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[polar acorn]

What is WaitForChangedResult?

[hoary light]

but lets start this on a simple track

[timid oriole]

I assume when the result changes like a bool changes from true to false or increases or decreases a int value. Unless I misunderstood it

[lethal swallow]

mb, didnt realise

[hoary light]

how do i do that pressing anywhere on the screen it spawns an entity

bc idk even how to set that up

[rich adder]

yeah you would need to do some position comparison from the WorldPos of mouse

[hollow forum]

what do i do with the velocity then

[rocky canyon]

remember earlier they were telling you that ur planets axis should face the planet.. (thats being tidal locked) mine doesn't do that.. the transform doesn't rotate.. so i use the tangent to do that

[polar acorn]

Well, there's nothing in Unity called that, so you had to have found it somewhere. Wherever you found it probably mentions what it does

[rich adder]

Well its a series of steps, break it down and start from the first step.

[timid oriole]

no I was using co routine and was hoering to see some of the options that I could use

[hollow forum]

do i still do forceadd or sm

[hoary light]

whats the first step?

[rocky canyon]

you set the velocity of the planet in start.. (that gives it its initial movement)

[timid oriole]

I just use waitforseconds so I wanted to nkow what else I could use

[rocky canyon]

then gravity takes over.. and causes a perfect orbit

[rocky canyon]

in start u can set the velocity directly

[hollow forum]

yea i just realised that

[rocky canyon]

planet.velocity = velocity;

[rich adder]

first step, getting press button event.
second step, getting world position of mouse
third step, spawn item with Instantiate at mouseworld pos

[polar acorn]

So you were looking for things that extend YieldInstruction and found this? Again, it's not Unity so if you found a script somewhere that defines it you're going to have to actually show it

[hollow forum]

and its flown off the screen

[rocky canyon]

lmao... idk bro

[hoary light]

could u be able to vc in like 30 mins? this over text just seems really complicated [this is my first attempt on making a game so yh]

[rocky canyon]

u can find scripts already written if u having this much trouble

[hollow forum]

it sflying off the y axis

[timid oriole]

I assumed it was a unity thing I guess but maybe not I don't have a definition I thought it would work the way based of its name

[hollow forum]

so i think this means that value is just too big

[rich adder]

seems ur number is going to 7 then back down to < 7
make the numbers bigger between or find a way to stabilize your move Velocity
or you hardcode their moveSpeed

[rocky canyon]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/physics/simple-kepler-orbits-97048

check out this asset

its Free

[timid oriole]

I'm confused what I should use with co routine besides waitforseconds is there anything else of use ?

like wait for seconds is useful and all by I feel like there must be more to it

[lethal swallow]

so would I just set public int speed = 0;

[rich adder]

you find good free assets how do you do it lol

[rocky canyon]

if ur calculations are correct in the start function it shouldn't matter what value u give it

[rocky canyon]

im an asset junkie

[lethal swallow]

i WILL remember that xd

[polar acorn]

It can use anything that extends YieldInstruction. Unity provides some of them:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/YieldInstruction.html

and you can make custom ones

[rich adder]

You could yeah
Probably stabilizing the numbers is also an option

[hollow forum]

its doing something else now 😿

its like flickering in position

[polar acorn]

There's a few in the sidebar

[lethal swallow]

sorry for wasting your time, how would I stabilise them? just change/double the values? tysm

[rich adder]

for example clamping or rounding or similiar methods

[slender nymph]

to add on to digi's answer, you can also use yield return null; to wait until the next frame so you could have some loop that does something each frame instead of all in a single frame

[rocky canyon]

oh and another thing.. when i was first learning I would reverse engineer assets to learn.. (to me its easier to see it done first) then try to build it up from scratch

[hollow forum]

this is the newest iteration of what it is doing

i made no changes to your code

[rocky canyon]

can u share the entire code again

[rich adder]

Yeah thats a good way to do, I myself try to make it first if I can so there is no seconds guessing to anything goes wrong I know its just my shitty code xD

[rocky canyon]

yea but i think u took half of it and ignored the other half

[hollow forum]

    {
        Vector2 distanceVector = Planet1.transform.position - Planet2.transform.position;
        float distance = distanceVector.magnitude;
        float orbitalSpeed = Mathf.Sqrt((GravitationalConstant * rb1.mass) / distance);
        Vector2 tangent = new Vector2(-distanceVector.y, distanceVector.x).normalized;
        rb1.velocity = tangent * orbitalSpeed;

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void FixedUpdate()   
    {
        rb1 = Planet1.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        rb2 = Planet2.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        
        distanceX = (Planet2.transform.position.x - Planet1.transform.position.x);
        distanceY = (Planet2.transform.position.y - Planet1.transform.position.y);

        if (distanceX < 0){
            distanceX = -distanceX;
        }

        if (distanceY < 0){                                                     
            distanceY = -distanceY;
        }       

        if (distanceY == 0){
            forceY = 0;
        } else {
            forceY = GravitationalConstant * ((rb1.mass * rb2.mass)/(distanceY*distanceY));
        }

        if (distanceX == 0){
            forceX = 0;
        } else {
            forceX = GravitationalConstant * ((rb1.mass * rb2.mass)/(distanceX*distanceX));
        }

        
        Vector2 dir = Planet2.transform.position - Planet1.transform.position;
        totalForce = new Vector2(forceX, forceY);
        Force = dir.normalized * Mathf.Sqrt(forceX*forceX + forceY*forceY);


        rb1.AddForce(Force, ForceMode2D.Force);
    }

}

[rocky canyon]

ya see.. ur fixedupdate is jank

[hollow forum]

great.

this is my first time embarking on a project on my own

no tutorial or anythiong

so uhhhh

[rocky canyon]

https://pastebin.com/bza6mqNx

this code here.. try using it.. put it on a empty gameobject.. and assign ur two planets (the sun is the static one)

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats fine.. thats how u learn

[timid oriole]

so every frame something new would happen

that's pre cool i guess

but WaitUntil could I use that and say something like destroy the player once the death animation is finished playing

[lethal swallow]

sorry, could you point me in the direction of any sources? tysm

i've changed the valuse, to no avail

speed is staying at 7

but still jitterign

[rocky canyon]

Rotations

Quaternions are complex

[slender nymph]

all you really need to know is that it is a way to represent a rotation using 4 dimensions. use the helper methods that allow you to use euler angles instead because those will be the angles you are more familiar with

[rocky canyon]

what u see in the inspector

[slender nymph]

angles in degrees

[rocky canyon]

u see the rotations in euler

but behind the scenes its using quaternions

exactly

x rotation, y rotation, z rotation

[rich adder]

show the runtime values

what is the speed of agent magnitude

idk if blend tree has this, but check if you might have Transition To Self on

[vast sandal]

Where in the animation is this part of code triggered?
Its from the standard Unity Player Controller

    ```private void OnLand(AnimationEvent animationEvent)
    {
        if (animationEvent.animatorClipInfo.weight > 0.5f)
        {
            AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(LandingAudioClip, transform.TransformPoint(_controller.center), FootstepAudioVolume);
        }
    }```

[rich adder]

!code

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[rich adder]

its called OnLand event

its an animation event, on the animation clip

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

[vast sandal]

Well yeah I can read that, too.. but where can I find that animation event?

There is no animation clip called OnLand, and its a bunch of "Events?"

[rich adder]

probably on the Landing animation ?

the clip isnt called OnLand

I said the event is called OnLand when you find it on the animation clip

[vast sandal]

inAir? JumpLand? Run_N_Land?
Isnt there some way to navigate to that? It feels super wrong "seaching" for..

[rich adder]

double click animation clip from the animator

its probably JumpLand

doesn't hurt to also check RunNLand too

[rich adder]

is right here

[vast sandal]

Ty! All Events get shown like that?

[rich adder]

its probably on all 3 then

[rich adder]

yeah , your animation window though is in Curve view for some reason though

normally its keyframes but yeah animation event is that white slice on the top

[hollow forum]

what does it do

[vast sandal]

Yeah changed that back.. however I can't open/edit the event, thats because its read only I assume?
Like the whole animation is read only, right?

[rich adder]

yea , read only clips can be duplicated to be edited

[vast sandal]

Ah, tyvm!

[rich adder]

np. dont forget to replace it in the animator with the new clones/clips

[rocky canyon]

its an orbit script

does exactly what ur trying to do

[little moat]

Hi I need some help I am trying to make a Warning Screen for my Game then for it to move to the next scene but keep getting this error message - CS0246: The type or namespace name 'IEnumerator' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

`Code:

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class IntroManager : MonoBehaviour
{
public Text warningText;
public float displayTime = 5.0f; // Time in seconds to display the message
public string nextSceneName = "boot.wsmsg.JP"; // Name of the next scene to load

void Start()
{
    StartCoroutine(DisplayWarning());
}

IEnumerator DisplayWarning()
{
    warningText.gameObject.SetActive(true); // Show the warning message
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(displayTime); // Wait for the specified time
    warningText.gameObject.SetActive(false); // Hide the warning message
    LoadNextScene(); // Load the next scene
}

void LoadNextScene()
{
    // Ensure the next scene is added to the build settings
    SceneManager.LoadScene(boot.wsmsg.JP);
}

}`

[rich adder]

!code

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[rich adder]

also you need to configure your IDE

it should give you the option to add the namespace for IEnumerator

[whole parcel]

my ghosts are keeping the correct path, but are somewhat offset. why might that be the case?

[rich adder]

they are are bigger than the hallways

oh wait no

its ur offset

[whole parcel]

that's what i thought

[little moat]

Set it to Visual Studio Code ill try find that option

[rich adder]

nah you need to configure !vscode

its not configured

[whole parcel]

so i should add a value to all the ghost positions?

[summer stump]

Go on and just ask

[little moat]

Ah I see

[rich adder]

here this link

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

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

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[little moat]

Thank you

[rich adder]

well it looks like your grid isn't matching up

at least the paths aren't

thats still vague

what exactly you are stuck on

[whole parcel]

it seems like the paths are correct but just shifted no?

[rich adder]

yeah

there is a strange offset

[whole parcel]

i agree

how to fix

🤔

[spare mountain]

what have you already tried?

[summer stump]

#854851968446365696 will show how to ask
We need details, including what you have done to try

[whole parcel]

it sometimes follows the correct path

but other times it just gets offset

[rich adder]

its simple . just add Torrque

[whole parcel]

google

[rich adder]

AddForce(Vector2.up * jumpHeight, ForceMode.Impulse
AddTorque( rotAngle* rotSpeed, ForceMode.Impulse
Boom here is your Jump flip

[abstract oyster]

'Bird' AnimationEvent has no function name specified!
I don't understand what it wants from me, I don't want an event, all I want is an animation that loops infinitely

[rich adder]

it means you have an empty Animation Event with no method assigned

[abstract oyster]

oh god

[stuck palm]

is there a way to reset trails in code? every time i set a trail as non-emitting and set it as emitting again it leaves a big line from the old place to the new place its annoying

[rich adder]

turn it off and on

i think thats how I had to do it

[stuck palm]

like enabled?

[rich adder]

yea

well yeah Im showing you an example I never said copy and paste it

thats not how code works, you dont just paste and it magically works

[summer stump]

Yes it does

[short hazel]

GD doesn't use physics for rotation anyway, as it would mess up the gameplay

[rich adder]

well it helps you see how simple it is to make your rotation jump thing

[summer stump]

No one is going to just give you readymade code here
You need to take the directions and research them on your own

[rich adder]

ah yeah you know what that makes sense

its been a while since I touched GD

too much reliance on physics it will prob not give the precise control

[summer stump]

Really really bad idea

[rich adder]

start with unity learn courses first

get the fundamentals then make your chosen game

[summer stump]

We are not going to be able to help you if you are unwilling to do research to supplement what we say

Doesn't have to be google specifically

[rich adder]

basic c# isn't enough to read the API by yourself
you have to know the basics on how Unity Components work

[short hazel]

What it most likely does is, while you're airborne rotate, and when you land rotate the icon so it snaps to the ground's orientation.
The airborne part is easy compared to the vector math you need to perform to align yourself with the ground

[west sonnet]

What's the best way to call a method when a value is minused by 1? Like, when value -1, do this

Would an IF statement work in that way?

[eternal needle]

Use a property or method to set the value. Call another method based on whatever conditions you want

If its public, you have 0 control over that

[stark marsh]

just wanted to say something for all us newbs......good job guys. keep at it. despite beating your head against a wall who knows how many times. you got this 😄

[short hazel]

A property with a custom setter is the perfect case, it doesn't require you to use another variable that stores the previous value

[west sonnet]

I have the player health which is 10. Each time the player is hit, 1 point is minused. I want to shake the healthbar whenever the player is hit, but how can I detect whenever 1 value is minused from the total health?

I can't do if(playerhealth-1){..}

[eternal needle]

Did you skip over the responses above?

[short hazel]

Do it in the method that reduces health. If you don't have one, create one. Or use a property

void Damage(int amount)
{
    health -= amount;
    ShakeBar();
}

[wintry quarry]

This is part of why public variables are bad. You don't get to control stuff like this if random scripts can modify your health without your knowledge

Use a function

[short hazel]

That's why it's advised to prefer properties to expose features outside of the class. You use a variable 100 times, and want to do something when you get or set the value? With the property, modify it in one place (in the class that declares said property). With a field, modify it 100 times (at each place you use the field)

[rich adder]

Property - a method on roids xD

 private int coolProp;
 public event Action CoolValueUpdated;
 public int MyCoolProp
 {
     get { return coolProp; }
     set
     {
         if (coolProp != value)
         {
             coolProp = value;
             CoolValueUpdated?.Invoke();
         }
     }
 }```

[short hazel]

One thing that they're missing is the ability to subscribe their accessor methods to events/delegates. Like it yells at you if you try

thing.OnValueChanged += myClass.Property.set;

I had to use a full method or lambda from time to time, to be able to do that

[rich adder]

this would be godsent

[fallen apex]

I wanna know the position relative to a transform of a vector, how can i know that? the vector is not linked to any gameobject

[rich adder]

InverseTransformPoint maybe ?

[fallen apex]

i will try that

thanks

[rich adder]

Vector3 pos = myTransform.InverseTransformPoint(someWorldPoint);

[strong wren]

how do i change the color of the image component?

[rich adder]

the property called color

make a reference to the component duh

[strong wren]

Button.GetComponent<Image>().color; thats what ive done

Button.GetComponent<Image>().color = Color.red; or this but it doesnt owrk

[rich adder]

it should, maybe you grabbed wrong image

or the image is black colored or something

mind you this is simply a TINT not actual coloring

[strong wren]

kk

and how do i do that

[short hazel]

Specify "doesn't work": are you getting an error, or is the color simply not changing?

[strong wren]

it doesnt change

[rich adder]

how do you know script is running that part of code

[rich adder]

do what exactly? even if its a tint it should still be coloring/working so you got someting else wrong

[short hazel]

First, that. Make sure the code is running

Then it most likely needs a sprite to be able to render properly, make sure you have assigned one (even if it's a 1x1 white pixel)

[strong wren]

the code is working

im changing code that already works

how do i like change the RBG?

[rich adder]

share the code

[strong wren]

    {
        if (Money >= 20 && SpearBought == false)
        {
            SpearBought = true;
            Money -= 20;
            SpearButton.GetComponent<Image>().color = Color.red;
            SpearButton.GetComponent<Button>().enabled = false;
        }
    }```

it works

[rich adder]

so the button component gets disabled?

[strong wren]

yes

its a 1 time uise button

[rich adder]

show which image you are trying to grab on SpearButton

[short hazel]

Note that if there are multiple images, GetComponent will pick one in an order that cannot be determined in advance

[rich adder]

so its working ?

[strong wren]

no

[rich adder]

wdym no

its red

[strong wren]

the red one is an exmaple is what it should look like

its an example

[rich adder]

gotcha

[strong wren]

mhm

[rich adder]

I meant the inspector btw

like the object itself

[strong wren]

im only disableing the Button COMPONENT so i shoulod still be ablde to tweak the color

[rich adder]

yes and you observed the Button Component actually disabling ?

[polar acorn]

Okay, and is this screenshot before or after that code runs?

[rich adder]

something fishy going on

[strong wren]

yes?

[strong wren]

no

[polar acorn]

Okay so it is neither before or after?

Then what is it

[strong wren]

its just what it looks like when i run the code and what i should look like

after and what should look like

[rich adder]

show me

[polar acorn]

So, this screenshot, was it take before or was it taken after the code you've shown was run

[strong wren]

after some checking it does not turn off

[strong wren]

after

[strong wren]

wait no

im not running anything theere

[polar acorn]

So then this object is not the one you disabled

[stuck palm]

how can i check if the game is running? Application.receivedLogMessage or whatever seems to be running even when the editor isnt playing which i dont want

[polar acorn]

Then one of two things is happening:

1. This code isn't running at all
2. The object you are looking at is not SpearButton

[short hazel]

Maybe your script is referring to a prefab?

[rich adder]

Update?

[polar acorn]

You can check both of these at once by logging SpearButton inside that function

[strong wren]

i thin i might have to reinstall unity before my stuff corrups

my unity crashed i open it back up and now the code runs

[rich adder]

          var spearButtonImage = SpearBought.GetComponent<Image>();
          Debug.Log($"Colo before change {spearButtonImage.color}");
          spearButtonImage.color = Color.red;
          Debug.Log($"Color after change {spearButtonImage.color}");``` 
so its working now? 
was goinng to suggest you did this.. but if its working then ok

[strong wren]

yeah but its working cause myt unity crashed sisnt that bad?

like wont that make it so theres now a risk of my project getting corrupted

[rich adder]

its not working because Unity crashed, something else was probably wrong and you didnt notice

[strong wren]

but i iddnt change anything

or idk

[rich adder]

well when Unity crashes all UNSAVED scene changes get lost

[strong wren]

oh

[rich adder]

so you probably did something that broke it then got restored to normal

[strong wren]

then prolly whilst debugging my sleepy ahh turned of the button comp

[rich adder]

yeah touching unity/code tired is never a good time

[strong wren]

i tihk i know what happened

i think i didnt save the code 😭

[short hazel]

And in the event you have corrupted the project, just restore it from your last Git commit. That assumes you have a repository for your project (even a local one, pointing to a folder on another drive).
Unity also stores things temporarily as long as you don't load your project again, it can be useful to restore things in case it goes south

[rich adder]

Unity crashes have no control over your code though

even on a crash scripts dont get touched

they are just text files open inside a code editor..

[strong wren]

no like i prolly didnt save the code tried it and didnt do crap it crashed then i checked on the code and as always i just saved cause i do that like every 30 seconds

[rich adder]

only you can know what happen, at least it works 😄

you should probably be using Version Control, wont help with unsaved scene changes but you can "snapshot" your project so you can revert at anypoint or track code changes you're doing

[swift crag]

When you use euler angles for a local rotation, it's pretty obvious how to limit rotation in different axes: you just clamp the euler angles (after normalizing them into the -180..180 range)

How can I clamp rotation in different directions when working with Quaternions?

I have a component that combines multiple rotation requests -- so many systems can say "please rotate this thing this much", and it combines those rotations together into a final rotation

I want to clamp the resulting rotation

I can use Quaternion.RotateTowards(Quaternion.identity, targetRotation, angleLimit) to limit the rotation angle

But I'd like to be able to clamp it in different directions, too

I'm not sure if the problem is well-defined in the first place...

maybe I should just turn the quaternion into euler angles and do the clamping there

[brave compass]

So the directions you want to clamp are either global X, Y or Z? Not any arbitrary axis?

Not sure I would categorize this as #💻┃code-beginner, btw

[swift crag]

It would be local axes.

that's why I'm thinking I might just clamp the euler angles after all 😁

[rocky canyon]

yea, i seen Fen asking a question.. I knew it was gonna be serious

[rich adder]

#archived-code-general

lol

[brave compass]

And you want it to be in the order which Unity applies euler angles: Z, X, Y?

[swift crag]

and yeah, maybe this is more of a general problem after typing it out, haha

[rocky canyon]

Today I Learned

[swift crag]

I think that's what I want! Imagine animating a jaw bone:

• Basically zero roll (your jaw can't do that)
• A little yaw
• Lots of pitch

[languid spire]

you're not going to clamp a Quaternion because you have no idea of the values to clamp to

[celest holly]

null reference at line 24, whats wrong with this line?

[rich adder]

what do you think

[celest holly]

no clue

[rich adder]

TankManager is not found

[celest holly]

thanks

[rich adder]

Ouch!

[swift crag]

I think I need to play with this problem some more, actually. Now I'm not sure!

I will go mess with it.

[rocky canyon]

i finally got it fixed

[polar acorn]

Something before a . is null. other isn't, or the error is on the line above. other.gameObject also isn't for the same reason. So, what's left that could be null?

[celest holly]

someone already solved my problem

[rich adder]

damm the second one gives me the creeps

[polar acorn]

And now you know how they were able to tell

[rocky canyon]

mission accomplished

[rich adder]

he moves too graceful for a skeleton its eery haa

[cunning silo]

does anyone know can’t i edit my script? I can open it but it’s like i can’t type in it

[rocky canyon]

ya, i really gotta start animating myself.. mixamo animations stand out too much

[swift crag]

are you looking at the preview in the inspector..?

[rich adder]

show screenshot

[swift crag]

you need to open the script file in a script editor

[rich adder]

Have you tried cascaudaur ?

actually well just take it to DMS lmao

[polar acorn]

What is it open in

[cunning silo]

guys, ngl i don’t know. I’m learning it rn

well learning unity and everything so my bad 🙏

[rich adder]

dam this visual studio is old

2019 old af

they have 2022 but anyway VS is getting scrapped in august

get VSCode configured

[rigid owl]

does having an azerty keyboard affect this?

[rich adder]

you tell me

[rigid owl]

I've seperated the visuals from the logic, so the script is added to the player object, instead of the visual asset

but even when pressing "W" i still get the message "-"

[rocky canyon]

oh dang, RIP Mac

[rich adder]

I dont see how if the unicode would not be matched the the proper one

[rigid owl]

exactly my thought process haha

kind of odd

[slender nymph]

why would it? it's not like the W key is nonexistant on an azerty keyboard

[swift crag]

ah, I think there's a setting for this

[rigid owl]

really?

[rich adder]

interesting

[cunning silo]

will that allow me to edit it after ?

[swift crag]

Project Settings -> Input Manager

[rigid owl]

Aha, thanks man! :^)

[swift crag]

By default, the key codes really correspond to the physical keys on a QWERTY board

[rich adder]

You should still be able to edit it regardless

wdym you can't edit it
you can literally edit it in textpad (dont) and it still works

[swift crag]

(probably because you usually just care about the block of keys that are classically WASD + its neighbors)

[rigid owl]

Bit silly that it's implemented that way, but it works now

[rocky canyon]

https://forum.unity.com/threads/new-input-system-which-keyboard-layouts-are-supported.912074/

[rigid owl]

thanks @swift crag :)!

[swift crag]

np!

[rocky canyon]

apparently its the physical location of the key, doesn't matter the character

[rich adder]

learned sum new

[swift crag]

i've never needed that before, but i happened to see that while digging around in the input manager at some point

[rich adder]

thats balls

[rigid owl]

Time to buy a qwerty keyboard then haha

[rocky canyon]

nah, u can just change around ur key scheme

should be able to see what gets outputted by using the Listen thing in the new input system window

[cunning silo]

look, idk if this helps

[rocky canyon]

👻

[rich adder]

try it VSCode

but yeah thats something busted

[rocky canyon]

lol fr..

seems like the program isnt even getting keyboard input

but mouse input is fine?

weird

[polar acorn]

I blame mac

[rocky canyon]

i second that

[rich adder]

or xamarin

[swift crag]

I've never tried to use Xamarin Studio (which is what that actually is)

install VSCode and try that lol

[rich adder]

it was hell

better than VSCode at the time

[rocky canyon]

since ur on mac i believe VSCode is a better option

[rich adder]

now VSCode actually got good

[swift crag]

my clueless ass even after cautioning dozens of people to not try to clamp euler angles: i bet i can clamp euler angles

(no dice)

[rich adder]

the whole Omnisharp bullshit from before was annoying to deal with

[cunning silo]

okay okay like i knew i wasn’t going crazy, imma let yall know if i get it to work

[swift crag]

yeah, it was a pain in the arse to configure

[rich adder]

my suggestion is you configure it with VSCode follow this link

!vscode

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio Code guide

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

https://on.unity.com/vscode

[rocky canyon]

VSCode has stolen my heart

[rich adder]

I feel responsible 😦

[rocky canyon]

still have both, but i only open Community on accident

[swift crag]

as a mildly colorblind person, I hate how similar the logos are

[rich adder]

on win is VS only.
on macos VSCode

[swift crag]

and as someone who tries to use language to communicate, I hate how similar the names are too

[polar acorn]

As a not-colorblind person I still can't remember which one is which most of the time

[rocky canyon]

VSCode VSCommunity

[rich adder]

yeah microsoft fumbled the naming there

[rocky canyon]

thats how i differientiate

[rich adder]

Code Studio or some shit wouldve been better

[swift crag]

Visual Studio
Atom 2

[rich adder]

that still got VS in it 😦

[rocky canyon]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10588810

hasenj

The name of the "VS Code" product makes the title a little mis-leading. I thought the code for "Visual Studio" was open sourced. Turns out it's just this stripped down editor called "Visual Studio Code".

Hacker News · Nov 18, 2015, 4:42 PM

[rich adder]

ElectroCode

[rocky canyon]

haha whole thread dedicated to complaining bout the names

[swift crag]

including the usual Orange Site takes

lol

VSCode is a secret plot to sell you on Azure

[rocky canyon]

could be..

fk it, im going back to Sublime

speaking of VSCode.. fun-fact:

this is called the line number Gutter

that was a hell of a search

[rich adder]

vscode designers

[swift crag]

I had a somewhat similar problem a while ago. I needed to "decompose" a rotation into a pitch and yaw value, so that I could initialize my player input component based on where an entity was looking when you took control of it

[rocky canyon]

^ thats a relateable problem

i had to do something similar when teleporting my player

[swift crag]

Vector3 flattened = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(entity.transform.forward, Vector3.up);
yaw = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.forward, flattened, Vector3.up);

Vector3 rotated = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-yaw, Vector3.up) * entity.transform.forward;
pitch = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.forward, rotated, Vector3.right);

I solved it like so.

Maybe I can do something a bit similar here

[rocky canyon]

my camera would always stay locked to the cursor. even when the player rotated

[swift crag]

If I can recover the different components of the rotation, I can clamp those properly

This doesn't calculate roll, but that's just the Z euler angle, innit

[rocky canyon]

SignedAngle! woop woop.. i love that function

[swift crag]

(maybe)

I have to admit that I'm still a bit fuzzy on all of this

[rocky canyon]

gizmo's and handles are ur friend

[swift crag]

the next two lines were

[rocky canyon]

they helped me tremendously when visualizing stuff like that

[swift crag]

          Debug.DrawRay(entity.transform.position, flattened, Color.red, 3f);
            Debug.DrawRay(entity.transform.position, rotated, Color.green, 3f);

(:

[rocky canyon]

hell ya

[swift crag]

a useful little thing I wrote for this:

https://gdl.space/nururigogu.cpp

[rocky canyon]

handle text OP

[swift crag]

just watch out for closures capturing variables in ways you didn't expect...

int x = 1;
DebugDrawer.Instance.RequestAction(() => Gizmos.DrawSphere(Vector3.zero, x));
x = 5; // the sphere's radius is now 5

[rocky canyon]

oh this is cool

yoink

[swift crag]

one error I just noticed is that this doesn't clear the action list if nothing asks for a gizmo on subsequent frames

that logic is necessary because I don't have an "early update" that can clean out the action list before anything else runs

perhaps I should figure out how to do that

[rocky canyon]

what are you trying to do anyway?

the long game i guess

[swift crag]

You can only draw gizmos in OnDrawGizmos or OnDrawGizmosSelected

So you have to remember the data you want to use to draw the gizmo, and then implement OnDrawGizmos to draw it

[rocky canyon]

true.. but u can queue up data to draw

[swift crag]

This lets me just make an anonymous function and run it at the right time

obviously this produces an enormous amount of garbage (one anonymous function per request), but hey, it's editor code

[keen rampart]

does anyone know why my button doesnt have the

auto generate animatin button

im using the legacy butto

[rich adder]

where do you see AutoGenerate Animation button from

[keen rampart]

like a tuturial

about how to animate ui

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel, perhaps you could try asking in a more appropriate channel

[rich adder]

ohh i never seen this before

[keen rampart]

oh mb

[slender nymph]

it only appears if you have Animation selected for the transition type

[slender nymph]

actually i think i know what the issue is, that button disappears once you've added an animator to the object

[rich adder]

ahh I see just noticed that, didnt think button had that built in, thats pretty cool

i usually just make my own buttons with Ipointer interface

[prime cobalt]

Can anyone help me figure out how to make a raycast onto a world space canvas with a render texture then raycast to the equivlent point on the camera the render texture is coming from? So like if I click on a part of the render texture I get the position of what the mouse would be hitting if it wasn't a render texture?

[keen rampart]

ohhh

let me try

[rocky canyon]

lol, this just blew my brain up

i think i know what u mean you..

[prime cobalt]

Sorry I suck at describing things T_T

[rich adder]

yeah Im having a brain fart understanding what you need here

[rocky canyon]

w/e u hit on the render texture u want to transform that into what it would actually hit in the view of the camera doing the render texture

[prime cobalt]

Yeah exactly

[rocky canyon]

like a portal.. if u were raycasting into a portal.. u want the hit of w/e in that portal

sounds complicated

[rich adder]

lots of math involved

you have to take texture coordinate of RT and somehow map it to screen

[rocky canyon]

i have scripts that raycast into a 3d environment raycasting from the camera thru the cursor

but never had the render texture part involved

maybe theres some sort of work-around to simplify it so it isn't too math heavy

[rich adder]

whats more confusing its a world canvas so that adds some complexity there too

[rocky canyon]

oh yea no doubt

im not even sure how you'd go about that.. it'd just return the entire render texture as ur hit object

[slender nymph]

get the position of the hit within the rect in the rect's local coordinates, then it should be trivial to convert that to a viewport position for the desired camera

[rocky canyon]

ud have to get a point.. and then evaluate that.. and then transfer that to the camera somehow (maybe the near clipping plane)

[rich adder]

you have to raycast onto the canvas

[swift crag]

RectTrasnformUtility might be helpful here

[rocky canyon]

raycasting forward or something

[rocky canyon]

nifty functions in there

[prime cobalt]

I have a mouse spirte that follows the cursor but stays within the screen so maybe I can use it's position rather than the actual mouse's or a raycast onto the render texture...

[rich adder]

ViewportPointToRay after iirc

[swift crag]

er, but it can only go from a screen point to a point in the rectangle

so actually, you won't need that at all

raycast onto the plane of the image, then convert that world space position into the local space of the RectTransform for the image

I'd have to think about that for a bit

[rocky canyon]

that'd give u a good coordinate to work with

[swift crag]

Once you're in local space, you can figure out where you are in the rect of the RectTransform

[rocky canyon]

i'd need more than thinking.. i'd need to set up a scene, b/c that'd def be a hands-on type of problem for me

[rich adder]

whats the mechanic you're going here ?

seems cool

[swift crag]

(the rect is defined in local space)

[remote osprey]

Is using ternary operator like this terrible practice or 5head practice?

    public GameEvent PopEvent(QUEUE_TYPE type)
    {
        LinkedList<GameEvent> Queue = (type == QUEUE_TYPE.GAME) ? GameEventsQueue : (type == QUEUE_TYPE.BEGIN) ? BeginTurnQueue : (type == QUEUE_TYPE.END) ? EndTurnQueue : null;
        if (Queue == null)
        {
            throw new Exception("Wrong QUEUE_TYPE exception at EnqueueEvent()");
        }
        GameEvent Event = GameEventsQueue.First.Value;
        Queue.RemoveFirst();
        UpdateActions();
        return Event;
    }

[swift crag]

Too complicated

[rocky canyon]

if u can read em

[swift crag]

I don't know what that does

[rich adder]

yeah thats wild

[swift crag]

I'd have to roleplay as a C# compiler to parse that correctly

[rocky canyon]

readibility is more important than syntax sugar

[swift crag]

that's not syntax sugar

[rich adder]

i did a 2 nest and found that atrocious , 3 is just wild looking

[swift crag]

that's syntax poison

Just do a switch expression, actually

That'll make it look really nice

[rocky canyon]

yea i agree.. a switch for this

[prime cobalt]

Placing turrets. It's a tower defence game but a lot of it takes place on an in world monitor and then there's fps bits if some enemies slip through

[remote osprey]

I have 3 queues on my EventsQueue and I want a general Dnqueue() and Dequeue() methods to operatoe over all of them

[polar acorn]

Syntactic sugar ||in the gas tank||

[remote osprey]

Instead of making 9 methods

[swift crag]

LinkedList<GameEvent> queue = type switch {
  QUEUE_TYPE.GAME => GameEventsQueue,
  QUEUE_TYPE.BEGIN => BeginTurnQueue,
  QUEUE_TYPE.END => EndTurnQueue,
  _ => null;
};

[rocky canyon]

this was once a BIG ternary

[rich adder]

nicee

[rocky canyon]

people hated on it so now its a switch lol

[rich adder]

depends how many ig, sometimes is easier just do a dictionary

[remote osprey]

sounds good, thx

[rocky canyon]

pretty sure u were one of navarone

😛

[remote osprey]

Or should i just do 9 methods? xD

9 methods makes it simple just witha LOT OF METHODS

[languid spire]

Still not optimal. Use an array

[rocky canyon]

ohh i need to do the => to return

[rocky canyon]

dictionary perhaps? or array

[languid spire]

Array

[rocky canyon]

i trust steve, i trust navarone too 👇

[rich adder]

array is always more efficent than dict

[polar acorn]

Remember that enums are just ints

If you don't assign them, they're in order starting at 0

[slender nymph]

fun fact but you could make this look even better using a switch expression

public static Vector3 GetDirection(Direction directon) =>
  direction switch
  {
    Direction.North => Vector3.forward,
    Direction.West => Vector3.right,
    //etc
    _ => Vector3.zero
  };

[prime cobalt]

Oh I actually looked at the mouse script since it's been a while since I made it and maybe this screen to local point in rectangle could work even better than viewport point to ray...

[languid spire]

Vector3[] array
return array[(int)direction]'

[polar acorn]

So you could literally just cast the enum to an int and index into the array

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats what i was seeing earlier.. it wasnt until a few weeks ago i realized that => returns values

ive used em to trigger void return functions

but never a return.. and once i realized (game changer)

[rocky canyon]

thats soo hard to read..

lol, no hate just saying

[bleak glacier]

Alright. This is my first time using if and else statements. What am I doing wrong? Even when the player score is equal to or greater than 100 it still logs the else response. ``` public void buttonPressed()
{
if (playerScore >= 100)
{
Debug.Log("Button pressed successfully!");
}
else
{
Debug.Log("You need more coins!");
}

}   ```

[rocky canyon]

are u reading the correct playerScore?

[languid spire]

static Vector3[] array { Vector3.forward. Vector3.right }
public static Vector3 GetDirection(Direction directon) =>
  return array[(int)direction];

who needs a switch ?

[rich adder]

are you sure you're logging/saving correct playeScore

[rocky canyon]

it shouldnt else unless its less than 100

debug the player score in ur conditions

and see if its what u expect it should be

[rich adder]

where do you add playerScore

[rocky canyon]

big ass 🧠

[bleak glacier]

This is how the player score is calculated:

public void OnClick(InputAction.CallbackContext context)
        {
        if (!context.started) return;

        var rayHit = Physics2D.GetRayIntersection(_mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Mouse.current.position.ReadValue()));
        if (!rayHit.collider) return;
      {
        playerScore = playerScore + scoreToAdd;
        scoreText.text = playerScore.ToString();
        Debug.Log("Point added");
      }
      Debug.Log("Clicked");
      
        }```
Note that score to add is one

It displays correctly in my text

[rocky canyon]

ya, but is that the same playerScore as this one?

i doubting

[rich adder]

ok so the other code is in another script?

[rocky canyon]

mmhmm

[bleak glacier]

Yes

[rich adder]

then you have 2 copies

[rocky canyon]

u have (2) versions

ur setting the text from one

but the other one u dont update

[rich adder]

you need a reference to this score on this script

[bleak glacier]

Alright I'm sorry but I'm a little confused

Oh wait

[rocky canyon]

ur setting ur text and stuff w/ this one

[bleak glacier]

I think I get it

[rich adder]

if you have two boxes, both have apples... If I eat apples in the first box, will the apples in second box be affected?

[rocky canyon]

that is in taht script.. only that script

just because u have another variable called the same thing in the other script.. they're not the same

they wont just copy their values over..

you should use 1

and jsut refernece it from one script or the other

so ur only comparing (1) value.. from (1) variable

[rich adder]

in b4 the "whats references"
https://unity.huh.how/references

[bleak glacier]

Yeah I get it. I'm fixing it. The updated score is now a different thing

Thank you! We will see if it works now

[near onyx]

hi! im currently doing this course on udemy and these lines of code arent working, they are supposed to pull the character name from my charStats script and put it onto the text box in the ui menu but it just flatout does not work, even though it worked in the video

for (int i = 0; i < statusButtons.Length; i++)
{
statusButtons[i].SetActive(playerStats[i].gameObject.activeInHierarchy);
statusButtons[i].GetComponentInChildren<Text>().text = playerStats[i].charName;
}

[rich adder]

well did you check console for errors/script is running

[near onyx]

No it donest show an error

thats why im getting so confused haha

[rich adder]

there are two parts to that question

[rich adder]

can you screenshot the console in playmode when its supposed to change text

[languid spire]

you sure that should be Text not TMP_Text?

[rich adder]

that would def throw a nullref

[near onyx]

This is using the legacy text

[languid spire]

did you use legacy text in your UI

[near onyx]

Yes

[rich adder]

I bet the script isn't running at all then lol

or have errors collapsed

or statusButtons is empty

[near onyx]

Nope no error collapsed

maybe its just not running?

i dont understand why that would be the case though

[rich adder]

put a log and find out

[teal viper]

Debug log info

[rich adder]

and did you fill up statusButtons array?

[slender bridge]

Even when you think you know the answer 100% you still are suppose to doubt it.

[rich adder]

never assume till you got sum concrete numbers

[remote osprey]

Hey one thing that just striked me

[near onyx]

Alright

[rich adder]

ouch

did it hurt?

[remote osprey]

Should it be the classes responsability to pass its methods the data they need or should it be the methods responsability to already know that at call?

[remote osprey]

yes, I am at the hospital 🤒

Having to do Stage 2 CPR to survive

IT's horriblee

Tell my mom

Spagheti is great

[rich adder]

wdym by "responsibility to already know that at call?"

[remote osprey]

I OOP words, should I give my methods a parameter or should that parameter be a class property?

[rich adder]

so you mean should you change a value via property or a method?

[swift crag]

Are you asking about the distinction between..

[near onyx]

When i try to put a debug log into the script it comes up with CS0201 Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, await, and new object expressions can be used as a statement Assembly-CSharp

[rich adder]

they are the same thing, well almost

[bleak glacier]

Ok I've tried to fix this an it's a disaster. I'm lost

[swift crag]

foo.x = 1;
foo.y = 2;
foo.DoThingWithXAndY();

vs.

foo.DoThing(1, 2);

[remote osprey]

YEpp

Which one should i use?

which is better?

[swift crag]

Data stored in an object should represent some kind of meanignful state

[rich adder]

i prefer methods

[teal viper]

It depends. Class members can be accessed from the method, so you don't need to pass them into the method. Everything else does need to be passed in.

[rich adder]

as long as its property they're both valid though

[swift crag]

The point of function parameters is that they're specific to that invocation of the function

[swift crag]

I would not do the first example if the only point of x and y was to be used in that method

There's no point to storing x and y

[teal viper]

Sounds like a syntax error🤷‍♂️

Share the code

[swift crag]

You're polluting the type with random fields that have no purpose outside of a single method

[near onyx]

Like the whole thing?

[swift crag]

at least the malfunctioning line..

[teal viper]

At least the thing that errors

[bleak glacier]

@rich adder So basically I tried to set playerScore = playerScoreUpdated and then use playerScoreUpdated in the if else statement. Apparently you can't do that. I'm kinda stuck now

[remote osprey]

Got it, so in the case of a player turn variable, it should be a property then

Thanks for the responses, people!

[swift crag]

note that property has a specific meaning in C#

[rich adder]

how did you get that from what was said lol

[swift crag]

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

[near onyx]

for (int i = 0; i < statusButtons.Length; i++)
{
statusButtons[i].SetActive(playerStats[i].gameObject.activeInHierarchy);
statusButtons[i].GetComponentInChildren<Text>().text = playerStats[i].charName;
}

[teal viper]

I'd assume that your ide is also not configured correctly. Can you take a screenshot of the whole code window?

[swift crag]

Debug.Log appears nowhere in here.

[rich adder]

if you're storing the score in one class. You need to grab that particular score..

[teal viper]

!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.

[near onyx]

because i removed it lol

[swift crag]

...why?

[rich adder]

dont

[swift crag]

aren't you asking about that?

[bleak glacier]

My interpretation was that I needed a second variable because I couldn't use that one in two different spots to achieve what I wanted

[rich adder]

never remove logs until everything is fully working

[teal viper]

Well, we can't help you with it then, can we?

[swift crag]

more pertinently, don't delete the part that you're having a problem with...

[rich adder]

why couldn't you ? thats the whole point of a player score.. to be shared across scripts with the same value

[near onyx]

https://paste.ofcode.org/gpA7wTVNaJ7vD2a8PfvK65

[bleak glacier]

I don't know. I'm just telling you what I thought I read.

[rich adder]

if your score is 12,
your other score in that script is 0

[bleak glacier]

Mhm

[swift crag]

Debug.Log;

This is an invalid statement.

You need to actually invoke that method and pass it an argument

[rich adder]

nahh. We said simply make a REFERENCE to the script with the score from the one you are trying to do Buy with or whatever ur doing with score >100

[teal viper]

I guess your ide is not configured correctly. Take a screenshot of it.
!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[rocky canyon]

playerScore = 10; // <-- this is playerscore of one script
theOtherScript.playerScore; <-- this references the playerScore from that script..

both will debug 10

[bleak glacier]

I was already referencing that score though

[rocky canyon]

its basically the same variable

[rich adder]

no you didn't you made a separate copy

I said example before with boxes and apples..

just because they both have apples, doesnt mean eating apples from one box affects other apples

[rocky canyon]

post both scripts !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.

[rocky canyon]

exactly..
one is thisScript.apples;
the other one is thatScript.apples;

[rich adder]

naming things the same variable name in separate scripts, does not connect them whatsoever

[rocky canyon]

they belong to different classes

[rich adder]

could you imagine if variable names were global

[swift crag]

C# would be utterly useless if fields with the same name were linked

[rich adder]

fr

[cosmic dagger]

oh god, the horror . . . 😱

[rocky canyon]

it'd be a heck of a challenge

[bleak glacier]

https://paste.ofcode.org/RkQxtPiE3PFAgjRXF4NqZF

https://paste.ofcode.org/NnWwTwp6tZyRgKDbn3kvfy

[rich adder]

float IhaveRanOutOfNames = 2;

[swift crag]

you'd have to do some crazy code gen

[bleak glacier]

I thought that public linked them

Am I missing something big here?

[rich adder]

no public just means it can be accessed from elsewhere

[bleak glacier]

That sounds like the same thing

[swift crag]

Absolutely not.

[rich adder]

its not because it doesnt make it global

[swift crag]

public means that any type can see that member

[cosmic dagger]

public means the field (variable) can be accessed from outside of the script . . .

[edgy geyser]

does anyone know why when i use a code and copy it perfectly it has an expected error every time.

[swift crag]

If you have an instance of Foo, and bar is a public member of Foo, you're allowed to see bar

[teal viper]

Here's how you should think about the variable real name. It's namespace.class.variableName.

[cosmic dagger]

show us the original, then show us yours . . .

[swift crag]

It sounds like you have a very severe misunderstanding of how C# works

[rich adder]

what is the error?
how can we possibly know otherwise

[rocky canyon]

see... these are different variables

[ivory bobcat]

Public is an accessor, not some linker of multiple instances.

[bleak glacier]

Ah. So it just allows you to use that variable but that doesn't mean that those variables are linked

[rocky canyon]

yes, u have to reference the variable from its class

theClassYouWant.theVariableyouWant;

[rich adder]

or method

or any other type that supports access modifiers

[swift crag]

(any member)

[ivory bobcat]

You'd reference the object instance and access that object's member.

[cosmic dagger]

you're not allowed to use it; you are able to access that variable from a different script. each script in Unity is a separate class. you need to reference an instance of that class in order to access public variables—or other members . . .

[rocky canyon]

   public InputHandler inputHandler;  // Reference to the InputHandler instance

    public void ButtonPressed()
    {
        if (inputHandler.playerScore >= 100)  // Access playerScore through the reference
        {
            Debug.Log("Button pressed successfully!");
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("You need more coins!");
        }
    }``` @bleak glacier

u want to reference your InputHandler.. and then . its variable

[bleak glacier]

ohhhhhh

[rocky canyon]

no need for that one in that button script

[bleak glacier]

❤️

Thank you. I'm still learning so thanks for getting me through this. I didn't know I could do that. That opens possibilities.

[rocky canyon]

very much so

ofc u gotta assign the reference.. in my example im telling it that i want a variable of type InputHandler

but i dont tell it which one..

since its public you can drag the gameobject w/ that class str8 into the component of the other

[rich adder]

dam forgot c# only does private on nested classes, interesting

[near onyx]

nope looks all fine to me

[rich adder]

screenshot it

[rocky canyon]

he must be from Missouri

this channel has ruined us.. (hey i did X, Y, and Z) [show me.. i dont believe you]

[near onyx]

screenshot what?

[rich adder]

the ide

[summer stump]

Your ide, including the solution explorer preferably (assuming this is vs).

[near onyx]

the what explorer

sorry im getting so confused

[summer stump]

Are you using visual studio?

[near onyx]

yes

[summer stump]

Well, it is what shows you the files.
But just screenshot the whole thing. We will be able to tell

[rocky canyon]

if you see Miscellaneous Files its not working

[near onyx]

i do not see that

[rocky canyon]

well there should be soemthing there..

[summer stump]

Just screenshot the editor

[rocky canyon]

[cunning silo]

guya, i got it to work now. Thanks for all your help

[rocky canyon]

congratulations

[summer stump]

It is configured

[teal viper]

Ok, so you do see the red underline

[summer stump]

Debug.Log is not a thing
Debug.Log() is

[near onyx]

oooooh

[near onyx]

yes i did

[rocky canyon]

it requires a parameter

[summer stump]

And you likely want to... actually log something

[near onyx]

i tried telling everyone that before

[rich adder]

methods use ()

[rocky canyon]

thats why visual aids are important

took all of 4 seconds

[near onyx]

now its saying no overload for method "Log" takes 0 arguments

[summer stump]

People tell us that all day every day

[rich adder]

also what

[rocky canyon]

it requires something in the ()

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

you have your own Debug class? what is even happening in this SS

[rocky canyon]

what are u expecting it to log? without it

[teal viper]

Because usually, when you see it, you know how to fix it. And/or the ide would suggest you the correct syntax and you would auto complete it.

[near onyx]

idk man im just following this course ghaha

[rich adder]

the course sucks, clearly its not doing its job properly

[summer stump]

If the course wrote that, find a different one

[cosmic dagger]

did you look at the method in the Unity docs? it explains what it does and has examples for how to use it . . .

[rich adder]

Udemy courses are dogshit

[near onyx]

i have not

[cosmic dagger]

wouldn't that be the first thing to do if you don't understand it?

[summer stump]

It should always be step one

[rocky canyon]

8. watching the world burn

[rich adder]

learning how to write a Debug.Log should've been one of the first lines you learn to write.. Its on par with Console.Write line in c#

[near onyx]

idk man this is my first week of scripting

[rich adder]

yaya doesn't count when you know what you're doing 😛

[rocky canyon]

Debug.Log("A Custom Message");
Debug.Log(aVariable);

[summer stump]

All the paid course are lol

Oop, sorry spawn

[rocky canyon]

^ the first things u shoulda learned

[timid oriole]

In someone's experienced position how hard is procedural generation with something like tile sets with only a few rules

[rocky canyon]

i dont have a Udemy course.. ur good

[rich adder]

check out the unity blogpost about it
https://web.archive.org/web/20230914230942/https://blog.unity.com/engine-platform/procedural-patterns-you-can-use-with-tilemaps-part-1
idk what happen to the old link on the website

[summer stump]

I meant about cutting off your pointing haha

[rocky canyon]

lmao it happens all the time

[cosmic dagger]

but this has nothing to do with scripting. that's how you search and learn stuff. don't you google/search things you don't know or understand? that's all we're saying . . .

[near onyx]

i tried

but it all came up with irrelevant things to the problem i was having

[summer stump]

"Unity debug.log" is what I would search. Then find the one that says it is from unity
Scripting or manual. I don't remember a manual page for it, just debugging in general. But unity has those two things for many subjects

[rocky canyon]

what your hunting for + unity always returns decent results

if it doesn't ur bout to make ur own stuff

[rich adder]

you dont always find something specific to your problem you have to learn how to break them into smaller more generic easy to solve ones

[summer stump]

To start you off, here you go
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html

Look at the example code and compare it with yours

[rocky canyon]

gross

where tf is the string interpolation unity

[eternal needle]

probably is old code, or they didnt wanna confuse people who actually need the examples

[rich adder]

yea unity confuse people ? never..

[rocky canyon]

makes sense

they leave it to the C# docs for that stuff i guess

[rich adder]

string interpolation for 1 var is no biggie

[rocky canyon]

($@"TheBestKind");

verbatim

learned that once i started debugging file names..

got tired of escaping all the brackets and slashes

[whole parcel]

i was testing my code and running the unity project, but it suddenly just closed unity when i didnt save my scene. the scene isn't updated, is there a way to fix this or do i hv to start again

[rich adder]

its also a must when doing urls with params

[rich adder]

if you arleady opened unity since crash ur screwed

[rocky canyon]

not sure if u can recover it or not.. most likely not

[eternal needle]

dont reopen your unity, unity has temp scenes if you ran it. google where to find it

[rocky canyon]

^ there ya go

[whole parcel]

i alr opened it

😭

[rocky canyon]

RIP

[rich adder]

you're boned

[whole parcel]

i didnt run tho-

[rocky canyon]

doesn't matter

[whole parcel]

wow

[rocky canyon]

as soon as u opened it it rebuilt everything

[whole parcel]

fricking hell.

[rich adder]

improve your ctrl + s game

[rocky canyon]

no joke ^ make that muscle memory

[eternal needle]

im not sure why unity even deletes the temp scene, they really could just keep one around for your last ran scene

[rocky canyon]

make it happen so often u actually screw up by saving things u dont want to 😄

its better than not saving things u shoudlda

[rich adder]

literally every app does it..or stores at as .bak

or some shit

[rocky canyon]

sounds like an opportunity

for an asset

[rich adder]

yeah typical unity things

simple shit we have to make cause devs were thinking " whatever lol this app wont ever crash"

[rocky canyon]

wonder why it crashed in the first place

infinite loops perhaps

sucks to have to rebuild it but on the bright side of things u'll probably be able to recreate it in half the time

if not less

usually w/ better structure

[whole parcel]

is there rlly no way to fix it

[swift crag]

in the future, save your scene

[swift crag]

This was the ticket.

I just added an extra few lines to calculate a roll as well

I can now recover the original X/Y/Z euler angles from a rotation

[rocky canyon]

the projectonplane?

i mean the flattening part

[swift crag]

Vector3 forward = request.localRotationOffset * Vector3.forward;
Vector3 up = request.localRotationOffset * Vector3.up;

Vector3 flattened = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(forward, Vector3.up);
yaw = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.forward, flattened, Vector3.up);

Vector3 slewed = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-yaw, Vector3.up) * forward;
pitch = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.forward, slewed, Vector3.right);

Vector3 tilted = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-pitch, Vector3.right) * Quaternion.AngleAxis(-yaw, Vector3.up) * up;
roll = Vector3.SignedAngle(Vector3.up, tilted, Vector3.forward);

yaw = yLimits.Clamp(yaw);
pitch = xLimits.Clamp(pitch);
roll = zLimits.Clamp(roll);

request.localRotationOffset = Quaternion.AngleAxis(yaw, Vector3.up) * Quaternion.AngleAxis(pitch, Vector3.right) * Quaternion.AngleAxis(roll, Vector3.forward);

[rocky canyon]

thats intense

[swift crag]

It computes a yaw, then uses that to compute a pitch, then uses both of them to compute a roll

[rocky canyon]

pretty snazzy

you never did mention what this was for..

is that because of NDA stuff? lol

i been trying to use context clues this entire time.. but i got nothing (seen u mention how a jaw works)

[swift crag]

the jaw is an actual example

i'm combining multiple sources to get a local rotation and local scale for a transform

[rocky canyon]

oh okay.

[swift crag]

i need to enforce some limits on the resulting rotation

so that, say, a character's mouth doesn't flip 180 degrees if they are yelling loudly and also get hurt

[rocky canyon]

yea, i see.. seems like u got a good handle on it

[bleak glacier]

I did some reading and I actually discovered [SerializeField] InputHandler inputHandler; I then just connected the script to the same game object and dragged in the script.

[rocky canyon]

yes thats teh best way

i didnt wanna mention it b/c i didnt want to confuse u

[swift crag]

oops, it malfunctions at some angles

time to poke at this some more

[bleak glacier]

lol. Yeah that might have happened. You gave me enough info to be able to go looking for what I needed though. Thank you!

[rocky canyon]

np mate 👍

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, just make sure you understand what SerializeField does . . .

[bleak glacier]

It allows variables to be accessed in the inspector right?

[rocky canyon]

it allows private variables to be accessed in the inspector

[swift crag]

If a field is serialized by Unity, it is saved as part of scene/prefab data and gets shown in the inspector.

public fields are serialized by default

[rocky canyon]

public variables are already accessible.. and static variables can't be serialized

[swift crag]

other fields must have the SerializeField attribute added

[swift crag]

it was ill-defined

if you combine four Quaternion.AngleAxis(90, Vector3.forward), you get Quaternion.identity again (since you did a full 360 spin around one axis)

But I want to clamp this so that it just stops at a 45 degree rotation around the Z axis (or whatever my limit is)

Quaternions are actually the wrong choice for this

[flint python]

how to avoid ui interaction when the cursor is set to not visible? I tried using CursorLockMode.Locked but it auto centers my cursor position

[rich adder]

maybe disable the event system object?

or turn off raycast on canvas raycaster

[rocky canyon]

^ two solid solutions

[rich adder]

loop through all interactables and set interact to false 😬 /s

[flint python]

Will it disable all ui interaction? For example if cursor is set to not visible, then I want to use movement key for interaction

[rich adder]

then you might just want to turn off raycaster I think

[ivory bobcat]

What's input movement have to do with ui interaction?

[rich adder]

ig navigating through the buttons wasd

[flint python]

Yea^

Thanks all

[whole parcel]

what does nullreferenceexception mean

[summer stump]

You are trying to access something that does not exist

The thing you may WANT to access could exist, but the reference is currently null, because you did not assign the reference properly (or at all)

[craggy coyote]

Hello. I am working on a 2D game. At the moment I am working on the enemy to move towords the player. Which I am trying to do by using the "MoveTowords" function. But since I am instantiating the enemy when the game starts I can't assign the player as the target. It doesn't work. So I tried to turn the player into an asset and tried it. But when I move the player the enemies don't follow it because the player asset isn't updating. Can someone please recomend me a way to fix this problem. (how to make the enemy follow the player?)

[whole parcel]

this is the error

[summer stump]

Ok. Well, the reason is what I said

[whole parcel]

i tried debug.log at those spots

[summer stump]

Look at GameManager line 82

[whole parcel]

but it didn't help me locate

[summer stump]

Not much I can say without seeing the code

[slender nymph]

pass a reference to the enemies when you spawn them

[cosmic dagger]

google is your friend: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/NullReferenceException.html

[summer stump]

That index of ghosts is null

What is GhostFrightened?

[whole parcel]

ghostFrightened is an object

[summer stump]

Then that could be null too/instead

Not great naming honestly. Throught it was a bool at first

[cosmic dagger]

you need to check every reference variable on that line . . .

[whole parcel]

im assuming that'll just be all the ghosts?

[summer stump]

What?

[whole parcel]

lemme check that rq

[cosmic dagger]

any variable that is a reference type can be null. you need to check if each one is null right before the error line . . .

[whole parcel]

oh haha

i only put the ref onto one of the ghosts!

it's working now thanks guys!

[craggy coyote]

You mean somehow update the position of the player inside the player asset?

[slender nymph]

what? no. have whatever spawns your enemies hold a reference to the player. then when it spawns an enemy make it pass the reference to the enemy

in regards to the link i sent, the enemy is the "prefab asset" and the player is the "in-scene component"

[ivory bobcat]

var instance = Instantiate(prefab);
instance.player = player;```

[outer coral]

is there any reason that Cursor.visible = false; would not be working? Im literally logging its value, its false, and I still see my cursor. Workaround?

[slender nymph]

have you clicked into the game view window?

[whole parcel]

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        GameObject obj = collision.gameObject;

        if (obj.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            Debug.Log("asdlkfja");
            if (this.ghost_eatable == true)
            {
                gameManager.GhostEaten(this);
            }
            else
            {
                gameManager.PlayerEaten();
            }
        }
    }

this logic for collision doesn't seem to work. is it a problem of my collider components or a problem w my code?

[outer coral]

yes

[slender nymph]

make sure that your objects are set up correctly https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages/2d-physics-messages

[craggy coyote]

I'll try that. Thanks @ivory bobcat & @slender nymph

[outer coral]

could it be an issue with the new input system? I am (attempting) to make it invisible/visible onControlsChanged

[whole parcel]

what objects? 😅

[slender nymph]

the objects involved in the collision obviously

[cosmic dagger]

place a log at the top of the method to make sure the collision occurs. also, you don't need to store the GameObject in a separate variable. just use it with CompareTag . . .

[slender nymph]

nah, that shouldn't be it. have you confirmed nothing else is changing the visibility anywhere?

[whole parcel]

ha

right

💀

[outer coral]

yeah nothing that I am calling anyway, its the only place I even mention Cursor

[slender nymph]

sure, but have you actually done anything to confirm that nothing else is changing it

[outer coral]

yes

unless its something that I didn't code

which idk what would be doing it then

[whole parcel]

no collision occurs apparently

[slender nymph]

it very well could be which is why i asked if you actually did anything to confirm it.

[whole parcel]

Debug.Log(collision.gameObject.tag); didn't output anything

[outer coral]

what kind of test are you referring to

[cosmic dagger]

now do as boxfriend suggested and make sure the objects (involved in the collision) are set up correctly . . .

[slender nymph]

a log in any other frame besides the one you change the setting in

[whole parcel]

oh haha i put istrigger for collider

[shadow osprey]

is this the place that I ask for help with a bugged script?

[slender nymph]

this is where you can ask for help with your code, yes

[outer coral]

yep, its very weird

it just worked for one runtime and then when I ran it again it was no longer working

[slender nymph]

so is the setting being changed?

[outer coral]

but the log is correct

yes

says false every frame and cursor still there

[shadow osprey]

I'm working on trying to implement gravity, and if the character jumps I dont want it to pull him down with the negative (Gravitational force) so its supposed to stop sending inputs, but it isn't and still sends them

[outer coral]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[slender nymph]

and i'll be more specific when i ask this again, are you certain you have clicked into the game view window. and by that i mean clicked anywhere inside the game view window after entering play mode because the editor does not capture the mouse for the game view until you have physically clicked your mouse inside that window

[outer coral]

god im such an idiot

no way ive been sitting here trying to figure out why it works half the time

[shadow osprey]

was that directed at me?

Im brand new and dont know how to use that

[slender nymph]

did you read it?

[outer coral]

thank you boxfriend

[shadow osprey]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMotor : MonoBehaviour
{
    private CharacterController controller;
    private Vector3 playerVelocity;
    private bool isGrounded;
    public float speed = 5f;
    public float gravity = -9.8f;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        isGrounded = controller.isGrounded;
    }
    //recieve the inputs for InputManager.cs and apply them to charactercontroller.
    public void ProcessMove(Vector2 input)
     {
        Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;
        moveDirection.x = input.x;
        moveDirection.z = input.y;
        controller.Move(transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection) * speed * Time.deltaTime);
        playerVelocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;
        if (isGrounded && playerVelocity.y < 0)
            playerVelocity.y = -2f;
        controller.Move(playerVelocity * Time.deltaTime);
        Debug.Log(playerVelocity.y);
     }
}```

I think I did it wrong

[rocky canyon]

make a linebreak after the cs part.. start the code on a new line

[summer stump]

It's close enough. But yeah, what spawn said

[rocky canyon]

it is close enuff tho.. we got the idea

[summer stump]

To be clear, you want input disabled when jumping?

[shadow osprey]

I want it to stop sending the gravity number to the console

[slender nymph]

then remove the debug.log call at the end of ProcessMove

[rocky canyon]

ezpz

[summer stump]

That is what you called a bug? Just to be clear, that was all that you wanted?

[shadow osprey]

not a bug sorry

but I need it to send while im falling

[slender nymph]

if you only want that log to print while you are falling, then you need to use an if statement

[summer stump]

Could be an else specifically. Since you are already doing the if isGrounded check

[rocky canyon]

you could be accelerating upwards and not grounded

[slender nymph]

technically they'd need an else if, they'd still want to ensure the y velocity is negative

[summer stump]

Fair fair

[rocky canyon]

hmm preview not working on certain scripts

[iron wing]

okay basically i want to make it so if you jump, or you're in the air you can't really change your velocity direction as easily oppose to if you're on the ground.
like, if you're in the air being propelled one way, you can't immediately move the opposite direction.
I'm using the move(); method to control my character. How in the world can I get this working if I can't even edit the method? and is there like a tutorial or something I could find on it somewhere?

[jaunty bone]

How do I tell my friend to just work at fastfood

[rocky canyon]

I use 2 input schemes.. 1 for grounded and 1 for airborne

then add them together before passing them into Move

            airVector = Vector3.Lerp(airVector, airVector + airControlVector, playerSettings.airControlStrength * Time.deltaTime);
            groundVector = Vector3.Lerp(groundVector, Vector3.zero, playerSettings.momentumDampingSpeed * Time.deltaTime);```
then ofc I dampen them @ different rates

[jaunty bone]

Ever since I took that coding course I'm not even done I'm like 46% done but I can semi reas code now

[iron wing]

should I be modifying this somewhere or did you have to make a second custom move method?

also I really appreciate it man i've been thinking about how to do this forever

[rocky canyon]

basically I watched many different videos and read different articles.. and pieced it together.. it was abunch of trial and error

[rocky canyon]

thats what this is.. i add the vectors together.. and then pass 1 vector finalVector into the Move() function

i use inputs -> add em together -> pass into move function
the inputs are dependent on whether im grounded or airborne..
this means when im getting ground input im ignoring air input.. and vice versa and both of em are being dampened independently.. soo my Momentum while grounded slows down alot faster than my Momentum while in the air

if Im running and jump and then press backwards, since they're both added.. i have to cancel out the forward movement before i start going backwards

[jagged socket]

how to change from a scene to another scene in unity 2d?

[rich adder]

you tried typing that into

[jagged socket]

to youtube but bad tut

i`m still searching

[rich adder]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-switch-between-scenes/189643

[jagged socket]

thx

[summer stump]

Make youtube the third (at least) thing you try. First is googling and looking at the docs. Then googling looking at forums like the link above.

That will get you very far

[jagged socket]

okay thx for the tip

[arctic ibex]

hey what does ++ do? as in "for(i=0; i<5; i++)"

[languid spire]

i++ is the same as i = i + 1

so it is an increment by 1 AFTER evaluation
++i is the same but incremented BEFORE evaluation