💻┃code-beginner

[wintry quarry]

And TextMeshPro etc are also components

[dull saffron]

ohhh yes

that makes sense

[wintry quarry]

These are the basic building blocks of Unity

[dull saffron]

that makes a lot of sense tysm

[violet glacier]

Hi, I currently have used object pool for damage popups and it works. However, how do I have the latest popup be on top (sorted on of previous popups). It's currently fetching a gameobject popup that could be before the current fetched popup, making it render behind.

[wintry quarry]

well that really depends on the nature of these popups

[violet glacier]

what do you mean?

[wintry quarry]

I mean what I said. What are they made of?

SpriteRenderer?

UI Elements?

Something else?

[dull saffron]

ok now i have put a setactive on the game object, how do i call that script in this method?

[wintry quarry]

i have put a setactive on the game object
What do you mean by this?
how do i call that script in this method?
You don't need to, I thought you were just going to activate the object?

[violet glacier]

These are my components

[wintry quarry]

ok so it's a MeshRenderer

[wintry quarry]

Oh actually it's a TestMeshPro 3d text

[dull saffron]

so at the start of the count i made the object active

I want to activate the object at a certain time. its like a countdown before youre about to lose

[wintry quarry]

you would either use this #💻┃code-beginner message or physical distance to the camera

[violet glacier]

Textmesh pro yes

[wintry quarry]

Activate it when you're about to lose instead of at the start

[dull saffron]

no but the lose condition is in another script

and im activating when the countdown starts

not when the game starts

[wintry quarry]

I really don't understand what you're talking about

Are you confusing activating the timer with showing the timer UI?

[dull saffron]

yes i mean to show the timer

at a certain point

[wintry quarry]

Your question isn't clear to me, nor how your game is supposed to work

[dull saffron]

my bad

[violet glacier]

Ok, so when I get the object from my ObjectPool, I need to set the current Order in Layer + 1, is that right?

[silk fossil]

guys I amade domain expansion and I feel it coming

Question: for a scrollbar, how am I supposed to change a variable which is in a different scene from the scrollbar?

[wintry quarry]

Well forget about the slider/scrollbar for a second

This is just a question of "how do I get a reference to a script in another scene"

The answer is through any means you wish basically, except direct inspector references

that's the only thing you can't do.

Everything else is fair game

Singletons, FindWithTag

etc

[silk fossil]

can I make a script where it calls the variable I need from another script than attatch it for the scrollbar?

[wintry quarry]

You can do whatever you'd like, sure

[silk fossil]

alr tnx

[dull saffron]

ok so thgis is my countdown, and i want to call it in the checkGameOver, because it is the death countdown

[hasty sleet]

Initially, 1 * Time.DeltaTime should just be reduced to Time.DeltaTime

[dull saffron]

why is that

oopps

caps

[hasty sleet]

1 times any number is the same number

[dull saffron]

oops your right

[hasty sleet]

So Time.DeltaTime times 1 is Time.DeltaTimes

[dull saffron]

but do u know how to call that countdown in the checkGameOver method

[hasty sleet]

And there are mismatched brackets here btw

If a function returns an IEnumerator value, then you should call it using StartCoroutine(FunctionThatReturnsIEnumerator())

But I don't know why it returns an ienumerator

CheckGameOver sounds like something that maybe shouldn't need to take 5 seconds of ienumeration

Also, StartCount is never used

[dull saffron]

to be honest i watched a tutorial

[willow scroll]

Either the tutorial or your copying skills are bad.

[willow scroll]

To call the countdown, use StartCoroutine(YourCoroutine());

[dull saffron]

what is your coroutine

[willow scroll]

Your coroutine, not mine

[dull saffron]

is it literally a function called "YourCoroutine" or is my coroutine StartCountdown

[willow scroll]

Well, you don't have a method called YourCoroutine. This is the Coroutine you want to call.

Which you should know more about than me

[dull saffron]

i dont bc i suck bruh

[hasty sleet]

I recommend you focus on fundamentals, like coding fundamentals (for-loop, while-loop, if-else statmeents), and Unity fundamentals (GameObject vs Transform, Rigidbody, learning transform.translate and rigidbody.move, gameObject.destroy, and more.

If you start off past your depth by following tutorials, you'll probably remain confused for a while because you're a few layers deeper than where learning can occur more efficiently.

Once you understand C# syntax and Unity engine basics, you can start messing with more advanced topics and retaining more information

[dull saffron]

ill check those out thanks

[onyx tusk]

how 2 make self-deleting client?

[toxic shell]

Hello, I need help with animation. I got two things. A fireball and explosion. How do i call the explosion after fireball animation?

[slender nymph]

use an animation event

[toxic shell]

Thx for this.

[toxic shell]

Didnt know about this freature.

[barren meteor]

my character keeps clipping through steep terrain, and I have been told it's probably something to do with my script not checking for collisions before moving or doesn't check physics, not sure how to fix it from there

Code - https://paste.ofcode.org/38YiKfvt2MKZ4ubCgRSRjJM

[languid spire]

you are mixing rigidbody and transform movement/rotation. If you want to use physics then you should only use rigidbody methods

[barren meteor]

ok so I am still not sure where to go

does my code need changing or some properties from the character

[eager spindle]

use rb.movebody

rather than transform.position += ...

also having your character move that fast will probably cause issues

are you using rigidbody or charactercontroller

[barren meteor]

rigidbody

[eager spindle]

ok use rb movebody + Continuous interpolation

[barren meteor]

do I replace this as well

[eager spindle]

yuh

smth like this

this is in fixedupdate

[barren meteor]

is this right?

because you said rb.movebody before

[eager spindle]

rb moveposiion*

also rb moveposition is a function

[willow scroll]

MovePosition moves the Rigidbody to the position, specified in the 1st parameter. It doesn't increase or decrease it by the value. The 1st parameter should include the previous position added to the value

[barren meteor]

well this is what I did

what do I add

[willow scroll]

Have you both seen the code provided by uldynia and read my explanation?

[barren meteor]

trying something like that gives me an error

[willow scroll]

the value should be added to the position

[willow scroll]

Well, of course, your variables aren't the same as theirs, are they?

[barren meteor]

ok I don't actually know how to get the previous position, the game is for school and my teacher didn't go over that much c# before giving us the assignment

[eager spindle]

? you just add your movement vector to your position

its like

setting transform.position = value

[willow scroll]

"Previous position" can also be meant as the "current position", which is the position before assigning it to the "new one"

Basically the transform.position in the current frame

[barren meteor]

ok I changed it to this

m_rigidBody.MovePosition(m_rigidBody.position + transform.forward * m_currentV * m_moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

and this
m_rigidBody.MovePosition(m_rigidBody.position + m_currentDirection * m_moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

I don't think it's right but it doesn't give an error

[eager spindle]

looks correct

you'd put this in fixedupdate

and use fixedDeltaTime

[barren meteor]

I don't feel a difference between my first code and that code

[eager spindle]

if its still causing issues i have a crude solution

[barren meteor]

ok then

[willow scroll]

It doesn't matter. deltaTime returns fixedDeltaTime when called in FixedUpdate

[eager spindle]

change this to 100

[eager spindle]

oh pretty goated

i thought it was different

[willow scroll]

I also thought some time ago 😉

[willow scroll]

Is it causing the issues?

Is the player not being moved?

[barren meteor]

ok I changed default max depenetration velocity to 100 and slowed down the player and it works mostly

but the player does move

I think my terrain is a bit too steep too

but thanks guys!

[willow scroll]

Why would you change that?

[barren meteor]

also what even is that

[eager spindle]

displaces the player faster

[willow scroll]

The maximum default velocity needed to move a Rigidbody's collider out of another collider's surface penetration. Must be positive.

Do you need that?

Note: Very large values can introduce instability during collision detection; too small values might cause the collider depenetration to fail.

[barren meteor]

well if I find any other collision issues then I might have to change it

but I think it will be fine

[willow scroll]

Just don't change the default value in the Project Settings

Leave it 10.

[barren meteor]

what do you mean instability during collision detection

[eager spindle]

the only bad thing is that if your player collides with a barrel or smth the barrel will fly away much more

[valid roost]

How can I fix my sprite from activating the jump animation while standing on an edge

[real rock]

I’m guessing it’s because you set the jump animation whenever the sprite isn’t grounded so just change the logic for either the ground check or the animation

[valid roost]

Alright thanks

[topaz arrow]

Anyone able to provide a basic explanation on why i am unable to use the new input system to move an ingame cursor using the mouse pointer and a gamepad's right stick?

maybe im just dumb!

[real rock]

Not without any code or vague insight into your settings

[topaz arrow]

i can answer questions related

like how many input actions it has etc.

[topaz thistle]

I've got code that allows a UI to be enabled whenever a trigger is triggered and the key J is hit. However, it works randomly and does not work ever time I hit "J". https://hastebin.com/share/fatohehuve.csharp

[topaz arrow]

try taking out of fixedupdate see if that works if not , add some logging statements that get called when you press the button

i cant see anything from just a quick glance

make sure the player is near the merchant bool is true when you press J

[topaz thistle]

This I know is true due to a public variable. I can send some screenshots if that helps?

[topaz arrow]

add a

else
{

Debug.LogError("Player is not near merchant!");

}

[topaz arrow]

i dont mind helping

[languid spire]

Testing for Input in FixedUpdate is not a good plan

[topaz thistle]

Ah, okay. I removed that though, but it doesn't seem to have fixed the issue

[topaz arrow]

thats what i thought , which is why i said move to a normal void Update()

[languid spire]

when you change your code it might help if you reposted it. We cannot help you if we are working with outdated code

[topaz thistle]

Makes sense, mb one sec.

[topaz arrow]

Also heres the relevant screenshot of my cursor controller that im trying to get to work using the new input system

[topaz thistle]

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

[topaz arrow]

It looks fine to me , id just make sure to add lots of Debug.LogError("message to log");

in some else statments below your if statments to log when the opposite of what you want to happen happens

[languid spire]

no, you didn't need to move the whole method to update, just the Input checks
the rule is
Update -> Check Input
FixedUpdate ->Consume whats been set in Update

[topaz thistle]

So that would be for my movement input too right? In update?

[topaz arrow]

what is the purpose of doing FixedUpdate at all?

[languid spire]

yes, anything that affects the rigidbody

the rest can stay in Update

[topaz arrow]

i honestly dont know!

i usually use Update() if im running timers or something

[languid spire]

Anything to do with Physics should be in FixedUpdate, if it is not it can give unwanted issues

[topaz arrow]

ahh thats why i rarely use it lol , i dont use physics really

[topaz thistle]

What about my rbG = ...? Should this be in update or fixed?

[topaz arrow]

i guess it would depend how many times you want it to run per frame

[languid spire]

update, it's only when you set physices it should be in Fixed, reading it in Update is fine

[crisp saddle]

anyone know what this symbol is?

sorry for small image

[topaz arrow]

bracket 0 bracket

[languid spire]

you mean the brackets?

[crisp saddle]

I meant what's in the brackets

[languid spire]

that will be the number zero

[topaz arrow]

looks like a 0

[crisp saddle]

I thought it was the theta symbol

[deft grail]

that would basically for example you can access the first element of an array

[crisp saddle]

thank you though :)

[languid spire]

no, that would be strange to use as an indexer

[topaz thistle]

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

The debug statement on line 104 appears

But the actual UI does not

[deft grail]

do you have any errors?

are you setting it to false somewhere else right after/same time

[topaz arrow]

i do stuff like store a list of something and then ill create a method to get the IndexOf(item) to get the index then i can do the opposite to get the item again by doing listToAccess[indexfrombefore]

[topaz thistle]

OK, so it is appearing, but I guess for only a split second

[topaz arrow]

combine this with saving and loading its nice

[topaz thistle]

For some reason, it appears and dissapears instantly

[languid spire]

read and weep

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.J) && isPlayerNearMerchant)
        {
            merchantUI.SetActive(true); // Player entering Merchant UI
            Debug.Log("WOKRS YESSSS");
        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.J) && isPlayerNearMerchant && merchantUI.activeSelf == true)
        {
            merchantUI.SetActive(false); // Player exiting Merchant UI
        }

[deft grail]

put a debug.log line 109 after setting it false, see if thats running

[topaz thistle]

Yeah, I did. That's how I figured that out.

I've noticed some games are able to make it so that If I click a button, it opens until I click it again.

How could I do this?

[languid spire]

add an else statement

[sly peak]

would someone be able to help me figure out what these errors are cause by and how i can fix them?

[deft grail]

theres that in 2 different classes, you need to make it pick just 1

[languid spire]

or

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.J) && isPlayerNearMerchant)
        {
            merchantUI.SetActive(!merchantUI.activeSelf); // Player entering Merchant UI
            Debug.Log("WOKRS YESSSS");
        }

[sly peak]

sorry where exactly can i do/change that ;_;

[topaz thistle]

I'll try it. That logic does make sense though.

[deft grail]

idk how exactly it goes, but something like using MinAttribute = UnityEngine.MinAttribute; or the other one if htats what you want

[topaz thistle]

It works! Thank you so much for your help!

[sly peak]

im an actual dud regarding code xD im only creating a map using assets for my friend rn

so just put that line into the code?

[deft grail]

yeah at the top with the other using statements

[sly peak]

THANK YOU MY MASTER

you fixed both errors

[queen adder]

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {

        transform.localPosition += new Vector3(0, hoverOffset, 0);

    }

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        transform.localPosition -= new Vector3(0, hoverOffset, 0);
    }

How can I move the object while its in a horizontal layout group?

Currently it does not move at all, I assume its the group thats overriding it

[deft grail]

you should be moving it by the recttransform

[queen adder]

oh

[hexed terrace]

and .anchoredPosition

You won't be able to move anything while the layout group is in control though. Either disable it when moving things, or move a child of the thing you want to move

[brisk flume]

hi i just have a question
i have 0 knowledge about code and i tried to learn how to code c# for the untiy engine via tutorials but i get stuck in what is known as " tutorial hell" ending up not knowing a how to do to a single thing

so is the first step learning how to code c# through making games or should i learn c# alone first

[hexed terrace]

It'd be good to know the basics of C# first.. like what's a class, type, method, param, variable, accessor, property, field.. etc

[vocal sail]

using System;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.AI;

public class MonsterMovement : MonoBehaviour {

    [SerializeField] private MainManager mainManager;
    private Transform playerPosition;
    [SerializeField] public NavMeshAgent agent;
    [SerializeField] public float baseSpeed = 3.5f;
    [SerializeField] public float speedMultiplier = 1.0f;

    private void Start() {
        mainManager = FindObjectOfType<MainManager>().mainManager;
        playerPosition = FindObjectOfType<PlayerMovement>().transform;
        agent = GetComponent<NavMeshAgent>();

        mainManager.OnGameStart += GameStart;
        mainManager.OnFreezeRemove += ResetSpeed;

        agent.speed = baseSpeed;
    }

    private void GameStart() {
        InvokeRepeating("UpdateDestination", 0.5f, 0.5f);
        StartCoroutine(PassiveSpeedUp());
    }

    private void UpdateDestination() {
        agent.SetDestination(playerPosition.position);
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
        if (other.CompareTag("Player")) {
            mainManager.PlayerCaught();
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator PassiveSpeedUp() {
        while (speedMultiplier < 2) {
            speedMultiplier += 0.2f;
            agent.speed = baseSpeed * speedMultiplier;
            Debug.Log("SpeedMult: " + speedMultiplier);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.0f);
        }
        Debug.Log("Reached Full Speed");
    }

    private void ResetSpeed() {
        bool flag = false;
        if (speedMultiplier < 2) {
            flag = true;
        }
        speedMultiplier = 0f;
        agent.speed = baseSpeed;
        if (flag) {
            StartCoroutine(PassiveSpeedUp());
        }
    }
}```
Here is my code, I aim to make a npc do a linear speed increase using coroutine, but the script ends up make the speed multiplier bounce around and invokes the log inside multiple times instead of output it once a second. What could be the problem?

the log output looks like this, not sure why the IEnumerator invokes more than once? I have no idea why, I appreciates any help.

[hexed terrace]

Either GameStart() or ResetSpeed() is being called multiple times

[vocal sail]

hmm I've checked that I used a event system calls OnGameStart event on Start(), and Reset Speed() is only called when player collides to a object which I checked isn't on my test run at all

and the logs go skyrocked 2 seconds since start

[hexed terrace]

uncollapse you're logs, and follow the stack trace... you'll see where things are coming from

but from the code you've shared, only those two places call the coroutine.. so for all we can see, one or both of those two must be getting called multiple times

[vocal sail]

I found the problem I was checking if the npc is freezed in a update function

I can solve the rest of the problem myself, appreciated for the help

[kindred halo]

transform.Rotate(Vector3.left * mouseY);
transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);```
can we clamp these values?

[wintry quarry]

Not while using that technique

[languid spire]

what do you want to clamp exactly?

[slender nymph]

search "clamp camera" in this discord for examples of how to clamp the rotation of an object

[kindred halo]

mouseY & mouseX are input values
rotating the transform as you see
so basically I'm trying to clamp them
I can't use Mathf clamp here

[languid spire]

why not?
Vector3.up * mouseX is 0,1,0 * mouseX
so you can clamp mouseX

[kindred halo]

let me try again then

[keen dew]

Clamping mouseX doesn't do anything useful

[languid spire]

Absolutely, I suspect he wants to clamp the resulting rotation which as @wintry quarry said' you cant get there from here' (sorry for the paraphrase)

typical XY problem

[kindred halo]

yeah It's not working

[languid spire]

'it's not working' is not helpful. Perhaps try saying what you are trying to achieve rather than how you want to achieve it

[kindred halo]

this is what i did

 mouseY = Mathf.Clamp(mouseY, -40f, 40f);
 mouseX = Mathf.Clamp(mouseX, -90f, 90f);
 transform.Rotate(Vector3.left * mouseY);
 transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);```
and these are the input values
``` float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
 float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;```

[slender nymph]

don't multiply mouse input by deltaTime, it is already framerate independent so doing that multiplication just ends up making it stuttery

also #💻┃code-beginner message

[languid spire]

and that answers my question, how?

[languid spire]

do you know what that code does?

[real rock]

Ok so to provide maybe a little more help to what I’m guessing is a language barrier:
You can’t clamp rotation like that because at any given moment -90 == 270, and you can’t always predict which one it will give the value as when reading from a quaternion (transform.rotation) unless you go into a deep rabbit hole of maths

So try and clearly lay out what you want the camera to do and how you expect it to behave because a lot of people have this issue aswell 🙂

[kindred halo]

oh sorry I was talking to someone else
didn't explain properly

[languid spire]

He is not trying to clamp a quaternion

[real rock]

I know exactly what they’re trying to do, and it’s the usual angle tracking issue

[languid spire]

what makes you think that mouseX or Y would contain values like the ones you have clamped?

[kindred halo]

that's why I said clamping with MathF wont work at first
then I tried as you said

[languid spire]

Because I answered the question you asked.
Now try answering mine #💻┃code-beginner message

[kindred halo]

uhh
I'm trying to achieve a clamped rotation
as Im using the rotate function
to rotate as you see,
but mathF wont work here
and the vector ClampMagnitude you showed me requires an offset
I can't understand how am I supposed to achieve the offset using two input values
and also it seems to be used for confining length to a given radius

[languid spire]

the problem is you are not understanding.
you want to clamp the result of the Rotate method which, you have been told, you cannot do like that

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[kindred halo]

so
I should try some other rotation method?

[real rock]

Yes and no

[slender nymph]

maybe someday they'll bother to take my advice

[real rock]

Same method but with some logic in the middle, loads of people have solved this issue so I seriously recommend searching it

[languid spire]

yes, get a Vector3 of the rotation in start, manipulate and clamp that then set your rotation to the result

[languid spire]

don't hold your breath

[kindred halo]

I'm looking at everything

[real rock]

Vector4?

Oh lol

[languid spire]

typo, fixed

[real rock]

I was about to say not sure how that would be any easier than a quaternion at that point

[frail laurel]

but how do i make it?

[wintry quarry]

Disable it

[frail laurel]

after it dies?

[wintry quarry]

Yes

[frail laurel]

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

i tried adding but the script still doesn't disable

[wintry quarry]

there's nothing in here that disables the script

it's unclear what other wscripts this is interacting with

i.e. which script is actually handling the input and calling these functions?

that's the one you should be disabling

[frail laurel]

how do i fix this

[wintry quarry]

no idea what that is

[swift crag]

Is there any more text in the console? Look at the bottom half.

I think I remember seeing this once...

ah, it's because this is from native code

SUCCEEDED is a macro in windows code that you can use to check if an operationg succeeded

[topaz thistle]

I just got this error when trying to open my html file in my build. Urgent. Trying to submit for Game Jam

[swift crag]

the error explains the problem

Your browser will not let a webpage open other files on your computer

using Build and Run will start a web server to play the game for you

alternatively, you can upload it to something like Itch and play it on there

[wintry quarry]

( you can also use any other wweb server you want, including nginx etc)

[swift crag]

python -m http.server my mostly beloved

[topaz thistle]

How do i do this?

Sorry if I seem rushy, submission is due in 25mins

[swift crag]

before you do that: do you have python installed on your computer?

[topaz thistle]

Yes

[swift crag]

you can check by opening Powershell and running python

okay -- go to your built game and shift-right-click an empty spot in explorer

an option to open a powershell window should appear

(or maybe a command prompt window)

[topaz thistle]

The issue is not viewing my game

The issue is the judges viewing the game

If they have to go through all of this, they won't judge it

[swift crag]

Uploading it to Itch would make it easy, then

[topaz thistle]

How do i do that without the zip-download method?

[swift crag]

you can configure your project to be played in-browser

[topaz thistle]

Where is that?

[swift crag]

you'll have to actually create a project on Itch first

[topaz thistle]

Yup

Sorry, first time using itch

[swift crag]

"Kind of project" is one of the settings when creating the project (you can also change it after creation)

zip up the entire build directory and upload it

[topaz thistle]

GOT IT

One issue

How do i change the size?

It's zoomed in

(Don't judge my trash game xD)

[swift crag]

adjust the viewport dimensions

1280x720 is reasonable

[topaz thistle]

Thank you so much!

[normal juniper]

Im an absolute beginner and have a big problem...
Im trying to learn by doing with Youtube tuto. and I don't know why I can't fill code automatically as shown in the Video. The video also shows that I should use “Assembly-CSharp” as a script. Please help me

[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)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)
• VS Code
• JetBrains Rider
• Other/None

[hexed terrace]

!vs

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio guide

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

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)

[hexed terrace]

configure your VS

[fluid remnant]

after many years in Unity, don't think this has happened before. What is going on here?

    private IEnumerator Start()
    {
        yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate();
        endP = target.position;

    }
 private void OnDrawGizmos()
    {
        if (Application.isPlaying)
        {
            Gizmos.color = Color.yellow;
            Gizmos.DrawSphere(startP, 0.24f);

            Gizmos.color = Color.red;
            Gizmos.DrawSphere(endP, 0.24f);
        }
    }```
Why is the red dot all the way out here?

[wintry quarry]

Presumably that's where endP is

[fluid remnant]

yeah but how?

[hexed terrace]

because you put it there somehow

[fluid remnant]

target.position is the object I have selected

[wintry quarry]

Well is your tool handle position set to Center, or Pivot?

[fluid remnant]

Pivot/Local

[wintry quarry]

Make sure it's set to Pivot

Ok good.

[fluid remnant]

Unity 6 bug?

[hexed terrace]

unlikely

[wintry quarry]

So perhaps your object has moved since Start ran, that seems most likely

[fluid remnant]

weird. I also set wait for fixed update just in case

also disabled its agent, same problem

[teal viper]

You should probably share more details for us to be able to help you properly.

[fluid remnant]

to be honest, idk what else I could share. I never had such a basic issue before

that's all there is to the code and the scene is basic

[languid spire]

why not just use target.position instead of endP ?

[teal viper]

For example, the whole code, values assigned in the inspector, hierarchy setup, etc.

[fluid remnant]

I need the Vector3 to do something else on the Navmesh but I can't even get its position correct on Target for some reason

[teal viper]

I'm sure that's not the whole code. For starters, we don't see where you assign startP

[fluid remnant]

sure but startP is kinda irrelevant

[teal viper]

And endP

Or rather, what is assigned to it.

[fluid remnant]

https://hatebin.com/rdrhigwiuu

[teal viper]

What is target? Where do you set it?

[languid spire]

well at least keep it up to date in Update

[fluid remnant]

I am basically trying to do what Navmesh link does, but placing start/end dynamically instead of scene view

the 'something' method I have commented out in the code sent, it was originally in Start until things went, well weird.

[teal viper]

Take a screenshot like that when the issue occurs at runtime.

[fluid remnant]

like this?

[teal viper]

With the object selected

[fluid remnant]

you can see the yellow is the Vector3.zero since it has not assigned pos.
The red position, no idea why that is there

curious I'm gonna try this same code on 2022

[languid spire]

why is Start a Coroutine? you do know it only runs once

[wintry quarry]

Looks like the B object doesn't have that script on it

Which is the capsule

It's some other object

[fluid remnant]

believe me it was a regular start before, I just did it IEnumerator to hope waiting for a fixed update would do anything

[wintry quarry]

called TestNavLinkCreation

where is the TestNavLinkCreation object

[fluid remnant]

here I have it selected (in playmode)

the object inspector is here #💻┃code-beginner message

[teal viper]

Interesting.🤔

[teal viper]

Can you draw a debug ray/line from transform position, to the b transform position in update?

[fluid remnant]

sure, a ray or a line ?

[teal viper]

Line

[fluid remnant]

well isn't that interesting

[teal viper]

And the red gizmo is still far away?

[fluid remnant]

yup

  private void Update()
    {
        Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, target.position);
        Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, endP);
    }```

hmm let me try to assign endP in update

wtf

  private void Update()
    {
        endP = target.position;
        Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, target.position);
        Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, endP);
    }```

[wintry quarry]

why not just use target.position in the first place

why cache it

[fluid remnant]

I need to do some fancy stuff with it, mainly NavMesh.SamplePosition etc.

[teal viper]

So does it work? I'm not sure how to interpret that "wtf"

[fluid remnant]

oh sorry i thought I sent ss

[queen adder]

We need game developers for a game called "Mortal Company" on the playstore made by unity, you should be experienced with coding in unity, you sadly won't be paid yet until the game gets famous.

dm me for more information

[fluid remnant]

this is after assigning endP = target.position in update

[hexed terrace]

not for the gizmo you don't

[teal viper]

What if you do it in late update?

[languid spire]

!collab

[eternal falcon]

📢 Collaborating and Job Posting

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Please use the forums:
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[fluid remnant]

how not? the gizmo runs every OnDrawGizmos no ?

[queen adder]

what de hell breh

[languid spire]

yes, #📖┃code-of-conduct and dont cross post

[queen adder]

ok

[hexed terrace]

The gizmo code shouldn't be working out where to position the transform on the navmesh.. a specific method should be doing that.
The gizmo just needs to use the current position

[fluid remnant]

same issue , with a slight delay now lol

[fluid remnant]

it's not its happening in Update, also tried Late update. OnDrawGizmos just draws a sphere where endP is suppoed to be.

since its back assigned in update , I will try moving target and see what happens

[teal viper]

Weird🤔

[fluid remnant]

I know right!

wtf this is like unity 101 stuff making me go looney

[teal viper]

There must be some simple reason that happens that were missing.

[fluid remnant]

when I move target

some freaky shit going on

[rocky canyon]

yup.. it appears that way.. i'd walk ur way backwards and test 1 thing at a time until u can figure out what thing causes the odd behaviour

[teal viper]

What does it look like of you set pivot mode to center?

I guess, wouldn't change much

[fluid remnant]

with Target selected?

[teal viper]

Yes

[rocky canyon]

are we seeing Unity's NavMesh Gizmo's or are these custom Gizmo's

[fluid remnant]

they are simple Gizmos.DrawSphere

[rocky canyon]

and the lines too? soo they're from your method?

[fluid remnant]

same thing

[hexed terrace]

scroll up spawn

[fluid remnant]

pivot at same location

[rocky canyon]

just brain storming.. alot of times theres guys that will draw gizmo's that are different from their logic..

without noticing..

[verbal dome]

Could try setting Gizmos.matrix = Matrix4x4.Identity before drawing

In case its using some other matrix

[rocky canyon]

not saying thats what u did, but im just throwing out ideas

[teal viper]

Maybe the pivot/center mode switching is broken?🤔

[rocky canyon]

ya, im catching up now

[hexed terrace]

it's just a primitive capsule, the pivot is pretty likely fine

[rich adder]

same code in unity 2022

on a diff pc so same account sorry

m1nd is my account as well but at work , sorry for confusion lol

[teal viper]

Do the gizmos draw in local space?

[rocky canyon]

ohhhh!! we have a spy

[hexed terrace]

oh 😄

[rich adder]

haha my job doesn't like me using my personal account

[rocky canyon]

shoulda led with you being navarone... that way we're not making bias'd newbie assumptions

[rich adder]

true my bad, I can't believe something so basic is broken 🤔
literally makes me question my Unity knowledge..

[teal viper]

There's definitely something fishy

[verbal dome]

Have you tried resetting unity? Sometimes gizmos just get messed up

[rocky canyon]

mmhmm.. i read thru it all.. i can't see anything wrong

[hexed terrace]

in two different versions at the same time? 😄

[rocky canyon]

worth a shot @rich adder

[rich adder]

the problem is the first time I showed on a different pc on Unity 6

now I showed on my pc unity 2022 same code

[rocky canyon]

ohh right right.. nvm

[verbal dome]

I thought it's drawing differently in those

[hexed terrace]

both are incorrectly drawn, but in different ways

[rich adder]

Matrix4x4 doesn't have definition for Identity

oh its lowercase 😛
edit: didn't help though

[rocky canyon]

whats target? just a gameobject reference?

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

just a Transform

[hexed terrace]

@rocky canyon

[rocky canyon]

for some reason those images are [ ... ] dots

[rich adder]

I used unity over 3 years, never seen this before

[rocky canyon]

my discord acting goofy this morning

[rocky canyon]

what gizmo's going crazy?

[rich adder]

has to be because drawline is going to the correct spot

wish we had Debug.DrawSphere or whatever

but as you can see

 var newObj = new GameObject("Hellothere");
newObj.transform.position = startP;``` I tried this
and it does the same weird shit, when i press F to focus its far away

the Z position is like stuck somehow..

[willow breach]

how can i debugg unity on vscode? i tried doezen launch.json but all fails

[rich adder]

use debugger

[valid roost]

can anyone help me fix this i have no clue why my character phases through the ground

[rich adder]

depends how you moving it

[willow breach]

my question is gow to use it

[valid roost]

wym

[rich adder]

show movement code

[valid roost]

okay

[verbal dome]

Might wanna use continuous collision detection

If 2d has that

[rich adder]

you just press the Debug button, enable it inside unity and should be ggood to know. No additional setup required

[valid roost]

alright thanks

i'll give it a go

[verbal dome]

Set rigidbody's collision detection mode to continuous

[valid roost]

mhm

[rocky canyon]

hmm, i used this code on 2 regular Mono's seems to work fine..

[valid roost]

I have another issue, sometimes my sprite gets stuck while moving around

[rocky canyon]

has to be something to do with the navmesh / agents right?

[willow breach]

can you show me your lauch.json please?

[verbal dome]

Does target have a navmesh agent? Or what object

[rich adder]

those are Debug.Drawline which work fine , but what about Gizmos.DrawSphere

[frail laurel]

how to make a timer when the game would start the timer would be 30 seconds and the player has to push the obstacle within 30 seconds if he pushes the obstacle the timer would add 5 seconds and diffrent time in each level i got 3 levels

[rocky canyon]

ohh 1 sec

[rich adder]

they did in the first project, not in the second. Same issue

[verbal dome]

An agent could very well mess with transform.position

[deft grail]

create a float and -= by deltaTime in Update

[rich adder]

uh sure, where is it ? I dont even mess with it

[willow breach]

should be on the root of the project but if you click on the gear it should open it

[rich adder]

Oh fuck

im dumb as hell

🥲

consolation, I'm glad my eyes aren't the only ones missing carrots today...

sorry every1

[rich adder]

which gear icon. I'm not seeing the file lol

[willow breach]

in the screenshot you sent, there is a gear on the right

[valid roost]

does anyone have any idea of a fix

[rich adder]

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Attach to Unity",
            "type": "vstuc",
            "request": "attach"
        }
     ]
}```

this?

[willow breach]

yes

[rocky canyon]

yea idk, spheres seem to work fine.. caching endP in Awake()

[rich adder]

mate when you post a problem you have to send code too, we cannot guess

[rich adder]

Issue was solved 🙂

[rocky canyon]

what was it?

[rich adder]

my brain aint braining this morning

[rocky canyon]

lmao.. ohh that issue

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

yea, they need a fix for that

[valid roost]

oh mb

[rocky canyon]

haha!

[willow breach]

keep failing 🥲

[rich adder]

ik im embarrassed forreals

[rocky canyon]

we all get one of those everyonce in a while 😛

[rich adder]

haha yeaaa out of all the problems, this is like noob city 2000

[valid roost]

this is my playermovement script

[rocky canyon]

@rich adder since ur here.. do u know how to solve this?
not really broken or anything.. but being used to VStudio I regularly type void out of habit..

[rich adder]

just type "start"
but yeah those are because the snippets are a plugin iirc and they already adds the access modifier

its not like "smart snippets" or something

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats my solution too.. but since i still do it 2/5 times i wondered if i could change a setting or something to deal

[frail laurel]

Should i create ui that would show Time: ?

[rich adder]

i had to get used to it myself coming from VS

[rocky canyon]

👍 alright.. atleast im in good company..

was just checking

[rich adder]

haha yeah one of the few things that annoys me about vscode but its worth it more than VS mac

[rocky canyon]

i been lately omitting private access modifier

[rich adder]

are those tiles?

[willow breach]

i have been tryign to make this work for 2h but cant understand why its parsing it to empty strings and 0 numbers...
and cant seem to get the debugger working to check whats wrong..
can anyone help? 🙏🏼
https://codeshare.io/8Xqr0B

[valid roost]

mhm

[rocky canyon]

but i guess its better practice to keep them around

i could go and edit the snippets to remove em i guess

[rich adder]

they probably need a composite collider or whatever is called

[rocky canyon]

composite

[valid roost]

alright thanks

[rich adder]

i think you're seeing the infamous ghost collisions

[valid roost]

i see

[rocky canyon]

in 2D theres also a Polygon(al) collider

might be what we're thinking of

[valid roost]

so i added the collider and now the platforms just fall out of the game

[rocky canyon]

it'd be 1 solid collider for each platform..

vs abunch of tile/square colliders.. which controller tend to get stuck on

[rich adder]

I think because it automatically adds a rigidbody

but it doesn't mark it as kinematic / static

[rocky canyon]

just untick Simulated

or remove the RB

[rich adder]

I think you need RB for composite to work

[rocky canyon]

or static/kinematic

[rich adder]

yeah use static

[rocky canyon]

ohh okay.. ya u probably right

[valid roost]

I have RB

to my player

and platform

im pretty sure

[rich adder]

the player is irrelevant

[rocky canyon]

well thats fine.. just tick it as not simulated or mark it as static or kinematic like me and nav suggested

[rich adder]

when you added composite collider it adds the rigidbody, just mark it as static

[rocky canyon]

(the platform not the player)

[valid roost]

where do i do that

[rocky canyon]

static = solid objects in scene that dont move.. (a tree for example)

[rich adder]

rigidbody

[rocky canyon]

on the rigidbody

[valid roost]

ohh

right

[rocky canyon]

it is called Composite collider 👍

search results make u think it could be called Polygon collider

[valid roost]

oh now

my player just falls out of the map

[rocky canyon]

mark it as not simulated

[rich adder]

show the current setup

[rocky canyon]

and leave it non-static

[rich adder]

I think you do want simulation just static though

thats what makes it participate in collisions with physics

it just wont move since its "Static"

[rocky canyon]

why his player falling thru i reckon?

[rich adder]

rn cause its not simulated

[valid roost]

alright ticking simulated fixed it

[rich adder]

so its not even part of physics scene

[rocky canyon]

ohh i thought he had it marked simulated

good job team!

[rich adder]

afaik Unity does 2 scenes, one for physics simulations and one for showing the transforms / visuals etc..

[valid roost]

thank you both anyway

[rocky canyon]

😄 i just sitting in the spectator stands..

shouting absurdities

[valid roost]

sigh

it still gets stuck

[rich adder]

dang

thats all i know in terms of 2D and tiles :\

[rocky canyon]

my 2D scene is set up a little less than useful

[rocky canyon]

i seen a solution for this let me try to find it

https://discussions.unity.com/t/player-gets-stuck-on-tilemap-collider-2d/238627

seems to be as easy as ticking a box on ur tilemap collider 2d component

[rich adder]

ah yes make sure that is ticked

[valid roost]

mhm but i dont see that option at all

[rich adder]

right there

[valid roost]

OH

[rocky canyon]

lol.. 👀

[valid roost]

im blind

LMFAO

[rich adder]

happen to me before too no worries on a much bigger scale 😛

[rocky canyon]

<insert t-rex gif>

stand perfectly still, it won't see us.

[rich adder]

🦖

[rocky canyon]

laughs in: Vector2

[rich adder]

but but 2...is right next to 3.. :ahh

ima just blame my dyslexia lol

[rocky canyon]

i know i know.. its okay...
no one will know..

[valid roost]

🙇🏻‍♂️

[rich adder]

it work?

[valid roost]

mhm

it did

thank you both

[rich adder]

aye 🥳

teamwork make da dream work

[willow breach]

do you know what might be the issue? im really stuck on it

[rich adder]

well you need to start from the top, have you configured the editor properly

updated all the packages etc.

a lot has changed since VSCode and unity was a thing

[willow breach]

is there a better lightweight ide for it now?

[rich adder]

not really

vscode is as lightweight as you can get imo

are you using the new Unity vscode plugin and the latest Visual Studio Editor package ?

[rocky canyon]

When we type a function its implicity private so for example
void TakeDamage() is the same as private void TakeDamage();
Now, with an interface is it opposite?

namespace SPWN
{
    public interface IInteractable
    { void Interact(); } // this is implicitly public??
}```

[rich adder]

right

[rocky canyon]

good to know

[frail laurel]

Need help with the script timer the seconds going so slow and it says 29,9f seconds i want it to only say 30 seconds then 29 seconds and it supposted when player pushes the obstacle the timer would add 5 seconds https://hastebin.com/share/abuyizevep.csharp https://hastebin.com/share/etozupetag.csharp pls help 🙂

[willow breach]

vscode plugin: Unity v1.0.1
Visual Studio Code Editor package: 1.2.5

[rich adder]

ohh

wrong package

Visual Studio Code Editor needs to be removed

you need Visual Studio Editor

to be at least 2.0.20

[willow breach]

i should remove it?
i have it and the Visual Studio Editor: 2.0.22

[rich adder]

yes

then show your External Tools page in unity
you should have Vscode selected and have its version shown there

[dusty shell]

Could someone help me figure out touch input, or at least where to start

[rich adder]

touch input is very vague

also now with new input system you got new ways to do it

[dusty shell]

I wanna make a mobile platformer

But can't figure out how to add touch movement

[rich adder]

its pretty easy, the built in Input. already handles a lot automagically
I suggest you look at the new Input system it has better support though for features like Holding key and stuff

[dusty shell]

somewhere I can read on this?

[willow breach]

its the latest

[rich adder]

I just use the docs
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Touch.html

[rich adder]

yeah nvm that lol i thought it said VS for a sec

anyway you can untick all those except first two

try Regen Project files

[willow breach]

same issue ):

this is so frustrating...

[rich adder]

have you like, tried to search it ?

for the error i mean

[willow breach]

for 2 hours

[rich adder]

could be a bug

[willow breach]

its a very generic error, doesnt say much

[rich adder]

are you on windows or mac?

[willow breach]

windows

[rich adder]

could be a permission issue

[willow breach]

the ports are open on the FW

[rich adder]

I think it tries to start like a mini server or somethinglike that

is this the issue ?
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools/issues/875

Closed both VS code unity (this fixes the attachment issue but not when it locks up unity)

try the logging

[willow breach]

yeah, but didnt help

[rich adder]

yea its weird, we have the same versions it seems but mine works fine

I think only time debugger wast working for me in VScode was back when it was going through old way with disabling modern .net or whatever

back then it was only c# extension and some hail marys

[willow breach]

thats the error from the log btw

[rich adder]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. niceee

[willow breach]

is it from my code? or some configuration?

[rich adder]

doubt it, do you attach it while unity simulation is running already ?

[willow breach]

tried eiter way

[rich adder]

I wonder what its trying to reference

Im gonna chalk it up to OS being dookie. Windows been slipping since 7

[willow breach]

ill ask on redit maybe someone know

[rich adder]

must be permission related / network

the miniserver or whatever its trying to do with localhost

[willow breach]

i think so too but i checked the FW and vscode have all the ports open

[dusty shell]

This might be a dumb question but how do I read this values?

[swift crag]

what is the context?

where is this screenshot from?

[dusty shell]

the documentation for touch input

[hallow totem]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    private CharacterController controller;
    public float speed = 12f;

    Vector3 velocity;

    private Vector3 lastPosition = new Vector3(0f,0f,0f);


    void Start()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();    
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        float z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

        Vector3 move = transform.right * z + transform.forward * -x;
        controller.Move(move * speed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class MouseMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float mouseSensitivity = 100f;
    float yRotation = 0f;
    void Start()
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity;

        yRotation += mouseX;

        transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, yRotation, 0f);
    }
}

Any idea why my character swerves to the sides while going backward? It didn't happen when I was testing it in the preview window but when I did a build it started doing so.

[rich adder]

I think the link i've sent them
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/manual/Touch.html

if you click the class it brings you here @dusty shell
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.Touchscreen.html#UnityEngine_InputSystem_Touchscreen_current

[wintry quarry]

Well one problem is you should not be multiplying mouse input by Time.deltaTime

[hallow totem]

What should I be doing then?

[wintry quarry]

not multiplying moouse input by Time.deltaTime

You're doing a thing. You should be not doing that thing instead.

Specifically here:

float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * mouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;```

[rich adder]

* Time.deltaTime <- backspace on keyboard or highlight and press delete

[wintry quarry]

(you will need to reduce the value of mouseSensitivity in the inspector by a lot to compensate, perhaps down to like 1)

[frail laurel]

Is there anyone who understand timer scripts?

[rich adder]

btw why is forward multipled by X instead of Z

or is your rotations just placed inverted

[rich adder]

what is "timer scripts"

[hallow totem]

I'm not sure honestly, when I followed the tutorial they were inverted so I swapped it around.

[wintry quarry]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[hallow totem]

They aren't inverted anymore but even after deleting the multiplication it still swerves while going backwards.

[frail laurel]

here

[rich adder]

can you show what you mean by swerve while going backwards

[polar acorn]

If you don't want any decimal places, don't include them in your number format string

[dusty shell]

You coming from pygame?

[polar acorn]

.ToString("0") will just display the whole numbers

you could also cast to int before printing

[hallow totem]

I'm just going backwards and it's swerving into the wall.

Uh, sec, let me convert that to mp4.

[rich adder]

must be mp4 for embed

[frail laurel]

but how to fix this?

[dusty shell]

convert it to int?

[polar acorn]

Show code, if you've done that ToString it shouldn't be doing that

[frail laurel]

done

now works propretly thanks

[hallow totem]

Do you see the issue now? Should I make another video?

[honest haven]

hi im using additive scene loading but when i instanciate a object some time it does it to the wrong scene public void PlayParticleEffect(GameObject effectPrefab) { if (effectPrefab != null) { if (effectPrefab == groundSmokePuff) { GameObject effectInstance = Instantiate(effectPrefab, this.transform.position + transform.up * 0.53f, Quaternion.identity); Destroy(effectInstance, effectInstance.GetComponent<ParticleSystem>().main.duration); } else { GameObject effectInstance = Instantiate(effectPrefab, this.transform.position, Quaternion.identity); Destroy(effectInstance, effectInstance.GetComponent<ParticleSystem>().main.duration); } } }

[mystic carbon]

hey guys quick question, for some reason I cant find the save settings button on the player settings tab..
I can change it, but as soon as I rehit the play button, it default back

I am trying to allow unsafe code.

[honest haven]

so the one i highlighted should be in the battle scene

[wintry quarry]

Instantiate will instantiate into whichever scene is currently the "Active" scene

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.GetActiveScene.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.SetActiveScene.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager.MoveGameObjectToScene.html

These may be helpful to you^

[dull saffron]

im still having trouble inserting this countDown method into another script at this same point in time

[wintry quarry]

countDown is not a method. It's a class.

[dull saffron]

oh yeah

[wintry quarry]

it's unclear what you are trying to do

[dull saffron]

i meant

the startCount method within that class

[wintry quarry]

YOu mean StartCount?

[dull saffron]

yes

[wintry quarry]

You want to call StartCount?

[dull saffron]

i do in another class

[wintry quarry]

Do the same thing you did there

you need a reference to the countDown script instance

and then you call StartCount on it

BTW in C# best practice is to name your classes with PascalCase not camelCase

Your current naming causes confusion

[dull saffron]

got it

[wintry quarry]

same for methods

[dull saffron]

so you know in a game when youre about to lose, lets say you reach the limit and you dont lose immediately, it gives you like 5 seconds to get below the limit before you lose

thats basically what im doing

[wintry quarry]

I mean it doesn't really matter, we're talking about the basics of referencing and calling methods here

If you want to call a method on a script, you need a reference to an instance of that script, and you call the method on that reference

[dull saffron]

okay ll check that out

thanks

[dull saffron]

oh also what do you mean by the same thing i did there

[wintry quarry]

I said:

You want to call StartCount?
and you said:
i do in another class

So I said, do the same thing you are doing in that other class.

You haven't actually explained at all what issue you're having

You just said

im still having trouble inserting this countDown method into another script
But you didn't go into any details about what kind of trouble

[dull saffron]

im not sure how to reference it properly

thats my issue

[wintry quarry]

Why not just do what you did before

you said you did it once already

https://unity.huh.how/references

Basic primer on references^

[sterile plover]

how can i make my cam.transform.Translate use the currentZoom for a max and a minimum zoom ????

[rich adder]

so its going to the right when you press back?

also can you send the current code via links

also show your character's gizmos/pivots

[rich adder]

obligatory use Cinemachine

[wintry quarry]

you sure you want to zoom by moving the camera? Why not just change the FOV?

[sterile plover]

cause the fov making the zoom look weird

[hallow totem]

Yup.

[wintry quarry]

how so?

[hallow totem]

I'm not sure how to do either of those.

[frail laurel]

How to make when gameOverUI shows the playercontroller script would disable

[rich adder]

just select the player that has the script and make sure the arrows are clearly visisble and you have Pivot/Local mode on

[wintry quarry]

Anyway, no you can't clamp with transform.Translate. You would have to change how you're doing it to set the position directly yourself and clamp those positions independently.

or just clamp the position after Translating. Your choice.

[rich adder]

use like an event?
You already have the "gameOver UI show "method, the rest is just calling the disable function somehow, directly or via event

[sterile plover]

like i just want to make the camera nearer from my player beceause its a 3rd person camera game if i zoom with fov it will be weird (already tried it) and i would like to make the camera rotate infront of the direction im zooming in, so if i use fov it will zoom in the horizon and i wont be able to see my player

[sterile plover]

so if i wanna do what i just above i need cinemachine ?? ☝️

[wintry quarry]

Again what do you mean by "weird"?

[wintry quarry]

no but it will make it way easier

[rich adder]

^^ at least for movement and stuff

not sure what changing FOV is doing rn that is "Weird"

[wintry quarry]

You can build a house with your bare hands but it's way easier if you use the right tools.

[wintry quarry]

yeah they keep saying that without an explanation

[hallow totem]

Is this good?

[rich adder]

switch it from Center/Global to Local/Pivot on the top right of scene

have to know what exactly is front/back etc.. on player

[sterile plover]

it make a real zoom i just want to have the camera near and still see everything, the FOV reduce the FOv so you see futher but everything around you dont see it, idk if i explained well

[rich adder]

thats what zooming is though
its how real camera works anyway, you can't zoom easy without increasing the mm of the camera which reduces the "wide" angle you see with lower mm cameras

[wintry quarry]

regardless

just use Cinemachine

Make two virtual cameras with your two desired configurations and switch between them

[sterile plover]

ok i see, i asked badly what i wanted, it was not a real zoom but make the camera nearer while keeping the wide angle of the camera, anyways ima try the cinemachine stuff ty for the help

[rich adder]

yeah two cameras with cinemachine then, each one at your desired distance / fovs
it automagically handles the smoothing, you can adjust that

[rich adder]

oof so your forward is transform.right
(ideally should be the blue arrow transform.forward)

also send the current move script via links !code

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[hallow totem]

Both of the scripts fit in a discord message, but if you want I can do that.

[sterile plover]

my camera only does 4 thing : it is always tilt to the bottom a little like isometric games

• freecam where you can move freely in horizontals axis
• rotate around on y axis
• lock in the player instead of freecam
• "zoom" where you can make the camera nearer or further from the direction the camera facing in

idk if i explained well again but the camera does nearly the same thing as BG3 camera with a sort of isometric camera that you can zoom to make it more like a horizontal camera and still move the camera freely, can i make this with one cinemachine camera you think ?? (cause i switch to cinemachine i could just remake the whole camera system and make it better anyway)

[rich adder]

Its easier for me to read than discord, I'm on mobile rn

[hallow totem]

Sure.

[magic panther]

real quick, why is the out RaycastHit hitInfo not working?

onFloor = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, new Vector3(0f, -1f, 0f), playerSize / 2 + 0.25f, out RaycastHit hitInfo);

[hallow totem]

https://paste.myst.rs/idno2w1p
https://paste.myst.rs/n0v1hbn7

[swift crag]

what does "not working" mean?

[wintry quarry]

define "not working"?

[polar acorn]

Elaborate on "not working"

[magic panther]

an error

[swift crag]

hat trick

[wintry quarry]

you put it in the wrong spot

[rich adder]

error tells you whats wrong

[swift crag]

look carefully at the parameters for Raycast

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

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html
Your parameters are out of order

[swift crag]

outsped 😎

[magic panther]

yes, a layermask, from what I see, but I don't need it. What do I write in there, then?

[swift crag]

that is not the fourth argument when using the version that provides a RaycastHit

[short hazel]

There are multiple overloads, scroll down the page

[swift crag]

you will want to look at the one that actually gives you a RaycastHit, yes

[rich adder]

could you debug .log move when you go back? I want to see something

[magic panther]

oooooh

I think I see it

hold up

[magic panther]

works. Thanks mate

onFloor = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, new Vector3(0f, -1f, 0f), out RaycastHit hitInfo, playerSize / 2 + 0.25f);

[rich adder]

new Vector3(0f, -1f, 0f) this can just be Vector3.down :p

[regal bear]

Hey, beginner developer, just doing my first project, i really enjoyed Database management gui like Navicat, HeidiSQL etc. Im just making a singleplayer game so i don't have any databases. but is there something like these? Create, edit data in like a table? For example items for an RPG game, monsters, weapon damage, level req etc..

[rich adder]

like excel ?

[hallow totem]

Then again it doesn't really happen if I play in the preview window so I'm not sure how helpful this is.

[rich adder]

wdym in the preview window

[main anchor]

so how could i potentially fix this?

[regal bear]

yes

[short hazel]

In Unity you'd do that in a more object-oriented way and make Scriptable Objects to define stuff like this.
Nothing prevents you from storing them in a database and reading from it at run-time, though, but there are easier ways

[regal bear]

Thats okay, but some program or plugin to see these in a table?

[rich adder]

only if you put them in a db otherwise you have to make your own

[short hazel]

Nothing built-in

[magic panther]

I need some more Help. I am doing this in a 2d game, and I have some walls which have a 2D box collider. It is of proper size and all, the raycast just won't detect it. What could be the issue?

Player Script --> https://hatebin.com/yutphtrkhz

(wall script is empty, unused

[short hazel]

Need to use Physics2D for 2D

[wintry quarry]

Physics.Raycast is for 3D

[magic panther]

changed to Physics2D. What other changes do I make to this line for it to not give me errors?

first two arguments are correct

[rich adder]

check the signature mate

the docs or your IDE should tell you

[wintry quarry]

go look at examples for Physics2D.Raycast

[short hazel]

Look at the documentation, it's a bit different

[magic panther]

where is the documentation? Is there a shortcut in visual studio?

[rich adder]

you can hover the function it tells you all the signatures

or good ol google
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.Raycast.html

[hallow totem]

This, as opposed to a built exe.

[rich adder]

so the issue only occurs in a build ?

[hallow totem]

Yup.

[magic panther]

I'm not sure what changes to make

[rich adder]

do you have a controller maybe causing stick drift ? @hallow totem

although i think unity would read controller too

[short hazel]

Well, it doesn't use an out param anymore as you can probably notice
It returns the value directly to you

[magic panther]

oh

so now I check if there is a collided object?

[short hazel]

Example has that

Scroll down

[rich adder]

iirc you can directly do
grounded = Physics2D.Raycast etc.
if(grounded!=null)

[hallow totem]

Nah I'm using a mouse, my only controller isn't even connected.

[magic panther]

        RaycastHit hitFloor = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, new Vector2(0f, -1f), playerSize / 2 + 0.25f);
        onFloor = hitFloor != null;

something is very wrong here

[wintry quarry]

Wrong return type

[rich adder]

RayacastHit2D

[wintry quarry]

RaycastHit2D*

[rich adder]

noone saw that 😛

[magic panther]

my bad

lemme test it

[wintry quarry]

but really - you can just do cs onFloor = Physics2D.Raycast(...)

you don't need the intermediate variable

RaycastHit2D is implicitly converted to bool.

[magic panther]

I need the hit object data

Also how do I check if something was hit? If It's bool, I want it to be the hit object, and onFloor to be whether the object exists or not

[wintry quarry]

onFloor = hitFloor; works
As does onFloor = hitFloor.collider != null;

[rich adder]

something strange going on there, I would debug those values during playmode with onscreen debugger or something (in the build)

[short hazel]

Please, please look at the documentation and pay attention. It's in the example

[rocky canyon]

make the thing smaller..
whatever detecting when you become grounded be it,

• raycast
• sphere collider
• or w/e
  so it doesn't actually become grounded until ur just above the ground..
  that should make it so when the anti-gravity effect goes into affect you're about to collide with the ground anyway

[prime cobalt]

How do I set which virtualcam the cinemachine brain is tageting in programming? I want to make sure in multiplayer the camera is following the correct player's cinemachine virtual cam.

[rich adder]

the cinemachine cares about priority

nothing to do with multiplayer, that has to do with who controls the owner of cam

[hallow totem]

Is there an easy way to display the debug information on screen?

[rich adder]

each player has their own cinemachine brain

[rich adder]

Probably Text Mesh Pro UI Text

would be the quickest and "dirty" way

i use this https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/in-game-debug-console-68068?

probably overkill rn though, you just need to debug the move values and see if its the one causing movement

[prime cobalt]

So if I raise the priority of the cinemachine they control and don't make that variable spread to other players then it'll follow then it'll follow the correct one? I'll try that. Sorry this netcode stuff melts my brain it's hard.

[wintry quarry]

change their priorities or enable/disable them

[wintry quarry]

in multiplayer there is no good reason to even have virtual cameras following the other players unless you have some kind of feature that you want to follow other players sometimes

[rich adder]

each copy of the Client handles their own virtual camera, so not sure why you want to even do that

[wintry quarry]

Often, you should destroy such extra cameras as part of the initialization of "other player" objects

[rich adder]

are you Instantiating the players with their own cams ?

cause yea you would have to delete it if its IsOwner == false

[prime cobalt]

The virtual cams are the other players. Basically I have it so that the cameras move around and then tell the server which controlls all of the actual player models "please send the player over here"

[rich adder]

btw networking questions should go in #archived-networking

[rocky canyon]

@main anchor adding to that, I know it's possible because my Character Controller also uses a function to apply a different gravity when grounded ** vs** when not grounded

    private void ApplyGravity()
    {
        if (characterController.isGrounded && gravitySim < playerSettings.gravity)
            gravitySim = playerSettings.gravity;

        gravitySim += playerSettings.gravity * Time.deltaTime;
    }

gravitySim is the Y velocity being added to the CC via the Move(); function, and
playerSettings.gravity is my desired gravity, I tend to use -10.5f

[rich adder]

characterController.isGrounded 😬

I guess it works for basic use cases but that thing does suck

[dull saffron]

i have a new idea, i want to play an audio clip at this point, how do i do that?

[rich adder]

use AudioSource

also whats good with that formatting

[rocky canyon]

ya, works fine for me soo far.. wouldn't be soo good if it were a platformer tho

[rich adder]

spheres all day errrday!

[rocky canyon]

bout the only reason I have it is for my little head bob when you land from jumping 😄

[rocky canyon]

this is cool.. i have a ceiling check.. that could probably be just flipped for a more accurate ground check..

but it uses raycasts instead of spheres

[rich adder]

thats actually a good idea why didn't I think of this for more "omphh"

[rocky canyon]

Umph indeed

[rich adder]

I like raycast but they are too thin I ended up using something that fits a capsule better for edge cases, literally edges

[rocky canyon]

oh yea, keep in mind My prototype projects are all open-sourced free or custom assets..
i don't usually show my production stuff in here too often..

my production controller also uses raycasts but its a bit more advanced 😉

[rich adder]

woa look at that fancy inspector

[rocky canyon]

the guy thats typing right now..

he's the one that inspired that head bob thing

[rich adder]

trying to figure out how I can use better detects of ledges before falling like grabbing

[honest haven]

    {
        if (hammerValue >= 1f)
        {
            return 0;
        }
        if (hammerValue <= 0.745f)
        {
            return 1;
        }
        if (hammerValue > 0.745f && hammerValue <= 0.833f)
        {
            return 8;
        }
        if (hammerValue > 0.833f && hammerValue <= 0.915f)
        {
            return 14;
        }
        if (hammerValue > 0.915f && hammerValue < 1f)
        {
            return 8;
        }

        return 0; 
    }``` i seemed to have copied the slider values but in game play if i hit say just under 0.833f it returns 14 rather then 8. am i doing anything wrong here.

[rich adder]

why are there such specific values esp with floats

[delicate portal]

Hey, I want so that a line renderer's position is exactly where my cursor is, on update.

This didnt work: https://paste.ofcode.org/UBAXn5qXuhMuTTNTAtfSyF

[honest haven]

on the image the grey is 1 attack damage. yellow is 8, red is 14,

[rich adder]

for all you know it could be 0.83399
which could be bigger than assuming it was 0.833000

[rocky canyon]

maybe offset ur detection and have multiples.. in the direction ur moving.. that way u can get a heads-up before actually reaching it

[honest haven]

well i was moving the slider to get it to line up with my eyes

[short hazel]

I pasted your code in an online compiler and fed 0.833 to the method, it returned 8. So you're not feeding that exact number to the method

[rich adder]

ahhh sshit thats actually clever that gives me an idea

[honest haven]

So what does that mean, the slider is wrong or my values

[short hazel]

Whatever you're passing as an argument to that method is not what you're expecting it to be

[rich adder]

Im thinking it coud be a cast ? like spherecat

[honest haven]

can you tell me what online compiler you used please

[short hazel]

sharplab.io

[honest haven]

thank you

[rocky canyon]

ohh gosh.. this reminds me of my 8-D sprite system..

don't judge. i had to search my garbage bin to find it 😅 MODULUS no where to be found

[honest haven]

never used this before but im guessing this is wrong

[rich adder]

fuck this reminds me of my compass

[honest haven]

im slowly learning

[short hazel]

It's the default placeholder class. What you can do is remove it entirely and put your code right at the root of the file

The compiler will then use top-level statements to execute your code

[rich adder]

you should also debug.log in unity what the actual value you're getting

[rocky canyon]

compass is easy..
needleDirection = Vector3.forward; 😉
.. blabla.. project to plane.. tada! lol

[rich adder]

😮 sea of thieves ?

[rocky canyon]

no! idk why people keep saying that..
its completely different.. and completely original

lol

[rich adder]

lmao that cannon ricochet

11/10 game was too realistic

[honest haven]

this is the first time i have ever seen you helpers show of some game stuff its cool

[rocky canyon]

lol.. realistic af

• friendly fire!

[rocky canyon]

lol, if i could only ever finish anything

[rich adder]

haha yea

[rocky canyon]

i do from time to time.. when the channel is pretty quiet

[rich adder]

some ragdolling is in order

[rocky canyon]

also, i dont wanna reveal any 1,000,000 dollar game idea by accident ya, know 😄

[frail laurel]

need help how to fix this error https://hastebin.com/share/oguwevijuq.csharp

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

[rocky canyon]

oh thats there too.. a few folders deeper.. but imma save that for another day

[honest haven]

have you finished and published any games

[silk night]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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[silk night]

to be more precise, you IDE will help you fix this if you configure it

[rich adder]

can you show where you defined gameOver()

[rocky canyon]

only gamejam games atm.. Im working on a Sci-fi Low poly Shooter Game as a Serious project..
when its got enough game systems i'll post a Demo on my itch.io page

[honest haven]

nice sounds good.

[honest haven]

whats your itch.io page

[rocky canyon]

https://spawncampgames.itch.io/

[rich adder]

i should do a gamejam, been too long..

[rocky canyon]

i'll do one if u do one..

[rich adder]

like the look for sir gatling

[rocky canyon]

i just did the 3d models for that one

[honest haven]

do you win any prizes for gamejams

[rocky canyon]

it got featured by IGN

[rich adder]

has an interesting aesthetic

[rocky canyon]

https://spawncampgames.itch.io/kosmiq

kosmiq is the space shooter im working on

[rocky canyon]

im sure some of em have prizes.. but all the ones ive competed in doesn't

[rich adder]

delorean ayooo

[rocky canyon]

no, it just looks like one 🤫

[rich adder]

oh right its dolerito

delorean's cousin

[rocky canyon]

yea that'll work.

[honest haven]

this is what i been working on. tring to sort out the slider lol

[rocky canyon]

whats wrong with it?

you mean the one u just posted about?

[rocky canyon]

looks really good soo far

[rich adder]

oh yeah I remember this proj, lookin good!

[rocky canyon]

ya, dudes come a long way in here

for sure

[honest haven]

cheers, were on like year 4 haha

[rocky canyon]

it happens, i've pushed back my release date 2 times already

it says Spring or Summer of 2025 for now.. 🤞

[honest haven]

i spent the first 3 years doing it in 2d and then changed lol

[honest haven]

Im sure you will get there delayed games are always better

[rocky canyon]

ouch

good thing about that tho, is u probably have a pretty nice 2d template u can work from now

[dull saffron]

how do i play an audio source at this point ?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint.html

[rocky canyon]

audioSourceReference.Play();
audioSourceReference.PlayOneShot();