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[eternal needle]

That would indeed be where animation talk happens

[strong wren]

just post it here dawg no one rlly cares

[north kiln]

Don't post it here if it's not related to code.

[eternal needle]

Honestly I'm not sure what your issue is, because the original text doesnt make too much sense.

[silver forge]

expected result

actual result

[eternal needle]

Did you look at the scale of how you have it in the expected result, because I'd suspect that your original laser is longer on the y axis

[silver forge]

wdym

[eternal needle]

I'd also try to use like a line renderer here instead where you can define the start and end point

[north kiln]

- Don't
- Respond with "wdym", "?", or "didn't work" without justification.

#854851968446365696 - Please elaborate

[eternal needle]

Like your object at 1,1,1 scale might not actually fit within a box of 1 unit. For example if you look at a player model, the scale is all 1 yet the model is clearly taller than it is wider

Also im just speculating at what the issue could be, since the code made sense logically from what I skimmed through

[silver forge]

the scale isnt multiplied or added or anything, it is directly set so im not /*p454\

]+9-****

my cat stepped on my keyboard lol

the scale isnt multiplied or added or anything, it is directly set so im not sure how that would matter as much

the texture is a 600x600 square

[eternal needle]

Still, did you look at the scale of an expected result and compared that to the actual distance between objects?

It doesnt matter if its being set or multiplied, I was saying that the visuals of the object might be larger than 1 unit which is why visually that could happen, though this is still speculation at the issue

[silver forge]

the expected result is around 3 units long while the actual result is 9.00427

[silver forge]

one thing that im kind of suspicious of is the use of local positions and normal positions which im not entirely sure if im using them correctly

[mint remnant]

sounds like a great place for some debug logs

[silver forge]

ive been using a lot of debug logs so im kind of just giving those up now

[steep walrus]

I am following this youtube tutorial exactly how he writes his code after trying to change some of the variable names and getting an error but I am still having the same issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-K2JWoEaS8&list=PLadYLGMfR6Lpvh3xX3a7LXbqJqY_WjIk7&index=6&ab_channel=GameDevHQ&t=4m25s
As in the video I applied MyPlayer to my game object which is a capsule instead of a cube but I know thats not the issue

thats the error code i am getting

[mint remnant]

need to assign myProperties to an instance of the class

like myProperties = new Properties();

[summer stump]

MyProperties is null

Don't ever new() a MonoBehaviour

[mint remnant]

opps, was thinking general C# there

[summer stump]

To reference the properties, you are likely supposed to use GetComponent in this case since it is a private variable. That is assuming the the object that has MyPlayer has Properties as well

Also, you seem to have a script called MyPlayer as well as Player, both of which have an error on the same line

[steep walrus]

Thats cause I renamed player to myplayer so i think that was an older error message

[summer stump]

HA! In the video he GOT a nullref

[steep walrus]

oh shoot should i have watched further for my answer

[summer stump]

He tries to do new() on Properities, which is very wrong

[grave furnace]

how do i change only my of the rotation?

[summer stump]

I didn't watch more than there. It is a garbage tutorial

[summer stump]

You cannot

Make a variable for rotation. Change z of that variable, assign the whole thing back.

[grave furnace]

whaat

[grave furnace]

ok

[summer stump]

Well not gonna help you now after calling me a clown

Blocked

[grave furnace]

lmao imma not calling you a clown

[summer stump]

Well, that is what it means when you respond to someone with a clown image

It is a very rude thing to do

[steep walrus]

its not that serious

[grave furnace]

didn't know thats the way ppl see this outside my country

[grave furnace]

guess thats just some cultural thing idk

im sorry not meant to offend you

not even near it

[summer stump]

Ok, I accept that. Apologies for overreacting then. I have never ever seen someone use it in a different way. It is not really a cultural thing because this is the internet and I talk to people in all countries around the world

I do hope my instructions made sense and were helpful for you

[grave furnace]

i meant to say cultural of my part, like some ppl here use that instead of saying "oh"

[grave furnace]

it did thxx

[summer stump]

They send a clown emoji instead of saying oh!? Well alright. Thank your for that insight. I will keep that in mind in the future.

I see it often, and it has always been meant as an insult haha. Meaning "you are a clown/fool"

[grave furnace]

ye its something near that

[cinder crag]

https://paste.ofcode.org/g2ajsTekQHhndQCzPxuR7i (WeaponUpgradeBenchManager script)

so im having a small problem , im confused on how i could like set the WeaponName adn WeaponIcon from WeaponUpgrades to the name and icon from the WeaponSO , i know i could do it in the WeaponItem() method but that supposed to only run on Start() method and i want the WeaponName and WeaponIcon to change based on what gun you currently have so it has to be in the Update() method but since my weaponUpgradesArr is an array , im not sure on how to do it icl

[ionic zephyr]

Hi guys, Ive got aproblem in which I have 3 menus that show three different types of objects but the information display in each of them shares some data like the name or the description of the different objects, however, there are some things that they don´t share, for example, weapons have damage quantity but resources don´t, any ideas of what should I do code-wise?

[teal viper]

Well, how do you access an element of an array? That's like the very basics of any programming language.

[teal viper]

What do you have so far?

[edgy vine]

How would I go about a script where when someone clicks on an object the object follows the mouse on a 2D game?\

[sour fulcrum]

Where's the best place for a unity package / assembly def esque question? #↕️┃editor-extensions?

[ionic zephyr]

Ive tryed doing a class with the data all of the menus should have and the child classes for all of them but with their exclussive data, however, when I’m going to display the data, the slots have a method that sends their own data for the components previously mentioned to display

However, if the display method is in the parent class, this doesnt include the exclusive data of the different menus so the slot can only access the parent class (because I dont want to create different types of slots for each menu so I can reuse code)

I dont know if I am explaining myself well

[ionic zephyr]

So the slot has a “Display component” that calls the “DisplayInformationonMenu” component and passes its information but the component only stores the information of the common data between menus, if I wanted each menu to display its exclusive information I would have to creat a “WeaponsMenu” Component, “ResourceMenu” component. These components are the ones I would have to access but I want to reuse code. Any suggestions on how the arquitecture should be?

[teal viper]

What exactly does your Display component do? Can you share some code?

[mint remnant]

when you call Instantiate on an object, I'm guessing that's when it's Start() gets called and would complete before the next line of code executes after the instantiation

[rich adder]

awake when an object is created

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

[mint remnant]

but is the Start() called after that and before it goes to the next line after the Instantiate?

[rich adder]

wdym by " before it goes to the next line after the Instantiate?"

[teal viper]

No, Start is called later on in the frame

[mint remnant]

oh Hrmm

[teal viper]

At the start of the next frame to be precise.

[rich adder]

if you want to wait for specific frame like physics, you can do coroutine

IEnumerator Start()
yield return new WaitForFixedUpdate()

if not physics there is also https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/WaitForEndOfFrame.html
etc

[cinder crag]

with an index between the []

not sure what index to put tho , since i dont use the weaponUpgrades array outside of the WeaponItem() method

0 i guess

[teal viper]

The index of whatever element your data is in

[cinder crag]

Wdym? I'm confused

[jaunty bay]

hi, i am planning to set spawn for each room, so that whenever the player enter the room, it'll create the player object accordingly on the spawn.

for example, the player exits through the red door, so when he comes back to that room, he's going to spawn from the red door.

here's how im gonna do it:

1.) create a spawn prefab with ISpawn interface to be landmarks
2.) set the Warper script so that it sets the spawn to the Spawn object's location every time the player interact with it.
3.) update the PlayerMovement script's Start function to set the coordinate to the spawn, so that it will spawn on the Spawn object every time it enters the previous room.

is my approach good?

[teal viper]

I'm not sure how to clarify it any more than that..?
Your icon and name are in stored in one of the elements of the array, right? So you just need to get the data from the correct element.

[teal viper]

Sounds good to me.

[cinder crag]

no no , WeaponName and WeaponIcon are just field i use so then i can set them correspondingly from the WeaponSO which i can get a guns icon and name

and i use them like this

[teal viper]

So... What is the problem?

[cinder crag]

this is the problem

[teal viper]

I've read that several time, and I still don't understand what the problem is

If you have a specific error, then share that.

[cinder crag]

im not having an error , its just the weaponUpgrades field is an array and im using it in the WeaponItem method where i set everything the name , quantity n such and i call the WeaponItem method in start cause if i do it in Update and i have one upgrade in the array , it will continuosly create that upgrade and i dont want that , so thats why i gotta set the WeaponIcon and WeaponName from WeaponUpgrades to the WeaponSO icon and name but since the weaponUpgrades field is an array , im not sure on how to go with this , tried a foreach but clearly didnt work , even a for loop but i realized it was stupid so im a bit stuck icl

[cedar bone]

How do I get the GameObject of a clone of a prefab, cause when I use the following code, it references the prefab and not the clone.

[teal viper]

That's almost the same text as in your original question and it's still not clear to me what you're trying to do and what the problem is.
If you're already doing that in Start, then just do it similar way in update..?

[mint remnant]

instead of Object make it a GameObject

[cinder crag]

i alr explained why i cant do it in update.

[teal viper]

Then what do you do want instead?

If you can't explain with just text, then maybe take a screenshot or a video that backups your text explanation

[cedar bone]

I tried but I get this error

even though it has an animator

and its not referencing the actual animator

its referencing the prefab

wait

i think ik why

[cinder crag]

to find out how i could get an index for my weaponUpgrades array in the Update method where im trying to set the Weaponicon and WeaponName to the WeaponSO name and icon

[teal viper]

WeaponItem instantiates new objects and assigns the data from the array to them.
What you want is just to modify these instantiated objects? Is that correct?

[cinder crag]

yep indeed

[teal viper]

Ok, then say that...

[mint remnant]

That's not an error, it's warning. But aside from that I don't know how it ties into the cardVariant. If you want the instantiated GameObject then use a GameObject for hte type, or cast it to one when you go to use it

[teal viper]

Assuming you don't modify the order of the objects later on, the currentlyEquippedWeaponIndex, might correspond to the index of the data in your upgrades array.

[cedar bone]

I made cardVarient to a gameObject but the variable is not being set to anything

and documentation says Instantiate() returns an Object

[teal viper]

Otherwise you'll need to keep track of data index in your actual weapons, so that you can remap the weapon index to the data index.

[mint remnant]

Everything is an Object, it's the base type

[cinder crag]

the currentEquippedWeaponindex is just an int field in EquipmentManager script and it basically changes absed on what weaponType you have in your hand but as an index

[teal viper]

Then what I said here:
#💻┃code-beginner message

[cedar bone]

im a bit lost rn, cause Card Varient isnt being set to anything

and its not giving an error

[teal viper]

It would be simpler if each of your weapons just had a reference to it's upgrades data.

[cedar bone]

except this

[cinder crag]

so have a reference of my WeaponUpgrades in my WeaponShooting script which is on all weapons and then set the weaponname and weaponicon to the weaponso icon and name there?

[mint remnant]

Hover over Instantiate, see what it says it returns and what eah paramater is that it takes in. you are passing it a canvas it seems

[teal viper]

Probably. I can't say for sure without having a complete grasp on your implementation.

[cedar bone]

should I be having an extension?

to hover over it?

[mint remnant]

You're on a mac, so I'm guessing you're using vscode three, and I don't know vscode, but I would assume if configured properly it should give you information when you hover over it

usually called Intellisense

[cedar bone]

how'd you find out im on a mac? 😭

[mint remnant]

I'm preceptive

[cedar bone]

oh wait

yeah its pretty obvious

[mint remnant]

Note that even thought the documentation does say Object for the return type and the prefab type, their own examples don't use Object, they use the inherited types of Object, such as GameObject

[cedar bone]

how does that make sense 🤔

[mint remnant]

Well it's technically correct, it returns an Object, but if you want to use all the inherited methods you're going to just have to cast it to the type anyways

[tawdry ember]

Anyone in here can help me with some code readign real quick?

[mint remnant]

Don't ask to ask, just ask

[tawdry ember]

!code

[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:
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[tawdry ember]

'''cs

Idk how to use these commands...

[rich adder]

its back ticks also just use the Links for large code

its not a command

it says in the message what to do

[tawdry ember]

ITs not a large ammount of code

[rich adder]

just send the class and explain what "isn't working" means in this context

what do you expect to Happen vs whats happening

[tawdry ember]

This is what unity is giving me

Idk what it means or how to fix it

[rich adder]

yes this is simple syntax error

is your IDE underlining it red in the editor?

[tawdry ember]

Ok but i dont see anythign on those lines thats wrong

The editor says no errors

[rich adder]

then you should configure that first and foremost

[tawdry ember]

How do I do that?

[rich adder]

check your !ide and click the link

[eternal falcon]

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[cedar bone]

yeah ur right

but idk why it isnt returning anything

also what do u guys reccomend for keeping code tidy

cause my project is getting slowely bigger

and its getting exponentially harder to manage

[rich adder]

follow good coding practices

[mint remnant]

did you put a debuglog after the instantiate call to verify it's not null?

[cedar bone]

im doing that rn

[cedar bone]

anything in particular?

[rich adder]

there are a bunch of good stuff here
https://unity.com/resources/level-up-your-code-with-game-programming-patterns

[cedar bone]

code:

its not printing anything

i checked if the if statement is running, and it is

im guessing if its null, it wont log anything

[mint remnant]

that is not a very productive debug log

make the call, assign it to the gameobject then print if the gameobject is null

[cedar bone]

aight

[mint remnant]

though I'm pretty sure it either Instantiates the object or throws an exception

[cedar bone]

this fine?

so its not null

cuase its not printing anything

[mint remnant]

so put a print above the call, make sure it's even getting called, if not then you have something further up the chain wrong

[cedar bone]

error

[mint remnant]

ok but where is that error from?

not this instantiate call, as it doesn't seem it's even getting called

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/runtime-exceptions/nullreferenceexception/stack-trace

[cedar bone]

this line

[cedar bone]

yeah ik

[rich adder]

this means cardVarient isnt assigned in the inspector

it tells you pretty much that in the error

[cedar bone]

it shouldnt be

[rich adder]

well it is supposed to be

[cedar bone]

it should only be assigned in that line

[rich adder]

that makes 0 sense

cardVarient is the object to clone

you can't clone a nothing

[cedar bone]

OOOOH

ur right

ty ty

lemme try it out

[mint remnant]

you cropped out some important details in this image

[cedar bone]

can you not get components from Objects?

@mint remnant

[vernal bone]

from GameObject, yes

[cedar bone]

soz for the @

[vernal bone]

dunno about Object

[cedar bone]

thats the thing

me neither

doc is not showing anything about getting the GameObject from an Object

[rich adder]

why are you spawning it as Object

[vernal bone]

what's an Object?

[rich adder]

Object is the root class of all objects

Unity has its own version of it

[mint remnant]

Show more of your code like what type is myCardvariant now?

[vernal bone]

alright, got it, never touched that though
can't think of reason to

[rich adder]

correct you generally don't need to

[cedar bone]

Instantiate returns an object

[rich adder]

why is prefabCardVariant an Object

don't use that

[mint remnant]

as suspected, you still haven't changed them to GameObject

[vernal bone]

You should use GameObject instead of Object i guess

[cedar bone]

I tried setting myCardVarient to GameObject

i got an error

[rich adder]

there is no error

[cedar bone]

ill try setting that to a gameObject

[mint remnant]

well stop reverting to Object

[rich adder]

Instantiate will cast to whatever type you pass through the first perameter Object

so if you pass a Object it spawns as Object, etc.

[cedar bone]

thank you guys!

it works now

and one more quick question, how do I check if an animation has finished playing?

I want to make it so the instance gets destroyed after the animation runs

[rich adder]

Animation event

or make a timer i suppose. but not as modular

[cedar bone]

so Id make it run a script at the end of the animation where it destroys itself?

[rich adder]

*function but yeah

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/script-AnimationWindowEvent.html

[cedar bone]

is this fine?

[rich adder]

no its not

read the instructions I sent

[mint remnant]

There's that use of Object again...

[rich adder]

well thats normal for Animation Event

but they just added it wrong

[mint remnant]

oh, he crops out details of the image

[rich adder]

"Object" is basically the target here

[cedar bone]

i dont get whats wrong here

[rich adder]

but if script is already on same object as animator then it will give you dropdow

[rich adder]

look at the one from the manual

you have to select the object with the animator

while the animation window is open

then select the animation event there

[cedar bone]

the GameObject?

[rich adder]

yes

[cedar bone]

how do I select it with the animator?

my function btw

@rich adder

[rich adder]

did you read what I wrote? about the animation window, not animator. Only mentioned animator being the instance of your animation

[cedar bone]

my animation window is open

[rich adder]

ok select the object with the Animator on it

then click the Animation Event in animation window

[rich adder]

you still didn't select the gameobject with the animator

having the animator window is not the same as select the object with the animator component

[cedar bone]

you mean select it with the animator? or select the object which has the animator?

[rich adder]

hold up . give me a second. Ill show you Ig

[cedar bone]

thing is the animation and the script run from the animation are on two different GameObjects

but im gonna move the function

[rich adder]

so put another script?

[cedar bone]

so ill try it again

Thank you! It works now!

[queen adder]

i need help with some really bad lag

its been making me want to stop game development altogether because i cannot find the cause

please someone help me, the project isnt very big i started a week ago

[vernal bone]

don't ask to ask, just ask damnit

[queen adder]

what

[rich adder]

we cannot tell anything without details..

[queen adder]

ohhh

[vernal bone]

on one can help you if you don't show where the problem lies

and what the problem is

[queen adder]

okay anyways, ill be playing the game and if it runs for about a minute it seems randomly it starts lagging VERY BADLY to the point where its not playable

nothing is happening though

[summer stump]

really bad lag

and I cannot find the cause

They said both things...

[queen adder]

Yoo

[summer stump]

Use the profiler and see what is causing the issues

[queen adder]

Guys can you help me with some stuf

how do i

[rich adder]

https://dontasktoask.com

[queen adder]

liek in entercollision

[queen adder]

where do i find that

[rich adder]

complete a sentence before hitting enter

[queen adder]

like in Oncollisionenter( collision collisioder)

[summer stump]

It is a window under analysis.
You will be able to google it easily

[queen adder]

how do i access collider.name and tags and stuff

[queen adder]

mb mb

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnCollisionEnter.html
use the Collider parameter
If its 2D , use the 2D version

[summer stump]

The parameter gives you access to it.
Collision is a struct. You can find what it contains through the link nav sent

[queen adder]

i read this, i cant find,

[rich adder]

you looked at it, you didn't read it

[summer stump]

Collision

[queen adder]

this is whats causing the lag. which is it though?

[half egret]

Click on the large spiked portion

[summer stump]

You cropped everything that could possibly be useful out

Google a youtube guide on how to use the profiler and follow it

[rich adder]

!code

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[summer stump]

The hierarchy view is usually far better than the timeline view

[rich adder]

lookup tutorials on profiler. You have to switch from TImeline to Hierarchy view

[summer stump]

Did you make a script called Collision?

[queen adder]

so like this i assume

[summer stump]

Yes

[queen adder]

so EditorLoop is making it lag

[summer stump]

No

Look up a guide on youtube and follow it

[rich adder]

could be , 276 ms is a lot

[summer stump]

The issue will be in playerloop

[summer stump]

Oh huh... true

[half egret]

Yeah that's an insane amount of editor overhead,

[summer stump]

What is going on there

[half egret]

Maybe he has some extension or something

That's really killing performance

[rich adder]

to know for sure, make a build and if its no lag you know 100% its the editor

[queen adder]

Yess

[summer stump]

Well, there is the problem

[queen adder]

i made a build and it has the same problem

in-game

[summer stump]

Do not make scripts named the same thing as unity classes or structs
Rename your class

[queen adder]

brah

ok

[half egret]

Make the built game and connect the profiler to that

[static bay]

Move the frame it's checking around a bit. If it's Editor Loop for everything then ya it's the editor.

[half egret]

https://docs.unity3d.com/2020.1/Documentation/Manual/profiler-profiling-applications.html

[queen adder]

nope still there

[rich adder]

something is wrong with your ide

[summer stump]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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[queen adder]

so if editor loop has the highest percentage then the editor is causing the lag?

[summer stump]

I still see collision.cs at the top too

[half egret]

If it's still happening in the built game then it's not the editor

Connect the profiler in the built game

[queen adder]

how?

[half egret]

See here

You can autoconnect the profiler

[queen adder]

okay

are there hotkeys to show it or is it automatic

[static bay]

Ya. It's just during lag spikes caused by shit like Debug.Log or other editor specific stuff, the editor gets the blame on some frames and the actual source gets it on others. Just kinda click around a bit to see if it's always the Editor Loop.

[summer stump]

Editor loop will USUALLY have the highest percent unless is a massive game
That's why I dismissed it at first. But this is a bit much

[half egret]

It'll auto connect to the unity profiler and start it

[queen adder]

what

[queen adder]

vsync??

[summer stump]

What about it? Your ide is not configured. Follow the guide I sent
#💻┃code-beginner message

[half egret]

Check hierarchy but odd that it's vsync...

[queen adder]

it is

[rich adder]

as mentioned , it doesn't seem your IDE is properly detecting unity classes

[queen adder]

i did all of those

[summer stump]

It is not
It is very clear it is unconfigured.
Vs code has issues sometimes

[queen adder]

hierarchy shows nothing

[queen adder]

nvm

[half egret]

Did you click on the spiked portion

[north kiln]

Add the GPU profiler module and see if it confirms that

[queen adder]

how, it litrelly shows same error in VScode and Unity, and intelisence isplays all functions and classes

[summer stump]

Irrelevant
It is clearly messed up

[rich adder]

Behaviour Uknown Word is not normal..

[north kiln]

Looks like an additional spelling plugin

and not a lack of configuration

[queen adder]

@half egret

waitonswapchain is causing the lag

[rich adder]

ah yes cSpell, whatever that is

[half egret]

It’s waiting for the GPU to finish rendering the frame according to QualitySettings.maxQueuedFrames

Turn on your GPU profiler

Like vertx suggested

[queen adder]

where

is that

[half egret]

Scroll down in your profiler

Oh wait enabling it is..

[queen adder]

okay then play the build again?

[summer stump]

Looks like it is an extension you added messing things up.
Show Collision.cs though
You still have a script named that, verify that the class is renamed
If it is verify that renaming didn't rename the OnCollisionEnter parameter type

[rich adder]

this is not normal

[north kiln]

I presume that extension can just add words to the dictionary. Either way that's not the issue

the issue is declaring Collision again manually, and everything else is a distraction

[rich adder]

yea actually you are right.
assumed they did remove the Collision class but apparently did not

[summer stump]

I feel like they may have renamed the class which automatically renamed the parameter type.

[summer stump]

Ah, no. Last ss shows that is not the case
Ah, they DID. It is lowercase now

@queen adder rename the class to something COMPLETELY different than collision.
Set the parameter type back to Collision (capital c)

[queen adder]

how enable?? i pressed it

[north kiln]

You definitely did more recording after adding the module?

[queen adder]

what??

[half egret]

Did you play the game some more after enabling

[north kiln]

Record more profiling data now

[queen adder]

do i need to rebuild

[north kiln]

You need to record more profiling data if you haven't done so after enabling the module

[static bay]

aka let the game play a bit more

[queen adder]

i dont understand😭

[summer stump]

Click play

[queen adder]

i pressed play

yes

but not in editor

[summer stump]

Ok, look at the profiler again

[queen adder]

i did it in build

what

[summer stump]

Before the edit I misread your typo

[queen adder]

ah okay

i am very confused, do i play in the build? or the editor?

[north kiln]

are you profiling a build?

[half egret]

Ideally the build, as that's where you'll get data without the editor overhead.

[queen adder]

okay i just open the build and it will start recording, correct?

[half egret]

You'll have to make sure autoconnect profiler is ticked

[rich adder]

iirc you need to build as Dev Build too

[half egret]

Yeah it dooesn't let you autoconnect unless dev build is active

[queen adder]

its not recording

yeah its a development build

[summer stump]

I was focusing on crazygaming, did the build have the lag?

[queen adder]

yes

everything lag

[half egret]

It seems to be related to this
https://discussions.unity.com/t/occasional-performance-spikes-on-dxgi-waitonswapchain-without-a-gpu-bottleneck/940536

https://discussions.unity.com/t/performance-spikes-due-to-dxgi-waitonswapchain/840752/36

*this one is more comprehensive

[north kiln]

To do GPU profiling in a build you have to disable Graphics Jobs in the Player Settings

[queen adder]

so whats the fix

ive read both discussions

and didnt see a clear answer

[half egret]

Do your GPU profiling first, your case might be simpler.

[queen adder]

okay since im actually stupid im very sorry but can someone give me a step by step guide on how to get it to record because it isnt anymore and i dont know what idid

[half egret]

Listen to what vertx said, go to your player settings (Bottom left of build settings), disable graphics jobs under "Other settings"

Make sure auto-connect profiling is enabled

Then build and run

[queen adder]

rebuild, and test?

great

thanks

[rain hull]

is it better to use transform translate or addforce for the player controller?

[static bay]

completely depends on the type of game you're building

[cold ruin]

so while learning how script draggable item, i'm kind of struggles with the item keep snapping back to the start after i dragged it to where i wanted to, does anyone know what am i doing wrong ? (I also did exactly what the turtorial asked me to)

[rain hull]

can you elaborate, can you give me very general examples on which would work better where? im doing a 2d game and just want to make character jump

[summer stump]

Between those two choices I would pick addforce every time. But there are MANY other choices.

Big ones being setting velocity, MovePosition, and Move() from the CharacterController

[half egret]

Click the GPU usage->select the spiked region, check hierarchy

[half egret]

Are you using GPU instancing?

And/or assigning static objects appropriately

[queen adder]

i didnt bake lighting

so i wouldnt have make any objects static

[half egret]

If you don't want them to be static, make sure materials that are shared by multiple objects of the same type have GPU instancing enabled

[queen adder]

will that fix it

[half egret]

Not sure, can't say for sure. What we do know is that your mesh rendering is taking an obscene amount of time

[teal viper]

For starters, that spike doesn't seem to be regular, so you should be thinking of what in the game causes it.

[queen adder]

there is nothing going on in game!! its a box!!

[teal viper]

Most of the time it seems to be 60 fps

[half egret]

Wait, is this just the Unity box?

[queen adder]

wait

[half egret]

How many materials are on this box

[queen adder]

this is the box

its several cube gameobjects

not a flipped normal cube

[teal viper]

You should check what's going on when this happens:

Comparing the profiler data with the regular frames might be useful too

[queen adder]

NOTHING IS GOING ON!! I DONT KNOW AND I FEEL STUPID BECAUSE I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS!!

[half egret]

Click the material for your box

[queen adder]

i didnt mean to seem angry but i feel like a idiot

[half egret]

Enable GPU instancing

Ideally

Since they're static

All those objects should be static

[teal viper]

Well, maybe you look at a particular area of the world or something?

[queen adder]

nope

lags regardless

[teal viper]

Or this repeats at certain intervals?

[half egret]

If you mark all the cubes as static, that would be better

See if that helps

You're currently doing 2 draw calls PER cube

When you can make it 2 draw calls for ALL cubes

[teal viper]

Can you record a video of the gameplay including when it lags and not?

[north kiln]

Also I'd look at the very first frame it goes wild in the profiler

[queen adder]

do i bake afterwards

[half egret]

it won't be relevant for performance, mark and test

[half egret]

follow dlich's and vertx's instructions if that didn't help

[queen adder]

still lags

[queen adder]

yeah one minute

[half egret]

Next thing I'm predicting is that it's something to do with the player model..

Which will be shown in the video, I hope.

[queen adder]

soo laggy cant even open profiler

[half egret]

Okay so there ARE other things in the scene

[queen adder]

yeah like a bunch of other cubes

[half egret]

Do you spawn anything via script?

[queen adder]

nope

[mint remnant]

does it have to be individual cubes are can you make a mesh and just texture it to look like many cubes?

[half egret]

Are ALL the cubes marked as static?

[queen adder]

yep

[half egret]

Click on the stats button in your game-view, and record your batches.

See if your batches rise when the lag starts

[teal viper]

1. I'd make sure there are no suspicious messages in the console at the time the issue happens.
2. It's either something happening in the game(some code running, spawning more object for example)
3. Or it could be that something else is tanking your GPU at that timing.

[queen adder]

not rising

but you can see fps

[queen adder]

only things in the console

[teal viper]

To test the last theory, check the task manager to see what's using the GPU the most.

[queen adder]

i only see cpu on task manager

[half egret]

In the performance tab?

[queen adder]

mb

i got it

[teal viper]

It should be in the main tab as well. Where the processes are.

[half egret]

I don't think task manager groups by GPU usage in the main processes tab, default at least.

[teal viper]

It does for me. Is it not enabled by default?🤔

[half egret]

Not for me, odd!

Had to right click->add GPU

[queen adder]

its just not lagging now

what happened

task manager cancelled out the lag

[half egret]

Did you save the scene or anything

[queen adder]

nope

[half egret]

Maybe the static stuff took a bit to... take hold

Close task manager and see if we have schrodingers GPU bottleneck 😛

[teal viper]

Might be a malware

Maybe someone's using your GPU for crypto farming 😛

[queen adder]

i dont download programs, and i make my own png for textures

so i dont think id have a virus

[teal viper]

Well, either way, it seems to not be something unity specific

[queen adder]

no more taskmanager, and no more lag

[mint remnant]

attach a special note to the game: must have task manager running while playing

[queen adder]

no idea what happened

[half egret]

Build the game and see if it lags

[queen adder]

okay

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1208957411516481638/1245606070282354748/Salsa_Dancing_Dogs_320_online-video-cutter.com.gif

this is how im feeling right now since the lag dissapeared

until its built...

[half egret]

Getting a 400ms decrease in CPU/GPU time is any optimizers wet dream

[queen adder]

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

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collisionInfo){

        Debug.Log(collisionInfo.name);
    }

}

[queen adder]

lag is back in the build😔

[half egret]

Check task manager now

Check usage

With the lag active

Sort by GPU usage in processes

And if nothing stands out, also check your GPU under performance

See if your VRAM or whatever is bottlenecking

[half egret]

And in the processes tab?

[queen adder]

i donthave gpu

[half egret]

Right click the status bar->click GPU

You'll be able to sort by GPU usage

[queen adder]

me when game development

[half egret]

Odd, honestly..
If you close out the built game and try to play it again in editor, is the lag still gone?

[teal viper]

Is that showing that much usage when it's not lagging?

[queen adder]

thats while lagging

[queen adder]

😭

[teal viper]

Yes, that's why I asked about when it's not lagging.

[queen adder]

this is also while lagging but this time in editor

this is while not lagging (in editor)

[rich adder]

Did you delete your own Collision class ?

[teal viper]

That's weird. What is it writing to the disk?

The GPU usage definitely goes up during the lag

[queen adder]

What

i dont know how to see disk

[rich adder]

right click on Collision and Peek definition

[languid spire]

you have made a class called Collision which is causing the problem, rename or remove it

[queen adder]

its writing 77.4 MB/s

[teal viper]

Yes, I see that. The question is what is that for? Assuming that's during play mode.

[queen adder]

we have been trying to find that out for 2 hours

[teal viper]

The writing to disk??

[queen adder]

what is that

no i dont have a disk port in my laptop

[teal viper]

You're not reading correctly.

[half egret]

I was thinking that the increase of writing to disk could be the log files, but 78MB/s of log files is pretty crazy

[queen adder]

okay i give up gamedev guys!! thanks for the help!!!

[half egret]

Profiler data maybe, if it's active?

[teal viper]

If you can share the project I can have a look on my pc, but I bet it's something with your environment(potentially malware).

[half egret]

What we do know is that it's a case of the CPU waiting on something from the GPU...
This guy was able to track down the specific Wait target
https://discussions.unity.com/t/occasional-performance-spikes-on-dxgi-waitonswapchain-without-a-gpu-bottleneck/940536/3

[teal viper]

That could be it🤔

[half egret]

But what exactly it's waiting on is not very clear

[queen adder]

okay if you can find out how to fix it then thats better than restarting

@rich adder thank you

i fixed it

[teal viper]

It's waiting for the rendering to complete. If the GPU is busy with something else at the moment, it would obviously take more time.

[half egret]

I'm aware of that, but what's making the GPU so busy

[teal viper]

Maybe they're running an LLM in the background or something. Hahah

Or it's cryptocurrency mining malware.

[half egret]

Did you make this project entirely yourself? @queen adder 😅

[queen adder]

yes

[half egret]

Here's a quick and dirty method if you want

Run the game

When it starts lagging, disable batches of cubes in your hierarchy

The render.mesh/shadows taking so much GPU time points to some mesh issue but it's hard to tell without the project in somebody's hands

I do have to hop off now unfortunately, I hope dlich can help with testing the project out!

@teal viper i would definitely run it sandboxed first 😝

Oh did you enable GPU instancing on your cube materials?

(And also do they all use the same material?)

wait oh wait

I just realized those cubes aren't prefabs

[queen adder]

im going to bed

[half egret]

If you have the time... you can try prefab-ifying one cube object and re-using that. Make sure that GPU instancing is enabled for the material on the object you use for the cube. Since the static flag didn't work, I have my doubts this will, but it's worth a shot.

[queen adder]

ill resolve this in the morning

[half egret]

Sleep is the best solver.

Also.. in case I forget.. try disabling all lighting to see if that helps at all

[topaz mortar]

if (this is not Equippable)
{
    return;
}```
Equippable is a class, does this work as I expect it should?

[rich adder]

is it a regular class ?

dont think unity MB likes is not

[topaz mortar]

it's not giving me errors, but I asked my buddy chat gpt and it said it doesn't work, but then when I said it does work it said it works in newer versions of C#

[rich adder]

nvm should be fine i think

i was thinking of is not null sorry

is not should work afaik

[topaz mortar]

could just do if (!(this is Equippable)) but is not is more readable imo

[ruby python]

Mornin' all,

Would someone mind having a quick look at my raycast code please? I really don't understand where I'm going wrong.

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

I'm using LayerMasks to differentiate between different 'clickable' objects in my scene, but for some reason when debugging, the raycast returns true no matter what object I point at.

It all seems to be set up correctly etc. But I'm obviously missing something. 😕

[rich adder]

was is not not working ?

[topaz mortar]

it is, just never used it before so wanted to make sure I'm not doing something stupid

[rich adder]

oh yeah is is good to go along with the not

You can store result variable to is

 void A(A a)
  {
      if(a is B b)
      {
          b.Hello();
      }
  }```

[topaz mortar]

yeah I'm using that in some parts of my code 🙂

[languid spire]

tbf, this is forcing a cast so is no different to

B b = a as B;
if (b != null) { }

[rich adder]

tru tru. just looks so neat as one liner 😛

[languid spire]

fair, I tend to use as if I want the cast and is if I don't

[rich adder]

not long ago learned we can cast transform as RectTransform

amazing revelation tbh

[pallid nymph]

I was curious whether is is faster than as and apparently not? https://www.danielcrabtree.com/blog/164/c-sharp-7-micro-benchmarking-the-three-ways-to-cast-safely

[languid spire]

is is faster because it's a simple type check without a cast attempt

[pallid nymph]

I mean, not only not, but it's slower 😮

it does maybe depend on the circumstances, but yeah, you can check some benchmarks in the link above, was not what I expected

[languid spire]

if you do

if (a is B b)

you are actually doing an is and an as so will be slower than either is or as seperately

[pallid nymph]

that should be pretty much the same as as with a different syntax

and the benchmark linked above confirms it

but if (a is B)
is actually twice as SLOW 😮

(specifically tested with an object a = "something" and if (a is string)

ah, no, I read their code now, it's just stupid 😄

so, yeah, I'd assume is is pretty similar in performance to as but of course it does make sense to use is if you only need the check and not the value

[languid spire]

think about it, as has to do all the work that is does AND perform the cast, so there is no way it cannot be slower

[prime cobalt]

Is there any reason why this wouldn't work and teleport the player? The respawn message is displayed but the player doesn't teleport.

[pallid nymph]

sure, sure, I just think the is part is the heavy part of that... but in any case it doesn't matter, because different use-cases

[languid spire]

not at all, the is is a simple recursive walk through the Type hierarchy

[pallid nymph]

Probably something else is overriding the position after it?

[languid spire]

looks fine, you don't happen to have a Rigidbody on there as well ?

[prime cobalt]

I do have one. Should I try taking it off?

[pallid nymph]

sure, and the "cast" in that case is what? it basically just allows you to call the methods on the thing that you already know are there because you checked with is... it's not an object conversion of any sort...

[languid spire]

yes, you cannot have ChartacterController and Rigidbody on the same object

[prime cobalt]

Oh that did it had no idea. thanks

[languid spire]

unfortunatly not the way it works

if (a is B b)

is executed internally as

if (a is B)
   B b = a as B;

and the as will do the Type hierarchy walk again

[pallid nymph]

of course it's not, come on, they're not stupid

[languid spire]

bet

[pallid nymph]

yep

[languid spire]

rember this is relatively new syntax, it was bolted onto existing code

[pallid nymph]

you can see the IL code in the link I posted above... it's not exactly the same for is B b and as B, but it's almost the same and the isinst check happens once

[cedar bone]

When i try setting the values of variables in the inpsector that references other GameObjects, it keep saying Type mismatch (this applies to Canvas and CardAnim). However when I do the same to an instance of a prefab, it works fine.
Prefab:

Instance:

[languid spire]

you cannot assign scene objects to a prefab

[cedar bone]

so I have to do it through script?

[languid spire]

yes

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[glacial pivot]

Hey I'm making an example mod for game "ultrakill", and this is my first mod
Is there a way I can turn "else if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.something))" into a switch statement?

[rich adder]

why it would make literally 0 difference

[glacial pivot]

idk, is there a way to make it work?

[rich adder]

also applying deltaTime to addForce is wrong

moving rigidbody in update is even more

you should worry about fixing that if anything..

[languid spire]

you dont even need a switch, make arrays of the KeyCodes you want to check and the Vector3 to apply and use a for loop

[long jacinth]

if(isFacingRight)
        {   
            gameObject.transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, gameObject.transform.eulerAngles.y + 180, 0);
            shootBullet.direction = 1f;
        }
        else
        {
            gameObject.transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, gameObject.transform.eulerAngles.y - 180, 0);
            shootBullet.direction = -1f;
        }```

tryinig to make my character flip wtih this simple script

i want to flip the character so everything else flips with him

[languid spire]

NO
gameObject.transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, gameObject.transform.eulerAngles.y + 180, 0);
is wrong
gameObject.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0,180,0) * gameObject.transform.rotation;

[long jacinth]

oh

it looks like i might never learn

rotations

they are so complex

[languid spire]

don't be surprised, most people never do

[long jacinth]

u mean quiters?

[languid spire]

no, I mean Quaternion math is very complex to understand

[long jacinth]

i will understand it at some point

[languid spire]

I wish you luck, I still struggle at times

[long jacinth]

or maybe not

[vernal bone]

i mean, this worked nice for me (2d platformer, i guess they do the same)

if ((moveVector.x > 0) && !facingRight){
    facingRight = true;
    tr.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
}
if ((moveVector.x < 0) && facingRight){
    facingRight = false;
    tr.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180, 0);
}

but you are probably right
p.s. tr = transform

[long jacinth]

also my player is always rotating like a tornado

[languid spire]

setting Euler angles is fine, it's reading the values and then using them which is wrong

tbh transform.eulerAngles should just not have a get accessor

[long jacinth]

it works perfectly now thanks guys

i mean it kinda does i still need to set up the camera and stuff

how do i stop the camera from rotating with the player

[languid spire]

change your hierarchy

[long jacinth]

cinemachine

[languid spire]

then why ask here when there is #🎥┃cinemachine

[long jacinth]

oh

[long jacinth]

also my bullet is trigger

how do i make it so when it collides whith a wall it breaks

its a trigger bec it passes through the player so if it wasnt a trigger the player would be pushed and the bullet would get destroyed

[willow scroll]

Add the OnTriggerEnter method on your bullet script

[long jacinth]

passes through objects

[willow scroll]

Because it is a trigger

[long jacinth]

i want it to only pass through player

[willow scroll]

Should the collision still happen?

[languid spire]

you can make colliders ignore each other

[long jacinth]

how?

[languid spire]

do you never look at the docs?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.IgnoreCollision.html

[long jacinth]

i always look there

wat theres a search function?

website not unity

[winter tinsel]

first person camera works

controls, kinda work

how do i get the camera and controls to work in sync

w makes the character go where hes looking i mean

move code on character

mouselook

[queen adder]

yo uhh guys, what public variable should i make so that i can drag a script into it, like

Public OtherSCript Script;

Script.variable_from_that_script = edit_to_My_choice

something like this if u get my point

Public class, scriptable object or what

[languid spire]

if you have

public class MyClass { }

then you would use

public MyClass myClass;

to expose a reference to the inspector

[winter tinsel]

can i get some help because im lost on how to use the rotation and make it affect the forward face

[queen adder]

alr gang

[mossy crest]

any reason not to put CurrentHealth and _uiDocument in the same block? and if so which is better between the class block and Start()

[strong wren]

I think you'll find out as you continue writing the code. _uiDocument variable is lost at the end of Start, which is probably not what you want assuming you want to keep reusing it to update the health value.

[languid spire]

what would be the point of having _uidocment only visible to the Start method ?

[mossy crest]

I see, so variables are only usable in the {} block they're in

[languid spire]

yes, it's called scope

[mossy crest]

This is what it says on the tutorial but they might fix it later

[languid spire]

absolutely pointless

[strong wren]

Well it depends on what they end up doing with it

[mossy crest]

Ok, it looks like the current implementation is just to show the health that's at the very start of the game

[ruby python]

Braindead moment, if I have an object that usually stays inactive in the hierarchy, which method do I use to run a script once every time it's activated?

[languid spire]

OnEnable

[ruby python]

Thankies.

[crude summit]

For a 2d side scroller, imagine you have coins to collect. Player plays the same level with some changes to obstacles when they finish the level(Level restarts). On level one player will have 10 coins to collect, on two 5. The spawn position for level 1 will be determined using where we placed some empty objects at, same goes for level 2 as well. But if player only collects 3 out of the 10 coins on level one, the non collected 7 coins should remain in their position when level 2 loads(Level 2 will also load coins for level 2, so 7+5= 12). How do I store these values?

[languid spire]

dont need to store them, just DDOL them

[crude summit]

Im not actually a programmer, not sure what that means

[languid spire]

Dont Destroy On Load, look it up in the docs

[crude summit]

Ohh okay, got it

So If there are non collected coins in scene DDOL, right?

[languid spire]

exactly, they can chose to do it themselves by subscribing to the OnBeforeSceneLoad event

[mossy crest]

aren't singletons bad practise?

or is it the only way to make a UI controller

[quartz nimbus]

Hi. so I have these two lines of code but every time I trigger respawn by pressing R every thing works smoothly than it just freezes this is after the player is killed/turned into a null (followed a tutorial they said it was easier to turn it into a null if you have a better way please indulge me) but when ever I press respawn before the player gets killed the everything works fine and no freezing

sceneOne

public class RespawnPlayer : MonoBehaviour

{

public void Update()

{

if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.R))

{

SceneManager.LoadScene(3);

Debug.Log("Player has become null and is now respawning");

}

}

}

and

Respawn Scene

public class SceneRespawn : MonoBehaviour

{

void Start()

{

SceneManager.LoadScene(2);

}

}

[tranquil barn]

it might be a dumb question but im following a tutorial and i have a question why does it show error when i try to define the horizontalinput value where i defined the float variable ?

[ripe shard]

What error?

[tranquil barn]

this

[ripe shard]

That error is not caused by that code.

[languid spire]

you cannot set a value like that in a field initializer

[tranquil barn]

ohhhh im just confused cause i saw some c# tutorials and they tell we can define it with the variable itself but it not working here 😅

[tranquil barn]

ahh like its just not possible huh

[languid spire]

no, field initializers must be a compile time constant

[tranquil barn]

ohh okay so like the value that changes cant be define outside ??

[languid spire]

exactly

[tranquil barn]

ahhhhhh okayyy thanks for the help :))

im very new to coding and unity dont mind my dumb self 😅

[languid spire]

np, there is a way to do this but I wont confuse you with it

[tranquil barn]

ohhh yeahh i wont be able keep up haha ima just complete this tuts to get comfortable with everything :)

[mossy crest]

Why use this instead of just accessing the UIController directly?

It's used to access the static methods and stuff

All the fields and stuff are private by default so

[languid spire]

no, it's used to access the NONE static stuff via a static call

[mossy crest]

why not just make everything static though?

if its a singleton class

[languid spire]

because if everything was static you would not be able to set values in the inspector

[mossy crest]

oh ok

line 63 is UIController.Instance.SetHealthValue(Health / (float)MaxHealth);

uicontroller exists, instance exists, SetHealthValue exists, Health exists, MaxHealth exists

[languid spire]

so instance is null

[languid spire]

yes, and does this code run BEFORE the other code you posted?

[mossy crest]

yes, that's awake, so it runs before the game starts

[languid spire]

not quite true

[mossy crest]

the ChangeHealth is used during the game, when you walk into damage

nevermind!

unity visual bug!

the compiler error disappeared when i clicked play

[languid spire]

what compiler error? what you posted is a runtime error

[mossy crest]

oh

didn't know that

[languid spire]

I know, you need to stop jumping to incorrect conclusions

[mossy crest]

previously it said "fix all compiler errors" so i assumed the red mark meant compiler errors

[languid spire]

Nope, you cannot enter play mode if you have compiler errors, if you can enter playmode any errors are runtime errors

[mossy crest]

yeah, i knew something was up as soon as it let me run

[slate badge]

how do i make a static public variable also be shown within unity's editor?

Where it can be shown here

[eager spindle]

cant unfortunately

[mossy crest]

i don't think static variables can be edited there according to this

[eternal needle]

You dont, because static variables aren't associated with the instance. It wouldnt really make sense to even show on an instance.
You would need some custom editor script though if you truly wanted to

[mossy crest]

which makes sense, because each script component is an instance of the class, not the class itself

[eager spindle]

you can make a scriptable object and a manager that has a static reference to this scriptable object

[eager spindle]

i feel like it should still be able to be adjusted on the script's inspector menu itself

[mossy crest]

yeah that would make more sense

[slate badge]

Damn because I have this issue where I need to reference an object's transform component but I usually do that by drag and dropping. But since the transform is on another object I can drag and drop that component

[eager spindle]

either way I usually just have a singleton with a static reference to the singleton

then add stuff to the singleton

[slate badge]

Sorry to ask but what is a singleton

[eager spindle]

only one object can be made for that class

e.g. I have a DialogueManager script, and only one object will have this script

[slate badge]

How do i reference an object's component (like rigidbody or transform) without drag and dropping?

[eager spindle]

GetComponent

[slate badge]

I knew I forgot something so obvious

Thanks\

[eager spindle]

a quick beginners guide to GetComponent

Call this on a GameObject to get a specified component

Animator animator = GetComponent<Animator>();

Don't call GetComponent every frame.

 void Update() {
  GetComponent<Animator>().Play("Walk"); // this is TERRIBLE practice!
}

To get the component of another GameObject(this example uses OnTriggerEnter):

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other) {
  Animator animator = other.gameObject.GetComponent<Animator>();
}

Additionally, be careful of null references. Not every object has the component you're looking for so be diligent

[slate badge]

Thanks

[willow scroll]

Collider is a Component, so the gameObject reference is not required

[eager spindle]

yea I just wanted to demonstrate that its better to call it on a gameobject

[willow scroll]

It's not better to call it on a GameObject

It's just longer

[slate badge]

"The name 'playerref' does not exist in the current context", this error popped up when I tried to use the component referred

[eager spindle]

we dont know what your code looks like

[slate badge]

oh sorry

[eager spindle]

it means PlayerRef isnt a variable

did you declare it earlier?

[slate badge]

The top code is within Update() btw

[willow scroll]

This is a local variable, so, surely, it won't be accessible anywhere outside of the method it's assigned in

The variable should be created outside of the method, and only changed there

[slate badge]

So do I add the playerref declaration into the update method?

[willow scroll]

According to what you're trying to achieve

[eager spindle]

declare playerref in your class(outside ontriggerenter), then set playerref in ontriggerenter

[willow scroll]

Not sure how you're going to reference other this way

[strong wren]

OnTrigger is only appropriate if you are planning to enter a trigger collider of the object.

If an object spawned at runtime needs a reference to a scene object or other objects spawned at runtime, you probably want https://unity.huh.how/references/simple-dependency-injection
https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[slate badge]

Why can this object only accept the player's transform component when it is in the hierachy but not when it's in the assets folder? I just want that everytime this object spawns, this variable is already connected

[slender nymph]

prefabs cannot reference in-scene objects https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

[cosmic dagger]

An asset does not belong to a scene therefore it does not exist. You cannot reference an object that does not exist. You need to reference the instance created in the scene (which appears in the hierarchy) . . .

[slate badge]

So the alternative?

[languid spire]

fill the variable when you instantiate the prefab

[slender nymph]

read the information on the page?

[cosmic dagger]

They sent a link in their response. Did you click and read the page?

[queen adder]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Rendering;

public class NewBehaviourScript : MonoBehaviour
{

    public Transform position;
    public Vector3 Spawnpoint;
    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collisionInfo){

        Debug.Log("you just hit the" + collisionInfo.collider.name);
            
        
        if (collisionInfo.collider.tag == "Obstacle"){
            FindObjectOfType<CubeMovement.Collider_check = true;

            FindObjectOfType<GamemanagerScript>().EndGame();
        }

    }

}

[slate badge]

Can anyon explain what do I replace MoveToTargetExample with? Is it transform?

A bit confused

[languid spire]

that is not even C# @queen adder

[winter tinsel]

trying to make a first person controller, it works fine, goes in the direction that i look at but i cant go diagonally?

is this a wrong way of doing it?

wait i figured it out

[cosmic dagger]

This is a syntax error. You did not correctly input the type when using FindObjectOfType . . .

[winter tinsel]

im setting it to only that direction

[winter tinsel]

how do i make them addup?

[languid spire]

+= instead of =

[winter tinsel]

right

so it adds up

[languid spire]

that is what + generally does, yes

[winter tinsel]

my brain stopped working for a split secdon

[wooden aurora]

hey guys can i have a question?

[winter tinsel]

im done so yea

[languid spire]

sure, how many fives make 5

[winter tinsel]

5 what

the number

or the quantity

[languid spire]

not thinking like a dev, you are missing 2 options

[cosmic dagger]

No, I will not give you a question; however, you can ask a question (if you dare) . . .

[winter tinsel]

how many more options are there?

[wooden aurora]

😢

[languid spire]

at least 2, in context, many more taken out of context

[winter tinsel]

i have 2 questions but ill let ultimate fusion go first

[cosmic dagger]

You don't need to ask to ask, just ask the question . . .

[wooden aurora]

Umm why my rigidbody2D dont have green line like(pic1) like pic2? and the result of those code (in pic 2) is this (pic3) i ve alr code like him but i cant have the result like him?

[cosmic dagger]

There is no queue, just have at it. What if his question goes on for hours?

[winter tinsel]

this is called not defining it right?

[cosmic dagger]

!ide

[winter tinsel]

theres no public before rigidbody2d

does that have anything to do with it?

[languid spire]

absolutely

[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

[cosmic dagger]

Uh oh, is the bot broken?

There it is!

[cosmic dagger]

Make sure your IDE is configured. Check the bot for your IDE and follow the link . . .

[winter tinsel]

question is, why does my character fall really slowly?

[wooden aurora]

this one?

[cosmic dagger]

By default, fields are marked private if no access modifer is used . . .

[languid spire]

no capital B in Rigidbody2D

[wooden aurora]

it doesnt work 😦

[cosmic dagger]

Did you check and follow the !ide link?

[languid spire]

configure your ide first before asking more questions

[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

[winter tinsel]

yes, do either public or private, public just means its visible and configurable in the inspector in unity

[wooden aurora]

i ve installed vs 2022

the purple one

[cosmic dagger]

Okay, now follow the link to make sure it's configured with Unity . . .

[wooden aurora]

where link ?

[cosmic dagger]

That's only in regards to Unity. public gives outside access to all objects and types . . .

[cosmic dagger]

Inside the bot message . . .

[wooden aurora]

umm i used to use vs code to coding the blue one and when i write those codes in the blue one its work 💀

I have alr done all of that

[wooden aurora]

Yoo

Its finally work

Tysm

[cosmic dagger]

No prob, I'll send the invoice later . . .

[chilly cedar]

Hello 👋

Can someone help me understand why my cube keeps going up seemingly infinitely after W is pressed? Thank you 🙂

[rare basin]

because you keep adding the force

[summer stump]

0 * distanceUp * Time.deltaTime is 0 btw
Either way, never ever use deltaTime in AddForce

[chilly cedar]

ok thank you 🙂

[chilly cedar]

I made this the code but it still goes up seemingly infinitely

[summer stump]

Did you perhaps disable gravity in settings?
Is the mass very low?

[chilly cedar]

Nevermind I fixed it 🙂

[chilly cedar]

Yeah I did hahha, thanks for the help 🙂

[hushed hinge]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78804205/how-can-i-make-the-counter-from-the-stage-selection-to-go-up-when-touching-an-ob
I guess i will use stack overflow to try and get help from someone there

[summer stump]

You should reword that to be more clear. It is almost gibberish.

As you have been told, use generic names.
"How can I increase my counter and have it persist across scenes and runtime"
Absolutely no reason to show the counter (where you write 0/15) or use the word muon or anything like that

Also, they will likely give you the same answers we have. Use singletons in ddol and file writing like playerprefs (they may recommend json or binary instead though)

[rocky canyon]

ohhh no..

[summer stump]

If you think we can be harsh, well just prepare yourself for stack overflow....

[rocky canyon]

stack overflow will be savage

[fair steeple]

Hey, is there an advantage over using an abstract state machines vs. an enum one?

[rocky canyon]

scaleability

[willow scroll]

I think the post will be simply closed...

[summer stump]

Yeah, I was just writing that. It may be closed or just completely ignored

Definitely not gonna get the kind of answer linedol wants though, that is the one thing I do not see happening

[rocky canyon]

i mean what could possibly still being going on?

yesterday u had ur triggers working & you had a singleton instance to call

just add DDOL to the singleton gameobjct

and you'll have ur score thru all scenes

[willow scroll]

@hushed hinge If it's about making the counter persistent, I remember explaining you this more than 2 months ago #1237752727564582952 message
Time flies

[rocky canyon]

im still trying to figure out what that is

[pallid nymph]

And keep in mind that there's also a disadvantage in using an abstract one vs an enum one - it's way more complicated 😛

[rocky canyon]

holy sh~t

[polar acorn]

I'm pretty sure every single person in the server has taken a crack at explaining this to them

[pallid nymph]

no need to be negative, guys 😛

[rocky canyon]

tons of resources available in search then 👍

[polar acorn]

At a certain point, there really, truly, is

[fair steeple]

I can see an enum one being more advantageous on a small script

[rocky canyon]

yes, if its small use enums

[willow scroll]

Sometimes, you may use both

[pallid nymph]

my personal rule is "use the simplest thing that handles this week's requirements" 😄 (yes, I did just come up with it, but it gives the main idea)

[rocky canyon]

refactor tommorrow "f*ck you past self"

[summer stump]

I have been trying to help them for like 4 or 5 months. We are not being negative. Just realistic

[rocky canyon]

i just realized the extent of it

[pallid nymph]

refactoring is much easier than planning for unknown futures... I've tried that a few times and it ends up in sadness 😄

[rocky canyon]

i mean ur not wrong

eventually ur hindsight grows

[rocky canyon]

its frustrating.. b/c i feel like he's skipped some fundamentals.. and ofc there seems to be a hella language barrier going on

at this point i would recommend starting from scratch

its only a trigger and a score counter..

hell i'll make a unitypackage and send it to him ** Let me Know if You Want a Unity Package Linedol **

[willow scroll]

A few days ago I have implemented a player builder functionality, which worked in a single class with enums. Then, I didn't like how messy it was, so I have removed all that and implement a class-based system with a bunch of abstract and non-abstract classes, which requires 20 times more code. Next time I'm going to implement the hardest thing from the start

[queen adder]

wdym

[queen adder]

huh

[rocky canyon]

got an example of ur setup? i'd like to see the State Changed type functions

[pallid nymph]

you're joking or? 😅

[queen adder]

oh i see it

soo stupid

[rocky canyon]

i always have issues w/ state changed OnStateEnter.. OnStateExit type of stuf

[willow scroll]

Well, these are options, which can be either selected (e.g. for constantly drawing), or selected while the key is held (e.g. for asynchronously removing the tiles)

[rocky canyon]

enums are easier for me.. b/c i can just put that stuff in teh switch statement before starting any loops or anything

[rocky canyon]

ahh okay..

[summer stump]

See #854851968446365696
Both Huh and wdym in the "don't" section.

[willow scroll]

It looks like this

[rocky canyon]

clean

[willow scroll]

Well, I still feel like it's too much, because of how little code each class has

public class PlayerBuildDraw : PlayerBuildToggleBase
{
    public PlayerBuildDraw(PlayerBuilder target, EventKeyBindings selectBindigns)
        : base(target, selectBindigns) { }

    public PlayerBuildDraw(PlayerBuilder target, EventKeyBindings selectBindigns,
EventKeyBindings modifyBindings)
        : base(target, selectBindigns, modifyBindings) { }

    public override PlayerBuildType GetBuildType() => PlayerBuildType.Draw;

    public override bool ExecuteModify() => 
        Player.TryAddTileWorld(Target.WorldMousePosition);
}

[rocky canyon]

ohh, i cleaned up my folder finally, told ya id eventually get around to it 😉

[summer stump]

Also, as said yesterday, you should get rid of that cSpell extension

[hollow forum]

is there a way of checking if a collider is triggered

[rocky canyon]

OnTriggerEnter?

[swift canopy]

i am trying to make a system for keeping track of rpg-style character stats, as well as making a character creator/editor with a GUI. I am feeling seriously bogged down and stuck. would anyone with more experience be willing to look at what I have and critique, give me advice and point me in the right direction?

im sure youll tell me im doing it all wrong and what i have is a complete mess

which would be fine

[sacred loom]

what does you use canvas or ui toolkit ?

[swift canopy]

canvas

[sacred loom]

did you need this in world or only in screen. for your creator you can use ui toolkit

[swift canopy]

well i was envisioning a character "editor" which is also just what you use in-game when just viewing character status or leveling up whatever

is ui toolkit easier?

im sure my approach is wrong somehow but its driving me nuts

im still getting a feel for how much should be handled by Unity vs C#

[cosmic quail]

if you are a website developer then yes

[swift canopy]

i am not

are you saying it would be more familiar to a web dev

[sacred loom]

i write you pn

[cosmic quail]

yeah i heard its similar to that

but i'd just use the default ui

[sacred loom]

you dont must be a web developer

its like wpf or other xaml frameworks

[hushed hinge]

I don't remember

[hushed hinge]

I am just bad at grammar

[hollow forum]

how can i fix the variables in unity not updating when i change the values of the variables in the script

[languid spire]

you cannot, that is intended behaviour

[summer stump]

It's not a grammar issue honestly. You need to stop overexplaining

[swift elbow]

if the vars are public, they will not change in unless they are changed in the editor

[willow scroll]

Well, it took both of us a few hours, so it's a shame you don't remember everything I've been trying to explain you

[hushed hinge]

I'm sorry

[hushed hinge]

well I do still have that thread we were talking in, I've been looking up in there recently, but I don't know if this was the one

[spiral glen]

how would I go about changing the texture2D of a gameobject via script?

[mint remnant]

make a public array of textures for inspector, populate the textures into the inspector then in code where you set the texture, pass in the index of hte array that you want it to use

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Material-mainTexture.html

easier to just swap out materials though

[fair steeple]

Hey, is there a reason why none of these variables show up in the inspector?

It compiles and runs the states just fine

[languid spire]

probably because MovingState and IdleState are not serializable

[fair steeple]

Can I make them serializable?

[languid spire]

sure, add the attribute

[summer stump]

Not the attribute in front of currentState, to be clear.

The attribute above the class definition
[System.Serializeable]

[fair steeple]

Like that?