💻┃code-beginner

[hexed terrace]

by base, do you mean built-in RP

[lost anvil]

yep forgot the name

[hexed terrace]

BiRP

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.postprocessing@3.4/manual/Manipulating-the-Stack.html

[ripe spire]

hi can someone help me with this script and tell me what am I doing wrong

[hexed terrace]

right mouse click the error -> suggested fixes

[languid spire]

to start with you dont seem to know the difference between upper and lower case

[hexed terrace]

gotta fix those top two compile errors

[summer stump]

The important bits of the errors are cut off

[languid spire]

so why would expect a Unity Editor API to be available in a build?

you are referening an Editor only namespace, that does not exist in a build

[summer shard]

where do i post questions about lightning

[polar acorn]

You cannot use anything from any UnityEditor namespace in a build

[swift crag]

You probably added a using directive by accident.

[polar acorn]

#archived-lighting

[swift crag]

Your IDE can auto-insert them based on the types you're trying to use

[ripe spire]

Now it looks like this and it says that ,,Random" dont have definition of ,,Range"

[swift crag]

Yes, because System.Random is probably not the Random you actually wanted.

[polar acorn]

System's Random doesn't have a function named Range

[hexed terrace]

You've been given the info to fix it

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[hot shore]

Hello, im new in unity and was just wondering how games like sims 4 handle pause when in build mode? I see that it doesnt entirely pause the game since it still lets me move and place objects/furniturr on screen

[polar acorn]

Everything that's not supposed to happen when the game is paused checks if the game is paused before it does that thing

[swift crag]

"Pausing" is a pretty vague concept

You aren't completely freezing the game

(that would be useless; you couldn't unpause!)

If everything respects the current timescale correctly (so, nothing cares about the exact frame count or framerate), setting the timescale to zero will pause your game world

But you can still make parts of your game not respect the timescale

My menus all use Time.unscaledDeltaTime

as does the spectator mode, which means you can fly around even when the game is paused

[hot shore]

Oh i see so i just have to set timescale to 0 and manually specify the parts that should not respect the timescale and use unscaleddeltatime. Thank you guys!

[full wave]

how do i return all GOs with a set tag ("mass"), except the GO thats running the script?

[tawdry rock]

how can i reach the SkinnedMeshRenderer material's emissive property?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag.html

[exotic plank]

Ask your players to install a debugger in order to unpause

[swift crag]

true

[swift crag]

There isn't going to be a method that excludes the current game object, but you can filter the results.

[polar acorn]

It depends on the shader. You'll need to see what they've named that player. Then you'd use SetFloat or SetTexture2D or whatever type it is with that name.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Material.html

[tawdry rock]

i mean i may asked a wrong way, the skinnedmesh renderer using a material and the material has this emission_power property

[polar acorn]

So, you'd need to find out what that property is named internally in the shader and use one of the Set___ functions on material to set it

[tawdry rock]

and how do i track it down? my current alternative solution is: having 2 materials (one with 0 and one with 1 emission) and changing the skinnedmeshrenderer's material.

[polar acorn]

If you look at the shader asset in the inspector it should have the names of everything.

[tawdry rock]

this thing?

[polar acorn]

Yes. Looks like the internal name for Emission_Power is Vector1_34B15A85 if I'm reading that right

So that'd be the string you'd use to set that float

[chrome tide]

I'm making a menu animation. First i set it's Y size to 0 so it isnt visible:

rect.localScale = new Vector2(rect.localScale.x, 0f);```
then i call an OpeningAnim() method so it will scale up the Y value, creating a cool animation as if the UI "jumps" out:
```cs
public void OpeningAnim()
{
    rect.DOScale(new Vector2(rect.localScale.x, 1f), duration).SetEase(Ease.OutBack);
}```
The problem i have is that the Title, Play and Exit text objects (those are TextMeshPro objects) dissapear after calling OpeningAnim. It also happens when i set the scale normally (`rect.localScale = new Vector2(rect.localScale.x, 1f);`), not via DOTween's DOScale (`rect.DOScale(new Vector2(rect.localScale.x, 1f), duration).SetEase(Ease.OutBack);`). the only objects that are still visible are images.
Note that I scale the whole Canvas object.
I also provide these screenshots with my hierarchy objects, how the menu is supposed to look and how it should not.

[wintry quarry]

Which object is rect referring to?

[chrome tide]

this doesnt happen when i set the canva's Y local scale to 0, and then back to 1

[chrome tide]

the Rect Transform in the Canvas

[wintry quarry]

which object is the canvas

"Menu"?

[chrome tide]

yes

Menu

[wintry quarry]

SO what's the effect you want?

You want everything to stretch?

Or what

[chrome tide]

i want it to go from scaleY 0 to scaleY 1

[wintry quarry]

that's a code answer

I want to know what effect you're trying to achieve

visually

Do you want things to stretch or do you want things to... be slowly revealed as if being uncovered by something?>

[chrome tide]

i want it to suddenly stretch

the animation is done right, i tested it and the images are animated properly. the only issue is that the Text objects (game title etc) dissapear for some reason.

[tawdry rock]

It works, thanks. Super complicated tho on the first blink and changing material seems easier but i don't want to clutter my project so i will get used to it.

[polar acorn]

It'd be easier if whoever made the shader gave that property a sensible name

[charred spoke]

I believe I have run into this issue before. Try calling ForceMeshUpdate on the text mesh pro objects

[carmine elm]

i never had this problem, but if i try to declare a Vector3 i have to declare it UnityEnginge.Vector3 to work, what can i do?

[charred spoke]

Put using UnityEngine; at the top of your script

[carmine elm]

it is there

[wintry quarry]

Show your code and the errors you're getting. You did something wrong

[charred spoke]

Or is it because you have an ambiguous declaration from another lib ?

[wintry quarry]

probably that

you probably have using System.Numerics;

But yeah sharing the error message will reveal everything

[charred spoke]

If the other lib is needed you can set an alias using Vector3= UnityEngine.Vector3 at the top

[carmine elm]

thanks

[vital hinge]

could someone help me out troubleshoot/debug/fix a score system im trying to implement in a flappy bird like game?

[blissful spindle]

Hi, I would like to take for example a number 1 and increase it to number 10 in 2seconds how would I be able to achieve that? (yes I do know its a silly question)

I want to do this for a smooth transition between FOV changes

[wintry quarry]

If you have a specific question, just ask it, with details and context.

[wintry quarry]

Use either Update or a Coroutine. It can be done with e.g. Mathf.MoveTowards

DOtWeen is a good option too

[blissful spindle]

hmm I see since I dont understand Coroutines will check out the Mathf solution THX a lot

[wintry quarry]

those are not mutually exclusive things

[chrome tide]

doesn't really work:

private void UpdateTextMeshes()
{
    foreach (var text in texts)
    {
        text.ForceMeshUpdate();
        Debug.Log("Updated");
    }
}```
i call it in start(), is it done right?:
```cs
texts = FindObjectsOfType<TextMeshProUGUI>();
InvokeRepeating(nameof(UpdateTextMeshes), 1f, 1f);

[wintry quarry]

for fov change it would be very simple. Something like:

float zoomFov = 40;
float normalFov = 90;

float targetFov;
float currentFov;
float fovChangeSpeed = 100f;
Camera myCam; // make sure to assign this

void Start() {
  currentFov = normalFov;
}

void Update() {
  currentFov = Mathf.MoveTowards(currentFov, targetFov, fovChangeSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
  myCam.fov = currentFov;
}

void Zoom() {
  targetFov = zoomFov;
}

void UnZoom() {
  targetFov = normalFov;
}```

[blissful spindle]

uuuh ok THX

[charred spoke]

You should be calling it every time the animation updates, I believe DoTween has a callback for that. However doing it like this should at least show the text now right ?

[chrome tide]

it doesn't, it is as if i didn't add this TextMeshPro mesh update:

[chrome tide]

i will try to do the DoTween callback if it exists

one way or another, it still should update the text's mesh.

[willow scroll]

That's wrong.

The ForceMeshUpdate method should be called just before performing any calculations, which may require the updated info of the text.

Calling it every 1 second is blind-guessing

[vital hinge]

mb, so basically I made this game object that just has a box collider set on isTrigger and added an AddScore script so that whenever the player collides with the box it just increases the score value then I asign the text object a script that updates the score based on the previous script. Issue is that I m getting this error

[wintry quarry]

That's just a NullReferenceException

it's the same as any other NullReferenceException

[vital hinge]

what does that mean?

[willow scroll]

If you, say, perform any calculations in the OnValidate method, you should call the ForceMeshUpdate method just before accessing the text's variables

private void OnValidate()
{
    text.ForceMeshUpdate();

    // calculate stuff
}

[wintry quarry]

It's the most common error for beginners to deal with and it's extremely simple

[vital hinge]

cuz the score isnt updating

[vital hinge]

perfect lol

[wintry quarry]

Yeah because you haven't referenced something properly

you're trying to use a reference that is not assigned

look at the filename and line number in your error

it tells you exactly where to look

Score.cs line 16

[wintry quarry]

You don't have a UnityEngine.UI.Text component attached to the same GameObject as this script

simple

[wintry quarry]

yes

[willow scroll]

Imagine having a red apple in your room and trying to eat it. But you cannot eat it, because it doesn't exist. It is null and gets an error.

[wintry quarry]

look at your inspector

No Text there
So the GetComponent returns null.

[chrome tide]

what do i put in // calculate stuff ? i don't do any changes on the TextMeshProUGUI objects, i don't change their text etc.

[willow scroll]

calculate*, that was a typo

[vital hinge]

sry I still dont get it

[wintry quarry]

Do you see a Text component here anywhere?

I don't

So the code won't find one

because it doesn't exist

[willow scroll]

I haven't seen the full context, I have just seen you using ForceMeshUpdate and said you weren't using it correctly.
You don't need to use this method unless you access any variables of your text, which are updated when the Mesh is changed. It is changed in the Update method.

[chrome tide]

ok, thank you

[vital hinge]

yea but the script isnt AddScore, its Score

this one

[wintry quarry]

So why did you show a screenshot of the AddScore object?

[vital hinge]

yea idk mb

[wintry quarry]

expand that Text thing

[willow scroll]

I believe Uri suggested you to use ForceMeshUpdate here, but I don't think this is an issue.
Are you having the same issue we've discussed earlier, with the UI not being displayed on runtime?

[vagrant zealot]

The problem is on GameManagerState but i cant really understand the problem i would be glad if someone can help

[wintry quarry]

m getting an error on GameManager.GetComponent<GameManager>().SetGameManagerState(GameManager.GameManagerState.GameOver); at the first block of code
You should share the error. WE're not mind readers

"an error" is too vague

[wintry quarry]

You probably just have another copy of this script in the scene where there is no Text component

[willow scroll]

Please, consider sharing the error. You're probably getting a NullReferenceException

[vital hinge]

oh yea true! Found it, now I dont have any more errors but the score its still not updating

[wintry quarry]

You probably jsut dont' have any code changing the score

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[willow scroll]

Also, I don't see why you're trying the access the GameManager component from the variable, called GameManager.
Are you, perhaps, willing to change its type?

[warm geode]

is it possible to crash in untity because of simply clicking a button

[vagrant zealot]

Error was in my language so its my bad not to share , its CS1061 it says "gameobject" does not contain a "GameManagerState" definition, and no accessible "GameManagerState" extension method was found that accepts a first argument of Type "GameObject". (maybe you are missing a usage directive or assembly reference?)

[willow scroll]

Yes

[wintry quarry]

depends what the button does

[vital hinge]

I have this code on the gameobject that is parented with the two pipes

[warm geode]

https://gdl.space/xubodotene.cs

this script is huge

[vital hinge]

and have the box collider to isTrigger

[willow scroll]

Calls a while (true), probably

[wintry quarry]

which function does the button call

[warm geode]

atleast for a beginner like me :/

[wintry quarry]

Also that's not a very big script

[warm geode]

the button sets iscrouching to true which then calls the crouchtransition function

[wintry quarry]

        while (Mathf.Abs(heightDiff) > 0.01f)
        {
            elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
            float lerpValue = Mathf.Lerp(0.0f, 1.0f, elapsedTime * crouchSpeed);
            cameraTransform.localPosition = new Vector3(cameraTransform.localPosition.x, currentHeight + (lerpValue * heightDiff), cameraTransform.localPosition.z);
           
        }```

this code is pretty explicitly an infinite loop

nothing inside the while loop changes heightDiff

so if that condition is true at the start, it will be true forever

[willow scroll]

Because you're trying to access the GameManagerState variable from the GameManager, which type is GameObject. See, that's why I was referring to your names being slightly bad.

[wintry quarry]

This also looks like something that is supposed to be in a coroutine @warm geode

you would need frames to elapse between each loop for this to make sense

[vagrant zealot]

hey!

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if((collision.tag=="EnemyShipTag")|| (collision.tag == "EnemyBulletTag"))
        {
            PlayExplosion();

            lives--;
            TextLives.text = lives.ToString();

            if(lives == 0)
            {
                GameManager.GetComponent<GameManager>().SetGameManagerState(GameManager.GameManagerState.GameOver);
                gameObject.SetActive(false);
            }
            
        }
    }

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

public class GameManager : MonoBehaviour
{

    public GameObject playButton;
    public GameObject playerShip;
   public enum GameManagerState
    {
        Opening,
        Gameplay,
        GameOver
    }
    GameManagerState GMState;
    void Start()
    {
        GMStat e= GameManagerState.Opening;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void UpdateGameManagerState()
    {
        switch(GMState)
        {
            case GameManagerState.Opening:
                break;
            case GameManagerState.Gameplay:
                break;
            case GameManagerState.GameOver:
                break;
        }
    }


    public void SetGameManagerState(GameManagerState state)
    {
        GMState = state;
        UpdateGameManagerState ();
    }
}

im getting an error on GameManager.GetComponent<GameManager>().SetGameManagerState(GameManager.GameManagerState.GameOver); at the first block of code. why is that happening ? couldnt solve the problem
CS1061 it says "gameobject" does not contain a "GameManagerState" definition, and no accessible "GameManagerState" extension method was found that accepts a first argument of Type "GameObject". (maybe you are missing a usage directive or assembly reference?)

[tidal basin]

Now, I am trying to make a fps character controller. I am using the new input system and the controls are so jittery. I look on google and changed the update mode to dynamic update and at the beginning (when i have only camera look script) it was fine. But when i add the movement script, it broke and begin jittery again (both movement and camera). Here is my simple movement code:

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
public InputManager inputManager; // Refence to our InputManager component
public CharacterController controller; // Reference to your CharacterController component

[SerializeField]
private float smoothInputSpeed = .2f;

public float playerSpeed;
private Vector2 currentInputVector;
private Vector2 smoothInputVelocity;
private void Update()
{
    Vector2 input = inputManager.inputMaster.Player.Move.ReadValue<Vector2>();
    currentInputVector = Vector2.SmoothDamp(currentInputVector, input, ref smoothInputVelocity, smoothInputSpeed);
    Quaternion characterRotation = transform.rotation;
    Vector3 move = characterRotation * new Vector3(currentInputVector.x, 0, currentInputVector.y);
    controller.Move(move * Time.deltaTime * playerSpeed);
}

}

[wintry quarry]

people are already answering you - why did you just repost the question

[willow scroll]

Have you, perhaps, found my answer not good enough?

[warm geode]

i did use couroutine at first but the i scrapped it to use functions instead, but thanks for the help i try again with couroutines and not make infinite loops

[vagrant zealot]

i was trying to gather the things up cuz my asking style was bad

[vagrant zealot]

no its not about that

[willow scroll]

Why not edit the original question?

[wintry quarry]

It's more likely related to the code that moves your camera and or rotates your character

[wintry quarry]

A coroutine is a function

[vagrant zealot]

deleted the original one bro instead of i cleared the question sorry

[willow scroll]

You have no reason to gather the things up, because I've already provided you with the answer, which is enough for you to fully fix your issue

[tidal basin]

    {
        float mouseX = inputManager.inputMaster.Player.MouseX.ReadValue<float>() * sensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
        float mouseY = inputManager.inputMaster.Player.MouseY.ReadValue<float>() * sensitivity * Time.deltaTime;

        xRotation -= mouseY;
        xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -90f, 90f);

        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, 0f, 0f);
        playerBody.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);
    }```
Can you take a look at it?

[wintry quarry]

you should not be multiplying mouse input byTime.deltaTime

that's a classic mistake

[vagrant zealot]

yeah thank you for answer bro im trying to understand now . can you be clear a bit i would be glad for that

[wintry quarry]

(make sure to adjust your sensitivity down as well to compensate)

[willow scroll]

What exactly do you find hard to understand in the answer provided?

[tidal basin]

Ohhh thank you so much i will delete and try again

[tidal basin]

its not so much i tried 5f, 7f and 25f

But now its so, so fast

[willow scroll]

You simply don't need to apply the Time.deltaTime, as it's already calculated in in that InputAction.
Also consider making a Vector2 mouseInput instead of those 2 floats

[wintry quarry]

As i said you have to reduce the sensitivity after removing deltaTime

[tidal basin]

Like this?

[wintry quarry]

no no they were just talking about the code

it's not important

[tidal basin]

Oh okay I revert it

[wintry quarry]

revert what???

[tidal basin]

This to old one

[wintry quarry]

this looks correct

what did you have before?

pass through?

[wintry quarry]

it should be Vector2

I would have expected that you had it as a Vector2 before 😬

well wait

I mean

I guess it can work either way

[wintry quarry]

this is definitely better though

you can do this then:

Vector2 mouseInput = inputMaster.Player.Mouse.ReadValue<Vector2>();```

and get mouseInput.y and mouseInput.x

[tidal basin]

I think like this too but I switched up from unreal and I cant resolve how can I implement it

[tidal basin]

Tysm!!

[tidal basin]

sorry i am asking too much but how can i get the x and y value?

[willow scroll]

mouseInput.x / mouseInput.y

That's the basics

Vector2 is a struct, which has x and y variables

[wintry quarry]

I just explained

#💻┃code-beginner message

[willow scroll]

This is how you access them

[tidal basin]

sorry i didnt saw it

[tidal basin]

Why we are using mouseInput instead of directly Mouse.X / Mouse.Y?

[wintry quarry]

There is no Mouse.X

we use the thing that we have

[tidal basin]

Sorry i forget about we are using a different name for the variable

[cinder crag]

How can I get a game object from a different scene? Like I have the player and I have the main menu and have save and load system game object in both scenes which have the Save and load system script which has a public game object player parent which I just drag and drop the player but in the main menu I don't have the player ofc so I'm not sure how can I grab the player from the other scene

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/references/cross-scene-references

[willow scroll]

Perhaps you mean float mouseX and float mouseY? Because it makes much more sense to store 2 floats, which are named after the axes, in a Vector2

[cinder crag]

Read it but still not sure how I can do it

[tidal basin]

No i mean, when i named the input "Mouse" in the engine, i forget about we give a different variable name in the code and tried directly using it

[willow scroll]

mouseInput makes more sense than mouse, as this is... the input from the mouse

[tidal basin]

Yep i agree with it

[cinder crag]

EditorSceneManager.preventCrossSceneReferences could perhaps be this?

[rich adder]

you skimmed it and not read it then

[cinder crag]

I did read it tho

[rich adder]

so which part you don't understand

[summer stump]

It literally says that is undesirable

Are both your scenes loaded at the same time?

[cinder crag]

How could I do one of those options

[cinder crag]

Nope , I only load the scene where the player is when I press play

[lost anvil]

having an issue with spine IK where im trying to get the torso/spine bone of the character to face towards the target in a somewhat realistic manner, and i cant find any good guides on spine IK anywhere

https://gdl.space/uradaquton.cs - (the first bit is just head ik)

[ivory bobcat]

Why do you need the player in the main menu scene?

[summer stump]

Then you cannot get the player from the other scene. Change your architecture

[cinder crag]

I just need a reference to it since I'm getting the components on that player like inventory , shotting script n etc

[summer stump]

Consider DDOL for data. Probably not the whole actual player

[willow scroll]

Looks fine to me

[ivory bobcat]

Why do you need these references in the main menu?

[cinder crag]

DDOL?

[summer stump]

DontDestroyOnLoad

[cinder crag]

Cause I need it for the save and load script?

[summer stump]

Pretty sure we've talked about it before?

[summer stump]

Why?

[rich adder]

I did suggest you this last time

[cinder crag]

Oh yeah

[rich adder]

you just kinda ignored it

[ivory bobcat]

Please elaborate. Very likely you're needing to decouple data/responsibility.

[lost anvil]

were you being fr?

[coarse frost]

is there a collider type that is best for a player character

[ivory bobcat]

In regards to? This is the coding channel btw. For non-coding questions, try asking in #💻┃unity-talk

[willow scroll]

For sure. Your character looks amazing.

[lost anvil]

ohh yeah i knew that was whats wrong with my script

thanks man

[coarse frost]

is putting a static collider on the player fine? or can it not have it because its a moving object

[ivory bobcat]

You'd put a static collider on non moving objects.

For more info https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/CollidersOverview.html

[willow scroll]

Consider changing the LookRotation's 2nd parameter. It is set to Vector3.up by default, you may reverse it to -Vector3.up. This should change the direction the spine is rotated in.

Even though, as I have previously mentioned, your character already looks amazing and their posture doesn't require any changes.

[cinder crag]

If I could ask , can you maybe send something to learn for that or a tutorial or smth cause I never used DDOL for data

[willow scroll]

DDOLs are usually used with singletons or simply applied in the Awake

private void Awake()
{
    DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
}

[chrome tide]

i think it may not be the problem with text, but rather with the canvas? i deleted and recreated the Title text while in Play Mode, and the issue still persists

[willow scroll]

For singletons, I would recommend you this tutorial. I like to use the generic one.

[ivory bobcat]

The save/load script is likely doing too much. The player from the next scene should instead be responsible for acquiring it's data from your loading script/manager rather than the script/manager trying to configure the player object from the next scene before it's loaded - assuming that's the reason why a reference of the player is needed.

[chrome tide]

i feel like the text is still there tho, its in the Hierarchy window and it's interactable (when i press the area slightly below the white line, where the Play button should be located, it switched to the Game scene)

[summer stump]

https://unity.huh.how/references

This goes over it a little in the singleton section (which is what I am recommending).

Capture the data you need and pass it via the singleton.

[cinder crag]

May I ask(sorry to ask so many questions) but wdym capture the data and pass it via the singleton?

[acoustic arch]

how can i make scriptable objects with custom method or ability for each? can i make an interface abstract and edit the code somehow of an object?

[summer stump]

Well I don't know. You haven't been super clear on what you need.
You mentioned an inventory, so maybe the inventory...

As Dalphat said though, this may just be a bad architecture with the save/load script doing too much.

#💻┃code-beginner message

[eternal needle]

You just add a method to the code for your scriptable objects. You can make it abstract and child classes can implement logic in the same way as regular classes

[acoustic arch]

if i create the object in the assets then, how do i customize the method?

[tired junco]

hey! is there a way to play an animation reversed like set the speed to -1 via code?

[eternal needle]

By creating a child class which implements the method however it wants.

[acoustic arch]

oh a child scriptable object?

will it begin to overly fill my create asset menu by doing so?

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AnimatorStateInfo-speedMultiplier.html you can by making a float paramter and using that as the speed multiplier for the state in the controller

[verbal dome]

You can use folders in asset menu

With a "/"

[lost anvil]

setting it to -Vector3.back worked slightly but now hes just off to one side

[verbal dome]

Show the orientation of the spine bone. Select it and make sure you have gizmos in local mode

[tired junco]

thanks 🙂

[verbal dome]

@lost anvil Oh you are setting the bone's local rotation, I suppose that's the issue? Since you are calculating the direction in world space, not local

Could you just set its world rotation (transform.rotation) instead? I never used OnAnimatorIK, just LateUpdate, so I dont know

[cinder crag]

https://paste.ofcode.org/35KkmSuca6kgapMBBBZrnzg (SaveAndLoadSystem script) not sure if im doing too much , it might be and i dont realize it, the playerParent is simply so i can drag and drop the player gameobject with has all the components i need like inventory and playerstats , the problem is , i dont have that said player gameobject in the main menu obv so when i want to press the continue button which loads the saved data it well doesnt work cause it cant find the player gameobject in the main menu scene when i press the continue button so ofc it doesnt load so i dont know how i can load the needed player data like current ammo or currentlyEquippedWeapon etc and gives me an error so im not sure how i can do it ngl.

[verbal dome]

Often a capsule or sphere is better since it doesn't have hard edges that can get stuck

[lost anvil]

is this possible in LateUpdate?

like the way i want

[verbal dome]

Yeah you can rotate bones in LateUpdate since it runs after animations

[lost anvil]

👍 ill try that

[summer stump]

So you HAVE this savedata struct. Why get the player instead of just passing that struct into the next scene via DDOL singleton?

Considering you only need to LOAD from the main menu, not save

[cinder crag]

how can i pass that struct into the next scene?

[summer stump]

Via a ddol singleton
public SaveData data;

[cinder crag]

i have it but how can i use it now? if i jsut wanna load the data (this is in the main menu manager script)

[summer stump]

Just set saveData to the data you loaded?

You probably want your Load() method to actually RETURN the savedata struct. As it is, you load it and then throw it away without caching it

[cinder crag]

so smth like this? not sure if its right which i hope it is lmao (left is the mainmenuManager script and left is saveandloadSystem script)

[summer stump]

No, not at all. Why would you pass savedata IN to the load function. I said return it FROM it

saveData = saveAndLoadSystem.Load();

[queen adder]

I am trying to change the hue from 0 to 360, but it doesn't go through the other colors. What I'm doing wrong? I also want it to go cyclically.

private float time = 0.0f;

void Update()
{
  time += Time.deltaTime;
  material.color = Color.Lerp(
    Color.HSVToRGB(0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f),
    Color.HSVToRGB(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f),
    time
  );
}

[wintry quarry]

what does it do?

as for making it cyclical you can just do:

  time += Time.deltaTime;
  time %= 1;
  material.color = Color.Lerp(
    Color.HSVToRGB(0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f),
    Color.HSVToRGB(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f),
    time
  );```

[queen adder]

The color stays being red instead of it going through orange, yellow, green etc.

[wintry quarry]

where did you get material from?

Do you have any errors in console?

[queen adder]

void Start()
{
    MeshRenderer renderer = GetComponent<MeshRenderer>();
    material = renderer.materials[0];
}

[wintry quarry]

you could just do material = renderer.material;

no need for the array

but yeah do you have any errors in your console?

[cinder crag]

did that but i prbly did smth stupid

[summer stump]

You have to of course change the return signature of the method

And return it

[queen adder]

I don't. I can lerp it from red (0.0f) to teal (0.5f), but not red (0.0f) to red (1.0f) through other hues.

[wintry quarry]

well here's the thing

0 and 1 are the same hue actually

[cinder crag]

change the void to SaveData and then return saveData at the end of the method?

[wintry quarry]

so maybe try this:

time += Time.deltaTime;
time %= 1;
material.color = Color.HSVtoRGB(time, 1, 1);``` @queen adder

because if you do the color lerping like that it's going to think it's lerping from Pure Red to Pure Red
In RGB it thinks it's lerping from (255, 0, 0) to (255, 0, 0) which won't do anything of course

[hollow dawn]

how do I add animations to my player? like when I run I want a running animation. I got one from mixamo but dont know how

[wintry quarry]

HAve you looked for stuff online?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H0aJhKSlEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgD-Z5sTK1Q

[hollow dawn]

yes but I cant seem to find the right one I will take a look at the ones you have sent

[summer stump]

Yep

[cinder crag]

okay good to know

[cinder crag]

okay so i got a small problem since im using playerParent to find the components i need like inventory n such and i set the playerParent to private , i tried many times to reference itbut i failed miserably

[deft grail]

whats the problem?

[wintry quarry]

Good lord just put a script on that parent object and directly reference those others in the inspector

[polar acorn]

You should really assign these in the inspector

[cinder crag]

good idea lmao

[cinder crag]

i really s ho u ld

[timber tide]

I prefer to GetComponent if I am using requiredcomponent attribute

oh but for parent stuff yeah, just assign it imo

[cinder crag]

did all of that and it still uh doesnt work , gives me the errors in the vid when pressing the continue button

[summer stump]

You mentioned errors, but the console is closed

What errors

[polar acorn]

There are no errors in this video

[summer stump]

Also, having the savedata in the ddol singleton doesn't help if you don't actually pull that data and update the player with it

[cinder crag]

how can i pull it and update the player?

[cinder crag]

wrong vid

sorry

[summer stump]

By getting the reference and updating variables from it?

[cinder crag]

getthe reference like this?

[deft grail]

your switching scene, this code below wont run i dont think?

so why would that work

[summer stump]

It's in DDOL.

[polar acorn]

It will but it'll run before the scene swaps

since that happens at end of frame

[summer stump]

You don't actually DO anything with the savedata, so no

It's just some struct sitting there

[cinder crag]

also meant to show this vid mb

[cinder crag]

then how can i get the reference and then update the saveData variables to what? since i dont have the player

[summer stump]

It's a singleton. The player does it itself in awake or start

There is a LOT you actually need to research to get this right.
I recommend checking out a c# course
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

Also read this on singletons again
https://unity.huh.how/references

[cinder crag]

yeah but how do i update variables from it and to what cause idk what

[acoustic arch]

with the CreateAssetMenu can i organize all of the assets into a folder/dropdown of some sort

so it doesn't fill my create menu with a load of objects

[deft grail]

yeah in the path name

[acoustic arch]

can you give me an example

[deft grail]

menuName its called

[acoustic arch]

oh wait wha

[deft grail]

[CreateAssetMenu("New Gun", "Gun/New Gun")] something like that i think?

try it and see

[acoustic arch]

does not contain a constructor that takes 2 args

[deft grail]

show what you did

[acoustic arch]

nvm

[summer stump]

@cinder crag It's super basic. Say savedata has an ammunition count.
player.AmmoCount = SaveData.AmmoCount

It's dot notation and an equals sign

I REALLY recommend a basic c# course

[acoustic arch]

worked 👍

[cinder crag]

think i can do it lmao

[deft grail]

is this IDE even configured?

do you see any red at all

[cinder crag]

no red at all

[ivory bobcat]

That would be a design question of when you should do it but relative to just acquiring the data, you'd have a script on the player in the new scene that would just load the necessary data from the save manager in Start or something. For example, if you're wanting to Update/load the player's position:cs private void Start() { transform.position = SaveData.Instance.playerPosition; }

[cinder crag]

ye it is

[summer stump]

No. Not this at all
This is almost the opposite of what you want, except the player isn't involved so it isn't even close to being the opposite

First, you need to be doing all that code on a component on the player!

Then, you are pulling FROM savedata, not setting its values

[cinder crag]

OOOOH

thats all i needed honestly

[cinder crag]

something like this? and then put this on the player parent?

[summer stump]

I mean I guess...

That is fine

[cinder crag]

i did something bad?

[summer stump]

I don't like all the getcomponents, but that is whatever

If it works it works

[cinder crag]

i am happy with fine

[cinder crag]

thought if im putting on the player , i can just do that

sinc ethats where the rest of the components are

[summer stump]

Prefer serialized references whenever possible

But that is taste

It is fine

[cinder crag]

is it better or ?

just a pref?

[summer stump]

Yes, better

[cinder crag]

well damn , i will use that then

[summer stump]

Also, why not transform.position = saveData.playerPos

[cinder crag]

oops im dumb , mb mb

[cinder crag]

for some reason these errors appear when i saved and tried to laod in when pressing the continue button in main menu

[summer stump]

So those references in the given scripts on the given line are null (not set). Someone was just going over what that means with you like yesterday

[cinder crag]

sent the wrong ss , these the errors appear when i have the save file and try to load in with the continue button

[summer stump]

I mean. The response is the same

Those scripts on that line have some reference you are trying to access, and the reference is not set

[cinder crag]

line 66 is in the continue button method used for the on click event

[summer stump]

saveAndLoadSystem is null

[cinder crag]

im not setting a reference to it cause i dont know how to ngl 😭

since its in another scene

[rocky canyon]

well that wont work

[summer stump]

That is the thing that has been supposed to be in ddol then

[cinder crag]

can try this

[summer stump]

Is it on the same gameobject as this script?

I thought you said it was in a different scene

[cinder crag]

nope

[summer stump]

Then no, that code will not work

[cinder crag]

it is on a empty gameobject

[cinder crag]

in that different scene

[autumn tusk]

i'm kinda confused

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[autumn tusk]

basically i want to change the sprite for an tmp image but im not sure what function i need to use to set the source image

[cosmic dagger]

have you tried searching for how to change the sprite or source image?

[autumn tusk]

tried setsprite

[cinder crag]

to be in ddol wdym?

[autumn tusk]

doesnt work with an tmp image

[summer stump]

I don't understand what the question is

[cinder crag]

like wdym by to be in the dont destroy on load?

[cosmic dagger]

never heard of an TMP image before . . .

[summer stump]

I don't know how i can say it any simpler
Put it in ddol. So that you can access it

[burnt mantle]

Don't destroy on load(DontDestroyOnLoad) is a function that make your gameobject don't destroy when you change your scene

[summer stump]

We had been over that about 5 times over the last few days. They know what DontDestroyOnLoad is

[autumn tusk]

hold up

i think im getting mixed up

[summer stump]

But I appreciate it

[autumn tusk]

its a ui image, not a tmp image

[cinder crag]

like this?

[summer stump]

Terrible place to put it

I sent you that link like three times

[cinder crag]

oops

mbmb

needed to put it in start or awake method

iirc

[autumn tusk]

ok nvm im stupid, .sprite just works

[summer stump]

Don't NEED to, but that is the best place to. And you don't want to call the function over and over

[autumn tusk]

specifed the wrong variable as well

[cosmic dagger]

yep . . .

[cinder crag]

placed it in start method but get this error when i get to the main menu

[burnt mantle]

Show your line 24

[cinder crag]

It's the DontDestroyOnLoad method in the start method

[burnt mantle]

so what is saveAndLoadSystem ?

[summer stump]

So MainMenuManager is DDOL as well?

[dusky pike]

Hey guys i have a really random problem.

Im generating an Object with an Script. Im attaching a Mesh Collider onto it (with a script).

The Objects Mesh Collider doesnt work tho. But if im enabling convex is does. The problem is it doesnt work if i enable Convex by default. Changing the State (or interacting with options of the default filter) enable it

[cinder crag]

Uh no it isn't

Do I put the DontDestroyOnLoad in the save and load system script?

[burnt mantle]

sure

[burnt mantle]

like DontDestroyOnLoad(gameobject);

[summer stump]

The error clearly says it is in MainMenuManager

What is line 24 of MainMenuManager

[burnt mantle]

he put the DontDestroyOnLoad in mainmenu ^^

[summer stump]

Things seem really convoluted going back and forth with references

[summer stump]

Oof

[summer stump]

This is what I told you to do a long time ago. Why is MainMenuManager a DDOL, isn't it just for the main menu?
Save and load is what was recommended for ddol

[cinder crag]

i put the dontdestoryonload in the save and laod system script and the errors somehow still appear

[summer stump]

These are different errors

[burnt mantle]

Same error as this screen xD

[burnt mantle]

Where did you reference the SaveAndLoadSystem in the MainMenuManager ?

[cinder crag]

at the start

[burnt mantle]

Show the line or in the inspector

[deft grail]

this is just where you declare it, have you not learned anything from yesterday?

[cinder crag]

mb , im tired its almsot 3 am

[summer stump]

This seems like the exact same issue as yesterday. Declaration vs actually setting the reference

[summer stump]

Then stop

[cinder crag]

dont wanna stop until i fix the problem doe

[deft grail]

that means nothing, if i asked you at 3pm you would still not have a clue

[summer stump]

Don't waste your time and ours by coding by approximation without fully even getting it

[cinder crag]

im a beginner , ofc i wouldnt

[deft grail]

no, if you are beginner then you should know exactly what that is

this is one of the first things you learn

[burnt mantle]

On the screen where is the error ? because its say on line 66

[cinder crag]

its line 67 but accidently pressed enter

[burnt mantle]

the gameobject is on the scene and with the tag ?

[cinder crag]

its not on the main menu scene but idk how to grab it from the scene where its at

[barren violet]

This convo brings up a question I have that may have a simple answer.

Initializing properties in code vs in the inspector.

At first glance it seems ambiguous, as in its user preference. But what is the standardized answer? I don’t recall the junior programming pathway addressing this.

[frosty hound]

Whatever is easier and your preference is the standard.

That is to say, it really doesn't matter.

Just that if you do it in code, do it in Awake.

[timber tide]

it matters when unity decides to dereference your editor values :(

usually if it's supposed to be part of the same GO, i'd just use require component attribute with GetComponent

otherwise reference by editor

[barren violet]

@frosty hound @timber tide gotchya, thanks guys.

[barren violet]

The same GO? I’m not familiar with that acronym

[timber tide]

gameobject

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

[barren violet]

Ah, Duh 😂

[timber tide]

useful attribute

[barren violet]

Cool, RequireComponent is a new one for me.

[nimble aurora]

I grabbed this folder for Twitch Integration, it's got its own folder in the Assets folder, I haven't added it to my project's hierarchy proper. The scripts seem to just run on their own, which doesn't quite make sense to me since I thought I'd need them in the project proper, as a part of a gameObject, in order for them to do that. If I want to start my game w/o the scripts in this project enabled, how do I do that when it's not even in the hierarchy, yet seems to be getting run anyway?

[river glade]

Hi everyone, sorry, I came across this problem, when the enemy opens the doors, he often gets stuck in a corner like this, he keeps walking towards the wall/door, how could I overcome this problem?

[timber tide]

make em half ghost so they can phase through the door and add that to the lore to disguise the real reasoning

more serious answer, fix the pathfinding obviously, or make the doors always open inward

make it a obstacle, recalculate the destination, ect

[river glade]

the idea is not masculine hahaha It remains the same if the doors are on the inside, it will still get stuck in the corners

[summer stump]

Not masculine?
And mao meant inwards from the player (changing direction every time based on agent position). So there would never be the corner to be stuck in

Or just make the door an actual obstacle.

[river glade]

the structure is made of many anoles, it would still remain blocked
I try to make the door itself an obstacle, even if it would then cause problems to enter other rooms, since it would not calculate the pathfind from one room to another with an obstacle in the middle

[summer stump]

Anoles? I don't know what that means. I think you are simply misunderstanding the suggestion.

Also, yes, you have to consider that case in pathfinding. Pathfinding is not easy.
Keep track of POSSIBLE paths and alter them when in range.
Or do partial paths one after another

Or make doors not obstacles, and only make them obstacles when opened

[river glade]

it could be a good idea

[harsh wraith]

For my game I am trying to create a main menu. The main menu is simple and just has a play button. When the play button is pressed the screen is supposed to fade to black. The way the fade works is that there is a black screen image that is transparent within a camera render mode canvas. When the button is pressed the script slowly adds to the A value of the RGBA to that it decreases it's transparency. For some reason this isn't happening and my cursor isn't being highlighted when I'm hovering over the button as well. How would I fix these issues. Also here is the script for the button.
https://gdl.space/axucesoquv.cs

[frigid sequoia]

Can I call a method as an animation event and pass a parameter to it?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/script-AnimationWindowEvent.html

[frigid sequoia]

So.... yes it does, I would had swear that I tried before and didn't let me pass anything

[rocky gale]

https://hastebin.com/share/akuzaseziq.csharp how come after a few times of the player throwing the katana consecutively the next time they throw it will throw for like half a second and immediately return back

[rocky canyon]

you need to reset the returnForce

the returnForce variable is getting excessively high after each throw

returnForce += Time.deltaTime * 5; this keeps getting bigger and bigger.. each time u use it

you could just use = Time.deltaTime * 5;

not sure why you use += edit: if you want to use the += to simulate some kind of increase.. you still should reset the variable before each time you use it

[rancid tinsel]

what does this mean?

wait nvm

im an idiot

im meant to set the clip lol

[onyx tusk]

i think, it's want an index

[rocky canyon]

thats what the method is expecting

ya, ulong is a 64bit integer

[rancid tinsel]

there we go

[rocky canyon]

👍 hoorah!

[rocky canyon]

PlayOneShot(music); is an alternative to assigning the clip and then playing

2 lines becomes 1 line

[rancid tinsel]

oh nice

btw im kinda worried about adding sfxs to my game

[static cedar]

Also i think Play has a limitation of not being able to play multiple things but someone should confirm this.

[rancid tinsel]

im not sure how it will work since (tower defence game) the towers can scale attack speed infinitely, and there will be multiple at once - how will that work with one audio source?

would it play multiple at once

or would it overwrite it

ive never done sound before

[rocky canyon]

OneShot will play like 3 clips at once i believe..

i normally just stop it..

src.Stop();
src.PlayOneShot();

[static cedar]

I thought it's unlimited.

[onyx tusk]

can you add a source to every tower?

[rocky canyon]

32*

it can play 32 clips at once

[rancid tinsel]

i could, but im trying to do it via a sound manager script

[static cedar]

No such mention.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayOneShot.html

[rocky canyon]

id just Stop(); and then Play();

[rancid tinsel]

i should probably somehow figure out a way to scale the sound effects length with attack speed tho?

[rocky canyon]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-does-audiosource-playoneshot-works.875455/#:~:text=A voice is a playing,limit of 32 at once.

[charred spoke]

It’s limited by the number of real and virtual voices. PlayOneShot essentially copies the audio source under the hood and plays the clip on the new source. If used many times in a frame there are performance considerations in using it.

[onyx tusk]

i right understand, that you making one script for all sounds?

[rancid tinsel]

what happens if you exceed the 32 number? will it just start overwriting the previous one? as in stop the last one in the "queue" and play the new one?

[still forum]

Hey so this is my code provided "https://gdl.space/raw/keyunogune"
Descrp: Me and my partner tried fixing the issues with just errors for the past hour and how to add the navmesh surface component which I finally figured out. Partner left me to finish the project due tomorrow which is no problem. The issue I am currently having is the enemy is moving in a straight line ,slowly spinning, but not following me. I was hoping to find a solution to this with some help. Some troubleshooting I tried doing was increasing the obstacle radius , checking if any obstacles were blocking , did speed and acceleration but to no avail.I also did make sure to bake within the navmesh surface .
Currently no error messages.

[rancid tinsel]

yes basically, the script is a singleton that i can call from other scripts to play the relevant sounds

SoundManager.Instance.PlaySFX(soundEffect) basically

[onyx tusk]

ok, so you can't make it as component, right?

[rancid tinsel]

not with that approach

[rocky canyon]

AudioManagers are a common use-case for Singletons

[rancid tinsel]

i think your method would be fine or maybe even better

but it would take a lot more time i feel like

also fixing potential bugs would be annoying

[charred spoke]

Depends on the priority setting of the source that wants to play

[rancid tinsel]

im not sure what that is, is that how it would work on default?

[charred spoke]

Audio source has a priority setting by default its the same on all

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint.html
you can use this to play the clip @ the location of each tower..
more elegant solution to running an audiosource on each tower

[rancid tinsel]

it would all be on 1 audio source

[charred spoke]

So no, if you exceed the 32 limit a new sound will not play since it will not have a higher priority

[rancid tinsel]

i see

but it shouldnt break anything in that case?

[rocky canyon]

if ur playing more than 32 audio sources at a time imma uninstall the game anyway..

thats stimulus overload 🤣

[charred spoke]

This is a very limited approach. Are you sure you will not need different audio settings ?

[rancid tinsel]

as in, it would wait for the slot to free up and if its empty then play it?

[charred spoke]

It will simply not play

[rancid tinsel]

else if not empty, not play

[charred spoke]

It will go into the void never to be seen again

[rancid tinsel]

i dont think so, at least i hope i wont

im not going to go crazy with the sound effects

im just hoping the scaling nature of my game doesnt affect it too much

[rancid tinsel]

right, and then when there are 31 sounds playing after 1 has finished and a new one wants to be played, it will play?

[rocky canyon]

not unless u have logic running to queue it up

[charred spoke]

Yes

[rocky canyon]

ah, i thought he meant one he called previously when the 32 was full

[charred spoke]

By wants to play if you mean that you called Play somewhere in code then yes

There is no built in queue

The 32 limit can be changed from the settings

[rocky canyon]

i just use an audiomanager.. if theres not enough sources it creates one.. plays the sound and then destroys itself..

i haven't implemented pooling yet.. but its on my To-do list

i think i might give Unity's pooling system a try too

i haven't used it yet.. and its been something ive been wondering about

[charred spoke]

So the way our sound system works is we have sound banks. Each sfx in a bank has it’s own audio source settings. When it’s time to play a sound the system grabs a source from a pool, applies the settings, places the source in the world(if it is spatialized) and plays it.

[rancid tinsel]

thats a good idea, im just trying to cut corners right now because im finished with first year of uni after i hand this in lmao

[charred spoke]

It also handles environmental sources by stopping them when they are far away from the player.

[rancid tinsel]

i dont even necessarily need to do it, but its like the last thing on my to-do list

[rocky canyon]

ahh, thats clever

[rocky canyon]

ya, for a simple manager..

source.Stop();
source.PlayOneShot();``` is my goto solution

[charred spoke]

It’s a bit more complicated than that since it also has an internal queue but that is the gist of it

[rancid tinsel]

im running into a bug because of a bit i changed just now

this bit always results in the if being true despite being on the other scene

[rocky canyon]

which bit now?

[rancid tinsel]

if (main menu) bit

and when i go back to the main menu it says its on the other scene

maybe its to do with when the method is called

let me double check

[rocky canyon]

possibly..

scene management will run into issues like that

[onyx tusk]

I have code, that applies on all of the text & all of the objects on the desk```c#
figure.transform.localScale = new Vector3(size, size, size);
text.transform.SetParent(figure.transform);
text.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(0, size / 2, 0);

[rancid tinsel]

i love game dev

fixed the bug

still dont know what the issue was

[rocky canyon]

heck ya

[full wave]

how do i apply a force to a gameobject at an angle?

[rocky canyon]

AddForce for example uses a Vector3 for the force.. force is applied along the direction of the Vector..

so you'd calculate the direction of ur angle and use that..

[rancid tinsel]

im so happy old me was lazy enough to make separate scripts for different projectiles

[rocky canyon]

trigonometry has entered the chat

[rancid tinsel]

now I just had to add one line for the sound effects to each one lol

[rocky canyon]

something like this ```cs
public float angleInDegrees = 90f; // starting angle in degrees

    float angleInRadians = angleInDegrees * Mathf.Deg2Rad; // convert angle to radians
    Vector3 forceDirection = new Vector3(Mathf.Cos(angleInRadians), Mathf.Sin(angleInRadians), 0f); //calculate the direction using some trig
    rb.AddForce(forceDirection * forceMagnitude, ForceMode.Impulse);```

if the object has a initial rotation already you might wanna run it thru TransformDirection to get the proper direction

Vector3 forceDirection = transform.TransformDirection(new Vector3(Mathf.Cos(angleInRadians), Mathf.Sin(angleInRadians), 0f));

since I'm actually not good with trigonometry and the whole sin/cos stuff i actually took some snippets from the unity forums.. google search led me there lol

[warm geode]

someone pls help ive been trying to fix this problem for hours now, im trying to crouch but im not able to uncrouch

imma send code now

https://gdl.space/aterarukav.cs

i would really appreciate if anyone could help

im using a coroutine to transition my camera up and down when im crouching and swithching colliders at the same time, when i play the game, crouching is working but uncrouching is not working

i also cant move either after i implemented this

[teal hemlock]

hey i hope this thing is related to coding but after i created the backbutton C# script i wanted to insert it to the game object so i can insert it to the button but for some reason i get this error any idea ?

[warm geode]

it says the script should derive from monobehaviour

why do you want to insert to a game object

you add the script to the canvas

i think you can only add a script to a gameobject if it is derived from monobehviour

[static cedar]

Yes.
Classes need to inherit mono behaviour to be used as a component.

This is beginner stuff, you should look for more tutorials first.
Especially C# programming that you won't learn in unity tutorials but used everywhere.

[languid spire]

your while loop is infinite because you never update heightDiff

[warm geode]

i changed that

sorry wait

while (Mathf.Abs(heightDiff) > 0.01f)
{
    heightDiff = targetHeight - currentHeight;
    elapsedTime += Time.deltaTime;
    float lerpValue = Mathf.Lerp(0.0f, 1.0f, elapsedTime * crouchSpeed);
    cameraTransform.localPosition = new Vector3(cameraTransform.localPosition.x, currentHeight + (lerpValue * heightDiff), cameraTransform.localPosition.z);
    yield return null;

you think it is okay now

but it still doesnt work

[languid spire]

of course not, that makes no difference whatsoever

[warm geode]

what else do you think i could do

for context i want to move the camera up and down when the player crouches

[languid spire]

recalculate currentHeight might be favourite

[teal hemlock]

you caught me yeah I am totally a beginner

[teal hemlock]

sadly i don't know how

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[warm geode]

add the script to canvas, thats how i usually do it

[warm geode]

i dont understand what do you mean

[teal hemlock]

okay i wil try it

[languid spire]

what makes you think that this line

heightDiff = targetHeight - currentHeight;

would produce different results each time it is run?

[warm geode]

because current height keeps changing everytime the code runs because of lerp the camera transform and height diff would become zero at some point

[languid spire]

no it does not

current height is a value type not a reference

it is set once and only once

[warm geode]

how can i fix this

how can i pass by reference in c#

[languid spire]

you dont need to

heightDiff = targetHeight - cameraTransform.localPosition.y;

now it is using the correct value which changes

[warm geode]

oh ok i will try now, thanks a lot for your help

[languid spire]

had you bothered to add a few Debug.Log statements you would have seen this yourself a long time ago

[warm geode]

oh now i also realized what you mean

and it still wont work

i dont know wtf is even wrong

[languid spire]

Debug your values and find out

[warm geode]

there is also no tutorials anywhere for adding crouching like this

sure i will try to use debug log more and find out

thanks for helping

[warm geode]

i just understood that what im doing doesnt even make any sense

because the currentHeight variable keeps changing even when i jump

making realistic crouching isnt easy

[rocky canyon]

u can use local positions

[teal hemlock]

which you would recommend me to learn first i would like to know sorry for replying late

[languid spire]

Unity Essentials followed by Junior Programmer

[teal hemlock]

does using unity 2018 work on those too ?

or must be different versions

[languid spire]

In general, yes. There may be small changes but the basics will be the same

[still forum]

Hey so i got the code working with the enemy following me, and and shooting but i need to move in its path while it follows me to shoot, i provided a pic below if that helps , its giving me the cold shoulder.

[teal hemlock]

alright then i will give it a try

im just in a hurry because my college project AR app needs to be done by the next week

[still forum]

its weird , i just need it to face me and shoot, i tried rotating it to follow but no avail

[teal hemlock]

and i don't know what to exactly focus on since there's UI and coding and 3D and audio to set up

there's many buttons too

[loud mango]

animation channel dead ;-;

[burnt vapor]

Ok?

[lean bear]

error when trying to add Firebase to Unity 2D. Can someone help solve this problem?
InitializationException: Firebase app creation failed.
Firebase.FirebaseApp.CreateAndTrack (Firebase.FirebaseApp+CreateDelegate createDelegate, Firebase.FirebaseApp existingProxy) (at /Users/runner/work/firebase-unity-sdk/firebase-unity-sdk/macos_unity/x86_64/app/swig/Firebase.App_fixed.cs:2628)
Firebase.FirebaseApp.Create () (at /Users/runner/work/firebase-unity-sdk/firebase-unity-sdk/macos_unity/x86_64/app/swig/Firebase.App_fixed.cs:2128)
Firebase.FirebaseApp.get_DefaultInstance () (at /Users/runner/work/firebase-unity-sdk/firebase-unity-sdk/macos_unity/x86_64/app/swig/Firebase.App_fixed.cs:2103)
Firebase.Auth.FirebaseAuth.get_DefaultInstance () (at /Users/runner/work/firebase-unity-sdk/firebase-unity-sdk/macos_unity/x86_64/auth/swig/Firebase.Auth_fixed.cs:4100)
AuthManager.InitializeFirebase () (at Assets/Login Scene/Scripts/AuthManager.cs:101)
AuthManager+<CheckAndFixDependencies>d__19.MoveNext () (at Assets/Login Scene/Scripts/AuthManager.cs:55)

[languid spire]

what is your hardware and OS setup?

[lean bear]

My operating system is Windows 10 Home, 64-bit. The processor is an Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 at 2.50 GHz with 4 GB of RAM. I'm using Unity 2022.3.24f1 and the latest version of the Firebase SDK.

[languid spire]

well the version of the SDK you are using is obviously for MacOS
'firebase-unity-sdk/macos_unity/x86_64/'
Not just MacOS but Intel Mac hardware

I'm not sure if the Xeon is even supported

[lean bear]

Then how can we solve this problem?

[languid spire]

we cannot solve this problem. You could start by reading the Firebase SDK documentation

[neon ivy]

trying to remap floats but I see that Mathf.InverseLerp is clamped 0-1, and there's no unclamped version of inverse lerp like there is for lerp. anyone got a better way of remapping?
this is my function rn:

public static float RemapFloat(float value ,float initialMin, float initialMax, float targetMin, float targetMax)
{
    float t = Mathf.InverseLerp(initialMin, initialMax, value);
    return Mathf.LerpUnclamped(targetMin, targetMax, t);
}

[gray elk]

I am working with game managers using start/game/end screens to function in a triangle by pressing buttons. These were working, but now the start screen doesn't show up at all and the button doesn't work and I'm not quite sure on why. Everything looks correct? Very confused.

[deft grail]

do you have an EventSystem i think it was called, in your hierarchy?

[gray elk]

Yes

[deft grail]

put a debug.log into the LoadGameScene at the beginning to check if it runs

[gray elk]

it runs when pressed

So it's still sensing input but not changing scenes for some reason

[deft grail]

whats the rest of the code in the LoadGameScene method

[gray elk]

`public void LoadStartScene() // Game START
{
SceneManager.LoadScene(0);
}

public void LoadGameScene() // Game GAME
{
    SceneManager.LoadScene(1);
    Debug.Log("Test");
}

public void LoadEndScene() // Game END
{
    SceneManager.LoadScene(2);
}`

[deft grail]

do you have any errors in the console?

[gray elk]

nope

[languid spire]

screenshot your build settings window

[languid spire]

So your indexes are wrong

[gray elk]

oh huh thats weird
i think start is supposed to be 0
maybe thats what is causing it?

how do i fix that

[deft grail]

move it

[gray elk]

ahhhh that fixed it! Thanks so much!!

[onyx tusk]

I have code, that applies on all of the text & all of the objects on the desk```c#
figure.transform.localScale = new Vector3(size, size, size);
text.transform.SetParent(figure.transform);
text.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(0, size / 2, 0);

I expect, what i will have texture conflict named overlay, but i have this. Please, feel free to ask stupid questions like "is the size int?"(it's float), because i can make a mistake even in so simple things

[modest dust]

Just because scale is size doesn't mean the actual model size is size

If the size is indeed <= size then placing the text slightly higher should be enough

[languid spire]

Good point, you should use the bounds from the renderer of the figure to calculate the local position of the text

[neon ivy]

ok I made my remap unclamped using math but now it can't handle inverse ranges.
like if I do RemapFloat(x,0,10,1,0) it breaks because 1-0 isn't a valid range.
is there a way to fix this?

public static float RemapFloat(float value ,float initialMin, float initialMax, float targetMin, float targetMax)
{
    float output = targetMin + (targetMax - initialMin) * ((value - initialMin) / (initialMax - initialMin));
    if(float.IsNaN(output) || float.IsInfinity(output))
    {
        Debug.LogWarning("remap failed, output is infinity or NaN");
    }
    return output;
}

[languid spire]

your logic is incorrect. It should be
value = x as a normalized percentage of initialMax-initialMin
result = Lerp of targetMin, targetMax, value

[neon ivy]

I copied this from processing source code

[languid spire]

use inverse Lerp and Lerp, job done

[neon ivy]

that had the issue of being clamped

[verbal dome]

@languid spire I thought that too but inverselerp is clamped (and so is Lerp, but there is LerpUnclamped)

Could make your own InverseLerpUnclamped though

[languid spire]

ok, then my solution

[neon ivy]

if I knew how to math I would xD

[languid spire]

you know the best way to do math? Pen and Paper

if you cannot do it in your head

[neon ivy]

no I mean like, how does inverse lerp even work

[verbal dome]

This seems to cover lerp, invlerp and their combination: remap
https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/general-and-gameplay-programming/inverse-lerp-a-super-useful-yet-often-overlooked-function-r5230/

[lime mural]

I mean, it's the first result on google

[verbal dome]

Yeah that

[neon ivy]

oh

[verbal dome]

First result with 'inverse lerp'

[neon ivy]

guess I was making it too difficult

[lime mural]

should have just used "inverse lerp formula"

[neon ivy]

googling is an art, and sometimes I suck at art

[languid spire]

pretty much what I said here #💻┃code-beginner message

[languid spire]

guess what, programming is an art as well

[lean bear]

can anyone add Firebase to Android Unity 2D? and give me control?

[onyx tusk]

no, i just needed 2 take account 2 scale factor & working formula is just 0.5

[amber basin]

https://paste.ofcode.org/5VeBAPKQVhvmYQLjGcdfhU
https://paste.ofcode.org/drhxYQ2ZXRvyZEBxBDAjvx
https://paste.ofcode.org/5D4Sgkum4GfenskMauTnQu
https://paste.ofcode.org/axPsbAazd98cGNa4gNZJyj
I have a tower defence game that i am trying to make but for some reason my retry button inside my Pause menu and my Game over scene dont reload the level Properly. Enemies dont spawn in, my timer for the next wave is stuck and the scene itself just doesnt wanna load in properly. The only time the scene actually loads in properly is when i pause the game before the timer reaches 0 and the enemies spawn in. That is when the scene will reload and it will go back to the point where it counts down until enemies spawn.

Same with when i go to the main menu from the Pause screen. When i go to main menu with the click of the button i made, it takes me to the main menu. I then go to level select, then i go to the level i was in and the same thing happns. If enemies spawn, the level cant reload properly after i go to menu and then back to level. If the timer hasnt reached 0 yet and no enemies spawn, going from Pause menu, to main menu, to level again is suddenly fine? I am not really sure why that happens and could really use some help on this. Hope i explained things well enough here? ^^'

[summer shard]

public IEnumerator ChangeCameraPosition(Transform cameraTransform, float lerpTime, bool lockAfterLerp) {
    canInteract = false;
    canLook = false;
    canMove = false;
    float t = 0f;
    Transform startingTransform = _camera.transform;
    while (t < lerpTime) {
        _camera.transform.position =
            Vector3.Lerp(startingTransform.position, cameraTransform.position,  t / lerpTime);
        _camera.transform.rotation =
            Quaternion.Lerp(startingTransform.rotation, cameraTransform.rotation, t / lerpTime);
        t += Time.deltaTime;
        
        yield return null;
    }
    
    _camera.transform.position = cameraTransform.position;
    _camera.transform.rotation = cameraTransform.rotation;

    if (!lockAfterLerp) {
        canInteract = true; //This 3 lines in this if
        canLook = true;
        canMove = true;
    };
    
    yield return null;
}
``` why does it take so long to run those 3 lines, it looks like the lerp is finished but it takes like one second to run those lines

[hollow dawn]

when I click on configure nothing happens how can I fix this?

[green ether]

The code is gonna take as long as you specify it to

lerpTime

no?

[summer shard]

yea but it takes like 0.5 seconds after the lerp looks finished to acctually run those 3 lines

i'll record a vid

this it how it looks, im moving the mouse around after i click the exit button

[green ether]

I dont see any mistakes in the code, you could debug it to see if it actually takes longer but it should be pretty much exactly the lerpTime

[icy bramble]

Does anybody know what kind of coding I have to to implement a pikmin like script?

[autumn tusk]

unity is acting up again

im working on a pause button systemm

and for some reason it functions perfectly in my main game scene but in every other scene it doesnt work

[green ether]

well theres probably something different in those other scenes then

just gotta figure out what it is

[night raptor]

could the other scenes be missing an event system? unity doesn't usually act up by itself

if not that, there's definitely still something different between the scenes as pointed out

[autumn tusk]

yep turns out i was missing an event system in the second scene

added it to the player

[night raptor]

player?

may not matter but usually you want the event system to be an own gameObject. otherwise you may disable or remove it by accident

[summer shard]

it looks like it's finished but it waits a little bit, it kind of prints ended on time, but in game it doesn't seem like it

[fringe plover]

Im so tired, i tried to make screenshot taking in game (at game over), but image is always based on screen size (texture.ReadPixels) and of i dunno how to make in 1080x1920 like it supposed to be

[autumn tusk]

eh everything is tied to the player object as its the most simplest

[night raptor]

could work but doesn't sound like the best design choise

[silk night]

How do you want to handle if somebody has a bigger screen than that? crop the image, stretch it?

[molten dock]

could look for a screenshot tool on the asset store

[fringe plover]

I dunno, i just wanna take photo of an object in game, maybe even not with main camera, but i dunno how

[cosmic quail]

if lerpTime is 1 then it does take one second to run those lines

[summer shard]

no, like it LOOKS like 0.5 after it LOOKS finished, it does change it after 1 second

[cosmic quail]

is lerpTime set to 1 second?

[green ether]

as I said, you should debug and check what the actual time taken is

Or at least debug.Log(lerpTime)

To make sure you call it only once with the correct time

[warm geode]

does anyone know a simple way to make your character not jump while crouching, i mean you should not be able to jump if u press space while crouching

if (Input.GetKey(crouchKey))
{
    state = MovementState.CrouchState;
    moveSpeed = crouchSpeed;
}

what can i add in here

there is a function call jump() and a variable called isJumping

and keycode called jumpkey

[green ether]

in Jump()

you could do

if (crouching)
Dont jump/ return

[warm geode]

oh wait

yeah im so dumb

i didnt think of this

thanks very much

i finally finished my character controller

[nimble wigeon]

That’s the code making my goblin move and follow player

Hey guys so I’m working on a 2d platformer game and I’ve added a goblin as my enemy but for some reason he’s floating and doing weird stuff

[green ether]

i highly doubt anyones gonna help you if you dont format it correctly

!code

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[nimble wigeon]

ok let me try that

Sry didn’t know

[green ether]

no worries, its just hard to read

[silk night]

also for next time, if you want to make a screenshot just do win + shift + s and then ctrl + v in this chat to post it

[warm geode]

https://gdl.space/avewayugac.cs

https://gdl.space/zovodoxuja.cs

free character controller that anyone can use 🙂

[nimble wigeon]

It’s my school computer soo cant screen shot and post on discord

[warm geode]

dont screen shot

just copy paste it?

for the code part

[nimble wigeon]

Cant access discord on schools computer

Once I paste code on hate bin how do I share link?

[silk night]

just post it here

[nimble wigeon]

hatebin

https://hatebin.com/

hatebin -

https://hatebin.com/

yea I don’t think it worked lol

[warm geode]

dont use hate bin

use gdl space

the only i pasted above

[nimble wigeon]

GDL Paste - ebigadayaj

https://gdl.space/ebigadayaj.cs

[warm geode]

yeah

u can use pascal case for public variables @nimble wigeon

use public RigidBody, private rigidBody

[nimble wigeon]

So instead of doing serialize field I just do public Rigidbody rb;?

[warm geode]

no use serialize field, i meant for public variables use pascal case where all words start capital, rn u are using camel case for everything which first words start with small and rest start with caps

[nimble wigeon]

Oh is pascal better?

I just do that because in my CSA class they told us to always use camel case

[warm geode]

no it is used to distinguish between private and public variables

[nimble wigeon]

Ok ty

But do u see anything wrong with the code? I’ll see if I can see video of what is wrong with my enemy

[warm geode]

where do you have this script attached

[nimble wigeon]

It’s attached too the goblin

He’s floating and when he crashes into my player he pushes the whole background and tilemap

[warm geode]

the flip variable is never used

does character flipping work properly

[green ether]

its a bit messy

if(health <= 0)
        {
            goblinAnim.SetBool("isDead", true);
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }

why does this need to be checked every frame?
Why is it not at the end of TakeDamage()

[warm geode]

private void Flip()
    {
        Vector3 scale = transform.localScale;
        if (player.transform.position.x > transform.position.x)
        {
            scale.x = 1;
        }
        else
        {
            scale.x = -1;
        }
    }

i think this will work

your script is very incomplete you also never used the take damage function anywhere

but i think u can also put that code in the end of take damage

[cosmic quail]

did you fix it?

[undone rampart]

did you just took a screenshot of a screenshot?

why not just send the screenshot you made on pc

[deft grail]

what is InteractableObject?

[rigid valve]

whats that error?

[polar acorn]

What does the error say

[slender nymph]

1. use TryGetComponent instead of two separate GetComponent calls
2. do you have a component called InteractableObject

[rigid valve]

https://youtu.be/_GzSfnJNNI4?si=6MzcF5E64IgYR_JF
I am following this tutorial

[charred spoke]

Oh boy is the counter about to go up?

[deft grail]

check the console in Unity and see

[frosty hound]

Are you starting from Part 3 of a tutorial series?

[rigid valve]

no

from 1

[slender nymph]

you haven't answered my question yet, do you have a component called InteractableObject

[rigid valve]

idk I am following a tutorial 🥺

[slender nymph]

try paying attention to it then?

[deft grail]

then you should know, unless you arent following it but doing it blindly

[polar acorn]

What is InteractableObject

[deft grail]

!code

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[rigid valve]

thats what I am coufsed ab there is not such thing

but he used it in code

[deft grail]

the video has it

[rigid valve]

no ?

[deft grail]

yes

[rigid valve]

ohh that script I have that as well its basic for naming tress and diff stuff in evironment

[deft grail]

whats it called

that script

[slender nymph]

lmao the video covers it after writing that code apparently

[rigid valve]

InteractableObject

[slender nymph]

so just keep watching the video i guess

what a terribly structured tutorial series

[polar acorn]

This is not a tutorial you should be following. This is a tutorial for people who already know the engine and need to see the concepts put together into a large project

This is more about the workflow and project structure. This is not something you follow verbatim.

Still, they do have the script in the tutorial and you don't so it counts.

"I did it exactly like the tutorial so why does theirs work and mine doesn't" counter:
Number of times it wasn't exactly like the tutorial: 159
Number of times it was exactly like the tutorial: 5
Number of times the code literally did not exist: 1
2022-07-19 to 2024-4-30

[rigid valve]

do u know a better tutotrial?

[polar acorn]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[deft grail]

what does that even mean, also like i already said !code

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[deft grail]

you know what whatever thats fine, no where in the message it said use a screenshot but its OK, its fine for me

whats the problem with the code?

[rich adder]

!screenshots

[eternal falcon]

No

Be mindful, if someone requests your code as text, don't send a screenshot!

[tranquil hollow]

let me fix that

[slender nymph]

you also need to get your !IDE configured

[eternal falcon]

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[hollow dawn]

my player is floating and when i play the game i cant jump because the player is floating i tried moving it down but it goes back up how do i fix this?

[rich adder]

move the mesh only, down

[hollow dawn]

how do you move the mesh down?

[rich adder]

move ch32_nonPBR down

[hollow dawn]

Now that I fixed that issue thanks, why can't I jump? I have the script but I can't jump

[rich adder]

I'm not a mind reader, how should I know?

🪄 🔮

[deft grail]

need to show the code

[hollow dawn]

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);



}

}

[polar acorn]

!code

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// Your code here
```
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[rich adder]

You don't have any Layer selected in your groundMask

[rocky canyon]

why I guess you can't jump

1. your inputs aren't being read / used correctly
2. your conditional (isGrounded for example) is never true
3. your forces are wrong/ inadequate
4. other (missing layermask for example, see [2])

btw, if this is the Unity Character Controller it already has a ground check built-in https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/CharacterController-isGrounded.html

[rich adder]

nooooo

this is like the worst way to use grounded

[rocky canyon]

lol.. is it? 😬

ive always used it w/o issue..

[rich adder]

yes , only works whilist the Move is called

[rocky canyon]

lol ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[rich adder]

its very finnicky

[rocky canyon]

ohh.. yea ive never not had my Move() function not running in update.. so i never noticed :S

[rich adder]

also only works when controller is exactly touching another collider and u cant filter out the layers

its a mess

[rocky canyon]

ahh, okay.. noted

[rich adder]

CheckSphere is pretty good, though personally would use OverlapNonalloc

[rocky canyon]

i guess my groundcheck is trash then 😛

i'll fix up a nicer one one day

[rich adder]

instead of return cc.isground just return OverLap returned colliders > 0

[polar acorn]

It works perfectly fine as long as:

1. You are calling Move exactly once every Update
2. You are properly applying gravity even when grounded
3. You have no solid objects other than ground

[slender nymph]

why use Overlap when you can just use Check

[rich adder]

there was a specific reason , forgot what it was tbh. But I did try both

iirc even the unity third person character controller uses overlap instead

[slender nymph]

it works fine even if you call Move more than once with the caveat that you can only use it after moving along the Y axis. if you only move horizontally then it may not be considered grounded

[slender nymph]

it's a waste to do so unless you need the info about the collider(s) found. CheckSphere does the same thing but doesn't return the collider, it just returns true if a collider is found

[rich adder]

hmm yeah true , I gotta go back n check why I ended up with using Overlap instead

[rocky canyon]

now that i think about it i do have a weird groundcheck issue here

was trying to make a mechanic when u land.. so ur head would bob.. so (rationally thinking)
i thought if i set a bool at the end of the frame.. and then check the controller's bool against it I would find out when i land..

ofc that didn't work.. but when i cached it at the beginning of the frame.. (before the conditional) it works as i suspected it to work the other way

intereesting.. thats all i know

[hollow dawn]

when ever i start the game why does my player spawn above the ground and when i stop the player goes back on the ground

[rocky canyon]

if i do it this way (the way it makes sense in my head) it doesnt work

[rich adder]

skin of the collider? script? who knows..

[rocky canyon]

ya its the skin variables..

makes the capsule hover slightly above the ground

[crystal chasm]

It looks like your mesh is just centered in the collider, the feet are nowhere near where the collider would collide.

[rocky canyon]

oh yea ^ if thats ur player.. its just b/c the mesh's feet aren't at the bottom of the capsule

[rich adder]

huh ? thought that was fixed by telling them to move mesh down
#💻┃code-beginner message

[hollow dawn]

not working

[rocky canyon]

well, if it has been moved down.. and its standing a bit off hte ground tahts the skin width

either lower it.. or start the game.. move the mesh down while its playing.. to get ur real Y offset.. and paste it back in after u stop

ur scale is weird too

should try to keep a Uniform scale on Root gameobjects, especially Rigidbodys and CharacterControllers

[deft grail]

what sort of programming is that? 16 different scripts for just having a speed value for the movement?

just put it in 1

[rich adder]

jesus

[rocky canyon]

its the Composition workflow guys

[rich adder]

{
//put stats
}```

[rocky canyon]

ScriptableObject

fight me bro 😄

[deft grail]

need
Walk Controller Settings Sprint Controller Settings Idle Controller Settings
all with different values, best ScriptableObject approach

having 1 is not good enough

[rich adder]

still need a struct/class on it 😛

well you don't need it , but probably smarter to

[rocky canyon]

its a class i assume

[rich adder]

Oh i mean inside

[rocky canyon]

i actually have a struct version as well..

[rich adder]

this way they are easier to copy over for mutable data

[rocky canyon]

i was experimenting with different methods of storing the settings

still havent figured out whats best to use

[crystal chasm]

I like to encode all my settings into colors and save them as texture2d. XD

[rocky canyon]

lmfao 🤣

[rich adder]

im going to store all my stats in QR codes

[rocky canyon]

you actually gave me a stupid idea i can justify atleast a few hours of procrastination to indulge

[crystal chasm]

It's a good idea whatever it is.

[rocky canyon]

and i've never wrote/read pixels before

good time to learn

[rich adder]

Vince McMahon says "There is no stupid idea"

[hollow dawn]

why is it still floating?? i dont understand

[crystal chasm]

You still aren't at the bottom of the collider.

Maybe use orto view when setting it

[rocky canyon]

its always going to float a little

just drop ur mesh down until it touches the ground..

[summer stump]

The y of the center for your CharacterController is -.04

Also, the mesh is likely up a little

[hollow dawn]

what should it be

[summer stump]

Well, 0

Moving it down will raise your mesh up

Because the CC is a collider

[rocky canyon]

just do this ^

adjust it during playtime.. copy the variable.. and paste it in

[stuck palm]

im trying to make a custom editor script. i want to put these two objects into this template prefab. however when the new prefab is created, it only does metarig. this is after debug logs are telling me there are two child objects and telling me their correct names. how can i fix this?

private void CreatePrefab()
    {
        GameObject newPrefab = Instantiate(prefab);
        GameObject newFBXObject = Instantiate(fbxObject);
        
        foreach (Transform child in newFBXObject.transform)
        {
            GameObject newChild = Instantiate(child.gameObject);
            newChild.transform.SetParent(newPrefab.transform, true);
        }

[hollow dawn]

when i drag my player to the ground it bounces back up??

[rocky canyon]

u should be dragging the mesh (graphics)

u dont drag ur player into the ground.. ofc that will pop back up.. b/c colliders dont like to be inside other colliders

im dragging the Mesh not my SpawnCampController <- CharacterController

if its popping back up theres something in ur code/animations thats positioning it automatically (if ur dragging the graphics like you should be doing.. and not an actual collider)

[summer stump]

Are you changing it during runtime?

[hollow dawn]

yes

[rocky canyon]

u telling me this guy pops back up from the ground?

[hollow dawn]

yh

when i try to drag him down he pops back up

[chrome tide]

is it better to calculate camera physics in FixedUpdate(), or multiply X and Y values by Time.DeltaTime ?

[rich adder]

only way that would happen if yu have script/animation moving it back up

[rocky canyon]

then ur animations ^ must be doing it..

[rich adder]

camera physics?

why

[chrome tide]

yes, the rotation.

[hollow dawn]

how can i remove the animation

[rocky canyon]

you can create an empty parent.. around the mesh and move it down instead