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[polar acorn]

then you can worry about filtering your collisions to determine which things you want it to do that with

[orchid kite]

ya but its doing what i want like when it colliders with a 2d collider the hit is true and circle collider of the banana is disabled

i was gonna add gameObject.SetActive(false); but like its doing the flicker thing i think cuz of the monkey problem

i will use an if statment to remove the monkey

[orchid kite]

ITS WORKING LETS GO

thank mr dig

[terse spindle]

hello guys
I want to make an active ragdoll character, I want it to be like human fall flat
should I make it move the hips and legs follow the hip, taking steps if hip is too far from the leg
or should I blend animated and physical characters

or something else

[verbal dome]

I do active ragdolls by having an invisible, animated character, and then the actual character that uses configurable joints to try and replicate the animated character

Not a beginner subject though... Unless you find some really handy asset for it

[steep rose]

active ragdolls are tricky, you would get a lot out of this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-cp6yW3Iw

[abstract copper]

So I have method to crouch and when you crouch it makes player local scale half, howcan I avoid to scale items player holds when he crouches, items are added to a hand transform which is a child of player

[verbal dome]

Avoid scaling the parent. Maybe only scale a separate child that has the character's visuals, if necessary

[abstract copper]

i guess i could just move the camera down as i dont need him to like go trough spaces

its mostly for ease of access to items on ground

[steep rose]

instead of scaling the parent you can adjust the size of the collider and adjust playermodel via animations or scaling (if its a primitive shape)

so it wont scale your items

[hollow forum]

how can i check if an object is colliding with the ground

so far i have this

    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
    {

        if (displacement.magnitude < maxDistance)
        {
            power = displacement.magnitude / maxPower;

            rb.velocity = -Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) * power;

        }
        else
        {
            rb.velocity = -Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);

        }
}```

but it doesnt seem to be working

the radius of the object is 0.16

[orchid kite]

guys i hv one final little issue with the banana throw when my monkey faces right the banana moves right however when i turn the monkey left the banana only flips but does not change direction

    public void SetDirection(float _direction)
    {
        broke = 0;
        direction = _direction;
        hit = false;
        circleCollider.enabled = true;
        gameObject.SetActive(true);

        float localScaleX = transform.localScale.x;

        if (Mathf.Sign(localScaleX) != direction)
            transform.localScale = new Vector3(-localScaleX, transform.localScale.y, transform.localScale.z);
    }

[wintry quarry]

you would have to show the banana throwing code

[orchid kite]

alr gimme a moment

[wintry quarry]

you do not want a while loop here, it will freeze your game/editor

[orchid kite]

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

public class BananaThrow : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private float speed;
    private bool hit;
    [SerializeField] private CircleCollider2D circleCollider; 
    private float direction;
    private float broke;

    private void Awake()
    {
        circleCollider = GetComponent<CircleCollider2D>();
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (hit) return;
        float movementSpeed = speed * Time.deltaTime;
        transform.Translate(movementSpeed, 0, 0);

        broke += Time.deltaTime;
        if (broke > 100) gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            Debug.Log("Banana hit the monkey, continuing movement.");
            return;  
        }

        hit = true;
        circleCollider.enabled = false;
        gameObject.SetActive(false);
        Debug.Log($"Banana hit: {collision.gameObject.name}");
    }

    public void SetDirection(float _direction)
    {
        broke = 0;
        direction = _direction;
        hit = false;
        circleCollider.enabled = true;
        gameObject.SetActive(true);

        float localScaleX = transform.localScale.x;

        if (Mathf.Sign(localScaleX) != direction)
            transform.localScale = new Vector3(-localScaleX, transform.localScale.y, transform.localScale.z);
    }

    private void Deactivate()
    {
        gameObject.SetActive(false);
    }
}

[wintry quarry]

it's unclear which object this script is on, or where the banana throwing is happening

is this script on the banana prefab or something?

I don't understand

[steep rose]

seems like its just 1 gameobject in the scene

[orchid kite]

its just an object with 10 clones of it hidden in the hieracrhy no prefab

object pooling

[hollow forum]

ive made it if but for some reason the raycast just doesnt return true when the object is on the ground even tho its just down with a value of 1

[wintry quarry]

Well first off are you in 2D or 3D?

Because you're using a 3D raycast here

[hollow forum]

2d

[steep rose]

you should probably convert that to a prefab and instantiate it

[wintry quarry]

you're using the wrong raycast

Physics2D.Raycast

[steep rose]

just to be cleaner

[hollow forum]

🤣

lmao

that simple

[steep rose]

changing the scale of the banana wont change its direction, you would have to modify the transform.translate

keep in mind transform.translate ignores collisions as well

[wintry quarry]

Well Translate works in local space by default

so I think inverting the scale should actually do it

[hollow forum]

my raycast is still returning true even tho my gameobject is up in the air

[steep rose]

try altering movementSpeed in the translate

just a test

[hollow forum]

{

    Vector2 mousePos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);

    displacement = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) - transform.position;


    if (Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, Vector2.down, 0.1f)) {

        Debug.Log("true");
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0))
        {

            if (displacement.magnitude < maxDistance)
            {
                power = displacement.magnitude / maxPower;

                rb.velocity = -Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition) * power;

            }
            else
            {
                rb.velocity = -Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);

            }
        }
    } else
    {
        Debug.Log("false");
    }
}```

[steep rose]

do you have a layermask for the ground?

right now the raycast is just hitting whatever

[hollow forum]

i looked it up and changed a setting and now it returns true for first 3 frames then returns false

[hollow forum]

no i dont

[steep rose]

add a layermask in the raycast script

[hollow forum]

how?

[steep rose]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics2D.Raycast.html

this is the documentation for it

[hollow forum]

so if i set the ground to the ground layer

then add a layermask for that in the raycast

[steep rose]

it will only hit ground

[hollow forum]

ok ill try

if (Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, Vector2.down, LayerMask.GetMask("Ground")))

ive done this

[steep rose]

try it

[hollow forum]

it doesnt work

it still returns true even if the object is levitating

[verbal dome]

You put layerMask where it expects distance

[hollow forum]

i did you are correct

[steep rose]

i would make distance a float

[hollow forum]

cheers

yes it is

[steep rose]

problem solved?

[hollow forum]

yes thank you

[steep rose]

neato burrito
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[flat fossil]

Okay, so I'm making a 8-directional character controller

problem is that the diagonal movement is off

here's the simple code im using currently

as a visual example, the character starts up here

[languid spire]

describe 'off'. Also why fixedDeltaTime in Update?

[flat fossil]

and then he winds up here when moving diagonally, which is not lined up with the tiles at all

[languid spire]

off course not, do you know Pythagoras?

[flat fossil]

as for the fixedDeltaTime - I've got no clue. I followed a tutorial

Yes, I've watched those videos on how to fix the diagonal in theory but I have no idea how to apply it practically

[terse spindle]

do normalized work in this one?

Vector2.normalized

[flat fossil]

give me a second, I'll try

[terse spindle]

or is it normalize

I dont remember

[willow scroll]

Vector2.normalize is a property, and Vector2.Normalize() a method

[terse spindle]

okay

[verbal dome]

Can't you just half your y movement?

[meager sinew]

public class GameUIHandler : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private Sprite[] _healthBarSprites;
    private Sprite _currentHealthBarSprite;

    [SerializeField] private CharacterManager _characterManager;
    private int _playerHealth;

    [SerializeField] private float _scaleChange;
    [SerializeField] private int _sizeChangeDelay;

    public Slider _staminaBar;

    [SerializeField] private CharacterMovement _characterMovement;
    #region HealthBar Sprite
    public void ChangeHealthBarSprite()
    {
        _playerHealth = _characterManager._playerHealth;

        Debug.Log(_playerHealth);

        for (int i = 0; i < _healthBarSprites.Length; i++)
        {
            if (i == _playerHealth)
            {
                _currentHealthBarSprite = _healthBarSprites[i];
                gameObject.GetComponent<Image>().sprite = _currentHealthBarSprite;
            }
        }

        if (_playerHealth == 0)
        {
            SceneManager.LoadScene("DeathScene");
        }
    }
    #endregion

    #region Stamina Bar

    private void Start()
    {
        _characterMovement._currentStamina = _characterMovement._maxStamina;
        _staminaBar.maxValue = _characterMovement._maxStamina;
        _staminaBar.value = _characterMovement._maxStamina;
    }

    public void UseStamina()
    {

        if(_characterMovement._currentStamina - _characterMovement._staminaUse >= 0)
        {
            _characterMovement._currentStamina -= _characterMovement._staminaUse;
            _staminaBar.value = _characterMovement._currentStamina;
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("Not Enough Stamina");
        }
    }```

Can someone help me i have this error:

[verbal dome]

Your tile width seems twice higher than the height

[meager sinew]

Line 50 is _characterMovement._currentStamina = _characterMovement._maxStamina;

[willow scroll]

You just have to normalize the your direction Vector, since moving diagonally gives the distance of sqrt(2)

[languid spire]

Had you used a paste site, like you are supposed to, we would know what line 50 was

[languid spire]

obviously then _characterMovement is null

[meager sinew]

i said what line 50 was

[verbal dome]

The only reference type on that line is _characterMovement, so that has to be null

[flat fossil]

Aight, I'll try it out

[meager sinew]

i have it set in the inspector tho

[willow scroll]

Just get Vector2.normalized

[verbal dome]

Perhaps you have another object with this script then

Type t:charactermovement in the scene hierarchy search bar to search by type

[meager sinew]

oh i do

thank you

[flat fossil]

I've put a normalized on the rb.velocity line but I suppose that's not how one does that

[hollow forum]

is there a way to raycast in all directions but one

[rich adder]

there is always a way

[willow scroll]

velocity is speed, not direction

[polar acorn]

Well, "All directions minus one" is still infinity directions

[rich adder]

put the directions you want in an array and loop through them

[willow scroll]

And ruin your performance, assuming you want to iteract through infinity directions minus one

[verbal dome]

What are you trying to do

[flat fossil]

the PlayerInput line then? get both axis inputs and then normalize them?

[willow scroll]

You have to, first of all, configure your !ide. And then get Vector2.normalized of PlayerInput

[eternal falcon]

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[verbal dome]

I don't think their issue is the normalization/clamping, although that should be fixed too (so you don't walk faster diagonally)

[rich adder]

looks configured , just old VS theme

[willow scroll]

White methods?

[rich adder]

there was an old VS 2019 theme like that
but the missing "References" headers looks sus

[verbal dome]

The tiles are twice wider than their height. So I think you should just * 0.5f your vertical velocity @flat fossil

[willow scroll]

They have said their issue is walking faster diagonally

[flat fossil]

Oh shit

[hollow forum]

so ive made ball

but with rigidbodies it doesnt bounce off walls

so that is my next venture

[verbal dome]

Not sure where they said that

[hollow forum]

i thought of doing raycasts left right and down and if velocity is not equal to zero it bounces up with 87% of the original velocity

[verbal dome]

I think they are moving along the red line now, while it should be the blue line

[flat fossil]

Yes!

[willow scroll]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[verbal dome]

Ambiguous

[willow scroll]

So, you should not move diagonally at all?

[verbal dome]

The blue line in the image I posted does go diagonally, but not 45 degrees

[flat fossil]

Regardless, this fixed the problem!! Thank you so much Osmal

[hollow forum]

so far ive tried this if (Physics2D.Raycast(transform.position, Vector2.right, 0.2f, LayerMask.GetMask("Ground")) || rb.velocity.magnitude != 0) { rb.velocity *= 0.87f; }

but it just doesnt act how i want it to

i also tried seperately to change the velocity by multiplying the x by -0.87 but that also didnt work

[wintry quarry]

Check what it's colliding with. Probably the player itself since you're not using a layermask

[lapis frigate]

I have a problem, I created an inventory system and an add item button for a test that adds an item to the inventory, I tried to code it that way that if another item from the same type enters the inventory the items should stuck, but instead I can only add 1 item and when I press the button again nothing happens, any help?

[rich adder]

help how? we don't even see the !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Use links to services like:
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To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[lapis frigate]

item slot script: https://gdl.space/deguyazise.cpp
inventory manager script: https://gdl.space/itanihuhus.cpp
item script: https://gdl.space/ihurebugux.cs

[lapis frigate]

my bad, I was in the process of sending it while u send the message

any help? Im pretty much lost

[rich adder]

start adding some logs and debug it

[lapis frigate]

tbh I dont know how to debug

[steep rose]

!learn

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[rich adder]

that should've been one of the first things to learn before doing an Inventory

[steep rose]

debugging is the absolute basics of unity

you must learn it

[rich adder]

how else would you double check your values without debugging, its essential to doing anything

[lapis frigate]

hmm I guess thats right

[steep rose]

isnt that one of the if not the first things you learn while coding in unity?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Debug.Log.html

this should've been one of the first lines you wrote in unity

[steep rose]

and its the most important

[rich adder]

If you want to take debugging to the next level
https://unity.com/how-to/debugging-with-microsoft-visual-studio-2022
https://unity.com/how-to/debugging-with-microsoft-visual-studio-code

should be pinned tbh

[willow scroll]

@lapis frigate A few days ago you asked why getComponent didn't work. I am not sure whether I've sent you [this link](#💻┃code-beginner message) that time, but you really should have a look at it

[dawn steppe]

just for organization should you apply components urself in the editor or in script directly with getcomponent?

[steep rose]

you could do either

[rich adder]

I like my scripts to be clear on what references they have assigned etc. I prefer Serialize inspector when possible

[steep rose]

depends on how you arrange it

[scenic saffron]

I was getting this message for no reason after i deleted a canvas every time I Jumped, i fixed it by changing canvas to a game object, but i still would like to know why that happened

[rich adder]

pretty clear, that component depends on another and can't be removed

[scenic saffron]

yeah but i got the message every time I Jumped after it was removed

[rich adder]

well it was trying to remove it but didn't

so stuck in a loop ig , try remove, can't , jump try to remove can't etc

[scenic saffron]

I mean after i deleted the canvas every time i Jumped it told me that I cant remove the canvas but Jumping and removing are not connected in any way and the script that deletes the canvas was also part of the canvas, so a removed script told me that cant remove a already removed Canvas every time i did something completely un related

[polar acorn]

If they weren't connected in any way, then you wouldn't be getting that error whenever you jump

So, more likely, you never intended to connect them, but did

[rich adder]

You still have referenced Canvas anyway, deleted or not

so its probably an internal message

[strong wren]

can u theoretically make a game with only 1 script?

like have EVERYTHING in just one massive script

[scenic saffron]

yes

[rich adder]

yes ofc

[strong wren]

lol

well i know what i have to do later

would be pretty funny

[rich adder]

you can't use Two monobehaviour in one script though

[scenic saffron]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnJUE2ptB5U&pp=ygUpaSBjb2RlZWQgYSBnYW1lIGluIGp1c3Qgb2luZSBsaWJlIG9mIGNvZGU%3D

[rich adder]

brain rot

[strong wren]

LMAO

[scenic saffron]

the video has 2.5m views so if you upload a video of you doing a game in just one script you will get (2500000 / x lines of code) views

[languid spire]

yeah, but you can put the same script on multiple objects and have the logic filtered by Tag and/or Layer

[fathom bramble]

Does anyone ever get this error specifically from webgl builds?

[rich adder]

might be fun for shits n gigs, but what a nightmare lol

[fathom bramble]

the windows build doesn't throw this exception, only webgl

[rich adder]

are you trying to run the webgl from windows?

did you do Build n Run

[languid spire]

absolutely, you'd have to be an idiot to try it because it has no pros only cons

[fathom bramble]

Yeah is that bad? Also the issue persisted on itch.io

[rich adder]

lol yea clickbait videos

[rich adder]

oh just checking , cause it needs a server but yeah if happens in itch there is issue. Did you check console ?

[rich adder]

In my case it was because of Visual Effect Assets. Just when I switched to the WebGL target build, Unity threw some warnings at me that I ignored at first. When I switched to using particle system instead, everything was working.

check your unity if anything like that came up when you switched to webgl

https://discussions.unity.com/t/webgl-runtimeerror-null-function-or-function-signature-mismatch-version-2021-2-19f-and-2021-3-0f1/879599/2

try another browser or incognito mode

Chrome cache will sometimes cause a mismatch when loading the wasm of a project build. Clearing your cache often fixes the issue, and is why it worked in Incogneto mode.

[languid spire]

tbf though, most of the old arcade games are easy to make as a one script game, that is, after all, how we made them originally

[rich adder]

true true. Reminds me when i first learned unity i pretty much wrote monoliths lol
C# Console apps also teach you to cram everything in Program.cs at first

[languid spire]

absolutely, any Unity game should be able to run as a Console App, bar the rendering, of course

[rich adder]

Yeah console apps reminds how nice it is to have a GUI or engine to make stuff go pow pow 🤩

[fathom bramble]

rebuilding the game to see if any error comes in the unity console window

running in incognito did not help

[rich adder]

not sure maybe try #🌐┃web

doesnt seem code related

did you try

The first thing to do when getting a cryptic error that has those “wasm-function[xxyy]” lines on it is to change in the Project Build Settings “Debug Symbols: Embedded”, and then repro the error again.
That will give a human-readable call stack that can then help point towards the source of the exception.

[fathom bramble]

hmm will try that now, is that in player settings

[orchid kite]

Hey guys i need some help

I have this monkey throwing bananas and well when the monkey if facing right the banana is thrown normally however i want the monkey to throw the banana left when it faces the left side however the banana itself just flips over and continues moving in the right direction any help to fix this?

https://gdl.space/vefevujuco.cs

[rich adder]

start debugging which values you are passing to the banana etc

[lunar kelp]

How do you use OOP in unity?

[rich adder]

the same way you use it in any other frameworks

[lunar kelp]

Do I just delete mono behavior and type the other script in it?

[rich adder]

well the tricky part, unity is component based

so you have to also think about that

monobehaviour is a component

decide when your object should be just a POCO or a Gameobject MB

[charred spoke]

A better question would be what do you want to achieve

[rich adder]

so yeah delete MB if you dont need to be a component

[fathom bramble]

@rich adder I'm not sure if this is helpful but

in the console window, the error seems to start

right when I try to post data to a php server

(the leaderboard)

does maybe webgl not mesh well with that sort of thing?

[rich adder]

typically you would get a CORS issue but doesn't seem like it, seems like something might be going wrong on your code itself ? are are you using a UnityWebRequest ?

[fathom bramble]

Nothing should be wrong with the code, the windows build works perfectly

however I did get an interesting message just now

[rich adder]

whats the stacktrace on that

is ScriptableSingleton your thing ? I never heard of it

oh nvm its a unity class, hmm its a Editor only class so no idea what happen there

[languid spire]

yes, but it's editor only, should not be in a build

[fathom bramble]

This error only seems to happen in the build where I try to post to my php server

[rich adder]

what happens in code after "attempt"

[rich adder]

what about the windows build ? did you check the player-log file

[languid spire]

tbh, that error looks like a code stripping problem

[fathom bramble]

Just tried the windows build again, it works fine. Where is the player-log file?

[fathom bramble]

in the code, the game is supposed to be over but it never even reaches that point in the webgl build

it just crashes

[fathom bramble]

Oh? What does that mean

[rich adder]

!logs

[eternal falcon]

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[languid spire]

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

[rich adder]

ops they dont have player log here, click the link

[fathom bramble]

so basically it's stripping away the code needed for the http stuff?

[languid spire]

possible but not necessarily, generaly it tends to over strip code using generics

but it can also be if you use Invoke or a coroutine with a string argument

[fathom bramble]

But why would that not be an issue in the windows build? Unless webgl specifically can't work with those

[languid spire]

because WebGL builds use a more aggressive code stripping algorithm

[fathom bramble]

hmm fair just trying to find that optimization section the article spoke about

[languid spire]

best bet, look at the Preserve attribute in that link and apply it to your code

[strong wren]

how do i check the names of gameobjects thru code?

im using a raycast for interactable gameobjects and i was thinking to check the gameobjects name

[languid spire]

a gameObject has a name property

[strong wren]

i can check for tags but idk if thats the best way

[strong wren]

yeah gameobject.name

but i cant do if(gameObject.name = ("smth"));

[fathom bramble]

I wish the article said what menu to open to get there

can't find it anywhere

[languid spire]

no because that is not valid C#

[strong wren]

yeah so how do i do ti

[languid spire]

look at what is wrong with the code you just posted

[strong wren]

theres no CompareName

[strong wren]

i know its wrong, ofc its wrong its just an example

nvm

im a braindead person and im ok with it

i was right i just needed the extra = and rto remove the brackets

not my fault i was dropped as a baby

[fathom bramble]

if (gameObject.name == "smith") {}

[strong wren]

yep 🙂

[rich adder]

you should not be using gameobject names for any logic tbh

[fathom bramble]

I use tags tbh

[rich adder]

better but still bad imo

[rich adder]

strings are not very good

[fathom bramble]

Not sure what the better unity-way is to do it

[rich adder]

they are not type-safe

[rich adder]

if(collision.collider.TryGetComponent(out Player player))
player.DoSomething() or Destroy(collision.gameObject)
etc..

[rocky canyon]

trygets all the way

[fathom bramble]

If that's invoking a try-catch inside it, seems rather expensive for a simple compare check

[rocky canyon]

eh? ive been told for 3 years now.. thats the beetter way than to compare strings

[rich adder]

Invoke a try catch wdym

[fathom bramble]

try-catch makes a copy of your entire call stack. I tend to avoid it unless I think the app will crash due to it

[rich adder]

its a simple null check

null checks are cheap

[fathom bramble]

Oh

[rich adder]

its like wiriting
var player = collision.collider.GetComponent<Player>()
if(player != null)
and get component is relatively performant

[rocky canyon]

   if(hit.collider.transform.TryGetComponent(out IInteractable interactable))
            {
                cachedInteractable = hit.collider.gameObject;``` u can use it different ways too.. i like to use em for Interfaces

[willow scroll]

Every method with Try assigns the internal method to the out parameter and returns true is it's not null, as was shown above

[fathom bramble]

Lowering stripping level didn't work. This is such a weirddddd error. I mean I guess webgl isn't totally necessary but would have been nice to have it on itch.io

maybe I'll focus on windows for now

[rich adder]

wat is the code doing can you show the function that posts to leaderboard

[fathom bramble]

yeah sure it's just basic code using the .net http library

one sec

[languid spire]

So you should really use UnityWebRequest (I thought you had been asked ths already) HttpClient does not work on WebGL

[rich adder]

ahh yes def go with UnityWebRequest

had no idea HTTPClient even worked in unity

[fathom bramble]

no reason it shouldn't, it's just a .NET lib like anything else. I wonder why webgl hates it though

[languid spire]

Sure, for standalone and Mobile, not for WebGL

[languid spire]

because it's async

[fathom bramble]

wait so if I just made it not async, it would fix it?

[languid spire]

no

the whole library is async, not just the bit you use

[fathom bramble]

Hmm, okay, kinda lame. I'll keep that in mind for future builds if I want to keep supporting webgl

thanks for the help

[languid spire]

actually, when unity supports Wasm2 you should be ok, that supports async

[fathom bramble]

Oh? Is that coming soon? It's not too big a deal right now as my primary target platform is windows and eventually macos

webgl was just a nice to have

[languid spire]

I'm guessing Unity 7

so not soon

[austere bronze]

public const string PlayerTag = "Player";

Also if you wan't to compare tags, you can define const string in a related class. If you need to change it, you can change from one place.

[rich adder]

a bit better with using consts , but I would still opt for components

consts are good where strings can't be avoided
good example is
Animator.StringToHash you still need the animation to be a String.

[strong wren]

why not?

i have some shop keepers and i tought using their names would be better then tags

[polar acorn]

Why not just have different data on the different shopkeeper objects, then you don't need to check anything at all

[strong wren]

huh

[rich adder]

^ ShopKeeper should be a component

then it doesnt matter which one you grab cause they all have their own stuff

[strong wren]

component?

[rich adder]

yes , anything that sits on a gameobject is a component..

[strong wren]

yeah i know but i was thinking of just checking the names of the gameobjects that my raycast is hitting

then if u press E it opens up their shop i already implimented that

anyways so im having an issue with the raycast lol

[rich adder]

thats why you would check the component directly

[strong wren]

it isnt following the player it just stands at the spawn locaiton of the player

[rich adder]

if(hit.collider.TryGetComponent(out ShopKeep shopKeeper)
shopeKeeper.Interact()

[strong wren]

wdym component check if it has a collider? a script?

its just like 3 buttons anyways

[rich adder]

a script on a gameobject is a component yes

[rich adder]

show !code

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[strong wren]

yeah but then i need to make a script for each shop keeper why do that when i just check the tag

[strong wren]

its like 3 lines of code

[rich adder]

why would you make a script for each shop keeper/

they all have the same script "ShopKeeper"

[strong wren]

how would it know the differnt beetween shopkeepers

[rich adder]

based on the data on them?

[strong wren]

idk its alot easier to check the tags

[rich adder]

easier doesnt mean good

[strong wren]

its not like i have 10, i barely have 3

[rich adder]

you could even put a "ShopKeeperName" string if you really wanted to print a name or something, but why would a name change anything in the logic.

[strong wren]

whats the differene beetween me doing that and just checking the tag or name

how is that "better"

i mean yeah, it would be better if i have alot of shop keepers sure but i have 3 and its all simple

the last method i was using it was thru colliders lol

[rich adder]

because you're adhering to the proper OOP principles

[strong wren]

if im a trigger colllider with that tag then it does this etc, but i need to make it easier for smth

[strong wren]

OOP principles?

[rich adder]

use a component designed to be a shop keeper is a lot better than checking a name then doing what?

[rich adder]

object oriented programming
(class for example is an Object)

[strong wren]

then just enabling a text that says press e to interact and once u do it just opens a UI

[rich adder]

and where does the shopkeeper keep stats? money it has etc

[strong wren]

the money is stored on the player

and so are the variables

[rich adder]

the money the shop keeper has?

whats about its items

[strong wren]

uhm i think u expect an actual good shopkeeper from me

that aintt gonna happen

[rich adder]

well thats why i was suggesting better but you seem to think its better cause its easier to check names on each shopkeepr 🤷‍♂️

[strong wren]

everything is just a bool or a float, if i press a button it enables a bool that then lets me have a gun active

or a button that increases my health count

etc

[strong wren]

its cause i already got a system i just need to change smth

il look into it later, now why is my ray cast not following the player?
if (Physics.Raycast(RayCastGameObject.transform.localPosition, transform.forward, out RaycastHit Hit, 100, Interactable))

[rich adder]

"my boat already floats with duct tape covering the holes, I dont need a new raft"

[strong wren]

exactly

[polar acorn]

No, you'd make a ShopKeeper component and read data from it to know which shopkeeper you're using

[strong wren]

ok

[rich adder]

what is RayCastGameObject and why is the direction another object

[strong wren]

oh its the location from where the raycast starts

[polar acorn]

For example:

Debug.Log($"Hello, I am {shopKeeper.name}, and I sell {shopKeeper.inventory} for {shopKeeper.prices}");

[rich adder]

and does that object follow the player?

[strong wren]

yes it parents it

its a child of the thing that already moves i mean

[rich adder]

show where do you see its not following

did u use the Physics Debugger to check where the ray is

[strong wren]

nah im just using gizmos.drawline

[rich adder]

show the line

[strong wren]

the line of code or the gizmo line

[rich adder]

drawline is wrong usually if you're doing ray

[rich adder]

gizmos.drawline should be drawray but show code anyway

[strong wren]

Gizmos.DrawLine(RayCastGameObject.transform.localPosition, transform.forward * 20);

[rich adder]

the second spot expect a position, you're passing a direction

Gizmos.DrawRay(RayCastGameObject.transform.localPosition, transform.forward * 20);

[strong wren]

yep thats the line i sent

[rich adder]

except it isnt

[strong wren]

yeah u just changed it from drawline to drawray

[rich adder]

yes now you should be able to see the proper debug

[strong wren]

yep still same issue

[rich adder]

show the issue

[strong wren]

red line is the gizmo

[polar acorn]

Turns out that when you change what function you use, it changes which function is used. Who knew?

[rich adder]

show inspector for the RaycastGameobjectObject

[strong wren]

that beatiful model is the player it should be where the arrows are at

[rich adder]

also we have no idea if this is Local or Global mode

[strong wren]

what

here

[rich adder]

the gizmos are they in Local or Global

[strong wren]

i have no clue

[rich adder]

so check?

[strong wren]

how

[rich adder]

topleft corner scene view

[polar acorn]

Change your inspector gizmo to "Local", select the object that has your Gizmo code on it, then show the transform gizmo that appears for it

[strong wren]

oh im on local

[polar acorn]

Okay, that's good. Now, select the object that has your draw gizmo code on it, and show where the arrows are

[rich adder]

also can you show the hierarchy ?

[undone ledge]

how would I make a rigidbody rotate around the centre of another rigidbody instead of the centre of itself?

[polar acorn]

Yeah, that line looks pretty aligned

[strong wren]

kinda wierd on how the line goes a lil bit behind

[strong wren]

yeah until i move

[polar acorn]

Well, you're starting it at the position of a different object

[polar acorn]

Okay, move, then show the line and gizmo

[rich adder]

RotateAround function.. idk how that would work on RB tbh actually

[strong wren]

it looks like it draws a line from the middle to the player

[polar acorn]

Yes, it draws a line from RayCastGameObject in the direction the player is facing

[rich adder]

you're passing localPosition

noshit

[undone ledge]

Does rotatearound use momentum like torque does?

[rich adder]

its 0,1,-0.06

change localPosition to .position

[strong wren]

thats cool

[strong wren]

ok

[strong wren]

neat that fixed it

[solar torrent]

I made a ui and on the ui there is a text loop lik a news thing which is at the bottom but whn the second loop comes it spawnes like faw back idk whats wrong and also when i change cameras to the ui the loop stops

[rich adder]

show setup + scripts

we have 25% of the problem here

[solar torrent]

ok bet

how do i send it in like a text thingie

[polar acorn]

!code

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[solar torrent]

'''cs

oh wait mb

wait bro can i ask a huge favour can i just call you

I'm new to pc

[rich adder]

use links

[solar torrent]

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

[dense willow]

Does anyone know how to manipulate two Unity UI elements on Vector2 without something weird happening? I'm trying to place a UI element next to another by first puttin it in the middle of it and then sutracting it's x placement by half the width, but instead it goes like -1000 on the x axis

[rich adder]

AI code is bad
but you should reset the position too

[dense willow]

For this

[solar torrent]

brother that aint ai code that was actually my own i just got emo and ask Chat gtp to help

idk wth I'm doing worng

[rich adder]

I can recognize ai code when Is see it lol

[solar torrent]

ok but it is not but like pllllllsssss do you see what is wrong

[rich adder]

i told you how I would do it

Reset the position of the transform instead

[solar torrent]

ok

bettt

[rich adder]

all you need is to track 2 positions

[solar torrent]

of what though

newsss is the canvas

and Newss is the text

[rich adder]

which one is the moving text

[solar torrent]

this guyyy

[rich adder]

man you should use proper names like NewsCanvas NewsText so you can tell whats what

[solar torrent]

has the script

[steep rose]

if you actually wrote that code, you would know how to fix it

[rich adder]

what is doing it rn? can you show a vid

[solar torrent]

how do i show i vid

[rich adder]

record with OBS or something, then send it over as mp4. or use streamable.com

[solar torrent]

o0o00o0o sussy baka i fixed i forgot the GetComm

but the other one still does not work where i chage the cameres it stop

i will send vid

[steep rose]

can you not just use the canvas to do so?

[open summit]

My game is build but crashes when it connects to multiplayer through photon. its a android game for quest 2 so i have the logs
(i have reinstall unity and rebuilt the libary folder)

java_vm_ext.cc:579] JNI DETECTED ERROR IN APPLICATION: JNI GetStringUTFChars called with pending exception java.lang.StackOverflowError: stack size 1038KB
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass() (Object.java:74)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at java.lang.String java.lang.Throwable.toString() (Throwable.java:491)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at boolean com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.nativeRender() ((null):-2)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at boolean com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.-$$Nest$mnativeRender(com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer) ((null):-1)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at boolean com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer$D$a.handleMessage(android.os.Message) ((null):-1)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at void android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(android.os.Message) (Handler.java:102)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at boolean android.os.Looper.loopOnce(android.os.Looper, long, int) (Looper.java:214)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at void android.os.Looper.loop() (Looper.java:304)
java_vm_ext.cc:579] at void com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer$D.run() ((null):-1)
java_vm_ext.cc:579]
java_vm_ext.cc:579] in call to GetStringUTFChars
java_vm_ext.cc:579] from boolean com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.nativeRender()```

[dense willow]

Explain

[steep rose]

seems like a photon problem

[solar torrent]

Baka

[open summit]

it was working fine until randomly it just didnt

[solar torrent]

until i chagned cameras

[steep rose]

you have UI on a Canvas, and you can move said UI on the Canvas.

[dense willow]

I'm trying to do it via script. I have a cursor that I want to appear next to a UI element

[steep rose]

randomly it just didnt work? explain what you did before it did this so you can configure it

[steep rose]

why dont you use the UI's position and then add an offset vector2 to it

[solar torrent]

i just dont want to loose you

[dense willow]

Since I'm stupid, could you show me how you would go about doing that?

I have an idea of how that would go, but I don't want to jump into it without knowing exactly how to do it

[rocky canyon]

well thats how u learn..

[dense willow]

True, but I want to know what exactly

Like, how exactly to do it

[slender nymph]

here, this should help you figure it out: add == +

[solar torrent]

BOXXXXX

help me please i send a vid idk whats wrong

.... dont leave me now ........

[slender nymph]

#📖┃code-of-conduct

• @’ing or replying to people who aren’t in the conversation.

[solar torrent]

heheh sorry

[dense willow]

== + offset of UI object?

[slender nymph]

i'm saying that to add an offset you literally just use the + operator. if that is too much for you, then perhaps you should start smaller and do the beginner courses in the pins

[solar torrent]

were in the operator

[static wasp]

why does the box push me off so weirdly even though it has a normal box collider

[dense willow]

I've done a few of those but working with UI is a different case. I was confused about how to implement offsets in unity because there is one in the inspector and another way via code

[solar torrent]

its slippery

[static wasp]

how do i change that

[slender nymph]

wdym "there is one in the inspector and another way via code"?

[slender nymph]

this is a code channel. perhaps you want #⚛️┃physics ?

[static wasp]

oh, wrong channel

[dense willow]

There's some offset option that I've seen in UI. But I'll figure it out, thanks

[steep rose]

u would suggest you !learn

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[steep rose]

but a hint would be +, adding an position by a vector2

[undone ledge]

I figured out why this was happening, no need to answer now

[dense willow]

You mean something like this?

[steep rose]

yup!

cameraUI.position = OtherUI.position + new vector2(X,Y);, X and Y are floats to adjust in the inspector.

[steep rose]

thats not how you use a vector2

it only requires 2 floats

not 3

[slender nymph]

that is 2 floats. the problem is they need to use a Vector3 not a Vector2 for the offset

[dense willow]

I see

[slender nymph]

because transform.position is a Vector3 which means only a Vector3 can be added to it

[static wasp]

is OnCollisionStay(Collision collision) better in this situation?

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (Physics.Raycast(transform.position, Vector3.down, out hit, 1.5f))
        {
            is_jumping = false;
        }
    }

[steep rose]

then use a vector3 my bad 😅

didnt know that was like that

[slender nymph]

why even put that into a collision message? why not in Update or FixedUpdate

[static wasp]

won't that slow the game down?

[slender nymph]

lol no

[static wasp]

ok ig

[slender nymph]

raycasts are incredibly cheap

[dense willow]

Sadly, this still happens. I'm just confused why the x value is such a high number if the width is something like 100, meaning that the float value for x should be like -50

[steep rose]

try using floats like in my original message and adjust via inspector

in playmode then copy the position back in scene mode

[dense willow]

Yeah...

My issue is that it's turning the position into some crazy number

[steep rose]

what object is the first photo?

[dense willow]

I'll show you full screenshot

[steep rose]

looks fine?

[dense willow]

So, in the beginning, it sits at about Position X of -60. But if I tell it to do that in code, it goes to Pos X of 14400 As shown here:

[dense willow]

Not in play mode

Here's the code for it

[steep rose]

hmmmm 🤔
ive never seen this bug before

[rocky canyon]

rectTransform.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(-63.4, 26f); try

[dense willow]

Alright

Holy crap that worked

[dense willow]

so it's ANCHORED position, gotchya, thanks.

I knew the fix was probably simple, but I was so confused

[rocky canyon]

yea rect transforms a bit odd

[dense willow]

So why does it do that with regular position of rect transform?

[steep rose]

well that works

[dense willow]

Thanks for all of your help still

[rocky canyon]

b/c its using world coordinates

[dense willow]

[rocky canyon]

soo - 144400 or w/e is how far the UI element is from the origin of the world

[slender nymph]

note that the position you see in the inspector of a rectTransform is its anchoredPosition

[rocky canyon]

(placed on the big ole canvas gizmo thats offcenter of the gameworld)

[dense willow]

I thought if I made the canvas set to world view or world space, that means that the world space works in code for the vector

[steep rose]

i guess use anchor position for UI stuff 😅

[rocky canyon]

rectTransform.anchoredPosition: This property sets the position of the UI element relative to its parent’s anchor points.

[dense willow]

I see now

[dense willow]

Okay, so this SHOULD work when I try placing it next to another UI element

Lets try it

[rocky canyon]

should sure 👍

[dense willow]

Works better than before. Now my only issue is that the play button and the cursor rect position are different for some reason

[steep rose]

what is the issue with this?

[dense willow]

I actually figured out another way to go around this, but I'm just confused why the rect transform position between the cursor and the play button are different

Like, they're both in the middle, but their rect transform positions are completely different

[steep rose]

the buttons are a child of a different object entirely

you can add the mouseUI with it to make them the same

if you want

[dense willow]

Alright, but it's okay since I got my main problem solved. Thank you all

[rich adder]

the rectTrasform is affected by the canvas and its scaling

[dense willow]

yeah, but the scaling shouldn't really effect it's position. And they both share the same canvas

[rich adder]

well normally canvasScaler does affect the positioning sometimes

[dense willow]

True indeed, but these two objects are on the same canvas

[open summit]

im making a vr game and i added a computer with a mouse to it, but right now im doing it by hard coding the position the mouse has to be on the canvas to click on a certain object is there a way to find out what element the mouse is pressing on without this horrible trash

[deft grail]

use a website !code

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[open summit]

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

kinda just wanna know if there is a name for like an approach to this problem i dont know of

and yes i know the code is bad thats why im trying to clean it

[rich adder]

why the manual position check

[open summit]

this

[rich adder]

these magic numbers look like implosion waiting to happen

[open summit]

yes

i dont want to deal with them anymore since i want to add more stuff

[rich adder]

are you using a world canvas?

[open summit]

yes

but also

uh the worst way

i have a seperate camera

rendering ui only

just so i can put it on the screen with a render texture

so that it gives that curved crt screen effect

[rich adder]

but whats wrong with the cursor rn

[open summit]

no it works im just asking what the better way to do it is instead of hard coding the positions of things on screen

[rich adder]

from my understanding VR doesnt have overlay canvases ?

[ionic zephyr]

Is there any way to organize variables "separating " them in the inspector via code?

[rich adder]

if its a virtual cursor it should be ok

just dont use magic numbers, create actual variables with meaning to those numbers

[rich adder]

Header attribute

[open summit]

so just make them varibles?

theres no way to tell what the fake cursor is on?

[rich adder]

there are some methods for UI elements sure

[open summit]

like i think with a real cursor theres like a screen to world thing

[ionic zephyr]

Thanks!

[rich adder]

use event systems raycast, it tells you which UI elements it hits

[open summit]

ok, never tryed that before, will try now

[rich adder]

idk the virtual cursor thing makes it tricky

since your'e not moving the hardware cursor, I think EventSystem.RaycastAll relies on that

[frank flare]

array length is Array.Length right?
I would test it myself but launching unready unity script is painful

[rich adder]

yes arrays have Length, they are fixed size collections. Hence length not count

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/arrays\

[open summit]

extra info incase that gives any ideas

[rich adder]

is cursor a canvas element?

[open summit]

think so

[rich adder]

maybe you can Modify the InputModule to use the virtual cursors position

[rich adder]

also uncheck Raycast target on it

[open summit]

ok

[rich adder]

you dont want ur cursor to be a raycast target blocking other UI

[rich adder]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/solved-virtual-mouse-cursor-that-triggers-ui-events/623544/12

[glass bobcat]

any suggestions on how to make my character’s legs not move at the same time (im trying out procedural animation)

[trim finch]

uh... how i use clamp?

[deft grail]

C for clamp

[trim finch]

sorry but, wym? where i put this C

[deft grail]

capital C instead of the lowercase c

[trim finch]

oh, thank you

[rich adder]

this is the wrong class

you want Mathf lowercase f

@trim finch https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mathf.Clamp.html

[trim finch]

yeah, just saw it is different the F being capitalized or not

[rich adder]

yeah MathF is a system class, it doesn't have Clamp

[trim finch]

one thing i like about gamemaker and im not finding in unity is: when i click with the middle mouse button on a function or whatever it is, is opens the documentation of that thing on the browser, there is any button i can do something like that? it would be soo good

(im coming from gamemaker, so im a bit confused)

[rich adder]

nah thats reliant on the IDE you use. I think Rider does that

[trim finch]

there is any extension or something on visual studio that allows that?

[rich adder]

you can try CTRL+ALT+M, then CTRL H

[trim finch]

lemme try brb

it doesnt work the ctrl alt m

[rich adder]

yeah sorry that thread is old, it should tell you if you go under Environment -> Keyboard search for Unity

[frank flare]

I'm not sure, for checking rigidbody I should use if (hitColliders[i].TryGetComponent<Rigidbody>() == item1) or what?

[rich adder]

checking what?

[frank flare]

basically this

[rich adder]

well thats not how you write TryGetComponent

where is the out

[frank flare]

ah

[rich adder]

look at the docs
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.TryGetComponent.html

[frank flare]

I thought it would be used to attempt to get component

[rich adder]

yes but it returns a bool, the out is the component if its not null

[frank flare]

if I use getcomponent rigidbody on a collider that doesn't have rigidbody will it fail?

[rich adder]

shouldn't
why not just use try get tho

[frank flare]

ok

[frank flare]

why is it gray?

[rich adder]

because it can infer its type already from the type you passed to out itemToAttach

also you're comparing a bool to a rigidbody ?

idk how thats not erroring

[frank flare]

why it wouldn't assign to the itemtoattach above? (since it's gray it wouldn't be assigned I assume)

[lethal meadow]

how would I make my character float in water

[frank flare]

nah item1 is a rigidbody

[rich adder]

wdym that?
Its gray meaning you can remove it , it already knows the type from the itemToAttach declared above

[teal viper]

It would assign

[rich adder]

TryGetComponent returns a bool though

I personally prefer early return patterns, I would usually do
if(!collider.TryGetComponent(out itemToAttach) continue; //continue skips the rest of loop
if(itemToAttach != item1) continue ;
//do other stuff

nesting so many if braces gets unreadable sometimes

[queen adder]

what was the vertx debug tool that draws shapes again?

anyone know?

[eternal needle]

https://github.com/vertxxyz/Vertx.Debugging

[queen adder]

thanks

[static wasp]

how do i make a random item generator from a list

instead of doing a random number index

or is that not possible?

[queen adder]

get random number, select that from list, what's the problem with that?

[static wasp]

i want to know if there is a better way to do it

[queen adder]

not really

[frank flare]

alright, I did it that way

[static wasp]

k thanks

[frank flare]

bool item1_is_touching = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < hitColliders.Length; i++)
        {
            if (!item1.TryGetComponent(out Rigidbody hasRigidbody)) continue;
            Rigidbody hitRb = hitColliders[i].GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
            if(hitRb != item1) continue;

            item1_is_touching = true;
        }

[rich adder]

why you doing another get component lol

hasRigidbody is the result

[frank flare]

you told me trygetcomponent gives bool

[queen adder]

the out returns something

[rich adder]

yes but if its true, meaning it found the component, it puts it into out

pretty sure I mentioned it before

[frank flare]

bool item1_is_touching = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < hitColliders.Length; i++)
        {
            if (!item1.TryGetComponent(out Rigidbody hitRb)) continue;
            if(hitRb != item1) continue;

            item1_is_touching = true;
        }

so I just do it like that

[rich adder]

yup

wait

item1.TryGetComponent should be hitColliders[i].TryGetComponent

[static wasp]

how do i compare 2 different Vector3s

[rich adder]

==

well depends ig what you comparing

[static wasp]

i want to compare 2 transform.positions

[polar acorn]

How are you intending to compare them? What "question" do you want to ask them?

[static wasp]

their value

[rich adder]

yes but how close they are or

[polar acorn]

What about their value

[static wasp]

imma send the code

[rocky canyon]

this.transform.position == that.transform.position;

[static wasp]

        if ((Mathf.Abs(transform.position - player1.transform.position)) > (Mathf.Max(transform.position - player2.transform.position, transform.position - player3.transform.position)))
        {
            nearest_player = "Player1";
        }

[rocky canyon]

approximately

[polar acorn]

I can't make heads or tails of what you're trying to do here. What is the actual thing you're checking for?

[rich adder]

yes Im confused

also you need a loop myg, players should be an array

[static wasp]

this line is comparing the distances of the transform.position and the player1.transform.position with the other distances

[polar acorn]

Okay, so why not use Distance?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Distance.html

[rich adder]

I dont see how it gets you nearest here

[frank flare]

oh I forgot

[static wasp]

i didn't know that existed, but will it output a float or Vector3

[polar acorn]

Man if only there were a sort of "Docs" page you could look at that someone had linked to you that you replied to that you could check

[rocky canyon]

out outputs the Distance.. (1) number

[static wasp]

thx

[rocky canyon]

if that number is < than a threshold u supply u could basically assume its in the same spot

[static wasp]

i'm gonna make it so that if the distances are close enough, it will choose a random one

[rich adder]

Transform GetNearestPlayer(Vector3 point)
{
    Transform nearestPlayer = null;
    float minDistance = Mathf.Infinity;

    foreach (Transform player in players)
    {
        float distance = Vector3.Distance(point, player.position);
        if (distance < minDistance)
        {
            minDistance = distance;
            nearestPlayer = player;
        }
    }
    return nearestPlayer;
}```
`[SerializeField] Transform[] players`

[static wasp]

i don't understand this

[rich adder]

which part?

[static wasp]

almost all of it

[mint remnant]

pretty basic c# code, with a sprinkling of math

[rich adder]

lets say you want the nearest player from some other object, you just do
Transform nearestPlayer = GetNearestPlayer(targetPoint.position);

the rest of the code is simple maths

[static wasp]

i don't understand the math part of it

[rocky canyon]

set nearest player to nulll make sure its not assigned to any other
set minDistance to infinity
each player run distance setting the newest lowest value to minDistance..
finally return the lowest player / b/c of lowest distance

[rich adder]

each time a player is calculated the min changes if its smaller (closer)

[rocky canyon]

its basically a get lowest number loop

[static wasp]

oh

[rich adder]

foreach is looping through all players (checking each one as player)

[static wasp]

is foreach a for loop, (i haven't used for loops yet in C#)

[rocky canyon]

its basically for loop w/ the length already set

[rich adder]

its similiar to forloop but you loop through the objects instead of using iterator, and its not mutable

[rocky canyon]

new int[] myIntArray[3] <--- foreach will run 3 times

[static wasp]

k thanks, but what does [SerializeField] do

[rocky canyon]

exposes a private variable in the inspector

[rich adder]

just makes private items appear in the inspector

[static wasp]

k thanks

[rich adder]

similiar to how public shows everything in the inspector

but keeps it nice and private 🕵️

[static wasp]

then why not use public

[rich adder]

maybe at some later point you accidentally access it from another script and change it from there when in reality it shouldn't

[static wasp]

oh ok

thanks

[rich adder]

self protect (or if you're with a team , its like saying dont change this from anywhere else but this script)

[young smelt]

Please how do I fix this:

Your advertising ID declaration in Play Console says that your app uses advertising ID. A manifest file in one of your active artifacts doesn't include the com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID permission.

If you don't include this permission in your manifest file, your advertising identifier will be zeroed out. This may break your advertising and analytics use cases, and cause loss of revenue. Learn more

You can remove these errors by updating your advertising ID declaration

Apps that target Android 13 (API 33) without the AD_ID permission will have their advertising identifier zeroed out. This may impact advertising and analytics use-cases. Learn more

[rich adder]

#📱┃mobile

[young smelt]

ok

[static wasp]

it gives these errors when I implemented it into my code

this is the code for the script

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

public class Enemies : MonoBehaviour
{
    public int enemy_health = 100;
    public GameObject player1;
    public GameObject player2;
    public GameObject player3;
    public Transform[] characters_selected_list_Vector3 = { player1 , player2, player3 };
    public string nearest_player = "Player1";
    private int random_number = Random.Range(0, 3);

    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    void Update()
    {
        if (enemy_health <= 0)
        {
            Destroy(gameObject);
        }

        
    }

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.tag == "Bullet")
        {
            enemy_health -= 10;
        }
    }

    Transform GetNearestPlayer(Vector3 point)
    {
        Transform nearestPlayer = null;
        float minDistance = Mathf.Infinity;

        foreach (Transform player in characters_selected_list_Vector3)
        {
            float distance = Vector3.Distance(point, player.position);
            if (distance < minDistance)
            {
                minDistance = distance;
                nearestPlayer = player;
            }
        }
        return nearestPlayer;
    }
}

[cosmic dagger]

you cannot access/reference other fields when initializing a field variable . . .

[static wasp]

wdym, i don't understand

[eternal needle]

did you read/google the errors? its really quite clear in its description

[cosmic dagger]

you have to initialize or assign the field characters_selected_list_Vector3 in a method . . .

[eternal needle]

you can populate the array in Awake

[static wasp]

what does Awake do

[eternal needle]

you should really try googling stuff https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/MonoBehaviour.Awake.html

[cosmic dagger]

when you receive an error, it's best to search it to learn and understand why the error occured: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/misc/cs0236. all of these are called fields. they are class-level variables cs public int enemy_health = 100; public GameObject player1; public GameObject player2; public GameObject player3; public Transform[] characters_selected_list_Vector3
you cannot initialize a variable outside of a method . . .

[static wasp]

everytime i search up my error, i get a confusing stackoverflow answer that i don't understand, so i just stopped searching errors up

why does it tell me that i need to put a closing bracket even though i put it

this is the error: Assets\Scripts\People\Enemies.cs(16,6): error CS1513: } expected

this is the Awake part

    void Awake()
    {
        public Transform[] characters_selected_list_Vector3 = { player1 , player2, player3 };
    }

[eternal needle]

is that the first error in your console, shouldnt be. also do some c# basics you'll get a lot further

[static wasp]

there are 3 errors scattered around the code, this is the earliest one tho

[rich adder]

is your IDE not configured ?

also this variable name is crazy characters_selected_list_Vector3

[static wasp]

wdym by configured, also, i'm using vs code

[cosmic dagger]

do these errors appear in red squiggly lines in your IDE? they should . . .

if not, then you need to configure your !ide . . .

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[static wasp]

nope

[rich adder]

it should be underlining red in the editor

also that array was meant to replace player1, player2, player3

[static wasp]

lemme configure it rq

[static wasp]

i can't find Unity Preferences

[rich adder]

Edit -> Preferences

or Unity -> Preferences if you're on mac

[static wasp]

Visual Studio Editor has been updating for 5 minutes

[static wasp]

finally done

[rich adder]

done what? is it underlining now?

[static wasp]

nope, but i'm done configuring

[rich adder]

if its not working then you're not done lol

[static wasp]

it has unity on the side

[rich adder]

I have no clue what that means

[static wasp]

this

[rich adder]

if its showing you the meta then you did not do it correctly

[static wasp]

what's meta?

[rich adder]

should look like this

[rich adder]

.meta files are meta files unity uses to keep track of assets so all the connected objects and their component etc

[static wasp]

what do i do

[rich adder]

first of all , did you do the part about package manager, did you verify the version of Visual Studio Editor package, and screenshot your external tools page

close vscode in the meantime

[static wasp]

wait

i have another vs code window with python on it

is that why?

[rich adder]

not if you double clicked the script from unity editor

it should not affect other windows

[static wasp]

i did

[rich adder]

i have 3 different vscode with diff languages

[steel mauve]

Different vs code profiles?

[rich adder]

no they are just separate windows, they are counted as standalone instances

[rich adder]

ok now show externaltools in unity

[rich adder]

yeah that aint correct

[static wasp]

what's the problem

[rich adder]

did you read the guide at all or skimmed through it?

[static wasp]

it told me to pick visual studio code, so i did

[rich adder]

it should be the one with the Visual Studio Code version

[static wasp]

do i restart unity?

[rich adder]

oh.. wait

you have compile errors

its probably why it can't refresh

[static wasp]

so what do i do

[rich adder]

temporarily comment out the script

public class YourScriptWithError : MonoBehaviour
{
    /*
    //codee etc. 
    */
}```

use /* to start the comment portion and */ closes it

[static wasp]

i already did // for every line xd

[rich adder]

good enough

save it and let it compile

[static wasp]

i selected the new one in external tools and re-opened vs code by double clicking on the script and i got this

and i looks the same as before

also it gave this warning
Project path contains special characters, which can be an issue when opening Visual Studio
UnityEngine.Debug:LogWarning (object)

[rich adder]

so what does choose to open do

well does it ? thats no good not just for visual studio

[rich adder]

no go back to unity regenerate project files

[static wasp]

how

[rich adder]

External tools, close vsc (all the windows)

make sure it shows the vscode version, Regen, open script from unity

[static wasp]

this appeared again

[rich adder]

did the vscode version and regen button appear in external tools

[static wasp]

yes

[rich adder]

check the Output window in vscode does it say anything about SDK missing & and what does Terminal window say

[static wasp]

btw the unity project name has a hashtag, so that might be making the warning message

[rich adder]

probably

[static wasp]

where is the output window

[rich adder]

should be in VScode at the bottom, or View -> Output

[static wasp]

which language do i pick here

[static wasp]

which one do i pick

[rich adder]

it usually autoselects it when you open script from unity

devkit i think

[static wasp]

it was at .NET

IdeBenefitsSource: Failed to fetch entitlements. Error: 'Error: Request to https://api.subscriptions.visualstudio.microsoft.com/Me/Entitlements/IDEBenefits?api-version=2023-03-26&caller=vscode failed with status code: 401 and response ""'

this is what it says

[rich adder]

nah this is probably related to not logging into devkit

try the c# one, close Vsc and open script again if you must, it will reset

or .net install tool, one of this

[static wasp]

waiting for named pipe information from server...
[stdout] {"pipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\1eb67383"}
received named pipe information from server
attempting to connect client to server...
client has connected to server
[Info  - 4:19:30 AM] [Program] Language server initialized```

don't mind the 4:20 am xd

[rich adder]

looks promising

do you not have Solution Explorer in the Explorer window

[rocky canyon]

nav's right it should be set to auto-detect

[static wasp]

nope, this is my vs code

[rich adder]

why does your project have multiple solutions.. close vscode, delete all .sln and .proj files in your root project

Regen project files again

[rocky canyon]

.. and u got a notification on ur extensions panel

[rich adder]

should also say Assembly at the bottom + Devkit logo with C#in hexagon

[rich adder]

yeah delete everything .sln / .proj like i said

[static wasp]

do i move to recycle bin

[rich adder]

lets make a thread maybe so we dont flood this

[static wasp]

xd

VS Code Unity Extension Problem

[hollow zenith]

Hey, how can I use Dictionary TryToGetValue out and parse it at the same time?

        int w, h, x, y, z;
        if(properties.TryGetValue("w", out Int32.Parse())

Before I moved it to dictionary, I used a list:

        int w = Int32.Parse(properties[0]);

Is that possible? Is there a way to include a default value?

[rich adder]

just put an &&

[hollow zenith]

Whats &&?

[rich adder]

if (properties.TryGetValue("w", out string wValue) && int.TryParse(wValue, out w))

[hollow zenith]

Is there a way to negate this whole statement? I.e. if there is no value in dictionary then I would assign a default value or do nothing?

Ideally I'd not even use if statement here

int w = 100;
int h = 100;

//try parse

[rich adder]

you mean like a ternary ?

int w = properties.TryGetValue("w", out string wValue) && int.TryParse(wValue, out int parsedW) ? parsedW : 100;

[hollow zenith]

Thanks, that works too 😄

[karmic field]

Hey, I'm having a very weird issue with a script I've written just... not running. I can't seem to figure out why it's happening. I've written a script called "Inspect" that takes in an animator and two textures. Using OnMouseEnter the script is supposed to play an animation state called "Inspect" on the animator and then change the cursor to a different design. It works only on one object in the scene... Like, only one object and nothing else that I apply the script to, even if it's the only copy of the script in the scene at any given time.

I've also added a Debug.Log statement in the code but the only time that statement gets fired is when the OnMouseEnter event happens for the one object in the scene where the script works. As far as I can tell, there's nothing that should prevent multiple copies of the script from running in the scene at once.

Am I doing something wrong, or am I going insane?

The first screenshot shows the intended behavior on the object in the scene where it works. The second one shows the Inspector for that object. The third screenshot shows what's happening to the second object along with the inspector. Not sure if there's a particular place I should post the code or if I can just use a Discord code block. It's not super long.

Unity Version: 2022.3.41f1
Platform: Windows

[rich adder]

send the !code via link

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[karmic field]

https://paste.ofcode.org/33ErwZaZgb5vbsKNSZCpEZN

[rich adder]

do the logs print for second object

[karmic field]

No.

[rich adder]

can I see the collider of the phone in scene view, also the table collider

[karmic field]

The table does not have a collider.

[rich adder]

i wonder if anything else is blocking it

hmm i don't miss OnMouseEnter at all lol no way to debug it properly like drawing rays, hitinfo

[karmic field]

Is there another way I should be doing it? Haven't really touched Unity since like 2014 so most of my knowledge is coming from that and from the docs

[rich adder]

Raycast

this way you can actually print what its hitting at that moment

[karmic field]

The other weird thing is that multiple scripts in the scene are all using OnMouseEnter so it's weird that this is the only thing that's not working.

[karmic field]

Do you have a specific docs link for it?

Or a piece of example code?

[rich adder]

docs usually
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics.Raycast.html

[karmic field]

I'll have to look into that!

[rich adder]

[SerializeField] private LayerMask inspectableLayers;
[SerializeField] private float maxDistance = 100;
 void Upate()
    {
        Ray ray = Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out var hitInfo, maxDistance, inspectableLayers))
            Debug.Log($"Hit {hitInfo.collider.name}!");
    }```

[karmic field]

Let me see if I can do something with that. Would this auto-populate the list of layers in the project in the inspector?

[nimble apex]

im optimizing a loading mechanism inside my app , this mechanism is to download game images (as png), store it to local , and then read/use it in code

the flow that i want it to be is like this:

//write
server => png downloaded as bytes (websocket.dlhandler.data) => 
File.WriteAllBytes("TEH PATH", webRequest.downloadHandler.data);

//read
texture.LoadImage(File.ReadAllBytes(filePath));```

[rich adder]

only the ones you select

but yeah its the ones from the unity layers

[karmic field]

Perfect. Let me modify this code rq to see if I can't at least get more info on what it's hitting.

[rich adder]

what is the question?

only thing I would recommend so far is using async File.WriteAllBytesAsync

IO operations are already slow as is :\

[nimble apex]

this is the "write" function , the write part in my post

the call back here needs the file that i written , as texture2D
because this is an async function with web request stuff, i want to ask if i create a texture here with

new Texture2D(...);
texture2D.loadimage

callback(texture2D);```

will it be expensive?

the callback is actually a function , its the "read" part

[rich adder]

loading from filedisk you mean?

if you're coroutine should be ok I guess, i always do my IO /net operations on async

[karmic field]

Huh, the Update function isn't running... I'll have to get back to this a bit later after reading the docs a bit further. Maybe I'm doing something else wrong.

[nimble apex]

it is an async function

[rich adder]

how do you know its not running

[karmic field]

Noticed it wasn't printing anything so I slapped another Debug.Log statement in there.

[rich adder]

oh okay should be fine, you would need to profile it, and maybe with worst case scenarios like slow HDD or slow net

there are tools to simulate such slowdowns

[rich adder]

before if statement right ?

[karmic field]

Yes. https://paste.ofcode.org/aDHEneXJvATRLhG3k8CLQR

[rich adder]

is the script on a gameobject?.
Check the Console window, screenshot it in playmode

[rich adder]

also if you do it this way you only need 1 script and on the camera / player object with ray

you dont want multiple rays for same thing

[nimble apex]

1. download from server , as bytes

2. write as file from bytes

3. create a new texture2D() container

4. fill in the data with texture2D.loadImage

5. parse in callbacks

my question is , after optimization, i added step 3 and 4 here, will it be expensive? if this function also need to "download stuff from servers"

i dont want a sudden heap of usage in particular function, should i move 3 and 4 to somewhere else?

its just distribution of workloads

[karmic field]

Oh huh okay. I'll keep that in mind. This is literally just a very very early Prototype of the game I'm working on so it's good to figure this stuff out and learn new stuff.

[rich adder]

I cant predict what your project will do , every project is different. Should be relatively fast with bytes array. its pretty common for net data

[nimble apex]

nice

then i think it should be fine

ty👍

[rich adder]

goodluck 🫡

[nimble apex]

        String folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(savePath);
        if (!Directory.Exists(folder))
        {
            DirectoryInfo di = Directory.CreateDirectory(folder);
        }

        Texture2D convertedResource = new Texture2D(1, 1);
        convertedResource.LoadImage(webRequest.downloadHandler.data);

        if (!savePath.Contains("blur"))
        {
            File.WriteAllBytes(savePath, webRequest.downloadHandler.data);
        }
        else
        {
            convertedResource = BlurTexture(convertedResource); //warning: pixel data manipulation will cause heavy RAM usage
        }

        callback(true, convertedResource);```

[rich adder]

so its not going to 0.1f in the blend tree?

[glad wagon]

0.1 means the characater is moving?

[rich adder]

idk what values you put for walkback

[glad wagon]

is -1,0 and 1

[rich adder]

so why you write 0.1f for input.x

[glad wagon]

idk, is wrong...

[rich adder]

you want it to animate movement which way when rotating

pass that value

[glad wagon]

for both sides

[rich adder]

wdym both sides?

walking forward animation only goes forward

[glad wagon]

yes, but I want it to play when it is rotating

[rich adder]

right so thats input.x value

[glad wagon]

but how can I add this to the code?

if I change y for x the walk animation only plays when rotate

[rich adder]

you need both

[glad wagon]

it worked with this, but now the reverse walk animation is not playing

[static wasp]

unrelated, but, when you are pasting code write `‎`` cs in the begginning

and `‎`` in the end

i accidentally put a space between them

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[rich adder]

better yet use links when its a large code like class

[static wasp]

atleast now he knows if he ever wants to write code in discord

[glad wagon]

https://gdl.space/majujujolu.cs

[rich adder]

"Ai" strikes again..

[glad wagon]

yeah, sorry for that, but I have no other option rn

I know it can be offensive for real programmers 😂

[rich adder]

its just that its only doing you harm since you dont seem to understand what you're pasting in

without using ai /google, do you know what mathf.abs is doing?

[glad wagon]

I'm like, hit or miss

[glad wagon]

no idea, but you told something about using math so I thought it could be related hahahah

[static wasp]

using AI is fine (only a small part tho)

but you have to understand what the AI wrote

and understand why it works

[glad wagon]

I understand some little things

[static wasp]

you can ask AI to explain it if you don't understand btw

[glad wagon]

AI is giving some other soutions that don't make too much sense

like, add parameters to the blend tree, but the blend tree only accept one parameter

[rich adder]

its never going to be -1

[static wasp]

xd

could have gotten a more clear image, but yes, that is how absolute value works

[charred spoke]

Ai cant explain diddly squat. It just spits out a series of words that have a high statistical probability to be grammatically correct.

[static wasp]

from my experiences, AI explains perfectly fine

but to be fair, when i was using AI, it was some really basic stuff

AI is terrible at complex code

[glad wagon]

I thought making a guy walk around while standing still would be something simple for AI

[rich adder]

the "AI" has no concept of what you're doing or know how to apply any logic to it, its not a thinking machine just a fancy searchbox

[charred spoke]

But it does not explain anything you can literally tell the gpt that what it said is wrong and it will spit out a new series of grammatically correct words that fit the context. You simply got lucky that the series of words you got spit at you were in fact in line with the truth

[static wasp]

walk around while standing still?

[rich adder]

indeed chance / got lucky

[glad wagon]

I'm finding this out the hard way

[rich adder]

at least it took you 70% quicker than most

[glad wagon]

like, play the "walk" animation while spinning in the same place