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[rocky canyon]

ya, then it probably just going to take some tinkering w/ the function some bit of modifications to the results, etc to get ur working

[stuck palm]

i'll have to give it a try then, cant hurt, problem is baseballs are meant to bounce of players that only have trigger collisions

[rocky canyon]

u can achieve that with some layers.. (collision matrix)

and some physics materials.. (material for the ground/diff for the player)

• custom stuff applied to that to get it to feel right

[stuck palm]

i'll try it, problem is the players are basically using the exact same system...

so i'll have to rewrite that too

thank goodness i only have to change 2 scripts

praise the lord for inheritance

if players bounce off the floor they use the same system 😭

i guess i could make it so rigidbody is enabled and disabled when the player is stunned or something

how can i make gravity stronger?

the weight appears to be a lot lighter after i changed it to rigidbody movement

[lost anvil]

ive got a problem in this script where the WaitAtPt() IEnumerator is being called when he comes from another state into Patrol - ive tried resetting the path and stuff but i dont know why its being called

https://gdl.space/camivokina.cs

[swift crag]

isPatrolling gets set to true if canPatrol is true

Perhaps the path isn't ready yet

SetDestination can return before it actually figures out a path.

[charred spoke]

Increase the mass of the rigidbody

[swift crag]

but acceleration due to gravity is constant :p

[stuck palm]

does mass make u fall faster?

[swift crag]

that'll just make everything else weaker

[stuck palm]

i was gonna say

[stuck palm]

i just manually increased gravity

in the project settings

works like a charm

[swift crag]

if gravity feels too weak, your objects might be too large

[slender nymph]

this usually indicates that you are affecting how gravity works with your code or that everything is at a much larger scale than it should be

[stuck palm]

everything is at a 1 scale, im just increasing the gravity scale to make things feel more arcadey

things arent that big in my game

[slender nymph]

then show your code because it may be messing with how gravity is affecting that object

[stuck palm]

its fine, until now i was using a custom physics system that i made which multiplied gravity by 4 so naturally things feel a lot lighter after switching off that system

[lost anvil]

it finds a path as soon as the agent goes into the patrol state, but that coroutine is being immediately ran. the point isnt the agents position btw its a set one across the map

[swift crag]

I mean instantly -- it doesn't matter if it finds a path one frame later or a hundred

I know that it can take longer for a very distant destination

especially if it can only get close to the destination

[dusk cedar]

so im tryna find the distance between a gameobject and an array of different gameobjects then store it in an array. is there a way to not go through and put a separate line for each value that needs to be stored?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe describe what you're attempting to do better.

[dusk cedar]

yeah im not really sure

[ivory bobcat]

Why do you need to acquire/store this list of distances? For what purpose?

[tawny bolt]

https://gdl.space/qenaguqiso.cpp
hello i really dont understand the problem with my code basicly if i touch a trigger i should start a timer and the text get enabled for a few sec and then just go to setactiv(false) what can be the problem ?

[dusk cedar]

im trying to find the closest one of that list

"PlayerDistanceFromTrees[1] = Vector3.Distance (player.transform.position, trees[1].transform.position);" works but i wanna do it for all of them not just 1

alright thanks

ima go study for a bit and then come back to it

will probably make it clearer

[ivory bobcat]

Just iterate the collection and keep a reference of the closest object.

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3-sqrMagnitude.html
if you care about micro optimizations if you don't need approximations

[stuck palm]

how can i disable a rigidbody?

i know i cant directly disable one

but how can i effectively disable a rigidbody influence?

[slender nymph]

either remove the rb component or make it kinematic

[ivory bobcat]

Set it to kinematic and possibly disable to collider

[stuck palm]

why does it feel like the character is getting dragged around? i made rigidbody kinematic and stuff

and i disabled the collider so it shouldnt be dragging along the floor or something

as u can see when rigidbody is removed it goes back to normal

after some testing, it appears to be because i enabled interpolation

[spiral narwhal]

Co-variant array conversion from Galaxy[] to IGalaxy[] can cause run-time exception on write operation
Why is this warning shown?

            Galaxy[] array = // ...
            _gameMap = new(array); // constructor takes IGalaxy[]

[tawny bolt]

umm cone someone help me why when my temer goes 0 it doesent effect if condition https://gdl.space/emilerayir.cpp

[deft grail]

the time will never basically be 0

[tawny bolt]

so how to make 0

[deft grail]

you can check <= 0 for a quick solution

which would be less than or equal to 0

[tawny bolt]

ok will try that

fixed it thanks

[timber tide]

I've noticed covariance isn't that type safe and would run into a lot of issues with casting at runtime, so it's probably just warning you that it's leaving it up to your discretion that casting will work here.

[spiral narwhal]

Hm I understand

[lost anvil]

loool took me an hour figure outif agent.hasPath == true works

nevermind it doesnt 💯

[dusk minnow]

I Instantiated a ui Panel and i want to Destory it at some point, but when i do that it tells me cant destroy so no data gets Lost

[rocky gale]

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

how come it doesnt go back to 1st animatin and goes back to idle fast

[deft grail]

what are you destroying?

probably the prefab?

[dusk minnow]

Destroy(instancePanel.gameObject);
instancePanel = null;

    instancePanel = Instantiate(PanelPrefab, panelInstantiatePosition.position, Quaternion.identity, panelHeader);

[deft grail]

what is instancePanel

[dusk minnow]

A empty Transform at the beginning

And PanelPrefab ist a transform

[deft grail]

screenshot the error

[deft grail]

what exactly is instancePanel then? is it a prefab?

[dusk minnow]

wait

https://paste.ofcode.org/33v9EjGFkxagFDvc9VqCXrs

[deft grail]

this doesnt help, show me what you assign to instancePanel what Transform

[dusk minnow]

nothing

its empty

its supposed to hold the prefab so i can destroy from both functions LoadNamePanel and LoadWord...

[dusk minnow]

nothing

[deft grail]

what error is the line on? does it say

[dusk minnow]

line 54, buttom one

[dusk minnow]

54

[polar acorn]

Where do you assign instancePanel

[dusk minnow]

instancePanel = instantiate

[polar acorn]

That runs after the error (meaning it doesn't run)

What does it start as

[dusk minnow]

as null so first it destroys null meaning it works

second try the error fires

[polar acorn]

If it starts as null then you'd be getting a NullReferenceException, not a message about destroying an asset

[dusk minnow]

well iam not

[polar acorn]

Put this log as the first line of LoadNamePanel:

Debug.Log($"LoadNamePanel instancePanel is {instancePanel}",instancePanel);

And then show what it logs before the error occurs

[dusk minnow]

tomorrow, imma sleepnow

[rocky gale]

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

how come it doesnt go back to 1st animatin and goes back to idle fast\

[north kiln]

Can't see on a quick look, but you should really be using if else where relevant to remove the potential to enter the if immediately after one you just executed

(and to avoid running that excess logic)

[rocky gale]

it kind of works now but after it loops and plays the 1st animation it goes back to idle for a second and then you can attack again but i want it to be a continuous loop and not go back to idle

[scarlet skiff]

cant u name the return types? so i dont have to variable.item1

instead variable.name

[north kiln]

name it in the actual method declaration

(GameObject player, PlayerMovement ...)

[scarlet skiff]

ok thanks

[velvet marsh]

anyone know how to add footstep sound fx to any game easily im very new to unity so I have no idea

[cosmic dagger]

look into animation events. you can use them on your animation to call a method when the feet hit the ground . . .

[velvet marsh]

my game is in first person and it is not multiplayer so I don't have animations just yet

[cosmic dagger]

huh? i didn't say anything about multiplayer . . .

[velvet marsh]

im just saying that I dont have any animations so that wouldn't work

[deft grail]

just play an audio source every 0.1s or something when you would have the footstep when you are walking

[velvet marsh]

i could try that

[cosmic dagger]

then you'll have to play the audio based on the speed your character moves . . .

play around with the timing because it depends on the player speed and how fast or slow the footsteps are . . .

[velvet marsh]

thanks

[waxen adder]

Are dictionaries like hash maps?

[cosmic dagger]

yeah . . .

[waxen adder]

gotcha, ty

[dire tartan]

im having issues with gameobject.find i have a player prefab which is instantiated and a roundsystemmanager object with script which is also instantiated in the scene i am attempting to get some values from the script but the gameobject.find is returning null?

[deft grail]

show what your trying

[summer stump]

Just don't use GameObject.Find
It is never a good choice.
Sometimes the type and tag varieties are ok, but still not great

https://unity.huh.how/references

[cosmic dagger]

not much to tell from that. also, when are both GameObjects instantiated? it's probably searching for it before it's instantiated . . .

[ruby ember]

does anyone know how to make unlockable thing using timers record

for example: it has question mark and you need to survive 20 minutes to get the thing

you survived 20 minutes and you get the thing

https://hastebin.com/share/vizewijavu.csharp (best time script)

https://hastebin.com/share/upileyinub.csharp (Timer Unlockable script)

the third image is an example of how it needs to be when you survived 20 minutes

[deft grail]

just get the float from PlayerPrefs and check if its >= 20

[ruby ember]

like this? sorry if im asking a lot of script about timers i never made scripts with timer

[deft grail]

yes, but 20 would probably not work, depends what BestTime is if its seconds/minutes or something else

but you can figure that out im sure

[ruby ember]

il try my best

[regal bear]

Hello, so im a beginner, first follow a youtube tutorial, did some animations, but i have a weird error. i have 100% the same code, but unity gives me this warning, and my animations not work. I already read posts about it, some ppl say its a bug, but closing Animator, and reopen Unity and rebuild not fixed my problem. So whats wrong?

[shy ruin]

Make sure the name of the parameter is correct.

It says the problem in the error

[regal bear]

100% correct.

[deft grail]

show the name of your paramater

[shy ruin]

not in the script probably

[shy ruin]

Yeah, make sure the animator window has the correct name.

[regal bear]

wym?

[deft grail]

the error says lower case p

the code says upper case p

[regal bear]

yea, cuz i already tried with lowercase uppercase, let me fix it, but still same error

[deft grail]

show the name of the paramater in your animator

[deft grail]

are they both linked to the same animator?

[regal bear]

I have a player with the script, then i have a children for the player graphics, with the animator. My whole script is this:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.AI;

public class CharacterAnimator : MonoBehaviour
{

    const float locomotionAnimationSmoothTime = .1f;

    NavMeshAgent agent;
    Animator animator;


    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        agent = GetComponent<NavMeshAgent>();
        animator = GetComponentInChildren<Animator>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        float speedPercent = agent.velocity.magnitude / agent.speed;
        animator.SetFloat("speedPercent", speedPercent, locomotionAnimationSmoothTime, Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

[deft grail]

Debug.Log the animator and make sure they are all what you expect it to be

[regal bear]

Maybe a possible fix deep in the video comments: Just a note for people who run into this problem. Do NOT create the PlayerAnimator script in the script folder. Make sure it is made inside of the Assets project hub. Other wise it'll throw an error that the parameter SpeedPercent does not exist.

[teal viper]

Show us the parameter in the animator

[deft grail]

ok move the script and see?

[teal viper]

Aah, didn't notice it in the screenshot somehow

[regal bear]

okay tried, not work. even recreated controller in the main asset folder

[teal viper]

Can you double click the parameter name in the animator and make sure there are no spaces or line break characters in the end?

[regal bear]

btw i misread the comment, i should move the script, not the animator, but tried still same error.
@teal viper no whitespace, tried ctrl+a but only the text in here

[rocky gale]

https://hastebin.com/share/odufabuvol.csharp why when the first animation plays it is delayed and sometimes goes to idle'

[teal viper]

You could try getting the list of parameters of an animator controller with an editor API and check their names:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animations.AnimatorController-parameters.html

[regal bear]

Okay guys, as im said i am a beginner, dont be mad at me haha, this float wasnt a float, it was a layer, i didnt switched to the parameters tab.

[ruby ember]

sorry buddy but i was thinking so hard to figure this out but i don't have any idea

[regal bear]

Ty for your help, your tips will be good in the future for debugging haha

[deft grail]

what are you adding? the part just from PlayerPrefs... is fine?

whats the BestTime.bestTimeMinutes part for?

what are you trying to do

[ruby ember]

i added this if it would work because there's bestTimeMinutes

[deft grail]

ok so then just do if(BestTime.bestTimeMinutes >= 20)?

[ruby ember]

it got an error

[deft grail]

whats the error

oh variable doesnt exist

probably

[ruby ember]

i guess this is how the part script needs to be of what i was talking about

[deft grail]

whats the error

[ruby ember]

what

[ruby ember]

i meant this

[deft grail]

"it got an error" - whats the error

[ruby ember]

bestTimeMinutes is not like conected or something

[deft grail]

whats the error, screenshot it

[deft grail]

that doesnt help me at all, screenshot the unity console where it shows what the error is

[deft grail]

alright, so bestTimeMinutes is made as a local variable in some method which means it doesnt exist outside of where you made it

[rocky gale]

https://hastebin.com/share/odufabuvol.csharp why when the first animation plays after the loop it is delayed and sometimes goes to idle'

[deft grail]

probably something to do with your animation tree setup

[ruby ember]

so i can't make gameobject enable using timer's record?

[deft grail]

so, you need to make bestTimeMinutes not local, by making it public and creating the variable outside a method, then just doing = on the float you already have

[deft grail]

public class A : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float myFloat; //Public accessible in other scripts and stuff
    private void Start()
    {
      float something = 5f; //Only accessible in Start and nowhere else
    }
}

[ruby ember]

"something" is minutes?

[deft grail]

its just an example

of how local and not local variables work

[ruby ember]

uh okay i guess

[rich adder]

should probably go through a basic c# crashcourse before doing any of this

[deft grail]

wdym what? he means what he said

[ruby ember]

i know some codes but i never tried coding with timer systems

[rich adder]

"some codes" isn't the basics

[cosmic dagger]

what you mean by, "what?" they stated a clear sentence . . .

[rich adder]

i mean just accessing another variable in a class or differences between local and member variables, etc.

[deft grail]

your doing a simple float variable, this has nothing to do with timer systems

your struggling with a float

[cosmic dagger]

it's hard to help or go further because you lack the basic knowledge of C#. you can't understand the help or information they're trying to convey . . .

[summer stump]

This is super basic. Not knowing that you can't use a local variable in another scope implies you need to go back and learn the basics

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

[ruby ember]

are yall trying to fight with me or what?

[deft grail]

trying to help?

i told you waht to do and you are doing the complete opposite

its not possible to help

[ruby ember]

i just asked anyone of you to know of how to make a gameobject enable using timer record

[deft grail]

and you have that done

you have the code written

the problem is not in this script

its in another script

[ruby ember]

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

this is menu record

so idk if this is the problem or not

[deft grail]

line 19

is the problem

[deft grail]

look at my exmaple

your bestTimeMinutes is local to Start

[ruby ember]

to let you know i didn't made this

[rich adder]

but do you understand what its doing?

[ruby ember]

he did this

[deft grail]

so what?

im telling you what to change

you dont want to do it

for some reason

[ruby ember]

i never said that

[deft grail]

but your actions say that

[summer stump]

If you can't understand the most extreme basics of c#, you will not be able to do this.
That statement is extremely helpful to you.
Here is more help, take this course
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

[ruby ember]

i changed it to update

[deft grail]

that will just now make it local to Update

the problem is still the same

[ruby ember]

then what do i need to change if "start or update" is the "problem"

[deft grail]

read the comments

[summer stump]

Make it not local

[ruby ember]

so i need to change it to private or something

[deft grail]

you need to access it in the other script

so it would need to be public

[ruby ember]

oh my god this is getting confusing

even it would be easier if sending the script or i don't know

[summer stump]

You need a class member, as opposed to the local variable
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_class_members.php

This describes them

[ruby ember]

im not going in there that's a waste of time

[deft grail]

whats confusing?

and add here
float minutes;

void Start()
{
    float minutes = ...
    change that to
    minutes = ...
}

[summer stump]

It literally explains exactly what you need to do

It is a few words and example code

[rich adder]

going back n forth with you teaching basics, you could learn on your own is a waste of everyones time

[ruby ember]

i didn't say anything to you

[rich adder]

lol I can't even react emoji since I'm blocked

[summer stump]

This is so extremely simple. I don't understand what part is stumping you, except a refusal to try
"Not going in there that's a waste of time"

[ruby ember]

i didn't blocked

[deft grail]

so, what have you tried code wise? is the problem fixed? is the error gone?

[ruby ember]

1 what do you mean
2 i don't know haven't tested yet
3 i don't know haven't tested yet

[deft grail]

i told you exactly what to do here

[boreal dagger]

Hi everyone. I want to learn how to code in C# for Unity. Do yall know any good resources?

[rich adder]

check the pins in this channel

[boreal dagger]

Okay thank you. Do you have any tips about coding?

[cosmic dagger]

use the pins or this ridiculous post . . .
#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

make sure you have a configured IDE

learning the basics first

[boreal dagger]

What does IDE mean

[summer stump]

I would say don't worry about being perfect
Be willing to make mistakes

[deft grail]

the code editor, !ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[boreal dagger]

Okay thank you

[rich adder]

oh and google anything you don't kow 🙂

[summer stump]

Nice!

[boreal dagger]

Alright I will 👍

Thank you guys for the help

[cosmic dagger]

an old post i made a long time ago . . .

[summer stump]

And still doing its job haha

[rich adder]

could make it a Github markdown with links?

[cosmic dagger]

i think that's around when i started . . .

[boreal dagger]

:))

[cosmic dagger]

true, i never thought about that. i should use Github more often . . .

[ruby ember]

il just leave

it dosen't mean leaving the server

[deft grail]

are you giving up?

after i told you what to do

[ruby ember]

no

[boreal dagger]

How long did it take you to learn?

[ruby ember]

is not because i give up

[rich adder]

I love finding stuff like that via github, also they have lists like "collection of URP shaders" etc

[ruby ember]

a person knows how to do this type of script

[deft grail]

you know how to do it too

because i told you how

[summer stump]

It's literally removing one word from a line, and adding another line

That is it
Don't think it is too much. You can do it

[ruby ember]

i think is going to be the same as yours or i don't know

[rich adder]

you should very least try to put in some effort on the help given

they literally give you code and you still refuse to try

[ruby ember]

ok

[cosmic dagger]

i learned quick, but that's because i really wanted to and like learning new shit, and it was easy to follow. everyone learns differently; it really depends on their drive and willingness to learn

what helped me most was typing out all the code myself and understanding each line and concept before moving to the next. i completed the links from rbwhitaker's website, then went onto the unity beginner and intermediate tutorials. after that, i was ready to follow along from youtube tutorials . . .

[cosmic dagger]

dang, didn't know. i've seen a few gists. i guess they're one-off code blocks or snippets?

[meager nova]

@summer stump

[rich adder]

Just a regular public repo usually
eg
https://github.com/sampaiodias/unity-resources

[summer stump]

ChestNewWithAnim3 is the character?

[meager nova]

yes

[summer stump]

And remember I said whole editor

You have it cropped

[summer stump]

Ok... move it up. It is clearly in the ground.

Set it to like 2 y

[meager nova]

Nope

like, i wait until IsGrounded is true, then i copy it and set to the base Y

However

Only 1 frame later it updates it

if (characterController.isGrounded) { isGrounded = true; animator.SetBool("IsGrounded", true); } else { isGrounded = false; animator.SetBool("IsGrounded", false); }

This is on void Update()

should it be on lateupdate

or something

[rich adder]

btw this can just be
animator.SetBool("IsGrounded", characterController.isGrounded)

[meager nova]

didnt know that

let me change it

[rich adder]

its not the fix though

isGrounded from character controller is very flakey

[meager nova]

flaky?

[rich adder]

yeah not very reliable, it only calculates as you move iirc

use spherecast or overlap etc

[meager nova]

:(

fml

so what are my alternatives

[rich adder]

I just said it lol

[meager nova]

meh i think im

what's an overlap

i think i'll just make it ignore first few frames...

:)

[rich adder]

eg
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.OverlapSphere.html

[cosmic dagger]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[green hinge]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlanetGravity : MonoBehaviour
{
    public List<Rigidbody> objectsToAttract = new List<Rigidbody>();
    public GameObject planetCenter;
    public float gravityForce = 10f; // Adjust this value to control the strength of the gravity

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        Debug.Log("Trigger entered");
        if (other.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>() != null)
        {
            objectsToAttract.Add(other.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>());
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
    {
        Debug.Log("Trigger exited");
        objectsToAttract.Remove(other.gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>());
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        // Apply gravity force to each object in the list
       foreach (Rigidbody body in objectsToAttract)
{
    // Calculate the direction from the center of the planet to the object
    Vector3 direction = (planetCenter.transform.position - body.position).normalized;
    Vector3 localUp = body.transform.up;

    // Apply gravitational force
    body.AddForce(direction * gravityForce);

    // Rotate the object to align with the gravity direction
    body.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(localUp, direction) * body.rotation;
}
    }
}``` Hey i'm trying to make a gravity bubble like Angry Birds Space that attracts objects toward the center, It wont work, it just gets pushed off, and I dont understand and know how to get the force to be pulled toward the center, thank you

[jade rose]

add a c# after your three ticks

and it'll use the colour formatting

[green hinge]

ok

but any ideas on how to fix the issue?

[rich adder]

reverse the b-a

[jade rose]

your on the right track

// create a grav zone

// calculate direction from object to center

// apply force

it looks like you just have the force going the opposite direction

[meager nova]

Moving it to lateupdate fixed it

[green hinge]

Alright, how do i make it in the right direction (pulled toward center?)

[cosmic dagger]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[jade rose]

try what navarone said - it should be that simple

[cosmic dagger]

think of the direction as (destination - origin) . . .

[green hinge]

Alright so A - b

[cosmic dagger]

if it's going the opposite direction, i'd start off by flipping the direction . . .

[jade rose]

do any of you know much about initializing objects via script?

[summer stump]

What specifically
Because yes, that is a huge part of coding

[green hinge]

Vector3 direction = (body.position - planetCenter.transform.position).normalized;```

is this correct?

[jade rose]

when i initialize it as a parentless object it exists
when i initialize it and transform its parent - the node exists with all the same values - it just doesnt exist in game

[cosmic dagger]

that's pretty common . . .

[cosmic dagger]

just test it and see . . .

[green hinge]

it got pushed off

[cosmic dagger]

using the opposite direction should not create the same effect. one way should pull while the other way pushes . . .

[summer stump]

When you say initialize, you mean Instantiate, right?

[jade rose]

yea sorry

[cosmic dagger]

in this context, what is it?

[jade rose]

a prefab with a .fgb model and a mesh collider

[summer stump]

Not sure what you mean by "it just doesn't exist in the game"

Instantiating it with a parent would not cause it to not exist

[jade rose]

like - its not anywhere even though the transform values should be the same

#archived-code-general message

i posted here

[green hinge]

cs```
cs
private void FixedUpdate()
{
// Apply gravity force to each object in the list
foreach (Rigidbody body in objectsToAttract)
{
// Calculate the direction from the center of the planet to the object
Vector3 direction = (body.position - planetCenter.transform.position).normalized;
Vector3 localUp = body.transform.up;

// Apply gravitational force
body.AddForce(direction * gravityForce);

// Rotate the object to align with the gravity direction
body.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(localUp, direction) * body.rotation;

}
}``` here's the code i have. I think it's either the direction or the addforce, i dont really know

[jade rose]

again.. put c# at the top

so its legible

your making it alot harder to quickly read after having it explained repeatedly lol

[green hinge]

alright sorry

[summer stump]

And is it in the hierarchy?

[jade rose]

yea - i have a screenshot since im using an in-game heirarchy viewer

[slender nymph]

cs not c#

[jade rose]

c# works too

[slender nymph]

must be a fairly recent change because it didn't for the longest time

[jade rose]

its worked for atleast a few years

[jade rose]

its in the heirarchry twice

as a parentless (clone) and then on the parent

[summer stump]

Soooo... you gonna show it?

[green hinge]

 private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        // Apply gravity force to each object in the list
       foreach (Rigidbody body in objectsToAttract)
{
    // Calculate the direction from the center of the planet to the object
    Vector3 direction = (body.position - planetCenter.transform.position).normalized;
    Vector3 localUp = body.transform.up;

    // Apply gravitational force
    body.AddForce(direction * gravityForce);

    // Rotate the object to align with the gravity direction
    body.rotation = Quaternion.FromToRotation(localUp, direction) * body.rotation;
}
    }``` Ah there we go

[cosmic dagger]

look at the inline code section . . .
#💻┃code-beginner message

[jade rose]

i already did i linked to it.. but i can post it again if you like

[cosmic dagger]

WTF?

[summer stump]

Ohhh, didn't scroll down to the ss, sorry

[jade rose]

all good!

[summer stump]

Can we see it in the editor instead? To see the inspector as well
If possible

[jade rose]

i didnt want to spam the same post in multiple places

[summer stump]

Makes sense

[rich adder]

try logout and log back in hub ?
or return / renew license?

[jade rose]

unfortuantely i cant i dont have access to the editor since im working on setting up and document mod tools for the dev

[green hinge]

Wait i know

[summer stump]

I would log the non-local position it is being set to.
If the values being put in are the same, it would be in different positions

[green hinge]

maybe i should do directionX directionY and directionZ to attract it in 3d

[jade rose]

oh do you just want the data? i can show you both objects data though

[summer stump]

You are setting the LOCAL position, which is the offset from the parent. Without a parent it uses the world origin. With a parent the parent is the pivot

[jade rose]

unityexplorer is basically just like the edditor

gimme a sec

i broke it trying to change stuff around

[jade rose]

yea i can manually transform objects in game - i tried all sorts of different things but could never get it to exist

ok so this is the object that exists

this is the object that doesnt exist

for some reason its making 2 objects when it should only make one

i can manually assign the clone object to the parent object

and it will exist

[cosmic dagger]

weird, i hit update and restart. seems to have fixed it . . .

[jade rose]

which is why im assuming its a scripting error

[green hinge]

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[jade rose]

and im doing something incorrectly

[green hinge]

It works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jade rose]

also as for the parent object its set to 0 0 0

so it shouldnt be affecting anything

atleast to my understanding?

[rich adder]

oh hub version now messes with editor runtime ? weird..

[summer stump]

Yeaaaahhh.. that is right.
This is odd then

[jade rose]

im assuming the issue has to do with

why are there 2 objects?

            if (sceneName == "MainGame")
            {
                GameObject va01system = GameObject.Find("SingleplayerGame/GameMaster/VA01");
                if (va01system != null)
                {
                    // load thomas
                    if (!thomasLoaded)
                    {

                        if (thomasModel == null)
                        {
                            LoggerInstance.Msg("Loaded Bundle Successfully.");

                            thomasModel = AssetBundle.LoadFromFile("Mods/AssetBundles/thomas");

                            // load thomas once
                            GameObject thomasPrefab = thomasModel.LoadAsset<GameObject>("Thomas the Tank Engine");
                            Vector3 thomasPos = new Vector3(-30488.41f, 489.5023f, 38069.4f);

                            // set thomas's scale
                            thomasPrefab.transform.localScale = new Vector3(20, 20, 20);

                            // set thomas's local position
                            thomasPrefab.transform.localPosition = thomasPos;

                            // test parent
                            thomasPrefab.transform.parent = va01system.transform;

                            // initialize thomas
                            modelInstantiator.LoadModel(thomasPrefab);

                            LoggerInstance.Msg("Thomas Should be waiting for you outside planet Vauldric!");

                            // set loaded to true
                            thomasLoaded = true;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            LoggerInstance.Msg("Failed To load Bundle.");
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
public class modelInstantiator : MonoBehaviour
{
    public static void LoadModel(GameObject model)
    {
        Debug.Log("Object Instantialized!");
        Instantiate(model);
    }

this is a post of my code again

im only instanitalizing a single object

[cosmic dagger]

bruh, what is this screen we are looking at?

[rich adder]

You should avoid Find btw

[jade rose]

i cant

theres no easy way to access the objects

i dont really have full access to source

[rich adder]

ofc there are

[jade rose]

if i was making the game myself for sure but - im trying to set up mod-tools for the game

[jade rose]

do you mean the ingame editor windows?

[cosmic dagger]

what ever those screens are. i can't tell what's going on, lol . . .

[jade rose]

its a mod called unityexplorer - it basically just puts the editor in the game so you can use it and play

VAO1 is the parent object im linking to

Thomas (Clone) is the parentless object that works

and Thomas is the child object that isnt working

[summer stump]

I don't see anything jumping out at me, but it may have something to do with the base game you are modding. I see only one instantiate call.
If it was the whole method running twice, it would be the same settings.

Because it says (clone), then something must be instantiating another one FROM the model you just instantiated.
That makes me feel like it is from different code

But that doesn't answer why the first one is not working

[jade rose]

the clone is - presumably the first one

is that not how

assetbundles work?

[summer stump]

Clone means it was instantiated from an instance in the scene already

[jade rose]

if i dont do parent transformation the clone is the only one that exists

i was assuming that was how asset bundles work

[summer stump]

Well, I dunno. I don't use asset bundles, so that may be it.

[jade rose]

because i can make it so theres only one thomas and it'll be a clone

[jade rose]

yea they're kinda weird i dont exactly know how they work other than

you can bundle up everything except scripts and load them as a file

[jade rose]

also nothing should be affecting my script since my script runs completely seperated

i have to link-in and patch methods if i want to do stuff like that

but im not utilizing that feature

how does instantialize work without asset bundles?

not sure if this is outdated

but presumably instantiating prefabs assigns the clone

[jade rose]

also i can do this and manually assign the object as a parent

and it works fine

i just dont understand how to do that in script

[summer stump]

Have you tried just doing the overload for instantiate instead of setting the parent in its own line?

[jade rose]

i wasnt aware i could do that

i'll pull up instantiates api again

[summer stump]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

I would do the position AND parent in instantiate

[jade rose]

sorry how do you actually use optional paramaters like that?

[summer stump]

None of those are optional

You must do all the the parameters for the selected overload

[olive galleon]

I'm following a tutorial and have a question about how this code works, the only confusion I have is how can "TestingEvents_OnSpacePressed;" be accessed by the Start() function if TestingEvents_OnSpacePressed is a private void. Is it because they both reside under a public class so functions can access one another ?

[summer stump]

Private means it cannot be accessed OUTSIDE that class

The class being public is irrelevant

[jade rose]

so this wouldnt work?
gotcha - i'll load all the params thanks

[summer stump]

Well, there is an overload that just takes the prefab and parent

[jade rose]

whats the difference sorry?

[summer stump]

Instantiate(model, parentModel.transform)

[jade rose]

that was exactly the issue

thank you so much

ive been stuck on this for over a week 😭

[jade rose]

out of curiousity

what way would you suggest linking to a game object that has a persistently changing name

[rich adder]

a component

dependency inject it when possible

[gleaming elk]

Hi! I’m so new to unity and I’ve been having an issue with fungus ;-;

[rich adder]

finding something by name is pretty brittle

[jade rose]

yea i just dont know if i can really access them myself

if it was up to me id have components - or tags or something to know exaclty what they are - but thats not really in my control

or i'd have to rewrite a large chunk of code just to add it

the ship object is a parentless object

and im not really sure how to access it

like i have this
but - i dont know how to call the field

because the field exists on the object that has a changing name

i cant just call as-is

[rich adder]

huh ? doesnt it have a component?

components are Object

not sure I follow, this seems to be some type of mod so I'm not sure 🤷‍♂️

[olive galleon]

Should I try to have 1 class per 1 script? Or will there be times when I'll need to have multiple classes in 1 script?

[summer stump]

Yes, try to do 1 to 1

[jade rose]

right but to access the component you need the gameobject first yea?

[summer stump]

Sometimes you may want to have classes INSIDE of other classes, or small non-monobehaviour classes alongside monobehaviours, but other than that, separate them

Definitely never do two or more monobehaviours in a single script. That will cause issues

[rich adder]

not really. You can for example specifically look for the component or inject it dynamically

[jade rose]

you can look for components that you dont know the gameobject of? :O

[rich adder]

why would you look for specific name?

[jade rose]

so both of these game objects have names that change depending on what system you are in or what ship you are flying

i wasnt aware that i could get these objects in other means without storing an object refrence somewhere which isnt nessesarily something i can do easily

[delicate portal]

Hey! For some reason I cannot build this, because EditorUtility doesn't exist in the current context.
I know it can only be used inside the editor, but how should I open the explorer then in a built version?

[teal viper]

Using API specific to the platform os.

For example windows:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.openfiledialog?view=windowsdesktop-8.0

[delicate portal]

PC

[teal viper]

This is all googleable btw

[rich adder]

I use this
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/runtime-file-browser-113006
works well and its free

[delicate portal]

Let me try, thanks

Works!

What should I use instead of WWW ?

It works,but who knows one day if it will

[rich adder]

the new class is UnityWebRequest

You can use this variance as well
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture.html

[delicate portal]

There is no .texture in that class

I tried that

[rich adder]

see link i sent

[eternal needle]

did you look at the link even? it has an example

if you scroll down like once

[delicate portal]

I texted earlier than the link ahs been sent

[eternal needle]

it shows the other way around for me, but yea regardless the example shows what to do. there is indeed no .texture

[stuck palm]

@rocky canyon hey man, just wanted to tell you how I fixed my system yesterday

I decided to use rigidbody like you suggested and by changing the unity gravity values to my system's values (4x gravity) and stuff I was able to achieve a near identical feel to my old system. To this end, I also implemented a character controller / rigidbody hybrid with my players, so that when they enter a bouncy state they deactivate the CC and enable dynamic rigidbody. I made the floor have the same bounce values as my old system as well, and it has achieved a near identical effect 😊

I didn't actually have to change much in my scripts, and just replaced my old moveVector thing with rb.velocity with most of the values and it just worked out the box

[rich mountain]

'string' does not contain a definition for 'Interact' and no accessible extension method 'Interact' accepting a first argument of type 'string' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

    void Update(string currentInteractable)
    {
        CheckInteraction();
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.F) && currentInteractable != null)
        {
            if(!OpenInventory.Instance.CheckIfFull())
            {
            OpenInventory.Instance.AddToInventory(currentInteractable);
            currentInteractable.Interact();
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.Log("inv is fulll");
            }
        }
    }

Im trying to make a inventory for interactable objects but i get this error.

[green ether]

you are doing string.Interact()

what are you expecting to happen?

string.Interact() doesnt exist

[scarlet skiff]

i want this to return a random object from this list, or rather hashSet, or playerObjects, and get their components too, but when i use it, even tho there is one in the scene, it says null reference, am i missing something here? cant figure it out

[gaunt ice]

where you create the hashsets?

btw learn how to create a custom sturct/class for grouping the data

[scarlet skiff]

public static HashSet<PlayerMovement> playerMovementScripts;

foreach (PlayerMovement script in FindObjectsOfType<PlayerMovement>())
{
playerMovementScripts.Add(script);
}

or is something missing

[gaunt ice]

public List<int> ints;
public List<string> strings;
turn to
public struct MyStruct{
  int theInt;
  string theString;
}
public List<MyStruct> myStruct;
```how to use struct
```cs
public static HashSet<PlayerMovement> playerMovementScripts;<---declaration

foreach (PlayerMovement script in FindObjectsOfType<PlayerMovement>()){<-- you use it
     playerMovementScripts.Add(script);
}

public List<int> ints;<---variable declaration
ints=new List<int>();<--assignment/create the instance

[vague tiger]

how to move object with the same speed using rigidbody.addforce?

and not like accumulate force

[languid spire]

Forcemode velocitychange

[vague tiger]

but its still accumulating speed?

[languid spire]

Read the docs
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ForceMode.VelocityChange.html

[scarlet skiff]

so i just?

[gaunt ice]

you need to calculate the opposite force by yourself then add the force back, force must change the velocity

[gaunt ice]

yes, you need to create the instance

[scarlet skiff]

ok thanks

[west sonnet]

I'm using OnTriggerStay2D and when the player presses the E key, it should show a debug.log message. But it only seems to work every few seconds. Anyone know why?

[gaunt ice]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html
note that the rate of OnTriggerStay2D fired is not the same as update, so reading input may fail

[west sonnet]

Any way to change the rate of it being fired?

What would be the best way to detect when a player presses a key while inside a trigger collider?

[eternal needle]

you should be checking for input in update, or using the new input system then store the value. Check the value in the physics message

dont try changing the physics to accomodate, it wont work either as expected

[west sonnet]

Okay, I'll check for input in Update. But how can I only check for it while the player is within the trigger?

[eternal needle]

you dont, you check for it all the time and then set a value. Check that value whenever you want

[west sonnet]

I'm not sure I get what you mean. Check for it all the time and use a bool?

[eternal needle]

actually, can you show code? are you using GetKeyDown?

[west sonnet]

Yeah

[eternal needle]

my bad ignore what i said above, its incorrect.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input.GetKeyDown.html This is only true for one frame. Physics stuff doesnt run at the same rate as update, so this is why its rarely working. If you have 2 frames between a fixed update (which is very likely) then in frame 1 it can be true, in frame 2 it'll be false and fixed update never ran between these
You might be able to get away with just using GetKey instead

If you really need to use GetKeyDown here, if it matters that you're doing the logic over and over, then i would approach this differently.

[gaunt ice]

toggle a bool in enter and exit to indicate the player in the zone, then check its value in update

[west sonnet]

It worked! Thank you!

[west sonnet]

Oh yeah, that's a good idea

[eternal needle]

this code does seem a little odd though, the collision doesnt seem to be checking anything. if you enter any trigger at all, then you can press E. Is this what you want?

[west sonnet]

The code is attached to an object that has a trigger collider. So it's only if you enter that specific trigger and press E

[eternal needle]

this logic will run if other things enter that trigger too, but if thats not an issue then carry on

[tidal basin]

HI, I am trying to use new input system for my fps game. But i cant find how can i use the mouse raw input. Is there a way?

[summer shard]

how can i do something like this

public enum Interactions {
    use = "Użyj", pickup = "Podnieś"
}

public Interactions interactionText;
public UnityEvent interactEvent;

[gaunt ice]

looks like localization

[summer shard]

wdym??

[gaunt ice]

translate the text in your app to other languages

=>localize

btw c# enum must be integral type

[summer shard]

nah, i want to make an interaction system with different interaction texts but i don't want to manually set them with a string, and also so that other developers wouldn't make a mistake, so i want to make an enum holding string values, where devs can pick what type of interaction string they want to use for this object, use, pickup, etc

[eternal needle]

Maybe just static strings?

[summer shard]

what does that mean?

[gaunt ice]

other developers use your enum, so they cant make mistakes on the enum name

[summer shard]

like this?

[willow scroll]

Yes

And I would suggest writing enum items' names in English.

[summer shard]

im making a polish game, that's why i tried doing the "dictionary" type of thing, if i change it to english it would display in english

[willow scroll]

How would the language used to call your variables affect the game interface's language?

[eternal needle]

I mean the static keyword like
static readonly string something = "whatever"

[summer shard]

like im using it to display interaction text

[summer shard]

ohhh

[gaunt ice]

so localization

[willow scroll]

Well, you may translate it

[summer shard]

no 😭

[willow scroll]

If you want to make your game available in multiple languages, it doesn't mean you will have to rewrite all your variables in other languages

[summer shard]

nah, i want only polish

[gaunt ice]

the language of your programming wont affect the language in your ui, you can use tab and space only to code and it still displaying english

[willow scroll]

Alright, it's up to you

[summer shard]

so i can't do a "dictionary" enum? and have to use polish names for enum items?

[willow scroll]

You can create a dictionary with YourEnum key and string value

But it won't be serializable

[eternal needle]

static variables are pretty much what you're trying to accomplish here.

[summer shard]

but then how would i set them in explorer? for the interactionText

[eternal needle]

Im not entirely sure what you're asking. Some code would presumably know what string it wants then get the string

[gaunt ice]

name your enum be polish should work? as long as the compiler can compile it?
i think you want to display the enum name directly?

[summer shard]

void HandleInteraction() {
    RaycastHit hit;
    Ray ray = _camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, interactionDistance)) {
        GameObject raycastObject = hit.transform.gameObject;
        Interactable interactable = raycastObject.GetComponent<Interactable>();
        if (interactable && Input.GetKeyDown(interactionKey)) interactable.interactEvent.Invoke();
        if (interactable) {
            interactionText.text = $"[{interactionKey.ToString()}] [{interactable.interactionText}]";
        }
    }
    else interactionText.text = "";
}

public class Interactable : MonoBehaviour {
    
    public enum Interactions {
        Użyj, Podnieś
    }
    
    public Interactions interactionText;
    public UnityEvent interactEvent;
}

[summer shard]

yea, kind of? it'd be better if the names would be in english but polish ones are okay too

[eternal needle]

I see what you mean, easiest solution is likely gonna be a dictionary of <enum, string> for ease of choosing this in inspector

[summer shard]

and what type would i use for interactionText variable??

[eternal needle]

Well either dictionary or just a method with switch statement.

[eternal needle]

You would replace that with a method call for example which returns a string

[gaunt ice]

type the translation manually and use the enum in english to retrieve the text in polish

[eternal needle]

This is one example, I'm on mobile or I'd write
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/479410/enum-tostring-with-user-friendly-strings

The answer saying with extension method

[summer shard]

ts too hard, as a begginer i think i'll just stick with polish names for the enum, don't want to make one thing take a day to do

[eternal needle]

If doing a switch is too hard, consider doing c# basics first

[summer shard]

no, like doing switch is not hard at all, it's just that im a beginner at dictionaries and stuff, i'll check them out in my next project, rn it's not that needed

[eternal needle]

The switch would be a different solution from the dictionary. It would just exist in a method like in the last link I posted, not the first answer but the one under.

[vague tiger]

why this doesnt work properly
once i press a button
the cube starts moving left
but once i stop holding a button
it wont stop moving

nvm

[novel kettle]

Trying to make a script where material shaders glitch out with the BPM, but i cant seem to get the bpm script right.

[vague tiger]

how to make make game run horizontally on mobile?

[languid spire]

you can set that in the project settings

[fierce shuttle]

You can either poll the mouse input with Mouse.current, or you can create an action in your Input Action Asset with a path to the mouse delta or position (or whichever info your looking for), and then reference that with .ReadValue<T>(), where T would be the type of input, for example yourActionMap.yourActionWithMousePath.ReadValue<Vector2>() if you were reading delta or position
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/HowDoI.html#find-the-gamepad-that-the-player-is-currently-using

[tidal basin]

I am using mouse delta right now, but isnt it just measure the pixels? So in the theory this is not raw input. Can you fix if i am wrong?

[fierce shuttle]

Delta is the difference in position, so when you move the mouse, it will tell you how much you moved the mouse, in pixels, yes - if your mouse is at say [980, 100], and you moved it to [960, 100], your delta would be [20, 0]

[strong wren]

I would check the values. I believe precision of the input depends on the platform/hardware APIs and is not rounded by Unity.

[ripe oyster]

i'm using tilemaps for the first time, however the colission is weird. i'm using 'TileMap Collider 2D' but the collider on slopes is off. there is a gap in which the player gets stuck. does someone know how to fix it?

[tidal basin]

Oh okay, thanks!

[static cedar]

Open image file, select it, and go to sprite editor.

In the sprite editor you see this on top left.

[ripe oyster]

found the option

perfect, thanks

[scenic saffron]

Whats the difference between a Vector and a normalized Vector

[timber tide]

How would you write a z-forward directional vector in unity

[thorn holly]

Normalizing a vector makes its magnitude 1

[scenic saffron]

Thx

[scenic saffron]

I guess just: new Vector(0, 0, some number)

[timber tide]

(0, 0, 1) for z-forward

but now what does (0, 0, 2) mean for a directional vector

[scenic saffron]

twice as large in the z direction?

[timber tide]

for direction it means the same thing as (0, 0, 1)

however, if you're looking for distance along with direction, (0, 0, 2) gives you information such that we're looking in the z-forward direction and up to 2 units of length in that same direction

but if you're normalizing you're usually doing it on something for direction, so even if you had some vector greater than 1, it'll normalize it back into (0, 0, 1)

[scenic saffron]

Ok thx

I stole some code from ChatGPT and wanted to know why it normalized the Vectore

[timber tide]

general rule of thumb, if you're doing a calculation resulting in a direction, normalize it

[scenic saffron]

Ok thx

[fringe plover]

i need help.
I tried creating texture and saving in data folder:
File.WriteAllBytes(Application.dataPath + "/test.png", bytes);
But it says that access denied

[thorn holly]

I wouldn’t reccomend doing that

[scenic saffron]

Why? it works perfectly and it gives me a description in the code

[willow scroll]

Then you should've known why it normalizes the Vector

[scenic saffron]

And If it doesn't give me the results im looking forI just don't use it

[thorn holly]

And it won’t always work perfectly, especially if you need multiple scripts to interact in a specific way.

[scenic saffron]

It said that it normalizes the vector because it's for direction but I didn't know what it means to normalize a Vector

[thorn holly]

Which is why you shouldn’t use chat gpt code

You should know exactly what the code your using does

[scenic saffron]

If the code it gives me doesn't work I just don't use it

[scenic saffron]

That is true though, I try to use it as less as possible but I suck at coding so that's still quite often

[thorn holly]

Learn coding, then use unity

Don’t turn to chat gpt

[thorn holly]

The only way to not suck at coding is to learn and practice

I suck at base jumping, but if I wanted to get good at it, I’d learn how to do it, not have somebody else do it for me

Kinda ruins the entire purpose, if that makes sense

[wild veldt]

hello, does a class that extent another class also inherit the base's execution order ?

[thorn holly]

? Execution order?

[wild veldt]

in project settings

[thorn holly]

Oh sorry, I’m not sure

[swift crag]

I don't think so, no. Execution order is stored for each script asset.

and I don't think Unity is aware that script B has a class that derives from a class in script A

[tidal warren]

Hello friends, I am new to unity and i have a question. I messed around with unity's built in Character controller and using rigid body, and the movement always felt unsatisfying in a way. The thing i want in mind is a way for the movement to accelerate at a given rate, and also decelerate at a given different rate.

To further elaborate this and what I want, When the character moves forward, there should be a few seconds for example where the character is gaining speed until they reach their maximum speed, and when the user lets go of the forward button for example the character would stop moving but not instantly (which is the thing i am trying to fix). Further examples would be Cars, imagine car on neutral, gas peddle = accelerate, leave gas = decelerate.

I am using the old input system btw
I found a solution for the acceleration that works just fine (Image 1)
I just cant find one for the deceleration.

[swift crag]

you just need a different value when slowing down

[wintry quarry]

Doesn't look like you're using Rigidbodies, but yeah just use a different acceleration value

[swift crag]

acceleration * 3 would make you slow down three times faster than you speed up

[wild veldt]

is there any way that i could get the Start to execute in a precise order without having to add every children of my base class one by one ?

[timber tide]

yeah, that's something I've ran into before. I've had to split up my GameManager a bit just to combat it.

[swift crag]

why do you need a precise ordering?

[tidal warren]

In the screenshot i am currently using the character controller

[timber tide]

Usually properties help lessen the amount of information I needed before everything is loaded in. Just bind references then execute later.

[wild veldt]

to set a variable in cascade
object A sets the variable of B
B does some operation with the variable then sets the variable of C

[swift crag]

Do you assign references so that A can find B and B can find C?

[wild veldt]

yes

it works sometimes

[swift crag]

I'd just make this explicit.

[wild veldt]

but it depends on the ordering

[swift crag]

Instead of using Start, add a "setup" method.

A will still use Start.

It calls B's Setup

[timber tide]

Start is pretty random and I try to avoid it

[swift crag]

Then B calls C's Setup

[wild veldt]

oh that's smart

[swift crag]

This is roughly how I do all of my UI setup

[wild veldt]

thank you

[swift crag]

my settings menu starts with a list of categories/settings

the list creates all of the buttons and settings entries, then creates new lists for the categories and tells them to setup

another useful thing: if you sometimes have A call B call C ..., and sometimes just have B or C by themselves (that don't need any setup), you can do something like this

[timber tide]

Another idea I've had is just make everything a prefab and instantiate at the start by iterating over the list but it's a pain then to work on the editor

[swift crag]

public class B : MonoBehaviour {
  private bool initialized = false;
  
  void Start() {
    if (!initialized) {
      Initialize();
    }
  }

  public void Initialize() {
    initialized = true;
  }

  public void InitializeWithData(int whatever) {
    // do something with that data
    Initialize();
  }
}

I used this for a component that was sometimes set up with code and was sometimes setup manually in the scene

[lost cypress]

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

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

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.Translate(Vector3.right * 3 * Time.deltaTime);

    }
}```

it is not really moving my object, anyone knows why?

[deft grail]

wdym by that? is it moving slowly or not moving at all or what?

[deft grail]

dont multiply it by deltaTime

[lost cypress]

not moving at all

the object is intially in the air so when I play it, it goes down and that is it, it never goes forward

[deft grail]

get rid of deltaTime then try it and see

[swift crag]

multiplying by deltaTime is correct here

otherwise, you will be moving at 3 meters per frame

rather than three meters per second

[lost cypress]

works now

[swift crag]

is there a Rigidbody or CharacterController attached to the same game object?

[lost cypress]

Yes

[swift crag]

You need to use those to move

Don't directly change the position of the transform.

Which one are you using?

[lost cypress]

I have a train which is connected but I had added the scrip and rigidbody to both but forgot on the one in the middle, how do I add the same script on it?

[swift crag]

If you're using a Rigidbody, then either use AddForce to push it or MovePosition to directly give it a new position

[deft grail]

or change its .velocity

[lost cypress]

what do I do agian, I am confused

Another problem now is that not the entire part of my train moves, i checked that all of the gameobjects have the script, why is one not moving?

[deft grail]

use the Rigidbody to move instead of moving the Transform directly

[swift crag]

Your script currently just changes the position of whatever game object it's attached to.

It doesn't care about physics at all, because it's not doing anything with a Rigidbody

Now, the rigidbodies will still do something -- you're going to be fighting with them

[lost cypress]

something like:

public class Move : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody rb;


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


    void FixedUpdate()
    {

        Vector3 movement = Vector3.right;
        rb.MovePosition(rb.position + movement);
    }
}```

[willow scroll]

Don't forget about the Time.deltaTime / Time.fixedDeltaTime.
Also consider adding the float speed

[deft grail]

does it work? also would be better to use AddForce or set the velocity

[wintry quarry]

MovePosition ignores collisions too

use velocity or AddForce

[lost cypress]

no

[wintry quarry]

hoenstly sounds like it's working just moving too slow for you to notice

how big are these objects

[swift crag]

no, that's when you set the position property

MovePosition attempts to actually move to the destination

[wintry quarry]

Nah - it goes right into walls and needs to be depenetrated, for dynamic bodies

[swift crag]

although, confusingly, it does say

Moves the kinematic Rigidbody towards position.

[wintry quarry]

for kinematic bodies it moves them and collides with other things

[swift crag]

yet:

Teleporting a Rigidbody from one position to another uses Rigidbody.position instead of MovePosition.

[willow scroll]

MovePosition moves the object to the desired position in any case, even if it meens going through the wall.

[wintry quarry]

yes it's intended for kinematic bodies

[swift crag]

Ah, I see! So it hits things, but it is not hit by things.

[wintry quarry]

yeah. It's intended for teleporting kinematic bodies while maintaining interpolation and hitting things

[swift crag]

good to know...I was under the impression that it attempted an actual movement of a non-kinematic rigidbody

[rich adder]

good example is Moving platform

[lost cypress]

guys still lost

[deft grail]

change it to AddForce or set the velocity

[lost cypress]

how do i use addForce

[deft grail]

look at the documentation for it

google Unity AddForce

[swift crag]

indeed -- that cube went straight through the wall

that's actually pretty annoying. there doesn't seem to be a way to neatly move a rigidbody to a new position in a way that respects colliders

interestingly, when the rigidbody is non-kinematic, it doesn't hit other non-kinematic rigidbodies along its path

i had to make it kinematic for that to happen

[willow scroll]

Your code with the MovePosition can be rewritten with the AddForce by removing the position from the 1st parameter, as the MovePosition takes the new position, and AddForce the direction

[frail whale]

have an interesting problem trying to first person camera controls with the new input system, trying to clamp camera rotation on the x-axis taking mouse delta as an input. any suggestions on how to appropriately clamp the main camera's rotation during update? issue im running into is that since delta is constantly refreshed, i never actually come close to approaching my clamp value per update unless i sling my mouse, so there's nothing actually limiting the global rotation of the camera

[lost cypress]

public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float thrust = 1.0f;
    public Rigidbody rb;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        rb.AddForce(0, 0, thrust, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }
}```

still not moving

[willow scroll]

Also deltaTime is not required in this case, still serialize the speed, as it might be not enough for you to see the changes

[lost cypress]

I used this code

from the documentation, obviously changed the class name

[willow scroll]

The force is applied just once for the z axis and is too small.

[deft grail]

why are you using the 2nd bit of code? use the 1st one
transform.right * thrust instead of 0, 0, thrust

also increase it a bit instead of 1

[lost cypress]

using UnityEngine;

public class Move : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float thrust = 5.0f;
    private Rigidbody rb;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        rb.AddForce(transform.right * thrust, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }
}```

you mean like this?

[deft grail]

yeah i guess, also is the value of thrust actually not 0 in the inspector? the code doesnt matter if its 0 in the inspector

[lost cypress]

where in the insepctor is it? Can I not change it duing script? Isn't there another easier way?

[willow scroll]

no

[lost cypress]

My first code: ```cs
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

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

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    transform.Translate(Vector3.right * 3 * Time.deltaTime);

}

}```

[deft grail]

the inspector should be on the right of your screen in the Editor when you click on your gameobject in the hierarchy

[willow scroll]

The value you assign via code is the default value for the Inspector, when the script is first added

[lost cypress]

had worked before, but after I made huge changes in the scene, it doesn't anymore

[deft grail]

you can just not use a variable? or you can set the variable in Start before you use it

[lost cypress]

still not moving

[deft grail]

show the code

[swift crag]

show the code and the inspector for your component

e.g.

[lost cypress]

using UnityEngine;

public class Move : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody rb;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        rb.AddForce(transform.right * 5, ForceMode.Impulse);
    }
}

[deft grail]

ok code should be fine, we need to see whats going on in your scene/game to know how to help

show the inspector of your train

[deft grail]

why do you have 2 of the same script on this object?

[lost cypress]

i just realised

[raw kindle]

I am doing a flood check to check if all objects in a ship starting from the core are connected, I use the offsets from the core which are multiples of 1.28, for some reason here (-1.28,-1.28,0.00) does not equal (-1.28,-1.28,0.00) even though it does

[swift crag]

that object is veeeery far away from the world origin

[lost cypress]

I actually have 3 lol

[swift crag]

it's also colossal

an impulse of 5 means a 1 kilogram object will gain 5m/s of velocity

if the object is a kilometer across, that will barely be perceptible

[deft grail]

yeah 600 scale is insane

everything usually should be around 1

[raw kindle]

Ship looks like this with the core being the red one, the objects are in a grid pattern having 1.28f distance between each adjacent object

[swift crag]

you're using Equals, which has zero room for error

I would suggest using Vector3.Distance to check if you're within a small margin

[chrome tide]

here i have this code, it's for a scanner that scans a selected area so it will show where are the nearby objects, and this IEnumerator spawns, and then destroyes the dots:

private IEnumerator ScanRender(Vector3[] points)
{
    List<GameObject> pointClones = new List<GameObject>();

    foreach (var p in points)
    {
        GameObject pointClone = Instantiate(point, p, point.transform.rotation);
        pointClone.transform.parent = pointsParent.transform;
        pointClones.Add(pointClone);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.000000005f);
    }

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(dotLifetime);

    foreach (var pointClone in pointClones)
    {
        Destroy(pointClone);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.000000005f);
    }
}```

I want this process to happen really fast, so it will look satisfying but won't be annoying for the player, and the problem is that no matter how much smaller the value in "WaitForSeconds()" is, it still seems like it waits the same amount of time. does it have a limit? if it does, then how do i bypass it?

[swift crag]

alternatively, work in grid cells instead with Vector3Int

[raw kindle]

ok will try

[swift crag]

operator == for Vector3 has a slight fudge factor

[swift crag]

this is what I'd go for

[raw kindle]

I am afraid I dont understand

you mean scale them down to 1 instead of the odd value of 1.28

[tidal parrot]

yo, guys, im making a simple collision system for my game

I'm using Tilemap Collider 2D, Rigidbody 2D, Composite Collider 2D

is there any way to shrink down the collision hitbox more?

[swift crag]

That's roughly the idea.

Have you ever used a Tilemap before?

When you use a Tilemap, you can ask it where in the world a specific cell is.

The resulting position depends on:

• how big each tile is
• where the Tilemap has been positioned

So, for a 3x3 grid placed at the world origin, the cell [1, 0, 0] has a world position of [3, 0, 0]

in your case, you have a 1.28x1.28 grid

It's easier to reason about which grid square the tile is in than where in the world the tile is

[1, 0, 0] is a neighbor of [0, 0, 0]

you don't care how big the tiles are or where the Tilemap is

[raw kindle]

In the game it more important where the objects are at in relation to the core which Obj.offset, but I will sure look into that when I try to optimise thanks for the suggestion

[swift crag]

same idea -- you could store the offset as a cell position

so this object is 4 cells right and 3 cells up from the core

You can use the Grid component for this.

[rocky canyon]

couldnta asked for an easier solution 🙂

[swift crag]

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

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GridLayout.CellToWorld.html

This tells you where in the world a cell position is

stick a grid on the core and use it to translate back and forth

If you want to know which cell you clicked on, use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GridLayout.WorldToCell.html

[raw kindle]

also you were right I was just using wrong function to compare vectors

[bitter crown]

yo

im doing a unity course and its saying my code is wrong even tho i did exactly what the instructor did

can someone tell me what the problem is

[languid spire]

missing )

[scenic saffron]

you forgot a bracket at the end

[swift crag]

you did not do exactly what the instructor did (:

[bitter crown]

omg

[swift crag]

as a rule of thumb, you must match all ( ), { }, and [ ]

[bitter crown]

ill fix it

[swift crag]

Note that your code editor was indicating an error at the end

and in this case, it's informative!

[bitter crown]

i still dont see the issue

where is the missing bracket

[scenic saffron]

at the end

right before ;

[swift crag]

this is precisely the error you made

[scenic saffron]

before not after;

[polar grail]

this is not it

[bitter crown]

OH

[swift crag]

; terminates a statement.

[scenic saffron]

; is almost always last

[swift crag]

it is unwise to put it in the middle of your statement

[bitter crown]

its fixed

excuse my lack of brain power

thank you all

[scenic saffron]

no problem

[bitter crown]

the fact i needed 23 minutes and outside help to fix that is astonishing

[polar grail]

didn't the console tell you ")" expected

[scenic saffron]

btw does anyone know how I can decide what layer my 2d character is on without changing the z coordinate?

[languid spire]

I think the word you are looking for is 'painful'

[bitter crown]

it just said expected nothing more

[bitter crown]

indeed

[scenic saffron]

so its like in front of the background

[polar grail]

why can't you change the Z axis?

[rich adder]

Layer Order

[scenic saffron]

the position of the object changes the position of a different object

[scenic saffron]

how

[rich adder]

are you using Sprite Renderer ?

[scenic saffron]

i think so

[rich adder]

look for "Order in Layer"

or play with sorting Layers

[scenic saffron]

found it

works thx

[summer stump]

The semicolon had an error saying it expected a parenthesis, meaning it was expecting one BEFORE it
Where you see an error like that is always after where the suggested character should go

[bitter crown]

mb ill keep that in mind

[full wave]

hello, im coming back to unity after a long pause, so i forgot most of the thing i knew.

i was watching a video from sebastian lague where he was simulating fluids.
but at abt 30 sec, he typed DrawCircle(Vector2.zero, 1, Colour.lightBlue); into update.
i never saw a function like that before, and when i went to try it out, it says both the method DrawCircle() and Colour dont exist. but it works fine in the video.
im confused. is there a similar function to that that works?
this is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSKMYc1CQHE

[swift crag]

Both of these must be third-party code

unity's Color class (not Colour) doesn't have a lightBlue property

and there is indeed no DrawCircle

[full wave]

system.drawing.color does tho

[swift crag]

LightBlue, not lightBlue

(and it's still not Colour)

[full wave]

i didnt see anything like that in the description

[rocky canyon]

@stuck palm why the ninja edit/ delete?

thats exactly why it was easy.

[stuck palm]

SORRY my phone glitched and the message got sent like 5 times and unity muted my messages lmao 😭

[tawdry depot]

hi, how know this how can I fix
Game scripts or other custom code contains OnMouse_ event handlers. Presence of such handlers might impact performance on handheld devices.
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)

[stuck palm]

I was just patting my own back a bit lol

[rocky canyon]

ahh okay.. but yea, apparently ur system was pretty accurate to real life physics..

[stuck palm]

yeah, heres the code if u wanna have a look, its a static class that takes the current velocity as a parameter as well as other parameters and augments the value, which would get called by the character in update and stuff

https://gdl.space/okapodoxis.cpp

[full wave]

is there a similar function to that or should i just create a sprite and clone it when necessary?

[frigid sequoia]

Why do you want to draw a circle specifically?

[full wave]

circles are cool

idk, they are the best representation of particles, and they are easiest to move and shi

[rocky canyon]

⭕

i agree

[warped ginkgo]

Im trying to make a camera in my game move like the unity camera, I already managed to do the movement because it was ez, but now its time for the hard stuff: rotating. Esentially, whenever i drag my mouse, the camera's rotation should follow it, just like it does in unity. How can I do this?

[full wave]

ill do it using prefabs i guess

[frigid sequoia]

But you want to use them as particles? Isn't the default particles already a circle?

Use that

[full wave]

by particles i mean like atoms

or molecules

not effects'

i forgot particles have 2 meanings

[rich adder]

use the input of the MouseX/Y to add rotation to X/Y

not that much different than fps camera without the clamp

[full wave]

what `is the thing called, where i have an array, but each element has multiple variables

[swift crag]

that'd just be an array of objects

or structs

[System.Serializable]
public class MyData {
  public int florp;
  public string foo;
}

public List<MyData> items;

[full wave]

like

[
{v=10, x=4}
{v=4, x=5}
.
.
.
]```

[warped ginkgo]

add rotation is kind of, the hard part
because im not sure exactly how to do it to say the least

[full wave]

oh

[rich adder]

whenever you have a big problem, chip away slowly, start small 🙂
its 🧀 but it works

[west sonnet]

I have a UI menu and a sprite as my cursor. I've used "Cursor.visible = false" to hide the cursor. I'm trying to find a way to create sprites that are clickable, like menu items. how can I do it?

[rocky canyon]

weeeee

[rich adder]

ayee

[rocky canyon]

i keep forgetting i have no clamp..

[rocky canyon]

anything with a collider can be clickable.. with the EventSystem

[rich adder]

so you're using an image component as mouse cursor ?

[west sonnet]

Yeah

[rich adder]

dont forget to disable the Raycast target on it or its going to block other UI elements

[rocky canyon]

even 3d objects if u have a graphic raycaster component

^ yup, thast how i do my custom cursors.. tehy are image components that follow the mouse position after converting to screenspace

w/ raycast target disabled u can click thru to the element under

[west sonnet]

I have an image component as my cursor. Then my menu screen is another image and I've got a box collider on a specific part of it that should be clickable. Thing is, I click and nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?

[rocky canyon]

you dont need a box collider for an image component

[west sonnet]

How can I get it so that only part of the image component is clickable? As in, it will trigger something

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdgKuNSiw9k&t=314s&ab_channel=SpawnCampGames

heres a video i made a while ago.. it covers different types of ways u can do it

[west sonnet]

Thanks!

[rocky canyon]

put a blank image component over the top of it

and disable the raycast target tick on that

thats the only way i can think of making just part of the image clickable

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.4/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Image-alphaHitTestMinimumThreshold.html

[rocky canyon]

ohh interesting

i didn't know it even worked like that..

i thought it was a bounds type of thing

[rich adder]

yup is really handy

the only weird thing is you can only set it via code

[rocky canyon]

but default it will click on a transparent pixel right?

b/c if not i need to redo some stuff 😄

[rich adder]

without it, uses the rect transform bounds

[rocky canyon]

ohh okay good good

[west sonnet]

I'm confused. I'm made a transparent image over where I want the clickable part of the image but I guess that's not gonna work?

[rich adder]

if you want the whole image to be clickable just put even trigger for it

[gleaming burrow]

The skeleton is moved on the Y axis when he wait, can you help me ?

[languid spire]

Dont need to do that. Just use that link to set the threshold on your original image

[west sonnet]

I only want part of it to be clickable

[rich adder]

then use the code provided

[languid spire]

That is the whole point, did you read the docs I linked?

[rocky canyon]

when he.. what?

[gleaming burrow]

when the coroutine is calleed

[rocky canyon]

oh okay

[west sonnet]

It says "The alpha tested is retrieved from the image sprite only", but I haven't got a sprite set on my transparent box. I guess I should?

[languid spire]

you said you had an image, that is the sprite

[rocky canyon]

i doubt his image is based off of alpha..

[west sonnet]

The background image, yeah. But I've got another transparent image on top where I want it to be clickable

[rocky canyon]

you can put an event system on that image component

and have access to OnClick, etc

EventTrigger component is the easiest imo.. but theres other ways too.. like using the IPointer Handler stuff

[languid spire]

I'm not understanding your setup, I thought you were talking about a clickable image and needing to ignore parts of it

[rocky canyon]

i think he has 1 big image.. with multiple parts he wants to click on

like.. normally id recommend chopping it up into seperate sprites

w/ the sprite slicing tool thing

[languid spire]

well thats no problem.
Set the alpha of pixels of the image that can be clicked to 1
Set the alpha of the pixels that cannot be clicked to 0.9f
Set the alphahitThreshold to 0.95f

[rocky canyon]

@west sonnet can you share a screenshot of the image/s ur working with?

so we have some more contex

[rocky canyon]

lol.. thats sorta genius

[loud mango]

idk why this is happening.

the enemy model keeps following my in the wrong rotation

[languid spire]

it's sorta obvious, I've used it many, many times

[rocky canyon]

but am i missing something? wouldn't setting the alpha make it sorta transparent where u cannot click..

[languid spire]

with an alpha of 0.9 you dont see the difference

[rocky canyon]

ahh, okay. 👍

[languid spire]

this is really useful if you want to make a select circle of images like a pie chart for example

[wintry quarry]

select the enemy with the move tool

and see which way the blue arrow is pointing

[loud mango]

it goes the opposite of the model is

[wintry quarry]

yep that's your problem

YOu need to fix your model

[languid spire]

So reimport your model with the correct transforms

[loud mango]

ooooooooo

okei

[molten dock]

hi

how do i have random.range return a different number every time the if statement its in is called

right now it does the same number over and over

[wintry quarry]

It returns a different number each time

if you're seeing the same number you're doing something wrong

shwo your code?

[molten dock]

oh oaky

if (distanceToPlayer <= meleeRange)
{
int randomAttack = Random.Range(1, 2);

[wintry quarry]

Random.Range(1, 2) will always return 1

because the upper bound is excluded in the integer version

[molten dock]

i thought it would do one and two oops

[rocky canyon]

simple

[molten dock]

so 0,2 is correct

[wintry quarry]

if you want a 50/50 chance at something do this:

bool coinFlip = Random.value > 0.5f;```

[molten dock]

swag

thank you

[icy junco]

when is it best to go from capsule to real charchter, in the beginning of your game or more at the ebd

end

[rich adder]

idk sometimes i do both

[wintry quarry]

depends on your game and what's important in your game

[molten dock]

i like having my game look nice from the start even tho its a bad idea

cause u will have new ideas which will require new art

[rocky canyon]

you can work faster w/o fancy graphics

[rich adder]

Its good to work on the art/making look nice when taking break from doing lots of the coding

[molten dock]

is it more or less code efficient to start variables mid script

[molten dock]

like for example the int randomAttack there

[wintry quarry]

wdym by "start variables mid script"?

local variables are a good idea

Generally a variable should have the minimum scope required to do its job

[molten dock]

that is in the middle of the script and usually my variables are b4 the start

[rich adder]

in the methods?

[wintry quarry]

I'll just reiterate this ^^

[molten dock]

i understand

[hollow dawn]

in this line of code how can I change how high I can jump? using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
public CharacterController controller;

public float speed = 12f;
public float gravity = -9.81f;
public Transform groundCheck;
public float groundDistance = 0.4f;
public LayerMask groundMask;
public float jumpHeight = 3f;

Vector3 velocity;
bool isGrounded;

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

    isGrounded = Physics.CheckSphere(groundCheck.position, groundDistance, groundMask); 

    if(isGrounded && velocity.y < 0)
    {
        velocity.y = -2f;
            
           
    }

    float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
    float z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

    Vector3 move = transform.right * x + transform.forward * z;

    controller.Move(move * speed * Time.deltaTime);

    if(Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && isGrounded)
    {
        velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -2f * gravity);
    }

    velocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;

    controller.Move(velocity * Time.deltaTime);


}

}

[west sonnet]

This is what I've got going on

The hand is basically the cursor, and it should be able to click on the shotgun, but nothing happens

[wintry quarry]

!code