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[patent compass]

hello I am trying to read json file from resources by using resources.load but getting null error. even though the file is present in the resouce folder.
TextAsset jsonFile = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("cubeData.json");

[slender nymph]

you don't include extensions when loading with Resources.Load

[acoustic arch]

is there a way i can make a class thats inherited be able to be referenced by the base class?

like for example if I had public class Fireball : Ability

[misty coral]

I have an object that is following the players movement, how can I use rotateTowards to make it move 15 degrees?

[timber tide]

You can just reference it by the base class

[acoustic arch]

and I wanted to allow any ability to be filled into the inspector, would that work

[wintry quarry]

vert vague question. Wdym "move 15 degrees"? You mean rotate 15 degrees? Around what axis? Why constrainted to RotateTowards?

[wintry quarry]

Yes just make an Ability field

[timber tide]

public Ability Ability

[wintry quarry]

you can put any Ability there

[acoustic arch]

👍

[misty coral]

RotateTowards allows from a more gradual movement, I want it to rotate 15 degrees along the objects x axis

[wintry quarry]

Allows more gradual movement than what?

You can achieve gradual rotation in many ways.

do you mean around the x axis?

Rotations happen around axes, not along directions.

[misty coral]

Yeah the x axis of the object, not of the game world

[wintry quarry]

over what time period? Under what circumstances? With what other code in action?

[misty coral]

no other code handles the objects rotation, but it does interfere with the objects positioning

[delicate portal]

Whats it the solution when the instance is null?

[wintry quarry]

It should never be null unless you did something wrong.

the only thing to do if it's null is say "oops the lobby manager is null, we can't create a lobby"

[misty coral]

I want it to rotate along the x axis of the object

but idk how to access that as a variable

[wintry quarry]

you can use a coroutine pretty easily:

IEnumerator RotateOverTime(float degrees, float time) {
  Quaternion startRotation = transform.localRotation;
  Quaternion endRotation = startRotation * Quaternion.Euler(degrees, 0, 0);
  float t = 0;
  while (t < time) {
    t += Time.deltaTime;
    transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Slerp(startRotation, endRotation, t / time);
    yield return null;
  }
}```

[small mantle]

Is there a way to make tangled code more readable easily?

[misty coral]

what is a coroutine?

never heard of it

[wintry quarry]

code that can pause in the middle to allow time to pass

in this case yield return null; allows one frame to pass

[misty coral]

MAN I WISH I KNEW THAT EARLIER LOL

[wintry quarry]

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

[normal smelt]

Do anyone know how to change a rigidbody's gravity scale via a script ?

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody2D-gravityScale.html

[normal smelt]

Thx

[wintry quarry]

Only possible in 2d

[normal smelt]

Its perfect since my game is in 2d

[willow scroll]

You can change the 3d gravity by applying a static force in the desired direction

[delicate portal]

Well what?

It says it is null.

However I set it in awake

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like you're reading it before that awake code runs

or it's never running

e.g. because that script doesn't exist in the scene

[delicate portal]

Is it because I'm moving scenes, and the instance is not the same?

[misty coral]

Could you explain this a bit more, I am having a hard time understanding it and thus a hard time implementing it

[wintry quarry]

I don't know how your game works. Check the stack trace of your code to see where it's being called from.

[misty coral]

I am already using moveTowards to move an object back for a set amount of time...

should RotateOverTime()s time be set to that number?

[delicate portal]

What does this mean?

PlayerCountSelector.MakeLobbyOfPlayers (System.Int32 playerCount) (at Assets/Scripts/PlayerCountSelector.cs:27)
PlayerCountSelector.<OnEnable>b__4_0 () (at Assets/Scripts/PlayerCountSelector.cs:15)

[wintry quarry]

I have no idea whatr that function is

[wintry quarry]

That';s a function you made up

so I have no idea what it does

[wintry quarry]

OnEnable on one object can run before Awake on another

that's probably what's happening

[delicate portal]

I also tried start

[wintry quarry]

start would be better

[misty coral]

Moves the object backwards in while the player is holding it until the if condition is true

[rich adder]

multiplayer 😬

[delicate portal]

Nope?

[rich adder]

ohh I saw lobby idk lol

[misty coral]

Does not impact rotation at all

[delicate portal]

Same problem

[wintry quarry]

Then you don't have a LobbyManager in the scene

[delicate portal]

I actually deleted it without a reason

[ocean dove]

comment functions and add spaces in between different functions (boom)

[rich adder]

refactoring

[ripe flame]

Is there a way to play an audio file from a certain point?
I have music playing in the main menu (scene 1) and I want the song to continue in the actual game (scene 2) with a different audioSource so I can create a fadeout effect

[wintry quarry]

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

[ripe flame]

whoa that was fast, thanks a lot I will read through that

[wintry quarry]

This will be more accurate though https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource-timeSamples.html

[ripe flame]

thanks legend

[delicate portal]

I have a script and with that I can move object with my mouse when dragging them. But whenever I click and drag an object, since the game is 2d, it detects the object behind them ocassionally. Why is that?

[glass ivy]

back in the early days of Unity 2.6 there a kid (forest something) who made all their demo projects, he used coroutines a lot so we learned from that. nowadays examples are super convoluted so you miss a lot of the niceness (and also coroutine tend to explode in your face at scale haha)

which reminds me this skit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXhXbswt3Bw

lol

[spiral narwhal]

Should I put assertions in UNITY_EDITOR only? I.e. what happens in a build? Because I guess the best thing would be to try to move on, but I believe failed assertions block the program flow like exceptions right?

[honest haven]

         {
             activeBattlers[currentTurn].PlayParticleEffect(activeBattlers[currentTurn].zoneHighlight);
         }``` Ho can i make this pre fab follow the player with out making it a child?

[spiral narwhal]

Constantly update its position

It is easier to have it be a child tho

[honest haven]

ok cheers

[zenith cypress]

All method calls will be conditionally included only in a development build, unless specified explicitly. See BuildOptions.ForceEnableAssertions. The inclusion of an assertion is controlled by the UNITY_ASSERTIONS define.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Assertions.Assert.html

tldr; they are enabled by default in a debug build. A built game, that isn't that, won't have them, so you don't need the conditional for em.

[spiral narwhal]

Awesome thanks for the reply

[honest haven]

what does this mean, i understand that its tell me to change it, but im just trying to destroy a instatiated game object (Particle)

i then get this if i use DestroyImmediate(activeBattlers[currentTurn].zoneHighlight, true);

[rich adder]

you're trying to destroy a prefab thats prob why

don't use DestroyImmediate. thats for editor only

[honest haven]

yh my bad, thanks

[queen adder]

i dont understand the problem

[slender nymph]

get your !IDE configured. then make sure to actually save you code so unity recompiles it

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[slender nymph]

when you save the code you should see a new error

[queen adder]

how do i switch to vs code?

[slender nymph]

well you'll have to configure that too, and it is notoriously harder to get configured and get it to stay configured

[queen adder]

wait

it said i needed to install an update or smth is that the problem

[slender nymph]

you need to follow the guide to configure visual studio

complete all of the steps to get it configured

[queen adder]

ok

[timber tide]

What do people usually do when they want to prevent a more derived class from being inserted into an inspector field? I've been deriving a similar class copy to overcome this limitation but it feels like such a janky solution.

or is there some attribute im overlooking here

[ivory bobcat]

Is there a specific use case for this?

[cosmic dagger]

!code

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[timber tide]

Well, such that using a more derived version in those fields would probably break a lot of things when using polymorphic method calls

[misty coral]

How can I make the moveCamera() actually move the camera

do I need to use courtine or whatever its called?(if so how)

[stuck palm]

how can i check if any controller connected has the button B pressed?

[ivory bobcat]

Sounds like you're wanting to seal the class but only from future derivatives and not those you've defined right now - which isn't possible as far as I'm aware. What concerns are there from future derivatives?

[timber tide]

It's a projectile class, but further along the deviations do I let them recursively call less derived projectile classes, but this wouldn't create a loop of projectiles because you couldn't produce more of the projectiles that create recursively

AbstractProjectile -> CastableProjectiles

so basically I branch from AbstractProjectile into an empty class such that I call them TriggerProjectiles but really it's an empty class /shrug

So now CastableProjectiles has components of TriggerProjectiles it can trigger, but if I were to have a non-abstract Projectile class instead it would allow CastableProjectiles to have CastableProjectiles

so yeah, some editor jankyness to get around

[summer stump]

A coroutine is not needed. You have to just actually move it. Nothing in that method has anything to do with movement, just rotation.
There are tons and tons of tutorials on how to move objects online.
I'll just say, do camera movement/rotation in late update

[misty coral]

my bad i want to rotate it

[summer stump]

Well you have the method already. Just call it

[green ether]

why is that?

just wondering

camera movement in lateUpdate I mean

[stuck palm]

how can i check if any controller connected has the button B pressed?

[green ether]

Input System probably

[summer stump]

It is after the internal animation update and is IMMEDIATELY before rendering

It happens after most things have moved too, and after input would be captured

[stuck palm]

i know that, im using the new one but idk if i can just call "If button pressed" like the old one

[green ether]

@stuck palm

Check that maybe?

I uploaded an example of a simple input system I have a few days ago

[green ether]

makes sense, I should change it in my game) Thanks

[stuck palm]

Where did u get that "Inputs" class

[green ether]

using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

I think

I only just started using the new Input System

So I am not entirely sure how it all works yet. But what I posted there works on controller and pc

[stuck palm]

i dont see it there

i thought u made that class yoursel

[green ether]

let me check really quick

[stuck palm]

cus it looks very convenient for sure

[green ether]

Dont have my project open was about to go to bed xD Gimme a sec to launch it

[stuck palm]

but i canat find it

[stuck palm]

sorry to delay your slumber

[green ether]

no worries xD

Now im curious myself cause I still need it

Did that a few weeks ago just to make sure some controller inputs work

[ivory bobcat]

The dirty Java solution would be to use interfaces with conflicting function definitions but I'm not certain if c# can do this. In Java, using multiple interfaces, you could prohibit inheriting other specific interfaces by having the interfaces require specific methods but with different return types. As return types aren't a part of a functions definition, they would conflict in that the other interface has already defined the function but with a different return type - making it impossible to implement both.
(what a Stack overflow suggestion stated, at least https://stackoverflow.com/a/50534086) Hacky ol Java.

[green ether]

Make sure to check "Generate C# Class"
on your input Action Asset

[ivory bobcat]

I guess that wouldn't work with the inspector either way as they (interfaces) aren't visible to the inspector. @timber tide Waste of effort 🙇‍♂️

[misty coral]

I am using a boolean to allow for it to work

but it doesnt work

[green ether]

@stuck palm Pretty sure I used Brackey tutorial on this. Its a bit old but seems to still be working:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-3S73MaDP8&t=373s

[misty coral]

it worked like once than i changed something and now im lost

[summer stump]

What does the boolean have to do with anything?

[timber tide]

I was thinking about some editor scripting for it, but that stuff is too much of a hassle. Really I should bite the bullet and just grab myself odin to fix a lot of the editor's shortcomings. Though, a lot of the problem does stem from the structuring and not the editor. So ultimately the real fix here is just do composition over OOP if I were to refactor my code.

[summer stump]

MoveCamera is never called. So it will never run

A method that is not called is never ever run...

[misty coral]

the boolean is preventing the update method from altering transform

I call it in another method

[green ether]

If the spring sale is still on its 50% off

[timber tide]

Problem is it's per seat so I'll be buying it for my mate and friend haha

[green ether]

dont have it myself but was thinking about it

Ahhh

Yeah

[stuck palm]

where did u get the inputs class from?

[green ether]

here

Its the Input Actions Asset

Autogenerated c# class

[stuck palm]

appears to be this

[green ether]

yes

[stuck palm]

i see

[green ether]

He called it controls

[stuck palm]

how do you generate the class?

actually its fine i can just watch the video

[green ether]

its autogenerated if you tick this box

[stuck palm]

ohhh okay

alright thanks bro

[green ether]

No problem!

That video probably explains it alot better so might aswell watch it)

Also gonna have to rewatch it once I implement the rest of my controller inputs)

[summer stump]

Well if you call it then it runs...

[misty coral]

alr i got it working... ish

[stuck palm]

i've never seen this part before lol

thanks this is very helpfyl

[misty coral]

So after I rotate the camera, are there any variables that keep track of the original rotation? how can I rotate it back?

[summer stump]

You would have to make a few floats to track how much you have rotated, then negate that

Could have an empty gameobject that represents "base" rotation, and just set the camera to the same as that when you want

[misty coral]

oh wait

i misinterpreted what you just said

[misty coral]

So after the thing rotates I try to rotate it back

you can see its commented out right now

because for some reason even without calling it it snaps back to the origin

where am I setting the rotation I dont understand

I figured out this is why its snapping

and also that my code to move it back does not work....

[burnt rampart]

kinda silly question, but is everything written in C# part of the ".NET framework"? Just trying to understand some documentation better

[proven sail]

hello guys. i need a little help here.

[slender nymph]

https://dontasktoask.com

[proven sail]

sorry im new .(

now i can jump infinitely i just wanted to make a double jump thing

[slender nymph]

you need to get your !IDE configured

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[proven sail]

thank you i did it

but does it solve the problem?

[slender nymph]

no, but it will at least point out your compile error so you can fix it

[proven sail]

thank you dude

so how can i fix the infinitejump problem?

[slender nymph]

do you see the compile error underlined in red in your code now?

[proven sail]

nope

and it updates quickly

thankssss againnn

[dusk wren]

I have a model I'm trying to import into Unity and define as a Humanoid.

I get an error saying it has to have at least 15 bones.

Is there a way I can import custom humanoid models with any amount of bones? I have the animations all complete as well

[proven sail]

OMG I JUST REALIZED YOU ARE A BOT 😮

[slender nymph]

🤖 but is your IDE configured yet

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel, mate

[proven sail]

yes it iss but it doesnt solve my problem

[dusk wren]

mb bet

[slender nymph]

i specifically said it wouldn't. but you need to show that it is configured

[proven sail]

no problem right?

[slender nymph]

yeah not configured

[proven sail]

how !!!!

[slender nymph]

follow the entire guide to configure visual studio. after you have completed the steps regenerate project files and restart it

[burnt rampart]

getting it configured will save you a lot of suffering in the future

[slender nymph]

after you do all that open the solution explorer inside of visual studio and screenshot the entire window

[slender nymph]

this isn't the only step

[acoustic arch]

My unity editor freezes upon clicking a button created with the script - https://paste.ee/p/E9KLo performing the method BeginBattleRuntime(EnemyCardManager enemyCards)

https://paste.ee/p/eUpNj - editor logs

i apologize in advance for the scripts organization its just a prototype 😭

[main anchor]

how would i make the loading screens for my game stay for a certain amount of time, currently they disappear after around half a second which i don't really like, is there a way to make them stay for about 5 -10 seconds?

[eternal needle]

make it wait 5-10 seconds then instead of whatever other operation it is waiting for, you'll have to show code for more specific help

[serene barn]

!code

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[proven sail]

ok i have done it

[slender nymph]

does it show you the error in your code now?

[summer stump]

after you do all that open the solution explorer inside of visual studio and screenshot the entire window

[proven sail]

this is ok right?

[main anchor]

https://hastebin.com/share/oxarunesuz.csharp here are the few lines of code i use for loading screens and closing loading screens

[slender nymph]

there you go, it is configured

[proven sail]

what is this???

[slender nymph]

the error i was referring to

[eternal needle]

attach the debugger and play line by line. probably some infinite loop somewhere, or maybe these arrays are just massive and its taking an insanely long time to complete the LoadCards function

[slender nymph]

you hadn't saved before so it wasn't showing up in unity (also why you were still able to play)

[acoustic arch]

alright ill try it

[slender nymph]

yes, that is not valid code

[proven sail]

idk i tried so many things

[proven sail]

how to fix it

[summer stump]

&& means and..

[proven sail]

where is it

[slender nymph]

well start by thinking about what you want to do there

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ if you're gonna show the absolute bare minimum i really cant suggest anything. The only thing i see here is photon related function calls, so you should post this in the photon chats. pinned inside #archived-networking
also really shouldnt do multiplayer if u are a beginner

[summer stump]

Irrelevant now, but in view

[proven sail]

yes i know i made it myself B) (combined two peoples codes)

[summer stump]

And is for bools

Y = this thing and this thing

How does that make sense?

[slender nymph]

if that is what you think is valid, then stop everything you are doing now and go through the beginner c# courses pinned in this channel

[proven sail]

dude pleasseeee i need to see my project starting until i go for 6 months

[proven sail]

im trying to figure it out

[summer stump]

It does not make sense. Remove the &&. Make it two statements

[eternal needle]

another thing i notice could be related, in update you call BattleRuntime every frame if some condition. this method also calls InvokeRepeating("EnergyGrowth", 0, 1);. This will be extremely laggy quickly, if its not an infinite loop, your game is freezing because its running way too much

[proven sail]

wait wait i figured it out

i will make it work right now!

[slender nymph]

note that if you have the debugger attached, when the editor freezes you can Break All in the debugger and inspect what is happening on the main thread

[acoustic arch]

i think this is the issue ill look into it

[acoustic arch]

how does the debugger work im new to using it often

[proven sail]

?? is this ok???

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/debugging/debugger

[proven sail]

nope im still jumping infinitely...

[slender nymph]

no for two reasons, one the logic doesn't make sense. and two, you clearly have a compile error (hence the red squiggly line)

[proven sail]

i fixxed it after i sent you B)

[summer stump]

Why the two duplicate if statements?

[slender nymph]

because they don't know how to code so they are attempting to code by approximation

[proven sail]

dude please be a little more kind you cool

[slender nymph]

stop wasting your time and go learn the basics

[proven sail]

yes i dont know how to code but im trying to learn

i had a working game on godot but i converted to unity thats why learning is so hard rn

[summer stump]

If that is true, stop everything and do this
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

It can take just a few hours if you take it slow

Then do this
!learn

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[summer stump]

Just do essentials and junior programmer
THEN come back to your game

[proven sail]

😦 just double jump please

[summer stump]

Well, good luck with it 🤷‍♂️

[slender nymph]

i already told you, there is a flaw in your logic. if you'd read your code you would see it

[proven sail]

this is cool btw

[acoustic arch]

coding before learning ☹️
coding after learning 😁

[eternal needle]

"just one thing" until the next thing

[proven sail]

sorry

i think i switch back to godot unity is way harder

[summer stump]

Not in my experience. Just different

It's not like you can just switch without relearning some things

[slender nymph]

the issue here isn't really even an issue of unity vs godot. it's a matter of reading your own code so you can see the glaring flaw in the logic

[proven sail]

okay let me try again

i create theese

[summer stump]

Did you see my question bte
#💻┃code-beginner message

[proven sail]

yess i will fix it right now

if the jump button is pressed and i can move and my remaining jumps are greater than 0 i jump and the jumps remaining gets -1

right?

[summer stump]

Correct

[proven sail]

and if im on the ground remaining jumps will be equal to max jump count which is 2

so what i dont understand is

[slender nymph]

read that again

[proven sail]

okay i will read it again

[summer stump]

No, that if statement does not mean that

! is the negation operator

Aka, not

[proven sail]

if im on the ground, my transformation on the y axis

omggggg yessssssss

[summer stump]

You didn't fix the issue I was pointing out

You combined them, which you do not want

[proven sail]

i was doing the two seperate things for that i remember

i forgot it in the middle of im writing it

thank youuuu just wait

[stuck palm]

why cant i do this? slugger inherits character

[slender nymph]

Just because player is a Character does not mean it is a Slugger

[acoustic arch]

im using it but it doesnt detect anything... could it be from the code causing huge lag to freeze it then?

could be user error tho

[slender nymph]

wdym it doesn't detect anything? i told you to break all when it freezes. then you can look at what is happening on the main thread to see what the loop is

[acoustic arch]

like no break points

[slender nymph]

i did not say anything about break points

[acoustic arch]

i'm trying to follow the guide you sent me mb

[summer stump]

Every slugger is a character, not every character is a slugger.

[stuck palm]

Is it not possible to upcast like that though?

[summer stump]

GetComponent is the cheap sloppy way

[stuck palm]

Am I using the term upcasting correctly

[stuck palm]

Honestly that's all I need

[slender nymph]

you can cast explicitly to the derived type. but at that point, why are you storing it as the base type in the first place?

[stuck palm]

It runs once

[rich adder]

 if (player is Slugger slugger)
        {
            slug = slugger;
        }```

[proven sail]

okay there is one more problem. the jumps remaining count is 2 only when im grounded

[stuck palm]

Oh right I forgot about that

[summer stump]

That... sounds like what you wanted?

[proven sail]

noo like

i can jump on the air one more time

[slender nymph]

considering that is the value of Max Jump Count right there, that sounds right according to your logic

[proven sail]

like the double jump thing

[summer stump]

Yes, that is what the code does

That is the point of subtracting from jumps remaining

[proven sail]

but it is subtracting so fast i think

[stuck palm]

This is for an info screen, and some characters have special info, like the slugger needs a special ball count. Not all characters require this though

[summer stump]

Ahhh, I see. Use GetButtonDown

Not GetButton

The latter is true as long as you hold it down, which is gonna be more than a single frame

[proven sail]

oh okay let me try

i thought it was public float

it should be public int

[summer stump]

What?

Ah I see.
I mean yeah, int makes more sense there

Since you can't half jump, unless you want to implement like a percent of max jump? Hahaha

[proven sail]

the guy who write the code made it int and i used float because the guy that made the character controller used that only

[eternal needle]

regardless you'll still need to have a field for slugger on your script, instead of one of type Character. Maybe consider redesigning this, where each script themselves provide the special info from some overrided method.

[proven sail]

what should the KeyCode be?

[slender nymph]

use GetKeyDown, not GetButtonDown

[proven sail]

oh not that sorry

[summer stump]

Yeah I was just going on memory. Down is the important part

[proven sail]

oh now mouse doesnt work

wait i will fix it

oh its fixed and i can jump 3 times right now i will fix it too

[atomic sierra]

the gameobject has the script and the player body sprite has the rigidbody

sorry it took so long

[proven sail]

I installed the unity today, coming from godot. i spent all my day by learning right way of fbx exporting from blender, learning about post processing in unity and trying to recreate the look of my game in godot. its 3 am in my country and i need to sleep. before i sleep i said i need to try some coding and mess up with the code. you guys are so helpfull, thank you so much for helping me fix it and im sorry if i disturbed any of you. good night guys.

its looking good for now @summer stump thx @slender nymph thxx

[rich adder]

cool grafix

[proven sail]

thank youu

[proven sail]

and this is the original project
#💻┃code-beginner message

[stuck palm]

why the switch from godot if i may ask

[summer stump]

The script needs to be on the same object as the rigidbody. (The parent). Otherwise you are moving a child which has no affect on the parent

[atomic sierra]

so if i do that, will the dash indicator then follow the parent?

or i mean the object

[summer stump]

Children maintain their offset from the parent unless explicitly moved via code
Or they have dynamic rigidbodies of their own

[rich adder]

kewl. reminds me of some of the ps2 games that use realistic textures

[atomic sierra]

let me try it out

[rich adder]

what kind of game are you going for

[proven sail]

i was trying to create a animated sky for 2 days ended up adding 90 frames one by one for half an hour to AnimatedTexture thing. when i asked the godot community said there is no other way and AnimatedTexture thing will be removed in the next update. i even tried a TextureAtlas but it was worse. so i think there is some technical deficiencies in godot. godot is still one of the best for me but i will give a chance the unity since i tried it once or twice in the past. (one more reason is that i see my idol world4jack converted his game to unity from godot)

[stuck palm]

yeah godot looks interesting but i feel like i'm going to wait for it to mature a bit more before trying it out

[proven sail]

an open world game that has many little stories in it. trying to catch the vision from when we were childs and see the world more brighter and differently, like a ps2dream as an adults eye with graphics. and the stories are about daily things but one by one they get crazier and more dreamlike.

[atomic sierra]

@summer stump it works now

but im confused why wouldnt it work before and now it works?

is it the fact that i had a script and the rigidbody in two separate gameobjects?

[rich adder]

like a trippy shenmue lol

[proven sail]

ahahahahf yessss

if you like this kind of graphics you can look at world4jack's videopix on youtube he inspired me alot

[summer stump]

Parents move children. Children don't affect parents at all
That's it

[atomic sierra]

oh

OHHHH

i see

that makes a whole lot more sense

[acoustic arch]

a tip for you if your trying to learn c# is you can ask an AI like chatgbt to teach a beginner about a topic and keep asking questions like a teacher

it worked well for me when i first started

but i would fact check it every now and then still

[proven sail]

İsnt there a credit system for using or did it get removed from chatgpt

[eternal needle]

That is some pretty bad advice.

A beginner isnt gonna be able to fact check it in the first place, and if you can then you know how to google to research what you need in the first place. Just follow the links sent above by others

[proven sail]

i will try it thank you if it dont fit me i wont use it thank you for the advice againnn❤️❤️❤️❤️

Now im going to sleep goodnight guys you all so cool

[eternal needle]

Do yourself a favor and dont even try learning from ai. You wont know the difference between it being right and completely wrong. It's designed to spit out any answer to make you happy, so that's why beginners always thinks it's good.

[cobalt dagger]

is there a variable type of Tag?

[frosty hound]

If you make one, sure

[summer stump]

A tag is a String internally

[cobalt dagger]

ive tried to do one with a string and it doesnt work and they are the same name

[abstract finch]

How does one do a get a radial position on a 3d plane? Basically what I'm trying to do is get a random direction then have it raycast to see if there is anything in that direction, if there is do a rotation along one axis. The purpose is i want a flying enemy to find a direction to dash to. So I'm checking it along a radial pattern

[summer stump]

Always do CompareTag

But likely your issue is checking the wrong object if it's in OnTriggerEnter (assuming you are SURE it is the same string)

[cobalt dagger]

oops nvm it was working i just didnt realise it :/ sorry

[timber tide]

Quaternion.AngleAxis

[abstract finch]

thanks

[serene barn]

I'm having issues with the jumping code, I'm following a tutorial and everything is correct. So I'm not too sure what is wrong

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Movement")]
    public float movementSpeed;

    public float groundDrag;

    public float jumpForce;
    public float jumpCooldown;
    public float airMultiplier;
    bool readyTojump;

    [Header("KeyBinds")]
    public KeyCode JumpKey = KeyCode.Space;

    [Header("Ground Check")]
    public float playerHeight;
    public LayerMask WhatIsGround;
    bool grounded;

    public Transform orientation;

    float horizontalInput;
    float verticalInput;

    Vector3 moveDirection;
    Rigidbody rb;

    private void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        rb.freezeRotation = true;   
    }
    void Update()
    {
        grounded = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, playerHeight * 0.5f + 0.2f, WhatIsGround);

        MyInput();
        SpeedControl();

        if (grounded)
            rb.drag = groundDrag;
        else
            rb.drag = 0;
    }
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        MovePlayer();
    }
    private void MyInput()
    {
        horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        verticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

        if(Input.GetKey(JumpKey) && readyTojump && grounded)
        {
            readyTojump = true;

            Jump();

            Invoke(nameof(ResetJump), jumpCooldown);
        }
    }

 void MovePlayer()
    {
        moveDirection = orientation.forward * verticalInput + orientation.right * horizontalInput;

        if (grounded)
            rb.AddForce(moveDirection.normalized * movementSpeed * 10f, ForceMode.Force);
        else if(!grounded)
            rb.AddForce(moveDirection.normalized * movementSpeed * 10f * airMultiplier, ForceMode.Force);
    }

    private void SpeedControl()
    {
        Vector3 flatVel = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, 0f, rb.velocity.z);

        if(flatVel.magnitude > movementSpeed)
        {
            Vector3 limitedVel = flatVel.normalized * movementSpeed;
            rb.velocity = new Vector3(limitedVel.x, rb.velocity.y, limitedVel.z);
        }
    }
   
    private void Jump()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, 0f, rb.velocity.z);

        rb.AddForce(transform.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }

    private void ResetJump()
    {
        readyTojump = true;
    }
}

I don't have nitro so that's why i broke it into two

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[serene barn]

the more i know

[acoustic arch]

well i started using it after learning some and it worked really well, dont knock it till you try it

i used it to explain things like properties and give examples

[young warren]

yeah but you dont know if the explanation is correct

that's the point

[abstract finch]

Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Quaternion.AngleAxis(_currentAngle, Vector3.up).eulerAngles, Color.red);
The ray isnt matching the arm, is this the right approach to converting the angle to direction?

[acoustic arch]

ive never used the attatched debugger with unity and im having some trouble

ive managed to attatch it but the first time I recieved -

No compatible code running The selected debug engine

also how can I step each line to try and find errors?

[faint osprey]

Ive got a UI button in world space however its being covered by a UI image that the camera is projecting to and so i think thats why the button isnt working so i dont know how to fix it

[hollow slate]

not sure exactly what angle you want to match...

AngleAxis would spin the angle around the V3.up, which wouldn't really do anything in this case, as we're already pointing upwards.

it seems like you want to use Debug.DrawRay instead, as DrawLine draws from a position to another, while DrawRay draws in a direction.
If you want the angle to be relative to the arm you should use the arm's transform when rotating with _currentAngle, so maybe arm.transform.right in the AngleAxis.

[hollow slate]

uncheck the Raycast Target on the UI image.

[pale vault]

I'm tryna get the length of the animation, but the results are always inaccurate. It's gonna be 1 or 0.833333 or something

public void UseButton()
{
    animator.SetTrigger(TriggerName);

    float ClipDuration = animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0).length; //I'm trying to reference the duration of the animation state
    Log("ClipDuration: " + ClipDuration.ToString());

    StartCoroutine(ExecuteFunctions(ManualTiming ? AnimationDuration : ClipDuration));
}

The comment in the line of code describes the problem.
Anyone here can help me?

[pale vault]

I found out that it does work correctly, but the reason why it wasn't is because it's referencing the time of the empty New State

[faint osprey]

thar didnt work

[pale vault]

I'm trying to make the function reference Play button click instead of New State. Why isn't it happening?

[pale vault]

I already transitioned to the state there

[hollow slate]

what do you mean by "Camera is projecting"?

[faint osprey]

so the camera is projecting onto a texture which is then being placed as UI

[hollow slate]

check what clip you're checking the length of with a Debug.Log

[pale vault]

I already figured out that it's New State

So the problem now is... how do I make it not the empty state

I want my custom animation's length to be referenced, not the empty state

[hollow slate]

oh, I believe you have to give an extra frame of leeway for the state to actually change.

[pale vault]

Unity is evil 💀

Thanks by the way

[hollow slate]

animations are framerate-dependant, so even if you change the trigger in code, it won't actually change the animation until it undestands that it needs to.

[pale vault]

No wonder

[hollow slate]

giving extra frames isn't the norm in Unity, but some systems do need it :(

[pale vault]

I'm gonna try it out

[hollow slate]

I don't really understand what you mean?
Is it another UI element?
Is it a texture?
What do you mean by "projecting onto a texture"? Are you using a RenderTexture?

[faint osprey]

so the camera has a target texture which then that texture is being used on a UI image

[hollow slate]

I see, okay.

And this UI image of (presumably what the camera can see), is blocking your other UI elements when pressing buttons etc?

[abstract finch]

thanks ill give it a shot, all im trying to do is have it draw a ray toward a direction the arm is just another visualization

[faint osprey]

exactly

[hollow slate]

seems like they came up with something here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/keep-a-ui-image-from-blocking-clicks.272963/

"To keep any UI canvas or element from blocking clicks or registering mouse input, simply give that canvas or element a Canvas Group component (Add Component->Layout->Canvas Group), then turn off Blocks Raycasts. "

[faint osprey]

that didnt work

[pale vault]

@hollow slate Thanks dude, it worked

[misty coral]

What can I do to stop this when it reaches a certain position

doing == doesnt work, probably too precise

[summer stump]

= or <=

[hollow slate]

try the other solutions in the article

[faint osprey]

i did

[hollow slate]

not article, forum post. Whatever

[misty coral]

it says i cant use those operators bettern Quaternion

[hollow slate]

hmm, try adjusting Z-position?

[misty coral]

my bad I said position

I meant rotation

[hollow slate]

you can compare V3.Angle.

[faint osprey]

its greyed out

[summer stump]

Oh sorry, I didn't look close enough.
Yeah, what leole said

Or track a float and compare that

[misty coral]

how to v3.Angle

like access a the transform.position

[hollow slate]

Vector3.Angle()

[misty coral]

and get an angle?

[faint osprey]

also i dont think that would change anything as the image is screen space and the button is world space

[misty coral]

but the angles for the game object are independent from the gam world rotation

they are adjusted by player cam

[polar acorn]

Instead of lerping with a changing start position and fixed percentage, you should lerp from a fixed starting and destination, and increase the percentage to 1. This will put you at exactly the ending position. You can probably do this in a Coroutine.

https://gamedevbeginner.com/the-right-way-to-lerp-in-unity-with-examples/

[hollow slate]

try disabling the image just to make sure it's actually what's blocking your elements too.

[faint osprey]

it works when its disabled

[misty coral]

it says lerping rotation is used to rotate over a period of time, how do I use that to get a position

[hollow slate]

assign a different layer to the image maybe?

[hollow slate]

watch a video on lerping, you'll get it in no time.

[misty coral]

alr

[faint osprey]

nah that didnt do it

[hollow slate]

dunno then, try asking in #📲┃ui-ux

[whole narwhal]

is it possible to have code execute after frames/milliseconds?

[eternal needle]

yes, keep track of how long its been or how many frames its been in update.

[burnt rampart]

any idea why my DisplayDialogue coroutine is not waiting at all before calling TypeText()?

[whole narwhal]

just a short wait like something i would do in scratch. the idea is, after ExitCollider2D, wait 5 frames before removing the ground check

[eternal needle]

look at your coroutine line by line. what is it doing first, then when it is yielding and waiting for a certain amount of seconds

[eternal needle]

you can either use update or a coroutine to keep track of it. Usually you would want to base these things off time rather than frames, so everyone has pretty consistent behaviour. If theres a specific part you struggle with, then show what you've attempted and people can help

[burnt rampart]

I've tried placing the method call after the yield return, but for some reason that causes it to break completely. Thought it may have been like other methods, if you return early it will just not execute anything after the return

[whole narwhal]

im trying to make it possible to wall jump between 2 walls and just wanted to widen the time window to do so, but when i try to do it in a coroutine it only gives me WaitForSeconds or WaitForSecondsRealTime. can i place a float in that?

[eternal needle]

I've tried placing the method call after the yield return
if you look at it, it already is before the yield. Right now your code calls textEffects.TypeText then waits 7 seconds and does nothing after.

[eternal needle]

what do you mean "it" only gives you WaitForSeconds or WaitForSecondsRealTime. Are you using AI or something?
Look at the docs for what either of those takes in

[whole narwhal]

suggestions unity gives me to finish the code. also what i see in videos when i try to look up the issue

[burnt rampart]

so this should actually call the method?

 IEnumerator Test() {

     yield return new WaitForSeconds(7f);
     Method();
 }

[eternal needle]

get used to looking at the docs before anything else. No point skimming through someones (likely poorly made) video when the doc just tells you exactly what you need.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/WaitForSeconds.html

[misty coral]

can you recommend any videos? I can only understand using lerping in the context of doing a rotation for a set time

[eternal needle]

yes, it'll still execute. yielding here is saying wait for this long then continue. returning from a method is different

[burnt rampart]

ah okay thank you, so that means I'm probably running into some weird issue with interdependencies on the two coroutines, I'll look into that

[ember oasis]

how do I use a void from one script in another script

[burnt rampart]

what do you mean by void?

[ember oasis]

like exampleVoid()

[burnt rampart]

do you mean a method?

[misty coral]

so I got it to work how I wanted

but the transform.localEulerAngles interferes with it

and basically just overrides the animation

what do I need to do to it to make both work?

[hollow slate]

I'll look for one I think is good

[misty coral]

I just figured it out

[hollow slate]

ah

[misty coral]

but i need help

with the stuff I just mentioned

above

[hollow slate]

right, well you're adjusting the rotation when you set the angles no?

[hollow slate]

they're both "working", but I'm guessing you're not getting the behaviour you want. Is the moveCamera not a part of it at all?

we're just doing Update and moveCameraBack?

[misty coral]

ok so with moveCameraBack I get a nice smooth animation going to the position, but with the transform.EulerAngles uncommented, it snaps back to the origin position

but I need transform.EulerAngles to control the players cam vertically

so im kinda stuck

[hollow slate]

uh-huh, is it a first-person style camera?

or some kind of camera that needs to move horizontally at least?

[misty coral]

first person yea

i can send videos if you think it would help

[hollow slate]

so what effect do you want the moveCameraBack to have?

just move the camera to Quaternion.identity?

which is the same as setting the angles to (0, 0, 0).

[burnt rampart]

I'm going to assume mean a method. void is a return type for a method, it signals "this method has no return value". I do recommend looking into that more, but to actually answer your question:

you need to get a reference to an instance of the class that method belongs to. There are multiple ways of doing this, too many to list here. A popular one is to use [SerializeField] private <class name here> cowboy
then drag and drop the reference via editor

you can then call the method by using
cowboy.methodname();

[misty coral]

I demonstrate the differences there

basically

the moveCameraBack makes it nice and smooth

[ember oasis]

I got it

[misty coral]

so how can I make them work together(look at video above)

[ember oasis]

I figured it out

thank you anyways

[burnt rampart]

np

[hollow slate]

so what's the issue when you comment the line out?

looks like it's doing it smoothly then no?

[misty coral]

the issue is I cant move the camera up and down with it commented out

idk if you can tell from the video

[hollow slate]

ah

[misty coral]

but with it commented out I can only move the cam left and right

[hollow slate]

if what you want to create recoil with this I'd suggest doing it in a similar way, but with a few generalizations.

[ember oasis]

I hate the unity animator :3

[misty coral]

ok, like what?

[hollow slate]

if you want constant control of the camera (which is generally what we want for FPS games), but with additional stuff like shaking/recoil - I'd suggest this (as I've done this pattern before):

store a value for the X and Y rotation of the character, which you're already doing for the verticalRotation variable.

Every Update, create a Quaternion that aligns with these value, often just doing Quaternion.Euler(horizontalRotation, verticalRotation, 0)

Then we add whatever recoil we want to this rotation. The concept of adding doesn't really exist for Quaternions, as they're quite mathematically complex, but we can essentially do it using multiplication.

Create another function to get whatever the current recoil-rotation would be and add it to the current camera's rotation (look up order of multiplication for Quaternions).

Finally set the rotation of the camera to the combination of these two.

that's the general way to allow for adjustments of the camera's rotation without overriding the input.

[misty coral]

"Create another function to get whatever the current recoil-rotation would be and add it to the current camera's rotation (look up order of multiplication for Quaternions)." You mean like the current rotation of the gun or the rotation I am trying to get to???

[hollow slate]

it would be this line in your script.

[ember oasis]

could someone tell me why this block of code refuses to work

I'll drop the whole .cs file's code if that's required

[eternal needle]

what are you trying to do with those wait for seconds? you shouldnt be guessing at what logic to write here. Look at the docs for coroutines

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

[twilit cliff]

Hey guys, I have two crate Prefabs in CratePrefabs[] both are tagged with Yellow crate and Red crate respectively as per their crate color. I used Input method to move Yellow crate left and right arrow keys and used A & D keys to move if it's a Red crate. However, if the Yellow crate is instantiated, it's using A & D key to move and if Red crate is active, it's using arrow keys

Can someone please help me understand what mistake I'm doing here?

[eternal needle]

add some debugs, to show which part of the code is running. youve likely given the wrong tag to each object

[twilit cliff]

Even I was confused for a while that I might have added wrong tags to those crates but I've checked multiple times to confirm that the respective crate tag is added and even I have added the logs in some other method to confirm, which crate is instantiated when it's instantiated and even the logs confirm that the Yellow crate is instantiated but still it's using A & D keys to move instead of arrow keys

[eternal needle]

well add some debugs inside the current code, to see which part of the code is running. Then you'll see more into why its entering one if statement instead of the other

[twilit cliff]

I did just added debugs and I see that if a Yellow crate is instantiated, it's saying "Red Crate" However, since I'm taking reference of the tag names to use to move them accordingly, the tags are matching the crates but the logs are showing opposite

[misty coral]

how can i make it more gradual?

The recoil is pretty snappy

also using transform.localEulerAngles cancels out any of the effects from trying to adjust the angles

so i still need to comment it out

[supple needle]

I am making a game with roads of different markings, there are roads with markings that show that we cannot overtake. If we do i want the game to detect it and deduct my points. Is there a efficient way to implement this? I was thinking of using some collider triggers, but having them for every road in my game could affect performance right?

[eternal needle]

the logs dont lie, maybe you are looking at the wrong object. But i suspect its an issue more so with the prefabs. The array is named cratePrefabs, so it is checking the tag of the prefab, not the spawned object. Are you setting the tag at runtime?

[eternal needle]

trigger colliders will be the easiest solution to define an area that does something. I wouldnt worry about performance until performance is actually an issue. You can say the same about having a complicated environment, every single wall, terrain, npc, whatever, will have a collider on it.

[supple needle]

Are colliders being used for everything in games common?

[eternal needle]

if you want collisions, yes

[supple needle]

Makes sense

But i think mesh colliders are a bit more heavy performance wise compared to the cube or sphere ones right?

[eternal needle]

If you plan on having a TON of these, well first thing maybe you are trying to have too much in one scene.
But also then you can specify more about your game, like are you using rigidbody or other movement where the user can go absolutely anywhere they want? Are they on a fixed path and dont have control over going offroad?
If its completely free movement, triggers will be your only solution really. If you decide where the user goes, and for example they press A/D to move left or right you can keep track of it differently possibly.

[supple needle]

Ive been using cube colliders to help traffic vehicles stop if they detect a car up front, stoo at a traffic signal etc..

[supple needle]

Well its just a game made to educate people on how to drive, just a bunch of roads

[eternal needle]

probably. though still I wouldnt worry too much about it

Since these arent gonna be moving and colliding with each other, i doubt you'll have any issue

its just the cars moving

[supple needle]

I was just asking to see if there was a unique approach to this problem, colliders seem the easiest way, and the most effective, thanks for info!

[eternal needle]

also the profiler can tell you about physics stuff. if you arent using primitive colliders, and you have issues, you dont use the roads mesh as a collider. Make your own lowpoly version of it

idk too much about asset stuff, but i noticed that was a common thing done. making a separate mesh for the collider

[supple needle]

I'll look into that👍

[twilit cliff]

Yes my bad @eternal needle , I was trying to move arrow keys based on the crates instantiated and wasn't using the crate's instantiated and instead I just used the crate's tag. I just fixed it by taking reference of the instantiated crate's tag which helped me fix the issue.

@eternal needle Thank you so much once again for helping me on this 🙏

[whole idol]

hi

is there a way to get the reference of a text GameObject inside of a canvas object?

[summer stump]

Yes

https://unity.huh.how/references

[whole idol]

wait

I can just make a public variable

modern problems require modern solutions

Ok so turns out you cant do that

I couldnt drag a text object onto the reference var in my inspector

Canvas or Text, I cant drag any of them

[twilit cliff]

The variable should be a TextMeshPROGUI or TMP_Text for you to be able to drag and drop the Text, did check what kind of variable it is ?

[static bay]

TMP_Text is the better type to use.

Handles all TMP Text objects I believe.

Probably.

[twilit cliff]

I agree

[summer stump]

It is the parent class of the two

[static bay]

ya figured

[onyx tusk]

how 2 rotate camera ONLY at 1 axis?

1. code
2. before
3. after

[willow scroll]

Either have a Vector with a single coordinate not set to 0 or multiply the direction by a float

[willow scroll]

Guess setting eulers should work

[eternal needle]

you are rotating it by one axis. use this code on a basic cube and see how it works. Do not trust the rotation you see in inspector. 2 things, it is a local rotation, and it is also an euler representation of the real quaternion used. The conversion from euler (what you gave) to quaterion, then back to euler will not always give the same numbers back. It is the same rotation though

[whole idol]

just a simple gameobject var

[onyx tusk]

i need 2 rotate it for black objects was at bottom

1. before
2. after

[summer stump]

Don't use GameObject
Use TMP_Text as they said

[summer stump]

Oh wait, are you trying to drag a scene object onto a prefab? You can't do that

[eternal needle]

still, try doing the exact same line of code on a basic capsule or cube and see how it works. Maybe you are just rotating around the wrong axis

[onyx tusk]

i needed 2 rotate z, not y, you're right

[whole idol]

yep

what if I add my prefab in as an invisible Gameobject and turn off its mesh?

[frigid ravine]

Hey guys! How do I make the yellow Puck spawn only once and share location through the host and client?

I'm using NGO and Relay

[whole idol]

what type keyword should i use instead if its a prefab?

[willow scroll]

This question doens't make sense. What do you mean by a keyword you should use?

Are you referring to its type? As they have told you, you should use TMP_Text, not GameObject

[whole idol]

ok

I didnt create a script inside of a prefab instead I added it into my Player gameobject

why is this taking so long?

4 minutes?

I just saved a script

[eternal needle]

probably some unity error. you might just have to close and reopen

[delicate portal]

Hey,
I have a script and with that I can move object with my mouse when dragging them. But whenever I click and drag an object, since the game is 2d, it detects the object behind them ocassionally. Why is that?

[timber tide]

if it's not on a canvas and fully 2D then it's probably grabbing the first collider it hits and if all elements are on the same z then i assume that would cause some complications

[delicate portal]

Alright I realised the problem just now, its the z positions, how would you look at it?

[willow scroll]

Is the script assigned to those cards? Are you sure it's assigned to all of them?

[delicate portal]

Yes the problem is the z position

[timber tide]

not sure of the most correct way of solving that in 2D besides just inching back the z values by a few minor units

[willow scroll]

So those cards aren't UIs?

[delicate portal]

They are prefabs, sprites

[timber tide]

could also do a raycast all and iterate through all colliders and pick the most top card if you have it sorted as it seems

since you do seem to have a most top card being rendered

[willow scroll]

Alright, sprites. Then they aren't UIs

Well, why wouldn't you make them UI instead of sprites?

It makes more sense, since you also have those users, Ben and Steven, which should be images

[delicate portal]

Because I need them for other use cases

[willow scroll]

For instance?

[delicate portal]

Interaction, animation and iteration

[delicate portal]

I would do it on OnMouseDown, right?

[willow scroll]

Well, the top card is selected by default.

[willow scroll]

I still don't see why they cannot be UIs

[willow scroll]

OnMouseDown has to be applied to the GameObject directly

You'll thus have to have a script applied to each of your cards

[timber tide]

I assume the top card has the highest sorted order what i mean, such that you can just check through all those hit by the raycastall

[willow scroll]

In the case, when the cards are sprites, multiple will be selected using OnMouseDown

[willow scroll]

It's redundant, as a single Raycast already does return the nearest card

[timber tide]

if they are on the same z then it wont always do that though

it will be rng at that point

raycastall would grab everything bunched together then you choose the collider by highest render ordering

[willow scroll]

How would you want to check for the nearest card, if they all have the same z?

When using sprites, you'll simply have to change their z positions according to the desired order

[timber tide]

I assume canvas does something similar

[willow scroll]

It doesn't, no

Canvas doesn't care about the z position

[timber tide]

right, it cares about the ordering, but grabbing elements via colliders wouldn't be accurate alone

[willow scroll]

Canvas has its own order, which is top -> bottom in the Hierarchy in case when both Materials's render queue is the same, and highest -> lowest render queue otherwise

Where the render queue is changed via Graphic.renderQueue

[willow scroll]

Which you don't do in UI, because of Colliders not being usable there

[delicate portal]

I tried this, but nothing happens

[delicate portal]

It is

[willow scroll]

Consider sharing your code as text. !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[timber tide]

Dont think OnMouseDown is the idea here. Probably just check for input then raycast onto the board if you want to do it that way, and you'd need RaycastAll if you want to compare multiple colliders per ray

[willow scroll]

This happens because of the Physics2D.Raycast not being affected by the sortingOrder

[timber tide]

Actually I guess that kinda works

[delicate portal]

What could?

[willow scroll]

Well, Physics has nothing to do with your Renderers

[delicate portal]

I get it, yet you still recommended raycasts?

I'm confused

[willow scroll]

Where have you ever heard me recommending you raycasts?

Anyway, as was mentioned by Mao, you can actually find all Raycasts and check for the sortingOrder, as that's how you see the objects appearing on the screen.
You can also find the Raycasts and change the objects' z position, which is more appropriate when dealing with Physics

But I would rather do it in UI space

[delicate portal]

The thing is, sortingOrder is the same for all objects.

[timber tide]

then how do you have some cards above other cards

[willow scroll]

In this case a random card appears first

[delicate portal]

Spawning order I assume

[willow scroll]

So you either

• 1. Get all Raycasts and check which has the highest sortingOrder
• 2. Get the first Raycast based on the Z position, which you have correctly set up
• 3. Use UI and get the cards according to the first Raycast target

Note that the options are ordered from the best worst to the best

[delicate portal]

When I'm spawning them, should I just increase the spawning order with .1 then?

[timber tide]

idk what you mean by spawning order, it's pivot sort then sorting order

[delicate portal]

I spawn them from right to left (Instantiate)

[willow scroll]

Are you reffering to the 1st or 2nd option, to the sording order or z position?

[delicate portal]

Yes, to the first

[willow scroll]

Yes, you just increase the sorting order

Just make sure the cards don't have their orders willing to exceed 32767

[split dragon]

Hi. I like to shorten very much, if possible, and I have a question: Is it professional and correct to shorten the code? Of course, I understand that everyone has a different approach, but I would like to hear the opinions of others. Также хотел бы узнать: Можно ли пренебрегать фигурными скобками, если для условия нужно будет 1 действие (если фигурные скобки необязательны)?

[willow scroll]

Please, consider writing your question fully in English and sharing the code in the text form.

[split dragon]

Which code writing option is better?

[delicate portal]

Alright I've done that. Now, where do I call the raycast? I have an Interact script attached to every interactable gameobject.

[delicate portal]

There are far better ways

[willow scroll]

Are you talking about the code sharing option? As I have mentioned, in the text form.

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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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.

[willow scroll]

Well, having a script for every single object is so bad for the performance in your case..

Have a single script to manage Raycasts

[delicate portal]

It's a little game so it doesn't really ring a bell for now, but I understand your concern

[willow scroll]

It's a little game, so you are willing to decrease its frame rate?

[delicate portal]

For now, yes, later, I'll optimize

[willow scroll]

That doesn't make sense at all

[delicate portal]

        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) {
            RaycastHit[] hits;
            hits = Physics.RaycastAll(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition), Vector2.zero);
            foreach (RaycastHit hit in hits) {
                if (hit.collider.TryGetComponent<Card>(out Card card)) {
                    if (card.GetSortingGroup().sortingOrder > lastSortingIndex) {
                        lastSortingIndex = card.GetSortingGroup().sortingOrder;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }```

Somewhy, the positioning is off

[willow scroll]

The code you want to write won't even be easier than the normal one, which is much better for the performance

[delicate portal]

But I tried this, this will get the card object which has the biggest index

[willow scroll]

Please, consider putting a cs markdown and left tabbing it

[delicate portal]

Sorry I don't know how to do that, but I see the problem

[willow scroll]

That's alright

    // the following code should be
    // selected and left-tabbed twice

[willow scroll]

The correct cards should be get in this case

[oblique herald]

sashok, hope I'm not coming off as needy, but I hope you could check your dms.. thanks and sorry in advance

[willow scroll]

No, please, write your question here and some one who knows the answer will respond

[oblique herald]

alright then

[willow scroll]

Although I don't see lastSordingIndex being assigned

You should get the card with the highest sortingOrder among the Raycasts

[delicate portal]

private int lastSortingIndex = 0;

private Vector3 offset;
private bool isDragging;

private void Update() {
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) {
        RaycastHit[] hits;
        hits = Physics.RaycastAll(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition), Vector2.zero);
        if (hits.Length < 0) return;
        System.Array.Sort(hits, (hit1, hit2) => hit2.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<SortingGroup>().sortingOrder.CompareTo(hit1.collider.gameObject.GetComponent<SortingGroup>().sortingOrder));
        RaycastHit hit = hits[0];
        selectedObject = hit.collider.gameObject;
        offset = selectedObject.transform.position - Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, selectedObject.transform.position.z));
        isDragging = true;
        }
    }```

[willow scroll]

Now, please, format it as I have asked you 🙂

[delicate portal]

Yes

[green ether]

add c# after the 1st ``

[willow scroll]

And in this case, please, send it via a site

[delicate portal]

https://paste.ofcode.org/QZdVBkWSVfEGcuDTned5vQ

[delicate portal]

I'll just do this 😄

[willow scroll]

Thanks

[delicate portal]

I don't do anything yet with the selectedObject and isDragging, and also with the offset neither

[oblique herald]

https://hatebin.com/kyszaelfmr
https://hatebin.com/lntnbnjgtn
I know this looks atrocious( I have less than a day to finish the project), but currently the problem I'm facing is somewhat a Update() Overload(? I dont know how to phrase it properly)
where when I craft certain items it doesnt pop up (Cake and Cage) to be exact, but others do, they have the same function structure, same lines of code, so I guess the function is working,
but the update is overloading(still dont know how do you call it), could anyone help out or give some advice? Much appreciated.

[willow scroll]

Well, is the desired object selected?

[delicate portal]

Yes
selectedObject = hit.collider.gameObject

[willow scroll]

So the object, which is above all the others is selected, right?

[delicate portal]

I think so, yes

[willow scroll]

You think so?

Why don't you print it?

Your Sort method appears to be inverted

[delicate portal]

I got an index was outside the bounds of the array error to this piece:
RaycastHit hit = hits[0];

[delicate portal]

How so?

[green ether]

nothing hit?

[delicate portal]

Looks like it

[willow scroll]

Because of the -1 in the CompareTo being returned when hit2 comes before hit1

This way it's sorted as hit2 -> hit1, where hit2 has smaller sortingOrder

Therefore, hits[0] returns the lowest card

[delicate portal]

So I rather compare hit1 with hit2

[willow scroll]

Because of this line. The length of the array cannot be smaller than 0.
This way you get an error, because of you trying to access the 1st hit of the array, which has 0 items
You'd have to check it being the same as 0.

if (hits.Length < 0) 
    return;

[willow scroll]

Yes

[delicate portal]

https://paste.ofcode.org/zqi46GLVmfVfsfEgwsgQ9j
This is the new piece of code.
Fixed the error and inverted the Sort method

But it doesnt debug me anything yet

[willow scroll]

You may also want to use IEnumerable.OrderBy method instead of Sort

hits.OrderBy(h => h.collider.GetComponent<SortingGroup>().sortingOrder);

[delicate portal]

The problem is, hits.lenght is 0

There is nothing hit with the RayCastAll

[young fossil]

Hey guys, I would like a dropdown for my enum parameter for UnityEvents. Any way of doing this?

[delicate portal]

Alright

[willow scroll]

Yes, it was a simple suggestion before comping to the real issue

[delicate portal]

Make a script and a public method

[young fossil]

Have done, not working

[delicate portal]

Alright, I'm confused then, what do I do?

Can the mouePos.z be a problem?

[willow scroll]

You have a 2D game, right?

[delicate portal]

Correct

[willow scroll]

Nothing is going to be hit with the Raycast in a 2D game

Use Physics2D.GetRayIntersectionAll

[languid spire]

you appear to have made no attempt to debug your code so you should do so
also I would return a bool from your confirm methods so you can see which confirm method is working and maybe take action because of that

[delicate portal]

I treid with Physics2D.RayCastAll, now it hits objects! Let me debug if its the correct one

[willow scroll]

Well, yeah, both Raycast and RayIntersaction would work

[oblique herald]

thanks for your response truly, but can I ask if Update() will ever overload or something? like if I have too much code for it, will it only work partially?

[languid spire]

no, that will only be the case if an exception is thrown which you should be seeing in the console if that is the case

[delicate portal]

I'm so lost, this doesn't work either

[oblique herald]

additionally, I have try a few things that seems to me if Update() is relevant at all,

1. I removed the craftCard function including the check if craftable all together, and the whole system works again
2. I added a line of DebugLog in CageCrafting, specifically in confirmCraftCage after if (canCraftCage && itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite != itemSlotScript.emptySprite) and seemingly no log was debugged.
3. I removed every item craft except Card, Cage and Cake, and only Cage seems to work.

[oblique herald]

hmm thats interesting to know.. then I'm even more confused.

[languid spire]

there is very little point adding Debug.Logs AFTER if statements because they tell you very little.
Add a Debug.Log of the variables used in the if statement before the if, then you actually gain useful information

And dont take them out when you post your code

Alternatively learn to use the debugger, it will prove to be much more useful

[oblique herald]

public void cageCraftingRecipe() {
        Debug.Log("selectedItemImage=" + itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage.sprite + ", cakeLCraftItem=" + cakeLCraftItem + "selectedItemImage2=" + itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage2.sprite + ", cageRCraftItem=" + cageRCraftItem + ", craftingImage.sprite=" + itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite + ", cageCraftedItem=" + cageCraftedItem);
        if(itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage.sprite == cakeLCraftItem) {
            if(itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage2.sprite == cageRCraftItem) {
                itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite = cageCraftedItem;
                canCraftCage = true;
            } else {
                itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite = itemSlotScript.emptySprite;
            }
        }
    }

selectedItemImage=CA (UnityEngine.Sprite), cakeLCraftItem=CA (UnityEngine.Sprite)selectedItemImage2=GE-export (UnityEngine.Sprite), cageRCraftItem=GE-export (UnityEngine.Sprite), craftingImage.sprite=1_Generic_16x16_0 (UnityEngine.Sprite), cageCraftedItem=cage (UnityEngine.Sprite)
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
InventoryManager:cageCraftingRecipe () (at Assets/Script/forRoom1/InventoryManager.cs:330)
InventoryManager:Update () (at Assets/Script/forRoom1/InventoryManager.cs:83)

selecteditemimage1 and selecteditemimage2 is the same? how is craftingImage sprite still not = to cagecraftedItem ?

[young fossil]

Opinions on making my SceneLoader class static? It's used for loading scenes, similar to SceneManager in Unity. Also deals with transitions and loading screens.

[whole idol]

Is it possible to see the type of a variable inside of Visual Studio?

[young fossil]

You should be able to hover over it and see

[whole idol]

I am hovering

it says (field)

[young fossil]

The type is TMP_Text

[whole idol]

oh

ok then is it possible to change that into Int?

[gaunt ice]

if you change it to int, then where you want to display the score?
create another variable to store it

[languid spire]

First a lesson in how to write Debug statements. Try this one

Debug.Log($"selectedItemImage={itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage.sprite.GetInstanceID} cakeLCraftItem={cakeLCraftItem.GetInstanceID} selectedItemImage2={itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage2.sprite.GetInstanceID} cageRCraftItem={cageRCraftItem.GetInstanceID}
craftingImage.sprite={itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite.GetInstanceID} cageCraftedItem={cageCraftedItem.GetInstanceID});

[whole idol]

good idea

[young fossil]

So what you have there is a declaration. You have
public TMP_Text text_score
That means

1. public you can change or get it anywhere in the software without restriction
2. TMP_Text is the type, it is Text Mesh Pro text type, therefore Unity's way of dealing with text
3. text_score is the name of the field

[whole idol]

float text_score_Variable_Carrier += TMP_Text text_score;

can't I do something like this?

[young fossil]

Due to poor naming, I think you have got confused. This text_score name refers to the actual text... Not the score number.

If you wanted the score, you declare it like public int text_score

[whole idol]

or this

well its referencing to the TXP_Text

[gaunt ice]

the tmp_text is a component in ui that displays the text

[whole idol]

otherwise I wouldnt be able to access it

public int text_score is nothing

[young fossil]

You need to actually read what I am writing

[whole idol]

yep

[whole idol]

I need to reference to that access to that and change it

[gaunt ice]

so you need another varaible in your clsss to store the actual score then assign to the tmp_text.text

[whole idol]

ok

i see what you mean

but why is it a problem that I name it text_score ?

I dont think thats a problem

[young fossil]

So the mechancism of what you're trying to do is basically this.

You have the actual text, which is the TMP_Text. That is what needs to be updated.
Then you have the number or value, which is the score that the TMP_Text updates with.

[whole idol]

there is no score

I named it text_score

but nothing in my unity is named score

im trynna create a score rn

[young fossil]

Because it ambiguous, you're confusing the number(value) with the actual text.

[gaunt ice]

yout should name it to score_text

[whole idol]

ok

[willow scroll]

Perhaps to scoreText, according to C# naming conventions

[gaunt ice]

btw keep your naming comvention consistent, snake_case and camelCase and PascalCase both exists in your variable names

[oblique herald]

I assume you missed a quotation at the end?
also, Assets\Script\forRoom1\InventoryManager.cs(319,80): error CS0428: Cannot convert method group 'GetInstanceID' to non-delegate type 'object'. Did you intend to invoke the method?

or should I have put the debug statement somewhere else?

[young fossil]

They don't understand what the int is at this point, so I don't think the name matters. But yea it should be

@whole idol https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_variables.php

[willow scroll]

Well, yeah, I would say learning some C# basics might help.

[whole idol]

I understand what the int is

its the type for number variables in c#

like float is another type for float numbers

and double is for double numbers etc.

I think i need to convert my scoreText variable

[young fossil]

Just read the thing I sent you too.

Okay so you get that, yes. Now TMP_Text is like that, but actually for the text component itself

[whole idol]

into a variable that can be editted

[willow scroll]

So what's the difference between int and float?

[languid spire]

my bad

Debug.Log($"selectedItemImage={itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage.sprite.GetInstanceID()} cakeLCraftItem={cakeLCraftItem.GetInstanceID()} selectedItemImage2={itemSlotScript.selectedItemImage2.sprite.GetInstanceID()} cageRCraftItem={cageRCraftItem.GetInstanceID()}
craftingImage.sprite={itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite.GetInstanceID()} cageCraftedItem={cageCraftedItem.GetInstanceID()}");

[whole idol]

one has whole numbers, the other one has numbers like this 4.43f

int has numbers like this 4, 5, 121 etc.

[willow scroll]

But how would you differ float from double?

[oblique herald]

no worries, ill try that now, thanks for the correction

[young fossil]

Seisan, do you get this part? It's understandably confusing when Unity doesn't make it much clearer

[whole idol]

doesnt matter, ill never use double anyways, double is more mathematical and more accurate and precise they say in complex calculations, thats it

[oblique herald]

selectedItemImage=90762 cakeLCraftItem=90762 selectedItemImage2=92154 cageRCraftItem=92154 craftingImage.sprite=90578 cageCraftedItem=204878
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
InventoryManager:cageCraftingRecipe () (at Assets/Script/forRoom1/InventoryManager.cs:319)
InventoryManager:Update () (at Assets/Script/forRoom1/InventoryManager.cs:83)

Here are the result.

[pine bone]

Hello, i have made a building system similar to Bad Piggies. However i'm having an issue connection the neighbour objects together, i have multiple object types (Ropes, Wheels, Blocks) that should have their own connecting types. The wheel should only connect if there's a block above it, the rope can connect to other ropes or blocks. What's the best way to do this? My current script checks the object type manually but i think the code will get very messy after adding more object types to the game. Thanks

[gaunt ice]

the only way is ofc checking it adjacency cells(?) manually
you have serialize the eg accepted neighbors in list to prevent hardcode it or using json to define the connectivity

[languid spire]

ok, so that tells me that both of your if statements are true

[whole idol]

ok so i just realized

what my mistake was

and what someone of you where trynna hint at

and i fixed that

now scoreText I think will not work in the current set up that I have

int scoreTextVariableHolder += scoreText;

it seems to throw an error on +=

[young fossil]

Yep, this is not correct syntax. This is why everyone is directing you to tutorials

[gaunt ice]

public class Class{
  private int _x;<-------|
  public void Method(){  |
    int _x=10;<----not the same _x
  }
}

[young fossil]

You shoudn't even worry about operators like +=, you should just stick to + and = then learn to code from the basics

[oblique herald]

yeah, thats why im pretty stumped on why itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite = cageCraftedItem; doesnt work... its infuriating

[languid spire]

Please go and learn some C# and Unity basics as you have been told time and time again

[whole idol]

ok

[tawny bolt]

can anyone help why my speed is not increasing

[young fossil]

This is an excellent tutorial

Since you know some stuff, you should wizz through it wth relative ease

[willow scroll]

So, I would do it like that:

• Create a main class for all the objects you have, you may call it how you want, let's call it Item

• The classes like Rope, Wheel, Block should be derived from this main class

• The connection may be done by assigning multiple blocks to the parent GameObject, so you may want every of your Items be already placed in an empty GameObject, which performs the position changes

• Implement the dragging object, I don't remember how it's done in the game

• Implement a list of, I would say, flag enums, which stores the items you have

[Flags]
public enum ItemType
{
    Rope,
    Wheel,
    Block
}

• Every Item should have its own ItemType itemType and the ItemTypes collisions it can collide with. Note that itemType must have the logic of an enum, as if it doesn't have flags. So have a single itemType and multiple collisions
• When dragging the objects close enough to each other, check whether the each other's collisions contain the each other's itemType

[whole idol]

I literally wizzed through it the last time someone recommended this to me 3 days ago

[gaunt ice]

note that you have only have up to 64 types if you use flag

[young fossil]

Don't take offense because everyone is at different skills. But people are suggesting tutorials because you are not writing the correct syntax, which is fundamentally more important than int or +=.

I'd recommend following a guide for Unity then

[languid spire]

but it does work. However itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite could be being over written by another method. So Debug your code everywhere you are setting itemSlotScript.craftingImage.sprite and see where this is happening

[young fossil]

This channel is for fixing prolems assuming the person knows basics on how to code

[pine bone]

Okay thanks i will try it

[young fossil]

@whole idol This is a short video I found, I don't think it is amazing code but it's a quick start for beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOW_T3i4_kk

That's what I imagine you're trying to do

Good luck, don't be afraid to still ask

[willow scroll]

Yeah, that's so. Do you have better ideas if they want to have more items?

[patent compass]

Hello, I am trying to read data from a json file. But getting this error.

Invalid vector string: 97.31, -47.31

This is the code for parsing the vec.

    Vector3 ParseVector(string vectorString) {

        string[] parts = vectorString.Trim('(', ')').Split(',');


        if (parts.Length != 3) {
            Debug.LogError("Invalid vector string: " + vectorString);
            return Vector3.zero; 
        }

        float x, y, z;
        if (!float.TryParse(parts[0], out x) || !float.TryParse(parts[1], out y) || !float.TryParse(parts[2], out z)) {
            Debug.LogError("Failed to parse vector string: " + vectorString);
            return Vector3.zero; 
        }


        return new Vector3(x, y, z);
    }```

[pine bone]

do you know how i can make the itemtype only 1 enum and collisions a flag type?

[willow scroll]

Impossible, unless you have 2 different enums. Just make sure you just have a single value for the itemType

[oblique herald]

OH I UNDERSTAND SOMETHING NOW THANKS FOR HELPINGME DEBUg

[pine bone]

okay, i should also add an flags enum for direction right? because my build system is grid based

[gaunt ice]

the purpose for flag is to fast checking for the type of other object collided with

[willow scroll]

What are you willing to use your direction for?

[pine bone]

for example the wheel can only connect if theres a block type above its grid cell

[languid spire]

this is why I said your methods would be better returning bool rather than void so you can then see if the method has been successful and then there is no need to carry out the following ones

[gaunt ice]

you can still use the flag when assign the type to object, but you can only assign one enum to it

[willow scroll]

I see, then you don't use enums

[oblique herald]

i figured out the issue was I was using the same sprite for

ca <<< ke
   <<< ge
   <<< rd

and therefore it ran craftCake instead of craftCage

but still thanks for your debugging

[patent compass]

can i create a thread? I feel the problem is hard to explain

[willow scroll]

You shouldn't ask to create a thread, of course, you can (and actually should)

[main zealot]

hey guys i'm trying to access an object's component in DontDestroyOnLoad with this

  public static CustomNM getNM()
    {
        // Je sais pas si y'a une version jolie pour faire ça
        GameObject[] DDOL = SceneManager.GetSceneByName("DontDestroyOnLoad").GetRootGameObjects();
        for (int i = 0; i < DDOL.Length; i++)
        {
            if (DDOL[i].CompareTag("RoomManager"))
            {
                return DDOL[i].GetComponent<CustomNM>();
            }
        }

        return null;

    }

but it says "this scene is invalid"
Should i use another thing to access it ?

[patent compass]

Getting info from json and showing it on ui

[willow scroll]

I would probably recommend you to use a struct, which looks like a Dictionary, for this.

public ItemType itemType;
public List<Collision> collisions = new():

[Serializable]
public struct Collision
{
    public ItemType type;
    public List<Direction> directions;

    // 
}

[gaunt ice]

unity has a built in type called Collision

[willow scroll]

Which is not usable in this case

Oh, sorry

I got it

Naming problems

[pine bone]

then i wouldnt make the enum flags right?

[gaunt ice]

btw maybe having four list for four directions and accepted item types

[willow scroll]

Well, yeah, you'd have to rename your class. It was just an example

[willow scroll]

Yes, because you should store the directions too

[willow scroll]

This might be a bit more complicated.

You'll have to enumerate through every single list

[gaunt ice]

when you check the adjacency cell you first need their direction

top/bottom/left/right

[pine bone]

it didnt give an error when i named it collision

[gaunt ice]

so thats why four lists

[willow scroll]

Because they're in different classes, yeah. You still should rename it

[willow scroll]

I see what you mean

It's discussable

[gaunt ice]

enum Direction{
  top,bottom,left,right;
}
bool Accept(Direction dir){
  //get the list at dir
  //get the item at the cell at dir
  //return if the item stored in the list
}

[willow scroll]

This will probably cause inconveniences in the Inspector

Because of them having to serialize all four lists.

Which might make it less easy to adjust

I would say, the performance wouldn't differ so much

They might find an item in the single list by its ItemType and check for the Direction being correct

[pine bone]

Okay i implemented the item script to all prefabs, i didn't create inherited classes

[willow scroll]

The item, obviously, shouldn't always exist there

[gaunt ice]

actually your way will slower than mine

[willow scroll]

Yes, I would assume so

[whole idol]

that is amazing

now i have a much better idea of what to do, thanks

[willow scroll]

But as I remember from playing that game in my early childhood, the objects aren't merged too often, so the performance won't be affected almost at all

Enumerating through even a hundred of different ItemTypes won't cause any issues if done every second

This way, I would prefer the convenience in the Inspector

[willow scroll]

That's what you're going to do now,.. right..?

By the way, both methods can be combined. Serialize a single list in the Inspector and then split it into 4, for four different Directions, in the Awake.

[abstract finch]

How would one go about getting a direction from a Quaternion.AngleAxis?

[willow scroll]

Direction? 🤔

[abstract finch]

Basically I'm doing something like a radial check using quaternion angleaxis. I need to convert into a direction to raycast to check if somethings there before operating it

[wanton crater]

does putting this in update cause lag?

[willow scroll]

no

[eternal needle]

AngleAxis is a method that gives you back a quaternion, a rotation. You should specify what you are actually solving with this, not what your solution to a mysterious problem is. This sounds like an XY problem

[green ether]

No but why would it need to be updated every frame?

You should do this only when the playerHealthMax changes

Stuff in update adds up and will cause lag at some point

[willow scroll]

You cannot convert rotation into direction

[wanton crater]

hmm ye i should probably do that

[abstract finch]

So I have a flying enemy that has an ability similar to a dash, it needs to get a direction to dash but i need to make sure there arent any obstructions. In order to do this I want to implement something like a radial check from an intial random direction. During the radial check a raycast is checked.

[eternal needle]

It sounds like you just need to rotate a vector. You can use the result from the AngleAxis function (returns a quaternion) to rotate your initial random direction

Vector = vector * quaternion
Will rotate it

[abstract finch]

This sounds like it will work trying it now

[willow scroll]

I think they need to find the nearest rotation to the direction, which doesn't have the colliders on its way

Is that so? @abstract finch

[eternal needle]

That's not really what it sounds like, anyways that'd just be solved with the built in quaternion functions.

[abstract finch]

I'm not sure tbh, I just know Im sending a raycast in a direction, if somethings in the way then i raycast next basically in a 2d circle

the red represents the initial raycast and the direction it will check

[willow scroll]

Do I understand you correctly?

[abstract finch]

that looks right if the red is moving toward a direction

[willow scroll]

Red circles represent obstacles

[abstract finch]

yep

and it keeps checking based on that pic , counter clockwise

[willow scroll]

And blue one is the position before and after the dash

[abstract finch]

yea

[willow scroll]

If it has to check clockwise, than the logic in the image is wrong

What is the desired direction? 12 AM?

[abstract finch]

well it doesnt have to be specific to where which direction it rotates along, as long as a full radial check si done

[eternal needle]

What I said above should work perfectly fine for this.

[vocal marlin]

I want my enemy to turn completely white when damaged, I'm not sure how to do that, as setting the rgb to white is just the sprite's original colour, can anyone help?

[willow scroll]

Is this accurate then?

[pine bone]

It worked thank you so much! Do you know how i can duplicate a joint 2D without resetting the values?

[willow scroll]

But you haven't mentioned how to find the desired rotation, have you?

[abstract finch]

Looks right but it doesnt need the circle below the desired and the circle right of the nearest

[willow scroll]

Alright, just starting from the desired rotation and moving clockwise, right?

[eternal needle]

They never mentioned anything about a desired rotation. You're the one who made it up

[willow scroll]

No, I don't

[abstract finch]

specifically a desired direction yea

[willow scroll]

I'm not the one who made it up. They asked how to find the nearest rotation which won't collide with the obstacles

I assume, they didn't want to simply rotate it

[sullen rock]

https://gdl.space/tacapodabe.cs Hello, for some reason the raycastHit.textureCoords is always 0,0 here. Could someone please help me find out why? the texture is a blank tex2D generated by the script in the link as well

[eternal needle]

Yes, so they take the initial vector and simply rotate it until finding the directions that do not collide. Where is the confusion?

[willow scroll]

Do you want them to check the rotation coordinates like 13.0001,13.0002, 13.0003 all the way up to 359.(9) in a loop?

[abstract finch]

I simply need a vector3 direction, im trying the code once i fix my unity

[willow scroll]

I assume, this might affect the performance

[eternal needle]

? What

[willow scroll]

I have interpreted what you've mentioned, haven't I?

This way they will have to call raycasts countless amount of times

[eternal needle]

No, I think you've misunderstood the problem

[willow scroll]

Perhaps, is there any way you could explain it to me?

[long tiger]

hellooo I need some help real quick. I have this script that has a countdown from 30 to 0 but I cant seem to get this one part to work. I want to have a trigger where when tag player enters the timer stops and the script stops too but it aint working lmao

here's the script for the OnTriggerEnter2D code. Do I have to wrtite something else orrrrr (also ignore the other GameObjects lmao

public class Timer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject timeText, inGame, postGame, gameOverTimer, gameOverHealth, fallOG;
    public float timeRemain = 30;
    float timer = 0;
    bool timerRunning = true;
    private void Awake()
    {
        timer = timeRemain;
    }
    void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if (other.tag == "Player")
        {
            timerRunning = false;
            return;
        }
    }

[abstract finch]

What you sent me is what i needed thanks,

                Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, axisRotation * startDirection, Color.red);```

[vocal marlin]

where is the bool timerRunning coming into play

[willow scroll]

How do you ensure the axisRotation doesn't collide with anything?

[long tiger]

here

    void Update()
    {
        if (timerRunning && timer > 0)
        {
            timer -= Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
            timer = 0;
            timerRunning = false;
        }
        if (timer == 0)
        {
            inGame.SetActive(false);
            postGame.SetActive(true);
            gameOverTimer.SetActive(true);
            gameOverHealth.SetActive(false);
            fallOG.SetActive(false);
        }
        timeText.GetComponent<TMP_Text>().text = timer.ToString();
    }
}

[languid spire]

if (timer == 0)

never test floats for equality

[abstract finch]

Physics.raycast check

[vocal marlin]

this