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[frank flare]

but the thing is that if you're making an online game you still need some community so like, the first game you're gonna make would be a game to get community for the 2nd game

[daring depot]

and yes, I can work in vscode on roblox games

[frank flare]

so the 1st game is gonna be probably offline game

[daring depot]

my first 50 games are going to be fucking awful

especially since I haven't used C# or unity before

[frank flare]

I'm talking about the release game

[short hazel]

Never start with a multiplayer game, it adds a whole lot of complexity. Some engines provide automatic object synchronization, in Unity you have to set that up yourself. Some scripts are pre-made for that, but you'll have to roll your own code to synchronize data for your own scripts

[frank flare]

yeah

[daring depot]

1 man isn't making such a multiplayer game anyway

but with Roblox it's a platform meaning roblox gives you all the users

but with this, it's like we have to make our own platform

[silent valley]

I'm on my 500th game xD You get better obviously.

[topaz flax]

o/

wondering if there are any tutorials for instead of sprite flipping when going in that direction but the sprite faces a targe only on the x axis? wanting to make a 2d combat game but I can't really find any tutorials for this mechanic (they do it in like streetfighter and MK)

[frank flare]

child labor ngl

[daring depot]

yeah, it is

[polar acorn]

Yes but also if you sell a Unity game for $10 you get $10

[daring depot]

yeah

I made roblox say $1650 in robux; they return me back 24.5% of it

or something stupid like that

they act as if they're the government with the taxes

[short hazel]

Well yeah, the servers aren't gonna pay themselves, so they take their cut

[eternal needle]

Sounds like you wanna just set the rotation, which you can do in many ways. Simplest would probably be assigning what the transform.right should be, that is a direction towards wherever you want it to be

[topaz flax]

so would it be like a raycast?

Planning on making it like for honor where you can lock onto and off of your opponent and do certain inputs but its linear 2d like a traditional fighting game

[eternal needle]

Your question seemed like you already had the object you wanted it to look. A raycast is a physics query to get an object or check if an object is in a certain direction.

[topaz flax]

right okay so

my player looks to the right by default

want to make it so that if it crosses either another player, or whatever its locked onto, it flips so that its still facing that player/ object

[eternal needle]

If you want it to lock onto the nearest character for example, you could just do a physics query every so often like a overlap box (or whatever the 2d equivalent is) and check what's nearest

[topaz flax]

hm okay

I'm not really 100% sure how i'd go about that tbh, never dealt with anything like that since i've been stuck in tutorial hell for years

[eternal needle]

Im not entirely sure what you're trying to do, so it's hard to suggest much. The basics though for locking onto things nearby would include some kind of overlap physics query then get the direction, and set the rotation accordingly. Try it and see how far you get. Many people in here would be able to help if you get stuck

[topaz flax]

just trying to do the mechanic from traditional fighters where when like one passes another then they still face eachother

I'll try to experiment with it though

[thorny basalt]

private bool Mirrored => (this.position.x < opponent.position.x);

That is how I do it in my fg

[topaz flax]

OOoooo

oh honestly thats so much easier than I thought holy moly

thanks so much lmao

[thorny basalt]

Np. Also, another important operation is private int FaceDirection => Mirrored ? -1 : 1;

And you can set scale.x to that variable, and use it in math

[topaz flax]

Ahh gotcha okay

tysm

[thorny basalt]

Ping me if you need any more help coding your FG :)

[topaz flax]

okay!!! really appreciate it! going to probs be working on the sprites for a while because i'll be able to base hitboxing and timing easier once I get that down but I'll defo let you know!

[thorny basalt]

Gotcha

[eternal needle]

Although negligible, stuff like this will result in unnecessary calculations if you ever use the values twice. It's better to just calculate it once per tick (whether that be update or anything) and read the value

[thorny basalt]

True. This was simpler and follows KISS, but it isn’t hard to convert it.

[glad wagon]

https://gdl.space/ehetovidoc.cs I have this monster code that is taking care of the player movement, knife system and gun system....I'm having a really hard time trying to separate in smaller scripts

it is interacting with another code for a inventory manager

but everytime i try to separate in other scripts the equipgun stops working

[teal viper]

I wouldn't call it monster code. It's just 180 lines. But it is weird to see knife related logic in a script called TankController. How did it even get there?😅

[glad wagon]

Idk, things just got out of control....but I'm trying to separate things now...the problem is that the equip gun always crash when I try

[teal viper]

Well, then debug it.

[static wasp]

when i hold down the spacebar (jump button), the jump height is random (it's not supposed to be random), and the thing being printed is the rigidbody y velocity

link for jumping code (jumpforce is 1200 btw): https://hastebin.com/share/tevesiviqa.cpp

[west obsidian]

Does collider.ClosestPoint check only the surface or also the volume of a collider?

[static wasp]

are you talking to me?

[west obsidian]

no

[steep rose]

its either something with the gravity, or rb1.velocity = new Vector2(rb1.velocity.x, rb1.velocity.y * 1.025f);

not sure why you are changing gravity

since it would create this issue

[static wasp]

so it falls faster

[steep rose]

stop messing with gravity via script since you are using a RB, instead use the actual project setting gravity

or

change RB gravity on the RB itself

like only once

[static wasp]

ok, lemme try that rq

[steep rose]

what did you do

[static wasp]

i turned all the gravity switching things in the script to comments

and i changed the value on gravity on the rigidbody

(in inspector)

and it's still random

[steep rose]

also this doesnt make sense

                if (rb1.velocity.y > 0)
                {
                    if (rb1.velocity.y < 12.5f)
                    {
                        rb1.velocity = new Vector2(rb1.velocity.x, rb1.velocity.y * 1.025f);
                        print(rb1.velocity.y);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        rb1.gravityScale = 10;
                        gravity = 10;
                    }
                } 

you are checking if the RB Y velocity is more than zero but also checking in there if it is less than 12.5f so this code is useless

also you have a lot of nesting

[static wasp]

when the velocity is more than 12.5, i want it to stop going up

[steep rose]

you are using a less than sign

not more than

so that code will not do anything

like ever

its contradicting itself

[static wasp]

because it goes up when the velocity is less than 12.5, but it stops when it's more than 12.5

[steep rose]

no you are not understanding, this code will never run

                    if (rb1.velocity.y < 12.5f)
                    {
                        rb1.velocity = new Vector2(rb1.velocity.x, rb1.velocity.y * 1.025f);
                        print(rb1.velocity.y);
                    }

because of the fact that you are checking if the velocity is more than zero, if its more than zero it will never be less than 12.5f, so it will never run

[static wasp]

i basically want my jump like hollow knight, where it goes up higher if you hold it for a longer time, but not infinitely

[steep rose]

also best look up a tutorial for something like this

[static wasp]

if it's between 0 and 12.5, it runs

[static wasp]

can't find a tutorial that is like that, except one, but it doesn't make it good

[steep rose]

ah a mistake on my part, my bad.
still you might want to fix the nesting

[steep rose]

search up "mario jumping in unity"

i just saw like seven tutorials

[static wasp]

i don't want it really smooth

wait lemme send a video of what i'm talking about

my internet is so slow

it's sending

i want it something like this

[steep rose]

yeah so search this up

its the exact same thing

[static wasp]

not really, but lemme watch one rq

[steep rose]

im pretty sure hollow knight got inspiration from mario for this type of jumping movement

[static wasp]

i finally added it, but it's still random

it jumps 3-7 meters up

when i fully hold it down

[static wasp]

opens playtest: doesn't work
re-opens playtest: works
re-opens playtest: doesn't work
i love unity

[teal viper]

Conditional bugs are very common and unrelated to unity.

[static wasp]

wdym by conditional bugs

[teal viper]

Bugs that only happen under certain conditions.

[static wasp]

any fix?

[teal viper]

Figure out the condition and the cause.

[static wasp]

also, i'm repeating the same button over and over

so i don't think so

[obsidian furnace]

If I'm interested in making a game with Unity, what should I do to start?

[cosmic dagger]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[obsidian furnace]

Thanks!

[teal viper]

In a game engine there are a lot of conditions. Some you don't even see or know about. Timing is one condition that often causes bugs hard to reproduce.

[static wasp]

it's different every time tho

it isn't a one-off thing

[cosmic dagger]

also, start with C# tutorials to learn the basics of programming. either from blogs, websites, or videos . . .

[teal viper]

Because it doesn't have to be the only condition.

[static wasp]

maybe fps has something to do with it

[teal viper]

For example 2 timings or more might need to meet for the bug to occur.

[static wasp]

because i'm using delta time

[teal viper]

Yeah, frame rate is another possible condition.

[static wasp]

but i don't think frame rate would cause a 30% increase

[teal viper]

Debug the issue and you'll figure it out.

[teal viper]

Why not? Ever heard of the butterfly effect?

[static wasp]

nope

[teal viper]

It means that even one small change in value could lead to a tremendous change in a complex system.

[cosmic dagger]

like a butterfly. stay away from those . . . 🦋

[static wasp]

might just leave it like this

bc idk how to fix it

[teal viper]

Debug it... It's a good opportunity to learn how to solve issues. Skip it now and you're gonna keep on facing issues that you don't know how to solve

[static wasp]

i'm feeling kinda burnt out, so maybe later

[obsidian furnace]

If I have prior experience to programming should I still stary with C#?

[cosmic dagger]

you'll be fine. anything new you come across is an easy search. you'll mainly deal with syntax errors and specific design architecture problems . . .

[obsidian furnace]

👌, thanks

[eternal needle]

depending how much experience that is, you can skim through c# basics just to make sure u understand it. very similar to java with pretty minor differences if you arent doing anything advanced

[obsidian furnace]

Awesome, I have like 2 years of experience with Java on and off

[sullen perch]

I have this gun script but whenever i shoot the bullet dosent go forward

somewone please help me with this

[ivory bobcat]

It should be rotated in the same orientation as the spawning.
The above code doesn't move the object at all.

[sullen perch]

im realy new, how do i fix it?

[ivory bobcat]

Show the !code that moves the bullet

[eternal falcon]

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[sullen perch]

idk how to use this?

[ivory bobcat]

Show an image of the spawn bullet object.

Specifically we're interested in the inspector.

[sullen perch]

wdum?

[ivory bobcat]

I can't help you if you don't know what an inspector is.

[sullen perch]

that?

[ivory bobcat]

So nothing moves the bulllet.

[sullen perch]

oh

[ivory bobcat]

Show the bullet's inspector

[ivory bobcat]

Show the bullet script using the below guidelines - paste all of the code in one of those links and press the save button on the site then copy and paste the url here.

How to post !code

[eternal falcon]

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[sullen perch]

https://gdl.space/osuxetiyac.cpp

[ivory bobcat]

Does the spawned bullet move at all?

[sullen perch]

i would hope so but i guess not

[teal viper]

Well, how do you expect it to move if you don't move it?

[sullen perch]

i did but i guess i was just being stupid

[teal viper]

Where?

[sullen perch]

i have this bit of code but idk how to add it to the other one

[teal viper]

Ok, you should be showing together with your initial question.

[sullen perch]

ok mb

[teal viper]

1. What are the red underlines? Are there compile errors?

[ivory bobcat]

I'm guessing a duplicate script.

[sullen perch]

I dont think it is red i was just playing around with some settings

[teal viper]

There are underlines under the gun and update. Do you not see them?

[teal viper]

And take a screenshot of your console window.

[sullen perch]

sorry sent wrong screenshot

[teal viper]

This script doesn't seem to be used at all.

Take a screenshot of the gun object with this script

[teal viper]

Why do you have 2 components?

[sullen perch]

wdum?

[teal viper]

What's the difference between Gun and IDKGun?

[sullen perch]

idkgun shoots the bullet and the normal one adds a firerate so u cant spam shoot

[teal viper]

That doesn't make sense. Why split it into 2 components? Also why does the normal gun references the bullet prefab then?

Also, does the bullet spawn point need to be assigned or not?

[sullen perch]

im realy new to unity and dont know how to merge the two scripts.

[deft grail]

wdym? just move the code from 1 to the other

[sullen perch]

then will it work?

[deft grail]

idk the original problem, having them merged/not merged probably wouldnt fix the problem i imagine

[sullen perch]

ok

[teal viper]

Read all of my messages. Maybe then you'll be able to fix the issue.

[sullen perch]

i did

[teal viper]

And you didn't reply to most of them.

[sullen perch]

mb

iwas just trying to send you all the screenshots fast enoth

[quiet cipher]

Hello friends, I wrote this code in Unity. The code is not visible in the onclick of the button.

just have a monoscripts

[queen adder]

you need to make an instance of that mainmenu script

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/unity-events/incorrect-assignment if it's unclear

Ah, I see you cross-posted. Please don't do that.

[languid spire]

not his fault, he was, incorrectly, redirected here

[spark ember]

been working in unity for years and never had this issue, when I have a gameobject attatched to my player and look up and down it warps

anyone able to help me?

[languid spire]

probably you have uneven scaling somewhere in your gameobject hierarchy

[spark ember]

ahh yeah wasnt looking at the actual player

thank you

[raw robin]

Hi all, this thing pops up whenever I update my script that I created (not from any package etc), not sure why that's the case. Anyone has any idea?

[languid spire]

Have you not read the message?

[raw robin]

The script it's referring to is a script I created myself, and I don't believe it's calling any API "that has changed", thus why Im asking

the message also doesn't give much info as I pressed "update any that's found later" and it still shows up after. Thus why Im asking

[languid spire]

in that case make a copy of the script outside of Unity, let Unity update it then compare the two

[daring depot]

where should i be putting my scripts

[teal viper]

In the bank

Wdym "where should I put them"??

[daring depot]

what's a bank in Unity?

[teal viper]

There's no bank. It was sarcasm.

[daring depot]

why are you being rude?

if you don't want to help then don't, and if you are why are you being rude

[teal viper]

Because you clearly didn't do any learning. Start with the beginner pathways on unity !learn

[eternal falcon]

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[teal viper]

Or read the manual.

[daring depot]

that's why i'm here

[teal viper]

First learn/make effort, then come with the remaining questions.

[daring depot]

i am making an effort

that's why i'm here

what if I did read the manual?

[teal viper]

Then you wouldn't make that question

If you mean something specific, then clarify, because just "where to put scripts" doesn't make any sense.

[daring depot]

where does it tell me where scripts go in the manual

[teal viper]

Define what you mean by putting scripts first?

[daring depot]

can I make any other service folders except packages and assets

this is what i have

[teal viper]

Define "service folders"

[teal viper]

That doesn't explain anything.

[daring depot]

server handlers

[teal viper]

What about them?

[daring depot]

yeah that's where they will go

[teal viper]

Great. Does that answer your question?

[daring depot]

yes

[teal viper]

If you're asking where in the assets folder to put your scripts, then you're free to put them wherever you want.

[daring depot]

and we can't segregate certain items into folders inside of sample scene

[teal viper]

I'm not sure what you mean by that? You can create whatever folders you want.

[daring depot]

in here

[teal viper]

This is a scene hierarchy. It contains gameObjects. Has nothing to do with files in the assets

[daring depot]

Okay

so we can use game objets as folders

[teal viper]

You can use empty gameObjects for nesting and grouping other gameObjects. That's not the same as folders though.

[daring depot]

okay nice

[long jacinth]

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision other) {
        if(other.gameObject.tag == "Player")
        {
            Debug.LogWarning("Hit Player");
        }
    }```

idk why this isnt working

btw the object in this script is a trigger

do i need a rigid body?

[stiff birch]

If you give a quick look at the documentation (https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnCollisionEnter.html) you'll see that at least one of the colliding object needs a rigidbody (non kinematic)

[long jacinth]

i have a trapspike and a player with a character controller which is best to have the rb?

[stiff birch]

I guess the player in this situation

[long jacinth]

still doesnt work

[hushed mural]

is there a possiblity i can import an already existing code or project into unity?

[languid spire]

what kind of project or code?

[stiff birch]

Quick check list :

• Does your player have both a collider and rigidbody ?
• Does your player have the tag "Player"
• Does your trap have a collider ?
• Is your script attached to your trap ?

[long jacinth]

yes

my player also has a character controller

[stiff birch]

Wait a second. Does the collider of your trap have its "IsTrigger" property checked or not ?

[long jacinth]

yes

[stiff birch]

Then you're using the wrong method. You need to use this : https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

[long jacinth]

ok but this is my trap that has the script and is the trigger it should work right

[stiff birch]

Yes.

As long as the collider on your player has its IsTrigger property set to false, it should be fine.

[hushed mural]

i need to build a space sim project for my class in unity. It has to be interactable too. and i am confused on how to start and completely new to unity.

[long jacinth]

Yooo thanks so much

[languid spire]

that does not answer my question

[hushed mural]

i am sorry i mean like i see people have moons already in their unity

is it possible to import the same thur a code or some way?

[languid spire]

you still have not have answered the question

[hushed mural]

https://paste.myst.rs/4mwmei6q

this for example^

is it possible to import the same into my unity?

[languid spire]

that is a unity script

[hushed mural]

okay

so how do i import it into mine?

[languid spire]

copy/paste

[hushed mural]

in?

[strong wren]

Generally things are just files in your project folder, so simply dragging and dropping generally works

[stiff birch]

Do you know how to create a script within unity ?

[languid spire]

into the assets folder of your project

[hushed mural]

nope

i am completely new

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[stiff birch]

You'll go nowhere if you don't know how to use your tool so follow these guidelines ^^'

[hushed mural]

Oh okay

thank u so much again !

@languid spire thank you

+rep

@stiff birch is there a possiblity, u could teach me some aspects?

[stiff birch]

No sorry, I don't have that kind of free time x)

[hushed mural]

its alr thanks anyways

[stiff birch]

IMHO, if you watch this course, you should have a decent base to start messing with Unity a little bit https://learn.unity.com/mission/programming-basics?uv=2022.3&pathwayId=5f7e17e1edbc2a5ec21a20af

[daring depot]

How does the relationship between server adn client work?

I'm so confused

[teal viper]

It depends.
You'll need to clarify your question

[daring depot]

so I have my folders

but each script seems to be the same

like I'm so used to scripts having different functions, server, client and modules

[hexed terrace]

Why did you make them the same?

[daring depot]

I didn't

ah

so monobehaviour is server

[languid spire]

Are you referring to the MVC design paradigm?

[daring depot]

yeah so

we have a client

which has their own set of controllers and client scripts

then we have our middleman which handles data being sent to the server and from the server to the client

and then the server scripts

but how can I replicate this in unity

in my old game engine we had different scripts for the server and client

so I understand now

bydefault unity games are singleplayer, if we want a networking structure, server and clients we have to write it ourselves

[languid spire]

or you use one of the many frameworks available to you

[daring depot]

well it's probably better to make our own right, so it's relative to our game

[languid spire]

if you have the knowledge and experience, yes

[daring depot]

Yes

I'll take a look at Netcode

[buoyant tundra]

is anyone able to help me and my friend with our code it isnt working and we cant figure out why we have been at it for 3 hours thanks!

@languid spire are you able to helop

[cosmic dagger]

don't ping specific people . . .

[buoyant tundra]

sorry

[cosmic dagger]

don't ask to ask. just ask the question and give necessary details . . .

[languid spire]

why do I see absolutely no evidence of debugging in that code. Also !code

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[buoyant tundra]

bro we have been at it for 3 hours this is the most recent code we did and its not working

we have started from scratch and tried to debug different ones

[languid spire]

then why are you not debugging it?

[buoyant tundra]

we have been on different scripts

this is a new one

[languid spire]

irrelevant

[buoyant tundra]

what

bro i need help either help or dont

im new to unity programming

[languid spire]

if the script is not doing what you expect. you put debugs in there to see what it is doing. This you have not done

[buoyant tundra]

whart

that makes no sense to me

[neon spire]

It is better to change a value in Unity or in the code ?
For exemple the Jump height in a platformer, should i write ```cs
public float jumpHeight;

Or
```cs
public float jumpHeight = 233f;

[buoyant tundra]

your no help thanks mate

[languid spire]

In Unity, once a value has been serialized changing the code will not cange the value

[neon spire]

I mean, what's the best to do. It is better to change the value in code or don't specify it and change in the Unity Editor

[languid spire]

in the inspector, it is the ONLY way to change a serialized variable

[neon spire]

oh okay

Thanks 👍🏻

[languid spire]

How do you expect us to help you. We have no idea of the values of the variables your code is using and, because you have not debugged it, neither do you

[burnt vapor]

They are, and if you don't know what they mean then ask for more information rather than repeating yourself.
Debugging is a very basic skill that you can start off with and it is incredibly helpful.

[buoyant tundra]

fixed myself dont @ me again

[burnt vapor]

Good luck with your project 👍

[full kite]

I dont know if I can write this type of question here but yeah. When I write something in an inputfield and then delete even a single letter, the text shifts all the way to the left. Does somebody know why?

[burnt vapor]

What do you mean shift? By default text starts on the left, no?

Maybe you have a video?

[buoyant tundra]

thanks you where more help then Steve

[full kite]

I do, one second

[burnt vapor]

Consider accepting the tips that others give you in this channel, or don't bother asking for help

[full kite]

@burnt vapor

[burnt vapor]

Do you modify the input's properties in code by any chance? Perhaps you can share those scripts

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// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[full kite]

no

I just grabbed it

[burnt vapor]

Is there some property like padding that happens to change?

[full kite]

can you describe where to look ab this padding?

[full kite]

resolved it

[graceful fractal]

Greetings, would anyone be able to help me set up a basic AR system?

This is my first time working with AR, I've been trying to get something to work for weeks but I've had no success. No tutorial or forum I've followed has been of any help.

I would please just like help to come to understand how to work with it, and how to set up this system.

The system needs to do the following:

• It should be able to be turned off and on.
• Using the Mobile Phone's Camera, and it should look for a picture, and then project a 3D model onto where the picture is.

Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[long jacinth]

        if(other.gameObject.tag == "Player")
        {   
            if(TrapSpikeUp.SpikeUp == true)
            {   
                other.GetComponent<Health>().CurrentHealth -= PlayerDamage;
                Debug.Log("Hit Player");
            }
        }
    }```

this is a spiketrap script is there a way so that it doesnt deal damage every millisecond when i stay in the trap

and instead it has a cooldown

[ivory bobcat]

Have an invulnerability timer in the health script

Ideally, you'd evaluate it in your current health property

[wintry quarry]

Start a coroutine in OnTriggerEnter and stop it in OnTriggerExit

Or just set a bool and use FixedUpdate

[tight fossil]

What happens to a coroutine if the gameobject its attached to is destroyed? Does it stop midroutine or finish its iteration?

[ivory bobcat]

It would immediately stop

[tight fossil]

h*ck

is there a way to make it finish?

[ivory bobcat]

Wait till the end of the frame to destroy?

Or delay 0.01 seconds or something

Destroy(gameObject, 0.01f);

[tight fossil]

what if there were a couple of WaitForSeconds in there though :x

[ivory bobcat]

Fire a new coroutine that would wait till all of the others were finished 🤷‍♂️

Where you'd have a reference to the other coroutines and would flag their loop false with a variable when wanting to terminate them by natural/normal means.

[stiff birch]

Multiple solutions possible :

• coroutine that start when entering a trigger and stop when exiting a trigger as PraetorBlue said
• a member variable to handle the delay with Time.time and a simple comparison like below

private float nextDamageTriggerTime;
private float damageTriggerDelayInSeconds = 1f;

private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
  // Do stuff

  nextDamageTriggerTime = 0;
}
private void OnTriggerStay(Collider other) {
    if(other.gameObject.tag == "Player")
    {   
        if(TrapSpikeUp.SpikeUp == true && Time.time >= nextDamageTriggerTime)
        {   
            other.GetComponent<Health>().CurrentHealth -= PlayerDamage;
            Debug.Log("Hit Player");
            nextDamageTriggerTime = Time.time + damageTriggerDelayInSeconds;
        }
    }
}

[woven crater]

what is the different between unityengine.random and system.random?

[wintry quarry]

Have you checked their docs pages to see?

The most significant difference is System.Random expects you to make an instance of it, and UnityEngine.Random operates entirely with static methods.

[woven crater]

oof readding the docs now thank you

[long jacinth]

https://paste.ofcode.org/XVBuhw3eFBWGyvHLmBBGvu

i trieda countdown and it didnt work

[wintry quarry]

Your code makes no sense...

                TimeToSpike = 0f;
                DamagePlayer();

    private void DamagePlayer()
    {   
        TimeToSpike -= Time.time;
        if(TimeToSpike == 0)
        {   ```

By the time you do cs if(TimeToSpike == 0) It is ALWAYS going be equal to - Time.time

which btw you probably meant to use Time.deltaTime, but even that doesn't make any sense here

you're:

• Setting TimeToSpike = 0
• subtracting Time.time (or deltaTime)
• Then checking if it's 0???

Think about your code for a minute

it will not work

x = 0;
x -= 5;
if (x == 0)```

Will this ever work??

Thnk about it

that's what you're doing

[atomic holly]

Hello,
Is it interesting to use namespace in Unity or not ?

[languid spire]

interesting?

[wintry quarry]

"interesting" is completely subjective. But no I don't find namespaces interesting any more than I find hammers interesting. They are tools, to be used when you have a specific task in front of you.

[atomic holly]

I follow a course of C# and found namespaces. When I see it, I don't see the utility in Unity but I ask if it interesting to use it in some specific situations

[frosty hound]

Interesting is completely irrelevant. You don't do certain coding practices because it's "interesting".

Are they useful? Yes, they can be. Are the necessary? Not always, no.

[languid spire]

Ah, I think you mean useful.
For single small projects, not really
For large code bases it can help in convenience
For multi-project, modular systems, they are very useful
Also, if you are making assets, they are required

[cosmic dagger]

Namespaces are not necessary for most people because they are not working on large systems where some organization is required or to prevent naming conflicts, but I recommend using a namespace for your scripts . . .

[stiff birch]

Even without large scale project, if you want to have reusable code across your projects with name that can be, well, common, I find it useful to isolate your code in namespaces to prevent conflict.

[celest holly]

!help

{
    private float lastTimeFired;
    public float chargeTime, maxDistance;
    private Camera cam;

    private void Start()
    {
        cam = Camera.main;
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && CanFire(lastTimeFired, cooldown))
        {
            StartCoroutine(FireDelay());
            lastTimeFired = Time.time;
        }
    }

    public override void Shoot()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;
        Vector3 dir = (MousePos - transform.position);   
        Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position, dir);
        Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, maxDistance);
        Debug.DrawRay(transform.position, dir, Color.red, 50);
        print(hit.collider.gameObject);

        lastTimeFired = Time.time;
    }

    private IEnumerator FireDelay()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(chargeTime);
        Shoot();
    }
}

This direction just goes wherever it feels and i have 0 clue why

{
    get
    {
        Vector3 mousePosition = Input.mousePosition + new Vector3(0, 0, -1);
        Vector3 position = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);
        return position;
    }
}```
thats the code for the mouse position

and my camera is in orthographic

[stuck palm]

why is Inputs not recognised in here, but it is in a different script?

Inputs is an auto generated class

from the new input system

[celest holly]

did u put using unity.inputsystem or whatever

[verbal dome]

Your mouse Z is not zero

[polar acorn]

Let your IDE suggest what namespace to import

[verbal dome]

@celest holly With ScreenToWorldPoint the Z value is at your camera's position (or its near clip plane)

[celest holly]

ohhh my god of course

[stuck palm]

they dont have it as an option. this script doesnt recognise unityengine.inputsystem as a namespace eitehr

[polar acorn]

Hover over the Inputs type in the other class. What namespace is that type in?

You might also have assembly definitions excluding the namespace Inputs is in from this script's assembly

[celest holly]

{
    get
    {
        Vector3 mousePosition = Input.mousePosition + new Vector3(0, 0, -1);
        Vector3 position = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);
        Vector3 finalPos = new Vector3(position.x, position.y, 0f);
        return finalPos;
    }
}``` 
put it to this and its still broken

still coming from the sky

[stuck palm]

it might be cus im using photon quantum and im in the photon folder which might exclude some things? idk im going to go ask them

[polar acorn]

If they have assembly definitions in those folders, probably.

[verbal dome]

How exactly is it broken?

Are you using 3D colliders and rigidodies by the way? Your game logic seems 2D but you are using Physics and not Physics2D

[celest holly]

they go upwards

yeah im using 3d colliders

is that problematic

[verbal dome]

Oh. Your world is in the XZ plane, not XY plane

I assumed it was side-view because of your code

[stuck palm]

this?

the thing on the bottom left

[celest holly]

oh so its y that needs to be 0 and not z?

[stuck palm]

meant to mention

[rich adder]

yes

thats an asmdef

[stuck palm]

this is whats inside it

[celest holly]

thank you osmal ive fixed it now

[verbal dome]

In this case I think you should shoot a ray from the camera instead. Create the ray with Camera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition)
Then shoot from your character towards that hit point

Make sure to check the bool that Physics.Raycast returns, though

[celest holly]

oh okay

{
    get
    {
        Vector3 mousePosition = Input.mousePosition + new Vector3(0, 0, -1);
        Vector3 position = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(mousePosition);
        Vector3 finalPos = new Vector3(position.x, transform.position.y, position.z);
        return finalPos;
    }
}``` this seems to be working for it though

is it neccessary to rewrite it?

[verbal dome]

I think that only works if you are viewing from the top

If that's how your camera is then yeah sure

[celest holly]

yeah my cameras always facing down

[verbal dome]

Is it orthographic or perspective?

[celest holly]

orthographic

i heard perspective just creates problems

[verbal dome]

Alright then it should be fine

[celest holly]

okay thanks for the help

[rich adder]

more info
https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint

[celest holly]

ill look into it

thanks

[fading mountain]

Hey guys. I'm just working on a flappy bird clone project, right now I'm having an issue in my pipe spawner script (The object of type 'Transform' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it. Line 78). I think what's happening is the ManagePipes() function is deleting pipes as they go off the screen and for some reason MovePipes() is still trying to move them. https://hatebin.com/dldhnwwofu

[rich adder]

you're still holding a reference to something destroyed

one of the pipe in currentPipes was destroyed yet you're trying to access its trasnfrom, since its still in the array/List

[fading mountain]

but managePipes() is called after movepipes()

so wouldnt the list be updated by then

by the next frame

[rich adder]

assuming you're cleaning the correct objects in the list

[wintry quarry]

            currentPipes.RemoveAt(currentPipes.Count - 1);
            currentPipes.RemoveAt(currentPipes.Count - 2);```
This is likely wrong

after you delete the last pipe in the list, the last one will again be at currentPipes.Count - 1

if you want to delete the last two pipes you would do

currentPipes.RemoveAt(currentPipes.Count - 1);
currentPipes.RemoveAt(currentPipes.Count - 1);```

because removing one changes the count

[fading mountain]

ohh that makes sense let me try it

[wintry quarry]

You can also use this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1.removerange?view=net-8.0

i.e.

currentPipes.RemoveRange(currentPipes.Count - 2, 2);```

that will likely be the most efficient way.

[fading mountain]

it worked thank you

let me look st that

[fading mountain]

this doesnt work actually

I get the same error as before

oh wait nvm

yes that does work and is a better way to do it thanks 👍

[full kite]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[full kite]

using UnityEngine

public class Exemple : MonoBehaviour
{
    public bool Something = false;
     
    void Update()
    {
       Debug.Log(Something);
    }
}```

why by having these code, I got in the console, true?

and only by adding the start function and set the bool value to false it goes to false?

[polar acorn]

What is it set to in the inspector

[full kite]

oh damn, it was filled with the checkmark

thank you

[polar acorn]

The inspector takes precedence over the default values in code. This is so you can change the value on specific instances

[full kite]

aha, got it

thank you

[bold swallow]

Is there a way to write this more cleanly?

public void GetDataFromStage(GameObject stageButton)
    {
        StartPlanetInt = stageButton.GetComponent<StageButtonData>().StartPlanetInt;
        FinalPlanetInt = stageButton.GetComponent<StageButtonData>().FinalPlanetInt;
        hasComets = stageButton.GetComponent<StageButtonData>().hasComets;


        
    }

something like this for example:

public void GetDataFromStage(GameObject stageButton)
    {
        Something data = stageButton.GetComponent<StageButtonData>();

        StartPlanetInt = data.StartPlanetInt;
        FinalPlanetInt = data.FinalPlanetInt;
        hasComets = data.hasComets;
    }

[cosmic dagger]

pass the component instead of a GameObject . . .

[languid spire]

why are you using the GameObject in the first place? You should be using the component through out without needing the GetComponent

[cosmic dagger]

then you can access the data from the component. there is never a reason to use a GameObject type . . .

[languid spire]

not quite true, if you only use SetActive or other GameObject properties/methods

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, i was going to mention that as it's the only case . . .

but at that point, if you already have a component, you can just do component.gameObject.blah . . .

[languid spire]

But if you have an empty GO? I suppose you could use Transform instead

[bold swallow]

Ohhhh

I didn't know I could do that

[cosmic dagger]

public void GetDataFromStage(StageButtonData stageData) {
    StartPlanetInt = stageData.StartPlanetInt;
}```

[cosmic dagger]

exactly. GameObject gets the cold shoulder . . .

[bold swallow]

Yep I just did that and it worked and now I am speechless...

[ember tangle]

I'm having a hard time accessing the TileBase from a TilePalette to build a tilemap with script using Tilemap.SetTile(). The documentation in unusually terrible for Unity for this system. Anyone have any good links or advise?

[rich adder]

you don't need tilepalette to place tiles
just make a reference[SerializeField] Tile myTile n drag it in.
then simply TileMap.SetTile(tilePos , myTile)

[cosmic dagger]

even if you did pass the GameObject, cache the component to a local variable and use that

public void GetDataFromStage(GameObject stageButton) {
    stageData = stageButton.GetComponent<StageButtonData>();
    StartPlanetInt = stageData.StartPlanetInt;
}```
though, using the previous method is better . . .

[bold swallow]

i was looking for exactly this

[bold swallow]

but this one is even better

I came looking for copper, but found gold

Thanks a lot!

[radiant meteor]

so i'm trying to rotate a gameobject 5 times, with a little gap in time between all of these times, for a full 360. The way i'm doing this is using a while loop in a coroutine that will stop once the object's y rotation reaches the target, and inside the while loop there's a smoothdamp for the objects transform.rotation, thing is, it keeps freezing the project once it runs the coroutine, i dont think its an infinite loop so what is it? (my code is in another language, hold in while i get it here in english)

{
    observing = true;

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        float targetRotation = transform.rotation.y + 72;
        velocity = 0;

        while (transform.rotation.y != targetRotation)
        {
            transform.rotation = new(transform.rotation.x, Mathf.SmoothDamp(transform.rotation.y, targetRotation, ref velocity, 0.5f, 10, Time.deltaTime), transform.rotation.z, transform.rotation.w);
        }
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.75f);
    }

    if (!targetFound) { yield return new WaitForSeconds(2f); }
    observing = false;
}```

[polar acorn]

Well, that while loop's gonna run to completion instantly, and if it happens to not be able to reach targetRotation, it'll never stop

Also, what are you hoping to achieve by manipulating a quaternion directly like that?

That's gonna produce a really weird orientation

[radiant meteor]

i've thought that maybe it wouldnt get to the exact value of targetRotation so i put an if statement so if rotation gets less than 0.1f and more than -0.1f from the targetRotation it would set it to the targetRotation, but it didnt work

[radiant meteor]

just want it to smoothly rotate the 72 degrees, wait a bit, and repeat 4 more times, i thought that smoothDamp had to be repeated a bunch of times so i used a while loop

[polar acorn]

If you want to rotate in degrees you should be changing euler angles, not .rotation

.rotation is a Quaternion, a normalized 4D vector. Human minds were not meant to manipulate those numbers directly

[radiant meteor]

so, do transform.Rotate and move it to work in Update only if (for example) a bool is activated in the coroutine?

[polar acorn]

Or change the euler angles in the coroutine instead of rotation

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform-eulerAngles.html

[faint agate]

This isnt a coding question, but I added volume n bloom so an gameobject can glow, but its applying to the skybox sun too. How would I go about removing bloom from skybox and only have the gameobject glow. The 2 camera method didnt work

im using urp

I can upload a photo if needed

[steep rose]

if its not a coding question why did you post it here?

best to go to #archived-urp

[long jacinth]

i was trying to make it so that the time reset when the function is run

[wintry quarry]

The function runs every physics update, so that doesn't make sense

You should make it reset when you first touch the spike, right?

That's what OnTriggerEnter is for

[long jacinth]

oh

thanks

[queen adder]

hey um im kinda dumb why isnt this working?

[languid spire]

because you dont have a class called LogicScript

[queen adder]

oops

i am really stupid sorry for wasting your time lol

[marble bison]

Does anyone have any meta development experience?
I need help getting contents of a assets folder dir, and writing storage to the SD/game dir

[languid spire]

doesn't sound like a Unity problem

[marble bison]

yeah but it's a coding error, which I need help for 😭

I'm about to send script

using System.IO;
using UnityEngine;
using CraftSharp.UI;

public class QuestAppdataSpoof : MonoBehaviour
{
    public LoginControl client;

    void Start()
    {
        if (!UnityEngine.Android.Permission.HasUserAuthorizedPermission(UnityEngine.Android.Permission.ExternalStorageWrite))
        {
            UnityEngine.Android.Permission.RequestUserPermission(UnityEngine.Android.Permission.ExternalStorageWrite);
        }

        CopyMineproxyFiles();
    }

    void CopyMineproxyFiles()
    {
        string sourcePath = Path.Combine(Application.dataPath, "Dependencies/Mineproxy");
        string destinationPath = Application.persistentDataPath;

        CopyDirectoryContents(sourcePath, destinationPath);
        TryConnectToServer();
    }

    void CopyDirectoryContents(string sourceDir, string destinationDir)
    {
        DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(sourceDir);

        if (!dir.Exists)
        {
            Debug.LogError($"client dir does not exist: {sourceDir}");
            return;
        }

        FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles();
        foreach (FileInfo file in files)
        {
            string targetFilePath = Path.Combine(destinationDir, file.Name);
            file.CopyTo(targetFilePath, true);
            Debug.Log($"loaded file: {file.FullName} to {targetFilePath}");
        }
        DirectoryInfo[] dirs = dir.GetDirectories();
        foreach (DirectoryInfo subDir in dirs)
        {
            string newDestinationDir = Path.Combine(destinationDir, subDir.Name);
            if (!Directory.Exists(newDestinationDir))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(newDestinationDir);
            }
            CopyDirectoryContents(subDir.FullName, newDestinationDir);
        }
    }

    void TryConnectToServer()
    {
        client.TryConnectServer();
    }
}

If anyone can help, this would be greatly appreciated; I've looked online for a solution already with none found.

[wintry quarry]

You should explain what the issue is

[marble bison]

^^ ??

[wintry quarry]

That doesn't explain what the issue is

It just says you need help

[slender nymph]

assets folder dir
are you referring to the Assets folder within your project? because that does not exist in a build

[marble bison]

Is there any solution to this without downloading files from a server?

[polar acorn]

What problem are you trying to solve

[slender nymph]

what is the actual intention of what you are attempting to achieve?
https://xyproblem.info

[polar acorn]

What is the purpose of trying to read data from assets

[wintry quarry]

To do what??? Explain your issue if you want help

[marble bison]

• ' getting contents of a assets folder dir, and writing storage to the SD/game dir' I don't know if I simplified this enough.

Importing everything in one directory
(assets/dependencies/mineproxy)
To
(sdcard/Android/data/com.Exotic.Mineproxy/files)

I have write permissions set up correctly, and only just the base folder seems to be going over.

[slender nymph]

for what purpose

[marble bison]

Dawg what does that matter?

I've explained enough

[queen adder]

any advice on learning c#?

[polar acorn]

Well, as stated, the Assets folder ceases to exist on a built project

so there is no folder to read the contents of

[languid spire]

pretty simple really this

string sourcePath = Path.Combine(Application.dataPath, "Dependencies/Mineproxy");

should be using streamingAssetsPath but... Because this is an Android build you need UnityWebRequest to read it

[slender nymph]

so that a proper solution to what you are trying to achieve can be suggested because as i've already pointed out the Assets folder does not exist in a build

[marble bison]

And I've asked Is there any solution to this without downloading files from a server?

[polar acorn]

A solution to what

[slender nymph]

alright i'm done engaging with this conversation because you won't provide any useful fucking information

[polar acorn]

You've asked a solution, not a problem

[marble bison]

Dawg idk how to dumb it down enough for yall 💀

[polar acorn]

The solution you're asking about is non-viable. We cannot provide alternatives because we don't know what the problem is

[marble bison]

Yo chatgpt is actually more reliable even when it comes up with shit ong

server is garbage

[steep rose]

best of luck with that

[vocal wharf]

So I'm making an ultra simple 3d car controller script. I have the simple movement and turning working but I want to make so that the vehicle turns the opposite way when reversing (like a real car does) instead of still rotating the same direction, if you can understand my poor explanation. I tried to do this by multiplying by turnSpeed variable by -1 when the forward velocity is negative and resetting the variable when the speed is 0 or greater by multiplying by Math.Abs but this made the turning quit working completely. Can someone here please show me a solution to this? Also if there is a good way to get rid of the if statements in my code I would appreciate those tips as well!

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody rb;
    public float speed = 1f;
    public float turnSpeed = 1f;
    bool canTurn;
    void Update()
    {
        float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
        rb.velocity = transform.TransformDirection(0, rb.velocity.y, vertical * speed);
        if (rb.velocity.z != 0)
        {
            canTurn = true;
        }
        else
        {
            canTurn = false;
        }
        if (canTurn == true)
        {
            transform.Rotate(Vector3.up * horizontal * turnSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
    }
}```

[shell yew]

people won’t want to help you if you’re just being an arse

[polar acorn]

Ever hear about "Theory of Mind"? The concept that a different person has entirely different perceptions to you, and that they possess different knowledge than you? Most humans develop a theory of mind at about two to three years old

[languid spire]

You can stop this conversation, I've given him the answer to the question he has yet to ask

[slender nymph]

have you considered that it is actually your attitude and lack of explanations of what you actually want to achieve with this that is garbage?

[polar acorn]

But every now and then, someone doesn't. Then they post here

[polar acorn]

How are you handling the turning? Since your reverse velocity is backwards, as the object rotates, it should just work with reversing directions like a normal vehicle

Shouldn't need to invert it at all

[vocal wharf]

When I reverse and press D (the key that turns right when driving forward) the car rotates clockwise which is the opposite direction of what it should rotate in a real car if you steer right while reversing

[queen adder]

probably another stupid mistake but i cant figure it out

[polar acorn]

What's the error say

[languid spire]

remember C# is case sensitive

[queen adder]

figured it out

thanks

im gonna make a list of reminders lol

[marble bison]

Yeah It's alright I literally just put it in the recourses folder
the only thing close to helpful anyone came here was reminding me that the assets don't build when compiling.

[polar acorn]

If your turning code is actually rotating the object, then it should just do that. You'd be rotating your forward direction to the right, and since your reverse velocity is the inverse of forward, it'd be rotating that direction to the left

[marble bison]

So thanks for whoever said that

[hoary heron]

how do i make a teleporter script for my fps game?

[polar acorn]

Literally everybody said that

[steep rose]

best configure your !ide if you did not spot that

[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

[polar acorn]

And if you had said what you were trying to reference from disk, we might have suggested Resources

[languid spire]

you wont be able to read from there either in an Android build. See my earlier post

[queen adder]

okay

[vocal wharf]

but I have no code that links my velocity to my turning?

[polar acorn]

TransformDirection

[vocal wharf]

so how do I get it to rotate the opposite way when reversing?

[polar acorn]

As I said, if your turning code is actually rotating the object, then it should already be doing that

[vocal wharf]

well it doesn't

[polar acorn]

Which is why I asked how you were doing the turning and you haven't shared it

https://screenshot.help/

[vocal wharf]

you can see my code can't you?

[slender nymph]

you are much less likely to actually receive help if you post photographs of your screen instead of sharing !code correctly or using screenshots

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[steep rose]

how are you on discord then

that doesnt make sense

[polar acorn]

Ah, I see, I didn't think you were using horizontal anywhere, but I missed it in the last line

I thought it was being used further down and was cut off, my bad

[slender nymph]

sucks for you then

[steep rose]

put an internet card into your pc

[vocal wharf]

np

[steep rose]

thats what I do

[rocky canyon]

use ur cellphone as USB tether

[languid spire]

connect the phone to the PC and piggyback

[rocky canyon]

tada 🪄

[polar acorn]

I think it might be that you're rotating the transform, not the rigidbody. You might need to use Rigidbody.MoveRotation or rotate it via AddTorque instead.

[vocal wharf]

ok I'll try that thanks

[languid spire]

you have come here asking for help therefore it is your responsibility to make it easy for us to help you. If you cannot be bothered to do that then you can hardly expect us to help you

[vocal wharf]

!learn

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[queen adder]

I already had all of these steps done.

but it still didnt show me or correct me

[slender nymph]

Start rewriting the line and it will show suggestions as you type and you'll see the correct method

[vocal wharf]

@polar acorn I googled and looked up the doc and stuff and I still can't figure out the syntax 😭 can you help plz?

[rocky canyon]

the method expects a quaternion.. ur feeding it a vector3..
look up how to convert vector3 to quaternion.. and give it the right type of value

the errors a give-a-away.. cannot convert blank to blank

[polar acorn]

MoveRotation takes a Quaternion that is the destination rotation, while transform.Rotate took an amount to rotate by. I believe you can rotate a quaternion by multiplying it by another. So you'd need to convert that amount to a quaternion, and multiply the current rotation. So you'd do rb.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.up * horizontal * turnSpeed)

[vocal wharf]

ah makes sense

lemme try

[slender nymph]

MoveRotation is also not static, you need to call it on your rb variable, not on the Rigidbody class itself

[rocky canyon]

ohh true ^

[polar acorn]

Ah, good call, I missed that

[snow warren]

can i join in the convo as well?

[vocal wharf]

so that last line you gave converts a quaterion to a vector 3 and assigns it to a variable? I might be confused lol

[rocky canyon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.Euler.html

docs are ur best-friend

[polar acorn]

Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.up * horizontal * turnSpeed) converts your rotation amount into an orientation. You "Add" orientations by multiplying them. So, your current rotation times that should apply that rotation to your current rotation

That whole section would be what you'd pass to the MoveRotation function

[vocal wharf]

ah ok

so something like this?

 rb.MoveRotation(rb.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.up * horizontal * turnSpeed));

the red squiggly lines went away so I must have done something right 🥲 (this is a joke)

@polar acorn

[polar acorn]

Yes. I think that's how Quaternion multiplication works?

Quaternions are wizard numbers I tend to just futz with them till it works

[vocal wharf]

I'm a beginner so I wouldn't know lol

real

ight imma test it

[polar acorn]

That one wasn't sarcasm that's lack of confidence in my own understanding

[vocal wharf]

ok it works but it still doesn't turn the right way when reversing

here is my updated code:

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody rb;
    public float speed = 1f;
    public float turnSpeed = 1f;
    bool canTurn;
    void Update()
    {
        float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
        rb.velocity = transform.TransformDirection(0, rb.velocity.y, vertical * speed);
        if (rb.velocity.z != 0)
        {
            canTurn = true;
        }
        else
        {
            canTurn = false;
        }
        if (canTurn == true)
        {
            rb.MoveRotation(rb.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.up * horizontal * turnSpeed));
        }
    }
}

[rocky canyon]

my car controller uses the Vertical input multiplied into the Rotation..
when ur going forward its 1.. soo anything multiplied with it is what it is (this is normal steering)
when ur reversing its -1.. soo anything multiplied with it is reversed (this is reversed steering)

this automatically makes it work right out the box..

[vocal wharf]

oh that's a good idea actually

[rocky canyon]

yessir, then u only need to make ur steering work (going forward) and if it does it should work w/ reverse just by multiplying the vertical input in w/ it

[vocal wharf]

It works!!!

thank you bro

it already feels more like a car now

just gotta add my blender model I made

[silent valley]

Hi. I have a resource cost Monobehaviour class to manage my resource costs for building/crafting etc. I have the resource cost on my item to build. Set the cost in the inspector. All that works. My inventory also works with the resource cost. The way i place a building part is to ResourceCost cost = pendingObject.GetComponent<ResourceCost>(); the it sees if i have the resources available then places itor doesnt. I have made scriptable objects for my crafting recipes. I got it to work if i make the Resource cost not a mono behaviour but just a class. But this ruins my building manager as it requires get component. How can i show the resource cost in my inspector for the scriptable object as a monobehaviour or how can i access the resource cost in the building manager if it isnt a monobehaviour? I'll send examples

[deft grail]

why not just make the cost in the scriptable object?

[silent valley]

Do you mean like this?

[deft grail]

yeah i guess, or if you say you have "recipes" then surely that should just automatically detect what you need?
if not then yeah just putting the cost like this should be fine i think

[shell yew]

how can i get the faced direction of a 3d object?

[wintry quarry]

transform.forward

[silent valley]

this works for the crafting side but ruins my building side of stuff as it isnt a monobehaviour anymore.

[deft grail]

just get the cost from the scriptable object

[shell yew]

so is
directionToMove= Vector3(transform.forward);
valid?

[wintry quarry]

No. This isn't python

And it's already a Vector3

[shell yew]

what is the correct way of doing it then?

[wintry quarry]

directionToMove = transform.forward;

Don't overcomplicate it

[shell yew]

oh alright, thanks

[deft grail]

even if you were to do that, you would need new Vector3

[shell yew]

yeah i missed out new, i already have that just didnt add it when typing it across to discord

[silent valley]

So I should make my building items *walls, floor etc) scriptable objects too? I'm not sure what you mean

[wintry quarry]

Anyway that would only be to create a new vector3

You already have one

[deft grail]

do you have a reference to the CraftingSO that you are placing? just get the cost from that

[tender stag]

what if i add velocity instead?

like add the movement velocity to the current velocity

[rocky canyon]

u could probably do that too..

[wintry quarry]

AddForce with transform.forward OR AddRelativeForce with Vector3.forward

Pretty straightforward, no pun intended

[polar acorn]

Use AddForce and pass in transform.forward multiplied by some amount of force

transform.forward multiplied by some amount of force

Do you know how to call a function

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

Also, !learn

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[polar acorn]

You call that function and pass in the parameter I said

[rocky canyon]

🫣 Function (Parameters) ;

[polar acorn]

I literally gave you the exact answer

I told you what function to call and what value to pass it. Then when you said you didn't know how to call a function, I sent you how

[rocky canyon]

rb.Function

to be exact

Function w/o a prefix would call a method within the same class..

but ur lookn for rigibody stuff

[steep rose]

next time please !learn how to use unity

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[steep rose]

we wont spoon feed you next time

[solemn fractal]

hey guys I am using a dictionary.. I want to have set already some waves for my game .. each wave with dif enemies and quantities.. but it seems very hard to access from another script these values.. is there any other easier way?

example: wavesDictionary["Wave2"] = new Dictionary<string, int>{ { "Circles", 7 }, { "Squares", 2 }, { "Total", 9 } };

[polar acorn]

Make a class or ScriptableObject for Wave and give it int parameters for TotalCircles, TotalSquares, etc., and make a dictionary of that

[solemn fractal]

hmm.. ok, might be a good idea. I will check that. Thank you

[flat summit]

if (boatController.drivingBoat)
  {                 
      yRot = Mathf.Clamp(yRot, boatController.transform.eulerAngles.y - 90, boatController.transform.eulerAngles.y + 90);
  }

my camera snaps when turning boat, i realize its becuase quaternions are weird and values goes back to zero but idk how to fix D:

[teal viper]

Might want to provide more details on what you're trying to do and what happens actually. A video of the issue would be helpful. As well as sharing all the relevant code.

[flat summit]

so when youre turning in your boat ( just a simple setup ) im setting a clamp on camera, when you turn boat ( as you can see im using the boats rotation for the clamp ) past 360 degrees, it snaps back to 0 causing an ugly snap in game, which is to be expected, i get whats happening. Just wondering if anyone knows a better solution.

[teal viper]

A better solution might involve rewriting your whole rotation logic. Which is why I'm saying that we need more details.

[flat summit]

sure, here is a video of what i just explained. Let me know if anything else could be of use.

float xInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse X");
float yInput = Input.GetAxisRaw("Mouse Y");

yRot += xInput * _sensitivity;
xRot -= yInput * _sensitivity;

xRot = Mathf.Clamp(xRot, -90, 90);

transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRot, yRot, 0);
playerOrientation.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0, yRot, 0);

this is the only code thats rotating anything.

[teal viper]

How are you rotating the boat?

[flat summit]

not techinically rotating, i guess could be considered, but im applying force for forwards and sideways at a specific point where in real life a motor would be.

rb.AddForceAtPosition(-sideDirection * turnSpeed, turnForcePos.position, ForceMode.Force);

[teal viper]

I see.

First of all the ideal solution would be to use cinemachine

[solemn fractal]

Tested here but with SO I will need to create like one SO for each wave.. I need something that I have already preseted in 1 script.. all the waves there,. Imagine it will be 100 waves.. cant just do 100 SOs.

[steep rose]

can you show us what sideDirection is?

[flat summit]

side direction and the way im driving boat are irrelevant. thanks anyways guys, ive solved the issue using angle axis instead of trying to clamp floats.

[polar acorn]

You do 1 SO and make 100 instances of it

[solemn fractal]

damn that is too much hahaha

[polar acorn]

If you have 100 waves you're going to need 100 of something

You can't store data on nothing

[teal viper]

What have you preseted?

[solemn fractal]

I am actually at the end using a dictionary. its working as intended. Even tho not sure if the best way or optimal. THank you 😛

doing something like that:

There are so many ways to do what I want to do. Hard to pick one

And prob game will have 100 waves or more.. each one to be balanced, I need to do them manually and not just random.

still thinking ways to optimize that. will not go forward until I find a good solution

will keep only 2 waves until I find best way to replicate that to 3..4....100...

[cosmic dagger]

That's wild. Why not use a WaveData struct, class, or SO containing a list of enemies?

[ivory bobcat]

Is there a particular reason you're needing strings?

[cosmic dagger]

You can have an SO containing a list of WaveData (all of your waves) where each instance in the list has its list of enemies. There is no need to store the total, as a list — or any collection — keeps track of its size . . .

[ember tangle]

I want to confirm that this```
[SerializeField] private TileBase test;

public void DrawTiles()
{
baseTiles.SetTile(new Vector3Int(0, 0, 0), test);
baseTiles.SetTile(new Vector3Int(0, 1, 0), test);
}```

Doesn't work because each 'tile' needs to be created individually from a prefab or something?

because that would make no sense whatsoever given that a tile is a scriptable object.

[shell sorrel]

just try it

should work but easy way to find out

there SO's so assumeing all it needs is the reference to the asset and not a instance

[rich adder]

tiles are just scriptable object "assets"

when you dragged the tiles onto tilepalette it asked you where to place them

[ember tangle]

I did, still nothing, The documentation is not up to unitys normal standards, I'm assuming because most people do not script their tile system

The tiles will only be placed during runtime

[rich adder]

you didn't use tile palette yet ?

[ember tangle]

I cut a sprite into tiles

[shell sorrel]

assuming they made tiles already, and they jsut want to build things procedurally

[ember tangle]

SetTile works exactly once

[rich adder]

it works as many times as you call it

I personally would also not use BaseTile. Just inherit Tile class you can make custom tiles

[solemn fractal]

will check that

[solemn fractal]

well yes and no.. but yes because I need to give a String to the method that Instantiate to say who is going to be spawned and the amount.

[ember tangle]

I have tried that as well. This code creates one tile, not two tiles. https://hatebin.com/zbvgsdzqac

[rich adder]

hmm should work fine. How do you call drawtiles?

[ember tangle]

In the start function of a LevelManager game object.

[rich adder]

make sure you saved and its a new version of script try changing pos

[ember tangle]

pos?

[steep rose]

position

pos = position

[ember tangle]

oh god, yeah obviously

hmm, so no matter what I do it looks like all tiles are only being drawn on one square

regardless of position

The TileMap im targeting has an XY orientation though

[shell sorrel]

does RefreshAllTiles help after setting some tiles

[rich adder]

is that changed or the default ? its been a while

SetTile should automatically refresh the board

[ember tangle]

I didn't touch it from default.

[rich adder]

can you show wat it draws in the scene ? showing inspector for the script

do you have a grid component btw

[ember tangle]

You know what

I did, but when I dragged the grid > tilemap to be a child of a manager it lost its hierarchy and I didnt realize it

let me fix that and test

[shell sorrel]

yeah i normally just make the the tilemaps all childern of a grid

it can't figure it out otherwise since it is aloud to have multiple grids

[ember tangle]

welp

thats what it was

literally didnt pay attention to the object hierarchy lol

[shell sorrel]

well its burnt into memory now to check for that next time

[queen adder]

Hey, I had a question if anyone has a moment to help me with something.

[shell yew]

don’t ask to ask

[rich adder]

!ask

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[queen adder]

lol I suppose so... I just feel very stupid about this coding stuff.

[steep rose]

we all start somewhere

[queen adder]

I am trying to make a flappy bird clone to learn coding from this great video.

But it keeps telling me I haven't assigned something in my script and I have no idea why.

[rich adder]

well then assign it 😉

[steep rose]

thats probably because you havent

[queen adder]

I don't know what that means though :X

[shell sorrel]

would need the exact error but could be a few things

[rich adder]

well start by showing us the exact error with a screenshot

[shell sorrel]

good chance you need to just drag something into the script as a reference

[queen adder]

Okie dokie! Give me a second.

[steep rose]

well its either in the inspector or in the script, if its in the inspector please drag and drop what it wants, if its via script just use Getcomponent to grab the item it wants

[shell yew]

i’m using AddForce to move a 3d object. i’m trying to get it’s current direction of travel during runtime.
i’m doing this so that i can tell it to rotate to face away from it’s direction of travel.

[steep rose]

use the rb velocity

[rich adder]

rb.velocity

[steep rose]

got it

[shell yew]

and this returns a vector i assume?

[steep rose]

it is a vector yes

[shell yew]

thanks!

[shell sorrel]

select the bird object and look at the inspector

[rich adder]

ok so the script on the bird gameobject, needs it assigned

[queen adder]

Okay, how do I assign it?

[rich adder]

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

[queen adder]

OHHH

This link is super helpful.

❤️

Wait.

Let me read more, that didn't fix it.

[rich adder]

ok show that its assigned

[rich adder]

you have a copy maybe on Main Camera

[slender nymph]

make sure you aren't doing something like overwriting the assignment in Start or Awake

[rich adder]

seems ok

[slender nymph]

and yeah, make sure you don't have another copy of the component in the scene

[queen adder]

I rewrote the whole script.

But it still has this problem.

[rich adder]

wdym rewrote

what did you write

[steep rose]

i mean theres not a lot to rewrite

[queen adder]

Like I deleted the whole script, came back here, rewrote it the way he said, then was like "I need backup" and came here.

[steep rose]

why?

[rich adder]

can you show the current script

[steep rose]

just update your script

[queen adder]

Sure!

[shell sorrel]

since the one instance you showed looked fine, make sure its not attached to a other game object

[vocal wharf]

Hello! I am making a simple open world 3d car game and I have made a working car controller script (with the help of a few people here) but the acceleration and braking is instant. I want it to ramp up slowly and preferably coast when I let off the gas (until I hit the brake of course). How would I go about doing that? Here is my super simple script so far:

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody rb;
    public float speed = 1f;
    public float turnSpeed = 1f;
    bool canTurn;
    void Update()
    {
        float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
        rb.velocity = transform.TransformDirection(0, rb.velocity.y, vertical * speed);
        if (rb.velocity.z != 0)
        {
            canTurn = true;
        }
        else
        {
            canTurn = false;
        }
        if (canTurn == true)
        {
            rb.MoveRotation(rb.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.up * horizontal * vertical * turnSpeed));
        }
    }
}

[steep rose]

well you are setting the velocity of the vehicle directly

best use addforce()

[vocal wharf]

ok yes I figured something like that might need to be changed

[rich adder]

make a Z float speed for your velocity if thats ur forward/back then do Mathf.MoveTowards or do vector3.MoveTowards with velocity

[rich adder]

ok so did you clear console and start game again

[steep rose]

!ide

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[queen adder]

No! I didn't know that was a thing.

[steep rose]

configure your ide

[rich adder]

make sure you did assign it like you shown , if its still errors check the camera if you didnt put another copy of that script

[queen adder]

I think I'll have to write down a lot of these words you guys are using and look them up so I can understand better.

Because I am very confused at what is being asked of me and I think it is unfair to ask for help if I don't know the language :X I apologize guys.

[rich adder]

I woud suggest checking pins in this channel

and !learn

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[rich adder]

especially the Essentials pathway

[shell sorrel]

its setup correctly already

[queen adder]

I'll look at that then.

[steep rose]

i dont think so, all white does not mean set up

pretty big giveaway

[queen adder]

Me and friend are trying to learn this stuff because finding a programmer is hard xD

[steep rose]

well you found us

[shell sorrel]

Assembly-CSharp so its aware of the sln and csprojs

[steep rose]

then explain why its all white

[rich adder]

everyone is always looking xD

[steep rose]

clearly something is wrong

[queen adder]

xD Well, sure. Finding programers who are alive is easy. Finding programmers who want to work on your game, on your schedule, for free well, that isn't like under 18 is pretty hard.

[steep rose]

it may know what it is but its not actually using it

unless they took a picture as soon as CS opened

that would explain it

[rich adder]

time is money the older you get the worse it gets 😛

[shell sorrel]

well thats to be expected programmers have there own ideas to work on too

[frosty hound]

You can always post on reddit and the likes, there's always people looking for projects to collab on.

Provided you have something worth showing to entice people to join up. Most won't do so blindly.

[shell sorrel]

programming is just a skill though anyone can learn it

just takes effort and time

[steep rose]

you can also !collab if needed

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[rich adder]

very tru

[queen adder]

You're telling me! I have time to learn.

[rich adder]

if you have time thats all you need tbh

the resources are plenty and they are free

[ivory bobcat]

I'm assuming you're using dictionaries because you're wanting O(1) read but it looks a bit excessive to use so much.
If you're just needing a reference to waves, you could probably just reference the SO with the waves. If you're wanting different combinations, you could either have them premade as SOs or perhaps just have a list of the enemies as a wave and reference data from the wavesSO.

[steep rose]

i guess you will be our frequent customer, welcome and keep this page on standby!

[shell sorrel]

yes its by far one of the easier and least costly skills to learn

[rich adder]

it can cost sanity if you let it 😛

[solemn fractal]

Yeah I am trying to do some tests with SO to see.. but I will need to create a lot of SOs.. lets see

[queen adder]

Yeah, I just keep getting errors on my projects and don't know what to do. So the unity site should help though hopefully.

[steep rose]

this is true 😅

dont ask me how I know

[shell sorrel]

only if you let it, its no where near as deep learning wise other skills

[rich adder]

its because you're jumping into it without a base to start with, what you're doing is already complex without introducing you to the tools at your disposal, components, etc

[rich adder]

yeah if you let it, but I wouldn't say everyone can learn it, still takes quite a bit of critical thought

[shell sorrel]

yeah keep your idea in mind, but start on some introductory learning content

[steep rose]

what good is a fisherman without his pole? is the best way to explain this

[shell sorrel]

its hard to know what to do with out a grounding first

[rich adder]

some cheese words "its a marathon not a race"

[vocal wharf]

@steep rose alright so I figured out how to implement AddForce and it works but the other part of code that I came up with isn't working how I want it to (surprise surprise). When I am pressing a gas or brake input it lets me turn but when I let go of the inputs and keep coasting/sliding, it doesn't let me turn anymore, despite the purpose of my code being to allow me to turn when the forward velocity is not 0. Do you know why this is happening?

public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Rigidbody rb;
    public float speed = 1f;
    public float turnSpeed = 1f;
    bool canTurn;
    void Update()
    {
        Vector3 forwardDirection = rb.transform.forward;
        float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
        float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");
        rb.AddForce(forwardDirection * vertical * speed);
        if (rb.velocity.z == 0)
        {
            canTurn = false;
        }
        else
        {
            canTurn = true;
        }
        if (canTurn == true)
        {
            rb.MoveRotation(rb.rotation * Quaternion.Euler(Vector3.up * horizontal * vertical * turnSpeed));
        }
    }
}

[queen adder]

You guys are really nice ^___^ next time I'll be better

[rich adder]

you should not use == with floats

[queen adder]

I'm gonna head to bed. Thanks again everyone.

[vocal wharf]

I tried it inverted with != but that didn't work either

[shell sorrel]

can use Mathf.Approxmentaly

or test how close it is to zero and decide what is good enough

[steep rose]

actually this is because you are not using local velocity

ive had this before

with my game in particular

[vocal wharf]

ok

how do I use local velocity?

[steep rose]

as soon as you turn im guessing you cannot turn again?

[vocal wharf]

I can turn when pressing forward or backward inputs but not when I let go of the accelerate or brake inputs

even when I am still coasting

[rich adder]

btw rigidbody should be moved in FixedUpdate not Update

[vocal wharf]

oh?

how is that better?

[steep rose]

hmmmm, so it does not matter on the orientation of your car?

[vocal wharf]

nope

[rich adder]

because that is the timestep they move on
check google they have many good explenations on the subject

[steep rose]

i wonder why it happened for me then

[vocal wharf]

should I move my if statements and stuff to fixed update too?

[rich adder]

yea

[shell sorrel]

pretty much anything to do with rigidbodies should be fixed update

[shell yew]

i’m trying to make something turn to face the opposite way it’s heading when a function is called.
transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(rb.velocity), 1 * Time.deltaTime);
however when called the function does nothing in the scene.
what have i done wrong?

[rich adder]

is there a reason you're not using the wheel colliders btw? Unity has a great example of a vehicle on the Wheel collider Docs

[vocal wharf]

I have just never bothered to learn how they work :0

[shell yew]

i realise that should make it face the direction of travel not the reverse, i’m going to change that once i get this to do something

[rich adder]

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

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Quaternion.Inverse.html try this function

[vocal wharf]

I put everything that was in the update function into FixedUpdate but now it doesn't move at all. I'm assuming there's something that needs to stay in update? 0_0

[shell yew]

that’s the only part of the problem i don’t need yet, for now all i need is to make it actually turn

[rich adder]

ur speed too low most likely

[rich adder]

transorm.rotate ? are you calling it across frames

[solemn fractal]

So u mean something like that? and do it for all 100 waves?

[shell sorrel]

is this called from update?

[steep rose]

the reason i think it is because you are not using local velocity i personally dont see anything that would affect turning other than (unless you are modifying it somewhere else)

        if (rb.velocity.z == 0)
        {
            canTurn = false;
        }

this code says if the rb.velocity.z == 0 to not turn but you are using global velocity if that makes sense. and addforce doenst just stop instantly, but if you turn away from rb.velocity.z it will be 0 so im not actually sure whats wrong here other than that

[shell yew]

it’s a function outside of start, update etc… being called by a UI button

[shell sorrel]

since that will only move a tiny fraction of a degree

[steep rose]

you could be modifying something we are not seeing if thats the case, you should fix that

[rich adder]

outside of start / update ? 🤔

[shell yew]

do i need to declare the function in start?

[rich adder]

no you need this to happen across span of frames

[shell sorrel]

no it needs to be called many many times

you are telling it to move max 1 degree * deltaTime per invok

[steep rose]

call it in update()

[rich adder]

or a Coroutine

[shell yew]

so i need a bool “isDoingThing” and if it’s true then it will execute in a fram?

[steep rose]

im guessing its a void

[shell sorrel]

so thats a very small number that you will not even notice

[ivory bobcat]

Have a single SO that would have a list of Waves where you'd manage your data in the SO and just reference the SO here.

[solemn fractal]

but each wave will have dif amount of enemies and types of anemies.. example:

[rich adder]

sure if thats easier

you need it in update , or coroutine

[shell yew]

what is the alternative to that?

are there any significant advantages or disadvantages

[shell sorrel]

would do update if you always got a look target you want it to move to over time

would use a coroutine if its like a 1 off action

like move to this rotation over this many seconds type thing

[rich adder]

not really, it doesn't overhsoot, You can also use Quaternion.Slerp (use coroutine for these)

[shell yew]

coroutine sounds best, it’d happen reasonably rarely so i think that’s best, welp, off to go learn coroutines

[rich adder]

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

[vocal wharf]

yup that was it 😂

[rich adder]

just be mindful these can be called multiple times consecutively(running almost async) by accident and cause unintended behaviors, always use a Coroutine variables or bool to check

[shell sorrel]

yeah it gets strange looking quick if you got multiple coroutines editing the same thing at the same time

[rich adder]

one of my first scripts in unity with StartCoroutine in Update

[shell sorrel]

don't think i made that mistake before, thjough when i was learning unity back in the 3.5 days pretty sure i just used update tick mostly since its what i was used to from other engines

[rich adder]

Ahh thats good. I had no coding xp except for modifying some scripts for source engine and some lua for gmod

so many goofy mistakes , who knew Update would be now what I use least, now its mostly coroutines to have more control on the ticks

[shell sorrel]

had some old idtech experience coming into it, and a ton of as2 flash stuff

[ivory bobcat]

The data will have to be populated/made somewhere. 100 is quite a bit to be manually configuring from the inspector and hard-coding the data wouldn't be any less messier.

[rich adder]

RIP flash

always wanted to use the macromedia software but it looked foreign to me

[shell sorrel]

back in those days it was everywhere

[rich adder]

yeah I was a Newgrounds junkie in its early days

[shell sorrel]

like even high school had it a bunch of macromedia stuff installed on all the machines including flash

[rich adder]

haha yeah they would block it in my school because they knew people would game on it

[shell sorrel]

yeah not sure why but literally every school machine had flash, dreamworks and fireworks installed

[rich adder]

oh thats when the adobe thing happen

[shell sorrel]

was still all macromedia owned then

adobe bought it much later

[rich adder]

what a shitshow lol

[vocal wharf]

I found the problem. I was originally multiplying my turning (horizontal inputs) with my vertical inputs to invert the steering when reversing like a real car behaves. I didn't take into account that when not giving vertical inputs it would be multiplying my steering by 0, therefore not allowing me to steer 🤦‍♂️ I guess I'll have to find a different way to invert my steering. Probably change a variable based on velocity... idk

[shell sorrel]

yup

if adobe, or autodesk buys something it will be a shit show from then on

[steep rose]

Interesting, my brain doesnt work to well at night 😅

[steep rose]

Newgrounds was cool, I mainly used it for songs (copyright free of course)

Actually I'm not sure if newgrounds allows copyrighted songs 🤔

[vocal wharf]

same 😭

[shell yew]

i’m trying to make an object correct itself after being spun by a collision, how can i detect that rotation so that i can counteract it?

[slender nymph]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-rotation.html
also just to be clear, you want to rotate it after the collision has caused it to rotate, or do you mean you want to constantly provide an opposite force to prevent the collision from rotating at all?

[shell yew]

yes i want it to rotate after.
in such a way that it appears physically possible that it corrected itself under it’s own thrust

[slender nymph]

you can use Rigidbody.MoveRotation to do that, you just need the target rotation and the speed you want it to move at. but to get the current rotation you can use that property i linked before

[shell yew]

i think the way i want it to happen getting current rotation is better, thanks for the help!

[static wasp]

i've been using print to write on the console, i don't use Debug.Log because it's faster to type print. There aren't any differences, right?

[slender nymph]

print just calls the single parameter overload of Debug.Log. so the only difference is that you can provide more context if you use Debug.Log because it has a few overloads

[static wasp]

k thanks

[shell yew]

ah i think you misunderstood, i don’t want current rotation as in it’s orientation, i want current rotation as in the speed it is rotating in all 3 axes

[slender nymph]

yeah that was not clear from what you asked. that would be its angular velocity

[shell yew]

sure, not trying to have a go at you or anything, just explaining there was a miscommunication, how would i get that

[slender nymph]

check the docs

[static wasp]

took a solid hour to solve a problem i had, turned out to be a floating point issue, as always 👍

[snow warren]

hi

i need some help?

[slender nymph]

!ask

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