or is the improvement somewhere else

[rocky canyon]

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

my browser tabs on crack today

[tall delta]

'virtual sealed' does not make any sense, because sealed means that you can't inherit from that class

[rocky canyon]

can u elaborate.. where at?

[swift crag]

I mean a virtual method you override from a parent class.

[rocky canyon]

In the following example, Z inherits from Y but Z cannot override the virtual function F that is declared in X and sealed in Y.

makes me feel dumb when i read stuff like this 😢

[swift crag]

public class Parent
{
    public virtual void Foo() { }
}

public sealed class Child : Parent
{
    public override void Foo()
    {
        base.Foo();
    }
}

e.g.

[swift crag]

I'm just curious about what's "faster" when a class is sealed

[rich adder]

all these goodies!
honestly their docs is solid af

[ivory bobcat]

You'd seal it if you aren't wanting any other class to override the member - this class has already override a virtual or abstract member and thus sealed this from any other class along the chain.

[swift crag]

A sealed member forbids any derived class from using override with it

[rocky canyon]

When a class is sealed in C#, it means that the class cannot be inherited, and no other class can derive from it. This restriction can lead to certain performance optimizations by the compiler and runtime. Here's a brief explanation with a code example:

// Sealed class
public sealed class SealedClass
{
    public int Calculate(int a, int b)
    {
        // Perform some calculation
        return a + b;
    }
}

// Inheritance example with a non-sealed class
public class BaseClass
{
    public virtual int Calculate(int a, int b)
    {
        // Perform some calculation
        return a + b;
    }
}

public class DerivedClass : BaseClass
{
    // This class can be further inherited
    // Additional functionality can be added
}

chatgpt explanation 😄

In terms of speed or performance, sealing a class can potentially enable certain compiler optimizations because the compiler knows that there are no derived classes to consider. However, the impact on performance is usually negligible in most scenarios.

[tall delta]

tbh I don't remember the nuances, I just internalized that the IL code will be different when using 'sealed'. and in a normal .NET jit application it's then able to optimize in ways it can't with 'normal' classes. but using mono or IL2CPP might yield different results in a unity context.

[rocky canyon]

often minimal he says

[swift crag]

Note: The sealed modifier is primarily used to prevent unintended derivation, but it also enables certain run-time optimizations. In particular, because a sealed class is known to never have any derived classes, it is possible to transform virtual function member invocations on sealed class instances into non-virtual invocations. end note

from the spec

that makes sense

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/language-specification/classes#15223-sealed-classes

[rocky canyon]

ya, see makes me feel dumb.. b/c i wouldn't know or be able to set up any system that I could forseeably need anything like that..

[swift crag]

the C# specification is the place to look for the really fine details

since it..you know, fully specifies C#

[rocky canyon]

but to all the advanced coders out there.. im assuming its helpful.. so with purpose i suppose

[swift crag]

If your compile time type is Child, you positively know that the runtime type is also going to be Child

So you can turn that into a non-virtual call

[ivory bobcat]

Mainly for explicitness in constraint

[rocky canyon]

oh i thought u meant in the extracted unity class repo

ya.. i been reading over the docs more and more often..

[ivory bobcat]

And the optimization if you care

[rocky canyon]

where its applicable ofc..

[rich adder]

yes feels way less robotic than it used to be back in the day when I tried getting into early MSDN

[tall delta]

anyways, that was my hot-tip, every class that can be sealed, should be sealed. gotta save cycles wherever you can! 😆

[rocky canyon]

all good!.. happy for everyone that chimed in

i didn't mean to start an avalanche

what i've learned.. programming languages are way way more involved than a beginner can even perceive

[languid spire]

not all of them, just the good ones

[rocky canyon]

im balls deep in the new input system atm

i needed a break.. lol

using a Radio controller and ran into issues..

theres deadzones programmed into the Firmware of the radio.. soo I get values from .-72 -> + .72 and trying to figure out how to deal with it

magic numbers suck cs private float NormalizeInput(float inputValue) { // Map the inputValue from the range (-0.72 to 0.72) to (0 to 1) var zeroToOne = Mathf.InverseLerp(-0.72f,0.72f,inputValue); return zeroToOne; } but that's the best i know to do..

imo The solution is to have a Calibration prompt before hand..

that can register the top most and lower most values and use them in code

[brave compass]

Yaw Pitch Roll can be one Vector3 input. Maybe also a, b, c, d, not sure what they represent.

[rocky canyon]

even if its 4 actually inputs?

[wintry quarry]

Couldn't you use the Deadzone processor instead? https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Processors.html#axis-deadzone

[rocky canyon]

didn;t know this existed 👀

i tried to change it in the input system.. but i couldnt get it to work correctly

[ivory bobcat]

Divide the values by 0.72 and you ought to get values in the range (-1, 1)

[brave compass]

You mean the Normalize processor?

[rocky canyon]

they're toggles on the radio

[wintry quarry]

nah then they'd only get 0 or 1

[rocky canyon]

when i normalized the inputs i still got the -.7 - +.7 but it coulda been user error tbh

[wintry quarry]

There's also https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Processors.html#stick-deadzone

[rocky canyon]

the throttle still feels bad tbh.. the values seem to skip alot of numbers

[brave compass]

Not according to one of the examples in the doc.

// Normalize 2 against a [1..5] range. Returns 0.25.
NormalizeProcessor.Normalize(2, 1, 5, 1)

Deadzone just means it will stay zero until you've moved the stick past the deadzone.

[swift crag]

the names are a bit misleading

[rocky canyon]

ohh yea, thats not what i need then

[wintry quarry]

interesting

[swift crag]

Normalize is a remap

[wintry quarry]

I see

[swift crag]

Normalize Vector 2 is a normalization

I guess that "Normalize Float" would be...very pointless

public float MyEpicFloatNormalizer(float input) => 1f;

[rocky canyon]

ya, it didnt do anything from my perspective

[brave compass]

Did you set the min/max to -0.72 and 0.72?

[rocky canyon]

im using floats b/c the control surfaces are actually split

its not 1 input. but 2 inputs combined.

but i did think about trying to use vector2

[rocky canyon]

damnit..

i did not 🤦‍♂️

this is the first time using new input system..

[brave compass]

That feels like an implementation detail that your game doesn't need to know about. But if the goal is to only support this specific controller, then I guess you can do it this way.

[rocky canyon]

i haven't figured out how to use different inputs quiet yet

[swift crag]

You can make a composite Vector2 action out of two float controls

[rocky canyon]

i'd like to be able to use a gamepad as well..

im just using this controller.. b/c im trying to make a FPV drone simulator.. and it fits well

since its an RC radio

[swift crag]

oops, I was mistaken; I was thinking of making a Vector2 action out of four controls

[rocky canyon]

but yea, for it to be useful to anyone besides me.. i need find a way to support both RC radios, and Gampads (PS4-5) (Xbox)

i got alot of learning for the new input system tho..

i've fallen behind

every tutorial i watch is 100% different.. i can't find uniformity in any of em

    [SerializeField] private RadioControls radioControls;```
```cs
 private void Awake()
    {
        // create new radioControls
        radioControls = new RadioControls();

        // set input actions
        thrust = radioControls.Base.Thrust;
        yaw = radioControls.Base.Yaw;
        pitch = radioControls.Base.Pitch;
        roll = radioControls.Base.Roll;

this is the way I settled on

[quasi steeple]

SOs and gameobject script

[swift crag]

There are a number of different ways to get input.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7/manual/Workflows.html

[rocky canyon]

sooo no one right way i suppose

[swift crag]

These pages describe the different ways.

[rocky canyon]

thanks i'll give it a look

[swift crag]

You're using the "Generate C# Class" option here.

[rocky canyon]

yessir

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7/manual/Workflow-ActionsAsset.html#referencing-the-actions-asset-through-a-c-wrapper

I mostly use InputActionReference, personally

[rocky canyon]

i gathered this was the better way

than to use the component

[swift crag]

It's convenient, yeah. It's very similar to using InputActionReference

you just reference members of the generated class instead of assigning things in the inspector

both of them give you access to InputActions

[rocky canyon]

but not sure its the way i need to go.. since i want to support different radio's.. theres 100s of radios.. so i think i need a calibration scene..

that can grab any input from any style radio and map them to the correct axis'

thrust, yaw, pitch, and roll

[swift crag]

I haven't gotten into rebinding yet.

[rocky canyon]

ya, im probably over extending myself.

but what bettter way to learn than to jump in the deep end i suppose

#restoftheowl

[safe root]

!code

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[safe root]

https://gdl.space/evenurovey.cpp

So i'm making a 2D game and i've gotten the movement down but now my dash just doesn't add the the rigidbody force or at least very rarely and it doesn't move. I need to have it dash but it isn't doing it.

[wintry quarry]

You're doing this every single frame: rb.velocity = new Vector2(horizontalInput * moveSpeed, rb.velocity.y);

where in that code do you suppose a dash would have time to happen?

[safe root]

I did have chatGPT help so that may explain it but the dash should happen in the IEnumerator Dash

[wintry quarry]

You're going to need to do some of your own thinking about the code soon

Again, think about it. You're setting the horizontal velocity every single frame

directly setting it

to an exact number

[safe root]

I know, trust me. I understand code but not to make it. I fail my test cause of creating it.

[wintry quarry]

how do you suppose a dash that should happen over multiple frames could possibly work in that context?

[safe root]

Oh

Yeah, I see now

[rocky canyon]

hey, add this dash force to the velocity!
nope, imma set the velocity to What I want!
fine then! 😦

[warm condor]

Hey guys, so right now, I am programing my animations by playing them through code in vs. The problem is that I want to play a certain animation before another animation when a player hits a button, but I don't know how to do that. For example, before playing the running animation, there is an acceleration animation to be played before hand. Here is my code so far:
https://hastebin.com/share/ahewoyojop.csharp

[rocky canyon]

Declliration eh?

[warm condor]

yea sorry for the spelling errors

[rocky canyon]

lol no prob..

[sterile moon]

is there a way to transform.rotate.up?

[rocky canyon]

you can play ur acceleration animation.. and then check when its finished to play the next animation

[warm condor]

how do I check when an animation has finished playing?

[rocky canyon]

transform.forward = Vector3.up;

[rocky canyon]

(!myAnimation.isPlaying)

or myAnimation.isPlaying == false

[warm condor]

ohh ok that is very helpful

[rocky canyon]

as long as its not looping it'll finish

[wintry quarry]

What exactly do you want to accomplish with this line of code?

[sterile moon]

I'm trying to make cointrollable hydraulics for my vehicle (not fancy hydraulics, but like work hydraulics, for the tow truck chassis)

I am really stuck on this part of it and could honestly use someone to help me hash the details out in code. I understand the code, but I feel like some of what I need to do is beyond my knowledge of the 3D world space

@wintry quarry

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIeRuyRL22A i made an excavator using hinge joints

[wintry quarry]

but what are you actually trying to do with that line of code

[sterile moon]

Move a fucking arm up and down

[wintry quarry]

I don't see what transform.rotate.up has to do with hydraulics

are you wanting it to be physically realistic?

[sterile moon]

or in and out, depending on the arm. But it all has to be in coorelation to eachother

[wintry quarry]

move things in local space would be my suggestion

[rocky canyon]

muahah

[sterile moon]

At the moment I dont care, I just want the damn thing to move within realistic constraints

[raw kindle]

Hello, I have a question regarding on how I can make stiff joint between object in a way that they dont start stretching

[wintry quarry]

just setting localPosition to some desired value and clamping will do it

if you want physical realism look into ArticulationBody and Prismatic Joint

[rocky canyon]

@rich adder let it be known i can't control an actual excavator, lmao

[sterile moon]

so what did you use to make the arm portions move on button pressed held @rocky canyon ?

[rocky canyon]

i moved the anchor point of the hinge joints that i used to connect the arm pieces

[sterile moon]

Right now I just have my arm pieces, and I have their origin points set to their pivot locations, everything moves how I want it to manually, I just cant get it to all move properly in code. The up and down arms move fine, but the slider arm does not

[rocky canyon]

https://youtu.be/HIeRuyRL22A?t=1127

i have an entire video showing how i did it

[rich adder]

oh dang you did the hard part first ? lol

[rocky canyon]

you keep the connector anchor point where it is.. and change the anchor point of the hinge joint..

[warm condor]

it looks like I am having an error

[rocky canyon]

that will pull the connected arm towards the center of the gameobject ur using to contain the hingepoint

[rich adder]

string doesn't have method/property called isPlaying

[rocky canyon]

ur trying to see if a string is playing

strings dont play

animation clips do

playerAnimation.idle.isPlaying

not sure why ur converting it to a string

[warm condor]

but I am trying to refrence the name of the animation right?

[rocky canyon]

im a physics lover.. i know how they function... but can't control one worth a flip

[rocky canyon]

no u reference the actual animation clip..

u may in ur code need to use a string for w/e reason.. but asking if it isPlaying is not one of those reasons

[rich adder]

yeah that part gets diffcult, esp when you start adding suspensions n junk

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Excavator-Physics
oh snap, i actually have the entire unitypackage available

[warm condor]

ok then how do I get access to the clip so that I can use the function?

[rich adder]

what type is playerAnimation and idle

[rocky canyon]

@rich adder in case u missed it https://hastebin.com/share/ahewoyojop.csharp

[warm condor]

playerAbunation is an enum, and idle is the animation within the enum

[rocky canyon]

they are Enums 🤔 ?

[warm condor]

yea

[rocky canyon]

soo ur using a enum just for the string? (name of the clip) ?

[rich adder]

so idle would not have a bool in it

[warm condor]

no

[warm condor]

yea, I find it much easier to do so

[rocky canyon]

until u need to access the actual clip Lol

[rich adder]

so you want to check if animator is in a state?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo.html

[rocky canyon]

he wants to play a clip (acceleration) before he plays a walk/run animation..

i suggested he use isPlaying.. so he can know when the clip finishes before calling the next animation..

but i wasn't aware of his setup

[rich adder]

oh that makes sense then

you can just have the clip have Exit time no?

this way it has to finish before going to next state

[silk night]

I dont have all the context, but you can always use animation triggers

[sterile moon]

@rocky canyon That looks like the behavior I am wanting, minus the actual slider pistons, I think because I don't have the additional slider pistons the design you have is a little more advanced that I need

[rocky canyon]

i dont know why people don't use the animator more often..

its like everyone hard codes the animations..

i dont get it

[rich adder]

yeah I almost use blend tree for anything

[rocky canyon]

that may be true.. it was an experiment to see how realistic i could make the arms move..

(mimicing actual hydraulics)

it may not be best suited for what ur doing

[silk night]

I recently discovered the animator for UI stuff, before always used DoTween 😄

[rocky canyon]

can you share code/ video of what u have so far? so we have some context to work off of? @sterile moon

[rich adder]

tweens are more flexible / can be changed realtime

[rocky canyon]

i've always been told not to use animator on UI.. b/c it has to redraw it every time u do

so i specifically use tween for it..

[rich adder]

and that

[rocky canyon]

idk know 😄

[sterile moon]

What I have right now is 2 primary arm pieces that need to move up and down, a third arm piece that needs to slide in and out, a fourth part that needs to tilt left and right, a 5th part that needs to swing two parts open and closed, sounds easy right

[rocky canyon]

sure

lmao

for a system like that.. make sure u know the difference between local space and global space

its really important when moving pieces around like that

[warm condor]

but aren't there really any other way to get access to the animation clip? Cause I thought that you do that by using their names.

[silk night]

Oh i thought they fixed that

[rich adder]

I showed you how

[rocky canyon]

if u want it to be simulated.. u can just rotate the pieces w/ code

[rich adder]

you mean the clip from animator that is playing?

[warm condor]

yes

[rich adder]

or use IK

[rocky canyon]

wouldnt it be this piece that rotate

[rich adder]

yea I sent the link

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo.html

[rocky canyon]

AnimationClip animationClip = playerAnimator.runtimeAnimatorController.animationClips
    .FirstOrDefault(clip => clip.name == animationClipName);``` i found this crazy ass code

[sterile moon]

Those are my main movement points

[warm condor]

oh shoot, I didn't see that

[rocky canyon]

and they are all connected with parent/child objects or physics joints?

[sterile moon]

Partent child connected so they all move and stay connected like I want them for now

[rocky canyon]

ohh soo if they are connected using the hiearchy u can just use translation to rotate them

[sterile moon]

I have the arms up down movement working, minus clamping

[rocky canyon]

transform. -> rotate

[sterile moon]

Yeah been there, BUT the issue is I have is when going to the slider portion

[rocky canyon]

can u share the !code for the part that u working on?

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[sterile moon]

That third picture DOES NOT rotate. It needs to slide in and out going in and out of the second arm no matter what position the second arm is in. No one has seemed to get that part yet to be able to help me

https://hatebin.com/ewtvyacudd

Current code involved with moving, key binds are just all over the place for testing

Nope, next imasge after that needs to slide. The part that you have there is what it needs to slide in and out of

[warm condor]

ok I got it, so it should look like that for what I want, right?

        }```

[sterile moon]

This guy slides

in and out of this guy, no matter what angular position this is at

Im apparently making a porno, don't mind me

[rocky canyon]

ok i think i understand now

soo.. the 2nd image rotates up and down.. and u want the first image to slide in and out.. no matter the rotation

[sterile moon]

Exactly

[silk night]

this whole setup screams IK

[rocky canyon]

phew, lmao

[rocky canyon]

yup, thats a good way to do it.. im a physics junkie.. so i like to use hinge joints and manipute the anchor points..

(gives it a real jerky realistic feel)

but an arcade feeling might work for this guy

[sterile moon]

I would really love, and honestly would pay for you to help me get it going, physics would be ideal, but id settle for arcade right now just as proof of concept

[rocky canyon]

with an IK system u could rotate the very end point (the bucket) and all the other things would just work

[rich adder]

you tried it?

[sterile moon]

Thing is though they all need to be controlled individually

[rocky canyon]

https://learn.foundry.com/modo/content/resources/images/animation/ik_fk_planar_ik.gif

[sterile moon]

On a real tow rig, each piece of manipulated through its own lever

[rocky canyon]

true true

[tender stag]

@swift crag @teal viper im back now

[sterile moon]

I was thinking of learning IK for this too, but that does movement in relation for all objects

[tender stag]

i still havent figured it out, any ideas?

[rocky canyon]

i think ur setup is good

[warm condor]

yea... the if statement returns true immediately

[rocky canyon]

but u really should be using transform.localPosition on alot of these pieces

the ones that are parented to other pieces

[warm condor]

it does not return true when the animation finishes

[rocky canyon]

weird

[rich adder]

just use animation events

prob be easier to deal with

[shadow rain]

hi, sorry too bother but I'm making a medieval game and I just want to get an idea on how to count up hits until it reaches a certain number and then an animation will play. Could anyone tell me how to do so if not somewhat of an idea will do just fine. Thank you

[rocky canyon]

^ this is probably ur best bet.. it would require u to redo some of ur script.. but it would be better inthe long run

[sterile moon]

me?

[rich adder]

int hits;
public void IncreaseHits(){
hits++;
}
Debug.Log(hits)```

[rocky canyon]

the guy with the animation clip problem

[sterile moon]

ahh

[shadow rain]

ty

[rocky canyon]

public int maxHits = 5;
private int currentHits = 0;

void OnHit()
{
    currentHits++;
    if (currentHits >= maxHits)
    {
        PlayAnimation();
        currentHits = 0; // to reset
    }
}```

[sterile moon]

So, how would I use localPosition in this plan, as I dont see a way to access localPosition.rotation.y

[shadow rain]

also would i make another paramater like an int one?

[warm condor]

hmmm, alr ill try to learn it

[rocky canyon]

localRotation

theres transform.position and transform.localPosition, same with rotation, transform.rotation and transform.localRotation

[rich adder]

you just declare them
access modifier - variable type - variable name
eg
private string helloWorld = "Hello World";

[shadow rain]

ok ty ty

[sterile moon]

And I would just use transform.Rotate to actuate the move right?

[rocky canyon]

i need this tattoo'd on my forehead.. so i can just facetime all these guys.. it'd be so much easier

[rocky canyon]

to actuate a rotation yes

for a move it'd be position

[rich adder]

go hard or go home!

[rocky canyon]

face tats are trendy

[rocky canyon]

how much time have u spent learning unity?

[polar acorn]

Why would .Rotate cause something to move

[rocky canyon]

if u rotate a fishing rod.. it'd move the lure upwards 😉

lol, i kid, i kid

[polar acorn]

But the lure isn't the thing that's rotating

[rocky canyon]

thats y i asked how much learning he's done.. it seems he's confusing some basic principals

.position, .rotate.. very very crucial things

[sterile moon]

Im good with the code, and I'm good with the 3D world, thjis is my first time really mixing the two hardcore outside of just theoretical principals

[rocky canyon]

well, thats fine.. ur bound to run into issues.. this is the troubleshooting stage..

try changing some things to local space..

it would make ur functionallity very differently

[sterile moon]

Way ahead of you, already switching all parented arm objects to local

[rocky canyon]

cool cool, just do that and test.. and see what happens

then re-iterate and try again

[sterile moon]

transform up is z axis right

[rocky canyon]

transform.up is the local Y axis of that object

depends on whether its rotated or not

Y axis

Z is forward

X = left right, Y = up and down, Z = forward and backward

[sterile moon]

And here in is where my problem lays I think, I have no clear axis for mvoement for the slider it seems

[swift crag]

X is red, Y is green, Z is blue

[rocky canyon]

magenta, turquois, and navy

[tender stag]

@swift crag @teal viper the first smoothdamp runs at unlimited fps and the second runs at 15

u can see how the times of how long the smoothdamp took to finish

the one with lower fps was faster

[rocky canyon]

i just want to congratulate you.. ur progress has been epic

[tender stag]

i dont know if ur saying this in a sarcastic way

lmao

[rocky canyon]

no im serious

[tender stag]

thanks man

[rocky canyon]

constantly progressing.. and learning new things all the time

[tender stag]

if i could only figure out why smoothdamp is so fps dependant

[rocky canyon]

multiply it with time.deltaTime

[barren vapor]

dang, my hand had a cramp while trying to do that

[tender stag]

its bad to do that

and it passes in Time.deltaTime by default

[rocky canyon]

it took me way too long to find the correct hand gesture..

[rocky canyon]

soo many different axis's in different software

[rocky canyon]

then why is it frame dependent then?

[tender stag]

thats what im trying to figure out

for others it isnt

for fen and dlich

[rocky canyon]

lol.. u got me entriqued as well.. imma do some testing.. standby

[tender stag]

we've been trying to figure this out like half of the day

[sharp wyvern]

points towards one of your params... like velocity... you sure that per second and not per frame?

[meager steeple]

how do i make a slider be saved? for my volume slider, the volume itself is saved but the value of the slider isnt

[rocky canyon]

you have to reset it onload

[tender stag]

yeah

[rocky canyon]

just do it manually using the value u saved

[meager steeple]

so what you set value of slider = volume ?

[faint sluice]

If your sliders min max values are 0-1 yes

[sharp wyvern]

you'll save the value using whatever method you like, then when the game starts you load that value and assign it to the slider.value .. this is a commonly used class for that kinda stuff: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/PlayerPrefs.html

[meager steeple]

problem is that it doesnt save when you switch scenes not even if you close the game

[tender stag]

im actually tweakin

im making a new project

newer unity version

just to see if it might be that
which i know it wont

[sharp wyvern]

thats what that class I linked is for

[meager steeple]

👍

[rocky canyon]

you can use additive loading to always have ur sliders loaded.. or u can initialize them each load

[sharp wyvern]

ya, doubt that'll change it.. I'd try a simple test class first.. make sure it ACTUALLY works the way you expect (via lotsa debug.log's), with known/less variable inputs. Then start addin' in the variable inputs till you find the culprit.

[rocky canyon]

    //exit from settings option
    public void UpdateGameSettings()
    {
        // Get the GameSettings from the GameManager
        CurrentSettingsMemory gameSettings = GameManager.x.Settings_Memory;

        gameSettings.musicVolume = (int)(musicSlider.value * 100);
        gameSettings.sfxVolume = (int)(sfxSlider.value * 100);
        gameSettings.mouseSensitivityX = MouseSensXSlider.value;
        gameSettings.mouseSensitivityY = MouseSensYSlider.value;

        if(invertYToggle.isOn)
        {
            gameSettings.invertY = true;
        }
        else
        {
            gameSettings.invertY = false;
        }

        gameSettings.qualityLvl = (QualityLevel)GraphicQualityPreset_DropDown.value;
        gameSettings.fieldOfView = (int)fovSlider.value;
        gameSettings.shakeIntensity = (int)(ScreenShakeUI.screenShakeSlider.value * 100);

        UpdateVisuals();
        SaveSettings();
    }```

[tender stag]

i already did that

[rocky canyon]

i run UpdateGameSettings anytime a new scene is loaded.. using a Json file.. but u could also use playerprefs as Glurth has mentioned

[tender stag]

right here

i disabled the movement script

and everything else

[silver timber]

@tender stag do you have any code you could share?

[rocky canyon]

yea exactly..

[tender stag]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

i wanna rob, inspect it

[tender stag]

u can read from this down

what we've been trying

pretty much everything

[rocky canyon]

oh hell nah, imma write a simple version

🤣 i was gonna copy and paste and see if i can see what ur seeing

[tender stag]

lmao

[rocky canyon]

this is good enough..

soo ur saying smoothdamp is frame dependent

[tender stag]

its not the rotations

its the positions

[rocky canyon]

translations? then

[shadow rain]

kinda like this?

[rocky canyon]

okay.. cool..

made me a test arena

[tender stag]

take a look at this #💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

alright.. imma write me a simple cube movement script.. and a frame limiter.. brb

[sharp wyvern]

to figure out whats going on, I'd try more debug logs.. e.g. output of the velocity each frame, along with deltaT?

[silver timber]

What is calling HandleLaddering()?
Also instead of doing all that angle math have you considered just using Mathf.SmoothDampAngle? Then you can just damp between yRotation and yTargetRot

[rocky canyon]

why is my stuff Yellow all of a sudden?

[tender stag]

HandleLaddering is in update

i might consider just using lerp at this point

[tender stag]

but i just wanna know why this is happening

its not gonna let me sleep otherwise

[meager steeple]

{
    private const string FullscreenPrefsKey = "IsFullscreen";

    void Start()
    {
        // Load the saved fullscreen mode setting or default to true
        bool isFullscreen = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(FullscreenPrefsKey, 1) == 1;
        SetFullscreen(isFullscreen);
    }

    public void SetFullscreen(bool isFullscreen)
    {
        Screen.fullScreen = isFullscreen;
        Debug.Log("Toggled Fullscreen");

        // Save the current fullscreen mode setting
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt(FullscreenPrefsKey, isFullscreen ? 1 : 0);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }
}```
i have that already

so i just do that for the slider too?

[sharp wyvern]

yep.. preety much all the same cept this one line Screen.fullScreen = isFullscreen; (and names, ofc)

[meager steeple]

what do i set the value to be at the start? 1?

[rocky canyon]

seems to work fine for me

same distance travelled..

    void Update()
    {
        // calculate target position
        float targetX = initialX + Mathf.PingPong(Time.time * moveSpeed,moveDistance * 2) - moveDistance;
        // damp the smoooth
        float smoothX = Mathf.SmoothDamp(transform.position.x,targetX,ref velocity.x,smoothTime);
        // make it move
        transform.position = new Vector3(smoothX,transform.position.y,transform.position.z);
    }```

[silver timber]

Same for SmoothDampAngle

public class SmoothDampTest : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float timeStep = 1f / 60f;
    public float smoothTime = 3f;
    [Range(0f, 360f)]
    public int targetAngle = 0;
    private float _angularVelocity;
    private Vector3 _eulerAngles;
    private IEnumerator Start()
    {
        _eulerAngles = transform.eulerAngles;
        
        while (true)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeStep);
            
            _eulerAngles.x = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle
            (
                current: _eulerAngles.x,
                target: targetAngle, 
                currentVelocity: ref _angularVelocity,
                smoothTime: smoothTime,
                maxSpeed: float.MaxValue,
                deltaTime: timeStep
            );
            transform.eulerAngles = _eulerAngles;
        }
    }
}

[meager steeple]

right so when i change my scenes, and the full screen toggle is un loaded, when i go back and open the options menu again, it changes itself back to full screen

public class ToggleFullscreen : MonoBehaviour
{
    private const string FullscreenPrefsKey = "IsFullscreen";

    public UnityEngine.UI.Toggle Toggle;

    private void Awake()
    {
        if (PlayerPrefs.GetInt("ToggleSelected") == 0)
        {
            Toggle.isOn = true;
        }
        else
        {
            Toggle.isOn = false;
        }
        // Load the saved fullscreen mode setting or default to true
        bool isFullscreen = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(FullscreenPrefsKey, 1) == 1;
        SetFullscreen(isFullscreen);
    }

    public void SetFullscreen(bool isFullscreen)
    {
        Screen.fullScreen = isFullscreen;
        Debug.Log("Toggled Fullscreen");

        // Save the current fullscreen mode setting
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt(FullscreenPrefsKey, isFullscreen ? 1 : 0);
        PlayerPrefs.SetInt("ToggleSelected", 0);
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }
}```
its like its just not saving

[sage mirage]

Hey, guys! I am currently making best score and best time on my game. They will be appeared at the main menu scene. I have a round manager class where I have all of this functionality. Now the problem is that I have that round manager class attached to my game object called round manager in Main game scene. How can I move that class inside my main menu scene in order to update my best score and best time because I have only attached my game objects in Main Game to my round manager class component.

[dapper egret]

Interesting now i see lerping and smooth damp in a different light,where did you learn the ins and outs of all the lerping stuff,i only find amateur ways of doing lerp and not the right way

[rocky canyon]

thats some crazy syntax

[rocky canyon]

have u checked out https://gamedevbeginner.com/the-right-way-to-lerp-in-unity-with-examples/

[silver timber]

This is another good resource https://youtu.be/yGhfUcPjXuE?list=PLrWlVANGG-ij06UCpfdxQ-LBclsWUDLt-
Not specifically about lerp vs smoothdamp, but goes into detail about time steps and interpolation

[hollow forum]

everytime i log on to vscode to do some programming for unity, vscode does not recognise any of the unity methods e.g. Physics.Raycast()

can i have some help?

[silver timber]

haha the named arguments?

[rocky canyon]

the big ( : : : ) section of smoothdamp

yea i guess thats it

[rocky canyon]

i literally have no idea whats going on 😄

[rocky canyon]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

If your IDE is not autocompleting code
or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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[rocky canyon]

configure it and it will

[short hazel]

The args are in order so named arguments are technically not needed, but it's useful if you have a method that takes a lot of them, or want to explicitly show what each parameter does

[hollow forum]

yea ive done that

all that

but it just doesnt work

[rocky canyon]

then you made a mistake along the way

(assumption)

[rocky canyon]

wait, is that the same thing as SmoothDamp(x,y,z,t);

[meager steeple]

↑↑

[rocky canyon]

just x: bla y: bla

very interesting.. it makes it very verbose.. thats a fact

[silver timber]

It's SmoothDampAngle which is meant for animating angles. Just this method signature https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.SmoothDampAngle.html#:~:text=public static float SmoothDampAngle(float current%2C float target%2C ref float currentVelocity%2C float smoothTime%2C float maxSpeed %3D Mathf.Infinity%2C float deltaTime %3D Time.deltaTime)%3B

[rocky canyon]

ahhh, ive never seen that before..

[short hazel]

Yes you do that if you want to pass the arguments in another order (but why would you do that), or if there are optional arguments you want to skip, eg. raycast mask without distance: Raycast(origin, direction, layerMask: mask)

[rocky canyon]

pretty cool

[rocky canyon]

i didn't ignore ya, i just don't see the issue

[silver timber]

haha yea i think it's a lot easier to read. it's explicitly showing how my variables map to the method arguments. I don't do it this way all the time, but it's helpful for methods with lots of args, or methods where it's not immediately clear what youre passing without reading the source of the method

[meager steeple]

so it should be working?

[short hazel]

Most code editors (Visual Studio and Rider included) will have an option to show argument names inline

Disabled by default, I have them enabled for var and lambda argument types

[rocky canyon]

i rely on tooltips

but cool to know that exists

[silver timber]

Yea I have it disabled as well since I don't always want to see arg names

[rocky canyon]

ya, can make ur code pretty chunky

[rocky canyon]

imo it should.. can you debug it.. or visually inspect it..

i've never used playerprefs tho, im a JSON fan boi.. but idk

[meager steeple]

honestly as long as it looks right thats fine for me

its for a school project so i dont necessarily need it to be working since they dont see it

[rocky canyon]

lol.. what?! as long as its working should be ur go-to

[rocky canyon]

classic

makes up cited sources for research paper

what does yellow signify? i cant find anything on google

[shadow rain]

hello, how would I make a gameobject disapear without destroying it?

[wintry quarry]

deactivate it

[meager steeple]

GameObject.SetActive(false)

[shadow rain]

okedoke ty ty

[wintry quarry]

or disable its renderer

[rocky canyon]

MeshRenderer.enabled = false

[short hazel]

You are infected. Please respect a quarantine period, or the end of symptoms, whichever comes first.
Idk, seems like a theme thing? Is it taking your Windows accent color now? I haven't started the 2022 version in a while

[rocky canyon]

its usually blue..

[shadow rain]

tyty

[rocky canyon]

nah, my theme is brown

no clue.. i'll figure it out..

or i wont.. regardless lol

tf i figured it out...

i never changed it tho.. oh well

[short hazel]

Ahh neat that explains it

[rocky canyon]

yea.. i feel dumb

[short hazel]

I don't have the option so looks like it's from a recent update. By default mine are only outlined blue

[rocky canyon]

ohh okay.. makes sense

the nerve..

thinking i'd want yellow

[hollow forum]

I just tried to instantiate a new Vector3 but apparently it is an ambiguous reference between unity vector3 and System numerics Vector 3. Any help?

[short hazel]

Remove the using System.Numerics; at the top, it also provides a Vector3 so your compiler cannot guess which one you want, Unity's or Numeric's?

[wintry quarry]

Why do you have using System.Numerics;?

if you don't have a good reason for it, remove it

[hollow forum]

why is it even there

[river roost]

probably an auto add

[hollow forum]

what do i need for unity

just unity engine?

[river roost]

yes

[wintry quarry]

you weren't paying close attention and added it from an auto suggestion

[hollow forum]

oh ok

[wintry quarry]

you can use whatever you want but you most likely want UnityEngine.Vector3

[hollow forum]

ill make sure to check

[short hazel]

Yep Quick Actions, or if using VS22 it's added automatically if you select the wrong element of the completion list

[rocky canyon]

to start out yes, as u add things u might need more..
like UnityEngine.UI, or System.Collections, etc

[river roost]

hopefully System.Collections.Generic

ArrayList is scary

[hollow forum]

yea im a beginner so im not really sure

[shadow rain]

Ive used this channel so much today lol but! my particles are spawning when the game starts and not when the enemy dies could someone help perchance?

[wintry quarry]

How did you set things up to try to make them spawn the an enemy dies?

It's going to be as easy or hard to run as you make it.

[shadow rain]

like this

if thats what u mean

[wintry quarry]

ok and where do you call OnHit from?

[wintry quarry]

Ok so is this running when the game starts? Use Debug.Log to find out

if it's not, then the particles are coming from elsewhere at the start of the game

probably you left an object with the particle system on it in the scene with Play on Awake

[shadow rain]

is that it?:/

[wintry quarry]

that just grabs a reference to the Particle System

[shadow rain]

ok ok

[wintry quarry]

and saves it in a variable

[shadow rain]

sry but where should i put debug.log?

[wintry quarry]

OnTriggerEnter and/or OnHit

[tender stag]

thats weird

[wintry quarry]

You need to actually write a message to log

[tender stag]

why the hell is it slower for me

[wintry quarry]

Do you have an actual question?

[tender stag]

slower and faster

depending on framerate

[shadow rain]

like what sry (Im thick)

[wintry quarry]

just something you will notice

like "OnTriggerEnter was called" @shadow rain

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[wintry quarry]

as for people to work for free, that's called slavery

and it's outlawed in most places

[wintry quarry]

yes you don't need to show a screenshot every time you write some code

now run your game and see if that is running or not

[shadow rain]

im just gonna change smth

how would i reference the skinned messh renerer?

!code Slime.SkinnedMeshRenderer?

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[wintry quarry]

Same way you reference ANY component in Unity

[shadow rain]

WAIT

I know 😄

[wintry quarry]

make a serialized field and drag and drop it in, or use GetComponent or whatever

[shadow rain]

ok so

it does work at the end

so i was right

kinda

BUT i disabled the whole slime instead of the renderer causing the particle system to be disabled too!

the only problem still is that that particles still play at the beginning

AND BOOM FIXED!

play on awake ❌

this is great!

[tawdry rock]

Hi. how can i put a decal where a gameobject touches another gameobject surface?

[ivory bobcat]

This is the coding channel, maybe try asking in #💻┃unity-talk

[wise oyster]

Why are UI elements not showing up if I enable them in a certain scene? They appear and disappear in another but not in this scene :(

[ivory bobcat]

Not related to code but I'd suggest pausing and viewing the object from the Editor scene view - assuming that's the game view window.

[wintry quarry]

Maybe they're not in the right place

[ivory bobcat]

It may be doing what it's supposed to be but simply.. what he said

[wise oyster]

THANK YOU LOOOL

cheers guys

[swift crag]

"Screen Space - Overlay" canvases are placed in the scene so that world space and the canvas's local space are equivalent

you get a very large canvas as a result

[silver timber]

Idk sorry. Your code has a lot more going on than the simple test I did so it has to be something to do with how you're using the function. I would start as simple as possible, make sure it works, and then add complexity incrementally

[tender stag]

maybe the smoothdamp itself isnt fps dependent

its the coroutine

[rocky canyon]

idk man.. 1 running full speed, and the other only being 15 fps.. .03 is pretty minor

[tender stag]

the coroutine stops the smoothdamp

after a like second

so the 0.3 would make a masive difference

it looks like the coroutine is fps dependent

[rocky canyon]

the only difference between mine and urs.. is i calculate the smooth damp (outside the transform.position)

transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, ladder.bottomStartPosition.position, ref ladderPositionVelocity, ladderStartPositionDuration); heres urs

       float smoothX = Mathf.SmoothDamp(transform.position.x,targetX,ref velocity.x,smoothTime);
        // make it move
        transform.position = new Vector3(smoothX,transform.position.y,transform.position.z);```

heres mine

[tender stag]

someone said that this doesnt make a difference

[rocky canyon]

thats the only difference I visibly see tho