💻┃code-beginner

[river quiver]

i remember tho when i was using an outdated version of unity it was created automatically, like i didnt have to create one

[eternal needle]

Debug.DrawRay

To visualize stuff like that cross product or the new direction that you're adding to the position

[neon ivy]

I didn't know that was a thing

[languid spire]

then you remember incorrectly possibly it was created by an asset you imported

[river quiver]

probably yeah

[eternal needle]

Dont think that joint has a way for it to break like this. You could try to configure its break force through trial and error but I wouldnt. Maybe just delete the joint yourself when it's far enough away

Configuring joints are always a pain in the ass imo

[remote osprey]

Isn't there a joint that's more specific to what I need?

Also, I agree I don't want to tweak parameters like a monkey all day 🐵

Cause I want to make a game where realistic physics is really important

So, if I just delete the joint when it's far away without tweaking the velocity/acceleration in a realistic way the game might just not feel as funny to play

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ look through the joints and see for yourself if any fit your use case. I vaguely remember from others that 2d joints are way more limited than 3d, you can always make your own. Though I fail to see how you want realism here when you're using a joint for a nail hanging off something

[neon ivy]

@eternal needle welp that literally showed me exactly what was wrong, the result needed to be inversed so *-1 and it's done

thanks

[remote osprey]

it's not just a nail, it was an analogy

I can't explain everything here without it being hard to understand

but it works just like a nail attached to something

[eternal needle]

Np, not like I did much besides tell you to debug it 😂

[eternal needle]

Well then I cant answer your true problem if you're gonna obfuscate it.

My answer is still the same, look through the existing joints and see for yourself.

[neon ivy]

it's the simple things that always fly over my head

[remote osprey]

I didn't obfuscate it tho...

I'm literally asking for help so I don't have to go through all of the joints and test every parameter, cause I already went through almost all of them and didn't find anything that helped my problem, otherwise I wouldn't be asking for help here...

[quick fractal]

How would I effectively modify the environment settings and skybox through code? I don't see how I can access the scene 😅

[remote osprey]

You're not being helpful at all with this attitude, @eternal needle

Anyway, I'll deal with it myself

have a nice week

[eternal needle]

What attitude? It takes minutes to look through the docs on what the joints do. You asked if there was a joint specific to your needs, but didnt really describe what your needs were exactly.
I already answered on what you could do to for your initial question but you simply didnt want to "for realism"

[languid spire]

someone seems to have a space/ time dislocation problem, today is Wednesday

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ probably just upset that their problem couldnt be directly solved. Which tends to happen if people dont state the actual problem.
First it was breaking a joint after a certain distance, which I answered. That didnt suit their true use case so the solution was dismissed.

[eternal needle]

Are you looking for this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RenderSettings-skybox.html
There should also be a few tutorials out there on this

[remote osprey]

maybe for you it's a minute, for me it's hours of testing and watching tutorials

I already said my problem is exactly like a hanging nail physics (an analogy, my game is NOT nails hanging)

[languid spire]

True, I'm still trying to figure out the nail analogy. I honestly have no idea what that means

[eternal needle]

And what's the issue with what I said about breaking the joint after a set distance? Because if you want realism, you shouldnt be using joints in the first place.

It would be cutting into the mesh and sticking whatever the nail is, in

[remote osprey]

Maybe that's what I need to do

[remote osprey]

The problem is that this would probably not consider all the friction that the nail is going through as it comes out of a hole

[remote osprey]

how can i make the nail stick, then?

Do i do this literally and unity would get the physics right?

[eternal needle]

You should definitely reconsider what you're actually doing, because most games will fake everything. I dont think it's really possible to make a "nail in wood" scenario without massive issues

Even if you set the friction really high, it's not realistic. If the objects rub against each other itll be sticking almost, while this sticking behaviour was only meant for when the nail was inside.
If you use a joint, theres this sudden magic force pulling the nail back inside which obviously doesnt exist in real life

[remote osprey]

Maybe it's just a matter of simulating physics using vectorial calculus then

I didn't want to do that, since its a lot of work, but this seems to be the only way

I don't think I'll be able to achieve what I want without making the nail physics, I really need realistic physics to achieve it

Anyway, thank you so much for your help!

Have a nice week ❤️

[zenith crown]

For some reason theres frames where my character is thru the ground and i have no clue why that is and ive been playing around with it for the past 15 mins trying to figure it out https://paste.ofcode.org/a8Msv8uq8JW5NsCFJMppK

[proper cloud]

im trying to change the material on a TextMeshProUGUI via code but cant seem to do it. Google also doesnt seem to have a good answer.

public TextMeshProUGUI costText;
public Material costMetTxt;
public Material costNotMetTxt;

public void SetCostText(bool costMet)
{
    costText.material = costMet ? costMetTxt : costNotMetTxt;
}

this seems like the most straightforward way to do it, but it visually does nothing

[winter tinsel]

question, is setting the timescale to 0 the best way to pause a game? what if i make a main menu , should it just overlay the game or be in a different scene untill i press play and it makes the timescale 1 again?

[zenith crown]

Start menu should be a different scene and main menu is dependent on the effect you want

[winter tinsel]

huh?

by main menu i mean start menu, the one before the game

[zenith crown]

Start menu before you actually start playing should be a seperate scene

[winter tinsel]

aha

how do i make it the main scene

the starting one ig

[zenith crown]

I havent got that far im still a beginner 🙂

[winter tinsel]

lol

thanks for the help

[languid spire]

make sure it is the first one in the build settings, the one with an index of 0

[winter tinsel]

if im on the main menu scene it wont load the actual game scene right?

[queen adder]

TimeScale is fine for a basic pause

[winter tinsel]

itll stay unactivated ig

[queen adder]

You decide what loads and when, all other scenes are not active when 1 is active usually

[winter tinsel]

okay

so if one is loaded the others wont be

[queen adder]

yes (Theres probably a way to have multiple for like separate physics calculations but thats a whole other thing)

[winter tinsel]

you said usually so how can there be more than one running at a time?

[queen adder]

I edited the messege

[winter tinsel]

another question

what if

i had a character with an inventory

moving from one scene to another

how would i make it so that the contents of his inventory stay the same ?

[queen adder]

use DontDestroyOnLoad(), but saving it into like a file would be good (A ScriptableObject perhaps)

[proper cloud]

fixed, turns out i can change the color without changing the material lul

[winter tinsel]

what does that method do

[queen adder]

When a new scene is loaded, all the object in the scene get destroyed, and all the objects from the new scene spawn, DontDestroyOnLoad prevents an object from getting destroyed each time a new scene is loaded

[winter tinsel]

im guessing i put the gameobject in the brackets right?

[queen adder]

Yes, the thing you want to stay
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.DontDestroyOnLoad.html

[winter tinsel]

okay

[rare basin]

public void SpawnAndFireBullets()
{
    StartCoroutine(StartSpawning());
}

private IEnumerator StartSpawning()
{
    foreach (var point in spawnPoints)
    {
        var playerPosition = PlayerManager.Instance.player.transform.position;
        var offsetedPosition = playerPosition + Random.insideUnitSphere * 3;

        var directionToOffsetedPosition = (offsetedPosition - point.position).normalized;

        var projectile = BGPoolManager.Instance.GetFromPool(ObjectType.ZSOLTAR_RIFLE_PROJECTILE);
        projectile.transform.position = point.transform.position;
        projectile.transform.forward = directionToOffsetedPosition;

        if (projectile && projectile.TryGetComponent(out ExplodeProjectileBullet bullet))
        {
            Debug.Log("Time Scale: " + Time.timeScale);
            Debug.Log("shooting bullet");
            bullet.StartCoroutine(bullet.ShootBullet(directionToOffsetedPosition));
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(delayBeetwenEachSpawn);
            Debug.Log("after wait for seconds");
        }
    }
}

I have a function SpawnAndFireBullets() that I am hooking in UnityEvent that is starting a coroutine, althought it fires only one bullet and gets stuck at WaitForSeconds. The Debug.Log after wait for seconds isn't printed. The game object is not being destroyed, time scale is 1, what am i doing wrong. Delay between each spawn is 0.3f

[zenith crown]

I really need help on this one i havent found a single way to resolve this issue, all i tried only broke it or made it worse

[queen adder]

Is the terrain marked as Ground

[zenith crown]

yes

[queen adder]

oh wait youre talking about the crouching?

[zenith crown]

Yes

theres frames where its thru the ground

[queen adder]

That makes sense because youre just setting the new size right away, without any calculations to bring the player up a little

[zenith crown]

Oh no i have to bring him down a little for it to work

[cinder crag]

im having a bit of a problem , so i have a chargeable bow which depending on how long you charged it for , it will deal that much dmg etc but im not sure on how to mkae only the bows dmg to change and not the others since seems like when i use my bow and yk i shoot the enemies , then go buy the pistol from the shop , it only deals 1 dmg so im asking on how to make it so only the bow can have that dmg since i have a SO that handles the firerate , dmg etc and in second ss it shows that im putting the weaponSO.DMG = ArrowDMG which is why the dmg gets changed as well , im not sure on how to make it so only the bow has that dmg

[zenith crown]

Heres an example

[queen adder]

I know but when he stands back up (Heigh changed) you dont bring him up

[queen adder]

Yes, can you try doing the same thing for standing up?

[zenith crown]

Yeah when hes standing up its meant to be 0

Like here

[queen adder]

Well you can also change the transform position directly, I dont know the best approach though
Maybe lerp the height so he doing go through the ground too much

[zenith crown]

Yeah i was gonna add lerping into everything a bit later on to smoothen it out but atm i want the base to work flawlessly

[zenith crown]

I tried the transform method and everything that could break broke

😂

[queen adder]

did you do (0, y, 0) or something

[eternal needle]

is it possible delayBeetwenEachSpawn is set to something larger like in inspector? id just do a sanity check on all those variables like how many points are in spawnPoints, what delayBeetwenEachSpawn is set to. Is it always entering the if statement? It will be an issue if this loops through everything and never hits a yield

[rare basin]

sorry for not claryfing, i fixed the issue - it was very rookie mistake of not saving a .cs file in my IDE

[zenith crown]

Yes i changed the center of the Character Controller so the hitboxes changed accordingly

[cinder crag]

anyone know this?

[queen adder]

when you change positions do, do Vector3(position.x, position.y + riseAmount, position.z)

Hard to say much tho because im unsure

[zenith crown]

I only change the Y position

i can show you

Thats how i do it

[sand heath]

Arrow damage = weapon.arrowdamage

[atomic holly]

Hi
To save some data when I change scene, I create a Prefab that call before all scenes. Do I put my main camera and my player gameobject in this prefab or just some data like inventory ?

[sand heath]

Why does it need to be an object

It can be a static class

[eternal needle]

a lot of this doesnt make sense, you could save data in many ways. Like an object that exists in DDOL and just holds what you need

[zenith crown]

https://paste.ofcode.org/a8Msv8uq8JW5NsCFJMppK anything of "movement." is in another file btw

[sand heath]

There are tutorials for save systems if you're curious on how to make one

[atomic holly]

I read in some forums different methods to save data between scenes. Someone do a prescene with DDOL and another one do a prefab.

[ivory bobcat]

Prefab would be an asset. I'm assuming you're using the Singleton pattern with some object that isn't destroyed on loading a new scene. You can choose to store some important data, the objects or whatnot. It's really up to you what you'd want to persist.

[eternal needle]

im sure people do lots of things, but saving data in a prefab is probably the worst

[atomic holly]

Oh shit 😭

[wanton pecan]

.fm

[atomic holly]

So you advice to do the system of do a prescene at first with DDOL ?

[wanton pecan]

Oh wrong server

[sand heath]

The only benefit to that would be that you can visualize the current game state in the inspector

You could also just make a script that specifically does that though, or use OnGUI etc

[eternal needle]

it depends entirely on what you want, and what you're saving. Generally saving is associated with having an object in DDOL but its not required. What are you actually saving, and what was the relation with the player because you mentioned that initially

[sand heath]

The player can also hold its own data and persist between scenes

[eternal needle]

id hardly call this a benefit. And "saving" to a prefab is only temporary as this is an asset. Theres really no reason to do this

[queen adder]

Thats not the positon, thats the center, like a center of a collider

[atomic holly]

But is it better to put in all scenes the prefab of the player and the main camera or try to save it in DDOL ?

[sand heath]

(I'm lost on what DDOL means I've never heard this term?)

[eternal needle]

again, this makes no sense. If you want to clarify further, try answering what i asked #💻┃code-beginner message

Usually you dont wanna put your player in every single scene, as you can just spawn it at runtime

[eternal needle]

the internal scene, Dont Destroy On Load

[sand heath]

Ohhh I just woke up mb

[atomic holly]

Okay thanks guys, I'll see how do these many things

[sand heath]

[atomic holly]

What does it means ?

[eternal needle]

well i dont know if you think i answered your question, i was trying to get more clarification so i could answer it properly. But if you feel you know what to do now then carry on

[zenith crown]

yeah thats what i change

[atomic holly]

The goal of my question was to know if use a prefab to save data was a good idea. But now, I know there is a better option so what I need to do

[sand heath]

If you could tell us what youre trying to save it'd be easier to give suggestions

[cinder crag]

that might work.

[atomic holly]

I want to save my inventory, like my weapons or coins, and the health of the player for the moment

And also teleport the player to a specific position after load the new scene

[sand heath]

Do you want the data to persist between sessions

[atomic holly]

Yes

But for this, I know how to do to save data in JSON

[sand heath]

OK so you understand serialization and how to save/load to a data class?

Serialization**

Lmao

[atomic holly]

But I want to save data in JSON only in some locations and not always between scenes

[atomic holly]

Yes

[sand heath]

Oh I see

As in you don't want saving tied to scene change?

When are you wanting to save then

[atomic holly]

Yes exactly

[atomic holly]

In some locations when we pressed a specific key

[languid spire]

So you have now changed completely what you first asked for?

[atomic holly]

Not yet, I do a eat break lol

[sand heath]

Its only necessary to load the save data once when bdginning, then you can make the player DDOL.

The player can then use a spawn manager to get "spawned" at where it should be on the next scene

[atomic holly]

So with a prescene that's loaded before all scenes for example ?

[atomic holly]

And you put this script on what gameobject ?

[sand heath]

Would be preferred, a main menu basically

[atomic holly]

In a gameobject of the actual scene or the future scene ?

[sand heath]

You could also make each individual scene load the save data redundantly (or check if the data == null and load data if it hasn't been loaded yet)

[atomic holly]

Why do this redundantly and not juste at the beginning when the player enter in the scene ?

And save it again when he'll move to a new scene ?

[sand heath]

I'd just make an empty object called spawn manager in every scene that you play in

[sand heath]

When you load into the scene directly in the editor you will want your save data to speed up testing

[atomic holly]

And changed the transform of the player to this game object right ?

[sand heath]

Well I guess you could do that sure

I'd make a seperate spawn point object personally

[atomic holly]

Yes but at the end, it will be optimised to do this just at the beginning and when the player moves to a new scene no ?

[sand heath]

Then you request a spawnpoint from the spawn manager as the player when you enter the scene

[sand heath]

Yes that's why I said you can instead just check if there is no save data loaded and only load if it hasn't been yet

No point in reloading save data between scenes

[atomic holly]

I'm not sure I understand...
So with the spawn manager, I teleport the player to the spawnpoint ?

[sand heath]

Yes

[atomic holly]

So you'd do that to an Update() function or Start() ?

[sand heath]

Player.cs

OnSceneChange:
Find the spawn manager
Transform.Position = spawnmanager.getspawnpoint()

Spawnmanager.cs:
Return spawnpoint.transform.Position

[atomic holly]

How can we know we have change scene ?

[sand heath]

SceneManager.sceneLoaded

[atomic holly]

So with OnSceneLoaded ?

[sand heath]

    void Start()
    {
        SceneManager.sceneLoaded += OnSceneLoaded;
    }

    // called second
    void OnSceneLoaded(Scene scene, LoadSceneMode mode)
    {
        var spawnManager = // find the spawn manager somehow (singleton, findanyobjectoftype, gameobject.find, etc..)
        transform.position = spawnManager.GetSpawnpoint();
    }

[eager spindle]

today I learned that SceneManager has that

[atomic holly]

what are the parameters of OnSceneLoaded for ?

[eager spindle]

Scene scene is just the scene that is loaded, LoadSceneMode tells you if the scene is loaded single or additively.

In this case it doesn't matter here, you just want to do something when the scene is loaded

[sand heath]

Scene = the scene that was loaded
LoadSceneMode = whether scene was loaded additively or single

[sand heath]

well you probably want to ignore if the scene was loaded additively

[atomic holly]

So you put this in the player script right ?

[naive lion]

Using Cinemachine 3, should i reference the main camera (with brain) or the CinemachineCamera to perform fov operations?

[sand heath]

I don't think it will even let you change the FOV on the unity camera, cinemachine overrides it

[naive lion]

o> noted

[wintry quarry]

Always the virtual camera

[round plover]

anybody know why when my cube falls it doesnt rotate? it stays still

[frosty hound]

Why are you expecting it to rotate? Are you actually putting any force on it that would cause it to?

[round plover]

i mean i dont rerally think it matters tbh

[sand heath]

well having 0 angular drag would make it pretty unlikely to rotate wouldnt it

its also a cube falling straight down

unless something pushes it, there's no reason it would rotate

[round plover]

its fine i just thought it should have been rotating if falling but my end result i want it still so it doesnt matter to much anyway

[sand heath]

physics isn't my strong suit 😅

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-angularDrag.html
angular drag slows it down from rotating

[round plover]

bruh lol

[sand heath]

try making it start at a slight angle

[sand heath]

well i was right in the wrong kind of way

[round plover]

nah its fine small problem i dont really care about lol

[tough phoenix]

im selecting a random element from an array but i need to check if there is an item in it
if there is, it needs to select another element
what is the best way to do this

[cosmic quail]

have a list of slots that have an item in them? and select from that one

[random dove]

I dont know where to ask this question sorry if wrong. How To Make "Enemy for fps shooting game" he just follow me and shoot at me.

i wanna know basics of ai, nav mesh etc.

[ivory bobcat]

Are you allowed to modify or move the elements of the list/array?

If you rearrange the null elements to the end of the list, you could set your random selection to indices in the array that would contain actual elements.

[tough phoenix]

i changed my code, thanks @ivory bobcat @cosmic quail

[tough phoenix]

i thought about it but its easier this way

[cinder crag]

does anyone know how to fix this?

[eager spindle]

break the problem down into multiple parts

• enemy
• having enemy follow you
• having enemy shoot at you

start by creating an enemy with their collider and model. make a new script called Enemy AI, attach it to the enemy.
in the script, under update, you may raycast between the enemy's head and player's head. if there's no object in the way, the enemy has seen the player and can start moving towards the player. to keep track of if the enemy has seen the player you can look into a Finite State machine.

for now dont take pathfinding into consideration, just move the enemy position to the player first and make the enemy shoot in the direction of the player.

once you have all the basics down you can substitute the code for navmesh pathfinding. Unity has a package for it already, this is something you shoul research by yourself seperate from the enemy code. once youre familiar with navmesh, one way to go about it is changing the target gameobject based on whether the enemy has seen the player.

[eager spindle]

we dont know what you're talking about

ask more concise questions

[random dove]

Thanks for your time.

[eager spindle]

tldr go learn unity navmesh first

everything will click once you play around with it enough

[ivory bobcat]

This is the code channel. It looks like you're asking about learning ai related content, which might be valid in #💻┃unity-talk and #🤖┃ai-navigation

[cinder crag]

I replied to the message I sent that shows with what I need help-

[eager spindle]

as in

i dont understand what you've typed in that message

you only want to change the bow's damage but not the gun's damage?

why arent the bow and guns from different scriptable objects?

[cinder crag]

They are , I have a Bow SO and a Pistol SO as seen in the video

[cinder crag]

I only want to change the bows DMG and not the other guns since I have a chargeable bow rn and it deals DMG based on how long you charged your bow and I'm doing WeaponSO.DMG since I didn't know how to change only bows DMG and not the other guns

[summer stump]

Well, you would have individual SOs for each weapon type, and then do not change their values at runtime at all. The mutable data should be store in a class, while only the defaults are in the SO

[cinder crag]

Wdym the defaults? Like the name , description etc?

[summer stump]

Like the values you set in the inspector.
Something like MaxHealth and BaseDamage

[cinder crag]

Oh I have a float in my WeaponSO named DMG which is used for the dmg

[summer stump]

Ok. And as long as that doesn't change at runtime that is fine. Now you just need to create an asset for each weapon type

Bow should have its own asset

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

[cinder crag]

I alr have them dwdw

[summer stump]

This will create an asset instance from the WeaponSO

[cinder crag]

For both Bow and Pistol

[summer stump]

Ok perfect. Then changing that instance will NOT affect any other weapon

[cinder crag]

I think since I'm doing WeaponSO(it's a reference to the SO) = arrowDMG , it might change the dmg of the pistol as well for some reason

[summer stump]

Yeah, you do not want to change the values in code

You want to change them in the inspector

[cinder crag]

Check what's arrowDMG

I kinda need to do it in code lol

[summer stump]

Then it doesn't sound like a good use for an SO

Just use a POCO

[cinder crag]

What's an POCO

[summer stump]

A plain class

[polar acorn]

"Plain ol' C# Object"

A class that doesn't extend anything

its entire purpose is to pass data around and have instances and that's it

[summer stump]

Because you are doing the one thing I said not to do, which is change the values at runtime

[cinder crag]

Data like DMG etc?

[summer stump]

That is data, yes

[polar acorn]

Literally whatever data you want

that's the point of it

It's a data structure that you make

[cinder crag]

So I just make a class and put all the data I need in there then use it for when I'm trying to change a weapons DMG?

[summer stump]

Yes

[round plover]

have a problem when my cube hits the obstacle my cubes movement is supposed to stop slighlty but it keeps going

[stiff birch]

Add a debug log to see if the code enter the condition

[round plover]

it dis

dis

did

[cinder crag]

So what I'm understanding

• have a class that holds the different data I need
• use the DMG field when changing a weapons DMG
• I don't need a SO for the data or I need it

Sorry I'm trying my best to understand

[polar acorn]

you can edit posts on discord

[round plover]

when it hit obstacle it printed

maybe its unity not my code

[summer stump]

Yes to all of that

[polar acorn]

You can think of the SO as a "Read only database". It lets you define what a weapon is in a file in your project. When the game starts, you copy that data over to a POCO that you can change freely. This way your weapon's base stats never change.

[stiff birch]

Can you show your movement script ?

the one you're trying to disable

[round plover]

ok

[stiff birch]

Nah, i mean the code

[round plover]

when it hits obstacle i want it to turn off and slow down

ohh

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, if this log is inside the if condition, then whichever playermovement1 you are referencing in the movement variable gets disabled

[cinder crag]

OOOH so I can still keep my SO and reference it in that POCO or make new fields inside the POCO then set the SO data to the POCO data?

[polar acorn]

If you're not seeing it be disabled, then either:
A) Something else is enabling it
B) movement is not the one you think it is

[stiff birch]

You probably set a velocity to your rigibody, hence, disabling the script won't stop your player

[polar acorn]

The SO's data will never ever change

[storm imp]

how do I fix this error?

[polar acorn]

You do not want to change any data in an SO at runtime

[polar acorn]

Open that file, look for the thing underlined in red, and fix your syntax

[round plover]

no it gets disabled

it just keeps movinmg

moving

but i want it to slow down and stop

after i ran it

[polar acorn]

Okay, so what actually moves the object then?

[upper tide]

Is there a way to check if a meshrenderer has a certain material? I've tried checking meshRenderer.material but since it returns an instance I can't compare it to the material I've assigned in editor

[summer stump]

That is what my original suggestion was, yes

[storm imp]

There's nothing underlined in red in the code

[summer stump]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[polar acorn]

Then you need to configure your !ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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[polar acorn]

DOUBLE KILL

[cinder crag]

Alright then I leave the SO data out of the POCO and make new data like DMG and fire rate then make a reference to that POCO in my WeaponShooting script so I can ya control what which DMG has the weapon

[storm imp]

ok I'll look up how to do that I thought I already did

[summer stump]

Pretty sure you have been told to configure your ide many times maryo

[summer stump]

If there is no underlining, then it is not done

[polar acorn]

Yes. You can copy data from the SO to the POCO, but never the other way around

[cinder crag]

The first choice or the second one?

[cinder crag]

Oh alright alright perfect , I think I understood

[raw token]

I think you might be looking for .sharedMaterial

[storm imp]

It's because I thought I already did but I guess I didn't

[cinder crag]

My brain is expanding

[upper tide]

Wha'ts the difference if I may ask?

[summer stump]

The second sounds better

[storm imp]

I have configured it I see the things online in red now I didn't have to do anything

[cinder crag]

Alrighty , hopefully I understood it correctly

[raw token]

I'm not great with with mesh/material stuff, and it's been a while since I've touched it 😅

You may have more luck researching it on your own than me trying to verbalize the mess in my head

[muted narwhal]

                _itemGameObject = new GameObject
                {
                    transform =
                    {
                        position = Vector3.zero,
                        parent = transform
                    }
                };

Why isn't it working? It supposed to set the position of a freshly created game object to zeros, but... it doesn't

[winter tinsel]

something definitely feels off here

[raw token]

I would be interested to hear if that does work for you though - I've never tried to compare a material to one from an inspector field as you are

[winter tinsel]

how does
= {} work?

ive never encountered something like that

[polar acorn]

I don't even think this will compile

[polar acorn]

Like 90% sure it doesn't

[muted narwhal]

it's called object initializer

[winter tinsel]

also does transform even work with curly brackets?

is that a thing??

[languid spire]

it wont, transform within transform

[polar acorn]

Yeah but you literally cannot create a transform with new and also you aren't using new

So, no, this isn't a valid object initializer

[storm imp]

I don't know how to fix it

[muted narwhal]

you can???

it is creating, but the position isn't setting

[polar acorn]

You can create a GameObject with new

but not a Transform

[upper tide]

It does work yes

[raw token]

Solid!! Very cool 🎉

[upper tide]

Thank you!

[muted narwhal]

I mean, it is compiling

Well, how can I fix it then?

[polar acorn]

Create the object, then change the properties of its transform in the next line

[muted narwhal]

Literally the same result

[polar acorn]

and what is that result?

[storm imp]

the 3 blue are connected how do I disconnect them?

[muted narwhal]

It supposed to set the position of a freshly created game object to zeros, but... it doesn't

[polar acorn]

Okay, so what does it do

[muted narwhal]

Set it's to some randomly coordinates, somewhere in the screen's edge

[rich adder]

connected to what??

[muted narwhal]

that's definetly not zeros

[storm imp]

each other

[rich adder]

thats weird..hmm maybe try right click and Unpacking

[polar acorn]

Create a new empty game object, with no parent. Put it at 0,0,0 then visually check if it's at the same position as this object

[storm imp]

I don't see that

[rich adder]

huh..what happens when you right click it

[muted narwhal]

Looks like it was setting it to the zeros of the scene, but not of the parent. Fixed it by changing Vector3.zero to transform.position

[summer stump]

What do you mean they are connected to each other?

[muted narwhal]

Thank you

[storm imp]

I think that's the wrong wording but when I try and add a new material to the other two not leaves it changes leaves as well

[rich adder]

ehh i meant, 1 at a time

[storm imp]

I get the same thing doing that

[rich adder]

if they share a material of course they change all three

[summer stump]

How are you changing the material

[storm imp]

Dragging the material on top of the one I want to change

[polar acorn]

Dragging a material or a texture

[storm imp]

material

[storm imp]

I don't want them to

[rich adder]

can u show quick vid

[storm imp]

https://streamable.com/foazgy

[polar acorn]

This appears to be showing exactly the opposite of what you said was happening

You drag a material onto one of the objects, and that is the object that changes

[storm imp]

Yes but what I wanted to do is that all three objects have separate materials

[polar acorn]

...they do?

[storm imp]

Oh I'm just not seeing that on the screen?

[storm imp]

The sphere for outside cross changes material but when I drag a material over onto under cross it doesn't change the sphere

[coral tiger]

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[polar acorn]

Outside cross has the Outside Cross material.

Then you click on Under Cross and it has the Under Cross Material

So what are you expecting to happen

[storm imp]

OK so this sphere is just not changing I don't know why

[polar acorn]

They are changing

you can literally see them changing in the video you sent

I don't know what you're talking about

[storm imp]

Yes but the sphere on the left is not visually changing

[polar acorn]

Which sphere is that one

[polar acorn]

Yes, which object is that

[storm imp]

leaves

[polar acorn]

Are you sure, because in your video it changes when you change the material on under cross

Sorry, outside cross

[coral tiger]

Complete noob to C# here.

Is there a reason when creating my variable '''cs Public bool birdIsAlive = true''' it dsoen't actually set the boolean to true?

[storm imp]

Maybe I'm just stupid it doesn't actually do this I want it to have the 3 differnt images on them but when I click leaves it still has outside cross on the left sphere and then when I click click outside crossing as outside cross on the left sphere then when I click under cross it has outside cross on it

[polar acorn]

It sets that variables default value to true. If you change it in the inspector, that's what value it is

[languid spire]

you have a syntax error

[polar acorn]

Right now, the thing you are saying that you want to be happening but isn't happening is very clearly actually happening in your video

The stuff you're saying isn't happening is happening just fine

Three spheres, all with their own materials. Changing one has no affect on the other two

the one you can see in the scene view is visibly updating when you change its material

I don't know what to tell you. You appear to be hallucinating problems, because your video shows it working exactly as you said you want it to

[storm imp]

OK I guess the sphere on the left will not show me each one separately when I click them

[queen adder]

How do I make an object show and not show?

[languid spire]

toggle the renderer.enabled

[queen adder]

okay thanks

[willow scroll]

Hey. What way to get files inside of the Editor script without serialization would you recommend me? Putting suitable files into the Assets/Resources folder?

[wintry quarry]

what do you mean by "get files"? What are you trying to accomplish

[willow scroll]

Retrieve a texture inside of the custom Editor

[atomic holly]

Hi,
I do a prescene to add all objects will be DontDestroyOnLoad with this script :

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.SceneManagement;

public class DontDestroyOnLoad : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GameObject[] objects;
    
    private void Awake()
    {
        foreach (var element in objects)
        {
            DontDestroyOnLoad(element);
        }
    }

    private void Start()
    {
        Debug.Log("DDOL activated");
        SceneManager.LoadScene("Scene01");
    }
}

But when I press play, I'm in the scene01 but my objects in DDOL are desactivated. Why ?

[wintry quarry]

what's wrong with serialization?
Aside from serializing it, your options are Resources, Addressables, or directly reading the file with UnityWebRequestTexture

[wintry quarry]

Some other script must be doing it

[queen adder]

It is a canvas not a gameobject it cant take a renderer is there a differnet thing I need to do

[willow scroll]

I don't want to serialize a texture, which is used for the editor buttons
Alright, Resources should be fine then. Thank you!

[spiral glen]

if I get an error saying object reference not set to instance of an object, that just means the object I'm attempting to reference isn't being understood right?

[polar acorn]

Making an object a DDOL won't affect whether it is enabled or not. If something else has deactivated them, then this script will make them deactivated DDOLs

[polar acorn]

It means something on that line is null but you're trying to do stuff to it anyway

[willow scroll]

It means it's null

[wintry quarry]

no it means your reference is not pointing to an object

[spiral glen]

oh ok

[languid spire]

you can use gameObject.SetActive

[wintry quarry]

If you have a variable like:

GameObject example;```
`example` is what's known as a "reference". It _refers_ to a GameObject It's like a piece of paper that can have the address to a house on it. But if you leave the piece of paper blank, you can't find a house with it. Null references are like blank pieces of paper without addresses written on them.

[spiral glen]

I fixewd it

for some reason it un-added my object from the script

so it left the referenced script as null instead of as what it should of been

should of looked more closely mb

[atomic holly]

I don't have something that desactivate us, that's the problem 😭

I have just this in the prescene

[coral tiger]

Sorry, as mentioned complete novice, just trying to understand why it works this way.

I see the variable in the inspector and can check or uncheck the box,. But when I first made the script for the first time and set the value to = true, it didn't until I added //myBool = true inside of the Start() function.
Like all my other variables (int/float/str) show the default value I set when they were created before changing them elsewhere in the script or in the inspector. But boolean seems to always start as false unless I set it to true in the start() or update() functions. Is that just a quirk of C#?

[wintry quarry]

sure in the prescene, what about in one of those scripts on those objects? What about in the newly loaded scene?

It could be anywhere

Wait also are those prefabs?

[atomic holly]

yes

Is it a problem ?

[wintry quarry]

Yes

[summer stump]

The inspector always takes precedence over an initializer. Otherwise there would be a lot of issues. The inspector taking precedence is the DESIRED behaviour. Start happens AFTER that though

[wintry quarry]

I'm surprised it's even letting you call DDOL on a prefab

[atomic holly]

We can't put prefab in a DDOL ?

[wintry quarry]

you would need to instantiate them, then call DDOL on the instances

[wintry quarry]

prefabs don't exist in the game world itself

they are just assets

if you want them in the game world you need to Instantiate them

[coral tiger]

Gotcha, so false is just how it will always appear in Unity by default, even if the script says otherwise

[summer stump]

No

It will do whatever the code says AS LONG AS the inspector is not overriding it

[raw token]

If you add the script to a different game object, you should see it reflect the value you've specified in the field initializer. That's the only time at which the value in the initializer matters.

[atomic holly]

Yes, it was the issue

Thanks !

[summer stump]

If you set it to true in the code and do not ever touch it in the inspector, it will be true
But the second you touch it in unity, it will only use that

Or it could be private and not even show in the inspector, then it will ALWAYS just do what the code says

[coral tiger]

Thats what i'm saying though, when set it to true and hadn't touched the inspector it was still false.

[raw token]

Add your script to a new game object. What's the value then?

[summer stump]

You touched it then.
You may have done so accidentally or forgotten

[queen adder]

Why does this not work?

if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.V)) { isShopShown = !isShopShown; }

    if (isShopShown == false) 
    {
    ShopCanvas.SetActive(false);
    }

    if (ShopCanvas == true) 
    {
    ShopCanvas.SetActive(true);
    }

[languid spire]

if (ShopCanvas == true) ?

[wintry quarry]

why not just ShopCanvas.SetActive(isShopShown);?

[languid spire]

pay attention

[coral tiger]

Guess so. Don't recall ever doing so, but yeah when I attatched the script to a new game object it showed up as true.

[languid spire]

way too advanced

[queen adder]

I just did what thought made sense im brand new

not brand new but a few weeks

Why does this not work

if(Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.Escape))
{
ShopCanvas.SetActive(isShopShown);
isShopShown = !isShopShown;
}

[languid spire]

wrong way round

[queen adder]

Still doesnt work it works when I manualy activate the Shop then it will unactive then it wont go back to being active

[languid spire]

is this code on ShopCanvas?

[queen adder]

yes

[polar acorn]

So when it's disabled, how do you expect this code to run

[languid spire]

code does not run when an object is de activated

[queen adder]

Im a little silly well only one way to learn

easiest fix of my life thanks!

[languid spire]

As this is on a Canvas which does not have a renderer you might be better going and toggling the Canvas.enabled component/property

[queen adder]

Why would it be better?

[languid spire]

because your code, as written would work

also activate/deactivate a gameobject is much more expensive than enabling/disabling a component

[queen adder]

It works but the only thing is that it will just proformance not as good?

[languid spire]

that's not the only thing but it is the most important

[queen adder]

Im not too worried becuase im just making a small project to learn the basics

[languid spire]

but it never hurts to learn best practices. In game dev always endeavour to do the least amount of changes to achieve the effect you want

[queen adder]

100% agree I should be doing that and that sounds right wanan save time

[dusty ember]

Does anyone know how to make my game less pixelated

[wintry quarry]

make sure your game view is not zoomed in

[dusty ember]

scale is on the least it can be

[wintry quarry]

beyond that, turn on anti-aliasing.

[dusty ember]

Where is that

[wintry quarry]

wdym by "least it can be". Is it set to 1?

[dusty ember]

yeah 1.3x

[wintry quarry]

depends on which render pipeline you're using

[summer stump]

What is the aspect ratio set to?
Also, this is not really a code question

[steep rose]

better in unity talk, yes?

[simple mural]

Heyo can anyone in here help me with an issue im having in unity?:)

Im trying to reference a class in another script, but for some reason i cant figure out why it wont let me

[rocky canyon]

which class to which class?

send example code / screenshots

[simple mural]

Im very new so im unsure.

Im trying to use Addresource in the shopbutton script

Idk if i've given enough context

[rocky canyon]

so it looks like u made a singleton from ur ResourceManager called instance

ResourceManager.instance would be how u access it

like u have there in ur ShopButton

[wintry quarry]

What do you mean by "it won't let me"?

what happens when you try?

[rocky canyon]

[simple mural]

In the other script where i wrote the same thing it turned green, but i am getting this error

[wintry quarry]

That has nothing to do with your question

[rocky canyon]

ohh thats b/c Button is in the UI namespace i beliieve

[wintry quarry]

you're just mssing using UnityEngine.UI;

[rocky canyon]

using UnityEngine.UI;

[simple mural]

Now i get this one

[wintry quarry]

You misspelled the function name

[wintry quarry]

look at your screenshot

[simple mural]

I see now

[wintry quarry]

Also the fact that your code editor is not highltighting these in red and not autocorrecting means your IDE is not configured properly

[rocky canyon]

errors are king

[wintry quarry]

you should stop what you're doingn and get it configured

[rocky canyon]

!ide

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[rocky canyon]

powpow

[wanton kraken]

the following code is supposed to ensure on that on powerup pickup, the gameobject that's selected to be added to inventory isn't already there. inventory is an array of 3 (0,1,2) called Bullets. any ideas on why this won't work?

    public GameObject RandomRoll()
    {
        List<GameObject> possibleBullets = new List<GameObject> {BouncingBullet, DoubleDMGBullet, PassThroughBullet};
        foreach (GameObject bullet in Bullets)
        {
            possibleBullets.Remove(bullet);
        }
        if (possibleBullets.Count > 0)
        {
            int roll = Random.Range(0, possibleBullets.Count);
            return possibleBullets[roll];
        }
        return NoBullet;
    }

[eternal needle]

Did you debug anything related to this? Like which if statements are happening

[wanton kraken]

doesn't seem like any of them are happening?

[eager spindle]

if you're using visual studio you should use the debugger, the big green button on top

check the value of possibleBullets

[wanton kraken]

i'll try that.

[wintry quarry]

can you. explain what you mean by "won't work"? What's happening instead of the desired behvior?

[wanton kraken]

it doesn't seem to sort anything, just picks a random bullet.

[eager spindle]

the bullets arent being removed

my theory is that the variable in a foreach loop isnt the same as in a for loop

could you replace foreach with for loop instead?

[wanton kraken]

i'll give that a shot

[wintry quarry]

I don't see any code that would sort anything

your code just picks a random bullet

No sorting here:

       if (possibleBullets.Count > 0)
        {
            int roll = Random.Range(0, possibleBullets.Count);
            return possibleBullets[roll];
        }```

[eager spindle]

more of filtering out stuff

[wanton kraken]

?? it makes a list of possible bullets, and is supposed to pick from that. possible bullets shouldn't include bullets that are already in the inventory

[polar acorn]

What is in Bullets when this code runs

[wintry quarry]

so what is it doing instead?

it's picking one that's already in the inventory?

[languid spire]

almost certainly possibleBullets is being populated with prefabs not instantiated gameobjects

[wintry quarry]

I mean - wouldn't prefabs make sense here?

[wanton kraken]

hold on a moment guys, i have an idea. let me try it quickly

and yes, it is prefabs

[languid spire]

no prefab != gameObject

[polar acorn]

Unless Bullets is containing instantiated objects

[wintry quarry]

prefabs are definitely GameObjects, but yeah we have no idea how Bullets is populated. This question is devoid of a lot of context

including what is actually going wrong/happening

[languid spire]

note. I spelt gameObject with a small g

[hollow forum]

how do i actually move an object with transform and a Vector2

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using JetBrains.Annotations;
using UnityEditor.Callbacks;
using UnityEngine;

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    
    public GameObject Planet1;
    public GameObject Planet2;
    public Rigidbody2D rb1;
    public Rigidbody2D rb2;
    public static float initialveloctity;
    public Vector2 velocity = new Vector2(0, 0);
    public Vector2 initial = new Vector2(0, 8);
    public Vector2 acceleration;
    public Vector2 force;
    public Vector2 displacement;
    public float displacementMagnitude;
    public float GravitationalConstant = 0.05f;
    public Vector2 position = new Vector2(0, 0);
    
    
    void Start()
    {
        Vector2 position = new Vector2(Planet1.transform.position.x, Planet1.transform.position.y);
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()   
    {
        displacement = Planet1.transform.position - Planet2.transform.position;
        displacementMagnitude = displacement.magnitude;

        Vector2 velocity = new Vector2(0, 8);
        
        Vector2 force = displacement.normalized*(GravitationalConstant * rb1.mass * rb2.mass) / (displacement * displacement);

        Vector2 acceleration = force/rb1.mass;

        velocity += acceleration * Time.deltaTime;

    }

}

everything i try throws an error

[rocky canyon]

well, whats the error

[cosmic dagger]

well, what error? i'd start with that . . .

bcuz there are tons of tutorials for this . . .

[hollow forum]

cs1612 cannot modify as it is not a variable of the gameobject

[cosmic dagger]

post the actual error message. that doesn't tell us enough . . .

we don't know what you're trying to modify . . .

[hollow forum]

another line at the bottom

to try to change the position

[tidal kiln]

make a new vector

[cosmic dagger]

you need to assign the entire position . . .

[pulsar forum]

Technically you can do this(I mean in a fundamental sense you can change your copy) it just won’t be applied your transform

[tidal kiln]

var newPosition = Planet1.transform.position;
newPosition.x += velocity;
Planet1.transform.position = newPosition;

[hollow forum]

public Vector2 position = new Vector2(Planet1.transform.position.x, Planet1.transform.position.y);

ive done this

but it meant that my planet1 gameobject needed to be static

[cosmic dagger]

then assign that to the transform.position . . .

[cinder crag]

https://paste.ofcode.org/39FxtaFSUvKEGZMQshJMYKw (weaponShooting script)

okay so i did make a new class inside the WeaponShooting script and referenced that new class in the WeaponShooting class then set the WeaponSO.name\DMG\fireRate to WeaponStats in the SetPOCODataToSOData() method then call that method in update but the pistol still does the same dmg as the bow when it last hit so if the bow was charged and dealt like 3 dmg then the pistol does the same dmg as well but it supposed to deal 15 and im not sure on how to fix it

[hollow forum]

now i have that an object reference is not set to an instance of the gameobject as the static field has just gotten rid of it completely

which i am trying to eliminate by removing all instances of Planet1

[cosmic dagger]

you cannot modify a single axis of position because it's a Vector3 (struct) and returns a copy of the position. that's why you need to create a temporary variable, modify that, then assign it back . . .

[hollow forum]

idk why i did that lmao

[cosmic dagger]

no idea what you mean by this. i don't see how assigning the position to a Vector3 gives you a null reference error . . .

[summer stump]

You are doing the exact opposite of what was recommended

You are setting the SO data in code at runtime

You set the POCO data to what your SO has.

Again, do not change the SO via code at runtime

You want WeaponStats.name = WeaponSO.name

[zenith crown]

Anyone here that used a character controller and made a crouching script for it? Im having trouble with mine and would like to take a look at others solutions

[steep rose]

its easy to crouch, just scale your player down by an amount you prefer and have a custom movespeed for crouching, you could also make it so you cant jump if you want

i personally dont use character controllers that much but it is what it is, we can help you with your crouch problems if you present code for us

[cinder crag]

oh my god , im so stupid

[cinder crag]

and now just let it like this?

[zenith crown]

I will do that

give me a second to present it fully

[steep rose]

for sure 👍

[summer stump]

At a quick glance, yeah that looks good.

And no worries. You aren't stupid, this is just part of the process of learning new things. Good work

[cinder crag]

thank you thank you

also seems like it didnt really fix anything

[hollow forum]

now getting this error

i donht understand why it sayts my input position on y axis is infinity or undefined

[zenith crown]

These are the 2 issues (1. The Hitboxes go thru the ground, 2. After the first jump since start the hitboxes start to float/bounce up)
Movement.cs: //Movement code
https://paste.ofcode.org/jhrgUtdq2jLmYyhiRhtkjY
BLUEPRINTS.cs: // Variables (Not all in use)
https://paste.ofcode.org/Jd6sPg6N73n9sEAyE9ZkYC

Thats both when crouching and crawling

[polar acorn]

Division by zero

[hollow forum]

yes but ive got displacement.magnitude squared

and there is a difference on x axis

so im not sure why its giving that cause surely the magnitude should just be 22

[polar acorn]

Either displacement.magnitude is 0, or rb1.mass is zero

[steep rose]

let me compare this to my script real quick, ill get back to you in a minute

[zenith crown]

No worries take ur time

[hollow forum]

rb1.mass is zero

and i cant console it cause it just wont run

but they are seperated

so there should be a displacement magnitude

[polar acorn]

When you add NaN to a valid number, that number becomes NaN

[steep rose]

im guessing you want your camera to be at the level of which you crouched?

[zenith crown]

Oh no that i was gonna do after

dont worry about that

currently the hitbox is all over the place (video)

[cinder crag]

rip , this didnt work

[hollow forum]

well im not sure what im adding NaN to

[polar acorn]

If rb1.mass is zero, then acceleration is NaN

[zenith crown]

In the second part of the clip after the jump i wasnt jumping whatsoever all it was was pressing the crouch and crawl keys

[hollow forum]

the mass isnt zero tho

its 0.01

[polar acorn]

Then what was this about

Why did you just tell me it's zero

[hollow forum]

i meant to say it isnt

[ashen sonnet]

guys if i use a boxcast to detect if the player is onground, wouldnt that mean that if the player just jumped the exact frame before hitting the ground, they would jump slightly higher? because the boxcast sticks out slightly detecting the player is on the ground JUST before they are?

[polar acorn]

Can you post the actual !code so it can be copy-pasted and I don't need to retype a whole bunch of stuff?

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[hollow forum]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using JetBrains.Annotations;
using UnityEditor.Callbacks;
using UnityEngine;

public class Movement : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    
    public GameObject Planet1;
    public GameObject Planet2;
    public Rigidbody2D rb1;
    public Rigidbody2D rb2;
    public static float initialveloctity;
    public Vector2 velocity = new Vector2(0, 0);
    public Vector2 initial = new Vector2(0, 8);
    public Vector2 acceleration;
    public Vector2 force;
    public Vector2 displacement;
    public float displacementMagnitude;
    public float GravitationalConstant = 0.05f;
    public Vector2 position = new Vector2(0, 0);
    
    
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()   
    {
        displacement = Planet1.transform.position - Planet2.transform.position;
        displacementMagnitude = displacement.magnitude;

        Vector2 velocity = new Vector2(0, 8);
        
        Vector2 force = displacement.normalized*(GravitationalConstant * rb1.mass * rb2.mass) / (displacement.magnitude * displacement.magnitude);

        Vector2 acceleration = force/rb1.mass;

        velocity += acceleration * Time.deltaTime;

        position += velocity;
    

        Planet1.transform.position = new Vector3(position.x, position.y, 0f);

         

    }

}

[zenith crown]

Pls use one of the links CSD

[polar acorn]

Make a smaller box

[rocky canyon]

any bigger than that u might wanna use an external paste-bin

[zenith crown]

so it doesnt take up the whole thing

[ashen sonnet]

well yeah but even if the box just stuck out 1 pixel below the player it would still be a problem just to a way way way way smaller degree right? (bro i said frame instead of pixel am i high wtf)

[steep rose]

try commenting out the controller.center code, im guessing your setting that to make sure you dont float in the air for a second before you fall to the ground?

[hollow forum]

will do didnt read

[hollow forum]

https://paste.ofcode.org/7iBPuEdFRfGTKSB3Mfk4Wz

[zenith crown]

Make it so it doesnt detect the ground if the impact gives damage

should solve it

or atleast that u cant jump

like a temporary stun

[polar acorn]

void Update()   
    {
        displacement = Planet1.transform.position - Planet2.transform.position;
        displacementMagnitude = displacement.magnitude;
    Debug.Log($"DisplacementMagnitude: {displacementMagnitude}");      
        Vector2 force = displacement.normalized*(GravitationalConstant * rb1.mass * rb2.mass) / (displacement.magnitude * displacement.magnitude);
    Debug.Log($"force: {force}");

        Vector2 acceleration = force/rb1.mass;
    Debug.Log($"acceleration: {acceleration}");
        
        Vector2 velocity = new Vector2(0, 8);  
        velocity += acceleration * Time.deltaTime;
        position += velocity;
        Debug.Log($"position: {position}");

        Planet1.transform.position = new Vector3(position.x, position.y, 0f);
    }

Replace your function with this one

[polar acorn]

If your game is so precise that 1 extra pixel of jump height breaks it, you should reconsider

[zenith crown]

the controller.center makes it so when i crouch/crawl the hitbox moves down instead of floating

without it the smaller hitbox simply stays in air

[steep rose]

instead i would recomend applying a force down for a second to eradicate this issue

[queen adder]

How do I make calculations in a script

[steep rose]

this is most likely your problem

[polar acorn]

With math

[steep rose]

true

[queen adder]

yes long calcualtions

[ashen sonnet]

it wouldnt break it, i've just never seen a game with tech where you jump and jump b4 u hit the ground to get slightly higher
plus i like precision i guess
and also i plan to add buffered inputs for obvious reasons which would make it much easier to do yk

[polar acorn]

You almost certainly have, you have just never noticed

[steep rose]

if you are worried about a pixel difference couldn't you just apply a tiny force down for a second to negate it?

[ashen sonnet]

good point

[zenith crown]

Nvm it did work but only after the first jump for some reason and also when i crouch/crawl i fall from the standing position

a lerp will fix that

so i dont find that as an issue

but the jumping part is one

[cinder crag]

the more i look around , the more i get my suspicion that it might be because of the enemy on collision code but not sure

[polar acorn]

You would... do the calcualtions. In script. You can write math operations in C#.

[ashen sonnet]

can someone please explain in an almost annoying amount of detail, why everthing in this line works/what it does?

rb.AddForce(new Vector2(0, jumpForce), ForceMode2D.Impulse);

[polar acorn]

That's the least vague answer I can give with how vague the question is

[zenith crown]

Nvm got it solved now

the controller skin was stuck in the ground

solution was to make the character drop a little bit on the ground

[steep rose]

vector2() is X and Z right? not X and Y?

[ashen sonnet]

oh and this can obviously be assumed but rb is created by this line in start
rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();

[polar acorn]

No

[steep rose]

correct me if im wrong

[steep rose]

thanks

[zenith crown]

I can explain the first bit, i dont know what the second bit does tho.
AddForce simply pushes it with a force in the direction of the Vector and the Vector is created in that line and set to 0 X and jumpForce amount to Y pushing it straight up with that force.

[ashen sonnet]

z would be the depth and if its easier to remember it just goes in alphabetal order so x y z

[languid spire]

in future consult the docs for such simple questions

[steep rose]

forcemode.impulse applies the force once i believe

[obsidian shoal]

im demotivated because i feel im not learning and unity learn is slow

[steep rose]

will do

[polar acorn]

how long has it been

[frosty hound]

Longer than the 10 minute Youtube meme video that made it look so easy at the very least

[obsidian shoal]

a week and 2 days

[languid spire]

game dev and Unity is a very complicated thing to learn, it takes years not days or hours

[obsidian shoal]

been working 5h a day

[rocky canyon]

during a crouch w/ a CC i usually change my (center and my height)
starting height starts at 2, center is 1, so when i crouch it turns to 1, and .5 .. I use Mathf.MoveTowards for smoothing.. (my hitbox then matches my character pretty easily)

[cosmic dagger]

in this race, you're the tortoise, not the hare . . .

[ashen sonnet]

so rb.AddForce is just a thing that moves something with the physics engine specifically, then makes a vector to determine how/where it moves
so this is obv just for my jumping but should i be using this for my movement too? rn im using just like transform.position += Vector3.right * speed *Time.deltaTime
and yeah i still have no clue what forcemode2d.impulse means (time to google it/ask chatgpt)

[polar acorn]

Then you're about 207 weeks shy of the usual amount of time people spend learning

[rocky canyon]

not sure if its a question u had.. or I caught the end of something

[obsidian shoal]

how do i learn faster

[ashen sonnet]

so if it wasnt for that it would just continuously move that way?

[obsidian shoal]

i hate watching 1h of videos

[polar acorn]

you don't

you learn longer

[languid spire]

you dont

[zenith crown]

Learning programming is a rollercoaster and a slow burn to learn. It takes a long time but as you go on it gets satisfying and it has its ups and downs of burnout where you need to take a small break before heading back into it

dont worry

[steep rose]

correct

[zenith crown]

its a part of the process

[rich adder]

not exists

[steep rose]

it would default to forcemode.force

[cosmic dagger]

that's like one week of class. how much did you expect to learn in such a short amount of time? a semester is, at least, 3 months . . .

[rocky canyon]

i'm closing in 4,160 hrs

[obsidian shoal]

i understand it takes a while but im not as motivated as i was a week ago

[ashen sonnet]

watch the GMTK flappy bird tutorial, follow along, then once you're done get an idea for something else to add, and research how to add it (chatgpt or google or whatever), then when u have code that works, learn WHY it works

[zenith crown]

Yes vectors3 should be used for movement but you could also add the jumpforce into the same vector which you have movement in to make it more compact even tho it isnt necessary

[obsidian shoal]

what is a diffrent way i can learn other then videos

[rocky canyon]

i am more motivated when i see something i make working..

i tend to jump around projects.. just to make something

then i have my main project that i go back and forth too..

(the tedious one)

[polar acorn]

Motivation is a fickle bastard who can't be depended on for anything. Discipline is how you actually get things done

[rocky canyon]

💯 couldnta said it better myself

[steep rose]

with several attemps and many fails and a lot of help from here i got most of my movement code done, so it does take time to get better

[obsidian shoal]

i want to make something myself without a tut but i feel i dont know enough

[cinder crag]

you cant really expect to learn something from a 10 min "how to easily make games in unity" video , it takes lots of practice and time to learn and get to where a expert unity developer is but the experience is painful but fun to learn , you just kinda need problem solving skills and a bit of determination and you should be able to atleast get to a beginner level , for a expert level you have to practice more and more yk

[zenith crown]

Personally i used a 4 hour course and after that i dropped the training wheels and started doing trial and errors, ran into multiple walls but kept going cause its satisfying once the code works

[rocky canyon]

videos, github repos, reading articles, doing game-jams, downloading sample projects.. (reverse engineering them)

[polar acorn]

Then go do things

[cosmic dagger]

to be honest, you don't need motivation: you need discipline and consistency. people are only motivated to do the things they want to do when they want to. never rely on motivation because it depends on your personal (internal) state of mind . . .

[polar acorn]

They don't need to do well

but just do things

Learn how to solve problems that come up because that's all programming is

[rocky canyon]

do things frequently... do things well sparingly.. 😄

[polar acorn]

a series of encountering a problem and then finding out how to solve it

[cinder crag]

i usually punish myself to combine some code like my weapon shooting code with a cool chargeable bow code and i did it , works good , just have to fix the Dmg , its a really fun experience and feels good seeing it work

[rocky canyon]

100 percent.. "omg it works" moments push me forward

[obsidian shoal]

coming from a 2d dev to a 3d dev its hard to come up with ideas

[ashen sonnet]

like i said, what a short tutorial to understand VERY fundamentals, like the gmtk flappy bird one, then just make stuff with google and stuff
also if everything is still to confusing, try learning something like python first, cuz python is bassically just english but weirder, and it teaches concepts of programming in a very accessible way so you dont have to worry about where to put punctuation ect

[cinder crag]

i alwasy think that programming is more about problem solving skills icl

[rocky canyon]

different eggs, same basket

[polar acorn]

Programming is just "Googling, with purpose"

[rocky canyon]

i dont agree w/ the learning python to learn unity bit

[languid spire]

Speaking as the old, wise man, motivation comes from enjoyment, the more you enjoy game dev the more motivated you will be

[steep rose]

this is true

[zenith crown]

Literally like 5 mins ago when i got the issues solved i jumped out of my chair and screamed lets go so loud my mom told me to shush

[steep rose]

lmao

[ashen sonnet]

i dont mean to learn unity, but just if programming concepts are too confusing yk

[rocky canyon]

haha feels good dunnit

[rocky canyon]

python to me is more confusing.. b/c its soo relaxed of a language..

[radiant frigate]

hi! i´ve been runing into a problem, i want to make a triple shot, but i dont know how to offset the other 2 bullets, i have tried everything from; multiplying vectors and quaternions, using radians, degrees, etc, pretty sure one of them would work but i dont think im writting the code i need correctly

[zenith crown]

Make your 2d games 3d its a fun expierience

[cinder crag]

make old btd games into 3d

[ripe shard]

If you use Python to learn programming you will betray yourself and never really understand it. The best way to learn programming is via C, second best is Java/C#

[ashen sonnet]

i just mean for learning the core concepts of programming
learning what a variable is is much easier when its "hoursinaday = 24" not "private const int hoursinaday = 24;"

[rocky canyon]

if ur coming from 2D going to 3D then i would recommend

2.5D

fun fun

[steep rose]

C plus plus, i guess i cant say c plus plus without getting flagged

[polar acorn]

The fundamentals of programming don't get easier when you do them in a different language. Logic, control flow, and compartmentalization are language-agnostic, as long as you're not literally fighting the language it doesn't matter

[zenith crown]

I would change the rotation of them slightly from point of where they shoot out

[ripe shard]

If you must, that works too. The important bit is that it has no training wheels.

[steep rose]

i have a book for it, its fun

[rocky canyon]

oh yea, thats always useful. im just hating on Python ;D.. i built a discord bot once.. never ever will i willingly work on python again 😄

[polar acorn]

How are you getting the direction of the first line?

[steep rose]

but hard

[radiant frigate]

!code

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[cinder crag]

anyone can help me with this? the dmg of the chargeable bow is being set to the pistol dmg as well and i dont want that

[radiant frigate]

https://gdl.space/pibeqiwebu.cs

[languid spire]

sorry, but that is complete crap. Concepts are concepts the language is irrelevant

[ripe shard]

You can only ever learn coding once. If you learn it through C you get the best start.

[radiant frigate]

i dont know how to rotate the vector to be pointing towards the objective

[rich adder]

learning C just to get into c# is not really worth the trouble

[zenith crown]

For me coding was simply translating thoughts into something my pc could read

[polar acorn]

That doesn't answer the question, direction is not defined here

[rocky canyon]

i didn't want to start a python flame war.. just wanted to point out imo that learning python before isn't really necessary.. (my dislike of python ofc influencing my opinion) 😄

[steep rose]

not necessarily, you dont need to learn C or C++ or python to get the best start.

[rocky canyon]

thats what it is.. (a list of instructions)

[ashen sonnet]

i think python is good for teaching extreme basics of how programming works, conceptually
not how to write code
like i said, python is bassically just english with extra steps, most python scrips when read out loud can be vaguely understood, which makes it very accessible and comprehendible so while it would be more worth your time to learn a more complex language first, if its too hard python could work

[cosmic dagger]

recreate very simple games. challenge yourself to replicate their mechanics and gameplay, then add your own systems/mechanics on top of their game. that will show you can create games by following a provided documentation (the replication) and expand on those ideas by implementing new mechanics (your creativity/expression)

there are simple "clone" games we usually provide: flappy bird, asteroids, galaga, brick breaker, single 2d-mario level, 2d/3d infinite runner . . .

[radiant frigate]

direction is defined in other update but its basically objective.transform.position - transform.position

[ripe shard]

No. That is the fundamental mistake.

[rocky canyon]

ya, i see what ur saying.. to each their own.. if it helped you thats fantastic..

[ripe shard]

Python is only used in academia for learning because there they don’t care about actually running code in real hardware.

[steep rose]

only the pros code with linux command line

[rocky canyon]

results may vary imo

[steep rose]

facts

[polar acorn]

Okay, and do you want the other two shots to be offset randomly, by a certain distance, or by a certain degree

[zenith crown]

i think any language is good as almost all languages rely on the same things just worded differently

[radiant frigate]

i want them to be offset for an exact amount of degrees

[rocky canyon]

when u get down to the nitty gritty, yea, they're all pretty similar

[radiant frigate]

as in the image, one towards the objective, and 2 others to the sides

[cinder crag]

sorry for being annoying but ive been stuck on this problem for hours 😭

[rocky canyon]

no worries.. can u share ur code.. !code in a pastebin website.. or something other than a screenshot..

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[polar acorn]

Every programming language is just "English with extra steps" and can be read aloud. In fact, Python having things like significant whitespace and lack of strong typing actually make it a uniquely bad language to start learning with. It hides a lot of the boiler plate, but you still need to understand that boilerplate

[rocky canyon]

and briefly explain ur issue once more

[zenith crown]

i would create an empty to track the orientation of the first arrow then offset the other 2 from that orientation

[radiant frigate]

an empty? what is that?

[rocky canyon]

i hate pythons whitespace.. that is all 😄

[steep rose]

can we see full code then?

[rocky canyon]

w/o a good ide formatting for me.. my python would be a mess

[zenith crown]

Its a little thingy that holds transforms, rotation etc

[cinder crag]

https://paste.ofcode.org/3Ywv2vcLLX3TmSMTYtAJ4J (WeaponShooting script)

[rocky canyon]

thank you 👍 now whats not working?

[cinder crag]

yeah just sent it now , mbmb

[cosmic dagger]

you need to rotate the direction based on an angle before passing it to the instantiated bullet . . .

[cosmic dagger]

where are your scripts?

[rocky canyon]

just a gameObject w/o any other components attached except its basic Transform component

[zenith crown]

if you make its absolute 0 the same as from where the arrows fly out of you could make it as i said

[cosmic dagger]

oh, i see, i see . . .

[ashen sonnet]

i will say python is atleast very good for someone who wants go code casually, cuz you can do SOOO much with it and its so hilariously easy to learn

[radiant frigate]

how do i rotate the direction based on the angle that i need?

[rocky canyon]

if u never seen code in ur life.. and want to learn code.. yea python is a go-to

but in context of unity.. i dont see its relevancy

[steep rose]

the only reason why i dont like python is because its way to expensive than it has to be

but its very easy to learn

[rocky canyon]

well, now i know who the python fan bois are 😈 lol j/k j/k

[cinder crag]

so i have a chargeable bow and based on how long you charged it increases the dmg and the 35 is the max , but for some reason when i deal dmg to an enemy with the bow and then go and buy the pistol , for some reason the pistol dmg is the same as the the last bow dmg it dealt so if the player charged the bow and dealt like 3 dmg to an enemy then the next time i damage enemies with the pistol it deals 3 dmg and not 15 as its sent in the inspector so im not sure on how to fix it

[radiant frigate]

i have tried multiplying a quaternion with the direction vector, but it didnt go well, probably because i wrote it wrong

[polar acorn]

So, you have direction, and you want two more angles offset by the same amount in either direction?

Take advantage of the fact that a quaternion multiplied by a vector applies that rotation to the vector:

direction;
Quaternion.Euler(0, 30, 0) * direction;
Quaternion.Euler(0, -30, 0) * direction;

[steep rose]

where is your buy script and pistol script?

[rocky canyon]

so ur using the same damage amount variable for all weapons?

[steep rose]

or this

[sand heath]

those things should not affect eachother

[rocky canyon]

let me look at the script right quick #💻┃code-beginner message

[polar acorn]

It is exactly as "hilariously easy to learn" as basically any imperative programming language

[radiant frigate]

why do all people use the one on the middle, shouldnt it be the in the z? or since its a quaternion it takes other numbers

[cinder crag]

yeah ik but for some reason they do

[radiant frigate]

because i have exactly that but in the "fake z axis"

[rocky canyon]

Euler (x, y z)

it depends on what property ur wanting to manipulate

[zenith crown]

How can i change one value to another smoothly and consistently, the 3 courses i looked into explained it confusingly

[polar acorn]

Well, it'd be whichever angle you want to rotate about. We aren't sure the orientation.

[cinder crag]

yeah but the weapons are diff prefabs so i jsut set how much dmg they deal on the prefab and on the SO as well

[ashen sonnet]

i think conceptually, yes, but learning to actually WRITE it i think python is way easier

[rocky canyon]

I use Mathf.MoveTowards()

[steep rose]

unity used weird vectors unity uses Y as up

brb

[radiant frigate]

okay so if i want ot rotate it on the z axis since its 2d

[zenith crown]

Ill look into that thankyou

[sand heath]

Y is not 'weird' it's a standard

[polar acorn]

Yeah, then you'd use the Z axis

[radiant frigate]

i need to write it in the z ?

[cinder crag]

i only have WeaponShooting script that handles all the shooting n stuff of the weapon

[radiant frigate]

bulletHolder.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0,0,direction.z-30+ (30*i));

[rocky canyon]

theres mathf for floats and Vector3 for.. well... Vector3s ofc

[radiant frigate]

inst that what im doing?

maybe im confused right now

[polar acorn]

It's not standard, but it's not weird either.

[sand heath]

Its a standard

[polar acorn]

You see how you're currently using direction to point the bulletHolder?

[radiant frigate]

yes

[cinder crag]

https://gdl.space/ifonodavan.csalso the ShopManager script that handles the buy stuff

[sand heath]

The weird one is unreal lol

[zenith crown]

Perfect and what parameters do i enter and what does each one do

[radiant frigate]

wait

im not

[lethal elbow]

I have a bit of a problem with a function I made which is supposed to make the character look towards the mouse cursor in 3D space

   private void GetMousePosition()
    {

        Ray ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay((Input.mousePosition));

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit, float.MaxValue, groundMask))
        {

            Vector3 direcion = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition - transform.position);
            transform.forward = direcion;
            direcion.y = 0;
            transform.position = raycastHit.point;

        }

    }
```
My problem is the character attaches itself to the mouse cursor along the layermask and I'm not sure what's wrong

[polar acorn]

You want to do that with all three of the directions I sent here:
#💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

sorry for the trouble.. but can u use a different one? !code paste.ofcode.org maybe

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[polar acorn]

There are many standards

[rocky canyon]

ur link is dead

[cinder crag]

the site is dead lol

[rocky canyon]

ooof lol

[sand heath]

Use your debugger to track the damage variable

[rocky canyon]

^ debug the value when u set it.. when u change it.. before you use it

[cinder crag]

https://gdl.space/ozoferimoq.cs heres the WeaponShooting script

[rocky canyon]

find when it doesn't work the way it should

when you know where its going bad.. its easy to fix

[rocky canyon]

it works!

[obsidian shoal]

who else likes this font

[radiant frigate]

i made it work somehow https://gdl.space/uceguqibot.cs

[rocky canyon]

when you switch weapons.. the damage value isnt being reset properly

so the previous value from the bow is used

[cinder crag]

ooh , how can i reset it then?

[cosmic dagger]

though, i'm not feeling the all lowercase class. turn that into PascalCase and we good . . .

[sand heath]

By setting it to the damage value you want

[rocky canyon]

you need to reset the value whenever you switch weapons.. looks like u can do that in ur SetPOCODatatoSOData

[cinder crag]

cant i do it here?

[rocky canyon]

    private void SetPOCODataToSOData()
    {
        weaponStats.name = weaponSO.name;
        weaponStats.fireRate = weaponSO.fireRate;

        if (weaponSO.name != "Bow")
        {
            weaponStats.Damage = weaponSO.DMG;
            weaponStats.BeforeDamage = weaponSO.BeforeDMG;
            BowCharge = 0f; //reset bow damage
        }
    }```

[steep rose]

back

[rocky canyon]

if current weapon is not bw.. the method sets the weaponStats.Damage and weaponStats.BeforeDamage to values in the SO

then it sets bowcharge to 0 to ensure that any residual charge from the bow is cleared out

[zenith crown]

Oh what parameters do i put in and what do they do?

[sand heath]

You can set weapon stats when equipping

[lethal elbow]

Anyone able to help with this?

[steep rose]

which ones?

nvm

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.MoveTowards.html
This function is similar Mathf.Lerp except that this function ensures the rate of change never exceeds maxDelta and that the current value is never greater than the target value. Negative values of maxDelta pushes the value away from target.

[sand heath]

Send the !code again formatted

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

[zenith crown]

whats maxdistancedelta?

[lethal elbow]

   private void GetMousePosition()
    {

        Ray ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay((Input.mousePosition));

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit, float.MaxValue, groundMask))
        {

            Vector3 direcion = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition - transform.position);
            transform.forward = direcion;
            direcion.y = 0;
            transform.position = raycastHit.point;

        }

    }

I thought it was to begin with

[rocky canyon]

i use 7 * Time.deltaTime otherwise known as Seven Seconds

[zenith crown]

I read that and the unity docs

and didnt understand

haha

[cinder crag]

this didnt work

[zenith crown]

Oh so its the time it takes?

[rocky canyon]

oof, well regardless.. the issue is u need to reset ur damage for w/e gun ur using..

it isn't being done atm

[rocky canyon]

basically

[raw token]

* 7 per second

[sand heath]

Not formatted and not on a paste site

[obsidian shoal]

why is this not making xpos into a var that i can transform to

[rocky canyon]

yes..

[zenith crown]

perfect

[rocky canyon]

transform.position isnt a float

[sand heath]

Because a float isn't a vector

[rocky canyon]

transform.position = new Vector3(xpos, transform.position.y, transform.position.z);

[cosmic dagger]

what does the error say???

[steep rose]

that is formatted?

[polar acorn]

Well for one, in that second image, there's no such thing as xpos

[rocky canyon]

^ yup, this also..

the first image has a float xpos but not in the second one

[lethal elbow]

Pretty strange that discord isn't formatting that

https://gdl.space/umokizumot.cs
anyway here it is on a pastebin

[rocky canyon]

    private void GetMousePosition()
    {
        Ray ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay((Input.mousePosition));

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit, float.MaxValue, groundMask))
        {
            Vector3 direcion = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition - transform.position);
            transform.forward = direcion;
            direcion.y = 0;
            transform.position = raycastHit.point;
        }
    }``` real formatting

[lethal elbow]

The difference being keywords and data type have a colour change?

[cinder crag]

the dmg for the pistol doesnt get changed at all not even in the pistol SO , it remains 15 so im unsure on why this happens

[rocky canyon]

i mean, thats all i noticed 😄 all i did was add cs to the codeblock..

but regardless ur paste-bin resource is much better 👍

[obsidian shoal]

i only want x pos

[rocky canyon]

atleast u didnt send a screenshot.. or even worse.. a cell pic of ur monitor 😄

[rocky canyon]

that only sets the X

it keeps the same Y and same Z of what transform.position already is

you can't directly set 1 property of the transform.position like that

[steep rose]

[lethal elbow]

Looks readable to me

[rocky canyon]

lmao (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[rocky canyon]

Vector3 newPosition;
newPosition = transform.position;
newPosition.x = xPos;
transform.position = newPosition;``` would also do the same

[cinder crag]

slowly losing it icl

[rocky canyon]

take a step back.. reorganize ur thoughts and then return

[lethal elbow]

Anyone able to help with my problemo?

[rich adder]

[lethal elbow]

Here's your direction 🙂

[zenith crown]

How do i make the movetowards faster?

[rich adder]

increase speed

[zenith crown]

uhh how do i do that?

[polar acorn]

Well, theres three parameters to movetowards

[lethal elbow]

It's getting the correct mouse cursor location, the problem is it's translating the character instead of the character direction

[polar acorn]

and one of them is the maximum amount to move in a frame

[cinder crag]

hmm i saw smth but not sure if its the problem so when im in the shop tab i can still yk move around and shoot so when i press to buy the pistol , it charges the bow so maybe thats why , what if i freeze the game and then turn canFire off

[polar acorn]

and if you want it to move more in one frame

that's probably the one to look at

[rocky canyon]

private void GetMousePosition()
{
    if (mainCamera == null)
    {
        mainCamera = Camera.main;
    }

    Ray ray = mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

    if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit raycastHit, float.MaxValue, groundMask))
    {
        Vector3 direction = (raycastHit.point - transform.position).normalized;
        direction.y = 0; // Ignore the y-component to keep the direction on the horizontal plane
        
        transform.forward = direction;

        transform.position = raycastHit.point;
    }
}``` if its a 3d game i Raycast into the scene using `camera.ScreenPointToRay`

[lethal elbow]

  void Start()
    {
        
        Debug.Log("Player created");
        cc = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
        mainCamera = Camera.main;

    }

I have it in the start function

[rocky canyon]

   Vector3 mouseScreenPosition = Input.mousePosition;

        /// <summary>
        /// Use Raycast Method for Casting into 3D Environments
        /// </summary>
        if (useRaycast)
        {
            Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(mouseScreenPosition);
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit))
            {
                Vector3 hitPosition = hit.point;
                transform.position = new Vector3(hitPosition.x, hitPosition.y, hitPosition.z + raycastOffset);
                
                if (useNormal)
                {
                    transform.up = hit.normal;
                }
            }
        }``` heres the method pulled from my own Raycast (cursor 3d script)

[rocky canyon]

theres more to that codeblock than just the mainCamera assignment

[obsidian shoal]

i got the help of chat gpt because im a loser

[polar acorn]

Did it tell you literally the exact same things we did

[lethal elbow]

This is still doing the same thing I'm afraid 😦

[obsidian shoal]

i didint understand what yall said

[rocky canyon]

works as intended in my project 🤔

debug the raycast hit..

see if it actually raycasts into the scene..

[lethal elbow]

Ah I know what you mean, The mouse location part is fine and was originally. But when I attach it to a character then the character is attached to the cursor also

[rocky canyon]

    Debug.Log($"Raycast hit {hit.collider.name}");```

[lethal elbow]

My aim is to get the character to look towards the mouse cursor on a level y-axis

[rocky canyon]

i use LookAt() functions for that..
and pass in the same Y value as the object's
LookAt(new Vector3(theRaycastHit.position.x, transform.position.y, theRaycastHit.position.z)); something similar to this ☝️

regardless of what method u use.. the same idea can be applied.. (that.x, yourown.y, that.z)

[lethal elbow]

What's the part that connects the character to the mouse?

from my script

[cinder crag]

okay i fixed the dmg n stuff but now im trying to check if in the shop area then if you hold E down then you will open the shop etc but im not sure how to do it , i tried it onColliderEnter2D and OnTriggerEnter2D but nth tbh

[lethal elbow]

Nevermind, I think I've done it 🙂

[true pasture]

Those would only work if you pressed e at the exact time the collidor was entered. Just raycast I think?

[lethal elbow]

Thank you very much for the help @rocky canyon 🙂

[true pasture]

Or just check the distance between user and shop and if it's in range it opens

There's prob a better solution though I'm no expert

[raw token]

Or OnTriggerStay2D()

[cinder crag]

tried it , doesnt work

[rocky canyon]

very welcome 👍

[lethal elbow]

I have a new problem now and that's because the smooth camera follow is conflicting with it now haha

[rocky canyon]

sounds like u got an idea what to do/ where to look

best kind of problem

[lethal elbow]

I know exactly where to look, I just need to figure out why it's conflicting now 🙂

[raw token]

Sprinkle some Debug.Log()s around - find out what isn't working.

Two potential problems:

• I can't remember if physics gets paused when timeScale is 0f - if it does, it would prevent you from closing the shop thingy
• Checking for single-frame input events in a physics-relevant message like OnTrigger* may fail on occasion as their values are updated per frame, but the message will execute per fixed-step.

[rocky canyon]

    private void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Player") && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
        {
            Interact();
        }
    }

    private void Interact()
    {
        Debug.Log("Interacted with E");
    }``` OnStay Method
```cs
 private bool canInteract = false;

    private void Update()
    {
        if (canInteract && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E))
        {
            Interact();
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            canInteract = true;
        }
    }

    private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            canInteract = false;
        }
    }

    private void Interact()
    {
        Debug.Log("Interacted with E");
    }
``` Extra Boolean Method

i do something similar w/ Button's b/c theres no Stay() for buttons

button clicker bb!

isHovering

if theres a better method.. i'll wander up on it sometime

[raw token]

One other issue here is checking for key down then key up. If you tap a key, both of these events will occur in very short order - so all other things aside, this would only keep the shop open while you're holding down E

[rocky canyon]

toggles FTW

press E -> menuOpen = !menuOpen;

[zenith crown]

How can i change the position of my camera? When i write Camera.position.y it says its not a variable and i cant change it

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs1612

[zenith crown]

thank youu

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[eager elm]

Are you using Camera as in Type or do you have a variable with that name?

[rocky canyon]

#💻┃code-beginner message

u can't directly change the transform.position's individual properties..
you need to copy out the variable change it and reapply it

[rich adder]

thats not what the error is . See linked page #💻┃code-beginner message

[rocky canyon]

Vector3 newPos;

newPos = camera.transform.position;
newPos.x = newXValue;
camera.transform.position = newPos;``` something something

[rich adder]

yes best they read the explanation though, if we feed them they wont know why they had to do it in the first place

[rocky canyon]

i still dont know why i have to do it 😄

goes to read

Materials really messed me up..

[rich adder]

the bottom part explains it a bit more in detail

[cinder crag]

seems like inputs dont work when the timescale is 0

[rocky canyon]

            Material newMaterial = new Material(renderer.material);
            newMaterial.mainTexture = newTexture;
            renderer.material = newMaterial;```

[rocky canyon]

cliffnotes

[rich adder]

Position is simply returning a copy Transform.position

[rocky canyon]

yea, the update loops stop

[rich adder]

you can't modify a copy it makes the whole thing useless