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[pallid nymph]

exactly

[real falcon]

cant it point in two opposite directions though

[errant mesa]

For my player when using keys it moves {60, 0, 0} which is forward but for my button it moves {0, 0, 60}

[pallid nymph]

not in your c... oh... eh... lets say, you detect that and use the last known value or something

technically it's just not defined in that case

[pallid nymph]

AddForce is local by default

not sure what's going on because too much to read... but thought I'd mention it 😄

[rocky canyon]

try using rb.AddRelativeForce

[errant mesa]

Alright for the button?

[pallid nymph]

wait, it's not local? I guess I'm misremembering something 🤔 if it's world it should be the same

[rocky canyon]

for both

[errant mesa]

Akr

[rocky canyon]

as far as im aware.. AddForce(transform.forward) and AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward) would do the exact same thing

[pallid nymph]

yep, you are correct... I was thinking of transform.Translate, which has a parameter for local or world, my bad

[real falcon]

I actually found the issue with my code and I think it works fine now

you can only move the remaining distance from your current angle to the max angle right

I was getting the angle from the base vector and the DESIRED vector

not current

[errant mesa]

Now its reversed, the key moves it sideways and the button moves it forward so i should add relative to the button and remove the one from the key?

[rocky canyon]

that'd work 👍

[silver lagoon]

Hello, I want to get the position of an object. Obviously transform.position comes to mind, but this object is a prefab and therefore I can't get its position that way. Is there any way to get the position of a prefab?

[polar acorn]

That does get the position of the prefab. It'd be the value you set in the inspector for the root object of the prefab

[rocky canyon]

a prefab shouldn't have a position 🤔 until you instantiate it into the scene. at which point u'd get a reference to the spawned prefab..

and that would have a position

[surreal coyote]

not sure exactly where to ask this but anyone got any idea why my script is acting like this... i cant interact with it at all.

[errant mesa]

Tysmm

[surreal coyote]

ive tried restarting the editor

[polar acorn]

looks like a broken custom inspector

[surreal coyote]

it is, thank you. not sure why though 😭

nevermind forgot GUILayout.EndHorizontal(); 💀

[silver lagoon]

That's what I assumed when making this code, but it still is returning 0, 0, 0
First, debug.log return
Second, prefab actual transform
Third, Debug.log call returning first value

[polar acorn]

The third one is printing the position of whatever object this script is on

If that's the prefab, then this code wouldn't be running, because prefabs don't run any code

[silver lagoon]

The prefab has been instantiated

[polar acorn]

So you're printing out the position of a specific instance

and the values on the prefab no longer matter

[vast vessel]

hey guys!
how can i create a material instance, that is shared between several renderer components?
i tried this but it doesn't seem to be working.

[silver lagoon]

I'm trying to get the position value of a specific instance from code, but it keeps giving me 0, 0, 0. The actual position of the instance is the second image

[polar acorn]

What you see in the inspector is the local position, the object's position relative to its parent

It is entirely possible the object with that transform is at 0,0,0

[rocky canyon]

debug localPosition and you'll probably get ur values u see in the inspector

[polar acorn]

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

[primal trench]

oh woops

[rocky canyon]

no worries 👍 have fun w/ editor coding

fun stuff

[polar acorn]

You have officially left the realm of beginner and into specializations

[rocky canyon]

hehe 😈

[silver lagoon]

Still get 0, 0, 0. Is it possible that calling methods from a prefab the line after it was instantiated can cause issues?

[rocky canyon]

not sure, can't say ive tested that.. i can tho

[polar acorn]

You're instantiating a clone of the prefab, then calling a function on the prefab

[languid spire]

you are not applying any parent there so transform.position is the same as transform.localposition

[rocky canyon]

it looks like ur trying to grab stuff from the prefab

and not the instance of hte prefab u spawn

[silver lagoon]

That's definately the issue

[rocky canyon]

spawnedPotAura.GetComponent<>```

need to access it thru a reference u assign when u instantiate it

[silver lagoon]

I'll try this, should work. Thanks for the help

Seems to have fixed it. Thanks a ton!

[copper orbit]

I have a class Player with hp. I have an Item class which has capabilities like increasing hp. How do I best send the information to increase hp to the right instance of player when an item is gained?

[queen adder]

i'm following brackey's tutorial on top down movement in unity and it says that i have to move the rigid body component there, but it won't let me. does anyone know what could be causing this issue?

[rocky canyon]

a Rigidbody and a Rigidbody2D are different things

[languid spire]

Rigidbody is not Rigidbody2D

[polar acorn]

Your variable wants a Rigidbody. You're trying to drag in a Rigidbody2D

[queen adder]

omg thank you so much haha

[rocky canyon]

assuming u actually interact w/ the Item.. you should have a reference to the player..

referenceToPlayer.GetComponent<Player>().AddHP(itemPickupAmount);

[copper orbit]

thanks spawn. trying it now

[rocky canyon]

I use a GameManager/PlayerManager singleton so it has a reference to my Player / anything important I need to access frequently..

then its just PlayerManager.instance.AddHealthToPlayer();

or PlayerManager.instance.AddToInventory(item);

[copper orbit]

it worked spawn. Just did getcomponent. I am curious about the way you implemented it though. I don't really understand the use case of adding .instance on setup

i have seen it in code tutorials

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhlyoQ2F-NM&ab_channel=GameDevBeginner heres a good breakdown real quick

[copper orbit]

cool

thanks bro!

[plush palm]

This should instantiate a bunch of trees right?

Instead it returns a null reference

[polar acorn]

on what line

[plush palm]

21

I did all this before, but my hdd got corrupted so im trying to remember how i did it all

[rocky canyon]

i feel ya 😢

[polar acorn]

Conveniently easily discernable from the snippet you've posted

[plush palm]

Previously i had a list of resources

[polar acorn]

Okay so

what line

[plush palm]

oh i see sorry

[rocky canyon]

since u code doesnt have line-numbers we need a bit more info 😄

[plush palm]

Sorry lol

[polar acorn]

Either parent is null or gameGrid is null

[plush palm]

ah lol

🤦‍♂️

It's the gamegrid

[tardy needle]

Kinda need help with a problem I have.
I have been trying to make class that basically waits X seconds to do something, its basically a timer

public class EsperaSegundos : MonoBehaviour
{

    float _seg;

    public EsperaSegundos(float seg)
    {
        _seg = seg;
    }

    public bool Contador()
    {
        _seg -= Time.deltaTime;
        if(_seg <= 0)
        {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

So whenever the seconds is <= 0 it returns true so the timer has finished.
The idea is that the method Contador() is going to be called inside an update of another class.
However, the problem comes when instantiating this object with a constructor in another script:
EsperaSegundos esperarSeg = new EsperaSegundos(_secondsPerAttack);
This is what I have in mind but it wont work

void Update()
{
   EsperaSegundos esperarSeg = new EsperaSegundos(_secondsPerAttack);
   if (esperarSeg.Contador())
   {
       Instantiate(_bullet, _bulletSpawn.position, _bulletSpawn.rotation);
   }
}

What am I missing. I dont know much about C# but in Java I think this is how it would work.
Any ideas?

[languid spire]

not a good plan, you should be looking at Coroutines

[polar acorn]

You cannot create a monobehaviour with new

And any constructor in a MonoBehaviour will be ignored

You should look into coroutines:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

[tardy needle]

I actually did it with a coroutine but trying to figure out if this way will work

[languid spire]

well, to be blunt, no it wont

[wintry quarry]

you're making a brand new timer every frame

[tardy needle]

Is it possible to do it this way?

[languid spire]

no

[wintry quarry]

yes it's possible, not with your exact current code

[tardy needle]

True, will place it in start

[wintry quarry]

you cannot create a MonoBehaviour with new

[tardy needle]

and if I remove it?

[wintry quarry]

something similar to this is possible

[polar acorn]

And possible doesn't mean good. This would still be incredibly wasteful even once you sort out the creation of a new class to hold the timer. It's just gonna exist forever until GC'd

[wintry quarry]

but not this exact thing

[languid spire]

you should also never intentionally pause the Update loop

[tardy needle]

it actually doesnt pauses it

sine it will just return false

but I think it is just better to use coroutine instead :P

[rocky canyon]

💯

[tardy needle]

is there a reason I shouldn't use them?

[rocky canyon]

a coroutine?

[tardy needle]

or its just objectively better?

[tardy needle]

yea

[languid spire]

it's the tool Unity gives us to do the job, so take your pick

[tardy needle]

Alright

[wintry quarry]

Here's an example of your concept that would work https://hatebin.com/deflstzmhz
but there are definitely cleaner ways to do this.

[rocky canyon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/128z4pr/discussion_is_it_a_good_practice_to_just_avoid/
consensus says only if u over-use them

i'll write a timer in update from time to time.. but for most cases i use coroutines daily

[wintry quarry]

Besides this is barely any more convenient than just making a float variable and decrementing it yourself

so it's hard to really see a huge benefit here

[tardy needle]

I see, its a lot cleaner than mine x). About the struct you make, is this something you make inside the same script, whats the difference between this and making a class

[wintry quarry]

It can be in the same file if you want but more likely I'd put it in a separate file entirely since the idea would be to reuse it in many places

[rocky canyon]

small data structures are better for structs

[wintry quarry]

Structs are different from classes in that they are value types instead of reference types

it's kind of a subtle difference if you're a beginner

but it's quite important

[tardy needle]

Alright

Thanks for all the help

[plush palm]

For the life of me i cant remember how i made a 2d array of trees o.O

Should work right? But it returns null

Oh right it's populating the trees but on 1 spot lol

[polar acorn]

What line is the error on in the newly updated code?

[plush palm]

There isn't any, just not doing what it did previously which was a grid

Before it looked like this

let me find my screenshot

[wintry quarry]

wdym by a grid? The hierarchy has little to do with your array

[polar acorn]

That does seem to be spawning a tree at this object's location

[polar acorn]

one for each square in the grid

[wintry quarry]

the array is definitely conceptually a grid

[plush palm]

Thats what i worked out before my corruptions

[polar acorn]

Nothing in here is putting the trees at any different locations

[wintry quarry]

Your code is spawning them all at the same position

not sure why you'd expect any different

[wintry quarry]

"null" is printing because you're printing the array elements before you assign them of course

literally on the line before you assign

[plush palm]

Yeah i saw that part

So the grid is working in terms of it's going through from 0 -> 15 on i and j

but im trying to recall at each iteration of i / j is a new tile

within my game world

[wintry quarry]

Your code spawning all the objects at transform.position. The code is doing exactly what you wrote.

[plush palm]

Yeah i understand transform.position is just 0,0,0

[wintry quarry]

I assume you're using a tilemap here

[plush palm]

The background is a tilemap, but the gamegrid isnt

it's gameobjects which i lined the array up

[wintry quarry]

what's the gamegrid

[plush palm]

Like this ^

[wintry quarry]

you need a Grid to convert grid coordinates to world space coordinates

[wintry quarry]

Your array is a data structure

it has no inherent connection to the game world

[plush palm]

Then i used "continue" to skip parts of the map i didnt want things to spawn

[wintry quarry]

you can and should use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GridLayout.CellToWorld.html to get the world space position for each grid coordinate

[plush palm]

I'll take a look, thanks

[wintry quarry]

(Tilemap has this)

You can also have a separate Grid component to handle this if you wish

with whatever grid size/shape you want

[plush palm]

Did it my own special way, but you pointed me in the right direction 😄

Need to sort out the layering etc

[wintry quarry]

btw for performance and memory reasons it's probably better to explore using a tilemap for these trees at some point.

[plush palm]

Presumably it would need to be a tilemap of trees and that tilemap would need to have a collider on it

[wintry quarry]

yes a tilemap collider

[plush palm]

of resources*

Sounds doable

You might cry if i told you how i achieved the above screenshot, 2 up from here

[wintry quarry]

I assume it's just a bunch of funky looking arithmetic in the loop

[plush palm]

i had it check each position for a tree:

xxx
xox
xxx

with the tree being the o and nothing surrounding it

[errant pilot]

eatingcoroutine = StartCoroutine(Eat(furthest));
StopCoroutine(eatingcoroutine);

guys this is supposed to end the coroutine no matter what right?

[wintry quarry]

yes it will end the coroutine, assuming the StopCoroutine line actually runs

note that it only stops the coroutine when it's waiting at a yield instruction.

(because coroutines only pause at yield instructions)

[errant pilot]

ohh ok it does run i checked using debug.logs but it wasnt ending tho

[wintry quarry]

what makes you think it's not ending

[errant pilot]

it has a visual aspect to it

[wintry quarry]

anyway I assume that's not the real code since it would be pretty strange to stop a coroutine directly after starting it

[errant pilot]

ofc no 😭

[plush palm]

Time to whack it now in a coroutine and watch it populate to make sure the logic is how i remember

[wintry quarry]

showing the real code and surrounding context may help us identify the problem

[errant pilot]

the code is a bit long for a message how can i send it?

[tardy needle]

Need some help on rotating 2D enemies so they can constantly look at the player without oscilating in a weird way. I've tried using quaternions and also using the rigidBody method AddTorque(), can't figure out what's the best way

[wintry quarry]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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```
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[wintry quarry]

do you need it to be physically realistic? Or just a lock-on effect

the simplest way is just:

void LateUpdate() {
  transform.right = target.position - transform.position;
}```

[tardy needle]

lock-on

Whats the LateUpdate method?

[errant pilot]

if(eats.Count > 0)
{
    if (furthest == null)
    {
        furthest = eats[0];
    }
    foreach(GameObject plant in eats)
    {
        if(plant.transform.position.x > furthest.transform.position.x)
        {
            if (eatingcoroutine != null)
            {
                StopCoroutine(eatingcoroutine);
            }
            furthest = plant;
            eaten = true;
        }
    }

    touchingplant = true;
    if (canEat && eaten)
    {
        eaten = false;
        Standing();
        anim.SetBool("isWalking", false);
        anim.SetBool("isEating", true);
        eatingcoroutine = StartCoroutine(Eat(furthest));
    }
}
else
{
    furthest = null;
    eaten = true;
    touchingplant = false;
    anim.SetBool("isEating", false);
    anim.SetBool("isWalking", true);
}

public IEnumerator Eat(GameObject furthest)
{
    if (furthest != null && furthest.gameObject.activeInHierarchy && currentHealth > 0 && canEat)
    {
        furthest.GetComponent<UniversalPlant>().Damage(damage);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(damageDuration);
        StartCoroutine(Eat(furthest));
    }
}

[polar acorn]

It runs after every object's Update

[polar acorn]

Full !code, use a paste site

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[tardy needle]

This wouldn't work in Update() method? Has to be LateUpdate()?

[frigid schooner]

hi

[wintry quarry]

Your coroutine is starting other coroutines:

        furthest.GetComponent<UniversalPlant>().Damage(damage);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(damageDuration);
        StartCoroutine(Eat(furthest));```
Those other coroutines won't be stopped by stopping your original coroutine

[frigid schooner]

I want to ask how do I change variables in one script using another script

[polar acorn]

You would want it to be LateUpdate so it's guaranteed to run after the object you're trying to point at has moved

[wintry quarry]

It would more reliably point directly towards the object in LateUpdate since it guarantees that all Updates have run, which might reposition things

[polar acorn]

https://unity.huh.how/references

[errant pilot]

hmm ok what can i do

ill see it thank you

[wintry quarry]

stop doing that

if you want to repeat code

just use a loop

[tardy needle]

Oh I see

[errant pilot]

😭 im stupid

thank you!

[plush palm]

This should populate the array, down then right no?

[wintry quarry]

you need to start with rows - 1

and go to j >= 0

for (int j = rows - 1; j >= 0; j--)

[plush palm]

Yeah i understood, thanks so much 🙂

[plush palm]

Cheers mate

[tardy needle]

Also I am interested on how you can do it making it physically realistic since I have also been trying to do it but ran into a few questions.
¿If my enemy is moving using the rigidBody component, should it rotate using transform.rotation, or using the AddTorque() method? and also
¿Would this be inside Update() or FixedUpdate()?
After watching lots of videos I made them rotate like this (physically realistic), its inside the FixedUpdate but not sure if it belongs there:

(Inside FixedUpdate)
Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(Vector3.forward, _dirJugador);
transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, rotation, _rotationSpeed*Time.deltaTime);
       

The problem with this is that I had some oscilating problems.
So what would be a correct way to make it rotate in a realistic way

[wintry quarry]

if you want physical realism you should basically only be using AddForce and AddTorque. Never touch the Transform directly

to do it realistically you would basically need to use a PID controller

in real life things can't rotate instantly on a dime. They have inertia

[tardy needle]

Can you rotate using AddForce?

[wintry quarry]

so there needs to be a period of acceleration, then deceleration

[wintry quarry]

no

it always adds forces at the center of mass meaning there will be 0 net torque

hence no rotation

[tardy needle]

Do you mean AddForce and AddTorque?

[wintry quarry]

sorry yes

typo

[tardy needle]

Oh okay

And everyrhing that uses rigid body should be inside FixedUpdate()?

[copper orbit]

in class player, I have a field called totalDamage. When I instantiate a bullet, I access class Bullet with GetComponent and pass along the totalDamage for .Setup. The Bullet never receives the value of totalDamage. Is this because its a class field? Can it be cast as just an int?

It never gets it and I get a null reference error

[wintry quarry]

I access class Bullet with GetComponent
No you are trying to get a reference to an instance of that class with GetComponent.

It never gets it and I get a null reference error
This means the reference you got was no good. It wasn't actually pointing to an actual instance of the Bullet class

Just saying you used GetComponent is really vague

Can you show your code and show what line you got the NullReferenceException on?

[wintry quarry]

There's a much better way to do this:

public Bullet bulletPrefab; // assign this in the inspector to the prefab
public int damage;

void SpawnABullet() {
  Bullet bulletInstance = Instantiate(bulletPrefab);
  bulletInstance.damage = damage;
}```

no need to use GetComponent at all

and this also makes sure you don't make any mistakes in the editor when you assign the prefab

[tardy needle]

About this. Using it in LateUpdate() will give me chunky movements, is it for mixing rigidbody movement and transform movement? But if I use it in FixedUpdate it works perfectly. Is this the viable solution?

[wintry quarry]

The solution is to continue to use LateUpdate, but enable interpolation on the Rigidbody

[tardy needle]

It is activated

[wintry quarry]

how is the Rigidbody moving

[tardy needle]

_rb.velocity = _dirJugador * _speed;

Inside FixedUpdate

[wintry quarry]

And _dirJugador and _speed are calculated as?

[tardy needle]

_dirJugador = (_jugador.transform.position - transform.position).normalized;
float _speed = 3.0f; (constant)

Btw is this the best way for a lock-in moving direction towards player?

[wintry quarry]

hmm you shouldn't get chunky movement with this

can you show a video perhaps?

[tardy needle]

Sure

[copper orbit]

here is the messy way I am doing it right now. Still not sure why totalDamage never gets setup on Bullet. I am sure it is getting the right component.

the debug.log for totaldamage at the top works fine

[wintry quarry]

If that's giving you a null reference exception then the VfxSlssh object does have a Bullet component on it

Which is a mistake my code wouldn't allow you to make

Part of why I recommend that approach

[copper orbit]

the prefab does have the Bullet component. appreciate the feedback, I do have to refactor a lot of this

[wintry quarry]

If you are getting that exception, it does not

Feel free to show some screenshots to prove me wrong

Also seeing your exact error message might be helpful

[polar acorn]

Transform does not have anything named totalDamage

[copper orbit]

right, just testing something there

[plush palm]

Why does changing 30->36 throw an error?

Ah the nested for loop is in the wrong order presumably 🤔 I needed more rows than columns, so the rows couldn't be nested.

[manic void]

does anyone know why my drag and drop system for an inventory doesnt work? it works fine in a completely new project but doesnt in the current one
item slot - https://hst.sh/ariruvahas.csharp
dragDrop - https://hst.sh/vakahelodo.cpp

[modern oxide]

Hey guys, I'm planning on making a script that will realistically control a rocket. I'm wondering how I would go about it. I want it to go by a realistic (yet simplified) version on how orbits work. I'm not sure what channel to put this in, I'm putting it here because I'm a beginner. (I want it be like how ksp does it)

[rocky canyon]

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/physics/simple-kepler-orbits-97048 heres an asset taht was helpful when i was doing a rocket prototype

[keen pecan]

Does anyone know how to solve the sensitivity issue for exporting unity builds to WebGL?

[wintry quarry]

your error doesn't match the code

make sure you save your code changes and show the actual code that caused the error

And please share code not with screenshots 🙏

[plush palm]

I fixed the issue

I think it was because the nested loop was running more than the outter loop

Making the rows the outter loop, with the columns the inner resolved the issue

[wintry quarry]

that's not in and of itself a problem

[spiral glen]

{
    [SerializeField] GameObject player;
    Vector3 playerPrevPos;
    // Saves player position on start then changes if different -5 from currentPos
    Vector3 currentPos;
    // Saves current position of the platform
    public float distance = 5;
    // Distance between the player and death platform

    void Start(){
        currentPos = gameObject.transform.position;
    }

    void Update(){
        playerPrevPos = player.transform.position;
        if ((playerPrevPos.y - distance) > currentPos.y){
            transform.position = new Vector3(currentPos.x, playerPrevPos.y - distance, currentPos.z);
            currentPos = gameObject.transform.position;
        }
    }```
Any glaringly obvious mistakes with my script that'll the current position of the platform is more then distance it'll change the platforms position into the players position - distance?

[wintry quarry]

Your problem here was actually you mixed up rows and columns @plush palm

[plush palm]

        {
            for (int j = columns - 1; j >= 0; j--)
            {
                //Debug.Log("J: " + j + " Rows " + rows);
                //Debug.Log("I: " + i + " J: " + j);

                //gameGrid[i,j] = Instantiate(resources, gameGrid[i,j].transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
                SpawnTile(i, j, gameGrid[i, j]);
                Debug.Log("i: " + i + " j: " + j + " Value: " + gameGrid[i,j]);
            }
        }```

[wintry quarry]

it's overcomplicated for sure

[spiral glen]

but works?

I'm unable to check without putting it into a different unity file because I don't want to push a bugged script into my git main

[wintry quarry]

I think it probably only works in one direction

[spiral glen]

that's the goal

[wintry quarry]

if it works at all

[spiral glen]

it's gonna be like the death thing in doodle jump so I don't need it to follow x or z

[wintry quarry]

hard to say with all the subtraction if everything is right. It could very well work. Best to test it

[spiral glen]

[ornate lynx]

hello, is it possible to detect if a variable changed from a state to another in one frame?

[eternal needle]

Have the class that has the variable notify you that its changed. Like through an event

[ornate lynx]

i wanna know when it changes from a specific value to another specific value

[wintry quarry]

sure, compare the old value to the new one and use an if statement

[cosmic dagger]

Use an event to track when the value of a variable changed to notify anything that wants to listen (subscribe) to the event . . .

[ornate lynx]

ok i'll see what i can do

[primal rivet]

guys can i make 3d game but with this view?

[slender nymph]

that doesn't seem like a code question. but why wouldn't you be able to

[primal rivet]

idk it is look werid

[round pebble]

So, I have a navmesh agent on an "enemy" and I have it go to the player, and that works fine, but I have a retreat coroutine that has that enemy back away from the player until a certain range, although the issue is, the agent destination is getting set properly and it can be reached, but the enemy doesn't move and just stays in place, is there something im missing?

[rocky canyon]

Probably

[round pebble]

Is there any ideas that I should be checking for? All im doing is setting the destination to behind the enemy

[slender nymph]

show code

[rocky canyon]

Is it far enough outside it's stopping range? Distance*

But yes. Share code too

[round pebble]

It might be, I can try checking that

IEnumerator Retreat() {
        isRetreating = true;
        anim.SetTrigger("Retreat");
        GameObject closestPlayer = FindClosestPlayer();
        if (closestPlayer == null) {
            isRetreating = false;
            yield break;
        }
        Vector3 retreatDirection = (transform.position - closestPlayer.transform.position).normalized;
        lastPos = transform.position;
        while (Vector3.Distance(closestPlayer.transform.position, transform.position) < retreatRange) {
            Vector3 randomDirection = transform.position + retreatDirection * retreatSpeed;
            if (UnityEngine.AI.NavMesh.SamplePosition(randomDirection, out UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshHit hit, 10f, UnityEngine.AI.NavMesh.AllAreas)) {
                Vector3 retreatPosition = hit.position;
                agent.isStopped = true;
                agent.ResetPath();
                agent.SetDestination(retreatPosition);
                agent.isStopped = false;
            } 
            yield return null;
        }
        isRetreating = false;
    }

All of the agent reset/isstopped was me testing different things

[slender nymph]

you stop it every frame until the distance is more than retreatRange. what is the point in stopping it anyway? just set its new destination

[round pebble]

I was stopping it to maybe see if that was the issue, since I wasn't too sure what the issue was

[slender nymph]

okay well stop that. then read through your code very carefully

tell yourself what each step of that does. then consider why you've done that, you might figure out the issue on your own

[round pebble]

Yea, I think spawn camp kinda helped me realize the issue, I don't think its distance was getting set outside of the stopping distance so it didn't move

[rocky canyon]

U can change that on the fly too

Depending on if it's rushing retreating or w.e

To fine tune ur enemy

[round pebble]

I wanted the enemy just walk backwards as a retreat, not rushing or anything like that

[rocky canyon]

Getting on state machine territory 🫣

[rocky canyon]

Just saying it's possible to change the stopping distance if need be

So ur not stuck w a single

Value

[round pebble]

Yea, I might look into that as well, thank you for the help

[viral hound]

is there a way to get scriptable objects in a list quickly, or do i have to put them in a list manually?

[wintry quarry]

get which ScriptableObjects in a list quickly?

your question is pretty vague

[viral hound]

i have a list of items

i wanna put in a shop quickly and i will add more

[wintry quarry]

You could have an editor script/OnValidate that scans a particular directory with AssetDatabase to populate them all from a folder

or just select them all and drag them into your list

[viral hound]

ok thx

[true birch]

why does the first block of code (represents image with fewer cubes) produce a different set of points than the second block of code (represents image with more cubes)? All variables used have the same value, including StartPoint and checkNavmeshSpot.
https://gdl.space/vimocunaqe.cs
https://gdl.space/tegicomipa.cs

[teal viper]

You'll need to debug it

[mint remnant]

kinda weird that unity would complain about use of an unasigned int when by all rights it should default to 0

[muted narwhal]

How can I disable player input (movement, jumping, etc) when editing InputField?

[mint remnant]

use OnValidate() to validate the data before it's ready

[steel stirrup]

Can't think of any situation where you'd use an inputfield for player movement, but if you want to not actually do anything with the input until it's finished you can just use onEndEdit instead of onChange

[muted narwhal]

I mean, when I'm using input field I do not want to player be able to jump, move, etc

[eternal needle]

the text mesh pro input field has a ton of events you can tie into
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.textmeshpro@1.3/api/TMPro.TMP_InputField.html

[raw token]

I think C# won't initialize local variables with defaults on the whole, if that's what you were talking about... As a field, it should still default to 0

[steel stirrup]

Oh the easiest way to do this depends on how you have your UI setup

[mint remnant]

nah just a declared local int, I'd think maybe a warning would be ok, but an error?

[muted narwhal]

It's basic TMP InputField

[steel stirrup]

No, as in the hierarchy

[muted narwhal]

Ah

[steel stirrup]

and the overall ui flow

if a player is either in game or in a menu, you can just check whether any menus are open before processing input and exit if yes

if you have UIs mixed into the world, you'd just set up a bool and add events for whenever the player starts and finishes editing text to enable or disable input

iirc eventsystem also has information regarding selected UI elements

yeah @muted narwhal all you're going to do is query your eventsystem and see if the current selected object is null or an inputfield

[muted narwhal]

        private bool IsAnyInputFieldFocused()
        {
            return _inputFields.Any(inputField => inputField.isFocused);
        }

if(!IsAnyInputFieldFocused)
    movement code here

Would something like this work?

[mint remnant]

        static void Main(string [] args)
        {
            int x;
            Console.WriteLine(x);
        }

sure enough it does compile to an error, I must be rusty, still I'd argue it should just be a warning

[steel stirrup]

Probably, less efficient though since you're checking every element instead of just one and depends on you including all your inputfields in that collection

[raw token]

I feel that... it is a bit of interesting decision on Microsoft's part to only initialize to defaults in some places

[muted narwhal]

        private bool IsInputFieldFocused(){
            var selectedObject = EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject;
            if ( selectedObject == null ){
                return false;
            }

            return selectedObject.GetComponent<TMP_InputField>() != null;
        }

Came up with something like this.

[mint remnant]

Ironically a c;ass variable will default to null and it will let you hang tyourself all day long with it lol

[eternal needle]

to be fair, why would you ever wanna do this? It'd clearly be a bug. I think that plays into why its an error

[ivory bobcat]

It would save a tiny bit of processing time. In C, it would be similar to allocating new memory and zeroing everything out versus just simply allocating new memory without zeroing.

A local variable introduced by a local_variable_declaration or declaration_expression is not automatically initialized and thus has no default value. Such a local variable is considered initially unassigned.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/language-specification/variables#929-local-variables

[mint remnant]

I guess it sorta depends on if an int is defaulted to 0 in the specification or if that is implementaion specific. If it's that way in the spec then they are both saying it will be defaulted and then expecting you to officially initialize it tool

[ivory bobcat]

It should definitely throw an error and not a warning unless Microsoft ops to default local variables instead of allowing devs to explicitly do so themselves.

[raw token]

Ah interesting - and good analogy!

[steel stirrup]

One thing to watch with this is that it doesn't remove the current selected object on submit

If you look at the lower right corner, selected only clears when I click outside of the inputfield, and not when I press enter, whcih is something you'll want to be careful of

[muted narwhal]

How can I fix that?

[raw token]

It appears to be spec based on constructors

Edit: Or rather the bit Dalph linked explicitly mentions locals having no defaults. So yeah, explicitly spec'd without contradiction - just unintuitive :P

[muted narwhal]

Oh, wait

I don't need to fix that actually

[steel stirrup]

if (inputField is { isFocused: true })

[mint remnant]

is there a way to hard break running code? I ended up with a tight infinite while loop and pause or play didn't cause a break. Or is end task the only way?

[steep walrus]

I am trying to teach myself c# so I can use it with unity but I cant even create a simple "hello world" program because I get this error

Also when I try to run it im told the file cant be found but whe I check the directory its still there?

[mint remnant]

!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

[raw token]

If you attach a debugger, you can pause execution and change a value in memory to either exit the loop or throw an error. I usually set something to null to get an NRE

[raw token]

You may just need to install the x64 version of the SDK (and then restart your computer)

[mint remnant]

figures, I was able to attach debuggre, but no source code available...which is probably due to my onw needing to configure the IDE properly 😄

[steep walrus]

I followed the "!ide" command from that other dude and I had already installed the SDK so I restarted my computer but I am still getting the same erros

[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

[raw token]

I don't use VSCode for Unity myself, so I may only have limited insights here. But the error seems to indicate that it found a 32 bit SDK, but that the C# Dev Kit extension requires a 64 bit version. If you open Windows' "Apps & Features" and search for "SDK" what does it list?

[steep walrus]

I know not all of these are relevant but that is absolutely everything that shows up

[raw token]

Ah shucks... hmmm

[steep walrus]

yeah exactly what im confused about

I tried uninstallying vs code multiple times

restarting

could i redownload some of the sdk's?

i dont want to fuck up my computer obviously and im not exactly sure what is and isnt safe to download

[mint remnant]

anything interesting when you clicked Open Log in the dialog?

[mint remnant]

is this on a PC or mac?

[steep walrus]

windows

[raw token]

The very limited discussion in this issue seems to indicate that it might be defaulting to whatever's found first in your environment path...

When I open a terminal and execute

dotnet --info

it provides quite the info dump, but among it I can see that the dotnet resolved on path is at C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\8.0.303\ and another for x86 in C:\ProgramFiles (x86).

I don't see a means to explicitly set it in the C# Dev Tools extension... If this is the case, you may need to change your environment path, or launch VSCode with batch file or some such

My own environment path only has C:\Program Files\dotnet\ as far as dotnet entries go

[steep walrus]

how would i go about changing my environmental path

and are you saying i would just need to move my project files there?

also how can i identify my current environmen path

[raw token]

Nono, just changing a variable on your windows system :P

[raw token]

Hit the start button, type "env", select "Edit the System Environment Variables." Click the "Environment Variables..." button on the bottom right. Select "Path" in the "System variables" section and hit "Edit"

You could probably just add C:\Program Files\dotnet\ to the top (or move it up if it already exists and is buried in the list)

If something else was depending on dotnet resolving to 32-bit version, this may interfere with that functioning properly, however. It's a shame C# Dev Tools doesn't let you explicitly set the path to your choice of SDK 🤔

[steep walrus]

this is what comes up, does tha tmean that if i want to now do a project it should be within these file paths. im slightly confused as to what im doing with these. follow up, if i simply add a new file path here can I then put my project files there as well?

is that what im looking to do?

[raw token]

When you or some other program executes a command and Window's isn't sure where it resides, it'll search all of the paths in the environment path list from the top down looking for that command.

In this case, if something's looking for dotnet, it seems something at some point added an entry that's causing one of your 32 bit SDKs to be found before the 64 bit versions. So by putting the path to 64 bit version earlier in the list, things looking for dotnet should find it first instead

[raw token]

That would be the user environment path - which would work for this, it'll just apply to your user instead of the system. I think that should work 👍

Ah hmm

[steep walrus]

so will i need to restart and then try to run my code again and that should fix it entirely?

[raw token]

I have that same %USERPROFILE%\.dotnet\tools entry...

[raw token]

I think just closing all instance of VSCode and starting it again should be sufficient... but now finding this entry in my own path I'm not certain. I'm not so familiar with dotnet and it's configuration 👀

[steep walrus]

Im still getting the same exact issue im gonna go to bed cause its late and ill probably have better luck with fresh eyes tomorrow. thank you so much for your time i appreciate it

[raw token]

Godspeed 🫡

Hopefully tomorrow someone will be around with a better handle on things

[mint remnant]

if it helps, there seems to be tons of people with similar issues on google searchs related to same error. Of course every solution seems to vary for each of them

[raw token]

That sounds more promising than my single-comment-inspired goose chase, at least 😅

[arctic ibex]

Anyone you what the deal is with this error? the object exist, and that refernce to it's sprite renderer works in other parts of th escript

[languid spire]

extrastars is null

[arctic ibex]

Why does it matter though? I'm adding to it, not reading it

[spare mountain]

You're referencing a null object

[languid spire]

you csnnot add to something that is null

[spare mountain]

And trying to do something with it

You're trying to add to nothing basically

[arctic ibex]

ohhh, okay. So how do I add the Spriterenderer onto the list, instead of what I assume is a maths method

[spare mountain]

Just make the list not null

[stiff birch]

You have to initialize the list before adding something to it

[languid spire]

you need to initialize your list

[arctic ibex]

How? I mean I know if it was an array I would say like, = new Spriterenderer[number]

but lists dont work like that right?

[languid spire]

vey close to that, yes

[stiff birch]

new List<MyType>();

[spare mountain]

new List<type>();

Yup

[arctic ibex]

damn, you guys just racing to see who can respond first?

[spare mountain]

LOL

[arctic ibex]

oh alright, thankyou!

[stiff birch]

we're in sync xD

[arctic ibex]

well oiled machinery

[spare mountain]

Let's go kaihyo

[arctic ibex]

wait lemme test something...
how do I run a coroutine?

[stiff birch]

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

[arctic ibex]

perfect, thanks

[stiff birch]

If the manual is not enough: https://unity.huh.how/coroutines

[robust dew]

I've just done the Junior Path On U Learn and I don't really know if I should jump into some small project and learning, searching from that or find some more course on Youtube... What did you guys choose ? I need some advices, kinda lost now

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys, do I need to use gettes and setters for all my variables inside player etc? or just the most important ones? If you are creating a game alone should I even care about this?

[queen adder]

Hello I'm new here and I have an issue with my unity is there anywhere I can possibly get some assisstance?

[barren vapor]

https://dontasktoask.com/

You're in an entire server where you can get help. Just post your problem in the correct channel

[queen adder]

Ok thank you

Where exactly would this channel be?

[jagged socket]

how can i change the postive and negative buttons by code?

[pine umbra]

Hello, currently I work on a Tycoon and I struggle a bit with inability to choose way to store sprites of each building from blueprints. With my current knowledge I guess that the most optimal solution would be to use the SerializeField attribute but it may be you know better way to do that : pp

[pine umbra]

If that's a general problem with engine u might try #💻┃unity-talk

[queen adder]

Ok thank you It's just a problem with when I load up a project I'll look somewhere else

[north kiln]

Please don't cross-post.
I don't know if you can do it at runtime. If you can, something like Rewired is the way to do it. Otherwise, use the modern #🖱️┃input-system that replaces the Input Manager.

[jagged socket]

yeah then i have to setup the new one sad_cat

[chilly cedar]

Hey, I am a 14YO trying to work out how all of this works haha, struggling with C# and was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to start out

[north kiln]

There are lots of tutorials pinned to this channel, just start with the one that looks most appealing to you

[chilly cedar]

thank you 🙂

[bitter walrus]

Second camera wont work, black, not even the blue background colour, just black not working, I am using urp, I want to make a camera act like a TV picking up a picture from somewhere else and using the texture to put it elsewhere, but the second camera doesn’t work

As soon as I delete the for camera the second one starts working

I know this happens to hdrp

But not urp

[teal viper]

Only one camera can render to the screen at the same time. Unless there's camera stacking used. Otherwise, you can have several cameras rendering to a render texture.

[queen adder]

how would I access a value in a game object's script from a prefab's script? I'm doing a flappy bird yt tutorial where the pipes are a prefab and I'm trying to access the variable 'birdIsAlive' in the bird game object's script from the pipe prefab's script but it says null reference when i try play the game

[rare basin]

show the error and console

[rare basin]

what is line 22

[queen adder]

my editor doesnt say the lines so give me a sec

[rare basin]

your birdScript is null

[queen adder]

line 22 is the one highlighted here

[rare basin]

also, you don tneed 2 separate variables

you can store prefab in public BirdScript bird

and then just instantiate that prefab

[queen adder]

the prefab is stored in a completely different game object

called pipe spawner

if I'm misunderstanding something here its because I just started, sorry

[ivory bobcat]

You need to reference the bird when you instantiate the pipe with this pipe movement script

[queen adder]

how would I do that?

[topaz mortar]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
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📃 Inline Code

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

[ivory bobcat]

Show where you're instantiating the pipe

[ivory bobcat]

Usual pattern would be cs var pipe = Instantiate(pipePrefab); pipe.birdScript = birdScript;Assuming the class that spawns the pipes have a reference to the bird via bird script.

[queen adder]

ah ok I'll try that ty

[ivory bobcat]

Reminder that you can reference an object in the scene by their specific component type. You can always access the GameObject and Transform components using the properties gameObject and transform from any component - unless you're explicitly needing nothing other than a reference of the GameObject or Transform.

[bitter walrus]

So is there another way?

[topaz mortar]

Okaj I hope I have all the code here: https://gdl.space/kolagekaki.cs
When you right click a Weapon, it checks if one is already equipped and unequips it, then equips the new weapon.
This works through the event system, but it's somehow messing up my visual equip part, where it will visually unequip the weapon after equipping the new weapon.
The stats on the new weapon do work though.
Not sure where I'm going wrong or what to look for, are my events just triggering in the wrong order or something?

[amber nimbus]

Hello, I tried using 2023.3.0a18 today and I got this message as I opened the project, they stay there even after restarting the engine. Should I just ignore it?

[queen adder]

just giving me a bunch of errors

[languid spire]

you should not be using an alpha release of Unity in the first place

[amber nimbus]

Yeah, I mosty use LTS I just wanted to try

[languid spire]

2023 is dead. If you want to 'try' the latest use Unity 6 Preview

[amber nimbus]

Alright thanks

[topaz mortar]

Okaj I hope I have all the code here:

[queen adder]

fixed it, how come the first example doesn't work but the second does when I'm just assigning the same value? (as far as I can tell)

[neon fractal]

use this site for share code (for future) https://gdl.space/

[queen adder]

ok thanks

[topaz mortar]

My current inventory logic requires an item to know which inventoryslot it is in, but also requires the inventoryslot to know which item is in it.
Is this logic bad or wrong?
My reason behind it:

• I save and load items on my server, but not my inventory, so when loading items, each item needs to know which inventoryslot it was in.
• I can drag items between inventoryslots, so when I drop an item on an inventoryslot, that inventoryslot needs to know if there is an item in it already and then move that to the new item's old inventoryslot

[calm brook]

how do I toggle Intellisense in visual studio community? (NOT visual studio code)

[hexed terrace]

!vs

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio guide

If your IDE is not underlining errors in red or autocompleting code,
please configure it using the link below:

• Visual Studio (Installed via Unity Hub)
• Visual Studio (Installed manually)

[languid spire]

Tools->Options->TextEditor->C#->InteliSense

[calm brook]

tysm

[teal viper]

It's okayish. Sometimes you can't avoid it.
But you could consider some refactoring to change that:

• instead of saving the items, save the slots data, including the items.

Ideally you want to maintain a hierarchy of one way references like below, but sometimes there're just gonna be exceptions that break the rules.
Container(character, chest, box, etc)
Inventory
ItemSlot
ItemInstance
ItemDefinition(type)
Effect
Etc...

[calm brook]

how to I get unity code completetion? it's only showing for the normal C# stuff

[teal viper]

Share the video as mp4

[calm brook]

yea 1 sec sorry bout dat

[teal viper]

Yep, that's not configured. Did you follow all the steps from the guide above that the bot shared?

[calm brook]

yea I mean by configured you mean while installing vs code, also install the unity thingy right?

[teal viper]

No. Carwash specifically invoked a bot reply for you here:
#💻┃code-beginner message

[calm brook]

oh, sorry about that, i'll look into it rn

[supple ibex]

Hello everyone, I'm a student and right now I'm working on a project to create monopoly game but I encounter some problem when following this tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-63zudcJ0&list=PLDcwWgfSSwTgIgtBkSn3lSFjzJQOxbr5E&index=6

here I provide a preview of my project.

[calm brook]

I copied the entire documentation step by step and I still can't get the intellisense for unity elements T_T

[teal viper]

Okay. Share a screenshot showing unity workload installed in vs and VS selected in external tools as the code editor.

[wintry quarry]

This tutorial you're basing your code on is terrible, it's using very poor practices.
I think you should find a better one, or build your own system.

There is no reason to be using Rigidbodies for a board game
And if you are using Rigidbodies, MovePosition should never be used in Update.

It's just a mess all around.

[calm brook]

sharing the 2nd one sec...

uhh what do you mean by unity workload there was no such thing in the documentation..

holy moly

there are more sections...

im so dumb

really sorry!

[queen adder]

How would I reduce the brightness of a scene when the player loses? So I can make the 'game over' popup more bright compared to the background

[wintry quarry]

The simplest approach is probably to overlay a semitransparent UI Image over everything

[queen adder]

oh ok thanks

[strong harness]

Is there any attribute to exclude and strip methods that this attribute has been attached to
For example [EditorOnly]

[supple ibex]

Do you have recommendation tutorial?

[calm brook]

Brackeys ig

[queen adder]

I am trying to make a Physics based controller for a Momentum based Platformer game but when I press the Jump Key it only SOMETIMES works and after I move around it basically stops working all together

[teal viper]

No. That's what the prepeocessor directives are for.

[stiff birch]

https://learn.unity.com/pathway/junior-programmer

[wintry quarry]

sounds like a problem with your code

[calm brook]

but it's not really for super advanced things, its only for begginers and to purely to understand the engine and coding

[queen adder]

https://pastebin.com/HVC1Ctxj
EXCATLY Why I am posting the Code HERE for Help

[jagged socket]

how can i reblind a control in unity i downloaded the new input system

[modest dust]

Not entirely sure, but here you go https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.conditionalattribute?view=net-8.0

Alternatively, you can just wrap the method in

#if UNITY_EDITOR
// Code
#endif

[slender nymph]

don't crosspost. and start by googling it, you might find that there are plenty of resources that tell you how

[wintry quarry]

you're handling input in FixedUpdate

input needs to be handled in Update

Also your AddForce is commented out for jumping

[jagged socket]

okay

[queen adder]

I know that, it was for testing if it was READING the input

[wintry quarry]

you should not read input in FixedUpdate

[atomic holly]

Hi,
Sometimes when I follow some tutorials on YouTube, I see some variables start with an _. Why ?

[wintry quarry]

It's a convention some people use for private fields

[wintry quarry]

Private instance fields start with an underscore (_) and the remaining text is camelCased.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/coding-style/identifier-names#naming-conventions

[knotty tangle]

public class VazioRoxo : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform playerdir;
    Transform ball;
    float distance = 0f;
    float cooldown = 0f;

    private void Start(){
        ball = GetComponent<Transform>();
    }
    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Z) && cooldown == 0f){
            cooldown = 300f;
            distance = 0f;
            ball.position = new Vector3(playerdir.position.x, 0, playerdir.position.z);
        }

        if (cooldown <= 300f && cooldown > 0){
            distance += 1f;
            cooldown -= 1f;
            ball.position = new Vector3(playerdir.position.x + distance, 0, playerdir.position.z);
        }

        
    }
}

@wintry quarry

My cube is only moving one way. How would I make the cube move according to the player's direction?

[wintry quarry]

SO yeah your code is just always moving it on the x axis

What's the goal here

because there's a lot wrong with the code here

it's not just that it will "only move in one direction" right now.
It's also going to sort of be "attached" to the player.
It also has a problem of being framerate dependent.

Is the goal to shoot a projectile that will be independent of your player after firing it?

Also which object is this script attached to?

[knotty tangle]

Cube(1)

[knotty tangle]

Yeah

[wintry quarry]

I don't know what that is

please say it in english

[jagged socket]

when i reblind the controls the controls won`t change
and the player is still moving with old movement this is my code for the player
and this is in the inspector

[wintry quarry]

like "the cube attached to the player's head"

[wintry quarry]

you'd have to show how you're doing the rebinding, but most likely your problem is you are rebinding a different instance of the action asset than the PLayerInput is using.

Each PlayerInput creates its own independent copy of the InputActionAsset

[wintry quarry]

you would need to get that instance via InputActionAsset rebindMe = myPlayerInput.actions;

[wintry quarry]

ok so the projectile itself?

Which is... just an object in the scene?

Use words

[knotty tangle]

yes

[calm brook]

can someone recommend a tutorial series? unity pathways ain't working for some reason

same server error every time

[wintry quarry]

Ok so can you answer my questions about what your goals are with this script?

[knotty tangle]

my script is inside it

[jagged socket]

where should i put it ?

[wintry quarry]

nowhere in particular, I'm communicating a concept to you

do you understand what I mean?

your code that rebinds the input actions needs to be doing so to the correct instances of the actions

[knotty tangle]

This projectile will be fired according to the player's vision

[wintry quarry]

ok so basically you would need to do the following:

• When the button is pressed, record the player's forward facing direction.
• from there on, move in that direciton.

Something like:

Vector3 direction;
float speed = 10;

void Update() {
   if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Z) && cooldown <= 0f){
      cooldown = 1f;
      ball.position = new Vector3(playerdir.position.x, 0, playerdir.position.z);
      direction = playerdir.forward;
   }

   cooldown -= Time.deltaTime;
   ball.position += Time.deltaTime * speed * direction;
}```

[ornate lynx]

Hello, is there a way to compare the value of a variable in one frame to the value of the same variable in the previous frame because it's changing based on the player's input.

[wintry quarry]

What's the goal here? It's usually better to do just do something when it changes, rather than trying to retractively detect the change

to do it the way you are asking, you would need a separate variable

[jagged socket]

yeah i`m doing this but not working

[ornate lynx]

I'm working on the 2d player controller, and using the Mathf.MoveTowards, now when i change direction the player slides so i was thinking maybe if the direction (axisRaw) changes from 1 to -1 or the opposite i would change the rate of MoveTowards to the max speed of the character

[wintry quarry]

you'd have to show your code for rebinding and how you got the reference

[wintry quarry]

you're saying it slides now or you want it to slide?

[jagged socket]

i`m using this

[wintry quarry]

and wdym "using the Mathf.MoveTowards"

Using it for what

[wintry quarry]

Yes those are scripts. You would have to show the code

that's just a sample they provide

it's meant to show you how rebinding works

not really meant to be plugged & played directly into your game

[ornate lynx]

Now, i don't want him to slide

[wintry quarry]

You would have to show your code

You said you're using MoveTowards but that's really vague

it's unclear what you're using it for

[ornate lynx]

This literally

[wintry quarry]

So do you want acceleration or no?

[ornate lynx]

Yeah but when it comes to changing direction, i don't want the character to go through acceleration and deceleration, i just want him to keep going

[wintry quarry]

You could maybe do something like:

if (dir != 0 && Mathf.Sign(dir) != Mathf.Sign(speed)) {
  speed = -speed;
}

speed = Mathf.MoveTowards(speed, dir * maxSpeed, Time.deltaTime * .3);
rb.velocity = new(speed, rb.velocity.y);```

a bit of a hack

kind of a strange movement you're describing

[knotty tangle]

It worked, but the projectile follows the player's direction

[ornate lynx]

Yeah that makes sense to me

[ornate lynx]

Well i got it from watching videos but alright

[knotty tangle]

@wintry quarry

[wintry quarry]

you'd have to show your up to date code

[knotty tangle]

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Z) && cooldown == 0f){
    cooldown = 300f;
    distance = .5f;
    ball.position = new Vector3(playerdir.position.x, 0, playerdir.position.z);
}

if (cooldown <= 300f && cooldown > 0){
    cooldown -= 1f;
    distance += .5f;
    ball.position += playerdir.forward * distance * Time.deltaTime;
}

[wintry quarry]

you didn't follow my example code

follow my example code and it will work. In my example, I stored the direction in a variable when launching the cube and used that.

[knotty tangle]

it is similar

[wintry quarry]

Your code is just doing playerdir.forward always, which results in this problem

[wintry quarry]

it is different in ways that matter

[knotty tangle]

it worked out
thanks

[queen adder]

hi, i'm trying to add an image to my assets folder but my mouse turns into this 🚫
how do i fix it?

[mint remnant]

does right click import new asset work?

[queen adder]

it does, thank you

[ivory breach]

I want to try making a screen wrap like this, but I want to customize the wrapping boundaries manually instead of relying on the camera size. Anyone know a way to do it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWy29yeFNX8&t=43s

[shell herald]

im a bit confused. the first methods work like a charm, but when i do it in a foreach it doesnt seem to work. does someone know why?

what i want to do is to change the layer of every child

[slender nymph]

GameObject is not a component

[languid spire]

you need to use
foreach (Transform t in transform)
to get all of the children

[slender nymph]

public static void SetLayerRecursively(this GameObject obj, int layer)
{
    obj.layer = layer;
    foreach (Transform child in obj.transform) 
    {
        child.gameObject.SetLayerRecursively(layer);
    }
}

i use this extension method to set the layer of a gameobject and all of its descendents

[shell herald]

thx

[hollow slate]

Just replace the camera bounds with world space coordinates. If you still want it to be relative to the camera, just add the camera’s position to your wrapping boundaries.

[molten dock]

with this line private List<IDataPersistence> dataPersistenceObjects;

[naive pawn]

that's a declaration, have you assigned it to anything

[polar acorn]

That's where you declare it. Where do you set it to anything

Where do you create a list

[molten dock]

mb i will post the script

https://gdl.space/upasuhezir.cs

so the list is at the bottom

[ivory breach]

What if I want to make it follow the player?

[spiral glen]

if I wanted to make a jump buffer should I use couroutines or time.delta

[polar acorn]

You are calling LoadGame before you set the list

[languid spire]

you call loadgame before you fill the List

[shell herald]

when i try to copy your code, it gives me an error at "this" with "Extention method can only be declared in non generic, non nested static class". you you know why?

[molten dock]

oh so i need to move it up

i see ty

[slender nymph]

yes, an extension method can only be declared in a non-generic, non-nested static class.

[shell herald]

hmm, thats tough then, bc it needs to be IInteractable

[slender nymph]

mate, it's an extension method

if you don't know what that is, start by googling those words

[polar acorn]

Why? It's an extension method

You're adding a function to every game object

[hollow slate]

Then replace the camera’s position with the player’s position…

[waxen aurora]

On unity when I call an api I receive a string of base64 audio that I should then convert into an audioclip, I tried to use the method WavUtility.ToAudioClip(base64string) but the problem si that it parses only files that were WAV or PCM.
In my case the audio that arrives is MP3, is there anything else I can try to convert it?

[ivory breach]

Ok, I'll try

[shell herald]

ah, now i get it

[rocky canyon]

u can put the function in any static class and then call the method from w/e other class u want.. (ones w/ IInteractable) for example

[ripe lichen]

I was doing this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsckrYYxcuM and after the first part when the script is done at 4:01 the guy in the tutorial can slide and i get this error anyone know a fix? my sliding script is attached

[wintry quarry]

seems pretty clear

the error says exactly what the problem is

[rocky canyon]

ur rigidbody is on Player

[ripe lichen]

im just not sure how to fix it ._.

[rocky canyon]

not PlayerObj

[wintry quarry]

Your scirpt is on the PlayerObj object
The Rigidbody is on the Player object

You therefore can't just do GetComponent from your script to get the Rigidbody

why is the scirpt on PlayerObj instead of on Player?

[ripe lichen]

my sliding and playermovment scripts are on player

[wintry quarry]

You can also do playerObj.GetComponent<Rigidbody>(); but goddamn if that isn';t some confusing ass variable naming lol

[wintry quarry]

prove it

the error message says otherwise

[ripe lichen]

and sliding is down there

[wintry quarry]

Click on the PlayerObj object

see what scripts are on that

I bet you also attached the Sliding script there

[ripe lichen]

oh...

[rocky canyon]

then you've mixed up references.. you've asked to retrieve a Rigidbody from PlayerObj

[ripe lichen]

damn

whelp ty

[wintry quarry]

remember the error messages don't lie. If they're saying something, take them seriously

[austere needle]

Hi guys, i'm making a mobile 2D golf game and the script of the arrow is not working correctly, its not showing the arrow on screen when player drag the ball... i cant send the code here because of the size but can anyone help me?
code link https://hastebin.com/share/ivomuqahap.csharp

[rocky canyon]

!code u can use third party websites to share the code w/

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[rocky canyon]

no console errors or anything? or just missing arrow?

[austere needle]

no errors or warnings, just missing

[rocky canyon]

check that

• ball transform is assigned
• the arrow has a renderer and is setup correctly and is visible when active/enabled
• ensure arrow is not being rendered behind other objects (check/adjust its Z positioning or sorting order)
• debug.log every step of the script to make sure inputs are acting accordingly..

                case TouchPhase.Began:
                    Debug.Log("Touch Began at: " + startTouchPosition);

                case TouchPhase.Moved:
                    if (isDragging)
                    {
                        Debug.Log("Touch Moved. Direction: " + direction + ", Distance: " + distance);
                    }
                case TouchPhase.Ended:
                case TouchPhase.Canceled:
                    Debug.Log("Touch Ended or Canceled");
                    break;```
Go into Playmode and while its running select ur arrow and everything and see if its present where it should be.. if its visible.. make sure its scaled and facing the right direction, etc.. i don't see anything that jumps out as being wrong necessarily

[spiral glen]

        {
            JumpBufferTimer = JumpBuffer;
        } else {
            JumpBufferTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
        }

        if (JumpBufferTimer >= 0){
            RefRigidBody.velocity = new Vector2(RefRigidBody.velocity.x, JumpStrength);
            JumpBufferTimer = 0;
        }
        if (Input.GetKeyUp(JumpKey) && RefRigidBody.velocity.y > 0f) 
        {
            RefRigidBody.velocity = new Vector2(RefRigidBody.velocity.x, RefRigidBody.velocity.y * JumpDamping);
        }
        RefRigidBody.velocity = new Vector2(RefRigidBody.velocity.x, JumpStrength);
    ```
```private bool IsGrounded() 
    {
        return Physics2D.OverlapCircle(GroundCheck.position, 0.2f, GroundLayer);
    }```
anyone know why my character is able to jump in the air?

[rocky canyon]

either it thinks its grounded.. or ur jumpbuffer allows it to jump

you debugged IsGrounded()'s return?

to see if its actually flipping true - false, i'd debug the jumpbuffer too

[spiral glen]

I'll check

[rocky canyon]

once those things check out u can look deeper in the code to see if its something else

[languid spire]

if this is in Update, which I guess it is, ithe code will run multiple times before isGrounded returns false

[spiral glen]

It can't be that as I can let go of the jump key and then hold it again and it'll still fly

[rocky canyon]

why are u not using GetKeyDown?

[spiral glen]

I didn't write this code, a guy who I'm making this with did

[rocky canyon]

getkey is odd choice for jump..

[spiral glen]

I'm just trying to implement a jump buffer

[austere needle]

I checked everything, I make the change in code and now I got this error message in Unity, in visual studio the code has no errors

[spiral glen]

I'll change it to 'getkeydown'

is grounded isn't working, I just tested it

[patent pollen]

Quick question: Should I use the imported 3D asset itself or should i place the asset in the scene, unpack it and prefab it?

[polar acorn]

Show !code for ControleSeta

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[slender nymph]

if you do not see red underlines in vs code and you are certain that you have saved the code so that unity has compiled the most recent version, then you need to get your !IDE configured 👇

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[rocky canyon]

well hopefully u just didnt copy and paste the entire code block i sent.. as the syntax was wrong.. i was just typing out some quick pseudo code to show where debugs could go

[languid spire]

Also you do this

RefRigidBody.velocity = new Vector2(RefRigidBody.velocity.x, JumpStrength);

whatever the state of the key press and isGrounded. Why?

[rocky canyon]

yea, the code block is iffy

[spiral glen]

^
I'm just trying to add a jump buffer and fix this issue

[rocky canyon]

jumpbuffertimer is checked in the 2nd if statement w/o ever verifying if the player is grounded.. which would cause jumps to occure regardless

[spiral glen]

ah ok

[rocky canyon]

u wouldnt even need a jump buffer.. tbh.. if u used GetKeyDown + a grounded conditional

if(grounded){
if(getkeydown) -> jump}

[spiral glen]

what

[rocky canyon]

but u also said the ground check wasn't working correctly

so id probably sort that out first

[spiral glen]

yeah

[austere needle]

Done

[slender nymph]

do you see errors in vs code now?

[austere needle]

no, the original code still here

[rocky canyon]

okay.. just making sure.. some people wildly copy and paste around here w/o noticing its not even full code

[austere needle]

no, still no errors

[slender nymph]

then you are not "done"

you missed a step

[austere needle]

still tryna find which step is this lol

[rocky canyon]

after u install the unity development module, assign the editor in the external tools menu in unity, sometimes it requires u to "regenerate project files"

sometimes a restart helps seal the deal as well

ohh ur using VSCODE?

[austere needle]

Microsoft Visual Studio?

[rocky canyon]

ohh then yea, that pretty straight forward

[slender nymph]

is it vs code or visual studio. they are separate programs

and if you are not sure, then screenshot it

[rocky canyon]

<-- vscode
<-- visual studio

[rocky canyon]

its configured 👍

[austere needle]

what should i try now?

[mint remnant]

the error is still the same Control can't fall thru? If so show hte switch statement.

[rocky canyon]

i dont see errors in the ide for the switch anymore

i'd use the editor to keep my eyes on the arrow object and chek its transform/scale/etc to try to work out where it is and why its not working (if ur still asking about why the arrow is missing)

[austere needle]

yeah, i'm going to try change some values and see if it make any difference

[rocky canyon]

ive always moved a Arrow Point object to track the mouse/touch position and then using a line renderer to draw a line from the ball/ to the arrow tip

havent tried manipulating scales and stuff.. my guess would be something along those lines are getting messed up

[topaz ice]

Hey I'm "new" to unity, You can see I suffered from common knoledge on this server already.
Finally going back here, And I wanna say, I installed visual studio, And I'm SURE I have the unity stuff downloaded. But I'm not completely sure how to check if it works.

I tried writing 'input' just. 'input'. And it didn't change color at all.

Shorter messege:

I'm sure I have unity downloaded but I'm not sure it works right now.

Is there any extra stuff I gotta do? Or do I just have to start trying to script stuff.

[barren vapor]

!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

[languid spire]

firstly screenshot your complete IDE window

[long jacinth]

void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) { if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)) { if(other.tag == "Gun") { Debug.Log("Works"); FirstFireRate = gunHolder.GetComponent<ShootScript>().FireRate; gunHolder.GetComponent<ShootScript>().FireRate = other.GetComponent<WeaponStats>().FireRate; other.GetComponent<WeaponStats>().FireRate = FirstFireRate; } } } why isnt this working

[topaz ice]

I installed unity, And then installed Visual Studio on the windows store.

[rocky canyon]

in ur IDE its pretty simple to know at the top left corner it'll say either Assembly-CSharp or it'll say Misc Files

[long jacinth]

man i am such a failrue but why is this not working

[austere needle]

the arrow is tracked to the ball, it appear on scene, but in the game not

[topaz ice]

lemme check

[rocky canyon]

its probably behind the terrain

[languid spire]

'not working' is a piss poor explanation of the problem

[rocky canyon]

remove the image/ renderer from the ground (keep the collider) and then test

[long jacinth]

its not even telling me the code is not wokring

[topaz ice]

I don't think its working right. From how.. its diffrent.

[long jacinth]

i just want it so when my player is near this object with the tag gun it gives me a debug

[rocky canyon]

nope, thats not configured

[topaz ice]

Oh alr.

[languid spire]

why would it, there is nothing there to tell it to do that

[austere needle]

same, when i go to play mode it disappears

[rocky canyon]

make sure to go back and see if u missed any steps.. (off hand i can think of assigning the IDE in the External Tools section of Unity)

then maybe regenerating project files / restarting the IDE and Unity

[long jacinth]

im a bit confused

[rocky canyon]

🤔 interesting

[languid spire]

look at your Debug.Log. It only tells you when it has worked, not when it hasn't

[topaz ice]

In settings it doesn't say anything about Visual Studio.
I think I need to mention it for unity to fully understand.

[rocky canyon]

its right there..

where it says Open by file extension

change that to ur editor

[topaz ice]

My editor like... Visual Studio or is there some sort of file in my project for that?

[rocky canyon]

yes ur VisualStudio

[polar acorn]

The instructions on !ide tell you what to change this to

[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

[topaz ice]

I'll check it out

[topaz ice]

It just doesn't show up

[polar acorn]

Then hit browse and find it

[steep walrus]

I am trying to start a basic "hellow world!" program but im getting an error telling me that an incompatible .SDK is being targeted. Im positive I have the right SDK installed but I dont know how to change which one my project is targeting. I also found some help online but for visual studio community edition and those steps dont apply for me. If i downloaded visual studio community edition and then changed the setting would that affect my vs code as well?

[languid spire]

which version of Visual Studio did you install?

[modest dust]

OnTriggerEnter2D is called once, when something enters the trigger.
Input.GetKeyDown is true for one frame, when you press the key down
I wish you good luck with the timing. And if luck is not enough, change it to OnTriggerStay2D or use Input.GetKey

[languid spire]

and do you have the VS package installed in your project

[topaz ice]

2022 Community

[languid spire]

and your Editor version?

[topaz ice]

Unity is 2022.3.22f1.

[rocky agate]

i am sorry, but how do i change the application

[topaz ice]

settings?

[languid spire]

that's good. Screenshot your Package manager window

[topaz ice]

I dunno what that is

[languid spire]

in Unity Windows->Packagemanager

[long jacinth]

works perfectly thanks

[languid spire]

Preferences->External Tools

[rocky canyon]

you should have this package.. and it should be updated

[topaz ice]

it says "there are no packages or features"

[languid spire]

screenshot it

[topaz ice]

Oh wait

Packages isn't unity registry

[rocky canyon]

unity registry is where u'll find built-in unity type assets

can also use search bar to help u find it

[topaz ice]

Guessing thats wrong

[rocky canyon]

its the one on the bottom

install it

[topaz ice]

alr I did do I just reset unity now or something

[rocky canyon]

wouldnt hurt to re-open it

and see if ur visual studio shows up now

(in the list)

[topaz ice]

alr time to check

This is an insane amount of things to do just to be able to code, How do new people survive this?

[rocky canyon]

well you only have to do it once

[topaz ice]

like this is me after leaving and coming back a few times

alr

[rocky canyon]

i set it up 3 years ago.. and ive never had to change it

newer versions of unity come w/ the Visual Studio Editor plugin thing already installed..

[topaz ice]

It appeared!

[rocky canyon]

so if ur IDE has Unity Developer Tools. it just works out of hte box

[topaz ice]

Also my PC sucks enough for me to just not want to download the newer versions of unity

[rocky canyon]

thats fair

[topaz ice]

Are there any game breaking bugs I should know about before I lock in?

[rocky canyon]

not unless ur using Beta editors

and not even then really..

[topaz ice]

Alright. sounds good.

Thanks alot!

[solid zodiac]

Hello there! Can anyone help me with the little resolution problem I've got?

So I've got a 2D Camera with Orthographic view and when I switch between different resolutions in "Game" Tab, instead of streching it cuts the screen off

[languid spire]

that is perfectly normal because the aspect ratio must be maintained

[solid zodiac]

So what you saying it's not supposed to stretch automatically?

[rocky canyon]

you'll need to adjust ur ortho size to fill in the letterboxs

[solid zodiac]

@rocky canyon Do I change it inside of scene editor or via code?

[rocky canyon]

u can do it either way.

[solid zodiac]

but that's gonna work just for single resolution then

[rocky canyon]

my project scales my ortho camera..

[echo ruin]

May I DM someone regarding help with a script to move my character position on button press?

[rocky canyon]

ahh, its probably just because my background is soo much bigger than the camera

[solid zodiac]

I think you didn't get what I mean

What's happening is when I'm changing the playing resolution (like I choose 1920x1080 or 1024x768) in the dropping down list, the camera doesn't stretch according the choosen resolution but it just cuts the objects instead

[rocky canyon]

assuming i had things that fit perfectly it'd probably break too

there scripts out there that can calculate the ortho size needed to match the screensize

[solid zodiac]

like, this is what happens when it's 1920x1080

and this is what happens if it's set to 1024x768

[rocky canyon]

yea, ull probably need a script to caclulate the screen dimensions and change the ortho size to fit

[solid zodiac]

but orho size will change both horizontal/vertial size

here what happens is only horizontality changes

Like it doesn't being stretched but just cut

[summer stump]

Why not skip the dms and just get help here?
Very very unlikely you will find someone to help in dms

[echo ruin]

Sure. I just didn't want to clutter up the chat when other people are using it

[summer stump]

It is what it is here for 🤷‍♂️

[austere needle]

How do I correct this code line?
I want to show the arrow if the ball is not moving

[languid spire]

== not =

[solid zodiac]

Like I'm not even sure whether it's intended behaviuor or it's unity bug

[polar acorn]

Why are you trying to set ball.position to 0

[rocky canyon]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-change-size-of-the-camera-depending-on-the-aspect-ratio/809120/4

[summer stump]

When I first started I thought of it this way. == means "is equal?" Like a question. It has two signs, so two words.
While = means "equals" as in a statement. It is one sign, so one word

I dunno why that helped so much haha, but as soon as I thought of that, I never made that mistake again

[languid spire]

you are misinterpreting what you are seeing. when you change resolution in the editor it does not resize your game window it just tries to fit the required aspect ratio into that window, hence the 'cut off'

[echo ruin]

So.. My issue is.. I found a tutorial with a script on how to enter a different scene by pressing a button on a door, but I don't want to enter a different scene, I just want to change my position (since it's a 2D game where the next room is within the same scene, but out of view)

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    private bool playerDetected;
    public Transform doorPos;
    public float width;
    public float height;

    public LayerMask whatIsPlayer;

    private void Update()
    {
        playerDetected = Physics2D.OverlapBox(doorPos.position, new Vector2(width, height), 0, whatIsPlayer);

        if (playerDetected == true)
        {
            if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space)) 
            {
            }
        }
    }
    private void OnDrawGizmos()
    {
        Gizmos.color = Color.blue;
        Gizmos.DrawWireCube(doorPos.position, new Vector3(width, height, 1));
    }
}```

This is the script for pressing at the door

[austere needle]

i don't want to, just want to show the arrow if the ball is not moving

[solid zodiac]

@languid spire yeah, I understand that it does that, my question is why does it cutting it instead of streaching

[rocky canyon]

b/c stretching makes stuff look like sh*t

[summer stump]

Then make the suggested change
#💻┃code-beginner message

#💻┃code-beginner message

Which will actually not fix the issue, but get you closer

[polar acorn]

How do you intend to know when the ball is moving

[polar acorn]

So change the player's position. You can just set position to a place, as long as it doesn't have a CharacterController

[languid spire]

because it wants to show you the camera view in that aspect ratio, it wouldn't be doing that if it stretched

[echo ruin]

But how do I do that? 😅

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-position.html

You can just, set it. With =

[rocky canyon]

maybe try using a script to dynamically modify the ortho view

[austere needle]

this the full code https://hastebin.com/share/osapebuhox.csharp

[polar acorn]

Okay, so how do you intend to know if the ball is moving? Not even asking in code, but like, words. What is the thing you're going to check for to determine if something is moving or not

[austere needle]

that's a good question, i don't know 🤔

[polar acorn]

If you can't explain what you're looking for in words, you're not going to be able to translate it into code. You'll need to come up with what "is the ball moving" actually means

There are multiple answers, you just need to decide what you intend to do and then you can worry about coding that specific one

[steep walrus]

I am trying to start a basic "hellow world!" program but im getting an error telling me that an incompatible .SDK is being targeted. Im positive I have the right SDK installed but I dont know how to change which one my project is targeting. I also found some help online but for visual studio community edition and those steps dont apply for me. If i downloaded visual studio community edition and then changed the setting would that affect my vs code as well?

[austere needle]

alright, so, it's a golf game, how can i track the ball speed to get the values that i need?

[solid zodiac]

@rocky canyon @languid spire
This script look like more of a workaround hardcoding thing.
Do I understand correctly, that this is THE WAY how it's done for every 2D orho-camera game? Or I've done something wrong?
Because if the script in the thread you sent me is an usual way to solve this "problem" and it applies 100% of time when you want to have different resolutions
then... why such an important and essential piece of camera functional is it just works like that by default, as out-of-the-box solution? there's like million of different clipping settings and whatnot but none of basic camera streching functional?

[polar acorn]

Well, how would you define "speed"?

[languid spire]

if you were to measure a balls speed irl how would you do that?

[uncut leaf]

getting an error saying this is null for some reason

i have an audio source on the gun already

[short hazel]

You have another one (instance of that script) where it's not set

[mint remnant]

considering Play() isn't null, it must be the thing before it

[austere needle]

it's 2D, so the position of x and y axis

[uncut leaf]

oh ill check that out

[polar acorn]

How would you translate "position" into "speed"?

[austere needle]

I think the better way of thinking on this is not the speed but if the position value is not changing I can say that the ball is not moving, no?

[mint remnant]

try dx/dt

[polar acorn]

So, if you want to detect this, you would need to know where it was and compare that to where it is

You know where the ball is, that's transform.position. Now you need to find a way to know where it was

[uncut leaf]

y is it saying audio source is disabled when its on here

[polar acorn]

Either:

1. The object this component is on is disabled
2. This isn't the audio source it's talking about

[uncut leaf]

ok ill check that

[austere needle]

I don't think I got your idea 🤔 why do I need to know where it was if I only want to display the arrow if the position is stoped? can you explain again please?

[mint remnant]

Still no luck @steep walrus ? Is this failing if you just try to compile it in the vs code editor? Did you try it in the Visual Studio editor as well?

[polar acorn]

Okay, let's pretend you don't need to know where it was.

How do you intend to know if the cube has moved using only the position it is currently at

[rocky canyon]

im not very wellversed in 2D publications.. so i cn't say if they all do it a different way.. but its not a bug or anything.. soo people must have come up with a method of doing it.. (esp for mobile when ur dimensions may be different from device to device)

[austere needle]

With the start position of the ball on each level

[rocky canyon]

its probably easier to start making a game w/ that in mind.. and it'd feel less like a work-a-round

[polar acorn]

Now doesn't that sound a bit like "knowing where the ball used to be"?

[steep walrus]

im just like opening a file and that popup comes up saying the wrong sdk is being targeted it says that x86 is incompatible with the c# dev kit and I found ways to retarget it but for visual studio community edition but when I try and do it there i cant figure it out even with a website saying step by step. regardless i would want to use vs code

[silver lagoon]

I have an enemy that will chase down the player on a 2D plane and run a method when within x distance from the player. At first, I though about using Vector2.distance, but I'm worried about potential performance problems. If I had, as an example, 100 Vector2.distance calculations running per frame, would this cause any frame rate issues. If so, are there any alternative ways to solve this problem?

[long jacinth]

theres still a problem i have because when i do getkey it keeps switch rapidly

[mint remnant]

tryGetKeyDown instead

[modest dust]

use GetKeyDown within OnTriggerStay2D

[long jacinth]

thats what i did :(

[languid spire]

better to subtract the 2 positions and then use the resulting sqrMagnitude

[rocky canyon]

Stay not Enter

[long jacinth]

this is what i did

[rocky canyon]

With down it shouldn't go back n forth.. 1 key press 1 instruction

[modest dust]

Then add a debug into the inner-most if statement body

Such as Debug.Log($"Triggered: {name} | {other.gameObject.name}");

[long jacinth]

in the one that checks for tag right?

[modest dust]

inner-most if statement body

The one which checks for the key press

That's where all the logic happens and where you need a log

[austere needle]

ooh, got it! I was thinking how can i code to get the last position from each shot

[polar acorn]

That would be one way to do it, and as I said, there are many. The important thing is picking one.

So you want to store the starting position, and check if the ball's current position is not equal to that

[austere needle]

yeah, and then change the code because the arrow is hided all the time and I want to show it between every shot

[queen adder]

Well I now have a problem, as even when its IN Update it still stops responding at all after a while
Update: For some reason it only detects when I am pressing space when i am moving on the floor

[muted narwhal]

Why's my list isn't appearing in inspector?

[keen dew]

Abstract classes aren't serializable

[muted narwhal]

Ah

Thank you!

[modest dust]

You can take a look at the SerializedReference attribute, might be what you need

[carmine narwhal]

Hey I´m new to C# and im stuck it feels like i´m at my plateu, everytime i get help with something from someone they always tells me to use more classes. because you can structure you code better this way. but i cant see how to use it. i know what it is and what it does( i think). but for me this only means that you are creating a mapstructure which in my opinion is the worst thing you can do to organise something. Can someone please explain to me when and why to use different classes. I think if i can understand this i can get over my plateu.

[languid spire]

Perhaps you can explain what, in your opinion, is a better way to organise data structures

[mint remnant]

Find a few basic videos on OOP, after a few it should start to settle in with you

[carmine narwhal]

i dont know but it feels like everyprogram than is just a big mapstucture i thought the people doing programming languages would have thought about some better way. 😦 cause i kinda gave up my program cause i cant find my way inside my code without going back to the paper im doing the program from. and its not even big yet.

[carmine narwhal]

oki i thought i hade but i do it again 😛

[mint remnant]

Learn to use the IDE's navigational features, it's pretty powerful

[languid spire]

so this
' mapstructure which in my opinion is the worst thing you can do to organise something'
is what? hyperbole? bullshit?

[carmine narwhal]

no its just a real life reflections, everything that i use in my daily life is a mapstructure and i hate it cause all you do is go through the entire thing every time you need to find something. if i need to find x in a-b-c-d-e-f-f1-f2-f3- etc its gonna take me forever. and in some of my ides the code needs to back up in the structure and if im on x and want that x to be inside c3 and c5 some where i need to go back to the start of the map and find where the hell i wanted it and where it came from.

[tame tapir]

I am new to coding and C#, is there someone who could give me a helping hand and recommend me some tutorials/videos i could watch to get into it

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[tame tapir]

thanks

[sage mirage]

Hello, guys! What's up? I have a question about an issue I am dealing with. So, my spotlight in my horror game that I am making isn't working properly when I have low or very low quality level. Check below the video to understand what I mean.

[slender nymph]

this doesn't seem like a code issue

[sage mirage]

I don't think so as well

Because my quality settings are working properly

You see how quality changes properly

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel. use #🔎┃find-a-channel to find an appropriate channel to ask your question in

[sage mirage]

First of all, I was thinking that this was a coding issue that's why I send that in here.

[slender nymph]

this you

and even if it were a code issue, you didn't bother even sharing the relevant code

but again, it does not appear to be a code related issue

[sage mirage]

Yes I am not sure 100% if it is or not but I think its not a coding issue

Anyway, I am going to send it there

[fickle plume]

@sage mirage Make sure to post actual details about what those option do and change.

[sage mirage]

I don't have any details thats the problem

Everything is working properly. My code seem to be fine without any issues.

Anyway, I am going to inspect it a little bit and if I won't find the solution to the problem I am going to post in #💻┃unity-talk

[rapid zodiac]

I was creating a stamina bar for my player, i added the canvas and the image but when i try to drag the stamina bar image to the reference in the code, it shows the sign where it's not compatible. The stamina bar has an image componenet.

[fickle plume]

#📲┃ui-ux and post what exactly you are dragging and where

[mint remnant]

Little confused on how to do this properly. I have an image that I sliced up in the sprite editor. Each slice is a face of a cube. I have a mesh I created in code with uvs assigned for each face. How can I reference the sliced sprites to apply to the correct faces in code? I have a matreial on the meshrenderer, but if I slap the main sprite image in the albedo it applies the whole image to every face. It doesn't even let me drag a single slice there. https://gyazo.com/5b27732831ed6f892c56716ceaad23a2

[sick jay]

Whats a good way to code stairs? I have a capsule collider with rigidbody movement and i want to be able to walk up small steps without having to jump. My only idea is to do some sort of special collider that tells the player to snap upward when its touched

[eternal needle]

The best way is to just fake it and having a flat collider with stairs as a visual

[sick jay]

I was thinking of that too

I kinda wanna know how Rockstar games makes such good movement

[wintry quarry]

You're not handling the input properly then. You need to capture the intent to jump in Update and hold onto it until FixedUpdate where you actually jump

[severe forge]

can anyone help me understand the caution at the bottom of this object spawning page?

if my script inherits from NetworkBehaviour wouldn't it already have a gameobject property?

[wintry quarry]

It's for assigning the network prefab instance, not its own object

They're just saying make sure you do myInstance.GetComponent<NetworkObject>().Spawn(); and not myPrefab.GetComponent<NetworkObject>().Spawn();

where myInstance was created with Instantiate()

[severe forge]

ah I see that makes sense

[cinder crag]

so im a bit stukc here , im trying to get the enemies transforms for my turret script and im trying to find all of the enemies transform but im not sure exactly on how to do it with a list or an array

[polar acorn]

Why is this a loop

What's the point of setting targets to the same value multiple times?

[cinder crag]

im not sure , im trying to find all of the enemies transform 😭

[polar acorn]

So why are you looping over the targets list in order to set the targets list

What are you trying to set targets to

[cinder crag]

the enemies transform

also im trying to rotate the turret towards the enemy , how can i like do it

[mint remnant]

Asmippet of some code I have, maybe you can make it work for you

        Vector3 dir = (target.position - transform.position).normalized;
        Quaternion lookRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(dir);
        Vector3 rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(partToRotate.rotation, lookRotation, Time.deltaTime * turnSpeed).eulerAngles;
        partToRotate.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, rotation.y, 0f);

[cinder crag]

my targets var is a list lol

[mint remnant]

well you could apply the logic to a list of targets if you wanted, but that rotates a turret to look at an enemy

[steep walrus]

doe anyone know how to change the target .SDK of the c# dev kit in vs code. I found some guidance for visual studio community edition but it doesnt apply the same. I have been having some issues setting up my environment and im like 99% sure the issue is that an x86 .net sdk is being targeted instead of an x64. this is based off the error i have been getting

any ideas?

[teal viper]

What error?