💻┃code-beginner

[zinc shuttle]

i tried else if but its stuck at 1 kill for every kill

[modest dust]

if(isEnemy)
{
  if(killcount==1)
  ...
}```
And yeah, an array.

[zinc shuttle]

oh ok got it

[modest dust]

And yeah, an array would be easy to add here, all you're doing is assigning different audio clips each time

[zinc shuttle]

cant do much myself, i am new so i will try, by array you mean switch staments? or somthing else

[languid spire]

no

[modest dust]

public AudioSource SRC;
public AudioClip[] KillClips;

...
if (isEnemy)
{
  Destroy(enemy);
  Debug.Log("I'm awesome");
  SRC.clip = KillClips[killcount];
  SRC.Play();
  ++killcount;
}```

[modest dust]

It would really be wise to go through a plain C# course if you do not know of such basics as an array

You're gonna have a bad time doing anything in Unity without that

Unless it's the kind of scenario where you're on a deadline

[zinc shuttle]

i know but i cant impliment it in my project. I just dont know how can i use it.

[modest dust]

Otherwise, for yourself, there's no reason not to

[zinc shuttle]

yep i m learning c# and unity at same time

[modest dust]

Well, then start thinking logically what your code does

There is a lot of repetition and you're assigning a new clip for each killcount number

What's a "numbered set of elements"? An array.

[zinc shuttle]

kill -> play 1 audio -> count the kill -> kill -> play 2 audio ->count the kill

[modest dust]

Either way, I gave you an example above

[zinc shuttle]

yes

[languid spire]

you have been shown exactly how to use it. I really suggest you take the time to study and understand the code given. It will help you a great deal

[zinc shuttle]

i tried your method using array but its not incrementing the kill count

[modest dust]

Show what you tried

And make sure you assigned the correct audio clips in the inspector in the array

[zinc shuttle]

https://hastebin.com/share/sedukayusu.cpp

[zinc shuttle]

yes i did

also checked the debug it only print 0killed ofr every kill

[modest dust]

Is it the same instance of BulletEffect each time or different ones?

[teal viper]

Well, you destroy the object that has the script, so of course it would be 0. An object that has it incremented to 1 is destroyed almost immediately.

[modest dust]

Ah, missed the destroy

If you want a shared kill count then make it static

[zinc shuttle]

bullet has the script

[modest dust]

Or move it elsewhere

[zinc shuttle]

let me give it a try

[teal viper]

It doesn't matter what has the script. What matters is that you destroy the object with the variable.

[zinc shuttle]

or i should make it static

[modest dust]

Just make it static for now

[zinc shuttle]

so what can i do ? move thie script to new game object

[zinc shuttle]

ok

[teal viper]

Static is a pretty bad solution though. You're supposed to keep kill count in some sort of a manager class or something.

[zinc shuttle]

it worked!

[modest dust]

That's why I said he could move it elsewhere, but for now, if he only uses it for the audio clip, it's fine

[zinc shuttle]

it worked ! yippeeee

[teal viper]

Having the bullet manage audio sources and audio clips and have them on the prefab is also pretty silly.

[zinc shuttle]

i will fix this

[bold nova]

Does anyone know how to make a generic monobehaviour script? I wanted to make one, but I cant attach it to an pbject because "Names do not match"... Here is what I've got

public class ObjectPooler <T>: MonoBehaviour
where T : MonoBehaviour

[willow scroll]

You cannot make a generic MonoBehaviour script

You may create a script with a generic MonoBehaviour class, but if you want to assign it to the GameObject, you'll have to have a non-generic class derived from it

[hallow totem]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.SetBool.html
Why is it giving me an error? Am I missing something?

[north kiln]

You need to configure your !ide before continuing, because it shouldn't be possible to make basic capitalisation mistakes due to having autocomplete

[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

[fierce shuttle]

Why not?

[topaz mortar]

Why does this function allow me to return null? In other places (can't remember exactly where, but I think most of the time) it won't allow me to return null when it's expecting an object to be returned.

{
    return null;
}```

[north kiln]

If Character is a reference type then it can be null

[topaz mortar]

is that a unity thing? I think it's on my C# module server that it won't allow stuff like that

[north kiln]

It's a fundamental C# thing

[topaz mortar]

well it is just a warning

but I don't get this in Unity

[hallow totem]

Looks like I can't configure the one I'm using, but I found the error, sorry.

[north kiln]

Why not?

[north kiln]

It looks like you're getting warnings for nullable reference types, which isn't a standard configuration for Unity projects. Perhaps you enabled it via your IDE

[hallow totem]

VSCodium isn't supported.

[north kiln]

Isn't that just a weird VS Code?

[short hazel]

It's the Nullable Reference Types analyzer shipped with newer .NET versions.
Since your method doesn't return a Task<Character?> (indicates it might be a Character or null) you get the warning

This doesn't affect performance of the compiled code, they're a bunch of analysers that can be disabled.

[hallow totem]

Yeah so supporting it should be pretty easy but I guess Unity doesn't want to do it because it's unofficial.

[north kiln]

Can you not follow the Vs Code configuration for it? Or do you get stuck somewhere in those instructions

[topaz mortar]

ah thanks, I'll figure out how to disable those warning later then 🙂

been using Task<Character?> on my server, but I guess I don't need to then

[north kiln]

It's an annotation hint that helps writing safer null-handling code

If you can use it, it's a helpful tool to have

[topaz mortar]

if I have:
Character character = await GetPlayerStats();
and it returns null, will that throw an error or will it just assign null to character?

[north kiln]

Sadly Unity Objects are weird and so it's less useful for Unity projects, though you can work with it there

It will just assign null

[topaz mortar]

so what's the warning for then? 😛

[hallow totem]

Yeah the Unity extension isn't there and I can't set it as my IDE of choice directly, only through file association.

[north kiln]

If you correctly use the annotation then you'll mark the method as Character?, and consumers of the method will know it can return null, and if they don't handle it a warning will show there

By annotating your code you let the IDE help you be sure you won't get unexpected null reference exceptions

By default Unity projects have none of that, so you get no help writing safer code

[woven crater]

whats the difference?

[gaunt ice]

the one under uielement is ui toolkit, which the top one is ugui ie the ui gameobjects you added to canvas gameobject

[woven crater]

thank

[buoyant perch]

anyone know how i can make it to listen

[rocky canyon]

u click the drop down on Path

[hard ledge]

I'm struggling to design how I want to handle data exactly in my project. I'm trying to design a simple RPG skillset, and this is what I've come up with so far:

• A MasterAttribute script, which I then generate scriptable objects off, for the actual skills, they look like the attached pic.
• A manager script to create a defined sized array, then populate it

What I'm confused about is; In my own design I don't know how you would interact with the gameobjects (the attributes), but also with a player + enemies, how would I manage their attributes as well, seperately?

I am trying to plan a modular system that could be used for various data like currencies, stats, etc that can be extended in the specific items if needed.

Just looking for advice, this seems like a bad approach, but everything else I've seen is too simple, or hard coded...

[kindred halo]

I have this code where the playerSpeed gets decremented when this function is called.
but when running
Instead of decrementing with the given value every sec
It decrements slowly like a loading bar
i don't even know how to explain

void DecreaseSpeed(float speedDecrease)
{
    playerSpeed -= speedDecrease * Time.deltaTime;
}```

[teal viper]

Record a video if can't explain in words

[teal viper]

I'm confused. The screenshot shows an SO, not a gameObject.

[kindred halo]

the Slide Speed Decrease
should be decrementing 4 every sec until it reaches the max timer

[teal viper]

And in that now, gameObjects for skills is a bad idea imho.

[queen adder]

Does anyone know if I'm able to use Sprite Editor without importing a PSB file, I created my character out of shapes inside of my scene, and... I used a lot of shapes

I want to animate it using IK, but every tutorial I see, keeps importing a PSB file, but what to do if my character was built in the scene, and not in Photoshop

[teal viper]

I see it decreasing over time. After jumping to ~80.

So I don't see an issue..? Is the issue that it jumps to 80?

[spiral narwhal]

What should I do instead?

[kindred halo]

It's supposed to decrease by 4 multiplied by seconds

not decrease over time like that

[teal viper]

Can you share an example of a tutorial that does this?

[teal viper]

Well, you're multiplying it by delta time, so it would decrease a little bit every time.

[queen adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hF4DBXpHac

[kindred halo]

what should i use instead?

[teal viper]

I think it's safe to ignore that. I don't think there's any other way to null check.

[teal viper]

Don't multiply by delta time🤷‍♂️

Why would you need something "instead"?

[kindred halo]

I need the value every sec tho

[teal viper]

Assuming you call that method in update, it would decrease every frame.

[queen adder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXIuizGzY2A

[topaz mortar]

How would I lock a function from being called multiple times at nearly the same exact time?
I had a bool in it that returns if it's true, but that's too slow it seems?
I looked up how lock in C# works, but that's not allowed in an async function

{
    // Don't allow this to be called again until we get a response
    if (waitingForCombatLogs)
    {
        return;
    }

    waitingForCombatLogs = true;```

[teal viper]

If you want it to only decrease once a second, you should either make a timer or use a coroutine.

[kindred halo]

It's not being called in update straight away but rather with an if statement

[teal viper]

Wdym by lock? Are you multithreading?

[topaz mortar]

the function can get called from multiple places (at the same time)

not multithreading as far as I know

but it still got called 2x at the same time somehow

wait maybe something else went wrong 🤔

[teal viper]

I think you can skip the sprite editor step and go for the bone editor. Follow the manual:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.2d.animation@1.0/manual/index.html

[teal viper]

Code executes line by line on the same thread. A function can't be called from 2 places at the same time.

[topaz mortar]

yeah it's just getting called again really fast, but it completes the first time

so I have some other error somewhere

[hard ledge]

My mistake, I meant SO

[teal viper]

On second thought you might need sprites, as it seems to create meshes from them. You don't need a Photoshop for that, there are free open source image editors, like gimp.

[topaz mortar]

async function run on a new thread not?

[teal viper]

Depends on how you call them. Unity overrides the normal way async works such that they run on the main thread.

[queen adder]

I have Photoshop, but I already created my character in the scene view ( Hierarchy )

[teal viper]

Well, it might take more effort to make it work instead of recreating in an image editor.

[queen adder]

I really doubt it, I've spent a whole week on it, so it's more than just a hand full of sprites, it's.... colossal

[topaz mortar]

where or how can I find some humanly readable information on that? 😛

[queen adder]

it's roughly 140 shapes... I don't want to recreate this lol

it started off with me just messing around, and I fell in love with it

[teal viper]

Unity manual. There isn't too much to know though. Basically, you can think that async in unity is always on the main thread. One of the only exceptions is Task.Run afaik.

[queen adder]

I may have goofed... I'll figure it out nw, thanks for your help @teal viper

[languid spire]

you can specify the thread it runs on

TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext()

will run on the current thread

[topaz mortar]

Does that mean async in unity does nothing? Or does it still run async but just on the same thread? As in, it gets executed in between other lines of code?

[languid spire]

It's still async, just sharing a thread

[teal viper]

Yes, it will run on the same thread at different times, like a coroutine.

[loud mango]

!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.

[loud mango]

Gunscript: https://gdl.space/cihagudawu.cs

Enemy take damage script: https://gdl.space/axivupakev.cpp

Spawning Script: https://gdl.space/yufuwoxove.http

I am having a problem when I spawn a enemy and kill it, it will kill all the active enemies

any ideas on how to solve it?

[languid spire]

yes, dont have health as a static variable

[loud mango]

then the function doesnt take the health

cuz function is static

[languid spire]

you have used a static variable because you thought it made your life easier instead of thinking about what you need to do

[loud mango]

that what should i do sensei 😭

[languid spire]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[loud mango]

it wont accept the health

[languid spire]

do the job properly instead of trying to implement shortcuts which will come back and bite you in the arse

[loud mango]

so i decrease the health manually from the gun script?

[languid spire]

because the method is static

so take the static off the method as well

[loud mango]

then how do i call it from the gun?

when the raycast hits the enemy

[languid spire]

you use GetComponent to get the correct TakeDamage instance for THAT enemy, then call the method on that

[loud mango]

can u give an example in 1-2 line of code? i dont understnad ;-;

[languid spire]

you mean can I write to code for you?, No

[loud mango]

no no, just an example that does not relate to my code

i fucked around to find out but couldnt find out 😦

[languid spire]

ok

OnCollisionEnter(Collision other) {
TakeDamage td = other.gameObject.GetComponent<TakeDamage>();
td.TakeEnemyDmg(5f);
}

[loud mango]

but my bullet is raycast

oh wait got it

sorry

[charred spoke]

if(hit) GetComponent

[limber anchor]

Hey still working on my movement script rn I am having the issue that my player is falling way to slow but If I add more mass to my player it will simply jump less high instead of actually falling quicker
code: https://paste.ofcode.org/39xPsVPu2uWPmCXyMTTRFJV

[limber anchor]

i have tried some stuff with changing y velocity but couldnt figure something out that worked

[loud mango]

go to project settings / Physics / Increase gravity to ur liking

idk if that is preffered or not but i did that for my game

[limber anchor]

ty dint know that existed lmao

[loud mango]

lol me too before i created my current game

[limber anchor]

its kinda working now just on landing my player object gets stuck in the ground instead of sliding further or just being able to move further

[languid spire]

But increasing physics gravity will also affect the jump height, gravity works both ways just like irl

[kindred halo]

 playerSpeed -= 12f * Time.deltaTime;

It's not multiplying by 12
but keeps decrementing by one
help

[loud mango]

just increase the jump poewr

and the gravity

[limber anchor]

Ye but now if I increase the Jump power and increase gravity falling will actually go faster and the jumpheight wont change

[languid spire]

you'll need to show more !code than that

[limber anchor]

if I tune the vallues

[loud mango]

its not happening with me

[dreamy junco]

is it normal for a button to get pressed when i'm pressing space bar in flappy bird, when i press the button the music changes once when i then hit space bar the button gets pressed for a period of time, i can even see the color changing

[limber anchor]

fixed it by just lowering the drag XD

[loud mango]

oh nice

[dreamy junco]

    {
        if (current == 1)
        {
            source.Stop();
            sourceTwo.Play();
        }

        else if (current == 2)
        {
            sourceTwo.Stop();
            sourceThree.Play();
        }

        else if (current == 3)
        {
            sourceThree.Stop();
            source.Play();
        }

        if (current == 1)
        {
            current = 2;
        }

        else if (current == 2)
        {
            current = 3;
        }

        else if (current == 3)
        {
            current = 1;
        }
    }```

[loud mango]

😮

[dreamy junco]

this is the code to change the music

[kindred halo]

The function(I replaced it with 12 to see if it works)

 void DecreaseSpeed(float speedDecrease)
 {
     playerSpeed -= speedDecrease * Time.deltaTime;
 }

here's how it's called

 else if (isSliding)
 {
     SlideMovement();
     slideTimer +=Time.deltaTime;
     if (slideTimer <= maxSlideTimer) { DecreaseSpeed(slideSpeedDecrease); }
     if (slideTimer >= maxSlideTimer)
     {
         isSliding = false;
     }
 }

[languid spire]

man, please learn to program. !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[dreamy junco]

     {
         myRigidbody.velocity = Vector2.up * flapStrenght;
         this.gameObject.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sprite = FlappingBird;
         source.PlayOneShot(clip);
         timer = 0;
     }```this is the code to flap the bird

[limber anchor]

switch statements would be better

[rocky canyon]

changing the gravity is a solution.. but this kinda throws off the entire project.. all ur forces will need adjusted..
i prefer to add a downwards force when the player isn't grounded... u can just tack on a bit of extra gravity

  gravitySim += playerSettings.gravity * Time.deltaTime;``` ofc mines a character controller.. but the same could work for a rigidbody.. by adding it to the velocity

[limber anchor]

they are just better then if else towers on the eyes and are better for preformence

[rocky canyon]

this.gameObject.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sprite = FlappingBird;
just a tip, you should cache this variable in awake() or start() so ur not calling GetComponent everytime u press space

[limber anchor]

tried this but then again the jumpheight was in the way for me so for now this is my solution maybe I wil add this later ty tho

[languid spire]

nothing there tell me what playerSpeed is before and after the method. Learn to Debug your code

[loud mango]

thanks Sensei its works now

[rocky canyon]

when I jump I cancel out the Y velocity so it doesn't interfere with teh jump logic

basically just set the .y to zero

[limber anchor]

I do the same idk for some reason it wasnt really working maybe I just dint have the right vallues or something

[languid spire]

no need to be factious

[rocky canyon]

oh okay.. well if the gravity solution works for u, roll with it

[kindred halo]

The playerSpeed should be decremented by 12 or whatever value i put every second
but instead it just
decrements by one

[languid spire]

@dreamy junco

 whatever[] source;
 public void changeMusic()
    {
            source[current].Stop();
            current++;
            if (current >= source.Length) current = 0;
            source[current].Play();
    }

[dreamy junco]

thx

[languid spire]

don't just copy/paste, take some time to think about the code and understand it

[dreamy junco]

yeah i'm bad at progaming and thats better but the problem with the button beeing pressed when i press the spacebar isn't gone

[languid spire]

why would a button be pressed with the spacebar ?

[dreamy junco]

i don't know when i press the button once it changes the music once but every time after that it gets pressed when i press the space bar

like 2 seconds long after i pressed it

[languid spire]

that makes no sense, a button is pressed on an OnClick event, that has nothing to do with the spacebar

[dreamy junco]

even the color of the button changes is that a bug

it's like i would press the button but with the space bar

[languid spire]

I cannot imagine it is a bug, it sounds more like a problem with your keyboard

[dreamy junco]

the problem with the score and the bool isn't solved yet, too

[languid spire]

tbh, it feels like you are blundering around in the dark. You should take some time to !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[dreamy junco]

thank you for the help

[brave compass]

@dreamy junco This is an accessibility feature, to interact with UI using the keyboard.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UIE-Keyboard-Events.html

The Toggle and Button classes listen for Enter and Spacebar key presses as replacement actions for mouse clicks.

The reason it starts happening only after you click on a button is because you're moving the focus to that button by doing that, and then it starts listening to keyboard events.

[languid spire]

good point, I hadn't thought of that

[dreamy junco]

oh ok thank you

[scarlet skiff]

i have this code that looks for players in the scene, so that monsters can then choose a random player and follow them, problem is if someone late joins, or not just late join, whoever isnt first would miss out on being tracked and added to this hashset because it runs in awake method, i could simply run it in update as well but i feel like there gotta be a more effecient method, like only when a new player is summoned/joins or leaves would it update this, how can i approach such a solution?

Script (just in case it is needed): https://gdl.space/orafuyibeb.cs

[wintry quarry]

Make the players register themselves with this script in their own OnEnable method

(make it a Singleton)

[tough cave]

How can I make a referencable object to a script with the use of the editor? Like this 'pop up' is a template for different types of problems, that implements the interface IProblem. like StudentsConfusedProblem... I want toi have the popup to be easily interchangable between probleems. Hoped public IProblem problem worked, but its not showing up in the editor. Or do I have to hardcode it.

[swift crag]

Unity won't serialize an interface type.

It's not a UnityEngine.Object type (duh, it's an interface!) and it's not one of the other types Unity allows you to serialize (e.g. int, or a [System.Serializable] class)

There are a few ways to deal with this

One would be to make an abstract class. This is appropriate if everything that implements IProblem is going to be a behaviour or a scriptable object

You can also use something like https://github.com/Thundernerd/Unity3D-SerializableInterface.

[scarlet skiff]

why specifically OnEnable method and not for example awake? and why make it a singleton?

[swift crag]

it's reasonable if you also want to un-register in OnDisable

[stuck palm]

why is it that when i want to print an int by itself i have to go int.tostring but if i want to do a string and and int i dont have to write dostring?

[swift crag]

beacuse you're probably using the + operator

[scarlet skiff]

doesnt the player object get destroyed when disconnecting?

[stuck palm]

does that turn the int into a string implicitly or

[swift crag]

There are three + operators that involve strings

string operator +(string x, string y);
string operator +(string x, object y);
string operator +(object x, string y);

so you can add a string to literally anything

it just calls ToString() on the object

[stuck palm]

oh i see

can i make my own operator like that?

[swift crag]

This also works fine, though:

Debug.Log(123);

Debug.Log can take an object, which it then calls ToString() on

If you have a method that only takes a string, then it will not accept an integer: there is no implicit (i.e. automatic) conversion from int to string

[swift crag]

show me the problem you are having

[willow scroll]

Surely, you can

[stuck palm]

im not having a problem

[willow scroll]

E.g. in your own class

[stuck palm]

i was just wondering 😅

hypothetically

just for future knowledge

[swift crag]

but yes, you can both:

• define your own + operator
• define an implicit conversion to string (which can just call ToString() if you want)

[willow scroll]

Yes, have a public operator like +, -, * or / in e.g. your class

[stuck palm]

thats interesting

thank you

idk why i would do it though

[swift crag]

public struct SmoothFloat
{
    public float value;
    public float target;
    private float velocity;
    public float time;

    public float Update()
    {
        value = UnityEngine.Mathf.SmoothDamp(value, target, ref velocity, time);
        return value;
    }

    public void Set(float target)
    {
        this.target = target;
    }

    public static implicit operator float(SmoothFloat self)
    {
        return self.value;
    }
}

an example of the latter

[willow scroll]

public static MyClass operator +(MyClass a, MyClass b) =>
    a.variable + b.variable;

public static MyClass operator -(MyClass a, MyClass b) =>
    a.variable - b.variable;

public static MyClass operator *(MyClass a, MyClass b) =>
    a.variable * b.variable;

public static MyClass operator /(MyClass a, MyClass b) =>
    a.variable / b.variable;

[stuck palm]

cool

i learnt something new lol

thanks guys

[willow scroll]

You may usually need to override the ToString method

E.g. you have a class Vector2Float, and you want it to be printed as (x, y)

public override string ToString() => $"({x}, {y})";

[bitter walrus]

before I try to build there is no error, after I build it sends me the eror shown in the vid, it isnt even right since the game plays fine and the error is wrong wince I have a script with the name shadowcaster blah blah

[placid condor]

dont know if this fits in this channel but why wont the hub let me create a new project?

[bitter walrus]

select an orgenisation

exactly under your curser

[placid condor]

ooh

ok ty

didnt know i had to do that

thought i can just leave it if im working alone

[bitter walrus]

oh it was my cursor lol

[candid burrow]

Hey guys, quick question. I'm using the navmesh system to move my player, and i did the boot logic for my game in a way where i create my player in a different scene from where my gameplay actually happens.

So.. there is no navmesh whenever i create my PlayerCharacter, how can i go around that problem?

[placid condor]

lmao

[swift crag]

You can wait to enable the NavMeshAgent until after you've loaded a scene with some actual navmesh data in it

[bitter walrus]

yall please help

[swift crag]

I don't know what this class is.

I'm guessing it's something that is editor-only, and thus does not exist when you build the game

i can find only one hit, which is a deleted GitHub Gist

which does look like an editor script

[keen dew]

You can see its code at the start of the video (it's an editor script)

[swift crag]

ah, nice

so yes, that means you cannot use this class from any non-editor code

[teal charm]

!bug

[eternal falcon]

Reporting bugs

🪲 To make bug reporting as quickly as possible, we made a bug reporting application for you. When running Unity choose Help->Report a Bug in the menu, or you can access it directly through the executable in the directory where Unity is installed. It will also launch automatically if you experience a crash.

📝 If your bug report is to do with Documentation, either an error, typo, or omission, you can report it by scrolling to the bottom of the page where you found the issue and click ‘Report a problem on this page’!

💡If your report is to do with a new feature idea, you can check the Unity Product Roadmaps page to see if your idea has already been planned.

For more complete instructions on how to report bugs, access: https://unity3d.com/unity/qa/bug-reporting

[swift crag]

if you're using it to set things up at runtime, you'll need to either make this class available at runtime (very easy if it ShadowCaster2DCreator doesn't rely on editor classes!) or do the setup ahead of time

[rich wasp]

hi guys I'm very noob and following a tutorial on hex cell generation, making the splat map for the textures currently. is there a way to do something other than a simple fade between two values? like instead of a simple gradient have the two color params be lerped with a noise mask as the factor?

            TriangulateEdgeStrip(e1, color1, e2, color2, hasRoad);

[swift crag]

so that you get a noisy transition?

consider applying a lerp or smoothstep function whose start and end values are adjusted by noise

[abstract finch]

Whenever you send a struct to a new function, is a new one created or is it the same one? Wierd question but I'm planning on using something called ActionInfo containing alot of data (mostly static) so Im debating on whether to use a struct or a class for this.

[swift crag]

structs are value types

you pass it by value, so a copy of the struct goes on the stack

(rather than a copy of the reference, for reference types!)

[wintry quarry]

structs are always copied by value. The exception would be is if you use in, out or ref for the parameter

[swift crag]

If it's a ton of data -- yep (:

in is a reasonable choice if you have a big struct you'd like to pass to something

[abstract finch]

interesting ive never used in before

ill look it up

[wintry quarry]

it's basically the opposite of out. you're not allowed to modify it inside the function.

whereas out requires you to modify it

[abstract finch]

thanks ill go with this

[swift crag]

(so that it is provably assigned to!)

[rich wasp]

thanks for the reply - why would it be the start and end values that are adjusted by noise, wouldn't it be the range in between? I would like for e1 to be fully color1 and e2 to be fully color 2, and have the range in between be a noisy transition

[swift crag]

actually, i might instead just use the noise to modify the value

float noisePower = 0.5f - Mathf.Abs(0.5f - value); // we don't want to go out of the 0..1 range
float noisyValue = value + Random.Range(-noisePower, noisePower);

That ensures that 0 and 1 aren't touched

0.5 can get remapped to 0..1
0.25 can get remapped to 0..0.5

[swift crag]

I was thinking of that because that's how I'd change where the transition happens.

If you smoothstep between 0 and 0.1, then you get a very rapid transition to color 2, for example

[abstract finch]

public void StartAction(in ActionInfo actionInfo)
If i passed it to this iterator below would it still be the same struct? It said iterators cant have in out or ref so I have to make a function
private IEnumerator HandleAction(ActionInfo actionInfo)

[wintry quarry]

you would need the iterator to also take it as an in parameter

and since you can't... no

[abstract finch]

Hmm I see

I guess i can store it inside the class and run it

[unique gust]

can someone help me again? i made another try using another logic to make the snake game and make an ienumerator to make the snake movement and make an startroutine but the unity editor is saying the that the variable is declared but not used

https://gdl.space/peqozokuga.cpp

[timid hinge]

hi did someon knows where can i find good 2d assets for unity

[wintry quarry]

the unity editor is saying the that the variable is declared but not used
Which variable? Share the full error?

also that sounds like a warning, not an error

[frosty hound]

The Unity asset store

[real grail]

Also this logic is flawed you are always setting position to 0. If you go down line by line you will see what i mean.

   IEnumerator MoveSnake()
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(DelayStep);
            Vector3 nexPos = Vector3.zero;
            switch (MoveDirection)
            {
                case Direction.UP:
                    nexPos = Vector3.up;
                    break;

                 case Direction.DOWN:
                    nexPos = Vector3.down;
                    break;

                case Direction.LEFT:
                    nexPos = Vector3.left;
                    break;

                case Direction RIGHT:
                    nexPos = Vector3.right;
                    break;
            }
            nexPos *= step;
            Head.position += nexPos;
            StartCoroutine("MoveSnake");
        }

Also dont have Ienumerators in update.

[unique gust]

its saying the ienumerator variable

[wintry quarry]

that's not a variable

that's a local function

and yeah

you put your coroutine INSIDE Update

why would you do that?

That also means it's not going to work with StartCoroutine.

[unique gust]

i also put the coroutine in star update

[wintry quarry]

no you didn't

you put a StartCoroutine call in Start
the coroutine itself you put inside Update

[tough cave]

What is me missing ? :{ Is this not how u do it? I have a popup that needs to spawn on the position of the gameObject. :c
but still spawns in the middle of the screen.

public class StudentManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Popup popup;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
        Invoke("startProblem", 3);
    }

    public void startProblem()
    {
        popup.ShowPopup();
        positionPopup();
    }

    public void positionPopup()
    {
        popup.transform.position = gameObject.transform.position + new Vector3(0, 1, 0);
    }

[wintry quarry]

You're mixing up world space positions with UI/Canvas positions

they do not live in the same coordinate space

[unique gust]

How would it be better then?

[wintry quarry]

Everything inside the { } of Update is inside Update. Don't put functions inside other functions.

it should be:

class A 
{
  void Method1() 
  {
  }

  void Method2() 
  {
  }
}``` BUt you have this:
```cs
class A 
{
  void Method1() 
  {
     void Method2() 
     {
     }
  }
}```

don't do that

don't out methods inside other methods.

[unique gust]

oh i think i get...i have to put the ienumerator outside the update method right?

[wintry quarry]

IEnumerator and void are return types for the methods.
The actual things are called functions or methods

[languid spire]

you do not HAVE to, it just makes no sense NOT to

[buoyant finch]

how do I make a character follow the player like in pokemon heartgold and to change its mesh while following pls help

[languid spire]

If you were following someone irl, how would you do it?

[buoyant finch]

silently

[languid spire]

ok, smartarse, how would you do it physically

[unique gust]

I just wanted to try creating my first game but I'm getting frustrated with it

[wintry quarry]

Sure, frustration is common when you first learn programming

[rich adder]

if you start too complex too early, it will happen

[languid spire]

that is because the word 'just' should never be used in developement, there is no 'just'

[rich adder]

haha yeah if search the words just want/ed to in this discord, quite interesting results

[unique gust]

i don't get it

[languid spire]

exactly, and that is why you are frustrated. Using the word 'just' implies that is is easy and simple, believe me there is nothing easy or simple about game development

[teal charm]

@unique gust btw async methods make ur code look cleaner than ienumerators

[languid spire]

bet?

[teal charm]

in this context i think itll look more modular and cleaner than startcoroutine(...aidadadjashd,..)

my opinion

[rich adder]

Unity doesnt handle async as graceful as Coroutines

it does in Unity 2023+ with Awaitable class

[teal charm]

they made updates to make it work better

[teal charm]

yes

[rich adder]

it was a slow and painful process 😛

but we here

[unique gust]

I'm a little confused, I think that where I live, the courses aren't that good, let's say, and that's what makes me frustrated

[languid spire]

I've literally just turned 2 200 line classes into sync/async methods, they are now both > 1,000 lines of code and look like shite, apart from being a nightmare to debug

[teal charm]

theres youtube and alot of tutorials there

[teal charm]

can i have a snippet

[unique gust]

It's these tutorials that are driving me crazy and creating these crazy codes

[wintry quarry]

YouTube tutorials in general aren't very good

[teal charm]

everybody starts with spaghetti codes

[wintry quarry]

it's the sad state of things - and honestly the most entertaining ones usually get to the top of the YouTube charts, not the good ones

[teal charm]

i started using events instead of simple method classes and in the end i got lost

then i learned the true value of events

[teal charm]

kinda exaggerating

[languid spire]

sure, here is one method split into 2 to allow both sync and async

        public void Scene(Scene scene)
        {
            Task t = new Task(async () => {
                IsDone = false;
                await SceneAsync(scene);
                IsDone = true;
            });
            if (isAsync)
                t.Start(TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext());
            else
                t.RunSynchronously(TaskScheduler.FromCurrentSynchronizationContext());
        }

        async Task SceneAsync(Scene scene)
        {
            if (scene == null || !scene.IsValid())
            {
                Serialize.Serializer.Log("Missing or invalid scene");
                return;
            }
            components.Clear();
            for (int i = 0; i < fileHeader.objHeaders.Count; i++)
            {
                Serialize.ObjHeader oh = fileHeader.objHeaders[i];
                if (oh.objType == Serialize.ObjHeader.ObjType.GameObject)
                {
                    await makeGameObject(oh);
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < fileHeader.objHeaders.Count; i++)
            {
                Serialize.ObjHeader oh = fileHeader.objHeaders[i];
                if (oh.objType == Serialize.ObjHeader.ObjType.GameObject)
                {
                    GameObject gameObject = await completeGameObject(oh);
                    if (gameObject.transform.parent == null)
                    {
                        SceneManager.MoveGameObjectToScene(gameObject, scene);
                    }
                }
            }

            endLoad();
            Serialize.Object.Clear();
        }

[buoyant finch]

I would track the one I have to follow

[languid spire]

and you would do that how? by keeping a set distance behind?

[teal charm]

ok thats a monster

[buoyant finch]

yes

[languid spire]

Ok, so thats what you do in your code, you keep the following object a set distance behind your player. See that wasn't so hard was it?

[buoyant finch]

there is a difference in coding certain rules and requirements have to be fulfilled

[languid spire]

That is one of many, my beautiful code now looks like shite

[teal charm]

and what was the ienumerator solution

[languid spire]

embed a progress float and implement a progress callback

[teal charm]

for a loading screen>?

[languid spire]

for save and load, yes

[elder osprey]

I am making an upgrade system for my game. My current idea is to create a scriptable object that holds a struct array with the data of each upgrade. For example: ```cs
[System.Serializable]
struct UpgradeData {
public int upgradeID = 0;
public string upgradeName = "name"
}
public UpgradeData[] upgradeData;

[languid spire]

good plan

[elder osprey]

Would this be an efficient way to create this, or am I using arrays wrong?

[languid spire]

also an index to know which upgrade is current

[rich adder]

array is fine if you don't need to add/remove additional upgradeData at runtime

[elder osprey]

As a variable in the struct? Cause that's what the upgradeID is for

[languid spire]

no next to your array so youi know which one to use

[true pasture]

I can't figure out this Input string was not in a correct format error. Parse takes a string, which is what I gave it. https://hastebin.com/share/uyohogazub.csharp

[languid spire]

Ah,

[SerializeField] private TextMeshProUGUI textbox;

change to TMP_InputField

[true pasture]

its just a textbox though

its not an input field anymore

[languid spire]

if it's just a text field why are you trying to parse it, you are the only one that can change it's contents

[rich adder]

have you tried actually printing textbox.text before parse

[true pasture]

thats not the error though, the error is this line

im just trying to turn my int into a string

[languid spire]

but anyway, the same goes, use TMP_Text for text fields

[polar acorn]

Because either firstNumber or secondNumber is not something that you can parse

Whatever it is, it's not an int

[rich adder]

what is that print showing ?

[languid spire]

use tryparse and apply invarient culture

[true pasture]

sorry im turning a string into an int

[polar acorn]

Yes we can see that

[rich adder]

we can see that

[true pasture]

and i checked both thier types and they are strings

[polar acorn]

But whatever you're passing to it isn't an int

It can't parse whatever you're giving it

[rich adder]

what inside the string is the problem

[polar acorn]

So that's why the suggestion was to log it and see what it is

[rich adder]

not that its a string

[polar acorn]

So that we can see why it's not able to parse into an int

[languid spire]

because he is using TextMeshProUGUI which has a null terminator

[rich adder]

yeah but do *they * know that

[languid spire]

I think I said it, twice

[swift crag]

a null terminator? that'd be surprising

[true pasture]

I already changed it to that TMP_Text and it didnt fix it

[rich adder]

as you say, bold of you to assume they read anything said

[swift crag]

changing the type of the variable doesn't change the component you are using

[languid spire]

harsh but true

[swift crag]

some weird whitespace, on the other hand

[true pasture]

i already tried Trim()

[polar acorn]

There's a weird garbage character that the InputField throws in at the end of the text component that doesn't get removed with .Trim()

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe consider logging the value and showing it now..

[swift crag]

a non-breaking space, perhaps

[polar acorn]

Where are you getting your string from

[rich adder]

you would think they listen by now lol
they even had the print method

[languid spire]

TextMeshProUGUI.text != TMP_Text.text

[true pasture]

bro I have logged it, im having to respond to other people trying to help give me a second

[green ether]

whats the difference actaully?
I always use TextmeshproUGUI

[rich adder]

alr would've took 2 seconds to show what it print

[polar acorn]

TMP_Text is the shared parent class of both TextMeshPro and TextMeshProUGUI

You can use that type to hold both kinds of TextMeshPros

[green ether]

ah ok

never had a need for that yet

[true pasture]

so i have strings in the Parse is that not what parse takes? I swear I looked at the docs

[languid spire]

as I said, UGui.text contains the null string terminator

[swift crag]

TextMeshProUGUI does not override the text property, so TMP_Text.text and TextMeshProUGUI are doing the exact same thing. Are you suggesting that TextMeshProUGUI.text and TextMeshPro.text behave differently?

[languid spire]

Did I mention TextMeshPro ?

[swift crag]

and, actually, looking at how text is implemented...

    private string InternalTextBackingArrayToString()
    {
        char[] array = new char[m_TextBackingArray.Count];
        for (int i = 0; i < m_TextBackingArray.Capacity; i++)
        {
            char c = (char)m_TextBackingArray[i];
            if (c == '\0')
            {
                break;
            }

            array[i] = c;
        }

        m_IsTextBackingStringDirty = false;
        return new string(array);
    }

It explicitly does not include a null terminator

[languid spire]

what do you think this is? if (c == '\0')

[true pasture]

the textbox

[ivory bobcat]

It's the content of the string that everyone's having a discussion about.

It may not be a number

[swift crag]

ah, but array will contain null characters in any indices that weren't assigned to

so even though we never assign a null terminator, they'll at least exist

[true pasture]

the only thing coudl be whitespace, but I tried Trim() already,l Fen mentioned nonbreaking whitespace?

[swift crag]

Iterate over the string and log the actual codepoint of each character

this will reveal anything particularly funny

see https://stackoverflow.com/a/13894142 for an example

[polar acorn]

If this is just a static TMP_Text, why are you trying to parse it? Is this an input field

[polar acorn]

No one is saying you aren't passing a string. The string needs to contain an integer.

int.Parse("Cheese and Bacon Omelette") is going to throw that error

because "Cheese and Bacon Omelette" is not an integer

[true pasture]

yeah I know, I understand I just looked each char in the array and there is a soace at the start

[swift crag]

it would be useful to see the string first, yes

[languid spire]

beg to differ, it's a 10

[true pasture]

trim says it removes leading whitespace

[gaunt ice]

see if there are zero width spaces

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

It is absolutely critical to know: Is this string coming from the TextMeshProUGUI component of a TMP_InputField

[true pasture]

no

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show your implementation (how you're using trim)

[languid spire]

so why are you not using TryParse ?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe it isn't a number at all, whatsoever.

[true pasture]

this has to happen, Its not something to try

[polar acorn]

Important note:
"" is also not an integer. If the string is empty, that's also a parse failure

[swift crag]

you have still failed to actually show us the string you're trying to parse

[languid spire]

but if it goes wrong it goes bang! and so does your game

[ivory bobcat]

It's a secret 🙂

[true pasture]

no its just that I explained it, but here a screenshot. I said it has a leading whitespace heres the string when I enter 14

[rich adder]

so its blank?

[swift crag]

this is individual characters

[true pasture]

no its (whitespace) 1 4

[ivory bobcat]

Or some non printable character

[rich adder]

probably should label your Prints.

print("firstnumber:" + firstnumber)

[true pasture]

its just that trim isnt removing that first character

thats the problem, I know why parse doesnt work now

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe it isn't a whitespace character?

[polar acorn]

It could also be something that displays as whitespace, but isn't actually or \t

[ivory bobcat]

Cast the character to int in the print

[gaunt ice]

strongly suggest you to see the code of the char by casting it to int
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/239103/convert-char-to-int-in-c-sharp

[wintry quarry]

Can you show more of the code, including the print statements?

[true pasture]

its 8203, how do I find the character that represents that? is it unicode?

[wintry quarry]

Yeah this one https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200b/index.htm

[swift crag]

ha, I knew it (:

[true pasture]

congrats

lol

[swift crag]

where is this string coming from?

[true pasture]

@swift crag

[polar acorn]

And where is the content of that coming from

[swift crag]

okay, so you typed a string into the inspector?

did you copy and paste the string?

[polar acorn]

Because if you just typed it in then why not just use that value instead of getting it from the text element

[true pasture]

no its being input from my buttons that I clicked

the buttons have a monbehaviour with the value they add to that textbox

[swift crag]

sounds like the text starts out with a single zero width space in it, instead of being actually empty

[true pasture]

so I can just clear that textbox on awake?

[rich adder]

but why put them in the textbox instead of a string directly?
then just display string in textbox..

[true pasture]

lemme try that

[ivory bobcat]

Why does it have that zero width space to begin when?

[swift crag]

just...don't have a zero width space in the text component to begin with (:

[true pasture]

thats the dream

[swift crag]

click the text field in the inspector

hit backspace

gone

the cursor winds up moving forwards slightly when i erase a zero-width space, amusingly

[wintry quarry]

dumb question but does your TextInput have any validation set on it?

[swift crag]

it's not a TMP_InputField

it sounds like they're just appending characters as they click on buttons

[true pasture]

yes many validations, but the error is gone now so either i removed an intial zerowidth or clearing it at awake worked

i will find out which

setting it to empty on awake is what worked

no idea why its starting with a zerowdith thing

[swift crag]

so are you actually using a TMP_InputField, then...?

if not, i'm not clear where "validations" would be

[tranquil hollow]

why when i die my dead animation still in a loop?

[polar acorn]

Probably because you never stop it anywhere

[swift crag]

"Loop Time" is a property of the animation clip

[tranquil hollow]

how can i do that?

[polar acorn]

Usually by transitioning out of it whenever a condition is met

[west sonnet]

I want to move this object to the left. What's the easiest way to do that?

[polar acorn]

transform.position += Vector3.left

[wintry quarry]

Two bools is not a great way to represent the state of your thing!
For example:
RunningLeft = true and RunningRight = false means you're going left
RunningLeft = false and RunningRight = true means you're going right
RunningLeft = true and RunningRight = true means ????
RunningLeft = false and RunningRight = false means ????

If you just use a single bool it would be better:
RunningRight = true means you're going right
RunningRight = false means you're going left

[west sonnet]

Okay, makes sense. Thanks

[polar acorn]

RunningLeft = true and RunningRight = true means ????

[swift crag]

or, if you want something more generalized...

Vector3 moveDir = Vector3.right;

public void Flip() {
  moveDir *= -1;
}

[timber tide]

Quaternion.LookRotation(Vector3.zero)

Logically, would your eyes implode?

[wintry quarry]

I think that's how you achieve nirvana

[polar acorn]

[wintry quarry]

#🏃┃animation

[polar acorn]

Usually by transitioning out of it whenever a condition is met

[tranquil hollow]

ok

[tranquil hollow]

can u teach me how do that?

[polar acorn]

The same way you transitioned into it

but out of it instead

[buoyant finch]

I managed to do this but how do I make it follow at a set distance and stay behind and not get away from the player

[rich adder]

depends how do you move it now in the first place

[true pasture]

Okay thanks yall for the help, I did get it working still don't know why theres a zerowidth whitespace thing, but I don't have time to care.

[brazen canyon]

Hey guys, I have this global Array in class A, there are a few methods refered to it, and there are a few methods calls those methods.
Now ...
In another class called class B I wanna call a method which process this Array from class A, but this Array is currently only contain 0s, now I want to change a few elements of this Array.
Can I override or something like that to this Array ?

[buoyant finch]

I move it based on a timer

[west sonnet]

I'm getting this error, but my script doesn't reference an object?

[tranquil hollow]

my bad, i didint get it

[rich adder]

doesnt explain How you move it exactly

[wintry quarry]

You're not checking if your raycast hit anything

[buoyant finch]

so basically I have a timer and use ecm and it cycles through the meshes to create a walk cycle as it is moving

[wintry quarry]

if (detection.collider != null) {
  // you hit something
}
else {
  // you didn't hit anything
}```

[polar acorn]

Either detection or detection.collider is null

[rich adder]

detection is struct 😦

[wintry quarry]

indeed but we can also secretly do this because of operator magic:

if (detection) {
  // you hit something
}
else {
  // you didn't hit anything
}```

[ivory bobcat]

From the docs

This function returns a RaycastHit2D object with a reference to the Collider that is hit by the ray (the Collider property of the result will be NULL if nothing was hit)

[polar acorn]

Then one of the two possibilities is thereby impossible

Leaving only one culprit!

[rich adder]

well, unless we put a ? 😮

[polar acorn]

[buoyant finch]

so what do you think?

[rich adder]

idk .. if you using a lerp or some type of smoothing, increase how fast it "catchesup"

[median stream]

hey guys i am trying to make a 2d game but when i implemented the wall jump the player continuously started flipping can you help me solve it. it would be a great help to me if you guys can help me out as i dont know about cooding much. here are the scripts i used

[rich adder]

If you use Navmesh agent increase acceleration/speed

[buoyant finch]

how to make it stay backwards of the player and keep distance constant

[wintry quarry]

I mean you put this code in Update:

        if (!isWalljumping)
        {
         controller.Flip();
        }```
So of course it's going to flip every frame as long as you aren't currently walljumping! It's doing exactly what you told it to do!

[rich adder]

make it follow a point behind the player

[ivory bobcat]

Show your implementation (what you've tried)

[buoyant finch]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using ECM.Components;
using ECM.Walkthrough.MovementRelativeToCamera;

public class PokemonWalkCycle : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField]
MeshFilter mf;

[SerializeField]
float timer, timerMax;

Mesh mesh;

[SerializeField]
Mesh[] meshes;

[SerializeField]
int meshCount;

[SerializeField]
MyCharacterController mcc;

[SerializeField]
Rigidbody rb;

bool moving;

// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    mesh = mf.mesh;
    meshCount = 0;
    moving = false;
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (rb.velocity.magnitude > 0)
    {
        moving = true;
    }
    else
    {
        moving = false;
    }

    if (moving)
    {

        if (timer > timerMax)
        {
            mf.mesh = meshes[meshCount];

            meshCount++;

            if (meshCount >= meshes.Length)
            {
                meshCount = 0;
            }

            timer = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            timer += Time.deltaTime;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        mf.mesh = meshes[0];
    }

}

}
this is the code

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[rich adder]

also using ECM.Components; 😵‍💫

[buoyant finch]

ye it is easy character controller basically a character controller

[rich adder]

why are u mixing two controllers

mcc its unused anyway ig

[buoyant finch]

it is one only I am using that only

[rich adder]

please format the code at least

[buoyant finch]

mcc is for the count of the mesh

it is on

[median stream]

but if i change it to this

[rich adder]

is this what follows player ? doesnt do anything it seems @buoyant finch

[median stream]

this happens

[wintry quarry]

what makes you think this code is right either?

[buoyant finch]

no it keeps a track of which mesh the system is on when switching

[rich adder]

why are showing this then ?

[buoyant finch]

for my ref

[rich adder]

we asked for the implementation you currently have for follow

[median stream]

this tutorial

https://youtu.be/O6VX6Ro7EtA?si=dqQhNzH1sjcOo2sC

[wintry quarry]

Clearly the isWallJumping bool is not in and of itself the right indicator to decide when to flip your character. You want to flip them when you jump off the wall, right? Do it then and not in Update.

[buoyant finch]

I don't have the follow function

[median stream]

but he did it in update

so i am not sure

[wintry quarry]

Yhea but look at his flip code

It's nothing like yours

[rich adder]

gotcha

[median stream]

yeah

so where should i call it?

[wintry quarry]

His flip code actually has conditions etc.

[rich adder]

start with a navmesh then

[wintry quarry]

You can't just mix and match some complicated 2D controller script you found with some random tutorial you found. Not without understanding the code.

[rich adder]

slowly fix the issue of being directly behind

[buoyant finch]

ok but how do I make it stay behind only and at a fixed distance

[median stream]

mine also has

[rich adder]

start experimenting
eg. SetDestination to a point behind player, make sure speed/acceleration is fast enough

you probably at some point might need figure out if you need a DOT product

[median stream]

so how can i fix it , i am really trying to understand it

[hallow bridge]

Does Unity automatically unroll loops and if not is there a way to make it do it automatically without doing it manually?

[wintry quarry]

In general, no.
For Jobs code in very specific circumstances using the Burst compiler, yes https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.burst@1.7/manual/docs/OptimizationGuidelines.html#loop-vectorization

[median stream]

@wintry quarry

[wintry quarry]

I'm just not sure how to explain to you in a way you can understand

I mentioned here: #💻┃code-beginner message

the real answer is to think about what your code is doing and reconcile how this flip logic works and call it appropriately as needed.

[west sonnet]

With the way this is set up, "TurnAround" goes back to false after it's turned to true, because the gameobject turns around, mean the "detection.collider" is null. Anyone know how I can keep the bool true?

[wintry quarry]

with this little context it's hard to say anything

we don't jknow how those variables are used, or why they're even needed

Is there a reason you need this TurnAround variable at all? WHy not just flip the character right then and there?

[west sonnet]

I need to flip the character and make them move in the opposite direction

[wintry quarry]

Ok that doesn't answer this question

Why not just make a Flip() function that does just that, and call it here

[wintry quarry]

That doesn't make a lot of sense to me

[west sonnet]

Because I'm using bools to determine which way the character should move

[wintry quarry]

You're overcomplicating it my friend

[median stream]

ill try thanks for the help

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.right;

void Flip() {
  moveDirection *= -1;
  NakedManSprite.flipX = !NakedManSprite.flipX;
}

void Update() {
  transform.Translate(moveDirection * speed * Time.deltaTime);

  // Raycast here
  if (detection.collider != null) {
    Flip();
  }
}```

Simple

if you want a bool for facing left/right and different speeds?

Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.right;
float speed;
bool runningAway = false;

void Flip() {
  moveDirection *= -1;
  NakedManSprite.flipX = !NakedManSprite.flipX;
  facingRight = !facingRight;
  speed = runningAway ? RunAwaySpeed : NormalSpeed;
}

void Update() {
  transform.Translate(moveDirection * speed * Time.deltaTime);

  // Raycast here
  if (detection.collider != null) {
    Flip();
  }
}```

[west sonnet]

speed = runningAway ? RunAwaySpeed : NormalSpeed;

What do the "?" and ":" do?

[wintry quarry]

This is equivalent to:

if (runningAway) {
  speed = RunAwaySpeed;
}
else {
  speed = NormalSpeed;
}```

it's saying "if runningAway use RunAwaySpeed. Otherwise NormalSpeed"

[west sonnet]

aahhh okay, thanks

[languid spire]

if runningAway is true...

[swift crag]

it's the only ternary operator in C#!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/conditional-operator

(hence it's often just called a "ternary")

it has three arguments. compare this to the more common unary (1 thing) and binary (2 things) operators

-3 is unary minus; 1 + 5 is binary plus

[brazen mortar]

hey I just want to check I'm understanding a particularly stupid bug correctly: the screenshotted code was intended to set occupied to true if worker.myHex is equal to hex. Is it correct that what it actually does is sets worker.myHex = hex, then returns true if it did so successfully?

[long tiger]

hey yall im having a weird issue with my character movement, every time i want him to jump he just goes flying whenever i hold down the space bar. here's the code anyone know whats the issue?

here's the code

(its a 2D platformer with a 3D model for reference)

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    int moveSpeed = 10;
    int jumpForce = 5;
    public void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
        {
            GetComponent<Animator>().SetBool("RunForward", true);
            GetComponent<Animator>().SetBool("Idle", false);
            moveSpeed = 10;
            transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * moveSpeed);

        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
        {
            GetComponent<Animator>().SetBool("WalkBack", true);
            GetComponent<Animator>().SetBool("Idle", false);
            moveSpeed = 5;
            transform.Translate(Vector3.back * Time.deltaTime * moveSpeed);

        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            GetComponent<Animator>().SetTrigger("Jump");
            GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(Vector2.up * jumpForce);
        }

[swift crag]

= returns the assigned value

[wintry quarry]

== is for comparison

= is assignment

[swift crag]

it doesn't return a boolean, and it definitely can't "fail"

[languid spire]

needs == not =

[swift crag]

so yes, your description is correct

i'm assuming worker.myhex is not a bool

[brazen mortar]

so if (some non-boolean) returns true... always

yes

[swift crag]

however, if it's a unity object, it can implicitly convert to a bool

so your code assigns hex to worker.myhex, then runs the following block if hex is a valid unity object

[brazen mortar]

cool, thanks

[swift crag]

(assuming hex is a unity object here)

otherwise it's probably going to be a compile error because that's not a bool

[languid spire]

why do you always over explain stuff?

[brazen mortar]

yeah, I just found that missing =, which was causing two different weird behaviors and got curious about how exactly that incorrect code was being read

[swift crag]

because the user asked about the exact behavior of this code

[brazen mortar]

that explanation was in fact what I was looking for

[languid spire]

but look at their level, all you do is confuse by adding information they could not posibly absorb

[brazen mortar]

sir i am right here

i mean that jokingly

[willow scroll]

I disagree. She always explains it really well, and explaining more is always better than not explaining enough.

[tranquil hollow]

why some times i need spam space to my player jump? is it a delay?

[swift crag]

we'll need to see the code

there are a few possibilities

!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.

[tranquil hollow]

ok

[swift crag]

indeed (:

[wintry quarry]

You are probably reading input in FixedUpdate

[swift crag]

nooo my reply

[wintry quarry]

input should only be read in Update

[languid gyro]

anyone knows how to make an IRL timer for the skyboxes?

[wintry quarry]

DateTime.Now gives you the current real life time

[swift crag]

as in, adjusting the skybox based on the time on the player's computer?

[languid gyro]

ok?

let me find it on unity doc

[swift crag]

It's going to be in the C# documentation.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.now?view=net-8.0

You can ask DateTime for things like "what hour is it?"

[wintry quarry]

Basically:
double normalizedTimeOfDay = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay.TotalHours / 24.0;

gives you a 0-1 value for current time of day, where 0 and 1 are midnight and 0.5 is noon

[hallow bridge]

Thanks!

[wintry quarry]

Or actually I guess you can just use:
double normalizedTimeOfDay = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay.TotalDays;

[tranquil hollow]

    void Jump()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce);
        anim.SetBool("isJump", true);
    }
    ```

[tranquil hollow]

that one to jump

[wintry quarry]

this is not the code where you read your input

so it's not that helpful to us

we're concerned about when you jump not how you jump

i.e. we care about when Jump is called

[tranquil hollow]

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Move();
        Attack();


        if(isGrounded == true)
        {
            addJumps = 1;
            if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
            {
                Jump();
            }
    }
    else
    {
        if(Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && addJumps > 0)
        {
            addJumps--;
            Jump();
        }
    }

that one?

[wintry quarry]

right so exactly like I said

You're reading input in FixedUpdate

and input should only be read in Update

otherwise you will miss input, as you are seeing.

[swift crag]

it's because Input.GetButtonDown is true for one frame

but FixedUpdate can run any number of times per frame (including zero)

[tranquil hollow]

and how can i fix it?

[swift crag]

re-read praetor's post

[wintry quarry]

Move your input handling to Update of course

[swift crag]

at a high framerate, you'll have many frames between each FixedUpdate, so most of your inputs will get missed if you check them in FixedUpdate

[teal charm]

damn comment every line

[teal charm]

the problem is that in the the if statement about the jump button you can just spam space bar

you should jump only when the player is on the ground

[brazen mortar]

You also probably want getKeyDown(), which only checks when it's first pressed

[wintry quarry]

you're mixing up Transform.Translate movement with Rigidbody motion. You should pick one and stick to it, it's not going to work out well with this mixing and matching

[long tiger]

i see

ok so i changed it to transform.translate movement to match the rest but now it just teleports the player upwards instead of a normal jump

 if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
 {
     GetComponent<Animator>().SetTrigger("Jump");
     transform.Translate(Vector2.up * jumpForce);
 }

[wintry quarry]

Well yeah you're only moving it for a single frame

If you want physics, use physics

otherwise, you have to do everything yourself

[brazen canyon]

Excuse me why can't I insert elements in this SO ?

[tranquil hollow]

    void Update()
{
    if(isGrounded == true)
    {
        addJumps = 1;
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
            Jump();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if(Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && addJumps > 0)
        {
            addJumps--;
            Jump();
        }
    }
}

like this?

[wintry quarry]

sure

[wintry quarry]

I mean clearly you've made some basic syntax error

probably mismatched brackets or something

Can't tell you more without seeing the code

[willow scroll]

GetButtonDown method is repeated twice.

You can write it once and check the boolean in it

[tranquil hollow]

it worked, tysm guys 😄

[languid spire]

Because cannot serialize multi dimensional arrays

[brazen canyon]

Oh ...
One 1D array is okay but anything more than that is no no ?

[languid spire]

indeed, you would need to wrap them in structs/classes to make multi dimensional

[brazen canyon]

I have a class, say it's called A, in there I have a 2D array, a few methods work with this array.
In another class called B, I call a method from class A to process the array.
But the array right now is a bunch of 0s, now I want a few elements to be 1 or 2 or something, so how can I "override" that original array ?

[languid spire]

is B inherited from A ?

[brazen canyon]

No :(((

[languid spire]

then you cannot override you can only change or replace the original

[distant hawk]

Monster

[brave robin]

If you want B to modify that array, you'd need public methods in A for doing so. Like SetArray(int x, int y, int value) { }

[languid spire]

And if you want B to have it's own copy of the array you would need to clone it by using someting like BlockCopy

[brave robin]

One thing that gets done often is collapsing 2D arrays down to 1D forms. As long as you know the X size of the array, you can "remake" the 2D array from a 1D array/list

[brazen canyon]

Okay ...

[languid spire]

Not really, both Arrays and Lists are reference types so you still need some form of clone mechanism

[willow scroll]

This kind of a 1D array should still store a struct, as you'll need both its item and position

[brave robin]

I mean you can represent a 2D array with a 1D array as long as you know the first dimension's size

[willow scroll]

It's still pretty uncomfortable if done this way

[brave robin]

Sure, but when the constraints prevent a multidimensional array or jagged array then this is one alternative

[median stream]

hey i manage to fix that issue somehow but now some time my player get stuck in a place or his front face get inverted

this is the code i am using

[languid spire]

@brazen canyon If you want a 2d array editable in the inspector

class MySo : ScriptableObject {
public MyStruct[] myStructs;
}
[Serializable]
public struct MyStruct {
public int[] myInts;
}

[willow scroll]

Please, consider sending huge code blocks using one of the sites listed below !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.

[brazen canyon]

Hm ...
Okay I got it
Thank you

[willow scroll]

"Hm" doesn't seem convincing enough

[brazen canyon]

Okay
How about "Grrr" or "Rawrrr"

[median stream]

https://paste.myst.rs/v8axe394

[willow scroll]

Sounds better now. You sure got what they meant.

[brazen canyon]

Yeah ...
That's what I sound like when I went crazy

[median stream]

here is another code for physics stuff

https://paste.myst.rs/mlrn9eih

is there any way you can help me with this one?

or should i just change my whole code for wall jump

[late burrow]

string split is easy way of getting variables from text but is it good for large files

maybe there better ways

[wintry quarry]

no string split is not a good way

[late burrow]

so what would be better

[wintry quarry]

it depends what kind of information and what file format we're talking about

[late burrow]

just text file

[wintry quarry]

that is meaningless

what format is the text in

what information are you trying to get from it?

json is "just a text file"

but you'd use a Json parser for it

[willow scroll]

What's the issue? Does your player get stuck at the end, and you cannot move him?

[late burrow]

vector positions, times,

like 1000 lines of that

[median stream]

yes

[late burrow]

each with same info

[willow scroll]

Why don't you use json for it?

[median stream]

and some time the front face get inverted

[late burrow]

what if i want do stuff manually

[willow scroll]

It's a bad idea. Anyway, I would split it using

yourText.Split(Environment.NewLine);

[median stream]

like this

[wintry quarry]

So you have a custom format.

[late burrow]

so basically what i was doing most of time

[languid spire]

can you show an example of the data?

[wintry quarry]

then you manually write a parser for your custom data format.

[late burrow]

just i guess if i predefine specific function to each line it will perform better

at the cost of no futher compatibility

[wintry quarry]

at a basic level a parser should be a state machine

you are always expecting some kind of input in each state

[blazing warren]

Would it be improper or unnecessary to add data to gameObjects using scripts? So for example, if I want a gameObject to be considered "deformable", would I make a script called "isDeformable" which has nothing in it except fields like deformRadius and deformMagnitude, and attach it to the object?

[wintry quarry]

Seems quite normal to me

[eternal needle]

And how long has it taken to write a custom solution, when other formats like json or binary are already solved? Longer than any performance difference, if you somehow manage to make one faster

[languid spire]

that is what all monobehaviours are, unity would not be usable without them

[willow scroll]

The reason why you cannot move is, probably, because of your isWalljumping value not being properly assigned, as you're checking for it before moving

if (!isWalljumping)
    controller.Move(horizontalMove * Time.fixedDeltaTime, crouch, jump);

[brave robin]

It's not bad for performance. If it's just a data container class and is not being getcomponented over and over unnecessarily, then it's all good

[blazing warren]

Okay, sweet. I'm looking to getComponent it only upon collision enter, which in my circumstance won't be called often

[median stream]

is there any way to fix it

[willow scroll]

Oh, sorry, [replied](#💻┃code-beginner message) to the wrong person

Yes, you should assign it correctly

Let me have a look at it

So, isWallJumping depends on wallJumpingCounter and isWallSliding

[median stream]

yes

[willow scroll]

Pretty hard to say without debugging

isWallJumping is just set to true when wallJumpingCounter > 0f

And then it's set to 0f, which makes isWallJumping not be able to be set to true again

walJumpingCounter is just increased when isWallSliding

[median stream]

i am also not sure either 😭 is just try to follow this tutorialhttps://youtu.be/O6VX6Ro7EtA?si=-zIn3cJFi2k5GIdx

[willow scroll]

So have you just copied the code from there?

[median stream]

not much try to combine this with code

[median stream]

so should i rewrite the code becaues i am trying gor hours to solve these issue ? D:

[willow scroll]

Well, can isWallSliding even be true for a single frame?

It's set to false in WallJump right after it's set to true in WallSlide

Oh, this might be it

[median stream]

hmm...honestly i dont really know

[median stream]

ooh

[willow scroll]

Let me think how to start

There is this line, which invokes the method StopWallJumping after a certain amount of seconds

Invoke(nameof(StopWallJumping), wallJumpingDuration);

This method is the only one which sets isWallJumping to false

private void StopWallJumping()
{
    isWalljumping = false;
}

Which makes the player be able to move, as there is a condition for it

But if isWallSliding is true, isWallSliding is set to false and the method gets cancelled.

CancelInvoke(nameof(StopWallJumping));

This way, isWallJumping is not set to false

The boolean can be updated just when the Jump key is pressed

But if isWallSliding is true the next frame, it doesn't update the boolean, assuming your Updaste runs more often than 2.5 times per second

That's the condition, which assigns isWallSliding to true

if (IsWalled() && !controller.m_Grounded && horizontalMove !=0f) 

Although, horizontalMove is, probably, 0

And that's the only place isWallSliding is assigned to true

Anyway, you gotta check out those booleans and see

As I have previously mentioned, hard to say without debugging, as for me

[median stream]

oky.... ill try my best to fix it this explain a lot of things thanks for your help 😄

[willow scroll]

Right, reply to the previous messages and/or create a thread if you find anything or need a more proper explanation on the things mentioned

[median stream]

okiii

[median stream]

and thanks again for your help

[chrome chasm]

How can I change a PP volume's value in code? I tried this but didn't work:

    public void EnableCameraBlur()
    {
        if (m_CameraVolume.profile.TryGetSettings(out DepthOfField depthOfField))
        {
            FloatParameter param = new FloatParameter();
            param.value = 0.1f;
            depthOfField.focalLength = param;
        }
    }

[swift crag]

You need to modify the exisitng parameter.

replacing it means that other code is looking at the old float parameter

[chrome chasm]

I can't directly set focalLength to a float value because it's of type FloatParameter

[swift crag]

right, so set flocalLength.value = ...

[chrome chasm]

oh pff of course -.-

my bad xD

[wet nebula]

Hello guys! I`m doing a FSM and I have a EnemyFactory to store all the states available, like this image. I want to create StateFactory to derive from the base and use it in the Manager, but when I do, the IDE says the State does not exist. But if I create it in BaseFactory and override it in the child, still does not work. :/

Any ideas? Thanks a lot!

[wintry quarry]

you would have to show the code

but based on your diagram

it seems like you have a variable of type EnemyStateFactory which wouldn't have a "Runaway" field

[wet nebula]

I don't know if it is enough 😅

I don't even know if I am doing it the best way, I just wanted to create a baseFactory that I could override with the States needed.

E.g. The RunawayState becomes the RunState with the override

[brave robin]

If you only treat any instances of FugitiveEnemy as the base class, then you'll not have access to the Runaway variable that FugitiveEnemy has

[queen adder]

its stuck on applcation.enterplaymode ?

[wet nebula]

Do you mean the "States" inside the Start()?

[swift crag]

I don't know what you're referring to in your original question. you need to show us the actual problem

the IDE says the State does not exist

[brave robin]

List out the code where that error is occurring, because there you're asking for something that doesn't exist in the base class, so the ref variable probably needs to be cast to the child class to get access to it

[wet nebula]

Oh, I think I did not explain it very well 😓

[swift crag]

Show the code that produced the error.

[swift crag]

If you want to access members from a derived class, you must downcast to that class.

This usually indicates that you have a design problem

[polar acorn]

Does EnemyStateFactory have a function Runaway()?

[swift crag]

You want to use polymorphism so that different kinds of enemies can do different things

instead of directly telling the enemy "go into the Runaway state!", perhaps you should be able to say "hey, you got startled!"

different kinds of enemies can respond differently

also, this factory appears to do nothing

[wet nebula]

No, because I did not declare it in the Base, just in the child Factory.

[brave robin]

Enemy doesn't have Runaway, FugitiveEnemy does. So you must make a new temp variable that is fugitiveEnemy as FugitiveEnemy and then you'll have access to it. That new temp var will be null if the enemy is not derived from FugitiveEnemy, so check that before using it

[wintry quarry]

why not like a Dictionary<string, BaseState> then you can just make a function like enemy.GetState("Runaway")

[swift crag]

if you do want to downcast:

if (enemy is FugitiveEnemy fugitiveEnemy) {
  fugitiveEnemy.DoSomethingSpecific();
}

this combines the cast and the validity check

[brave robin]

Even better

[wet nebula]

I tried, but I had problems with the dictionary, conflict when 2 enemies was on the scene. Probably my implementation of the Dictionary.

[wet nebula]

Cool, I'm gonna study more about downcast. Thank you guys so much!

[wintry quarry]

probably just an error in your implementation, yes

[brave robin]

Giftcard scambot detected

That was deleted fast

[wet nebula]

I think it was because Enemy is the Father and it was responsible for create the Dictionary. When I put 2 enemies on the scene, it created the states in the same Dictionary with the same keys... Then I thought about override the Factory and here I am 😅

[swift crag]

i'm not sure you understand what you're doing here...

[wintry quarry]

When I put 2 enemies on the scene, it created the states in the same Dictionary with the same keys
If it is an instance variable then each will have their own Dictionary

[swift crag]

i don't see a reason to have factories and all sorts of other contraptions

[wintry quarry]

But yeah this is like
Someone read a "Best practices for enterprise Java" book from 1998 and tried to apply the practices to Unity in 2024

[swift crag]

just make multiple kinds of enemies that have some common methods in their parent class

Startle(), for example

a RunawayEnemy can respond by fleeing

a CombatEnemy can respond by shooting at you

[wet nebula]

Neither do I, apparently 😅

[primal narwhal]

if I build my game, will playerprefs still work?

[brave robin]

Should. It will go off of the same registry entries

[wet nebula]

I have that. It is the Enemy and the FugitiveEnemy. I think I mixed up many concepts together... I think I`m gonna start over with a different approach

So much that I can't even explain to you guys 😅

[brave robin]

Having multiple enemy classes is fine, but the decision making for each enemy type needs to be self contained in each class. So when an outside manager class tells an enemy to act, it doesn't need to know what type of enemy it is. It just operates on methods that are in the base class, and anything unique to the child classes isn't something the manager class ever touches

[snow girder]

why doesn't this play the sound

[swift crag]

I believe the player and editor store PlayerPrefs in different places on Windows

[wintry quarry]

1. Is the code even running?
2. Is the audio source attached to the object which is destroyed?

[snow girder]

code is running and yes

[wintry quarry]

Well you're destroying the audio source

[swift crag]

But it'll certainly work the same

[wintry quarry]

so of course it won't play

[snow girder]

well i thought it would play and then it would get destory

[swift crag]

why would it?

you just said "Destroy this game object"

[wintry quarry]

Your code says to destroy it right now

[brave robin]

Nope, its starting to play and then is being destroyed in the same frame

[snow girder]

ah damn

i see

[wintry quarry]

Destroy has a second parameter

which is a delay

you could use that

[brave robin]

"who killed hannibal" meme, essentially 🙂

[snow girder]

thank you for your help

once more i am stupid

[brave robin]

nah, you quickly understood the issue once we explained it

[summer summit]

Running into a weird issue. Not particularly familiar with Unity yet so I thought i'd check. I'm trying to attach a script to a gameobject (probably the camera), but I can't even get a "hello world" output to work on the "Awake()" or "Start()" functions. "Update()" will output the Debug.log statements I added in, but the other two functions don't seem to be called at all. I ran through a lot of the suggested checks, but nothing seems to be working. Am i missing something?

Also Hi

[swift crag]

Show your 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.

[wintry quarry]

You probably spelled something wrong or put something in the wrong place

[summer summit]

I had other stuff but it's literally barebones now. Sure one sec.

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

public class TestAwakeStart : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        Debug.Log("Starting Start in Test Script!");
        print("Printing Start in Test Script!");

    }
    void Awake()
    {
        Debug.Log("Starting Awake in Test Script!");
        print("Printing Awake in Test Script!");
    }
    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log("Updated");
    }
}

no compiler errors

[wintry quarry]

This looks fine.
Make sure you saved the code, and then show a screenshot from the unity editor including the console window and the inspector

[brave robin]

Are you using AddComponent at runtime to give the camera that script?

[summer summit]

yep it's saved. I've tried multiple variations. Like I said the "updated" output posts to the console when I build the app, but the start/awake functions don't.

I just dragged the script onto the camera (and checked that it's enabled)

Not even getting warnings in the console when its' running

[wintry quarry]

please share the screenshot(s)

[brave robin]

Yeah, I thimk maybe you didn't save changes to the script, like PraetorBlue mentioned

and so you're testing with an older version htat doesn't have awake and start in it with the debug logs

[summer summit]

just stuff like this

[swift crag]

or the tidal wave of "Updated" is washing away the messages

[wintry quarry]

show the whole editor

[wintry quarry]

I mean you have thousands of logs here

how do you know this isn't printed?

It's probably near the beginning

[summer summit]

Definitely saved changes to the script, because I've tried removing the "updated" output and putting it back in, and the changes were reflected when I built the app. I checked the beginning, and also did a search through the logs. For example I can search for "updated" and it will come up in the console. But searching for "awake" will come up with nothing

hang on i'll comment it out and recompile it to clean up the console if you want

[swift crag]

This is being tested remotely on a headset, right?

I wonder if you miss the first frame's messages.

Consider the following:

IEnumerator Start() {
  yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
  print("Start!");
}

replace your Start method with this and observe how it behaves

[summer summit]

Yeah I'm testing it directly on my quest 3. It's going to be a MR app

hmm, if I check "wait for managed debugger" in the build settings would that cover it?

[swift crag]

I'm not familiar with remote debugging/playing in general

i believe you'd only want that if you were doing actual script debugging

[summer summit]

Well I seem to recall that if i didn't have "script debugging" checked I wasn't getting any messages in the console at all that I put out

Hmm maybe if Initiailize a variable or something in the start and then output it in updated it will tell me if it's getting run

[swift crag]

Have you tried doing this?

[summer summit]

i was getting a compiler error. Something about not being able to do it with a void function?

[swift crag]

replace the entire Start method with the code I provided

note how it returns IEnumerator, not void

[summer summit]

Aha they are getting run apparently...

I tried the other method first since I was in the middle of it

i set the value for a variable in each of them, then outputted the variable in "updated"

it's showing both are apparently running, they just weren't giving me any actual output

[scarlet skiff]

how does one pass a reference to an object in the scene to a prefab but the prefab is the player and istn spawner via a spawner than u could just pass down the reference from there, the player is netwrok object that spawns in via thew netwrok manager whne a client connects

[summer summit]

so weird

brb

[wintry quarry]

What object do you need a reference to?

[swift crag]

you can log the current frame (Time.frameCount) in Update to find out when you start getting log messages

[scarlet skiff]

the health bar, i know a solution is to just spawn a canvas with the health bar, like have it as a part of the player prefab but i feel liek thats messy, if i just run the players health script locally it should also work?

[wintry quarry]

Honestly the health bar should have a reference to the player, not the other way around

but yeah you can have it as part of the player prefab

[scarlet skiff]

but if i want a diff solution

[wintry quarry]

also a healthj bar definitely isn't something that needs to be networked

[wintry quarry]

Is this a thing there's only one of?

Or is it a health bar floating on a player's head or something? Or what

[scarlet skiff]

no its just your typical health bar top left of the screen ui element that doesnt move or change except more heads appear, each head being an icon for the lives

so yes only one of it

[wintry quarry]

You could use GameObject.FindWithTag or the Singleton pattern

[swift crag]

yeah, since it's a trivial thing to find

You have to start worrying if you have multiple things you could find

[wintry quarry]

it definitely should be a local client only thing

[swift crag]

(and only one of them is right)

[scarlet skiff]

well.. tag is easier but i dont want a tag just for that

so ill go with singleton?

[scarlet skiff]

but if its like this, then well i already got a tag for the player

[wintry quarry]

You have "I don't want to do that" to every other solution so why not.

[wintry quarry]

Yes I recommend this. It's the perfect case for the "observer pattern"

[scarlet skiff]

oh boy.. even more new stuff that i have to get to know

[swift crag]

you're making a multiplayer game

you'll be experiencing this a lot (:

[wintry quarry]

Yeaaa.... to be honest if you haven't mastered juggling references yet, I wouldn't be dabbling in multiplayer, but that's just me.

[chrome chasm]

I'm trying to exclude certain items from my post processing layer (for when you examine an item) so I made a child camera on my main camera which renders a seperate layer for certain objects and set the Clear Flags to Don't clear. Problem is that the entire item is not visible anymore.

[wintry quarry]

What did you set the depth of each camera to?

[chrome chasm]

They're both at 0

ah that was the problem

thanks!

[hasty spire]

im getting null reference exceptions from this script but if i unpause in play mode and ignore them it works as intedned, i dont know why im getting them https://paste.ofcode.org/EqSwLUWCmELt96kd72EfyB

[swift crag]

there is one, and only one, cause for a null reference exception

something on that line is null

[hasty spire]

so either volumeSliderValue is null or AudioManager,instance.masterVolume is null

[swift crag]

AudioManager.instance could be null.

[hasty spire]

the other one can't be null volumeSliderValue

[swift crag]

even if it was a reference-typed variable that could be null, it wouldn't matter -- you're just assigning something into it

string whatever = null;
whatever = "hi";

[tame mist]

i put a cylinder in my game scene that i'm going to use as like a wheel of fortune board.
the problem i'm having is that it seems like the rotation is clamped from -180 to 180.
why is this happening?
also here is the current code i'm using in an update function:

// Calculate the rotation angle
float rotationAngle = rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

// Apply rotation to the object's local rotation
transform.localRotation *= Quaternion.Euler(rotationAngle, 0f, 0f);

[hasty spire]

if i added an if statement checking if audio manager is null would that fix things?

[swift crag]

you have a problem when you try to use the member access operator on a null reference!

foo.bar.baz

foo or bar being null here would trigger an exception