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[queen adder]

not gameobject actually, a text

[rich adder]

wdym by this

why is Text not a prefab

components need to live on a gameobject

[queen adder]

the text that pops, instead of moving this again and again i want this to be cloned every time a player clicks the piece

[rich adder]

yeah just make a prefab out of it and Instantiate it

[queen adder]

instantiate where in a script?

[rich adder]

instead of doing this
TextPop textPop = FindObjectOfType<TextPop>();
MoneyManager moneyManager = FindObjectOfType<MoneyManager>();

TextPop textPop = Instantiate(etc.

[queen adder]

yes, but now wait

because

the piece where this script you mentioned is

is a prefab and is instantiated from another script PieceSpawner

[rich adder]

thats not the TextObject ?

[queen adder]

and it will be impossible to just say public text textpop cause i cant asign the text to it since its a prefab

[rich adder]

you would need to make a custom utility app yourself

[queen adder]

idk how to describe it

[modest plover]

ok

[rich adder]

assign the whole prefab to the field

if the textobject is already a prefab it should have no problem being added into another prefab

[queen adder]

oh okay didnt know that let me try

[rich adder]

only thing wont work is Prefab -> SceneObject

[swift crag]

the rule is that assets can't reference scene objects

(and scene objects can't reference objects in other scenes)

[rich adder]

cause they're actual assets and they live in the Project folder (unlike gameobjects in the scene which are data inside a YAML of Scene asset file)

[swift crag]

well, the prefabs are also just a blob of YAML :p

sometimes I open asset files to manually edit them

[rich adder]

true true never opened prefabs, had a feeling they would be

[rich adder]

probably not worth the effort lol

Unity used to have this thing already built in but removed it

[queen adder]

it highlights red now

the pop function

[rich adder]

because ur spawning it as Text not as whatever the script that contains Pop method is

computer has no idea what Pop inside Text is

[queen adder]

ohh right

like this

[swift crag]

You should just reference it as a TextPop directly.

[rich adder]

lol thats backwards

[swift crag]

give TextPop a field that references its Text component

then you can easily do...

var instance = Instantiate(prefab);
instance.text.text = "whatever";
instance.Pop(screenPosition);

[queen adder]

what is a var?

[swift crag]

var is a keyword that lets you omit a type name when creating a variable.

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/statements/declarations#implicitly-typed-local-variables

[swift crag]

TextPop instance = Instantiate(prefab);

This will have the same outcome.

(and make it more obvious what instance is here, since prefab isn't a great name)

[queen adder]

so wait first i did
public Text popText;
then
var clonedPopText = Instantiate(popText);

clonedPopText.GetComponent<TextPop>().Pop(screenPosition);```

[rich adder]

why you doing it this way lol

[queen adder]

idk, how to do this then

[rich adder]

store the Text inside TextPop

then

[SerializeField] private TextPop textPopPrefab ;

var textPopInstance = Instantiate(textPopPrefab, etc..

textPopInstance .textField.text = "something"
textPopInstance.Pop(etc..```

ofc make sure you have a field inside TextPop for public Text textField and assigned

[queen adder]

and what is textField?

i dont wanna change the text just yet

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

then why did you initially reference it as Text lol

[queen adder]

i think i dont understand something

oh okay i see it

[swift crag]

look at what I wrote and compare it to what you wrote.

[rich adder]

why is Instantiate the method inside TextPop ?

we both sent you examples of same thing , none had .Instantiate lol

[queen adder]

you said to do the instantiate inside textpop

[rich adder]

where?

[queen adder]

idk i understood it like that 😭

[swift crag]

store the Text inside TextPop

[queen adder]

whats wrong with this then?

[rich adder]

doing a useless GetComponent<TextPop>()

when you can just store it as TextPop

[queen adder]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sure

but then i would have to make two variables? one for textpop script and another for text object i want to position

[rich adder]

TextPop is the whole object no? you're positioning the same thing

they're both the same transform gameObject

[queen adder]

but doing var clonedTextPop = Instantiate(popText); is just like instantiating a script

[swift crag]

Instantiating a component instantiates the entire game object it's attached to.

[rich adder]

you're cloning the prefab

[queen adder]

oh well then

[rich adder]

which is a template to a gameobject

[swift crag]

Components can never exist by themselves

that's why new TextPop() doesn't work

[queen adder]

whats this now?

[rich adder]

thats unity editor taking a poo

[queen adder]

oh okay haha

[rich adder]

the view/layout got lost somewhere

[queen adder]

another one

{
    rectTransform.position = screenPos;
}```

[rich adder]

well is rectTransform assigned

[queen adder]

i think so

[rich adder]

is this inside TextPop?

[swift crag]

Start runs the frame after instantiation.

[queen adder]

yes

[swift crag]

It's too late.

[rich adder]

why do you have another field called textPop inside TextPop

[swift crag]

and yes, why do you have it referencing another TextPop..?

[queen adder]

oh i just forgot to remove this from my previous mistakes

[swift crag]

stop and read what's been suggested again

[rich adder]

keep the serialize field on RectTransform, and assign it already on the prefab

[swift crag]

you don't even need that

transform.position is all you need

[rich adder]

true you're not even using anchored pos

[swift crag]

there's nothing special about setting .position on a RectTransform vs. on the same thing referenced as a Transform

[queen adder]

the poptext is now cloning but not really showing in game

[rich adder]

yeah cause you need to reference the Canvas and spawn them inside of it as child

text wont show outside a canvas

[queen adder]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh well

[rich adder]

just pass it as second argument in Instantiate

var clonedTextPop = Instantiate(popText, canvasReference);

ohh you have an issue though where you need to Get this canvas now like the money script, because you put instantiate inside the falling object which is prefab (cannot assign field in inspector for Canvas)

[queen adder]

oh yeah

let me go take a shower ill be right back

[south sky]

Yo @rich adder sorry bro u gotta teach a lil bit more bc I still didnt get what you meant by your previous answer to me. I just want to know how to get the coordinate position of a gameobject thats inside a prefab. For example. The gameobject room1 B is placed in a position on the prefab and when the prefab is instantiated I want to be able to get that coordinate position and use it within another script. Still learning so sorry for wasting ur time

[rich adder]

make public Transform fields for each Room on a script inside room prefab object

then access them when you spawn as that

[south sky]

You are an angel in disguise

Preciate it man

[rich adder]

demon disguised as angel 😈

[covert sinew]

Is there a good method for making something move towards a target vector, but with slippery momentum? (I.E, it overshoots slightly, and slides around with momentum)

I've got LeanTween, but that doesn't allow for continuous movement, only looping animations with set lengths.

[queen adder]

nvm im back

[queen adder]

yes

[rancid tinsel]

when I load to a different scene and back to the one where the DDOL singleton is in, I end up with 2 of the same singleton - any idea what I might be doing wrong?

[covert sinew]

I want my UI elements to move towards my mouse, but in a slippery way.

Or other locations

[south sky]

Loll you help the rich and steal from the poor

[queen adder]

so whats the solution to it?

[rich adder]

couple of different ways, each with its own pro and con
easiest (more expensive way)
is how you are doing it now with the Money script

[swift crag]

You want something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPoeNZZ6H4s

It looks like someone went ahead and implemented the ideas (and extended them to Quaternions!) here https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/w001nq/i_feature_creeped_the_heck_out_of_t3ssel8rs/

[rich adder]

then you did not make it a singleton 😛

[swift crag]

Second order dynamics let you "follow" a target value in a way that has momentum.

[rancid tinsel]

is this not it?

[swift crag]

Destroy(this) won't destroy the game object

That may be what you're seeing.

[rancid tinsel]

ohhh

[swift crag]

a destroyed SceneManagerScript, but duplicate game objects

that sentence is a mess

you have destroyed the SceneManagerScript, but you still have a duplicate game object

there we go

[rancid tinsel]

so instead of "this" do gameObject?

[rich adder]

sure

[swift crag]

yes, that will destroy the entire object

[queen adder]

is there anyone that did spriterenderer rule tile before?

basically a ruletile but for gameobjects

[covert sinew]

Christ, that's disheartening. This is way too advanced. I can't even understand what he's saying.

[queen adder]

and how exactly to do that with canvas? i only know how to find a script like that

[swift crag]

hey, I mostly copied the code when I implemented it :p

[rich adder]

well the method name gives away how you use it FindObjectOfType
<Canvas> is an objecttype

[swift crag]

https://gdl.space/uhimomanet.cpp

Here's my own implementation.

Add a SecondOrderDynamicsFloat or SecondOrderDynamicsVector3 field to a class. Call Setup() on it once, then call Update() on it every frame. Pass it Time.deltaTime for the t argument and the target value for the x argument.

The three parameters -- f, z, and r -- are described in the video.

I should set up a little visualizer like he has in the video.

[queen adder]

and what if there are few canvas?

[dawn kestrel]

sorry for the out of nowhere reply. Turns out you just need to multiply the quartenion by the vector3 (in that order) and the output will be what I was looking for.

[covert sinew]

I'm not even seeing where the code is. He's just purely explaining the college-level math itself.

[rich adder]

Good question, you need either a tag check or put a script on a particular one and just find that script instead

alternative is to do this properly by spawning these sprites from a scene object so you can plug the references directly

[queen adder]

alr thanks you so much

[swift crag]

Most of the video just discusses the math and how you use it.

[swift crag]

You should watch it to understand the meaning of those three parameters.

[rich adder]

.transform

think i forgot that in my example, that myb lol

[covert sinew]

I am watching it, I just don't comprehend it in the slightest.

[swift crag]

i can't do a lot for you if you just say "I understand none of this"

[queen adder]

seems like it works 🙂

[swift crag]

i linked you to someone else's implementation, as well as my own, so perhaps you can try using those.

[swift crag]

note that if you're fine with not having overshooting, Mathf.SmoothDamp / Vector3.SmoothDamp will give you movement with some momentum

[covert sinew]

Yeah, I've used those in the past.

[rich adder]

are they spawning ontop or they just staying scattered?

[covert sinew]

I've used those, but I'm aiming ideally for UI elements that are sort of "bouncy" and "slippery", which aren't provided by those.

[rich adder]

btw Destroy has a float variable for time till destroy

[queen adder]

i just didnt set up animation and destroy function

[swift crag]

That's exactly what I used my SecondOrderDynamicsFloat class for 😉

[covert sinew]

then it looks like I'm using yours, 🤡 My tiny, weak brain thanks you.

[swift crag]

it's used to make the Q and E buttons bounce in this video

[queen adder]

why is that animator controller empty and i cannot add an animation to it?

[ionic zephyr]

is tehre a problem if I call a Method in Update?

[rich adder]

depends which one

[rich adder]

ur dragging the clips into it ?

[ionic zephyr]

basically I am registering the direction vector from an InputManager and passing it onto the character movement script every frame

[rich adder]

should be fine

[swift crag]

I sure hope not

[queen adder]

yeah when i drag an anim it doesnt appear

[swift crag]

Do whatever you want in Update.

[rich adder]

I was thinking you had like GetComponent or FindObject which is kinda heavy to do every frame

[swift crag]

even those are very very fast

those are bad because they give you brittle code

they're still slower than the better alternatives, of course

[rich adder]

hmm maybe i was thinking GameObject.Find

[queen adder]

im gonna reopen unity

[swift crag]

it's still fast! just...less fast

you can do it many times per frame and your game won't blow up

[rich adder]

oh yeah for sure wont blow up just bad habit no?

[swift crag]

it's bad because it makes your game fall over and explode when you fix a typo in something's name

[rich adder]

oh always thought it used reflection / scanned all scene objects thats slow

[queen adder]

worked!

[wicked stratus]

If I were to write,

//then 
jsonUtility.fromJson<BotObjectSerializable>(aBotObjectSerializableJSON)

would it be able to handle the list<int> s inside the class?

[swift crag]

It is scanning all scene objects, yes

[rich adder]

bugggy!

[swift crag]

But computers are still fast.

I'm just pointing out that calling Find a couple dozen times per frame isn't going to tank your framerate

it's not some massively evil bugbear

[wicked stratus]

I struggle to know what JsonUtility can handle

[rich adder]

it should

[swift crag]

That looks fine.

[wicked stratus]

but it can't handle dictionaries, right?

[swift crag]

Rule of thumb: If it serializes in the inspector, it should serialize in JsonUtility (with some exceptions, I guess)

you can't serialize a single float, for example

[swift crag]

Correct.

[wicked stratus]

oh that's a very helpful way to put it, thank you

[rich adder]

use Json.net 😛

[wicked stratus]

wait, so JsonUtility.ToJson(0.0f) wouldn't work?

[swift crag]

I believe not.

(even though that's valid JSON)

most people think of JSON as being at least an object or an array

but it can absolutely just be a number or a string

[wicked stratus]

that's very helpful to know

[wicked stratus]

I feel like one time I tried but when i imported it it had errrors 😭

[rich adder]

did you get the one from package manager? never had any issues

[wicked stratus]

probably not, I think I tried via the github

it was awhile ago

[rich adder]

Def give it a try again from package manager at some point, its a solid plugin

[swift crag]

that's how I've installed it

and it's very useful

[rich adder]

the only thing it doesn't like is Vector3 but there is a workaround

[wicked stratus]

I'm already kind of used to JSON Utility- what are the differences?

[swift crag]

You can use it roughly the same way

JsonConvert.SerializeObject(whatever)

[rich adder]

without going into the small intricacies, the serializing of dictionaries alone is worth it for me

[swift crag]

It's extremely extensible. I use a custom converter to serialize objects by a GUID, and to then look them up by GUID when deserializing

[wicked stratus]

that would make things way nicer. does it work with custom classes

[swift crag]

Note that dictionaries are still a bit limited out of the box.

[rich adder]

works with classes / struct you name it

[swift crag]

The keys need to be strings.

(since that's how JSON works)

[rich adder]

wdym

could've sowrne used dictionaries with json.net without having string as key

[swift crag]

JSON object names are strings.

[timber tide]

I think I was having problems with serializing dictionaries, but im so used to just breaking everything down into lists and reconstructing the dictionaries anyway (at startup)

[swift crag]

They can't be an arbitrary JSON value (like the value is)

[rich adder]

Oh like it stores as string you mean

[swift crag]

Yes.

[rich adder]

yea

got confused for a seclol

[swift crag]

I guess it can handle turning that string back into a few other types, like integers

I forget

[rich adder]

so Deserialize doing all the magic

[timber tide]

ive been just sticking to utility lately just because it's like the right amount of serialization I need

and more that it lines up with what I can serialize in the editor anyway

[swift crag]

i briefly played with writing a custom converter for dictionaries

    public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
    {
        JObject obj = JObject.Load(reader);
        IDictionary<K, V> dict = (IDictionary<K, V>) existingValue ?? new Dictionary<K, V>();

        foreach (var prop in obj.Properties())
        {
            IdentifiableRegistry.TryGet(typeof(K), new Guid(prop.Name), out var result);
            dict[result as K] = (V) prop.Value.ToObject(typeof(V));
        }

        return dict;
    }

i don't enjoy reading this code

I just wound up serializing lots of pairs of keys and values anyway

[eternal needle]

🤔 should work out of the box with Newtonsoft.

[swift crag]

(that's my own Guid class, not System.Guid)

[swift crag]

with complex types for keys

not just a string

notably, in this case, I was serializing a dictionary whose keys were scriptable objects

[rich adder]

json.net has a hard time anything unity tbh

vector3 gives it a self-intersecting loop issue

[swift crag]

so I had to turn the string value from the JSON into a guid, and then use that guid to look up the correct object to populate the resulting dicionary with

[eternal needle]

There was some Newtonsoft repo that handles a lot of unity types.

https://github.com/applejag/Newtonsoft.Json-for-Unity I think it was this but not on pc atm

[rich adder]

i remember i had to pass some options but fixed it so i moved on it was non-issue for me

I use custom struct for V3 though because the one on Unity cloud has json.net without that option so you get same error during serialization

[queen adder]

after i reopened unity this magically stoped working

{
    MoneyManager moneyManager = FindObjectOfType<MoneyManager>();

    if (moneyManager != null)
    {
        moneyManager.AddMoney(5);
    }

    Canvas textPopCanvas = FindObjectOfType<Canvas>();
    if(textPopCanvas.tag == "TextPopCanvas")
    {

        Vector2 screenPosition = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position);

        var clonedTextPop = Instantiate(popText, textPopCanvas.transform);

        clonedTextPop.Pop(screenPosition);

        Destroy(gameObject);
    }  
}

its giving me money but not destroying the object or popping the text

[swift crag]

If you have more than one Canvas in your scene, the exact object found by FindObjectOfType will depend on the order the canvases were created it

which can vary after a restart

consider just finding an object by tag and then getting a Canvas from it

[rich adder]

could also make a script TextCanvas placed on that canvas, and find that

[queen adder]

yeah ima do this

[wicked stratus]

can JsonUtility handle list<list<int>>

[swift crag]

No, because Unity can't serialize a list of lists

You have to create a bit of indirection

List<MyStruct> where MyStruct contains a List<int>

This is a situation where Json.NET is strictly better

[wicked stratus]

json.net ccan handle list<list<int>>?

[queen adder]

damnnn it works

and it looks AMAZING

[swift crag]

Correct.

[wicked stratus]

I can't find it in package manager

[rich adder]

you have to add it by name
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json@latest
com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json

[ionic zephyr]

How can I adjust the gravity of my game, because I have this problem: ¿why in one project objects fall slow and in other fall faster?

Both have the same rigidbody stats

[swift crag]

that's probably down to the scale of your game

if everything is large and the camera is zoomed out, things will appear to fall slowly

[wicked stratus]

ah, ok, thank you!

[ionic zephyr]

I think it isnt that because in both projects cvamera have the same settings

[ionic zephyr]

In both cases camera isnt changed

it is the default camera

so why does in one project fall fast and in other slow?

[queen adder]

why its red? first time using switch

[frigid root]

Does it give you any hints when you hover over the red squiggle with your mouse?

[queen adder]

oh just break;

[frigid root]

I'm not sure if Visual Studio highlights it as an error, but you might need to put break

Yep : )

[cosmic dagger]

hovering over the error should tell you, and it should appear in the IDE console . . .

[queen adder]

huh what?

[ionic zephyr]

why with Unity new inputsystem my object falls slow with rigidbody?

[cosmic dagger]

where'd you get that code from?

[queen adder]

wrote it

[frigid root]

Unity won't know what you mean by "LeftShift".press() because "LeftShift" is just a string. You could try Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) instead to check whether or not the left shift key is being pressed.

[cosmic dagger]

did you check to make sure that exists before using it?

[queen adder]

ah, i used a string extension

public void Pop(Vector2 screenPos, int value)
{
    transform.position = screenPos;
    if (value > 0)
    {
        textComponent.text = "$" + value.ToString();

    } else
    {
        value = -value;
        textComponent.text = "-$"+ value.ToString();
    }
    
}```
it gives me NullReferenceException, did i do something wrong when trying to get text component?

[cosmic dagger]

you should look up how to check for input to get information for how to access keys . . .

[cosmic dagger]

you should show the error message and/or tell us where (what line) the null ref error is at . . .

[queen adder]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
TextPop.Pop (UnityEngine.Vector2 screenPos, System.Int32 value) (at Assets/Scripts/TextPop.cs:16)
PieceManager.OnMouseDown () (at Assets/Scripts/PieceManager.cs:55)
UnityEngine.SendMouseEvents:DoSendMouseEvents(Int32)

[cosmic dagger]

which is line 16?

[queen adder]

textComponent.text = "$" + value.ToString();

[cosmic dagger]

okay, good. do you know what a reference variable is?

[queen adder]

no

[ionic zephyr]

why when i put a custom Vector2 in rigidbody2D my object falls slow?

[rancid tinsel]

how do you change the volume of an audio source? ive tried audioSource.volume but that doesn't seem to do anything

[polar acorn]

Does that custom vector3 include setting the vertical velocity to 0

[cosmic dagger]

i would start with that. it's very important to know what a reference type and a value type are . . .

[ionic zephyr]

yes but it still falls

[queen adder]

alr but how to fix it

[cosmic dagger]

show the code. that should work. make sure it's the correct audio source . . .

[wicked stratus]

ah, nvm

[polar acorn]

Well yeah because you're setting it to 0 and then getting one frame of gravity before you zero it out again

[cosmic dagger]

first, you find the reference variable, then you check if it has been assigned . . .

[ionic zephyr]

what could be a solution

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource-volume.html

[timid quartz]

Say I have a script (UIController) and a different script that inherits from it (MainMenu : UIController) and I have a serialized field within UIController that I do NOT want to appear in the inspector for Main Menu. Is there a way to make that happen?

[polar acorn]

Don't set the vertical velocity to 0

Keep it what it is

[rancid tinsel]

i made sure, it worked with AudioListener.volume but audioSource.volume doesn't change it at all https://gdl.space/ibeyekasoc.cs

[cosmic dagger]

@queen adder there are only two variables on that line. can you at least tell what the two variables are?

[rancid tinsel]

ive looked at that and didnt work for me

[ionic zephyr]

It is a vector I get from an InputManager of Unity new Input

[frigid sequoia]

Guys I have this thingy where it is a model with a shape key where the sides are pushed away between then, mantaining their shape. This is so I can make several of these with variable sizes with ease when importing them. I want then to be a single entity cause I want them to behave entirely like one (like be isntantiated togheter, share health and stuff). But I am actually wondering for a while... How can I make so the colliders fit any possible distance this shape may have? Cause I need the middle one to be a different type of collider than the other two.... Could I calculate something about that with code or should I try something different entirely?

[polar acorn]

Then you're changing the volume of the wrong audio source

[ionic zephyr]

is there any way to change it?

[rancid tinsel]

im not, musicSource is the correct one i double checked

[queen adder]

okay i fixed it with GetComponent<Text>().text = "-$"+ value.ToString();

where in unity docs did they tell that KeyCode.LeftShift is "left shift"

[polar acorn]

Velocity does not come from input, it comes from the rigidbody. Don't change the y value of the velocity

[polar acorn]

Show code

[rancid tinsel]

https://gdl.space/ibeyekasoc.cs

[cosmic dagger]

your textComponent variable is not assigned. use GetComponent to assign the Text component to it. you don't want to use GetComponent<Text>().text every time you call the method . . .

[ionic zephyr]

I cant access the x component of the rigidbody velocity

[polar acorn]

Try logging the volume before you play it

[cosmic dagger]

can you log the value of volume before and after it's changed?

[queen adder]

i have assigned it to text in the inspector

[polar acorn]

Rigidbody doesnt have an x value. Velocity does

[ionic zephyr]

but I cant modify it

[cosmic dagger]

then check for a duplicate script . . .

[rancid tinsel]

i just realised what it is

i changed the method name which means its missing from the volume slider

[polar acorn]

You cannot get and set an individual component of a vector in the same line. You need to set the velocity to a new vector

[wicked stratus]

would json.net be able to handle this?

or do i need to unpack

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, Thanks!

[swift crag]

I dunno about using Vector2 as a key.

but you can always try it and see (:

[covert sinew]

Is there any way I could convince you to help me out a bit with your script? I'm trying to figure out which order the functions in it want to be run for it to function on an object, since it's not a monobehavior and i have to implement whatever it's doing in my own script..

[swift crag]

#💻┃code-beginner message

you set it up once, then update it constantly

the Position property gives you the current value

If you know your velocity, you can also pass it as a third argument to Update. If you don't, it'll just calculate a velocity based on how much x has changed since the last update

[covert sinew]

ahh, thank you. Sorry about missing that. Thank you very much for the help. I might be able to muddle my way through to understanding this, but not without an actual example to experiment on and observe.

[swift crag]

The video describes how those three parameters work

Roughly speaking, f is the frequency of oscillation, z is the damping, and r is how much it “winds up” before moving to the target

[slate mason]

Hello, I'm trying to make an online multiplayer platformer game, just doing the basics as of now. I have a player, and a moving platform. I want the player to move with the platform while standing on it. I tried making the platform the player's parent, but the player doesn't move with the platform still. (the player stays in the same place but it's local coordinates change, indicating that it's moving relative to it's parent.) How should I be doing this?

[nocturne parcel]

Show script. We can't just guess what's wrong.

[minor patio]

so I've got a method on a button that is returning an object twice for some unknown reason - debugger (I dunno if I'm watching the right things even) just confirms that once the method has run it returns to the start of the method (or at least the break-point I created). Debug log returns everything as in proper working order except for the returning object, which gets two rank increases instead of one. Code not shown because I can't figure out the Pastebin quicklink...

how does one find the Pastebin/Hastebin quicklinks?

[viral hemlock]

does any one know why my random range is only returning 1?

 private float Spread()
 {
     int random = Random.Range(1, 2);
     if (random == 1 && _playerMovementScript._isWalking == true) /*return +_bulletSpreadWalk*/ Debug.Log("1w");
     if (random == 2 && _playerMovementScript._isWalking == true) /*return -_bulletSpreadWalk;*/ Debug.Log("2w");
     if (random == 1 && _playerMovementScript._isSprinting == true) /*return +_bulletSpreadSprint*/ Debug.Log("1S");
     if (random == 2 && _playerMovementScript._isSprinting == true) /*return -_bulletSpreadSprint*/ Debug.Log("2S");

     return 0;
 }```

[thorn holly]

!code

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[minor patio]

I just found it thanks

[nocturne parcel]

Range is exclusive

You are essentially saying "give me a number between 1 and 1"

wait, no

It should still give a float?

[viral hemlock]

i have a min of 1 and a max of 2 ?

[minor patio]

https://hastebin.com/share/lidiyuquge.kotlin
the culprit in question has something to do with line 11

[nocturne parcel]

Yeah, I got confused with the c# one

[cosmic dagger]

for ints, the max range is exclusive, meaning, it is not used. so your range is from 1 to 1 . . .

[nocturne parcel]

Oh then I was right

[frigid root]

Try rounding the value before it gets converted to an integer. Edit: You can use a max of 3 and avoid the rounding.

[viral hemlock]

so should my min be 0?

[nocturne parcel]

The max should be 3

[cosmic dagger]

i dunno, what values do you want to choose from? just add 1 to your max if you want to choose between 1 and 2 . . .

[nocturne parcel]

Either way, if you want a 50/50 chance, I'd go with floats and (0f, 1f) honestly

[viral hemlock]

thank you everyone

the problem was with the max value

[slate mason]

The movement script for the player, and the triggers for the moving platform, and how to platform moves:

[nocturne parcel]

And what is the problem again?

[thorn holly]

!code

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[slate mason]

The platform becomes the parent of the player correctly, but when the platform moves, the player doesn't move with it

[nocturne parcel]

You're setting the player to be the parent of the platform, no?

[slate mason]

No I'm setting the platform to be the parent, so that the player becomes the child and moves with the platform

[nocturne parcel]

Ah, I see.

Could you try using SetParent?

If I'm not mistaken, SetParent (with false as second parameter) would force the child to move next to the parent

[thorn holly]

Are you sure the OnTriggerEnter is being called? Do you have isTrigger enabled?

[slate mason]

I tried just now, but when the player landed on the platform it teleported far away

[covert sinew]

@swift crag I've finally gotten it working, and the sheer relief and excitement I feel is palpable. Thank you so much for your help and code. It looks so great!

I really can't thank you enough

[slate mason]

Yes the player becomes the child of the platform when it's standing on it

[nocturne parcel]

What happens if you set the parameter to true?

[thorn holly]

And you have isTrigger enabled on the platforms collider?

[summer stump]

It is running the code inside, so that is not the issue apparently

[nocturne parcel]

And this is weird. SetParent(object, false) should put the object next to the parent

[slate mason]

I just tried SetParent with the parameter set to true, and it's back to how it was. But I'm noticing there is like a very subtle movement but it's a bit jittery, but it's moving only a few pixels

[summer stump]

This is a dynamic rigidbody, right?

[slate mason]

Yes I have 2 colliders on it actually (idk if it's good or bad) one for the player to stay on, one for the trigger

[slate mason]

the platform?

[summer stump]

It's perfectly fine to have two

[summer stump]

No, the player

[slate mason]

Yes the player has a rigidbody that is not kinematic (if that is what you are asking)

[summer stump]

If so, its position is not gonna move with the platform properly

Yeah, that is what I'm asking. Non-kinematic means dynamic

[slate mason]

so when the player is on the platform I should change it's rigidbody to kinematic?

[summer stump]

You could try that. Or you could just actively use the platforms movement in the velocity calculation

[slate mason]

So making the player's rigidbody kinematic when it's on the platform works! but now I can't move the player 😄 maybe I should change the player controls and not use velocity overall?

[minor patio]

ugh, this is doing my head in
I'm claiming a mental health day...

[thorn holly]

Thanks for clearing that up, that just confused be for a sec

[scarlet skiff]

i have a prefab that has a script component but sometimes i wanna spawn in a version of this prefab wothout that specific component is there a way to do that?

currently i tried this and it doesnt seem to work

[minor patio]

have you tried a RemoveComponent yet?

is there even a thing?

[swift crag]

Destroying the component should work fine. What goes wrong?

[scarlet skiff]

hmm i was afraid that the problem was going to be something else, but i expected that.

well you see, what decides if a projectile can be parried or not, is this script: https://gdl.space/jenivasexi.cpp

And once it decides that, it gets painted red, thats how the player knows they can parry.
Problem with the bomb projectile, is that it can split into 2 smaller bombs, but for some reason, whether they are parryable or not (red or not) is ALWAYS dependant if the bomb they "split" from is parryable or not. but i dont want smaller bombs to be parryable, ever.

I assume this code of the parryable script should not be like this, maybe this changed something that shouldnt be changed

[swift crag]

Destruction isn't instant.

It happens at the end of the frame, iirc

or maybe on the next frame?

It sounds like that Start method is executing before the component dies.

Verify that with a log

log both in Start and in OnDestroy (add that method)

[scarlet skiff]

ye i thoguht abt that, but then why does it always depend on the "main" bomb? its a random nuimber generator that decodes if its gonna be parryable or not

but never seen a smaller bomb be parryable when the main one wise, vice verca

[swift crag]

i'd need to see the entire bomb script

[scarlet skiff]

https://gdl.space/titakijoze.cs

[swift crag]

one thing -- make bombPrefab a Bomb, not a GameObject; that'll simplify your code

it'll avoid the GetComponent calls

[swift crag]

I would check if Start is actually running on the small bombs

[summer stump]

Well, you have a few choices.

1. change to when on a platform kinematic and use MovePosition only during that time
2. use kinematic always
3. keep dynamic incorporate the platforms velocity into your movement calculations

There are other things too, but that is what is on my mind now

But yeah, kinematic rigidbodies can't use velocity or addforce

[scarlet skiff]

so debug.log in the bomb script start and in en on destroy method in the parryable script?

[swift crag]

ah, no, both in the Parryable script

[scarlet skiff]

after bomb split

why did the initiation of the original bomb not debug.log("start") ?

weird

[rancid tinsel]

I have an issue where if an enemy leaves the tower's targetingRange before it fires a shot, it changes to the next enemy in the array, often not able to hit that enemy before they leave the targetingRange - causing the tower to be basically stunlocked and not doing anything. What could I change in this code to fix that? https://gdl.space/qotomiqiki.cs

[swift crag]

isn't that the first log entry?

the first bomb's Parryable logs start and destroy

the small bombs both log destroy

[swift crag]

Should the tower be a ble to shoot at an enemy that has left its targeting range?

[rancid tinsel]

No, I guess the best middle ground would be to complete the shot in the direction it is facing but I feel like that would cause a set of issues of its own

[hollow slate]

if you're talking about an enemy moving out of the range making the projectile target the next target in range:

You should tell the individual projectile to target whatever you shot at, don't let the tower give that information.

also, JESUS, use vectors instead of four cases for each direction hahah

[rancid tinsel]

lol probably right I'm just glad it works

[hollow slate]

fair enough.

Can you be more specific with the issue?

From what I understand, it breaks when a character that you shot at walks out of the targeting range after you've shot.

I don't see why this breaks it though...

[rancid tinsel]

I think the issue is with the else {target = null} as its causing it to essentially reset the shot?

so it doesn't complete the shot on the tower that left its range

and then it starts a new shot on the next tower thats in range

[hollow slate]

right, I can see it.

uhh, so currently the tower handles the shooting and the projectile itself right?

[rancid tinsel]

yes, if the projectile loses its target (if target was destroyed) it just keeps moving in the direction it was fired in

the issue seems to be with the towers themselves

[hollow slate]

right, okay. So the tower just shoots the last bullet that then travel in the general direction of where the enemy left the range?
After this the tower just gives up?

[rancid tinsel]

it essentially gives up if enemies leave its range before its finished its shot

[hollow slate]

finished its shot? Meaning finished charging it up, or just when it hits an enemy?

[rancid tinsel]

charging it up

[hollow slate]

ahh, okay

where's the code for the charging up?

[rancid tinsel]

line 137 onwards I believe

so this bit

maybe this?

[hollow slate]

well, FindTarget() should take care of it no?

it's not like the amount of targets are empty right?

[rancid tinsel]

FindTargetAerial and FindTarget check different sorting layers I believe

different towers can target different sorting layers

layermask* i meann

[hollow slate]

ah, makes sense.
In this case it does find more targets though right?

set your inspector to debug mode and you can see what the current target is.

[rancid tinsel]

it should yes, but i feel like this will just do the same thing it was doing earlier

[hollow slate]

yeah. If it doesn't have a target at all, that behaviour would make sense right?

if it does have a target, we know that's not the issue

then it's something about getting stuck in the charging process.

right-click the inspector window

and select Debug

to see private variables

check if the target is null when the tower is wonky

[hushed hare]

Anyone know any good torurials

[polar acorn]

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[potent nymph]

do I share code on hastebin or pastebin, I forgot which one is the bootleg

nvm looks like pastebin has better reviews, so it looks like the right one

[summer stump]

I recommend gdl.space, then hastebin, then hatebin

[shell sorrel]

gdl.space i like how spartan it is

only what you need with good colors out of the box nothing extra

[potent nymph]

ah, thanks

I have this big class, which I'd like to split into smaller classes
https://gdl.space/wunusafuni.cpp

the problem is that is has a constructor, and I'm unsure how to split my code when it has a constructor

(I'd like to move the CreateVertexBufferCS method to a different class for example)

[shell sorrel]

you can chain constructors

[timber tide]

2 constructor

[summer stump]

On a quick look, that is all a single purpose, and is quite short
Where do you want it split? oh, missed the last sentence, nm

[shell sorrel]

but also think i would just use composition

[potent nymph]

haven't heard of composition before, I'll look into that

[shell sorrel]

like you mention a method

do you want all data it touches moved as well?

if not i would just leave it

[potent nymph]

not necessarily moved, but just accessible from the child class

[kindred stratus]

im having a issue with this movement script ```public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
{

public float speed;

void Update()
{

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
    {
    transform.Translate(Vector2.right * speed);
    }

else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
    {
    transform.Translate(Vector2.left * speed);
    }

else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
    {
    transform.Translate(Vector2.down * speed);
    }

else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
    {
    transform.Translate(Vector2.up * speed);
    }
}

}``` im having a issue where if my framerate goes down a decent bit the movement looks really choppy and not smooth at all is there any way to fix it

[timber tide]

why cant the child access it

[timber tide]

dont see a problem here (oh yeah forgot deltatime there if you're moving directly by transform whoops)

[potent nymph]

well I'm getting this error when I try to inherit, and it's due to the parent's constructor

[summer stump]

Multiply by deltaTime in those translate calls

[shell sorrel]

given the current code i would not worry about it since its already so short. but if you wnat just define a new constructor that chains to the old one

public NewMeshData(args) : base(args) {

[potent nymph]

it's gonna get really long, I'm in the middle of refactoring something actually

I just shortened it down for the example

[shell sorrel]

74 lines is not long

but ok

[timber tide]

overriding constructor or making another new one in the child, no?

[potent nymph]

it's like a 1000 lines long

[shell sorrel]

i would never split things due to the size of the code, only for splitting the functinality

[potent nymph]

probably more, since I have to include the fallback for devices that don't support compute shaders

[shell sorrel]

but also you can just define a new constructor on the extending class

it just has to call the previous one via the syntax i showed above

or just put the stuff in its own class, and make that a member of the main class

[queen adder]

 
 
if (Holding)
        {
            TargetDirection = TargetPoint.position - Grabbed.position;

            Grabbed.transform.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(TargetDirection * 2f, ForceMode.Acceleration);



        }

How do I get the grabbed object to get exactly to the target point.

[silk night]

Do you want it to stop at the target point? If so that will be some nasty calculations, depending on what movement it is

Alternatively you can use a tween animation to the target 😄

[hollow slate]

using a vector and inputs here would be a lot easier.

there's plenty of tutorials for movement in 2D, I'd recommend watching one or two!

[queen adder]

i also want it to be physics based

[silk night]

Well you can make it have velocity in the direciton of the target point and slow the velocity based on distance

[shell sorrel]

it can still effect other things if you use MovePosition on the rigidbody

but otherwise i would directly take control over velocity

so i can slow it down as it approaches

[hollow slate]

physics based grabbing is quite difficult to implement, but you're on the right track here. Things like dampening though is quite a pain in the ass to code.

I'd suggest creating a joint between the object you want to grab and the grabbing-point. This way you let Unity handle the physics themselves after some tweaking.

things like rotation can also be handled with a "character joint", but it requires a lot of fiddling to get correct behaviour (speaking from experience with the damn thing)

[teal viper]

The force would need to be calculated based on the remaining distance and current velocity

[scarlet skiff]

Oh im blimd

But where to go from there? If it still somehow colours them

[silk night]

Make the parent abstract, declare an abstract function "OnCustomTrigger(AIStats stats)" or whatever you want to name it and call that
In the child you then define the function

[shell sorrel]

save it to a field, or just make it a function you call in to get it

[covert sinew]

https://pastebin.com/z8M9tVSj

https://pastebin.com/mfHKzK4t

I need help!

At line 291 of the first paste, an Empty Slot is being added to a Grid Layout Group, and then, an inventory icon is spawned, and that empty slot is set as a target for a smooth transition function.

When I use this normally, it works fine, but when I try to insert an empty into the grid layout, and set its Child Index to the correct number, it doesn't work correctly, the icon on the far end seeming to snap far away and then travel to the end slot, while the rest of the slots simply snap into their new position, without transitioning.

Note, that the Icons and Empty slots are not parented to one another, they are seperate objects, and a script is being used to make one travel towards the other.

Does anyone have any clue why my Insert slot function might be behaving wrong?

It's correctly setting the icon to the intended target, but visually, it's snapping in ways I'm uncertain of.

[wicked stratus]

        photographedGridTiles = AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetRepresentationsAtPath("Assets/art/Grids/PhotoGrid.png");

is it possible to turn these objects into sprites? it's loading in the correct objects and the correct amount of objects but I'm not sure how to get those objects (individual sprites) into objects

[rich adder]

yea

[wicked stratus]

how can I do that

[rich adder]

loop then do as Sprite

[wicked stratus]

well i know to loop but how would it go for the object to sprite? i.e. photographedGridTiles[i].turnintosprite

[wintry quarry]

Sprite.Create creates a sprite from a texture

Unless these things are ALREADY sprites

In which case you don't need to turn them into one

[rich adder]

its a spritesheet i think

[wicked stratus]

they are already sprites.

[wintry quarry]

Then there's nothing to turn into anything

[wicked stratus]

let me describe my problem i suppose

[wintry quarry]

Use the generic forms of the functions from AssetDatabase

[wicked stratus]

I have a spritesheet sliced into 300 sprites and want to load these in programmatically.

the Resources.LoadAll is giving me issues

[wintry quarry]

Use this

[rich adder]

do Object[] data = AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath.html

The generic form if it exists

Otherwise just cast them after

[wicked stratus]

typecast like this?
(Sprite)photographedGridTiles[i];

[wintry quarry]

Yes

Or using if (theThing is Sprite s) s.whatever();

That's a bit safer

[wicked stratus]

it did the same thing (I believe made them objects rather than sprites, but also imported the image itself and put 7 there for some reason

[wintry quarry]

Wdym "it did"? Show your code

Loop through and only take the Sprites

The asset file is going to contain the texture as well as the Sprites

[covert sinew]

So, in the function at 291, I am 99% sure that when the new icons are instantiated, changing their Sibling Index does absolutely nothing.

[rich adder]

if(data[i] is  Sprite sprite)
{
    SpriteList.Add(sprite);
}```

[covert sinew]

And I'm not sure how to force them to obey the hierarchy.

[wicked stratus]

photographedGridTiles = AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath("Assets/art/Grids/PhotoGrid.png");
radargridTiles = AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetsAtPath("Assets/art/Grids/PhotoGridRadar.png");
  for (int photoIndex = 0;  photoIndex < 300; photoIndex++)
        {   tempGridObjectClass[photoIndex].radarPicture = (Sprite)radargridTiles[photoIndex];
            tempGridObjectClass[photoIndex].picturedPicture = (Sprite)photographedGridTiles[photoIndex];
        }

I set the sprite image programmatically later.

oh- hold on

ok it works now

thank you both

[covert sinew]

Yeah, I've done some testing, and when I instantiate an object, setting its child index in the same function does not work, the new object will still appear at the end of the hierarchy.

I'm not sure what's going wrong.

[rich adder]

can you make a video showing issue with a small summary of issue? I cannot understand from original

[covert sinew]

Removing Items and Adding Items to the end of a list work correctly, but when I add an item to the middle of the list, it does not set the new icon's sibling index to match that of the index provided in the function.

Instead, the new instantiated icon is ALWAYS at the end of the hierarchy, even after using SetSiblingIndex on it.

even in the editor menu, I can see the new icons are being added to the end of the hierarchy, no matter what.

[rich adder]

your inventory display could probably simpler than this

[covert sinew]

I don't know how, and that isn't exactly useful to solving this problem. I just want to spawn an object, then set its place in the hierarchy in the same function.

The inventory is working just fine, it's just that it's not correctly adding icons to the middle of the hierarchy, but instead exclusively adds them to the end.

[last basin]

hi guys, can we detect the collision of a child object ?
My cone is a child of the ghost, i want to detect collision of both with the player and do two different action.
The script for the ghost is in the ghost.

[teal viper]

Assuming the parent has an rb, collision messages would be forwarded to the parent object.

[last basin]

Okay ty, my ghost doesn't have a rg, my player has one

[wintry quarry]

If it's moving and has colliders, it should have a Rigidbody

[last basin]

Oh ok i've had a rb, ty

    void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        Debug.Log(other.transform.IsChildOf(transform));
        if (other.transform.IsChildOf(transform) && other.CompareTag("Player")) {
            Debug.Log("ON GHOST");
            followingPlayer = true;
            playerTransform = other.transform;
            followTimer = 0f;
        }
        // else if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
        //     SceneManager.LoadScene(0);
    }``` I try that but my debug.log never return true  🤔

[wintry quarry]

This code is checking if the object it collided with is a child of the ghost??? Why?

[visual hedge]

hello there

    private void Start()
    {
        curLvl = UnitLevel.level.currentlevel;
        UnitLevel.level = new Level(curLvl, OnLevelUp);
    }

and

    public Level(int level, Action OnLevUp)
    {
        MAX_EXP = GetXPForLevel(MAX_LEVEL);
        currentlevel = level;
        experience = GetXPForLevel(level);
        OnLevelUp = OnLevUp;
        requiredExp = CalculateRequiredExp(level);
    }

and

    public bool AddExp(int amount)
    {
        if (amount + experience < 0 || experience > MAX_EXP)
        {
            if (experience > MAX_EXP)
                experience = MAX_EXP;
            return false;
        }
        int oldLevel = GetLevelForXP(experience);
        int nextLevel = oldLevel + 1;
        experience += amount;
        if(oldLevel < GetLevelForXP(experience))
        {
            if(currentlevel < GetLevelForXP(experience))
            {
                currentlevel = GetLevelForXP(experience);
                if (OnLevelUp != null)
                    OnLevelUp.Invoke();
                    requiredExp = CalculateRequiredExp(currentlevel+1);
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

Problem: while there's only one hero subscribed to this, it's all okay.
As soon as 2 are subscribing = disaster.
What can I do to make this system work for many?

[wintry quarry]

What does "disaster" mean?

And what do you mean by subscribed? I'm not seeing any events

[last basin]

If the cone (my child) detect the player i want to follow the player position, if it's the ghost who collide i want to reload the scene

[wintry quarry]

That doesn't answer why your code seems to expect that the player would be a child of the ghost

Because that's what that code checks

[last basin]

Oh

[visual hedge]

basically as only 1 character is "online" and using it, it gains exp properly.
As soon as I use this code here:

    private void Start()
    {
        curLvl = UnitLevel.level.currentlevel;
        UnitLevel.level = new Level(curLvl, OnLevelUp);
    }
``` on another, and 2 are in the game at the same time, both are getting exp, but it starts with previous value always. With the one character were loaded into the game. 
LEt's say character loaded with 1300 exp and got 120 exp for the battle.
At the start of next battle exp is 1420, seems fine, till it gets exp again. Let's say he gets 50. Now after leving the battle hero will have 1350.

[last basin]

but why C# transform.IsChildOf(transform) return true on all collision ?

[wintry quarry]

There's not nearly enough context here to answer why

[visual hedge]

I simply can't debug the problem. Just saw that while only 1 unit is using the thing, it's totally fine. As second one were enabled = it's all nuts.

[wintry quarry]

This is checking if an object is a child of itself

True by technicality if you look at the docs for IsChildOf

[wintry quarry]

Why can't you debug it?

[visual hedge]

I have no idea what should I debug ))

[wintry quarry]

If the problem is that you're gaining too much experience or too little experience, I would start by checking when and where the code that gains experience is running and on which objects

[visual hedge]

OnLevelUp.Invoke(); Action tho?

[wintry quarry]

but sounds like probably you are storing the same value in multiple places and losing track of what the "true" value is

[wintry quarry]

Why are you doing OnLevelUp = OnLevUp;

[visual hedge]

can you read? I described the problem with damn numbers even. I don't get too much or too little. I don't get the exp. That's it

[wintry quarry]

and where do these variables even get declared

[visual hedge]

I ahve no idea, this system is from youtube

[wintry quarry]

So you don't understand the code at all, it's natural you're having trouble debugging it

[last basin]

Ty for your reply, im trying to find a solution for handle my 2 case

[wintry quarry]

anyway this is going to raise my blood pressure right now and I should be asleep

so I shall go to sleep

[visual hedge]

I understand the code and it works just fine for 1 unit, as soo nas more appear, there's trouble. If I would damn understand the fcking problem and could debug it, I would not come here, don't you think?

[silent vault]

Hello everybody, newbie question: Is it ok for one gameobject to have several trigger colliders of various sizes with one rigidbody. The idea is to check different things, like if gameobject is inside a zone, colliding with specific objects which have different trigger distance.

Or should I create 1 child gameobject with collider + kinematic rigidbody instead ?

[teal viper]

If you need to differentiate between the colliding colliders, it's better to have them on separate objects with their own rbs.

[silent vault]

what is rbs ?

[last basin]

rigidbody

[silent vault]

Why is it better for them to have their own rigidbody if all those child rigidbody will have the same parameters ?

[teal viper]

Don't you want to know which one collided?

Did I misunderstand the question?

If you have several colliders bound to one rb, they're considered a compound collider and it becomes difficult to know which of the colliders was responsible for a collision.

[silent vault]

I see, but if I assign different colliding layers to each colliders on the same gameobejct, I'll know which one triggers, right ?

In this case, I don't need to add so many child rigidbodies, right?

I'm asking because I'd like to create a kind of moba game where soldiers need to capture points. so I'd need a collider to check waypoints, check if they are inside capture zone and a shooting collider too of course.

[teal viper]

There are only 32 layers in total. If you're ready to sacrifice some of them just for this feature, sure.

[silent vault]

But since I'll have many soliders, I'm worried having so many child rigidbodies might put an unecessary strain on the game

[silent vault]

Ok thanks. I don't think I'll reach that many layers in the game so that should work. Otherwise, I'll go with child object then. Thanks for the explanation

[teal viper]

Kinematic rbs wouldn't really affect anything that much

[silent vault]

Ah, got it. Maybe I'm overthinking this then indeed.

[teal viper]

Best to go with the simple solution first and test and profile as you go

[silent vault]

But having specific layers collisions should reduce collider calculation too, right?

Hm, true.

[teal viper]

Sure, but you can do it with the rbs too.

[silent vault]

I'm just worried after the code becomes more complex, it'll be hassle to change

[silent vault]

Indeed.

[teal viper]

If the code is designed in a good way, refactoring one part shouldn't be a problem

[silent vault]

True, Unity is quite nice to work with on this aspect.

Ok, I'll got with children then, it'll be clearer indeed. Thanks for the help.

[potent nymph]

in hlsl, how do I check if a variable is unassigned/undefined? Null doesn't work either
if (waterPointsLength != null) {

[teal viper]

HLSL only deals with value types afaik. There's no null

[native seal]

-1 is typically used for types like int to show null

if that fits ur case

[potent nymph]

okay, thanks for clarifying

[native seal]

you could use that

[potent nymph]

I just used 0 for null

-1 could work

[native seal]

length can never be negative so it makes sense

it could be 0

[radiant frigate]

the code works but i cant find a way to make it more of an animation rather than just doing it instantly

[native seal]

use a coroutine i think

[radiant frigate]

its a coroutine

[native seal]

oh then lerp the value

[teal viper]

That while loop doesn't really add anything.

It executes completely immediately

[radiant frigate]

i have tried with a for but it also makes it immediately

[teal viper]

You need to yield inside the loop if you want it to execute over time

[radiant frigate]

true

[native seal]

wouldnt it just be better to lerp?

or am i mistaking how that works

[radiant frigate]

why didnt i think of that 😭

what is lerp?

[native seal]

interpolates between two values

[teal viper]

Lerp on it's own doesn't solve anything. It would need to be done over time as well.

[native seal]

ah okay

you could use DOTween

its on github

[radiant frigate]

nah im going to stick with the yield i think

but i will check it out for sure

[native seal]

dotween lets you make a curve as well

so if you want it to start slow then speed up or visa versa its cool

[radiant frigate]

i want it to be linear but i could use that for other things

omg it looks so cool now

[teal viper]

You can have linear interpolation with dotween as well. Probably(havn't used it).

But it would be weird if they didn't have that option

[radiant frigate]

yeah but that is like using a bus to go to the neighbour´s house

[teal viper]

It could help you get rid of a lot of boilerplate code. I don't think that analogy is correct in this case. DOTween is specifically for interpolating values over time.

[radiant frigate]

i havent used it nor seen it so i may be just talking shit but for what it sounds like it seems usefull for things that are a bit more complex, i just want to augment something overtime by the same value

[native seal]

dotween is super simple

it makes a whole couroutine function that is inefficient into one line

[radiant frigate]

then i should learn it

[native seal]

takes like 2 minutes

[radiant frigate]

imma write a reminder on that

yeah but i want to finish this since i gotta leave in a while

[native seal]

👍

[teal viper]

Not saying that you should necessarily use it. Just suggesting not to discard it due to false assumptions. I for example never used it and doing just fine.

[native seal]

yea for sure, just super helpful

no real reason to try to reinvent the wheel i guess

[misty coral]

im coding a script for enemies that when the raycast from a gun object its the enemy object 10 times it disapears

but with multiple enemies

no matter which one i am at

shooting at one takes the health bar down of a certain one

[native seal]

i have the same thing in my game ``` private void Pierce(IDamagable damagable)
{
if (numberOfHits <= pierce)
{
if (damagable != null)
{
damagable.TakeDamage(damage);
numberOfHits++;

            if (numberOfHits > pierce)
            {
                Destroy(gameObject);
            }
        }
    }
}```

if you want to reference it

[misty coral]

is there something i need to do to make unity tell the difference between the enemy objects?

since it only works with one

[misty coral]

mine is vaguely similar

[native seal]

the logic should be on the projectile

this function is called when it hits a collider

[misty coral]

this is what i am handling in my gun object code

[native seal]

oh with raycasts its a bit different

[wintry quarry]

You're completely ignoring the Raycast result

[native seal]

you need to only apply the changeHP to the first 10 enemies

[misty coral]

Isnt it just a boolean?

[native seal]

it has an out

[wintry quarry]

The RaycastHit

[native seal]

which contains all the colliders

[wintry quarry]

It tells you details about what you hit

[lilac olive]

Hey, is it possible to "Capture" a Full screen
EG like Discords ScreenShare in Unity

I'm trying to make a Virtual Workspace App for VR but need to mirror the Users Screen to the Game Monitor
is this possible or do i need a different approach than Unity

[misty coral]

you mean my hit.collider tag?

@misty coral I will look back here later

[wintry quarry]

The actual object you hit is what you want to reduce hitpoints on.

Instead you're reducing hitpoints on some random other reference you have from elsewhere in the script

Think about it

[native seal]

maybe consider using RaycastAll

[wintry quarry]

Why would they do that and how would it simplify things?

[native seal]

10 times

loop through the first 10 enemies returned

[wintry quarry]

They're saying the enemies have 10 hitpoints

[native seal]

oh

i misunderstood it

[radiant frigate]

i know i know, i wasnt saying that i should learn it as a must but more as a it could be usefull

[queen adder]

I hope we can make Resources.Load target other folders as well

Resources is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too far in the alphabet

[teal viper]

You can target any folder you want.

As long as it's in the Resources folder

[queen adder]

yea so i either go with one of these

either toooo far, or ugly folder chain 🥹

im kinda getting bothered by clicking 2 folders just to work on somewhere 👉 👈

[teal viper]

Then don't user Resources at all.🤷‍♂️

It's not even recommended anymore

[pallid sand]

I am using Unity Editor 2023.2.3f1 and any changes in Animator during runtime will break animation

[silent vault]

How should I handle a capture zone if the player can die on the zone but still be revive? I attached a collider on the player and one on the zone so a simple collisionenter will trigger the capture but how do I check for a stop capture easily? The player can be shot down but his collider would still be in the zone so it won't trigger the collisionexit. Would disabling the collider while dead trigger the collisionexit?

[wintry quarry]

Stop capturing when the player dies, that's all

[silent vault]

Indeed, I thought about it after. I'd need to add some code to the die function then. Thanks!

[silent vault]

I'm still hesitating to use this solution in the end because there might be other ways for capture to be stopped and it might be hard to track everything, plus the fact that zone capture code would be split in other scripts. I'm looking at OnTriggerStay now and I'm wondering if it would be a heavy operation to add there directly ?

I guess I'll go with triggerstay first since it seems safer to use though less performant. I'll look into it further if I get performance issue in the future.

[wintry quarry]

You're looking at it backwards

[olive lintel]

https://hastebin.com/share/acuritiwev.csharp
Hey guys, would anyone be able to tell me why the localRotation of my hands doesnt seem to be lerping correctly? I think the issue lies in how I'm using Quaternion.Lerp, as I am able to assign the localRotation correctly at the end of the "animation"

[wintry quarry]

The capture code should be pulled out of physics callbacks entirely and managed centrally from the zone.

[olive lintel]

you can see the rotation curve is exposed in the inspector to the right, any help is greatly appreciated ❤️

[wintry quarry]

Shouldn't it be Quaternion.Slerp?

[olive lintel]

I dont think so, I tried using quaternion.slerp and it gave me the exact same result :/

rot lerp is returning values between 0 and 1

so thats not the issue

only thing I could find to be the issue is quaternion.lerp returning bogus values for some reason

idk why

[wintry quarry]

Slerp is correct for rotation. Lerp is for linear motion.

I suggest adding logs to both of these functions

Make sure the binding one isn't running multiple times for example

[olive lintel]

damn I figured it out

the targrot in the scriptable object was quaternion.identity

or atleast it was exposed as (0, 0, 0) in the inspector

setting it to (1,1,1) for each of them fixed it

kinda weird but hey its fixed I cant complain lol

thank you for your time

[wintry quarry]

That doesn't sound right... Something is definitely off.

[olive lintel]

I've actually experienced issues like this with my unity version before

I've no idea why but when I was making a script for hand bobbing

it would sometimes crash when trying to lerp between quaternion.identity and another quaternion

really weird but I just added a check to make sure it isn't quaternion.identity and if so change the starting/ending rotation to quaternion.euler(1,1,1)

really weird but my unity version seems to hate quaternions I have inspector issues too

[silent vault]

How so?

But trying to implement it, you're right, my idea is wrong, that's not how triggerstay work. I was thinking it would give me all the colliders in the zone at once but it only work one by one. There would be a physics.overlap solution but that would also seem backward. I'll stick with the original die modification idea then and simply add a list of units in the zone with triggerenter and triggerexit myself rather than trying to calculate it at once.

[eternal needle]

It definitely shouldnt crash, do you mean an error was logged? I assume you mightve created an invalid quaternion somewhere. I highly HIGHLY doubt you've come across such a major bug with quaternions. If so, this would be something to report to unity

[olive lintel]

well yeah there was a null exception, pretty sure it also occurs when I lerp between quaternion.identity and quaternion.identity, instead of just returning quaternion.identity the whole thing goes kablewy

[ivory bobcat]

I recall identity having four values where the last would be one as zero is undefine? Did you perhaps try to move some value towards Quaternion(0, 0, 0, 0) without yielding?

[eternal needle]

Well a null exception is something else entirely. When you get these errors, you should deal with them properly instead of just glossing over them. Like google the error, or show them and ask about it. You've maybe mistaken one error for another, thus leading to you this random (1,1,1) "solution"

[eternal needle]

Pretty sure identity is still 0 0 0 1. Default is an invalid quaternion, since it is just all 0 in that case

[olive lintel]

imma keep it 💯 witchu idek what "yielding" is, and idk if this is relevant but I can't copy quaternions in the inspector, can't copy either the euler angles or quaternion it doesnt give me any prompt to copy it when I right click it

I'm on 2021.3.1f1

[olive lintel]

oh yeah sorry I dont mean like the entire editor crashes my bad lmao

[languid spire]

you should certainly upgrade to the latest 2021.3

[olive lintel]

I'm too apprehensive about my project going kablammo lol 😭

[languid spire]

no it wont. But backups are a thing

the early versions of ALL LTS's are very buggy and should be avoided

[hidden sun]

hi, any idea how to make methods for these anonymous functions?

i dont know what to do with @event

[olive lintel]

it said "long term support" so I just assumed that meant they would fix the bugs on that same version lmao

and updates for it would automatically install

[languid spire]

no, Unity never updates. You need to install newer releases

Also I don't think Quaternion is your problem
this code

        Quaternion q = new Quaternion(0, 0, 0, 0);
        Debug.Log(q);
        transform.rotation = q;
        Debug.Log(transform.rotation);

produces this output

[olive lintel]

see the thing is if you look at the clip, its still able to assign the transform.localrotation to that targRot quaternion

but during quaternion.lerp it just returns bogus values

it was changing that targRot value to (1, 1, 1) in the inspector that fixed it but eh idk

[olive lintel]

yeah I learned it the hard way lmao

[magic pagoda]

heyy can someone explain this bug to me real quick please?

I tried looking it up but... to no avail -.-"

[ivory bobcat]

What bug?

[languid spire]

that looks like a corrupt meta file

[magic pagoda]

Idk, Iv3 only ever seen this error referred to as a bug

[magic pagoda]

wdym?

[languid spire]

do you know what a meta file is?

[magic pagoda]

no, sorry ^^;

[languid spire]

never mind. Close your project. Delete the Library and Temp folders in your project. Open your project. It should clear the error but may take a while

[magic pagoda]

is that really the only solution??

[languid spire]

no, but there is no way I'm going to explain the details of how Unity works in 3 sentences

[magic pagoda]

Im.. gonna look it up some more

[wary dagger]

why is this happening?

[queen adder]

how to avoid those weird unity messages? they are just being spammed

if (value > 0)
{
    GetComponent<Text>().color = Color.green;
    GetComponent<Text>().text = "$" + value.ToString();

} else
{
    int fixedVal = Mathf.Abs(value);
    Debug.Log(fixedVal);
    GetComponent<Text>().color = Color.red;
    GetComponent<Text>().text = "-$" + fixedVal.ToString();
}

Why the text changes to "-$" instead of "-$5"?
The debug.log says 5 as it should be

oh wait the text changes correctly but it seems like it cannot fit

[magic pagoda]

...it was solved when I removed a gizmo icon from a gameobject-

[languid spire]

So it was a corrupt meta file

[young ember]

I want to make a human model(That i downloaded from random site) Move Is there way to make it possible(With walking Animation)?
If i made it my self do i need To make Animation for it or i can just add velocity to diffrent parts of the body?

[keen dew]

If you want it to look even remotely realistic, you'll have to make an animation. Adding velocity would at best make it look something like this

[winged granite]

I made a pixelated retro effect on my game with the Render Texture Technique
the thing is, when I drag n drop my texture in PlayerCamera>TargetTexture, it shows the effet but not the UI anymore (like the crosshair, stamina...) and shows this:

how can i fix that??

(ping me if u have an answer pls)

[bright zodiac]

idk what that is, but it made me smile, thanks! 😂

[smoky mauve]

why isnt the class carrera apearing in the inspector?

[spiral narwhal]

        controls.Player.Move.performed += ctx => _moveInput = ctx.ReadValue<Vector2>();
        controls.Player.Move.canceled += ctx => _moveInput = Vector2.zero;

If I press A and D at the same, why is _moveInput.x equal to 0? There is no other code involved that changes the variable

[keen dew]

Because it's not marked as [Serializable]

[keen dew]

What else would it be?

[smoky mauve]

ty

[spiral narwhal]

The value of the last pressed key, at least that was what I expected it to be

So if A is pressed, the value is -1, if then also D is pressed I expected it to be 1, instead of 0

[keen dew]

The input system assumes that trying to move left and right simultaneously cancels each other out

[spiral narwhal]

Haha ok then

Thanks

[bright zodiac]

on hardware level the terms used is SOCD cleaning

[spiral narwhal]

Interesting, I'll read up on it, thanks

[wary dagger]

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

public class ShootingSystem : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Transform StartPosition;
    [SerializeField] private GameObject AOE;
    [SerializeField] private PlaneCreator Ground;
    [SerializeField] private bool isShooting;
    private GameObject highlight;

    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetButton("Fire1"))
        {
            if (Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1"))
            {
                highlight = Instantiate(AOE, StartPosition.position,Quaternion.identity);
            }

            if (highlight != null)
            {
                Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

                if (Ground.Plane.Raycast(ray, out float enter))
                {
                    Vector3 hitPoint = ray.GetPoint(enter);
                    hitPoint.y = StartPosition.position.y;

                    Vector3 direction = (hitPoint - StartPosition.position).normalized;

                    Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);

                    highlight.transform.rotation = rotation;
                    highlight.transform.position = StartPosition.position;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

why is the object rotating only if the cursor is far away enough from the player?

[ionic zephyr]

how can i add momentum to movement?

[timber tide]

you put your left foot in, you put your right foot out

[ionic zephyr]

inertia

[buoyant knot]

you need to implement acceleration, and not just straight sharp velocity changes

ie velocity needs to change proportional to deltaTime

[ionic zephyr]

okay, thanks a lot, let me try

[timber tide]

try gizmo the exact positions you're getting from the raycast

[ionic zephyr]

but what if I am using in fixedUpdate

[tall delta]

I can't see any obvious problems with the code...
Debug.DrawLine(ray.origin, hitPoint, Color.red); Debug.DrawRay(StartPosition.position, direction * 10, Color.green);
maybe throwing in some debug rays can help isolate the problem. I suspect this might have something to do with the transforms in the hierarchy and local vs world space

[limpid wren]

I'm making a system where some UI elements are alternating between being activated and deactivated repeatedly (think a blinking "warning" sign).

Obviously there are a lot of ways to repeat the same action over and over, Coroutines, using a timer, etc. But those solutions all feel somewhat dirty to me. Is there a pattern for this I'm not aware of?

[timber tide]

coroutines are fine

[limpid wren]

Even if I just want it running forever?

[timber tide]

yeah, that or using tasks

[tall delta]

I think I would just make a component called 'Blinker' or something, that encapsulates all that logic (maybe even removes itself after x second). then you just add it to whatever gameobject you want to enable/disable

[queen adder]

Anybody has a solution?

[limpid wren]

Just seems like a lot of code to do essentially

timeUntilNextBlink -= Time.deltaTime;
if(timeUntilNextBlink < 0)
//dostuff

In update

[timber tide]

honestly I'd just yield wait

sleeping coroutines better than having to check

[limpid wren]

I say it is just blinking back and forth for simplicity but there is actually some logic to when it's "on" or not

The warning siren isn't constantly on

[tall delta]

kinda the whole point is component based architecture 😄
but it depends on if you have a lot of components that need this behavior, if they need to blink at different speeds, different ttl etc, etc.

something like this, curtesy of gpt

public class BlinkBehavior : MonoBehaviour {
    public float blinkInterval = 1.0f; // Time between blinks
    public bool enableBlink = true; // Toggle the blink behavior on or off
    public float timeToLive = -1.0f; // Time to live in seconds, negative for infinite

    private float timeSinceLastBlink = 0.0f;
    private float lifeTimer = 0.0f;
    private bool isInitialized = false;

    void OnEnable() {
        if (!isInitialized) return;
        timeSinceLastBlink = 0.0f;
        lifeTimer = 0.0f;
    }

    void Start() {
        isInitialized = true;
    }

    void Update() {
        if (!enableBlink) return;
        if (timeToLive >= 0) {
            lifeTimer += Time.deltaTime;
            if (lifeTimer >= timeToLive) {
                gameObject.SetActive(false);
                timeSinceLastBlink = 0.0f;
                lifeTimer = 0.0f;
                return;
            }
        }
        timeSinceLastBlink += Time.deltaTime;
        if (timeSinceLastBlink >= blinkInterval) {
            gameObject.SetActive(!gameObject.activeSelf);
            timeSinceLastBlink = 0.0f;
        }
    }

    public void SetBlinkEnabled(bool enabled) {
        enableBlink = enabled;
        if (enabled) {
            timeSinceLastBlink = 0.0f;
            lifeTimer = 0.0f;
        }
    }
}

not to say, using a coroutine or an async method are also totally valid

[limpid wren]

Ah cool

If I may ask, what's the "if (!isInitialized) return;" pattern for

I've seen it before but it's not entirely clear to me why people use it

[buoyant knot]

deltaTime is fixedDeltaTime in FixedUpdate

and I mean just in general, deltaVel should be proportional to the time step

[tall delta]

you could do it in start, but it stops the component from 'reinitalizing' if you enable/disable it, but that also looks like a gpt idea 😄

[wary dagger]

can't see the Rays cuz they're covered by the mouse cursor

[buoyant knot]

If you Instantiate a Monobehaviour late in a frame, start might not get called until NEXT frame. And some functions need to know if you’ve actually had your Start go off or not yet

OnEnable gets called immediately, right after awake, and that might be your chance to get shit going.

[limpid wren]

I see, but wouldn't I use "Awake" to initialize most things

[buoyant knot]

Yes, but sometimes you need shit ready before a given event

like let’s say that I instantiate something in a trigger callback

Start will not get called until next frame

now collision callbacks happen, and I find that script, and need to do something on it

problem: it hasn’t had its Start() called yet!

[tall delta]

yes, and no, a lot of this depends in how you design your scripts.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html
this will give you an idea of how, why, and when, life cycle methods are called

[limpid wren]

Right

[buoyant knot]

also, if you have two scripts on one object that need to initialize, and script A depends on B (so A needs B’s Awake to be done), then that means A needs to be doing something in Start.

[limpid wren]

But if I make a new object, Awake is called immediately, right?

[buoyant knot]

And in the aforementioned scenario, Start has not been called yet when you need it

[limpid wren]

Like if I instantiate a new object

[buoyant knot]

yes

[limpid wren]

So as long as whatever setup the object needs to run is dealt with in "Awake" it's safe to immediately use that object afterwards

and in "Start" I should only put less time-sensitive things like accessing or connecting to other objects

[buoyant knot]

Instantiate(blah);
Debug.Log(“after”);```
If each script on blah has Debug.Log(, then you would see in debug log:
-before
-A Awake
-A OnEnable
-B Awake
-B OnEnable
-“after”

[timber tide]

Awake for all that is non-dependent, Start for all that is dependent

[buoyant knot]

the way to think about it is:
-Start has one time in the frame where it gets called
-Start also gets called if you are about to call (or try to call, even if not defined) Update, FixedUpdate, or LateUpdate, if it has not been called yet

that is how I think it works but unity docs aren’t super clear

what you need to know is that you can only depend on Awake and OnEnable to go off on the frame that you come into existence

Start is a kind of shitty initialization method imo. Convenient, but not totally reliable on timing

[timber tide]

the secret is to just not use these methods and use assignment methods which then enable update

[buoyant knot]

yeah. I use those when timing matters

I don’t have a general interface for this, because I usually need to call Initialize( as a function with actual arguments

[swift crag]

yeah, I have a few places where I explicitly "init" my objects

I don't use Awake or Start for any of my UI components, save for the roots. They get set up by a parent object.

[buoyant knot]

I use Awake a lot

Awake is totally reliable

i usually grab my singletons in awake

or any GetComponent calls

or initialize any arrays etc

[tall delta]

OnEnable/Disable are also invaluable when dealing with event registration imo

[swift crag]

I'm avoiding Awake in that case because I need to have some data set by whoever instantiates the component

a SettingList needs to be told what setting category it's going to be displaying

[buoyant knot]

yeah, don’t set data in Awake. that will fuck you up

but awake should include any initialization activities that are independent of the contents of any other objects

After Awake, you should be able to call shit without getting NREs and constantly checking for null

also, I wish NRE would tell you which variable was null

[ionic zephyr]

I still dont know how to add inertia

I tried addforce

but still doesnt work

[buoyant knot]

any system where velocity changes proportional to your time step will have inertia

example:
velocity += acceleration * deltaTime;

[ionic zephyr]

and what about if I am using fixedUpdate

[buoyant knot]

example:
targetVel = controlStickVector * maxSpeed;
velocity = Vector2.MoveTowards(currentVel, targetVel, acceleration * deltaTime);

[buoyant knot]

deltaTime is fixedDeltaTime in fixed update

also i’m talking about your time step, dude. not the specific variable

rb.AddForce(force. ForceMode.Force)
effectively does:
velocity += deltaTime * force / mass;

it calculates the acceleration, using Newton’s second law

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, let me try, thanks!

[buoyant knot]

btw
rb.AddForce(force, ForceMode.Impulse);
does:
velocity += force/mass;
which is not proportional to timestep

and just saying:
velocity = maxSpeed * controlStickVector;
is also not proportional to time step

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, got it

And what about if I wanted to make that force a problem for the player?

How could I make it so that it is difficult to controll?

[buoyant knot]

the lower the acceleration rate or force, the less responsive it will feel

[buoyant knot]

here, accelRate being small makes it take longer to reach max speed

[ionic zephyr]

so if I write rb.AddForce(little force, ForceMode.Force) is less responsive?

[buoyant knot]

the change in vel will be less

[swift crag]

A small force will make you more sluggish, yes

Your acceleration will be lower, so it will take longer to change your velocity.

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, thanks a lot guys

[lost anvil]

im having a problem where; once the AI exits the chase state and into the patrol and back into chase, he remains the same 1.5f patrol speed, which is also the same speed as the ai slows down to 8 seconds into chase. i think the problem is to do with the DOTween near the bottom? im not sure tho

code - https://gdl.space/ehewifesik.cs

[buoyant knot]

also make sure your units are right

[buoyant knot]

a lot of people majorly fuck up units when doing that, which leads to very wrong math

[ionic zephyr]

is this correct?

[buoyant knot]

deltaTime has units of time.
position has units of meters
velocity in m/s
mass in kg
force in kg m / s^2…

you cannot add inertia

inertia is a thing you have

and inertia is also not a vector

it is a concept

inertia is tied to mass

acceleration = force / mass
deltaVel = acceleration * time
Bigger mass makes your change in velocity less

[swift crag]

a higher "inertia" value would make you accelerate faster here, so that's definitely not right.

[buoyant knot]

do not add a vector to compensate. Just calculate what the movement is supposed to be, and apply

[sonic kestrel]

Do you know a video about how can I control my 2D character? I tried 2 hours and I can't manage to moving my character.

[rare basin]

yes i know a lot of videos

just use tool called "google"

[buoyant knot]

never heard of her. is she hot?

[ionic zephyr]

so I dont get what the solution should be

[buoyant knot]

stop coding and do the math first

you keep jumping into your code without a plan, then waste time because the math was wrong

[rare basin]

don't know yet, just discovered it

[swift crag]

instead of having a variable for "sluggishness", i would suggest having a variable for force

a sluggish character has a low force

or has a high mass

If everyone has the same force, then heavy characters will feel sluggish and light characters will feel quick

If everyone has the same mass, then high-force characters will feel quick and low-force characters will feel sluggish

Different masses will mean that heavy characters are hard to push around with light characters.

[near yarrow]

Is it possible to convert PPtr<MonoScript> to fileId and guid from m_Script?

[sonic kestrel]

Finally I solved

[north kiln]

This is a weirdly phrased question that is surely better suited for #↕️┃editor-extensions . Get the script using a SerializedProperty and then use AssetDatabase functions to get whatever else you want from that

[near yarrow]

yea I missed the channels sorry

[north kiln]

You can also get the script using these functions without even reading m_Script https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoScript.html

[near yarrow]

I will write it in #↕️┃editor-extensions

[lost anvil]

bump

[rich bluff]

i think you just never kill the coroutines

so SlowDownChump() keeps running after state change

[buoyant knot]

I have a level editor with hotkeys, and I’m contemplating using a command pattern so there is a unique command each frame.

[vagrant lynx]

Guys, how to get good at coding movement scripts ??

[buoyant knot]

Any recommendation on how to implement?

[rich bluff]

consider you also need undo

[rare basin]

practice and many projects done with movement

and google

[rich bluff]

lots of research, look into open source implementations

[glass cairn]

I have this line of code but I want to switch the mouse press with a key press of E, what would I write?

[vagrant lynx]

And any tutorial you have watched that helped you ??

[rare basin]

google it

how to detect button press in unity

[glass cairn]

i keep getting results for some enhanced input system

[vagrant lynx]

Okay

[rare basin]

then google the old input system

google isnt hard to use

[buoyant knot]

1. Separate contact/grounding/specific surface detection into a different class
2. Use timestamps to log inputs and when you touch ground. Do not store bools for inputs.
3. Use an enum to represent the current state of your player
4. Animation and life/death logic needs to go into a different class from movement

[buoyant knot]

because the new input system is named InputSystem

[glass cairn]

I rlly just needed to change my wording for google damn

[rare basin]

google is a skill you need to learn

[buoyant knot]

you are not being helpful.

[quartz mural]

anyone know how to fix an out of bouds error