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[swift crag]

i hope it implements System.Numerics.IAdditionOperators<Quadruple, Quadruple, Quadples>

and maybe even System.Numerics.IAdditiveIdentity<Quadruple, Quadruple>

(these new walls of interfaces look so silly)

[quick pollen]

2nd of all, your spherecast probably overlaps with a wall, which mistakenly thinks that you're grounded, so you can jump
decreasing the size of the spherecast should fix it

it can usually be very small if its at the leg of the player

hope this helps

[cosmic dagger]

i only heard of "BigNumber", not that i ever used it . . .

[swift crag]

you also have "big integers", which are...integers

those are important in cryptography

they don't lose precision; they're variably-sized

[hollow dawn]

@quick pollen THANK YOU I decreased the size from 0.4f to 0.1f and its FIXED!!!

[simple furnace]

Can anyone by any chance help me double check why I am getting this error?

I checked every single asset and the script and it still says value cannot be empty.

[wintry quarry]

First step is to read the full error message

luckily for you though this is very familiar - it's from an AudioSource

[simple furnace]

Ah

[wintry quarry]

you're trying to play an AudioSource that doesn't have an audio clip assigned

[simple furnace]

Oh I see now.

Thanks.

[simple furnace]

That makes sense, at first I thought it was talking about the scoring system values tysm.

Is this one common too?

Object reference not set to an instance of an object, what on earth does that mean.

[cosmic dagger]

you have a variable that is null (not assigned) on line 17 of your ScoringSystem script . . .

it's the most common error you'll see . . .

[wintry quarry]

yes it's common, the most common error you will see

[simple furnace]

Welp, time to get use to it then I see.

[cosmic dagger]

the variable, itself, is a reference variable. there are two types: a reference type, and a value type. knowing the difference is paramount and will help you understand where a problem lies . . .

[wintry quarry]

When you have a variable for a class you wrote, that variable is a "reference", because it is used to hold a reference to some specific object. So when it says "Object reference", it's talking about your variable.
"not set to an instance of an object" - this means your variable was not properly set up to point at any object. Yet you are trying to use this variable which is not properly set up. Hence the error.

i.e.

public MyClass myVariable;```
This variable is named "myVariable" and it is a reference to a specific instance of MyClass

But if you don't assign it, it's not set to an instance of an object

And if you try to use such an unassigned variable, you get an error, as you saw

[simple furnace]

Any tips to find the error?

I am trying to so hard yet cannot figure it out.

[cosmic dagger]

look for any reference variable on the error line . . .

[swift crag]

look at the line the error is coming from

you are trying to use a null reference somewhere on that line

[wintry quarry]

the error provides the filename and line number where it's happening

That will take you right to it

[simple furnace]

Yeah, I still cannot see it

Unless it's the 0.

[polar acorn]

Either scoreText is null or it has no Text component on it

[cosmic dagger]

0 is not a variable. that is a number . . .

[wintry quarry]

scoreText could be null or GetComponent<Text>() is returning null

[cosmic dagger]

what variables are on this line?

[simple furnace]

scoreText?

[cosmic dagger]

yes, that is a reference variable. it must be assigned a value before you can access it. make sure you assigned it a value before this line . . .

[polar acorn]

Now, where do you assign a value to scoreText?

[simple furnace]

Within the diamond collectibles.

[cosmic dagger]

ok, great. now there is another reference variable, but it's harder to spot because you access it using the GetComponent method . . .

[simple furnace]

This one right?

[cosmic dagger]

GetComponent<Text>() attempts to return a Text component from scoreText, but it cannot find it. probably because you're using the incorrect type . . .

[polar acorn]

Does this object have a Text component on it?

Note: TextMeshPro is not Text

[cosmic dagger]

yep. what component does the scoreText has?

[simple furnace]

Ouch.

[polar acorn]

Use the type TMP_Text to reference it

[cosmic dagger]

you need to use the correct type. TextMeshPro is not the Text component; it will be TextMeshProUGUI, but as Digi stated, use TMP_Text as the type instead . . .

[void raptor]

Guys what happened to charactercontroller? I was working on my game and eventually It spawned some errors on script that i didn't edit

[slender nymph]

1. https://screenshot.help
2. you probably created your own class called CharacterController and it is trying to use that
3. also always start with the first error in your console, not the last

[simple furnace]

Do I just like change ().text to TMP_Text instead?

[slender nymph]

you need to change the type you are getting from GetComponent to that, not the text property

[void raptor]

Scripts are bugged too

[cosmic dagger]

you need to put the correct type within the angle braces . . .

[void raptor]

It doesn't show me the inspector elements

[slender nymph]

because you have compile errors. and for the love of god stop photographing your screen. take a screenshot.

[void raptor]

I'm using a phone to write thats why, i don't like Discord on PC, thanks anyway

[wintry quarry]

My guess is you wrote your own script called CharacterController and that is confusing the compiler.

[slender nymph]

use it in the browser to send a screenshot then. don't take pictures of your screen if you want proper help here

[void raptor]

Aight

[simple furnace]

Thank you guys it worked.

[swift crag]

You probably created your own class named CharacterController

[swift crag]

oops, I was scrolled back

[void raptor]

aight i fixed the errors thank you all

[ionic zephyr]

Is it okay if I check in Update wether my mouse is on top of certain UI element to show an icon???

[wintry quarry]

It would be much easier to use the event system

IPointerEnterHandler/IPointerExitHandler or the Event Trigger component

[ionic zephyr]

Ohh okay

those are Interfaces right?

[wintry quarry]

yes

[slender nymph]

you can also just use the EventTrigger component if you don't want to implement those methods manually and want to do something pretty simple in response to the events

[ionic zephyr]

what is the EventTrigger?

[void raptor]

i have a question, how do i build manually a skeleton on a 3d model?

[polar acorn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZBLtooU2Cs

[void raptor]

thank you

[cosmic dagger]

is amazing . . .

[ionic zephyr]

I´ve searched it and I am using it now, thanks!!

Does anyone know how to move an object to front in a UI

[slender nymph]

UI draws in the order it is displayed in the hierarchy, so move it further down in the hierarchy to draw on top of other elements

[ionic zephyr]

the thing is I have a description box which is child of an item slot which is at the same time a child of the grid layout

[polar acorn]

UI is rendered back to front in hierarchy order

If it's later in the hierarchy, it'll be in front

[ionic zephyr]

but in my case the problem is that it is in front of the slot it belongs to (it is a child of) but in the back of the other slots in the grid layout

[slender nymph]

if this is like a tooltip thing, then you probably don't want it to be a child of the grid layout so that you can position it however you want on top of everything

[polar acorn]

Or make it a child of a grid layout element, not a child of the grid layout itself

That way it draws on top of the element, but is not subjected to the layout rules

[ionic zephyr]

yeah but then it doesnt appear next to each slot

maybe I´ll just add the description box a part from all of the objects

[polar acorn]

I don't know what you mean by this

[polar acorn]

Ah, if it spans multiple elements then you'll need to have it not be a child of that element. You'll need to have it further down the hierarchy than the grid elements

You probably want a floating tooltip object and position it at the currently hovered object without it becoming a child of it

[ionic zephyr]

hmm okay it makes more sense

[ionic zephyr]

and in terms of legibility, would it be nicer to see a separate box that stays in the same place all the time and shows information, or this thing I´ve told you about?

In your opinion at least

[polar acorn]

It depends entirely on how visually busy the rest of the screen is. You'll probably need to try both and see what looks best as part of the whole picture

[ionic zephyr]

yeah, you are completely right

thanks a lot!

[neat scarab]

i'm having trouble with this condition. I get this return error and i dont know how to pass throught this :/ if anyone knows how to fix that would be really helpfull :)

[slender nymph]

you've messed up your inequality operator. it is instead a null forgiving operator on the GetChild call then an assignment operator trying to assign null to the method call

[neat scarab]

so like, if (Isco.transform.childCount > 0)
{
Destroy(Isco);
}

[void raptor]

i tried but i didn't find good videos

[slender nymph]

how did you get that from what i said? but yes, that is something you could do instead of fixing what you have there

[neat scarab]

english it's not my main language really, so i just assumed the problem was the null

[slender nymph]

no, as i said, the problem is your inequality operator. it should look like != but what you have is ! = which makes two separate operators

[neat scarab]

ohh lol silly mistake, wait a bit

let me try

[slender nymph]

i will note that your childCount comparison will likely be faster so just use that anyway

[rich adder]

really? the whole internet and you can't find anything ?

[void raptor]

i didn't search for long

thats why i didn't find the video

[rich adder]

thats more like it

[harsh vigil]

So, in FPS games there is a thing where you can only see your hands, not body, but other players do see your model and animations. Is there a way to do this in Unity? Thanks for help in advance

[swift crag]

in a multiplayer game, different objects can be activated for different players

Each player's game turns off their own character's model

and leaves everyone else's character models activated

[harsh vigil]

How do I set that up?

[swift crag]

have you done any multiplayer development yet?

this is a pretty foundational thing

[harsh vigil]

Nope, but the character is set up and ready to go

[polar acorn]

Depends on your specific networking framework, but all of them should have a concept of detecting whether any specific object is "yours"

[swift crag]

whether because objects are actually "owned" by clients, or because you just wrote that down somewhere when the game started

[harsh vigil]

Until I setup the multiplayer. What do I do with the character? I have the full body ready to go, but it keeps going threw the camera and its really annoying. That's why I want to add this in the first place

[abstract pelican]

hey guys

[harsh vigil]

@swift crag

[abstract pelican]

How to make the text not duplicate?

[swift crag]

have you been following any documentation or tutorials

they should get into code that checks if you own an object or not pretty quickly

[harsh vigil]

I'm not sure what topic do I search for. I didn't find any video

[swift crag]

since you need that for stuff like...say, not turning on 16 cameras all at once

what are you even using?

Netcode for GameObjects?

Mirror?

[rich adder]

#↕️┃editor-extensions

[harsh vigil]

I'm using mirror

[swift crag]

you need to read mirror's documentation, then

you're going to have to get used to reading. multiplayer is complicated

[harsh vigil]

Aight. Can you send me a link please?

[harsh vigil]

Yes I heard haha

[swift crag]

you should also get used to doing a basic google search:

"unity mirror documentation"

[rich adder]

GIYF

[swift crag]

I don't use Mirror, so I can't tell you anything too much more specific

consider https://mirror-networking.gitbook.io/docs/manual/guides/gameobjects/player-gameobjects

[harsh vigil]

Is starting multiplayer important at the start of the project? can I do it mid way through game developement?

Also, doesn't the networking depend on what you're using? Like for example using steam has its own way, etc?

[void raptor]

i have this problem that the navmesh didn't map the zones that i circled, and whenever i go in this zone the player just go under the map and it fells the collision doesn't work only in those areas i don't get why

[rich adder]

wildly more difficult to start single player project then inject multiplayer in it

[swift crag]

Steam has a networking system, but that wouldn't really affect the multiplayer library you're using in Unity

[harsh vigil]

I'm thinking of putting the game on steam. But I need to make sure that development goes smoothly. Can I like write the game using the steam networking and testing it before paying the 100$?

[rich adder]

no we don't know why, all we have is a screenshot. How useful is that to debug logical error ?
start by showing the inspectors
navmesh agents don't have collisions, so something already doesn't sound correct

[swift crag]

I don't know about that.

[harsh vigil]

No worries. I will check it out

[rich adder]

the complete player inspector..

how do you move it, what are the components on it

is player not a navmesh agent?

[void raptor]

yeah

wait i'll send you the screens

@rich adder

[rich adder]

so the player is a kinematic rigidbody

it would not fall unless you have code applying gravity

also its a trigger

do you have some sort of raycasting cause , makes you wonder why it will phase through map lol

[void raptor]

idk but i probably found the error

wait

now it works

when i started making the map with terrain editor i've painted accidentaly holes but i still could see the map so i didnt care and the patterns reminded me of those holes i painted so i just removed them and it works but i dont know why i could see the terrain in those areas if there was holes

[rich adder]

I still dont understand how navmesh relates to your rigidbody kinematic player 🤔

navmesh sould have literally no effect

[void raptor]

thats strange

[rich adder]

can you show the Player Move script

[void raptor]

@rich adder

[polar acorn]

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[rich adder]

yes please use link, I'd like not to get flashbanged again

why is it moving a character controller but you have a kinematic rb on it , didnt even seee a CC component

so much strange stuff going on here

[void raptor]

is it an error? i thought i should add it

[rich adder]

yes, the character controller is all you need

[void raptor]

aight

[rich adder]

it already has OnTrigger detections so you dont need another collider or Kinematic rb

it mix collider with rb(kinda) all in one

[void raptor]

ok thanks

[ionic zephyr]

hey, I checked out the Code Monkey Video and I think I understand more or less, so thank you

[void raptor]

i have another problem sorry if i disturb. I have this spawn ui script that makes appear "E" keyboard image and a text whenever you are near to an npc, i've added the same script to multiple npc but it works only for one npc in the other npc it doesnt work, they dont spawn even tho the debug says that i am in the area where the ui should spawn. Why? @rich adder

[rich adder]

yeah play around with them is your best bet to get it truly clicking in the head

[void raptor]

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

public class SpawnUI : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] public GameObject player;
[SerializeField] public GameObject e;
[SerializeField] public GameObject interactTxt;
void Update()
{
if (Vector3.Distance(player.transform.position, transform.position) < 3f)
{
Debug.Log("E keyboard should spawn in this area.");
e.SetActive(true);
interactTxt.SetActive(true);
}
else
{
e.SetActive(false);
interactTxt.SetActive(false);
}
}
}

[rich adder]

share the code as it was shown to you via bot msg

[polar acorn]

!code

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[void raptor]

damn i forgot to put the backquotes

[ionic zephyr]

I think Im going to separate between overworld collectable(which will be classes) and UI craftable items (which will be SO)

[void raptor]

sorry

[rich adder]

and do you have errors in console?

[rich adder]

yea, pretty much I use in one project SOs only for the recipes n the "reward"

[void raptor]

 public class SpawnUI : MonoBehaviour 
{ [SerializeField] public GameObject player; 
[SerializeField] public GameObject e; 
[SerializeField] public GameObject interactTxt; 
void Update() { 
if (Vector3.Distance(player.transform.position, transform.position) < 3f) 
{ Debug.Log("E keyboard should spawn in this area."); 
e.SetActive(true); 
interactTxt.SetActive(true); } 
else 
{ e.SetActive(false); 
interactTxt.SetActive(false); 
} 
} 
} 

[void raptor]

yeah no errors in console

[ionic zephyr]

Yeah, I might use it like that

[polar acorn]

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[rich adder]

jesuss..

[void raptor]

!code ```using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using UnityEngine;
public class SpawnUI : MonoBehaviour
{ [SerializeField] public GameObject player;
[SerializeField] public GameObject e;
[SerializeField] public GameObject interactTxt;
void Update() {
if (Vector3.Distance(player.transform.position, transform.position) < 3f)
{ Debug.Log("E keyboard should spawn in this area.");
e.SetActive(true);
interactTxt.SetActive(true); }
else
{ e.SetActive(false);
interactTxt.SetActive(false);
}
}
}

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[rich adder]

why didnt you just paste it into a link, what did you do to the formatting

[void raptor]

ok wait

https://paste.ofcode.org/GNExNRgkGt5xy68fkeJtrK

[polar acorn]

Do all of the objects with this script refer to the same e and interactTxt

[void raptor]

yes

[polar acorn]

Then every frame, every one of these you are not next to disables e and interactTxt

The only way they'll ever be active is if this particular SpawnUI happens to run last

Because anything that runs after it is just gonna turn them off again

[void raptor]

thanks

[elder raptor]

How do I get the width of a gameobject? Like, not the scale, the current Width of it in the scene as I want to know how much I should move the game object based on the width.

I am doing this float partWidth = partRenderer.bounds.size.z; as z axis seems to be the width but it is giving a very small amount

[void raptor]

ive fixed the code and now it works thanks again @polar acorn

[languid spire]

renderer bounds

x is the width

[elder raptor]

So basically what I did right? partRenderer.bounds.size.z

where Part Renderer is basicaly GetComponent<Renderer>()

[elder raptor]

Isn't it Z here?

[languid spire]

yes,x is width, z is depth, y is height

[elder raptor]

Or am I wrong?

[rich adder]

switch it from Global

[elder raptor]

Ahh

Lemme try

[rich adder]

does it look the same?

[elder raptor]

Nope

It's X

Man but it's moving a bit too much, lemme check with Debugging Values

[rich adder]

btw in Center mode you may not be seeing where the true origin is

[swift crag]

Center throws me off whenever I accidentally enable it

[elder raptor]

Ohh

so it should be Pivot

I feel it's giving incorrect values

It says the width is 0.3669179

but 0.206 is the amount I need to move the object to position it exactly at the end of that slice

[rich adder]

no idea whats is supposed to look like , I just see a screenshot

[rich adder]

so where was the pivot?

when you move a transform thats where you move from

[elder raptor]

Wait lemme show

[rich adder]

you have the size but you have to figure in the offset of pivot

[elder raptor]

The pivot for each slice is at the centre of the entire object

Is that bad?

Because I am moving the whole object, not just a slice

[rich adder]

what is it you're trying to do exactly line up knife with cuts?

[elder raptor]

Yess

I have different "Fruits" which have different cuts of different widths, so I am trying to make a dynamic way to move the fruit so it lines up under the knife

[rich adder]

are they all different sizes?

[elder raptor]

Yeahh a bit

[rich adder]

gotta do some mathin

[elder raptor]

I did make a way that moves based on a fix offset which does work but it looks kinda weird in some areas.

[rich adder]

you mean putting sepearate objects between cuts?

[elder raptor]

No no, I just put a default offset of 1.5f and made it move 1.5 to the left after every cut

[rich adder]

ah yeah that wont work for not evenly sliced cuts

i was thinking the hackey way of putting gameobjects between each cut and then you have "pivot" spots to line up

[elder raptor]

I thought of another way to make it by using a raycast from the knife that will make the object move until it stops hitting the current slice you are supposed to cut but it sounds a bit overkill and might have room for errors

[rich adder]

or just do the math and count each size of the slice through collider/mesh
you have to factor in the offset of the center

[scenic saffron]

how do i make it so that i don't have to add the 2. vector because you cant add Vectors?
My Code:

bRB2D.velocity = (BulletSpawnPosition * 11) + prb2D.velocity;

[elder raptor]

Yeah lemme try that

[rich adder]

You can't add vectors ?

[elder raptor]

So basically, use the collider's width instead right?

[scenic saffron]

yes

[polar acorn]

What's the error say

[rich adder]

idk do you get different numbers if you check size of slice with renderer vs collider?

@scenic saffron yes you can't do V3 + V2

and vice versa

[elder raptor]

Okay lemme check

[rich adder]

You can cast though

or keep it all v3

[polar acorn]

You can't add two different kinds of vectors. You'd want to either cast BulletSpawnPosition to Vector2, or prb2D.velocity to a Vector3

[scenic saffron]

oh ok thx

[willow scroll]

This is pretty strange how these 2 lines of code cannot be added to Vector2 and Vector3 respectively

public static Vector2 operator +(Vector2 a, Vector3 b) =>
    new(a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y);

public static Vector3 operator +(Vector3 a, Vector2 b) =>
    new(a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y, a.z);

[elder raptor]

Yeah gives same values

I think I figured a sweet spot just to use the shortcut method of moving the fruit the same value. I will just make it a bit dynamic based on the fruit, I feel that's easier as I am running out of time xD

Thanks for the advice <3

[carmine narwhal]

Hey I´m have been using chatgpt for my game and it has worked up till now when i try getting a targetingsystem to work. I have googled but tutorials never show misstakes. and i cant figure this one out. my debug logs say that target is being found but for some reason the targetindicator doesnt show up, the targetindicator script doesnt get initilzed. I´m guessin it is something in the code i dont understand. but i also dont know where to find the answer.

[willow scroll]

The same goes for Vector2Int and Vector3Int, which both have to be explicitly converted.

[quick pollen]

ur welcome :))
be careful with stuff like this, plugging in random values is always recipe for disaster

[willow scroll]

I have a relevant answer for you:

• Don't use ChatGPT to write you the code, which you don't understand and won't thus be able to modify after copypasting it once

[elder raptor]

Sorry for the ping @rich adder but I should Local Scale and Transforms in my case right?

[carmine narwhal]

yea but since there is noway to learn i kinda have to. i cant afford courses that doesnt give me anything usefull. and yT tutorials dont work for me. and the unitydocs is not understandable. so i tried this route instead. atleast im getting somewhere this way.

[simple furnace]

I got a question, when creating code for player movement what tends to be the leading cause behind ASDW key set moving the player in different directions?

[elder raptor]

Use Debugs to figure out the exact issue to see why the script isn't being called

[willow scroll]

I don't think that the variety of games, which can be created with ChatGPT, is wide.
Also, imagine publishing your game and receiving a bug report from the player. Then you go: "I cannot fix it, because I have no idea how my code works. Sorry!"

[rich adder]

the localScale to do what ?

[simple furnace]

Imagine if Rockstar did that with GTA 6🥶🥶

[elder raptor]

I mean Local Transform to move them back to their original place. I thought I would reuse the same Gameobjects instead of destroying and instantiating them again. I think this concept is called Object Polling, so I want to reset the position of the slices back to their places, so wanted to know if I should use Local Transform values

I have a big confusion with local and global at times as it's been a while since I used unity 😭

[rich adder]

if they are child of a parent then keep track of their localPosition sure

[scenic saffron]

Why is my Player sometimes just stopping for no reason and slowing down by like 50% when landing from a Jump?

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
        {
            rb2d.AddForce(new Vector3(-300 * Time.deltaTime, 0,rb2d.velocity.y));
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
        {
            rb2d.AddForce(new Vector3(300 * Time.deltaTime, 0,rb2d.velocity.y));
        }
        
        if(rb2d.velocity.x  >= 6)
        {
            rb2d.velocity = new Vector2(6f, rb2d.velocity.y);
        }
        else if (rb2d.velocity.x <= -6)
        {
            rb2d.velocity = new Vector2(-6f, rb2d.velocity.y);
        }

[elder raptor]

Ahh okay okay thankies

[willow scroll]

You're not getting anywhere, using the code you cannot understand. It's also important to know what ChatGPT's code usually doesn't make sense and is absolutely useless unless writing the patterns or asking for the small snippets, which cannot be found on the web. In the latter case, you'll still surely have to modify them to

• 1. Work properly and not throw any errors
• 2. Work specifically for your game

[scenic saffron]

ignore that im stupid

[elder raptor]

Why are you using Vector 3 for 2d?

[rich adder]

valid

Unity is a 3D engine

the z just gets 0'd out

[elder raptor]

I meAn Yeah but you can't go Z innit

True true

[rich adder]

its easier to do operations with v3 since transforms are all v3

[elder raptor]

Ahh makes sense

[willow scroll]

Why do you assume the game is 2D?

[elder raptor]

Cuz rb2d

Rigid Body 2D

[willow scroll]

Alright.

[carmine narwhal]

i got alot further this way than with tutorials and spent cash. ive spent around 1000$ and cant do shit alone. cause tutorials and courses arent made the way i need them..

[elder raptor]

😭 my bad if I am wrong

no attack

[willow scroll]

You're surely right

[rich adder]

nah they were using V3 + V2 earlier ,its a correct guess

[elder raptor]

Ahhh I see

[carmine narwhal]

nvm got it to work 😄

[elder raptor]

$1000 damn, I spent like $6 on a unity course

[carmine narwhal]

ive done alot of them 😄

[elder raptor]

Let's not include college cuz college overpriced 😭

[timber tide]

any reason you're mixing forces with setting velocity

[willow scroll]

It's also important to not forget about Vector3s in 2D games, as z axis is used to correctly layer the objects. Simply using Vector2s results in z axis being 0, which can place the object with initially another z position in the undesired position and make it not visible to the camera

[willow scroll]

I have spent nothing and see no reason for you to spend this much to then write your code with ChatGPT without being able to properly modify or debug it

[rich adder]

You got ripped off then

[scenic saffron]

my brain is probably 2d

[carmine narwhal]

probably true but that doesnt change the fact that it is true, so getting courses from unity /udemy is ar ripp off 😛

[summer stump]

I have never spent money on lessons

It is a waste

Tons of free resources

[carmine narwhal]

than you are alot smarter than me. cant understand how you have learned anything.

[willow scroll]

I would doubt that. You, surely, can learn a lot by using Unity's official site !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[timber tide]

if you want courses then do something non-engine related like shader coding and concept of computer graphical design

those are pretty fun and educating

[rich adder]

the amount of free resources is staggering, I still got flashbacks from 56k modem days billed by the minute, so to me all this free shit is crazy

i guess now days free is expected

[carmine narwhal]

i have done alot from there. still cant even make a pingpong game by my self.

[willow scroll]

Then do again.

And don't simply repeat everything. Add your own changes.

[rich adder]

do you want to learn the API , The Editor or just C#

you might be doing too much at once

[carmine narwhal]

i dont know, i want to be able to have a simple idé and just do it. dont i need all 3 then?

[rich adder]

but you should not necessarily start with all 3

[elder raptor]

Is it possible to run a script even if the Gameobject is disabled?

[carmine narwhal]

how do i know which one to start with?

[rich adder]

imo you start with C# first .
just code and logic. No UI not dealing with other crap like inspector, just fundamenetals

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/get-started-c-sharp-part-1/

you only realize later on how much of this basic stuff you're doing but on a bigger level

from there you can easily read the Unity API and so forth

[timber tide]

when you disable a gameobject it'll stop the update method, coroutines, and some components like rendering modules

[summer stump]

Correct

[summer stump]

I believe that is only when disabling the script only. Disabling the OBJECT will actually disable all code from what I remember

But it's been a while since I tested. Could be wrong

[elder raptor]

The gameobject is disabled from the start as I don't want the player to see it. But I want it to get its initial position values assigned in the script attached to it as another script controls its movements even when it's disabled. 😔

[timber tide]

well, it applies to per component (script) or if you disable the whole gameobject then it'll apply to all.

[summer stump]

Then disable the renderer

[timber tide]

but otherwise you can still call methods of those scripts with them disabled or not.

[elder raptor]

That's the issue, the gameobject has several child objects which have renderers

[summer stump]

Make an array of renderers and loop disable them

[elder raptor]

I mean yeah, I can do that using a for loop, but I hoped there might be a better approach

Lmaooo alright alright will do it

[summer stump]

Not really. Could have all renderers under one parent, and the code on the root

Disable the renderer parent and keep the root active

[timber tide]

Transform values should still be obtainable and settable even if it's disabled

[elder raptor]

I called it in the start method of the script

[timber tide]

oh, right if it's in start it wont run.. but awake may still work? I forget actually

[carmine narwhal]

i have done a course in C# in Highscool level, cause that was the only short one i could do at the same time as work. and i wrote some simpleprograms, i even tried to make my first "Game Idea" into a console program i got it to work, but it got to be to much work with classes and shit so i gave up that idéa it feels like it is some functions of C# that isnt taught.

[elder raptor]

Wait lemme test it out

[timber tide]

Start wont work because the update loop never starts, but awake may work as you're creating it

[elder raptor]

Nope Awake is not called either

[timber tide]

I usually will keep my stuff enabled, but disable it in start (for prefab stuff)

[elder raptor]

Yeahh, I will disable the gameobject after getting the values instead

[carmine narwhal]

thanks i have done that one too but i gave up when i didnt understood the assignment.

[void raptor]

Ur not alone

[rich adder]

which assignment ? a lot of this stuff is simple operations like calculator, or working with arrays n loops

[void raptor]

I can't either

[elder raptor]

Ping pong game is pretty easy ngl

[carmine narwhal]

cant remember now just remember that was the reason when i saw all the text.

[timber tide]

why dont ya make some tictactoe in c#, battleships, checkers, ect first

[void raptor]

I know, but i don't know well the unity api

[elder raptor]

Understandable

Or make Text Based Games

[rich adder]

thats what the documentation is for

[elder raptor]

That's what I started with

Just watch Brackeys 😔

[void raptor]

I take a look a few times to learn something or I learn by watching video tutorials

[simple furnace]

Hey guys is Character Controller automatically an collider?

[languid spire]

then learn it, game dev in Unity (or anywhere else) takes time and effort, there are no shortcuts or free rides

[elder raptor]

Yeah I think it comes with a Capsule Collider iirc

[summer stump]

It derives from the Collider class

[simple furnace]

Alright cool thanks.

[rich adder]

tutorials only show you how to do something, its your reasonability to make value of what you learned. Assuming the tutorial is decent enough , that still requires good understanding on what to recognize as wrong or to be improved on

[void raptor]

I am learing, i use unity like everyday(also so i can practice and become Better) becouse i am working on a project. Last day i used unity for like 8 hours

[simple furnace]

Correct me if I am wrong on this, but the Capsule aka Player Controller collider should be placed touching the ground yes?

[elder raptor]

You were right, just having them enabled in the starting then disabling them in Start worked flawlessly, thank you

[void raptor]

Aight thanks for the info

[summer stump]

If you want it touching the ground, yes

Or above it, and apply gravity 🤷‍♂️

[languid spire]

only 8 hours? I use Unity for 18 hours 7 days a week, and I've been doing it for a very, very long time

[elder raptor]

i mean, you consider the collider as your character, so yeah, it's only natural for the bottom to touch the ground if you don't want it flying around

[elder raptor]

[void raptor]

Damn thats really a lot, good job

How can you be awake for 18 hours?

[simple furnace]

Alright thanks

Back to figuring out collision scene change.

[languid spire]

you mean you sleep for more than 6?

[elder raptor]

I sleep for a good 8-9 hours a day

[languid spire]

damn, I could not do that if I tried

[carmine narwhal]

cause i dont know where to start.

[void raptor]

Yeah, but you don't eventually lose focus doing unity for 18hours a day i don't know if you do it constantly tho

[short hazel]

People will barge about how much they're overworked and how f'd up their sleep schedule is, like it's a good thing
What a world we live in

[languid spire]

Nope, 100% focus and concentration, the hours fly by

[elder raptor]

xD I sleep from 12 am till 7 am then from 4 pm till 6 pm after gym cuz I get exhausted

[void raptor]

Cool

[elder raptor]

Dude dedicated

I lose focus quick, Adhd moment

[languid spire]

don't really know how to say this. If you really want to be great at this job you dedicate your life to it, to the exclusion of all else, not because you have to but because you want to

[delicate portal]

How to draw zigzag lines with unity line renderer so I can apply it to these lines?

[short hazel]

I'm not even gonna comment on that lol

[void raptor]

You work for a company? Or you're just making a big project?

[languid spire]

I'm retired, I did say I've been doing this for a long time

[void raptor]

Aight

[weak grove]

i love c# there i said it lol

[rich adder]

draw with array of points, idk what you're asking sorry lol

[rich adder]

get a room!

[weak grove]

@rich adder i will !

[lime pewter]

I am currently creating a liquid pooling system and am needing to reference all the tiles a part of the pool that are in the "top" position, (the top pool tiles to display fill amount) and am wondering if it is more worthwhile to loop through every tile in the pool (to find the "top" tiles), or to store all the "top tiles" in a list that actively gets added/removed from, for pools that are potentially hundreds of tiles large is a foreach loop over all of them slow? And would storing all the "top" tiles in a list be faster significantly?

I assume so, but I am just making sure that a list of GameObjects wouldn't be significantly hard on memory or whatever.

[wintry quarry]

Is this a 2D grid? I'm having trouble visualizing what you're describing

[lime pewter]

Yes, sorry.

[lime pewter]

Liquid tiles each with a float between 0-1, I am creating a pooling system which will overarchingly control all necessary tiles to save on needing a script running on every water tile when they are "inactive". However, the pool needs to know the "fill amount" of all the top tiles in order to determine if the liquid falling onto a pool should be added, or not. (based on if it can hold more liquid).

Currently my script loops through all child transforms of the pool (parent) and checks for a "isPoolTop" bool on each child, when I really could just determine when each tile is added to the pool if it should be a "PoolTop" or not and not need to constantly loop if I had a list storing them.

[wintry quarry]

what does this float represent? The amount of water in the tile?

[bright siren]

Don't have a script on each tile or a game object per tile. Use pure code to run the pooling and render with whatever is most optimal

[lime pewter]

Yes, so if it were 1/1 it would be "full"

[wintry quarry]

I'm still not sure I understand what you mean by a "top tile"

[lime pewter]

I'll draw a reference, one sec.

[wintry quarry]

also I fear the term "pooling" is being conflated or confused here with the whole concept of these being water tiles

To be clear are we talking about object pooling?

I'm not sure how the object pooling part relates to the "top tile" part

[lime pewter]

Haha, that's true. I am creating a (water) pooling system, so adding water tiles to a "pool" parent, which determines if it should be drained, filled, etc.

[wintry quarry]

so is the idea here that there will always be only empty tiles at the top, only full tiles at the bottom, and only the row in between can have anything between 0 and 1?

because the vessel fills bottom up

[lime pewter]

right, exactly.

[wintry quarry]

I would just keep an int currentFillingRow or something

[lime pewter]

So in theory the non "top" tiles don't need to update at all unless a block tile beside them is broken or removed, which it will create a drain, which will remove from the "top" of the pool evenly.

[wintry quarry]

which is the y coordinate of that row

unless there can be multiple pools

with different levels

in which case you can use graph algorithms

[lime pewter]

in weird edgecases the pool can be a weird shape with multiple "top" layers, so it'd likely be a list to reference.

[gaunt ice]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_automaton

• and just loop through the top to simulate

i dont think you really need this https://leetcode.com/problems/trapping-rain-water/

[lime pewter]

I am currently using a Cellular Automaton base, however it is extremely laggy if it isn't pooled.

[bright siren]

That's an old fashioned sand like water system. But having water that can go round a u-bend, that is difficult!

[lime pewter]

That's currently what I am trying to simulate and my current system "works" but it can definitely be optimized.

Currently it only needs to run any non pooled tiles and a single looping function for each "pool".

So having a "pool" system where it can be drained and filled via the pool itself is much more elegant than default cellular automata would be.

[bright siren]

Oh wow well that's cool. But how? It should know what pressure is behind to climb up a pipe

[lime pewter]

Right, so it's not perfect at the moment but the main idea is that a "top" tile is any tile on "top" so if there is a large pillar of water connected, it will "level" itself between them based on their y coordinate, tiles can also store an overfilled amount based on a simulated pressure of tiles above it, which unlock the ability to flow upwards, adding their overfill amount above them. There are definitely some bumps to level out but it is pretty elegant currently.

If you'd like when I get the shaders done I can send how the final result works if you'd be interested to see further!

[bright siren]

Ok well you should GitHub it!

[lime pewter]

I plan to create a detailed video explaining it, but it is also to be used in my game so I'll likely create a devlog series when the game is further along, I have created quite a few unique systems that I hope to make my project stand out!

[elder raptor]

Color randomColor = colors[Random.Range(0, colors.Count)];
plateMaterial.color = randomColor;

Why is this not changing the material's colour? 😔

[languid spire]

because you need to reassign the changed material back

[elder raptor]

Ohhh

[rich adder]

it only works if color is mapped to _Color in the shader

[timber tide]

usually there's Set methods directly on the material

by string lookup

[elder raptor]

The material's colour is not even changing in the first place. Is it cuz I am using a shader from Asset Store?

Ohh

[rich adder]

correct

[timber tide]

otherwise _Color for vertex color

[elder raptor]

Okay lemme try

[timber tide]

could also make your own color property field and connect it to vertex

[elder raptor]

plateMaterial.SetColor("_Color", randomColor); didn't work either >:(

[timber tide]

is this a custom shader and do you have vertex color connected

[elder raptor]

The shader file does not have a _color

So I need to add it right?

[rich adder]

it probably has another name iirc you can look at the material in debug mode to see all the prop names

[elder raptor]

Wait it does

_BaseColor then

[elder raptor]

Yeahh

Okay yeah it works, thanks!

[timber tide]

ah, SRP shaders did change the naming convention up a bit

still various components that include their own shaders rely on the old naming convention

like spriterender for instance

[dry tendon]

Does anyone knows the way to replace the deffault c# script icon that appears on the game assets to a custom one?

I've seen that some people do that... But i don't exactly know how

[rich adder]

select the script in project view, in the inspector now you can click the icon and assign it

[elder raptor]

I know you can change the icon of the folders using Plugins like Rainbow Folder

[rich adder]

they did not ask about icons of folders

[elder raptor]

I assumed it had some functionality for that

Didn't know the inspector thing existed, we learn a new thing everyday xD

[dry tendon]

oh, true Thanks!

[dry tendon]

and is there any specific size of the image you would recommend me to use?

[dry tendon]

true, that's not exactly what i wanted, but is usefull to know it!

[rich adder]

at least 128 prob

prob less, the biggest version of it you will is the project folder

64 at least though

[final glade]

Hello everyone,
So I do not know whether this would be considered an issue more of scripting or not. But I have started looking into 3D game dev, I am now considering recreating the old game Tom and Jerry war of the whiskers as an exercise for me to enhance my skills (not selling just for me).
I watched some tutorials on character animation, so I decided to create a state machine with the help of the input system. The issue is the code doesn’t give any errors but the run and move animations don’t work meaning when I press the specific button to move it doesn’t react to it.
Here is my code:

https://paste.ofcode.org/s8LFkxbubWeDLzrCBs4Bf5
https://paste.ofcode.org/v76rg8MbnY8ZcZ9LZpYHL8

Attached is the inspector of the “Tom Object”

Please tell me if any more details are required.

[languid spire]

please do not post photos of your screen, use screenshots

[elder raptor]

How do I check whether I am on PC or Mobile?

Is it just "Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer" and for mobile "Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.Android"?

[languid spire]

that will work for Android devices, not for IOS

[elder raptor]

Yeah iphoneplayer for IOS

IPhonePlayer

I remember doing this in another way using something like #If Platform.OS == Android or something along that line

[languid spire]

those are compile time directives, not runtime tests

[elder raptor]

Ahh

So rn, it's

if (Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer || Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.OSXPlayer || Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.LinuxPlayer)

For PC, I only care about PC right now.

[languid spire]

That is not just PC, it is most standalone platforms

[elder raptor]

Ahh

Okayy thankies

[final glade]

My bad sorry.

Do you have an idea or do you want me to resend ?

[languid spire]

tbh, I think you should add some debugging to your code and then post the console log because atm it's all guess work

[final glade]

I actually did after sending, they all run. Which is making me think it is something wrong in the inspector.

[languid spire]

and we are supposed to know that how? magic?

[final glade]

Sorry man 💀

[hasty sleet]

By default, send images in acceptable formats. Taking physical pictures of your screen is like mailing someone a floppy disk

You may notice a button on your keyboard named "PRT SC" or similar. Press that button to print your screen.

Describe the problem, describe why it's a problem, describe the approach you have tried.

[tiny wave]

A pretty beginner question that I never really thought about until now...

In functions you have your "private void FuctionName(int int1 = 0, int int2 = 0, int int3 = 0)", with the name and default values of all those... but if you just wanted int3 to be 2, would you have to type in 0 for all the things before it, or otherwise how would you skip to a variable?

[short hazel]

You can use named parameters to pass them out of order: Method(int3: 42069)

[tiny wave]

sweet thanks

now i can save precious 2 seconds

[elder raptor]

Why can't I assign this function

public void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData) { if (eventData.pointerEnter.name == upButton.name) { upButtonHeld = true; } else if (eventData.pointerEnter.name == downButton.name) { downButtonHeld = true; } else if (eventData.pointerEnter.name == leftButton.name) { leftButtonHeld = true; } }

To an Event Trigger?

[rich adder]

why are you trying to assign this function that makes no sense

[slender nymph]

because the parameter type is not the same

[elder raptor]

This script is attached to a game object that's not the Button. That's why

[rich adder]

not sure how that explains why

[slender nymph]

the event will pass a parameter of type BaseEventData, and while it likely will be a PointerEventData it isn't stored that way so you'd have to cast in your method if you need to use that data

[short hazel]

The event header shows the expected method signature:

[rich adder]

just call the function you want directly ?

[elder raptor]

okay soo, I have three buttons, Up, Down and left. I want them to continuously run a function when clicked and when you stop pressing it, I want it to stop running the function

[short hazel]

Your method needs a parameter of type BaseEventData to appear here

[elder raptor]

Ohh

Okay that worked perfectly, thank you!

[marble heron]

hey! I have this script to clamp the camera movement but it's very rigid, how do I fix it to be more smooth?
using UnityEngine;
using Cinemachine;

/// <summary>
/// An add-on module for Cinemachine Virtual Camera that locks the camera's Y co-ordinate when the player reaches a certain position
/// </summary>
[SaveDuringPlay]
[AddComponentMenu("")] // Hide in menu
public class LockCameraY : CinemachineExtension
{
[Tooltip("The y position where the camera's y position will be locked")]
public float lockYPosition = -11f;

// Reference to the player transform
public Transform player;

protected override void PostPipelineStageCallback(
    CinemachineVirtualCameraBase vcam,
    CinemachineCore.Stage stage, ref CameraState state, float deltaTime)
{
    if (stage == CinemachineCore.Stage.Body)
    {
        var pos = state.FinalPosition;

        // Check if player's y position is less than or equal to the lockYPosition
        if (player != null && player.position.y <= lockYPosition)
        {
            // Lock the camera's y position to lockYPosition
            pos.y = lockYPosition;
        }

        state.RawPosition = pos;
    }
}

}

[final glade]

Basically, I am trying making a 3D player animation using the input system.
The issue is it shows that it reacts to the buttons but nothing is reflected on screen, I tried using debug.logs but it seems to working fine so I don’t think the issue is in the code.
For example when I click left shift nothing happens although the character is supposed to run.
Code link:

https://paste.ofcode.org/s8LFkxbubWeDLzrCBs4Bf5
https://paste.ofcode.org/v76rg8MbnY8ZcZ9LZpYHL8

Attached are the ss

[shell laurel]

Hey guys, I have a question regarding the input actions on my Quest 2. Basically, I want to reference the grab button or any button on my right controller and log something out. I set up the project via the Unity VR core template, and there are XRI default input actions defined, but I have no idea how to use them. Do you guys know how to do it?

[teal mason]

When I load a new scene, why is my 'Explosion' audio source no longer applied to my Handle Event script?

[slender nymph]

most likely you had it assigned via inspector, and i'd guess that the root object there is probably a singleton that destroys itself if an instance already exists. so when you loaded back into that scene the new instance loaded by the scene destroyed itself because an instance already exists in the DDOL scene. so any references to that instance (or any of its child objects) will be "null"

[teal mason]

The audio manager parent object is a singleton.

If that's the case, would I need to assign the prefab to the script?

[slender nymph]

i have no idea what you are referring to there. but your options are to either redesign your audio system so you don't have to rely on inspector references since those will be destroyed when you reenter the scene or get a reference to the existing instance of the objects in Start when the scene loads instead of assigning via inspector

[teal mason]

Got it. Thanks for your help!

[final glade]

It also doesn’t walk, but it breathes (still state).

[hybrid wedge]

Having trouble deleting stay projectiles in 2D

They fly out of my scene, I tried making a rectangle around my play area that catches them and deletes them I’ve tried messing with layer matrixes, colliders, istrigger

Nothing

[timber tide]

why not add a timer to them

[steep sedge]

Hi, Does anyone know how to make a waiting method? I'm been trying every since I started Unity and could never get it to work. Here is my corutine so far

Wait is this considered to go in advanced channel?

[timber tide]

no, but consider

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[queen adder]

how do i setup ide tf

[steep sedge]

Wait so what does the website do?

[timber tide]

your code is small enough such that you can use the ``'cs option there but the pastebins for larger code for future reference

[steep sedge]

I still dont get why I need this

oh nvm

mb

[steep sedge]

https://gdl.space/zubajacugo.cs

[timber tide]

The inline is for discord itself. It formats the code and highlights the syntax

bleh cant example it else it formats it

says it on the info up there anyway

[steep sedge]

I forgot to read the posting rules sorry

[timber tide]

the bin is fine though and mostly preferred as discord still hard to read on mobile (and people will sometimes post hundreds of lines of code)

[steep sedge]

ah ok

[steep sedge]

But so far the code only counts down and not pause the code. I used WaitForSecondsRealtime but it doesnt do anything

[timber tide]

IEnumerator wait(float waitTime)
{
    float counter = 0;

    while (counter < waitTime)
    {
        counter += Time.deltaTime;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);
    }
}

you need to return the WaitForSeconds

well a few things here. You send a waitTime into your method

but you're using wait for seconds which actually shouldnt be what you want

so your code should be something like

IEnumerator wait(float waitTime)
{
    float counter = 0;

    while (counter < waitTime)
    {
        counter += Time.deltaTime;
        yield return null;
    }
}```

that's really it

WaitForSeconds is another way to wait, but it's not frame time specific so it's less preferred in a way than doing this

[steep sedge]

It just made the wait into doing nothing. Theres no counting or anything

[timber tide]

it does count. It adds deltaTime each frame. The most basic way to add a timer to your code

just in a coroutine

[steep sedge]

Wait so should I put it in a FixedUpdate if I don't want it to depend on frame rate?

because I don't see any type of pause

Both codes do not work

[slender nymph]

show what you actually tried

and keep in mind that starting a coroutine does not delay the code on the lines following the StartCoroutine call unless you yield the call inside of another coroutine

[snow girder]

why does this line break if its multiplied by time.deltaTime

[slender nymph]

define "break"

[snow girder]

as in it doesn't work

[slender nymph]

be specific

nobody here can see your screen or read your mind

[steep sedge]

Is it possible to yield outside of the corutine to pause it?

[teal viper]

Doesn't work, as in doesn't subtract?

[snow girder]

yes

[slender nymph]

no, if you want to delay code then you can put it in your coroutine or check if the coroutine is still running or something

[teal viper]

Try debugging the relevant values.

[snow girder]

so try debugging the value its getting subtracted by?

[teal viper]

Both

[snow girder]

taskbar.value is a value of a slider

and i can see it already

[teal viper]

Doesn't matter

[snow girder]

alright

[steep sedge]

Everything runs in the corutine but no pause or any coutdown

[teal viper]

You see it when it's rendered to the screen. It could be changed multiple times before that.

[snow girder]

well i can also see it in the component but if it's different then i trust you

[snow girder]

so the 1 value gets turned into zero when you multiply it by time.deltaTime

interesting

[teal viper]

Same for the component. You only see it when it's rendered by the UI.

[teal viper]

Try 1f instead

[snow girder]

i don't think that would work as the slider takes in whole numbers

[steep sedge]

So there's yield return in the "yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);" So it should pause because of the yield but it doesn't

[snow girder]

nvm it does

somehow

still goes to zero when multiplied with time.deltaTime

[teal viper]

Well, assuming it takes an int, how do you expect it to work? 1*delta time would always be less than 1, and discarding the fraction, it's gonna be 0

[snow girder]

interesting

then how i would make the variable scale with time

since if your fps are high it'll go faster right?

[timber tide]

Are you starting the coroutine correctly, or maybe the gameobject is disabled. Also, add back your console logging

[teal viper]

Well, how much do you want it to decrease? And how often?@snow girder

[snow girder]

i want it to decrease every frame and i still haven't decided how much i want it to decrease

was planning on testing that after i got this figured out

[polar acorn]

Don't make it an int

[steep sedge]

It's a multiplayer game so it spawns when you load into a room. I'm using "StartCoroutine(wait(5f));" to start it

[polar acorn]

Track the value as a float and cast it whenever you need to display it or use it as an int

[polar acorn]

Show the code

[steep sedge]

the "StartCoroutine(wait(5f));" is in a private update in a if statment

[snow girder]

fair enough i guess

i'll do that

[timber tide]

id isolate your multiplayer idea and try your concepts, especially stuff you're not familiar with, in a non-network environment

[steep sedge]

https://gdl.space/uyevatawit.cs

[steep sedge]

I'll try that

[timber tide]

IEnumerator wait(float waitTime)
{
    float counter = 0;

    Debug.Log("We have waited for: " + counter + " seconds");
    while (counter < waitTime)
    {
        counter += Time.deltaTime;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);
    }
}

But like I was saying, you're using two different waiting methods here which is not what you want to be doing

[polar acorn]

This coroutine is very strange. You add 1 frame of time to your counter, then wait 5 seconds, then add 1 more frame to the counter.

What is this coroutine even doing? Counter is a local variable so it seems to just be wasting time for no reason

[summer stump]

Because w is forward and d is to the right... thus together they make a diagonal.
What do you expect it to do?

[steep sedge]

So on a separate project I made it so if you left click, it waits and does a Debug.Log when done waiting and it says it has waited for zero seconds. I tried just using yield return new WaitForSeconds(5); and nothing happens

[steep sedge]

I'm trying to make a pause for a few seconds and then continue once the wait is done. I'm new to corutines so don't expect me to know stuff

[summer stump]

Did you debug INSIDE the coroutine, or on the line after StartCoroutine

[polar acorn]

Your log is right after you create the timer variable, so of course it's going to display 0. You haven't added anything to it yet

[steep sedge]

oh i see i now

[slender nymph]

there's also the whole problem of this coroutine not delaying anything. #💻┃code-beginner message

[steep sedge]

before the while loop in the corutine

[steep sedge]

thats what the "yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);" is for

[slender nymph]

lol no it isn't

[eternal needle]

        float counter = 0;

        Debug.Log("We have waited for: " + counter + " seconds");

surely you see why this log does nothing for you

[slender nymph]

that's just delaying your counter. it does not delay the code following the StartCoroutine call

[polar acorn]

But what is the delay doing. All you're delaying is the next increment to counter, which is a local variable. Absolutely nothing in this coroutine is capable of affecting anything

[swift crag]

if it did, your entire game would freeze!

[steep sedge]

So is this code supposed to count down and pause?

Also chill out I just want to solve this issue

[summer stump]

Odd. If the x variable is 0, then it shouldn't go to the side based on that code.

Try this instead:

Vector3 moveDir = new Vector3(
  Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"),
  0,
  Input.GetAxis("Vertical")).normalized;

gracz.Translate(moveDir * speed * Time.deltaTime);

[summer stump]

Everyone is chill. Please don't do that

[swift crag]

you are misunderstanding how coroutines work

StartCoroutine tells Unity to start running a coroutine.

It does not "wait" or "pause" until the coroutine is over

that would completely freeze your game forever

It immediately continues to the next line after starting the coroutine.

[steep sedge]

mb I thought the opposite

[swift crag]

If you want to make CanHit become true after 5 seconds, then you need to set it to true inside of the coroutine

When you yield return new WaitForSeconds(5f);, you're telling Unity "please wait for 5 seconds before resuming me again"

so if you do something after this statement, it'll happen about 5 seconds later

[steep sedge]

I did that before and it never reaches that

[swift crag]

because your timer code is also very messed up

        while (counter < waitTime)
        {
            counter += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);
        }

This adds Time.deltaTime to counter once every 5 seconds

This will be a very small value. It's the amount of time one frame took to render

[summer stump]

Then you changed something

[swift crag]

This doesn't make any sense.

[eternal needle]

if only we had a counter for the number of times people have said this 😆

[swift crag]

If you want to wait 5 seconds, just ask to wait for 5 seconds once

at 100 FPS, this would take 500 iterations of the loop for counter to reach waitTime

which would be 2,500 seconds of total time

[eternal needle]

instead of guessing, you should be adding debugs to see what specifically doesnt work

[swift crag]

each iteration is adding 0.01 to counter

It would take five seconds to complete if you just did yield return null;, which tells Unity to resume the coroutine on the next frame.

[steep sedge]

So would this work? https://gdl.space/zatususili.cpp

[steep sedge]

and I need it in seconds instead of frames so do I need FixedUpdate?

[swift crag]

This method will yield a WaitForSeconds with a value of 100 million seconds

Unity will wait for 100 million seconds before resuming the coroutine

The coroutine will then end.

[slender nymph]

(and nothing happens because nothing was delayed by it)

[swift crag]

this is a non-sequitur

i never said anything was counting frames

[swift crag]

I did say that, if you add Time.deltaTime to a variable every frame, that variable will reach a value of 5 after about 5 seconds

This is not counting frames.

you sound very confused about some pretty fundamental concepts here

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html
you should really just read the docs, and copy the examples to see what they do in terms of a game. Change things, see the outcome.

[polar acorn]

This coroutine would start, wait, then end, doing literally nothing else. It's a completely pointless coroutine that does nothing.

Again, the code does not wait for the coroutine to end after you call StartCoroutine. The code continues along side it. That's what makes it "Co"

[steep sedge]

ok that explains a lot

So how can I make a code wait

[outer coral]

with a coroutine

[polar acorn]

You put it in the coroutine

[swift crag]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[summer stump]

void Start() {
  StartCoroutine(Foo());
  Debug.Log("A");
}

IEnumerator Foo() {
  yield return null;
  Debug.Log("B");
  yield return null;
  Debug.Log("C");
}

This will log A, B, C

If i skipped that first yield, it would log B, A, C

[steep sedge]

But you said it works alongside the code?

[outer coral]

correct

[hardy lintel]

im finding it impossible to find a video for it. does anyone know of a video or forum that talks about adding bounds for a camera in a 3d game? so the camera cant move past a specific point on the x and z lines

[outer coral]

use cinemachine

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.cinemachine@2.3/manual/CinemachineConfiner.html

[hardy lintel]

id rather not have to redo all the code ive written for my current camera setup lol

[outer coral]

then you need to code the camera to stay in a bounding box yourself

[teal viper]

"make a code wait" is not a very correct statement. That would imply the whole game would freeze and wait for it. If you really want to do it, you can do it with Thread.Sleep. usually what you want in your game is to delay the execution of certain code. That can be achieved with timers and/or conditions in update, coroutines or async.

[hardy lintel]

yes. do you know of a video or forum that can help me with this?

[swift crag]

You will never make code in Update "wait"

Ever.

Stop trying to do that.

As we've said multiple times, if you want to do something after a delay, you need to do it in the coroutine. You can make the coroutine wait just fine.

[summer stump]

Sunk cost fallacy.
It would probably take less time to switch to cinemachine than adding this ONE feature to your code. Let alone the next thing you will want to add that has already been done better by cinematchine.

Just food for thought. It can be fun reinventing things for sure

[steep sedge]

Ok I fixed it. You need the code before in the corutine and after

[polar acorn]

Yes. That's why you put the things you want to delay in the coroutine. So that they can be delayed

[steep sedge]

That cleared some things up

ok makes more sense now

ty

[outer coral]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/how-to-keep-a-camera-confined-inside-a-3d-collider.1306728/

this looks related

[slender rock]

Hey all, hopefully quick question, but is the Tilemap feature just for building levels/maps and stuff or can it also be used for game logic? I'm wanting to make a scene that revolves around this 3x3 grid of squares, and I want to be able to move the individual cells around the grid and have the cells talk to each other, so something like
right_neighbor_transform = Grid.GetCell(this.x+1, this.y).transform
as a quick example off the top of my head. Is a Tilemap a good solution for this? I figured I could keep track of the cells in a dictionary of Vector2 -> Cell game object, but actually displaying the grid and having them move around is what I'm stuck on. And by move around I mean for example, swapping the top left cell with the bottom right cell. I've tried using the Grid component but I can't seem to wrap my head around it because the children I add to it just end up stacking on top of each other. Thank you!

[timber tide]

Tilemap uses Unity's Grid class, but you don't need to use Tilemap to use it

it's basically just a world space grid that uses world coordinates

[timber tide]

If for some reason you do want constraints on the grid, you can consider just making your own grid class.

then again, constraining the grid component isn't that much work either

[swift crag]

I've tried using the Grid component but I can't seem to wrap my head around it because the children I add to it just end up stacking on top of each other.

I don't understand what this means.

[hybrid wedge]

How do I do that

[timber tide]

scroll up to the 100 posts of people discussing timer coroutines

or just add the timer in the update loop

[slender rock]

I have a game object with just a Grid component, and when I add children to that object they all just spawn in the same place on top of each other. I've seen Grids that automatically put children in the correct grid shape in the scene view, and I guess I just assumed that's how it worked

Although now that I think about it, that might have been a UI grid layout

[swift crag]

how did you try to delete projectiles that went outside of the screen rect?

[hybrid wedge]

Added it to the start function when the projectiles are instantiated

One line of code

I’m so dumb

[hybrid wedge]

Thanks for the help fen you a G fr

[polar rune]

Hi, I'm having trouble getting the tilemap.SetTile() function to work. Here is my code:

I'm serializing the Tile assets via the unity editor, and they place correctly when I place them manually using the tile palette

any ideas what im doing wrong?

[slender nymph]

where are you calling that method?

[polar rune]

using a unity event, Ive confirmed that the function is getting called using print statements

[ember tangle]

Is there a reason why neither path is taken? Debug.Log("method reached"); if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, Mathf.Infinity, ground)) { Debug.Log("raycast success"); } else { Debug.Log("raycast failure"); }

[summer stump]

Where is that code?

[ember tangle]

a place where the first debug message is always called

but the other two never

[summer stump]

Not a great answer, but ok

To respond, no, one should be called

[ember tangle]

This is confusing

I'm trying to break up a god object into smaller scripts

[summer stump]

Any errors popping up? That could halt code execution

[ember tangle]

it works in the god object

no errors, rest of the code works

Ill check though I guess that is the only thing that makes sense

[polar rune]

any ideas on this?

here is my tilemap if that helps

and its attached to a grid component

[ember tangle]

I recommend putting Debug.Log("foo"); messages in every single function along the way

to narrow it down

replace foo with what is appropriate

[polar rune]

I've confirmed the function is being called though

[ember tangle]

check for any null?

[polar rune]

how do I do that

[ember tangle]

{
//error message
}```

[polar rune]

right

[polar acorn]

And what executed that Event?

[polar rune]

its not null

[polar rune]

this invokes the event from the update loop of another game object

[ivory bobcat]

Can you show the console logs?

[polar rune]

ima start a thread so these 2 things dont get mixed up

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, this is a third script that calls a function on DrawArrows which calls a function on TileSpace? Are you sure that drawArrows refers to the instance that has this function set and not a different instance of DrawArrows?

[polar rune]

tilemap.SetTile() help

[polar rune]

theres only 2 scripts here

Cursor (which invokes the event)

and DrawArrows (which has the function)

[ember tangle]

I uncovered a problem that I think is to blame already but thankyou

[polar acorn]

Oh, so the GetKeyDown is on Cursor? I don't know why I thought this was a third script. Can you show the full !code for Cursor?

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[polar rune]

its a little complicated

but when gamestate case is MOVE update calls move()

and move invokes the event draw arrows in case of the right input

I'm pretty confident that drawArrows() is being called

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[misty socket]

try this ``` // Game States
public void turnBase() {
// Cursor Movement
float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
float verticalInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

        if (horizontalInput != 0 || verticalInput != 0) {
            Position newPos = currentTile.position + new Position(Mathf.RoundToInt(horizontalInput), Mathf.RoundToInt(verticalInput)); ```

            }
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.S)) {
                MoveCursorAndDrawArrows(new Position(0, -1));
            }
            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D)) {
                MoveCursorAndDrawArrows(new Position(1, 0));
            }```

            Position newPos = currentTile.position + direction;
            if (board.isOnGrid(newPos)) {
                moveToTile(board.getTile(newPos));
                drawArrows.Invoke(selectedFighter.currentTile, currentTile);
            }
        }

        public void moveToTile(TileData tile) {
            if (tile == null) {
                Debug.LogError("Trying to move to a null tile.");
                return;
            }

            Position relMovement = tile.position - currentTile.position;
            if (!board.isOnGrid(tile.position)) {
                Debug.LogWarning("Trying to move to a tile outside of the grid bounds.");
                return;
            }

            transform.Translate(new Vector3(relMovement.x, relMovement.y, 0));
            currentTile = tile;
        }
    }
}

those are just snippets

[polar rune]

ight i figured it out lmao

total noobie mistake, I was placing it off my screen so i didnt see it 🤦‍♂️

ty for attempted help lol

[vast ivy]

can someone tell me why my gameobject isnt being set to active when I start dragging? I can debug.log and see that dragging is working, but the gameobject is still not being set to active?

 ... ^ rest of code

    public void OnBeginDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        dragging = true;
        draggedItemIcon.SetActive(true);
        Debug.Log($"Begin Dragging slot: ");
    }

    public void OnDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        Debug.Log("Dragging");
    }

    public void OnEndDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        dragging = false;
        Debug.Log("End Drag");
    }

[cosmic dagger]

It's part of a hierarchy. If any of its parent GameObjects aren't active, it won't be active . . .

Locally, it is active, but not in its hierarchy . . .

[vast ivy]

its parent is "inventory" which it turned on when I press tab, I can see it if I turn it on manually but the active state doesnt change when I drag

I can see in the inspector when I drag its not even being set to active

[cosmic dagger]

Is the correct GameObject assigned to draggedItemIcon?

[vast ivy]

yup, I have it set to a gameobject ive assigned from dragging it into the variable

[hybrid wedge]

No matter what I do

Can someone who’s good with 2D layers help me I can’t get this tank to appear above the background

I’ve tried sorting layers, layer matrix, z-axis

Nothing

Its driving me insane

[rich adder]

hard to tell what image types both are

also not really a code question

[hybrid wedge]

I know didn’t know where to send it

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

show your actual inspectors and whatnot

[vast ivy]

yea if its not coding related ur good to post it in the unity talk channel

[cosmic dagger]

Log the name of draggedItemIcon and log draggedItemIcon.activeInHierarchy to check that it's true . . .

[hybrid wedge]

Ok didn’t know my bad

[vast ivy]

I think i need to restart Unity... its not using updated code

[cosmic dagger]

Did you save? Did it recompile? Do you have errors in the console?

[vast ivy]

no errors, I just saved it restarting it now. it didnt print the new debug logs I just added and I changed the text for dragging and it didnt change

its still not using my updated code?

new code:

    public void OnBeginDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        dragging = true;
        draggedItemIcon.SetActive(true);
        Debug.Log($"Begin Dragging slot: ");

        Debug.Log(draggedItemIcon.name +draggedItemIcon.activeInHierarchy);
    }

    public void OnDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        Debug.Log("Dragging ur mom");
    }

    public void OnEndDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        dragging = false;
        Debug.Log("End Drag");
    }

[cosmic dagger]

The screenshot cuts off the rest of the console. Hard to tell from this small view . . .

[vast ivy]

one sec, I may know the issue

I had another script with drag handlers in it, this code hasnt been running...

[cosmic dagger]

I fail to see the connection, but as long as you got it, good . . .

[vast ivy]

I dont completely see why the other script wasnt running but this works for now xD

thxs for ur help anyways

[flint fulcrum]

I have a question regarding movement of a simple cylinder

when making this

wait

how to make it with the colors

[ivory bobcat]

How to post !code - look at the large code section (inline isn't preferred for large scripts)

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[flint fulcrum]

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

public class Example : MonoBehaviour
{
    private CharacterController controller;
    private Vector3 playerVelocity;
    private bool groundedPlayer;
    private float playerSpeed = 2.0f;
    private float jumpHeight = 1.0f;
    private float gravityValue = -9.81f;

    private void Start()
    {
        controller = gameObject.AddComponent<CharacterController>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        groundedPlayer = controller.isGrounded;
        if (groundedPlayer && playerVelocity.y < 0)
        {
            playerVelocity.y = 0f;
        }

        Vector3 move = new Vector3(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), 0, Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
        controller.Move(move * Time.deltaTime * playerSpeed);

        if (move != Vector3.zero)
        {
            gameObject.transform.forward = move;
        }

        // thanks google 
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && groundedPlayer)
        {
            playerVelocity.y += Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -3.0f * gravityValue);
        }

        playerVelocity.y += gravityValue * Time.deltaTime;
        controller.Move(playerVelocity * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

moving my little guy is fine

But how to make it so when the camera is attached

moving forward is based on the camera<s position

[rich adder]

you mean camera facing direction ?

[flint fulcrum]

Yes

[rich adder]

you normally rotate the player with the input of your Mouse X, that takes care of a child camera

then you use transform.forward as direction

[flint fulcrum]

so I did it wrong?

[ivory bobcat]

if (camera) 
    target = camera;
else
    target = transform;
if we moved 
    target.forward = move;```

[rich adder]

yes you're rotating with your inputs

your forward looks at your inputs

[flint fulcrum]

i see

Thanks

and what if

I wanted it to always look towards an object

wheter it<s moving or not

[rich adder]

a few ways to do it

transform.LookAt or Rotate towards etc

[flint fulcrum]

I got transform.lookAt to work (kind of)

But how can I make it so it looks at another object

I got it to work but to look at 0, 0, 0

[rich adder]

you need references

[flint fulcrum]

i need more brain power

[rich adder]

🤷‍♂️

[flint fulcrum]

i'll look at more

ty

[flint fulcrum]

I got it but how to make it keep its and not change it

is there a way to like lock it

because the rotation of the camera just goes flying

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show us what you've done and what the problem is.

[rocky canyon]

only call the look at once..

[flint fulcrum]

im confused looking at the whole thing

[polar acorn]

Pass in the other object's position

Or the other object's Transform

[fierce geode]

Would anyone have any tips on how to make characters stick to the ground when going off ramps at high speed?

I think I've found a sort of solution, but it doesn't work if the edges of the ramp and ground aren't exactly alligned

[dawn oracle]

can someone please help me i have a rigged vr model right here with inverse kinematics u can see that it has hands but when i go to play the hand doesnt render the forarm also doesnt render if the camera is posisioned closer so i think its something to do with the camera unrendering things

[fierce geode]

have you tried reducing the near value of the camera?

[rocky canyon]

the camera wont render things closer to it than the near clipping plane

[dawn oracle]

near value?

[rocky canyon]

green being the near clipping plane

and the orange being the far clipping plane

[dawn oracle]

ooo ok so just decrease that

[rocky canyon]

yes.. but dont go lower than u need to

[fierce geode]

maybe, might cause problems if you go too low

[dawn oracle]

ok

lemme try it

[rocky canyon]

.2-ish is a good value i use

[fierce geode]

also my rocky solution

[dawn oracle]

i have it at 0.1

[rocky canyon]

hmm i've never walked up a ramp with my body tilted like that

seems like i'd fall 😅

[fierce geode]

you don't do that? damn, now im starting to feel a tad silly walking up my ramps like that lol

[rocky canyon]

nah, if u can climb ramps like that..

thats talent..

[rocky canyon]

hell of some calves and ankle muscles

[dawn oracle]

@rocky canyon that didnt work but it def is somthing to do with the camera here i have the camera rotated straight

then if i turn it a little bit

u can see the hands actually render

it happends even in my scene view

[lavish magnet]

Ive imported this unioty environment scene and am getting these 2 errors

Line 19

[dawn oracle]

Fixed

[ivory bobcat]

Create instance expects a name or type - not both.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ScriptableObject.CreateInstance.html
Nevermind, you're using MS create instance
Your options would be https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.activator.createinstance?view=net-8.0

[vernal bone]

How acceptable is moving a rigidbody through MovePosition?

[rich adder]

only makes sense if its kinematic and manually check collisions

[vernal bone]

it is kinematic, but can you elaborate a bit on manually checking collisions?

[rich adder]

moveposition / kinematic movement will phase through walls / colliders unless you manually check for collisions via physics casts n such

[vernal bone]

oh, got it. Big thanks

one more question.
for kinematic rigidbody it's better to use MovePosition or velocity?

[rocky canyon]

1. MovePosition: Moves the Rigidbody to a specified position over time.

   • Takes into account collisions and physics interactions. (not as kinematic)
   • Useful for precise movement or movement based on user input.
   • Provides deterministic behavior in FixedUpdate.
   • May lead to smoother movement compared to directly setting velocity.

2. Velocity: Sets the velocity of the Rigidbody directly, affecting its movement in the next physics update.

   • Overrides any collisions or physics interactions temporarily until the next physics update.
   • Useful for continuous movement or applying forces to the Rigidbody.
   • Can lead to jerky or abrupt movements if not carefully managed.
   • Requires more careful handling to ensure physics interactions are properly accounted for.

[vernal bone]

alright. Thank you

[rich adder]

is this like gpt answer?

MovePosition does not account for collisions

[rocky canyon]

it was based off of one.. but i have a markdown page that has abunch of those generic this vs that stuff

[rocky canyon]

yes it does.. 🤔

[rich adder]

other rigidbodies will collide with it, but itself just phases through colliders

[rocky canyon]

ya, but between frames. u get collisions.

i. musta misread something originally.

[rich adder]

moveposition is meant to be used with kinematics , it won't account for colliders

try it if you don't believe me :p

[rocky canyon]

or im tripping now

no its not that i dont believe u.. i just always had thought it did

[rich adder]

iirc the 2D Might behave differently than 3D one

[rocky canyon]

hmmm, its on my todo now to fiddle with it vs velcoity

[rich adder]

for example kinematics have velocity in 2D for some reason

[rocky canyon]

ohh no, wait .. i thought it was a common one for dynamic rigidbodies as well

like people substituting it from their failed translation code

[rich adder]

iirc the free kinematic controller uses MovePosition

the rest is casts

this is so other objects that hit it still react

[rocky canyon]

hm, i got some experimenting to do now

found a post from PraetorBlue 😄

apparently i wasnt the only one that thought that 😅

[rich adder]

whats the result

[rocky canyon]

well w/ the 2nd opinion im not gonna test anything

[eternal needle]

well thats less about MovePosition respecting collisions and about the actual rigidbody not wanting to be shoved in a wall. If you try to move it manually in inspector too, the rigidbody wont just allow itself to be placed in one

[rich adder]

do note they say if its not kinematic

[rocky canyon]

believe yall, lol.. gotta rewrite something real quick.. and next time im using an RB imma have to give it go.. just to say ive used it

[rich adder]

but also straight from the docks

Moves the kinematic Rigidbody towards position.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.MovePosition.html
I always thought this was mainly for kinematic

[rocky canyon]

b/c im a velocity = kinda guy

[rocky canyon]

ya, see i think that doc could use a bit more to it

[rich adder]

confused by this, if its not kinematic wouldn't it respect collisions with velocity and addforce

[rocky canyon]

yea, https://forum.unity.com/threads/why-does-rigidbody-moveposition-ignore-collisions.1259687/ heres the post i read

[rich adder]

i guess I never used MovePosition without kinematic so I never tried walls with dynamic

learned something new then

[rocky canyon]

i never use MovePosition

[rich adder]

need to double check cause I was having a mandela effect moment lol

[rocky canyon]

im about to make a little demo thing to play around w/

the only rigidbody stuff i have is my kinematic cc ive purchased

[rocky canyon]

https://www.zubspace.com/tools/smooth-movement-test

illusion of physics

ya, i was just mistaken

seen 1 thing, thought something else was happening.. 🐰

[nimble apex]

what can you do to "await" inside coroutines except using yield return?

i ran into situation where i cant use this

[rocky canyon]

really now?

[rich adder]

what about solid walls? also 2D and 3D act different in unity

[rocky canyon]

its what u said earlier

the other rigidbodies are colliding with it

and not viceversa

[rich adder]

so use a regular async function instead of coroutine

[rich adder]

ahhh ok

[rocky canyon]

they just unclipping themselves

and thats why they appear to have bouncy material

they shuld just be pushed along with it iirc

thats why i prefer me a real RB..

and i let someone else make the kinematic ones lol

[nimble apex]

thats gonna be tough lmao, i know this but this is my last resort

[rich adder]

gonna be hard to suggest something unless you provide more reason why u cant use coroutine then

[rocky canyon]

can u make a jerryrigged while loop? and evalulate a timer inside the coroutine?

lol that sounded dumber after i said it, and it sounded pretty dumb in my head

[nimble apex]

        //retrieve timezone data from s3 server
        if (BuildDefine.AgentCode != "ZZZ")
        {          StartCoroutine(ResourcesManager.Instance.RetrieveTimezoneFromServerFile(BuildDefine.AgentCode));
        }

        //Language Download And Iniitializtion
        yield return LanguageDataScript.Instance.DownloadAndInitialization().AsIEnumerator();
        while (LanguageDataScript.Instance.isLoading)
        {
            yield return null;
        }```

this is the outer shell of the coroutine, my goal is to "MUST wait until RetrieveTimezoneFromServerFile finished, to the last line"

    public IEnumerator RetrieveTimezoneFromServerFile(string code)
    {
        string ip = NetworkManager.Instance.GetResourceUrl();
        Int64 time_stamp = new DateTimeOffset(DateTime.Now).ToUnixTimeSeconds();
        string version_url = $"https://{ip}/Agents/{code}/sw_main.json";//agents/ccc -> sw_main.json

        bool isSuccessGetFile = false;
        string mainData = "";

        Action<bool, string> callback = (success, data) =>
        {
            isSuccessGetFile = success;
            mainData = data;
        };

        yield return GetTextResources(version_url, callback); //file obtained

        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(mainData))
        {
            Exception e = new Exception("WARNING! ACCOUNT NOT FOUND");
            GameManager.Instance.ExceptionKey = e.ToString();
            GameManager.Instance.LogOnDebug.LogException(e); //will generate error popup

            if (!NetworkManager.Instance.isServerFileFirstRetrieved)
            {
                NetworkManager.Instance.StopAllCoroutines();
            }

            StopAllCoroutines();
        }
        else
        {
            // deseralize/store timezone string
            TestMaintenanceData testData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TestMaintenanceData>(mainData);
            NetworkManager.Instance.timezoneOffset = testData.timezone;
            NetworkManager.Instance.isServerFileFirstRetrieved = true;
        }

        yield return null;
    }```

this is the coroutine

[rich adder]

whats the current issue though with it

[nimble apex]

the problem is , GetTextResources is a server call, it grabs files from servers, it takes time

before it can retrieve files and let me check "mainData"

on outer shell, the language download is already executed

its a timing issue

[rich adder]

You can use a UnityWebRequest inside a coroutine

it can be ~~awaited ~~yielded there

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.UnityWebRequest.html

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.UnityWebRequest.SendWebRequest.html this pauses the coroutine until the request is done

[queen adder]

how do i fix this (i get it after double clicking a script

[gaunt ice]

not related to unity
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/138893

[nimble apex]

i figured out another way to do that

[nimble apex]

//retrieve timezone data from s3 server
if (BuildDefine.AgentCode != "ZZZ")
{
    yield return new WaitUntil(() => ResourcesManager.Instance.RetrieveTimezoneFromServerFile(BuildDefine.AgentCode).IsCompleted);
}```

made the coroutine as Task

and uses waituntil to do it

[queen adder]

guys how do i get out of this mode?

[shadow rain]

Ive got a script which rotates an object but I want the object to rotate around the player not itself

[charred spoke]

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

[shadow rain]

ty

but how could I make it follow the mouse?

[burnt vapor]

Google it. You got two different views

Please use the proper channel next time