💻┃code-beginner

[deft grail]

for sure

[misty coral]

cuz rn I am calling lerp several times

[deft grail]

probably should be 1

if your taking a step forwards your moving your leg once, you dont do it 100 times while trying to do it once

[pseudo frigate]

im having an issue where when i change the float timeInterval to a smaller number, the reels on my slot machine dont spin faster in the editor, but if i build the game the changed value seems to actually affect the speed they spin, is that some bug with the editor or is there a reason for that behavior?

        while (spinTime[reelNumber] > 0f)
        {
            reels[reelNumber].localPosition = new Vector2(reels[reelNumber].localPosition.x, reels[reelNumber].localPosition.y - 21f);
            if (reels[reelNumber].localPosition.y <= -630f)
            {
                reels[reelNumber].localPosition = new Vector2(reels[reelNumber].localPosition.x, 630f);
            }

            yield return new WaitForSeconds(timeInterval);
        }

[misty coral]

wait if Im using one lerp call how am I gunna have different actions happen at differen speeds

Like I dont want to aim in at the same speed my gun sways back and forth

[cobalt creek]

how i make UnityWebRequest with button? Because once I change from public void to IEnumerator I no longer see on list of functions when I set function to run on click

[deft grail]

use a "void" to start the coroutine

so you can set it in the button and also use a IEnumerator at the same time

[cobalt creek]

thank

wish i could do public void IEnumerator that make more easily

[cosmic dagger]

How small is the value?

[pseudo frigate]

was initially 0.0075, i tried lowering it to 0.0015 and its the same in the editor but looks right/faster in the actual build

[magic panther]

I need help real quick: how can I have a value be one of two classes?

    public void Teleport(Player || Crate teleportedObject) {
        teleportedObject.transform.position = portalExit.transform.position + new Vector3(0f, portalSize, 0f);
    }

[silk fossil]

yo

when my charecter looks all the way up

or down

[rocky canyon]

cool UI!

[silk fossil]

it does this

and it makes movement weird

[quick kelp]

thanks

[silk fossil]

and jumping impossible

[rocky canyon]

the code that looks up and down should be moving a child object.. like a camera..

not the root /main gameobject

[quick kelp]

figured out my problem

[silk fossil]

oh

[quick kelp]

havent solved it yet

[magic panther]

    public void Teleport(Player teleportedObject || Crate teleportedObject) {
        teleportedObject.transform.position = portalExit.transform.position + new Vector3(0f, portalSize, 0f);
    }

Still, no idea. Can someone help?

[quick kelp]

the pickup code isnt referencing dont destroy objects

[silk fossil]

this is the code for moustmovment

so I would put that on camera

[rocky canyon]

like dis

[rocky canyon]

ur up and down rotation should be moving a camera/child gameobejct not the main object

[quick kelp]

i can help i think

[silk fossil]

ohhh I see

[rocky canyon]

no.. not all of it..

[silk fossil]

wait so is the code I just sent just totally wrong

[rocky canyon]

u'd probably reference ur camera in that script

and apply the up and down rotation to the camera object

[silk fossil]

oh alr

a youtuber provided that script

i guess I did something wrong

[rocky canyon]

or have it on the camera.. and reference ur player gameobject and use it to rotate left and right

[magic panther]

I mean, go ahead. Do you have anything so far?

[rocky canyon]

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_816

[quick kelp]

was looking for my example

[rocky canyon]

for example.. this script is on the camera..

[quick kelp]

player.transform.position = startPos;

this is the code i use to spawn the player in a new scene

[silk fossil]

Thanks!

[rocky canyon]

i rotate the transform.localRotation (camera) up and down..
and then i reference my player object.. to rotate left and right.. the controller.transform

[silk fossil]

so I can put the script onto the camera

[rocky canyon]

u can try it and see..

[silk fossil]

okay

[rocky canyon]

its better to learn how stuff works on ur own..

but thats my entire camera script

[silk fossil]

Ya that is true

[rocky canyon]

Freebie of the day!

[silk fossil]

but my teacher wants us to finsih the game by wednesday

so I am just too lazy too

figure out c#

[quick kelp]

what i showed was a simplfied way of just teleporting but what your code is trying to do is a bit more complex

[cosmic dagger]

they both need to share a base class or interface . . .

[magic panther]

    public void Teleport(MonoBehaviour teleportedObject) {
        if (teleportedObject.enabled) {
            teleportedObject.transform.position = portalExit.transform.position + new Vector3(0f, portalSize, 0f);
        } else {
            Debug.LogError("Teleported object is not enabled");
        }
    }

could work

[slender nymph]

or just pass its transform instead of a specific MonoBehaviour. you only care about the transform in that method anyway

[cosmic dagger]

they're both GameObjects, just use that class, or Transform . . .

[silk fossil]

so for the transform for controller, I would use the player object

[cosmic dagger]

if you only need the position, then Transform makes the most sense . . .

[silk fossil]

i put controller AND IT WORKS

WAHOOOOOOOO

wait what the

I can do a 360 when I look down

[quick kelp]

ok did the debug log and the pickup portion in my inventory script is the problem

[cosmic dagger]

that number is small, especially for waiting a single frame. maybe the editor cannot correctly show the difference. try using full-screen mode from the editor; that provides better performance, than the in-window editor with the inspector . . .

[hasty sleet]

This logic appears fine

[quick kelp]

tldr i have 2 test items in a room
if i pick one up and leave the room without the other the pickup script work in destroying the game object but the itemdata doesnt show up in the second slot

[hasty sleet]

Did you change both the data and also the UI, or just the data?

[quick kelp]

its becuase the itemdata after i leave is now persistence and on dont destroy

[hasty sleet]

Step through with a debugger and see if you can verify after the line slot.itemData = itemData; that your slot's itemData was updated as expected.

I suspect you may be updating the data but not re-drawing it wherever you are expecting it to show up on your GUI

[quick kelp]

i'll run the debugger but the debug.log kinda confirmed my hunch

[silk fossil]

like I can look all the way down, look upside down, than right side up

[quick kelp]

ddol cube i made did not register the log tho the seperate pickup script still did its thing

wait

i might have a fix

nvm my idea didnt work

[rocky canyon]

ya i havent fixed that yet

you need clamp the rotation for the vertical look

u could ask here someone might know how to do it

[silk fossil]

yo guys how do you clmp rotation for vertical look?

[slender nymph]

search "clamp camera" in here and you'll find plenty of examples

[silk fossil]

alr

[slender nymph]

also obligatory: use cinemachine

[silk fossil]

also

i learned java this year

would that help at all with unity

o c#

or c#

[rocky canyon]

not really.. i mean in a way yes..

b/c of "programming"

loops n whatnot

[silk fossil]

man

[slender nymph]

please finish a though before pressing enter. they have similar syntax, and the absolute fundamentals are the same, but the languages do work a bit differently

[silk fossil]

i see

so im cooked

nvm bro

that doesent even make sense what I just said

2 completly different language

[rich adder]

microsoft java 😏

[magic panther]

As spawn camp games said, if you mean programming in general, it will a bunch if you're getting started with code. If you mean unity unity, then no. Unity operates in C#. I believe you ain't that cooked yet, I started learning unity a week (or so) ago and the C# part ain't that bad.

[spare mountain]

java and c# are very very similar

[red siren]

The principles are the same, for sure it will help

[rich adder]

indeed

[magic panther]

yeah, you'll have an easier time ;earning C# if you know java

[spare mountain]

it'd definitely be much easier than going from python or js to c#

[silk fossil]

oh okay

[rocky canyon]

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_429 since its my code.. i went ahead and clamped it for ya

[magic panther]

I did go from js to C# and the switch is not that bad tbh

[rich adder]

dynamic vs static

[spare mountain]

js is just much more lenient

[silk fossil]

yk my teacher is odd, taught us java the whole year, and our final project is to make a game in unity

[rocky canyon]

you can set the limit to whatever u want @silk fossil

[magic panther]

what is this school bro

[rich adder]

js -> ts -> c# easier than js -> c#

[spare mountain]

pain academy

[silk fossil]

yooo tnx bro

[spare mountain]

or just cut out the middleman and go java -> c#
or just go c# from the get go 😎

[silk fossil]

just normal high school, its ap csa class, we learned java whole year, just to do unity final exam

[silk fossil]

ok

actaully tnx alot

[rocky canyon]

and just in case u dont know its wrapped in a name space..
if u want to reference this script anywhere you have to
add using SPWN; at the top.. or use SPWN.ControllerCamera as the reference type

[silk fossil]

i was just about to sleep without fixing that

[slender nymph]

why bring up javascript and typescript at all here though? neither are related to java in any capacity

[rich adder]

yes c# goat

[magic panther]

context

[spare mountain]

I just took the AP csa exam
had nothing to do with unity at all 😳

[silk fossil]

my point exactly

[spare mountain]

I mean unity wasn't mentioned

[rich adder]

Exo and Amster brought up js to c# transition

[spare mountain]

why were you guys given unity?

[silk fossil]

okay tnx

(:

[slender nymph]

ah fair enough

[spare mountain]

I was just saying it would be harder to go from js to c# than java to c#

[magic panther]

I think my transition was so easy is because my js code is literally object oriented

[spare mountain]

js is inherently object oriented

[rocky canyon]

oooohhh noooo... my syntax script is broken! why tf is this SerializeField not colored... has to be b/c the comment above it

[silk fossil]

spawn camp games, if I get an A on this final project, it will be because of you lol

[rocky canyon]

💪 heck ya

[magic panther]

ik what you mean, I mean the way I write each thing, structurally similar

idk just kept unity in the back of my head the whole process

enough of that tho

[spare mountain]

most of the JS I've written is similar to what you'd see in java I suppose

[magic panther]

imma go learn react

nice talking with yall

[rocky canyon]

but on a real note.. dont copy and paste code.. unless u understand it.. so take a moment and look at why the rotation is broken up to two different functions and also how the clamp works.. but since ur code was soo similar to mine i figured i'd throw ya a bone

[spare mountain]

String in Java and string in C# throws my brain off

how am I meant to remember

[rich adder]

regen project files maybe ?

[spare mountain]

I almost put bool on the AP java exam

[silk fossil]

hehe

alr

tnx

[rocky canyon]

lol, no its a pastebin

[rich adder]

ohhh thought that was vs

[rocky canyon]

unrelated.. but i just noticed it soo i figured id mention it to 000000

[silk fossil]

trust me, if i were to do unity without a deadline, i would atleast get a better grasp of c#

[rocky canyon]

nah, im not as cool as VS.. VS knows what its doing 😅

[slender nymph]

you can use String in c# too (just need to import the System namespace). in fact string is just an alias for System.String

[spare mountain]

well that's confusing
thanks a lot microsoft 🙄 /j

[rich adder]

lots of the original classes are pascal

[rocky canyon]

wait w0t? java is String?

[slender nymph]

well it's just like int, long, float, double etc are just aliases for System.Int32, System.Int64, System.Single, and System.Double

[spare mountain]

yup

[rocky canyon]

is int Int

[spare mountain]

fair point

[spare mountain]

no int is a primitive

[silk fossil]

ya

[spare mountain]

String is a reference type

[rocky canyon]

no no no, lol!

i dont mess with java unless i have to..

[spare mountain]

bool is boolean tho

[rocky canyon]

and then its usually javascript

[silk fossil]

String hello = "sjssjsjjs";

[spare mountain]

I love javascript

[rich adder]

=== 😵‍💫

[spare mountain]

==== when?

[eternal needle]

If anything it's just javas version that's confusing

[spare mountain]

nuh uh! 😠

jk

[rich adder]

in javascript i recall that being a thing especially for checking string vs digit equality or something

its been a while since i touch js

[spare mountain]

oof

===== when?

[silk fossil]

wait yk how an array can be changed if it is in a parameter of a method and how primitive types cant, since string is not a primitive type, it should be able to be changed in a method as a paramater, but it doesent, Makes sense normally, but being a reference type does not

[spare mountain]

does it not?

I would imagine it would

[rocky canyon]

my patsebin site i was using earlier is javascript.. but to be fair.. its a library i mainly copied and pasted.. any adaptation i had to do took weeks i think i remember 😄
i'll just stick to c# for now
~~
actually i think i shouldn't post that screenshot.. those are system type directories.. dont want ppl breaking into my pastebin site :D~~

[silk fossil]

like if you did public String (String n)

n would not be changed

[slender nymph]

much like in C# strings are immutable in Java

[silk fossil]

im pretty sure

[spare mountain]

oh you're right

[slender nymph]

when you modify a string it returns a new string

[spare mountain]

ohhhh

no that makes sense

that's also why string[3] = "e" doesn't work

[eternal needle]

There is also the ref and out keyword if you need to change/assign parameters

[rocky canyon]

this is true to every data type no?

[spare mountain]

some are directly modified

[slender nymph]

no, there are plenty of classes that are mutable. string is not one of them

[silk fossil]

ya but like for arrays hsha(String[] array)

[rocky canyon]

ahh, well today i learned.. i actually dont think about the internals of stuff too often.. i probably should more often

[silk fossil]

the array can be changed

[rocky canyon]

mutable

[silk fossil]

its just weird

[rocky canyon]

see thats a new term for me

[silk fossil]

cause java werid

[spare mountain]

you didn't know the term mutable?

interesting

[rich adder]

mutated

[spare mountain]

I learned that a while back

[eternal needle]

Nope, simple example think of a component. If you modify the component, it doesnt destroy and recreate it

[rocky canyon]

i did not 😅 .. i rely on magic very often

[silk fossil]

💀

[rocky canyon]

like when something just works.. i dont think about it until it doesnt

probably a flaw tbh

[eternal needle]

If you are making small games, there is definitely an art of just pushing the minimum working version.

[rocky canyon]

lol, very true.. 🤦‍♂️

[silk fossil]

from what I remember, its true for primitive types, string, boolean, int

but not refrenced types, array, arraylist, 2darray

[rocky canyon]

ohhhh that makes sense

[silk fossil]

dont quote me tho cause I learned it in class while I was failing

but im pretty sure

[rocky canyon]

oh i dont.. i fact check almost everyone tbh

[silk fossil]

💀 good

it could cause a lot of problems if you dont

[rocky canyon]

yea, im aware of that.. when i first started learning i didn't.. i assumed anyone that published content knew what they were talking about..

then i slowly realized thats not the case

[silk fossil]

wait so in c# strings are just primitive, not refrence

[slender nymph]

strings are reference types

[rich adder]

strings are not primitive

[silk fossil]

do they just act like priitive then?

[cosmic dagger]

strings are reference types . . .

[silk fossil]

oh im cooked

[rocky canyon]

computers know numbers.. computers dont know words

[silk fossil]

got 7 people typing

[slender nymph]

they are immutable. just like in java

[silk fossil]

oh ya

[magic panther]

are strings really like objects in java

[slender nymph]

and their equality is overloaded to check the contents rather than reference equality

[silk fossil]

are they converting those nums to letters?

[slender nymph]

huh?

[silk fossil]

nvm dont answer

also why does .toString method only work 24% of the time in java

[spare mountain]

me and the homies all do (String)

[rocky canyon]

not sure.. Unity's ToString always works

[rich adder]

in c# pretty much every object has ToString

[silk fossil]

you can type csat????

[spare mountain]

probably

[silk fossil]

you can type cast an int to a string

no way

[rocky canyon]

yes u can cast in c#

[silk fossil]

i could have saved myself from so many F's

[cosmic dagger]

dunno, this here is C# and unity . . .

[silk fossil]

wait wb in java tho

im pretty sure it don't work in java

never taught us that

[rocky canyon]

idk.. if we keep talkin about java ur gonna have to shift into another discord 😄

[silk fossil]

thats true

😂

[cosmic dagger]

this isn't java discord, ask them . . .

[silk fossil]

ya mb

i need to sleep

tnx for help

[rocky canyon]

np 🍀

[silk fossil]

expeically you @rocky canyon

gn

[static cedar]

Real.

[eternal needle]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.object?view=net-8.0#methods
not "pretty much" but literally every object has it

[rich adder]

ya just using fluff words 😅

[rocky canyon]

what happens if u ToString a gameobject?

does it return the ID?

[cosmic dagger]

it's a method of object. that makes sense . . .

[rocky canyon]

i'll give it a try in a moment

[slender nymph]

it returns the name

[rocky canyon]

word?

thats pretty damn cool

[eternal needle]

they overridden it to do that yes

[rocky canyon]

smart guys here @ unity

[rich adder]

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

[rocky canyon]

when you've thought of almost everything 🙂

soo im starting to realize theres alot of redundancy in unity's c#

[final totem]

When I'm colliding with a coin I want to increment a variable and destroy the sprite, is there a better way to do this instead of using tags and strings?

[rocky canyon]

well, don't compare a string.. use CompareTag instead..

if it has a Coin component u could check for the component

with a TryGet

[cosmic dagger]

use CompareTag or GetComponent/TryGetComponent, or an interface . . .

[rich adder]

!code

[slender nymph]

!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.

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.

[cosmic dagger]

!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.

[rocky canyon]

double kill!

[slender nymph]

double kill

[rich adder]

tripple

[rocky canyon]

triplekill!

[final totem]

No other way tho?

[rocky canyon]

lol.. mobile guys can't read ur embed text

[devout swift]

wtf happened? lol wahahah

[rich adder]

what is the problem with the current method exactly?

[cosmic dagger]

and if the class is too large, it cuts off anyway (even for PC users) . . .

[slender nymph]

post your code correctly. that's what happened

[rocky canyon]

read the Posting Code embed..

mobile people can't see what u posted earlier

[cosmic dagger]

i just listed a bunch. is there a problem with your code?

[devout swift]

So that's why, okay I'm sorry.

[cosmic dagger]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

ya, its just protocol around here

[rocky canyon]

this i didn't know actually

100mb limit for everything else..

[devout swift]

Hello guys, can you help me on how do I make my AI stop every time its reached it's destination? I tried everything. I have no idea.

https://paste.ofcode.org/E72pteYYRYwa94cJe26RXJ

[rich adder]

it says basically xx Lines Left

[slender nymph]

it cuts off the preview at like 100 or so lines even under the file limit. but it's still a pain in the ass to read an embedded text file rather than a link

[rocky canyon]

it doesn't stop?

it should when it reaches its destination.. you can modify Stopping Distance on the agent itself

[devout swift]

Yes, it doesn't I don't know how though, that's the problem.

[slender nymph]

when it gets within range of its destination you just give it another. so naturally it will never stop until you stop giving it new destinations

[rich adder]

you tried increasing stopping distance?
I'd debug the values too, make sure they are what you think

[rocky canyon]

when it gets to its destination u can make it wait a while before giving it a new one.. if thats what ur doing

[devout swift]

my current stopping distance is 0.5

[devout swift]

That's what I'm trying to do, Every time it supposed to give direction I try to make it waitforseconds(2f) through the IEnumerator data type

[rich adder]

oh wait ur running it every frame

[devout swift]

is that why? I just followed a tutorial, that's what's on there.

Am i supposed to call it once?

not every frame?

[rich adder]

are you trying to make it pause? what behavior are you looking for ?

[rocky canyon]

ya, u should probably only set it once. and then wait until its stopped before setting a new one

[devout swift]

I want it to stop for a few seconds before moving again.

[rich adder]

I would use a coroutine or a timer then

[rocky canyon]

^ check if its @ its destination and if its stopped..

if its stopped for so long.. then give it its next destination

[toxic frigate]

so im trying to make an escape menu toggle after escape is clicked twice, a ui that is enabled by selecting another object needs to be disabled by pressing escape first, but i can't figure out how to do so

[rocky canyon]

theres lots of nifty ~~functions ~~ variables of Navmesh agent u can use..

pathPending remainingDistance stoppingDistance

[rich adder]

it was coroutine before ? how come you change it

[devout swift]

it was not a coroutine before. I tried it that way. it didn't work for me

Am I supposed to only call the setDestinaton once?

[slender nymph]

if it is a coroutine then yes, put everything inside of it into a loop and start the coroutine in Start instead of calling it every frame in Update

[devout swift]

I still have no idea about coroutines and on how and what to use it on to be honest.

[topaz mortar]

is there a smart way to have a whole bunch of items that affect your character without having to reference your Character object on each Item object?

[rich adder]

just change the method from void to IEnumerator

[rocky canyon]

    IEnumerator DestinationTimerCoroutine()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(X);
        SetNewDestination();
    }```
could call a coroutine once you've reached ur destination to wait for `X` amount of seconds, and then set a new one

[rich adder]

lookup the docs on Coroutine

looks like you already had this too
//yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f); // Wait for 2 seconds

[rocky canyon]

ya, looks like u were on ur way to making it work

[rich adder]

wasnt working because you probably were calling it every frame in update and confusing the navmesh agent

[devout swift]

I knew that from the project I had earlier, but I used my own AI that's how i used it. Not Navmesh and what not. It was 2d.

It's my first time using the agent sorry. I'll try what you guys adviced me .

Thank you.

[rich adder]

np

[spare mountain]

navmesh isn't really AI is it?

[rocky canyon]

no..

[rich adder]

its just A* with some RVO

[rocky canyon]

its a pathfinding algorithm

[spare mountain]

thought so

[devout swift]

So supposedly coroutines, when you put it in the update, it will not repeat the code every time?

[rich adder]

StartCoroutine will start a new one every frame if you put no limits

[cosmic dagger]

Update runs every frame, so a coroutine within Update will start every frame . . .

[spare mountain]

that's why you run the coroutine once

[rich adder]

or just make Start the coroutine

[rocky canyon]

it effectively queues up a new instance of that coroutine every frame

[rich adder]

private IEnumerator Start()
no need to start coroutine

[devout swift]

Oh I get it now, Thanks.

[rocky canyon]

  if (!coroutineStarted)
        {
            StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine());
            coroutineStarted = true;
        }```
heres a jank way of making sure it doesn't run every frame 😄

then at the end of the coroutine u can reset the flag back to false

[devout swift]

That's exactly what I'm planning to do now, lol.

[cosmic dagger]

yes, but it's an entirely different setup/architecture for items and stats . . .

[devout swift]

Thank you guys.

[rocky canyon]

theres probably better ways to do it.. but usually i dont call coroutines from update..

well, i can't remember the last time i did

[sacred lichen]

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? I even already did reimport all and still this issue persists.

It's workign for both move and jump but for some dumb reason it's not working for my interact button

[rocky canyon]

#🖱️┃input-system probably could answer it better.. but perhaps someone here knows.. I myself suck at the new input system

[sacred lichen]

thanks, i'll try and ask there

[slender nymph]

comment out the lines with the error, reimport your input action asset, then try again

oh and save after commenting out those lines if that wasn't obvious

you don't want compile errors preventing unity from compiling any changes

[rocky canyon]

thats the worst thing ever.. when importing an older asset and 30% of it is broken..

but it takes u half an hour to figure out that 50% of it is actually broken

[sacred lichen]

I'll try.

[slender nymph]

if it is still not working after that, then you are not using the correct type

[rocky canyon]

did u regenerate ur C# class?

or is that the method ur using?

not sure if theres a way to tell, just by looking at the code

[cosmic dagger]

in your inspector, you have two tabs for PlayerControls (Input Action). are they synced?

[rocky canyon]

ohh, good eye

[slender nymph]

i'm pretty sure that's multiple separate screenshots stitched together because all of the tabs for both shown windows are identical

[sacred lichen]

^ yeah

[rocky canyon]

lol.. bamboozled

[sacred lichen]

couldn't fit everything hehe

[sacred lichen]

THANKS! that did it!

[rocky canyon]

any time u make an addition to ur actions u need to regenerate ur c# class

or else the references wont be created yet

[sacred lichen]

I see, I thought it was automatic. Thanks for lettign me know.

[rocky canyon]

ya, u would think it should be.

maybe it will be in a future version..

idk

[devout swift]

I tried it now. It still doesn't work am I still wrong about Coroutines?

Context: About me stopping the AI movement through coroutines

https://paste.ofcode.org/cEF59bqaecwV6ZYq6YFcKJ

[quick pollen]

Hey! So here I have this test scene and this piece of code.
https://hatebin.com/cabnnztqnk

My main goal is to be able to have a list, which contains lists of "actions" and I want those actions to consist of 3 main parameters:

1. the time it takes to start the action/movement
2. the time it takes to arrive
3. a position to arrive at

But for some reason this implementation I have doesnt work, it doesn't linearly go towards the position pointed out, and the time to arrive variable doesn't seem to affect how long it takes to arrive

I didn't use any tutorials for this so this might also contribute to it being faulty

Slerp seemed to be the best way to do it

and it actually when the list only has 1 element

[spare mountain]

does it do the same thing with a basic Lerp?

[quick pollen]

well

Lerp makes it very jittery

[spare mountain]

that's something to look into perhaps

[quick pollen]

whoa wtf

with Lerp it no longer does the curves

[spare mountain]

[quick pollen]

but I don't understand why

[spare mountain]

me neither

[quick pollen]

also the TimeToArrive is still broken

I have one where the timetoarrive is 5 seconds

it arrives in 2 seconds

and waits for 3 more seconds

[spare mountain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzmVVPWao8U

that's why slerp isn't working @quick pollen

slerp isn't what we thought it was lol

[quick pollen]

yeahh I just readt about it

it uses directions not transforms

[spare mountain]

whoopsies!

[quick pollen]

ty for that

but the timetoarrive is still broken

[spare mountain]

how so

[narrow girder]

Why cant i add an image in elements?

[quick pollen]

I set it so the time to arrive is 5

but it arrives in 2 seconds

[willow scroll]

You got no images

[spare mountain]

okay are you doing proper math or just random scaling?

[quick pollen]

basically completely ignores the calculation

[narrow girder]

it wont let me add images

[willow scroll]

You got no images

[quick pollen]

clampedTime = 1 - (timeToArrive / actionLists[AL_Index].actions[A_Index].timeToArrive);
transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(selfPos, targetPos, clampedTime);```

this should be the formula for finding the clamped time to arrive

[spare mountain]

the way lerp works is that it finds a point in between x and y at point t

[quick pollen]

One Minus, so it starts from 0 and goes ot one, not the opposite

[spare mountain]

when would clampedTime be changing?

[quick pollen]

because timeToArrive is gradually decreasing

[spare mountain]

where are you changing it?

[quick pollen]

timeToArrive -= Time.deltaTime;

[spare mountain]

ah

[quick pollen]

right before it

I posted the script

if u want to take a closer look

[spare mountain]

yeah I just couldn't be bothered to go back

1 sec

[spare mountain]

timetoarrive starts at what, 1?

[quick pollen]

its an inspector element

[willow scroll]

It doesn't matter, no?

[devout swift]

Umm guyss??

I tried it now. It still doesn't work am I still wrong about Coroutines?

Context: About me stopping the AI movement through coroutines

https://paste.ofcode.org/cEF59bqaecwV6ZYq6YFcKJ

[quick pollen]

I have these values for timeToArrive

[spare mountain]

1 - (0 / x) is different than 1 - (1/x)

[willow scroll]

timeToArrive should just not be smaller or equal to 0

[quick pollen]

wdym?

ah

okay

[spare mountain]

okay so what is the difference between timeToArrive and actionLists[AL_Index].actions[A_Index].timeToArrive?

[quick pollen]

it isnt

[willow scroll]

The server didn't allow me to say "smaller*".

[quick pollen]

timeToArrive is the one which's value is used for the interpolation

the one from the list is the constant value

also the one I use to divide the current timeToArrive to get a clamped value

[spare mountain]

okay I opened your code so I can just check

so timeToArrive initializes to the value and then decreases

got it

[quick pollen]

yeah

but for some reason sometimes it just doesnt

[spare mountain]

so it should increase from 0 to 1 that makes sense

[spare mountain]

try debug.logging its value?

see what it's equal to

clampedValue I mean

or whatever it's called

[quick pollen]

I can try

but it used to be okay

[spare mountain]

you used to use slerp

[quick pollen]

i was thinking maybe its using wrong values

[quick pollen]

now I use normal Lerp

[spare mountain]

yup

this is not the place to ask that

#🔎┃find-a-channel

check here

[quick pollen]

what the fuck?

clampedTime works perfectly

[spare mountain]

lmao wym?

[quick pollen]

but it still doesnt do the correct position

[spare mountain]

how can you tell?

[quick pollen]

like it takes around 5 seconds to go from 0 to 1

[spare mountain]

[quick pollen]

it takes visibly more time

[spare mountain]

okay wait

[quick pollen]

which is good

but the movement is still not okay

[spare mountain]

output the value of the lerp

versus the output of the clampedTime

see what it's giving you

[quick pollen]

waittt

im seeing an issue

[spare mountain]

what is it?

[willow scroll]

It's not about Unity, especially about code, is it?

[quick pollen]

I had the statement with if (!calculatedPositions)

but I didnt set calculatedPositions to true....

so it kept on updating the selfPos

[spare mountain]

[quick pollen]

which would indeed make it independent of time

[spare mountain]

lol

welp you live you learn

[quick pollen]

fuuck

I fucking knew about this being an issue

hence why I created calculatedPositions

[willow scroll]

Please, provide more context. What specifically doens't work?

[devout swift]

I wanted to stop the AI's movement when it reaches its destination. It still doesn't stop. That's the problem for me.

[quick pollen]

thanks still!

also

once I ran out of elements, I get this error

which would make sense

[willow scroll]

Do you want to stop it in the move coroutine's condition?

[quick pollen]

except that I have conditions set up so it disables the script once it runs out of elements

[spare mountain]

put some debug.logs in there

[quick pollen]

so I don't get why I still get errors

maybe its syntax, hold on

[devout swift]

Hmm can't I do it on another coroutine? Or do I have to do it in the same coroutine? Because I want to isolate encapsulate action in code. I don't want one function to do multiple actions

[willow scroll]

That was a question where you're trying to stop it

[quick pollen]

okay fixed it, now it only does it once

and for that I have a fix too

[willow scroll]

But, right, there are 2 isStopped assignments, one of which is to false.

So you're trying to stop it in Update

[devout swift]

Yes, I was. I don't know if its the proper way or not. I have no idea on coroutines to be honest.

[willow scroll]

Why do you use them then?

Should've read about them first, actually

[devout swift]

I asked it here earlier, it was recommended to me.

[quick pollen]

ayyy works

tysm @spare mountain and @willow scroll

[spare mountain]

np man

gj

[willow scroll]

Coroutines are used when you need something do be done in the specific periods of time. In certain circumstances, a better way when dealing with Time.timeDelta in Update

[quick pollen]

this is actually for some bullethell stuff

so you know, its important that the positions and times are correct

[willow scroll]

I haven't done anything. I don't even know your issue.

[quick pollen]

I don't want to create impossible patterns unintentionally

[quick pollen]

well you gave hints

so you know

more than nothing, which I appreciate

[devout swift]

I really don't follow, sorry.

[willow scroll]

Let's say you want your character to be simply moved every frame. You use Update, FixedUpdate or LateUpdate, depending on the situation

[quick pollen]

btw are Coroutines frame-independent? like does something happen in x amount of time even if the game is running at a low fps?

[rocky canyon]

yes

1 sec is always 1 sec

[willow scroll]

If you have a character which should be moved e.g. 3 times a second, you use a Coroutine, because of the time being calculated more easily there

[quick pollen]

I experienced that if Time.deltaTime is too high, sometimes things can happen later or earlier than wanted

[willow scroll]

No

[willow scroll]

It doesn't happen in the specific, x amount of time, as the Coroutine runs just at the end of the Update.
If you have a game, which runs at 100 fps, it is impossible for the Coroutine to be called more than that.

[devout swift]

My understanding is Update is for funtions you want to call every frame. Fixed update is for physics based functions, and lateupdate is used for cameras functions?

[quick pollen]

thanks!
I have 2 implementations in my code where I create projectiles
one uses coroutine timing, other uses fixedDeltaTime
I was kinda wondering which one would be the best for when you need perfect and frame-independent timings

[willow scroll]

So the Coroutine is limited to the maximum of 1 / Time.deltaTime calls per second

[quick pollen]

at 60 frames per second its still 60 calls though

[willow scroll]

And the specific WaitForSeconds won't work exactly as expected, as the time waited depends on the game itself

[willow scroll]

Yes, but you cannot call a Coroutine 70 times per second, in your case

[quick pollen]

kinda interesting

[quick pollen]

why not? what if you have like 300 fps?

wouldnt it call a coroutine 300 times per second?

[willow scroll]

I have explained it in the previous messages already

[quick pollen]

oh

sorry yeah

[willow scroll]

The Coroutine's calls are limited to the fps you have, which is 1 / Time.deltaTime

[quick pollen]

but isnt it the same with update?

[willow scroll]

Yes

[quick pollen]

or what about FixedUpdate?

its technically worse because its clamped, isn't it

[willow scroll]

Coroutines have nothing to do with FixedUpdate

[quick pollen]

I'm just asking about ways of timing things

[willow scroll]

FixedUpdate is called in a fixed timestep, which is 50 times per second by default

Can always be changed for the project via settings and via code

[quick pollen]

what I basically want is stuff to happen exactly when I want them to, independent of update time

[willow scroll]

That's right. LateUpdate is used for the camera, to ensure it's moed just after the player

[quick pollen]

I had issues where projectiles would spawn further out or closer in, depending on framerate

which caused some huge issues when creating patterns that required really small and precise numbers

[willow scroll]

FixedUpdate is independent, but there are certainly some limitations

[quick pollen]

at first I called it off as a float point error, but I found it to be consistently incorrect at lower framerates

as an example?

what limitation?

you mentioned the fixed timestep

but that feels like more of an upside than anything

because you have full control over it

[topaz mortar]

Is Resources.Load the only way to load a sprite for an object if all I have is the sprite name/location?

[willow scroll]

The issues shouldn't happen when doing it in Update or a Coroutine, unless the frame rate is too low

[slender nymph]

provided that name/location is in a Resources folder, then yes

[willow scroll]

You cannot just make the FixedUpdate be called 10k times per second and hope for your game to work as great as never

[quick pollen]

I know, the problem wasn't exactly low overall framerate, but on lag spikes

yes I know "just use DOTS 4head" but I don't feel like tackling that just yet

[topaz mortar]

I can put them there, but they are not there at the moment
Just wondering if there are other options that don't require me to put all my sprites in Resources

[willow scroll]

Then you probably wasn't using the Time.deltaTime properly

[quick pollen]

perhaps

lemme see if I have a good video

[slender nymph]

there are plenty of ways to get references to your assets. is there a specific reason you need to do so via its name or folder path?

[willow scroll]

Well, I have already seen your game with the hundreds of projectiles being spawned, and you probably should use DOTS for these kind of games, but I cannot tell you more, as I don't know it myself

[topaz mortar]

the item is generated on my server, where I can add any type of reference to it, but then my client needs to get the item sprite from the string that is sent from the server

[slender nymph]

You could throw all of the relevant sprites into a collection on a ScriptableObject and build a dictionary from those sprite references and access it from there, that might be better than using Resources.Load. otherwise Resources.Load would likely be the easiest option if all you're sending is the name or location of it

[topaz mortar]

going with Resources.Load sounds a lot easier
it's probably slower? but I'm not loading new items constantly anyway, maybe like once every 10 seconds or so

I'm working with the Fantasy Heroes megapack from the unity store, it actually has a SpriteCollection built in, could I use that?

The structure of that asset is way too complicated for me though

[slender nymph]

yeah, seems like that asset is going to initialize that collection as a singleton on startup anyway so you may as well make use of it

https://github.com/hippogamesunity/HeroEditorHub/wiki/SpriteCollection-and-IconCollection

[topaz mortar]

Oh awesome, did not know that!

[slender nymph]

do you perhaps have your own class called SpriteCollection?

[topaz mortar]

I think the class is correct?

at least that's the folder of the asset

[slender nymph]

according to the documentation that should be correct 🤷‍♂️

[topaz mortar]

yeah, this asset is both heaven and hell lol

the graphics and possibilities are amazing, but it's structured so complex and not the best docs

[slender nymph]

check what properties that class has to see if perhaps it is named something different

[narrow girder]

Should I make everthing into a prefab?

[willow scroll]

No.

[narrow girder]

My friend created a game manager that overall sees the update of the code but I have a hard time to reference it or even connect the scripts so the ui works such as the life image one

[slender nymph]

how to get a reference to another object: https://unity.huh.how/references

[willow scroll]

So you have a GameManager, which you want to connect to?

For a GameManager, you would usually use Singletons

And make it DDOL, usually

[quick pollen]

honestly, I'm thinking that the "first" game will not use too many projectiles anyway

its only going to contain this one boss, as kind of an introduction to the game idea

and if it turns out to be liked, ill continue

[narrow girder]

Do i connect my game over screen script over to the game manager?

is this some sort of bug ? is there a fix to it?

[slender nymph]

you very likely have an infinite loop in your code if it gets stuck there forever

also https://screenshot.help

[narrow girder]

it generates a map in the game and i cant find the infinite loop.

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[slender nymph]

you can also attach your debugger while the editor is frozen and break all, that will allow you to inspect the main thread to see where it is getting stuck in an infinite loop

[keen dew]

Debug.LogError("Infinite loop detected in maze generation.");
UnityEditor.EditorApplication.isPlaying = false;

This isn't enough to exit an infinite loop. It would have to throw an actual error or break the loop with break or return

[narrow girder]

Sometimes, when I first open the project and then run it, it works. But when I try it a second time, it doesn't work anymore

[slender nymph]

to add on to this, isPlaying = false won't take affect until the end of the frame, which is never reached due to the infinite loop

[onyx tusk]

I have this code & i don't understand y isKingDefender is still false after setKingDef(vector, move)

[slender nymph]

are you actually calling that method anywhere?

[onyx tusk]

wdym?

[slender nymph]

i mean, i don't see you calling setKingDef anywhere in the code you've shown

[onyx tusk]

it's calling here

[slender nymph]

have you verified that code is running?

and that it is affecting the objects you think it is?

[onyx tusk]

debugger says that it entering herec# foreach (ChessVector def in defs) { Figure.setKingDef(def, j); }

[onyx tusk]

uhhh, idu u

[onyx tusk]

& it says that def is a vector of target object

[narrow girder]

is this normal in unity?

[eternal needle]

Figure.setKingDef(def, j);
you arent using the 3rd parameter so it is defaulting to true, as per your method definition

[slender nymph]

step into the method call and make sure that the object being modified is the same one you've been looking at

[eternal needle]

oh i see above you are using it with false, though the logic is really quite hard to follow.

[eternal needle]

this is a coding channel, for code

[onyx tusk]

yes, i want to make it true, but it's false

[onyx tusk]

it's the best what i imagined for setting it false for false events

[onyx tusk]

wait

[polar nova]

Anyone have an Idea how to make a Hitpoint system? I've been trying to add one to my Tower Defense for quite some time now but I can't figure out how to do so. I want the enemies to do as much damage to the tower as they have hitpoints.

[eternal needle]

consider moving a lot of logic into other functions, because this stuff is truly gonna be a pain in the ass to debug later. seems to even be a pain right now.

[eternal needle]

use a float, enemy hits the tower, reduce the float. done

hitpoints at the end of the day is just a number. but if you're having issues with specific code or a specific problem then you should share that

[polar nova]

Ok, I will try that

[onyx tusk]

yes

[slender nymph]

so it is correctly assigning true to that variable then. so however you were checking before was either faulty or something else is assigning it false again

[onyx tusk]

yes

[willow scroll]

Yeah, you just derive the GameManager from the generic Singleton, I would suggest, and then access it from whatever script you want via GameManager.Instance

Also have more scripts, which should be Singletons and have them access each other

[onyx tusk]

but all the calling of this var r in this functions

[polar nova]

I have my Tower set as an endpoint. So like the last waypoint for the enemies to go to. I can't figure out how to make it, so the Tower takes damage as soon as the last checkpoint is reached.

[slender nymph]

then how are you verifying that isKingDefender is false?

[onyx tusk]

i'm debugging & i see what it doesn't enters in if with this condition

[slender nymph]

have you verified that the objects you are looking at are the same object?

[onyx tusk]

wait

i added debug.log() for this, checking

wait

[lavish magnet]

Is their anyreason this doesnt move my player continously upward? The debug.Log goes through correctly, but the players position stays the same, is the code wrong? or is their an outside source?

[onyx tusk]

    public static void setKingDef(ChessVector vector, Moves saveKingMoves, bool isDef = true)
    {
        chessBoard[vector.x - 1, vector.y - 1].mover.isKingDefender = isDef;
        chessBoard[vector.x - 1, vector.y - 1].mover.saveKingMoves = saveKingMoves;
        Debug.Log($"{GetFigure(vector).figure.name} {GetFigure(vector).mover.isKingDefender} {isDef}");
    }```

[willow scroll]

• 1. Have a script, which manages the variables needed. I would assume, it should be a singleton GameManager
• 2. Have a script on every Enemy, which compares its position with GameManager.endPoint in Update. I don't know a lot about your game, but this should, probably, be a float, Vector2 or Vector3, depending on the axes you want to be included.
• 3. When the Enemy's position is larger than the endPoint, update the GameManager.towerTakeDamage boolean, or how you want it to be called. This boolean has to be accessed in the Tower script too. The distance check is also possible.

[willow scroll]

The position should be updated based on the ascendSpeed variable, which is also increased via code.

[lavish magnet]

That function is in Update Btw

[willow scroll]

This is what makes sense, right

Log the ascendSpeed variable and how much your position gets changed

[languid spire]

that is going to be moving very, very little. Try debuging your values

[polar nova]

I don't understand

[lavish magnet]

my ascend speed goes up every frame i hold space too

ascend speed reaches like 400+ and i dont move an inch

[languid spire]

1 * x * deltaTime is very small

[lavish magnet]

It goes up every frame\

[onyx tusk]

ok, this screen says that here linec# col.ForEach(i => Figure.setKingDef(i, null, false));
running after c# foreach (ChessVector def in defs) { Figure.setKingDef(def, j); }

[willow scroll]

I have written a few sentences for you, and don't seem to understand what exactly you don't understand.
I have assumed, that this should be straight forward. Consider asking well-structured questions about the implementation if you want me to assist you further.

[slender nymph]

do you have a CharacterController on that object?

[lavish magnet]

yes I do

Yes

[languid spire]

Do you have a CharacterController or RigidBody?

[lavish magnet]

CharacterController

[slender nymph]

that's why. you cannot modify the position of a CC without either disabling it or moving via the CC

[languid spire]

then do not use transform.position

[void thicket]

Generally you want to multiply dt to acceleration too. Anyways if the position is not changing it is likely that you are overwriting it somewhere after that code.

[lavish magnet]

What should i use?

[willow scroll]

You have already been told

[languid spire]

charactercontroller.move ?

[languid spire]

you shuold read the CharacterController documentation and see which methods/properties are available to you to do this

[sand gate]

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[eternal falcon]

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[kindred halo]

Is there any way to stop taking input during the time when calling or running a function except for the input that is on hold?

[languid spire]

you could Disable the input actions and Enable them at the end

[kindred halo]

Is there any way to detect which ones are on hold since the last frame?
that way I might be able to disable inputs which aren't being hold

[languid spire]

maybe using phase.Started but tbh you would need to test this

[fossil tree]

hello my problem is the next i have a prefab script called explosion and i try to access to a other object called score for use a variable on in i have try to make something like that but im really bad for reference something someone can explain me how that work ```using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Reference : MonoBehaviour
{
public Score score2;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
explosion expl = score2.GetComponent<explosion>();
expl.score = score2;

}

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

}```

[kindred halo]

what if I create a bool that checks which keys are being held using Input.getKey

[languid spire]

that's the old system, I dont think that will work

[stuck crest]

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

public class MainManagerScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public  event EventHandler OnStart;
    public  event EventHandler OnEnd;

    public void StartGame()
    {
        
        OnStart?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

public class GameTimer : MainManagerScript
{
    [SerializeField] private Image timerImage;
    [SerializeField] private TextMeshProUGUI timerText;
    [SerializeField] private float matchTime = 5;

    private bool isStart;
    private float originalTime;
    private void Start()
    {
        OnStart += StartHandler_OnStart;
        originalTime = matchTime;
        timerText.text = "";
    }

guys why is this not working after i removed the static

[teal viper]

So, does that code not work?

[fossil tree]

no this code not work but i think he are bad

[teal viper]

What doesn't work? Provide more details on the issue.

[teal viper]

Does it throw an error? Is there a compile error?

[stuck crest]

sorry , i cant seem to call the event

[teal viper]

"you can't"? Wdym? Is there a compile error?

[stuck crest]

no it just doesnt work

[fossil tree]

explosion.Update () (at Assets/Script/explosion.cs:25)
``` he say he dont have the object

[teal viper]

What part exactly?

[stuck crest]

OnStart += StartHandler_OnStart; this part

[teal viper]

Okay, let's start from reading the error. Do you understand what it says?

[teal viper]

This part is subscribing to the event. There's no way it wouldn't work. Unless there's an error?

[fossil tree]

yes my instance is null

[teal viper]

Which instance exactly? Do you understand what line throws the error?

[stuck crest]

OnStart?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty); i checked for null thats why it doesnt show errors

it was working when it was i added static to the event

[teal viper]

So you think that it's null? Then confirm it with logs or with the debugger.

[fossil tree]

public Score score;or maybe when he try use it score.gamestart = false;

[teal viper]

This is not the line that throws the error. The line number is mentioned in the error.

[polar nova]

https://gdl.space/bavizafibe.cpp I have this script and a different script for the damage. It should work but I dont really know why health is not getting set to maxHealth when I start up the game

[fossil tree]

the line 25 is if (hit.collider.gameObject.tag == "Player")

[stuck crest]

did u set the number in the inspector?

[polar nova]

yes

should I set it in the code?

[stuck crest]

mb

[teal viper]

Ok, so what does the error mean in the context of this line?

[stuck crest]

yea its null

[teal viper]

Great. So what does it mean if it's null?

[stuck crest]

it isnt subscribing to the event?

[teal viper]

Yep

At least nothing is subscribed at the moment when you try to invoke it

[stuck crest]

but why does it subscribe when its a static event

im confused

[teal viper]

There could be several reasons. Start from debugging both the subscription and invocation as well as what objects it happens in.

[stuck crest]

ok

[waxen adder]

What do you guys prefer doing when implementing gravity? Manipulating the transform directly, or using rigidbodies/forces?

[gilded breach]

    public GameObject H2O;
        
    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
        {
            SpawnCard();
        }
    }

    void SpawnCard()
    {
        Instantiate(H2O, new Vector3(3f, 0f), Quaternion.identity);
    }
}```


srry probably very dumb question but how do I check if while clicking you are clicking a GameObject (the card deck)? Everything else works but now I can click everywhere on the screen to spawn the GameObject H2O copy

[fossil tree]

i dont know

[void thicket]

Depends on what kind of physical mechanism you need

[waxen adder]

What do you mean by physical mechanism? Something like jumping?

[fossil tree]

but i think my problem come from here my Score is null

and my question is how can i say my score is = to my Score object its a prefab so i cant drag and drop

[kindred halo]

what about using coroutines?
they won't take input when they are being called right?
Like I have this coroutine which doesn't lets me move when it's called

[waxen adder]

Maybe this will help? Haven't messed with something like this in a while: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseDown.html

Hmmm. Maybe not since the colliders need to be marked as triggers for some reason (wait i might be misreading it lol)

[void thicket]

Sure. Rigidbody supposed to be general solution for physically accurate case, but player character tends not to be physically accurate thus CharacterController exists for alternative solution. For simple games it could be direct transform move, or case like particles you would want a fomular that you can just directly calculate position from time.

[languid spire]

they will take input because a Coroutine must yield at some point

[teal viper]

1. It means that something on that line is null. You should debug log all the references on that line to see what it is. Assuming that's the correct line.
2. If you need to reference something in the scene from a prefab, you'll need to assign the reference at runtime, ideally, when/where you instantiate that prefab.

[young fossil]

Hey guys. Is it common practice to use properties in Unity?

[willow scroll]

Yes, why wouldn't it be?

[kindred halo]

but other functions won't be running during the time right?

[teal viper]

It's preferable even.

[languid spire]

they will be when you yield, yes

[waxen adder]

Gotcha. Guess I'll have to toy around and see what works. Though I'm kind of leaning towards character controller/direct transform manipulation

[young fossil]

A lot of YouTubers, Forum posts and Unity docs all use public fields

[gilded breach]

I should use this to detect collision between 2 objects right? bc what I want to do is to detect if I'm clicking the gameobject with my cursor

[teal viper]

Yes, because most tutorials and sometimes docs don't have a goal of teaching good coding practices.

[young fossil]

Does it affect performance much?

[waxen adder]

I don't think so. I think this one works when you click something with a collider

[kindred halo]

I don't want to disable movement permanently
just when the coroutine is being called
hope it works

[teal viper]

No. Properties are just shortcuts for getter/setter methods. Even if there is a performance impact it's small enough for you to ignore it.

[void thicket]

For simple properties it will be inlined and won't have any performance harm.

[willow scroll]

No. There is a small performance impact when accessing the property, which is then accessing the method, but there is no way you would ever mention it.

[gilded breach]

but what if the object I want to copy is not the object I'm clicking?

[young fossil]

Thank you guys. Also does Linq have any obvious disadvantages?

Like performance overhead

Or maybe incompatibility with Unity

[teal viper]

It makes GC allocations. Whether that's critical or not for your project is up to you.

[waxen adder]

I'm not sure that can happen? Unless I'm misunderstanding the question

[young fossil]

Sorry, what is GC allocations?

[void thicket]

Many Linq operations allocates every time you call it so you might not want to have it in performance critical logic.

[teal viper]

Garbage collector. It allocates temporary memory basically, that needs to be disposed. GC is thought to be detrimental to performence, but it really [e-mail]

[young fossil]

Ahhh gotcha! Thanks

[void thicket]

But if you know the logic behind it then it will be very useful tool

[gilded breach]

Ok so, I have a deck. If I click the deck, then it should give me a specific card creating that copy in the board.
The card creation works, but I don't know how to check if I'm Rclicking my deck or not, right now I can Rclick everywhere and it spawns the card.

[waxen adder]

I don't imagine the deck has a collider?

[gilded breach]

it does, a 2D box collider. Srry if the question is stupid lol, I just started

[waxen adder]

Oh, cool, in that case, you should be able to use that OnMouseDown method. From the brief description it gives, I think you will be adding the function and its logic to the thing being clicked, so you shouldn't have to worry about clicking the wrong thing, because if you do, nothing will happen

[gilded breach]

like, the script is linked only to that object, but it still does work everywhere

is there anything else I have to do to make that work?

[narrow girder]

Hello, Should i connect this to my game manager or The canvas? when creating the game over screen?

[willow scroll]

You may make is using canvas.

[waxen adder]

I imagine you can do something with raycasts? Unfortunately, I'm just as new as you are, so I'm kind of just spitballing now

[willow scroll]

So accessing the Game Over Scene when pressing the button is possible. I would usually create a variable for every button I have, then subscribe to an event, but you may do it via Inspector too

[gilded breach]

I'll try to look in the raycast system then, I already kinda considered them as an option

thank you

[willow scroll]

What is the original issue?

Checking if the GameObject is clicked by the player?

[gilded breach]

this

[willow scroll]

It usually depends on whether you have a Collider

Do you?

[gilded breach]

this is the code

[narrow girder]

When I create the script should I put/connect it unto the Canvas or the game manager?

[gilded breach]

yeah

2D box

[willow scroll]

What script?

[narrow girder]

game over script

[willow scroll]

I would consider using Physics2D.GetRayIntersectionAll.

Create a ray from your mouse position and enumrate thru the colliders hit in case you may have more than one object with a collider

[gilded breach]

how can I specify what collider should the ray consider?

dividing my colliders in layers?

[willow scroll]

Well, if you want to assign the logic to the Canvas's Button, add the script with the desired method to the seriaized onClick event

[willow scroll]

Exactly

I forgot about it

You may use GetRayIntersection for a single object with layerMask parameter specified

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.GetRayIntersection.html#:~:text=int layerMask %3D DefaultRaycastLayers

[gilded breach]

this thing right?

should I then import the layer in the code or does the script autodetect the layer?

[willow scroll]

It doesn't

I would say, serialize the LayerMask and convert it to int in your code

Use LayerMask.NameToLayer method

[topaz mortar]

I want to do this:
Item newItem = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Item>(result);
But Item is a MonoBehaviour, any simple workaround?

[eternal needle]

Make your own class for the data you specifically want to save

[willow scroll]

Oh, that's wrong

I have messed it up

Simply use LayerMask.value variable to get the integer from the mask

@gilded breach

[narrow girder]

How do i remove this error?

[willow scroll]

You have 2 classes called GameOverScreen in the global namespace

[narrow girder]

oh okay found it thanks

[willow scroll]

Global namespace means no namespace specified

[gilded breach]

like, should this work or I'm messing it up? It's kinda hard to understand what the layermasks need to work

[willow scroll]

Consider sending the code in a text form

[languid spire]

that is not even correct syntax

[willow scroll]

And it's not supposed to work at all. It should throw you at least 5 errors

Consider configuring your !ide

[eternal falcon]

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[tranquil hollow]

    {
        if(life <= 0)
        {
            this.enabled = false;
            colliderKeeper.enabled = false;
            range.SetActive(false);
            anim.Play("Die", -1);
            
        }

[willow scroll]

No this required for enabled

[tranquil hollow]

why the die anim dont play?

[languid spire]

because you've just disabled the script playing it

[tranquil hollow]

how can i fix it?

[willow scroll]

Don't disable it?

[tranquil hollow]

let me try

public GameObject range;

[languid spire]

and please dont just take out the enabled=false line. Think about your code

[tranquil hollow]

is it correct?

[willow scroll]

What is it supposed to mean?

[languid spire]

Do you actually understand any of your code?

[tranquil hollow]

not much

[languid spire]

then that is where you should start

[tranquil hollow]

cuz i saw that for this work range.SetActive(false); i need this public GameObject range;

[willow scroll]

Well, yeah...

[languid spire]

but that has nothing to do with your problem

[topaz mortar]

writing clean code is so hard for complex systems 😣

[languid spire]

Not if you have done any kind of data design beforehand

[gilded breach]

    public GameObject H2O;
    void Update()
    {
        if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(1))
        {
            LayerMask deck = LayerMask.GetMask("Deck");
            if (Physics2D.GetRayIntersection(Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition), layerMask= deck));
            {
                SpawnCard();
            }
        }   
    }

    void SpawnCard()
    {
        Instantiate(H2O, new Vector3(3f, 0f), Quaternion.identity);
    }
}```

I kinda... made it work again but I don't get how the layerMask works tbh.

```Assets\Scripts\H2Odeck.cs(12,97): error CS0103: The name 'layerMask' does not exist in the current contex```

now it gives me this error but when I look on the Unity Documentation it says that it's one of the parameters I can give to the function

[languid spire]

but that is NOT how you pass a parameter and value

[gilded breach]

how do I then?

[kindred halo]

uhh
it didn't work as I thought
now im thinking if I could lock every axis of my movement vector
when I'm running that fuction expect for my last axis
that way even if any unnecessary input is given won't do anything
is it possible to do that?

[languid spire]

I suggest you check the documentation but as a hint a colon is involved

[languid spire]

I am struggling to see exactly what you want as you seem to have moved the goal posts since your original question. At the end of the day input will only be processed if you process it

[kindred halo]

I have coded a slide mechanic
but even when I'm sliding
i can move as the movement function is being called
but I can't slide without it either as it multiplies with the player speed

[languid spire]

if you want to ignore input whilst the coroutine is running just tell your input processing code that

[kindred halo]

input manager doesn't seem to have anything like that

[narrow girder]

How do I stop the canvas from appearing when i run the game?

[teal viper]

Disable it.

[narrow girder]

Alright it was just a misunderstanding gizmos was active in the game panel

[languid spire]

hmm, that's the scene view

[narrow girder]

yeah i just went to the game view and saw gizmos light shade bright open

[upper gyro]

why am i getting nullreference in a line with a CompareTag?

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision other)
{
    if (other.transform.parent.CompareTag("Player"))
    {
        OnColliderContact();
    }
}

[timber tide]

parent is null

if you run into a null reference and you're doing multiple dot accessing operations, debug log from left to right

[willow scroll]

In this case it's not needed, neither other nor transform can be null

[tranquil hollow]

how can i fix it?

[narrow girder]

Hello, Why wont It wont load the game over screen. Even if i already added it the script to the canvas?

[languid spire]

you are going to have to learn how to Debug. Add some to the script to see what is happening

[rich adder]

it literally tells you how to fix it

do people read anymore

[queen adder]

👋

[wintry quarry]

Did they read in the first place?

[fresh dirge]

hi im new so sorry if my question is not ok but i dont know what to do'

can someone help me with a problem im having with stopcorutine?
i tried anything , i meen i used invoke and changed the code like 200 times 😦

[deft grail]

what problem are you having? whats the code

[languid spire]

did you try

Coroutine cor = StartCoroutine(myMethod());
...
StopCoroutine(cor);

?

[fresh dirge]

yea ofcorse
i tried everything i found online lol

[languid spire]

then you need to actually explain your problem and show your code

[fresh dirge]

i have a power -up called "speed_pepper"
if i pick it up it will last for 10 secnds an will stop the affect
but in that time if ill pick another pepper it wont reset the timer it stiil go by the original 10 sec of the first pepper
i tried to do stopcoroutinr and tried using invoke and cancle invoke and its stil donf work

[languid spire]

that does not explain what the problem is

[fresh dirge]

is there a spesific way to send code here?
or ill just copy past it?

[languid spire]

!code

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[fresh dirge]

tnks
ill post the code and write more understanable problem

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

public class speedpeper : MonoBehaviour
{

    /////// vars ///////
    
    


    private static bool is_peper_active;
    
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    
    void Update()
    {
        peper_movement();
        
    }

    // trigger speed peper 
    public void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        UI_manager uI_Manager;
        uI_Manager = FindObjectOfType<UI_manager>();

        player player;
        player = FindObjectOfType<player>();

        if (other.tag == "Player")
        {
            if (is_peper_active == false)
            {
                uI_Manager.add_score();
                is_peper_active = true;
                player.player_speed = 9;
                transform.position = new Vector2(0,800);
                StartCoroutine("speed_peper_deactive");
                Destroy(gameObject,80);
                Debug.Log(is_peper_active);
            }
            else if(is_peper_active == true)
            {   
                uI_Manager.add_score();
                player.player_speed = 9;
                transform.position = new Vector2(0,800);
                StopCoroutine("speed_peper_deactive");
                StartCoroutine("speed_peper_deactive");
                Destroy(gameObject,80);
                Debug.Log("it works");
            }
            
        }
        else if (other.tag == "floor")
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
    private void peper_movement()
    {
        transform.Translate(Vector2.down * 3.5f * Time.deltaTime);

    }


    //cancel speed peper buff
    private IEnumerator speed_peper_deactive()
    {
        player player;
        player = FindObjectOfType<player>();
        
        yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(10);
        
        is_peper_active = false;
        player.player_speed = 6;
    }


}

[languid spire]

'Large blocks of Code'

[fresh dirge]

ill make it more spesific - i just didnt know if it all was relevnt

[languid spire]

just post it all to a paste site

[languid spire]

in what way is this

StopCoroutine("speed_peper_deactive");
                StartCoroutine("speed_peper_deactive");

like this

Coroutine cor = StartCoroutine(myMethod());
...
StopCoroutine(cor);

[narrow girder]

It seems to be running already but the problem is that it would pause the game than rather continue its course
is it because of gameObject.SetActive(true);?

[fresh dirge]

oh i didnt think that i should put it as a var just that u ment it to be a corutine
ill try it

[languid spire]

I specifically asked if you had tried this, your answer was 'yeah of course'

[deft grail]

and that solution is also literally in the documentation for StopCoroutine

[languid spire]

yeah, instead of 'trying 200 code variations' try read the documentation once

[fresh dirge]

i didnt find it there and in any other forum that i have serched in

[deft grail]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.StopCoroutine.html

and also the first forum i look at also has the same solution

https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-stop-a-co-routine-in-c-instantly/49118/4

[swift crag]

you have to actually read the page, instead of just glancing at it and giving up instantly

you are going to have a very bad time if you do not take the time to read

[languid spire]

TL;DR; apparently that means, nowadays, any sentence of longer than 3 words

[fresh dirge]

guys im new to this and im stuck on a problem that i have tried to fined a solution in a lot of places before i came to this server
its not that i had this and run to this server just to find an answer , i have reed the documentation but maybe from the frustration it slipped away from seeing it (English is not my first language if u didn't noticed) don't act this way to someone who is just trying to lern

u know what ill find it by myself

tnks for the help to someone new -_-

[deft grail]

sure maybe, but from our point of view it seems you didnt as we found the solution within 10 seconds of opening google
but it happens i guess

[languid spire]

I gave you the correct answer in my very first post and you dismissed it without even checking, so good luck with that

[fresh dirge]

i thot u ment to try using stopcoroutine..

[swift crag]

If you do not understand someone's suggestion, ask a question about it.

[fresh dirge]

i understand, but be positive especially if some beginner post a stupide question on a beginner forum
im on this problem since yesterday and ive searched a lot before i came here

[languid spire]

but it is your responsibility, as a beginner, to look at and understand what people tell you

[fresh dirge]

ok i accept it

anyway
it duos not work

i tryed to use it as a var of IEnomerator and its not working

[cosmic dagger]

show your !code . . .

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[languid spire]

why would you do that when I specifically showed a varialbe oy type Coroutine?

[fresh dirge]

cos i read int the article that if i used an IEnumerator ill need an IEnumerator var

i tryd what u have sent dont be mistaken
but it didnt let my start it becuse i use IEnumerator

[languid spire]

Again, you should read the documentation

[fresh dirge]

ok its fine

ill find somewhere else

tnks any way

[swift crag]

If you do not understand what the documentation is telling you, then you need to ask a question about it.

[languid spire]

I give up, apparantly OP would rather blunder around in the dark than just implement what he has been told

[limpid coral]

can i delete unity 2022 and use only the unity 6000

[swift crag]

You can uninstall it from the Hub if you don't need it.

Deleting shortcuts from your desktop will not do anything.

If you installed the editor manually -- without using the Hub -- then you'll need to uninstall it manually too

[swift crag]

StartCoroutine returns a Coroutine object. This is like a ticket. You can give this ticket to StopCoroutine to stop the coroutine later.

You are also allowed to give StopCoroutine the same thing you gave to StartCoroutine.

[rotund egret]

The player is moving... alot..

[fresh dirge]

no dude is just that u are being so rude, im new to this
i just started to lern and im lerning alone
im trying to learn by the thing you are sending me
i mean i read that forum and try to implement what i have reed (and don't just copy paste your answer (witch didn't work BTW i tried it when u sent it and then tried what i have sent u)
i am trying to learn but u all just make me wonna quit it

[languid spire]

Coroutine cor = null;
public void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        UI_manager uI_Manager;
        uI_Manager = FindObjectOfType<UI_manager>();

        player player;
        player = FindObjectOfType<player>();

        if (other.tag == "Player")
        {
            if (is_peper_active == false)
            {
                uI_Manager.add_score();
                is_peper_active = true;
                player.player_speed = 9;
                transform.position = new Vector2(0,800);
                cor = StartCoroutine(speed_peper_deactive());
                Destroy(gameObject,80);
                Debug.Log(is_peper_active);
            }
            else if(is_peper_active == true)
            {   
                uI_Manager.add_score();
                player.player_speed = 9;
                transform.position = new Vector2(0,800);
                if (cor != null) StopCoroutine(cor);
                cor = StartCoroutine(speed_peper_deactive());
                Destroy(gameObject,80);
                Debug.Log("it works");
            }
            
        }
        else if (other.tag == "floor")
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }
private IEnumerator speed_peper_deactive()
    {
        player player;
        player = FindObjectOfType<player>();
        
        yield return new WaitForSecondsRealtime(10);
        
        is_peper_active = false;
        player.player_speed = 6;
        cor = null;
    }

which is EXACTLY what I showed you to do

[rich adder]

So what?

[rotund egret]

I dont have the actually main object still when you start it auto moves idk how to make it when to create the object it auto gives it a auto script that i have prepared for it

[fresh dirge]

tanks dude
im understanding that
im saying that its just don't work
i really don't know why
i tried to copy paste the code and it doesn't work

[fresh dirge]

this one i mean

[swift crag]

Show your entire script. You can share it with one of these paste sites: !code

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[languid spire]

now who is being 'rude' in what way does just saying 'doesn't work' help either you or us?
expalain what you mean

[fresh dirge]

... it just dont work
it doesn't cancel the coroutine

[fossil gulch]

Hey guys! I'm trying to keep my timer object from being deleted when I swap scenes, so I tried to add it to doNotDestroyOnLoad, but I doesn't work? I'm very confused.

Code:
https://gdl.space/okogoqiqim.cpp

it's not in DoNotDestroyOnLoad

[languid spire]

I in no way checked your logic, so I'm guessing the problem lies there. At least it is syntactically correct now

[fresh dirge]

here it is
https://paste.ofcode.org/vqAu78uyCeNGQyiJmJGhKB

[fossil gulch]

nvm, forgot to add the canvas to DNDOL aswell

[lime mural]

you are starting an abstract coroutine and stopping Co one

[swift crag]

"abstract coroutine"?

[lime mural]

I mean, he passes just the "speed_peper_deactive()" into StartCoroutine while passing "co" to StopCoroutine

[swift crag]

That is correct.

Notice that the return value of StartCoroutine is stored in the co variable.

[lime mural]

oh, wait, missed it

[swift crag]

this is a Coroutine object, and passing it to StopCoroutine will stop it.

The true branch does not save the result of StartCoroutine, so it is impossible to stop the coroutine you start there.

[fresh dirge]

oh ok
so i can just make another var so it will check that

a wait no

[swift crag]

Perhaps you should stop the coroutine before you even check if is_peper_active is true or false.

Also, I'm pretty sure it is not an error to pass null to StopCoroutine. It's also fine to pass a Coroutine that has finished.

[fresh dirge]

but how i will check the power up is active or not?

if i cant check whitin an if statement

[swift crag]

I didn't say to get rid of the if statement. I said to stop the coroutine before you do that check.

[rotund egret]

cute game

[fossil gulch]

thank you

[lime mural]

try adding this to the canvas

[fossil gulch]

ye that's what I did

and it works now

thanks!

[fresh dirge]

yea i understood i just dont know how it will check if its still active then

[languid spire]

I wrote

if (cor != null) StopCoroutine(cor);
cor = StartCoroutine(speed_peper_deactive());

you wrote

if (co != null) StopCoroutine(co);
StartCoroutine(speed_peper_deactive());

[fresh dirge]

didnt noticed that, ive changed it.

[fresh dirge]

ive tried something like that

       if (other.tag == "Player")
        {
            if (co != null) StopCoroutine(co);
            uI_Manager.add_score();
            is_peper_active = true;
            player.player_speed = 9;
            transform.position = new Vector2(0,800);
            co = StartCoroutine("speed_peper_deactive");
            Destroy(gameObject,80);
            Debug.Log(is_peper_active);
        }
        else if (other.tag == "floor")
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }
    }

its still don't work 😦

[autumn tusk]

i am so confused

my player completely disappeared after i changed some sprites around

basically i minorly changed some sprites in my assets using asesprite

and now all my player sprites have gone invisible

restarted unity, cut up my sprites, but for some reason theyre still invisible

[swift crag]

this is not a code problem

sounds like an #🔀┃art-asset-workflow problem

[burnt vapor]

This is a coding channel, delete this and use the proper channel please

[limpid coral]

sorry