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[dense root]

Woah how did you find that so fast?

[slender nymph]

i used the discord search feature. just using mentions:Justin Chou with the keyword "entrance"

[dense root]

Ahh, thank you that's super useful

[rocky canyon]

yea, the search options are pretty good on discord

if u can vaguely remember something and who u were talking with, its pretty easy to find stuf

[stuck palm]

 foreach (var asset in allAssets)
                    {
                        if (asset is AnimationClip clip)
                        {
                            Debug.Log("Found clip: " + clip.name);
                            if (clip.name.Contains("preview"))
                            {
                                break;
                            }

will break exit the foreach loop or go to the next loop?

[polar acorn]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6414/c-sharp-loop-break-vs-continue

[zealous hatch]

im trying to store a vector 3 in a variable so i can then change the transform.position of a game object in a if statment

how would i store the vector 3?

using what type

[polar acorn]

...Vector3

What else would it be?

[zealous hatch]

oml

so is vector 3 a type

[polar acorn]

I don't know how you could know the term "Vector3" and not know that it is a Type

[dense root]

What's the most elegant way to add a door here? The tilemap already has applied a collider, would I simply add another collider for use as a door?

My proposed solution seems clunky

[zealous hatch]

i know like ints, string and other stuff but im used to not game dev

[polar acorn]

If it's a thing and you have a name for what it is, that's a type

[steep rose]

!help

!code

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[steep rose]

how would i make it so when i run jump it keeps my momentum? this is the first time im using a character controller instead of a rigidbody one so.
https://hatebin.com/sedhirluyr

[swift crag]

one side comment: you should only call Move once per frame

If you call it several times per frame, you get two problems:

• Your movement is split into several pieces, which could let you clip through a wall when you should've hit it (because you moved horizontally, then vertically
• The grounded state of the CharacterController might be wrong, because it's based on the result of the most recent Move. Not really relevant here, since you do your own ground check

also, I'm getting deja vu here -- are you following a tutorial for this?

someone else posted very similar looking code earlier today

[steep rose]

yes i followed a tutorial, as i said this is my first time using this 😅

i know i can do this using if statements but i would like to learn another way to do this better

[eager bear]

Whats the reference for the left click?

[steep rose]

public KeyCode leftclick; //this is for you to choose when you are out of the script

//or

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0) )
        {
                //do something
        }
//or
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(leftclick) )
        {
                //do something
        }

[eager bear]

I'm gonna try

It works

Thanks for help

[steep rose]

np

[swift crag]

so you don't want to let the player control their horizontal velocity when in the air?

[steep rose]

so whats happening is when i run and jump the run speed goes instantly back to walk speed, so i would like if you run jumped that your speed would be the same even if you let go of the run button.

i would like the player not to have to much air control but i can try and code that later.

[swift crag]

What you can do is record your horizontal velocity from before the jump, and then keep using that until you hit the ground again

Or you could take the character controller's velocity, remove the vertical part, and then re-use that until you hit the ground

But you'd need to combine those two Move calls into one for that to work

[rocky canyon]

GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0); is interesting, I use Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0);

[steep rose]

i always used that, i mean they do the same thing

[polar acorn]

There is a slight difference. GetMouseButtonDown will also detect a touch screen tap. GetKeyDown only detects a mouse

[rocky canyon]

ahh even better reason

[steep rose]

oh

i did not know that

[polar acorn]

There's reasons you might want to do either one, so it's not that either is "wrong", and 90% of the time you're going to know which one you want and being able to do both isn't very important

[zealous hatch]

i have a gun that inialise a bullet on the guns spawnPoint. How would i make it so 3 bullet spawn spreading

maybe i could initialise 3 bullets and change there dirrection slightly

[slender nymph]

yes, do exactly that

[zealous hatch]

how would i go about Instantiating 3 things

a for loop?

[slender nymph]

by calling Instantiate 3 times such as within a loop

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you won't need the loop if you aren't doing anything extravagant.

[zealous hatch]

well the player will be able to upgrade the amount of bulletst they shoot, so never know

how would i change the angle? at the moment they fire facing the guns rotation. I know i would add like 3 to the z value but how would i make the first bullet - 3 then the second mnormal and the third plus 3

[ivory bobcat]

What exactly are you trying to do? Some variance in accuracy?

[zealous hatch]

im making a upgradde where instead of shooting 1 bullet they can shoot extra not different accuracy but instead a extra bullet shooting of into a different direction

i suppose i could track if the last upgraded bullet was either positive or negative angle and then switch

[urban escarp]

What does green plus mean?

[zealous hatch]

so if last bullet was-3 then next will be + 6 then next would be -6

[slender nymph]

well this is a code channel. but it indicates it is an override
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PrefabInstanceOverrides.html

[slender nymph]

so if you're just trying to do like a fan of bullets, then you need to determine the angle of the fan, from that you can determine how many degrees you need to rotate each bullet

[zealous hatch]

fan?

[slender nymph]

so yes, like a fan

[zealous hatch]

are yeah, when you said fan i tohugh you were thinking top down three in each direction type thing

so how would i go about doing this

[slender nymph]

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[zealous hatch]

what would i use to rotate the bullets. And when you say angle of the fan what does that mean

[slender nymph]

look at this: #💻┃code-beginner message
now imagine that the two outer edges were the outer bullets.

[zealous hatch]

yeah i get that

[slender nymph]

the angle between those

[zealous hatch]

but the problem lies in changing the degree of the bullets

[slender nymph]

in what way

[slender nymph]

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[zealous hatch]

how do i calculate the angle difference

[slender nymph]

you determine the angle you want them to fire at

then from there it's literally just simple division to determine the amount of rotation needed for each individual bullet

[zealous hatch]

okay

at the moment my bulelts are decided by the angle my gun is facing. How would i add a angle onto transoform.rotation

BulletInst = Instantiate(bullet, bulletSpawnPoint.transform.position, Gun.transform.rotation);

[slender nymph]

multiply the current rotation by the desired rotation offset

[zealous hatch]

how do i do that? can you multiply a Quaternion

[slender nymph]

yes

[steep rose]

does he want a randomized angle?

[ivory bobcat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion-operator_multiply.html

[scenic burrow]

How can I stop player from spazzing out when it collided with another object?

[ivory bobcat]

You'd need to provide more context

[slender nymph]

the answer is likely to constrain the rotation on the rigidbody. but yes, more context is needed

[scenic burrow]

Well I got a plane which is supposed to fly through rings. When I fly the plane through the ring, it will like rotate and move when it is supposed to stop.

[ashen ridge]

Im having trouble imaging tgat can you send a video of it

[scenic burrow]

Like in this photo it was supposed to be going straight but when I hit the ring it started flipping itself

[slender nymph]

constrain the rotation on the rigidbody

[scenic burrow]

The plane is meant to tilt when I move left and right, so wouldn’t that stop it from doing it?

[ivory bobcat]

Should it physically hit the ring or simply fly through? You may want to have the ring as a trigger if there isn't supposed to be a collision.

[scenic burrow]

My script checks if the player collided with the ring in which they stop moving and the game ends.

[slender nymph]

are you rotating it left/right with physics? if no, then constraining the rotation will not prevent that. if yes, then you can either constrain only the axis you don't want it to rotate around, or you need to accept that if physics is supposed to work on the object then it will be affected by physics

[scenic burrow]

I locked the position and rotation of the rigidbody and it kind of works but I am still bouncing off the ring when I hit it

It hits the ring and doesn’t move around like before just moves backwards

Wait nvm fixed it

Tysm 👍

[rustic timber]

I’m not sure I understand the question, but I like to assign as much as possible in the inspector on the prefab so I don’t have to grab things using GetComponent during runtime. In your script it seems like enemy is the current object, so might as well prepare what you can as early as possible!

[queen adder]

my character keeps falling throught the floor and i have tried rigid body and it doesnt work any advice

[rich adder]

wdym and you tried rigidbody

there is nothing here that would make this fall through floor

you have a misunderstanding what rigidbody is

thats what gives it Physics

without it nothing falls

[queen adder]

oh mb

it is just what i saw to do if it keeps happening

[rich adder]

make a video of what is happening, because whatever objects you're showing isn't whats falling

[queen adder]

👍

wait 1 sec

ill convert i

[rich adder]

ok now screenshot the inspector for Player

[rich adder]

you don't have a collider

oh wait

ur mixing character controller too

pick on or the other

[queen adder]

wait between what

[rich adder]

rigidbody is physics n needs collider.
Character controller works with physics already has collider

[queen adder]

oh

do i get rid of rigid bodies then

[rich adder]

depends what ur trying to make

both have their pros and cons

[queen adder]

i was trying to do a shooter for my friend

but only simple

im just trying to test it out for now

[rich adder]

just use character controller so you don't have to deal fighting the physics to learn how movement works

the only difference you have to code your own forces such as gravity

[queen adder]

do i still keep the colliders

[rich adder]

character controller needs no other colliders

[queen adder]

but does the ground

[rich adder]

is it solid?

ofc

[queen adder]

im still falling

[rich adder]

let me see your script

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[rich adder]

!screenshots

[eternal falcon]

No

Be mindful, if someone requests your code as text, don't send a screenshot!

[queen adder]

https://paste.ofcode.org/JnisKfxETTC5psWufdkMLn

[rich adder]

let me see how far is your player from the ground when you start the game

make sure you can see the collider green gizmos lines

[rich adder]

make sure both colliders can be seen

[queen adder]

how do i do that?

[rich adder]

Hold Ctrl and select both objects in hierarchy

[rich adder]

select your Player and press F real quick

I have a feeling your Mesh is higher than your main player

you probably only moved the child mesh

[rich adder]

yea..

ur character is in like 5th circle of hell rn

[queen adder]

thank you how do i fix

[rich adder]

well first of all reset the child capsule position to 0,0,0 then move the PLAYER transform until its above the floor

[rocky canyon]

how in the world did u drag all those in different places? 😄

[queen adder]

i think i undertsand but he is in he floor

[rich adder]

so don't put him in the floor

[rocky canyon]

well raise the gameobject up above the floor..

[rich adder]

also keep this in Pivot/Local as to avoid confusions later on

[queen adder]

it works thank you so much

one more question sorry

it works but the actual player is still below me slightly is there a way to fuse them

[rich adder]

wdym by "the actual player"

fuse what exactly

[queen adder]

so the capsule and the bit where i store them

[rich adder]

that is you actual root gameobject yes what about it

[queen adder]

is there a way to bring this inside of the capsule

[rich adder]

well you're doing it backwards, you should probably do the !learn essentials path before doing anything further

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[rich adder]

i told you before, the capusule is the Child/Visuals its position needs to be 0,0,0 relative to the parent

you don't move parent into a child object

the pathways will at least show you how to do basic hierarchy navigation and whatnot, this stuff is important

[queen adder]

sorry man i thought this was the some of the first stuff you should learn ill look more into it

[rich adder]

at very least knowing the interface and what everything is yeah

the parent / child relationship is also very important as it plays large parts with each object

[karmic kindle]

Yeah that makes sense. I'm trying to do that as much as I can. With my setup, I'm importing assets that have materials with the color in them so I can't set it up like that. I'd be interested in your thoughts of what I have and if there's a different way of doing it - https://pastebin.com/0UqAtnPJ

I think Unity is doing something weird in the background so this is what I've done to set it up; I don't want to duplicate every material and swap them (too many assets). If I don't set the material to "transparent" in the inspector then it doesn't work. My code gets the settings for all meshes on a gameobject, changes the mode to opaque so that the mesh renders correctly when playing (it will look like you can see through them gameobjects), then when I need to hide the enemy I set everything accordingly.

[rustic timber]

I’d be happy to take a look if you named the methods and properties to something more verbose and descriptive, it’s hard to understand what you’re trying to achieve from looking at the code right now. For example, you’re not getting meshes, you’re getting mesh renderers. The mesh is a separate concept, the renderer just renders it. And HideMe doesn’t hide anything as such, it just sets a property block on a mesh renderer. The code should read like a short story in a way, so that someone new can go through it and be like ah, this is what the intent is.

Also you don’t need a separate alpha value, Color has r, g, b and a

[karmic kindle]

Cool, thanks very much. I'm still getting used to all the actual differences between the names and things so hopefully it'll stick lol. That's good advice, I will have to think a bit more when I'm writing it 🖖

[olive galleon]

When I'm trying to make a prefab should I finish all the logic completely for 1 instance before trying to create copies of it using a prefab. My example is making an enemy prefab, should I first finish all the script for the enemy OR if I change the Enemy script, the prefab will change as well? Sorry for the rough explanation

[scenic burrow]

Im making a script to end the game when the player is touching only one of two objects they must pass through. Both objects are placed in the same position so the player will hit both. The player is required to hit one of these objects to continue playing, but if they hit only the other object, the game should end. When I test out my script, the game ends when I hit the objects because they are placed together. How would I only end the game if the player misses the main object they are supposed to hit?

[rich adder]

did you set the tags set correctly on each one ?

also you should configure your IDE

[swift crag]

The contents of the script don't really matter at all, actually

All that Unity cares about is:

• which script asset each component uses
• what values you've stored in the serialized fields of each component

So no, you don't have to finish writing your code first

[scenic burrow]

Both Have Their Tags

For clearer picture here is what I am looking for

When I hit the two objects it ends it, of course because I hit the purple ring as well.

[rich adder]

ohh I see what you mean, you want to hit both but not just purple ?

if hit only purple, end game

[olive galleon]

Thank you !!

[scenic burrow]

Essentially I am always going to hit the purple ring, which is why I added the hidden green ring. So long as the player hits the green ring and stays within it, they are allowed to continue

Hitting only purple should end the game yes

[rich adder]

could I see what the colliders look like

is it spheres or something?

[scenic burrow]

The box collider is the visible ring, the circular ring is the hidden one

I am basically trying to make a "hole" in the box collider to allow the player to pass through

[swift crag]

You can't. The box collider is a box.

[scenic burrow]

I know I cant actually make a hole

[rich adder]

I see, basically you want that bool to make you "safe" if you hit the inner collider

[scenic burrow]

Yea

[swift crag]

that sounds reasonable, assuming the player doesn't turn around and try to crash into the ring

(which they probably will not)

[scenic burrow]

Player is forced to fly forwards with only a certain area to move around so that should not be a problem

[swift crag]

Yeah, definitely do that then

You'll have a smaller collider that sticks out ahead of the game-over collider

[rich adder]

indeed offset it a little forward

hits first, bool goes safe, now on the second tag check if already safe return

[scenic burrow]

Hmm alright I will try that

Ty!

[rich adder]

You just need a way to reset the bool back to false once you passed the checkpoint

maybe OnTriggerExit or something

[swift crag]

or do it per-ring

[ember tangle]

do classes inheriting from a abstract class need to use the same namespace as the abstract class?

[teal viper]

No, but they have to include it in the usings.

[ember tangle]

hmm, im not understanding why my state system causes null reference exception errors when a certain line is not commented out

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

public class UnitDrawState : UnitBaseState
{
    float stateTimer = 0f;
    float drawTime = 1.5f; // temporary, will be based on attack type eventually.
    //float randomDelay = Random.Range(0f, 0.5f); // PROBLEM

    public override void EnterState(Unit unit)
    {
        unit.material.color = unit.drawColor;
        stateTimer = Time.time; //Start the timer
    }

    public override void UpdateState(Unit unit)
    {
        if(stateTimer + drawTime /* + randomDelay */ <= Time.time) // also commented out
        {
            unit.ChangeState(unit.rangedAttackState);
        }
    }
    public override void OnCollisionEnter(Unit unit)
    {

    }
}

abstract class:

using UnityEngine;

public abstract class UnitBaseState
{
    public abstract void EnterState(Unit unit);
    public abstract void UpdateState(Unit unit);
    public abstract void OnCollisionEnter(Unit unit);

}

[teal viper]

Share the error details

And the !code in such way that we can see the line numbers

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[ember tangle]

like this? https://hatebin.com/pyqtpqdlfs

[teal viper]

Yes

[neat bay]

Hello, so I have a function that's suppossed to be running every 300ms, but for some reason its ever so slightly off each time. does anyone know what could be causing this? https://hastebin.com/share/jexeviyaha.markdown

[scenic burrow]

Would OnTriggerEnter work the same as OnCollisionEnter?

[ember tangle]

it gives me a Null Reference exception error where the UpdateState() is called ;

works perfectly when random number is not generated

[teal viper]

Unless your framerate is such that it can land exactly on 300ms, you won't get it to be precise.

[rich adder]

not exactly, one is for triggers and one is for solid colliders
you probably want the trigger

[teal viper]

I'm still waiting for you to share the error details

[ember tangle]

that was the error, and I solved it by not generating a random number outside of a function 😩

sometimes brain no work good lol

[teal viper]

By error details I mean a screenshot of your console with the error selected

[scenic burrow]

Guess I am not using OnTriggerExit correctly. It doesnt seem to detect that I have exited it at all. Only thing I can think of is that this script needs to also be a component of the hidden ring.

[ember tangle]

next time I will be better about posting error

[scenic burrow]

Searched up online but not very helpful imo

[rich adder]

in what way its not correct?

[neat bay]

is there a way could make the next 300ms conpensate for the amount of time the other 300ms went over by then? For example: theres a point where it takes 531ms to debug 1 line, the next line would debug 300 - (531%300)

or would it just always be slightly off no matter what i do?

[teal viper]

531 probably means there was a performance spike or an issue with your logic.

It should be off no more than a frame's worth time.

[scenic burrow]

Well I wanted to test if it was actually registering that I am no longer touching the hidden ring with a debug.log, but it does not log it meaning it is not checking if I left it

[teal viper]

Maybe simplify the logic such that it really only prints every 300ms and see how it goes.

[rich adder]

First things first, do you have a rigidbody on your plane

[scenic burrow]

Yes

[rich adder]

and how are you moving the plane in code

[rich adder]

does plane have a collider? and are both "rings" collider set to trigger

[rich adder]

yeah that wont give you accurate collision manipulating the position directly

[scenic burrow]

Didnt remember to set triggers to on

[rich adder]

well both the rings colliders need trigger set on collider, the plane can be solid collider

[scenic burrow]

Ok it is regestering that I left it

[rich adder]

but you should not move position directly

set Rigidbody velocity. it appears to work ok but its gonna be jank and inconsistent.

[scenic burrow]

I added in the code to set the bool to false upon exit, but it seems that the inital code that sets it to true isnt working anymore

[rich adder]

because your original code was using OnCollision, did you switch it to OnTriggerEnter

[scenic burrow]

Oh no I didnt

Ooo it works

Hopefully now it should end game when it set to false

[rich adder]

you shifted the green collider slightly forward btw ? to ensure that always gets hit first to set bool true

[scenic burrow]

Yes it is forward by 3, but it does not log the code where I am going to end the game. Maybe because I have set it too close?

The first log works

Just not the second one

[rich adder]

put a Debug.Log(other.name) before the Safe tag comparison if statement

also your IDE doesn't look like its configured

[scenic burrow]

Not sure how to configure it. Will try to get that handled soon

I just noticed something

[rich adder]

the instructions are here !ide
(if you did all steps try Regen Project files in unity or you might have to fix it in VS via reload with dependencies)

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[scenic burrow]

My plane is set to move within a certain distance. I increased how far I could go, which then logged the second code

[rich adder]

like I said

you should not be moving rigidbody transforms directly, that also contributes to jank trigger messages

[scenic burrow]

Wouldnt technically shrinking the hiddenRing make it more accurate when colliding witht he actual ring. Since it is nearly the same size as the visible one, it will look that you did hit it but the game didnt end.

Think it actually looks correct. I think it should work how I like. Thank you so much!

[sonic kite]

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[sonic kite]

Hey there.
I picked up development on a game that I didn't build. I'm an animator by trade wanting to branch out into designing/coding as well. One of the things I want to do is to take the ultimate move and extend the invulnerability it gives player by a few seconds. Here's the code in question, with a few sections of it removed to avoid discomfort of others.

    protected override void OnDisable() {
        base.OnDisable();
        
        input.actions["Ultimate"].performed -= OnUltimateButton;
        waiting = 0;
        attackCount = 0;
        doneAttacking = false;
        //player.SetFreeze(false);
        player.invulnerable = false;
        
    }

From what I know or looked up, I know I need to add a coroutine using yield WaitForSeconds(); But I don't know if it should be written as:

    protected override void OnDisable() {
        base.OnDisable();
        
        input.actions["Ultimate"].performed -= OnUltimateButton;
        waiting = 0;
        attackCount = 0;
        doneAttacking = false;
        //player.SetFreeze(false);yield WaitForSeconds(1);
        {player.invulnerable = false;}
        
    }

Or something else...

[eternal needle]

you'll need to make a separate method and theres examples on the docs below. but considering this happens OnDisable you probably wont be actually running the coroutine.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html
Read the section on Stopping coroutines, because you might need this coroutine to run on a separate object if you're actually disabling the game object this is on.

this is probably something that should be running on the player anyways

[sonic kite]

Yeah, I was reading through that page, and that's where I got the yield WaitforSeconds();, but... sorry if I'm not describing or hell, even understaning it well, but this specific section is what happens at the end of the ultimate. It runs the OnDisable thing, which turns off several of the main things it's using. The player.invulnerable state is one I want to turn off as well but just a little later. The problem is that it's lumped into everything else, so I'm not sure how to handle it.

There are several chunks there that I cut out of that section just to help avoid making people uncomfortable. But if need be, I can paste the entire script and you can look through it to see what I mean. I have it in a paste.ofcode already.

[scenic burrow]

Where would I find audio files for say a plane engine or background music?

[eternal needle]

i understood what you were trying to do, but maybe you should start by just copying one of the examples and running this on a test script. You are missing the actual coroutine part, a method returning IEnumerator and something calling StartCoroutine on it. And my message was to tell you if the game object is being disabled, the coroutine will stop running. This is something you'd want to run on the player, like by having the player start the coroutine.

[eternal needle]

this is a coding channel

[sonic kite]

(In case I haven't made this abundantly clear, I know quite literally next to nothing about C# coding. I'm literally only like 5-6 lessons in on codecademy. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
So, to make sure I understand that correctly you're saying I need to create an IEnumerator that will run when the player activates the Ultimate ability, (on.Enable() in this case,) that will then end on disable?

For reference, this is what the two of those look like.

[eternal needle]

no, if you need the player to be invulnerable from OnEnable to OnDisable, you can simply set the values in each of those methods there. No need for coroutines at all. Your initial question seemed like you wanted the player to be invulnerable for a few seconds after OnDisable finishes.

[sonic kite]

That is correct

Oh wait a minute, yeah, I just realized that OnEnable isn't where it starts. Would that be part of the problem?

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ that depends on your game design. Do you want it to be invulnerable when OnEnable runs?

i dont think theres a better way I can word it than i already have above, if you arent familiar with how to call methods then you'll really want to do some c# basics first. Or at least test how coroutines work on a completely separate test object and just have it print out values from 0 to 1 for example.

[sonic kite]

Ok, so it doesn't particularly make a difference in terms of the game design, as basically they seem to run at the same time. Also, I do apologize, as it seems OnEnable is actually not even particularly relevant to the parts we're talking about. In this case, it's the section just above it.

    void OnStateTriggered(string name) {
        if (name == "TypeAttacked") {
            if (attackCount < stats.projectileCount.GetValue()) {
                Character target = AquireTarget();
                attackCount++;
                if (target == null) {
                    OnPostSlam();
                    return;
                }
                // Hack, just keep things from ending too early-- let them stack up.
                animator.SetTrigger("Chomp");
                animator.SetBool("ultAttack", true);
                waiting++;
                Score.AddDamage(weaponCard, target.stats.health.GetHealth());
                attackTarget.Vaccum(target);
                //player.SetFreeze(true);
                player.invulnerable = true;
                //float progress= (float)i/(projectileCount.GetValue());
                //yield return new WaitForSeconds((1f-progress)+0.8f);
            }
            OnPostSlam();
        }

This is the section in question. I've replaced certain names that would be sensitive.

Wait a Minute! I just noticed there's a WaitForSeconds in there already commented out for something else!

[eternal needle]

that commented out part wouldnt run regardless, this isnt a method that returns IEnumerator

[sonic kite]

Would you like me to just send a paste.ofcode so you could look a bit more at it?

Also, I am still trying to learn on codecademy, But I'm going between doing that and trying to fix/work on this game simultaneously to try and keep both motivation and attention up for both.

[eternal needle]

honestly this code is pretty bad, im surprised anyone would really require you to block out parts of this. I assume this is a friends project rather than a company NDA.
You can post more of the code if you want but there really isnt anything more that i need to see. It doesnt change what I said about how to run a coroutine. I strongly recommend re-reading what i said above and step away from this code for now. Make a new script, a new scene if you have to, attach the script to an empty game object and just have a coroutine print out values from 0 to 1 over time. Experiment around with it and what you can do. Then once you understand how to actually run a coroutine, come back to this script and apply the exact same logic. Theres nothing special about these methods that changes anything.
The only thing that would affect a coroutines logic is if the object is actually disabled or destroyed. Don't worry about this yet.

You could even start by literally copying the docs in your test code. The example with IEnumerator Fade()

[sonic kite]

The reason I'm blocking out content is for viewer safety/comfort, rather than any kind of secret. It has more to do with the content and the fact that it is ||A pornographic adult game|| and while I didn't see anything in the Code of Conduct for the discord server here saying that wasn't permitted, I don't want to take any chances currently.

[eternal needle]

understandable, not really sure either if any words get flagged. I can only imagine what seemingly 3 letter word prefixes "Attack" in that snippet above 😂
Anyways i assume that commented out //yield return new WaitForSeconds((1f-progress)+0.8f); was probably left in there because this method used to be a coroutine. Really dont worry about the current code right now, it is confusing you too much where to put the coroutine when you arent sure how to write one yet.

[sonic kite]

Four letters actually. xD

And I want to do that, but like I said, I'm going between learning and working on this game to help retain my attention for both. I've been able to successfully fix a number of bugs in the game already, but this ultimate weapon is one of those problems that needs to be fixed ASAP. It has a lot of problems, including that it's not even entirely clear what it's supposed to DO. But this is the most identifiable thing that needs to be fixed.

If you're curious or willing to look through it to see if you can figure that out, here's the full script: https://paste.ofcode.org/vgDzRX6BJPZcw4VMEP4x6e

[eternal needle]

is there a specific issue thats not working in this code? if you need to delay the player.invulnerable = false; even more then you can always add another WaitForSeconds or similar logic to above where it yield return null while some condition is true.

[sonic kite]

Outside of that specifically, it's not really obvious in game what this weapon actually does. It's not giving off damage, and I'm not seeing the enemies being defeated by other means. To top it off, it seems to be very weak given the close proximity to enemies it requires you be at. Which is why I can at least identify the invulnerability delay as an issue.

[eternal needle]

it is kinda hard to help if you arent truly sure what the issue is, or if you cant point to a section and say definitively "this value isnt what its supposed to be" or "this code isnt running". Add debugs in your coroutine if you think its an issue with the invulnerability like at the start and the end of the coroutine.
Also yea theres a lot of logic here that i just dont really have the time to go through to point out if i see flaws

There is also the part i mentioned above, where coroutines will stop running on disabled game objects

[sonic kite]

A-Hah! Finally heard back from the creator(... After I realized earlier in this convo that i forgot to actually ask...) And it is in fact bugged beyond that invuln issue. It's supposed to ||suck in|| every enemy within a certain radius and it's not doing that.

[raw ledge]

Hey is Photon 2 PUN in maintenance or it is working to create some multiplayers for a game ?

[swift sedge]

that's more of a #archived-networking question

[raw ledge]

Yeah you're right my bad

[ruby python]

Hi all, so once again I'm trying to get my head around Scriptable Objects. I'm looking to use SO's for my enemies so just a question if you would indulge me.

Can you assign values to variables in the SO at runtime? In my use case, each enemy 'targets' the player as they spawn, so 'finding' the player on spawn would be necessary.

[eternal needle]

You can, but you shouldnt really. SO's are mainly just immutable data containers.
Consider what you are doing here, as an enemy spawns you want them to reference the player. Instead of using an SO, the same can be achieved in ways that doesnt involve creating an asset to hold this "middleman" of data. Like when you instantiate an enemy, you are directly given a reference to any component you want. You could easily create a method that accepts a transform (or whatever you wish) and plug in the player data.

I want to also make it clear, what you asked will work but its just like a weird alternative to using a singleton or directly plugging in the data you need. Then every single enemy needs to reference this in inspector when really its always gonna be the same asset

[quick pollen]

how can I make it so only a single class has access to a variable from an other class?

[simple sun]

the only way i can think off, is making the variable protected and put the class you want to use as a child class and make it inherit from the base class

[verbal dome]

Put them in a namespace and use internal, is what comes to mind

[simple sun]

^ is probably better

[quick pollen]

or maybe something like this?

I meant like over scripts

[verbal dome]

This works too, just depends how you wanna organize it

[quick pollen]

not just over classes

basically

I want to have a class called Ability which other scripts can inherit from

[simple sun]

make them protected

inherit from ability to gain access

[quick pollen]

if I do it like this then yeah it can just be protected

but like

god this is so fucking hard to phrase

if Ability had a function called void StartAbility() as an example

and I had a script which is inherited from Ability

or like

omg

im struggling so hard

[eternal needle]

well here, ability would just have access to every single thing inside ActionHandler

[verbal dome]

You can try to give a code example of how you would like to use it

[eternal needle]

inheritance like this doesnt really make sense, or its just something ive not seen done.

[quick pollen]

but I want to have different Ability scripts

[quick pollen]

thats even harder

[eternal needle]

I think this just falls into "if you dont want something accessing your variables, just dont give it your class"

although unity does kinda make it easy for anything to grab components, it could just be something you document like "dont GetComponent this and destroy it!!" Likewise how you cant prevent yourself from just randomly destroying every game object in your scene, something which is publicly available to do but you know better

[quick pollen]

as an example this doesn't work

[eternal needle]

well yea what instance are you trying to call it on?

[quick pollen]

wdym

im not calling it yet

its literally in the same script

do I need to make StartAction static

[eternal needle]

that is what your code is trying to do, call it.

[quick pollen]

im trying to call it in its own instance

[eternal needle]

then pass the instance into Ability from ActionHandler, an instance of Ability does not magically get created because you create one of ActionHandler

[quick pollen]

how do I do that then

[eternal needle]

look at the same thing you do for enums, you have an enum declared at the top there PlayerState. But you also have a
public PlayerState playerState

though really, i dont see why this needs to be a class within a class

StartAction is already public

[quick pollen]

I had this discussion in #💻┃unity-talk

basically

I don't want to have the scripts for stamina handling and the abilities to be separate

cuz whats the point

at that point the stamina handling script's only reason to exist would be just to store the stamina value and thats it

[eternal needle]

putting them in 1 file does not change anything here

[quick pollen]

i wont have to make all my variables public

[wintry quarry]

Putting them in one file doesn't change the access modifier requirements.

[quick pollen]

then how come I can now use internal and not public

[eternal needle]

nested classes can access private variables but you also said you want inheritance, im not sure how you plan to handle that

[wintry quarry]

You could always use internal

[eternal needle]

I think you could really just be fine with this mindset #💻┃code-beginner message
Dont pass around instances if you dont want something accessing that instance's data

[wintry quarry]

Internal allows access in the assembly. Two different files in the same assembly works just as well as two classes in the same file with internal

Now if you put the two different files in different assemblies that's a different story

But that would only happen with assembly definition files or with special folders like Editor

[quick pollen]

I do need something to access those variables

basically

[eternal needle]

then pass around the instance to whatever needs it

[quick pollen]

I want to have a class called Ability
other scripts can inherit from it, and be able to set things such as stamina cost, ability key, cooldown, etc
the other scripts can then write their own behaviour for what happens when that ability gets executed

im guessing ill need override to get the last part going

[wintry quarry]

None of that requires putting the classes in the same file or nesting them

That's just a standard abstract class/derived class setup

[quick pollen]

i dont know what you're saying.

i have no clue what derived or abstract means

[wintry quarry]

Abstract is a class that defines a function such as Execute() but allows child classes to Implement it without providing its own implementation

A derived class is just a class that derives from another class

Like Example : MonoBehaviour

Or MyClass : MyOtherClass

A child class if you will

See example here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/abstract

[eternal needle]

You would also use protected so derived classes can access values from the base class

[quick pollen]

I want something like this

but it says i cant because its contained in a non-abstract type

[wintry quarry]

Yes, you can do that

Yeah because you didn't mark the parent class abstract

[quick pollen]

and Ability is also abstract then?

[wintry quarry]

Which you need to do

Yes

[eternal needle]

you should read up on abstract classes first before guessing at to write though. And hopefully this isnt a nested class anymore

[wintry quarry]

Look at the examples in the link I sent

[quick pollen]

man this is complicated

[quick pollen]

yeah no I get it

its exactly what I want

basically have a class that has different uses depending on what it's called by

I just don't get why here it wasn't abstract yet still works

[wintry quarry]

Not by what it's called by.
By what it is

[quick pollen]

this is from the override part

[wintry quarry]

This is virtual

[quick pollen]

whats the difference

[wintry quarry]

Virtual is the same as abstract except you provide a default implementation in the parent class

[quick pollen]

aaahhh I see

I mean

[eternal needle]

Classes also dont have to be abstract at all, although you likely want it in your case

[quick pollen]

I could use that too for debugging reasons

but I think I get an error anyway if its not implemented

[wintry quarry]

A class has to be abstract of it contains at least one abstract member

[wintry quarry]

Yes this is the appeal of using abstract. It doesn't let you accidentally not implement it.

[astral falcon]

good day everyone. I am wondering, if there is a workaround to call interactable = true and false including the button being changed visually? Right now, if you select the toggle in inspector, its working, but by setting interactable to false and back to true does not turn it back on full color for example.

[quick pollen]

also why doesnt my intellicode realise that I want to use the Input type?

or whats going on here

[eternal needle]

Yea theres a lot of extra details to type here, like what can be done and when. so I think it's just best if you just experiment with this on test classes to understand it.

[quick pollen]

thats actually perfect because I never want to have an ability that does nothing

like I could write all this code in a much simpler way

which is what i had until now

but I guess this is good practice to learn these keywords

plus if I get asked in the future to show code that I've written before, like at a job interview, I can look just that much smarter

here comes another issue though

what if I want to make it so you cant use other abilities when you are in the middle of using one?

but I do want to be able to use the same ability

[wintry quarry]

I don't see how that is related to the question of polymorphism

[quick pollen]

well its less related

but basically if I have 2 abilities, a parry and an attack

I want to be able to continue attacking if I'm attacking

but I don't want to be able to parry

[wintry quarry]

Keep a reference to the ability you're currently using. Don't allow a new one to be used while using one

Just a few if statements and variables

[eternal needle]

This could just be from the transition colors you set in inspector

[quick pollen]

I could have an "isBusy" or something inside the ActionHandler class but that wouldnt tell me what ability is being used so yeah

how can I keep a reference?

i dont want to use integers or strings

[astral falcon]

The disabled color is just alpha 0.5. So it is using that when disabled, but when set backon, its not turning back to normal color

[wintry quarry]

Just... Do

Ability currentAbility

[quick pollen]

because I could have a [SerializeField] internal string actionName

[quick pollen]

wait I can do that?

[wintry quarry]

Why not?

[eternal needle]

I found this thread seems related. https://forum.unity.com/threads/interactable-true-doesnt-change-button-color.472299/

[quick pollen]

because I am inside of Ability?

[wintry quarry]

That's the whole point of defining types

You get to use them

[quick pollen]

oh wait im not

[wintry quarry]

Well first off that wouldn't matter anyway but second I don't see why you would be

This would be some other class

[eternal needle]

public abstract class

Its public

[astral falcon]

Not really, cause its like the default button. And if you set the interactable toggle via inspector, its updating correctly. there have been bugs about this years before, maybe its still an issue

[quick pollen]

oh wait

yeah okay so like this

i dont really understand

is this null?

[verbal dome]

No, and if it was, it wouldn't throw that error

Doing something = null is valid

[wheat wave]

ability?

[verbal dome]

Looks like ability is null

[quick pollen]

oh

how could I make it not null....

[verbal dome]

Assign a value to it?

[quick pollen]

yeah but what value

do i need to serialize Ability

[verbal dome]

What is the point of the ability reference?

Oh this is in ActionHandler, not in Ability

[astral falcon]

So in the end it was my fault of calling on a timer elapsed event, which is threaded, so I had to enqueue back to main 🙂 Thanks for the help tho!

[quick pollen]

yeahh

[teal viper]

Why would you have that logic in the ability anyway? Shouldn't that be in your ability manager that you mentioned earlier?

[verbal dome]

You tell us - which ability do you want to use?

[quick pollen]

oh true i guess

[wheat wave]

what's the point of abilityRef? If this class is supposed to be a singleton, it should be a static member

[quick pollen]

its not a singleton

i mean

youre going to have multiple abilities

and i dont want to be able to use multiple abilities at once

[wintry quarry]

The fact that Ability is a MonoBehaviour is pretty sketchy to me

Not sure what the instance management will look like

Also why a separate variable for this?

[quick pollen]

if i dont have a reference to handler I get an error inside of the classes that derive from ability

[teal viper]

What's handler even?

[quick pollen]

the class that contains Ability

[teal viper]

Why does the ability need to know about it?

[wintry quarry]

I mean abilityRef that variable seems really pointless

[quick pollen]

appareantly it isnt

[wintry quarry]

It definitely is

[quick pollen]

because the compiler shits itself if i remove it

[wintry quarry]

Define "the compiler shits itself"

[quick pollen]

also you told me

[teal viper]

It only "shits itself" because you're doing something wrong

Like using that variable

[wintry quarry]

Yeah if you needed a reference somewhere. In this case you can just use this

But the logic where you're using this variable seems like something that shouldn't be living in the Ability class in the first place anyway

Seems like something that should be in ActionHandler

[eternal needle]

You already are using this as well where you assign abilityRef

[quick pollen]

so something like this?

[wintry quarry]

Yeah but again I feel like all that code belongs elsewhere anyway

[eternal needle]

Most of that logic should be in the ability itself imo

[quick pollen]

dude yall just told me that having Ability be a monobehaviour is sketchy

[wintry quarry]

Yes

It is

[quick pollen]

how else am i meant to detect input

[wintry quarry]

In a MonoBehaviour attached to the player

That you only have one of

[quick pollen]

thats literally what im doing??

[wintry quarry]

Which is what I'm guessing ActionHandler is?

[quick pollen]

yes

[wintry quarry]

Can't you have multiple abilities?

[quick pollen]

ActionHandler only has a single instance existing at all times

[wintry quarry]

Isn't this in the Ability class?

[quick pollen]

I can

[quick pollen]

check the highlighted text

void ActionHandler.Update()

[wintry quarry]

Last I saw was this which was Ability

[teal viper]

Maybe start sharing the !code correctly, so that we don't get confused

[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/

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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.

[quick pollen]

well i just sent this

[quick pollen]

and you said this

[eternal needle]

The suggestion wasnt even related to input, I was saying that you shouldnt need to check an abilities stamina and cooldown from outside the ability

[wintry quarry]

Misread then sorry

[quick pollen]

oh, all good then

[quick pollen]

stamina is a part of ActionHandler

oh wait

i get what you mean

how else am i meant to check if I can cast an ability

[wintry quarry]

I mean I think that's debatable

If they All are always stamina based, this can work.

[eternal needle]

If this is literally the only place thatll call abilities then sure it's fine. The stamina part I misread I guess, but the cooldown part can just go directly inside the ability class since it's being compared to 0

[wintry quarry]

If you need polymorphic behavior on whether it can be cast that's a different story

[quick pollen]

ActionHandler
https://gdl.space/uvahilomek.cs

[teal viper]

For example by defining a CanCast method in the ability and calling it from wherever you want to cast the ability.

[eternal needle]

Though I dont see the point of that if ability[0] != this because that should basically always be not equal

[quick pollen]

an example for an ability
https://gdl.space/cijidewiha.cpp

[wheat wave]

you can have instances of abstract classes?

oh

[wintry quarry]

Sure, they just have to be an instance of a derived class in reality

[quick pollen]

well rn CanCast is just all of those if cases

[wheat wave]

I'm assuming you're assigning derived objects to that Ability[]

[wheat wave]

if(ability[0].handler == null) ability[0].handler = this;

[quick pollen]

well I certainly want to

[wheat wave]

I don't like this

[quick pollen]

Resonance derives from Ability but it isn't Ability

[teal viper]

Well, then put them all in the method. The point is encapsulating access. Objects outside the ability don't need to know about specific details of each ability. Only wether it can be cast or not.

[quick pollen]

idk how to serialize it

[wheat wave]

if you want abilities to be able to reference the event handler, you can have a static reference to the ability handler in itself

without ever needing to assign the reference to the handler in each ability

[wintry quarry]

Software design by committee let's go.

Alright I'm gonna go about my day.

[wheat wave]

too many cooks. Ironically, I showed up last

[teal viper]

Maybe we should give them some time to figure out how they want to design it first.

[wheat wave]

if(ability[0] != this){
``` what is this line doing?

[eternal needle]

This is just worse and throws static at something that doesnt need it

[wheat wave]

when will an ability ever be of type eventHandler?

[quick pollen]

there you go

[wheat wave]

what are you talking about? eventHandler is a singleton

in theory

[quick pollen]

oh ig that works, ty

[teal viper]

Now you can make most of the internal stuff private

[quick pollen]

I basically want to check if the ability I want to use is equal to the ability being used right now, but that line is messed up completely

[eternal needle]

I dont even know what code you're referring to. Their code is ActionHandler and it is not a singleton and really doesnt need to be

[quick pollen]

true ty

[quick pollen]

ActionHandler is a singleton, if by singleton you mean only a single instance of it exists at a time

I guess a better name would be AbilityHandler

okay I updated the code, ill send it again to keep things fresh

[eternal needle]

The code you linked is not a singleton. Please google what the singleton pattern is

[quick pollen]

https://gdl.space/afoxemilun.cs

[bitter sequoia]

Guys, the inspector doesn't show anything to know if a default property changed?

[quick pollen]

which one? I linked 2

ActionHandler is a script that exists on the Player and is responsible for handling all the abilities

[wheat wave]

like I said, singleton in theory

[quick pollen]

there can only be one of it at a time

am i missing a keyword

objects deriving from Ability, however, are not singletons

you can have multiple Ability scripts

[eternal needle]

Literally nothing you've linked has a singleton in ActionHandler. Although I truly dont feel like trying to correct another person's questionable suggestions as it just feels like working backwards. Really assigning the reference directly is better but I too will step out now.

[quick pollen]

i dont understand

[wheat wave]

having a static instance of a class, and an assignment to it in Awake, and a check to prevent multiple instances from existing at once is enough to fulfil the design pattern, right?

[late burrow]

if im making big log file does it matter if i gather info in string[] or string

[quick pollen]

Although I truly dont feel like trying to correct another person's questionable suggestions as it just feels like working backwards.
what is your suggestion then?

[eternal needle]

You can google what a singleton is, yours simply isnt one and does NOT need to be. You are already directly telling the ability what the handler is, so the suggestion to randomly throw in static there achieves nothing. Singletons shouldnt be used purely because you dont want to assign a reference properly.

Keep the handler part as is if the ability even needs it. That doesnt need to change

[short hazel]

As in gather to write it to the file? You should be using a Stream and StreamWriter to write them sequentially, that does not overload your memory

[wheat wave]

shouldnt be used purely because you dont want to assign a reference properly.
it's not?

[late burrow]

ok other question whats better writealllines or writealltext

[short hazel]

You're evading the problem

[late burrow]

im evading code i cant use

[quick pollen]

to be fair I only really need it for one line

[short hazel]

None, if you plan on writing a lot of text

[quick pollen]

ill remove the static part

also i still dont know how to get a reference to the scripts that are derived from Ability

[eternal needle]

That's definitely not where you would even want it to be static. Theres more pressing issues to worry about though like actually implementing your abilities. One thing I'll reiterate before I gotta go is that this likely shouldnt be a nested class. This will just be more annoying in the future if you want like AI to use abilities too since you wouldnt be checking if via Input

[quick pollen]

AI wont be using abilities like this

like actually implementing your abilities
that's why I have the Action()

I can tell the ActionHandler what to do like that whenever I want to use an ability

but yeah how can I get a reference to Resonance?

[wheat wave]

ugh, I was worried about this

Resonance derives from ability, right?

[quick pollen]

yep

[wheat wave]

are you able to click and drag the monobehavior to the array slot

[quick pollen]

damn im stupid

yeah ty

also, do I even need to have Resonance as a monobehaviour?

[wheat wave]

you had the assets submenu(?) thing open instead of scene

[wheat wave]

no.

[quick pollen]

couldnt I just have a script that I put there from assets?

[wheat wave]

I personally use scriptableobjects for this exact case

[quick pollen]

no it didnt show up there either

yeah thats a scriptableobject moment

what

[eternal needle]

No you need an instance of the class

That error is likely because you changed it from a monobehaviour

[quick pollen]

well i cant drag it in anymore

[quick pollen]

I changed Ability not ActionHandler

but it fixed after I made Ability be a ScriptableObject

yeah idk i think its better to keep it a monobehaviour

yeah using MonoBehaviour it works

yeah ive no clue

still @eternal needle tysm for the help

also @teal viper @wintry quarry @wheat wave @verbal dome thank u all very much

[ruby python]

Okay cool. Thank you. Yeah I'm currently holding my enemy stats data (speed, health, damage dealt etc) in the SO, so was just curious if it would be more efficient to hold the 'target' data in there as well (I currently have the target inside the Enemy script)

[neat bay]

does anybody know my I'm getting thousands of these errors in my console? I haven't even ran my code

[vital tangle]

hey

[ivory bobcat]

Restart the Unity Editor. Likely memory leak from a previous play session crash

[vital tangle]

i need some serious help

consider there is a children assigned to the transform of every gameobject

now i get the transform of a gameobject

and loop through its childrens and display their names

but it would only show the childrens of that transform

not the childrens of the transforms which i got from their parent transforms

i want to create a loop that will show me the names of all childrens in the transform and then their childrens as well until there are no children left

how can i achieve something like that?

[willow scroll]

recursion

[vital tangle]

how does that work?

any examples

[willow scroll]

You have to enumerate through all the Transform's children, get Transform of every child and call the method on them

[vital tangle]

for example?

[willow scroll]

Level 1
  - Level 2
    - Level 3
      - Level 4
        - Level 5
          - Level 6
      - Level 4
Level 1
  - Level 2
  - Level 2
    _ Level 3
  -

In this case, Level 1 is the original transform

You enumerate through its children, which are Level 2s

[vital tangle]

yep

it only gives you level 2

you cant run a loop

such that it goes on and finishes on level 6

[willow scroll]

Then you call the enumerate method for every Level 2, then for every Level 3 inside of them and so on

private static void EnumerateThru(this Transform value)
{
    foreach (Transform child in value)
    {
        child.EnumerateThru();

        print($"child: {child};");
    }
}

[vital tangle]

is this possible

[willow scroll]

This is already the whole method to print all the names of the children

[vital tangle]

to run the same void inside a void

[willow scroll]

Yes, why wouldn't it?

[vital tangle]

waaaaah

never thought of this

haha

thanks

you put me out of my misery

its not really transform

its a pretty complex thing which i am trying

[willow scroll]

Also make sure you have mentioned my edit. value.EnumerateThru() was a typo.

[vital tangle]

but it pretty much looks like unity transforms so i gave example of transform

[willow scroll]

Well, its the same for whatever you have. Just make sure you now how to enumerate through a single level, then call a recursion

[vital tangle]

                            AssetTypeValueField GameObject = manager.GetBaseField(afileInst, Info);
                            // #Transform
                            {
                                AssetTypeValueField data = BaseField["m_Component.Array"][0];
                                AssetPPtr pptr = AssetPPtr.FromField(data["component"]);

                                if(pptr.FileId == 0)
                                {
                                    AssetTypeValueField transform = manager.GetBaseField(afileInst, pptr.PathId);

                                }
                            }```

this thing pretty much works like unity transforms

so yea

anyways thanks for the help

its really appreciating

[pliant oyster]

Hi, does anyone know why my code does not work?

void OnMouseOver()
{
    Debug.Log("Mouse Over");

    if (currentScale.x >= originalScale.x * (1 + scaleModifier) && !invertCheck)
    {
        bounceSpeed = -bounceSpeed;
        invertCheck = true;
    }
    else if (currentScale.x <= originalScale.x && invertCheck)
    {
        bounceSpeed = -bounceSpeed;
        invertCheck = false;
    }

    currentScale = new Vector2(currentScale.x + (bounceSpeed * Time.deltaTime), currentScale.y + (bounceSpeed * Time.deltaTime));
    transform.localScale = currentScale;
}
```It doesn't even print the "Mouse Over".

I have it on a Button on a Canvas. I made sure to also add a BoxCollider after it didn't work the first time.

[willow scroll]

Is the Button on a Canvas?

[pliant oyster]

Yes

[willow scroll]

The method OnMouseOver only works when you have a Collider and a suitable layer

[languid spire]

The OnMouse methods do not work for UI objects, you need to use the IPointer interfaces

[ivory bobcat]

The Internet suggests

You don’t use OnMouseOver for UI elements, use IPointerEnterHandler

[pliant oyster]

I tried that before unsuccessfully, but I'll try it again. Is there a quick guide on how to use it to check a hover over instead of whether the mouse is moving?

[ivory bobcat]

Here's an example https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/EventSystems.IPointerEnterHandler.html

[willow scroll]

Yes, derive from IPointerEnterHandler and implement its method by clicking Alt + Enter while hovering the interface with the error

[pliant oyster]

Thank you very much!

Okay so it only checks when the mouse enters, not when the mouse is over the GameObject. How do I do that?

[languid spire]

if you want to do repeating work during mouse over.
Start a Coroutine on PointerEnter
Stop the Coroutine on PointerExit

[ivory bobcat]

Pretty good idea. I would have suggested a bool to be set true on entry and false on exit with some code evaluating said bool in Update.

[languid spire]

works just as well, i find Coroutines cleaner for this kind of thing

[pliant oyster]

I don't know coroutines and never worked with them so I will use Dalphat's solution. Thank you!

[languid spire]

pretty simple really

Coroutine cor = null;
void OnPointerEnter() {
   if (cor != null StopCoroutine(cor);
   cor = StartCoroutine(OnPointerOver());
}
IEnumerator OnPointerOver() {
   while (true)
      // Do stuff
      yield return null;
   }
}
void OnPointerExit() {
   if (cor != null) {
      StopCoroutine(cor);
      cor = null;
   }
}

[pliant oyster]

Is that essentially a second "Update" that can be started and ended at any time?

[languid spire]

you got it

[pliant oyster]

Ah okay! Thanks, I will try that!

[abstract finch]

How complex of a problem is it to be able to get the two zombies behind to go towards those spots?

[pliant oyster]

I forgot the yield return null; part and now my Unity Editor is frozen and won't come up. What do I do?

[languid spire]

use the VS debugger to break the loop

and, sorry, that was my bad, I forgot it first too

although IEnumerators should not compile without a yield statement

[queen adder]

can anyone tell me why the points system doesn't work

---

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

public class Objectbehavior : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] GameObject prefab;
bool _gameOver = false;
int _points = 0;

public void spawnObject()
{
    Instantiate(prefab, new Vector3(Random.Range(-8f, 8f), 6f, 0f), Quaternion.identity);
}

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Player" && !_gameOver)
    {
        spawnObject();
        Destroy(gameObject);
        _points += 1;
        Debug.Log(_points);
    }
    else if (collision.gameObject.tag == "ground")
    {
        _gameOver = true;
        Debug.Log("GAME OVER! YOU LOOSE!");
    }



}

}

[ivory bobcat]

Does the point system not work or do you simply get no collision detection?

[queen adder]

point system

[ivory bobcat]

If you're wanting points to persist between instances, you ought to have something that isn't destroyed hold the point variable.

The dirty solution would be to have points be static and assigned in Start - bandaid solution.

[fair temple]

        bool canMove = !Physics.Raycast(transform.position, moveDir, playerSize);

        if (canMove)
        {
            transform.position += moveDir * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        }

im trying to prohibit to passing into the wall but i cant see any problem but still can pass through to wall

[timber tide]

raycast may be originating inside of the wall

[fair temple]

but how can i fix that

any advice ?

[timber tide]

well, are you sure it's detecting the wall at all first

[fair temple]

yes

idk what should i do

wall isnt detecting

[timber tide]

what I would do is make a larger raycast and make sure it's pointing in the direction you're moving

and debug that it's hitting something first off

[fair temple]

i fixed with decreasing value of movedirection * movespeed and delta time

 if (canMove)
 {
     transform.position += moveDir * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
 }
 else
 {
     transform.position -= moveDir * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;  
 }

[lime pewter]

Debug.Log(liquidType.maxFill / liquidType.viscosity + " this is min fill");

"maxFill" = 1f", and "viscosity = 9" why does Unity somehow output 0.133333?
I understand there is a float point error but where does Unity pull the 0.133333 when the true answer should be 0.1111111, even if it's not fully accurate an entire 0.02+ off seems excessive.

[swift crag]

this is not floating point error; your numbers must just be wrong

oops, wrong reply

[swift crag]

verify that your numbers are actually what you think they are

[swift crag]

I'd just let the zombies shove each other a bit, tbh

[lime pewter]

I have checked prior, but I will triple check with the results quickly.

[swift crag]

log the values immediately before you use them

[lime pewter]

Yeah no you were 100% correct, I am realizing the reason my prior checks weren't working is since I was checking in a class declaration even though the actual "maxFill" was altered in a scriptable object which was actually being evaluated as "1.2" even though the class declares "1.0" initially.

Appreciate the help!

[swift crag]

that'll do it (:

Log early and often when you're getting weird behavior like that

(or attach a debugger)

[lime pewter]

Yeah, I didn't even think to question that declaration ahah. I was very misled by ai when asking the same question which was saying that it was very likely floating point error. Which I was thinking if true would be insanity haha!

[swift crag]

GPUs can emit a lot of very creative text.

[lime pewter]

haha, that's for sure!

AI can be extremely insightful and give some pretty good direction on where to go a lot of the time, and other times it assumes my code is Chinese and will respond in Chinese, there is a lot of variability lol.

[dim hawk]

Hello, Is making an idle game easy? I have a slight programming knowledge but on game development im still a begginer.

[lime pewter]

conceptually yes, but any game you decide to make can be as difficult to develop if you'd like it to be. There's a lot of documentation which can push a beginner to creating an idle game if that's what you'd be referring to.

[swift crag]

idle games have the advantage of not involving movement, physics, etc.

[lime pewter]

However, if you're using Unity a lot of people struggle with UI which is 90% of an idle game.

[swift crag]

at least, they don't have to

UI is actually pretty easy if you take a bit of time to read the manual

Unity doesn't help with its bad defaults, though

layout groups should absolutely not default to force-expanding children

[lime pewter]

Haha, I agree. I actually quite like creating UI, however a lot of beginners I've spoken to seem to unanimously dispise creating UI seemingly haha.

[swift crag]

all you need to know is:

• RectTransform anchors and pivots
• LayoutGroups and LayoutElements all the way down for auto-layout

The problem is that these bad defaults make broken UIs kind of work

until you do something that makes them fall apart and explode

and then you have to fix all the bad defaults to get something that actually behaves

[lime pewter]

Haha, yeah.

[rotund egret]

whats the most beginner way to make objects look at other objects in unity 2D?

:/

[swift crag]

setting transform.right or transform.up to a direction will rotate the transform

[rotund egret]

Hm how do i set them up tho?

[swift crag]

set what up?

[next ravine]

to make 1 object face the other mathematically id assume youd do this
?

as the simplest way

[polar seal]

hey guys, i have a little question

how i create a simple script for instantiate any props like a Tetris in 2D game ?
i'm begginer 😅

[wintry quarry]

theObj.transform.LookAt(otherObject)

[swift crag]

this is 2D

[wintry quarry]

oh

then

theObj.transform.right = (otherObj.position - theObj.transform.position);```

[next ravine]

positioon

[ashen ridge]

Just make sure that both objects have the same position in the z axis

[next ravine]

wouldnt the trig method work too?

[swift crag]

sure, but I prefer to let Unity do the math for me

I do very little trig

[wintry quarry]

sure but - then what do you do with AngleToRotate?

feed it into more stuff

I like to keep it simple

[next ravine]

yeah i didnt know unity could do it for you

thats nice

[swift crag]

if you don't know how to instantiate things at all, you should be using !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[rotund egret]

Wdym the obj and the other object ?

how do i get theobj do i just do gameobject? or give it its own self?

[swift crag]

You said you want to look at another object

So surely you know what object you want to look at, right?

theObj is the thing you're rotating. If it's the object your component is attached to, you can just use your own transform

[rotund egret]

i want the object i have rn to look at other object

the object its self

[wintry quarry]

theObj is the one that looks
otherObject is the one being looked at

If you want "itself" then that will just be transform in a script attached to it

[rotund egret]

Mhm let me try

transform.right = (Player_Object.position - transform.position);
like this?

[wintry quarry]

but if this is 2D as someone said above you'd want more like this #💻┃code-beginner message

[rotund egret]

but im getting an error with that

[wintry quarry]

what error

[void raptor]

ive added these buttons, resume should disactive the menu and quit should make you go back to the main menu but the buttons when i click them it doesnt work. i did the same thing in another scene and the buttons worked.

[wintry quarry]

Player_Object.transform.position

[rotund egret]

the error is gone wait

[wintry quarry]

I don't see an Event System in your scene
GameObject -> UI -> Event System to add it

[rotund egret]

it works tysmmm i learned smth new lets go

[void raptor]

ive added it and it works thanks a lot i didn't notice that

[stiff briar]

Uhh hi
as someone who's not familiar with Unity's Syntax at all
Where should i start?
Should i memorize every basic command or there's a place where i can find the syntax that i need to do what i want?

[wintry quarry]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[stiff briar]

ok thx!

[obtuse axle]

Hello I have a problem with a collision script : I have an invisible box and a player. I want the box to teleport the player somewhere upon contact. In solo mode, everything works because the player is already on the scene. However, in multiplayer mode, since i use Photon 2 and my player is a prefab, it doesn't work since the players aren't on the scene yet since i have to spawn a player each time someone logs in the room. Here's my code for the collision script and if someone could help me i'd be grateful.

[atomic yew]

The person who prepared the video has three places in the on value changed section. The object with a piece of code is the name of the second function, but I also have a place where it says 0. I guess that's why I can't print the slider value on the screen properly.

Why do I have 4 parts and the guy has 3?

[abstract finch]

Unfortunately I'm using CharacterControllers and not rigidbodies

[raw ledge]

Hey im trying to make interract two prefab together, so I put them as siblings of a prefab "ball+ui", but when I do .Transform.GetChild(0) and .Transform.GetChild(1) to interract with them it uses the two prefab that are outside my "ball+ui" so I can't make them interract together, anyone got any ideas ?

[ruby python]

Hey all, I'm having a really weird issue and I'm not sure what the problem is, as this was working perfectly as of this morning.

I have a turret controller that points at the player. The problem is, the whole turret (base and turret) rotate to face the player, and I'm really at a loss as to why.

Turret Controller Code
https://hastebin.com/share/uwiluxadux.csharp

Turret setup image attached.

[raw ledge]

Aaaa I think my problem is a photon problem so im going to #archived-networking

[tepid steeple]

Assets/Scripts/CustomNetworkManager.cs(6,26): error CS0115: 'CustomNetworkManager.OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection)': no suitable method found to override

using UnityEngine;
using Mirror;

public class CustomNetworkManager : NetworkManager
{
public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn)
{
base.OnServerAddPlayer(conn);

    if (numPlayers >= 2) // 2 veya daha fazla oyuncu olduğunda sahneye geç
    {
        ServerChangeScene("SetGame");
    }
}

public override void OnServerSceneChanged(string sceneName)
{
    if (sceneName == "SetGame")
    {
        // SetGame sahnesine geçildiğinde, burada oyunu başlatma veya ayarlama işlemleri yapılabilir
        // Örneğin, SetGameController'dan seçim UI'sını etkinleştirmesini isteyebiliriz.
        GameObject setGameControllerObj = GameObject.FindWithTag("SetGameController");
        if (setGameControllerObj != null)
        {
            SetGameController setGameController = setGameControllerObj.GetComponent<SetGameController>();
            setGameController.EnableSelection();
        }
    }
}

}

can someone help me i cant figure out my fault

[wintry quarry]

As it says, you're trying to override a method that doesn't exist or doesn't match the signature you're using on line 6

[languid spire]

ok, a method signature is the method declaration in the code.
the base is NetworkManager.
so post the NetworkManager.OnServerAddPlayer declaration

[golden blade]

hello

does unity

support having multiple windows for a game

Like this

[tepid steeple]

using UnityEngine;
using Photon.Pun;
using Photon.Realtime;
using System.Diagnostics;

public class NetworkManager : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks
{
    void Start()
    {
        // Connect to Photon servers
        PhotonNetwork.ConnectUsingSettings();
    }

    public override void OnConnectedToMaster()
    {
        Debug.Log("Connected to Photon servers");
    }

    public void CreateRoom()
    {
        PhotonNetwork.CreateRoom(null); // Create a room with default room options
    }

    public void JoinRoom()
    {
        PhotonNetwork.JoinRandomRoom(); // Join a random available room
    }

    public override void OnJoinedRoom()
    {
        Debug.Log("Joined room");
        // Load your game scene or lobby scene here
    }
}

[ruby python]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Use links to services like:
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📃 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.

[wintry quarry]

No it doesn't. You'd have to launch separate processes

[golden blade]

damn

[wintry quarry]

It supports multi monitor but not multi window

[languid spire]

And do you see a method called OnServerAddPlayer there?

[golden blade]

idk how to go about changing this then ty for the info

[tepid steeple]

No

I am using Mirror but this code import photon?

[languid spire]

Do you understand even basic C# ?

[tepid steeple]

Yes i got the error there is no OnServerAddPlayer there

[languid spire]

the NetworkManager code you posted is Photon but it is not in a namespace, why do you have Photon scripts in your project if you are using Mirror?

[frank zodiac]

why does my Vector3.Lerp stop at 5.9998 instead of 6?

[rich adder]

because you're lerping wrong with time.deltaTime * sumNumber I bet

[tepid steeple]

I really don't know about this.

[frank zodiac]

exactly

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp read this

[frank zodiac]

okay thank you

[languid spire]

So you dont understand even basic C#. Why are you even trying to do networking?

[tepid steeple]

this is for my final project

i dont even make games

Im just working on Java Spring boot

Im not fan of C# and Unity

[summer stump]

We can tell

[languid spire]

Then I suggest you go and do something else because you will get nowhere like this

[tepid steeple]

Submit deadline is tomorrow

[summer stump]

Well, you are not likely to make that deadline. Sorry

Seems rude of them to give you a project like this with no teaching about unity or c#

[tepid steeple]

yes our lecturer did not use Unity even once in class only made us watch videos.

[rich adder]

another quack then?

[tepid steeple]

thats why i dont understand anything

[languid spire]

there is no way you were given a Networking project without a great deal of tuition

[tepid steeple]

he did

he gave us

im saying he even didnt open the unity .

[languid spire]

Listen, even very experienced game devs quake in their boots at the mere mention of networked games

on a scale of 1 to 10 in difficulty they rate about 1,000

[tepid steeple]

using Mirror;
using System.Diagnostics;

public class NetworkManager : NetworkManager
{
    void Start()
    {
        // Start the network client
        StartClient();
    }

    public override void OnStartClient()
    {
        Debug.Log("Connected to Mirror server");
    }

    public void StartGame()
    {
        // This method could be called to start the game once all players are connected
        ServerChangeScene("GameScene"); // Change to your actual game scene name
    }

    public override void OnServerAddPlayer(NetworkConnection conn)
    {
        // Override this method to handle player spawning
        GameObject player = Instantiate(playerPrefab);
        NetworkServer.AddPlayerForConnection(conn, player);
    }

    public override void OnServerSceneChanged(string sceneName)
    {
        // Override this method to handle scene changes on the server
        if (sceneName == "GameScene")
        {
            // Perform game setup logic here
        }
    }
}

[rich adder]

it aint gonna happen buddy boy

[eternal needle]

Theres definitely something else going on here lol, the professor definitely wouldnt tell the class to make a networked game when the course didnt even teach c# or unity. You must've chose this yourself

[tepid steeple]

No, i didnt choose anything

all im saying is true he gave us multiplayer project

[frank zodiac]

private void Update()
{
    Vector3 target = pointB;
    Vector3 currentVelocity = Vector3.zero;

    transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, target, ref currentVelocity, Time.deltaTime, maximumSpeed);

    if (transform.position == pointB)
    {
        target = pointA;
    }
}

it goes to pointB successfully but then it wont go back to pointA for some reason

[ashen ridge]

Did he?

[tepid steeple]

Yes

He DID!

[languid spire]

I don't want to be rude, but you literally cannot get to where you need to be from where you are in 24 hours. So just stop

[eternal needle]

And you chose unity? Theres absolutely no way they said use unity and the whole class doesnt revolt against this and go to the dean.

[slender nymph]

show the assignment then

[tepid steeple]

there is no pdf

just whatsapp messages

[rich adder]

lmao what

[eternal needle]

Add a debug to see if it ever enters that if statement

[frank zodiac]

okay

[frank zodiac]

it does enter the if statement

[languid spire]

At this point you are just being a troll

[quick pollen]

Can I use the Animator to call functions using UnityEvents somehow?

[rich adder]

well yeah, Animation Event lol

[quick pollen]

I've seen this but im not sure how to use it

[rich adder]

you dragged in the script from Project, you need to drag the object that has the script

[tepid steeple]

Multiplayer phone game for four and a half year old girl
Only the network communication technology will be mirror and will work in the local network. In the network, the client will be able to find the server. There are codes for this in the mirror
Those who use libraries other than Mirror or those who do not use any network remain the same.
On a smartphone, the game should fit well on the screen and the interface should not be overwhelming. There must be at least 4 levels and each level must be one level harder. If the game is time-based, the time should be optimized, neither too fast nor too slow. Two people must be in the same game. There may be other styles of play, such as against each other or both against a common enemy.

However, in order to unite the players online, an intermediary server that uses a technique called network punchthrough is required. For this, you can use a unity service called relay server.
You can search for unity relay server and see the details.
We want a local network in the final assignment. The other player must be able to find the server on the local network. Mirro has the necessary sample and source codes for this.
So they will not communicate by entering the IP number.

[ashen ridge]

Lol

Check the first line in the update method

[quick pollen]

it wont let me, im in the animator

[frank zodiac]

oh thank you lol

didnt notice that

[rich adder]

wdym it wont let you

[ashen ridge]

Xd

[eternal needle]

Not gonna lie my brain skipped over that one

[quick pollen]

has the script that I want to call a function from, right?

[rich adder]

the object that has the script

drag that one, not the script from project folder

[quick pollen]

im not sure what you mean

[rich adder]

Oh wait this is a Animator state

just realized

[quick pollen]

yes

[ashen ridge]

Ask other classmates cause this is very weird

[quick pollen]

that was the original question

[tepid steeple]

nobody

do it

[rich adder]

well yeah but its confusing question

I thought you first wanted Animation Events to call a function lol

[quick pollen]

oh yeah no that would be simple I think

let me check....

[ashen ridge]

Can you ask your teacher then?

[quick pollen]

nope

[tepid steeple]

He didnt know

😸

There is why im asking here

[quick pollen]

well that doesnt work either tbf?

[rich adder]

it does work, what are you trying to do exactly

[quick pollen]

altho im pretty sure im misunderstanding

[rich adder]

You cant drag scene event because the Animationstate is isolated from scene

[quick pollen]

yeah I know

still tried tho lol

what do you mean then by AnimationEvents

or like

[rich adder]

You have to modify the version of the animator thats on the object

[quick pollen]

how can I make it so at a specific point in an animation, a function from a script gets called

[rich adder]

thats what I'm telling you lol

Animation Event

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/script-AnimationWindowEvent.html

[quick pollen]

version of the animator?

[rich adder]

yes the Instance thats playing the controller

aka the gameobject that has the animator

when you do so it will give you a dropdown of all the methods that are on a script on the same object

[quick pollen]

greyed out

cant click

[rich adder]

yeah cause its read only

its part of the FBX

clone animation clip to modify them

[quick pollen]

that sounds really bad

[rich adder]

or just make the FBX read/write

this is a specific unity thing that has nothing to do with animator, its how FBX are packaged

[quick pollen]

how can I do that

[tepid steeple]

Please help me about NetworkManager 😿

[rich adder]

you should be able to just select the FBX and in the inspector check read/write

[summer stump]

Tell him that this is beyond the scope of what you can do and will not be completing it. It is inappropriate to assign an assignment based on something that has not been taught and without being explicit about prerequisit knowledge before the class starts.
Tell him you will be taking this to the dean if he doesn't remove this assignment from your grade

[quick pollen]

would this mess anything up when updating the fbx?

[rich adder]

no but if ur paranoid just duplicate the clip u want to modify

[tepid steeple]

lol after that im getting FF

[quick pollen]

now i cant even do anything

[summer stump]

Then take it to the dean

[quick pollen]

the animations are still readonly

[rich adder]

after you made it read/write ?
just duplciate the clip then

[ruby python]

Hang on, how can he assign a project, and then expect to grade it if even he doesn't know how to do it? I smell bullshit tbh.

[rich adder]

cause its a troll post

wasting time and flooding chat

[tepid steeple]

NO WAY

IM NOT LYING

[quick pollen]

doesnt that mean that if I decide to update the animation, I'll have to delete the duplicated clip, re-duplicate the original clip and then set up the events again?

[ruby python]

Yeah, pretty obvious.

[tepid steeple]

BECAUSE U HAVENT TAKE LECTURE IN TURKEY

[summer stump]

Stop

Go to the dean. You WILL NOT receive the help you need here. It is beyond what we can do

[rich adder]

yes

[ruby python]

Any game in 24 hours is virtually impossible (I stress virtually).

[rich adder]

let me see if I missed something on how to make animation not-read only directly in FBX

[quick pollen]

yeahh fuck that I'll just use an animatorhandler like I did before and just use import events

[ruby python]

Imported animations are read-only unfortunately. There are a couple of assets iirc that 'unlock' imported assets.

[rich adder]

apparently duplication is the only way

bummer

[rich adder]

this isn't a big deal if you really break it down, how often will you be changing the FBX

[swift crag]

I would avoid this at all costs.

It means that if you modify the animation, you have to completely replace the existing animation clip asset

Now all of your references to it are broken, since you deleted the existing asset

I guess you could manually copy all of the new data into the existing asset

[swift crag]

Look at the model importer.

specifically, the Animation section

You can attach animation events to the importer animation clips there.

You can also configure stuff like Loop Time, add custom curves, etc.

I never pull animation clip sub-assets out of imported models.

[quick pollen]

i have a different method for it

I already had events working

I was just hoping i could do it easier

[swift crag]

what could be easier than this?

[quick pollen]

yeah thats what im doing

I just need to have this animator thing which actually calls the function

[swift crag]

yes, that's a given

the animation event has to be received by something

[quick pollen]

i cant directly call any function sadly

[quick pollen]

i wish you could somehow reference without this workaround but yeah

[swift crag]

You never "directly call a function".

If you get a dropdown to pick a function name from (I believe that appears when you're editing an animation clip with a specific animator selected?), that's still just filling in the Function field

[quick pollen]

whuh

[rich adder]

its the same thing, one gives you a dropdown and one doesn't
dropdown shows up when you selected the animation when you have object with said Animator selected

[quick pollen]

how

what

[swift crag]

Either you haven't applied your changes in the importer or you're using the wrong animation clip

Or you have multiple animation events

[quick pollen]

i forgot to apply appareantly

i didnt even know it allows you to enter playmode without applying import settings???????

[swift crag]

It only complains if you try to leave the importer settings.

(and you have to manually apply them because that triggers a re-import of the asset)

You aren't directly editing the animation clip. You're editing settings on the importer.

[quick pollen]

and i left them too lol

i entered my gameobject thing multiple times to check other stuff

[rich adder]

normally it prompts you

[swift crag]

actually, I also got a warning when I tried to enter play mode with unsaved changes