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[willow scroll]

So it goes:

• i = 0. Is 0 smaller than 5? Yes. Fine.
• Execute the scope inside of the condition with i = 0
• The scope is executed. Now i++, which is i += 1, so 0 + 1 = 1. Is 1 smaller than 5? Yes.
• Repeat until 4 + 1 = 5.
• Is 5 smaller than 5? No. Stop the loop.

[arctic ibex]

great, thanks!

[willow scroll]

i++;
i += 1;
i = i + 1;

These are all the same

[ivory bobcat]

Note that in the context of your for loop and as the sole statement for the iterator, it'll produce the same behavior - relative to having the symbols before/after then variable.

[arctic ibex]

Is there an easy way to lerp two objects at the same time in one script? I'm trying to lerp both ends of a line renderer in different directions. Is it easier to just have 2 line renders?

[ivory bobcat]

You'd just lerp the two points (ends) that you're wanting to lerp to wherever they would need to go.

[arctic ibex]

alright, I'll try that

But will they lerp at the same time?

[ivory bobcat]

Why wouldn't they?

[arctic ibex]

Wouldn't they lerp 1 after another?

[ivory bobcat]

Also, if you don't care about the transition process, maybe simply have the points move towards the targets.

[ivory bobcat]

Code either happens and finishes immediately or returns control to not finish immediately. You'd lerp/move the other point then - assuming you're actually lerping and not just setting your position to your destination.

[arctic ibex]

what do you mean by that?

[vernal bone]

I have a question.
I've seen a couple of times thing, where some random parts of code is encased in asterisks(*), like:

points *+= diff;*
or
var particle = particles*;*

What's the point of this?

Edit: formatting is hard

[ivory bobcat]

There's a += b that is a shorthand for a = a + b.

[vernal bone]

yeah i knew about that, just like it looks like it was intentionally encased in them for some reason. IDE throws errors on that

could it be some formatting error? because both examples are from discussion.unity

[ivory bobcat]

As for the second example, you may need to cache materials, particles or other values to be modified and later assign back to those properties - they're not directly modifiable like members of the Transform. For example:cs var position = transform.position; position.x += ... position.y = ... transform.position = position;

[ivory bobcat]

Pretty sure the asterisks were intended for the embedded platform and not actual code. On discord, asterisk would italicize text. For example, *+= diff* would become += diff.

[vernal bone]

Yeah, looking at those messages they are pretty broken. Thanks

[fringe plover]

Can someone rate this code?

maybe there is a way to make it better?

[burnt vapor]

Reverse your if statements

Generally your code should have a single happy flow that ends at the bottom. Right now your ends somewhere in the middle

If you reverse your if-statements you can create guard clauses that make it clear what is being checked against, and what action is taken when this fails

Especially in your case it really avoids nesting your code multiple times

[languid spire]

Alternatively.
Move the Debug.DrawLine to the top of the method
Add a Return after the else if
Then you can remove all of the following else statements

[teal viper]

You could have a bool reset= true declared at the start of the method and set it to false when you don't want to reset. Then at the end check the bool and reset if needed.
Or even better, just return of you don't want to reset.

That would save you from writing a Matroshka like that.

[rich mountain]

Code monkey?

[fringe plover]

nah

my own code, didnt watch any tutorials like 6 months

[timid bridge]

This is the way

[astral falcon]

Is there an option to not round values when converted ToString("F2")? Just want to kinda cut off the value, not round it

Well I guess, truncate is my only option and no tostring parameter

[languid spire]

try "#####.00"
Ignore that, it rounds as well

[carmine elbow]

Trying to create an Audio Manager, would using enums that correspond to the sounds be better, or just ids?

[willow scroll]

public static float Truncate(this float f, int digits = 2)
{
    float power = MathF.Pow(10, digits);

    return MathF.Truncate(f * power) / power;
}

[cosmic oxide]

Hi, Unity is not detecting key presses on my system. Any help?

[languid spire]

Script not attached to an active gameobject?
Input System not set to Old or Both ?

[cosmic oxide]

Ok got it.

[tender stag]

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/erotuwexac.csharp

i have this discord activity script

but when i stop the game it just stays instead of disappearing

[halcyon geyser]

private void OnApplicationQuit()
    {
        if (discord != null)
        {
            discord.Dispose();
            discord = null;
        }
    }

Maybe simply add this?

[tender stag]

i tried but then for some reason it doesnt even turn on

wait its not working either way now

[halcyon geyser]

idk bout that

[willow scroll]

Wow, so you can do something like that

[tender stag]

yeah i just found out

its really cool

[willow scroll]

Well, it does seem it should be disposed.

[tender stag]

no its something else now

[willow scroll]

But you're saying it's not working?

Where is the error thrown?

[willow scroll]

Don't you have to wrap it in a catch?

[tender stag]

https://youtu.be/n1EZaDoClxg

this guy didnt

https://github.com/sventomasek/Discord-Script-for-Unity/blob/main/Discord_Controller.cs

it was working a minute ago

and now it aint

i didnt even do anything

[willow scroll]

Well, it's not working for you, but you're still sure this guy still implements it the correct way

[tender stag]

well yeah cause it worked

until it didnt

[willow scroll]

Simply catch a ResultException

I'm not sure when it appears, but it should work by only doing that

[brave compass]

It could be because the first session is still undisposed. You may have to restart the editor or Discord to fix it.

Discord thinks the same app is trying to initialize twice, because the first session never stopped.

[tender stag]

even when i try to run the game with discord closed its the same error

[brave compass]

Are you testing in the editor in playmode?

[tender stag]

yes

[brave compass]

Have you tried restarting the editor?

[tender stag]

couple of times

[errant niche]

can you recommend me any good beginners tutorials for scripting, so i can learn and understand what the things do?

[willow scroll]

!learn

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[errant niche]

thanks

[tender stag]

any other ideas?

[errant niche]

whenever i move with my object normally, it says the y position keeps changing even though it isnt. do you know any way to fix this?

[swift crag]

It's probably actually a very very small number

like 3.5063e-6

[errant niche]

ok

[swift crag]

the end is being cut off because the field is too narrow

[swift crag]

this is 3.5063 * 10^-6, or uhhh

0.0000035063

[errant niche]

but sometimes my jump doesnt work because i use this to figure out if im on the ground: grounded = Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, playerHeight * 0.5f + 0.2f, whatIsGround);

and for some reason because of that i cant jump sometimes

but with such a small number it shouldnt really matter

so then thats probably something else i did wrong

[swift crag]

You should raise the starting point of the raycast a bit

Change this from "Center" to "Pivot"

That will show you the actual position of the Player object

[errant niche]

ok ill do that

[swift crag]

I think your raycast is sometimes starting inside or below the ground

[errant niche]

ok

[swift crag]

This logic would make sense for when your origin is at the center of the player

for a raycast starting at the bottom of the player, I'd do something more like

[errant niche]

but then the raycast doesnt need to be half the players height and just a little bit

[swift crag]

transform.position + Vector3.up * 0.1f for the starting point and 0.2f for the range

[errant niche]

ok

[swift crag]

Right!

[errant niche]

ok thank you

it works just like i want it to now 😄

[swift crag]

Also, to help catch this kind of problem, you can use Debug.DrawLine or Debug.DrawRay

Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Vector3.down * (playerHeight * 0.5f + 0.2f));

This will draw a line for one frame that shows what the raycast is doing

Debug.DrawLine(transform.position, transform.position + Vector3.down * (playerHeight * 0.5f + 0.2f));

an equivalent use of DrawLine

[errant niche]

rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, 0f, rb.velocity.z);

rb.AddForce(transform.up * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
is there any issue with this code? my jump isnt working

it jumps sometimes but sometimes just wont respond

if (Input.GetKey(jumpKey) && readyToJump && grounded)
{
readyToJump = false;
Jump();

  Invoke(nameof(ResetJump), jumpCooldown);

}

[swift crag]

make sure that your code is actually running with a Debug.Log

[errant niche]

Ok

How do I use that?

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/debugging/logging/how-to

[wintry quarry]

That's a telltale sign that you're trying to handle input in FixedUpdate

[errant niche]

Thanks

[flat leaf]

Hey folks, I'm trying to create a game similar to "Mushroom wars". I don't know how to select building and sending troops to another building in better way. Could you suggest smth regarding it?

[wintry quarry]

nobody knows what mushroom wars is, and this question is extremely vague. If you have some specific code problem you want help with, feel free to share that.

[timid oriole]

Can someone take a look at my code the instructions are in there

https://gdl.space/ecemubixiz.cs

[latent magnet]

Build.framework.js.gz:10 RuntimeError: null function or function signature mismatch
    at Image_set_sprite_mC0C248340BA27AAEE56855A3FAFA0D8CA12956DE (Build.wasm.gz:0x45f0f0)
    at U3CLoadImageU3Ed__1_MoveNext_m6D83251DF156589F38D586F36FAF7346023AA45F (Build.wasm.gz:0x9b6b7b)
    at SetupCoroutine_InvokeMoveNext_m72FC77384CAC3133B6EE650E0581D055B34B2F5F (Build.wasm.gz:0x5d2f9c)

attempted to load a texture from url
not sure what this error means

[timid oriole]

use gdl paste don't paste code in here

https://gdl.space/

Clogs it up

[latent magnet]

https://gdl.space/pimiqineta.cs

currently using a webgl build

so the exception seems a bit obfuscated with (Build.wasm.gz:numbers)

that's why i dont get it

[cosmic dagger]

playerCamera is already a Transform; there is no need to do playerCamera.transform.position. basically, you're saying transform.transform.position. the rayCast variable as a float is confusing because it's a distance, no?

[timid oriole]

true yeah

[cosmic dagger]

to help with the first part, search: unity how to set parent. that's an easy one . . .

[timid oriole]

I know how to set parent

I'm saying how to get access to the object im looking at

and setting that one a parent specfically

[cosmic dagger]

sure, well, do you know what this line does? hit.collider.CompareTag() . . .

[dreamy dune]

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[flint python]

Hello, I am trying to get the object when the cursor hovers over it. I tried void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData):

when using eventData.hovered[eventData.hovered.Count - 1], I am worry about the size of list could affect the game, just assuming, not sure if it can be an issue

Is there another method to achieve the goal? or methods to optimize the hovered list, if it is a problem I should worry about. Thanks

[dreamy dune]

can someone help me to detect wheter i am walking or in idle https://gdl.space/etowecogex.cpp

[willow scroll]

I would doubt you should worry about its performance.

You can also check if the object is being hovered with the mouse methods or by checking if the cursor is within the object's bounds

[willow scroll]

Not sure what you mean. You should try to explain it better.

[bleak glacier]

I tried using thread.sleep and I clearly don't understand how it works. How do I achieve a sleep in this part of my code without all of my code sleeping? ```
void Update()
{
Thread.Sleep(1000);
inputHandler.playerScore = inputHandler.playerScore + idleBonus;
Debug.Log("Idle score added");
}

[swift crag]

You don't.

You can never block the main thread. That freezes your entire game.

Ever. Don't try to do it.

now, there are alternatives!

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

this lets you run an enumerator method over many frames

But you will never be able to make Update "wait"

[cosmic dagger]

Coroutines have entered the chat!

[swift crag]

A very very common error I see is:

void Update() {
  int x = 1;
  StartCoroutine(Wait());
  x = 2; // this runs immediately
}

IEnumerator Wait() {
  yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
}

You'll simply start a coroutine that waits 1 second, then does nothing

[bleak glacier]

These look kind of scary

Guess I'll have to watch a few videos

[swift crag]

Read the documentation.

It explains how to use them.

[vast sandal]

private void LookInCameraDirection()
    {
        if (!characterController.velocity.AlmostZero())
        {
            //// Vector Solution working
            //Vector3 characterV = characterTransform.transform.eulerAngles;
            //Vector3 cinemachineCameraV = cinemachineCamera.transform.eulerAngles;
            //Vector3 rotation = new Vector3(characterV.z, cinemachineCameraV.y, characterV.z);
            //characterTransform.transform.eulerAngles = Vector3.RotateTowards(characterV, rotation, 360f, 360f);

            //Quaternion Solution
            Quaternion characterQ = characterTransform.transform.rotation;
            Quaternion cinemachineCameraQ = cinemachineCamera.transform.rotation;
            Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(characterQ, cinemachineCameraQ, 360f * Time.deltaTime);
            characterTransform.transform.rotation = rotation;


        }
    }```

Im trying to rotate the character according to the cameras y axis..
The commented vector solution works, but has polarity inversion problems.. 
Thus im trying to make the quaternion stuff work.. it works fine, but its not just rotating in y-axis, but all 3 axis.. how can I fix that?

[lethal swallow]

hi, the eneny is replaying the anim constantly and jittering please help, tysm

[timid oriole]

yes it checks if the ray hit an item with the "name of it" in the brackets

I wrote the code im familiar with what I wrote in there the only part I dont get is getting access to the objects components with the tag item without direvctly dragging and dropping that item in the inspector

Would I say like object = object.GetComponent<RigidBody>();

[languid spire]

no.

RigidBody rb = object.GetComponent<RigidBody>();

[late burrow]

is there anything bad with running a code that will error a lot inside a try

[languid spire]

yes, try catch is very expensive

[late burrow]

is there something cheap where i can ignore errors then

[cosmic dagger]

i asked because you access the object in order to check its tag, meaning you already have access to the hit object. check the docs for RaycastHit, it tells you everything you have access to from a raycast . . .

[languid spire]

NO. Errors should never be ignored

[late burrow]

its just sake of not if != null

for 20 times

[languid spire]

So do that and don't be lazy

[cosmic dagger]

that's normal. that's life . . .

[cosmic dagger]

in this case, you don't need to because hit, a RaycastHit has a rigidbody property . . .

[willow scroll]

Thread.Sleep freezes the entire application.
In C#, if you want to wait some time before executing something, you'll have to create an async Task, which uses await Task.Delay(milliseconds).
However, in Unity, it's much better to use an IEnumerator with WaitForSeconds(seconds).

[bleak glacier]

Yeah I got some help with that. Thread.Sleep was a bad idea. Currently trying to get WaitForSeconds to work. Having some issues atm

[willow scroll]

You can post your code to get further assistance

[bleak glacier]

        {
        inputHandler.playerScore = inputHandler.playerScore + idleBonus;
        Debug.Log("Idle score added");   
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
        } ```

```      void Update()
    {
        StartCoroutine(scoreAdd());
        Debug.Log("IdleScoreAdded");
    }```

[willow scroll]

What this code does is:

Idle score added
IdleScoreAdded

- wait for 1 second

[languid spire]

that makes absolutely no sense

[willow scroll]

You usually call the methods in PascalCase, so it would be AddScore

And your WaitForSeconds is returned after the actual code logic, which makes your Coroutine do nothing after waiting for 1 second

[bleak glacier]

Idk man I set it up how the docs did

[willow scroll]

Send me the docs which provided this code

[bleak glacier]

They had wait at the bottom https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

[willow scroll]

Because it's a for loop, which has a possibility to execute once more after waiting for seconds

[languid spire]

did you not notice how theirs is inside a loop ?

[bleak glacier]

And back to the docs we go. I didn't notice that. Going to have to learn about for loops now too

[willow scroll]

Shouldn't you already know about for loops at this point?

[bleak glacier]

On day three? Probably not

[willow scroll]

Then you should not learn Coroutines yet

Consider learning basic C# syntax first

[bleak glacier]

And yet this is the code that I need to make my current endeavor work. I'm not looking for criticism on what I'm choosing to learn. I'm looking for help concerning what I'm trying to learn. Tutorial hell wasn't helpful.

So I'm picking up on what information I need along the way

[timid oriole]

doesn't hit store data whether the ray is hitting?

[willow scroll]

"tutorial hell"?

[bleak glacier]

Tutorial Hell is a state of perpetual learning, often marked by the consumption of one tutorial after another without putting acquired knowledge into practice.

[cosmic dagger]

in your code, you need to check if the collider is null before trying to access it. it can't store data if it did not hit anything . . .

[languid spire]

hit is a struct so it cannot be null however the properties of it will be if nothing is hit

[cosmic dagger]

hit is a struct, so it can never be null . . .

[timid oriole]

uh oh

[cosmic dagger]

haha, i hear an echo . . .

[timid oriole]

Why do I need to check if its null? I've never done this befoore can't I just use an else statement ?

[cosmic dagger]

if the collider of hit is null, then nothing was hit. you cannot compare the tag of nothing . . .

[dreamy dune]

best to use charachtercontroler movement or rigidbody movement?

[cosmic dagger]

depends on your game and the type of movement you want . . .

[willow scroll]

Got it. Anyway, I don't remember criticising you, as you have mentioned in your previous response. What I'm trying to say is that it's not the best way to learn hard things without knowing the basics, which is what is definitely going to help you on your way.

[dreamy dune]

a survival game not really any special movement just the basics running jumping crouching

[timid oriole]

Yeah is that not what hit.collider does? It checks if the ray is hitting something then if it is checks if the name inside of the () in comparetag

and if it is not hitting anything its null?

[languid spire]

and you cannot check the name of something that is null

[willow scroll]

It checks if the ray is hitting something. If not, the hit.collider is null.

[timid oriole]

yeah exactly

so this is where im lost now because that makes sense to me why do I have to check if hit.collider == null

[willow scroll]

Because hit's type is RaycastHit, which is a struct and cannot thus be null

[broken cargo]

you do if(Physics.Raycast(out var hit)) to check if you hit something

[cosmic dagger]

when you do hit.collider.CompareTag("Item"), you are accessing collider (assuming it exists), but if it is null, you will receive a null reference exception . . .

[broken cargo]

without collider there will be no hit

[timid oriole]

yes I understand that part

but how do I access an object that has the tag item

rigidbody and collider inside of that if statement

like this https://gdl.space/qezayuteva.cs

[willow scroll]

What do you mean?

[gaunt ice]

hitinfo has a transform member

[cosmic dagger]

you already have access to it. hit.collider access the collider of the hit object. check the docs. RaycastHit has many properties of the hit object you can access . . .

[timid oriole]

ohh I see

So it gets access to whatever is in there basedd off what its hitting

so I could do something like Rigidbody rb = GetComponent<RigidBody>(); Then do rb.isKinematic = true; then repeat for collider?

[broken cargo]

I just checked the docs. You are right that it can be null. But it is easier to check the return of the Raycast method than do a null check. So there is no reason to acces hit information if you didn't hit anything

[cosmic dagger]

if you wrap the Raycast in an if statement it returns a bool. if true, the ray hit a collider . . .

[timid oriole]

is this right?

that would be inside the if hit.collider

[cosmic dagger]

a bool is easier to check than a null reference . . .

[cosmic dagger]

no, this will get theRigidbody of the GameObject this script is attached to . . .

[timid oriole]

dangit

[willow scroll]

I have never mentioned that you should check it

[cosmic dagger]

again, did you look at the RaycastHit docs?

[timid oriole]

mulitple times

[summer stump]

if (Physics.Raycast)
hit.rigidbody

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RaycastHit.html

[cosmic dagger]

did you look/read the properties?

[summer stump]

How could you have not seen the rigidbody property then?

[timid oriole]

I think I was looking at something different then

[timid oriole]

may have been looking at physics thisi entire time

Yeah I was looking at physics.raycast before

[cosmic dagger]

it's not that hard to tell if you're looking at the correct docs. the name of the class or struct is in bold at the top . . .

how, we mentioned RaycastHit docs multiple times . . .

[timid oriole]

Thought it was the same thing at first

[willow scroll]

Want to set itemContainer as a parent of object that has tag "Item" that my raycast hit

itemContainer.SetParent(hit.transform);

Then want to set Items position equal to itemContainers position

hit.transform.position = itemContainer.transform.position;

then want to make the item I picked up isKinematic

hit.rigidbody.isKinematic = true;

Then make it so its now isTrigger

hit.collider.isTrigger = true;

[subtle mist]

hey guys, I have a small question about audio in unity
basically, I want my weapon to constantly make sound depending on the amount of charge it has (more charge means higher pitch)
what'd be the correct way to implement it?

[timid oriole]

I see thank you

But could I have it so When I Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)){ && hit.collider or not possible ?

because it looks like hit.collider would set this to the case anytime its hit or am I mistaken?

[willow scroll]

What does it mean?

[cosmic dagger]

set a min/max range for the pitch. update the pitch when the value of charge is changed . . .

when charge is at its lowest the pitch can be normal or a lesser (min) value. when the charge is full, the pitch will be at the highest (max) value . . .

[timid oriole]

If I want it so this code hit. whatever is only ran if I click e and my raj is hitting couldn't I use something like if (hit.collider.Compare.Tag("Item") && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)) { then put the code you put inside so it will only run if I click e and my ray is hitting the object

[willow scroll]

float pitch = Mathf.Clamp(charge * something, minPitch, maxPitch);

[cosmic dagger]

they'd need to remap the values. charge and pitch most likely have different min/max values . . .

[willow scroll]

Well, the code I've provided was originally meant to be put inside of your condition, yes

[broken cargo]

It would be better to check for inputs before the Raycast. So you would write
if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E) && Physics.Raycast(..))

[timid oriole]

okay I understand thank you and just to confirm it gets access of the object its hitting right not the object that the scripts attatched to?

[timid oriole]

why would that be?

Should I always check for inputs before another condition is met is that good practice?

[dreamy dune]

!code

[willow scroll]

Surely. It will also access the object the script is attached to if that's what it's hitting

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[broken cargo]

because there is no need for the raycast unless you press something. And inputs are easier to check

[cosmic dagger]

using hit will access the GameObject that interesected the raycast . . .

[timid oriole]

makes sense yeah

[dreamy dune]

https://gdl.space/hutusaxoya.cpp

ayone can help me why my cinemachine camera is not moving properly with where i am watching while when i have only regular camera it works perfect

[willow scroll]

I suppose, they both should be in percent

So 0f - 1f

[bleak glacier]

What am I missing here? I'm trying to learn coroutines and I think I'm missing something.

    {   
        StartCoroutine(scoreAdd());
    }```
``` IEnumerator scoreAdd()
        {
            for(;;)
            {
        inputHandler.playerScore = inputHandler.playerScore + idleBonus;
        Debug.Log("Idle score added");   
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
            }
        
        }```

[willow scroll]

No, you should usually check for the inputs first

[broken cargo]

Looks like a valid coroutine that increases the score every second. What's wrong?

[cosmic dagger]

should? yes. realistically? probably not 😔 . . .

[bleak glacier]

It just does nothing. I have nothing in my score or in my debug logs

[swift crag]

Show your entire script.

!code

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// Your code here
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[swift crag]

We need to see the context in which you wrote these methods

[broken cargo]

Is the object active? Can you verify that Start is called?

[timid oriole]

Is there an exception to this rule

[cosmic dagger]

is the script attached to a GameObject? is the GameObject active in the hierarchy? does idleBonus have a value (to add)? can we see the whole script?

[bleak glacier]

Uh oops. Start isn't called

[willow scroll]

Yes.

if (checkForInputs)
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) // ...
}

[willow scroll]

Is the Start method ever called?

[bleak glacier]

I fixed it. I am an idiot. I had start at the bottom.

[willow scroll]

"At the bottom"? What does it mean?

It doesn't matter whether you have a Unity Message at the top or bottom of the script. It's called anyway

[bleak glacier]

At like line 50 beneath all my other code

[swift crag]

So what?

This is exactly why sashok told you this #💻┃code-beginner message

[cosmic dagger]

huh? Start is automatically called when the GameObject is first active. you don't manually call it . . .

[swift crag]

the order you declare methods in is completely irrelevant

[willow scroll]

Now I'm interested how you have fixed it by, as you say, changing the position of the method

[swift crag]

smells like an inner local function to me

[bleak glacier]

I had deleted start. I put it back in at some point and got Assets\IdleButton.cs(40,10): warning CS8321: The local function 'Start' is declared but never used

Moved it back up where it belong and the error went away and my logs started showing that the coroutine was working. Just made a silly mistake.

Syntax

[swift crag]

note that the line number of Start is completely irrelevant

[bleak glacier]

It ended up getting lumped in with something else though

[swift crag]

it's the fact that you declared it inside of a method that caused a problem

[cosmic dagger]

that's definitely a local function . . .

[bleak glacier]

Yeah I know.

[cosmic dagger]

that's not a silly mistake, but a lack of knowledge and structure of your code. your formatting is complicating the issue . . .

take the time to make sure your code format, variables, etc., are correct. it makes code flow and readability much easier . . .

[remote osprey]

hello

I have a question about the Factory pattern

If I can make an abstract factory for my factories

does that mean that I can make an Abstract FActory for any kind of factory in the project?

Or is that too much abstraction?

[broken cargo]

You can do a lot of weird things. But it usually doesn't make sense

[remote osprey]

So it may be better to make abstract factories for each "thing" in my project, for example

An abstract Events factory, then an abstract Cards factory, etc...

[swift crag]

a factory to do what, exactly

[remote osprey]

I'm making a card game, so I need to create a lot of cards and a lot of Events, which are objects that encompass behaviour

[broken cargo]

If you benefit from this abstraction you can do it. You don't need to do it just because it is a pattern

[swift crag]

what am I even supposed to do with an abstract card factory

[remote osprey]

Create any card with it

[swift crag]

why can't I just instantiate a card prefab and then pass it some data?

[remote osprey]

Because that would need a huge switch case, and I want to avoid it

Tbh, the factory would probably do that

[swift crag]

no, you just pass the card some data, and it configures itself based on that data

I haven't ever really felt the urge to use the factory pattern

[remote osprey]

But then I'd need to tell apart which card data is being passed, hence a switch statement

it's what I"m currently doing ni my code

but it's bloaty and I don't like it

Same with my Events system

[swift crag]

the card data should include things like the name, the image, and what text to display on the card

so the card (a MonoBehaviour that's part of a prefab) can configure itself when given the card data

(gotta scram!)

[remote osprey]

Ok, I'm gonna think about what you said and see if I can make something simple in my project!

Thanks for the reply!

[ruby python]

Based on what I've been learning recently, with cards, Scriptable Objects seem to be the perfect solution. There are a bunch of YouTube SO vids that deal specifically with cards.

[remote osprey]

My biggest beef is finding a nice way to compose card effects

I think that cards are not the problem

[ruby python]

How do you mean?

[remote osprey]

Cause I turned all my card effects into Events

But creating the Events is being a problem

It's beggining to turn into an ultimate spaghetti

[ruby python]

What do you mean by effects?

[remote osprey]

So I'm having to rethink things

[remote osprey]

behaviour

Card does X when played, Y at start of turn

[ruby python]

Ah okay. I get what you mean.

[remote osprey]

I'm trying to separate my code nicely, but it gets more and mroe compelx the more I try haha

[ruby python]

I don't think events are necessary if honest.

You could create a seperate public script that 'manages' the cards effects (maybe a singleton, not sure), and every time you play a card you just call a relevant method inside of said script to modify values (ie, if it's an 'attack' card, send damage, hit chance, crit chance etc. to AttackCard() method and have that modify the player/enemy stats?

[timid oriole]

Anyone have any idea why the items tagged item are not picking up https://gdl.space/omojagakal.cs

[remote osprey]

I was doing that but when it came to queuing effects, this became hell

Hence, turning actions into objecst

It's called the Command Pattern ( I just read about it yday lol)

[slender nymph]

log what is actually being hit, your raycast is likely not hitting what you think it is

[summer stump]

Debug the tag before the comparetag check

And the object name

[ruby python]

Ah okay, not familiar with that one if honest. I'm something of a fan of Singleton Pattern. It soothes my brain. lol.

[timid oriole]

How could I do that?

[slender nymph]

log

[timid oriole]

Debug.Log(item?);

[remote osprey]

People say don't worry too much about patterns, but damn, just using one pattern made one part of my code suddenly so easy to write and read

I'd say the more you know the better

[slender nymph]

log the object that was hit

[ruby python]

You've got 3 'checks' in there, raycast, collision and keypress, so you need to debug each one to see which one is 'missing'

[timid oriole]

Debug.Log(hit);?

[summer stump]

The learn.unity site would have taught how to log values....

But hit is the struct containing information you need. Access values from it

[summer stump]

That is the START

[timid oriole]

.collider I guess

to see what collider itshitting

[summer stump]

.tag as well as .name

[ruby python]

Debug.Log("I have hit xxx using raycast/collision/keypress") kind of thing.

[slender nymph]

technically just logging the collider would log its name. so just the collider and tag

[ruby python]

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

[summer stump]

True

[ruby python]

I did say 'kind of thing' 😉

[timid oriole]

What the hell kinda raycast is this.

[summer stump]

One where you are moving the origin point and direction

[timid oriole]

the origin is my camera

So I guess its normal?

[rich adder]

nothing wrong here

[ruby python]

Looks like you've got a line gizmo rendering and it's rendering a new line everytime the ray is fired (every frame?)

[rich adder]

just has a longer duration on ray

[ruby python]

So yeah, that looks like it's working as it should to me.

[timid oriole]

is that because of that rayCast line

the duration

[rich adder]

thats the duration yes

if you want to draw length you multiply it in the direction

[ruby python]

I thought that was the length of the ray?

[summer stump]

rayCast is the duration... rayCast is not a good name for that variable

[rich adder]

ray legnth is dir * length

there is no length param (only on raycast)

[summer stump]

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

[timid oriole]

how do I know what direction its going?

do I juse use dir?

[rich adder]

you wrote transform.forward

that is a direction

[summer stump]

It is transform.forward in your call

[ruby python]

Sorry, was thinking of the actual raycast coding, not the drawline.

[timid oriole]

ah

[whole parcel]

im trying to play a death animation after player collides w enemy. https://gdl.space/ufoyozorof.cs this is my code. rn it just keeps on going infinitely rather than only once.

the death animation going on infinitely

rather than switching back to the idle one

btw i created my own animationSprite class

rather than using animator

💀

[timid oriole]

It's not logging

[timid oriole]

turn off loop on the animation?

just a guess

[slender nymph]

then either your raycast is not hitting anything or you put the log inside the inner if statement

[whole parcel]

im not using animation or animators tho

like i created my own class

[rich adder]

your ray looks wrong

can you send the code

[timid oriole]

https://gdl.space/roqabalovi.cs

[rich adder]

which object has this script

[timid oriole]

player

[slender nymph]

you put the log inside the inner if statement

[rich adder]

cause its using its forward not the camera

[timid oriole]

its using the camera no?

[slender nymph]

don't do that since that if is clearly not ending up as true and you are trying to figure out why

[rich adder]

put the raycast direction from camera.forward

[timid oriole]

oh dangit

u right

I had the transform.forward and it was going off my player not my camera

big oopsie

[rich adder]

also this should be
Debug.DrawRay(playerCamera.transform.position, playerCamera.transform.forward * rayCast, Color.red);

that name is atrocious though

call it rayLength or some shit..

[timid oriole]

true

do u guys know how to dock it so its split screen

[rocky canyon]

dock what?

[timid oriole]

the game and scene view

[rich adder]

just drag the tab

[timid oriole]

to the scene?

[rich adder]

you will see it will snap

[rich adder]

move it around

[rocky canyon]

now my layout is busted

[timid oriole]

my ray is still cooked

[rich adder]

did you change the rotation to be camera forwarD?

or is it still transform.forward

[timid oriole]

yeah

playerCamera

[rich adder]

show updated script

[timid oriole]

https://gdl.space/yevenoxasi.cs

[rich adder]

so u didnt change it for raycast?

[timid oriole]

wym

[slender nymph]

and they didn't bother moving the log either

[rich adder]

yeah the gizmos is still wrong

[rocky canyon]

gizmo shows playerCamera.forward

ur raycast is transform.forward

[timid oriole]

I'm confused now.

[rich adder]

what Transform did you drag into playerCamera

[timid oriole]

the camera

attatched to the player as a child

[rich adder]

no i mean in the field of inspector

[timid oriole]

What did I drag into the transform in the inspector ?

[slender nymph]

look at lines 21 and 22. notice how the direction of your DrawRay and your actual Raycast are different

[timid oriole]

oh shit

I thought I changed it

my bad guys I changed the origin on the debug lol

[rich adder]

wouldn't the Debug at least be correct forward ? Assuming playerCamera was actually linked to camera

[timid oriole]

fixed it

[rocky canyon]

i thought it was butter 🧈

[rocky canyon]

ya, i thought that too

[rocky canyon]

turns out Reset Layouts reverted it back to the layout i had when i opened my project

[rich adder]

dont see how origin could fix the direction but alr lol

[rocky canyon]

i thought it was gonna be the same as Default

sooo im good 👍

[timid oriole]

would I use an else if for a drop or another if you guys think

[rocky canyon]

sorry, come again?

[timid oriole]

me?

[rich adder]

you would store the item you grabbed which you did not do

[summer stump]

Depends on the behaviour you want

[rocky canyon]

ohh its item_pickup.

[timid oriole]

a typical drop

[rich adder]

also hit.rigidbody.isKinematic = true; is a NullRef waiting to happen

[rocky canyon]

sorry i didnt have context.. i udnerstand now

[summer stump]

No such thing.
Click a second time and drop? Press a specific key and drop? One of the many other ways?

[rocky canyon]

everything you hit will not have a rigidbody.

if it doesn't its gonna error

[timid oriole]

Gonna have E for pickup and G for drop

[timid oriole]

oh fr?

but I thought only If I click E

[summer stump]

If press G and currently holding, drop held item
🤷‍♂️

[rocky canyon]

yes u need to check if it has a rigidbody first

and then check if that rigidbody is kinematic

[rich adder]

at least the ones with "item" tag

[rocky canyon]

well its also possible to click E when ur looking at something w/o a rigidbody

[timid oriole]

yeah that's fine because I have three conditions if !itemHeldd, InputE and hit.collider no?

[rocky canyon]

colliders can exist w/o rigidbodies

[rich adder]

you should lookup a simple pickup video

[rocky canyon]

you'll see..

[rich adder]

you need to store the item you grabbed into a reference so you can do stuff with it

[timid oriole]

Well in theory its easy just disable collider when u pickup and make it kinematic so it doesn't fall out of your hands and when you have itemheld true and input G renable rigidybody and collider no?

[rich adder]

not all colliders are rigidbodies capishe?

[timid oriole]

Ah yes that is a problem

[timid oriole]

aren't they seperate?

[rich adder]

they are seperate components

[rocky canyon]

agree'd

[rich adder]

you only need colliders for raycast

[rocky canyon]

CachedInteractable is my variable i store..

[timid oriole]

Yes but i still want to disable gravity when I pick it up so it doesn't fall out of my hands no?

[rich adder]

if you grabbablle items have rigidbodies you can just store it as a Rigidbody

[rocky canyon]

disable gravity.. make it kinematic

both are similar in terms of what ur doing

[timid oriole]

didn't I do that in the script via hit.collider.rigidbody

[rich adder]

thats assuming your Item even has a rigidbody

[timid oriole]

or do I have to instialize it somewhere

[rich adder]

if it doesnt it will null ref

[rocky canyon]

u can't reference your HIT outside the scope of ur raycast

[rich adder]

also ur not storing it

[rocky canyon]

so if u wanna use it somewhere else

u want ane xtra variable

[rich adder]

how you plan on enabling kinematic back to false on that same object ?

[timid oriole]

When ItemHeld && Input G renable collider so doesn't fall through map and rigidbody so it can fall to ground

[rich adder]

doesnt answer what i wrote

[timid oriole]

rigidbody.kinimatic = false?

[rich adder]

and what is rigidbody ?

[timid oriole]

a component attatched to the object im holding

[rocky canyon]

i dont think its clicking

[rich adder]

which item is that

[rich adder]

nope

[timid oriole]

Gold bar

[rich adder]

how does your script know thats whats ur holding

[timid oriole]

because itemHeld is true

oh no wait that doesn't make sense

[rocky canyon]

that only knows there is an item

not which one it is

[timid oriole]

yeah

[rocky canyon]

i think its clicking now

[timid oriole]

yep.

so is it even possible or should I scrap and start all over

[rocky canyon]

yes its possible.. no u shouldnt start over

unless u like pain

[rich adder]

no one saying its not possible obv is possible

[timid oriole]

oh

[rocky canyon]

you just need an extra variable..

[rich adder]

you have to understand how to store references to things

[summer stump]

is X possible

Yes

[rocky canyon]

RIGIDBODYIPICKEDUP = theRigidbodyYOuHit;

[timid oriole]

how to store a reference?

[rich adder]

the same way you are storing the other ones

[rocky canyon]

make 1 like all these

[summer stump]

With an = sign

[rich adder]

make a variable for it first

[timid oriole]

so I create another variable for each of the components

[rich adder]

Rigidbody should be fine

[rocky canyon]

just 1 ^

Rigidbody StoredRigidbody;

StoredRigidbody = rigidbodyYouHitDuringYourRaycast;

[summer stump]

Just the one they keep saying over and over

[rich adder]

Rigidbody heldItem;

[pine bone]

Hello, i'm making a 2d platformer game and i'm having some issues with resolution. When i build the game and play normally without changing the resolution, the guns work fine. However if i change the resolution the game doesnt accept any inputs to the guns anymore

[rich adder]

u dont need it to be serialized

[timid oriole]

inside the if statement?

or start

[rich adder]

its not going be touched in the inspector

[rocky canyon]

that doesnt make sense

[rich adder]

you are using it as a storage bin

[rocky canyon]

it would be when u hit it with ur raycast + push E

or w/e

when u ray hits the thingy... store the thingy

[timid oriole]

sure

[rocky canyon]

lmao

[timid oriole]

but what information am I updating when that code runs

is it a bool, a numerical value

[rich adder]

you made a field for rigidbody, the type you will store is the rigidbody

when you find said item, you assign it to the itemHeld

[rocky canyon]

^ your gonna be manipulating the RIgidbody's parameters.. soo u store a rigidbody

[timid oriole]

interesting so something like

storedRb = itemEquip.Child?

[rich adder]

huh ? whats itemEquip

[timid oriole]

sorry meant itemcontainer

[rich adder]

no need

item container is not a rigidbdoy

it just holds it..

[timid oriole]

Yes but

the issue is I have 8 things tagged item so do I need one for each?

[rocky canyon]

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E) && hit.collider.CompareTag("Item"))
            {
                Debug.Log(hit);

                // Store the Rigidbody of the hit item
                itemRigidbody = hit.rigidbody;

                // Set item as child of itemContainer and adjust its properties
                hit.transform.SetParent(itemContainer.transform);
                hit.transform.position = itemContainer.transform.position;
                itemRigidbody.isKinematic = true;
                hit.collider.isTrigger = true;
                itemHeld = true;
            }```

[rich adder]

no?

[rocky canyon]

if they all have rigidbodies the code will work for all of em

[timid oriole]

oh

[rocky canyon]

your only gonna be holding 1 at a time yes?

[timid oriole]

yes

okay so

rigidbody that I created is empty

and basically the item we hit

[rocky canyon]

see here? this happens when u click..

NOW you have that reference..

[timid oriole]

we are taking its rigidbody and storing it in there so i can later drop it?

[rich adder]

/ Store the Rigidbody of the hit item
itemRigidbody = hit.rigidbody;

if(!itemRigidbody) return 😏

[rocky canyon]

when u Drop it however you do.. u can just use itemRigidbody.isKinematic = back to false

drop it

set itemHeld back to false..

etc

[timid oriole]

so same thing for collider to then no?

don't I need a refernce

[rich adder]

well you will

[timid oriole]

and store it like we did with rb

[rich adder]

but you already have rigidbody to grab collider from

[rocky canyon]

^ magic

[rich adder]

myrigidbody.TryGetComponent(out Collider col)

[timid oriole]

you can grab a collider through a rigidbody?

[rocky canyon]

u can attempt to grab anything from anything

[timid oriole]

that is some magic indeed

[timid oriole]

why not = instead of try?

rb = Getcomponent<BoxCollider>();

[rocky canyon]

if ur rigidbody also has an Image Component u can say myRigidbody.GetComponent<Image>();

[rich adder]

why would you assign it to anything

[rocky canyon]

and grab an image from it

[timid oriole]

true

[rich adder]

if(myrigidbody.TryGetComponent(out Collider col))
col.isTrigger = false;

[timid oriole]

so does tryGetComponent just grab it and store it

[rich adder]

yes if its found it stores it in a local var

[rocky canyon]

itemRigidbody = hit.rigidbody; this part of ur code can error... say u hit a collider that doesn't have a rigidbody..

you'd need to check if it actually has one before u assign it..

w/ a TryGet it does it all in 1 step

[timid oriole]

Tryget sounds a bit confusing lol I've only used Get

[rich adder]

its the same thing but with a null check

thats why the operation returns a bool

[rocky canyon]

                 // Try to get the Rigidbody component from the hit object
                if (hit.transform.TryGetComponent<Rigidbody>(out itemRigidbody))
                {

like so

if theres a rigidbody it automatically assigns it to itemRigidbody if theres not. it does nothing

[timid oriole]

So that would be inside the if Input blablablah ?

[rocky canyon]

inside ur raycast and input stuff

yes

[rich adder]

that goes when you try to assign it

[rocky canyon]

[timid oriole]

what does the out repersent

[rich adder]

its a way to return values from a method without changing the actual return method type
so you can return multuple values and still reutrn 1 value from method
In this case bool is method return type and out gets the component found if any

[rocky canyon]

i have a Rigidbody reference called itemRigidbody .. it just assigns it to that variable

[timid oriole]

I see

[wintry quarry]

it just denotes that itemRigidbody is being passed as an output parameter

[timid oriole]

so basically just says if its not null slap it onto itemrigidbody the component?

[rocky canyon]

exactly..

[timid oriole]

and if it doesn't have one don't do anything

[rocky canyon]

yup

that way u wont get errors when ur trying to set isKinematic on a collider that didnt have a rigidbody inthe first place

or something close to that

[timid oriole]

what is this part then col.isTrigger = false;?

[rich adder]

do note, out doesn't care if its there or not. You can technically asign it a null

its trygetcomponent that prevents that

[rocky canyon]

it gets assigned to Null if theres no component to get correct?

or ignores it?

[rich adder]

does it or it skips the whole operation if its fals on tryget

[rocky canyon]

liek say i already had a reference in there.. and i tryget on a object w/o one

would it reset it to null.. or leave it how it was?

[rich adder]

if im not mistaken it will not touch the field at all

[rocky canyon]

i ask b/c i manually set it to null

[rocky canyon]

ahh awesome.. i did right then

[rich adder]

yeah u have to explicitly assign it

[rocky canyon]

cool cool.. im smarter than i think i am sometimes

😅

[timid oriole]

like this?*

[rich adder]

you ever get imposter syndrom but then actually solve something and you suddenly dont feel so imposter 😛

[rocky canyon]

way too low in the function

[timid oriole]

oh

[rocky canyon]

u should do it before u do any of this stuff

[timid oriole]

that makes sense

how can it alter values it doesn't have access to

[summer stump]

That log should be BEFORE the if statement, as box said a long time ago.
You may not need it anymore, but it is not super useful there

Just something to know for the future

[rocky canyon]

and instead of hit.rigidbody.. u can just use storedRB.isKinematic etc

[rich adder]

also the type here is already implied as being Rigidbody through the variable you are assigning to out, you dont need the <Rigidbody>

[rocky canyon]

use the variable u stored

not the hit

only use the hit to store the RB

[timid oriole]

before the physicsraycast or the other if?

[rocky canyon]

how long have u been workin in unity? how many lessons have you done?

[timid oriole]

okay I'll remove it

[summer stump]

Well it cannot be before the raycast of course, because that is what generates the hit.
Before the comparetag

[timid oriole]

almost two weeks now

[rocky canyon]

oh okay.. i was just curious

[timid oriole]

yep lol still fairly new just setting a goal to make a game once a week

as long as I'm learning something new yk

[rich adder]

storeRB = hit.rigidbody defeats the whole point of doing a tryget lol

[timid oriole]

oh?

[rich adder]

the out automatically assigns it

[timid oriole]

ahh

yes

[rocky canyon]

peep this for a second..

        if (Physics.Raycast(playerCamera.transform.position, playerCamera.transform.forward, out hit, rayCast))
        {
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E) && hit.collider.CompareTag("Item"))
            {
                Debug.Log(hit);

                // Try to get the Rigidbody component from the hit object
                if (hit.transform.TryGetComponent<Rigidbody>(out storedRb))
                {
                    // Get the Collider component from the stored Rigidbody
                    storedCollider = storedRb.GetComponent<Collider>();

                    // Set item as child of itemContainer and adjust its properties
                    hit.transform.SetParent(itemContainer.transform);
                    hit.transform.position = itemContainer.transform.position;
                    storedRb.isKinematic = true;

                    // Ensure the collider is retrieved and set its properties
                    if (storedCollider != null)
                    {
                        storedCollider.isTrigger = true;
                    }

                    itemHeld = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    Debug.LogWarning("Hit object does not have a Rigidbody component.");
                }
            }
        }```

ofc thats way more complicated than it even needs to be.. but my own example uses interfaces

that'd be even more confusing

[timid oriole]

we are assigning collider to rigidbody?

[rocky canyon]

storedCollider is a collider..

storedRB is a rigibdoy

[timid oriole]

yeah but you said storedcollider = storeRb no?

[rocky canyon]

this sets a collider to the Rigidbody's collider

it sets the left side to equal the right side

this = that; <--- this becomes the value of that

[summer stump]

If you just store the hit, you will have access to both

[rocky canyon]

^ big brain

[timid oriole]

yeah I know that part im confused how you can assign two different components to equal that

[rocky canyon]

RaycastHit myStoredHit;

[summer stump]

They used getcomponent
Both are rigidbody

[rocky canyon]

get the collider from the rigidbody ^

2 weeks i figured you'd know what GetComponent does pretty well

one of the first things i learned after Debugging ofc

[rocky canyon]

we should be pushing this tbh

[timid oriole]

okay how are we getting a collider from a rigidbody if it doesn't even have a collider yet ?

[rocky canyon]

it'd be so simple to store the hit and get everything you need from the hit

[timid oriole]

because we are getting it in the same line

[rocky canyon]

if it doesn't have a collider this function would get skipped

so it isnt a problem

[rich adder]

yeah but then if you want to directly work with a specific component you have to store it anyway or keep doing GetCompoennt

[rocky canyon]

but we run getcomponents anyway..

idk. TryGets are way better.. but can they get implemented

thats teh question

[rich adder]

but now everytime you gotta change something you have to run GetComponent

[rocky canyon]

ok fair.. 🙌

[rich adder]

I def do keep a field for raycast hit though

especially for gizmos n stuff

[dusty shell]

If an object has multiple colliders, is there a way to know which is colliding?

[rocky canyon]

we DUMPED alot of info on Nicholas

[rich adder]

lol head imploded

[rocky canyon]

yea, im hoping he can find a method that works for him

[rich adder]

if theyre on separate gameobjects maybe

[summer stump]

You can check the shape if they are different

[timid oriole]

I'm honestly very confused but understand the general sentiment of storing components using hit or tryGet

[summer stump]

You can check some property of it like radius if they are different

[rocky canyon]

ya, we didn't expect EVERYTHING to sink in.. but even if u pick up a little knowledge here and there.. thats progress

[dusty shell]

So it’s better to find a way around it than attach multiple colliders to one game object?

[summer stump]

Generally you want them to be child objects that handle their own collision validation and inform the parent.

But it depends on what you are doing

[rich adder]

just remember TryGet
is just GetComponent with an extra check for if(component == null) //dont store it or do stuff

[timid oriole]

true yeah and I would assume this is much more optimal than having to get a refrence to each object you pick up and all its compononents in the inspector via [SerializeField]

[dusty shell]

Create a child and give it its own collider?

[rocky canyon]

what navarone just said is the general purpose of the info dump.

[summer stump]

Yes, AND its own script

[timid oriole]

and the output would be the parameters which I could assign it to if its not null right

[rocky canyon]

if u try to store a rigidbody.. you need to check if it even exists before using it...

tryget helps u avoid having extra if conditionals

to check if != null

[rich adder]

in the tryGet yea the out is what can be assigned if its found

[rocky canyon]

[timid oriole]

so what would in do

if out assigns it

[rocky canyon]

you just plop in one of ur own variables

and it'll get assigned

you then have that variable to use all thruout ur script

[rich adder]

what do you mean what would you do

[timid oriole]

no i mean like we use out variable name to assign it in the parameters

is there an In instead of out

would it take it away

[rocky canyon]

if u dont want it anymore u just set it to null manually

[rich adder]

there is a in keyword but its not for what you think

[rocky canyon]

else { storedRB = null; }

[timid oriole]

makes more sense yeah

[rocky canyon]

thats if u miss a raycast for example

[rich adder]

yes the TryGet returns a bool

also you can check there

[rocky canyon]

if it doesnt hit anything clear out ur storedRb

for the next time u try

[summer stump]

out Type name makes a new local variable, unrelated to anything else

out existingName assigns it to an existing variable

[rocky canyon]

^ heck yea

[timid oriole]

wouldn't that be bad though?

[summer stump]

What?

[timid oriole]

the first one because you couldn't access it outside of that area?

[rocky canyon]

yea thats something to think about

it'd be local to taht function

[summer stump]

That is the point of local variables. Why would that be bad?

It is good if you don't want to access it outside of there.

Bad if you DO want to

[rocky canyon]

but if u wanted it to be accessible thru the entire script u'd use the existing variable.

its just choices

[rich adder]

if its found " assign it this local variable so you can do stuff in the if statement valuating true"

you dont always need to assign a field if ur doing a one time thing

[timid oriole]

Sorry does local mean like within an if or an update how local are we talkin when we say local

[rich adder]

maybe a health hit or something

[rich adder]

yes the local would work with anything "underneath"

including if statement

[rocky canyon]

local would be within the brackets it got assigned in

{ to --> }

[rich adder]

but it wont work outside statement cause it will be null anyway

[summer stump]

Within whatever scope you create it in

[timid oriole]

only within that if tho right

[rocky canyon]

{ scope }

[rich adder]

well yeah the whole point of the if is "i found this component, store it local var"

using it outside of if statement would not make sense

[summer stump]

If you make it in the if, then yes

[rocky canyon]

waht bout the else of that if

[timid oriole]

makes sense yeah I was wondering if it was the entire function or just the if

[slender nymph]

technically it would be accessible throughout the rest of the scope that the if statement is in, not just the if statement's own scope

[rocky canyon]

ya,,, thats what i was thinking

[timid oriole]

oh

[summer stump]

Yeah, I was trying to think of how to explain that and kept restarting. That is better

[rich adder]

it will just be worthless to use cause it could be empty

[rocky canyon]

ur IDE will let u know when u try

[timid oriole]

so the entire method that its located in

[summer stump]

Not necessarily

[rich adder]

anything underneath it like i said

[summer stump]

The outer scope holding the if, if you write it in the condition

[slender nymph]

i frequently use TryGetComponent as a guard clause like

public void Foo()
{
  if(!TryGetComponent(out Bar bar)
    return;

  bar.DoStuff();
}

[rocky canyon]

heheh..

[rich adder]

I should do this more, it would clean up my TryGet

[rocky canyon]

Round [2]! Fight

[timid oriole]

so this would work then void MrPotato()
{

if (can < bigCan)
{
vector3 potato;

}
potato = null?
}

[rich adder]

I like early return pattern anyway no idea why i didn't think of that lol

[slender nymph]

no because you are trying to use the potato variable outside of the scope it was declared in. also Vector3 cannot be null anyway

[cosmic dagger]

early return is life . . .

[timid oriole]

but its below b ut inside the method still

[rich adder]

value types cannot be null

[timid oriole]

only game objects and things that exist makes sense

[slender nymph]

that doesn't matter. it was declared in a more restrictive scope. you can only use a variable within the scope it was declared in

[timid oriole]

like components too

[summer stump]

void MyMethod() 
{
  if (x == null)
  {
    if (Raycast(out Foo bar)
    {

    }
   < accessible here
  }
  < not here
}

[timid oriole]

so only within its curly braces

[swift crag]

in which it was declared, yes

[rocky canyon]

void MrPotato()
{
    Vector3 potato = Vector3.zero;

    if (can < bigCan)
    {
        potato = new Vector3(1, 1, 1);
    }
    else
    {
        potato = Vector3.zero;
    }
}```

if u declare potato before the if.. u can use it in the if and the else

and even after the else

[rich adder]

..bigCan huh 🤨

[timid oriole]

makes sense yeah

[rocky canyon]

nick said it not me

¯_(ツ)_/¯

lol

[rich adder]

if(potatoes < needed) // famine

[timid oriole]

I want to make a game out of this genius concept

[rocky canyon]

go for it

need a potato model?

[timid oriole]

navarone will hit me with a copyright strike

[rocky canyon]

most likely

[timid oriole]

nah I use blender

[rocky canyon]

hey! me too

[timid oriole]

I'll make it a sparkly potato and turn the specular up

[rich adder]

the only potato i want

[timid oriole]

did u make that

[rich adder]

naa i wish

[rocky canyon]

is that perpetual energy potato?

[timid oriole]

I think they use that in space don't they because they don't have power there like as a power supply of sorts

[rich adder]

glados as a potatoe

[rocky canyon]

ahhh portal references

[rich adder]

actually let me not topic lol

[rocky canyon]

never played 😄 im aware of the cake

[rich adder]

thats literal blasphemy

they have a special circle in hell for you xD

[rocky canyon]

😈

[rich adder]

if not one of the best puzzle games made

[timid oriole]

what's portal lol?

[rich adder]

as a gamedev you have tooo..

[timid oriole]

reminds me of minecraft a bit based off the video

[rich adder]

what

[timid oriole]

it has squares on the walls

[rich adder]

funny

[rocky canyon]

i made a clone of it.. thats close enuff

[rich adder]

You zomies all know skibidi and minecraft/roblox ?

[timid oriole]

you have confused me beyond belief

[rich adder]

oh i think its two oo's

[ashen ridge]

how can i pass more than 1 argument using an slider ui?

[timid oriole]

bro called me an energetic dog 🤣

[summer stump]

Zoomie. Zoomer. Gen Z. Younger generation

[rocky canyon]

he meant Zoomer i believe 😛

[rich adder]

its a nickname for generation Z

[timid oriole]

ohh

[slender nymph]

you can't in the UnityEvent, but you can work around that requirement

[rocky canyon]

ohh this is osmething i need to know 👀

[timid oriole]

I don't use social media besides youtube but I saw moist critical react to skibidi toilet. I feel bad for the up and coming generation im 19 so i experinced peek gaming aka mario galaxy & pokemon platnium

[rocky canyon]

i gamed in black and white >8)

[summer stump]

I am so sad right now, that either of those games are considered peak gaming

[timid oriole]

I wonder what gamin was like back then fr

[rocky canyon]

do like me.. and ignore that it was said

[timid oriole]

galaxy n pokemon? or skibidi

[summer stump]

Ignore what, didn't see anything

[rich adder]

I mean they compared portal to minecraft.. we're doomed

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBsmCE3WB1E

[timid oriole]

reminds me of those flash games I used to play on my school computer as a kid

[timid oriole]

I was jokin T_T

[rocky canyon]

lol.. they were maxing out their RAM on those games

[rich adder]

excuse me best game was

[timid oriole]

gam dev back then must have been real rough

oh

[swift crag]

Programming for old consoles is particularly interesting.

[rocky canyon]

what about Number Munchers?

[ashen ridge]

ok thanks

[swift crag]

Lots of very severe design constraints.

[timid oriole]

didn't they make a show for that on netflix

[rocky canyon]

thats what made them EPIC imo

designing with constraints always ends up awesome

[ocean blaze]

hey does anyone no how to temp stop an animation im changing my font for my game and it has resizing animations and is a little buggy but i wanna keep but wanna stop temp anyone know?

[timid oriole]

is there a netflix show for this?

my younger sister loves it

unless its something diff

[rich adder]

yeah it was one

idk if they remade it or playing the OG

[chrome shadow]

hi guys what is the error in this code? :

    TextMeshPro txt = Layer1.GetComponentsInChildren<TextMeshPro>();

i already got
using TMPro;

[rocky canyon]

its TMP_Text

[chrome shadow]

its still not working

[swift crag]

TextMeshPro is a valid type name

What is the problem?

[rocky canyon]

or

[swift crag]

"It's not working" is not helpful

[swift crag]

Read the error.

[rocky canyon]

thats not right is it?

[swift crag]

TextMeshPro and TextMeshProUGUI are the concrete component types.

TMP_Text is a parent of both

[summer stump]

Ah, box got it. ComponentS
That returns an array

[rocky canyon]

ohhh, i honestly didnt know TextMeshPro was valid

[slender nymph]

TextMeshPro is the non-ui tmp text

[cosmic dagger]

that's the 3d text version . . .

[rocky canyon]

thanks, noted it

[chrome shadow]

what does the [] represent

[rocky canyon]

its an array

[summer stump]

An array

[cosmic dagger]

an array . . .

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[chrome shadow]

ah

thanks

[rocky canyon]

[TripleKill]

[late burrow]

how to compare types including parents

[rich adder]

you mean like is ?

[languid spire]

something like this

        protected static bool isObject(Type type)
        {
            Type t = type.BaseType;
            while (t != null)
            {
                if (t.Equals(typeof(UnityEngine.Object))) return true;
                t = t.BaseType;
            }
            return false;
        }

[wintry quarry]

Usually with is

[late burrow]

yeah but it only checks for exact type

[wintry quarry]

Or https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.type.isassignablefrom?view=net-8.0

[late burrow]

yeah i wasnt sure if isassignablefrom works

[wintry quarry]

No is works for child types

You can do if (someRigidbody is Component c)

[late burrow]

so any array type would match with system.array and everything would match system.object

that way of compatibility

[languid spire]

you are talking about comparing types of an object. OP asked about just comparing types

[stuck palm]

how can i serialise a scriptable object?

[slender nymph]

can you actually explain what specifically you are trying to accomplish so that we can reduce this confusion about what the answer to your question is

[slender nymph]

in what way? just to drag a reference in the inspector, or do you want to write its data to disk/send over network?

[stuck palm]

write to disk

[slender nymph]

create a class or struct to hold the data that you want to write to disk and serialize that. then just save/load that data to/from the SO at runtime

[stuck palm]

just realised for my specific setup i can just use an enum so thats fine

don't actually need to serialise the whole thing

[slender nymph]

i don't see how that is relevant to serializing a scriptable object 🤔

[stuck palm]

i wanted to serialise a character or level for a replay system, but i can just serialise an enum and link the two that way

[bleak glacier]

I also have a little problem of my own. I found this code that uses the new input system to detect when a collider is clicked. The issue is I don't know how to make the script detect which collider it is clicking. It only detects that a collider was clicked.

    private void Awake()
    {
        _mainCamera = Camera.main;
    }


    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");
      
        }```

I'm assuming it has something to do with the line if (!rayHit.collider) return;

[slender nymph]

that is the check to see if nothing was hit. the rayHit variable contains info on what was hit and if the code after that line is running that means something was hit

[bleak glacier]

So forgive my ignorance here, but how does it know that it's trying to detect a collider? I don't see anything in there that has anything to do with colliders

[slender nymph]

Physics2D.GetRayIntersection

don't just blindly copy code. actually look at what it does and research methods used

[bleak glacier]

That's what I'm trying to do. That's why I'm asking...

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[minor crown]

My character's feet are sliding on the ground behind the body, what could it be. I'm making a Ragdoll player and using a configurable joint for that.

[polar acorn]

And so they vanish once more like a ghost in the fog

[slender nymph]

they are probably just afraid of having a better solution suggested. they once told me they don't want to describe what they are actually trying to accomplish "because your xy questions always lead to different solution which im not able to execute"

#1202574086115557446 for ML Agents related stuff

[summer stump]

Have you profiled?

[lusty nest]

my bad I didn't know there was a channel for that

[short tusk]

Hey all, just following the tutorial on Junior Programming and all is well except when it came to the step of changing the player controls to make the vehicle I am working on actually turn rather than just slide left and right. I have checked my code and this line provided in the example seems to work for them but does nothing for me. Anything I am missing?
This is the line that seems to do nothing.
transform.Rotate(Vector3.up, Time.deltaTime * turnSpeed * horizontalInput);

[rocky canyon]

whats ur turn speed?

if the code is the same, its probably that ur setup is a bit different than theres

[short tusk]

Was set to 0, tried changing it in the code but maybe need to change in Unity rather?

[rocky canyon]

check inspector values, ur hierarchy, and the components on the objcts

yes, change it in unity inspector

the inspector value overwritse the coded value

[whole parcel]

i have a tilemap of pellet rule tiles. how would i access the gameobject for each pellet in code?

[short tusk]

Yep that did it, it was working but since turn speed was zero it wasnt moving. Thank you thank you!
Quick follow up question though, why does it seem in the tutorial they are hard coding these values? They clearly set turnSpeed = 45.0f but you are right they then change the inspector value as well. Whats the point in coding that value then?

[remote osprey]

Feels like I'm abusing this chat but

When should I do a factory pattern as an interface vs an abstract class?

I have no idea how to predict if I i'll need to use properties in my factories later on

Plus, should I make my factory methods static?

That seems so much easier

Everywhere I look people are saying to do one or the other, it' been very confusing

[rocky canyon]

if u hard code the value it'll be that value in the inspector

once u save it tho... and change it the 2nd time. that value in the inspector wont change on its own

[whole parcel]

what's an invalidcastexception

nvm fixed

[languid spire]

when you try to convert a variable from one type to another and it is not valid

[rocky canyon]

note this doesnt apply to changing it during runtime

if u change the variable in ur code it will change in the inspector (at runtime)

[whole parcel]

right

👍

[iron wing]

hi. im still having a lot of trouble making limited air control for my character controller using the move(); method

[slender nymph]

see #854851968446365696 for what to include when asking for help

[rocky canyon]

its a pretty complicated system for CC.. like i said yesterday.. its gonna take a while to get it working the way u want

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_870 heres my CC, it uses momentum damping for jumping and stuff... It can be something u can look at but I can't be answering questions about it 😄 as its complicated and took 6 months to make

the key is groundMovement + airMovement <-- pass the result of both vectors into the Move() function

and ur calculating them differently.. (airMovment has a slower speed) both are being dampened (trying to get to zero).. soo if u were running and jump and then release the keys.. you still move forward a bit.. until the dampen slows u down enough to stop moving forward (airMovement gets to 0)

[vast sandal]

Is there any Vector3 of an object with the (transform.right, transform.up, transform.forward) axis?

[rocky canyon]

how can 1 vector be 3 different directions?

[slender nymph]

explain what you are trying to accomplish

[vast sandal]

Oh you're right that would be a matrix 😄

[vast sandal]

I wanna move into camera direction.. I could provide you with the code..

[slender nymph]

use transform.TransformDirection to convert your input from local space to world space relative to the transfor you call that method on

[rocky canyon]

Camera.main.transform.forward;

[swift crag]

foo.forward
foo.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward)

these are equivalent!

[vast sandal]

could you elaborate?
Im working with a rigid body component and was trying to use playerRigidBody.linearVelocity = movementVelocity;

[swift crag]

as in, pushing W makes you move forwards and pushing D makes you move right?

figure out what your frame of reference is and use its transform to turn your movement input into a world-space direction

[vast sandal]

exactly.. I got my camera orbitting me in 3rd person..
and I wanna do exactly what you said.