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[tepid summit]

i reread it

i am sorry for causing a ruckus

[copper matrix]

can u help me doing it cause i dont understand it tbh

[fickle plume]

The page has code examples even

[modest dust]

Which step don't you understand

There's a step by step example

[sudden pilot]

guys there is a green health bar and shield bar down of it

when ı change shıeld slider value it changes x scale

ı want to delete part and part

anyone knows?

[ripe shard]

The easiest way to make a health bar is via the UnityEngine.UI.Image component’s fill mode and fillAmount value. https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.1/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Image.Type.Filled.html

[sudden pilot]

my englısh not enought to undurstand this.. But ty

[tepid summit]

do you know spanish or german

[sudden pilot]

no just turkish and little bit english <3

[tepid summit]

ok

I have a script set up to animate a gameobject upon a mouse click, the coroutine gets called but nothing changes in the animator ```public class SwingAxe : MonoBehaviour
{
public Animator Swinger;
public bool Clicked;

void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
    {
        StartCoroutine(AttackAnimation());
    }
}

IEnumerator AttackAnimation()
{
    Debug.Log("Clicked");
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
    Swinger.SetBool("Attacking", true);
    new WaitForSecondsRealtime(2);
    Swinger.SetBool("Attacking", false);
}

}```

i have a screenshot i can send too

[broken cargo]

you missed yield return where you create a new WaitForSecondsRealtime

[tepid summit]

aight

let me test that

thanks man

that was such an easy fix

i kind of feel bad for asking

[stray thorn]

so i have this code that spawns cubes randomly across a certain range and sometimes it spawns 2 cubes in the same spot how do i prevent that

[copper matrix]

can i call someone who can help me via Call. I have many problems and the DeadLine is in 5h

like its so simple shit but i fail miserable

[languid spire]

save the generated positions in a List and check if they already exist

[stray thorn]

yeah but how do i do that

is there a c# doc for lists?

[languid spire]

do you know how to make and use a List ?

[stray thorn]

not really i started unity 2 days ago

[languid spire]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1?view=net-8.0
this is why Google exists

[copper matrix]

everytime i throw a shuriken it get instantly deleted and idk why

[tepid summit]

what

[stray thorn]

what is a vector3 considered as

cz i have to specify the type of the value in a list

List<int> numbers = new List<int>();

int or float?

[languid spire]

yes and Vector3 is a Type

[rocky canyon]

List<Vector3>

[stray thorn]

ohhhhh

okay tysmm

[copper matrix]

looks like this

but when i instantiae the shuriken it gets instantly deleted

[verbal dome]

Better to round the vectors and store them as Vector3Ints

Theres a very small change that your Vector3's will be exactly the same, so rounding gives them some "spacing"

[stray thorn]

how do i round it up?

is there a function?

[verbal dome]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3Int.RoundToInt.html

[polar acorn]

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[verbal dome]

You can multiply the vector before rounding if you want a spacing different than 1 unit

[verbal dome]

Sorry, just noticed that you are already using ints for the vector and not floats 🤦‍♂️so it might not need to be rounded

[stray thorn]

how do i check if randpos im about to add to the list is already there?

use occlusion culling otherwise itll start lagging when u add more objects in the future

its not related to ur problem btw

jst advice

[verbal dome]

List.Contains
But a HashSet would work well here too

[languid spire]

sort out your usage of List first, atm it is incorrect

[verbal dome]

Yeah, it is using a different local list, not the list in your class

[languid spire]

and it's creating a new one every itteration

[cosmic dagger]

Yikes . . .

[stray thorn]

so whenever the loop restarts all the items are cleared in the list?

[languid spire]

you create a new one so, yes

[stray thorn]

so lke this?

[languid spire]

no, why not use the pos you already have?

[stray thorn]

wdym?

[languid spire]

the pos at the top is not the same as the pos at the bottom

[stray thorn]

so do i remove the one at the top?

wait so rn i have to lists both named pos?

[languid spire]

Do you need pos outside of the Start method?

[stray thorn]

no

[languid spire]

then remove the one at the top

[stray thorn]

i ùeant 2

[stray thorn]

okayy tysmm

[languid spire]

now to check you would use pos.Contains

[stray thorn]

wait it wouldnt work

all the vectors in the list are named the same thing

how would i check if one of them equals a certain value when all of them are the same name

[languid spire]

vectors don't have names they only have a Type and properties

[stray thorn]

isnt randpos a name?

vector3 randpos = new....

[languid spire]

you are comparing one instance of a Type with another instance of the same Type

[stray thorn]

so im comparing the properties?

[verbal dome]

That is just the name of the variable. It is not part of the variable's data itself

[languid spire]

no, that is a variable

[stray thorn]

yeah ik im storing variables in the list

[languid spire]

if (pos.Contains(randpos)) { }

does the values of randPos exist in the list of Vector3's ?

[stray thorn]

why in gods green earth is this an error

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs0104

[languid spire]

because you have 2 possible versions of the Random class

[stray thorn]

how

[languid spire]

this is why we use IDE's, hover over it and it will tell you

[stray thorn]

i used this

[stray thorn]

it told me to specify

for example it said do System.Random.Range

that also didnt work it told me range isnt a thing

[rocky canyon]

or.. UnityEngine.Random.Range

[stray thorn]

it worked when i did UnityEngine.Random.Range

[stray thorn]

yeah ik

[rocky canyon]

u can also do using Random = UnityEngine.Random; at the top

[languid spire]

yes, you have 2 different possible Random's. System.Random or UnityEngine.Random, you must chose which one to use.
The easy option is to add
using Random = UnityEngine.Random:

[rocky canyon]

then Random.Range will just use Unity's

[stray thorn]

ohhh so i have to specify

tyy

[rocky canyon]

try it out

[stray thorn]

like this?

[rocky canyon]

looks good to me

now if u hover the Random it should tell u its Unity's random

[cosmic dagger]

You literally said it told you to . . . 🤦‍♀️
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[slender nymph]

you could have also just removed the system using directive since you aren't even using it

[summer shard]

how do i fix that

    private Vector3 lerpTowardsPosition;
    private Vector3 velocity;
    [SerializeField] private float speed;

    [SerializeField] private GameObject[] wheels;

    private void Awake() {
        lerpTowardsPosition = transform.position;
    }

    private void Update() {
        transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, lerpTowardsPosition, ref velocity, speed);

        foreach (GameObject wheel in wheels) {
            wheel.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, -90, velocity.magnitude);
        }
    }

    public void goToLocation(Transform newLocation) {
        //transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position, newLocation.position, 0.5f);
        lerpTowardsPosition = newLocation.position;
    }

[quick ruin]

I have an object rotating around the center during runtime, not the pivot. is there a box to check to fix

[slender nymph]

how have you confirmed that it's pivot point is not its center

[quick ruin]

first pic is pivot view second is center view

[slender nymph]

the Center tool handle position has nothing to do with how an object rotates. it shows the approximate center of the selected gameobjects

if i had to guess, you are probably rotating this object's parent rather than the object itself and the object is offset from the parent such that when the parent rotates it appears as if the object is rotating about its center

[stiff abyss]

Whats wrong with the raycast origin and direction?
https://hatebin.com/tuzwjzwcii

[slender nymph]

your parameters are incorrect for your Debug.DrawRay call

[stray thorn]

how do i move a capsule using a rigidbody

[tepid summit]

im trying to make a reference to the text of an Input field, but im not sure what to call it

public InputField NameMaker;```

[languid spire]

lots of options in the Rigidbody documentation

[stray thorn]

yea it just tells me the options

when i click it dosent explain how to use them

[tepid summit]

simplest would probably be Rigidbody.AddForce

[languid spire]

really? https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddForce.html

for one

[tepid summit]

the brackets are the spot where im not sure what to type

[stray thorn]

istg i clicked it earlier it gave me one line of code and didnt even explain

[frosty hound]

string?

[languid spire]

Did you read the description

[tepid summit]

i tried that, but then i cant use it later

here ill give an example

ok

so it suddenly works when i try and show poeple

thanks unity

[frosty hound]

That wouldn't be a Unity issue, code is code.

You can use it wherever you want, assuming you use it correctly. Which, if it didn't work before is because you didn't use it correctly.

[stray thorn]

okay so now my capsule flies when i hold space

how do i make so i only jump when im grounded

[tepid summit]

triggers

[stray thorn]

i started 2 days ago what does that mean

[languid spire]

you really should follow !learn to save you from a lot of this shit

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[spice adder]

hi everyone, i have a question so basically, how do i know if i need to create a new scene? for example, i am developing this game which had this 2 different scene, the shed and the backyard, the player would occasionally go back and forth between these two place to pick up items, is it better if i make these 2 in different scenes or just in 1 scene?

[slender nymph]

either option is perfectly valid, it really depends on how you want to handle it

[spice adder]

ah okay! thank you so much, i thought i was doing something wrong

[halcyon dagger]

this script is making my project being unable to build, why? Its just an util

using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public class RectTransformUpdate : MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("CONTEXT/RectTransform/Snap Anchors To Corners", priority = 50)]
    private static void Execute(MenuCommand command)
    {
        RectTransform rectTransform = command.context as RectTransform;
        RectTransform parent = rectTransform.parent as RectTransform;
        Vector2 parentSize = parent.rect.size;
        Vector2 parentMin = parent.rect.min;

        // Find corner point coordinates in parent's local space
        Vector3[] corners = new Vector3[4];
        rectTransform.GetWorldCorners(corners);
        corners[0] = parent.InverseTransformPoint(corners[0]); // Bottom left
        corners[2] = parent.InverseTransformPoint(corners[2]); // Top right

        Undo.RecordObject(rectTransform, "Anchor Modification");

        rectTransform.anchorMin = new Vector2((corners[0].x - parentMin.x) / parentSize.x, (corners[0].y - parentMin.y) / parentSize.y);
        rectTransform.anchorMax = new Vector2((corners[2].x - parentMin.x) / parentSize.x, (corners[2].y - parentMin.y) / parentSize.y);
        rectTransform.sizeDelta = Vector2.zero;
        rectTransform.anchoredPosition = Vector2.zero;
    }

    [MenuItem("CONTEXT/RectTransform/Snap Anchors To Corners", validate = true)]
    private static bool Validate(MenuCommand command)
    {
        RectTransform rectTransform = command.context as RectTransform;
        return rectTransform.parent != null && !PrefabUtility.IsPartOfImmutablePrefab(rectTransform);
    }
}

[slender nymph]

you can't use editor code in a build, put that into an Editor folder or wrap it in preprocessor directives

[languid spire]

because it uses UnityEditor code which is not allowed in a build

[halcyon dagger]

ok so it goes into Assets/Editor ? or where do you mean

[slender nymph]

https://unity.huh.how/building/editor-assemblies

[halcyon dagger]

It worked, thanks !

[tepid summit]

Hey so i'm planning to use a DDoL to keep the "user" string safe between scenes, yet I dont know where to put this DDoL. Can anyone please help

    public InputField NameMaker;

    public void NewGame()
    {
        Main.SetActive(false);
        Username.SetActive(true);
    }

    public void UserChosen()
    {
        user = NameMaker.text;
    }```

[languid spire]

nowhere there. Perhaps share the full !code

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[tepid summit]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class ButtonScript : MonoBehaviour
{

    public float NewGameCheck;
    public GameObject Main, Username;
    public string user;
    public InputField NameMaker;
    public void NewGame()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("NewGameCheck", 1);
        Main.SetActive(false);
        Username.SetActive(true);
    }

    public void UserChosen()
    {
        user = NameMaker.text;
    }
    public void NewUserHitPlay()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.SetString("Username", user);
    }

    public void Continue()
    {
        PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("NewGameCheck", 0);
        SceneManager.LoadScene(1);
    }
    public void ExitButton()
    {
        Application.Quit();
    }
}```

[languid spire]

please actually read the bot messages

[polar acorn]

https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/

[tepid summit]

sorry, i didnt think 39 lines was too many

[languid spire]

6 - 10 lines is too many

[languid spire]

Anyway you need an Awake method and DDOl in that

[tepid summit]

one last thing, what would i say to DDoL

obviously the user

but how would i type that? should i try first and post errors here

[summer stump]

In awake

You should google the method and look at the example code, which will tell you exactly how to type it

[rose owl]

I'm a complete beginner and these two errors show up, why is that?

[rich adder]

first !ide

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[rich adder]

also you're passing two positions

[tepid summit]

you cant turn a vector3 into a quaternion

[summer stump]

I mean, you can using the methods that do it for you

[tepid summit]

well yea but i mean the way hes trying to do it

[rich adder]

its because they are passing two positions so its reading the second one as the rotation
edit: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

[summer stump]

I know, but best to be clear, especially for beginners

[tepid summit]

alright

[summer stump]

To be clear about what you are doing. You wrote:

Instantiate(object, random position, other position, rotation)

See the declaration that navarone provided

[tepid summit]

ok so i have this:

{
    DontDestroyOnLoad(user);
}```

but its telling me i cant convert string into an object

[rich adder]

what is user ?

you can't DDOL a string

[tepid summit]

yeah so how would i attach the string to an object

[rich adder]

attach the string to an object?

what are you trying to do exactly

[verbal dome]

You were supposed to DDOL a component that has the string in it

[rich adder]

rip

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.DontDestroyOnLoad.html
see the DDOL expect an Object

[verbal dome]

It is already "attached" to the component since it has the string variable. Now DDOL the component

[tepid summit]

but what component would i use

[verbal dome]

It could be one that you make

[tepid summit]

ohh

could i do
DontDestroyOnLoad(InputField.text);

[verbal dome]

Do you know what a component is?

[tepid summit]

yeah

like a CharacterController for examle

[verbal dome]

Is InputField.text a component?

[tepid summit]

i know it isnt

[strong wren]

I would start by creating a separate gameobject and component for persistent data

[polar acorn]

So why did you try to DDOL it

[tepid summit]

because its worht a shot

[rose owl]

i saw that line in a tutorial

[polar acorn]

"Close enough" is not going to work in code

[slender nymph]

you need to pay more attention to the code you copied, and also get your !IDE configured

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[polar acorn]

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[tepid summit]

i nevr said close enough

[polar acorn]

If you knew that:

• DDOL needs to be called on a component
• InputField.text is not a component

What was the thought process to call DDOL on InputField.text

[obsidian shoal]

what is going on?

[verbal dome]

I didnt watch the video, but dont multiply mouse input with deltatime

[obsidian shoal]

fixed

[verbal dome]

And make mousesens way smaller after that

[obsidian shoal]

its low at 100 tho

[verbal dome]

Now that you dont multiply with deltatime (which is a small number) you need to account for that

So the sens should be made about 50-100x smaller

[hallow acorn]

hey what function should i use if i want my code to get called only at the beginning of the game and after switching the scene?

[rich adder]

well Awake and Start always run one time on each object in the scene when it loads (if gameobject is not disabled)

[hallow acorn]

yeah i tried using awake but it didnt work

[rich adder]

what "didn't work"

idk what that means

[hallow acorn]

i wanted to setActive on my canvas to false, but it didnt work as it was still visible

[rich adder]

are you talking about a DontDestroyOnLoad object?

[hallow acorn]

what is a DontdestroyOnLoad object?

[polar acorn]

If you don't know what that means, then you probably aren't using it and Awake will run on scene change

[hallow acorn]

it works on scene change somehow i tested it with a debug.Log

[polar acorn]

Awake runs every time an object is created. If you aren't persisting an object between scene loads, every time a scene is loaded, all of the objects in it are created

So Awake will run on scene load

[rocky canyon]

when u load a new scene DDOL objects remain

[obsidian shoal]

why am i unable to rotate left or right

[rich adder]

you realize no movement is being applied anywhere

[willow scroll]

Probably, because I don't see you changing the character's position anywhere

[verbal dome]

You mean rotate?

[obsidian shoal]

yes

sorry

[willow scroll]

Because the global variable is used instead of a local one

[obsidian shoal]

so change to private?

[willow scroll]

I suppose, xrot is -90 the whole time, and the mouseX just decreases it before clamping again

[willow scroll]

A global variable is a variable, created not directly inside of the method

This means, the variable stays persistent throughout the Updates

[rocky canyon]

he sets his local transform rotation and then calls Rotate on the playerBody transform we're lookin at his head script

[polar acorn]

Minor terminology correction: That would be a field variable.

If you wanted to look it up that would be the term the documentation would use

[obsidian shoal]

so what would i change

[willow scroll]

I see, the global one is in a static class

[rich adder]

if anything a Constant is more of a global no?

[willow scroll]

Create xrot directly inside of the Update method

[verbal dome]

I think of both static and const as "global"

[rich adder]

true static field can def be "global "

[obsidian shoal]

now i cant rotate at all

[rich adder]

the xRot looks fine being a field

don't think thats the issue

[obsidian shoal]

i can rotate y just not x

[obsidian granite]

i thought they were just called fields or instance variables, i've never heard field variable

[rich adder]

which one Body or transform

[obsidian shoal]

body ig?

[willow scroll]

Simply remove this variable and use the Transform.Rotate method with mouseX and mouseY as first 2 parameters

[verbal dome]

Is your rigidbody's rotation constrained/frozen

If you even have a rb

[obsidian shoal]

no rb

im just moving main cam

[hallow acorn]

ok but i dont think my canvas is DDOL object

[willow scroll]

How can you even rotate the y axis, if you're constantly setting it to 0?

[obsidian granite]

i'm working on a project that generates objects that a square bounces on. my current code generates objects correctly, but there's an issue that makes it so that an object can spawn on the intended path of the square, which makes it so that the object knocks the square off-course. what do you guys think i should do to fix this?

[willow scroll]

Don't spawn it there?

[obsidian granite]

okay so i didn't provide enough info because i didn't want a wall of text, let me rephrase

[rich adder]

are you starting the next scene with the canvas already enabled

[willow scroll]

That's what you should do if you don't want to receive an answer like the one I've provided above

[rich adder]

Check if the position of where you trying to spawn is within the path area

[polar acorn]

Technically they're just called fields but can be referred to as "field variables" to specifically differentiate from "local variables"

[hallow acorn]

yeah i think so as it is enabled before switching

[obsidian granite]

i am making a software to generate one of those "bouncing cube" videos that you see on short-form content where the cube hits the wall according to music. i have my code parsing each note from a midi file and figuring out when the cube should hit a wall. the issue is, sometimes, the correct generation of the walls to the beat of the music makes an object spawn in the path of the cube previously. this is all generated before the cube even starts moving. i'm trying figure out how i can figure out where the cube will have travelled by the time it reaches a certain wall so i can prevent walls from spawning in the way of the cube's path. here's a video showing the issue. you can see in both runs, the cube is knocked off of its course because it hits an object that it was meant to hit later on. the red lines show the intended course.

is that better?

[rich adder]

I'm talking about in the new scene?

[hallow acorn]

it doesnt exist in the new scene. but when i switch back to the old scene its still enabled

[rich adder]

not enough info just by this video. Sure we see the problem but we have no clue how you even genertate anything in the first place, (code) how can we know of any suggestions besides the "just dont spawn it there"

[rich adder]

well yeah things reset on scene change, they are technically brand new objects.
does it already start enabled the first run of scene?

[hallow acorn]

no

[rich adder]

unless you specifically told it to preserve state, aint no way it would stay enabled on its own

[hallow acorn]

i think it lives

[rich adder]

or user error **

well either start showing the setup and script or we can just go in circles speculating

[obsidian granite]

the method is like 100 lines long and nobody wants to read that. even just the relevant part is 50-ish. i'm just asking how i could store all of the locations that an object would have theoretically been if it had a certain velocity. i know i could literally just make a giant list and populate it with all of the locations, but that seems inefficient and there's likely a better option.

if you really want to see the code, here's the hastebin

https://hastebin.com/share/neqofunuvi.java

no clue why it saved as java :(

[forest mist]

Which are the specializations in game programmer field?

[rich adder]

cause c# is pretty much very close to java

[rich adder]

so you're talking about storing like a predicted position/path on the way?

[obsidian granite]

yeah

the entire thing is generated based on where it predicts the cube will be if everything goes right

[hallow acorn]

yeah i fixed it like a real mf. i think its because the variable GameOver is still true after switching so i copied a prefab using setting the value and disabled exploding, falling, or anything else except setting GameOver to false in awake. dont hate me i just want this project finished

[rich adder]

you made a singleton ?

[digital kelp]

Why is my trait variable also being changed?

                ResourceType trait_k = new ResourceType();
                trait_k = trait;
                Debug.Log(trait.resourceAmountShallow);
                trait_k.resourceAmountShallow = 0;
                Debug.Log(trait.resourceAmountShallow);

Am I not creating a new variable trait_k and changing that one instead?
The 2 debugs print different values

[rich adder]

reference types its the same object, you're not cloning it with =
you can make it value types if its just numbers

[hallow acorn]

yeah but i couldnt set it in other scripts idk why so this was the faster method which im never gonna use again and just bc i have to finish the project untill tomorrow

[digital kelp]

So they're both just referencing the same thing?

How can I make a new one then?

[rich adder]

like I said if you only deal with numbers in your class, just use a struct

they always give you a copy

[digital kelp]

There are also strings

if that matters

[rich adder]

should fine

[digital kelp]

But if not how would I copy a class?

[rich adder]

for example you copy the values over to new instance instead of assigning the same instance

you could potentially also look into https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.icloneable?view=net-8.0

or deep copy

[jovial bone]

ik this may sound stupid, but how do draw a filled circle in unity 2d

[rich adder]

public MyClass(MyClass other)
    {
        Id = other.Id;
        Name = other.Name;
    }```
`var myclass = new MyClass(otherObject)`
for example of the first thing I mentioned, make the constructor get the other object to copy

[digital kelp]

alright, ill try

[jovial bone]

i saw a guy use a DrawCircle(vector2 pos, radius, colour)

[rich adder]

are you talking about a debug circle?

Gizmos.DrawSphere ?

[polar acorn]

If that's what you saw, then that's a function they made

That's not built in

[jovial bone]

yeah like

[rich adder]

this isn't a debug circle is it.

just a regular mesh?

[polar acorn]

That's not a debug circle

[jovial bone]

idek bro

i just started unity

[polar acorn]

It's probably better to just use an image

[rich adder]

so how to draw a mesh in unity and go from there

[obsidian granite]

this is how reference types work. a variable with a non-primitive type just refers to the actual object instead of storing the object. this means that if you make another variable equal to the reference, you have two variables pointing at the same thing.

[jovial bone]

ight then ill try that thanks

cus i am trying to create a particle fluid simulator

[ionic zephyr]

I am making a scrollable menu with different slots(which I made prefab) but the thing is that there isn´t going to be a specific number of them. These slots are the receipts the player learns throughout the game

how can I make this menu if I don´t know how much slots are there going to be??

[rich adder]

thats like..very complex..

goodluck lol

[jovial bone]

ikkk ill see

[rich adder]

there was a contest size fitter I think ?

idk this UI stuff much
i spawn all the items in code though, each UI item has a prefab that gets spawn as child of scrollrect then added the content size fitter it automatically expands

[eternal needle]

What part are you uncertain about? This just sounds like a for loop to me for adding each receipt as a child object

[ionic zephyr]

Instantiating them?

[ionic zephyr]

or how

[eternal needle]

Yes instantiate is how you spawn things

[rich adder]

var item = Instantiate(uiPrefab, theContentOfScrollRectTransform)

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, I´ll try then

isnt Instantiating expensive efficiency-whise?

[rich adder]

if you keep destroying and instantiate it creates garbage

ideally instead of destroying you recycle

(Object pooling)

[ionic zephyr]

Oh, okay, I see

[rich adder]

you should not worry at this UI level. How many are you really doing ?

realistically, this is better applied when you keep spwawning something like Bullets, enemies etc.

[jovial bone]

can you make a prefab for a circle sprite and instantiate as a draw circle

can that work?

[rich adder]

thats literally what they suggested #💻┃code-beginner message

but idk how you would apply that to fluid sim

[jovial bone]

o

i see thanks

[rich adder]

are you spawning a whole bunch of small circles to simulate liquid? ig it can work that way

[jovial bone]

yep

[rich adder]

i see. yeah thats not too bad

there are ways with particle system and would prob give better performance but thats way more math heavy

[willow scroll]

#💻┃code-beginner message
There is enough info.
Trying to figure it out right now, but it is hard to come up with a solution, which doesn't decrease the performance too much, when more obstacles are added.

You could store the spawn positions in the list, and then enumerate through the whole list to look for any unwanted intersection points between the position pairs and the previous with target positions

But it's not going to be efficient

[hallow acorn]

i have 2 audiosources on one object and im trying to control both volumes with a slider. i made a script but how can i access both sources bc if i drag my object (where the sources are attached to) into my 2 public audiosources its 2 times the same source

[rich adder]

drag in the specific Component directly, not the gameobject

[hallow acorn]

but i cant bc i dont have two inspectors

[rich adder]

wdym you dont have inspectors

you literally just said

bc if i drag my object (where the sources are attached to) into my 2 public audiosources its 2 times the same source

[hallow acorn]

i dont have two inspectors*

[rich adder]

pop out the inspector or lock it

right click the component, hit Properties

[raw token]

pop and lock it 🕺

[hallow acorn]

oh ok ty

[willow scroll]

@obsidian granite
Haven't worked with Meshes, but, I suppose, you can create the character's path by adjusting a single Mesh's verticles using the newly selected positions, and check whether the target direction intersects it. If not, this is a suitable one.

This should be better than storing them all in a List

[cosmic dagger]

i read that as, "pop, lock, and drop it . . ." 😆

[sturdy drum]

Apologies if this isn't the right channel for this question, but I'm wondering how I can implement a house with a door in a metroidvania, where the inside and outside of the house both occupy and show the player's location as the same spot, but going inside the house changes the map to show the inside instead of the outside. Preferably, this is all done in a single scene

[cosmic dagger]

place the audiosources on separate GameObjects . . .

[rich adder]

same lol

[cosmic dagger]

great minds . . .

[raw token]

Unity Inspector: Krunk Edition

[split dragon]

Hi. I have a question: How can I change the text, leaving it as it is now, but add another string to it.
There is a string = I love you: 0% We are doing something and 0% is changing to other numbers:
I love you: 100%
Of course, it will be possible to write letters in the inspector first, and then write +float in the script, but if the language changes?
How can I change the text by simply adding a new string, leaving the old one?

[raw token]

Can you provide an illustration of that intended outcome?

[sturdy drum]

Unfortunately, I'm out atm and can only provide the full size map. It takes a bit to load and may be hard to see but if I point to you the exact area, would that work?

[cosmic dagger]

store "I love you" and the value in separate variables, then combine them when you assign the text, like . . .
text = $"{ILoveYouVariable}: {valueVariable}";

[eternal needle]

You could also just have 2 different texts

[raw token]

Anything might help :P

I just couldn't quite grok what you are describing... My best interpretation is that the interior of the house is separate from the external world-space (so like rabbit hole buildings - the interior could be could like be a different size than would actually fit in the exterior as rendered), and you have a minimap of the exterior environment which displays a marker for the character on the house?

[cosmic dagger]

@split dragon yeah, you can have 2 separate ui text GameObjects and align them . . .

[broken cargo]

string label = "I love you: {0}%";
string.Format(label, 100f);

[split dragon]

Yes. Of course, it can be done this way, but if I change the language, then there will only be letters

[eternal needle]

What does changing the language have to do with anything?

[split dragon]

Yes, I have already done everything here and it will be difficult now to do 2 texts everywhere(

[rich adder]

why not use Localization package

[cosmic dagger]

sounds like you want localization . . .

[rich adder]

mate. don't crosspost

[sturdy drum]

Again, apologies for any clarity issues. The picture does take some time to fully load

[craggy lava]

sry but i am stressed since it wont work

[split dragon]

i use her

[split dragon]

Well, look. Let's assume. that we have a slider and a text that changes from the value of slider.value: "Viewing range: 300." If I change the language, then there will only be letters: "Viewing range: ",because it is written that way

[rich adder]

and that means what ? everyone has their own issue they want to fix, no need to break server rules n crosspost

[craggy lava]

i am sry i reget it

[rich adder]

its fine lol just a heads up for the future

[craggy lava]

yea well i dont know how this google play games work

[rich adder]

no clue I dont use google play

[broken cargo]

look into string formatting in c#

[eternal needle]

Honestly I have no clue what you mean. This just sounds like a logic issue. Like why isnt it always appending the number when its displayed?

"Its written that way" well write it differently

[sturdy drum]

@raw token Here's a better focus, and hopefully they're easier to see

[languid spire]

did you even bother looking at this before uploading it?

[sturdy drum]

Yes, I'm aware of clarity issues. That was stated above.

[raw token]

I'm no pro, but just spitballing: you could position you interiors in some far-flung corner of the scene (or separate scenes with additive scene loading) and have your doors keep a reference to their paired counterpart, and maybe like a flag indicating if the door is an interior or exterior door. On interaction with a door, teleport the player to the corresponding door, and if they've entered an interior set a flag on the player indicating that they are now in an interior.

Maybe use a property on the player to expose their "overworld position." If they're not in an interior, it would just return their world-space position, but if they are in an interior it could return their last known world-space position. Render their position on the minimap based on that property.

You could maybe make it all more robust by explicitly describing interiors, maybe with like a Scriptable Object asset, or a script on the interior's root object. This way the interiors could be definitively associated with specific "overworld positions," and doors/portals could inform the player about the attributes of their current interior

[queen wren]

Anybody knows what is going on here?

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error (active) CS0246 The type or namespace name 'SceneAsset' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) Assembly-CSharp.Player F:\Unity\Broken Wings\Assets== Codes ==\SCK\GridManager.cs 25

I could get back to string or scenes ID but I like to drag and drop stuff on inspector 😁

[white nest]

any pointers on how i can get the player to rotate with the platform? i tried parenting the player movement to the platform as ive seen others suggest and it doesn't work it kinda just gets stuck when i do that.

[queen wren]

Parent the player to the platform

[white nest]

read what i just said

[hallow acorn]

why does it gives me an error? im pretty sure i set the variable. https://gdl.space/hutotozare.cs heres the code where the error occures

[pliant sleet]

can i change the base scale of a sprite ? like before dragging it in the scene

or hierarchy

[polar acorn]

Counter is null

[raw token]

As an after thought, you could also actually store the interiors in the same x/y space as the exterior but at a deeper z depth. If you lined up the doors, this might let you relatively easily pull off some neat transitions within the same scene... though that might get finnicky in some situations

[polar acorn]

Don't know why you circled a completely different script though

[cosmic dagger]

this is a picture of the wrong script . . .

the code provided is from CanonMain . . .

but the inspector image shows Projectile . . .

[glossy turtle]

In the update method do this player.transform.rotation= platform.transform.rotation.

[rose canyon]

hey im a 3d designer and i wanted to work on a project with people for my practice so i would pretty much make u free 3d assets, which channel can i go to to advertise this?

[white nest]

will do 👍

[cosmic dagger]

the unity discord does not have such a channel . . .

[rose canyon]

okay thanks ill go somewhere else 😅

[polar acorn]

Yes we could see that in your first images. counter is null. Where do you set counter on CanonMain?

[cosmic dagger]

the image you linked is from the Projectile script. make sure counter is assigned in the CanonMain script . . .

[hallow acorn]

it is

[eternal needle]

This will only rotate the object, not actually move it along with the platforms rotation.

[polar acorn]

1. is counter an int
2. can an int even be null

[cosmic dagger]

the error says otherwise . . .

[hallow acorn]

im a bit brainrotted right now haha

[cosmic dagger]

it is your script; it is your variable . . .

[white nest]

🙃

[sturdy drum]

the Z depth is genius. Then this way, the xy is functionally the same, and the basements could be on the same Z axis so a screen transition isn't needed for the basement, while the player marker is in front on a higher Z axis so it's always visible. Is this what you mean?

[cosmic dagger]

@hallow acorn line 10 of the script you provided. that variable is not assigned . . .

[hallow acorn]

oh yeah i assigned it at the brefab but actually the prefab is never used bc the firepoints where the canonmain script is attached to are different object idk why i made this prefab lol

assigned it to the actual scripts and it works now

[twin bolt]

Does anyone know why my player runs faster when running diagonally, or pressing W and D or W and A? https://hastebin.com/share/masokinimo.java

[polar acorn]

normalize your move direction before you multiply speed

[eternal needle]

The suggestion you were given doesnt even make sense given the question. This problem isnt as easy, you need to calculate how far to actually move the object on top of platforms each time the platform moves.
You should have some way of combining movements before actually moving your player. So you would basically be adding like the movement from input and external forces (the platform). You might be able to just use the local position of where the player is on the platform to start then calculate deltas. Though I dont know an exact solution, was just trying to tell you the other one wasnt even a solution

[twin bolt]

You mean normalize(), on desiredMoveDirection?

[white nest]

well thanks for not making me waste my time with that at least.

[raw token]

I actually hadn't considered how that would affect the minimap 😅

But I definitely think it's an interesting possibility that would be fun to explore though. The tricky bits I envision are that 2D collisions don't care about z depth, so the interiors would probably need to be inactive until the player enters them, and maybe like input locked for the duration of the transition animation. The trickiest bit may be cases where an interior has multiple portals which cannot all be aligned with their overworld counterparts simultaneously

[sturdy drum]

I'll take this all into account. Thank you for helping good sir! I'll test this out and see how it works out

[raw token]

Cheers! 🍻 I'd be interested to hear how it develops

[stuck palm]

private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        velocity.y += (-9.81* GameManager.Instance.deltaTime) * timeScale;
        transform.position += velocity; 

why is this going so fast? have i messed something up here

[raw token]

Math looks fine to me - only weird bits I see are if GameManager.Instance.deltaTime does not reflect Time.fixedDeltaTime, or timeScale is nutty

[stuck palm]

GameManager.Instance.deltaTime is 0.01666666

1/60

[eternal needle]

Did you debug what all the values are? Also does the velocity.y ever get set to 0 because this code shows that its only added to constantly

0 meaning like when its grounded

[mint remnant]

why using 2 different time variables for essentially t^2

[eternal needle]

Looks more like it's a custom time scale for this object, which itself is valid. It being 1/60 though is kinda weird

[stuck palm]

im not doing any grounded stuff, im just messing with velocity using a fixed point system

[stuck palm]

wait

[stuck palm]

timeScale is 1

deltaTime is 1/60

sorry i miswrote

[eternal needle]

Still, have you debugged anything related to this?

[stuck palm]

yeah, it seems to be fine, one sec

[eternal needle]

If you arent setting it to 0 ever, what's stopping objects from accumulating velocity while standing around

[stuck palm]

im just testing stuff right now, im literally rewriting the system from scratch

[raw token]

FixedUpdate() likely won't be executing at 1/60s intervals unless you've configured it as such, for what it's worth. But I would think that that discrepancy would slow things down instead of speeding them up

[stuck palm]

i've configured the fixedupdate timestep to be 1/60

https://imgur.com/wKcCPYX

[mint remnant]

you are both += the velocity and also += the position

[stuck palm]

idk if you can read thsi

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ if the values seem fine and you're having an issue, then you've likely not shown some code

[stuck palm]

isnt that how youre meant to do that?

[stuck palm]

are the values fine though?

[eternal needle]

This isn't the issue, please dont guess at stuff

[eternal needle]

How am I supposed to know? I told you to debug it

[stuck palm]

it appears to be moving the position by the velocity each frame. is that normal behaviour?

[raw token]

Ah wait... Your change in position should be multiplied by the time

[stuck palm]

so both of them or just the position?

[raw token]

dv = a * t
dp = v * t

Both

[dense matrix]

"p" for position, while intuitive, somehow just sits wrong with me

[stuck palm]

oh yeah there you go

[dense matrix]

I'm too physics-y based to think "momentum" there

[raw token]

hahaha yeah 😅

It's been a while since I took physics. I'm sure there's a more... appropriate symbol

ddisplacement? dtranslation?

[dense matrix]

What

[stuck palm]

works now, thanks! i can start working on other things now

[dense matrix]

I just typed "x" and

"dx" would be a change in position

(strictly, "x" should be in bold or underlined, if it's representing a vector)

But I'm amazed that the server moderation considered that an inexpicable phrase here

[eternal needle]

I'm not sure what kind of school taught you that

[raw token]

I really need to take some dedicated time to go back and study physics and calculus again, now that I actually care about it

[dense matrix]

I said "strictly"; in practice if it's contextually understood that x is a vector, than adding extra labelling to it is kind of erroneous

...If needs be, I'm British

[eternal needle]

I understood what you wrote, but underlining or bolding is definitely not convention, anywhere

The only notation I've seen is a line above, which my upper year profs didnt even enforce because no one understood wtf he was doing anyways

[dense matrix]

I'm coming at this from a maths perspective; I'm aware other disciplines use different conventions

That might have caused this confusion

[dense matrix]

Heck, I'd be confused by this as well, because it'd look like a statistical mean to me

Btw, unrelated, and this might be a dumb question

but does anyone use VS Code instead of Visual Studio 20XX?

I have both 2019 and 2022 installed (...for some reason), but I think Code just... looks nicer? idk

[stuck palm]

Rider gang

[raw token]

Virtually everyone on Mac and Linux (if they're not using Rider). Some prefer it on Windows as well, but the Unity integration is a little more temperamental. I use VSCode for everything but C/C#

[dense matrix]

Is Rider another code editor?

[raw token]

Yeah! JetBrains generally has a great line of premium IDEs

[dense matrix]

Also, on Windows is there much of a difference...?

i.e. between Code and 20XX

[craggy lava]

No errors being thrown just not working this google play game authentication its setup right

https://hastebin.com/share/jotaxeheda.csharp

[dense matrix]

(cos I have heard of people using 20XX for C/C# specifically, and Code for anything else)

[raw token]

Entirely different pieces of software - they share almost nothing. VS was implemented entirely as a native program, while VSCode's front-end is powered exclusively by web-techs. That flexibility lends well to extensibility and configurability :)

For whatever reason, I've found that VS with C/C# projects just sort of inherently works without much fiddling or configuration, but - at least when I last tried - VSCode was a pain to get working with my C projects

[dense matrix]

So, if I'm editing C# code in Code, is it only because I have 20XX that Unity can interpret it correctly or...

[raw token]

Oh no not at all - I believe Code has pretty good C# support through extensions nowadays, and Unity did recently revamp their VSCode support. It should work independently of whether or not you have VS installed, though you may need to install the build tools separately - I'm not entirely sure

!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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[dense matrix]

Ah

[raw token]

Ah nice - the unity extension installs the toolchain

[dense matrix]

See, I'd been learning C# through Microsoft's Learn courses, and they'd been using Code for some time

So I'd just sticked with Code

[raw token]

Totally valid! There for a good while Unity stopped supporting their VSCode integration and the debugger stopped working... that's likely the only reason I didn't start out on Unity with VSCode. But not a problem, nowadays

[dense matrix]

I think I'd only had VS because of some file extractions and such lol

And like once, only to learn how to build a Razor website lol

okay that's one lol too many 😅

[summer stump]

Just fyi, call it Visual Studio or VS, not 20xx

[dense matrix]

yh I just realised that lol

(I've got two copies of it that's all)

[raw token]

Microsoft's become really horrible at naming things... See: their recent Game Pass changes 👀

[summer stump]

In the context it was very clear, but if you said that later, people would likely be confused haha.
All good though

[summer stump]

I mean, Fen is colorblind and only recently realized the logos are different colors too. They are way too similar in name AND logo

[raw token]

Oh wow I hadn't heard that 😅. That does make things all the worse

I guess we should also throw in VS for Mac not having any relationship with VS for Windows

My god Microsoft

[summer stump]

I heard they were completely doing away with vs for Mac?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/what-happened-to-vs-for-mac?view=vsmac-2022

[raw token]

probably for the best

[dense matrix]

Sucks to be a Mac user

[stiff abyss]

Why I dont have that opion vector2

[craggy lava]

Yea it sucks to be one since i cant use VS on mac and i might need it when i am going to study data science or if i get license to jetbrains (i have macbook but i use windows to make games)

[stuck palm]

whats the math behind vector2.reflect?

[dense matrix]

It seems to take two arguments - the first being the incidence vector, the second being the normal of the surface you're reflecting against

[raw token]

That may be something to ask in #🖱️┃input-system

[stiff abyss]

Ok

[dense matrix]

At least, as far as I gather from the Unity Documentation

[ionic zephyr]

how can I check if a GameObject is active?

[dense matrix]

You might need to adapt this into 2D, but https://chicio.medium.com/how-to-calculate-the-reflection-vector-7f8cab12dc42 goes over the 3D variant

[raw token]

If you're studying with an accredited institution, JetBrains's educational license is free :)

[cosmic dagger]

that's an easy google search . . .

[raw token]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject-activeSelf.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject-activeInHierarchy.html

[craggy lava]

idk i will find out since i have not started yet

[eternal needle]

Theres tons of overlaps in math like this. I mean im not doubting you may have used an underline but bolding is just weird. Not possible to really write by hand

[dense matrix]

Yh emboldening is more common in print, for obvious reasons

[craggy lava]

yea i see i can get it for free because i can apply for github student thingy with my schools name i just need to start and then i can use the mail

[eternal needle]

For stuff like this you should google it, youtube tutorials will draw it out. The dimension doesnt matter (2d or 3d) the concept is still the same. Websites like medium are generally extremely shit. Anyone can write an article and theres no way to really know if its accurate

[waxen goblet]

What does this mean

[polar acorn]

Something on that line is null but you're trying to use it anyway

[languid spire]

you have a null reference on line 16 of SceneTransition

[waxen goblet]

thank you

[stuck palm]

i ended up literally just control clicking and reading the math that way

[eternal needle]

I dont really recommend doing this as it can be misleading. Remember that we have to implement operators, that operator might do more than just multiplication. For example look at quaternion * quaternion.
Plus the drawings for this stuff will be miles more useful

[summer stump]

Vs for Mac was just resigned vs code anyway. There was never a true visual studio on mac

[thorn canyon]

Im trying to make a zero g player controller (like outer wilds) with fully axis independent movement. I need camera lerping for the smooth feel. Heres what I tried, but when the player goes upside down, the controls are inverted.

Quaternion yAxis = Quaternion.AngleAxis(pitch, Vector3.right);
Quaternion xAxis = Quaternion.AngleAxis(yaw, Vector3.up);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, xAxis * yAxis, drag * Time.deltaTime);```

[languid spire]

These are world space, you need to make them transform relative

[thorn canyon]

i tried doing transform.up & .right, just bugged everything out

heres a previous solution i had that worked, but I couldn't figure out how to lerp it. csharp //transform.Rotate(Vector3.right * Mathf.DeltaAngle(pitchOld, pitch), Space.Self); //transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * Mathf.DeltaAngle(yawOld, yaw), Space.Self);

[languid spire]

maybe the player.transform as that is what you want to be relative to

[thorn canyon]

the transform in that script is the player

camera controls & playermovement are in the same script for me

[thorn canyon]

and i tried using mathf.lerp on pitch & yaw, but instead of lerping the rotations it essentially just slows the camera down

[languid spire]

so this

transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, xAxis * yAxis, drag * Time.deltaTime);

changes the rotation of the player not the camera?

[thorn canyon]

yeah, zero g movement where the player moves

thats what i want

sense theres no camera clamping

[languid spire]

then why are you talking about camera lerping whilst not showing camera code

[thorn canyon]

yeah i guess its not camera code technically, but its separate from the movement so i don't know what else to call it

its the code im using for the players view

[thorn canyon]

do you have any ideas

[thorn canyon]

a way to lerp this would work too

[olive lintel]

hey guys, can anyone tell me whats going on here exactly? the last time seen float should update every frame while the target is in view, but as you can see here it is continuously set to zero. I have checked EVERY single script and none of them are doing this, and debug.logged every single time lasttimeseen is set, yet at no point is any script setting it to zero. does anyone know what might be going on? I even added the code on the right to tell me if the float its being set to is ever zero, but I'm not seeing anything in the console. Any help with this is massively appreciated.

I also set the targets[] array to be SerializeField to make sure absolutely NO other scripts are altering this value

as a matter of fact, no matter what I do setting this float value to ANYTHING, such as adding time.deltatime to it doesn't even work

and for some reason no matter what I do the same thing happens with the ID integer

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you're constantly assigning it a new active target that has zero for the last time seen

[olive lintel]

see last time seen is always being set to Time.time, I also added a debug.log to whenever a target is updated, deleted, or added and its all working correctly

so I'm completely baffled

[ivory bobcat]

I'm not referring to assigning to last time seen

I'm referring to assigning a new active target to that element in the array

[polar acorn]

structs are passed by value, chances are you're updating the lastTimeSeen of one that's no longer being referenced anywhere. Try changing it out for a class and see if you get the same problem. If you still do, then we'll need to see more context, !code to share the full script

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```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[olive lintel]

https://hastebin.com/share/owudebegiv.csharp

[olive lintel]

sorry I don't quite follow, do you mean when the activeTarget is being created?

I'm also setting lastTimeSeen to Time.time here

(and the lastTimeSeen being passed in is also Time.time)

I just did it multiple times because I was starting to lose it

[polar acorn]

Did you try changing your struct to a class?

[olive lintel]

oh my goodness I'm so sorry

[polar acorn]

I have a feeling you're changing the lastTimeSeen on a copy of the activeTarget, not the original

[olive lintel]

when predicting the targets movement I forgot to return the lastTimeSeen to the returnTarget

dang that was all for nothing

sorry about that 😬 I just realised it while reading the code again

[polar acorn]

Ah that's fine, value types can sometimes be like stepping on landmines

[olive lintel]

yeah my fault I forgot that the target has to be rebuilt completely when updating its predicted movement

[ivory bobcat]

Inside the movedTarget function, you're potentially returning a new active target

I'm assuming this new active target would have a time of zero and if it ran every frame, the last time seen value would always be zero

[vapid yew]

I have made a sphere primitive in blender (242 verts, 480 tris) which has less tris and verts than the native Unity 3D sphere (515 verts 768 tris).

When it comes to high velocity collisions, should I opt into using a mesh collider with my custom sphere primitive as the mesh or use a sphere collider?
What is better for performance? Are there hidden downsides/overhead to using the mesh collider?

[drowsy oriole]

Based off my last problem where i had to use if one thing, else another thing on an OnTriggerEnter(), would I be able to do smth like OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider, other)? Or something like that

[polar acorn]

A primitive collider is always better than a mesh collider.

The sphere collider isn't "A mesh collider except that mesh is a sphere" it's a completely different thing

[vapid yew]

Can you explain why? On face value I assume that my sphere primitive is objectively better.

[polar acorn]

Because you can't get more efficient than "center and radius" which is what it uses to compute collisions

it's not a mesh, it's math

[vapid yew]

Okay that's perfect thanks 👍

[drowsy oriole]

Can I use 2 Colliders on an OnTriggerEnter

[polar acorn]

All collisions are between two colliders

The one that's running it, and the one it hit

[drowsy oriole]

No, I mean can I use OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider, other)?

[raw token]

The signature of your Unity Messages like OnTriggerEnter() has to match one of the signatures provided by Unity. So in this case, no

[polar acorn]

Do you see that signature on the page?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

[drowsy oriole]

No, its a project my friend has, he has smth like that where you have collider and other

[polar acorn]

OnTriggerEnter takes a collider that this object has hit

All collisions occur between exactly two colliders. This one and the other one

There's no such thing as colliding with two other objects. That's two different collisions

[raw token]

Without seeing the code we can only speculate. If it's true that he has some method taking in multiple arguments, then I would guess it's a custom method, and not the one which is a part of the Unity API

[drowsy oriole]

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider, other)

if(other.transform.CompareTag = (bannedlol))
(Ignore the bannedlol)

[polar acorn]

That's very invalid syntax

[drowsy oriole]

Here, gimme a sec and Ill give you the exact code

[languid snow]

hi, i found a random tutorial on youtube to make something look at the mouse. in that tutorial he sets the mouse position as this. What is screen to world point and why does he use it? I read the unity manual but i didnt understand it 😔

[drowsy oriole]

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider, other)
{
if(other.transform.CompareTag = (kickstick))

{
    StartCoroutine(TestPressCheck());
}

if (!base.enabled || !(touchTime + debounceTime < Time.time))
{
    return;
}
touchTime = Time.time;
Debug.Log("collision detected" + collider, collider);

[raw token]

That would still throw a multiple compiler errors - it's not valid

[polar acorn]

That's still very invalid syntax

[drowsy oriole]

Just tell me how I can get Collider collider and other on OnTriggerEnter

[raw token]

What do you expect other to even be??

[polar acorn]

So, a position on your screen doesn't necessarily mean the same place in the world. Imagine your mouse is dead center on your screen, and you're pointing at a sign. If you spin the camera, the mouse is still dead center, but now your mouse is over a door. The screen position hasn't changed, but the world position that spot corresponds to has. This function takes a camera and checks a screen position on it, and gets back the world point that is actually over.

[drowsy oriole]

I've done this before but, only with Collider other

[polar acorn]

Again, you cannot

[ivory bobcat]

Not sure where you've copied that from but it's invalid

[polar acorn]

The thing you want to happen is fundamentally impossible and the code you've provided would not compile

[raw token]

You can call the parameter whatever you want - collider, other, bob, susan. But there's only one argument

[drowsy oriole]

Then, how do I fix it

[polar acorn]

A collision occurs between two and only two objects. This object, and the other one.

[polar acorn]

What is the "it" you want to fix

[raw token]

You've never described a problem?

[polar acorn]

You've never specified a problem

[languid snow]

forgot to mention it was 2d im stupid

[drowsy oriole]

I need an other and a collider Collider, is there a substitute for that?

[polar acorn]

That still works, just replace my example of "turning around" with "panning the camera"

[ivory bobcat]

The signature for On Trigger Enter only takes one parameter https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

[languid snow]

oh ok

[polar acorn]

What does this mean

[raw token]

We don't know what you want other to be

[languid snow]

thank you :D

[drowsy oriole]

Other is a collider with a tag called bannedlol

[polar acorn]

And what is its relationship to the collision

is it the object you've collided with

[raw token]

How is it distinct from collider?

[polar acorn]

or just some freaky collider that likes to sit in the corner and watch

[drowsy oriole]

It gives me errors with collider

[polar acorn]

What errors

[drowsy oriole]

When a collider with the tag "bannedlol" collides with the player, they get banned

Other is that collider

[polar acorn]

So, check the collider you get in the parameter

Why do you need a second parameter?

[drowsy oriole]

Idk lemme try smth

[ivory bobcat]

You need to use only one or the other. You've meshed two completely different sets of code together and are simply trying to wing it without thinking or understanding the code. Just use either collider or other. They are simply alias' for how you'd refer to the collider that triggered the event.

[raw token]

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider crunchwrapSupreme) {
  if (crunchwrapSupreme.gameObject.CompareTag("bannedlol")) {
    // ...

There's one argument which is a Collider, and you change it's identifier to whatever you want. collider and other are just popular names and conventions - but the name itself does not matter, so long as you use it throughout the method body

[supple garden]

How to properly attach the weapon to the sprite? i made it the child of the sprite. Placed it on top of hand. but when i play in editor, weapon's position is changed. Im not using rigging and i dont want because i really dont know how, used the animation rigging package and 2d animation package but nothings working.

[ivory bobcat]

In the body of the code, they've likely Frankensteined random bits from the internet that addresses the object triggering the event as collider or other but did not understand that the name doesn't matter - it's referring to the same object.

[polar acorn]

More likely this "friend" they copied the code from was ChatGPT

[cobalt atlas]

So I am making a top down 3D game and I have powerups that I want to be transparent. the issue is that I want the transparency to only be for specific game objects. for example When a enemy goes through the powerup I want to see the enemy through it but I dont want to see my background through the powerup as it just looks weird. is there a easy way to fix this issue?

[drowsy oriole]

I cant do it on one collider

[raw token]

You're using CompareTag() incorrectly. See the docs

[drowsy oriole]

I need CompareTag

[drowsy oriole]

No its if(collider.transform.CompareTag)

[fading mountain]

if other.tag == "example tag"

[drowsy oriole]

No

[raw token]

That's still wrong

[polar acorn]

Why are you trying to assign a value to a method

[ivory bobcat]

On the very first line after the function header, place this line (dirty port):cs var other = collider;You'll be able to use other throughout this function now. Remove , other from the function header.

[drowsy oriole]

You dont understand

[polar acorn]

No we understand just fine

you don't

Your code is wrong for many reasons

That has absolutely nothing to do with the fact your variable is not named "other"

[drowsy oriole]

No Ik what im doing, ive done this before it just wont let me do it this time

[raw token]

Here's the example from the docs:

        if (other.gameObject.CompareTag("Player")) {

What does yours look like?

[polar acorn]

You really don't

This has never worked

[drowsy oriole]

Fine, ill try

[polar acorn]

it's not that it won't let you "this time" it's that the code you wrote is wrong

It was wrong

it will always be wrong

So look at the documentation

and use the function correctly

[frosty hound]

@drowsy oriole Use a thread so you don't flood this channel

[drowsy oriole]

Oke

I need help with collider enters

[fading mountain]

hey guys. I'm trying to implement a particle system. unfortunately when this method is called (PlayBloodEffect()) it correctly sets the position to the position of the player but it doesnt play the effect, as the Debug.Log(bloodEffect.isPlaying) returns false. how do I play my particle system?
code: https://gdl.space/litikajoma.cs

[flint abyss]

hello guys, i want to learn to make games in unity so im starting with learning c#, but i don't know where to start. so how should i? like a youtube tutorial or something?

[polar acorn]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[polar acorn]

Is bloodSplash on an active object in the scene?

[dim yew]

is there something akin to a list that allows you to store things under strings rather than integers? i tried googling this like 40 times but couldn't find a way to word it

[polar acorn]

Dictionary

You can key them by any type, not just strings

It's a lookup table, give it a key, get the specified value

[dim yew]

ahhhh thank you

[fading mountain]

yes

[dim yew]

will look into this

[polar acorn]

Including any parent objects? If a parent of a particle system is disabled, it would also not play

[fading mountain]

Someone in another server just told me that it has to be an instance reference not a prefab reference. I was referencing a prefab

[polar acorn]

Ah, so then it wasn't an active object in the scene

[fading mountain]

well it is in the scene, I dragged it over

but the reference is to the prefab

not to the instance thats in the scene

[polar acorn]

Remember, a Prefab is just an object that lives in the file system instead of a scene. When you put one in the scene, that one is no longer a prefab, it's an instance of the prefab

[cobalt atlas]

I have a top down game and I made a object transparent but I only want the transparency to be for another specific gameobject is that possible to do easily? Like have it for example when a enemy goes through a powerup it will show the enemy through it but not the lines of my ground

[flint abyss]

Im trying to find something, but that just doesn't help. I don't really want a course, like a spreadsheet or a video maybe? Because all i find is courses.

[stray thorn]

does anyone know what IEnumerator does in a script?

im trying to understand every part of this code idk what an IEnumertor does

[fading mountain]

its a coroutine. It allows you to execute code after a delay

[hollow slate]

search for "coroutines in Unity" and you'll find plenty of stuff.

it can be very useful.

[flint abyss]

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[eternal falcon]

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[stray thorn]

okay ty

[sour spear]

am i correct in understanding Time.deltaTime = 1/framerate?

[dense matrix]

yes............?

[polar acorn]

Yes

[dense matrix]

iirc it's the time elapsed between the current frame and the previous frame

Running a Debug.Log(Time.deltaTime) in a void Update function should show you its output in real time

In a stable, smooth framerate, that would be 1/framerate

[sour spear]

thats what i thought but for some reason i forgot basic c#

[raw token]

I want to try my hand at a really terrible high-level analogy. Bear with me 🐻

IEnumerators are like a little machine with a button and a slot. Each time you push the button, it does some work and spits something out of the slot, then goes dormant until the button is pressed once more. It repeats this until if and when it runs out of things to spit out.

The code in our methods which return an IEnumerator runs up until the point that it encounters a yield return foobar;, at which point it spits out foobar and goes dormant. The next time that the button is pressed it picks up from the next line, and again runs until the next yield return or the end of the method.

When we pass an IEnumerator to StartCoroutine(), we're handing Unity our machine so it can push the button and consume whatever it spits out. And Unity expects our machine to spit out special "yield instructions," through which we tell Unity when we would like the button to next be pressed.

yield return null will tell Unity to execute our IEnumerator again from where it left off in one frame, and the others like yield return new WaitForSeconds(2); are more self-explanatory.

This sort of logic sequence which depends on successive parts running after specific delays can totally be written in other ways, but using IEnumerators as Unity Coroutines is often a much more convenient and succinct way to accomplish it.

[summer stump]

In an unstable non-smooth framerate it is also 1/framerate

[dense matrix]

Figures

It's more that, iirc, one value isn't tethered to the other

Like, deltaTime doesn't look at the Framerate for calculation

And similarly Framerate isn't calculated via deltaTime

Feel free to correct me tho...

[summer stump]

I think both "look" at a common value, which is the time taken since the last frame

[young lava]

Hi! I just had a question about good practice when it comes to using the more expensive side of operations. I know that calling GetComponent can be bad when located in a method that is called frequently, such as the update method. However, I was wondering how frequently is bad for GetComponent? For example, I have an attack that spawns 5 projectiles and I need to access a script component on each projectile when it is spawned, would this be an acceptable rate?

[summer stump]

Yes, that is totally fine.
Best to just instantiate the component you want directly though

public Projectile prefab

Projectile new = Instantiate(pPrefab);

[young lava]

Got it! Thank you! ^^

[supple garden]

My transition for character is going well but i changed noting did everything same but my weapon is not transitioning state. I used debug log in script so issue there. Issue is in transitioning.

i have even made it from scratch but still its not wprking

[summer stump]

I have no clue what any of this means

[supple garden]

Simply put, my weapon is not transitioning from idle state to attack state. Even though I've done everything right.

[summer stump]

If you did everything right, it would be working. So something was clearly done wrong.
With the 0 details you have provided that is all I can say.
Best to provide the code so we can see and help.

[supple garden]

I have used the same values for transitioning of character's state and that works @summer stump

[summer stump]

Ok, and the code?

[supple garden]

this is the function im using and calling it in Update

[summer stump]

Ok, and no nullReferenceException?

And you are sure the characterAnimator is the correct one?

[supple garden]

YES!!! Nothing I fixed all the errors. I even tried debug log and it was working perfectly.

[supple garden]

yes

[obsidian granite]

when is OnAttack being called

oh in update

mbn

check to make sure the if statement is being executed, do a print inside of it

i'm not sure why it wouldn't be, but always good to check

[supple garden]

I did check and it is.

[supple garden]

and the triggers are same for both character and weapon. Character is moving but weapon is not. I also tried to do it separately, with different trigger names but nothing works

btw, i am also using different animator controllers. I tried to add layer but it was duplicating the weapon. so i just made anoter animator controller for it

[obsidian granite]

as in, there are two Animator components?

[supple garden]

yeah. one for weapon and one for character

[obsidian granite]

only one is being touched here though

[supple garden]

i have made the trigger names same

[obsidian granite]

that doesn't matter, they're separate animators

[summer stump]

Each animator has its own trigger.
The trigger name is irrelevant

That is why I asked if it is the right animator
If characterAnimator is not the one on the weapon, then of course it will not wkrk

[obsidian granite]

exactly

[obsidian granite]

make sure you're calling SetTrigger on both animators

weaponAnimator.SetTrigger("attack");
characterAnimator.SetTrigger("attack");

you'll have to get a reference for both animators

probably easiest to just make them public fields and assign them in the inspector

but do it however you want

[supple garden]

this didnt work

[obsidian granite]

what's your code

[supple garden]

lemme try this

[supple garden]

also didnt work

[supple garden]

i also tried to do it in separate functions but that also didnt help

just in case you guys know, im not using avatar mask

[obsidian granite]

all of the variables are defined properly?

[supple garden]

YUP

[obsidian granite]

try going in and manually setting the trigger and see if that works

[supple garden]

sorry wdym by manually?

[obsidian granite]

like play your game, click on the sprite, go to the animator panel, and manually enable the trigger

[supple garden]

ohhh okay okay!!

[supple garden]

still not working

[obsidian granite]

then something's wrong with how the animator's set up, the code's fine

idk much abt animation

[supple garden]

exactly. i even started from scratch but still its not working lol.

[dim yew]

is it possible to use a dictionary to enable/disable something? i have a dictionary of spriterenderers and have no idea how to actually use them

[silk night]

Are you planing to disable a specific element or all of them?

and can you show us the code snippet where your dictionary is declared?

[dim yew]

disable all but one

sure 1 sec

[silk night]

so i guess you want to enable one selected element and disable all others, something like that? 😄

[dim yew]

yeah exactly

unity taking 100000 years to open sorry

[silk night]

And i guess your dictionary is Dictionary<"key", "element to disable">?

[summer stump]

Use the key to get the value (which I assume is the renderer) like this myDict[myKey]
Then disable it
myDict[myKey].enabled = false
Basically the same as an array

[obsidian granite]

speaking of dictionaries, what's the data structure that the Dictionary class implements? i don't why c# doesn't name its collections based on the data structure that it implements (i.e. a list not being called arraylist).

i'm assuming it's a hashmap but

idk maybe it's some weird form of map that i've never heard of

[dim yew]

ahhhh this works perfectly

thanks

[wintry quarry]

It's an associative array

And because the data structure isn't the most relevant information for the user

HashMap is just a Java class name BTW

[obsidian granite]

ik, the data structure is called a hash table iirc

been a second since i took data structures

[wintry quarry]

Basically there are many names for what that thing is called

Dictionary is one of them

[obsidian granite]

i don't hear dictionary much tho

i've heard unordered assosciative array, but that's too verbose for me

[wintry quarry]

Well you'll hear it a lot in C#

[obsidian granite]

i think i've only ever heard it (outside of c# ofc), in Roblox, where their data structure, "tables", have a hashtable and an array implementation at the same time. pretty cool stuff

but they call the hashtable implementation a dictionary

[dim yew]

is there a way to serialize a dictionary? or is there a better alternative of some sort?

[wintry quarry]

Google unity serialized dictionary

[rich adder]

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

[wintry quarry]

Otherwise just serialize a list of key/value pair structs and populate the dictionary at runtime

Which btw is exactly what the serializable dictionary does.

[dim yew]

thanks i'll read into this

[green ledge]

funny, I've never heard of that term before, I've been reading through Skeet's book though, so maybe it'll appear there?

ah. That's why, I've mostly been hearing TMap/Map/HashMap/Table/Dictionary.

Associative Array is literally just another term on a pool of terms for the same thing.

[summer stump]

They were talking about Dictionary when they said that
But yeah Associative array is a good term to know

[green ledge]

It's... just one of a million

Computer Science has a way to make one thing mean 20 million things because it seems like no one's quite sure what to call an idea.

If only IEEE could actually standardize computer science fully.

I can think of zero use cases for "Associative Array" when most people are taught Map/HashMap/Dictionary

If I were to even walk up to my lecturer with that, they would raise a brow at that term

Because it is the most verbose descriptor for something that doesn't need a verbose descriptor.

[eternal needle]

I dont really find this true. Dictionary for example is really an extremely common word in computer science, used in many languages. Sure some languages might write it differently but that's really one quick google search. The overall concept of it is the same though and generally understood in those who have some experience.

And multiple things all meaning one thing is something that just exists.. everywhere. Even in our english language

[green ledge]

I would hate to envision a world where someone writing the C# standards wrote "AssociativeArray" instead of "Dictionary" as the generic type

[ivory bobcat]

It would be the same as function and method - they are not called voids! You'd simply understand that they are the same (even the ill use of the word "void"), yet called different things. This isn't really a computer science specific issue though and there aren't twenty million different names for any one thing, tbf - a bit exaggerated.

[ivory bobcat]

They could possibly refer to the pattern as a map and you'd just have to accept that hopefully with some description, you'll be able to associate the name with the behavior/pattern/structure.

[eternal needle]

I could see the statement "one thing means 20 million things" true is if you come from a pure software eng background instead of hands on computer science. From everyone ive asked in my area, most uni's teaching SE here focus on the theory aka drawing circles and squares and acting like you planned a whole architecture. I did CS degree but Ive done a lot of SE courses. There really are a lot of confusing terms because all of them mean nothing (yes i hate SE). In CS here though, you learn terms that actually having meaning because well you're applying them in practice and actually coding something.

[green ledge]

Software Eng. & Games Programming backgrounds

Computer Science is the more mathematics/concept based side

SEng & GProg focus on the practical

[echo hamlet]

How do i change the weight on an animation layer like this

In code

[green ledge]

I do get the terms and stuff though.

I've had to go into Comp Sci a lot independently

just... I'd say you'd be better off using CS terms in #archived-code-general or #archived-code-advanced?

cause code-beginner would probably be someone who hasn't even gone into that realm really

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.SetLayerWeight.html
from a quick google search

[echo hamlet]

THx

I've already looked at that

How do i get the index of the layer

I have this

mask = LayerMask.NameToLayer("UpperLayer");

But it returns -1

[eternal needle]

did you look at the docs at all for Animator? I mean im not trying to be rude but i copy pasted exactly what you wrote on google and found the exact links https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.GetLayerIndex.html

[eternal needle]

because this is a layermask, nothing to do with the animator

[echo hamlet]

Ok

[eternal needle]

thats not really a reason to use non-cs terms, whatever that even means. Im truly not even sure what terms you're talking about. And this isnt "ive never seen a computer before" beginner. This is game dev beginner. If people don't have any background in cs, they often are told to go through c# basics or the learn site. Using different terms to try not confusing someone will just confuse them further when they cant find what you're talking about on google.

[topaz mortar]

Is there a way to count how many of a specific ScriptableObject I have, for example Weapon?
So I can randomly spawn one? Or should I put them in a List or something?

[eternal needle]

Should be able to via Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll

[solemn bobcat]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/getting-all-assets-of-the-specified-type/75031
I would recommend storing them in a list though, since it will make it easier to configure stuff such as game modes, opponents etc.

[topaz mortar]

but that's not something I wanna use often right?
well should be fine I guess

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ depends what you wanna use it for. I dont really see what functionality you could have where you need to find these at runtime

[topaz mortar]

I'll have one "Weapon" prefab, then several Weapon ScriptableObjects, could add new ones or remove some at times
During combat a monster will drop a weapon, which is then randomly chosen from the list of Weapon SO's and the data is put in the prefab

[eternal needle]

yea this is something id do at editor time by storing them somewhere. Also this allows you to customize what weapons can drop if thats a feature you need

[topaz mortar]

so just store them in a list? yeah kinda makes sense

[solemn bobcat]

Games usually make different loot pool for different enemies, which also goes in a favor of making lists manually.

[eternal needle]

Like i create a loot table SO, which holds a reference to what can drop. My enemies can take in this loot table asset. Requires more editor setup if the overall goal is just "anything can drop anything" though.

[topaz mortar]

what does your loot table look like? sounds interesting

I think I'll just keep it simple with a list for now though

[eternal needle]

a list of weightings and the item that can drop. A float and the item, nothing complicated

[topaz mortar]

thx 🙂

things can seem so complicated when trying to figure it out yourself and then I come here and it turns out to be so simple lol

[topaz mortar]

if (item != null)
{
    var itemDrop = Instantiate(monsterDropPrefab);
    Item itemDropItem = itemDrop.AddComponent<Item>();
    itemDropItem = item;
}```
Does this make sense?

[eternal needle]

from an outside perspective, no not really. Looks like a lot of code was cut out, or you've confused yourself. Its kinda odd you have to instantiate an item prefab but it seemingly has no item component already. Also you add the component Item, store it in itemDropItem then immediately overwrite it with item

[topaz mortar]

it's because Item can be Weapon, Armor, Scroll, ... (inherited classes)

[eternal needle]

that doesnt really change anything, your code is still only adding an Item component

[topaz mortar]

I changed it to this, at least it works 🙂

var itemDrop = Instantiate(monsterDropPrefab);
Weapon itemDropItem = itemDrop.AddComponent<Weapon>();
itemDropItem.WeaponSO = LootTableWeapons[itemNumber];```

[native hill]

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[native hill]

https://paste.ofcode.org/BTjyZaBDhRQBaNBQuy98Hw after i made this my player started moving by itself and it got faster every second, same with my camera not sure why

[waxen adder]

Toying around with rigidbody movement. Since I'm working with physics, I know that FixedUpdate becomes much more important. However, gathering inputs seem like they should still be done during simple update. As a result, I have a basic jumping script to show to see if you guys see any glaring flaws with my idea.
https://pastebin.com/Cv1517ZZ

Side note, this only does jumping in game, so that PlayerMovementInput being unused is something I'm already aware of

[ripe shard]

This is how it should be done.

[waxen adder]

Nice!

[native hill]

here is a video

[tepid summit]

could i use a script as a componen

[willow scroll]

A script is not a Component.

[tepid summit]

is the green block intersecting with your player?

[tepid summit]

but you can apply it to an object like one

[willow scroll]

Only when it has a class derived from Component

[tepid summit]

and my script does have a class

[native hill]

I don’t think so this is it

I cnat right click so it’s hard to move around sorry

[tepid summit]

why do you have two cameras inside eachother

[native hill]

I thought it would maybe fix it

i don’t remember my thinking it was a while ago

[tepid summit]

ok

[tepid summit]

so what is your suggestion

[willow scroll]

On?

[tepid summit]

check all your colliders

[tepid summit]

getting a suitable component

[willow scroll]

What are you referring to? Perhaps, you could formulate a more specific question?

[tepid summit]

i need to save a sring to a comonent so i can DDoL the component and keep it between scenes

[willow scroll]

Create a generic Singleton class, derive your Component from it and unparent its GameObject

[tepid summit]

wait

oh my

i couldve done this.gameOnject this whole time

[willow scroll]

You could've even done gameObject without this this whole time

[tepid summit]

well

i could have

but wheres the fun in that

although

do i have to put the DDoL in Awake()

[willow scroll]

Yes, it has to be put in Awake. Copy-paste the whole Singleton class from google

[tepid summit]

i dont need a singleton

i already solved it

[atomic holly]

Hi,
I develop my system of inventory so I create a list of all weapons and all charms I will have. But, Unity send me this warning :
You are trying to create a MonoBehaviour using the 'new' keyword. This is not allowed. MonoBehaviours can only be added using AddComponent(). Alternatively, your script can inherit from ScriptableObject or no base class at all
Item is a ScriptableObject.

The code :

 public List<Item> Weapons = new();
 public List<Item> Charm = new();

[modest dust]

Even if Item was a MonoBehaviour, a List of MonoBehaviours is not a MonoBehaviour itself

Make sure the warning isn't an old one and show the entire warning

[crude sphinx]

Why does my sprinting/run code not work?

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

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour {

    public CharacterController2D controller;
    public Animator animator;

    public float walkSpeed = 40f;
    public float runSpeed = 100f;

    float horizontalMove = 0f;
    private bool jump = false;
    private bool crouch = false;
    private bool run = false;

    void Update () {

        // Jump logic
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
        {
            jump = true;
            animator.SetBool("IsJumping", true);
        }

        // Sprint logic
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Run"))
        {
            //walkSpeed = runSpeed;
            run = true;
        }
        else if (Input.GetButtonUp("Run"))
        {
            //walkSpeed = oWalkSpeed;
            run = false;
        }

        // Crouch logic
        if (Input.GetButtonDown("Crouch"))
        {
            crouch = true;
        } else if (Input.GetButtonUp("Crouch"))
        {
            crouch = false;
        }

        // Movement calculation
        if (!run)
        {
            horizontalMove = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * walkSpeed;
        } else
        {
            horizontalMove = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * runSpeed;
        }

        animator.SetFloat("Speed", Mathf.Abs(horizontalMove));

    }

    public void OnLanding ()
    {
        animator.SetBool("IsJumping", false);
    }

    public void OnCrouching (bool isCrouching)
    {
        animator.SetBool("IsCrouching", isCrouching);
    }

    void FixedUpdate ()
    {
        // Move our character
        controller.Move(horizontalMove * Time.fixedDeltaTime, crouch, jump);
        jump = false;
    }
} ```

[atomic holly]

What is not working ?

And I think you need to add Time.fixedDeltaTime at the end of horizontalMove like this :

horizontalMove = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * walkSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime;

And why you use a bool to know if you run or not ?

You can use the condition of the keypressed directly for Movement calculation

[crude sphinx]

Good point

[crude sphinx]

The player isn't speeding up when pressing the sprint/run button

[atomic holly]

Are you assigned what is the Button "Run" ?

[tepid summit]

hey for some reason unity thinks this is a scenemanagement.scene, anybody know why

[ripe shard]

Maybe show all of it?

[ivory bobcat]

Also show the error

Likely it doesn't think the vector 3 position is a scene..

[tepid summit]

    public GameObject Human, Box, Spike;

    public void HumanButton()
    {
        Human = Instantiate(Human, ItemSpawner.transform.position);
    }``` CS1503    Argument 2: cannot convert from 'UnityEngine.Vector3' to 'UnityEngine.SceneManagement.Scene'

[tepid summit]

there you go

[ivory bobcat]

Where is your rotation argument? https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html

The method takes three arguments. If you're wanting to use a position as well, it's not optional to leave out rotation.

[tepid summit]

i dont want to specify rotation

but ill add one

[eternal needle]

do you also have a method named Instantiate? That error looks suspicious still

[ripe shard]

Use Quaternion.identity

[tepid summit]

i did

[burnt vapor]

There is no Instantiate method that takes in a scene. The error happends because you have a method that does take in a scene

[tepid summit]

i dont though

anyway i solved it

[burnt vapor]

So how did you solve it?

The only reason why it would give that error is if it knows a signature that takes scene as the first parameter. The docs are clear this isn't possible, so it was your own method

That, or a library

[timber comet]

!code

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[tepid summit]

quaternion.ientify

[burnt vapor]

Yes, you were also missing a parameter, but you still have a dangling method that clearly should not exist

[timber comet]

Hello, as someone here suggested: i used _rb.velocity = _movementKeys.y * transform.forward + _movementKeys.x * transform.right + _rb.velocity.y * Vector3.up; for moving locally the player. While this works, it has a flow: When i press "S" the player gets launched in the air, until i stop pressing "S" (it doesn't go backwards, it only flies). Any solution for this? Here's the code: https://paste.ofcode.org/34hYuEMRDbyMi6mRpFXk7JW

[worthy tundra]

if i have a coroutine that goes something like this

IEnumerator CoroutineName()
{
     yield return new WaitForSeconds(amount);
     FunctionName();
}

and i call the coroutine while it's waiting to call FunctionName, it will restart the coroutine back from scratch right?

[short hazel]

No, it will schedule a new one

FunctionName() will run twice

[tepid summit]

well it worked

[burnt vapor]

Right well you clearly have no interest in actually fixing it so nevermind

[worthy tundra]

• _rb.velocity.y * Vector3.up
  why is that if youre already adding to the Y value using the movement keys

[timber comet]

the y value is the z value

[flint abyss]

Guys, just to make sure, C# didnt evolve over last 3 years? Im watching a tutorial and i don't want to know that something doesn't work anymore.

[timber comet]

'Cause of the new input system and stuff, i use Vector2 to take any movement key

[worthy tundra]

is there a way to make it start again from scratch?
im trying to create a system where if an enemy goes unharmed for X seconds, it starts to heal

[worthy tundra]

is the game that youre making 3d or 2d

[timber comet]

3D, but it uses the new input system that stores the input in a Vector2

[worthy tundra]

why are you trying to move up then?

[short hazel]

StartCoroutine returns a value, store it in a variable. When you need to restart the coroutine, first run StopCoroutine(c) and pass the variable in, so the previous coroutine stops running.

[timber comet]

shouldn't transform.forward modify my z value?

[worthy tundra]

transform.forward moves you on your Z axis, transform.right moves you on your X axis, Vector3.up is (0, 1, 0) which should move you upwards

[timber comet]

right

[timber comet]

so, what should i put for the y?

I cannot just put a float there

[short hazel]

The C# version Unity uses hasn't changed in at least 5 years, so you're good if you look for Unity-specific tutorials.
Microsoft still updates C# once a year with new features though, so there will be things that don't exist if your source is the official MS documentation

[worthy tundra]

do you want the player to move up as if there was no gravity or do you want them to have a normal jump

[timber comet]

Normal

It shouldn't jump at all, but i still need some gravity

[timber comet]

so that's why i'm keeping the y velocity

[flint abyss]

If im currently learning on .net engine in visual studio and later switch to unity will i have issues?

[short hazel]

Most likely yes, do you know which .NET version you're using? Latest is .NET 8

[worthy tundra]

rigidbody already has a gravity

[timber comet]

yes, but shouldn't velocity overwrite it?

if i put zero there, there should be no gravity

[slender nymph]

the only "issues" you would face would be errors if you try to use a c# feature from a version newer than c# 9 or types from the latest .net versions. your IDE will tell you that these are errors though so you can correct them

[worthy tundra]

it should, but why do you want to override it?
do you want custom gravity?

[flint abyss]

ehh, im using .NET 8 but due to tutorial using the .NET 5 template i had to copy and paste the .NET 5 template

[timber comet]

i dont want to overwrite the y velocity, i just want to overwrite the x and z velocity for moving the player

[worthy tundra]

then why are you multiplying the rb velocity by vector3.up?