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[night raptor]

#763499475641172029. Never done visual scripting but I'd guess so

[fleet grotto]

for some reason its not showing display message option

[verbal dome]

What is "display message option"?

[boreal grotto]

i'm making a building tool of sorts, I need to know what direction the mouse is facing. I've got it to work but I'm interested what the most efficient way to do this would be in 2d.

sounds a bit stupid reading it back but whatever

[languid spire]

facing in relationship to what?

[boreal grotto]

a tile

[languid spire]

then just get the direction of the mouse from the tile and check the x of it

[boreal grotto]

yes but if it's in two directions at the same time it breaks the code

[languid spire]

how can it be in 'two directions at the same time'

[boreal grotto]

like i can't check which one to build if it's facing up and left

[iron wind]

you need to provide more context, not sure what you are asking

[boreal grotto]

i just woke up the english aint englishing wlel

[languid spire]

then check the distance as well

[boreal grotto]

if x is more than the abs value of y then it's right, not up or down, does that make sense?

i showed the script to a friend and he told me it's wrong but didn't tell me how

[languid spire]

tbh, no

if you have a direction vector from the tile the x will always be negative or positive giving you left or right, I dont see where y comes into this

[boreal grotto]

i have an if statement later on that checks every direction and returns a different tile for each, if it's both since the mouse is at let's say x = .5 and y = .3, it may choose to place a house facing up even though the mouse is closer to the right?

[languid spire]

you've lost me completely, this is beginning to sound like an XY (excuse the pun) problem, you'll need to explain exactly what you are trying to achieve

[boreal grotto]

... that is really hard to explain for some reason

[languid spire]

this may help, it's code I use to determine the direction of joystick movement from a gamepad but the logic should be the same for you

        Direction GetDirection(Vector2 v2)
        {
            if (v2 == Vector2.zero)
            {
                // Key up
                return Direction.Origin;
            }
            Direction dir = Direction.Origin;
            bool? on = IsOn(v2.x);
            if (on.HasValue && Mathf.Abs(v2.x) >= Mathf.Abs(v2.y))
            {
                dir = on.Value ? Direction.Right : Direction.Left;
            }
            else
            {
                on = IsOn(v2.y);
                if (on.HasValue && Mathf.Abs(v2.y) >= Mathf.Abs(v2.x))
                {
                    dir = on.Value ? Direction.Backward : Direction.Forward;
                }
            }
            return dir;
        }

        bool? IsOn(float value)
        {
            float i = value;
            if (i > 0) return true;
            if (i < 0) return false;
            return null;
        }

[boreal grotto]

it's kind of similar to what i did

[short hazel]

You need to "round" the direction to the closest 90° angle (up, down, left, right), correct?

[boreal grotto]

yes

[short hazel]

Can be done with the code above, should be able to do the same logic roughly, with two dot products (up down, left right - maybe diagonally in your case) and a few if statements to know in which quadrant the direction falls in

[oak elk]

https://pastebin.com/9LtDHhWg
guys please help
i have code for generating a minecraft type chunk based on a 3d array of block data, then faces are positioned correctly but their normals and uv are scrambled and mixed up

ive narrowed it down to the generate mesh code itself and something to do with the uv array and the other arrays not matching up

#1273959316415582250 message

ive been debugging for the whole day i cant fix it

[covert timber]

Looks like an UV issue, they should be in 0-1 range, try to log/debug them to see if they correspond to the correct location on your texture atlas

[jolly temple]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[oak elk]

UV(0.00, 1.00, 0.00)
128to32
Vertex[0]: (0.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.67, 0.20)
Vertex[1]: (1.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.75, 0.20)
Vertex[2]: (1.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.75, 0.40)
Vertex[3]: (0.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.67, 0.40)

UV(1.00, 1.00, 0.00)
144to32
Vertex[4]: (1.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.75, 0.20)
Vertex[5]: (2.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.83, 0.20)
Vertex[6]: (2.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.83, 0.40)
Vertex[7]: (1.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.75, 0.40)

UV(2.00, 1.00, 0.00)
144to32
Vertex[8]: (2.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.75, 0.20)
Vertex[9]: (3.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.83, 0.20)
Vertex[10]: (3.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.83, 0.40)
Vertex[11]: (2.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.75, 0.40)

UV(3.00, 1.00, 0.00)
144to32
Vertex[12]: (3.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.75, 0.20)
Vertex[13]: (4.00, 1.00, 0.00) (0.83, 0.20)
Vertex[14]: (4.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.83, 0.40)
Vertex[15]: (3.00, 1.00, 1.00) (0.75, 0.40)

they match the position x y i have literally no fking clue why they arent working

im about to jump out the window

wait

if i print from the mesh it changes

how

i hate my life

oh wait it didnt change fm

[covert timber]

I don't know if that's the issue but it seems that you are drawing your triangles for your face like that

here

        // Define triangles
        triangles.Add(vertexIndex);
        triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 2);
        triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 1);
        triangles.Add(vertexIndex);
        triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 3);
        triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 2);

[oak elk]

oh wait really

[wet oriole]

//
using UnityEngine;

public class RagdollMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody hips;
    public float speed;
    public float strafespeed;
    public float jumpforce;
    bool isGrounded;

    void Start(){
        hips=GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
    }
    
    public void FixedUpadte(){
        if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)){
            if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift)){
                hips.AddForce(hips.transform.forward * speed *1.5f);
            }
            else{
                hips.AddForce(hips.transform.forward * speed);
            }
            
        
        }
    }
}

my player is not showing any movement

the script is correct ig

[oak elk]

triangles.Add(vertexIndex);
triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 2);
triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 1);

                triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 3);
                triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 1);
                triangles.Add(vertexIndex + 2;

should i be doing it like this

[short hazel]

FixedUpdate is misspelled in your code snippet here

[oak elk]

ur fixed update is mispellled

ye

[wet oriole]

imma kil myself

dude

sorry

[covert timber]

nevermind your vertices are not in a Z pattern, im trying to see whats wrong

[oak elk]

ah ok lol

[oak elk]

i dont think its ever gonna be solved

this is worse than that time i used ; instead of : in a hundred line python script

and had no errors

[toxic cove]

Can I use this channel for like help on how to learn C#?

[covert timber]

I see you are setting uvs in AddFace but then you are overriding them line 84

and line 89 Rect rect = GetTileRect(textureIndex); seems to be wrong, try to use rects instead

[frosty hound]

Not in general, no. This is for Unity specific questions. You can go here for learning C# !cs

[eternal falcon]

Join the C# Discord server, a programming server aimed at coders discussing everything related to C# (CSharp) and .NET. https://discord.com/invite/csharp

[toxic cove]

Okay thank you!

[oak elk]

wait could u explain what you mean by using rects instead?

[covert timber]

I mean that you are creating a texture atlas and its returning you rects but then you are not using rects in the uvs calculation

I think an easier approach would be to create the texture atlas before you create the faces, then when you create the faces, you can set the uvs to the corresponding position on the atlas

so you can set the uvs only once in AddFace (and no need to override them later)

[oak elk]

i have a confession
when i was first turning my array of 2d tilemaps to mesh 2 days ago i used chatgpt as a base because i had no clue how mesh generation worked
the first version of it worked perfectly fine so i just built on it so i dont know how a few parts of it actually worked

[oak elk]

but i think u are onto what is causing the problem

[covert timber]

GPT is good but you have to really understand what it is doing so its easier to debug and you can adapt what it gives for your specific use case

[oak elk]

when i got rid of the entire adjusting to texture atlas part black squares started showing

i think it might be the texture changing orders when they get added to the atlas

[oak elk]

yeah i get that
i got lazy because i didnt want to spend a week watching a 12 part tutorial

but i reap what i sow now i spend 12 hours debugging one thing

[covert timber]

yes I can understand 🤣

[covert timber]

yes that might be the issue

[oak elk]

how would ur idea work? do u mean i check what kind of blocks is in each chunk, get their texture and add it to an atlas and then uv map to them after?

ill have to learn how texture atlas work because right now im mapping to individual textures for each face of each block and then adding all to an atlas

yeah ill just watch a youtube guide

btw do you have any idea why my normals are only facing one direction?

[covert timber]

so the steps would be:

• create the atlas
• create the faces (4 vertices, 2 triangles)
• set the uvs so the top left vertice match the top left of the texture on the tilemap, top right=top right, etc.. (0 to 1)
• set normal to the direction of the face

(for the normals I think mesh.RecalculateNormals() could do the trick)

[covert timber]

iirc normals are set for each vertex, and in your code you are adding only 1 normal per face, should be 4)

[oak elk]

ah ok ill see
i tried recalculate normals but it did nothing on the mesh

yeah gpt did that part i just crossed my fingers and then gave up and tried fixing the uv first

[oak elk]

ah so does that mean uv, normal and vertices arrays are all parallel lol
like index 0 for each array is for the same thing

[covert timber]

yes they should match

[oak elk]

wait gpt did add 4

[covert timber]

then triangles are just how you link vertices together

[oak elk]

i think vertices has something to do with it cuz when i switched the vertices it just flipped all the normals the opposite way etc

this is too abstract for my brain

[covert timber]

yes iirc the triangles should be created counter clockwise for the normals to be computed correctly

so

triangles.Add(0);
triangles.Add(2);
triangles.Add(1);

triangles.Add(1);
triangles.Add(2);
triangles.Add(3);

[oak elk]

lol rip

[covert timber]

Its ok cause in your code the 1 and 2 vertices are flipped

[oak elk]

ah lol

[covert timber]

nevermind, it does 0 1 2 3 clockwise

so 3 and 2 are flipped

[oak elk]

i wish i could visualize it in unity

the mesh gets generated real time so i cant even see the uv map or stuff i just have to use mental imagery

why isnt 3d tilemaps built into unity its 2024

[covert timber]

you can visualize normals in rendering debugger>material>vertex attribute>Normal

[oak elk]

oh wait really

ah lol yeah

[covert timber]

Also you should try to make only 1 face, get it look right then you can loop to create all others

its easier to debug

[night raptor]

nvm, didn't know the rendering debugger does that for you

[oak elk]

yeah i can change the size and content of the chunk really easily by just modifying chunk size and depth

https://pastebin.com/nXNS3ypq

heres the original code that turns a 2d tilemap into a mesh plane btw

it had the uvs correct but after i surgically transplanted the code it broke

[oak elk]

lol i didnt know either theres several hundred sliders and checkboxes there

yeah see it works even now when i copy paste it back

man kill me

lol

[oak elk]

also i dont get it
if texture can be split up into sprite tiles, why cant i directly get the sprites by resource.find
instead i need to calulate the rect myself

[split dragon]

Hi. I have a problem: I want to change the color (let it be alpha at the beginning) through a script, but this only works when the value in the slider reaches 0 (from 1 to 255, the alpha color does not change at all, and at 0 it changes immediately to 0). What's wrong here?

[summer stump]

Color is 0 to 1

Not 0 to 255

[split dragon]

Oh, oh... I was just looking at the values here. Thanks

[summer stump]

Yeah, that is just for ease of use in the editor, not related to the actual numbers used in code

[split dragon]

Understand. Thanks

[rich adder]

Color32 bits is what gives you 0-255

[gloomy bison]

hi so i tried making raycasts by following a tutorial because raycasts hate me, when i use the drawWireSphere bit, it puts the wire sphere somewhere else but for him it puts it where the raycast shoots. how do i fix this?

Vector3 collision = Vector3.zero;
    public LayerMask layerMask;
    private void Update()
    {
        var ray = new Ray(this.transform.position, this.transform.forward);
        RaycastHit hit;
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, 100, layerMask))
        {
            Debug.Log(hit.transform.gameObject);
        }
    }

    private void OnDrawGizmos()
    {
        Gizmos.color = Color.red;
        Gizmos.DrawWireSphere(collision, 0.2f);
    }

for context it's supposed to shoot out of the spot light forwards

[raw token]

You never assign a value to the collision field, apart from Vector3.zero?

Seems like you should be assigning the raycast hit point to it

[gloomy bison]

ah yes, thank you

thats my dumbass not paying attention

[oak elk]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

im gonna cry

[oak elk]

heres ur name mispelled

because this wouldnt be possible without ur guys help lmao

holy shit ive been debugging for 14 hours

28 if u count yesterday

[devout flower]

14 hours in one day??? Holy

[warm raptor]

hello, how can I detect if a bullet fly near-by a player, I tried with a collider in trigger mode, but it doesn't work because the bullet game object is too fast, so I think I could use raycast, but as the bullet is going very fast I don't know how to make the calculation take place all along the path and not just at the ball position when updating frames. because, as you can see, since detection is based solely on frames, the bullet wouldn't detect that it had passed near a player, whereas by tracing the bullet's path, you can clearly see that it has passed near the player.

[polar acorn]

If the bullet has a rigidbody, you could enable interpolation on it so it checks along its path

[eternal needle]

Interpolation is just a visual so it moves every frame, shouldnt affect the actual collision. You could try the collision detection modes like continuous

Oh not sure if those work with triggers though

[rich adder]

yea

or thats what I remember tbh lol

[brave compass]

If the detection zone is a trigger and the bullet is implement with raycast stepping, then you can see if it overlaps by using a line cast.

Alternatively, this can be done purely with math by calculating the distance between the line segment and the center of the player. If the distance is less than the radius of the detection zone, the bullet went through it.

Depending on of this is 2D or 3D, the math is a bit different, but neither require any complicated or expensive math operations. You can find examples of it online.

If this is 3D and the player is a capsule, you'll want to get the shortest distance between two line segments, where the player's capsule is one of those lines.

[polar acorn]

Oh, right, that's what I meant, continuous. Sorry, got my terminology mixed up between the two

[warm raptor]

oh yes it's a good idea !

[warm raptor]

nope I tried and it doesn't 😅

[covert timber]

Nice, it looks awesome 👌

[summer notch]

any reason i cant add audio sources in the inspector?

it wont let me drag and drop

[rich adder]

is this a prefab

[summer notch]

it was but i unpacked it

[rich adder]

is the audio source on the same object ? show the hierarchy

[rich adder]

which object has audiosource

[summer notch]

pixel boy

[rich adder]

I dont see it

[summer notch]

well it doesnt havbe it

thats what im trying to add

but it has a slot for it

[rich adder]

yes the slot is empty, you need to slide the component in there

[summer notch]

thats the problem

i cant

[rich adder]

why not

Add Component -> Audio Source

[summer notch]

its a on hit sound effect

[raw token]

Whatever you're dragging into that slot must be or have an Audio Source component 👀

You need to add an Audio Source component to something

[rich adder]

you're confusing AudioSource with AudioClips

[summer notch]

oh

well im trying to get it to play when a bullet hits the player

[rich adder]

AudioSource is the radio, AudioClips is the music

[summer notch]

ok one sec

i need to change this to "AudioClip"?

[rich adder]

if you want to store the audioclip in code sure

this is just a Reference, not the actual component

it means " I want to do something with this thing"
you still need to assign it which one exactly you want to do thing on

[summer notch]

this is what i hav for it

im confused where i messed up

[rich adder]

well you wouldn't Play a sound without an audiosource

you need an AudioSource to play AudioClip from

[summer notch]

so add it as a component?

[rich adder]

yes then drop it in the slot

put the sound you want inside that AudioSource clip slot

[summer notch]

ok so added it the source

[rich adder]

alr

[summer notch]

then dragged the source to the hit sound

[rich adder]

I can see that

did you try running the code now?

[summer notch]

yes

[rich adder]

also your IDE did not look configured by the white font everywhere

[summer notch]

its still not playing but it mgith be a problem with my collision detectors now

IDE?

[rich adder]

yeah your code editor

[raw token]

(And this warning)

[rich adder]

oy why is trying to use enterprise edition..

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows#install-visual-studio-and-unity

[summer notch]

im not sure but i dont have anymore time i gotta go to work

[rich adder]

check the steps ^ @summer notch

[summer notch]

i will

thanks for the help

[silver basin]

Does anybody know how to check velocity of my rigidbody on the x and z axis? I wrote this code, but it still changes when velocity on the y axis changes
void Update()
{

 xzVelocity = rb.velocity.magnitude - rb.velocity.y ;

if(xzVelocity > 13)
    {           
       
    //Do thing

    }
 else 
    {
    //Stop doing thing

    }
}

[rich adder]

var velocityXZ = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, rb.velocity.z);
float speedXZ = velocityXZ.magnitude;```

or use sqrMagnitude as its faster then do (speedXZ * speedXZ ) >

[silver basin]

ty

[muted wadi]

does anyone know if turning two sets of wheels in opposite directions will actually result in rotation using the wheel collider? I've tried to code it so specific wheels turn in specific directions but it just propels the vehicle forward

[raw token]

I don't know the answer, but I think it would be kind of tricky. I reckon it should usually work to some degree, but for it work really well it seems like that sort of rotation would depend on all of the wheels slipping roughly equally....

I'd be curious if you get better results by increasing the mass of the vehicle, or freezing it's x and z rotations

[muted wadi]

i experimented a little more and it seems both wheels can turn independently, but when they're both turning opposite directions they barely move on ground contact and the vehicle just kind of moves back and forth slightly instead of turning

i also just dont understand the extremum and asymptote values which control tyre friction

unity documentation is pretty shit at explaining how it works. All they have there is a graph

thats it

[native seal]

what are your guys thoughts on additive scene loading / dealing with scene management. I'm having issues cleaning up everything from scene changes (object pools, etc) and having to subscribe to SceneManager.sceneLoaded for everyone of my DontDestroyOnLoad classes. ideas?

[raw token]

This is the best explanation I ever found, but whatever I read there's never stuck 😅

[tranquil jackal]

Im trying to point an object towards a target, but by splitting the pitch and yaw between two transforms
any pointers on this?

[muted wadi]

thanks, im reading it now

[lethal bolt]

Isnt this how its done?

[raw token]

What's the error say?

[lethal bolt]

An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'MoveMentScript.isGrounded'

[stable heath]

Do you get the script from object?

[raw token]

So you can't access the isGrounded field via MoveMentScript.isGrounded, because that's trying to access it as if it were static - that is, a value existing directly on the class rather than any specific instance of it.

You could make isGrounded static, but it wouldn't make a lot of sense here. The moveMentScriptScriptComponent field is initialized to that value when this MonoBehaviour is instantiated, and that happens right when you add this script to a Game Object. You don't really need to know if something is grounded at that time.

You should instead initialize this value in like Start(), from the isGrounded field on the moveMentScriptComponent reference (which is presumably already referencing a specific MoveMentScript instance).

[tranquil jackal]

no, that's not at all what's going on

[lethal bolt]

Oooh

[tranquil jackal]

movementScriptScriptComponent is a reference to a MovementScript, and trying to assign "isGrounded" which is likely a boolean will not work because MovementScriptScriptComponent is not a boolean

[lethal bolt]

Oh thats true

[raw token]

What do you mean they're split between different transforms? Like, one transform only rotates on the x axis, and one on the y? How does that control the whole object's rotation?

[raw token]

Well, that is what the error was saying. But yeah, that's also a good point 👍

[lethal bolt]

Thanks to both (:

[tranquil jackal]

yeah that's what I want - its for a turret. the Pitch transform controls the gun moving up and down, while the yaw transform controls the gun moving side to side

[raw token]

Gotchya 👍

You could get a target direction for each by taking the direction to the target and zeroing out the irrelevant components... how are you rotating these transforms?

[rocky canyon]

for the X axis use Vector3(target.x, own.y, target.z)
for the Y axis use Vector3(own.x, target.y, own.z)

[tranquil jackal]

already tried that one, causes it to spin

a lot

[rocky canyon]

ohh.. bugger

[tranquil jackal]

i think i have an idea - I could convert the target's rotation into each transform's space, and try it that way?

[rocky canyon]

its gotta be possible tho.. u a turret functions exactly how most first person shooters are set up

rotating teh body left and right and the camera up and down

aka turret

[short hazel]

Work with directions. Compute the direction from turret to target, then split that. Don't use XYZ of positions of objects

[rocky canyon]

thats a solid way ^

[stable heath]

I have a problem with combining the same items in inventory. if work mergeItem function,source slot is discharge but doesnt change itemcount of targetslot.

I use scriptable object

[short hazel]

Once you have the directions split, you can convert them to Quaternions with Quaternion.LookRotation(dir) and feed that the two transform.rotations

[tranquil jackal]

if im understanding this right: i would project the direction onto the relevant plane (since the turret won't always be pointing straight up), then rotate towards that projected direction

[short hazel]

That is also an option, with Vector3.ProjectOnPlane()

[tranquil jackal]

sick, im only asking here bc my last question got me sent here (from general) for not being complex enough

unless i misunderstand how the tiered channels work, should I only ask here for vector maths stuff, or was the person that responded to me just being a bit dense lmao

[raw token]

Is Slot a struct?

[short hazel]

The concept is subjective and not well defined, so something "advanced" for one may be "intermediate" for another
Usually, unless there is a clear lack of the basics (ie. how C# works at a barebones level) you won't be redirected to another channel

[tranquil jackal]

alrighty

[rocky canyon]

tbh its right about middle ground. its not very beginner (so top level) but its not very general (probably lower level)

quaternions and rotations always have a tricky++ modifier

[stable heath]

I match slot with scriptable object.

[rocky canyon]

funfact, i always try to make something quick and simple to get my brain right for the day..
today I've chosen to follow suit

   public class TurretController : MonoBehaviour
    {
        public GameObject turretBody;
        public GameObject turretBarrel;
        public Transform target;```

[cosmic dagger]

whoops! do you receive any logs?

[rocky canyon]

the hostilities

[cosmic dagger]

also, if the items are the same, you don't need to check if both of them are stackable . . .

[cosmic dagger]

i was just makinh headers for some scripts and i use caps . . .

[stable heath]

you right:)

[rocky canyon]

I GOTCHA!

[tranquil jackal]

okay, my problem has been resolved, thank you spr2

[rocky canyon]

whoohoo! what method did u use?

[tranquil jackal]

Vector3 direction = currentTarget.rb.worldCenterOfMass - turretWeapon.transform.position;
pointer.forward = direction;
Vector3 p = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(direction, pitch.right);
Vector3 y = Vector3.ProjectOnPlane(direction, yaw.up);
pitch.forward = p;
yaw.forward = y;

this be my code

[cosmic dagger]

finally going to work on a gun using a component-based approach . . .

[tranquil jackal]

hope that works out for you - i always preferred inheritance over composition but if it works then it works :p

ok i take it back, my problem has not been solved
it bugs out when placed on any surfaces not aligned with the world up

[cosmic dagger]

i started a long time ago and stopped because of something i can't even remember, but it worked (still works) pretty well. i just add components i want to the gun for functionality. everything is executed from SOs (services) on each component. that allows me to swap them out for different behaviour . . .

[tranquil jackal]

I might just solve my problem and make it a ball turret

[native seal]

what are your guys thoughts on additive scene loading / dealing with scene management. I'm having issues cleaning up everything from scene changes (object pools, etc) and having to subscribe to SceneManager.sceneLoaded for everyone of my DontDestroyOnLoad classes. ideas?

[rocky canyon]

ooh.. inspector junkies gonna love you 🙂

[rocky canyon]

ohh nooo noo

the 2axis part is wat gives a turret its look/feel

[charred spoke]

Thats pretty much how we deal with it

[native seal]

can you elaborate

[charred spoke]

Like for example our object pool subscribes to scene unloaded and does cleanup on its objects

Like what you described

[split dragon]

Hi. I have a question: I have a public void Set Love(GameObject you). This void is attached to a button (OnClick). I need the void argument to be the object on which void hangs (in 1 button, the argument is 1 button, in 2 buttons, the argument is 2 buttons, etc.). Of course, I could do this manually, but I love you very much and I will get tired of doing it. Is there any way to contact through the script and assign?

[native seal]

so additive scene loading wouldn't solve it?

[charred spoke]

Im not sure I follow…

If you need to reset your object pool when a scene changes then you have to know when the scene has changed. Subscribing to the scene manager events is the way

[native seal]

like holding the ui, level, etc on different scenes meaning you just unload the specific scene when needed

an "additive scene loading" workflow is what its called

not sure if its worth implementing

[charred spoke]

Sure that is great too. Not sure what it has to do with ddol object cleanup

[slender sinew]

I only use additive scenes but I dont see how that helps with the object pooling problem (for example), it would just mean you need to be more granular when you clean up your object pools

[native seal]

i guess that's true

[rich adder]

what is you supposed to be, this logic doesn tmake much sense
Also they are not called voids they are methods/functions

[native seal]

it just feels messy having if (scene == "Game") etc

[slender sinew]

well you can create some kind of abstraction for it, like I use a class associated with each scene, and it has PreSceneLoad / PostSceneLoad / PreSceneUnload / PostSceneUnload methods, and then I run my scene-specific setup / cleanup code in those methods

[short hazel]

First things first, terminology: these are called methods, not voids. void is the return type, and may be replaced with something else in specific cases.
There is no easy way of getting the object the button is on automatically, especially if the script is somewhere else. You will need to do that manually

[split dragon]

Pitifully. Thanks

[native seal]

so i have multiple ddol classes which each clean themselves up. Do you think it's better practice to have them all hook into a some scene loader than handles the loading/unloading. I'm always weary making "manager" type classes though

[rich adder]

what do you need to do with that object exactly, there is probably an easier way to do what you want

[keen escarp]

What do i do when my unitiy hub just gets stuck trying to open my project?

[split dragon]

Yes, I'd rather do it manually.

[slender sinew]

if you think you need it, yeah. Nothing is "better" if you dont actually need it (to be honest I am kind of a hypocrit about this, I like to add many quality of life features).. If it's just one little spot with some gross scene checks and you dont plan on expanding on it much, then I think it's fine to leave it the way it is and focus on other things. However, yeah I think it's usually better to have something that manages scene loads / unloads rather than having to manually hook onto events and such in random classes. I don't know your codebase or the scope of your project, so it's kind of up to you to decide / experiment

[rich adder]

I mean, its valid to pass the GameObject the button is on the way you did it..

[keen escarp]

Woud love to got one week away from unity with out all my prject becoming unopenable

[steep rose]

version control is your friend with this one then

[split dragon]

I want to change the transformation of an object by mouse (target.transform.position = new Vector2(Input.MousePosition.x, Input.MousePosition.y);), where target is the object that is assigned if I click on a certain button. Let's have 3 objects, and by clicking on 1 of them, I will change its transformation, and that method is the method of assigning target to a specific object

[rich adder]

alright so, just assign a new position to obj from the SetLove method

you can in the inspector for onclick assign any gameobject you want in there

but this will be 1 button is always tied to the same gameobject

if you want to switch which object is the target you need a method to do that too

[split dragon]

I know that it is possible to assign an object in the inspector, I just wanted to assign the desired object for each link immediately through the script:(

[rich adder]

are they UI or sprite gameobjects, how you select them varies

[split dragon]

Okey. Thanks

I'll just do it the old way and that's it.

[short hazel]

I guess you could have another script on the button with your own event. Hook up the button's event to that script, which raises yet another event to your target object, automatically passing the object this script is on as an argument

Like a relay

[split dragon]

I don't want 2 scripts, I want a lot of links

[rich adder]

you only need 1 script that selects objects, then a button to run method to move or whatever

[bitter ruin]

I just want to make two objects move in the opposite direction of one another. Why is this so hard?

I can get Object A to mirror Object B just fine, but as soon as I try to move Object B, it instead of moving Object A, Object B just snaps back into position from Object A

[rich adder]

what did you try

[bitter ruin]

gameObject.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().position = otherScale.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().position * -1;

I tried attaching this script to both objects but it didn't work

[polar acorn]

Well, if both of these objects are doing this, then one of them is going to happen first

[flint barn]

Hey guys, I'm making a game that uses beat em up style maps (So sidescroller that allows you to move towards the foreground and background) but I'm having trouble understanding the best way to include collisons with objects and parts of the map that are the walls. Would Probuilder be the way to go? I was hoping there was a method where I could sort of connect the dots and wherever the lines connect, it will be unable to passthrough.

[rocky canyon]

MoveOne()
MoveOther()//using new data from One

[polar acorn]

Imagine A is at 1, 1, 1 and B is at -2, -2, -2

If A runs first, then it teleports to 2, 2, 2. Then B runs and moves to -2, -2, -2

If you want them to actually mirror each other's movement you need to do that when the movement occurs. Whenever one of them moves, you need to apply the opposite movement to the other one

[bitter ruin]

Yeah, I want them both to influence each other equally. So if I move A, B moves, and if I move B, A moves

Right now it keeps prioritizing one over the other

[polar acorn]

You're not going to get that by having one of them teleport to the mirrored position of the other. You need to actually apply movement at the same time to both

If A moves left when you press left, you need to make B move right when you press left

[bitter ruin]

So for context this is meant to be a scale, like A moves down when objects are placed on it, making B move up

And if you move that same object to the other side of the scale, B moves down making A move up

[polar acorn]

Yeah, so, whenever you tell one of the objects to move down, you should tell the other one to move up

[bitter ruin]

Yeah is there a way to just have the physics calculate that for me?

Cause writing some "if" statement for this feels like I'm overcomplicating it

Is there no way to just say "Hey, where they go, you go opposite."

[polar acorn]

If it's just scales that weigh things based on their actual mass, I think you can do something with a configurable joint but that's beyond me, and might be something to ask in #⚛️┃physics

[zenith nest]

hey everyone, can i have some help please?

[rich adder]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

:mag: Search the internet for your question!
:book: Use the API Scripting Reference and User Manual and this troubleshooting site for commonly posted issues.
:wrench: Attempt to debug your issue.
:thought_balloon: Find an appropriate channel by reading the name and description in #🔎┃find-a-channel
:grey_question: And don't ask to ask, ask a full question illustrating with screenshots if needed.
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[zenith nest]

if im having issues with my script and animation, is this the right channel to ask in? so sorry, i dont know how to navigate discord servers at all :((

[rich adder]

do you know how to read?

[steep rose]

if it is mainly for animations please go to #🏃┃animation if you believe it is for scripts post it here #💻┃code-beginner

[zenith nest]

ive finished my animation tree with no issues i think, i just have no idea on how to incorporate it into my script so the walking animations occur appropriately

i started programming yesterday

[rich adder]

time to do !learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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[steep rose]

ah, there are many tutorials for your problem, if you truly started yesterday please !learn the engine and its quirks

dang

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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[steep rose]

he got it

first

[zenith nest]

thank you!

[lethal bolt]

I dont really understand the error?

[polar acorn]

friction is a double. curSpin is a float. You can't subtract a double from a float

[rich adder]

use the proper suffix and you wont have error 😛

[summer stump]

One of the reasons var can cause issues (not trying to start anything! 😸 ). Casting that .1 will help

[short hazel]

Avoid using var when the type on the right of the = is not clearly apparent, or if you don't have the inline type hints enabled (not sure you can have them in VS Code, VS and Rider can have them)

(example)

[rich adder]

indeed it does if enabled

[short hazel]

Oh good it has that, I guess it's because it uses the Visual Studio package, might spin up the same language server as VS's

[rich adder]

iirc is the C# Devkit package that does all the magic

[lethal bolt]

does anyone know how to stop the curspin when im not rotating the MouseWheel?

[rich adder]

surprisingly thats the one you need license for (just like VS)

[late burrow]

i really hate unity for not giving sleep function outside of coroutines

[rich adder]

mousewheel is a delta. so just check if its 0

[short hazel]

The more I look at the code, the worse it gets, but the use of += in the middle of line 31 here is pobablly incorrect.
As well as line 19 that does nothing

[lethal bolt]

I know

its a place holder

because i want the main function first

[fading mountain]

hey guys. Which unity joint would I use to make the differrent sections of the snake in the snake game? I'm trying to use the distance joint 2d but ive never used joints before and its not working at all. this is my first project.

[rich adder]

interesting, no idea you could use joints for that game..

are you sure its not relative joint you need?

[rich adder]

show what you currently have and whats happening instead

[fading mountain]

what would I use instead?

[rich adder]

idk last time I made it I just use lots of math , thats why im interested to know if its some holygrail method i never heard of lol

or do you mean something less old-school like Slither.io

[fading mountain]

i think its more like slither.io now that I think of it.

because the snake doesnt move on a grid. at least not yet

[lethal bolt]

How to i check the Delta?

[rich adder]

just check for == 0
the delta would be no scroll to scroll

thats why you scroll faster you get bigger number etc.

[rich adder]

you need mp4 to embed in discord

[lethal bolt]

That makes sense. But i cant type MouseWheel. What do i need to put in?

[rich adder]

ah yeas then a bit less traditional, I can see why you would use rigidbody.. hmm I would need to see code as well

[rich adder]

wdym ?
first of all store it in a variable so its easier to check values against it

[lethal bolt]

if ( dont know what to put == 0)

[quick fractal]

Would getcomponent fail if the gameobject I'm trying to.. Get, is disabled?

It still exists 😔

[rich adder]

float mouseScrollAmnt = Input.GetAxis(Mouse ScrollWheel)
if(mouseScrollAmnt == 0) //not scrolling
if(mouseScrollAmnt != 0) // scrolling

[raw token]

I would think three hinge joints, no? One at the fulcrum, and one for each weight plate thingy 👀

You may need two extra rbs on either end of the fulcrum for the plates to hinge to so their weight isn't applied to the fulcrum's center of mass

[fading mountain]

Only the first white circle called "Player" has any script on it. and the script is as follows: https://gdl.space/icipezatih.cs

[lethal bolt]

Thanks!

[west obsidian]

with

using UnityEngine;

public class Script : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform body;
    Vector3 place;

    void Update()
    {
        place = body.position;
        Debug.Log(place);
    }
}

I get the error
UnassignedReferenceException: The variable body of Script has not been assigned. You probably need to assign the body variable of the Script script in the inspector.

However, it says its assigned in the inspector, and I get the correct position returned...

[rich adder]

nope

[west obsidian]

however, this is causing errors in my full script

[rich adder]

check for copies ?

[west obsidian]

of the object in inspector? none.

[rich adder]

in the hierarchy
t:Script
also naming a component , Script 😬

[fading mountain]

I'm not familiar with hinge joints or joints in general. so in the case of a snake made of circles, what would be the fulcrum? each circle?

[rich adder]

maybe learn how the joints work first 😅 then start adventuring into doing shapes and movements

[west obsidian]

well the script is named "dynamicCamera" lol

I just substituted words

[rich adder]

wdym says public class Script : MonoBehaviour

[polar acorn]

It does. You can absolutely use Thread.Sleep anywhere you want

[west obsidian]

well I simplified, I actually have public class DynamicCamera : MonoBehaviour, place is actually notCam, and body is actually elephantCam, I just didnt want to distract from the simple error I was getting

[raw token]

I'm not too familiar with them either... But I'm not sure I follow how a circle snake is related to a seesaw/weight scale?

I was just thinking something like this, where the black things are RBs and the purple lines are hinges

Edit: Ohhhhh I totally read the wrong question. I'm all mixed up

[rich adder]

well you should share it as is, many people know how to read code with, waste to change it up to send lol

anyway just search it by that name then and see if any copies show

[west obsidian]

here is the result of this code if you want the actual names

[rich adder]

either you have a copy like i said or it gets unassigned on start

[fading mountain]

Ohh i think we misunderstod each other, I'm not making a weight scale I'm making a snake game. a hinge join is probably the correct way to make a scale but obviously wouldn't really work in a snake game where we are adding parts of the snake

[west obsidian]

no unassignment at start

[rich adder]

did you search t: DynamicCamera

[west obsidian]

where?

[rich adder]

on the searchbar of the hierarchy like i said already

[raw token]

Yes - absolutely my bad! I've somehow completely responded to the wrong question. I'm not sure where the question I was addressing is now 🤪

[rich adder]

check all those objects for that script then

[west obsidian]

theyre all where theyre supposed to be idk man

[rich adder]

BUT are they assigned

the error is saying no

[west obsidian]

wait

why do each of the objects have their own copies of the script!?

[rich adder]

idk its your project

[west obsidian]

I only added the script to the main camera wth

[rich adder]

apparently not

[west obsidian]

can I remove it?

[rich adder]

well yea..

[polar acorn]

Because you put them there

[rich adder]

if you had multiple objects selected somehow when you put the script that could be a reason

[west obsidian]

must have been an accident haha, I have been in the code window this entire time and only remember putting it on the camera, if I write in the document that the objects are public then drag them onto the script does that count as assignment?

thats how I selected them, but I only dragged my script from the asset window onto the main cam

[rich adder]

its not a "document" its a class

[west obsidian]

yep, my bad

thanks for the help lol, I didnt know that was a thing, anyways I will def be using that debugging method in the future 😁

[rich adder]

and yes thats assignment, otherwise in code its done with =

[west obsidian]

ah, I thought it only assigned them within the script, not parented the script to the object

[rich adder]

np. there are many more hidden treasures in the manual

[fading mountain]

I have a question, would it be better to manage the segments of a snake in code or by using unity joint components?

[rich adder]

well one requires a lot of math and one doesn't

well not soo much a "lot of math" that exaggerated but you need to understand loops and stuff, maybe collection of sections

rigidbody seems easier if you can pull it off with joints

[fading mountain]

i would prefer to use joints since this is for a game jam but I thought maybe joints arent even used for this purpose

[rich adder]

well if its not a grid you should be good then

[languid spire]

Splines sounds like a better option

[rich adder]

could work, just a bit more complex

[fading mountain]

I fixed my issue! the rigidbodies of the segments were set to kinematic instead of dynamic... chatGPT toold me that that wouldn't work

lol

[languid spire]

easier than joints, joints are a pain and they eat time to get them right

[rich adder]

gpt 😬
so it works now at least

[brazen mortar]

If an gameobject with components in a list<T> is destroyed, are the components removed from the list?

i.e. will I get a nullRefException if I try to foreach through the list

[rich adder]

they will just be Missing

[languid spire]

no

[brazen mortar]

cool thanks

(yes to the second question, then?)

[languid spire]

indeed

[brittle veldt]

is working with instantiating objects through using data from saved json files considered beginner or should I move to one of the lower channels to ask regarding this? ill delete this message after

[rich adder]

what is the question

[brittle veldt]

I have a json file that stores the state of a chunk in my world. At the moment, it contains the position of the chunk, the objects in that chunk, the prefab file path to each object prefab and where they are located in the world. I have no trouble with parsing this data and checked that I've retrieved this correctly.

I am trying to instantiate a prefab from my assets folder using this data and I'm seeming not able to do that

in the code below, it uses a class i've made which stores the data about each object

• objectName (string), the name of the object (like "Cube")
• prefabPath (string), assets folder location of the prefab (like "Assets/Resources/Cube.prefab")
• a float list called objectPosition, this is self explanatory

foreach (ObjectData data in objectData)
        {
            Debug.Log($"Loading: {data.objectName}");
            GameObject prefab = Resources.Load<GameObject>(data.prefabPath);

            if (prefab != null)
            {
                Vector3 newPos = new Vector3(data.objectPosition[0], data.objectPosition[1], data.objectPosition[2]);
                GameObject newObj = Instantiate(prefab, newPos, Quaternion.identity);
                newObj.transform.SetParent(newChunk.transform);
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.Log($"{data.prefabPath} doesn't exist"); // This is always shown when an attempt at instantiating happens
            }

            Debug.Log($"Loaded: {data.objectName}");
        }

        Debug.Log("Chunk loaded from memory");

From my testing, it's like the file path I provide just doesn't exist, even though the prefab is in the correct location

[languid spire]

did you read the Resouces.Load documentation?

[brittle veldt]

yes

[languid spire]

then you should know that your path is incorrect

[brittle veldt]

why is that? what did i miss?

[languid spire]

this
"Assets/Resources/Cube.prefab")
for Resources.Load should just be
"Cube"

[brittle veldt]

i'm even more confused now

i tried passing data.objectName earlier and it didnt work

cos I read another article and thats what they did

i tried it now and it works

no idea why that was the case

Ok i see why now, the folder has to be called "Resources" for unity to automatically check there and grab the prefab to load

[brittle veldt]

thanks for your help

[late burrow]

well it in fact sleeps

but i expected other things to work while my script is sleeping

[polar acorn]

Well, you're pausing the main thread. What would you expect to happen?

Only one line of code can ever be running at a time

So it is just that script sleeping

which means nothing else can happen either

[late burrow]

i expected non script stuff to still work

[polar acorn]

There's no such thing as non-script stuff

Everything a computer does is code

[late burrow]

ok so in short

lua sleep

is much nicer

[frosty hound]

In short, it's been what, 3 years and you're still spouting nonsense?

[polar acorn]

Because lua is a script, not a program

The thing running your lua script has paused completely

waiting for it to finish

[late burrow]

during 3 years i tried make coroutines like 50 times and each time they had different kind of error

[frosty hound]

And I'm sure each of the times you've made wild inaccurate claims too.

[polar acorn]

Then you should probably have tried doing them correctly instead

[brittle veldt]

why would he want to pause the main thread, does that not just prevent him from enabling it back on lol

[frosty hound]

You haven't met Anuked, spare yourself and don't question it.

[polar acorn]

He doesn't want to pause the main thread he just doesn't know what "main thread" is

[brittle veldt]

oh i see

[eternal needle]

It's almost like an experiment, how far could one go without learning the basics of c#

[languid spire]

you're being unfair, of course the computer should just know what I want and if it doesn't then it's broken

[cosmic dagger]

wait, you still can't get a coroutine running? you gotta be kidding me? 🤯

[steep rose]

thats wild, 😂

[rocky gale]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Unity.VisualScripting;
using UnityEngine;

public class RollPlayer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public List<Sprite> playersToRoll;

    GameObject player;

    public int[] table =
    {
        60,
        20,
        15,
        5
    };

    int total;
    int randomNum;

    private void Start()
    {
        player = GameObject.Find("Player").gameObject;

        foreach (var weight in table)
        {
            total += weight;
        }
    }

    public void Roll()
    {
        randomNum = Random.Range(0, total);

        for (int i = 0; i < table.Length; i++)
        {
            if (randomNum <= table[i])
            {
                Debug.Log(playersToRoll[i]);
                player.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sprite = playersToRoll[i].GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sprite;
                return;
            }
            else
            {
                randomNum -= table[i];
            }
        }
    }
}

why do i get error : NotSupportedException: Specified method is not supported. NotSupportedException: Specified method is not supported.
Unity.VisualScripting.ComponentHolderProtocol.GetComponent[T] (UnityEngine.Object uo) (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.visualscripting@1.9.4/Runtime/VisualScripting.Core/Utilities/ComponentHolderProtocol.cs:70)
RollPlayer.Roll () (at Assets/RollPlayer.cs:42)

[rich adder]

sprite doesn't have GetComponent

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

[rocky gale]

its spriterendrer

[rich adder]

no its not

[rocky gale]

wdym

GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>().sprite

[rich adder]

playersToRoll[i] is a sprite

[rocky gale]

oooo yea

[rich adder]

there is no such method on Sprite type

[rocky gale]

u right

thx

[rich adder]

hence the using Unity.VisualScripting namspace

[agile summit]

Hello. I need to make a system in which we store a String (Scenario/Explanation) + Int and String (Outcome/Result e.g +20 Money) + Int and String (Outcome 2/Result 2 e.g -20 Creativity). We need to store all 3 of those together, becuase...

We have more than 10 scenarios which we have to randomly pick from, then show it on the screen, and then update the game mechanics to the outcome values. I'm thinking to make 3 arrays with the values and I put all values in order and it should work.

Or maybe we can make separate methods for each scenario (which will result in 10+ methods, i.e 1 method for each scenario) and we return our values as a return type. But the problem in this is that the code looks really messy as one method for each scenario will clutter up the script. And I don't think we can return more than one datatype in a method.

Can anyone please suggest a way to store all 3 of the values together?

[polar acorn]

Make a class that has all the values you need, then make a list of that type

[agile summit]

Amazing... So simply make a "Scenario" script which has all the values as Constant as I won't be chancing it. Then, I reference it anywhere I want.

[summer notch]

if i wanted to make a rythm game with enemies that shoot at you on beat what would be your suggested way of coding this?

the first thing that comes to my mind is delaying enemy bullets to when it should happen in the song but that seems lengthy

[rich adder]

find the peaks through analyzing the audio, work your way from there

[summer notch]

so im gonna have to manually code the enemies shooting with delays in timing yes?

[rich adder]

delays?

[summer notch]

like if a bass drop happens 28 seconds into the song

i delay the enemies bullet by 28 seconds before it instantiates

[rich adder]

doing manually means you will have to deal with all the songs etc

[summer notch]

i only plan on doing one for now just to see if its a sustainable idea later on

[rich adder]

it doesn't scale well

coding analyzing audio spectrum, figuring out which frequencies / pattern corresponds to what's happening in the song is always the more modular way

[summer notch]

im a bit confused

look at the waves in the song is what im getting

how im supposed to translate that into code is whats confusing me

[agile summit]

can someone please tell me what does $ mean inside a string, I've seen it alot but don't know what it does. Here is a code for example:

Debug.Log($"{stat.Key} has reached 20 or less.");

[rich adder]

you don't look with your eyes but yes through code analyzing, its numbers

[summer notch]

ohhh

[rich adder]

string interpolation

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/tokens/interpolated

[summer notch]

still im confused on this part

[rich adder]

You read the raw data of the audio eg with audioSource.GetSpectrumData

then you figure out which frequency belongs to what

short to high frequency means its most likely dropping into a beat, etc

its just numbers, plugin a GUI to it, play the song you start seeing what happens with those numbers, from there things will seem easier to create pattern from

[summer stump]

Do you know what a fourier transform is?

[summer notch]

so those numbers would tell me when im supposed to make the bullets spawn

no

[rich adder]

exactly , you look at the peaks and frequencies that interest you, you then do simple if (thisFreqPeak > min) spawnBullet

I have a demo of this but its on my other pc and forgot to make a repo 😛 Im giving you more or less the ballpark rundown

[summer stump]

Basically an analysis of frequencies present in a complex waveform. Mathematical equation to breakdown the wave into the fundamentals that make it up

https://phys.libretexts.org/Learning_Objects/Demos_Techniques_and_Experiments/Fourier_Transform_A_Brief_Introduction

[summer notch]

ok lemme try to reiterate what you said

correct me if im wrong

analyze the audio

certain frequencys will give me different numbers

i take said numbers and use that to determine when the bullet is spawning

[rich adder]

more or less.
different ranges of frequency usually mean specific sounds
when the peak reaches certain number spawn a bullet and so on

a Kickdrum typically in low/mid frequencies etc.

[summer notch]

so how would i analyze the audio to find these numbers

and how would i use the numbers in my own code?

never thought this far lol

[rich adder]

you will need to learn how these numbers work
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource.GetSpectrumData.html

[summer stump]

What is the sample arrag you are getting? The array is the size of the sample rate, and the float is the db-fs level?
The docs are confusing me a bit

[summer notch]

samething here

[rich adder]

I need to look back at my project its beena couple of years. I saw a few youtubes that explained it well let me find it

this is the series I learned most of this from, stil newbie to it

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3POsQzaCw53p2tA6AWf7_AWgplskR0Vo

[summer notch]

i think i understand

so on lets say i hi hat if they had a frequency of 18 for exampls

i make my hi hat bullets come at when 18 shows up

[rich adder]

yeah but more or less 18 could always be there just very low, its just checking how loud it is at the time

check the guy i sent, he explains it pretty well

the first 3 is theory behind it

[summer notch]

this is what the audio im using looks like

[rich adder]

thats how most audio waveforms look yes

[summer notch]

wow

just a bit intimidating imagining all this

[rich adder]

you have to run through it a couple of times eventually it makes more sense

[obsidian granite]

is there a builtin way to do boolean modification on rectangles? for example, difference/union/intersection?

the math doesn't seem like it'd be that hard, but i also got like a c in linear algebra so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

i found a way to do it, i'm just going to join the sprites by creating a texture and writing to it.

[summer notch]

is this the code to retrieve the frequencies?

[rich adder]

this samples the audio and gives its raw data then you can read the frequency
did you see the playlist I linked? it explains everything.

[summer notch]

i am but it looks like hes using a different code

[rich adder]

where..

he literally named a whole video after the method i sent

https://youtu.be/0KqwmcQqg0s?list=PL3POsQzaCw53p2tA6AWf7_AWgplskR0Vo

[summer notch]

this compare to this is what i mean

[rich adder]

mate.

those are examples in the docs

they arent meant to be copied every time you want to use the function

[summer notch]

my bad

[rich adder]

the unity example is very basic, just shows you more or less what its doing.
His is going to show you what each range of numbers mean

hopefully you did not skip the video prior to this, the theory is just as important

[summer notch]

ok i got it to work

im more of a hands on learner so i wanted to see what itd do from my perspective

thanks for the help im definetely going to use your help and his tmr when i code my first few bullets in after work

[rich adder]

alrighty

watch the later ones too, there is more to refine so you get specific hits or specific bullets for different sounds too

[summer notch]

for sure

thank you

[rich adder]

[sour fulcrum]

feeling really dumb, how can i convert some timer info into a 0.0 - 1.0 scale?

eg. 30f / 60f = 0.5f

[summer stump]

Current / max
If current >= max reset to 0?

For a timer that increases of course

[sour fulcrum]

jesus its just division 😭

thank you so sorry

[summer stump]

No worries

[dense pike]

I need some help with animator and script

[summer stump]

Best to just lay out the issue and ask then. If it is animation code, you should ask in #🏃┃animation though

[dense pike]

I @summer stump I need to make enemy play from idle animation to attack when in player range

[strong wren]

@jaunty crag Don't advertise outside of appropriate channels.

[jaunty crag]

Oh, i am sorry

[lethal bolt]

How can i set a Gamobject to another gameobject in array?

i know its +=

[eternal needle]

Read the error

The issue isnt with trying to set a gameobject here, the addition part makes no sense

[lethal bolt]

I know it was just so it easier to explain what i mean

I want to get the object 0 of the array when currentBodyPart is = 0?

[eternal needle]

BodyParts is an array of gameobject?
You access the array with BodyParts[currentBodyPart]

[lethal bolt]

Thank you!

[atomic yew]

Hello everyone. I reinstalled Unity on my computer. In the past, when I clicked on the error in the console, I would reach the incorrect line of code. Now when I click on the error in the console, nothing happens. What can I do so that when I click on the error in the console, I go to the wrong line?

[abstract dew]

does anyone have any ideas on how to make a cube stick and walk on wall pretty new at this and struggling a bit (its 2D)

[short hazel]

You most likely need to reconfigure Unity and tell it which code editor you're using with it.
!ide

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[warm raptor]

As you suggested, I made my calculations and in the end I came up with this formula, which seems far too complicated for me to apply to Unity, and it's highly likely that I've made a few small mistakes 😅

[brave compass]

So this is in the 3D, right? The bullet start and end points are 3D and the player's detection zone is a 3D shape? Is it a sphere or is it a capsule?

[warm raptor]

yes it's 3D and the bullet start and points are also 3d and for the player coordinates I just chose the center of the player

[brave compass]

What shape is the detection zone?

[warm raptor]

what do you mean, because I don't have any physical detection zone in unity? but in my calculous the detection zone is a sphere

[brave compass]

Well, in most 3D games, whether it's first person or third person, the player is most often represented as a capsule shape, to mimic the shape of a human. But if your player is very short or ball shape, then a sphere makes more sense. Which one is it for your game?

[warm raptor]

Oh yes ok, it's a capsule

[brave compass]

Then calculating the closest distance between the capsule and the path of the bullet will be best. Otherwise, if you just compare to a single point, like the center of the capsule, bullets whizzing over their head will be reported as further away than those going past their hip.

[warm raptor]

ok, but how I can do that, because I have a gigantic calculation when I calculate with a single point in the center, so if I calculate with the edge it's going to be worse.

[brave compass]

You can look for code implementations of this math by searching for "shortest distance between line segments 3D".
For example:
https://zalo.github.io/blog/closest-point-between-segments/

[eternal needle]

that gigantic calculation can just be ditched

[warm raptor]

yes, I quickly realized that such a long calculation was not sustainable.

[brave compass]

And if it was not already clear, the line segment to represent the player should be this, not the entire height of the capsule.

A capsule is simply a line segment with a radius, like how a sphere is a point with a radius.

[warm raptor]

it look so easy now ...

[split dragon]

Hi. I have a problem: I want to move an object with the mouse cursor, but when I put this movement on it, its coordinates become very large and it goes off the screen. How do I save the coordinates of an object?

[late burrow]

finally something worked

async seems to work better

[eternal needle]

well surely if you for once just properly shared a question and your code, people would actually help you make a proper coroutine. instead you insist on being vague and just complaining that it doesnt work

if you arent aware of how async works in unity, you'll run into issues quickly

[eternal needle]

you cant directly use Input.mousePosition, this is in pixel coords https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Input-mousePosition.html
You might want a function like this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Camera.ScreenToWorldPoint.html though it depends what you're trying to do

[split dragon]

Thanks

[short hazel]

The second screenshot looks like it was taken from a Rect Transform, so the object is probably on a Canvas. You need to confirm that though, as well as the canvas type (screen space overlay, screen space camera, etc.)

[neon ivy]

I want to have a variable that is a static material, but it doesn't show up in the inspector so how do I fill it?

[unkempt gyro]

Who can help. There is a code that I hang on an object that can be moved by clamping the paintwork. At the same time, this object can enter through other objects (for example, the floor). How can this collision be handled?

[warm raptor]

Is their a function In C# to calculate the distance between 2 points ?

[eternal needle]

anything static wont show in inspector, does this actually need to be static?
you could use resources to populate it if static. Otherwise you could use like a scriptable object and pass that around instead

[eternal needle]

if you want it to not go through objects, you'll either have to move it via unity physics (rigidbodies) or use physics queries to see if its valid to move it in such a way

[neon ivy]

I guess I can use an SO for this. just don't wanna constantly update prefabs with a bunch of references

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Distance.html
its a unity function, since a point is a Vector3, which is a unity thing

[warm raptor]

Ok thx !

[eternal needle]

you could just use Resources then. but i really dont know why anything SO related would require you to constantly update prefabs. If you're doing this via code, then you'd have to update the code everytime which is arguably worse.

[clever panther]

Sorry for the stupid question, but I created a simple movement script that uses the Force-Features of the rigidbody and works fine on the normal build. But in WebGL my player very very slowly falls and my movement doesnt work at all. Is there a setting for WebGL that I'm missing?
Also as a side question, how do you stop the WebServer that is started in Unity to play the game in Browser xD?

Hmm, maybe I fricked up my delta-time stuff

[wintry quarry]

Definitely an issue with your code. You'd have to show it

[opaque idol]

I need for a raycast to be able to detect a composite collider 2d of a tilemap whilst still in outline mode. When in polygon mode, the colliders are not perfectly straight and cause serious issues, so outline mode is required. However, outline disallows for raycast detection, so I cannot use raycasts for my desired use. How can I circumvent this issue?

[clever panther]

I found it out. I got an SO that has information like Gravity, which is calculated on the OnValdiate Function. And fields that I didnt declared as SerializedField didn't get calculated in the Build and that why my gravity was suddenly 0

[wintry quarry]

Outline mode has no problem with Raycasts unless you're doing something strange

Are you expecting to hit the "inside" of the collider instead of the edge?

What's the goal?

[opaque idol]

I draw a raycast every frame and check if it is detecting the ground (and give the raycast a layermask so it only detects the tilemap composite collider considered ground) and it only ever detects the ground when it is in polygon mode.

My understanding is that edge based colliders can't interact, so I'm trying to find a way to circumvent this.

[wintry quarry]

Sounds like perhaps your Raycast is originating from the wrong location

[wintry quarry]

This understanding is not correct

[opaque idol]

good 😭

[opaque idol]

I use debug.ray to see what im doing.

[wintry quarry]

Ok so let's see it

Show the code and what it draws etc

[opaque idol]

Vector2 rayOrigin = new Vector2(transform.position.x - 1.3f, transform.position.y - 1.80f);

RaycastHit2D[] bottomRaycast = Physics2D.RaycastAll(rayOrigin, -transform.up, 1, LayerMask.GetMask("Foreground"));

Debug.DrawRay(rayOrigin, -transform.up, Color.red);

if (bottomRaycast.Length == 0) {
      playerRB.AddForce(-playerRB.velocity,   ForceMode2D.Impulse);
      playerRB.AddForce(transform.up * -speed, ForceMode2D.Impulse);
}

if (letItRipTimer <= 0) {
    ResetPlayer();
}

it draws a line on the corner of the player's sprite directly into the ground, but detects no ground.

[wintry quarry]

Can you show a screenshot

[opaque idol]

1 sec

don't mind the garbage pixel art 😭

but you can see the ray in the ground and it isn't detecting it

[wintry quarry]

The ray is starting underneath the ground

You need the ray to pass through the edge for it to detect

Start the ray a little higher up

[opaque idol]

I CAN"T EVEN SAY BRUH

1984

in any case...

it works ty ❤️

[lethal bolt]

How to i spawn a random one of the walls? i thougth it was this easy

[deft grail]

Walls[yournumber]

is how you access a certain element from your array/list

[dreamy haven]

where can i go and ask for help because i cant find it the support channel

[deft grail]

depends for what, they are all support channels

this one is for code

[dreamy haven]

why is it wrong

[steel kite]

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Vector2 _movementInput;
    private Rigidbody2D _myRigidBody2D;
    private Animator animator;
    private SpriteRenderer _spriteRenderer;
    private void Awake()
    {
        _myRigidBody2D = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
        _spriteRenderer = GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
    }
    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        _myRigidBody2D.velocity = _movementInput * _speed;
        animator.SetFloat("xVelocity", _myRigidBody2D.velocity.magnitude);
    }
    
    private void OnMove(InputValue inputValue)
    {
        _movementInput = inputValue.Get<Vector2>();

        if (_movementInput.x < 0 && _spriteRenderer.flipX) {
            Debug.Log("turnleft " + _spriteRenderer.flipX);
            
            animator.SetBool("turnLeft", true);
            _spriteRenderer.flipX = false;
            animator.SetBool("turnLeft", false);
            
        } else if (_movementInput.x > 0 && !_spriteRenderer.flipX) {
            Debug.Log("turnright " + _spriteRenderer.flipX);
            animator.SetBool("turnRight", true);
            _spriteRenderer.flipX = true;
            animator.SetBool("turnRight", false);
        }else {
            animator.SetBool("turnRight", false);
            animator.SetBool("turnLeft", false);
        }
    }

}

The code prints log texts, but does not change the "turnLeft" and "turnRight" Bools.

[deft grail]

whats the error

[dreamy haven]

i don't knwo what i done wrong i watch the video and i have done step by step but is wrong for some reason

[deft grail]

any errors? did you write it wrong the bool names specifically

[dreamy haven]

this but it works fine on the other one

[steel kite]

there is no error. I can walk without any problems. The variable xVelovity (in fixedupdate) is being updated. but the turnLeft and turnRight bools do not change.

[dreamy haven]

if you see the other 2 photos i send

[deft grail]

yeah, your code is not the same as the video

your missing something

[deft grail]

then they are being overwritten somewhere else straight away i would assume.
if its got no errors then it has no reason for the bool NOT to change

[dreamy haven]

i understood that but why is working on one of them and the other doesnt

[deft grail]

because its not the same code?

so the working code works, the not working code doesnt work

[deft grail]

also your overly complicating it, unless you have specific sprite designs.
all you need to do is flip the sprite instead of using whole different animations or whatever its doing

[steel kite]

I have a turn animation. I want to play this

[dreamy haven]

i just his code with my one and is the same

[steel kite]

When I started walking to the right while standing facing left;

left idle -> right turn -> right walk

I want it to be like

[deft grail]

it is not the same, notice the part exactly after <Manager> and before .GameOver()

[dreamy haven]

is not working

[willow scroll]

It's a method

[deft grail]

now screenshot the line from the tutorial

[willow scroll]

Is there any difference between this one and yours?

[deft grail]

there is

[dreamy haven]

no just this one doesnt work and idk why and teh otehr one is working

[willow scroll]

So there is no difference between these two?

[willow scroll]

yey!

[dreamy haven]

but what is it?

[deft grail]

()

because FindObjectOfType is a method

you call a method by using ()

[dreamy haven]

thank u

i miss that part

[lunar kelp]

guys i think im having a problem here

[neon mirage]

Hi all! I'm following Game Maker's tutorial to build flappy. I tried my best to get the zero at where it is. But when I enter the game mode, no text showed up on the screen, the 0 just didnt appear. Help! Thanks !!

I'm sure the zero is in the range of the camera, I tried moving it but it never been able to show up

[glossy eagle]

go to the game view and check if it's visible there, because the rectangle that is fully visible in the scene view there might only be the camera, but not the canvas. Like the canvas I think is the rectangle that is not fully visible there

[lunar kelp]

nvm i fixed it

[neon mirage]

the camera is indeed the small rectangle. The huge rectangle is correlated with the text, I think it's called canvas, and once I delete it the text also gone, I dont really unserstand this thing

[glossy eagle]

okay so first things first, the canvas itself is not the text, like the canvas is what "holds" all the UI elements if that makes sense😅
So like imagine the canvas as a screen that is always stuck in front of the camera. Whatever image/text is in that canvas will appear in the camera too

[steep rose]

you dont even have the camera selected in render camera

i would select it for the UI to show

[neon mirage]

thank you I ll try that

[neon mirage]

ok I ve no idea of how to do that, could I get the steps, ty vm

[steep rose]

select the canvas, look at the inspector and where render camera is and either click the circle with a dot in the center and select your camera or drag the camera into the field from the hierarchy.

[glossy eagle]

okay just to test something, if you move the text to here does it show when you press play? Like does it show on the bottom left?

[steep rose]

i didnt even notice that 😂
that might work but they still need a camera for the canvas to render on.

[glossy eagle]

well they do have a camera already, no? Like it's the first thing in the hierarchy, so if it doesn't have unchecked the UI culling option it should render anyway I think. I might be wrong tho, haven't worked 2D in a while lol

[steep rose]

well there is no camera in the render camera field?

im loading in a project to see if we are correct

[neon mirage]

This worked!!!

Thank you all youve saved my mood and my night!!

[glossy eagle]

yeah you are correct, I didn't notice it was Screen Space, my bad lol

[neon mirage]

it didn't worked tried that

[steep rose]

👍

[glossy eagle]

lol now I'm confused, I have no camera in the Render Camera field and it is working haha. Guess 2D works different than 3D, but now I know😅

[steep rose]

ah it says it defaults to Screen space-overlay if no camera is selected

and yeah i have no idea if that affects 2D or not 🤔

[glossy eagle]

oh okay

[plain abyss]

I have a small doubt
I am not exactly sure how can i get the "Value" of the dropdown into my "LOCBOX" Script
Can someone guide me through
I have read about get component and also tried creating a public variable but nothing seems to work

[languid spire]

to start with the type of your Dropdown variable in the script is wrong, fix that first then it's simple

[wintry quarry]

You're probably using Dropdown instead of TMP_Dropdown which is the correct type here

[languid spire]

He's using Text Mesh

[plain abyss]

yes I have gone through that as well
not sure why this error is appearing

[rich adder]

did you add the namespace?

using TMPro

[languid spire]

because you are missing a using statment

[plain abyss]

oh! yes that worked thanks a lot!

[rich adder]

If you press control period or just adding the class usually add namespace for you. Sounds like you have an unconfigured IDE

[stark gate]

Hi friends! picking up unity after ages of not touching it and feel like I'm basically starting from scratch. Here's my basic pseudocode for this question:
GameStateManager (singleton):
bool toggleable
Awake():
toggleable = false
Update():
OnKeyDown(Spacebar):
toggleable = !toggleable
PlayerClass:
Start():
if(gsm.toggleable):
set color to green
else:
set color to blue
now my question comes with the update function of player class. Since my state logic is in GameStateManager, whats the best way to ensure that when my GameStateManager toggles its bool, the color toggles? Right now I'm doing something horribly messy by creating an internal toggleable bool in playerclass and essentially having two seperate toggleables but that seems prone to mistakes with desynced toggleable states

[rich adder]

Use events

[stark gate]

Ive seen two types of events, c# and unity events, which do you suggest I use?

[rich adder]

honestly recommend learning c# events first, UnityEvent is mainly useful for serializing the event in the inspector, (think unity OnClick event for button)
thats up to you though.

[stark gate]

Thank you! I'll look into it 🙂

[rich adder]

the benefit of Unity event is you dont have to subscribe to event in script, unity does it for you and calls method directly

[umbral rock]

i have an issue where when i move to the right or forward my camera randomly starts spinning for no reason?

[rich adder]

!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.

[rich adder]

🥱

[rich adder]

!screenshots

[eternal falcon]

No

Be mindful, if someone requests your code as text, don't send a screenshot!

[rich adder]

if its first person and camera is parented, did you lock the rigidbody

spinning in what way? make a video of issue

[umbral rock]

well, if i move forward the camera goes to the right

and if i move right the camera moves left

a tiny bit

[rich adder]

there is nothing that moves the camera

either you referenced the wrong transform or somethin

[umbral rock]

its only when i standing on the plane ground?

[rich adder]

idk dude you havent shared much detail on the actual setup or shown screenshots, just flying blind here

the code isnt the issue unless its placed on wrong object or referenced wrong one, I can't tel anything beyond that without seeing it..

[wintry quarry]

Mhmm the error is telling you what you're missing there.

[tough rampart]

I have this problem, could someone help me?

I want to drag and drop the character freely, but it does this weird thing

[steep rose]

if you want us to help you please read the code rules and actually post code and details on what your problem is

[rich adder]

nothing anyone can do without seeing some code and the setup on the objects

not psychic

[tough rampart]

I gave the "Slot" script to "Square" and "Drag" to "Root" and now the character doesn't even move

[glacial stump]

okay beginner question:

When Unity mentions a "Syntax error: ',' expected.", when it's on a line of code where there is absolutely no need for a comma, what else could it mean?

[steep rose]

show us the code

[languid spire]

the error is on a preceding line

[glacial stump]

gonna need to use the paste thingy again. bare with

https://gdl.space/vatabahake.cs

[languid spire]

btw, you should be using your IDE to see these things not Unity

[glacial stump]

It's telling me it's specifically on the last string, which has one comma for the Range bit, again i've copied this directly from a tutorial

[glacial stump]

see, only Unity is catching these. my IDE is telling me there's no issues

[languid spire]

then your IDE is not configured

[rich adder]

public float HeadWidth 0.75f;

is this not underlining red?

oh my discord just updated 😛

[steep rose]

discord updates?

[rich adder]

I mean the text didnt scroll down past their link

[steep rose]

😅

[rich adder]

so didnt see steve has replied about ide

[glacial stump]

Sorry, bare with, having to update said IDE even though i swear it updated this morning. email app being a pain. give me a sec

[glacial stump]

and no

[rich adder]

"updating" isnt the same as configuring it

follow one of the guides in !ide

[languid spire]

exactly, with a configured IDE it would be

[rich adder]

⌛ 🤖 🛏️

[glacial stump]

I know, but i noticed it needed an update which i figured may help

[rich adder]

Visual Studio
VSCode

[glacial stump]

(this is with note I haven't actually used Unity for a good 3 years so everything's VERY likely severely out of date)

[steep rose]

to configure your !ide please use this

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[rich adder]

i guess bot is working for you..

[glacial stump]

thank you, im on it, my email just isn't getting anything to log back in which is... making this difficult for sure :/

[steep rose]

muahaha

the bot likes me

[rich adder]

email login?

[steep rose]

for unity hub prob

or unity website

[glacial stump]

so configuring is... setting it as the main editor? (using the VS Code one as I appear locked out of Visual Studio, my emails aren't recieving ANYTHING off of them so I can't log in)

oh wait

god it's my wifi. sorry

there is more to this page than it was letting on

[rich adder]

you need to login for Visual Studio ? I dont remember this

its been years tho

[glacial stump]

okay it begged me to log in and... now it aparrently doesn't need me to

oh my god i'm so confused rn, darn my wifi and darn my email

[rich adder]

login is just to sync settings n such

[glacial stump]

nope. it's logged me into my useless college account

from december

oi oi oi, it might even my PC you know, it's due for an MOT and repair

[rich adder]

fresh os

clears most issues

[steep rose]

im not even logged in to my VS and i can use it

[glacial stump]

??? this just crashed most of my apps what on earth

im dead confused

is this supposed to happen??

[rich adder]

yeah VS has been buggy for me lately

i think new update fdup some shite, are you on the latest . Make sure you update to most recent

[glacial stump]

i can only cancel that message mind - everything else was frozen

yea I just updated it I swear down

[rich adder]

well Allow Access for network ofc

[glacial stump]

it couldnt even let me tick that box, i couldn't allow access, I could only press cancel

see my dilemma? am i insane? 😭

[glacial stump]

yea my issue is the entire app froze

[rich adder]

your pc is borked

[glacial stump]

yea.. might have to just give up on coding until it's fixed later this year

WAIT. it's working

okay ive asked it to update

if i disappear it's eaten my memory

like a gormet meal

[rich adder]

do you not periodically install OS from scratch again ? its good to do at least once a month or two

[glacial stump]

(on top of this, i've configured the IDE again)

no, but only because my hard drives are pretty delicate and I have a LOT of personal stuff. last time I did that I lost everything. years worth of art, music and more, and honestly it's pretty scary for me. I'd rather pay a professional to extract my stuff onto another hard drive then do it for me if im honest

it's kind of a fear based thing, I know its pretty silly, but I lost even a few paid for software and must have been an idiot kid and deleted the licence emails :( not long till im due money so I should be able to afford it to be done soon

OT but VS is almost installed

[languid spire]

only if you haven't got a fucking clue what you are doing, lol

[steep rose]

its pretty easy to do

[rich adder]

I only had to do this on Windows cause its a shite OS

it just starts fucking up updates or apps for no good reason.

[steep rose]

i have 1 pc with windows 10 and another with arch linux, so far i havent ran into any huge problems

[rich adder]

good , windows 11 is even worse. Plagued with MS bloatware

[steep rose]

you got that right and not just bloatware, its spyware

im not even joking

[rich adder]

well yeah cramming copilot everywhere , yuck

what are they doing there

[languid spire]

both of which are real easy to eradicate

[rich adder]

windows hasn't been good since 7

[languid spire]

even 7 was crap, XP was OK though

[steep rose]

they are actively trying to get rid of windows 10

and make you switch to 11

[rich adder]

why does my unity load so much faster on linux/mac os than windows.

[steep rose]

and when that happens im going to linux on my main machine

[rich adder]

yeah xp was greatest, 7 was good cause it was more like xp but with aero, then just went downhill fast lol
basically wat vista was supposed to be

[rich adder]

yeah that or run macos on hackintosh (same hardware you got for win/linux)

[languid spire]

because the Linux/Unix kernel is so much more efficient than the Windows kernel, it's just a shame that Mac and Linux GUI's are so bloody awful

[steep rose]

macOS is an abomination

to society

[rich adder]

yeah exactly

[steep rose]

and steve is right, the linux kernal is insane on performance but i have to get use to it more

[rich adder]

well its UNIX at least

[steep rose]

true but still

[rich adder]

the gui is not so bad, the only gui that comes close to me(windows like) is Mint

[steep rose]

i like arch with plasma 6 because it acts like windows

[languid spire]

If I could put an XP GUI on a Linux kernel I would and be a very happy nam

[rich adder]

pretty sure they have dozens of those lol

even old school win98 ones

[languid spire]

Not the original because it's still closed source

[rich adder]

i mean they got hannah montana gui, i so no reason there wouldnt be xp

[steep rose]

close enough though

it doesnt have to be spot on

although it would be cool

[languid spire]

yes it does, that is the whole point and what is totally wrong with most Linux GUI's, they get close but not close enough

[steep rose]

they are usually like 90% close enough, i believe that would be fine

[languid spire]

nah, it has to be 100% seamless otherwise it's a waste of space

[rich adder]

who cares about the GUI I just want my apps to run fast and not chugg

[steep rose]

bro linux is like 8gb anyway lol

or mb

i forget

[languid spire]

GUI is what you see, if you donrt want a GUI dont install one

[steep rose]

plasma 6 is best (in my opinion)

[rich adder]

yeah but most of the time I got an app open or fullscreen

I dont even notice the os

[steep rose]

the only gripe I have with linux is i cant install unity hub/unity or games on arch

[rich adder]

arch is a very bare bones distro

[languid spire]

Duh, It's the GUI that does that for you, without it you would see nothing

[rich adder]

yeah but each app has their own gui all you're seeing is native things like popup windows or other stuff like that

[languid spire]

no, each app has handles and hooks into the OS GUI, it does not have a GUI itself

[steep rose]

i still have to figure how to install unity on it I know its possible

probably

[rich adder]

if you open Steam on linux it looks exactly like steam on windows and macos

you're talking about trivial stuff like titlebars and maybe file explorer for file picker

[languid spire]

because they designed it that way

[rich adder]

but that contradicts "it does not have a GUI itself"

thats their GUI , all the OS handles is native stuff like popup window, ofc is gonna look like the native os

[languid spire]

no, you misunderstand, they take the OS widgets and reconfigure them, they dont reinvent the wheel

[rich adder]

yeah I get that part, they're using whatever API the os offers.. just saying its also up to the dev to make the apps look good

have you seen some apps made with windows forms lol

bare minimum

[brazen jolt]

I made a script (A) with like 5 values in it, and I made another script (B) where it can make gameobjects with that script but, I found there is no way to copy A and addcomponent this A to the gameobjects that's are getting made in B with the exact values I want, if I want to edit the values I need to do 1 line for each value I want to edit

[rich adder]

wdym 1 line for each value

[brazen jolt]

Can't I just take the A and copy paste it to add it to another gameobject without playerprefs

[rich adder]

reference A from B ? whats the problem

[brazen jolt]

So the A can be in the way I want for every new gameobject

[rich adder]

put the values in a struct or tuple and pass as many as you want

[brazen jolt]

I'll say it again

[rich adder]

so whats stopping you

[brazen jolt]

Just a way to copy an edited component, and paste it in another component the way I edited it u got me?

[rich adder]

why dont you explain what type of gameplay or mechanic you're going for, and what is actually happening instead compared to how you want it

in code?

[brazen jolt]

Yes

[rich adder]

so just copy the values over? I dont understand why you can't do that

[brazen jolt]

In order to copy them I need to make lines for it

So I wondered

[rich adder]

wdym "make lines for it"

[brazen jolt]

Like this:

[willow scroll]

They mean they have to use their keyboard to write code

[languid spire]

Please try to finish a sentence BEFORE pressing enter

[willow scroll]

Shift + Enter creates a new line

[brazen jolt]

GAMEOBJECT.component.thing1=5
GAMEOBJECT.component.thin2=true

[rich adder]

like I said, put them in a struct or a tuple so its easier to copy multiple ones at once

[brazen jolt]

can't I just copy a component and paste it in GAMEOBJECT

[brazen jolt]

Ok thanks

[willow scroll]

You can

You have to get all the fields from the Type

[languid spire]

If you mean copy a component from one game object to another via code at run time, no, you cannot

[rich adder]

[System.Serializable] // to edit in inspector
public struct ValuesFromA
{
    public int one;
    public int two;
    public int three;
}

public class ScriptA : MonoBehaviour
{
    public ValuesFromA ValuesFromA;
    public void SendValues(ScriptB scriptB)
    {
        scriptB.SetupValues(ValuesFromA);
    }
}
public class ScriptB : MonoBehaviour
{
    private ValuesFromA valuesFromA;
    public void SetupValues (ValuesFromA values)
    {
        valuesFromA = values;
    }
}```

[brazen jolt]

Huh I like it thanks

[willow scroll]

Another method using Reflection:

• 1. Create an empty Component
• 2. Get the original Componet's Type

object.GetType()

• 3. Copy the fields from it

Type.GetFields(BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic)

• 4. Set the value for every field of the created Component

foreach (FieldInfo fieldInfo in prev.GetType().GetFields())
    fieldInfo.SetValue(...);

[brazen jolt]

Yeah man I appreciate it

[muted wadi]

if anyone here is experienced with unity wheel collider friction, please help me out. Here I'm attempting to simulate the tread behaviour of a tank with wheels. 2 sets of 8 wheels are present on both left and right sides, with the left side running at 1000 torque, and the right running at -1000 torque. With tank treads, this results in neutral turning. As in, turning on a dime. However, with my wheels, they seem to also slip down sloped surfaces while turning. The grip values make absolutely no sense. When I turn up the stiffness for the forward friction (how much force the wheels are outputting while in contact with the ground), then the tank turns. But when I turn up the stiffness on the sideways friction it simply won't turn. If i turn down the sideways friction it starts sliding down slopes. I have no idea how this works even when reading explanations.

[barren shadow]

Hello, what's the easiest way to find the world scale of an object? I know I can use Transform.localScale to get the scale relative to the parent but what about the objective scale?

[muted wadi]

Transform.lossyScale

[barren shadow]

Thank you!

[muted wadi]

however i think this is only accurate if your object isn't skewed

in which case you can use Transform.localToWorldMatrix

[sand heath]

so i got kind of a dumb question i think someone who knows math knows how to solve but I have an isometric camera and i want to move it forward back and left and right, but im not sure how to do that

    void MoveCamera(Vector3 position)
    {
        _transform.position += position * Time.deltaTime * _cameraSpeed;
    }

this doesn't work because the camera is tilted so just moving it wont actually move it in the correct way

[steep rose]

use global positions not local

[sand heath]

transform.position is worldspace though

transform.localPosition would be local

[steep rose]

transform.forward/left/right/backward is local vector3.forward/left/right/backward is global
edit: ah mistype mb

[sand heath]

there is no such thing as transform.position.forward/left/right/backward

[steep rose]

_transform.position = _transform.position + new vector3(X,Y,Z) and you can manipulate X, Y, Z to get desired affects

i havent tested this but it should give you what you want

[sand heath]

i figured it out

    void MoveCamera(Vector3 input)
    {
        var moveVector = Quaternion.Euler(0, 45f, 0f) * input;
        _mainCamera.transform.position += moveVector * Time.deltaTime * _cameraSpeed;
    }

[trim hedge]

Does anyone know what's the proper way to check isGrounded for the player when using platform effetor 2d? the thing is, if I have a 3 tile height platform or something like that, when the player is jumping from below, suddenly they're in the middle of the platform and can jump again since I'm using IsTouchingLayers(platformLayer) to check if the player is grounded, does anyone know a solution?

[meager gust]

The grip values make absolutely no sense.
Welcome to unity wheel colliders.
You'll want to look into using custom wheel colliders. There's a ton of assets that will do this much better. Making your own from scratch isn't too hard either.

[terse belfry]

tilemap doesnt update

[open gull]

Hello, how can I generate different numbers without repeating them? I've seen that this is a very frequent question on various forums, but each answer is different and some are extremely complicated to understand. Here is my code:

My theory is that the "random range" takes the number of elements, in which case, when something is deleted from the list, the list reorganizes itself and that element ends up being occupied again, so "random.range" can take the same element again.