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[deft grail]

before

[cold orbit]

i don't get anything in the console

[deft grail]

then thats why its not setting it

because it doesnt run

[reef raven]

Hi, I think I messed up a bit, was attemtping to make my character unavaiable to jump while mid air but it keeps doing so :( ,

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

[deft grail]

well the first check in the if statement on line 31 should error

you didnt add the layermask into your Physics2D check

[rose galleon]

anyone knows how unity detects key press?

[deft grail]

you want to know how you can write the code for that? or how unity actually does it internally

[cold orbit]

so what should i do ???

[deft grail]

debug everything, find out what runs and what doesnt and then try looking why they dont run

[rose galleon]

how unity does it

i was working on a double jump and I am using a float for that like a jump counter: on ground - 0, first jump - 1, second jump - 2

you can only double jump if jump counter is < 2

it was working perfectly

however, if I hold the key, apparently the code runs twice, because I cant double jump

[wintry quarry]

Why not int

[cold orbit]

can you tell me what should i write so that when i click the button the activeBuildingType change to the BuildingType that as been clicked (sorry if its not clear)

[outer scarab]

Where does that class come from?

[outer scarab]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties.html

[swift crag]

this is irrelevant

this is for saving changes after you modify serialized data (which is an editor-only thing)

[swift crag]

Make sure that the Awake code is actually running -- maybe log something before you add the listener to onClick

I'd also log the Button you're accessing

so store the Button in a variable and then log that

[swift crag]

Although, given that the buttons are appearing and have the right sprites, that code is probably running (:

[outer scarab]

Oh true

[swift crag]

Actually, it's possible that you just have a messed up UI

If you don't have an EventSystem, you will not be able to interact with the UI

[outer scarab]

So reflection is the way to go

[swift crag]

what

[cold orbit]

yeah maybe

[swift crag]

Search for this in the hierarchy

t:eventsystem

A single object should show up.

[fresh wing]

heyho guys, I wanna ask is it possible to add ui components for each element on a json array?

this is my array
[
{
"question": "What is .....",
"type": "multiple_choice",
"options": ["answer1", "answer2", "answer3", "answer4"],
"answer": "answer1"
},
{
"question": "tell me who is ....",
"type": "essay"
}
]

[cold orbit]

there's nothing when i type t:eventsystem in the hierarchy

[swift crag]

okay, you need to add one

go to GameObject > UI > EventSystem in the top menu bar

that'll create a new object with an EventSystem component on it

this is responsible for things like clicks

[swift crag]

You can use JsonUtility for this

Although, because you have multiple question types, it could be a bit difficult..

[fresh wing]

I mean is there any way to add the UI components?

but Im planning to not use the essay type though

[swift crag]

well, sure, once you have a list of objects, you just instantiate a prefab for each object

[fresh wing]

only the multiple_choice

[swift crag]

parsing the json is the interesting part

For a single question type, it's simple: you'll create a class like this:

[System.Serializable]
public class Question
{
  public string question;
  public List<string> options;
  public string answer;
}

[fresh wing]

well isn't it like golang,
use a struct and then marshal it into the struct, right?

[swift crag]

see https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/JsonUtility.FromJson.html

[fresh wing]

But im planning to have more than 1 question

[fresh wing]

Alr thanks!

[swift crag]

right, and so you'll deserialize a List<Question>

A very popular alternative is Json.NET

It handles many more kinds of data -- like Dictionary<K,V>

JsonUtility can handle anything you can serialize in the inspector, basically

[swift crag]

It also lets you do stuff like write custom converters.

[cold orbit]

@swift crag yessss i added one and now i get the debug.log that something got clicked

[fresh wing]

@swift crag is do you know where to find JSON.NET link?

[swift crag]

you'll want to install this through the package manager

<https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json@3.2/manual/index.html

...er, this page doesn't tell you how to do that lol

The name is com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json

[tough trench]

I just started learning unity and am trying to make something that when 5 copied prefabs collide with a cube they add 1 to the score does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[swift crag]

For documentation, look at https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/Introduction.htm

[swift crag]

what is the problem?

[swift crag]

I have one that takes a GUID and looks it up in a dictionary, then returns the corresponding value

my settings file looks like this 😁

[tough trench]

when they collide it doesnt add anything to the animalsDeleted

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

have a look at this page

it'll walk you through the possible problems

[tough trench]

thanks the problem was i didnt have a rigidbody

[swift crag]

i used to have a ton of trouble making physics messages work right

[rose galleon]

that isnt the point-

[summer stump]

It may be part of the issue since you are doing float comparisons.
Impossible to say without seeing code. Not sure if I missed where you shared it

[fresh wing]

alright

[rose galleon]

i didnt

mb

nvm

fixed it

it had nothing to do with key detection

but instead with me checking the y value for some reason

[sick jay]

im gonna bump this since i havent received a reply yet

[fresh wing]

@swift crag can I ask?,
is there any tutorial on how to clone prefab and add it into a list

so every prefab has a property of which is the selected option

and is it possible to make it scrollable?

[swift crag]

Instantiate the prefab and put the new instance in a list, that’s it!

[fresh wing]

hmm Intersting,
do you know any tutorial tho? so I could prob learn it before asking any furthur

[swift crag]

This is a #📲┃ui-ux thing—I’m going to bed and can’t explain it right now, but you can look at the pinned messages in there for some Unity UI tutorials

[fresh wing]

👍 sorry for disturbing ur sleep schedule

[summer stump]

Were you checking if the y value was EQUAL to something?

[rose galleon]

it was > 0

thats why it didnt work when falling

[rose galleon]

https://hastebin.com/share/coquqozoxa.csharp
so uh, I was trying to make a dash from memory and ran into two problems

the main one is the most obvious one, Im using transform.position, so its gonna behave more like a teleport than a dash

so I wanted a tip for something to replace it with

and the second problem is that if I press right and left continuously, there is no distinction, so if I press a and soon after d ill dash to the right, even though the initial input was to the left

[slender nymph]

the most common suggestion for a dash would be to use a rigidbody and just assign the velocity. of course you'll also likely want to prevent other input from overriding that velocity for the duration of the dash, but that is fairly easy

[rose galleon]

so I guess that instead of input("Horizontal") ill have to split it into input.keygetdown("a") and ("d")?

or is that just elongating it unnecessarily?

[rose galleon]

rb.velocity = new Vector2(dashPower, rb.velocity.y);
like this?

nothing came out of it tho

huh

[slender nymph]

either you are overwriting your velocity somewhere, something is blocking it from moving, or there is some other issue with your setup. without having any other context it is impossible to know 🤷‍♂️

[topaz mortar]

Good morning 🍎

[violet glacier]

Should I be using textmeshpro or legacy text?

[slender nymph]

TMP

[cosmic dagger]

text mesh pro . . .

[violet glacier]

Thanks :)

[rose galleon]

gm

[rose galleon]

https://hastebin.com/share/ifatudapop.csharp
These are all instances of velocity being mentioned

[slender nymph]

you overwrite the X velocity in FixedUpdate. remember how i told you that you'd want to prevent input from doing that for the duration of the dash?

[rose galleon]

how do i shut off an update tho?

isnt the whole concept of update being called every frame?

[slender nymph]

you don't "shut it off" you can use logic, like an if statement, to prevent it from doing certain things

[rose galleon]

I create a bool like isDashing, make it true when pressing dash, and I make an if outside the FixedUpdate that says it only works when isDashing == false?

[slender nymph]

yeah, that's one way to do it

[rose galleon]

https://hastebin.com/share/ecamurapey.csharp
like this?

[slender nymph]

[rose galleon]

i did

and the result did not change

;-;

[slender nymph]

okay now take a look at your logic again and remember that there are no delays in your code at all

[rose galleon]

oh

dash duration?

[slender nymph]

you set isDashing to true on one line, then within the same method, with no delay whatsoever other than the two lines in between which also run immediately you then set it to false

[rose galleon]

IEnumerator it is then

[slender nymph]

you don't necessarily need a coroutine, if you just track when you start the dash and ensure you don't allow input when the current time is less than dash start time plus dash duration

[rose galleon]

ill check it tomorrow and ill give ya an update

[slender nymph]

#🖼️┃2d-tools

[ivory bobcat]

This is the beginner coding channel. You should move (delete here and post at the correct location) your message to the appropriate channel.

[opaque hinge]

okay sorry

[slender nymph]

first of all, #archived-networking
second, you absolutely need to understand the basics before attempting multiplayer
third, you haven't done any networking of your object there

no

[charred spoke]

Well why do you think your bullets are only client side ?

Good guess. Your script is not telling anyone it is firing bullets

What behaviour are you looking for here? The server fires all bullets and syncs to all clients or something else?

Me personally I would not let the client fire bullets

Why do you need the server to see it ?

In that case?

[swift vessel]

Hello,I have a question, I am going to start making 2d pixel game in Unity, but I wonder what is the best Unity version for 2D ?

[slender nymph]

there is no "best" version. also this is a code channel

[swift vessel]

okay sorry

[slender nymph]

although i will say that 2022 introduced several QoL changes to the 2d physics api so go with that version or newer

[charred spoke]

The server seeing the bullet will not magically sync it to other clients. Multiplayer is a bit more complicated than you think. I suggest you start reading the docs for the MP framework you are using. Try to spawn a cube server side and have it synced to 2 clients first. Then move on to bullets

[slender nymph]

oh shit, actually it was the 2023 beta that did it. so unity 6 would probably be the "best" for 2d if there were one

[stuck crest]

guys any idea why this is happening

[slender nymph]

don't expect this person to really put any thought into learning how multiplayer frameworks work, just 25 hours ago they refused to bother learning the basics because they already know syntax "basic shit like parenthesis" (exact quote from them)

[stuck crest]

dang where did everyone go

[slender nymph]

well this is a code channel so it isn't really the right place for that question. but is your camera perhaps a perspective camera rather than an orthographic one?

hint: it is. so you also see depth

[stuck crest]

oh mb

im quite new here

[charred spoke]

Oh well if he knows parenthesis n shit he is pretty much good to go the

You lack all the fundamentals to do what you want. Start simpler like I suggested.

[eternal needle]

yea thats exactly why you should try building the next valorant. Have you finished your kernel level anticheat yet?
Dont waste your time, start simpler.

does it matter? if you dont understand the basics then ANYTHING multiplayer is going to be too complex. Even if its pong

and if you truly want to do networking, then #archived-networking as suggested

you dont need to convince me, or anyone else that was advising you. Its not our project.

you also CLEARLY lack the fundamentals for unity give this is in your code
new Quaternion(0,0,0,0))

[grim flare]

hi guys im doing my 2d game but my enemy don't trigger animation event
it just disappear after die

[slender nymph]

show relevant code since this is a code channel

[stuck crest]

hello guys

how can i make something like this?

through code?

[charred spoke]

Have fun stumbling in the dark then

[stuck crest]

the roblox studio stage was crazy ngl

those were the days of peak developing

[slender nymph]

the layer variables are just LayerMask type. then you can either create a struct with the data you want to fold out like that, a custom editor that has a foldout, or a third party asset like NaughtyAttributes which has a Foldout attribute

[stuck crest]

thanks man

[grim flare]

image or text？

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[late jolt]

Hi guys, i have an trouble with an animation. i used a blend tree and input system. does anyone know the problem?
Here is my script : https://paste.myst.rs/jfg5ici3

[grim flare]

ty

[slender nymph]

care to elaborate on what you are expecting to happen? it's not clear from the video what exactly your issue is

[late jolt]

My animation is completely non-existent, like a glitch

[slender nymph]

oh of course, how could i not have known that since i definitely have intimate knowledge of your project!
anyway, what debugging have you actually done?

[zinc shuttle]

need help, i cant organise my scripts
i made so many code about everything but some code need other gameobject's code to work
any tutorial to lern how to manage all the classes and how to use classes for other class?

[slender nymph]

there isn't really an "organize my project" tutorial. how to organize everything really just comes from experience. don't be afraid to refactor things either, especially when things get messy, that's how you get the experience

[late jolt]

i dont know for sure. I use a coroutine in my script and it just happened

[slender nymph]

have you checked the console for errors? i saw at least one at the beginning of the video, not sure how relevant that one is. have you ensured that the variables you are using are the what you expect them to be?

[late jolt]

o yeah its just an object and has nothing to do with animation

[slender nymph]

okay that doesn't really answer much of what i asked

[coral crater]

thanks for the info, do you (or anyone who has experience in this) have a recommendation transferring the values of the item script to one another instead of just moving the array?

[storm pine]

Hello, I have a problem with my code. For a level y have to count the amount of steps of my player, because he dies when it reach a limit. but now, depending the size of the screen (if I play focused or maximized) for the same game distance it counts differents steps. This is my code:
The LvlManager that receive the steps:

private int stepCount = 0;

    private void OnEnable()
    {
        MovimientoTopDown.OnPlayerMove += IncrementStepCount;
    }

    private void OnDisable()
    {
        MovimientoTopDown.OnPlayerMove -= IncrementStepCount;
    }

    private void IncrementStepCount()
    {
        stepCount++;
        Debug.Log(stepCount);
        if (stepCount <= timeSlider.maxValue)
        {
            timeSlider.value = stepCount;
            // Actualiza el alfa de la imagen del panel
            darkPanelColor.a = timeSlider.value * fadeRate;
            fadeDarkPanel.color = darkPanelColor;
        }
        else
        {

            StartCoroutine(ShowFailSequence());
        }

    }

And this the PlayerMovement script that activates the event:

private Vector2 lastPosition;
    private float movementThreshold = 1.0f; // Umbral de movimiento para disparar el evento


    private void Start()
    {
        keepMoving = true;
        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
        rb2D = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        lastPosition = rb2D.position;
}
private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (GameController.GetInstance().isGameStarted && keepMoving)
        {
            direccion = new Vector2(movX, movY).normalized;
            rb2D.MovePosition(rb2D.position + direccion * velocidadMovimiento * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
            if ((rb2D.position - lastPosition).magnitude > movementThreshold)
            {
                lastPosition = rb2D.position;
                OnPlayerMove?.Invoke();
            }
        }

    }

[slender nymph]

the same game distance
it doesn't actually sound like it is the same game distance. how are you measuring this distance

because it sounds like you may be using some UI elements and your player is moving in world space between those UI elements that are in screen space. and when your resolution changes, that affects how much the camera can see in world space due to the orthographic size

[storm pine]

The movX and movY values are obtain this way on Update()

movX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
            movY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

[slender nymph]

that's not relevant to what i asked

[storm pine]

On my game the player moves on a tileMap that is inside a Grid. And then I just send this to the canvas using a renderTexture(). So I think it's not measuring anything with the canvas

[slender nymph]

can you provide some actual details related to the question i asked

[storm pine]

I use two Cameras, one for the UI and one that follows the player with perspective Ortographic with a Size set, so this way on the UI will always show the same amount of map

[slender nymph]

did you not even read what i had initially asked you? or do you just not want to actually answer that?

how are you measuring the distance travelled and how have you confirmed that it is actually moving a lower distance on higher resolutions

[icy sluice]

how do i hit a backface of an convex mesh?

[storm pine]

Sorry, I don't understand your question. The distance is measured using the rigidBody2D position, is this what you refer?

[slender nymph]

you said "depending the size of the screen (if I play focused or maximized) for the same game distance it counts differents steps"
how have you measured any of this to confirm that

[storm pine]

Because I have a slider with a maxStep as slider.maxValue set, and in maximized it advance slower than focused. In focused it advance so fast as I move

[slender nymph]

so you are making assumptions without actually confirming anything. in that case, show a video of what is happening so i can actually get some relevant details

use mp4 to embed in discord or upload to some remote host

[slate haven]

Upload it to https://streamable.com/

[storm pine]

Yeah, sorry I don't know why it was recorder as mkv

Give me a moment

[slate haven]

if u cant open this website u can also use vpn

[slender nymph]

if you used obs with default settings to record it then just change the extension to mp4, it should be in a codec that is easily supported by both

[storm pine]

You can see here that in focused the slider is like 25% and in maximized it goes like to 50% of the slider

[storm pine]

thank you, I will consider it for the future

[storm pine]

i also print the rigidbody position on the same wall so you can see is the same on focused and in maximized. This is why I dont understand how it gives diferrent steps

[slender nymph]

the X position is different there where it should be the same. so you are resizing something, there is a difference of 0.08 units, which isn't a lot but depending on the values you are using to determine a step it could be significant

[storm pine]

The difference is just a FixedUpdate error because if I play again on focused it can go up to x=11.64

[slender nymph]

FixedUpdate runs at a fixed rate. if it is printing a different position when you are in the same position at different resolutions then you are resizing the game world based on the resolution rather than the camera's orthographic size

[storm pine]

I found something interesting. My problem is not about how is resizing the game world. Because now I have count the steps on the player movement and it gives the same result if I go to the signal in both resolutions (32). So my real problem I've discover is how the lvlManager is receiving the event, but is supose to be the same, but I can't understand if this FixedUpdate updates the steps slowly, the levelManager that is suscribed to that event gives high values (1000 and thing like that for the same distance) since the OnPlayerMove is only Invoke when a step is incremented```cs
private void FixedUpdate()
{
if (GameController.GetInstance().isGameStarted && keepMoving)
{
direccion = new Vector2(movX, movY).normalized;
rb2D.MovePosition(rb2D.position + direccion * velocidadMovimiento * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
//Debug.Log(lastPosition);
if ((rb2D.position - lastPosition).magnitude > movementThreshold)
{
totalSteps+=1;
Debug.Log("Steps: "+ totalSteps);
lastPosition = rb2D.position;

            OnPlayerMove?.Invoke();
        }
    }

}

[slender nymph]

show the full code for both classes

[storm pine]

Here are both in the same file: https://hatebin.com/cisdzlznqo

[slender nymph]

show the LevelManagerBase as well. and for future reference, it is always better to use two links than to post the files together like that.

[fringe plover]

Was fixing save loading bug for 10 mins, found bug: 😂

[storm pine]

I solved it. I was also invoking the event on the Update method on the PlayerMovement script, I hadn't see that line

[slender nymph]

yeah that'll do it. you'll have more frames when not viewing the editor since it doesn't need to draw the inspector and other editor elements every frame

[storm pine]

Thank you anyways for your work and concern helping people

[queen adder]

How do developers attach clothing to a character that has multiple body types? Such as seen in the WWE character customization. Is there a name for that?

[slender nymph]

don't crosspost

[eternal needle]

This is a coding channel

[queen adder]

? It's a coding question

[eternal needle]

Ok show relevant code then and we can help

[deft grail]

delete it from #💻┃unity-talk also while no one has responded

[queen adder]

I did

Relax Karen's I'm just trying to find help

[tough cave]

bruh, why is my prefab not working when sending it to git, to a new branch... Its an empty object/prefab when i merge it to a other branch ughhh... :{

[hasty tundra]

Is there a way of converting multi-dimensional arrays to a string value? im trying to sort a save system for my games high scores, which (due to how many varients of mode there are) are best stored in a 3D array. However, when converting these values to a string to save in a Json all the data is lost. Any ideas on how i can solve this?

[eternal needle]

This is also definitely not a coding question. Probably more blender/asset related. Once you have the model which can actually swap out body types then it's just a matter of toggling the correct one which is 1 line of code

[queen adder]

How do developers CODE clothing to fit characters that has multiple body types?

[eternal needle]

Show relevant code, which json library are you using?

[hasty tundra]

!code

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[eternal needle]

A 3d array for high scores also does really sound questionable (aka not needed). You could likely use a dictionary, since I suspect you are mapping game mode to index

[queen adder]

You don't have to respond and it's okay if you don't know.

[eternal needle]

Im clearly responding to someone else in that message.

[languid spire]

Sorry, those are perfectly reasonable and required questions in order to help you

[queen adder]

Careful, @eternal needle will say that's not code

[hasty tundra]

https://gdl.space/ileloxocah.cpp Heres the link to the code, and i suspect there is probably a better way to save the highscores than with the 3D array. Essentially there are 3 different factors in play for each game (Map, mode and difficulty) and i want to store a seperate highscore for each combination of factors

[queen adder]

Ty

[slender nymph]

they would likely make different versions of the clothing asset that fit the different body types. then naturally they would just use the one that fits the body type for that body type
so not a code question

[eternal needle]

Nice way to earn yourself a block from me and anyone else that helps in these channels. Kindly fuck off

[languid spire]

Ok, so you use JsonUtuility, try using Newtonsoft

[queen adder]

If you're rude right out the gate idc if you block me. I PREFER it

Doing me a favor tbh

[slender nymph]

mate, you're the one being rude

[queen adder]

I just asked a question

[ivory bobcat]

Do you have an actual programming question?

[slender nymph]

and you were informed it wasn't a code question. and not to crosspost. and then started bitching about it.
you should have deleted the question from here and left it in #💻┃unity-talk which was the more appropriate location for it

[hasty tundra]

thing is, i tested it out, if i simply convert the array to a string and back without using Json it still loses the data, so i dont think its the converting to Json thats the problem...

[eternal needle]

On top of Steve's suggestion, I would also split this up. You dont really need such a complicated array here. You could even just store high scores for each map or mode in it's own array.

[languid spire]

how do you convert the array to string without using Json?

[slender nymph]

why are you trying to manually convert the array to a string? just let newtonsoft serialize it properly

[queen adder]

My question is a coding question is it not?

[slender nymph]

if i start saying code words, it's a code question, right?

[deft grail]

no point arguing, your question in the beginning was right their response was wrong but so was yours after.

[hasty tundra]

ok, 1. when i tested with arrays it lost the data not only for the 3D array, but with 2D and even 1D arrays aswell. 2. Im not sure how i would swap over to Newtonsoft as i have never used it, is there a tutorial i can use to get it set up somewhere?

[void thicket]

How are you testing it?

[queen adder]

Ty, I just didn't understand why they responded to me so rudely. 😕

[eternal needle]

#💻┃code-beginner message
I answered them pretty much right away. Doesnt matter if the person want to believe

[deft grail]

sorry but saying "it is 1 line of code" isnt very helpful is it

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ the main point being that it's clearly a blender or other model creation tool issue

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json@2.0/manual/index.html

[hasty tundra]

i was changing the arrays to be 2D or 1D respectively, changing values within them, and no matter what it always produced this when asked to load the data. It also gave the same response when i simply used .ToString() to convert to a string aswell

[eternal needle]

It's pretty helpful if you show code as you say these, because people really have no idea how you are converting to string and back without json. And especially this would cause compile errors

[void thicket]

Are you doing .ToString? 😅

[slender nymph]

this is the expected result when you use ToString on any collection, or type that does not have ToString overridden, it will just print the type

[languid spire]

yep, that is how ToString() works when applied to objects

[hasty tundra]

i wasnt using ToString with the JSon convertor though and it still gave the same result?

[void thicket]

It’s not going to pretty print your elements

[languid spire]

because JsonUtility does NOT support multi dimension arrays

[void thicket]

And it sounds like Json converter fall backed to ToString because it is unsupported type

[hasty tundra]

ah ok ok i understand now. Im assuming the Newtonsoft does support them then?

[languid spire]

yes

[eternal needle]

Also I suggest getting the Newtonsoft converters package once you figure out setting Newtonsoft. Itll handle stuff like vector3 and other types for you

[slender nymph]

shouldn't be necessary if they are using the latest version available in the package manager

oh wait, actually it might still be definitely still is necessary for some types

[hasty tundra]

Thanks for the help guys, all setup and working now 👍

[hollow venture]

Hello guys.
A newbie question:
I have controller script to my player object who work perfectly. But in the moment hes connected to animator hes not able to move.
I checked all answers in google/gpt nothing fixed it :d

[slender nymph]

show relevant !code and any errors in the console

[eternal falcon]

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[mighty basalt]

i have some spawnpoints that have a rigidbody2d and a boxcollider2d. these spawnpoints spawn enemies that also have a boxcollider2d and a rigidbody2d. however now the enemies push and run into the spawnpoints. is there an easy way to make these two objects ignore collissions?

[slender nymph]

why do spawn points need physics?

[deft grail]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/LayerBasedCollision.html

[slender nymph]

the objectively correct answer is to remove the rigidbody from the spawnpoints. there is no logical reason they should have one

[mighty basalt]

they needed rigidbody so i could disable them when they enter terrains trigger, so enemies dont spawn in terrain

the spawnpoints move around

[slender nymph]

use a physics query, not a rigidbody

a simple checkbox or something like that only when you move it would be sufficient to check whether it is on top of something it shouldn't be active in

[outer scarab]

Hello friends, I'm struggling, someone help me

I have a Isometric Y as Z tilemap and want tiles to be highlighted on mouseover using a sprite which is already on the scene but will show and switch positions when hovering over tiles.

• Cell size of my isometric cell layout is 1, 0.5, 1
• The projects Transparency Sort Mode is set to Custom Axis with following values: 0, 1, -0.26

What I have tried:

• Get mouse position by using Input.mousePosition
• Convert the mouse position to world position using Camera.main.ScreenToWorld()
• Convert the world position to cell position calling the grids WorldToCell() method
• Change the position of the highlight sprite to the cell position

But the position is off like half of the tiles width in px.

(No screens right now, I'm on phone)

Appreciate every help.

[hollow venture]

this is my code and it works great but when connected to my animator i see my player replacing to walk animation but does not move anymore:

and there is no errors

[coral citrus]

The buttons I'm adding listeners to only sends the same wrong int to selected choice, it sends the int 4 which is 1 above the choices.Length through all buttons which shouldnt be possible.

        //Setup new buttons
        for (int i = 0; i < dialogue.choices.Length; i++)
        {
            choiceButtons[i].gameObject.SetActive(true);
            choiceButtons[i].GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>().text = dialogue.choiceText[i];

            // Add listener to the button
            choiceButtons[i].GetComponent<Button>().onClick.AddListener(() => SelectedChoice(i));
        }

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rose galleon]

If I were to make my boss decide one random attack and make it unable to repeat the last one, this is how I would make it right?
Also how do i tell it to reroll in the else{}?

https://hastebin.com/share/yelojupego.java

[deft grail]

i had same issue, i think what you have to do is move it by a different amount based on where you move the mouse
since going up/down is like 1 or 0.5 but then going diagonally is 0.25 or something

[deft grail]

could just use a list and add/remove the ones you used and only use the remaining ones

[rose galleon]

Yeah but idk how to use those tho

[slender nymph]

i really hope you aren't creating a new instance of Random every time you call whatever method this code is in. but also you don't need this super complicated if statement, just use a while loop where the condition is checking whether attackNumber is equal to lastAttack and call Next until it isn't the same

[deft grail]

then learn, its quite easy to use a list

[rose galleon]

Actually comparing attackNumber and lastAttack is so smart

[slender nymph]

you also don't really need to use a List for this as you don't actually need to remove anything from it since you aren't preventing it from repeating an attack permanently, just preventing the most recent one from being repeated. So you could use an array of Action and store the attack methods in the array, generate an index, and compare that to lastAttack. then when it is different, just invoke the action at that index of the array

[rose galleon]

But I wanna make the numbers come back after use, so I figured using a variable that changes value better

[mighty basalt]

how do i make it so an object with a boxcollider2d doesnt get pushed out of another object with its own boxcollider2d?

[languid spire]

make one of them a trigger

[slender nymph]

is this still because of the spawn point thing? because i already told you how you can solve that #💻┃code-beginner message

the spawn point wouldn't need a collider or a rigidbody if you do what i suggested

[mighty basalt]

yeah but i tried that but then the spawnpoints push the player when they are pushed out of the terrain, because they are a child of the player

[mighty basalt]

what is a physics query?

[coral citrus]

I figured out that for some reason it's adding all the listeners at the end with the reference to i which is going to be 4 at the end. So adding what looks like to be a completely unnecessary index ref before adding listener fixed it.

            // Add listener to the button
            int index = i;
            choiceButtons[i].GetComponent<Button>().onClick.AddListener(() => SelectedChoice(index));

[rose galleon]

How do i tell it to reroll then?

[slender nymph]

well that just proves you did not try what i suggested.
a physics query is a query of the current physics scene to check for colliders in a specific area or path. Physics2D.CheckBox is an example of that and is literally all you need instead of relying on OnTriggerEnter2D/OnCollisionEnter2D

[slender nymph]

still this #💻┃code-beginner message

[languid spire]

this is a very common mistake made when using lambdas, you've hit on the solution

[slender nymph]

ah closures, the curse of the anonymous method. here's some info about why it happens and how you can avoid it (which you're already doing) https://unity.huh.how/anonymous-methods-and-closures

[coral citrus]

Such a weird thing 😅
Thank you for the source.

[languid spire]

It's simple really, lambdas pass by reference even for value types, so you are passing the address of i not the value of it

[storm pine]

Is there any Attribute for a variable to set if it's required or optional to set on the inspector? I have look into this but I haven't found anything, maybe I'm searching in the wrong place: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Attributes.html

[slender nymph]

not a built in one, no

[mighty basalt]

sorry but i really do not understand. physics2d.CheckBox is not a thing in unity, and i cant find anything like it when searching
https://pastebin.com/X8A9E4FN
this is my current code if that helps understand whats going on

[slender nymph]

ah right, only 3d physics has the CheckXXX methods. so you'd use an OverlapBox. or a raycast, or literally any other physics query that makes sense in context of checking the position

you should also really consider not naming your classes the same thing existing unity components unless you really know what you are doing (and can also easily articulate that you are using your own component type when trying to receive help with it)

this is a code channel. delete it from here and post in #1179447338188673034

[mighty basalt]

ive tried reading this but im not sure how i should implement it
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.OverlapBox.html

[slender nymph]

well that's the 3d version not the 2d one

[mighty basalt]

oh sry. ive found the 2d one, but still. so it checks if a collider is within a certain area. but should i do that in the tilemap script (should be renamed as you said)? and can i then do something like check if that collider belongs to something with tag spawnpoint and then ignore it?

[slender nymph]

do it from the spawnpoints themselves whenever they move. and you can check if they are on top of something they shouldn't be active over. and if they are you can just not spawn anything

[frozen steeple]

Im using a character controller for third person movement, and I also created separately an hoverboard that moves based on rigid body and forces. Basically I want to let the player hop on the hoverboard and "change comands". How should I implent this? like, do I disable the character controller and make the player model a child of the hoverboard? or is there a better way?

[slender nymph]

yeah that would typically be how you would swap to physics based movement from the CC

[frozen steeple]

i see, thanks!

[static cedar]

Yo peps, just asking if there's a linq method where you can get the current # of iteration?

[brave compass]

What's the use case?

[wintry quarry]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13054281/listt-foreach-with-index

But like... what's wrong with for?

[static cedar]

Gonna convert it into a dictionary that stores an item and an index with a string name key from an array of items. Just need to get the index.

[static cedar]

Now i gotta make a loop.

[wintry quarry]

And that's... difficult?

[static cedar]

No. But i wanted to know if there's something that alr does it.

[whole idol]

Why is Object Variables not clickable?

[tough cave]

Why is the prefab not being noticed by the problemManager? I dont understand it. Someone can see the mistake?

    public class ProblemManager: MonoBehaviour
    {
        public ActionDialog IndividualDialog;
        public IActionDialog GlobalActionDialog;

        public List<Problem> ProblemList;
        

        public ActionDialog GetIndividualDialog()
        {
            if (IndividualDialog == null)
            {
                Debug.LogError("Failed to get a valid dialog from IndividualDialog! blaah");
            }
            return IndividualDialog;
        }

( it returns the LogError)

[slender nymph]

is there perhaps more code in this class that you aren't showing?

[tough cave]

    public class ProblemManager: MonoBehaviour
    {
        public ActionDialog IndividualDialog;
        public IActionDialog GlobalActionDialog;

        public List<Problem> ProblemList;
        

        public ActionDialog GetIndividualDialog()
        {
            if (IndividualDialog == null)
            {
                Debug.LogError("Failed to get a valid dialog from IndividualDialog! blaah");
            }
            return IndividualDialog;
        }

        public IActionDialog GetGlobalActionDialog()
        {
            return GlobalActionDialog;
        }
    }

public class ProblemPopup : IPopup, IPointerClickHandler
{
    //// Will have some relation back to the student.
    public Student originStudent;
    
    private ActionDialog dialog;

    //// Temp variable, will be replaced with a service locator to the ProblemManager.
    //// Later variables will ensure that only if the student has been touched, that the popup will be clickable.
    public ProblemManager problemManager;
    

    public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        if (originStudent == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("originStudent is not initialized!");
            return;
        }

        if (!originStudent.isInRange)
        {
            Debug.Log("Student not in range");
            return;
        }

        if (problemManager == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("ProblemManager is not initialized!");
            return;
        }


        dialog = problemManager.GetIndividualDialog();

        if (dialog == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("Failed to get a valid dialog from ProblemManager!");
            return;
        }

        dialog.student = originStudent;
        dialog.ShowPopup();
        Debug.Log("Individual action: Open dialog.");
    }

it fails on dialog = problemmanaer.getindividual

[whole idol]

Why is Object Variables tab not clickable?

Im trynna access object variables

why cant i click it?

[timid bridge]

try to reference to a GameObject with the given Script and Assign it in the Inspector

[slender nymph]

!code 👇 large blocks of code should be posted as a link to a bin site
but are you certain you are accessing the correct ProblemManager instance? and that nothing else is assigning that variable?

[eternal falcon]

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[slender nymph]

#763499475641172029

this is a code channel

[tough cave]

Hmm I think i see it. Why or how come it says mistype match? I'm trying to import the problem manager inside this var. that literally the same type :{ zZzZz

[slender nymph]

prefabs cannot reference in-scene objects

https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[spiral narwhal]

I don't really think I understood how persistent path works haha

        public static void CreateAndWriteSaveGame(string gameState)
        {
            var currentDateAsString = DateTime.UtcNow.Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
            var currentDateFormatted = currentDateAsString.Replace(" ", "-");
            var currentTimeSuffix = "-" + Time.time;
            var saveGameFileName = currentDateFormatted + currentTimeSuffix;

            var pathStart = Application.persistentDataPath;
            const string gameSaveSubPath = "/Save Games/";

            var saveGamePath = Path.Combine(pathStart, gameSaveSubPath, saveGameFileName);
            File.WriteAllText(saveGamePath, gameState);
        }

So how do I make it point to some game related folder?

[slender nymph]

you're just using Path.Combine wrong, remove the slashes from the gameSaveSubPath

[spiral narwhal]

Whoops

Didn't realise haha

[slender nymph]

you'll probably also need to create the folder if it does not exist already

[ancient holly]

    private void ComboThree(System.Action finishAction)
    {
        bool firstDashAttackDir = Random.Range(0, 2) == 0;
        System.Action spinAttack = () => { TeleportToRandomCornerAndSpin(finishAction); }; // third
        System.Action secondSlash = () => { TeleportNearPlayerAndSlash(secondDashSlash); }; //second
        TeleportNearPlayerAndSlash(secondSlash); //first
    }

is this an ok way to use delegates? when a state ends it calls the finishaction and starts the next state

[spiral narwhal]

Yup works now, cheers

Just wondering: is there a Unity shortcut to move into the "persistent app path"?

Because in the editor I can't see the file

[slender nymph]

the location of it depends on the platform, but if you look at the documentation for the property it provides the path so you can navigate there on your file explorer

[swift crag]

I put a button in my game that opens the persistent data path in your file browser

it would be easy to add that as as menu item in the Editor

[spiral narwhal]

Would you mind sharing the button script? Sounds useful

[slender nymph]

yeah i was about to suggest that, i don't think there's any built in way to do it automatically, but making a button for it is pretty trivial

[swift crag]

https://gdl.space/owabovelan.cpp

[spiral narwhal]

Cheers

[swift crag]

There is no Application.logPath, so I had to construct that myself

I haven't checked if that works on Linux

using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start to open the folder feels scuffed

[slender nymph]

you can also slap a Menu Item attribute on that if you want to add a menu item like with the GameObject, Edit, etc menus at the top

[swift crag]

yeah

[languid spire]

there is

EditorUtility.OpenFilePanel("Persistent Data", Application.persistentDataPath, "*");

[swift crag]

[MenuItem("Foo/Bar")] adds an entry to the menubar up top that runs the static method the attribute was attached to

[slender nymph]

doesn't that open a dialog to select/open a file rather than just opening the file explorer to that path normally though?

[spiral narwhal]

It does

[languid spire]

Yes, but it is basically a file explorer window

although it's a dialog

[swift crag]

you could finagle your way from that to an actual file explorer window

[spiral narwhal]

https://gdl.space/aponikujeh.cpp

This worked like a charm on windows though

Yup serialisation works :)

Now I would like to plug in this service. Do you guys know easy to use libraries for encryption?

[topaz mortar]

Anyone know that feeling where you've been looking for a bug for hours and the longer you search the more you realize it's gonna be something insanely stupid and you're gonna hate yourself when you finally find it? I'm 4 hours in ...

[real rock]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[swift crag]

what are you trying to accomplish

[final totem]

should i instantiate prefabs or components on the fly?

[spiral narwhal]

Encryption. But I found C#'s Aes class :)

[swift crag]

well, obviously

but what are you trying to do with it?

[swift crag]

Are you asking about the difference between instantiating a GameObject and instantiating a specific component type?

If so, there is no difference, other than what Instantiate returns to you. When you instantiate a Transform or a Collider or some mono behaviour type you created, Unity instantiates the game object it's attached to

[final totem]

scritpable objects can be changed or are read only tho?

[swift crag]

You can modify a scriptable object just fine. However, this can have some surprising behaviors if the scriptable object came from an asset.

The changes will stick around until the object is unloaded.

In the Editor, an object referenced in a scene you have open for editing will not unload when you quit play mode

So it will look like the changes are persistent.

If you load a new scene that does not reference the object, it will unload, and your changes will go away the next time the object is loaded.

[outer scarab]

Found a much better solution, if you're interested, I can share.

[swift crag]

And, of course, in the built game, you can't permanently modify assets at all

So if you quit and reopen the game, the changes you made will be gone

[dark hatch]

i am very dissapointed in myself for reading this c#'s ass class bruh

[tender walrus]

Hey I have a questions about the Bounds of a prefab. Currently I'm getting the bounds of a single prefab from its meshRenderer to perform calculations in a script, but I now want to create a prefab made of different prefabs by just dragging them in a parent prefab, and still have the Bounds to encompass the size of the prefabs together. Is there a simple way to achieve this? I tried wrapping the parent in a BoxCollider but it needs to be instantiated in order to get the bounds

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Bounds.Encapsulate.html

because there's no maxLinearVelocity on Rigidbody

in your version of Unity

Looks like it started in Unity 2022

[final totem]

should almost all textures have the read write disabled?

[wintry quarry]

yes

[final totem]

[BurstCompile]
public struct MyFirstJob : IJob
{
public NativeArray<float3> ToNormalize;
public void Execute()
{
for (int i = 0; i < ToNormalize.Length; i++)
{
ToNormalize[i] = math.normalize(ToNormalize[i]);
}
}
}

how can i call this?

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/JobSystemCreatingJobs.html

[desert plinth]

Is there a way to apply the force of a rigidbody into the forward direction of an object and not just an axis?

Because when I use AddForce on a rotated object it still applies force towards the global z axis not local

[wintry quarry]

You can either:

• Use AddRelativeForce
• Convert the vector yourself

[desert plinth]

Ohhh thanks

[wintry quarry]

e.g.:

rb.AddForce(rb.rotation * force);
// OR
rb.AddRelativeForce(force);```

[polar acorn]

Convert the vector from local to world space
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.TransformDirection.html

[topaz mortar]

So turns out everything was working correctly, I was just trying to load the wrong data ...
Trying to load the itemslot id instead of the actual item id, 6 hours well spent!

 HashSet<string> keys = new HashSet<string>();
 /*foreach (var key in character.ItemSlots.Keys)
 {
     if (character.ItemSlots[key] != 0)
     {
         keys.Add(key.ToString());
     }
 }*/

 foreach (KeyValuePair<int, int> pair in character.ItemSlots)
 {
     if (pair.Value != 0)
     {
         keys.Add(pair.Value.ToString());
     }
 }```

[void thicket]

Confusing that your HashSet name is just keys, naming is important 🙂

[topaz mortar]

well it is a "list" of keys

[fervent iron]

very new, working on a Udemy course that is very helpful, but it is doing a poor job at explaining syntax and differentiating structures. For example, this structure below. Or when you need to use <> braces to identfy an object, etc. Is there a course, video, or something that anyone can recommend on the different structures and the required syntax? Im struggling when it comes to parsing through documentation and feel like there must be a lesson someone put together.

[topaz mortar]

itemIdsToLoad?

[wintry quarry]

The thing you are looking at in your screenshot is called an "Attribute" in C#

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/advanced-topics/reflection-and-attributes/#using-attributes

[fervent iron]

Thank you! This is one of maany examples. Looking for a succinct rundown of the various structures, common syntax, where they have to be declared if so, etc.

[wintry quarry]

Basically you use it to mark that the ScriptableObject type it's adorning can be created from a menu within the editor

[wintry quarry]

THere isn't really such a thing. C# is a big language with lots of features.
The best I can do is link you to the C# docs I guess
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/

[fervent iron]

that would give me enough to explore documentation to "know what i dont know"

thx

[swift crag]

the Language Reference is a good place to look for general information https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/

i also consult the actual specification for really fine details https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/specification/overview

[whole narwhal]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[whole narwhal]

https://paste.ofcode.org/8eiivU5UBm3NMuwD2Bst4s

Trying something srry

Hey I need some help. I'm trying to add a simple countdown timer into my game. Copied some code for it but the timer does not update ant stays at (0:00) : (1:00) when I press play. I can see the timeLeft variable go down in the inspector but again the text(legacy) object isn't changing. Any help is appreciated

Code is in that link above

[rich adder]

it doesnt update cause you wrote it wrong

not sure where you got that from, but It should be
timerText.text = string.Format("({0:00}:{1:00})", minutes, seconds);
you can also do
timerText.text = $"({minutes:00}:{seconds:00})";

[slate haven]

I have a magnet pickup in my game. So I have defined a range of it to attract coins. Earlier it was attracting coins only in range as I was creating new coins every frame. Now I have been using Object Pooling, so whenever magnet is active, all the coins in the scene are attracted. Please do help.

    {
        if (pm.canAttract)
        {
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, cs.playerTransform.position, cs.moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
      


    }```

Ref: https://streamable.com/mnz8lu

[buoyant knot]

do coins have physics?

like colliders and rigidbodies?

[slate haven]

yes

collider is a trigger here

and it has rigidbody

[whole narwhal]

Oh my God it works

[buoyant knot]

then 1) do not move them in update, use fixedupdate
2) do not move them by transform. use their rigidbody

[whole narwhal]

Yeeesss

[slate haven]

when I move it in fixedUpdate, they dont seem like moving, they disappear in 1 frame

[buoyant knot]

the transform and rigidbody will be fighting each other to overwrite the position

then you should fix that. not make it extra wrong by moving it to update

[slate haven]

this problem wasnt occuring when i was using instantiation. Its occuring after I applied Object Pooling. What I suspect is its because its treating the other coins as the same coins that collided with the player

[buoyant knot]

when you bring something out from the pool, you need to really reset it

[slate haven]

like how??

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

        
        GameObject objectToSpawn = poolDictionary[tag].Dequeue();
        objectToSpawn.transform.position = position;
        objectToSpawn.transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
        objectToSpawn.SetActive(true);

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

    }

    public void DeactivateGameObject(string tag, GameObject collidedObj)
    {
        if (poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
        {
            Debug.Log("Contains tag");
            foreach (GameObject obj in poolDictionary[tag])
            {
                if(obj == collidedObj)
                {
                    obj.SetActive(false);
                    Debug.Log("Item False now");
                    return;
                }
            }
            

        }```

[buoyant knot]

1. i am not writing code for you. that is your job
2. you need to reset all the internal variables

[slate haven]

1. Im not asking u to write code
2. How do i reset

[buoyant knot]

i recommend you use an interface, where every monobehaviour that needs to reset on the object gets a Reset() method called

then the spawn object looks for all the IResettable components and calls Reset()

[slate haven]

the code i have written, is that correct?

like does my code actually reset or not

[buoyant knot]

it resets nothing

[slate haven]

what if i dequeue

when it gets deactivated

[slate haven]

this is new for me, never used that

[buoyant knot]

if you have a script in the coin that gets a variable set at 0 at start, then it becomes 5 in its lifetime, explain to me how that coin comes back into play with the variable at 0

because the point of a pool is to save time by not reinstantiating

but that means you need an equivalent way to bring something back from scratch

as though it were brand new

otherwise code will depend on whatever happened during its old lifetime

[slate haven]

can you please elaborate more on how do i begin with?

[buoyant knot]

start by not object pooling until you have a better grasp on some more of the basic tools, such as interfaces

[slate haven]

but if i want to, how do i begin with interfacea

[buoyant knot]

watch a guide video

[slate haven]

because i really want to

[slate haven]

okay

[spiral narwhal]

            Debug.Log(string.Join(",", myAes.Key.ToString()));
            Debug.Log(string.Join(",", myAes.IV.ToString()));

Why can't I see the array properly formatted?

[wintry quarry]

I don't think this code is producing those logs

[spiral narwhal]

Yeah it is

But from a menu item

[wintry quarry]

Can you prove it? Add some more info to the log

[keen dew]

You're converting the arrays to strings before trying to join them

[wintry quarry]

Oh

Nitku has it right

You just want:

Debug.Log(string.Join(",", myAes.Key));```

[spiral narwhal]

Ah that would make sense

Cheers

[wintry quarry]

assuming myAes.Key is an array

[spiral narwhal]

Byte[] yes

[slate haven]

I had a question. Why would I use an interface? Like its primarily used for abstraction so what purpose would it solve? Why not just create a function Reset()????

[buoyant knot]

because an interface lets many different classes implement Reset(), even if they have nothing to do with each other. and then let you call that method via the interface

[wintry quarry]

Instead of writing a lot of different code that resets different things

void ResetCar(Car car) {
  car.Reset();
}

void ResetComputer(Computer computer) {
  computer.Reset();
}

// etc...

You can just do it once:

void Reset(IResetable resetable) {
  resetable.Reset();
}```

[slate haven]

what if we create a function with generalised arguments? Just call that method with different arguments.. so like wont it work the same way?

[wintry quarry]

or imagine them in a list:

List<object> thingsToReset = ...
foreach (object o in thingsToReset) {
  if (o is Car c) c.Reset();
  if (o is Computer comp) comp.Reset();
  // etc... :sad:
}

You can do:

List<IResettable> thingsTOReset = ...
foreach (IResettable resettable in thingsToReset) {
  resettable.Reset();
}```

[wintry quarry]

I don't even understand what you mean.
where you would you create that function???
How would you call it?

[blissful spindle]

Hi, this is a script for gun in my game that seemed to work well until I added few lines of code in there https://hatebin.com/ekpgcteqoo

[blissful spindle]

the problem now is that the gun wont even shoot

[wintry quarry]

before you shoot a bullet, your bullet variable is null
So doing bullet.velocity = ... will be an error

[slate haven]

Okay. I will create Reset() in the main class. Now if an object is to be reset, then pass on the arguments (GameObject obj/tag) on that function call whenever a certain event happens

[wintry quarry]

What is a "main class"?
Pass on the arguments to what?
Show me a practical example of what you're talking about.

[blissful spindle]

I see...

[wintry quarry]

why are you calling BulletTrajectory in Update?

What's the point of that?
And you realize it will only affect the most recent bullet right?

[summer stump]

Is bulletbehaviour on the same object as gunbehaviour

[blissful spindle]

well, idk to be fair

[wintry quarry]

seems pointless

[blissful spindle]

nope

[wintry quarry]

You should know, you wrote the code, right?

Think about what your code is doing and why

[blissful spindle]

aight will fix that then

[summer stump]

Then getcomponent will not work as written

[blissful spindle]

I am gonna try it thx

[slate haven]

the main class I mean the script by default. Pass arguments to the defined function.
Example:

  void update()
{
  if(resetCoin == true)
    { 
       reset(coin)
     }
}


    void reset(gameobject obj)
     {
        reset(obj);
      }

}

[summer stump]

```
//code BETWEEN the ticks
```

Also needs ticks at the end

[wintry quarry]

    void reset(gameobject obj)
     {
        reset(obj);
      }```
What? This code will just give you a StackOverflowException (assuming you fix the `GameObject` typo)

[slate haven]

I mean

void reset(gameobject obj)
{

///do reset the object
}

[wintry quarry]

Ok and how do you "// do reset the object"?

Which object?
How do you know which component it has to be reset?

[summer stump]

Are you using code to do it?
Might be better in #🖼️┃2d-tools

[slate haven]

I dont know how to reset that object. Thats what I was asking before

[flint python]

no code apply, just putted images so far

[wintry quarry]

You might as well have written "wave a magic wand" there.

[summer stump]

This is a code channel

[slate haven]

haha

[wintry quarry]

The way would be to use the interface

[flint python]

thanks

[slate haven]

how to reset it using that?

will it be fine If I paste my main question here again?

[wintry quarry]

e.g.

void reset(gameobject obj)
{
  if (obj.TryGetComponent(out IResettable resettable)) {
    resettable.Reset();
  }
}```

[slate haven]

this

[wintry quarry]

This would be with the interface

without the interface, you would need to check for any number of different resettable components

[wintry quarry]

I don't know what this has to do with interfaces

[slate haven]

is that already defined method?

[wintry quarry]

seems unrelated

[wintry quarry]

TryGetComponent is defined yes

[slate haven]

Loup and soup told me

i mean

[wintry quarry]

IResettable is a hypothetical interface you would write and implement

[slate haven]

please do share ur opinion

as well

on my actual problem

[wintry quarry]

I don't know I don't have enough context

[slate haven]

may i explain

I have a magnet pickup in my game. So I have defined a range of it to attract coins. Earlier it was attracting coins only in range as I was creating new coins every frame. Now I have been using Object Pooling, so whenever magnet is active, all the coins in the scene are attracted. Please do help.

    {
        if (pm.canAttract)
        {
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, cs.playerTransform.position, cs.moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
      


    }```

Ref: https://streamable.com/mnz8lu

Object Pooling Code:

``` public GameObject SpawnFromPool(string tag, Vector2 position)
    {
        if (!poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
        {
           return null;
        }

        
        GameObject objectToSpawn = poolDictionary[tag].Dequeue();
        objectToSpawn.transform.position = position;
        objectToSpawn.transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
        objectToSpawn.SetActive(true);

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

    }

    public void DeactivateGameObject(string tag, GameObject collidedObj)
    {
        if (poolDictionary.ContainsKey(tag))
        {
            Debug.Log("Contains tag");
            foreach (GameObject obj in poolDictionary[tag])
            {
                if(obj == collidedObj)
                {
                    obj.SetActive(false);
                    Debug.Log("Item False now");
                    return;
                }
            }
            

        }```

[stuck crest]

is it possible to disable this through script?

[rich adder]

yes

[stuck crest]

how can i do it

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/enabling-and-disabling-components

[stuck crest]

thanks

its not working

[wintry quarry]

Rigidbodies are not Behaviours

[rich adder]

rigidbodies don't have disabling

[wintry quarry]

they have no enabled property

[stuck crest]

wait what

yo i didnt know that

[wintry quarry]

The screenshot you shared was a CircleCollider2D

notice there is no corresponding checkbox for a Rigidbody2D

[stuck crest]

yeai jus noticed

i thot all of them have it

[rich adder]

if its 2D rigidbody there is a Simulated you can disable
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody2D-simulated.html

[stuck crest]

thanks man

[fringe plover]

!code

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[stuck crest]

what would be the best way to like to pick up objects in unity in your opinion

[rich adder]

raycast, physics casts/overlap

[slate haven]

can anyone look into this? Im ready to explain more

[stuck crest]

i want the player to pass thru the object so i used layermask to do it , but the raycast wont hit

[rich adder]

you probably used layermask wrong

[stuck crest]

is there a better way?

[fringe plover]

I made some code to load data from cloud, but i dont know how to make it wait first, any ideas? (DataStore is not my code, its part of API, and it doesnt have async methods)

    public void LoadData()
    {
        DataStore.Get("bombBuffCount", false, value => { SaveValues.instance.currentGameData.bombBuffCount = int.Parse(value); });
        DataStore.Get("shakeBuffCount", false, value => { SaveValues.instance.currentGameData.shakeBuffCount = int.Parse(value); });
        DataStore.Get("slowMoBuffCount", false, value => { SaveValues.instance.currentGameData.slowMoBuffCount = int.Parse(value); });
        DataStore.Get("coinCount", false, value => { SaveValues.instance.currentGameData.coinCount = int.Parse(value); });
        LoadingManager.instance.RestartAsync();
    }

[stuck crest]

yea probably

[rich adder]

if you want player to pass through make it trigger? unless it needs to be solid

[stuck crest]

its going through the ground man

[rich adder]

you can also disable collisions between specific layers

[stuck crest]

yea i made a layer for the player and disabled its collisions

but the raycasts wrent hitting

[rich adder]

use Async, with await operator

[stuck crest]

they were hitting before

[fringe plover]

uhh... any example or smth?

[rich adder]

are you able to run DataStore.Get async

[stuck crest]

oh wait sorry

[fringe plover]

no

thats void

[stuck crest]

i forgot i updated my code

i did the test agin

[rich adder]

#archived-networking

[stuck crest]

and it works

thank you @rich adder

[rich adder]

where is the method from

which API is this

[fringe plover]

API i downloaded from asset store/github

i can change it... but never worked with networking and stuff, i use GameJolt to make cloud saving and achivement stuff

[rich adder]

thats very vague..

also generally these type calls should be async

since they vary in speed, especially client internet speed

[fringe plover]

well... its fully on C# but... i dont wanna mess with it...

[rich adder]

you dont want your app to lockup while waiting for dl

[rich adder]

what?

"its fully c#" what does that even mean.

[fringe plover]

like, some API uses .dll's

[rich adder]

you using a library if you're not sure how it works?

[fringe plover]

dammit

its called API

i just use it

[rich adder]

do you know what an API is ?

[fringe plover]

no..?

[rich adder]

so why are you using the term so loosely

[fringe plover]

yes..?

[rich adder]

seems this is a waste of time, since you have no clear goal in what you're trying to achieve

[fringe plover]

what you mean by clear goal? well.. i was asking if is there any way to use async/await like Tasks with void

[bronze zenith]

can somebody please tell me why i cant wall jump https://hatebin.com/avoqugypda

this code has absolutely no errors at all

i have no idea why i cant

[rich adder]

if the function is async it doesn't matter if its void or Task

you still haven't explained why you are using this library, thats what I mean with no clear goal

you just said you're using a library, which you haven't even linked

[fringe plover]

it dosnt

[fringe plover]

ah dam..

[rich adder]

then you cannot await

[wintry quarry]

What debugging steps have you taken?

this code has absolutely no errors at all
This is really meaningless. Getting correct code is about making it do the right thing, not just getting rid of errors

[fringe plover]

it means.. its imposible to make it wait before executing next line?

[bronze zenith]

absolutely none cause i have no idea how to do it

[wintry quarry]

Debug.Log

to start with

[rich adder]

why not do the sensible thing and actually explain what it is you're trying to accomplish with this library in the first place?

[bronze zenith]

yea but like where

[fringe plover]

wait, do i need to explain what is this lib?

[wintry quarry]

Start with the place where you expect code to run that doesn't seem to be running.
Print the variables that are expected to be a certain value and make sure they're as you expect, etc..

Use logic and reason to deduce the problem

[rich adder]

is there like a language barrier or something ?

[fringe plover]

ye..

ah wait

you mean why i use this lib and not trying any other?

[rich adder]

Which purpose did you add this library, what are you trying to accomplish with this ? what issue does this library solve ?

[bronze zenith]

whenever i put debug log it just has red lines under it

[rich adder]

mate you have yet to say why you added this library in the first place..

[wintry quarry]

Red lines indicate you have written invalid code. They also come with error messages which you should read which will help you fix the invalid code you wrote.

[fringe plover]

Its the only "API" that handles all GameJolt stuff, like sending requests, getting user data, and other stuff related to gamejolt accounts
I can send my own requests with scripts and recive data, but its really hard, so i used this one because it has pre made prefabs/menus and examples

[rich adder]

Link the Library, send url

[fringe plover]

https://github.com/InfectedBytes/gj-unity-api
https://infectedbytes.github.io/gj-unity-api/tutorial.html

[bronze zenith]

Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, await, and new object expressions can be used as a statement.

i have no idea what that means

[swift crag]

well, show your code

[rich adder]

You have to show what you wrote

these errors are too generic to tell what it is

[bronze zenith]

i wrote debug.log;

[rich adder]

well thats now how you call methods

[swift crag]

it sounds like you tried to do something like 1 + 2;

you can't just write an expression by itself like that

As the error mentioned, one valid expression is a call expression

like SomeMethod();

[rich adder]

"call" is basically ()

[swift crag]

Debug.Log("Hi"); would be valid

Debug.Log; is not.

[wintry quarry]

My man

[bronze zenith]

oh so i put the code in the brackets

[rich adder]

this is just a WRAPPER to an API not itself an api. Ok so you're trying to use GameJolt ?

[fringe plover]

yes

[swift crag]

because it's not:

• assignment: val = 1;
• call: Debug.Log("Hi");
• increment: val--;
• decrement: val++;
• await: await SomeAsyncMethod();
• new object: new Something();

🌠 the more you know

[swift crag]

If you don't know how to call a method, you should really consider following the tutorials on !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[fringe plover]

i already tried making my own with tutorials on GJ docs, but managed to send request and recive data once (trough browser lol) and that all... when i tried again didnt receive anything, only bunch of API errors

[rich adder]

if you made your own webrequest then you could potentially do coroutine awaits

but doesn't seem the library you sent has any async

maybe it does it for you

it does have a callback action at least

https://infectedbytes.github.io/gj-unity-api/class_game_jolt_1_1_a_p_i_1_1_data_store.html#a15e2c7f73ca72788ff8843d982985b3d

[dusty shell]

!paste

[swift crag]

you are probably looking for !code

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[dusty shell]

yes, thanks

[rich adder]

can you explain again why you need to "to make it wait first," exactly ?

[swift crag]

Yes, because you don't want to freeze the game for 300 milliseconds as the request is sent.

[fringe plover]

i want it to download data, then restart scene

[rich adder]

so put the callback for RestartScene

[swift crag]

This library uses callbacks. When the operation finishes, it runs the method you gave it.

[dusty shell]

https://gdl.space/jukilezoru.cs

could someone talk a looke at the isWalking logic I feel there's a neater way to write it

[swift crag]

This means that the game will continue running while the operation is taking place.

[fringe plover]

what if i have multiple of keys that i need to get?

[swift crag]

then make all of the requests and wait for all of them to finish

[rich adder]

You have to write it however makes most sense to you, if it works and you can read it.. shouldn't worry

[dusty shell]

I mean it just looks really rough and redundant

[swift crag]

it's a bit odd to have both "is walking" and "is running" as two separate variables

[rich adder]

well maybe i'd use enum instead of bool for states

[swift crag]

you can't be both walking and running

so yes, an enum would be appropriate

public enum MovementType {
  Stopped,
  Walking,
  Running
}

[tough cave]

What could it mean when i try to instantiate a object. is says it found the correct prefab to instantiate, but it wont load into the scene at all?
Using a obstract class for this, where one type of popup does work, but the other doesnt... And I cant find the mistake...

[swift crag]

perhaps it is instantiating really far away

If you don't give a specific position, you'll get the prefab's position/rotation/scale

[rich adder]

~~could you share screenshot exact error and ~~ oh nvm thought you got errors, but yeah link code maybe ?

[reef raven]

// test

[tough cave]

!code

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[tough cave]

sec

[dusty shell]

I have no idea what this is but i'll look it up, thanks

[swift crag]

enum lets you create a new type with a fixed set of values

[swift crag]

MovementType.Stopped, MovementType.Walking, and MovementType.Running are the three values of the MovementType enum

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/enum

[dusty shell]

so it's like a boolean dictionary?

[swift crag]

I wouldn't say that, no

[swift crag]

You can use them with switch statements to run different code for each possible enum value.

[dusty shell]

checks which is currently True then works with that?

[rich adder]

enum = fancy ints with words 😛

jk

[swift crag]

You could check if the current movement type equals one of those three values

[dusty shell]

yeah I get you

[swift crag]

switch (moveType) {
  case MovementType.Default:
    // stuff
    break;
  case MovementType.Walking:
    // stuff
    break;
  case MovementType.Running:
    // stuff
    break;
}

[dusty shell]

this is so smart omg

how do I set the movementType.variables tho?

the normal way?

just assign it to a boolean?

[summer stump]

MovementType moveType = MovementType.Running

As fen said, it is not a boolean, so not sure what you mean by "assign it to a boolean"

[dusty shell]

Oh i didn't see this

Thanks for this

[rich adder]

the if statemen / switch is what makes it boolean

switch is just a fancy if else chain

[dusty shell]

Also, my unity remote 5 keeps randomly stop working 😦

[dusty shell]

I'm not that much of a beginner lmmfao

[rich adder]

just making sure , you did call enum a boolean dictionary lol

[dusty shell]

Is this a unity unique thing or a C# thing

[tough cave]

https://gdl.space/voviduxici.cs

Hope that this will give a lil sight in what the thought of it all is. :x

[rich adder]

in what regard ?

[dusty shell]

some things exist only in unity not C# is enum one of them?

[rich adder]

ohh enum is a c# type yes

[swift crag]

No features of C# are unity-specific.

[dusty shell]

Damn I should really learn C#

[swift crag]

There are certainly unity-specific types (like MonoBehaviour) and unity-specific functionality (Unity runs the Update method on every enabled-and-active MonoBehaviour every frame)

[dusty shell]

Yeah I get this part

[rich adder]

Coroutines are unity specific, but they use the C# type IEnumerator which is common for iterating

[dusty shell]

It looked so similar to java I just never bothered to learn it

[swift crag]

and importantly, there's no "magic" with coroutines; they aren't some kind of brand-new C# language feature

[rich adder]

its much easier to understand the unity API once you got a lot of the traditional c# down, also allows you to write better code overall anyway

[swift crag]

a coroutine is just an iterator that unity will call MoveNext on regularly

[dusty shell]

Can I learn on the go tho?

As I work on projects

[rich adder]

ofc you can

I used to split it , 2 hours a day regular c# . 1 hour or 2 of Unity

[dusty shell]

Learning C# with what tho, projects?

[rich adder]

yeah just learning new things and messing with them repetitively. The Microsoft site has very nice lessons of random stuff

eg
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/browse/?products=dotnet

the modules are very well done, gotta respect m$ for that

[bronze zenith]

i tried to use a different method of debugging

in visual studio

[dusty shell]

thanks

[buoyant knot]

there are many ways to debug

[bronze zenith]

and it sitll didnt work

[rich adder]

what are you trying to debug ?

[dusty shell]

Prints statements everywhere has never failed me lo;

[bronze zenith]

an if statement for wall jumping

[buoyant knot]

VS debugger is good to see the states of all the variables at a given point in time

[rich adder]

do you know where its spawning now instead?

[tough cave]

no, it says in code it instantiated it (cuz i assume cuz it doesnt give any error on that line), but it does not show up in the scene hierarchy at all, niether the prefab. So I'm rlly confused.

[rich adder]

instantiatedPopUp = Instantiate(popUp);

you're talking about this ?

[tough cave]

yeah

[rich adder]

because when you do not pass position it is spawned at World 0,0,0 iirc

[swift crag]

does the code actually run

note that you're calling SetActive on the prefab, which does not make sense

[tough cave]

Yeah its supposed to spawn at 0,0,0. its the location of the canvas.

[rich adder]

so parent it to canvas, pass the transform in Instantiate

[tough cave]

it runs yes. it goes inside that method. and calling the correct prefab. Iknow the setactive dont make sense. was just trying for hope by now :p

[swift crag]

you aren't instantiating it as a child of anything

[rich adder]

also if its a UI element could also explain why you wouldn't be able to see it, even if you found it in world

[tough cave]

no, its a canvas that needs to spawn, that will create a popup dialog of some kind.

[swift crag]

okay, so popUp has a Canvas on it

[tough cave]

yes the canvas is the prefab

[rich adder]

put a Debug.Break() after the Instantiate line, then try to find it in hierarchy and press F when selected

[swift crag]

Perhaps your code is immediately destroying the popup.

[hallow sun]

Is there a variable type that can reference a json?
Im trying to avoid the Application.persistentDataPath thing as that makes it hard to share the project through github.

[tough cave]

What supposed to look like after its called.

ill try that sec

[swift crag]

You should log instantiatedPopup right after it is created. You can do it like this:

Debug.Log("Created: " + instantiatedPopup, instantiatedPopup);

Clicking once on the log message will select the object in the hierarchy, if it exists

[rich adder]

what?

what does Application.persistentDataPath having anything to do with github

json in unity is just a TextAsset

[hallow sun]

contents stored in Appdata instead of the same folder

[languid spire]

then use Application.streamingAssetsPath

[tough cave]

    public virtual void ShowPopup()
        {
            Debug.Log("Arrived in THE showpopup method in IPopup class");
            
            if (popUp == null)
            {
                 Debug.Log("Cant find popup object.");
            }
            
            Debug.Log(popUp.name + " going to be instantiated."); 
            
            // Check if the popup has already been instantiated
            if (instantiatedPopUp == null)
            {
                popUp.SetActive(true);
                // Instantiate the popup if it hasn't been instantiated
                instantiatedPopUp = Instantiate(popUp);
                Debug.Log("Created: " + instantiatedPopUp, instantiatedPopUp);
                Debug.Break();
                
              
                
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.Log("Popup already instantiated.");
            }
        }

You see it ? :c

[rich adder]

video needs to be mp4

[tough cave]

oh damnit.. is a whole file..

sec converting

[snow girder]

why can't i use this on a button

[rich adder]

first check what that error is

[rich adder]

because it doesn't like that signature

[shell ice]

what's the difference between these two please ( Missing and None )

[snow girder]

yeah but then how do i get a button to support two object

[rich adder]

Missing meaning at some point object was deleted

[tough cave]

Its a error related to a button that doesnt have stuff

[rich adder]

what are you trying to do with that exactly ?

[snow girder]

i wanna disable one thing and enable another thing

[languid spire]

add 2 handlers, one for each tab

[snow girder]

what's a handler

[rich adder]

did it run? I dont understand. I dont see Break pausing the simulation

[languid spire]

event handler. what you define in the event on the button

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Button-onClick.html

[tough cave]

I removed the break yeah to show what was actually supposed to happen when clicking the popup that DID work, and not the other one when i walk at the other icon.

[snow girder]

is there like no way to just do two items

[languid spire]

no

[rich adder]

I still dont understand what is going on in the video tbh lol

[tough cave]

showing both dialogs come inside that method, with the correct gameobject(prefab. but 1 of them not spawning.

[snow girder]

damn

[tough cave]

The first pop up/dialog that shows is a popup that works lol. that was a sample of what its supposed to do. but then i walked at the top of the classroom to click on a different icon, which is supposed to spawn a different dialog, which uses the same class. ( u can see that cuz both of the times i clicked on something, the same Logs came in the Debug window(on the right side)

[warm cove]

Hi! I am making a simple 2D platformer for school and wanted to add a lite feature, although I am not certain on how to do it. Right now in my game you can claim checkpoints, and I wanted to create sort of an inventory screen which shows you all claimed checkpoints and makes buttons for them (or at least unlocks their buttons depending on how many checkpoints you've unlocked). I thought of making a list where I add a checkpoint each time I claim one and using that to determine how many buttons, but I am really bad with UI elements. Any tips?

[languid spire]

You dont even need any code to do this

[snow girder]

oh thats crazy

hype

[rich adder]

store them inside an array then loop through the array to spawn the Buttons for eeach, make button script that links specific checkpoints or whatever you're doing

[flint python]

Could someone have a look at why the bullet movement behaves differently, when using GetComponentInParent, and having the script in the parent object or in both the parent and child object. Thanks

code on https://gdl.space/ledaxuqeci.cpp

[short hazel]

Note that GetComponentInParent will search the current object before going up to the parent. If you have the script both on this object and the parent, it will return the script on this object.

[flint python]

oh, i thought it go search from the parent object right away. thanks

[rich adder]

years later we still don't have a Skip self type of parameter..

[gentle stratus]

trying to add package from git url (https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/NavMeshComponents) but keep getting this message

[languid spire]

this is the old NavMeshComponents use com.unity.Al.Navigation instead

[gentle stratus]

how do i install that

[languid spire]

via the package manager

[gentle stratus]

ok installed but got a bunch of compiler errors

Library\PackageCache\com.unity.ai.navigation@1.1.5\Editor\Updater\NavMeshUpdaterUtility.cs(47,61): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'NavMeshSurface' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
Library\PackageCache\com.unity.ai.navigation@1.1.5\Editor\Updater\NavMeshUpdaterUtility.cs(52,45): error CS0103: The name 'CollectObjects' does not exist in the current context
Library\PackageCache\com.unity.ai.navigation@1.1.5\Editor\Updater\NavMeshUpdaterUtility.cs(112,17): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'NavMeshModifier' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
Library\PackageCache\com.unity.ai.navigation@1.1.5\Editor\Updater\NavMeshUpdaterUtility.cs(112,60): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'NavMeshModifier' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[dusty shell]

How do I add touch control for mobile?

[rich adder]

this is wildly old

[gentle stratus]

whats the new one

[rich adder]

in the package manager

[rich adder]

have you tried googling those exact words

[gentle stratus]

is it this one

[gentle stratus]

because when i installed it i got a bunch of errors

[rich adder]

did you remove the old ones?

[gentle stratus]

fixed itself after i restarted the whole thing

[dusty shell]

yes

[gentle stratus]

so i saw in the obselete navigation tab there are options for bake and object that arent present in the new navigation tab, where would i find them now

[languid spire]

they are on the navmeshsurface component. I suggest you go and read the documentation. Actually the old docs on the github repo are better than the new ones and they are very similar

[rich adder]

and?

[gentle stratus]

maybe i missed the navigation static option but i dont see it here

[rich adder]

because the process is changed

you no longer need nav static

just bake, and choose if you want Collides or Meshes

[tough cave]

This unity is absolute buggin. what the flip.

    public void ShowPopup()
        {
            Debug.Log("Arrived in THE showpopup method in IPopup class");
            
            if (popUp == null)
            {
                 Debug.Log("Cant find popup object.");
            }
            
            Debug.Log(popUp.name + " going to be instantiated."); 
            
            // Check if the popup has already been instantiated
            if (instantiatedPopUp == null)
            {

                try
                {
                    instantiatedPopUp = Instantiate(gameObject); 
                    instantiatedPopUp = Instantiate(popUp); 
                    Debug.Log("Created: " + instantiatedPopUp, instantiatedPopUp);
                    

                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    Debug.LogError(e);
                    throw;
                }

it works but only if i apply use BOTH of the instantiatedPopUp = Instantiate... If i commend 1 out, it wont work... doesnt matter which one. but it works if i let it run both omfg... I'm so confused... It also runs through the instantiatedPopUp == null with the new popup, so it can keep spawning the popup.. what a mess..

[rich adder]

also this #🤖┃ai-navigation question

[gentle stratus]

ok thanks

oops i didnt know that was a channel

[dusty shell]

I don't understand what he's saying

I think I missed a few steps

[rich adder]

who's he ?

what

is that related to Google?

[dusty shell]

i found a yt video

[rich adder]

the whole point of parenting to something is to inherit its properties

[rich adder]

so what part of it you don't understand?
also show video cause it might be bad

in code?

[languid spire]

transform.SetParent(null);

[dusty shell]

How do I limit the movement to just the left part of the screen

[rich adder]

clamping

[dusty shell]

in the drop down for the new input control it only specifies the number of fingers down

i think

[rich adder]

transform.position = parent.position

[languid spire]

then you need a position or parent constraint

[rich adder]

oh right ^^

[open gull]

how do i prevent both cards from being in the same gameobject?

[rich adder]

make the slots custom objects

so it can have an occupied check

if its occupied return it or put it on closest slot

[open gull]

what does custom objects mean? sorry if it's a stupid question

the slot is a gameobject, which is stored in a list in the card script

[rich adder]

like a c# object

[languid spire]

use a constraint like I said

[rich adder]

public class Slot{
public Card CurrentCard;
//etc
}```

[open gull]

thx 🙏🏼

[rich adder]

just an example , basically make a method or property

if(slot.CurrentCard == null)
//place hard
else
//return card / put on closest

[open gull]

got it

[rich adder]

ur in #💻┃code-beginner asking about multiplayer

[polar acorn]

Then less likely your question will get buried

[short hazel]

It would be faster if you included all the relevant items in the original question. Seeing your three (3) messages in that channel, they have a pretty much insane lack of context, code blocks and debugging attempts. Check out #854851968446365696 for guidelines on how to ask a good question, and do it all at once, don't drop the info bit by bit as the conversation goes on

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take

Ask a full question there and wait for an anwser

[hasty sleet]

You can't just undermine the organization of the server and expect positive reactions

[short hazel]

That's just how it works here, nobody is entitled to get immediate help, but when someone is available and given that the question is nicely formatted they will help

[rich adder]

also generally when you're doing networking , you should already have years of experience

multiplayer is not trivial

[languid spire]

In that case, do what we did, read the documentation, experiment and figure it out for yourself

[fluid glen]

when I’m trying to download the lts 2022 2 errors comes up, the errors are android SDK & NDK Tools and OpenJDK how do I fix this?

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

also show relevant messages and log

[snow girder]

is there a way through code to lock the cursor in the center and keep it visible

[hoary halo]

How in the world do I check if an object is moving in unity 6? they have changed how rigidbody.velocity is and its confusing me

[hollow dawn]

im using this line of code to make my player move forward and backward so why doesn't it work? transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * speed);

[prisma jolt]

how do i make a cursor locked to the screen but not invisible

[hoary halo]

Cursor.visible = true;

[snow girder]

ain't work

[hoary halo]

Huh then I aint got no idea lmao

[sick jay]

hi everyone, i wrote code that makes the player jump as long as its touching the ground. an issue is that when i walk from one gameobject onto another one directly beside it it must mess up the code because i can no longer jump

this is all the code that handles jumping, top part is in Update void

[rich adder]

bad way to do groundchecking

[sick jay]

thank you

how do i do it better

[rich adder]

ideally using a physics cast/check

like Physics.CheckSphere

[sick jay]

im new to this how does that work

[snow girder]

if (y.velocity >= 0) :trollface:

[sick jay]

the code i used was what i learned to use in unitys learn pages

[sick jay]

that works in most cases

but what if youre at the peak of a jump

[short hazel]

As for why it doesn't work your way: it's a timing issue. OnCollisionExit is most likely executed after OnCollisionEnter, which leaves you in a permanent playerGrounded = false

[rich adder]

at very least you would use OnCollisionStay rather then Enter but again, using those physics messages is unreliable

[sick jay]

you would jump over and over

[sick jay]

that makes a lot of sense

that doesnt work cause youd always be jumping

oh

[snow girder]

do you know how to lock a cursor and have it visible

[hollow dawn]

im using this line of code to make my player move forward and backward so why doesn't it work? transform.Translate(Vector3.forward * Time.deltaTime * Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * speed);

[sick jay]

yes but that doesnt have anything to do with this code

[snow girder]

can you tell me

[rich adder]

how much you set speed ? also is code running

[sick jay]

oh

its something like CursorLockState.Locked

[hollow dawn]

everything is working fine but when I press w or s my player aint moving

[sick jay]

yuou could make your own cursor with a canvas

[rich adder]

working fine ?

its not working, then its not fine

[hollow dawn]

when I turn off character controller its working when i turn it off it stops working

[rich adder]

you have a character controller ?
you should not be using translate

[short hazel]

Why would you want the cursor locked but visible in the first place? It's pretty frustrating for the user to see that they're not in control of the cursor like they usually are. That's why it's hidden

[snow girder]

i was kinda planning in on making it the crosshair

but whatever is fine

[sick jay]

use the canvas to make a crosshair

[short hazel]

Make a UI Canvas with an image in the middle?

[hollow dawn]

im following a video guide and the guy uses translate and his is working fine

[snow girder]

yeah thanks

[rich adder]

the video is bad then

Character controller should be used with proper method
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/CharacterController.Move.html

[rich adder]

show video

[sick jay]

i ended up with this

[rich adder]

raycast is good but too thin

[sick jay]

it seems to work

ah i see

i hung off the edge of something and it doesnt work

[rich adder]

I use a sphere usually if its a capsule

[sick jay]

its a cube hitbox

or rectangular prism

if you want the fancy name

[rich adder]

so you can use a box

[sick jay]

can you do a plane ray

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.CheckBox.html

[prime cobalt]

Is there a way to place a UI object into a specific position in a scroll rect list based on where your mouse is on that list? So like if I'm dragging an object it gets added to the list in the position I dropped it at.

[sick jay]

got it to work

thanks for the help

[blissful spindle]

Hi, here you can see my way of implementing player damage from enemies it has 1 flaw though and thats that when enemy enteres my collider he damages me once and then just stands there. how do I make it so the enemy will damage my player over time inside of the trigger? https://hatebin.com/tuukdqeltt

[short hazel]

Physics casts detect colliders, so when BoxCast() returns true you don't need to check whether the collider is not null. So the code can be simplified down to

return Physics.BoxCast(boxCenter, new Vector3(1, 0.1f, 1), Vector3.down, out _);
// Notice 'out _' which explicitly tells the engine to discard the value, as it's not used

[sick jay]

thank you, i use AI to help me so i wasnt sure if it was needed or not

[strong token]

You would have to implement OnTriggerStay similar to your enter. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnTriggerStay.html
There you would check with a timer if the player could be damaged again/ if it currently ticks.

[blissful spindle]

thx, will check it out 👍

[sick jay]

@short hazel if i could get your help one more time, this code still lets me jump even when i am in the air as long as there is an object below me, is there any way i can set a distance that object has to be below me for it to return true?

[inland aurora]

hi, im new to this scripting thing i was wondering if anyone can help me make a script for a school project

[rich adder]

dont crosspost, also did you read what was sent to you in #💻┃unity-talk ?

[inland aurora]

ya

[rich adder]

" help me make a script for a school project"

what does that even mean

[rich adder]

Bad Idea to use AI for learning

[short hazel]

Yep, supply a maxDistance to the method. .BoxCast(..., maxDistance: 0.5f)
By default the distance is set to Infinity
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.BoxCast.html

[sick jay]

in most cases i would agree but i think im using it correctly

[inland aurora]

nvm i can figure it out

[sick jay]

i dont have it write scripts for me, i try on my own using the docs pages and then have it check it for errors, and it almost always finds them

[sick jay]

thank you

[inland aurora]

what did you guys use to learn coding?

[languid spire]

our brains

[inland aurora]

dam

no but like any websites'

[sick jay]

https://learn.unity.com/pathway/junior-programmer

[inland aurora]

thx

[sick jay]

Why are people here so rude and sassy to each other?

[inland aurora]

idk

[blissful spindle]

https://hatebin.com/kcuovfovuk this is the functioning version with OnTriggerStay thx!

[rich adder]

a lot of people in the industry tend to usually be more blunt

[languid spire]

maybe because we get fed up of people asking stupid questions they have put no thought or effort into

[sick jay]

This isnt the industry though its a place where people come for help