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[quick fractal]

What exactly is rotation.x += 10 doing? Seems like you're just overriding it later on. 🤔

Another question, is Mathf.Clamp forcing it to be within 90 -> -90 or is that just the "allowance" for an if statement (if that makes sense)

[rocky canyon]

sounds like its probably ur loading stuff thats the culprit

[rocky canyon]

it adds 10 to it

the second part just clamps it

[stuck palm]

trying to serialise a fixed point math library - why does it look like this?

[quick fractal]

What's the benefit of adding 10? 👀

[rocky canyon]

probably just an example

[quick fractal]

Ah

[languid spire]

This is examle code it just increases the x rotation by 10 degrees and the Clamp ensures it cannot go above 90 or below -90

[rocky canyon]

we tend not to post exact code that ppl can copy and paste w/o giving it a look first

and figuring out the logic bit on their own

[quick fractal]

Will that stop it from ever being able to rotate out of that limit? I need it to be able to freely rotate

[raw token]

I stared at this a bit a while ago, but nothing stood out to me. I would think to try and pinpoint exactly where the doubling occurs. I think it would be easiest by throwing a breakpoint at the top of LoadData() and stepping through it with the debugger, inspecting the values and lengths for data.items, Container, etc. But you could also sprinkle more logs around

[quick fractal]

Just call a function if it's within the clamp "limit"

[languid spire]

ffs. It's example code. you implement it how you want

[polar acorn]

Start walking through your load data method. You start by looping through data.items and setting the corresponding index of Container to that item. That seems like a potential place to load the wrong things. Try logging i, Container[i].Id and database.GetItem[Container[i].Id]. See what gets loaded.

[quick fractal]

I think asking what Clamp does is a pretty fair question considering you said "Clamp ensures it cannot go above 90 or below -90"

Implementing something that doesn't fit my use case would be pointless, asking a question is completely fair 😛

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.Clamp.html

[rocky canyon]

the logic above it runs...
afterwards it gets clamped
if its in the limit. (its good as it is)
if its above the limit it clamps it back down to the closest limit
if its below the limit it clamps it back up to the closests limit
.. then the rest of ur code also acts normal

[languid spire]

There are docs, as you have been linked for simple 'what does this do' questions

[rocky canyon]

🗒️ docs will be ur best friend..

every unity function will have a description.. and majority will even have an example snippet of code

[quick fractal]

That's fair 🙂

I hope I'm not misunderstanding and I'm wondering if I can skip defining x & y & z in favour of just doing it once. But from all I've read I feel like this might work

[polar acorn]

Again, rotation.x and so on are not what you think they are

[final kestrel]

I am loading the correct items. I mean the first correct items. If i add 3 then first 3 items get loaded correctly then on the 4th slot it loads the first of 3 item

I debugged if the container gets expanded somehow but in my load method its always the amount I set.

https://hatebin.com/muunvhuqsbI do not know if this is any help but this is my other script

Thats got initialize item method in it

[rocky canyon]

you'll want to work w/ euler angles..
(those are the angles we're familiar w/)
what u have there is rotation.x tahts teh x component of a Quaternion..

quaternions are 4Dimensional..

the x is not the x u think it will be

[raw token]

Could LoadData() be getting called twice, for some reason? That would duplicate the items without increasing the container size

[rocky canyon]

throw a debug first line of it and see how many times it logs

[polar acorn]

Add this log before you load your container:

Debug.Log($"Index {i} - setting container with ID {Container[i].Id} to {database.GetItem[Container[i].Id]}");

And then show me what it logs

[final kestrel]

okay a minute

[final kestrel]

I never thought about it i will check

[polar acorn]

Okay, and anything after that?

[quick fractal]

Would I want to replace arrow.transform.rotation.x with something like arrow.transform.rotation.eulerAngles.x or is that still 4D?

[final kestrel]

Its the other logs I got suggested

[rocky canyon]

eulerAngles are the angles we're aware of 0 - 360.. soo no thats not the quaternion

if u debug transform.rotation.x and then debug transform.rotation.eulerAngles.x

[polar acorn]

Okay, so data.items.Count is 2. Meaning you're loading 2 things. How many elements does Container have?

[rocky canyon]

you'll see a difference

[final kestrel]

In this example I had 2

[quick fractal]

Ah, arrow.transform.eulerAngles.x instead? I only ask here because it takes about 20 minutes to test each change I make

[rocky canyon]

don't really try to understand Quaternions.. most people dont 😄

we're just aware of them.. and use eulers instead

[polar acorn]

Okay, so there's two things in it. Then you loop over it and call SpawnNewItem on each one. Part of that function adds the new item to the list

So each item in the list duplicates

[rich adder]

yes I prefer the "it just works" part myself

[rocky canyon]

that should print exactly whats in the X property of ur Rotation in the Transform 👍

[rocky canyon]

magic 🪄

[quick fractal]

Okay I have a base to start off of 😄

[raw token]

Ah nice catch 👍

[final kestrel]

SpawnNewItem adds a new InventoryData. Is that what you're saying? It adds 2 more while spawning and it can keep duplicating it if i have more slots?

[polar acorn]

The highlight is a bit tough to see but that's adding elements to the Container list

[final kestrel]

Yes I found that line

Well good find. Now how can I fix it T_T

I should be adding them to the container elsewhere

I can do that in AddItem after Spawning new item

But it will be the same no? Since im calling add item.

[polar acorn]

Well, first off, what even is Container? That's not a very descriptive name

What should this list be?

[quick fractal]

I feel bad for asking so many questions so this will be the last one, would this effectively work like a limit for the angle?

[final kestrel]

[System.Serializable]
public class InventoryData{
    public int Id;
    [JsonIgnore]public Item item;
    public ItemType itemType;
    

    public InventoryData(int _id, Item _item, ItemType _itemType)
    {
        Id = _id;
        item = _item;
        itemType = _itemType;

    }

    public InventoryData(){

    }
    
}

Container is this. Where I hold my Save data

[wintry quarry]

Container is a list or array of those you mean

[polar acorn]

In words, what is Container supposed to represent

what is the actual purpose of this data

[rocky canyon]

not really a limit.. but it does work like u mentioned earlier (if arrows' x is less than 30 or less than -30) it'll run the code block

[final kestrel]

So that I can save item types and item ids that sit in my scriptable objects

[polar acorn]

No, but, like, what is Container. The name Container is not descriptive. What purpose is it meant to have

[quick fractal]

That should be all I need

[rocky canyon]

altho.. u sure u want both conditionals to be less than?

b/c less than -30 is also less than 30

[quick fractal]

Ah no I'd want more than -30

Lmao

[rocky canyon]

obviously lol

[final kestrel]

Its ItemData i believe

List of ItemData

[quick fractal]

Less than 30, more than -30, got it

[rocky canyon]

well still 25 is less than 30 AND more than -30

[polar acorn]

for what purpose

[rocky canyon]

🤔

[polar acorn]

I can see that it's a list of ItemData

But what is the point of it

Using words

[quick fractal]

That would be fine no?

[rocky canyon]

just making sure ur doing what u think ur doing

[polar acorn]

tell me what this variable is supposed to represent

[quick fractal]

I want it to trigger if it's inbetween 30 and -30 so if it were 25 that'd be good

[timber comet]

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[rocky canyon]

then wouldnt it be.. less than 30 && greater than -30?

< 30 && > -30 ?

[quick fractal]

Yes

I'm not great with numbers, you can probably tell lmfao

[rocky canyon]

ahah, no worries.. we all make minor changes like that all the time

[final kestrel]

Well What I had in mind (and also after some research) I thought I could Make this Serializable data. Instead of Holding a list of my InventoryItem which are prefabs with ItemScriptable objects as public fields in it. I could Hold Id and ItemType to save and load in this container

[green rampart]

why is say "install queud"

[timber comet]

Hey guys i have a problem with this script: https://paste.ofcode.org/39CZBp5DMbEMzDp2GWPfA3U . Basically i want the movement to be following the rotation of the player, but for now the movement that the player does is "static" (it doesn't follow the rotation). Btw this script uses unity's new input system

[final kestrel]

Basically I knew I couldnt save InventoryItem prefabs in a file I made dis

[quick fractal]

            {

            }``` I think I got it

Kind of a muddled mess but so is all the other code in my DLL so that's no different

[polar acorn]

I'm not asking for code descriptions. I know that it is a list of ItemData. Using words, what value does the list Container represent? What is the reason you have a collection of this ItemData. What is it going to do

[hallow acorn]

hey does somebody know if i can make a switch statement using ranges from for example 0 to 60?

per case*

[timber comet]

i tried to multiply my _movementKey with this formula without success: _movementKeys = transform.right * _movementKeys.x + _movementKeys.y * transform.forward

[wintry quarry]

yes with pattern matching

[hallow acorn]

whats thatt?

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/patterns#relational-patterns

[quick fractal]

I don't know if it's efficient exactly but I've done switch cases with 100s of different values and it worked fine, unless you're asking something else

[polar acorn]

I just took psychic damage

[rocky canyon]

🤣

[quick fractal]

I would imagine so

[rocky canyon]

thank goodness for "search" functions

[hallow acorn]

this looks like a lot of work bro

[quick fractal]

It was fine when there were only 4 things to look for, then teh game updated and added like 100 different items of the same type and I'm too lazy to look for a better method

[final kestrel]

Well I saw someone doing it this way since I had no prior experience with the saving and loading. I thought I should get this plain c# class and store my Ids and Types in it. Then load back from it really. I may not be understanding your exact question though.

[hallow acorn]

why spend 60 mins making sth by hand if you can spend 6 hours automating it??

[rich adder]

jesus...

[quick fractal]

I will never end up using it again, not a huge problem

[rustic valve]

is there a way to know when the animation ends ?, to like do attack animation and then return to idle animation ? (I'm using GetComponent<Animator>().Play("name of the animation") )
to do it like: .play("attack") then .play("idle")?

[timber comet]

its also better to spend 6 hours on it, imagine needing to change something in there

[hallow acorn]

yeah

[polar acorn]

No, you aren't. I'm trying to ask, in your game, what does the list Container mean

What should be in this list

What does it represent

Why did you make this list

What is it supposed to do for you

[quick fractal]

Having to change something sucks, which is why they all share 4 coroutines total 😄
I can just edit them and anything that calls it changes

[hallow acorn]

i spent 3 hours automating an array for 2 points i could have added in like 30 seconds. its a gamejam project im never gonna touch again but it was worth it

[quick fractal]

I'm aware it's terrible

[final kestrel]

Help me extract data from it, data that will help me pull items from my database

[polar acorn]

what is the point of the data

what would your game fail to have if you just deleted the whole fucking list

[final kestrel]

I cant save and load

[polar acorn]

save and load what

[final kestrel]

the Inventory items

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it is the inventory

of items you are currently holding

is that correct

[timber comet]

so... anyone has a solution for this?

[final kestrel]

Just the ids and types of the items.

I do not hold the Item itself in it because its a scriptable object

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it's a list of IDs that you can save, with the purpose being to pull up ScriptableObjects by ID later

[final kestrel]

Yes

[polar acorn]

And presumably there's a real inventory containing those ScriptableObjects in a different variable, and this one is only used when saving and loading

[final kestrel]

The real inventory is a scriptable object called database which holds my Item Scriptable objects. I believe you can call that Inventory no?

[polar acorn]

Is it your current inventory or is it a database

Because those seem like completely different things

[final kestrel]

Current inventory is when I add items in inventory (which is just a 4 slot of hotbar)

[raw token]

I think you're asking about why your player game object does not move relative to the direction it is facing when you apply input, is that correct?

[final kestrel]

Then I do the Container.Add(new InventoryData(database.GetId[item],item, item.itemType));
When I add items.

[timber comet]

yyes

[final kestrel]

So I can store their ids and types

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, do you have a variable that holds the "real" items

or just the one that stores IDs

[final kestrel]

A prefab called InventoryItem which has InventoryItem script in it

Thats the item that gets instantiated

[polar acorn]

How is your current inventory on a prefab?

[stuck palm]

tried writing a custom property drawer, why does this happen?

[polar acorn]

Probably because something wasn't done right

#↕️┃editor-extensions would probably be the place to ask this

[final kestrel]

Well It is not. I cannot store information that does not exist. That is why I tried to have a list of inventory items and wanted to add to it but I could not make any sense cos i cannot save monobehaviour stuff

[polar acorn]

Okay, so you do not have a "real" inventory variable anywhere?

[final kestrel]

Please excuse my ignorance but I cannot seem to place it in my head. What do you mean by Inventory variable.

[polar acorn]

I mean a variable containing a list of the actual item scriptable objects currently in your inventory

not the IDs

the actual items

[hallow acorn]

does < or include the number or exclude it? and how is it with >?

[wintry quarry]

< means "less than"
<= means "less than or equal to"

[final kestrel]

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

[CreateAssetMenu(fileName ="Item Database", menuName ="Inventory System/Database")]
public class ItemDatabase : ScriptableObject, ISerializationCallbackReceiver
{
   public Item[] items;
   public Dictionary<Item, int> GetId = new Dictionary<Item, int>();
   public Dictionary <int, Item> GetItem = new Dictionary<int, Item>();
    public void OnAfterDeserialize()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < items.Length; i++)
        {
            GetId.Add(items[i], i);
            GetItem.Add(i , items[i]);
           foreach (var item in GetId)
           {
                GetId.TryGetValue(items[i], out int Id);
                Debug.Log(Id);    
           }
        }
    }

    public void OnBeforeSerialize()
    {
        
    }
}

The only place I have Item[] is here

[polar acorn]

https://www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_operators_comparison.php

[final kestrel]

in the database

other than here no I do not hold any Item[]

[hallow acorn]

ok ty

[polar acorn]

Okay, so Item is the actual in-game representation of an item. The one that does things. And your whole system is to try to save and load that. Is that correct

[final kestrel]

using UnityEngine;


[CreateAssetMenu(menuName = "ScriptableObject /Item")]
public class Item : ScriptableObject
{
    // public GameObject prefab;
    public int id;
    public Sprite image;

    public ItemType itemType;
}


public enum ItemType{
    Misc,
    Key,
    Weapon,

}

Yes all my items are based on this.

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, you should definitely have a List<Item> inventory somewhere that is the current actual inventory. Then you need a function that takes in a list of items and spits out a list of IDs, and another one that takes a list of IDs and gets the list of items

[raw token]

rb.velocity is in world-space. To apply your input relative to the player's orientation, one solution is to multiply the player's directional vectors (which are themselves in world-space) by your input:

_rb.velocity = _movementKeys.y * tranform.forward + _movementKeys.x * transform.right + _rb.velocity.y * Vector3.up;

[polar acorn]

Then you can save or load that list of IDs as a simple string of JSON or however else you want to serialize it

and just call those functions to convert between them

Once the items are loaded, you do not need to keep a list of them around

[stuck palm]

what do you call the f in 0.432f? identifier or something?

[rich adder]

suffix ?

[stuck palm]

i know theres one for longs, L or whatever

[wintry quarry]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/floating-point-numeric-types#real-literals

[final kestrel]

All right. Thanks for bearing with me. It is a bit lot to take in at the moment but I will try.

[polar acorn]

Start by breaking the problem down. The two functions described are a good start - List<int> to List<Item> and List<Item> to List<int>

[stuck palm]

my question was about to be about the M. thanks!

[polar acorn]

Your database is good, that's already what it needs to be

You just need these functions somewhere. The database itself is a good place to put it

ItemsToIds and IdsToItems

[summer stump]

In terms of language, it is a suffix. In terms of its purpose in coding, it is syntactic sugar for a cast

[final kestrel]

Ah okay. I will do that in my database then! Thanks again.

[tacit cypress]

too afraid to ask and dumb enough to fail trying learning by tutorials, I feel stuck in some sort of loop that I can't escape, I'm not able to start developing by myself and can't do 1 single thing without watching a tutorial about how to, already 6 months of studying C# and Unity overall and I still don't know anything, started feeling like coding isn't my thing but at the same time I really really want to make some progress.

Watching all of you just answering each others questions and helping each other about things that I don't understand even though all the time I spent studying the engine, am I dumb? how do I start? I really could use some help.

Sorry for interrupting any important conversation about any topic, there's no need to answer, just looking for some tips or smth, thx.

[spare mountain]

!learn

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[stuck palm]

I'm trying to manually serialise a class, and every time i try to set a value in the inspector it immediately sets it back to what it was before. why is this happening?

[spare mountain]

let's see some code

[stuck palm]

i'm using the SerialisationCallBackReciever and a custom property drawer.

public void OnBeforeSerialize()
        {
            // Convert m_rawValue to double for serialization
            serialisedValue = m_rawValue / (double)Fix64Constants.ONE;
        }

        public void OnAfterDeserialize()
        {
            // Convert serializedValue back to m_rawValue
            m_rawValue = (long)(serialisedValue * Fix64Constants.ONE);
        }

[spare mountain]

welp we're out of my field of knowledge gonna leave this to someone else

[stuck palm]

appreciate your honesty

[spare mountain]

out of curiosity what benefit is there to doing this manually?

or is it just for fun?

[ripe shard]

Some people answering competently here have a decade+ experience. So don’t get discouraged if 6 months don’t yet quite seem to get you anywhere. However most of them will not have learned their stuff via tutorials since they can at best give you an overview of something but you will learn nothing from them, as you have discovered. The key is to learn the principles behind the craft (theory) while also trying to apply those to a project and skip all tutorials except for said overview. Use books, structured courses and challenges you make for yourself. You only learn if you figure out the solution yourself. Tutorials fundamentally cannot help with that.

[tacit cypress]

tysm, appreciate

[stuck palm]

im using a custom datatype which isnt serialised by unity nicely so i have to make my own version

[raw token]

I think it's very important to build foundational knowledge prior to seeking out tutorials for specific features. It's hard to glean knowledge from solutions presented to you if you are unable to understand a decent portion of it - the bits which are ancillary to the actual feature.

I think one of the best skills to develop early on is the ability to perform research on your own, outside of a tutorial. Especially where it comes to learning to read and understand official documentation. And be willing to ask when you don't understand what the documentation is saying :) . Then, when you don't understand what someone has done in a solution or why they are doing it that way, you can spend time to research it. You'll grow in all respects for asking questions and hunting answers rather than accepting things at face value.

I guess in short, don't pressure yourself to rush through things or achieve a feature or integration in short order. Accept that they will take more time starting out, and use that time to explore along the way - poke and fiddle with things just to see what happens. I've always found that once I have a basic idea of what's going on, that sort of exploration becomes pretty engaging and elucidating...

Answering questions has always been a big part of my own learning process as well, but that may be subjective. The repetition of simpler problems drives points home in my head, and more complex questions force me to study and explore and try to understand things which I wouldn't have otherwise, often leading to interesting insights. And if I say something stupid or incorrect, someone is (usually) around to correct me and help right my misunderstanding or oversight.

My recommendations in summary: work through a structured C#/coding fundamentals course, the Unity Learn Junior Programmer Pathway, and find a community in which you're comfortable asking and answering questions. Aspire to get to a place where the scripting docs and format make sense.

[final kestrel]

I am in the same loop. I am also so slow to understand. I follow tutorials and try combining them into my own stuff. I get lost. I come here and ask questions. I do not get them most of the time. Just 30 minutes ago while digiholic was explaining stuff to me I wanted to go and hug my moma. But I guess progress is progress. Just gotta have something in mind and get to work.

I was working on a seperate project just to test something while original project was open on my other screen. It took me an hour to realize that I was actually changing the other projects code and expect things to work on my other project T_T

[hallow acorn]

why doesnt it work? it should normally stop the spawning (and a few other scripts) when GameOver = true; but why doesnt it stop??? https://gdl.space/hatuwekexe.cs https://gdl.space/yipapefuco.cpp

[polar acorn]

What's suppoosed to stop it?

If GameOver is false when this object is first created, you start a repeating function

and nothing ever stops it

[hallow acorn]

oh

so what can i do about it?

[polar acorn]

You probably shouldn't use InvokeRepeating at all and make a coroutine instead

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

[hallow acorn]

ok but why doesnt it stop the other processes like my camera controller? https://gdl.space/eqirabapay.cs

[polar acorn]

this is in update

The if condition only checks when that code runs. Update runs every frame. Awake runs once.

[hallow acorn]

so should i put it in awake??

[polar acorn]

Do you want to check for it when the object is first created

or do you want to check for it every frame

[hallow acorn]

every frame?

[polar acorn]

So, then Update is where it should be

Your first one was in Awake. This one is properly in Update

[hallow acorn]

oh yeah ok this one is completely useless if i manage to disable the spawning lol

[hallow acorn]

is this the reason why my spawnRate /= IncreaseMultiplier; doesnt change anything?

[polar acorn]

Are you using spawnRate anywhere

You're changing a value that is no longer used anywhere

InvokeRepeating has already ran

[hallow acorn]

so yeah thats the reason?

[polar acorn]

Awake runs one time, when the object is first created

InvokeRepeating runs the given function with the given delay between them

[hallow acorn]

does this change if i use a coroutine?

and do i have to use it in update then?

[polar acorn]

You could very easily change the amount of time a coroutine waits

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

[hallow acorn]

https://gdl.space/vizesasozo.cs changed it does this work?

[polar acorn]

1. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine.html
2. You're still trying to start it one time in Awake

If you want it to loop, it's going to need an actual loop somewhere

[hallow acorn]

so do i have to put the LaunchPrefab() into a for loop?

for example

[polar acorn]

Well, there's a specific kind of loop that runs for as long as a condition is true

And since you want this to repeat until a specific condition happens, that's probably a good starting point

[hallow acorn]

while loop?

[polar acorn]

yes

If your while loop has a yield in it then it won't be infinite

[hallow acorn]

finally i got something right😂 👍

[ivory bobcat]

If your while loop doesn't have a yield statement then prepare for the application to crash.

[wintry quarry]

well, only if it's an infinite loop

[hallow acorn]

happened 2 times, lost 2 my progress 2 times. on one day.

still dont understand it where and how do i have this magic yield

[polar acorn]

When do you want to wait

Remember, code runs one line at a time

Yield tells a coroutine to wait for however long before resuming

[hallow acorn]

does this work pls tell me it works

    {
        while(projectile.GameOver == false)
        {
            LaunchPrefab();
        }
    }

    IEnumerator LaunchPrefab()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(Random.Range(spawnRate - 4, spawnRate + 4));
        Instantiate(projectilePrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0));
        spawnRate /= IncreaseMultiplier;
    }

[polar acorn]

Remember, code runs one line at a time

Awake happens, checks the condition

enters the while loop

and then calls LaunchPrefab

and then calls LaunchPrefab

and then calls LaunchPrefab

and then calls LaunchPrefab

[modest dust]

Did you check the linked docs for StartCoroutine?
There's literally a code example of almost exactly what you want to do, with an explanation

[polar acorn]

and so on

[hallow acorn]

so do i have to put it in update?

🙏

[modest dust]

Check the docs and think for a bit

[polar acorn]

Do you want to start a timer every frame

[ivory bobcat]

That isn't how you would Start a Coroutine. That would be an infinite loop.

[hallow acorn]

im thinking for 6 hours straight i just wanna finish this and go to sleep

[hallow acorn]

no i dont think so

[modest dust]

Then the docs will show you exactly what to do

How to start it and loop it correctly

[polar acorn]

Check the documents, it shows how to run a looping coroutine
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

[hallow acorn]

i dont think i get it but do i have to put my yield on the end of the coroutine?

[ivory bobcat]

It's pretty straight forwardcs void Update() { if (Input.GetKeyDown("f")) { StartCoroutine(Fade()); } } IEnumerator Fade() { Color c = renderer.material.color; for (float alpha = 1f; alpha >= 0; alpha -= 0.1f) { c.a = alpha; renderer.material.color = c; yield return null; } }

[polar acorn]

Let me explain to you how code flow works with coroutines.

Code runs one line at a time. An object gets created, then the Awake on it runs.

Whenever you hit StartCoroutine, the instruction pointer will jump into that coroutine function, and continue to run one line at a time until it hits a yield return, at which point it goes back to where the StartCoroutine was called and continues as normal. When the time is up, the instruction pointer jumps back in to the coroutine, the line right after the yield, and continues from there.

Whenever the code hits a while loop, it checks if the condition is true. If it is, then it enters the body of the loop (inside the {}) and runs it one line at a time. When it hits the end of it, it goes back to the loop condition and checks it again. If the condition is still true, it repeats. Whenever it checks the condition, and it is false, it will skip to the line after the loop body.

[silk night]

public void Main() {
  StartCoroutine(LoopCoroutine());
}

IEnumerator LoopCoroutine() {
  while (...)
    // Code here
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
  }
}

[hallow acorn]

copying the example i stared at for 3 mins doesnt help sry

[polar acorn]

So look at it for longer until you figure out what it's doing

instead of copying, learn what it's doing

[ivory bobcat]

What do you not understand (other than just making what you had work)?

Ah Digi's given a pretty thorough and lengthy explanation of the procedural process - how things are processed, line by line.

[hallow acorn]

oh wait. i have to put the loop in the coroutine?

[modest dust]

Yes, as all the examples in the docs showcase

[hallow acorn]

im like drunk but without alcohol rn i dont understand what i see untill someone tells me. then i see it.

[polar acorn]

Then come back when you're in the proper headspace to learn

[acoustic arch]

yo im developing a building system for my 2D top down game that uses SetTile where you place down Wall tiles with a Tilemap collider, and each tile needs to have their indivisual currenhealth variable. How can I make it so that each Wall placed down has their own indivisual health using Tilemaps

possibly some sort of Wrapper for each tile

(is this even possible)

[hallow acorn]

but i think im getting it now

    {
        LaunchPrefab();

    }

    IEnumerator LaunchPrefab()
    {
        while (projectile.GameOver == false)
        {
            Instantiate(projectilePrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0));
            spawnRate /= IncreaseMultiplier;

            yield return new WaitForSeconds(Random.Range(spawnRate - 4, spawnRate + 4));
        }
    }

sth like that?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.StartCoroutine.html

[ivory bobcat]

You're not acquiring certain info from the docs. You need to Start the Coroutine.

[hallow acorn]

    {
        StartCoroutine(LaunchPrefab());

    }

?

no

2 brackets to much (idk if thats how its called)

[ivory bobcat]

The basic get up is (without randomly guessing - pseudocode):cs Start/Update if(...) StartCoroutine(...) Coroutine while/for/loop stuff yield

[hallow acorn]

learning by doing😅

[ivory bobcat]

Where the docs would discuss the specific details and illustrate proper syntax.

[hallow acorn]

ok ill go to sleep ill try again tomorrow

[fading mountain]

hey guys. Im working on a 2d platformer and want the sound effect for running to unpause when the player is on the ground & moving, and pause when the player is not moving, not on the ground, or both. This functionality is called in Update(). I know it needs if statements, else if, and else, but I can't get it right. This is my code so far. https://gdl.space/jowexetina.cs & the Audio Manager script: https://gdl.space/fucikedifa.cs

[silk night]

but I can't get it right
Can you explain whats wrong right now?

[fading mountain]

As you can see the audio plays for a short bit but sounds very wierd, and then it stops completely

[silk night]

please convert the video to something we can watch in discord 😄

[fading mountain]

https://streamable.com/az1855

[silk night]

tbh it sounds like its toggling between playing and pausing pretty quick, you should add some logging to see how often it switches and then to figure out why the planned if statements fail

[cinder crag]

so im trying to make a text appear on the screen when the enemies start spawning but im not sure how can i deactivate it after activating it https://pastecode.io/s/3hqbsu2j (heres the enemyspawner script)

[silk night]

you would be hiding the text here and instantly showing it again but you just have to return the wait again and then disable the text

[teal viper]

I'd also enable the stats window and see if there are fps/CPU time jumps.
Nvm. Didn't read the context.

[cinder crag]

inbetween while (canSpawn) ?

okay it works and it disappears but i only want it to appear once and not repeat everytime it spawns an enemy

[silk night]

Then I would start a second coroutine that just does that and contains no loop

Unless you are working with DoTween or any other library that brings a delay functionality

[copper matrix]

i just stupidly followed a tutorial and i think i writed somewhere sth which was just an example name but idk what

[silk night]

uhh what is your question?

[copper matrix]

why isnt the isDefend bool triggering

[fading mountain]

yes it is toggling between paused and unpaused every frame it seems.

[silk night]

you need to set the "isDefend" on your animator, not just the variable in the script

[silk night]

Yes, you are never setting that bool to true in your script

the internal property isDefend is not triggering the animator, do m_Animator.SetBool("isDefend", true/false);

[fading mountain]

@silk night apparently AudioSource.isPlaying doesnt differentiate btween paused and unpaused.

[silk night]

Well that would explain it 😄 I was a bit confused why you would have pauseOrUnpause as a function, toggling without knowledge of current state may have some uses but it mostly leads to bugs like this, rather have one pause and one unpause function and only call them when you are sure of the state

[fading mountain]

Ahh okay

thank you for your help 🙂

[cinder crag]

tried doing that and it doesnt work so ripperino

[silk night]

How does your second coroutine look like?

[copper matrix]

still not working :(

[cinder crag]

tried my best

[silk night]

Put Debug.Log at the positions where it should trigger, if it does not trigger at all find out why, my wild guess is the shuriken has no Shuriken tag

[silk night]

Enable before the yield return, disable after and remove the enable from the loop function

[silk night]

then lets go Logging, find out what is triggering and whats not

[cinder crag]

so basically this right?

[silk night]

yes

[cinder crag]

alrighty

thank you

[silk night]

Also you should make your function names more descriptive, like "ShowEnemiesIncomingText", might be a bit tedious to have longer names but imagine yourself in 3 months coming back and not knowing wtf EnemiesIncoming is 😄

[copper matrix]

btw this too if it helps

[silk night]

Oh, you have a smallercase i, animator has capital I

[copper matrix]

1. F that, it happens so often

2. now both animations are triggerd at the same time

[cinder crag]

yee i always do that , this time it was to test things n stuff

[copper matrix]

i found it myself btw

so i added this

and this

and this happend

[silk night]

Looks like you accidentially reset your reference to the animator in your script, just drag it into the field again

[wintry quarry]

uhhh... what's the deal here

GetComponent in Update?
Trying to use it in Start before it's assigned?

to be honest it looks like you mixed up your Start and Update to me

[silk night]

oh wow, didnt even see that its switched 😄

[copper matrix]

oh fuck XD

[silk night]

well you are still trying to use m_Animator before you assign it

[wintry quarry]

i mean you're clearly still trying to use it before assigning it...

do you understand how references work and how = works?

[copper matrix]

just like 10%

[wintry quarry]

= is the assignment operator. It assigns a value into the variable on the left side.

x = 5; < this assigns 5 to x

now if we do Debug.Log(x) we see 5

references work the same way

m_Animator = GetComponent<Animator>(); this fetches the animator from our object and assigns it into the m_Animator variable

now we can use the animator

but... we can't use it before we do that, unless the variable was otherwise assigned.

and it also won't work if GetComponent<Animator> returns null for some reason, for example there not actually being an Animator there

[copper matrix]

now i did it and now the character gets invincible

invisible

not invincible

[silk night]

is there an error in the console?

[copper matrix]

nope

i think the animation i did changed the size

i found him here

[cinder crag]

https://pastecode.io/s/rebjcyj8 (WaveStartAndStop)

okay so im trying to make a button that starts a wave and stops it and i have multiple spawners in the scene in different locations and with different spawnrates but the problem is on how im referencing the enemySpawner script , is trying to gind a gameobject with the tag Spawner but since i have multiple , its just gonna get one of them , so i got 3 spawners and the WaveStartAndStop script will get the spawner 2 enemySpawner component , so how i can reference one script that is the same from all the spawners

[wintry quarry]

Trying to do everything with tags is a bad idea

[silk night]

Are the spawners in the scene from the start or are they themselves spawned by some kind of script?

If they are, make the Property on the script a List<EnemySpawner> and then find the WaveStartAndStop in the inspector and fill the list with all EnemySpawners by dragging the gameobjects they are on onto the list

afterwards you can access the list with loops instead of a single spawner

[cinder crag]

they are in the scene from the start

[silk night]

Yeah then just do what i wrote 😄

[cinder crag]

i did but i cant use the variables from the script no more now

[wintry quarry]

it's a list.... you would call those things on individual elements of the list, not the list itself

[copper matrix]

so im kinda frustrated rn because i my characters animation is teleporting me to another Position but i cant find anything to undo it

[wintry quarry]

The keyframes of the animation will control it.

Usually it's not a good idea to animate the root object with an animator though

it ends up doing this - overriding your controls

you generally want to only animate child objects

[copper matrix]

how do i do that

[wintry quarry]

Simple - instead of animating the root object in your scrubsheet, animate child objects instead

just make sure the bits that need animating are not on the root object

move any renderers etc to child objects

[copper matrix]

so i have it like that: Enemy GameObject has with all Scripts and Animations

and i should put Enemy in an Empty GameObject and split animations and rules?

[silk night]

- Root: Scripts, Animator, Rigidbody
  - Child: Character images <-------- Animate the position of this one
    - Child of child: Stuff like weapons or equipment that is visible 

[copper matrix]

but isnt the animator the thing which changes the gameobject which is connected to it :(

[wintry quarry]

it can change any object in its hierarchy

[silk night]

Animator is just the control center of animations

[wintry quarry]

it all depends what you set up in the scrubsheet

[silk night]

yeah what praetor said 😄

[wintry quarry]

with the keyframes

[copper matrix]

too many words i dont understand ngl

[wintry quarry]

FOr example this animation clip is animating many child objects

you can see the paths to the objects on the left side

and the keyframes on the right

[silk night]

Your animator is like a control center
It can contain many animations and control when to play which one

Any animation can change the root object (where your animator is on) or any object below it

[copper matrix]

so the Animator is like Photshop Animator and i add components like pictures to it (childs)

[wintry quarry]

Not familiar with photoshop animator >_>

[silk night]

https://img.sidia.net/ZEyI5/ZusAFAPu81.mp4/raw as you can see, the root never leaves the position, only the image part moves

so your player would technically still be on the original position, just some image gets moved around

[copper matrix]

but my player is moving

like its hitbox and everythign

[silk night]

yeah thats why you should animate a child object of the player, not the root

[copper matrix]

didnt change a thing on my main character and now he just disappers

i have many scripts which delete him but none of them are instant on the field

by removing the box collider i stopped it

[crisp anvil]

Any idea why this always return's the same value?

    {
        float x = Random.Range(MapManager.Instance.MapX, MapManager.Instance.MapXMax);
        float y = Random.Range(MapManager.Instance.MapY, MapManager.Instance.MapYMax);
        Debug.Log($"Generated Random Position: x={x}, y={y}");
        return new Vector3(x, y, 0);
    }```

void Start()
{
    MapXMax = GameMap.cellBounds.xMax;
    MapYMax = GameMap.cellBounds.yMax;
    MapX = GameMap.cellBounds.x;
    MapY = GameMap.cellBounds.y;
    Debug.Log($"MapManager Started, MapXMax: {MapXMax}, MapYMax: {MapYMax}, MapX: {MapX}, MapY: {MapY}");
}

MapManager Started, MapXMax: 32, MapYMax: 18, MapX: -38, MapY: -36

this is constant valve that is always returned
Generated Random Position: x=-16, y=-36

[ivory bobcat]

log the instance's value of map x and map x max before using it with random range

[coarse hatch]

How come on a MonoBehaviour, i can reference a prefab with a ComponentType

[SerializeField] private MyPlayer PlayerPrefab; and i can use the inspector to search prefabs that have the component, but i can't do the same thing from a scriptable object, the same kind of SerializeField just doesn't come up with anything.

[rich adder]

SOs cant find scene objects

[ivory bobcat]

Can you show some illustrations of the component type you're wanting to reference, the field and inspectors?

[coarse hatch]

I'm not looking for scene objects, i'm loooking for prefabs at the asset/project level

I make an empty game object, add any monobehaviour to it let's say "MyPlayer"

Then i can make it into a prefab into my assets folder.
I'm able to find it from the inspector on game objects or drag it into MyPlayer typed properties on Monobehaviours, but not ScriptableObjects

[rich adder]

You tried directly dragging the prefab/asset inside it

[coarse hatch]

yes

[crisp anvil]

Generated Random Position: x=-16, y=-36
Spawning LightningStrike at (-16.00, -36.00, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-16.00, -36.00, 0.00)
Distance to player: 42.70246

    private IEnumerator SpawnWeatherEffect(GameObject prefab, int count, float effectDuration)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
        {
            Vector3 position = GetRandomPosition();
            Debug.Log($"Generated Random Position: x={position.x}, y={position.y}");

            Debug.Log($"Spawning {prefab.name} at {position}");
            GameObject effect = Instantiate(prefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
            Debug.Log($"Instantiated {effect.name} at {effect.transform.position}");

            activeWeatherEffects.Add(effect);

            if (currentWeather == WeatherState.Thunderstorm)
            {
                float distance = pathFinder.GetDistanceBetweenGameObjects(Game_Manager.instance.player.gameObject, effect);
                Debug.Log($"Distance to player: {distance}");

                AdjustWeatherEffectBasedOnDistance(effect, distance);

                AssignThunderAudio(effect);
                AdjustThunderAudioBasedOnDistance(effect, distance);

                StartCoroutine(DisableSpriteAfterTime(effect, effectDuration));
            }
            else
            {
                StartCoroutine(DestroyAfterTime(effect, effectDuration));
            }

            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.1f);
        }
    }

[ivory bobcat]

I do not see the log information for the values being used with Unity Random.

Log the arguments that you're using with Unity Random

If it's (-16,-15), you'll only get -16

[crisp anvil]

Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-30.97226, y=-13.01677

every time i play the scene and hit my hotkey to run the script it changes the position, It has to be something with my Coroutine?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe consider showing us the Get Position function

[crisp anvil]

    private Vector3 GetRandomPosition()
    {
        float mapX = MapManager.Instance.MapX;
        float mapXMax = MapManager.Instance.MapXMax;
        float mapY = MapManager.Instance.MapY;
        float mapYMax = MapManager.Instance.MapYMax;
        Debug.Log($"Random.Range with mapX: {mapX}, mapXMax: {mapXMax}, mapY: {mapY}, mapYMax: {mapYMax}");
        float x = Random.Range(mapX, mapXMax);
        float y = Random.Range(mapY, mapYMax);
        Debug.Log($"Generated Random Position: x={x}, y={y}");
        return new Vector3(x, y, 0);
    }```

[ivory bobcat]

That would be where you're getting the (-16, -36) from

[ivory bobcat]

What did the log print

[crisp anvil]

Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Spawning LightningStrike at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Distance to player: 39.93124
Assigned Thunder Audio to LightningStrike(Clone) at position (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Spawning LightningStrike at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Distance to player: 39.93124

this is two Instances of the instanitation

[ivory bobcat]

So the positions are fine and everything works as expected

[crisp anvil]

but wouldnt this from the coroutine
for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
Vector3 position = GetRandomPosition();

call a different postion for each iteration through the loop?

[ivory bobcat]

What's the issue here?

I'm pretty sure it is

Chances are, all of your objects are the same object if they all share the same values

You'll need to provide more information if you aren't wanting us to guess

[crisp anvil]

They are the same object, But wouldn't this
GameObject effect = Instantiate(prefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
update the positon of the object? they are all currently spawning in the same location.

[ivory bobcat]

How are you determining that the positions are all the same?

Show logs for each object being instantiated and the position they're given

[crisp anvil]

Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Spawning LightningStrike at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Distance to player: 41.34794

Assigned Thunder Audio to LightningStrike(Clone) at position (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Spawning LightningStrike at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Distance to player: 41.34794

Assigned Thunder Audio to LightningStrike(Clone) at position (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Spawning LightningStrike at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Distance to player: 41.34794

Assigned Thunder Audio to LightningStrike(Clone) at position (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Random.Range with mapX: -38, mapXMax: 32, mapY: -36, mapYMax: 18
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Generated Random Position: x=-20.58329, y=-30.5786
Spawning LightningStrike at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Instantiated LightningStrike(Clone) at (-20.58, -30.58, 0.00)
Distance to player: 41.34794```

[ivory bobcat]

Well, during this function all of your calls to Get Position are returning the same values

[frigid schooner]

hello anyone can help me with respawning?

[summer stump]

Show us what you have so far

[frigid schooner]

I have python programming background and im new to unity and C#. I am following youtube tutorials on making a 3D fps game. I am trying to figure out the falling/dying + respawning part right now.

[ivory bobcat]

Make sure you aren't touching the init state prior to the next iteration of the function call - you're likely resetting the seed between each call somewhere. Try commenting out stuff or the entire body of this coroutine and simply call and log Get Position a few times.

[frigid schooner]

I tried some forums and it didnt work

This is the code for my trigger

[summer stump]

Do any of those logs get called?

[frigid schooner]

Yes, the logs are called, and the position of the camera and player seem to be updated. but in the render I just fall through the trigger

[summer stump]

The respawn trigger has a rigidbody? Odd.
What does the player have

[frigid schooner]

player have rigidbody

trigger has rigidbody and box collider and I checked the box IsTrigger

im not sure what I did wrong, but from what I understand, player.transform.position is the variable that holds the player position, transform is the category and position is under the transform category. By setting it to equal the respawn point I can teleport to the respawn point. I also tried setting it to a vector3 and it also didnt work

The camera should follow the player right? would it be that im just setting the gameobject player to respawn but the camera falls through?

[frigid schooner]

what is odd about the respawn trigger having a rigidbody?
What do you think is the problem here

[crisp anvil]

Commenting out the GameObject effect = Instantiate(prefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
gives the variable the different randon positions, the second I uncomment it again it goes back to spawning it in the same place. I got closer thanks!

[ivory bobcat]

Check out the prefab and make sure it isn't resetting the random seed in awake/start/onenable etc

[stray thorn]

i keep gettig an error idk where the problem is

my ide is configured it should underline the error

it only comes up when i run the game

[summer stump]

That is a runtime error. Your ide will not underline it

Controller is null when you try to access it

[raw token]

Is the script you've shared Assets/Character.cs?

[stray thorn]

yea

[raw token]

The class name should be Character rather than Example - the name of your MonoBehaviour should match the name of the file

[summer stump]

Unless it is editor version 2022.2+
Still good practice though

[stray thorn]

ohhhhh

[raw token]

Oh I totally had no idea that that became a thing. I'll have to look into that 👀

[summer stump]

That is not related to your error though

[stray thorn]

so how do i fix

[summer stump]

Make sure controller is not null at that time, use a debug.log

[stray thorn]

man i started literally last night idk any of these words

[summer stump]

The rigidbody component tells the physics system that it is using physics. Usually a trigger area like yours is not a physics object (it does not move or fall or get pushed)

[summer stump]

Have you been going through !learn ?

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[summer stump]

Debug.Log specifically should be something you know already. Often it is taught VERY early in a course

[stray thorn]

ill go rn i didnt know its a thing

[summer stump]

Your player IS moving it looks like. So perhaps something else is setting the position back
Is there a CharacterController on the player along with the rigidbody?

[frigid schooner]

I removed it and it still doesnt work.

I tried adding a script in the players movement code, just to test the set location.
I added transform.position = respoint.transform.position; with Serialize field respawn point and it works when the code is in the player

[frigid schooner]

my player has character controller
does it matter what type of object (gameobject / capsule / etc) my player is?

[summer stump]

Removed the rigidbody? That would not fix it, nor is it related to your issue. It was just something I was noting

[summer stump]

Yes, the CC is the entire problem

You have to disable it, teleport, then re-enable it

Otherwise it IMMEDIATELY resets the player position to where it was last

[frigid schooner]

wait I dont get it can you explain why

[summer stump]

Btw, a rigidbody and CharacterController should never be on the same object.
There are some times where a KINEMATIC rigidbody is ok, but that is kinda niche.
You could actually justify the trigger area having the rigidbody to get around this issue forgot that OnTriggerEnter does work with CharacterController
Only OnCollisionEnter does not

[summer stump]

Because the CC tracks where it is, and uses that for where it moves next. If you disable it, you break that tracking and "reset" it

[frigid schooner]

oh i see

thanks for the insight

what should I do now?

[summer stump]

Just disable the CC, move it, then re-enable it

[frigid schooner]

cuz im still relatively new, and I just followed some youtube guy and did CC

can you show me the code to disable the CC?

[summer stump]

MyCCReference.enabled = false
transform.position = whatever
MyCCReference.enabled = true

[frigid schooner]

sorry i dont understand ...

do I have to reference the CC as a serialize field?

or do I just do use the player in the serialize field and use
player.CharacterController.enabled = false;

[summer stump]

just do GetComponent in OnTriggerEnter

TryGetComponent is better, so I'm gonna show that. It will likely introduce something you don't know, which is the out keyword. That is basically just a second return. TryGet returns a bool telling you if you actually found the component, but you also get the reference "out"

if (other.TryGetComponent(out CharacterController cc) 
{
  cc.enabled = false;
  cc.transform.position = respoint.transform.position;
  cc.enabled = true;
}

[frigid schooner]

does this work

[summer stump]

Yes, I would validate the collision though. Either check if cc is null before using it, or check the tag or something (or both)

Because right now this will run that code on ANY collider that enters the trigger area

[frigid schooner]

but when i run this it doesnt rly work

[summer stump]

Do you still have a dynamic rigidbody on one of the objects?
OnTriggerEnter requires one of the two to have one

[frigid schooner]

yes

[summer stump]

Ok and what is not working?
Do you get any errors?

[frigid schooner]

the name cc does not exist in the current context

do I have to use a type like int / float ? what type is cc

[summer stump]

Oh of course. That is simply not how you declare a variable.

You need to include the type on line 19

CharacterController cc =

By the way, your ide is not configured.
!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)
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[summer stump]

Third link ☝️

[frigid schooner]

whats the use to config the ide

[frigid schooner]

thanks!

[summer stump]

It will underline errors, and suggest fixes for them. It also enables fuller code completion (for unity specific properties/methods)

[frigid schooner]

ok thank you

[summer pilot]

Trying to make it so players cannot sprint while crouched, instead of doing this:

if (isRunning)//If player IS holding LShift
                {
                    if (!isCrouching)
                    {
                        playerSpeed = runSpeed;
                    }
                }
                else//If player is NOT holding LShift
                {
                    playerSpeed = walkSpeed;
                }

Can I just do:

if (isRunning)//If player IS holding LShift
                {
                    (!isCrouching)
                    playerSpeed = runSpeed;
                }
                else//If player is NOT holding LShift
                {
                    playerSpeed = walkSpeed;
                }

[summer stump]

The only difference is removing the braces from the second if statement? Or am I missing something?

[summer pilot]

yes, removing the if statement to check if a player is crouching

i know i can do stuff like that in javascript, but idk if c# works the same

[summer stump]

Ah, it is not fully removed so I was confused haha

[summer pilot]

sorry yeah, kinda just threw that together

[summer stump]

It will set playerSpeed to runSpeed whenever you hold left shift. Whether crouching or not..

[summer pilot]

how would i go about making it not set to run speed when holding crouch?

[summer stump]

You can make the first if statement into if (is Running && !isCrouching)

Just combine them

[summer pilot]

oooo, smart

thank you

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[summer pilot]

Player cannot move at all and am getting the following error:
https://hastebin.com/share/avoderaroj.csharp

[rich adder]

yes what is Horizonal ?

[summer pilot]

wdym?

horizonal is left to right

right?

[rich adder]

yeah that would be Horizontal

[summer pilot]

oh..

spelling mistake

my bad

[rich adder]

strings 🙂

you good

[summer pilot]

wish vscode would underline that LOL

[rich adder]

impossible

the compiler has no idea if the string is valid for it or not

it just knows Oh its a string, good to go

[summer pilot]

well i did that any my player is just flying straight into the air LOL

[rich adder]

btw you should not move transform.positions with any physics objects

including character controller

[summer pilot]

oh

what should i do?

[rich adder]

use their built in movement methods

for CC you have .Move for example

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/CharacterController.Move.html

[summer pilot]

so instead of transform.position i should be using characterController.Move?

[rich adder]

yea

not saying thats fixing whatever you said was broken, but if you want collisions to actually work properly then absolutely

[summer pilot]

so something like this?

characterController.Move(transform.position + playerMovement.normalized * playerSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

[rich adder]

you can remove transform.position

[summer pilot]

do i not need to grab the current position?

[rich adder]

no

cc.move tracks already where it is, this is local movement

[summer pilot]

ahhh

well, player still flies in the air. not sure why

[rich adder]

when?

[summer pilot]

as soon as the game starts

[rich adder]

can you show the player inspector + showing all the gizmos

[rich adder]

oh it might be jump strength

i just noticed you added that in

[summer pilot]

yeah, i want to be able to set how high the player can jump, so i can tweak it if needed

[rich adder]

yeah but right now you're telling to Keep flying up 7 units at time every frame

thats not setting your jump height

[summer pilot]

oh

[rich adder]

look at the example i sent for CC.Move it shows how you have to make gravity(create/track vertical velocity) if you want jump to work

[summer pilot]

ill give that a try

thank you

[summer pilot]

not really understanding what this means, and I don't jsut want to "write what it says and move on". can you explain?
if (move != Vector3.zero)

[fierce geode]

Is it true that programming your animations for UI is better than using Unity animations. I heard that animation updates every frame even when finished or something similar which makes it bad for performance

[fierce geode]

Looks like an if statement that checks if the input vector named move is not equal to zero; basically saying if there is any input at all, do X

Though that's my uneducated guess.

[rich adder]

it checks if there is any movement

[summer pilot]

yeah, i did basically exactly what that says (adding my own variables in some places) and it's still sending me flying

    void Update()
    {
        if (!PauseMenu.GameIsPaused)//Checks if the game is NOT paused
        {
            Cursor.visible = false;
            Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

            playerIsGrounded = characterController.isGrounded;
            if (playerIsGrounded && playerVelocity.y < 0)
            {
                playerVelocity.y = 0;
            }
            float x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");//Left->Right
            float z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical"); //Forwards->Backwards
            Vector3 move = new Vector3(x, 0, z);
            characterController.Move(move * Time.deltaTime * playerSpeed);

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

            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space) && playerIsGrounded)
            {
                playerVelocity.y += Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -3.0f * gravity);
            }
            playerVelocity.y += gravity * Time.deltaTime;
            characterController.Move(playerVelocity * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }
}

[rich adder]

can you record a short video

[summer pilot]

sure thing!

[rich adder]

gravity should be negative no?

[summer pilot]

welp

[rich adder]

put -17 instead of 17

[summer pilot]

no longer flying

but im not moving

im rotating on the axis

just looking left/right

[rich adder]

remove the transform.forward = move

if this is fps

a lot of this needs to be changed

[summer pilot]

can't do anything now

[summer pilot]

wait, i might know why

yup

i was using player speed (set to 0 by default)
i swapped to walkSpeed and it works

[olive lintel]

ik I just deleted allat

sorry 💀

[thorn lake]

I need some help:

While using 2022.3.ff1, I typed the following in an if statement:

Keyboard.current.leftArrowKey.isPressed

Originally, people needed to include

using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

to get it to work but it looks like that namespace is no longer necessary.

With or without that namespace, I get the following error whether or not I have the Input System package installed:

Error (active) CS0103 The name 'Keyboard' does not exist in the current context Assembly-CSharp

I looked online but am having trouble finding a correct solution. So far the solutions have been to add the namespace but those are outdated or to add the Input System package but that didn't work either

[mint remnant]

this error looks like its from VS, did you check the references for all valid assemblies?

[thorn lake]

Yes, it's from VS.

did you check the references for all valid assemblies?
^ This is new language to me. What do you mean by this?

[mint remnant]

in the solution panel you will find all hte assemblies, see if any show a warning icon first

[rich adder]

says who ?
" looks like that namespace is no longer necessary. "

[thorn lake]

There's no warnings if I've understood you correctly.

[mint remnant]

no, over in the solution panel

[rich adder]

its called Solution Explorer

its in the View tab

[mint remnant]

https://gyazo.com/16d043776d17a95da870ef370971298a

[rich adder]

can you screenshot the whole ide

why are you still on vs2019

[mint remnant]

why do you care?

[rich adder]

because its important to see the complete ide

[thorn lake]

I'm redoing a basic basic intro to 2D Unity tutorial and it was commented here. At first I thought the commenter was an official but may have been mistaken. (the bottom comment)

[eternal needle]

i was gonna say, do you have the input system installed in unity?

[thorn lake]

I do

[mint remnant]

another question is does the error actually show up in unity as it tries to compile it

[thorn lake]

It does

however:

[rich adder]

these assemblies don't look right nvm thought OP sent this

[thorn lake]

After re-adding the "using UnityEngine.InputSystem;" code back in after adding the Input systemit seems to be working now....? I'm not sure if it just needed time or what. I had turned VS off and on again and it didn't solve it earlier so I'm not sure why it's working now

[mint remnant]

keep in mind Unity and VS are seperate, it could fail to compile in VS and yet work in Unity if for soem reason your assemblies aree't the same

[thorn lake]

Maybe I hadn't tried all 4 combinations of having the Input package, not having it, having the namespace, not having the namespace until now?

[eternal needle]

couldve just been a small bug, but most likely user error. The comments you read on that tutorial arent true though because Keyboard is under UnityEngine.InputSystem

[rich adder]

yes that dude is talking nonsense

[thorn lake]

thank you.

[rich adder]

putting new input system inside UnityEngine would defeat the whole point of using packages

they're made so they dont have to update/release the whole app to fix 1 thing related to inputs

[thorn lake]

It must have just needed time to fully integrate the Input package because only a moment ago did Unity have the popup saying to Enable backends or something for keybaord input

[rich adder]

regen project files sometimes can help

[thorn lake]

uh oh, after restarting after enabling backends it's making me enter w/safemode.

....wait, nvm. It's just bc I re-commented out the namespace to test something 😅

[rich adder]

did you save with compile errors?

[eternal needle]

surprised the unity learn site is even using Keyboard.current

[thorn lake]

I had done this tutorial a few years ago and it used something like that back then too. Can't rmember if it was exactly the same. They've changed it.

Thanks for the help you guys

Mainly am doing this tutorial to remind myself how to make a 2D Player Controller and have it interact with colliders.

I'm guessing there's already some player controllers like this in the Asset Store but was only seeing ones for platformers.

It's good for me to redo this though. I'm super green again despite programming all through college haha

[spiral glen]

        var angle = Mathf.Atan2(dir.y, dir.x) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.forward);```
anyone know why this code makes it so the 'looking of the mouse' is like... wrong?

it's turning based on the mouse

but my mouse is to the right and it's looking up

if my explanation is off I can record a video of it rq

I tried to find a video to explain how to make it but each video has a similar issue of the character not looking at the mouse

[eternal needle]

i dont see an error exactly with this. Can you show a video of it, or what arrow of the object (green, red, blue) do you expect to be pointing towards the mouse?

[spiral glen]

sure give me a minute or honestly three

I realized the camera was on the player which could of caused the issue but it still wasn't

It's like 90 degrees off

I fixed it by removing 90 from the angle

idk how it works but it does

mb

[eternal needle]

click on the object you have, its red arrow is likely pointing towards the mouse, which is the "right"

You could also just change the object so its facing right to begin with, rather than up

[spiral glen]

I mean, I fixed it by just minusing 90 degrees from the angle

I guess it's kinda the same deal as making it start as right instead of up

[supple wasp]

4k120 screen XD

[spiral glen]

what

[eternal needle]

that works, but im not a major fan of code fixes when its an issue with the object itself. Though i dont do 2D so i dont know how objects are expected to be oriented.
If you use this on another object which is positioned "correctly", suddenly this script is now 90 degrees too far

[supple wasp]

It's not that the screen looks very big

[spiral glen]

ah

I have a big monitor 🙂

only one though which sucks

worst part is I'm going to college soon so getting a second monitor would be worthless in two months

[supple wasp]

And I have a laptop that is sh*t sorry for the bad word but yes

[spiral glen]

We should merge our devices to make an average one

[supple wasp]

My laptop has 4 ram with a 2.30ghz Pentium inside t4500 processor but it is WELL MADE GARBAGE

[spiral glen]

I have a computer and I don't remember the stuff inside it

[supple wasp]

That's why I had to change to the "old" laptop so to speak, it's been with me for 1 year, well 1 and a half of this year.

[spiral glen]

I forgot to clean it for 3 years which almost caused it to get set on fire

smelt like smoke

[eternal needle]

just saying, off topic isnt really allowed in this server

[supple wasp]

If true...

[spiral glen]

on topic, for an attack delay, lets hypothetically say a punch, would using a coroutine be good for the punch animation of the punch or is there a better way?

[supple wasp]

As you say

[spiral glen]

👍

[eternal needle]

depends what you mean "coroutine be good for the punch animation". Are you still making an animation itself, or planned to define the animation in code?
Id prefer to do things in update since you'll likely be punching often and I find a lot of logic is easier if you need exact control of when things start/end

[spiral glen]

I'm making an animation for the punch using the animator

well I just made it

[hallow acorn]

so tried for a good amount of time and im afraid of infinite loops so does this work properly or am i stupid? ```using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine;

public class CanonMain : MonoBehaviour
{
public GameObject projectilePrefab;
public float spawnRate;
public Projectile projectile;
private float increaseMultiplier = 1.05f;

void Awake()
{
    StartCoroutine(LaunchPrefab());

}

IEnumerator LaunchPrefab()
{
    while (projectile.GameOver == false)
    {
        Instantiate(projectilePrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, 0));
        spawnRate /= increaseMultiplier;

        yield return new WaitForSeconds(Random.Range(spawnRate - 4, spawnRate + 4));
    }
}

}```

[rich adder]

dont see anything wrong 🤷‍♂️

[eternal needle]

you could use a coroutine or update, the same could be done in either. But just know coroutines run after update, according to the execution order https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html. So if some of your punching logic is in update, and the "punch ending" logic is in the coroutine, you might not have a properly accurate start and end.

[hallow acorn]

thank you tried until 0:30 yesterday but i think i was just way too tired

[spiral glen]

I'll give it a try

[eternal needle]

but also
spawnRate /= increaseMultiplier; seems weird. "Multiplier" yet its being divided

[rich adder]

the only sus thing I would see is spawnRate , idk how WaitForSeconds would act with negative numbers

[hallow acorn]

how can you get a negative number by dividing 2 positives?

[hallow acorn]

ok i rename it

[worthy tundra]

its long to explain my problem in words so i illustrated it.
my enemy script has logic for seeing the player (the enemy can only fire if the player is in line of sight).

i do this using a raycast

Physics.Raycast(eyes.position, transform.forward, out hit, distanceToAttack + playerSightRange, playerAndBlockLayers);

eyes is a transform where the "face" of the enemy should be, playerAndBlockLayers is a layermask that includes the enemy layers, the player layer and the ground / obstacles layer

the system works fine when the player is standing but the moment the player crouches suddenly the raycast goes through walls and the enemy cannot have line of sight with the player

why

[rich adder]

well what is spawnRate?

[hallow acorn]

13 i think

[eternal needle]

look at the logic youre doing. spawnRate = spawnRate / some number. This i assume relatively often.
Random.Range(spawnRate - 4, spawnRate + 4)) you can surely see why a positive number subtracted by something may be negative

[hallow acorn]

oh yeah thats right

[worthy tundra]

i stg im fucking stupid i changed "transform.forward" to "eyes.forward" and it instantly got fixed bruh

[eternal needle]

this drawing looks like your assumption of whats happening, rather than whats actually happening. Are you using debug.DrawRay to visualize your raycasts? Nothing in the code you've shown cares about where the player is

[worthy tundra]

dw i fixed it lol

[rich adder]

fun fact: new physics debugger tab has now "Casts" you can see all types of casts

[eternal needle]

still, read my advice. Use debug.DrawRay to visualize your raycasts. your problem came because you assumed whats happening rather than knowing for real. And the assumption was wrong

[hallow acorn]

would it help to set the -/+4 to a percentage of spawnrate?

[worthy tundra]

problem is the enemy object is locked on Y rotation so it couldnt rotate the transform.forward whent he player was crouching, so i just changed to the eyes which can rotate as they please

[worthy tundra]

i was already using gizmos to visualize the raycast thats how i knew that was the problem

oh right wait i didnt use drawray

bruh im stupid lol

[eternal needle]

gizmos? and if you saw the raycast then you would see it wasnt pointing downwards and going through the player

which is what your drawing had

[worthy tundra]

yeah im stupid lmfao

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ idk what behaviour you want, this logic is flawed from the beginning. I suggest you do this mathematically first to understand why this will always start to break after a few minute

step away from the code because its likely just confusing you more. Do it with real numbers and see what these values lead to. Maybe plot it on desmos if you know how

[hallow acorn]

but if my spawnrate is 13 and it keeps getting divided by 1.05, it should work if i set the 4 to half of the spawnrate for example

[eternal needle]

just do the math on it, or with proper debugs so you can see the math yourself. Leave it running for a few minutes and itll become clear

[hallow acorn]

also why doesnt it stop when GameOver = true;? i tested it and gameOver is actually true so why doesnt my while loop stop?

[rich adder]

did you debug.log projectile.GameOver

[hallow acorn]

yes

[rich adder]

the one on the instance

[hallow acorn]

it says true

[rich adder]

in the inspector?

[hallow acorn]

        if (explodingTime <= 0)
        {
            GameOver = true;
            particle.Play();
            StartCoroutine(Wait());
            Debug.Log(GameOver);
            aud.Play();
        }

[hallow acorn]

wait lemme check

yeah it is

[rich adder]

and if you click Projectile it takes you to the one that says true?

[hallow acorn]

wdym?

i click on the clone which is exploding and it says true for 0.6 seconds untill it gets deleted

[rich adder]

this doesn't make sense to me, you're looking at the projectile instance but you linked it in the inspector ?

[eternal needle]

Some simple debugging really is gonna show you why all this is happening

[rich adder]

what did you link in the inspector in public Projectile projectile; this isn't what ur spawning btw

I would rewrite this whole thing

[hallow acorn]

wait i linked the prefab but the prefab doesnt change does it?

[rich adder]

you need the gameover from the instance

but in the while loop it wont make sense

since you have to create it first

[hallow acorn]

i have 2 days until deadline for the gamejam im taking part

[eternal needle]

Just wait until it runs for a few minutes and they realize the issue of the math and itll have to be rewritten

[rich adder]

that too

[rich adder]

usually rewriting is faster and most likely something better

[hallow acorn]

i have no idea how i should rewrite it

[rich adder]

first use a Global gameover bool

not the one on bullet

have bullet only affect whichever script has that public bool gameover (ideally you wuld use method instead of directly touching a public var)

[hallow acorn]

how

[rich adder]

like a singleton or something

[eternal needle]

Imma be honest, if your goal is just to publish the bare minimum that runs, you shouldnt be using game jams to learn. You clearly are ignoring basic debugging steps as well, something I know that you've done for the spawn rate before in a past convo.

This isnt the way to learn, this is just struggling but on a deadline

[rich adder]

gamejam is good practice, not so much learning if you're pressed on time

[hallow acorn]

what is a singleton?

[rich adder]

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

[eternal needle]

Goodluck with this one

[rich adder]

but I would follow bawsi's advice here

debugging should be your #1 priority

plan out your loigc a bit more before putting any code

[native hill]

for some reason my player flys whenever i press space and never goes back down https://paste.ofcode.org/nGZr3WQC6yCzLLfBFcQPRM

im not sure if this is the right channel soryr

[rich adder]

large code should be sent as links

⏬

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[native hill]

thank you

[rich adder]

is this a rigidbody controller?

[native hill]

yeah

i think so at least

[rich adder]

btw for future no need to put multiple classes in 1 link that can get confusing if we're looking for speicifc lines

[native hill]

oh alright sorry

[rich adder]

np

can you show rigidbody settings rq

[native hill]

yeah, give me a second

[rich adder]

btw https://screenshot.help :p

oh yea Kinematic wont go anywhere unless specifically told to

also should not use Translate to move rigidbodies

[native hill]

my computer is slow 💔

[native hill]

oh okay

what should I use?

[rich adder]

not sure how taking a screenshot would affect pc speed lol

I mean you're running unity on the pc, it can handle a screenshot

[native hill]

i tried opening snipping tool and it was super slow I’m using Boot Camp so I’m not sure if the controls are the same but I’ll give it a try

it’s a super old mac

[rich adder]

why not run unity natively?

it runs very well on macos

[native hill]

alright I turnt off kinematic and and my body Is shaking a bunch and stuff

[native hill]

i wanted to install window games

I didn’t think I’d ever use unity

[rich adder]

wdym

[native hill]

hold on I’ll record

[hallow acorn]

omg it worked it worked it worked i used an singleton and now all movement stopped, aswell as spawning!!!

[native hill]

I might redo the code for player movement

[rich adder]

thats good, the advice is still valid. Also just careful over-relying on singletons

[hallow acorn]

yeah i read that you should use them with care

[rich adder]

yeah they can be overused because they are so easy to use

but then it just becomes a mess of singletones instead of properly injecting components

[harsh pecan]

having this glitch dk why can anyone help

[rich adder]

this isn't a "glitch"

it tells you exactly whats wrong
using Camera.main without camera tagged in scene wont work

[hallow acorn]

why doesnt it recognise setActive?

[rich adder]

what is GameOverCanvas

[languid spire]

typo

[rich adder]

it should be capital S

wonder why VS not correcting you on that

my keyboard is shitting bricks

[languid spire]

this is not the first one

[hallow acorn]

but even if i type just "se" it doesnt show setActive

[rich adder]

what is GameOverCanvas

[languid spire]

it wont do setActive does not exist

[hallow acorn]

my canvas which should just get enabled when gameOver is true

[rich adder]

what type

is it

[harsh pecan]

Im so happy I found the tags

[rich adder]

Components are better 😈

[rich adder]

if its Canvas does not have SetActive

only gameobjects do

canvas.gameObject.SetActive

if it wasn't showing up, it didnt exit 😛

[hallow acorn]

that worked ty

[harsh pecan]

how do I make charecter show up un mirror

no navarone went to bed

[rich adder]

not really a code question

[harsh pecan]

how am I to know

[rich adder]

because you didn't write code to do it

anyway post in #💻┃unity-talk and show actual details of the setup including camera culling layers etc

[true heart]

i have a function that takes a range/int and uses that to find all the tiles/vector2s around a position that are in range, it then puts that into a list called inrange2 then it sends that list to another function. the issue is im using 2 for loops one inside another to find where all these positions are and it seems to be crashing my game. the range given is always 2

[keen dew]

The second loop is missing the i++ part

[true heart]

ohh i might be slow

ty man

i was losing it

[languid spire]

I dont see why you need the second loop or the inrange2 List. Just call inrange with the new Vector2

[true heart]

oh ya true

[rancid tinsel]

can you use navmesh to make agents find new paths if the current one is blocked by another navmesh agent?

or would I have to code that feature myself?

[crisp lantern]

anyone got any idea why the Character Controller Component likes to flicker isGrounded? really awesome

[idle ginkgo]

is there any short cut or plugin to implement wait for seconds

like the whole i enumerator thing

just for adding wait for seconds

[queen adder]

i love unity

[rancid tinsel]

why would you need that? you can just use the IEnumerator

[idle ginkgo]

ok

[rancid tinsel]

also keep in mind, if you are planning on changing the game speed at any point with a speed up button etc but you want the wait for seconds to remain the same, use WaitForSecondsRealtime

[idle ginkgo]

oh ok thanks

[sleek gazelle]

if(!revived){
                        deathScreen.SetActive(true);
                        lastChance.SetActive(true);
                    }
                    else{
                        deathScreen.SetActive(true);
                    }
                    finalScore.GetComponent<TextMeshPro>().text = Score.ToString();

finalScore is a child of deathScreen, why does it say me object reference = null?

Maybe I can't change components of a gameobject I just activated in the same frame?

I need help please

And when I do Debug.Log(finalScore) it write "FinalScore (UnityEngine.GameObject)"

[broken cargo]

Try replacing TextMeshPro with TMP_Text

[open harbor]

Hello 🌎

[sleek gazelle]

Ok thanks

It worked

Ty

[broken cargo]

FYI, TextMeshPro is not the component that you are using here. That's why you got a null ref. TMP_Text is an abstract class for all Text components in TMP

[sleek gazelle]

Ok thanks

I'll try to remember that

[rancid tinsel]

is there a way to check which navmesh surface a navmeshagent is on currently?

[languid spire]

there is a crude way
NavMeshSurface.activeSurfaces->NavMeshData.sourceBounds->bounds.Contains(agent.transform.position)

[rancid tinsel]

i ended up using a very amateurish method where i just check if their x position is higher or lower than a wall

and that did the trick lol but i hate using workarounds like that

[queen adder]

@slender nymph
#💻┃unity-talk message

1. I have UnityEvent(s) in my Singleton. This is due to Project needs, i wont change it to static or anything else. It must be serializable, in scene without any references to other scene object. I need to unregister events.
2. You are right but not works as i mentoined.

[slender nymph]

if the intention is just to unsubscribe from the unityevents, why not just do that in OnDisable? And also if you are lazy loading the singleton with no way to check if it is valid outside of the singleton then you'll need to implement some way to check if it is valid if you need it to not lazy load in these situations

and if you need further help then you'll need to show the actual code

[queen adder]

Still, the execution order is off. No point at using OnDisable in this case

[slender nymph]

you need to stop relying so much on the execution order

[queen adder]

I know, i want to...

[slender nymph]

i gave you a suggestion as to how and you said there was no point. so at this point until you show code, i'm not going to bother providing any other advice since there's "no point" in following it apparently

[teal viper]

There's no point in trying to help Wilhelm

[queen adder]

Come on when did you become so full of grudges

[slender nymph]

probably about the same time you decided you'd actively work against those who try to help you

[eternal needle]

what part of the execution order is "off". I looked in the other channel you posted it, and your screenshot only shows a bunch of logs saying "OnDestroy.." which just sounds more like you arent aware of the order

[queen adder]

Everyone has the right to argue about something. Okey okey i will show the code wait a second

[teal viper]

There's no point in having grudges

[eternal needle]

A note, you easily couldve gotten an answer 30 minutes ago if you just posted your actual issue rather than vague assumptions of how things work. It is always annoying when trying to help someone who hides their true issues, which you've seen in the whole last conversation

[queen adder]

Unity 6000.0.2f1
https://paste.myst.rs/dvlrmxau
I hope my special issue will show itself to these scripting lords from this code piece. TryCreateSingleton() gets called because of Execution Order because SceneControllerPersistentSingleton.IsActiveSceneChanged returns false. Which makes _instance != null returns true in Awake() method of MonoBehaviourSingletonBase. Not happens always, sometimes.

[slender nymph]

so suddenly your issue is happening because of Awake? are you just going to change what the issue is until someone tells you something that you like instead of helping diagnose the actual issue?

[queen adder]

Okay lets stop digital abuse and be real. Do you think the code itself has any problems?

[slender nymph]

how could i know when you can't even get the actual issue straight? not only that, but even if the issue were still somehow related to OnDestroy and an instance being created there, you didn't show real code that is affecting that, you showed your singleton implementation, but not the code where the issue is actually happening.

[queen adder]

I exactly sent every single piece of code that creates the problem. It is in the link. I just prettied a little to make easier to read for you

[copper matrix]

what did i do wrong

better view

[slender nymph]

no you didn't. you showed your shitty little test class which has nothing to do with the issue you are apparently experiencing, and the singleton implementation which does not create any instance inside of OnDestroy like you claimed was the issue

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception
also !code 👇

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[teal viper]

What's the actual issue though? Is there an error?

[queen adder]

Come onn i said from the beginning, my problem was execution order. You just wanted the code. Accessing a singleton from TestBehaviour.OnDestroy() triggers an error sometimes but as i said, it happens randomly. I cant give you an example that always happens. My exact problem here is execution order, not the singleton. I asked why would Execution Order does not respects? I actually testing while we are talking.

[slender nymph]

Accessing a singleton from TestBehaviour.OnDestroy() triggers an error sometimes
but you're literally not doing that in the code you provided

[hallow iris]

https://gdl.space/ihutejiwik.cs cardsdisplay
https://gdl.space/ixezoqemod.cs card
this is giving me this error and it is not loading the data about my chaos cards any reason why?
how can i fix this?

[queen adder]

I know. This is because it is nothing more than calling any other singleton inside TestBehaviour.OnDestroy() that implemented MonoBehaviourSingletonBase

[burnt vapor]

The error indicates you try to access an index in an array that doesn't exist

The error indicates what line of code has this issue

To fix, either ensure it stays in bounds using a check or fix the actual index

Idk what the index is supposed to be so can't help you there

[ivory bobcat]

So the error would seem to be this linecs cardImage.color = cardColours[(int)cardData.cardType[0]];

[slender nymph]

alright i'm not going to help you any further since you won't provide your actual fucking code that causes the error and you won't listen to advice about not relying so much on the execution order

[hallow iris]

how can i fix this?

[burnt vapor]

To fix, either ensure it stays in bounds using a check or fix the actual index

[ivory bobcat]

Where either 0 index for card types is out of range or the index result cast to int is out of range

[slender nymph]

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

[burnt vapor]

I'd say you log the index that you try to access and figure out why it's not the value you expect, or it's bigger than what the array allows

[hallow iris]

this problem is only happening when even there is a choas card in the scene other wise this error dose not happen

[queen adder]

cardData.cardType[0] is returning an integer that cardColours does not includes. You may check cardColours for every scene

[burnt vapor]

Do you understand the error though?

[burnt vapor]

So does "chaos card" add a new card index that you try to retrieve here?

Because I assume your array just needs to be one index bigger

[eternal needle]

If you arent showing the actual problematic code, then you're still hiding the true issue and just showing what you assume to be wrong. Also ngl that code is unreadable on mobile, I had no clue what I was really supposed to look at.

[ivory bobcat]

Check if the card type array has at least one element - index 0.
Check if the card colors array has an index greater than the value acquired from card types of index 0.

[burnt vapor]

Ok so

Just to somewhat spoonfeed

[queen adder]

Trust me, it couldnt be more obvious than that. I will send a bug ticket because i believe it is not my fault.

[burnt vapor]

cartType has 7 entries, cardColours has 6
So as I mention, your array is too small

[hallow iris]

i am fucking dumb

thanks

u are a life saver

[burnt vapor]

Well I just want you to understand the point of the error and what to look for, so hopefully that makes sense

[ivory bobcat]

Has the error been shown yet? I'm assuming they've got an "blah blah blah has been destroyed but you're still trying to access it" error.

[slender nymph]

as far as we know there's no actual error. it's just that their singleton gets recreated when accessed from OnDestroy sometimes. but they won't show the actual code that causes that to happen

[hallow iris]

thanks

[slender nymph]

nor will they listen to advice about how to prevent it

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ well I wont stop you. You didnt show any errors, seemingly removed the actual problematic code, and are asking about something that's not even true in unity. All of what you're asking is basically your assumptions at how things work, and not the actual issue at hand.

Cant imagine you'll get any better response from the people who will just tell you the order works as intended

Hell, I submitted a ticket for something that's actually a bug and the response back was "bug identified, will look into this" followed by "it's intended"

[inland narwhal]

Guys i created a runtime terrain sculptor script with chatgpt but lowering just working on raised areas
i gave dozens of correction instructions but it just couldnt fix, what can be the problem ?
It just dont makes lowering under Z 0 position
I started to think problem is not script sided

here is the script

[eternal needle]

The problem is you're using a text generator for coding without knowing what you're doing. You won't really get help with AI code here. Did you add anything so it would actually go lower than 0?

[languid spire]

omg, is this the future of programming? 'GPT didn't develop the code I wanted even though I asked it a lot, please help me'

[scenic saffron]

why not working?

[ivory bobcat]

What's the error say?

[languid spire]

because it's a plural

[slender nymph]

also unrelated to the actual error, but this will just assign this object's transform to the variable because GetComponentInChildren checks itself first

[inland narwhal]

Yes as i said instructed it in many ways to go lower than 0

[scenic saffron]

how do i fix that

[slender nymph]

just drag the reference into the inspector and remove that line entirely

[scenic saffron]

ok thx

[eternal needle]

That doesnt matter. Did you yourself code anything for this logic? Because all it sounds like is you asked it a bunch of times to fix the code, blindly copy pasted and was shocked it didnt work
What debugging steps have you taken, you should have some clue at least where your errors lie

[stray thorn]

does anyone know how i can use occlusion culling on a terrain and the trees and grass painted on it?

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel

[stray thorn]

where should i ask

[slender nymph]

#🔎┃find-a-channel

[stray thorn]

mb

[inland narwhal]

I made this hundreds of times and made work all of my previous scripts
runtime level editor lowering feature just dont works

i even used few scripts from gitthub
default flat areas of terrain not being lowered

lowering code is just doing opposite of raising code

[languid spire]

man, you are in the wrong server. we do not debug code for you that you cannot/willnot debug yourself

[inland narwhal]

lol so what's this channel for ?

[languid spire]

to help people help themselves

[inland narwhal]

ridiculous

[languid spire]

really? What is 'ridiculous' is your sense of over entitlement

[inland narwhal]

entitlement ? yeah sure

[fickle plume]

@inland narwhal Once again. You should read #📖┃code-of-conduct and not post chat generated code to debug for you here.

Also if you are looking to argue about it, find another server. You already have a warning for off-topic.

[inland narwhal]

Sure, I have no business left here already, never got help or progress

[languid spire]

And for that you have no one to blame but yourself

[tepid summit]

didnt get help becaue you didnt ask for help

how do i reference a parameter in a script?

[languid spire]

parameter ?

[tepid summit]

sorry

shouldve specified

im talking about animation

[copper matrix]

what is the easiest way to let a prefab change at the hierachie thingy

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.html
look at the Get and Set methods

[tepid summit]

please elaborate

[tepid summit]

appreciate

[copper matrix]

(if i have my enemy on the field he can change the healthbar but as a prefab i cant connect the healthbar to the enemy script

[glossy turtle]

I have seen the code for first time generated by chatgpt. Is that really ai generated.

[fickle plume]

When instantiating a prefab pass all the needed references.

[languid spire]

no idea, he said it was and as he didn't bother to even post it correctly I never looked

[copper matrix]

well i cant reference it on the prefab and when i had it and then created a prefab the reference got deleted

[glossy turtle]

That code looks simple but generating such logic in seconds by an ai. Thinking who wrote such ai Steve. That's marvelous.

[tepid summit]

did you try unpacking it

[fickle plume]

The script that does instantiation should provide the reference https://unity.huh.how/references/references-to-prefabs

[languid spire]

no it is not. AI's don't write code, they string words together that just looks like code to trap the unwary or gullible

[fickle plume]

Scene objects can't be referenced by assets

[tepid summit]

hey the Animator.SetBool says to use "Animator.SetBool" in my script but the example doesnt even use Animator.SetBool

i get what to do though

just wanted to point it out

[modest dust]

It does use it

It's not a static method

It's called from an instance

[languid spire]

dont tell me, report the documentation, there is a button at the bottom of tjhe page

[modest dust]

m_Animator in the example

[tepid summit]

i saw