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[rich adder]

maybe use a hashset and while loop

[open gull]

thanks, i'll search about it

[steel stirrup]

Do you mean just a straight up (mostly) random number or is there a specific set you're trying to work from

because all you need for that is to create a System.Random object and call Next. Then just check against a hashset until you get a new one

[indigo mirage]

Hey all following brackeys Beginner tutorial, and im trying to add a function to my UI animation, however it keeps saying that it has no function name specified, even though it does

[rich adder]

you probably added multiple animation events

one blank

[indigo mirage]

When I move it around in my Animation tab its the only one

[rich adder]

is there only 1 on that

[indigo mirage]

yes, the little tab right below the 2 second mark, when I move it earlier theres nothing beneath

[rich adder]

oh alr, is this the only animation you have ?

[indigo mirage]

yes

[open gull]

I didn't quite understand, sorry. I need to make sure that every time I press a button, I get a number from 0 to 10, but these numbers can't be repeated.
In this case, it shouldn't be possible to press the button and receive the number 5 more than once, for example.

[rich adder]

@open gull how many times are you taking numbers?

[steel stirrup]

If it's just 1 to 10 then you don't need to care about performance, so just use a for loop to create a list, shuffle it and then take the last entry

queue or stack if you want to get fancy

fisher-yates if you want to get really fancy and/or care about performance

[silk cave]

so I was working on something and my unity program crashed and now I lost all my progress from the last hour and half =/

is there a way to get it back?

[steep rose]

depends, do you have version control and did you open unity yet after that?

[rich adder]

you only lose scene stuff.

ctrl + s game weak

[rich adder]

if you dont open the project again after crash you can recover, otherwise ur toast there

[steel stirrup]

here's an example of what I mean ```private static System.Random rng = new System.Random();
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var set = new List<int>();
for (int i = 1; i < 11; i++)
set.Add(i);

        //shuffle
        RandomizeList(set);
        string str = "";
        foreach (var i in set)
            str += " " + i.ToString();

        Console.WriteLine(str);
    }

    static void RandomizeList(List<int> list)
    {
        for (int i = list.Count - 1; i > 0; i--)
        {
            var k = rng.Next(i + 1);
            (list[k], list[i]) = (list[i], list[k]);
        }
    }```

output is something like 8 6 2 7 10 3 5 4 1 9

[rich adder]

public int min = 0;
public int max = 11;
private HashSet<int> generatedNumbers = new HashSet<int>();
private int maxTries = 40000;
public int GenerateUniqueRandomNumber()
{
    if (generatedNumbers.Count >= (max - min))
    {
        Debug.Log("All unique numbers have been generated.");
        return -1;
    }
    int number;
    int i = 0;
    do
    {
        number = Random.Range(min, max);
        i++;
        Debug.Log("Count."+i);
    } while (generatedNumbers.Contains(number) && i < maxTries);

    generatedNumbers.Add(number);
    return number;
}```
prob more performant using a hashset

[steel stirrup]

I could be missing something but don't think so, this guarantees a unique value every time without a while loop

and no need to check

[rich adder]

bunch of lists > hashset
maybe if you used an array

[steel stirrup]

what bunch fo lists are you seeing?

it's one list

[open gull]

at the moment, 10, but I'll probably need more numbers in the future

[open gull]

Thank you very much

[rich adder]

alr

[steel stirrup]

``` is just tuple deconstruction, it's still one list. Is that what was throwing you

[rich adder]

i misread the last method

no worries

[open gull]

Thanks, I finally understood how it works

[steel stirrup]

great. For actually using it, I would recommend converting to a queue (or stack) to simplify plucking numbers from it. just something like ``` Queue<int> queue = new Queue<int>(set);

[silk cave]

damn. kk looks like i'm fucked. I thought the editor was auto-saving my progress every time I started the game and tested stuff. my bad.

how do I go about avoiding this in the future. saving periodically obviously but are there any other steps I can take?

[slender nymph]

save periodically and set up some sort of version control if you haven't already so that not only are you saving the content, but also committing your changes so you can always revert and recover changes you've made

[rich adder]

yeah with the scene thats about it, all you can do is remember to save when you see the *

version control your project 100%

[plain abyss]

I would be very grateful if someone could guide me with the following
I have a TMPro Dropbox and options are in a random order in the inspector
is there a way i can have the options displayed in an alphabetical order in the game??

[rich adder]

does it change? maybe sort the list

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1.sort?view=net-8.0#system-collections-generic-list-1-sort(system-comparison((-0)))

[plain abyss]

Thanks will surely try

[ember tangle]

What have I done wrong with this Coroutine? Everything piece of this is tested and double checked but it wont trigger.

IEnumerator MeleeDistanceCheck()
{
    while (UnitsInMelee() < formation.unitWidth * 0.5f)
    {
        formationMovement.MeleeAdjustmentMovement();
        formationMovement.MeleeMove();
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(5f);
    }
}

the coroutine is started and stopped correctly, i've tested with multiple other conditions

and tested this condition in a debug line

[slender nymph]

keep in mind that if that condition is false then the coroutine will immediately end

[ember tangle]

So if UnitsInMelee() < formation.unitWidth * 0.5f is ever not true the coroutine automatically stops?

[slender nymph]

yes, why would it not stop? that loop simply does not happen if that condition is false which means it reaches the end of the method

[ember tangle]

I guess I am just going to do a timer

[tardy plaza]

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[tardy plaza]

        void Equip4()
        {
            hotbar1.color = new Color(144, 95, 95, 183);
            hotbar2.color = Color.red;
            hotbar3.color = Color.red;
            hotbar4.color = Color.green;
            hotbar5.color = Color.red;
            hotbar6.color = Color.red;
            hotbar7.color = Color.red;
            hotbar8.color = Color.red;
            hand_9.color = Color.red;
        }

[deft grail]

loops exist

[tardy plaza]

i know.

bro my messages keep saying blockedd by server

it wont let me explain

[deft grail]

uhh havent heard of that one yet here, not sure if theres a bot blocking it?

[ivory bobcat]

You could probably just use an array and reference certain instances depending on your necessary configuration

[tardy plaza]

okay so hotbar1 is meant to be a darkred but when i run the game it is white, and i have no idea why

i ended up just doing color. red for the others because i coulndt figure it out, probably something stupidly simple that ive overlooked

i am right in thinking that it just takes the R G B and then opacity?

[tardy plaza]

possibly, seems to be fine now

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Color.html
look at the values it takes, you are using very large values

between 0 and 1

[tardy plaza]

i tried this yeah, but when i attempt to use floats

it returns an error

[deft grail]

did you add a f at the end of the number

0.02f for example

and also theres something called Color32 so you can use 0-255

instead of 0-1

[tardy plaza]

i knew it would be something silly like that

[eternal needle]

you should read the error

[tardy plaza]

i did it said couldnt turn double into float, double confused me

and i forgot abt the f at the end

sorry for wasting your guys' time

thank you 🙏🏾

[tardy plaza]

way too late for that 😓

[deft grail]

why 🤔

[tardy plaza]

😬

ive already finished the script and it works perfectly

[deft grail]

that doesnt really mean you cant refactor it to use loops

[tardy plaza]

i suppose, but also being the beginner that i am

i thought id save properly learning loops til another day

[deft grail]

the point of a beginner is.
you write shit code, you improve it, then you improve it 3 more times over the next few looks back at it
until your happy with the way the code is written

[tardy plaza]

yep, and i am going to do so, today was all about working out ui for me

when i figure out loops yeah im gonna go back and refine it all

it definitely needs it

[nova swift]

Anyone got any tips on how to about recreating the smoothing effects of the rigidbody interpolation mode when it is set to interpolate? I have my player's rigidbody interpolation mode set to none as of right now as it appears to remove physics mishaps that happened when interpolate or extrapolate were on. But since that also removes the smooth movement, how could I go about getting it back while keeping the rigidbody's interpolation mode to none? I do have the player's sprite object seperate to the rigidbody object.

[eternal needle]

you should say what those mishaps are, because you recreating the exact same system very likely wont solve anything.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-interpolation.html
you can read what it does here, it just moves it every frame to make it look more smooth. Nothing should really change with the actual rigidbody movement

[nova swift]

The physics mishaps are a bit niche and specific. One of them is relates to the player going around a loop (pretty much the same way it happens in 2d sonic games) but sometimes losing speed on the exit. This happens when interpolate is on, but I believe it never happens with extrapolate or none. Extrapolate does bring out a handful of other issues though.

Either way, my thought process is that if changing the interpolation mode in the rigidbody appears to mess with the physics, then just smoothing out the sprite itself without changing how the rigidbody updates could be a possible fix.

[eternal needle]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/rigidbody-interpolation.html
actually this link has more info about it, but you wouldnt want extrapolate anyways.
tbh i dont think you want rigidbody movement for this at all

[teal viper]

Maybe figure out why exactly it loses speed on the exit with interpolation. This shouldn't happen normally.
We can't help you with it unless you share more info on your setup and the way you move the character.

[eternal needle]

id say its more likely due to how you coded the rotation and such. Something is probably frame rate dependant

[nova swift]

It probably would have been a better idea to not use a rigidbody for movement, but given I started this project so long ago, I sort of already have tons of code utilising the rigidbody, and I wouldn't want to switch it out for one issue.

[nova swift]

I can try sharing what I think is relevant, since the player movement code is a bit too big to share all

[teal viper]

Big code - more potential for bugs, so that's one.

[nova swift]

I think you are correct on this. The loop issue specifically, happens when interpolate is on and at lower frames rates like 60 fps, but either becomes very rare or doesn't happen at all at higher frame rates like 240 fps. On the other hand, it just never happens when interpolation mode is off.

[eternal needle]

first place id look is if you are using the transform.position/rotation rather than rb. And if you are doing stuff in update rather than fixed update

[nova swift]

It probably would be something relating to that. Is that something which should be impacted when changing rb interpolation from interpolate to none?

[teal viper]

That would just break the interpolation.

Make it ineffective basically

[nova swift]

As in, turning on interpolate breaks physics when using transform.position/rotation?

[teal viper]

No. It just breaks the interpolation. Returning the jittering

To be honest, unity physics are probably not great at maintaining velocity in scenarios like these(as is real life physics as well ). You might need your controller to account for that.

[nova swift]

I probably should go into more detail about how I move the player. But I believe it's fully dependant on the rigidbody for moving around. The sprite on the other hand, moves to the player's position in the Update() via this line:

if (!isBeingCarried) sprite.transform.position = transform.position + transform.up * 0.25f; //Sprite position

This looks smooth and just fine when interpolate is on. But when interpolate is on, it seems to also create that one niche issue.
When interpolate is off, no issues appear to happen, but it does not look smooth, as expected.

[nova swift]

Yea that does sound about right

[teal viper]

Not sure why you'd do that, but it shouldn't be a problem imho.

[teal viper]

Anyways, you need to make sure the velocity is maintained when the slope changes. Real physics would not allow you to make loops, unless you're on rails or something.

[nova swift]

I move the sprite in that way because the player is in fact Sonic. When Sonic is curled into a ball and rolling around, his sprite does not rotate with his movement angle, and it has a rotation of 0. Since I relied on the rigidbody to move around loops and other curves, I have to later modify the sprite's vertical offset from Sonic to account for the slope angle, but anyhow that's unrelated.

[nova swift]

I agree, I just find it strange this issue only seems to happen when interpolate is on

[cyan wigeon]

Question about unity Animator.
I currently run animations by doing animator.Play("animName")
this works fine so far but I want some smooth transition between various animations that happen through external events(what doesnt follow my code logic)
As well as something that would prevent specific animation from playing if another animation already is playing whats best way to handle it ?

[void thicket]

Are you up for defining transition and using triggers?

[teal viper]

As Bawsi mentioned, this behaviour is probably a consequence of you doing something illegal(in terms of physics), like running additional movement/rotation logic in update. That would indeed make a difference if the interpolation is enabled.

[cyan wigeon]

by triggers you refer to setting up parameters then having conditional transitions yes? if so I would rather avoid it as that creates messy spider web

I am looking at potentially having 20-40 animations so I would rather avoid anything that is hard to manage

[nova swift]

Very well, I'll try and identity if the issue lies within Update.

[void thicket]

Yeah unfortunately that's the "standard" way to use Animators
For smooth transition you could look .CrossFade instead of .Play
You'd have to manage own flag for preventing specific case

[teal viper]

Maybe share your code instead. Then we probably could identify this or any other issue.

[sand epoch]

So I'm trying to find the position at the end of a ray that hasn't hit anything, a la my chart. How do i do this?

[void thicket]

Same as how you did to Debug.DrawRay

[eternal needle]

if you use Ray you can use the GetPoint function
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Ray.GetPoint.html but yea easy enough to do it yourself.
origin + (direction * distance)

[nova swift]

Should I share just code that affects physics? The script in question is responsible for a lot things regarding the player (mostly just the physics though), which after some time I learned may not always be the best idea. It may so be quite messy to someone who isn't me, since it doesn't really make use of a finite state machine for a lot of code, since I ran into so many niche bugs using the rigidbody.

[teal viper]

Share the whole thing. We don't know what might actually be relevant and what not.

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[nova swift]

alright if you say so

[fading mountain]

Hey guys. Im having trouble in my game where I'm trying to spawn a collectable within a rectangle, but the player is inside the rectangle. if I just spawn it in randomly, without fail every single time, the collectable spawns in the middle of the rectangle. I can't just do a while loop that checks if the rectangle is a certain distance from the osition of the player and keep generating new random points until its far enough away because it is ALWAYS within 1 unit of the middle (and thus the player). This is what I've tried to do to fix this, but its still crashing unity because of an endless loop. I'm not sure what I can do. https://gdl.space/eruzasaqet.cpp

[nova swift]

Welp here it is: https://paste.ofcode.org/GxPtujrXHggJxcMS9SvFS4
You''ll find what I believe is relevant within just UpdatePhysics() (function called by update()) and FixedUpdate()
I'm also decently new to Unity and programming as whole, so I expect much of my code may not follow common practices, or be clean/optimised.

There are also quite a few things in Update that do impact the physics, such as changing acceleration when standing on a certain surface, but even having moved those to FixedUpdate in the past temporarily, they never seemed to make any major differences to the physics.

[teal viper]

For starters, you might want to limit the loop to a certain number of iterations, so that it doesn't freeze your game. Then you should debug the numbers to see why it's not ever outputting the numbers you expect.

[nova swift]

As much as it may be a band aid solution, I think letting the rigidbody's interpolation mode be set to none is a valid option, since it appears to resolve any physics mishaps that were previously somewhat frame dependent.

[eternal needle]

very quickly skimmed through it, and yes you are using stuff in Update. first thing i notice is
Physics2D.OverlapBox(groundCheck.position which uses the interpolated position of the rb.

[sand epoch]

@void thicket & @eternal needle this helped a lot thanks :))))(

[teal viper]

Honestly, I feel like debugging this code is gonna be nearly impossible.
But a definitely red flags and a possible cause of an issues with interpolation enabled is modifying any of the rb properties in update. This includes, position, velocity, gravity scale, adding forces, etc...

[meager gust]

yeah interpolation shouldn't be modifying the outcome of the simulation at all

[nova swift]

That does sound like a probable cause of the issue

[eternal needle]

Not probable. It is literally part of the issue

[nova swift]

That's very fair, it is quite a messy script, and I only know how to navigate since I worked on it for a long time

[meager gust]

interpolation doesn't make the simulation frame dependent though.

it takes two valid states, and visually interpolates between them. the physics engine is still running at a fixed tick rate

[nova swift]

I can try doing something similar in which you taught me in the past, utilising something like:

                Quaternion quatRotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(rb.rotation, Vector3.forward);
                Vector3 rightDirection = quatRotation * Vector3.right;

for ground checks etc

[nova swift]

The issue is most likely me using variables from visually interpolated objects then?

[plain garden]

Hey rq

I'm trying to create a method inside of a class that positions an enemy. It says that Component.transform needs an outside reference?
Doesn't transform exist in the API?

transform.position = new Vector3(Random.Range(-10,10), Random.Range(-10,10), 0);

also btw the class is created outside of start and update

[meager gust]

I haven't read too much about your code because thats a lot of code...
why can't your update() logic run in fixedupdate()? for messing with the rigidbody?

[eternal needle]

This would be just getting a vector in a certain direction. But really a lot of it could be solved by moving the physics stuff to fixed update.

[teal viper]

The issue is not knowing how to navigate it, but determining what parts could be affecting what and outputting important debug info.
Humans are very bad at comprehending(or rather holding in their heads) somewhat complex systems. You can't possibly account for everything going on in your code at the same time without letting some bugs get in it.

[nova swift]

I do think a far amount of it could go in FixedUpdate()

[meager gust]

that would probably solve a lot of your determinism issues

just saying

[nova swift]

Yea I meant just for replacing groundCheck.position by using rb.position - direction, I can try moving stuff into fixed update, though I have to some degree in the past too, without being able to see any important changes

[nova swift]

Thanks for the insight

[plain garden]

I have tried using Translate.position. using .translate instead, and checking the sutocorrect solutions. I also checked the Unity Scripting API and I don't know still

Also some other context that might be important:

It's in the class EnemyScript, the name of the script I;m editing
It's seperate from start and update. I tried adding in the code there and it didn't work
(This is C# btw)

    public class Enemy
    {
    void Spawn()
        {

            transform.position = new Vector3(Random.Range(-10,10), Random.Range(-10,10), 0);
        }
    }

Here's what the full block looks like
And again it says that transform component doesn't exist

[nova swift]

I'll try calling the UpdatePhysics() method in fixed update rather than update to see if anything changes without modifications at first

[deft grail]

is that the whole code?

does your class not inherit from MonoBehaviour 🤔

[plain garden]

No that's just what's inside the class

[plain garden]

I think it does (It's inside MonoBehavior)

[teal viper]

Well, there's no transform property defined in your class.

[deft grail]

i mean do you have Enemy : MonoBehaviour?

[teal viper]

No, it doesn't.

[deft grail]

because thats what you WOULD need

[plain garden]

OH.
Honestly I apologize for coming here for a noob mistake
at least I know now how to make a class inherit from another

When should I use MonoBehaviour?

[deft grail]

well you should always use it

the question is when should you NOT use it

each class default creates WITH MonoBehaviour

[summer stump]

MonoBehaviours are required for attaching to gameobjects

[plain garden]

I guess never not because that's how I'm supposed to access Unity's components (guessing?)

[deft grail]

you need MonoBehaviour to access stuff from it yeah, and also like said above.
you need MonoBehaviour to attatch scripts to game objects

[summer stump]

UnityEngine.Object > Component > Behaviour > MonoBehaviour

MonoBehaviours inherit from component. They ARE components with more

[steel stirrup]

Could not agree less with this advice

You should never default to using monobehavior unless something absolutely needs to be physically in a scene and act directly on a base unity component like a Camera. Ex. you want to catch collisions or implement something like IPointer

The vast majority of your logic does not need to be and shouldn't be in monobehaviors

[north kiln]

Also note that that would spawn from -10 to 9 inclusive.
Use floats to have Range have an inclusive upper bound

[agile summit]

can anyone explain me difference in Lists vs Array? If they are the same thing, why are there 2 things... if a string is a string; there is no other datatype like string.

[steel stirrup]

they're not the same thing

[deft grail]

lists can change the limit of items, array cant

[steel stirrup]

C# list is more akin to what would be considered a dynamic array in other languages

[deft grail]

if you make a list of 10, you can add 15.
if you make a array of 10, you can only add 10

[agile summit]

So we use array to limit our values quantity, and lists to add infinite quantity

[slender nymph]

the difference is that arrays are fixed size, and lists are resizable

in other words, if you make an array the only way to change its size is to allocate an entirely new array. for a list you can call Add and Remove to dynamically change its size at runtime (and even Clear to completely clear it)

[agile summit]

Haha, I was gonna write the same thing...

Oh I see... the List.Add Function is the main thing that makes List a List, We can't add values to Array at runtime, but Lists can do that

[deft grail]

yeah for an array you can only set the value of an element thats already there

[steel stirrup]

The other big benefit of list is access to Linq extensions

(this may also be a curse)

[slender nymph]

you can use those on arrays too, they are extensions for IEnumerable

[steel stirrup]

Are they? I was under the impression most went from icollection

Go figure

[north kiln]

Array implements that

[outer coral]

Linq ❤️

[placid bay]

i there a way to group multiple tiles on a tile map into one object, i want to rotate them together instead of separately.

[obsidian granite]

what's the difference between a streamingasset and a random file on my computer? i'm trying to make code that's meant for streamingassets work with a file anywhere on my pc.

[wintry quarry]

There's no difference other than the location

[obsidian granite]

that's what i thought, thanks.

yeah i have no clue why the creator said that it would only work for streamingassets, i piped in a path to just a file on my computer into it and it worked fine

ty praetor

[velvet cape]

i need help with me code, i just need a movement

[sick storm]

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[north kiln]

You need to configure your !ide so you have error highlighting

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[north kiln]

After it's configured it'll be really easy to spot the issue and code properly in future with more confidence

[sick storm]

hi i am trying to make it so when i shoot a bullet left or right it knocks me back in the opposite direction the way the bullet is shot i think it is not working becuase some other code is overwriting it here is my whole script could someone help me https://gdl.space/yipogekixu.cs

im using addforce to do it and it works for up and down knockback but not horizontal knockback

[mint remnant]

body.AddForce(new Vector2(-knockbackForce, 0), ForceMode2D.Impulse);

that doesn't seem to take into account the direction of the bullet at all

[sick storm]

its not based on the bullet

it should just move the player in the opposite direction depending on if i am facing right or not and if f is pressed

[mint remnant]

opposite direction of what?

[sick storm]

the direction of the bullet

so if i shoot right my character goes left

[mint remnant]

but it doesn't include a direction in any calculation, just negative a variable

[sick storm]

do i need a direction

i did the same code for up and down

and it works fine

and how would i add a direction

body.AddForce(new Vector2(0, knockbackUp), ForceMode2D.Impulse); thats my code for upwards knockback and it works

body.AddForce(new Vector2(knockbackForce, 0), ForceMode2D.Impulse); this is the code for knockback to the right

[mint remnant]

you should include all that in a single calculation instead of picking a direction in if statements

[sick storm]

idk how to do that

and i have tried other instances of sending my character right and left and it doesn't work

i have a jump pad that works and when i went to make a boost pad out of the same code it did nothing (i changed the code to give a force on the x axis and it didn't work while the jump pad works fine)

i dont think it is a directional problem

and when i start the game and shoot immedient;y it works

only once

[mint remnant]

you seem to at least be trying, but you need a little work on design, it's a bit sloppy right now

[sick storm]

and right after i walljump the knockback also works

[jolly temple]

I write this code so my walk forward and walk backward can play when i press the D and A key

if(animator != null)
{
    if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.D))
    {
        animator.Play("Rifle Walk Forward");
    } 
    else if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.A))
    {
        animator.Play("Rifle Walk Backward");
    }
}

is it correct? Because when I tried to press the D key it doesn't play the animation

[languid spire]

Debug your code.
Is the code even running?
Does it recognize the key press ?

[slate haven]

I am making a Third person game. So I want the player to look at the direction of where the mouse is going to. Also I want that player can look a little bit up and down on Y axis but not rotate around it. I set it up but my rotation looks very weird and it doesn't look at where mouse is

    {
      
        Ray ray = mainCam.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        RaycastHit hit;

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
        {
            
            Vector3 targetPoint = hit.point;

          
            Vector3 direction = targetPoint - player.position;

           
            direction.y = 0f;

           
            Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);

          
            player.Rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(player.rotation, targetRotation, Time.deltaTime * 7f);
          
        }

    }```

[wintry quarry]

Your slerp line is mixing up world space rotation with local rotation for one

[slate haven]

changing that doesn't fix the main issue tho

[plain abyss]

@rich adder Im not sure how to apply this on my TMProdropdown list exactly

[chilly prism]

how would I made it so when I go up to a plane and press 'e', I get a first person view of the cockpit, and I can pilot the plane?

[willow scroll]

• 1. Create an enum with move options for default Person & Pilot
• 2. Create a Raycast or SphereCast to determine whether the distance between the player and the plane is sufficient
• 3. In this case, if E is pressed, change the Camera's position for it to be inside of the plane, perpendicular to its window

[chilly prism]

ah

I'll find out what those mean, then give it a go

[willow scroll]

What specifically do you not know the meaning of?

[chilly prism]

enum

and I also don't know how to do spherecasting

or input controls

[willow scroll]

In order to order TMP_Dropdown's options alphabetically, use LINQ's OrderBy method and convert the result to List

dropdown.options = dropdown.options.OrderBy(o => o).ToList();

Note that OrderByDescending, which orders the options by descending, exists

[willow scroll]

Enum is a data type to store a set of named constants

public enum State
{
    None,
    Person,
    Pilot
}

[languid spire]

@chilly prism Sounds like you need to !learn

[willow scroll]

You can name the constants however you want, and the previous message was not the best example

[eternal falcon]

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[tiny rain]

Hi guys, does anyone know how to assign an id to my prefabs at runtime? Didn't find any reliably way set the id in the prefab...
The only way I found is by spawning everything into the scene and referencing those, which could have some conflicts as any other reference to the prefab will remain unaffected, and besides that, it might have trouble if I ever search for anything in the scene...

[willow scroll]

But if you don't know input controls, you should do what SteveSmith has mentioned

[chilly prism]

understood

[slate haven]

I am making a Third person game. So I want the player to look at the direction of where the mouse is going to. Also I want that player can look a little bit up and down on Y axis but not rotate around it. I set it up but my rotation looks very weird and it doesn't look at where mouse is

    {
      
        Ray ray = mainCam.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        RaycastHit hit;

        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
        {
            
            Vector3 targetPoint = hit.point;

          
            Vector3 direction = targetPoint - player.position;

           
            direction.y = 0f;

           
            Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);

          
            player.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(player.rotation, targetRotation, Time.deltaTime * 7f);
          
        }

    }```

[willow scroll]

Why do you need to assign ids to the prefabs?

[languid spire]

you do not need to repost your complete question.
As you have already been told your rotations are incorrect and on top of that your usage of Slerp is incorrect. So fix those issues first

[tiny rain]

Okay, so basically I use a registry system to map prefabs each to an id, and vice versa, reason is because I need to be able to save where is what in the world

Now, previously I assigned the ids manually, but for reasons like better moddability, convenience, etc, I decided to go for a more automated approach

Which comes to this problem- I can't seem to set the id by script at all

[slate haven]

i just wanted to show the video... Also it wasn't a repost, I have posted new code
also i fixed the rotation one but still im facing weird rotation.

[fossil tree]

hi i have a problem with my player movement script sometime i can wall jump my wall and cant understand why my script: https://pastecode.io/s/ccmzxeuj
the problem:

[teal viper]

How are you assigning IDs in the first place?

[tiny rain]

Each prefab that can be saved&loaded have a monobehaviour called SaveableObject, originally there's an int field for the id

[teal viper]

I'm gonna be a grammarnazi, but that explanation is unintelligible.

[tiny rain]

Now I don't want to write the id manually anymore due to some annoying parts...

Especially since keeping track of order matters when I manually assign the ids

[fossil tree]

im french sry my problem is in the video i dont want wall jump

[tiny rain]

Now it's the Registry script, where on start it will Resource.LoadAll the prefabs and register them

[teal viper]

Ok. So you can have a list of these prefabs on an SO or a some kind of MonoBehaviour manager. When you add a prefab to that list, assign a new id to it(the I'd could be equal to index in the list).

[languid spire]

even in French there is such a thing as punctuation

[tiny rain]

Yes, that's the case indeed

But I'd very much prefer if the prefab knows it's own id too

[teal viper]

Please use punctuation. I'm sure you have it in French as well.
If you don't want to jump when near the wall, you'd need to debug your code to see why it allows jumping there. Likely a condition for the jump is being satisfied when near a wall.

[teal viper]

Yes, you can pass the id to the prefab at that timing as well.

[fossil tree]

i have an empty that detect ground maybe he detect wall too idk

[teal viper]

Probably. How does it detect ground?

[fossil tree]

with a invisible circle return Physics2D.OverlapCircle(groundCheck.position, 0.02f, groundLayer);

[teal viper]

Might want to use a raycast or a sphere cast instead.

[tiny rain]

How though? The workflow of registering as of right now is like this:

1. Fetch from resources
2. Cast to Gameobject
3. Get SaveableObject component from said Gameobject
4. Set id of the SaveableObject
5. Assign to an array

[teal viper]

Then you can check the normal of the hit point and not count it as ground when it's close to being horizontal.

[fossil tree]

ok i just reduce the size of the circle and now that work fine and yes raycast is maybe better i see a tutorial for making this

[willow scroll]

Why don't you use instance id?

[teal viper]

Instead of fetching from resources, assign the prefabs to an array in an SO or a manager manually. Then it's the same as what you already do.

And programmatically you can just do the same via code.

[tiny rain]

I doubt instance id has much to do with this... I need to keep the reference across launches of the game

[tiny rain]

If you assign it straight in the inspector instead of fetching by resource, then setting variables in a prefab will be legit? Why would it be though?

[teal viper]

Ah, fetching from resources is not specifically a problem in this case. I just think it's a bad practice. It should work as you do it now.

[tiny rain]

Sadly... It doesn't '^^

[teal viper]

You might need to save the dirtied assets

So that the changes are actually saved to disk.

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorUtility.SetDirty.html

[tiny rain]

I wouldn't actually need to save it to disk normally... But I do need to keep the variable at the very least until loading another scene

Also editorUtility would mean that it'd only work in the unity editor which uh... Might cause some trouble '^^

[willow scroll]

You have to simply keep track of the prefabs, when the scene is changed or the game is relaunched?

[tiny rain]

Well... The reason for all this is that I need to save a prefab, and load it up whenever someone load that world, it can be across game relaunches or just in the same session

The id basically tells which prefab is to be loaded

[willow scroll]

So why not add a Behaviour to every prefab, which automatically assigns an id to it? Then, the script retrieves Components with this id from all required prefabs, and saves them to a json.

[tiny rain]

Assuming you mean a MonoBehaviour... Well, automatically assign an id to what?
If it is to the prefab, it seems to straight up fail as for some reason it remains 0, if it is per instance... Well, then the consequences is that I'll at the very least need to look up a dictionary whenever an instance is instantiated

[willow scroll]

Do you need to save instances or prefabs?

[tiny rain]

Prefabs

[willow scroll]

Then this approach is exactly what you need?

Retrieve a prefab from AssetDatabase and assign its id

[tiny rain]

Uh... Please test it the way you think works, might be missing the point as to how tricky changing variables in the prefab is...

[willow scroll]

Why is it tricky?

[tiny rain]

I figured that it sorta seems to work if the variable is serializable, and completely refuses to change when it's not

It makes it seem dangerously unpredictable

[willow scroll]

No?

[tiny rain]

I've got a feeling that if I build it, it might not work just like when it's not serializable

[eternal needle]

if the variable isnt serializable, what are you expecting it to do at all?

[tiny rain]

And even if it does, who knows if it doesn't work on one or another platform

[tiny rain]

It's set during runtime, not edit mode

[eternal needle]

just like scriptable objects, you cannot use assets to save data like that. doesnt matter if its serializable or not

in a build it wont work at all

[tiny rain]

I'm not trying to save the id across launches either

[willow scroll]

The prefab's variable can be changed, regardless of it being not serializable or private

It has to exist

[tiny rain]

I'm only trying to save it during one playthrough

[jolly temple]

Debug.Log?

[tiny rain]

I gotta go... Well, thanks for trying, though the issue is weird, trust me

You can try set up a small test and see for yourself

[languid spire]

Debug.Log is one of the very first statments you should ever have written in Unity. If you do not know what that is read the docs or !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[eternal needle]

everytime ive heard that, its just someone trying to do something they shouldnt be. Nothing about this is weird
I skimmed through the messages above and its somewhat unclear what you actually want.

[willow scroll]

string prefabPath = "Assets/MyPrefab.prefab";

GameObject prefab = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<GameObject>(prefabPath);

string id = prefab.GetComponent<IdSaver>().id;

And so, you can then simply save it to json?

[tiny rain]

No, it's the inverse of that...

[tiny rain]

And yes, that's the thing, I'm probably doing something that it's not meant for, however I don't know how it's meant to be done in the first place

[willow scroll]

So what's the problem to do the inverse version?

[eternal needle]

it doesnt look like you really described what the initial problem is, at least i couldnt see a proper question with it. This is an XY problem, you're asking how to do a questionable solution, not solve the problem

[tiny rain]

The problem is basically how to give each prefab an id during runtime, although it can alternatively be how to find a prefab's id during runtime

The registry does provide a nameToId dictionary, but I thought that it's for the best to avoid accessing a dictionary whenever I need the id

I'm busy putting together all necessary code to show the registry's functionalities, it'd probably make things clear

https://pastebin.com/1xx1ggfZ

[eternal needle]

again, this is not the problem. this is your attempted solution to a problem. I find literally 0 reason to why you'd need to assign an ID at runtime

[tiny rain]

The reason for that has been mentioned too, though... I need to write what prefab has been at a location into a file, and when loading the world, what prefab need to be placed at that location

[eternal needle]

nothing about that requires writing an ID at runtime. Just do it in editor

[tiny rain]

In a sandbox game

[latent juniper]

Hello! I'm making my first game (a side scroller) I made the player movement script now and I'm able to move horizontally. But my character is tilting and then falling on their side. Is it because of my capsule shape collider? How can I make them not fall?

[tiny rain]

In the editor, yep, definitely gonna go well

[languid spire]

set the rotation constraints of the rigidbody

[latent juniper]

collider I meant collider :"

[tiny rain]

And I did mention that I started off writing numeric ids manually, however... It causes quite some trouble '^^

[eternal needle]

nothing about it being a sandbox game changes what i said. This is too vague for me, im not playing 20 questions honestly.
You dont need to write them manually, write it via script and use SetDirty to save it

i do the exact same thing, this isnt some weird impossible problem. And yes it definitely goes well

[languid spire]

how are you moving your character?

[latent juniper]

like this (I'm following night runner's tutorial)

[languid spire]

So you are using Rigidbody, in which case my previous comment stands

[tiny rain]

Well... That means that it's strictly in the editor, while I'm hesitant about restricting it to this as I wish to keep some modability to it, while having numeric ids could very well make things clash...

[latent juniper]

Yess, I'll try it. thank you

[tiny rain]

But yes, if it's not for that, it could very well be compiled in the editor without trouble

[eternal needle]

🤷‍♂️ thats a problem for the modders. give them the script if you want. Still, this changes nothing

modders know they have to jump through hoops a lot of the time

worry about getting your system actually working, no ones gonna be modding it if you dont actually publish it.

[latent juniper]

it's working just fine now :D_b thanks!

[tiny rain]

Ight... Well, since it looks like there's no clear answer to how I could assign ids the other way around, I guess that my choices are very limited now

Thank you guys, see ya

[eternal needle]

it looks like you were also given a few ways above by others on specifically how to assign a value at runtime. Im not sure what the problem really was, but you should show code if you're having coding troubles.

[tiny rain]

I did show the registry code

[tiny rain]

That one

[eternal needle]

oh, for some reason that link isnt loading for me. Not sure why

ah it loaded

im also not sure what the actual issue is, like does this code not work? really this just looks unneccesary to me. Id just drag these into some list/array and then assign the values at editor time.
If you or a modder wants to add a new ID, drag a new prefab into the array. or alternatively create some editor script which does this for you and assign an ID at the same time

[tiny rain]

Either:
Abandon the idea of this more complicated registry and go a very simple way, ditching some possibilities that might become a pain to change later on, primarily anything like content that may or may not exist

Instantiate prefabs into the scene or something, all references must be by registryId or registryName, and never use findGameobject style stuff

Prefabs don't have id, any everytime you wish to find id of a prefab, you have to fetch nameToId[registryName]

[tiny rain]

Eh... Yep, that's how it was done, except that it adds a lot of manual things to watch out about, there's a good point to it is that I'm usually so much into the technical part that I wouldn't have added a lot of content in the first place, even though I wish to have a lot of content one way or another, however contradicting that may be

[eternal needle]

from what i understand the issue is, the simplest solution id make is some list that holds all the prefabs and an int for the ID. Probably a scriptable object for this
You can use an editor script to simplify the whole process, where you just drag a prefab in and then the script tries to get the SaveableObject, and assign it a new ID.

[tiny rain]

What's your thought on the possiblity that it'd be a handicap later on tho?

Just curious since I'm always torn between choices thanks to that

A relatively performant, reasonably straightforward way, or a simple way that might have future troubles...

[eternal needle]

Definitely wouldnt call your current way relatively performant, or straightforward at all.
If you cant name a specific trouble with it, then why worry?

You could say the same about using unity. Why choose unity when it's possible it doesnt have a function you need? Might as well make your own game engine to ensure everything is there

[tiny rain]

Uhm, I don't think that my current way would've had any performance impact actually... As the registryName is only mapped per world startup, and the registryId is the thing that's actually used during runtime. So it's no more than a mapper that runs when joining or leaving the world

And since the code isn't homongous or reach beyond a small circle, I consider it very much so straightforward

However the second line is... Well, I think that it's true, or maybe not, I just never know if I should be concerned

[eternal needle]

You said relatively performant.
The option of already having them all assigned at editor time
vs
using resources to load all, then get component on each prefab to assign the value
Is not relatively performant at all.

Be concerned when you actually run into an issue. I dont see how there would be any issues. Any manual work can be avoided with editor scripts

[tiny rain]

Well, it's only during startup, I've been suggested to purely use string ids too, and I've read some stuff comparing numeric versus string ids

String id is definitely a performance hit throughout the game, while the registry was a startup thing

[upper nymph]

Hey guys, I'm not really sure what the issue is here, please help

[tiny rain]

You're trying to use generics here, but the class has nothing to do with generic...

[languid spire]

you are missing the generic on your class declaration

[tiny rain]

I don't think that a monobehaviour can be generic in the first place tbh... Can it?

[languid spire]

of couurse it can

[upper nymph]

i think it can no?

[tiny rain]

By the way, a generic here means that a class has a type declaration, like a list, you can choose what type it uses List<Type> list

[tiny rain]

Eh, I'm not quite sure about that... How do you give a Monobehaviour a type like it's some generic? Really uncertain how the inspector will interpret it...

Behold! A Generic monobehavior!

Well, I'm being jokish there, sorry xD

[upper nymph]

ohhhh, sokay, mistake on my part XD

[tiny rain]

But really, it just got invalidated

[eternal needle]

Works the same way you would use a regular generic class. You of course need to declare a class that uses it with a specific type

[languid spire]

You are always giving a Monobehaviour a Type

class MyClass : MonoBehavious

is giving the Type MyClass to Monobehaviour
so

class MyClass : Singleton<MyClass>

does exactly the same thing

[tiny rain]

Yeaaah but just... Well... A monobehaviour wasn't meant to be generic as I was suspecting... The editor doesn't accept it

[eternal needle]

Thatd be a major surprise to everyone who already uses the same generic singleton implementation that is publicly available online

[tiny rain]

Eh... Well, fair point, although the second one made it... Not generic?

I mean, the baseclass is generic alright...

But during the inheritance there's nothing generic to it anymore

It's fixed to Singleton of a specific type

But yes, I overlooked that it could be inherited, sooo mistake on my part xD

[languid spire]

I must admit I find it a stupid pattern to use, I mean inheritance is for mutable parent classes and something that is immutable like the singleton pattern (also badly implemented in this case) is just a waste of space

[tiny rain]

Well... True, singletons are typically just a static variable of itself, and assigning itself to the static variable on awake, there's usually no reason to generalize them

I used it in my registries only cus it's pretty lengthy and repeatedly used

[teal viper]

Unity has a generic singleton implementation. You can just inherit it and use it as is.

[uneven mulch]

ok so i was jus doing some things on unity and all of a sudden no buttons work. none work

i dont have any code that does that

[tiny rain]

I think that that'd not even be a code question anymore... Right?

Oh, you mean in-game ui?

[uneven mulch]

yep

[tiny rain]

Check the event system component

It might be using the wrong input system or not exist in the first place

Otherwise there might be a panel blocking it, maybe you added a transition screen or something?

[uneven mulch]

nope

[tiny rain]

Both are normal?

[languid spire]

did you delete the Event System?

[tiny rain]

I mean, you checked that you have an event system like this?

Might look different depending on which you're using

[uneven mulch]

i dont recall using an event system

maybe i couldve removed it

[teal viper]

It should be added automatically when you add a canvas.

If you removed it, then pointer events wouldn't work.

[uneven mulch]

yep that was it

i removed it by accident ig

[fossil tree]

using System.Collections;

public class CompleteCameraController : MonoBehaviour {

    public GameObject player;       


    private Vector3 offset;         

    // Initialisation
    void Start () 
    {
        offset = transform.position - player.transform.position;
    }
    
    void LateUpdate () 
    {
        transform.position = player.transform.position + offset;
    }
}```
why i have blue bar in my screen since i put the following camera

[tiny rain]

I'm not 100% sure if it's the case in the video, but I have a suspicion you're seeing the gap between sprites at times

I'm not sure how it's fixed, sorry, this page looks like it's just the thing you need though
https://blog.terresquall.com/2023/03/how-to-fix-gaps-in-your-tiles-in-unitys-2d-tilemaps/

[tiny rain]

I forgot to ping haha

Answer's above

[warm rock]

hey, when I have a public Text loseText
when i try to use loseText.enabled = true; it doesnt show it on screen, i resized and positioned it. . . i even clicked on the Check mark on top in the inspector

i have using UnityEngine.UI; ready too

[fossil tree]

ty that my problem i gonna check that

[willow scroll]

Behaviour.enabled enables the Behavior, so setting it to true should check the boolean next to the Text component. Are you sure you're not confusing it with enabling the GameObject?

[warm rock]

oh sorry, im supposed to use isActive? i think i get it . . . give me a min to try to fix it i fixed it. . . i used GameObject instead of Text and IsActive instead of Enabled
thanks

[fossil tree]

so i patch the problem with a pixel perfect camera but now my camera shaking when i move that not smooth at all

[willow scroll]

The gap between sprite appears because of your Pixel art.
The thing is that Unity should only render it correctly with the appropriate screen size.
Say, if you have 16:9 32x32 sprites, the appropriate resolutions for you are 512x288, 1024x576, 1536x864 etc.
To deal with it, consider adding the Pixel Perfect Camera component to your Camera, and adjusting Asset pixels per unit

[willow scroll]

You should use gameObject.activeSelf or gameObject.activeInHierarchy

[warm rock]

idk what is that, or how to use it. . i just used GamgObject.isActive(true); and it worked

[willow scroll]

What do you mean by "idk what is that". Use gameObject.activeSelf instead.

[warm rock]

okay

i will try

[willow scroll]

GameObject.isActive(true) doesn't even exist

[warm rock]

it worked for me tho

[willow scroll]

Show the code

[warm rock]

wait

wrong code

it was setActive not isActive

[willow scroll]

You meant gameObject.active?

[willow scroll]

It enables the GameObject

[warm rock]

ye thats what i wanted

[willow scroll]

Yes, that's a correct approach for assignment

[warm rock]

im just new and stupid so im confused and confusing

ty anyways

[fossil tree]

that the same when i adjust asset pixel per unit

[fossil tree]

ok that work now (dont understand why but that work)

ty

[neon mirage]

Hi all! I'm trying to find the Restart game function, as stated in the Game Maker's tutorial. But I can't. What should I do?

[languid spire]

show the code where you declare the RestartGame method

[cunning flint]

hey how can make the player more slow than this?

[languid spire]

you have not saved your code

[neon mirage]

Thank you!! Its working!

[wintry quarry]

The subtraction you're doing doesn't make much sense

[cunning flint]

whats thats

[cosmic dagger]

Your walk and sprint values should be class fields so you can edit them from the inspector, not local variables which only exist in the Movement method . . .

[cunning flint]

does make any def?

that

[wintry quarry]

Subtraction is -

The calculation you're doing doesn't make much sense

[cunning flint]

well its working but its to fast

[wintry quarry]

So the movement code is hard to decipher and hard to reason about

[wintry quarry]

Most likely because of the weird subtraction logic you are using

[cunning flint]

how about i make it + (●'◡'●)

same thing

[wintry quarry]

How about you think about your code and write something that makes sense instead of guessing

[cunning flint]

hmm then lets make it *

[raven hill]

quick question, I want to draw a ray for debugging, but I cant use + and I need it to be the length of a raycast. What else can I do?

Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, Vector3.down * playerHeight * 0.5f, Color.black);

Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, out slopeHit, playerHeight * 0.5f + 0.5f)

[short hazel]

Parenthesize or reorder the operations so the addition is accepted:
Vector3.down * (playerHeight * 0.5f + 0.5f)

[raven hill]

thx

[short hazel]

The issue with your current code is that, as operations are evaluated left-to-right (as you only have multiplications), Vector3.down * playerHeight is evaluated first, which produces a vector, which is then multiplied by 0.5f, which produces a vector, and you can't add a vector and a float.
When you reorder the operation by adding parentheses, it will add all the floats first, before multiplying it with the vector

[neon mirage]

Hi all, my bird don't fly upward when I click space?

ty❀

[keen dew]

Show the bird's inspector in Unity

[keen dew]

birdIsAlive is false

[neon mirage]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Thank you!!!

[umbral rock]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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

[umbral rock]

hey, can someone help me with this code? https://hastebin.com/share/inubatovob.csharp
why is my cube rotating because of this? he moves on the Z but he rotates while moving..

[short hazel]

Physics, the friction causes that behavior

[umbral rock]

huh? what do u mean? its not my code but its because of the cube object physics?

[short hazel]

Yeah the physics engine interprets the friction between the cube and the ground and generates some torque
You can freeze the rotation from the Rigidbody's Inspector if you don't want that

[umbral rock]

aaah i see yess! thank u very much. i was so confused lol i thought i had created some sort of animation haha

[obsidian granite]

What should I do if I want to store important game files in an external folder? For example, save data. Where should I write it to? I want to make sure it's a place that will be there both before and after I build

Like save data, level data, etc

[deft grail]

i think it was this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-dataPath.html
or maybe it was something else im not sure exactly

you can use that

[obsidian granite]

oh sick ty

[deft grail]

no it was this i think https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-persistentDataPath.html
ah check them both out and see

[languid spire]

Application.streamingAssetsPath is the only path that works for you. Trouble is on most platforms it is Read Only at run time

[void thicket]

persistentDataPath is fine

[languid spire]

persistentDataPath is not included in a build so would be unsuitable for level data

[obsidian granite]

Yeah this is my issue

[languid spire]

what is your target platform?

[obsidian granite]

Windows

standalone

[wintry quarry]

Put them in streaming assets and copy them to persistent Data Path at runtime

[languid spire]

then streamingAssetsPath is OK, it is Read/Write on windows

[void thicket]

Are you meant to store level desingn data?

[obsidian granite]

well, more accurately i'm storing .jsons with information about levels

and some files to go along with it

[void thicket]

Is this user specific or something every user shares same value

[obsidian granite]

the player uploads two files and my code creates a json, then my code is going to zip them and save them. but i'm not sure where i should save the zipped file

[obsidian granite]

every user makes their own stuff

[obsidian granite]

i need this to work both in the editor (so i can test) and in builds

[void thicket]

So just persistentDataPath?

That’s R/W, just the data is not with the game when you deploy

[obsidian granite]

this looks like it should work

[obsidian granite]

yeah that's fine

i just need the folder itself to be there when deployed

[umbral rock]

i know this code isnt working and cant ever work but why? can someone explain why it doesnt work? is it because the transform.localrotation = Quaternion.Eular(mouseX, mouseY, 0f) is always setting the rotation to the input of your mouse so if u move it it will set it to the input of your mouse and if u stop your mouse it sets it back to 0?

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

[wintry quarry]

The mouse input data you're reading is the change in mouse position since last frame

So it makes no sense to use it in this way

[obsidian granite]

the mouse axes are the changes in the mouse's position, so you need to treat them as a change and not as a set position

[void thicket]

Axis is delta
Looks like you want to accumulate the value

[obsidian granite]

transform.Rotate(mouseY, MouseX, 0);

[crimson saffron]

hey i was following this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXbQMhwj5Uc) youtube tutorial on how to implement a gun system in unity. i am a complete beginner, this is my first time trying to make a game, and i am at 6:24 but nothing is being output into the console. here is a screenshot of my code if you can find anything wrong with it.

[short hazel]

Make sure Shoot() is being executed by placing another log in it, at the very beginning so it's not guarded by any if statements.

[ruby python]

Looks to me like you're missing some code in 'Update'

Ohg nm, ignore what I just said.

[crimson saffron]

that is all the tutorial is telling me to do at the moment. visual studio is currently updating but once its done i can show you the code for playershoot (another c# script which is meant to call the shoot function(i think))

[short hazel]

Other code isn't necessary at the moment, debug first so you can pinpoint where the issue exactly is

[crimson saffron]

ok, i was just thinking that maybe the bug is in that script instead

but like i said this is my first time

[ruby python]

It could be as simple as things not having colliders for the raycast to interact with. Might be worth taking the Raycast line out of the if statements in the first instance to see if your raycast is actually working?

[crimson saffron]

im sorry if this comes across as a silly question but how would i do that?

[short hazel]

Too fast, take it step by step. Maybe none of the code is being executed right now, so no need to deploy the full debugging tools yet

[crimson saffron]

ok

i tested the shoot function and that seems to be being called correctly

[short hazel]

Okay, move the log further into the if statements until you don't get it anymore to see which one is failing

[crimson saffron]

found the issue, the gun had no ammo in it 😑

lol turns out it wasn't resetting when i stopped playtesting which i thought it did

[short hazel]

If it's data from a ScriptableObject, it most likely won't reset until you restart the Editor (in the Editor) or the game (built executable)

[crimson saffron]

yeah i fixed this by instead storing it as a variable and setting it to the magsize in the start function

[ruby python]

Hi all,

So, I have this little bit of code that populates a UI panel with 'starting' values

    public void PopulateResources()
    {
        foreach(AvailableComponents availableComponent in availableComponentList) {
            GameObject newAvailableComponentPrefab = Instantiate(availableItemPrefab, componentParentPanel.transform);
            Image resourceIcon = newAvailableComponentPrefab.transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<Image>();
            Text resourceName = newAvailableComponentPrefab.transform.GetChild(1).GetComponent<Text>();
            Text resourceAmount = newAvailableComponentPrefab.transform.GetChild(2).GetComponent<Text>();
            resourceName.text = availableComponent.componentDataContainer.componentName;
            resourceAmount.text = availableComponent.componentAmount.ToString();
        }
    }

Because I need to access and change some of this data and display in the UI (specifically the resourceAmount), I was wondering if it would be best to add each GameObject that I'm instantiating to a list and then referencing the list later to get the various 'bits' of the prefab? Or would there be a better way?

[languid spire]

Add a script to the prefab which contains all the references and Instantiate that script, you can then pass that around if you need to

[ruby python]

Forgive the potential stupidity, but how would I then reference a specific prefab that I've spawned and change it's values from an 'UpdateResourceCount' method? Sorry, drawing a blank. lol.

[languid spire]

when you spawn the script using the Instantiate method it returns a reference to the instantiated version of the script, i.e. the one on the instantiated prefab

[vital gale]

is there a way to disable / enable new InputSystem's callbacks in a condition? (I need to disable 2 callbacks (one regarding to move and one regarding to camera movement), when the player hits the escape button (a pause menu should show itself)) The reason is, when the player hits the escape and pause menu shows, the user can still move with the camera and the player body

[ruby python]

I'm so sorry, I'm still not really following.

For example, if I were to use a list my UpdateResourceCount() method would be something like....(simplified and missing things out but you get the idea)

UpdateResourceCount(int resourceIndex, int resourceAmountAdjustmentAmount) {

//Update the componentAmount value here
instantiatedPrefabList(resourceIndex).componentAmount + resourceAmountAdjustmentAmount;

//Then do the UI Update stuff
}

I'm not sure how to do the same thing just referencing the script on the specific prefab that needs updating (if that makes any sense?)

[languid spire]

in a condition or not is irrelevant. If you can locate the correct InputAction in your Map you can enable/disable it

[tender wharf]

gamers, whats the best way to prevent this from happening when using a sphere collider for collision

essentially i can climb stuff that u realistically shouldnt climb

[ruby python]

Usually you wouldn't use a sphere collider for the body of the car afaik, you'd have your wheel colliders and use either a box or mesh collider for the body.

[tender wharf]

idk if wheel colliders are good for arcade physics

[languid spire]

no where near enough context for this to make sense. btw your original foreach does not make a lot of sense either,
No wait, I see what you are doing there

[frosty wren]

Is there a way to programmatically decrease shadow quality in URP? I have baked shadows using bakery and use mixed for my character and enemies.

I want to add a graphics settings allowing to have both realtime and baked on, only baked (disable all realtime) and another option to disable all shadows (realtime and baked)

[ruby python]

Okay, here is the full code.

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

In simple terms it's essentially an inventory system (space station construction/management game)

The player will be able to 'craft' components (that will then be used to build Modules onto the station), so I'm working on populating/updating the component inventory amount.

Screenshot for reference.

And just to be extra annoying. Another screenshot showing my 'AvailableComponentList'

[languid spire]

Create a new script MyScript like
public class MyScript : MonoBewhaviour {
public Image resourceIcon;
public Text resourceName;
public Text resourceAmount
}
add it to availableItemPrefab and fill the references in the inspector. Change the type of availableItemPrefab to MyScript
then your code becomes

MyScript newAvailableComponentPrefab = Instantiate(availableItemPrefab, componentParentPanel.transform);
            newAvailableComponentPrefab.resourceName.text = availableComponent.componentDataContainer.componentName;
            newAvailableComponentPrefab.resourceAmount.text = availableComponent.componentAmount.ToString();

@ruby python

[tender wharf]

uh, for some reason a scene works perfectly fine in editor while when builded it looks like this

would anyone know why this might be happening xd

[languid spire]

As we don't know what it looks like in the editor how can we tell the difference?

[tender wharf]

thats how it looks in the editor

[ruby python]

Okay cool, yeah I understand that part, thank you. The thing I'm trying to wrap my head around is how to then reference a single prefab that's been spawned (for example if you look at the first image I posted, if I want to update the 'Metal Girder' amount)

[frosty hound]

Not a coding question. #💻┃unity-talk

If you're using multiple scenes, make sure you've actually added them to the build settings. Otherwise, make a development build and see if there are errors being thrown.

[languid spire]

you would need to add the spawned MyScripts to a List or Dictionary in order to keep the references

[ruby python]

Riiight okay. Yeah, that was my original question about using a list. Sorry, I don't think I explained it very well. Thank you sparing the time though. Very much appreciated 🙂

[rocky canyon]

i take back what i said about it being quick and simple.. took way too much trial and error

[steep rose]

so the turret Base lerps and rotates on the y axis until it reaches desired position then the turret itself rotates on the local X/Y axis to the desired point?

[rocky canyon]

exactly.. it woulda been way easier to point 1 object..

[steep rose]

yeah i used to do that in garrys mod lmao

[rocky canyon]

but once u start breaking it in pieces and having to recombine

it got challenging

check out the thread for the failed results lol

im gonna try to add predictive aiming soon.. (ive already realized i can't add it to the turret) the math is too hardcoded.

soo imma have the projectile *project where it will actually be in X amount of seconds) or w/e

and get the distance from the turret.. and then the turret will track that object instead

[topaz ice]

    {
        Debug.Log("Starting animation");
        TextBubble.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1.3f, 0.7f, 1f);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.25f);
        TextBubble.transform.localScale = new Vector3(0.9f, 1.3f, 1f);
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.25f);
        TextBubble.transform.localScale = new Vector3(1f, 1f, 1f);
        Debug.Log("Finished animation");
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
    {
        if (other.gameObject.tag == "TalkingCollider");
        {
            if (other.gameObject.name == "1");
            {
                GiveMeASecond();
            }
        }
    }```

The last line (`GiveMeASecond();`) that actually is suppost to do something literally does... nothing.

Why?

[languid spire]

That is not how you start a coroutine

[topaz ice]

Oh.

Well how DO I start it?

[steep rose]

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

[topaz ice]

alr

[steep rose]

always look at docs

[languid spire]

you obviously did not read the docs you were linked to. StartCoroutine

[topaz ice]

I literally had no idea what a coroutine is

so uh

I'mma get to reading

[steep rose]

you should

probably do that

[languid spire]

thats why there are docs, you you can find out and learn

[summer stump]

Looking up unity IEnumerator would lead you to coroutines

[topaz ice]

Huh.

alr

[cunning narwhal]

Anyone know why a demo project (QuizU) isnt loading the whole solution *in visual studio when I doubleclick on a script in the asset browser and is just loading the individual file? Other projects I have arent behaving this way

[obsidian granite]

how accurate is fixedupdate at running on a constant interval? i'm doing some stuff with MIDIs, and i have a midi being played. I'm using fixed update to constantly move forward a character based on how much time has passed in the MIDI. however, it's pretty inconsistent, with anywhere from 8-16 ticks passing each fixed update. the song's tempo isn't changing, so if it truly is fixed, wouldn't it be the same amount passed each update?

[summer stump]

It is TRYING to go as close to the rate as possible, but it will almost always be slightly off. This is inherent due to the varying rates of update. Only one thing can run at a time on the main thread

[languid spire]

Unity is single threaded so FixedUpdate can only be as accurate as the deltatime of the intervening frames allows it to be

[summer stump]

@weak cedar Do not take a video of your screen with your phone

[steep rose]

i know you have that picture on speeddail

dont do it to him

[weak cedar]

Why does it go back a little when it collides

[weak cedar]

"move" is on update

[lethal bolt]

Is this the rigth way to do this because im not getting any logs?

[summer stump]

It is trying to get outside the collider I guess
I don't think Move respects physics as much as other methods, but first try setting collision to continuous in the inspector

[obsidian granite]

make sure one of the colliding objects has a rigidbody

[summer stump]

The code is likely not the issue at all

[weak cedar]

the same

[obsidian granite]

and the colliders are set up properly

[mint remnant]

check collision.collider

[lethal bolt]

I dont know how i forgot. But Thanks!

[obsidian granite]

they said they're not getting any logs, including the ones outside of the if statement. therefore, it's not an issue with parameters, nor can they check parameters

[summer stump]

The Three Commandments of OnCollisionEnter:

1. Thou Shalt have a 3D Collider on each object
2. Thou Shalt not tick isTrigger on either of them
3. Thou Shalt have a 3D Rigidbody on at least one of them

(Stolen from digiholic)

[obsidian granite]

yeah for sure

[cunning narwhal]

Found a solution and I'm quite surprised it is the way that it is by default for this. The Unity Registry asset "Visual Studio Editor" was not installed in the demo project. Installed and it works as expected now

[weak cedar]

Would using velocity respect physics more?

[summer stump]

Honestly, what is the issue? It looks like it only moves back to avoid penetrating the other cube

Do you WANT it to penetrate?

[obsidian granite]

is there a way i could run the code that deals with syncing the music on a separate thread? there might be issues with race scenarios but i don't think anything accesses this specific field besides the code i'm trying to write

[weak cedar]

I don't want it moving back

[summer stump]

Or do you want it to just not spin if it can't

[weak cedar]

I implemented the spin myself so it matches with the joystick's movement

[summer stump]

Ok, so do you want it to penetrate or just not spin?
Because the three choices are those or move back

[obsidian granite]

there's a rigidbody method that moves stuff with physics in mind iirc

[vital gale]

any ideas why this is not showing in the inspector?

[weak cedar]

I thought rb move would do so

[obsidian granite]

make sure it's serializable

oh you are using rb.move, mb

[languid spire]

you would probably need to take it completely outside of Unity to do that, if you can do that then yes

[obsidian granite]

thought it was transform.translate

[summer stump]

Velocity or addforce will do better but you also want physics materials. And you need to decide which of the three options will happen. Penetrate, prevent movement, or bounce back

[weak cedar]

I just don't want the slight move-back

[obsidian granite]

i already have the code that plays the music on a separate thread with some dll stuff, so that might honestly be the issue, the music itself isn't synced with unity

[summer stump]

Ok, well as I have said, you have to decide what it does INSTEAD

[weak cedar]

I really don't understand

what do you mean

[summer stump]

If you spin the cube and it is going to go INSIDE the other cube, what should happen

[languid spire]

then it should be simple to sync a seperate thread yourself

[summer stump]

Go inside the cube? Not rotate at all? Or bounce back?

[vital gale]

not sure what you mean by that when its already using [SerializeField]

[weak cedar]

oh I see what you mean wait let me disable the rotation method

[obsidian granite]

serialize field will try to serialize it if the object is serializable

if it's not serializable, it won't serialize

[obsidian granite]

are these your own classes?

[weak cedar]

I disabled the rotation and it still bounces back a little

[vital gale]

the PlayerInputActions is a generated class from the new input system

[obsidian granite]

did you write it? i'm looking through the new input system docs and i can't find that class

[summer stump]

It is the generated c# class from the input actions asset. You name it, but it is made by unity

[obsidian granite]

ah

[summer stump]

I honestly do not see it happening except when you rotate

[summer stump]

Is it... happening in this video?

[obsidian granite]

it is, you can look at the x position of the cube

when the cube is moving, it's 2.01 something, when it's let go, it snaps to 2

[weak cedar]

yes, its really really slight

[summer stump]

So the .01 movement is really... an issue?

[weak cedar]

hurts my eyes, so yes

[summer stump]

Ok, well that is just a normal thing that happens with physics 🤷‍♂️

I have 0 ideas how to deal with it except redoing your own physics with raycasting or other spatial queries

You can try velocity or addforce as mentioned above

[weak cedar]

It shouldn't be getting pass 2

[weak cedar]

I'm guessing this is normal with rb Move, I'll try addforce

[summer stump]

You will likely experience some of it still, but hopefully less? 🤷‍♂️
It is completely invisible to my eyes

To avoid it completely, use spatial queries

[cosmic dagger]

Do you have any console errors?

[queen adder]

yo, i need to learn how to code.... tutorials on youtube dont help at all!

[rocky canyon]

!learn well dont use YT then

[summer stump]

https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

And then
https://learn.unity.com/pathways

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[summer stump]

Youtube is terrible for starting imo

[rocky canyon]

ya, youtube is more for niche tutorials/systems

[queen adder]

so what are yalll makin?

[ashen umbra]

greetings brothers , i am new to unity and wanna enhance my experience by game developing but theres one tiny problem .. I dont know how to code at all , is there any way that theres a built in code help thing in unity to atleast help in basic functions ?

[rocky canyon]

fps fallout clone

[queen adder]

im makin vr tf2

[summer stump]

!docs

[eternal falcon]

Documentation

Get the most out of Unity Editor by accessing our documentation!

💻 API

📖 Manual

[rocky canyon]

ohh.. neet lol

[cosmic dagger]

I don't make stuff; I break stuff . . .

[languid spire]

look at visual scripting

[rocky canyon]

BOLT ... will have most of hte basics

you'll still end up needing to learn how code flows

[queen adder]

A wise heavy man once said - "All of you are DEAD!"

[languid spire]

BOLT ? You are behind the times, lol

[rocky canyon]

ohh am i? i dont stay updated with visual scripting lol

[ashen umbra]

ill look for everything u guys said , Thank u very much !

[languid spire]

Unity bought BOLT some years ago

[cosmic dagger]

BOLT? Love the respect . . .

[rocky canyon]

but its still called BOLT right?

[languid spire]

no, it's called Visual Scripting

[queen adder]

why yall saying BOLT in all caps?

[rocky canyon]

makes it sexier

[queen adder]

oh aight

[rocky canyon]

but turns out bolt has been bought by unity.. so its just alled Visual Scripting

lame

i knew they bought it.. didnt know they rebranded it

[cosmic dagger]

Which one looks more powerful: Bolt or BOLT?

[rocky canyon]

⚡ BOLT

[queen adder]

b o l t - that looks powerful

[ashen umbra]

btw for a starter like me , is 2d or 3d a good option ? i know 2d is simple and 3d bit complex but wanna know from experienced ppl

[weak cedar]

setting velocity solved it

[queen adder]

i personally start with 3D

[summer stump]

Either is good. Neither is more complex
Go with what you want

[rocky canyon]

aka bolt

[queen adder]

i love making maps in 3d unity

[rocky canyon]

wanna make me a couple? 😈

[weak cedar]

I wouldn't say one of them is more complex because it really depends on what you do, but I personally rather 2d

[queen adder]

what do u want?

[ashen umbra]

Gotcha , thank u both .. ill go and collect some great free assests and try experimenting

[rocky canyon]

im just kidden bro.. im doing a open-world-esque game... it'd be overwhelming

[queen adder]

oh aight

[rocky canyon]

soo far soo good

[queen adder]

yo i feel bad for whoever had to make the "sons of the forest" map

[ashen umbra]

👉 👈 Free for ur brother here , right 😋

[queen adder]

ik it was a team but its so detailed

[rocky canyon]

Valheim, 7 days to die and Genshin Impact too

[rich adder]

did you figure it out ? You just apply the method to the list of strings

[queen adder]

i dont like genshin impact that much, mostly pedos play that game 💀

not judgin ofc

[rocky canyon]

lol, i was just lookin over a list.. can't say ive played any of em

[cedar crest]

Hi! I want to fix 2D camera width to 12 units on screen, and wrote this code:

// cameraWidth = 4000 (random number)
var currentWidth = camera.pixelWidth;
camera.orthographicSize = cameraWidth / currentWidth;

Which worked in the editor, but when I built it, it was not 12 units.
How do I do it properly?

[cosmic dagger]

Both are the same; the only difference I see is the setup. 2d is easier to create animations from sprite sheets but you'll need to learn how to use tilemaps

With 3d, you can import tons of animations from Mixamo, but you have to learn the animator, blending, and states.

[ashen umbra]

what is the short cut key to take screenshot on laptop ?

[winter tinsel]

you have singlehandedly fixed my code a quarter million times, you do indeed make stuff

[weak cedar]

print screen

[rocky canyon]

Win + Shift + S is the superior way

[queen adder]

heres a plot twist, i AM spawn camp games!!!!

[ashen umbra]

Ah gotcha , ill search for Mixamo

[slender nymph]

https://screenshot.help

[rocky canyon]

i'll sue you bro

[queen adder]

You will sue yourself??!!

[ashen umbra]

Thank u very much !

[rocky canyon]

most likely i'll sue ur parents.. since ur probably not tax payer age yet

[rocky canyon]

no problem 🙂

[queen adder]

Youll sue your own parents?!!!!

[rocky canyon]

win + shift + s allows u to snip only the parts of hte csreen u want..

[queen adder]

aight ima stop

[rocky canyon]

and then u can just paste it..

b/c it saves it to the clipboard

[ashen umbra]

Ah , thanks alot .. i really appreciate ur help

[half forum]

Hello every one, does any body knows why when i use this code.
print(Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal"));
I always get -1 when Game window is selected but when is unselected it returns 0?
Im using a keyboard for input

[queen adder]

im bored

[rocky canyon]

when the game is unselected (its not focused)

ur not getting any inputs

so therfor (0)

if ur getting -1.. that means ur S key or ur Arrow Down key is stuck 🤪

[queen adder]

magic

[rocky canyon]

use Debug.Log over print also

print is the base-model.. no one wants that

[queen adder]

[languid spire]

I would advise you to stop posting irrelevant shit before a mod comes down on you

[queen adder]

tf did i do bruh

[languid spire]

Firstly I ain't your bro, Secondly look at your last few posts

[half forum]

Humm... I tried with another keyboard but still having the same issue

[queen adder]

it aint hurtin anyone

[rocky canyon]

#📖┃code-of-conduct

[teal viper]

This is not a place for you to satisfy your boredom. Go to some social server that has an off topic channel.

[languid spire]

This is not a social server, there is NO off topic allowed

[rocky canyon]

you dont have a gamepad plugged in do you?

[half forum]

Nope

[rocky canyon]

share your code..

[half forum]

This is everything 😵‍💫 🤣

[queen adder]

if its that deep than just report me, dont whine and bitch about it

ill go

[rocky canyon]

must be some key thats getting inputs when it shouldnt 🤔

[languid spire]

OK, As you wish <@&502884371011731486>

[rocky canyon]

ohh and before i said S key or down arrow.. u said 'Horizontal'

so its more likely ur A key or Left Arrow key

debug "Vertical" too while ur at it and see if its zero or -1

[steep rose]

i believe Horizontal is A or D

[rocky canyon]

ya, lol.. had a brain fart

[steep rose]

ah

i just saw what you said

mb

[rocky canyon]

most times i seen this happen it was because someone had a gamepad plugged in with stick drift..

never seen it w/ no gamepad was plugged in.

[half forum]

It is -1 too

[rocky canyon]

very interesting..

i havent a clue mate

try restarting unity?

[steep rose]

do you have any controllers or keyboard plugged in

[half forum]

okay

[strong wren]

@queen adder This isn't the server for random crap. Keep messages relevant.

[steep rose]

if you do it sounds like the controller is drifting to the bottom left

[rocky canyon]

BIG drift too

u could debug Input.Axis w/o the Raw part

and it'd give u a more accurate representation

[steep rose]

actually a small drift would affect it to

as long as the dead zones of the controller are small

[rocky canyon]

for Raw? i'd think it had to be over halfway to the edge

[steep rose]

it relys on controller deadzone i believe

i could be wrong

[half forum]

I made sure to have only the keyboard connected and tested with two different ones.

I'll restar my pc

[steep rose]

i probably shouldnt have said keyboard since they dont really have drift, unless the A and S key is stuck

[languid spire]

Mouse could be fucked/ Maybe?

[steep rose]

im not sure mouse affects Horizontal or Vertical

[languid spire]

Laptop+TouchPad?

[languid spire]

sure it does

[steep rose]

you would know if the keys were stuck though

[steep rose]

isnt mouse connected with Mouse X/Y

[languid spire]

#💻┃code-beginner message
look at the Type setting

[steep rose]

ahhhhhh

alright

mb 😅

[languid spire]

It is extremely odd though

[ashen umbra]

Guys , whats this for ?

[rocky canyon]

organization

[indigo mirage]

Hey all whats the correct string for left control, this doesnt work

[rocky canyon]

Keycode.LeftControl i think nvm thats KeyCode

[ashen umbra]

should i take it ?

[indigo mirage]

ohh, is left ctrl not a button

[rocky canyon]

not sure what the string is for button

[languid spire]

it's a keyboard key

[rocky canyon]

i typically use GetKeyDown(Keycode.LeftControl);

[indigo mirage]

Ah ok i gotcha,

hmm its not seeming to detect when they key is down

[half forum]

Humm tried without Mouse and still having that error

I tried with this code and it is going well, so keyboard is okay
`float horizontal = 0;
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A)) horizontal = -1;
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D)) horizontal = 1;

print(horizontal);`

[indigo mirage]

tried this and in debug isnt showing that isSprinting is true when lctrl is down

[rocky canyon]

u can use the Input analysis window to see ur inputs

i cant remember if u have to have the new-input system enabled to view it tho

[indigo mirage]

i dont even have the analysis in my winow tab so

[rocky canyon]

ya its probably b/c i have the new input system installed

and my project set to use both of them

you have to have analysis in the window tab..

b/c how else would u run the profiler?

[indigo mirage]

yeah i do it wasnt in alphabetical, thats my fault, but it doesnt have the input debugger

[rocky canyon]

ahh okay

[rocky canyon]

i wonder what happens if u use Keycode.LeftArrow and RightArrow

the -1 must be coming from somewhere

[indigo mirage]

So i fixed it by just getting rid of the down, now its just input.GetKey

[rocky canyon]

ohh yea i was mixing u up with the other guy with input problems

GetKeyDown = the frame it was presed on

GetKey is all the frames its held on

[indigo mirage]

its fine, thanks for the help

[half forum]

It behaves the same as A and D 😦

Could it be that I installed it incorrectly or that there was a problem during the installation of Unity?

Also tried with different versions

[rocky canyon]

id have to research

[mint imp]

im trying to add a stamina bar to my game where if you dash, it sets it to zero and then it regenerates but for some reason it wont work

[rich adder]

which part is not working ?

[half forum]

Thanks, this problem is frustrating

[mint imp]

the fillamount doesent work

[void thicket]

fillAmount is 0-1

[mint imp]

oh

[rocky canyon]

[ashen umbra]

i think ill die even before i reach to the programming part by watching u guys

[mint imp]

that explains it

lmao

[ashen umbra]

btw , by your exp.. Is progrmming hard ?

new to it

[rich adder]

just divide by 100

[ashen umbra]

almost very much lmao

[mint imp]

it still doesent work

:/

[rich adder]

remove the -

float fillAmount = currentStamina / 100;
staminaBar.fillAmount = fillAmount;```

[mint imp]

aight

wait the one on line 18 or 19?

[frosty hound]

Think for a second. You're subtracting from the stamina because they took damage, so naturally not that one.

[ashen umbra]

what are these lines for ?

[frosty hound]

Whereas you're assigning a value to fill amount, but giving it a - sign. You don't want a negative value, of course.

[rocky canyon]

they're closing braces.. theres 1 for every opening brace

[rich adder]

time for c# courses

[ashen umbra]

like we have to add em in start and as well as at the end of each programming point for it to work ?

[rocky canyon]

function()
{
    if(thisthing)
    {
        // do something
    }
}```

[summer stump]

Programming point?

You should do this
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

And then this
https://learn.unity.com/pathways

[ashen umbra]

new to this so idk what to call em lol

[summer stump]

They are called scopes
But I think you are thinking of the wrong thing when talking about programming points

[frosty hound]

This isn't the place to ask extremely basic questions, that's not how you learn. Do the tutorials/resources and actually learn.

[ashen umbra]

have 2 courses in my yt to watch , but its better if i ask actuall ppl as well as u guys are experienced and i can learn alot from video and u guys

[mint imp]

@rich adder it still isnt working :/

[frosty hound]

It's not. Extreme hand-holding is not for this server. If you want someone to mentor you, you'll have to find that.

[summer stump]

Do not use youtube, especially if they are Brackeys or Code Monkey
#💻┃code-beginner message

[frosty hound]

Is your log firing?

[mint imp]

yea

[frosty hound]

Is your image set up to work with fill?

[mint imp]

how do you do that

[ashen umbra]

🥲

[frosty hound]

How did you do that?

[mint imp]

wdym

[frosty hound]

How was your image component configured?

[mint imp]

well

[ashen umbra]

il check it right away , thanks

[mint imp]

gime a sec

[frosty hound]

It isn't. You need to give it a source image, and change the type to fill.

[mint imp]

like this?

[rich adder]

do it in the inspector

put this in there (right click save)

[mint imp]

can yall hop in wild streaming and show me rq i dont really understand

[fickle plume]

Best way to learn Unity is through Pathways courses on Unity Learn. Learning C# basics first would be very beneficial as well. Also with rare exception of one or two very comprehensive course series on YouTube you would be better off finding an interactive or written course with practical examples and exercises.

[rich adder]

download that plain sprite i sent, plug in the image component as sprite, switch it to fill mode in the inspector

[mint imp]

ok thx

[solemn grove]

Ignore this...

[mint imp]

oml it works now tysm

[ashen umbra]

thank u very much , a brother just sended me link to pathways and i am currently looking it 😋 ... idk why brother Osteel got that mad on me for asking .. i am literal newbie so idk what to do and like talking to u guys , u guys helped me with pathways and other learning site .. From there ill try my best to learn .. God bless u ☺️

[summer stump]

Osteel did not get mad. Just said something completely accurate and correct

[ashen umbra]

😅 oh , i thought i made brother mad

[mint imp]

i have a question tho

would there be a way for me to ease in the stamina change?

[queen adder]

I am getting an error its in the screenshot this used to work fine now it doesnt no idea why anybody know why its with the Input.

{   
    public float speed = 5.0f;
    public float speedx;
    public float speedY;
    public float Health = 10.0f;
    Rigidbody2D rb;
    private Vector2 spawnLoc;
    public Transform player;
    public Vector2 playerPosition;
    public GameObject transition;
    public GameObject enemySpawner;
  

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        spawnLoc = new Vector2 (-7, 1);
        Health = 10;
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
       TransitionScript script = transition.GetComponent<TransitionScript>();
        EnemySpawner enemyspawner = enemySpawner.GetComponent<EnemySpawner>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
     
        speedx = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal") * speed;
        speedY = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") * speed;

        rb.velocity = new Vector2 (speedx, speedY);
       getPlayerPos();
        if (transform.position.x > 8)
        {
            player.position = spawnLoc;
            EnemySpawner enemyspawner = enemySpawner.GetComponent<EnemySpawner>();
            TransitionScript script = transition.GetComponent<TransitionScript>();
            StartCoroutine(fadeInFadeOut());
            enemyspawner.nextWave();
          
        }
    }
    
    void TakeDamage() 
    {
      
    }
    public void getPlayerPos()
    {
       playerPosition = player.transform.position;
    }
    public void nextWave()
    {

    }
    IEnumerator fadeInFadeOut()
    {
        TransitionScript script = transition.GetComponent<TransitionScript>();
        script.fadeIn();
        Debug.Log("Faded In");
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);
        script.fadeOut();
        Debug.Log("Faded Out");
    }   
}```

[languid spire]

Brilliant, the cause of the error is very obvious and you managed to NOT post the code causing it

[queen adder]

I fixed it i see it now whoops

[rocky canyon]

which Input u want?

[queen adder]

yo could i use probuilder with blender models?

[rocky canyon]

you can probuilderize the model and then it can be modified w/ probuilder

[queen adder]

aight thx

[queen adder]

Anybody know How would I wake a TMP text equal an int or float of another script?

[slender nymph]

do you perhaps mean you wish to set the text property of your TMP_Text object to the value of that int or float? if that is the case, you simply need to get a reference to the object with that value you wish to use on it and assign to the TMP_Text's text property

[devout turtle]

Hello I am having a problem that produces no error. I am using a navmesh agent, and have set points that an ai needs to go to. once it reches a certain point though it just stops and wont go to the next point unless I move it past a nonexistant line, but it starts moving again if I move around the floors with navmesh surfaces and goes along without a problem until it needs to go back to the second point. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[slender nymph]

show relevant code as well as the settings on the navmeshagent component

[slender nymph]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[devout turtle]

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

[slender nymph]

you have a lot of nested if statements. have you done any actual debugging to find out if the conditions are evaluating to what you expect?

[devout turtle]

Yes and found absoutly no errors

[slender nymph]

what did you do to actually debug any of that? because you don't have any useful logs in the code

[devout turtle]

I did have them than rage quit without saving there was a travelling and arrived debug

[slender nymph]

that does not sound like useful information that would tell you what your conditions are evaluating to

[cold carbon]

hello guys ,where i can find good pathway to learn VR?

[slender nymph]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[cold carbon]

yes i am totally beginner

[slender nymph]

okay, so use the unity learn site which the bot conveniently linked after i used that command

[queen adder]

This is my code the errer is waveText = waveText.text = enemySpawner.Wave; says I cant convert int to string is there a way I should be doing this

public class waveTextScript : MonoBehaviour
{
   public TMP_Text waveText;
   public EnemySpawner enemySpawner;
   // Start is called before the first frame update
   void Start()
   {
       EnemySpawner enemyspawner = enemySpawner.GetComponent<EnemySpawner>();
   }

   // Update is called once per frame
   void Update()
   {
       
   }
   void updateWaveCounter(int wave) 
   {

       waveText = waveText.text = enemySpawner.Wave;
   }
}```

[steep rose]

first off you are using 2 = signs which is a no go

[slender nymph]

well for starters, that waveText = at the beginning of the line is almost certainly incorrectly.
as for what you are asking about, have you googled it yet?

[cold carbon]

you have experience or beginner also?

[slender nymph]

i don't see why that is relevant

[steep rose]

you could do waveText.text = enemySpawner.Wave;

i have zero clue if that would work

[cold carbon]

i wanna ask a question

[steep rose]

bc i dont have your code

[slender nymph]

Don't Ask To Ask
and if your question is anything about how you can learn to use unity, i will refer you again to the unity learn site

[cold carbon]

i want to ask advanced question in the field , but anyway thank you

[slender nymph]

then ask it. did you not bother reading the information in the link i sent about asking questions?

[willow scroll]

Haven't you said you're a complete beginner? #💻┃code-beginner message

[cold carbon]

okay i got you, i want to make a big project with my team related to VR in dentistry, and bec we all are totally beginner we dont know how much it will cost , the project for helping dentist students learn the teeth and its layer using vr glass connected to the teeth with sensors

[cold carbon]

yeah

[slender nymph]

start by learning what you are doing before worrying about project costs. there's also no single answer to how much a project will end up costing in time, effort, and capital.

[cold carbon]

thank you and execuse me of what happens

[devout turtle]

I have set some proper debugs now and it is just saying that the destination is set and it still just not moving

[slender nymph]

show your current code and what is being printed

[devout turtle]

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

[steep rose]

that nesting is a mess

[devout turtle]

If you need to know the debugs popping up are the cooldown messages and the set destination

[slender nymph]

i did specifically ask you to show the logs being printed

but you're also missing some useful information such as whether the agent is stopped and its current position and distance to the destination

[devout turtle]

How should I write that up

[hot palm]

I have a class PlayerMovement with the following code snippet:

private void ResetMovement(bool enteredEditMode, Transform editorArea)
{
    [...]
    if (enteredEditMode)
    {
        if (lastEditorArea != null)
        {
            lastEditorArea = editorArea;
            transform.position = lastEditorArea.position;
        }
        else
        {
            transform.position = transform.root.position; // <-- Error in this line
        }
    }
    [...]
}

I get the error:
MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'PlayerMovement' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
How does this have to do with the existence of PlayerMovement? Why should it be destroyed at this point? It even sets the position, but still gives me this error.

GameManager.Event_ResetPlayerToLastEditArea += () => ResetMovement(true, lastEditorArea);

This is how I call it btw, Copilot suggested it, is this wrong?

[slender nymph]

your event is probably static and you never unsubscribe from it. so when the scene is reloaded the new object subscribes to the event and that one probably works fine, but then the event still tries to call invoke the method on the destroyed object afterwards

[hot palm]

Oh I did see it work just fine once after recompiling

I only unsubscribe in OnDisable

private void OnDisable()
{
    GameManager.Event_ResetPlayerToLastEditArea -= () => ResetMovement(true, lastEditorArea);
}

[slender nymph]

that is unsubscribing a completely separate lambda expression. each time you create a lambda expression it creates a new instance of it. even if it is identical. You need to store the expression in an Action typed variable in the class, then subscribe and unsubscribe using that variable

or write a method that calls that ResetMovement method and takes no parameters and just (un)subscribe with that

[hot palm]

Ah I see, working with expressions you don't understand anything about should be doomed to fail. I'll just sub and give it a method, then call that with those values

Exactly what you just suggested, thanks a lot!

[timid quartz]

I am trying to create a sprite at runtime that turns an image red.

        int imagewidth = (int)TheMap.rectTransform.rect.width;
        int imageheight = (int)TheMap.rectTransform.rect.height;

        // create a texture with the same dimentions
        Texture2D maptexture = new Texture2D(imagewidth, imageheight);

        // make a color array of appropriate length
        Color[] BackgroundColor = new Color[imagewidth * imageheight];

        // fill the array with nothing but red
        for (int i = 0; i < BackgroundColor.Length; i++)
        {
            BackgroundColor[i] = Color.red;
        }

        // set the texture to use the color array, starting at 0,0 and continuing across the whole image
        maptexture.SetPixels(0, 0, maptexture.width, maptexture.height, BackgroundColor);

        // set the UI image's sprite to a sprite made from the newly colored map texture
        TheMap.sprite = Sprite.Create(maptexture, new Rect(0.0f, 0.0f, maptexture.width, maptexture.height), new Vector2(maptexture.width / 2, maptexture.height / 2));```

However, it appears to simply be making a transparent white sprite instead of the solid red I'm looking for.

[deft grail]

!code

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[deft grail]

the alpha of the sprite is probably 0

[devout turtle]

Sorry it took so long I have added a moving debug here is the new version of the script and it is sending the debug not moving

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

[timid quartz]

oops I'm a dummy, had to send the texture to the GPU

after the setpixels

thanks all!

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Texture2D.Apply.html (for anyone else poking at this in the future)

[obsidian granite]

what's the issue with brackeys or code monkey? as long as you know what you're doing, their tutorials provide some amount of benefit, either introducing you to a new part of the API or showing you a different use of something you already knew

[summer stump]

Really really bad habits in their beginner videos.

There are far better resources, so there is no reason to ever warch those ones

Their intermediate/advanced or specific ones are fine

[frosty hound]

The issue is beginners do not know what they're doing.

[obsidian granite]

oh alr

i thought you meant in general

they were bad

[summer stump]

Well honestly, yes a bit. But I prefer to avoid youtube entirely
Their other stuff is FINE, but not great imo.
And written guides are almost always better

[obsidian granite]

written guides are harder to come by though

and docs are extremely hard to parse through for beginners, no?

i feel like if i didn't know how to code, reading through docs (which inherently require SOME knowledge of OOP, given the fact that they reference inheritance trees, methods as members of classes, etc) would just leave me discouraged

[summer stump]

No
Hard disagree with all of that.
I learned from docs in every engine I have used. Plus some articles and just researching computer science concepts themselves