💻┃code-beginner

[hasty sleet]

Prioritize setting up your workflow using git from the command line. It will save you tons of headache down the line

That's definitely a power user perspective. Windows is mainly used for corporations and casual users so it's kind of bulky via indifference, I think

[hushed hinge]

i mean should i commit all the files?

[hasty sleet]

I don't know if you should. That's up to you. If you want to add those files to the repository, then commit them.

[languid spire]

point is, we had that flexibility from Win 1 right through to XP, MS has eroded user control of their computers with each new release

[topaz arrow]

while i wait for an answer in another channel , anyone here need help?

[hushed hinge]

all of the commit

[eternal needle]

you must also push it, the button at the top

[lofty star]

So I have implemented a floating joystick from unity asset store. Now I'm having a bug where when I touch the screen for the first time the joystick doesn't move but the player moves to the bottom left direction, only when I lift my finger and press it again then the joystick works normally. How do I fix this?

[hushed hinge]

Le time do after some hours later because I will be at work. Push origin?

[eternal needle]

yes, right now you have commited it only. its not yet actually on github

once you've pushed it, it will be visible on github

[spiral pewter]

I have started learning C# for Unity and try to do some with my experiance. But the Code doasn't work...
The Consol displays no errors.

Can anyone help me?

[burnt vapor]

Hi there, you should configure your !ide. After doing that you will have much better error handling and we will be able to help you with the issue.

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[languid spire]

you should be checking for Input in Update not Start

[outer scarab]

What should he configure? He is using Visual Studio and if he didn't had installed the VS Tools for Unity, he wouldn't be even able to open the script/class without errors.

Also debugging is handled via attaching VS to the Unity Editor. (If you want to do it via VS, otherwise you can use Unity debugging in play mode)

Since there is no error in his code, nothing would be found.

[slender nymph]

that's vs code, not visual studio. and it isn't actually configured

[spiral pewter]

I do it but it doasn't give me any errors.

[eternal needle]

It's just a general rule that you must have it configured to get help in here. The actual issue is what Steve pointed out

[spiral pewter]

And I have tryed it as Update

[slender nymph]

and you've clearly not progressed far enough in the unity course you are doing that you actually have any clue what you should be doing here

[teal viper]

That's not unity update. Are you calling it from somewhere?

Or are you asking ai to write the code for you?

[spiral pewter]

And the Extantion from VS Code is installed

[spiral pewter]

The Code have I tried by myself

[spiral pewter]

ok, than i continue the course

But Thanks^^

[outer scarab]

Update() doesn't accept parameters.

[icy sluice]

hello, i cant hit a raycast at the backface of non convex collider

[teal viper]

We know that. You don't need to report it to us.

[icy sluice]

but i need to hit a backface

[verbal dome]

Does this help?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics-queriesHitBackfaces.html

[icy sluice]

it doesnt, i tried

[verbal dome]

So does that only work for convex? The doc should mention it then 🤔

[void thicket]

You need to learn about "local variable" "instance variable" "parameter"

[teal viper]

Then ask questions properly. It seemed like you're just making everyone know about it.

[teal viper]

Is the raycast originating inside the collider?

[icy sluice]

my mesh has couple of thousand vertices, and i need those for accurate armor protection/balistics, but the raycast doesnt work on backfaces so i cant get the thickness of the armor its trying to penetrate

[icy sluice]

yes

[teal viper]

Well, you can't hit colliders if your raycast originates inside them.

[icy sluice]

than how am i suposed to hit a backface?

i cant hit it from the outside

[void thicket]

Non convex collider?

Concave mesh colliders have many limitations

[teal viper]

I'd assume it's for "plane" like colliders where the back face is exposed. Not sure.

Or just meshes that have their faces inverted.

[void thicket]

Well maybe post image of your mesh to show what it looks like

[verbal dome]

Yeah I just confirmed, queriesHitBackfaces only works for convex

@icy sluice Either use multiple convex colliders or just primitive colliders (box, sphere, capsule)

[icy sluice]

box collider doesnt even work

[verbal dome]

Wat

Oh when you raycast from inside it?

True

[icy sluice]

when my projectile hits the target

i move the hit.point 0.001 inside, and shoot another raycast

to get the thickness

[verbal dome]

What I do is shoot the second raycast backwards

[icy sluice]

but i dont know how thick the object is, and there are multiple components very close together

so i might get the value that armor is 5meters thick but in reality its 45mm

[teal viper]

Why can't you define thickness as a number in code?

[verbal dome]

Because it depends on the angle, for one

[icy sluice]

nope, i can make a triangle, if the top triangle is thinner than bottom part it should penetrate the top part but not the bottom part, due its thicker

[verbal dome]

You can use Collider.Raycast to check only the collider you initially hit

[teal viper]

Could do some math based on the hit normal and projectile direction

[verbal dome]

You'd have to assume that every face of the object is the same thickness. Not very desirable

[teal viper]

I mean, you can check the hit triangle

It seems better than making several colliders and raycast hacks to decide thickness.

You could even have a texture that specifically defines the thickness of the mesh triangles.

[verbal dome]

Doesn't need several colliders and calling it a hack is a bit of a stretch

Having a texture for everything seems like an awful lot of work

Wouldn't it be nice to just rely on the colliders the objects already have?

[teal viper]

One per mesh

[teal viper]

I'm just not sure what kind of mesh you'd need to have. Is it detailed and hollow inside? If it's detailed enough, maybe that would be fine.

[verbal dome]

Idk about detail, but hollow is preferred yes

For solid objects, I use this for my projectile/ballistics calculations

For 'hollow' objects (say, a wooden crate) I pre-define a uniform thickness like you also suggested

To be clear, this is how the dual raycast works

Just need to make sure that the 2nd ray starts outside the collider

[untold hull]

What keeps you guys motivated? I play this mobile game that is really fun, but super p2w and the devs kinda suck, and It’s been really stuck in my head to make a game similar, but make it better and actually implement the community feedback and things that they’ve been ignoring. I’ve been messing around in Unity but as soon as I get stuck or something doesn’t work I give up lol.

This task seems relatively easy, as it’s a simple castle defense game, but coming from no coding experience it’s giving me a headache. Give me some motivation please 🙏

[languid spire]

There is your first mistake, thinking game dev is 'relatively easy'. It is not, it is damn hard work

[frosty hound]

Nobody can give you motivation. And if you think motivation will drive you to spend a year making something, you're already destined to fail. Motivation waivers.

What you're looking for is to stay disciplined. Nobody can teach you that either, that's something you need to develop.

[untold hull]

Well I didn’t mean developing in general. The game is relatively easy comparative to others

[languid spire]

even seemingly simple games are extremely complicated to develop

[untold hull]

Oh I’m sure, I just meant in comparison, it is not the hardest task in the book.

Just looking for some tips and advice like that to keep me going on this crusade. Feel like this project has some potential based on the community I’ve been talking with. Just need to keep my nose in this coding world to make it happen

[languid spire]

if this is your first foray into game dev then don't do this project. Start small, pong, flappy bird, etc and build up your knowledge and skill level first

[woven pewter]

Cap

Start as big as it’s possible

Ive done that too

[untold hull]

That’s what I meant when I said small, it feels like a project where it’s good to start with. Designing a game to have monsters walk in a straight line towards a castle, idk how much more basic you can get than that

Ignoring all the extra stuff, I’ve been keeping at the basics of just movement and collisions and stuff like that

[languid spire]

that is because you are only thinking about the rendering you see on the screen, to make all that happen under the hood is not simple

[untold hull]

Well you just said to start with a basic flappy bird game, and this is one of those “basic” games lol. I’m very positive there is more under the hood, but the basis of the game is a “basic flappy bird” game

[languid spire]

believe me, it is not

[woven pewter]

Make an cool 3d fighting shooter multiplayer with console ole support

[untold hull]

So are you saying a basic flappy bird game also has everything under the hood and I shouldn’t even start with that? I’m confused

[untold hull]

I was actually thinking of developing the next cod

[woven pewter]

👍

[deft grail]

huh? he said start with flappy bird, not avoid it

[languid spire]

I'm saying even a basic Tower Defence game is considerably more complex than a basic Flappy Bird game

[untold hull]

Yeah, but I said that this game is almost the exact same thing as the basic flappy bird game, if you exclude the extra stuff, and he’s combatting it

[languid spire]

no, you only think it is, it is not

[deft grail]

ok well.
first of you need to learn how to spawn objects, how to move them, how to set the positions, how to get them to stay along the path etc.
thats a lot more than flappy bird

[woven pewter]

U can script an td game?

[languid spire]

and then there is the whole NPC AI mechanisms

[deft grail]

its easy if you know what your doing, i could make a basic one in 1-2 hours probably

[languid spire]

Huh, yes, I have developed many TD frameworks

[woven pewter]

I mean not a basic one

[woven pewter]

With lua?

[languid spire]

no

[untold hull]

I mean if you’re talking monster walk in a straight line to base, monster hit base, base take damage, I have half of it coded already, just confused where the complexity comes in. Like obviously this is more complex than riding a bike, but the game is pretty “simple”, doodled graphics, monsters walk in a straight line, very little animations

[woven pewter]

Why?

U crazy?

[languid spire]

why would I Lua is a language for amateurs

[green ether]

i was gonna say

why use lua

[deft grail]

well no its not difficult at all, but if you are a beginner new to Unity then you should start with something easier

[untold hull]

Yeah, I’ve gotten most of that minus the walking on a path, as these monsters walk in a straight line… I feel like it’s been a nice and straight forward learning process so far. I just always get lost as to what my next task should be

[deft grail]

your next task should be what you want
placing towers, currency, menus, UI, whatever the game needs

if your recreating a game then it should be pretty easy for you to know the next steps

[untold hull]

Yeah for sure, I just never know chronologically, but I guess that doesn’t really matter. I still have a good bit I need to do to make the game actually running, but nothing so far that has made me shake my head.

[deft grail]

there is no order in which something should be done

you can almost always start with something else and do something else next

[languid spire]

I get the impression that you are just doing stuff as it comes to you, bolting carbuncle onto carbuncle without any real design of the whole going on first

[deft grail]

it might not make sense, but you can do what you want

[untold hull]

Gotcha, I try to go as they come, like I get the monster there, okay now the monster has to move, okay monster hits where it needs to go, okay now it needs to attack, okay now it needs damage. etc. I’m sure there’s some more efficient ways I’ll learn in due time, but the chronological process seems to keep me in line

[green ether]

Its a very nice way to learn if you learn the basics like this and then restart on a fresh project and improve it

[languid spire]

but, without doubt, the worst way to develop. You really need to sit down and write a proper GDD if you are serious about this project

[green ether]

I recently restarted my game on a fresh project, it wasnt terrible to begin with, but I learned so many new things about how to structure my project, code and everything else that I can do it much better now

Its very satisfying

I made alot of mistakes the first time around but realized them at some point and ept going till I realized enough mistakes that warranted me wanting to start over

And now I notice less and less mistakes as I work, especially ones that would require me to do a whole restart of the project

[untold hull]

Yeah i’m looking forward to when I get to that point. I’m sure this project will have to be remade a million times before it’s even remotely passable as a game

[green ether]

Dont restart often if you dont absolutely have to, continue no matter what to get it playable at least, fix what you can without rewriting the whole thing

[languid spire]

That is the beauty of a GDD, it allows you to identify which are the core elements of your project and then you can build from there

[untold hull]

I think a big thing for me right now is as i’m doing stuff I try to bite off more than I can chew, get stressed, then walk away for the day, but luckily I keep waking up in the morning wanting to continue working on it. Just gotta keep it simple

[molten dock]

just try it lol

[untold hull]

I like this advice

[ivory bobcat]

Set a task that you can finish within a timely manner

[languid spire]

but first you have to be able to identify those tasks, which is where the GDD comes in

[ivory bobcat]

If you cannot finish said task, take it a notch lower until you find yourself completing your tasks (games in this case) and are wanting more challenges.

[ivory bobcat]

I'm only referring to motivation and enthusiasm. Lack of knowledge and skills would definitely affect all levels of productivity.

[molten dock]

i think my first game will be overwatch 3

[languid spire]

I agree entirely, bite sized tasks are a must for motivation, I'm just pointing out how you can identify those tasks

[untold hull]

Is Nuclino a good GDD website? Is there any information on them in the discord?

[ionic plank]

Hi guys, do you know some tutorials where I can learn about making AI for unity (an android platformer game) ? (collecting game data [deaths and time to complete a level ] and feeding it into an AI to generate the next level with a procedural generation algorithm )

[wintry quarry]

#1202574086115557446

[kindred halo]

            float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") *                  mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
            mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") *                        mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
            yRotation -= mouseX;
            xRotation -= mouseY;
            yRotation = Mathf.Clamp(yRotation, -90f, 90f);
            xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -60f, 90f);
            transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, yRotation, 0f);```
can you guys tell what's wrong here?
for some reason the rotation is inverted in the y angle.

[wintry quarry]

For one you shouldn't be multiplying deltaTime into your mouse input

For two, that's just a consequence of how "up and down" in screen space are defined

Just invert it with a -

[rich adder]

did you push the gitignore ?

[kindred halo]

uhh It's gonna be a + but anyways
thanks

[hushed hinge]

i did click on "push origin"

[rich adder]

that doesn't answer what I asked..

did you commit the .gitignore file ?

[hushed hinge]

I don't know, i did commit like all the files that were changed

[rich adder]

[rich adder]

click on History

[rich adder]

what about Initial commit

[hushed hinge]

what's initial commit?

oh that one, it's nothing

[rich adder]

so you're missing gitignore?

scroll down in the stage 1-1 after all the Assets folder. Do you have stuff from /Library in there too @hushed hinge

[rich adder]

thought you said initial commit had nothing..

[hushed hinge]

i guess it was still loeading when i went to there

[rich adder]

check at the top if .gitignore is there then

you need it

[burnt vapor]

Judging by the tiny scrollbar I'm guessing they did in fact not have a gitignore

[hushed hinge]

hang on, iäm getting the screenshot

[rich adder]

fuckin-finally

ok so you're good to go..

just make sure you make a commit every time you want to preserve a "state" of your project as it is

jus be aware.
A scene will only detect its changed if you did save and don't have * on it btw

btw you could probably add the .DS_Store in . gitignore (right click add to gitignore)

thats like a macos file only. Its already being tracked though so that might be a pain to now add it to gitignore file type

[hushed hinge]

so... do i need to do something in there since i have that gitignore?

[hushed hinge]

ok

[rich adder]

you don't have to do anything else setup wise

[hushed hinge]

ok, but how does that help me with changing the stage 1-1 scene back to how it was before a lot of things were deleted and added?

[rich adder]

it helps you if you need to be reverting to a previous state

obviously you don't want to be only committing major changes, you should also be committing small changes too

but also you don't need to revert ALL the files, just the one or two you may be interested in

eg a scene file

[ivory bobcat]

That's very unfortunate and as suggested #💻┃code-beginner message

[hushed hinge]

I see no changes though

[hushed hinge]

like this one?

[green ether]

you can rightclick any commit in the History tab on the left to revert it

Or start a branch starting from a specific commit

[hushed hinge]

or this one?

[hushed hinge]

i did right click on it, but i don't se revert option

[rich adder]

I said Commit not individual files

you can replace individual files I said from another commit

just be aware this won't restore any files you haven't made commit on

[hushed hinge]

I know,
can i?

[rich adder]

the CLI can let you do it with a few commands, manually easiest you would have to download the whole ZIP of previous commit, and cherry pick and replace like that

[hushed hinge]

how do i do that?

[rich adder]

right click View on Github and you should be able to download that particular branch

[hushed hinge]

right click view on github?

[rich adder]

just be careful not to bork the whole thing

[hushed hinge]

i did click on view on github, but it takes me to a website, and when i tried to sign in "even though it is my password", I guess i will have to wait......... man i really want it back so badly....

[rich adder]

are you sure you want to be reverting to such an old scene

everything you did inside after Initial commit will be gone, might have to replace the .meta file that goes with it too I think.

[hushed hinge]

......... sigh... i guess I will be restarting the building in the first stage 1-1 from the beginning... lik rebuilding for the beginners to play on the first one

[hushed hinge]

time to restart from the begnning in making the first stage

[rich adder]

at least this time you're aware of what you need to do to save changes on cloud when you want them

[hushed hinge]

yeah

[abstract finch]

Is there a way to get the simulated rotation of something? What I'm trying to do is:

Apply recoil to the camera tilting it up. However, I do not want the camera to go past a certain extent in this case 90.

So I want to calculate how much recoil can be applied to the camera before doing so.

For example, if the recoil is 5 and the camera pitch is at 89. I only want to apply 1 recoil. Is there a way to get this value?

is it simply _simulatedRecoilY = transform.rotation.x + _currentRecoil?

[wintry quarry]

transform.rotation.x is not something you ever want to touch

[rain brook]

Are you asking about Mathf.Clamp?

[wintry quarry]

If you want to know the angle between the current rotation and directly up, you can use Vector3.Angle(transform.forward, Vector3.up)

[abstract finch]

Its what I'll use in the final part

[abstract finch]

Gonna give this a try thanks

Unforunately its not giving me the number I need ill do some goolging

I'm basically trying to apply recoil but have it stop at a certain pitch, the guides that I've found dont take clamp into account

[wintry quarry]

What number is it giving? Could you show your code?

[abstract finch]

What I think I need is the value of the current pitch of the camera. I'm mainly using this to see how close it is to 90

[rain brook]

rotation = Mathf.Clamp(minrotation, maxrotation currentRotation +recoil)

[abstract finch]

_simulatedRecoilY = Vector3.Angle(transform.forward, Vector3.up) ;
At 90 in the inspector it returns 180
At 90 in the inspector returns 0

[wintry quarry]

that makes sense

at 90 your object will be facing directly down

so the difference between that and up is 180

at -90 it will be facing directly up

which is... directly up, exactly matching world up, with a difference of 0

[abstract finch]

ah i see now i think i can use this

I just have to do -90 and it reflects what I see in the inspector

[buoyant schooner]

Is multiplayer possible with just unity actions? or would it be easier to hook up multiplayer using actions & player input component ?

using the unity input system

[green ether]

What

[brave compass]

Are you talking about local multiplayer?

[buoyant schooner]

non split screen, through something like steam

on a server

[molten dock]

how would i make music fade in and out based on which area of the map im in, within the same scene btw

[brave compass]

Then that has nothing to do with the Input System. Each client just reads its own input.

[austere hearth]

3d sound @molten dock

[buoyant schooner]

okay

thx 🙂

[molten dock]

when the sound is 3D

oh i see thank you

that is cool

[austere hearth]

if you add the sound in hierarchy and select that, will see the 3D option in inspector

[brave compass]

You're limited to just a spherical shape with 3D sound, though.

[austere hearth]

can be adjusted

sound is spherical true

[brave compass]

The falloff curve, yes, but it's still a sphere.

[austere hearth]

like in real live

[molten dock]

thats a good feature to know about

[fervent iron]

is it the general consensus that I should be practicing using JSON instead of Scriptable Objects to store readable data?

[brave compass]

Real life doesn't have a music track like video games. There are cases where you may want a certain track to start playing when you enter a room. Not necessarily because there's a speaker in the room, just in the background.

[austere hearth]

can use PlayerPreff as well for saving data

[molten dock]

i would also need something more sudden for like

themetunes of areas and stuff

[austere hearth]

3D is used for sounds effects

for bg sound no need

[swift crag]

JSON is good if the data is:

• generated externally
• loaded at runtime

(either or)

ScriptableObjects are useful because you can directly reference SO assets

[fervent iron]

it meets that criteria

[molten dock]

i think i know how to play a song when i reach a collider

confused how i would have it fade out and in

[swift crag]

for example, I have a SO asset for each person in my credits list

i just drag them into the appropriate categories

[molten dock]

regarding background tracks

[austere hearth]

if want fade in fade out can be coded

[fervent iron]

This would be more like "static weapon data" or "a table that is rolled against"

[warm moat]

The above model I downloaded from grab cad hence I want to write the script for conveyor movement in unity.
Can any one help?

[timber tide]

Probably some manager for that with serialized classes

[fervent iron]

is there any example you can point me to? beyond me.

[swift crag]

If you don't need references to or from the data, then JSON will be easy

[timber tide]

namespace Weapons
{
  [Serializable]
  public class WeaponData
  {
    [field: SerializeField] public string id {get; private set;} //guid requires some OnValidate/OnSerialization method
    [field: SerializeField] public float Damage {get; private set;}
    [field: SerializeField] public float AttackSpeed {get; private set;}
  }
  
  public class WeaponManager
  {
    [field: SerializeField] public List<WeaponData> WeaponDatas {get; private set;}
  }
}```
**better idea

[fervent iron]

ty

[swift crag]

as in, serialized references you set in the inspector

[fervent iron]

oic

[swift crag]

you'll be referencing things by name (like public string weaponDataID on a weapon prefab) or not caring about specific references at all

like in a drop table: you just need the whole table

(although, how does the drop table know what items to give you?)

it'd have to use item names

That is one big problem with storing your data in something that isn't serialized by Unity: you have to figure out how to store references yourself

if you rename a weapon in one blob of JSON, you need to go fix the names in all of the other blobs

using GUIDs (or some other ID) can help with this

[fervent iron]

I see

I am trying to find the balance of what should be done in unity, and what in script, when there is the options. I am finding some different opinions out there. I recall reading one commentary a bit ago that went as far as "I find the best way to use Unity is to not use unity" implying that if it can be scripted then it should be scripted

[timber tide]

you can do a lot without Mono/SOs, but if you want reusability then you start using Unity's stuff

as far as working in the editor goes

[untold hull]

I've been trying to figure this out and look it up, but I cant quite get it... I have a monster spawner thats spawning monsters and they weren't appearing on the game scene, but they were appearing on the editor scene. The projectiles are still being shot at them and killing them... I think I traced it down to an issue with the projectiles/monsters acting in 3d rather than the supposed 2D, ie the picture. I've checked all the layers and they're all set to default (the same one). Is this going to be an issue in my code? Thanks in advance, I'm sure its a simple fix somewhere, but am lost

[deft grail]

there is no 3d or 2d

check the Z layer on the projectile and make sure its 0 or above

[untold hull]

wdym

The ones on the scene are negative Z, which is not what I want

(I think)

[deft grail]

yeah so they need to be above like i said

[untold hull]

Yeah, so I have it so they just follow the monsters in a certain radius. I think the issue is stemming from the monsters spawning not on the same XY plane?

[deft grail]

whats a monster got to do with this? i thought you said the projectile is the problem

or wait ist he white the projectile and red the monster?

i thought red is the projectile

[untold hull]

I'm an idiot I figured it out by typing... The monster spawner was set to Z: -9 and I just set it to z:0 instead lol

Yeah sorry red is monster white is projectile

[deft grail]

i did also tell you that <#💻┃code-beginner message>

[untold hull]

Yeah I didn't realize you thought projectile was red so when I checked projectile (being white) it didn't matter the Z axis

but that sparked checking the actual one which was the one you meant lol

simple fix though thank you

[hallow totem]

So I've installed VS code and the Unity extension and also the Visual Stuido Editor in unity but VS code doesn't show up here.

[honest haven]

    {
        SceneManager.sceneLoaded += OnSceneLoaded;
    }

    private void OnDisable()
    {
        SceneManager.sceneLoaded -= OnSceneLoaded;
    }

    private void OnSceneLoaded(Scene scene, LoadSceneMode mode)
    {
        if (winBattle)
        {
            winBattle = false;
            StaticBattleEnemys.enemy.SetActive(false);
            Instantiate(StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItem, StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItemPosition);
            PlayerController.instance.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            CheckCameraTargets.instance.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            InventoryMenu.instance.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            CraftingManager.instance.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            InventorySlots.instance.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            RewardsUI.instance.gameObject.SetActive(true);
            PlayerController.instance.transform.position = StaticBattleEnemys.playerPosition.transform.position;
        }
    }``` is onEnable called before awake?

[tired otter]

Anyone else having trouble checking the lessons on Unity Learn?

[dusty shell]

Could anyone link a good video to learn touch input for mobile?

I'm begging, I understand nothing

[hushed hinge]

what does this mean?

[polar acorn]

It means DontDestroyOnLoad only works on root GameObjects, or components on root GameObjects

[hushed hinge]

but that doesn't appear when I'm in stage 1-2 scene, but in stage 1-1 scene this warning appears

[polar acorn]

Probably because you're calling DontDestroyOnLoad on something that is not a root GameObject or component on a root GameObject

[hushed hinge]

but i don't know what it is then...

[polar acorn]

So check

You know what script it is

Look at what it's calling DontDestroyOnLoad on

[hushed hinge]

ok

https://gdl.space/ajiyuzabet.cs

[polar acorn]

Show !code and say what your issues are with your attempts

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[polar acorn]

So look at what it's calling DontDestroyOnLoad on and find out which one of them isn't a root object

and either make it one, or don't try to DDOL it

Then how do you know the tutorials don't work

So show what you attempted and explain what isn't working

Then try again, we can't really do anything with zero information

[hushed hinge]

I don't know which one it is if i can't tell since that warning doesn't appear in other scenes

[polar acorn]

So it sounds like you know exactly which one it is

since you know what scene it happens in

and you know what script does it

what more information do you need

[hushed hinge]

no i don't. they both have like exactily the same things, and i can't tell which object is making that warning to appear

[polar acorn]

Again, you know:

• Which scene it's in
• What script is causing it

So look at that one

[hollow dawn]

I need help. When I press w the player walks and the walking forward animation plays but when pressing s the walking backward animation doesn't play how can I fix this?

[polar acorn]

What is the condition for entering the WalkB Animation?

[hollow dawn]

you can see in the picture I made the conditions the same for walking forward i thought that would fix it but it didnt

[polar acorn]

Your picture has the condition for exiting the WalkB animation

That isn't what I asked for

[rich adder]

imo just use a blend tree

[hushed hinge]

no I don't. they both scenes have the same things and the same scripts

[polar acorn]

Show the hierarchy of the object with this script on it selected in the scene the error occurs in

[polar acorn]

Okay, now show !code where you set the speed variable when moving backwards

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[rich adder]

your conditions are also backwards
you should make it go WalkB when speed < 0 not Larger

[hushed hinge]

you mean the playermanager object?

[polar acorn]

I mean show the hierarchy, with the object with this script on it selected, in the scene the error occurs in

[polar acorn]

Okay, and when walking backwards, what is velocity.z?

[hollow dawn]

how do you check the velocity?

[rich adder]

check animator

or use a Log

[hollow dawn]

-4

[polar acorn]

And is -4 greater than 0.1?

[hollow dawn]

so In the conditions do i put -4 then? sorry im still new to this

[polar acorn]

When do you want the backwards animation to play

[hollow dawn]

when I press s I want it to play

[rich adder]

but your condition to WalkB is "larger than 0.1" that makes no sense

[polar acorn]

These are two different scenes, and the object is only selected in one of them, and that one isn't the one the error occurs in. You should actually try reading what I asked for

[hollow dawn]

what shall i put it as?

[polar acorn]

So what is the condition that you want to check for in the animator?

[rich adder]

well if you're going in the negative numbers when press S, what do you think

[polar acorn]

What is the speed value you are expecting to be at when walking backwards

[hollow dawn]

yes but when I put -4 the animation plays when im not even pressing s

[hushed hinge]

ok

[rich adder]

why did you put -4 exactly also which one did you change

[hollow dawn]

to both of them

[rich adder]

so you're just gonna do random shit and hope for the best or what?

rethink the logic of your transitions

what is the speed when you want IDLE -> WALKB

[polar acorn]

Think about when you want the animation to start, and when you want the animation to end. Whenever those conditions are met, it'll change animations

So, when do you want to start the WalkB animation?

[hollow dawn]

To idle to walking backwards I put it as -4 but the animation does play when i go back

[rich adder]

show both transitions you changed

[hallow totem]

Okay so I configured my IDE but I still can't get the damage script to work, the original one didn't show any issues in the configured IDE either, I've also tried this but the damage still isn't being delt, any ideas as to why that might be?

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Damage : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int damageAmount;
    float cooldown = 0f;
    private void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log(cooldown);
        cooldown -= Time.deltaTime;
    }
    private void OnCollisionStay (Collision collision)
    {
        Player player = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<Player>();
        if (cooldown <=0)
        {
            player.TakeDamage(damageAmount);
        }
        cooldown = 1f;
    }
}
    

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

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int player = 100;
    public void TakeDamage (int damageAmount)
    {
        player -= damageAmount;
        
        if (player <= 0)
        {
            PlayerDead();
            print ("is dead");
        }
        
    }
    private void PlayerDead()
    {
        GetComponent<MouseMovement>().enabled = false;
        GetComponent<PlayerMovement>().enabled = false;
    }
}

[polar acorn]

So if the condition to start the animation is when speed is -4, when do you want it to stop

[hollow dawn]

I want it when I stop moving

[polar acorn]

So what is the value of speed that you want to check for to have it stop moving

[rich adder]

where is the console window?

are the logs printing

[hallow totem]

These are.

[hollow dawn]

I want to stop the walking backward animation when the player isnt moving so 0

[polar acorn]

then use that

[hollow dawn]

I put the condition as 0 but it doesnt do anything

[polar acorn]

So it's stuck walking backwards?

[rich adder]

put logs in OnCollisionStay

[hollow dawn]

no the animation isn't playing at all

[polar acorn]

So then that likely has nothing to do with your exit condition

and more to do with your entrance condition

since it's not entering

[rich adder]

did you check its actually going in that state

[polar acorn]

so what is that condition?

[hallow totem]

Now there aren't any. :/

[hollow dawn]

the condition to idle to walk backwards?

[polar acorn]

yes

[hollow dawn]

its -4

[rich adder]

then the function isn't running hence why it never damages

[polar acorn]

-4 is not a condition. A condition is a comparison

Meaning there is an operator and a number

[rich adder]

still waiting on this 🪦

[polar acorn]

So what is the actual condition

[rich adder]

lol why does discord blow up pngs wth

[hallow totem]

Okay but why isn't it running? It's on the sword, the sword has a colider, so does the player.

[hollow dawn]

how do I check it?

[polar acorn]

With your eyes, Bert

[rich adder]

at this point you need a crash course on Animator

instead of guessing your way through it

[polar acorn]

Okay, and is -4 less than -4?

[rich adder]

do you have a rigidbody

[flint python]

Does anyone know how to check what caused this issue? I go through every game object and i dont see any script missing

[rich adder]

your math aint mathin

[hollow dawn]

holy shit im dumb

[rich adder]

you had it fine before dude , it was just backwards

[hollow dawn]

lmao 😂 realised what I did

[rich adder]

< 0 wouldve been fine

you did a whole another weird

[hollow dawn]

haha

[rich adder]

more likely you saved script changes during playmode

[hallow totem]

On the player, sword, or both?

[rich adder]

one of the colliders

also OnCollisionStay expects you to hold a collision

dont think its like OnCollisionEnter

[hollow dawn]

wait the walking backward animation is playing but only half of it how do I fix this?

[rich adder]

did you set the animation clip to loop? also what is the exit condition set to ?

[hallow totem]

Ugh... Thanks, would never come up with that myself. :'3

[hollow dawn]

the loop is on and the exit condition is set to 0

[rich adder]

so does it work if you hold S or only when you let go plays half way?

[hollow dawn]

when I hold s the animation plays but only half of it

[rich adder]

can you record a video?
select the animator thats on the object during playmode while you hold S

[hollow dawn]

I cant I aint paying for nitro lol

[rich adder]

send it via here if its too big
https://streamable.com/

[rich adder]

show me your exit condition

[trail heart]

What is the condition to go back to idle?

Pro tip when making a video take a second to show through all the transitions

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk not really a code question

[rich adder]

why is the condition less than 1

makes no sense

thats still smaller than -1

your conditions are fighting each other

[hollow dawn]

what is it supposed to be?

[rich adder]

probably larger than -1 ?

look at your velocity.z value when you let go of S

[hollow dawn]

would -4 be good?

[rich adder]

why are you putting -4?

also whats gonna happen if you ever change your speed?

now your whole animator breaks

don't use exact numbers

you had the right idea before

it was just backwards

it should've been Smaller than 0.01 or whatever for Idle->WalkB

Greater than -0.01 should've went to to WalkB -> Idle

I feel like if I don't tell you directly we're gonna go all day here lol

[queen adder]

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[cosmic dagger]

check the pinned messages and start from there . . .

[willow scroll]

This is not a place to find a tutor. Here you ask the particular questions.

[void thicket]

As in via Material.SetColor ? You need to use "_BaseColor" (actual property name) with it.

[willow scroll]

You should be able to set the color using the Material.color property

public Color color { get; set; }

[queen adder]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[willow scroll]

color.set calls the SetColor

[void thicket]

Material.color only works when property name is "_Color" or attributed with [MainColor]

[queen adder]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[void thicket]

What do you mean "how" I literally told you

[queen adder]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[void thicket]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Material.SetColor.html

Read docs

[willow scroll]

set
{
    int firstPropertyNameIdByAttribute = GetFirstPropertyNameIdByAttribute(ShaderPropertyFlags.MainColor);
    if (firstPropertyNameIdByAttribute >= 0)
    {
        SetColor(firstPropertyNameIdByAttribute, value);
    }
    else
    {
        SetColor("_Color", value);
    }
}

[queen adder]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[rocky canyon]

yo, how long has this existed?
i've been under the impression we needed to copy the material out in a variable to change its color

[queen adder]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[rocky canyon]

pingd the wrong person.. but im sure his response would be the same lol..

[cosmic dagger]

for a very looong time, haha . . .

[rocky canyon]

yea i'm realizing

i gotta start looking at built in functions more often

[cosmic dagger]

unity 5 days . . .

[rocky canyon]

gotta remember that one

[coral void]

Is it possible to create systems/mechanics that interacts with each other in Unity and if yes, is there like starting point that, you guys can recommend?

[buoyant knot]

yes. you just code it

that’s an extremely vague question

[cosmic dagger]

yes; without either, you wouldn't have a game . . .

[coral void]

Yeah, it's mostly about systemic game design way and I'm not sure how to describe it better than that to be honest.

[buoyant knot]

start with the flappy bird tutorial

work your way up

https://youtu.be/XtQMytORBmM?si=rCaZZCq9LYieVBJ-

[cosmic dagger]

which one? there are tons of them. pick another one . . .

[buoyant knot]

and I already gave you a tutorial to follow

[cosmic dagger]

i doubt multiple tutorials all do not work . . .

[buoyant knot]

if everyone else here can make flappy bird following that tutorial, then you can too

it’s not rocket science. it’s flappy bird

if everyone else can make flappy bird work, then it is a you problem. not a problem with the tutorial

[short hazel]

This is an English speaking server

[buoyant knot]

but I do wonder if a <@&502884371011731486> cares?

[short hazel]

If you have nothing useful to say you can stay silent

[rich adder]

wth your problem

[buoyant knot]

idc anymore, because i blocked the guy. he’s your problem now 😂

[willow scroll]

Why would you make people translate the sentences from the language they don't know if you can simply translate the sentences from your language to English?

[cosmic dagger]

what's the point of even being here? why do people waste their time?

[rich adder]

you wasted your own time by not starting from the basics

[polar acorn]

I already asked you to post your code and say what the problem is

And you did not

[cosmic dagger]

you should start with the basics of c# first. that will help get started . . .

[willow scroll]

This is a really great purpose. You're gonna get far with it!

[untold hull]

Sooo I'm trying to make a game over menu, I don't have the option for just a Button, it's either Button (Legacy) or Button TextMeshPro

[swift crag]

The latter is what you want.

[polar acorn]

Okay cool so piss off until you have something to actually ask a question about

[swift crag]

A Button is actually just a component that makes another graphic clickable. It doesn't do anything else.

[rich adder]

yes Button is simply a Button component with a Text component, so you want TextMeshPro

[untold hull]

ty

[polar acorn]

Protip: It's not the tutorial, it's you

[cosmic dagger]

also, if you have trouble with the tutorials, you should ask for help and provide where it went wrong . . .

[swift crag]

So "Button - TextMeshPro" is a pre-made object with an image and a child text

[willow scroll]

I feel like that's when a moderator should be pinned, no?

[strong wren]

!mute 894144860653781022 3d Stop being annoying

[eternal falcon]

chalurr was muted.

[swift crag]

speak of the devil

[buoyant knot]

whenever in doubt with UI, Textmeshpro/TMPro is better than the alternative

[swift crag]

you can attach a Button to literally any Graphic (:

TextMeshProUGUI, Image, whatever

[buoyant knot]

this is why you need to ping mods early

[queen adder]

hello guys

[polar acorn]

I'm just gonna go ahead and count it anyway. I doubt I even need to see it.

"I did it exactly like the tutorial so why does theirs work and mine doesn't" counter:
Number of times it wasn't exactly like the tutorial: 161
Number of times it was exactly like the tutorial: 5
Number of times the code literally did not exist: 1
2022-07-19 to 2024-5-15

[rich adder]

or make your own buttons with IPointerHandler 😛

[swift crag]

new server policy: please ping mods before you do something that would get mods involved

thank you

🙏

[buoyant knot]

my spidey senses were tingling

[rich adder]

yes

[buoyant knot]

i felt an unrepentant troll vibe

[queen adder]

;-;

[buoyant knot]

hi

[queen adder]

hi

[rich adder]

this is a code channel

maybe #💻┃unity-talk or #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[buoyant knot]

if you don’t have a code issue, check another channel

such as #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[willow scroll]

#archived-shaders

[queen adder]

Someone Need Help With The Texture I Make Like Heron

[rich adder]

ohhhh

is this the same german dude?

or what

[polar acorn]

This is the same channel

[queen adder]

yes

[polar acorn]

you didn't actually go to a different channel

[queen adder]

;-;

[polar acorn]

This does not appear to be a code question

[queen adder]

;-;

[buoyant knot]

either way, this discussion does not belong in this channel

[rich adder]

are you saying you made a new account to circumvent a mute?

[willow scroll]

Do questions about the textures belong in #archived-shaders ?

[buoyant knot]

please go to the right channel, or the mods might have to escort you

[polar acorn]

I don't think they understood the question and are a different unrelated german guy

[queen adder]

what?

[rich adder]

oh ok lol

[buoyant knot]

i also believe so

[rich adder]

nothin

[buoyant knot]

i believe this person does not english good

[rich adder]

please post your question clearly in #💻┃unity-talk

[queen adder]

So give me a friend request if you want me to create the drawing

[buoyant knot]

is it mod time?

[polar acorn]

Wait, were you trying to sell commissions and don't actually have a question at all?

[rich adder]

if you want to offer services use

link 🔽

[eternal falcon]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

We do not accept job or collab posts on discord.
Please use the forums:
• Commercial Job Seeking
• Commercial Job Offering
• Non Commercial Collaboration

[queen adder]

I just wanted to do something with my life ;-;

[buoyant knot]

then start by reading, and following the rules

[polar acorn]

You've been told many, many times this is a channel for code questions

[queen adder]

;----------------------------------------;

[buoyant knot]

<@&502884371011731486>

[queen adder]

bye ;-;

[short hazel]

What is going on today

[buoyant knot]

idk, but I’m on fire

[rich adder]

[short hazel]

Pull out the community mod gatling gun

[buoyant knot]

just so you understand, only after I ping the mods can he suddenly understand any words

which is why i do not feel bad at all

[short hazel]

"Wait, my actions have consequences?"

[strong wren]

Looks like they left

[buoyant knot]

you’ll get them next time, danny

[coral void]

This pfp looks so fitting for moderator 😄

[honest haven]

UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)```

im a bit lost why some are null

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[buoyant knot]

these are all static variables

so you are SOL when it comes to debugging

there are a few things you can do, but it’s quite limited

[polar acorn]

I figured your question would make more sense when half of it wasn't in spoiler tags but I still have zero idea what you're asking. Is there context I'm missing

[honest haven]

sorry whats SOL

[buoyant knot]

shit out of luck

[honest haven]

oh lol

[buoyant knot]

if you used a singleton, it would be easier to diagnose wtf is going on

and why it is null

[honest haven]

yh sorry some are null and some are not if (GameManager.instance.battleActive && !loadBattle) { loadBattle = true; StaticBattleEnemys.rewardEXP = rewardXP; StaticBattleEnemys.playerPosition = GameObject.FindWithTag("Player").transform; StaticBattleEnemys.enemy = enemy; StaticBattleEnemys.enemies.AddRange(battleEnemys); StaticBattleEnemys.SplashScreen = battleSplash; StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItemPosition = gameObject.transform; StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItem = rewardItem; StartCoroutine(LoadBattle()); }

[buoyant knot]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[buoyant knot]

read

[polar acorn]

Then the ones that are null have been set to null

[buoyant knot]

again

[polar acorn]

You are setting a lot of variables to things here. If it ends up null, then whatever you're setting them to is null

[honest haven]

they are in marks what do you mean

[buoyant knot]

read

you keep not reading the thing people keep linking you

[honest haven]

yh i wouldnt call that a large block

define a large block

[buoyant knot]

my definition is digiholic explicitly asked you to use a pastebin, and you did not

[swift crag]

no, digiholic was asking Ginja to fix the weird blob of spoiler tags

[honest haven]

yes thats what i thought

[swift crag]

that is not a huge block of code. posting it inline is fine.

it's just missing the "cs" after the opening backticks to give it syntax highlighting

[honest haven]

ok thanks ill see if im setting then null some where but i dont think i am

[buoyant knot]

let the man say what he meant

[polar acorn]

Actually I just wanted it in backticks because before he edited it half of it was redacted like the CIA found it. Although having the whole script in a bin would be nice

But a coherent question was the missing sauce there

[swift crag]

you should verify that the references aren't null when you assign them

"i don't think" is insufficient.

[honest haven]

i dont see why they would be null to begin with, ill add some debugs

[buoyant knot]

wait, is the whole point of this method to assign instance variables to static equivalents?

[honest haven]

its not null

[polar acorn]

so then what's the problem

[honest haven]

to pull the static vars

im not calling null or changing it any but here

i have no other reference to it

[swift crag]

Why do you think some of them are null?

[polar acorn]

I literally do not even know what the problem is

[swift crag]

what is the tangible error you are running into?

[polar acorn]

You've just said "some are null" but not what "some" are or what they should be or even how you're determining this information

[swift crag]

you don't get bonus points for being mysterious (:

[honest haven]

So when i go into a battle the battle starter passes the some bits of data to the battle scene

2 ticks

https://paste.ofcode.org/dUhkTXjsHtCDcKDcCSmPt2

then i do my battle stuff, then when i return to this same scene i want to get thing like the player pos, enemy so i can set it deactive and then the reward prefab

but not all of then seem to be saving to the static class

https://paste.ofcode.org/rtUcZPfSV7M2VrqXy8sF2v

[swift crag]

Okay, and how do you know that?

[honest haven]

my satic class

[swift crag]

You have not shown us an error or an example of any of these things being null

[honest haven]

because when i enter the battle scene i get this

[polar acorn]

What, specifically, is not saving, what should it be, and how do you know it isn't

[honest haven]

UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)```

[cosmic dagger]

send us the classified documents . . .

[honest haven]

    {
        Debug.Log("|Splash Screen " + StaticBattleEnemys.SplashScreen + "|" + " + " + "|" + "Reward EXP " + StaticBattleEnemys.rewardEXP
                  + "|" + " + " + "|" +  "Player Position " + StaticBattleEnemys.playerPosition  + "|" + " + " + "|" +  "Reward Item Position " + StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItemPosition  + "|" + " + " + "|" + 
                   "|" + " + " + "|" +  "Reward Item " + StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItem  + "|" + " + " + "|" + 
                   "|" + " + " + "|" +  "Enemy " + StaticBattleEnemys.enemy  + "|" + " + " + "|");
    }```

[swift crag]

Do you destroy the enemy as part of the battle..?

[honest haven]

no

[swift crag]

i notice you have both enemy and enemies; what's the deal with that?

[honest haven]

yes enemies are battle enemie prefabs

enemy is the game object form the main scene that holds the battle starter

[swift crag]

and does that object still exist...?

[honest haven]

no i guess not as its a new scene

[swift crag]

well there you go. that object is gone

[honest haven]

if i made it a prefab would that work

[cosmic dagger]

then wouldn't that be the problem?

[swift crag]

that wouldn't make any sense, because it'd be some random prefab

not the thing you bumped into

[honest haven]

So why would it remember the player pos but not the reward item pos, which is the enemys transform

both of them objects are not in the new scene

[polar acorn]

Okay this is miserable to read so I'm going to fix it:

 Debug.Log($"|Splash Screen {StaticBattleEnemys.SplashScreen} | Reward EXP {StaticBattleEnemys.rewardEXP} | Player Position {StaticBattleEnemys.playerPosition} | Reward Item Position {StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItemPosition} | Reward Item {StaticBattleEnemys.rewardItem} | Enemy {StaticBattleEnemys.enemy} |");

[swift crag]

perhaps the player was moved to DontDestroyOnLoad

[honest haven]

what does $ do

[swift crag]

String interpolation.

[honest haven]

yes you are correct

[swift crag]

It lets you insert expressions into a string

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/interpolated

[swift crag]

If you want to be able to return to the overworld after the battle happens, I would suggest using additive scene loading.

Additively load the battle scene, do the battle, and unload the battle scene

the overworld will be exactly where you left it

you'll just have to make sure nothing happens in there while the battle is happening

(you could deactivate all of the objects in it, for example)

[honest haven]

thank you

[honest haven]

ok, i think i do have moving objects in that scene. Does it just sit over the top?

[swift crag]

imagine loading a scene means putting all of the objects in it onto a stage

additive loading means you combine multiple scenes on the stage

the battle scene won't be "on top" of the overworld scene

they'll just both be present

[honest haven]

ok thats interesting, i will look into that but for the moment is there another alternative? i just want to keep a ref to the enemy

[swift crag]

don't unload the overworld

that's it, more or less

if you unload the overworld, every single object in it gets destroyed

[honest haven]

blimey lol

[swift crag]

If all you care about is preserving the object, I guess you could DDOL it too

why do you even need a reference?

[honest haven]

could i set a bool so say there are 10 npc and each one get there own number, could i pass that, then ref that as a unique id would that work

or is that to messy

[swift crag]

sure, you could store an identifier

that would let you find the NPC after you load back into the overworld

[honest haven]

if you was to pick one what way would you do it

[swift crag]

i would try to do additive scene loading, since that also means the overworld doesn't need to be completely re-created every time you leave a battle

although, a sufficiently good save-and-load system would make that less of an issue

if I was going to do single scene loading, then I think I would use a ScriptableObject to uniquely identify each overworld NPC. Each NPC would have an NPCInfo field that references an asset

you could make a dictionary that maps NPCInfo to NPC when the scene loads

you'd store the NPCInfo in your battle manager so that you can remember who you just interacted with

[honest haven]

Im gunna give the additive scene loading a go, would that mean that the whole game would be built that way

[swift crag]

you can still single-load scenes if you don't actually need to keep the overworld open

[honest haven]

ok cool, one last question if i was going to build a big game like say super mario world or somthing like that. and i added that all to one additive scene would there be performance issues, or is that way to big. the reason i ask is there is prob going to be a battle in every scene

my thinking was maybe make every scene 2 scenes

[swift crag]

You could have many overworld scenes if you wanted to.

You'd probably just have one battle scene

unless you need very different setups for different kinds of battles

[honest haven]

some battles different envirmoments

like paper mario

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Y5SmWkOm4

it says i cant ref things from 2 scenes, but static would work?

around the 50 sec mark of that video

[swift crag]

you can't put a reference to a Scene B object in Scene A, no

but you can find things in Scene B from Scene A, or have a singleton that helps you to find things

[honest haven]

thank you

SceneManager.LoadScene(1, LoadSceneMode.Additive); sorry what did you say about unloading a scene

[buoyant knot]

i just walk back in, to find the solution being the singleton that was proposed an hour ago

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.UnloadSceneAsync.html unloads a scene.

I'd advise against trying to mash this into your existing project. Perhaps you should try it out in a smaller test project first.

(or pursuing a different solution)

If your overworld doesn't change very much, then it'll be easy to load back into it after the battle is over

[honest haven]

        SceneManager.LoadScene(1, LoadSceneMode.Additive);``` sorry i was missing code, sorry what i ment was do i need to add a second paramater

[swift crag]

well this would completely unload whatever scene 0 is

the premise was that you would keep the overworld open as you load the battle scene

then unload the battle scene

[bitter crown]

i dont understand what the issue with my code is can someone help me please?

[cosmic dagger]

start by telling us what doesn't work and what is expected to happen . . .

[bitter crown]

if the Y position is less 2 than then the player position = bridge positon + (0,2,0)

sorry for not clarifying

the ")" is giving an "invalid" error

[polar acorn]

Because you have a random < right before it

[bitter crown]

its not random

[cosmic dagger]

look at your if statement . . .

[bitter crown]

its a less than

[polar acorn]

why is it there

[cosmic dagger]

what is 2<, that makes no sense . . .

[formal escarp]

Hi. I might need some help with this. I have two levels, one in which i dont have assigned the rigidbody thingy assigned and it works just fine. But now, i moved the players to another scene and it shows this error although it "works fine" but now is messing with other scripts.

[bitter crown]

becouse i want it to happen if the Y is less than 2

[polar acorn]

Then you should check if y is less than two

rather than equal to 2<

Which is utter nonsense

[cosmic dagger]

then why do you have == 2? also, that is not how you check if something is less than a value . . .

i suggest searching how to check if something is less than a value in c#. that's a simple search and basic c# . . .

[strong wren]

hi i have an issue

[bitter crown]

okay

[strong wren]

so i made some 3d moving code and everytime i press play i just fly in the air

i think i know whats wrong but i do not know how to fix

i have 2 seperate codes one for the camera alone and one for moving and i have a player controller on the Playbody that just dissapears once the game starts

[bitter crown]

make sure there is no semicolor in the IF statement if u have one

i made that mistake before

[queen adder]

guys i'm have a trouble with my editor

[cosmic dagger]

it might help to provide your code. not sure how else we can tell what is wrong . . .

[queen adder]

The code isn't auto completingf

[strong wren]

heres a before an after

[strong wren]

i do not use if statements in the moving script only one which seems to work fine 🙂

[polar acorn]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
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[strong wren]

does it say Assemble-CSharp?

[queen adder]

ty

[queen adder]

i'm using rider

[strong wren]

oh

[polar acorn]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[cosmic dagger]

then follow the link for Rider . . .

[strong wren]

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

this is the Looking Script

[polar acorn]

Does the object with this script on it have a CharacterController component as well?

[hushed hinge]

anyone won't answer there

[strong wren]

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

[strong wren]

no

[cosmic dagger]

again, as it seems like a coding problem—and this is a coding channel—it may sound crazy, but we need to look at the code . . .

[strong wren]

i just sent the code

[polar acorn]

Then why are you setting CP to this object's Character Controller in start

[strong wren]

oh

idk someone recomended i do as such

[queen adder]

it is already instaled, but i still haveing the same trouble

[polar acorn]

Then configure it using the linked guides

[cosmic dagger]

did you follow the link suggested?

[strong wren]

alright i fixed the Controller issue

but i still am getting FLUNG in the air

[queen adder]

Yes

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector for the PlayerBody

[rugged pumice]

Amm the issue is that i am doing like a videogame and i have a weapon and this throw projectile, i added a script an then this has appeared

[polar acorn]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[cosmic dagger]

don't ask to ask, just ask . . .

[strong wren]

uhm actually im having a wierder issue i just turned off the code and i am still flying

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector for the PlayerBody

[queen adder]

all my things are like that, idk why

[warm cove]

Hello! I am working on a game that uses different scenes for different menus, but the problem is that when I press a resume button on my pauseMenu scene everything in the main game scenes just sorta resets, the player position, all checkpoints gotten etc. I know I could probably cook up some code that saves that data but I was just wondering if there was any setting that saved it to the scene during the runtime

[cosmic dagger]

look at the scene view. is the character still on the ground or flying/falling through the air?

[cosmic dagger]

those are just warnings based on the coding style. look for the actual errors . . .

[rugged pumice]

I dont know what to do

The entire game is blocked

[queen adder]

Noo i'm talking about the code isn't auto completing

[polar acorn]

https://screenshot.help/

[cosmic dagger]

errors must be fixed before you can enter playmode . . .

[cosmic dagger]

okay, did you follow/complete the link?

[strong wren]

uhm the error fixed itself

[queen adder]

yep

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
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[queen adder]

you mean these steps?

[cosmic dagger]

close out the IDE and Unity, restart, open Unity, open a C# file (from unity) and your IDE should open up . . .

[rocky canyon]

thats what the title says

[rugged pumice]

yeah but i dont understand the code error

[cosmic dagger]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception/stack-trace

[polar acorn]

What does the error say

[polar acorn]

What is Enemy

[cosmic dagger]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs0428

[rugged pumice]

The rat is the enemy

[polar acorn]

What is the type Enemy

That you are referring to in code

Show the code for it

[polar acorn]

What is Enemy

[hollow zenith]

Basically your object with a tag "Enemy" wants to find a script attached to that object called "Enemy"(this script doesn't seem to exist or is not attached to that object?)

[short hazel]

Class Enemy does not exist, there should be a red underline on line 27. Since you don't, you need to configure VSC to get the full programming tools the code editor provides

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[faint agate]

helo can someone help me with something im stuck on

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask

[faint agate]

My script is to make the player crouch slide when press " C " but the transition to crouch is not smooth. What I need help with is smoothing out the localScale with the code I have since it snaps to crouching and back standing.

https://gdl.space/ogegayegut.cs

here is the code

[slender nymph]

you'll want to change the scale over time rather than just immediately assigning it to your desired scale. you can do that using lerp or movetowards in Update or a coroutine

[faint agate]

thank you will try

[honest haven]

I have another question. Im going to go with the additive load, now i wrapped my town scene in a empty object so i can just toggle it on and off. and when i end the battle i well unload the scene(detroy). But what if i also want to load into a house. would it be silly to also keep that in the same scene? and i would have to wrap that in an empty too becuase i dont want to delete that. So really the only purpose of using additive are for battles. would that look messy having some that can be unloaded and some that can not?

[tranquil hollow]

how can i fix it?

[lofty sequoia]

fix your animation transitions

[tranquil hollow]

how can i do that?

[rocky canyon]

welll the death animation should probably not be loopin

[strong wren]

whats the or sign for if statements?

like && is and == is if

[untold bear]

Hey, I''m spawning an object using Instantiate(prefab, parent);, the gameobject reference is stored properly and even after few frames the scene and transform all seem right. But the problem is that the object is not showing up in the unity hierarchy at all, like it doesn't even exist

[strong wren]

i know theres a or which is like II but idk how to get the long I

[slender nymph]

it's likely being destroyed if you don't see it in the hierarchy at all

[polar acorn]

||

[untold bear]

wouldn't the reference in my script be destroyed then too?

[strong wren]

thank you

[tranquil hollow]

its not

[slender nymph]

it would equate to null using the == operator, but the reference itself would still point to the same object in memory since c# does not have the concept of "destroyed"

[untold bear]

okay so I can check if it's being destroyed by doing if(chunk == null) Log("destroyed");

[slender nymph]

you can also put a log in OnDestroy if you want to check if it is being destroyed

[untold bear]

ah makes more sense i'll have a look

[strong wren]

       {
           Speed = 10;
           Stamina -= 1 * Time.deltaTime;

       } else if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift))
       {
           Speed = 5;
       }``` hey guys i have an issue with my tiny code

when i activate running mode the Stamina only goes down once instead of going down periodically

[wintry quarry]

Don't you want Input.GetKey?

GetKeyDown is only true for one frame

[strong wren]

no im working on a spring mechanic

[strong wren]

no GetKey is

[wintry quarry]

wrong

[untold bear]

nope only being called when I stop playing

[strong wren]

oh

how wil i add sprinting 😩

[polar acorn]

What made you think that

You can just look these things up you know

[wintry quarry]

What's wrong with what you have once you fix GetKeyDown -> GetKey?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input.GetKeyDown.html

[strong wren]

yeah but its
em·bar·rass·ing

[strong wren]

so if i change itt to GetKey instead it will work?

[wintry quarry]

isn't it more embarassing to be publically incorrect?

[strong wren]

i was thinkking maybe using a bool

[strong wren]

oh u meant they KeyDown

[wintry quarry]

It's blowing my mind that you are still here instead of trying it

[strong wren]

sorry i just had to be sure

is the way im even adding springing good?

and yes it works

[wintry quarry]

I don't see anything related to "springing" here

[slender nymph]

then either you are looking at the wrong object in the hierarchy, it is being reparented to some other object, or you've put the ondestroy log on the wrong object 🤷‍♂️

[wintry quarry]

Oh I guess maybe you mean sprinting?

[strong wren]

meant to say sprinting*

[wintry quarry]

seems fine ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[strong wren]

alr cool now i just need to make it so after some time it will regenerate

which seems easy right?

just another if sentence

whats the not equal sign?

!= right?

[untold bear]

I mean i type in the correct name from the object in the hierarchy so should pop up if it's in the scene no matter where it is and I'm sure its the right location because when my debug log hits in the ondestroy when ending the play session it's the correct objects that i'm looking for. It's a bizzare issue and only happened after updating unity versions :/

at first I thought it was because it had invalid scene references but I fixed that issue and the scene reference is now same as the other objects in the scene

[slender nymph]

show the full relevant code

[strong wren]

whats the combo for AND / OR?

|& doesnt seem to work neither does &|

[wintry quarry]

what do you mean by "combo"?

[ivory bobcat]

var instance = Instantiate(prefab, parent);
Debug.Log($"Click here during runtime to see where {instance.name} is", instance);```

[strong wren]

like if running = true and or jumping = true

[wintry quarry]

That's just ||

aka OR

[strong wren]

oh

[wintry quarry]

For reference if you want if only ONE is true and NOT the other, that's called "exclusive or" aka "XOR" and it's != for logical exclusive or and ^ for bitwise exclusive or

[untold bear]

https://gyazo.com/318e4e164404692151d5cc6d3db8ad9c idk everything seems correct to me, even the scenepath is as it should be but its just not there

[slender nymph]

click the log in your console and it will highlight the object in the hierarchy

[untold bear]

https://gyazo.com/f66fb6f0db6e6c7823d3d3ba039ced76 not showing anyting, I just click the log once right? double clicking goes to the line of code obviously but otherwise nothing happens

[celest holly]

whats wrong with this magnitude check? it doesnt work properly

[wintry quarry]

Can you elaborate? What is improper about it?

[celest holly]

its settingg the closest cell as the first one in the loop

even though its not the closest

[cosmic dagger]

what doesn't work about it? what is expected to happen?

[wintry quarry]

Maybe you should add some Debug.Log statements

to print out what distances its finding

and what it's comparing them to

[celest holly]

its expected to find the closest distance between the impact and the cell and set that rigidbody to not kinematic

[celest holly]

i did that and the distance is being calculated proprely

so im at a complete loss

[wintry quarry]

Well your code is setting kinametic false immediately

rather than waiting until you find the closest one

you need to do the whole loop first

then set kinematic = false at the end because only then have you found the closest one

[celest holly]

yeah i did that for testing purposes my bad

[wintry quarry]

otherwise you're just doing it on each one that is the "current closest candidate"

[short hazel]

There might also be only one object, so the loop is executed once

[celest holly]

but its only setting one to nonkinematic anyway

[celest holly]

no multiple distances are printed

[wintry quarry]

Ok and how do you know that's not the closest?

[wintry quarry]

what distances?

[celest holly]

because its not lol

[wintry quarry]

show us some more info

[cosmic dagger]

log each cell distance with their GameObject name. then you'll have the output for the closest one. compare it to the first cell and you can see if it's correct . . .

[wintry quarry]

we're in the dark

[celest holly]

the distances from the impact point and the cell

okay hold on

ill send a video or something

[wintry quarry]

btw your code is also only printing distances for the ones that are not closer than the previous

[cosmic dagger]

create the log, run the code, send a ss of the log from the console . . .

[wintry quarry]

it's not printing the distance for the ones that are closer than the current closest distance

basically - once you actually debug this, I'm sure it will become obvious what the issue is

putting that print outside a conditional would be a good first step

[cosmic dagger]

that is true. also, did you want to set kinematic to false for every GameObject that is less than the current distance?

[celest holly]

okay ill debug more

[celest holly]

no it was for testing im gonna fix it now

narrowed it down to the cell having a fixed position because its parented to an empty

so it doesnt matter where i shoot i get the same result

but position is meant to give the world position so idk

[proven mirage]

hey guys im in unity andi have a post processing effect in my game and im trying to acsess the field of depth through my script how can i do that?heres my code

is it even possible to acess depth of field from script?

if it is how can i?

[slender nymph]

use the GetSetting method on the PostProcessProfile
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.postprocessing@3.4/api/UnityEngine.Rendering.PostProcessing.PostProcessProfile.GetSetting.html#UnityEngine_Rendering_PostProcessing_PostProcessProfile_GetSetting__1

[proven mirage]

@slender nymph like this?

[slender nymph]

PostProcessProfile is not a component

did you even look at what your previous code was?

[proven mirage]

oh yeah

oh

ok i tihnk i igot it

lemme check now

@slender nymph thank you

it works now i fixed

[untold bear]

little update from my issue, I found them back in the hierarchy now after changing their HideInHierarchy flag, not sure what caused that to turn on but probably the same reason that they are greyed out even though they are activated and their activeInHierarchy is true as well, can't seem to re-enable them either through the editor so not sure what is going on here?

[rocky canyon]

are you using version control?

i found a thread saying this guy hadn't checked out certain assets and they were greyed out until he renamed them.. which they became visible (b/c of having a different name associated with it).. thats the only thing i see off hand

[sage thunder]

Anyone know if its possible to transfer custom normals between meshes within Unity itself? I have an imported FBX of a mesh with weights and blenshapes. And another without those, but has the custom normals. I want to transfer those normals to the first mesh (they have identical vertex order.)

[digital wharf]

I have a problem with my spherecast that I am trying to use as a groundcheck. For some reason, ground is only detected for a fraction of a second and then the spherecast returns false.

//only showing relevant code

public Transform orientation;
public float playerHeight;
public float playerRadius;
Vector3 direction;
RaycastHit hit;
public LayerMask groundLayer;


direction = transform.up * -1.0f;

grounded = Physics.SphereCast(orientation.position, playerRadius, direction, out hit, playerHeight, groundLayer, QueryTriggerInteraction.UseGlobal);```

[digital wharf]

no matter how large I set the player radius to or how tall player height to be, it still returns false

[untold bear]

just github so that shouldn't be the case

[grim pecan]

I’m trying to load a scene from a video and every time I do it there aren’t any textures

It only purple

I download the shaders he had to and that didn’t work

[slender nymph]

not a code question, but if all of your materials are magenta then you are using shaders that are not compatible with your render pipeline. you need to convert the materials to shaders that are supported on whatever pipeline you are using

[grim pecan]

How do I do that

[slender nymph]

depends on what render pipeline the materials were designed for and what pipeline you are using. but you can usually just change the shader on the materials to one supported by your pipeline and reassign any properties that weren't automatically remapped

[wheat wave]

are you sure that the spherecast's initial position is not intersecting the ground?

my second question is if you disabled any mesh collider optimizations

[digital wharf]

I was able to find an asset to visualize the spherecast and found out that for some reason it only works when the radius is set to 0. It works fine now, though.

[wheat wave]

that shouldn't be the case

[grim pecan]

Man idk how to do that

[slender nymph]

well how about you start with providing literally any useful details, such as what render pipeline you are using, and what render pipeline the tutorial uses

[grim pecan]

I don’t know what a render pipeline

And we’re in the beginner chat so don’t expect everyone to instantly give details

[deft grail]

then you can easily google that

[lusty flax]

I'm using SpriteRenderers' bounds.Intersects() function in order to detect if an object can be placed in a spot in a grid-like placement system (to ensure that it does not overlap with other objects). However, this function seems to return true even when the objects aren't touching; when they are directly next to each other, the function still triggers. How can I fix this?

void Update()
{
    Vector2 mouse = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
    {
        if (mouse.x >= 0 && mouse.y >= 0)
        {
            GameObject model = Instantiate(selectedBuilding.model);
            float newX = selectedBuilding.dimensions.x % 2 == 0 ? (int)mouse.x : (int)mouse.x + 0.5f;
            float newY = selectedBuilding.dimensions.y % 2 == 0 ? (int)mouse.y : (int)mouse.y + 0.5f;
            model.transform.position = new Vector3(newX, newY, model.transform.position.z);

            Renderer modelRenderer = model.GetComponent<Renderer>();
            int amountOfBuildings = buildings.childCount;
            bool survived = true;
            for (int i = 0; i < amountOfBuildings; i++)
            {
                GameObject building = buildings.GetChild(i).gameObject;
                Renderer buildingRenderer = building.GetComponent<Renderer>();
                if (modelRenderer.bounds.Intersects(buildingRenderer.bounds))
                {
                    survived = false;
                    Destroy(model);
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (survived)
            {
                model.transform.parent = buildings;
            }
        }
    }
}

[grim pecan]

bro my jumping isnt working anymore

neither is my dashing

ive tried to find whats wrong but cant

if someone can help me ill give them more information

[slender nymph]

show relevant code

and Don't Ask To Ask. don't wait for someone to be available, just ask the question and provide relevant details at the time you ask your question so that whoever is helping you doesn't have to try and persuade you to provide the details that #854851968446365696 says you should include

[slender nymph]

oh and do not DM users without permission. i will not be accepting your message request, you can get help here

[grim pecan]

ok im sorry

its one of my other scripts that are messing with the jumping

ill try and figure it out and comeback here if i cant

[slender nymph]

you can share your code here if you need help

[undone wave]

question
let's say there exists a function

{
    transform.localScale = a;
}```

how would i extend this function to work on any compatible property (position, for example)

pseudocode describing the desired effect
```arbitraryFunction(targetProperty p, Vector3 a)
{
    p = a;
}```

[lusty flax]

To try to fix this, I just tried playing with the OverlapCollider function, looked at its documentation, and am stumped because it is not working. Can someone help?

Collider2D collider = model.GetComponent<Collider2D>();
ContactFilter2D filter = new ContactFilter2D();
List<Collider2D> colliders = new List<Collider2D>();
if (collider.OverlapCollider(filter.NoFilter(), colliders) > 0)
{
    Destroy(model);
}
else
{
    model.transform.parent = buildings;
}

[teal viper]

Well, if targetProperty is a reference type, then the latter code would work as is.

[undone wave]

oh, thank you

[teal viper]

Assuming it has overriden the assignment operator such that vectors can be assigned to it.

[undone wave]

sorry, i don't follow

[remote osprey]

hello everyone

[undone wave]

for example

{
    float timer = 0;
    Vector3 initScale = transform.localScale;

    while (timer <= animationTime)
    {
        if (animationTime == 0) break;

        transform.localScale = (initScale - targetScale) * Mathf.Pow((timer - animationTime) / animationTime, 2) + targetScale;
        timer += Time.deltaTime;
        yield return null;
    }
    transform.localScale = targetScale;
}```

[remote osprey]

I have a card animation that locks dragging movement. I wanted the drag movement to resume after animation is over. Is there something to do that?

[deft grail]

how do you lock it?

do the same to unlock it

[remote osprey]

oh nvm, it works without lockign

[undone wave]

i would like to extend this to work with not only localScale
right now i am storing this in a specific MonoBehaviour class.

The solution I am thinking is to store this IEnumerator in a ScriptableObject so other classes can access this, but I'm having trouble finding a method to replace the transform.localScale with a more general version.

Is this a good solution? If it is, how would I change it to accomodate any valid property and if it isn't what would be a better option?
(it is at times like these i wish i could use pointers as implemented in c)

[faint agate]

Hello, ive been trying to figure this out all day, but im still pretty new to coding. I have a script to make the player crouch slide when press " C " but the transition to crouch is not smooth. What I need help with is smoothing out the localScale with the code I have since it snaps to crouching and back standing. I tried adding lerp, but im having a hard time implementing it from the code I have since im accessing the playerobj