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[hasty sleet]

Efficient in what manner? In terms of making it easier/faster to create lots of these scenes?

[eager spindle]

yep, I dunno if its gonna be a lot of load rendering those 3 scenes

maybe its some AAA magic but idk how it runs so efficiently while having stuff like that

[hasty sleet]

When I say "Scene", I actually mean it in a cinematography sense; you don't actually need a whole separate Unity scene to do this. I don't think it would be very taxing performance-wise if the rest of the scene is relatively quiet.

In terms of development speed, you can attach cameras to each of these characters as prefabs and it would expedite the setup process.

You can also consider controlling the UI canvas through code and having a prefab for the tri-split or dual-split cutscene view to efficiently switch between gameplay and different cutscenes. This might help keep it modular.

And as always, it's best to avoid premature optimization. Try an initial approach before considering whether you should take steps to further optimize it. It might be unnecessary

[native hill]

oh my god Quaternion.Euler is being a giant ass to me

i cant get how to use it correctly

its confusing

i just tried making something quick with it, that helped a bit

[languid spire]

what is confusing?

[native hill]

im not even sure

i want to figure out how to use it correctly and when i would need it

[languid spire]

You would need it when you want to apply a rotation using Euler angles, you know what Euler angles are, right

[native hill]

its x y and z right?

[languid spire]

kinda. you know a circle has 360 degrees, those degrees are Euler angles

[native hill]

oh okay

sorry for the late responses

i found out about Quaternion.Euler when i was looking at camera movement scripts

ive been trying to understand why it was used and stuff

[languid spire]

so, imagine you have a line going from your head to your feet, that is the Y axis. If I want a rotation that just turns around I can make a Quaternion

Quaternion q = Quaternion.Euler(0,180,0);
transform.rotation = q;

[native hill]

oh okay

yeah that makes more sense, ill try using it and see if i could see how it was used

[eternal needle]

the values you use in inspector for rotation are euler angles. unity shows euler angles and then converts it to fancy quaternion stuff for the actual rotation. Usually use Quaternion.Euler if i wanted to write in code what a rotation should be (or change by) in terms of euler angles

[native hill]

oh okay

yeah I’m realizing now why it was used in camera movement

thank u for helping me

[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)

[wanton otter]

restart scene button works only once after applying dontdestroyonload()

any ideas why that is?

[ivory bobcat]

You should probably provide some information for folks to better help you

[void raptor]

I have a button with event system and is interactable but i doesnt work, the button should activate the inventory gameobject

Can someone help me with this bug?

[eager spindle]

there might be an element blocking the button

[eager spindle]

check if theres any UI elements overlaying it

[scarlet hull]

i lost some stuff with github anyone knows how to revert

with gituhb desktop

[eager spindle]

you want to delete changes? theres a point where you just re-clone the repo

never seen that error

[scarlet hull]

my scene got deleted in unity

and i want to revert back to an older commit

[wanton otter]

also i tested it on other levels and it works fine except for level 1

[void raptor]

there are none but i managed to fix that bug

[languid spire]

stash your current changes in a new branch, then you can revert to a previous commit

[scarlet hull]

where do i click

i creted a new branch how to stash

[languid spire]

if you created a new branch why are you still in main?

[scarlet hull]

i tried getting there but it gives me an error

[acoustic echo]

Push changes and move to new branch

[scarlet hull]

pushed but nothing changed

[broken cargo]

It has merge conflicts. You should resolve them or discard

[acoustic echo]

Copy the scene file, remove it (in repo), make a commit and push it, place scene back and commit and push again

[broken cargo]

His scene file contains merge conflicts, you can't commit it like that at all

[scarlet hull]

when making a commit do i commit nothing?

[broken cargo]

Discard the changes, and go through latest commits and find the last one that works. Copy the scene file from there and commit it to the master. You will probably lose some changes but it is the easiest way

[acoustic echo]

You should commit file removal from repo and paste again the scene file, that usually fixes stuff for me

I don't know how but it does

[scarlet hull]

none work

[broken cargo]

if every commit has a corrupted scene file there is no way to restore it. Check if you can resolve the merge conflict manually (rarely works for me) or just delete the scene file and recreate it from scratch

[full kite]

Hello guys! I have this script and all I want is for my gameobject to take my sprite that I putted in the Inspect using SpriteRenderer. Im using the same exact script above and its working but now it seems like it doesnt. Did I make a mistake or anything?

   
   private void Create (int level)
   {
       GameObject myGameObject = new GameObject("Lvl" + level);
       SpriteRenderer renderer2 = myGameObject.AddComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
           
       renderer2.sprite = CamilaLvl2;```

On The Sprite Renderer, the Sprite doesnt take the image

[strong hemlock]

I'm using Visual Studio Code and I don't get suggestions when I type something (Here I'm typing time.deltaTime), is there a way to activate it?

[cosmic dagger]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[strong hemlock]

hmmm okay checking this out

[cosmic dagger]

It is easier to use a prefab with the Sprite component on it and assign the sprite . . .

If it was working before, check that you don't have any errors . . .

[full kite]

like its not assigning anything

Like the Sprite thing is empty

[frank zodiac]

transform.Translate(new Vector2(0.0f, InputManager.GetInstance().GetMove1Value() * ySpeed));
transform.position = new Vector2(transform.position.x, Mathf.Clamp(transform.position.y, -250f, 250f));

trying to clamp my y movement but it wont work. it just snaps to -250 for some reason

[broken cargo]

are you starting lower than -250? Check what is the actual transform.position.y value before the clamp

[frank zodiac]

im starting at 0

[broken cargo]

so check what is your position between these two lines? Mathf.Clamp shouldn't just snap you to the minimum value

[frank zodiac]

i have 2 borders that are set at -250 and one at 250 and im at 0 so im right between them

[broken cargo]

you just said it snaps you to -250, but also you are at 0. Which one is it? Does it snap you in the first frame?

[frank zodiac]

yes

[broken cargo]

So check with Debug.Log or with debugger what are the actual values in the code

[lavish jolt]

How can I make field serialize like on image in other script.
This doesn't work:

[SerializeField] Action action;

[broken cargo]

Use UnityEvent instead of Action

[lavish jolt]

thx ☺️

[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)

[broken cargo]

Making smooth camera movement might be tricky. Try to move the camera from under the player and make it follow the player in LateUpdate.

[teal viper]

Make sure you're not breaking the interpolation with incorrect rotation or movement.

You should only be moving and rotating your character via the rb methods and properties, like velocity, forces and torque

[weak talon]

my camera is in lateupdate

[weak talon]

ill check on this soon

[idle ginkgo]

how can i log the time on console

to keep track of how long it took to jump

i want to sync it with animation

[teal viper]

Record the start and the end time of a jump. check the Time class in the unity api docs

[idle ginkgo]

oh ok thanks

[weak talon]

yeah i am only moving my cahracter with the rb settings

[weak talon]

it might have something to do with the camera object rotating and maybe it is causing the playerobject to shake a bit because it is a capsule collider

[full kite]

public Sprite CamilaLvl2;    
private void Create (int level)
    {
        GameObject myGameObject = new GameObject("Lvl" + level);
        SpriteRenderer renderer = myGameObject.AddComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        renderer.sprite = CamilaLvl2;
    } ``` Does anyone know why in the runmode, sprite in the SpriteRenderer of the GameObject  isnt assigning with the Sprite "CamilaLvl2"?

[broken cargo]

Can you verify with debugger that CamilaLvl2 is not null?

[weak talon]

im not sure

i just swapped the capsule collider with a square collider and it is still happening

[full kite]

it is assigned to a Sprite

[broken cargo]

Why do you have a camera with a collider as a child of the player? It might be the problem

[broken cargo]

It is in the editor. You should check in the runtime

[weak talon]

nono sorry
i meant the collider of the player

[full kite]

in the runtime, Sprite Field is null

[teal viper]

Share a screenshot of your setup in the hierarchy and inspector

[full kite]

in the code, I assigned the Sprite Field with an Image but it doesnt match

[broken cargo]

Can you show how you do it?

[full kite]

Runtime

[broken cargo]

Can you check if the CamilaLvl2 is null in the runtime? Not the sprite in SpriteRenderer

[full kite]

How can I check that?

[broken cargo]

With debugger. Or just how you check the sprite field in the inspector

[weak talon]

this is the hierachy of the player
the camera is in the caamholder

and the player rigidsbody and capsule collider in inspector

[broken cargo]

Check what happens with this one

[full kite]

while runtime

on canvas

like on the script while running

[broken cargo]

Try to verify with debugger. If the sprite is not null SpriteRenderer should get it. Unless you have two components and look at the wrong one

[full kite]

Im trying rn to call the function that does this thing in the Start function to see if its a problem with the function itself

But the code gets right everything, like adds all the other script and marks all the things except this thing

And im not quite sure why cause i did this thing earlier in this program and it worked

[broken cargo]

Try it on the empty scene

[full kite]

It worked

But only

when i assign it in start

not when I need

I cant destroy a gameobject and then add another one?

[broken cargo]

Are you sure you have only one instance of this class?

[full kite]

what do you mean by that?

[broken cargo]

Probably not

[broken cargo]

you might have an instance with correct sprite assigned, but when you call the method you use some other instance without a sprite reference

[full kite]

Testing, it doesnt have anything to do with the destroy function

Like even if its not destroying those 2 its not working

[teal viper]

Share the code you use to move the character.

And the camera just in case

[full kite]

I dont think so

Would you want from me to share the code that I call this function?

Or make a mp4 and show it to you?

[atomic holly]

Hello,
When I create a SO with this script, the object creates correctly but Unity send me this error :
No script asset for Weapon. Check that the definition is in a file of the same name and that it compiles properly.
What I do wrong ?

using UnityEngine;

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "New Item", menuName = "Inventory/Item")]
public class Item : ScriptableObject
{
    public int id;
    public string itemName;
    public string description;
    public Sprite itemImage;
}
[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "New Weapon", menuName = "Inventory/Item/Weapon")]
public class Weapon : Item
{
    public int damage;
    public int reach;
    public int cadence;
}
[CreateAssetMenu(fileName = "New Armor", menuName = "Inventory/Item/Armor")]
public class Armor : Item
{
    public int armor;
}

[teal viper]

Is the code from the second screenshot on the character?

[weak talon]

YA

sorry

yeah it is

[teal viper]

Well, what did I say about rotating the character only via the rb?

[broken cargo]

Try having all SOs in different .cs files

[broken cargo]

You can show your code

[weak talon]

ok yeah mb, but i want the character to rotate because then players know which way it is facing

[teal viper]

You'll need to rotate it via the rb, as I said.

You can use MoveRotation.

[solar arrow]

is multipy by delta time needed in fixedUpdate function?

[full kite]

public Sprite CamilaLvl2;
    
    private void Create (int level)
    {
        GameObject myGameObject = new GameObject("Lvl" + level);
        SpriteRenderer renderer = myGameObject.AddComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        renderer.sprite = CamilaLvl2;
        bc2d = myGameObject.AddComponent<BoxCollider2D>();
        rb2d = myGameObject.AddComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

        rb2d.gravityScale = 0;
        bc2d.isTrigger = true;
    }
    
    private void OnTriggerStay2D (Collider2D collision)
    {
        string thisGameobjectName;
        string collisionGameobjectName;

        thisGameobjectName = gameObject.name;
        collisionGameobjectName = collision.gameObject.name;

        if (mouseButtonReleased && thisGameobjectName == "Lvl1" && collisionGameobjectName == "Lvl1")
        {
            mouseButtonReleased = false;
            Destroy(gameObject);
            Destroy(collision.gameObject);
            Create(2);
        }
    }```

CamilaLvl2 is assigned

[broken cargo]

I'm not sure it will help but I'd move Create(2); line to be before Destroy just to be sure

[teal viper]

Depends.

[weak talon]

unironically i love you
thank you so much
it is working now

[solar arrow]

depends on what?

[full kite]

ill do it

didnt help

[broken cargo]

have you tried debugger?

[full kite]

The Frame Debugger?

[broken cargo]

No, normal debugger in your IDE. With a breakpoint in Create method

[swift crag]

If you have a value that represents a change over time, and you're using it to change a value, you must multiply by Time.deltaTime

Velocity times time equals distance.

FixedUpdate runs 50 times per second, rather than a variable number of times per second

[full kite]

idk how to work with it

[swift crag]

But the principle is unchanged: you must convert a "per second" value into an absolute value.

Also, in FixedUpdate, Time.deltaTime gives you the same value as Time.fixedDeltaTime, so you can just use the former

[full kite]

how can I find it

[swift crag]

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

You need to have a working IDE first

Visual Studio, VSCode, and Rider all work here

You know your IDE (integerated development environment) is working if it's highlighting errors and suggesting autocompletions

[full kite]

Does Debugger work on the Android Platform?

[broken cargo]

are you testing in the build? You can make debugger work with android developer builds but it's a little bit harder. Just check in the play mode

[full kite]

and after play what should I press?

[broken cargo]

You attach your debugger to the Unity process, add a breakpoint and run the scene. Just like it says in the doc

[broken cargo]

you can do all 3 steps in any order, but you will actually start debugging only when you do all 3

[full kite]

Ok so first one is to put VSC up on the External Tools

[wooden minnow]

if i add a gameobject to a list of gameobjects would the list direct to the original object or create a copy of it?

List<GameObject> drones = new List<GameObject>();
GameObject parent = GameObject.Find("drones");

for (int i = 0; i < parent.transform.childCount; i++)
{
    GameObject child = parent.transform.GetChild(i);
    drones.Add(child);
}```

[broken cargo]

to the original. GameObject is a class so reference type

[full kite]

Then press on the right side of the screen on that bug

[wooden minnow]

ok that makes everything a whole lot easier for me ty

[swift crag]

there are two big kinds of types:

• value types: you hold the data directly, and you copy it to give it to someone else
• reference types: you hold a pointer to the data, and you copy the pointer to give it to someone else

[full kite]

sorry for still bothering you,but English is not my main language and Im not understanding all of the words from the document.

First one is this thing : Specify the External Script Editor in Unity

Then : Debug in the Unity Editor

[broken cargo]

If you are using VS Code, there is an instruction on Unity extension page just for that

[full kite]

Im using VSC

so yeah im using it

and im trying to mentain the exact same steps but im still clueless about the other steps

So I should Debug in VSC

[broken cargo]

do you have VSC set up? Does it highlight syntax and auto-complete? If so, your debugger is probably already set up and you only need to attach it and start the scene

[full kite]

it doenst auto complete things

I have to write everything manually

so that means my debugger isnt setted up

[broken cargo]

Look for Unity official extension in VS Code and follow instructions there

[full kite]

is this looking good?

[broken cargo]

no

[full kite]

Ill do this rn

I installed the Unity extension for VSC

[icy shadow]

Hi. I made a movement system that I want to experiment with in another project, what's the best practice way of making and managing my own library/package in Unity?
Like a Git submodule maybe??

[foggy saffron]

Ayo o/ I need to talk this out because I'm over looking something simple.. I have two colliders meeting (crate & scoreCounter) and both are marked " Is Trigger" One collider is static and has a script to increase a score when a collider marked with the (crate) tag interacts as a trigger.

The void Start works but nothing after does

https://paste.mod.gg/crirsxvcccov/0

[wintry quarry]

OnTriggerEnter requires at least one of the objects to have a Rigidbody

[full kite]

so basically @broken cargo,I installed Unity extension

And right now, Im more clueless about the following step

[broken cargo]

You can just make a Unity package. But if you want to sync it between projects submodule would work

[full kite]

And now I can add breakpoints and stuff

Where is that Debug button?

[broken cargo]

On the left above extensions button

[icy shadow]

thank you 🙏

[foggy saffron]

FML.. Thanks.. works like a charm

[full kite]

and NET5 doesnt work

Like nothing pops up

[swift crag]

Did you follow all of the instructions in !vscode ?

[broken cargo]

You still haven't finished the setup. Follow the instructions further

[swift crag]

er, !vsc

😭

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[swift crag]

the "VS Code" instructions there walk you through everything you need to do

[full kite]

and after following these I should be able to press the Debug thing thta is above the extensions, and then see something that is related to UNity above

Right? @broken cargo

[broken cargo]

yes, in the end of the instructions there is a section about debugging

[full kite]

Not in the 2nd doc tho right?

I cant see anything that is related with it

with the Debug

When Ill reach that state, can I still contact you further?

With the debug thing that pops up?

[foggy saffron]

so I can assign a TextMeshProUGUI to a gameobject in the Hierarchy but I can't use the same thing on a prefab in the Project window?

[swift crag]

some corrections..

you can't assign a reference to a "gameobject"

you're dragging a reference into a field of a component in the inspector

it is true that the component is attached to a game object, though

[swift crag]

Scene objects can only be referenced by other objects in the same scene.

Therefore, assets can't reference scene objects.

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

[foggy saffron]

hmm Im using cratescorewall gameobject with a big collider wall to detect passing instantiated gameobjects with collider boxes and a tag (crate) to raise a score. The script to detect this is on the cratescorewall gameobject

but the other colliders are a player projectile and moving crates.. all of which are instantiated. So nothing is in the scene until spawned or triggered.

[stuck palm]

Can you write code within the game and have it execute?

[verbal dome]

You would need some kind of in-game scripting language

From what I've seen, many games use LUA

Or if you just want simple commands then you can make your own console that you type into and parse strings which execute pre-defined code

[swift crag]

Lua is popular because it can be embedded into your game

it's totally separate from your game code

[verbal dome]

I'm going to need something for my dialogue/sequence system

Already started making my own tokenizer+parser but I kind of died inside

[swift crag]

time to learn about context-free grammars

(:

[verbal dome]

I'll look into that 👍

[swift crag]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_descent_parser

Note that you can almost certainly avoid writing a parser yourself

https://www.antlr.org

Quite a few useful grammars are context-free

I believe C# is context-free

(you've activated an unskippable cutscene; i had to learn this well enough to explain it to undergraduates)

Depending on what you're trying to do, you might even be able to get away with a regular grammar

which you'd parse with...a regular expression! ✨

[bitter stone]

Heyo, im asking for help regarding character rotation with the new input system.
I´ve made a character controller, and can use WASD without any problems. When i try to run it with the code for rotation however, everything breaks. Im still able to move forward without any problem, but once i move right, left, or backwards the character glitches around. My current code is down below along with a video showcasing the issue. Thanks in advance!
(For context, I want to rotate the player in the direction it is currently moving)

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

public class Mover : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    private float MoveSpeed = 3f;

    [SerializeField]
    private int playerIndex = 0;

    private CharacterController controller;

    private Vector3 moveDirection = Vector3.zero;
    private Vector2 inputVector = Vector2.zero;

    private void Awake()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
    }

    public int GetPlayerIndex()
    {
        return playerIndex;
    }

    internal Mover FirstOrDefault(Func<object, bool> value)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

    public void SetInputVector(Vector2 direction)
    {
        inputVector = direction;       
    }

    void Update()
    {
        moveDirection = new Vector3(inputVector.x, 0, inputVector.y);
        moveDirection = transform.TransformDirection(moveDirection);
        moveDirection *= MoveSpeed;

        controller.Move(moveDirection * Time.deltaTime);

        if(moveDirection != Vector3.zero)
        {
            transform.forward = moveDirection;
        }
    }
}

[ripe shard]

What tool/strategy does one actually use nowadays, from my rather superficial reading I’m hearing all sorts of divergent opinions ranging from handmade, bison, antler to using the equivalent generators that exist as libraries for C/++? Do you have any more insight?

[swift crag]

I haven't had to do this in C# specifically, which is why I thought of antlr first

[umbral rock]

why does this not work?

int Number = 6

string StringNumber = (string) Number? he says i cant convert it? but i can convert a double to int?

[swift crag]

yes, beacuse there is no explicit conversion from int to string

[languid spire]

Number.ToString()

[umbral rock]

why do u need to do that and not with double to int?

[swift crag]

because there is an explicit conversion defined for double to become an int

[languid spire]

because a string is not a numeric type

[umbral rock]

hmmm okay, got it

[ripe shard]

My issue with a DSL as a solution to say a dialogue system is the crappiness of maintaining a language, solo, as its requirements change and procedural features get added.

[swift crag]

Yeah, it's not what I'd reach for first.

[ripe shard]

But it would be so nice to be able to maintain a nice dsl… question is just: how?

[swift crag]

A tangent: I made a binary format to export vertex attributes from Blender to Unity

I wound up using Kaitai Struct to define the binary format and debug it

I didn't use it to generate a parser, though.

But it was very useful to codify the format in one place and to be able to check that the files I was producing were valid

[ripe shard]

Interesting

Maybe solving the maintenance problem must be part of the design

it’s probably more doable for data exchange formats and markup than for stuff that describes procedures

[swift crag]

yeah, it's easy when all of your files are being machine-generated

making changes to the format doesn't require any manual labor beyond re-exporting

[ripe shard]

indeed, and that’s the only situation where I’ve ever made custom formats.

making something for humans is no fun 🤩

they get annoyed when you change stuff 🤦‍♂️

[swift crag]

as I continue to make major changes to how systems work, I can only imagine how much worse the process would be if other people depended on my game code

[prime horizon]

Guys, I need help. I'm learning to use the 2D Tilemap, and I get this bug. The IsGrounded funtion returns True when my character is on the ground, as expected. But the Y velocity when my character moves to the right stays higher than 0, which make Unity think my character is Jumping, while the IsGrounded is still true. The animation then flicks between running and jump animation. This only happens when my character run on the tilemap, not on other game objects.
This is the code if you want to know https://gdl.space/zaximetini.cs

[wanton kraken]

anyone know what the issue is with my code on my bullet prefab? just trying to draw a super simple raycast and then visualize it, but nothing is happening.

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        RaycastHit2D ray = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, transform.up, MaxDistance, LayerMask.GetMask("Scene"));
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, transform.up * MaxDistance, Color.green);

        if(ray.collider != null){
            print("Object Hit at " + ray.collider.name+ "!");
        } else {
            print("Collider hit nothing :C)");
        }

    }

[swift crag]

so nothing is being logged at all?

[wanton kraken]

it keeps saying nothing is being hit, and no raycast debug is being drawn

[swift crag]

perhaps MaxDistance is zero

[wanton kraken]

nope, set it to 100

[swift crag]

is it actually set to 100 on your prefab, though?

a field initializer that sets the field to 100 won't matter if the prefab has that field set to 0

[wanton kraken]

yes, it is

MaxDistance = 100f;

[swift crag]

If MaxDistance is a serialized field, then that doesn't mean it's 100 on your prefab. Go look at it in the inspector.

[wanton kraken]

i did, and i set it to 100 there as well

hence my confusion!

[swift crag]

Is transform.up pointing into the screen, perhaps?

that would mean your object is rotated by 90 degree on the X or Y axes

[wanton kraken]

i'm not sure, should i try changing it to transform.forward?

[swift crag]

Select an instance of the bullet prefab in play mode and look at the handles.

Make sure you're set to pivot + local

The blue arrow should be pointing into the screen. The red and green arrows should be parallel to the screen.

[wanton kraken]

oh, i just had the gizmo off i think. looks like i'm slow

[swift crag]

press W to get the move handles

[wanton kraken]

yep, i'm seeing them

being a unity noob has it's drawbacks. now i need to make the bullets follow the raycast

[swift crag]

Show me a screenshot of the bullet.

[wanton kraken]

the bullet in the inspector? in game?

[swift crag]

Yes.

both the inspector and the scene view

the entire editor window, really

[swift crag]

you've collapsed the Transform part, which is very important

[wanton kraken]

my mistake, one moment

[swift crag]

and I'm looking for an actual instance of the bullet while the game is playing

[wanton kraken]

everything is set to 0 other then scale, which is .25 on all axis

ah ok

[swift crag]

since you could be changing its rotation when you instantiate it

[wanton kraken]

sure

[swift crag]

shoot a bullet, pause the game, select the bullet, and then screenshot the entire window

[wanton kraken]

seems alright to me

[swift crag]

the entire editor window

[wanton kraken]

mkay

[swift crag]

with the bullet selected, with the "move" tool selected (press W)

[wanton kraken]

like i said, it's alright

don't mind the placeholder graphics

[swift crag]

Okay, the handles are pointing in reasonable directions

You have gizmos off, so you're not going to see the DrawRay lines

[wanton kraken]

they're back on now, my mistake

[swift crag]

Do the lines appear now?

[wanton kraken]

yep, like i said before

all good!

[swift crag]

ah, I thought you were talking about the handles here

[wanton kraken]

now i need to code the bullets to follow the raycast, as well as destroy and trigger on any collision

[swift crag]

I didn't realize you'd started seeing the DrawRay lines there

[wanton kraken]

yep, i just didn't realize i needed to turn them on. thanks for the help, friend! i'll probably need more sooner rather then later

[rich adder]

bullet.velocity = ray.direction * speed

[wanton kraken]

sir yes sir, implementing it now

it doesn't like ray.directionRayCastHit2D does not contain a definition for it

[swift crag]

that's a Ray, not RaycastHit2D

but yes, your ray is a RaycastHit2D

(you should name it hit)

Your code doesn't create a Ray, so just use transform.up

[frank zodiac]

what?

[wanton kraken]

ah, i see, thank you

[swift crag]

check your using directives

[wintry quarry]

pretty simple namespace collision

[frank zodiac]

yeah but im not sure why it suddenly appeared

it was working before

then now it gives me an error

[wintry quarry]

because you added the appropriate using directives to create it

[frank zodiac]

yeah i removed the one i didnt need

[frank zodiac]

thanks

[wanton kraken]

thank you for your help, friends. now begins the difficult part. from where the raycast collides with the scene, i'm going to need it to create a new raycast for the bullet to follow afterwards- this is because a core mechanic of my game is bouncing bullets off walls. i figure i'll need some mathf trigonometry sort of code, any suggestions?

[swift crag]

nah

Vector2.Reflect

you give it an incoming vector and a normal vector (you get the latter from the RaycastHit2D)

[wanton kraken]

oh, word? that'll save me some time

i'll do some looking into on that

[swift crag]

you should have a look at the static methods of Vector2/Vector3 and Quaternion

[wanton kraken]

on it!

[lethal bolt]

Why dosent the character stand up 750 for the hips and 200 for the rest?

It does what its suppose to do but not standing up

[swift crag]

why should it stand up at all?

does it work with larger force values?

[lethal bolt]

No ig i just forgot to lock rotation on the hips?

[swift crag]

i have no idea what your ragdoll looks like or what you're doing

so it's kind of hard to tell you anything

[lethal bolt]

I have made an active ragdoll

[wanton kraken]

why does this not work? i'm a bit confused on how i can calculate the reflection when i can't get the direction of the bullet (rhymes!)

Vector2 reflectionDirection = Vector2.Reflect(hit.direction, hit.normal);

[swift crag]

You already know the direction of the bullet

You used it to do the raycast

[swift crag]

navarone thought your ray variable was a Ray

[wanton kraken]

yeah, i changed it to 'hit' to be more clear

[swift crag]

RaycastHit2D does not have a direction field becaus that would be redundant

[wanton kraken]

yeah, i suppose that makes sense

i'm just confused as to what i would put in the first part of Vector2.Reflect

[swift crag]

the direction the bullet is going

again, you already know what it is

you used it for the raycast, didn't you?

[wanton kraken]

i used transform.position, and transform.up

[rich adder]

maybe make a variable for it ?

you're basically typing it 3 times now

[wanton kraken]

right, i'm trying to. just not sure how exactly to update said variable with the direction of the bullet

i can't use transform.rotation or something

[rich adder]

wdym just use the drection of your raycast but Im saying make it a variable

[swift crag]

Literally just use transform.up

That's the direction you fired the raycast in

[rich adder]

raycast, drawray and now bullet have typed 3 transform.up you are accessing up property 3 times

[swift crag]

I don't understand what the problem is

[wanton kraken]

oh, i was misunderstanding something

[swift crag]

transform.up is a Vector3; it'll get implicitly converted to a Vector2 when you pass it into Vector2.Reflect

[wanton kraken]

i get it now. my mistake

[wanton kraken]

exactly, i didn't realize this

[rich adder]

this what I was suggesting btw

Vector3 direction = transform.up;
        RaycastHit2D rayHit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, direction, MaxDistance, LayerMask.GetMask("Scene"));
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, direction * MaxDistance, Color.green);
        Rigidbody2D bullet = Instantiate(prefab, firepoint.position, Quaternion.identity);
        bullet.velocity = direction * speed;```

[wanton kraken]

i see, that's definitely cleaner then mine

[rich adder]

all I'm doing is storing the direction so you don't have to access the same thing 2-3 times. What's more important though is you only have to "track it" in one point, obviously its no big deal with transform.up but its good habit to not repeat code, try to cache(store) stuff

[wanton kraken]

yep, i've implemented that into my code as well. right now i'm trying to figure out how to do the bounce

something like this on collision?

            Vector2 reflectionDirection = Vector2.Reflect(direction, hit.normal);
            direction = reflectionDirection;
            transform.Translate(direction * Time.deltaTime * BulletSpeed);

[rich adder]

if this is on the bullet ? how are you detecting a hit ?

[wanton kraken]

just a simple private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)

[rich adder]

is the bullet rigidbody ? don't use translation

[wanton kraken]

it is rigidbody, good point

[rich adder]

stick with velocity

[wanton kraken]

will do

[rich adder]

also I would normalize the incoming direction then multiply it again by bullet speed so you have consistent reflect speed

[wanton kraken]

okay, i'll try that. you think this should happen in the if statement earlier in the code, or on collision? probably on collision i figure

[rich adder]

OnCollision is a good spot yes

used similar technique on Pong

[wanton kraken]

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        life--;
        if(life < 0)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            return;
        }
            print("Collision!");

    }

not printing collision, i wonder why

[steep rose]

why do you have a ; for Life--?

[rich adder]

valid

[steep rose]

you dont need that

[rich adder]

what

its a statement you certainly do need that

[wanton kraken]

i defintiley do, no?

[rich adder]

yes

[steep rose]

i have never used a ; for adding or subtracting a float

[frosty hound]

Then you've never worked in c#

[rich adder]

show how ur moving the bullet

[wanton kraken]

sir yes sir

   void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 direction = transform.up;
        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, direction, MaxDistance, LayerMask.GetMask("Scene"));
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, direction * MaxDistance, Color.green);
        Bullet.velocity = (direction * BulletSpeed);
        

        if(hit.collider != null){
            print("Object Hit at " + hit.collider.name+ "!");

        } else {
            print("Collider hit nothing :C)");

        }

    }

it's my first time working with raycasts, so i'm still figuring it out

[rich adder]

looks fine here and the OnCollision is a bullet script ?

[wanton kraken]

yep

[rich adder]

where are you grabbing Bullet and why is it a field

[wanton kraken]

before void Start, "public Rigidbody2D Bullet;"

[rich adder]

huh ? do you only have 1 bullet or something?

[wanton kraken]

how do you mean? this is the prefab for the bullet

[rich adder]

are you not instantiating them ?

[wanton kraken]

of course i am

that happens in a different script

[rich adder]

im so confused then why is Bullet prefab here

[wanton kraken]

the movement script for the bullet is inside of the bullet prefab

always has been

[rich adder]

not the movement for the bullet. You said instantiation is in a diff script

[wanton kraken]

it is.

   void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R) == true) {
            Fire();
        }
    }

    public void Fire()
    {
        GameObject bullet = Instantiate(BulletPrefab, transform.position, transform.rotation);

    }

that's in the spawner object

[rich adder]

so how do you pass this local bullet to that other script to assign direction ?

[wanton kraken]

i don't? all that the spawner script does is check for keypress and spawn the bullet at it's location and rotation, the script inside of the bullet is what creates the raycast and moves to it (which works atm)

[rich adder]

but you're not moving *this * bullet

you're moving the prefab

[wanton kraken]

when the prefab spawns a clone in, the script is attatched to the clone, and it moves itself

it's working perfectly fine atm

[rich adder]

which script moves it

[wanton kraken]

dude. there is a script on the prefab titled "BulletScript" which moves the bullet

[rich adder]

ok don't get snippy lol show that code

notice how i wrote it btw

[wanton kraken]

sir yes sir

i'm jst a tad confused lol, i of course appreciate the help

[rich adder]

I know you're confusing me cause you got 3-4 diff scripts doing different things lol

[wanton kraken]

not really dawg! i've got one to spawn in the bullet on keypress, everything else happens in the script attached to the bullet

here's the whole thing, since you asked

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Experimental.GraphView;
using UnityEditor.SearchService;
using UnityEngine;

public class BulletMover : MonoBehaviour
{

    public Rigidbody2D Bullet;
    public float BulletSpeed;
    public Collider2D BulletCollider;
    public float MaxDistance = 100f;
    public int life = 3;
  

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 direction = transform.up;
        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, direction, MaxDistance, LayerMask.GetMask("Scene"));
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, direction * MaxDistance, Color.green);
        Bullet.velocity = (direction * BulletSpeed);
        

        if(hit.collider != null){
            print("Object Hit at " + hit.collider.name+ "!");

        } else {
            print("Collider hit nothing :C)");

        }

    }


    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        life--;
        if(life < 0)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
            return;
        }
            print("Collision!");

    }


}

[rich adder]

ok I see so the raycast is not on a weapon but the bullet itself..

[wanton kraken]

yep, that's what i was trying to say lol

[rich adder]

I didn't understand the purpose sorry so I thought it was a weapon

[simple kite]

Unity is great game engine isn't it ?

[wanton kraken]

no worries dude! i appreciate it

[rich adder]

so the bullet does move? and what happens when it hits wall does it stop

[wanton kraken]

yes.. when it works

[wanton kraken]

nope, passes right through lmao

[steep rose]

does the raycast hit?

[rich adder]

how fast is the bullet going ?

[wanton kraken]

10 atm

[rich adder]

make sure Continuous detection is enabled for collision mode

[wanton kraken]

nope, passes right through

[rich adder]

and do walls have colliders

[wanton kraken]

which is odd considering that i specifically tell it to collide with the scene

[wanton kraken]

let me try that rq

[rich adder]

a scene is a container of gameobjects

you mean the walls / environment

[wanton kraken]

nono, i mean the tag named "scene"

which is attatched to the walls

not the best name now that i think of it lmao

[rich adder]

Layermasks are not tags

[steep rose]

layermask or tag?

you set it to layermask

[wanton kraken]

no beans

nono i mean layer

jesus i need to use the right words lmao

[rich adder]

show both inspectors

bullet and a wall

[steep rose]

did you try making raycast longer?

[wanton kraken]

yes, it's plenty long

the tilemap for walls have a collider attached to them

[rich adder]

if the bullet is not colliding at all raycast isn't the issue

[wanton kraken]

the raycast should stop when it hits a wall though, no? it goes right through

[rich adder]

nothing stops the raycast drawray

if thats what u mean

[wanton kraken]

alright, noted

[rich adder]

the only thing you would see is Console logs printing
print("Object Hit at " + hit.collider.name+ "!");

[wanton kraken]

true

[rocky canyon]

print my man?

[rich adder]

are those printing, also try showing both inspectors (walls and bullet)

[wanton kraken]

hold on, i have an idea to fix it. i think i set some of this up wrong

[rich adder]

printist

[wanton kraken]

hm, not sure. i have the obstacles set to the layer 'obstacle', and the bullet, 'bullet', and so forth and so on. but despite naming obstacle in the raycast parameters, it doesn't collide

[rich adder]

you're not showing what I asked 🤷‍♂️ we're on the same problem

[wanton kraken]

alright, i'll do that then

here you are

[rich adder]

also your Layer is Obstacle but your script is looking for "Scene"

[wanton kraken]

no, i changed it

RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, direction, MaxDistance, LayerMask.GetMask("Obstacle"));

yet it still doesn't collide

[rich adder]

the physical bullet should be colliding regardless of raycast

show the rigidbody2D settings on the tilemap

also your collider isn't set to Used by Composite

[wanton kraken]

nothing to show, it's set to static

[steep rose]

could we see the bullet collider?

[wanton kraken]

mhm

[rich adder]

oh boy..

its a trigger no shit its not colliding

[rocky canyon]

double lifting as well

[steep rose]

yeah i saw that

also why did the word "uh" get blocked by the server

[wanton kraken]

didn't you guys tell me to set it to trigger? lmao

[rich adder]

I never did

[rocky canyon]

spam.. too short of a reply to be meaningful

[wanton kraken]

that fixed it, nice

[steep rose]

alr

[rich adder]

btw you dont reeally need that raycast

that has 0 to do with collisions

its only used for detections of colliders (it doesn't physically stop any objects)

[wanton kraken]

i see, gonna take a short walk, will be back later to continue failing

[rocky canyon]

hell ya

[rich adder]

failure is how you build skills up

[rocky canyon]

only if u learn from them 😉

[steep rose]

fact

[rich adder]

tru

[rocky canyon]

is unity6 lts yet? 😅

i wake up wondering every morning

literally cant wait.. im having anxiety

[rich adder]

what feature are you waiting for most to use in lts

[rocky canyon]

i just want to port my production project to it

not waiting on a feature per say

[rich adder]

i only see better improvements on hdrp mostly

visually at least

[rocky canyon]

ya, i like the UI more tbh

and i figure it wont get reverted.. soo i just want to get my bulk working in there

[rich adder]

yeah its nicer than before with the bigger tabs/buttons

[rocky canyon]

mmhmm it def feels cleaner than i used to be

[rich adder]

wish they could improve the compiling speeds though and switch to Core already

[rocky canyon]

i keep hearing that.. but i haven't noticed it being any slower than my 2022 projects

[rich adder]

I think the speeds would improve greatly if we are on newer .net

[swift crag]

it's not any slower, but it'd be nice for it to be faster :p

[rocky canyon]

i strongly concur

[swift crag]

so are they gonna have to call it CoreBehaviour after the switch 🤔

[rocky canyon]

if my project gets bad enough i just disable everything and manually compile

or restart the PC that always speeds it up 50% minimum

[rich adder]

CoreBehaviour has a nice ring to it

[steep rose]

is there any way to add a vector to a vector?

[rocky canyon]

yes?

[swift crag]

have you tried it?

[rich adder]

just add them?

[rocky canyon]

lol

[swift crag]

perhaps you tried to add a Vector2 and a Vector3

[rich adder]

you cant multiply them but you can add/subtract

[steep rose]

unity doesnt like the way i do it

[rocky canyon]

show how u do it

[steep rose]

ah

[rich adder]

probably what fen said

[swift crag]

explain what you tried to do and what the error is

[steep rose]

i multiplied it

mb\

[rich adder]

oh

[rocky canyon]

ya, thats different

[steep rose]

yes

[rich adder]

in 2d i always work with 3D vectors just cause of that annoyance with having to cast it or you get error

[rocky canyon]

u can plug in majority of the 2d stuff into a 3d vector.. soo why not

[full kite]

public Sprite CamilaLvl2;    
private void Create (int level)
    {
        GameObject myGameObject = new GameObject("Lvl" + level);
        SpriteRenderer renderer = myGameObject.AddComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        renderer.sprite = CamilaLvl2;
    } ``` Does anyone know why in the runmode, sprite in the SpriteRenderer of the GameObject  isnt assigning with the Sprite "CamilaLvl2"?

where the script is, its assigned a image to it

But in runtime, the image is not assigning

I really need help

[rocky canyon]

so that screenshot is the Sprite Renderer that you add during runtime?

[full kite]

indeed

its during the runtime

[swift crag]

log everything relevant at the end of Create

to make sure that your CamilaLvl2 field isn't mysterious getting set to null

[rich adder]

where is this script exactly?

[rocky canyon]

find out whats going wrong

[full kite]

Ill show you exactly the entire script, and when I call it

private void Create (int level)
    {
        GameObject myGameObject = new GameObject("Lvl" + level);
        SpriteRenderer renderer = myGameObject.AddComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
        renderer.sprite = CamilaLvl2;
        bc2d = myGameObject.AddComponent<BoxCollider2D>();
        rb2d = myGameObject.AddComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

        rb2d.gravityScale = 0;
        bc2d.isTrigger = true;
    }

    {
        string thisGameobjectName;
        string collisionGameobjectName;

        thisGameobjectName = gameObject.name;
        collisionGameobjectName = collision.gameObject.name;

        if (mouseButtonReleased && thisGameobjectName == "Lvl1" && collisionGameobjectName == "Lvl1")
        {
            mouseButtonReleased = false;
            Create(2);
            Destroy(gameObject);
            Destroy(collision.gameObject);
            
        }
    }```

and when I call it

[rich adder]

I meant which object has it

[full kite]

what do you mean by that

in the hierarchy?

[rich adder]

the inspector, you only showed a cropped version of the field CamilaLvl2

[full kite]

Canvas

[rich adder]

script is on a canvas and has OnTriggerStay2D in the script?

[full kite]

indeed

so this is a problem here as I can see

[rocky canyon]

UI elements don't use Triggers

[rich adder]

UI objects should probably not have any physics components..

[full kite]

Ok so basically

The Canvas has the script

in the canvas it exists 2 game objects

that use the ontriggerstay2d

[rich adder]

but why

[rocky canyon]

public class ButtonClicker : MonoBehaviour, IPointerDownHandler, IPointerUpHandler, IPointerEnterHandler, IPointerExitHandler
{
    bool isHovering;

    public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        isHovering = true;
        Debug.Log($"Hovering over: {gameObject.name}");
    }

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        isHovering = false;
    }

    public void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        if (isHovering) // redundant
        {
            Debug.Log($"Clicked on: {gameObject.name}");
        }
    }

    public void OnPointerUp(PointerEventData eventData)
    {

    }
}
``` for UI you need a system like this

[full kite]

They also have the script

so eachgameobject has the sscript also

[rich adder]

I think they are trying to detect collisions between ui elements

[full kite]

no

im trying to detect collision between two gameobjects

that also has the script in them

[rich adder]

but why are they in a canvas ?

thats why i wanted to see inspectors

[full kite]

because I store all of the gameobject in canvas?

[rocky canyon]

why?

[rich adder]

at this point it would help us to see the entire hierarchy with inspectors...

[full kite]

this is tehe hierarchy

so those Lvl1 are the objects

[rich adder]

i know they are objects, those are all gameobjects

what is the purpose of those objects

[full kite]

wait wait wait a bit

[rich adder]

it was a simple question
#💻┃code-beginner message

[full kite]

on the inspector field

on the gameobjects part of script

all of them are empty as they used to

this is the inspector of the gameobject

[rich adder]

jesus almighty

I seem camila here isn't assigned?

[rocky canyon]

array[] has left the chat

[full kite]

how can I assign the "Camilalvl2" to a image of a script inside of the script

[rich adder]

ever heard of an array

[full kite]

tbh, no

[rocky canyon]

did you debug all ur values like Fen mentioned?

[rich adder]

with =

[full kite]

i wasnt able to make that thing

[rocky canyon]

you mean you weren't able to debug the values?

[full kite]

what?

[full kite]

i wasnt able to open the debuger

[rich adder]

to assign anything you need =

[full kite]

to setup the debugger

[summer stump]

You can use Debug.Log instead

[rich adder]

is this the script that has private void Create (int level)

[rocky canyon]

you just need to console window.. and Debug.Log();

[full kite]

yes

[rocky canyon]

just put the variables inside the ()s

[safe radish]

                uOffset = (adjPos.x % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                break;
            case Direction.East:   //X+
                uOffset = (adjPos.z % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                break;
            case Direction.West:   //X-
                uOffset = (adjPos.z % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                break;
        }

        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset, vOffset + tileSize));
        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset + tileSize, vOffset + tileSize));
        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset + tileSize, vOffset));
        uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset, vOffset));```  left some cases out to make the message shorter, how can i correct the offsets for z- x+ and y-? this work for the other 3 directions

[rich adder]

tbh this probably belongs in #archived-code-general

[summer stump]

@full kite I recommend some basic courses at this point though. An array is a basic you absolutely should know at this point
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

And then
https://learn.unity.com/pathways

It will help a LOT

[delicate portal]

How do I start a walking sound fx when walking? I'm having tries which do work in a way... But not perfect. What is the solution?

[rich adder]

do you have animation ? like walking

[rocky canyon]

different solutions available

[summer stump]

Animation events, timers, distance checks, etc

[rocky canyon]

you can do it w/ animation events..

[delicate portal]

Yes I'm doing this with anim events

[rich adder]

yes animation event

[rocky canyon]

or u can do it with a timer / distance traveled

[full kite]

so navarone, here, how can I update it to work properly

[rocky canyon]

yea navarone.. how he do it 👀

[rich adder]

it looks correct but you need that field to not be null lol

[full kite]

firstly I need to assign to the new created gameobjcet the script, which I did, but how do I assign the image to the script

[summer stump]

Then make the event trigger a method that plays the sound 🤷‍♂️

[full kite]

and how can I switch it

[rich adder]

from what you shown it was empty

assign it in the inspector?

[full kite]

cant

[rich adder]

why not?

[full kite]

cause that gameobject is being created inside of the game

[rocky canyon]

    renderer.sprite = CamilaLvl2;
    Debug.Log(renderer.sprite != null ? "Sprite assigned successfully." : "Failed to assign sprite.");```

[rich adder]

Im talking about the First one

[summer stump]

Then pass the reference returned from Instantiate

[full kite]

still same

[rich adder]

the one you use to pass to the instantiated one

[rocky canyon]

where tf is the condition?

[full kite]

how can I do it

[rocky canyon]

if what?

[delicate portal]

Not that simple. It isnt smooth and the sound gets either silent by the next event or it restart before it ends

[rich adder]

assign it

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[summer stump]

PlayOneShot

[full kite]

this gameobject that has the inspector null, is being created during the script

i cant assign it to the inspector cause I donlt have the inspector when Im not in run time

[delicate portal]

Why is it any different than Play

[rich adder]

you said this is the one that runs Create

[summer stump]

It will not cut off when you call the next play. They overlap

As for silence, that is normal. Add some ambience and you won't notice

[full kite]

Let me clarify it

[delicate portal]

I mean overlapping isnt really what I need either

[full kite]

Im pressing a button

a gameobject spawns

[delicate portal]

When I'm walking its not normal to have silence tho

[full kite]

I assign to the gameobject the script

[summer stump]

You said it restarts before it ends. PlayOneShot makes that not happen

[full kite]

then i want to create another gameobjcet

bam, doesnt work

[rich adder]

your system is overcomplicated because its poorly written

redo it, so you understand it

[summer stump]

It is. If you take a step and stop, the FOOTSTEP sound would be silent.
There should be OTHER sounds that cover it

[full kite]

i dont need to redo it

my main question rn is how to

put to that field an image

inside of the script

[delicate portal]

I meant that if I'm just walking the sound effect suddenly stops for like 4 seconds. It is because I chose to change direction with wasd I reckon

[rich adder]

if you don't understand how to pass references , you're doing more than you have knowledge of then i would suggest learning how those work

[summer stump]

Yeah, so.... PlayOneShot will fix that
Because the sound will not cut off. It will always play until completion

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/reference-types
https://unity.huh.how/references/simple-dependency-injection
https://unity.huh.how/references @full kite

[delicate portal]

Sure thank you. I'm going to try it.
What if I want it to cut off? Let's say, the player went from concrete to sand, and I want to cutoff concrete footsteps ?

[summer stump]

Usually you should check the material before playing the sound. The footstep (in real life) would not cut off, just the next one would start as the other material, and the previous would still ring out. That is how I do with sound design in film and games. Because a footstep is mostly an impact (immediate) and some friction. That would still happen
There is a stop method though

[delicate portal]

I have the function setup, I was just curious about the method you use these

A stop method would stop the two fxs tho

[summer stump]

Correct. I would simply not stop it
Or have multiple sources as a workaround if I REALLY need it (I haven't for this situation)

[delicate portal]

Thats not really helpful nor useful to have multiple sources in my opinion. Thanks mate

[summer stump]

I'm.... sorry?

[rocky canyon]

to have multiple sources for footsteps.. ya i agree..
but multiple sources in general makes alot of sense.. and is common

[delicate portal]

In my custom case*

[summer stump]

That is exactly what I was saying.

[rocky canyon]

yup, i was clarifying for him

[summer stump]

Yeah, was just letting you know you were spot on. Thanks

[rocky canyon]

always mate 👍

no ego..

[delicate portal]

I understood what you were saying mate 😆
Althought I was never into sound design...

[rocky canyon]

hey, theres plenty of assets for footsteps

maybe grab some and reverse engineer em

[rocky canyon]

sound design is my least favorite thing about game-dev

i fumble my way thru audacity.. make a clip and then OneShot() that thang

[delicate portal]

Mainly because the lack of knowledge right? Same for me, but I yet to have the courage and the effort to actually ponder around with it

[rocky canyon]

hard to judge tone/context w/ messages sometimes sorry

[rocky canyon]

nah ive figured out my system pretty well after a bit of playing..

[summer stump]

I'm definitely bad at making it clear haha

[rocky canyon]

i have an audiomanager that has references to all types of sources that play different things

(menu sounds, boom sounds, player sounds, etc) then they all have OneShot() methods.. and i just pass in the clip from the script im calling upon the AudioManager from

[delicate portal]

I just have like... Random sources

[rocky canyon]

until u name/ categorize/ and assign them somewhere

and then they're structured and not-random 🙂

[frank zodiac]

foreach (char c in line.ToCharArray())
{
    bool specialCharacter;

    if (c == '?' || c == '.' || c == ',' || c == ':' ||
    c == ';' || c == '!' || c == '-')
    {
        specialCharacter = true;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(interpunctuationDelay);
    }
    else
    {
        specialCharacter = false;
    }

    if (c == '<' || addingRichText)
    {
        addingRichText = true;
        if (c == '>')
        {
            addingRichText = false;
        }
    }

    if (!specialCharacter || !addingRichText)
    {
        PlayDialogueSound(text.maxVisibleCharacters, text.text[text.maxVisibleCharacters]);
        text.maxVisibleCharacters++;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f / charactersPerSecond);
    }
}

trying to make it so that my dialogue doesnt play a sound when a special character comes but its not working.

[rocky canyon]

    public AudioClip intro;
    public void PlayTempUISFX() => atmosphericSource.PlayOneShot(intro);

    public AudioClip gunshot;
    public void PlayGunShot() => playerSource.PlayOneShot(gunshot);

    public AudioClip[] hurt;
    public void PlayHurtSound() => playerSource.PlayOneShot(hurt[Random.Range(0, hurt.Length)]);

    public AudioClip basehit;
    public void PlayHit() => interactionSource.PlayOneShot(basehit);```

[rocky canyon]

thankyou for fixing that random if 🙂

[frank zodiac]

👍

[rocky canyon]

my guess would be that its not registering when charactes are special

[frank zodiac]

oh wait

[rocky canyon]

thefor all of em are !special

[frank zodiac]

its in an else block

for some reason

thats why

[frank zodiac]

no it does because the delay works

[rocky canyon]

u have two delays u sure its the first one?

debug specialCharacter

[frank zodiac]

okay

[rocky canyon]

Debug.Log($"Special character is: {specialCharacter}");

debug it everywhere thruout those functions

[frank zodiac]

it does debug

[rocky canyon]

so its true?

[frank zodiac]

yeah

[rocky canyon]

soo is it ever false?

b/c if not then that conditional doesnt run

[frank zodiac]

i have an else statement at the bottom

[rocky canyon]

if (!specialCharacter || !addingRichText) <-- means if its not true

oooor if not adding richtext

[idle ginkgo]

time.deltatime basically as a numerical value that increases with time right?

[rocky canyon]

if either one of those are conditions return true ur dialog sound will play

[rocky canyon]

its time between the last frame and the new one

delta Δ

[frank zodiac]

precisely

[idle ginkgo]

oh k

[frank zodiac]

if either one of them return false

not true

[rocky canyon]

correct

[idle ginkgo]

why for moving player everyone multiplies move speed with time.delta time

[rocky canyon]

remove one of em.. and test w/ just the !specialCharacter

[frank zodiac]

so it can be framerate independent

[frank zodiac]

okay

[rocky canyon]

b/c if u dont a computer running faster frames per second is gonna run faster than a player with a slower machine

[idle ginkgo]

oh so if a frame took longer too load , it will move more accordingly

got it

[rocky canyon]

multiplying it w/ delta time makes it frame independant

sooo both machines will move same distance.. no matter the frame rate

[rocky canyon]

exactly

[frank zodiac]

when i remove the || !addingRichText for some reason the dialogue registers the last normal character as a special character and the special character doesnt even show up

[rocky canyon]

strange..

i'd have to test it a bit on my machine to figure it out.. i dont see anything that stands out to me a being wrong from the code u sent

[idle ginkgo]

i tried and i able able to directly use transofrm.position in visual studio

why cant i do this for other compnents like rigidbody and animator

[rocky canyon]

!ide is it configured correctly?

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

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[idle ginkgo]

for that i need to getcompnent or make an instance i think

[frank zodiac]

should i send you my unityproj?

[rocky canyon]

no.. i'll just rob ur script

[frank zodiac]

then how would you test it

[rocky canyon]

debugs

[remote osprey]

Hello

[frank zodiac]

ok

[rocky canyon]

hello Nugget

[remote osprey]

How do i make a collider move left/right with left and right direction keys

[frank zodiac]

you dont need to say hello; just ask your question immediately

but hello to you too

[frank zodiac]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[rocky canyon]

input.getaxisraw("horizontal"

[frank zodiac]

why raw?

whats the diff between them

[rocky canyon]

it returns -1, 0, 1

if its not raw then its smoothed automatically..

[frank zodiac]

why not make it smooth though

[rocky canyon]

i just odnt like the smoothing uunlesss im doing it on purpose

[frank zodiac]

oh ic

ok then

[rocky canyon]

b/c its more consisitent w/ a 0 or 1 value

[frank zodiac]

yeah thats true

[rocky canyon]

i can multiply it by my speed variable.. and as soon as i release the keys i know my speed is going to be 0

instead of 1, .9, .5 , .432, .2 0

[rocky canyon]

actually can u share the entire script for this

!code

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[frank zodiac]

sure but its pretty long

[rocky canyon]

yea use one of those paste bin sites

it's fine

[frank zodiac]

sure

[frank zodiac]

https://paste.ofcode.org/34SdtSfhb9ZBiEAD7XNUk8H

[rocky canyon]

thanks imma look it over i cant promise anything tho

[frank zodiac]

nw

[rocky canyon]

ohhh its how u update ur string

the issue is that text.maxVisibleCharacters is being incremented for every character, but PlayDialogueSound is still called for all characters, including special characters and rich text tags.

private IEnumerator DisplayLine(string line)
{
    text.text = line;
    text.maxVisibleCharacters = 0;
    continueButton.SetActive(false);
    HideChoices();
    canContinueLine = false;
    bool addingRichText = false;

    int visibleCharacterIndex = 0; // Counter for visible characters

    foreach (char c in line.ToCharArray())
    {
        bool specialCharacter = (c == '?' || c == '.' || c == ',' || c == ':' || c == ';' || c == '!' || c == '-');
        
        if (specialCharacter)
        {
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(interpunctuationDelay);
        }

        if (InputManager.GetInstance().GetContinuePressed() && canSkip)
        {
            text.maxVisibleCharacters = line.Length;
            break;
        }

        if (c == '<' || addingRichText)
        {
            addingRichText = true;
            if (c == '>')
            {
                addingRichText = false;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            if (!specialCharacter)
            {
                PlayDialogueSound(visibleCharacterIndex, c);
                visibleCharacterIndex++;
            }

            text.maxVisibleCharacters++;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f / charactersPerSecond);
        }
    }

    continueButton.SetActive(true);
    DisplayChoices();
    canContinueLine = true;
}``` try this

[idle ginkgo]

hey shouldnt then i just always use Time.deltatime?

for movement

[rocky canyon]

theres times u shouldnt

dont ever multiply ur inputs w/ it before the movement code

dont use it in FixedUpdate

use fixedDeltaTime instead

[idle ginkgo]

oh ok

[slender nymph]

Time.deltaTime returns the value of Time.fixedDeltaTime when used from FixedUpdate

[rocky canyon]

i keep forgetting that.. i guess its fine in that case then

[rocky canyon]

those 🧠 smart unity devs

[rocky canyon]

also any time ur incrementing something
myValue += newValue <-- this would increment differently for different framerates..
soo use myValue += newValue * deltaTime;
same with *= or any other incrementing type of method

[elder raptor]

Can an On Trigger collider trigger another On Trigger collider?

[cosmic dagger]

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

[elder raptor]

okiee

[halcyon dagger]

Ayo, which of the following 2 decalrations is better for a parameter thats only gonna be used inside its class, and the class aint gonna be called from any other script.

[SerializeField] private GameObject obj;
public GameObject obj;`

[slender nymph]

the first. if other objects don't need access to it then it does not need to be public

it's also not a parameter, but a field

[halcyon dagger]

Got it, thanks 🤙

[glad ore]

I want to make levels,
30 scenes for 30 levels ? ( just a small 100*100 terrain level)
or 30 levels in 1 scene itself ( and how to do it)

[broken cargo]

it really depends on game complexity. It can be 30 scenes, 30 prefabs, or even 30 files that contain the level data and one LevelBuilder

[glad ore]

Ok i was just scared that putting 30 scenes is overkill for mobile platform , as it may increase build size and not the way people do it .
for eg a simple shooting game with 30 small levels .

[frank zodiac]

@rocky canyon i dont mean to be irritatating but; have you found anything? ive asked but found nothing still

[broken cargo]

If you reuse assets between scenes it won't impact build size that much. Scene is just a list of IDs

[glad ore]

oh thanks , i will just pack reusable assets/ character/enemies into a prefab . hope thats enough

[idle ginkgo]

i am not able to rotate the sprite properly

changing z rotation should rotate it abot pivot right

like in the scene editor when i increase the z value it rotates perfectly about pivot

[rich adder]

show how you rotate in code

[idle ginkgo]

but when i do the same using code , the z value increses correctly but it doesnt rotate that way

like this

[rich adder]

so is it rotating at all ?

[idle ginkgo]

it is but its rotating like pendulum

not like a wheel about pivot at centre

which is very weird

[wintry quarry]

Because Translate moves in local space

When you rotate it, it changes where Translate will move you

[idle ginkgo]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

How can i make these independent

[wintry quarry]

You can use world space in Translate with an extra parameter. Or move by setting position directly

[idle ginkgo]

i want this saw to go back and forth and spin at the same time

[wintry quarry]

Really the visual part of the saw should be a child object

[swift crag]

indeed

[wintry quarry]

And you animate the child however you want

[swift crag]

Using multiple objects dramatically simplifies things

[idle ginkgo]

oh ok

[swift crag]

• Sawblade <-- circle collider
  • Sprite <-- sprite renderer

[idle ginkgo]

btw i use this , where should the rigid body go

in this situation

[swift crag]

A Rigidbody can use any collider that's parented to it

[idle ginkgo]

the child or parent?

[swift crag]

You generally want it up top

[idle ginkgo]

oh thanks a lot

[swift crag]

It matters less if it's a kinematic rigidbody, since it won't be moving around on its own

But I'd still put it on the parent.

[rancid tinsel]

i dont understand why this requires a "workaround" instead of just making the local scale x/y equal the calculation?

could someone explain why that is to me?

[swift crag]

transform.localScale is actually a property

when you access it, you're calling a method that gives you a Vector3

Vector3 is a value type. This means that you aren't holding a reference to the actual object somewhere else -- you hold the value itself

[rancid tinsel]

what about localScale.x though? normally you can just access an x value of a vector3 and change it normally

[queen adder]

excuse me where is textures chat?

[river quiver]

should i avoid using void Start() and void Update() in logic scripts?

[swift crag]

Modifying a field on the Vector3 would be totally pointless: you'd be modifying the copy you got back from transform.localScale

so it's a compile error

[queen adder]

Fen you helped me earlier where is the texture chat?

Or help my bad.

[swift crag]

as in, a script that doesn't derive from MonoBeahviour or any other unity class?

[rancid tinsel]

but how does that differ from what i did in the screenshot

[swift crag]

you store the copy in a local variable

you modify that copy

and then you store the copy back into transform.localScale

[river quiver]

just a script that handles stuff like loading scenes, game over ui and loading or saving data

[swift crag]

Okay, but does your script inherit from MonoBehaviour?

[queen adder]

excuse me where is texture chat? or help my textures bugging

[swift crag]

there is not a "textures" chat. you can ask in #💻┃unity-talk if you're unsure where to ask about something.

this is definitely not a code problem

[queen adder]

thats why i asked for the texture help bro

[river quiver]

yh its a component script from a invisible gameobject, so it does

[swift crag]

remember: transform.localScale is not a field. It's not just a variable. It's actually calling a method that returns something

[swift crag]

in that case, use Start and Update if you need to run code when the component is created or every frame

there's nothing really special here

[river quiver]

ight thanks

[west sonnet]

What would be the best way to create a enemy that is able to hit the player? I don't mean the player not being able to touch the enemy at all, I mean the enemy hits and only does damage when the hit connects with the player

I feel like most tutorials on YT only go over the player not being able to touch the enemy at all

Would you make a collider appear and disappear in time with the animation? Or use a raycast?

[rich adder]

spherecast, or something

overlap

raycast good too, is just too thin for melee

[west sonnet]

Ookay

I'm trying to make a boss battle, so gotta figure out how imma do it

[rich adder]

#🧰┃ui-toolkit

[digital kelp]

ah ty

[full kite]

I have the weirdest problem and I cant figure out a solution for like 2 hours straight.
Basically my UI is alright when im starting in 1920x1080. When I change it to 720x1560 nothing changes.
But when my UI is starting in 720x1560 it goes in all directions some gameobjects, and when im changing to 1920x1080 all are dessapearing. When im putting it on my phone (720x1560 resolution) I see them as I start my run time in 720x1560 on my PC. All of them have an anchor and i really dont know why it happens. Can somebody help me?

@rich adder

[river quiver]

This code is in void Update() and after it reaches for example 10 i want it to increment the value only once because now when the enemy hits score 10 it adds 1 every frame because he hasnt reached the score 11 yet, how do i make it to wait

if (gameManager.playerScore >= 10 && gameManager.playerScore % 10 == 0)
{
    moveSpeed += 1;
}

[hasty sleet]

You could consider adding a collider with IsTrigger set to True and animating an attack for the mesh that the collider is attached to, and if the attacking mesh overlaps with the player, deal damage to the player

[lethal bolt]

Cant Raycasts be inn eachoter?

[hasty sleet]

Can you describe this problem a little more clearly? The code you posted, if it's in update, makes the player extremely fast once their score reaches 10 or is at 20, 30, 40, 50, etc., or another number >=10 and evenly divisible by 10.

@river quiver
Note: Update triggers every frame-per-second update, which means faster computers will receive faster iterations of logic which is probably not what you want

[lethal bolt]

I only Get one of the Debug logs?

[wintry quarry]

Putting it in Update makes little sense. Run this code only when whatever happens that should add score happens

[wintry quarry]

Then the other Raycast isn't hitting anything

[lethal bolt]

it did until i made the other one longer

[wintry quarry]

They are unrelated to each other

They cannot affect one another

[full kite]

I have the weirdest problem and I cant figure out a solution for like 2 hours straight.
Basically my UI is alright when im starting in 1920x1080. When I change it to 720x1560 nothing changes.
But when my UI is starting in 720x1560 it goes in all directions some gameobjects, and when im changing to 1920x1080 all are dessapearing. When im putting it on my phone (720x1560 resolution) I see them as I start my run time in 720x1560 on my PC. All of them have an anchor and i really dont know why it happens. Can somebody help me?

[hasty sleet]

Have you tried tweaking the Canvas Scaler component on your Canvas?

[swift crag]

I don't know what "in each other" means. Raycasts are instantaneous. They can't interact with each other.

[swift crag]

it goes in all directions some gameobjects

Do you mean that your game starts with some parts of your UI in the wrong positions?

[full kite]

indeed

like missplaced

but only few of them

[swift crag]

they probably have bad anchors, then

or your UI has LayoutGroups and you've got some incorrectly configured objects

are you using HorizontalLayoutGroup/VerticalLayoutGroup?

[full kite]

Nope

Placed them by coords

[hasty sleet]

I have a feeling something is wrapping or getting stretched due to the different resolution.

Can you post a picture of before/after to help identify the issue?

[full kite]

like with this line

myGameObject.transform.position = new Vector3(newX, newY, 0);

[full kite]

ok one second

[swift crag]

this sets an exact position on the screen, assuming this is a "Screen Space - Overlay" canvas

why are you doing this?

[safe radish]

                vOffset = (adjPos.y % tilingFactor) * tileSize;
                uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset, vOffset + tileSize));
                uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset + tileSize, vOffset + tileSize));
                uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset + tileSize, vOffset));
                uvs.Add(new Vector2(uOffset, vOffset));``` it looks like im getting the output im expecting for the u and v values. but i can't figure out how to apply the correct offsets for the different directions

[full kite]

screen space - camera

it is

first one is 720x1560
and the second one is 1920x1080

[hasty sleet]

Can you clarify what you mean by "apply the correct offsets for the different directions"?

[wanton kraken]

hey fen, remember all that work we did to make the bullet work right and follow the raycast? well it randomly doesn't work now :l could i send you the code?

[twin bolt]

How can i make the "item" go up also? Item.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().AddForce(ItemHand.transform.forward * 100);

[wanton kraken]

transform.up?

[hasty sleet]

Do you have the code that sets the positions of these two sprites? Can we see them side by side?

[wintry quarry]

Are these things both UI Elements?

[twin bolt]

I know, but do i just multiply it with Transform.forward?

[hasty sleet]

What ratking said - Add a force using transform.up * (forcevalue)

[full kite]

the carpet is an UI element
the cammel is a gameobject

[wanton kraken]

yeah, transform.up * speed

[hasty sleet]

I wouldn't multiply it with forward

You add the vectors

[wanton kraken]

transform.up and transform.forward are two different directions

[wintry quarry]

It would probably be better to use transform.TransformDirection and plug in a custom local space vector

[full kite]

the carpet is setten up with coords in the inspector

and the second one is with that code

[twin bolt]

Okay

[hasty sleet]

This is probably your issue

They are being set through two different mechanisms, and one of them is dependent on the resolution.

[full kite]

like with this line

myGameObject.transform.position = new Vector3(-1.505f, 2.6f, 0);

[hasty sleet]

They align with your native resolution but not with your skewed resolution.

[wintry quarry]

That's your problem then

[umbral rock]

anyone knows why my vscode doesnt show code suggestions? like if i put inp, he would automatically go for input but he doesnt do that anymore? this is called intellisense right?

[full kite]

the cammel is a child of the UI

[wintry quarry]

!ide

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[safe radish]

if i apply the same offsets for every direction. the tiling does not match for 3 directions, the other 3 are fine

[wintry quarry]

Doesn't matter, they live in completely different coordinate spaces

[full kite]

and what should I do to fix it?

[wanton kraken]

what be the issue? it's not bouncing properly, and for whatever reason when i spawn it, it sometimes doesn't move..

    void FixedUpdate()
    {
        Vector3 direction = transform.up;
        RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, direction, MaxDistance, LayerMask.GetMask("Obstacle"));
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, direction * MaxDistance, Color.green);
        Bullet.velocity = (direction * BulletSpeed);
        
        if(hit.collider != null){
            print("Object Hit at " + hit.collider.name+ "!");
            Vector2 reflectionDirection = Vector2.Reflect(direction, hit.normal);
            direction = reflectionDirection;
            transform.Translate(direction * Time.deltaTime * BulletSpeed);

        } else {
            print("Collider hit nothing :C)");
            transform.Translate(direction * Time.deltaTime * BulletSpeed);

        }

    }

[full kite]

and what should I do PraetorBlue?

should i set the carpet with resolution too

like floats?

[hasty sleet]

Add a debug log right after Bullet.velocity or set a breakpoint at this line to identify what bullet velocity is actually being set to. I have a feeling that BulletSpeed is zero.

[full kite]

@hasty sleet

[hasty sleet]

I'm not sure I fully understand the issue. Is the issue that, of the six faces of a cube, your offsets only work for 3 out of 6 faces for each cube?

[hasty sleet]

I recommend setting everything in the inspector because this is compatible with the canvas resizing

You might be able to programatically create/assign things to the UI in a way that is compatible with canvas rescaling, but I'm not sure how to do it off the top of my head. Some of the others might know

[swift crag]

setting a constant world-space position will not work at all here

[full kite]

cant do that cause those gameobjects are being created in the script