💻┃code-beginner

[final kestrel]

In which line exactly do we change the vertical movement to be forward and backward?

[wintry quarry]

That happens every frame. Time scale doesn't matter

Update happens every frame and doesn't care about time scale

[rare basin]

ow

forget it then, thank you

[wintry quarry]

FixedUpdate is affected by time scale

[final kestrel]

Well okay I got it no need.

Is dealing with vectors always dis complicated

[deft grail]

a vector is simple, 2 floats

[rare basin]

got it thanks, got a little brain.exe stopped working moment

[latent epoch]

omg nope. I'm just an Idiot, there is a return statement, but its made it way ALLLL the way down to the very bottom of my code, I don't even think its within the Mesh constructor

[sacred orbit]

new… new input system????

[icy wedge]

oooh okay so this is how you bind the prefab to the variable ?

[final kestrel]

moveDirection = (transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward)*currentInput.x) + (transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.right) * currentInput.y);

How does this line return 0 on the y?

[deft grail]

yes there is a "new" and better one, not so new anymore though

[sacred orbit]

gotta look into that now

[final kestrel]

I mean moveDirection is a vector3 but we only deal with x and y input?

[deft grail]

because moving forward would be on the z

[rich adder]

put it on the actual gameobject that has the script

[icy wedge]

okk yea i did it

[final kestrel]

Like What I dont get is, moveDirection (vector 3 with 0,0,0) then we do the equation and = vector2(0,0). What I'm asking is that where the last float is

[rocky canyon]

it would become 0

[deft grail]

you dont set it to a Vector2

[final kestrel]

but we only work on 2 inputs on the right hand?

[deft grail]

your only giving it a X and a Y from your Input, however your putting that into a Vector3

your not directly giving an X and Y to moveDirection

[final kestrel]

it could be simplified as transform.forward * currentInput.x + transform.right * currentInput.y too?

[final kestrel]

since im not touching the remaining axis it remains as it is which is 0?

[deft grail]

debug.log moveDirection and see whats the result

[final kestrel]

I'll do that once I get home. On a different pc at the moment.

[deft grail]

alright

well it wont be 0

[rocky canyon]

not exactly reamaing what it is.. it'd get set to 0
if its at 0 then yea its the same..
but if u set it a Vector3 to Vector2 the last property gets set to 0..

[deft grail]

<#💻┃code-beginner message> heres the code if you havent seen

[rocky canyon]

yea i was about to scroll

[final kestrel]

yeah it stores the y beforehand

i mean it gets restored after calculation

[rocky canyon]

ahh okay coolio

[final kestrel]

I was just confused how we assign vector2 to a vector3

[tiny rain]

A little synthatic sugar I often use myself, maybe you guys would like it-
Make a few extension methods like Vector2.X0Y(), Vector3.XZ(), Vector3.X0Z() and stuff

The function is self explanatory

[final kestrel]

Thanks for the help

[tiny rain]

It simply adds the z axis with 0, sometimes get me by surprise

[deft grail]

normally if you do

Vector3 = 2, 5, 5
Vector2 = 0, 2
Vector3 = Vector2
``` then the result should be `0,2,0`

[tiny rain]

Similar thing with using a vector3 as a vector2, it throws the z axis away

[rocky canyon]

yup

[tiny rain]

Btw guys, what would be the best way to create some sort of cancelable event?

if I want to permit layers of subscribeable functions that would block something from happening

[frank zodiac]

💀

its been around for years

[tiny rain]

The best I have is delegate with a ref bool

[rocky canyon]

i'd probably use a seperate event CanvelableEventHandler

or something

[final kestrel]

I was like where the hell is the third number that is 0

[rocky canyon]

or the bool

[final kestrel]

Good to learn now thanks all.

[tiny rain]

Just a bool reference? No better way?

[rocky canyon]

im sure theres other ways. but thats the first thing that comes to mind..

[tiny rain]

I saw that delegates can pass something back. What would that do?

[rocky canyon]

ya, u can have a sender parameter

[tiny rain]

Uh, I mean, can that in any way be turned into a true if any subscribers return true thing?

[final kestrel]

Ooh I see now. transform forward * currentInput.x is lets say 0,0,5 then we add + transform.right * currentInput.y is say 6,0,0 then the result is just a total of 2 3Vectors added. Thats how It does not throw an error because y is 0 in the end

Goddamn

[deft grail]

and also because moving forwards and backwards is the z axis x is left/right and y is up down so wouldnt make sense to set y to anything based of movement

[final kestrel]

We would just go up in the air then right?

[deft grail]

yeah

[final kestrel]

I cant even add 3 numbers together haha

Well thanks.

[deft grail]

and about erroring, it errors if you try adding a Vector3 TO a Vector2, but not the other way around

[final kestrel]

yeah cos the example you provided says that it leaves it as it is but if its the other way around the last float doesnt have anywhere to go?

[deft grail]

yeah, just trying to add something that has no where to go

[final kestrel]

Well great. Thanks a lot!

[valid slate]

where can i ask about unity installation itself?

[deft grail]

#💻┃unity-talk

[sleek notch]

Hi I have problem with buttons in canvas. I can't click on it and I have no idea where is problem.

[polar acorn]

Do you have an event system in the scene

[sleek notch]

The script is attached to newsPaperUI

[polar acorn]

Is WordEventSystem an EventSystem you've renamed and attached other objects to? Show the inspector for it

[sleek notch]

No

The WordEventSystem is my empty gameObject and it will do another stuff

[polar acorn]

So do you have an event system in the scene

[sleek notch]

No?

[polar acorn]

Then that would be your problem

[sleek notch]

So how do I create it?

[polar acorn]

Create -> UI -> Event System

[sleek notch]

And that is everything?

[polar acorn]

yes

you might need to click the big red button on it if you're using the New Input System, or it might have come with one. If it doesn't look angry at you that should be enough

[sleek notch]

Nope. I installed new input system and still not working

[icy wedge]

hey, in my folder script I have the class A and the class B, and now in my class C i want to instanciate them but from what i understand, I really need to drag and drop the A and B to the inspector ? Why isn't it as simple like using or import idk ?

[polar acorn]

Show your event system

[polar acorn]

Are you trying to create an instance of a normal class or Instantiate a GameObject with a component on it

[icy wedge]

just a class

[polar acorn]

new ClassName() works fine

[icy wedge]

he just say the Type or namespace name 'A' could not be found, I wrote Using A since its in the same folder

(vscode does not help alot on imports lol)

[sleek notch]

Please help me. I'm solving this problem over a hour and still it is not working

[polar acorn]

Do you have a namespace named A

[icy wedge]

just public enum A nothing really special

[polar acorn]

At the bottom of the inspector for the event system there is a window that shows information about the interacted UI elements, including what is hovered and selected. See what that is saying is under the mouse when you hover your button

[polar acorn]

Using statements are for namespaces. Do you have a namespace A?

[icy wedge]

no, so i should use another keyword like import ? Im from java idk much about c#

[polar acorn]

You should just use the class

If it's not in a namespace it's global

[icy wedge]

okok i see

[sleek notch]

No it is now working. I replaced with normal legacy button

[tiny rain]

Is this a good way to do it?

public CanSlotModifyDelegate CanSlotModify = (Itemstack it, int i, ref bool b)=>{};

I have to initialize it with a starting value cus otherwise += would throw a null reference exception, I'd not use = cus again, it's meant to be an event to subscribe to.

[polar acorn]

If it's an event you should use the event type
https://gamedevbeginner.com/events-and-delegates-in-unity/

[tiny rain]

Well, not exactly an event ig, since it's also used as a question by more than just itself...

*Called by other scripts too

Strange, they didn't initialize it but they're implying that it works without.

[mystic dawn]

hey there! does anyone know if there is a way to check for when a variable like a float reaches a certain % of it's assigned value?

let's say i set a float value in the inspector, how can i check when this value reaches <= 50% of it's value no matter what i assign for it as a value? any help would be greatly appreciated!

[polar acorn]

So give this object a public function that invokes the event, and call that

[tiny rain]

Why though

[mystic dawn]

do i just do something like * 0.5 for 50% and such or is there a specific better way to do it?

[polar acorn]

InverseLerp gets you the percentage a value is between two endpoints

[tiny rain]

Is marking it as an event going to avoid the issue?

[polar acorn]

So you can use event and take advantage of all of the syntax that C# provides

[tiny rain]

Eh, tbh, thinking about it, I might as well for another reason

Cus this nightmare

                bool canceled = false;
                CanSlotModify.Invoke(itemstack, i, ref canceled);
                if (canceled) continue;

[brave compass]

Delegate implements the + operator in such a way that the left hand side can be null, so it doesn't need to be initialized. This is entirely for convenience.

[tiny rain]

Strange, that should mean that CanSlotModify += ToolBar.CanSlotModify should work without any issue

Uhm... Imma test it again to prove my point... Or prove that I did a blunder even if I'm skeptical of that one

Answer iiiiiiis... Yes, half

Non-event delegates/actions/funcs will have trouble with += when you haven't assigned a value to it

But adding event does indeed bypass the issue, soo... Thank you digiholic xD

Sigh... No it's mistaken, event appears to be unable to bypass the issue 🤦‍♂️

edit: No wait it does actually work with or without, am I the one who did a blunder all along??

[honest haven]

thanks sorry was in a meeting for ages, before i try moving the scene. I am goingto try ddol, but it dos not become a ddol

[rich adder]

DDOL wont prevent the other objects from being deleted if scene is unloaded hence the Missing reference, You either don't unload the scene or you'd have to bring the enemy objectsnested inside their own root DDOL, probably more of a hassle

[honest haven]

Thanks i went with wrapping a game object around the battle scene and moving it to a new space and not unloading the main town thank you for your input was really helpfull

[drifting walrus]

Hi, I'm working on a game that requires players values to change based on duration of time passed.

There are time difference calculations, calculated between the player's current time, and a previous timestamp stored on a remote database.

What are the best practices / frameworks to use for getting the player's current time from the Internet? Essentially, I don't want the player to change the time on their device to speed up time durations. Whenever a CurrentTime is called, I want the player device to check the CurrentTime of some cloud service.

Is there an existing web service / function in Unity? Otherwise, what are the standard ways to achieve this?

[tiny rain]

If you're making a multiplayer game or something of that sorts, pretty sure you should simply never let the player send it

Never trust input from the client, basic rule

Checking for time should be done by the server in that case, I guess

[wintry quarry]

You would operate/run a web service/web application for this stuff

Kind of a whole different skillset/toolset than Unity

[tiny rain]

Timezones can still trick it I think? Though it'd be so constrained that it'd not be very valuable... Normally.

[rich adder]

did you already setup auth ? cause thats probably your first /most complex step.

[tiny rain]

Unless if he's trying to make some sort of highscore/shortest time beaten system

[rich adder]

yeah but how do you define which is current player?

or just anonymous i suppose

[tiny rain]

Idk, no matter how I think about it it can be tricked

I heard that clientside's encoding doesn't work cus they can use your program to do the same

[rich adder]

yes everything should be handled server side, client just sends request

ideally to an API

[tiny rain]

Basically that means that if people want, they can have full control over the whole client

Which then... Ig that the only way is to announce that you've started a session, and then... No, even then they can fake the victory signal

[rich adder]

this is why everything is mostly handled with tokens

[tiny rain]

How so? How does that make it safe?

[rich adder]

because the token was issued by the server, usually with a custom signature

if you tamper it, the signature doesn't match , becomes invalid

[tiny rain]

So... The token acts as a key to the session on the server, I'm guessing?

[rich adder]

yes hence why they typically have expiration time

you the dev have to handle the timing and refreshing new tokens to keep someone logged in

[tiny rain]

What stops cheaters from using the token to send fake data back though...

Currently I'm imagining one of those speedrunning games

[drifting walrus]

We already have an auth system and cloud save system. But that tool does not have such a feature to give the current UTC time.

[rich adder]

DateTime.UtcNow

store that inside each players Cloud Save

[rich adder]

they would first need your token somehow

some tokens also add machine signing , depends on algo used too

[tiny rain]

If hackers can use the whole client's stuff I don't see what stops them from using the token ngl

[drifting walrus]

Doesn't "DateTime.UtcNow just convert the device's time to UTC?

[rich adder]

if you have someone backdoor on your machine you have bigger issue than game cheating score

[rich adder]

no dont you want to save the player time you said?

[drifting walrus]

I meant moreso that I dont want players to be able to set their mobile device time to some time in the future, to skip ahead the time they need to wait for features in the app

[drifting walrus]

This is what i'm looking for a solution for. Sorry for the confusion

[tiny rain]

No I mean... Like, for example, my brother actually did some modding on a multiplayer game before, he could just access the client's source code...

[rich adder]

yes then you need to grab non-local (machine) time

you need to grab server time

just make a simple HTTP Request to some free server time

[drifting walrus]

are there any standard APIs that game devs typically utilize?

[rich adder]

eg
https://worldtimeapi.org/

[drifting walrus]

Or any Unity time server service offered?

[rich adder]

You can make a cloud code module

but probably not worth wasting tokens

[drifting walrus]

Oh great idea

[drifting walrus]

true

When there are free solutions out there, got it

Ok thanks for the help!

[rich adder]

soo many

[thick cobalt]

Hi I'm trying to use the Meta Movement SDK examples, specifically the Aura Sample, to implement a handtracking and eye tracking logger (print positions of user's hand and eye movements). I'm not really sure which scripts to modify and how to get this information. Would appreciate any help for a beginner at Unity! https://developer.oculus.com/documentation/unity/move-samples/#face-and-eye-tracking-with-aura

[weak grove]

a friendly noob has appeared!

hello!

today i learned about the component system lol

[rich adder]

good thing too, unity is Component based

[weak grove]

haha yes 😄

its like a freer type of inheritance

flat hierarchy and all that

[umbral rock]

why does velocity.up work but velocity.right doesnt? i cant move right?

[wintry quarry]

I don't see velocity.up or velocity.right anywhere here

[umbral rock]

i meant vector

sorry lol

😄

[wintry quarry]

show the inspector of your object?

[umbral rock]

i can jump but i cant move right

[wintry quarry]

did you constrain the x position of the rigidbody perhaps?

(also what's with the weird brackets)

[rich adder]

yup

Praetor nailed it

[wintry quarry]

yep you constrained the x axis

[umbral rock]

oooh

[umbral rock]

omg

[rich adder]

maybe you meant to do rotation ?

[umbral rock]

im so sorry.. what a dumb mistake :/

thanks for the help tho, it works now lmao

[stuck palm]

why doesnt this event show up?

[wintry quarry]

because it's private

and doesn't have [SerializeField]

so it is not serialized

BUt also... a UnityEvent wouldn't show up in that list in the first place

only methods will show up there

[stuck palm]

okay thank you

[fervent abyss]

how can i check if 2 objects intersect without using colliders stuff like on trigger enter

[valid violet]

@fervent abyss You can check the distance between two object and if they are close enough trigger what you need

[languid spire]

you can also use the bounds of their renderers to see if they overlap

[fervent abyss]

how can i do that?

[languid spire]

you get the bounds properties from both renderers and then you read https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Bounds.html

[dim stream]

hi, i have this code but i cant look to the sides, oonly up and down and the camera still dont attach to the player

may someone know the solution?

[fervent abyss]

from what i see you only rotate by X axis here

you dont do anything Y axis related

[dim stream]

😔

i followed a tutorial

and the guy could move all directions

i dont understand

https://youtu.be/yhDq2vHQDiE

[rich adder]

love how he copied the same brackys tutorial thumbnail and still made same mistake with Time.deltaTime

[rich adder]

show whats currently happening

[dim stream]

ok

[rich adder]

well first of all

it is rotating left / right

the camera is not child of Player

ofc its not gonna follow it

[dim stream]

what

[rich adder]

what dont you get?

[rocky canyon]

u rotate the camera up and down transform
u rotate the player left and right.. player.transform

[rich adder]

If you took your eyes out of your socket and just left them on a shelf, can you see where your body is going ?

[dim stream]

when i move the mouse side to side only the player turn the head, but the camera dont do it

[rocky canyon]

the player shuld be a child object of the player..

meaning it would follow the player if the player rotates

[rich adder]

thats because the player is supposed to rotate the camera

[rocky canyon]

wouldnt matter if u had zero more code..

that would still work

[dim stream]

i have to put the script in the player?

[rich adder]

lol what

no

[dim stream]

srry im not understanding jajajaja

[rich adder]

do you know what Parenting does in unity?

or any other program like blender?

[dim stream]

yeah yeah yeah okey, i didnt put it there because before i tried but didnt work

[rich adder]

because you had two cameras

[dim stream]

now it works i think

[dim stream]

that make sense

[dim stream]

yes

thank you so much @rich adder

😄

[hollow dawn]

can someone tell me how to fix this camera glitch?

[edgy prism]

Hello, I have different types of projectiles in my game I kept getting missing reference errors for one kind, after endless searching for what was destroying them I realised it was another type of projectile (at least I'm 99% sure). However I thought that in my function I was telling it not to destroy that kind of projectile can anyone explain why it is anyway?

public void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
    {
        if (col.gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>() != null)
        {
            Debug.Log("You Died");
            GameController.i.SetGameOverState();
        }
        else if (col.gameObject.GetComponent<Bullet>() == null)
        {
            Destroy(col.gameObject);
            Destroy(this.gameObject);
        }
    }

[polar acorn]

What is the specific error you are getting? What line?

[icy wedge]

hey guys, i'm having trouble with audio source, i have this little script that just play one sound, but I guess i have to attach an audiosource from here but there is no in the list

[edgy prism]

I think I've fixed it now, I am just curious why if what I think is the cause was that piece of code didnt stop it. But to answer your question it was this line:

Rigidbody2D rb = projectile.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

And the error was MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'GameObject' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.

(The game is set up in such a way that the projectiles shouldnt be able to be destroyed before force is applied to them)

[polar acorn]

Why are you trying to edit the script defaults? You should set it on an instance in the scene

[polar acorn]

Where does projectile come from?

[edgy prism]

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

[polar acorn]

Is it possible that you've accidentally set projectilePrefab to an object in the scene, rather than an actual prefab?

[edgy prism]

Nope it was definitely the prefab file

[crystal chasm]

You probably have to add the audiosource. And apply an audio clip to it. Use the add component button in the inspector.

[rancid zenith]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f473C43s8nE&list=WL&index=10&ab_channel=Dave%2FGameDevelopment
watching this video, after limiting my speed so i dont infinitely accelerate, my character still continues to slide, but his doesnt, ideas why it seems like the ground still has no friction for me?

[polar acorn]

You could try to find out what's destroying the object by adding a log in OnDestroy:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnDestroy.html

And see when it prints. I think you might even get the initial Destroy call in the stack trace

[icy wedge]

i didnt want to add audio clip i m trying to just generate a sound based on frequency and play a bit with its length @crystal chasm

[polar acorn]

But if you log in OnDestroy and also before the error, you can at least see the order

[icy wedge]

to create a sort of piano if you want

[crystal chasm]

Ok. You will still need an audiosource for that.

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[crystal chasm]

It's a component

[icy wedge]

idk im just trying stuff

[polar acorn]

If you want to reference an AudioSource you need to reference it from an instance of this script. Not the file itself

[icy wedge]

okay

[timber tide]

Quick question. Will StopCoroutine throw a null ref if the coroutine ends before the method is called. Not by string, but by reference overload

[crystal chasm]

Not that I have ever seen.

[edgy prism]

With the code in my initial message

public void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
    {
        if (col.gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>() != null)
        {
            Debug.Log("You Died");
            GameController.i.SetGameOverState();
        }
        else if (col.gameObject.GetComponent<Bullet>() == null)
        {
            Destroy(col.gameObject);
            Destroy(this.gameObject);
        }
    }

Is it impossible that what I suspected was the error is?

Because I havent encountered it since and im 99% its just destroying the projectile with the Bullet script on it anyway

[crystal chasm]

Destroying your bullets all the time is not the correct way to go about it anyway. You should be object pooling.

[polar acorn]

It's possible, but "possible" doesn't become "is" without data

[edgy prism]

What on earth is object pooling?

[polar acorn]

If your projectile has a log in OnDestroy you can find out if it's getting destroyed somehow between instantiation and accessing the Rigidbody

[polar acorn]

tl;dr - instead of destroying and spawning an object, you have one object that you move around and deactivate and reactivate

[crystal chasm]

It's where you reuse the same object a bunch of times instead of creating and destroying them.

[edgy prism]

Ahh ok I will add an OnDestroy just so I can be certain if i've caught the problem or not thankyou for your help

[edgy prism]

Ahhh I see for performance reasons right?

[crystal chasm]

Yeah. Just google ObjectPooler Github... there are more than a few available

SimplePool is the one I have used for bullets.

[edgy prism]

Ahh ok awesome thanks for the tip ill be sure to check it out

[wind raptor]

How might I accomplish something like the following?

int x = 4;
string str = $"x: {x}";
x = 5;
Debug.Log(str); // I'd like this to print "x: 5"

I know the string object doesn't work this way, but I'd like to have a sort of dynamic string object that contains references to variables that change the string value when they are updated

I've written an overly complicated parsing function to sort of accomplish what I'm after, but I feel like there must be a simpler way.

[hollow dawn]

how can I fix this I tried everything and I have no idea how to fix this? cant move camera

[polar acorn]

Debug.Log($"x: {x}");

[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.

[hollow dawn]

how do I use this?

[polar acorn]

You follow the instructions

[honest haven]

    {
        _inZone = true;
        GameManager.instance.battleStarter = gameObject;
    }``` i have 10 npc with this script, why does it trigger that on all of them?

[wind raptor]

Without having to reenter that. I have a string with like, 75 variables.

[polar acorn]

Probably because all of them are interacting with a trigger.

[polar acorn]

public void LogThings(int x){
  Debug.Log($"x: {x}");
}

[wind raptor]

I'm looking for something flexible that can work with any number of variables in any given position in the string. It won't always be formatted the same way

[hollow dawn]

https://paste.ofcode.org/sEngzvWGBjv9kigdqieAzy

[polar acorn]

So do you want something different every time or do you want something reuseable

because those are conflicting goals

[crystal chasm]

int x = 4; 
string str = "x: " + x; 
x = 5;
Debug.Log(str);

[polar acorn]

That will log x: 4

[wind raptor]

...both?

[polar acorn]

All you've done to theirs is removed the string interpolation

[rancid zenith]

ive figured out that the raycast im using isnt detecting that im grounded, anyone can help?

[wind raptor]

I somewhat suspect that what I want to accomplish is not possible.

But wanted to make sure there wasn't some dynamic string something or other that checks all the boxes

[edgy prism]

Its super ambiguous what you're actually trying to accomplish rn some context might really help

[polar acorn]

If you've got a lot of different things you want to use, at some point you're going to have to tell the code about those things. So you'll need to either use an interpolated string or make a function that returns a string

[crystal chasm]

yeah. lol, Debug.Log(str + x);

don't add the number to str at all.

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector for your camera

Actually, the whole object with the camera on it

not just the one component but the transform and whatnot too

[rocky canyon]

did you make sure to set ur layer on ur ground collider to whatIsGround
and assigned it here.. or if using some other mask.. making sure its applied to ur colliders?

[crystal chasm]

string str = "x: "; 
x = 5;
Debug.Log(str + x);

[rancid zenith]

i believe so?

[rocky canyon]

is the height high enough?

u can also debug the raycast hit to see if anything is blocking it

[rancid zenith]

right now ive got a debug on the groundcheck, and the raycast seems to be hitting, but the console states, "grounded: false"

i dont know if my height is high enough, how do i check

[polar acorn]

Show !code

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[polar acorn]

Include your logs

[wind raptor]

Sorry, long message

[rocky canyon]

you can use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Gizmos.DrawRay.html to visualize ur raycast,
just feed in the position and (direction * length)

[rancid zenith]

!code

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[rancid zenith]

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

public class XYZMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Header("Movement")]
    public float moveSpeed;
    public float groundDrag = 5f;
    

    [Header("Ground Check")]
    public float playerheight = 2f;
    public LayerMask whatIsGround;
    bool grounded;



    public Transform orientation;

    float horizontalInput;
    float verticalInput;

    Vector3 moveDirection;

    Rigidbody rb;



    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        rb.freezeRotation = true;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        SpeedControl();
        MyInput();

        grounded = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, playerheight * 0.5f + 0.2f, whatIsGround);

        if (grounded)
            rb.drag = groundDrag;
        else rb.drag = 0;

        Debug.Log("Grounded: " + grounded);
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        MovePlayer();
    }

    private void MyInput()
    {
        horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        verticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
    }

    private void MovePlayer()
    {
        moveDirection = orientation.forward * verticalInput + orientation.right * horizontalInput;

        rb.AddForce(moveDirection.normalized * moveSpeed * 10f, ForceMode.Force);
    }


    private void SpeedControl()
    {
        Vector3 flatVel = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, 0f, rb.velocity.z);

            if(flatVel.magnitude > moveSpeed)
        {
            Vector3 limitedVel = flatVel.normalized * moveSpeed;
            rb.velocity = new Vector3(limitedVel.x, rb.velocity.y, limitedVel.z);
        }



    }

}

thats longer than i expected

💀 my bad

[polar acorn]

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[rocky canyon]

his raycast is just a boolean.. u can debug the value to see if it ever returns true..

the player height is cut in half.. so u can just increase that a bit higher just to test..

[rancid zenith]

so what should i change in my code

just the player height?

[rocky canyon]

its a process of debugging.. you test various things to rule out if thats the problem..

[polar acorn]

Is your camera being controlled by any of your animators? Try disabling the animators and see if the camera is still wigging out

[rancid zenith]

how do i do that

[rocky canyon]

so if player height is the issue.. u can raise that to some value high enough u know u'd get a hit..

and then if it doesn't u move to the next thing

Debug.log(grounded);

that would debug the value of the boolean named grounded

[rancid zenith]

yeah that was legit the issue lmfao

i went into the inspector and changed the player height

[hollow dawn]

no its not the animator

[rancid zenith]

and now im not a peguin lol

[strong token]

So you are looking for a way to pass an arbitary number of arguments to a function, which logs these?

[rancid zenith]

i wonder why the player height at 6 works and not anything lower

[crystal chasm]

you are raycasting from half of the player height , plus some amount...

[rancid zenith]

i mean i understand why the player height has to be high enough, so that the raycast is casting above the floor and not under it into the damn void, but why does it now work when its 6, and not my actual player height of 2

[rocky canyon]

if ur player is 6 units tall.. then the code playerHeight * 0.5f would cut it in half.. soo ur raycast is then 3 units long.. and it starts at the point u chose.. soo probably transform.position which is the dead-center of the capsule..

[polar acorn]

In CamMovements, log Mouse_X and Mouse_Y after you get them

[rocky canyon]

he includes a + 0.2f on his code. so u can use the exact player height.. and once its halved he makes it a tad bit longer.. so it will clear the mesh.. and touch the ground

[hollow dawn]

What?

[polar acorn]

In CamMovements, log Mouse_X and Mouse_Y after you get them

[rocky canyon]

is there any scaling going on with ur player?

[rancid zenith]

right, but why is it that my player height was the same as his but his was working and mine is

[rocky canyon]

if the scales are not 1:1:1 then a 2 unit tall capsule really isn't 2 units

[rancid zenith]

the code runs fine when i set the player height to 6, it doesnt change anything i dont think, but im just getting an understanding of it

[rocky canyon]

idk, maybe minor differences

[stoic glen]

Clones are still spawning in the hirachie, after closing the game

    private GameObject goBullet;
    public float bulletSpeed = 10.0f;
    public float intervall = 1f;

    void Start()
    {
        InvokeRepeating(nameof(Shoot),0f,intervall);
    }

    private void OnValidate()
    {
        CancelInvoke(nameof(Shoot));
        InvokeRepeating(nameof(Shoot), 0f, intervall);
    }


    private void Shoot()
    {
        var bullet = Instantiate(goBullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);
        bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = transform.up * bulletSpeed;
    }```

Much slower then the 1 second, but it doesnt stop

[polar acorn]

Line's gotta be long enough to actually reach the floor

[polar acorn]

Well yea, you're running it in OnValidate

[hollow dawn]

wdym log Mouse_X & Mouse_Y

[polar acorn]

I mean log them

[rocky canyon]

if u use that drawray method i sent earlier u can draw a physical line in the editor to represent what ur ray is doing..

[polar acorn]

Debug Log should literally have been the first line of code you wrote in Unity

[hollow dawn]

what is log im still a beginner

oh debug

[polar acorn]

If you do not know what Debug Log is then you have missed a step. !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[rancid zenith]

i can check that out

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Resources/blob/main/101/Debug.md debugs

[hollow dawn]

its doing this

[polar acorn]

Does it always show 0,0 or does it change as you move the mouse

[rocky canyon]

0s eh?

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it looks like your input manager gets you the mouse position, but your code is assuming it's mouse movement

I think? It's kind of hard to tell actually, the mouse doesn't seem to sit still for very long

Maybe show the input manager code as well

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[hollow dawn]

https://paste.ofcode.org/eP8pHJVMaGpSKhdTYWQrM9

[stuck palm]

 private void Awake()
    {
        Time.timeScale = 1;
        foreach (VolumeSlider slider in vs)
        {
            slider.Init();
        }
        fade = FindObjectOfType<FadeToLoad>();
        StartCoroutine(fade.FadeOut());
        mainButtons.SetActive(true);
        optionsScreen.SetActive(false);
    }

why cant it find fade?
fade is there

[hollow dawn]

@polar acorn

[polar acorn]

What makes you think this is the issue? What line is the error on?

[stuck palm]

it doesnt seem to be able to find the fade object

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it looks like it is a delta, so the code you've provided should be moving it normally. Make sure you don't have multiple things trying to move this camera or they'll fight each other

[polar acorn]

What makes you think that this is the problem though

what line is the error on

[hollow dawn]

So theres nothing wrong with the input manager then?

[polar acorn]

Doesn't look like it. That seems to be the way to read mouse movement in the new input system

[hollow dawn]

so is the problem with my other script?

[polar acorn]

The problem doesn't appear to be either of these scripts but something else. Disable your player control script and see if the camera still moves without it

[hollow dawn]

yh its the player script

[stuck palm]

the error in the screenshot is irrelevant, im talking about the fadetoload thing. im assuming its because it hasnt found the volume slider, though

[hollow dawn]

its the player script which also has the camera script how can I fix this?

[polar acorn]

The error in the screenshot is potentially very relevant

[frigid sequoia]

Just a quick clarification, OnEnable, just as anything on non-editor scripts just triggers during runtime, is that right?

[polar acorn]

Does the camera still move if you disable that script

[polar acorn]

Yes

[frigid sequoia]

Though so, thxs

[rancid zenith]

im back, no more sliding, although it feels like my gravity is very low, how do i increase it? i think im just using the RB gravity as my base, im not sure tho

[polar acorn]

Do you have code that is setting Y velocity to 0? That'd overwrite your gravity from the previous frame

[hollow dawn]

no the camera stops moving so the problem is the script

[rancid zenith]

possibly? im following a video and trying to learn, so im not entirely sure if i do

[hollow dawn]

@polar acorn take a look https://paste.ofcode.org/tQ45x2kQD6GL33tURaDc46

[rancid zenith]

https://paste.ofcode.org/dxR9bgDh84RPuT3BHbDJEy

[polar acorn]

Add this log after you set xRotation, but before you do the clamp:

Debug.Log($"XRotation is {_xRotation}, Upper limit: {UpperLimit}, Lower limit: {BottomLimit}",this);

[stuck palm]

yeah probably youre right on second thought

[hollow dawn]

should I put this in this line of code? _xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(_xRotation, UpperLimit, BottomLimit);

[cedar shale]

hey, i'm trying to program a board game, with a kinda open world, so i have spaces, but you can move in any direction to any of them. how can i get the distance in spaces between them? here a pic as visualization

[wind raptor]

I was overthinking it. I just need to have a custom getter for the string.

[honest haven]

    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Player") && gameObject.CompareTag("EnemyWeapon")
        || other.CompareTag("Enemy") && gameObject.CompareTag("PlayerWeapon"))
        {
            test = true;
        }
    }``` why are both object true. only the left one should be tru

[wind raptor]

int x = 4;
string str
{
  get { return "myInt: " + x; }
}

And just have a custom getter for each string, referencing whichever variable.

[languid spire]

look at your bracketing or rather lack of it

[honest haven]

sorry can you give me a bit more of a hint

oh

yes

[languid spire]

well, I presume you are trying to isolate the 2 &&'s

[rancid zenith]

https://paste.ofcode.org/dxR9bgDh84RPuT3BHbDJEy

this is my code for my players movement script
any idea as to why my gravity feels low?

[honest haven]

ok so for testing purposes i removed one and both npcs are still true

[rocky canyon]

needs to tune gravity and drag of the rigidbody

[hollow dawn]

@polar acorn should it look like this?

[languid spire]

if (
(other.CompareTag("Player") && gameObject.CompareTag("EnemyWeapon"))
|| 
(other.CompareTag("Enemy") && gameObject.CompareTag("PlayerWeapon"))
)

[rancid zenith]

how

[wintry quarry]

Time.deltaTime needs to be removed from both of those calculations

[polar acorn]

What does it print

[rocky canyon]

and.. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics-gravity.html

ur gonna need to start actively researching things urself..

[honest haven]

thanks, but still both game objects become true, racking my brain as to why

[rocky canyon]

we use keywords that are generally easily searchable.. and included in Unity

s documentation

[polar acorn]

How about you log the values and see what they are at time of collision

[languid spire]

then you need to debug the tags. No need to think if you can read the data

[rancid zenith]

im trying but theres a thousand things that i could do and idk what to do. im new to this stuff, i also dont really know how to implement code i find online into my own script as its not as simple as copy and paste

[hollow dawn]

it didn't do anything

[wintry quarry]

I mean it will definitely do something. Just maybe not solve whatever your current issue is

[hollow dawn]

@wintry quarry praetorblue

[wintry quarry]

Which I'm not aware of what that is

[hollow dawn]

my problem...

[wintry quarry]

Your look sensitivity is probably way too high for one

What's it set to?

[hollow dawn]

should I lower it if so how low should I put it

[wintry quarry]

You need to look at the inspector not the code

It should probably be somewhere between 0.5 and 5

1 would be a good starting point

[hollow dawn]

@wintry quarry what should I put the upper limit and bottom limit?

[wintry quarry]

That's up to you

Certainly upper should be higher than bottom though

Well except that you plugged them backwards in your code

So they're currently backwards

[hollow dawn]

bro im getting stressed how can I fix this?? literally there is not one video about how to fix this I literaly cant look around and the camera is glitching

[wintry quarry]

Every video tutorial is "how to fix it"

You'd have to also show how your input manager code works

I would guess that's the other part of the problem

The input manager code is likely not correct

[hollow dawn]

not its correct I showed @polar acorn the input manager and he said its fine its the player script along with the camera code

[polar acorn]

I'm still waiting for you to post the results of the log I asked for

[hollow dawn]

OMG I FIXED IT!! I just had to fix the upper and bottom limit lol

@polar acorn @wintry quarry Guys thank you for your assistance and help I've managed to fix some errors but here is the final product im soo happy 😭 ❤️

[sudden quiver]

Any idea as to why im falling slower when im changing the velocity of horizontal movement

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W) == true)
        {
            myRigidBody.velocity = Vector2.up * jumpStrength;
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) == true)
        {
            myRigidBody.velocity = Vector2.right * walkStrength;
        }

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) == true)
        {
            myRigidBody.velocity = Vector2.left * walkStrength;
        }

[polar acorn]

You're resetting your Y velocity to 0 which is cancelling gravity

[sudden quiver]

owh

how do i go on about not cancelling gravity

[hollow dawn]

I need help. everything is working fine just one little thing. the camera is placed in the head and when im running the camera moves along with the head similar to when your running in real life how can I fix this

[open veldt]

For several stats in a battle system, is it preferred to have several single int variables or one array of numbers for each stat?

[wintry quarry]

Neither

[polar acorn]

Keep your previous Y velocity when you set velocity

[open veldt]

Then what’s neither

What else to do

[wintry quarry]

I mean it really depends on your requirements

[hollow dawn]

@polar acorn

[wintry quarry]

But typically something more robust that supports augmentations and buffs and debuffs etc

Status effects, etc

[hollow dawn]

@wintry quarry I need help. everything is working fine just one little thing. the camera is placed in the head and when im running the camera moves along with the head similar to when your running in real life how can I fix this

[wintry quarry]

Don't put the camera in the head

[open veldt]

Currently I have a class that contains data for a battle so I can store that and have methods to change stuff like status effects and buffs? So that’s where all the variables are

If there’s something better for that then let me know because that’s all I’ve seen / been able to come up with

[sudden quiver]

i really dk how to do that 😭

[open veldt]

But basically I have a class containing the ints for each stat

[hollow dawn]

where shall I put it my game is a fps

[polar acorn]

You can get the current Y velocity with myRigidBody.velocity.y. You can create a new Vector2 by usnig new Vector2(x, y)

[open veldt]

If ur trying to do third person I’d imagine putting the camera some distance behind the player

If u dont want first person

[hollow dawn]

I want first person so where shall I put it?

[open veldt]

On the head, as if you are running in real life, is first person

[polar acorn]

so then what is the problem

[hollow dawn]

the camera moves along with the head is the problem

I want it to be still

[polar acorn]

But it's first person

[hollow dawn]

ill show u

[open veldt]

Like is it moving too fast or falling off or something ???

Because in first person it SHOULD move when you walk and turn your head

[wintry quarry]

Put it in that spot just not a child of part of the armature like that. Just make it a child of the main player object

[hollow dawn]

You see how the camera moves I dont want that @polar acorn @open veldt @wintry quarry

[polar acorn]

okay that makes more sense. I'm surprised you figured that out

[wintry quarry]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[polar acorn]

I couldn't make heads or tails of that question

[open veldt]

My wifi is so bad I cant see it tragic :(

Ohhh yeah I get it

Did my best 😭

[hollow dawn]

didn't fix it

[sudden quiver]

im confused

wa

when i vector2.up

[wintry quarry]

What did you do

Show it

[sudden quiver]

how come it resets the y velocity is what i dont understand

[wintry quarry]

You're setting it directly what do you expect

[polar acorn]

Vector2.right * walkStrength is the same as new Vector2(walkStrength, 0)

See how the y value is 0

[sudden quiver]

yeah

[polar acorn]

you're setting the y velocity to 0 and the x velocity to walkStrength

Meaning you're overwriting gravity

[sudden quiver]

so this is a poor way of making a moving an object

basically.

[open veldt]

Like this kinda I can’t access discord on my pc rn so picture

[polar acorn]

Just don't zero out the y velocity. Keep that value

[wintry quarry]

I'm saying rather than int use a whole class or struct that supports modifiers etc

[open veldt]

Oooh good idea

[sudden quiver]

im kinda stupid at this shit man

[open veldt]

I love classes shoutout to classes

For a bunch of variables on the BattleInfo class though representing each stat, would it be fine to just have a single variable for each or should I put it in an array or list?

I’d use a dictionary but I’m hesitant because I have a save system with JSON and dictionaries don’t save

Or like they don’t convert to JSON

[wintry quarry]

The most flexible thing is like a list and each stat object says what it is

Especially if not everyone or everything has all the same stats

But maybe they do

Dictionaries are fine as long as you know how to work with them and serialize them if needed

JSONUtility in Unity doesn't Serialize them by default that's all

[open veldt]

They all have different ones this is basically a base class for things that need stats to battle

I’ll try a list maybe or I’ll try and see how dictionaries can be serialized since player stats need to help saveable

Dont wanna have my player grind for 3 hours n come back to level one lmaoo

[dawn oracle]

so i have this (i took it from a post) ``` private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collision)
{
string[] tagToFind = new string[] { "wall", "robot", "gameObjects", "walls", "doors" };

    for (int i = 0; i < tagToFind.Length; i++)
    {
        var testedTag = tagToFind[i];
        //compareTag() is more efficient than comparing a string
        if (!collision.CompareTag(testedTag)) continue; //return early pattern, if not the good tag, stop there and check the others

        Debug.Log($"hit {testedTag}"); //improve your debug informations
        return; //if the tag is found, no need to continue looping
    }
}

}``` the wall object looks like this. the controller that collides with it looks like this . ( this is my first time asking for help not sure what you all need help would be very much apperieicated)

[open veldt]

I’m just trying to figure out how to structure this well, thanks!

[dawn oracle]

forgot to mention the issue... it doesnt send anything in console

[dawn oracle]

im very very very new to c# just started yesterday

[wintry quarry]

OnTriggerEnter only works for trigger colliders

[dawn oracle]

so put is trigger on?

[wintry quarry]

If you want a trigger..

Maybe first understand what a trigger is

Otherwise you might want to look at OnCollisionEnter

[dawn oracle]

ok

[dawn oracle]

i forgot to apply the script onto the controller 😭

[cosmic dagger]

bruh . . .

[stuck palm]

what value cant be null? im confused here.

[frigid sequoia]

Any idea why this could cause a NullReferenceException?

It is assigned

[ripe shard]

Why do you run it in onvalidate?

[frigid sequoia]

Maybe you are not passing the parameter? What line?

[stuck palm]

the highlighted line in the image

[frigid sequoia]

Cause I want it to work on editor when the object becomes active

[stuck palm]

is the line that is causig the error

[ripe shard]

That’s not what validate is for

Put an ExecuteAlways attribute on the class instead https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ExecuteAlways.html

[wintry quarry]

That error looks like what happens when you have an AudioSource without an assigned clip

[wintry quarry]

You have another copy of the script

[frigid sequoia]

I have ExecuteInEditMode, is that wrong?

[frigid sequoia]

Pretty sure I don't

[ripe shard]

That’s the legacy version of the same thing. Recommend is ExecuteAlways

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, now it doesn't return the error, but is not doing anything

[wintry quarry]

Debug.Log to find out!

[frigid sequoia]

I just want the particle system to play on edit mode as soon as the game object is enable; though this would work but nah, it doesn't

[ripe shard]

well your code doesn't do what you probably want. its just wrong.

[stuck palm]

im using playoneshot with an assigned clip

[ripe shard]

use OnEnable/OnDisable and just call your Play/Stop there

[wintry quarry]

PlayOneShot doesn't use the assigned clip

[stuck palm]

sorry i mean like a clip field thats assigned in the inspector

[frigid sequoia]

Doesn't work either

[wintry quarry]

Right it doesn't use that. You pass it into the PlayOneShot call

[ripe shard]

can you get it to play without any of this scripting with the normal authoring controls?

[frigid sequoia]

Like with the particle gizmo you mean?

[ripe shard]

for example

[frigid sequoia]

Yeah, it does

In play mode too

I just want to sync it with an animation and I need to see both at the same time

[stuck palm]

i know this, but what i dont understand is that basically every value is set, and yet this error keeps happening. i dont know why

[ripe shard]

well, no idea then, i would have assumed this to be the way to play it, if that doesn't work something else is the issue or its not possible, idk

[wintry quarry]

Can you show the stack trace for the error?

[grizzled zealot]

I want to create SOs where I store a callback function and would like to configure this through the inspector. Is there a way to assign functions to Action attributes in SOs through the inspector?

[wintry quarry]

UnityEvent

[wintry quarry]

You have code in SliderSelect.cs line 16

It's calling PlayOneShot with null

It's a listener to the on value changed for your volume slider

[grizzled zealot]

So they show but, but do I have to create static functions to link them to the SO?

[wintry quarry]

(which is running when you set the slider value)

[wintry quarry]

No they don't work with static functions.

On a ScriptableObject your options will be pretty limited. It'll have to be a function on a script on a prefab pretty sure

[stuck palm]

added a print to check.

public void ValueChanged()
    {
        print(hoverClip);
        _audioSource.PlayOneShot(hoverClip);
    }

oh wait

the audio source is null

but i dont understand

[wintry quarry]

Is Collapse turned on in your console

[stuck palm]

there is an audio source here

so im confused

[strong wren]

making Ai isnt that hard is it?

well in my case it should be easy

[wintry quarry]

Show the slider on value changed listener

[strong wren]

is it hard to make an AI just go to the player position?

[stuck palm]

you mean here?

[strong wren]

like in my game i just need an enemy to spawn in Know exactly where the player is then go to the player and if its in the range it should damage him and active an animation

which the dmg part is easy il slap a colider on that bad boy and if the player colides with it hit animation starts and it decreases the players hp

[wintry quarry]

Click on that subscriber object (MusicSlider)

Where does it take you

[strong wren]

idk how to do it tho

i was thinking maybe draw a raycast from the player to the ai and the ai should just follow it?

or maybe i can get the vector 3 of the player and tell it to go there but i dont think thatl work

[stuck palm]

it took me to a different object. i set it so master slider has the event listener for itself now, but the error still persists.

[strong wren]

is there maybe smth like movetowards?

[stuck palm]

from what i can tell, its trying to call before it exists.

[strong wren]

like transform.position = Vector3.movetowards(0, 1, 0)

[wintry quarry]

So which object did it take you to? Can you show the inspector for that one?

[stuck palm]

ill record one sec

[dusty ember]

is there a good tutorial that teaches me the syntax of unity

[wintry quarry]

!learn

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[dusty ember]

why thank you

[stuck palm]

i've sorted it out 😄

different issue now, im getting the print log fine, but the audio mixer isnt actually reflecting the changes. this error only happens on startup, when the volume changes from player input it works as normal.

private void ChangeVolume(float sliderValue)
    {
        print("Changed Volume to" + sliderValue);
        float volumeValue = Mathf.Pow(sliderValue, exponent);
        audioMixer.SetFloat(channelName, Mathf.Log10(volumeValue) * 20);
        PlayerPrefs.SetFloat(channelName, sliderValue);
        if (sliderValue == 0)
        {
            audioMixer.SetFloat(channelName, -80f);
        }
    }

[real falcon]

is it possible to say, place a prefab during runtime, but have it apply to the actual scene itself?

like realtime level editing

I hate the default 3D navigation and would like to make my own placement tools for certain things similar to GMod

[eternal needle]

in editor or a build? in editor it should be fairly easy to just use PrefabUtility to instantiate them

otherwise you'd need to create your own way to save a scene

[real falcon]

im not sure what's possible really. I want to be able to run around the level in first person, point at somewhere on the floor, create an enemy there, make it look at me, then like have that be the new scene when I run it

[dusty ember]

guys people in youtube videos have this thing where it shows possible code you want to type, but it doesnt show it for me. how do i enable it?

[cosmic dagger]

!ide

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[eternal needle]

then yea you'll need a way to save these changes, writing to file in whatever format you want. If this is during playmode or expected to happen during a build, its really a lot more complicated than just in editor

[real falcon]

is it possible to just like, add a script to the editor so I can do the things I said, just not "while the game is running?"

I mean maybe the file thing wouldn't be too hard

if it's just instructions for prefabs with preset values

like, could I have a scene with geometry and navmesh and all that, and then load a text file that says "this prefab at these coordinates with these variables?"

that might make it hard to visualize in the editor, but I could just give godmode and pause to the ingame or something

[eternal needle]

of course, you just need to code it to do that. and same for the question above about doing what you want in editor.

[real falcon]

hm ok. wondering if that's maybe just what I should do, because I wast so much time trying to position stuff in the editor, very slow to edit placements and stuff

[eternal needle]

if its editor only, theres really no reason to be messing around with saving to your own file. You could create a tool that spawns certain objects for you depending where you look as you wanted but i truly doubt itll be saving that much time.

im not really sure what part you struggle with, like what are you placing thats difficult to edit?

[real falcon]

it's just tedious

gotta find the prefab in a list, zoom into the right spot which is very annoying in Unity, click on it, drag it, hold buttons to make it snap, even though it doesn't snap properly, so I have to readjust it, then click on another tool to rotate it, etc.

would be a lot faster if I could just run there, right click on the ground, and the enemy is there facing me

or wall mounted object, etc.

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ i doubt you'll get the behaviour you want from an editor script in this case, because you'd basically just be recreating the drag and drop that already exists.

[real falcon]

yeah I'm thinking of making a file which keeps a list of prefabs to spawn when the level loads

then I can do something like, pause the game, place a turret in a spot I want to try with a few clicks, and restart the level

[eternal needle]

thatll honestly be way longer. especially cause you're kinda just skipping over the part where you're having trouble with placing it in editor already, whats the workaround gonna be? You can create your own script which lets you place with right click... but where will it place? Drag and drop already does it based on your cursor

[real falcon]

it doesn't do it properly, I'll be able to set the exact spawn location with this instead of relying on "center" or "pivot", it will then also auto-snap the the normal I'm pointing at, and then depending on the object placed do other contextual stuff like looking at my location

or I could add a tool to link events like just point at a button, point at a door, etc.

[eternal needle]

i think maybe you just arent used to the unity editor 😅 this tool sounds nice on paper if it already exists. itll definitely be a good waste of time though especially if you go with the file route.
The only useful part really could just be creating a script which takes 2 objects, then rotates object A to look at B

especially loading your scene will just take longer

[real falcon]

I mean I wouldn't use the file if it was possible to just directly add prefabs to a scene prefab from runtime but it doesn't sound like that's possible

[eternal needle]

well if you for sure wanna continue down this path, just know itll be a major pain in the ass. Especially during the development cycle where prefabs may change, be deleted, or new ones may be added. You'll need to reference it by some ID, and looking through this in a file to know which ones to delete are gonna be a headache. In which case you may think to further develop your editor tool, to allow you to delete objects. This is gonna be a lot of dev time sunk into a worse solution than just becoming familiar with the unity editor

[real falcon]

the editor is not very quick to use

it's not specialized to my needs and the quicker I can edit a level the more likely I will be to expiriement

if there's no way to place an object in the scene in a permanent way from runtime, then I will have to use a file that loads them

[paper peak]

Im watching a scripting tutorial video and theres this reference where it equals to "default", what this default statement do exactly?

Would there be any difference if i were to do

private GameObject attackArea;
```?

[teal viper]

It sets the default value of the type. For most reference types it's null

[teal viper]

No

It's just the tutorial person being fancy or silly

Or maybe they're just used to it.

[paper peak]

Got it, thanks for the help

[teal viper]

Maybe it's a convention they're used to

[eternal needle]

That's definitely silly, I hope it's not any popular convention

[cosmic dagger]

everything is default . . .

[teal viper]

Or, maybe the code was decompiled 😱

[cosmic dagger]

that's my new thing. i use default instead of null . . .

[eternal needle]

Theres a major difference, for example default quaternion is not valid

[cosmic dagger]

structs and value types have a default. an int is just 0 . . .

[foggy saffron]

Hello! I'm working on a project and need some advice. I'm making a score counter, but I'm not sure which approach is best. My first idea is to make an array similar to how I have the game objects spawning, and then using the array in an "if" statement to raise a score counter for each gameobject in the array that translates past a certain vector. If I do the first idea I'm planning on using one script on a gameobject that will be able to track the player score as well as the enemy score. My second idea was to make a script that I can attach to the gameobject prefabs that would change the counter as the translate past the vector that triggers the score change.

Also, not looking for help with the actual code just yet. I'm just trying to figure out which method would be better to use.

[teal viper]

But their default is the same as not initializing them explicitly at all, is it not? So what's the point? I can't see any aside from readability, which is a preference thing.

[eternal needle]

Yes it does, but specifically a default quaternion is an invalid rotation. It gives 0,0,0,0

[frigid sequoia]

You probably need to be more clear about that; score counter is pretty generic; tell us what the game is about

Is it like soccer? Golf? A deathmatch? Scrabble?

[foggy saffron]

3d top down shooter. Player scrolls side to side and fires projectiles and incoming gameobjects. If a game object makes it past thier score goes up. Player score goes up when hitting an incoming game object

[frigid sequoia]

You probably should just have a reference to the ScoreManager on each object prefab; when they collide with a bullet player score goes up; when they collider with a collider behind the player position, they score a point

You would need something to differenciate between those

[foggy saffron]

hmm right now I have the prefabs getting destroyed when they pass a certain vector. It wouldn't be just as easy to trigger a score increase that way as well?

[frigid sequoia]

I mean, if it simpler to you; I would use colliders cause they are way easier to adjust than raw coordinates

[paper peak]

Invoke("MyFunction", timeToInvoke)
Invoke(nameof(MyFunction), timeToInvoke)
```Whats the difference of using nameof() here?

Im watching a video where it says i shouldnt use invoke without nameof() but it doesnt really explain why

[teal viper]

It helps you prevent human mistakes(typos) as well as not break if you rename the function(correctly).

it basically gets the name of the function as a string during compile time.

[dusty ember]

guys can someone show my how to setup ide

[deft grail]

!ide

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[frigid sequoia]

Is there a way to use like... Random.InsideUnitSphere but give it an angle to sample for?

[verbal dome]

You could use Random.Range and Quaternion.Euler

Maybe randomize the x and y axes

And then multiply with Vector3.forward

[frigid sequoia]

Oh, ok, sure, thxs

[knotty agate]

Any Method to let Linear X max value become 3. I tried edit the key's value to 3 (like left's picture)but not working

[final kestrel]

How do you discard changes (not committed) in git?

I tried looking it up but they mention reverting commits and such

[timber tide]

usually right click discard in github desktop :)

[slender nymph]

depends, if you are using a GUI for it you can typically select the file(s) you want to discard and right click to select discard changes (or whatever your GUIs equivalent is)
or you can use the stash command to discard but store them, or reset to completely remove them

[final kestrel]

I'm not using the gui yeah thats why I got confused because you right click and discard on gui but on command I was confused

hmm all right thanks

[timber tide]

github desktop is trash anyway so good on you using the command line

[slender nymph]

fork is best gui

[final kestrel]

I have gitkraken just to check the stuff from time to time

[slender nymph]

oh yeah, another command you could use to discard changes is checkout

[final kestrel]

so I can stash and clear them all too?

[final kestrel]

aah good to know all right.

[slender nymph]

stash stores the record of the changes so you can apply them back in the future, like if you needed to stash changes before pulling or something. if you just want to completely remove the changes without storing them at all use one of the other options

[final kestrel]

okay I'll use reset or checkout then

[slender nymph]

also i believe version control discussion actually belongs in #1157336089242112090

[final kestrel]

ahh sorry for that. I did not know where to ask

thanks a lot

[timber tide]

stashing has created more problems than it has helped

rule of thumb, just fix the merge conflict over stashing if prompted

[west sonnet]

I have a dialogue manager which is what I use for all my characters dialogues. I'm trying to figure out a way that I can trigger certain events to happen at the end of a dialogue, For example, a character walks away. I thought about creating a method in the script, but the script is used for all characters, and I wouldn't want all characters to walk away after speaking. Does anyone have any idea what the best way to do this would be?

[eternal needle]

depends how far you wanna take this to be a "best" solution. Like the easiest thing i can think of would be a event. Simply just create another class, attach it to the same object, then invoke event after dialogue.
If it doesnt have the component, it doesnt do anything after.

The only part where this gets tedious is if this method will need logic passed in parameters, because your dialogue system might not have that information in the first place. In which case the component will need to get it by itself

[west sonnet]

Is it okay for me to move my scripts into different folders? I have loads and want to organise them, but i'm worried it'll affect something.

I'll do it within Unity too

[queen adder]

I could use some help please

for some reason I'm getting an error, and I'm unsure why

[slender nymph]

spelling

[queen adder]

😅

ty

[modest dust]

Should be perfectly fine, as long as you do it via Unity

[queen adder]

gonna turn all my strings to const, I can't with these strings lol

[west sonnet]

I moved my scripts but got this error

[eternal needle]

The only time this will affect anything is if you are using hardcoded file paths, or Resources to load something.

[eternal needle]

Just reopen the script, it's not an issue

It simply couldnt find it because it's not there anymore

[west sonnet]

Awesome, thanks!

[timid lagoon]

So currently I have the following func made

IEnumerator Punch()
    {
        isPunching = true;

        float initialAngle = rb.rotation;
        float punchTargetAngle = initialAngle + punchAngle;
        float punchReturnAngle = initialAngle;

        float punchTime = 0f;
        while (punchTime < punchDuration)
        {
            punchTime += Time.deltaTime;
            float angle = Mathf.LerpAngle(initialAngle, punchTargetAngle, punchTime / punchDuration);
            rb.rotation = angle;
            yield return null;
        }

        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, mousePos - (Vector2)transform.position, 1f, treeLayerMask);
        Debug.Log("Punching...");
        if (hit.collider != null)
        {
            Debug.Log("Hit: " + hit.collider.name);
            if (hit.collider.CompareTag("Tree"))
            {
                Debug.Log("Hit Tree");
                hit.collider.GetComponent<Interact>().OnPunch();
            }
        }

        // Rotate back to the initial angle
        punchTime = 0f;
        while (punchTime < punchDuration)
        {
            punchTime += Time.deltaTime;
            float angle = Mathf.LerpAngle(punchTargetAngle, punchReturnAngle, punchTime / punchDuration);
            rb.rotation = angle;
            yield return null;
        }

        isPunching = false;
    }``` 

But what if there are 2 trees near and I am standing in the middle of it, or 2 persons. How would I do that?

I saw something like RaycastAll in the lib, can I use that?

[topaz mortar]

!code

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[topaz mortar]

How do I stop myself from making silly and extremely time consuming mistakes like this?
I was debugging this for hours ...

public async Task<string> EquipItem(string itemType, int itemId)
{
    // Unequip item
    if (character.EquippedItemList.ContainsKey(itemType))
    {
        // What it should have been
        int equippedItem = character.EquippedItemList[itemType];
        character = ActuallyUnequipItem(character, equippedItem, itemType);

        // What I did
        character = ActuallyUnequipItem(character, itemId, itemType);```

So basically I was unequipping the item I wanted to equip

go to youtube and type "unity jump tutorial"

[timid lagoon]

swould this work

yield return new WaitForSeconds(respawnTime);

As it doesnt continue after the respawnTime (what is 5f)

[timid lagoon]

Fixed it

made the dumb mistake to disable the gameobject

[brittle maple]

sorry if this is a dumb question but, Im learning to use the Unity Input System (for 3D movement), how can I make it so when im holding down a button, the speed is kept constant? Since now, whenever I press a button, it gives the player a short burst of speed instead of constantly moving.

[frosty hound]

Track it in a bool. When the button press is performed, set the bool to true and then false when it is canceled.

[hollow dawn]

I want to add a idle crouch animation and I was wondering do I have to put the same positions as normal idle?

[brittle maple]

Uhh well I assume I didn't do it right since my unity always crashes.

[languid spire]

!code

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[dim stream]

this is what happens when i press W and D or W and A instead of just walk in diagonal. Anyone knows what is the problem

[faint sluice]

To answer your question, yes raycastall will work for it. I would also implement an interface for punchable objects instead of comparing it with "tree" tag

[wintry quarry]

Well I would assume your problem is code related please share the code and not in a video

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[dim stream]

https://paste.ofcode.org/84fLZpJezngprZXb4kSakE

https://paste.ofcode.org/Z7ziyutNJMCnhkKYJDHUDm

first is playerController

second cameraLook

[rotund egret]

Guys i have a building problem idk why

[young warren]

open the log and see if it tells you why?

[dim stream]

i fixed it

[languid spire]

cannot use anything from UnityEditor namespace in a build

[hollow dawn]

The camera is moving along with the animations how do I fix this?

[rotund egret]

fix?

[hollow dawn]

@wintry quarry do you know how I can fix this?

[languid spire]

Dont use UnityEditor namespace in a build

Not a code question. #🔊┃audio

[icy wedge]

okk

[rotund egret]

how

[languid spire]

remove the using statement?

[rotund egret]

from all my sripts?

[languid spire]

Only GameManager is throwing an error but unless you are writing Editor scripts I'm not sure why it would be in any script

[rotund egret]

So remove unity engine?

[languid spire]

did I say that

[rotund egret]

bro im a complete noob idk what your saying

[languid spire]

do you see the words UnityEditor there?

[rotund egret]

yes

[languid spire]

so why are they there?

[rotund egret]

Dont ask me ask unity it was alr there

[languid spire]

no it was not

[languid spire]

and I am asking you, it is your code

[rotund egret]

then pls tell me what to do

Im using just IEnumerator on this code

[languid spire]

and that has absolutely nothing to do with UnityEditor

[rotund egret]

This is the code inside the gamemanager

[languid spire]

notice how lines 2 and 3 are greyed out? that means they are not being used, so remove them

[rotund egret]

ok

Done

[languid spire]

so what other UnityEditor references do you have in your code?

[rotund egret]

Wdym

[languid spire]

well, if you have any other scripts with a UnityEditor reference in them they are going to throw errors as well

[rotund egret]

let me see

Found this

do i remove all the grey ones

[languid spire]

OMG. Do any of them say UnityEditor. I must have typed this 20 times by now

[rotund egret]

no

[wintry quarry]

Your controller script is doing this:
player.transform.LookAt(player.transform.position + movePlayer);

Get rid of that

The other problem is your mouse look is probably set way too high

[languid spire]

So why are you using EditorApplication in those scripts?

[rotund egret]

the turn of the game on editor application?

[queen adder]

I am trying to make a game inspired by Minecraft but better, how would I make a world terrain generator?

[rotund egret]

This?

am i suppost to remove that when i finish testing?

[languid spire]

yes, that. That code cannot be in a build.
So you need to look at C# defines so you can add a conditional compilation directive
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/preprocessor-directives

or just comment out the line and be done

[rotund egret]

ok im just gonna remove the unityeditor . editapplication

[languid spire]

comment it out, is the simpler way

[rotund egret]

no need i just did it anyways

its ment to be a prototype gam

a prototype game

so i can move on to making better games

since im still learning

there is buildrd

ama keep that on mind when i make another game

[stoic glen]

I spawn a object from a prefab. This should on Collision change a variable on another skript. How can I create a connection from the PointSystem to the prefab. It shows this:

I also tried to unpack the prefab an repack it, but it can't acces the other skript

[ivory bobcat]

You probably aren't wanting to modify the prefab but the instantiated instance. Cache the spawned instance and give it the necessary data.

var instance = Instantiate(prefab);
instance.pointSystem = pointSystem;```

[stoic glen]

`private void Shoot()
{
var bullet = Instantiate(goBullet, transform.position, transform.rotation);

    bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = transform.up * bulletSpeed;
}`

So you mean add it hear, or?

[dusty ember]

!ide

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[stoic glen]

Nvm, but thx I just watch a video about how to make bullets, there should be something on YT

[rich adder]

where are you changing the goBullet though

[stoic glen]

What do you mean with changing

[rich adder]

ohh nothing, Look fine.

[grizzled zealot]

Is AddForce for RBs calculated immediately, or after one frame? The question is when I do AddForce, does RB.velocity reflect this immediately?

[swift crag]

It's tallied up and applied in the next physics update.

The velocity of the rigidbody will not immediately change.

It also might not change by the next frame.

[swift crag]

(so if you apply force many times, the individual forces get summed up)

[thorn perch]

I have a question in relation to documentation and how to look up things in the documentation.

I recently had a problem where i tried to update my slider max value.

and i found this: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/UIElements.Slider.html

in here i found properties would be "highvalue" that i should be editing. but it did not work. After a lot of troubleshooting and querying chatgpt i found out that this is for UIElements.Slider meanwhile i am using UnityEngine.UI.Slider which should have used maxvalue not highvalue as property

I then queried chatgpt how i can figure this out on my own instead of reverting to chatgpt every single time and it told me to look at the namespace and then look up "UnityEngine.UI.Slider" on the website, but doing so i still cant really find what i was looking for.

Ive gotten the stuff i needed to work via chatgpt but i would like to be able to look things up myself, verify i am looking at the right thing, and if not find the right thing. But even now that i know what im looking for i still cannot find it. Any tips ?

[swift crag]

UnityEngine.UI documentation is found in https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/index.html

It used to be part of the core engine, but it was pulled out into a package a while ago.

[thorn perch]

oooh whatyt are the differences between these two pages ?

[swift crag]

The script reference on docs.unity3d.com covers everything that is built into the editor

(you will find very old UI docs on there, from back when they were built in to the editor)

It is a pain point, since google often winds up giving you the old doc pages on the main site

[thorn perch]

i see, so i gave your link a go there and i foudn thhis: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-Slider.html?q=slider

so this wouldve been what i was actually looking for isthat right ?

[swift crag]

Right: that's the manual for the slider. You will also want to see the scripting API page.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/api/UnityEngine.UI.Slider.html

[thorn perch]

oh my even looking up things are difficult xD

[swift crag]

I'm not a huge fan of the layout for package documentation

it doesn't have a single list of all of the members

it looks like this in the old docs

[thorn perch]

yeah, i am not so much of a fan either because its extremely difficvult for newbs like me to find things and know if it is the right thing im looking for, but i really appreciate you clearing this up for me

[swift crag]

you do get this on the package page

it just lacks descriptions

[thorn perch]

oooof

[swift crag]

clicking on one will take you to that spot on the page though

Unity UI is the one thing that's really annoying to look up like that

[thorn perch]

yeah, haha thanks ima save these links for the future i think this is gonna save me a lot of trouble atleast

thanks man !

[swift crag]

no prob

[strong wren]

how can i fix this issue?

i have a code that makes the model look at the bean (player)

and it keeps looking above the player and once it gets super close it just looks up

i was thinking about making a empty gameobject and tell the code to look at that

[swift crag]

you'll have to show us what you're actually doing

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// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[strong wren]

    public float ChildSpeed = 4;

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        transform.position = Vector3.MoveTowards(this.transform.position, PlayerBody.position, ChildSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        transform.LookAt(PlayerBody);
    }```

[swift crag]

so, the problem is that LookAt is rotating the transform so that it's forward vector (the blue arrow when you select it) points straight at the target

[strong wren]

its a very tiny code since its also simple

[swift crag]

An empty object attached to the base of the player would fix this on flat ground.

But you'd have problems if the player was above or below the model

[strong wren]

ok great

[swift crag]

it'd do the same thing: tilt forwards and backwards

[strong wren]

it didnt btw

[swift crag]

What you can do instead is something like this:

Vector3 target = PlayerBody.position;
target.y = transform.position.y;
transform.LookAt(target);

[rich adder]

var target= PlayerBody.position
target.y = transform.position.y
LookAt(target)

[swift crag]

jinx 😉

[rich adder]

oh nvm 🦥

[strong wren]

far and close

[strong wren]

oh ok

[swift crag]

This ensures that the enemy always looks at a position on its own Y level

[strong wren]

should i switch the target to the name of the transform? like i want it to look at the Transform of PlayerBody should i switch target to player body?

oh no

the target is the playerbody

[rich adder]

target is literally a copy of playerbody minus the Y

[swift crag]

Right.

[strong wren]

yep i jsut read the code

[swift crag]

I just used a different name there

(the variable name doesn't matter at all!)

you could call it florp and it'd still work

[strong wren]

alr now it just jumps i think if i freeze the Y movement of it it should fix it

oh no nvm

the collider is aliltle in the ground

so it gives the ilusion of jumping

is there to make it so it also doesnt want to go to the y level of the player

i think its cause its also going to the y level

so if i somehow tell it to only go to the Z and X then it shouldnt fly should it?

[swift crag]

Right, and you'd do that in the same way

[swift crag]

although, maybe not: this would prevent the model from going up or down to reach the player

Ideally, the player's root should be positioned at the player's feet

with the capsule body and camera parented to that root object

[viscid kayak]

how do I combine meshes on unity?

[strong wren]

it wouldnt tho would it?

[swift crag]

If you did this:

Vector3 destination = PlayerBody.position;
destination.y = transform.position.y;

the model would never be able to move up or down

[swift crag]

you generally just stick them together in a prefab

e.g.

note that this isn't a code problem

[viscid kayak]

I still dont understand, sorry, Im a very beginner in unity...

[viscid kayak]

I saw a tutorial

that used code

to fix this

[swift crag]

okay, and what tutorial is this?

[viscid kayak]

may I send a link here?

[swift crag]

that's what i'm asking for (:

[velvet turret]

I just wanted ads in my game.

[swift crag]

you have a giant pile of syntax errors

your code editor should be highlighting all of them for you

[languid spire]

I said to post your !code

[rich adder]

make sure that IDE is indeed configured

[velvet turret]

!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.

[viscid kayak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYAlky1aZn4&t=391s

[swift crag]

okay, that is indeed combining multiple meshes together via code

What are you trying to accomplish here, though?

[velvet turret]

https://hatebin.com/lukapcwurf heres the code

[swift crag]

not "combine meshes"; that's the attempted solution to your problem

[viscid kayak]

less space taken

[swift crag]

storage space?

completely irrelevant

you have the same amount of mesh data no matter how you mash them together

(and Unity will already do this for you with static batching!)

Focus on making a game, not on trying to micro-optimize it

[languid spire]

What! thats Java not C#

[viscid kayak]

I am making a vrc avatar

[viscid kayak]

not a game

[swift crag]

combining meshes will do nothing to your triangle count

[velvet turret]

I was thinking about that its a different language...

[swift crag]

also, combining meshes with blendshape data sounds miserable

[velvet turret]

Where do i find it in C sharp

[swift crag]

If you want to merge meshes together, do it in Blender.

That will be much simpler than trying to script it in Unity.

[viscid kayak]

ok!

[languid spire]

no idea, where did you find that?

[velvet turret]

https://docs.unity.com/ads/en-us/manual/InitializingTheUnitySDK

[viscid kayak]

how can I optmize my avatar so it ocupies 1/9th of the space?

[swift crag]

perhaps ask about this on !vrchat

[eternal falcon]

Join the growing VRChat community as you explore, play, and create the future of social VR! https://discord.com/invite/vrchat

[viscid kayak]

ok

[swift crag]

are you actually concerned about file size, though?

perhaps you're talking about vertex count, or material count, or something else?

file size is certainly nice to keep low, but it's not what you're usually trying to cut down

[eternal needle]

I'm not seeing any java on this page

[languid spire]

And you did the Android developer bit instead of the Unity developer section

[velvet turret]

OMG, im so stupid. Thanks!

[thin grotto]

What's some useful books you lot would recommend for someone who's only got a bit of experience with Unity and C#? I feel books force me to learn compared to video tutorials . Also I've a cs degree but can't code to save my life so want to start over learning from scratch 🙃

[languid spire]

lol, I wont even ask how you managed to get a cs degree and not be able to code

[velvet turret]

Why does my ads not show?

[languid spire]

Ok, come on!. How the hell would I know that

[velvet turret]

It wanted this right?

[thin grotto]

Uni doesn't teach you to code that's why haha. I lost interest with CS as most topics bored the crap out of me too. Originally was gonna do game dev degree. Mistakes were made

[rich adder]

lol schools lower expectations

[languid spire]

I knew Uni's had dumbed down a lot since my day but that much is bloody frightening

[rich adder]

they lower standards, more students pass, school looks good. IQ of the country slips another few points

[thin grotto]

Aye mate you'd be suprised haha. Now with GPT very few students learn to code so it's gonna become worse in the next few years

There's a reason why I work as an IT tech and not a software engineer haha

[frank zodiac]

https://hatebin.com/gaapubrjeb my raycast wont work at all

it doesnt even debug anything to the console

[languid spire]

Did it not occur to you to Debug what it does hit? That may give you a clue

[frank zodiac]

hmm ill try that

nothing happened

[languid spire]

Also if it hits nothing that code will throw a Null Ref exception

[frank zodiac]

it didnt throw anything

[languid spire]

is it even running?

[frank zodiac]

yes 😭

[languid spire]

prove it

[frank zodiac]

i ran Debug.Log(raycastHit.collider.name);