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[dawn wharf]

i am unable to put the vfx in the scriptable object

[astral falcon]

Are you trying to crisscross a Scene Object on a File asset?

[dawn wharf]

i think i found the problem's cause

[topaz mortar]

Why is Update not yellow?

[night raptor]

unity messages might not by default. does it matter?

[topaz mortar]

nah just wondering

[night raptor]

guess its just the way your IDE work

[topaz mortar]

there must be some difference, might be nice to know

[night raptor]

I think its unity messages (Update, Start, OnCollisionEnter etc.) which doesn't get colored in Visual Studio but your own methods do

[burnt vapor]

Unity specific methods (Awake, Update, OnCollissionEnter etc) are written in blue to indicate they are handled by Unity and should not be invoked by the game.

Also, be careful with async void methods. Not handling async code can lead to unhandled exceptions and undefined behavior in your code.

[quick pollen]

hey! so I have this peculiar problem where I'm using Transform.LookAt to orbit these projectiles around the enemy, but the weird part is that the projectiles are getting more and more distant every second

imma send code in a sec

I do

            transform.LookAt(_orbitPoint);
            transform.forward = -transform.right;```

[hexed terrace]

It's nothing to do with the lookat

[quick pollen]

to rotate the object around the point

[quick pollen]

how would you tell?

[hexed terrace]

because lookat does roation, not movement

[quick pollen]

the velocity is a constant

[hexed terrace]

you have a rigidbody on the projectiles.. you can see they have velocity in all axis..

[quick pollen]

and I just make the projectile move in the direction its facing

[hexed terrace]

share all your !code

[eternal falcon]

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[quick pollen]

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        time += Time.deltaTime;
        if(time < _orbitAfterSeconds || _orbitAfterSeconds <= -1){
            Vector3 angleVelocity = new(0f, _baseModifier * directionOverTime.Evaluate(time), 0f);
            Quaternion deltaRotation = Quaternion.Euler(angleVelocity * Time.deltaTime);
            rb.MoveRotation(deltaRotation * rb.rotation);
        } else {
            transform.LookAt(_orbitPoint);
            transform.forward = -transform.right;
        }
    }```

the upper part is responsible for other stuff

basically for the projectiles to go out

and for the velocity I do rb.velocity = transform.forward * moveSpeed;

[hexed terrace]

where

[quick pollen]

in a projectile handler script

I can send you the whole script but 90% of it is just hit detection

and enable/disable events

I use an animationcurve to set thespeed, but in this case the velocity is a constant

[languid spire]

I'm confused, if you are setting velocity why are you surprised that the position is changing?

[quick pollen]

thats not the issue

[hexed terrace]

'tis

[quick pollen]

the problem is that its straying further and further away

[hexed terrace]

it still has velocity for it to move farther and farther away

[languid spire]

'but the weird part is that the projectiles are getting more and more distant every second'

that is position changing caused by velocity

[quick pollen]

yeah, but they shouldnt be getting more and more distant if they're meant to orbit

[languid spire]

but that is not what you are doing

[hexed terrace]

but they still have velocity in the direction to move them away

[quick pollen]

what's a better way of creating orbiting then?

where the projectiles form a circle that doesn't change it's radius?

[languid spire]

you need to set the direction of your velocity along the arc of the orbit

[quick pollen]

and how do I get the arc of the orbit?

[languid spire]

calculate it, it could be as simple as a circle

[quick pollen]

my idea is that I don't change the direction of the velocity, I change the direction of the projectile, if that makes sense

I only apply velocity on the Z axis

I just change the Z axis

I don't apply velocity on the X axis as an example

the projectiles always move forward

[languid spire]

unfortunately, this IS rocket science

[quick pollen]

I know

but I don't want to calculate some relative gravity stuff

also im afraid to see what happens if my enemy moves

[languid spire]

I really dont think that the laws of physics care very much for what you do or do not want

[quick pollen]

yeaah thought so

some of them speed up, others slow down

how could I calculate the....

I actually semi-know how to calculate the circle

I just don't know how to implement it

I can calculate the distance between the projectile and the orbitPoint to get a radius

and technically you can already use that to get the arc of a circle

how do other games do it?

I know other games where they have projectiles orbiting an enemy

[languid spire]

99% of the time they fudge it, and ignore physics completely

[quick pollen]

tbf I wouldn't mind ignoring physics for this one

I really don't want to get into rocket science to keep an orbit

[languid spire]

easy enough, define a fixed path, either circle or elipse and lerp along it

[quick pollen]

I just don't know how to calculate that fixed path

the projectiles don't start out in a circle

so I can't use that

[languid spire]

you got a radius, that gives you a path

if you have 2 radii, that gives you an elipse

[quick pollen]

idk how the formulas work for that

[languid spire]

so research

[quick pollen]

not to mention I probably want to use velocity for it

which is uhh

idk

[languid spire]

velocity is physics

[quick pollen]

well okay

I just want to apply some translation

[languid spire]

you cannot only do half physics, it's all or nothing

[quick pollen]

like theres a function called transform.RotateAround

I was hoping thatd help

and ngl I'm having issues understanding the documentation

actually it cant be it i dont think

[languid spire]

forget Unity for one moment. Go and look at basic geometric methods and then see how they can be impemented using Unity

[quick pollen]

also, if I have a constant velocity going left, and I have the circle constantly looking towards a point, why isn't the orbit perfect?

the velocity doesn't change, the arc doesn't change

[quick pollen]

none of the things I found have actual formulas

I know I probably need some cosine and sine function to make it go in a circle

[languid spire]

https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Orbit.html

[quick pollen]

how would I even go about implementing a gravitational constant

I know it's 9.81 but how would that help

or mass

[languid spire]

both are done in Unity physics

[quick pollen]

but I don't specifically need unity physics

I only need unity physics to make the object move forward

I want to change the direction of forward

if that makes sense

[languid spire]

and I told you, it's all or nothing, you don't get to chose which bits of physics apply

[hexed terrace]

Easiest way to do this would be to put the projectiles under a parent.
Rotate the parent.
Move the projectiles out to the distance you want, don't move them, the parent rotation will do that for you.

[quick pollen]

thats a smart way too actually

tho idk how to even find a parent object

as in

the projectiles are prefabs

[hexed terrace]

you give them a parent when spawning them

[quick pollen]

how can I find the orbitpoint without using FindObjectOfType

[hexed terrace]

look up the instantiate docs

[quick pollen]

that would mess up other movements

[hexed terrace]

er.. no

[quick pollen]

and my main problem is still finding the object

because i cant serialize it

what if I want some projectiles to orbit around X, and others to orbit around Y?

[ornate lynx]

hello, how can i change a tile on a tilemap when i click a button?

[quick pollen]

basically how can I tell the projectile what they should orbit (who the parent should be) before they get instantiated

[hexed terrace]

how do you know where to spawn them now?

[quick pollen]

I have a script for spawning projectiles and it has a transform parameter

[hexed terrace]

there you go, why would it differ now?

[quick pollen]

well I need to overwrite some things then

[hexed terrace]

there's also no need to spawn each projectile... have 1 prefab, which is the parent with all projectiles below already.
Spawn the parent where it needs to be, have a class on the parent which then deals with rotation and moving the projectiles outwards

[quick pollen]

this is basically what I do

idk if it makes sense at first sight

[quick pollen]

btw this was funny

shoot i pinged mb

[fervent abyss]

hey is there any way to do a transform.Find but with parent objects? transform.Find("App Window/Layouts/" + currentAppName)

or do i just do it reversed

[rich egret]

!codr

!code

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[fervent abyss]

whut

[dusky zenith]

If you're looking to find an object in the scene, you can use GameObject.Find("objectName");

If you want to specifically find a child by this current object's parent, you can use transform.root.Find()

[fervent abyss]

oh yes thanks!!!

[dusky zenith]

You're welcome!

[dusky zenith]

By the way, root object, means the absolute parent here (the topmost transform in the hierarchy)

I made a mistake, sorry, if you want the parent not root, use transform.parent.Find()

[fervent abyss]

oh okay thanks!!!

[rich egret]

Hi, my plan in the function: MoveChildToParent is to delete the desired item from the string, but for some reason it randomly deletes another item
https://gdl.space/enoyuqojeq.cs

[dusky zenith]

Can you elaborate more about your problem?

[rich egret]

Ok, every time I remove an item, it deletes its name in another string

The purpose of the script is to take the name of an item and put it in a string

There are 3 types of strings as you can see

The problem is with the function MoveChildToParent

[dusky zenith]

So the issue is with PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredPlayerChild");? and the other DeleteKey?

[rich egret]

More or less

It just deletes another item name for some reason

I can show you a video if it's hard for you to understand

[dusky zenith]

Sure

[rich egret]

Sorry, I didn't notice the code was out of date

    {
        Transform parentTransform = parentObject.transform;

        foreach (Transform child in destinationObject.transform)
        {
            if (child != parentTransform)
            {
                child.SetParent(parentTransform);
                Debug.Log("Child " + child.name + " transferred to parent object: " + parentObject.name);
            }
        }

        lastTransferredPlayerChild = "";
        lastTransferredWeaponChild1 = "";
        lastTransferredWeaponChild2 = "";
        PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredPlayerChild");
        PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild1");
        PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild2");
        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }```

I keep trying to make it only delete one item but it doesn't work for me

[dusky zenith]

So the problem is that all the strings got emptied?

[rich egret]

Yeahhhh

[dusky zenith]

That's what your code does, when you call that function, you have

        lastTransferredPlayerChild = "";
        lastTransferredWeaponChild1 = "";
        lastTransferredWeaponChild2 = "";
        PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredPlayerChild");
        PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild1");
        PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild2");
        PlayerPrefs.Save();```

You delete the all the strings at once

[rich egret]

I know, how can you make one specific item be deleted?

[dusky zenith]

You can add an if condition to check if the object's name here is equal to lastTransferredPlayerChild then delete that and then add an elseif doing the same for lastTransferredWeaponChild1 and so on

[lime pewter]

Hey, all! I'm currently working on a tile-based liquid system using cellular automata and am wondering if anyone would have any suggestions as to how I could potentially go about creating a "pooling" system, creating the actual gameobject with all coordinates and total volume of the pool recursively would be quite easy, but I am wondering particularly how I could potentially create a visual representation of that pool, currently each "tile" is a separate gameobject using it's own logic which I could easily again recursively conform into a "pool" when it settles, however creating a custom shape which represents the "pool" seems to be more challenging, if anyone who's smarter than me has any suggestions as to how I could do that, any advice would be amazing! Currently the main concept would be to calculate layer-by-layer and creating a custom mesh based on those coordinates, however that becomes an issue if a single "pool" layer is obstructed by a tile.

[lime pewter]

currently my system settles each tile to an average value, however since all tiles are still actively checking it's surroundings (when it doesn't necessarily need to) it is quite laggy. Ideally the pooling system creates a general shape that stores the total maximum volume and it's current volume and would simply lower the mesh as liquid is removed and raise the liquid based on if the pool is added to, if multiple pools connect it would recalculate the entire pool's geometry I assume.

[rich egret]

TYSM

[dusky zenith]

if(child.name.Equals(lastTransferredPlayerChild)) //Delete
else if(child.name.Equals(LastTransferredWeaponChild1)) // delete LastTransferredWeaponChild1```

This is an example of what i mean

[rich egret]

🇹 🇭 🇦 🇳 🇰 🇸

[stuck palm]

i have this marker, which checks for things in the middle. how can i make it so it checks towards the pointed corner?

Vector2 screenPoint = RectTransformUtility.WorldToScreenPoint(_camera, _transform.position);
        PointerEventData eventData = new PointerEventData(EventSystem.current)
        {
            position = screenPoint
        };
        var results = new List<RaycastResult>();
        EventSystem.current.RaycastAll(eventData, results);
        bool foundCharacter = false;
        foreach (RaycastResult result in results)
        {
            if (result.gameObject.CompareTag("CharacterSelect"))
            {
                if (result.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out cb))
                {
                    _playerInputController.selectedCharacter = cb._characterInfo;
                    if (!characterHovered)
                    {
                        source.PlayOneShot(hover);
                        characterHovered = true;
                    }
                    foundCharacter = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

[rocky canyon]

has readme always been here?

[languid spire]

yes

[rocky canyon]

🤯 im blind lol

i thought it had been way up top

[stuck palm]

sorted it out nvm

[rocky canyon]

anyway, morning kind folks 👋

time to get to it

[strong wren]

hey im using the Child_Light GameObject to spawn more enemies

is there a way to spawn them in without having them as a gameobject?

like prefabs

but i need the code to be attached to it but i cant

[rocky canyon]

u need some script to do the spawning..

[strong wren]

no not really

just a way to spawn them in without having them in the game scene

[rocky canyon]

how u reckon that would work?

[devout bone]

So im tryign to make a simple pickup system using a tutorial i found online but for some reason the cube objects that i input become invisible to the player when in game mode

[strong wren]

prefabs

[rocky canyon]

u would have a reference to the prefab u want to spawn on the script doing the spawning

[strong wren]

ye but the prefabs dont have the code and crap

[rocky canyon]

perhaps a static class of some kind

GameObjectSpawner.Spawn(prefabToSpawn, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity); mebe

[strong wren]

not what im really looking for

the code that ih ave works but is there a way to attach code to prefabs?

[rocky canyon]

yes?

[strong wren]

how doe?

[swift crag]

yes, by putting a component onto the prefab game object

i don't understand your question

or your problem

[rocky canyon]

same boat friend

[strong wren]

see diff beetwen a game object and prefab

idk how to edit it

[swift crag]

The second is not a prefab

[rocky canyon]

u double click the prefab and it opens the prefab view

[swift crag]

That's the importer settings for your model asset.

[rocky canyon]

u edit it there

[swift crag]

The importer does produce a prefab asset from the model.

[strong wren]

oh do i just drag the gameobject in the project files?

[swift crag]

But you can't modify it -- it's read-only

[rocky canyon]

yesh thats how u create a prefab

[swift crag]

What you can do is create a prefab variant out of the model prefab.

[strong wren]

yeah well i tried that too

[rocky canyon]

^ prefab variants are nice

[strong wren]

and had an issue with it

[swift crag]

and what was the issue?

[strong wren]

so i have a script that just makes the prefab follow the player but once i put it in the project files i cant add the thing to follow

[swift crag]

that's because prefabs can't reference scene assets

[rocky canyon]

u have to reference the prefab as u instantitate it

[swift crag]

they will never be able to reference scene assets

[strong wren]

this is supposed to have the player thing

[swift crag]

ever

[strong wren]

oh so i make the player into a prefab/

[swift crag]

no

[rocky canyon]

and change the parameters via that referenence

[swift crag]

because then they wouldn't be referencing the player in the scene

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

You need to do this.

Instantiate the prefab, then tell the new instance about the player.

[swift crag]

The "child light" prefab could reference the player prefab, but that would not help them follow the actual player in the scene. It would just tell them about the player's prefab.

[rocky canyon]

  spawnedObject.target = whatever;```

[swift crag]

you need to pass a rotation as well if you pass a position to Instantiate

[rocky canyon]

oops

[rocky canyon]

coffee's starting to work

[devout bone]

The cube is supoast to be visible for the player and it is as long as its not on the pickup layer which i need it to be on since i want it to be an interrectible object

[rocky canyon]

this hangs up alot of ppl

[rocky canyon]

u using camera stacks? for the gun

[wintry quarry]

Your camera is not drawing that layer. Add it to the culling mask

[devout bone]

I have a single main camera

[rocky canyon]

sounds like a conflict with the layers u have set up

why not just use a different layer?

theres quite a few of em..

Interactable sounds good

[devout bone]

So i just set the camera to the pickup layer?

[wintry quarry]

No you change the culling mask of the camera

[devout bone]

Im confused

[wintry quarry]

To include that layer

[rocky canyon]

[devout bone]

Thx

It works

Thank you

[strong wren]

im reading the thing from unity how and im not rlly understanding nothing

like whats Example? private example i never heard of that and im getting an error every time i use it
whos foo? the player or the thing that follows the player

i know that im supposed to read the bottom part

[swift crag]

they're placeholders

it's showing you a pattern

[rocky canyon]

they're anything u want them to be

[swift crag]

you're going to need to get used to seeing placeholder names

[rocky canyon]

as long as they're<Type>

[undone rampart]

it shows you the difference between using a gameobject reference and using directly the component reference, Example and Foo are just examples for a component and function, those can be anything

[strong wren]

i know but for example
[SerializeField] private Example _example;
can i use
[SerializeField] private Player _Player; ?

[swift crag]

of course

you can do anything

[SerializeField] Florp ridiculouslyLongNameThatYouShouldNotUse;

they're placeholders

[SerializeField] A a;

[strong wren]

but then what is private? like yes if i am saying private GameObject then that game Object is private

[swift crag]

you can do that too

[rocky canyon]

nothingWrongWithASolidLongName;

[swift crag]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers

private is an access modifier

it controls who is allowed to see that field

[strong wren]

i know

[undone rampart]

private means the variable cannot be accessed by another class

[rocky canyon]

means u can only access that field within the script it was declared/defined

[swift crag]

then i don't understand why you asked that question

[strong wren]

im not asking what Private means im asking whats private in for example Player _player

[swift crag]

but you literally just said you know what it means

[rocky canyon]

it means what we said Applied to Player

in that example

[strong wren]

i dont think im explaning it right

[swift crag]

you aren't, no

private TypeName fieldName;

This declares a field called fieldName that holds a TypeName.

Only code within the same type (so, the same class) can see it

[strong wren]

ok

yeah but when i use
[SerializeField] Player PlayerBody; it just gives me a big fat error

[swift crag]

okay, and what is the error?

you can't just stop at "it gave me an error"

[swift crag]

then there is no such thing as Player

you don't have a class named Player

If all you need to do is tell the instances where the player is, you can give them a Transform

But you probably want to have a "player" component

[rocky canyon]

or use ur actual script name that u have for ur player

[strong wren]

wait in this code im calling on another class?

[rocky canyon]

yes

[swift crag]

read the entire page again

[rocky canyon]

Example.cs

[swift crag]

it cleraly explains exactly what is what

[strong wren]

well that explains alot

[swift crag]

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

[cosmic dagger]

The type: class, struct, interface, enum, must exist when using it to declare a field (variable) . . .

[rocky canyon]

you've been around a while.. u been coding without knowing this?

[swift crag]

If you don't know how classes work, you probably want to consult !learn ..

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[strong wren]

i didnt know that the script was talking about classes

[swift crag]

well what would it be talking about..?

the only other ways to create new types is declaring structs and enums

[rocky canyon]

yea, thats what we're saying tho.. by looking at the code and using context clues u can figure out whats happening..
if you have the fundamentals.. but i think u may be lacking a bit of information.. so i agree with the !learn content

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[swift crag]

and all component types are classes, because they all derive from the Component class

[cosmic dagger]

Every script has a class, interface, struct, or enum. That's the only way to create a type . . .

[swift crag]

oh right, interfaces! i forgot interfaces!

[rocky canyon]

oh snap.. i couldn't kill it with codeblock interesting

[swift crag]

time for a ZWJ

!‍learn

perfect

[rocky canyon]

😐 ive been bested

[worthy merlin]

https://gdl.space/pewesarida.cpp

I am trying to make a clamped velocity script that will clamp the velocity at a select amount so I am not beaming through my level. I got the forward velocity to work but for some reason my sideways velocity will not go to the correct maximum or minimum. Its always maxing at 1.14?

[rocky canyon]

https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1247284826835517450 ohh oohh i know

[cosmic dagger]

That's why your scripts have . . .

public class InsertScriptName

[wintry quarry]

Unfortunately only works for 3D at the moment 😭😭

[rocky canyon]

ohh 2D oof

well theres always a way..

[rocky canyon]

is this using a rigidbody i imagine?

[worthy merlin]

yeah

clamped is being called in my FixedUpdate

I can get the full script if you want

[rocky canyon]

can u share a snippet of ur logic?

[swift crag]

btw, you can just use Vector2.Project instead of dotting and multiplying

[rocky canyon]

yes please

[swift crag]

that'll also save you a few lines since you can use ClampMagnitude

[worthy merlin]

https://gdl.space/sohufiqose.cs

[rocky canyon]

whoa, epic clamp function

[worthy merlin]

I hope 😢

[wintry quarry]

One thing is if you're using AddForce that doesn't get applied until the physics simulation and isn't visible to your clamp. It's annoying as hell hence why I made a whole asset (partially) to make this simpler. Ofc it's only for 3D sadly

[swift crag]

additionally, gravity is applied in the physics update

so you miss out on that

[rocky canyon]

simulated physics ftw glad i use a CC most days

[wraith hornet]

guys, how to calculate new position from rotation (mathematics.quaternion) , float3 (position ), and speed ?

[swift crag]

you can rotate a float3 with a quaternion

[wintry quarry]

Is the speed in your forward direction?

[wraith hornet]

yeah

[swift crag]

so you can rotate a forward vector with your rotation

[worthy merlin]

Ok I'll see what I can do witht he Vector2.Project and clamp magnitude.

[swift crag]

then multiply that by your speed

[wintry quarry]

If so it's:

Vector3 vel = rotation * Vector3.forward * speed;
Vector3 newPos = Time.deltaTime * vel + oldPos;```

[swift crag]

(or the equivalent mathematics functions here)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

yeah, one of the overloads is quaternion and float3

[worthy merlin]

Did you mean Vector3 on this? Vector2 doesn't have this in Unity Docs

[swift crag]

oh, is there not one?

it'll work the same

you'll just have to cast back to vector2 (either implicitly or explicitly)

[gleaming kraken]

is vscode deprecated or something? heard it doesn't work anymore

[swift crag]

you use the "Visual Studio Editor" package now

hang on i need to take a photo of a cool bug

got it

[gleaming kraken]

wait vscode works?

[swift crag]

!ide

[gleaming kraken]

okay bet

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[gleaming kraken]

thank you

[swift crag]

make sure to uninstall the "Visual Studio Code Editor" package if it's present

[gleaming kraken]

oh, it appears I do have it. Does it make a difference?

[swift crag]

Yes. That's the old, deprecated package.

Also, you need to be on a least 2021

(see the VS Code section of that bot message; it goes through everything)

[gleaming kraken]

alright, thank you.

[cosmic dagger]

Interesting, did not know this . . .

[swift crag]

Newer versions of unity don't install it at all

for a while you got both installed, which was annoying

VSCode works great now. I used to have a lot of trouble with it

the Visual Studio Code Editor package produced project files that required VSCode to...i'm not really sure, use older analysis/.NET? I'm kind of confused about that actually

it was slow, though

[gleaming kraken]

i prefer vscode over vs cause of how lightweight it is

[swift crag]

it would take several seconds to do completions

You also had to manually install analyzers

I used this for a while https://github.com/Chizaruu/com.tsk.ide.vscode

it was still fiddly, though

I still have that analyzer DLL in my project. I should delete that and make sure it wasn't actually being used still...

[worthy merlin]

Would it be better to change how I am applying the forces then? Or will this be fine for now? Because the forward and backward velocities clamped just fine so I don't think its getting in the way of my clamps

[fervent abyss]

hey is there any way to do a transform.Find but with parent objects? transform.Find("App Window/Layouts/" + currentAppName)?

[swift crag]

sure, just go up to a parent

transform.parent

[wintry quarry]

transform.parent

[swift crag]

however, comma,

maybe there's a better way to do this

e.g. having a dictionary to look up app windows with

[fervent abyss]

like transform.parent and path to way up?

[wintry quarry]

There's only ever one parent for each transform

So no need for a search

[languid spire]

were you not already told about transform.root ?

[fervent abyss]

i tried but didn realy wowk

[swift crag]

i can assure you that transform.root does what it says on the tin

your problem was more likely that you're digging around in the hierarchy

which is very brittle

[rocky canyon]

you could write a clamp function that u can pass in ur variables to

a generic type function that doesn't care about anyhting but the values u give it and could run it thru that whenever

[outer hollow]

Hey guys, I wanna buy a desktop pc to start programming in Unity. Mostly 2D Games. What specs should I start with? I don't wanna spend a kidney on a PC

[fervent abyss]

what pc do you have rn

[outer hollow]

I have an old laptop, really old one. i5-6300U, 8GB DDR3, no gpu😂

[rocky canyon]

u dont need much.. 4 gig of ram.. i5, windows7 or higher graphics card with dx10 @outer hollow

[wraith hornet]

how about mathematic quaternion to float 3 ? how to do it ?

[rocky canyon]

but thats bare minimum.. i'd get atleast an 16 gig machine

[outer hollow]

I am not looking to play any games on it whatsoever but I do want it to be quite capable of running certain softwares... I need 32gb ram, but i dont have any idea of what gpu or cpu to get. I dont need anything too fancy..

I can get like a 4060 Ti or smth but I just dont really think Ill need it

[rocky canyon]

u dont need a 4060ti

1060 would be good enuff

[outer hollow]

Ik, so what should i get

Really?

[rocky canyon]

something with atleast 4gb of vram

[outer hollow]

Wow, unity doesnt need much today

[outer hollow]

Ok ok, how much ram should i get? I only want like unity, an ide and google running in the background

[rocky canyon]

u said u want 32

[outer hollow]

I want but idk if i need it😂

[rocky canyon]

i run 32.. but 4 would be the minimum. 16 is reccomended

[outer hollow]

Okay, thanks

[zenith cypress]

Windows will not enjoy 4gb

[outer hollow]

Yh😂

[rocky canyon]

facts.. but its possible

[outer hollow]

Also true

[swift crag]

More memory is useful for running multiple things at once

like Blender and Substance Painter

[rocky canyon]

if ur like me and u multitask with 2 monitors

[swift crag]

it also means more files get cached

[rocky canyon]

u want as much ram as possible

but atlas i dont have 64 😢

[worthy merlin]

https://gdl.space/dugidulego.cpp
I am probably missing something obvious but it keeps ignoring my maxBackward Velocity that is set to 1.5 in the inspector when clamping my upward/downward velocity. It keeps maxing out both at 3

[wraith hornet]

sometimes i open 3 unity projects at once

[worthy merlin]

Tried clamping magnitude with a positive and negative projection vector3 but clearly wasn't it

[rocky canyon]

3? thats chump numbers 😈

[zenith cypress]

Me with 4 Rider instances, 8 vscodes, 3 Unity instances, fork, steam, docker, chrome with 100 tabs, many file explorers

[rocky canyon]

^ brother from another mother

[swift crag]

ah, if you want separate forward and backward velocities, you need to handle forwards and backwards separately

...which actually calls fot a Dot, haha

[rocky canyon]

what are u using docker for 🧐

[swift crag]

float forwardDot = Vector3.Dot(upwardProjection, transform.up.normalized);

if (forwardDot > 0)
  clamped = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(upwardProjection, maxForwardVelocity);
else
  clamped = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(upwardProjection, maxBackwardVelocity);

like so

[worthy merlin]

gotcha lol. Also the 1.14 value on my sidestraifing is still happening both ways. Very unsure how to get it workin

[swift crag]

The magnitude of a vector is always positive

so your code around lines 21-36 doesn't work

[twilit cliff]

I'm facing a problem related to the Image that is getting destroyed. When I run the game, on the game scene I have a settings icon Button and when I click on it, it shows the settings screen, within the settings screen, I have "Restart, Resume, and Home" Buttons. When I click on the "Restart Button, it's destroying the Settings Screen Image and the script. Can someone help me fix this issue. I want the Settings Screen Image to remain on scene

Game Manager Script: https://gdl.space/ejumahivat.cs
SettingsImage script: https://gdl.space/eyituvegav.cs

[swift crag]

one thing to remember is that the velocity is in world space

maybe you're rotated a bit?

in that case, you'd see a lower Y component when moving sideways

since some of your sideways movement is in the X direction

[worthy merlin]

Even if, when its set to 50 its still doing 1.14 and the z is 0 with y being nearly nothing

[rocky canyon]

what function are u calling when u click Restart

[swift crag]

get rid of clamping entirely

perhaps something else is interfering

[twilit cliff]

Restart game method

[worthy merlin]

roger, will check

[rocky canyon]

well then dont disable the settings menu

actually if u load a new scene that settings screen wont exist anymore

a different instane of it would..

[twilit cliff]

If I don't disable the settings screen image, it stays on screen upon restart which makes it unplayable.

[rocky canyon]

didnt u say u didnt want it destroyed?

im confused now

[worthy merlin]

clamped variable here is going to be the same as clampedUpwardVelocity was right?

[twilit cliff]

Yes but just set to inactive

[swift crag]

right: it's going to be the velocity in the up direction

whether you're going up or down

[rocky canyon]

well i dont see where its getting destroyed.. but if u load a new scene everything in that scene is going to get destroyed.. unless u have it w/ DDOLs

[swift crag]

why do you think the settings object is being destroyed? are you getting an error about it being destroyed?

and where is this settings object located?

[rocky canyon]

hes loading a new scene directly above it ^

[swift crag]

yeah, if it's in the old scene, it's going away

[rocky canyon]

ur gonna have to find a way to tell the new scene what state its in

or make ur settings stuff its own scene.. and keep it loaded

load ur game scene on top..

something like this... where u have a scene loaded at all times w/ ur settings stuff

[twilit cliff]

@rocky canyon @swift crag Please allow me to explain:

Settings Screen image is initially set to inactive and when I load the game, click on the in-game settings icon, it sets the settings screen image to active within which I have 3 buttons (Restart, Resume, and Home).

When I click on the Restart Button, it's destroying the instance and from the Game Manager script (both settings screen image + settings Image script) due to this reason, if I click again on the in game settings icon, it's not showing the settings screen image

[worthy merlin]

Works perfect, thx! Now will take a look at the straifing

[rocky canyon]

have u heard of DDOL?

[swift crag]

put the settings object in DontDestroyOnLoad too, then

you're already doing that for the GameManager

[twilit cliff]

Yes

[rocky canyon]

i think thats ur answer.. unless u wanna rewrite ur settings menu

[twilit cliff]

It's an Image, so how to use DDOL for an Image ?

[rocky canyon]

its a gameobject innit?

[twilit cliff]

Should I attach a script to Canvas itself that contains DDOL?

[rocky canyon]

DDOL(urobject);

coulddo it in the gamemanager

since it already has a reference to it

[swift crag]

DontDestroyOnLoad is called on a game object

you're moving the entire object the settings menu lives onto into the DontDestroyOnLoad scene

[swift crag]

and you don't want to just move the object with the image, yes

[twilit cliff]

It's a canvas Image

[swift crag]

you could put a component on the canvas that moves its object into DontDestroyOnLoad

[rocky canyon]

doesn't matter what it is..

its a gameobject thats all tha tmatter

[worthy merlin]

You are right, something funky with my addforce. Its adding a force but keeps clamping at 1.14 instead of going higher

[twilit cliff]

@swift crag @rocky canyon thanks a lot guys ❤️🙏

[rocky canyon]

progress

[rich egret]

Hi

[rocky canyon]

Helwo 👋

[rich egret]

    {
        Transform parentTransform = parentObject.transform;

        foreach (Transform child in destinationObject.transform)
        {
            if (child != this.transform)
            {
                child.SetParent(parentTransform);
                Debug.Log("Child " + child.name + " transferred to parent object: " + parentObject.name);

                if (child.name.Equals(lastTransferredPlayerChild))
                {
                    lastTransferredPlayerChild = "";
                    PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredPlayerChild");
                }
                else if (child.name.Equals(lastTransferredWeaponChild1))
                {
                    lastTransferredWeaponChild1 = "";
                    PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild1");
                }
                else if (child.name.Equals(lastTransferredWeaponChild2))
                {
                    lastTransferredWeaponChild2 = "";
                    PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild2");
                }
            }
        }

        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }```

Anyone know why it doesn't work?

[fossil drum]

What doesn't work?

[rocky canyon]

explain doesn't work

[rich egret]

!code

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[rocky canyon]

jeez

bookmarks ppl lol

[worthy merlin]

Its adding forces consistantly. There is no drag or gravity so very weird

[zenith cypress]

forgejo and act

[worthy merlin]

oh its my spacebreak somehow. I forgot to add a xAxis condition to the coupling if statement 🤦‍♂️

[warm condor]

Hi guys, so I have this problem when setting a variable (AccelerationProgress) to zero when the current state is walking or running (meaning right when the player starts walking OR starts running, that variable becomes a zero). The problem is that in my line on code, if the player is walking and then runs, then that variable will not be set to zero. I have no idea what I can do to solve this issue, but I do feel like storing the current state and the previous state and then comparing them might solve this issue. Before doing that tho, I just want to confirm with you guys if that is a good solution or if you have another easier solution.
Here is my line of code:
if (CurrentState != State.Running.ToString() || CurrentState != State.Walking.ToString()) AccelerationProgress = 0;

[rich egret]

The purpose of the script is to take the name of an item name and put it in a string, but when I want to remove the string via MoveChildrenToParent but it doesn't work well...
https://gdl.space/muriroximu.cs

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[amber grove]

I cannot seem to connect my movement functions to the Events in my Player Input component. They are public and I have no compiler errors at the moment and I believe the correct script is attached (as in it is definitely the correct script unless I am misunderstanding what that slot is meant to take).

(not sure if this is the right channel. Feel free to let me know if this should go somewhere else and I'll delete and repost it over there)

[deft grail]

show the code

[rare basin]

you need a public function with correct parameters

to match the delegate

[amber grove]

https://pastebin.com/exs1aEYF

[languid spire]

you dragged in a script. Not a game object with the script

[amber grove]

Not sure what this means... should I be dragging in the script component in my player object or the player itself?

[rare basin]

you need to drag the instance

not the script from the assets files

[languid spire]

player

[amber grove]

ah, I think I can see now... fingers crossed.

[vocal sail]

I have a problem when using event system, I want to broadcast a event on Start().
Putting the subscribe part of other scripts doesn't work, the Start() method from the Manager script might executed before the other subscribers.
Then I moves the subscribe part of subscribers from Start() to Awake().
But it collides with the Awake() function in the Manager script to initialize a instance of itself, the subscribers cannot find the instance of the Manager.
So what is the optimal way of doing this?

[rich egret]

❔

[polar acorn]

If lastTransferredWeaponChild1 is not being set to blank, then child.name is not equal to it

So log both of those and see what they are

[twilit pilot]

you need to think about the lifetime or your objects and the order that your logic is supposed to run in - generally, Awake is for constructing the script/object itself, and Start is for initialising it with references to other scripts/objects, a couple things you can do:

1. Call things when you want to call them. If you have a few objects that need to do things in order, and you're spawning them in/out/whatever else, have a method to organise that, e.g

void Initialise() {
    Manager manager = CreateManager();
    List<Child> children = CreateChildren();
    foreach (var child in children) {
        child.Initialise(manager);
    }
}

2. Rely on Awake/Start, but set the script DefaultExecutionOrder to guarantee which script runs first https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-MonoManager.html

[vocal sail]

does using a coroutine to make the call of the event delayed like 0.001 seconds help?

[chrome tide]

what do you think is the best way to handle items in a player inventory? is List<GameObject> fine for holding items?

[young fossil]

Hey, so I've been wanting to make an AI for a capture the flag demo. I have been researching GOAP and it seems that is too much for what I need, yet a basic FSM solution is still not effective either

[twilit pilot]

it can "work" in isolated cases, but it's a really bad way of doing things imo

[polar acorn]

Lists are fine, but you should probably have a custom component that determines what an "Item" is

[chrome tide]

ok, thanks

[young fossil]

So trying to find a middle ground between GOAP and FSM. Behaviour trees is another solution but struggling to see the advantages of that

[vocal sail]

I see, so I just call the functions of my subscribers in their own Start() will be better rather than call by the manager

[young fossil]

Completely depends on what system you are trying to make. If it is a simple horror game where you can pick up things and drop them, a list is fine. But if it is a whole interactive UI inventory system then you may want to look into dictionaries. Again, depends if you need it serialised or not too

[twilit pilot]

I'm not sure what you mean

[chrome tide]

ok, i think lists are fine in my case. thanks for answer

[vocal sail]

because I call the event on Start() is equivalent to do all the stuffs on the Start() of each subscriber, so doing the latter should work as intended

[twilit pilot]

I'm still not quite sure what you mean, it sounds a bit like you've tried to use events in a place where it doesn't make much sense to use them at all. If your objects/subscribers can happily initialise themselves in Start() anyway, there's no need for an event

[summer stump]

Then a behaviour tree sounds perfect for what you want

[twilit pilot]

perhaps you should share the code you have currently as it doesn't make much sense

[cosmic dagger]

Definitely use a custom type (class) to hold the items. A list will work and ia easier when adding/removing items . . .

[vocal sail]

I guess so, there is no need to use a event on Start(), I guess I figured out the way. Thanks for the help ❤️

[chrome tide]

fine.

[young fossil]

My only gripe is Unity doesn't come with a visual graph editor

[slender nymph]

muse behavior exists and is free

[summer stump]

Ahh, you don't need one for a behaviour tree. It can be entirely code if you want.
But yeah, what boxfriend said

[young fossil]

Yep, don't need one, true. Would be nice though, but oh well

[summer stump]

Did you see what boxfriend said. Because there is one available

[young fossil]

Yep, I'll consider it

[amber grove]

I am still trying to get this player input component working. For some reason the move call seems to want to call a function with a signature that lacks any input value... but surely that isn't right? I need the input value from the move input to know which of the four directions the player is moving. I am very confused... How do I get the Vector2 into the function if the function may not have any variables in the signature?

Code Link:
https://pastebin.com/1dLzxNNs

(I got OnMove into that slot by commenting out the content of OnMove and cutting out InputValue then saving and only then was it available... when I added all that stuff back in it now says the function is missing)

[summer stump]

The parameter needs to be CallbackContext
As it says in your image
"Move (CallbackContext)"

[slender nymph]

How do I get the Vector2 into the function if the function may not have any variables in the signature
your method will need to accept an InputAction.CallbackContext parameter

[amber grove]

Not sure I understand. Is the problem that the type of my InputValue is input and not InputAction.CallbackContext? If so, I'm not entirely sure how I would go about making it that but I can probably figure that out.

[slender nymph]

your OnMove method needs a parameter of type InputAction.CallbackContext

[amber grove]

As well as the one of type input? or instead of?

[slender nymph]

wtf are you even referring to there?

i am referring to this method: public void OnMove(InputValue input)
the type of the parameter needs to be InputAction.CallbackContext

not InputValue

[amber grove]

In my current function there is a parameter InputValue. Is what you're talking about meant to replace that or is it seperate.

Ah. Replace. Alright.

[rich egret]

Still does not work

[slender nymph]

were you somehow confusing the parameter's name input with a type? because if so, you may want to refresh yourself on the basics of c# to learn the difference between types and identifiers

[amber grove]

Yeah I think I was. Possibly mainly that I'm tired. I know the concepts just new to C#.

[warm condor]

Hi guys, so I have this problem when setting a variable (AccelerationProgress) to zero when the current state is walking or running (meaning right when the player starts walking OR starts running, that variable becomes a zero). The problem is that in my line on code, if the player is walking and then runs, then that variable will not be set to zero. I have no idea what I can do to solve this issue, but I do feel like storing the current state and the previous state and then comparing them might solve this issue. Before doing that tho, I just want to confirm with you guys if that is a good solution or if you have another easier solution.
Here is my line of code:
if (CurrentState != State.Running.ToString() || CurrentState != State.Walking.ToString()) AccelerationProgress = 0;

[slender nymph]

oh god why are you storing the state as a string instead of just using whatever type State.Running and State.Walking are?
anyway, more info about how you are transitioning from states would be helpful to determine the best way to go about this

[warm condor]

I don't understand, how am I supposed to store the state?

with numbers?

[slender nymph]

is State an enum?

[warm condor]

yes

[slender nymph]

then use that

there is no reason to convert it to a string to store it in a variable

[warm condor]

oh I see. I will change that

[warm condor]

can I just send you my entire code?

[slender nymph]

sure, use a bin site like the bot shows 👇 !code

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[warm condor]

here: https://gdl.space/itojoroxex.cs

@slender nymph the issue is on line 87 on the function ResetProgressionValues

[slender nymph]

holy hell this is a mess. you're going to need to refactor this if you want to do this in a sane way because you'll need to check what state you are transitioning from when you go to transition into the Walk or Run state
or if you just want a bandaid solution, you can just check what the current state is when you go to call Run() or Walk() and just reset the AccelerationProgress if you are in the opposite state

[rich egret]

The purpose of the script is to take the name of an item name and put it in a string, but when I want to remove the string via MoveChildrenToParent but it doesn't work well...
https://gdl.space/muriroximu.cs

[polar acorn]

Just gonna ignore me then?
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[warm condor]

check what the current state is when you go to call Run() or Walk() and just reset the AccelerationProgress if you are in the opposite state

How do I do that?

[slender nymph]

with an if statement

[summer stump]

private State myCurrentState

if (myCurrentState == State.Running)

Or a switch if you have a bunch of states (I did not look)

[warm condor]

yes I am aware of that, but I don't know what the condition must be to check if they are in the opposite states

[slender nymph]

aethenosity just showed you

by "opposite state" i am just referring to those two states you are having trouble with

[warm condor]

ahhh ok yea I get it hahaha

[slender nymph]

you would be much better off if you built a proper state machine where you transition into a state explicitly and explicitly transition out of it as well instead of this just possibly random hopping into and out of states with no control over what happens when you enter/exit a state

these simplistic if/else chain state machines don't allow fine grained control over what happens when you enter or exit a state and so you end up with spaghetti when you try to do anything deeper than just moving in a specific way during a state

[swift crag]

adding a SetState method that handles the transitions can help with that. I use that for systems that are just a few fixed states.

[warm condor]

im sorry, this is the first time I have used an enum. When ever I use an enum, I always use .ToString. just one more question, aethenosity used cs State.Running and compared that value to myCurrentState, then how is myCurrentState being saved

[wintry quarry]

It's a variable

[timber tide]

strings and enums are identifiers. So technically making an enum into a string is quite redundant

[wintry quarry]

It's saved... in whatever scope it's declared in.

But yeah no reason to use ToString most of the time.

[warm condor]

how do I do that? I dont understand 😭

[warm condor]

is the variable a string?

[wintry quarry]

no

It's a State

enums are custom types

they're datatypes just like int string SomeClass MonoBehaviour etc

State myCurrentState; is a variable of type State named myCurrentState

[slender nymph]

using State as the type for your CurrentState variable was the first thing i suggested to you

[warm condor]

yea your right 😅 I didn't seem to understand what you meant here

[summer stump]

You simply set it by:
myCurrentState = State.Running

[slender nymph]

you're just creating a whole bunch of garbage and unnecessary conversions when you ToString an enum just to store it in a variable. you're also likely increasing the amount of memory you are using in many cases when doing that since an enum is just a regular integer with a fancy nametag at compile time so it's just 4 bytes where as the strings vary in size based on the number of characters

[summer stump]

Or whatever state you want

[warm condor]

ok well thank you! ill apply these changes

[ivory bobcat]

Strings are also slower to compare and use more memory - for the most part.

[swift crag]

you also lose some sanity checks from the compiler

someString == "totally bogus name!!!" is fine

myEnumVal == MyEnum.IMadeThisUp is a compile error

[warm condor]

this gives an error? but I just did that right now and it is not giving me any errors

[swift crag]

presumably you used an enum value that actually exists

i'm talking about a bogus name

[summer stump]

If the enum value does not exist, it would give an error

[swift crag]

"i made this up" was misleading since the entire thing is made up :p

[warm condor]

ahh well yea that makes sense

[swift crag]

MyEnum.ThisValueDoesNotExist

this is not a pipe

[polar acorn]

L'eci n'est pas un enum

[timber tide]

One of the more useful uses of enums is it's got type constraints, so you aren't just comparing some raw string values

[swift crag]

a cool thing about enums is when you use them in a switch expression

int result = myEnumVal switch {
  MyEnum.Foo => 1,
  MyEnum.Bar => 2
};

You get a warning if you skip any enum values

Annoyingly, you also get a warning if you don't have a default case (because it's possible to cast an int into a bogus enum value that doesn't exist)

i turned that off

that way, if I introduce a new enum value, all existing switch expressions get warned for missing the new value

adding a default case winds up hiding the problem!

[timber tide]

oh yeah they look nice in switch statements too is always a plus

[swift crag]

    public float ToSliderValue(float value) => kind switch
    {
        Kind.Linear => value,
        Kind.Logarithmic => Mathf.Log(value, 2)
    };

    public float FromSliderValue(float sliderValue) => kind switch
    {
        Kind.Linear => sliderValue,
        Kind.Logarithmic => Mathf.Pow(2, sliderValue)
    };

[timber tide]

I used to really abuse the heck out of strings, but enums are life now.

Probably some bad python habits

[rocky canyon]

enums are epic

i'd call singletons life over enums doh

[warm condor]

huh, this is interesting because this switch case starts with cs int result = myEnumVal. The way I have learned it in C is much different. You have to add an argument that goes over each case (ex case 1, case 2, etc.) until it finds a match.

I have to start learning how switch statements work in C#

[swift crag]

It's not a switch statement!

It's a switch expression

an expression is something like 3 + 4

statements contain expressions, amongst other things

switch(myEnumVal) {
  case MyEnum.Foo:
    result = 1;
    break;
  case MyEnum.Bar:
    result = 2;
    break;
}

a similar switch statement

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/switch-expression

vs https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/statements/selection-statements#the-switch-statement

[whole lark]

hi, does someone know how to fix this error? 😅

[swift crag]

The proper name of that class is TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI

You can either:

• write the full name, including the namespace
• add using TMPro;

[slender nymph]

configure your !IDE

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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[swift crag]

(and do that, yes)

it should be suggesting a fix

[warm condor]

btw I just found a flaw in this code. For example, if I am running, this value would be set to zero non stop only until I switch to my walking state.
if (CurrentState == State.Running || CurrentState == State.Walking) AccelerationProgress = 0;

[slender nymph]

Why are you doing that

[warm condor]

I want an if statment that will reset the AccelerationProgress only once untill these conditions are met

[summer stump]

If you are running or walking then set acceleration progress to 0 every frame? (Assuming update)

[slender nymph]

Just check if the current state is running when you want to start walking and vice versa

Two separate checks

Or take my better advice of completely refactoring to a more robust state machine that has entry and exit methods for each state so you have better/more extendable control over everything

[warm condor]

I don't know how to make that tho. What is a state machine and an exit method?

and how do I apply it to what I am trying to do?

[warm condor]

yes. this code is running constantly

[whole lark]

ah thanks ^^

[white yew]

A state machine runs specific behaviour for an object when it's assigned to. Think of it like Turing machine, it loads a specific class for the appropriate type, that runs specific design behaviour for that state, and then exit when either the manager that holds the state machine decided to load a new state to it or when the state have specific instruction to load a new state after it's finished with it's behaviour. Here's a video that cover about state machine in Unity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1bd75R10m4

[warm condor]

ohh thank you! I needed that

[gleaming kraken]

i still wonder to this day how the hell the rollercoaster tycoon dev made the game in assembly

and im over here struggling with c#

[white yew]

Not all great assembler programmer started to work in game industry. They had experience of failure and tries before they were able to pull off such great success.

Not to mention, but I recall a developer in Activision talked about the Z-depth bug in World of Warcraft (or was it something else?), where a character would be clipped over a wall, due to of how the game engine handles the draw implementation between the environment and the playable character.

[rich adder]

its because you have more restrictions to what you can do, you force yourself to learn more

c# is pretty forgiving and there are soo many ways to do something

[gleaming kraken]

i truly hope i dont pull a yandere dev

and get clowned on for poor code

but i have so many else ifs

and dont know how else to implement it

[white yew]

C/C++ requires extensive care with memory management and code structure. C is very abstracted, C++ includes classes and object orientated programming is made possible, but comes with high risk cost of memory violation. C# makes it memory safe, but at the cost of performance dealing with garbage collector.

You are in a beginner channel, where it should be easy to ask for help and recommendations.

[rich adder]

there is nothing wrong with having a bunch of else if who said its bad ?

[gleaming kraken]

no like

5 else ifs

i think that's an issue

[rich adder]

I had bigger

[white yew]

If you have too many conditional statement, then consider refactoring it down to simplier statement.

I think the best way to approach C# is to make your game as simple as possible, describe what your game absolutely need to function, and then branch out from there. If you start C# by detailing a function that doesn't impact your entire game, then you need to take a step back and focus on your pillar of the game.

[rich adder]

switch is the same thing as a bunch of else if

[zenith cypress]

Under a certain amount. Then it becomes a jump table if possible

[white yew]

Becauae the neat thing about C# is that once you describe the abstract class of what your game does, you can create override class and inherience to define specific behaviour for your game. E.g. An IPlayer interface can be applied to a character or vehicle, depends on how you define it.

[rich adder]

I would say interfaces are more on the Composition side of things than inheretence

[molten dock]

for something where theres lots of different enemies which do different damage and effects

what would be a clean way to code that

[rich adder]

thats a very vague question

[molten dock]

cause i can only think of a big script of if statements

[rich adder]

what way "clean"

[cosmic dagger]

whoa, that's a big one . . .

[molten dock]

like if tag = guy 1 if tag = guy 2

on and on like that

mb sorry for being vague

[rich adder]

each enemy should have their own behavior and not having to check any tags or anything

[cosmic dagger]

simple solution is to use OOP (inheritance) for the enemy classes . . .

[rich adder]

maybe here you can use Inheretence or abstracting the class

override the methods in each enemy etc

[cosmic dagger]

better solution is to create separate classes and stack them on enemies to create their specific behaviour . . .

[rich adder]

indeed. Unity is component based, make a bunch of components

[woeful dawn]

vague answear for vague question here: there is tons of design patterns to try out. Combinations of factory and inharitance/composition and maybe even state machine 🙂

[molten dock]

i will look into those things thanks guys

[molten dock]

could you explain this a little more please

[amber grove]

I am getting 6 The referenced script (Unknown) on this Behaviour is missing! errors and I haven't the slightest clue what the problem is. I have checked all my scripts and the public class is indeed named the same as the script file and I can't find any object which does not have it's script component attached correctly... also the errors do not highlight or indicate toward any asset or gameobject. How does one debug such an error?

[cosmic dagger]

e.g., i have two turrets: both have a Shoot component and a FindTarget component, but TurretA has a Rotate component while TurretB does not. this means TurretA can find targets in range as it swivels while TurretB can only find targets that come into its range—since it doesn't rotate. by stacking components, you can add/remove functionality, and this changes their behaviour . . .

[rich adder]

its probably one of your objects/prefabs with a missing script

or you saved changes of script during playmode

[amber grove]

I think it might be this... how do I fix it?

[rich adder]

there is nothing to fix then

its not gonna be there again

the old script because now its a different script as far as computer cares

[amber grove]

hmm. I kept getting it. Might be a comedy of errors on my part though.

[rich adder]

like I said unless you have a prefab/gameobject somewhere with a missing script, or broken meta. This only happens when you Compile scripts changes while in Playmode

[amber grove]

I don't have any prefabs afaik and all my gameobjects have their scripts attached (there is only a few so I was able to check them all manually)

It's probably fine.

[rich adder]

so yeah just be aware of saving script changes while in playmode it will happen

you just restart the simulation and ur good to go

[cosmic dagger]

the same applies to enemies. all of them will have a base Enemy script, but you can add individual components to give them different behaviour. adding a Jump component will allow any enemy with that component to jump, while others will not. each GameObject will have a separate instance of Enemy; you can use prefabs to give certain enemy types different values for attack, damage, health, etc . . .

[woeful dawn]

That's general idea behind having component base architecture. Don't be afraid of having multiple scripts, just try to not couple them to much.

[molten dock]

Is component another word for script

I get it now tho thank you

[woeful dawn]

in most cases with unity it will be interchangeable: scripts / monobehaviours / components.
but scripts can also be other stuff. like scriptable object or just plain c#

[rich adder]

if its on a gameobject, its a component

[amber grove]

For some reason the button variables in this script are not serializing (I think that's the right term) in the editor. I want to be able to tell the buttons whether to be visible in this script and so need their object but I am not able to get a slot for them.

https://pastebin.com/8mqxjDti

[rich adder]

wrong Button class

using UnityEngine.UIElements;
should be
using UnityEngine.UI

[amber grove]

damn. it really were that simple weren't it. Thank you very muchly.

[rich adder]

sometimes it is , gotta keep an eye out what the IDE puts there on their own😛

[amber grove]

hmm... I get the feeling I may have switched it to UIElements because it looked like that had the ability to change the object's visibility. UnityEngine.UI.Button seems to lack the ability to change that.

[rich adder]

yeah don't think there is a need for UI Toolkit buttons to be in inspector, they constructed different than old GUI with binding and all that

[rich adder]

you can just hide the gameobject no?

[amber grove]

Ideally yes. That is the goal.

Doh. If I'm doing that I should have the gameobject as the variable. Pardon me.

[rich adder]

you can access the gameObject

from component

every component has a .gameObject property

[rich adder]

myButton.gameObject 🙂

[amber grove]

Yep. Just trying to look up how to set it to invisible now.

[woeful dawn]

I believe it was something like gameObject.SetActive(false); but can't check that right now

[amber grove]

yeah that's right. I've got that.

[rich egret]

Hi

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[rich egret]

In the MoveChildrenToParent function the strings are not deleted well
https://gdl.space/itokuhepiw.cs

How to fix it? 🤔

[polar acorn]

Jesus fucking christ I know you haven't blocked me, I can react to your posts, why do you just ignore my answer every time you repost this same question
#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich egret]

Hey, I didn't block you 😂
I just forgot to respond to this, sorry bro

[polar acorn]

Three times?

[rich egret]

I know 💀

[summer stump]

Three times, and then reposting your question two times?

[rich egret]

I just went to try to fix the code after I wrote it and I didn't look at the discord

I have no reason to lie 😅

[rich egret]

Well I will try what you said

[ember tangle]

What is a good way to troubleshoot the input system slowing down?

[rich egret]

@polar acorn

    {
        Transform parentTransform = parentObject.transform;

        foreach (Transform child in destinationObject.transform)
        {
            if (child != this.transform)
            {
                child.SetParent(parentTransform);
                Debug.Log("Child " + child.name + " transferred to parent object: " + parentObject.name);

                // Logging the values for debugging
                Debug.Log("Comparing child.name: " + child.name + " with lastTransferredWeaponChild1: " + lastTransferredWeaponChild1);
                Debug.Log("Comparing child.name: " + child.name + " with lastTransferredWeaponChild2: " + lastTransferredWeaponChild2);

                if (child.name.Equals(lastTransferredPlayerChild))
                {
                    lastTransferredPlayerChild = "";
                    PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredPlayerChild");
                }
                else if (child.name.Equals(lastTransferredWeaponChild1))
                {
                    lastTransferredWeaponChild1 = "";
                    PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild1");
                }
                else if (child.name.Equals(lastTransferredWeaponChild2))
                {
                    lastTransferredWeaponChild2 = "";
                    PlayerPrefs.DeleteKey("LastTransferredWeaponChild2");
                }
            }
        }

        PlayerPrefs.Save();
    }```
Like this?

If you ask, they don't respond

[slender nymph]

give them more than like 10 seconds to respond. parsing that giant block of code and trying to figure out why you've chosen to do any of this in this manner is going to take a minute

[summer stump]

Especially considering you ignored digi for hours

[rich egret]

It was not on purpose 😅

[summer stump]

Well, just keep that in mind before complaining that digi didn't immediately respond. We all tab back and forth here between work, so it may take a moment

[rich egret]

Don't worry, I appreciate this guy

[amber grove]

Also it is worth scrolling back to see how people responded to the original time you posted the question before reposting it to see if you've already been answered... people tend to get annoyed if they are repeating themselves at a brick wall.

[rich egret]

I know I already did that, thanks anyway!

[languid spire]

you know, I dont see any difference in that code from the last 3 times you've posted it

[polar acorn]

I dunno man try posting it two more times

Also you don't have to ask "like this" you can just run the code

[rich egret]

Because I couldn't solve the problem so I went back to the original code 🤷‍♂️

[rich egret]

Because maybe I didn't put them right, logging is not my forte

[polar acorn]

Well, if you run the code, and it says "Halibut" you can probably guess something went wrong

[rich egret]

Ok the logs work, you were right, the code had to be run several times

[polar acorn]

So, since it matches the second one, it blanks that one. Since it does not match the first, it doesn't blank that one

That seems to be exactly the behavior you've coded in

[ember tangle]

{
    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W)) //move forward
    {
        newCameraPosition += transform.forward * cameraMoveSpeed;
    }

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S)) //move backwards
    {
        newCameraPosition += -transform.forward * cameraMoveSpeed;
    }

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D)) //move right
    {
        newCameraPosition += transform.right * cameraMoveSpeed;
    }

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)) //move left
    {
        newCameraPosition += -transform.right * cameraMoveSpeed;
    }

}``` Is this not frame independent? It slows down massively the more game logic I have.

The entire Input system is suddenly sluggish

[polar acorn]

Where do you call HandleDirectionInputs

[ember tangle]

In the Update() method

[polar acorn]

So, why would it be framerate independent?

[rich egret]

So do you have an idea how to change the code?

[polar acorn]

You're calling it in Update and not using any sort of deltaTime

[polar acorn]

What are you intending for the code to do? It looks like it's blanking out whichever field matches a certain object's name

and that appears to be what's happening

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Time-deltaTime.html
you need to scale it w/ deltaTime

or, call it from FixedUpdate (so its fixed)

[rich egret]

As you see in the video, it will simply pick up the name of the item

[swift crag]

if you add a constant amount to your position every frame, your speed will depend on your framerate

[rocky canyon]

more frames, more +=s

[polar acorn]

And the name of that item does not match what you're comparing it to, so it doesn't clear out

Which end of that comparison isn't the value you expect it to be

[ember tangle]

was this to me?

[rocky canyon]

yesh

[rich egret]

No, it adds the names properly, the problem is that it doesn't delete the names properly

Here's the video again if you need

[ember tangle]

okay thanks Ill try that out, didnt know about FixedUpdate

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.FixedUpdate.html

[swift crag]

fixedupdate would be a bit of a hack

[polar acorn]

As I've said, it doesn't clear out the LastTransferredWeaponChild1, because it doesn't match child.name. Which of these values is the one that isn't what you expect it to be

[swift crag]

you'd still want to factor in deltaTime there

[rocky canyon]

true u should scale it for smoother movement

[swift crag]

and camera movement should absolutely be happening in Update, not FixedUpdate, or you'll get a horribly jittery camera

[swift crag]

you'd be off by a factor of 50 (by default)

[sterile radish]

this script currently checks if i can click a bar or not using a timer. everytime i click the bar, it does a function however when i can't click it, the timer counts up to its intended value and when it does, i can click. however it doesn't seem to to be doing that for some reason?
https://hatebin.com/bqfyyrqeye

[rocky canyon]

ya, what i mean tho if he scales it he can keep it in Update();

but he didnt even know of fixedupdate.. lol soo he learned a bit heh

kinda all ties together, when i was learning knowing when to scale w/ deltaTime and when not to.. and how the update loops all work was like 1 big session

[swift crag]

even if you use it in FixedUpdate, you should multiply in deltaTime; otherwise you move 50 times faster than you intended to

[dense root]

I'm a bit confused on how to approach this systems problem for a Pokemon clone. What's the best way to handle battle states?

Do I create a BattleManager that changes the game state depending on whether or not they are in battle? If so how do I toggle the active game state?

The way I'm doing it right now is toggling between the two cameras which is very janky and buggy.

Any thoughts appreciated.

[ember tangle]

So you are suggesting something like this? newCameraPosition += -transform.right * cameraMoveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

because it doesnt work at all

[slender nymph]

your cameraMoveSpeed might just be super small because you were probably previously compensating for it being in Update

[ember tangle]

I've left the method in Update() while I tested * Time.deltaTime; and the camera not longer moves at all

[rich adder]

because now the speed is too low

[slender nymph]

what is the actual value of cameraMoveSpeed

[ember tangle]

0.1f, but shouldn't it still move a bit?

[rich adder]

oh lord

[slender nymph]

that would move one tenth of a unit per second

[rich adder]

say your speed is 5, lest say 0.23(deltaTime) thats about 1.15
5 * 0.23

[polar acorn]

0.1 units per second

[ember tangle]

Alright this is starting to make sense lol

[slender nymph]

cameraMoveSpeed should be the number of units you would like for it to move per second

[ember tangle]

I have so much fixing to do now that I know this lol

[rich egret]

Sorry for delay

Can you give me an example of the part that needs to be changed in the code? 🤔

[polar acorn]

I literally cannot know what the problem is until you tell me which one is the value you don't expect it to be

[sterile radish]

this script currently checks if i can click a bar or not using a timer. everytime i click the bar, it does a function however when i can't click it, the timer counts up to its intended value and when it does, i can click. however it doesn't seem to to be doing that for some reason?
https://hatebin.com/bqfyyrqeye

[polar acorn]

What is it that it's not doing that you expect it to be doing

You described several behaviors without specifying which one isn't happening

[lime pewter]

Hey, for some reason in my water cellular automata simulation script randomly some of my water objects, are disabling their script and collider, does anyone know if "gameobject".isActive = true/false overrides a potential boolean variable I have declared which would be causing that?

That is the only thing I suspect could be doing that.

[polar acorn]

They won't just deactivate themselves for no reason, something is calling .enabled on them

[lime pewter]

Yeah, I really don't know. I have nothing in any of my game's scripts calling .enabled at all. Super weird.

[polar acorn]

Put a log in OnDisable on your script and see where it's called from

[lime pewter]

How would I do that, definitely would help diagnose it!

[polar acorn]

Just put a log in OnDisable. The stack trace should show what calls the function to let you know what's disabling it.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnDisable.html

[lime pewter]

ah, I see thank you!

[sterile radish]

sorry for the confusion! the unexpectedness is happening from lines 30-34 not running at all

[lime pewter]

disabled
UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
LiquidScript:OnDisable () (at Assets/Scenes/Liquid Testing/LiquidScript.cs:297)
UnityEngine.Object:Destroy (UnityEngine.Object)
LiquidScript:PoolJoinPool (UnityEngine.Vector2) (at Assets/Scenes/Liquid Testing/LiquidScript.cs:229)
LiquidScript:CheckPool () (at Assets/Scenes/Liquid Testing/LiquidScript.cs:166)
LiquidScript:WaterSimulation () (at Assets/Scenes/Liquid Testing/LiquidScript.cs:292)
LiquidScript:FixedUpdate () (at Assets/Scenes/Liquid Testing/LiquidScript.cs:36)

Would this be due to the "Destroy"?

It should be destroying the gameobject all-together not disabling no?

[polar acorn]

Then timeRemaining >= GameManager.gameManager.sellTime is never true when canClick is true. Try logging those three values

[lime pewter]

foreach (Transform child in transform.parent)
        {
            if(child.transform.parent.childCount == 1)
            {
                Destroy(child.transform.parent.gameObject);
                child.transform.parent = GetLiquid(gameObject.transform.position, joinDirection).transform.parent;
                //child.GetComponent<LiquidScript>().isActive = false;
            }
            child.transform.parent = GetLiquid(gameObject.transform.position, joinDirection).transform.parent;
            //child.GetComponent<LiquidScript>().isActive = false;
        }
``` here's the script that seems to be calling the destroy, does Destroy() recursively on children not destroy them?

[polar acorn]

OnDisable is also run when the object is destroyed or when the object it's on is disabled.

[lime pewter]

Ah, strange. Would there be any reason the gameobject would be surviving the destroy and just disabling the script that calls it along with a random collider ?

[solid bough]

why can't i apply the object to the prefab?

[lime pewter]

Destroy(gameObject);
``` for that matter I am also calling this on the direct gameObject

[slender nymph]

prefabs cannot reference in-scene objects
https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[polar acorn]

So, you loop through all child objects of this object's parent, then, if any of their parents have only one child destroy the parent? I don't really follow what this is doing, this seems like a really roundabout way to do if this object is the only child object of something, destroy that parent which is odd

If that's what you want to do there are better ways to do it

[lime pewter]

Yeah, that is all it's doing. I am currently just mocking up the final version it's pretty sloppy at the moment, but essentially I have a pooling system, that disables the script attached to inactive liquid in a "pool" to save resources, except instead of connecting pools it is just disabling the script on gameobjects leaving me with multiple pools that are empty anyways, it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to why to me currently.

There's not really a reason why these shouldn't be destroyed, only occasionally they get destroyed which seems odd.

[polar acorn]

I think this might be happening because you mark a parent object for destruction, which also destroys all of its child objects, and then you change the child object's parent, effectivley "rescuing" it from the destroy

[lime pewter]

ahh, I see! That would actually make a lot of sense.

[polar acorn]

So, I think you should cache the current parent object, change the parent, then destroy the old parent

[lime pewter]

I guess I was assuming that the parent being "destroyed" wouldn't destroy the children.

[lime pewter]

I'll try that! And see if that works.

Actually, would swapping the Destroy and parent swap, just move the child and still have the old reference to destroy or do I need to fully cache it to a variable then empty it?

[polar acorn]

As it is know if you just swapped the lines all that would happen is you'd destroy the new parent object and everything on it

[lime pewter]

Yeah, that makes sense. I guess I'll just temporarily store a gameobject variable for the parent and destroy it afterwards, I doubt it's a meaningful performance loss anyway.

foreach (Transform child in transform.parent)
        {
            GameObject tempParent;
            if(child.transform.parent.childCount == 1)
            {
                tempParent = child.transform.parent.gameObject;
                child.transform.parent = GetLiquid(gameObject.transform.position, joinDirection).transform.parent;
                Destroy(tempParent);
                //child.GetComponent<LiquidScript>().isActive = false;
            }
            child.transform.parent = GetLiquid(gameObject.transform.position, joinDirection).transform.parent;
            //child.GetComponent<LiquidScript>().isActive = false;
        }

[lime pewter]

this worked!

Honestly the "parent" will have it's own script enabled on it which can selfdestruct when empty later on anyway, so even if it's sloppy it'll be changed later. I appreciate the help!

[crisp heart]

following a tutorial on converting meshes to terrain, it said to put the script in unity's editor folder in the project under assets, but i cant the editor folder?

[polar acorn]

You can't what the editor folder

[summer stump]

Assuming you mean "find" the editor folder, it is a folder you make.
Just create a folder and call it (exactly, including capitalization) "Editor"

[crisp heart]

find 💀 mb, my brain is rotting

[crisp heart]

ty ty

[wraith seal]

i have a problem with a script and i dont know what the problem is

why are those hilighted red

[polar acorn]

What does the error say

[polar acorn]

Are you getting this error in the unity console or just the IDE

[wraith seal]

both

[polar acorn]

It seems like you have two classes named Mover that both have a function PrintInstructions

[polar acorn]

Oh, this is a different one. You have two PrintInstructions functions in one class

[wraith seal]

thats my whole script

[polar acorn]

Do you have any other classes named Mover

[wraith seal]

in this script or in general?

[polar acorn]

Anywhere

[wraith seal]

not sure i dont think so

thats my unity page

[polar acorn]

Have you:

1. saved the script
2. restarted the editor

[wraith seal]

yes

i tried removing things and saving restarting saving and what not and its still showing all sorts in red

it was showing earlier the update and start as red

[polar acorn]

Try deleting your PrintInstructions function in this class. Is the line in start still showing an error?

[wraith seal]

saved it and its still red

[polar acorn]

No, keep the line in start. Remove the function entirely

[polar acorn]

You definitely have another mover class in your project

[wraith seal]

i dont know how tho

[wraith seal]

like if i do i have no idea how

[polar acorn]

You have public class Mover in a different file

[wraith seal]

okay

found the problem

here

there was another mover

but i have no idea how it appeared there

@polar acorn thank you tho for the time and effort i just was a bit blind

[solid bough]

i have a timestop method that on collision changes Time.timeScale
i have a method that just plays a prefab with an animation on a button press

if i press the button when the timestop method plays my game permanently slows down, as if it never left the coroutine

they share no variables, objects, anything

has anyone had that happen to them?

[woeful dawn]

Time.timeScale is static

[eternal needle]

show code if you need specific help, because all of this is just random pieces of your code. What coroutine? What does an animation have to do with this?
Ideally you shouldnt try to control the timescale from multiple places also, because of issues like this

[solid bough]

apparently when you instantiate an object with an animation when the timescale is slowed down, the game will remain slowed until the next timescale update
i just hardcoded it to go back to 1.0 once i instantiate the object, but idunno how else one could do it
thank you a lot though!

[polar acorn]

Timescale only changes when you specifically change it. It doesn't go back to normal on its own

[prisma nexus]

Could anyone help me with this problem? Ive been wanting to make the player who wields 2 guns have the guns allways point to where you are looking so that they allways look where you will hit. But when I have been using this script to try to make them face where the camera points, They are still rotating but not actually looking where I want them to look.

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

public class LookAtCursor : MonoBehaviour
{
public Camera mainCamera;
Ray ray;
RaycastHit hit;

void Start()
{

}

void Update()
{
    Ray ray = mainCamera.ViewportPointToRay(new Vector3(0.5f, 0.5f, 0));
    RaycastHit hit;

    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
    {
        Vector3 targetPoint = hit.point;

        transform.LookAt(targetPoint);
    }
}

}

I want the guns to be pointing directly at where the crosshair is showing

[ivory bobcat]

Place a small cube at the hit point and see if it's where you think it is else print/draw the ray and hit point.

[prisma nexus]

I did try a debug.log and the position looked right

but i can try placing a cube to make sure

[ivory bobcat]

You should fix the errors from the top to bottom - the first error simply says you've got other errors.

For starters, it's suggesting that you're missing a directive or assembly reference

[ripe orchid]

Ok can you explain what it means bro that why I sent it because i don’t understand what it means

What do I have to do to remove these errors

[prisma nexus]

Yup cube goes where I want it to, not sure why the guns dont do the same

[ivory bobcat]

The code would have your guns look at the cube if those lines are processed

[queen adder]

I have a rotating sun. It sets at (-1.5 X) and rises at (-1.5 X) because it goes all the way around. I need to switch the day/night bool each time it hits (-1.5 X)

if(sun.transform.eulerAngles.x == minX) {switch bool}

Doesnt really toggle, probably because it skips that exact value. How can I do this then?

[prisma nexus]

Ok, I think i might need to redo my bullet spawning then because maybe that is the problem. I think I will do that on my own tho, Thanks for the help!

[spare mountain]

using a bit of logic you could check if it's day and past -1.5X or night and past -1.5X?
or if it goes from 1.5 to -1.5 you should just be able to check if it's past -1.5 entirely

might be easier with a visual though

[ivory bobcat]

If you're following a tutorial, you might want to double check that you've copied everything correctly. You've likely missed a step - the inclusion of the directive/namespace.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ads@3.1/api/UnityEngine.Advertisements.IUnityAdsListener.html

[summer stump]

Just like with Start earlier, you have another duplicate called OnUnityAdsDidFinish

[ivory bobcat]

I'm not certain how to explain it without simply writing/editing code - which is something I'm not willing to do.

[queen adder]

so

if(day && xRot < 1.5f) switch to night

[spare mountain]

can you mockup a diagram as to where "-1.5" is?

[queen adder]

1. Sunset
2. Sunrise

As you can see they are facing different directions but still are -1.5
(If thats what you mean? im not 100% sure what that sentence means)

[spare mountain]

how is it -1.5 at both angles? are you rotating the y axis to set the sun?

[queen adder]

I was using local rotation, thats why I think. now its different which is good, give me some time to see if I can do it now

[spare mountain]

kk

[ripe orchid]

What about for the IUnityAdsListener error

What could be the problem for that

[ivory bobcat]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[ripe orchid]

I literally wrote the exact same thing

[ivory bobcat]

Can we get confirmation?

[summer stump]

Your code above does not match this code
Oh, that is MoneyManager
Your errors are all in AdsManager

[ivory bobcat]

I've only seen the money manager script and not the ads manager script - not sure why it was shown rather than the ads manager script #💻┃code-beginner message

[ripe orchid]

And this is the error im getting

[ivory bobcat]

Did you save?

[ripe orchid]

Yes

[ivory bobcat]

Clear the console

[ripe orchid]

How do I do that

[cosmic dagger]

uhh, by hitting the clear button . . .

[ripe orchid]

On mac btw

[queen adder]

I works now:

        float xRot = sunTrans.rotation.eulerAngles.x;

        if (xRot >= sunriseAngle && xRot <= sunsetAngle)
        {
            day = true;
        }
        else day = false;   

[ripe orchid]

No difference error is still there

[spare mountain]

you can just say
day = xRot >= sunriseAngle && xRot <= sunsetAngle;
btw

[queen adder]

Thats right, thanks

[spare mountain]

np

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you're missing some setup with Unity Advertisements

[ripe orchid]

How do I do that

[ivory bobcat]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/getting-started-with-unity-monetization

[ripe orchid]

One more error left

Does anyone knows what I can do with this one

[teal viper]

Share your updated code

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[rocky gulch]

what is the equivalent of

  for (a,b) in zip(datA, datB) :

in unity

how does one do "zip" in unity

[teal viper]

What language is that?

I'd assume it's a map of some sorts? If so, then C# equivalent is a dictionary.

[cosmic dagger]

providing the language would greatly help, that is true . . .

[summer stump]

Looks like python? It's been a whiiiile, but they do the colon at the end of a for ?

[formal escarp]

i think its english

but i may be wrong.

[wintry quarry]

It's definitely Python

anyway this is definitely not a Unity question at all, it's a C# question

And this exists: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.linq.enumerable.zip?view=net-8.0

but there's not really a direct equivalent for the (a, b) list comprehension deconstruction you've got there.

That's all python @rocky gulch

The real answer is step back and explain what your ultimate goal here is, because the Python way of doing things:

• Isn't going to work directly in C#
• Is likely not very efficient in a game

[teal viper]

!code ...

[eternal falcon]

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

[teal viper]

And !ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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[teal viper]

You should be able to see the compile errors in the ide

[ripe orchid]

So what should I do to remove the error

Do you know why it’s showing

[wintry quarry]

you used a thing that doesn't exist

[ripe orchid]

How do I make it exist

[wintry quarry]

Either you don't have the ads package installed, or you're following examples or tutorials for a different version of the package than the one you installed

so either:

• install the thing you didn't install
  or
• Find tutorials or examples for the thing you did

[teal viper]

To add to that:
The tutorial probably covers the required dependencies and how to install them

[ripe orchid]

It not really a tutorial my college gave it to me for a assignment