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[flint falcon]

what does direction.normalized do exactly

[rich adder]

When any vector is divided by its own magnitude, the result is a vector with a magnitude of 1, which is known as a normalized vector. If a normalized vector is multiplied by a scalar then the magnitude of the result will be equal to that scalar value. This is useful when the direction of a force is constant but the strength is controllable (eg, the force from a car’s wheel always pushes forwards but the power is controlled by the driver).

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/VectorCookbook.html

When normalized, a vector keeps the same direction but its length is 1.0.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3-normalized.html

[flint falcon]

I was using

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
{
rb.velocity += direction.normalized * acceleration * Time.deltaTime;
}

and my space ship would just go flying

[rich adder]

you keep adding onto the current vel

[flint falcon]

i switched it to

[rich adder]

should prob be rb.velocity = direction.normalized * acceleration

[flint falcon]

ok dont want to do that

let me give that a try

cause im now using

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
{
// Convert transform.up to Vector2

rb.velocity += rb.velocity += transform.up * acceleration * Time.deltaTime;

but i have a ambiguous error

that comment is old

[rich adder]

yes if your rigidbody is 2D

you cannot do V2 + V3

[summer stump]

Don't use Time.deltaTime with velocity. (It is already per second)

Do you have using system.Numerics btw?

[rich adder]

ah yeah prob this

[flint falcon]

not even sure for new and just trying to learn hands on

[summer stump]

Do you have the words "using system.Numerics" at the top of your file?

[flint falcon]

no

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

can i post the whole code it isnt long

[summer stump]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[summer stump]

Also copy the actual error.
It wasn't what I was thinking

[flint falcon]

{
public float acceleration = 5f;
public float deceleration = 2f;
public float maxSpeed = 10f;

private void Update()
{
    
    Vector3 mousePosition = Input.mousePosition;
    mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);

    Vector2 direction = new Vector2(mousePosition.x - transform.position.x, mousePosition.y - transform.position.y);

    transform.up = direction;


    

    Rigidbody2D rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>(); // Cache the Rigidbody2D component

    // Accelerate when pressing W
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
    {
        // Convert transform.up to Vector2

        rb.velocity += rb.velocity += transform.up * acceleration * Time.deltaTime;

       
    }

    // Decelerate when pressing D
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S))
    {
        rb.velocity -= rb.velocity.normalized * deceleration * Time.deltaTime;

    }

    // Limit the speed of the spaceship
    rb.velocity = Vector2.ClampMagnitude(rb.velocity, maxSpeed);
}

}

[rich adder]

i think the error is them doing vector2D + Vector3D

[flint falcon]

that didnt do what i ment

[summer stump]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[flint falcon]

sorry!

[rich adder]

the rigidbody2D velocity is vector2, transform.up is Vector3

[flint falcon]

I thought i copied the link

[rich adder]

so its ambiguous + operation

[flint falcon]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error CS0034 Operator '+=' is ambiguous on operands of type 'Vector2' and 'Vector3' Assembly-CSharp C:\Users\nick\Shambles Ship\Assets\Scripts\Followmouse.cs 32 Active

[summer stump]

Oh no worries. I was jumping back and forth and honestly forgot I did that here earlier even though it was like a second ago lmfao

[flint falcon]

got it is there a way to fix it without redoing most of it

or did I just do this all wrong?

[rich adder]

yes rb.velocity += rb.velocity += transform.up * acceleration * Time.deltaTime; this is hella wrong

[flint falcon]

lol yup i could tell by the way my player moved

[rich adder]

like i said if you don't want it to keep increasing speed don't keep adding the current vel/speed to itself, twice..

for example rb.velocity = transform.up * acceleration

or rb.velocity = direction * acceleration

[flint falcon]

rb.velocity = transform.up * acceleration worked

error gona just some re-order errors

[rich adder]

btw ideally you want to keep inputs in update and move rigidbody on FixedUpdate as well

[flint falcon]

what do you mean? (im super new to this and if you don't feel like explaining I understand)

[rich adder]

rb.velocity =
should go inside FixedUpdate()

but keep inputs / mouse direction in Update

use floats / vector 2 to store the inputs from Update in variable to use in FixedUpdate

also doing this inside Update is kind of bad on performance
Rigidbody2D rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>(); // Cache the Rigidbody2D component

[flint falcon]

put it out side update

[rich adder]

at very least it should be once in Awake () where rb stored in the class not locally too

[flint falcon]

and I broke everything.... I think I have some reading to do

[rich adder]

send link of current code

[flint falcon]

https://hastebin.com/share/dixutuxuza.java

im embarresed to even show it. It's a combination of message boards, tutorials, and chat gpt

[rich adder]

don't use gpt at all, its only hurting

why is FixedUpdate nested inside Update..oh no..

[flint falcon]

yeah im realizing that. Did alot better without it

[rich adder]

this is def an compile errror
private Rigidbody2D rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

is your IDE not configured ?

should be underlined red

[flint falcon]

oh it is

I moved it there when you said dont put it in update

[rich adder]

said the function should be in awake since it only runs once

but rigidbody variable should be stored in the class yes, outside of a method

you cannot perfom a method on fields when you declare them

[sullen epoch]

Hi there sorry if I'm cutting in, I'm looking to improve my Debugging techniques and safe to say its already going off to a flying start 🙃

for some reason when i draw my lines they are aligning to (1, 0, 1) in world space instead of being local to my game object, however Debug. Log shows that localNodePos is converting the the coords. i tried researching to find out why this is happening but couldn't find anything

 void Update()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < nodePos.Length; i++) {
            Vector3 localNodePos = transform.InverseTransformPoint(nodePos[i]);
            Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, localNodePos, Color.red, 0.0f, false);

            Debug.Log(localNodePos);
        }
    }

[flint falcon]

ok i made it even worst

[eternal needle]

InverseTransformPoint converts from world to local. the params for drawline are both supposed to be world points

[flint falcon]

everything is now red

[rich adder]

you are randomly changing things without having any fundamentals

it will break things

[flint falcon]

good point

i have some more reading to do

[rich adder]

perhaps take basic course https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting

[flint falcon]

ty

[sullen epoch]

oh, so essentially just:

Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, transform.position + localWheelPos, Color.red, 0.0f, false);

[eternal needle]

im not sure where wheel came from, but from the previous code you could likely just do
Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, nodePos[i]).

If you have the direction you can just use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.DrawRay.html

[hushed hinge]

anyone thinking?

[sullen epoch]

previous variable name, i was playing with physics before and pressed Ctrl + z 1 too many times. 😝

the working solution i came to was this:

Debug.DrawLine(transform.position,transform.position + nodePos[i], Color.red, 0.0f, false);

[rich adder]

make another bool ?

[eternal needle]

if nodePos[i] is a world position, then it doesnt really make sense to add. if its a local position then you can just use drawRay but yea itd be the same thing

[sullen epoch]

Ahhh I see now, I thought the direction vector inside the parameter would need to be normalized & the distance would need to be manually calculated. thanks for your help

for DrawRay

[inland cobalt]

How might applying a velocity to a 2D rigid body randomly break? I’m not sure what cause it, but I’m currently setting an objects velocity with rb.velocity. And when I inspect the rigid body component after the velocity has been applied it shows that it has the expected velocity, yet it doesn’t move anywhere. There’s nothing obvious that it could be colliding with either, so I’m stumped to be honest, anyone know why this may be?

[rich adder]

show inspector for the object

[rich adder]

not cropped. the entire thing

[rich adder]

the alpha is set to 0

oh nvm trail renderer..

[flint falcon]

@rich adder i fixed it

[inland cobalt]

yeah that's not the problem, i can see it.

I don’t get how an object can have a velocity yet be stationary regardless, that makes zero sense

[vale karma]

what would i search if I wanted the feature that supermarket sim has where it places an object on the slot you click?

basically a box on a rack

[rich adder]

well if Simulated is not ticked then I expect its not gonna go anywhere 😛

[inland cobalt]

Oh my how did I miss that I’m stupid, thanks. I was so confused because it suddenly stopped working, I guess I must’ve accidentally unchecked it

[hushed hinge]

oh? another bool?

[rich adder]

either that or start doing state machine

maybe splitting your code up would help disabling certain features

[hushed hinge]

uhhhh... my heard is literally spinning around by this

[rich adder]

welcome to gamedev 😈

[vale karma]

i loveee state machinessss

[hushed hinge]

I thought it was something like freeze position and then unfreeze position type of thing?

[rich adder]

if(chargingJump) return;

//rigidbodyMovement

[sage folio]

hey when you are loading another scene do you have to deload the one you are currently in? when i try to load another scene it just puts it in the hierarchy, here is my code: https://hatebin.com/zywhfrojad

[rich adder]

thats because you're using additive

do you know what that is ?

[sage folio]

no, i'm not fully familiar

[rich adder]

so why is it in the code ?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.LoadSceneMode.Additive.html

[sage folio]

oh

oh thats helpful

thank you!

[rich adder]

yes the api docs is pretty good lol

[sage folio]

heh i actually checked that at first, i just missed that part

[rich adder]

if you omit the second parameter for loading mode, it defaults to Single

[sullen epoch]

i am so confused as to why I'm getting this error :/

[swift elbow]

how are you declaring it in your script?

[sullen epoch]

public class PlayerContol : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    public Rigidbody rb;
    public Transform[] nodePos = new Transform[4];
    public LayerMask mask;
    public float springRestPos = 1f;
    public float springForce = 10f;
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < nodePos.Length; i++) {

            Vector3 localNodePos = nodePos[i].position;

            RaycastHit hit;
            if (Physics.Raycast(localNodePos, Vector3.down, out hit, Mathf.Infinity, ~mask)) {
                float offset = springRestPos - hit.distance;
                Debug.Log("Position of node " + i + ": " + nodePos[i].position);

                if (offset > 0) {
                    Vector3 force = Vector3.up * offset * springForce;
                    rb.AddForceAtPosition(force, localNodePos);
                    Debug.DrawRay(hit.point, Vector3.up * offset);
                    Debug.Log("pass");
                }
            }

            //Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, localNodePos, Color.red, 0.0f, false);
        }
        Debug.Log(nodePos.Length);
    }
}

[swift elbow]

are these being assigned to the prefab?

if you have one

[sullen epoch]

its not set up as a prefab atm, its just a game object with 4 empties inside it

[sour ruin]

Hi, I've got a design issue: my player wants to interact with world objects some of which have purely self contained logic (like a door that opens and closes) where others have a combination of self contained logic but also interact back with the player (like a piece of equipment that would need to be picked up or anything else that otherwise affects player state). My solution thus far is to have an interactable interface with a query method that passes a player reference to the I_Interactable object. This I_Interactable object then has the option of calling public methods on the player using the passed reference. The only public parts of the player are the methods that interactable objects can call; see the example where a player interacts with a piece of equipment which then calls the players RequestEquipmentSlot. Is this an acceptable way of doing this? To scale for other interactable objects with callbacks I just need to add more methods to player, is this acceptable? I feel this is a common concern that arises so are there standardised ways of doing this? Is there perhaps a way of specifying in the InteractQuery of I_Interactable that should it call any functions, it can only call functions of the signature (this, InputAction.CallbackContext)?

[rich adder]

are you sure you dont have a copy of this script

search hierarchy t:scriptname

[polar acorn]

You have at least one Player Control without having this variable assigned. The one in your screenshot does have it assigned, so it's not this object

[swift elbow]

the only thing i can think of is that these are being destroyed during play

[sullen epoch]

i just deleted the cube and reapplied the script and the error was gone

and now im thinking i probably applied it twice to the same object

.... i did 🫠

on that note think its time for bed 🫡 thanks all for the assistance

[topaz mortar]

I'm currently using a lot of UI buttons with the On Click method in the editor linked to my script, will that work on steam deck, mobile, ...?
Is the click converted to a touch screen tap?

[teal viper]

Yes. UI buttons(or more specifically the event system) work on all platforms.

[flint heath]

I am trying to make a character move around the screen but with no gravity so without a rigidbody. Could someone pls give an example of how I could get started in doing this? all the tutorials I've seen use myRigidBody.something * something or whatever

like, if i want my character to move to the left, i know i would have to start with something like this, but where do I go from there?

[rich adder]

you can just disable the gravity

[flint heath]

oh fr

that

ok

yeah i guess i could do that

[rich adder]

3D uncheck it, 2D gravity scale 0

[flint heath]

👍 ty

[pallid sand]

            Screen.SetResolution(resolution.width, resolution.height, false);
            Debug.Log($"ِCurrent resolution height {Screen.currentResolution.height} and width {Screen.currentResolution.width}");```

[pallid sand]

Guys i have problem with changing my game resultion the first debug showing the desird resolution but after doing screen.SetResulution nothing changed could it be relate to display mode or somthing can somone help me

[rare basin]

Where are you testing it? Hopefully not in the editor

[simple token]

Im trying to drag my GameUI canvas into this Script variable, But it either says "type mismatch" or gives me the crossed out circle:

[keen dew]

Can't drag scene objects into prefabs

[simple token]

Ohh gotcha, appreciate it!

[hollow zenith]

I am stuck on moving UI element on x axis slightly back and forth:

      // Update
        Vector2 pos = new Vector2(transform.position.x + xOffset, transform.localPosition.y);
        transform.localPosition = pos;

Trying different things, but localPosition seems to work best, but only if I create Vector2 out of .position.x, if I use localPosition.x then UI flies off somewhere.
But even with the above, its still flying off just slower 😐

Moving it in the inspector requires me to move it by 100px on x axis to move a bit, but with the code above it moves it by 100px per second, even tho xOffset is between -3 and 3(so the idea is to move it back and forth 3px)
What do I do to move UI element properly?

I might need to use RectTransform.anchoredPosition

   rectTransform.localPosition += (Vector3)pos;
   rectTransform.anchoredPosition += pos;

This works 😐

[exotic hazel]

In this video the stone at the start is mass placed through terrain.The script isnt running icant touch it for somer reason.Then i place the same stone through inspector then the code runs i can touch it .the code doesnt run on mass placed objects can someone help

do i need to create a script to spawn the prefabs?

[exotic hazel]

im here i need to do so that on the spawncoords if the texture is GroundTexture execute a code.How do i do so

[modest quarry]

i have one [SerializeField] private Field field and a static function that uses this field but since i cannot make the field static what shold i do

[eternal needle]

static function means the function is associated with the type, not any instance. your field is associated purely with an instance. Either pass an instance to the function, or redesign what you are doing

it helps if you state your actual use case, so people can suggest better

[modest quarry]

so i cannot make serialized field static right

[modest quarry]

im just trying to know the general step taken for this phase

[eternal needle]

it wouldnt really make sense to do. as for your next step, i cant really say without knowing the use case. the solution is either make the value static, dont make the function static, or pass an instance to the static function.

all of them depend on what you're doing. static functions are generally supposed to have no relation to an instance of the script

[modest quarry]

Okay

[modest quarry]

[SerializeField] private static List<Item> validItemList;
public static bool IsValidItem(Item validItem)
    {
        return validItemList.Contains(validItem);
    }

any workround keeping IsValidItem static?

[modest quarry]

Item is a scriptable object btw

[keen dew]

You really should describe what your actual goal is but this is what singletons are usually used for

[modest quarry]

unfortunatly this class is not going to have one instance

[keen dew]

If there are multiple instances then how would you know which validItemList to use?

[modest quarry]

yup thats gonna be constant for all

[keen dew]

Then why can't you make it static?

[modest quarry]

make what static? the serialized field?

[languid spire]

sounds to me like you need to implement the ISerializationCallbackReceiver interface

[keen dew]

Yes, the thing that you asked about

[languid spire]

that way you can have the static varaible and yet still serialize it

[mortal burrow]

Hi, I have been working in a camera following script to make the camera go at the same speed as the player (the speed increases with time) but, if the player gets stuck, the camera still has to move. Also, the camera has to follow the y cord of the player so if the player jumps, the camera also does.

The problem I have is that when both things are in the same script, the camera follows the player, but the player does a blinking (I can do a video if needed). And if I do it in a different script, when reading the speed from the player movement script, throws "NullReferenceException 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object'"

To move the camera I use this (image)

[modest quarry]

if i make it static NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[keen dew]

well you obviously have to create the list and fill it with whatever you want

[modest dust]

A fast and easy (maybe not so pretty) solution would be just

private void Awake()
{
  if (static_isInitialized)
  {
    return;
  }

  static_isInitialized = true;
  static_validItemList = instance_validItemList;
}```

[eternal needle]

Realistically your solution is probably needing to redesign this. Like why does every instance of the script need to compare if its within the same list?
There are many solutions, you said there are instances of this script so you could also just make both non static then call it a day

[modest quarry]

i don't understand how i can use that to fix this

[modest quarry]

yeah seems to work

[modest quarry]

so i should make another script with public static list<Item> and get that reference with Instance right?

[languid spire]

in the serialize interface copy the static list to a serializable non static list. In the deserialize if the static list is empty copy the non static list to the static list

[eternal needle]

Null errors are always the same, something is null and you are trying to use it. Also you should just use cinemachine

[mortal burrow]

When I declare the variable i do it with a value, then how can it be null?

[eternal needle]

Making another script wouldnt really help here, it's just moving the problem elsewhere. What other people said will work, but I meant this shouldnt be a thing in the first place. You still havent said what the use case truly is so I cant really say more

[north kiln]

Show where you assign player movement

[teal viper]

If you do initialize it at declaration, then it shouldn't be null unless you're resetting it after that. But do you actually?

[teal viper]

These variables can't even be null. They're value types

You must be misunderstanding something

[slender sinew]

The image you sent here has 3 variables that could be null.. cameraRB, player, and PlayerMovement

[north kiln]

The variable I noted is clearly null

Regardless, we shouldn't have to go off images. Stack traces should be provided, same with line numbers

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[mortal burrow]

Line 20, when trying to debug the var PlayerMovement.updatedSpeed

[north kiln]

👆

[mortal burrow]

sorry what does that mean?

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception/unityengine-object-general

[north kiln]

Neither of those things are PlayerMovement

[modest dust]

Your Player is assigned, but what about PlayerMovement. It won't magically know which instance to use to access these fields

[mortal burrow]

I should do [SerializeField] public readonly playerMovement PlayerMovement; then?

[modest dust]

Yes, but without readonly.

and make it private if you're using SerializeField

[empty dagger]

how do I specify that the player isnt touching a wall? the bool that lets you walljump is staying turned on when i leave the wall, idk how to make it turn off

[mortal burrow]

I did that, but i cant assign the script to the serialize field

[modest dust]

You don't assign the script, you assign an instance with that component

[teal viper]

bool = false;
You're welcome

[mortal burrow]

oh yeah, mb

[empty dagger]

yeah that does nothing, it doesnt turn off by itself i need to force it to turn off by making it so it cant be turned on if the player isnt touching a wall

[mortal burrow]

Now works but still does this blinking

[teal viper]

Wat? You're saying that = false doesn't set it to false? That's impossible

[hexed terrace]

Maybe the wall check is still happening and returning true, setting the bool back to true straight after being set false

[empty dagger]

it gets set to true when the player isnt grounded and is touching a wall, and it gets set to false when the player jumps off a wall, but that's not working and theres also no way to set it to false if the player doesnt jump and just leaves the wall

[empty dagger]

yeah i think so

[hexed terrace]

so, go through your code and find out where that is happening.. and tweak the wallcheck

[empty dagger]

idk what I could change, it's just "if contact.normal.y < 0.1f, walljump = true"

[teal viper]

If you need better help, you should share your !code

[eternal falcon]

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[empty dagger]

https://gdl.space/vugixiqufa.cs

[teal viper]

Did you consider using OnCollisionExit?

[empty dagger]

where would I use that?

[teal viper]

In your code. It would be called when you stop colliding with the wall(or anything else)

[modest dust]

Do some research:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-properly-fix-camera-and-rigidbody-stutter-jitter-lag.1251702/

[empty dagger]

i wouldnt know how to specify im leaving the wall

[teal viper]

I just told you how.🤔

[empty dagger]

I'm confused

[modest quarry]

yeah it works

thanks

[empty dagger]

is there no way to just write a line of code that says "else if there's no contact.normal.y, bool = false"

[naive nest]

can someone help me, i go to build my game it loads and after it loads i go to my folder and nothing is there
and right after it builds my pc freezes for a second

[naive nest]

all the forums ive seen are abt 11 yrs old so idk what to do

[modest quarry]

the use case is that this file uses validItemList for some public function and is attached to multiple game objects, then i wanted to make a static function which i can use this file to check for validItemList that can be used in other scripts

[hidden sleet]

If I have this class labelled as abstract, with a virtual method in it, with a class that derives from this one that overrides said virtual method, will calling SaveInventory in this case in the abstract class just do what the method in that abstract class does or the method that is overriden? ```cs
public abstract class InventorySO<T, I> : ScriptableObject where T : InventoryItem, new() where I : class
{

public void Start(){
SaveInventory()
}

public virtual void SaveInventory()
{

}
}```

public class ProcessedInventorySO : InventorySO<InventoryPlainItem, ProcessedItemSO>, ISerializationCallbackReceiver
{
public override void SaveInventory()
{
    string json = JsonUtility.ToJson(new ProcessedInventorySaveClass(inventoryContainer), true);
    if (inventoryContainer.Count != 0)
    {
        File.WriteAllText(Application.persistentDataPath + "/ProcessedInventory.json", json);


    }
}
}```

[mortal burrow]

Hey, now works perfect, thanks for sending me this link <3

[modest dust]

Virtual methods have nothing to do with abstract classes, they can be anywhere (well, besides structs and static classes). As to which version will be called, it will be the overridden one. The base version will be only called if you call it directly in the overridden version via base.MethodName(params)

But if you want some base functionality in an abstract class, then you can always just do this:

public abstract class AbstractBase
{
  public void GeneralMethod()
  {
    // Base stuff
    // ...
    CustomImplementation();
  }
  
  protected abstract void CustomImplementation();
}``` 
And not care about calling any base method

[hexed terrace]

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

[empty dagger]

Oh do I not need to specify what each collision is?

yeah that worked, thanks, I didn't know it worked like that

[empty dagger]

is there a way to make it so the player falls slower while a certain bool is active? I keep trying to look it up and the only results are how to change the game's physics completely which isnt what I want

[hazy crypt]

yes

Ive done this

Lemme see how I did it one seond

[empty dagger]

okie cool

[hazy crypt]

//gravity 
        rb.AddForce(-Vector3.up * gravityForce);

mine is just like tbhis

So set you normal rigidbody gravity to the "slow" one and then add an additional gravity force when not slow

Guys im having a problem with a countdown timer

if (countinTimer > 0)
        {
            Time.timeScale = 0f;
            countinTimer = countinTimer -= Time.fixedUnscaledDeltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
            Time.timeScale = 1f;
            timerTime = timerTime += Time.deltaTime;
        }

I want it to countdown for 3 seconds, then start counting up

Its a speedrunning game

the counting up is working fine, but the countdown jumps from 3s to -1.5 on the first frame that the game is played

[long steppe]

creating a main menu for my first project (following a tutorial), trying to get the start game button to load the main scene where the gameplay happens: i've created a script with a function that starts the gameplay scene, added an on click thingy to the button in the inspector and attached the aforementioned script, but when i go to assign the function of it, it doesn't show up, any help?

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/unity-events/incorrect-assignment

[oak ginkgo]

@slender nymph Is this the place I'd ask for support?

[slender nymph]

is your issue code related? if so, read the channel name and description and decide for yourself

[oak ginkgo]

regular douche then aint ya, it might be, or it might be something wrong with something else like layers or something. I don't know, thats the point

I don't know enough about coding to know if thats the issue, or if its something else I've gotten wrong

[slender nymph]

well you've not provided any useful details about your issue so i have no idea what it is. but you've also just guaranteed that i won't help so good luck

[oak ginkgo]

Sounds like I don't want your help with your attitude lmao

[long steppe]

figured it out with this, appreciate it :)

[burnt vapor]

If only they would actually share the issue instead of making a scene

[halcyon geyser]

Hard task for some

[hidden sleet]

Trying to set a breakpoint in this method but it says it won't be hit. Is there any particular reason why? ```cs
public class ProcessedItemDatabase : ScriptableObject
{
public ProcessedItemSO[] items;
public Dictionary<ProcessedItemSO, int> ItemToId = new Dictionary<ProcessedItemSO, int>();
public Dictionary<int, ProcessedItemSO> IdToItem = new Dictionary<int, ProcessedItemSO>();

public void CreateDatabaseDictionaries()
{
            ItemToId = new Dictionary<ProcessedItemSO, int>();
    IdToItem = new Dictionary<int, ProcessedItemSO>();

    for (int i = 0; i < items.Length; i++)
    {
        ItemToId.Add(items[i], i);
        IdToItem.Add(i, items[i]);
    }
}

}

[burnt vapor]

Do other breakpoints work?

[hidden sleet]

Ah, actually it unassigned the scriptable object in the editor, that's probably why

the fact that it does that whenever I change the script is a bit annoying I will say

[burnt vapor]

It should not unassign it as far as I know

Your script has an id and that's the thing Unity assigns, so for some reason it has to unassign it

Perhaps you have code that does this?

[hidden sleet]

Well there have been many occassions where changing a scriptable object has just unnasigned every instance of that in the inspector

[twilit cliff]

Hey, I have used the following method to play the crash sound when the bullet prefab collides with enemy prefab object that's instantiated and the volume of the sound is way too low.... I believe, since these two objects are being instantiated and not in the Scene view like a player object, the method used has reduced the volume of the crash sound, and I can barely hear on speaker, below is the line of code I used, can someone please help me do better...

AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(crashSound, other.transform.position);

[slender nymph]

since these two objects are being instantiated and not in the Scene view like a player object
instantiating an object puts it into the scene.
but perhaps you should pass in a higher volume as the third parameter if the default of 1 is too low

ah wait scratch that last bit, 1 is the highest it can be

so perhaps the issue is that you want to use an actual existing AudioSource component in the scene so you can adjust its 3d sound settings rather than just using the default

[twilit cliff]

I just want the sound to be loud and clear as other sound that I have attached to Player object which plays with very good volume, but for the enemy and bullet prefab, I had to use the above mentioned method since they are not in the Scene view like player and they are just being instantiated and I believe because of this reason, I can use the following method for player since it exist in the Scene view: AudioSource.PlayOneShot(crashSound, 1f);

But when I try to use the same method under Bullet Script, it isn't working since the bullet and enemy objects are instantiated only after the game starts and not in game scene...

[slender nymph]

enemy objects are instantiated only after the game starts and not in game scene
again, instantiating the objects puts them in the scene

you do not need to use the static PlayClipAtPoint method if you just get some reference to an existing AudioSource

[empty dagger]

Does anyone know how I'd make the sprite flip based on if it's touching a wall to the left or right of the camera? My wallslide sprite is facing to the right so it only looks right if the wall I'm touching is to the right (or front) of the camera, I need it to flip to the other side if I'm touching a wall to the left

[slender nymph]

get the normal of the surface your object is touching, then you can use Vector3.Dot to determine how close to the direction your object is facing that normal is, if it is within some threshold of the direction your object faces then you don't need to flip, otherwise flip the sprite

[empty dagger]

how do I get the normal of the wall I'm touching? I tried looking into this earlier since I needed the walljump to be opposite to the wall direction but I just couldn't figure it out at all, ended up giving me a headache

[slender nymph]

how are you determining that you are touching a wall in the first place? because however you are doing that will determine how you get the normal

[empty dagger]

https://gdl.space/vugixiqufa.cs

thats the script for the walljump

[slender nymph]

so you are using OnCollisionStay. you can get the first point of contact from the Collision and get the normal from that

[empty dagger]

do I add something to the OnCollisionStay part then?

[slender nymph]

yes, that is the only place you can access that Collision info

you're also already accessing the normal for each contact point . . .

[empty dagger]

i dont really know how to apply it to other things

im not even sure what the first step here would be

[quick ruin]

trying to transition to FP, how do I get the bullet to rotate towards the center of the screen (bulletEnd)

[wintry quarry]

you'd need to get a world space position for "center of screen"

one simple way is just something like:

myCamera.transform.position + myCamera.transform.forward * distance```

or a cuter way: myCamera.transform.TransformPoint(Vector3.forward * distance)

[dapper forge]

Hey, I can usually drag the game window from the Unity Engine to another screen. But when I get over the edge it's back to the right. How can I drag it back to another desktop?

[pallid sand]

Ofc not i am testing it at build

[polar acorn]

Drag it off the dock first to make it a sub-window, then move the window to another screen

[dapper forge]

Thanks this worked for me

But is this new ?

[cunning rapids]

I don't think so

[pallid sand]

Guys i have problem with changing my game resultion the first debug showing the desird resolution but after doing screen.SetResulution nothing changed could it be relate to display mode or somthing can somone help me

            Screen.SetResolution(resolution.width, resolution.height, false);
            Debug.Log($"ِCurrent resolution height {Screen.currentResolution.height} and width {Screen.currentResolution.width}");```

[modest dust]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen.SetResolution.html
A resolution switch does not happen immediately; it happens when the current frame is finished.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen-currentResolution.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen-width.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen-height.html

Also test it out in a build, not the Editor

[covert crown]

can anybody help me? when I write some line of code, some of the words won't highlight. should it be a problem, and if it is, what can I do to fix it?

[polar acorn]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[cunning rapids]

Make sure you have the unity preset installed into your vs ide

For vscode you need to install the necessary dotnet sdk and install the unity extension.

[covert crown]

how do I find the preset

[summer stump]

There is a guide right there. And it isn^t called a preset btw

[covert crown]

Oh k

It turns out I didn’t use Visual studio as my external script editor, do I regenerate project files?

[cunning rapids]

Yes, for good measure

[cunning rapids]

Extensions tab in vscode. Follow the guide

It's called an extension

[summer stump]

They are using vs apparantly

[cunning rapids]

Oh

Well the "preset" is in the start menu when you install vs

[covert crown]

Alright

[cunning rapids]

Just click on "Unity compatibility" or whatever its called

I haven't used vs in a while

[summer stump]

Are you talking about the Unity workload?

[cunning rapids]

Yes

[summer stump]

Ok, that is part of the guide

[cunning rapids]

I'm aware

[summer stump]

Preset was just confusing because neither the workload nor extension are called that.
Don't wanna make things confusing when they are already following a guide

[frigid sequoia]

Not, really code, but pretty sure my script is what is causing this... My healthbar is... dissapering from the Canvas, just after the shake effect that moves the whole UI when taking damage

[cunning rapids]

Yes, I used quotations to make it clear for the person who called it a preset

[cunning rapids]

A video would be useful

[summer stump]

I'd say just let them follow the guide next time

[cunning rapids]

And some source code

[carmine sierra]

How can I detect a single mouse click rather than every frame that the mouse is held down

[frigid sequoia]

But it only affects the healthbar and if I move it slighty it shows again, as if I was covered by a mask that makes it transparent there or something like that... But I don't know what is causing that...

[frigid sequoia]

I don't really have anything to record, I would just show some images if you think it helps

[cunning rapids]

Input.GetButtonDown

[cunning rapids]

Sure, that would work

[frigid sequoia]

Give me a sec, I am with something else, I will explain it better in a moment

[carmine sierra]

not working

[cunning rapids]

Thats "Input.GetKeyDown", edit: nvm he referenced an axis

[wintry quarry]

What axis type did you set it to?

[carmine sierra]

it was set to x

[wintry quarry]

that's not an axis type

[carmine sierra]

I just used fire1 and renamed it

[wintry quarry]

You have it set to key or mouse button

not gonna work for a joystick

[carmine sierra]

what do i set it to

[wintry quarry]

Joystick

[carmine sierra]

I just need a mouse click

[wintry quarry]

then why are you using Joystick button 0

[polar acorn]

Joystick Button 0 is not a mouse click

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-InputManager.html

[carmine sierra]

thanks anything else?

[cunning rapids]

Do you know what a mouse is or??

[wintry quarry]

should be ok now.

[cunning rapids]

That should do it

[wintry quarry]

L is a weird name for it

[carmine sierra]

l as in left click

[cunning rapids]

An axis can be any default trigger

[carmine sierra]

yesss it works

thanks

[cunning rapids]

You can change the primary trigger fir the axis to be ctrl or shift or anything like that

[cunning rapids]

You're welcome :)

[carmine sierra]

how would I go about rotating a prefab before it has spawned or set it's rotation before spawning

[wintry quarry]

Instantiate takes a rotation parameter

[carmine sierra]

yeah

[cunning rapids]

So just modify that parameter

To the rotation you want

[carmine sierra]

why is it 4 numbers

(0, 0, 0, 1)

apparently thats the normal one?#

[wintry quarry]

don't worry about the 4 numbers

Quaternion.Euler(x, y, z)```

[carmine sierra]

ooohhhh

[wintry quarry]

Or Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, axis)

[carmine sierra]

and i can use that as the rotation parameter instead of quaternion.identity?

[wintry quarry]

You can use any Quaternion as the rotation parameter

[cunning rapids]

Yes

Quaternion.identity is the default rotation. Or just 0,0,0

Instantiate(Prefab, PrefabPos, Quaternion.identity);

[modest quarry]

is void Start() the first frame when loaded into a scene?

[cunning rapids]

Yes

[carmine sierra]

yeah i got it working thanks so much

[cunning rapids]

No problem

[modest quarry]

and void Awake() is?

[burnt vapor]

Basically the Monobehaviour's constructor

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html

[burnt vapor]

Runs before any Start methods, useful for assigning data before running it

[modest quarry]

Ahh okay

Thanks

[cunning rapids]

Called when the script instance is first loaded, and only loads once

Start is for every time the script instance is loaded

[flint falcon]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/awake-and-start-1?uv=2019.3&projectId=5c8920b4edbc2a113b6bc26a#5c8a41a3edbc2a001f47cd3d

[modest quarry]

okay thanks

[flint falcon]

was watching this as you asked\

[modest quarry]

lol

[modest quarry]

is the tutorial good?

[carmine sierra]

whats the simplest way to detect mouse hovers on ui elements

[flint falcon]

some of it is meh but I'm a super beginner and some of these basics i needed

[slender nymph]

the IPointerEnterHandler and other event system interfaces

[scarlet skiff]

u planning on making an animation based on if the user is hovering over it?

[modest quarry]

alright

[carmine sierra]

no

[scarlet skiff]

oh ok

[cunning rapids]

EventTrigger component and PointerEnter/PointerExit events

[summer stump]

Both start and awake only run once in the lifetime.

[carmine sierra]

thanks, would this be onpointerenter?

[cunning rapids]

Yes. My bad

[cunning rapids]

Yes

[exotic hazel]

Hey guys.I used for loop and sample height to spawn a stone on a terrain.I used the same way to spawn rabbits just without a for loop.But this time the stone spawned like 200 units in the air or inside the ground.I couldnt get the correct Y coordinates

[cunning rapids]

Make sure this is your script class ```using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler```

[slender nymph]

why are you hardcoding the ranges like that and why are those numbers so gigantic?

[exotic hazel]

they are hardcoding rn for testing

[burnt vapor]

Do they spawn in the air because you used such massive numbers?

[exotic hazel]

its 10000 cus i need to randomly spawn stones,trees etc in my terrain cus if mass placed the scripts wont work

[exotic hazel]

i dont think so. its just a number

[burnt vapor]

I'm not sure what the problem is. Do you want them to fall down?

[exotic hazel]

for how many times the loop is to be repeated

[exotic hazel]

nope just stay there

i mean on the ground

[cunning rapids]

A number that determines the spawn coordinates...

[exotic hazel]

oh those numbers

they are the X and Z coordinates

not the Y coordinates

The Y coordinates is to be found through this

[burnt vapor]

Try logging what Ycoords is set to

And perhaps check what transform.position results at, and see if these are proper coordinates you expect them to be

My guess is that this is not what you expect

[exotic hazel]

lemme try

they are gonna log Y coords 10000 times to lemme lwoer em down

[cunning rapids]

Ah I see. Didn't catch that

[burnt vapor]

Then consider drawing spheres instead

void OnDrawGizmos()
{
    Gizmos.color = Color.red;
    Gizmos.DrawSphere(this.transform.position, 1);
}

[cunning rapids]

Although won't the for loop add 1 to the y coords 10000 times?

[exotic hazel]

i spawned 10 rocks 1 of them spawned at y lvl 0 and rest all of them at Y lvl 182 for some reason

[exotic hazel]

why the Y coords?

[burnt vapor]

No, because if you read the line above that it assigns the value

[cunning rapids]

Ah right. My bad

[exotic hazel]

but then wont it run the code to get the Y value everytime it repeats

[exotic hazel]

this happened for some reason

[burnt vapor]

My guess is that they should just replace transform.position with SpawnCoords but it doesn't hurt to teach basic debugging

[exotic hazel]

oke let me try

i did just copy the rabbit spawner code

[scarlet skiff]

why wont they show up in the inspector?

[polar acorn]

static

[cunning rapids]

Remove static

[scarlet skiff]

alr ty'

[burnt vapor]

Unity does not support providing static as an assignable field in the inspector. Instead make it instanced

[exotic hazel]

I put on spawncoords now it gives totally random coordinates

[scarlet skiff]

my plan is to put all the references to the player one script, then have all the spawners take it from there so i dont have to manually assign that everytime, and also maybe eventually make the spawners a prefab, so ye

[swift sedge]

why are you making them static?

[scarlet skiff]

would i need a singleton pattern for this?

[scarlet skiff]

so i can do my plan, but seems that wont quite work

[modest dust]

Singleton, static properties

[polar acorn]

If you can make this object a singleton, that probably means you can make all of the contained classes singletons instead. If those objects are not good candidates for singletons, neither will this one be

[maiden yarrow]

i'm making a first person game so ofc I made my cursor dissapear. but I want to add a new one that's always centered how do I do so?

basically what I want is a crosshair

[rocky canyon]

you just create a canvas and put an image centered

[flint falcon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKAzK1mxWqU&t=142s

[scarlet skiff]

well there will only be one player so id say they would work as singletons

right?

[polar acorn]

I can't really answer if these are proper singleton candidates. Are all of these objects cases where there is always exactly one instance of these objects in every scene?

[scarlet skiff]

id say yea, in every scene where this singleton will be used, there will be the player

[polar acorn]

If everything this script would have referenced can be made a singleton, just make them the singleton and reference them that way

[humble fable]

What is this error?

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

public class PipeSpawnScript : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject pipe;
public float spawnRate = 2;
private float tomer = 0;

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

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (timer < spawnRate)
    {
       timer = timer + time.deltaTime;  
    }  
    else
    {  
       spawnPipe();
       timer = 0;
    }  
}

void.spawnPipe();
{
Instantiate(pipe, transform.position, transform.rotation);
}
}
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PipeSpawnScript : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject pipe;
public float spawnRate = 2;
private float tomer = 0;

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

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (timer < spawnRate)
    {
       timer = timer + time.deltaTime;  
    }  
    else
    {  
       spawnPipe();
       timer = 0;
    }  
}

void.spawnPipe();
{
Instantiate(pipe, transform.position, transform.rotation);
}
}

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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

[slender nymph]

configure your !IDE so you don't make silly syntax errors like the ones you have demonstrated

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[humble fable]

What is an !IDE

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[polar acorn]

It's a bot command that brings up the instructions you didn't read

[humble fable]

I started today

[slender nymph]

the world may never know

[polar acorn]

for how to configure your IDE

[humble fable]

What is an IDE

[swift sedge]

Integrated Development Environment

[polar acorn]

The thing you type code in

[swift sedge]

it has syntax highlighting, intellisense, project management, build tools, etc

[scarlet skiff]

wouldnt it be easier to just make one, and in there i collect all the scripts i want to reference

idk anymore

[carmine sierra]

i still dont understand

the documentation for all these things doesnt help me get what im meant to do with them

[humble fable]

I've done it now

[polar acorn]

Okay, so do you have red underlines in your code?

[swift sedge]

what im wondering is what you were using when you created that code...

[humble fable]

C#

[rocky canyon]

alot of ppl dont know the term IDE when beginning

to them its just a code editor

[humble fable]

Ah, Didn't realize i could scroll down

[carmine sierra]

how can I detect a mouse hover over a button/image ui

cause it already detects as it highlights

[swift sedge]

before learning the unity API, you need to know C#, to learn C# you need an IDE and know what an IDE is

[rocky canyon]

you can add event trigger component to the button and call custom methods

[carmine sierra]

ohh thanks

[slender nymph]

use the event system interfaces like IPointerEnterHandler

[carmine sierra]

and is point enter the correct one

[crimson sinew]

The text editor, not the language lol

[lethal bolt]

where do i open det animation rigging i have downloaded it?

[swift sedge]

VS Code is a text editor but has syntax highlighting and intellisense tho...

[cunning rapids]

using UnityEngine.EventSystems;

public class ExampleScript : MonoBehaviour, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler
{
    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
    }

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
    }
}```

[rocky canyon]

should have a brand new button at the top

[humble fable]

It's just errors

[rocky canyon]

you have to install the net SDK

[carmine sierra]

i dont understand the paramters pointeventdata eventdata

[lethal bolt]

That happend last time, but not this time

[humble fable]

Where can i download

[rocky canyon]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download

[swift sedge]

you can go to the definition to learn what it returns...

or look up the docs

[carmine sierra]

i did and i still dont get what the paramters are

[lethal bolt]

Found out

[cunning rapids]

It's one parameter. PointerEventData just holds the information of the pointer event that triggered the method. Such as the position, what gameobject it entered, etc. You don't really have to know

[humble fable]

Yes now It's showing red lines

[polar acorn]

That should give you some hints as to what the problem is

[humble fable]

But i still don't understand

[swift sedge]

you need to install c# before using c#

[humble fable]

I have

[swift elbow]

You should learn c# before continuing

[carmine sierra]

where would the script go, inside of the UI which you want to detect mouse hovers for? Also does that mean it doesn't need any parameters (like update or start)

[humble fable]

Do you have a tutorial?

[slender nymph]

there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel

[frigid sequoia]

Ok so in order: 1 is the interface in edit mode; 2 is the layout; 3 is the UI in game before getting glitched; 4: is the bar missing after taking damage and doing the shake effect; 5 is me changing the resolution to reload it and now it shows; if I take damage again is goes missing again. 6 is me moving the main layout container a bit, it makes this weird mask-like effect, it does no affect anything else in the UI aside from the healthbars

[humble fable]

where

[slender nymph]

in the pinned messages . . .

[dreamy urchin]

Guys, I've been workin on it for like a week (my first game) and all drawings are made by me (I suck at drawing 😦 ), can you suggest something to add because I don't have a lot of ideas rn, maybe with some help I'll know what to do

[rocky canyon]

check ur spellings homie.. you have tomer you have timer you have spawnPipe() void void.

its all over the place

[frigid sequoia]

@cunning rapids

[swift elbow]

#archived-game-design

[dreamy urchin]

oh alr

sorry

[swift elbow]

Why does the res on your numbers get so bad in the 5th pic? I thought you only changed the bar's res

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, to a lesser res XD

[polar acorn]

Take a look at your spawnPipe function. Do you notice a problem that none of the other methods have

[swift elbow]

It sounds like whatever shake affect you're applying thru code is what's making this happen

If you make and play an animation it would be a lot easier

[rocky canyon]

Tween it

[carmine sierra]

if i am using destroy on a variable does it also destroy the variable

itselg

not just it's contents

[slender nymph]

wdym by "destroy the variable"? the Object.Destroy method just destroys a UnityEngine.Object. it does nothing at all to your variables

[rocky canyon]

pretty sure u cant destroy a variable at runtime

[carmine sierra]

oh okay well i used Destroy()

[slender nymph]

yes that is Object.Destroy

[frigid sequoia]

This is what causes the shake, it worked before

I don't think I have changed anything...

[scarlet skiff]

i cant reference objects that are in the scene when it comes to singleton patterns 🫠

[wintry quarry]

This code is very framerate dependent

[slender nymph]

prefabs cannot reference in-scene objects. nor can you drag a reference from one scene to another
https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[frigid sequoia]

It is, I don't think it matters, it always resets to the initial position anyways

[wintry quarry]

where does `startincContentPanelPosition come from

[carmine sierra]

just want to confirm that this is valid

placing is a bool

[slender nymph]

why wouldn't that be valid

[carmine sierra]

cause my script is bugging

[swift elbow]

Debug.Log is cosmetic at heart, but useful in the real world

[wraith valley]

GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color

Does that mean take a rendering component?

[carmine sierra]

thanks for your wisdom

ill try it

[vocal marlin]

https://paste.myst.rs/2se0wu71
can someone tell me why only the heavyAttack input actually does all the stuff in my coroutine, it's acting really weird

[wraith valley]

Nice colors

How do you do this?

[carmine sierra]

the colours?

[vocal marlin]

the coroutine is getting called in both cases but not all of the stuff is happening

[wraith valley]

Yes

[carmine sierra]

its called halycyon theme

[wraith valley]

Thanks

[slender nymph]

if heavyAttack was not pressed this frame then player.currentState is set to PlayerState.idle

[wraith valley]

Does anyone can answer?

[swift elbow]

Yes, you are accessing the material color of the renderer component

[vocal marlin]

no the heavy attack is working, but the lightAttack isnt

[vocal marlin]

oh wait

[wraith valley]

Thanks

[slender nymph]

did you finally realize what i was getting at?

[vocal marlin]

yep

[vocal marlin]

ty

[cunning rapids]

I'm back hello

I'm pretty sure you have to shake the health bar along with the background

It looks like the background overlaps the bar

[harsh vault]

Idk why but when I press the A and D keys sometimes the character defaults back to the idle state but moves while in idling

[tender stag]

SetEquipment(GetEquipment(GetCurrentEquipment(cell).itemData).inventory, true);```

```private void SetEquipment(GameObject gameObject, bool active)
{
    if(gameObject != null)
    {
        gameObject.SetActive(active);
    }
}```

i get a NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object on this line if(gameObject != null)

[polar acorn]

Is that actually the line the error is on?

[tender stag]

its on if(gameObject != null)

[rich adder]

no way null check wouold throw null ref would it

[polar acorn]

That line cannot throw that error

[tender stag]

the thing is the gameObject i pass in

can be null

[polar acorn]

Did you make sure to save all your scripts and clear the console?

[tender stag]

wait no its this one

gameObject.SetActive(active);

sorry

[rich adder]

why is your local var named gameObject :\

[tender stag]

that was just for testing

[polar acorn]

Okay, that one can be null. I think it's due to Unity's weird == null override thing that's been confusing as hell for like ten years. Try if (gameObject is not null) instead. Also change the name of that variable

[tender stag]

u know the model i pass into the method

it can be null

like this SetEquipment(GetEquipment(GetCurrentEquipment(cell).itemData).clothingModel, true); returns either a null value or a game object

[polar acorn]

Right. And Unity does some fucky stuff iwth GameObjects and == null, which is why I'm suggesting you use is not null instead

[tender stag]

i tried it

same thing

[polar acorn]

It looks like your IDE has something to say about that if statement, hover over those three dots. What does it say?

[slender nymph]

but the is not null would do a pure null check and wouldn't be true if the object is destroyed whereas the current comparison to null should work just fine

[slender nymph]

show the full stack trace for the error

[polar acorn]

Yeah, you're right. != null should be more inclusive, not less

[tender stag]

oh wait

its here

[polar acorn]

Can you share the !code of EquipmentManager (use a bin with line numbers)

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

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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.

[rich adder]

yea..

[slender nymph]

yeah that makes more sense. there are several objects on that line that could be null

[polar acorn]

So, after we asked you twice what line it was on you gave us two different answers, neither of which were correct

[tender stag]

sorry about that

[polar acorn]

Why did you not just actually check instead of guessing twice

[harsh vault]

Would I need to post the code in links if its up to about 70 lines of code?

[tender stag]

can how i simplify this tho?

[tender stag]

cause this works

[polar acorn]

Store things in variables

[slender nymph]

that's not the null part though. that final item wouldn't be what throws.

[polar acorn]

Store GetCurrentEquipment(cell) in a variable. Then store the itemData in another. And so on

[slender nymph]

it is either cell, GetCurrentEquipment(cell) or GetEquipment(GetCurrentEquipment(cell).itemData that is throwing an NRE

also for the love of god break that up into multiple lines so you can reuse the objects and so it is more clear what exactly is throwing

[tender stag]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/hokawakodu.csharp

heres the full code

dont look at UnequipEquipment because i need to redo it

[harsh vault]

https://paste.ofcode.org/7xe5XwBWKPRFYxCHnR7tAS This one keeps doing this bug where it allows the idle state to animate will moving.

[slender nymph]

you probably need to check your transition settings in the animator

[polar acorn]

Looks like you're basing your movement speed off of the Vector, but your animation based on key press/release. If your axis has smoothing, it doesn't instantly become 0 the frame you release it, it slowly goes back down to 0. So you immediately change animations but there's still some input left on the axis. You should stick to one or the other

Use the input vector for everything

[gleaming kraken]

what's the difference between IsTrigger being checked and not being checked?

[polar acorn]

Trigger colliders are not solid, things can freely pass through them, but they still provide physics events (OnTrigger instead of OnCollision)

[flint falcon]

I have a movement system for 2d space ship that follows the mouse for direction. but if you stop moving the mouse and it reaches it than to sprite shakes back and forth. how can i go about stopping that

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/CollidersOverview.html

[gleaming kraken]

oh so the same thing as colliders but you don't touch them?

I see, thank you

[polar acorn]

For the most part, yes

[rich adder]

check distance from worldMouse, if too close don't do the flippy thingy

[flint falcon]

@rich adder and those videos have been a huge help im still working through them

i fixed the nonsense from last night since I didn't even realize those were functions you were telling me

[tender stag]

alright this works

thanks

[harsh vault]

Ohh ok thank you!

[slender nymph]

please learn how to use local variables so you aren't calling the same exact method 3 times

[polar acorn]

It looks like you can pretty cleanly set that animator parameter to horizontal.magnitude, assuming the parameter is a float and can accept decimals

[stone pilot]

why when i die then respawn and dash this happens (it dashes me backward opposites the way am moving)
player movement code https://codeshare.io/ApKxyw
player death code https://codeshare.io/MkjxJe

[polar acorn]

Please for the love of Gaben store that GetEquipment result in a variable you're using it three times

[rich adder]

lord gaben

[gleaming kraken]

isn't lord gaben the creator of steam

[frigid sequoia]

Seems so, but I am pretty sure the whole container is moving so...

[frigid sequoia]

I don't know how anything could be in front....

[gleaming kraken]

i am very much so confused on why you chose to send a picture of you replying to me and yet it meant you sent it as text but I wasn't pinged twice and only once for this reply, am I going insane?

[rich adder]

eh my original reply was text but deleted by Dyno Regex

so I got lazy and sent the SS of it

[maiden yarrow]

I want to make something that stores an array of prefabs how do I do so?

[summer stump]

Regex filtering. It was too short

[slender nymph]

perhaps by using an array?

[rich adder]

public Transform[] Myprefabs

[maiden yarrow]

yes I tried doing so with
public PrefabType[] cardSprites;
but it won't work

[maiden yarrow]

thanks

[rich adder]

this works fine, what you mean " wont work"

[harsh vault]

Where the 0 and the 1s are?

[slender nymph]

do you have a component called PrefabType? if so, that would absolutely work

[maiden yarrow]

it won't spawn them

[maiden yarrow]

no

[rich adder]

show entire code

[slender nymph]

well no wonder it didn't work, you can't just use things that don't exist

[polar acorn]

Yes, just set the animation parameter directly to the magnitude of your movement vector

[summer stump]

Well that is an entirely separate issue

[rich adder]

oh oops

PrefabType doesn't exist ofc it wont work

[rich adder]

did you figure this one out ?

[flint falcon]

im working it out now and going slow

[summer stump]

Use the suggested Transform[]
Or use a component that exists. Like I have a Unit[] of prefabs for my various Units that I can spawn. This means I MADE a class called Unit. Thus the type exists

[maiden yarrow]

okay so if I want it to spawn I go Instantiate(transform); or Instantiate(cardSprites);??

[flint falcon]

kinda stuck but I'll get it just need to figure out the best way to implement it

[summer stump]

Neither

[rich adder]

no..thats not how indices work

[slender nymph]

there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel if you do not understand how arrays work

[cunning rapids]

Valve created steam. Gabe newell is the founder if valve

[maiden yarrow]

I understand how an array works. but now how instantiate works😭

[rich adder]

and you're replying this to me why?

[summer stump]

Your error is only with how arrays work

Instantiate WAS fine if cardSprites was a variable

[slender nymph]

Instantiate is just a method like any other method. it takes a single object as its first parameter, not an entire array

[rich adder]

you pass the specific / random one you want from array

[summer stump]

The ONLY thing you need to do is access the array properly

[swift elbow]

use a for loop

[maiden yarrow]

ohhh so instantiate(transform[0])??

[summer stump]

It seems like they want to instantiate a specific item from the array

[summer stump]

No

Not transform

[rich adder]

why is your array named transform ?

[harsh vault]

I cant find magnitude for some reason. When I type it in nothing comes up

[summer stump]

cardSprites[0]

[harsh vault]

Do I gotta set it?

[summer stump]

@maiden yarrow You have to access an array by its variable name, not the type of course.
Again, this is a basic c# issue with arrays.
Not related to Instantiate

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

[polar acorn]

Oh wait, it's a 1D axis not a 2D one, so it's just a float. No magnitude needed

just use the value

[rich adder]

Instantiate(cardSprites[theIndex])

[harsh vault]

So just use horizontal?

[polar acorn]

Yeah that should be fine

[harsh vault]

It works but only on the d key. The a key does not want to animate to the walk state

[polar acorn]

Oh, right, you probably don't have the animation set up to accept a negative. Try Mathf.Abs(horizontal) instead

[cunning rapids]

Because I assumed you corrected "gaben" to valve

Even though they're both true

[polar acorn]

I believe they were trying to correct steam to valve

[cunning rapids]

Ah my bad

[harsh vault]

It worked! Thank you!

[scarlet skiff]

does this

refer to this?

[swift crag]

Camera.main looks for a game object tagged with MainCamera and tries to get a Camera from it

(the camera is cached, so it doesn't literally do a find-with-tag and a get-component every time you use it)

[scarlet skiff]

alright cool

so yes, but doesnt update

[swift crag]

are you having a problem?

[swift elbow]

How do you know? Are you checking with debug.log or is your var public?

[flint falcon]

@rich adder nope i failed back to my videos

[scarlet skiff]

thats.. just.. how i understood what they said

[tender stag]

how can i refresh a canvas through script?

[swift elbow]

oh i thought you meant the var wasnt being set properly oops

[swift elbow]

wdym by refresh?

[rich adder]

wdym

[tender stag]

like u know scroll rect

and other canvas components

i need them to update

in a specific moment

[flint falcon]

tried creating a dead zone and turning the rb.velocity to 0

wait a second i need to use the magnitude I think

[crimson ibex]

Hello. I am unable to build "Mobile 3d" template on an android device. I can successfully build regular 3d templates on android. Error thrown :-

Exception while marshalling C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2022.3.20f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\build-tools\32.0.0\package.xml. Probably the SDK is read-only

I have installed adaptive performance. This is empty "Mobile 3d" template , via Unity Hub. And I can build non-mobile teplates on android (without and with adaptive performance)

[swift crag]

what is the problem you're trying to solve?

[tender stag]

i'll show u in a minute

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Canvas.ForceUpdateCanvases.html can be used to forcibly update all canvases

[rich adder]

send current code

use link

[flint falcon]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[flint falcon]

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

[rocky canyon]

<i wish more ppl would kill their embeds>

[tawny hedge]

hi, im having a bit of an issue with triggers, objects are passing through each other, everything seems to be correct in the code, but nothing in the event or script is actually triggering, this was working before i started trying out the new input system, i must've ticked, removed, or unticked something to produce this problem but can't for the life of me figure out what the issue is! 😂

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

This will walk you through the possible causes.

[tawny hedge]

thank you, ill give it a read and go through now

[rich adder]

first , why isn't your direction Normalized()

also thought you mentioned a sprite, if you don't want it to move instead of setting vel 0 just make bool and exclude input

[tender stag]

u see how its not getting updated?

i had to minimize the window

for it to update

[swift crag]

that sounds more like a problem with your UI layout

for example -- perhaps you've got ContentSizeFitters in places they do not belong

[flint falcon]

Where exactly. i had it at one point but i believe it was giving me an error

[tender stag]

probably

[flint falcon]

most likely being my fault at the time

[swift crag]

That UI on the right should be layout groups all the way down

• Inventories <-- VerticalLayoutGroup
  • Inventory <-- VerticalLayoutGroup
    • Title
    • Grid <-- GridLayout

bah, sec

[rich adder]

  Vector2 direction = new(mousePosition.x - transform.position.x, mousePosition.y - transform.position.y);
direction.Normalize();
        transform.up = direction;

[swift crag]

If you ever see this, your UI is set up incorrectly!

[tender stag]

oh

[swift crag]

Do you mean to have one very large scroll area?

so that you scroll up and down to go through different kinds of inventory grids

[tender stag]

i could just have this

and it would work

but i want the categories

like Chest, Legs

etc

thats why i had it like this

with extra content size fitters

[swift crag]

• ScrollRect <-- ScrollRect, no layout group
  • Mask <-- Mask, no layout group
    • Content <-- ContentSizeFitter, VerticalLayoutGroup
      • Head <-- VerticalLayoutGroup
      • Title <-- no layout group, just a TextMeshPro to display the word "Head"
      • Grid <-- GridLayoutGroup
        • Grid Cell <-- no layout group, just an image or whatever

[tawny hedge]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages/3d-collision-matrix

[swift crag]

The default "Scroll View" preset is roughly what you need

[tawny hedge]

for some reason some boxes were unticked

[swift crag]

you just need to throw in the content size fitter and the vertical layout group on the "Content" object

The ContentSizeFitter reszies its own object to fit the content in its children.

The VerticalLayoutGroup asks its children about how much space they want, then asks for at least that much (plus more for spacing, margins, etc.)

It's vital that you have layout groups all the way down.

[tawny hedge]

default was unticked, re ticked and now works (:

[swift crag]

If each category has a ContentSizeFitter, then it will try to resize itself

[tender stag]

im so confused

[swift crag]

rather than just asking its parent for the space it needs.

[tender stag]

so remove the content size fitters?

[flint falcon]

I think this was last night when I was trying to understand exactly what normalized was and in this mouse movement set up I couldnt notice a difference and I forgot to put it back

[swift crag]

Correct. Your UI should be laid out like this #💻┃code-beginner message

[flint falcon]

but your right since I am only using it for the direction It should be normalized if I remeber correctly

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/UIAutoLayout.html

You should read about auto-layout here

[rich adder]

normalizing makes the length a max of 1

which is very useful for only needing direction for example as it keeps it consistent

[flint falcon]

Yes that's what I was reading l, I was taking it out and putting it back in to see if I could tell the difference cause I don't fully understand the concept

[rich adder]

imagine you pass direction as is to a weapon shooting bullet, the bullet will now be faster depending how far the distance is from firepoint to mousePos for example

[tender stag]

its still giving me the warning

on the content size fitter

its because of the scroll rect

when i disable it its gone

[swift crag]

go to GameObject -> UI -> Scroll View

observe how that is laid out

You are missing the intermediate "Viewport" object.

[buoyant knot]

in general, that menu will set up a bunch of gameobjects in a default config that should be functional

[rich adder]

look at the differences between the two numbers

[swift crag]

note that this is a #📲┃ui-ux problem, so we should move the question there

it's not a code problem

[gleaming kraken]

oh wow

[flint falcon]

Let me see if I understand correctly. With normalized my direction max is pretty much always 1. Without it if my direction max is let's say 10 that messes up all my movement equations

[rich adder]

when you don't normalize there is no max, you're getting the full "length"

[buoyant knot]

a normalized vector is dimensionless, and of length 1

[vivid igloo]

https://youtu.be/f6KaJHUfE2M?si=2ZpexB-kt8U3_Myr

Can anyone halp me download the package in this video?

[flint falcon]

Now I understand! My test screen was so small I couldn't see it but that makes perfect sense now

[buoyant knot]

if your displacement vector is 5 meters right, then the normalized vector is (1,0) dimensionless

[rich adder]

aint watching a whole 12 min video to find the asset,

just link to the spot or just screenshot it

[vivid igloo]

It is a github repo

[buoyant knot]

keep track of your units carefully.
World space is in meters. Screen space is in pixels, and canvas space is in unscaled pixels. They are not the same

[rich adder]

so just download it

[vivid igloo]

How?

[rich adder]

big green button on github page

[flint falcon]

Maybe that's why my dead zone idea near the mouse isn't working

[buoyant knot]

and the program doesn’t understand units, only numbers. so you need to keep track of units

[rich adder]

ehh prob just bad logic there

[vivid igloo]

How to add it to unity

[flint falcon]

Hahaha yeah probably

I'm going to figure it out

[rich adder]

did you read the instructions on the Github repo

[flint falcon]

@rich adder give me a hint

[vivid igloo]

Ye it told me to clone the thing

And thats it

[buoyant knot]

yeah, so if your canvas is rescaled based on 720 p, and your screen is 1080p, then a distance of 10 unscaled pixels on your canvas (canvas space) is 10 * 1080/720 pixels in screen space. Canvas has a method to give the current ratio.

[rich adder]

yes you need Git and know how it works to clone

or just download the repo

[vivid igloo]

https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/HLODSystem

[spiral narwhal]

There's literally an entire how to download section in the repo readme 😭

[rocky canyon]

download the zip

pull the folders into ur project.. (check documentation) to set up anything thats missing

or else learn github and just clone it

ah, yea may be best to just clone it.. readme says theres submodules needed for a fully working project

[formal raptor]

for smart strings in localization, how to set a number to appear unsigned?

[spiral narwhal]

Make it smart and then format it to be Math.Abs

[formal raptor]

I am using the signal to decide if the number will jump to left or right

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.localization@0.10/manual/Conditional.html

I will try this

[spiral narwhal]

Sure. Let me know, I'm interested to see how you did it using those conditionals (never used them in localisation before)

[ionic zephyr]

Hi guys I am having trouble with my ability system, I dont really know how to face it, the thing is I want each of my characters to have different habilities (take pokemon attacks as an example), How could I program that, any ideas? Ive been stuck with this almost for a week please help

[rich adder]

an ability system isn't trivial

look into scriptable objects as well

[modest dust]

Same thing I wrote earlier, interaces, etc.
But yeah, as navarone says, it ain't a simple thing

[ionic zephyr]

It aint bro, Im really lost

[ionic zephyr]

thanks for yesterday btw I went to sleep

[ionic zephyr]

Each of my Characters in roster has an scriptable object (EntityData)

[flint falcon]

Ahhhh

[ionic zephyr]

I worked on the interfaces thing yesterday and I was really lost

[rich adder]

https://www.google.com/search?q=pokemon+ability+system+unity lots of results here

[modest dust]

I can describe the way I would do it, in a bit more details if you want

But generally there are a lot of resources online

Which you can learn from

[ionic zephyr]

yes, I searched a lot yesterday

[ionic zephyr]

if you want I can describe my progress

and If it is possible you can help me

[modest dust]

Describe what you've already got, and what kind of goal you have in mind

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, thanks, let me tell you

I have an "ActivateAbility" interface with which I´ll describe the effect of each hability in separate scripts with classes that describe these abilities. Example: class Fireball:IEffects {ActivateAbility(){//ability behaviour}

[ionic zephyr]

but the thing is how can I make sure that every character has some specfific habilities and how can I organize it

the goal is to create a system in which every character has access to 3 unique habilities which are managed by a boostManager I already created

[swift crag]

Ability systems are complicated because you need a consistent way to interact with many different kinds of abilities

Think about a MOBA, like Dota 2

There are self-targeting spells, unit-targeted spells, point-targeted spells, and vector-targeted spells

personally, I dealt with this by just making one kind of "spell" that listed the ways you were allowed to use it

and one kind of "Spell Target" class that covered all of the bases

it'd just throw a runtime error if you did it wrong

e.g. if I tried to cast a unit-targeted spell with a SpellTarget that didn't actually have a unit in it

I'm going through something similar again in my current game (a survival horror game, not an RTS)

each "thing" in the game is an Entity with Modules attached to it

and Modules give you a list of Activities they let you carry out

[silk night]

Hey, im trying to generate a class on the fly by a codegenerator, this is my template:

        public static readonly string ComponentEnum = @"using UnityEngine;
    public enum Component : int 
    {
        Test,
{0}
    }
";

Now i try to do string.Format on it but it seems it sees the template as malformatted because it has curly braces, any way to solve that?

[swift crag]

most of the Activities just tell the Entity's state machine to enter a state provided by the module, like "Try to go into the 'Open Door' state"

At some point I'm going to start adding abilities that aren't just "press F to pay respects", and I'm not really sure how i'm going to handle things like area-of-effect targeting!

It's difficult stuff.

the Modules are given references to whatever other Modules they need to carry out the ability

so a module for picking up an item holds a reference to an IK module

(inverse kinematics, for reaching out and touching a target)

I've been trying to get as much as possible out of my Entity class

[ionic zephyr]

the thing is I am making a fighting game (take Street Fighter for example) and each of the characters in roster has their unique habilities but these are very different one from each other

[spiral narwhal]

Why not use string interpolation

[ionic zephyr]

Ive thought of making one script for each ability but I dont know how to assign the abilities of each character to them in order to use those specifically

[silk night]

Because I put the templates in a seperate class (file), the example i posted is a fraction of what the generated code will be in the end

[ionic zephyr]

Ive been messing around with it a lot of time but still dont know what way to develope it

[spiral narwhal]

Ah yes that makes sense. I'm not sure but like 80% sure at least that you can double the brackets to escape them in string.Format

Let me know if that works, I'd be interested. Haven't used format in a while :)

[silk night]

Oh yeah, {{ worked

[spiral narwhal]

Cool!

[silk night]

Thanks

[rough valley]

Can I ask here for help?

[pallid sand]

some one know how to make grid cell size changed based on resolution ?

[slender nymph]

why would you need to change the size of your grid based on resolution?

what you probably want to do instead is actually just change the orthographic size of the camera so it always sees the same amount of content no matter the resolution

[pallid sand]

as u can see i wanna resize them instead of changin columon and i am to lazy to make scroll there

[modest dust]

My brain isn't working at full speed today, but here's how you could possibly do it:
Ability - ScriptableObject with an EffectWrapper[] array, could be maybe unwrapped into a [SerializeReference] IEffect[] but not necessary
IEffect - interface with an Apply(ICaller caller) method
ICaller - interface with any kind of properties and methods you'd need when making different effects implementing the IEffect interface
EffectType - enum, used to select the kind of effect the ability has (could be for example Projectile, Kick, Punch, etc)
EffectWrapper - a wrapper for [SerializeReference] IEffect, with an additional field of EffectType used in OnValidate() or (preferably?) ISerializationCallbackReceiver to instantiate a correct type of effect into your IEffect field

Then just make an Ability[] array for your characters - or a special class/struct with a fixed amount of Abilities if every character has the same amount of these - and assign your Ability SOs into these fields.

I don't know if it's the prettiest way there is, but it should work and be flexible enough to introduce a variety of different abilities. Analyze it and decide if it works for you or not

[silk night]

yes

[swift crag]

one option is to just completely commit to everything being an "ability"

although, that doesn't really work if you don't have any experience yet

but it's what I've gone for multiple times in the past

Almost everything in an RTS I was prototyping was an ability

building a house, mining a resource, attacking an enemy, using a spell

[prime relic]

I need help with an issue, hopefully an easy one, can someone help please?

[silk night]

Dont ask to ask, just ask 😄

[slender nymph]

check the pinned documentation in #📲┃ui-ux to learn how to properly scale your UI

[prime relic]

I added crouching for my character using the Unity Input Action System. I created an OnCrouch method to manage the input actions and an IsCeilingDetected method to detect ceilings and keep the character crouched when one is detected. everything seemed to work fine: pressing the crouch button made the character crouch, and it stayed crouched when under a ceiling. However, I encountered an issue: when I moved away from under the ceiling with the crouch button released, the character remained crouched until I tapped the crouch button once (The Crouch button is hold not toggle). So the character becomes stuck in the crouched state if the collider detects a ceiling, and it wouldn't stand back up automatically when leaving from under the ceiling with the crouch button released until I tap the crouch button once. I can't seem to figure it out no matter how much I squeeze my brain.

Here's the code: https://hastebin.com/share/mucowunipu.csharp

[ionic zephyr]

wow, Im trying to understand it, thanks a lot for your time! @Fen as well

[slender nymph]

you only check if it can uncrouch one time when the button is released. you need to start checking when it is released and keep checking until it has uncrouched or the crouch button is held again. for that you would need to use Update

[rough valley]

I try to do a Tower-Defense game but my problem is the enemy dont move. I realy dont know why. LevelManager Script: https://gdl.space/ralazibeji.cpp EnemyMovement Script: https://gdl.space/axipahukut.cs

[polar acorn]

Nothing in that EnemyMovement script seems to be moving anything

[prime relic]

What should I call in update exactly? (I'm a noob at programming)

[swift crag]

do the exact same logic that you have in your "on crouch" method.

you just need to do that every frame, not only the instant that you let go of crouch

[ionic zephyr]

the thing is that each ability has one effect not more than one

[rough valley]

Rly? I just followed a tutorial

[swift crag]

you can set a bool to indicate if the player is trying to crouch or not

[polar acorn]

Show the tutorial

[slender nymph]

did you forget to watch the part of the tutorial where they made anything move?

[rough valley]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TRlePNrNR8&list=PLfX6C2dxVyLz_w9AWxvkRKc2zUvBl0GIl&index=7

[rough valley]

No

[slender nymph]

timestamp 8:30

[modest dust]

Then simply have an EffectWrapper instead of an EffectWrapper[] in the Ability SO (you could also ommit the EffectWrapper class entirely and move that logic to Ability)

[polar acorn]

Number of times it wasn't exactly like the tutorial: 152
Number of times it was exactly like the tutorial: 5
Number of times the code literally did not exist: 1
2022-07-19 to 2024-3-26```

[formal raptor]

It was actually as simple as doing this {0:#;#}

that makes the number into one digit minimum, so it never adds more digits or sign

[ionic zephyr]

what is the ICaller for?

[ionic zephyr]

that is the step I dont really get

[modest dust]

The ICaller is your character, it's an interface containing methods and properties which help with 'using' the ability

[cloud spire]

hi, inspector likes to select all list bluse when i try to change 1 value.
is it a some problem?
i just made poblic nonReordable list a i dunno what's wrong with it

[ionic zephyr]

sorry, I still dont get it

[rocky canyon]

just a bug, like you've click and held to highlight text.. might try right clicking.. in an empty space somewhere.. maybe reset ur layout.. might even need a restart if u cant get it to stop

[prime relic]

I Already have a bool checking for when the player crouchs and uncrouchs, so what should I exactly call on Update?
Should I like call OnCrouch in update?

[swift crag]

no, because OnCrouch is supposed to be called when you press or release the button

[modest dust]

ICaller can have a ShootProjectile(int amount) method, which could be invoked from within an effect such as

class ProjectileEffect : IEffect
{
  [SerializeField] int m_amount; // Just an example  

  public void Apply(ICaller caller)
  {
    caller.ShootProjectile(m_amount);
  }
}```

How ShootProjectile is implemented is up to the character

Could be a single projectile or a few from each hand

[swift crag]

Move the logic that checks for an obstruction out of OnCrouch. Make OnCrouch just set a bool that tells you if the player wants to crouch.

Check if you can actually do what the player wants in Update.

[indigo wagon]

anyone feel like guiding me on where to look at how to create a grid for A* pathfinding using code?

[ionic zephyr]

Oh, okay, I think I get it

[prime relic]

Alright, I think I get what you are saying, thank you.

[wraith valley]

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)) GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color = Color.black;
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color = Color.white;
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Tab)) GetComponent<Renderer>().material.color = Color.green; Debug.Log(transform.position);

        if (transform.position.y < 5) Debug.Log(transform.position);
       
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.O)) transform.position.y = 5;
      
    }
}

Help please

Doesn`t work

[polar acorn]

1. For the love of all that is holy cache your get components
2. What about this "doesn't work"

[wintry quarry]

yes your line here is wrong:
transform.position.y = 5;

that's not valid C#

Is your IDE configured?

[polar acorn]

You cannot both get and set an individual component of a vector. You need to either set the entire position at once, or store it in a variable, modify it, and put it back

[wraith valley]

Maybe

[rough valley]

Ohh. Now I feel stupid . Thank u

[wraith valley]

I tried that

[polar acorn]

Okay so show that

[wraith valley]

1 minute

[fair steeple]

Hey, I'm trying to learn the new input system and can't get it working, I set up the controls on the manager, set up the component and wrote the function OnDown but it's not printing anything

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

public class LocomotionState: State
{
    public PlayerStateManager stateManager;
    bool started = false;
    ControlsGame controlsGame;
    private void Start()
    {
        controlsGame = new ControlsGame();
    }
    public override State RunCurrentState()
    {
        if (!started) StartState();
        UpdateState();
        return this;
    }
    void StartState()
    {
        started = true;
    }
    void UpdateState()
    {
        stateManager.commonStateLogic.MoveWithInput();
    }
    void OnDown()
    {
        print("OnDown");
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

What is State? Did you attach this script to the same object as the PlayerInput component?

[wintry quarry]

you're still trying to do the same thing

you changed nothing

[rocky canyon]

u cant set a single property of transform

[polar acorn]

You cannot both get and set an individual component of a vector. You need to either set the entire position at once, or store it in a variable, modify it, and put it back

[rocky canyon]

that means .x, .y, or ,z

[flint falcon]

by cache components you mean putting them in Start or FixedUpdate?

[fair steeple]

No, does it have to?

[polar acorn]

One of those is certainly the case

[wintry quarry]

"cache" means store for later use

[wraith valley]

What is that?

[wintry quarry]

Yes, it will only send messages to scripts on the same object