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[rich adder]

why would camera have physics.

[rocky canyon]

i thought u have already moved it once tho?

[chrome tide]

isn't rotating an object counted as movement related to physics?

[crystal chasm]

Maybe, just maybe resize the collider instead of moving the mesh.

[rich adder]

not really

unless you had a physics body

Update() should be fine for camera rotation

[chrome tide]

ok. anyways, if i want the camera to be framerate-independent, then should i use FixedUpdate() or Time.DeltaTime ?

[summer stump]

When someone says physics, we assume it means handled by Physx or Box2D

[chrome tide]

ok, thanks.

[summer stump]

Should do it in LateUpdate generally
But Update is fine too
And yeah, for setting position, use deltaTime

[rocky canyon]

if ur animation is locking it on the Y so u can't move it downwards create a Container for it and move that down instead

[rich adder]

just dont use deltaTime on mouse input

[chrome tide]

ok

[rich adder]

also the two are not related (FixedUpdate . Time.deltaTime)

[chrome tide]

i will try doing both Update and LateUpdate, i'll see what works better for me

[molten dock]

is there a way to only pause one scene

[hollow dawn]

should i just restart the whole thing?

[rich adder]

wdym one scene ?

there is no pause function

[molten dock]

yeah with time.timescale

[rich adder]

that only works for limited objects

[molten dock]

that is okay

[rocky canyon]

thats gonna change the timescale for everything..

[rich adder]

i think its a global setting , doubt u can do it per scene

you would have to do it individually, custom Constant

[molten dock]

so pause singular objects

[rocky canyon]

ya, could use a boolean in each script u want to pause.. for example

[rich adder]

is there specific reason you need to only pause one scene

[rocky canyon]

if(!paused){
//do all the logic u were already doing
}```

[summer stump]

A manager with an enum, everything subscribes to it, the enum can be PauseSceneX, PauseAllScenes, UnPause.
Depending on enum, the code does an early return

[rocky canyon]

this sounds like something google would already have an answer for

if its possible that is

[molten dock]

im having it load a new scene upon hit and then when that new scene is completed it goes back to the original

so i need the stuff in the scene i load out of to stay in place

am i wrong to think that unity probably should have added some scene.pause function or something

[crystal chasm]

You just need to save the position and velocity of all the objects, and the state of all your scripts, and then reload that.

[molten dock]

okay

[crystal chasm]

Or, don't load in a new scene, just do it on another layer of your existing scene.

[molten dock]

thank you

i think layer is a good idea for me cause i am not that good at coding to know how to do the other one

[brittle isle]

Making a pacing enemy detect bottomless pits

[winter fractal]

can someone help me about a raycast problem?

I dont know why, my enemy dont generate raycasts

[rich adder]

https://dontasktoask.com

[winter fractal]

sorry, I mean if this was the place for it xD

[summer stump]

It is. Just ask

[winter fractal]

https://gdl.space/menubikuze.cs

I have that code

well, is part of the code

basically is a state machine for a fps enemy

when the enemy is searching, the idea is that it generates a raycast

[rich adder]

so did you check the Debug.DrawRay

[winter fractal]

yep

no sign of the array

[rich adder]

array ?

[winter fractal]

sorry

I mean raycast

[rich adder]

did you enable Gizmos in the Gameview

either script is not running or your ray doesn't have correct values

[winter fractal]

this option right?

[rich adder]

well yeah if you are observing it in scene view during playmode

otherwise in gameview it has its own toggle

move it outside of the If statement of ray

[winter fractal]

I think everything is alright

[rich adder]

defeats the whole point of debugging drawing a ray only if hits

[winter fractal]

oh thats right

just under raycasthit right?

[rich adder]

put it above the if statement

maybe the origin being wrong
0.5f
I think you want

Vector3 pos =myEnemy.transform.position;
pos.y += 0.5f;
var ray = new Ray(pos, myEnemy.transform.forward)```

[winter fractal]

ok

I see the raycast

is extremely far from the enemy

[rich adder]

where is it

[winter fractal]

wait, let me post an image

it will be clearer

[rich adder]

ok. your gameObject origin point is prob not where you think it is

[winter fractal]

shouldnt originate from the collider?

[rich adder]

transform.position doesn't use the collider

are you in local pivot mode

[winter fractal]

youre right

[rich adder]

also can barely tell whats going on in that image

[winter fractal]

sorry for the bad quality xD

Ill try to zoom more

or even post a video

[molten dock]

might need ray.position = transform.position

[rich adder]

make sure you have this setup like so

[winter fractal]

I had it on center instead of pivot

but the problem remains

is extremely strange

[rich adder]

nothing strange about it

switching it from Local to Center is not the fix

its simply to view the true Pivot poiint

you have to show what myEnemy is

[rocky canyon]

that way when you use transform.position you know what position that is

i think [Pivot] [Local] should be the default setting

[rich adder]

yup been preaching it for years

[rocky canyon]

lol

[winter fractal]

my enemy is that small cube

[rich adder]

unity wont listen.

it confuses things for those who don't know those will create alignment problems later

[winter fractal]

myEnemy* sorry

the strange thibg is that, depending on how I move the camera

the ray cast move

[rich adder]

i meant the inspector though

that cube is linked in the inspector for the field myEnemy ?

cause the forward doesn't match up if thats the ray being drawn

[winter fractal]

this?

[rich adder]

no

the script you sent

has a field myEnemy

[rocky canyon]

myEnemy.transform.forward * 100f this should be drawing the debug ray directly on top of the blue axis

[winter fractal]

is calling this script

https://gdl.space/ibigarisid.cs

the enemyAI script

[rich adder]

wdym calling this script

[winter fractal]

enemyAI myEnemy;

is not calling

I'm terrible with the terminology sorry

[rich adder]

ok and show where you put that script enemyAi

no crop

[rocky canyon]

we need that to be an emoji

[rich adder]

make sure object full inspector is visible with hierarchy

[winter fractal]

ok

[rich adder]

fr

[winter fractal]

jesus man

[rocky canyon]

its like no cap but no crop

[rich adder]

!nocrop

[winter fractal]

from your point of view guys is probably like talking to a gorilla xD

[rocky canyon]

lol, nah we're just being thorough

[limber robin]

Sorry if I'm interrupting something, hopefully this is an easy answer. I'm trying to get a bullet to pass through the player as if they don't exist. However the bullet still slows down when passing through the player. Why would this be and how can I fix it?

[rich adder]

because its colliding before you apply Ignore

[limber robin]

thats what I expected, but Im not sure how to fix it lol

[slender nymph]

physics step happens before OnCollisionXXX runs. why not just make the bullet a trigger instead?

[rich adder]

maybe layerbased on do it in the beginning

[winter fractal]

from a cenital point of view it seems that the raycast is originating from the cube

but it stills not collides with the player

[rich adder]

the origin is fine

the direction is wrong though

transform.forward should be on blue

[winter fractal]

oh

[rich adder]

you tried this btw
#💻┃code-beginner message

[winter fractal]

what is happening then, I'm starting ti hate these things xD

oh, nope

[rich adder]

hah welcome to gamedev

[winter fractal]

got lost into the conversation

hahaha

thanks man xD

ill modify the script

[rich adder]

worth a shot lol

it might be grabbing Y as world pos and causing weird skew

[winter fractal]

I'm sorry (again), but in that code that you pass me should I just change the variables or copy paste?

[rich adder]

should be fine to copy and paste it

for both DrawRay n Raycast

[winter fractal]

again, a troglodyte question but honestly I'm therrible at programing

[rich adder]

well its easier to start with the basics instead of already doing raycasts and state machines lol

[winter fractal]

yea...

[valid roost]

does anyone have any idea on why this happens

[winter fractal]

I'm honestly trying to adapt but is difficult

[slender nymph]

because you have Jump nested inside of another method

[rich adder]

read the green underline under Jump

[valid roost]

i see..

[winter fractal]

man, I dont know where to paste it xD

[rich adder]

wdym

[valid roost]

oh ur right

[limber robin]

thanks everythings good now 🙂

[rich adder]

DrawRay(ray.origin, ray.direction * length, . . )

[winter fractal]

like this¿

[rich adder]

well you have to use the variable now

also where is the red DrawRay

[winter fractal]

oh sorry I change it to blue before

[rich adder]

then it should not be nested inside Physics If statement

put above it like i said earlier

[winter fractal]

before the first if

got it

[rich adder]

also dont put the *100 inside the ray

that was myb, edited

[winter fractal]

Debug.DrawRay(ray.origin, ray.direction , Color.blue); like this?

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[winter fractal]

but isnt this like in your code?

minus the *100

damn Im dumb

[rich adder]

looks fine

show result

[winter fractal]

there it is!

(change it to red again, seems clearer)

but I dont undertand

why it still dont detect the player?

I put the FPSController right in front of the ray and still nothing

the tag is correct

[rich adder]

start debugging

you. already looked visually

now debug the hit

Debug.Log the raycast hit's collider name/tag etc

also did you put 100? cause that doesnt look like *100

[winter fractal]

well, I already have this

[rich adder]

why are u not using the ray u just made for the raycast..

[winter fractal]

that debugs if the raycast hits a collider

[rich adder]

you're still using the old incorrect one?

[onyx tusk]

it's debugger, black is a List<ChessVector/*(my custom class)*/>, why it can not work?

[hollow dawn]

how can I add first person animations? like when im standing still I want a idle animation to play,when walking I want a walking animation to play. all the videos I find are hard to understand cause they don't explain things properly and they edit the video and everything is too fast.

[winter fractal]

it works! @rich adder

how do i apply the *100 btw?

it smalls but works

jeje

[rich adder]

if you want something bigger use a cast like sphere

[willow scroll]

Are you referring to the Ray's length? There is a parameter for this

[rich adder]

btw .CompareTag("Player") is better than ==

[winter fractal]

oh, thx for the tip

[winter fractal]

yea

[rich adder]

oh right make it longer if you mean length
forgot default is like 1 length

[winter fractal]

yea

sorry again for my terminology

[slender nymph]

have you set up equality checks on your class? if not, then by default it compares the reference not the contents of the class

[willow scroll]

Your Ray has a parameter for the length. Usually the last one.

There are quite a few overloads

[rich adder]

you can use length: and order wont matter

but other params will need i think

too bad

[wintry quarry]

Probably hould use a struct for this not a class. And yeah you need to implement IEquatable and HashCode/Equals for this

[willow scroll]

There are not a lot

[onyx tusk]

yes

[wintry quarry]

but did you implement .Equals and HashCode?

List doesn't use == to compare things

[onyx tusk]

no

[wintry quarry]

You need to implement Equals and HashCode

[onyx tusk]

ok, what code row i need for implement it?

[wintry quarry]

code row?

[winter fractal]

I think this that this should do

[wintry quarry]

What's a code row?

[winter fractal]

thanks a lot guys

[rocky canyon]

wait wat was it?

[onyx tusk]

like this public static bool operator ==(ChessVector v1, ChessVector v2) for == operator

[short hazel]

object notNull1 = null ?? v1
what?

[willow scroll]

Yes, that's right. So the length was the Raycast's parameter.

[rich adder]

make sure thats the correct field

[winter fractal]

seems good in game

[rocky canyon]

just built me a raycast fidget toy 😄

[rich adder]

I think because they were creating the ray origin as world pos y

[winter fractal]

Im going to also apply it to the drawray

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/reference/generate-equals-gethashcode-methods?view=vs-2022

[rich adder]

no draw ray doesnt have a length
thats why you multiply direction by length

[wintry quarry]

Also again definitely consider using a struct not a class

and use Vector2Int for inspiration:
https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/9778aaee88c7de7656c15184ba5c91ca66db7e94/Runtime/Export/Math/Vector2Int.cs#L222
https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/9778aaee88c7de7656c15184ba5c91ca66db7e94/Runtime/Export/Math/Vector2Int.cs#L236

[winter fractal]

oh ok

[rocky canyon]

        private void OnDrawGizmos()
        {
            if(draw)
            {
                if(success)  Gizmos.color = rayHitColor;
                else  Gizmos.color = rayColor;
                Gizmos.DrawRay(transform.position,targetDir * rayDistance);
            }
        }```

i like to use OnDrawGizmo's function

or ...GizmosSelected()

then u can just use the same ray just as it is

(if u construct a ray for ur raycast, that is)

[rich adder]

Gizmos.color = success? rayHitColor : rayColor

[willow scroll]

Where is the ternary operator?

[rocky canyon]

lol i knew it!

[winter fractal]

is ok thought, the lenght multiplier works fine in game

[rocky canyon]

im workin on it 😅

[rich adder]

dat sweet sweet one line goodness

[onyx tusk]

thx

[rocky canyon]

it'll make up for my chunky switch

[willow scroll]

This can be simplified

[rich adder]

that can also be simplified btw

[rocky canyon]

how?

[rich adder]

😦

[willow scroll]

targetDir = direction switch
{
    Direction.North => ...,
};

[rocky canyon]

ohhh

[rich adder]

i think you can let VS refactor it for you

[rocky canyon]

i let it build the switch.. thought it was good enuff haha

[rich adder]

ctrl + .

[rocky canyon]

i didn't even think of htis

[rich adder]

less lines = better code. amirite?
/s

[winter fractal]

also, want to ask, are there easy solutions in code to hide a mechanic until the player touch a special gameobject? Im making a small metroidvania and I know there are better solutions than having to set on and off 3 different character with 1, 2 or 3 mechanics

[willow scroll]

But this is cool to do

[rich adder]

keep the script disabled until player touches the thing

[winter fractal]

lol, thats brilliant

[rich adder]

keep it simple

[winter fractal]

thx man

[rocky canyon]

apply that to everything from now

if u dont see it, turn it off 😄

performance gains!

[rich adder]

I used to have bools spammed everywhere

my inventory basically was a bunch of bools 😆

good times

[winter fractal]

my original plan was to just set off the character that unlock the ability and set on another character with that ability

but that is barbaric xD

[rich adder]

depends, if the character has to change much it might make sense to only switch visuals

[winter fractal]

(barbaric for a programmer, I butcher the sacred code of C# with my letters mind)

[winter fractal]

I think yours is better, the game is more like a prototipe

it will have like 2 o 3 power ups

[crystal chasm]

It's for an elevation model

[rich adder]

black mesa 2 ?

[crystal chasm]

GenerateElevationGrid(mesh, Resolution, new Vector3(-0.5f, 0.0f, -0.5f));

Black Mesa 2?

[rich adder]

yea just silly joke

[crystal chasm]

I see. It is not that. It's google earth as a mod for a flight simulation

But it only works at half the resolution it could

[rich adder]

Ohh cool so you're trying to modify the terrain

[crystal chasm]

I generated the terrain at runtime. I'm just trying to make the mesh a higher resolution

[stuck palm]

How can i convert a ModelImporterClipAnimation to an animation clip?

[lost anvil]

is there anything about this script to handle my game's AI i could improve? - i want a nice, neat, hopefully flexible script.

https://gdl.space/ofefigajig.cs

[deft grail]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[proven canopy]

Yes my bad sorry, didnt mean to send yet

[rich adder]

if it works it works. If you want flexible script dont cram everything into one script

[lost anvil]

haha cheers, thats been a recurring theme, ive not crammed too much unrelated stuff into it though just some sfx and ui stuff

[rich adder]

also tbh
}
else
lookTarget = baseLookAt;

imo without {} it doesn't look as good

not a fan of doing that esp if its nested inside other if statements

[lost anvil]

👍

[rich adder]

btw if you want cleaner conditions
this is better pattern to use imo
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/early-return-pattern-in-c-sharp/

[summer stump]

It's really a game changer when you get used to early returns

[rich adder]

so much cleaner without all the indents everywhere and {}'s

#archived-networking

[gritty parcel]

sorry

[sick ocean]

My first code ^_^

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Windows;

public class PlayerScript : MonoBehaviour
{

    public float Speed = 0.006f;
    public float HSpeed = 0.009f;


    void Start()
    {
      

    }


    void Update()
    {
        // Player Movement 
        if (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) || UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow))
        {
            transform.Translate(new Vector3(-Speed, 0, 0));
        }
        else if (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) || UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        {
            transform.Translate(new Vector3(Speed, 0, 0));
        }
        if (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) || UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow) && (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))))
        {
            transform.Translate(new Vector3(-HSpeed, 0, 0));
        }
        else if (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) && (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift) || UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow) && (UnityEngine.Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift))))
        {
            transform.Translate(new Vector3(HSpeed, 0, 0));
        }


    }
}```

[sick ocean]

any suggestion ?

[deft grail]

nice, however you should use a Rigidbody/CharacterController to move, and for easier input you can use Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") same with Vertical, or use the new Input System

can easily bring this code down to 3-5 lines which would make it a lot cleaner and nicer to read

[sick ocean]

Thanks ^_^

[sick ocean]

i'm making 2d game

[deft grail]

then you can use a Rigidbody2D

and set its .velocity or use AddForce()

[sick ocean]

yes

[deft grail]

oh you already have one?
you arent moving via it though

[rocky gale]

https://hastebin.com/share/ilepizawuc.csharp how come when the katana hits an enemy it comes back fine but if it doesnt hit an enemy it just flies off into the distance

[deft grail]

do you actually make it come back if it doesnt hit an enemy? what line is that code on

[rocky gale]

yes it says startcoroutine and starts the followhand coroutine once you throw it after a certain amount of time

[wintry quarry]

Why are you using Invoke with a coroutine?

[rocky gale]

because i am trying to start it after a cooldwon

[wintry quarry]

The way to start a coroutine is to use StartCoroutine()

[onyx cove]

Hello is it possible to put multiple collider in a procedural mesh ?

[rocky gale]

ik but it doesnt when i do it like that

[deft grail]

the point of a couroutine is you can add a wait inside it

[wintry quarry]

What doesn't what when you do it like that?

[rocky gale]

ik

hold on

[rocky gale]

i want it to start the cooldwon after you throw it but if i do it like that it starts after you hit an enemy meaning it works fine if you dont hiot an enemy but if you do then it continues to go for the cooldwon

[wintry quarry]

RIght now your FollowHand will never run

because you cannot start a coroutine with Invoke

just start the coroutine

[rocky gale]

i did

but it does what i told you

[wintry quarry]

and put yield return new WaitForSeconds(time); as the first line

[deft grail]

then you can use a bool, if you hit an enemy then make it true and dont run the cooldown if its true

[wintry quarry]

No it won't

[rocky gale]

exactly what i did

[wintry quarry]

it will start when you call StartCoroutine

Show the code

[rocky gale]

IEnumerator FollowHand()
{
yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeForKatanaToReturnAfterThrown);

    while (Vector3.Distance(transform.position, hand.position) > .2f)
    {
        returningSword = true;
        rb.velocity = (hand.position - transform.position) * returnForce;
        returnForce += Time.deltaTime * 5;
        transform.Rotate(returnSpinSpeed, 0, 0);
        yield return null;
    }

    CatchSword();
}

[wintry quarry]

ok but where did you call StartCoroutine

[rocky gale]

samw place as where invoke was

i replaced it

[wintry quarry]

then it will be fine

[rocky gale]

its not tho

[wintry quarry]

Add Debug.Logs to your code

Honestly you've made this quite overcomplex

and there's a lot of moving pieces

[polar acorn]

From the looks of things there's about a half dozen functions that are never used

[wintry quarry]

Start adding log statements so you can figure out what's actually happening

[rocky gale]

ye cuz i was using them before

[wintry quarry]

prove it

with logs

(and by showing the new code)

[rocky gale]

i debugged returning sword and it starts after the cooldown after the enemy was hit

[deft grail]

use a bool or a paramater

[rocky gale]

i am

[deft grail]

show it then

[rocky gale]

wdym use a bool or parameter

where

[deft grail]

around the cooldown, or you can do a paramater when you start the coroutine to know if its from the OnTriggerEnter or not

[wintry quarry]

What is "returning sword"?

show the code

[rocky gale]

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

[wintry quarry]

You need to put a log inside FollowHand

put a log right before the WaitForSeconds

and right after

like "Starting cooldown before following hand". and "Cooldown over, starting to follow hand now"

[rocky gale]

ok

[rocky gale]

i think it starts the cooldown twice, once when you throw the katana and once when the enemy is hit

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, you throw the sword by giving it a force and starting up two timers. One spins the sword until it starts to return. The other waits some period of time before it returns.

Additionally, whenever this object collides with an enemy, you cancel any existing spins and returns, then start up another wait and return

[deft grail]

show the logs

[wintry quarry]

I mean duh - look at what your code does in OnTriggerEnter:

            StopAllCoroutines();
            StartCoroutine(FollowHand());```

it's doing exactly what you tell it to do

so it sounds like you need separate functionality for when thrown vs when colliding

when it collides you want to start returning right away

when it's thrown, you want to start a cooldown, after which it returns right away

you can just add a parameter for how long to wait to the coroutine if you wish

that would be one simple way to do it

[rocky gale]

so i just change the cooldown to 0 if it collides

[wintry quarry]

you don't "change" the cooldown, you just pass in 0 as the parameter

[rocky gale]

yes

thats what i meant

[wintry quarry]

and pass in the normal cooldown in the other case

[rocky gale]

ok

[rocky gale]

it worked ty

[sour patio]

there really isn't a good place to ask this... but someone pushed changes to a scene that they shouldn't have and now unity is saying the file is confliceted when the good copy was recovered from stash. How is it even possible the stash file was changed? how do I get my copy of the scene back

(involving git)

[dense mica]

What strategies are advised for managing game object hierarchy during runtime? I've not really concerned myself it thus far, but after a while of using Instantiate()... the Scene Heirarchy is unusable with thousands of objects listed. I've been pondering if its at all useful or feasible to try and collect them under other objects, if only to make the Editor faster and for my own sanity. Do folks generally do that at some point? Or am I missing a design principle here that I should be using?

[short hazel]

The stashed file hasn't changed, the conflict comes from the scene in your local branch compared to the stashed one

[sour patio]

then why won't unity load it and says its conflicted.

unity says that

not git

[short hazel]

Ah, yeah they might have the same unique identifier

=> #💻┃unity-talk as it's not a code issue

[deft grail]

when you instantiate there is a paramater for setting the parent

also what are you instantiating?

if its bullets or something you can use pooling

[dense mica]

Nah, not bullets. Say I have 32 doors on the map, 10 altars, 50 beds, a couple cabinets, and 150 NPCs.

I've not really paid much attention to where the objects end up. They are all tracked/managed by other objects. I could stash them under those manager objects. Just hadn't really thought about if its useful beyond keeping the Editor organized.

[deft grail]

your instantiating all of this?

[dense mica]

Yes, for example when loading the map from a JSON file to build it up

My current architecture is a reusable scene where the specifics of the map are all loaded dynamically from JSON files created with an editor I wrote.

[deft grail]

ah ok, yeah i guess i would just make a parent like Beds Doors NPCS and place them under that

[dense mica]

Cool. That is what I figured. Just wanted to bounce it off someone 🙂 Thanks!

[fierce shuttle]

Maybe this might help: https://blog.unity.com/engine-platform/best-practices-from-the-spotlight-team-optimizing-the-hierarchy

In short, Unity will mark a GameObject as "dirty" if it, or any of its children have changes, such as position/scale/rotation changes, toggling the object on/off, so if you have a parent with 300 children, and you enable 1 of those chidren, 300 children + the parent get recalculated, even tho almost nothing changed

That said, for your own sanity, organizing objects under a parent can be helpful, or what some do is use a empty object and structure their hierarchy like

==== ENEMEIES ==== (Empty GameObject)
Enemy A (Prefab)
Enemy B (Prefab)
...
==== LIGHTS ==== (Empty GameObject)
...

Personally not a fan of that approach, but for compiling, if your objects ever change, and they dont really need to be a child of anything, its usually best to leave it in the root hierarchy with no parent, otherwise just keep the "dirty" in mind, and if its only for your own sanity, then organize it however is best for you to work, as it likely wont be the major bottleneck of performance, unless the child tree is VERY large

[dense mica]

Oh huh, that is very interesting.

I wonder if anyone has made an Asset that allows organization of objects in a secondary tree/heirachy for easier debugging/editing, while still allowing for a performant existence. Given my target includes mobile, I would not want to incur the CPU hit of aggressively grouping objects it seems.

[cosmic dagger]

there's no real reason to group an object under a parent, unless it's applicable to its function . . .

[vital hinge]

can someone walk me through how I can add an online leaderboard system (I ve watched some videos but still cant figure it out but I think im close to the answer)

[dense mica]

Yeah my thoughts were entirely geared towards easier navigating of the editor during debugging, and better performance when the list has 1000s of things in it being updated every frame.

[molten dock]

what do you mean

[summer stump]

Be considerate of parenting. It is mostly for making sure the position of the child is relative to the parent

[cosmic dagger]

when playing the game, no one sees the hierarchy. it's unnecessary to group objects that don't actually need grouping. e.g., bullets placed under a projectile GameObject, or enemies as children of an enemies GameObject

it's nice and easy to sift through while editing, but during gameplay, it not helpful. you can still use parenting if you move the objects locally. the biggest culprit is updating transform.position without knowing the consequences . . .

[molten dock]

are u saying before building a project that objects which are parented for organisation should be unparented

[devout swift]

Hey guys, I'm trying to use animator events to play sounds in my game. But it doesn't seem to work? I tried to have it when the method is executed it should tell me a Debug.Log("FootStep!!"); but it doesn't show.

[summer stump]

No
Just don't parent them in the first place if you don't have to

[wintry quarry]

You'd have to show what you tried

[cosmic dagger]

no, if you need that parent-child relationship, then keep it; but don't unnecessarily parent objects for that sake of organization . . .

[molten dock]

why not

[dense mica]

If you click and read the article that was posted, you'll see that it can kill game performance.

[cosmic dagger]

i already explained that above . . .

[molten dock]

i will read that

[cosmic dagger]

check out the article for more info . . .
https://blog.unity.com/engine-platform/best-practices-from-the-spotlight-team-optimizing-the-hierarchy

[torn edge]

Can someone explain to me how I could recreate the shooting that takes place in this video (2:27 - 3:00)? How are the bullets able to go over the enemies in a 2D game but not collide with them? Is it because of the z values of their position? Also how is the player able to control how high or low their bullets go? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTud6ujDDw

[molten dock]

Yes 🦧 😎

[devout swift]

this event should call this function. (Second image) that uses an event system I made for my game to not rely on dependencies that much. but the function doesn't event show the debug.log

[wintry quarry]

There's almost zero chance this game is using an actual physics engine

it is doing its own internal accounting of object positions and collision detection

[torn edge]

But how could I recreate that in Unity?

[wintry quarry]

Write your own physics

[torn edge]

what

[wintry quarry]

it's really not that complicated here. Probably just a bunch of circle or square overlaps

[torn edge]

But like I can't I do by setting their z values differently

[wintry quarry]

Why not

[torn edge]

Yea but I don't know how to do that

[wintry quarry]

It's extremely simple math

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphere-SphereIntersection.html

[summer stump]

Then this may be too large of a project at the moment.
Do some prototypes of just different physics interactions
Work up to it. You got this

[wintry quarry]

For two sphere's it's literally just checking if the distance is less than the sum of their radiuses

[molten dock]

so dat is reffering to not childing instantiations

i think anyway

good to know ty

[torn edge]

But I mean my game design teacher kinda told me to this

[cosmic dagger]

it's any GameObject that is parented to another. using Instantiate just creates a GameObject . . .

[wintry quarry]

what components are attached to the object with the animator?

[summer stump]

Then they should have given you resources

[torn edge]

Okay but this doesn't explain how I would code it or set it up in Unity?

[torn edge]

I just have this video :/

[wintry quarry]

Now you're jsut asking me "what are the basics of coding"

[summer stump]

It kinda does

[summer stump]

Then they are a bad teacher

[torn edge]

Well I can't say that to them

[molten dock]

so what is incorrect about me saying to have them organised during development then unparent before building

[devout swift]

The animator is in my player object.

The event is calling from the PlayerAudioManager script which holds the (Second image from the message before.)

[summer stump]

Why unparent them at that point?
Development work is a big deal

[molten dock]

for optimisation like what the site says

[rotund trail]

Has anyone had any issues with cinemachine not following the player transform when "apply root motion" is checked on?

[dense mica]

I recommend watching some tutorial videos to understand the basics of Unity, coding, setting up the project and doing some basic things in 2D. Expect to spend a couple days just watching and learning and then you'll have the foundations for trying to tackle something like this. Code Monkey's earlier videos deal mostly with 2D, explore many facets of game designs and systems, and although some might be more geared towards Unity 2020/21, are still highly applicable to 2022 LTS.

[cosmic dagger]

it's unreasonable, especially, if you have tons or hundreds and GameObjects in a scene . . .

why parent in the first place?

[molten dock]

organisation

[wintry quarry]

Are you sure that particular animation clip is actually playing?

[cosmic dagger]

but if you want to do the extra work, no one is stopping you . . .

[summer stump]

Static objects are fine being organized like that
Static things are gonna need the most organization too

For other things, just don't parent them

[devout swift]

yes its called within the blend tree i made when the player inputs the y axis of the player.

[molten dock]

i understand

[torn edge]

Do you think it would be possible to have it done in 3ish days

[dense mica]

Just to give some insight, I have about a dozen Manager objects that contain very useful information for Runtime debug. I'm often inspecting them and their properties to track down bugs or just track metrics. If I'm trying to find them amongst 10,000 things in the hierarchy list its a bit of a pain. Not to mention the list itself can lag after some time. There are times I just want to come back after running for 10 hours and inspect a few random objects for integrity and so grouping is helpful in that case. In my case since everything is instantiated at runtime I can just have a flag to tell it to group for debug/test and ungroup when I go live. But its great to have learned of the performance implications so I can plan accordingly.

[molten dock]

long ass run

[wintry quarry]

I'm not sure what's wrong. Maybe check #🏃┃animation

[devout swift]

Thanks for trying to help, this thing is driving me nuts since yesterday.

[wintry quarry]

maybe something about the blend or transition skips those first animation frames so the event doesn't work?

[dense mica]

I don't know what all "have it done" means per say... but a simple game-scene like that? Sure if you are a competent C# coder and have experience with Unity, that's probably a weekend game jam 20 hour project. If you are new to Unity/coding I'd say more like a month.

[devout swift]

That is a possibility? But I've tried on putting the event in the middle of the animation, and it still didn't work.

[wintry quarry]

not sure

I'm not an expert on the Animator

[molten dock]

have you tried starting the game and then playing the anim on loop from the animation window just to check

[cosmic dagger]

you can easily search the hierarchy based on name, component, etc. if they're manager objects, that should be a cinch . . .

[molten dock]

you can watch the line go over the animation and make sure it goes past the event trigger

[devout swift]

Yes I have, it still didn't work.

[devout swift]

Yes, I did just that. But the debug.log I wrote as an indicator, still doesn't show.

[cosmic dagger]

are you calling a function on a component attached to the same GameObject?

[molten dock]

would also just make sure that the void is set to activate from that trigger

[devout swift]

Yes, I am. Its with my player object. The method is in my PlayerAudioManager

[devout swift]

void is set? Like as a data type?

[cosmic dagger]

by void they probably mean the function/method . . .

[molten dock]

ye

[devout swift]

It is a void data type.

[cosmic dagger]

void is just a return type, it's not relatable to a method. that's why the confusion . . .

[molten dock]

could you explain simpler fo me

[devout swift]

Yeah, because int and other data types can be a method. Void just doesn't return value. (Afaik)

[teal viper]

Are you sure there's nothing printing in the console? Can you show us the console window after the event should have been triggered?

[molten dock]

i am just talking about when you select the animation event and set it to activate the function contained in a void

[devout swift]

Okay.

[summer stump]

They are not called voids

[teal viper]

Function in a void?😱

[devout swift]

It is set.

[molten dock]

function as in whatever is in it

it be functioning

[teal viper]

You have messages disabled in the console...

[summer stump]

The "it" IS the function

[cosmic dagger]

you have 5 messages from the console and 1 error, but only the error is displayed . . .

[summer stump]

The stuff inside is the body of the function (method)

[molten dock]

i see

[devout swift]

Oh yeah, sorry. but no. the messages in the console is sent by my npc ai random movement

There's nothing else than that.

[molten dock]

isnt calling it a void just more direct or can that be confused with other things

[summer stump]

It is meaningless. Void is a return type. Never call it void

[molten dock]

public void

[devout swift]

I forgot I have it setted as that.

[summer stump]

[Accessor] [return type]

[shrewd bison]

is there anyone that can teach me the basics of c# use in unity?

[molten dock]

are there other types that dont return

[devout swift]

Yes, I have it set now to show all but it still doesn't work.

[cosmic dagger]

no, because they are not voids. if a method has public int, calling it an int makes no sense and is very confusing . . .

[summer stump]

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

[shrewd bison]

ty

[summer stump]

Irrelevant. Call it a method
Calling it a void immediately exposes a lack of knowledge/experience, and confuses beginners

[summer stump]

Also !learn btw

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[teal viper]

Is the first message not related as well? We can't see it.

[shrewd bison]

oh dang thanks @summer stump

[molten dock]

waht would you call a public int

[teal viper]

Depends on the context. Without anything it's just an accessory and a type.

[devout swift]

Yes, its from my ai. I was experimenting with a patrol ai before.

[summer stump]

A method

They are ALL called methods

[molten dock]

oh i thought int was variable

what like everything is a method

[cosmic dagger]

a method, like normal . . .

[summer stump]

Ok yeah, see why that is confusing. An int is a type. Public int could be talking about a method with an int return or a variable or a property

Public int isn't called anything, it is part of multiple things

[teal viper]

Wait, did you try playing the animation via the animator..?

[frigid sequoia]

I want to do like this thing where enemies gradually change color when they get status effects like Freezing (turning blue gradually). Is that supposed to be like a custom shader or I can do simple script that adds a semitransparent layer of a given color on top of the material? Cause I am not sure at all on how to handle something like that

[devout swift]

Yeah?? That's what I did in the video?

[teal viper]

I'm not sure a preview window would trigger it correctly.

[teal viper]

No, you clicked preview button.

[devout swift]

Oh. What do you mean via animator? Like from this?

[teal viper]

Yes

Also, I'd remove the other debug logs for the time being as they're gonna make it more difficult to see the event message.

[gray elk]

Does anyone know how to fix this error? I'm working with WebGL and it won't give me the preview

[teal viper]

There must be more errors other than that.

[devout swift]

Yes, you are right. But now it works? I don't understand? It was not working before. Lol. Thank you.

[gray elk]

It just crashed my Unity so I'm unable to check that but I will see if i can track any more down

[molten dock]

your error might be stopping the code from running

[teal viper]

Perhaps the issue had more causes than you thought. Some of the changes fixed the previous cause, but then you started testing in the preview mode and couldn't see that.

[teal viper]

Read the warning. It's probably related to the issue.

Or not. Share the first error details.

[gray elk]

I'm not quite sure what it means. How is it able to be completed as a build but wont open in WebGL? The only reasons it gives me is 'result of Failed' and 'no further information'

[teal viper]

Wdym? It doesn't complete the build. It fails to do so.

[devout swift]

Yes, it would seem that way. Thanks.

[gray elk]

it says 'build completed with a result of failed', does that mean the build did not complete at all? it still saved to my folder on my desktop

Here are details for the first error

[teal viper]

Yes, it means that the build failed. Even if there are some files that it produced, it shouldn't be able to run.

[molten dock]

where can i read what all the stuff is called

[teal viper]

Share the whole error details. Use !code sharing guidelines

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[teal viper]

In the C# manual

[summer stump]

Any basic c# course
This is one I always recommend
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

[molten dock]

does it not vary in unity

[summer stump]

Or yeah, the microsoft c# manual is peak

[summer stump]

It does not

[molten dock]

okay ty

[summer stump]

Unity is a c# api. It has methods ON TOP of c#

It doesn't change anything with c# itself

[gray elk]

i tried doing the ```cs
// Your code here

but it only let me send as this because it was too much text

[molten dock]

you are cooked

[gray elk]

I'm using the KinematicCharacterController from the Unity Asset store, and I need to use it for my assignment so the fact its not working is a huge problem

[molten dock]

erm

put the error in google

[gray elk]

i have
i also talked to my TA about it and he has no idea either
google just kind of says 'yeah that certainly is an error that exists'

[molten dock]

i was shown a good amount of unity forum stuff

[gray elk]

thats what we're trying to work off of right now yeah
i just meant there wasnt one end all be all answer unfortunately

[summer stump]

Look at the "large code blocks" section...

[gray elk]

it showed up as one big line of code when i pasted it into one of the listed websites

[summer stump]

So what?

Better than having to download the file

[gray elk]

Oh i thought i was doing something wrong and it was supposed to show up as multiple lines my bad

[molten dock]

i was shown a code box wut

[gray elk]

so was I haha

[summer stump]

Mobile vs desktop

[gray elk]

gotcha

[summer stump]

A large portion of the resident helpers here are on mobile

[molten dock]

mentions what line it has a problem with after each error message

check those out

[gray elk]

I managed to figure it out (for now at least); completely had to restart though. It was an issue with my folder organization I believe

which is why the errors were so odd I assume

[magic panther]

real quick, will this work?

[wintry quarry]

define "work"?

what are you trying to do?

[magic panther]

collisions with box collider objects

[wintry quarry]

BoxCast doesn't do collisions

it just tells you if there are objects in the path of the cast box

[magic panther]

damn

yes, that's what I meant

you won't move if something's in the way

I'll show the full script so far

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

public class Player : MonoBehaviour {

    private Vector3 lastMoveDir = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

    private float playerSize = 2;

    private void Update() {
        Vector2 inputVector = new Vector2(0, 0);

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W)) {
            inputVector.y -= 1;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S)) {
            inputVector.y += 1;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A)) {
            inputVector.x += 1;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D)) {
            inputVector.x -= 1;
        }

        inputVector.x *= playerSize;
        inputVector.y *= playerSize;

        Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(inputVector.x, 0f, inputVector.y);
        bool canMove = !Physics.BoxCast(transform.position + moveDir, new Vector3(playerSize, playerSize, playerSize), moveDir);

        if (canMove) {
            if (moveDir != Vector3.zero) {
                lastMoveDir = moveDir;
            }

            transform.position += moveDir;

            transform.forward = lastMoveDir;
        }
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

1. Your first parameter is wrong, it should just be the current position
2. This shouldn't really just be a yes or no

You should be looking for the distance you can move

which the boxcast will tell you in the RaycastHit (when you use a form that gives you one)

[magic panther]

I probably don't understand what you mean, but it's locked to 1 space at a time, it's a grid based game

[wintry quarry]

Oh I see

this is wrong though:
transform.position + moveDir

but really]

if you have a grid based game

why are you using physics at all??

[magic panther]

to check if something's in the way

[wintry quarry]

You should just have a dictionary or a 2D array storing what's in all the grid coordinates

then all you do is see if something is in the grid coordinate you want to move to

much cleaner, more efficient, more logical

[magic panther]

idk

[brittle isle]

Hello! I'm making a 2D platformer and I'm trying to make this Hammer Brother-like enemy.. It walks back and forth a limited distance, always faces the player to throw projectiles their way, and must move away from bottomless pits. Right now, though, it doesn't do the latter. It only detects them when walking off. https://hatebin.com/vgeqlwqeyd

[magic panther]

there will be off grid stuff

[wintry quarry]

Anyway what you have will work but you need to change this:
!Physics.BoxCast(transform.position + moveDir, new Vector3(playerSize, playerSize, playerSize), moveDir);

[magic panther]

like fences

[wintry quarry]

to this:
!Physics.BoxCast(transform.position, new Vector3(playerSize, playerSize, playerSize), moveDir);

[magic panther]

bool canMove = !Physics.BoxCast(transform.position, new Vector3(playerSize, playerSize, playerSize), moveDir);

like this?

[wintry quarry]

that's definitely still representable in a graph data structure but you're a beginner so you'll end up using physics no matter what I say

yes

[magic panther]

also is there a way to shorthand a vector3 with all the same arguments passed?

[wintry quarry]

Vector3.one * playerSize

or just store the size as a Vector3 in the first place

[magic panther]

let me test

what the hell

[wintry quarry]

really you should just do a CheckBox in the spot you want to move to

not a BoxCast

[magic panther]

will that work the same?

rn it's bumping into air

no wait wait

my bad

divide by 2, forgot that

[hallow sun]

rn it only checks for pit if you are further than move distance

[magic panther]

look

it's telling me all of these spots are walls

[wintry quarry]

what's telling you that

Btw you're not using a layer mask or antthing right now

so it will likely consider the player itself an obstacle

[magic panther]

the player by not moving

[hallow sun]

This part:

if (canFlip && ...)
{
    if (DetectBottomlessPit())
    {
        ...
    }
}```
Should perhaps be like:
```c#
else if (canFlip && ...)
{
    //Make it an else, since there's no need to check this if you already flipped because of a wall
}
else if (DetectBottomlessPit())
{
    ...
}

[wintry quarry]

also since you're using a box exactly the size of these things it's finicky

[wintry quarry]

one of many reasons not to use physics for this

maybe use a slightly smaller box

or just use a CheckSphere that's small in the desired grid space

[magic panther]

let's use the checkbox like you told me

[wintry quarry]

use a smaller box for it

[magic panther]

well

if I look in the direction of a wall that shares an axis with me, it doesn't move

I noticed

[queen adder]

If i have 2 separate assemblies, can there be two classes (one in either of them) with the same name and namespace?

Or is this an error?

[magic panther]

I used a smaller one here tho, so the corners work

it was indeed overlap

[hallow sun]

@brittle isle
You only check for pits if you are far from your starting point, try this ↑
DetectBottomlessPit() is useless right now:

You need to move the boxCenter based on which way you're moving.
Right now, it will always return false unless you're already in a pit, because it detects the floor it's standing on.

[restive bone]

Hey y'all, there's a project I've been wanting to do for a while and I think Unity might be the easiest way to do it. I've never really programmed before save for a quick Python course, so I'm not really sure what I'm doing. What should I know before getting started? I want to make a VR application to do some simple things.

[wintry quarry]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[restive bone]

Thank you

[acoustic arch]

for a card battling game when a card uses one of their abilities, should the card have a method and affects the other cards in battle? or pass along fields to a method within the battle runtime which already contains all the effected cards

[slender nymph]

you start the coroutine before the pool has been set up so the dictionary is null

[slate haven]

so how do i deal with that

[slender nymph]

set up the pool inside of Awake instead of Start and it will not be null at the time you access it

[slate haven]

okay lemme do it

[acoustic arch]

is awake before start

[slender nymph]

yes

[slate haven]

oh thank you @slender nymph, its fixed

[slender nymph]

also why do you assign op using FindObjectOfType then reassign it using the singleton's instance variable if it is not null?

[slate haven]

i was earlier trying to fix this same issue, so I tried doing this

i can remove it now

[slender nymph]

you can also use the instance variable to assign it in Start instead of using FindObjectOfType. it being a singleton is supposed to give easy access to it without using any of the Find methods

[slate haven]

yes

[acoustic arch]

how did boxfriend become so good at this 🤔

[slender nymph]

several years of experience

[acoustic arch]

do you create games?

i can tell

[slate haven]

    {
        if (!poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
       {
           Debug.LogWarning(tag + " Doesnt exist");
           Debug.Log("TAG:" + tag);
           return null;
        }

        Debug.Log("TAG:" + tag);
        GameObject objectToSpawn = poolDictionary[tag].Dequeue();
        objectToSpawn.transform.position = position;
        objectToSpawn.transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
        objectToSpawn.SetActive(true);

        poolDictionary[tag].Enqueue(objectToSpawn);
        
       return objectToSpawn;

    }```

I want to create a method like this which deactivates the gameobject using SetActive(False). But How do I approach it? Do I have to remove it from the queue and add it again like here? Also Should the method have a return type or not?

    {
        if (!poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
        {
            return null;
        }

        GameObject objectToRemove = poolDictionary[tag].Dequeue();
        objectToRemove.SetActive(false);

        poolDictionary[tag].Enqueue(objectToRemove);

        return objectToRemove;
    }```

I did this, is this correct?

[cosmic dagger]

wait, so it's not a dictionary?

[slate haven]

it is

im using both

queue and dictionary

[slender nymph]

what why

[slate haven]

im using dictionary but applying operations of a queue

dequeue and enqueue

i watched the brackeys tutorial on object pooling

[slender nymph]

i am almost 100% sure that brackeys did not have a dictionary of queues for his pool

[cosmic dagger]

okay, so a Dictionary<string, Queue<GameObject>?

[slate haven]

yes

[slender nymph]

and with your current setup, you aren't even guaranteed to get an active object with the way you are going about it

[slate haven]

i literally copied him

[slender nymph]

prove it. show both your code and link the tutorial

[slate haven]

alr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdSmKaJvCoA
My code: https://pastecode.io/s/veydwcfo

[slate haven]

its working in my game

[slender nymph]

before i even bother watching that, i'm going to go ahead and guess that brackeys has an objectpool class and has a dictionary of those. and the object pools themselves have the queues because that's really all an object pool needs to be

oh no. i was wrong. and yet i'm not surprised that his object pool is hot garbage

[slate haven]

wdym

[slender nymph]

also unity has its own built in ObjectPool<T> class now

[slate haven]

oh

i didnt know that

[slender nymph]

i mean it sucks. the logic makes little sense because you dequeue an object when it spawns, then enqueue it again for some reason? why is the active object still in the pool

[slate haven]

because if u want to use it again

u add it back

[slender nymph]

you put it back in the pool when you are done with it

[slate haven]

so u mean it really doenst help with the frame drops im getting?

[slender nymph]

what happens if you are using a bunch of objects and suddenly start reusing them while those objects are still in use

[slender nymph]

have you used the profiler to determine where performance issues are coming from?

[slate haven]

whats profiler

i was using simple create destroy of many items earlier. And I was getting framedrops. Now I did this object pooling approach, but im still getting performance dips

[cosmic dagger]

your DespawnFromPool is named incorrectly, and you're dequeuing (removing) an object from the pool, only to deactivate, and return that same object . . .

[slate haven]

so I should make it a void?

[cosmic dagger]

huh, what is void??

[slate haven]

making it a non-returnable

why would i need it to return something anyways

    {
        if (poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
        {
            GameObject objectToRemove = poolDictionary[tag].Dequeue();
            objectToRemove.SetActive(false);

            poolDictionary[tag].Enqueue(objectToRemove);

        }


        }

    }```

[slender nymph]

it's called a method not a void. void is the return type for a method that returns nothing

[slate haven]

ik

[slate haven]

thats what i meant

making it void

[cosmic dagger]

that's the whole point of object pooling: recycle to reuse. you remove and activate the object, use it, then return and deactivate it . . .

[slate haven]

so wdym when u say its named incorrectly

is it in the code that im doing something wrong or just a naming convention

[cosmic dagger]

DespawnFromPool sounds like your retrieveing the item from the pool to use, but you're actually trying to place it back in the pool . . .

[slate haven]

i just want to deactivate a gameObject when its meant to be destroyed

[cosmic dagger]

and since the code within the method does retrieve an object from the pool (when it's not supposed to), it seems the name confused you as well . . .

[slate haven]

    {
        if (poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
        {
            GameObject objectToRemove = poolDictionary[tag].Dequeue();
            objectToRemove.SetActive(false);

            poolDictionary[tag].Enqueue(objectToRemove);

        }


        }

    }```

that seems correct?

[cosmic dagger]

why are you using an object pool if you're destroying the GameObjects? a pooling system is meant to recycle and reuse the objects instead of destroying them . . .

[slate haven]

i mean, earlier i used to destroy them

but it was causing me performance dip

so now i want to change my architecture

so that i dont have to destroy or create them

about the creation part, I already set up the code

Im just working on deactivating it now

the moment it was meant to be destroyed earlier, it should be just deactivated now

then put back in the queue

for reuse afterwards

[cosmic dagger]

the GameObjects that are spawned need a reference to the object pool they belong to. then you can add them back to the pool without searching through the dictionary . . .

[slate haven]

they already have a reference as```

public Dictionary<string, Queue<GameObject>> poolDictionary;```

It has the tag string

[cosmic dagger]

no, this is the same code as spawning a GameObject from the pool. you're finding the pool (queue) using the string, then removing the first GameObject by Dequeue and deactivating it. this is a different GameObject from the one that is already dequeued (removed) from the list . . .

[magic panther]

@wintry quarry so what line of code do you suggest could work as a collision detector

without physics involved

the player has no collider

[slate haven]

then what approach do u suggest?

[magic panther]

it likely will later on, but then I'll be good enough for a code refactor

[topaz mortar]

What do I use to call the UGS Rest API from Unity?
Also I want to call it from my UGS C# Cloud Code Module, can I use it there too (this is not inside of Unity)

[rich adder]

did you dl the Cloud Code package

you can call functions with c# through that

Oh nvm you wrote REST

[topaz mortar]

going through the docs, just found an example, it was hidden somewhere 😛

[topaz mortar]

would I be able to install that in my UGS C# Cloud Code Module as well? (outside of Unity) but it does run on the unity servers

nvm it's also in the docs 😮

[pure kite]

when using transform.lookat, the worldup parameter doesn't allow me to use a y axis, I need the capsule to be standing upright like in the 5th screenshot, however I'm only able to rotate it on a 2d axis, which doesn't let me stand the capsule upright. Variables on bottom of every screenshot. How would I solve this? without using transform.rotate on another line since that causes it to flip around when moving past the target on the x or y axis

this is the only code that modifies the rotation of the capsule

[wintry quarry]

The worldup only controls the roll. Most of the rotation will come from the look direction itself

If you don't want him laying down he'll need to be looking at something at his own y height

[pure kite]

I can’t just point the y axis at the target instead of the z?

[wintry quarry]

You can, but not by using transform.LookAt

transform.up = targetPos - transform.position;

[pure kite]

Ok thanks

[magic panther]

@wintry quarry do you have a minute?

[charred spoke]

You cant have collision detection without a collider

[willow scroll]

Consider giving the context for others to answer

[magic panther]

this and all below @willow scroll

[magic panther]

how would I do that?

[willow scroll]

What's the context of [this](#💻┃code-beginner message) message?

[magic panther]

one sec i gotta find it

[magic panther]

for example this one

[charred spoke]

In the context of your grid based movement Praetor already pretty much told you what is the best approach

[magic panther]

movement works, not walls

[magic panther]

I'm guessing we need more than one line to get the collisions working?

[willow scroll]

Well, this line sets the canMove boolean to true if no colliders in the box with the size (playerSize, playerSize, playerSize) * 2 were found

Can be also simplified to

bool canMove = !Physics.BoxCast(transform.position, Vector3.one * playerSize, moveDir);

What else do you want to implement for your collisions?

[magic panther]

one sec

sorry for being on and off rn, a lot happening at home

[magic panther]

see

there's a big issue with this

which I do not understand as I'm a complete beginner

all these

you are unable to move at any distance on these axis in these directions

as if the boxcast was infinitely long

and hitting corners

which I kinda fixed by scaling the boxcast size down

but the axis issue persisted

[magic panther]

nevermind, this doesn't do jack

@willow scroll only thing that comes to my head is that it goes on without limit and it's too big

[willow scroll]

All these have a script to move them?

How do you move them?

Please, show the code

[magic panther]

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

public class Player : MonoBehaviour {

    private Vector3 lastMoveDir = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

    private float playerSize = 2;

    private void Update() {
        Vector2 inputVector = new Vector2(0, 0);

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W)) {
            inputVector.y -= 1;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S)) {
            inputVector.y += 1;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A)) {
            inputVector.x += 1;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D)) {
            inputVector.x -= 1;
        }

        inputVector.x *= playerSize;
        inputVector.y *= playerSize;

        Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(inputVector.x, 0f, inputVector.y);
        bool canMove = !Physics.BoxCast(transform.position, Vector3.one * playerSize, moveDir);

        if (canMove) {
            if (moveDir != Vector3.zero) {
                lastMoveDir = moveDir;
            }

            transform.position += moveDir;

            transform.forward = lastMoveDir;
        }
    }
}

all code so far

you control the player

walls are a prefab model and box collider of precisely the player size

[willow scroll]

Please, consider using a site to share big code blocks !code

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[willow scroll]

The issue is definitely in your canMove boolean

As I have previously mentioned, it doesn't allow you to move if your Box cast touches any Colliders

Additionaly, you don't use Time.deltaTime. Perhaps you don't know when you should use it?

[magic panther]

it moves 1 grid space at a time

when you press it's a full block size move

grid based everything, at least most mechanics

[willow scroll]

Oh, exactly

I haven't mentioned you were checking for ButtonDown

Then deltaTime is not required

[magic panther]

after the collider crap I plan to add a quick animation where instead of instantly moving the movement is split into 10 frames. I probably will yap about it here as well

[willow scroll]

Also consider checking for the inputVector not being (0, 0) after the calculations

[magic panther]

I can debug log it, where do you need it?

[willow scroll]

This can also be done via code

[magic panther]

ik

[willow scroll]

Are your talking about the inputVector? It's not necessary now. Do it after you fix the issue.

You may want to debug the BoxCast's out RaycastHit hitInfo if you're wondering what your object is colliding with

[topaz mortar]

public async Task SavePlayerInfo(IExecutionContext context, IGameApiClient gameApiClient, string key, object value)```
IExecutionContext is, as far as I understand, dependency injection to get info about the current call
Is this something I need to include when I call the function from my game client? How?

[willow scroll]

The float playerSize is also to 2, so your Box's size in the world space is (4, 4, 4)

[magic panther]

all box collider

[magic panther]

I'm guessing the edges of the box and colliders overlap

[willow scroll]

If your boxes are 1x1, the Box looks approximately like this

[willow scroll]

Right

Are you intending on moving your character just when it doesn't collide with the other objects?

[magic panther]

I checked, any distance

[magic panther]

sometimes that means interactions with immovable stuff, but otherwise yes

[willow scroll]

What is this supposed to mean?

[rotund egret]

hey me too

[magic panther]

if something with a collider blocks the way we can't move, otherwise, check a bunch of other stuff, like if the hit object is a box

I mean crate

other blocks are planned

[willow scroll]

Then use OnCollisionEnter and OnCollisionExit to enable and disable the boolean respectively

[magic panther]

wh

[magic panther]

what and where

[willow scroll]

Use google if you don't know what they are supposed to do

[magic panther]

is this really necessary to make the collisions work?

[willow scroll]

Do you want your character not to move when any object is on its way, or, perhaps, try to move it, and succesfully do so if the other Collider isn't too heavy?

[willow scroll]

What do you mean?

[magic panther]

I think a switch to check for the type of hit objects is enough, or run a function from the collided objects which if they have will return a value or something the player responds to accordingly

idk, didn't get there yet

[willow scroll]

Consider also answering [this question](#💻┃code-beginner message)

[willow scroll]

Also, you can much easier check the type of the object hit using this methods

They're created for this.

[magic panther]

no weight, just type of objects. There will be a bunch that respond differently to stuff happening around them. So there will be a special Crate which is a wall but you can push it if IT has nothing in the way blah blah blah

just a way to ask the collided object "Can I go?" and it responds by checking some stuff

[magic panther]

let's get the basic collisions down first

I also need to go in 5 mins

[willow scroll]

Yes. Then use OnCollisionEnter and OnCollisionExit

They should change the boolean canMove, which is not local

OnCollisionEnter -> canMove = false;

OnCollisionExit -> canMove = true;

It's so that these methods trigger every time your Collider collides with others, so you'll, probably, have to store all the Colliders in a list in the OnCollisionEnter and remove them in the OnCollisioExit

[magic panther]

I don't really have any more time right now. Can we do this in like 22 hours from now? 8 am for me, idk about you. In the meantime I'll try to plan out as much as I can and then we re-write the code to make everything work. I can't really do later than 8 am, but after 5 am is ok. How's that?

It won't take long

like 10 minutes if I'm not braindead then

[willow scroll]

I won't be accessible in 22 hours from now. Maybe in 29 hours. Consider asking in the chat and pinging me. If no one helps you, I'll be able to continue the conversation once I'm free.

[magic panther]

What time is it for you right now?

I'm gone for a day and night after 9 am tomorrow, so I can talk at 12am the day after tomorrow

[willow scroll]

It doesn't matter. As I have mentioned, I will be accessible in ~4 hours from now tomorrow. Try my approach and answer to it when you're back. If nobody helps, I'll be able to do so when I'm back

[magic panther]

ok

[willow scroll]

I would consider having 2 methods: OnCollisionEnter and OnCollisionExit.
The OnCollisionEnter should add the objects collided to a list if they pass some sort of check, so are the objects you need. The OnCollisionExit should remove these objects from the list, as the collision disappears.
When you move your object, you want to check for your list, let's call it collisions, being empty. If it's not, the character cannot move.

private void Update()
{
    bool canMove = collisions.Count == 0;

    // ...
}

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
    if (CheckForAnything())
    {
        collisions.Add(collision);
    }
}

private void OnCollisionExit(Collision collision)
{
    collisions.Remove(collision);
}

[magic panther]

thanks a ton anyways, see you later

[willow scroll]

This is the solution you might want to implement. Pinging you for you not to lose it. @magic panther

[rich egret]

!code

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[rich egret]

My goal is to make the child be in the parent position when it is created, but for some reason it is always created in position 0,0,0!

https://gdl.space/ikehehinod.cs

[languid spire]

And where do you see this?

[rich egret]

What do you mean?

[languid spire]

Well your script has no debugging in it so how do you know it is 0,0,0

[gray elk]

My goal is to create a jump animation when the space key is pressed, but every tutorial ive tried following is just confusing me more or ruins my code somehow

I have a walk and idle animation atm and those work fine

This is what I have so far

https://gdl.space/varupaceyo.cs

[raw wadi]

is there any guide on how can I convert vertex data stored in UInt8/UInt32 to Vector3, Vector4,etc ?

[sour harness]

hello

How do I access a bool from another script
Note: the object that is trying to get the bool only spawns when game starts

I need to use the bool in a IF statement

[languid spire]

See the pinned messages in this channel. Under General Referencing other scripts

[sour harness]

I cant find it

[languid spire]

do you know how the data is packed into those primitives?

[sour harness]

found it.

[raw wadi]

unfortunately I don't, what I got is a working mesh file in YAML format which loads in unity and it's other version with the same data but in it's optimized form which I'm trying to make it load.

[languid spire]

Never gonna work without knowing EXACTLY how it has been optimized

you cannot deserialize something without knowing how it was serialized in the first place

[regal bear]

Hello, im making my first game, 2D topdown game. I used tilemaps to create a room, then to put down furnitures i use tilemaps too (idk if its good practice or not) my question is, i used the custom physic shape on my interiors, but somehow can i delete collider from one tile? If i delete the shape, tilemap collider auto generates back one.

[raw wadi]

I'm guessing they packed float2 (dropping one dimension of the normal and tangents) at half precision into 32 bits and probably packed the byte arrays at half precision too but not sure because the dev who optimized this files is no more
Actually I also got the same mesh with the deserialized data, isn't there a way I can try different methods until and I get the values in the optimized form and get the method which was used to optimize the mesh

[languid spire]

do you not have the serialization code?

[onyx tusk]

how 2 get all objects that have component from static component method?

[raw wadi]

I'm not familiar with this stuff, I'll ask my team and tell you, but as I know I think we don't have it

[languid spire]

Without it, I would say you have a major problem. Without even trying I can think of half a dozen different ways of optimizing mesh data and to try to reverse engineer those by trial and error is not something I would even contemplate

[sour harness]

How can an object that doesn't exist in the scene get a bool from another script (the object spawns when the game starts)

[summer shard]

where do i put question on how to disable this without disabling gizmos

[willow scroll]

I have already answered you on another server. Please, consider having a look at the Awake and Start methods I've told you about if you don't know about them, instead of asking exactly the same question on another server and getting the same answer.

[sour harness]

Blud I was trying to get an easier way to solve it snice I dont know what the Awake and Start methods are

I googled them and my brain doesn't understand anything

I just started learning unity yesterday, give me a break

[languid spire]

then you should !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[silver cobalt]

Could someone help me with my enemy ai behaviour tree:

Im currently facing a problem. the patroling and the Attacking of the player works as intended. The chasing of the player seems to work fine as well. but the enemy cant chase the player breadcrumbs. My player instantiates bread crumbs every .3 seconds. and wheneever the player isnt in line of sight with the player it should chase the bread crumb. but instead of chasing the breadCrumbs of the player it chases the player even though it should be chasing the breadcrumb.

https://appp.me/kMD9ki

[summer shard]

they're default methods in unity (the methods that are executed by unity itself) "Unity calls Awake when an enabled script instance is being loaded." and "Start is called on the frame when a script is enabled just before any of the Update methods are called the first time."

[willow scroll]

The easier way doesn't exist. You won't be able to solve your issue without having a basic knowledge about the basic methods in Unity, usually learned much earlier than finding the variables and Singletons.

[dapper egret]

Im not sure if someone can answer this but is the best practice when trying to find a specific spawned player prefab for example player 6 in a multiplayer sense but it couls vary depending on scene

[willow scroll]

Consider asking the questions about the multiplayers in #archived-networking

[dapper egret]

Ok thx

[willow scroll]

Gizmos has a dropdown, which allows you to disable the different parts of it, which includes disabling the text icons.
This question may be put in #💻┃unity-talk

I see, you have already been answered there. There was no need in cross-posting.

[onyx tusk]

how 2 get all objects that have component from static component method?

[willow scroll]

What does it mean?

[onyx tusk]

i need 2 change material for all objects with this component on changing COLOR value

[willow scroll]

You mean changing the Material's Color?

[onyx tusk]

no, material

color is enum, not something with fields like r, g & b

[rich egret]

Because when the child object is created it is at position 0,0,0 at runtime

[willow scroll]

Alright? Set the Material in the setter

[raw wadi]

we are ready to perform any try and error to do this, I just need a start at this point. can you suggest me something ?

[onyx tusk]

What from this do i need?

[willow scroll]

Well, do you want to set the material?

[onyx tusk]

yes

[willow scroll]

Then why would you need the AudioSettings?

[onyx tusk]

i already have loaded array of materials

[willow scroll]

Yeah, so you want to set the object's material.

[onyx tusk]

it's tips when i write Set

[onyx tusk]

yes

[willow scroll]

Why would you write "set"?

[languid spire]

And, again, I ask, how do you know this? What are you looking at which tells you this?

[willow scroll]

It's accessed via Graphic.material

[regal bear]

Hi, i set TransparencySortMode to 0 1 0, for my 2d topdown game, but my character goes behind an object before i reach it. If i go to a chair too close from under, its swap behind the chair, and my legs still showing. Whats wrong?

[onyx tusk]

set, material & get r all that i came to mind when i thought how it can be named

[languid spire]

Can you DM me the file?

[spiral narwhal]

How do I prevent two or more systems that manipulate delta time from interfering with one another?

[willow scroll]

Material is accessible via Graphic. You should have any Component derived from it.

[onyx tusk]

"Graphics" hasn't definition for "material"

[willow scroll]

This is the type.

[You should have any Component derived from it.](#💻┃code-beginner message)

[onyx tusk]

Graphic doesn't exist in that context

[willow scroll]

Read the messages I've sent.

This's the type

[onyx tusk]

wdym You should have any Component derived from it?

[willow scroll]

The same as if you're accessing Rigidbody.velocity

You should have a variable of type Rigidbody

[SerializeField] private Rigidbody _rigidbody;

[onyx tusk]

you mean, that it will be executed 2 all objects that have ANY component?

[willow scroll]

I mean, your script will change the Graphic's material of the object having it

[fluid haven]

Hello, i have a question to a project i am working on, I need to store and edit .txt files in a cloud, I am currently developing an app where you can track like your worktime and stuff but everytime I try to store data, i get an path sharing violation error, can anyone help me with that?

[willow scroll]

If multiple objects have your script, it will change the material on all of them

[willow scroll]

You'll have to shard your code to get helped

[fluid haven]

Yes, but its like quit a long code, can i post it here?

[willow scroll]

Yes, use a specific site. !code

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[onyx tusk]

ok, how 2 access 2 Graphic's material?

[willow scroll]

Have a Graphic variable first

And you don't have to access multiple graphics.

The Graphic can be gotten with the GetComponent method, as normal components

[fluid haven]

https://paste.ofcode.org/hhDS3rZq558A4fmLkCpnzc like this?

[willow scroll]

Yes, that's great.

Please, show the error, including the line.

[onyx tusk]

like this?

[willow scroll]

No. Graphics is not the same as Graphic

Graphics is Unity's interface for drawing stuff

[onyx tusk]

yes, it is. Graphics exist, Graphic doesn't

[willow scroll]

Because you haven't included UnityEngine.UI namespace

[onyx tusk]

yes. because i don't need unity's UI, it's for 3d objects

[willow scroll]

Then don't change the material

[summer shard]

can someone help me "fix my bobbing"

void HandleBobbing() {
    if (!canMove) return;
    if (Mathf.Abs(_rb.velocity.x) > 0.1f || Mathf.Abs(_rb.velocity.z) > 0.1f) {
        _bobTimer += Time.deltaTime * (isSprinting ? sprintBobSpeed : walkBobSpeed);
        cameraHolder.localPosition = new Vector3(
            cameraHolder.localPosition.x,
            _defaultCameraY + Mathf.Sin(_bobTimer) * (isSprinting ? sprintBobAmount : walkBobAmount),
            cameraHolder.localPosition.z
            );
    }
    else {
        cameraHolder.localPosition = new Vector3(cameraHolder.localPosition.x, _defaultCameraY,
            cameraHolder.localPosition.z);
    }
}

the object that is attached to the camera holder "jumps" whenever i change movement while walking, like from a to d or d to a and so on

[fluid haven]

https://paste.ofcode.org/izDDwWGjaqWsdpLfJy6yDy The Error is at the bottom

[onyx tusk]

ok, now my chess without materials

[burnt vapor]

Sharing violation on path sounds like you are trying to do something with a locked file

[willow scroll]

You don't want to access the UnityEngine.UI namespace, so yeah, your chess is without the materials now

[burnt vapor]

So you most likely need to unlock it first, or wait a moment before you read the file

[summer shard]

what are you trying to do

[burnt vapor]

This, annoyingly, can also be caused by an antivirus trying to scan the file you wrote

@fluid haven ^

[onyx tusk]

wow, it was with materials

[summer shard]

bump

[burnt vapor]

Notice your code opens a stream for the exact same file. My guess is that this must be closed before you try to read it in that method

Hence the cause I mentioned

I don't see where GetEntrysCount is called though

[fluid haven]

Yes, even before i protet it to the cloud it gave me this error, its just a normal .txt. When i first moved to unity cloud, i used sepreate keys for every entry but if every person has like 300 entrys it extremly slow.

[burnt vapor]

You do have another method ExportEntriesToTextFile which is also async

My guess is that this one has it open

[onyx tusk]

i'm tryimg 2 explain, that materials can be changed without UnityEngine.UI & i need 2 change material for all objects that have my component when i set a velue to static field

[fluid haven]

I dont really need that, i can try deleting that+

[burnt vapor]

Yes, try that

Or put CloudSaveService.Instance.Data.LoadAsync before you open the file stream and hold the data in memory

So the async code is not happening whilst the stream is open

IDK if this is the root cause but it's worth a shot

[fluid haven]

I think deleting that already did the trick, thanks very much!