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[keen pecan]

This is the movement vector

[slender nymph]

well now we don't know if it is grounded

so this isn't helpful

[keen pecan]

Oh true

[swift crag]

You can ctrl-a tro select all log entries and copy them

[rocky canyon]

ya, that looks okay.. ur gravity is increasing

[swift crag]

it does make a very larger blob of text

[rocky canyon]

i wrote an editor script that prints the console into a .md as a list

[swift crag]

so when isGrounded becomes false, the velocity starts changing

[rocky canyon]

damnit.. i downloaded it

[swift crag]

-5.00 is already plenty to cause a movement with the default minimum move distance of 0.001

you'd have to have a framerate of like

5000

for that to be a problem

(if your downwards velocity is very low, then you won't move at all, and isGrounded will become false)

[rocky canyon]

oh, i found his code link sorry bout that @slender nymph

[keen pecan]

lol so should i make it more like .1

[swift crag]

That's not the issue.

unless you're getting 5000 FPS

[keen pecan]

ah

[rocky canyon]

what happens if u set ur isGrounded at the end of update loop

[keen pecan]

I am not (its at 60)

[rocky canyon]

instead of at the very beginning?

[keen pecan]

ill lyk

[keen pecan]

That fixed it 100%

Wow

[rocky canyon]

lets go

[keen pecan]

Goated

[rocky canyon]

😉 i had to do the reverse on mine

put it at the top instead of the bottom. weird how that works

[keen pecan]

So I guess the issue was with when it ran the first time

[slender nymph]

that shouldn't have made a difference except for maybe the very first frame

[swift crag]

that doesn't make sense, yes

unless you were destroying and creating new characters regularly

[slender nymph]

there's only one CC.Move call in there. unless they have some other component calling CC.Move somewhere the only time the property should change is that one time they call Move

[topaz fractal]

i normalized my input but now theres a delay for the character to stop moving

[rocky canyon]

everyone saying it doesn't make sense.. thats exactly what i thought when my groundcheck was broken.. and i moved it from the bottom to the top..

[slender nymph]

you're probably using GetAxis instead of GetAxisRaw

[rocky canyon]

something to do with the way the logic is writen

[slender nymph]

change it back then change your log to this and show what it prints: Debug.Log($"Velocity {movement}, Was grounded: {isGrounded}, Will be grounded: {controller.isGrounded}. ({GetInstanceID()})");

[swift crag]

the entire point is that you check if isGrounded got set to true last frame

[swift crag]

so that you can decide if you're on the ground or not

[keen pecan]

Could also be with the initialization like it started as true but now since its after it starts as false?

[rocky canyon]

i renamed my variable even to wasGrounded

[topaz fractal]

i see, whats the difference?

[rocky canyon]

if yall can fix it w/ it at the top of the update.. i'd love to watch and see how ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[swift crag]

if you access characterController.isGrounded before you call Move, you're asking if you were grounded last frame

[keen pecan]

Also of not the character doesnt start on the ground

[swift crag]

if you access it after calling Move, you're asking if you are now grounded this frame

[slender nymph]

GetAxis applies input smoothing, which is why you have that short speed up and slow down. GetAxisRaw does not apply any input smoothing

[rocky canyon]

ya, i have a landing mechanic.. as u can see headbob.CamRebound();

soo it makes sense for mine to be wasGrounded

but.. if i put the isGrounded/wasGrounded at the end of the update.. where it would make sense.. it doens't work correctly

i get an issue very similar to his

[keen pecan]

@slender nymph (this is with me not moving at all)

[slender nymph]

yeah that is one of the worst ways to share logs. i'm not downloading that

[keen pecan]

You can expand it

Thats just the logs too

[slender nymph]

where

[keen pecan]

oh weird

Heres one of the logs when it changes

[slender nymph]

something else is affecting it because it isn't true in the frame after Move is called and the CC sees that it is grounded

[keen pecan]

Yeah this is it when its at the end instead

[slender nymph]

if you're going to change it at the end of the Update method then you need to do so after the log. otherwise you aren't actually seeing the value you are using but the value that it is being assigned to at the end of that method

or rather you aren't seeing the actual grounded state of the CC. because something else is affecting it

[rocky canyon]

@keen pecan magic, i can't explain it.. but my controller was once bugging like urs.. and changing where it was in the loop fixed it..

[keen pecan]

Oh true

[rocky canyon]

but i tried to test now.. and mine works either way

[keen pecan]

Im starting to accept that lol

[rocky canyon]

sooo... idk

lmao

apparently i fixed it somehow by adding onto the controller

[slender nymph]

you very likely have some other code calling Move on the character controller

[rocky canyon]

yea, acronex might.. but mine im sure of its only 1 instance, 1 move call

[keen pecan]

I do see the will be working here now

Im sure too I click on move and its the only thing that highlights

[rocky canyon]

i might have reverse the name of hte bool

and the conditionals

ahh, i did.. that why mine works better now..

[slender nymph]

wdym it's the only thing that highlights? i'm obviously referring to other code, not just that one class

did you actually use the search feature in your IDE

[keen pecan]

I literally only have 1 script rn

[rocky canyon]

then those gizmo's are the animation rigging

jus saying

[keen pecan]

Ye

[bleak glacier]

So I'm not sure how to fix this issue. It properly detects that W was pressed and it makes my character move. The only issue is the loop doesn't just stop. It just seems loops the code underneath the keypress. I just want it to run once per key press so it doesn't fly off of the screen.

    {
         if (Input.GetKeyDown("w"))
        {
            yMove = yMove + 0.1;
            Debug.Log("w key was pressed");
        }```

public yMove = 0;

Just to note that

[polar acorn]

This code will run one time whever you press w

[bleak glacier]

Except it doesn't seem to... it flys off of the screen

[slender nymph]

your issue lies elsewhere

[bleak glacier]

And it continues to rise.

[polar acorn]

How many times does the message log

[bleak glacier]

Once

[polar acorn]

So it runs once

[slender nymph]

correct. because this code runs once when you press W

[bleak glacier]

So then why would the player keep moving?

[polar acorn]

Nothing in this code is related to player movement at all

You are adding 0.1 to a variable

Anything more than that would require context

[bleak glacier]

I think I figured it out

This is the rest of the code. movement = new Vector3(((float)xMove), ((float)yMove), 0.0f); transform.position = transform.position + movement;

The transform.position + movment keeps looping so it keeps adding the movement value

I think

[slender nymph]

that's not "looping" it's just likely inside of Update which is called every frame

and you never reset your variables back to 0

also, is there a reason your xMove and yMove variables are doubles?

[bleak glacier]

I wanted to have more control over how the character moved.

[slender nymph]

that is not a sufficient reason to make them doubles

you won't get "more control" that way

[bleak glacier]

You can use numbers that aren't whole which allows for more control of the character though

[polar acorn]

And how do doubles achieve that

[slender nymph]

that still isn't a reason to use doubles when pretty much everything in unity uses floats and you have to cast to float to use those for your movement anyway. so why not just . . . make them floats?

[bleak glacier]

Why does it matter? They both achieve the same thing

[slender nymph]

well for one thing it will remove the unnecessary casting

and you don't need a 64 bit float since you are doing literally nothing at all that requires that precision when a 32 bit float is just fine and what you need to cast to anyway

this is a code channel

[golden blade]

I dont know what to change to make the quality better

[eternal needle]

floats also are numbers with decimals

[golden blade]

Oh alr

where do I go for help with components

[bleak glacier]

But why would it matter? Why can't I use doubles? Why are they worse?

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[golden blade]

ty

[slender nymph]

at no point did anyone say they are worse. they are just entirely unnecessary here

[bleak glacier]

So then, if they aren't worse, why does it matter?

[slender nymph]

you know what, fine. i won't help you since you clearly can't fucking read

[eternal needle]

no one said you cant. theres literally no reason to use it. Your precision is as good as the weakest link, using floats and doubles, floats precision is weaker. You are using floats no matter what because unity uses it

and being pedantic, yes it is worse. You have to cast everytime you want to use it in any unity context and its more memory

🤷‍♂️ this is an extremely weird hill to try dying on though. Just swap to floats

[bleak glacier]

I was asking for help pertaining to something unrelated. If it causes me problems later on I'll fix it. I'm just trying to learn and I don't see how I "can't read." If it doesn't matter it doesn't matter and we can all just move on. There's a section in the rules that mentions not criticizing someone elses approach to a problem. Please try to follow the rules. It isn't hard. All it takes to follow Discord rules is a little bit of reading comprehension.

[slender nymph]

in that case you've done nothing wrong. your code works the way you expect because it is your approach to the problem. and since there's nothing you need help with you can go take your wild takes about having "more control" over your movement because you are using doubles elsewhere

[summer stump]

They are double the space taken, they require cpu time to cast, and the additional precision is lost anytime you cast. Oop, missed a bit

You were answered for your original question though, so I figure that is why they went on with the other questions

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ idk why they even asked why it matters if they ignore every reason on why it matters

[slender nymph]

i'm betting they barely know anything about c# and made the variable a double because they wanted to add 0.1 to it but didn't know how to make that a float

[bleak glacier]

Happy?

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float xMove = 0f;
    public float yMove = 0f;
    Vector3 movement;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
         if (Input.GetKey("w"))
        {
            yMove = yMove + .01f;
            Debug.Log("w key was pressed");
        }

         if (Input.GetKey("a"))
        {
            xMove = xMove - .01f;
            Debug.Log("a key was pressed");
        }

         if (Input.GetKey("s"))
        {
            yMove = yMove - .01f;
            Debug.Log("s key was pressed");
        }

         if (Input.GetKey("d"))
        {
            xMove = xMove + .01f;
            Debug.Log("d key was pressed");
        }

        {
        movement = new Vector3((xMove), (yMove), 0f);
        transform.position = transform.position + movement;
        yMove = 0;
        xMove = 0; 
        }
        
    }

    
}

Great. You win. A+. Gold star. 10 points to boxfriend.

[summer stump]

You are welcome for them telling you about your issue and helping you fix your code. Not really sure the reason for the aggression, but they paid you a large boon
#💻┃code-beginner message

[onyx tide]

Hello thats my first 3d project on unity and i tried to create a HP bar with a tutorial. I write the same line but it doesn't work. Someone can help ?

[slender nymph]

healthSlider has not been assigned to

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception

[icy blade]

hello i tried to put my inputfield on the gameobject script but i cannot put it there like its refuse or not detect it as inputfield ui

[summer stump]

Not a code question.
#📲┃ui-ux would be the right channel of course

[slender nymph]

you're probably using a TMPro.TMP_InputField but your variable is likely UnityEngine.UI.InputField

[onyx tide]

That page is more useless than my dad in my childhood. I found the problem

[slender nymph]

then you didn't bother reading the information it provided or the suggested solutions

[icy blade]

its work, thank you

[iron wing]

        float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * MouseSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;

        yRotation = yRotation -= LookInput.z;
        yRotation -= mouseY;
        yRotation = math.clamp(yRotation, -90f, 90f);

        Neck.localRotation = Quaternion.Lerp(Quaternion.Euler(0f, 0f, 0f),Quaternion.Euler(yRotation, 0f, 0f),0.5f);
        transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * mouseX);
        transform.Rotate(0,LookInput.x,0);```

Hi. I made a camera script for my ``Character Controller``. How can I apply ``SmoothDamp`` to this code so I can smooth it all out when you rotate rather than just coming to a complete halt?

the ``LookInput`` is for controller support with Unity's new input system, I figured this was an okay method to apply.

[slender nymph]

don't multiply mouse input by deltaTime, it's already framerate independent so doing that multiplication makes the value dependent on the framerate again and leads to stuttery camera controls

taht is suspicious as fuck my guy

[keen rampart]

💀

[slender nymph]

if you want to share your game, upload the entire build to a reputable site like itch.io or something. and share it in #1180170818983051344

[keen rampart]

i just conpressed these

[slender nymph]

i don't care. see #📖┃code-of-conduct

[keen rampart]

oh ok

[slender nymph]

or i guess the guidelines for sharing a project are actually here: https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1180174978151358584

[keen rampart]

ima just delete it

[iron wing]

thank you!! 🫡
I didn't know that. do you have tips regarding Smoothdampening with my current method by chance?

[swift crag]

There's no Quaternion.SmoothDamp, unfortunately

However, your use of Lerp can be improved a bit

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

[iron wing]

Lerping doesnt seem to do anything, it acts as if I dont really have one applied

[swift crag]

You aren't using deltaTime at all in the lerp, so it's going to be ultra fast

[iron wing]

ohhh

[swift crag]

yeah, you're moving 50% of the way to the destination every frame

zoom

Read that page, though. It explains a better way to use Lerp

[iron wing]

that makes a ton of sense let me give that a shot.

I will thanks!!

[swift crag]

You can also mix in Quaternion.RotateTowards

That way, you don't slowly approach the target forever

you always move by at least a bit each frame

[keen rampart]

tf

[pliant oyster]

I have my GameManager now, but when I try to change a variable in it (specifically, use a function inside of it that changes it), it gives me errors. If I print GameManager.Instance it gives me null. How do I fix this?

[slender nymph]

show the relevant code, including where you assign to GameManager.Instance

[pliant oyster]

So the code that accesses it is this:

public class ControlPresetScript : MonoBehaviour, IPointerClickHandler
{
    [SerializeField] public GameObject presetDropdownMenu;
    [SerializeField] public Sprite wadSprite;
    [SerializeField] public Sprite ulrzSprite;
    [SerializeField] public Sprite customSprite;
    public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        presetDropdownMenu.SetActive(presetDropdownMenu.activeSelf);
    }

    public void SwapPreset(int preset = 0)
    {
        Debug.Log(GameManager.Instance);
        switch (preset)
        {
            case 0:
                gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = wadSprite;
                GameManager.Instance.gameStuff.controls.ChangeControlsToPreset(0);
                break;
            case 1:
                gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = ulrzSprite;
                GameManager.Instance.gameStuff.controls.ChangeControlsToPreset(1);
                break;
            case 2:
                gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = customSprite;
                GameManager.Instance.gameStuff.controls.ChangeControlsToPreset(2);
                break;
            default:
                gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = wadSprite;
                GameManager.Instance.gameStuff.controls.ChangeControlsToPreset(0);
                break;
        }
    }
}

And the relevant code in the GameManager is this:

public class GameManager : Singleton<GameManager>
{
    public GameStuff gameStuff = new GameStuff();
    public class GameStuff
    {
        public Controls controls = new Controls();
        public class Controls
        {
            ...
            public void ChangeControlsToPreset(int preset, KeyCode customLeft = KeyCode.A, KeyCode customRight = KeyCode.D, KeyCode customJump = KeyCode.W, KeyCode customShoot = KeyCode.Space, KeyCode customSprint = KeyCode.LeftShift)
            {
                switch (preset)
                {
                    case 0: // W A D S L-Shift
                        leftKey = KeyCode.A;
                        rightKey = KeyCode.D;
                        jumpKey = KeyCode.W;
                        shootKey = KeyCode.Space;
                        sprintKey = KeyCode.LeftShift;
                        break;
                    case 1: // Up Left Right 0 R-CTRL
                        leftKey = KeyCode.LeftArrow;
                        rightKey = KeyCode.RightArrow;
                        jumpKey = KeyCode.UpArrow;
                        shootKey = KeyCode.RightControl;
                        sprintKey = KeyCode.Keypad0;
                        break;
                    case 2: // Custom
                        leftKey = customLeft;
                        rightKey = customRight;
                        jumpKey = customJump;
                        shootKey = customShoot;
                        sprintKey = customSprint;
                        break;
                    default: // Default to W A D S L-Shift
                        leftKey = KeyCode.A;
                        rightKey = KeyCode.D;
                        jumpKey = KeyCode.W;
                        shootKey = KeyCode.Space;
                        sprintKey = KeyCode.LeftShift;
                        break;
                }
            }
...

[slender nymph]

use a bin site to share large blocks of !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.

[swift crag]

Don't clip anything out

Share the entire script in a paste site!

[pliant oyster]

Okay lemme do that

[swift crag]

Notably, nothing in here assigns the instance

[slender nymph]

we'll also need to see that Singleton<T> class since it seems to be where the Instanc evariable resides

[swift crag]

ah, yeah, that's where it'll actually happen

[pliant oyster]

https://hatebin.com/nqqadojmdt

The Singleton? Lemme get it

Here the Singleton
https://hatebin.com/qmcgcbkqed

[slender nymph]

and is the GameManager component attached to anything in the scene? and where are you calling SwapPreset on ControlPresetScript

[pliant oyster]

I don't know what you mean with "is the GameManager component attached to anything in the scene", isn't it enough for it to exist in the file system?
I'm calling the SwapPreset in my dropdown.

[slender nymph]

no, it is a MonoBehaviour which means it has to be attached to a gameobject for the Singleton's Awake method to run

[lethal bolt]

I cant find out how to destroy other gameobject? i thougth it was destroy.Gameobjcet.Other but it isnt?

[slender nymph]

pass the gameobject you'd like to destroy to the Destroy method

[pliant oyster]

Do I just have to create an empty object and attach it to that?

Okay

[slender nymph]

surely where ever you grabbed that Singleton class from explained how to use it? (i'm assuming you didn't write it yourself since you don't seem to understand how it works)

[pliant oyster]

It works, thank you!

[pliant oyster]

It does but I often don't intuitively know something that tutorials assume everyone knows. i.E. without being told, I didn't know that it had to be attached to a GameObject.

[slender nymph]

if it is a component then it must be on a GameObject to work correctly. and it is a component if it inherits from anything that inherits from Component. like MonoBehaviour.

if you are not familiar enough with the engine to know that, i suggest going through the junior programmer pathway on the unity !learn site. it will teach you the fundamentals (of the engine) in a structured, easy to follow manner

[eternal falcon]

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

[crisp anvil]

Assigning sprite to Image, how do I do this?

[SerializeField] private Image itemSprite;
itemSprite = slot.Item.itemIcon;

public Sprite itemIcon;

[slender nymph]

this line: itemSprite = slot.Item.itemIcon;
needs to be inside of a method

also you need to assign the sprite property on the Image component

[polar jungle]

Hello! I am new to game development and have so far been trying to learn by doing some small projects. The problem is that I still lack a lot of knowledge to even make the smallest projects.

My question is if anyone knows of any good courses to learn C# in Unity? So I can become more familiarised with the language and get started working on my small hobby projects!

[teal viper]

The Microsoft C# manual.

[wintry quarry]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/csharp

[iron wing]

how do you use the third 'current velocity' parameter for smoothdamp?

[polar acorn]

ref and then a variable to store the value in. If you don't intend to use it outside of this function, just ref Vector3 whateverNameYouWant

[shell sorrel]

well they would want it as a field to store the velocity over frames then reference it, method scoped would defeat the purpose unless its a coroutine

[iron wing]

is the ref variable supposed to be a float? it wont let me enter a Vector3.

[shell sorrel]

there are 2 smooth damps

you must be using the Mathf.SmoothDamp right?

if so use a float

[polar acorn]

Depends on which smoothdamp you're using. I don't know why I assumed it was Vector3 instead of asking

[iron wing]

Ohh, I didn't realize that. yeah I'm using Mathf.

What is the significant difference?

[polar acorn]

But it'll be the same type as your target variable

[polar acorn]

Just whichever type you want

[shell sorrel]

when damps the movement of a vector the other the movement of a float

what are you trying to smooth a postion in space or just a value

[iron wing]

okay okay that makes sense. i was smoothing a float value, so I'd use the Mathf variation

[shell sorrel]

also where are you using it, in Update or a coroutine?

[iron wing]

Update

[shell sorrel]

cool, so i would make the velocity float be a field

[chrome shadow]

why isnt lerpVar being used?

[shell sorrel]

you only ever assign values to it and never read the value of it

what is your intent, noticed you are passing it in as well, are you expecting this function to adjust the field f as it runs?

[chrome shadow]

yeah i want to change f

[shell sorrel]

make it ref float lerpVar

then when you call the function do ref f

[wintry quarry]

Then do f =

Or yes, make it a ref param

[shell sorrel]

also that, if you only ever want to do it via f and not anything you pass in

[hoary ice]

how to make the animator play should end first after proceeding to other method?

[cyan folio]

I animated my legs for a character, but one of the legs goes missing when I click play. Can anyone please help?

[teal viper]

Did you check under the bed?

But seriously, you should share some more context and/or video or screenshot demonstrating the issue, as it's not entirely clear from your explanation.

[hoary ice]

my attack state doesnt have animator run in it ony attack
but when i check to the animator nodes it is transitioning to run for a second then go back to attack again

why is that?

[cyan folio]

@teal viper UPDATE: I copied an animation from one leg to the other but when I click play, the other leg disappears. How do I copy animations?

[arctic ibex]

not quite sure if this is the right spot, but I'm having problems saving. Whenever I press the button to save or load it just says "object reference not set to an instance of an object" (Error attached)

the options code is the only one attached to an object, and save and load are called from a button referencing the object with the options script. All the other save scripts are static.

A second ago it was giving me another error but it's just mysteriously stopped even though I didn't change any thing

[silver flicker]

Hey, always look up the error or general error before asking around, that means that something that you have tried to call doesn't exist according to the code. On the error, it says the problem is at line 61, look around there

[arctic ibex]

There no reference on line 61 that doesn't exist tho, it references another script which is static

the reference exist, but for somereason isn't recognised

[silver flicker]

I don't know too much about call errors, but the error says otherwise, have you tried double clicking on the error

it should bring you to the line of code where the problem is

Hey, I got a problem with raycast detection. My raycasts are set in an array, 24 around a circular object in 360 degrees. I need to call upon each array and see if it collides with the ground, if it does, then it is grounded. That seems to work, as I get a Debug.Log() received, but the majority of the casts, being above ground, keeps isGrounded as false. code - https://gdl.space/iweminuyut.cs

[hallow iris]

hi

dose any one know how to fix this

[raw token]

NREs are thrown when you try to access a member like foobar.something and foobar is null. If volumee = data.volume; is line 61, then that means that data is null. Your Saving.Loadoptions() method returns null in two cases.

[hallow iris]

i want it so that the wall apperas as it is on top of the ground

any tutorial or blogs to read would be appriciated

[raw token]

So you want isGrounded() to be true if any one or more raycasts hits the ground?

[silver flicker]

no, if any single raycast is touching the ground, then isGrounded is true

Currently if more raycasts are in the air then isgrounded becomes false

[arctic ibex]

okay, I've figured that out now. But I'm still not sure how to fix the problem. It needs to return something, and if it tries to return a Savedata class when the filestream is empty then it gets annoyed because theres nothing to deserialise. Is there a way I can tell it to not run the load if theres nothing in the file?

[raw token]

You could reset isGrounded to false prior to the loop, then only have a positive ground collision set isGrounded to true and get rid of the else. Alternately/additionally, if this is these raycasts only function, you could also break out of the loop at that point so save on physics queries - no need to keep checking them if you know you already know you're grounded.

[silver flicker]

Oh ok got it. Ill try that thanks

[raw token]

You could maybe just bail out of loadoptions() early if no save data was retrieved:

Savedata data = Saving.Loadoptions()

if (data == null)
  return;

[arctic ibex]

Thankyou! This works! There is a new problem though, lemme just screen shot the error...

[raw token]

If this is code related, you should share the relevant code. Otherwise, this seems like maybe something for #🔀┃art-asset-workflow or #🖼️┃2d-tools

[hallow iris]

yeah sorry i put it in terrain

[arctic ibex]

It's happened again. This time I can't figure out what the problem is because it's ot calling or returning anything? line 21 just references one of the variables in options. It is also not the first time the sscript references a variable in options, so clearly the other variables are working fine.

The code for SaveData hasn't changed

[raw token]

If it's getting past line 20, then options can't be null. Seems like options.currentres is likely null in that case.

[elder osprey]

I am trying to make a sprite change to a random one, but currently I am setting it in FixedUpdate() meaning its changing the sprite 50 times a second. Does anybody know a way I could make the sprite change with a delay of my choosing?

[stone elk]

why does my game play differently when i go full screen? My character moves slower?

[chrome shadow]

how do i use MenuUI.GetComponentInChildren<TMP_text>(); to get the "TMP_text" part from "ButtonText"

[raw token]

Most generally you can use a simple timer (checking if it's time for the sprite to swap each frame, and updating the next time at which the swap should occur each time you swap), or use a coroutine. If you go the timer route, this should probably be in Update() instead of FixedUpdate(), as otherwise the sprite might not visually swap for several frames afterwards

[elder osprey]

Nevermind, I figured it out, thank you!

[cyan folio]

I copied an animation from one leg to the other but when I click play, the other leg disappears. How do I copy animations?

[raw token]

If you have multiple objects with TMP_text components in that subhierarchy, that could get a little messy/inefficient - I think you'd have to filter through all the results and test each game objects' name, which is also fragile as you would need to remember that if you ever change the GO's name you also need to change the name you're filtering for.

Ideally, if something depends on that specific TMP_text component, it would be better to cache a reference to it either where it's needed, or in some script responsible for controlling that UI. Cut out the middleman and directly provide the reference so that you needn't write code to search for it.

The easiest way would be just use a

public TMP_text ButtonText;

field in the dependent class, and drag the TMP_text component to it in the inspector.

[arctic ibex]

K so I just manually set current res to the screens resolution and tried again and its still showing the error. So curretnres is not null and it's still doing it. I've been brainstorming for a while and I've no ideas.

[raw token]

I'm not sure how you've set it, but if the NRE is still on that res[0] = options.currentres.width line, then the only two possibilities are that res is null (which I don't believe to be the case - since it's a public field I think Unity should initialize it by default?), or options.currentres is still null there for some reason. You can of course test directly to figure out which is null:

if (res == null)
  Debug.Error("RES IS NULL!");

if (options.currentres == null)
  Debug.Error("CURRENTRES IS NULL!");

In the longer run, learning to use your IDE's debugger always pays dividends - it allows you stop code execution, step through it line by line, and examine all of the values of things in memory.

[arctic ibex]

woah not me totally forgetting debuggin exists. Gimme a second hang on...

K so that didn work... do i test width and height manually? it just said that resolutions can't be null right? that's what that means?

okay so it says ints can't be null... so I can't test width and hegiht seperatly. Which i guess means currentres being null isnt the problem then?

[chrome shadow]

I got it figured out and created an array with getcomponentsinchildren, thanks!

[slender nymph]

Resolution is a struct which cannot be null

[raw token]

Does res have any items in the inspector? Arrays in C# have a fixed size that can't change, so if you've specified no items in the inspector, Unity may be initializing an empty array by default, and it's failing to access res[0] as it does not exist. You may need to initialize your res array with a size of 2 (or more - or change it into a List<int> so you can leverage resizing)

[arctic ibex]

aha! that's probably the issue. how do I declare the arrayu size in the code again?

wait it's just int[] = new int[] isnt it

[raw token]

public int[] res = new int[2];

[arctic ibex]

it's not serializable anymore...

[slender nymph]

you have the wrong attribute on the SaveData type

[arctic ibex]

what do you mean by that?

[slender nymph]

look at the attribute you've placed on the SaveData type. it should be Serializable

[arctic ibex]

okay so uh.... this happened. I guess it wasn't deserialising before so it never noticed it or something? anyway, heres the error and the code in question.

[slender nymph]

you should not be using BinaryFormatter. it is a security risk
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/binaryformatter-security-guide

[arctic ibex]

oh and another sharing violation but I'm guessing that's just causd my this error

[arctic ibex]

okay... is that gonna completely change my code to fix? cause that's gonna be a nightmare

Thanks for telling me, I 100% would have kept using that forever otherwise

[slender nymph]

it honestly wouldn't be a huge change if you just switch to json utility or something, there should be plenty of tutorials for how to use that for save/load

[arctic ibex]

How important is it? cause the game is only for a competition, it's not SUUUUPER important that it's safe...

[slender nymph]

well binary formatter can potentially allow malicious code execution on yoru players devices, especially if they share save files and stuff

[arctic ibex]

... so in theory if it's only going to some judges who will almost certainly have a virtual machine running it because it would be silly not to, it would be fine?

[queen adder]

anyone know the command to bring up the unity visual studio set up agaon?

[slender nymph]

it's linked in #854851968446365696

[queen adder]

cheers

!ide

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[slender nymph]

you know that embed was also in #854851968446365696 , right?

literally right above the one with all the commands

[slender nymph]

i mean, i guess

[queen adder]

oh haha i saw the code and used it XD sorry

[slender nymph]

#854851968446365696 still the least read channel of the server smh

[arctic ibex]

okay that's good cause i can NOT be bothered to change it when i need to submit this game in like 4 days and it's only half done

[queen adder]

hummm ok weird so small issue the visual studio vode editor altho set up correctly. is claming that my void on update isnt used... i dont know why. im doing some mesh defromation at run time, and testing in the editor but it isnt working. idk why.

[slender nymph]

well where do you call OnUpdate?

[hallow iris]

i have a code related question i want to make a hord based spawning system over a random range over a 2d top down feild and idea how sould i go arround this?

like any like blogs to read or tutotials would be appriciated

[slender nymph]

you can use Instantiate to spawn an object, methods on the Random class to generate random numbers for the positions and the like, and a loop

[queen adder]

its an event called by vrchat its the exact same as event update. but its just called from another script in vrchats sdk.

im asking in their servers as well but i dont know what i did wrong as that exact same code works in another project

[slender nymph]

if it is a message sent from the vrchat sdk then naturally vs code wouldn't see that you are using it. of course if you have problems with anything related to the !vrchat sdk, you can ask in their discord server 👇

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[queen adder]

ok guess im i cant ask here sorry.

[quick kelp]

your leg didn't disappeared it went exactly were you told it to if you copied the animation
the exact position & rotation unity doesnt have a flipped copy and paste like blender
you are better off making low poly test animations in blender and exporting them

or if you really need these animations to be in unity only

copy the X in your postion tab when the animations not playing

and paste it for it each frame

that should technically do it

[cyan folio]

I already fixed it by removing the position component.

[quick kelp]

ok quick question I'm about to work on a save system for me game is it possible to save DontDestroyOnLoad objects

[languid spire]

you can save anything as long as it is serializable by the save system you use

[quick kelp]

alrighty thank you

[queen adder]

hey i have a problem when i install unity and direct it to my E drive it takes memory from the C drive and when i install unity editor also directed to E drive it starts downloading in C drive

[languid spire]

yes, that's where your downloads folder is

[queen adder]

is there any way to not use C drive memory?

[languid spire]

only if you really, really know how to modify your windows configuration. I would not recommend even trying because screwing it up can seriously break your computer

[queen adder]

ok thanks

[vernal bone]

Quick question.
I have a situation where multiple objects fire a OnTriggerEnter event (Bullets entering an enemy object), and i have a problem with processing this situation.
Is there some way to look at all of them at once, like a list of currently triggering objects?
Or is there other good ways to handle that?

[stone elk]

can i change size of player without affecting its circle collider.

[burnt vapor]

So purely the visual sprite or mesh? Why would you not be able to do that?

Sounds like you have a different issue that is reason for this question?

[stone elk]

its not a big deal. nvm

[burnt vapor]

There are methods like this that can be used to collect colliders inside a given trigger. There are also variants for box and capsula and you can also have an alloc version that creates the array for you rather than supplying the method with one.

Maybe you can try this instead and call this each frame on your enemy

Not sure how much better this would be over just checking using the OnTriggerEnter method, though. Why would that not work here?

[slate haven]

I have pickups spawning in my game by object pooling in which there are pools (list). I want to deactivate a certain pool from spawning for a specific condition. What do i do?

[vernal bone]

it fails (sometimes) when i count player score. Each hit adds a bit.
And when enemy object is killed, it adds incorrect amount of score. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but everytime that is caused by multiple sumiltaneous fatal blows. It's probably on surface and i'm just dum

here's code if you interested:

    public void GetDamage(int dmg){
        int prevHP = HP;
        HP -= dmg;
        int score;
        if (HP > 0){
            score = prevHP - HP;
        }
        else{
            score = prevHP;
        }
        InterfaceSingleton.Instance.AddScore(score * 10);
        if (prevHP > 0 && HP < 1){
            Destroy(gameObject);
            InterfaceSingleton.Instance.AddScore(500);
        }
    }

[burnt vapor]

It fails to call the method? Did you try logging a message when it's triggered to verify?

[vernal bone]

if i get it correctly, all triggerenter events processed in some order, not simultaneously, so it should be fine, but it is not

[burnt vapor]

I never heard it would not trigger

[vernal bone]

bad wording.
fails as in incorrectly adds score, not that it not fires. It does.

oh, i guess i got what's wrong

[burnt vapor]

So as in a race condition? Code runs simultaniously and incorrectly updates an old state?

Because Unity is synchronous and that doesn't happen

I'm kind of confused on the root issue

How does it incorrectly add score?

[vernal bone]

I fixed that. Problem was that I did not check if prevHP > 0
At first it added more points that it should, because I didn't handled it properly, and now it added less for the same reason.

@burnt vapor big thanks anyway

[carmine sierra]

where is this in the new version

conditions

cause my one doesnt show any

[eternal needle]

This is a code channel

[carmine sierra]

why do i need to do SetBool/Trigger for animation booleans/triggers

and why do triggers exist

are they not just bools

[burnt vapor]

They are two completely different things

[carmine sierra]

completely different?

isnt a trigger just a one way bool

[carmine sierra]

also why is this needed

[frosty hound]

So you can transition animations

[vernal bone]

Another small question.
"yield return" in this coroutine just makes a while loop wait for some time before another loop?

private IEnumerator Coroutine(){
  while(true){
    sumCode();
    yield return someTime;
  }
}

[languid spire]

incorrect syntax but, yes

[vernal bone]

Alright, that's what i wanted to know. Thanks

kinda pseudocode btw

[languid spire]

then you should say so, we are not mind readers

[vernal bone]

well, i tried to make a syntactically correct example that does nothing, but shows intention, but failed to do so i guess. noted.
thanks anyways

[burnt vapor]

Yes, yielding essentially pauses your method. Note that you can create your own system outside of Coroutines as long as you return an IEnumerable or IEnumerable<T>

The point is the underlying enumerator (which coroutines use directly) that can be iterated in steps. That's also how Unity pauses Coroutines to simulate delays

[vernal bone]

Looks interesting. Useless to me for now, but i'll save a note. Thanks

[burnt vapor]

You could technically make a similar system like a Coroutine. Unity just does it themselves when you call StartCoroutine

[bleak condor]

my character is not collding with the tilemap. they have the same layer and the tilemap has a tilemap collider

[carmine sierra]

but why is it different to boolname = true/false

[wintry quarry]

Having the same layer is usually not that relevant unless you've messed around with the layer collision matrix

Show the inspectors of the objects you expect to collide

[carmine sierra]

if a public variable is not being referenced from another script, but you need it to be public to reference something else, would it be written as "variableName" or "VariableName"

[bleak condor]

1. tilemap

2. enemy

my game also gets this error a lot but i dont think it relates to collisions

[languid spire]

well what line of code does this apply to?

[short hazel]

The latter (PascalCase), even though Unity uses the former (camelCase) as a standard. Do what you think is best, compliance with regular C# conventions, or Unity's

[frosty hound]

Because a bool is true or false and trigger isnt? Not sure what specifically you're confused about

[carmine sierra]

oh okay

[frosty hound]

You can read the description
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.SetTrigger.html

[carmine sierra]

not sure what the point of a trigger is

its not like you would accidentally reverse the trigger

[bleak condor]

this one i think

[frosty hound]

So you can fire off an animation transition without having to manage the value of a bool. It's a one time call.

[carmine sierra]

oh okay

so you can trigger it multiple times?

instead of flipping on then off then on again

[short hazel]

Triggers auto-reset when the transition is consumed

[carmine sierra]

yeah

okay i get it

[lethal bolt]

Isnt this how you get the Rigidbpody?

[languid spire]

so this gameObject does not have a Health script attached or data is null

[carmine sierra]

is it a good idea when programming to use as many methods as possible

[bleak condor]

idk. it has a health script. im mainly just trying to fix collisions whihc should be working but its not

[carmine sierra]

to make it look clean and to allow you to isolate the methods code

[languid spire]

So Debug it to find out rather than just making assumprions

[bleak condor]

i dont knowhow to debug this is my first game

theres no code its just like the collision between 2 game objects

[lethal bolt]

debug.log

[languid spire]

https://unity.huh.how/debugging

[queen adder]

thatt means i cant use unity becuase i don't have enough space

[short hazel]

Yes it is one of the ways to retrieve a reference to a Rigidbody
Whether it's correct in your context cannot be confirmed though, but since you're posting this I guess something is wrong with it.
Always, if you have errors, post them in the original question

[lethal bolt]

There is acctually no errors the Enemy just wont get its own Rigidbody...

[short hazel]

If that was the case, you'd get a NullReferenceException

So either the code doesn't run, or it runs but the force is so small that you can't see any movement

[languid spire]

It is what it is, what do you expect us to do about it?

[lethal bolt]

Lol the force was to little. Thanks!

[queen adder]

i mean when i install games they usually use memory from drive i directed it to but i understand

[short hazel]

Depends on the installer. Some do that, and ohers download the required (compressed sometimes) files to the Temp directory (which is on the system drive) before unpacking them to the final install directory.
Some even require parts to be installed on the system drive, like Visual Studio

[languid spire]

If the sum total of your Windows experience is installing and playing games it does not exactly equip you for a life in game dev. I would suggest you invest some time into learning how the Windows OS works

[queen adder]

Wow, appreciate the suggestion. I am just saying if the thing isnt gonna download where i want then why give me an option i dont see why would anyone get mad, but its not only games its other programs. this conversation can end. appreciate ur time.

[languid spire]

because it does not offer you a download folder selection it offers you an install folder. Download != Install. This is exactly what I mean by you need to learn

[swift crag]

note that this has nothing to do with code

it's also not exactly a unity problem in general. free up some space.

it won't be permanently used; it's just where Unity keeps data that's being staged

[queen adder]

oke, i asked cuz i didnt know but appreciate the honesty.

[lethal bolt]

Why cant i use Random?

[swift crag]

did you read the error?

[lethal bolt]

yes

[swift crag]

okay, so you know why you can't use Random, then

it tells you exactly what the problem is

[lethal bolt]

huu?

[swift crag]

'Random' is an ambiguous reference between 'UnityEngine.Random' and 'System.Random'

What do you not understand about this error message?

I can't help you if you just make confused noises

[lethal bolt]

What the diffrent is?

[swift crag]

I have no idea what that's supposed to mean

[lethal bolt]

'UnityEngine.Random' and 'System.Random' The diffrent between these.

[languid spire]

Ambiguous is 4 sylables. Could it be this is difficult to parse for someone bought up on text speak?

[swift crag]

They are two different classes.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Random.html
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.random?view=net-8.0

[languid spire]

one says UnityEngine, the other says System. You have to define which one you mean because the compiler cannot make the decision for you

[lethal bolt]

Oh

Okay

[swift crag]

Different things generally have different names.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/using-directive

You can clarify which class you want to use with another using directive.

[languid spire]

And your question is?

not a code question #💻┃unity-talk
Also !learn has all the resources you need

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[hallow iris]

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

public class enemyDamage : MonoBehaviour
{
public wallHealth wHealth;
public float damage;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    
}

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Wall") )
        {
        wHealth.health -= damage;
        }
}

}

can any one tell

me what is causing this error

and how can i fix this

[short hazel]

!code

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[short hazel]

Follow the instructions above so the code is properly formatted
at Assets/Scripts/enemyDamage:25
Your error happens on line 25 of the enemyDamage script.

[timid hinge]

hi guys im having a problem but i dont know where is it im creating a game like vampire survivors and i have animations for all type of weapons and everything but the animation is not working on any weapon

[hallow iris]

https://gdl.space/lopacosalu.cpp

how can i fix this?

[short hazel]

Some variable on line 25 has no value (it is null), but you're trying to do something with it anyway

[shell sorrel]

wHealth is never assigned a value

guessing you forgot it in the inspector

[short hazel]

You changed the code and forgot to assign the script again. Drag-drop the object which has the wHealth script on it

[hallow iris]

ok

i want to assing a tile map to this to which a script is attached how should i do this

i want this wall to have health and if some one attacks it it looses health

[polar acorn]

So wouldn't it make more sense for the enemy script to get the WallHealth component from the thing it hit instead of one you drag in

[hallow iris]

it would how can i do that i am not good at coding would appriciate if u can point me towards the right direction

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.GetComponent.html

[hallow iris]

thanks ❤️

[normal valve]

Hello, not sure where to put this as there isn't a channel for it. My Project won't update it's Player Version to file when I make a change (Project Settings > Player > Version). Does anyone know why? I have Project Settings as a submodule in Git and we use it to differentiate our software versions. Git obviously can't see a file change as there isn't one. Thanks

[shell sorrel]

which file are you looking at?

also hit save project from the file menu after making changes to settings

also project settings as a submodule in git is very weird behaviour and way to set things up

[swift crag]

that is...odd, yes

[pine bone]

Hello guys, i have a problem with my gun system (2D). The gun works perfectly when i play the game for the first time. But if i reload the scene (pressing restart level button) i suddenly cant shoot the gun anymore, i need to restart the game and join again for it to work. By the way this only happens in the built version and not in editor. Thank you in advance

[shell sorrel]

you would need to descrive more about how your reload works, and how that differs from how the game does it on first launch

and provide what errors you are getting when you try and shoot, feels like its losing reference

[pine bone]

I dont change anything after pressing the restart button, it just reloads the scene

[shell sorrel]

but the logs should tell you that

[pine bone]

And i cant even debug because it doesnt happen in editor

[shell sorrel]

sure you can

[wintry quarry]

You can debug outside the editor

[pine bone]

how

[shell sorrel]

what platform is it

[pine bone]

windows

[shell sorrel]

PC or like android or something

launch it in the terminal

[wintry quarry]

By reading log files and attaching the debugger

basically all the same ways

[shell sorrel]

or attach the console from the editor too it

[pine bone]

how

[shell sorrel]

can even attach your ide debugger if you build in dev mode with script debugging

[pine bone]

do i open command prompt and type "gamename".exe

[shell sorrel]

well easist way would be to just get the log file

[pine bone]

where is it

[shell sorrel]

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\CompanyName\ProductName\Player.log

you will need to replace parts of that path based on your org and product name

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

[pine bone]

DontDestroyOnLoad only works for root GameObjects or components on root GameObjects.

it only has this error i think

[polar acorn]

You cannot make an object with a parent a DDOL. It has to be on the root object

[shell sorrel]

also i would delete teh log, then reproduce the error

then check it

[pine bone]

oh wait

[shell sorrel]

that way you only get stuff from 1 gameplay session

[pine bone]

i got an NullReferenceException error

[shell sorrel]

ok and look at where that error is, and figure out why

[pine bone]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at GunShooting.Update () [0x00050] in <febfd361b8104404ba670889ca3da885>:0
at PlayerShooting.Update () [0x00000] in <febfd361b8104404ba670889ca3da885>:0

Is there a way to get the line

number

[wintry quarry]

Did you build the game as a development build?

It should generally be pretty obvious looking at the code though for an error like this

[polar acorn]

A dev build would include line numbers. But you can check your GunShooting update and see if there's anything obvious that could be wrong

[shell sorrel]

it takes a bit of work, but seeing the callstack should be able to get you close enough, also yeah make sure development build is checked

[pine bone]

 public virtual void Update()
 {


     if (!canFire)
     {
         timer += Time.deltaTime;
         if (timer > 1 / gun.firerate)
         {
             canFire = true;
             timer = 0f;
         }

     }
     bool ShouldRotate = !(transform.parent.eulerAngles.z < 90 || transform.parent.eulerAngles.z > 270f);
  
         foreach (Transform childObject in transform)
         {
             if (childObject.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>() != null)
             {
                 childObject.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().flipY = ShouldRotate;
             }
         }

     
   
 }```

[pine bone]

ok i will try doing a development build

[wintry quarry]

probably gun is null

[shell sorrel]

going to assume its gun

or the GetComponent call is failing

[wintry quarry]

or transform.parent is null

GetComponent should be fine since there's an if

[shell sorrel]

so would look into how those are defined

[pine bone]

i dont think its null because i set it in the inspector

[shell sorrel]

oh did not notice they were 2 difference ones since i would never do one just to check for null then do it again

well try a build that gives line numbers

and it will be very obvious

[wintry quarry]

maybe your code is reassigning it

you;d have to show more context

[shell sorrel]

or if this is DDOL it would lose references as other stuff unloads

[pine bone]

bool ShouldRotate = !(transform.parent.eulerAngles.z < 90 || transform.parent.eulerAngles.z > 270f);

this line gives the error but its from a different gun object

that has no parent

[wintry quarry]

well that explains it

If it's expected for you to not hav a parent sometimes, you need to make sure in your code that you heck for that before using it.

[pine bone]

no the gun that has no parent doesnt affect it

its a different object

        if ( (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) || (Input.GetMouseButton(0) && gun.isAutomatic)) && canFire && isPickedUp && !GameManager.Instance.isPaused)

[pine bone]

this line gives a null reference exception too

[polar acorn]

Then either gun or GameManager.Instance is null

[pine bone]

i dont know how they can be null

the gun is set in the inspector

[shell sorrel]

add some log statements to check on thing and test assumptions

[pine bone]

and the bug was there before i added gamemanager so it cant be null

why does it only happen in built versions and not in editor

[pine bone]

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
  at CameraShakeManager.SetupScreenShakeSettings (ScreenShakeProfile profile, Cinemachine.CinemachineImpulseSource impulseSource) [0x0003b] in D:\...\UltraUnityFolder\2D Platformer\Assets\Scripts\Managers\CameraShakeManager.cs:51 
  at CameraShakeManager.ScreenShakeFromProfile (ScreenShakeProfile profile, Cinemachine.CinemachineImpulseSource impulseSource) [0x00001] in D:\...\UltraUnityFolder\2D Platformer\Assets\Scripts\Managers\CameraShakeManager.cs:39 
  at GunShooting.Shoot () [0x0003a] in D:\...\UltraUnityFolder\2D Platformer\Assets\Scripts\GunShooting.cs:31 
  at PlayerShooting.Update () [0x0004a] in D:\...\UltraUnityFolder\2D Platformer\Assets\Scripts\Gun Scripts\PlayerShooting.cs:18 ```

it turns out that the guns shake profile gets deleted

for some reason

[fleet coyote]

Hi! I am kinda new to unity. I followed a movement tutorial(using get axis raw input and moveposition) and then tried implementing dashing on my own via AddForce. This however doesnt work for me. I tested with a new script and it seems like my movement script "blocks" all Force functions. Why is that?

      speed = GetComponent<stats>().speed;
      position.x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal")*speed;
      position.y = Input.GetAxis("Vertical")*speed;

      rb.MovePosition(rb.position + position);

[pine bone]

is it 3d or 2d

[fleet coyote]

2d

[pine bone]

speed = GetComponent<stats>().speed;
      float x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal") *speed;
      float y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") *speed;

      rb.AddForce(new Vector2(x,y));```

[wintry quarry]

Because your code is just explicitly setting the position to an exact place.

Naturally with that code running, nothing else will be able to affect the object's position

[fleet coyote]

That was my guess too but I can't think of a workaround?

[pine bone]

try this

[raw token]

You can either change your dash code to compute the effect of the dash on the final position which will be passed to MovePosition(), use forces to move the character instead of MovePosition(), or disable the movement code while the character is dashing

[wintry quarry]

Your workarounds are to change the way your movement code works, or disable that movement code temporarily while you dash

[pine bone]

        impulseListener.m_ReactionSettings.m_AmplitudeGain = profile.listenerAmplitude;

this is the line that gives me null reference exception error, do you know why?

full function:

    private void SetupScreenShakeSettings(ScreenShakeProfile profile, CinemachineImpulseSource impulseSource)
    {
        impulseDefinition = impulseSource.m_ImpulseDefinition;
        impulseDefinition.m_ImpulseDuration = profile.impactTime;
        impulseSource.m_DefaultVelocity = profile.defaultVelocity;
        impulseDefinition.m_CustomImpulseShape = profile.impulseCurve;

        impulseListener.m_ReactionSettings.m_AmplitudeGain = profile.listenerAmplitude;

        impulseListener.m_ReactionSettings.m_FrequencyGain = profile.listenerFrequency;
        impulseListener.m_ReactionSettings.m_Duration = profile.listenerDuration;


    }
}```

[fleet coyote]

Thanks for the help. I will try to implement your ideas.

[polar acorn]

Either impluseListener, impulseListener.m_ReactionSettings, or profile is null

[wintry quarry]

impulseListener is null

[pine bone]

the impulse listener is set here

[polar acorn]

It doesn't matter if it's set here, is it set at the time this code runs

Try logging them to see what's null

then you can try to find out why with actual information

[pine bone]

why doesnt it get deleted in editor but in build mode

[polar acorn]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[pine bone]

also theres no other code affecting it

[polar acorn]

Presumably because you're doing something in code that removes it in build mode but not in the editor

[pine bone]

        virtualCamera.m_Lens.OrthographicSize = Mathf.Lerp(virtualCamera.m_Lens.OrthographicSize, targetSize, Time.deltaTime * transitionSpeed);

do you think this could be affecting it

[polar acorn]

how would this affect it

[pine bone]

i dont even have any other code that affects the camera

i dont know

[polar acorn]

Have you tried using logs to find out what is null in the first place

It's pointless to try to diagnose a why without a what

[pine bone]

its the impulse listener obviously

[polar acorn]

How "obviously", did you check?

[polar acorn]

Because I see three things that could be null

Well, I suppose if profile was null it'd error the line before that, but it still could also be m_ReactionSettings

[pine bone]

if profile was null it would not go to that 5th kşne

[polar acorn]

both are used for the first time on the line throwing the error

So, log impulseListener and impulseListener.m_reactionSettings. Do them in two separate logs, so if the first one prints null, you'll still see it before the second one throws an NRE

[pine bone]

i did this and it worked

so mreaction settings isnt null

[polar acorn]

Okay good. That is also sufficient to check which one it is. So, now you know impulseListener is null. You've dragged it in to the inspector of this specific instance of this script, so one of the following two things is happening:

1. There exists another copy of this script which does not have impulseListener set
2. impulseListener becomes null at some point, either because the variable is set to null or the object you were referencing impulseListener from was destroyed

[pine bone]

the camerashakemanager is a singleton

so the impulselistener becomes null

[polar acorn]

So, either something is setting the variable impulseListener to null, or the object you were referencing impulseListener from was destroyed

Such as when the scene it was in was unloaded

[pine bone]

also i made the camerashakemanager not destroy on load

could it be related to that

anyways i think it works fine right now, thank you so much for helping @polar acorn @wintry quarry @shell sorrel

[heavy garden]

should I add anything here like to create a save or something

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement; // This is needed for SceneManager

public class NewGameButton : MonoBehaviour
{
    // This function will be called when the button is clicked
    public void StartNewGame()
    {
        // Replace "StartScene" with the name of your scene
        SceneManager.LoadScene("StartScene");
    }
}

how would I do that

[frosty hound]

What is "something"?

You actually have to know what you're trying to achieve

[heavy garden]

Im wondering how to like setup a game save system and wondering if I would start the save system in new game or in the actual game

[polar acorn]

When do you want the save to happen?

[frosty hound]

1. Setting up save data is a big topic I'm not going to try to distill down into a few sentences
2. You create a new save where it makes logical sense ... such as when you start a new game

[heavy garden]

but how would I do that? I dont understand how to create game saves or save data

and playerprefabs confuse me

[frosty hound]

As I said, I'm not going to try to distill down into a few sentences. I don't have the time to actually explain a whole data structure to someone. You can start by looking up tutorials on how to save data, though if PlayerPrefs confuses you then you have a lot more ahead of you.

It also really depends on what kind of data you're planning on saving.

[heavy garden]

mainly player position, inventory items, and current objectives

[frosty hound]

Then no, playerprefs wouldn't be used here. You will have to create your own save data class, and save that using JSON (for example).

[lavish jolt]

Hello. How can I know that enemy and player have no obstacles between them?

[polar acorn]

Raycast from one to the other and see if it hits anything:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html

[lavish jolt]

And what should be the direction of the ray if I cast it from enemy? Player position?

[polar acorn]

The direction between the two objects

[swift crag]

a position is not a direction

[languid spire]

you calculate a direction using target - source

[carmine sierra]

when the guy on learn unity makes a mistake, is it scripted or real

[polar acorn]

What mistake

[unreal path]

hi i recently started coding and now i want to have a small text pop up when you collect an item, everything should work fine in theory but i cannot drag my text from the hierarchy to the inspector and when i try to just select it i get "type mismatch"

[bleak glacier]

Hey so I'm using Unity 2D and I have a funky problem. I have rigid body 2ds and box collider 2ds on my player and game object. Whenever they collide though, the game object and sometimes the player end up off centered and messed up. It's really weird and it's kind of a big problem. I tried including a script to set their rotations to 0,0,0 but that didn't help.

[raw token]

Assuming you're trying to drag the GO from the scene hierarchy to your script component in the inspector, the type of the field on your script needs to be compatible with the type of the component on the game object. What is the type of your field, and what is the component on the GO which you're trying to assign to it?

[unreal path]

im confused by a good bit of what u said, down to call and screenshare realquick?

[raw token]

I am not. But you can post screenshots or videos here 👍

[swift crag]

You cannot reference a scene object from an asset.

If you're trying to do that -- such as dragging a scene object into a prefab's inspector -- then it will not work.

[unreal path]

i have a text-object in my canvas and i try to drag it into the inspector from my other object which should make the text invisible and visible again... idk if that helps

[swift crag]

it does not help very much, no

screenshot what you're doing

show us the inspectors of the objects you're using, and show us that they both exist in the scene

[wintry quarry]

Does the type of the object you're trying to drag match the type of the field you're trying to drag it into?
Does the field exist in a scene or in an asset?

[swift crag]

You are trying to reference a scene object from a prefab.

You can't do that.

[unreal path]

so i have to make the text a prefab too?

[swift crag]

No, because then it wouldn't exist in the scene

you could have an instance of the prefab in the scene, sure

but you could not reference that specific instance from the enemy prefab

https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

You need to assign this reference when you spawn the enemy.

[wintry quarry]

you simply can't do inspector references from assets.

Why does the Enemy need to reference a Text component though? That seems backwards and inconvenient.

I would reverse the dependency

have the UI thing read data from the Enemy instance in the scene after it's spawned

[unreal path]

im really new i just figured it would be the easiest to toggle the visiblity of the text right when i check collision

[wintry quarry]

You can use the singleton pattern too, if there's only one of these UI things.

[swift crag]

If you're extremely new then you really ought to use !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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[unreal path]

aight guys i think i have an idea of how to fix, ill just try around if anything comes up i'll update and ask again :) thanks everyone

[bleak glacier]

Update: I had to freeze Z rotation under rigid body

There's a little bit of wiggle still but nothing game breaking anymore

[nocturne violet]

hey does anybody know better alternatives for WaitForSeconds? Something that can be in the same function and more easy to read

[swift crag]

your question does not make sense

[rich adder]

make a timer?

[swift crag]

If you're asking about something that can "delay" Update(), you can't

[nocturne violet]

yeah

[summer stump]

Not really. You can implement it yourself with deltaTime, but that is LESS easy to read

[swift crag]

I don't know what "in the same function" means.

[spare mountain]

you can only not execute things on certain frames ^^

[swift crag]

other than "not in a coroutine"

which brings me to this point: #💻┃code-beginner message

[nocturne violet]

ah, ok

[rich adder]

make timer inside coroutine with deltaTime

[spare mountain]

how does this compare to a timer in update?

[nocturne violet]

im not trying to make it in update

[spare mountain]

oh alr

[rich adder]

You don't have to run update? easier to control a coroutine

[nocturne violet]

im trying to make the delay in my own funcion

that isnt the one that WaitForSeconds is used for

[spare mountain]

can you make your function a coroutine?

[swift crag]

This makes no sense.

Show exactly what you're trying to accomplish here.

[nocturne violet]

im trying to make a timer that doesn't used an ienumerator

a void

[spare mountain]

but why?

[swift crag]

it's not "a void"

it's a method that returns void

[swift crag]

Subtract Time.deltaTime from a field in Update until it reaches zero, then do something.

[nocturne violet]

oh

ok

[spare mountain]

I fail to see why you need to avoid coroutines so bad

[nocturne violet]

im just trying to mess around with unity rn

[swift crag]

again, this will not let you make the Update method "wait"

if that's what you're trying to achieve

[nocturne violet]

alr

thank you

[rich adder]

    IEnumerator Delay()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
        var time = 0f;
        var timer = 1f;
        while(time < timer)
        {
            time += Time.deltaTime;
            yield return null;
        }
        //Timer done do something?
    }```
They're both legible to me :shrug

[nocturne violet]

i know but i was just wondering if there was a different way on doing a wait function

[rich adder]

many ways lol

[swift crag]

sure: this demonstrates two different ways to make a coroutine wait for one second

It doesn't get much easier to read than yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);, though

it's pretty obvious what this does: wait for one second

[nocturne violet]

ah ok

thank you

[polar acorn]

Technically, thread.Sleep will indeed make the Update method wait

[swift crag]

true

[spare mountain]

is this bad practice

lol

[swift crag]

well

your game takes a little nap

[spare mountain]

yeah I could imagine

[swift crag]

so it's great if you don't want your game to work

[carmine sierra]

the ub should automatically refer to the y position right?

[swift crag]

it's a poor fit for the "my game shouldn't freeze" crowd

[spare mountain]

gonna thread.Sleep(Mathf.inf); rq

[swift crag]

i don't know what you mean by "automatically"

you are comparing it to transform.position.y

that's very manual

[carmine sierra]

yeah exactly

[nocturne violet]

what type of data does the IEnumerator send back?

[carmine sierra]

so would it understand that i am saying the y position needs to be greater than or equal to a y pos of 45?

or would i need to say somehting...position.y

[swift crag]

transform.position.y >= ub will be true (and thus the else-if branch will be taken) if transform.position.y is greater than or equal to ub

[rich adder]

wdym it returns IEnumerator

[carmine sierra]

okay cool

[swift crag]

All that C# cares about is that you have floats on both sides.

It does not matter where those floats came form

[carmine sierra]

okay thanks

[nocturne violet]

but what is the IEnumerator used for

[rich adder]

Unity does some voodoo magic with it to make ti a " coroutine "

[swift crag]

there's no magic at all

[rich adder]

normally for iteration

[nocturne violet]

oh

[spare mountain]

hey let me believe in the power of Unity

[rich adder]

I just know it works sometimes I don't question it lol

[swift crag]

IEnumerator Foo() {
  yield return "Hello";
}

When you declare a method that returns IEnumerator and has at least one yield statement, you get an iterator method

[rich adder]

but I do know what its doing , I believe you're one who told me about it

[swift crag]

An iterator method returns an IEnumerator. This is an object that can give you values one at a time.

Each time you hit a yield, the enumerator stops running and produces a new value.

Unity repeatedly asks the enumerator for values until it runs out.

[carmine sierra]

if i say velocity(0,0,0) would it stop continuing forces from acting on the item (granted no forces are being applied at that time)

[swift crag]

That's how coroutines work.

If you yield special kinds of objects, like WaitForSeconds, that changes how often Unity asks for new values

Normally, it asks for one new value per frame.

[spare mountain]

if you say it after setting a velocity before the fixedupdate loop then sure

might as well just freeze its location though

[swift crag]

Therefore, if you do this:

IEnumerator Hello() {
  while (true) {
    Debug.Log("HI!");
    yield return null;
  }
}

and start a coroutine with it, it'll log "HI!" once per frame

each time it hits yield, the enumerator pauses

and unity resumes it once per frame, by default

[dense root]

https://gdl.space/liloviqoto.cs

Right now I have an array-based button system, but the problem is that when I want to select the "left" or "right" button it is actually based on the position of the array, not the button relative to world-space. How do I go about doing the latter?

[swift crag]

instead of just adding or removing 1 from the index, you need to do a bit more math

although, one thing: if you use UI components with navigation enabled, this will happen automatically

[rich adder]

doesn't ui have navigation flow control you can adjust?

[swift crag]

you can also manually specify the navigation flow

This should actually be working fine by default. Are you not using Unity UI buttons?

[dense root]

This is what I'm using

[swift crag]

so instead of having your code move around with Input.GetKeyDown, you'd just be moving a UI selection around

when you hit Enter with a Selectable selected, it'll receive a submit event

which will cause a Button to fire its onClick event

so actually...just get rid of al of that code and it should work

the only problem is that you need to get an initial selection

you can call Select on the first button when the menu comes up

[carmine sierra]

it wouldnt though right? if gravity is acting on it

just the velocity at that moment

[dense root]

Okay let me tinker with the code and see what I come up with

[spare mountain]

if you set velocity to 0 and don't change it later then nothing will move

[dense root]

Yup your solution works, however the problem is I don't want an answer pre-selected, how do I avoid that?

I just want the higihlights to come up once the player presses their arrow keys

[swift crag]

Then don’t immediately select something

But you’ll need to then select something through code when the player presses an arrow key

[dense root]

Ahh gotcha

Tysm

[swift crag]

note that if you click off of a Selectable, you'll wind up with nothing selected

[swift crag]

so this should work whenever there is no selection

[carmine sierra]

instead of setting velocity to 0, how could i prevent a player from getting out of bounds in a more seamless and invisible walled kind of way

right now i just set velocity to zero

[swift crag]

you could add force when you're getting close to the bounds

[spare mountain]

just add an invisible wall

seems pretty simple

[swift crag]

and then forcibly stop the player when they get too far

[spare mountain]

that might be janky

[carmine sierra]

i think i have a solution, but nah i dont want an invisible wall

[spare mountain]

okay then your choice

[carmine sierra]

nah i think ill do that but make it so it is stronger than the opposing force

[spare mountain]

it might be bouncy but sure

have fun

[carmine sierra]

yeah like that

[dense root]

I put this in Update but it freezes up the selection, where is a better spot to check for arrow inputs?

    private void Update()
    {
        // Check for arrow input so that we can automatically select an item
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.UpArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.DownArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        {
            answerButton[0].Select();
        }
    }

[pine bone]

hello, whats the best way to store users owned skins? should i create a skin class and make it serilizable, and create a list with that

[carmine sierra]

i have an idea that i should only use forces and velocity since translate seems to be very jittery. is this a good idea or is there a way to counteract that jitteryness (i remember seeing something called smooth something)

[swift crag]

You can check if you have a selection right now

EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject

[wintry quarry]

Would highly recommend using the built in UI navigation instead of this

[swift crag]

we're switching to that :p

also, if the Automatic navigation misbehaves (it can find the wrong Selectables), you can manually configure it

I do that via script for most of my menus

[carmine sierra]

nvm stupid question

[spare mountain]

use moveposition for rigidbodies not translate

[swift crag]

yes: if you're using a rigidbody, you should tell it to move

instead of changing your Transform and then letting the rigidbody find out about the new position later on

[dense root]

Okay so the arrow keys work perfectly tysm for telling me about the EventSystem. But now my mouse doesn't register the clicks... thoughts?

[carmine sierra]

is that a game for learning japanese? thats sick

[dense root]

Yup, Hiragana (alphabet). Tysm for the compliment

[fossil ether]

Hey guys, has anyone ever tried to use the flow field pathfinding on a unity terrain using the height of the terrain as the cost field

[swift crag]

that'll make everything roll down into a valley!

I've certainly done gradient ascent/descent before for game AI

[spare mountain]

please don't crosspost

[fossil ether]

Oops sorry, I'll remove the other one

[spare mountain]

gradient ascent? 👀

[swift crag]

• compute derivative
• move a bit
• 30 GOTO 10

[fossil ether]

I'm so frustrated because I don't even know where the algorithm fails

[swift crag]

I did it with Gaussian functions, which are easy to compute derivatives for

[swift crag]

Look at your Event System object while the game is running

It will have some information in the bottom of the inspector

perhaps something is blocking the buttons

(see what your cursor is reported as hovering over)

[swift crag]

I used this for an RTS. I added positive influences near resources and negative influences near existing town centers. The resulting point would be where a new town center got built.

[fossil ether]

Isn't it too computationally expensive

[swift crag]

Burst makes it run faster.

[fossil ether]

I'm actually trying to implement the flow field for an rts too since I thought using A* for every single moving unit would slow down the game a lot

[swift crag]

so one problem I'm seeing is that height isn't a vector

you need a direction to move in

[fossil ether]

I don't use the cost field to calculate the vector field

[swift crag]

ah, the cost field is separate

[fossil ether]

I use it to calculate an integration field which is basically just bfs to calculate the best cost of each cell

Then I try to look for the lowest best cost difference between the current cell and its neighbors that are at the same level

But some cells don't get vectors assigned to them

And some vectors doesn't even make sense lol

[dense root]

Do I need to have something First Selected?

[swift crag]

No, this has nothing to do with your mouse problem

[dense root]

Oh

[swift crag]

however, you're using the new input system here, and it doesn't provide much information in the Event System for some reason

this is all I get in my editor

[swift crag]

Did you used to have working mouse input on the buttons?

[dense root]

Yup, that's how I tested out the system before

Somehow this is overriding it

    private void Update()
    {
        // Check for arrow input so that we can automatically select an item
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.UpArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.DownArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.LeftArrow) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.RightArrow))
        {
            if (EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject == null)
            {
                answerButton[0].Select();
            }
        }
    }

[swift crag]

did you comment the code out and try it?

[dense root]

Oh shit I just did that, huh I broke something

mumbles angrily to oneself

[fossil ether]

https://pastecode.io/s/v953a45p

This is my code if anyone wants to take a look and give me some pointers so i won't become a mad men

[ivory bobcat]

You should tell folks what's driving you mad

[fossil ether]

I can't quite pin point the issue either but my vector field doesn't make sense and some cells don't have any vectors

The cells missing the vectors happened after i added the height check in the flowfield function

I use it to calculate an integration field which is basically just bfs to calculate the best cost of each cell
Then I try to look for the lowest best cost difference between the current cell and its neighbors that are at the same level
But some cells don't get vectors assigned to them
And some vectors doesn't even make sense lol

This is what i do in summary

[dense root]

https://gdl.space/axejoqiwen.cpp

Hmm so I checked to make sure Raycast Target is selected and tried to Debug.Log the Answer Button being clicked but I'm still shooting a blank here.. any ideas?

[swift crag]

Show the inspector for a button, as well as the UI hierarchy

[swift crag]

Show the inspector for the Correct Response object

[swift crag]

This object will block anything under it

so that could be an issue

[dense root]

I'm wondering if the answer box parent object itself is blocking it

[swift crag]

Parents go beneath children

I would slap a brand new button on and see if it works

[slender nymph]

could it be because the button has no sprite assigned for the graphic raycaster to detect?

[swift crag]

An empty image can still get hit by a graphic raycaster

[dense root]

Interesting... so my test button doesn't work either

    void Start()
    {
        // TEST BUTTON
        TESTBUTTON.onClick.AddListener(OnClickButtonClick);

    private void OnClickButtonClick()
    {
        Debug.Log("Test button clicked!");
    }

[swift crag]

is it a completely normal button you created from the GameObject menu?

if not, do that

[dense root]

Nope it was a duplicate, I'll do that.

Yeah no dice...

[swift crag]

Where did you put that button in the hierarchy?

[swift crag]

okay, that should be atop everything else in that canvas

Do you have any other canvases? You can search the hierarchy for them with t:canvas

[carmine sierra]

for this question, how is it that the class begins right above the player variable assignment and no player variables are initialised?

[swift crag]

This is not valid code.

[carmine sierra]

exactly

[swift crag]

It's missing a player field

[dense root]

Well I got my DialogSystem canvas but that is inactive until speaking to an NPC

[carmine sierra]

it should be like GameObject player; and then they can assign it right?

[swift crag]

Right.

[carmine sierra]

yess

[dense root]

Oh shoot maybe it has something to do with the Fader I added...

[carmine sierra]

can you get a component for a private variable

or does it need to be public

[swift crag]

i don't see how these two things are related at alll

[carmine sierra]

like private Animator anim;
anim = GetComponent<...

[swift crag]

GetComponent checks if there's a certain kind of component on a game object

[swift crag]

You can always assign to your own fields

(unless they're readonly or something)

[carmine sierra]

what does this mean

idk what a field is

is that a variable

[swift crag]

a field is a variable declared as part of a class (more generally, inside of a type)

it's a kind of variable

[carmine sierra]

oh okay

[swift crag]

local variables are another kind of variable

they're declared inside of a function

[carmine sierra]

so wym you can always assign to it, you cant assign another script to it if it is private right?

from another object

[swift crag]

private is an access modifier.

It determines who is allowed to see that field.

private means that only the owning class can see it.

public means that any class can see it

[dense root]

Shoot it's the Fader I added! lol darn

The fader was overlaid on the screen, blocking mouse input

[carmine sierra]

but what do you mean by it can always be assigned

cause you cant assign another script to a private field right

[swift crag]

That is not what private means

The only thing that private means is that other classes can't see that field.

Nothing else.

[carmine sierra]

okay

i get it

[swift crag]

So if your question is anything other than "does it affect who can see the field?", the answer is "no"

(well, it does also make Unity not serialize the field by default)

[carmine sierra]

so you can use a find method to assign it another object for example right?

a private field

[swift crag]

private GameObject foo;

void Awake() {
  foo = GameObject.Find("Whatever");
}

[ivory bobcat]

What find method are you referring to?

[swift crag]

This is completely fine.

[polar acorn]

private and public have zero effect on any fields defined inside the same class

[swift crag]

and they also have zero bearing on the exact kinds of things you can assign into the field

All they do is determine which classes are allowed to see the field.

[ivory bobcat]

Simply accessors

[swift crag]

Nothing else.

[ivory bobcat]

You're probably better off assigning from the inspector though unless absolutely necessary.

[lofty sequoia]

Why does Unity default button hierarchy to have the UI text under the button with the image--so frequently it bugs out and the text ends up being rendered underneath the button's image component--which is supposed to be the background of the button

Unity's own documentation dictates that the BUTTON gameobject is rendered on the canvas after the childmost TEXT TMP is rendered

[polar acorn]

Unity UI is drawn back to front as it goes down the hierarchy. Making the text object a child guarantees it will be drawn in front of the image

[swift crag]

This is not true.

You must have something else going on if the text is winding up behind the button image.

note that this is not a code problem, and should go in #📲┃ui-ux

[lofty sequoia]

hmmm ok, I'll check settings. Not sure which one would cause that issue

[swift crag]

why don't you show us the inspectors for your button and text objects, as well as a screenshot of the scene view showing the problem, in #📲┃ui-ux

[dense root]

How come the editor is angry with me that the faderImage isn't set to active when I'm doing it in my fadeOut function?

    public IEnumerator FadeIn()
    {
        faderImage.gameObject.SetActive(true);
    }

    public IEnumerator FadeTransition(Vector3 newPosition, Transform playerTransform)
    {
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeIn());
        playerTransform.position = newPosition;
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeOut());
    }

[swift crag]

you can't start a coroutine on a MonoBehaviour whose game object is deactivated

[dense root]

Crap... so how do I mitigate this fader canvas issue? If I have it active on start it's going to block my mouse

[swift crag]

proactively activate it first

[dense root]

If I set it to active at first and then deactivate it in script I still get the same error

    void Start()
    {
        faderImage.color = new Color(0, 0, 0, 0);
        // Set Fader to inactive so that it doesn't interfere with other canvases
        faderImage.gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }

[swift crag]

also, what matters is the game object this component is on

since you're just calling StartCoroutine

that's equivalent to this.StartCoroutine(...)

[stuck palm]

every fixed update, an input packet is added to a list of input packets.

[Serializable]
public struct InputPacket
{
    public List<ButtonState> buttonList;
    public List<MoveState> moveList;
    public bool LTPressed;
    public bool RTPressed;
}

LTPressed and RTPressed are both accurately recorded, but the lists dont seem to work as expected

[dense root]

Should I explicity write out this.StartCoroutine?

[polar acorn]

It's identical to writing StartCoroutine

[swift crag]

I'm just pointing out who's running the coroutine

[dense root]

oh

[stuck palm]

protected virtual void Awake()
    {
        sendRegister?.Invoke(this);
        currentInputPacket = new InputPacket();
    }

at the start, a new InputPacket is created.

[swift crag]

Where is this code from?

[wintry quarry]

What are ButtonState and MoveState and where are you recording these things? What network framework are you using? Are you sure it supports serializing lists?

[stuck palm]

im not doing networking stuff yet

i just called it a packet

[wintry quarry]

ok so what isn't working as expected about the lists?

[stuck palm]

the lists just dont seem to have anything in them.

[dense root]

It's angry at the FadeIn line

    public IEnumerator FadeTransition(Vector3 newPosition, Transform playerTransform)
    {
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeIn());
        playerTransform.position = newPosition;
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeOut());
    }

[wintry quarry]

did you... put anything in them?

[stuck palm]

i think its because i didnt initialise them?

[stuck palm]

yes, im supposed to have.

[wintry quarry]

1. You didn't create the lists
2. You didn't put anything in them

[stuck palm]

public void UpPress(InputAction.CallbackContext ctx)
    {
        if (ctx.performed)
        {
            currentInputPacket.moveList.Insert(0,MoveState.Up);
        }
        else
        {
            currentInputPacket.moveList.Remove(MoveState.Up);
        }
    }

[polar acorn]

What is supposed to put anything in them?

[wintry quarry]

is this giving you a NullReferenceException?

[swift crag]

What component is this code a part of?

What is that component attached to?

[stuck palm]

it was yeah, but when i clicked on the object, the NREs stopped happening for some reason

[wintry quarry]

because that forced Unity to serialize it

[swift crag]

because---

yep

[wintry quarry]

and unity's serializer abhoirs null

[swift crag]

This is a fun surprise

[wintry quarry]

it creates an empty list

you should create the list in a constructor.

[dense root]

it's attached to all of my building objects

[wintry quarry]

or deal with the possibility of it being null

[swift crag]

And are these objects activated?

Remember: what matters is the object your component is attached to

The state of the image's object is irrelevant here.

[stuck palm]

protected virtual void Awake()
    {
        sendRegister?.Invoke(this);
        currentInputPacket = new InputPacket
        {
            buttonList = new(),
            moveList = new()
        };
    }

just did this

[wintry quarry]

Honestly I might do this:

[Serializable]
public struct InputPacket
{
    private List<ButtonState> buttonList;
    public List<MoveState> moveList;
    public bool LTPressed;
    public bool RTPressed;

    public void AddButtonState(ButtonState bs) {
      buttonList = buttonList ?? new();
      buttonList.Add(bs);
    }
}```

[wintry quarry]

that works too

[dense root]

As far as I can tell, yeah the dojo is activated upon game start

[swift crag]

Find out by logging it.

Log gameObject.activeInHierarchy right before trying to start the FadeIn coroutine

[dense root]

Interesting... it's false

    public IEnumerator FadeTransition(Vector3 newPosition, Transform playerTransform)
    {
        Debug.Log("gameObject.activeInHierarchy : " + gameObject.activeInHierarchy);
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeIn());
        playerTransform.position = newPosition;
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeOut());
    }

[swift crag]

well, there's your problem

[dense root]

That's weird... I'm not deactivating the dojo AFAIK

[stuck palm]

arent structs value types?

[swift crag]

They can still contain reference types.

[wintry quarry]

yes, that doesn't interfere with this.

[stuck palm]

im trying to record a packet, but the lists are still empty

[wintry quarry]

I'm not sure what that has to do with the previous question

[stuck palm]

if i've got a list of 1000 packets for example, the movelists and buttonlists are empty. But when I press the buttons, all 1000 update the list simultaneously.

do i need to create a new instance of the list every time

[polar acorn]

You're probably sending the same ButtonState or MoveState over and over

[stuck palm]

are lists structs or reference types?

[wintry quarry]

if you want each packet to have a different list, each one needs its own list.

[wintry quarry]

reference

[stuck palm]

okay i t hink i got it now

[dense root]

This is weird... gameObject.activeInHierarchy is returning false but it's active in the inspector. What the heck is happening?

[wintry quarry]

1. You're referencing a different object than you think
2. it has a parent that is not active
3. it's being deactivated and reactivated within a single frame

[polar acorn]

It means that this specific instance of the script is disabled at the time the log is printed. It doesn't say anything about any other instances or any other points in time

[stuck palm]

buttonList = new List<ButtonState>(packet.buttonList); when you do this, does it essentially just duplicate the contents?

[wintry quarry]

it's as if you .Added every element from packet.buttonList into the new List

[dense root]

Oh here we go, I just set the faderImage to active once the coroutine is called and it solved my issue

    public IEnumerator FadeTransition(Vector3 newPosition, Transform playerTransform)
    {
        faderImage.gameObject.SetActive(true);
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeIn());
        playerTransform.position = newPosition;
        yield return StartCoroutine(FadeOut());
    }

For some reason it doesn't like to be called from FadeIn

[stuck palm]

yeah, seems to work as intended now.

[stuck palm]

@swift crag tried my hand at the hash system again, this time all i did was hash the positions, and again it works for like 36 frames at the start then immediately desyncs lmao

but the replay itself seems to work fine until a bit longer

[mild onyx]

how would i make my sprite only jump once (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space) == true) makes it fly

[ivory bobcat]

Likely you're not resetting whatever you're doing in that if-statement.

[mild onyx]

it resets, if i press nothing it drops back down but if im mid air i dont want the space bar to do anything

[wintry quarry]

you have to provide way more details than that

[ivory bobcat]

It doesn't, relative to your code.

GetKeyDown only occurs once

[mild onyx]

i got this

[ivory bobcat]

So you're never resetting velocity