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[atomic holly]

How can I use an inspector reference assignment in this case ?

I can't assign a function in the inspector in Unity ?

[rich adder]

[SerializeField] private PlayerMovementV2 playerMovementV2

https://unity.huh.how/references/serializing-component-references

[atomic holly]

Oh it's just that simple 😭

[rich adder]

haha yeah we overcomplicate stuff right?

[atomic holly]

Nice, it works 👍

Thanks men

It take a long time for a little thing like that 😭

Thanks for ur time men

[rich adder]

no worries, with time you shrink the amount of time spent on these little problems

[pastel pawn]

Hello! I was working on some submarine movement code but i've been having a bit of trouble adding realistic collisions- when i hit something i just stop dead in my tracks and get stuck for a second, and i've had some trouble writing anything that would help since i want it to just push back a bit, any ideas on how i could fix this?

[rocky canyon]

using rigidbody? @pastel pawn

add a physics material w/ just a little bit of bounce

[chrome fern]

hey guys if i make a game where i can publish it

[rocky canyon]

itch.io, gamejolt, steam

[chrome fern]

oh thanks

[terse spindle]

hello I have a walking script
it works fine on normal character but on a ragdoll character legs dont even move right, I locked the hips rot on x and z still dont work

[chrome fern]

btw i am a 16 yrs beginner any suggestion for me

[terse spindle]

I was wondering what I could do

[cerulean dove]

Okay, does anybody know why this operation isn't just drawing the main screen? I assumed that blitting back and forth would be identical to perform no blit at all, but for some reason it draws an empty scene as opposed to when nothing is performed and it draws the objects in the scene properly.

[rocky canyon]

thats a #archived-shaders question

[cerulean dove]

Alrighty then

[rocky canyon]

good luck 🍀

[chrome fern]

help guyss

[rocky canyon]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[chrome fern]

plzz suggest something

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Resources/blob/main/101/readme.md

[chrome fern]

ok and ??

[rocky canyon]

check out this section @chrome fern

[languid spire]

for what? Your question has been answered

[rocky canyon]

what do u mean and?

if ur 16 hopefully.. u can put two and two together.. and realize u just need to start researching and learning

[chrome fern]

ookay

that was helpful

[rocky canyon]

check the pins at teh top of the channel too ^

theres literally more resources than you'd ever have now-a-days

[cosmic dagger]

suggest what? what are you asking?

[chrome fern]

some beginner tips

[rocky canyon]

ill give u the most important tip.. 📖 read..
you're going to get referred to the documentation a lot round these parts

[languid spire]

best tip of all, don't do gamedev

[cosmic dagger]

there are no tips. just start learning from tutorials and videos like you would anything else. they sent a link to unity learn where you can learn how to use the game engine . . .
<#💻┃code-beginner message>

[chrome fern]

why

[rocky canyon]

this place is more for specific problems.. you try something and fail.. cant figure it out urself.. and then u come and ask

b/c it sucksss 😈

[languid spire]

because it is a shed load of learning and hard work for absolutely zero return except the fun of doing it

[chrome fern]

ok

that helpfull

ok guys thanks for u advice

know i have a brief idea of what i should do

[rocky canyon]

start simple as possible

make a clone of a mobile game or summin

[pastel pawn]

yes

[pastel pawn]

alright thanks

[rocky canyon]

give it a shot first

[pastel pawn]

it doesn't do anything

[sullen zealot]

hello!
does modifying a MonoBehaviour class also modiufies it outside of th function.
example:
Holder script

using UnityEngine;

public class Holder : MonoBehaviour
{
  public string text = "";
}

script that references it

using UnityEngine;

public class Action : MonoBehaviour
{
  [SerializeField] Holder holder;

  private void Start()
  {
    Func(holder);
  }

  private void Func(Holder holder)
  {
    holder.text = "hello";
  }
}

will the holder text modify after the call or will it make a copy and only modify that?
i tried using ```cs
void Func(ref Holder holder)

but i get this error: Cannot use ref, out, or in parameter 'Holder' inside an anonymous method, lambda expression, query expression, or local function

[cosmic dagger]

did you test it and see if it changed?

[rocky canyon]

its a 0 - 1 value and it should go on the collider

[sullen zealot]

i didnt

[languid spire]

do you know the difference between value types and reference types?

[cosmic dagger]

wouldn't it make sense to try it first and see if it modifies the class? that's the question you're asking, and you already have a way to get the answer . . .

[sullen zealot]

i saw online that classes are passed by value

i also saw this

[languid spire]

wrong, they are passed by reference

[sullen zealot]

oh ok thanks

[languid spire]

I suggest you go and read the MS C# Docs, it will save you much confusion on this topic

[pastel pawn]

nah not getting anything-

it might be because my object isn't exactly falling into anything

it's ramming into smtn and it's floating as well

[rocky canyon]

its probably ur movement code

thers a constant force component that helps when testing physics and stuff

[pastel pawn]

how can i use it?

[rocky canyon]

i just use it so i dont have to write movement code..

(once i get my collisions and physics lookin correct just by using test forces (slamming it into the ground. or a wall or something) then i remove them and focus on my code (knowing that it isnt my code thats messing it up

the bounce still occurs w/ a force towards the wall

not exactly sure is happenign w/ ur scene/movement that this doesnt happen..

can u share ur !code

[eternal falcon]

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[rocky canyon]

my first thought is that when u collide u can stop ur inputs for a brief second

this would give it time to bounce back from the wall b/4 ur inputs override and move back to it

[errant kayak]

im trying to get line 14 to show up in the editor for a scriptable object but its just not appearing in the editor, anyone know why?

[languid spire]

because Unity will not serialize that kind of array

[rocky canyon]

can't expose 2D arrays like that i dont think

[errant kayak]

it does so for another array i have set to this tho

[rocky canyon]

probably not a 2 dimensional array no

Sprite[] would work fine.. Sprite[,] no

[errant kayak]

i see

[willow scroll]

I don't like how little types Unity supports

It's just array and list

[rocky canyon]

public List<Sprite[]> SpriteSheet;

lol

[languid spire]

easy solution

[Serializable]
public class MyClass
   public Sprite[] sprites
...
public MyClass[] SpriteSheet;

[rocky canyon]

big brain

[pastel pawn]

i'm not gonna pretend like i wrote this because the majority i didn't as i've been using chatgpt to help me learn how to use the code and with specfic issues so sorry if this looks janky

using UnityEngine;

public class SubmarineMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float moveSpeed = 5f; // Maximum speed of the submarine
    public float acceleration = 2f; // How quickly the submarine accelerates
    public float deceleration = 2f; // How quickly the submarine decelerates
    public float rotationSpeed = 2f; // Speed of rotation response to input


    public Rigidbody rb; // The Rigidbody component for physics

    private Vector3 movementInput; // How much we want to move the submarine
    private Vector3 currentVelocity; // Current velocity of the submarine
    private Quaternion originalRotation; // The initial rotation of the submarine

    private void Start()
    {
        // Store the original rotation of the submarine
        originalRotation = transform.rotation;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        // Get input for movement
        movementInput.x = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        movementInput.y = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

        // Ensure the movement is locked on the Z-axis
        movementInput.z = 0f;
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        // Calculate the target velocity based on input
        Vector3 targetVelocity = movementInput.normalized * moveSpeed;

        // Apply acceleration and deceleration
        currentVelocity = Vector3.MoveTowards(currentVelocity, targetVelocity,
                        (movementInput.magnitude > 0 ? acceleration : deceleration) * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

        // Move the submarine based on the calculated velocity
        rb.MovePosition(rb.position + currentVelocity * Time.fixedDeltaTime);

        // Apply rotation based on movement direction and input
        if (movementInput != Vector3.zero)
        {
            // Determine the amount of rotation based on the direction of movement
            float targetRotationZ = -movementInput.x * rotationSpeed;
            Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, 0, targetRotationZ);
            rb.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Slerp(rb.rotation, targetRotation, Time.fixedDeltaTime * rotationSpeed));
        }
        else
        {
            // Return to the original rotation when not moving
            rb.MoveRotation(Quaternion.Slerp(rb.rotation, originalRotation, Time.fixedDeltaTime * rotationSpeed));
        }
    }

    private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        // Log collision detection
        Debug.Log("Collision detected with: " + collision.gameObject.name);

    }
}```

[willow scroll]

I wonder why multidimensional arrays are also not supported

[languid spire]

God I do so hate it when people flood the chat. With AI generated code no less

[willow scroll]

Do you want them to fix the code written by ChatGPT?

[pastel pawn]

they just said to share the code man

[languid spire]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[pastel pawn]

is there a way to just hide the code?

[rocky canyon]

ohhh! its because ur using RB.MovePosition() this tells it exactly where it should be instead of letting physics forces do its own thing...

ur basically overwritting any knockback or anything that would even occur

[pastel pawn]

ooooooh alright that makes sense

[rocky canyon]

probably need to ask chatgpt how to use AddForce instead

[pastel pawn]

any tutorials where i can try learn it myself?

[rocky canyon]

dozens

[pastel pawn]

don't wanna be stuck relying on it since it's really

coding lmao

[rocky canyon]

Movement using AddForce

[pastel pawn]

alright thanks it helps a lot

[rocky canyon]

ya, i wouldnt tell too many people ur codes being generated with chatgpt..

[pastel pawn]

and thanks for not publically executing me for using ai

[rocky canyon]

its fine to get help.. but try to do most of it urself..

when u have problems u atleast know why ur code does what it does in the first place

instead of just guessing

[pastel pawn]

mhm i hope i can gradually start writing the code myself more and more the more i do code

[rocky canyon]

just dont take it for granted.. when u get a new line of code (even if its provided by chatgpt) set some time back to look it over.. and try to figure it out first

and then move on

[cosmic dagger]

even if they didn't say it was AI you can tell . . .

[rocky canyon]

true// what gave it away? the useless comments lmao

[pastel pawn]

i did say lol

i don't wanna lie that i did

[rocky canyon]

yea point being is that most of us can tell

😉 even if u try to hide it

lol

[cosmic dagger]

just make sure to understand every line of code before you move on. don't use code that you can't understand. how are you able to fix it, or use the help someone provides . . .

[pastel pawn]

yeah i'd expect it- similar to stuff like generated art then?

[rocky canyon]

its just b/c chatgpt likes to comment EVERYTHING

[pastel pawn]

wait just that?

[cosmic dagger]

i know, i was just saying, even if you didn't . . .

[pastel pawn]

i thought it was specific with how the code was laid out

[rocky canyon]

// this calls a method called Foo
void Foo(){

}```

well nooo sh!t

lol

[rocky canyon]

its kinda that too

it tends to look the same..

// logic
movement = stuff;```

much better 🤣

its dumb af tho.. it wont last 3 messages before starting to add them back

[pastel pawn]

😭

yeah that checks out lmaoooo

[rocky canyon]

anyway.. try adapting ur script to AddForce

[pastel pawn]

i've started to notice-

[rocky canyon]

(may need to calculate more numbers for that) but its more realistic than just snapping the Rigidbody position

[pastel pawn]

well as long as i'm actually writing it in lol

can't really make a devlog either when all the coding is asking a robot lol

[rocky canyon]

ya, not really much to learn from u if ur copying from ai 😉

[languid spire]

Difference between AI Art and AI Code
with AI art, if a bunch of pixels are not 100% correct you probably wont even notice
with AI code if a single character is out of place the code is complete crap

[signal narwhal]

If you actually read the shit beneath the code it can help tons

[rocky canyon]

https://github.com/SpawnCampGames/Resources/blob/main/101/ChatGPT_AI.md skim this if u want to continue using Chatgpt

[signal narwhal]

Thats how i learned c#

[pastel pawn]

yeah

[rocky canyon]

well if ur learning like that it doesnt really matter what medium u use..

[pastel pawn]

i'll still try use it less tho lol

[rocky canyon]

most ppl dont tho.. they copy and paste and go on their way

[signal narwhal]

Except it can directly talk back for free :DD

[rocky canyon]

always fact check too..

[signal narwhal]

Currently doing a game dev study, half the programmers do that shit

[rocky canyon]

dont assume ai knows everything.. b/c it absolutely doesn't.. it actually has no concept of what its saying..
its just gathering all these words and arranging them in a way that statistically is closets to what it expects u to want to see

🫣

[signal narwhal]

Eh sometimes it works

[rocky canyon]

yea, not saying it wont... but i tend to think of it as a tool

[signal narwhal]

Yeah it is

[rocky canyon]

add it to ur toolkit for <insert reason>

[signal narwhal]

Wont help you with complex stuff but for the easy stuff it works

[eternal needle]

You might as well flip a coin, heads you learn wrong or tails you learn in an inefficient manner with details lacking from a spam generator

[rocky canyon]

ohh 100% if u use its memory.. and fill out the Custom settings.. u can get it to give u good boilerplate code

(template style stuff)

[signal narwhal]

That means you didnt optimize your prompts

[rocky canyon]

just to keep u from typing repeativiness all the time

[signal narwhal]

I use it to write basic movement ive done a hudnred times already

[rocky canyon]

ehh, you can give it as many custom stuff as possible and it still gets all stupid sometimes

[languid spire]

Classic Catch 22 situation
You have to know what you are doing in order for it to be useful
If you know what you are doing you don't need to use it

[eternal needle]

Lol I dont need to learn from a spam generator. I can guarantee you didnt learn either

[rocky canyon]

💯 thats why i say a TOOL

if u dont know how to use ur tooling than its useless

[signal narwhal]

Whats this supposed to mean exactly?

[rocky canyon]

screws nail into water w/ a hatchet

ur not gonna win an AI is good argument here.. lol

[willow scroll]

If you have done it a hundred times already, you can copy your previously written code

[rocky canyon]

this is the pro-tip out of em all ^

start making packages

[signal narwhal]

Haha yeah ive already made a few packages

[rocky canyon]

ALL templates

if u want it i probably already made it

[signal narwhal]

Smart

[rocky canyon]

organization is my key enemy now

no good in having it if i cant find it

😅

[signal narwhal]

I got some templates for procedural gen and just basic backgrouds n shi

But i REFUSE to make an movement template

[willow scroll]

Also I wonder. If you have already done it a hundred times, and writing it with ChatGPT meets your needs, have you just been writing with ChatGPT from the start?

[rocky canyon]

ya, i got a few of those.. 3D Controller, 2D Controller, and Vehicle Controller

those are my most used assets

[rocky canyon]

confuscious says

[signal narwhal]

Not quite sure what you mean with that, but i write all my shit myself and i used to(when i began) use ai to write code for me

Then i edited it to my liking

[rocky canyon]

if i make an angry bird clone.. the exact same time someone across the world's angry bird project becomes corrupted...

did i just steal his project? 🤔

[eternal needle]

It means you've used a spam generator to learn. You wont know what's right or wrong if you're learning. And youd be missing any critical information that beginner tutorials or the docs would cover.

[signal narwhal]

Haha, its a tool brother. Not the ONLY tool, i use many different platforms

Ive watched hundreds of videos, coded miltiple games

Ai was just one of the tools i used when i couldnt find the information in videos

[willow scroll]

Treating something that writes your code for you like a tool..

[rocky canyon]

I love using ChatGPT to start refactoring for me...

[signal narwhal]

No, i mostly asked it to explain stuff

[rocky canyon]

thast about it tho ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[willow scroll]

So, a teacher would be more appropriate?

[signal narwhal]

Not exactly

More like a google search

But instead of going thru all the links it gives the info straight

[rocky canyon]

yoo @willow scroll apparently thers a new variant of it.. i cant remember the name..
but apparently it only crawls educational + scientific papers

that one may be good.. but its also a subscription

[signal narwhal]

But i guess you could call it a teacher

The same way you can call someone in a youtube video a teacher

[eternal needle]

And if you're gonna need to verify that information, through googling anyways, then its just a waste of time. If you arent verifying the information, then well yes you likely learned something false

[rocky canyon]

i cant teach.. i only demonstrate..

[signal narwhal]

Something false if it works?

[rocky canyon]

monkey-see-monkey-do type-a stuff

[signal narwhal]

It might not be the most efficient way

But it works,

If i learn the thing that works

I can make it efficient along the way

[rocky canyon]

told ya u cant win this argument 😅 we can't change ur opinions.. but ur probably not gonna change any of ours either...

[eternal needle]

It works until it doesnt and suddenly "I changed nothing and my code stopped working!!!"

[ember tangle]

How does a NavMesh agent actually move? Through the rigid bodies velocity?

[rocky canyon]

soo that makes this conversation.. pointless?

[eternal needle]

Navmesh doesnt require rb. It just moves the transform

[signal narwhal]

Yeah pretty much

[rocky canyon]

no, it uses translation

[glass dust]

I just started using unity and confused what this is?

[rocky canyon]

dont use anime letters in ur file projects

[signal narwhal]

Not how it works, i try to find out why it isnt working

Once again a TOOL, not something that fixes everything for you

Imagine writing code in japanese

[rocky canyon]

• avoid spaces
• avoid special characters
• avoid special ascii characters
• start project w/ a normal letter ie.. A or a

[polar acorn]

You probably have part of the file path to your project in non-ASCII characters, which Windows doesn't like

[ember tangle]

Hmm, I've implemented a janky flowfield and I don't know if I should go through the NavMesh Agent to actually move the gameObjects or directly use the translation.

[signal narwhal]

Have a lovely day yalls imma continue living

[rocky canyon]

ThisIsAGoodProjectName
This-Is_ a bad projectName!

but b/c the spaces and the !.. to the best of my knowledge _ and - are fine

[polar acorn]

Ť̴͝h̸͌͑ï̸̓s̵͒̇ ̸̌͊ǐ̴̃s̵̓ right out̸̾̑

[glass dust]

does it not like the letter V I chaned Variable to MyVariable and it got removed😭

[rocky canyon]

bro.. ur keyboard just may be on fire or something

[eternal needle]

I mean I have no care if you truly use it. Just dont tell others to learn using it. Does more damage than anything

[rocky canyon]

no.. V is fine

[glass dust]

thank yall btw

[rocky canyon]

np.. 👍 good luck

[polar acorn]

As the message says, having special characters in your project's file path can cause issues in Visual Studio. What you're seeing seems like one of the issues that it was talking about, not the cause

[tawdry trench]

hey does anyone know how to get a random point a certain distance out of cameraview?

[signal narwhal]

Didnt tell anyone to do anything haha + thats your opinion, it helped me alot. To the point where i no longer need it

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Random-insideUnitSphere.html times some distance

[tawdry trench]

ty

[rocky canyon]

use normal letters, no punctuation, and zero spaces and u should be good to go

[willow scroll]

The thing is that you may not understand whether you write correct code now

[rocky canyon]

but if ur on ur own now (without traning wheels) u'll discover how its been lying to u

or if..

[willow scroll]

private void Update()
{
    foreach (GameObject go in FindObjectsOfType<GameObject>())
    {
        if (go.name == "Player" || go.name == "player" || go.name == "PLAYER")
        {
            Transform transform = go.GetComponent<Transform>();
    
            FieldInfo positionInfo = transform.GetType().GetField("position", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic);
    
            positionInfo.SetValue(transform, (Vector3)positionInfo.GetValue(transform) + moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime * Vector3.forward);
        }
    }
}

[eternal needle]

Like a point that's not visible from a camera?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Camera.WorldToViewportPoint.html
You can use this to see if a point is within the camera view by checking the return value after giving it a random point

[signal narwhal]

Thats where the hundreds of youtube videos come in to ply

[signal narwhal]

And holy shit this code is aids

[willow scroll]

It works.

[signal narwhal]

Haha indeed it does

And admittedly it would help a beginner

[signal narwhal]

Cant lose it either

Guess its a winnerless race

[hazy crypt]

yeah...

any idea how that happened?

it doesnt actually stop me from opening the project or playing it tho

[rocky canyon]

damn near political at this point

[tawdry trench]

yeah exactly that ty

[polar marsh]

How do I stop the player from holding down a button in the new input system? I have a fire event and i want to make sure the player has to press the key each time they want to
Interactions don't seem to do anything for me

[languid spire]

input system has 3 phases/events, started, performed and cancelled. You need started

[polar marsh]

Ah okay

Just curious, how come the interactions don't work?

Or am i using them incorrectly

[languid spire]

no idea, I dont use them

[polar marsh]

Hmm, ill have a look into it. Thanks

[rich adder]

#🖱️┃input-system

[polar marsh]

Oops sorry, will do next time

[hazy crypt]

i dont even know what cm configure is 😦

[signal narwhal]

Hihi

[eternal needle]

Are you trying to use unitys version control? Or is this just a random error to you

[hazy crypt]

i did switch pcs

twice

but its just an error

its consistently on when i start unity

and appears twice when trying to play unity

my editor still works fine though

[eternal needle]

Did you read the first part of my question?

I dont know what switching pcs have to do with if you're intending to use unity version control

[hazy crypt]

i never even used version control

[polar marsh]

Does it do it on all projects

[hazy crypt]

but the project is older

[polar marsh]

Or just the one you tried to open there

[hazy crypt]

it was like 20 ".xx" versions older

[eternal needle]

Then you should be fine to just remove the package.

[hazy crypt]

what does it do

[eternal needle]

But also, use version control. Git/github is the best

Version control does a lot, let's you backup your project, keep track of changes, share with others

[polar marsh]

Git built in basically

[hazy crypt]

oooo

kool

[hazy crypt]

thats good tho

OH YEAH

THATS HOW I GOT MY PROJECT

this time it did it for me

[polar marsh]

Idk if its better than an actual git client i've never used it but worth a try

[hazy crypt]

instead of me bringing it in with my SSD

[eternal needle]

Git is really just the best way. You really dont need VC integrated with your IDE

[hazy crypt]

yea im just pretty mid at all this

didnt even know i had it

[jovial turtle]

is pressing play supposed to take this long?? Unity 6000.0.17
(this is the first time im running it after importing about 10 scripts)

[rocky canyon]

no.. restart ur project / delete ur Library folder

[jovial turtle]

are you sure? thats like 10gb, wouldnt that have like, important project files in it?

[eternal needle]

The library folder will be remade by unity, it will take time. Sometimes its remade smaller too apparently

10gb sounds like a lot though

[rocky canyon]

it'll rebuild it

and then it should be fast as it was when u started..

[jovial turtle]

alright

[rocky canyon]

a good restart is ur second best bet

but deleting the library will speed it up even mor

[queen adder]

Hello I am a pretty new dev Im not the best at anything but I have basic knowledge of programming and unity and I was wondering if anybody would give me some good beginer tips. Could be really specific or really gerneric just anything that could be helpful while making a game. Programming tips, orginaization, unity and how it works, art anything at all but programming would be most benifical for a specific question. How should I be refrencing things scripts the most optimal way? Anyways I would appriciate anyhelp its all great thank you!

[wintry quarry]

My tip is that there is no "best way" in general for anything. It's best to understand all the different things and apply the correct tool for the current job. So something like "How should I be refrencing things scripts the most optimal way" doesn't have an answer in general, only in a specific scenario.

It's kind of like asking "What's the best tool"? The answer changes depending on what you're trying to accomplish. A hammer is great for driving nails, but not very good at driving screws or figuring out if a plane is level.

[queen adder]

Makes total sense I got it the way I would go about it before was the same thing for everything I would use GetComponent for everything I should be using differnet ways for difffernety secnearios and learn those things and actually understand them

Another question... How would I learn of these methods? Whats a good resource?

[wintry quarry]

Learning by doing is the best way

Otherwise your breain will just blank out the information

just make some simple games, and when you run into some situation you don't fully understand or need help with, ask around for help or google

[queen adder]

100% agree I've experienced that first hand. What would be the best way to find this info is what im asking. Is there a spesific website, YouTube tutoritals, just google the problem and use what ever shows up, this discord, all of these things even I need to find the info so that I can learn it

[wintry quarry]

I guess it really depends on the situation

all of the above can be helpful

[rocky canyon]

Work on complex things in pieces..
same applies to troubleshooting.. isolate bits and pieces and debug one section at a time..
this simple idea has helped me out tons..

use version control asap..

thats bout all i got

[queen adder]

Got it and I know im being extreamly vauge let me give an example, In my first project my enemy script looked like this

anyways it was all a mess and I felt as if I was doing things completely wrong it worked but it was awful to work on it super annoying. I have no idea anyother ways to be doing what im doing. I dont know what I dont know if that makes sense. How do I learn these things?

https://gdl.space/puqabemocu.cs

[rocky canyon]

and,
Tip #3 - and don't build walls of code in here.. use one of the external paste-bins for !code like that ^

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[queen adder]

That makes sense. Work on things bit by bit so slowy the problem is solved thats really helpful thank you. Version control... Whats that?

[queen adder]

Thats my bad lol will fix it I got it now

[rocky canyon]

tip #4..
stop using public just to be able to assign things via the inspector
[SerializeField] private GameObject aSimpleGameObject

[queen adder]

Ive heard that one a lot. Why should I be doing that? Whats the reasoning behind it

[rocky canyon]

for example ur project gets corrupted or something for w/e reason.. You just go and pull the most recent version of it..

!vc

[eternal falcon]

Using version control in Unity

Unity Version Control

• Getting started

Git

Get the latest .gitignore file from here. It should be placed at the root of your Unity project directory.

[wintry quarry]

public variables in general are a bit of an antipattern in object oriented programming. Your classes should be carefully controlling access to their data, it makes it easier to reason about things when you can't suddenly have things changed out from under you without notice.

[rocky canyon]

public is the protection level.. public variables are meant to be accessed from any script (read/write).. its alot easier to mess up and accidently reassign something u shouldnt... ooor for example 3 months go by.. and you forget where ur assigning a public variable.. / then u gotta go back and look into ur code

if its only being accessed via the script its declared/created in.. use private

only that class should be allowed to read/write to it

[queen adder]

Oh sweet thats helpful ill look into it

[rocky canyon]

but by [SerializeField]ing it.. you gain access to be able to assign it via the inspector

(even tho its still private)

[queen adder]

So its just a organization thing and future proof thing

[rocky canyon]

its a best practice kinda thing

no need for me to know what color boxer's my neighbors wearing

[wintry quarry]

it's a good coding practice thing, and encourages good architecture.

[queen adder]

Okay... When should public be used

[wintry quarry]

judiciously

when you need something to be accessible from elsewhere

[rocky canyon]

when that variable needs accessed from somewhere else

[wintry quarry]

usually on a property or a method

I would recommend never on a field as a rule of thumb

[queen adder]

That is what I need I need to learn good architecture where should I do that

[rocky canyon]

like if my Enemy script is deducting points from my players health..

then I could use a public float Health;

[queen adder]

So only when other scripts would need to change the value

[wintry quarry]

take an object oriented programming class somewhere

[rocky canyon]

oor more better:
private float Health;
and then a public method to change it

Health -= damage;
}```

playerHealth.ChangeHealth(10f);

^ better structure.. and more readible..

[queen adder]

This wouldnt need to be unity based just a class

[rocky canyon]

than playerHealth.Health -= damage;

[wintry quarry]

no

[rocky canyon]

ya, but might as well try to find one Unity related

but no.. in general it doesn't need to be

[wintry quarry]

I learned OOP in college, while getting my computer science degree

[rocky canyon]

the Pins up top are a good starting location to find good resources @queen adder

[queen adder]

That makes lots sense... I should be making things as small simple as can get. Dumb it down as much as possilbe

[queen adder]

I will 100% be looking int ot hat

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[queen adder]

Im a highschool kid who likes games and wants to make them lol

[queen adder]

Very helpful thanks a lot

[rocky canyon]

yup, its part of the S in the SOLID principles

Single Responsibility

the PlayerHealth should be the only thing changing it's Health variable..

that way its more organized and better off in the end..

add methods to that script to modify it within itself.. and call that from external sources

also another good tip is
void Awake <-- use this method to initialize itself
void Start <-- use this method to initialize and grab things from other scripts

that way when u go to do that in Start you know that the other script's Awakes have ran.. and they are all set up

[queen adder]

That is really helpful only one method/"thing" should be changing the health variable

[rocky canyon]

thats keeps u from getting errors like this this this.. and that.. has not be assigned or is null etc

ya, check out SOLID if u never heard of it..

you wont get the full gist of it right off the bat.. but its something to keep in mind

[wintry quarry]

yes and this lets us put logic in for example that checks if the player has died. Or updates the health bar. And since it only ever happens in one place we only need to worry about putting that code in one place

imagine if some other script modified the health directly and forgot to update the healthbar or check if the player died

😵‍💫

[queen adder]

I had that happen to me I had no clue why so I just invoked what ever it was 1 second after lol very very not right I understand now

[wintry quarry]

So this is why it's good to use a private variable for Health, as an example

[rocky canyon]

they're typically called Race conditions..

[queen adder]

I 100% will be doing that first one is great

[rocky canyon]

you can manually add ur own order here

but thats a last resort for me..

best to just keep things set up correctly

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html this is the default order of how scripts run in case u wanna check that out too

[queen adder]

Thats what I did with my old project so many things were changing the helath from different spots it was so messy would take so long to find out way that is extreamly helpful thank you

[queen adder]

Yea I dont wanna mess with those things especially when i dont 100% understand it that would be bad

[rocky canyon]

yea don't...

just letting u know it exists

[queen adder]

What should go in Awake? Start would be to run a method that sets it health correct?

[queen adder]

Yep its always good to know that thanks a lot

[rocky canyon]

say.. u have a script called LightSettings and this script sets up all the lights in its Awake() now lets say u have another script that needs to know what lights it has.. and u need to grab its lights that it has..
if u tried to grab those in Awake of the script trying to grab them... they wont be initalized yet..
sooo instead.. we do that in Start() -> Accessing LightSettings ...

the LightSettings set itself up in its Awake() soo by doing it in the Start() we already know it's awake has ran.. and the lights are set up and ready to be grabbed

if we did both in Awake() its a dice roll whether they'll be ready or not..

[queen adder]

Awake to spawn things Start to grab things from said script got it

[rocky canyon]

like my GameManager ^ all that stuff is set up in Awake()

we need to wait for Start() to try to access any of em

if we don't theres a chance they're not ready

[hollow slate]

Generally, Awake for self-referencing - Start for cross-referencing

[rocky canyon]

    private void Awake()
    {
        x = this;

        GameObject STARTGAME = GAME.gameObject;
        GameObject STARTLOAD = LOAD.gameObject;
        GameObject STARTREFS = GAMEREFS.gameObject;

        // GAME WARMUP - TURN ON RELEVANT SYSTEMS
        STARTGAME.SetActive(true);
        STARTLOAD.SetActive(true);
        STARTREFS.SetActive(true);

        SceneManager.sceneLoaded += OnSceneLoad;
    }```

[rocky canyon]

ya, basically this is the words i was hunting for lol

[haughty flower]

Hi all! I am a brand new game dev literally started a day ago. I am making the basic obstacle course game from Brackey's tutorials if anyone is familiar with it.
I finished it and decided to expand upon the game by adding a Checkpoint system. This is where everything fell apart. I made the GameManager a prefab, created an IsTrigger Cube to act as a checkpoint that passes on a Vector3 of its current position to the GameManager and the GameManager updates the player position based on the Vector3 that got passed. The problem is that I needed to make the GameManager not destroy on restarts since the Restart function reloads the entire scene and that would reset all the position data by destroying the GameManager.

Now that I made the GameManager not destroy on load, it breaks the whole game. After I restart twice, the GameManager loses reference to my Score system and calls a NullReferenceException.
It goes from this, on a fresh load: https://i.imgur.com/tTMRLtB.png
To this after one restart: https://i.imgur.com/hOGTfMa.png
To this after two restarts: https://i.imgur.com/MJ7iiQI.png

After which it produces the error. Are there any tutorials on how to navigate this kind of thing?

[rocky canyon]

like if my other scripts tried to grab this gameobject b4 its even SetActive then we got problems

[queen adder]

Got it I understand it way better now thanks

[rocky canyon]

yeap.. its easy just to do it that way all the time..

so ur not backtracking trying to figure out why ur references arent read yet

b/c technically a script w/o anything relying on it.. u could do things in Awake() or Start()..

[queen adder]

Good practie to do it all the time it cant hurt it

[rocky canyon]

and to the viewer.. there wont be a difference

soo alot of ppl just slap it in awake or start.. or w/e their IDE autocorrects first 🤣

then when they have an issue u gotta go back and refactor all of em

or u take that little hacky shortcut i showed u.. and they add the script in there to make sure it runs all of its functions first

ohh ohh ohh,
and dont divide by zero 🤪

[rocky canyon]

ya, just because u DDOL the GameManager.. doesn't mean all its references will magically stick around..

[cosmic dagger]

you tryna destroy the universe?

[rocky canyon]

u either need to DDOL those references as well.. and keep them with the gamemanager..

or everytime u load a new scene.. have a funciton that looks and finds all the references it needs in that scene

[queen adder]

Alright thank you very much for the help very helpful will take all this into consideration when coidng. Thank you so much!!!

[rocky canyon]

heres my GameManager...

everytime i load a new scene i run BootSystem

it goes thru and finds all my new references in that scene

[haughty flower]

Ahhh gotcha, thank you. I will try to do this 🙂

So basically I have to go and individually set each of these references in the GameManager script

https://i.imgur.com/eplNDXj.png

[rocky canyon]

another way to do it is to load scenes Additively..

as u can see here.. my first scene is MainMenu and then my second scene is Level1 but i never unload my BootLoader scene..

all its references are tucked in the scene w/ it

soo i never get them lost

[rocky canyon]

either that or do like this ^ u could add all the references that it needs into the DDOL w/ it

but that might cause different issues.. if those have references to the game-world

if its a small game its probably easy enough to just run a function that reassigns everything fresh

[haughty flower]

That's really cool, I didn't know you could do that.

[rocky canyon]

each new scene..

but its up to you

[rocky canyon]

Additive Scene Loading

if u wanna research it some more

[haughty flower]

Thank you 🙂

[rocky canyon]

no problem 🍀 best luck

[rocky canyon]

i cant get away from that error

nvm i figured it out im an idiot

can't update my health when my player is disabled 😅

altho tbh i still dont know why it does that

ohh sure i do... b/c if playerhealth = null.. then maxHealth is just zero

nvm

[coarse zodiac]

im a pretty new beginner does anyone know how i can make an animation start? i have a character and he has a sword i made a sprite sheet for said sword but i have no idea how to make it trigger any ideas?

[rocky canyon]

Open Animator window.. for the object..

[wintry quarry]

generally by setting paramters on your animator

[rocky canyon]

it should include the animation u made..

[wintry quarry]

such as a trigger

[coarse zodiac]

i have no clue how to open the animator im brand new to unity its confusing to me i can open it but my gameobject doesnt show up in it

[rocky canyon]

• add a paramter (float, int, trigger or w/e)
• add a transition from idle -> ur animation (use the parameter as the condition)
  and then
• using a reference to that animator you just set the parameter

[wintry quarry]

I recommend: https://learn.unity.com/course/introduction-to-3d-animation-systems

the same concepts work for 3d and 2d don't worry

[coarse zodiac]

can this apply for 2D as well im doing 2D rn

[coarse zodiac]

ah okay ty

will do appreciate you!

[wintry quarry]

the only difference would be in what properties you animate. i.e. you would animate the sprite property of the SpriteRenderer instead of the position of a bone for example

but the animator works the same either way

[rocky canyon]

animator.SetBool
animator.SetTrigger
animator.SetFloat

the important part being the Transitions.. altho theres many ways to do this.. including calling the clips manually..

altho i do like the statemachine

also remember the parameters names are important... if ur parameter is isTriggered it'll only work w/ "isTriggered" as thats not the same as "IsTriggered" minor gripe.. but you'd be suprised how many people ignore their spelling right when it matters the most

[livid path]

What is workaround to bind data source as struct without copy in UI Toolkit?

[rocky canyon]

wrappah class

[eternal needle]

this video instantly reminded me of youtube tutorials 10 years ago with the notepad instructions. its just missing the metal music

[rocky canyon]

lmao! i know right!

[rocky canyon]

ahh.. classics

[rocky canyon]

before it was all mucked up w/ AI voiceover

[steep rose]

hey notepad instructions get right to the point

[queen adder]

quick question how would I get an object in unity to move in way its facing

[wintry quarry]

the way it's facing is transform.forward

so - use that direction for whatever movement code you want

(unless it's in 2D in which case it's transform.right or up)

[queen adder]

it is in 2D

its being silly how would i write ie

I would I write the transform right

[wintry quarry]

what do you mean

transform.right

what does "it's being silly" mean?

[queen adder]

Sorry its late im tired. I dont know how it do it i do cs transform.position = transform.right is that right

[wintry quarry]

no that doesn't make any sense

position is a position

you wouldn't assign a direction vector to it

use that direction for whatever movement code you want
Remember when I wrote this?

you could for example do this:

transform.position += transform.right * speed * Time.deltaTime;```

(in Update)

(note += not = )

[queen adder]

Thats what it was i just forgot the +

whoops

[hazy crypt]

how do i download assets

in my asset folder

there are some assets i no longer have (i made them myself dw), and i wanna redownload em to recolor it (i have a new use for it)

[wintry quarry]

from the package manager

Otherwise - just copy the files into your asset folder, if you have them from some other source.

[hazy crypt]

what i mean

is getting a file from my project

into my computer

[wintry quarry]

copy it from the asset folder to another folder in your computer

[hazy crypt]

the file is on my old pc which i dont have rn

kk

[wintry quarry]

If you don't have the PC, I don't see how you could get it

[hazy crypt]

its still in my game

[wintry quarry]

you mean from the build?

[hazy crypt]

from the editor

i think it got saved from the cloud

or smth, i havent used unity in a while

(months)

[wintry quarry]

If you have the project open, then you have the project on your computer

just copy it from the assets folder

[hazy crypt]

kk

[hollow zenith]

Hey, how can I convert hex value to rgba?

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ColorUtility.TryParseHtmlString.html

[vestal grove]

For a 2d game (non pixel art with target resolution for 1920x1080), is there any pro/con for setting PPU of all sprites to 1?

[teal viper]

Not really. You just set it such that your sprite is of the right size without you needing to scale it.

Think of it as a better way to scale your sprite.

[vestal grove]

is using ppu as 1 a common practice?

[teal viper]

There's no common practice in regards to this. You would adjust it to your project needs.

[vestal grove]

Ok, thanks for the info

[hollow zenith]

Yep I did that, it was weird using "parsehtml", is hex made by/for html/css or is it some old Unity thing since they used to have javascript?

I expected something like ColorUtility.ConvertStringToHex(String string)

[eternal needle]

its not limited to hex. if you read the docs for the page navarone linked, it says

Strings that begin with '#' will be parsed as hexadecimal
Strings that do not begin with '#' will be parsed as literal colors
which includes some html color codes. html color code is just the name of it like "red"

[normal thicket]

what is the problem?

[timber tide]

problem is you need to configure your IDE if you can't catch the syntax errors yourself

[normal thicket]

how?

[eternal needle]

that sure is a lot of problems

!ide

[eternal falcon]

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[eternal needle]

i also highly recommend doing some c# basics first outside of unity if you have no clue what these errors are.

[normal thicket]

i configured IDE but its still not got any changes

[normal thicket]

WIll do it

[ivory bobcat]

Does intellisense properly highlight and underline the issues within the ide? The conflicting statements should be highlighted and normally prohibited from being typed - you'd get errors as soon as you start attempting to type em instead of randomly writing stuff and later having to fix the whole mess.

[normal thicket]

yeah I got it

[sharp abyss]

I have a game that you can swing. anybody know how can I make passive spider legs that I can show player The law of inertia while swinging?

[teal viper]

Wat? "Passive spider legs"??

[sharp abyss]

I meant I dont want to walk it like https://youtu.be/9-7owO16syA?si=ySphmlU9qdjTQFSE this video just legs that stand there but go opposite way while my character is swinging

[teal viper]

Well, you'll basically do the same ik setup, just make the target controlled by physics/rb rather than setting it's position manually.

[sharp abyss]

okay thanks 👍

[pastel pawn]

been redoing my submarine movement system with addforce but i've been having some trouble making it accelerate slower like a real sub would, anybody know what i can do?

[steep rose]

show us some code, but alternatively you can just use a smaller multiplier when you are adding a force

and from what im seeing, try changing your acceleration rate to 0.5f or 0.3f to make the acceleration slower

[steep rose]

try this

[pastel pawn]

i did, it doesn't change anything

[languid spire]

So you didn't bother reading the addforce documentation before writing this?

[steep rose]

wait wait wait, why do you have like 5 addforces but only have the acceleration rate on 1 of them

that doesnt make sense

[pastel pawn]

i just kinda saw a tutorial for it and tried messing with it- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7t6zx5LuwQ&list=PLNpawlnOlv155Nlx_IDyIAhEDWJaGjQBV&index=6

[steep rose]

just use 1

[pastel pawn]

😭

i've been using unity for like 5 days gimme a break lmao

[languid spire]

read the docs!
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.AddForce.html

[pastel pawn]

how could i write that?

[steep rose]

something like moveDirection = orientation.up * y + orientation.right * x; x and y being a input

[queen adder]

sorry I don't know where to ask this appologies if this isnt the correct place if not tell me where I should put it. but I am working on a assignment and am having massive confusions between the example project and my project. why does my canvas not have a drop down menu like this one here?

[steep rose]

then use moveDirection in 1 addforce

[queen adder]

my canvas, no drop down menu

[pastel pawn]

i'm sorry i keep asking questions but where do i put that- do i just replace the existing inputs from the void update?

[languid spire]

#📲┃ui-ux But to answer your question. your canvas does not have any children objects assigned

[steep rose]

you would put it in void update, and you would use GetAxisRaw for x and y inputs

but yes get rid of all those inputs in replace of this one

[queen adder]

thank you, and ok i see

not sure how to do that

sorry im total beginner this is just for a class, i am super lost

[pastel pawn]

i don't think i'm doing it right-

[languid spire]

you obviously managed to create gameobjects.
To parent them to the Canvas. Select that first then create the objects you want

[steep rose]

you would need to assign movedirection as a vector3 and use GetAxisRaw for x and y inputs, then use your player transform instead of orientation, I just use an orientation object so nothing can change the forces on my player

i suggest you !learn how to do so

[eternal falcon]

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[pastel pawn]

alright then lol

[mild plank]

Hi, anyone knows how do I make fog for my game, but only on the outside of the house? I tried SSMS tool, but that also works all the time, I just want the fog on the outside. And also, so that the fog is everywhere, not only on objects and the sky just shines in blue. Any suggestions?

[ripe shard]

one approach is to make a custom fog shader and render a large sphere around the camera with it, overdrawing everything in the scene and thereby applying a fog effect, sort of like a skybox but instead of behind everything you draw it in front of everything. That shader can then sample the depth texture and world Y and any custom masks you would like to have for masking out building interiors. You may have to be clever about coming up with these interior masks however.

Another (more expensive) approach would be to use path-traced volumetric fog (you'll probably buy an asset for that and use its tooling).

[mild plank]

Yeah not beginner friendly 😅

[ripe shard]

if you have advanced feature plans, you will need advanced features 😉

[mild plank]

I am making it for my school game, and I need to make it atleast a bit scary yk 😭

[ripe shard]

actually its only not-a-baseline-feature because its so expensive to implement generically

[ripe shard]

an easy way is to just disable/enable the regular fog when you go inside/outside

and match the skybox to the fog color

if you just want to bleed the fog into the skybox, you can use the overdraw-shader-thing i mentioned earlier with a simple fog (fog is just and overlay of the DepthTexture with some color grading)

[mild plank]

is the basic unity lightning setting fog smoothly interactable via scripts? Like the intensity

[ripe shard]

yes

but its a static/global API, so you need to be careful how you manage changing it

[mild plank]

Time.deltaTime adding to some Light.fog.value?

Sorry I am trying hard

and not getting too far

[ripe shard]

have a look here https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/RenderSettings.html

[mild plank]

ohh fogDensity alright alright

Thx, when I get home I will experiment a bit with it

[cosmic quail]

easy way? how would you detect when the player is inside or outside? 😅

[steep rose]

you could use a trigger

[cosmic quail]

a huge trigger that covers the entire inside? wouldnt that affect performance significantly?

[steep rose]

i dont think so

a cube trigger, not a mesh trigger

[cosmic quail]

only if the building is cube shaped though

[steep rose]

then use a meshcollider trigger if it is akwardly shaped

[cosmic quail]

yea i guess not sure about the performance hit with that though

[languid spire]

Unless the player is allowed to walk through walls/floors/roofs then you only need a trigger on the doors

[steep rose]

huh? that doesnt make sense

just use a trigger for the whole room

then when you enter set a boolean to true

else, set it to false

[languid spire]

How else is the player going to move from inside to outside if not through a door?

[steep rose]

im not sure but adding a trigger for every door seems a bit rough, not to mention it may not work correctly due to the fact how triggers work.
if you add a trigger for every door you would do Ontriggerenter to set something to true but you could never do Ontriggerexit to set it back to false

since you wouldnt be in the trigger anymore

[ripe shard]

you can have 1000s of triggers, if most of them are static they don't affect performance meaningfully. if your rooms have complex shapes you can use multiple primitive triggers

[languid spire]

wrong

[cosmic quail]

interesting, i guess they do affect memory though with that many

[steep rose]

okay, could you explain

[languid spire]

you only need OnTriggerEnter + a bool isInside. which you toggle

[ripe shard]

each trigger uses probably less than 2KB of memory, 1KB for the gameobejct and the rest for any representation they have in the physics engine, its completely negligible in a "beginner" project

[cosmic quail]

wouldnt you need to do programming to somehow detect which side of the trigger the player exits from?

[steep rose]

both ways would work, thanks for clearing it up

[languid spire]

why? If he starts isInside == false. Then going in it becomes true and exiting again it goes back to false

[ripe shard]

he's talking about doors

[cosmic quail]

didnt you say the trigger is inside the doorway only though?

[languid spire]

yes, correct

[ripe shard]

anyway, the more robust way to set it up is to define a volume that is considered "inside", an event based system made by evaluating door-triggers is way more fragile

[steep rose]

thats what a trigger does

[languid spire]

think about it
You are outside- isInside is false
You walk through the door - isInsiide is true
you walk through the door again, therefore you must be outside - isInside is false

[steep rose]

i see no issue with a trigger for something simple

[cosmic quail]

but what if you hit the trigger and go back before you exit it from the other side

[ripe shard]

you really think this is a robust way of implementing it in a project where we know nothing about the remaning level structure?

[languid spire]

if that is possible, then you can use OnTriggerExit to check the position/direction of movement

[ripe shard]

i'm explaing why the door-trigger-approach is bad

[steep rose]

okay

[languid spire]

It's a damn sight better than having one trigger covering the whole building

And why would it not be robust?

[ripe shard]

because we don't know anything about the level structure, if it has multiple doors and a team of undisciplined level designers, this can break very easily when configured incorrectly, breaking all future state aswell. we're probably not talking about a door that guarantees the room can only be exited through that same door or even through any door.

if you just define a volume you do not break future state because you counted the enter/exit events wrong

[languid spire]

Now you are just being pedantic for the sake of it

[ripe shard]

given your years of exp, i find it surprising that you can't see the issues with that

[languid spire]

If every solution I gave was based on a team of non professionals 'maybe' doing shit, I would never offer a solution.
This is a base structure which answers the question asked (and based on my understanding of his needs). Of course he implements it as required for his project

[steep rose]

guys stop fighting, it will get you nowhere. both ways a good for what this guy is probably doing, if he doesnt know how to place triggers properly then thats on him.

[gloomy bison]

how would one be able to create a system where you walk through one door and another room appears where the door left off, like a random room generation?

so far chatgpt keeps taking me to the same route of errors

[languid spire]

I've actually got one of those, believe me it ain't easy to do

[gloomy bison]

imma just go to reddit and youtube and see where i can find a tutorial

bearing in mind i have 15 minutes left before i have to leave

[steep rose]

as i tell everyone, chatgpt is unreliable and will lead you astray most times best not use it

[gloomy bison]

yeah, i usually dont use it but i find it really funny

i'll try figure this out when i get back

[quick pollen]

Quick question, how can I make it so a quaternion's X rotation is 0 without messing things up?

[ripe shard]

use its eulerAngles API

[quick pollen]

I have a movement script made here which allows me to move in the forward direction of the camera, but on the forward and backward movement, since the camera is tilted downwards, I get vertical movement too, which I don't want

[brave compass]

It's simpler to just flatten the vector after rotating it. Either by setting .y = 0 directly or using Vector3.ProjectOnPlane.

[quick pollen]

I feel as though doing something like this is extremely dangerous

Vector3 cameraEuler = cameraTransform.rotation.eulerAngles;
        cameraEuler.x = 0f;```

[lethal holly]

Youre right, it is, you shouldnt do that

[quick pollen]

oh wait I think I get it

[lethal holly]

However, if its for camera rotations (mouselook) you could try just storing a vector3 representing the rotation locally (literally store the euler angles as a member var) and make changes to those and set them

[quick pollen]

i got it, thank you!

I just did

        movementVector3 = cameraTransform.rotation * new Vector3(inputVector.x, 0f, inputVector.y) * moveSpeed;
        movementVector3.y = 0;```

[brave compass]

That's if you want to clamp the camera rotation, yes. But I don't think that's what they want.

[lethal holly]

That way you avoid drift or other issues with the calculation

[quick pollen]

then multiplied the vector with deltatime in the end

I'm trying to get a kind of soulslike type of vibe with the movement

[lethal holly]

Not just for clamping its for maintaining numerical stability of your rotations, reading euler angles from quats, changing it and then converting back to a quat is a recipe for disaster

But maybe I misunderstood what they meant and answered the wrong thing

[quick pollen]

heres the result I was looking for

[ripe shard]

if you search for FreeCamera.cs in your project you will find a nice camera implementation as part of shadergraph examples (may also be in the SRP package) that illustrates how to make a simple camera via euler angles

[brave compass]

There was never any issue with the camera, just the movement vector.

[lethal holly]

Im pretty sure alfy is talking about a problem relating to his mouse look 🤔

[brave compass]

It's related, yes, because the movement vector is rotated by the camera. When the camera was tilted down, the character could move into and above the ground, which they didn't want. They still want the camera to be able to tilt down, just not the movement vector with it.

[ripe shard]

regardless, the question was about controlling Quaternions and that free camera is an example that does it through a Vector3 representing euler angles that get modified and converted into a Quaternion each frame

[brave compass]

It was the wrong approach to try to modify the Quaternion in the first place, since its much easier to project the movement vector afterwards. Classic XY problem.

[quick pollen]

I mean, I kinda got this already

I'm using cinemachine for the rest

[lethal holly]

Ah I see that part now, I missed the movement message

[quick pollen]

yeah exactly

my main issue was the way I processed the information mainly

[rich adder]

did you get it working ? also did you see reply bawsi sent?

[steady crown]

im trying to make it so the animation only plays when i walk and stop when i dont. right now the animation continues after i stop walking, what can i do?

[pliant sleet]

Can somebody help me with this...? I am trying to make a 2D platformer and my player seems to jump inconsistently, like sometimes it jumps higher and the opposite (here are the script for the movement and the player's RB)

[lethal holly]

It seems like you never set it to false

[steady crown]

i tried with an else if but didnt work

[lethal holly]

You just need to use an else here

[steady crown]

or should it be before

[rich adder]

are you using addForce for jump?

[lethal holly]

Let me show you 😄

[rich adder]

dont send screenshots of code @pliant sleet

[pliant sleet]

Indeed.

[rich adder]

reset velocity before doing AddForce

[steady crown]

this doesnt work for some reason

[lethal holly]

Ah yes

[wintry quarry]

You are doing physics in Update, which will lead to inconsistent results

also why are you manually adding gravity

[rich adder]

btw you should not be doing * time.deltaTime on veloicty

[wintry quarry]

why not just use the built in gravity

[lethal holly]

It may be an issue with how you configured the animator then

[wintry quarry]

well the deltaTime makes sense there, but it's not going to be consistent

[lethal holly]

Go inside the animator and have it open on a second window and watch that value change while the game runs. Make sure it updates correctly

[steady crown]

hmm is it because i made the method a void and that doesnt work with booleans?

[lethal holly]

if it does then its an issue with how you configured the animator

[rich adder]

ohh thought we need it only with functions like MovePosition

[lethal holly]

No that has nothing to do with it

[pliant sleet]

so should I use FixedUpdate ?

[steady crown]

oh okay

[wintry quarry]

physics should use fixedupdate. Specifically the part that it will matter for here is the part where you're applying gravity

it's also not clear what your Jump() function is doing

since you didn't show it

please share code via !code not screenshots

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[steady crown]

my b

[pliant sleet]

I use the AddForce() function to do so.

[wintry quarry]

That's very vague

showing the code would be better

[pliant sleet]

I ll just use screenshots for now, sorry

[wintry quarry]

ok so:

1. Are you intentionally adding a force on the x axis here??
2. AddForce for a jump which is a one-off should typically be using ForceMode2D.Impulse

[rich adder]

you should use Impulse for jump, and would reset the velocity before doing AddForce

[wintry quarry]

otherwise you'll have to set the jumpPower variable absurdly high

[rich adder]

wait why is the x velocity the force for jump 🤔

[pliant sleet]

aren't I just setting the velocity to what it is ? Like not modifying it whatsoever

[wintry quarry]

AddForce is already additive to your current velocity. You don't need to add any X axis force unless you mean to change your velocity on the X axis.

To set the velocity you would do rb.velocity = newVelocity;

if you want to NOT modify the x axis, you should be adding 0 force on the x axis

because any number + 0 gives you the original number

Again AddForce is additive

[pliant sleet]

that's right, thanks.

and the AddForce() function is well used ?

[wintry quarry]

wdym by "well used"?

[pliant sleet]

like if I should use a better version of it

that does the same thing but better

[wintry quarry]

As mentioned, you should be adding an impulse force here

[pliant sleet]

Got it

Seems to work perfectly now. Thanks!

[main karma]

what's "others" in the profiler cause it's eating 15ms of my game

idk how to identify bottlenecks using the profiler well and this is driving me nuts

[rich adder]

did you filter all of them ? are you sure its not Garbage collector?

[main karma]

yeah

[rich adder]

well then check the hierarchy and sort by most ms

[main karma]

the garbage collector takes almost 0.00ms

how do you do that

[rich adder]

I would recommend this vid first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsqv8nj0cw

[main karma]

okay, also another question is... if I have like let's say over 600 unity objects that are a duplicate of the same object, if I batch them all would it still impact fps?

like greatly?

got a particle on all of them

my fps drops by like 40 in the editor with these many vs without

I want to optimize my game to handle around a thousand and idk where to begin, I got no lights, and no shadows in my game, everything is baked

almost everything is static as well

and batched

scripts only take around 3ms

[rich adder]

if you plan on using so many partciles you should probably use the VFX graph

they will boost the particles greatly as its not straining the CPU (particle system limitation)

its all based on GPU

[main karma]

can you send me a tutorial on it as I'm oblivious of what you're talking about

[rich adder]

https://unity.com/visual-effect-graph

https://unity.com/how-to/introduction-vfx-graph-unity

[main karma]

also how would one copy the vfx I got going on into this

[rich adder]

there are tutorials, more or less the components are similiar

[main karma]

alr

and it's faster?

[rich adder]

once you learn the tools it has you can easily port it

well yes its many times faster because its entirely on the gpu and not going back n forth to CPU like particle system

for small amounts is okay but if you have many its will chugg

[main karma]

ohh, that would certainly help as I'm getting CPU bottlenecked

[rich adder]

are those generated cubes ?

otherwise you should batch them

[main karma]

I already batched them

I followed the simple optimization tips you can find in every tutorial and did some of my own

like removing shadows as all my levels are dark

and baking every light in the game (no real time lighting)

so my gpu doesn't do much

if I can move the vfx to the gpu that would help greatly I think

as I got thousands of VFX going on

[rich adder]

yea it should help greatly

[final pelican]

I have a player on a board that should move depending on a die roll. Afterwards, the turn count would go up as the player has to reach a goal in a certain amount of rolls.

How would I connect the die to the player so that it can only move the amount the die shows and after doing so, the turn count raises?

[lethal verge]

Hey! I have a small problem. I am controlling a circle according to my mouse movement. So if I drag my mouse up, the circle accelerates up until I drag my mouse down. This works for any direction. The problem is when I reach the end of the screen with my mouse I have no space to keep moving my mouse in that direction, for instance, if my circle stands completely still and my cursor is in the right side of the screen, I have no space to drag my mouse to the right side to make my circle go right. I thought of locking my mouse in the middle of the screen and hide it but then comes another problem. When I lock the mouse the movement stops working so I don't really know how I should fix this? Any suggestions?

[rocky canyon]

use mouse Delta's and lock the cursor like ur original instinct

[languid spire]

Rotate or Move your camera to track the mouse

[willow scroll]

You could forcefully teleport your mouse to the opposite corner of the screen how it's done in Unity, when dragging the float field

This is a way if you want your mouse to be visible and not limited by the screen bounds

This is achievable with the InputSystem's WarpCursorPosition method

Mouse.current.WarpCursorPosition(calculatedPosition);

[lethal verge]

Will this be a problem for users with 2 screens?

[willow scroll]

2 screens?

[wintry quarry]

Have you considered locking your cursor?

[lethal verge]

I mean if you drag your mouse to the right and it goes over to your second screen

[wintry quarry]

As for "why it doesn't work" when locked, presumably your code is the problem

[lethal verge]

It's probably my code then, im kinda new so I don't have much knowledge about programming. I have successfully locked the cursor but then all the movement disapears

[willow scroll]

I am not aware of how it works with multiple screens. It should be possible if Unity supports that

[wintry quarry]

well if you want help with the code, you would have to share the code with us.

[rocky canyon]

locking cursor and using mouse axis / delta's would be the way id do it

[willow scroll]

You either lock the cursor via CursorLockMode and hide it, or teleport the cursor if you want it to be visible

[lethal verge]

I have hidden the cursor and locked it in the middle

When I unlock it I can move the ball

I will show the scripts 2 sec

using UnityEngine;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
public float forceMultiplier = 5.0f;
private Rigidbody2D rb;
private Vector2 lastMousePosition;
private Vector2 movementDirection;

void Start()
{
    rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
    rb.gravityScale = 0;  

    
    lastMousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);
    
    
    Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
    Cursor.visible = false;
}

void Update()
{
    
    Vector2 currentMousePosition = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition);

    
    Vector2 mouseMovement = currentMousePosition - lastMousePosition;

    
    if (mouseMovement.magnitude > 0.01f)  
    {
        
        movementDirection = mouseMovement.normalized;

        
        rb.AddForce(mouseMovement * forceMultiplier, ForceMode2D.Force);
    }

    
    lastMousePosition = currentMousePosition;
}

void OnApplicationFocus(bool hasFocus)
{
    if (hasFocus)
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
        Cursor.visible = false;
    }
    else
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
        Cursor.visible = true;
    }
}

void OnApplicationPause(bool pauseStatus)
{
    if (pauseStatus)
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.None;
        Cursor.visible = true;
    }
    else
    {
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
        Cursor.visible = false;
    }
}

}

[rich adder]

use links for !code

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[rocky canyon]

dont use mouse position

[lethal verge]

!code

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[rocky canyon]

use mouse axis / deltas

[rich adder]

your meant to read it

[rocky canyon]

mouse position will never exceed the bounds of the camera

[wintry quarry]

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


        Vector2 mouseMovement = currentMousePosition - lastMousePosition;


        if (mouseMovement.magnitude > 0.01f)
        {

            movementDirection = mouseMovement.normalized;


            rb.AddForce(mouseMovement * forceMultiplier, ForceMode2D.Force);
        }```

This is all so overcomplicated. Why not just use `Input.GetAxis("Mouse X")` and `GetAxis("Mouse Y")`?

Of course it doesn't work as is - since you're basing it on mouse _position_ instead of the mouse delta input

[rocky canyon]

delta's can (b/c its the change)

[lethal verge]

I want it to go in all directions but won't it just go left/right, up/down if I use mouseX and mouseY

[rocky canyon]

do u have to press a diagonal key when ur playing a first person shooter?

or do u just press up and left at the same time 😉

[lethal verge]

Damn true

[rocky canyon]

        float moveX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X");
        float moveY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y");

        velocity += new Vector2(moveX, moveY) * speed * Time.deltaTime;``` its simple

[lethal verge]

Yes I should simplify everything I see now that it's over complicated

and do you recommend locking the cursor or doing like you said to make the mouse go outside the screen?

[rocky canyon]

wont matter.. even if its locked.. the object will still go off the screen edges

b/c its tracking the delta (differnece in mouse movement).. locking the cursor doesnt affect it any

the delta's still change even when its locked or hidden

mouseposition is what gets locked to 0,0 when u do that

[lethal verge]

Okay so it will still be able to move if I use the code you sent even when I lock the mouse

[rocky canyon]

yes.. b/c ur moving the object

not the cursor

        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
        Cursor.visible = false;
    }``` in my example i sent.. i locked and hid

test it out and see what happens when u do different things

[lethal verge]

Okay I will try it out thank you @rocky canyon

[eternal needle]

You should probably show what's confusing you on how to connect these. You can design it in many ways like how I described in the other channel.

[final pelican]

What's mostly confusing me is figuring out how the scene will know when a turn is done after the player moves the dice spaces

[rocky canyon]

Start Move
Roll Dice
Calculate Spot
Move until hit that spot
Subtract or Add count or w/e

might want to look into coroutines and while loops

[midnight meteor]

Hello ,why it doesnt appear in the inspector?

@wintry quarry its nothing thats why i hid it

[rocky canyon]

probably compile errors.. but why u using [SerializeField] on a public variable?

[wintry quarry]

presumably you have a compile error somewhere

check your console window

[midnight meteor]

nothing in my console window too

[wintry quarry]

show us

[eternal needle]

The player could handle this in its movement and just notify some manager script that its moved all the spaces.

[rocky canyon]

have u clicked INTO the editor?

so it triggers a recompile

[wintry quarry]

make sure:

• Your code changes are saved
• That you refresh your unity assets if you have auto-refresh off

[rocky canyon]

it wont just show up while u have that VS window in the way

[wintry quarry]

Also what Spawn said

[midnight meteor]

how to check the refresh thing ?

[wintry quarry]

Preferences -> Asset Pipeline Settings -> Auto Refresh

[rocky canyon]

just click the unity window.. lol

[midnight meteor]

oh that's weird

[final pelican]

I'll see what i can write. Thanks

[rich adder]

oof

[wintry quarry]

yep that's why

[midnight meteor]

maybe an asset changed it

thanks both !

[rocky canyon]

👻

[midnight meteor]

is this fine ?

[rocky canyon]

🔍 ass

[wintry quarry]

yep

[midnight meteor]

cool cool

appreciate the help

[rocky canyon]

just making a joke. not sayin ur ass or anything 🤣

[midnight meteor]

is there a "reset settings" button ?

[rocky canyon]

also.. if u use public theres really no need for [SerializeField]

now if its private u could do that.. to expose it in the editor

[rocky canyon]

for the script?

[midnight meteor]

i was just double checking

[midnight meteor]

for unity preferences

i mightve downloaded a unity asset that changed a lot of my settings

( the fast script reload )

[rocky canyon]

theres not a straight forward way no

[steep rose]

scripts already compile pretty quick, dunno why you would need a fast script reloader

[rocky canyon]

his AutoRefresh got toggled off for some reason

[midnight meteor]

i liked that i can change variables mid play mode

[rocky canyon]

he wanting to know if he can reset all the settings in the editor

[midnight meteor]

usually it wont let me

[rocky canyon]

ya, just remember that they dont stick lol

[steep rose]

you are not suppose to be able to save settings while in game

for many reasons

[midnight meteor]

just for testing tho , instead of play/close/change code/play close/change code
i can just change code while testing

but yeah i'd rather take my time than redownload unity because of some error

[rocky canyon]

oh yea, thats really useful i do it all the time..
say i need a variable but i dont quite know a good value.. i'll keep it 0 or something
then run the game and fine-tune it... copy and then paste it back after i stop

just regular ole game-dev stuff

[eternal needle]

Pretty sure the fast reload plugin only changes that setting. I use it too and honestly I like keeping it off auto reload. It's sooo much more annoying to me when unity reloads when I dont want. The default button to reload should be ctrl r

[midnight meteor]

thanks for the idea i actually prefer using ctrl + r myself

[rare hawk]

I'm working on a 2D RPG (think Final Fantasy 1-6), and I'm contemplating whether it would be better to make some components DDOL or to have them in (almost) every scene. I see pro's and cons for both ways (one gives me easier data management, but makes it harder to find object for cutscenes and stuff. The other takes more resources, but makes scene management easier).
Any advice?

[rocky canyon]

i can just give u my personal preference... i like to use additive scenes / and keeping my GameManager scene and all its references loaded at all times

no DDOL needed

[rich adder]

isnt DDOL basically just an additive scene 😛

[short hazel]

Yes it is lol

[eternal needle]

If you have a large project, it can take time. 15 seconds compared to 1 adds up very quickly especially if you're just trying to make small changes and see the result. And even with using it, we still need to recompile unity regularly

[rare hawk]

Hmmm, how would I go about using it? Say I add a new party member, which is a DDOL object. Would I add them to the additive scene? 🤔

[rocky canyon]

idk bout that one.. all my stuff exists from the beginning.. the only thing i have to do is search for couple of new things w/ each scene reload

[wintry quarry]

Probably a boostrapping scene situation with DDOL stuff.

[rocky canyon]

could use an event that fires off when a new party member enters..

and then find the new one

[wintry quarry]

especially because the battle system for a JRPG is best done with an additive scene.

[hazy crypt]

fixed it

i went to the VCS tab last night

and logged in

boom it was fixed

[wintry quarry]

I mean the character wouldn't really be a GameObject. It would just be some data in your model. At various times it may have GameObjects to represent it such as in a battle or in a UI. But most times walking around the overworld, it's just data

the data model would be stored on a DDOL object/script

[rare hawk]

I'm doing it in the overworld atm. Have used Additive in the past for a separate battle scene

[steep rose]

how many small changes would you be doing? you would have to do a ton for it to add up

[rare hawk]

I'll look into bootstrapping! Don't know the technique yet

[rocky canyon]

i store my player in the boot scene

u could probably store all ur party members in there as well.. and already have hte reference/data to them like said

[wintry quarry]

It basically just means having a scene that loads before any other scene and sets up things the game needs in all the other scenes.

[eternal needle]

Literally anything. If I enter play mode then realize I want to slightly alter an algorithm, I'm not exiting play mode, recompiling, then entering again.
And yea it's not a complete replacement to recompiling, but in the cases where I can use it might as well.

[rare hawk]

Just watched a video on it. Didn't know it was such a big thing in computers/ programming! Very informative.

[rocky canyon]

electronics too

if u think about it for a while it makes total sense tho

[rare hawk]

So your player is always loaded, and you move it to the correct place in a new scene load based on what that scene has pre-defined?
I have to say that for a JRPG that doesn't seem very useful, as most party members would join the game way later on, but I might be mistaken. Will definitely watch a more in-depth video on it during breakfast tomorrow (it's 9 PM here)

[steep rose]

true

[rocky canyon]

💯 when a new scene loads.. i initialize the player w/ its inventory and whatnot

when i pick up something it stores it on the inventory in the bootstrap scene

and so on and so on

[wintry quarry]

No not necessarily. The "walking around" player object doesn't have to be permanent. Just the data model that holds the information about the character.

the individual scenes read that data and decide to do things like spawn a controllable player character based on it, for example

[rocky canyon]

also true ^

[rare hawk]

Check, I get it! That seems a lot more intuitive

[rocky canyon]

my player is the oldest part of my project and holds alot of its own things. unfortunately

so thats why mines loading into the boot

but i have a function called LoadChapter() which basically is a new scene.. that new scene has the starting position in it.. i just move my player too it

[midnight meteor]

Hello , why cant i drag the gameobject from hierarchy to there ? it keeps saying "typemismatch" although it is a gameobject

[rocky canyon]

after i initialize and grab that position on scene load ofc

it is a mismatch

[wintry quarry]

assets (prefabs, ScriptableObjects) cannot reference objects in scenes

[rare hawk]

Haha I feel you. That's why I'm tackling the issue now!
Although I am a bit sad that it seems like implementing a solution will take longer than I had expected

[rocky canyon]

using that script

[midnight meteor]

oh i see i will make it a prefab then

thanks

[rocky canyon]

doesnt have to be..

u can make it basic for now and build it up as u go

eventually it'll be a payoff to have everything structured in that way

[rare hawk]

True! But even then I had hoped the outcome would be "My current solution is the way to go" 😅

[rare hawk]

Agreed!

[rocky canyon]

ofc u can always use a DDOL object.

and shove everything within it..

but i favor the bootloader/strapper (same thing i know nav)

[rocky canyon]

if it works dont fix it

if u can manage everything its fine.. scaleability is when you'll hve regretslol

[rare hawk]

I feel like this is the more future-proof solution

[rare hawk]

Yeah exactly

[rocky canyon]

💯

[rare hawk]

Thanks a lot both of you! I'll put it on my planning

[rocky canyon]

if u want fast and easy.. just use DontDestroyOnLoad(this.gameObject); on ur important stuff

[humble summit]

Has anyone seen accurate documentation for Resources.Load()

The stuff on the official docs is wrong.

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html

[languid spire]

what is wrong about it?

[wintry quarry]

What's wrong with it?

[humble summit]

The description and example

[wintry quarry]

How so? Works for me.

[languid spire]

no it is not

be specific

[wintry quarry]

Maybe share some details about what you're trying to do and what's going wrong.

[humble summit]

The type or namespace "Load" does not exist in the namespace "Assets.Resources"

[wintry quarry]

Why are you using the namespace Assets.Resources?

[languid spire]

And where do you see this in the docs?

[humble summit]

I copied the stuff directly from the doc

[languid spire]

show it

[humble summit]

var textFile = Resources.Load<TextAsset>("Text/textFile01");

[slender nymph]

it sounds like you have your own namespace called Assets.Resources. that is what is causing the issue

[wintry quarry]

You have some weird using directive at the top

var textFile = UnityEngine.Resources.Load<TextAsset>("Text/textFile01");``` will work

[wintry quarry]

Or actually - you named your own class Resources

so it's conflicting

the docs are 100% fine

[humble summit]

the string "namespace Resources" does not appear in my solution

[wintry quarry]

doesn't need to

namespace Assets does

and public class Resources does

that's your problem

you named your class Resources

[languid spire]

why would it when it's complaining about Assets.Resources

[wintry quarry]

Solution is to either:

• Not name your class Resources
• Use the fully qualified name as in my earlier example var textFile = UnityEngine.Resources.Load<TextAsset>("Text/textFile01");

[humble summit]

the string "class Resources" does not appear in my solution

[slender nymph]

it's not a class named Resources that is the issue. it is a namespace called Assets.Resources

[rocky canyon]

using Resources = UnityEngine.Resources;

[slender nymph]

if it were a conflicting class, the error would be about the type Resources not containing that member, but the error specifically states that the type Load is not in the namespace Assets.Resources

[humble summit]

I found the offending namespace in some generated code.

[slender nymph]

and what is generating that code? 🤔

[languid spire]

Ok, I'll submit an update to the Resources.Load documentation
'do not use this API if you have randomly generated shit you know nothing about in your project'
Happy now?