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[teal viper]

Well, what's the type of enemyCategory?

[magic pagoda]

string, yeah thats the issue Im aware

hm.. is there a way I can make that script grab the value of the enemyType stat- actually wait Im not gonna need that

there we go!

thanks y'all, I rlly appriciate it ^^

[ebon quartz]

this aint even giving me debug logs

[timber tide]

which usually means the if statement is false

[languid spire]

show where you have added the script to a gameobject

[kindred nest]

there should be a setting on the AudioSource/AudioClip component attached like "play on enable" - look for that and make sure it's disabled

I catch myself forgetting to do that too everytime I play with sounds 😆

[long jacinth]

its because redgrid i made it a gameobject

what do i do

what function does this work on

[timber tide]

should post code
!code

[eternal falcon]

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[timber tide]

your error is that RedGrid is a type of game object and it does not contain a method of SwapTile

so you're mixing up your types here

[long jacinth]

i tried to make it Tilemap

but it says mismatch

[timber tide]

ya need to post some code cause I am not playing a guessing game

[long jacinth]

ok

here it is: https://paste.ofcode.org/gX845dsf9qZiPCTPLtki5A

[timber tide]

seems fine, but perhaps you have another error somewhere here

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Tilemaps.Tilemap.SwapTile.html

[kindred nest]

so it might just call the function on the initial collision when the vase hits the table

a quick and probably slightly dumb solution would be to disable it for the first collision in the game, but I wonder if there is an easier solution for this

basically add a private firstCollision=true variable and add this statement to the onCollision function:

if(firstCollision){
firstCollision=false
return;
}

make sure it's before the sound-making functions though

feels dirty, but should do the job

[long jacinth]

it should be working

but when i put in the gameobjects for the public variables it says type mismatch

[summer shard]

is there a way to "launch" player when clicking fast when using distance joint 2d?

private void Update() {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0)) {
            Vector2 screenPos = mainCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            Vector2 gunTipPos = gunTip.position;
            Vector2 direction = screenPos - gunTipPos;
            RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(gunTip.position, direction, grapplerDistance, grappable);
            if (hit.collider) {
                lr.SetPosition(0, gunTip.position);
                lr.SetPosition(1, hit.point);
                distanceJoint.connectedAnchor = hit.point;
                // distanceJoint.distance = ((Vector2)gunTipPos - hit.point).magnitude * 0.9f;
                distanceJoint.enabled = true;
                lr.enabled = true;
            }
            else {
                lr.enabled = false;
                distanceJoint.enabled = false;
            }
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse0)) {
            lr.SetPosition(0, gunTip.position);
        }
        else {
            lr.enabled = false;
        }
        
        if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Mouse0)) {
            lr.enabled = false;
            distanceJoint.enabled = false;
        }
    }
``` rn it's completely stopping when i unhold my left mouse button

[long jacinth]

wait i think i know

[kindred nest]

probably because you reference the gameobject instead of the actual tilemap/whatever holds the swap function... you need to reference that component directly as the required type, or reference the gameobject, but first call a GetComponent<component with function>().function() in order to call it correctly

give it a shot, should be good to go if my assumptions are correct

[long jacinth]

it turns out it was a silly mistake i made

[young warren]

most bugs are because of silly mistakes you make 🤷

[long jacinth]

i tried to put a gameobject in the scene to the public gameobject variable in the prefab

[summer shard]

huh??

[ocean dove]

Its a bool

[kindred nest]

that can be whatever you want it to be, i just invented that to make it easy to understand what is it's purpose

oh shoot yep i forgot to put the type, should be private bool firstCollision=true

sorry!

[ebon quartz]

i didnt,i was following a yt tutorail and i have put it in a folder called script

[kindred nest]

yup, basically:

private bool firstCollision=true;

void OnCollisionEnter(Collision col){
    if(firstCollision){
        firstCollision=false;
        return;
    }

        myAudioSource.PlayOneShot(mySound, 1.0f);
}

anywhere within the class {} brackets

[languid spire]

A script will not run if it is not attached to a game object

[summer shard]

help please

[ebon quartz]

how do i attach a script to a game object?

[languid spire]

I guess you watch more of the tutorial

or !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[kindred nest]

yup, you'll get the hang of pretty quick once you know why certain functions are called and when, and then debugging becomes much easier, have fun!

[ebon quartz]

nope, in the tutorial the code was working

[languid spire]

listen, the code will not run if it is not attached to a game object. So...
if in the tutorial the code is running then at some point it was attached to a game object. So...
watch the tutorial again and this time pay attention

[ebon quartz]

ok , after the code worked it was attached to a game object now i see, anyways thanks for the help

[summer shard]

is there a way to "launch" player when clicking fast when using distance joint 2d?

private void Update() {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0)) {
            Vector2 screenPos = mainCamera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            Vector2 gunTipPos = gunTip.position;
            Vector2 direction = screenPos - gunTipPos;
            RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(gunTip.position, direction, grapplerDistance, grappable);
            if (hit.collider) {
                lr.SetPosition(0, gunTip.position);
                lr.SetPosition(1, hit.point);
                distanceJoint.connectedAnchor = hit.point;
                // distanceJoint.distance = ((Vector2)gunTipPos - hit.point).magnitude * 0.9f;
                distanceJoint.enabled = true;
                lr.enabled = true;
            }
            else {
                lr.enabled = false;
                distanceJoint.enabled = false;
            }
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse0)) {
            lr.SetPosition(0, gunTip.position);
        }
        else {
            lr.enabled = false;
        }
        
        if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Mouse0)) {
            lr.enabled = false;
            distanceJoint.enabled = false;
        }
    }
``` rn it's completely stopping when i unhold my left mouse button

[queen coral]

follow codemonkey tutorial and this is what he has

but when i try that i get this error

[summer shard]

remove using Systems.Numerics from ur usings on top of the code

[queen coral]

ahh got it thank you, no idea how that go there

[hexed terrace]

VS autocomplete will add it

[hidden current]

im trying to debug something, does anyone know of a way to like record the last value of a variable before the code reaches a breakpoint? is that possible?

like i know if its in memory visual studio does that, but when its not in memory it doesnt. i want to like record it before the GC erases it. idk if that makes sense

[fossil drum]

Uh, that's the default way?
You can just add a watch variable if it's outside your current scope if that's what you mean

[hidden current]

i have to google that, i suck at debugging lol

[kindred nest]

we all do, print() is the way brother!

[hidden current]

print is good, but i have alot of printing to do, thats the thing

[fossil drum]

Print is easier for smaller problems yeah, but if you have a big problem, stepping through the code and checking if your assumptions match what the debugger says is easier imho.

[hidden current]

the problem is, i have a bug that happens randomly. and its very rare too.

ive been at this for days now .-.

[ebon quartz]

whats wrong with my code?

[hidden current]

did u click and drag perseguir to the script in the unity editor?

[languid spire]

spelling mistake postion

[slender nymph]

start by configuring your !IDE so you don't make silly spelling mistakes like that moving forward

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

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[lost anvil]

is it necessary to use scriptable objects for a system that allows you to pickup/drop objects and putting them into an inventory etc

[ebon quartz]

nvm fixed

[hidden current]

ayyy 🥳

[ebon quartz]

another error i found is that i typed "postion" instead of position in my code LOL

[hexed terrace]

that sounds like your VS isn't configured

oh, I you shared a screenshot, it deffo isn't configured

[hexed terrace]

Necessary? no, but SO's are good for storing data like you would have for items, enemies, weapons, etc

[lost anvil]

alright i just dont want to get into this inventory and then realise it wont work because of new items i need or whatever

[hexed terrace]

SO's become cumbersome if you start having A LOT of items/ etc. If you're going to end up with hundreds, then another solution would be better.. if you're gonna have a few of each time, SO's are good

[late bobcat]

Hey guys i'm trying to understand how i should implement gravity change in my 3d game. I'd like the ball to stick to the left side by swapping gravity when the ball goes on the "black platform". I kinda achieved what i wanted but when gravity swaps the ball goes faster and it's kinda hard to control (you can also tell that by how fast the ball rotates)
What am i doing wrong? https://hatebin.com/cuvoqirjvz

[slender nymph]

you add force more than once per frame when gravity is swapped. also you really shouldn't be using AddForce in Update for continuous forces like that

physics should be performed in FixedUpdate to ensure it is consistent, because someone playing that with a higher framerate will end up applying more force than someone playing with a lower framerate

[late bobcat]

oh true

how do you suggest to edit the gravity part?

actually, i think fixedUpdate kinda fixed everything

[hidden current]

so i have this code, and i have an error in firstpair/lastpair. below it says its 2,5,0 and above it says its 2,1,0

is my variable getting written and changed for some reason? am i reading this correctly?

[hexed terrace]

above and below what?

[hidden current]

above meaning when it gets assigned initially, and below when im trying to read it

[hexed terrace]

Y changes because you add to it

[hidden current]

oh my lord

[hexed terrace]

🙂

[ebon quartz]

so basically in this script the sky needs to follow the camera, how do i fix this?

[young warren]

you need to configure your visual studio so that it'll underline the error

you have typed something wrongly. it's not your logic that's the problem

i'm assuming you're using Visual Studio

[ebon quartz]

how do i do that??

[young warren]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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[ebon quartz]

VS code

[young warren]

then click Vs code

[ebon quartz]

nah i aint understanding cause i did the same thing

[hidden current]

i thought there was some weird stuff going on with passing by reference, but that wasnt it. structs are pass by value. im getting closer >.>

[thorn holly]

? Your ide doesn’t seem to be configured from looking at the Ss

[ebon quartz]

probably because i got 3 C# extensions

[hexed terrace]

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

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[hidden current]

i think im going to package my project and see if anyone can fix my code, because i swear to god i feel like im poking at a bug in unity and i dont think i can solve this one

ill pass the torture onto you! 😄

[wanton canyon]

when I pick up a slime, I made it so it faces the player camera. but for some reason its body rotates around if you move your view around? any ideas?

[waxen pond]

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float jumpForce = 10f;
    public float forwardSpeed = 5f;
    public float laneDistance = 3f; 
    public int currentLane = 1; 
    public float laneChangeSpeed = 5f;

    private Rigidbody rb;
    private bool isChangingLane = false;
    private int targetLane;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (!isChangingLane && Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
            Jump();
        }

        if (!isChangingLane && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
        {
            SwitchLane(-1); 
        }
        else if (!isChangingLane && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        {
            SwitchLane(1);
        }
    }

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (isChangingLane)
        {
            float targetX = (targetLane - 1) * laneDistance;
            float newX = Mathf.MoveTowards(transform.position.x, targetX, laneChangeSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
            transform.position = new Vector3(newX, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

     
            if (Mathf.Approximately(newX, targetX))
            {
                isChangingLane = false;
                currentLane = targetLane;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            rb.MovePosition(rb.position + Vector3.forward * forwardSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
        }
    }

    void Jump()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce, rb.velocity.z);
    }

    void SwitchLane(int direction)
    {
        targetLane = currentLane + direction;
        if (targetLane >= 0 && targetLane <= 2)
        {
            isChangingLane = true;
        }
    }
}

[timber tide]

pastebin large code

[timber tide]

Are you childing the slime to the character at all? I may be easier to tackle it that way

[waxen pond]

So what should I do?

[wanton canyon]

yes

[young warren]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[timber tide]

kinda hard to really grasp the pivot it's looking towards, but it seems like it gets too close to the pivots when you look downwards.

[wanton canyon]

sorry I didnt know what all code to show. Specifically it is looking at the main camera object attached to the player. when an item is picked up it does become a child of the player object

[timber tide]

Are you constantly using lookrotation in update? I think you can just set it once, then the localized rotation should suffice. I guess it depends how you're rotating the parent object

[waxen pond]

I did.

[fervent abyss]

how can i do new lines in string in inspector?

[young warren]

you can use TextArea instead of string

wait

i need to research

[waxen pond]

I can't get help here :((

[young warren]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/TextAreaAttribute.html
@fervent abyss

[waxen pond]

Anyways, bye.

[fervent abyss]

thing is that the string is in a serialized dictionray

[young warren]

last i checked, you can't serialize dictionary. is this new?

[fervent abyss]

its an addo

[young warren]

then i wouldnt know. you should share the full context of your problem

[hollow dawn]

Can someone help me get better at c#? I'm a beginner I tried watching videos of variables and I don't understand it and gain nothing from watching those videos 😭

[rocky canyon]

learn by example.. just start making

[hollow dawn]

I don't know how to code so how can I start making?

[rocky gulch]

can anyone explain how generic works, i thought i had learned it and it seemed that my theory about generics are wrong

so in this context i was trying to make a statemachine using generics and dictionaries, i tried it and it returned a null reference. After trying to find whats wrong with my code, i discovered that it was probably because of the dictionary not actually keeping the Enum value from the generics

public class StateMachine<State, StateEvent> where State : Enum where StateEvent : Enum 
{
    public BaseState current_state;
    public Dictionary<State, BaseState> states;
    public Dictionary<(StateEvent, BaseState), BaseState> transitions;
    public Dictionary<BaseState, List<(bool, BaseState)>> conditions;

heres a portion of the code that involves generic as a parameter

and heres how i applied it on another script

[RequireComponent(typeof(NavMeshAgent))]
public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Transform Enemy_Target;
    [SerializeField] private float update_time;
    [SerializeField] private NavMeshAgent agent;
    public enum state_event
    {
        allydies
    }
    public enum state
    {
        Chase,
        Shoot,
        Cover,
        Dash
    }
    public StateMachine<state, state_event> SM = new StateMachine<state, state_event>();
    private void Awake()
    {
        agent = GetComponent<NavMeshAgent>();        
    }
    void Start()
    {
        SM.AddnewState(state.Chase, new Enemy_Chase(Enemy_Target, update_time, agent));
        SM.setState(state.Chase);
        SM.OnEnter();
    }

[rocky canyon]

lol, that's how you learn..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCGBMmMOFw&list=PLFt_AvWsXl0fnA91TcmkRyhhixX9CO3Lw&ab_channel=SebastianLague

episode 24 he starts building something.. (everything up to that point is just learning material).. my favorite playlist..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SviIeTt2_Lc&list=PLFt_AvWsXl0ctd4dgE1F8g3uec4zKNRV0&ab_channel=SebastianLague

this one starts str8 up making the game.. but id watch the other series first

then theres ur classic !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[rocky gulch]

i tested all of them, the code works fine
its just that current_state from the statemachine is still null but i did set it by doing AddState and setState

    public void AddnewState(State state, BaseState baseState)
    {
        states.Add(state, baseState);
    }
    public void setState(State state)
    {
        current_state = states[state];
    }

it was from that point that i knew that the dictionary is the problem here (i debugged the parameters)

[hidden current]

/*
*/

oh

that was for a comment

[rocky gulch]

thats comment

[hidden current]

my b

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/raw-string

[slender nymph]

raw string literals are a c#11 feature

you can do:

var string = @"
this is on a new line
";

or just use the \n character like you are doing there and just have it all on one line

[rocky gulch]

lil help? 🙂

[slender nymph]

provide the actual error

[slender nymph]

your dictionary is null. where do you initialize it

[rocky gulch]

💀

one sec lemme just initialize it

[slender nymph]

also for future reference: https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[rocky gulch]

great

thanks, i got stuck for a day just because i did not initiliaze it

so i wasnt wrong

i love when programmer forgets 1 step and loses braincells unknowingly to what factor

[wintry quarry]

It's called tunnel vision

you were so focused on the generics problem you forgot all the other basic stuff

[rocky gulch]

[ionic loom]

[carmine sierra]

yes

[frigid sequoia]

How come that ".enabled" is not something I can use with the generic Component class?

[wintry quarry]

because Component doesn't have .enabled. Simple

This does though: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Behaviour.html

[wraith hornet]

hi guys

pls help me with this

[burnt vapor]

If you want help you're really going to have to start putting some effort into your questions.

[wintry quarry]

it's telling you exactly what to do. Either ignore it, follow its advice, or change the name of your variable

[rocky gulch]

use the new keyword :/

[wraith hornet]

oh i got it , thanks so much

[burnt vapor]

camera is an old Unity variable that exists in one of the inherited classes MonoBehaviour uses. It's deprecated and should not be used. You can use the new keyword to replace the variable. Alternatively name your field _camera to use a different name, considering your field is private anyway.

[ivory bobcat]

It's already been removed and deprecated. Hopefully they eventually fix the suggestions https://docs.unity3d.com/2022.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/Component-camera.html

[burnt vapor]

I wonder if there will ever be a point where they remove all the bloat, including this

[split dragon]

Hello. I have a question: I have an int variable that takes values from the slider, and also have a text that will convert this to text. So: Is it better to use int or Slider for text? Personally, I think it will be the same thing, or int will be somehow better. But I'd rather ask the professionals.

[wintry quarry]

You should have one "source of truth" for your data, in general

in this case it sounds like the ints array is that source of truth

[burnt vapor]

We're not professionals, we just think we're right

[split dragon]

One says slider and the other says int?

[burnt vapor]

But I don't get the question. Is slider a component?

Why would you have a second array when you have the slider already provide values?

The only thing I'd do is possible make a method that takes the value from the slider, so refactoring is easier

[split dragon]

I need to take data from this slider for another thing.

[willow scroll]

Honestly, int is better, assuming you do need that array, as the value isn't converted in this case which is thus better for the performance. Additionally, it's shorter and more readable.

[split dragon]

Yes, I tried and watched the guides, but there stupidly the float method does not change

[split dragon]

Ok

[burnt vapor]

It returns a float because sliders can accept decimals

But why do you have a separate int array? Because the slider returns a float?

If you just use it as a middleware because you want the response as an integer then just make a method that grabs the value from the slider

Then you can cast it like you did, but an even better way would be using this for example: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.math.round?view=net-8.0

[burnt vapor]

If we talk performance then a second array would cause for unnecessary allocation and thus be worse

[willow scroll]

That's why I have mentioned "assuming you do need that array"

[burnt vapor]

Just grab the value using a method and round it. If you want the extra performance boost use aggressive inlining

I don't think the array is used apart from being some middleware for casting, but Molorochik can answer that better

[willow scroll]

Well, there is definitely a plenty of use-causes for an int array, which stores the same values as the sliders.
What I mean is, if their use-case is good enough, they should assign the text to the ints' i, otherwise to the sliders'.

They could've answered that better, hadn't they disappeared from the discussion though

[ivory bobcat]

If it werecs int[] ints = new int[sliders.Length]; for(...) ints[i] = ... text[0].text = ... ...you'd probably be well better off not caching the integer values just to avoid casting or accessing the value property of slider.
If it werecs [SerializedField] private Slider[] sliders; public int[] ints; public void UpdateCacheAndText() { for(...) ... ... }where you'd like others to have access to the values without having access to the sliders then it'd be fine or even necessary to cache the data.

[rugged sail]

Hello, my name's Azerul and I'm a newbie at Unity/C#. Currently, I am working on a project for a class in university, but I hit a wall;

I'm having trouble detecting collisions with capsule colliders on an Enemy AI using Physics.Raycast in Unity to spawn bullet decals on them. So far, I've checked the capsule collider settings, and the raycast does hit the collider, but my method( called DetectSurfaceAndTrigger) isn't being called.

Any suggestions or advice on how I can resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance for any assistance provided!

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, what's difference between a Component and a Behaviour though? Aren't those always connected

[rugged sail]

I will attach the code used in a bit

[wintry quarry]

All Behaviours are Components.
Not all Components are Behaviours

[willow scroll]

You cannot disable a component

Neither can you start a coroutine on it

[frigid sequoia]

What is a Component that is not a Behaviour?

[willow scroll]

Rigidbody

[polar acorn]

Rigidbody

jinx

[wintry quarry]

Nothing shown in this code ever calls your function DetectSurfaceAndTrigger

[slender nymph]

Collider is surprisingly another one, though it does implement its own enabled property

[frigid sequoia]

I cannot use .enable on a RigidBody?

[willow scroll]

No

[frigid sequoia]

Weird

[wintry quarry]

Tons of things.

[willow scroll]

You can check it out in the Inspector too

While there is a tick on e.g. a BoxCollider, which enabled and disables it, there is no one a Rigidbody

[frigid sequoia]

Don't they have the little toggle button on the inspector? Isn't that the .enable toggle?

[polar acorn]

Not on a Rigidbody

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, you are right, how weird, why is that?

[polar acorn]

Because Rigidbody is not a MonoBehaviour

And thus does not implement enabled

[wintry quarry]

well it's not a Behaviour

[willow scroll]

Every Behavior can be enabled, MonoBehavior is thus a Behavior, Component

[frigid sequoia]

What if I wanted to get rid of a Rb through code?

[wintry quarry]

Destroy it

[frosty lantern]

I've inmported the probuilder package but my IDE isn't recognizing the UnityEngine.ProBuilder namespace:

[wintry quarry]

or make it kinematic

[wintry quarry]

Do you see this error in Unity too or only in VS?

[willow scroll]

Behavior is basically a Component, but with enabled and isActiveAndEnabled booleans

[scarlet skiff]

The collision is being weird, how does it keep damaging the player if the player is invincible? (logged the value is does become true when the player is invicne yet player still takes too much damage), also, when the player doesnt move.. they can stand and not take damage?

[frosty lantern]

The package works fine in unity

vs just can't find the namespace fore some reason

[wintry quarry]

Regenerate project files

[fossil drum]

It's UnityEditor instead of Engine right?

[slender nymph]

both exist https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.probuilder@6.0/api/index.html

[frosty lantern]

Thanks, never seen that happen before

[rugged sail]

ops, forgot to add the other code in the txt file

[hidden current]

i hope im not asking for too much, but i think im ready to ask for help, i want to submit a bug to unity but i want help checking if my code is the problem first. i dont wanna waste some unity developers time because im not sure if my code is just bad

[summer stump]

Also, can you share it using a paste site
!code

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[summer stump]

Those of us on mobile cannot read it the way you shared it

[hidden current]

can i post it to github? theres a couple of files you'd have to read :/

[wintry quarry]

The recommendation is to use a site such as those listed above yes.

[slender nymph]

that pastemyst site listed in the bot message supports more than one file per paste

[hidden current]

ok, i will post it to github and pastemyst

[slender nymph]

you don't have to do both, just choose one . . .

[hidden current]

oh, then i choose github 😄

[sage mirage]

Hey, guys! I want to make on my game windowed and full screen mode. I have made the full screen mode but I am not sure of how to make the windowed mode. To note I don't want maximized windowed I just want windowed.

Can anyone help with that?

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Screen-fullScreenMode.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/FullScreenMode.html

[sage mirage]

Yes, I know that! I have my documentation open on that

[wintry quarry]

So what are you having issues with?

[sage mirage]

That doesn't helps me a lot

I want to know the implementation

[wintry quarry]

implementation of what

[rare basin]

well, it's in the docs

[wintry quarry]

Screen.fullScreenMode = FullScreenMode.Windowed;

it's right there in the docs

[rare basin]

unity how to set windowed mode

first 5 links in google has the answer lol

[sage mirage]

If I am going to write that it will show that?

[sage mirage]

That one I mean?

[rare basin]

show what?

[sage mirage]

In google

[rare basin]

that's a google phrase

you know how to google right?

[sage mirage]

Sometimes XD

I just have to put in front the topic?

[rare basin]

well, then you probably need to learn how to google things lol

otherwise you wont have a good time coding

[sage mirage]

In YT I just typed how to make full screen and windowed mode in unity

That's what I wrote

[rare basin]

ok

[sage mirage]

I found nothing

[polar acorn]

Programming is like 10% solving logic puzzles and 90% Googling efficiently

[rare basin]

searching on youtube != googling

[sage mirage]

that was related with windowed exclusively

[wintry quarry]

but you had the docs open you said

[sage mirage]

Alright

[wintry quarry]

so i'm confused how you didn't see it

[rare basin]

show the code you have

[rare basin]

huh

[wintry quarry]

that is not code

[sage mirage]

I am searching in docs

[rare basin]

and it's right there

[sage mirage]

And there I see not information for implementing the code

[summer stump]

"Unity fullscreen windowed" in google

[wintry quarry]

I linked you here to tth eappropriate place in the docs #💻┃code-beginner message

[wintry quarry]

the docs IS the information

that's the whole point of it

[sage mirage]

Is it screen.fullscreen?

I found it

[wintry quarry]

That's why I linked you to it

[rare basin]

do you even have your ide configured? @sage mirage

[sage mirage]

Yes!?

[rare basin]

do you even know what are you doing? lol

[wintry quarry]

I guess maybe you're lost because there's an assumption in the documentation that you can string together some basic C#

If you are having trouble with that part I recommend backing up and doing some basic C# tutorials

[sage mirage]

I know how to code XD

The whole problem was in searching the thing in how to implement it

[wintry quarry]

Well again - I linked you to all you need here #💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/fullscreen-windowed-mode.83227/

[rare basin]

how did you learn how to code?

[sage mirage]

I am learning how to implement new functionalities that I probably didn't knew how to implement before.

[rare basin]

and how do you learn how to do it

[sage mirage]

I am searching tutorials, trying to find useful information and trying to write it on my own at the end.

[rare basin]

so what was different this time

[sage mirage]

For example new game mechanics

[rare basin]

when after googling the very basic phrase how to make wnidowed mode in unity there are 3 pages of how to do it

[sage mirage]

Nothing xd move on I am fine now

Thanks

[vagrant lynx]

Should I use a rigidbody and character controller on one player ?? Just asking, is it recommended ?

[summer stump]

No, definitely not

[wintry quarry]

Typically no, as they are competing movement approaches.

If you do - the RB needs to be Kinematic.

[vagrant lynx]

Ohh ok

[summer stump]

Huh. Is there a use case for doing that? I had always thought it was just a hard no for both types

[wintry quarry]

Actually I don't think so. I used to think you needed it if you wanted OnTriggerEnter but pretty sure that works directly with CC these days

[summer stump]

Yeah, it does

OnCollisionEnter does not though

Only the trigger variety

[wintry quarry]

ofc but that wouldn't work with kinematic RB anyway

[summer stump]

True true

[polar acorn]

Same reasons for using a Kinematic RB in general - when you need an object to exert forces but not receive forces. The issue is that CharacterControllers really really do not like being moved by anything but their own functions. A Kinematic RB that moves from a CharacterController can be something other physics objects respond to, like knocking away small objects as you walk through them.

[summer stump]

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks!

[vagrant lynx]

Btw, In the character controller.isGrounded, what is ground for this script ?

[hidden current]

ok, im really ready now. 🙇‍♂️ please, whoever is willing to volunteer there time to check this out, i greatly appreciate it
https://github.com/celadaris/Potential-unity-Bug

[polar acorn]

That returns true if the previous call to .Move collided with something below it

[hidden current]

i should also mention if you guys have questions about how this works, please ask. i may have not explained it well in the readme

[polar acorn]

You've dropped an entire unity project. If you want to know what a specific function is doing you could at least mention what file its in

[hidden current]

i dont know what is causing the bug, but i think its in the DropTiles() function

[polar acorn]

which is where

[hidden current]

TileSetter.cs

[polar acorn]

And what is the thing you're expecting to happen that is not happening

[hidden current]

im expecting all of the tiles to be filled with a tile which has a sprite, but some tiles are left with a null sprite from before they are filled

[silent vault]

Hello, I'm having an issue with IK for my animation. I'm trying to animate only the right arm of my character, I've created the mask and it works fine when I don't use IK target for my right hand. But when I use a rig for the right hand, I need to temporarily disable the Rig weight so the animation of the right arm work. I've created an animation event to handle that at the beginning of my animation, it does trigger but for some unknown reason, the weight of the rig is still 1 in the editorr inspector right after the break.

Here is my character rig and the logs

And here is my script

I'm checking the right hand weight to see if I need to cancel the IK. I do detect 1 and I then unpin the hand. I check the weight right after and it does debug 0 as expected

But in the editor, the rig weight is still 1

I've checked the character and rig name to make sure I'm using the correct objects and everything seems in order. But for some reason, the rig weight stays at 1 the whole time even after a break in the animation event.

How can that be possible?

The debug log show 0 but the editor shows 1

Is there some latency on the debug.break?

If I manually set the rig weight to 0 during the break and resume my animation, then it animates properly. But the script should have done that for me. Why is the rig weight stuck at 1 after the break ?

[frosty lantern]

Hey I just want to verify something. I have:

public abstract class ChessPiece : MonoBehaviour

and

public class King : ChessPiece

so if I use getcomponent, can I get chess piece if my object has a king script?

[wintry quarry]

yes

King is a ChessPiece

but you will get the reference as a ChessPiece reference.

[frosty lantern]

ok cause I'm getting some broken references and want to make sure that the logic is right before I break something

[wintry quarry]

this means you have a broken component attached to some object in the scene

it has nothing to do with GetComponent

[frosty lantern]

none of the objects in my scenes or prefabs are showing as broken though

[silent vault]

Ok to answer my own question, debug break does appear to only occur at the end of the current frame. Meaning there must be somewhere else in my code where I must change the weight back to 1... Just gotta find it I guess...

[frosty lantern]

and now the errors are gone

idk why

[solid sail]

I searched a lot but still understand what is MVC and MVVM? What exactly they are ......

[slender nymph]

they are architectural patterns. and i doubt anyone wants to go through and explain how they work or how to design your systems to conform to those patterns

[hot palm]

Why is unity adding using directives I don't need and then complaining?

[solid sail]

Maybe I need to understand it with actual project? I just look the definition by searching in google that make my brain....

[slender nymph]

it's not unity adding it. it's you not paying attention to what you are selecting in your IDE when presented with multiple auto complete suggestions. or you are trying to use editor stuff in a build

[slender nymph]

why do you currently need to understand them?

[hot palm]

So editor stuff should be regioned using # if unity editor, right?

[slender nymph]

yes, anything within the UnityEditor namespace (technically the assembly, but for this explanation just the namespace is fine) will not be included within a build

[raw spear]

Hey guys, just starting Unity. Do anyone know how to make the type proposition appearing ? Like as the left screen

[rare basin]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

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[slender nymph]

you have already been answered. stop ignoring the answer you were provided because it will be the same answer every time you ask #💻┃unity-talk message

[raw spear]

Calling a bot is not really an answer lmao but fine

[slender nymph]

have you bothered following the instructions that the bot provides?

because that is the fucking answer

[vagrant lynx]

Do you guys also use cc.Move() on vector3 Y axis for jump ??

[slender nymph]

if you are using a charactercontroller, then you have to

[raw spear]

Go touch some grass instead of being rude, you'll be more chill I think

[vagrant lynx]

Okay. I thought there might be something else in the character controller

[slender nymph]

mate, if you don't learn to read then you're gonna have a bad time using unity. follow the instructions to configure your IDE like you have already been told several times now

[hidden current]

@raw spear bro dont talk back, hes just helping u

[raw spear]

Now you're answering me, it's crazy that I have to remind you to be friendly to get a simple answer ty

[slender nymph]

"nOw YoU'Re AnSwERiNg Me"
my guy, i've pointed out the answer to you multiple times. if you cannot read the answer you're gonna have a bad time

[frosty hound]

If you're not going to actually take the help given to you multiple times, please leave. Stop trying to flame this into something it isn't.

[edgy prism]

Seems like I chose a bad time but im bad at maths rather than a multiple of .5 how could I make this a number that always ends in .5?

case 0: // Top edge
                float randomXTop = Mathf.Round(Random.Range(-4.5f, 4.5f) * 2) / 2;
                spawnPosition = new Vector2(randomXTop, 9.5f);
                direction = Vector2.down;
                break;

[polar acorn]

Now you're answering me

Dude it's the same they they already told you the last two times you posted this question. If this is an answer why didn't the other ones count

[frosty hound]

Seems it would just be easier to pick a random whole number and just add 0.5 to it after it's been chosen.

[frosty lantern]

you could do &1 +0.5

[frosty lantern]

basically round down and add 0.5

[frosty lantern]

and there are no bad times to ask a question here, if the drama don't involve you you are safe

[edgy prism]

Hahah appreciate that, I think the best bet is to do what Osteel says and just add .5 to a whole number, do you know how I can make random.range generate a whole number?

[frosty lantern]

I think theres a random.intrange or something let me check

[slender nymph]

pass integers instead of floats

[frosty lantern]

oh cool

[slender nymph]

just note that Random.Range when used with ints is max exclusive

[edgy prism]

Welp i've only been learning to code for almost 2 years and now I find out I had the definitions for ints and floats backwards

[frosty lantern]

the more you know

[edgy prism]

Thanks for your help guys

[frigid sequoia]

Wait, it isn't max exclusive with floats?

[slender nymph]

no https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Random.Range.html

[frosty lantern]

I mean I guess that makes sense to not exclude 10 if you include 9.99999

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, I guess that makes sense...

[frosty lantern]

and typically we exclude the max for ints because our counters run one lower for indexing because of computer stuff

So I'm instantiating some placeholders for the move spots, and its creating them, but it seems like each instantiate creates 2 gameobjects, so how would I prevent that?

[slender nymph]

you're calling new GameObject() as the object to create a clone of. so you create a brand new empty gameobject, then you clone it

[frosty lantern]

oh i'm dumb, thank you

can I instantiate an empty?

[slender nymph]

if you want an empty object just use new GameObject

then change its position to whatever you want on the next line

[frosty lantern]

oh so don't use instantiate cool

[rich adder]

instantiate creates clones

new makes a new GameObject

[slender nymph]

correct, you would use Instantiate to create a clone of something, such as a prefab. a completely empty, brand new, gameobject can be created using the GameObject constructor

[frosty lantern]

ok that makes sense

[hidden current]

sorry to ask again, but is there any chance anyone is checking my project on github? i think i may just file a bug. but i want to know if anyone is looking at it before i do.

[summer stump]

Can you share the code having the issue with a paste site.

[wintry quarry]

you kinda dumped the whole project

just sharing the specific script that has an issue and explaining the specific issue would be better

[hidden current]

the problem is i dont know if something outside of the scipt is causing the issue

[wintry quarry]

You also didn't really explain the bug

you just said "there's a bug that happens"

what does that mean

[hidden current]

its in the readme on the github

its too long to explain how the project works here, i didnt wanna flood the chat

[wintry quarry]

Yeah I read it

the function name is GetSprites(), this scans every tile to check if they have sprites if we have an empty space because it was not properly filled in the DropTile() then that displays the bug.

This doesn't say anything about the bug

it just says "that displays the bug"

[hidden current]

thank you, im gonna re-read it

[frosty lantern]

I'm using CreateShapeFromPolygon, and I've added the mesh and created the shape (presumably), but the shape isn't rendering

            for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
        {
            float angle = Mathf.PI / i;
            uIPoints.Add(new Vector3(Mathf.Cos(angle), 0f, Mathf.Sin(angle)));
        }

            GameObject go = new GameObject();
            mesh = go.AddComponent<ProBuilderMesh>();
            mesh.CreateShapeFromPolygon(uIPoints, 0.2f, false);

there should be at least a wireframe of a little hexagonal prism, right?

yeah the meshes don't appear

[rugged sail]

https://paste.ofcode.org/4kQeZzAwMqmTCNYW8P8tfx

[smoky mauve]

is there any way to use Mathf.Pow with a double as an arguent?

[frosty lantern]

use Math.pow

[frosty lantern]

Mathf is Math(float)

[rugged sail]

i think it accepts float only, but if u do need then u can convert from double to float

[frosty lantern]

System.Math has a double function for pow

[smoky mauve]

to big for that

[rugged sail]

mm but i think doing so results in a loss of precision, since float has a lower precision compare to a double

[smoky mauve]

ty

works

[frosty lantern]

yw
:D

[hidden current]

please let me know if its still confusing @wintry quarry

i just edited it

[ruby python]

Hi all,

I've been thinking about this for a while and can't figure out the best way to do what I want to do.

I want to create a 'swarm missile' kind of thing (See pic for reference)

I'd like the missiles to launch one at a time in quick succession and then each one head towards a seperate target. The targetting I'm pretty sure I can do no problem, but I'm not sure how to do the flight path of each missile (I'd like for each of them to come out from the players body and then travel to their target in a smooth arc kinda thing (if that makes sense)

Anyone have any ideas?

[hidden current]

i made a couple more edits, my wording was still bad lol, im sorry

[summer stump]

Just explain it here in 10 words.
If you can't explain it in a few words, then you need to refine what you are thinking about

[frosty lantern]

I imagine starting with either random or prespecified unit vectors, maybe like RandomInCircle, to determine the initial path, and then have that initial path lerp into a path that is going towards the object.

probably the point where you find the initial vector would be a good time to lock on a target too.

[hidden current]

@summer stump i put my readme in chatGPT and asked it to summarize in 10 words:

Automated game tile replacement glitch; incomplete tile filling after drops.

[summer stump]

Bad choice

[hidden current]

it explained it well tho

[summer stump]

No it didn't hahaha

[hidden current]

im sorry if i sound snarky, im not trying to :/

[summer stump]

What does drops mean? What does tile filling mean?

[hidden current]

ok let me retry

[summer stump]

The first 5 words are completely unneeded

[summer stump]

Do NOT use gpt

[hidden current]

ok

[ruby python]

Yeah, that's the thought I had, I was thinking of putting the targetting/travel code on the actual missiles (travelling transform.forward), As they spawn, they grab their target, keep track of the targets position and lerp from their 'launch' rotation to pointing at the targets location. Just wasn't sure if there was a better way 🙂

[frosty lantern]

I mean the traveling is only necessary as long as the missiles exist, so it makes sense to keep all of that info with the missiles

[ruby python]

Yeah, and they'll be very short lived (it's quite fast paced).

[hidden current]

@summer stump so i have a 2d game. it uses a tilemap. the tilemap is filled with tiles. i want to delete a random tile in the tilemap and i want to lower the tiles on top to replace the deleted tile. then i want to fill the space on top with a random tile. The problem is not all tiles are getting filled. so im left with holes where some of the deleted tiles are.

[frosty lantern]

you could probably do some math with bezier curves or something if you want a more flamboyant path but that should be the gist of it

[ruby python]

Honestly, I spent all day dicking about with Unity Splines and I never want to see one again. lol.

Yesterday I mean. lol.

[summer stump]

Ok. So first (sorry) this is not a code issue then. Go to #🖼️┃2d-tools and paste that exact statement in. Not much more is needed. If they ask for more, give it then.

But yeah, I think that explains it well

[hidden current]

i am controlling the tilemap and its contents though code, not with the editor tool. would #🖼️┃2d-tools still take care of it?

[summer stump]

Yeah. They can help with code when it is specific to 2d tools like the tilemap

[hidden current]

ok ty!!

[ruby python]

Sounds like you want the tilemap to collapse down kinda like Tetris does.

[hidden current]

yes!

[lofty sequoia]

could have the projectile launch vertically (apply velocity to the local y axis) and then call transform.LookAt(target transform)

[buoyant meteor]

is it possible to hide a component like you can in the inspector, but in code?

[ruby python]

That was my very first thought, but LookAt is an instant turn. But I think I have a solid idea now, I think RotateTowards over time is probably the way I'll go.

[buoyant meteor]

I know I can SetActive to false for a gameObject but i just need to hide a component in that gameobject

[lofty sequoia]

can't you specify a timeframe with LookAt? Guess not

[rich adder]

what do you mean Hide ? @buoyant meteor

[ruby python]

component.enabled = true/false

[hexed terrace]

you can't hide a component at all ?🤔

[ruby python]

Yeah you can't hide them but you can turn them off.

[buoyant meteor]

ya turn them off

[hexed terrace]

this isn't hiding, it's toggling it on/off .. and only for the Unity magic methods

[buoyant meteor]

i got it

thanks

[ruby python]

Yeah, I realised I'd read the question wrong as soon as I posted, so I posted a correction. 🙂

[hexed terrace]

If your class doesn't have a Unity method , then the enable is pointless

[buoyant meteor]

im just using this for my inventory

i didnt want to disable an entire object.

[rich adder]

disabling only disables these methods

[buoyant meteor]

so toggling the canvas seems better to me.

[ruby python]

If you have public or serialized variables etc. that you want to hide, you can use [HideInInspector] (I think that's the line) to hide them.

[stray wraith]

anyone know how to add a rigidbody's force relative to another object's rotation? currently doing this but it really doesn't work propertly and I can't figure it out cs m.rigid.AddForce(Quaternion.FromToRotation(m.orientation.forward, relativeForce.normalized) * relativeForce, ForceMode.Impulse);

[supple needle]

Guys, I want to add a four way intersection to my driving game. However, I want to also add traffic to my game. So far, I've just bee using objects as waypoints for the car to follow. However, when it comes to intersections, there are various paths that the car can take.

My initial approach was setting up 3 lists for each direction of approach for a total of 12 lists. But then it seems like a lot of waypoints. I feel like this has a simpler solution. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

[buoyant meteor]

also for anyone wondering, toggling the canvas fixes the issue of having an item getting stuck on screen when disabling(closing inventory) an object while holding an item in a random location.

[wintry quarry]

So what part here would be a Unity bug?

Seems like you just have a bug in your code.

[buoyant meteor]

Also does anybody know how to not allow an item to center onto a item count gameobject.

in each of my inventory slots I have a gameobject called itemCount to store count value

but if i drag an item ontop of an ItemCount, it will center onto it.

[hidden current]

i cant say for sure if it is a bug in my code because the problem happens at a random location, and after a random duration. at least to me thats what it seems.

[wintry quarry]

it's definitely a bug in your code.

why is a null sprite considered a bug here?

[hidden current]

because its supposed to get replaced with a actual sprite?

[buoyant meteor]

or should I simply add the itemcount to my item object?

[wintry quarry]

and what part of your code does that?

[wintry quarry]

Are you asking hjow to call SetParent without modifying the position?
Check the docs for SetParent: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.html

[buoyant meteor]

no

[hidden current]

in the TileSetter.cs file:

Vector3Int tilePos = new Vector3Int(lastPair.x, lastPair.y, 0);
tilePos = new Vector3Int(tilePos.x, tilePos.y + 1 + i, 0);
//get the tile above the stack
TileBase upperTile = tilemap.GetTile(tilePos);

tilePos = new Vector3Int(firstPair.x, firstPair.y, 0);
tilePos = new Vector3Int(tilePos.x, tilePos.y + i, 0);

//drop the tile above the stack
tilemap.SetTile(tilePos, upperTile);

[wintry quarry]

how does this set a sprite

[hidden current]

it is supposed to replace the tile with the null sprite, with one that has a sprite

i have checked and added break points to make sure that it has a sprite, and the breakpoints never get triggered

[buoyant meteor]

to me it looks like your just setting a tiles position but not sprite

[hidden current]

tilemap.SetTile() takes a vector3Int which is the position of the tilemap and takes a TileBase and places it in that location

[wintry quarry]

I guess maybe one of your tiles doesn't have one

But I presume you're using a special GameObject tile or something here

because normally with tilemaps, GameObjects aren't really involved in each tile

[hidden current]

it is a ruletile

[hidden current]

and i would agree with you if breakpoints got triggered

[wintry quarry]

which breakpoint

[hidden current]

hold on

[buoyant meteor]

I gotta respect @wintry quarry for helping alot of people out today, including me.

[hidden current]

i might be onto something

nvm

darn lmao

ok back to the question

@wintry quarry the breakpoint isnt in the script but if i make one and run it then it doesnt get triggered, like this

[wintry quarry]

but how does that matter to the other thing?

your other code is checking ALL tiles right?

this code is only checking some

[hidden current]

correct, i can everywhere where i am filling the tiles, and to my understanding i am filling the tiles everywhere where i could. but if there is a special condition where im not filling them then it isnt a unity bug, but just my bad code

[wintry quarry]

yes

Unity is not going to do anything with this as a bug report right now

you'd need to show an isolated scenario in which Unity itself is clearly doing something wrong

[tender stag]

is there any way i can make this sprite fully white?

[hidden current]

the problem is, to my knowlege i dont have a special condition

[wintry quarry]

right now we have a very nebulous situation where it's most likely a problem with your code

[wintry quarry]

in photoshop

[hidden current]

but i cant prove that it is. and i need help

[tender stag]

yeah but i dont wanna do every single one manually

i need to do it automatically

like a shader?

[wintry quarry]

what are you trying to do?

why do you want it white

sure you could use a shader

[tender stag]

because i want some slots to indicate what items can be placed inside

so have like a white transparent overlay

onto the slot

[wintry quarry]

Unless you have really compelling evidence, it's safe to assume it's not a unity bug.

[hidden current]

what i know is that a null sprite will always appear in the while loop. if i comment out the while loop then my code is perfect. and why is that? could there be some kind of problem where calling tilemap functions too many times in a while loop causes problems? i dont think i can debug that.

[wintry quarry]

no

it doesn't matter how many times you call the functions

which while loop are you talking about?

[hidden current]

its too big, i wanna do pastebin or something

[wintry quarry]

didn't you already posgt the github

just post a link to the specific part

e.g.

[hidden current]

https://github.com/celadaris/Potential-unity-Bug/blob/caf0e2831ffb18e332880d3edeaf8939e23ac503/Files/Assets/Scripts/Checker.cs#L33

[tender stag]

crafting system

so u see those items in those cells?

they arent actual items

they just show u what items are supposed to go in what cells

[wintry quarry]

you just want a faded version

to show

[tender stag]

so i just need them white and a bit transparent

[wintry quarry]

use a shader, sure

[tender stag]

alright

someone already made it online

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

[hidden current]

@wintry quarry im gonna try to reproduce the bug with less moving parts. It might help.

[crisp knoll]

Hello, i have a behaviour script where at one point it should delete itself (as in the game object the script is attached to). If i say this, is that referring to the script or the game object because it's not deleting properly

[rich adder]

show script

[hexed terrace]

Destroy(gameObject);
Destroy(this.gameObject);

Destroy(this); will destroy the component, not the gameObject

[crisp knoll]

Thanks, this worked perfectly

[prime cobalt]

How can I check if a button is pressed or held? Since I think just using get button down would trigger if it's pressed briefly and I want to assign different functions to each.

[summer stump]

Depends on which input you use.
Assuming old, GetButtonDown vs GetButton

[nocturne parcel]

For new InputAction.IsPressed()

[summer stump]

And iirc wasPressedThisFrame

For the other

[nocturne parcel]

Highly recommend moving on to the new input system

[crisp knoll]

is there a new input system for keys too?

[prime cobalt]

I've got a lot of stuff already made with the old system so it seems like too much of a pain to switch for this project

[crisp knoll]

like something to use instead of onKeyPress

[prime cobalt]

getbutton would return even if it's just clicked though right?

[frosty lantern]

How do I get script created meshes to render?

[nocturne parcel]

Maybe have a bool that is set to true when button pressed, then false when released

Then just check the bool

[ruby python]

You need a meshfilter and a meshRenderer with all the 'stuff' applied.

[frosty lantern]

OK cool thanks

[summer stump]

Yes, you have to check the time yourself
Make a timer or coroutine

[prime cobalt]

Ok. Too bad.

[ruby python]

Meshfilter needs the mesh applied, and the meshRenderer needs the material applied (I'm not sure about all the other stuff needing parameter set tbh, not something I usually do)

[frosty lantern]

Yeah, thanks, I'll look into the docs

Not doing too much with it

[ruby python]

Okay cool. 🙂

[frosty lantern]

That smile is so sad

[ruby python]

lol.

[frosty lantern]

They really need to match the energy of
:)

[young fossil]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[crisp knoll]

you guys know that you can turn off the auto emoji stuff right? :)

[frosty lantern]

Tell me your secrets

[crisp knoll]

its in settings

in chat

"Automatically convert emoticons to emojis"

[ruby python]

lol.

[polar acorn]

You can also do it with an escape character :)

[ruby python]

Sooo, having a brain freeze moment (surprise surprise).

What's the syntax to get an object to remove itself from a list at it's specific index?

[polar acorn]

Do you want it to remove itself from the list, or remove the item at a specific index? Those are two different things

[ruby python]

1 sec.

[crisp knoll]

Would this be the correct way to check if both colliding with a specific trigger and also the "e" key is down?

public void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "tag")
        {
            if (Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
            {
                //random code here (not really imortant)
            }
        }
    }

[crisp knoll]

i want this specifically only for the frame for the e key to be pressed

[hexed terrace]

collision.gameObject.CompareTag("tag") && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)

[frosty lantern]

Doesn't getkeydown detect continuously?

[ruby python]

Okay, vid for reference. public list on bottom right.

https://streamable.com/4ep9ik

at the moment I'm using

spawnManager.enemyList.RemoveAt(spawnManager.enemyList.Count - 1);

Which is fine, I guess, but I can see the 'Missing Transform' entries in the list being a problem at a future point, so I'd obviously like to remove the objects from the list 'directly' (not sure if that makes sense)

[hexed terrace]

no

[frosty lantern]

The more you know

[young fossil]

Hey when I run the code in editor, it 50% pauses the game, 50% doesn't. The menuState is always entered, just the isPaused bool is ignored and the subscribed event does not execute.

https://gdl.space/uyagiwucej.cpp
tldr: OnGamePaused?.Invoke(value); does not execute

[hexed terrace]

read the docs 😄

[polar acorn]

"Missing Transform" usually means an object that was in the list was destroyed.

If you want to have this object remove itself from the list, do .Remove(theObjectToRemove). Right now you're removing the last element of the list no matter what is destroyed

[ruby python]

Yeah I know. When the enemies pass the camera they get removed, so that's why I want to remove themselves from the list.

Aaah okay, thanks, just couldn't remember the syntax 🙂

[crisp knoll]

Would this be the correct way to check if both colliding with a specific trigger and also the "e" key is down?

public void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "tag")
        {
            if (Input.GetKeyDown("e"))
            {
                //random code here (not really imortant)
            }
        }
    }

[languid spire]

no, the chances of the key being pressed on the exact frame the collision occurs are virtually nil

[crisp knoll]

okay that makes sense

cus i was pressing e over and over again

[hexed terrace]

it's TriggerSTAY - should be fine?

[crisp knoll]

and it seemed completely random

[young fossil]

If your game is running at 60 FPS, that'd mean you need to press the "e" on 1 out of 60 frame

[crisp knoll]

i dont want it to be held down, i want it to be where if its pressed while the red "ball" is touching the grey trigger

the thing on the right side is a different prefab

[polar acorn]

The issue is that OnTriggerStay occurs in FixedUpdate, but GetKeyDown changes in Update. Meaning depending on your framerate, you might end up doubling up on Updates between FixedUpdate calls and that button press gets "Skipped"

[hexed terrace]

yeah, I looked, I thought it was happening a lot more often than it is

[polar acorn]

What you want to do is set a bool to true when you enter the trigger, and false when you exit. In update, check if that bool is true, and if you're pressing the button

[ruby python]

It might be better to set a bool onTriggerEnter = true / false

[crisp knoll]

okay, thanks much!

[young fossil]

bump

[pulsar creek]

Which code?

[young fossil]

It's linked in the original message

gdl space

[whole idol]

why cant I create a new clone in the parrelSync?

[rich adder]

did you read what it says?

apparently you're in the clone and you cannot create additional clones from clone, open original project

[hexed terrace]

Did you truncate it yourself for GDL?

What calls MenuState()?

[young fossil]

Yes.

In the inherited class, FSM. It's inside Start() and called _gameStateFSM.Start(_menuState)

That start is unrelated it seems. The menu state logs fine, it's the bool that has a 50/50 success rate

And yea, the bool then has invoke, then invoke relies on events. So that's when I am lost

[hexed terrace]

I haven't used an FSM before..

When you call _gameStateFSM.TransitionTo(_gameplayState); is the case FSM.Step.Exit: in MenuState being actioned?

[lofty sequoia]

they've tried to improve unity editor execution to run similar to a built exe, but some things listen for different events, like EditorApplication.isPaused = true;

[young fossil]

Yes, Exit seems to be fine.

If you're wondering if Exit is immediately called, it isn't.

It goes:

1. Press play
2. MenuState enters (calls Enter)
3. 50% chance the property IsPaused invokes OnGamePaused event

So the FSM doesn't seem to be an issue from my testing

[hexed terrace]

if you comment out your (value == _isPaused) check, does it make it 100%?

[whole idol]

true

[young fossil]

Nice, didnt know that existed. for this code though I am using custom events

[young fossil]

Yea, nice. That fixes it. No idea why that is broken... it shouldn't be, right?!

[hexed terrace]

I guess the backing field is getting updated at the wrong time

[young fossil]

Not mentioning anyone but someone here explicitly told me to put that there and it worked when I had it before... So glad I found it but that's really odd

[hexed terrace]

not always before it needs to

[crisp knoll]

If i have a script attached to a prefab, can I drag a pre made game object into that script still? its saying Type Mismatch and I don't know why

[hexed terrace]

Just get rid of the backing field, why's it there?

[young fossil]

What do you mean backing field?

You mean the private field?

[rich adder]

_

[hexed terrace]

backing field: private static bool _isPaused = false;
property:

ublic static bool IsPaused
    {
        get => _isPaused;
        set
        {
            if (value == _isPaused) return; // Do nothing if value doesn't need changing

            _isPaused = value;
            OnGamePaused?.Invoke(value);
        }
    }```

[young fossil]

To my understanding I can't do without in it C#. I'm using the field to record the data if the game is paused or not for the Getter

[hexed terrace]

Change the property to

public static bool IsPaused
    {
        get => _isPaused;
        private set
        {
            if (value == IsPaused) return; // try this, if it doesn't work, remove
            IsPaused = value;
            OnGamePaused?.Invoke(value);
        }
    }```

[hexed terrace]

it is not needed

[young fossil]

But you still use it twice in this example? Sorry if am misunderstanding

[crisp mountain]

im trying to reference a script from another object, but i keep getting an error. im doing this so that i can change a variable on the gamemanager that keeps track of credits used by enemy spawners. does anybody know what might be wrong?

[rich adder]

first configure your IDE

also using Find is horrid

[crisp mountain]

it is?

[rich adder]

yes but your colors don't look right

[young fossil]

Should look like this and say "Unity Message" next to references

[rich adder]

nah not for vscode

[young fossil]

Oh sorry, thought it VS. I don't think they call vscode an IDE

[rich adder]

it becomes an IDE with extensions sure

[crisp mountain]

so what else should i do?

[rich adder]

do you have the Unity extension installed in vscode

[crisp mountain]

yes

[rich adder]

try regen project files from the screen you just showed me (close vscode first)
then open script from Unity again. Observe the Output tab for any errors

[young fossil]

Did you find a way? I'll just go get something and AFK. If you do please lmk, I'd love to delete the backing field if I can

And thanks for the help i really appericate

[hexed terrace]

no, sorry, you're right.. it's needed in this case. I left it in before because I missed it.

If you do public Bool MyBool { get; private set; } no backing field is needed, I think if you add more to the set then you need the backing field

[crisp mountain]

how do i regen project files?

[crisp knoll]

bump

[rich adder]

click the button that says Regenerate project files?

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

You can only add other prefabs into a prefab

you cannot add scene objects into a prefab

unless the prefab is like in the hierarchy of said scene

[hexed terrace]

Type mismatch means something was assigned before, but now the field type has been changed and is a different type.

A prefab can't have a reference to a scene object

[crisp knoll]

okay thats what i guessed.

How do you suggest I go about this?

[rich adder]

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

[rich adder]

this is the earlier error

[crisp mountain]

it still says theres an error

[rich adder]

finish configure ur IDE first

[crisp mountain]

same one

[rich adder]

again you cannot use constructors on MonoB scripts

[crisp mountain]

i did???

[rich adder]

its not tho

[crisp mountain]

so what do i do??

[rich adder]

i told you like few times already and u showed me something else

[crisp knoll]

ohh okay this is very helpful thanks!

[crisp mountain]

ive been told to use a singleton so im gonna look that up and do that instead

[young fossil]

Oh cool good to know, so private keyword makes the backing field automatic? Thanks for help

[polar acorn]

You cannot use Find outside of a method

You also probably shouldn't use Find at all

[rich adder]

just note a configured IDE is requirement to get help here..

if you make further syntax error we cannot help

[crisp mountain]

its configured to the best of my ability. im not sure what you mean by an output tab

[rich adder]

mate i was guiding you through it and u stopped responding

ima go back to watching people get bit by snakes, good luck

[crisp mountain]

:(

[summer stump]

That won't help you with what nav is talking about. You are required to have a configured ide to receive help here

Ah, lag

[hexed terrace]

No, the private accessor means only this class can set it. This doesn’t require a backing field

public Bool MyBoop { get; set; }

[crisp mountain]

would you at least know where i could find the output tab?

[summer stump]

Vs or vscode?

[crisp mountain]

vscode

[summer stump]

Should be at the very bottom. If not, you can open it from the "view" menu at the top I think

[crisp mountain]

aha! thank you!

[supple elbow]

so i have a gacha code where you can pull things and it will instantiate an item in a list, which is from this first code, but i want to place it in my inventory, but im not sure how i should do that:

[wintry quarry]

Well that all depends on your inventory works

[supple elbow]

i was following a tutorial for picking objects with collisions which will enter it into the inventory, but theres not anything from like putting it into the inventory from the gacha

idk how to explain

[ruby python]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[supple elbow]

kk

[ruby python]

More woes with loops inside Coroutines. lol.

https://streamable.com/a1xz8g

So, you can see on the bottom right that the enemyList gets filled up correctly.

But, if you look at the debug, only 5 missiles spawn in so the loop isn't running fully and I'm not sure why.

IEnumerator PlayerShootMissiles()
{
    float missileCount = 0;
    // TODO : Swarm Missile Firing
    isFiring = true;
    missileTimeToFire = Time.time + 1 / missileRateOfFire;
    for (int i = 0; i < spawnManager.enemyList.Count; i++)
    {
        if (Time.time >= missileTimeToSpawn)
        {
            //spawn missile
            GameObject newMissile = Instantiate(playerSwarmMissile, missileFiringPoint.transform.position, missileFiringPoint.transform.rotation);
            PlayerSmartMissiles playerSmartMissile = newMissile.GetComponent<PlayerSmartMissiles>();
            playerSmartMissile.target = spawnManager.enemyList[i];

            missileCount++;
            Destroy(newMissile, 2f);

            missileTimeToSpawn = Time.time + 1 / missileSpawnRate;
        }
        yield return null;
    }
    Debug.Log("Missile Count = " + missileCount);
    isFiring = false;
}

[crisp mountain]

this is probably a better way to do this actually

[crisp knoll]

dokomni i think i know your problem?

are you wanting to access a variable that is from a different script?

[crisp mountain]

yes, mainly a credits system between spawners so that they stop spawning enemies once they run out

[crisp knoll]

im having a hard time explaining this lol

im probably gonna make an example sorry for the wait

[sage mirage]

Hello, guys! I am trying to make the parallax effect on my 2D side scrolling game and I actually made it but I am not sure of how to stop it when my game goes over or pause?

{
    if (RoundManager.Instance.currentState != GameState.GameOver || RoundManager.Instance.currentState != GameState.Pause)
    {
        distance = distance + (Time.deltaTime * scrollSpeed) / 10f;
        mat.SetTextureOffset("_MainTex", new Vector2(distance, 0));
    }
}```

[crisp mountain]

no its alright

[sage mirage]

Here is my code

[ruby python]

Maybe look at Singletons? You can keep a 'global' count of 'credits' really easily

[ruby python]

Set scrollspeed to 0 ?

[tender stag]

can someone help me make a shader to make these image sprites white?

[polar acorn]

missileCount is only incremented if Time.time >= missileTimeToSpawn. Seems like this occurs 5 times before you run out of things in enemyList

[sage mirage]

Thanks!

[crisp knoll]

class Bob {
  public bool cool = true;
}


//your other class that you want to transport it to
class OtherClass {
  //drag GameObject that has your script with variable attached to it here
  public GameObject objectWithScript;

  public Bob bobObject = objectWithScript.GetComponent<Bob>();


  //You can then do:

  if (bobObject.cool)
  {
     Debug.log("He's so cool");
  }
}

they dont need to be in the same script i just did that for easy sending

[ruby python]

yeah, that's the idea. Basically, if I press Space, the player launches the same amount of missiles that enemies exist in the list, Time.time >= missileTimeToSpawn is a small delay between each missile fire.

[crisp mountain]

i see

[polar acorn]

1. You can't use GetComponent outside of a method
2. What's the point of having a field of type GameObject that exists solely to get a component from? Just make objectWithScript of type Bob

[hexed terrace]

Is it possible that PlayerShootMissiles() is being called when there are only 5 enemies in the enemy list?

It could be better to pass in the amount to spawn

private IEnumerator PlayerShootMissles(int misslesToFire)
{
  for (int i = 0; i < misslesToFire; i++) { }
}```

[polar acorn]

So, you check one enemy per frame. If Time.time >= missileTimeToSpawn, then you run the inner code that increments missileCount. If that condition isn't true, you wait one frame and then move on to the next enemy.

[crisp knoll]

1. sorry, im new to unity and didnt know this wasn't allowed (I initialized it in Start, and if you want to use it like this you should too)
2. Sorry, I'm confused what this is saying

just trying to help 🙂

[crisp mountain]

its an automatic thing in discord, you can change that in settings somewhere

[polar acorn]

The first variable of type GameObject is completely pointless. Just make a public variable of type Bob and drag it in

[ruby python]

I've got a check in place to only be able to fire when the amount of enemies in the list matches the number of 'cells' in my side/side moving grid.

[crisp knoll]

Wait, so you can just put the script into the other?

[prime cobalt]

If I sort a list of floats can I make another list be sorted in the same way? For example if I have a list of (gameobject3, gameobject1, gameobject2) and another list of (3,1,2), can I apply the order from sorting the list of numbers in ascending order to the list of gameobjects?

[polar acorn]

If you have a public or serialized variable of a component type, you can drag in an object that has that component

[crisp knoll]

I have some changes to make lol. stupid coding mistakes.

[ruby python]

Press Space, check if enemyList.count == formation.cellCount. If yes, then the for loop runs enemyList.count (18 for testing) times, each time spawning a missile (with a tiny delay between for loop iterations so they don't come out all at once.) I think that makes sense. lol.

[polar acorn]

I'm telling you exactly what your code is currently doing.

You loop through your list of enemies.
If Time.time >= missileTimeToSpawn, you run the inner routine.
Regardless of whether the inner code runs, you wait one frame, then move on to the next enemy.

[ruby python]

Sorry, my bad, misunderstood.

[hot palm]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
GameManager.PlsEndTheGame (System.Boolean value) (at <0d5d04fcd9354ff5925088743d7c08fa>:0)
Timer.Leave () (at <0d5d04fcd9354ff5925088743d7c08fa>:0)
Timer+<TimeIt>d__19.MoveNext () (at <0d5d04fcd9354ff5925088743d7c08fa>:0)
UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine.InvokeMoveNext (System.Collections.IEnumerator enumerator, System.IntPtr returnValueAddress) (at <00d5b91f2c49467b95ced8aa41db73be>:0)

What exactly does this mean? Am new to events and wonder why this wont work. Bcs the game manager script is on an object

Its even a singleton

(it works in the editor)

[ruby python]

You're trying to reference something that the script can't find at runtime.

[polar acorn]

I'm guessing this is from a build, since you don't have proper line numbers. Does the error occur in the editor? If not, try building a development build, it's a checkbox in the build settings. It'll include the source so you'll get a proper line number

[polar acorn]

So, is that what you want to be happening?

[ruby python]

Ah, no. I see my mistake. what I want is that each time the for loop iterates, find enemy, fire missile, give missile found enemy transform.

[hexed terrace]

It's not necessarily GameManager that is null, what's PlsEndTheGame, that could be null.. or something else on that line

[polar acorn]

So, you want to loop over the enemies, fire at the current one in the loop, then wait some amount of time before continuing the next iteration, correct?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/WaitForSeconds.html

[ruby python]

Yes.

[ruby python]

Fixed it. lol. Thank you. 🙂

[hot palm]

I have subscribed to the PlsEndTheGame event Action<bool> and the error leads me to the first line (Environment.SetActive(false);)

private void PlsEndTheGame(bool value)
{
    Environment.SetActive(false);
    ...

Can it not be the same name?

[tender stag]

cellSprite.material.shader = Shader.Find("Sprites/Default");```

this changes every cells material shader

should each cell have its own material?

or how do i go about this

[scarlet skiff]

anyone?

[crisp mountain]

fixed! all i needed to do was this.

[polar acorn]

That could certainly be your error if Environment is null, but running it in the editor or a dev build to get the actual line number would be best

[hot palm]

It is the line number of the environment

just didnt paste the whole error message

[polar acorn]

Ah, I just missed that, I see now. So it is that line, meaning Environment is null

[hot palm]

Weird bcs its assigned in the inspector

[polar acorn]

There exists at least one instance of this script for which Environment is null at the time that function runs

[hot palm]

So I may have 2 gamemanagers?

[hexed terrace]

Surely that else if wants the player.isInvicible == true where as atm it's == false

[polar acorn]

Possible. Or you might be un-setting the variable, or the object it was set to might be getting destroyed

But the error is stating that at the time that code runs, Environment is null on that object

[hot palm]

Interesting

bcs in the editor it's not

let me try without the environment deactivate

[scarlet skiff]

i changed it to just this

[crisp knoll]

how to get a child gameObject from it's name in a parent's script?

[hot palm]

oml are you kidding me environment is nulled at some point uhhhhhgg

[tender stag]

public Material material;

private void Start()
{
    material = new Material(cellSprite.material);
    cellSprite.material = material;
}```

why is the material not getting assigned?

[scarlet skiff]

@hexed terrace what i meant is that the player still takes more than one damage, even when becoming invincible

which i dont see why that happens

also, if u were standing still when the ground becomes lava u dont take dmg if u keep still 🫠

those are the current problems and my question is why and how to fix

[hexed terrace]

I understood what your issue was

[hexed terrace]

What calls GroundColStay() ?
From this code, health shouldn't be reduced if the player is invincible.. so , there's probably more going on somewhere else that you haven't shown

[tender stag]

why cant i assign the material like this?

[polar acorn]

Show the full !code for InventoryCell

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[tender stag]

so i found the problem

there isnt a material

how can i create an instance of the default one?

the Default UI Material

[polar acorn]

Create -> Material

[tender stag]

i'll just make my own material

[polar acorn]

Yes that's what I just said to do

[hexed terrace]

seems pointless, how come you do that?

[scarlet skiff]

https://gdl.space/awokuqeveh.cpp here is full script

[tender stag]

wait it still doesnt work

[scarlet skiff]

idk i just organize all player collision liek this

[tender stag]

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

ur looking at start

[scarlet skiff]

i feel like it becoems easier to break it down into parts

[tender stag]

and line 44

[polar acorn]

You left off a very important factor

The fact that you're trying to use it in the Refresh method before you set it

[tender stag]

right

yeah works

[polar acorn]

So next time, don't omit things you think aren't relevent because those often end up being what the problem is

[tender stag]

true

thanks

[hexed terrace]

that makes sense now

[scarlet skiff]

sooo... what my thoguht process is that player takes 1 dmg, becoems invicnible (happens whenever player takes dmg) then cuz the player is invincible it wont take damage

however

player still takes damage

[smoky niche]

Hey there. Is there a way to set the pivot point of an object without having the make it a child of another object. In my case it also needs to happen during runtime

[scarlet skiff]

pls i legit cant think of why 😢

[abstract pelican]

how to make it so that when I pick up an object it does not move, but is fixed on a point

[hexed terrace]

log out if the floor is lava

your if statement has two bools, you know one is correct (player is invincible), but you don't know the other is correct - log it out

[cosmic dagger]

you could rotate around a pivot, or move using a vector as a pivot, though, that would be more work/code . . .

but the pivot is set from the 3d modeling program . . .

[smoky niche]

Yeah I haven't found any good solutions online sadly

[cosmic dagger]

those are the only solutions . . .

[scarlet skiff]

the thing is both have to be true... but player.isInvicible shouldnt, like its:

[smoky niche]

Yes I figured there would we a better way but aparently not...
Weird smt simple like that cant be done another way

[scarlet skiff]

i know floor is lava is true cuz also the floor changes sprite

[polar acorn]

Instead of trying to guess, check. Log both bools before the condition and see if they are what you expect

[queen adder]

If a raycast hits nothing, is the corresponding RaycastHit.Distance supposed to be 0? (when maxDistance parameter of raycast is non-zero)

[hexed terrace]

just log it out fgs, stop wasting time 😄

[summer stump]

Not sure I understand the question, but that is a very incorrect use of lerp there

The third param is not a speed

[scarlet skiff]

i... okay one sec..

[abstract pelican]

I need to grab an object

[crisp mountain]

how might i change an int value called "credits" in a script called "credit" which is referenced this way? (gets it from the "credit" script on the CreditKnower gameobject)

[cosmic dagger]

you cannot access a private field from a script . . .

[crisp mountain]

oh

im dupid

[cosmic dagger]

create a method on the script that changes the internal credits value . . .

[crisp mountain]

on which script? the one referenceing or the one being referenced?

[abstract finch]

Whats the advantage of Slerp over Lerp for rotation? I'm looking at an example for something like a turret aiming at a target and it uses slerp. Is it less buggy?

[cosmic dagger]

the script with the credits field. why put a method on the script referencing it when it cannot access the field in the first place?

[cosmic dagger]

it's in the name: Slerp is spherical, Lerp is linear . . .

[abstract finch]

so its just changing the speed how it smoving?

[polar acorn]

_credit.credits

[short hazel]

Slerp is better if you need to rotate a direction vector

[abstract finch]

like an animation curve

[scarlet skiff]

basically:

[crisp mountain]

thanks! :D

[scarlet skiff]

it does do what its suppsoed to to but sometimes... isInvincible doesnt catch on as quickly?

[abstract finch]

why is that exactly?

[short hazel]

It keeps the vector normalized (because it's spherical), and it will actually make the rotation feel linear. If you used regular Lerp, you'd see a slight acceleration towards the middle point of the lerp

[hexed terrace]

Because you're setting your IsInvincible depending on the animation (I wouldn't), I would look at how quickly this happens... it looks like maybe its too slow to be invincible == true, so you get damaged twice

[abstract finch]

ahh thank you

Would you ever use Slerp for velocity movement?

[sinful helm]

anyone know why this happens, Im new to coding and have no idea

[polar acorn]

What's a Monobehaviour

[hexed terrace]

Is your VS/VSC configured too? !ide

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[sinful helm]

Idk, a tutorial told me to use it

[polar acorn]

Did it? Show the tutorial

[hexed terrace]

see how yours differs

[polar acorn]

I did it exactly like the tutorial so why does theirs work and mine doesn't" counter:
Number of times it wasn't exactly like the tutorial: 156
Number of times it was exactly like the tutorial: 5
Number of times the code literally did not exist: 1
2022-07-19 to 2024-4-10

[cosmic dagger]

oh great philosopher, look at what they typed carefully . . .

[polar acorn]

This code does not have Monobehaviour anywhere in it

[scarlet skiff]

i changed the logic to simply setting the variable to true when the animations bool parameter would be true and it setting to false as animation event, but i still take 2 dmg instead of 1

[sinful helm]

It does???

[polar acorn]

Where?

[sinful helm]

The 4th line

[hexed terrace]

follow the stack trace of the bools, see where the code trail leads

[cosmic dagger]

hint: it does not . . .

[sinful helm]

im baffled

[polar acorn]

No, that says MonoBehaviour. Where are you seeing Monobehaviour

[hexed terrace]

Monobehaviour
MonoBehaviour

Are these the same?

[summer stump]

Big hint. As with most programming languages, c# is case sensitive

[cosmic dagger]

Monobehaviour
MonoBehaviour . . .

[sinful helm]

Im slow, sorry

[hexed terrace]

1- MonoBehaviour is already present in a new script
2- Typing it should autocomplete from your IDE...

Either your IDE isn't setup, or you ignored it.. but why you changed that in the first place?

[sinful helm]

I have no idea, i just typed, i didnt know the language was cap sensitive, but now i do so thank you

[hexed terrace]

But you shouldn't have HAD to type it

are you using Visual Studio?

[cosmic dagger]

MonoBehaviour is already there when you create a new script. there is no need to type it manually . . .

[sinful helm]

I deleted everything and followed the tutorial, I wasnt paying attention to it being there

[jagged hare]

🅱️ is for baffled.

[cosmic dagger]

also, following a c# beginner course would have mentioned the language is case sensitive . . .

following a tutorial and not paying attention doesn't bode well, my friend . . .

[sinful helm]

Would brackeys have been a better idea?

[hexed terrace]

you would have made the same mistake

[jagged hare]

Brackeys is usually not a good idea, no.

[radiant sail]

im following a tutorial for an addon i just bought and he uses this line in his code SceneManager.LoadScene(0);
but it gives me an error
error CS0103: The name 'SceneManager' does not exist in the current contex
is there something i need to install for this to work

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

public class PlayerHealth : HealthManager
{
    public float health = 100f;
    public override void TakeDamage(Vector3 location, Vector3 direction, float damage, Collider bodyPart = null, GameObject origin = null)
    {
        health -= damage;
        if(health < 0)
        {
            dead = true;
            health = 0f;
            Debug.Log("DEAD");
            SceneManager.LoadScene(0);
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log(health);
        }
    }

}```

[hexed terrace]

is it underlined red?

[radiant sail]

no

[polar acorn]

!ide

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[hexed terrace]

Configure your IDE correctly ^

It would have auto added the thing you need for it to work

[jagged hare]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.html

[tawny bolt]

how do i set new instance of float like ("cam.senX = new float ????") what comes after float i cant seem to understand why and what

[polar acorn]

float is not a reference type

you don't create it with new

You just set the float to the number you want

[tawny bolt]

then how do i get a intance of a float ?

[tawny bolt]

unity gives me error

[polar acorn]

You don't. floats don't have instances

[tawny bolt]

i am using float values across scripts

[polar acorn]

they just are

[polar acorn]

what error

[visual hedge]

you have misspelled the function name. I wonder about all those people who were looking at something deeper. You call BuildPhaseToAttackPhase but your method is actualyl called BuildPhasetoAttackPhase (ouch... I guess I'm few days late to the party) sorry ))

[tawny bolt]

let me send to you wait

i dont really understand it

i am new

[polar acorn]

Something on that line is null but you're trying to use it anyway

[hexed terrace]

the first person helping at the time pointed that out, but tried making Zac think about it for themselves

[tawny bolt]

this is the line

got it from here

[hexed terrace]

😄

[tawny bolt]

nv mwrong screenshot

[polar acorn]

That can't be the line. Show the full !code

[eternal falcon]

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[tawny bolt]

ok

[visual hedge]

oh... okay okay. So the person who did that thought that the person who got this error went to this channel very next second and haven't gave it few thoughts?

[tawny bolt]

https://hastebin.com/share/umaduzenuh.csharp this code got the error in

[visual hedge]

Reasonable. I also always rush to this channel the very second my console throws and exception. Should prolly write some api for this. As soon as exception is thrown, send a debug code to this channel

[hexed terrace]

I've no idea what he was thinking... however, the majority of people do do that.. and it's better to teach people how to think rather than spoonfeed the answer

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, the lines of code you sent aren't even in this file. Why did you think it was on those input lines?

cam is null

[tawny bolt]

cam is null idont get it

[polar acorn]

Where do you assign cam

[tawny bolt]

https://hastebin.com/share/anakulovij.csharp here

cam code

[cosmic dagger]

agreed. thinking is critical. critical thinking, we call it . . .

[visual hedge]

even better to send them to read documentation 😉

[polar acorn]

No, on the Pause script. Where do you assign the variable cam

[hexed terrace]

bold of you to think people will click a link 😄

[visual hedge]

or read anything if they do? 😄

[scarlet skiff]

what if i call the is animation playing in the if statement each time, wouldnt it be forced to check it at that moiment every time, providign a correct bool value?

[tawny bolt]

cam = GetComponent<PlayerCam>(); i get the component how do i assign it then ?

[visual hedge]

yeah I checked the documentation, still have no idea... wait, I had to read it all thru? Really?!

[tawny bolt]

do i public it ?

[polar acorn]

So, you're assigning cam to the PlayerCam script on this object. Does the object with Pause on it also have a PlayerCam script on it

[hexed terrace]

It was already checking the animation every time anyway, you'd just be moving it to somewhere else .. wouldn't make a difference

[amber spruce]

is there a way to find instances of my code like where a certain function is called across all scrips not just the one you are currently editing

[tawny bolt]

no i dont think so how do i apply player cam script on it ?

[visual hedge]

probably worth using the search function of your VS?