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[polar acorn]

Then things probably aren't being removed from the hierarchy on startup

[rich adder]

whats the current issue?

[languid snow]

like this?

[umbral rock]

yes, because the prefab needs to have it? do i need to put the prefab in the scene and attach the text that way and make it a prefab again maybe?

[polar acorn]

Wait it's an array?

[thick rivet]

what do the locks on inspector project and hierchy do

[languid snow]

no its alist

[polar acorn]

Prefabs cannot reference objects in scenes

[rich adder]

ahh didnt see its a prefab..dammt cutoff inspector..

[polar acorn]

Then just AddListener(rollMejoras[0])

[umbral rock]

i need to make my Text TMP also a prefab?

[pulsar forum]

wtf u have an array of delegates?

[languid snow]

no chat gpt made that sorry

[polar acorn]

You need to set the reference on the object in the scene after you create it

[rich adder]

nothing wrong with that though

[pulsar forum]

There is not, though I don't think that's what he has

[terse spindle]

I want "right -> middle -> left"
but it goes "right -> left"

I wanna make it like subway surfers like when you on the right you need twice input to go to left but in this code it takes one input to go to the left from the right

[steep rose]

We all probably suggest not to use chatgpt it will run you astray

[polar acorn]

Not unheard of, especially since Unity can actually serialize a list of UnityEvents for you to populate in the inspector which is pretty neat

[umbral rock]

but how would i do that with a prefab?

[thick rivet]

?the little small locks on top

[polar acorn]

You wouldn't. You'd set the reference on the instance in the scene after you create it

[pulsar forum]

Define three x positions and then cycle between them--if you put them in an array you can do left xpos = xPositions[(curInd+1) % 3] and if you go left xpos = xPositions[(curInd + 2) % 3]

[polar acorn]

Prevents you from accidentally dragging them around in the scene view

[thick rivet]

ah ok

[rich adder]

You could just make them an array and switch betweem them

[polar acorn]

A locked object won't be selected

[umbral rock]

so i want a text to be displayed when the player dies so i should do this in the player object script?

[thick rivet]

i pressd play and it deleted the stuff in hiarchy i dont understand why

[steep rose]

The button didnt do that

[polar acorn]

Show a screenshot of your Unity window before and after you hit play

[steep rose]

Well what exactly did you press

[rich adder]

btw if you're using rigidbody, stick to moving it via rigidbody instead of transform.position
rb.position =
or , rb.velocity . AddForce can work too if you make it velocity mode

[thick rivet]

ok

[polar acorn]

Whatever spawns the object should probably set the reference to the text

[thick rivet]

i have no idea

[terse spindle]

I dont want it to be smooth

is there a way I can teleport with rigidbody?

[rich adder]

its not about being "smooth" its about your collisions being accurate

[terse spindle]

its just a capsule

[rich adder]

if you dont want smoothing using .velocity or rb.position

its not that hard..

[terse spindle]

oh we can do rb.position?

[rich adder]

irrelevant

[rich adder]

yes

at least that moves it on the physics loop so its accurate

[terse spindle]

that works for me

thanks

[languid snow]

so i did this and now i get this error "Only assignment, call, increment, decrement, wait, and new object expressions can be used as a statement"

[steep rose]

What is the error

Oh

My bad 😅

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[pulsar forum]

that's not a function

[eternal needle]

Well yea this doesnt make sense alone, what are you trying to have it do?
Right now you're just accessing the first element and doing nothing with it

[pulsar forum]

You are getting an instance and not doing anything with it

[languid snow]

doing what digiholic said gets me this error

[thick rivet]

do i send the sc in here?

[polar acorn]

yes

[polar acorn]

What's the error on this one?

[thick rivet]

nvm it fixed it didint delete anything

[languid snow]

the one i replied to

[thick rivet]

but i still dont what im pressing to make it delete

thanks tho the script worked

how do i fix the pop ups not poppping up

[raw token]

Edit: Oop misread - ignore me 👍

[rich adder]

button.onClick.AddListener(() => rolleMeWatever[0].Invoke());

[polar acorn]

Ah, I thought your list was of System.Action already, my bad

Navarone has the right answer then

[polar acorn]

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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[thick rivet]

which do click

[languid snow]

is it not? (havent tried what navarone said yet, just curious about this)

[rich adder]

click the one that matches your editor ?

[thick rivet]

ah ok

[polar acorn]

Oh, right, buttons take specifically UnityEvents, not just ordinary Actions. I was wrong about which end of the thing I was wrong about >_>

[rich adder]

UnityAction 😢

[dire tartan]

i want to make it so you bounce of walls and your momentum is kept is there a way to put it on the player instead of putting a bouncy physics material on every wall?

[languid snow]

blame google translate on that one

[rich adder]

Vector3.Reflect 😛

[rich adder]

wdym by that? no its just Unity wrapping their own version of c# Action called UnityAction

[dire tartan]

im making a 2d game and whenever i have the velocity flipped on collision it works unless you go full speed into a wall

[languid snow]

oh sorry i thought you were referencing another thing ignore it

[rich adder]

are you making like a ping pong type thing

I try not to rely on physics material when i can, just using reflect so it bounces nice and accurate without losing force

[dire tartan]

im trying to make a game in the genre of like jump king where its hard and ur constantly moving and i want it that if you hit a wall it just makes you keep going into the other direction

[deft grail]

you can just make a move speed and just make it negative when you hit a wall

[dire tartan]

ive tried it but for some reason when it hits the wall the speed just goes to 0

[deft grail]

show code

[frank flare]

Can someone tell me why Debug.Log("Trying to spawn an item"); isn't being outputted? (the SpawnItem function doesn't seem to work at all)

[deft grail]

!code

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[dire tartan]

https://hatebin.com/levhdzqqih

i havent got to it working on certain angles and only on walls yet

but im assuming the problem will still be there even if i do

[frank flare]

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

[deft grail]

so what is this, normal user input but when they let go of "d" the velocity just keeps going?
and if it hits a wall you want it to flip?

or do you want it to be automatically moving left/right like an NPC

[dire tartan]

i want it so that when the user clicks d or a it adds speed in that direction and they are always sliding

and if they hit a wall it should just bounce them the other way keeping their momentum'

[deft grail]

i think what you gotta do is reset the velocity and add velocity again but in the other direction
unless theres some built in method

so just store the current velocity and use that

[slender nymph]

GetKeyUp is only true for the first frame that the key is released. so if the h key is released before that other condition is true then the if statement as a whole will be false until the key is pressed and released again after that other condition is true

oh and you don't start the coroutine correctly either

[frank flare]

? but there are no problems with detect key thing cus Debug.Log("Cube"); outputs well

[slender nymph]

if only you'd bothered reading the other message before you replied too

and also next time, you need to provide that context

[frank flare]

how can I start it correctly?

[slender nymph]

have you looked up how to start a coroutine?

[steep rose]

Keep in mind if you are using a rigidbody you need to be using rigidbody. Addforce()

[frank flare]

yes, I don't know what I did wrong

[slender nymph]

what did you find in regards to starting a coroutine

[deft grail]

he is doing that?

[steep rose]

Go to unity docs, they will tell you exactly how

[steep rose]

I believe I remembered him using one

[deft grail]

yeah hes already using AddForce

[steep rose]

He shouldn't be += his velocity then

[frank flare]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html
oh I need to put the startcoroutine function

[deft grail]

where is he doing that? im confused.

[frank flare]

ok thanks it worked

[steep rose]

Ah nvm I read wrong 😅

[slender nymph]

by the way, your waitforseconds inside of SpawnItem does literally nothing at all

there's nothing after the wait so it just waits for no reason
wait nevermind, it's inside the loop. your nesting of the coroutine inside of the if statement in update makes this a real pain in the ass to read

[deft grail]

yeah np, i was gonna say because the code looks fine to me lol

[dire tartan]

when i jump on the floor it works it flips my velocity fine

but its when i go into a wall that it just doesnt flip

and goes to a weird small number

[rich adder]

show current code

[deft grail]

well your trying to flip X velocity?

what would the X velocity be against a wall

like nothing

[dire tartan]

thats true

i see

[deft grail]

you would need to store it before you hit it i guess or not sure exactly

[dire tartan]

so would i need raycasts?

[rich adder]

just use Vector3 reflect if you want the opposite velocity on wall hit

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector2.Reflect.html

[dire tartan]

wouldnt that still be the same issue tho?

if i do it on hit then on hit its gonna lose all its velocity

unless im misunderstanding how it works

[steep rose]

If you flip the velocity as soon as you hit the wall or if you get close to the wall it shouldn't stop velocity

UNLESS the object is already stopped

[rich adder]

record the velocity before the hit, then reflect the same velocity

[dire tartan]

yeah and to record it would that mean i need to use raycasts to check before its gonna collide?

[steep rose]

You can use raycast or triggers, etc. whatever floats your boat

[rich adder]

I mean its not really necessary you pass in the velocity, before it got reduced just reflect the same one with same magnitude

[tender hamlet]

So im working on this project and i need to be able to get the x, y, z position of a gameobject once i click on it, and im able to use that data in a script as real time data. so it updates as the object moves. is there any website i can learn something like this? or any example codes, something that i can teach myself

[dire flare]

Pls someone should help me with this for 1 week now try to solve where the problem comes from

[rich adder]

!code

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[dire flare]

How to shoot

[rich adder]

also is that really monodevelop..

[slender nymph]

hope this helps!

[polar acorn]

The hard part of this is detecting when you click on an object. There's actually several ways to do this. Depending on how your project is set up, whether the object has a collider, whether this script is on the object vs on some manager object, etc., but this goes over a few of them:
https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/onmousedown

Once you know which object you clicked on, it's as simple as getting that object's .transform.position to get the XYZ

[polar acorn]

Dang I was gonna post that but I was typing something else

[rich adder]

I shall steal this image for future use 😈

[tender hamlet]

i already have a script that detects when a object is selected, im just going to add the script to the event. i need the part of the script that actually gets the objects data that im clicking on

[polar acorn]

Ah, good. Then it's just .transform.position. Whatever component you have access to, or even the GameObject itself, should have a reference to its transform

[tender hamlet]

i dont exactly get it, this isnt with a specific item. For more of an explination i have a script that generates a "rope" around two circles and i use the splines addon to do that. I use a bunch of math to find where the points the rope needs to be placed. The user is suppose to place two circles, and then click on both circles and it will generate the rope around the two circles. I need the position of both circles to calculate the math, so i need to be able to use it as a variable. and these game objects dont have a defined name so how will i be able to import it into the script?

[slender nymph]

learn how to get and pass references to other objects: https://unity.huh.how/references

[steep rose]

Nah bro that was foul 😂

[dire flare]

Here right

[steep rose]

Yes

These are the !code guidelines

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[dire flare]

Where is the code guide line

[slender nymph]

mate, you've been directed to those guidelines like 5 times now. instead of completely ignoring them every time they are posted, you should try reading them

[dire flare]

Alright thanks bro

[zealous geode]

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

public class Player_Inventory : MonoBehaviour
{
    public List<Item> Items;
    public int InventoryIndex;
    public static Player_Inventory instance;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Awake()
    {
        if(instance == null)
        {
            instance = this;
        }
        else
        {
            Destroy(instance);
        }
    }

    public void PickupItem(Item item)
    {
        Items.Add(item);
        Destroy(item);
    }

    public void DropItem(Item ItemToRemove)
    {
        if(Items.Exists(i => i.Equals(ItemToRemove)))
        {
            Items[InventoryIndex] = null;
        }
    }
}

    public void Interact()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;

        if (Physics.Raycast(_camera.position, _camera.forward, out hit, interactRange))
        {
            GameObject target = hit.collider.gameObject;

            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E) && target != null)
            {
                if (target.CompareTag("Item"))
                {
                    Debug.Log(target);
                    Player_Inventory.instance.PickupItem(target.GetComponent<Item>());
                }
            }
        }
    }

Hello, I'm having an issue i've struggling with and I can't think of a solution. The thing is that I want to be able to pickup and drop items that are stored in the player inventory. My problem comes when I pickup an item from world space and try to store it in the inventory: my Destroy(item) line also destroys the reference to that gameObject and it's data. I thought about using an Instantiate to clone it and add it but I don't know if that would be effective since what I want to do is to make them dissappear from world space until dropped.

[slender nymph]

you could just set its gameobject as inactive

[rocky canyon]

hide it

[zealous geode]

I thought of that too, but in terms of performance, is that ok to do so?

[rocky canyon]

better to do

[slender nymph]

well if the player were to pick up and drop the item multiple times then simply disabling the object would be more performant. however if the player were to pick up the object and then never drop it again, then technically just storing the item data to later instantiate it would be more performant. so really

[rocky canyon]

instead of spawning a new projectile everytime ur weapon shoots.. the more performant way is to use a pooling system

that recylces the gameobjects.. just enabling and disabling them.. (more performant than spawning/instantiating)

[zealous geode]

I see, I'll go with that solution then

Thank you so much

[honest trench]

yo so im tryna check if any anomalies (the car in this instance) are within the circle, but it keeps giving me back that no anomaly is detected. attached is my code and a video of it https://pastebin.com/MJZUqL9L thank you very much :)

[marble hemlock]

how would i go about setting up an on screen button to be clicked, and when its clicked it runs Application.Quit();

[honest trench]

use on click

[summer stump]

Have the button call a method on a script that THEN calls Quit (using OnClick as shown above)

Or subscribe the button directly via code instead of using the inspector, if you know how

[marble hemlock]

thanks

[slender nymph]

of course you will need to be aware that Application.Quit is ignored in the editor, so put a log to show it works or use some editor code to stop play mode if you want it to do the same thing in the editor

[deft grail]

have you figured it out?

[reef bluff]

im trying to run unity in sandobxie plus

idk if you call it a virtual machine but ye

but in unity hub it says I dont have any licenses

even though I am signed into my account

[marble hemlock]

ngl im struggling

is

public class CloseGame : MonoBehaviour
{
    public void Quit()
    {
        Application.Quit();
        Debug.Log("QUIT");
    }
}

not enough for it to reference it on the button?

[reef bluff]

where is that info usually stored? I may need to add the file or folder to the sandbox

[deft grail]

go to the settings there should just be a button to add licence

[deft grail]

thats all you need for code yeah

then just need to hook it up to the event in the inspector on the button

[marble hemlock]

im not getting an option to reference the method ;-;

[deft grail]

you need to add in there a game object with the script

instead of the script itself

[marble hemlock]

OH

ahhh
thank you

[reef bluff]

ye it does nothing in the sandbox

[marble hemlock]

adding debug.log is really useful

[reef bluff]

im assuming there is a folder or .exe I am missing but im not sure

[marble hemlock]

i was trying to figure out why my menu was spazzing out but i added a message to it and it was freezing the game every frame 💀

[reef bluff]

i gave it access to both the unity program folder and unity hub folder so it has everything in them

[meager gust]

but why?

[reef bluff]

steam multiplayer testing

i dont have a second computer lol

[deft grail]

your supposed to build the project no 🤔 ?

and test it like that

or there is solutions to run multiple on 1 pc im pretty sure

[reef bluff]

ye i could do that i was just trying to see if i could get the editor working

[marble hemlock]

yanking it out of update should fix it

[reef bluff]

cuz i used to use parrelsync

before integrating steam

[deft grail]

yeah probably should

[marble hemlock]

putting things in update has unexpectedly been a large cause of my bugs because i just kinda instinctively do it

okay well now its just not working

[honest trench]

sorry no

i was just bout to go to bed but are u available to help now lmao

[deft grail]

i think a good way is to just use a raycast

and check if it hits something

[honest trench]

i was doing that but it wasnt very accurate for some reason

like on some objects it worked

on others it just wouldnt hit

[reef bluff]

i ran this exe i found that had to do with licensing

i got this im wondering if it explains anything lol

[marble hemlock]

okay this is the last thing im going to work on

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

[deft grail]

hmm maybe something to do with layers? not sure cant really help without seeing that code lol.
maybe go to sleep and rewrite and show tommorow?

[deft grail]

whats wrong

[marble hemlock]

i originally put in void update, and then that caused it to run every frame, which resulted in my mouse glitching in and out, and usually getting sent back to the center

[honest trench]

nah i can just get this old code back gimmie like 5

[marble hemlock]

now its just not running and im actually not sure how i fix that

[honest trench]

i remember it pretty much

[deft grail]

what was in update? whats the problem what are you trying to do

ah ok, you should be checking Input in Update

and then in the if statement of the key press, changing the state

because rn it would just do it constantly if these methods are in Update?

[marble hemlock]

    private void Update()
    {
        Inventory();
        Menu();
    }

was what i had

i wanted it so the player could click esc, or u, to their corresponding UI, and then it would disable movement and camera movement, but allow them to move their mouse around

[deft grail]

line 33 to 41 should also be in the if statement of the Input, not sure why it isnt

[deft grail]

you can go back to this code

and then just move lines 33 to 41 inside of the If statement for the key press

[marble hemlock]

like this?

[deft grail]

yeah, should work

[marble hemlock]

well originally i just had them separate because i wanted it to make sure it

hold on give me a second i probably had a thought

i think the intention was to make sure that first line ran first but now that im looking at it now, i think it runs it first anyways

i seem to have broken something unrelated

[deft grail]

🤔 😂

what did you change

[honest trench]

okay heres the code grass: https://pastebin.com/BUkym4rd
im tryna get a video of it not working just give me like a hot moment

the bench in the middle is a anomaly

[marble hemlock]

well i tried to move it up but now menu isnt being acknowledged
gonna see if i can fix it

[deft grail]

not sure why your checking layer AND tag? perhaps theres something wrong there

[honest trench]

wait hold up u right

yeah that was the problem, why would that have an effect tho? every anomaly had both the tag and layer because I was orignally gonna do tags but I switched to layers and just forgot to change the code, so why wasnt it working anyways

thanks for the help tho

[marble hemlock]

ig adding private in front of it just puts it back together what is this

[deft grail]

so it works now?

[honest trench]

yee

[deft grail]

great

[deft grail]

if it had both correct layer and tag then it should work yeah, so not really sure unless it did actually have the wrong tag

[marble hemlock]

im incredible i broke another thing
i mean i got the glitchiness gone but

its kinda fun

[marble hemlock]

ok yeah this was just me trying to put too many things together
i just needed a separate script

[honest trench]

https://pastebin.com/nT9S9spv nevermind its still broken that left building should be getting fixed

its weird how certain parts of the building work and other parts dont

where you click on it determines if it works or not when it should just be whenever u click on it no matter where

[deft grail]

just wondering because the couroutine waits 4 seconds THEN sends the raycast.
could it just be your moving your mouse of the building so the raycast isnt sent at it 🤔
or am i wrong here

[honest trench]

wait hold up i think ur right

let me fix this

okay i think its good now but if i see any more problems ill let you know

[deft grail]

nice, ill probably go to sleep now anyway though so probably wont be able to help

[honest trench]

ah alright

all good

thanks so much :)

[deft grail]

no problem, glad simple fixes worked

[honest trench]

yea i never notice the small things

which makes coding a weird hobby to be into but ah well

[lean anvil]

im confused on what this means and how to fix it

[ivory bobcat]

You've got a duplicate script

Change the name of the class

[lean anvil]

thank you

[marble hemlock]

why is brackeys bad

[polar acorn]

#💻┃code-beginner message

Basically: his beginner stuff isn't good because he doesn't actually teach_code_ well. He teaches systems, and the code is often purely demonstrative and you should not be copying it directly

[frozen gorge]

yeah even as a beginner I noticed some sloppiness in his content

[polar acorn]

Brackeys is probably more of an intermediate level tutorial series, his videos going into a specific system like navigation or post processing, etc., are great broad overviews. But like most people who are good at something they don't really know how to explain the early stuff they've long since encoded into muscle memory

[mint remnant]

three is a spot where he is good, and that's if you already know how to code well and are looking at learning what Unity is capable of. He does a wide range of things for that

[marble hemlock]

ahhh. i didnt finish his first person movement video because it felt like i wasnt really understanding most of what he was doing.

so i kinda just kept looking for different videos

unfortunately my flaw was not immediately going to learn.unity and all their resources

its been far more helpful than the tutorials i tried to follow tbh

[polar acorn]

GMTK's intro tutorial is actually not bad. Not the best but it's hard to find someone who is good at coding and good at teaching and good at producing videos.

[mint remnant]

I followed thru with his tower defense tutorial start to finish and I felt like it covered a lot and I learned alot along the way

[polar acorn]

You'll probably just need to try a bunch and figure out your own path

[mint remnant]

One I am particularly fond of is Sebastion LAgue, he covers some more complex systems and is very calm talking about them at a laymen's level

[steel stirrup]

Brackeys is really nice for quickly getting up to speed with an aspect of Unity you haven’t engaged with much, but it definitely expects you to be able to understand why he codes something, which takes experience

[sullen perch]

Can somewone tell me why my terrain aint showing up?

Can somewone tell me why my terrain aint showing up?

[teal viper]

This is not a coding question and don't crosspost

[sullen perch]

mb

[cedar bone]

Anyone have any clue how to get the normal of the collision of a OnTriggerEnter()?

[wintry quarry]

You cannot

Because there isn't one

[cedar bone]

so then how would I get the normal when a kinematic rigidbody hits another GameObject?

cause OnTrigger doesnt work for kinematics

[wintry quarry]

OnTriggerEnter works fine for kinematic objects

[willow scroll]

I suppose, this should be the difference between the hit point and the object's position

[wintry quarry]

You could do a Raycast of some kind from the object's previous position and its current position

And take the normal from that

It really depends what you're actually trying to accomplish

[cedar bone]

but I can't get teh hitpoint

[wintry quarry]

Because there isn't an actual hit point, the objects intersect

[cedar bone]

when I want a particle to appear

[cedar bone]

when my rb hits another GameObject

[wintry quarry]

So this is a projectile?

[cedar bone]

and i want it to be rotated

to the surface

[cedar bone]

yes

[wintry quarry]

So a bullet hole

Do a Raycast from previous position to current position each FixedUpdate

[willow scroll]

collider.ClosestPoint(transform.position);

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31641522/how-to-get-contact-points-from-a-trigger

[wintry quarry]

And you can get rid of the OnTriggerEnter entirely then and just use the Raycast for hit detection

[opal zealot]

Was testing out the new Raycast interaction script and hit an Object Reference not set to an instance of an obj. error. I googled the error and its said to be if the Main Camera in question is not tagged properly.

I went to check the camera, but it is indeed tagged properly.

Did I miss something out while I was checking camera tags?

[languid spire]

show the line of code in question

[opal zealot]

mousePos = cam.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePos);

[languid spire]

then cam is not set. It is null

[opal zealot]

Ah

Lemme fix now.

Like this?

[languid spire]

no. cam is a variable in your script

[opal zealot]

Oh

Ok

[blissful sorrel]

Sup. Should i combine two if's? If so then how?

[languid spire]

yes.

if (condition) {
// Code
}

it's called Scope

[blissful sorrel]

Oh man, and i was curious why this IF was not taking two lines of code like the previous IF... Thanks 👌

[opal zealot]

It'll do.

Ok, finally refurbished the PlayerMouseClickInteract code and now I'll need to connect it to the InteractableNPC code: https://hastebin.com/share/icusijicoc.csharp

I already got the InteractableNPC code from a youtube video but I'm unsure if I should add an interactable for the PlayerMouseClickInteract to work?: https://www.toptal.com/developers/hastebin

[rare basin]

private void OnValidate()
{
    if (!gameObject.name.StartsWith("[ENEMY]"))
    {
        gameObject.name = "[ENEMY] " + gameObject.name;      
        EditorApplication.delayCall += RenamePrefabAsset;
    }
}

private void RenamePrefabAsset()
{
    var prefab = PrefabUtility.GetCorrespondingObjectFromSource(gameObject);
    if (prefab != null)
    {
        string prefabPath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(prefab);
        
        if (!prefab.name.StartsWith("[ENEMY]"))
        {
            AssetDatabase.RenameAsset(prefabPath, "[ENEMY] " + prefab.name);
            AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
            AssetDatabase.Refresh();
        }
    }
}

im trying to add [ENEMY] prefix to the prefabs, but it doesnt change the prefab names at all, only the objects on the scene do have the prefix added, what am I doing wrong?

[languid spire]

Have you read the docs? You are changing the name of the asset file not the name property of the asset

[rare basin]

i see

i should change prefab.name then?

should i also keep the RenameAsset?

should I also call EditorUtility.SetDirty()? so mayn questions lol @languid spire

[ruby python]

Mornin' all.

sooooo, I have this little bit of code and I'm having a bit of a brain fart with it.

            if (newRecipeItemRequiredNumber < newRecipeItemAvailableAmount)
            {
                newRecipeItemName.color = cannotBuildColour;
                newRecipeItemCost.color = cannotBuildColour;
                newRecipeItemAvailable.color = cannotBuildColour;
                canBuild = true;
                // Turn component text a different colour to show there's not enough available to build the module
            }
            else
            {
                newRecipeItemName.color = canBuildColour;
                newRecipeItemCost.color = canBuildColour;
                newRecipeItemAvailable.color = canBuildColour;
                canBuild = false;
            }

            if(canBuild == true)
            {
                newItemButton.interactable = true;
            }

I know it's not doing what I want, and I know why. Essentially I'm spawning a bunch of prefabs with 'construction component' details and comparing the require value of said construction component to a master list of available components. The buttons start off as non-interactable (non-clickable), what I'd like is for the buttons to be interactable only if all of the require Components are available, I figured a simple bool would be the solution, but I'm having brain issues figuring out how to do it. Anyone have any ideas? 😕 ((Apologies if the codeblock is too long))

[prime cobalt]

Does anyone know why this script to make the player swing around a point wouldn't be working? I included a screenshot of the debug log that I inserted and as you'll be able to see it doesn't make any sense... The player does reach the correct starting position but never moves past that.
https://hastebin.com/share/majeyamewa.csharp

[rare basin]

private void RenamePrefabAsset()
{
    var prefab = PrefabUtility.GetCorrespondingObjectFromSource(gameObject);
    if (prefab != null)
    {
        string prefabPath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(prefab);
        
        if (!prefab.name.StartsWith("[ENEMY]"))
        {
            prefab.name = "[ENEMY] " + prefab.name;
            AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
            AssetDatabase.Refresh();
        }
    }
}

this still doesnt work

[languid spire]

yes, because you forgot the SetDirty

[rare basin]

right

well, added it

but it still doestn change the prefab name in project files

[rare basin]

private void OnValidate()
{
    if (!gameObject.name.StartsWith("[ENEMY]"))
    {
        gameObject.name = "[ENEMY] " + gameObject.name;      
    }
    EditorApplication.delayCall += RenamePrefabAsset;
}

private void RenamePrefabAsset()
{
    var prefab = PrefabUtility.GetCorrespondingObjectFromSource(gameObject);
    if (prefab != null)
    {
        string prefabPath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(prefab);
        
        if (!prefab.name.StartsWith("[ENEMY]"))
        {
            prefab.name = "[ENEMY] " + prefab.name;
            EditorUtility.SetDirty(prefab);
            AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
            AssetDatabase.Refresh();
        }
    }
}

it changes in the inspector when i have the prefab selected

but not here

[languid spire]

if you want it reflected in Project and Hierarchy then you need to do both

[rare basin]

thats not hierarchy

that's from project files

[rare basin]

^ this from project files

for hierarchy it already changes in OnValidate

[languid spire]

That is what will appear in the Hierarchy when you instantiate

[rare basin]

but i want to change the name in the project assets

so i can use the project browser and type [ENEMY]

[languid spire]

So add your RenameAsst back

[rare basin]

thats the code rn

[rare basin]

but you just told me to change the name property instead?

[languid spire]

I did not say 'instead' I simply pointed out what you were actually doing

[rare basin]

private void RenamePrefabAsset()
{
    var prefab = PrefabUtility.GetCorrespondingObjectFromSource(gameObject);
    if (prefab != null)
    {
        string prefabPath = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(prefab);
        
        if (!prefab.name.StartsWith("[ENEMY]"))
        {
            var newName = "[ENEMY] " + prefab.name;
            prefab.name = newName;
            AssetDatabase.RenameAsset(prefabPath, newName);
            EditorUtility.SetDirty(prefab);
            AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();
            AssetDatabase.Refresh();
        }
    }
}

[languid spire]

If you don't understand what you are doing, why are you doing it?

[rare basin]

huh

if you are not willing to help, stop wasting my and your time, thats the server for to "ask questions"

im trying to understand but you are just rude

[ruby python]

wtf dude? He really isn't. lol.

[rare basin]

ok

i just asked one question, how to add [ENEMY] prefix to prefab file name, instead he giving me riddles and stuff that doesnt work without explaining, what is this serevr for then if you cannot ask questions, instead all the answers you got is "you dont know what yuo are doing, then why are you doing it"

[ruby python]

You're not going to get spoon fed a solution tbh, but you will get pointed in the right direction on what to look for so that you can understand. From what I've read (it is beyong me a little tbh), but you've been pointed in directions of where to look and research/read up etc.

[languid spire]

read your original post #💻┃code-beginner message
you mention nothing about file name

[rare basin]

Did i get poitned into a right direction?

[rare basin]

well duh, its later in the converstaion

adding RenameAsset didin't do it

[languid spire]

And you got the correct answer

[ruby python]

tbh, you were asked if you'd read the documentation, but ignored the question. 😕

https://discordapp.com/channels/489222168727519232/497874004401586176/1273204762149654609

[rare basin]

Yes, I've read the docs. Thats why I did RenameAsset at first

it didin't work so I asked here

what's your problem

anyway, managed to get it to work, thanks

it was just about using GetPrefabAssetPathOfNearestInstanceRoot instead of GetCorrespondingObjectFromSource

[lost basin]

Evening, I have an issue with randomizing my map.

void Awake()
    {
        falloffMap = FalloffGenerator.GenerateFalloffMap(mapChunkSize);

        System.Random random = new System.Random();
        int seed = random.Next(-2147483647, 2147483647);
        Debug.Log(seed);
    }


    void Start()
    {
        GenerateMapAtGameStart();
    }

Everything else is working fine, and my seed is changing (in the console), but the map stays the same

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

[wintry quarry]

You're not setting the state of your Random object with the seed anywhere

Or rather, that seed variable you're using isn't used elsewhere in the code anywhere

It's just a local variable

[lost basin]

O gorreltjies

[lost basin]

Oooo okok

I see my mistake

Dankie

[blissful sorrel]

How to call a method of a script from another script using "OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)"? Unity keeps getting angry because "TakeDamage" is not there.

[short hazel]

You need to configure Visual Studio before going any further.

!vs

[eternal falcon]

Visual Studio guide

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

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

[barren vapor]

Fix your IDE like SPR2 said, but the problem where you're strugglig with is that the TakeDamage method isn't public, so outer scripts can't reach it. If you have a correct IDE, then it saids it for you

[stone pilot]

I just had a quick question, is there a way that I can make a trail renderer a solid color ?

[steel smelt]

Solid as in fully opaque? opacity is dictated by the color gradient, if the shader used supports vertex color and transparency.

So either use a non transparent shader or set alpha values on the gradient to fully opaque

[stone pilot]

Yes , I want it to be fully solid I don't want it to be a gradient isn't that possible ?

[short hazel]

Modify the gradient so it only has 1 key, of the color you want

Or two keys both of the same color

[stone pilot]

I have already done that but I want it to be same as the sprite color I change 1 color only because in my game in every scene colors change , so changing both keys will take very long time

[short hazel]

Changing a gradient from the code isn't complicated, and if you need to do it from the Editor, you can select multiple objects in the Hierarchy and you should be able to bulk-edit the gradient once

[stone pilot]

Alright

[steel smelt]

I think he means he tinted his sprites and wants his trails to be the respective sprite tinted colors

so yeah, set it via code

[stone pilot]

Bro it isn't that hard to understand I just want instead of gradient I want it to be solid

[steel smelt]

"Bro" you have more than enough information to accomplish your needs

[stone pilot]

Alright thanks for your support :)

[short hazel]

It's not hard to understand for you, but I had some issues parsing that sentence here #💻┃code-beginner message

[stone pilot]

Other channels are just dead so I said my qestion here

Nevermind

[short hazel]

Yep there's a communication / translation issue here, my remark wasn't about being in the wrong channel

[stone pilot]

My brain is braining rn lol , I'm just tired its been like 5 hours making my unity game

I'll just close for now

Thanks btw

[blissful sorrel]

Done. It does says so, method isn't public, but i'm not sure what to do

[barren vapor]

Make the method public

same way how you'd make a variable public

[short hazel]

When you don't specify an access modifier, private is the default. So void Sample() { } is identical to private void Sample() { }

-# Only valid for class members. For types (classes, structs, etc.) themselves, internal is the default

[blissful sorrel]

The method i want access have to public? Done. Unity still angry because "TakeDamage" is not there (i think)

[barren vapor]

You're referring to gameObject

not collision

[languid spire]

why would gameObject have a TakeDamage method ?

[barren vapor]

You had it correct on the previous screenshot. You basicly removed it for some reason

oh no. gameObject doesn't have TakeDamage indeed

you're trying to access a method in a gameobject (which is the object itself). The method isn't directly in the gameObject, but in a script

[strong wren]

how do i freeze the rotations of a rigid body?

rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezePosition; i tried doing this but with freezerotaiton instead but it doesnt work

rb.freezeRotation = true; then this

at this point i have no idea what to do

[blissful sorrel]

That's right. So how about accessing that script (attached to an object)?

[languid spire]

go and read the docs

[strong wren]

rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezePosition; this works
rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotation; this doesnt

[strong wren]

thats what i did

and i only found these 2 that are simple

i need a simple code and i need to freeze the contrains of the rigid body

wait why does
rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotation; freeze the position?

[barren vapor]

collision.GetComponent<script-name>().TakeDamage(DMG);

For OnTriggerEnter2D is it:

collision.gameObject.GetComponent<script-name>().TakeDamage(DMG);

[languid spire]

you obviously did not read this
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RigidbodyConstraints.html

[steel smelt]

@strong wren So rb.freezeRotation freezes rotation on all axes as intended. Are you manually rotating the object outside of the physics API?

[strong wren]

no

but when it collides with other gameobjects it moves

[steel smelt]

Well yes, it should move, because you did not freeze the position. Was that your intent?

[strong wren]

i want it to just completly be frozen, no movement at all

[steel smelt]

@strong wren You could freeze the position as well, but you can flag rbs as kinematic and they won't be affected by the sim

[strong wren]

i want both to be frozen position and rotation, the position is frozen but the rotation isnt

[short hazel]

The docs example show how they combine multiple constraints

[strong wren]

ok i found a way i did this
rb.constraints = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeAll;

[short hazel]

This is an alternative to using = RigidbodyConstraints.FreezePosition | RigidbodyConstraints.FreezeRotation;
That's how you combine flags enum values, with | (bitwise OR)

[blissful sorrel]

Indeed it worked, thanks!

[barren vapor]

np

[lost basin]

Evening, anyone know why my mesh collider is doing that?
https://hastebin.com/share/odicatehiz.csharp
https://hastebin.com/share/pemorobipa.csharp

it's supposed to be on my mesh

Nvm I found why

[terse spindle]

may I ask how to delay in unity

I googled it but looks so complicated

[polar acorn]

Coroutines are probably your best bet.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

[terse spindle]

thanks

IEnumerator BeklemekBiraz(){
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(.2f);
    }

(void Update)
        if(Input.GetKey("d")){
            if(canChangeRoad == true){
            canChangeRoad = false;
            if (xvalue < goingSide){
            xvalue = xvalue + goingSide;
            Debug.Log(xvalue);
            }

                StartCoroutine(BeklemekBiraz());
                canChangeRoad = true;
            }
        }

can I use it like this

should it work

dont look very working to me

[polar acorn]

I'm going to assume that the (void Update) is like, psuedo code because that is in no way valid C#

But right now your coroutine does nothing whatsoever

You start it, it waits, then ends.

Nothing happens after the wait

[terse spindle]

wanted to make key delay

[polar acorn]

If you want to delay something happening, you should actually have that something after the wait

[terse spindle]

yes yes I just cut all of it

[polar acorn]

Starting a coroutine does not pause the function it's in. It runs alongside the code

that's what makes it "Co"

Your coroutine does nothing

There's no code in it

[terse spindle]

yeah

[polar acorn]

Doing nothing, waiting 0.2 seconds, then doing nothing is the same as just... doing nothing

[terse spindle]

after I press d, I change x value and I change the bool to false so it cant work and after waiting .2 seconds bool again turns into true so I can change the x again

how do I do that I ask

I assume its not going to work with coroutines

[polar acorn]

put it after the wait

[terse spindle]

bool is in the void update so I cant referr to it should I make it public?

[polar acorn]

If that boolean is declared inside of Update than it literally only exists inside of that function and it would be impossible to carry its value across multiple frames

[terse spindle]

so I make it public

[polar acorn]

You make it a field

[terse spindle]

field?

[polar acorn]

it doesn't have to be public

it just needs to not be in a function

[terse spindle]

why you writing in the 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 font

okay let me try

[polar acorn]

Italics?

A common feature of markdown that has existed for as long as typography?

[terse spindle]

its just a meme sorry

thank you bro

appreciate it

[vital gale]

Hi, is there a way to find out the origin of a log when using Debug.Log("message....", gameObject) ?

[languid spire]

read the stack trace

[cosmic dagger]

the second parameter will highlight the GameObject in the scene hierarchy. the log will display the stack trace . . .

[verbal dome]

Of course, you can double click on the console message and/or read the stack trace (below the log)

[winter tinsel]

how can i find a gameobject within a gameobject that has no children?

[verbal dome]

Yeah if by 'origin of the log' you mean the object, then single click

[verbal dome]

How can a gameobject have gameobjects within it if it doesn't have children?

[cosmic dagger]

also, double-clicking on the log from the console will go to the script where the log was called . . .

[winter tinsel]

nono

how to find a gameobject, within a gameobject

and then additonally find if that second gameobject has children

[verbal dome]

I understand "gameobject within a gameobject" simply as a child

[cosmic dagger]

how can a GameObject be within another GameObject if it's not a child?

[winter tinsel]

okay then uh how do i find a child that has no children?

[vital gale]

yeah I know about the double clicking but I wanted to do a LoggingComponent where it would be given to multiple objects with logging features, and I wanted to quickly differentiate where the log is coming from (To somehow add it to the log message), without me having to manually add it into every log message

[cosmic dagger]

check it's child count . . .

[winter tinsel]

wait let me explain a lil better

how do i go down this, checking each gameobject trying to find the first one that has 0 children?

(theres more than 6 btw)

[verbal dome]

Not exactly what you asked but for different systems I might add its own log function, something like cs void LogX(string message) => Debug.Log($"X: {message}");
And logs support rich text so you can also use color tags

I use a helper function that takes a string and a color and outputs a colored text

[cosmic dagger]

not a problem. loop through the children of the parent GameObject. you'll find tons of ways how on . . .

[winter tinsel]

allright thanks

[jolly temple]

Hey guys, I have an error where my player can't jump when it's going up, like this

[vital gale]

yeah sorry if I wasn't clear enough, I'm currently using something like this ->

        if (!_showLogs) {
        return;
        }
        Debug.Log($"<color={HexColor()}>{_prefix}: {message}</color>.", sender);
    }```

Where the prefix is the component (E.g. PlayerLogger, or NetworkLogger) and I wanted to add the Script / object the log is originating from. I thought of somehow using the sender Object but with no avail

[jolly temple]

I tried scaling up the GroundDistance but well this happen

[verbal dome]

So you want to know what code called this Log?

You would need to click like the second newest link in the stack trace to open that code in the IDE

Or do you want to highlight the object itself?

[cosmic dagger]

can't you pass the script as a parameter?

[verbal dome]

You should be able to just single click the log

[verbal dome]

Aren't they already doing that with Object sender?

[vital gale]

something like the object / script its originating from

E.g. I have this line in MainMenuScript
_logger.Log("Switching to Main Menu.", this);
and I wanted the log to look like ->
Debug.Log($"<color={HexColor()}>{_prefix}: {message}</color>.", sender);
Which would ultimately do something like
"MenuLogger: MainMenuScript: "Switching to Main Menu.""

[split dragon]

Hi. I decided to rewrite the text localization script myself when it changes. Example: We have the source text: "I love you:", and I add 100% to it, that is, it turns out: "I love you: 100%". By changing the language to another one: "100%" will be lost. That's why I needed this script. But there is something written in the script that then completely erases the text if you turn off the enable instance. I tried to comment on void OnDisable (because the text was disappearing because of it), but then nothing worked at all. I'm dumb. Please help me

[winter tinsel]

uh, i use edge so i have bing-gpt built in and it gave me this
foreach (Transform child in gameObject.transform)
{
// Do something with the child
}

would this work??

[winter tinsel]

(i didnt use it just automatically gave it to me)

[cosmic dagger]

that'll give them the object but not the script (on teh GameObject) that logged the message . . .

[verbal dome]

What's wrong with the way you are currently doing it though?

It looks like it does what you are asking - except for the "`MenuLogger: " prefix

[vital gale]

the originating Script isn't present, currently, the result is only
"MenuLogger: "Switching to Main Menu.""

[cosmic dagger]

no way to tell unless you try it and see . . .

[verbal dome]

Then you are probably passing in a null object

Which prints as nothing

[winter tinsel]

ig? ill just change the gameobject with my gameobject

guess were experimenting

[vital gale]

I Don't think I am passing null, the stacktrace is there

[verbal dome]

@vital gale Can also try object.name but I think UnityEngine.Object.ToString() always gives the name anyway

[cosmic dagger]

i recommend searching and finding out how yourself. plugging in AI for results won't help if you don't understand the code (or try to) . . .

[winter tinsel]

i didnt ask ai im asking because im curious

cuz i looked at some forums and i dont see something this simple

[verbal dome]

@vital gale Oh I just realized you aren't inputting the object's name anywhere so use sender.name for that

[winter tinsel]

(in edge, bing is just there off to the side and gives summaries)

[cosmic dagger]

weird, the first three results all give me that same simple code . . .

[cosmic dagger]

gotcha . . .

[verbal dome]

Debug.Log($"<color={HexColor()}>{_prefix}: {sender.name}: {message}</color>.", sender);

[vital gale]

almost there

Instead of MainMenuCanvas I wanted the script name (second to last line in the stacktrace (MainMenuScript))

[winter tinsel]

the exact same code that i got from bing?

[verbal dome]

Okay, maybe try sender.GetType().Name then

[cosmic dagger]

a link or webpage should accompany those results. take a look to see if they explain it or see if you understand the variables in the loop and what it's doing . . .

[cosmic dagger]

yes, it's really common and the main way to achieve what you're asking for . . .

[vital gale]

that's the one, thanks a lot

[winter tinsel]

i understand how the code should work but im a little skeptical because it looks too simple to work

[cosmic dagger]

did you try passing the script itself and changing the parameter type?

[vital gale]

The sender.GetType().Name recommended by @verbal dome was exactly what I needed 😄

[winter tinsel]

amazing

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, i was just saying from before, switching the type to MonoBehaviour would give you the name of the object and the type at the same time. doing sender.GetType() will only display the type if you want that . . .

public void Log(object message, MonoBehaviour sender) {
   if (!_showLogs) return;

   Debug.Log($"<color={HexColor()}>{_prefix}: {message}</color> | {sender}");
}```

[winter tinsel]

doesnt instantiate

why

ill drop more code if need be

[slender nymph]

you will need to. and for the love of god don't share screenshots of single lines of code

[winter tinsel]

wtf?

wait now it is??

[slender nymph]

had you not actually saved the code before?

[winter tinsel]

nono wait i found the issue

on its own it works right

[polar acorn]

If that's not instantiating it, that line isn't running

[winter tinsel]

if i uncomment this then it stops working and doesnt even instantiate it

[polar acorn]

it does

[winter tinsel]

its not in the hierarchy

meanwhile when i comment the code i outlined it does instantiate it?

[polar acorn]

If that line runs, it does spawn an object

Try logging

[slender nymph]

show the actual context for this code, because on its own there's nothing wrong with it

[winter tinsel]

allright here

[slender nymph]

!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.

[winter tinsel]

https://paste.ofcode.org/38wqJKpZPqvrDnkwLHwEUKm

here

heres this too

[polar acorn]

My guess would be that the conditions for reaching that instantiate line stop being fulfilled if you don't spawn this as a child object

[winter tinsel]

the point is to make the object a child tho

[slender nymph]

now put some logs in there, remove the entire Start method because it is completely redundant, and make sure that the inventory gameobject and its children are not being destroyed

[winter tinsel]

so what

[polar acorn]

Just to prove to you that Instantiate doesn't just decide not to work for no reason

if you comment out the line that sets the parent, chances are your own if conditions are no longer satisfied

so the code does exactly what you tell it to do

[winter tinsel]

how does that work if its not a condition in the if??

[winter tinsel]

uh i should log the postfab right?

[slender nymph]

if you don't set it as a child, then the children likely don't have children so their childcount remains at 0

which means your condition is true

[winter tinsel]

so it should instantiate it then right??

[slender nymph]

log everything that is related to this

[slender nymph]

yes as you've pointed out that is when it works. when you are not setting them as children of those objects.

[winter tinsel]

so when i do set it as a child it becomes false and it doesnt instantiate it right?

[slender nymph]

can you just fucking put some logs in your code instead of making assumptions

[winter tinsel]

im not making assumptions im asking so i can wrap my head around this

[polar acorn]

So ask your code what it's doing. By putting logs in it

You can literally just run the code and have it print what its doing

you don't need us to interpret it

[slender nymph]

put this in the loop before the if statement
Debug.Log($"{name} is trying to Instantiate {prefab} on {inventory}'s child: {child} with {child.childCount} children. Possible: {child.childCount == 0}", child);

any time you see that "Possible: true" it will have instantiated the object

and you can click the log to highlight the object it was set as a child of

[winter tinsel]

possible is false

heres the whole thing

[slender nymph]

so what do you think that indicates

[vast vessel]

hey guys!
is there a reason that when i create these "node" objects, that all derive from the class Node, they work fine and have the right type, but after i make a change to a script and re-open unity, their type, turns into the type of the base class?
you can see the types in the console, before and after reloading a script.

here is the code for creating, and storing the nodes in a list of type Node:
https://hastebin.skyra.pw/tuhiqezodo.csharp

[winter tinsel]

the object isnt instantiated?

[polar acorn]

So, your code is correctly not running instantiate, since the condition you wrote isn't true

[slender nymph]

oh you know what, it's transform.childCount not child.childCount

[winter tinsel]

oh

[slender nymph]

it clearly indicates that the childCount is not 0

[polar acorn]

As I said, if that line runs, then an object is instantiated

[winter tinsel]

what

[slender nymph]

what do you mean what? what do you think the condition is?

literally what condition is it checking?

[winter tinsel]

wait wait

i found another issue hold on

ok i fixed that issue now everything works....kinda

it instantiates it right in the right child

in the right place

[slender nymph]

well that sounds like it is working

[vast vessel]

help pls.
its so weird that these objects turn into their base class xd

[polar acorn]

Might be a better question for #↕️┃editor-extensions

[winter tinsel]

except its both not and it is?

it acts like its there, which it is, but it doesnt show up

[vast vessel]

the question dosnt have anything to do with the editor

[winter tinsel]

i cant click it even though its a raycast target and its missing in the ui

[slender nymph]

you're gonna need to be more descriptive than this

[polar acorn]

You appear to be making a custom inspector window though?

Or at least custom nodes for one

[winter tinsel]

okay yeah but its gonna be a mini textwall so wait a few min

[vast vessel]

yes, but the question has nothing to do with that.
i create these objects whos type derive from a base class (which is node) and it works correctly, but as soon as i save some random script or reimport an asset, the objects TURN INTO THEIR BASE CLASS for some reason

like, it dosnt make any sense

why would their type randomly change

[sharp jay]

polymorphism

[vast vessel]

is it because the type of the list is that base type or something like that? this is beyond my comprehension and im just making theories tbh

[slender nymph]

if only there were a channel dedicated to the code related to custom editors and the like

[vast vessel]

dude

[polar acorn]

Well, technically, they always were the base class. Anything that is a sub-type is also a parent type. All BoxColliders are Colliders

[vast vessel]

i know that

gimme a sec

[polar acorn]

I really don't have enough context behind these nodes, I've literally never touched any custom graph editor code

No idea where it's getting its "type" info from

[vast vessel]

the nodes are a custom class

https://hastebin.skyra.pw/lemifayoto.csharp

here is what happens:
-i create an object of type Start_Node which derives directly from Node.
-i add it to the list List<Node> nodes
-i log the type of the node to the console like this:
Debug.Log(node.name + " - t: " + node.GetType().Name);
Resault:Start Node - t: Start_Node

-i make a change to some random script and save it.
-i return to unity.
-i log the same thing.
Resault:Start Node - t: Node

[winter tinsel]

so im very obviously making an inventory, currently im trying to make it so that i can pick up an item, delete it in the space 3d and "add it"(instantiate it), to my "inventory",

now all i did was instead of setting it so the whole inventory i set it to the part where the actual inventory is, because i have it broken up into parts, the main inventory, the gear area place whatever, item description etc

now it works, i press the button to "pickup" the item, it deletes it in the 3d world and instantiates it, then places it in the correct, first child, that has 0 children

issue is it doesnt show up, its an empty "inventory slot",even tho there is very much an item there, i cannot move it, click on it or interact with it, but if i try to manually drag a prefab and instantiate it on a different inventory slot, then try to drag it where the item is supposed to be, it wont let me drop it on that slot, so there is 100% something there and acts as if there is something(which there is)

but the issue is i cant interact with it, the image is missing and even though its a raycast target i cant click on it or move it, in the scene editor it is very much in the correct spot that its supposed to be, its active but still missing,

if i try to manually drag and drop the same prefab from the prefab folder onto any of the "empty"(has 0 children) "inventory slots" it works, but if the code does it it wont work right

[sharp jay]

is this actually causing issues?

[slender nymph]

provide screenshots of what you are seeing

[sharp jay]

are these files in their own asemdef?

[winter tinsel]

a few seconds

[vast vessel]

yes.
any data that was saved to a field that specificly existed in say, a DebugLog_Node, will be lost after it turned into Node.
DebugLog_Node's have a message field, which the class Node does not. so i lose the message

also when displaying each node in the editor it needs to know what kind of node it is.
see the differance in these two photos? that because all of them turned into a generic Node after reloading a script

[sharp jay]

wait as in the script attached to an object literally changes it's type?

I haven't used Unity in close to two years... but I dont see how this is possible

[vast vessel]

the node class is not a monobehavior. it is saved in a list, that is in a mononehavior

so they are not directly attached to a gameobject

[slender nymph]

i'd guess however they are serializing this for the editor window they are using does not support polymorphism or they are just doing something wrong in that regard. of course they refuse to ask in the #↕️┃editor-extensions channel where the question would be more appropriate so i guess they'll never know

[sharp jay]

are you treating a class like a SO? 🤔

[vast vessel]

these Nodes need refrances to game objects in the scene

i cant do that with SOs

[sharp jay]

Ah right

[vast vessel]

why are you so passive aggressive

somebody booted up on the wrong side of the bios this morning

[sharp jay]

I'd assume editor windows get dirtied on a recompile

Might be the root cause

but I don't know enough to help further

[winter tinsel]

picture one, walking up to the item, picture 2 i press the use button and it deletes the item and instantiates it in the right place, picture 3 i drag and drop the same prefab on a different slot, and it spawns correctly,fourth picture, i drag the manually added prefab to a different slot, but if i try to drag it on the very first block, where the item instantiated by the code is, it wont let me drop it on that space, but i cant move or interact with the item that is there

[vast vessel]

im creating these nodes through a script and just saving them to a list.
why does the editor matter here? i dont understand.

[slender nymph]

why do you refuse to ask your question(s) in the correct channel?
SoMeBoDy bOoTeD Up oN ThE WrOnG SiDe oF ThE BiOs tHiS MoRnInG

[vast vessel]

lmao

[sharp jay]

It's good to see beginner code hasnt changed

[vast vessel]

can you tell me why the editor even matters here?
im saving some objects to a list and their type changes

lists are a basic part of c#.
the editor just displays them

so i think something is wrong with my code

[winter tinsel]

its like the vanilla icecream of code channels, you know exactly what youre getting

[slender nymph]

so just to be clear, the object is being instantiated and you do see it in the hierarchy, you just do not see the graphics you expect and cannot interact with it in game?
if that is the case, you need to check its inspector to make sure that the correct image(s) are applied
and of course that none of its components have been destroyed

[vast vessel]

i did try to save these nodes as SOs and it did fix this issue, but then again, no scene object refrances :/

[winter tinsel]

yes that is it

and it doesnt have a sprite the only thing thats changed is the colour (for now)

[slender nymph]

show the inspector for the one that isn't working compared to the one that is

[vast vessel]

can someone at least tell me why this problem is related to the editor?
idk what to say if someone in #↕️┃editor-extensions asked me why i sent my question there

[winter tinsel]

theres a single difference let me show you

[sharp jay]

boxfriend will take the blame

[winter tinsel]

first pic (working) second pic(broken)

i need to set parent after drag maybe?

[summer stump]

It looks like you are trying to create custom editor behaviour (creating nodes).... so that seems exactly what #↕️┃editor-extensions is for...

#↕️┃editor-extensions is obviously for code, since that is how you make them

[slender nymph]

probably related to whatever is in Itemscript then, so most likely you do need to assign that field

[sharp jay]

if you're using IPointer events, maybe parenting it breaks the interactability area

so after a drag, resetting it could fix it

[slender nymph]

we'll likely need to see that code for a proper diagnosis though

[vast vessel]

wait i think something just clicked.
so, these nodes are saved by the editor right?
and thats where the problem is? how the editor serializes these nodes when saving them?

[slender nymph]

yes, that is exactly what i've already pointed out. you just decided i was being "passive aggressive" and ignored that information

[rocky canyon]

if ur making something change in the editor.. or have different functionallity that is default.. its editor related

[winter tinsel]

trying to set parentafterdrag

[slender nymph]

show its code

[winter tinsel]

this SHOULD work right?

wait let me send the whole thing

[slender nymph]

again, we need to see the actual relevant code to determine if that is the case

this includes the Itemscript as well as any other code related to interacting with it

[iron steeple]

is character controller movement based harder than physics based one rn im struggling to do the oncharactercollderhit

[winter tinsel]

interacting with it just activates the code at hand

https://paste.ofcode.org/C2AdWLRhLYXx7ti34En3GT

[rocky canyon]

ur just comparing (1) aspect of it...

[winter tinsel]

"interacting" just finds the script, and calls the function that runs all the other code

[rocky canyon]

but in that case Rigidbody uses normal OnCollision events

so id imagine that being a bit easier.. but OnCharacterCollider.. isnt hard perse

[winter tinsel]

https://paste.ofcode.org/342kZfmnM2MYPpUrqEGmGbU

heres the whole thing

[slender nymph]

this is pickupscript not Itemscript

[winter tinsel]

huh

[slender nymph]

wdym "huh"? these are two completely separate components and i asked to see the code for itemscript

[iron steeple]

this is the code rn for the game its confusing since when it hit an invisible hitbox that acts as a boost for the player it doesnt want to run the method

[winter tinsel]

ah, well im setting the variable of item script in pickup script but here you go for itemscript

https://paste.ofcode.org/aufKAhY8GqkT8YKtp8u7UB

[slender nymph]

also i see you didn't bother removing the redundant code from Start like i suggested to you an hour ago

[iron steeple]

is this wrong in any way?

[winter tinsel]

i did, i re-added it rn to set "parentafterdrag"

cause thats where its stored

[slender nymph]

that code is 100% pointless though

[winter tinsel]

okay, ill delete it after we fix all this

[winter tinsel]

heres item script

[slender nymph]

you have already assigned itemscript you're just reassigning it to what it is already set to by calling GetComponent on itself

[vast vessel]

Adding the [SerializeReference] attribute to the nodes list seems to have fixed it!
btw sorry for being so incompetent, my bad xd

[winter tinsel]

oh okay

[rocky canyon]

    // method in the character controller script
    void OnControllerColliderHit(ControllerColliderHit hit)
    {
        // Log the name of the object we collided with
        Debug.Log($"Collided with: {hit.gameObject.name}");
    }
``` - ChunkyBlock - Rigidbody + Box Collider

[slender nymph]

also you're not even assigning the parent on the instantiated itemscript in your new code, you're doing it on the prefab. or possibly on the itemscript on this pickupscript object, it is unclear how you've got this set up

[iron steeple]

so if i were to make a phaseable hitbox this doesnt count? this is my code rn

[winter tinsel]

the pickup script object doesnt have an itemscript

[slender nymph]

if it is a trigger collider then you should be using OnTriggerEnter

[slender nymph]

well then you are assigning to a field on the prefab

[winter tinsel]

also, oh what

[rocky canyon]

yea, but as boxfriend said.. if its a Trigger use OnTriggerEnter() <-- Trigger functions work totally fine w/ character controllers

[winter tinsel]

then

how do i put it on the instantiated object?

[iron steeple]

this is what i meant to clarify

[slender nymph]

itemscript is a reference to the prefab, not the instantiated object. postfab is the instantiated object

[slender nymph]

this collider is disabled, meaning it is not able to be interacted

[rocky canyon]

from that screenshot no it wont work... for :

1. the box collider is disabled
2. for ~~OnControllerHit ~~or TriggerEnter to work.. 1 of the them need a rigidbody

[slender nymph]

that last bit is incorrect, no rigidbody needed for CC.OnControllerColliderHit

that's kind of its whole point. also i don't think it's needed for the CC to send the OnTrigger messages either

[rocky canyon]

if its a trigger volume (where u walk thru it) you might as well use OnTriggerEnter

[winter tinsel]

yea but parentafterdrag is in itemscript, but the instantiated object also has itemscript, so how do i change the parentafterdrag of the instantiated object?
postfab.parentafterdrag.setparent()?

[slender nymph]

again, your itemscript variable is a reference to the prefab. not the instantiated object.

you need to get a reference to the instantiated itemscript instance

this can be accomplished in one of two ways, either call GetComponent on the postfab variable or change the postfab variable to be an itemscript type, and use your itemscript variable as the prefab

[iron steeple]

okay ty but one more thing when i was experimenting when i use rigidbody and phase through a tag boost with a oncollisionenter with it disable it still works why tho

[winter tinsel]

ill go the getcomponent route

[slender nymph]

the other option is the better option btw

[winter tinsel]

so postfab.getcomponent<itemscript>();?

[slender nymph]

it would not have worked with a disabled collider

[rocky canyon]

Heres a OnTriggerEnter setup..

    public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.CompareTag("Boost"))
        {
            Debug.Log("Player entered the boost trigger");
        }
    }```

[iron steeple]

sorry that im gonna ask this question how do i make it so the hitbox able to phase through again 😦

[slender nymph]

make it a trigger

[rocky canyon]

TriggerEnter only happenes each new time u enter the trigger

[iron steeple]

so if i make it a trigger it would make the collider phaseable?

[rocky canyon]

you could use a cool-down timer... so it also counts and makes u wait so long before it'l trigger again..
or u can disable the trigger (box collider) and re-enable it later.. different ways to do it tbh

[rocky canyon]

thats the definition of a trigger collider yes

[iron steeple]

thanks so much

man coding in c# is really different layout as unity huh

[languid spire]

wdym, they are identical

[rocky canyon]

you're 💯 correct.. seems the CharacterController takes up the slack and handles that for you as well...

today i learned 🌈 ⭐, well, i've wasted alot of time adding unneeded rigidbodies for a while now

[winter tinsel]

im doing something wrong and i dont know what but i know its extremely simple because ive done it before but i cant remember so can you help me just do this

[slender nymph]

show what you've tried

[winter tinsel]

how do i refrence it

if i change postfab to itemscript it wont work, im trying to give itemscript a name somehow but i dont know how exactlyy

i know it was something within the parenthesies of the getcomponent thing

[slender nymph]

well postfab is still a GameObject variable so naturally that won't work. you also just throw away your reference to the itemscript on that object because you just call GetComponent but don't store its return value anywhere

[slender nymph]

you should do that anyway and use itemscript in place of prefab then it will work without the GetComponent

[rocky canyon]

ding-dong-ditch of the code world

[slender nymph]

of course none of this is likely to fix the actual issue anyway 🤷‍♂️

[winter tinsel]

how do i store the return value

[slender nymph]

is this your first time using c#?

or really any programming language for that matter? because you are doing it elsewhere but somehow not comprehending how to do it here.

[winter tinsel]

no its late and im tired and i just want to get this over with

[rocky canyon]

cough itemscript myReference = postfab.GetComponent<itemscript>(); cough

[winter tinsel]

cover your mouth to not spread germs!!

[slender nymph]

but even still, the other option where you change the type of your postfab variable and just use the existing reference to the itemscript component on the prefab in place of the prefab variable will be so much fucking easier

[slender nymph]

like i've pointed out how this is easier and you've come so close to actually doing this several times, i don't understand why you don't jsut do this. it's better

[winter tinsel]

because autism thats why

[rocky canyon]

you should only be dealing w/ variables you need..
not sure in your case.. but if ur wanting to access a script directly as a variable
theres really no good point in instantiating it as a gameobject and then getcomponenting the script..
when u can instantiate it as the script (and it will spawn the entire object) [then you have the script reference from the getgo]

[slender nymph]

don't make excuses

[rocky canyon]

PTSD i tell ya! ;0

[winter tinsel]

i dont wanan do it because i dont feel like its in my comfort zone yet, i like to take everything at my own pace and understand it indepth

not that i wont ever learn it

just not now

[rocky canyon]

thats fair..

just say that then.. lol

[winter tinsel]

additonally im stubborn enough to literally recode my intire game if i learn something new

so if i do learn the more effective methods i will change everything lol

[slender nymph]

my dude, it's literally an incredibly simple change. and should be how you are handling all of your prefabs. you are doing unnecessary operations by requiring yourself to use getcomponent, which you seemingly don't even know how ot use anyway. so use the more effective and better option

[winter tinsel]

i will

just not rn

theres a very good chance ill just change it in like a few days when i do learn that

changing types

[slender nymph]

then you better learn how to use getcomponent, since you don't know how to do that now 🤷‍♂️

i won't be continuing this conversation any further though. so when you realize you're still having trouble with the instantiated object you will need to post a full description as well as all of the relevant code again so someone else can assist you

[winter tinsel]

ive used get component so many times before my brain just isnt braining rn

thanks for the help tho

[slender nymph]

itemscript = itemscript.GetComponent<itemscript>();
this line begs to differ

[winter tinsel]

one proof in an ocean of debunkery

you only see the mistake not all the other code that works

[slender nymph]

if there's other code that works, why did you not consult that code when you couldn't figure out how to use GetComponent in the code i suggested you use it in?

[winter tinsel]

because i didnt think of that

and i was allready here

[rocky canyon]

    [SerializeField] 
    private ItemScript prefab; //assign ur prefab here like normally.. (altho we declare it as a ItemScript)``` then its just
```cs
  ItemScript itemScript = Instantiate(prefab, transform);
``` now you have a reference to the ItemScript on the prefab u just spawned.. **and** the prefab in the scene.. w/o coding

[slender nymph]

they didn't even need to change the type of the prefab variable, they could have gotten rid of it completely and just changed the type of their "postfab" variable and used their already existing reference to the itemscript component on the prefab that is stored in their itemscript variable

[rocky canyon]

ah true..

i was overcomplicating it myself.. making sure it wasn't a castable scenario

it'd been easier to know if they pasted their code like normal.. instead I had to retype it out.. and all the lowercase letters werent sitting well w/ my ide 🤣

[winter tinsel]

it didnt, amazing, im going to pick this up in the morning

[slender nymph]

they did up here.
and it could have been easily changed to this https://paste.ofcode.org/36iCr5UV2tPLcjpuz7cZE2N
oh and i left their start method in since they didn't bother removing it when i suggested either 🤷‍♂️

[rocky canyon]

nothing wrong w/ taking a break.. come back to it fresh-eyed and bushy-tailed

as my parents would say

im blind sry

[winter tinsel]

well thanks for the help ig

[winter tinsel]

i... did, i said id remove it after we fixed this but we havent yet...

i removed it, put it back in and im going to remove it now again

even though we havent fixed it ill clean up the code so its tidyer, tidier? tydier??

[rocky canyon]

📌 pro-tip: utilize // comments so u dont have to completely remove/add things

[winter tinsel]

if its redundant then ill delete it, but dw // is my best friend lol

[rocky canyon]

got it there in the middle!

[ionic zephyr]

How can I create a component in which my slots have a Draggable behaviour(dragging and dropping items into other slots) but with different purposes once the object is dropped?. For example, when the item of the slot is dropped on a Hotbar slot , the Hotbar component does the appropiate operations, however if the Item is dropped on an Inventory Slot, then it is the Inventory Manager that should be called

[winter tinsel]

cant wait for the english spelling reform cause this writing system is second worst, in the tierlist, first is french ofc

[winter tinsel]

amazing im trying to make an inventory rn

[ionic zephyr]

what a coincidence then

[winter tinsel]

ill send you the link to a tutorial about making just the inventory then you can figure everything out yourself, hopefully

[ionic zephyr]

Oh thanks men

[winter tinsel]

https://youtu.be/oJAE6CbsQQA?si=ftwoqwaxPmj-VWha

[ionic zephyr]

Oh yeah, I know that one, it helped me a lot with the general concepts and behaviours of the different systems

[rocky canyon]

also.. not sure you know but

/*
[code]
*/``` for multi-line comments

[winter tinsel]

then thats everything i can give you

[ionic zephyr]

thanks anyway!

[slender nymph]

it really depends on what exactly you want those objects to do. if it's pretty much the same thing, then just have the object being dragged perform whatever operations when it is dropped.
Otherwise, i would create a component that has a UnityEvent on it that the dropped object will check for and then invoke that UnityEvent. then whatever holds the component can do whatever it needs to in response to the UnityEvent being invoked

[winter tinsel]

but do you know ctrl+k+c?

and ctrl+k+u

select everything you want and itll auto comment and uncomment

[ionic zephyr]

That is a good option, I haven´t thought about it, thanks as always!!

[rocky canyon]

i have problems remember that hotkey combo

its like trying to perfect a kick-boxing finisher move

[rich adder]

/* very handy when doing specific parts of the code and not the whole thing

public void Something() { //Cannot close the method on single line }
public void Something() { /* Now we can comment single line */ }```

[glass totem]

can anyone one help me with a problem i having on unity i im making a save and load game where i press play my camera, fixed camera angles all work but when i hit save and then quit the game and the camera get locked where it started and doesn't follow player or anything im using cinema machine and clear shot. but i don't know why when i load my game camera locks and i cant move it or anything i don't know if it my code because it works when game start but doesn't when i save and load

[slender nymph]

are you reassigning its follow target?

[glass totem]

Yes

@slender nymph it just on load it lock the camera

[slender nymph]

right so if you are reassigning it to something that either does not exist or to null on load then naturally the camera will no longer follow the object it should be following

[glass totem]

Oh

[winter tinsel]

i have a single idea and that is to instantiate the object directly where it should be instead of instantiating and then assigning its parent, but that will probably require that thing boxfriend said so im gonna tackle that tomorrow and change the type or whatever

[glass totem]

@slender nymph so would I add to my game manger load camera certain spot or something like that

[slender nymph]

i have no idea what your code looks like mate, i only made a guess at what the issue could be.

[winter tinsel]

here, use one of the sites

!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.

[winter tinsel]

click on one of the links, copy paste code, save, copy the link that you get at the top

also PASTE.MYST.RS???

.rs is the country code for republic of serbia

im just suprised lol

[rich adder]

I mean.. its short domain

[winter tinsel]

nono like, the balkans isnt really that known for uh good tech

[rich adder]

its a domain, anyone can buy any country domain (ccTLD)

I think i have one from congo .cd

[winter tinsel]

just suprised one of the sites for codeposting on the official discord of one of the most popular game-engines is from a country with one of the least developed tech industry

[rich adder]

the server is in Germany

[winter tinsel]

if you knew the irony in that statement lol

onion layers worth

[winter tinsel]

yeah, balkaners made it, its painfully obvious

[rich adder]

anyway lets keep it ontopic of unity code 😛

[winter tinsel]

yeah

wait

nvm, i thought serious sam was made in unity, forgor they had their own engine

[glass totem]

@winter tinsel do I post that code in here once I use large code blocks

[winter tinsel]

you go to the site, paste it there and paste the link here

[slender nymph]

share the link that contains the code, yes

[winter tinsel]

after saving

[glass totem]

Ok

Never used it before

[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/

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

[ionic zephyr]

https://gdl.space/lawezufuga.cs how can I manage to make the DropEvent to pass the list of RaycastResults onto the method that I assigned to this event??

[slender nymph]

make it a UnityEvent that takes a parameter of type List<RaycastResult> if that is the data you need to pass to it

[ionic zephyr]

Can I do Invoke(List<RaycastResults>)?

[slender nymph]

just like any other method you want to pass an argument to, you must pass an actual object. so you'd pass your raycastResults variable not List<RaycastResults>

[ionic zephyr]

but the raycastResults that I pass through the event are assigned in the editor right?

[slender nymph]

huh? what do you mean by that

the raycastResults list is populated by the EventSystem.RaycastAll method you call

[ionic zephyr]

If I do a public Event, I have to attach a component in the editor which contains the method I want to run

[slender nymph]

yes, that does not prevent any of what i've said

[ionic zephyr]

but then how can I pass the raycastResults from this component?

[slender nymph]

i just told you . . .

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, I´ll try and If I have any doubt I´ll tell you

thanks for your help and sorry for the confusion!

[brazen jolt]

I want to move a 2d gameobject in a perfect circle, how to do it? Without using parent/child (with script) Tag me please

[raw token]

RotateAround() would probably be the easiest. Or you could set position vector components using Mathf.Sin() and Cos(). Or have it follow a circular Spline

(among other options)

[cosmic dagger]

use a rotation constraint component, or a script that follows a GameObject with an offset, then rotate the follow object . . .

[brazen jolt]

Thanks

[brazen jolt]

Thanks

[ionic zephyr]

How can I add a GameObject to a UnityEvent that is attached to a child object of a prefab?

[cosmic dagger]

prefabs cannot reference scene GameObjects . . .

[ionic zephyr]

What can I do to add it to the event?

[glass totem]

https://gdl.space/exodeluyel.cs this is my game manger the one that holds all info https://gdl.space/sijavuxuzi.cs this is my mainmenu to start play load and save game there is nothing else to them and my camera is not regseting on load

[raw token]

Have you sprinkled some Debug.Log()s around to try and pinpoint the issue?

Debug.Log(json) in GameManager.LoadGame() would tell you if the method is running, if PlayerPrefs has a saveData key, and what the stored value is, for instance.

[slender nymph]

instead of having the event on the same object that you are dragging, you should put it on the object you are dropping it on like i suggested earlier. then the dropped object just checks for the component that has the event when it is dropped and invokes the event

[ionic zephyr]

so the method that the event Invokes should be in the object I drop the item on?

And the event

[slender nymph]

yes. the event should be on a specific component that your dropped object can check for so it doesn't have to check for those other types of objects that you wanted to run logic on. those other objects will have that component and will just subscribe to the event

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, let me see, thanks again! (dont want to sound annoying)

[ionic zephyr]

I can´t invoke methods that require RaycastResults

[slender nymph]

why not

[ionic zephyr]

it doesn´t appear

[slender nymph]

is the method public? if not, just add the listener via code

also does the event require that type as the parameter

[cosmic dagger]

do it through code. you can add the method to the listener . . .

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, let me try

[cosmic dagger]

oh, box is already here. listen to them . . .

[ionic zephyr]

what do you mean?

[slender nymph]

i mean exactly what i asked. if you are unsure, then show the relevant code (the method you want to subscribe as well as the declaration of the event)

from your previous screenshot when the event was on DraggableItem, the event does not pass any parameter

so show that you are using the correct UnityEvent<T> that passes the parameter you expect to pass

[ionic zephyr]

https://gdl.space/yusuvalodo.cs

I can´t find the function

[slender nymph]

well you've not shown the actual declaration of the event, but it does appear that it passes 0 parameters. so naturally you won't be able to subscribe a method that expects any more parameters

[ionic zephyr]

public class SlotEventCall : MonoBehaviour
{
public UnityEvent Event;
}

this is my declaration

[slender nymph]

exactly, that does not pass any parameters. use the generic UnityEvent with the correct type parameter

[ionic zephyr]

Oh

okay, now it finds it

[ionic zephyr]

and what about if the event needs more parameters?

I can´t reuse this then?

[slender nymph]

a UnityEvent can pass up to 4 parameters https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEvent_4.html
if you need any more than that, realistically you need a struct or something that holds the data you can use for the parameter

[ionic zephyr]

for example, if I want to Invoke one event that needs the RaycastResult and an int and then I want to Invoke another that doesn´t need it, then I can´t reuse this SlotEventCall Component

[slender nymph]

so you need to pass different information to the two different objects that your draggable object could potentially be dropped on?

[ionic zephyr]

Yes, one object in which my item is dropped needs an int and the other one doesn´t

[cosmic dagger]

you can still add the method without any parameters to the event . . .

[slender nymph]

for future reference, please be forthright with that information, this is important information that determines how you can handle this. if you need to pass completely different information then you need to manually TryGetComponent for each of the two objects you are checking for on the draggable object and directly call the methods necessary there

[ionic zephyr]

the problem here is that the component which I call in one ocasion is the HotbarManager with a static reference call

[slender nymph]

why? is there a specific reason you cannot use TryGetComponent or GetComponent to check if that component is attached to the object being dropped on?

[ionic zephyr]

It is not attached since the component I want to get is in another Object

a HotbarManager

[gloomy jacinth]

How do I fix my Playfab window not opening/showing?

[toxic cove]

where do I go for like help and shit

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel

[slender nymph]

!ask 👇

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[slender nymph]

is it a parent of the object being dropped on?

[ionic zephyr]

no

[slender nymph]

why

[ionic zephyr]

because it calls a Manager which is a static reference

[slender nymph]

that makes no difference

is the hotbar manager not a parent of the hotbar? because if not, that's kind of silly design. make the hotbar manager a parent of the hotbar and you can just GetComponentInParent when you drop the items onto the hotbar instead of relying on the singleton pattern and hoping you dropped it there

[ionic zephyr]

Okay, let me try that

[slender nymph]

at this point i'm thinking you did something silly like pass those raycastresults to it because you aren't even doing anything to check if it was dropped on the hotbar until after you invoke the event and the hotbarmanager searches the results for that

[ionic zephyr]

Im really confused right now, let me try the parent thing and I´ll tell you

[bright grail]

I could use some advice. I'm developing a boss rush bullet hell game, and the first boss consists of four shooters. Each shooter uses the same script but is attached to a separate game object. Would it be better to create a single 'BossShooter' script that controls all four shooters from one game object, rather than having separate scripts for each one?

[slender nymph]

you should actually describe what your code is doing and why you're doing it the way you are. then we don't have to make assumptions, like you assuming i have any idea about the structure of your code

[ionic zephyr]

There is an abstract "HotbarManager" and there is a UI Hotbar, that isn´t a component which actions depend on this HotbarManager which has a static reference

[slender nymph]

you don't need to keep saying "static reference" i am aware that the HotbarManager is using the singleton pattern

[bright grail]

the only issue this one script is they shoot in 4 different directions which makes it harder to make one script for all

[steel stirrup]

It depends what you envision the boss doing. If the boss is conceptually a single entity controlling multiple bodies and you want to coordinate them, then yeah you could create some supervisor class to pass instructions to each (though each should still have its own component to handle shooting logic and the like). If they're just four uncoordinated enemies they should be entirely separate

[dense cedar]

How do I use getComponent if I have multiple game objects of the same type

[bright grail]

alr thanks i think ima go with just one script then

[steel stirrup]

getcomponent is scoped to a single gameobject on which it is being called

[polar acorn]

You call GetComponent on the object you want, and you pass in the type that you want

[dense cedar]

If I have two cameras, how do I get specifically camera two

[steel stirrup]

if you have gameobjects Go1 and Go2, Go1.GetComponent<Collider>() will only return a collider on Go1, it doesn't know or care about Go2

[polar acorn]

Make a public field and drag in the one you want

GetComponent not required