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[patent compass]

Hello. I want to get the current time on my system. Is there any function which can get that?

[burnt vapor]

Date.Now()

There's also TimeOnly that is for just the time

Pretty sure that is not supported by Unity, though

[swift crag]

also consider DateTime

[patent compass]

Using Datetime.Now thanks

[languid spire]

Pretty sure you mean DateTime.Now() and TimeSpan

[burnt vapor]

Yep

Confused it with Javascript

[gilded steppe]

I am trying to get rotation value in the x axis of a game object

public Transform target;
var angle = target.localEulerAngles.x;
Debug.Log(angle) ```

When I am changing targets value in inspector to something like 50,60,90 it's working properly
But when I am changing it above 90
For example 92
Output is 88 and it keeps decreasing when I increase more than 90

How can I solve this issue?

[swift crag]

Euler angles are not unique.

There are several ways to represesnt the same rotation.

What are you trying to actually do?

[gilded steppe]

joint.spring = spring ```

[gilded steppe]

Trying to change spring value of the object, based on the targets rotation

[swift crag]

You can use Vector3.Angle to measure the angle between two directions

Vector3.Angle(transform.forward, Vector3.up);

e.g.

[gilded steppe]

Is there no way to do this with euler angles?

[swift crag]

as you have discovered, no: all rotations are stored as quaternions internally

converting back to euler angles can cause weird jumps

[gilded steppe]

Makes sense

[gilded steppe]

I will try this

[swift crag]

If you want to measure how far you've rotated from your parent, consider:

Vector3.Angle(transform.forward, transform.parent.forward);

[polar nova]

Anyone have an Idea why Health isn't setting itself to maxHealth when I start the game?

[swift crag]

oh, actually

something closer to your original design

Quaternion.Angle(transform.localRotation, Quaternion.identity);

This is how far you've rotated from the default rotation

[summer stump]

1. it is not saved
2. maxHealth may be changed by the inspector

[swift crag]

(:

[languid spire]

chances are maxHealth is set to something else in the inspector

[polar nova]

It is set to 10 in the inspector

[summer stump]

Have you saved it and tried again?

[gilded steppe]

Can I use this specifically for the x axis?

[languid spire]

Then Health will be 10

[polar nova]

Yes, I have multiple times. I really don't know why Health isn't 10

[languid spire]

good catch, code not saved

[summer stump]

I just say that because in your screenshot, that line specifically was not saved

[languid spire]

you can always add a Debug to check

[polar nova]

I will try that

[languid spire]

then show us the console output

[polar nova]

Sorry, what is that?

[languid spire]

Do you not know what the Unity Console is?

[polar nova]

ahh sorry

[swift crag]

Can you show me how you're using it? It's a bit tricky...

[polar nova]

console is empty, but when I debug it shows up

[swift crag]

consider this cube. if I rotate it around its local X axis by spinning the red handle, all three local eulers change

[gilded steppe]

Yeah

[languid spire]

so show us the latest code and the console window, we are not mind readers

[gilded steppe]

using UnityEngine;

public class SetHandSpring : MonoBehaviour
{
    private HingeJoint joint;
    public Transform target;


    void Start()
    {
        joint = gameObject.GetComponent<HingeJoint>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        JointSpring spring = joint.spring;
        var angle = 0f;

        angle = target.localEulerAngles.x; // Right
        spring.targetPosition = angle;
        joint.spring = spring;

    }

[swift crag]

I mean, physically, in the scene!

[gilded steppe]

When I try to change targets rotation.x value more than 90
The eulervalue.x starts decreasing

[gilded steppe]

Hmm
I wrote the full thing above if that gives you a better picture of what I am trying to do

[swift crag]

What is target? Is it like a dial that you rotate to make the hinge joint rotate?

[gilded steppe]

It's a rectangular cube

And the local transform is a hand with rigidbody and hingejoint attached

Right now what's happening is
When the target rotates, the hand rotates as well
But as soon as the target rotates more than 90° the local hand rotates in the opposite direction

[swift crag]

ah, so you're making a hand follow the thing it's holding

Vector3.SignedAngle can give you an angle ranging from -180 to 180. It sounds relevant here.

[gilded steppe]

Not exactly holding
But an external object

[swift crag]

You give it two vectors to compare, as well as a third vector that defines the axis of rotation

(the third vector is what gives you the sign)

otherwise you can't really decide if a rotation is positive or negative

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.SignedAngle.html

[languid spire]

So you DID NOT add a Debug to the Start method like I asked

[gilded steppe]

Not working

[summer stump]

Consider making both variables private in order to prevent them from being affected by something else.

Also, yes, that debug should be in start, and log the actual value of Health, not just words

[rotund egret]

gusy can you help me im a begainer and im making a game i got a video of the issue but i cant sadly send it here

[languid spire]

Please do not cross post

[rotund egret]

fine i removed it

not like anyone is ognna try helping me 🙄

[languid spire]

Impossible to help you with no information whatsoever

[rotund egret]

i got the info

but i cant send the video here

it wont allow me

[languid spire]

so explain it in words

[rotund egret]

I tried

No one understood

ama just go

[swift crag]

ok

[mighty basalt]

Hey, im making a small game as a learning project and i want to make a procedurally generated open world tilemap. my idea is making small sections of tilemaps as prefabs and then instanciate them when the camera gets close to the edge of the current map. but i cannot for the life of me figure out how i save a tilemap as a prefab. is it not possible or am i missing something?

[spare mountain]

I've saved tilemaps as prefabs before, what's your issue with it?

[swift crag]

A tilemap is a component. Drag the game object it's on into the project window to create a prefab out of it.

[spare mountain]

oh are you trying to save the component as a prefab?

prefabs need to be gameobjects iirc

[mighty basalt]

i see my problem, its because of the way my current tilemap is set up. i think i know how to fix it so ill try that first

actually no im not sure. i tried taking the "TileMapBase" and making it a prefab but when i then drag that prefab into the game window, it looks like this. it has saved the collider but not the sprites

[spare mountain]

are you dragging your tilemap onto a tile grid?

[mighty basalt]

im not entirely sure what that means. i have this in my hierarchy and i dragged the tilemap base into the prefabs folder, and then dragges that prefab into the scene

[spare mountain]

did it work before you made it a prefab?
and are there any references you're missing?

[mighty basalt]

wait it works. it was because it wasnt on the grid object

[spare mountain]

lol told you

[mighty basalt]

thanks a lot 🙂

[mighty basalt]

when making an open world like this, is it best to just make a bunch of mountain prefabs and then instantiate them onto a base layer, or should i make both a base and the mountains in the same prefab?

[spare mountain]

what do you mean by mountain?

[mighty basalt]

my tilemap is made up of a base layer with ground tiles and then i have tiles to make mountains to add some diversity to the maps. when i then make the mountains they need to be on a seperate layer than the ground tiles are. so should i make prefabs of the mountains on the ground or just make prefabs of the mountains and instantiate them on a base/ground layer?

[spare mountain]

make prefabs of any tile sets and instantiate them on different grids depending on what layers you want

[mighty basalt]

okay thx

[spare mountain]

np

[solar charm]

hey! sorry for the question but can someone explain to me why this isnt working? the script is attached to a button and when i press on the button its not printing "HELLOOOO"

[spare mountain]

does the button have a collider?

[cosmic dagger]

is everything else setup correctly? do you have a collider?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseDown.html

[solar charm]

i do but its not working

[cosmic dagger]

is the script attached to a GameObject in the scene or is it on a canvas?

[solar charm]

its attached to the button itself

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, but is this a GameObject in the scene or an object in a canvas, like UI?

[solar charm]

an object in a canvas

[cosmic dagger]

then you're using the wrong method . . .

[solar charm]

oh ;-; mb

[cosmic dagger]

use pointer events via code or the event trigger component . . .

[solar charm]

alright im gonna go research that, thanks man!

[cosmic dagger]

OnMouseDown is for actual GameObjects in the scene that you want to click and interact with . . .

[solar charm]

OHHH yeah that makes more sense...

[karmic kindle]

I don't know how best to ask this question, but, I have a coroutine that runs near the beginning of my level with two different variables, as soon as the second coroutine is called, it switches the variable and runs both coroutines with the "second value" - is there a way for me to make sure they both run along side, or do I have to split the code into separate coroutines?

[languid spire]

why not just wire up the Button OnClick event?

[karmic kindle]

https://gdl.space/utexijifed.cpp

[spare mountain]

please highlight your code
```cs

[karmic kindle]

@spare mountain I can't find out how to highlight it in chat so I replaced it with a link that should work?

[cosmic dagger]

that's fine. here's how in the future when posting inline !code . . .

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 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.

[karmic kindle]

Ohhhhhh facepalm - thanks!

public IEnumerator HighlightPath(int path)
    {
        if(path == 1)
        {
            highlightedPath = PathPoints1;
            highlightedPoints = pathPoints1;
        }
        if(path == 2)
        {
            highlightedPath = PathPoints2;
            highlightedPoints = pathPoints2;
        }
        if(path == 3)
        {
            highlightedPath = PathPoints3;
            highlightedPoints = pathPoints3;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < highlightedPath.transform.childCount; i++)
        {
            if (i != highlightedPath.transform.childCount - 1)
            {
                int j = i + 1;
                GameObject arrow = Instantiate(arrowObject, highlightedPoints[i].position, Quaternion.identity);

                arrow.transform.LookAt(highlightedPoints[j]);
                Destroy(arrow, 0.75f);
                Debug.Log("I should be highlighting pathpoint > " + highlightedPoints[i] + " & pathpoint >" + highlightedPoints[j]);
            }
            
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
        }
    }```

[spare mountain]

it needs to be on the same line as the ```

```cs
test

as such

[karmic kindle]

It didn't like other characters on the same-first-line 🙈

The code runs for # time, then when it's called with "path == 2", the first call is replaced with the new value

[spare mountain]

what does runs for # time mean

[karmic kindle]

Sorry! The coroutine is called at the very start of the game, then it is eventually called again, but usually the first time the coroutine is called, hasn't finished yet, so instead of carrying on with the first array (PathPoints1), both coroutines are now using the second array (PathPoints2)

[cosmic dagger]

does HighlightPath get called again? when path is 2, the method is already running with the current path, no?

[cosmic dagger]

the first call wouldn't switch arrays because that happens at the beginning of the coroutine . . .

[karmic kindle]

Game starts

• HighlightPath(1)

GameRuns

• HighlighPath(2)

Game continues, but both of the coroutines are now running with the "HighlightPath(2)" value

[swift crag]

If every coroutine should have the same value, just make it a field on the class.

[karmic kindle]

The premise is a tower defense game, I'm showing the path to the player by highlighting the waypoints enemies are walking across. It works okay until I try to show path2 and/or path3 - while HighlightPath(1) is showing and HighlightPath(2) is called, "HighlightPath(1)" (through debug.log) now shows the values according to the new "HighlightPath(2)"

[tranquil vault]

Heya, so I need help with making an infinite runner, I have a parallax background, but the thing is that it's with a fixed camera, and I'm trying to have it so where a group of sprites move and reset their position, I'm not sure how to achieve that.

This is what I have now

And this is the code I'm working with to try and achieve it

    [SerializeField] bool scrollLeft;

    float singleTextureWidth;

    void Start()
    {
        SetupTexture();
    }

    void SetupTexture()
    {
        Sprite sprite = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sprite;
        singleTextureWidth = sprite.texture.width / sprite.pixelsPerUnit;
    }

    void Scroll()
    {
        float delta = moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        transform.position += new Vector3(delta, 0f, 0f);
    }

    void CheckReset()
    {
        if ((Mathf.Abs(transform.position.x) - singleTextureWidth) > 0)
        {
            transform.position = new Vector3(0.0f, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);
        }
    }

    void Update()
    {
        Scroll();
        CheckReset();
    }

Granted, I still need to figure out how to implement it as a group instead of relying on the size of a singular sprite

[cosmic dagger]

if the highlighted path and points are suppose to be separate, then make them local to the coroutine. it looks like they are class variables which will change when set a new coroutine is executed . . .

[valid roost]

any idea what this means

[queen adder]

https://pastebin.com/6nTztrjd

[verbal dome]

Unity UI bug, maybe from animator or shader graph. You can clear and ignore it. If it happens again, try resetting the layout

[valid roost]

how do i reset the layout

[short hazel]

Line 42: spawnPointIndex was too low or too high and doesn't fall in the available range of elements in your numbers list.

Perhaps you meant to do that on the spawnPoints list instead?

[languid spire]

If the error was on Line 41 I would agree with you

[short hazel]

They access spawnPoints on 41, so they may want to remove them from the available spawn points for the next iteration

[languid spire]

but the error throws on 42 which is the RemoveAt

makes no sense to me either

[short hazel]

Yes they do that on the wrong list presumably

[languid spire]

but the index is generated on numbers and the remove is also numbers

I think they changed the script and didn't post the correct version and you are correct it's the Instantiate line throwing the error

[queen adder]

its the latest version

[languid spire]

big doubt

[queen adder]

i checked it is

[languid spire]

then the error is not from that version

[short hazel]

If there's { 1, 3, 6 } in numbers and 6 is randomly picked out, then the RemoveAt(6) will fail because the list doesn't have an element at index 6

[languid spire]

no
int spawnPointIndex = numbers[Random.Range(0, numbers.Count)];

[spare mountain]

that returns a float, will that still work?

[languid spire]

but this
spawnPoints[spawnPointIndex]
could definitely throw an error

[queen adder]

does the spawnpoint array need to have 6 or it can have less

[languid spire]

no it doesnt

[short hazel]

What is this code supposed to do?

[spare mountain]

Random.Range() I mean

[languid spire]

can return float or int depending on the parameters supplied

[short hazel]

Assign random spawn points to random enemies?

[queen adder]

obstacles but yea basically

8 spawn points, 2 different obstacles but want to add more in future

[short hazel]

You should really name your lists so it's explicit on what they are and what they store

[queen adder]

yea my bad on that

[short hazel]

So, once a spawn point is "consumed" it should not be used anymore to spawn obstacles, correct?

Hence the removal from the list on L42

Made on the wrong list

[languid spire]

this
int spawnPointIndex = numbers[Random.Range(0, numbers.Count)];
Instantiate(obstaclePrefab, spawnPoints[spawnPointIndex].transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
is what worries me, an index based on numbers but used on spawnPoints

[queen adder]

i still want that spawn point to be used once the timer is reset, but not allow 2 to spawn on the same one in the same iteration

[short hazel]

There's 7 spaces and it fills out 6 of them for each "obstacle row" if I read the code correctly

[languid spire]

got it

int k = Random.Range(0, numbers.Count);
int spawnPointIndex = numbers[k];
Instantiate(obstaclePrefab, spawnPoints[spawnPointIndex].transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
numbers.RemoveAt(k);

[short hazel]

Or just numbers.Remove(spawnPointIndex)

[languid spire]

indeed

[short hazel]

That eliminates the spawn point that was just chosen

[queen adder]

thank you so much steve lol

[short hazel]

.Remove(n): removes the first occurrence of n in the list wherever it is
.RemoveAt(n): removes the element at index n whatever it is

[queen adder]

oh

[short hazel]

I think you're mixing up the two

[karmic kindle]

Just taking the learning opportunity, but is this what you meant? It now does what I expect ```cs
public IEnumerator HighlightPath(int path)
{
if(path == 1)
{
highlightedPath = PathPoints1;
highlightedPoints = pathPoints1;

        yield return StartCoroutine(HighlightThisPath(highlightedPath, highlightedPoints));
    }
    if(path == 2)
    {
        highlightedPath = PathPoints2;
        highlightedPoints = pathPoints2;
        
        yield return StartCoroutine(HighlightThisPath(highlightedPath, highlightedPoints));
    }
    if(path == 3)
    {
        highlightedPath = PathPoints3;
        highlightedPoints = pathPoints3;
        
        yield return StartCoroutine(HighlightThisPath(highlightedPath, highlightedPoints));
    }
}```

[short hazel]

If you're finding yourself using numbered variable names (pathPoints1, pathPoints2), you should be using an array instead

This code would be shortened down to:

public IEnumerator HighlightPath(int path)
{
    highlightedPath = PathPoints[path];
    highlightedPoints = pathPoints[path];
    yield return StartCoroutine(HighlightThisPath(highlightedPath, highlightedPoints));
}

[languid spire]

pretty sure the two highlighted... variables should be local not class scope

[short hazel]

Yep that too, unless there's too much spaghetti already and they're used elsewhere

[languid spire]

it's gonna screw up if you have more than one routine running

[waxen umbra]

!vc

[eternal falcon]

Using version control in Unity

Unity Version Control

• Getting started

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Get the latest .gitignore file from here. It should be placed at the root of your Unity project directory.

[shadow briar]

Hi all, so new to newish to unity and im trying to wrap my head round using inheritance.
I get the gist of it but its more so the use of it in other objects.

Did some google searches and im kinda just going in circles following "how to access data from other scripts".

So making a script that has the class and inheriting classes, but now i want to actually use these classes.
So im making entity classes, so for example gonna be using it for animals, Hostile NPC.

public class Entity_Base : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    [SerializeField] protected string EntityName;
[SerializeField] protected string Description;
[SerializeField] protected float movementSpeed;
protected enum Entity_Alert_State
{   Idle,Flee,Patrol,Combat}
[SerializeField] protected Entity_Alert_State AlertState;
 
}

public class Human_Entity : Entity_Base
{
    public readonly int HumanNumber;

 }```
As a quick example, but now actually *using* it im kinda stumped, if anyone can link me to anything or give a brief guide anything would be appreciated.

[rich mountain]

    private void AnimateMoneyGain(int amount)
    {
    Vector3 spawnPosition = new Vector3(100, 500, 100);
    GameObject gainMessage = Instantiate(moneyGainMessagePrefab, spawnPosition, Quaternion.identity, transform);
    
    TextMeshProUGUI gainText = gainMessage.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>();
    gainText.text = "+$" + amount.ToString();

    Animator gainAnimator = gainMessage.GetComponent<Animator>();
    gainAnimator.SetTrigger("GainMoney");
    Destroy(gainMessage, 2f);
    }

    private void AnimateMoneyLoss(int amount)
    {
    Vector3 spawnPosition = new Vector3(0, -100, 0); 
    GameObject lossMessage = Instantiate(moneyLossMessagePrefab, spawnPosition, Quaternion.identity, transform);
    
    TextMeshProUGUI lossText = lossMessage.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>();
    lossText.text = "-$" + amount.ToString();

    Animator lossAnimator = lossMessage.GetComponent<Animator>();
    lossAnimator.SetTrigger("LoseMoney");
    Destroy(lossMessage, 2f);
    }

Any idea on why my texts are not spawning in the right spot?

[languid spire]

you have 2 hardcoded spawn positions
Vector3(100, 500, 100);
Vector3(0, -100, 0);
what is wrong with them?

[rich mountain]

They not in the right postion, I tried editing them but they didnt move the text at all either

[night mural]

looks like you might be trying to use a ui element in world space?

[night mural]

can you attach your human entity script to a gameobject?
that said, if you're just looking to access data from other scripts, inheritance is not a great solution for that

[rich mountain]

I mean the UI and the animation works, its just the position is off

[night mural]

off like...in your ui canvas instead of in the world?

[languid spire]

Did you use the 3D TMPro object?

[night mural]

the way a ui element might be if you tried to use it in the world?

[rich mountain]

No its a TMP text on a canvis

[shadow briar]

So Human Entity is in the same script as Entity script.
i was thinking that i can keep all the generalised template in the same script and get references to them or something.

But if its gonna be like Base script, than i create Human script than Dog script i can understand how to use that yeah.

i just was unsure what is the actual method of using inheritance in Unity, since i am more use to Unreal

[languid spire]

then you should be using the RectTransform methods

[night mural]

for your monobehavior to work, it must:

1. be in its own file
2. have a matching class and filename

so if you move your child class into its own file, you'll be able to use it like you are expecting

though you might need to move to PascalCase classes, i donno if unity will like your underscores (but maybe it doesn't matter, not sure)

[shadow briar]

hm hm well i can do their own scripts
cheers for the help, i was just assuming i could basically make a template script and use what i want from them.

But cheers for the help

[vale karma]

hello, question about Cloud Save. I have the sign in page initialized on the Login Scene, and have my loading and saving on the actual application scene. It all works perfectly, but i want to display which user is currently logged in, and display that through a TMP_Text. Is there a way to pull a value from a previous scene? or save that value to the future scene?

[night mural]

your class definition is the template script for objects of that class type, so I think you are misunderstanding something here

[shadow briar]

By template script i meant like
Entities, items etc etc

[night mural]

maybe it's helpful to understand that 'dragging a component onto a gameobject' is the same as instantiating an instance of that component's class and attaching that to the gameobject

[vale karma]

can scriptable objects temporarily save data between scenes?

[night mural]

yep

they exist outside of any concept of the scene

[vale karma]

sweett i think i can figure this one out 😄 every time i come to type a question ive been able to figure it out before i send it haha

[tranquil vault]

Parallax Help

[night mural]

rubber duck debuggin

[vale karma]

I have a toy bird i tell my problems to, it does the same effect lol

his name is Scoop, he has icecream and a spin top hat

[night mural]

i wish i had icecream 😦

[vale karma]

it feels so good, i finally coded an entire working app with features i never thought i could build myself. It took so many 2am thoughts haha

[feral moss]

[SerializeField] private Camera camObject;
[SerializeField] private float sensitivity;
void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
    {
        camObject.transform.Translate(sensitivity * -1, 0, 0);
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
    {
        camObject.transform.Translate(0, sensitivity, 0);
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
    {
        camObject.transform.Translate(sensitivity, 0, 0);
    }
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W))
    {
        camObject.transform.Translate(0, sensitivity * -1, 0);
    }
}

Completely winging it here, I quickly wrote some code for controlling the camera with the AWSD buttons on keyboard
The camera is only moving horizontally, not responding to W or S though. Any idea what's up?

[vale karma]

you probably need to convert the input into actual left right forward view and up view

[storm pine]

How can I do that at the beggining of my scene some Singleton object will be created?
I have this awake on my GameController ```cs
protected override void Awake()
{
base.Awake();
//GameDataController.GetInstance().LoadGame();
gameDataController = GameDataController.GetInstance();
progressBarController = ProgressBarController.GetInstance();
}

And the objects look to be created as shown on the image, but when I try to acces any of their methods or variables it just throws a NullReferenceException as if this object wasn't working. I don't know if it is something from Unity optimization

[feral moss]

I'm not sure I follow

Currently I'm just setting the value of sensitivity manually in the scene view

[vale karma]

same, the more i read it the more i get confused XD

[strong token]

You're checking w twice instead of s.

[vale karma]

^^^ yee

[feral moss]

Oh I'm stupid lol

Thanks

So when I hit W it's moving up and then down the same distance

Or rather I guess it’s not moving it all

Because those are probably considered simultaneous

[rocky canyon]

it goes one way and then the other..

then u see the result at the end of the frame

so u perceive it to be simultaneous

[strong token]

What's the code of your singletons? Are they in the same scene as the gamecontroller, or loaded earlier?

[feral moss]

Yeah I imagine nothing actually changes in the actively running game until Update() has finished running, so nothing’s changed on screen, not even at speeds too fast to perceive

So it might as well be simultaneous

[rocky canyon]

mmhmm

[storm pine]

nvm, I have the ProgressBarController to find the UI progressBar on each scene using OnSceneLoaded but I forgot ta made it also search for it on the awake in the case that the singleton is created on a scene with that progressBar

[storm pine]

Thanks for the help btw, appreciate that

[mighty basalt]

what is the easiest way to check if my camera is getting close to the end of my tilemap? should i do something with the cameras position compared to an empty on the edge of the map, or should i do something like "when the player has moved X in this direction, then add new tilemap on this side"?

[rich mountain]

    private void AnimateMoneyGain(int amount)
    {
    GameObject gainMessage = Instantiate(moneyGainMessagePrefab, transform);

    TextMeshProUGUI gainText = gainMessage.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>();

    RectTransform gainTextRectTransform = gainText.GetComponent<RectTransform>();

    gainTextRectTransform.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(-759, 381); // Adjust this position as needed

    Animator gainAnimator = gainMessage.GetComponent<Animator>();
    gainAnimator.SetTrigger("GainMoney");
    Destroy(gainMessage, 2f);
    }

    private void AnimateMoneyLoss(int amount)
    {
    GameObject lossMessage = Instantiate(moneyLossMessagePrefab, transform);

    TextMeshProUGUI lossText = lossMessage.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>();

    RectTransform lossTextRectTransform = lossText.GetComponent<RectTransform>();

    lossTextRectTransform.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(-759, 381); // Adjust this position as needed

    Animator lossAnimator = lossMessage.GetComponent<Animator>();
    lossAnimator.SetTrigger("LoseMoney");
    Destroy(lossMessage, 2f);
    }

The text is still not spawning in right position after changing the recttransform

[storm pine]

Idk if it is the best option but I have a simple script with two public Vector2, to set min and max cameraPosition. And then I just manually set the values moving the camera and checking where I want my limits. and then clamping the position as show in this code ```cs
// Clamping a los límites establecidos
newPos.x = Mathf.Clamp(newPos.x, minCameraPos.x, maxCameraPos.x);
newPos.y = Mathf.Clamp(newPos.y, minCameraPos.y, maxCameraPos.y);
transform.position = new Vector3(newPos.x, newPos.y, transform.position.z);

[quick dove]

What am I doing wrong that my if statements arent making their own clamps?

is what I have but apparently it should do this

[slender nymph]

you're missing braces. and you need to get your !IDE configured

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[valid roost]

should i be worried

[twilit pilot]

yes

[valid roost]

how do i fix

[mighty basalt]

i dont think this is exactly what im looking for (might just be me not fully understanding the code). ive made 4 prefabs of tilemaps. when the game is launched, those 4 are on the screen next to each other. when the player (and therby camera) move towards the edge of the already instantiated tilemap, i need a new one to spawn. so hypothetically the player could walk infinitely left and new tiles would keep spawning

[twilit pilot]

would be good to identify where it's coming from - I don't know your project

[rocky canyon]

no, it just means ur font u've chosen are missing a certain character.. and it has substituted some other character for it

[valid roost]

alright thanks

[valid roost]

liar

there shouldnt be anything wrong since i've legit just added a pixel art pack so

[rocky canyon]

maybe he's never had that error

i frequently use stylized fonts..

and many of them are missing little things.. like ; or { or something similar

if u check out ur atlas / material / font asset stuff you'll see which ones are missing usually

[twilit pilot]

then they wont display correctly in your game if you're trying to use them - that's something to be worried about

but you do you

[rocky canyon]

its usually something u wouldn't use anyway.. if it becomes obvious that one of the characters are different.. u can just go and edit it then..

no need to make a new font asset for a character u wouldnt use anyway

[twilit pilot]

if you're seeing that warning you've tried to use it somewhere

[rocky canyon]

thats not true

[twilit pilot]

but you'll need to investigate where

[rocky canyon]

that error happens as soon as u create the asset

[valid roost]

i havent even started adding a tilemap

i havent even created an asset

🤷🏻‍♂️

[rocky canyon]

in the textmeshpro asset creator it'll tell u every character thats missing

ohh noo... im missing a □ what ever will I do

[rocky canyon]

well, if its a font ur trying to use u can open the font asset and in the Character drop down u can actually change the ones that are missing

[valid roost]

are there any good 2d movement videos i can watch

[rocky canyon]

if you haven't added a font.. then its probably a bug... or an issue w/ the editor

and can probably ignore it

[rocky canyon]

dozens

[valid roost]

it hasnt popped up yet

[quick dove]

So i went through that thing about getting it rdy for unity and the only difference I see is the attach to unity selection

visual studio = it

Oh, I see. the stuff on the bottom too

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sWTzMsmdx8&ab_channel=Tarodev

heres one of my favorits

[valid roost]

alright thanks

does it involve flipping as well bc

[rocky canyon]

https://gmtk.itch.io/platformer-toolkit

theres also this toolkit thing

that helps u learn how a good one works.. as well as having some sample code

[valid roost]

whenever i complete the video

my sprite doesnt actually move left

i mean it doesnt flip

actually

i'll just watch the video you sent me

[rocky canyon]

u can use flipX variable..

[valid roost]

i see.

[rocky canyon]

or u can scale the graphics -1 on the x axis

most 2d tutorials will cover the flip part..

its the first bug u run into

[valid roost]

alright thanks

[vale karma]

im having trouble assigning a value to a scriptable object. I think im overthinking it, I just need and input fields text onEndEdit to be the value of the scriptable object string, so I can display it on another TMP_Text on the next scene. I got it displaying the scriptable objects text, but i keep getting an error bc im trying to reference a script not deriving from monobehavior

[summer stump]

Show the error

[vale karma]

!code

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[slender nymph]

you cannot use GetComponent to reference something that isn't a component

[summer stump]

Ok yeah. Can't do getcomponent of course

[vale karma]

  public void SetInputFields()
  {
      pass = password.text;
      user = username.text;
      userInfo.Username = user;
  }

[summer stump]

Just drag it in

[vale karma]

okay lemme try

[quick dove]

Hmm and even after the updates when I do an if statement it isnt popping up the brackets

[vale karma]

ohhhh it workedd

thankya goodsir

[mighty basalt]

anyone?

[vale karma]

i could prolly help

lookup parallax effect unity

oh wait, not that haha

[short hazel]

Code completion is context-aware, meaning it won't show you nor do the same thing depending on where the cursor is in the code. If statements must be inside methods so make sure that's the case on your side.

[vale karma]

shoot, i forgot what its called, but the concept is in this 2d youtube vid "How to make your first Game in unity" with the flappy bird thing

[quick dove]

Yeah they must be placed in the brackets. The issue Im having is when following a tutorial, he hits tab to bring the text forward. typed if and when he does wiggly brackets pop up underneath with its own set of dotted lines to connect

mine isnt doing that

even though its set to

[short hazel]

Do you see the Unity types like Rigidbody, Transform in the completion list as you type, and are errors underlined red live as you type?

[quick dove]

errors are underlined yet

let me test the other part

yes to the second part

as you can see from that screen shot, if only goes two brackets deep

this shows that should go 3

when I do an if

[short hazel]

They invoked a snippet, by completing if and hitting Tab a second time

[quick dove]

AH

thank you!

[short hazel]

You can still type the brackets manually if you want, but snippets are faster to use. In the completion list their icon is a white square with a dotted bottom line

[mighty basalt]

ive been skimming through it but he just makes an empty to spawn pipes at a specific interval. i need to spawn a preset when the player gets too close to the edge

[short hazel]

Second to last icon at the bottom of the completion list in this screenshot

[vale karma]

that would be like a raycast thing instead, are you in 3d space?

[mighty basalt]

no its a 2d, top down game

i can send some screenshots if that makes understanding easier?

[void thicket]

You can have min/max position that tiles exist and min/max position of visible area then compare between them

[mighty basalt]

how would i get those values?

do i just create an empty and then when i spawn a new one, disable the old empty?

[void thicket]

That’s up to you, for the existing tiles you can calc based on your tile size, and for visible area you can calculate with your camera size and aspect ratio

[mighty basalt]

what way do you think would be the easiest to do?

[void thicket]

I mean for prototyping you can just implement spawning then think about optimization later

You need both currently spawned tile bounds and currently visible bounds

[mighty basalt]

should the script be in my singelton, the grid, or on each prefab?

[void thicket]

Should be on whatever object that is responsible to manage your map

If there is none yet then make one

[mighty basalt]

okay thx

ill see if i can make the thing with emptys work and come back here if i cant

[eager citrus]

How do I find a GameObject by a script attached to it?

[void thicket]

Search with t:MyComponent

You need full component name

Or use QuickSearch.. though it was heavy when I last used it

[scarlet skiff]

im watching a tut on how to make a game multiplayer and when deciding to join as a host or client the oyutuber makes 2 seperate buttons for them, and also, he makes those buttons in the same scene that the client would join on.

What if i want it to check if there is a server, and if not, join as a host, otherwise, join as a client, and to do so in a different scene, like from main menu scene, you click play, looks for server, lets say it found one, then it joins you as a client i nthe game scene

[timber tide]

my eyes

[vale karma]

hahah

[mighty basalt]

how do i instantiate an object as a child of a parent object?

[modest dust]

By reading the documentation
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

[mighty basalt]

ahh mb

[vale karma]

usually you can find it by letting the IDE guess the next selection, or the list it gives, and the descriptions. It helps you learn about other uses of it too

If your lazy^^ hehe

[quick dove]

how do I stop visual from replacing Other with coother

what is coother

and why does it auto correct everytime?

[jolly pendant]

Any idea how to fix when Unity doesn't show the regenerate project files option?

[slender nymph]

make sure you have the visual studio editor pacakge installed and up to date

[short hazel]

And that your Unity version is recent enough, IIRC the older ones don't have that option

[void thicket]

Don’t think this is Unity related, there should be some option in VS setting

[scarlet skiff]

any1? 😢

[jolly pendant]

Ok, thanks

[mighty basalt]

when i instantiate my tilemap prefab, what part of that is instantiated at the given position? is it the center or like the bottom left? hope that made sense

[slender nymph]

set your tool handle to Pivot and open the prefab and select the root object. where the tool handle is at is the 0,0 position

[quick kelp]

if anyone here remembers me from asking for help yesterday i made a video on what my problem was

will provide reply context if needed

[rare basin]

public class SteeringWheelMapper : MonoBehaviour
{
    public TMP_Text debugText;
    public Transform steeringWheelTransform;
    public float maximumDegrees = 270;

    public float MapRotationToValue()
    {
        float rotationZ = steeringWheelTransform.localEulerAngles.z;
        float mappedValue = rotationZ / maximumDegrees;

        return mappedValue;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float mappedValue = MapRotationToValue();
        debugText.text = mappedValue.ToString("F2");
    }
}

I am trying to remap the localEulerAngles.z into input from (-1;1) based on the value. So -270 is -1 and +270 is 1. It is working fine when turning the steering wheel right (correctly maps the values) but when turning the steering wheel left, the values are positive, not negative, why is that

is it because the localEulerAngles are from (0;360)?

[mighty basalt]

i have set it to pivot and opened the prefab. how do i see the tool handle?

[slender nymph]

click the root object. and look at the scene view

[mighty basalt]

ahh so in this case, if i spawn at 10, 10, then this is the point that would be at that location?

[slender nymph]

yes

[mighty basalt]

okay. can i change that somehow?

[slender nymph]

move your tilemap

or place the tiles again so that it is in the center (or where ever you prefer it to be relative to the tiles)

[mighty basalt]

okay thx

[hushed hinge]

I have a problem and that is when I added in the projectile attack, these error tags keep on appearing even though everything works

[short hazel]

Attack script, line 14. You pass null or an empty string to CompareTag()

This is not allowed

[hushed hinge]

https://gdl.space/aquradikup.cs

[short hazel]

On one of your objects, attackTarget or attackBigTarget (or both) has no value in the Inspector

Find all objects with this script on, and correct the mistakes

[hushed hinge]

ok

[short hazel]

Search for: t: Attack in the Hierarchy's search bar and go through all results.

Also check prefabs

[hushed hinge]

https://gdl.space/onekuvequt.cs but what about with the tag errors that keep on appearing whenever i shot a projectile like the pickups and ground2?

[short hazel]

Same issue - look at the stack trace, it contains the file and line of code that triggered the error:

Here, ProjectileAttack, line 28

[hushed hinge]

ahh, the attackBigTarget

[short hazel]

It can also be attackTarget, note that you have two calls to CompareTag() on the same line

[hushed hinge]

huh? Enemy and BigEnemy can be on attackTarget?

[short hazel]

No I mean you have two variables, attackTarget and attackBigTarget, these may have no value in the Inspector

It's not about which script is attached to the object (the error tells you which scripts the errors originate anyway)

There are of course multiple scripts with these variables (you showed two) so go through each error, each stack trace and fix them all

[hushed hinge]

well the reason why i call ig BigEnemy because i thought of bigger enemies with 3 health, lost most platform games

[short hazel]

I don't know why you're talking about some "BigEnemy"

[hushed hinge]

I did this instead

[short hazel]

Ignoring the problem entirely I see

As long as it works, I guess
You just had to go to the Inspector and fill "BigEnemy" there in the field, but seems like it's too complicated to do

[eager wolf]

every time i move an object using Input.mouseposition; the Z is -79.9999 (Unity2D)

Why is that?

[hushed hinge]

well.... there is one i didn't filled which is Groundpound,

[slender nymph]

you're actually putting it at z 0 for that line. however the position you see in the inspector is relative to the parent

[storm pine]

I can't give you the answer why is -80 but you can change the x and y from your transform taking the mouse position and maintain the z ```cs
Vector3 newPosition = new Vector3(Input.mousePosition.x, Input.mousePosition.y, transform.position.z);

[eager wolf]

so i tried this, but it still goes to -80

none of the parents have -80 either

[short hazel]

If that's a UI object, you should change the RectTransform's anchoredPosition for best accuracy

[ivory bobcat]

Show the camera's transform component, the target's transform component and the hierarchy.

[eager wolf]

i probably have some other piece of code interfering tbh

[slender nymph]

again, the position you see in the inspector is not the world space position. it is the position relative to its parent object. this object is going to 0 on the Z axis, but that's on the global Z axis

[eager wolf]

otherwise this makes no sense

[eager wolf]

oh, so how do i put it at z 0 (so it shows 0 in the inspector?)

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[eager wolf]

when i tried that, i got this:

[slender nymph]

Is this a UI object?

[eager wolf]

yes

[slender nymph]

Why are you converting that to world space

[eager wolf]

because if i don't, it goes offscreen

i use pixel perfect, idk if that's why, but my screen resolution is MUCH smaller in game than on my pc

[zenith cypress]

ScreenToWorldPoint for perspective cameras needs z to be non-0, such as the camera's nearClip plane value on said camera.

[eager wolf]

i guess i kinda managed to bootstrap fix it by setting z to 8 rather then 0 lol

[scarlet skiff]

any1? 😢

[deft grail]

this isnt for #💻┃code-beginner , you can use #archived-networking

also that tutorial or others should cover that i think

[hushed hinge]

https://gdl.space/borilemabe.cs shooting the projectile is working, but however when i turn to the right side, the projectiles are shooting to the wrong way, how can i fix that?

[frigid sequoia]

Maybe I am dumb, but is there a way to set the animation speed of an animation clip without an animation controller?

[polar acorn]

How are you playing it

[frigid sequoia]

I just want to play a one shoot on a trigger but it needs to have a variable speed

[deft grail]

use Input.GetAxisRaw

[frigid sequoia]

From code, like I can just do animation.Play("animationName")

[polar acorn]

And what is animation

[near wadi]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/difference-between-input-getaxis-and-getaxisraw/108164

[frigid sequoia]

What do you mean?

The animation component

[polar acorn]

You should not be using the legacy animation component. Use an Animator Controller

[frigid sequoia]

I don't need an animator controller to play just a single clip, is unnecessary

[void thicket]

anim["name"].speed = 2 for double speed?

[small mantle]

I am making a game where there are a wide variety of Characters. These Characters all have the same stats, but not values for them. For example they all have jumpForce, moveSpeed, attackCooldown, and attackDamage. I am wondering how I can make a PlayerStatManager script that I could change overall stats of the Character there.

[deft grail]

create that script and make each character reference that script and its stats

[void thicket]

What would that manager do specifically?

[small mantle]

It will simply be a hub for me[Dev] to change the values when needed, or when the Player upgrades their stats.

[frigid sequoia]

Seems like you don't need that, just have prefabs of each character with copies of the script with the values setted previously

[void thicket]

So is this manager per-character or per-game?

[small mantle]

per character.

[void thicket]

I see, just fyi term Manager usually used for singletons so it might cause some confusion when asking

[small mantle]

That was the first idea, but I don't enjoy how I have to reference every single script like PlayerMovement, PlayerJump, PlayerCollision, etc just to change values in them. Instead I could change them in a PlayerStatsManager that will change them for me.

[void thicket]

Anyhow you would expose this CharacterStat component per character and have it manage the attached character’s stat, so it would have variables or dict for stat type

[deft grail]

you dont need to?

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, I usually just have all of them in the same script, which I should probably not do to be honest

[small mantle]

It isn't a requirement. It will just help me easily get reference to the stats and change them.

[frigid sequoia]

Just make a script that holds parameters for all the stats, and make it that on awake, it sets parameters of all other scripts, you just need a reference for them

[void thicket]

This is good way to go

[frigid sequoia]

I don't think that's a thing...

[small mantle]

Okay, I found out how I will do it. Thanks for the help!

[void thicket]

Yeah, small scripts with single intention are good. You could have some automation with script if needed, like dependency injection

Single responsibility

[void thicket]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animation.Index_operator.html

[queen adder]

I still agree with this daleo_dorito.

[summer stump]

Regardless, the animation component is obsolete and should not be used at all

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, I can set a clip on the array, but not the whole thing

Okey, sure

[small mantle]

Oh, I wasn't going to use a singleton. I was not sure how to make it work with the many characters.
I was going to have each Character have its own PlayerStatManager script on themselves.
Do you think a singleton would be more efficient?

In the image each GameObject with a red line on it is a Character.

[frigid sequoia]

I think it is completely fine for stand alone clips, animation controller is unnecessarily complex for those cases

[summer stump]

Strongly disagree with both claims

[frigid sequoia]

Why though?

What issue does it has?

[void thicket]

I think per-character is good way, just that the naming gives the impression of singleton

[summer stump]

How is the controller complex at all? It is not

[summer stump]

It has been obsoleted

[open gull]

Hi, could someone tell me how to do this in a more intelligent way pls?

look, it's kind of functional, but it doesn't seem to be the smartest way to do it, especially when I still have to check if the gameobject is being occupied or not

[small mantle]

Alright, this works then. Thank you!

[void thicket]

Issue is that it is legacy and you won’t get support in future. If you encounter an issue the response is most likely be "use animator instead" 😌

But I agree with your point that Mecanim is tedious for small simple animations

[frigid sequoia]

Is more complex precisely cause it is way more flexible, when I don't need that I just don't use it, and even though it is obsolete it has worked every single time for me for simple stuff

[ripe shard]

legacy doesn't mean it will loose support, it remains there specifically for situations that require a simple solution.

[void thicket]

Yeah not sure if it is actually deprecated or planned to be deprecated, but Unity is hiding it from docs and menus

[vale karma]

brooo i need some jesus organizing this code XD oh my ogd

[north kiln]

As they have announced they are working on a new ECS-based animation system, I imagine both will be deprecated

[ripe shard]

the docs clearly mention it as the "simple solution", there is no warning or mention of it being removed or obsoleted

[shell ice]

hello , this is sliders that exist already in unity , i want to use them as a gameobject , i want to instantiate them , destroy them , and position them with a transform just like normal gameobjects

[deft grail]

you have Afterburners inside of Update

it shouldnt be inside of there

[shell ice]

can i do that ?

[open gull]

Could someone help me with this? please

[deft grail]

you also need to actually call the method somewhere

[north kiln]

Never call the function, and also just the word "print" randomly in there

[deft grail]

sure, or move it outside and actually call it and make it run

[deft grail]

yeah

each object has a Transform

[north kiln]

Well, that's not how you do that either

[void thicket]

You can still see they try to discourage use of it, starting from refereing it legacy rather than simple or something

[deft grail]

you just said whats wrong

[north kiln]

If you're not getting error highlighting and autocomplete, you need to configure your !ide

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[deft grail]

and how would you do that

[ripe shard]

might just be your interpretation of what "legacy" means

[deft grail]

ok but... what code

[twilit pilot]

exactly which part do you feel isn't right? what behaviour are you aiming for?

[deft grail]

how would you print something

ok, so you dont just write print and expect it to work

you tell it what to print

the same concept applies here in Unity

[open gull]

I don't think this is a sustainable way, since you would have to create a game object for each space on the grid, which doesn't seem right to me, but maybe I'm wrong.
And how, if I continue with this model, could I check if, for example, a space is already occupied, and then I wouldn't be able to place another card in the same place?

[hushed hinge]

should i also snet the projectile script?

[twilit pilot]

so you're happy with having a grid for each possible card position?

having a GameObject just for an anchor point to represent each slot isn't too expensive, though looping through each is quite unnecessary. You should probably define a 2d array that contains every Node/anchor, and write a function that directly maps a cursor position (x, y) to the closest node directly. If it's not clear how to proceed I can expand a bit

[void thicket]

Sure, or yours 😄

[hushed hinge]

https://gdl.space/enuqugimix.cs there

[open gull]

To be honest, I wish it wasn't like this (a grid for each possible position of the cards), but I'm in a gamejam, so I think the best choice is to do it in this easier, but slightly less practical way.

but now that you've said it's not that expensive, I feel a bit lighter XD

do you think I should change the list to an array? this is the current code I'm using:

[twilit pilot]

I mean it works, and looping through 30 or so positions is really not a lot, especially if you're only doing it in response to user input.
Usually for grids though you'd want to have some kind of array, GameObject[,] and to write a few functions that transform coordinates from where you click/world space/screen space x,y to which grid cell it is i,j and vice-versa
If you didn't want a grid at all, just let the cards handle their own position - they are already their own objects. It's not clear what behaviour you'd like for the game and why that wouldn't work though. Each card can have its own event handling for clicks, based on a raycast from your cursor position (if you're using EventSystem most of the awkward stuff is done for you)

[vernal crow]

Yo boys I need some help

[rich adder]

https://dontasktoask.com

[vernal crow]

Got it

Just let me remember

[open gull]

I'll try with the array, thanks for the tip! I've spent all day reading so much about this that I think what I need most is sleep XD

[vernal crow]

Okay so I’m trying to make the player transfer to another scene (inside house) but I can’t figure out how to make the inputs for it. I made a box collider and made it ignore the player so that I could make that a trigger field all I need is the code for something like that

[rich adder]

use the method that listenes to triggers

then switch scene

[vernal crow]

I’m sorry but please simplify

Actually I’ll go to google

[rich adder]

unity has specific methods for triggers

it should come right up

[vernal crow]

Thank you sir

[silk fossil]

bro this makes no sense,

projectile is literaly defined

HOW IS IT NOT DEFINED

im trying to destroy the object is it has the tag Projectile once it hits player

as you see in that code

[void thicket]

Any whitespace on tag manager

[silk fossil]

what that

[void thicket]

General solution: just don’t use tags

It sucks

[silk fossil]

it detects the collision with player using tags

[polar acorn]

Are you sure it's Projectile and not something like Projectile

[silk fossil]

but im trying to remove the object projectile once it hits it

[silk fossil]

okay ill check

[rich adder]

Agree on this one.
I think last time I used tags was 2019 lol

[static cedar]

I have yet to use one.

[rich adder]

GetAxis

[polar acorn]

And an animator

[frigid sequoia]

These parameters are meant to no be used, since they are jut to show for debug purposes. Is there a way to tell the script that so it doesn't show as a yellow error?

[polar acorn]

Oh wait nevermind they're particles, different .Play

[rich adder]

GetAxis uses a float, so you can check if its not 0
also gives you Horizontal (AD/arrows) or Vertical (WS/arrows)

[polar acorn]

Comment them out

[flint python]

I am using vscode, is there a way to rename script that will auto rename the class name as well?

[frigid sequoia]

No, like, I want them to show in the inspector as a parameter but I don't want them to do anything at all

[rich adder]

yeah if you use GetAxis it will be literally 2 lines

what the heck is ~=

lol

you mean != ?

ah ok . Yes ! means NOT

afaik ~ invertor for bitwise * in c#
edit
Bitwise complement operator . Thats a mouthful
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/bitwise-and-shift-operators#bitwise-complement-operator-

[teal viper]

In C#

And many other C-like languages

[hushed hinge]

like i tried to have the projectile shot to the left-way if the player is facing to the left but it is not working

[teal viper]

Share the relevant code.

[rich adder]

are you sure script is running ?

was it working before changing

are you sure you want Play instead of Emit

try it

its probably because it being constantly called

before you had KeyDown

which is single frame event

now you're doing basically GetKey

which is held-down-like behavior

what is the error

you can probably do
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem-isPlaying.html

yes emit wants the amounts of particles you want to emit at once

start with 1?

[teal viper]

As many as you specify in the particle emitter settings.

[rich adder]

Play just plays whatever you have set there in main component

[north merlin]

i got a situation. I have x and z axis movement and would like to use the magnitude of the button press to drive a blend tree but if i move diagonal i get a value of two rather than the higher value between the button press.

[rich adder]

why do you want higher value ?

You can try the other way with .Play()

just put if(audioSource.isPlaying) return; before it

[void thicket]

So you want to normalize it 🤔

[rich adder]

I would use this
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector2.ClampMagnitude.html

[hushed hinge]

relevant code?

[teal viper]

Yes. Relevant code. You only shared part of the relevant code.

[hushed hinge]

https://gdl.space/enuqugimix.cs i did sent the projectile code

[silk fossil]

YOU WERE RIGHT

[rich adder]

also what is the spawnPoint.rotation set at when shooting that way, I would not flip the sprite only, i would also rotate the player

[silk fossil]

tnx

[teal viper]

Ok, then I didn't see it around the linked messages. Might want to share it in the same message next time. I'll have a look.

[eager wolf]

how do i get text to light up? If i do this (which works on images) it shows as full black (even with lighting)

[rich adder]

wdym "light up"

also use TextMeshPro
a sprite Material on a text is probably not very good idea btw. Everything should be changed in the appropriate shader, again TMP

[teal viper]

Add a debug log in the start and set direction methods and see what prints first.

[teal viper]

Nevermind what I said. You don't seem to be using the direction at all:

    public void SetDirection(int dir)
    {
        direction = dir;
    }

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        rb.velocity = transform.right * speed;
        Destroy(gameObject, lifetime);
    }

[rich adder]

why is direction an int lol

[teal viper]

They set it to 1, -1. I guess the intention is multiply the velocity direction.

[rich adder]

oh that makes sense ig

personally would rather Flip the whole player 180 on the Y

keeps everything properly as transform.right usually

[eager wolf]

so, i use URP with 2d unity (unity 2021.3.38f1) and I couldn't find a "lit" text material to apply. How can I do that? (can you point me to a google search or smth? Also, what is TMP?)

[rich adder]

forget about the Lit text material, use TextMeshPro . Its inside unity , the new Text component
it might ask you to import TMP essentials when you first add it
TMP is TextMeshPro

[hushed hinge]

yeah

[eager wolf]

text mesh pro doesn't let me use the font i downloaded, how can I use the other font? Also, what settings will make TMP work with lighting?

[rich adder]

TextMeshPro comes with a font creator , you can easily convert it to a TMP font

[rich adder]

wdym work with Lighting ?

[eager wolf]

I want my text to not be lit and to require light to read

[eager wolf]

hope this makes more sense

[rich adder]

ohh

maybe you can use the mesh version

or maybe masks

[eager wolf]

how is the "mesh" version called in the components?

[atomic sierra]

how do you guys practice with unity

like the unity interface and knowing what to find and what to use

[rich adder]

just TextMeshPro Text

[hushed hinge]

well the player do have a flipmodel code

[rich adder]

I just click stuff

jk

use the Manual or Docs

[rich adder]

where

[eager wolf]

how would i use TMP mesh version to use the light? or masks?

[hushed hinge]

here https://gdl.space/ayaluzozav.cs. but since it's stoo long and it can be hard for you to find the flipmodel, here

private void FlipModel()
    {
        if(  (Input.GetAxisRaw(_horiz) > 0 && _isFlipped)
           || (Input.GetAxisRaw(_horiz) < 0 && !_isFlipped)
          )
        {
            _isFlipped = !_isFlipped;
            Vector3 scale = transform.localScale;
            scale.x *= -1;
            transform.localScale = scale;
        }
    }

[rich adder]

ok..
anyway, just pass the proper directin when you shoot the bullet

[frigid sequoia]

Isn't this supposed to return the opposite rotation to the one of the object with the script?

Cause it is not doing that

[rich adder]

if its a mesh you can cover it with anything, like a quad

[void thicket]

Define opposite rotation

[hushed hinge]

like to try that so flipmodel also flips the projectile attack script?

[frigid sequoia]

Same vector from the origin, opposite direction

[rich adder]

what ? no.. You literally wrote this int as direction, but you're not using it

[void thicket]

Okay, but quaternion is not a vector. You need to start from there..

Inverse of identity quaternion is identity quaternion

[frigid sequoia]

Then what the heck is the Inverse method mean to do if it can't be used with Quaternions?

Is literally a quaternion method

[rich adder]

why not try printing the euler angles of before and after

make sure they are what you think they are

[void thicket]

Inverse means
a * b * inverse(b) == a

Nothing to do with 'direction'

[frigid sequoia]

I mean I know the input and the output cause I am checking the rotation of both objects, but they don't even make sense to me

[void thicket]

Rotation is not defined with single vector

If you want vector math, rotate forward vector with your quaterion and modify it to get new quaternion

[frigid sequoia]

Rotation of the projectile that is instantiating the particle // Rotation of the instantiated particle using Inverse

Is making the negative in eulers or what?

[rich adder]

I mean it is inverting it technically lol

its probably not doing what you think

[void thicket]

I don’t think messing with euler will give you preferable result

[frigid sequoia]

That's clearly not the opposite of the projectile rotation...

[hushed hinge]

IEnumerator SpawnProjectileAfterDelay()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(shootingDelay);

        int direction = spriteRenderer.flipX ? -1 : 1;

        GameObject projectile = Instantiate(projectilePrefab, projectileSpawnPoint.position, projectileSpawnPoint.rotation);

        ProjectileAttack projectileController = projectile.GetComponent<ProjectileAttack>();
        if (projectileController != null)
        {
            projectileController.SetDirection(direction);
        }
    }
``

[void thicket]

forward * rot * -1 this is probably the direction vector you are looking for

[rich adder]

You have to show the full context of the code

[rich adder]

this isnt relevant to what i said earlier

[void thicket]

Then create new Quaterion with it, could be LookAt with up vector

[hushed hinge]

do you think it have something to do in the projectile script that any reason why it's not switching direction?

[rich adder]

Your set Direction doesn't do anything with the value passed it

[hushed hinge]

huh?

[rich adder]

think for a moment about your bullet script

How do you think direction is doing anything here

[void thicket]

You know what just do
transform.forward = -transform.forward and see if that is what you want

[rich adder]

different person, with different issue lol

[void thicket]

Why was I mentioned

Lol

[rich adder]

they probably thought you sent the earlier one to them

[void thicket]

@frigid sequoia

[frigid sequoia]

Maybe, I am checking it

[hushed hinge]

hmmm... rb.velocity = transform.right * speed * direction;?

[frigid sequoia]

And the bullet is basically just spawning and moving forward each frame, so that's what the rotation does

[void thicket]

Setting transform forward will change rotation

[hushed hinge]

tried it but projectile still shooting to the wrong direction even though I'm facing left

[rich adder]

first things first, Pause the game when you shoot a projectile facing left side

if you have trouble clicking pause on time, you can use Debug.Break after Instantiate to automatically pause

then show both the shootPoint gizmos and bullet selected gizmos

[hushed hinge]

manage to pause it, and skip on the arrow one time to get to when the projectile appear

[rich adder]

ok thats good is paused, but you have not selected with the move tool neither of the objects I asked lol

[hushed hinge]

the center point where projectile shots from to flips around. and here is the projectile object

[rich adder]

you're still not in the Move tool, you're in rect tool

also put it in Pivot mode not Center mode

never do Center mode to accurately config your character parts

[void thicket]

Center mode is so rarely used for programmers

You almost never want it

[rich adder]

yeah I mostly just use Center mode when Extruding meshes in Probuilder

[hushed hinge]

i don't have pivot mode though, i only have center and local

[frosty hound]

Center is the pivot mode.

[rich adder]

this thing

you always want it on Pivot

anyway so your bullet is going Right still ?

[hushed hinge]

there, pivot mode

[hushed hinge]

yeah

[rich adder]

ok ima make a thread since I know this probably gonna be a whole process

[hushed hinge]

yeah

[frigid sequoia]

Man, I don't know what is wrong. I changed it to Quaternion.identity just for testing and shoot at different angles agaisnt some walls. And added a Debug.Log script to the particle to tell its rotation. Isn't Quaternion.Identity supposed to be always the same?

[void thicket]

identity should be same so something else is changing your rotation

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, ok, I am fucking dumb, there was something wrong with some old logic for bounces

This does work now, but I kinda annoyed I cannot set that directly in the instantiate rotation

[void thicket]

I mean you can make rotation from it

Quaternion.LookRotation

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, I though I needed a position in the world for that, I guess transform.forward is one too

[void thicket]

LookRotation as static function takes direction while LookAt in Transform takes position

[silk fossil]

legnnd

[small mantle]

Is there a way to set a speed of an animation in code? I am trying to make an animation length slower or faster depending on the attackCooldown. How can I achieve this?

[nimble apex]

fast forward an animation? or only play 50-60% of it?

[eternal needle]

There is a speed paramter in the animation controller

[small mantle]

No, I am talking about adjusting the speed of an animation.

[small mantle]

Does that control the speed of which the animation lasts?

[eternal needle]

It is a speed multiplier

[nimble apex]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator-speed.html

you can also reference the animation clip inside the animator and change the speed param

[small mantle]

I'll try these suggestions thank ya.

[stuck crest]

 public event EventHandler<OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs> OnDeliverySuccess;

public class OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs : EventArgs
{
    public float amount;
}

OnDeliverySuccess?.Invoke(this, new OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs
{
    amount = recipeSO.price
});



different script

private void DeliveryManager_OnDeliverySuccess(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    moneyHandler.SetMoney(this,e.amount << error shows up here "Event args doesnt contain a defination for amount );
}

hi guys

my problem is that

my event subscrber function isnt getting the event args

for some reason

[cosmic dagger]

DeliveryManager_OnDeliverySuccess uses EventArgs as the type instead of OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs . . .

EventArgs does not have a definition for amount, but OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs does . . .

[stuck crest]

ahh ok

but how do i implement it

this isnt working

[summer stump]

Change the word EventArgs to OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs

[stuck crest]

wait

not this

[stuck crest]

it doesnt work man

[cosmic dagger]

you didn't change the type from the method declaration . . .

[summer stump]

Show what you did

Because it will if done right

[summer stump]

And what does the error say?

[stuck crest]

the type or namespace cannot be found

[cosmic dagger]

where does the class exist?

[stuck crest]

in another script

i have done this before

with other events

it shows the error in this one only

[cosmic dagger]

then you need to correctly access the type . . .

[summer stump]

Ok, super basic error. Are you using a namespace?

Oh, is it declared INSIDE a class?

[stuck crest]

yea

[cosmic dagger]

if it's inside a script, then it's nested . . .

[cosmic dagger]

that's similar enough, i'd say . . .

[summer stump]

Then access it from that type

[summer stump]

Yeah true haha

[cosmic dagger]

access it correctly from the parent class or place it in it's own file . . .

[stuck crest]

im sorry im a bit confused , how do i like do this

[stuck crest]

how do i acces it correctly

[cosmic dagger]

if it's inside of a class, then you need to access the class first before you can access the child class, no?

the same way you're trying to access e.amount. amount is a field of e (which is OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs) . . .

[quick kelp]

is it a bad idea to use binary formatter for a single player game

[cosmic dagger]

OnDeliverySuccessEventArgs is a child class nested inside of another class. you need to access the other class first (using dot notation), in order to get access to the child class . . .

[stuck crest]

ah ok

understood

thanks

[stuck crest]

thnak you very much

got it

[eternal needle]

yes, why would you want to?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/binaryformatter-security-guide

[quick kelp]

trying to get rid of my dont destroy method of persisting items in game cause that seems to be whats causing the problem

and after a day of debugging and potential fixes im still at square 1

so im just going to make a room manager

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ might be better to say what your actual problem is instead of asking about solutions for something we are unaware of.

There is a major difference between DDOL and saving data to file, which i assume was the goal with asking about binary formatter.

[quick kelp]

well i did post a video showing the problem

and after todays debuggin its either the onItempickup in my inventory controller or the slots script itself

[cosmic dagger]

true, but no one here would know that at the moment. best to just link to it so anyone available now can catch up . . .

[eternal needle]

well you posted a video and said "if anyone remembers the problem". theres no way anyones gonna help you in such case...
when you post, there should be full context

[quick kelp]

yeah thats my bad ive been stressed trying to figure this out

[eternal needle]

not sure about other people, but i especially dont really like watching videos to help people. half the time the video is useless. Like "hey guys my character doesnt move". then its a 3 minute video of them scrolling quickly through code, and then showing their character not moving.

[quick kelp]

ok i get that

[eternal needle]

it is a lot simpler if you can isolate the specific issue and post code related to it. If you arent able to isolate it at all, (which some problems are hard to isolate), then you likely just need to add more debugs. see what values are, and if they arent what you think it is then that is now relevant code

[quick kelp]

but i literally ust recorded what the problem was i literally got to the point

[summer stump]

I just watched it and have no idea what the issue is

[quick kelp]

the problem within the video is the items only show up in the inventory is you grab them first before leaving

if you leave then come back the item will not show up and in Debug.Logs

does not even register that your item has been slotted

tho the pickup script does still work

[feral moss]

    public void Restart()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < width; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < height; j++)
            {
                Destroy(gridMemory[i][j]);
            }
        }
        gridMemory.Clear();
        tilesLeft = width * height - mines;
        GenerateGrid();
    }

So I wrote this function for resetting a grid I generated, gridMemory is a List<List<Instance of Prefab object>> object where the exterior list is size width and the interior is size height

Initially the nested for loop wasn't even there because I thought the Clear would take care of it, but after that didn't work I tried deleting every object individually and that also did nothing

So I'm confused

[summer stump]

Is it actually type Prefab?

Oh, edited. Nm

[eternal needle]

did you debug if this code was actually running?

[feral moss]

It is running

What happens is it generates a second grid but doesn't delete the first

So I've got overlapping tiles that don't work

At least as far as I can tell

It's Minesweeper

[teal viper]

If you really need help, I suggest starting a thread that provides all the relevant information(explanation, video, code, debug results). Also, maybe record a shorter video(10-20sec) that shows the exact moment of the issue.

[feral moss]

Are they just being cleared from gridMemory but not from the scene somehow still?

[teal viper]

What type gridMemory exactly? Share the whole script.
!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.

[feral moss]

Uh sure

https://gdl.space/upequjahod.cs

Tile.cs

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public class Tile : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update

    [SerializeField] SpriteRenderer Renderer;
    [SerializeField] public bool hidden = true;
    [SerializeField] public int val = 0, x, y;
    [SerializeField] Sprite revealed;
    [SerializeField] public GridManager grid;
    [SerializeField] private bool isClicked = false;
    void Start()
    {
        revealed = grid.getSprite(val);
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (!hidden)
        {
            Renderer.sprite = revealed;
            if (val == 9 && !grid.lost)
            {
                grid.Lose();
            }
        }
    }
    public void OnMouseDown()
    {
        if (!isClicked)
        {
            isClicked = true;
        }
    }
    public void OnMouseExit()
    {
        isClicked = false;
    }

    public void OnMouseUp()
    {
        if (isClicked)
        {
            hidden = false;
            if (val == 0)
            {
                grid.clearSurrounding(x, y);
            }
            isClicked = false;
        }
    }

    public void CheckSurrounding()
    {
        hidden = false;
        if (val == 0)
        {
            grid.clearSurrounding(x, y);
        }
    }
}

CameraScript.cs

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

public class CameraScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Camera camObject;
    [SerializeField] private float sensitivity;
    [SerializeField] private GridManager grid;
    [SerializeField] private ButtonScript button;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && camObject.transform.position.x > 0)
        {
            camObject.transform.Translate(sensitivity * -1, 0, 0);
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W) && camObject.transform.position.y < grid.GetHeight())
        {
            camObject.transform.Translate(0, sensitivity, 0);
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) && camObject.transform.position.x < grid.GetWidth())
        {
            camObject.transform.Translate(sensitivity, 0, 0);
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) && camObject.transform.position.y > 0)
        {
            camObject.transform.Translate(0, sensitivity * -1, 0);
        }
    }
}

[teal viper]

Yeah, so it's a component. Destroying it would just destroy the component. The gameObject itself would be intact.

What you want to destroy is component.gameObject

[feral moss]

Oh ok

That's what I get for using var when instantiating

I didn't know exactly what I was working with

Thanks

[teal viper]

It's not due to var, but the prefab type Tile TilePrefab

But yeah, if you didn't use var it might've given you a clue

[feral moss]

Yeah I created the initial GenerateGrid() with a youtube tutorial and then customized it to be for the game I was working with, but I didn't change that part

[quick kelp]

https://hastebin.com/share/vocexepuha.csharp
InventoryController

https://hastebin.com/share/irepaludoy.csharp
ItemSlot script

Short explanation: if it grab the items before leaving the room they show up in my inventory ui and debug log tells me the item data has been filled in but if i leave before grabbing them and come back the log does not fire off one but

note: the items are children to a empty game obj with a dontdestroy script to keep things persistent

tried to record a shorter video the best i could

[rocky gale]

how do i make particles fly a different direction

[slender nymph]

#✨┃vfx-and-particles

[rocky gale]

posted there 5 hours ago

[slender nymph]

then don't crosspost. and maybe provide literally any details about what you are actually trying to achieve and maybe someone will take the time to help you

[timber tide]

Ill be real. I saw your post but I literally needed any detail about what you were actually trying to achieve

[rocky gale]

ok

[slate haven]

Hi, I need help in object pooling

anyone online?

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask

[slate haven]

basic ethics

if someone is available to help me on Object Pooling, asking very kindly

[slender nymph]

did you even bother reading the page that was linked

[cosmic dagger]

no, ask what issue or problem you are having. post the code in question, and any errors you have . . .

[slate haven]

no i cant cuz i gotta solve my issue first

[slate haven]

okay got it

[slender nymph]

well you won't solve it until you actually ask your question

[cosmic dagger]

the link tells you how to properly ask a question . . .

[slate haven]

i tried this but my problem was ignored, so i thought asking before sounds beter uk

[slender nymph]

you have now spent 3 minutes just beating around the bush instead of asking your question. it is entirely possible your entire issue could have been solved by now

[cosmic dagger]

people are less inclined to help without actual information. asking about a general topic steers them away because they don't know the scope, skill required, or time complexity of the problem . . .

[slate haven]

i read that and its very generalising

[slate haven]

u are correct. But try to understand my pov as wel

[cosmic dagger]

still, we're at square 1 . . .

[slate haven]

got it

i want to share a video

do i share it directly here

[slender nymph]

just ask your question

[slate haven]

thats the question

or any embedded sites

[slender nymph]

the answer to that should be pretty obvious.

[slate haven]

yes ofc, but apparently i came to know some people wont be able to see the video if i directly share it

in other server

thats the reason im asking is there a specific rule here to post a video

like u paste the code into an embedded one

like that

[slender nymph]

provided it is properly embedded it doesn't matter whether you share the video directly or a link. just ask your fucking question if you want help

[slate haven]

i mean if we are going in a rude way then whats the use of a healthy discussion

[molten dock]

if ur annoyed by it why not ignore the initial question

as opposed to arguing other nothing

[cosmic dagger]

because they actually want to help, but they're patience is thinning . . .

[slate haven]

then practice some yoga

i would never go outta my way to add a derogatory term to someone's question

even if thats the most silly question

[slender nymph]

it has now been nearly 10 minutes since your initial pointless question and nobody here even knows what you are trying to get help with yet. this is entirely pointless, it is clear you would rather just spend time arguing about how to ask a question instead of just getting to the point and asking it.

[cosmic dagger]

oh, i'm good. i gave up a while ago . . . ☺️

i was speaking about the friendly box . . .

[slate haven]

i was simply going to ask it once i get responded, u told its wrong, I accepted. Then I asked about the video. You told just ask ur fucking question. Does that make sense to you that if a person is kindly asking you so they dont get rule-spammed again?

[molten dock]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/670728274631983150/1229157792271569011/3dgifmaker36979.gif

[slate haven]

anyways, i dont wanna argue more, im gonna post my question, if anyone is available any help is appreciated

[slender nymph]

#📖┃code-of-conduct no reaction gifs please

[molten dock]

💀

[topaz mortar]

Since yesterday (at least that I noticed) when I double click an error in my Console, it takes me to the wrong file/line number?

[teal viper]

Share the error details and the file that it takes you to.

[topaz mortar]

Takes me to CombatController line 441, which does call Inventory

the error is not hard to fix, it's just weird, I've noticed this a few times now, it just takes me to a random place instead of the error line

[slender nymph]

well that isn't really a random place, it is part of the stack trace for the error. it is odd that it takes you there though 🤔

[topaz mortar]

but the actual error is on Inventory line 36

yeah this one is not random, think I had worse cases yesterday, but maybe it was similar

it worked perfecly for months, started noticing this only yesterday

[rocky gale]

why is bro a discord mod

[teal viper]

Sounds like a new behavior to me. Did you update unity/vs extension/package maybe?

[slate haven]

Problem: The coins are getting collision detection right and they are getting Deactivated properly (ig theres no array of coins thatswhy). Now Vehicles, Pickups are arrays. And When I collide with them, the collision doesnt seem to happen especially with vehicles. I am really confused about whats happening here. Also The Fps are dropping mid game

ObjectPooler script: https://hastebin.com/share/dubecaheji.csharp

My Normal Trigger Script format:

   {
      if(collision.gameObject.tag == "Coins")
       {
           scoreValue.score += 50;

           //Destroy(collision.gameObject);
           if (collision.gameObject != null)
           {
               op.DeactivateGameObject(collision.gameObject.tag, collision.gameObject);
           }
       }

       if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Enemy")
       {
           if (!hasShield)
           {
               hasCrashed = true;
               crashCount++;

           }

           else
           {
               StartCoroutine(ActivateShield());
           }
           //Destroy(collision.gameObject);
           if(collision.gameObject != null)
           {
               op.DeactivateGameObject(collision.gameObject.tag, collision.gameObject);
           }
           
       }

   }```

[topaz mortar]

unity auto updates, I think there was a big update a week or two ago? might have been since then

[slender nymph]

unity does not auto update

even packages need to be updated manually in the package manager

[topaz mortar]

ah maybe it asked then dunno lol

I know I updated unity a few weeks back with the new version control thingie

[slender nymph]

make sure your visual studio editor package (or the rider one if you use rider) is up to date and regenerate project files. then restart both unity and your code editor to see if that makes any difference

[topaz mortar]

which part is confusing you? where do you suspect it goes wrong?

[slate haven]

did u watch the video?

[topaz mortar]

lol no

[slate haven]

uhm pls do watch it

it explains

[topaz mortar]

no thank you

[cosmic dagger]

they're helping the person before the mods come. once a gif comes in, others tend to spam right away . . .

[slate haven]

better not try to help without going through the whole question tbh

[topaz mortar]

remember that tomorrow when you come back to ask it again 😉

[topaz mortar]

nope didn't fix it

[slender nymph]

dang, dunno what it is then 🤷‍♂️
are you sure you're double clicking the actual error message and not perhaps accidentally clicking the other line in the stack trace?

[slate haven]

sure, ig people here are smarter, not everyone reads half the question and behaves like a d

[cosmic dagger]

try http://streamable.com to upload the video. it doesn't appear in chat; people have to download it in order to watch. not many will do that . . .

[slate haven]

yeah i tried that, but this website doesnt open

shall i share it on google drive ?

[slate haven]

it aint available in my country ig

[teal viper]

I don't thing Google drive allows video embedding on discord. Try making your video smaller/shorter, such that discord displays it properly.

[slate haven]

alright, thanks

[teal viper]

Or maybe YouTube, I don't know.

[slate haven]

imma do vpn

wait, i will share the whole again

[topaz mortar]

haha yeah 😛

[slate haven]

Problem: The coins are getting collision detection right and they are getting Deactivated properly (ig theres no array of coins thatswhy). Now Vehicles, Pickups are arrays. And When I collide with them, the collision doesnt seem to happen especially with vehicles. I am really confused about whats happening here. Also The Fps are dropping mid game

ObjectPooler script: https://hastebin.com/share/dubecaheji.csharp

My Normal Trigger Script format:

   {
      if(collision.gameObject.tag == "Coins")
       {
           scoreValue.score += 50;

           //Destroy(collision.gameObject);
           if (collision.gameObject != null)
           {
               op.DeactivateGameObject(collision.gameObject.tag, collision.gameObject);
           }
       }

       if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Enemy")
       {
           if (!hasShield)
           {
               hasCrashed = true;
               crashCount++;

           }

           else
           {
               StartCoroutine(ActivateShield());
           }
           //Destroy(collision.gameObject);
           if(collision.gameObject != null)
           {
               op.DeactivateGameObject(collision.gameObject.tag, collision.gameObject);
           }
           
       }

   }```


I have attached the video as well:
https://streamable.com/bfn2ac

[cosmic dagger]

make sure the vehicle collider is setup properly . . .

[opaque hinge]

Hello, I am working on a game right now and I created two scenes. A Main Menu scene and my game scene. When I build the game from the main menu scene, I can press a start button that loads my game scene and properly runs the game. I then can pause while in the game and press the quit button, which properly loads my main menu. However, when I try to start the game again from my main menu, the game doesnt properly load and I get a bunch of errors about trying to access objects that have been destroyed

[cosmic dagger]

also, your code only check the "Coin" and "Enemy" tag. there is no "Vehicle" tag . . .

[molten dock]

Do the trucks have trigger collider

[slate haven]

The vehicles have 'Enemy' tag

[slender nymph]

it sounds like you probably have a DontDestroyOnLoad object (quite possible also a singleton) in your game scene, and when you return to the menu scene that object isn't destroyed but the objects it references are destroyed

[cosmic dagger]

then do this part: #💻┃code-beginner message

[plush hound]

hey, i'm trying to use physics2d.istouchinglayers to no avail and i'm not sure why. i've looked through online forums and documentation, but i can't seem to find a solution.

colliders in question: circlecollider2d and polygoncollider2d
both colliders are on the same layer

any help would be greatly appreciated.

[slender nymph]

don't crosspost

[plush hound]

sorry

[slate haven]

yeah i fixed it, it works now

but why im facing fps drops?

even with object pooling which gives performance

[opaque hinge]

what is a singleton, I dont have any objects expressly labeled DontDestroyOnLoad, but I honestly not sure I would know if I did

[slender nymph]

do you call DontDestroyOnLoad anywhere in your code?

[opaque hinge]

no

[slender nymph]

you can also share the code for the object that is experiencing this issue

[molten dock]

Does everything lag

[slate haven]

If u watch the video, I am facing huge FPS drops and lags

[slate haven]

kind of ig

I really dont know why is the lag happening and what is causing it to be

[molten dock]

It looks fine to me what am I missing

[slate haven]

When I was doing instantiation/destroy, then also I was facing this lag, And now with object pooling im facing same

[slate haven]

let me share u the profiler info

[molten dock]

If you’re moving the cars with rigibody

Make sure the part of the code that actually moves it is in fixed update

[slate haven]

ok i will do that as well

but i m not using the rigidbody to move

im using transform.position

[molten dock]

Then don’t do that

[opaque hinge]

https://hastebin.com/share/axemuvuziy.csharp
This is the system script that is loaded when I press start in the menu. It properly generates a grid, however it does not perform the SetBoard function. Could it be because the tileList is not properly cleared?

[slate haven]

transform.position -= new Vector3(0, Speed * Time.deltaTime, 0);

[molten dock]

it only applies to rigibody rly

[slate haven]

oh

[slender nymph]

share the actual error you are receiving

[opaque hinge]

MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'Tile' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object.
UnityEngine.Component.GetComponent[T] () (at <f7237cf7abef49bfbb552d7eb076e422>:0)
BattleSystems.GenerateGrid () (at Assets/Scripts/BattleSystems.cs:108)
BattleSystems.Start () (at Assets/Scripts/BattleSystems.cs:26)

MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'Enemy' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object.
Tile.OnMouseEnter () (at Assets/Scripts/Tile.cs:22)
UnityEngine.SendMouseEvents:DoSendMouseEvents(Int32)

[slate haven]

my game is dropping from 60 fps to 30fps and even 15fps

[slender nymph]

ah, your tileList variable is static so it isn't a new instance when you enter the scene again, it's the same list and it contains the same elements that were in it before the scene was unloaded. is there a specific reason that list is static?

[molten dock]

No way for me to tell why

The code is very normal

[opaque hinge]

I believe I had it static because it made it easier to access from other scripts

[molten dock]

Well maybe it’s the corutine

Idk tho

[slate haven]

lemme share the performance video

[slender nymph]

please do not use static just for easy referencing. learn how to get a reference to other objects properly. then you can remove the static modifier from that list and you won't experience this issue

[teal viper]

Use the profiler to find the bottleneck/cause of the performance drop.

[opaque hinge]

okay thank you

[slate haven]

i recorded a video, its uploading right here

[slow pecan]

Hey I got a question. Im trying to use unity for my school finals project, and I am trying to create a teleporter that allows you to exit an area after all the enemies are gone. I get that the tag length has to be 0, but is there a way to differentiate between two rooms? Like have the enemy tag and a room number tag? if so how would i do that?

[rich adder]

for what purpose you need tags on room

just keep an index

[slow pecan]

I will look into it, will come back if I cant find out how

ty

[rich adder]

shouldn't be difficult, its just an integer

[cosmic dagger]

look into an int, come back with an integer . . .

[slow pecan]

ok. I am not too sure where I would find the seperation between rooms, but I think I can try it by having entities labeled "room #" and adding enemies on spawnable tiles at that entity on the arraylist, seperating them

sry if description is wonky, not too sure how to describe well

[rich adder]

wdym where to find it?

the index is the separation

[hasty sleet]

Can you state your problem a little more clearly?

If the rooms are stored in a list, then as navarone says, the index of the room can be used to point to different rooms. If they are not stored in a list, then you can tag game objects as Room1 and Room2 and similar

[rich adder]

public class Room : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int Index;
    public void GetRoomInfo()
    {
        Debug.Log($"Is room #{Index}");
    }

    //Do more stuff with Room
}

[hasty sleet]

I like that approach ^

[slow pecan]

mmm thats makes since ty. but I got one last question. Can tags have subtags or is that not a thing in unity?

[rich adder]

eg you could store a list of enemies, so each room can have different amounts

[rich adder]

not really you can only have 1 tag and you shold not rely on tags

start getting into a habit of learning Components

since unity is Component based

[hasty sleet]

It is best practice to only use tags for edge cases

[wintry quarry]

Forget about tags my friend.

They're extremely limited

Mostly a thing for prototyping

[slow pecan]

ok ty. I will look into it a lot more. Glad that i got all this help so fast

[hasty sleet]

To determine if an object is of a certain type, you can check its layer, or TryGetComponent<ComponentType>()

So if you want to check if Room1 is empty, then perhaps you store a reference to the CurrentRoom in the teleporter, and the teleporter calls Room.IsEmpty(), and if it's true, allows the player to teleport, else does nothing.

[slow pecan]

yes ty. I was trying to reach this, but because I was new to unity, I thought the best way to do this was through tags. But I realize that I can do it differently. ty

Would you recommend getting the number of children under an enemy storage from the hierarchy?

[hasty sleet]

Tags accomplish the same thing in a very hardcoded style, so it gets very difficult to scale

That can be one way to do it

[slow pecan]

I will look into trygetcomponent too

[hasty sleet]

If a room has a GameObject container for Enemies, and it has zero children, that can imply that the room is empty

You can also draw a box over the room and check for enemy collisions

[slow pecan]

oh lmfao never thought of that

[hasty sleet]

Or you can manually assign the enemies in the inspector to the Room in a List<Enemies> data structure and then check if the list is empty

[slow pecan]

oh yeah that makes since too

[hasty sleet]

These are all possibilities

Whichever one you choose comes somewhat down to preference