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[burnt vapor]

No problem, in case you want to add it back you can try what I mentioned

Usually you just want to keep a file locked for as short as possible

[summer shard]

bump again

[tulip glade]

hi folks

[rich egret]

My goal is for the child to spawn randomly but it always spawns at 0,0,0 the response of the script is below 👇

https://gdl.space/ovulupamoy.cs

[tulip glade]

here i have an object that spawns enemies ,it works perfectly fine and a player attack that destroys the enemy if i hit x and he is in some radius that i choose

the issue is that if i kill one enemy ,other one are spowning and following me but i cant see them in game,they chase me but cant damage also

what can be the sollution?

[willow scroll]

This is where you get the spawn position for you child.

Vector3 randomChildSpawnPoint = spawnPoints[Random.Range(0, spawnPoints.Length)];

It will always spawn at one of the spawnPoints' Vector3s

The issue is thus in your array.

[rich egret]

None of them are 0,0,0, that's why it's weird

[willow scroll]

Your image shows (0.00, 0.01, 2.00) though

[willow scroll]

Well, yeah, so it's the 3rd element

[rich egret]

Yes, the logs show that it spawned at a random spawn, but it's always only at 0,0,0

[tulip glade]

ok so i found out that this bug happens only of i kill the main one

[willow scroll]

What is that?

GameObject childObject = Instantiate(loadedPrefab, randomChildSpawnPoint, Quaternion.identity);

// reset the childObject's position
childObject.transform.parent = playerInstance.transform;

[tulip glade]

i can just place him outside of the map

[rich egret]

Never mind, I solved it, I randomly spawned him after he spawned

[willow scroll]

What does it mean? You reset the childObject's position.

[rich egret]

No, i used it
childObject.transform.position += randomPlayerSpawnPoint;

[burnt vapor]

What is cameraHolder? Is that the thing that jumps?

Do you have a video of the issue?

If the object "jumps" then I get the idea you are bobbing the wrong thing

[tropic notch]

hey guys, I'm super new to unity and i've just completed this tutorial https://www.kodeco.com/980-introduction-to-unity-scripting/page/5 now i'm trying to create a death/win message but getting this error can anyone help me identify what the issue is?

[cosmic dagger]

can you show the code on line 62 of that script?

[cosmic dagger]

within the parentheses are the line number then the column . . .

check the tutorial again to see what they wrote for that line . . .

you should see a difference . . .

[strong token]

use string not capitalized

[burnt vapor]

Change String to string

String is namespace'd

And a bad way to write strings

For beginners at least

[cosmic dagger]

ahh, they were so close to finding it . . .

[tropic notch]

sorry guys i literally just copy pasted it lol

thanks so much for your help

[cosmic dagger]

wow, that's a horrible tutorial . . .

[tropic notch]

it's actually an application task for a higher education lol

[burnt vapor]

Yes, 90% of online tutorials are from pretend programmers sadly

[cosmic dagger]

can't believe they actually wrote that . . .

[burnt vapor]

Ah, higher education consists of 100% pretend programmers in that case

[cosmic dagger]

hopefully they fixed it during the remainder of the tutorial . . .

[burnt vapor]

You're better off following an actual C# tutorial

[strong token]

This won't change the position. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-parent.html
But anyways, u could get rid of that line, and pass the parent as 4th parameter @rich egret when instatiating

[tropic notch]

thanks again that fixed it

[cosmic dagger]

yes, watch a beginner C# tutorial first . . .

[tropic notch]

I will! But I of course delayed the application until the last day so i'm rushing through it

[willow scroll]

Damn, I have no idea how I've read it as

childObject.transform.position = playerInstance.transform.position;

I need a break.

[dusty mauve]

Can anyone help me? Im trying to install unity but it keeps validating

[paper sable]

how can i make the apples array show in the inspector? https://sourceb.in/hQCtvC1RMD

[ruby python]

[System.Serializable] ((I think))

[keen dew]

Interfaces can't be serialized

[ruby python]

My bad, I missed that lol.

[burnt vapor]

This is a coding channel

[dusty mauve]

Mb

[fossil tree]

hi my problem is the next i make a "game of life" and have a panel with a button start for laucnh my game but when i click on my button that click on my game object behind the panel

[summer shard]

it's the thing that holds the camera and moves up and down and here's the video of what's happening, the bobbing works, but it makes the object jump left right or up and down, etc

and the object is attached to cameraHolder, and the main camera's position is being updated to cameraHolder

[tranquil hollow]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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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.

[wooden minnow]

why is this erroring?

[short hazel]

You cannot use ref here because .gameObject is a property that doesn't use ref returns

Not sure why you'd need ref in that method, classes are passed by reference already

[wooden minnow]

because i wanna change the original object

[short hazel]

Change how? That method only gets a component on it, it does not re-assign the variable

[wooden minnow]

it does reassign a variable?

the fontsize

[short hazel]

On the TextMeshPro component yes, not on the GameObject

[summer shard]

bump

[short hazel]

Again, classes are passed by reference so the font size change will have an effect without re-assigning to the original object

[wooden minnow]

?code

that is not the command

[wooden minnow]

ah

[sick ocean]

why its not working

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Score : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int score = 0;
    private void InTriggerEnter2D(BoxCollider2D other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {

            score++;

        }
    }

    
    private void Update()
    {
     Debug.Log(score);
    }







}

[wooden minnow]

is the object a trigger?

[summer shard]

you misspelled method name, it should be OnTriggerEnter2D

[wooden minnow]

also isnt it On?

yeah it is on i wasnt crazy

[short hazel]

A configured code editor will highlight this method differently when it's recognized by Unity. With VS, the name will be in blue and the "Unity Message" indicator will appear above the name.

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[short hazel]

Do that if you haven't yet

[willow scroll]

The method is called OnTriggerEnter2D and it has another parameter

[sick ocean]

now its working

Thanks

[summer shard]

bump

    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);
        }
    }

[tranquil hollow]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float Speed;
    public float JumpForce;
    private Rigidbody2D rig;

    // Start is called before the first update
    void Start()
    {
        rig = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Move();
    }

    void Move()
    {
        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0f, 0f);
        transform.position += movement * Time.deltaTime * Speed;
    }

    void Jump()
    {        if (Input.GetKeyDown("Space"))
        {
            rig.AddForce(Vector2.up * JumpForce, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
        }
    }
}

[tranquil hollow]

why i cant jump?

[short hazel]

You're not calling Jump() anywhere here

It's declared, but not used

[tranquil hollow]

oh

how can i fix it?

[short hazel]

Call Jump() in Update like you do for Move()

[tranquil hollow]

ok

dont worked

[summer shard]

increase your jump force

[tranquil hollow]

its 10

[short hazel]

It won't work because you move the transform in void Move(). This conflicts with moving using a Rigidbody

Use the Rigidbody in both

[tranquil hollow]

ok

can i send a print here?

[short hazel]

What?

[tranquil hollow]

about the error that appeared

[short hazel]

Yes if you have an error you should post it here

[short hazel]

Yep it's correct, there is no key on your keyboard labeled as "Jump"

Why didn't you keep "Space" like you had before?

[summer shard]

bump of a bump

[tranquil hollow]

let me try

it worked

tyms guys

[fossil tree]

hi how can i make for that dont change the color of my square when my mouse are on the pannnel https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1149752436681080952/1235210083135389706/20240501_144306.mp4?ex=66338a88&is=66323908&hm=0ad2b3caec45fbe698ece5ce2d4366edb6894f44926ea3fbe205e76304b422f8&

[tranquil hollow]

but when i spam space i can infinite jump

[summer shard]

add on collision enter 2d method, check if collider is layer "ground" (which u must create) and if it is, set private bool _grounded variable to true and on collision end do the same but set _grounded to false, and check if _grounded == true in jump method

[tranquil hollow]

ok

[icy junco]

what is a good way of making your own ui elemants

[frosty hound]

This isn't a coding question. Open an art program, make the UI elements, export and put them into Unity.

[icy junco]

thx

[paper sable]

how can i make a rect transform be anchored to left through code? the ancoredPosition field of the RectTransform class should be a vector2

[wintry quarry]

You set the anchors via https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RectTransform-anchorMin.html and https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RectTransform-anchorMax.html

[paper sable]

is there anywhere i can see an example of how to do it this way?

[wintry quarry]

What example do you need. it's just a property you assign

myRectTransform.anchorMin = new Vector2(0, 0); for example

It's the same as setting the anchors (min and max) in the inspector:

[maiden niche]

i dont know why but i keep getting these errors and i dont understand why

[deft grail]

whats on line 132, 90

[cosmic dagger]

you're trying to access a variable on those lines within that script that does not have a value assigned to them . . .

[cosmic dagger]

look for the reference variable on each of those lines. that variable is null (does not have a value assigned). make sure you assign those variables a value before attempting to use them . . .

[maiden niche]

they should be assigned tho

[cosmic dagger]

obviously, they're not, or the error would not be there . . .

[icy junco]

is it usefull to use scriptableobjects in inventory when making a survival game?

[cosmic dagger]

if they were assigned then somewhere along the way, they are removed . . .

[maiden niche]

i checked and as far as i can tell i dont remove them. could you tell me what that would look like?

[cosmic dagger]

what would "what" look like?

[maiden niche]

like remove them

[cosmic dagger]

the type of game doesn't matter, but you can use SOs for your items to create an inventory system . . .

[cosmic dagger]

you receive the errors, so somewhere in your code the value is removed. i have no idea where as it's your code. you need to log the value of those null variables or use the debugger to see where they get removed . . .

first, you need to find out which variables are null . . .

[maiden niche]

how do i use the debugger and its the variable movement and horizontal

[cosmic dagger]

it's best to follow a tutorial based on which IDE you are using to set it up . . .

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

[oak epoch]

Dumb question: how do I fetch the actual length of an animation clip in my project?
AnimationClip.Length & the editor tab return 1.500, but the Animation windows show 1.150 (at the final 45th frame).
From what I tried the 1.150 is the "correct" one, but I don't see how I'm supposed to get it.

[keen dew]

AnimationClip.Length is in seconds but the animation window shows seconds:frames

[summer shard]

how can i get cloned button child like textmeshpro or image

[keen dew]

at 30 fps 1:15 is 1 second 15 frames (=1.5 seconds)

[swift crag]

is this a prefab?

[summer shard]

yea

[swift crag]

if so, the ideal thing to do would be to make a component that references the components you need

public class MyButton : MonoBehaviour {
  public TMP_Text text;
  public Image img;
}

stick that on the prefab root and reference the prefab as a MyButton

now you can do...

MyButton instance = Instantiate(buttonPrefab);
instance.text.text = "Hello";

The less nice alternative is to just use GetComponentInChildren to grab a TMP_Text from the newly created instance.

This can cause problems if you later decide to add more text components.

[oak epoch]

Wow. That's a damn weird notation then.
Guess I will just need to manually adjust the animation's end, and 1.15 was just coincidentally correct.
Thanks.

[swift crag]

I spent an hour or two figuring out a bug where I got the wrong component with GetComponentInChildren after adding an extra renderer to something

[summer shard]

thanks

[swift crag]

you can easily add functionality to the component later, too

[wintry quarry]

you generally don't. Just make a script that has a public void Setup(string text, Sprite image) {} function on the prefab root and call that function

[swift crag]

public class InputActionIconPart : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] TMP_Text label;
    [SerializeField] Image image;
    [SerializeField] Image fillImage;

    // actual logic down here
}

This used to just be a bunch of public fields

Then I rewrote it so that the fields are private and you interact with it through methods

[elfin thicket]

hi, is anyone familliar with the game "crisis response"? im trying to do a reskin on it like other mods but i dont know how

[swift crag]

this isn't a modding server

[elfin thicket]

oh

fuck

[iron steeple]

im stuck on this part of the code which is making a player teleported through a trigger which when player get hit by this hitbox it would teleport but it would just teleport however i wanted some to be a trap teleporter that just move the player back a couple x axis away from the teleporter

 
public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    Rigidbody rb;
    float speed = 10f;
    public Transform PlayerPos; 
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        Vector3 Teleported = new Vector3(10, 0, 0);
    }

    void Update()
    {
        
        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(speed, rb.velocity.y, 0);
        rb.velocity = movement;

    }

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Teleporters")
        {
            transform.position = PlayerPos.position -- Teleported.position;
        

        }
    }
}

i forgot to remove the -- to -

[deft grail]

use .CompareTag("Teleporters") instead of .tag ==

[wintry quarry]

You declared the Teleported variable in Start(). That means it's only usable in Start

wherever you declare a variable, it's only usable within that scope

(a scope is basically anything confined by a { } )

[deft grail]

also you wouldnt access it by Teleported.position but instead just Teleported since its already a Vector3

[iron steeple]

why.compare tag?

[wintry quarry]

it's more efficient

[iron steeple]

wdym?

can you explain the different

actually its just

changing == into .compare

[cosmic dagger]

check Best Practices from the pins . . .

[wintry quarry]

because gameObject.tag creates and allocates memory for a brand spanking new managed C# string object, which needs to be garbage collected.

CompareTag does the comparison on the native side, and doesn't allocate any managed memory.

[ruby python]

While that conversation is going on, is there a list/guide or some documentation on what allocates managed memory etc? I've been thinking about the garbage collection side of stuff more recently (as anything I make has a tendency to 'stutter' every few seconds due to the garbarge collection lol.)

[wintry quarry]

Creating new instances of any class in C#

[ruby python]

Aah okay, interesting.

[quick pollen]

hey! so I'm trying to create a vector3 direction which points towards a gameObject called target. How can I do that?
rotationPoint = Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.rotation.eulerAngles, target.position, speed, 0f);
I have this but it just rotates it in an undesired direction

[iron steeple]

im using charger game lesson they are really just pretty straight forward

[quick pollen]

I used Quaternion.LookRotation before, which worked, but I want to use a vector3 now

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 direction = toPosition - fromPosition;```

[ruby python]

You need to create a new direction variable and assign a direction Vector3 to it

[wintry quarry]

BTW in order to use LookRotation you will have needed to calculate the direction vector already

since the direction vector is the first parameter to LookRotation

[quick pollen]

wow im so stupid

thank you!

yeah I had this inside of my Quaternion.LookRotation

[cosmic dagger]

that's not what i meant. the pinned messages provides info under Best Practices for do's and dont's. CompareTag vs == is one of them . . .

[wintry quarry]

Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.rotation.eulerAngles, target.position for reference - you tried to mix an euler angle V3 with a position V3 which predictably gave you nonsense

[quick pollen]

but I tried doing some silly shit like Vector3.RotateTowards(transform.rotation.eulerAngles, target.position - transform.position......

[iron steeple]

oh sorry

[quick pollen]

also, is there a way to make it so it doesn't have verticality?

[wintry quarry]

Vector3.RotateTowrads expects two direction vectors. You gave it an euler angle vector and a position vector. Neither of them are direction vectors

[wintry quarry]

set the y to 0

[quick pollen]

yeahhh

[quick pollen]

oh wait

one sec

[wintry quarry]

direction.y = 0;

More generally, you can use ProjectOnPlane. But effectively for projecting on the x/z plane, you just set the y to 0

[quick pollen]

like this?

oh true

[wintry quarry]

no idea what rotationPoint is

[quick pollen]

dont need to construct a new vector for that

[quick pollen]

rotationPoint = target.position - transform.position;

[wintry quarry]

If it's a direction vector it probably shouldn't be named "point"

point implies that it's a position

at least in my head

[quick pollen]

true

[wintry quarry]

Also you may or may not want to normalize this direction vector, depending on how it's being used later.

[quick pollen]

ill just rename it to targetDirection

[quick pollen]

i normalized it when i used it in a quaternion

but idk what it does exactly

[wintry quarry]

for LookRotation you don't need to normalize it

[quick pollen]

besides setting the magnitude to 1

which doesnt tell me too much

[wintry quarry]

but if you're using it to set a velocity or something, you would want to normalize it

[quick pollen]

i am in a different script

oh WAIT

yeaaa I get it

I was about to say that some projectiles sped up extremely fast

when i only changed the direction of it, not the speed

but that was probably because of not normalizing

[rich egret]

Why when I clone the object the movement script doesn't work in Unity?

[quick pollen]

no idea what you mean

[wintry quarry]

"the movement script"?

I didn't know there was only one!

[iron steeple]

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    Rigidbody rb;
    float speed = 10f;
    public Transform PlayerPos; 
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        Vector3 Teleported = new Vector3(10, 0, 0);
    }

    void Update()
    {
        
        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(speed, rb.velocity.y, 0);
        rb.velocity = movement;

    }

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.CompareTag("Teleporter"))
        {
            transform.position = PlayerPos.position -- Teleported.position;
        

        }
    }

this is the revised is it better?

[rich egret]

It means a basic movement script

[polar acorn]

You're going to need to be more specific about "doesn't work". We can't see your screen so we can't know what your issue is

[wintry quarry]

You would probably want to share said basic movement script with us, otherwise we can't help.

[rich egret]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[wintry quarry]

also explain if you have any errors in console when running the game etc

And explain what "doesn't work" means

[quick pollen]

btw is there a way to create a graph in a script?

[rich egret]

This is the script
https://gdl.space/uhijafufek.cs

[quick pollen]

as in serializing a graph?

idk how to explain

[iron steeple]

is it better?

[quick pollen]

basically something like this?

[rich egret]

For some reason, it won't let me move when I start a scene. The script is inside a cloned object.

I think it has to do with the ground

[rich adder]

Should set velocity for rigidbody in FixedUpdate not Update

[cinder crag]

Quick question , how can I take a GameObject from another scene , that GameObject is my save and load system and I wanna get I from the scene it is and reference it in my main menu manager so I can load some data that I need to be loaded when I press my continue button , how can I get that SaveAndLoadingSystem gameobject that has a script on it and I wanna get that script so I can access a method I need.

[iron steeple]

okay

[iron steeple]

what about compare tag?

because its still error

[polar acorn]

Are you getting any errors in the console

[rich adder]

what is the error

[rich egret]

Nope

[rich adder]

yes Collision doesnt have Compare Tag

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

[rich egret]

It probably doesn't recognize the ground.
But when I put the object itself without cloning, it works great.

[rich adder]

access either the collider

or body, or gameobject

[west sonnet]

I have an enemy prefab that contains scripts that control all my enemies. I want to create enemies that look different, so they use different sprites and animations, but I've just realized I don't know how to do that since they all share the same scripts?

For example, when the enemy runs, it plays a specific animation, but if another enemy which looks different runs, how could I get it to play a different animation, despite them using the same scripts?

[iron steeple]

how d i do this then

[polar acorn]

Collisions don't have CompareTag. Objects you collide wtih do

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message
again read this doc
#💻┃code-beginner message

[wintry quarry]

This is an option: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AnimatorOverrideController.html

[polar acorn]

What makes you think that? Have you done any logging or debugging to find out what's not running when it should?

[west sonnet]

Okay, I'll give it a go. Thanks

[iron steeple]

It doesnt have the compare tag

[rich egret]

Indeed yes, the script is full of logs.
And I'm sure it's related to the ground because the camera movement and animation work so that means the script is "live"

[polar acorn]

So, what makes you think it's the ground? Have your logs shown you that you're not detecting ground when you expect to?

[cinder crag]

does anyone know?

[west sonnet]

Do you know what other options I'd have? Just curious

[iron steeple]

So i just put compare tag on to the object that get collided with

[rich adder]

ok. n did you read the rest of what I said at all..

[polar acorn]

You call CompareTag on an object. Not the Collision. You've been given the answer as to what to do to get the object already

[rich egret]

Because the character can only move when it is on the ground and there is no gravity

[polar acorn]

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

[polar acorn]

How about instead of guessing you just put logs in and see

[rich adder]

🥱

[polar acorn]

See if it's grounded, and if not, see why it's not

[rich egret]

I have already entered logs... this is the ground

[polar acorn]

Okay, what did you log, where, and what did it say?

[quick pollen]

        foreach(ProjectileVelocityChange changes in velocityChanges)
        {
            if(lifeTimeCT - lifeTime <= changes.startAfterSeconds) SetVelocity(changes.newVelocity);
        }```
does anyone know why SetVelocity never gets called?
lifeTimeCT is 5
lifeTime is 5 too and decreasing per second
startAfterSeconds is 2
newVelocity is 0

and yes I have elements in the changes array

[rich egret]

IsGrounded: True

But the character is literally waving in the air

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it looks like it's grounded

[rich egret]

@polar acorn

[polar acorn]

Then find out what it's detecting as ground

Look for where you set IsGrounded to true and see what could be causing it to do that

[rigid valve]

is it possible to change this layer while playing with script like player does smth to chnage it

[rich egret]

Sorry, my mistake, it's the if (view.IsMine), do you understand Photon by any chance?

[polar acorn]

#archived-networking

[rich adder]

which layer?

[rich egret]

ty

[rigid valve]

the terrain layer

which I used to create the ground basically I want to uopdate the ground texture

[cinder crag]

looked at the example in there and it seems like how they do it is to have both scenes have a Menu gameobject and i dont want my game to have a MainMenuManager gameobject and only the main menu scene to have it

[polar acorn]

Then you'll need to have both objects reference a different thing that does persist between scenes

When a scene isn't loaded, nothing in it exists at all

[rich adder]

I think its TerrainPaintUtility

[quick pollen]

why is this a thing and how can I work around it?

[polar acorn]

So in order to reference anything from another scene it needs to be put somewhere that does exist all the time. Either a DDOL, or a file on the hard drive, etc.

[rigid valve]

can u ellaborate a lil pleas like what do I write in script

[polar acorn]

Because ProjectileVelocityChange is likely a struct, meaning you can't modify it, you'd be creating a new one entirely. It's not passed by reference, it's passed by value, so changing a property on it like this wouldn't accomplish anything

[rich adder]

have you looked into it ? its not like one piece of code, its a whole process through the API

eg

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/TerrainData-terrainLayers.html

here is a thread on something similiar
https://forum.unity.com/threads/terrain-layers-api-can-you-tell-me-the-starting-point.606019/

[cinder crag]

so something like , have a LoadManager Gameobject in both scenes and then reference that object in both MainMenuManager and SaveAndLoadingSystem scripts? then use DontDestroyOnLoad(this.gameObject) in Awake method in my SaveAndLoadingSystem?

[quick pollen]

i see. I guess I can keep the index of the element stored somewhere and check in every iteration if I'm on that index, and if I am, skip it?

[polar acorn]

If you need data to persist across scenes, put it on an object that is marked as a DDOL. I don't know what you're trying to use that data for, so you'll need to figure out what goes on it or not

[quick pollen]

and again, isnt there a way to create a graph?

like how theres velocity over lifetime in unity's particle system?

and u can set a graph there?

[polar acorn]

If your intention is changing what ProjectileVelocityChanges are in the velocityChanges list, you'll need to loop with an index, and then after making your changes, you'd have to set velocityChanges[i] = changes to store it back in

[cinder crag]

im jsut trying to load the saved player data when i press a button in the main menu scene

[rigid valve]

so changing ground is a long process ?>??? I simply wanted the grass to turn green and sky to blue after play turn off all air pollution sources

[rich adder]

doing this at runtime is a process yes

its not trivial

there is no way to shortcut your way through these problems sometimes

[quick pollen]

is there seriously no such thing as?

and yknow have it like this

[rich adder]

AnimationCurve?

[quick pollen]

maybe?

oh shit yea it is

[rich adder]

yup its basically that and custom inspector

[quick pollen]

but how can I use it exactly?

shit thanks

ill try to use this somehow

idk how

like I want the time variable to be controlled by something else

[rich adder]

thats totally fine

[rigid valve]

same proceess to change sky as well? right?

[quick pollen]

basically what I want is like
at second 0 have the velocity be 10
at second 3 have it be at 0
at second 4 have it be at 10 again

but idk how to do it

and the curve editor is kinda bad

[rich adder]

the sky would be a material

[rich adder]

you need 3 points

[quick pollen]

yea i did that thats not the issue

[rich adder]

you need evaluate time

[short hazel]

Call Evaluate(n) to get a curve's Y value

[quick pollen]

but how can I use the values

[quick pollen]

oh?

hold up

so I can have SetVelocity(curve.Evaluate(lifeTimeCT - lifetime))?

[native flicker]

So i coded smt small and i get this error
error CS8773: Feature 'parameterless struct constructors' is not available in C# 9.0. Please use language version 10.0 or greater.
How could i change the language version? or does smb have a alternative to this ```C#
struct EnemyData {
public EnemyData() {
EnemyPosition = position;
NodeIndex = nodeidex;
Health = hp;
}

    public Vector3 EnemyPosition;
    public int NodeIndex;
    public float Health;
}

[quick pollen]

what-

[rich adder]

idk what those values are, try it andsee

[polar acorn]

You can't change the language version. You need to actually give the constructor parameters

[quick pollen]

u can construct a struct inside of a struct?

isnt that recursive?

[rich adder]

the problem is the constructor
EnemyData(Vector3 a, int b, float c)

[short hazel]

Given that position, nodeindex and hp don't exist in the context, you want to add these to the constructor's parameters

[native flicker]

ah alright ty, il try some stuff

[queen adder]

yall i just started, how do i attach the camera to a model?

[rich adder]

they need drag n drop

also not code related

[queen adder]

where i ask then

[short hazel]

That is just how you declare a constructor. [access mods] <Class Name>().

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

[queen adder]

oki

[quick pollen]

ohh weird, never did that before

[short hazel]

Unity dev moment

[quick pollen]

yea i never really used C# outside of unity

i know it has uses in creating databases

[modest dust]

If you're just starting out then it'd be best if you went through !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[short hazel]

You can create console apps, cross-platform apps with UI, entire websites, web APIs, etc. And yes there are handy packages to interface code with databases (ORMs - object relational mappers)

[cinder crag]

okay so i did add the DontDestroyOnLoad on the SaveAndLoadingSystem Awake ethod , but for some reason when i start the game and then press continue so it loads the data i need , it duplicates the SaveAndLoadingSystem but with empty references n everything but the real SaveAndLoadingSystem with the references there is there but why does it duplicate another SaveAndLoadingSystem gameobject ?

[native flicker]

Ty I fixed it

[polar acorn]

Whenever you load a scene, it will spawn every object in that scene. DDOL moves the object to a separate persistent scene. So you load that scene again, there's still a SaveAndLoadingSystem object in that scene so it spawns. You'll need to have any extra copies of the object self-terminate if there's already one that exists.

https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/

[cinder crag]

i mean i did this to check if theres more than 1 SaveAndLoadingSystem gameobject , if there is then Destroy it

[polar acorn]

Why are you destroying this object if there's less than one in existence? How can there ever be less than one, when this object is itself one of them?

[languid spire]

Less than 1 ?

Also DDOL AFTER Destroy?

[cinder crag]

OH SHIT I DIDNT REALIZE IT WAS LESS THAN

[polar acorn]

It's a little weird but that would work. The object would get moved to the DDOL scene, then destroy at end of frame

[cinder crag]

it was on DontDestroyOnLoad unity docs

[polar acorn]

Probably better inside an else though

[cinder crag]

hmm i cahnged the less than to more than but it deletes the SaveAndLoadingSystem gameobject with the references and not the one that has empty references

[rigid valve]

why cant I color this one building

[polar acorn]

So maybe you should consider a proper singleton pattern instead like I linked

[polar acorn]

Give it a material instead of using default. Also not a code question.

[cinder crag]

oh damn , so change this intoa singleton (this is in the MainMenuManager script which is on the same name gameobject in the MainMenuScene scene)

or change the references into Singletons?

[polar acorn]

The DDOL object should be a singleton that things that need to access data on it can use

[cinder crag]

so i did this in the SaveAndLoadingSystem script(left ss) and then used the singleton like that in the MainMenuManager script (right ss) , i hope i did it good lol

also did this in MainMenuManager cuz it kept saying that object is not referenced or smth

[polar acorn]

You will never need to use Find to get a singleton

You'll want to put the singleton in every scene

[hollow dawn]

my character is suppose to walk is there a solution?

[polar acorn]

so it always loads no matter where you start

[rich adder]

not a code question

[vernal valve]

can anyone send me a player movement c+code plz

[rich adder]

no

google it

[vernal valve]

😦

[polar acorn]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[vernal valve]

they sometimes dont work

[cinder crag]

wdym in every scene? if u dont mind me asking

[polar acorn]

I mean every scene

[cinder crag]

then u did something wrong

[rich adder]

what does that even mean? sounds like you just haven't set it up correct

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/starterassets-firstperson-updates-in-new-charactercontroller-pac-196525
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/starter-assets-thirdperson-updates-in-new-charactercontroller-pa-196526

[vernal valve]

I do everything but everytime I add a rigidbody my capsule just starts rolling around rather than walking

[rich adder]

thats because it needs to be locked

just use the premade controller i sent

[west sonnet]

I want to make the camera follow the player but slightly pan depending on where the cursor is. Does anyone know how I can do this?

Is this something that would have to be done with code or can be done with Cinemachines settings?

[cinder crag]

not sure if i understood it correctly, so i put the SaveAndLoadingSystem gameobject where the same name script is that has the singleton in MainMenuScene scene as well?

[vernal valve]

oh well I didnt know that

[vernal valve]

is this for mobile ?

[rich adder]

huh ? works for whatever platform

[summer stump]

Movement isn't for mobile or desktop or anything else

[vernal valve]

I mean will there be those buttons when I upload it to my scene

[summer stump]

The only difference is gonna be input

[summer stump]

No

[vernal valve]

I know that I m just bad with assets and stuff since I dont know how to change it

I m trying to make a horror game and some youtube videos are helpfull but I always doing something wrong so I might need to use assets for it thats why I joined discord so I could ask people about good or best assest

[rich adder]

yes it comes with on screen mobile buttons

[vernal valve]

is there a one without on screen mobile buttons ? for pc

[rich adder]

why?
just disable them,its no big deal

[vernal valve]

well I dont know much about unity thats why I asked its my first week on it

I mon second lesson on unity learn

[rich adder]

if ur doing unity learn why are you already trying to make character controllers ?

you should not be starting with such complexities

[vernal valve]

I know I wanna save some script so when I get to that part on learn I could just ctrl v it

is even movement that complex on unity ?

[rich adder]

that makes no sense, ur going to paste something you don't understand ofc its not gonna work

[rich adder]

it is for a beginner when you don't know half the components and c#

[vernal valve]

well I coulndt find anyone on youtube explaining to a child like a explanatory

[cinder crag]

how old even are you

[rich adder]

forget youtube, do the Learn paths from unity

[cinder crag]

those were fun ngl

[vernal valve]

thats my goal cause people are too bad at teaching stuff on youtube

[cinder crag]

what?!?!?

[vernal valve]

kinda boring for the first lessons actually hope it gets better

[cinder crag]

its a learning course

[willow scroll]

Boring? Is it, perhaps, too easy for you?

[rich adder]

well some sure but its better to learn from structured courses

Unity learn is structured to ease you into it

[vernal valve]

nahh its just boring it just tought me how to open a opengl project and stuff

[cinder crag]

also c# course

do that

[vernal valve]

I got that it is a good feature to

[rich adder]

learn the editor first, then code part

this way you know where to go and what to click

[cinder crag]

does he know c# atleast

[vernal valve]

I dont know I m doing whatever it tells me to do

[rich adder]

which lesson are you doing ?

[willow scroll]

But you "first listen, then do", right?

[rich adder]

you should start with the Essentials path

[vernal valve]

had some class on school when I was 17 about web devolobement on c+

cant rememeber much to

[rich adder]

web devolobement on c+ ?

[vernal valve]

I read everything it now wants me to move the cube around thats the last lesson I m on

[rich adder]

what is C+ ?

[vernal valve]

web design is its english ?

[rich adder]

never heard of it

[vernal valve]

c^#

c#

[rich adder]

oh

[vernal valve]

I dont remember much

[rich adder]

then you mind as well start fresh

[vernal valve]

and as much as I got it is quite different then what we are tought

[willow scroll]

Do you even remember some data types?

[rich adder]

its the same language

only the specific framework api changes

[summer shard]

why my add listener doesn't work bruhhhh

    private void LoadPosts() {
        foreach (WikiPost post in WikiPosts) {
            if (post.Day > day) continue;
            GameObject button = Instantiate(buttonPrefab, postsContent.transform);
            PostButton buttonScript = button.GetComponent<PostButton>();
            if (!buttonScript) continue;
            buttonScript.title.text = post.PostTitle;
            buttonScript.profilePicture.sprite = Sprite.Create(post.PostCreator.ProfilePicture,
                new Rect(0, 0, post.Photo.width, post.Photo.height), new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f), 100f);
            button.GetComponent<Button>().onClick.RemoveAllListeners();
            button.GetComponent<Button>().onClick.AddListener(() => {Debug.Log("gowanowndoawdio");});
        }
    }

[vernal valve]

the way it works changes I guess we tought for making a web page not moveble objects and games

[wintry quarry]

define "doesn't work"?

[vernal valve]

name me some and I will try to remember 😄

[rich adder]

uh debug the function make sure it runs first

[summer shard]

i click and it doesnt print my message

[willow scroll]

string, float, bool

[wintry quarry]

is the button reacting to the mouse at all?

[summer shard]

it does i checked

[wintry quarry]

Changing tint etc?

[vernal valve]

nahh we had some different stuff

[summer shard]

yea

[rich adder]

how the language works its exactly the same

[willow scroll]

Then you haven't learned C#.

[summer stump]

The types do not change

[willow scroll]

Go learn it first.

[vernal valve]

as much as I remember it told to us it was c#

[rich adder]

i do web dev all the time in c# the same exact types are used

[summer stump]

And pretty much every language has those

[vernal valve]

what comes before c# on web dev

[summer shard]

it could've been java, java is very simmilar to c#

[vernal valve]

might be java

[willow scroll]

But it has the same data types.

[vernal valve]

what is the one called with <html>

[rich adder]

java still has same types

[willow scroll]

html.

[summer shard]

html

[vernal valve]

what comes after that one on advance

[summer shard]

css? javascript?

[vernal valve]

css

[willow scroll]

css and js

[vernal valve]

dangit

[rich adder]

anyway none of this is related to Unity or beginnner

just do the courses

[vernal valve]

now I have to learn c#

man

😦

[rich adder]

if you want to dev in unity yes

[summer shard]

bump, the function works and the button color reacts

[vernal valve]

I just wanna make a horror game doesnt matter if its made with free assest or codes

is it possble for me to make one while learning c#

I will be using assests

[rich adder]

its not gonna happen over night

[vernal valve]

like enemy ai fps controller and stuff

[summer shard]

you'll need to learn it eventually

[rich adder]

it will probably take a few months

or more

depends how you learn, and how motivated u are to learn

[summer shard]

i've learnt cs in like a month but i knew java before

[vernal valve]

I mean rather than waiting to make the game while learning c# I wanna make one with assest then I can make it complete version with codes later this way I can test myself and see if I m proceeding

[rich adder]

learning cs never stops, doubt you learned all the cs

[summer stump]

Gonna still neee to know c# to do that

[summer stump]

Just do learn.unity pathways

If you find it boring, so what, just do it

[summer shard]

nah, didn't learnt all of it, like i think the point where im at rn is decent, but def not all of it

[rich adder]

your first few projects are not gonna be ur "Dream Game"

its gonna be crap

[vernal valve]

I m doing it also I search on google or youtube but people are either skipping some parts guessing you know what they do or using their old scripts to fasten thing wich teaches nothing

[rich adder]

until you get better with time

[vernal valve]

I know I use blender brother 😄

[summer stump]

Yes. Do learn. Don't do youtube

[vernal valve]

first ever character had 3 legs I dont even know how I managed it

[rich adder]

no I mean code wise, its gonna be buggy etc.

its normal

[vernal valve]

yeah I know about all that I m ready for that actually I ve been trying few codes and I enjoy finding code mistakes and bugs to fix them

its like hide and seek

[rich adder]

put a breakpoint in the AddListenr section

[vernal valve]

but inevitable :d

[rich adder]

well yeah thats pretty much coding 80% of the time ur just chasing bugs

[cinder crag]

still not sure if i understtod it correctly

[vernal valve]

any suggestions on how to learn c# rather than unity learn I wil keep going with it but reading is not my thing sometimes so

any youtubers or webpages ?

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/

[summer shard]

huh, it doesn't seem to execute a breakpoint

[summer stump]

Reading is gonna be the absolute best way
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php
Tutorialspoint
Microsoft has a guide, ah nav just shared it

[rich adder]

are you using the debugger properly?

[summer stump]

You are gonna have to read most solutions, so you should get used to it now

[rich adder]

@summer shard if so and ur not hitting breakpoint then no wonder its not subscribing

[summer shard]

or at least i don't know how to recognize executed breakpoint and not executed one

[summer shard]

idk

[vernal valve]

thats not cause I dont like it it cause of my eyes the more I read the more words scramble on my eyes eventually either I have to stop reading or change the background and font color

[rich adder]

ok and did u run Attach Unity

if the breakpoint hits, you will see the Hammer icon

[summer stump]

Unity would stop executing

[summer shard]

oh wait no i didn't

it's a war crime

[summer shard]

it did hit

but it didn't hit the debug

after i clicked

[rich adder]

are u sure logs aren't collapsed

[summer shard]

they arent

[rich adder]

and thats the correct button?

[summer shard]

yup

[wintry quarry]

what makes you sure?

[summer shard]

it shows up in the game, and there's no other variables called "button" in this script

wait i think it doesn't work

it should change the title text but it's still _desc

sooo, it does print the "load" and "change title" logs but doesn't change them?

        foreach (WikiPost post in WikiPosts) {
            if (post.Day > day) continue;
            GameObject button = Instantiate(buttonPrefab, postsContent.transform);
            PostButton buttonScript = button.GetComponent<PostButton>();
            Debug.Log("load");
            if (!buttonScript) continue;
            Debug.Log("change title");
            buttonScript.title.text = post.PostTitle;
            buttonScript.profilePicture.sprite = Sprite.Create(post.PostCreator.ProfilePicture,
                new Rect(0, 0, post.Photo.width, post.Photo.height), new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f), 100f);
            button.GetComponent<Button>().onClick.RemoveAllListeners();
            button.GetComponent<Button>().onClick.AddListener(() => {Debug.Log("gowanowndoawdio");});
        }

[rich adder]

can u show inspector for buttonPrefab

[quick pollen]

is there no way to edit AnimationCurves using some file or smth?

like this is obnoxious to work with

[rich adder]

sometimes is easier to right click and Edit values that way to get more granular control

[quick pollen]

thats what I do yea

[rich adder]

but yeah not the best curve window out there

[quick pollen]

but its impossible to see the curves

[quick pollen]

idk how to make it look better

like i cant zoom in only vertically

[rich adder]

wdym zoom only vertically

[short hazel]

It's very faint but both horizontal and vertical scrollbars have special areas at their extremities you can drag to zoom in

[summer shard]

idk if that's what u meant

[rich adder]

you know , technically you already have a script there you can link the button directly in that script

PostButton can just have field for Button and subscribe it there

[summer shard]

yea but the argument is not monobehaviour and has to be stored in a script which is game manager

[rich adder]

idk what that means

[summer shard]

like wikipost is the argument to open post, and this is it's class

public class WikiPost {
    public string PostTitle;
    public string PostDescription;
    public WikiUser PostCreator;
    public Texture2D Photo;
    public WikiComment[] PostComments;
    public int Day;

    public WikiPost(string title, string description, WikiUser postCreator, Texture2D postPhoto, [CanBeNull] WikiComment[] comments, int day) {
        this.PostTitle = title;
        this.PostDescription = description;
        this.PostCreator = postCreator;
        this.Photo = postPhoto;
        this.PostComments = comments;
        this.Day = day;
    }
}

[rich adder]

not sure this has to do with what I said earlier lol
doesnt really explain what ur trying to do with button exactly

[summer shard]

wait omfg im so dumb, im so sorry, there was another panel over the original posts panel, which the button was supposed to go to and i was clicking the wrong button, that's why it didn't change it's title and all

[rich adder]

:\

[vital hinge]

Hello, im having an issue with my moving background. It works until the player dies then it just stops. I'm using this script for the moving background:|

`using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class ScrollBackground : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] private RawImage _img;
[SerializeField] private float _x, _y;

void Update()
{
    _img.uvRect = new Rect(_img.uvRect.position + new Vector2(_x, _y) * Time.deltaTime, _img.uvRect.size);
}

}`

[polar acorn]

Is this script on the player?

[rocky canyon]

theres nothing about the player in this code block

[vital hinge]

no, on the bg

[rocky canyon]

meaning unless you've tied it to the player some how.. it shouldn't matter about the player..

[polar acorn]

So nothing on this has to do with the player. If the player dying breaks this script, it's because of something the player is doing, not this one

Do you get any errors

[vital hinge]

nope

[rocky canyon]

check the inspector when it breaks..

is the scrolling script still present.. and enabled?

[vital hinge]

yea

nothing seems to be broken

could it be just a unity bug? Maybe restarting it will help?

[polar acorn]

Log _img.uvRect after you set it

[vital hinge]

wait what?

what does that mean

[polar acorn]

Log the value of the thing you set

after you set it

So you can see what it's set to

[vital hinge]

I still dont get it, sry I know close to nothing about code

but could the problem be linked to time.deltatime?

[polar acorn]

Debug Log should literally have been the first thing you ever wrote

[rich adder]

learning how to Log/Debug should be your priority

[cosmic quail]

are you setting Time.timeScale to 0 when player dies?

[vital hinge]

oh ok, mb, I know that guy as Debug.Log and not as log

mb

[rich adder]

Log is the function

Debug is the class

[vital hinge]

the debug is working

it keeps updating

[cinder crag]

@polar acorn sorry for tag but I need to know

[vital hinge]

yes, when he dies, I get the gameover function that puts time.timescale to 0

[polar acorn]

Your singleton object should be in every scene so no matter which scene you start on it exists

[cosmic quail]

that explains it then

Time.deltaTime is 0 then isnt it

[rocky canyon]

if timescale is 0, yes deltaTIme is also 0

[vital hinge]

yea I guess, I removed the time.timescale and now everything works perfectly

[cinder crag]

Yeah but then how do I drag and drop my Serialized references cause I need the Player stats component , playerhud component etc which they are only on the player object so how can I? , check in the start method if the player parent from saveandloading script is not null then get the references?

[vital hinge]

but should I do that or should I put something else instead of time.timescale 0

[rocky canyon]

probably could just use a bool to tell what code to run instead of setting a global value to 0

[polar acorn]

Your singleton should not reference objects in the scene

[vital hinge]

oh ok thanks!

[rocky canyon]

if(gameRunning){ // do all ur stuff }

then u can toggle that bool in the player class when it dies

[cinder crag]

OOOOH so I have a object I'ma call it LoadManager I have that object in both scenes and inside the script should only be public static SaveAndLoadingSystem saveAndLoadInstance right? Or am I wrong or smth

[polar acorn]

You should have a singleton that holds the data you want to persist between scenes

that singleton should not reference any components on anything

other things should get and set data from the singleton

[cosmic quail]

just use Time.unscaledDeltaTime. its the easiest solution

[rocky canyon]

and then you would have that in the first scene of urs.. and if u apply DDOL to it.. and it will stick around in all ur scenes

[cinder crag]

I have a struct that is named SaveData and inside is the Data I wanna load so you mean have that as a singleton?

[polar acorn]

You would make a singleton that holds that struct

Other things modify that struct through the singleton

[harsh silo]

Apologies if this is the wrong thread but I don't really see a general questions section. Are there any work arounds to when an imported asset is rotated wrong? My script to shoot it is not working properly because the arrow facing in a "flying" position will be going via the Y axis

[vital hinge]

imma try that thanks

[harsh silo]

ofc I can rotate it but that still prevents it from shooting along the z axis in its proper orientation

[rocky canyon]

a fix would be to pull the model into blender.. orient it the right way and then apply the rotation..

a work-around is to use an empty container.. w/ the object as a child object.. (orientate the child object to face the right direction in reference to the parent)

and then use the parent object (as the main object)

[short hazel]

Or shoot towards transform.up instead of transform.forward

[rocky canyon]

^ a third solution

[harsh silo]

Awesome that's all helpful thanks guys

[rocky canyon]

np, and #💻┃unity-talk would be where general questions like this normally get asked, for future reference

[cinder crag]

okay so i made a new script and i made a singleton that hodls that struct , and i ptu this script on a empty gameobject , do i put the gameobject in both scenes?

[wintry quarry]

Your variable should not be static

[cinder crag]

uh why

[wintry quarry]

Because you want it to be tied to the LoadManager instance

You can/should have a static instance field for the LoadManager itself

you called this a "singleton" but I'm not seeing any of the usual singleton pattern aspects here

like an instance field etc.

[cinder crag]

https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/ i saw this do the same thing

so idek

[wintry quarry]

They did this:

public class Singleton : MonoBehaviour 
{
    public static Singleton instance;
}```

your code is not doing that

your code has a field of an entirely different type

the SaveData field should not be static

[slate pendant]

@frozen raft Please post your question here! Thank you!

[wintry quarry]

the public static LoadManager instance; should be static

but you don't have that at all

[wintry quarry]

You need to finish following this tutorial

but also restart it from the beginning because it's currently not rightr

[cinder crag]

i seriously dont get it ngl , i have a script and im trying to access a method from it that loads the data i need from a struct but theres references i need to make to the playerStats etc , by going with the singleton path , i dont understand how to do it since im not allowed to put a singleton where i need to make and get references but i need to have an object that is in both scenes , i cant put the SaveAndLoadingSystem in both scenes cause then i will have to put references n stuff from the player and i dont have the player in the main menu scene so idk how to go with this

[polar acorn]

Make a Singleton that has a reference to SaveData. Anything that needs to interact with the save data gets it from the singleton

[cinder crag]

Yeah but my SaveData struct is in the SaveAndLoadingSystem script , do I move it or something?

[rocky canyon]

a singleton can be referenced from anywhere within the scene..

you can put a DontDestroyOnLoad method in the script to make it stick around in all the scenes..

so you'll have access to it from every scene w/ the right setup

[polar acorn]

Then make SaveAndLoadingSystem a singleton

[cinder crag]

But it has references and you said a singleton object can't have references

[polar acorn]

Why does it have references

[rocky canyon]

you can pass references to it when needed

[cinder crag]

So I can set the player stats to the saved data stats

So if the player health was 30 then it will load the health to be 30

[rocky canyon]

theres other methods of getting references than manually assigning them, as well

[cinder crag]

And I need the references cause those stats are on different components on the player obj

[polar acorn]

Why does this object need a reference to a specific object instead of that object pulling data from the one and only instance of this

[rocky canyon]

^ yea, this is just a structure issue.

[polar acorn]

Imagine the data you want to pass between them is a large dodgeball. Your SaveAndLoadingSystem is in a tall tower, and the player objects are all running around in the field below it.

Does it make more sense for the players to throw the data ball up to the top of the tower, or for the tower to drop the data ball down to player?

[lost anvil]

(kind of LOUD) - cant fix this bug where the stinger doesnt play after being chased once and escaping and then going back into chase - i have a feeling it might just be me being stupid somewhere but i literally have no idea.

main script (StateChase is the part that calls the chase sounds) - https://gdl.space/dahinefesu.cs
chase sound handler - https://gdl.space/jokovufuce.cpp

[cinder crag]

For the tower to drop the data ball down to the player

[polar acorn]

Correct. So you make SaveAndLoadingSystem the source of the data, and the player objects can "catch" it by querying the singleton for the data they need

The SaveAndLoadingSystem doesn't tell the objects its data, the objects ask it for their data

[cinder crag]

Can't I just move the save and load methods to a diff script and make the SaveData a singleton then use that instance to set and get the stuff I need like health and weapon upgrades etc

[polar acorn]

I have no idea what your "save and load" methods are, but they seem like they make sense for SaveAndLoadingSystem to do them

You'd just have other objects read that data to do things

[cinder crag]

https://paste.ofcode.org/rrahDcqRjD3DrmFEz3WVHf this is the whole SaveAndLoadSystem script

or i could move the SaveData struct to another script and make that into a singleton then do the rest

[polar acorn]

So, as those values change in game, you'd have those objects change the corresponding value in your singleton

Then .Save would simply write the data to file

and vice-versa for Load

So, for example, when the player gets damaged, they'd change SaveAndLoadingSystem.instance.SaveData.health = newHealth (you might need to change your struct for a class)

And likewise, when a player object is created (either at the start of the game, when loading, when changing scenes, etc.) they'd set their health to SaveAndLoadingSystem.instance.SaveData.health

[rocky canyon]

everything digi is saying is 💯 truth.. heres an example of my Save method...
it has a reference to a data class where my game stores its data..
whenever I want to save my new data I just call the Save method..
all the data is there and ready to be written to the JSON save file

whenever something happens (player reaches a checkpoint) or the (player changes the volume settings) it automatically just updates teh stored values in the _savaData class

[cinder crag]

so i didnt need to do all of this and just save that data when needed

[cinder crag]

in the place thats needed

[rocky canyon]

my GameManager stores a reference to that data..
soo.. when my game boots up.. I set up all the game objects by using that reference

this is the asking part.. where my game objects ask for their values

[mystic pike]

so my buttons are not working, im using TMP buttons and im trying to click them and they do nothing (they where working fine yesterday) and the on click event is set up so i dont know whats going on

[cinder crag]

so if i wanna save the player health i do SaveAndLoadSystem.Save here? then do SaveAndLoadSystem.Load wherever i need to load?

[rocky canyon]

did you add to it?

[cinder crag]

first i do smth like SaveAndLoadingSystem.instance.SaveData.health = health then save

[rocky canyon]

think maybe somethings blocking the buttons?

[cinder crag]

hope im right lmao

[mystic pike]

no

(yea i know single player is set to twoplayer)

[rocky canyon]

and ur image is marked as Raycast Target?

[mystic pike]

yea it is

[rich adder]

debug event system in playmode

the text is probably covering the buttons

[mystic pike]

i dont know how

[mystic pike]

how do i fix that?

[rich adder]

check its inspector during playmode, should see a window there might be collapsed on bottom right

[rocky canyon]

it may be hidden drag up from the bottom

i debugged w/o even knowing it existed for almost a year 😅

[mystic pike]

it was

[rich adder]

objects in UI , hierarchy order Last = Above.
also always make your Rect Transforms proper sizes

[mystic pike]

huh man i dont even know what im looking at 😭

this is what i get when i press single player

[rich adder]

hover the button during playmode and see what it says

[rocky canyon]

in TMP expand ExtraSettings

and you'll see the Raycast Target

all my text have this setting disabled.. b/c the text bar covers a good majority of the buttons

[rich adder]

ur text so wide lol

[rocky canyon]

thicc

[rigid valve]

I am trying to make a selection chat with npc but I cant choose the option

[rich adder]

oh dont use legacy

[rocky canyon]

yea, 2 things..

1. u should disable the raycast target there..
2. u lied to us (thats not TMPro)

[rich adder]

also just dont put Text elements above buttons
UI is always hierarchy Bottom = First

[rigid valve]

using ink

[rocky canyon]

may end up having to find dedicated asset documentation for troubleshooting..

[mystic pike]

conserning the second one i thought it was as thats what i clicked -_-

[rocky canyon]

im gonna go ahead and say.. ive never used Ink.. so idk

[rocky canyon]

just messsing with ya, but yea TMPro components are much better than legacy Text component

[mystic pike]

i thought i was using TMP

😭

[rocky canyon]

yea, coming from Photoshop the heirarchy really threw me off for a while

in PS its the exact opposite.. top = top

[rich adder]

yeah its strange at first but it makes sense since everything is drawn in order

so drawn last = above

gpu thangs

[rocky canyon]

button order..

• Container
  • Background (Button)
  • Text

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats how i finally figured it out.. just thinking about how its drawn.. 1 layer at a time

in photoshop its like drilling into the image.. layers come as u get to them (top down)

[rich adder]

yeah thats a good way to look at it lol

[rocky canyon]

this conversation may be relevent to u as well @rigid valve

make sure nothings covering the button (the text for example..) should have its Raycast target option disabled.. so u can click thru it..

check the EventSystem to debug what ur hitting ( during play mode )

[mystic pike]

yea @rocky canyon i switched it to TMP and it works fine

[rigid valve]

I am not getting any errors tho

[mystic pike]

i feel like an idiot now

[lost anvil]

bump

[rigid valve]

these are my buttons

[rich adder]

btw u have a null reference

might wanna check that out

[rigid valve]

yeah I was trying to use mouse to select options so was updating the code

eaelrir I wanted to use only keyboard for seelcting options and have mouse clamped but that didnt worked out

[rich adder]

you cant select it with the mouse being locked

cursor has to be visible too afaik

[rigid valve]

do u know a better way to create a dialouge with options??? rn I am using ink

[rich adder]

either unlock the cursor for selections
or
there is a workaround for First Person view with locked cursor though by replacing the Input Module

Ink is amazing

its not the problem

[rigid valve]

this is my mouse code

[rich adder]

use links to post code

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[rigid valve]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[rigid valve]

https://paste.ofcode.org/4NJCNP4BMrCEvhnpWahh8L
here

[rich adder]

this is bad for mouse btw
* Time.deltaTime

don't use that on mouse inputs, its already frame independent

[rich adder]

ok so besides that what are you showing me here, does the option not work for you if you unlock cursor?

[rigid valve]

will keep that in mind I am following a yt tutotial the guy was telling to use timedelta

[rigid valve]

when Im press the option I should get u selected "pokemon name" but I get nthng

[rich adder]

yeah the tutorial was wrong then

[rigid valve]

I wanted this thing to work with arrow keys to nav and f to select but it wasnt working thats why I am trying mouse now still no resluts

[rich adder]

did you put a Log to make sure button is actually working

[rich adder]

well you gotta tackle one thing at time lol

[rigid valve]

let me do that rq

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-SelectableNavigation.html
if you want keyboard navigation for UI you'd need to set this up

[rigid valve]

do u have spare time I really need to fix this for college assignment

[maiden niche]

anyone got an idea why my inventory items wont stack

[rich adder]

I'm only around this channel when Im looking away from my work

[rigid valve]

https://paste.ofcode.org/Li6EwbSANsBDzRX58747st
this is the code for complete dialoyge managment

[rich adder]

many people here are knowledgeable if I don't respond I'm sure someone will

[cinder crag]

im doing that but uh it doesnt seem to work

[rigid valve]

https://paste.ofcode.org/8pHC4SCzUPtWpqwiMVQncT
this one is simply to check if player is in range

[rich adder]

You have to make sure you're even getting interactions on UI working in the first place, worry about the code after

[polar acorn]

Does that object have a field named SaveData

[rich adder]

why are you making a save system if you lack such basics

[rich adder]

thats declaration of Savedata class

not the actual object

[polar acorn]

That's a class yes. Do you have a field named SaveData on your singleton

[summer stump]

That isn't even a declaration of the SaveData variable

[rigid valve]

I cant output this index in debug log??

[summer stump]

Just of a class that COULD be used (but apparantly isn't)

[summer stump]

No comma

"WORKKING " + choiceIndex

[rich adder]

if you put comma , you pass gameObject

that an int

if you want to debug the value add it to the string

"Working " + choiceIndex

[summer stump]

I believe they wanted "WORKKING" actually

[rich adder]

oh didnt see u wrote that already 😛

[cinder crag]

kinda forgot to put it oops

[lost anvil]

bump, stump, lump

[rigid valve]

its empty

😭

[rich adder]

where is the mouse ?

[rigid valve]

using fffff

[rich adder]

f ?

wat does that even mean

[rich adder]

what does this have anything to do with MakeChoice

you seem to have a wild misunderstanding how the Button component works

[rigid valve]

I am sorry 😶 I am still learning

[rich adder]

i know but you have to do the simple stuff first, you're jumping into doing dialouge system without knowing yet how to interact with the UI lol

[rigid valve]

can I dm u if u dont mind

[rich adder]

if you have to make a seperate scene/project and strictly work on Buttons / methods through UI etc. Take that approach you slowly put everything together

you're learning too many things at once

[rigid valve]

have u checked my mouse code? shouldn't it get unclammped from centre when I am chatting with npc?

[rich adder]

I said that tho

You have to unlock the cursor and make it visible

otheriwse you'd need a special FPV Input Module made for locked curosr

[rigid valve]

how?? I googled it I found only this much

[rich adder]

keep it simple for now and unlock th cursor to interact with UI

[rich adder]

why did you put ToggleCursorLock() then

[rich adder]

Yeah I get it

[rigid valve]

I want it to get locked again when I leave npc

[rich adder]

so call the toggle

must be public to call it from another script

or subscribe to an event (probably too complex for you rn)

[rigid valve]

why call the toggle?

[oak mist]

I got a question for HUD implementation:

So as you can see theres a screen with some material on it to appear like there some information on it. Its static and doesnt change. I bought some animated HUD which i can customise to display health and say speed, but im not sure how / If i can implement it to the actual ship (This game will be in VR, so i see no real alternative). Any suggestions?

[rich adder]

if (DialogueManager.GetInstance().dialogueIsPlaying)
{
ToggleCursorLock();
}
you have to fix this

this will keep toggling

[rich adder]

this is a code channel

[oak mist]

0h sorry, I thought the answer would be code based

where would i go for this?

[rich adder]

probably #💻┃unity-talk

[oak mist]

snm

thank you

[rich adder]

the info displayed will eventually need code though yes
but the initial placement is probably just related to using shaders/Ui

[rigid valve]

done ig

[rich adder]

what are you doing

why did you do that

also dont send screenshots of code

[rigid valve]

to stop nonstop toggling?

[rich adder]

so you remove the entire method instead of not calling it every frame?

[cinder crag]

so uh i did it for the player position but it keeps saying object not set to reference and idk tf did i do wrong

[polar acorn]

Either instance is null or SaveData is null

[rigid valve]

I mean .... okay u tell what to do

[rich adder]

I did lol

you wont learn much if I tell you every single step though.

[rigid valve]

its working now with mouse finally

damn

still not working with keys tho

[cinder crag]

how ?

[rich adder]

show where you assign both

[rigid valve]

btw can u explain a lil what I did wrong here????

[polar acorn]

Okay and where do you set instance

And SaveData as well, actually

it's no longer a struct

[rich adder]

Removing the entire method instead just remove calling ToggleCursorLock every frame

[rich adder]

doesnt unity automatically create instance when its serialized in inspector

[cinder crag]

i dont set it anywhere , but wdym by set it? if u dont mind me asking

[polar acorn]

If it's a serialized class

[rich adder]

oh right

[polar acorn]

Where do you put a value in the variable

[rigid valve]

now like I want npc to ask 5 que and if player asnwers all correct then a new action happens
for this
I write the ink script
then what tho 😶

[rich adder]

setting aka =

[cinder crag]

like in instance and SaveData , well uh i dont put any value in it , cause i didnt know and idk what to put there

[polar acorn]

A variable is null until you actually put something in it

So you have to say which SaveAndLoadingSystem you want instance to be, and which SaveData you want SaveData to be

[rich adder]

you have to follow guideson this as this is highly specific.
But also as good as INK system is you are still expected to know the basic c# workflows like using arrays etc.

[rigid valve]

can I do it here if choice index == xxx then do this

[rich adder]

arent you following a tutorial for Ink?

pretty sure they cover correct choices / actions

[rigid valve]

no it was only till this pokemon part

[cinder crag]

smth like this? sorry if its wrong

[rigid valve]

is this approach wrong?

[rich adder]

what the hekk

[polar acorn]

For instance: Did you read the singleton tutorial I linked you many many times

For SaveData: This would set it to itself, how would that accomplish anything

[rich adder]

which approach

[wet nebula]

Hello friends 🙂 I have a question about "detection". I am making a platformer and naturally have to check collision with the floor, walls and cliffs... I am using Physics2D.OverlapBox right now to check those, one for each type of detection. Shoul I use collider triggers instead? Which one has a better performance or is it indiferent in this case?

[cinder crag]

yeah i read it lots of times ngl

[regal bear]

Hi, want to create a basic time system, not too complicated, just a clock with 0-24hours and minutes, for example after 20:00 it will be night, after 7:00 will be day. Is it that hard? I search for videos but all of these tutorials was like a lot line of code. Im not on pc now but will be soon, thats why i asking, then ill try figure it out.

[cinder crag]

smth like this for instance

[polar acorn]

Yes, it covers where and how to set instance

[lost anvil]

bump chump thump

[rich adder]

no its not hard

[rigid valve]

nvm i'll go watch a more explain tuttorial dont want to annoy u with supersilly ques

[rich adder]

ok lol no worries just follow the tutorials, thats where i learned Ink

they cover everything you need

[cinder crag]

oooh okay okay , but now i gotta think for SaveData i guess

[polar acorn]

You either need to create an empty one or serialize the class so it can be set in the inspector

[rich adder]

no u should not use triggers instead

imo the Physics class is the best method

[rigid valve]

any specifial u would like to suggest

[rich adder]

this dude covers Ink https://www.youtube.com/@ShapedByRainStudios

[wet nebula]

I really don't know what is better, a gameObject with "several" children or "several" raycasts 😅 about the performance and all, I really don't like this many children (aesthetically at least)

[rigid valve]

lol I am wqatching this same guy

[rich adder]

yeah he has good ones

https://youtu.be/-nK-tQ_vc0Y?list=PLkz5NgoW6xcWtxugVBcK58aIHpxyjjCSE
this one good too

iirc some stuff is newer and has more feature btw

check the docs for ink

[cinder crag]

seems like serializing the SaveData class fixed all my problems lol

so now whenever i make a change to lets say the health and maxhealth , i do smth like this?

[rich adder]

You answered your own question. Also you should not be worrying about that kind of "performance" esp as a beginner, just make the game

computers are very powerful these days, they can handle such things easily

[wet nebula]

I think you're right. Maybe I am overthinking about this. Just worry with performance problems in different devices (not mobile)

@rich adder thanks a lot!

[maiden niche]

anyone got an idea why my inventory items wont stack

[rich adder]

Like this?

[cinder crag]

welp nothing saves

[rich adder]

seems the values aren't updated when you save

[cinder crag]

but im updating them

lemme get u a vid rq

[rich adder]

have no idea if you're setting this before you hit save ?

[cinder crag]

yep it is-

[rich adder]

also if you serialized the class observe savedata in the inspector see if thats changing

[cinder crag]

it is

[polar acorn]

Show the code where that log comes from

[cinder crag]

simply from the SaveAndLoadingSystem script

[rich adder]

oof

you're saving the local saveData that is empty

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, you're logging all the values of the local saveData. Where do you put anything in it?

[cinder crag]

holy shit yeah

now it saves

pog

[lost anvil]

bumper bumper where art thou

[rich adder]

after an hour and half you couldn't debug it lol

[lost anvil]

no sir im working on inventory

[rich adder]

holy hell
GetComponent<ChaseEffectHandler>().StartCoroutine(GetComponent<ChaseEffectHandler>().OnChaseStart());

just make a public mehod that calls the coroutine

[lost anvil]

👍

[rich adder]

anyway so is this only being called once ? OnChaseStart()

[lost anvil]

at the start of the chase when enemy spots player yeah, but then the hasStung bool resets OnChaseEnd and the canChaseTheme is handled in Update

so really the deciding factor whether it gets called is hasStung

[rigid valve]

@rich adder is are a keywork or smth

[lost anvil]

and i debugged it earlier and it was calling the chase music etc but it wasnt playing the sound

[rich adder]

put Debug.Log inside then make sure its calling it again

[lost anvil]

it was im pretty sure but ill check again

[rich adder]

its been a while since i've used the Ink editor

need to look at docs

[rich adder]

alright. Also is it a 3D / "spatial" sound ?

[lost anvil]

nope

definitely calls everytime

just doesnt play any sound on the second chase

[rich adder]

the log is where stinger.PlayOneShot is ?

[lost anvil]

yeah

[rich adder]

audio source volume is up and all that in inspector on chase?

[lost anvil]

yup

[cinder crag]

so i am saving data n everything but it doesnt load it , and im confused on why

[rich adder]

u never put it into an object

[short hazel]

Do you get the log? Are there any errors?

[polar acorn]

You load the object from the string and then promptly throw it directly in the garbage

[rich adder]

from json returns data

[polar acorn]

You aren't doing anything with the result

[cinder crag]

how could i possibly do something with the result?

[polar acorn]

Well, what do you want to do with the result?

[lost anvil]

i just replayed the game but with the audiosource open in the inspector, was on low fps, escaped chase and went back into it and it worked lol?

[polar acorn]

Right now it's fax-machine-into-shredder.gif

[rich adder]

think back to what you were trying to do

[lost anvil]

but it doesnt work if im not doing those things???

[cinder crag]

save the data and then load that said data

[polar acorn]

Okay, and what do you want to do with the loaded data

[cinder crag]

laod it to the player object and their respective components , health to playstats etc