💻┃code-beginner

[remote osprey]

The game session might end but I'm planning on adding a Deck Collection Manager Menu later

[eternal needle]

why the exact same? the example you were shown here is completely different
#💻┃code-beginner message

[remote osprey]

There will be a Data_SO class and a Data Class

The only difference will be that one is not SO

Which is confusing to me

Plus, how do I get the SO data without instantiating it?

[eternal needle]

then name it differently, or really just learn the difference. With the example, its not like you can call the exact same lines of code because you'd be using the SO to get the class data.
This is almost similar to saying "Idk the difference between Vector2 and Vector3 so i dont use either". the difference is clear, especially after you start to use it

[remote osprey]

Really feels like extra needless code

[remote osprey]

But that's not really the case, I'm choosing Vector2 instead of Vector3

Anyway, I dunno

[eternal needle]

a scriptable object is mostly used to just create an asset. You drag and drop this into the slot of scripts, so you immediately just have the SO and the data associated with it that you made at editor time.

[fallen apex]

Uhm i was doing a Texture2D by code, basically reading a text file and using it to generate an image, if i take the image and use EncodeToPNG() then save the bytes into a png image, the image is exactly what i want, but if i use EditorGUI.DrawPreviewTexture the editor just show me a white image.

how can i fix that?

i am doing this on a OnInspectorGUI

[eternal needle]

Really, 2 lines is extra code? You realize the alternative is managing the lifetime of the scriptable object if you want many instances with mutable data. Thats more lines for instantiating, destroying, AND you need to reference the asset anyways so you can instantiate the one you want with pre-existing data. If you arent doing this, then you arent using SO for the purpose of the editor, and then this doesnt need to be a scriptable object at all.

[remote osprey]

Ye, ok, I guess

How do i use them properly tho?

Do i need to instantiate them to copy their data?

How do i do that, etc?

I just want to know the right way to do stuff so I don't make mistakes

[eternal needle]

if the data is a class that you need to modify, then you can create a copy constructor () for that class. If you dont modify it then you could even just not copy it, and just read it directly from the SO

[remote osprey]

Ok, so something like this?

public class ThingSO : ScriptableObject{

int property1;
....

public Thing Instantiate(){
 new Thing( ... \\ copy ThingSOs properties here )
}

Almost like a factory method

[warm condor]

Guys, can someone help me here, no one has answered me? #💻┃code-beginner message

[remote osprey]

Ok 'im googling it

[frosty hound]

Well, for starters, you're setting the PreviousHorizontalPos to be the CurrentHorizontalPoo after you've set the current one to the new value. So they're always going to be the same.

[warm condor]

I don't think I understand, do you mean the order is wrong, do I have to do this?

        CurrentHorizontalPos = transform.position.x;```
Instead of this:
```      CurrentHorizontalPos = transform.position.x;
        PreviousHorizontalPos = CurrentHorizontalPos;```

[frosty hound]

Yes, I mean, just take a second to think about it

You want to cache the previous position of something, so naturally you need to save the position before you assign a new one to it.

[warm condor]

ohh that makes sense, let me try that

ok so I have tried what you have said and it does work, but it also has a problem. When I walk right, there will be a change in the position regardless weather or not I change sides, which means that the if statement will return true.

should I consider the input that the player gives or is there another easier method?

[frosty hound]

Changing it wouldn't fix your actual problem, no, I was just pointing out that it could never be true because the order was wrong.

You can't do things like check floating values using ==, they will never be the same value.

If you want to actually know if the player is changing directions, you should just cache the direction the player is in with a bool for example: isFacingRight. The set that bool based on the horizontal input from the player.

[warm condor]

thats a good idea

[vast sandal]

        //calculate movementDirection from the Camera
        nextMovement = cinemachineCamera.transform.forward * movementDirection.z + cinemachineCamera.transform.right * movementDirection.x;
        nextMovement.y = 0f;
        nextMovement.Normalize();

        //calculate force to achieve desired acceleration
        movementForce = characterMass * movementAcceleration * Time.deltaTime;
        movementVelocity = playerRigidBody.linearVelocity;
        playerRigidBody.AddForce(nextMovement * movementForce, ForceMode.Force);
        if (playerRigidBody.linearVelocity.magnitude >= topSpeed.magnitude)
        {
            playerRigidBody.linearVelocity = movementVelocity;
            Debug.Log("LIMIT HIT! linearVelocity = " + playerRigidBody.linearVelocity);
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("linearVelocity = " + playerRigidBody.linearVelocity);
        }

I'm stuck on this and was reading thru the search.. how would I go about this to implement said speed limit? ^^'

[chilly raptor]

Question:

For a 2D game, like a puzzle game, how should you set up the Main Camera (Perspective/Orthographic)? How about the Canvas? (Screen Space - Overlay/Screen Space - Camera/World Space)? Basically, I want the camera to be looking right at the play field.. my issue is that when ever I try placing game objects onto the play field, I can't use pixel coordinates. For example, my play field is 1080x1920 (portrait), I want to be able to put gameobjects randomly at -540/540 and -960/960, but I can't, as those coordinates are too big. I'm assuming it's worldspace. Obviously Unity is using positions like -5 through 5, lol, yes yes i'm all confused. But how should I set up my project so that I can use the actual camera size (1080x1920) ? Do I even make sense? Sorry...

[summer stump]

Every answer starts with "it depends"
But generally for 2d, the camera is orthographic. A canvas for ui could be screenspace-overlay kr camera.
The gameobjects would likely be placed in worldspace btw. The camera has methods for converting, like ScreenSpaceToWorld

Lastly, this is not really a code question. Better for #💻┃unity-talk

[chilly raptor]

Sorry, and thank you.

[summer stump]

It's all good.

[elder osprey]

What's the least expensive way to create a dropdown in the inspector? Using a separate class inside the same script, or using a struct?

Sorry, misclicked

[slender nymph]

neither of those options is really expensive. but you could create a custom inspector or use an asset like NaughtyAttributes that has a Foldout attribute

[brave robin]

Both are about the same if you just need a grouping of fields

[zenith cypress]

How are you determining a dropdown's "expensiveness" anyway

[elder osprey]

I was about to delete the question a second ago, because I thought about it for a second and realized it wouldnt be expensive either way.

[elder osprey]

Thank you, I will look into those

[warm condor]

So, I have been working on this for a while, and it has not really working for me. The thing is, I already have a variable that determines when the player's direction is at with an integer value (where the value 1 is facing right, and the value -1 facing left). I am using this to my advantage, but the problem is the program does not always detect the side switch, which is weird. Here is my code for more clarification:

  void Update(){
        PreviousMovementDirection = CurrentMovementDirection;
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)) CurrentMovementDirection = -1;
        else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D)) CurrentMovementDirection = 1; 
  }
  private void EnabledSideSwitch(){
        if(PreviousHorizontalPos != CurrentHorizontalPos) hasSwitchedSides = true;
        else hasSwitchedSides = false;
    }

[rich adder]

this is pretty much what I said you shouldn't do

[quiet willow]

one thing that could be happening is that there are some special cases where you have both A and D pressed, in which -1 would always be returned since the A check is first in your if else check. So depending on how you run the movement logic there could be a mismatch between your movement logic and your switch logic

idk if GetKeyDown might be what you're looking for but its worth paying attention to that edge case, whether that's the only issue you have or not is hard to know with the current context

[rocky canyon]

        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) && Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
        {
            CurrentMovementDirection = 0;
        }
        else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A))
        {
            CurrentMovementDirection = -1;
        }
        else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
        {
            CurrentMovementDirection = 1;
        }```

[south flower]

Have you found a fix for the CodeAnalysis error?

[remote osprey]

Now that I stopped using scriptable objects my code logic broke :/

I used to be able to create scriptable objects and put them in another Event scriptable object with its own custom attributes and everything

Then I'd use that scriptable object to execute Events throughout the code

But people told me to stop using SOs for storing mutable data, so I did and now I have no way of passing my events from the inspector into the code

I just have no idae how to pass a object with it's own identity and attributes to the inspector, which gets converted to a generic Event abstract object, and then get that information that was lost back

wait, maybe that doesn't matter(!??)

Or maybe it does, how do i convert a SO to a non SO anyway?

they don't even share the same superclass!

any help would be extremely appreciated

[remote osprey]

@eternal needle any help?

[teal viper]

Might want to share more details and code in a thread, as it is not exactly clear what you're trying to do.

[remote osprey]

So I want to create custom Card Objects from a set of other objects and values. I want cards to have composable effects that are executed during specific Events (See the lists of effects in the inspector, e.g. "On Play From Hand Card Effects"). These effects are themselves Events.

I want to have a way to convert each of these events to a non scriptable object Event.

public class BeginTurnEvent : GameEvent
{
    public override IEnumerator ExecuteCoroutine()
    {
        GameManager.Instance.ChangePlayerTurn();
        GameManager.Instance.BeginTurn();
        yield return null;
    }

    public override IEnumerator UndoCoroutine()
    {
        throw new System.NotImplementedException();
    }
}

This is an example of an Event

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "Card Draw Event", menuName = "Game Events/Card Draw Event")]
public class CardDrawEventSO : GameEventSO
{
    public int numberOfCardDraws;

}

This is an example of a SO Event

This is the code to the Card Data SO:

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "NewCard", menuName = "Card Database/New Card")]
public class CardDataSO : ScriptableObject
{
    public string cardName;
    public CARD_TYPE type;
    public int cost;
    public int power;
    public int health;
    public string description;
    public Sprite sprite;
    public List<GameEventSO> OnPlayFromHandCardEffects;
    public List<GameEventSO> BeginTurnCardEffects;
    public List<GameEventSO> EndTurnCardEffects;
    public List<GameEventSO> CardDrawEffects; // When this is drawn
    public List<GameEventSO> CardDrawEventEffects; // When any card is drawn
    public List<GameEventSO> SpellCardPlayEffects; // When any spell is played
    public List<GameEventSO> SummonCardPlayEvent; // When any summon is played
}

As you can see, the Effects lists are Lists of GameEventSOs

Converting between the two is impossible because the implementation details of CardDrawEventSO get lost in GameEventSO.

[ruby python]

Okay, weirdest issue I've ever had with Unity. Last night before I went to bed my current project was working great, 300-400fps, pc was left on overnight (as it usually is), came to it this morning, nothing changed, simply ran the project, all of a sudden I'm getting 20fps. Reset my machine (full shutdown), and still getting 20fps.

Profiler is no help as literally everything is maxed out. Would anyone have any ideas as to what's going on please? (I know it's a difficult thing without any specifics, but I don't have any, just wondering if anyone had experienced anything similar before. :-/)

[teal viper]

wdym by "no help as everything is maxed out"??

[ruby python]

1 sec

[teal viper]

profiler is the ultimate source of truth for any performance issues.

If you can't solve it with the profiler, you can't solve it at all.

[ruby python]

tbh, the thing that's baffling the crap out of me is that between last night when I was getting 300-400fps and this morning, literally nothing has changed (as I was asleep lol)

[teal viper]

You'll need to learn to use the profiler.
Use the hierarchy mode to sort by CPU time and see what's coming up at the top.

[ruby python]

Hmm. Can't find any documentation about hierarchy mode or how to get to it. lol.

[teal viper]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ProfilerCPU.html#hierarchy

[ruby python]

Wow, I need to wake up properly, was staring right at it. lol.

Anyway. Looks like it's my players FixedUpdate that's causing the issue. Just weird that it wasn't an issue last night.

[teal viper]

Looks like the fixed update is called a hella lot of times per frame.

I'd check the Time settings in the project

Specifically the fixed timestep

Is it the same value for you?

[ruby python]

I did change that because my collisions were 'missing'. I can dial it back, but still really confused as to why it was fine before I went to sleep. lol.

[teal viper]

What value did you change it to?

[ruby python]

Okay that seems to have sorted it out (changed it back to default). Very weirdness imo. lol. (I understand that the timestep value would affect the performance, just odd that it wasn't last night.)

[teal viper]

Yeah, I don't know why it didn't affect it last night. Not enough info.

[ruby python]

Yeah, that's all the info I've got though. Ran it last night, was fine, went to bed, woke up, ran it, it shat itself. lol.

[teal viper]

Fixed update also has a tendency to snowball. So perhaps it just didn't meet the snowballing condition yesterday.

[ruby python]

Aah okay. Yeah maybe. Ah well, tis sorted now, will just have to dial the timestep setting in later to get the balance.

Thank you for the help 🙂

[teal viper]

I'd recommend not touching that setting at all.

Missing collisions usually have a better solution.

[ruby python]

Okeydoke. I'd seen a lot of posts online about missing collisions and adjusting that setting was always the 'go to' solution.

[teal viper]

Nah, internet is full of awful recommendations. That's one of them.

[ruby python]

lol. Fair play.

[errant pilot]

Guys how can i let my game look the same and have the same quality on different mobile sizes and resolutions

[solar canyon]

I want to create a variable for forward, backward, left, right movementkey. But it gives the error. 1. It says backward, left, right movementkey is not valid in this context. 2. = and ; invalid token. 3. A,S,W,D does not exist in this current context. What did I do wrong?

//
 public enum forwardMovementKey = KeyCode.W;

 public enum backwardMovementKey = KeyCode.S;
 public enum leftMovementKey = KeyCode.A;
 public enum rightMovementKey = KeyCode.D;
 */
 //Movement 
 public float movementSpeed = 5.0f;
 private Vector3 movementDirection;
 


 // Update is called once per frame

 void Update(){
    movement();
 }
 void movement(){
     if (Input.GetKey(forwardMovementKey)) {
         movementDirection += transform.forward;
     }       
     if (Input.GetKey(backwardMovementKey)){
         movementDirection -= transform.forward;
     }
     if (Input.GetKey(leftMovementKey)){
         movementDirection -= transform.right;
     }
     if (Input.GetKey(rightMovementKey)) {
         movementDirection += transform.right;
     }

[willow scroll]

Well, because of the pixels, it's impossible for them to look exactly the same, but you'll have to e.g. work on your Canvas

[keen dew]

The type of variables that hold enum values is the enum type, not enum. So public KeyCode forwardMovementKey = KeyCode.W; and so on

[errant pilot]

It's just the quality idw it to deteriorate cause on my PC it's fine on my phone it looks straight out of a 2000 movie

[languid spire]

that is not how you define Enums

public enum Direction { Forward, Backward, Left, Right }

[teal viper]

Sounds like different quality settings for different platforms.

Not really a coding question btw.
Check the project settings - quality

[willow scroll]

enum is just a type, so it's the same as creating an integer or string like this:

public struct myInt = 10;
public class myString = "string";

[solar canyon]

Ohhh Thank y'all for helping

[willow scroll]

Well, it realy shouldn't happen..

[vast sandal]

Yeah that’s what I came up with (additionally it doesn’t work) than I saw your statement and was like “eh dang how should I do it?”
With .clamp? 🤔

[shut ivy]

hey, can any experienced unity coder help me in a project i am stuck in. iam getting way too many errors and i dont know how to fix it. pref 18+ and dc vc

[teal viper]

You're not gonna get private tutoring here. You should ask your question and provide context on the issue and if someone can and is willing to help you, they will.

[shut ivy]

alr mb

[teal viper]

If it's a lot of info, you should create a thread.

[burnt vapor]

???? You mistyped int for struct and string for class?

[willow scroll]

See the [original question](#💻┃code-beginner message) for the reference

[burnt vapor]

I just don't understand how your code applies as an answer because it's neither valid nor what you mentioned in the message

I think you mean this

public int myInt = 10;
public string myString = "string";

Either way I suppose it's not actually part of the problem so carry on

Just though I'd point it out to avoid confusion

[willow scroll]

enum is just a type, so it's the same as creating an integer or string like this:

They used enum as the variable's type instead of its name KeyCode, so I said it's the same as using struct for int and class for string. All are not valid in this context.

[burnt vapor]

I see, this was merely a comparison on what is not the correct way

Then I get it

[willow scroll]

Yes, I thought they could understand it better this way

[shut ivy]

does someone know how to fix this issue:

NotConfiguredClientException: Unity VCS client is not correctly configured for the current user: Client config file C:\Users\Yousef\AppData\Local\plastic4\client.conf not found. Please execute 'cm configure' to perform a text mode configuration or 'plastic --configure' for graphical mode.

[languid spire]

Read the message. It's telling you how to fix it

[shut ivy]

yh but where do i need to execute it

[wet aurora]

I am making an active Ragdoll and am trying to get it to mimic an animation from another, still model which does the animation. For some reason however, the active ragdolls legs just lift up and shake, is there anything wrong with my code or is it another issue?

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

public class CopyMotion : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform targetLimb;
    public bool mirror;
    ConfigurableJoint cj;
    void Start()
    {
        cj = GetComponent<ConfigurableJoint>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
     {
         if (!mirror)
        {
            cj.targetRotation = targetLimb.rotation;
        }
        else
        {
            cj.targetRotation = Quaternion.Inverse(targetLimb.rotation);
        }
     }
}

[languid spire]

At a guess, the default pivot directions of cj and targetLimb do not match

[stuck palm]

private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (!started) {return;}
        foreach (ReplayPlayer rep in _replay._replayPlayers)
        {
            rep._buttonRecording.Add(rep.inputController.buttonList);
            rep.moveRecords.Add(rep.inputController.moveList);
            print("Added " + PrintList(rep.inputController.buttonList) + "to buttonlist");
            print("Added " + PrintList(rep.inputController.moveList) + "to movelist");
            rep.frameLength++;
            rep.lastMove = rep.inputController.moveList;
            rep.lastButton = rep.inputController.buttonList;
        }
    }

I'm getting proper console logs, but when I actually go to check the Json, it doesnt actually add them to the list. why is this?

I'm trying to add lists of inputs to a a List each frame

[keen dew]

What JSON? Nothing in this code has anything related to JSON

[stuck palm]

at the end of a game, it saves _replay to a json.

public struct Replay
{
    public List<ReplayPlayer> _replayPlayers;
    public LevelEnum level;
}

[keen dew]

That's where the problem is then I guess

[vast sandal]

    private void MovePlayer()
    {
        //calculate movementDirection from the Camera
        nextMovement = cinemachineCamera.transform.forward * movementDirection.z + cinemachineCamera.transform.right * movementDirection.x;
        nextMovement.y = 0f;
        nextMovement.Normalize();

        //calculate force to achieve desired acceleration
        movementForce = characterMass * movementAcceleration * Time.deltaTime;
        movementVelocity = playerRigidBody.linearVelocity;
        playerRigidBody.AddForce(nextMovement * movementForce, ForceMode.Force);

    private void CheckMaxSpeed()
    {
        if (playerRigidBody.linearVelocity.magnitude > topSpeed.magnitude)
        {
            playerRigidBody.linearVelocity = Vector3.ClampMagnitude(playerRigidBody.linearVelocity, topSpeed.x);
        }
    }

I use this to limit my player to topSpeed, but it doesn't work very well.. how do people usually do this?
I heared setting rb.velocity = topSpeed is a bad idea but what other way is there?

[raven token]

You can just not add force when over the speed limit

[vast sandal]

Tried that, but than i can decelerate/turn either

[stuck palm]

lists of lists are apparently not serialisable

but is there a way for me to see if a reference exists at least

[raven token]

Is there a reason that your speed is above the top speed? Because if you are on flat ground for example, if you dont add force you decelerate due to drag and forces should be added again

[vast sandal]

Disabled gravity for testing as I want it to work in no grav thus my player doesn't experience any "world deceleration"

I know I could just add a tiny bit, but thats not what I'm looking for

[raven token]

You could apply a sort of drag force when above the max speed to limit the velocity

[vast sandal]

Thats also just a workaround.. there must be some "clean" way I assume..

[stuck palm]

JsonConvert doesnt seem to be deserialising my list of lists properly.

its serialising it just fine

but when it comes to deserialisation it seems to fail

nvm, it turns out i was using JsonUtility to deserialise

[cosmic dagger]

!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

[solar canyon]

This is my code right now. When I hold WASD it moves the object in unity but when I stop holding/pressing it. The object keeps moving but it has to stop. How do I create that?

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

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour {  
        //Movement controlls
    
    public KeyCode forwardMovementKey = KeyCode.W;
    public KeyCode backwardMovementKey = KeyCode.S;
    public KeyCode leftMovementKey = KeyCode.A;
    public KeyCode rightMovementKey = KeyCode.D;
    
    //Movement 
    public float movementSpeed = 5.0f;
    private Vector3 movementDirection;
    

   
    // Update is called once per frame

    void Update(){
       Movement();
    }
    void Movement(){
        if (Input.GetKey(forwardMovementKey)) {
            movementDirection += transform.forward;
        }       
        if (Input.GetKey(backwardMovementKey)){
            movementDirection -= transform.forward;
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(leftMovementKey)){
            movementDirection -= transform.right;
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(rightMovementKey)) {
            movementDirection += transform.right;
        }
      
       // if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)) {
      //      jump += transform.up;
       // }

        // Prevent diagonal movement being faster (optional)
        if (movementDirection.magnitude > 1.0f){
            movementDirection.Normalize();
        }

        // Apply movement
        transform.Translate(movementDirection * Time.deltaTime * movementSpeed);
    }
}

[swift crag]

movementDirection should not be a field.

I guess it can be one, but you'd better zero it out each frame (:

[polar parrot]

Someone know this problem?

[naive pawn]

didn't i answer that like, last night

[polar parrot]

yes bro, i saw your message but i can't fix it

[naive pawn]

and don't crosspost please

[cosmic dagger]

you need to specify which namespace you are using DecalProjector from . . .

[naive pawn]

ok, so say it. don't just ignore the messages and ask the same thing again

#💻┃unity-talk message

you're mixing stuff up, according to that other message

[polar parrot]

sorry

[polar parrot]

where can i do it?

[naive pawn]

see the message i linked

your using directives

[warm condor]

The problem with using this when detecting a side switch is that I am using CurrentMovementDirection for movement by multiplying it to the RidgidBody2D.velocity. So setting the CurrentMovementDirection to 0 is not going to work. I have also tried GetKeyDown, and it has worked better for me but it still has issues. I think I need to provide more context so ill just show you a video and my whole code:
Code: https://gdl.space/ocawakovib.cs

[scarlet shuttle]

im trying to spawn a object infront of the editor camera with a editor script but it ends up nowhere near the camera
Vector3 spawnPosition = SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.camera.transform.position + SceneView.lastActiveSceneView.camera.transform.forward * 5f;

[solar canyon]

If it shouldn't be one. How should I replace/change?

[swift crag]

Just make it a local variable

You don't need to remember its values from frame to frame

The problem is that you're just adding to it when the key is held down

If no keys are pressed, you don't change the value from last frame at all

thus, you keep moving

[faint valley]

Using the built-in character controller for the first time and I have some issues

It seems like the character can land on slopes that should be too steep for the slope limit

They will be considered grounded, they just can’t move up the slope

[swift crag]

"Grounded" just means that you hit something below you

If you need more information than that, you'll need to do some extra querying

for example, you could raycast downwards and measure the angle of the slope you find

[faint valley]

But you can’t use that to affect the results of the actual Move or MoveSimple call?

[stuck palm]

@swift crag i think i solved the replay system 😄 sending a vid in a second

[faint valley]

I’ve avoided the character controller because it seemed very limited, and I guess it’s true

I’ve had to make a workaround with raycasts to even make it step down stairs/slopes

[quiet willow]

you could simply use another variable for the switch and have that be 0 if both are pressed as the other user suggested

[faint valley]

Also, OnControllerColliderHit doesn’t get called and doesn’t seem to be recognized as a built-in method

[swift crag]

The CharacterController's job is to move in a way that respects colliders.

You're expected to provide the movement logic on your own

[stuck palm]

@swift crag check it out 😎

[swift crag]

One useful way to check your work: figure out a "hash function" for the entire game state

you can then check if you desync

[faint valley]

Well, that’s the plan, but it doesn’t expose much of the inner workings

[stuck palm]

i was thinking something like making a struct for all the player inputs that get sent out every frame instead of having each of those seperately.

protected virtual void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (!player) {return;}
        player.currentButtonState = buttonList.Count > 0 ? buttonList[0] : ButtonState.None;
        player.currentMoveState = moveList.Count > 0 ? moveList[0] : MoveState.None;
        player.LTPressed = LTPressed;
        player.RTPressed = RTPressed;
    }

this is how i do it right now

[swift crag]

Yeah, that's the rough idea.

[stuck palm]

maybe i'd make 1 struct with the two lists, LT and RT pressed and stuff

[swift crag]

I'm working on a turn-based multiplayer game on the side

I transmit player actions to a router

The router bounces your own actions right back to you, and it tells you about other players' actions when it receives them

[stuck palm]

the only problem im thinking is that midway through a multiplayer game if theres any desync idk how i'd fix that

[swift crag]

explode

you can also pause the game and have one player transmit their game state to everyone else

[stuck palm]

what, like character positions or whatever?

wrong reply

because right now the only thing im actually sending out probably would be inputs, im not storing the positions of players or anything just yet

[swift crag]

The actual game state, yeah

You'd be re-synchronizing everyone

[paper snow]

how would i make a procedural camera shake based of off players movement

[naive pawn]

in first person?

[paper snow]

yes something like a realistic horror game

[naive pawn]

sounds like "view bobbing", have you tried googling that

[paper snow]

ive tried googling everything it does not say anything about using procedural animation

its usually based of off already made keyframes

[swift crag]

and what does "procedural animation" entail here, exactly?

[paper snow]

my fault not procedural animation i just need something that moves the camera based of off player movement

[swift crag]

you can use the current velocity of your character to control the strength of Cinemachine noise

[carmine sierra]

why is vector3.forward called that if it doesnt know which way forward is for the object

[naive pawn]

it's what unity knows is forward, not what the human thinks is forward

[swift crag]

It doesn't know what way is forward for a specific object!

Vector3.forward is [0, 0, 1]

This is "forward" in world-space

It's also "forward" in a Transform's own local-space.

Vector3 one = transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward);
Vector3 two = transform.forward;

Both lines produce the same result

a world-space direction in the direction the transform is facing

Vector3 one = Vector3.forward;
Vector3 two = transform.InverseTransformDirection(transform.forward);

These also produce the same result.

a local-space direction in which the transform is facing

which is, by definition, a constant

from your point of view, your forward direction is a constant

from the world's point of view, your forward direction is constantly changing as you rotate

[carmine sierra]

so why are there two options for it

[swift crag]

Because they're two ways of calculating the same thing.

well, I shouldn't say that

They're literally the same thing

When you ask for transform.forward, Unity computes transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward)

[carmine sierra]

do they have use cases where they differ

is what i mean

yh mb i see

[swift crag]

It converts a local-space "forward" (which is a constant) into a world-space "forward" (which depends on your rotation)

[carmine sierra]

cause transformdirection can do more things

[swift crag]

Your local space doesn't change as you move, rotate, and scale.

But the conversion from local space to world space does change

You can see this by parenting an object to another object and then moving/rotating/scaling the parent

The child's inspector shows that its local position, rotation, and scale never change

[carmine sierra]

yeah whats the point of local spaace

[late burrow]

is try expensive even when not erroring

[carmine sierra]

it seems to mess things up for no reason

[hoary ice]

how do i control again the camera in scene tab using wasd?

[swift crag]

have you ever parented an object to another object?

[carmine sierra]

yh

[swift crag]

if so, you're specifying the child's position, rotation, and scale in its parent's local space

[carmine sierra]

and then the 0,0,0 vector is no longer 0,0,0

[swift crag]

When you move your arm, you expect the sword you're holding to move with it

and if you rotate your arm, the sword should rotate, too

[carmine sierra]

ohh okay, i understand

[swift crag]

But the sword shouldn't fly out of your hand or start spinning randomly in it

From your hand's point of view, the sword is staying perfectly still

[carmine sierra]

yeah exactly so if the sword wasnt parented and you used the same vector that would usually work

it would end up swinging in the middle of nowhere

[swift crag]

If the sword's local position is [0,0,0], its local rotation is [0,0,0], and its local scale is [1,1,1]

then you could just copy the parent's position/rotation/scale to the child's

But this is often not the case. You need to align the sword just right with the hand

and you probably need to rotate it a bit, too

So you adjust its local position and rotation

Now, no matter how the parent's position and rotation change, the sword will stay in the right spot

[carmine sierra]

for what reason?

[polar acorn]

Yes

[stuck palm]

Interesting, I was planning on doing hosted lobbies, so I guess the host would be the point of reference for everyone to synchronize to. Maybe the host would have a store of all the positions somehow? My main issue when I first started trying multiplayer lobbies was that I found it hard to make something that was for the host only and stuff

[carmine sierra]

the parents position is in world space right

[naive pawn]

only the top level parent

[swift crag]

In that case, the server can be the arbitrator

[carmine sierra]

yh

[swift crag]

The position in the inspector is, yes

Having no parent is like being parented to a transform with default position, rotation, and scale

[carmine sierra]

so what did you mean by making the childs local spaace the same as the parents

i mean position

[naive pawn]

it's relative to the parents'

[swift crag]

If your local position is [0,0,0], then your position will be your parent's position.

[carmine sierra]

oh right

[swift crag]

If it isn't, then you'll be offset from your parent's position

How much you are and in what direction you are depends on your parent's rotation and scale.

[naive pawn]

like if you have a hand holding a sword, the sword stays at [0, 0, 0], relative to the hand, so the hand can move and rotate with the sword in the same spot relative to the hand

[late burrow]

how people tend to use single int to store multiple bools in it

[swift crag]

https://unity.huh.how/bitmasks#bitmasks-and-layermasks

[naive pawn]

everything in a computer is in binary
a boolean theoretically takes up 1 bit
an integer has a lot of bits

[late burrow]

i know bitmask stuff but they quite annoying to work with

what about enums?

thought they purpose is for this

[naive pawn]

enums are just numbers with names

[stuck palm]

Sorry Idk if I got the terminology right but I mean like the guy hosting would be the deciding factor, like peer to peer hosting

[naive pawn]

enums can be used to give bitfields or layers names, but they aren't equivalent

[cosmic dagger]

enums are named integers . . .

[late burrow]

so couldnt i bind name to multiple numbers?

[swift crag]

in that case, whoever is the "host" would be the arbitrator

[naive pawn]

yes, but remember, an entire bitfield is a single number

[late burrow]

for example 1 and 3 would both use first number

[naive pawn]

i have no idea what you mean by that

[late burrow]

cant enum retrieve like this?

[swift crag]

I cannot understand what you are talking about.

[naive pawn]

do you mean the first (rightmost) bit?

[polar acorn]

You can use an enum and assign each value a power of 2, then use bitwise operators to check for individual values

[burnt vapor]

You can use enums like bitflags. Make sure to put the Flags attribute above the enum and set each enum field to a proper value.

[late burrow]

some boolean info stored in first digit couldnt i retrieve same data whether its 1 or 3 or 7

[naive pawn]

yes

[polar acorn]

Yes that's how bits work

[burnt vapor]

@late burrow This is what you want https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8447/what-does-the-flags-enum-attribute-mean-in-c

Works the same as manually navigating bits, but be aware this is less performant than doing it yourself.

Here's an easy way to write it, for example.

[Flags]
public enum Weekday
{
  None = 0,
  Sunday = 1 << 0,
  Monday = 1 << 1,
  Tuesday = 1 << 2,
  Wedday = 1 << 3,
  ThursDay = 1 << 4,
  Friday = 1 << 5,
  Saturday = 1 << 6,
}

When you do this, your value will have a HasFlag method that you can compare against

[late burrow]

and then how i overwrite it adding value to it

[burnt vapor]

What do you mean "overwrite"?

[naive pawn]

you would not

[burnt vapor]

Just add values to the enum the same way as is specified

[late burrow]

it has 1 now i want add 2

but if it would be 3 adding 2 should be not possible

[naive pawn]

what do you mean by either of those

i have no idea what you mean

[burnt vapor]

You will still need to bitshift for this

Perhaps you should consider writing some basic methods that do this, bitshifting is not hard

[naive pawn]

or just bitwise OR, it sounds like you're thinking of?

[burnt vapor]

So if you want to add a flag to an existing bunch of flags, you can just call the method

[naive pawn]

or just, mask | newflag

you really don't need a method for that

[burnt vapor]

public static class FlagExtensions
    {
        public static Weekday AddDay(this Weekday me, Weekday toAdd)
        {
             return me | toAdd;
        }
    }

@late burrow, adding a flag for example

There are examples online

[swift crag]

If you want to forbid adding Monday if you already have Sunday | Tuesday, then you need to write a method.

[burnt vapor]

Generally I would use method anyway to add restrictions, as Fen specified

[late burrow]

not forbid just bool setting without erasing data

[burnt vapor]

So adding a flag? I don't know what else you would mean

[swift crag]

You are not adding 1 + 2 = 3

[late burrow]

yes its 11

[swift crag]

Read this page.

[naive pawn]

anuked you need to figure out how to express yourself more clearly, i really have no idea what exactly you're referring to

are you referrring to the layer order or the bits or what

[late burrow]

i think that answers what i wanted

[burnt vapor]

Right

[late burrow]

will need to test still

[naive pawn]

you really don't need it

they're just numbers you're trying as a list of booleans

[late burrow]

just the | thing really

[naive pawn]

you can just use the bitwise or directly

there's 7 bitwise ops, it's not that complicated

[burnt vapor]

This page has a bit of code you can try: https://medium.com/@victorakwara83/bitwise-operators-in-c-and-how-they-are-used-a499cd89d194

I suggest you just try it yourself and find out how it works

For example, this is how you would remove a flag again, using a method:

public static class FlagExtensions
    {
        public static Weekday AddDay(this Weekday me, Weekday toAdd)
        {
             return me & ~toAdd;
        }
    }

[stuck palm]

What is the purpose of bitmasks and stuff like that

[naive pawn]

operating with bitfields

bitfield & bitmask filters for the fields in the mask

bitfield ^ bitmask toggles the fields in the mask

etc

[carmine sierra]

public variables are only accesible in the class its made in?

not through other classes right

[burnt vapor]

For example, you have a set of options that influence your game (infinite ammo, god mode). You can specify a value on this and configure a general flag setting that specifies what options are enables or not, instead of having a separate setting for each

[naive pawn]

no, that's private

[burnt vapor]

No, private

[naive pawn]

public is available to everything

private is the default as well, so if you don't have access modifiers it's private

[carmine sierra]

but if you have a variable called health that's public, you cant just write health = 100 in another class

[naive pawn]

right, because that's out of scope

you would have to reference that class

[carmine sierra]

so you could have two public health variables, the public just means you can make references to it from other classes?

[naive pawn]

class A {
  public int x = 0;
}

class B {
  void incAX(A a) {
    a.x++;
  }
}

[burnt vapor]

Also, in networking bitwise operations are used a lot to pack data into packets. For example, using a single integer (32 bit number) I can reference 32 players based on a single true-false value.

[naive pawn]

yes

[burnt vapor]

It's a lot better than writing 32 packets, for example

[naive pawn]

you're confusing "access levels" and "scoping", try looking those up for more info

[carmine sierra]

yeah, thought they were the same

[late burrow]

though i think it should work for bare ints too?

[burnt vapor]

What?

[naive pawn]

it does

[late burrow]

if i 5 | 2 it will be 7

[naive pawn]

yes

[late burrow]

but 7 | 2 it will still be 7

[naive pawn]

yes

that's how bitwise works

[burnt vapor]

This is not related to integers

[late burrow]

cool i dont need enum then

[naive pawn]

i told you that since the start

[late burrow]

i didnt liked idea of using >>

[naive pawn]

why?

[late burrow]

it was really bad when i was making layermasks like that

[burnt vapor]

Bitwise operations are on the binary level, so it is not related to integers. You can do it on floats and strings to.

[naive pawn]

it's much better than writing down powers of 2 as magic numbers

[burnt vapor]

It just makes the most sense on numbers integers

[naive pawn]

you can't semantically

[burnt vapor]

Point is that it's not related to integers

[naive pawn]

floats and strings have specific meanings in their binary arrangement, some arrangements are invalid

integers are just... integers in a different base, nothing fancy

[burnt vapor]

That's why it makes most sense on integers

[stuck palm]

Ah like one bit is one Boolean kinda? So 0 is false and 1 is true?

[naive pawn]

yes, that's what booleans are

[burnt vapor]

Still, it's not even that weird to do it on float values. Rounding, for example, is done by bitshifting

[burnt vapor]

Yep

That's how it works

[naive pawn]

not on the entire value though

[burnt vapor]

In my game I synchronize a state on 64 players using a single long (which is 64 bits) by cramping it full of booleans

[naive pawn]

also of course the legendary fast invsqrt

[burnt vapor]

BTW, a boolean is actually 4 bits because it's a byte

[stuck palm]

Interesting, what are you storing?

[burnt vapor]

So it takes some extra work

[naive pawn]

8 bits

[burnt vapor]

In this case it is a zombie game and I need to inform clients of the state when somebody gets infected or cured for example

[naive pawn]

4 bits is a nybble

[burnt vapor]

It's not actually Unity but same rules apply

1 sec

[naive pawn]

also technically 32 bits or 64 bits with modern architectures, though im sure that's optimized

[stuck palm]

Cool! I plan on adding online multiplayer to my fighting game, I suppose I could send inputs via a bitmask somehow

[burnt vapor]

https://gdl.space/kohacutele.cpp SyncSpecies synchronizes to the client, "SyncSpecies_Client" is called clientside to unpack the incoming data and ClientSyncSpecies does the actual work

It's a bit weird because this is a 20-ish year old language, and we only have 32 bit integers

But the important bit is line 31 and 91 where the conversions happen

[naive pawn]

what, c++? it's had 64 bit integers since forever

[burnt vapor]

This is not C++, the site merely assumes it is C++

[stuck palm]

Looks tough to deal with

[naive pawn]

oh, i see the script thing, yeah
what is that language?

(man i forget how that site does that...)

[burnt vapor]

You get used to it, and it's pretty easy to deal with once you know the limitations

[stuck palm]

What network library are you working with?

[burnt vapor]

None, this is the Zandronum engine

The language is ACS, updated with networking abilities. Looks like that technically makes the language 29 years old, although Zandronum exists since 2012

[naive pawn]

(meanwhile me using unsigned char[3] to get 48-bit integers...)

[stuck palm]

Oh right, I thought you were showing me a unity project lmao

[stuck palm]

Why would you need that?

[burnt vapor]

Also, luckily there is now a compiler that supports structs, namespaces and other features that just make it a ton easier to work with. Before that there wasn't even a good way to write objects 🥹

If it didn't exist I would have definitely not done this

[naive pawn]

optimizing memory for competitive programming

[stuck palm]

Something I've realised is that despite going above what my university asks for me I really don't know that much about programming lmao

My code is horribly written probably

[stuck palm]

I guess you can't store complicated information like vector3s in a bitmask or something though can you

[burnt vapor]

Sure you can, just write three integers/floats

[naive pawn]

a vector3 is just a float[3] with some properties attached

[swift crag]

it just wouldn't be a bitmask

but that's fine

[naive pawn]

it wouldn't be a bitmask, since you can't really condense it

[swift crag]

you use a bitmask to efficiently pack booleans

otherwise, you just send the data directly

You can pack button inputs into an int, then add controller inputs as floats

You could also convert the input into a byte or something

you probably don't need 4 billion possible X and Y input values

[naive pawn]

bitfields are based on bits
if your data isn't based on yes/no questions, then it isn't a bitfield

discord uses a bitfield for their permissions system, for example

bitfields are just about storing/sending data concisely

true has 1 bit of information but takes 40 bits to transmit or store

1 hexadecimal digit has 4 bits, takes 8

1 base64 digit has 6 bits, also takes 8

[stuck palm]

Isn't decimal bigger than long as well?

[swift crag]

it's 16 bytes, I want to say

[naive pawn]

yes, but it's not a pure binary format

decimal, as the name implies, supports decimals, and it's arbitrary precision

it's more akin to a bigger double than a bigger long

[stuck palm]

What's arbitrary precision?

[swift crag]

no, C#'s decimal is just a 16 byte number

It says it's floating-point, but it also says that it can exactly represent numbers like 0.1 and 0.01

ah, it's just a decimal floating-point number, rather than a binary floating-point number

[naive pawn]

yeah it's just not IEEE 754 float

[stuck palm]

I clearly need to read up on some things

[swift crag]

"arbitrary precision" numbers are variable-size

[naive pawn]

"however much precision you need"

[swift crag]

you can have "BigInteger" types for cryptography and counting very very high

or arbitrary-precision rational numbers

which can represent 1/7 more accurately than floating point ever could

[naive pawn]

which often has practical limitations still, but much higher than fixed-width types like double or long
but i guess Decimal isn't arbitrary precision, im just conflating it with other stuff

[swift crag]

there are things like "BigDecimal" in other languages

might have been thinking of that

[naive pawn]

yeah, java, definitely coming from that

[naive pawn]

base7 floating point when 😔

typical floating points are like scientific notation, a mantissa and an exponent

IEEE 754 floats (float, double) are in base2, using the bits directly, while Decimal is base10

float supports ~6 digits of decimal precision and double supports ~17

[rich adder]

clamp the speed you pass to the rigidbody dont clamp the whole rigidbody velocity
I'll show you an example when I get home in a few

[vast sandal]

Tyvm, ill see if I can make it work, an example would be much appreciated 🙂

[vast sandal]

Side note:
Is there any way to get the world axis vector?

[willow scroll]

Clamp the speed you pass to the Rigidbody

// An example with only x axis being assigned
_rigidbody.velocity = new(Mathf.Clamp(newVelocity, velocityMin, velocityMax),
    _rigidbody.velocity.y, _rigidbody.velocity.z);

[willow scroll]

Surely, you have to convert it

What's your current space?

[mystic lake]

how do i majke it so something happens when i press a sertain button? atm i have this but it doesn't work

[willow scroll]

Use KeyCode enum and specify the number after Alpha.

if (Input.GetButtonDown(KeyCode.Alpha1))

Also make sure you use a proper Unity Message, which is Update, not update. It's case-sensitive.

[vast sandal]

I wanna calculate this:

            playerRotationPreCameraRotation = Vector3.SignedAngle([worldspace.forward], playerRigidBody.transform.forward, playerRigidBody.transform.up);```

[willow scroll]

Additionally, it seems like Visual Studio. Input should have another color. Configure your !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

[vast sandal]

tyvm, i'll look into that once I got this world axis problem done 🙂

[mystic lake]

ty but it gives me this error

[willow scroll]

What's [worldspace.forward]?

[willow scroll]

You'll have you show your code

[rich adder]

Buttons don't have KeyCode

also !ide @mystic lake

[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

[vast sandal]

That would be the world axis im looking for..
like the blue world axis 😄

I'm trying to get the angle between the world axis and said object

[carmine sierra]

for the unity learn tutorials is it better to watch and then repeat, or do it while the vid is playing

[willow scroll]

My bad. It should be GetKeyDown, not mouse button

[mystic lake]

ty

[rich adder]

first one

[willow scroll]

Watch, then repeat. Definitely

[rich adder]

Get your IDE Configured

your editor should be underlining the errors among other things

[mystic lake]

alr, do i just click on the link here?

[willow scroll]

The world space axis is Vector3.forward, which is always (0, 0, 1). transform.local is the local one

[rich adder]

yes

[mystic lake]

because im already using visual studio

[rich adder]

I understand you are

its not configured, the error you shown should've been highlighted in the editor

follow all the instructions in the Visual Studio link

[pliant oyster]

Why doesn't Application.Quit() work? I have a Debug.Log("Clicked!") right above it, and it prints that, but the game keeps running.

[rich adder]

doesn't work in the Editor

[pliant oyster]

Oh thanks!

[willow scroll]

But it's not configured. You don't see the errors

[willow scroll]

Also not sure why I'm more concerned about the Input's color than the error

[vast sandal]

Hm.. I tried Vector3.forward earlier but that didn't work.. maybe my problem is something else.. or that I need to convert my localAxis into world space or something.. :/

[rich adder]

yeah the color is off they have a separate theme thats why
appears correct but isn't. Methods are default yellow

[willow scroll]

I would be able to assist you further if you tell me the actual problem

[mystic lake]

it says the package is already installed

[rich adder]

what does

this isn't clear enough, we dont see what you see

[willow scroll]

I don't think it's a separate theme. Visual Studio just doesn't seem to recognise Input as a class

[stuck palm]

@swift crag just realised an issue with my replay system, some ultimates in the game have randomly generated things such as random positions and random rotations which could mess some things up. Is there a way to make the randomness deterministic somehow?

[rich adder]

this isn't even the important part

[rich adder]

yeah I know its not configured but the theme is also different from the default I'm saying lol

[swift crag]

Sure — if you seed the rng with a consistent number, and then call rng in the same order everywhere, you’ll get the same results

[mystic lake]

oh sorry didnt see the rest

[rich adder]

yes make sure the workload is installed.
Regen Project Files afterwards or if its installed already.
you will see where the button is if you look at screenshots

make sure VS is closed while all this, after open script from unity

[willow scroll]

Go to

Preferences -> External Tools -> External Script Editor

[stuck palm]

Can you give random.range a seed?

[swift crag]

Look at Random.InitState

[willow scroll]

int UnityEngine.Random.seed

But it should not be used

[vast sandal]

Tyvm, I appreciate that A LOT!

I actually think it's working now, unfortunately it doesn't feel as good as I was expecting..

I'm trying to code a rigid body character controller who's just working with acceleration (addforce) (thus my other question on how to set topSpeed without clamping velocity)

So in order for it to feel "snappier" I tried to implement a "momentum change" when you turn the character/camera
Say you run forwards, turn 90° --> you keep your momentum.. that works now (tyvm!) but it really feels as if I was flying a spaceship (got no gravity/friction rn) 😄

[willow scroll]

Use what Fen has mentioned

[stuck palm]

At the start of the match I guess I could generate a seed that would be stored in the replay/ network manager that everything with random stuff would use

[still pond]

Hello, I hope im in the right section. Sometimes when I close a project all the level layout disappears but only the game objects, but the scripts and the assets are still there. Anybody has any idea why this happens?

[willow scroll]

Not sure why you tyvm, as I haven't even helped you yet, but do you have any actual questions now?

[stuck palm]

If I use a seed will it generate the same number every time? Or will it generate the same sequence of numbers

[naive pawn]

each call of an rng generates the value and the next seed, so you will get the same sequence

[willow scroll]

!status

[eternal falcon]

:gear: Unity Services Status ↗

[vast sandal]

Because this: "Vector3.forward" was the problem.. despite me trying that earlier it was wrong now..
Nothin rn, ill get back on that acceleration clamp problem tyvm! 🙂

[rich adder]

huh didnt even know command was there lol

[willow scroll]

I've just visited #854851968446365696 and wanted to check it out

[rich adder]

oh right wop

[compact nymph]

is there a way to access newitem from chargeupdate

sorry if this is a dumb question

[swift crag]

store it in a field

[brave robin]

You mean access the newItem that is a parameter passed to InitializeItem?

If so, then Fen's got it

[compact nymph]

okay thanks

[latent magnet]

how can I load an image into a sprite from its png url?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31765518/how-to-load-an-image-from-url-with-unity
I found this but its a little bit old, is there an updated method to do it?

[rich adder]

yes use the WebRequest one

UnityWebRequestTexture

[brave robin]

There's an answer from 2018, so that code is probably still the valid way. It's only stuff from pre-year-numbered unity versions you should be careful of

[rich adder]

the only thing deprecated there is the WWW class as mentioned in replies

also someone in #💻┃code-beginner who actually searched their question 😮

you're already ahead of most..

[latent magnet]

    private IEnumerator RequestImageFromURL(string url) {
        UnityWebRequest request = UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture(url);

        yield return request.SendWebRequest();

        if (request.result == UnityWebRequest.Result.ConnectionError) {
            Debug.Log($"{request.error}");
        } else {
            var texture = ((DownloadHandlerTexture)request.downloadHandler).texture;
            gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = Sprite.Create(texture, new Rect(0, 0, texture.width, texture.height), new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f), 100f, 0, SpriteMeshType.FullRect);
        }
    }

this is what I currently have, and well i tried it but the only reason for asking my question here is because of some error i got

i cant send it here because its too long

and kinda obfuscated somehow

[swift crag]

Screenshot the error message, then.

[latent magnet]

this is how i call it

void Update() {
        if (loaded) return;
        if (data == null) return;
        StartCoroutine(RequestImageFromURL(data.iconUrl));
        loaded = true;
    }

[latent magnet]

alr give me a minute

[swift crag]

Ah, it's a webgl build

That produces more inscrutable errors

It looks like you wound up with a null sprite

[rich adder]

is the url correct

[latent magnet]

the reason i thought the code for loading the image was deprecated or old is because UnityWebRequest is in that error at some line

[rich adder]

have you tested this in the editor

[latent magnet]

I console logged the url and head to it myself on the browser it is infact correct

[latent magnet]

no, and i don't think it can be null sprite because the gameobject is an image and it does have a sprite
Im just changing the sprite to the texture from the url

i currently cannot test it inside of the editor because it is a webgl build, it must be put into javascript as a webapp then executed there as a nested framework

[swift crag]

yes, and that new sprite is probably null

[stuck palm]

@swift crag tried playing with a friend and ran into a desync with the replay 😭 whats that hash function thing u were talkib about earlier?

[latent magnet]

how could the new sprite be null if the url works? could it be something with the UnityWebRequest failing?

to load it

[swift crag]

you hash together all of the game state (positions, current actions, etc.) to get a checksum

This would just help you detect a desync

It won't fix anything

[swift crag]

maybe the webrequest is failing to retrieve an image

[rich adder]

set sprite fails if the image wasn't download

[swift crag]

I don't know how Sprite.Create handles a null texture

If you're fetching an image from another domain, then you might have problems with cross-origin resource sharing

[stuck palm]

thats fine, i just want to detect when that happens. how do you make a hash like that?

[latent magnet]

well i think its another domain, i fetch images from discord
like icon url for discord members

[rich adder]

nah it should work okay

but if they hosted local webgl that could be prblem

[swift crag]

you could use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Hash128.html

[latent magnet]

uhm, im hosting it locally but tunneling it through cloudflared, that could be it?

[rich adder]

I have my goofy
https://navarone77.github.io/navarone77/RandomImgWebGL/
that loads random Image from url

its a webgl build on Github idk if they deal with CORS differently

[slender nymph]

https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/UnityCsReference/blob/c3cf7076574ca470291e6b2fce269819befa9d50/Runtime/2D/Common/ScriptBindings/Sprites.bindings.cs#L285
it just returns null

[latent magnet]

is this open-source?

[vast sandal]

Can you explain how that works?
how do you assign this "new(mathf.." to a Vector3? me dumb

[rich adder]

oh forgot to post it but if you want to code I'll just give it to you

[latent magnet]

i just want the code for fetching the image off the web

[slender nymph]

that's just target-typed new

[solar canyon]

How do I make it a local variable??

[latent magnet]

and the one editing the sprite for the image

[swift crag]

declare the variable inside the method

[rich adder]

its using the TextureWebRequest method
Ill grab code for you one sec

[swift crag]

public void Foo() {
  int bar;
}

bar is a local variable.

[latent magnet]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Networking.UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture.html this?

[vast sandal]

Ooooooh tyvm im stupid, lol!

[stuck palm]

awesome, thank you! i guess each physics frame I'd create a hash and then create a list of these hashes and compare them as the replay plays?

[rich adder]

I think so. let me double check, gotta find the project lol

[latent magnet]

take your time

ive been on this exceptions ass for too damn long man

[swift crag]

Right.

[latent magnet]

webgl debugging is cancerous

[naive pawn]

public local 💀

[swift crag]

ooooops

You saw nothing 😉

[naive pawn]

lmao

[rich adder]

haha yeah the wasm errors don't help.
Its should be working fine, i grab mine from an API of random images and download the url that way

[latent magnet]

the same method within the unity docs link i sent?

[mystic lake]

why does it not show the gun if i press 2?

[slender nymph]

because if you don't press 1 then it gets set to inactive wait i'm dumb ignore that

[rich adder]

yes all CRUD requests can be done in unity with webrequest
Such as GET etc..

[mystic lake]

wdym

[rich adder]

ahh I see you got your VS finally configured

[mystic lake]

yep

thx for the help earlier btw

[polar acorn]

Try logging InHand after you set it to make sure that code is running

[slender nymph]

why is it that you waited until after i'd edited that to reply? or are you asking what i mean when i say ignore that? 🤔

[mystic lake]

i asked wdym on the origanal thing you said but then you edited it

[mystic lake]

idk how to do that, but i just found out that if i press 1 the gun disappears but if i press 2 it doesnt reappear

[naive pawn]

logging = Debug.Log

[polar acorn]

Debug log should literally have been the first line of code you wrote

[slender nymph]

Debug.Log should have been the very first line of code you wrote for unity

[latent magnet]

alright, i didnt want it to head south
but i guess we're going south
theres no other way of debugging this

    private IEnumerator RequestImageFromURL(string url) {
        UnityWebRequest request = UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture(url);

        yield return request.SendWebRequest();

        if (request.result == UnityWebRequest.Result.ConnectionError) {
            Debug.Log($"{request.error}");
        } else {
            var texture = DownloadHandlerTexture.GetContent(request);
            if (texture == null) {
                Debug.Log("TEXTURE IS NULL FOR URL => {" + url + "}");
            }
            gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = Sprite.Create(texture, new Rect(0, 0, texture.width, texture.height), new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f), 100f, 0, SpriteMeshType.FullRect);
        }
    }

[mystic lake]

well i didnt lol

[slender nymph]

there are beginner courses pinned in this channel. start there.

[mystic lake]

where do i put it in my code?

[polar acorn]

Then you are getting ahead of yourself and you should head to !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[polar acorn]

I told you where to put it already

[mystic lake]

i didnt but i already made a shooter game and im adding the feature to switch guns now so i want to finish this first

[languid spire]

you do know there could be other errors than Connection Error don't you?

[mystic lake]

i will later

[polar acorn]

Then you're on your own because I'm not going over how to do basic logging

[slender nymph]

"i want to finish this first"
"i will later"
do you have absolutely any idea how many times i've heard that shit from people who refuse to bother learning the fundamentals? and guess how many of them actually go and do it?

[latent magnet]

yea i guess that could be it, ill edit my code
however, is there anyway to debug in webgl? all of the exceptions are obfuscated within the .wasm files

[rich adder]

https://gist.github.com/navarone77/2a804857e11b83bac5f22446a44c25c8

[mystic lake]

i will go and do it later but i don't have time to now since i have to finish this fast for school

[solar canyon]

Really quick question. What is the code or thing called between the {}. I forgot what it is called

[slender nymph]

well good luck then

[languid spire]

you just debug.log as normal and the messages end up in the browser web developer console

[rich adder]

codeblock?

[naive pawn]

depends on the scope

[latent magnet]

that's what im doing atm

is there any compile or build options to make it readable?

[naive pawn]

class X {} = class body
void Foo {} = method body
X() {} = constructor body
if () {}/while () {}/else {} = block
new X() {} = initializer block

[latent magnet]

thank you

[languid spire]

wdym. Show an example

[rich adder]

just use Debug.Log and log everything inside Unity Editor before doing webgl build

[slender nymph]

maybe they want to know the word "scope" which is what a pair of curly braces creates

[solar canyon]

Ohhhh thank you

[latent magnet]

@languid spire this is what i was asking about

see for yourself the exception

all of it is just referencing .wasm files

not my actual code files

[rich adder]

because a WEBGL build gets made into wasm

in order to run inside a browser

it takes your C# code and turns it into wasm

thats why said before doing anything you should Debug.Log inside the editor first, to rule out its not webgl alone

[languid spire]

Ah, you mean the stack trace. No, there is no correlation between your source code and the compiled wasm code.
So put in meaningful Debug.Log's which tell you where in the code you are.

[latent magnet]

most of my game code requires connection to the discord api to work, i cannot physically do anything in the editor with the project im on right now

[rich adder]

I can try your URL if its not a private thing, to see if it works on my WEBRequest

[mystic lake]

i just added the debug and it doesnt give me anything back, what does that mean exacly?

[rich adder]

that means its not runnig at all

[latent magnet]

oh well, it is what it is

[rich adder]

afaik you should still be able to at least see logs in Webgl, don't they get browser console printed?

[languid spire]

Debugging is an Art

[mystic lake]

it should be right? bc its in the void update

[naive pawn]

but it isn't reaching the if

[rich adder]

did you put this script on an active gameobject

[mystic lake]

yea

i put it on my gun

[naive pawn]

does it log when you press 1

[mystic lake]

let me check

[naive pawn]

so you're disabling the object the script is on...?

[mystic lake]

i just figured it out, so when i press 1 for some reason the entire script goes off

[naive pawn]

yes, because you disabled it lmao

you need to put the script on something persistent, probably the player which would be the parent of the gun

[mystic lake]

this is the entire script, it shjould only disable 1 section right?

[naive pawn]

you can't disable a section of a script

[latent magnet]

@rich adder
line 32 in your gist
the method GetTexture returns type Texture
and my code uses Sprite.Create() which requires Texture2D as the first parameter, could that cause issues or can i safely parse Texture to Texture2D?

[naive pawn]

your script is on Gun. you disable Gun. that disables everything on Gun, including that script

[slender nymph]

technically they are right. setting it inactive does disable only one section of that. just the update method lmao

[mystic lake]

oh wait i think i used the wrong piece of code, i meant do disable the mesh so you couldn't see the gun, not disable the entire gun

[naive pawn]

wouldn't messages also not register

[rich adder]

yeah correct I dont create the Sprite but if the texture is there your method should have no problem

first I would log if you have an actual texture there.

[naive pawn]

also FixedUpdate and anything else

[mystic lake]

whats the line of code to hide something so you cant see it?

[slender nymph]

there are no other messages in that code

[naive pawn]

in general though?

[slender nymph]

well yes, but i was referring specifically to the code they showed

[naive pawn]

ah, ok

missed that nuance

[mystic lake]

but not disable the entire code

[rich adder]

also Texture2D inherits from Texture so its a non-issue

[languid spire]

you mean Renderer.enabled=false?

[naive pawn]

you would disable the mesh component then

or whatever you're using to render

idk 3d

[mystic lake]

idk, im very new to coding in unity

[rich adder]

the gun can still shoot though

[mystic lake]

no bc of InHand

[languid spire]

then go and look it up in the docs so you might actually learn something

[rich adder]

just disable the entire wep object, dont put weapon switching on the guns. Simple

[mystic lake]

InHand needs to be true for the gun to shoot

[slender nymph]

inb4 "i will later"

[naive pawn]

why not just disable it entirely if you want to disable the gun as a whole

[mystic lake]

im trying to but i dont understand much thats written there so thats why im asking here...

[naive pawn]

and just put the script on the controller of the gun

ie, the player

like i said

[latent magnet]

i will try that and let you know

[rich adder]

really is its that simple 🤷‍♂️

[mystic lake]

bc i want to enable it later if i press the button to equip it

[naive pawn]

exactly, which is why you shouldn't have it on the gun

[languid spire]

No, you are asking here because, time and time again, you have proven yourself to be too lazy to make any effort

[mystic lake]

wait im stup[id

[rich adder]

the only script on the gun should be the weapon behavior itself.. not gun switching

[naive pawn]

this isn't controlling aspects of the gun, this is controlling presence of the gun

#💻┃code-beginner message

[mystic lake]

no? i am just not that smart

[naive pawn]

you don't need to be smart to make a game

you just need to put in the effort

[languid spire]

Then it is simple, don't do game dev. Find another hobby

[naive pawn]

that's how you get smart along the way

[mystic lake]

thats what im doing, ive already worked on this for 10 hours in 2 days

[naive pawn]

not effort on the game

effort on learning how to make the game

[mystic lake]

... i like doing coding im ont just not going to not do it bc im not that smart, atleast ill try to code some stuff

[rich adder]

start from the basics. Start with a simpler game first..

[naive pawn]

if you invest a few hours learning you can be 10 times more productive when you actually get to work

[rich adder]

your first project is never going to be your "dreamproject"

[mystic lake]

i did

i made a ball rolling platformer game before this

[rich adder]

all your first projects are gonna be crap until you refine your craft

[rich adder]

not enough..

[mystic lake]

i know, im just trying to make my gun switching work

[rich adder]

inventories are already complex within themselves

weapon switching involves inventory

[mystic lake]

im not making an inventory

[rich adder]

player holds weapons, thats not inventory ?

[naive pawn]

gun switching
yeah that's an inventory

[mystic lake]

i just want it so if i press 1 or 2 that it switches gun

[naive pawn]

yeah

so you need to know what guns you have

and what gun is active

that makes an inventory

inventory isn't just about storage, it's about what you have as a whole

[rich adder]

so you're only going to have 2 guns ?

[mystic lake]

maybe 3 but then ill just make it so they also hide when i press 3 to keep the code simple

but yea

[rich adder]

so you realize that is an inventory right

[latent magnet]

    void Update() {
        if (loaded) return;
        if (data == null) return;
        StartCoroutine(RequestImageFromURL(data.iconUrl));
        loaded = true;
    }

    private IEnumerator RequestImageFromURL(string url) {
        UnityWebRequest www = UnityWebRequestTexture.GetTexture(url);
        yield return www.SendWebRequest();
        yield return new WaitUntil(() => www.isDone);
        if (www.result != UnityWebRequest.Result.Success)
        {
            Debug.Log(www.error);
        }
        else
        {
            Texture myTexture = ((DownloadHandlerTexture)www.downloadHandler).texture;
            if (myTexture == null) {
                Debug.Log("NULL TEXTURE FOR URL => {" + url + '}');
            }
            gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = Sprite.Create((Texture2D)myTexture, new Rect(0, 0, myTexture.width, myTexture.height), new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f), 100f, 0, SpriteMeshType.FullRect);
        }
    }

it produced the exact same error message as before and not logging anything

[mystic lake]

no i don't ig

[naive pawn]

you have multiple things and you're keeping track of what thing is active

[rich adder]

what a person with a bit more experience would do here use an array

you probably never used an array

[mystic lake]

yep

[rich adder]

exactly, these are the basics stuff you would learn before doing an entire game..

[latent magnet]

i basically hit a wall here head first, unless the problem is with localhosting
since im currently localhosting and tunnelling

[mystic lake]

ok? i didn't know i needed to learn that first

i just started by trying to make a game

[slender nymph]

if only there were structured courses you could do that taught you the fundamentals of game development

[rich adder]

eg

    public Gun[] Guns;
    int currentGunIndex = 0;
    public void NextGun()
    {
        Guns[currentGunIndex].gameObject.SetActive(false);
        currentGunIndex = (currentGunIndex + 1) % Guns.Length;
        Guns[currentGunIndex].gameObject.SetActive(true);
    }
    public void Fire()
    {
        Guns[currentGunIndex].Fire();
    }```

[mystic lake]

ty, i changed this code a little but it works now

[rich adder]

okay but thats just a band-aid. Just do a little bit more C# tuts , no one saying you should not work on the project but you cannot continue if the knowledge doesn't grow. You're gonna be stuck at the same dead ends

all the resources that you need are pinned in this channel

there also sites like https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php that are decent

[mystic lake]

alr

[solar canyon]

How do I make this line of code:

//
 private Vector3 movementDirection;

into a local variable in the Full Code:
A local variable should be a variable in a function itself. So I thought it would be something like putting Vector3 movementDirection into a constructor body like so.

//
 if (Input.GetKey(forwardMovementKey)) {
    Vector3 movementDirection;
    movementDirection += transform.forward;
    } 

But it doesn't work. It says ** Use of unassigned local variable 'movementDirection' ** Could someone explain why it doesn't work?
Full Unedited Code

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

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour {  
        //Movement controlls
    
    public KeyCode forwardMovementKey = KeyCode.W;
    public KeyCode backwardMovementKey = KeyCode.S;
    public KeyCode leftMovementKey = KeyCode.A;
    public KeyCode rightMovementKey = KeyCode.D;
    
    //Movement 
    public float movementSpeed = 5.0f;
    private Vector3 movementDirection;
    

   
    // Update is called once per frame

    void Update(){
       Movement();
    }
    void Movement(){
        if (Input.GetKey(forwardMovementKey)) {
            movementDirection += transform.forward;
        }       
        if (Input.GetKey(backwardMovementKey)){
            movementDirection -= transform.forward;
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(leftMovementKey)){
            movementDirection -= transform.right;
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(rightMovementKey)) {
            movementDirection += transform.right;
        }
      
       // if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)) {
      //      jump += transform.up;
       // }

        // Prevent diagonal movement being faster (optional)
        if (movementDirection.magnitude > 1.0f){
            movementDirection.Normalize();
        }

        // Apply movement
        transform.Translate(movementDirection * Time.deltaTime * movementSpeed);
    }
}

[naive pawn]

first off - that's not a constructor body, that's just a method body
secondly, you put it too local.
movementDirection is used throughout Movement, not just in that specific if

[solar canyon]

That's not a constructor body but it has a condtion () and a scope {}?
Ohhh it's to local. How should I put it in movement? Movement doesn't have a body or block {}

[naive pawn]

a constructor is for constructing a class

condition
that's a parameter list.

[carmine sierra]

what is professional practice when referencing between scripts and gameobjects

do people actually use tags

[naive pawn]

Movement doesn't have a body or block {}
it does

[carmine sierra]

and find

[willow scroll]

You should usually use Components when not able to assign a field via Inspector. For example, you shouldn't really find the player by the tag if it has a PlayerController script

[rich adder]

the usual..inspector imo

[carmine sierra]

so dragging and dropping?

[rich adder]

ye

if inspector is not possible then simple DI

or singleton

[naive pawn]

@solar canyon if you can't make a variable local to a method, you should probably seek out a guide on c#
you're also misusing a lot of terms, so you clearly don't understand these ("constructor", "scope", "condition")

[rough lynx]

I'm not really following but I would mention that local variables usually need to be initialized before they can be used
So it would be Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero

[rich adder]

or if you need runtime components, like a collision,raycast etc.
then TryGetComponent or GetCompeonnt.
so basically no matter wat you want to be working with Components, stay away from Strings like names, CompareTag is acceptable but fragile

[elder osprey]

This value variable equals 0 constantly. It's supposed to equal 3 when the sensitivity variable equals 100, it is always returning 0.

[short hazel]

Integer division, 3 / 100 is 0. Dividing two ints produces an int

[elder osprey]

Oh! Thats annoying, thank you!

[short hazel]

It's intended behavior. Convert one of the two operands to a float (eg. 3 / 100f) so the division is made on floats

[pliant oyster]

Is this the correct way to make a variable that will be referenced throughout the game in various different scenes?

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

public class GlobalVariables
{
    public struct Cirno
    {
        public static int health = 3;
    }
}

[willow scroll]

This isn't a variable

You should make your class static, first of all

[pliant oyster]

It now throws errors about needing an "explicitly declared constructor"

[willow scroll]

Well, how do you reference it?

[pliant oyster]

Well, I would have referenced it as "if the character takes a hit, the health gets lowered by 1, and it carries over to the next level."

[feral palm]

how do i get rid of all this

ping me if anyone knows

[willow scroll]

Have character calling a method in your non-static GameManager Singleton

[willow scroll]

#💻┃unity-talk

[pliant oyster]

I'm not that far yet, I'm for now just setting up the variables so I can grab and modify them later.

[willow scroll]

Copy-paste a generic Singleton from the web and derive your GameManager from it

Then create a scene in your GameManager, which manages the transition to the next Scene

[pliant oyster]

I'll try...?

[willow scroll]

#archived-code-general message

[rocky canyon]

https://unity.huh.how/references/singletons

[willow scroll]

Got it a bit above too #archived-code-general message

[pliant oyster]

I tried that and got these errors.

[willow scroll]

Why is Singleton<T> static?

[pliant oyster]

Idk. This is my entire code:

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

public class GameManager : Singleton<GameManager>
{
    public int health;
}

[willow scroll]

I've told you to merely copy-paste the Singleton from the site

You shouldn't have changed it to static

[pliant oyster]

I didn't change anything except the name and type of the variable.

[willow scroll]

Haven't I just told you what you've changed that you shouldn't?

[pliant oyster]

I copy pasted it like you said. All I did was replace the bool yourBool with int health

[willow scroll]

Alright, could you show your Singleton class?

[ivory bobcat]

Where did you copy this from?

[pliant oyster]

This. This is my entire code.

[willow scroll]

I'm asking you to show Singleton.

[pliant oyster]

From this: #💻┃code-beginner message

[ivory bobcat]

Looks like some built in visual scripting type

[willow scroll]

Oh, UnityEngine.VisualScripting.Singleton, I see

[naive pawn]

yeah, remove that directive

[willow scroll]

You should remove your VisualScripting namespace and copy-paste the full Singleton<T> code I've sent you above

[stuck palm]

why are hash128's serialised like this?

[ivory bobcat]

You'd have to actually create the singleton script like illustrated in the link

[pliant oyster]

When pasting it in, it automatically adds the using Unity.VisualScripting;

[ivory bobcat]

Because you didn't create a class called Singleton

[pliant oyster]

He said to copy paste the code. I did that.

[faint valley]

I was defining it inside another method 🤦‍♂️

[ivory bobcat]

https://unity.huh.how/references/singletons#generic-implementation

[willow scroll]

Copy-paste a generic Singleton from the web and derive your GameManager from it

[pliant oyster]

I'll try

[willow scroll]

Are we now going to argue about what I've suggested you?

[willow scroll]

Now this link has been sent 4 times already

[ivory bobcat]

It's the same link 😅

[pliant oyster]

I'm trying to desperately figure out what you meant because I don't know these complicated terms. I'm now trying to do this with the link.

[willow scroll]

Yeah, if you look on the messages above, this link has been sent twice by me

I have mentioned copying a full Singleton<T> class and deriving your GameManager from it

[swift crag]

the visual scripting package has its own Singleton class, which is what's getting dragged in by your IDE.

[willow scroll]

If you open the first link I've send, you can figure out a bit more about Singletons from the conversation 1 month ago

[swift crag]

You need to create your own Singleton class.

[pliant oyster]

I tried asking ChatGPT what it meant but it made it more complicated, so I struggled to try to understand what that meant.

[swift crag]

Do not use a spam generator to try to learn how to program.

[pliant oyster]

Is this correct?

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

public abstract class Singleton<T> : MonoBehaviour
    where T : Singleton<T>
{
    public static T Instance { get; private set; }

    void Awake()
    {
        // Destroy this object if we already have a Singleton defined
        if (Instance != null)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            return;
        }
        DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
        Instance = (T)this;
        DoAwake();
    }

    // Virtual method to allow implementations to use Awake
    protected virtual void DoAwake() { }
}

public class GameManager : Singleton<GameManager>
{
    public class Cirno
    {
        public int health;
    }
}

[willow scroll]

How is creating a script and copy-pasting the code from the site complicated to you?

[pliant oyster]

I have to use it because people explain things very complicated, which I can't understand.

[swift crag]

perhaps you could clarify what you don't understand

instead of just throwing your hands up

[naive pawn]

• please clarify what part you don't understand
• if you don't understand a lot, you may be in too deep; consider reviewing c# basics first

[willow scroll]

Well, I have literally told you to copy-paste the code from the site and create another class to derive from that code's class

[willow scroll]

Also, no, this is wrong

• 1. How are you going to derive from an abstract class?
• 2. You can only have 1 MonoBehaviour per script

[naive pawn]

How are you going to derive from an abstract class?
normally

you can derive from abstract classes just fine

the code you linked also uses an abstract class

also, you can only have 1 public type per script, not 1 monobehaviour

[willow scroll]

Oh, sorry, I have confused it with the sealed keyword

[pliant oyster]

I don't know what "derive from an abstract class" means, and I don't know where I put more than 1 Mono Behavior there.

[willow scroll]

Yeah, my bad. Mentioned above

[pliant oyster]

Okay.

[naive pawn]

you don't put it there, you have to put it in a seperate file

[willow scroll]

Another MonoBehaviour should be put in a separated script that you create

[naive pawn]

make a file named Singleton.cs and put your Singleton class there

[willow scroll]

What does 1 public type per script mean? Surely, you can have several public types per script

[pliant oyster]

Okay. And then I make a file called "GameManager" and put the project-wide variables there with the public class Foo : Singleton<Foo> thing, yes?

[naive pawn]

ah, im remembering that from java, mb.

[naive pawn]

yes

[pliant oyster]

I also am sorry that it is hard for me to understand it, I'm mentally disabled so it takes a lot more effort to explain things to me. Thank you for helping me!

[willow scroll]

It's 1:1 now

[naive pawn]

i mixed up Decimal and java's BigDecimal earlier today too, i can't escape java lmao

[lethal bolt]

How do i take only the x?

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs1612

[late burrow]

can i bit edit without referencing like +=

[naive pawn]

without referencing
how are you going to change it then

[late burrow]

i mean referencing twice

[naive pawn]

anyways yes c# has bitwise assignment operators

[late burrow]

+= doesnt needs second same code

ok i see |= is a thing

[lethal bolt]

This is for the position not rotation so it didnt work

[slender nymph]

well for starters, you shouldn't be modifying the individual axes of a quaternion. and also, you do realize that page is about the error and is not specific to assigning a single axis of a position, right?

read this too: https://unity.huh.how/quaternions/members

[stuck palm]

@swift crag i dont think im doing the hash thing right, could you possibly have a look? im only getting warnings lol
https://gdl.space/dilasajehi.cs

leaving it for tonight cus i dont wanna burn myself out

[swift crag]

the point of the hash is to check that the game states are in sync

not the inputs -- those are a given

[stuck palm]

what so just the positions?

[swift crag]

positions, velocities, states...

anything that could get out of sync

[stuck palm]

yeah, i thought the inputs could get out of position which is why i put that in the hash

but probably not actually now that i think of it

[swift crag]

You send your controller input to the other player, and they use that to simulate the game

you need to find out if that simulation is wrong

[pliant oyster]

How do I set Application.targetFrameRate to a float/double instead of the usually required int? Specifically 59.727500569606 to make it authentically like a GameBoy.

[stuck palm]

could the order of appending stuff to the hash affect how it comes out?

[swift crag]

you can't -- and there's no way you're getting such a precise framerate anyway

[pliant oyster]

Okay. Thanks!

[swift crag]

Just shoot for 60 here

Unity tries to wait for roughly the right amount of time, but it's not perfect

[stuck palm]

i dont think anyone would notice anyway

does the order of adding hashes affect the result?

[swift crag]

Yes.

You must do it exactly the same on every client.

[stuck palm]

that might be the problem then?

[swift crag]

Ideally, each player shouldn't really care which character they control

[stuck palm]

i might be adding 1 then 2 in the first one, then 2 and 1 in the first one

[swift crag]

each player is just producing inputs that the game happens to use to control one of the characters

You might still care about who you control for visual effects (maybe your camera shakes if you're damaged?)

[pliant oyster]

Do I have to specify the framerate at the start of every scene, or is it fine if I just have it in my GameManager?

[swift crag]

also, if you want to use randomness for anything that isn't synchronized, you'll want to create a separtae random number generator

[swift crag]

Just once.

[pliant oyster]

Thanks!

[swift crag]

you can use System.Random or Unity.Mathematics.Random

[stuck palm]

okay, thanks! im using LinQ to order the lists, so maybe that will help

[stuck palm]

wouldnt positions and velocities have floating point precision errors which could change the hash tho?

[swift crag]

As long as the calculations are deterministic, it's fine

Floating point math isn't inherently "random". There are well-defined rules for how it works.

https://github.com/IronWarrior/UnityCrossPlatformDeterministicFloats

Between Windows/Mac Standalone, Android native, iOS native, and WebGL (via a browser in Windows, Android, iOS and Mac), the only non-deterministic results reported were in trig functions contained in System.Math. There are a couple likely reasons for this.

It sounds like Mathf is well-behaved

(you're exploring a topic that i've been meaning to try for a while now :p)

[stuck palm]

okay cool

im not even using rigidbodies or anything, im using my own physics system which should work pretty deterministically, idk why it keeps desyncing, it must be something with the inputs not being recorded properly 😭

https://gdl.space/usoresinan.cs

the players move like this

[keen pecan]

Does anyone know what to when a character controller's isGrounded value keeps alternating between true and false?

[stuck palm]

i just use a checkbox instead

that isGrounded thing has given me too much strife lmao

[keen pecan]

Wdym

[slender nymph]

the CC's isGrounded property is updated each time Move is called. if the Move call does not move it downward onto the surface of another collider then isGrounded will be false.
If you need something more precise than that, then use a physics query like an OverlapSphere, CheckBox, etc

[stuck palm]

what he said

[swift crag]

i'm unclear how you'd using a "checkbox" to detect if you're grounded

[keen pecan]

Shouldnt this line make it work though?

[stuck palm]

checkoverlapbox lmao

[swift crag]

ah

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.CheckBox.html

[swift crag]

CheckBox

[stuck palm]

checkbox is technically right

[swift crag]

parsed that as a ✅

[stuck palm]

captialisation is important

[swift crag]

Share the entire script.

!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.

[keen pecan]

https://paste.ofcode.org/ZZ567Ce8urBUvab2CW96tZ

[topaz fractal]

in my charactercontroller, when i prress 2 inputs, my character moves faster, what can i do?

[slender nymph]

normalize the input
or clamp its magnitude to 1 if you want to support magnitudes below 1

[keen pecan]

Based on this the character controller is being pushed into the ground everytime move is called is it not?

[slender nymph]

how have you confirmed that it "keeps alternating between true and false"

[keen pecan]

I have Debug.Log(isGrounded) at the bottom of Update()

[slender nymph]

show the logs then

and maybe consider logging some other useful information like the movement vector

[stuck palm]

hashes match for the first 28 frames before it breaks lol

[swift crag]

I'd make a class that stores all of the data that will get hashed

so that you can manually compare the states once it goes wrong

[stuck palm]

what like a list of positions and stuff?

[swift crag]

give it a Hash() method that produces the fixed-size hash to share

yeah

[topaz fractal]

@slender nymph could you help me out on explaining how to clampmagnitude?

[stuck palm]

okay will try that

[slender nymph]

did you google it

[topaz fractal]

yes it was a little confusing

[slender nymph]

this does not appear to be "alternating" between true and false. this appears to be true for a while then false for a while, likely due to your CC not being grounded for those frames

[keen pecan]

@swift crag did you check this out?

@slender nymph it seems to alternate like every second

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/diagonal-movement

[rocky canyon]

 inputDirection.Normalize();```

[slender nymph]

so do you plan to take my suggestion of printing some actually useful information or are we just supposed to guess at what is happening instead?

[swift crag]

Does the rate of "flickering" increase while you're moving?

I wonder if the minimum move distance for a CharacterController is causing it to get stuck on "False" for several frames

The default value is a bit high.

[rocky canyon]

can u give us the full script to look at !code.. use a paste-bin website

[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.

[swift crag]

see above

[slender nymph]

it's a couple messages above that

[rocky canyon]

thats not the entire code.. im wondering if theres more to it.. he also has Gizmo's being drawn that he said he didnt do

[keen pecan]

The gizmo only shows up in scene view though when i clikc on the banana

[swift crag]

that was an unrelated question, I think

Those remind me of Animation Rigging #💻┃unity-talk message

[rocky canyon]

one of his original questions in #💻┃unity-talk

ahh it could be animation rigging

[keen pecan]

Thats what i thought at first but the issue persisted when i deactivated the animator

[rocky canyon]

the animation rigging stuff is its own component

it relies on the animator but the gizmo's arent from the animator

[keen pecan]

@slender nymph is there a better way to paste the logs than snipping tool?

[rocky canyon]

but thats a non-issue.. ur ground check is the main issue

[slender nymph]

not really, no