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[swift crag]

annoyingly, you can't pass Debug.DrawRay a Ray

Debug.DrawLine(ray.GetPoint(0), ray.GetPoint(distance), Color.red, 0.5f);

This draws a red line that lasts half a second

[random cave]

Ooo new debug thing learnt

[random cave]

Yea it doesnt care about the mouse at all

Just raycast from the camera

I think imma take a break from this its so stupid, its also better because I have to polish how my camera moves around in the map as well

Rn you just hold right click i nthe direction you want it to be, Ill work on scrolling

[raw token]

Out of curiosity, why is plane casting the ray? What is it?

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Plane.Raycast.html

This lets you shoot a ray at a plane defined by a point and a normal

It's not physics-based at all -- just seeing if a ray hits a plane

[raw token]

So plane here is roughly where the terrain is?

[vernal salmon]

Hey was doing some basic mathematics functions and the code sends out -infinity first time second time gives out what is supposed to come out

[cosmic dagger]

what's the code?

[vernal salmon]

Coming.

[swift crag]

That's the idea. I'm wondering if the plane is bogus

[raw token]

It being misconfigured could definitely explain the 0,0 world coords, I would think. Thanks for the elaboration, in any case 👍

[vernal salmon]

The code in question was PlaceX = (player.transform.x / WorldX) × MapX - transform.getcomponent<recttransform>().rect.width/2;

This again for the z axis then given to the local position of the raw image

First time it gives out -infinity

Other times not

[iron mango]

is there an easier / better performance way to find an object in a list that is not active than go with foreach through it?

[rich adder]

looping is the quickest way

thats what the other finds methods essentially do, except the list to loop through is bigger

[iron mango]

hm. because i am trying to make a pooling system for projectiles, and searchin for a not active object in the pool every time hurts performance

[rich adder]

uhh if you are searching everytime something is wrong with your pooling

[iron mango]

why

what else could i do

[wintry quarry]

put the not active ones in a separate collection

[iron mango]

ah

makes sense

[wintry quarry]

You might have 3 collections honestly:

• A list of all the pooled objects
• A HashSet of the active objects
• A HashSet of the inactive objects

depending on your needs

[raw token]

Log your inputs... Maybe something doesn't initialize until after the first call, resulting in different values

[iron mango]

hashset?

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.hashset-1?view=net-8.0

[iron mango]

ah

[vernal salmon]

Did that except for player position will check

[wintry quarry]

it's a collection optimized for unordered Contains Add and Remove operations

[rich adder]

interesting, was using a queue at some point, hmm yea hashset makes more sense

[fading mountain]

hey guys. I want to continuously check if a time limit has ran out without the player selecting an answer in my quiz game, and if so play an error message ONE TIME. The way Im trying to do this is by checking in Update() whether or not the time limit has ran out without the player answering a question, and if it has, calling a method which is supposed to play the audio one time and then subtract from a counter which would disable it from being able to play again. The result I'm getting is that the audio clip is being played every single frame without ever stopping until the if condition becomes false. This is the relevant code: https://gdl.space/dorakehige.cs

[rich adder]

else if (!hasAnsweredEarly && !timer.isAnsweringQuestion) //If the player hasnt selected an answer and the time limit runs out.

put another bool here

!shownFailed or someshit

[cosmic dagger]

HashSet<T> be quick as f*** . . .

[rich adder]

yeah! I need to play around more with them only used a couple of times.. I'm slacking 😮

[cosmic dagger]

Queue<T> and Stack<T> have their uses, as does List<T>. it really depends how you need to access the elements . . .

List<T> is simple and easy because it appears from the inspector . . .

[rich adder]

yeah thats the main benefit in unity tbh lol

I was working on a line checkout for a store and queue is perfect but its just a pain to debug

I'm trying to ween off using inspector for any debugging though its a bad habit but so eez lol

[raw token]

It does seem a little strange that Unity doesn't provide serialization/editors for some of the other common collections

[rich adder]

always wondered, why aren't things like [,] arrays serialized?

[swift crag]

btw, if you're doing pooling, look at the UnityEngine.Pool namespace

[rich adder]

the unity pooling is great ! it takes care of the heavy work for you

[cosmic dagger]

the same problem i have as well . . .

[swift crag]

I almost exclusively use it for list and hashset pools

[rich adder]

sometimes going too hard and making custom inspectors like whyyyyy

[rocky canyon]

what makes it a bad habit?

[rich adder]

I try making everything onscreen now like a UI though. It helps to send a tester/designer just the exe and they can just tune it

[cosmic dagger]

@rich adder true, they do have one now, but i kinda like mine. maybe i'll let at theirs and derive a new one to fit extra functionality . . .

[swift crag]

you wind up serializing a bunch of random junk you don't need

It would be nice to have a way to explicitly draw extra fields into the inspector.

[rich adder]

yeah its just a mess

[swift crag]

You'd need a wacky custom editor for that

[cosmic dagger]

let's be fair, all of it is junk, but necessary junk (at least, we think so) . . . 😆

[rocky canyon]

alright.. u called me out just a bit 🤏

[rich adder]

when I can I do use the Debug mode now, fun fact. You can pop out one component you want and put debug mode only on its inpsector

[rocky canyon]

right click > properties ftw

[rich adder]

game changer!

no more locking the inspector to drag items in a list

[rocky canyon]

i do that often to record video's and dock the relevant inspector on top of the game view

[swift crag]

I've written a decently elaborate debug system

It draws everything with IMGUI

I need to fix the layout again...

the IDebug interface requires a DoDebug iterator method that can yield other IDebug objects

[rich adder]

is IMGUI still good to use?
I heard we should not use it anymore

[rocky canyon]

ohhh vewy nice!

[rich adder]

neat!

[wintry quarry]

Depends what for.

[swift crag]

I only use it for debugging purposes

It generates a crapload of garbage

[rich adder]

for debugging or sending to designers is ok right?

oh ok

[swift crag]

All of my actual UI is UGUI-based

[swift crag]

This lets me make a tree.

Still trying to figure out if I can use scroll areas...

as far as I can tell, I can't tell IMGUI to make a scroll area that can also shrink if its content is small enough

[rich adder]

oh didnt even notice this thing was here
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUI.BeginScrollView.html

[swift crag]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GUILayout.BeginScrollView.html see also

[rich adder]

haha yeah this feels like I'm undoing everything I learned in UIToolkit

[full kite]

Can someone help me? Can I detect when someone leaves the game? Like to detect if a function is the last one that its called?

[wintry quarry]

"leaves the game" is very vague

Is this a multiplayer game? Networked?

[full kite]

A singleplayer thing

[raw token]

OnApplicationQuit()?

[wintry quarry]

Unplugging a controller? Leaving a physical zone?

[cosmic dagger]

i'm trying to learn UIToolkit for creating my own inspectors. it's . . . trying . . .

[full kite]

Ig so

Its basically, when someone basically leaves the game, like if on a phone, delete it from the apps open, or pc, alt f4 ed

[wintry quarry]

There's no gaurantee you will be notified if you get alt f4ed or deleted from open apps on Android etc.

[quick kelp]

i recently added context menu portion to my inventory and I'm getting errors

with selector and forced selector scripts when entering a new room and trying to open the inventory
the scripts work perfectly when opening the menu in the first initial room but only upon loading a new room does it do this
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/sulotuqumu.csharp selector view

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/ejexeturaj.csharp forced selector

the context menu: https://hastebin.skyra.pw/feluvasita.pgsql

note: the way level streaming works in this project is the player and menus are children in a dontdestroyonload object and are teleported to an exact x,y,z cord

[wintry quarry]

But you can do OnApplicationQuit for a best effort. There's also https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.OnApplicationFocus.html

[full kite]

Ill try to use it and see the best I can do

[rich adder]

Yeah thats where I meanly use it , Custom windows / Inspector for my simple tools n stuff.
Lucky I don't have any old GUI habits to shake off so transition was easier.
I do not use UXML though or their editor , I do everything in C#

[wintry quarry]

Seems pretty clear that you don't have an event system in the scene

[raw token]

I've been playing with an asset that lets me write my UI Toolkit interfaces as a Preact application... it's great fun - at least coming from a web background. I like it more than the UI Toolkit editor stuff, anyway

[quick kelp]

wait

[full kite]

Its perfect. Thank you @wintry quarry & @raw token!

[quick kelp]

im gonna be so done if this is the solution

[wintry quarry]

Bsaed on the error I don't see what else it could possibly be

[quick kelp]

omg thats what it was

[cosmic dagger]

i thought about this approach, but i really like how you can create your own drawers with the visual editor. i'd use the builder pattern to make using C# easier though, it's a bit of boilerplate to create everything

my issue right now is displaying derived types (the correct drawer based on the value of a field) . . .

[swift crag]

I have zero experience with UIToolkit outside of creating basic property drawers via code

I need to try out the visual editor at some point.

[rich adder]

yeah never tried visual editor
the visual editor does seem appealing though, it just looks limited but idk never touched it lol

[rich adder]

there is a lot of boiler plate in c# for sure but you can easily write your own VisualElement components so they can be easy to bring into other projects

[queen adder]

yo, I was trying to make a game but I had a issue where I can use WASD to move my little 2d cube but I wanted to make more effects like speed increase over time and slowing down so its not so snappy. anyone know a way I can do this? Also, how could I figure out when the object touches the top of a collidable object (the ground) or when it touches the side of a colliable object and run a function with that??

[polar acorn]

GetAxisRaw

[queen adder]

idk what that is (I code in C and not very much C# ToT)

[rich adder]

ToT?

[polar acorn]

As to the second question, OnCollisionEnter has a Collision object which you can get the hit normal from and check if it's vertical or horizontal

[summer stump]

It is a method. Always google things you don't know

[queen adder]

ToT = Crying emoji

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input.GetAxisRaw.html

[queen adder]

thx

[cosmic dagger]

@swift crag oh, the visual editor is just for viewing, i have to figure out the code to display the correct property drawer: to display the Stat or Resource class based on the value of the type field . . .

[rich adder]

something like this ? maybe I misunderstood
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializedProperty.FindPropertyRelative.html

[fervent abyss]

hey guys

i have a configurable joint a collider (not trigger). so basically this joint conflicts with the colliders and makes it buggy (throwing me everywhere)

how could i possibly fix this?

[swift crag]

If your rigidbody is getting pulled in one direction and the joint is trying to do something else, then you're going to get bad behavior

could you show us the problem, along with how you've configured the joint and the rigidbody?

[fervent abyss]

ok lemme upload a video

as you see on the video, when i grab and stand on the collider, it just throws me everywhere

[rocky canyon]

well thats just an exploit.. i dont think u should be able to stand on the thing ur holding..

[fervent abyss]

what

[rocky canyon]

couldn't u just put a limit on it.. so u couldnt stick it up under ur character?

[fervent abyss]

thats not going to feel well

thats why i need the collider..

[swift crag]

You're getting into a "troll physics" situation (:

the physics system isn't fully accurate; it can't understand that you're pulling on yourself

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ImjC9qY8Y&ab_channel=ProHalf-Life

Barrel flying

[fervent abyss]

funny thing is that in editor it works lol

no throwing here

[rocky canyon]

my own version of barrel flying 😅

[rich adder]

we called that "prop surfing " in gmod

[rocky canyon]

ohh yea thats a good name for it

FYI, i gave up and scrapped the mechanic

[rich adder]

its pretty easy to check with a physics query or even just a dot product if you're above a prop while holding

[rocky canyon]

ya, i was young and dumb.. now i could probably fix it

[rich adder]

never too late!

[fervent abyss]

erm

[rocky canyon]

lol, its been deleted.. all i have is memories

SOT clone anyway.. wasn't anything special

[rich adder]

you never know, it can turn into something of its own. not a lot of good SOT-like games out there

[rocky canyon]

i mean.. the physics pickup was cool.. but it was more trouble than it was worth

also had to contend w/ walls and stuff

u could rubber band the prop a long distance from ur hands

if i were to do it again id come up with some kinematic solution

[rich adder]

kinematic is good too, with dynamic you just have to have more checks in place cause it has a mind of its own lool

[rocky canyon]

perhaps locking the object to a container

and using regular rotation methods to rotate it manually

instead of letting it get hung up on things

[rocky canyon]

ya, the edge-cases are alot to deal with tbh

https://preview.redd.it/0h3067ty1va71.gif?width=1000&auto=webp&s=383398d028f488d3dafd527df3fb993bba8f4a72

hmm todo:

to physics or not to physics.. that is the question.. 🪶

https://packaged-media.redd.it/yda6lkpgl3e81/pb/m2-res_1080p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1720047600&s=0fd19db7cc29164eae8c8ee4ddff58cb65edc0db#t=0

love this mechanic.

i wish i could help the guy above but i don't/can't do VR but it should be pretty similar

[rich adder]

video no worky

[rocky canyon]

gotta click it.. reddit sucks

its just a more refined version of the lever..

[rich adder]

damm thats fire

[rocky canyon]

not really sure how he does it.. i've asked him before and he told me it was proprietary 😄

[rocky canyon]

its the exact low poly style i want

his lighting/colors pop like a mfr

[rich adder]

oh i was looking at the magnent part not the lever lol

[rocky canyon]

the magnets cool, but i know how tha tworks

im not sure if he's using a hinge joint on the cursor..

or if hes just using lateral mouse movement and rotation

[rich adder]

yeah hinge is what I would use and get the "pull" direction

[rocky canyon]

you mean a hinge on the lever or the crosshair?

[rich adder]

the lever

[rocky canyon]

oh yea ofc.. but im thinking he might connect it to a dummy object in front of hte cursor

to do the actual pulling and pushing..

that i can't say for sure tho.. i need to experiment 🥼

i'll report back w/ my findings

[rich adder]

Would make an interesting mechanic within itself

[full kite]

Hello guys! I found this script that you can use in order to get a gameobject in 2d to follow your mouse but it seems it doesnt work. I know that I used it several times in the past and now it seems like I made a typo or something. Can anybody help?

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Drag : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Vector2 mousePosition;

    private float offsetX, offsetY;

    public static bool mouseButtonReleased;

    private void OnMouseDown()
    {
        mouseButtonReleased = false;
        offsetX = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition).x - transform.position.x;
        offsetY = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition).y - transform.position.y;
    }

    private void OnMouseDrag()
    {
        mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
        transform.position = new Vector2(mousePosition.x - offsetX, mousePosition.y - offsetY);
    }

    private void OnMouseUp()
    {
        mouseButtonReleased = true; 
    }
}```

I assigned this script to the gameobject, putted rigitbody 2d, gravity scale to 0, sleeping mode = neversleep ; box collider 2d, isTrigger = on, and still 0 result

[rich adder]

@full kite were they helping you earlier ?

you shouldn't tag people into your questions if they weren't actively helping you

[full kite]

yes, it was working earlier but now it seems like I made a typo or smth

oh

yes he did

earlier

[rich adder]

ok but still they might be busy or might not want to be pinged for every issue, just post the question and someone can chime to help

[full kite]

oke

[rich adder]

can you show the setup where you put this script

[full kite]

what do you mean?

And the drag script is the script

[hybrid tapir]

i dont know whats going on here (the error about VCS client not the UI being wrong)

[rich adder]

so drag is on a gameobject that has a collider?. You should not drag a gameobject with a rigidbody like this btw

[full kite]

and you tell me that I should delete rigitbody 2d from the gameobject?

[rich adder]

depends what are you trying to do with this drag exactly ?

[full kite]

2 gameobjects

more like 2 images

that are gameobjects

[rich adder]

I don't understand what about them and what does rigidbody have to do with it

[raw token]

Are you using Unity VCS/Plastic?

[full kite]

this is the link to the script https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-ok9Cn3d90

[hybrid tapir]

i dont think i am? i finally decided to come back to this project and suddenly somethings wrong

[full kite]

Without the last function is my entire script

[hybrid tapir]

it was working perfectly when i left it

[rich adder]

cringe ok but I get it, just so you can easy use Triggers.

[rich adder]

so what happens for you in playmode instead

[full kite]

they dont move at all while trying to drag it

[rich adder]

did you check the console window for errors?

[full kite]

0 errors

[rich adder]

show me in playmode

[raw token]

I've never used them, myself. But I think it's often packaged in many of the templates. And frequently seems somewhat error-prone.

You may be able to just remove the Unity VCS/Plastic package from the package manager.

[full kite]

ill record and post it here

one sec

[raw token]

Ah probably "Version Control"

[rich adder]

yes its Verison Control

comes preinstalled

[full kite]

    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using UnityEngine;

    public class Drag : MonoBehaviour
    {
        private Vector2 mousePosition;

        private float offsetX, offsetY;

        public static bool mouseButtonReleased;

        private void OnMouseDown()
        {
            mouseButtonReleased = false;
            offsetX = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition).x - transform.position.x;
            offsetY = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition).y - transform.position.y;
        }

        private void OnMouseDrag()
        {
            mousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
            transform.position = new Vector2(mousePosition.x - offsetX, mousePosition.y - offsetY);
        }

        private void OnMouseUp()
        {
            mouseButtonReleased = true; 
        }
    }
``` and entire script

[rich adder]

you have multiple things going wrong here

seems you accidentally made it a UI object

its supposed to be a regular Sprite Renderer object

also no clue why your Image component is scuffed.

first of all you're forcing transform on a rigidbody thats a big no

use torque at minimum

[fervent abyss]

erm its a child of the minecart

[full kite]

thank you. This thing worked

But why sprite renderer instead of Image?

If I can know

Ofc

[rich adder]

Image renders on a completely different space than world.
Sprite Render is inside the world, you dont want to add physics/colliders on a UI object since it lives on a screen space

[heavy kite]

i have a probleme with my code that manage my inventory, when i click on the button to go to the next or previous item, after that, when i jump it pass to other item and use some, only when i jump, and when i click a it does not use my current item
invetory script : https://gdl.space/gebidareso.cs
item script : https://gdl.space/akapizocil.cs

[fervent abyss]

can you elaborate

[rich adder]

you need an additional object that is tied to the cart

[full kite]

Thnak you for this thing. Appreciate it!

[fervent abyss]

i made a parent for the lever?

[rich adder]

use for example a FixedJoint

so fixed for the parent of the hinge, then you can keep the hinge for rotation purpose

[rich adder]

how is the cart moving btw

[fervent abyss]

splines

[rich adder]

so its not a rigidbody ?

just parent it

[fervent abyss]

i had another kind of hinge joint and it worked completely fine 💀

[fervent abyss]

lever IS parented??

[rich adder]

so it has a rigidbody

is it set to kinematic

show the setup / inspectors

oh and we're in a code channel this isn't really a code issue

[west sonnet]

I don't understand why I'm being told this bool can be removed because it's not used? It is being used in the NPCFacePlayer Method. If I remove the bool, I get an error in that method. I keep getting an error message in Unity saying that it can be removed and it's annoying. Is this a bug or am I missing something?

[rich adder]

where are you using it ?

you're only assigning it, that's not using

[raw token]

You're writing to it, but never reading it

[fervent abyss]

erm so i added a rigidbody to parent, set to kinematic, and assigned it to "connected bone" in the lever higne joint

it work

[west sonnet]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean

[rich adder]

assigning values isn't the same as using that value for anything

[west sonnet]

I'm using it in the NPCFacePlayer method, in the If statements

[west sonnet]

How can I get rid of the error then?

[rich adder]

either do something with the bool or remove it lol

hiding warning is just a band-aid

why are you assigning value to it if you're not using it in a if statement or something

[west sonnet]

Ooooh shit, I see what you mean lool

I've come back to this project after like 2 months of not doing anything, I must've written that for debugging and forgot to delete it

🤦🏻‍♂️

[rich adder]

oh haha

maybe you were trying to use it as a field for a get property 😛

can come in handy I suppose

public bool IsFacingLeft => isNPCFacingLeft

[swift crag]

You'll get warned (or even get an error) when you do something that the compiler knows is pointless

3; // unacceptable kind of expression -> error
bool x = true; // never used -> warning
transform.position.x = 3; // transform.position is not a variable -- it's a property, so it's really a function call that returns a Vector3

[swift crag]

actually, i don't think it's a warning to have an unused local variable

it just gets grayed out

[eager spindle]

very dumb beginner c# question but if I inherit from another object do the usings from that object's file get carried over

[swift crag]

Nope.

[eager spindle]

ah I see im trying to find out why my debug.log has ambiguity

[swift crag]

using strictly affects the file that it appears in.

You probably have a using System.Diagnostics;

[eager spindle]

oh right I do

I didn't even see it get added

[swift crag]

System.Numerics is another nuisance with Vector3

[eager spindle]

is there a way to change the default file unity creates when you make a new script?

oh i googled

theres a unity article on it but no docs

[raw token]

I'd like to know what you find. Last time I looked, the docs I found were outdated... I vaguely remember there being a more recent solution, but I don't remember what it was

[eager spindle]

https://support.unity.com/hc/en-us/articles/210223733-How-to-customize-Unity-script-templates#:~:text=If you want to change,Editor%2FData%2FResources%2FScriptTemplates

im trying it rn

[eager spindle]

this is big news for me

i wonder if it takes effect immediately

[raw token]

Awesome!

[eager spindle]

3 years into unity i can finally stop removing the comments that come with the script every time

im not sure what #NOTRIM does though

[languid spire]

problem is you have to do it for every installed version there is no central repository

[rocky canyon]

keeps ur whitespace

so ur methods aren'[t on top of each other

[cosmic dagger]

sorry, missed this. that's part of it. i'm using a value changed callback

TypeObjectField = Root.Q<ObjectField>("type");
TypeObjectField.RegisterValueChangedCallback((e) => UpdateStat(e));
```for the object field to check the new value. i try to assign the property (referenced from `PropertyStat = Property.FindPropertyRelative("_stat");` based on the `Type` of the new value of the `_type` field. at least, that's what i can remember. i haven't check in a long time . . .

[rich adder]

Oh I see yeah, I still haven't gone that deep into UIToolkit esp with editor or dealing with more complex classes. Most I did with object field, though similar with what you did here but without the Q since I'm building the tree in c# directly

ojField = new()
{
    name = "A",
    label = "SpriteSheet",
    allowSceneObjects = false,
    objectType = typeof(Texture2D),
};
ojField.style.paddingTop = 16;
ojField.Bind(new SerializedObject(this));
ojField.RegisterValueChangedCallback(TextureObjectChanged);
root.Add(ojField);```

the whole binding process is still a bit confusing without using uxml

[cosmic dagger]

Yep, that looks pretty similar. I believe mine is bound, but I should double-check. When I have time, I'll look at it again

My object field is a custom Stat type with a custom property drawer. The same applies to the derived Resource type so that could be giving me issues as well . . .

[remote osprey]

Is there a way to disable all user inputs without using a global boolean?

Just curious

[raw token]

If you're using the Input System you can just disable all the action maps

[polar acorn]

Use a global integer and check if it's == 0

[remote osprey]

Interesting, I'm not sure that's my case

[raw token]

I'm not aware of a built-in means to like pause or disable input using the Input Manager... but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist 🙃

[remote osprey]

I gotcha haha

I just added a global boolean to my game and called it a day

it only had 1 input point, so no worries

[hasty blade]

hey I have a question about animator override controllers if anyone has a minute

[polar acorn]

https://dontasktoask.com/

[hasty blade]

my bad

having trouble making my animator override controller be active when i transfer to different scenes. it works when i equip it in the customization screen but doesn’t save when i transfer to a different scene

[acoustic echo]

DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);

[swift crag]

it works when i equip it in the customization screen but doesn’t save when i transfer to a different scene

Nothing you do in the old scene will affect anything in the new scene.

I'm unclear what you're doing here, exactly -- are you expecting a player prefab in Scene B to reflect the changes you made to the instance of the player in Scene A?

[cyan vortex]

I've got a Question which Image Format can I use for my screenshots so I'm able to send them into the group as I've got told earlier you lot don't Approve jgrx

[hasty blade]

yes

[swift crag]

well, that's not how Unity works!

it destroys everything in the old scene

the new scene is loaded, and all of the stuff in it gets created

[hasty blade]

ohhhh

[swift crag]

You could use DontDestroyOnLoad to move the player into a special scene that is never unloaded

Alternatively, you'll need to remember the changes you made (probably in a "game manager" object that lives in DontDestroyOnLoad!) and apply them every time the player is created

[hasty blade]

hmm okay i think i got that

actually that will work perfectly because every scene i’ve just been copy and pasting the background and player

thank u thank u 🙏

[swift crag]

You'll just need to make sure to create the player once when the game starts

You can check if a player exists and instantiate a prefab if you need to

[hasty blade]

yes thank u that will also work great. I appreciate it i’ve asked this question on so many different platforms and haven’t gotten an answer. ur a life saver 🙏

[light arrow]

Is this the right spot for animation help?

[wanton kraken]

#🏃┃animation

[light arrow]

Thx

[lime pewter]

Hey, quick question! Just wondering if anyone knows what the most performant solution would be to dynamically creating a sprite which would be used in a tile-based pool system, each "pool" would be split into tiles and each tile would be 16x16 pixels, I am currently trying to find a solution to creating a sprite that based on a "fill" amount of each tile would determine how many pixels tall that tile would be dynamically, the only issue I have currently is finding the most performant solution to creating 16 possible "liquid fill" sprites, ideally this solution is dynamic and would be able to be reused by changing the color for different possible liquids. Any thoughts or ideas would be amazing! Thanks.

[lime pewter]

There are quite a few (potentially hundreds) of tiles per pool so performance is definitely key, however since each tile is only 16x16 I'm sure it's not too hard but other than creating all 16 "possible" sprites I am a little lost for where to go, I know there's definitely a way to dynamically create sprites based on parameters but I cannot find a good solution as to how!

[trail heart]

Why would you need to create the sprites dynamically when they can be premade and reused

The liquid simulation sounds like the real challenge here

[lime pewter]

I don't necessarily "have to" create them dynamically however, if I wanted a system that could have different colors of water based on the biome they're in and mix the colors of two merging pools of different colors dynamically I think it could be cool/useful to have it be dynamic, plus the memory overhead of swapping a lot of sprites might be a lot especially if I have many pools of different times besides water.

[lime pewter]

I created a cellular automata type system which works well, and is quite efficient with pooling, draining, etc. Controlled by a parent "pool" object, a lot of documentation on it so it wasn't too bad. Obviously it's not perfect yet but I am at the stage where I am confortable starting to integrate a proper visual implementation ahah.

[lime pewter]

plus with my current system I have a pretty nice "pressure" based fluid transfer system where pools will always try to level and overflow if there's not enough level space to fit all the liquid at a level plane! It's actually pretty convenient how it's working out, just trying to implement shaders and proper visual implementation before I polish all the bugs out.

[trail heart]

16 16x16 sprites in memory sounds negligible
Tilemaps can handle hundreds of tiles and let you read and assign any color per tile

As well as any sprite

[lime pewter]

Yes, true however I determined that using a tilemap wouldn't be the best option for my liquid so they're just perfectly aligned gameobjects that are stored in the same layer which I'll pass as a render texture to the shader, I've been using separate "fill amount" sprites, but I was looking for a more clean solution if possible, especially if I wanted to change liquid based on whatever other factors I have in the project down the line.

I know I want more than just water, so having a universal dynamic 16/16px "liquid" could be useful to have in the liquid script, but if that wouldn't be performant I understand if that isn't worthwhile.

[trail heart]

How did you determine that gameobjects would be better than a tilemap?

[lime pewter]

I made this system a month or so ago, so I am not 100% certain but I believe it was an issue with the way colliders were handled in a tilemap non-individually to one-another.

[lavish jolt]

Hello. How can I change cursor on cursor pointer from script?

[lime pewter]

Also, storing a "fill-amount" or any data in the tilemap is significantly harder and requires a lookup table which again isn't good for performance.

So I just have a gameobject system that are able to be enabled and disabled based on when they're "falling" or "pooled".

[trail heart]

You're using physics collisions to detect adjacent water tiles rather than reading the array?

[lime pewter]

No it's a raycast, it's only one raycast check per update, on only the spreading top tile of a "subpool" I call it, so essentially the phase right before a "pool" is determined.

So I guess technically yes, it is a physics collision but it is only a single one which is negligible performance-wise.

I assume that is much faster than having a dictionary for each pool, and having to lookup in that dict every update.

[trail heart]

You seem to find very creative ways to work these problems
I would be more inclined to look for existing examples

Fluid and light pixel/tile simulations have been a thing in games for thirty years, there should be something

[lime pewter]

Yes, but it's not really learning or innovating to use other people's work which is really the goal. I have a very nice idea in mind for how the liquid will be handled.

[lime pewter]

I would also argue that both starbound/terraria are both heavily lacking in terms of how liquid physics is handled, on top of just being plain inaccurate it's also extremely laggy since each tile is updated separately, where-as my solution would only be updating the "pool", both cutting a lot of the overhead and the frame of empty space when taking water from the center of a pool as an example.

[lime pewter]

and for light there's very little documentation on how a process could be handled without light values per tile which again is not performant and also looks quite bad, Starbound does a pretty solid job of how light is done but only old documentation is available from what I've found :/

[trail heart]

Doing something per-tile is not inherently unperformant in any way
Even if it intuitively might feel that way

Not implementing proper optimizations when doing so is the issue

[lime pewter]

That's true, however I've found cellular automata to be quite unflattering especially when draining even in the biggest games out there since they all seem to follow pretty much the same solution. I'm trying to improve on that concept by using references from cellular automata and creating my own rules which will allow it to be pretty much unnoticeable performance-wise but also look quite a bit better hopefully.

Also, allow for me to create "pseudo physics" such as pressure.

[digital warren]

how can i solve it?

[trail heart]

Liquid simulations are hard and when working in pixel space some issues are nearly unsolvable
Starbound has a lot going for it, the water system even simulates pressure differences
It's not strictly cellular automata

[lime pewter]

True, I agree that starbound is leaps and bounds above where Terraria is as-far as the physics goes, however still it is quite bland and unflattering even with a lot of what it has going for it, programatically it's great, visually not so much.

[digital warren]

._.

[lime pewter]

try changing "TextEditor.content" to "TextEditor.text" as the error message says

[digital warren]

hmmm ok then wait

[trail heart]

If it's not one of your scripts and it doesn't seem to be breaking anything (even after an editor restart) then ignore it

[digital warren]

it wont

[trail heart]

If the error is not recognizable to us, you would have to give more details about what seemed to cause it

[lime pewter]

It looks to me like you're using a gui package that's outdated.

Generally if something is "obsolete" it means there is a newer solution and that support has stopped for the prior function.

Unity is very good at telling you when something has been updated and will often recommend the exact replacement for it in the error message.

[acoustic echo]

can you paste in this chat both lines causing it

[lime pewter]

If that doesn't work and you want a really easy solution, I'd recommend looking to see if the package has been updated to the same unity version you're using, and if not maybe search for alternatives.

[acoustic echo]

```put code inside```
Also use this to post code ^

[digital warren]

I updated all packages before start hit play

[digital warren]

Hmmmm it's tooooooooo long

Or U mean the line that has the problem?

[acoustic echo]

only the lines causing it

[lime pewter]

are you using a package called "NGUITools"?

[digital warren]

Uhhhhh let me check wait

[digital warren]

Alright

[lime pewter]

Just send line 53, and line 58.

[acoustic echo]

how outdated

[digital warren]

Alright thanks for helping yo

This 10th time that I install unity again lol

[lime pewter]

nono, you don't need to reinstall unity!

Just the specific package you're using if it's been updated.

[digital warren]

Because I got mad from these errors man

[lime pewter]

The errors will tell you exactly what the issue is, and what file they occur in.

I assume you're trying to make a UI?

[stiff bane]

ok so im following a youtube tutorial for a 2d game and i was doing the animations. one of the things was to flip it when you go in the other direction shown in the image bellow. however, my character sprite stretches out horizontally whenever i move. i'm pretty sure its because the code is actually making the size of the sprite 1 or negative 1 for the switch, but if i change it to the transform scale that i have my sprite at (so -0.7 and 0.7) it gives me an error?? so im not sure how exactly to fix this...

[lime pewter]

you want to be flipping the "Z" ideally.

[stiff bane]

this is the error

[acoustic echo]

add float cast

[lime pewter]

put an "f" right after the numbers.

if you have a single decimal point that is called a "double" and will be recognized differently to a float.

placing an "f" directly after a number will always format it to a float.

[stiff bane]

like so?

[slender nymph]

start by making sure that your !IDE is configured so that it will underline errors in the code so you see them and can correct them more easily

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[lime pewter]

Yep! But you also want to probably do one after the zeros in the if statement.

[lime pewter]

also a simple "else" instead of an "else if" will do the same thing and be marginally faster.

[acoustic echo]

Another tip, avoid elseif, remove the if statement

[slender nymph]

this is not necessary

[acoustic echo]

It should still work

[lime pewter]

I know but it'll make it less confusing most-likely.

[polar acorn]

Technically they are not the same. Currently, with else if, neither condition runs if xAxis is exactly 0 which might be what they want

[slender nymph]

they likely don't want it to change where there is 0 input on the X axis hence the else if instead of just an else

[lime pewter]

that's true, but if he's flipping the character he doesn't want 0.

[inner pike]

Hi all, what Unity version do you suggest to use today for development purpose for a game that probably will be released in 2025-2026 (probably 2026 or more, it will be hard for 2025): It will be a mobile multiplayer based on Photon Quantum. I spen the today stream but I'm still unsure about what to use. Is the v6 a lot bugged now or it is ok to start with it yet? I want to avoid migrations if te 6 LTS will be available this year for sure, and I like something in v6 more than v2022. On the other ends, probably I'll find more exmaples, tutorials, and less bugs, in 2022.. Any suggestion will be appreciated, thank you!

[lime pewter]

would this not only update if there is a change beyond zero in the other direction?

[stiff bane]

the adding the f after the numbers worked thank you.

[digital warren]

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using UnityEngine;

public static class NGUITools
{
    private static AudioListener mListener;

    private static bool mLoaded = false;

    private static float mGlobalVolume = 1f;

    private static Vector3[] mSides = new Vector3[4];

    public static float soundVolume
    {
        get
        {
            if (!mLoaded)
            {
                mLoaded = true;
                mGlobalVolume = PlayerPrefs.GetFloat("Sound", 1f);
            }
            return mGlobalVolume;
        }
        set
        {
            if (mGlobalVolume != value)
            {
                mLoaded = true;
                mGlobalVolume = value;
                PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("Sound", value);
            }
        }
    }

    public static bool fileAccess
    {
        get
        {
            return true;
        }
    }

    public static string clipboard
    {
        get
        {
            TextEditor textEditor = new TextEditor();
            textEditor.Paste();
            return textEditor.content.text;
        }
        set
        {
            TextEditor textEditor = new TextEditor();
            textEditor.content = new GUIContent(value);
            textEditor.OnFocus();
            textEditor.Copy();
        }
    }

[polar acorn]

!code

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[acoustic echo]

I am using Unity 6, it is stable for me, no bugs

[lime pewter]

you don't need to send the entire thing, just the two lines I said.

[digital warren]

loooool

sorry wait

[stiff bane]

oh thank you

[lime pewter]

it's okay, haha.

[polar acorn]

I'd say just use the latest LTS unless there's something specific to Unity 6 you want to use

[slender nymph]

their current code will only change if input is not 0. so if there is no input on that axis it won't revert to the other direction (since that is exactly what would happen if they were moving left then stopped it would face right with no input if they swapped to else)

[digital warren]

public static string clipboard
{
    get
    {
        TextEditor textEditor = new TextEditor();
        textEditor.Paste();
        return textEditor.content.text;
    }
    set
    {
        TextEditor textEditor = new TextEditor();
        textEditor.content = new GUIContent(value);
        textEditor.OnFocus();
        textEditor.Copy();
    }
}

[lime pewter]

Ah, gotcha.

[trail heart]

@digital warren This NGUITools is not an official package, we can't really advice how to fix it and there's no guarantee it has any way to keep up with your unity version

[slender nymph]

the unity 6 lts should be releasing in Q4 of this year so if that is the version you want to use, then it would be perfectly fine to use the unity 6 preview

[polar acorn]

Did you write this code or is it from a library

[digital warren]

It's unity 6 ._.

[lime pewter]

this seems to be package-specific, so we don't know exactly what to do.

But the package might have documentation relating to how to properly use the "TextEditor"

[acoustic echo]

It is from NGUI package

[digital warren]

Nope just decomplie

An app

[polar acorn]

Is this package compatible with Unity 6

There's basically no reason to use NGUI any more, it's practically built in

[acoustic echo]

I'm sure that package is not for Unity 6, just look at date of last commit to that file

[lime pewter]

this seems like it programatically makes sense, you really need to find documentation on that in the package.

[swift crag]

so you're trying to decompile an application (presumably ancient) and then smash the resulting code into modern Unity

[digital warren]

Ohhhh lol

This why then

Wait let me change the version

[lime pewter]

is it for UI?

[digital warren]

Yuo

[trail heart]

Decompiling is against the rules, in any case

[lime pewter]

I would find a recent guide on basic UI. And avoid third-party-packages almost always.

[digital warren]

._. it's an old game lol

[polar acorn]

Still against the rules

[digital warren]

GG

._.

[slender nymph]

that doesn't make discussion of decompiling or modding any less against the #📖┃code-of-conduct

[lime pewter]

Unity has recently updated the UI system, so natively it's a lot more malleable than versions prior.

[lime pewter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX7HyN7oJjE Try this, and see if it suits what you're going for!

[digital warren]

Hmmmm I see

[lime pewter]

I assume this teaches basic buttons and ui elements which you could apply to more than just a main menu.

[digital warren]

Hmmmm ok ._.

[lime pewter]

It's in my opinion not very helpful to rip packages from online whenever you need something and instead try to find guides that can help teach the concepts of what you need going forward, learning isn't using already finished products.

So even if you think it'll slow down progress, in the long term it's way more worthwhile to just learn how to create whatever you'd like yourself, in all elements of game design, (barring maybe design assets if that's not your thing).

[digital warren]

Alright man ._.

[lime pewter]

Good luck on your UI though! I'd love to see it when it's finished.

[digital warren]

Wait I run the game Before in unity 6 lol idk why it's get this error again @lime pewter I face it before

And chat GPT helped me lol but idk why it getting back

Ok I asked him

Now I got 80 errors

[lime pewter]

I don't honestly know much about Unity 6, I personally have never used it.

[digital warren]

GG

[digital warren]

Me too

I liked unity 6 because it's has the ability to remove splash screen

This why I using it lol

[lime pewter]

this is possible in all versions prior to my knowledge.

[digital warren]

Really?

I heard it from YouTube dude say unity 6 has ability to remove it without paying

Or anything

[lime pewter]

Yeah, I think you may need a license. Which you'd have if you were going to release your game anyway.

[digital warren]

Hmm I see now

[lime pewter]

That could be true, but you really don't need it gone if you're only compiling for personal use.

[slender nymph]

you need unity pro to remove the splash screen in versions prior to unity 6. unity pro is not required to release on all platforms, just consoles, and also there's a revenue threshold that once you pass you must purchase pro

[lime pewter]

I personally don't use new versions until they've been out for a significant amount of time so documentation is less scarce. But there's a lot of reasons I avoid Unity 6 personally which I won't get into.

I believe it has a lot of native features which are very good for realism from what I've heard.

[digital warren]

._.

[feral shuttle]

https://docs-multiplayer.unity3d.com/netcode/current/tutorials/get-started-ngo/#the-helloworldmanagercs-script
I'm trying to follow this tutorial and I'm confused by how StartButtons and StatusLabels are static in the example. I get an error because m_NetworkManager is not static. Making that member static resolves the issue but I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding something.

[slender nymph]

I think that's an error with the docs. those methods shouldn't be static since they access instance members

[feral shuttle]

I guess the idea is that the buttons are only meant to be created once, or that there should only be one instance of network manager?

"network manager" referring to the entire class

[slender nymph]

ah yeah, looks like they've changed at some point and either should be using the networkmanager singleton or previously did. the snippet with those methods further down the page uses the singleton instead of the direct reference

[feral shuttle]

Ohhh I missed that, thanks

This docs page https://docs-multiplayer.unity3d.com/netcode/current/components/networkmanager/ is using NetworkManager.Singleton so I'm assuming the change was just missed in that one section of the tutorial page?

[eternal needle]

when i was looking into ngo some time ago, it was said there are very few people updating the docs (think it was like one person at the time). So yea often there will be mistakes or typos especially with a constantly changing framework

theres also the server for it pinned in #archived-networking

[final totem]

should i just put var everywhere as rider suggests?

[cosmic dagger]

if the type is inferred, i don't see why not?

[summer stump]

Up to you. You can change that suggestion in settings.
It only affects readability (and whether it is better or worse is HOTLY debated).

[cosmic dagger]

if you have to stop and think what type it is, then no, i wouldn't use it . . .

[swift crag]

i noticed that Rider rewrote all of my explicit types into var

i wonder if I can make its cleanup process leave simple types untouched

ah, you can!

much better -- it wanted to make everything into a var. I made built-in types explicit and used var when evident in other cases

[final totem]

But should i have var everywhere? Sometimes is good but not everything.

[swift crag]

I found it very awkward in situations like this

var x = 1;

Maybe that's just because I'm used to using the explicit type for these "simple" types

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/Using_var_Keyword_in_Declarations.html

you can read about how to configure things here

[final totem]

How do i forget the habit of asking wveryhting to copilot and copy pasting. I want to stop but it does everything I say perfectly I can't stop to think and understand wtf is he writing but it works to perfection I need tips

Every thing I ask he writes it perfectly. He's not longer copilot he's capitan I'm the copilot

[swift crag]

by not using it, pretty much

use material on !learn to get a handle on the basics

[eternal falcon]

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[weak talon]

hello, i am making fps shooter and my camera is jittery

the player is a parent to the camera and when i move the camera (like rotation) it is fine but only when i start moving and rotating the camera the camera movement is very jittery

the rigidbody is interpolate, movement is in fixedUpdate as it is rigidbody movement, and cameramovement is in lateupdate
please help (tell me if you need to see any code)

[swift crag]

What about rotation? Where does that happen?

[serene briar]

I need help with my code. I want to apply a force to the 0,0 point to simulate a gravitational body at that location. The problem is that the force just doesn't do anything. The rigidbody just sits there. I've tried with Vector2.up and it works so I'm not sure what the problem is.

public class Gravity : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody2D Rocket;
    public float GravityStrength = 1;
    
    void Start()
    {
        
    }
    void Update()
    {
        Rocket.AddForce(new Vector2(0,0) * GravityStrength);
    }
}

[frosty hound]

When you add force, it's a direction you're pointing it. You're giving it a direction of nothing.

[serene briar]

If I added another rigidbody to simulate a planet, could I get that planet's transform and use it in my vector

[ember tangle]

!code

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[rocky canyon]

u can do anything pretty much

[serene briar]

that's the hard part really, I see so many methods and none seem as simple as it should be

[ember tangle]

https://hatebin.com/qrdpnrgiyv I don't understand why this code works. The values being put into Vector3.Lerp through curve.Evaluate(sampleTime);at line 22 are crazy and are never between 0 and 1. This line if (sampleTime >= 1f) somehow works when sampleTime is in the 20s.

[slender nymph]

you should note that you are printing Time.time and not your actual sampleTime variable. so what you are printing has pretty much nothing at all to do with the value you are actually using

[eternal needle]

what part is hard? if you want gravity towards another planet, then you simply just get the direction from the object to the planets center and add force

[finite lark]

if im doing a top down game and i have a doorway how do i make it so the player goes under the door way but renders over the wall

i also have props that need to render over the wall

[slender nymph]

not really a code question. it's a matter of setting up your sorting layers and stuff correctly
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/2DSorting.html

[honest trench]

https://pastebin.com/c6DGanrs So i have this code here, and in my SetGrapplePoint void im tryna make it so if the player clicks close enough to a grappleable object it will auto lock to the surface of the object, it it works fine, the issue is that when a player clicks on a object to grapple it grapples where ever the player clicked, including the middle of the object, instead of the surface. example attached. how do i fix this?

[rocky canyon]

when u click the grappable object shoot a raycast towards it from the player.. then use the hit.point to set the grapple point (where it actually hits the rock)

[honest trench]

okay got it

[rocky canyon]

cool system so far 👍

[honest trench]

thanks

first time doing raycasting so im mad confused but im figuring it out

[rocky canyon]

https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEdv4fgCP53WxKG2Y/giphy.gif reminds me of this game Worms2 i used to play.. modded to allow ninja rope themed games

[honest trench]

lmao i used to play worms on my 360

im tryna make a getting over it rage game thing

[rocky canyon]

best game ever imo

[honest trench]

i tried to do this and now it doesnt shoot at all

ik i did it wrong i just have no clue like how this works

[rocky canyon]

why would that happen? the only thing u would change is hte location ur grapple targets

[honest trench]

idk

wait i think i got it

i did it backwards mb

[rocky canyon]

!code

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[vast moat]

o my bad

[rocky canyon]

use the bottom part..

[code]

[vast moat]

//Face mouse
        Ray cameraRay = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        Plane groundPlane = new Plane(Vector3.up, Vector3.zero);
        float rayLength;
        if (groundPlane.Raycast(cameraRay, out rayLength))
        {
            Vector3 pointToLook = cameraRay.GetPoint(rayLength);
            Debug.DrawLine(cameraRay.origin, pointToLook, Color.yellow);

            transform.LookAt(new Vector3(pointToLook.x, transform.position.y, pointToLook.z));
        }

could someone explain to me why this code works to make my character face my mouse? im not really familiar with anything "Ray" related so i'd like to know how it works

[rocky canyon]

Ray cameraRay = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition); ur shooting a ray from the camera thru the screen, thru the mouse position, and hitting the level

thats ur point.. then LookAt just looks at that point

[summer stump]

It draws a ray (a line with a statt and no end) from the camera through your mouse position (a point on the near clip plane of the camera) out into world space

[rocky canyon]

LookAt() is just a magic unity function..

normally ud need to write out ur rotation logic as well

ur passing in transform.position.y soo that it doesn't look up and down. (basically looking at a point on the same height as the transform(player)

just left and right (x and z)

[wintry quarry]

Imagine shining a laser pointer towards a plane in the scene (geometry plane, not airplane) from your camera at where the mouse is pointing. Then turning the character towards the dot the laser pointer creates on the plane.

[rocky canyon]

instructions unclear -> swat sitting down the road

but in seriousness, you get all that Taf?

[vast moat]

yeah i think i got it mostly

thank you for the help everyone

i just realized that im pretty sure the debug line isnt necessary at all and just to visualize the ray in the scene

[rocky canyon]

        Ray cameraRay = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition); // you make the ray
        Plane groundPlane = new Plane(Vector3.up, Vector3.zero); // you create a invisible plane oriented same as ur ground i imagine
        float rayLength; // the length of the ray
        if (groundPlane.Raycast(cameraRay, out rayLength)) // shoot the ray and if the ray hits the plane
        {
            Vector3 pointToLook = cameraRay.GetPoint(rayLength); // get the point where the ray hits the plane
            Debug.DrawLine(cameraRay.origin, pointToLook, Color.yellow); // ur fancy debug

            transform.LookAt(new Vector3(pointToLook.x, transform.position.y, pointToLook.z)); // look at the point
        }```

[rocky canyon]

correct

[vast moat]

okok i got it now

can you just use LookAt whenever you want anything to look at anything basically? itll do all the rotation for you?

[rocky canyon]

yup

[vast moat]

that makes life easy

okay, thank you so much

[rocky canyon]

sometimes u want more complex rotations.. but LookAt() is pretty good when getting started

and if u dont want it to look up and down or left or right (a certain axis) you pass in its own transform for that property

like u code does for the y part of the vector you use

[vast moat]

yeah okay i see that that makes sense

[ashen wind]

I'm really new to unity's Mirror networking, can anyone explain what this does

NetworkServer.Destroy(gameObject);

I had an idea of what I thought it did, but the behavior I'm seeing is not following that

[rocky canyon]

destroy a game object on all clients connected to the server.

[ashen wind]

but when you say gameObject, that only refers to the gameobject that the script your in is attached to, right?

[rocky canyon]

well w/e is in the ( )

gameObject is the gameobject the script is on correct (its the same as this.gameObject

but u could put any gameobject/ any reference in there

[ashen wind]

because I have this attached to a missile and when I shoot the missile with a bullet, it's supposed to destroy the missile on both clients

[rocky canyon]

does it not?

[ashen wind]

but what it actually does is destroy the missile on one of the clients and destroy the player on both clients

[rocky canyon]

that doesn't make sense

[ashen wind]

the player that shot the missile that is

[rocky canyon]

this means it shouldn't be on ur player..

and shouldn't therefor destroy the player for no reason

[ashen wind]

 void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (isServer == true)
        {
            if (collision.CompareTag("Player") || collision.CompareTag("bullet"))
            {
                Debug.Log("network missile hit player or bullet");
                NetworkServer.Destroy(gameObject);
            }           
        }
    }

this is in my network missile script

[rocky canyon]

yea, unless that was yourPlayerReference.gameObject it wouldnt destroy the player.. just the gameobject that script/trigger is attached to

[zenith cypress]

Don't you have to destroy via a [Command] function

https://stackoverflow.com/a/53231644

[rocky canyon]

yea ☝️

[ashen wind]

ok lemme try that

wait

the example has the function with [Client] above it

do I need that?

or can I do this

[rocky canyon]

i have no clue.. i make singleplayer games.. sorry

[ashen wind]

    
void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (isServer == true)
        {
            if (collision.CompareTag("Player") || collision.CompareTag("bullet"))
            {
                Debug.Log("network missile hit player or bullet");
                CmdDestroyObject(gameObject);
            }
            

        }
    }

    [Command]
    private void CmdDestroyObject(GameObject obj)
    {
        if (!obj) return;

        NetworkServer.Destroy(obj);
    }

[rocky canyon]

put a line break after cs

not sure what [Command] does.. but its some sort of attribute

The [Command] attribute in Unity's UNet (Unity Networking) API designates a method to be called on the server, even though it might be invoked from a client. When a client calls a method marked with [Command], the request is sent to the server, which then executes the method.

[eternal needle]

Unet is old

[eternal needle]

#archived-networking theres a mirror server pinned in there

[zenith cypress]

Yeah I haven't used it, but I use NGO so its "ideas" are similar

[rocky canyon]

yea, i figured the [Command] part was still relevant..

yea networking would know more about this stuff

[native hill]

i am trying to make a mouse movement script, it works kinda the only thing rotating is the camera ```using UnityEngine;

public class MouseMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
public float sense;
public Transform Player;

void Start()
{
    Cursor.visible = false;
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
}

void Update()
{
    float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sense;
    float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sense;
    float PlayerX = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * sense;
    float PlayerY = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * sense;

    transform.Rotate(Vector3.up, mouseX);    
    transform.Rotate(Vector3.left, mouseY);  
    Player.Rotate(Vector3.up, PlayerX);  
    Player.Rotate(Vector3.forward, -PlayerY); 


}

}```

[rocky canyon]

howd u come up with this?

[native hill]

tutorials and stuff, i just gathered what i saw and tried making it

i tried my best to understand everything

[rocky canyon]

never in my life i seen anything like that.. lol

[native hill]

i didnt know it was that bad 💔

how do i fix it!

[rocky canyon]

this is how i do it.. you should only need (1) rotation method for each object

the fact u have 2 for each object is extremely odd to me

[native hill]

augh so much mathhh, ill look at the docs and stuff to try and understand what is going on

[native hill]

i wasnt sure how to do it

[rocky canyon]

i just rip off mouse movements.. as its pretty simple and straight forward.. (pretty much the same)

i could send you my version if ur using 3D

[native hill]

I am using 3D

[rocky canyon]

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_803

[native hill]

i started unity yesterday help

[native hill]

thank u

[rocky canyon]

for controller slot in ur player object

ur camera should be a child of ur player

[native hill]

it is

[rocky canyon]

ur camera rotates up and down... and the player left and right

[native hill]

i could show u a screenshot

[rocky canyon]

it should work out of hte box

nah i believe you

[native hill]

the camera is working fine, it just needs limitations

the player isnt doing anything

[rocky canyon]

did you assign it in the inspector?

[native hill]

yeah, im not sure what im doing wrong

[native hill]

mine looks different

[rocky canyon]

whats different?

[native hill]

wait nevermind

its just the icon

[rocky canyon]

i changed my limits to 80

[native hill]

ill show u mine once snipping tool opens

[serene briar]

I've tried everything but my rocket still doesn't move.

Oops

https://paste.ofcode.org/yUpT93HWZdfZKFiVG4NdVN

[native hill]

i cant understand this at all 💔

what do u suggest i start learning

or should i just rack up experience

[rocky canyon]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[native hill]

thanks

[rocky canyon]

SpawnCamp Unity101

[wanton kraken]

hey fellas, i'm working on a top down game and struggling to implement bullets that travel in a straight line from where they're shot. any ideas on how to do this? do i need raycasts? i'm also planning to make them bounce llater, so there's that

[queen adder]

So this is how I want to handle triggering a ragdoll on a bot's death:

The main bot object, like the parent of the rig and everything etc has a script called Human. and when the health is 0 out of 100, it calls a function called KillBot, This loops through all the body part rigidbodies and turn them on etc.

Each collider body part has a script called BodyPart. When lets say a bullet hits it, it does GetComponent<BodyPart>().DamageBot(100f), Each BodyPart script can access the Human script.

Im wondering if this is the best method, other than having one overall collider to register bullet hits, and then it would get disabled and the body part colliders/rbs enabled

[rocky canyon]

scroll down to the where/how and theres some good resources i recommend @native hill

[native hill]

alright i will

[rocky canyon]

spawn projectile.. rotate it so its transform.forward is facing the target.. and give it forward velocity..

should travel in a str8 line as is.. unless ur doing something weird to it

[hybrid tapir]

why do i get this error 4 times

[wanton kraken]

not sure why, but it isn’t. gravity always seems to affect it

also, you’re always here to help people. you’re a real one man!

[queen adder]

Disable gravity so its not getting pulled down

[rocky canyon]

change its gravity scale to 0

[rocky canyon]

probably because:

object is too large for origin

[hybrid tapir]

wish it would tell me what object

and in what scene

[rocky canyon]

click it

it should highlight the object

(or maybe not, ive never had that exact error before)

[hybrid tapir]

its not highlighting anything for me like i can normally do with errors

[rocky canyon]

hmm do you have any object that you know of that may have a really big scale..

or way off the screen?

[wanton kraken]

already did

that's why i'm so confused

[rocky canyon]

then why would gravity still be affecting it?

[wanton kraken]

i have zero idea, i can send a video if you'd like

[rocky canyon]

is it colliding w/ any part of ur player

thats sending it the wrong way?

[wanton kraken]

oh nevermind, i figured it out. just had something set up wrong lmao

[rocky canyon]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[wanton kraken]

i know right

but now that i look at it, the issue is actually persisting

when the bullets fly for a bit, they start falling off

[hybrid tapir]

i mean, maybe it thinks the UI is a sprite? i can cintinue doing whatever i want without resolving these errors, but there are 4 of them and 4 coins so it has to be something in the coin counter scene

[rocky canyon]

its a weird error..

b/c underneath it says UnityEditor..

those are usually Unity Bugs that disappear w/ restarts

BUT if its a UI element.. it may be something of urs.. u can restart and test maybe

[hybrid tapir]

every time i start the unity project i get the errors but once i clear the console they dont come back

[rocky canyon]

hmm interesting.. i wonder if it would affect the build any?

[wanton kraken]

see what i mean? ignore the ugly placeholder graphics lmao

[rocky canyon]

it may be a non-issue but a broken editor..

@hybrid tapir hey, try resetting ur layout

[hybrid tapir]

did that

[rocky canyon]

send a screenshot of the bullet prefab inspector

[hybrid tapir]

imma restart the editor and see if i get the errors again

[hybrid tapir]

id love to try that but for some reason unity wants the android sdk api level 39 when the highest that exists is 35

[queen adder]

Did you save those changes on the prefab?

[hybrid tapir]

the errors came back

[wanton kraken]

yep

[rocky canyon]

tf?

[rocky canyon]

now show me the bullet mover script

[wanton kraken]

ironically, the movement doesn't happen in that script. here's the code for the bullet's movement though

\
GameObject bullet = Instantiate(BulletPrefab, Spawner.position, Spawner.rotation);
bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().AddForce(Spawner.up * BulletSpeed, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
\\

well that ain't right. oh well

[rocky canyon]

i got the gist of it

is that in update?

[rocky canyon]

i see everyone using 33

[wanton kraken]

no, it's on the method fire. could it be that the force is only applied at the start, not throughout, henceforth why it falls off?

[native hill]

so im looking at a question on stack overflow and theres different answers, should i just try understanding one of the easier ones or complex ones so i could learn more

[wanton kraken]

thank you!

[rocky canyon]

yes thats it

the drag on ur RB2D is slowing it down

soo it appears to be falling

i think

[wanton kraken]

there's zero drag on it, though

[rocky canyon]

i ohh ur right.. nvm

[rocky canyon]

can u debug the velocity?

in update

and see what velocities its using

something weird is going on

[wanton kraken]

i would be lying if i said i knew how to do that

i thought the issue is that force isn't being applied throughout?

[rocky canyon]

rb2dReference.velocity

Debug.Log(rb2dReference.velocity);

[rocky canyon]

if thers no gravity.. and no drag.. the force u apply to it.. would stay w// it

[wanton kraken]

yeah, exactly

[rocky canyon]

it'd be like pushing a satellite in space.. it'd just keep going the way u pushed it

[wanton kraken]

that's why i'm confused

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message debug the velocity.. and check that it only has forward velocity..

[wanton kraken]

alright, let me see to that

[rocky canyon]

(0,0,AValue)

wait.. its 2d..

so it'd be (your value, 0)

[wanton kraken]

huh?

[rocky canyon]

Spawner.up is probably Vector2(0, 1);

sooo ur value should read (0, a number)

[rocky canyon]

what happens if u change it to AddLocalForce

[wanton kraken]

let me check that out

[rocky canyon]

sorry, im just spitballing at the moment. cuz i dont know what else to do besides just throw stuff at it lol

[wanton kraken]

you mean relative force?

[rocky canyon]

yea that

[wanton kraken]

don't be dude, i can use the help

[vast moat]

would this be the channel to ask about colliders? or is there a different channel better suited for that

[rocky canyon]

you can also just set the velocity directly.. soo that way u know it wont change

[wanton kraken]

#⚛️┃physics maybe?

no beans on that, it's actually far worse

[rocky canyon]

rb2d.velocity = forward * speed;

[rocky canyon]

depends on what ur doing w/ them.. if its related to code heres fine..

if its just about the collider and inspector u can ask in physics or unity-talk

[vast moat]

okay thanks

[rocky canyon]

set the velocity directly 👀

[wanton kraken]

mkay, let me try that

bullet.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>().velocity = new Vector2(BulletSpeed, BulletSpeed);

how's that?

[summer stump]

That would move BulletSpeed m/s vertically and BulletSpeed m/s horizontally

is that.. what you want?

[wanton kraken]

i'd like it to travel in a straight line from where it's shot

not sure how exactly that translates into (x,y) consider that changes on the fly

[summer stump]

I would get the vector from the direction and use that then

instead of making a new Vector

often for 2d that means either transform.up or transform.right depending on how it is set up
The transform would either be the player or a gun or some firePoint object

[wanton kraken]

i had that before, spawncamp suggested that i add velocity directly

[summer stump]

Well, what I'm describing would be used to set the velocity directly

I am only talking about directions

rb.velocity = transform.right * bulletSpeed

[wanton kraken]

isn't this the same as what i had before?

[summer stump]

Nope

before you used AddForce

[wanton kraken]

ah, you're talking about transforming the object directly

[summer stump]

No

I am talking about setting the velocity

[wanton kraken]

oh. my mistake

[rocky canyon]

best i can do for ya

[summer stump]

transform.up and transform.right are just directions. they dont' actually DO anything to the transform

[rocky canyon]

i set velocity directly in the Start() function of the projectile

[wanton kraken]

right, well now when i shoot it, it curves hard right lol

[summer stump]

nice video

[wanton kraken]

agreed, thank you for the demonstration

[native hill]

whats the difference with getaxis and getaxisraw?

[summer stump]

Former has smoothing

it goes from 0 to 1 with all values in between

the latter just jumps immediately to 1 or 0

[summer stump]

Something else must be affecting it then
I see instantiate isn't makng it a child... is there another script on it?

[wanton kraken]

i have the same exact thing here, why in god's holy name do i get different effects lol

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[hybrid tapir]

idk who to ask for help atp

[rocky canyon]

#📱┃mobile would be the best place

[native hill]

oh okay, thank u

[hybrid tapir]

im bummed out i literally got an android phone FOR DEV STUFF and i still cant do anything after enabling dev mode

[rocky canyon]

mobile can be tricky..

[hybrid tapir]

i thought not being able to build to your device was just apples self imposed problem

[wanton kraken]

a script on what? the bullet prefab?

[rocky canyon]

just run in the simulator until u figure it out

[summer stump]

Yes

[wanton kraken]

nothing really, just some basic code to destroy the bullet on collision

[summer stump]

Can you send a screenshot of the inspector showing the rigidbody of the bullet?

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[summer stump]

Ah, thx

[wanton kraken]

here you are, friend

[rocky canyon]

put ur bullet prefab in the scene and press play

see if it still happens (w/o instantiating it)

[wanton kraken]

well, nothing happens. this is probably because the movement script isn't inside the prefab itself

[summer stump]

Wait, when you say hard right, do you mean it comes out at the wrong angle, or it CURVES to the right.

[rocky canyon]

🤔 why not

[summer stump]

Wait what?

BulletMover is not on the prefab?

[rocky canyon]

interesting..

[wanton kraken]

on the cannon, pressing the fire button calls to the method fire. that's what both instantiates the bullet as well as adds force to it

[summer stump]

Oh, you set the velocity in the code that instantiated it

[wanton kraken]

BulletMover is on the prefab

[rocky canyon]

that should work as well...

[wanton kraken]

it doesn't actually move the bullet because i'm a sick man

[rocky canyon]

hes got phantom code

[wanton kraken]

i'm just cursed i guess? i don't know, why the heck is it doin that

[vast moat]

hey do you guys know how to get suggestions like the ones this guy has

that tell you what types of things go in the brackets

[wanton kraken]

you need intellisense. make sure that unity has visual studio editor installed and active

[wanton kraken]

what do i do? quite the conundrum

[rocky canyon]

delete it and re-do it

[wanton kraken]

i mean, i'm just going to redo what I have here and reach the same result

[rocky canyon]

first thing u need to do is get a 2d projectile to fly str8

worry about that first..

and then spawn it and rotate it or w/e

[wanton kraken]

mkay

[rocky canyon]

using UnityEngine;

public class ProjectileMover : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float speed = 10f; // Speed variable

    private Rigidbody2D rb;

    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>(); // Grab the Rigidbody2D component

        // Set the velocity to be its forward direction multiplied by speed
        rb.velocity = transform.right * speed;
    }
}

heres what u seen in the video if u want

[summer stump]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[wanton kraken]

thanks, will use

as expected, i got the same exact results

[rocky canyon]

impossible

you only have 1 rigidbody on that thing right?

[wanton kraken]

just the one.

[rocky canyon]

doesn't make any sense..

did u create a new object for the prefab?

[wanton kraken]

yes, i did. the bullets are falling straight out of the cannon like water droplets

[rocky canyon]

ur mass is huge..

crank up the velocity

[wanton kraken]

it's .5 lmao

[rocky canyon]

my mass was 1

[rocky canyon]

... im lost for words

[wanton kraken]

me too dude

me too

i must be doing something seriously fucking stupid, that or the engine doesn't like me

i seriously don't know

[rocky canyon]

create a new scene.. drop the prefab in it by itself and test it..

[wanton kraken]

the prefab itself doesn't do anything. the cannon has the movement script.

[rocky canyon]

if it doesn't go straight.. send a screenshot of the prefab selected in the heirarchy and the mode set the pivot local

[rocky canyon]

ya, put the movement script on the bullet

just make it move by itself.. in a str8 line.. w/o falling first

we're trying to isolate whatever is causing it to fall

[wanton kraken]

mkay

[rocky canyon]

u can spawn the bullet.. and rotate it.. and then let the bullets movement code set its own velocity

that way the cannon isn't telling the bullet what to do..

SOLID

Single Responsibility

[wanton kraken]

why the fuck won't it let me add the bulletspawner into the script

i'm losing it

when i add it to the hirearchy i can, when i put it back into prefabs it dissapears

forget it, i'll go without that part

i'm done, i have no idea what the problem is and it absolutely refuses to work. i give up, goodnight

[rocky canyon]

best take a break.. u might discover the issue in no time after some rest

on a side-note i almost crashed my editor 🤣

[wanton kraken]

here's to hoping, i appreciate the help

[native hill]

i do not understand Quaternion.Euler at all

the docs r confusing

[slender nymph]

it creates a quaternion from euler angles. what is confusing about that?

[native hill]

i dont even know what any of that means 💔

i saw it in a camera movement tutorial video and im trying to understand it

[rocky canyon]

Unity uses Quaternions.. transform.rotation is a quaternion.. (we humans usually visualize angles as 0 - 360*) the method converts what we associate w/ angles and rotations to a Quaternion you can use for functions that require it

[slender nymph]

a quaternion is a 4 axis structure used to represent a rotation. that's really all you need to know about that part. euler angles are the X Y Z angles in degrees you are likely already familiar with

[rocky canyon]

Quaternions are 4 Dimensional 🤯

[native hill]

that makes more sense

thank u

[bright grail]

can anyone help me with a animation problem here?

[rocky canyon]

we can help w/ coding issues related to animation

[bright grail]

i think its a coding error but idk

[rocky canyon]

if its str8 up animation queries you can use #🏃┃animation

[rocky canyon]

explain and we'll tell ya

[bright grail]

the animation is freezing at the frist frame and idk if its bc of the code or the Transition times

[rocky canyon]

transition shouldnt matter until the end of the clip

[bright grail]

https://gdl.space/osayolipib.cs code is here if you wanna look

[rocky canyon]

if its freezing at the first frame i doubt its transition issues.. Unless its looping to an animation over and over and over

and then the animation might not get a chance to play

[bright grail]

oh ok let me see

[rocky canyon]

open up the Animator window while u play test..

and click on the object w/ the animator in the hierarchy

u can visualize whats happening

they'll be a white progress bar growing under the clip thats playing.. and then transitions will light up when it goes from one clip to another

[bright grail]

it doesnt look like the Idle anim is looping it just goes to the walking anim and just kind stops at the first frame

like littary the bar just stops

[rocky canyon]

sounds like a clue 🔎

[slender nymph]

i'm gonna guess that's it is constantly reentering that state, perhaps due to a transition from Any State

[bright grail]

what does that mean

[rocky canyon]

☝️ yay, validation

[bright grail]

ohh

[slender nymph]

it means the issue is likely in your transitions

[bright grail]

okok

[rocky canyon]

means this

[bright grail]

wait let me Test something

ok yea ig its because i put coming from any state

my bad i was stupid

thank you guys

[slender nymph]

remember, Any State includes every state, including the one you are transitioning to. so you gotta be careful when using that and pay extra close attention to your transition conditions

[eternal magnet]

whare i can i get help about tiles in unity 2d?

[bright grail]

ok yea thank you ill rember that

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[hasty sleet]

To be fair, the #🔎┃find-a-channel essentially says "go find the channel yourself"

[slender nymph]

yes, that's the point

#🧰┃ui-toolkit

[hasty sleet]

That doesn't seem much more useful than saying nothing

[languid spire]

People need to learn to show initiative, that is one small step in the right direction

[hasty sleet]

Initiative is good. Dismissive response is not so good.

"Check out #🔀┃art-asset-workflow, but in the future try #🔎┃find-a-channel first"

[languid spire]

Nice in theory, pointless in practice

[hasty sleet]

Empathy and kindness is free.

[eternal needle]

nothing about it was dismissive, you can be the one to always reply like this if you want. this is pointless bickering though

[languid spire]

Absolutesly. But there is also the old adage, Give someone an inch and they will take a mile

[summer stump]

Honestly, most people don't know about #🔎┃find-a-channel
I think it is a good response
It shows all the categories of channels with descriptions, and is very helpful

[random dove]

can anyone hlep me

[hasty sleet]

It can cut both ways. Treating newcomers with apathy / low empathy makes it more likely to occur again in the future.

[summer stump]

If you say what you need help with, it is likely, yes

[random dove]

how to get first person template its not showing in templates

[summer stump]

Requires editor version 2021 or older

[summer stump]

You can also find them on the asset store from what I understand. You'd have to search though, I don't have a link handy

[random dove]

well i can't download bcz my wifi is trash

[summer stump]

You do not need templates

[random dove]

there is no 3rd person game also?

[summer stump]

If you don't see it in the list, then I guess not

[rocky canyon]

2021.3 has First Person and Third Person Core

[summer stump]

Yeah, they seem unwilling to use that editor

#💻┃code-beginner message

[random dove]

i can't download

[rocky canyon]

well then

[random dove]

wait what so what is 3d core

[rocky canyon]

its ur basic 3d project..

[hasty sleet]

This is not something anybody can really help you with.

[summer stump]

Well, like I said, you don't need to use any template. It just preinstalls some packages. You can use any template and achieve the same things

[rocky canyon]

3d core is 3d project w/ camera and light

[hasty sleet]

You having bad wifi is not something we can help you with.

[rocky canyon]

they're really not that much different from each other.. (maybe some unity assets included in each)

[random dove]

i didnt asked you for help and i didnt asked for wifi well so thats not your fault ignore it just answer me direct dont be silly

[random dove]

who said that i came here for wifi?

i have some questions so what is your prob?

[summer stump]

That is not what they are asking for help with. Not sure what you are trying to say. Especially after all that empathy talk lmfao

[random dove]

can i make 3rd person game on 3D

[hasty sleet]

I misunderstood. I thought he was implying his main problem was his inability to download the template.

[summer stump]

You can make it in any

[hasty sleet]

Was my response directly unempathetic?

[summer stump]

Yes

[random dove]

bruh then what are templates for

[summer stump]

A starting point. They make no difference in the long run though. You can install anything yourself that you want

[rocky canyon]

pro-tip.. unity is a 3d engine.. even 2D is basically 3d while ignoring an axis

[random dove]

;=;

[hasty sleet]

I don't see how it would be. "I cannot help you" is not a lack of empathy.

[summer stump]

And that is not what you said. Can you stop with all the drama

[random dove]

cya

[hasty sleet]

Why are you getting so defensive?

[summer stump]

I am clearly not. Sorry if I upset you. Gonna just leave it to you. Goodbye

[topaz mortar]

I'm using UGS C# Cloud Code Module as a server, it's non-persistent.
The server handles all my combat logic, to prevent cheating.
Now I'm trying to add different spells to my game, with randomized stats.
The server will need to know these spells, again to avoid cheating.
But how would I get them on my client?

I'm thinking to save them in code on my server, since that will be the easiest to edit for me.
Then when a client loads the game, it sends a request to the server to get all the spell data? Not sure if this is a good idea?
There won't be a crazy amount of spells, maybe like 50-100 max?

[hasty sleet]

See: Especially after all that empathy talk lmfao , a mocking tone, and And that is not what you said. Can you stop with all the drama when my exact words were: This is not something anybody can really help you with.

Let's leave it at that, then.

[eager spindle]

when making UI how do y'all embed 3d renders in? load another scene in parallel or just put the character somewhere in the world

[hasty sleet]

If you mean like having a 3d object elsewhere in the scene rendered on the UI layer, you can do this by setting up a separate camera with masking to only capture the object you intend to display on the UI layer. Is this what you are asking?

For example, if the player is holding a sword, and you want to render the 3d sword object onto the UI rather than in real worldspace, such as in most FPS games. Like this?

[eager spindle]

yep I just wanted to know how others did it

on what is best practice

[hasty sleet]

I am not sure if it is best practice, but I followed some docs in one of my previous projects.

The primary steps were:

1. Create a camera elsewhere in the scene, and only capture the prop objects you want to render onto the UI
2. Output the camera capture onto a UI Canvas element

[eager spindle]

when rendering dialogue like this do you use 3 cameras? because it feels kinda inefficient

the characters on the left and right are in the same scene

[hasty sleet]

I think you might have to if you have three different perspectives you want to capture. Alternatively, you could genuinely take a picture of these characters, edit the image, and store it as a single image file, but I imagine you might be trying to capture animated characters

[eager spindle]

this is a live scene where they have expressions and stuff

like mouth movements, some particle effects

[hasty sleet]

The others can chime in to suggest alternate approaches, but the only one I am aware of involves a camera outputting to a canvas element, since capturing an image/video from a scene necessarily involves a camera, I believe, though there could be other approaches.

[hasty sleet]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-RenderTexture.html
Create a new render texture, set the camera's target texture to the new render texture, and then create a RawImage UI element, and set the texture property of the image to the render texture from earlier. I created FPS overlays using this technique and I believe it is the standard approach. It will be slightly more complicated using three concurrent perspectives, though.

[eager spindle]

yep I understand how to do that

im thinking more about how to efficiently render multiple perspectives