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[knotty ferry]

it doesn't even work at start ;DD

[rich adder]

ok so Invoke is not running ?

[ionic plank]

Hello everyone, I have a problem with my character, when I land from a jump, the player go into the ground and after tp himself on the ground to the right place... Can someone help me ?

[knotty ferry]

now it's running fixed it

but the seconds doesn't add

when obstacle respawns

[rocky canyon]

why not?

[rich adder]

show movement scripts, also try turning collision to continuous

[rocky canyon]

are you adding it to the variable that ur printing out?

[ionic plank]

I'm using prefab to create so map so I don't think it's possible

[rocky canyon]

you can edit prefabs

[rich adder]

also what does map have to do with character's collider

[rocky canyon]

they're just a collection of gameobjects if u double click a prefab it opens it in the prefab editor window

shows all pieces of it

[rotund forum]

I tried RotateTowards as well as the improved Lerp from the page you linked.

They give the same result as what I've been using.

I appreciate the help, though.

[ionic plank]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[ionic plank]

https://gdl.space/nemulicovo.cs

[eternal needle]

Without seeing what you tried it's hard to say why. I do have to step out so one thing I recommend is to add a few debug DrawRay's to see where it's even trying to look. Possibly a green line for the desired look direction and red one for the current direction

[hasty sleet]

This is an interesting way to describe it. Kind of insightful with the concise phrasing

[rocky canyon]

the code works fine.. you only have 1 timer variable that you can print out

it threw me off at first.. b/c it was counting super slow.. and then i saw ur .05f seconds variable..

changed that back to 1 so it counts in seconds again

[languid spire]

At least one other person on this server appreciates correct spelling, grammar and the ability to articulate, thank you

[knotty ferry]

i think i need to rename thoose

maybe it would work

[rocky canyon]

it doesn't matter what u name it

[knotty ferry]

did u use my scripts?

[rocky canyon]

b/c ur giving it the Text gameobject's reference

[rocky canyon]

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_401
a version of it yes

[knotty ferry]

dam for me it some how the script doesn't work when i was creating with score it worked when the obstacle respawned it gived me a score +1 but now with this timer it doesn't add seconds

[rocky canyon]

the script i copied didn't even have a method to add time to it..

[knotty ferry]

u add the time by gui

[umbral rock]

so i'v followed the tutorial of unity, now i know what variables/methods/ all the things are but now i dont know what to do? is there some sort of lineair path i need to follow? or do i now have to have a small concept of a simple game in my mind and research it how i can make it and everyline of code i see that i dont understand or dont know i just start researching about that and how it works? or is there indeed a lineair path?

[wind raptor]

How do I change these values in code? (figured it out. offsetmin/max)

[wind raptor]

I'd say pick an easy-ish project (you can consult folks here to make sure you're not being overly ambitious) and then try to build it

You don't know what you don't know, and much of that gets picked up as you go

Yo

[knotty ferry]

maybe these are problem why they don't work

[ionic plank]

Kill the character if he touch a monster / a spike

[ionic plank]

where can I turn the collision to continuous ?

[wintry quarry]

I'll tell you one thing - you should not be multiplying Time.fixedDeltaTime into your velocity

fixing that will make your moveSpeed numbers make sense

but won't fix anything else

specifically here: rb.velocity = new Vector2(direction * moveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime, rb.velocity.y);

[ionic plank]

what should i put instead ?

[umbral rock]

what does this mean

[slender nymph]

it means exactly what it says. you do not have an input button called "jump" set up in the input manager settings

[wintry quarry]

You wrote somewhere something like Input.GetButton("jump") but never created an axis called "jump".

By default there's one called "Jump", maybe you meant to use that?

[umbral rock]

what do u mean

[wintry quarry]

"Jump" and "jump" are not the same

[umbral rock]

oh, i need to use capital inn the beginning

ait, i'll try, thank u

[late burrow]

system.buffer.blockcopy is able to create any variable from just bytes?

[polar shoal]

did i already say hi here because i don't see it anymore

oh no I did not

[calm dove]

i got a character animated, when the character attacks, an attack curve is appearing in its base sprite. what's the best way i can do to manage the attack connection with other object? i did using the Raycast method which is rotating by frame to adjust the melee curve, is there another better way ?

[polar shoal]

!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)

[polar shoal]

YES

[short hazel]

It doesn't create anything, it copies data from an existing array to another. The array must contain primitive types (int, long, byte, float, etc.)

[late burrow]

aw

maybe there something else that can create non primitives out of bytes

i searched for such thing for years

[short hazel]

Well, if you have your own data type you want to read and write as bytes, you need to do that manually

There's BinaryReader and BinaryWriter that allow you to read and write data from/to an underlying Stream

[late burrow]

something to check out in future

meanwhile

i made my own site server which serves me big strings with all data at once

but i noticed issue with mp3 files where 5mb file turns 75mb

because i have to provide float array to create audioclip

which is huge

[rocky canyon]

go home compression algorithm, you're drunk 🍺

[late burrow]

any kind of compressing resulted in white noise from audio clip

[rocky canyon]

static helper classes are coooool..
Went from: cs targetDir = local ? ( direction == Direction.North ? targetObj.transform.forward : direction == Direction.West ? -targetObj.transform.right : direction == Direction.South ? -targetObj.transform.forward : direction == Direction.East ? targetObj.transform.right : direction == Direction.Up ? targetObj.transform.up : -targetObj.transform.up ) : ( direction == Direction.North ? Vector3.forward : direction == Direction.West ? -Vector3.right : direction == Direction.South ? -Vector3.forward : direction == Direction.East ? Vector3.right : direction == Direction.Up ? Vector3.up : -Vector3.up ); to: ```cs
if (local)
targetDir = Utils.GetDirection(direction, this.transform);
else
targetDir = Utils.GetDirection(direction);

#💻┃code-beginner message
Finally did something about it 😄

[eternal needle]

might be more intuitive what its doing if you use extension methods

public static Vector3 GetLocalDirection(this Direction direction, transform)...

public static Vector3 GetWorldDirection(this Direction direction)...

[rocky canyon]

ya, im working my way up to those.. 🧡
they just intimidate me r/n for some unknown reason

[polar shoal]

how could I make wall jumping for my 3d game?

[polar acorn]

Literally just a function whose first parameter has this in front of it

Which is the type you want to add a function to

[eternal needle]

its very easy, and then you can also do

targetDir = direction.GetWorldDirection();

[rocky canyon]

whats the proper way to implement extension methods..

would i put it in a static class?

[eternal needle]

just a class with this for the method declaration

[rocky canyon]

oh, okay.. I've only done it once.. with Debug for 🌈

and that made me even more confused tbh..
because i named my static class as Debug.. and it wasn't in a namespace or anything

and unity would automatically let me call Debug.Log() from my own class without ever complaining that it wasn't UnityEngine's Debug

[eternal needle]

oh sorry i confused myself, yea it has to be in a static class too

[rocky canyon]

ever since then i was weary.. b/c of the naming.. was scared of confusing the IDE and getting the using statements all mixed up

imma try em out. again when i find a free-spot.. i'd like to extend Debug again, only this time to utilize GUI handles and stuff

        #region Input / Debugging
        /// <summary>
        /// Display text on the screen in real-time for debugging purposes.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="text">The text to display.</param>
        /// <param name="position">The position of the text on the screen.</param>
        /// <param name="size">The size of the text.</param>
        /// <param name="textColor">The color of the text.</param>
        public static void RealtimeDebug(string text, Vector2 position, Vector2 size, Color textColor)
        {
            GUIStyle style = new GUIStyle(GUI.skin.label);
            style.normal.textColor = textColor;

            Rect rect = new Rect(position.x, position.y, size.x, size.y);
            GUI.Label(rect, text, style);
        }
        #endregion``` something as such

atm i just have an empty static class called Utils that im using basically as a container i guess i'd call it

[rocky canyon]

if it were me, i'd probably use a https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.OverlapSphere.html somewhere on the player and find a way to distinguish my walls from other colliders

use it similar to a groundcheck paired with jumping

    if (canWallJump && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
    {
        PerformWallJump();
    }``` where canWallJump would be true if your notGrounded + close enough to a wall + perhaps checking if we're falling (if u wouldn't want to wall jump on the way up from a normal jump)

[late burrow]

do audio samples have to be in pcm or can be some more sane format?

[tranquil hollow]

how can i set a definition for left?

[polar acorn]

negative right

Oh, actually, Vector3 does have left

It doesn't have Left though

[tranquil hollow]

i didint get it*

sry

[polar acorn]

don't got what

[tranquil hollow]

get it *

[polar acorn]

Don't get what?

there is no Left. There is a left though

[tranquil hollow]

oh

ty

[rotund forum]

I believe I have tried everyone's suggestions for how to fix this. I have commented out, in the code below, what I have tried that was not in my original code.

I've recently added debugging rays (thanks to @eternal needle for this suggestion) and sidestepped the slerp all-together to see what would happen if I just snapped the player's rotation to the target rotation. The issue still happens (jitter) and it looks like the red rays, representing current rotation, are lagging behind the green rays, representing target rotation. I'm not sure why this is happening... I set up a similar code in another project and the green & red rays line up exactly on one another. I cannot pinpoint the difference between these two projects and don't exactly know what this behavior hints at.

If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it. It looks like what I've seen people online complain about when their rigidbody/physics stuff is called in update instead of fixed update, but I am calling the rotation function in fixed update so I'm at a loss.

Link to code: https://gdl.space/ikuzuhehat.cpp

For context; My other project I worked on before this that used an identical method to do player rotation would get me results such as in this video. (The green and red rays representing target rotation and current rotation are lining up on top of another without any delay or jitter)

[dusty shell]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[dusty shell]

https://gdl.space/revunevepe.cs

How do I check if the player has collided with the onPlatformCollider

[tough trench]

I am doing the Create with Code course by unity and I just added SpawnEnemyWave() however every time I play the game it freezes my pc. anyone know how to fix this?

[summer stump]

So the resolution is really hard to read, but you have 1 - i++ in the for loop?

That will make an infinite loop

[tough trench]

Sorry about that

its a equal sign

[summer stump]

Ah ok
Remove the i = part
But that should not be the issue

Any other code?

[tough trench]

Thank you that fixed it

[summer stump]

Ah ok. Glad it worked

[rich adder]

OnCollisionEnter or Physics query

[dusty shell]

OnCollision or onTrigger?

[rich adder]

depends how you intent to use this

[dusty shell]

Just as a trigger

[rich adder]

so use OnTrigger

[dusty shell]

Yeah so I used the collider.tag and it returned untagged

Even tho the play is colliding with the collider

[rocky canyon]

is the collider have a tag?

[rich adder]

show current code you wrote

[dusty shell]

I just realized tag and game object name are two different things

[rocky canyon]

yes.

[rich adder]

and you for sure dont want to use names

[dusty shell]

I always thought they were the same

[rocky canyon]

tags are a finite source

[dusty shell]

Why?

[rocky canyon]

may need them for sum'n else

if u do use tags use CompareTag("YourTag");

and not if .tag ==

[rich adder]

because is diffcult to tell if you spelled something correct for one

no intellisense for strings

and gameobject names change, or if they do everything breaks.

[dusty shell]

Nah this isn’t the problem I just realized my player doesn’t have a tag

I didn’t know you’re meant to tag game objects

[dusty shell]

Makes sense

[rich adder]

yeah tags are ok. I just personally would rather use a component

since unity is component based its perfect

[dusty shell]

Wdym?

[rich adder]

like if you do
if(other.collider == someOtherCollider)

thats component

but ideally you would try to find one like a tag not compare

[dusty shell]

You mean the player collider in my case?

[rich adder]

No i just meant components in general

Transform, Collider etc..

they're all components

[rocky canyon]

i like cs private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) { if(other.TryGetComponent(out EnemyHealth enemyHealth)) { enemyHealth.health -= damageAmount; } } trygets

[dusty shell]

I mean the someOtherCollider for me would be the player collider?

[rocky canyon]

lol.. my tag system

   if(other.TryGetComponent(out BlueScript blue))
        {
            //Make Blue Do();
        }```

[rich adder]

na forget what I wrote on that

it was just a random example

from your script

[rocky canyon]

u could compare ur players collider if u wanted to

[dusty shell]

Yeah I get what y’all saying

Thank y’all so much ts finally making sense

[dusty shell]

It says rb velocity is 0, 0 but it's moving

[hasty sleet]

You're moving the transform.position using Vector3.MoveTowards; you're not actually moving the rigidbody

[dusty shell]

Thought it would work that out for me cl😞

How’d I change that then

[hasty sleet]

What problem are you trying to solve?

rb.velocity is indeed zero, and your character is moving properly. Are you trying to measure something?

[dusty shell]

I wanna use the platform velocity to move the character

When they’re in a platform I mean

[hasty sleet]

When they're in a platform?

[dusty shell]

Is there another way I can do this?

[rose galleon]

hey

[dusty shell]

That code snippet is for moving platforms

[hasty sleet]

So if a platform is moving below them, you want the player to be moved in the same direction as the platform?

Ah, I see

[dusty shell]

Exactly

[rose galleon]

I was working on a sort of timer for my dash, and I forgor how to use time

https://hastebin.com/share/uxozoxawiy.csharp
this is what I was doing tho

[hasty sleet]

There doesn't seem to be an intuitive way to do this using physics, so I would use OnTriggerEnter and OnTriggerExit to detect player collision and move them manually

[dusty shell]

Ts is so much easier on Pygame

[dusty shell]

Manually in what sense?

[rose galleon]

pygame?

[dusty shell]

The python module for game dev

[hasty sleet]

Player touches platform -> Platform registers OnTriggerEnter -> Platform does math to determine which way the player needs to be pushed -> Pushes player rigidbody until OnTriggerExit

Actually

[dusty shell]

Yeah that’s what I wanted to do

[hasty sleet]

First, try Rb.MovePosition(transform.position + direction * speed * Time.deltaTime)

[deft grail]

just use a coroutine and a bool

[hasty sleet]

I'm not sure if rigidbody.move handles physics interactions in the way that you're hoping for, but it does interact more with the physics.

[dusty shell]

I’d try this tomorrow, it’s 2am and I’ve been coding all day

Thanks so much tho

[hasty sleet]

No problem! I recommend reading Rigidbody documentation on Unity and scanning for built-in methods that might seem useful to you

[dusty shell]

For sure, I’d try that

Also, I can’t attach the platform game object to the player prefab

Is this normal or am I missing something

[rose galleon]

I seen that a few times, how do I use a coroutine tho?

[deft grail]

like a normal method but instead of void its IEnumerator, inside you make it true/false then yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f); then make it true/false again

[hasty sleet]

Official docs are great
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine.html

[rotund forum]

Okay. I've updated the code and once I have the player rotation snapping to the target rotation using transform.rotation it seems to behave like my code in my other project did where the target rotation and player rotation are in sync when the camera is turning.

With the DebugRays (green for target, red for player rotation) now lining up on top of each other I would not expect any jitter, but it still exists... Really not sure why this is the case. Linking the code below and a video of what I am encountering.

https://gdl.space/atemujagic.cpp

[rose galleon]

so, uh, I was reading and the yield didnt really click

what does yield do?

[cosmic dagger]

it waits based on the amount of time you provide or the condition . . .

[hasty sleet]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/statements/yield

Yield provides the next value in an iteration

[cosmic dagger]

then it returns to that same spot after the time expires . . .

[hasty sleet]

What do you mean?

[rose galleon]

oh

thanks

[hasty sleet]

I don't think their explanation was correct

[rose galleon]

i dunno

[hasty sleet]

Read the official documentation

[rose galleon]

it made sense for me

[hasty sleet]

It made sense because it's simple and wrong

Please read the official docs.

If you have questions about the official docs, ask a tailored question

var numbers = ProduceEvenNumbers(5);
Console.WriteLine("Caller: about to iterate.");
foreach (int i in numbers)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Caller: {i}");
}

IEnumerable<int> ProduceEvenNumbers(int upto)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Iterator: start.");
    for (int i = 0; i <= upto; i += 2)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"Iterator: about to yield {i}");
        yield return i;
        Console.WriteLine($"Iterator: yielded {i}");
    }
    Console.WriteLine("Iterator: end.");
}
// Output:
// Caller: about to iterate.
// Iterator: start.
// Iterator: about to yield 0
// Caller: 0
// Iterator: yielded 0
// Iterator: about to yield 2
// Caller: 2
// Iterator: yielded 2
// Iterator: about to yield 4
// Caller: 4
// Iterator: yielded 4
// Iterator: end.

^ This is an example of yield being used according to official docs.

[rose galleon]

what does "pauses execution and automatically resumes on the next frame" even mean?

[hasty sleet]

Yield has two forms:

• yield return -> produce next iterator
• yield break -> signal the end of iteration

[random cave]

Pls use Debug.Log ples ples ples

[rose galleon]

I read the site

you pasting here the same things the site said isnt gonna change my misunderstanding

[deft grail]

doesnt really matter what it is i guess, just use it and know what it does

[hasty sleet]

The execution of a program stops when a coroutine is started, waits for the coroutine to finish, and then continues after the coroutine is complete.

[rose galleon]

thats the point, I dont know how to use it or what it does

[hasty sleet]

Reading and adapting existing code will lead to a deeper understanding

[cosmic dagger]

@rose galleon using yield will suspend the coroutine. it continues once the amount of time or condition is complete. i said, "it returns," to insinuate that it leaves the coroutine, runs the next frame, checks the time/condition, and repeats until satisfied. when it returns and that time/condition is met, the coroutine will resume . . .

[deft grail]

i showed you earlier how to use it

[random cave]

that mad complicated

just understand what the words yield and return mean and boom

[rose galleon]

yield is like the thingie that makes the coroutine wait for some time?

[hasty sleet]

yield returns next iterator
coroutine does temporary program
womp womp the end

[random cave]

"wait for a return"

[random cave]

Yes

yield return new WaitForSeconds();

Theres also minutes and stuff

[rose galleon]

and so I use yield break if I just want to make it wait and then go back to the line that was going on before I called the IEnumerator?

[cosmic dagger]

huh? when a coroutine starts, execution resumes normally . . .

[hasty sleet]

Oops yeah I said that wrong

In a coroutine, the program will stop for the duration that yield return takes, and then continue resuming normally

• Do something
• yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f); (wait)
• Do the rest

StartCoroutine kicks off that process of Do something / wait / do the rest

[rose galleon]

but if i want the rest to happen inside the void that I used to call the coroutine, i just use yield break?

[hasty sleet]

I wouldn't worry about using yield break for your purposes

Give me an example problem at it will make more sense when written out

[deft grail]

no, you have to do it in this one after the wait if you want it to be after the time has passed

[rose galleon]

i mean, if I only use one line of code in the coroutine, it doesnt really matter, does it?

[hasty sleet]

yield break exits the wait loop

So it would indeed matter by signaling the exit of the iteration

The plug-and-play code is

IEnumerator MyCoroutine()
{
  // Do stuff here

  // Wait here
  yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);

  // Continue
  // Do more stuff here
}

// Called by (in Unity):
StartCoroutine(MyCoroutine())

Using yield break here would just throw an error since it's only valid as a standalone statement.

[cosmic dagger]

it sounds confusing because you say, "the program." only the coroutine itself will stop. anything else running on a script will continue . . .

[rose galleon]

    IEnumerator dashWait(float dashTime = 1f)
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(dashTime);
        isDashing = false;

    }

like this?

[hasty sleet]

yeah that works

perfect

[rose galleon]

les go

[hasty sleet]

Just make sure you call it using StartCoroutine(dashWait(/* optional float param */)) in other code

[rose galleon]

yeye

[cosmic dagger]

me being picky: PascalCase that method, and is a default value necessary? will the dash time constantly change? if it's a single value that's assigned, you can just use that class variable in the method itself . . .

[rose galleon]

I think it could be useful in the future

like if the player got an upgrade that makes the dash longer?

[hasty sleet]

You could store dashTime in a PlayerStats script and reference it from there. Might be a little more clean. It's more of a forward-looking concern

[cosmic dagger]

if your dash can be canceled, make sure to assign a coroutine variable when calling StartCoroutine. that way, you can cancel it by assigning it to null . . .

[rose galleon]

a lot of compiler errors popped up ;-;

[hasty sleet]

show

[rose galleon]

things that were working before said that the private was invalid

[rose galleon]

nvm

is there like a history of changes in the code?

I kinda deleted an important thing but I dont wanna ctrl z my way through

[hasty sleet]

Are you using git?

[cosmic dagger]

it's best to show us the error message and the script with the error in order to properly help . . .

[rose galleon]

ik whats the error, i just deleted the line of code that was working

[cosmic dagger]

re-write it. call it a learning experience. you'll only get better . . .

[rose galleon]

I found the timeline thing

[late burrow]

nvm it does work

just because i made array 4 entries longer it broke my entire audio

interesting

i have awful loud deep fried audio but i can hear the base in it

[rose galleon]

https://hastebin.com/share/avalacumem.csharp
It was supposed to be working, but
1 - Its not checking for double clicks anymore, any click fills the click requirement
2 - the dash is very unstable

[rotund forum]

I tried changing my HandleRotation() function to update in LateUpdate on a whim... This has surprisingly smoothed it out a lot though I'm still not entirely sure why. Going to keep digging so I know the why to how I fixed my issue in case this is just a bandaid fix and I'm still doing something improperly.

[craggy ingot]

https://paste.ofcode.org/ScWhFr8egFRsjgWq48jwyS : SC_PlayerMovement
https://paste.ofcode.org/Yvpk2Rdvgk3TisBimyJiaJ : SC_PlayerLook
https://paste.ofcode.org/jsrZRJLYzJJfiHz7dRZvcQ : SC_HeadBobController
here are my three scripts for my character. One is moving the player, one for camera controls, and the final one for view bobbing. everything works 100%, but I want to know how to make it so the view bobbing is only active while I am moving. can someone please help 🙏

[timber tide]

Some testing ideas is try the rotation without attaching the cam to your player

and if you're not using cinemachine, it has some goodies to help with camera smoothing

[rotund forum]

I am using cinemachine actually. Thank you.

I'll try the rotation out without the cam. Though I'm going to take a break for now. Really fried my brain going through so many different ways to get where I am now.

[timber tide]

The rotation script looks fine at first glance, so I expect it's just camera related

[polar shoal]

I don't quite understand I have just started using unity

[timber tide]

What exactly is the question? If you're asking how to flip on and off the head bobble then that's just a flag to toggle.

Ideally you move the head back into a default position when toggling off

[rose galleon]

as easy as ifs and bools

[craggy ingot]

no i want to have the head bobbing script only activate when I am moving

[timber tide]

You've got your answers

[craggy ingot]

but hoiw do i execute it

[rose galleon]

[Character movement script]
public bool characterMoving

//character movement script
if(walkspeed == 0)
{
characterMoving = false;
}

[Character bobbing script]
if(characterMoving == false)
{
//head bobbing script here
}

[craggy ingot]

thank you

[rose galleon]

you would need to use instance = this too to reference the bool in another script

you know how to use that?

[craggy ingot]

no

[summer stump]

You definitely do not need to make a static accessor for this

[rose galleon]

no?

[summer stump]

Both scripts are gonna be on the same object, or at least bobbing on a child, so just do a serialized reference

[summer stump]

Of course not...

[rose galleon]

oh right

[craggy ingot]

and how would I do a serialized reference?

[rose galleon]

im no expert too, so maybe I should refrain from giving tips

[summer stump]

public HeadBobScript headBob

Then drag and drop the headbob script into the field in the inspector

Serialized references are just drag and drop

https://unity.huh.how/references

[craggy ingot]

and then where do I put it to turn it on and off for movement?

[summer stump]

You could just enable and disable the headbob script entirely when you are moving or not
That will prevent update from running

[rose galleon]

[Character movement script]
public bool characterMoving

//character movement script
if(walkspeed == 0)
{
characterMoving = false;
}

[Character bobbing script]
if(PlayerMovement.characterMoving == false)
{
//head bobbing script here

or this

[summer stump]

There are multiple syntax errors in this

[craggy ingot]

sorry i am still a little confused

[summer stump]

I mean, I guess it is just psuedocode.

[summer stump]

Have you done !learn yet?

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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[summer stump]

This is just an if statement essentially. So I do recommend taking the essentials and junior programmer pathways before continuing

[rose galleon]

anyways, just bumping this bcs it kinda got lost in this mess

[summer stump]

Your timeSinceStartTime should be declared sooner, if not outside the method entirely

You also don't show where dash is called, so hard to say more than that

[rose galleon]

its in the update method

[summer stump]

Also, not sure what "dash is very unstable" means
But to be fair, I did not watch the video

[rose galleon]

theres not much to affect there

[summer stump]

I assumed, but you should of course show it...

[rose galleon]

not all double clicks activate it, its just messy really

[summer stump]

Well, you don't show where it is activated. So I can't help with that

[rose galleon]

its literally just Dash();, I didnt think it was necessary

[summer stump]

You only show 25 lines, starting at dash

[summer stump]

The entire class is necessary

And nowhere in dash do you check for clicking, let alone DOUBLE click.
All that is in there is checking if a or d (or left arrow/right arrow) are pressed once

[rose galleon]

the starttime and timesincestarttime are measuring the distance of the clicks in time

[summer stump]

You also don't show where canDash is set false, which is a HUGE thing that needs to be shown

[summer stump]

They do not do that. Not as written at least

[rose galleon]

i mean, a week ago it was working

i dunno where I messed up

[rose galleon]

truuuue

[summer stump]

Do you have any commits in version control from when it was working that you can check?

[rose galleon]

void Dash()
    {
        if(Input.GetButtonDown("Horizontal"))
        {
            if(IsGrounded())
            {
                canDash = true;
            }
            float timeSinceStartTime = Time.time - dashStartTime;
            dashStartTime = Time.time;
            if(timeSinceStartTime <= 0.2f && canDash == true)
            {
                Replaced part
                //float dashStartTime = Time.time;
                //float dashDuration = Time.time + 2f - dashStartTime;
                //if(dashDuration <= 0)
                //{
                //    isDashing = false;
                //}
                //isDashing = true;
                //rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x * dashPower, rb.velocity.y);
                //canDash = false;
                //isDashing = false;
                //Debug.Log("Dash");
            }
        }
    }

this is the week earlier version

[summer stump]

Did you type this out by hand?
How did it compile with:
float = Time.time
?

[rose galleon]

theres also a problem with that that Ill have to figure out later, because if you tap left and soon after right it dashes to the right, i should make it so its directional

[rose galleon]

this part was replaced in the new code, does it matter?

[summer stump]

Well its a syntax error that would prevent the game from running

You have a type, with no variable name

[rose galleon]

that no longer exists

I just didnt have creativity for a name at that time

[summer stump]

I get that. I wanted to see how it was before, not how it exists now

[rose galleon]

the float was dashStartTime

which overlapped with the earlier instance of said code

so I erased it

it was just repeating an earlier line really, so it doesnt change anything

[summer stump]

Ah ok, I was gonna say that not resetting dashStartTime may be an issue, so removing that may be part of the problem

Ah ok, I was gonna say that not resetting dashStartTime may be an issue, so removing that may be part of the problem

[rose galleon]

where do I reset it?

[summer stump]

I would say INSIDE the if statement where you initiate the dash. Not before it

You should add some debug logs to show the actual values though

It will likely be quite illuminating

[rose galleon]

it would

tho I only know how to make debug logs write out strings

not values

[summer stump]

Debug.Log($"Start time: {dashStartTime}. Time since start: {timeSinceStartTime}");

[summer stump]

I mean, you can just put a value in
Debug.Log(myVariable)

Or concatenation like this
Debug.Log("my value: " + myVariable)

I did string interpolation in my first example, because it is easy and clean. Better than concatenation for stuff like this

[rose galleon]

it was indeed

Start time should be reset on the first click, and time since start time on the second one

But start time is not being reset

[summer stump]

Maybe refactor a little. Something like

void Dash()
    { 
    if(Input.GetButtonDown("Horizontal"))
        {
            if(IsGrounded())
            {
                canDash = true;
            }
            if (firstDashPress) 
            {
                dashStartTime = Time.time;
                firstDashPress = false;
            }
            if((Time.time - dashStartTime) <= 0.2f && canDash == true)
                {
                    firstDashPress = true;
                isDashing = true;
                rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x * dashPower, rb.velocity.y);
                StartCoroutine(DashWait());
                }
                Debug.Log("Dash");
            }
        }

Done on my phone, so may have errors, and obviously untested

[topaz mortar]

Behold my amazing programming skillz:

if (scrollsAllowed > scrollsAllowed)
{
    scrollsAllowed = scrollsAllowed;
}```

[winter bison]

hello i'm completely new to this thing, where should i start on my ar/vr journey

[ivory bobcat]

This is the coding channel, perhaps try #🥽┃virtual-reality #🤯┃augmented-reality or #💻┃unity-talk
Might want to brush up on !learn if you've never worked with Unity before.

[eternal falcon]

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[bright violet]

don't really know where to ask this. I'm using Unity's new input system's split-screen implementation, as it's really convenient and easy to setup. It's amazing how fast it is to get something running. Only issue i'm having is the little control you get on the screens' positions, and most importantly relative size. As an example it would be impossible to achieve an effect like it takes two's camera system where if a player triggers an important event, his portion of the screen gets bigger to cover 70% or 80% of the screen. How could I do this without rebuilding the whole thing from the ground up? Editing unity's script wouldn't be too bad but any change would just get overridden. Ideas?

[fossil drum]

Probably #🖱️┃input-system is a good place for that question. Sounds super specific though, so no idea if you even get an answer there.

[bright violet]

yeah, super dumb limitation tho imo

cause what the code is doing under the hood is just splitting the viewport by how many players there are idk why they couldn't make it more customizable

[umbral rock]

can u learn programming wrong or not?

like bad habits or anything

or something u do and that u cant improve anymore

[timber tide]

I mean you can dig yourself holes if you're not sure how to properly plan your code and use inheritance

or becoming too reliant on static accessors

[umbral rock]

but there isnt rly a thing that can cause u to be plateaud or something? like skill in games, u have alot of bad habits for example in gaming itself, i wonder if its the same in programming and making games

i dont rly think so tbh, its all knowledge

[green ether]

you can fix all mistakes you learned beforehand

If you dont insist on keeping doing something like you lways did and actually learn new stuff/ adapt

[umbral rock]

yeah thats true, but what mistakes could u learn then in programming?

[timber tide]

worst mistakes is to not comment on your code

which is something I'm bad at ;)

[umbral rock]

lmao

[green ether]

Not all needs commenting either

Ideally your code is writtn in a way where it explains itself easilly

There can be too many comments

[tough lagoon]

Yes! Opening a sample project etc where each line of code has 4 lines of comments, buried in layers of inheritance and interfaces, just to uncover something that's a couple lines of code... drives me a bit crazy.

But a small blurb describing what your class was made for, and some comments here and there to explain why you are doing something, totally makes sense.

[timber tide]

Anything I touch that involves with matrix, rotation, physics, I have to riddle with comments else ill come back the next day and be like wtf was I doing

not easy self-explanatory code

[tough lagoon]

I also might leave a line or two in the code with links to reference documents. A good example of I'm doing some tricks with the khronos / VR interaction systems to find out what VR headsets are used (as OpenXR abstracts them away from us). So having a link there in the docs to show where those came from can be helpful.

So 9 months from now I'm not wondering why I used device.characteristics instead of OpenXR.name or something.

[timber tide]

Ah, that's a good idea.

[tough lagoon]

Yes, definitely. And the more you learn, the less mentors and harder to find access to others it can become. So you get a bit more isolated.

[timber tide]

I should just link to the wikipedia page everytime I access some matrix4x4 column

[tough lagoon]

Definitely!

[umbral rock]

would u guys say maths and programming is a talent? or just requires alot of practise?

[tough lagoon]

I think a bit of both, it is like art. It is natural to some people, but anyone can still learn it, they just need dedication and time and patience and practice.

[burnt vapor]

Both

It takes practice to write good readable code, and some people have the amazing talent to write truly horrific code

[low sandal]

anyone know how I can make an ultrakill type movement for a PC game?

[tough lagoon]

what's an ultrakill type movement?

[low sandal]

let me send a youtube video of ultrakill and you can see the movement thing

its like face paced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7csBH2jKPE

[tough lagoon]

ah like speedy doom like

[low sandal]

eyah!

im trying to do something like that for my PC game

but ive kinda never coded in my life (well html but thats different)

[tough lagoon]

I do have a port for doom 1 classic for VR on my itch page 😄

But the input is pretty easy for the most part

Some areas, like where he's running down a long rope thing,y ou probably will give them some "guidance" to keep them on a path these days.

[low sandal]

are you able to give me some tips on how to make a movement similar? (if you know how sorta)

[tough lagoon]

Sorry I sent some links from my pc, but it's not sending them for some reason lol

But this would be a pretty good straightforward input system to build out. The important part is the slow speed up, slow down where you probably don't stop completely instantly.

But yeah something akin to this would work
https://forum.unity.com/threads/doom-player-script.976419/

There we go

[ionic plank]

Hello everyone, I have a problem with my character, when I land from a jump, the player go into the ground and after tp himself on the ground to the right place... Can someone help me ?

[low sandal]

thank you so much!

[meager gust]

You need to post code.

[cosmic mural]

im looking to create an animation to play in between levels as a transition, how would i accomplish this? would i create a new object with the animation or is there some other more regular method

[timber tide]

animation timeline is a good starting point

unless we're talking about a screen fade / fade to black

which can just be lerping shader values over some texture over the camera

[burnt vapor]

Please share the !code related to your movement

Bot isn't showing useful paste sites sadly

[cosmic flicker]

Hello,
I am currently trying to build a Pulley UI like, that will follow my mouse position and rotate towards it.
Basically I want to be able to turn it clockwise and anticlockwise, but currently I'm not quite understanding the why it work like this.
I want the player to turn the mouse clockwise for it to work
The UI in the hierarchy is like so :
UI > PulleyCanvas > Pulley > Handle
(The Pulley being the brown square and the handle the black rectangle)
If you have better solutions or a fix I would be glab to hear them !
https://pastebin.com/Qr6cxK73

[ionic plank]

!code

[timber tide]

wouldnt it be z for world up on the angle axis

considering this is 2D

I'd also start debugging values to make sure the point values you are getting are correct

[ionic plank]

https://gdl.space/nemulicovo.cs

[cosmic flicker]

Ohhh yeah my bad, you're right I kept on the 3D part. Thanks !

[rose galleon]

Makes sense

[raven ferry]

im trying to use cinemachine virtuel camera for bounds but after i created the object the scripts i made for main camera doesnt work, from my understanding i cant add the scripts to main cam anymore and have to apply to my virtuel camere. but i cant seem to make the script work. im very new to coding so from my understanding its because the code is connected to main camera which is named Camera in the code. i tried looking it up and it seems to be named CinemachineVirtualCamera (also im like barely a week into coding so bear with my lack of understanding)
this is the working drag/move camera code, but after adding virtuel camera havent been able to make it work, i tried replacing all instances of camera with CinemachineVirtualCamera but that didnt seem to be right

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

public class CameraMove : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Vector3 Origin;
    private Vector3 Difference;
    private Vector3 ResetCamera;
    private Vector3 velocity;

    private bool drag = false;

    private void Start()
    {
        ResetCamera = Camera.main.transform.position;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        Vector3 pos = transform.position;
        pos.z = -10;
        transform.position = pos;
        if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
        {
            Difference = (Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition)) - Camera.main.transform.position;
            if(drag == false)
            {
                drag = true;
                Origin = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            }

        }
        else
        {
            drag = false;
        }

        if (drag)
        {
            Camera.main.transform.position = Origin - Difference * 0.5f;
            Camera.main.transform.position = Origin - Difference;
        }
        

        if (Input.GetMouseButton(1))
            Camera.main.transform.position = ResetCamera;

    }
}

[slender nymph]

you need to get a reference to the CinemachineVirtualCamera, you cannot just replace the word Camera in your code with CinemachineVirtualCamera because that class does not have a main property that points to a specific instance like Camera does.

please also check the documentation pinned in #🎥┃cinemachine for guides and tutorials for how to use it

[raven ferry]

okay! great thank you!

i really appreciate the help

[lavish magnet]

any reason my navmesh agbent stopping distance stops working entirely when its below 1?

Stopping distance of 1.1. ANd stopping distance of 1 hes just inside

[slender nymph]

#🤖┃ai-navigation

[molten dock]

is all "///" does is add comments in a darker colour

[languid spire]

no, it also adds hint text when the commented class/method/variable is referenced

[molten dock]

what is hint text

i did google but i dont get it

[languid spire]

It's what you get when you hover over somthing in your IDE

[slender nymph]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/language-specification/documentation-comments

[molten dock]

lol

yeah i do know what a hint is

[languid spire]

then what didn't you get?

[molten dock]

well when i searched "what is hint text c sharp" i just diddnt find anything relevant

[languid spire]

Then I suggest you improve your google skills

[molten dock]

i got dis

[languid spire]

do you not know that in google you enter the keywords in order of importance to your search?

[teal viper]

Try looking at other results. Not just the first one.

[molten dock]

nope

should i do my google searches caveman style

[languid spire]

it's called reverse polish notation, but yes

[molten dock]

good to know ty

[willow breach]

Hey, I'm making and idle mobile game to experiment with it and created a scene for each "tab" in the game
but since I have logics that consists between scenes I made some classes with singleton, and was wondering if that's the best practice or is there a better way to manage those classes (for example the player class, and the idleManager class)

[deft grail]

wdym by tab? should probably just be the same scene

[languid spire]

Singleton AND DDOL ?

[willow breach]

tab like "shop tab" "main tab" "guild tab" etc
can i have it all on the same scence even though i want to have completely different things displayed?

[willow breach]

yes

[deft grail]

i assume its just like a UI menu? yeah just toggle them off/on

depending on which one you click

[languid spire]

then you are on the right track, just don't over do it or you'll end up in Singleton hell

[willow breach]

not sure i understand, lest take Clash Royal for example, there are different tabs on the bottom and each display completely different scene

[deft grail]

yeah no that would just be 1 scene

[willow breach]

how?? it make no sence to me ):
why would you pack so many objects on the same scene?

[deft grail]

the only different scene would be the actual scene where your playing the game and fighting

[willow breach]

i come from fullstack background and it sounds bizzare to me haha
so you say that all the UI elements i see are just different panels that are being disaplyed on a canvas and all live on the same scene?

but how can you even see whats happening when you develop it? the scene window will have all of them on top of each other

[slender nymph]

you disable/enable what you need

[deft grail]

because you disable them

only activate the one you are using

[slender nymph]

but also if you have a fullstack background, you might consider using UI Toolkit which is probably more like what you are used to

[willow breach]

is this really the common practice for things like that?

[languid spire]

yep, you could also use multiple canvases if you wish

[willow breach]

oh, i didnt know what it was haha ill check it out

[willow breach]

i wasted a day to figure out how to manage the scenes while changing tabs haha oh well better late than never

[willow breach]

is there a common practice?

[languid spire]

Depends on the exact usage. If the panels have no overlap I like to use multiple canvases, otherwise I use a panel structure within one canvas

[willow breach]

so as long as its just simple point and click logic i should use panels and when i need actual animation and effects i should use new scene and gameobjects?

[willow breach]

i guess they will all share the same bottom (tabs) and top (info bar)

[languid spire]

generally, yes

[willow breach]

but effects like gain coin on fireworks can live on panel too?

[languid spire]

then a multi panel approach is probably best

[willow breach]

wow interesting thanks!! glad i asked haha

[valid roost]

Just updated my unity editor and now i get this warning

how do i fix

[languid spire]

if you think from a web dev perspective, where would you use divs and where would you use new pages?

[willow breach]

i wanted to make it a SPA but didnt think panels could act as such because i only thought about the scenes

[languid spire]

think, a panel is a div, a canvas/scene is a web page

[queen adder]

I have a script that uses collision detections, for some reason only one collision is active at a time. Either I'm touching a wall, or I'm touching the ground, but never both at the same time. Not sure what to do.
https://gdl.space/ayonininut.cs

[late burrow]

what to do when sample bytes are non dividable by 4?

[languid spire]

according to your code you are hitting both or neither. And virtual, why?

[queen adder]

I think I typed virtual a couple days ago planning to override it, but nothing is currently overriding it

[slender nymph]

in what context

[late burrow]

loading them as audioclip

[languid spire]

but you cannot override it, so thats a different problem
what your code does is

foreach (ContactPoint2D contact in collision2D.contacts)
        {
            Debug.Log(contact.normal);

            if (contact.normal.y > 0.5f)
            {
                player.groundCheckCollision = true;
                player.wallCheckCollision = true;
                break;
            }
            else
                player.groundCheckCollision = false;
                 player.wallCheckCollision = false;
        }

which is damn silly

[queen adder]

one is checking the contact.normal.x

they don't both check y

[languid spire]

Ah, true

[queen adder]

ye

so according to code, I should be able to check both together and separately right? but for some reason it's only checking one or the other

[languid spire]

no, but both checks will happen, you need to limit your for loops to only run in the correct context

[late burrow]

        var bytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(audiostring[0]);
        float[] samples = new float[bytes.Length / 4];
        Debug.Log(bytes.Length + " / " + samples.Length);
        System.Buffer.BlockCopy(bytes, 0, samples, 0, samples.Length * 4);
        var clip = AudioClip.Create("song", samples.Length, 2, 48000, false);
        clip.SetData(samples, 0);
        musicplayer.clip = clip;
        musicplayer.Play();```
they were fine as pcm format but took insane amount to download
after turning to mp3 audio got crispy

[queen adder]

you mean like 2 seperate scripts?

[languid spire]

no, wrap the for loops in an if checking the collider hit

[slender nymph]

i'm curious why you have your audio clip encoded as a base64 string 🤔

[queen adder]

this seems to do the same thing

it's only ever returning true on 1, but never both

[late burrow]

because im downloading level as string and what is better way to get filestring than base64

[languid spire]

if (collision.collider == // Ground collider
{
player.groundCheckCollision = false;
foreach (ContactPoint2D contact in collision2D.contacts)
        {
            Debug.Log(contact.normal);

            if (contact.normal.y > 0.5f)
            {
                player.groundCheckCollision = true;
                break;
            }
         }
}
}
if (collision.collider == // Wall check collider
{
player.wallCheckCollision = false;
        foreach (ContactPoint2D contact in collision2D.contacts)
        {
            if (contact.normal.x > 0.5f)
            {
                player.wallCheckCollision = true;
                break;
            }                
        }
}

@queen adder

[slender nymph]

is the audio provided by other users or something? because if not, there's really no reason to even include the audio files directly in that string

[late burrow]

yes

[queen adder]

trying it right now

I had all my objects set to ground while testing cuz I figured it was an object I can touch, so I'm just renaming them to wall right now

[languid spire]

best use tags or layers to differentiate between the two not names

[slender nymph]

anyway, the issue is likely how you are encoding it to base64 or how you split the string

[late burrow]

string split gives exactly base64 string

[swift crag]

store the audio separately. shoving multiple minutes of audio through base64 is ridiculous

you're inflating the data's size by 33%

[late burrow]

better than pcm inflating data by 1500%

[swift crag]

that is completely unrelated

[swift crag]

base64 should be used when you need to turn binary data into something printable, so that you can store it in or send it through systems that need printable strings

nobody is going to copy-paste an entire base64'd song

[late burrow]

string is necesary

[swift crag]

whether you start with an mp3, an ogg, or a wav, base64 encoding increases its size

[late burrow]

i can turn it to something else than base64 if you have better formats

[slender nymph]

why do you think it is necessary?

[swift crag]

a better format is to do nothing

[late burrow]

because its necesary to use only 1 link

[slender nymph]

why

[late burrow]

unless you know i store level in audio format instead

[swift crag]

you are not sending someone a URL that contains an entire 3-minute mp3 in it

oh, you mean storing the audio data in the linked level

just store all of this as binary data. there's no reason for the level to be base64'd at all

[queen adder]

So I tried it the way you suggested ( i think ), but now it's not returning any collisions

https://gdl.space/obuwogijiv.cs

[swift crag]

if you must have one (and only one) file, you will need to concatenate the level data with the audio data

[queen adder]

I'm so confused, sorry

[swift crag]

you could serve a .zip archive containing all the files, perhaps

[late burrow]

i used base64 just because im not 100% sure how proper binary data looks like

sometimes its 0 and 1s, sometimes its hex

[swift crag]

literally just don't do the base64 encoding

that's it. you're done.

[languid spire]

your checking LayerMasks not Layer id's

[swift crag]

there are multiple valid ways to interpret binary data, yes...

[slender nymph]

honestly this is like a super XY Problem
explain the actual purpose of what you are attempting to achieve

[queen adder]

not sure how to do this, I will look it up

[swift crag]

XYZWɑ

[languid spire]

Dont use LayerMask, use Layer

[late burrow]

just storing and loading audio out of string

[swift crag]

No.

That is your attempted solution.

[slender nymph]

what is the actual purpose of doing that

[swift crag]

please read the site boxfriend linked you to

[late burrow]

well to play music in game from the any link player wishes to type in

and that link needs contain level objects and so on

[swift crag]

this is a "custom level" system, isn't it

[late burrow]

yes

[swift crag]

again, you're talking about attempted solutions ("typing in links")

your goal is not to implement a way to type in links

your goal is to let people create custom levels with music

[slender nymph]

how are these custom levels constructed in the first place

[late burrow]

they are made out of positions of many objects where to place what

[slender nymph]

i am not asking about the contents of your levels, i am asking how the custom levels are actually made.

do you have some sort of in-game level editor, are you expecting users to make the levels in unity, are they being made in some third party software

[late burrow]

no it would burn my game they are made externally

i just have loader for them

[slender nymph]

externally how

[late burrow]

fine

they are osu maps

[barren scroll]

!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.

[slender nymph]

now, i am far from an expert, but i'm fairly certain osu does not store the audio data as a base64 string in its beatmaps

[late burrow]

of course not

[slender nymph]

so then how are your custom levels actually being created

[late burrow]

i setup server for downloading maps from mirror site, unzipping contents of it and mashing everything together into one string

[slender nymph]

why

just store the path to the audio file and download the audio file directly

[late burrow]

because your xy questions always lead to different solution which im not able to execute

audio as string, everything stops here

[slender nymph]

because your solutions are generally stupid

i know we're a far cry from storing variable data in gameobjects names at this point, but come on at least try and do things the smart way. you're inflating your data by more than 30% so it's not like you're saving on storage costs by encoding the audio as a string. if you have the audio file already just store the path to it then use unity's handy audio clip download handler

[late burrow]

no i can use raw bytes instead of base64 sure

just need learn on that rn

because im pretty sure i do can use blockcopy on string as well

[slender nymph]

alright good luck with that. none of this is legal btw because you absolutely do not have the rights to distribute these songs so good luck and try not to get sued

[willow breach]

Question about singletons/DDOL, I see we use Destroy(this.gameObject); if the instance exists and i assume it's to prevent multiple instances, but when i ran the game without it i dont see extra "player" instances anywhere and if i do use it it breaks my panel because it's no longer have the text object in the player script

[slender nymph]

is the player actually DDOL though

[willow breach]

yeah

[cosmic dagger]

did you setup the DDOL object correctly??

[slender nymph]

because if it is and you load whatever scene originally had it, then you absolutely would end up with multiple instances

[cosmic dagger]

how did you implement Destroy(gameObject)?

[willow breach]

private void Awake()
    {
        if (instance != null && instance != this)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            return;
        }

        instance = this;
        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);

    }

[slender nymph]

and if you are using the singleton pattern the entire point is to ensure that only one instance of the object ever exists at any given time. and destroying new instances is not what is causing issues with referencing other objects, it's the fact that when you change scenes those objects get destroyed so your DDOL object still references the destroyed ones

[willow breach]

ohh so its because my panel is getting destroyed and created again so the player with the old panel reference loses it?

[slender nymph]

yes

[cosmic dagger]

yes, only the objects marked with DDOL persist between scenes. if that DDOL object has references, they will become null during scene change because those objects are destroyed . . .

[willow breach]

thanks! well now im going to remove all of the tabs and have multiple panels on the menu scene
though i still need to have access to the player script from the game scene...
but with a singleton i complicate all the game objects that intercat with the player script

maybe i should have the player logic in a separate script like "idleManager" and it will be singleton. and all the other scripts from the other scenes will access it

[solemn bobcat]

As in the documentation (https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.3/Documentation/Manual/EditingValueProperties.html) I'm writing *=2 in the inspector field, but all the values are turned into zeros instead of being doubled. Am I missing something or is it bugged?

[deft grail]

what was the value before?

was it 0,0,0?

[cosmic dagger]

aren't the values 0?

[queen adder]

@languid spire sorry Steve I don't mean to trouble you right now, I just really can't figure this out. I redid my code to something more simple just to see if it is working. https://gdl.space/orawijequt.cs, but I'm still unable to have both booleans return true at the same time.

or if anyone else can help, the issue I'm having is my script won't touch the ground and wall at the same time

only separately for some reason

[solemn bobcat]

Oh, I've just read the note that proportion scaling doesn't work on multi-selection. I had multiple objects selected.

Wait, it still doesn't work for a single object...

[solemn bobcat]

It was 5.

[late burrow]

oh thats fun another byte format

[velvet sierra]

hello everyone. I just started game dev. So my character move fine but when i go diagonal it moves faster this is my code:

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    private Rigidbody2D rb; //Rigidbody = rb

    [SerializeField]
    private float speed; 
    
    private void Update()
    {
        //Controlls
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * speed, Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * speed).normalized;

    }
}

[solemn bobcat]

Why did they post a screenshot of using /=3 on mult-iselection when they pointed it doesn't work on multi-selection 🤔

[velvet sierra]

.normalized didn't solve it . It make weird to move it's slow

[slender nymph]

Seriously, stop trying to store your audio files as strings. If you've already got the actual files then just download the files directly instead of encoding them as strings to download

[deft grail]

you need to store the input in a vector, then normalize that, then set the velocity with the speed

[solemn bobcat]

multiply by speed after normalizing, not before

[velvet sierra]

I did not understand sorry. Can u guys explain like i'm 6 y.o and have brain issues?

[deft grail]

that is already the easiest explanation

try to understand it

[velvet sierra]

alr thanks

[cosmic dagger]

currently, i cannot test, but it should work fine . . .

[solemn bobcat]

.normalize changes the length of the vector to 1. In your case the length of Vector would define how fast character moves. If you have speed like 1000 and Vector like (1000, 1000), then you normalize it, you will end up with Vector (0.7f, 0.7f). In other words: no matter what's inside of the Vector, you will end up with speed equal to 1, which is why you need to apply your speed modifier afterwards.

[toxic yoke]

hey, I want to write a function so that if I click the LMB an Animator Trigger gets set. What function or command do I use to detect the click, regardless of the position of the mouse on screen? I have tried using the monoBehaviour.OnMouseDown but that only works in combination with a collider if I am not mistaken.

[hexed terrace]

google -> unity how to detect mouse click

[toxic yoke]

did it, only finding stuff on how to click on specific objects and not the general mouse click unfortunately

and i know how to implement that, my Point and Click game is almost finished lol

[hexed terrace]

The answer is in the 2nd result of what I suggested to google

[toxic yoke]

can you send me the link please?

[hexed terrace]

https://www.google.com/search?q=unity+how+to+detect+mouse+click

[toxic yoke]

thank you, that really didnt turn up for me

[hexed terrace]

don't just search one thing and then give up searching... refine/ edit the search to get different results

that came up instantly with my search

[toxic yoke]

i know, I just did that during a week long game jam but google sometimes is weird with what it shows

but again, thanks for the help

[swift crag]

Normalizing a vector sets its length to 1.

You can then multiply that vector with a number to make it longer (so that you move faster)

[velvet sierra]

rb.velocity = new Vector2(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical")).normalized * speed;
well thanks you all. I did this and it did solve diagonal fast movement but now i moves idk really weird i'm going to try solve it if i can't i'll probably come here again. thanks again

[solemn bobcat]

From my tests it looks like it works only if I keep the value on the left side (e.g. 5*2). *=2 just sets value to 0 the moment I type *.

[swift crag]

show the code you are running

oh wait, this is in the inspector :p

...is it?

let me see what you're doing either way

[solemn bobcat]

This solution should work fine as long you're using digital inputs (e.g. keyboard). In case of analog values (e.g. gamepad sticks) it would be better to use version without .normalize (since max value should already be normalized).

[velvet sierra]

i use keyboard. Yes it works but when i stop pressing button it moves a little bit like flying

[swift crag]

hm, that's working fine for me when I multi-edit two cubes' positions

[rich adder]

are you serious ?

you're still on this?

[knotty ferry]

ye man

I been 24h on this ;DDD

[rich adder]

didn't we like explain it dozens of times what solution was lol

[knotty ferry]

i tried the solutions but doesn't work

the time is working but it doesn't add seconds

[rich adder]

what exactly "doesnt work"

[knotty ferry]

it doesn't add time

[solemn bobcat]

Oh, I forgot about this edge case. You need to normalize Vector only if your inputs are not null.

var input = new Vector2(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
if (input.magnitude > 0) // if the legnth is longer than 0
  rb.velocity = input.normalized * speed;
else
  rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;

[rich adder]

which script are you adding

[knotty ferry]

Obstacle controller

[rich adder]

are you calling Respawn

also, IMO you should almost never modify public variables directly

use a method, so you can stuff more stuff in there like an event

this way you are aware what happens after for sure

[knotty ferry]

im calling respawn, the script that i made with score it worked propertly but this doesn't work

[solemn bobcat]

Then I assume something messes it up on my side. Perhaps some package (perhaps Odin?). Gonna test it on empty project later. Thanks for checking it out.

[rich adder]

how do you know its called ? and how are you sure the value part was run? you don't have any debugging going on

[knotty ferry]

i had debug i deleted it

[rich adder]

why

why would you delete them while debugging if its not working

[knotty ferry]

im gonna try again

[velvet sierra]

Thanks, it doesn't go more when i press for a sec but when i press for 3 or more sec it still go fly.

[rich adder]

for example

timerScript.timer += 20f; // Update the TimerScript.timer with the new value
Debug.Log($"Timer added {timerScript.timer}");

[knotty ferry]

it doesn't work if that doesn't work how does the score adds dfk

[rich adder]

what exactly means "doesnt work"

you have to be specific

[knotty ferry]

the debug log doesn't show

[rich adder]

then the method is not running

its that simple

[knotty ferry]

for u maybe it is mhm

[rich adder]

unless timerScript were somehow null or another before it in that method, there is no possible way it wouldn't run unless you're not calling it

[knotty ferry]

so what u suggest me doing to make the method running?

[rich adder]

make sure the confidion is true ?

if (transform.position.y < -10f) // Assume obstacle falls below -10 units in Y position

....is this part even running at this point

[knotty ferry]

the respawn is working

but the addtime is no

because if that wouldn't work it would respawn the obstacle but it respawns

and the score is being added

[rich adder]

how do you know

you just said log isn't running

[knotty ferry]

because there is text ui and it updates

[knotty ferry]

i added the debug log to the wrong text

[rich adder]

jesus

[knotty ferry]

maria

[rich adder]

so when you said this it was made up or what

[knotty ferry]

no it's the problem

it doesn't add the specific seconds to the timer when the obstacle gets pushed by the player and the obstacle respawns it should add 20 seconds to the text ui

[rich adder]

so you're saying this top line runs but bottom doesn't ?

  // Add score when the obstacle respawns
        Score.instance.AddScore(1);

        // Add time to timer
        timerScript.timer += 20f; // Update the TimerScript.timer with the new value```

[knotty ferry]

yes

u are correct

[cosmic quail]

so something is overwriting the timer's value?

[rich adder]

prob this ^

also can you show the debug you added now

since you said you added to wrong thing before

timerScript.timer += 20f; // Update the TimerScript.timer with the new value
Debug.Log($"Timer added {timerScript.timer}");```

Ideally you should have a method, like AddScore.
Do you see how it is its own method

[knotty ferry]

it shows this but it doesn't add

[rich adder]

my bad
should've done this

Debug.Log($"Timer {timerScript.timer}");
timerScript.timer += 20f; // Update the TimerScript.timer with the new value
Debug.Log($"Timer added {timerScript.timer}");```

[rich adder]

well there goes that

[knotty ferry]

it maybe adds but in game u don't see it

it should update the text ui

[rich adder]

yes, that part is true

are you sure you don't have more than 1 TimerScript script

[knotty ferry]

i have only 1 timerscript and other must be in obstacle controller

[rich adder]

how do you assign timerScript in Obstacle controller

[rich adder]

and this is on the same object as ObstacleController ?

can you show the ObstacleController's object inspector

[rich adder]

please dont crop, show entire object

[rich adder]

is this object LevelManager ?

[knotty ferry]

no

[rich adder]

ok I see whats wrong then

[knotty ferry]

this is levelmanager

it updates time in diffrent scene

[rich adder]

ok look at your reference

Timer Script = LevelManager right ?

[knotty ferry]

yes

[rich adder]

great,now look

        timerScript = GetComponent<TimerScript>();```

what do you. think this line of code is doing

in ObstacleController

[knotty ferry]

getting reference

[rich adder]

from where

[knotty ferry]

to timerscript component my is attached to same object

[rich adder]

bingo

computers dont lie

[knotty ferry]

mhm

[rich adder]

hey Remember this

[knotty ferry]

yes i do remember

[rich adder]

ok so you know what the fix is now right ?

[knotty ferry]

;Dd

[velvet sierra]

i change all the code

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovemet : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    private float moveSpeed;

    private void Update()
    {
        //Movement
        float moveX = 0f;
        float moveY = 0f;

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W)) moveY = +1f;
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S)) moveY = -1f;
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)) moveX = -1f;
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D)) moveX = +1f;

        Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(moveX, moveY).normalized;

        transform.position += moveDir * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;



    }
}```

and now it's work

[rich adder]

if you want collisions ever at some point you should not be moving transforms direcly

esp for character

[eager spindle]

rb.moveposition

what it does is checks if your object is hitting anything along the way when moving a position

[velvet sierra]

what should i do than

[eager spindle]

rb.moveposition

you should look up what it does

you have a rigidbody right

[rich adder]

use either a rigidody's movement or Character Controller

[knotty ferry]

still no clue how to fix that script

[rich adder]

they both have methods which respects collider

[rich adder]

movePosition is same as teleportation so no

it will phase through walls

its meant for kinematics

[rich adder]

wtf mate
You're grabbing the wrong component..

[eager spindle]

[rich adder]

remove the GetComponent line...

its literally grabbing a disabled script..

[knotty ferry]

now i get it

[rich adder]

if you assign components in inspector you should not use GetComponent

[knotty ferry]

After 20 hours

[rich adder]

as soon as game ran, it runs Start and it will run GetComponent

[eager spindle]

🎊

[rich adder]

lucky for you it did have it on the same gameobject so it didn't throw a null reference

[willow scroll]

Have you figured out that stuff with singletons tho?

[knotty ferry]

wdym?

[knotty ferry]

i didn't add singletons

[velvet sierra]

You seem like you know what you are doing can you help me?
So i did change my code back to this:

{
    [SerializeField]
    private float moveSpeed;
    [SerializeField]
    private Rigidbody2D rb;

    private void Update()
    {
        rb.velocity = new Vector2(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"),         Input.GetAxis("Vertical")).normalized * moveSpeed;

    }
}``` 
but for some reason when i go any direction more than 1 second my character floating and i have no idea what to do

[cosmic dagger]

i believe that was the other person . . .

[willow scroll]

It wasn't

[willow scroll]

#archived-code-general message

[eager spindle]

in an open world game is it efficient to detect which mesh colliders are within range and disable them? or does the physics engine already do that?

[knotty ferry]

if u talking about the Playerwalksound they now work propertly after Gameoverui they disable

[willow scroll]

Well, you should be using Singletons for that

[rich adder]

can you show what you mean "floating"

I can't tell exactly type of game you're going for

[willow scroll]

Also use FixedUpdate

[rich adder]

thats prety much what camera culling does

[velvet sierra]

2d top down. Character still moves when i no longer press button for some time like 1 or 2 sec

[willow scroll]

And GetAxisRaw to not normalize

[rich adder]

so when you let go of the keyboard keys it keeps going?

[velvet sierra]

yes

[velvet sierra]

for a moment

[eager spindle]

🎊

[cosmic dagger]

well that's an entirely different channel. i was speaking of in here . . .

[rich adder]

also you should deff use FixedUpdate to move, keep the inputs in Update

[velvet sierra]

Thank you all it did solved when GetAxisRaw and FixedUpdate

[willow scroll]

I simply wondered whether they have solved the issue from earlier, as they have mentioned needing 20 hours for something

[willow scroll]

How though.

It doesn't make sense to be, the issue shouldn't be solved simply from that little change

[rich adder]

the smoothing was prob messing with their let go (probably feels laggy with smoothing)

[cosmic dagger]

GetAxis is smoothed and will ease to 0. GetAxisRaw has no smoothing applied, thus will use the absolute value . . .

[velvet sierra]

I have no idea

[willow scroll]

It is explained in the message above

[velvet sierra]

Oh

[willow scroll]

I forgot about the GetAxis' smooth

[knotty ferry]

Hey i have another question can u suggest me how do i make that in diffrent scene it would add diffrent time? Like in Level 1 it would add 20 in Level 2 it would add 10 In Level 3 It would add 5?

[willow scroll]

Make a lambda switch for the current scene

[rich adder]

could also use some kinda of multiplier already saved in each level

[willow scroll]

score += SceneManager.GetActiveScene().name switch
{
    "Level 1" => 20,
    "Level 2" => 10,
    "Level 3" => 5,
    _ => 0
}

Of course, gotta have the tuples for all of them

[knotty ferry]

thanks

[rich adder]

might be too over the head for OP

lol

[willow scroll]

Looking fine to me.

[willow scroll]

I believe in you!

[willow scroll]

Also, doesn't this have any formula?

||```cs
score += 20 * (1 / Regex.Match(SceneManager.GetActiveScene().name, @"\d+"));

Whatever. There is no formula

[plush oxide]

I want to spawn capsules when I press D, and have a 2 second cooldown before you can spawn another capsule. Duplicating using instantiate. This is the one ive written, but it summons a lot of capsules https://gdl.space/xodojafaba.cpp

how do I make it stop instantiating

for 2 seconds

[rich adder]

why not do everything inside coroutine

[plush oxide]

everything like the keycode stuff as well?

[rich adder]

You could

like use something like WaitUntil

[plush oxide]

does wait for seconds not work here

[wintry quarry]

Or just do it all in Update

[plush oxide]

i am

[rich adder]

true

just get rid of coroutine altogether

[plush oxide]

alrigh

[rich adder]

use update with a timer

[deft grail]

nothing in this code even makes sense

the bool does nothing

[plush oxide]

time.time then

[plush oxide]

i forgor to delete that, my bad chat

[rich adder]

if you need the coroutine one

 IEnumerator Start()
    {
        while(true)
        {
            yield return new WaitUntil(() => Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D));
            //Instantiate
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(2);
        }
    }

````I think might work

[plush oxide]

interesting

what does the => do

[rich adder]

lambda function in this case

[plush oxide]

what does that mean

[wintry quarry]

just like...

float cooldown = 0;

void Update() {
  if (cooldown <= 0 && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D)) {
    Instantiate(prefab);
    cooldown = 2;
  }

  cooldown -= Time.deltaTime;
}```
@plush oxide

And I don't understand this spawn = true why is it a bool

it should just a function that actually spawns the thing

[plush oxide]

i see

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/lambda-expressions

[plush oxide]

okay ill read that

[rich adder]

but yeah just stick to Update if thats easier for you

less alloc

[plush oxide]

thats kinda smart

[plush oxide]

yeah ill try that

[plush oxide]

this ill have to read a bit to understand

but I think I got the general idea of how to fix this

[rich adder]

yeah coroutines aren't simple (at first) but eventually powerful to learn for other stuff

[plush oxide]

i see

thanks for both of your help though

🔥

[onyx tusk]

is there any way 2 get state of mouse (clicked, not clicked), that works if clicked in any screen dot, from any pos, in any dir?

[molten dock]

if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) { }

[swift crag]

if you're talking about receiving input outside of your game window...

you're getting into platform-specific code

but maybe I'm just misunderstanding your question

[onyx tusk]

it seems like always false

[deft grail]

then the code isnt running

is the script on an activate game object and is this code in Update?

[onyx tusk]

i want 2 make dragging "paint" by gameobjects

[swift crag]

Input.GetMouseButtonDown is true for only one frame

use Input.GetMouseButton if you want to know if it's up or down, full stop

[onyx tusk]

active, but in OnMouseEnter

[deft grail]

then that would be almost impossible for it to run

[rich adder]

OnMouseEnter relies on colliders

[onyx tusk]

yes

[rich adder]

Why would you use that if you want to be called from anywhere

[onyx tusk]

idk, i just wanted that all understanded that i don't need OnMouseDown or something like that

[rich adder]

we know, as Fen suggested you should use GetMouseButton but inside Update (Inputs are typically "polled" here)

[onyx tusk]

thx

[onyx tusk]

it works in OnMouseEnter also

[rich adder]

OnMouseEnter should not be inside Update no , it would never work

OnMouseEnter is a special Unity message from MB script, its called when mouse goes over a collider

[violet glacier]

How do I change the scale of game objects in my world space to the same scale as canvas ui?

[rich adder]

whats the usecase ?

[onyx tusk]

guy, it works. just works

[swift crag]

i have no idea what code you actually wrote

show it.

[brave robin]

The proper use of OnMouseEnter is this:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnMouseEnter.html

[violet glacier]

I'm building an android app where the ui scales with the screen. The game objects (enemies, player) are within the screen boundaries. However, on a smaller mobile resolution, these game objects become large and are cut out by the edges of screen. Similarly, on large resolutions, these game objects becomes very small.

[swift crag]

oh, you mean you used Input.GetMouseButton inside of the OnMouseEnter method

that sounds reasonable enough

[rich adder]

the timing would have to be insane

[onyx tusk]

public class OnChessUI : MonoBehaviour
{
    public EventHandler mouseEnter;
    public void OnMouseEnter()
    {
        if(mouseEnter != null)
            mouseEnter(1, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
    
}```
```c#
cell.GetComponent<OnChessUI>().mouseEnter = (e, s) =>
{
  if (ActiveUI.builder && Input.GetMouseButton(0))
  {
    /*my actions*/
  }
};```

[rich adder]

so you want your sprite objects to scale with Screen ?

not sure what UI has to do with anything

[brave robin]

Sounds like you need to adjust the camera size

[violet glacier]

Yes that's right

[swift crag]

changing your resolution should not change how large objects appear to be

the camera is going to render exactly the same (whether it's perspective or orthographic)

unless these are actually images on a canvas

[violet glacier]

Ah I see, thanks. I think the main problem is because of how objects are not scaling, they are rendering outside of screen space if I shrink the screen in free aspect

[swift crag]

are these objects images on a canvas?

[violet glacier]

No, they are outside of canvas, in the root directory with main camera

I made this infographic

[swift crag]

ah, you're talking about changing the aspect ratio

Is this a perspective camera or an orthographic camera?

[violet glacier]

Orthographic, it is in 2d

[swift crag]

Cinemachine could do this for you. It can adjust a camera's ortho size to keep an object (or several objects) in frame

alternatively, you can adjust the ortho size to make sure the camera covers at least a certain amount of space

to fit a square, you'd do something like this:

float minSize = 10;
float screenRatio = Screen.width / Screen.height;
float ySize = minSize; // ortho size is vertical, so just set this to 10, always
float xSize = minSize / screenRatio; // for a narrow screen, we need to make the camera zoom out

Camera.main.orthographicSize = minSize / 2; // the orthographic size is half of the screen's height

[violet glacier]

Ok thanks, I will look into it🙂

[swift crag]

To fit a non-square, you'd need to add an extra factor in when calculating xSize

e.g. double it to fit a 2:1 rectangle on your screen

[plush oxide]

https://gdl.space/bimavofate.cs this is for duplicating capsules using instantiate and having a 2 second cooldown before you can again. It doesnt wait for 2 seconds though and when I press D, it doesnt spawn 1 and spawns more

[swift crag]

cooldown starts at 0

so it will instantly spawn something

nothing in your code checks for keyboard input, so I would not expect pressing D to do anything

[swift crag]

oh

[plush oxide]

Input.GetKeyDown

[swift crag]

i had a moment

[plush oxide]

I see

[swift crag]

💥

[plush oxide]

what if I put the first if statement after the other one

then would it work

[swift crag]

This looks fine, then. It will spawn one object and set cooldown to 2

pressing D within 2 seconds should do nothing

[brave robin]

I would have the IF for the cooldown simply return after decrementing, since there's no need to check for input if the cooldown is still in effect

[swift crag]

it doesnt spawn 1 and spawns more

do you mean that hitting D spawns many objects instantly?

[plush oxide]

no, that happened earlier, now It duplicates whatever is on scene

i shouldve specified

my bad chat

[swift crag]

i don't know what "whatever is on scene" means

[plush oxide]

whatever capsules are on scene

[brave robin]

Is your script on the object that you're instantiating?

[plush oxide]

it duplicates them

[swift crag]

that does sound plausible

[plush oxide]

yeah

is that the problem

[brave robin]

tada!

[plush oxide]

interesting

i never thought that was a problem

[brave robin]

Well yes, because now all the new ones are also listening for D and then making more

[plush oxide]

OH

i see

do I just put the script on something else

[brave robin]

Yeah, put it on something that's sitting in the scene and handles that one task

[plush oxide]

alright , ill try that and message here again

[brave robin]

Its pretty common for a scene to have a bunch of game objects that just run logic and have no mesh or sprite

[swift crag]

most of my game objects have no physical presence

[plush oxide]

thats kinda clean guys

it works

[wind raptor]

I have a script that's getting too long. I'm trying to break it up for cleanliness/organizational purposes, but if I move an instance of someObject from script A to script B, it would be nice if script A could reference the instance of someObject without needing to prepend it with scriptB. How can I make all public members of a script global? Or, how can I give script A access to everything in script B without having to prepend "scriptB"?

[swift crag]

you cannot.

you're referencing a specific instance of a component

how would you know which ScriptB you're talking about if you didn't have to actually use a reference to a ScriptB?

[brave robin]

It might be that what they need is a singleton, or static class, if they want global access to something

But edepends on usecase

[raven ferry]

quick question, if i wanted to make a object that followed the camera in a set location, that i still could have scripts on and still interact with(trigger collider), i should use viewport space right? im trying to figure out how to make things like a pause button, a text box with text and hint button that stays in assigned screen locations.

[swift crag]

those should just use a Canvas

a canvas in either of the "Screen Space" modes will work

[raven ferry]

ah! okay!

[swift crag]

Screen Space - Overlay draws directly onto the screen, and Screen Space - Camera follows the camera around

[wind raptor]

Yeah, single instance of both A and B. Singleton or static is fine, but curious if there's some easy way to "include" all of B in A, as if it were part of the script

[swift crag]

There are partial classes

if you literally just want to break a single class's definition up into several parts

[raven ferry]

thank you so much

[swift crag]

public partial class Foo {
  public int one;
}

public partial class Foo {
  public int two;
}

[wind raptor]

huh

[swift crag]

I tried doing this once. It wasn't a great experience: I had trouble finding anything, since I had way too much functionality jammed into one class in the first place

[wind raptor]

Does that work, with Monobehaviours?

[swift crag]

I refactored my game to get the code out of the giant class entirely

I don't know about that.

oh wait, yes it does lol

because I did it

[brave robin]

I also avoid partial classes. I'd rather refactor the massive class into smaller utility ones that the main one can use

[swift crag]

partial classes are great for codegen, where you want to be able to generate a class in several independent steps

but not for fixing a class that's just Too Big

[brave robin]

partial is also sometimes used when multiple coders are involved, but that's better served with source control apps

[wind raptor]

Yeah, I just know I'd lose half a day refactoring it the "right way", and since I'm nearly done with this part, I can't decide if it's worth the effort

but thanks for the pointers anyhow.

[swift crag]

If you use a few fields or properties from another object very regularly, you could do something like this: