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[buoyant knot]

correct

and if you don’t, the two systems won’t work with each other

[ornate lynx]

yeah yeah understood

[buoyant knot]

you’ll either give multiple Physics invocations before one physics sim, or you’ll miss the frames for input from Input

if you don’t split update vs fixed update

[ornate lynx]

i get it now

[visual hedge]

Problem: Built a build with 1600x900 resolution
Built next build with 1920x1080. And it still launches as 1600x900 how to fix?

[ornate lynx]

though lets say i detected that the player released one of the arrow keys, to stop the character from slipping i'm gonna add a force opposite to the force applied for meving the player. if i do this in FixedUpdate, using impulse, it's still gonna happen every fixed frame right?

[tired junco]

Hey one question:

if i call a function in Update() Method is it possible that Update() is called again while i run the Method that i called in Update is still running? So will Update wait for a method that is called there or will it just call it every frame no matter what other method i called (I hope that this is somewhat understandable >:)

[buoyant knot]

you need the if statement to make a check every frame

[buoyant knot]

i belive you are referring to recursion

and you don’t want to set up recursion with Update

you would only want this with a custom method where you control arguments to know it will end

[dusk musk]

Hey everyone. I have this error, which I think means I didn't drag an object into my Inspector somewhere. But that doesn't appear to be the case.

Menu.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/Menu.cs:23)```

Can someone advise me on what to do?

This is what my Unity looks like.

[short hazel]

Check line 23 of the Menu script to see what could not have a value

[buoyant knot]

Menu.cs line 23 has an object that is null

that your code needs to not be null to function

[dusk musk]

Thanks both @short hazel and @buoyant knot. The error only appears when I go from Scene 0 to Scene 1. The Menu script is only attached to an object in Scene 0. It does not exist in Scene 1. Could that be the casue of the error? How do I go and prevent it? Appreciated! 🙏

[short hazel]

Check line 23 and see what could be null on that line

From there you can investigate the causes

[dusk musk]

The input field which provides the text, which only exists in Scene 0.

[buoyant knot]

that should be a serialized field

[short hazel]

Well yes, if the input field is not also moved to the other scene, it gets destroyed when the scene unloads

[dusk musk]

That must be it. But why would a script continue running, on an object that's ALSO not present in the new scene?

[short hazel]

The script is on an object in the other scene

[dusk musk]

Hm I must not be looking good at it then. Let me check again.

[languid spire]

if the menu script is not in scene 1 why does it have code to go back to scene 0 ?

[short hazel]

Search for it from the Hierarchy search bar, type t:Menu to filter out objects that have this script on

[dusk musk]

Oh my indeed! Found the object that also has the Menu script. Thanks!

[dusk musk]

Found it, thanks. That explains a lot. Already fixed the issue. Thanks a lot!

[gray carbon]

Can someone help? I wrote this code using the new input system. But at some random intervals, my jump won't seem to work.

public void Jump(InputAction.CallbackContext value)
{
if (value.performed)
{
// Check if the character is grounded
isGrounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, 0.2f, groundLayer);

        // If grounded, apply jump force
        if (isGrounded)
        {
            rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, vertical); // Set vertical velocity directly for jump
        }
    }
    else if (value.canceled && rb.velocity.y > 0f)
    {
        // If jump button is released and character is still going up, reduce vertical velocity
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, rb.velocity.y * 0.5f);
    }
}

[summer stump]

Can you do .mp4 instead. .mkv requires a download

[timber tide]

I suggest logging your session and make sure your states are being set correctly.

[queen adder]

what other callback I should use to ensure my savesystem will happen

[summer stump]

I also recommend just setting your desire to jump in the callback and handle things in fixedUpdate

[timber tide]

Save every # minute coroutine

[gray carbon]

ahhh i set up the physics in fixedUpdate?

[queen adder]

i actually have it already, just wanna make sure scumsaving is impossible 😁

[gray carbon]

here it is

[visual hedge]

what is it that cone thing that follows my player? How do I get rid of that artifact?

[tall delta]

looks like you've added a light source to the camera target

[visual hedge]

I don't think that's the case

[wooden vine]

Hi, I am a new Unity user. I know that putting a collider for my mesh would make it stop from falling through the floor. I tried that but it still kept falling through. I also added another sphere next to my character with a rigidbody and a collider and notice how that didn't fall though but my character did.

[tall delta]

click on the prefab and look in the inspector, and or open the prefab (double click it) and look there

[visual hedge]

it's not there

there's no lighsource attached to a players GO

[tall delta]

do you have a collider on the floor?

[tall delta]

look in the inspector, light is a component not a object

[summer stump]

Physics should be handled in fixed update, yes. Now, in that video, is the issue still happening? I saw a couple times it seemed like you expected the jump to happen sooner?

You might want to use value.started instead of value.performed

[wooden vine]

I did have a mesh collider

[wooden vine]

I have is trigger off and tried both with convex on and off

[visual hedge]

still no

[tall delta]

I'm not trying to be mean, but I'm gonna need to see an image of all 3 inspectors before I believe you 😅

[visual hedge]

I could be mean and ask if you are guessing or you know?

[tall delta]

aighty, then you figure it out, gl 🙂

[ivory bobcat]

The light is pretty much dead center relative to the camera/screen so it's some component on the camera or something in the screen space at the very least (unless you've got this light object/component smoothly transitioning with the camera some other way)

[gray carbon]

It actually happens every time I land from a high spot.

[visual hedge]

can it be that terrain is metallic and just reflects the light like that?

[ivory bobcat]

It would imply there's a light pointing at the material from a very specific position.

[visual hedge]

whatever I change about my only lightsource, this artifact stays

[summer stump]

Well, you only do the ground check when the Jump action callback is sent. I recommend doing that in update
You should also debug the state of things to get a better sense of what is going on

[ivory bobcat]

If you set the light inactive does it persist?

If so, that light isn't the culprit

[visual hedge]

if there's no light, that thing goes away, sure. But that would onyl prove the point that it's something with terrain material?

[gray carbon]

private void FixedUpdate()
{
// Check if the character is grounded
isGrounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, 0.2f, groundLayer);

    // If grounded and shouldJump is true, apply jump force
    if (isGrounded && shouldJump)
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, vertical); // Set vertical velocity directly for jump
        shouldJump = false; // Reset the flag after jumping
    }
}

public void Jump(InputAction.CallbackContext value)
{
if (value.started)
{
shouldJump = true; // Set flag to indicate a jump should occur
}
}

I have, but sometimes it does not record the collision between the player and the ground

[ivory bobcat]

What is this cone thing that follows my player?
So you've identified that the cone following your player is from your light source. How you orientate your light will determine what kind of shape you'll get and how you modify your material would determine the intensity etc

[tall delta]

It's quite obvious that there is a light component set to spotlight on the camera target or an object following the camera target. in the hierarchy, set the search to type, then search for 'light' all the lights in the scene should show up.

[quick ruin]

theres no tab for this - how do i get my convex mesh to stick to the mesh edges

[visual hedge]

happy?

More pro suggestions?

[summer stump]

Hmm, the fact that it SOMETIMES works means the issue isn't necessarily with the OverlapCircle. Maybe put an else after the if in FixedUpdate with a debug showing the values of isGrounded and shouldJump
Just to verify the issue

[tall delta]

set the mesh collider to convex, not a code question tho

[wooden vine]

My problem just got lost in the chat. I am just putting this hear to bring it back up. Could anyone help me?

[summer stump]

Show the inspector for the player

Is that collider on the same object causing the gravity?
Looked like the root object was left behind on the ground, and only the child model fell?

[wooden vine]

one is the parent and the other is the child

[tall delta]

not with that attitude, no

[visual hedge]

great. 1 less guesser

[gray carbon]

Here it doesn't detect the collision anymore

[summer stump]

Alright, clearly is the grounded...
Can you show the groundCheck position child object?

[ivory bobcat]

Where did you place the log statement?

[gray carbon]

private void FixedUpdate()
{
// Check if the character is grounded
isGrounded = Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, 0.2f, groundLayer);

    if (isGrounded && shouldJump)
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, vertical);
        shouldJump = false; 
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("isGrounded: " + isGrounded + ", shouldJump: " + shouldJump);
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

You don't, because that would be a concave shape.

[summer stump]

Oh, are the PLATFORMS tagged as ground?

Well... yeah I saw you jump from a platform... so I guess they are

May as well check 🤷‍♂️
The groundcheck object looks like in the right spot

[gray carbon]

I have checked everything but I can't seem to understand where the problem is coming from

Thank you for your help. I am going to restart the project and try to trace my mistake

[ivory bobcat]

Does it only happen with that lower platform?

[gray carbon]

Nope

[ivory bobcat]

Seems to be fine with the floor and upper platform but it may just be a coincidence.

[wooden vine]

Wait, but the camera fell along with the child model.

this was a character controller in the unity asset store

it worked before

but when I switched scenes for a while and went back to it, this happened

[summer stump]

Is the position of the player being set before the scene starts? Maybe the collider is intersecting the ground a bit when runtime starts and it falls through because of that.

But the camera falling with it doesn't really address what I said. I assume it would be a child of the model for positioning or track the model via code, right?

[wooden vine]

I tried moving the character up a bit, but it didnt work

[ivory bobcat]

Assuming the floor and player have got the proper components, what's in the player input script?

Are you perhaps moving with the Transform component or some other means?

[wooden vine]

This whole thing was in the Unity asset store

It worked a few days ago

but when I reopened it, it doesn't work

[wooden vine]

But I think it is transform

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show the inspector for the floor if you haven't already or relink to it.

[wooden vine]

oh

ok

[wooden vine]

is this it

[ivory bobcat]

Yes it is and it looks fine. Were all of these components on the player starter asset by default?

[wooden vine]

Yes, but after this issue occured, I tried adding colliders to multiple objects hoping it will fix the proble

In the original video that I sent, I added a sphere with rigid body and it didn't fall though the floor like the character

[ivory bobcat]

Character Controller should come with a built in default hidden capsule collider already so no extra colliders should be necessary

Can you show the collision matrix?

[tall delta]

could it be this thing, just yeeting the player through the floor collider? what happens if you set the strength to 0?
from the video it looks like there is a massive jerk down right as the game starts.

[wooden vine]

where can I find the collider matrix

[wooden vine]

Oh, let me try

[ivory bobcat]

The floor isn't assigned a layer so maybe you're pushing it downwards

[wooden vine]

it only goes to 0.5

[ivory bobcat]

Unsure if push direction only applies to horizontal or any contact

[wooden vine]

oh

[wooden vine]

where is this?

[tall delta]

prob unrelated if it's part of the default character rig, I just found the name a bit ominous 😅

[wooden vine]

That is what I thought at first too

[ivory bobcat]

What are the options for push layers?

[summer stump]

You can google exactly where it is, but it's in project settings

[ivory bobcat]

It's no longer a concern if other forms of collision work - rigid body seems fine as you've suggested.

[tall delta]

not the highest framerate in the world, but you go from this, to that in one frame on the video. what happens if you just place the player really high up?

[wooden vine]

I did

Should I create a new video showing the results

[summer stump]

So you placed it in the editor, but the first frame of gameplay seems to be SETTING the position lower

Do you have code setting the position?

[wooden vine]

It fell to the ground and when it touched the ground it was stuck for a second, but then it phased through

[wooden vine]

I am not sure. I will check right now, but my Unity is not responding

[tall delta]

well that is wired! looks like it's hitting the ground, the phasing through it

[wooden vine]

So it does detect the collision

Thats odd

[tall delta]

what if you just set this a bit lower?

[hexed terrace]

it'll fall faster

[tall delta]

...a bit higher 🥲

[ivory bobcat]

They probably meant moving the value towards zero 😅

[tall delta]

like -5 or something

[wooden vine]

a bit higher made him fall slow mo

but he still went through

😦

[hexed terrace]

gravity isnt going to stop it falling through

check the collider isn't being disabled

[wooden vine]

Ok

[wooden vine]

I don't think so

[ivory bobcat]

Are you certain these are the correct initial components and settings?

[wooden vine]

but I attached a sphere next to the character and when the both fall down, the sphere actually hits the floor but the character phases through. But when I make the sphere a child of the character, they both phase through the floor

[wooden vine]

yea

[hexed terrace]

something is doing movement without physics, possibly

with a ground check that's failing, not setup correctly?

[indigo crescent]

if it was a rigidbody on the player then I'd say change the collision detection to continuous but looks like that player has a charactercontroller component

[ivory bobcat]

Try unchecking the player input and third person character controller component boxes - disable the two components.

[wooden vine]

I added a rigid body and tried that too 😦

[indigo crescent]

darn

you sure you haven't got something in the script disabling colliders the player touches?

[wooden vine]

Its wierd that it worked before but after i switched scenes and back, this happens

[indigo crescent]

okay that's weird

have you tried restarting unity?

[wooden vine]

yea

[ivory bobcat]

I would think you've changed something in between and have forgotten

[indigo crescent]

turning it off and on again normally helps

[wooden vine]

Is it possible that a change in project settings resulted in this

[indigo crescent]

but I guess not this time xD

[hexed terrace]

depends what the change is...

[tall delta]

if you changed something related to physics then yes, like the collision matrix or the step speed

[indigo crescent]

but like if it was the collision matrix then it wouldn't be colliding first and then passing through, right?

it would just ignore it completely

[hexed terrace]

yep

[ivory bobcat]

It animated hitting the floor so likely something else has happened and apparently it's fine with rb and a regular collider

[indigo crescent]

maybe the collider is changing at runtime or something

[tall delta]

maybe, but if the ground detection / animation stuff is just a raycast in the script, then it could be unrelated to the actual collision

[indigo crescent]

ok yeah I guess so

[ivory bobcat]

Did you try disabling the two other components yet?

[hexed terrace]

It's the Unity asset, so it's not code related.

Remove the asset and re-import it

[wooden vine]

Ok

[wooden vine]

I didn't try that yet

[wooden vine]

ok

[indigo crescent]

eyyy turning it off and on again!

that should work

[tall delta]

if that doesn't work, can you send an image of the collision matrix?

[wooden vine]

sure

one min

How do I remove an asset

[indigo crescent]

get into the package manager

[hexed terrace]

find the folder and press delete

[hexed terrace]

it's an asset from the store, not a package

[indigo crescent]

wait you can't remove it from the package manager?

you can certainly import it from there

ah yes

[wooden vine]

I added some files to the folder so I am going to relocate them before deleting

[indigo crescent]

my bad, I haven't imported an asset to unity in a long time xD

[hexed terrace]

Yes.. but all the PM is doing is importing from a .unitypackage for store assets

[indigo crescent]

yeah

[wooden vine]

That is safe right?

[hexed terrace]

ofc

If they have code in, that references code in the asset.. you will get compilation errors after deleting, obviously

[dusk musk]

@short hazel @swift crag @buoyant knot Thanks all for your help today. I managed to create my working scripts, and can now succesfully input a name on Scene 0, and show it in the TextMeshPro that's displaying my score on Scene 1.

[wooden vine]

no luck

[indigo crescent]

darn

[swift crag]

Some things install as a proper package, going into Library/PackageCache

Most assets from the asset store will just be a .unitypackage (yes, great names here) that puts files in your Assets folder

[indigo crescent]

yeah I know- I already knew that you couldn't remove the asset from the package manager, in the back of my brain... but I just forgor

[wooden vine]

ill try

[indigo crescent]

programmers are so inventive with their names

[languid spire]

bear in mind .unitypackage existed long before the package manager did

[wooden vine]

I used another asset for another scene and did another scene manually. Is it possible that the one I used an asset on messed with the physics

[ivory bobcat]

Your player was a part of the placement layer whereas the ground was set to the default layer

[ivory bobcat]

Placement layer seems to be unchecked with all other layers

Maybe set the player to the default layer instead of the placement layer?

[wooden vine]

how do I do that?

Is there any boxes I need to check

[ivory bobcat]

The players layer would be at the top right of the inspector for the player object

[wooden vine]

Thank you!

that worked for me

[wooden vine]

This was a problem I was stuck on for so long

[wooden vine]

In this clip, I only clicked spacebar once

[ivory bobcat]

These aren't really coding questions so it'd be more appropriate to ask them in #💻┃unity-talk
You'll get more awareness and suggestions. It would also be the proper place to ask for such a question without being off topic. Copy the message to the channel and delete the message here to properly move a message without cross posting.

[hexed terrace]

and make a thread

[wooden vine]

Oh Ok thanks

[queen adder]

My car interaction:
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{
using UnityEngine;

public class CarInteraction : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject player;
public GameObject carCamera;
public GameObject playerCamera;
public GameObject exitPoint;
public CarController carController;
public FirstPersonController playerMovement;

private bool isPlayerInside = false;

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    if (other.CompareTag("Player") && !isPlayerInside && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
    {
        EnterCar();
    }
}

private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
{
    if (other.CompareTag("Player") && isPlayerInside && Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E))
    {
        ExitCar();
    }
}

private void EnterCar()
{
    player.SetActive(false);
    playerCamera.SetActive(false);
    carCamera.SetActive(true);
    player.transform.position = transform.position;
    player.transform.parent = transform;
    isPlayerInside = true;
    if (playerMovement != null)
        playerMovement.enabled = false;
    if (carController != null)
        carController.enabled = true;
}

private void ExitCar()
{
    player.transform.position = exitPoint.transform.position;
    player.transform.parent = null;
    player.SetActive(true);
    playerCamera.SetActive(true);
    carCamera.SetActive(false);
    isPlayerInside = false;
    if (playerMovement != null)
        playerMovement.enabled = true;
    if (carController != null)
        carController.enabled = false;
}

}

My car Movement:
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
using UnityEngine;

public class CarController : MonoBehaviour
{
public float speed = 10f;
public float rotationSpeed = 100f;

private void FixedUpdate()
{
    float moveInput = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
    float turnInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

    Vector3 movement = transform.forward * moveInput * speed * Time.fixedDeltaTime;
    Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, turnInput * rotationSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime, 0f);

    GetComponent<Rigidbody>().MovePosition(GetComponent<Rigidbody>().position + movement);
    GetComponent<Rigidbody>().MoveRotation(GetComponent<Rigidbody>().rotation * rotation);
}

}

My Player Movement:
}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

When I move my car moves aswell, also I wanna make it so that when I go up to the car and press E ill enter it, and the camera switch to the cars camera, and when I hold down E I exit and my player spawn on my Empty game object: "Exit" Can anyone help?

and my car flips alot, is there a way to not make it flip at all but still interact with other stuff?

Thank you

Ive never code before

[summer stump]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
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```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[summer stump]

Sorry, should have linked that to you before

[queen adder]

CarInteraction https://gdl.space/medolonefu.cs

[summer stump]

When you say "when I move my car moves as well" do you mean when you aren't in the car?

[queen adder]

sorry Thank you

[summer stump]

No worries!

[queen adder]

yes and I cant get in the car aswell

CarMovement: https://gdl.space/siqaseriva.cpp

[summer stump]

Ok one thing, it is VERY unlikely a GetKeyDown event will happen at the same time as the OnTriggerEnter event. You should instead have a bool that tells you that you are close to the car, then handle input in update

And yeah, you just read input in the CarMovement script without checking whether you are actually in the car or not

[queen adder]

I am not good with these stuff not sure what you mean

[summer stump]

Either disable that script when not in the car, or do a bool

[queen adder]

how

[summer stump]

Do not do input inside OnTrigger

Instead make a bool like
bool CloseToCar

And set it true inside the OnTrigger

Then in update, if that is true, and you press E, get in the car

For movement, you already have a isInsideCar bool

Just check that

if (!carInteraction.isInsideCar) return;
Right at the top of fixedUpdate

[queen adder]

Ok Thank you so much

Ima try that in a bit

[hexed terrace]

no, it's not ok to rely on chat gpt.. at all

don't cross post, delete it from #💻┃unity-talk

[rocky canyon]

you mean to showcase ChatGPT's skills 😉

[twilit cliff]

Definitely not, I don't wanna stick to just taking solutions to my issues from gpt all the time, as I come from non CS background and I need to elaborate the concern in my own words and try to get the best solution possible, I'm using any source available...

On the other hand, I find solution not at the every first attempt on gpt, I've got to drill in and get deeper and find the solution at times to get solution to complicated feature implimentation...

I'm also aware that how to Google is a skill and I believe chat gpt helps me in the same way...

[vast vessel]

hey guys, i cant add ne of my monobehaviors to any gameobject.
unity says it has compile errors, but there is nothing in the console, or the VS error list.
what do i do?

[rocky canyon]

just don't code ur entire code-base from snippets of ChatGPT.. b/c then when theres a bug and you've stacked up snippet after snippet.. i can tell you 100% it won't be able to fix it for you

thats when people end up coming here.. and saying "whats wrong with my code" and its a dumpster fire

[rich adder]

does the file name match the class?

[vast vessel]

yes

both are Flechette

[rich adder]

try to trigger another compile

right click on project folder do Reimport

[vast vessel]

how about just the file itself?

[rich adder]

you can right click anywhere on project folder doesn't matter

[vast vessel]

no errors still

[rich adder]

try adding script again

[vast vessel]

cant add

ill reimport all

[rich adder]

alr show the console / class + filename

[vast vessel]

well this is gonna take a while

[vast vessel]

console is empty other then some 'variable is not used' warnings

[rich adder]

hmm are u sure errors aren't collapsed in console window ?

[vast vessel]

indeed

the counter on the top right also says 0

the one with the error icon next to it

[twilit cliff]

Yes, I'm in the learning process and I'm trying to learn and understand as many concepts as possible during this journey and not in the mood to rush as well...

I break down the game mechanics to bit of chunks and try to get the solution for it on my own based on whatever the knowledge I've gained so far but if it's something new, I'm reaching out gpt to help me out and when the solution works perfectly, I sit down and go through those lines of code to see and understand what it means, how it works, and try to get every bit of knowledge out of it...

I also read that 80% of Senior Dev's find gpt most helpful, yet I'm not blindly gonna take that as final source of solution, I just wanna learn and get better and be job ready, so I'm trying my best in every possible way

[rich adder]

Have you tried adding this script onto some other objects, re-open scene

[rocky canyon]

thats b/c senior dev's have the know-how to spot and error and inform chatgpt of that error so it can re-evaluate the code.. the problem with beginners using chat-gpt is they can't usually spot when its being a dumbass

[rich adder]

read that 80% of Senior Dev's find gpt most helpful,
where are you reading this crap though?

[vast vessel]

no, i will once 're-import all' has finished

[rich adder]

oki

[rocky canyon]

Relying solely on one resource like me for learning can limit exposure to diverse perspectives, interactive learning experiences, and hands-on practice necessary for comprehensive skill development.

straight from ChatGPT's mouth

but, its your learning experience.. so if ChatGPT is ur cup of tea, go for it.. just note.. that its against the rules to help you with AI generated code.. soo.. better not run into any bugs 😄

[twilit cliff]

I agree, I'm here expressing out my concerns of using gpt since, I'm trying to figure out the best possible solution for the issues I face but I'm not completely relying on it as said before, my priority is not to use gpt and showcase my projects and when reality hits, feel lost, I don't want that, I wanna learn and get better in anyway possible and land my first job cuz of my hard work, I'm spending a day or two sometimes just to implement one of the simple features in the way it's supposed to work, so I'm here seeking help for better ways of finding solutions if there are than chat gpt

[wraith valley]

I did this harder

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

public class ActivatinggameObjects : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    private GameObject gameObject1;
    void Start()
    {
        gameObject1 = gameObject;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Tab))
        {
            gameObject1.SetActive(false);
        }
    }
}

[rocky canyon]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[wraith valley]

😄

[rich adder]

this is nonsense

[rocky canyon]

lmao, facts

[wraith valley]

Why?

[rocky canyon]

it makes no sense

[rich adder]

why are you creating a separate variable for something you already have anyway

[wraith valley]

I know

[rich adder]

gameObject.SetActive(false)
is sufficent

there is no reason to creating another variable to assign itself to it..

even the lesson doesn't do that, why would you do it

[wraith valley]

I did it, I wanted to do it differently

[rocky canyon]

lol.. well you did lol

[wraith valley]

I did

From small to large

[rocky canyon]

gameObject1 = FindObjectOfType<ActivatinggameObjects>().gameObject;

[rich adder]

na na you're doing it wrong

GameObject.Find

is better

[rocky canyon]

ahh ofc ofc

[twilit cliff]

Has anyone here played AirXonix PC game that was launched in early 2000?

[rich adder]

ye

I played in the arcades cause of being poor

[rocky canyon]

ive played similar games

[rich adder]

actually i played the 90s the 2D versions of them

some of them had naked chicks on it xD
as you cut the pieces you reveal more of photo haha

was a japanese game

[twilit cliff]

I'm trying to build that game and so far, I've come close to getting basic gameplay mechanics and few other stuff, I want to know how to fill the empty space when I enclose it like in this game, not able to find the solution yet

[rich adder]

I been trying to do this in 2D tbh because of nostalgia, haven't really thought about it in a while

you basically have to find a way to make your Verticies and create a mesh

[twilit cliff]

Cool

[rich adder]

yea so like each corner you turn , you make a new vert

then build the mesh when you completed

[twilit cliff]

What about Raycast and Trail renderer, are they any help to make that feature happen?

[rich adder]

You could use raycasts potentially but you'd have to probably make all your squares single boxes and might kill perfomance

[twilit cliff]

Dang

[rocky canyon]

ya, u could make a big grid system

instead of doing vert

[rich adder]

try whatever is easier for you, then optimizing/iterate later

[rocky canyon]

rely on math to fill them in

[rich adder]

I once made a connect 4 game with nothing but raycasts cause it was too annoying to lerp math grid pos, it came out ok

[rocky canyon]

u make a win / lose state?

[rich adder]

yup fully functional, it just raycasts to check matching coins i each direction / diagonal

[rocky canyon]

sounds fluffy

[twilit cliff]

I spent whole day trying implementing some of the features, though I'm not successful upto the point of filling the empty space, I'm happy with today's progress of implementing some features for that game, I'll have it shared with you guys once it's ready if you wanna try and share input?!

[spiral rain]

Hey I am trying to make a flappy bird(ish) style movement system but it behaves very weirdly how can I make a movement system like flappy bird ish or how do I fix it Code:https://hastebin.com/share/buyuyomuve.csharp. Problem: Sometimes doesn't go up

[rich adder]

once you're done post it in #1180170818983051344 with a link to webgl build or something

more likely you get plays with Webgl, i personally dont download any exe 😛

[rocky canyon]

                    rb.velocity = Vector2.up * velocity * Time.deltaTime;``` you need to probably use AddForce to apply an upwards force when you touch..

[twilit cliff]

Also, as you mentioned, I've faced Lodz of issues with webgl build on chrome, the game lags like hell on chrome WebGL but if I play it on Edge, it runs smooth as butter, any idea why it's happening?

[rich adder]

strange considering they're both chromium based

maybe you have more plugins in chrome or something? are you sure its just u or everyone

[twilit cliff]

I've very few plugins and extentions on chrome, a VPN, ad blocker, and another one or two but mostly all of them are disabled all the time

[rich adder]

also you dont want to use deltaTime on rigidbody its already on a fixed consistent time

[rocky canyon]

webGL lags like crazy for me on Chrome too

[twilit cliff]

God, I'm not alone 😭

[rich adder]

that thing chugs

🦊 squaa

[rocky canyon]

i swap over to edge or opera to play webGL games

[spiral rain]

Here is a video of the problem I am clicking a lot and I have tried changing the velocity

[twilit cliff]

How about using Impulse than velocity for flappy, isn't it more suitable compared to velocity?!

Please forgive me for my dumbness if I'm wrong and educate me

[rich adder]

like @rocky canyon already mentioned you should use AddForce, but also like I mentioned you should not have Time.deltaTime in rigidbody

[rocky canyon]

soo smooth

[spiral rain]

I have tried add force it makes it so that it doesn’t go up at all (at least not noticeable)

[rocky canyon]

then u just need to crank up the force until it does

[rich adder]

lovely powerpoint slideshow

[rich adder]

because u put time.deltaTime in it

[twilit cliff]

I'm concerned about interviews, like what if the game lags for them if they want to play WebGL on chrome and if my games lag cuz of chrome issue and they reject me before even validating or checking 😭

[rocky canyon]

ya, im running 2080ti too

[rich adder]

so put a warning about Chrome browsers and put link to exe as option too

[rocky canyon]

build ur games to Exe and put em on itch as a download

^ exe are OP.. just make sure to make ur page look professional with screenshots / video if necessary

so it doesn't look like a spam attempt

[twilit cliff]

I've started doing the same and made sure to mention all the stuff in discription since I was worried 😭

[spiral rain]

Ok now I have another problem it goes up but I have to tap a lot to counter act gravity after it starts falling

[rocky canyon]

turn the gravity down..

[vast vessel]

reopened scene, and tried a different go. still the same...

[rocky canyon]

or turn the force up

ohh i know what that is ..

[rich adder]

if you want consistent jump set the velocity = Vector3.zero before AddForce line

[rocky canyon]

set ur velocity to 0 right before adding force

[twilit cliff]

https://onepiecetechie.itch.io/brick-breaker

Is this okay???

[rocky canyon]

looks fine to me

[rich adder]

odd.. is just that script or others?

[rocky canyon]

just remake the script w/ a different name

if it happens again u def have some compile errors hiding from you..

[vast vessel]

this script only

[rocky canyon]

are there any other classes inside the script?

[rich adder]

copy its contents, delete it and make new one

[spiral rain]

Vector2 or 3 I am using 2D so I assume 2

[rich adder]

Oh btw the technique you want to look into to fill is called. Flood Fill

[rich adder]

either one will work

unity just sets z to 0

its a 3D engine regardless

[modest hollow]

im curious on how storing information for online games would work, for example a players items

[rich adder]

a server + database

[astral falcon]

On server side to avoid cheating

[rocky canyon]

database or external files somewhere

[spiral rain]

Yeah that fixed my problem just have to adjust force now thanks

[modest hollow]

how do you reckon i aquire this so called server lol, cant you just use like a laptop or

[rocky canyon]

you ever gonna turn that laptop off?

• how good is ur internet speeds?

[modest hollow]

i wont need it since its like 100 pounds so

internet speed is descent

[rich adder]

probably something reliable, like the ones Unity has

[rocky canyon]

you can def run a server on ur own machine.. i dont hear many ppl doing it

[rich adder]

because its unsafe af (requires opening ports in your firewall / router)

also limited by your ISP bandwidth

[rocky canyon]

theres free DB's out there

[modest hollow]

hmm alrr, can i also like get a database on that server?

[rich adder]

unity gaming services

[rocky canyon]

i use MongoDB

[rich adder]

mongo is good too but its not safe to store connection strings inside a client so something with an SDK is better

Realm is good for Unity and interacts with Mongo

[rocky canyon]

ya, i just use it to prototype for now.. just to learn how they work

[modest hollow]

alr alr, im just learning rn since like i dont rlly understand how servers work ig

[rich adder]

then online is probably the last thing that should be on your mind lol

its pretty much a lesson for later on, start making something singleplayer and learn first

[rocky canyon]

what about Firebase?

[modest hollow]

i know how to do singleplayer

but ive always wanted to do multi

[rocky canyon]

don't we all

[rich adder]

pretty good but their SDK is garbage for me its always buggy or not updated as frequent

Non-SQL are fun and quick to work with

esp in a gaming environment

[modest hollow]

ive had to learn sql lol

its not fun

[rocky canyon]

sql is the easiest

[rich adder]

its good to know

[modest hollow]

alr so the advice is to get either a free or paid server

online?

[rich adder]

they all have free tiers

[modest hollow]

thats good

[rich adder]

aws has servers too and databases

[modest hollow]

nice, so i presume databases store information that can be accessed by any client in code

[rich adder]

well it gets tricky

you wouldnt want to store your DB connections directly in the client code

you need to interact with it through an API typically

[modest hollow]

yeah for sure, i would just referance it from the actual database instead of storing stuff no?

[rich adder]

hence why pre-made solutions + SDKs exist like Unity UGS

[modest hollow]

mhm

because i wanted to use databases to store large strings that represent world data

and players can create worlds and others can visit them by typing in the world name

[rich adder]

You can make multiplayer with just databases if the game is not exactly realtime

[modest hollow]

and the code can just create the world by finding the world data

[rich adder]

think chess

[modest hollow]

for sure

but constantly updating player movement would be like

unoptimal no?

or

[rich adder]

well you better have a server with lots of writes 😛

[modest hollow]

yee lol

[astral falcon]

You want to update as less as possible, thats why your client will try to predict where it might move before the server approves in a fixed update manner.

[rich adder]

but this allows for example, if someone disconnects, the game can easily resume back or you can take "pauses"

p2p is not always the way

depends what game/project you're making

[modest hollow]

players will be in worlds and the game will only display players that are in the same world as you

and will display the world that you are currently in

by finding the world data

[astral falcon]

Maybe just look into some basic tutorials just to get the idea of how things are done in network for different types of games.

[modest hollow]

and everytime a change is made to the world, for example a player places a block, then the world data would have to be updated

[rich adder]

You can easily test that locally first then scale to cloud

[modest hollow]

for sure

[rich adder]

the concepts are exactly the same

[modest hollow]

i have tested it

but like

with databases

offline

on my computer lol

rather than on servers

[rich adder]

server is just someone else's computer or yours ig

[modest hollow]

yeah

wouldnt be that much harder

ig

you would just have to referance another database

[rich adder]

much more involved is figuring out authnetication and all that

securely

[modest hollow]

true

[rich adder]

but yeah luckly unity has built in Auth and built in DB so its all connected

[frigid sequoia]

Kinda of a really abstract question, but... how do I make like arquing proyectiles?

Like they track a target but like something like this

[rich adder]

arquing ?

oh like a parabola

[frigid sequoia]

Pretty much yeah

[summer stump]

Ballistic trajectory

[astral falcon]

Sounds like a bezier math question

[frigid sequoia]

Wait, is this a thing?

[rich adder]

https://www.google.com/search?q=parabola+formula+unity

[summer stump]

It is called arcing in English

But that has mutliple meanings

Parabolic arc.
Or ballistic trajectory like I said
Those would be terms to research

[rich adder]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabola 🙂

[vast vessel]

worked. ty.

[frigid sequoia]

I mean I am not looking for a mathematically correct parabola; I was more into like a random thing where it kinda arcs a little before hitting the target

[rich adder]

im just giving you help with what to find

its up to you how to apply that to unity

[modest dust]

Since I enjoy math, here's a simple example which you could use, with some modifications

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, yeah I got that but I was thinking something more about the lines of... the proyectile does get a bit of upwards momentum before going full tracking, more than an actual formula for an animation between two points, cause the target is gonna be moving, so I think that would make the animation look really choppy

[hushed hinge]

because I am struggling with this one

[astral falcon]

So you want like a lift up projectile which then starts to seek midair?

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, kinda

[modest hollow]

instead of having players make lobbies in multiplayer, can you theoretically just have one lobby that every player thats in the game just automatically joins?

[astral falcon]

I would look into bezier curves then or you just split the animation into uplift and seeking codewise and just alter the timespan depending on the distance for example

[summer stump]

Yes of course. More of a #archived-networking question

[astral falcon]

Why shouldnt it be possible? its just bad practice in terms of many players, because the amount of data to sync would grow quite fast

[modest hollow]

to solve that problem, you could probably just sync the players that are in the same world as you

i cant make lobbies as worlds since i want worlds to exist forever

in databases, that store their current state

[astral falcon]

well, that world would be a lobby still then

[modest hollow]

i could probably just create a lobby for the world if the world has 0 players in it

[summer stump]

You should definitely be asking in #archived-networking
This is not a coding question, and certainly not a BEGINNER coding question

[modest hollow]

does that mean im not a beginner coder lol

[astral falcon]

its not related to coding because you dont have any code yet to talk about. its just theorizing about best network practices

[summer stump]

No, it means the issue is not a beginner. I know nothing about you.
If you ARE a beginner, this question is probably too advanced

[modest hollow]

oh alr

[frigid sequoia]

Seems more of what I was looking for, but kinda hard knowing the position of the target is gonna be changing constantly...

[astral falcon]

you can always lerp to the updated position while processing the movement.

[vast vessel]

how do i find out where my code is getting stuck in a inf loop?

nvm, this is the last break point that was hit before unity stopped. any idea why im getting a inf loop?

here is FireFlechette():

private void FireFlechette()
        {
            int i = Mathf.RoundToInt(Random.Range(0, flechetteEffects.Length));
            Transform muzzle = flechetteEffects[i].transform;

            flechetteFireAudioSource.PlayOneShot(flechetteFireSound);

            Vector3 dir = muzzle.position - (targetingSystem.hasTarget ? targetingSystem.Current_Target.position : transform.forward * 10);
            Hunter_Flechette flechette = flechettePool.Get();

            flechette.Init(dir, muzzle.rotation, muzzle.position, flechettePool, flechetteSpread);
        }

[slender nymph]

what does flechette.Init do and do you do anything on get for the object pool

also are you actually certain that this is where your infinite loop is coming from?

[vast vessel]

i think?

also fireRate is 0 by accident, maybe that has something to do with it?

but then again. the for loop only does 6 iterations

flechetteBurstCount is 6

[slender nymph]

well then either the infinite loop does not happen here, or it happens in getting the object from the pool

[vast vessel]

do you know how i can exit the inf loop and exit playmode?

[slender nymph]

if you cannot break it using the debugger then you'll have to force close the editor

[vast vessel]

alr

its definitely happening here. when i comment this out, i no longer get stuck in a loop

[slender nymph]

show how you've set up the object pool since i've pointed out twice now that the issue is likely happening when you get something from the pool

[vast vessel]

also using unitys own pooling namespace btw

prefab is assigned

[slender nymph]

show the entire class for the flechette. and for the love of god share the !code correctly. screenshots of code are a pain in the ass

[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.

[vast vessel]

gee. whatever you say
class with the pool https://hastebin.skyra.pw/afaladesiv.csharp
flechette : https://hastebin.skyra.pw/evatobomor.csharp

[slender nymph]

yeah you have an infinite loop in Update

[summer stump]

Well, it isn't what they say, it's in #854851968446365696

Using a while loop in update is often not right

[vast vessel]

ohhhhhh

shit, i wanted to put this in a coroutine.

thanks 🙏

ig ill just make the while, into a if statement

[summer stump]

Update is already a loop, you probably could just change while to if

[vast vessel]

thats... what i said

[summer stump]

Lagged. Last I saw was about coroutine

[queen adder]

public class CoinScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.name == "Coin")
            Debug.Log("touching");





        


    }


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

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        
    }
}
```   when I touch the coin it does not recognize it at all, it is not detecting collision.

[ornate lynx]

{ } of the if statement are mission

[queen adder]

what do you mean

[rich adder]

valid syntax

[slender nymph]

they are assuming a compile error for some reason despite that being perfectly valid code

[ornate lynx]

well mb

[rich adder]

If(condition)
//I dont need {} for 1 line

[slender nymph]

put a log outside of the if statement to make sure OnCollisionEnter2D is actually being called

after you ensure that is working, fix your logic so you are not relying on object names and instead check a tag or for a specific component

[ornate lynx]

exactly, he wrote it in 2 lines

[rich adder]

wrong. thats 1 line underneath the if statement

[ornate lynx]

alr i see what u mean

mb

[queen adder]

yes guys I did the same thing couple hours ago and it worked perfectly, now it wont work with gameobject.name or gamobject.tag

I have the same code in the other script attached to player

and it recognizes the coin well

[rich adder]

you def changed something, put the log outside if statement like boxfriend suggested

[slender nymph]

have you done this yet #💻┃code-beginner message

[queen adder]

nope I dont understand what u mean cuz im completely new

[summer stump]

Debug.Log
BEFORE the if statement

[queen adder]

but it worked just few hours ago what is the issue now

[rich adder]

well this is now, so u have to debug it

[summer stump]

Then something changed

[slender nymph]

if you are so new that you do not understand what it means to put something outside of your if statement, then you should stop what you are doing and go through some beginner courses like the ones pinned in this channel

[summer stump]

Maybe not in code

[vast vessel]

hey guys, why is the pool size 1, when its supposed to be 20?

pool is initialized in awake

[rich adder]

where is it populated tho?

[slender nymph]

that is the default capacity that the stack used by the pool is created with. it does not automatically populate the pool with that many objects

[vast vessel]

oh... alright.

[queen adder]

alright the collision works, I tried both with tags and names multiple times but its the same thing, it does not work

[slender nymph]

make sure that you are using the CompareTag method for checking the tag, not using .tag ==

[queen adder]

my bad I fixed it

[rich adder]

also when you put logs put something useful inside
something like printing the object tag and name of what u hit

[queen adder]

i was adding tag to the coin instead of player ❌

[summer stump]

#🏃┃animation

[summer stump]

That'd do it haha.

[queen adder]

yeah idk, I made the script work fine and when i came home it doesnt work haha.

[rich adder]

Debug.Log("touching");

Debug.Log($"{name} touched {gameObject.name} with tag {gameObject.tag}");```
which one you think would be more useful 😉

[queen adder]

I get it but I was just checking if collider works because it worked in the past with the same script, I have just 1 player with tag so I do not need that specific debug

[rich adder]

doesn't hurt to learn how to do it properly for next time

[summer stump]

Like said before, the code is not the only issue. Can be how the name or tag is set up, what components are on there, settings in the rigidbody, positions. Never assume. Every time I do, I waste time 😂

[queen adder]

I get it.

[sleek orchid]

Ey lads!

I am trying to do a simple script to make an object to move towards the left side of the screen however there's this error:

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
ObstaclesMovement.FixedUpdate () (at Assets/Scripts/ObstaclesMovement.cs:13)

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

public class ObstaclesMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private float speed = 5f;


    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        rb.velocity = Vector2.left * speed;
    }
}

[slender nymph]

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

[undone harbor]

I think you might have to initialize rb. right now, its null i guess

[rich adder]

assign

[sleek orchid]

I will try

[queen adder]

public class CoinScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody2D coinMove;
    public float timerCount = 0f;

    void timer()
    {
        if (timerCount < 2)
            timerCount = timerCount + Time.deltaTime;

        if (timerCount >= 2)
            Destroy(gameObject);
    }




    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")
            coinMove.velocity = new Vector2(0, 1);

        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")
            timer();

    }
``` I have the function timer which says to destroy gameobject 2s after it has been touched, it is not working.

[rich adder]

yes because u needtimer to add continiously which it doesnt do in a one frame event

skip all this, and just set a time inside Destroy's second parameter

[queen adder]

how to write it in update

[rich adder]

Destroy(gameObject, 2f)

[rare basin]

you dont need to use Update for it

[queen adder]

oh man, you mean destroy(gameObject, 2f)

[sleek orchid]

It worked as intended, thanks guys ❤️

[queen adder]

I have deleted the last if statement and did what you said, still doesnt work

[rare basin]

you don't need the timer() method you created

just instead of calling timer()

[rich adder]

show what u wrote

[rare basin]

call the destroy with delay parameter

[queen adder]

public class CoinScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody2D coinMove;
    public float timerCount = 0f;

    void timer()
    {
        if (timerCount < 2)
            timerCount = timerCount + Time.deltaTime;

        if (timerCount >= 2)
            Destroy(gameObject, 2f);

[rich adder]

how did i know you would write it like this..

[queen adder]

how didnt you

u said skip all this

[rich adder]

if you already made a 2 second timer from destroy , why did you keep the rest of broken "timer"

[queen adder]

idk man Im new

[rich adder]

skipp "all this" meaning all the code in timer()

and just do Destroy(gameObject, 2f); where you need it..

[queen adder]

public Rigidbody2D coinMove;
public float timerCount = 0f;

void timer()
{
    

    if (timerCount >= 2)
        Destroy(gameObject, 2f);
}
``` like this?

[rich adder]

no not at all

why is timer still here

why is destroy in a float that never increases

[queen adder]

cuz im not u

[rich adder]

like i said already, all the code in timer() isn't needed.

just use Destroy with the timer it has, where you need it..

if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player")

[terse raven]

is it better to use a rigid body or a character controller. Also I;ve just tried adding a jump force and for some reason it counteracts all other forces and stops moving horizotnal.

[elder locust]

Hello, I have a little issue blocking me on my way to realize a QTE, it's the last step I'm struggling one :
I want to be able to use the new input system into an "OnTriggerEnter2D" method, though, it's not working...

Here is the code of everything I declared (for example variables)

public GameObject objectToRotate;
public GameObject pivotPoint;
public int rotationSpeed;
public GameObject[] zoneQTE;
public int currentZoneQTE;

public PIA playerInputActions;

private void Awake()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < zoneQTE.Length; i++)
    {
        zoneQTE[i].gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }

    currentZoneQTE = Random.Range(0, zoneQTE.Length);
    zoneQTE[currentZoneQTE].gameObject.SetActive(true);

    playerInputActions = new PIA();
    playerInputActions.PlayerInput.Enable();
}

Here is the code of the method

private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
{
    if (playerInputActions.PlayerInput.QTE.triggered)
    {
        Debug.Log("Hello world.");
    }

    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "zone-qte")
    {
        if (playerInputActions.PlayerInput.QTE.triggered)
        {
            Debug.Log("Hey, QTE has been succesfully done !");
            zoneQTE[currentZoneQTE].gameObject.SetActive(false);
            currentZoneQTE = Random.Range(0, zoneQTE.Length);
            zoneQTE[currentZoneQTE].gameObject.SetActive(true);
        }
    }
}```

I've tried many things and the new input system is working I'm calling an input into the update() method, it's really calling an input from the OnTriggerEnter2D which is creating issue...

Don't hesitate to @ me ! :>

[devout flower]

I dunno what a QTE is, but since this involves an input, are you sure you wanna do it in OnTriggerEnter?

That means it'll only check when you initially enter the collider

[elder locust]

What should I use according to you ?

QTE stand for QuickTimeEvent, it's those little interaction you can have on screen when doing some actions !

[devout flower]

OnTriggerStay, i guess

[elder locust]

In my case, I want to do kind of Dead By Daylight like QTE ! If you ever played the game ? ^^

[elder locust]

Wait

[devout flower]

No :/

[elder locust]

What is this ? It's like onTriggerEnter but all the time where it's triggered ???

I didn't knew !

I'ma try that !

[devout flower]

OnTriggerStay is when it's in the collider

Okey doke

[snow girder]

hey guys how do i make it so that buttons aren't clickable only selectable by arrow keys

[elder locust]

To make it quick, in dbd when you repair generators for example, there is a circle popping on the screen with a cursor rotating around it ! when the cursor's hovering a certain zone of the circle, you gotta press your keybind ! ^^

[devout flower]

Ooooo ok

Yeah i think you need OnTriggerStay, to constantly check while it's in the zone

[sleek orchid]

huh?

[rich adder]

probably above

post code properly

[sleek orchid]

oh, yeah...

[devout flower]

@elder locust i'm curious, did it work?

[sleek orchid]

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

public class ObstacleSpawner : MonoBehaviour
{
    private float time = 0f;
    private float spawnDeltaTime = 1.5f;
    public GameObject obstacle;
    [SerializeField] float height = 1f;
    [SerializeField] float offset = 5f;

    void Start(){
        obstacle = GameObject.Find("Obstacle");
    }

    void Update(){
        if(time > spawnDeltaTime){
            GameObject go = Instantiate(obstacle);
            go.transform.position = new Vector2(offset, Random.Range(height, -height))
            time = 0;
            Destroy(go, 10);
        }
        time += Time.deltaTime;
    }

}

Sorry.

[elder locust]

It worked but it strange, it's working but not all the time... :x

[sleek orchid]

found it

kekw

[vale geode]

hi im experiacing a syntax error and i cant identify it, its on line 34 from what console says

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show the error from the console

[sweet wasp]

is grunt_gun a data type or a name?

[vale geode]

folder

[rich adder]

yes this is wrongly defined method

[ivory bobcat]

You'd require both for the function signature

[sweet wasp]

it looks like you are making a param of type Grunt_gun and not giving it a name

[rich adder]

@vale geode need to configure their IDE

[grizzled zealot]

I created an svg (300x300 pixels), added the com.unity.vectorgraphics package, and dragged the svg to a game object. It gets displayed but does not fill a 300x300 gameobject.

What's a 300x300 gameobject in pixels? is the value of height 100 equivalent to 100 pixels?

[vale geode]

thank for your hellp everyone

[rich adder]

did you configure your IDE?

[vale geode]

i didnt figure out how

[summer stump]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[rich adder]

make sure you do it, its requirement to get help here

[summer stump]

And it is just way easier to code when it is configured

[modest hollow]

what database do u use lol

[rich adder]

huh? I don't strictly use one lol

[modest hollow]

oh lol i thought u mentioned u used one

[summer stump]

Odd question, especially with the lol at the end

Strictly meaning ONLY one. Nav uses multiple

[rich adder]

also strange to send that on that reply to someone else

[summer stump]

If you need recommendations, we can suggest some. Depends a little on the game, but often JSON and Binary may be a better fit

[burnt vapor]

Databases? I just ask the user to remember the state and have them fill in a form before each game

[rich adder]

lol

ah good ol days of passcodes

[burnt vapor]

Why change when the initial solution worked fine

[frigid sequoia]

Guys I got this from chat GPT asking for a editor tool that assigns prefabs in a folder to a list, but I and like veeeey confused with the part that treats the folder as a GameObject, is that a thing?

[teal viper]

Wat? Where does it treat a folder as a gameObject?
Oh, the class field. Didn't notice that.

[north kiln]

Don't ask a text generator to generate meaningful text

it doesn't know anything, and there are multiple nonsensical things it's written

and I'm not going to fix them, because it's against our conduct to begin with

[slender nymph]

This is exactly what I'd expect from gpt lol. It saw "prefab" and probably took a hint from the hundreds of bad tutorials that all use GameObject variables with prefab in the identifier and just ran with it

[north kiln]

#📖┃code-of-conduct

- • Posting unverified AI-generated responses or failing to mark AI-generated content as such.

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, but I did mark it as such, I am not posting it as veridical, is just a base to work with

Is that wrong?

[north kiln]

It's unverified because it doesn't work

We're not here to correct the mistakes of autocomplete

If you haven't verified that it works, then it's not allowed here

[wooden vine]

Hi, I have used a unity asset which automatically disables the cursor once I click start. Is there any script I can use to bring it back?

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Cursor-lockState.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Cursor-visible.html

[frigid sequoia]

Ok... but... if it does work what I am even supposed to ask then?

[wooden vine]

thank you I will check

And also, when I load a new scene from another scene, my materials for my object disabled. However, in the actual scene, it is still there. Is there any solution?

[north kiln]

You can include AI-generated responses as answers if you've verified that they're true. Though, people may still be hostile to it because it's irritating behaviour

[frigid sequoia]

Ok, well scrapt that how do I do this from scratch then? How can I get reference to an entire folder and its children?

[wintry quarry]

materials can't be disabled

they're just assets

[north kiln]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.directory.getfiles?view=net-8.0

[wooden vine]

But it shows all black when I load a new screen

[wintry quarry]

what is it supposed to show

[summer stump]

That is happening for reasons that do not include a material being "disabled"

[wooden vine]

Let me send a video

[real falcon]

I have a question about DeltaTime

so I'm moving the character controller with this:

controller.Move(playerVelocity * Time.deltaTime);

but then in another part of the code im doing this

        
        // Friction
      ...

        
        playerVelocity += fric * 0.01f;```

do I need to multiply these too, even though im already multipliying when I move the controller?

[strong moth]

how do i declare a ref int pre c# 11.0

[wintry quarry]

maybe? Depends exactly what that other code is supposed to be doing.

[rocky canyon]

it gets multiplied in the Move function

[real falcon]

what other code

[rocky canyon]

and praets right.. it depends on where ur +='ing

[wintry quarry]

Are you trying to add fric per second? Or are you trying to add fric per frame?

[wintry quarry]

The second snippet

[wooden vine]

this is the issue

the spaceship is black when I load into the next scene

[rocky canyon]

wheres the lights?

[wooden vine]

but in the scene itself, it is alright

[real falcon]

im not sure, I'm just trying to add it. basically I have playerVelocity, and this is moved by the players inputted direction and then by friction, which is a vector that is opposite to it and some fraction of its magnitude

I'm not specifically trying to add it per second or per frame, I wouldnt know the difference

[rocky canyon]

pause the loaded scene and find where your lights are..

[wooden vine]

ok

[rocky canyon]

if that code runs in Update or the function is called from within update.. its probably per frame

[real falcon]

ah it's all in update yes

I dont use FixedUpdate for the player movement

[rocky canyon]

no need its a CC.

so u probably want to use deltaTime on ur += lines too.. since they run in update im about 73% sure.. and then you can modify the values to take in consideration the new multiplier

[real falcon]

hmm ok

honestly I wonder if that factor I have is just to account for the fact that it's not there

I propably realized it felt way too high

im HOPING that a lack of deltatime is why the movement feels very slightly but subtly off in weird inconsistent ways

[wooden vine]

Hi, I looked at the lights

[rocky canyon]

it'll get higher once u multiply deltaTIme

[wooden vine]

I wasn't able to find it

[real falcon]

im thinking when I spin around too fast it drops the frames and this causes an issue

[rocky canyon]

ya, where do they go? 😄

why would u have lights in the scene if u run it stand-a-lone.. but when u load into it they dont..

🤔 thats the question

[wooden vine]

Let me try searching for it in the actual scene

[rocky canyon]

one good way to test (imo) is scale ur game-view window really small.. and then fullsize.. (when its very small ur frame rates will go really high) and then you can usually tell a difference (or when ur values need to be frame independent)

[wooden vine]

It works right now because I just included lights

Thank you

[rocky canyon]

👍 no problem

[wooden vine]

But another problem is that when I load in to the next screen, my cursor is hidden. What is the simplest way to unhide it

[rocky canyon]

put a script in that scene that unhides it in Awake()

[frigid sequoia]

Can I not make GetFiles() search in cascade in its own subfolders?

Cause I cannot find that

[north kiln]

Use the overload that has the options to do that

[carmine sierra]

Right now in my game, I have a placement system which places exactly at the mouse position, but as this requires really steady hands, I want the placement to be more grid locked, how could I go about doing this? My current script instantiates an object in the exact mouse-world position. Thanks

[wintry quarry]

I recommend using the built-in Grid component.

[carmine sierra]

is it complicated to implement

[wintry quarry]

It has methods that will let you easily convert a world space position to a grid position

no

[carmine sierra]

thanks ill check it

[wintry quarry]

As an example, using a grid, you would do this to get a locked grid position for a given mouse position:

Vector3 mouseWorldPos = whatever;
Vector3Int gridCoords = myGrid.WorldToCell(mouseWorldPos);
Vector3 roundedPos = myGrid.CellToWorld(gridCoords);
// OR
Vector3 roundedPos = myGrid.GetCellCenterWorld(gridCoords);```

depending if you want the grid centers or the grid corners

[carmine sierra]

yeah seems easy

[wintry quarry]

The nice thing is you can set the grid up exactly as you want from the editor, including cell size, cell shape, scale, position, rotation, etc.

and you don't have to worry about that stuff in code

[carmine sierra]

I have one function which gets the mouses position, this is used in about four scripts. Is it better to make a separate script which just constantly executes that function and the function is accessed from that one script?

Rather than executing it upto three times simultaneously from each script

[frigid sequoia]

How the hell is this returning out of range exception?

[wintry quarry]

pool.Count is 0

[carmine sierra]

anyone?

[rocky canyon]

also .Count is the total number of elements.. so if u have 3 elements.. it returns 3.. but there is not a 3rd index.. theres only 0,2,1 so u need to - 1 to get the last index

[wintry quarry]

no

-1 is not needed

Random.Range is exclusive of the top end for the integer version

[rocky canyon]

oh shit yea u right..

[rocky canyon]

i forget about that

[frigid sequoia]

That's really, really unlikely, but it seems it did happen indeed

[wintry quarry]

It's the only way you would get that error here

[rocky canyon]

lol, anytime im wrong or get called out i write it down on a post-it and stick it to my wall

[frigid sequoia]

Ok, that shouldn't be a problem as I add more stuff and confirms that my tag to make some items only spawn once does work

So it is actually good sign XD

[summer stump]

You should validate the random int and just not get the index if it is 0

Handle errors gracefully when possible

[wooden vine]

sry I was away for a while so I couldn't respond. But how exactly would my script look like? Sry, I am a new user

[carmine sierra]

is this a good idea?

[wintry quarry]

defensive programming would indicate you should do something like:

if (pool.Count == 0) {
  throw new Exception("The loot pool is empty!");
}```

or handle it in some other way

[rocky canyon]

using UnityEngine;
public class ShowCursor: MonoBehaviour
{
    private void Awake()
    {
        Cursor.visible = true;
    }
}```

[frigid sequoia]

It should never ever be 0 once the game is complete. But in case it happens what should I even do here?

Tell it to roll for a different item?

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[wintry quarry]

A helpful error message like: #💻┃code-beginner message would be better

[wintry quarry]

Is that possible? If you have some reasonable way to recover from this state, you should do it.

[summer stump]

"Should never" is something you should never say or think as a software engineer

[rocky canyon]

edge-cases wants to know ur location 😄

[wintry quarry]

Beware of creating other problems though - like an infinite loop

[swift crag]

The scary part is that Random.Range is inclusive with floats

I have code that absolutely expects it to never return 1f

[wintry quarry]

Your 10 millionth player has a surprise waiting for them!

[swift crag]

well, it does at least bail out with some kind of vaguely acceptable result

[swift crag]

Free car!

Also wrong sound effect

[rocky canyon]

throw new Exception("The loot pool is empty!");
does this show a debug log? and/or stop the game?

i have a spare project open.. imma just test it 👍 need to figure it out anyway..

[wintry quarry]

you could do Random.Range(min, float.BitDecrement(max))

[swift crag]

oh that's neat

I've thought a few times about being able to do that

[rocky canyon]

ahh, so it throws an error but doesnt stop the gameplay.. nifty

lol.. i should handle more errors too.. (but i dont expect any errors) 😅

[wintry quarry]

It will stop the current code execution in its tracks - up until the nearest try catch block (or the Unity Engine if you don't have one)

[carmine sierra]

if im calling a function from another script, how do I call a variable that the function returns

[rocky canyon]

actually the issue is.. i dont know when a situation would cause an error that i would need to be weary of..

[wintry quarry]

Assign it to a variable

[frigid sequoia]

Not quite sure if this could create a endless loop, seems like it?

[wintry quarry]

For example:

float ex = myRef.MyFunctionThatReturnsAFloat();```

[wintry quarry]

Does ChooseRarityPool() call this function?

If not, then no it can't cause infinite recursion

[carmine sierra]

the variable before the function?

[frigid sequoia]

It just chooses one out of 5 lists based on chances

[rocky canyon]

you could use MyFunctionThatReturnsAFloat() anywhere that a float is expected

[wintry quarry]

The = operator means "Assign the value from the right side into the variable on the left side"

[frigid sequoia]

Though this could still return out of range exception, just even more unlikely

[rocky canyon]

Random.Range(0,MyFunctionThatReturnsAFloat());

for ex.

[wintry quarry]

then no, basically all this code would do is give you one extra chance. There's no guarantee that one would work though

[frigid sequoia]

How could I tell it to keep trying though?

[wintry quarry]

maybe you should have it only select loot pools that have at least one item in them?

[carmine sierra]

I want to access the mouse position from this script in other scripts. if i want to access the always changing mouse position, would i call it in the update function of the other scripts which call this function?

[frigid sequoia]

I mean the idea is that all pools should have at least 3 items that can always spawn, just that they are not implemented yet

[rocky canyon]

ive never found a good solution for this..
ive had the same issue when trying to find a random number.. say the number doesn't work? do i try to run it again?
and what if i do run it again.. and the 2nd number doesn't work.. do i run it a 3rd time? lol

[wintry quarry]

just put some placeholders in then

[wintry quarry]

you should just make that second function static

get rid of the Update

and get rid of the field

[carmine sierra]

which field

so id call it in the update function of the other scripts accessing the function?

[wintry quarry]

public static class MouseHelper {
  public static Vector3 GetMousePos() {
    Vector3 mouseWorldPos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
    mouseWorldPos.z = 0;
    return mouseWorldPos;
  }
}```

basically

doesn't need to be a component at all

doesn't need any fields

or storage

just call the function

[carmine sierra]

bruh ive never seen that

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, that should be a thing in programming, you keep repeating until you don't get an exception XD

[rocky canyon]

Camera.main doesn't need a Monobehaviour?

[wintry quarry]

it's static

[carmine sierra]

like this?

[swift crag]

Camera is not a property of MonoBehaviour, yes

[wintry quarry]

Yes then in another script you just do MouseHelper.GetMousePos()

[carmine sierra]

do i need to drag anything to reference it?

[rocky canyon]

nope

[carmine sierra]

where do i store the script

in an empty gameobject?

[rocky canyon]

nope

[swift crag]

this class doesn't even define a component, so no

[carmine sierra]

interesting

[rocky canyon]

it just works.. as long as its in ur project folder

[swift crag]

only components are attached to game objects

[carmine sierra]

does it need to be in the hiearchy?#

[rocky canyon]

nope

[swift crag]

and only classes that derive from UnityEngine.Object even matter in unity's eyes

you can do whatever your heart desires with a class that doesn't derive from UnityEngine.Object

[carmine sierra]

whats that kind of script called (need it for my documentation)

[rocky canyon]

Static

[swift crag]

You may call it a "plain old C# object" (but this class is fully static)

[carmine sierra]

static script?

[swift crag]

so...plain old C# class, at best?

[rocky canyon]

POCO

[swift crag]

you can't have instances of a static class, so it's a bit weird to say it's a plain old object :p

[carmine sierra]

plain old is the actual name?

[swift crag]

You can really just call it a .. class

that's it

it's a class

[carmine sierra]

oh okay

and then is getmousepos the method

[swift crag]

you've developed some preconceptions here!

[wooden vine]

Hi, I tried your solution. I wanted the cursor to show in the newly loaded scene. However, the cursor was locked, and I wasn't able to interact with the button. Is there any specific place to insert that script because I currently put it in an empty object.

[carmine sierra]

fr

[swift crag]

the rules that apply to MonoBehaviour (a kind of component) are not universal

Unity just has some special rules for its own kinds of classes

[rocky canyon]

if u mention Poco, advanced programmers will know what u mean but yea, its just a class that doesn't derive from Monobehaviour so it doesn't need to be on a GameObject

[carmine sierra]

i just ignore everything above my variable initialisations

yeah ill put poco in brackets

[rocky canyon]

well if ur Controller hides and locks the cursor u'll also have to unlock it..

[wooden vine]

In my controller?

[rocky canyon]

Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;

no in the awake of that new script on ur new scene

its locked b/c ur Controller from the previous scene locks it

just like it hides it

[wooden vine]

Yea

so do i still need this: Cursor.visible = true;

[rocky canyon]

so.. just add that line to the awke and it will be visible and unlocked

when the scene loads

[carmine sierra]

sorry how do i call it?

[rocky canyon]

yes u need both

        Cursor.visible = true;```

[wooden vine]

Oh, Thank you

[swift crag]

You have no class named MousePos

[carmine sierra]

woops your rigfht

[swift crag]

You named it MouseHelper

[brave compass]

Oh, that's nice, I didn't know about that met- 😔

[carmine sierra]

and if i want to call the returned mouseworldPos variable?

[rocky canyon]

and you dont call it per say.. u just access it when u need to assign it..
Vector3 mousePos = MouseHelper.GetMousePos();

[carmine sierra]

but the returned variable

mouseWorldPos

[rocky canyon]

yes, thats what its returning

[wooden vine]

Yea it worked. Thank you so much

[carmine sierra]

yeah how do i access it

[rocky canyon]

MouseHelper.GetMousePos();

[carmine sierra]

ohh okay

so before I had mouseWorldPos where this is

and it is the same?

[rocky canyon]

if you debug Debug.Log(MouseHelper.GetMousePos()); it will show u a Vector3

[carmine sierra]

I do need it to be called in an update function though, so could I do that in the static class or in the scripts

if that terminology is even right

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 mousePos = MouseHelper.GetMousePos();```

put it in a variable, as mentioned earlier

[wintry quarry]

you just call it whenever you need it.

[carmine sierra]

yeah i get that thanks

but i need the fucntion to be in an update function

so would i edit that in the class

[wintry quarry]

Huh>>

[carmine sierra]

and how? Cause im unfamiliar with doing this static class thing

[carmine sierra]

the mousepos needs to be updated constantly

[wintry quarry]

void Update() {
  Vector3 mousePos = MouseHelper.GetMousePos();
  // do whatever
}```

[wintry quarry]

no it doesn't

[carmine sierra]

how comes?

[wintry quarry]

you just call the function when you want the current mouse pos

[wintry quarry]

Like this

[carmine sierra]

okay ill try that

'MousePos' is missing the class attribute 'ExtensionOfNativeClass'!
anyone know what this means

[wintry quarry]

yeah you have it attached to an object

remove it

[carmine sierra]

alr

[wintry quarry]

because it's not a monobehaviour anymore

and doesn't need to be

[lusty mango]

Could any of you guys help me with an issue I'm having with my layout? I have a prefab that has child GameObjects TMP Text, and Buttons. They're the child of my content GameObject, and I just cannot get this thing to set each prefab's size according to the text component. I can send more pictures if needed

[wintry quarry]

#📲┃ui-ux

[carmine sierra]

woah its working

[scarlet skiff]

I feel like the "+1.5" in the line 107 isnt delaying anything, as soon as all them agic balls are in palce, they start moving towards player, but the first magic ball never has the slight delay im looking for. What am i missing here?

Mage script: https://gdl.space/xifefetuti.cs
Magicball script: https://gdl.space/lehamurudi.cs

[carmine sierra]

as im using c# to code my game, are the functions im making functions or methods?

[rich adder]

both

[slender nymph]

typically in c# the terms are interchangeable. but technically they are all methods

[iron hull]

a function in a class is a method, but a function outside of a class is a function (i think)

[carmine sierra]

is every variable called an attribute then?

[carmine sierra]

like oop

[slender nymph]

no, attributes are something different in c#

pretty sure only java calls class-level variables attributes

[rich adder]

glad microsoft doesnt :p

[rich adder]

this explains it well ofc
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/advanced-topics/reflection-and-attributes/

Unity also has a couple of useful ones too. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Attributes.html

[iron hull]

I'm using an animation to upscale my gameobject from zero, but this causes it to get stuck into other objects sometimes
Is there a way to make it redo its collisions or should i use some janky fix like spawning a fullsize game object after its animation is complete?

[rich adder]

are those rigidbodies?

[iron hull]

Yeah

[rich adder]

normally they should push each other out no?

are you reizing collider too?

[carmine sierra]

thanks

[iron hull]

Yeah, i'm just scaling the entire object

[rich adder]

I actually never tried scaling , maybe try calling Physics.SyncTransforms

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.SyncTransforms.html

[twilit cliff]

Thank you so much for the info 😊🙏

[iron hull]

I'll give it a go, thanks! just set up a coroutine to run with it when collision happens after a few seconds will see if it gets fixed

[rich adder]

sure yeah lmk how it works out

[iron hull]

seems to work, stuff gets pushed out

[rocky canyon]

id start with that error.. assuming you want to get a random number for your~~ _creatures GameObject[] ~~ (should be a List<> if you're using .Count) you could replace list.Count with _creatures.Count that would store a random number that falls within the bounds of ur array

then you could enable that creature

it appears that each creature disables itself on click.. and calls the gameManager's CreatureClick() function to enable the next one

[wintry quarry]

do you have a specific question here? You have a compile error in your code, you should probably fix that.
After that, think through what you want the script to do step by step, then get to work writing it.

[rich adder]

arrays don't have a property called Count

[rocky canyon]

Is there anyway to have the Custom Debug open the SandboxControl script.. such as the Unity one does.. could I pass in context to the custom static debug?

[wintry quarry]

Use this https://docs.unity3d.com/2022.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/HideInCallstackAttribute.html

[rocky canyon]

I can pass in context to highlight the gameobject but it still opens the static class

[rocky canyon]

thank you, i'll check it out right now

ohh neat, this is exactly what im hunting for

aye!

double click still opens the static script.. but atleast now the actual script and line number is visible in the log w/o scrolling so I can just click it instead

[ebon robin]

How do we make a State Machine with a generic State like
public class StateMachine<T> : MonoBehavior where T : State
and also make StateMachine known to the state like declare its statemachine owner?

[verbal dome]

Not sure if this is what you mean but maybe this will help
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41876683/classes-coupled-with-each-other-by-generics

I think you would need to use an interface here

[eternal needle]

Using a generic here doesnt make a whole lot of sense imo, because you dont want a state to inherit from a state machine. The states exist by themselves, the statemachine controls when they are used

[verbal dome]

Nothing here makes State inherit from StateMachine though 🤔

[eternal needle]

hm i assumed the states would be made like
public class StateName : StateMachine<StateName>
but still, the existing generic makes it seem like there would be 1 state machine per state

At least to me, I dont see the use of generic here

[verbal dome]

I was thinking more likecs public class StateName : IState<StateMachineName> If they want the state to know about the machine

But it's not necessary

[slender nymph]

why would the state need to know about the state machine though? that relationship should really only go one way

[hoary ice]

i wonder that i always find a hard time implementing something with delay

private void CheckAndUpdateGoblinEmployment()
    {
        // Ensure GoblinCollection reference is set
        if (goblinCollection != null)
        {
            // Get all child game objects of the GoblinCollection
            foreach (Transform child in goblinCollection.transform)
            {
                // Get the Goblin component attached to the child game object
                Goblin goblin = child.GetComponent<Goblin>();

                // Check if the Goblin component exists and the child game object is inactive
                if (goblin != null && !child.gameObject.activeSelf)
                {
                    // Set the isEmployed variable to true
                    goblin.isEmployed = true;

                    // Start a coroutine to activate the game object after a delay
                    StartCoroutine(ActivateGameObjectDelayed(child.gameObject));
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.LogWarning("GoblinCollection reference is not set in GameManager.");
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator ActivateGameObjectDelayed(GameObject gameObject)
    {
        // Wait for 2 seconds
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f);

        // Set the game object to active
        gameObject.SetActive(true);
    }

if the gameobject is set to active false set variable isEmployed to true then set active to true after 2 seconds delay

[ebon robin]

some of my old codes requires the states to transition to another states internally

maybe i should just do that in statemachine

[static bay]

I dont think that's good design.

Personally I don't think states should know how or when they transition.

[ebon robin]

i dont really want to make a dictionary for possible transitions for each states

[static bay]

Why not?

[ebon robin]

my new code have pre-initialized components, constants and only resets variables on enter. the states transition by a bunch of ifs

in controller of course

[static bay]

The way I would do it is have the StateMachine hold a Dictionary<State, List<Transition>>.

The StateMachine can have a method...
public void AddTransition(State from, State to, Func<bool> condition)
In the function create a new Transition which holds all these variables.

When you are building your state logic, create all your states, set up your transitions, toss the state machine an initial state, and then it just goes.

Separating the logic of a state from the transition allows you to rewire it much more easily.

Otherwise adding new transitions requires you to constantly toss references between states.