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[swift crag]

this class would just be a bag of data

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, thanks a lot

[stoic glen]

Why does an animation event gets triggered, when the program starts?

[swift crag]

It will trigger the moment an animator plays through an animation that contains an event

even if the animation has a very low weight

(not sure about when the weight is literally zero)

[stoic glen]

What do you mean with weight

How can I prevent it?

[ionic zephyr]

Is there a way to distinguish one character from another codewise without using tags?

[swift crag]

if you have a blend tree, multiple animations can be playing simultaneously

[swift crag]

sure -- at the most basic level, you can just check for reference equality

[ionic zephyr]

my idea is if(gameobject is "an specific character" and boost.doubleshoot) then code

[swift crag]

if (somebody == another) {
  // both variables refer to the same object
}

[swift crag]

why not just give the Boosts object to the character?

then the character can decide how to change itself based on that data

[swift crag]

i'll need to see the animator controller

the graph view of all the animator states

[ionic zephyr]

Oh yeah, it does have it but how can I distinguish that depending on the character has one boost or another?

[swift crag]

including whichever state has an animation in it that causes an event

[stoic glen]

this is everythin

[swift crag]

You don't need to. You just give the character the Boosts object.

If you need to know if a character has a certain boost, just look at its Boosts object.

you can make it a public field on the character class

[swift crag]

okay, so the default state of the animator is "Object Throw to place"

[ionic zephyr]

With boost object you mean the script itself?

[swift crag]

I mean an object of type Boosts

Boosts boost = new Boosts();

[stoic glen]

This animation plays when it gets triggered threw a script

[swift crag]

boost is a variable that holds a reference to an instance of Boosts

[swift crag]

Okay, but the default state of the animator is "Object Throw to place"

So that's the state the animator is going to start out in

If you don't want any animation to play at all at the start, create a new state that has no clip in it

then right click it and set it as the default state.

[ionic zephyr]

And what do I do with that reference exactly?

[swift crag]

well, presumably, you're going to do something like this

[stoic glen]

Perfekt thx

[swift crag]

public class CharacterDefinition : ScriptableObject {
  public string charName;
  public Sprite sprite;
  public Boosts boosts;
}

you set up the boost data in the inspector

just like you've assigned a sprite and set the name

then, you'll have...

public class Character : MonoBehaviour {
  public CharacterDefinition definition;
}

You can just pass the entire CharacterDefinition object to your character.

[naive palm]

Is it better to make base classes or static classes for cross script communication?

[swift crag]

"base classes" are an inheritance thing; they don't influence how different objects can communicate

https://unity.huh.how/references

check this out.

[swift crag]

now, in the update method of Character, you might do this

[naive palm]

Well what I meant by communication is just like getting stuff from the main script

[swift crag]

void Update() {
  health += definition.boosts.healthRegen * Time.deltaTime;
}

[swift crag]

and what is a "main script"?

[naive palm]

Just like the manager

For example enemy script and I wanna make multiple different enemies

[ionic zephyr]

But with this all characters would have Health Regen?

[swift crag]

Sure.

But most of them would have a healthRegen value of zero.

So that line would do nothing.

[swift crag]

Each enemy will have an instance of the Enemy component attached to it.

If all of them need to talk to an EnemyManager (maybe something that keeps track of how many enemies have been defeated), then there are a couple of options.

you could give them a reference to the EnemyManager when you spawn them

or you could make EnemyManager a singleton that you access through a static field

[ionic zephyr]

So that parameter is modified in the scriptable Object?

[swift crag]

Yes -- CharacterDefinition has a Boosts field, and Boosts has a healthRegen field

you'll see "Boosts" in the inspector for CharacterDefinition assets.

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[naive palm]

So basically your saying just use GetComponent or make Enemy manager a static script?

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/references/singletons

[swift crag]

No, I'm not saying to use GetComponent. That wouldn't help each individual enemy find the enemy manager.

See the first link I just sent

it explains how you tell newly-spawned objects about things in the scene

[naive palm]

Well I’ve been doing this lmao because my enemy manager is in a game controller object

Currently anyway

But I’ll check the links

[swift crag]

It does not matter where the enemy manager is.

[naive palm]

Ty for help

[ionic zephyr]

yes but the thing is if I want that when a slider reaches maxvalue the player is allowed to use the boost (and I have that one character that has a double shot boost) then in my shooting script how could I make sure if it has reached it and, in the case I did (if (_value = _maxvalue) but I only wanted ONE character of the roster to have that hability how can I check that

[swift crag]

You can just give a reference to the newly spawned enemy.

[ionic zephyr]

It is difficult to explain sorry

[naive palm]

I was tryna automate it more

[swift crag]

oh, so these are more like activated abilities than passive bonuses

still, it's pretty straightforward

[naive palm]

So I wouldn’t need to click and drag every time I make a new enemy

[ionic zephyr]

yes

[swift crag]

each character should have a boost meter that doesn't really care what kind of special ability the character has

it's just a float

[ionic zephyr]

okay, I have that

[swift crag]

Ability systems are a very common thing people ask about, and they can be tricky.

The simplest option would be to just make an enum for the boost ability (without using the "flags" approach -- just a normal enum)

when you hit the boost button, you use a switch to pick which code to run

switch(definition.boost) {
  case Boost.HomingAttack:
    // turn on homing attacks
    break;
  case Boost.Speed:
    // double the player's speed
    break;
}

If you need to be able to store some configuration data, I'd just stick it into a class like this.

It will have lots of pointless data (if you have the Speed boost, your config will still have data for the Damage boost and the Health boost)

but that's not really a problem

[ionic zephyr]

so there should only be one bool?

boostActivated?

And how can I regulate the access to the boost depending on the character my player is

[swift crag]

If all characters gain boost in the same way, but just have different boost meter sizes, that can be a float on CharacterDefinition

[swift crag]

Actually, you might just make each kind of boost a coroutine.

That way, they can manage their own data

IEnumerator HomingAttackBoost() {
  homingAttacks = true;
  yield return new WaitForSeconds(10f);
  homingAttacks = false;
}

[ionic zephyr]

I have it configured like that

[swift crag]

e.g.

[ionic zephyr]

the thing is

For example, one of my characters has a boost that allows to shoot a bullet that follows the target

and all of my characters have a shooting component

[ionic zephyr]

How can I differentiate between them

I mean

[ebon robin]

that does not affect the problem

shooting components are not static

they dont share datas

[ionic zephyr]

what do you mean? sorry Im VERY lost

[ebon robin]

ok seriously you need to relearn some basics

[ionic zephyr]

Oh okay sorry

They arent static but the thing is every character has its instance of it

[swift crag]

between what? I don't follow.

[ebon robin]

every character has an instance of BoostBag and their BoostBag is different

you can easily differs

[swift crag]

Each character has a CharacterDefinition. a ChacterDefinition has a BoostConfig object on it (or whatever you call it).

None of the runtime data lives in BoostConfig (or anywhere in CharacterDefinition at all)

It's all read-only data.

[ionic zephyr]

yes but all of my characters have a Shooting Component but I want that only ONE of them has access to a method that allows him to have a double shot

for example

[sinful bough]

Hey guys, sorry for bothering you... But I am working on a game and I have successfully written a code to make a prefab (card) use an image stored in a specific folder (which I use for the card images). The code was working properly in my first project, but it got all messed up after I try to install LeanTween, I made a new project and copied all the scripts I was using there, but now I am getting an error with the script that loads the image of the card, it is making the right path, but somehow it isnt able to locate the images... Could somebody help me?

[swift crag]

the coroutine for Boost.DoubleShot should set something on the Shooting component that tells it to shoot two bullets at once

[languid spire]

The folder name needs to be Resources not Cards_Resources

[ebon robin]

why would you let only one of them have access?

[ionic zephyr]

because it is its unique hability

like overwatch for example

[sinful bough]

Wdym?

[ebon robin]

if its unique the just do a if statement to check if he has double shoot to do it

[ebon robin]

overwatch characters are unique classes inheriting from a base class called Character

[swift crag]

Steve meant exactly what he wrote.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html read this page carefully.

[languid spire]

your code is looking for files in Resources/CardImages.
your folder is

[sinful bough]

oooh.

[ionic zephyr]

But that bool is going to be checked independently of the character

[sinful bough]

Thx...😅

[ebon robin]

okay i dont think we re speaking the same language anymore, you need some professional help

[ionic zephyr]

thats rude

[swift crag]

The things you're saying do not make sense.

Every character will check if doubleShot is set to true

[ebon robin]

whats rude here, im being polite to tell someone else to walk you through this

[swift crag]

It's true that this system means that your Character class needs to understand how to use all of the different kinds of boosts.

Creating an ability system where all of the logic is stored outside of the character class is harder.

It's more flexible, of course, but I don't think it's necessary here.

[ionic zephyr]

so It doesnt matter that everyone checks it although only one character is allowed to make it true?

[ebon robin]

an ability system stored outside of character class is simply impossible

[swift crag]

Yes, that's the idea.

[swift crag]

well, it's plausible, but it gets more and more challenging as you extract more and more logic

[ebon robin]

at least that unique class inherit from some interfaces, or base class

that calls the damm functions

[ionic zephyr]

okay, I thought it would be a little bit dirty that every character does that comprobation

[ebon robin]

oh I know what you need

delegates

dark magic

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/delegates

[swift crag]

yes, delegate types allow you pass entire functions around as data

[ionic zephyr]

what is this dark magic you are introducing me

[swift crag]

this is useful for creating complex behavior

[ionic zephyr]

is it useful for this habilities I am trying to implement?

[ebon robin]

yes

[ionic zephyr]

Okay lets see what spells I can learn

Thanks guys!

However, in order to make the roster, should I make each character a prefab?

[ionic zephyr]

this shit hit hard

[ionic zephyr]

however I have to figure out how to use them for my script

[swift crag]

making each character a prefab will let you attach per-character components to them easily

and also set up references

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, so it is a good idea then, thanks!

[ionic zephyr]

do you know any way to implkement delegates to the hability stuff

[analog glen]

Hello. Could someone help? Sometimes it starts to substract from x from gameobject very fast sometimes it works normally

[rich adder]

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[analog glen]

https://gdl.space/devitopaho.cpp

[crimson sinew]

What is "works normally"

[honest trench]

https://hastebin.com/share/ubazuboyag.csharp So this code should make it so when the player touches a object with tag Respawn, It decreases the alpha until it hits 0, sets the player to the lastCheckpoint, and puts the alpha back at 255. and it works great, until I touch the respawn again, which it doesnt do the Coroutine again

anyone know why?

[austere monolith]

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[honest trench]

Yeah I used hastebin... is there a problem with that?

[austere monolith]

im using it for my own knowledge lmao

[honest trench]

OH lmao mb

[austere monolith]

np

[wintry quarry]

You have nested while loops

So won't it keep going forever?

With the way the outer loop condition is set up?

[honest trench]

Oh yeah I guess so

Ive changed it so it works everytime but it doesnt set the currentColors back to 255

    {
        
        Color currentColor = rend.material.color;
        Color currentColor2 = rend2.material.color;

        while (currentColor.a > 0)
        {
                currentColor.a -= 5f * Time.deltaTime;
                currentColor2.a -= 5f * Time.deltaTime;
                currentColor.a = Mathf.Max(0f, currentColor.a);
                currentColor2.a = Mathf.Max(0f, currentColor.a);
                rend.material.color = currentColor;
                rend2.material.color = currentColor2;
                yield return null;
        }
        // Alpha is now 0, set position to lastCheckpoint
        transform.position = lastCheckpoint;
        currentColor.a = 255;
        currentColor2.a = 255;
    }```

[wintry quarry]

well you're just setting your local color variable to 255

you're not actually changing the renderer color

[honest trench]

but isnt currentColor = to the rendererColor

[wintry quarry]

it's just a Color struct

it's not related to the renderer

there's a reason you are doing rend.material.color = currentColor; inside the loop

without that, it won't affect the renderer

[honest trench]

should I move that to the end?

[wintry quarry]

it would need to be in both places the way you have this written

[rich adder]

isnt color 0-1 ?

[wintry quarry]

yes indeed

so it should really be 1 not 255

[analog glen]

every 0.25 of secund substract 1 from y from rotation

[wintry quarry]

but it will work the same

[honest trench]

what If i defined currentColor in start

[wintry quarry]

you should define something like a normalColor in Start, sure

you still want currentColor inside the coroutine

and at the end you can set the renderer color back to the normal color

[honest trench]

so define normalcolor as 255 and then set renderer color = normal color

[wintry quarry]

just do this

void Start() {
  normalColor = myRenderer.color;
}```

you don't need to hardcode any numbers

[honest trench]

telling me renderer does not contain a defenition for color

[frigid sequoia]

Just a overall doubt, I just learned about "enum" so I can just like give somewhat of a tag to something with if right? How is this different than just storing this information as a string?

[short hazel]

Can't misspell enum names, if you do, you get a clear compiler error. It's not the case with strings

Plus, they're "lighter", as they're numbers under the hood

[wintry quarry]

rend.material.color

sorry, as in your other code

[honest trench]

thank you

[frigid sequoia]

So it is just for comodity and a bit of performance?

[short hazel]

Yes, they're both safer than using strings, and more explicit than using raw numbers (since you name them)

[honest trench]

    {
        Color currentColor = rend.material.color;
        Color currentColor2 = rend2.material.color;


        while (currentColor.a > 0)
        {
                currentColor.a -= 5f * Time.deltaTime;
                currentColor2.a -= 5f * Time.deltaTime;
                currentColor.a = Mathf.Max(0f, currentColor.a);
                currentColor2.a = Mathf.Max(0f, currentColor.a);
                rend.material.color = currentColor;
                rend2.material.color = currentColor2;
                yield return null;
        }
        // Alpha is now 0, set position to lastCheckpoint
        transform.position = lastCheckpoint;
        currentColor.a = normalColor.a;
        currentColor2.a = normalColor.a;
        
    }``` I set normalColor = rend.material.color, so I feel like this should be working but its still not reseting the alpha to 255 again

[short hazel]

You're not putting the color back into the material, like you're doing inside the loop

This is required as currentColor is a local variable which has no relation whatsoever to the material's color

[honest trench]

AH fixed it

that makes sense

thanks

[fading rapids]

what can be the cause of UI buttons workingh inconsistently(soemetimes when i press mybutton it isntantly works whuile sometimes i have to press it 10 times) the selected and hover effect of the button do get registered tho

[queen adder]

I am completely new to unity c#, can someone dm me

[short hazel]

No, if you have a question post it here for everyone to see

[queen adder]

where should I learn unity and c#? there are bunch of different tutorial from different people and everyone uses different way/method to make something work, I am just confused, I want to follow one man who can teach and explain in one way.

[languid spire]

!learn

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[pliant mist]

This is a more general programming issue than just unity but I have the vector from the player to the mouse click lets say (350, -275) I need to be able to simplify that so the bullet only moves about 5 pixels a milisecond, I need to "normalize" the vector but I cannot have decimals for either value, how should I do this?

[frosty hound]

Unity has a normalize function for vectors

[wintry quarry]

normalize the vector, and move with the desired speed, yes.

I cannot have decimals for either value
Not possible to normalize a vector with these restrictions. unless it's facing in one of the cardinal directions

[pliant mist]

ok, what is normalizing? I want to build my own function

[frosty hound]

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

[pliant mist]

ty

[frosty hound]

Makes it a magnitude of 1

[wintry quarry]

normalizing a vector is getting a vector in the same direction but with length 1.

That's not possible with integer-only components except for the 4 cardinal directions.

[pliant mist]

okay thanks I'll see what I can do with that, I'm trying to make a game in VB for school, a bit of a pain

but I get to flex on people so it's worth it

[queen adder]

could someone give me first person script please

[frosty hound]

You were already told nobody is going to hand you free work. If you have errors or issues with your code, you can share it with specific questions.

[queen adder]

nvm

sorry

[summer stump]

Have you gone through !learn?

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[queen adder]

bro ima just copy and paste my script

[summer stump]

Bad idea

[queen adder]

here

[summer stump]

Oh, you mean put yours script here? Ok, we can look at it

[queen adder]

finally you understand me

[summer stump]

I misunderstood one very vague thing you said

Which was in response to something I asked that you ignored

Have you gone through learn?

[barren loom]

is it normal to have mathmatica as one of the languages...?

[short hazel]

I guess, if there is a C# package that can run Mathematica expressions or vice-versa

It's not uncommon for a single repository to have multiple languages

[dreamy urchin]

guys that's a variable in my movement script of my player and I'd want to access it from a script of a prefab, how can I do it? I already have the player object in my prefab's script, maybe it will be helpful someway

[barren loom]

oh alright then...

[summer stump]

Script of a prefab?

Prefabs don't exist (they are just files; blueprints) so they can't really do anything

If you mean an INSTANCE of a prefab, then use one of the methods here
https://unity.huh.how/references

[dreamy urchin]

isn't that a script?

@summer stump

I mean idk, I'm still learning

[summer stump]

It is a script, which is used as a component.
The issue is prefab vs instance. Not the word script

[rare basin]

don't use Find please 😵‍💫

[dreamy urchin]

what do you suggest instead?

[summer stump]

Read the link I sent

It shows every method. But yeah, never use Find()

It is never necessary

At the very least use FindObjectOfType, but even that should be avoided

[gloomy bison]

hey im making some dumb horse racing game on 2d. they all travel the same speed no matter what. the randSpeed 1 - 4 are set to random.range 10-30. They still move the same speed.
the code:

// IN START FUNCTION:
    randSpeed1 = Random.Range(10, 30);
        randSpeed2 = Random.Range(10, 30);
        randSpeed3 = Random.Range(10, 30);
        randSpeed4 = Random.Range(10, 30);

// IN FIXEDUPDATE FUNCTION
 Horse1.transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(Horse1.transform.position, End4.transform.position, ref velocity, randSpeed1);
        
        Horse2.transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(Horse2.transform.position, End3.transform.position, ref velocity, randSpeed2);
        
        Horse3.transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(Horse3.transform.position, End2.transform.position, ref velocity, randSpeed3);
        
        Horse4.transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(Horse4.transform.position, End1.transform.position, ref velocity, randSpeed4);

Please tell me where I went wrong because I'm really confused

[short hazel]

You use the same ref velocity variable, so yep they're going to have the same velocity. You need 4 distinct variables.

[gloomy bison]

oh ffs. thanks

my brains just not on haha. thank you

[queen adder]

guys this script has error but i cant fix it can someone help please try saying whats wrong with the script using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class FirstPersonCamera : MonoBehaviour
{

// Variables
public Transform player;
public float mouseSensitivity = 2f;
float cameraVerticalRotation = 0f;

bool lockedCursor = true;


void Start()
{
    // Lock and Hide the Cursor
    Cursor.visible = false;
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

}


void Update()
{
    // Collect Mouse Input

    float inputX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X")*mouseSensitivity;
    float inputY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y")*mouseSensitivity;

    // Rotate the Camera around its local X axis

    cameraVerticalRotation -= inputY;
    cameraVerticalRotation = Mathf.Clamp(cameraVerticalRotation, -90f, 90f);
    transform.localEulerAngles = Vector3.right * cameraVerticalRotation;


    // Rotate the Player Object and the Camera around its Y axis

    player.Rotate(Vector3.up * inputX);
   
}

}

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[queen adder]

oh ok

[short hazel]

Use a code block or a paste website to post code, Discord interprets some characters for formatting

[queen adder]

oki

[dreamy urchin]

@summer stump that doesn't work, am I missing something

[summer stump]

Yes, the syntax is completely wrong

Did you look up the docs?

Where did you get that from? It's a wild guess

[dreamy urchin]

yeah you have to write the type of the variable and then idk

[summer stump]

Well 1) the type goes between angle brackets
2) you don't put the variable name inside the method

[queen adder]

yo can you help me with this script like you said earlier

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[dreamy urchin]

and how does it know which variable to pick

[summer stump]

Will you answer the question I asked twice?

Have you gone through learn?

[summer stump]

It doesn't

That's not what it does

[queen adder]

look nvm just forget this

[summer stump]

Ok best of luck then
I will remember you don't want help in the future

[dreamy urchin]

but if it doesn't know I will never get the exact variable or I'm missing smth

[summer stump]

You are missing something

First, you get a reference to the component instance

Which is what FindObjectOfType does

Then you use dot notation to access the variable from that reference

Look at the docs. It has example code

It tells you exactly what to do

[lethal bolt]

The bullets destroy stuff inseted of getting destroyed

[summer stump]

collision.gameObject is the thing it hits

Not itself

[dreamy urchin]

but if I have already the object can I access the variable via dot?

[summer stump]

FindObjectOfType GIVES YOU THE OBJECT

[lethal bolt]

Ohh.

[rich adder]

first !ide

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[dreamy urchin]

oh but I already have the object, so can I access it via dot

[rich adder]

you named your class same as unity method too

[summer stump]

From the docs

[summer stump]

As we said, never use Find

The whole point of this discussion was to get you to not use Find. That was it

[honest vault]

my enemy is following something weird for some reason heres the screenshots and code https://hastebin.com/share/ilorenalij.csharp

[lethal bolt]

So what is suppose to be there insted of GameObject?

[summer stump]

gameObject

Instead of collision.gameObject

I mean, there is a lot wrong with that code. But that one change will make the thing attached to that script get destroyed if it collides with something (ANYTHING) instead of the thing it collides with getting destroyed

[novel dust]

hey guys, im new to unity programming and trying to learn online. ive been stuck for the past 2 days trying to figure out how to assign these animations to an actual animator script, when i click on move lets say, i can see a preview of the move but when i write the code and finish the animator my character stays idle. can anyone help?

[summer stump]

Oh! I missed that! @lethal bolt , be sure to rename the class and configure your IDE

[carmine sierra]

If I am making a turn based game, should I make each turn in the same scene and use two cameras for each player's area?

or should this be broken up into two scenes

for each player

[rich adder]

yea

[rich adder]

na why

[carmine sierra]

idk

[summer stump]

I would say the former definitely

You could just use cinemachine to have it move back and forth easily, instead of two cameras

[carmine sierra]

i copied the function from a tutorial (added a bit myself) but i don't understand it's purpose for the inputfield

[dreamy urchin]

but I mean, it works fine, why not use it, I mean I' d want an explaintation too. And how can I access the variable of the object, I'm really struggling so hard 🥲

[carmine sierra]

it is toggled on the enter of the input

[rich adder]

I think doing FindObject once in awake is acceptable,
better than any of the string ones imo

[carmine sierra]

nvm i just thought about it

[rich egret]

Hi I'm trying to convert a 3D model animation into a 2D animation, is it possible?

[gritty wagon]

Is there a cool mode to get a object to rotate inwards towards a point quicker and quicker?

I have found transform.RotateAround, but that is not really what i'm looking for

[rich adder]

probably not, unless you find a way to record transforms and transfer back

[gritty wagon]

I'm looking for something like this

With the speed going up the closer to the middle

[rich adder]

worth cheecking out
https://medium.com/@indivisibleparticles/a-simple-way-to-move-an-object-in-a-spiral-around-a-point-in-unity-bbf3fbab21f9

[summer stump]

Find is brittle and expensive. Very prone to errors.
Simply doing player.variableYouWant will give you the variable you want

Referencing and dot notation are the absolute basics of c#, next to simply knowing what an int or bool are. So I recommend doing a c# course

https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

And then maybe !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[summer stump]

Yeah, trying to get them to switch from Find with a string to FindObjectOfType<T>()

[dreamy urchin]

Oh I see now, ty and btw it doesn't work, it give me errors

[dreamy urchin]

I'm pretty familiar with classes, I usually code in cpp but Unity is a bit different

[summer stump]

Unity is absolutely no different than c#, and in this respect c# isn't so different from cpp (of course slightly different)

[summer stump]

Show the error to get help of course

[brisk flume]

I just have a question
to learn code should i just work on random projects and keep copying code till i memorize it
or should i put time learning the coding language alone

[ivory bobcat]

What part of writing code do you need learning?

The Unity api or the c# language?

[brisk flume]

c#

[dreamy urchin]

I'll for sure do it tomorrow, I alrady went to bed, can I dm you or will I disturb you?

[languid spire]

you do neither of those.
You learn logic and analysis then you learn to convert that to a programming language

[ivory bobcat]

Are you coming from another language or are you entirely new to programming?

[brisk flume]

entirely new

[brisk flume]

i know netiher of that
i am at the first starting point

[summer stump]

I don't do DMs. Best to just ask here. I am far from the most experienced person, and there will always be someone around to help

[ivory bobcat]

I've got to run.

[summer stump]

They gave you a good first starting point
Neither of what you said is a good place to start. Don't do random projects or copy to learn

[dreamy urchin]

alr man, anyway tysm for the help, have a great day

[summer stump]

!learn will guide you @brisk flume

[eternal falcon]

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[summer stump]

If you want

[plucky bear]

!code

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[brisk flume]

oh sure i will look at them appreciate it

[plucky bear]

I feel like I'm being inefficient with the constant if statements. Is this supposed to look like this or could I refactor something better?

    private void MoveSelectedCharacter() {
        bool hasCharacterOnTile = _gridController.GetNodeFromCoordinatePosition(_gridController.GetCoordinatePosition()).hasUnitOnNode;
        if (_battleManager.GetBattleState().Equals(BattleManager.BattleState.PlayerMove)){
            if (selectedCharacter != null) {
                if (selectedCharacter.IsSelected() && IsTileTraversible() && !hasCharacterOnTile) {
                    if (_gridController.GetNodeFromWorldPosition().isHighlightedForMovement) {
                        _gridController.RemoveHighlightFromTiles();
                        selectedCharacter.MoveCharacter(_gridController.GetWorldPosition());
                        Vector3Int characterPos = selectedCharacter.GetCharacterCoordPos();
                        _gridController.HighlightMovementRangeTiles(characterPos, selectedCharacter.GetCharacterSO().movementRange);

                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }```

[spare trail]

Hey everyone up and coming huge vr developer here. I need help generating a random number from blah to blah, and excluding a list of numbers i could add to... help is EXTREMEly appreciated k thanks

[rich adder]

depends the numbers

you could potentially have an array of int and pick random entry

or do you mean add them as excluded after generating ?

[spare trail]

so im spawning spiders to random positions, and i dont want the same position twice

[muted wadi]

so im trying to make a gmod phys gun in unity and im struggling. I've gotten up to this point and tried a bunch of different approaches but im honestly not sure. Any ideas?

{
    if (fps.viewHit.rigidbody != null)
    {
        Rigidbody rb = fps.viewHit.rigidbody;
        rb.transform.position = 
    }
}```

[spare trail]

hence the exluding of random numbers 1-8 which is 1-8 emty game ob jects i use as positions

[rich adder]

put the points inside a list, then each enemy takes a random spawn point . no need for numbers

[carmine sierra]

i know this is simple to execute but how would you go about making a toggle variable which dictates who's turn it is between two players

[rich adder]

when enemy has picked a point, remove it from that list so next spider wont have it in random index

[carmine sierra]

like i could do a boolean which is on (for p1 turn) and off (for p2 turn)

[rich adder]

well you could make a bool

isPlayerOneTurn = true

or make an enum

[spare trail]

@rich adder how would the points in the list look as vector3?

sorry im anoob

for now

[carmine sierra]

thanks

[rich adder]

nah you have transforms right ?

[carmine sierra]

any idea what i could be doing wrong

[spare trail]

yeah i load in the gameobjects in the editor then get it in code like pos3.transform.position

[rich adder]

yeah add them to a List<Transform> spawnPoints

each time you take the spawn point , do spawnPoint.Remove(theChosenPoint)

[muted wadi]

weaponfire needs to be public

serialisefield means its private but accessible through the editor

[rich adder]

ur looking at wrong thing

[spare trail]

alruight thanks mate could i dm you if i need help

[rich adder]

weaponFired is the bool, it needs to be public yes

[muted wadi]

yeah but he can't access the bool if its not public right?

[rich adder]

you can post here no probs

[rich adder]

yes correct, the bool in that class has to be public

but the reference itself to WeaponFire script can be private

[spare trail]

word

[muted wadi]

oh right

yeah you're right

[languid saffron]

How would I go about make music fade out when I move away from it in 2D?

[honest trench]

    {
       
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")
        {
            source2.Play();
            StartCoroutine(moveWall());
            gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }``` Have this code on a stationary coin which when touching the player should play a sound, start a coroutine, and then turn off, but the collision isnt being triggered. I have no idea why

[languid saffron]

(I'm really new to game dev)

[muted wadi]

if you're using an audio source then you can use 3D sound settings and configure the rolloff which is basically the strength of audio by distance

[rich adder]

it should work the same use the 3D sound setting make sure camera enters that zone
(Camera has Audio Listener)

[muted wadi]

@languid saffron

@rich adder hey if you're not too busy could i get your help with what i posted earlier?

[rich adder]

debug the function first make sure its runing ,put a log

[spare trail]

@rich adder Transform Position1 = pos1.transform;
spawnPoints.Add(Position1); this good? at start()

also how do i add the black text for code

in discord

[rich adder]

!code

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[spare trail]

        spawnPoints.Add(Position1);```

[honest trench]

it doesnt

[rich adder]

spawnPoints.Add(pos1);

is there a reason yuo're not linking thise gameobjects at runtime ?

[rich adder]

huh ?

[carmine sierra]

I feel like im doing something wrong, each slingshot and shop has it's own script. My current issue is I am not sure how i will manage dividing everything into two and needing to access each slingshot and shop's script individually

[rich adder]

do you have at least 1 rigidbody between the two colliders

[carmine sierra]

judging from the hierarchy what would you change

[muted wadi]

this

[honest trench]

Yes

I do

Rigidbody on the player

[spare trail]

gives an error Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error CS1503 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'UnityEngine.GameObject' to 'UnityEngine.Transform' Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp.Player C:\Users\Anthony\Unity Games\EscapeRoom2\Assets\SpawnSpiders.cs 28 Active

[rich adder]

coin has collider?

[spare trail]

idk what that means

[rich adder]

pos1 is a gameobject ?

[spare trail]

also ur helping two people at a time thats talent

[rich adder]

just put .transform

[spare trail]

ah

[honest trench]

what does that mean

[rich adder]

*adhd brain

[honest trench]

Both the coin and player have colliders if thats what u mean

[rich adder]

coin Imeant coin

lol

[honest trench]

oh lmao

And yea the player is tagged correctly

[rich adder]

can I see both colliders, on each object

[honest trench]

Player

Coin

[rich adder]

which one has the script you sent

[honest trench]

The coin

[languid saffron]

This good? (Camera also has Audio Listener, but when I move the object with the Audio Source across the map, I can still hear it perfectly)

[rich adder]

does the player collide with coin

[honest trench]

yes

[muted wadi]

you should be able to see the range of the sound in the editor, are you sure you're actually leaving its audio range?

[rich adder]

where did you put log btw

[spare trail]

@rich adder so how do i get a random spawn point for the spider? ``` float spawnNumber = Random.Range(1, 6);

if (spawnNumber == 1)
{
spiderSpawn.transform.position = pos1.transform.position;
spiderNumber -= 1;
spawnPoints.Remove(pos1.transform);``` this me rn

[honest trench]

before the source2.play

[lethal bolt]

How can i add on the particle on inpact

[muted wadi]

also im pretty sure the audio level needs to reach 0 at some point in the graph for it to not be heard anymore, what it looks like now is the audio just gets quieter until i certain point no matter the distance

[rich adder]

var randomIndex = Random.Range(0, spawnPoints.Count)
var randomSpawn = spawnPoints[randomIndex]
spawnPoins.Remove(randomSpawn)

[rich adder]

oh..

[languid saffron]

How would I go about doing that?

[muted wadi]

Instantiate(partictleSys, transform.position, Quaternion.identity)

[rich adder]

put it before the if statement

[rich adder]

compiler error

[muted wadi]

wut

[rich adder]

cannot convert Transform to Vector3

[honest trench]

still doesnt fire

[muted wadi]

ah you're right

[rich adder]

you put before if statement, screenshot whole console in playmode

[muted wadi]

do you see the red line on the graph?

[carmine sierra]

id appreciate advice cause feel like it's going to be very messy and confusing. Each slingshot and shop is using the same script, just in different objects

[muted wadi]

that needs to reach the bottom at some point for the audio to not be heard at a certain distance

[honest trench]

this probably isnt what u mean but

[honest trench]

it doesnt appear

[muted wadi]

yeah like that

[languid saffron]

i can still hear it

[muted wadi]

that graph indicates the audio level over distance

[rich adder]

making sure its not collapsed

[honest trench]

oh okay

well any idea why it might not be working/any more info I can give u

[rich adder]

spatial blend is still not set to 3D

[muted wadi]

ah man navarone is on it

[languid saffron]

When it's set to 3D I can't hear it even when I'm near it

[rich adder]

does your camera have AudioListener ?

[languid saffron]

Yep

[spare trail]

@rich adder spiderSpawn.transform.position = spawnPoints[randomIndex]; this giving me an erro

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'UnityEngine.Transform' to 'UnityEngine.Vector3' Assembly-CSharp, Assembly-CSharp.Player C:\Users\Anthony\Unity Games\EscapeRoom2\Assets\SpawnSpiders.cs 48 Active

[muted wadi]

randomIndex.transform.position

[spare trail]

❤️

[rich adder]

spawnPoints[randomIndex] is a Transform

you need to get its property .position if you want v3

[honest trench]

@rich adder idk if u saw it or not but (sorry for being a bother)

[ionic zephyr]

if I want to register the target transform for my bullet but without relying in the editor to assign it

[rich adder]

how are you moving player ?

[rich adder]

pass it through whatever spawns the bullet

[honest trench]

let me just hastebin my code navarone

[ionic zephyr]

but then I am passing the shooter vector not the target no?

[honest trench]

@rich adder https://hastebin.com/share/orekavexag.csharp

[rich adder]

no..is the target a transform?

[ionic zephyr]

yes

[rich adder]

is your player a kinematic rigidbody ?

[ionic zephyr]

what I mean is that if I pass the transform of whoever shoots Im not passing the target

[honest trench]

no its dynamic

[tender stag]

how can i move the root bone of two bone ik constraint with the tip still working?

[rich adder]

i never said pass the the one who shoots, Im saying whoever has the reference to target transform pass it to the bullet during spawn

[tender stag]

like i need to be able to move Arm.L through code with the ik still working properly

[ionic zephyr]

but then Im relying again on the editor again because the reference of the target in the shooter script is passed through editor

[honest trench]

wait navaroen I sent the wrong pastebin

hold on one sec im sorry

[rich adder]

well you need a way to already have target..

depends on many things
like if you're doing a ray you can already find target

[honest trench]

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

okay this is it

I had some code that was doing absolutely nothign

[rich adder]

maybe try making coin collider a trigger

and use OnTriggerEnter2D

[honest trench]

alright let me try that

wouldnt i have to put the script on the player

then

[rich adder]

if it has rigidbody it can calls it both colliders

[honest trench]

oh ok

[rich adder]

make sure its dynamic lol

I only used .MovePosition with kinematic thats why I got confused

[honest trench]

okay it worked

kinda

theres some issues but its better

ill probably be back in here in liek 5 minutes lmao

[rich adder]

wdym some issues?

[honest trench]

the audioSource isnt playing

[rich adder]

make sure scene/window isnt muted

[honest trench]

and also my coroutine is just not done right cuz i suck at them

it isnt

[ionic zephyr]

The thing is that I am making a fighting game and I want the objects in scene to already have some references, should I make the fighters prefabs and instantiate them whenever the fight starts or should I make 2 game objects in scene already???

[honest trench]

heres this to help if u need

[rich adder]

will you be using more scenes ?

[honest trench]

navarone

[ionic zephyr]

Yeah maybe, menu for the play mode selection, starting screen

[rich adder]

so which part was working

[rich adder]

those have nothing to do with the players or spawning them then

[brazen canyon]

Excuse me
What is moveDirection.sqrMagnitude ?

[ionic zephyr]

Character Selector as well

[honest trench]

it does everything but play the audio

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3-sqrMagnitude.html

[honest trench]

it sets off the moveWall and it sets the coin to be not active

[rich adder]

then you would pass that down from character selection to insert the references

[ionic zephyr]

So I shouldnt make them prefabs?

[tender stag]

how do i change the root's position without affecting the rest of the ik?cs private void LateUpdate() { leftArm.position = targetRightArmPosition.position; rightArm.position = targetLeftArmPosition.position; }

u can see in the video

that it moves the whole arm now

and the ik doesnt go to the target

i just want to change the root's position and not its children

[rich adder]

are the two characters only ?

[ionic zephyr]

Think of Street Fighter for example

[rich adder]

thats why the coroutine not working if you disable it

[ionic zephyr]

two characters fighting from a character roster

[honest trench]

        yield return null;``` I want it to move the wall gradually im sure this code is wrong

i just have no idea why the audio source isnt playing

[rich adder]

the audiosource is on the coin and ur disabling it

[rich adder]

whatever system you have to pick character will pass on to the thing that spawns char , the references to each other

[ionic zephyr]

sorry I dont understand, you mean that when I pick the character that passes the references? how?

[rich adder]

how else do you plan on spawning them

[ionic zephyr]

yeah but the thing is

Should I make my characters of the roster prefabs?

so they can be instantiated whenever fight starts

or should I make two game objects already in the fight scene?

[rich adder]

how would you have two things in the scene that aren't chosen yet

unless you have some blank prefab then load the player data like an SO

[ionic zephyr]

I have the player data as SO but even with that I think the prefab way is correct right?

[rich adder]

there is no wrong or right answer here, they're both valid. find out whichever one is easier for you

[ionic zephyr]

okay thanks

[ionic zephyr]

The only problem of making them prefab is

[ionic zephyr]

how can I assign the reference to target transform

because prefabs are in assets, not in Scene?

[rich adder]

yes, n like i said before whatever spawns the assets has reference to both objects do an Init method and pass references on spawn

[ionic zephyr]

Okay thanks, now I get it!

[scarlet skiff]

why does sineWaze make the movement so extreme even if waveDensity and intensity are at something very small like 0.1

the obejcts beign scattered

[carmine sierra]

I can provide more context if needed

I dont know if it is okay to use the same two scripts twice on two separate objects

[wintry quarry]

Sine wave would be a function for setting position not for velocity

[scarlet skiff]

thanks i figured out tho, here is the new code for those who r interested

[unique kestrel]

I've decided to create a fresh project with the simplest form of the thing I had an issue with to isolate the source of the problem

changing the position of an object through script isn't working for me for some reason

[frosty hound]

Show your code?

[scarlet skiff]

how on earth are they still falling (although very slowly) if their gravity scale is 0?

[scarlet sail]

can you not just set their movement to kinematic to keep gravity from affecting them?

kinematic only lets code affect the movement of the objects instead of dynamic, dynamic allows gravity and code to affect objects.

[polar acorn]

Does the object have a CharacterController on it

[unique kestrel]

no

[polar acorn]

Show code then

[unique kestrel]

it's a UI Image

[polar acorn]

!code

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[unique kestrel]

ok on sec

so I got it working in a fresh project but Idk why it's not working in my main project

here's the code

[summer stump]

Can you show the image above, but not cropped

A lot of important info is cut off

[unique kestrel]

yeah

[polar acorn]

I don't think they've shown any images yet

unless it was a while ago

[summer stump]

Oh dang. Mixed them up with obada

My bad

[unique kestrel]

what counts as large code block

lol

[summer stump]

More than 10 lines imo

[polar acorn]

If you have to ask, that

[unique kestrel]

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

didn't mean to comment the update line

[summer stump]

That is longer than 10 lines lol. It is a very large code block

[polar acorn]

Okay, so I'm guessing MoveCardHovered is the one that's not working? If you remove those OnPointer methods does it start working?

[unique kestrel]

yeah MoveCardHovered doesn't work properly

this is the debug log from the positions

[polar acorn]

So, if you put this log after setting the position, does it display the same value for both?

[unique kestrel]

they are the same after setting (as they should be)

[polar acorn]

Okay, then it's pretty clear something else is moving it after this function runs

[unique kestrel]

something resets the position before the next frame

[frosty hound]

Do you have an animation on the object you're moving?

[unique kestrel]

I do

[frosty hound]

Does the animation have a position property on it?

[unique kestrel]

yes

[frosty hound]

Then it's the reason why you can't set the position in code

[unique kestrel]

even if no animations are playing?

[frosty hound]

How are you verifying that it isn't?

Is it the default animation in the animator?

[unique kestrel]

I don't have any properties changed on the default

[frosty hound]

Are you sure it's the one playing? Have you run the game and check the animator to see which animation is actually running though?

[unique kestrel]

i'll double check the animator during runtime

[frosty hound]

Either way, code not moving something means something is overriding. Most cases, it is an animation running, otherwise, you have code resetting it elsewhere

[unique kestrel]

gotcha, thanks for the help

[scarlet skiff]

how does one change the value "0.7" via code?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AnimationState-speed.html

[unique kestrel]

@frosty hound Would a Grid Layout Group effect the position if I Instantiate a copy of one of the child objects in the grid layout group but as a child object of another canvas? I was under the impression the only time the position was driven by the Grid Layout Group was when it's a child object of the GameObject with that component.

also if the ping is inappropriate lmk I'm new to this way of getting help

[frosty hound]

Well, that canvas would be part of the layout group

[summer stump]

You're fine. They were helping you already
Pings to uninvolved people is not good.

[polar acorn]

The GridLayout affects child objects. If you're spawning it as a child of a different canvas entirely it should be fine (as long as that canvas is not itself part of a layout group)

[unique kestrel]

this is the object with the grid layout group

the display canvas is where I instantiate the clone

I'm going to run through all my scripts and make sure it's not some of my code driving the position

does anyone know how to use a field watch in Rider?

if I could watch the position after my code I could potentially see what code is changing the value

I tried googling this but the answers were not clear on whether this is possible or not

[scarlet skiff]

thanks, also would naming the pramater same as the animation could cause some problems with this?

is there a reason as to why i cant drag the animation called "HeartIdle" into the "anim" section of the script component?

[wintry quarry]

Because you can't drag an AnimationClip into a slot for an Animation (which is a component)

[scarlet skiff]

damn what the hell is an Animation then

ok so

i just added an animation component

dragged the clip in there

then draggen the component into that slot in the ss

thats how its supposed to be done?

[polar acorn]

You shouldn't use the Animation component. You should use the Animator

Animation is a legacy system. It may seem easier but once you do anything more complex than playing one animation straight through it's gonna get more complicated

[scarlet skiff]

so through the animator i get the right animation clip with some code

[wintry quarry]

If you want to reference an animation with that clip in it, sure.it really depends what you're trying to accomplish here

[scarlet skiff]

i just want to set its speed to 0.4

i followed the docs sent above somewhere

[wintry quarry]

If you're using Animator generally there's not a good reason to reference an animation clip

[wintry quarry]

You would use Animator parameters for this

In the state you can set the speed to be read from a parameter

Then you set that parameter from your code

No reason to reference any clips

[scarlet skiff]

so id use a float parameter?

cuz im already using a bool parameter

[wintry quarry]

Yes

[scarlet skiff]

for when the animation should be played

[wintry quarry]

You can use multiple parameters for different things

[scarlet skiff]

alright ill try to cook

i dont get what im supposed to do, here is my code: https://gdl.space/ixaxekokod.cs
...

i do set the animator.SetFloat("HeartIdleFloat", 0.4f); correectly ig

but idk how to use that to then set the speed of the animation to the value of the float parameter

[polar acorn]

Next to speed in the animator, is there a checkbox for "Parameter"

[wintry quarry]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[compact crescent]

Hey, can anyone help me out with this? So I downloaded probuilder in unity but it doesn't show the tools tab after I downloaded it, anyone know how to fix it>

[sterile wraith]

Hey guys. I’m working on an interesting project simulating cars precisely. So, I have a function that runs and matches up the rotation of the wheels to the speed of the car and vice versa (I’ll take slip into consideration later), but my problem is that when cars steer, the car rotates a little bit as you turn. But in Unity, since I’m custom programming the rotation and movement of the car, I also have to code the rotation of the car. What’s the best way to go about the steering?

[wintry quarry]

Use local rotation.

[compact crescent]

Could you help me with this?

[teal viper]

Is it supposed to show the tab on the particular package version?

And if so, do you have any compile errors?

[compact crescent]

It's just supposed to add a tools bar after being downloaded.

[nimble apex]

when you drag the scroll rect, there should be a value indicating how much u dragged , whats that?

should be a normalized value?

[teal viper]

What about my second question?

[sterile wraith]

Wdym. For what?

[compact crescent]

I don't think so

[teal viper]

Can you check..?
Look in the unity console.

[compact crescent]

Can you send a picture of what it looks like?

[summer stump]

You should always know so. I recommend generally just keeping the console open at all times

[summer stump]

Click the bar at the very bottom of Unity

It will open it

[compact crescent]

OH

Yes, I do

[teal viper]

Well, you'll need to fix these errors first.

[compact crescent]

Ok, I'll try 1 sec

How do you fix the red ones?

[teal viper]

You read the error message, understand it, check the code that throws it and fix accordingly.

[compact crescent]

Alright.

[summer stump]

Every one is of course different

The red ones are errors

Yellow are warnings

Grey or whatever are just logs

[sterile wraith]

Is there any way to constrain one gameobject to 4 others

Cause I want my wheels to move when I’m steering and I want the chassis to follow along like a normal car

[teal viper]

Use wheel colliders

[faint osprey]

im getting this error on my scene switch script

Cannot load scene: Invalid scene name (empty string) and invalid build index -1
UnityEngine.SceneManagement.SceneManager:LoadScene (string)

    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene(SV.currentScene);
    }``` thats the function that makes the game reload the scene and SV.currentScene is a variable on a scriptable object that is assigned a value on start

[teal viper]

What value does it have assigned?

[sterile wraith]

Im doing custom steering. Custom everything. Wheel colliders is cheating

[summer stump]

Do you have scenes added in the build menu?

[sterile wraith]

My biggest problem though is chassis rotation

I haven’t come up with any solution

My only idea was to calculate the ackerman center point and instantiate a gameobject and rotate around it but that doesn’t seem pretty efficient

[teal viper]

Well, good luck then.

Vehicles physics are pretty complex thing. Definitely not something a beginner should be doing.

[sterile wraith]

I’ve used Unity a lot

And game developed a lot

[faint osprey]

i found the problem its that it isnt being assigned to the variable on start ``` public int sceneIndex = 0;
public string currentScene;
public string[] Scenes;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    currentScene = Scenes[0];
}```

thats how i try to assign it but that doesnt work for some reason

[teal viper]

Then maybe move to general or advanced channel. And provide more details in your issue and setup.

[teal viper]

Debug

[radiant glen]

Any easy way to stop the "glitch" that I am seeing in the video, basically I have a dialoge system where when you hit a box collider it starts but if you leave and reenter it makes that weird visual thingy and I couldnt think of a good way to stop it, there is my code as well. Ideally it just restarts every time you enter and loses the first bit of text if that makes any sense. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated thanks!

[faint osprey]

yeah its causing an error where i assign the variable cause no debugs print to the console after that statement thats a pic of the array being set in the editor but for some reason it doesnt want to assign to that variable

[teal viper]

Share the error details...

[faint osprey]

ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: _unity_self

[teal viper]

All the details(including the call stack)

Take a screenshot

[teal viper]

Expand it a bit more

[clear locust]

Hi, I need your help guys.

Im making a quiz game and the score system doesn't seem to work. The text should display "00" and when the player picked the correct answer, it should add 1 to the text, so it should be "01". What code should I add

Here's the scripts:

[north kiln]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[stray pivot]

you have to past your code like this

[north kiln]

They should link to their code, as it is large.

[clear locust]

yeah i cant paste it LOL mb

https://gdl.space/ibowezahoq.cs

Here, pls help me cuz its for my project and I'm really struggling with the increment

[teal viper]

Hmm... This error is probably unrelated. Does it happen again if you clear the console and launch the game?

[clear locust]

Everytime the public void correct method is called, it should add up to the text (repText)

[upbeat root]

I am really struggling to get something i imagine should be simple enough to do
Basically, when the player controlled tank destroys a mysterycrate with its bluerounds, 1 of 3 random effects should occur
1Crate explodes and damages thing nearby
2tank and blue rounds get bigger and faster and do more damage for 10-15 s3conds
3. Player tank recovers 10 durability(health)
Anyone able/willing to help?

This is for my final game design course project, due soon, and i still need to add difficulty settings and ui TnT

[karmic mulch]

yo someone help my player is fading through textures

oke i change speed

and its works

[steady stone]

not quite sure what the problem is, but for something like this its best to design it out with a flowchart before you start coding

[upbeat root]

I could send the scripts or export the game assets if it helps

But what do you mean by designing it out with a flow chart?

[steady stone]

like this

helps you map out all your references and objects

designing a system with nothing but your brain is impossible

for example

[nimble apex]

  void Update()
  {
    if (!isInit) { return; }

    if (!isExecuted)
    {
      float dragThreshold = m_recycleScrollRect.content.rect.height * 0.05f;

      if (m_recycleScrollRect.content.anchoredPosition.y < -dragThreshold)
      {
        StartCoroutine(test());
        isExecuted = true;
      }
    }
  }

  IEnumerator<WaitForSeconds> test()
  {
    Debug.Log($">>> parsed");
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
    
    m_history = m_history.OrderByDescending(m_history => m_history.updateAt).ToList();//sort by descending
  }```

is there any ways to do the same thing without using update at all?

[teal viper]

Do the same what thing?

[nimble apex]

this code is to simulate modern app scrolling

[summer stump]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/standard-numeric-format-strings?redirectedfrom=MSDN

Use string formatting

ToString("D2")

[nimble apex]

when you are on ur phone, like on google chrome app, if you are on the top of the website, you scroll even further up, it will refresh right?

im asked to do the same thing to the UI

however, this UI does not even have a scrollbar, so you cant use verticalscroll.value

[edgy vine]

This is less code but more unity stuff

[nimble apex]

test() is the function for refresh

[teal viper]

You could use the IPointerDragHandler and similar interfaces to handle the dragging.

[edgy vine]

but with complex animations do you have to have a trigger for each individual Transition?

[teal viper]

If you want to trigger the transition from code, yes.

Otherwise, no.

[edgy vine]

Mhmm

Maybe I can explain it like this

Lets say in the code

if they press W I want them to go forward

I odnt care what state they are in

just get them moving forward

But if I set all of the conditions on each transition to walk what one will it use?

[summer stump]

This sounds more like an #🏃┃animation question honestly

[edgy vine]

Will it use the one it was in last?

OH shit

theres an animation tab

I zoom there

[teal viper]

Wdym? It would use the first valid transition from current state to the target state.

[edgy vine]

Oh okay

so If the current state is walking

it would go from walking to idle no matter what

even if another transition uses the same trigger?

[teal viper]

Confirm the correct API in the documentation.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.EventSystems.IDragHandler.html

[teal viper]

If the other transition is from a different state, it obviously wouldn't run.

[edgy vine]

Okay thank god

i just wanted to make sure

Thank you guys so much

[nimble apex]

ok ty

i think i gonna do it after my lunch lol

[edgy vine]

Lunch?

[summer stump]

It's a meal generally eaten around mid-day

[sick star]

In the update function, everytime my ray hits the ground I want it to lerp between feet.transform.position and hitpos. How could I do this?

the code works but I just want to implement lerp (i tried and it failed horribly)

[summer stump]

I would honestly consider smoothdamp or movetowards for this

But this helps with lerp, one sec

https://unity.huh.how/lerp

[sick star]

Movetowards was my fix for this, thanks man

alot easier than lerp lol

[nimble apex]

in east asia, we have breakfast (6am-10am) , lunch (11am-2pm) , and dinner (6pm-8pm)

we also have midnight snack(meal) tho

breakfast is super light meal, dinner eats the most

i guess lunch is more like a brunch in european countries?

[unique kestrel]

update on my problem:

1. Animator component changes the position of my object after I change it each frame
2. I'm not sure what part of the animator is doing this, the default state doesn't have an animation
3. Does an Animator component force positional values even after an animation finishes playing? (it's not set to loop)

doing further investigation

[gritty wagon]

sorry forgot to say thanks, this was exactly what I was looking for 🙂

[wet tendon]

Hey, I have a minor beginner doubt regarding C#.

So, I was working on a small game for my first game. It's a flappy bird game. Here's the update function

    void Update()
    {
        myRigidBody.velocity = Vector2.up * 10;
        print(Vector2.up);
    }

Here, is the Vector2.up always constant? It's always (0, 1) when I print it.

[keen dew]

When in doubt, check documentation. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector2-up.html

[swift sedge]

It's the green/Y component of the vector in world space

So it will be 0, 1

So yes, because it's world space and not object space, it will always be constant. If it's object space, then it will also be constant unless a force or rotation is applied

[carmine sierra]

I uploaded my game to dropbox so i can access it on another computer but it skipped some files as they were deemed as empty

could this affect the upload at all

[swift sedge]

what folder were they in

Also that's a #💻┃unity-talk question

[carmine sierra]

idk but they are of the file type rsp2 and mvfrm

[carmine sierra]

true

if dropbox says they are empty surely they are empty right

[swift sedge]

Some files are used as cache

Which fill up on runtime

But cache can be deleted

[carmine sierra]

okay cool

also i just uploaded the self titled folder of the game

should i also upload the data folder

[swift sedge]

If the game runs, then it works

[carmine sierra]

ok thanks

[carmine sierra]

Is there any advice for this

or is ther not enough context

[wet tendon]

Thanks. I was confused a bit onto this. As I asked Claude (I know not the brightest idea) and it said it's not a constant and started typing an essay. Docs https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector2.html say it's a shorthand for Vector2(0, 1). I'm assuming it's a (or like a) constructor?

[keen dew]

It's a property that returns a static field. https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/6a26bc151b158aa1bba01019d97d932710fd8d6e/Runtime/Export/Math/Vector2.cs#L414

[wet tendon]

Thanks. Got it.

Ohh yeah, forgot it's open source lol.

[cosmic dew]

Assets\Scripts\Purchaser.cs(9,45): error CS0535: 'Purchaser' does not implement interface member 'IStoreListener.OnInitializeFailed(InitializationFailureReason, string)'

[languid spire]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[burnt vapor]

Interface methods and properties must be implemented. That's the point of an interface.

The easiest fix is to define the method in this case and leave it empty, but that's obviously not the point.

[cosmic dew]

sorry but i did not understand

[burnt vapor]

Then consider learning how interfaces work in c#

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

[exotic hazel]

How Do i access depth of field and motion blur in script?

[burnt vapor]

Access profile, then depth of field

sharedProfile -> DepthOfField

[exotic hazel]

lemme see

[rare basin]

also don't use Find(""); - ever

[brazen canyon]

Hey guys

I have a parent class

I have 2 classes inherit from this class

Now I put a list in the parent class to store whatever collided with the 2 classes (game object).

So will these classes share 1 single list or they still store stuff in 2 different lists ?

[burnt vapor]

Classes are created with a new instance, so the data inside of it will also have a new instance. That would mean the list is also new.

If you want to share the list, you can make the list static to avoid it being part of an instance.

Then it will be a single list. Note that this means the list will always exist and in the event a class is removed or destroyed the list will continue to exist.

A better idea would be to have a general shared class that holds the list, and have the classes access its data. Then you can share the list.

A common way of having a shared class would be implementing a Singleton: https://unity.huh.how/references/singletons

[exotic hazel]

Why tho and what I use instead of it

[burnt vapor]

Find type methods are kind of like reflection in c#. You have a general method to find anything in the application, but it is incredibly slow to do something like this. It's also very prone to errors if you try to find by string or in general because if the result does not exist it's not clear why.

There are better ways to find what you want. If you have a single instance of something, and I assume that's the case here, then perhaps also try accessing it by singleton: #💻┃code-beginner message

Singletons are not always the answer but if you're certain you will only ever need one instance you can use this.

[exotic hazel]

Ik this using instance but then how do i find a component?

[burnt vapor]

That's explained on the page about the singleton

[exotic hazel]

Lemme sre

[pliant mist]

I'm doing atan(y/x) to fid the angle from the center

I don't know what is wrong with that but it returns a decimal every time

math checks out wth

[teal viper]

What's your expectation and what actually happens?

[eternal needle]

whats up with those equations at the bottom too 🤔 were you trying to get rid of the 1 as a denominator

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.Atan.html
also the value is in radians. convert to degrees to get what you want, even though you havent described what you want

[craggy lava]

I would like to ask how i would calculate if there is a wall in front of my enemy so it will take another route to get to the player under here is the Enemy script and the target Transform is just the Player

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

public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    private Transform target;

    [SerializeField]
    private float speed = 2f;

    private float minDistance = 1f;
    private float range;


    void Update()
    {
        range = Vector2.Distance(transform.position, target.position);

        if (range > minDistance)
        {
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, target.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }
}

[teal viper]

Raycast forward from your enemy and see if it hits a wall.

[languid spire]

probably best to use Nav mesh and let that do the heavy lifting

[craggy lava]

True but its in 2D and i have not played a lot with navmesh

I have only played with Navmesh in 3D

[languid spire]

yeah, Unity Nav mesh won;'t work in 2D, you would need to use something like A* Pathfinding

but still a damn sight easier and better than trying to do it yourself

[craggy lava]

Should i use this?

https://github.com/pixelfac/2D-Astar-Pathfinding-in-Unity

[languid spire]

yes, I would

[craggy lava]

Ok will do that thanks

[languid spire]

wait, no

[craggy lava]

oh?

[languid spire]

this one
https://arongranberg.com/astar/

[craggy lava]

ok will use that

[craggy lava]

but does it work for 2D?

[languid spire]

yes, otherwise I would not have mentioned it

[craggy lava]

ok i will take a look at it

[low tide]

Guys how do i make a grid based movement

[craggy lava]

Now it looks like this but the ai does not move and idk if i made it right

[cosmic dew]

i want to add IAP to my game. Any tutorial or documentation

[craggy lava]

BTW i moved my player a little so thats why the line does not connect

[languid spire]

idk if you made it right either but I find it impossible to believe that you have read and understood the A* system in 12 minutes

[craggy lava]

Yea i dont but i dont have that much time to make it because its under a gamejam

[hidden sleet]

I've been talking to some folks on the unity forums, and they said you can actually create scriptable object instances at runtime. Given that, would that make it possible to use SOs for randoml generated items that you can't possibly define before running the game?

[languid spire]

rule one of doing game jams, only use stuff you already know how to implement. I think you need to look for an alternative route

[craggy lava]

Oh i did not know since its my second gamejam but i have a system but the ai will just walk into the wall and get stuck

[languid spire]

this may be your best option then #💻┃code-beginner message
in future you will get better help if you disclose all relevant information when you ask a question

[craggy lava]

I am getting help

[cosmic dew]

i want to add IAP to my game,but i dont know how to it?

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.purchasing@4.0/manual/Overview.html

[cosmic dew]

Assets\Scripts\Purchaser.cs(9,41): error CS0535: 'Purchaser' does not implement interface member 'IStoreListener.OnInitializeFailed(InitializationFailureReason, string)' . i tryed but this error is coming

[hidden sleet]

Actually, thinking about it now, one of the reasons I'm even using scriptable objects is so I can give items a prefab that they can spawn into the world using, since I can just drag and drop it through the editor. Is it possible to do that with regular classes too?

and if I instantiate a scriptable object at runtime for a randomly generated item, I won't be able to drag that prefab in the object, so i may have to do it in code

[languid spire]

what did you try? Implementing the missing interface method?

[cosmic dew]

whats the missing interface

[languid spire]

not missing interface, missing interface method. This one, as clearly stated in the error message
'IStoreListener.OnInitializeFailed(InitializationFailureReason, string)'

[cosmic dew]

So what i have to do i am so confused

[languid spire]

had you read the docs about interfaces linked to you earlier you would know what to do
but you need to implement a method Exactly as shown in the message

[wraith valley]

Lol, what?

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

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{

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

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
    }

    public void Exit()
    {
        Application.Quit();
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

Common/Classic mistake

You dragged the wrong thing into the slot

Drag a GameObject with the script attached to it into the slot. Not the script itself

[wraith valley]

Should i create gameObject(prefab) to scene?

[hidden sleet]

if I change some parts of the scriptable object script, do i need to create a new asset for it to update?

[wraith valley]

Thanks

Strange rule

[wintry quarry]

Not at all. You need an instance to call an instance method.

[wintry quarry]

No

[wraith valley]

Ok

Practice

[hidden sleet]

good good

[wraith valley]

That`s changed to script

Is not prefab

[wraith valley]

Application.Quit();

Does it work?

Lol is working

But exit don`t

[hidden sleet]

getting an error I've not seen before, but double clicking doesn't actually take me anywhere

[rare basin]

read Application.Quit(); docs

literally the second line of the description

[wraith valley]

Shut down the running application. The Application.Quit call is ignored in the Editor.

Lol

[quartz granite]

how do i save my game so then i can covert it into zip and sumbit it into the dropbox

[woven crater]

hmmm why i cant reference my asset?

[languid spire]

Read the Resources.Load documentation

[woven crater]

okie

[dim bridge]

I think they should make it quit the editor without saving 🙂

[rare basin]

yea and close your PC aswell

[dim bridge]

and run sudo rm -rf /

[languid spire]

and put it back in the box and mail it back to where it came from

[wraith valley]

Yes

Deleting system

Good idea

[woven crater]

so you have to place in Resources folder in order to reference it in code?

[languid spire]

is that what the docs say?

[quartz granite]

#archived-code-general pls

[languid spire]

the important word there is 'relative'. Any folder used in Resources.Load must be relative to a Resources folder

[hidden sleet]

So I've got myself some inventory scriptable objects created, however I can't actually see their contents. My base inventory script is generic and these are more concrete types, but is there something I'm missing to properly see their contents?
https://hastebin.com/share/erobetajog.cpp

[hidden sleet]

Since I've got a generic inventorySO script, with subclasses that inherit it and declare the type, then those become assets, is that why?

[craggy lava]

I am playing with NavMesh in 2D but it does not work since there isnt a navmesh also after i have baked there still isnt a navmesh

This is how my hierarchy looks

[wintry quarry]

https://github.com/h8man/NavMeshPlus

[craggy lava]

My teacher said not to use that

[wintry quarry]

Then you can't use navmesh in 2D

[craggy lava]

huh?

[wintry quarry]

Navmesh is for 3D only

[craggy lava]

Oh

[wintry quarry]

Unless there's something I don't know

[teal viper]

Well, you can fake 3d for the navmesh, but yeah, it's not intended to be used in 2d context.

[craggy lava]

Then i will try and use NavMeshPlus

[little seal]

im new to unity and game making in general, im trying to make a conveyor and put a 2d collider on my object and one on my conveyor.

    private void OnCollisionStay2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        print("collided");
        
    }```
this is in my conveyor script for now, issue is it doesnt print anything
i tried giving the object a rigidbody2D which didnt work
the is a child of a gameobject (the child has the collider and the parent has one as well but for a different purpose)

the collider of the parent doesnt work for its purpose either

[wintry quarry]

You would need at least one dynamic Rigidbody for this

And both objects need non trigger colliders

[little seal]

why non trigger?

[little seal]

can it be kinematic? i dont want gravity

[wintry quarry]

Because that's how collisions work

[wintry quarry]

If you don't want gravity just set gravity scale to 0

Kinematic is not for removing gravity

It must be dynamic

If it's a trigger there's no collision

[little seal]

oh

[wintry quarry]

If it's kinematic, there's no collision

OnCollisionEnter2D is for collisions

[little seal]

i thought trigger was to avoid pushing object out

[wintry quarry]

Triggers are to have no physical collision

Just the ability to detect the overlap with OnTriggerEnter2D

[little seal]

oh then ig i just used the wrong collider

[snow socket]

hello, does anyone know why my Pretest and Posttest scene wont appear in the build settings? ive already pressed "add open scene"

[young spindle]

Hello, is there a way to get the rotation values of an object that are equal to the ones in the inspector that also works in builds. I know that there is this: UnityEditor.TransformUtils.GetInspectorRotation(gameObject.transform), but it doesn't work for builds.
I am currently using "transform.rotation.eulerAngles", but those values only go from 0 to 360 so they do not show how often the object rotated around itself.

[swift crag]

 m_LocalEulerAnglesHint: {x: 0, y: 23555, z: 0}

This is stored in the serialized data. I'm not sure it's going to exist in the built game at all.

[buoyant perch]

errr help im trying to donwload like the tutorial projects from unity learn but i dont know which version it is i just downloaded another editor and im still getting this

[young spindle]

so is there another way to get those values?

[keen dew]

The Euler angles in the inspector aren't mean to be used that way. If you want to track the number of rotations you'll have to make your own Vector3 variable and use that instead

[young spindle]

ok interesting I'll do it like that. Though i think there should be a way to get the values that are shown in the inspector. would make it a bit easier

[swift crag]

do you actually have the scenes open for editing, though?

[snow socket]

yeah that solved it tysm

[queen adder]

I get the same with version 2022.
From my quick google it seems they aren't available for 2022.x.

Have you tried 2021.x or 2020.x?

[swift crag]

use the 2021 LTS.