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[naive pawn]

MonoBehaviour inherits from Component, so same as you would a component

wait no, from Behaviour

setting enabled to false

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Behaviour-enabled.html

[vocal fjord]

SoundPlayer.enabled = false(); isn't working, nor is SoundPlayer.SetActive.false();

[naive pawn]

well, that's not how false works

it's a literal, not a method

SetActive is also itself a method

[vocal fjord]

So how would I do it?

[naive pawn]

SoundPlayer also doesn't seem like a component?

[vocal fjord]

It's the name of the script

[naive pawn]

you can't disable a script

you disable a script component

you have to disable something that's actually on a gameobject

[vocal fjord]

wait a second

OHHHH i'm stupid

nvm lol

[naive pawn]

from there it'd be .enabled = false;, without the parens.

parens are for calling methods, which in c# will be in PascalCase (by convention)

[vocal fjord]

here's my script, what am I doing wrong? the "nvm" was a false alarm

[naive pawn]

you shouldn't be using Component directly

[vocal fjord]

oh

[slender nymph]

Component does not have a member called disabled. that property is implemented on the derived class Behaviour

[naive pawn]

you have a script that inherits from it, use that

[slender nymph]

but yes, use the actual type you care about

[naive pawn]

also you would have to set ThisScript (missed that it's public, nvm), and probably name it more appropriate to what it is

[slender nymph]

oh and another thing, you do not want to use Thread.Sleep on the main thread 😉

[naive pawn]

also props/variables should be in camelCase to distinguish them from types and methods

[swift crag]

also, Thread.Sleep would completely freeze the game if it worked

[vocal fjord]

what's another option?

[slender nymph]

use a coroutine

[naive pawn]

Coroutines

[vocal fjord]

just realised that i could use waitforseconds but C# doesnt like it :(

[swift crag]

you can...in a coroutine

WaitForSeconds is a class. If you create a WaitForSeconds and yield it from an enumerator that's being run as a coroutine, Unity will wait for that long before resuming the coroutine

[vocal fjord]

im super new to scripting so idk whats going on here

[swift crag]

this is very wrong

[slender nymph]

even if WaitForSeconds was a coroutine (which is isn't), starting a coroutine does not delay the code after the StartCoroutine call in a normal method

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

and yes: you cannot make the OnTriggerEnter method "pause"

doing so means the game is frozen

[vocal fjord]

ok this is really stupid, let me explain what i'm trying to do:

I'm trying to make it so that if a user presses a button, an animation plays that opens the gate. I have to wait a specific amount of time so the animation doesn't loop. Then I have to disable the script so the user can only open the gate once.

[swift crag]

OnTriggerEnter will still run even if your behaviour is disabled, i'm pretty sure

just store a bool that tells you if you've already opened the door

and do nothing if it's true

[vocal fjord]

what about the animation part? how will i make it wait

[swift crag]

by using a coroutine

read the page I linked above

[vocal fjord]

yeah i give up

ill just remove de door

[rocky canyon]

it will. physics calls keep running

ate up a good day or so for me to figure that out on my own

[queen adder]

Oh crap thanks

[mystic steeple]

@vocal fjord I skimmed so I might have missed what you wanted but if you want to wait for an animation, or to do something, can't you just disable or do whatever you want and then invoke a function with a delay to reactivate / do the thing?

For instance.. Disable the player controller so they can't move and then invoke a function to reenable it after 3 seconds?

[swift crag]

Invoke is also an option, yes

it can be used to send a message to a MonoBehaviour after a delay

[mystic steeple]

Probably an easy way to achieve it for someone new

Invoke is pretty simple to get working Elliot, just create a function with the stuff you want to wait for and then do

Invoke("<YourFunctionName>", 3.0f);

[dense root]

How do I poll the new Unity input system? I've read and re-read the documentation but I'm still lost on how to get the desired polling

private void Update()
{
    var moveDirection = moveAction.ReadValue<Vector2>();
    position += moveDirection * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
    Debug.Log("position " + position);
}

[hollow dawn]

I never knew it would be this hard to make a door that can only open using a key 😭

[swift crag]

this looks fine...assuming that moveAction has a meaningful value in it

show the entire script

[summer stump]

It's really not that hard. Just a bool check, then the rotation or animation being played
Rotation is the hardest part for me, but even that has tons and tons of guides online

[dense root]

https://gdl.space/vasujokuwu.cs

[hollow dawn]

I followed a video and you need like 4 scripts for that or is that wrong?

[dense root]

I'm trying to receive and then set the animator to the appropriate float

[swift crag]

I presume PlayerMovement is the name of the generated class

you should fetch the move action from that

the moveAction field has nothing to do with it -- it's a completely separate input action that only exists on this component

[summer stump]

The number of scripts is incredibly irrelevant. You could do it as 4, or do it as one. You could break it up into 10 if you want

I would have a class for remembering what keys I have, one for interactions with objects in the world, and one for the door. Might abstract the communication between the interaction class and door with an interface or abstract class, but only if I'm going to be interacting with many different types of things

[dense root]

Okay noted, I'll get back to my code

[hollow dawn]

like im watching these tutorials and they are awful like half of them don't speak/don't speak english I can't find a decent one lol

[summer stump]

Did you go through learn.unity.com?

[hollow dawn]

id rather watch an actual tutorial instead of reading on how to do it

[swift crag]

you're going to have a miserable time if you refuse to read anything

[summer stump]

Well, then you are in for an incredibly difficult journey if you want to do it the wrong way

But learn has videos. As I've told you mutliple times before

But once you complete learn, then you can just look at the docs for a raycast and... understand it.
Youtube is clearly holding you back a LOT

[dense root]

How do I fetch the move action from the script? It's a bit confusing to me, sorry
https://gdl.space/hayasesexi.bash

[swift crag]

you're already doing it

controls.Main.Movement

this is getting an InputActionMap named "Main" and then an InputAction named "Movement"

[dense root]

Oh

[swift crag]

You could assign that into moveAction if you want

[uncut crypt]

In simplest terms, what is [SerializeField] doing here?
[SerializeField]
Transform hoursPivot, minutesPivot, secondsPivot;

[willow breach]

hey, i usually work on windows but when i wanna test on iOS i pull the project on my mac and test
but for some reason the project on the mac have issues with the c#
can find some classes for some reason and act weird.

p.s i know there are different .net version on my windows(4.X) and mac(2.X) but cant find the same version for mac

[strong wren]

do animator Controller Triggers stack?

like if i have

Controller1.SetTrigger("1");
Controller2.SetTrigger("2");

in the same method and i call them at the same time do they both activate or first trigger 1 then 1 frame after trigger 2

[polar acorn]

Both triggers will become set. At some point in update, it'll update the animator component which will check the current state's transitions, top to bottom, and execute whichever one it first finds true. At that point it will check the new state's transitions, top to bottom, and so on

So, they're both true, but it depends on the order you're checking them

[slender nymph]

this isn't an issue with your code. and don't crosspost

this is a code channel

[rich egret]

oh

sorry

[strong wren]

oh ok

[slender nymph]

is this code AI generated?

[summer stump]

"Don't work" is not really helpful. What do your logs say? What debugging steps have you taken? What is currently happening?

[polar acorn]

What isn't working about it

[dire kiln]

I'm cross posting here, I'd be eternally grateful if someone could help me with this (#archived-code-general message)

[polar acorn]

What do you have that moves the character

You haven't shown any movement code

Because you are changing it based on your rigidbody velocity. Where do you change that velocity?

What is the transition from walking back to idle

Show your logs

what do you mean where?

Where what?

in the console

[hasty tundra]

I am trying to have the transform of RocketTurret1 be set to the exact same position as GameObject, however no matter what i try in the code it always sets to some random offset value. Ive tried setting it to Vector3.zero, Ive tried any combination of localPosition and Position, ive tried having the position it needs to be saved as a preset Vector3 and NOTHING has worked. Its the simplest problem ever but its just. not. working.

[slender nymph]

the localPosition is the position relative to the parent's origin point where as position is relative to the world's origin point

[cosmic dagger]

did you assign its local position to 0?

[polar acorn]

The code shown will put whatever object Child is at the same position as this object. The inspectors might not show the exact same value, since that shows the local position, but if you look at where the pivots are in scene view, Child's position will be at the same position as this object (unless other code moves them later)

[slender nymph]

that would only be true if this has no parent since then it's localPosition and position would be identical

[hasty tundra]

The code example i showed was one of the many examples

no matter the combo of localPos and Pos it didnt work

both pos, both local, mix and match etc

[slender nymph]

if you assign one object's transform.position to another object's transform.position then they absolutely will be the same position

correct the code to do that, then show how you are verifying it isn't the same position

[summer stump]

Did you try logging the worldspace positions of both after this operation?

[hasty tundra]

thing is in the prefab the object is where its meant to be, and even if i dont change the values what so ever, it still gets offset

[polar acorn]

Oh, you're right, I read them both as position, since the thumbnail cut it off

[slender nymph]

also assigning the object's localPosition to Vector3.zero will make its position the same as its parent object

[slender nymph]

you still have yet to show how you are verifying the position is different

[hasty tundra]

im getting SS now

These SS show the position of the parent and object after instantiating, as well as the code used in the example and the physical distance between them in the scene

[dense root]

Do you think it's worth it to use/learn the new input system? Or if I'm new I should stick with the old one

[wintry quarry]

That depends on if you need to implement key rebinding or local multiplayer

[dense root]

I don't think I need it

[slender nymph]

and are you certain nothing else is affecting its position? such as a dynamic rigidbody with a positive gravity scale?

[dense root]

@wintry quarry do you recommend the old one for newbies?

[hasty tundra]

wait a sec

[slender nymph]

also are you certain the Child variable is referencing to the correct object

[hasty tundra]

bro... its 2am.....

[slender nymph]

your point being?

[hasty tundra]

sorry for the time waste ig 😭 i forgot to remove the gravity scale from the rigid body

that was the longest hour of my life istg

[dense root]

How do I poll the new input system for ReadValue<Vector2> values in order to set my animator?

    private void Start()
    {
        controls.Main.Movement.performed += ctx => Move(ctx.ReadValue<Vector2>());
    }

    // If we can move, then transform.position += Vector3direction
    // We are adding in direction because the value is a 0 or 1 and with tilemaps each cell size is one unit size 1x1
    // Same with the Y axis
    private void Move(Vector2 direction)
    {
        if (CanMove(direction))
        {
            transform.position += (Vector3)direction;

            animator.SetFloat("moveX", ctx.ReadValue<float>());
            animator.SetFloat("moveY", ctx.ReadValue<float>());
        }
    }

[rich adder]

ctx is local var "context" from another function, this would not work

[summer stump]

As I said in the other channel, you do not poll with new input, unless you do it the completely different way I showed you

This is event driven

[rich adder]

You could with .device ReadValue instead
but you should just use the events

[dense root]

From the documentation about Polling

You can poll the current value of an Action using InputAction.ReadValue<>():```

[summer stump]

Yes, and that is different from what you have

That is pulling it from an InputAction

Which you can make a variable

You already have the callback set up though, so why not use that? It is way better

[dense root]

Oh I see your points

How do I utilize the call back in this context?

Nevermind don't answer that let me read the documentation and try to figure it out on my own

[rich adder]

you're passing it in the "direction"

[queen adder]

I have this attached to a gameobject meant to serve as a speed powerup that lasts 10 seconds, but after the player acquires the speed boost they never lose it. I was thinking it's because the object the script's attached to gets destroyed, yet the coroutine still runs after destruction so that can't be why. Do I have to pass anything to the player object to make it work?

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class SpeedBoost : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float SpeedBoostDuration = 10f;
    PlayerController controller;

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            controller = collision.gameObject.GetComponent<PlayerController>();
            Destroy(this.gameObject);
            StartCoroutine(SpeedBoostEffect());
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator SpeedBoostEffect()
    {
        Debug.Log(controller.runSpeed);
        controller.runSpeed *= 2;
        Debug.Log(controller.runSpeed);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(SpeedBoostDuration);
        controller.runSpeed /= 2;
        Debug.Log(controller.runSpeed);
    }
}

[rich adder]

coroutine will not continue because you destroyed the object that started the coroutine

[queen adder]

alright, so should I have the player call the coroutine using OnCollisionEnter instead?

[rich adder]

I would make a script on player yes, call it SpeedBoostAbility or something, then call corutine there on pickup

so yeah basically run it on something you're not destroying

[queen adder]

👌 thanks!

[outer coral]

You could also start the coroutine on the player object like controller.StartCoroutine

[queen adder]

Yeah that’s what I ended up doing

[silent vault]

Got it. It might be better your way since the new toggle would be first then. Thanks!

[silent vault]

Thanks. I'm not too familiar with naming conventions in Unity but after some reading, my aim was to add a non persistent event (added through code, right?) before persistent events (events added through the inspector?). In the end, I used methodinfo reflection to get the objects and method names for persistent events, created a new dropdown event, added my own non persistent event first, added the reflected persistent events then applied this new dropdown event to the actual dropdown. It seems to be working fine. Why am I doing this? Because I wanted to create a multi select dropdown feature for the base legacy dropdown and to do that, I needed to save the legacy dropdown changes in a list of int before any persistent events triggered, so I needed to add my own non persistent event to change the selected values first. I got it to work fine in the end. There are 2 quirks at the moment: the ability to reshow the dropdown values after you select an option and the ability to reclick on an currently selected item in the dropdown which does nothing by default. For the first quirk, using coroutine to wait for all toggles to get destroyed allow me to reuse the Dropdown.Show() method (which I extended to update the toggles and enabled all currently selected values) and for the second quirk, I detect which item was selected last and add a new click event on it to trigger the original click event. It works fine except a little delay to reshow the options after selection due to the fade in timer. It can be lowered to 0 but even then, you still get a really quick on/off effect on the options, plus a small problem of the scrollbar being reset if many options. But that's acceptable. With the new "isMulti" bool from the inspector, I can now change the dropdown behavior from single select to multi select and vice versa even at runtime.

Just above 🙂 I found a solution, thanks!

[gloomy jacinth]

Can someone help me with something?

[cosmic dagger]

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

[gloomy jacinth]

Ok lol! How do i fix this?

[cosmic dagger]

anyone who has the time and know-how will help . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Ive been trying for a bit but i cant seem to fix it.

[ivory bobcat]

Don't ask if someone's available to help, just ask your question with the provided information and folks who are idle on the server-channel might be interested enough to provide some suggestions.

[cosmic dagger]

syntax error. you're either missing a semi-colon or misplaced one in your code . . .

[rich adder]

is your IDE configured?

[gloomy jacinth]

Ill show you the code can you tell me if there is a problem in the floats?

[gloomy jacinth]

What does that mean lol.

[cosmic dagger]

your IDE should highlight the error in red . . .

[ivory bobcat]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[ivory bobcat]

Your script editor should have highlighted the error

[rich adder]

It will show you exactly where its messed up

[gloomy jacinth]

How do i make it work with unity? I have visual studio

[cobalt creek]

does EditorGUIUtility.systemCopyBuffer work in exported apps, or editor only

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message click the visual studio one

[gloomy jacinth]

Installed with unity hub one?

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure the work loads are installed

[cosmic dagger]

this is the incorrect script. read over this: https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/info

[rich adder]

anything from Editor class is well editor only

[cobalt creek]

ok thank

so ill have to find something else to get clipboard text on windows

[gloomy jacinth]

How do i check

[rich adder]

ops nvm

[cobalt creek]

acshully i shall try

[ivory bobcat]

Execute the installer again and select modify. Ensure the work loads are installed and follow every step to make certain they're complete. There isn't too much. After that, you may be required to regenerate your project (also shown in the guide) and reboot the Unity Editor.

[rich adder]

nvm I read it as UnityEngine instead of UnityEditor lol

[gloomy jacinth]

Ok i will try!

[ivory bobcat]

Shown and explained in the guide, you want to make sure the Unity Gaming workload is installed - the other workloads are optional

(the others aren't necessary at all to do Unity game development)

[rich adder]

if its windows only I bet you can just do Interop

[cobalt creek]

whats interop?

[gloomy jacinth]

Ya i clicked on that but just unchecked unity hub bc i have it already

[rich adder]

basically you calling code into another library

the windows dlls

[gloomy jacinth]

Is there more configuring to do while in unity?

[cobalt creek]

thank, that sound complicated

[ivory bobcat]

Other than that, you'd setup your external editor if not correct and regenerate the project

[rich adder]

apparently you can also copy the System.Windows.Forms.dll inside unity and use that built in paste system, idk how well it works
Clipboard.GetText();

[ivory bobcat]

Those would usually fix the problem

[cobalt creek]

cool beans

that sound good approach

[rich adder]

yeah should be easy apparently there is one specifically for unity already there
found this https://github.com/gkngkc/UnityStandaloneFileBrowser/blob/master/Assets/StandaloneFileBrowser/Plugins/System.Windows.Forms.dll

[gloomy jacinth]

@ivory bobcat What should i check off here?

[rich adder]

those two are fine
click Regen if you haven't already

[gloomy jacinth]

Thanks!

[rich adder]

@cobalt creek It works. Just gave it a quick test

[cobalt creek]

awesom

[gloomy jacinth]

I have it configured and working but i still dont know how to fix the script think u could help?

Anyone?

[ivory bobcat]

Can you show where the red squiggly lines are?

[cosmic dagger]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[gloomy jacinth]

Im pretty sure unity is saying this ':' is not supposed to be at the end of this line but when i remove it it is saying that there should be ';' this at the end of the line

[silent vault]

Ok, practice makes perfect. My solution was quite complicated and after checking more of the dropdown code, I found an even easier solution. No more listener changes, I simply changed the toggles method. Now they don't hide the options when click and it also calls my method to update multi values directly. So much simpler. The 2 quirks were eradicated this way too.

[cosmic dagger]

it would help to show us the error line of your !code, in question . . .

[eternal falcon]

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[gloomy jacinth]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[gloomy jacinth]

Oops

Ill show it

Its the character controller float

Here are the errors to

Their both on that line

[cosmic dagger]

you have float CharacterController characterController. you have two types for one variable . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Do i turn it into two floats?

[cosmic dagger]

[accessor] [type] [name] or
[accessor] [type] [name] = [value] . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Whats the accessor type and name?

[ivory bobcat]

[accessor] [type] [name]
You've got two types though

[cosmic dagger]

only you know what type of variable you want to create . . .

[summer stump]

Why would your CharacterController be of type float at all?

[cosmic dagger]

do you know what a type is?

[gloomy jacinth]

Tutorial idk

[summer stump]

The tutorial did not suggest that

[gloomy jacinth]

The tutorial guys worked with that float

[cosmic dagger]

go back and watch the tutorial. i doubt that is what they did . . .

[ivory bobcat]

Both float and CharacterController are types.

You'd only want one or three other as the type

[gloomy jacinth]

Thats what he used

[summer stump]

Seee

How it is not a float?

[gloomy jacinth]

OMG

OMG

OMG

[cosmic dagger]

then why didn't you just copy that?

[gloomy jacinth]

ok.

welp

welp

sorry guys.

[cosmic dagger]

you clearly know (and can see) that what you have is different . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Yup i very aware of what im looking at

Im very sorry 😭

WOW

would you look at that

I actually looked at my last error

and saw a capitalization error!

Now it works!

THANK YOU GUYS!

lol im very sorry abt that

Ok guys now i like actually have an issue

Im not clicking any keys and im just infinitly moving.

[summer stump]

Show the code 🤷‍♂️

[gloomy jacinth]

How do i send it here as a code?

[cosmic dagger]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[cosmic dagger]

you have to read the prompt (bot message) . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Message is to long

[summer stump]

What?

The bot is too long to read? It is pretty short

[gloomy jacinth]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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[summer stump]

Why did you do that?

[gloomy jacinth]

So its easier to view

srry

[summer stump]

Just use a paste site...

[cosmic dagger]

if you click the link we posted, it would've sent you to the same bot message . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Ya i know

Im sorry

[cosmic dagger]

bruh, it's too late for this . . .

[gloomy jacinth]

Bro i actually dont know how to send this

Do i do '''cs script then '''?

[summer stump]

A paste site

[polar acorn]

You read the section under "Large code blocks" and do that

[summer stump]

Do not do the formatting

[gloomy jacinth]

Does that work?

Does this work?

[polar acorn]

Read the section under "Large code blocks" and do that

[gloomy jacinth]

I did

[gloomy jacinth]

The codes here

I dont know what the problem is. My character just keeps moving in a certain direction and i cant stop it.

[polar acorn]

That's not a link to a paste site

[gloomy jacinth]

https://hastebin.com/share/opubuduqok.java

That?

[polar acorn]

yes

Can you show the inspector of this object

[polar acorn]

Try logging the value of moveDirection after you get it.

[gloomy jacinth]

What do you mean?

[polar acorn]

Log the value of moveDirection after you get it

[gloomy jacinth]

What do you mean by log

[polar acorn]

I mean log

[ivory bobcat]

Debug.Log

[polar acorn]

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

[ivory bobcat]

The docs: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html

[polar acorn]

Pretty much every tutorial would go over that before anything else

[gloomy jacinth]

Im sorry im just new to coding and stuff so some things just kinda confuse me

What code would i use to log it?

[spare mountain]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html

[gloomy jacinth]

Would the "Text" be moveDirection?

Becuase thats what i want to log

[spare mountain]

that's how logging works

[gloomy jacinth]

Do i need to log the value i want?

[spare mountain]

... _ _ _ _

[gloomy jacinth]

What do i add after this?

[polar acorn]

No, you have to log a completely unrelated word like "Pumpernickel" and it'll just know what you wanted to log through sheer guesswork

[gloomy jacinth]

Im sorry im new to coding 😭

[spare mountain]

hey I mean if you log a random value there's a small, but real chance it is the correct value on any given frame

[gloomy jacinth]

Do i add moveDirection + 0f or something?

[polar acorn]

Why would you add 0 to it?

[gloomy jacinth]

Idk what im doing.

i dont even know what logging does

[polar acorn]

Just give it a bit of thought. What would adding 0 to it accomplish

[spare mountain]

gotta normalize it 🤪

[gloomy jacinth]

Make it not move 👍

[spare mountain]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html
what does the first line of the description say?

[gloomy jacinth]

Logs a message to the Unity Console

[spare mountain]

so what do you reckon debug.log does?

[fickle plume]

There are tutorials pinned in this channel. You should start there before putting random stuff in this channel.

[gloomy jacinth]

Logs a message to the unity console

[spare mountain]

🤯

[gloomy jacinth]

I just want help 😭 i dont know what to do

[spare mountain]

😭 then learn basic C#

you're clearly not ready to take on any projects

[gloomy jacinth]

Like i know it logs message but i dont know what to put in the messgae

[fickle plume]

This channel is not for teaching you scripting basics from zero.

[polar acorn]

Again, Debug Log is the first line any competent tutorial would have had you write

[gloomy jacinth]

We all start somewhere.

[polar acorn]

!learn might be a good idea

[eternal falcon]

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[fickle plume]

Start here !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[polar acorn]

I don't know what you've done to start learning, but it's probably better to use this

[spare mountain]

would any tutorials possibly use print instead? it's equivalent in monobehavior anyways

[polar acorn]

Yeah, some of them might, but it's the same thing

[fickle plume]

print is a simplified wrap of Debug.Log in Monobehaviour

[spare mountain]

mhm I've heard that before

[fickle plume]

So it won't work in Scriptable Object for example.

[cosmic dagger]

better to learn Debug.Log since it works for non-Monobehaviour scripts . . .

[spare mountain]

fair point

[gloomy jacinth]

I cant find out how to do it

Would the debug stop the player from moving continuously?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html
Read the page. This is what debug log does.

[spare mountain]

there are literal examples in the documentation

[gloomy jacinth]

Should debugs be in void start()?

[polar acorn]

Are you trying to log a value in start

[gloomy jacinth]

Im trying to make my character not move when keys arent being pressed so sure

[spare mountain]

how does this apply to start()?

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[fickle plume]

@gloomy jacinth You still didn't even bother to look at the documentation page where the method is used inside another method.

You are asking questions that any introductory scripting tutorials covers. To spoonfeed you one here in chat would take hours.

While also showing no interest to actually try learning yourself.

@gloomy jacinth If you want to continue here, create a thread in case someone want to bother with personal tutorial for you. Otherwise stop with posts in the main channel.

[gloomy jacinth]

Im really just trying to see how to do it. If someone could just give me an example that is used in my situation i will base it off that and learn on my own.

[polar acorn]

There's an example on the page

Three actually

[spare mountain]

three in one

[gloomy jacinth]

I know but i dont know what objects its talking about in the line: Debug.Log("Hello: " + gameObject.name);

[polar acorn]

That would log "Hello: " + gameObject.name

[gloomy jacinth]

I just dont know where and what other variables i would use to debug moveDirection

[polar acorn]

I told you what to log

[lavish magnet]

How would you guys recommend finding the closest something is to something? Like the closest one object is out of an array to the current gameobject

[polar acorn]

Create variables for the current closest object and current closest distance set to the first thing in the list. Then loop through and check the distance. If it's lower than the current, they become the new current

[cosmic dagger]

place the objects to search in a collection: array, list, etc., then compare their distances to the target object . . .

[polar acorn]

When the loop ends, whatever's set to current is the closest object

[eternal needle]

consider just going through some c# basics first. you're trying to learn unity and c# at the same time

[ivory bobcat]

You need to log the direction to see if it's a value other than zero for x and y. If the values are zero for both and you're still moving, something else is occurring. If the values are not zero but you aren't pressing anything, perhaps you've got a drifting joystick connected to your system or something - relative to your input system.

The log will not fix your problem but it'll help you figure out what might be wrong.

[lavish magnet]

So check the distance and see if its closer than the current gameobject?

[polar acorn]

Yes, keep track of the current "winning" object and distance. Loop through it and if it's closer, then it becomes the new closest

[gloomy jacinth]

I think its script values because other games work just fine.

[gloomy jacinth]

And quick question log messages show in the console right?

[ivory bobcat]

Did you log the values?

[fickle plume]

If you just need to compare closest one and don't need exact distance, you can use their sqrMagnitude of their vectors to compare.

[gloomy jacinth]

Would this log work?

[polar acorn]

What would this accomplish

Literally what information does this give you

[gloomy jacinth]

Im just testing how a log works 😭

[polar acorn]

Why do you want to see the words "This is a message" twice in the console

[gloomy jacinth]

To LEARN how logs work.

[polar acorn]

Then test it, you don't have to ask us to run it for you

You can just run the code

[gloomy jacinth]

Ya it doesnt work then

[fickle plume]

Need to install !ide properly as well

[eternal falcon]

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[polar acorn]

I assure you that Debug Log indeed "works"

[cosmic dagger]

is this script attached to a GameObject in the scene?

[ivory bobcat]

The script needs to be attached to an object in the scene for it to fire it's callback methods: Start, Update etc

[gloomy jacinth]

Oh there. Thank you!

[ivory bobcat]

I thought your IDE was properly configured?

[gloomy jacinth]

It is

[ivory bobcat]

The image would suggest otherwise

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message
Then why is this a screenshot of an unconfigured one

[gloomy jacinth]

Oh

It would say there?

[polar acorn]

It would have proper syntax highlighting

[gloomy jacinth]

It wasnt in a gameobject yet

[ivory bobcat]

It should be though relative to these images #💻┃code-beginner message
Hmm.

[lavish magnet]

What if its just 1 winning object though and the others havent spawned in yet

[cosmic dagger]

seriously, at this point, you need to follow the basic tutorials from !learn. you're wasting everyone's free time with something you can understand in a few minutes by following along . . .

[eternal falcon]

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[polar acorn]

Then you'll probably want to check it once all of the objects exist

[gloomy jacinth]

I cant really find anything that shows how to get the value of an object with debug. Does anyone know?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html does

[gloomy jacinth]

What does [i] mean?

[eternal needle]

Do you plan to struggle the entire time in your game dev journey? Start learning properly by doing basics.

[polar acorn]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/arrays

[gloomy jacinth]

Just asking what [i] means.

[eternal needle]

Funny considering I didnt even reply to that message

It is called an indexer

[fickle plume]

@gloomy jacinth For the last time. Create a thread if you want to continue bumbling here.

You are wasting your and everyones time

[gloomy jacinth]

Need help!

[pure obsidian]

Is there anything I need to do to get the URP preset to work?
I removed the global light, and created an object with a sprite rendered with the lit material, and used a point light, but everything is still as if no URP is installed
EDIT: I wasn't using 2D lights (lol)

[fickle plume]

This is a code channel. #🔎┃find-a-channel

[pure obsidian]

Thank you. I will look properly next time 🙏
Sorry for the mistake!

[fringe plover]

Whats the difference between string.Format("test") and $"test"?

i know both used to put variables in string, but idk which one should i use

[cosmic dagger]

$"{insertVariable}"; is called string interpolation. it's just a shorthand version . . .

[fringe plover]

so... there is no difference?

[spare mountain]

I don't think quotes should be around the variable itself

that's just a string

right?

[fringe plover]

that was just example

[spare mountain]

or is that not how string.Format works

[fringe plover]

ik that i need to put {variableName} in string

[timber tide]

#📲┃ui-ux

[rocky gulch]

o yeah mybad

sry

[timber tide]

also probably look up tutorials for this stuff cause it's a pain in a butt if you havent

[rocky gulch]

great idea

[willow scroll]

They both print test in your case.
In the following case, all 3 variants print "This is a test."

string value1 = "is", value2 = "test";

_ = "This " + value1 + " a " + value2 + ".";
_ = $"This {value1} a {value2}.";
_ = string.Format("This {0} a {1}.", value1, value2);

[fringe plover]

okay, thanks for explaining

but question was different...
I asked what is better

[willow scroll]

String interpolation is always better than the + operator

[fringe plover]

Welp, when i started learning C#/Unity i always used + operator for strings, i learned about $ thingy recently

[willow scroll]

If deciding whether to use string.Format or $, I, personally, use the 2nd one in most cases, and the 1st one when the parameters are too long

[willow scroll]

Use whatever is more convenient to you. The result stays the same.

[fringe plover]

Okay, thanks 🙏

[eternal needle]

if you need to actually concat strings, then use stringbuilder. But this would be when the input is unknown, like manually reading a text file for example.
as for string.format and string interpolation, you can get the same result from either. there may be small differences internally though. You probably wouldnt even run into this case but theres a difference here:

string _ = string.Format("Something {0} " +
    "something {1}.", a, b);
// and
string _ = $"Something {a} " + 
            $"something {b}.";

The 2nd one uses string.concat even though both do the same thing and otherwise look the same

[fringe plover]

okay thanks

[magic drift]

In a game jam atm and having an issue with Quaternions:
I want a quaternion facing in the opposite direction. It works in almost all cases i.e

Quaternion originalRotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(0, 90, 0));
Quaternion oppositeRotation = Quaternion.Euler(-originalRotation.rotation.eulerAngles);

oppositeRotation will be a quaternion with eulers (0, 270, 0) however, if the originalRotation has the euler angles (0, 0, 0) or (0, 180, 0) oppositeRotation will simply be that same exact quaternion as originalRotation

[languid spire]

Quaternion oppositeRotation = Quaternion.Euler(new Vector3(0,180,0)) * originalRotation;

[ivory bobcat]

Accessing the Euler angle property will give you some angle that would represent your current rotation - it might be any coterminal angle.

You might be better off having a Vector3 field being your actual rotation at all times and simply assign to the rotation property (quaternion) - don't acquire the Euler angle from the rotation property.

[ivory bobcat]

How do oppositeRotation and originalRotation relate?

[magic drift]

originalRotation : oppositeRotation :: transform.forward : transform.forward * -1
is what im looking to do

[ivory bobcat]

I'm simply asking because oppositeRotation is assigned the the euler angle of -existingConnector and not originalRotation

[magic drift]

oh my bad

forgot to replace example code

[frank zodiac]

DIALOGUE SCRIPT: https://hatebin.com/ztscnoasdc
NPC SCRIPT: https://hatebin.com/ijqfactzph

my dialogue wont work, it keeps getting stuck at the first string of the array and it doesnt go to the next one

[magic drift]

fixed in original message, was meant to say originalRotation there

[magic drift]

This is what im doing but in 3d and everything is working except the opposite math when its those values

i was assuming it was a coterminal angle issue although i dont have a great grasp on quaternions

[eternal needle]

this is truly some code. im guessing chatgpt?
for your issue, add debugs. you could even just swap the inspector to debug mode and see is isNextClicked is true.

[frank zodiac]

not chatgpt at all

[frank zodiac]

ill try that

thanks

[errant pilot]

if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) || i == 0) Guys this checks if i left clicked anywhere right?

[ivory bobcat]

Or if i is zero

[errant pilot]

yess ok ty

[eternal needle]

there is a lot you can simplify and improve on here.
Like cache that GetComponentInChildren, infact you dont even need get component. Just directly assign it in inspector.
That whole timer setup just looks so weird too, like adding and subtracting to it constantly.
and ill just suggest to use StringBuilder instead of concating strings like this, but that might be a bit above your understanding for now.
You really should have Debug.Logs around or use the debugger to solve issues like this though, theres gotta be one clear problem area. And that is likely the while (!isNextClicked) based on your description

[willow scroll]

Is there anything, which makes you think this code is written by ChatGPT, or are testing out your guessing skills?

[frank zodiac]

whats stringbuilder?

[willow scroll]

A class to build strings

[frank zodiac]

ill look it up cuz i never heard of it

[eternal needle]

just vaguely remember the person asking if chatgpt is good and from chat history seeing similar code before but also asking what it does.
Id be very surprised if this was from a tutorial, because of the whole timer stuff thats happening there. it feels very random

im not even sure of what it does myself, this must be the first time if (timer < Time.deltaTime) has been written 😅

[frank zodiac]

tbh i got it from a website which explained the code thorougly

[eternal needle]

the math probably checks out but its definitely a unique way of writing a timer

[willow scroll]

Alright, you do indeed have a reason to assume it's written by ChatGPT

[willow scroll]

Then you should understand what this is supposed to do, right?

float timer = 0;

while (i < characters.Length)
    if (timer < Time.deltaTime)

Because I don't

Oh, there is interval added in the condition

But, why..?

[eternal needle]

its more understandable if you just do something like this

  timer += Time.deltaTime;
  while (timer >= interval)
  {
      textBuffer += characters[i];
      gameObject.GetComponentInChildren<TextMeshProUGUI>().text = textBuffer;
      timer -= interval;
      i++;
  }

If deltaTime is somehow a lot larger than interval, itll also still instantly print out the characters it needs. The only thing is you'll want to rearrange this a bit, so its checking the value of "i" to make sure its not trying to access out of bounds elements.

[willow scroll]

But it's not going to run once if they have more frames per second than characters per second

E.g. for 20 & 10:

0 += 0.05;

while (0.05 >= 0.1) ...

[eternal needle]

well yea itll still need some check to yield. this part was just to simplify the timer so its not confusing

[willow scroll]

They should simply WaitForSeconds in a Coroutine, even if it's not going to be calculated too accurately depending on the frame rate

WaitForSeconds intervalWFS = new(1f / charactersPerSecond);

foreach (char c in line.ToCharArray())
{
    // ...
    
    yield return intervalWFS;
}

@frank zodiac

[fringe plover]

I need help, i have texture in this folder, but when i load it trough script as Sprite, it doesnt work...
Resources.Load<Sprite>("path/Shicka.png")

Is there any way to load it?

[frank zodiac]

ah i see

[eternal needle]

look at what you have in the parameters. The path i can see in inspector and the string are completely different
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html

[frank zodiac]

yeah

[fringe plover]

i know, it was example path cuz...
And no im sure that this is right path i tested it

[languid spire]

Have you looked at the Resources.Load documentation?

[fringe plover]

no..?

[languid spire]

why not?

[eternal needle]

well you know it was an example path, how am i supposed to see that? when you show code, just paste what you have. its pointless to obfuscate it or hide details because you assume its correct

[fringe plover]

"var sprite = Resources.Load<Sprite>("Sprites/sprite01");"
Whats difference?

[languid spire]

no file extension?

[fringe plover]

Yeah that helped

thank you so much

[languid spire]

next time RTFM

[fringe plover]

okay

[mortal portal]

Hello everyone,
I currently have the following code to rotate my player around a pivot point. He does this for the whole game and it looks very smooth on the PC but as soon as I start the game on my mobile phone the rotation bends and doesn't look smooth at all.

transform.RotateAround(target.position, Vector3.forward, rotation_speed * Time.deltaTime);

i've already done a lot of research but i only started with unity and i'm not very familiar with vectors or quaterniums.

Does anyone have an idea?

its a 2d game by the way

[willow scroll]

Is this called in Update?

[mortal portal]

yes

[willow scroll]

Then there shouldn't be any issues

[mortal portal]

I thought the same

[willow scroll]

Are there any other factors affecting the rotation?

[mortal portal]

no not that I can tell it runs smooth as it should on my PC but not on my phone

[willow scroll]

What's the fps on your phone?

[mortal portal]

120

[willow scroll]

Could, you send a video of it?

[mortal portal]

yes pls wait a moment

[willow scroll]

This looks alright

If you're referring to the graphics, I think it's purposely worse in Unity Remote

[mortal portal]

it seems smoother on the record i dont know maybe beacause its not build jet ?

[mortal portal]

no I can see a diffrent in the smoothnes but its odd

[willow scroll]

I think it's smooth

The quality is just bad

And it's not your fault

[mortal portal]

Maybe with this as a comparison

[tiny hatch]

Does anyone know how to fix this little thing ?

[willow scroll]

Looking fine too

[willow scroll]

What "little thing"?

[tiny hatch]

I never went to any programmer school as its a hobby of mine (i study medicine), and i need help with this tiling problem

Maybe its an easy fix, but youtube was just not doing it for me

[willow scroll]

What fix? I see nothing apart from black walls and red arrows

[tiny hatch]

Look at the tiles on the wall

[willow scroll]

What's with them?

It's too dark for me to see anything

[ivory bobcat]

You may need to explain the unwanted behavior

[tiny hatch]

Basically on the biggest wall, we have like 10 of them, on the smaller one theres like 20 and on the smallest theres 50

[willow scroll]

Okay, I increased the lightling

[tiny hatch]

(Heres one without the gradient for reference)

[ivory bobcat]

Looks like they're being horizontally stretched on the longer wall

[tiny hatch]

Yep exactly whats happening but i have no idea how to fix it

[willow scroll]

Do you mean that the tiles should all have the same size?

[tiny hatch]

Yep

preferably

[ivory bobcat]

There's probably some setting to have them not stretch (or squished) but rather tiled etc

Not really a coding issue though, maybe ask #💻┃unity-talk or some graphics channel

[tiny hatch]

Will do

Thank you

[timid fulcrum]

does anyone know why my character with Character Controller component doesn't collide with the floor?

[languid spire]

not a code question

[timid fulcrum]

sorry 🙂

[timber tide]

if you're sure it's something related to your code then you could post it here, but if you're just juggling components on the editor and having trouble with that alone then stick to #💻┃unity-talk

and provide more information on what you tried

[timid fulcrum]

ok ty

[scenic saffron]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[scenic saffron]

void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse0))
        {

        }
        else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse1)) 
        {
            spawnBullet();
        }
    }

how do i make it so spawnBullet() can only be called every 0.25s or something

[willow scroll]

A Coroutine has to be used

[teal viper]

Or a timer

[willow scroll]

With its WaitForSeconds

You can also do it in Update with Time.deltaTime, as was mentioned by dlich

[scenic saffron]

how to use that

[willow scroll]

Open your browser and search for "unity waitforseconds"

[scenic saffron]

ok

[willow scroll]

If you search for "unity make a method be called every second", you'll even get a full tutorial

[storm dove]

hi, im extreamly new to c# and unity and i was just wondering what void and public does?

[willow scroll]

• void is a method, which returns nothing
• public is an access modifier, which makes your variable accessible in every other script

[teal viper]

void denotes lack of return type. public is an accessory modifier.

These things are covered in most places teaching you C# basics

[languid spire]

In Unity public also exposes the variable to the inspector for serialization if it is serializable

[dim wharf]

is there no one function that removes all children from a gameobject?

[willow scroll]

Now there is

public static void RemoveChildren(this Transform value)
{
    foreach (Transform child in value)
        Destroy(child.gameObject);
}

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.DetachChildren.html

[dim wharf]

According to this, DetachChildren unparents all children which is the opposite of what I want but good to know anyways

[dim wharf]

this does work tho thanks!

[languid spire]

you said remove, thats what it does. what did you actually mean?

[dim wharf]

removes all children

that one removes the parent but not the children

[naive pawn]

remove from the scene or from the parent?

"remove" is unclear here

[dim wharf]

ohhhh i get the confusion now

i mean destroy

[near vessel]

hiya guys. we are having this error in our unity VR game and not sure how to fix it as its not letting us save latest changes in version control, how do we fix this error?

[languid spire]

ah, no, no one method for destroying all children

[naive pawn]

does it allow you to view/resolve the conflict in any way?

[near vessel]

no it does not

[naive pawn]

idk unity vcs specifically, but when there's conflicts you would have to resolve them somehow, by either accepting your changes, accepting the incoming changes, or merging them (which may be manual)

[naive pawn]

double clicking there doesn't work?

[near vessel]

i was thinking if we remove pro builder from the project will that work?

[naive pawn]

conflicts aren't a one-off thing, they can happen whenever

[near vessel]

let me try again

[naive pawn]

it..could fix it, but may as well use the opportunity to learn how to properly fix conflicts

[naive pawn]

found this from a quick google https://docs.unity.com/ugs/en-us/manual/devops/manual/resolve-merge-conflicts

[teal viper]

My advice is to also get the proper plastic GUI, instead of using the unity package(or in addition).

[near vessel]

processing merge its saying now taking quite a while

[naive pawn]

should get you there though

[near vessel]

how long should the merge take?

as it looks like its taking quite awhile

[naive pawn]

depends on the file size, i guess

[rocky gulch]

is there a build in function that lets a navmesh only move with only 1 axis (Only X / Y)

[vestal adder]

do u mean a navmesh agent

[teal viper]

Since it's a settings file, it shouldn't take more than a few seconds.

[rocky gulch]

yea but, i'd thought to make the pathfinding a bit rigid by just forcing the agent to only move with 1 axis and not go diagonally

[teal viper]

You can't change how the agent moves, but you can get the planned path and do whatever you want with it.

[vestal adder]

not that important but X,Y would be two axis

[languid spire]

I think OP meant one axis on any one step of the path

[vestal adder]

That makes sense

[formal venture]

current_heat is a float 100% same as effective_change so i have 0 clue what is a problem

[timber tide]

syntax

[eager spindle]

you may be using a , instead of .

[formal venture]

why this always has to be so simple

thanks anyway

shame the text editor gaslighted me for 15 minutes into thinking u cant multiply a float, instead of pointing the problem

[teal viper]

Well, when you're a beginner you have simple issues. The more experienced you'll get, the more difficult problems you'll face

[ivory bobcat]

What did the editor suggest?

[teal viper]

I'm sure your ide actually did give you a correct error. Did you try reading it?

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming semicolon to terminate/split the statements - it may think it's meant to be two statements.

[formal venture]

something along the lines that this statement can only be read, added, substracted or changed type

[merry spade]

How can I check if the navmeshagent stopped because of the stopping distance? (checking boolean isStopped doesnt work)

[timber tide]

I think there's a currentpath you can check

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMeshPath-status.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMeshAgent-path.html

[merry spade]

yes thank you

[rocky canyon]

good morning code crunchers 👋

[sterile radish]

hi right now they way this script works is by whenever the player clicks, they start a timer. when this timer is finished, a bool called "giveclicks" is set to true meaning that the game should add to the player's click count. however, right now whenever "giveclicks" is true, it adds to the clickcount every frame. i only want the game to add to the clickcount once then move on. how can i acheive this?

https://hatebin.com/jqcjeqhgnl

[languid spire]

call OnClick when giveclicks is true

[sterile radish]

this makes the game add to the clickcount automatically though

[languid spire]

no it doesnt, it sets time remaining to 0

[sterile radish]

yeah but wouldnt that just make the timer start by itself?

[languid spire]

yes, but if you don't do that then the third if is always true, so givclicks keeps getting set to true

[sterile radish]

oh right

is there a way to not make it automatic but also not set the third if statement to true?

[languid spire]

of course there is, just think about your logic

[sterile radish]

okay i will try

SteveSmith i fixed it!!! thank you for encouraging me to fix it myself

[languid spire]

Isn't that so much better than me just giving you the answer?

[ionic zephyr]

Is it better to have Items as a class or as a scriptable object in a Crafting Game?????

[gloomy jacinth]

Does anyone know how i can make this turn into a scope screen? Instead of having it look at the actual model.

[ruby python]

Hi all, I really don't want to cross post, but I really need someone to take a look at this and see what's wrong, I can't get my Collision to trigger at all on the 'Tower' Object, but the exact same setup works perfectly fine on my smaller 'flying' enemies. I'm at a complete loss.

https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/497874196274348032/1248945834318495775

[ruby python]

You could use a render texture I think (second camera at the 'front' of the scope and apply the render texture to the 'near' side of the scope?

[gloomy jacinth]

Ok!

Ill try that!

[late burrow]

why when i add custom get/set to variable it doesnt display in inspector

[short hazel]

Some games also make the model invisible and overlay the screen with a scope image

[wintry quarry]

Yes this is expected, Unity doesn't serialize properties, only fields.

You turned it into a property

[ruby python]

Actually thinking about it, you'd want the second camera at the end of the barrel (not massive accurate in terms of realism, but would allow you to use a crosshair to accurately aim.)

[late burrow]

i want run action whenever editing variable and onvalidate runs bit too much how can i do it property way

[gloomy jacinth]

Would i put the camera at the barrel or other end of the scope?

[wintry quarry]

Use NaughtyAttributes

Not with a property

[ruby python]

At the barrel (where the bullet comes out)

[swift sedge]

scriptable object, so its easy to create new items

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, thanks!

[ruby python]

But you would need to add any muzzle flash/bullets to a new layer and tell the second camera to ignore that layer so that it doesn't render them.

[gloomy jacinth]

I dont think it works. I have the camera showing the end of the barrel on the scope. But my player randomly moves without key inputs and now my animation doesnt work and i fall through the floor.

I fixed the animation but i still just fall through the floor and move randomly.

[gloomy jacinth]

Do you know how i could fix this problem now?

[silent vault]

is there a way to tryparse a string to int which is bigger than int.maxValue and if it's biggger, clamp it to max value instead of returning false ?

Currently, it returns false if the string is bigger than int.maxValue but I can't figure out a way of knowing if it's false because it's too big or because the string is not an int format.

[languid spire]

parse it to long

[ruby python]

Umm......that's a new on on me I won't lie. I have no idea why that would happen.

[silent vault]

Good idea. I went for double and simply clamp to int.maxValue in case it's also bigger than long. Thanks!

[languid spire]

bit of overkill. you could also check the length of the string first to see the number of characters it contains. it should not be more than 10

[night owl]

Hello! I am a very beginner programer and I've been using many youtube tutorials and stack overflow posts to piece my game together. I recently ran into an issue when trying to add attack function(?) and animation.

this is the code I have so far for my player controls

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

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private float movementSpeed = 22.5f;
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private Vector2 movementDirection;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        movementDirection = new Vector2(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
    }

    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
    {
        anim.SetBool("isAttacking", true);
    }

    void FixedUpdate() 
    {
        rb.velocity = movementDirection * movementSpeed;
    }

}

the problem is when I added the
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) { anim.SetBool("isAttacking", true); }

I got lots of errors(Ill send a photo) and I tried moving that section of code to the fixed update section but that also did not work.
In the animator I have set up my move/idle animation (which is the same in this case) and my attack animation with transitions between of "isAttacking" true/false. Thanks for all help in advance!

[gaunt ice]

length can be 11
-2147483648, int min, though you can just check if the first char is '-'

[rich adder]

!code

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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.

[languid spire]

you have not declared a variable called anim

[rich adder]

@night owl is your IDE configured? you have a shite ton of syntax error

[night owl]

oh thank you! i did not realize I will try and add that

[night owl]

sorry but I dont konw what an IDE is ahaha

[languid spire]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[rich adder]

Your code editor

assuming you're using one and not notepad

[night owl]

oh like vsc

yeah

[rich adder]

yes make sure to configure it so you can format your code properly

it will highlight errors for you

[night owl]

im so sorry to ask but is that what the lightbulb is?

Everytime I click it it just seems to undo my formatting

like visual formatting

which i had gotten from tutorials

[rich adder]

screenshot what vsc looks like atm

[rich adder]

oh?

ah wtf

[night owl]

yes i believe so?

[rich adder]

why is not highlighting that huge error you got

You literally have an if statement outside a function

[night owl]

I think the problem is that I didnt declare the vari

[rich adder]

nah man you got if statement outside a function

[night owl]

but it seems i have other issues as well

[languid spire]

that was only a small part of the problem

[rich adder]

your vscode is like partially working

make sure you updated all the extensions and try regen project files in unity external tools preferences

[rich adder]

it should be lighting up like a xmas tree

[night owl]

oh what

I swear I got all the plugins if thats what u mean?

[rich adder]

the Unity one?

make sure you don't have the old Visual Studio Code package in Unity

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

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

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[rich adder]

do a few checks here on this link ^^

[night owl]

many thanks i wilil try that

[ruby python]

Always fun when you accidentally divide by 0 lol.

[night owl]

this is what it looks like now

oh and

its on 1.90.0 but 2.0.22 is the one under it and the one i have in unity

[rich adder]

yes Visual Studio Editor is the package in package manager that is correct, make sure the Visual Studio Code Editor one in package manager is gone

Also Click Regen Project files too on that same page

[night owl]

ohhh awesome

ok

[night owl]

this didnt seem to do anything? what should it have done

[rich adder]

ideally refresh your csproj files

did you close vsc and open script from unity after you did it

[night owl]

no not at all

[ruby python]

!code

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[night owl]

in vsc it does seem like it isnt connected to the unity project

[rich adder]

you would think by now you have one of these memorized or bookmarked..

[rich adder]

does the Output tab spit out any errors?

[ruby python]

Copy/Pasting the ''' cause typing doesn't type the same characters

[rich adder]

uh what kinda keyboard you have?

[ruby python]

UK Standard layout Corsair

'''cs
//this is a code test
'''

see

[rich adder]

thats because its not '

its ```` ```

[night owl]

its above the tab and ~
as well as below escape

[ruby python]

Well the 'open' quote mark yeah I have that, but I don't have the closing

[rich adder]

no its a backtick

not open quote

do you have this

[night owl]

oh sorry my bad

[rich adder]

its literally the only slanted symbol

[ruby python]

that's not uk layout.

|\ is that key

Also, that's a mac keyboard.

[rich adder]

idk I typed in UK layout and that came out lol

I would think by now you should know what a backtick is

[ruby python]

yeah, which I don't have on my keyboat (not even kidding)

keyboard.

[night owl]

yeah wait look at this

u might have to use the code thing

like on the num pad?

or copy paste

or the links i guess which is what u were doing?

it says something abt pressing right alt key

[rich adder]

its literally here

next to the 1

[night owl]

oh oops i just followed the highlighted ones 😭

[rich adder]

I've yet to see a keyboard without one, unless its some special 60 keyboard

[night owl]

im gonna stop trying to help

[ruby python]

oh wait. lol. Sorry, I'm being a spanner. Yeah my bad, I thought they were two seperate symbols (open/close if that makes sense)

Long day and trying to do maths. lol.

[rich adder]

did you try this
#💻┃code-beginner message

[night owl]

yes sorry i was waiting till this was resolved to continue

[ruby python]

Anyway.........speaking of maths................Would anyone be able to check this please? It's breaking my brain at the moment.

So I'm getting the circumference of a circle, which works fine, then getting an angle increment based on the circumference and the size of the object(s) that I want to spawn in said circle at regular intervals (objects x/z size is 20 units/meters) so that the objects form a 'solid' circle at the outer edge of the play area.

Can't seem to get the numberOfPerimeterObjects to calculate correctly.

        perimeterRadius = mapSize * tileSize / 2f;
        perimeterCircumference = 2.0f * Mathf.PI * perimeterRadius;
        Debug.Log(perimeterCircumference);
        angleIncrement = perimeterCircumference / 20f;
        Debug.Log(angleIncrement);
        numberOfPerimeterObjects = perimeterCircumference / angleIncrement;
        Debug.Log(numberOfPerimeterObjects);

[keen dew]

perimeterCircumference / 20f is the number of objects, not the angle increment

Angle increment would be 360 / amount of objects

[ruby python]

Ah yeah, that makes sense.

[ruby python]

Yaaaay, Thank you. 🙂

[stuck palm]

how can i interpolate the markers above their heads properly? right now i just have it set as a world to screen point and have it follow that point exactly, which leads to some jitter

apparently using lerp is bad

like mathf.lerp

[night owl]

this might sound dumb but how much does it matter having visual studio code vs visual studio community?

[rich adder]

as long as they are configured properly what you choose to write in makes no difference

[night owl]

oh ok interesting thank you

I still have not been able to configure mine properly

But instead I've tried to fix the code

[rich adder]

Well you should fix your IDE first

if you are on windows then try using Visual Studio Community instead
its easier to get it working out the box

[frank zodiac]

[SerializeField] private Image attackButton;
[SerializeField] private Image defendButton;
[SerializeField] private Image tradeButton;
[SerializeField] private Image exitButton;
[SerializeField] private Sprite attackButtonSelected;
[SerializeField] private Sprite defendButtonSelected;
[SerializeField] private Sprite tradeButtonSelected;
[SerializeField] private Sprite exitButtonSelected;

public void AttackButton()
{
    attackButton.sprite = attackButtonSelected;
}

public void DefendButton()
{
    defendButton.sprite = defendButtonSelected;
}

public void TradeButton()
{
    tradeButton.sprite = tradeButtonSelected;
}

public void ExitButton()
{
    exitButton.sprite = exitButtonSelected;
}

how can i make this more efficent

[rich adder]

define "efficient"

[frank zodiac]

less code same functionality

[rich adder]

why do you need "less code"

if it works

[cedar crest]

Hi! How can I determine if a point is located clockwise or counterclockwise of a ray?

[rich adder]

what?

a ray is just a straight line

infinite

[cedar crest]

I mean like this
In semi-surface that is lefter or righter of a ray considering it's direction

green is the point and it is in clockwise part

Is there some built-in method for this, or should i just use math

[rich adder]

why not just get angle between the two lines and see if its negative or postiive

[cedar crest]

I'll try, sounds good
Just trying to check if unity has something for it already

[rich adder]

ops

[stuck palm]

you cant do findobjectoftype() for non monobehaviours can you

[fluid kiln]

How can i manage this in a 2d game?

I want to make a classroom scene that plays a "cutscene" when the player first loads the scene, but then it turns into a normal explorable place.

Also do you guys suggest making a scene for every "room" or should every scene be a whole map?

Its an rpg game

[rich adder]

I believe you want the cross product

trig still hurts my brain sometimes, gotta double check

[cedar crest]

looks like taking an angle with extra steps

The value will be discarded, only sign is needed, so i think checking angle as you said is fully ok

[rich adder]

what makes it exactly special being a cutscene ?

all you're doing is manually moving the camera and disabling move controls

[fluid kiln]

character not moveable / not present, secondary characters and camera moving in a scripted way

[rich adder]

You probably want to play around with Cinemachine and Timeline

Timeline mostly for all the scripted animating

[stuck palm]

does invoke stop when timescale is 0?

[rich adder]

are you talking about the MonoBehaviour invoke?

[stuck palm]

yeah

does like its progress stop

[wintry quarry]

Yes

[stuck palm]

depending on timescale

okay awesome

youre a different colour now 👀

[fluid kiln]

chinemachine is just camera programming right?

As for the timeline, idm scripting every scene

[rich adder]

yea I mean, In scripting just like characters appearing / not appearing with animations n whatnot , you don't need it every scene ofc

[ornate spoke]

Hey, how do I set a velocity on an instantiated clone?

[stark hedge]

the Instantiate() method actually returns a gameobject as well as instantiating it, so u can do
GameObject thing = Instantiate(params)

then u can reference the stuff on that object

like its playercontroller or whatnot

[rocky canyon]

thing.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().velocity =

[ornate spoke]

so, the prefab that is instantiated can be refered to that variable?

[stark hedge]

indeed

the instance thats created will be set to that variable

[ornate spoke]

great, ty

[rich adder]

You can Instantiate it as any type as long as it inherits from Object

[stark hedge]

o i didnt know that

[rich adder]

ya skips the GetComponent call

[rocky canyon]

Rigidbody rb = Instantiate(rbPrefab);

rb.velocity =

[stark hedge]

ohhhh that is neat

[rich adder]

as long as the rbPrefab is of Rigidbody type for example

[rocky canyon]

yes ^ lol dont be assigning NavMeshAgents as rigidbodys

or anything silly like that

lol

[rich adder]

this spline shall now be a navmesh agent!

[rocky canyon]

identity crisis!

[rocky canyon]

would be an epic cast

[ornate spoke]

what should I put in "(params)"?

[rich adder]

a bunch of meshes on a spline start chasing you nightmare fuel

[rocky canyon]

prefab, transform, rotation

^ i think should be bare minimum

u can.. just (prefab)

but who the hell knows where that ends up

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html always check docs

[ornate spoke]

awkay..

[stark hedge]

either check docs or if ur code editor tells u as ur writing

[rocky canyon]

makes me think of that mimic asset for whatever reason

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/creatures/mimic-prototype-245997

[rich adder]

interesting, is it splines?

[rocky canyon]

no clue, been meaning to grab it

but my empty projects are lacking for now..

[rich adder]

a good price 😆

[rocky canyon]

heck ya, my favorite price

[rocky canyon]

it has to be splines.

and a little bit of ik for good measure

wait.. ik-ish b.c i doubt its a rig

[rich adder]

def some raycasting going on

the feet touching the walls and stuff maybe combine with ik or spline feet?

[rocky canyon]

spline feet..

sounds painful

[gloomy jacinth]

How do i fix this?

[rocky canyon]

dont try to access/modify gameobjects that u've destroyed

[gloomy jacinth]

But im make a weapon shoot and it destroys the game object what do i do instead

[rocky canyon]

thats fine.. but once its destroyed what are u still trying to do to it?

[gloomy jacinth]

Shoot again

Can you look over the script?

[rocky canyon]

should probably use a prefab gameobject.. and instantiate a new one

destroy the old one.. and let it be

u can share the script if u like..

[gloomy jacinth]

!code

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[rocky canyon]

wee need a slash command for codeblocks

[gloomy jacinth]

https://hatebin.com/kijblvlajm

[rocky canyon]

what line is the error on?

does it tell?

[gloomy jacinth]

I think 67 because it says im trying to reach a destroyed game object

The error says that. Then it says you should check your script if its null or should not destroy the object

[rich adder]

btw you do know you can add a delay directly in Destroy method

[rocky canyon]

its ur Explode() method

after that.. u shouldn't try to do anything else to that gameobejct

or do the delay Inside the destroy method

Destroy(gameobject, 1f);

^ destroy after 1 second

[stark hedge]

since it destroys on a delay, wouldnt it be colliding with more stuff before it destroys

and proccing explode again

[rocky canyon]

   private void Explode()
    {
        if (isDestroyed) return; // Exit if the object is being destroyed
        isDestroyed = true; // Set the flag

[stark hedge]

ya

[rocky canyon]

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (isDestroyed) return; // Exit if the object is being destroyed```

[rocky canyon]

yes thats probably whats happening

[stark hedge]

//Add a little delay, just to make sure everything works fine

classic

LMAO

[rocky canyon]

good that u caught it tbh

sometimes these errors can go hidden for a long long time

[stuck palm]

how can i interpolate the markers above their heads properly? right now i just have it set as a world to screen point and have it follow that point exactly, which leads to some jitter

[rocky canyon]

MoveTowards, SmoothDamp, Lerp

many different smoothing type functions u can use

[stark hedge]

the jitter might also be from ur camera not being in the same kind of update as them. ive had that problem before

[rocky canyon]

well his whole scene would jitter if it was camera issue

[stark hedge]

yea unless just the markers are different

[rocky canyon]

id use one of these.. w/ a modifier

then u can adjust that modifier however u want..

make it snappy.. make it lag behind a bit.. etc

should smooth it out abunch

[gloomy jacinth]

What do i change about my code?

[rocky canyon]

i showed..

create a boolean (a flag) to let it know its been destroyed (or that has happened)

when u do that set the bool to true;

[gloomy jacinth]

oooh

ok

[rocky canyon]

and then on every function that manipulates the gameobject do an early returnif (isDestroyed) return; before any of ur other logic

when isDestroyed is true.. it'll just skip all the logic underneath it

[gloomy jacinth]

Do i need to make a public bool or something for isDestroyed?

[rocky canyon]

and that will let it eventually get destroyed w/o ur script still doign things to it

[rocky canyon]

since only this script would be using it it could be private

[gloomy jacinth]

Ok

ill try

It still gives me the same error

Heres the update code: https://hatebin.com/yggyfecyez

[whole lark]

Hi, I tried to Build my project, but it gave me an error with a folder that is not existing...? Does someone know how to fix it?

[gloomy jacinth]

Line 24 and 46

[gloomy jacinth]

It still gave me there error

[rich adder]

what are the previous errors

[rocky canyon]

it needs to be done in all ur functions

[frank zodiac]

https://hatebin.com/ivnonchplu i have this custom button script but its not working for some reason. i have 4 buttons; attack, defend, trade, exit. the functions are for when the mouse enters and exits each button

[eager spindle]

you need to check your scene list

[short hazel]

It's right, that path does not exist. You need to assign another scene from the Build settings.

[rocky canyon]

Update
Explode
OnCollisionEnter
anywhere the code is accesssing the gameobject needs an early return

[eager spindle]

you deleted a folder with a scene that would've been added to the build

so check your scene listi n the build settings to see what scenes you've included

[swift crag]

or you moved a scene, perhaps

i dunno if the scene list handles that

[eager spindle]

either way the scene list will show any scenes that cant be found

[gloomy jacinth]

What do you mean?

In my Actual gun script to?

Or in every void function?

[rocky canyon]

why does ur gunscript modify teh bullet at all?

[gloomy jacinth]

idk

[rocky canyon]

it should only instantiate it.. and then the bullet script would be the one doing everything to itself

[gloomy jacinth]

just asking

[rocky canyon]

so no, the gun script wouldnt need to know if the bullet is getting destroyed

[gloomy jacinth]

But do i add this: if (isDestroyed) return; // Exit if the object is being destroyed
isDestroyed = true; // Set the flag into every void function?

[shy cairn]

Good afyernoom clan

[rocky canyon]

every function that the bullet is calling

[rocky canyon]

the idea is to make the script not do anything to the bullet after u've said Destroy yourself

[gloomy jacinth]

So then i can only shoot my gun once?.

[rich adder]

what is this and how is it related to unity coding questions?

[rocky canyon]

the gun should be spawning prefabs.. (thats it)
the bullet should then take over and run its own code

the gun shouldnt care what happens to the bullet..

if thats the way u have ur stuff setup.. then thats the main issue

[shy cairn]

I come to give the best of my ability to contribute to the missions and whatever the clan wants to entrust to me. I am Latino I speak through a translator and I am also in Moomens and filth

[gloomy jacinth]

No ya i meant bullet but will puting this code into the bullet script make it clone prefabs when i shoot or just only let me shoot once.

[rocky canyon]

im confused.. u shouldnt need to add anything to the gun script..

[rich adder]

mate. this is a unity coding channel. You're in the wrong server
no offtopic

[rocky canyon]

u can instantiate as many prefabs as u want..

millions..

[gloomy jacinth]

Im talking about the bullet script

[rocky canyon]

yea, if the error is being caused in the bullet script

[gloomy jacinth]

So do i add that piece of code to ever void action in the bullet script?

[rocky canyon]

when u destroy it.. (or try to) set isDestroyed = true;

and then any function inside that script.. needs the first line to be if(isDestroyed){return;}

that way if its been destroyed.. dont do anything to it.. dont make particles.. dont try to destroying it again. nothing

and then eventually it will get destroyed completely (along with its script) and then no more errors will happen

[gloomy jacinth]

I fixed it

Thank you!!

[rocky canyon]

https://hatebin.com/nswqobyyuf

like dis

[rocky canyon]

nice! 🙂

[rocky canyon]

im pretty sure it was ur Knockback loop

since loops can take a min to finish.. it was erroring out.. b/c the gameobject would get destroyed b4 it finished or something..

idk.. just a guess

[gloomy jacinth]

Where it said private void Delay() i added the code because there was only a destroy game object instance there and it worked

[rocky canyon]

but the flag should help

[rocky canyon]

coool.. good to hear 🍀

[gloomy jacinth]

Do you know how i can make the gravity less easily?

Because i want bullet drop but its quite a lot right now

[rocky canyon]

if u change gravity its going to affect everything in ur scene

common thing to do is apply a little force to the bullet..

(small upwards force)

[rocky canyon]

check out this component

if u did +4.9 on the Y it'd make it fall 2ice as slow

since ur taking half of gravity and applying it upwards

[faint topaz]

Is anyone able to help me with this code?
It doesn't detect the fifth line in "frases" any idea why?

[languid spire]

nothing wrong with the code. how do you know it's not detecting it?

[faint topaz]

It says it's out of bounds

[faint topaz]

Out of bounds of the array

[languid spire]

show the full error