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[quick fractal]

And I'm not interested in serializing the static bool

That's for when you're actually in game

But changing it to light worked! thanks

[tidal trellis]

Awesome that got rid of that error. thanks! Now i have this last error com.unity.modules.accessibility: Package [com.unity.modules.accessibility@1.0.0] cannot be found
I cannot find this in the package manager in the unity registry though. Does it maybe have a different name?

going to just try removing it

[mint remnant]

was hte transform reset position on the prefad of weapon?

[tidal trellis]

Ok seems like i can remove that accessibility thing since nothing was actually using it

[alpine dew]

Think you could walk me through how to properly do this? 'GameObject' does not contain a definition for 'StartCoroutine'

[wintry quarry]

StartCoroutine is a MonoBehaviour method, not GameObject.

[polar acorn]

Huh, guess it doesn't

Does fadeOut have any sort of unique script on it

[alpine dew]

No but maybe I could make a class just for it and have it only include the delay?

actually idk about that

[cedar bone]

im pretty sure its the instance

...
void PickUp()
    {
        print("test");
        Debug.DrawRay(cam.transform.position, cam.transform.forward*200, Color.red);
        heldWeapon = hit.transform.gameObject;
        heldWeapon.transform.parent = weaponHolder.transform;
        heldWeapon.transform.gameObject.layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer("Weapon");
        heldWeapon.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().useGravity = false;
        heldWeapon.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().isKinematic = true;
        heldWeapon.transform.localPosition = Vector3.zero;
        heldWeapon.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
        heldWeapon.GetComponent<Collider>().enabled = false;
    }        

}

well the prefab is attached to an empty

and im changing the transform of the empty

the empty is heldWeapon

its called "pistol" in the editor

[raw token]

I meant their inspectors - where all the components are displayed...

But in any case, the Pistol game object's local position and rotation are changing, and they just won't do that on their own - they'll stay consistent relative to their parent unless something else is affecting them.

Maybe see if something unexpected is referencing the Pistol - enter play mode and drop and pick up the pistol and dance around a bit. Then try right clicking the Pistol game object in the scene hierarchy and selecting "Find References In Scene" to see everything which references it. Failing that, right click on it's Transform component in the inspector and do the same

[cedar bone]

when I did "Find references in scene"

the weaponHolder components Pos isnt changing

but the actual pistol is

[raw token]

It will filter the scene hierarchy to show objects which reference it. So go through whatever's present in the filtered hierarchy, and make sure that the scripts which reference the Pistol are really meant to

[cedar bone]

this is the heirchy when picked up

Pistol is the thing thats changing position

this is when i did "find references in scene" isnt Player meant to be here?

[serene dirge]

Does anyone have any idea how to get a collider to jump along with the character animation?

[steep walrus]

im following a tutorial and I want to add on a little bit by deleting some of the game objects. I have the object in as a prefab it seems as I imported it as an .fbx from blender but when I try to use the "Destroy(Easy);" the Easy party gets underlined red and says it doesnt exist in that context

[raw token]

Yeah that seems very strange... Are you in play mode?

[mint remnant]

Guessing you finally solved your strange .net SDK issue

[steep walrus]

yes FINALLY

[raw token]

How did you solve it?

[steep walrus]

i went to a c# discord and someone sent me over a script that i looked over and ran

[cedar bone]

yup

this is very very wierd

idkw ahts moving it

[steep walrus]

i think it maybe fixed my path in environment system variables to the correct thing? not exactly sure what the issue was still but its fixed now thats all that matters

[mint remnant]

Does Easy object exist in your scene? and do you have a reference to it in your script? show your code helps alot here

[raw token]

Try "Find References In Scene" directly on it's Transform component in the inspector, for funsies

[steep walrus]

Easy object does exist in my scene, what do you mean by reference it in my script?

[cedar bone]

im doing it on the transform

im doping it on "Pistol"

which is an empty

[steep walrus]

theres the code

[cedar bone]

weaponholder is in the correct position

and Weapon_01 is in the correct position

[mint remnant]

hover your mouse over Destroy, does it take a gameObject as a paramater? if so don't add the .Easy part to it

[steep walrus]

When I remove .Easy from it there is no red line. but how would i identify the specifi game object i want destroyed

[mint remnant]

THere are a variety of ways to "Find" a gameObject in the scene, also realize Destroy(this) will destroy the very object running the current script, so that may not be what you had in mind

[teal viper]

1. Look up methods to find objects in the scene.
2. Or reference that object in your script via the inspector instead.

Either way, go through the beginner pathways on unity !learn before continuing with your project.

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[raw token]

I think it'd make sense that Player doesn't show up when performing FRIS on the transform, since the PlayerMovement script only holds a reference the game object and not the transform. But Player should show up if you FRIS the Pistol game object... scratch that - they perform the same search. It's super weird that Player doesn't show up at all 🤔

Does your console just log "test" once when you pick up the gun, or is it spamming it?

[steep walrus]

yeah thats definitely not what I wanted to do

[polar acorn]

Which object do you want to destroy

[steep walrus]

i only have 3 objects in my scene Easy, Medium, and Hard which are literally just text that say that word

and I want to destroy easy

[polar acorn]

Okay, so which one do you want to destroy

[polar acorn]

Then you should make a variable that holds a GameObject and drag it in

[steep walrus]

how do i make a variable hold a game object

ohhhh

[polar acorn]

Do you know how to make a variable

[steep walrus]

wait i think i get what youre sayin

yeah i was just confused what you meant by drag it in ill try again right now

[steep walrus]

what variable type should it be?

[polar acorn]

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[mint remnant]

consider making a new empty object that holds your script and acts like a manager of objects, then reference the object you want destroyed in there and do it from that object/script

[raw token]

@cedar bone in your earlier code/video, your raycast for the pickup is looking for objects on the "Item" layer, but Pistol is on the Weapon layer...

Did you change that in the code after recording the video? 😕

[steep walrus]

Yeah that worked thank you so much for your time

[steep walrus]

Thank you for the help!

[cedar bone]

once

[cedar bone]

nah it changes the layer

[cedar bone]

nah it makes sense cause it should only be moving it once, when i run PickUp()

but weird thing is its not lighting up when I do that

so its probably too fast for me to see

[raw token]

Yeah... I just wanted to definitively make sure, because that was the only code which you've shared that deliberately alters it's position/rotation...

It's super confounding. The only thing I can think of is that some script is referencing it by accident... but then, nothing shows up in the FRIS search...

I guess I might try deleting the object while in play mode and adding a cube as a child of WeaponPos, ensuring that behaves properly. Then manually assigning it to heldWeapon and seeing if it's behavior changes... at least that might narrow down the potential sources of the problem...

Does WeaponPos have any scripts on it?

[gaunt escarp]

my character automatically moves when i press play without any inputs

[rich adder]

thank you for this information, I will charish it forever

[copper orbit]

hasStarEffect here should turn true if it passes placedPosition == grenadeStarLocation, right?

its always giving me false. I am not sure why

[rich adder]

how you verify it

[quick fractal]

Am I doing something wrong here? My unity script doesn't have public void Start() referenced when the DLL does but I don't imagine that would stop it from working entirely right?

[mint remnant]

not sure what you're attempting to do here, but hte default Start() method is private

[quick fractal]

public void Update works fine

[north oar]

why do variables like if i have a float walkSpeed = 5f; and i want to change it to 10 so i put it as = 10f; it doesnt change it and stays at 5?

[quick fractal]

I see no reason why start being public would break

[quick fractal]

How are you modifying the variable?

And where

[north oar]

its above the start void and itsa public

[mint remnant]

in the inspector do a reset on the script to get the changed values

[cosmic dagger]

where do you change the value to 10? in your code? from the inspector? need more information . . .

[north oar]

in the code in visual studio

[cosmic dagger]

assigning a value to a variable at the top of the script (class) will set its default value. once that value is change from the inspector, it will always use the inspector value . . .

[quick fractal]

What I'm trying to do is find the one audio source, get its gameobject and slap a component that links the sound to a slider onto it

[cosmic dagger]

so what's the problem, exactly?

[quick fractal]

It don work

I'm gonna try it in update where I instantly flip the bool to false

[cosmic dagger]

the Start method?

[quick fractal]

Either that or the entire block inside of it, yeah

[cosmic dagger]

place a log inside to check that it runs . . .

[quick fractal]

I'm worrying that it's cause the Unity script linked to the dll via an asmdef doesn't have Start in it

[cosmic dagger]

did the log display from Start?

[quick fractal]

It says it added it once

Which is exactly what I wanted to happen

Buuuut, it doesn't work in the slightest

The mixer linker automatically defaults to being linked to the master slider which mutes everything so I know it's not adding the component

[cosmic dagger]

FindObjectOfType will return the first active AudioSource it finds in the scene. the returned component will not always be the same . . .

[quick fractal]

There's only one audio source in the scene

Pretty sure it can't be different, right?

[bold plover]

I'm a bit confused as I thought I already declared what I needed to?

Relevant code lines.

[quick fractal]

Say, if the audio source is above my component that does the searching, that wouldn't be a problem would it?

The audio source is on Wave

[cosmic dagger]

if it's not adding the component, then mixer.audioMixer should produce an error cause mixer would be null . . .

[rich adder]

if its not static you cant use the class directly, you'd need an instance

[quick fractal]

Then it should be working fine

But it's not

[cosmic dagger]

can't you just look at the GameObject and check if the component is added?

[quick fractal]

No, actually

Else I would just add the component manually and be done with it

It's not even uh.. Visable in editor

All the meshes and scene are gone because I desperately need storage space

[cosmic dagger]

how is the GameObject not visible in the editor?

[quick fractal]

Well that gameobject is

It's not usable though

[cosmic dagger]

no idea what that means . . .

[quick fractal]

Cause I need to build the file via a bundle builder and if I just update it in unity, none of the meshes are gonna be there

I need to add it after the scene loads so that it links up without doing it in the editor, which is messy but I don't have the storage space for 10GB worth of rocks and castle pieces

[teal viper]

Surely they're gonna be there early runtime

[quick fractal]

They should always be there, looks like it is adding the component though

Maybe the last line is just messed up

Nope that's.. The only field the component has

[bold plover]

Got it. Thank you!

[north oar]

i got a script that has public GameObject gun; but its not letting me attach my game object gun to it, the gun has no script or anything its just a cylinder

[quick fractal]

Y'know.. I could just make my own slider to mute it

That'd probably be less jank than adding stuff at runtimee I don't know that works

[north oar]

is that too vague

[cosmic dagger]

are you trying to assign a scene GameObject to a prefab (asset in the project folder)?

[north oar]

no its not in a folder its just in the hierarchy its not accepting any sort of game objects i just made a new random sphere and it wont accept it

[acoustic arch]

im attemtping to make my enemy ai pathing with NavMeshPlus for 2D

[north oar]

or wait if u meant the prefab in a folder i do have that in a prefab folder

[acoustic arch]

im recieving the error Failed to create agent because it is not close enough to the NavMesh

[north oar]

well i feel like a goober i just took it out of the folder and it worked lol

interesting i put it back in the folder and it loses the game object nvm

[cosmic dagger]

you can't assign a scene GameObject to a prefab because the prefab does not exist in a scene. it doesn't know which scene the GameObject is from. when the prefab is instantiated into the scene, you must search or pass a reference to the scene GameObject . . .

[rich adder]

then its not close enough to navmesh 🤷‍♂️

[quick fractal]

Can I use a foreach loop as well as findobjects of type?

Just

{
if (audio.name == "Wave")
{
mixer = audio;
}
}``` looks like it'd work

[cosmic dagger]

that will be horribly slow and resource-intensive . . .

[quick fractal]

Atp I do not care, I just want to get this audio source 😭

Plus it'll only run once in start

[cosmic dagger]

also, FindObjectOfType returns a single component. it's not a collection of objects . . .

[quick fractal]

That's fixed with a single s

[cosmic dagger]

then yeah, that will work . . .

[quick fractal]

And removing .gameObject

[cosmic dagger]

did you even check the GameObject name after calling FindObjectOfType. is it the correct one?

[quick fractal]

No

I did debug it and it was the complete wrong thing

Sick, the slider works

I can probably add that other component now

All fixed, I should use foreach loops more

[cosmic dagger]

foreach didn't do anything. you use a loop if you have more than one type of object. you stated there was only one: this was the issue. now you check one each to find the correct AudioSource . . .

[quick fractal]

There is only one in the scene, I forgot the player is added to that scene, which contains like 50 to look through

[cedar bone]

I found the problem

its the rigidbody

but i set it to kinematic tho

so idk y

[cosmic dagger]

then there isn't only one . . .

[quick fractal]

Not at runtime, nup

Like a doofus, I forgot to take the player into account

[cosmic dagger]

have you no shame?

[north oar]

do u have any recommendation for doing this im struggling on finding a way

[acoustic arch]

its 2D and as close as it really can get

what exactly does it mean when it says not close enough, what is it checking for

[teal viper]

Give it a reference from somewhere where you do have it. At runtime.

[slate badge]

does anyone know the "enabled" equivalent for component?

[signal mango]

There isn't one, because a component has no concept of being enabled

That is something Behaviour adds on top

[timber comet]

You could add or remove component. Not the same thing, but it depends on what you want to do

[signal mango]

Some non-behaviour components have an enabled state, but it's not something standard so you have to handle those ones explicitly

[slate badge]

Damn because I want to momentarily pause my character's rigidbody and I thought i could use the same logic as making a sprite renderer pause momentarily

[tranquil barn]

guys i was following the unity tutorial course but their code had autocomplete but when i type my code isnt showing suggestions how can i enable them i tried reinstalling both unity and visual code and also tried to install some extra extensions/plugins...
how do i enable it i cant find anything on google

[timber comet]

!ide

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[signal mango]

The closest thing for Rigidbody would be detectCollisions and Sleep/WakeUp

You can of course also just disable the game object

[slate badge]

is there a way to freeze the location of my character momentarily then?

[signal mango]

constraints lets you do that

[timber comet]

Set the velocity to 0

[signal mango]

rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezePosition;

[slate badge]

No no, i just want my character to not despawn but rather freeze for a short time in the air

[slate badge]

Oh alright then ill give it a try thanks guys

Okay got a problem

[slate badge]

Is there a way to translate this for rigidbody2d?

[signal mango]

rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePosition;

[slate badge]

Lol i put Rigidbody2DConstraints

Hey is it normal to be stuck on "completing domain"?

[signal mango]

If you're actually stuck on it, that would be a bug

[slate badge]

Damn it

Is there any way for me to save the project before force closing?

[signal mango]

Nope

[livid path]

Guys, how to animate padding property in layout group components in Animator? Animator don't see this properties

[wheat sapphire]

i need help asap, i have a problem with my code. my GroundCheck Trigger isnt working, thus making jumping impossible. I do not know what to do at this point

😔

[slate badge]

How would I unfreeze the character?

[signal mango]

Set it to RigidbodyConstraints2D.None

[modest dust]

rb.constraints &= ~RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePosition;

[signal mango]

That works too, but since it's the beginner channel I wasn't sure if I should start throwing bitwise operations in

[eternal needle]

!code

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[signal mango]

If you're going to do that, you will probably also prefer rb.constraints |= RigidbodyConstraints2D.FreezePosition;

Which will merely add the position constraint on top, rather than make it the only constraint (so if you had rotation constrained previously, it will remain constrained)

[stark perch]

why is this happening

[worthy tundra]

i want a float in a script to have a 50% chance of becoming negative, how do i do that?

[eternal needle]

Because you have code which makes this happen. Look at the #854851968446365696 more on how to ask

[eternal needle]

Which part do you struggle with? You can get a random value from 0 to 1 and then compare it to 0.5 (which is your chance). If the random number is greater or equal to your chance, then do your logic

[worthy tundra]

nvm i have another problem.

i have a weapon script that calculates weapon spread, however when i use a shotgun, sometimes the spread is entirely vertical, sometimes entirely horizontal, sometimes a small circle, sometimes a large circle, and these results are always the exact same BASED ON THE DIRECTION IM LOOKING AT.

so, one direction will always give me result x, another direction will always give me result y and so and so.

https://pastebin.com/EYv3KtQe

[eternal needle]

From a quick look, you're just applying a random x and y both generated independently. Theres no care about it being a circle so x or y could individually or both be 0. Also you should probably normalize the random offset then rescale the vector so it's the length you want

[tender pelican]

I love your art style btw

[stark perch]

https://gdl.space/raw/adiwibemav

[stark perch]

@eternal needle

what makes it happen

[eternal needle]

im not really sure what the issue is. you didnt say what was wrong

[stark perch]

the character goes into the ground when he lands

it kindof glitches when you land

[eternal needle]

it could be due to your setup with the rigidbody or collider. sorry i dont do 2d so not exactly sure of the settings there. from google i see one fix could be setting the rb mode to continuous

[stark perch]

i decreased the jum force and it fixes it

it still happens if you jump frfom a heigh place

@eternal needle it happens too when i walk into walls

[eternal needle]

Did you try the suggestion above? Im really not sure much about 2d but im sure others would be able to help if you show the settings you have on the rigidbody or other components of the player

[stark perch]

somehow it fixed it but only after i made the collider a capsule

[cedar bone]

how do you disable a rigidbody?

because I did all of this, and it still moves

[eternal needle]

Most of that isnt needed. You simply set it to kinematic and that's all. If its moving still, thats because you're either moving it via the transform or you have it parented under a moving object

Also dear lord cache that GetComponent

[cedar bone]

no it isnt the last two, becuase when I delete the rigidbody it stops moving

#💻┃code-beginner message

this is how it moves btw

its weird, when I delete the rigidbody it stops doing that

[eternal needle]

I cant see that on mobile !code

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[eternal needle]

Also I'd assume you're moving it via MovePosition then

[cedar bone]

im not

i have no other references to that Game Object

[cedar bone]

im talking about the video

[cedar bone]

this is the only reference to that GameObject

[eternal needle]

I have absolutely no idea what you're showing with the video

[cedar bone]

the pistol should stya in one position

but because of the rigidbody it isnt

its moving around the whole thing

and it gets fixed when I remove rb

[eternal needle]

Honestly it's a pain to even try looking around in the video on mobile. But I can see it looks like the object is parented under your player, in which case it will move with the player

Kinematic rbs do not move on their own

[cedar bone]

I also sent some msges later that go more into depth

for example tehres no scripts referencing it

[cedar bone]

just type from: TomSipsOnCurry into the search bar

im gonna go to sleep, can u pls @ me if you find an answer

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ the pistol is very clearly parented under a few objects so im not really sure what else you're looking for.

Kinematic rbs simply wont move around by themselves, they are ignored by the physics system

[pallid nymph]

its not moving with them, that's the problem... and its local position is changing... it is a bit weird

[eternal needle]

Well from what I see its parented under something called the CameraPos

Which sounds wrong

For stuff like this, I'd recommend just recreating the object with as minimal setup as possible then adding parts back until it recreates the same issue

[inner quartz]

Hello guys, I'm back, please tell me how I can do the following:
I have my own method by which I improve a certain upgrade. but I have several upgrades. I also have several variables (double): CashUpgradePrice, CashUpgradeProgress, LevelExUpgradePrice, LevelExUpgradeProgess. So, I need to pass some value through the method and this value determines which upgrade I need to improve. Please tell me I don't know how to do this

I already have a value passed through the method:

    {

    }```

[frosty hound]

Use an If statement that checks what UpgradeName is and handle the results

[inner quartz]

I had such an idea in my head, but I think it won't reduce the size of the code for me 😭

[frosty hound]

Then your current attempt at passing the upgrade name isn't going to be useful

How are you storing the data for these upgrades, currently?

[languid spire]

A simple option is to replace the individual variables with an array of doubles and the string with an enum. then its just a case of

array[(int)UpgradeName] = //something

[inner quartz]

        PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("Cash", Cash);
        PlayerPrefs.SetFloat("Diamonds", Diamonds);
        PlayerPrefs.SetString("Difficult", Difficult);```

[frosty hound]

Oh boy ...

Well, in that case, just save everything as floats, and just do PlayerPrefs.SetFloat (UpgradeName, UpgradeValue); and be done with it

[inner quartz]

I know that I don't know how to code lol, as I was taught

Maybe anyone know how do I can learn coding on C# more good?

[languid spire]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/csharp

[worthy tundra]

nvm i just fixed it by rotation the bullet and applying force to the bullet's transform.forward rather than setting a new vector3

[hushed hinge]

what does this mean?

[languid spire]

what about 'could not be saved' do you not understand

[upper ginkgo]

hello guys, i wanna be a game developer and i am starting my journey. which coding language should i learn? and have any good tutorials?

[languid spire]

Unity uses C# and !learn

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[upper ginkgo]

oh thank you, do you know any good tutorials and etc for c#?

C#*

[languid spire]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/csharp

[upper ginkgo]

oh Thank you 🙂

[rich adder]

Did you figure it out? I never used the 2D version. Usually in 3D if the agent isn't close enough to the mesh or it wasn't bake so it can't snap onto it..idk maybe in 2D check the z position

[cold canyon]

!vs

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[dry igloo]

I have a question about Physics material 2D :
I saw I could add a physic material both to the rigidbody and the the collider of an object. Can I just put it on any of these or is there a difference/good practice for that ?

[wintry quarry]

It's up to you.
Putting it on the RB applies it to all that body's colliders.
Applying to a single collider applies it to only that collider

It's pretty straightforward

[dry igloo]

Aaaah ok I see! So RB for the whole object, single collider just for a part of it

thanks 👍

[dry igloo]

I have an other question :
I'm making a simple ball breaker game, so with a paddle and a ball. Is it normal if the paddle doesn't have the same speed when I have its inspector open than when I don't ?

I apply a vector2 right/left every frame when the player press right/left, multiplied by speed and by deltatime, to give some context

[wintry quarry]

That means your code is framerate dependent

I apply a vector2 right/left every frame when the player press right/left, multiplied by speed and by deltatime
What does "apply" mean?

Providing your actual code would be more useful

If you're setting a Rigidbody's velocity, then you should not be using deltaTime

[dry igloo]

Yup, here is the whole controller :

Rigidbody2D rb;
public float moveSpeed;

private void Awake()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

void Start(){}

void Update()
{
    TouchMove();
}


void TouchMove()
{
    if (Input.GetMouseButton(0))
    {
        Vector2 touchPos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
        if (touchPos.x < 0)
        {
            //move left
            rb.velocity = Vector2.left * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
            //move right
            rb.velocity = Vector2.right * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

right exactly as I said

[dry igloo]

ah that's probably the issue then

[wintry quarry]

See here

[acoustic arch]

hey, no i didn't figure it out when i bake the mesh it says 0 sources and it doesn't come up with the overlay gizmo showing the walkable area, could be from the z axis and its not detecting anything. i think it also has to do with order layers from what i've heard ill check that

[mint remnant]

I put this in my player controller's Start() and it seems to have had no effect on my mouse position. Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;

[wintry quarry]

Is the code actually running?

[mint remnant]

yup, just dropped a debug right before it

[wintry quarry]

Also did you give your game window focus?

[mint remnant]

it seems to lock and hide when I click though

[wintry quarry]

click on the game window when the game starts.

yeah

[summer stump]

Very common issue where the game window is not actually focused

[wintry quarry]

then it's working fine

[summer stump]

This will not occur in the build in the same way. Just an editor thing

[wintry quarry]

Note that the Unity Editor has special handling for this because it's important you be able to still interact with the editor window itself while the cursor is locked

[mint remnant]

ok I guess I just didn't have focus, yea editor I can understand needing to prevent that

is it normal when it locks it to also hide it?

[wintry quarry]

yes

[mint remnant]

added Cursor.visible = true; but that didn't turn it back on, guess I'll have to create a little crosshair at center

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Cursor-visible.html

Set this to true to reveal the cursor. Set it to false to hide the cursor. Note that in CursorLockMode.Locked mode, the cursor is invisible regardless of the value of this property.

[terse plume]

I am trying to wait/get an event when an AudioSource finishes playing... so I am checking isPlaying but paused clips now trigger as completed 🤦‍♀️
Is there a simpler way I am missing? 🙃

yep, for what I see people compare the time to 0 or to the full lenght and do some fuzzy stuff to know if something is paused or not 😛

[rocky canyon]

why not check if its paused first?

if its paused ignore it.. check the rest

[eternal needle]

Checking the time would be my first thought to do tbh

[rocky canyon]

ya, seems easy enough

[terse plume]

isPaused ain't a thing 🥲

and !isPlaying happens both on Stop and Pause 😛

[wintry quarry]

it's not a thing built in but presumably since your own code is pausing/unpausing it, you can make your own bool for that

[terse plume]

yep, I was scared of the audio listener doing wacky stuff but I found this.audioSource.ignoreListenerPause = true; so I can do it 🦾

[rocky canyon]

niice! good researchin 👍

[errant pilot]

Guys is there a way to have a parabolic trajectory without physics?

[rocky canyon]

i mean yes, u can do custom math

thers a formula for it.. just convert it to c# and tada

[errant pilot]

so what translate using the formula?

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGZBYsSXcQ&ab_channel=LlamAcademy

[errant pilot]

thank you!

[rocky canyon]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parabolic_trajectory#:~:text=In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics,orbit%2C otherwise a capture orbit.

[terse plume]

Verlet intetgration
Y = Y0 + VY0 * time + 1/2 * A * time^2
(keep in mind, I use y0 and vy0 because I use the big boy time and not dt)

Yi+1= Yi + VYi * dt + 1/2 * A * time^2
VYi+1 = VYi + A * time

if you want to use dt

[primal trench]

is there a way to make a script that runs when the game is run no matter what scene your in? like the equivelant of a godot autoload?

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.DontDestroyOnLoad.html

[primal trench]

thx

[polar acorn]

Put this on your starting scene

[tender hamlet]

I am working with a team of people to create with CAD software specifically for a robotics program (specified parts, not like other CAD softwares) and we want to make it possible to automatically generate chains that connect two gears. I attached an image of what i am trying to do. Ive experimented with unity splines but i couldnt find any way to automate it, it is good for generating a predefined path for chains to generate on though. So what is the best way that i can generate these chains around two selected gears of any predefined size.

[cosmic dagger]

My first attempt would be to place empty transforms at each cardinal direction (NSEW) of a gear (as children). I haven't used splines but you should be able to use the position vector of each transform — for both gears — to create a spline around them (remember, the front gear will not use its West transform point and the back gear will not use its East transform point)

You need to figure out how to add the bezier curve to round out the spline along the gear, but that shouldn't be too hard . . .

[sage mirage]

If you want to pause or unpause an audiosource then use Pause() or Unpause()

[rocky canyon]

hes wanting to check

not set

[mint remnant]

2 half circles at each gear and 2 lines from the tangents of each circle/ If you want variable tension in the chain that's a whole different story

[willow whale]

does anyone fancy looking at some code and figuring out what on earth ive done

because it dont work right

[mint remnant]

don't ask if you can ask a question

[willow whale]

its a massive block of code i dont know if i should send it all

[mint remnant]

use pastebin for large chunk of !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[willow whale]

will do, im gonna send a picture of what my current unity looks like idk if itll be helpful to look at the hierarchy

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

[polar acorn]

What is the actual question though

[willow whale]

the question is

there is a slider going left to right and there needs to be green areas which highlight where the player should cut but the green areas are all wrong ever since i realised nothing was coded to fit any screen size other than the one i was working on

so the green areas just need to be randomly placed within the range of the slider

which may be off aswell

[mint remnant]

AdjustSliderSize() references Screen sizes, but is only called at Start(), never in a Update() call, so changing the screen would not re-call the Adjust

[dawn oracle]

anyone know how i can stop it from adding multiple score? ```js

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    if (other.tag == "ball")
    {
        if (tagchecker.tag == "ingame")
        {
            if (teamchecker.tag == "blue")
            {
                redscorenum = redscorenum + 1;
                string redscoretext = redscorenum.ToString();
                redscore.text = redscoretext;
            }
            if (teamchecker.tag == "red")
            {
                bluescorenum = bluescorenum + 1;
                string bluescoretext = bluescorenum.ToString();
                bluescore.text = bluescoretext;
            }
            //StartCoroutine(die());
        }
    }
}``` when the ball enters the trigger zone it goes thru multiple times

[wintry quarry]

You'll get one OnTriggerEnter per collider pair

Does one of your objects have multiple colliders?

[dawn oracle]

uh no i goes thru a random amount

sometimes its 3 and somtimes its 7

ect

[polar acorn]

How about you log this and other to see what's colliding with what?

[dawn oracle]

im gonna try and disable all collider

when it happends

go it

got it*

[mint remnant]

Confused why this is happening:
I have this calc Mathf.Floor(hit2.point.y / chunk.cubeSize)
where chunk.cubeSize is fixed at 1f
and I print out the hit2.point and the resultant calculation immediately after it
1 time it gives 64 for a hit point of 64, then sometimes it gives 63 for a hit point of 64. Same input in both cases, but the calculation deviates

[polar acorn]

Floating point precision

[brave compass]

There's no way the same input is giving different results. hit2.point.y only has to be a tiny bit less than 64 for it to be floored to 63.

[polar acorn]

Sometimes that division comes up as 64.000001 and sometimes it comes up as 63.9999998

Those floor to different values

Since printing a vector in Unity rounds to two decimal places, both would print the same value for hit2.point

[mint remnant]

Hrmm, how to solve that? I expected a number divided by 1 to pretty much always equal the same thing

[wintry quarry]

how did you print out the point?

The default is to only show 2 digits

[mint remnant]

print(" Hit Point: " + hit2.point + " Cube Point: " + cube + " Hit Nornal: " + hit2.normal);

[wintry quarry]

print($" Hit Point: {hit2.point.ToString("F8")} Cube Point: {cube} Hit Nornal: {hit2.normal}");```

[brave compass]

If chunk.cubeSize is truly always 1, then the division is not the source of the problem. The hit2.point is slightly different.

[mint remnant]

Hrmm F8 showed it to be 64.00000000

Hit Point: (0.68492380, 64.00000000, 0.95993330) Cube Point: (0.00, 63.00, 0.00) Hit Nornal: (0.00, 1.00, 0.00)

[wintry quarry]

but when this happened did floor return 63?

[mint remnant]

yes, in the print I print out cube vector as well, shows 63

for completeness here's the entire cube calc Vector3 cube = new Vector3(Mathf.Floor(hit2.point.x / chunk.cubeSize), Mathf.Floor(hit2.point.y / chunk.cubeSize), Mathf.Floor(hit2.point.z / chunk.cubeSize));

[wintry quarry]

Can we also print chunk.cubeSize and Mathf.Floor(hit2.point.y / chunk.cubeSize)?

[charred spoke]

Is cube size also a float ?

[mint remnant]

yes cubeSize is a float, fixed at 1f

[wintry quarry]

well let's go ahead and print it just to make sure

[charred spoke]

I don’t think that actually guarantees that it is stores in memory as exactly 1.0

[rocky canyon]

https://www.spawncampgames.com/paste/?serve=code_890 could someone give me an extra set of eyes.. i cant figure out why my text keeps getting cutt off.. i kep adding margins and stuff but i think they are in the wrong place

[charred spoke]

What happens if you just do not do the devision ?

[mint remnant]

Hit Point: (0.45427690, 64.00000000, 0.55240290) Cube Point: (0.00000000, 63.00000000, 0.00000000) Hit Nornal: (0.00, 1.00, 0.00) cubeSize = 1.00000000

[wintry quarry]

What does the division result print?

[crystal chasm]

Is the text wrapping to the next line?

[rocky canyon]

Solved ✅

[rocky canyon]

yes, thats what it was

[rocky canyon]

thank you

[crystal chasm]

Sorry I was too slow

[rocky canyon]

no worries

i figgured out by changing the padding around.. and then when it wrapped it centered it once.. and all the edges were cutt off

so thats when i realized it was wrapping... easy enough to disable it

[crystal chasm]

Cool

[mint remnant]

Hit Point: (0.66471980, 64.00000000, 0.98727500) Cube Point: (0.00000000, 63.00000000, 0.00000000) Hit Nornal: (0.00, 1.00, 0.00) cubeSize = 1.00000000 div = 64.00000000
Divisopn added, now suggest Mathf.Floor is at fault

[rocky canyon]

Cube Point: (0.00000000, 63.00000000, 0.00000000)
Hit Nornal: (0.00, 1.00, 0.00)
cubeSize = 1.00000000
div = 64.00000000```

[crystal chasm]

if (div == 63){ div = 64;}

What about Mathf.roundtoint?

[rocky canyon]

lies

[crystal chasm]

Or if it's a floating point precision error, add 0.0001f to the equation..

[rocky canyon]

whats his issue, now?

or shall i go on a scrolling quest

[copper belfry]

Hi

[crystal chasm]

He's using Mathf.floor. and it's doing what it does

[rocky canyon]

ahh soo non-issue lol

[crystal chasm]

It rounds down

[mint remnant]

Mathf.Floor(hit2.point.y / chunk.cubeSize) is returning 63 sometiems 65 other times

[rocky canyon]

lol.. it skips 64?

[crystal chasm]

Use roundtoint

[mint remnant]

opps sorry, 63 sometime and 64 others

[rocky canyon]

try https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.RoundToInt.html

[crystal chasm]

I didn't notice what server I was in. My bad. I don't work here.

[mint remnant]

I want it to floor it though, RoundToInt could Ceil it in cases

[crystal chasm]

But it will ceil it to 64

[fallen apex]

i need an UI element in unity that works like a radio button, basically i have for example 3 of them and i can select 1 of them

[wintry quarry]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-ToggleGroup.html

more of a #📲┃ui-ux question

You can also consider a https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-Dropdown.html

[modest kraken]

how can I make this more efficient? I basically want to spawn the object randomly within the box collider but in a grid layout, and I also don't want it to spawn on top of itself. ` float minX = Mathf.Ceil(col.bounds.min.x);
float maxX = Mathf.Ceil(col.bounds.max.x);
float minY = Mathf.Ceil(col.bounds.min.y);
float maxY = Mathf.Ceil(col.bounds.max.y);

    Vector3 randomPosition = transform.position;
    while (randomPosition == transform.position)
    {
        float randomX = Mathf.Floor(Random.Range(minX, maxX));
        float randomY = Mathf.Floor(Random.Range(minY, maxY));
        randomPosition = new Vector3(randomX, randomY, transform.position.z);
    };
    transform.position = randomPosition;`

[versed light]

is there a method in unity to use for creating assets automatically ? i tried OnValidate to make sure assets exist for my given data and if not create the asset/save to asset datbase but apparently you cannot do such ops in OnValidate. so is there some built in function that i can run ? i dont want to have to keep manually remembering to press some ui button to verify / regenerate assets every time i change some data

[versed light]

if it works move on to the next thing. dont worry about optimising until its a problem

[wintry quarry]

What's the use case? What kind of data are we talking about?

[versed light]

meshes based on changes to spline shapes

[wintry quarry]

how do you change the spline shape? A custom editor tool?

or is this using Unity.Splines or something

[zenith cypress]

You can do asset stuff in validate if you delay it by a frame, like with EditorApplication.delayCall Not that it's the proper way to do this, but that is a thing that exists lol

[versed light]

im changing the tangents and positions of the end points so the curvatures change so the mesh assets need to refresh, i dont want it to regen every time i change them only when i defocus the scriptable object or something to prevent performance issues

[versed light]

hmm that seems hacky lol

[wintry quarry]

Sure but how? Through a custom editor tool?

or just in a ScriptableObject inspector?

[versed light]

currently i use a ui button to call a regenerate method

but some times i forget to press it and so the mesh assets no longer match the spline

[wintry quarry]

SO you edit by typing in numbers etc to the inspector?

[versed light]

oh yeah

it is a scriptable object

[wintry quarry]

Couldn't you do this through a custom editor?

basically at the end of OnInspectorGUI you update/save the assets if there were changes?

[versed light]

oh umm

[rare socket]

I've encountered an issue with Prefab Overrides. I've applied a script to one of my gameObjects within a prefab. The script requires the assignment of a seperate gameObject so it can reference it within the objects script. However, after apply the script and its corresponding gameObject, I am unable to apply the override. Could someone explain what my problem is? (Image for reference)

[versed light]

i think you might be right

ill try that then!

[wintry quarry]

the prefab is not going to be able to reference an object from a scene

[versed light]

yeh you can only reference prefabs in your asset directory not instanced versions of it

[rare socket]

Hmm... Is there a well known work-around?

[versed light]

no because once you save and exit that reference is gone

[wintry quarry]

Workaround? no.

If you want a prefab to know about an object in the scene you need to assign that reference in your code

after instantiating the prefab

[rare socket]

Alright then. Will do! :D

[uncut crypt]

I created a shader and am trying to set it as a materials shader but it is not showing up as an option. What could be wrong?

[fallen apex]

i tried this but still i can select the 3 options at the same time

i need to select just 1

[rare socket]

Solved it, tysm!!

[wintry quarry]

then you didn't set it up properly

A Toggle Group is not a visible UI control but rather a way to modify the behavior of a set of Toggles. Toggles that belong to the same group are constrained so that only one of them can switched on at a time - pressing one of them to switch it on automatically switches the others off.

[fallen apex]

i did a gameobject with toggle group component then i put some gameobjects as child with tiggle component

[wintry quarry]

Ok sounds like you didn't read the instructions.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/script-ToggleGroup.html#description

Read the Description part, it says how to set it up

[lethal bolt]

Does Anyone Know how to do Target Rotations The left one should do the same as the right one?

[fallen apex]

a okz, now i understand, it is working now.

[versed light]

would i be able to do the asset regen in the editor script's OnDisable call ? or is that also not allowed similar to OnValidate in the object's class

[shell gorge]

What do I put here? I’m not sure what scopes mean

[versed light]

@shell gorge

[shell gorge]

Oh I need to but a .com link?

[slender nymph]

this is not a code question. and itch.io is not a package host

[shell gorge]

Oh

Where do I ask this then?

[slender nymph]

if your actual intention is to upload your game to itch.io then you need to actually build the game, and upload the build files to it.

[slender nymph]

well wtf are you even trying to do here?

[shell matrix]

my state doesn t change, and this appears in animation. If i press manual on the bool variable work but automatic don t. I don t un
derstand why.

[shell gorge]

Trying to post something for android, but someone said I need to put an itch.io link there so I did

[slender nymph]

yeah no, that's not what that is for. like at all. if you want to host your android game on itch.io then you need to build it and upload the built game to itch.io. you do not need to be trying to add a package repository here for any of that

[rocky canyon]

^ go on itch and start the process..

[shell gorge]

Oh. Someone said to do that. Sorry.

[slender nymph]

whoever said that was entirely incorrect

[rocky canyon]

it'll ask u for a build.. (for webGL it'll include an html file) just zip it up and upload it to itch

[shell gorge]

Okay, what link do I put?

[shell gorge]

Oh

[rocky canyon]

you just build a game page..

[slender nymph]

you don't put anything there. that has literally nothing at all to do with building your game or hosting it on itch

[rocky canyon]

itch's got u

they probably recommended itch so u can get play testers

w/o needing to have an app and them download it

[slender nymph]

the screenshot you've shown is for adding a package repository to add packages to your project via the package manager

[shell gorge]

Can someone just message me privately about this please? I can’t keep looking At one and another’s comment. Is making my head weird😓

[polar acorn]

Here's what you need to know:
This screenshot provided here #💻┃code-beginner message

Has absolutely nothing to do with releasing a build of a game

So everything you know about this screen you can just ignore it

It's utterly unrelated

[shell gorge]

I’m confused.

[polar acorn]

Yes we can tell

[shell gorge]

I want to make it for android, that’s all

[shell gorge]

Yeah I’m very am.

So I don’t do anything with package manager?

[polar acorn]

No

That's where you install packages

[shell gorge]

Okay.

Uh what do I do here??

[polar acorn]

fix it in Edit / Unity -> Preferences -> External Tools

[shell gorge]

Okay

Can’t find unity, so I just go to preferences?

[polar acorn]

The slash means "Or"

[shell gorge]

Oh

[queen adder]

BaseHeathbar.slider.value -= 1;
that will subtract one right

[polar acorn]

It is the same as BaseHeathbar.slider.value = BaseHeathbar.slider.value - 1

[queen adder]

so its just setting it to -1

[polar acorn]

It's setting it to BaseHeathbar.slider.value - 1

[queen adder]

got it thank you im trying to subtract 1 from that value

[shell gorge]

How do I fix it?

[polar acorn]

Did you consider reading the warning that tells you exactly how to fix it

[shell gorge]

This?

[eternal needle]

That would indeed be the warning you showed. Unless digi snuck into your room and saw something we didnt

[shell gorge]

Okay

It just tells me to go to external tools

[polar acorn]

You did that one

And it brought you to another one

that tells you what to do

you need to read the error messages

[shell gorge]

Okay

I’m confused. Can you tell me that plz?

[polar acorn]

If you can't read it on the window you're looking at why would you be able to read it if I type it out

[shell gorge]

Idk where it tells me what to do, it just says “external tools”

[polar acorn]

You already went to external tools

Did you just forget your own screenshot that you sent when you were there

[shell gorge]

I’m so confused rn

I’m at external tools, now, what do I do there?

[polar acorn]

look at the warnings and read what they say

[shell gorge]

Okay.

Okay. Where in unity hub do I get a Recommended Jdk?

[polar acorn]

Under Installs, click the gear for the version of unity you are using, and Add Modules

[shell gorge]

Ok

Where do I add modules at?

[polar acorn]

Did you actually install it through the hub

[shell gorge]

Install what?

[polar acorn]

Unity

[summer stump]

You're going to have to find the installer you used to install the editor

Or delete the editor and reinstall via the hub

[shell gorge]

I have unity

[shell gorge]

I don’t think I have an editor

[polar acorn]

then what are you editing in

[shell gorge]

Downloading a editor now

[polar acorn]

It would be quite difficult to use Unity without Unity

[shell gorge]

Unity 2021.3.3f1

[summer stump]

Yes you do
You have shown pictures of it

Speaking of pictures, for the love of god do not take photos of your screen

[polar acorn]

and did you install that through the hub

[shell gorge]

No I think from Unity, I don’t remember how I got it

[shell gorge]

I can’t, I’m sorry.

[polar acorn]

So then you'll need to run whatever installer you got

[shell gorge]

Okay

The installer is downloading. It’s on 0 of 2

[summer stump]

Yes you can.
Discord can be accessed via browser
Hell, you could even email the screenshots to your phone if you have to

[shell gorge]

1 of 2.

[shell gorge]

Okay.

The editor is now done. What do I do now?

[summer stump]

You actually already had an editor. Didn't you want to get the modules? You need to install the modules you want now

Did you install a NEW editor, or the same one again?
Or did you do it via the hub?

[shell gorge]

Oh.. yes I want the modules so I can finish this

Do I show in explorer and add modules in the folder?

[mint remnant]

The strange solution I came up with to my Mathf.Floor problem is to do this prior to the Floor call

            if(hit2.normal == Vector3.up || hit2.normal == Vector3.right || hit2.normal == Vector3.forward)
                hit2.point += hit2.normal * 0.02f;
            else
                hit2.point += -hit2.normal * 0.02f;

[frigid schooner]

hi helpful people

uk how i can do onTriggerEnter then do something right, can I disable a trigger after it is triggered? I only want the trigger to trigger once

[slender nymph]

can I disable a trigger after it is triggered
sure, why not

[summer stump]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider-enabled.html

[wintry quarry]

You can do anything you want. That's the beauty of programming

[cedar bone]

How would I make a t variable (for Quaternion.Slerp) where the t function is different for every function?

kind of like a private variable for a class but for functions

[wintry quarry]

what do you mean by "different for every function"

kind of like a private variable for a class
If you want a private variable in your class, make one?

t is a float parameter btw, not a function in Slerp

[summer stump]

private float myValue

Done

[cedar bone]

if i define it inside a function

[raw token]

The code in methods which return IEnumerators is also instanced when you call the method - so you could do that sort of encapsulation in a coroutine, if individual class instances don't fit your use-case Ah I misread

[cedar bone]

and i define it in another function

[frigid schooner]

how can I do that?

[summer stump]

What?

[cedar bone]

can I make it so they have 2 different values

[wintry quarry]

do what? Disable a collider? Someone answered it

[summer stump]

Finish your message before hitting enter

[cedar bone]

yeah mb

[wintry quarry]

if you define a variable inside a function it's a local variable and has nothing to do with any other variables anywhere else with the same name.

[cedar bone]

so its not accessible in any other function?

[wintry quarry]

local variables are not accessible in other functions no

that wouldn't make any sense

[cedar bone]

Thank you!

[wintry quarry]

in general variables are only accessible in the scope they are declared

with public (and other nonprivate) members being the exception, and then only through the . accessor

[copper orbit]

i have a method with a default parameter called defaultDamage. This defaultDamage should be modified in Setup by the attached switch. The numbers printed in Debug are correct but the values are not getting set in the method. What am I doing wrong?

[wintry quarry]

what's printing?

and what do you mean by "the values are not getting set in the method"?

[copper orbit]

totalDamage should overwrite defaultDamage. I can see in the debug.log that the setup is receiving the correct number but it wont take over for the default value for method "buster"

[wintry quarry]

Also I'm a little confused because it seems like Buster calls Setup and Setup calls Buster?

[wintry quarry]

it wont take over for the default value for method "buster"
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "taking over the default value"

[copper orbit]

no that setup is for a different script called bullet. its not calling itself

[wintry quarry]

So I'm a little confused if the left screenshot is calling the function on the right, or vice versa

[copper orbit]

defaultDamage is 15. If it receives totalDamage, defaultDamage in "buster" method should be set to that

[copper orbit]

its calling a different setup. they are not related

[wintry quarry]

So this part is not related?

so the one on the right is calling the one on the left

[copper orbit]

no thats a different setup for a class called bullet. the one on the right is calling the one on the left, correct

the one on the left is not calling, right

[raw token]

And it is - for that invocation of the method, the value within Buster will be whatever totalDamage is. You can verify that for yourself by sprinkling in some Debug.Log()s

[wintry quarry]

Why don't you do Debug.Log("Buster called with defaultDamage: {defaultDamage}"); @copper orbit

on the first line of Buster

I'm worried you're expecting that calling the function like this:
Buster(defaultDamage: totalDamage) means that all future invocations of Buster() without a parameter will have that new default value

Is that what you're expecting? Because that's not how that works at all

[copper orbit]

that is what i am expecting

[wintry quarry]

yeah you're misunderstanding the default value

[copper orbit]

how can i fix for it to be permanent once received?

[raw token]

A method parameter does not have any persistent state - when the method executes, it's just whatever value is passed in as an argument at that time.

In your code you've specified a default value for the defaultDamage parameter as 15. The only time that that default value matters is if you call method without specifying an argument for that parameter, e.g. Buster() instead of Buster(someValue).

The only way to change the value of a parameter is to pass in a different argument when calling the method.

[wintry quarry]

save it in a member variable

The only thing having the default parameter value (i.e. doing void Buster(int totalDamage = 15) does is that calling Buster() is equivalent to Buster(15)

Buster(defaultDamage: totalDamage) is just using named parameters - it's also equivalent to Buster(totalDamage)

also the name defaultDamage for your parameter is confusing - it should probably just be called damage to avoid confusion

you could do this:

public void Buster() {
  Buster(this.totalDamage);
}

private void Buster(int damage) {
  //  normal buster code
}

since you seem to be already saving the value in this totalDamage variable

[copper orbit]

I think I understand. Its not being set forever, it just overwrites the default for that one call

[copper orbit]

I will give that a try. Thank you both

[wintry quarry]

note that you would probably not call Buster inside the Setup method

just set the variable

unless I'm misunderstanding

[trail harbor]

What is the right way to detect a projectile hitting this shield?
I have a mesh collider on it (picture 2)
But nothing happens (picture 3) which is a script attached to the shield

It just hits the player, never my shield

[wintry quarry]

OnCOllisionEnter is not for triggers

triggers are not physical

[trail harbor]

What direction should I go then? If you have a tip

[wintry quarry]

Also a MeshCollider is probably too complex here - should probably just use a BoxCollider

or a couple of them

[wintry quarry]

if you want physical collisions you can't use a trigger collider.

[trail harbor]

Thing is, a box collider pushes my character

I will try something

[wintry quarry]

that depends heavily on how you set things up

if the collider part of the player's Rigidbody in the hierarchy it will not push the character, as it will be part of the character

unless you did something like give the shield its own Rigidbody

basically - you have to pay attention to how you set up the objects.

[raw token]

Yep yep 👍. Just to elaborate a smidge further, method parameters are just local variables that we can set externally when calling the method. A way to pass data into a method's local variables.

When the method finishes executing, all the local variables and parameters cease to exist. So they can't store any values in between calls to the method - they must be set anew each time.

[copper orbit]

thats good to know. Appreciate it

[spring coral]

how do i get the DDOL scene?

[copper orbit]

DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);

[spring coral]

thats just to put it into that scene

im talking about accessing that scene

[wintry quarry]

someDdolObject.scene

[cosmic dagger]

they're asking about the scene created which stores all the DDOL GameObjects, not have to make a GameObject DDOL . . .

[spring coral]

i assumed it was something like that, and id need to have to ref to a DDOL gameobj

could just throw something in that scene too i guess

[wintry quarry]

you can probably do SceneManager.GetSceneByName("DontDestroyOnLoad")

[spring coral]

let me try that

[wintry quarry]

it won't exist unless there's at least one DDOL object of course

[spring coral]

yeah i know theres multiple in there by the time i get to this part of the code

[cosmic dagger]

do you have any singletons? they're usually DDOL . . .

[spring coral]

no luck

and i guess i could do that too?

[summer stump]

What is the actual issue. What are you trying to access the scene for? That could help with suggestions

[spring coral]

i need to collect all root canvases in all scenes

including DDOL

lol this works

[frigid schooner]

hi i ran into some problems

I want to turn off the collider after the firwst collision

[SerializeField] private GameObject thecolliderthing;
Collider mycollider;
void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.tag == "Player")
{
//update variable
mycollider = thecolliderthing.GetComponent<Collider>();
mycollider.enabled = false;
Debug.Log("Collider.enabled = " + mycollider.enabled);
}
}

[slender nymph]

serialize mycollider and get rid of that GameObject variable. then you won't need to use GetComponent at all since it will already have a reference to the correct collider

but also, what exactly is the issue

[frigid schooner]

object reference not set to an instance of an object

[slender nymph]

do what i said and make sure to actually drag the object into the slot in the inspector

[dusk glen]

can somone help me

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask

[dusk glen]

huh am new

[summer stump]

Read the link

It says you should never ask if someone can help you

Just ask your question straighy away, and if someone CAN help, they will

[dusk glen]

oh its just i dont know my sharing game thing dosent work

and most tuts are outdated me and my friend spent 3 hours watching tuts none of them worked

[slender nymph]

none of them worked

it's more likely you've not followed the tutorial(s) correctly

[dusk glen]

no there all outdated

[summer stump]

What is a "sharing my game thing"
Be as precise as possible

[dusk glen]

like the unity thing to share your unity project to others

i forgot what its call scm somthing i think

[summer stump]

Definitely not

[slender nymph]

you know this is a code channel, right? and unity's version control works just fine, any tutorial for it will be correct.

[dusk glen]

well they look different

[summer stump]

You have not even looked at all of them. There are thousands

[dusk glen]

wheres the channel to ask for it

[summer stump]

Google up "unity version control" and use the one from learn.unity.com

[summer stump]

#💻┃unity-talk

[dusk glen]

sorry am not really good at english is that to join the project or invite

[frigid schooner]

I did

can you check over

[SerializeField] Collider mycollider;

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    if (other.tag == "Player")
    {
        //update var 
        mycollider.enabled = false;
        Debug.Log("Collider.enabled = " + mycollider.enabled);

    }
}

}

[slender nymph]

!code

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[cosmic dagger]

!code

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[frigid schooner]

and I drag the collider component in the object to the script serialize field

[slender nymph]

and there is nothing wrong with the code. if you are receiving a NullReferenceException then you didn't bother assigning the variable

[frigid schooner]

what does that mean

[wintry quarry]

this would be assigning it

[slender nymph]

that means if you are still getting a NullReferenceException you did not drag the collider into the slot in the inspector on one or more of the objects with this component attached

[frigid schooner]

wait what i dont get it

[polar acorn]

What line is giving you the NullReferenceException

[frigid schooner]

a line that is commented

[slender nymph]

have you made sure to clear the console, save your code, and try it again? because obviously comments cannot throw an exception

[frigid schooner]

wait im stupid

sorry

it was line 16 on another script

[slender nymph]

then you didn't drag the TMP_Text object into the slot on that component

also get your !IDE configured

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[frigid schooner]

I did

[slender nymph]

apparently not considering that is the only thing that could possibly be null in this code

and exceptions do not lie

[summer stump]

You cropped out line numbers here

[frigid schooner]

line 16
deathstext.SetText("Deaths so far: " + deaths);

[slender nymph]

again, that is because you did not drag the object into the slot in the inspector on at least one of the objects with this component

[mint remnant]

Maybe you dragged it to hte inspector in playmode?

[frigid schooner]

nope

[mint remnant]

so screenshot the inspector of that object showing it and hte script attached

[summer stump]

Then deathstext is null
That is the only possibility, and errors do not lie

[slender nymph]

add this line to the Update method before the line that throws the error: Debug.Assert(deathstext != null, $"deathstext is null on {name}", this);

[summer stump]

It is null

[frigid schooner]

wait I dont get it

why

[summer stump]

Might be a different object 🤷‍♂️
But it is

Type t:displaydeathtimes in the hierarchy

[summer stump]

Because you got an error saying it is

[mint remnant]

I see (1), that suggest there is more than one of these , is the script on another object too?

[slender nymph]

if they do this, we'll know for sure

[frigid schooner]

after added the line

[slender nymph]

notice how the name of that is different than the object you screenshot before

and there are two different object names being printed

[frigid schooner]

the trigger(1)?

[slender nymph]

so you've got this component on at least three objects. where two of them do not have it assigned

[frigid schooner]

this my respawn code under the triggers

[wintry quarry]

not relevant

you have an object called trigger (1) and one called trigger (2). These have the script on them without the reference being assigned

[summer stump]

#💻┃code-beginner message

Doing what I mentioned will bring up the objects

[slender nymph]

fun fact, you can click the error message with the name in it to see what object it is 😉

[frigid schooner]

which script do you mean?
the trigger (1) nad trigger (2) only have the respawn code, doesnt have displaydeathtimes code

[slender nymph]

incorrect. the logs prove otherwise

[slender nymph]

that's not the name of the component though. you need the actual full name of it

[summer stump]

Why did you type that?

[wintry quarry]

that's clearly not true from the logs

[frigid schooner]

oh wait I just checked again, I have deleted the component

sorry guys

[summer stump]

If you want help you have to stop arguing. Errors are not wrong.

[frigid schooner]

what do these mean

[wintry quarry]

they mean you have a broken script on some object

you can safely remove it

for example

[frigid schooner]

😭 im really sorry
thanks for your help guys

[polar acorn]

Then deathstext is null

Ah, scroll locked. It's been resolved

[summer stump]

I thought that was on purpose haha

[ember tangle]

I have an fbx file as a child of a GameObject, is it now considered a GameObject in terms of accessing it through a script? I can't find any documentation on it and it doesn't seem like a GameObject as although it has components attached it has a prefab field in the inspector.

[polar acorn]

Nah I was playing DBD and I guess Discord stopped updating in the background due to lack of resources

[frigid schooner]

what does scroll lock mean

[polar acorn]

Discord didn't scroll down all the way

[slender nymph]

if it is an object in the scene, then it is a gameobject with component(s) on it.

a scene is a hierarchy of different gameobjects, and gameobjects are just containers for components. so in order for something to actually be in the scene, it must be a gameobject with one or more components (even an "empty" gameobject still has a transform component)

[ember tangle]

Alright I understand, but what about accessing this prefab field via a script?

[slender nymph]

why would you need to? also, that's just linking it to the prefab in your assets folder

[ember tangle]

The "battle map" scene will eventually be created with a JSON file made by the "campaign map" scene, and unless this is a very wrong way to go about it I intended to create all of the 'units' in script from a generic prefab that would have the models and stats attached as it built the battle map.

so the unit has a model that in this case is an imp, but would be swapped for an acher when needed etc etc

[slender nymph]

okay well that Prefab field there does not exist at runtime. that is something that is editor only to allow overrides to/from the prefab

you get get references to the prefabs you have in your assets folder and instantiate them based on the data in the json file, but that wouldn't be relevant to that Prefab slot you see

[ember tangle]

now I think I need to instantiate this object with the animator attached in script from a prefab instead of what I am doing now.

thanks for your help

[sour fulcrum]

Is C# Dictionary's TryGetValue safe to use if the value is null?
Troubleshooting an error I have and just wanted a vibe check

[wintry quarry]

yes

[sour fulcrum]

thank you

[slender nymph]

yes, but if you are potentially storing null as a value you'll probably want to null check them

[sour fulcrum]

yeee

[wintry quarry]

of course it wouldn't be safe to dereference that null afterwards...

[polar acorn]

As long as the dictionary itself isn't null

[sour fulcrum]

id elaborate but its weird niche modding stuff that i would be shot to death for speaking on 😄

[steep walrus]

how can i wait a set amount of time to run the next line of code, i have looked it up and found solutions but none of them are working for me

[slender nymph]

use a coroutine. note that the code that is being delayed needs to be called from in the coroutine, but after the delay

[steep walrus]

what is a coroutine?

[slender nymph]

unity coroutines

[steep walrus]

yeah i just looked that up sorry i shoulda looked it up before asking

[slender nymph]

lmao wtf i just noticed the documentation examples use an infinite for loop in one of the examples instead of a while loop. like i know it's technically valid but that's just so cursed as example code for beginners

[mild onyx]

why is it trying to say that speed is a double when i made it a float at the start?

[wintry quarry]

it's not

it's saying 1.5 is a double

you can't put a double into your float variable

[cosmic dagger]

The value you're attempting to assign it is a double . . .

[mild onyx]

ah, 20 minutes of google wasted

[cosmic dagger]

Look at how you assigned it when you declared speed at the top. What looks different?

[static cedar]

I honestly wish numerics were inferred.

[teal viper]

You don't want it to be inferred in this case, because there's precision loss.

or rather, you don't want it to be converting double to float implicitely

[mild onyx]

changed an if statement to a while to test a theory and it broke my unity

[teal viper]

Broke..?

[mild onyx]

cant interact with it at all, i think ill have to close it with task manager

happened the exact moment i pressed shift (its in the while statement) and i can still hear the music

[teal viper]

Sounds like a freeze due to an infinite loop.

You could try breaking it with the debugger(assuming it has a simple breaking condition)

[mild onyx]

seems strange that i couldn't minimize the window or anything though, i just used task manager but im gonna test it again to be sure it was the code

[teal viper]

It's weird that you can still hear the music though. That would imply that it's not a real freeze.

[teal viper]

Well, when a program freezes, you can't interact with it in any way(including resizing the window). Though it's not as simple as that and depends on the program and the OS as well.

[mild onyx]

yep the while is definitely the cause, ill just use an if and an else instead

[cosmic dagger]

That can be a scary thing . . . 😨

[mild onyx]

why?

[cosmic dagger]

As dlich mentioned, you'd lose precision going from double to float. Assigning back to a `double!+ will yield different results depending on the accuracy needed for the value . . .

[mild onyx]

good point

[teal viper]

While loop and an if else are not really interchangeable though.🤔

[mild onyx]

well google said that getkeydown() was a boolean, so i figured adding a while infront would make it a "while this key is down type thing". instead im going to do it so that if getkeydown () multiplies the speed and else sets it back to its original value

if you get what i mean

[north kiln]

Audio tends to be on another thread.

[north kiln]

Update is already a loop, so an if on GetKey instead of GetKeyDown is what you want

[static cedar]

I'm not talking about implicit casts.
I'm just saying that a raw number shouldn't have a particular type.

[wintry quarry]

"Freeze your Unity Editor speedrun"

[ember tangle]

Can someone explain to me what the private set means? ```public abstract class Foo
{
public string Name { get; private set; }

 protected Foo( string name )
 {
     this.Name = name;
 }

}```

[wintry quarry]

private means it can't be used by other classses, only within this class

[ember tangle]

but why would the set be private in the context of an abstract class

[wintry quarry]

To prevent any other classes from setting that property

In this case it's making sure only the constructor can ever set the property

[ember tangle]

wouldn't the inherited class would be setting it?

[wintry quarry]

no

it's preventing that on purpose

it can only be set through that constructor the way it is written

[ember tangle]

what I am reading has it used this way, im just trying to understand it: public class Bar : Foo { public Bar() : base("bar") { ... } }

[wintry quarry]

since the constructor is protected, inherited classes can call that constructor

[ember tangle]

when inherited

[wintry quarry]

yes exactly

this is a constructor on a child class which is calling the constructor on the parent class

this is the only way that the child class can set that property the way it's set up

[ember tangle]

but the string is still unique to the inheriting class?

[wintry quarry]

I have no idea what that means

[ember tangle]

"bar"

[wintry quarry]

what about it

The value of the Name property will be set to "bar" here.

that's all

[ember tangle]

buts its bar.name, right?

[wintry quarry]

No, Name is the property

not name

and I'm not sure what you're getting at with that question exactly

You can do:

Foo example = new Bar();
print(example.Name);```

this will print "bar"

[ember tangle]

okay perfect thankyou

I get it

[wintry quarry]

You can also do

Bar example = new Bar();
print(example.Name);

it will print the same thing

[teal viper]

How do you imagine that's gonna work? Different number types have different representation in the memory. How is the compiler gonna know how to store that number?

[cosmic dagger]

But then how much space would the variable know to take up?

[summer stump]

That would of course mean implicit casting behind the scenes...
There is an allocation size that is required.
Unless you want all numbers to just.... take all the space possible every time?
Would this also be for signed and unsigned?

[void thicket]

Overload resolution and generics would become major issue

[earnest beacon]

ik this isnt really code but uhhh

[rich adder]

if its not code why did you post it here

[earnest beacon]

well where am i supposed to put it

[rich adder]

did you look at

[earnest beacon]

ok

hold on

aha

couldnt find a good place

thanks

[queen adder]

How would I make something turn to a random range of rotatinons

[ivory bobcat]

Break the problem down.

• Generate a random value
• Create a rotation
• define "turn"

[queen adder]

Oh that helps a lot makes me think and i think i got it thank you!

[daring mortar]

i was wondering if anyone give me any pointers on how i could get it to only instantiate one object but keep it moving all in one script

[mint remnant]

If I have a prefab that has a script with a constructor on it, how would I go about calling that or can you even?

[willow scroll]

Components should never have constructors

Constructors are used to create an instance of the type, but it's not required when this type is attached directly to the object

Also, you cannot call it, because, in this case, you're going to create another instance of this class

Which does not make sense

[raw token]

Use Start()/Awake() for initialization instead... Constructors on MBs aren't really supported and will act weird 👀

[mint remnant]

So the alternative would be to get a reference to each object instantiated and from there pass along pertinant info like that object's ID or some such?

[willow scroll]

You instance a new object every frame, because that's how often the Update method is called. You may consider instantiating an object once in a suitable method, like Awake, Start, OnEnable etc.

[willow scroll]

What is the objective?

[raw token]

Yeah that's a common solution - have whatever instantiates the clone pass along some data to the instance reference. Or store the reference and do it later/elsewhere

[mint remnant]

a minecraft replica, World class will spawn chunks at locations, but then each chunk will need to know if it's the one being touched, instead of all of them at once

[rich adder]

use a coroutine

or make a bool for it

[daring mortar]

if I'm to use one of those methods wont it'll just instantiate the object then leave it at that since its only activating the code once is there a workaround or should I just instantiate the object and move it in two different methods

[daring mortar]

that would be alot simpler

ill see what i can do

[rich adder]

or store it in a field, only spawn if null

[willow scroll]

Well, I'm not sure what you are even trying to achieve?

You seem to instantiate the object, somehow move it, and destroy, all in one frame?

Oh, I now see, it's about timing

Haven't mentioned that float DestroyAfter

You have to create a variable for a Coroutine, which, if null, is assigned to a new Coroutine, which does all this using a WaitForSeconds class

private Coroutine _attackCoroutine;

private void Update()
{
    if (_attackCoroutine == null)
        _attackCoroutine = StartCoroutine(Attack(10f));
}

private IEnumerator Attack(float lifetime)
{
    // spawn & move
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(lifetime);
    // destroy
}

[daring mortar]

thank you so much im still learning so this helps alot

[cold ruin]

I'm learning drag and drop script UI but when I dragged the UI object , it starting to teleport somewhere far away. what am I missing here? (vid and script in file)

[mint remnant]

No idea what a .mkv file is, but I assume it's some kinda video

[cold ruin]

idk what other video file beside this... but ya, it's a video showing my problem

[mint remnant]

So you've just limited yourself to only those that can read that video format to help you. I'd try a mosre standard video format, like one that discord recognizes, mpeg perhaps

[cold ruin]

here

[mint remnant]

ok so video shows what's going on, but you're going to need to post the code outside of a video, see !code for the best ways to do that

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[modest dust]

Your canvas is in world-space render mode and you're giving your dragable item a world-space position of your mouse position which is pixel coordinates of where it is on your game window screen

[cold ruin]

then how can I fix it ?

[modest dust]

Either change the canvas to screen-space, keep the dragable item in the canvas and adjust the anchored position, or transform the mouse screen position into world position

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Camera.ScreenToWorldPoint.html

[cold ruin]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityEngine.UIElements;
using Image = UnityEngine.UI.Image;

public class DraggableItem : MonoBehaviour, IBeginDragHandler, IDragHandler, IEndDragHandler
{
    [Header("UI")]
    public Image image;

    [HideInInspector] public Transform parentAfterDrag;
    public void OnBeginDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        image.raycastTarget = false;
        parentAfterDrag = transform.parent;
        transform.SetParent(transform.root);
    }

    public void OnDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        transform.position = Input.mousePosition;
    }

    public void OnEndDrag(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        image.raycastTarget = true;
        transform.SetParent(parentAfterDrag);
    }
}

where should I fix it again ?

i'm dumb sorry

[modest dust]

Fix it where you change it's position obviously

OnDrag

Reference your Camera and transform the mouse screen position into world position, docs linked above

[cold ruin]

after almost an hour, my idiot brain still can't proceed how it can be done right while reading the docs

[copper python]

By the way if you really want to improve your code to the maximum, you could change

if (_attackCoroutine == null) 
     _attackCoroutine = StartCoroutine(Attack(10f));

Into

_attackCoroutine ??= StartCoroutine(Attack(10f));
```.

`??=` is called the null-coalescing assignment operator and can be used to remove a lot of if statements which check whether a variable is null. It's pretty nice if you know how to use it

Yes I'm a nerd 🤓

[static bay]

This is your problem.

Input.mousePosition gives the mouse's position in screen space in terms of actual pixels, with the bottom left being 0, 0.

Your image is being sent to the correct position based on that.

But your canvas is in world space.

[willow scroll]

Oh, haven't thought about that. That's a good thing, thanks for mentioning

[cold ruin]

but when i changed it into screen space, it either ridiculously big or ridiculously small, and it won't let me resize it, if the problem is my script, I still don't know how to fix it

[static bay]

Ridiculously big in what way? Like in the game view or in the scene view?

Because yes, in the scene view ScreenSpace/Overlay UI can look very large.

[queen adder]

Guys I tried everything, i cant enable intellisense, dont send me docs and websites, i already tried everything

[willow scroll]

The Screen space Canvas uses screen space. It is always huge when chosing Screen Space - Overlay. Try Screen Space - Camera

[queen adder]

i have neccery packages and VS code unity ext and c# ext downloaded

[static bay]

Have you tried using Visual Studio instead?

[cold ruin]

It became very small when i used screen space - camera, I can't resize the canvas itself while it is on Screen space camera

[willow scroll]

#💻┃unity-talk

[willow scroll]

Because it is resized according to the camera

[static bay]

Is there any reason it's not just using Screen Space - Overlay?

[cold ruin]

when i use Screen Space - Overlay my Inventory UI got lost in the middle of no where in scene and became very small in game scene

[static bay]

It getting lost "in the middle of no where" in the scene view is normal.

Just double click the canvas to have the scene view camera focus on it, and click the 2D button, and you should have an easy time messing with it.

As for appearing small in the game view that must be due to your own scalings.

I wouldn't be surprised if you started with Overlay, swapped to World, and then scaled it way down until you saw the elements.

[cold ruin]

Mb i just started to get use to this unity like 2 days ago lol

[static bay]

All good.

[static bay]

Set it to Screen Space - Overlay and show the result, and also please show the inspector for all elements in your Canvas Hierarchy.

Like these 3 specifically

[shell herald]

i have a system where if the player manages to accidentally deselect the ui and is on controller, it auto selects a pre set button again.

currently i have this if statement:

if (EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject == null)

But Rider is telling me that comparison to null is inefficient. is there a way to do the same thing but in a more efficient way?

[static bay]

if(!EventSystem.current.currentSelectedGameObject)

Objects have a implicit conversion into a bool.

So you can just slap them into if statements where true is when the object exists and false when its null.

[shell herald]

ah, aight

thx

[static bay]

I BELIEVE that's what Rider is guiding you towards.

[pallid nymph]

this does the exact same, only (at least to me) it's more annoying to read as it's not the C# way and relies on magical bool conversion which probably does == null internally or calls the same code anyway

[pallid nymph]

Here's a link where the warning is explained - all in all it's BS if you ask me: https://github.com/JetBrains/resharper-unity/wiki/Avoid-null-comparisons-against-UnityEngine.Object-subclasses

[willow scroll]

It's just an implicit bool operator, which does exactly the same thing as !=, so choosing between them is up to your preferences

[cold ruin]

omg it worked, finally 8 hours of stressing, tysm <33333

[arctic ibex]

Is there any reason my reference isn't turning up in the inspector???

[pallid nymph]

compile errors

[arctic ibex]

no

[pallid nymph]

you haven't saved? 😄

[arctic ibex]

already saved, zero erros

[pallid nymph]

ah..

[arctic ibex]

It's just not there 🤷‍♀️

[pallid nymph]

make a change (like add an empy line), save again, go to Unity?

[arctic ibex]

good idea

[pallid nymph]

maybe it hasn't properly recompiled, it does that sometimes

[arctic ibex]

nope

[pallid nymph]

alternatively, make sure Slider is what you think it is

[arctic ibex]

nothing there...

[pallid nymph]

make sure it's the one in UnityEngine.Whatever, and not a local class created by mistake or something

[arctic ibex]

well, I figure even if it wasnt what i thought it was, it would still turn up...

[arctic ibex]

yeah, it is

okay, it randomly appeared now

[pallid nymph]

well, it wouldn't show if it's not something that extends from UnityEngine.Object or is [Serializable]

[arctic ibex]

even though i didn't change anything....

weird, but I'll take it

[pallid nymph]

it's Saturday, Unity is a bit lazy

[arctic ibex]

oh neat, didn't know that

[arctic ibex]

haha, yeah

[neat bay]

why is the normal between circles 1-3 unchanging - and hwy does it only change when it grabs the normals of the floor? Am I misunderstanding what hit.normal returns?

Heres the code for the instantiation:

Instantiate(magicCircle, transform.position - (Vector3.up * 0.5f), Quaternion.Euler(hit.normal * 90));

[pallid nymph]

show all the code (in some code pasting site, you know, like hatebin or gdl.space)

[neat bay]

[SerializeField] GroundedCheck grounded;
[SerializeField] GameObject magicCircle;

RaycastHit hit;

void Update()
{
    if (grounded.grounded)
    {
        Physics.Raycast(transform.position + (Vector3.up * 0.01f), Vector3.down, out hit);
        Instantiate(magicCircle, transform.position - (Vector3.up * 0.5f), Quaternion.Euler(hit.normal * 90));
        Debug.Log("Normal: " + hit.normal + "Altered: " + hit.normal * 90);
        Destroy(gameObject);
    }

}

this is literally it

oh wait

i think im an idiot

Physics.Raycast(transform.position + (Vector3.up * 0.01f), Vector3.down, out hit);

this is wrong right?

[teal viper]

I'm more worried about that silly rotation calculation

[neat bay]

Vector3.down is casting a ray only onto flat surfaces right?

[neat bay]

whats wrong with it?