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[low wasp]

@slender nymph @toxic cloak Thanks for the help. I was able to get it working. I was stumped for a bit. Then I realized I forgot to enable the renderer again.

[pure stag]

can anyone hop in a vc with me and help me learn this shit, in not learning anything from just coping the videos

[deft grail]

then you wont learn in a VC, learn by just making stuff

read the docs

and try to implement what you want

[pure stag]

i would with somone guiding me while i try

[pure stag]

i learn better when failing but being pushed in the right direction and bouning ideas off someone

[deft grail]

unfortunately there is no VC's here anyway, so you would have to find paid services or get lucky to find someone
or alternatively find another server that does have VC's

[steep rose]

well not unfortunately haha

[eternal needle]

That's called tutoring. You should really just google (and if you cant find anything, ask) if you have specific questions.

[gaunt solstice]

is there a way to do it where it just generates the points within the cone rather than generating a new point if it isnt in the cone

[eternal needle]

Make a vector that fits within the distance you want, rotate it randomly such that the rotation cant go outside the cone

[gaunt solstice]

if its not too much trouble could you show me what that code would look like

[eternal needle]

Im on mobile and cant, but you could probably find the code by looking at bullet spread tutorials. Which does the same logic

Just make sure it's a cone spread and not one which can be square, which I imagine some bad tutorials would end up doing

[gaunt solstice]

thank you

[turbid jay]

Hello, I was messing with animation the other day and I come back today and now my player doesn't move when I press the directional buttons

before it was giving me an error for the animator variable

Any idea what that could be?

[sullen perch]

I have code that spawns a lot of destinations for ai, but i need the destinations to stay when i hit stop, how do i make a script work when the gaME IS NOT BEING PLAYED

sorry for caps

[ivory bobcat]

Either save the data to some sort of file or if it's for the Unity Editor only, you can opt to save the data to some scriptable object.

[rocky canyon]

has to be an editor script to work not in playmode

or u can save it to a file like dalp said

[sullen perch]

how do i save the data to a scriptable object

[ivory bobcat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-ScriptableObject.html

When you use the Editor, you can save data to ScriptableObjects while editing and at run time because ScriptableObjects use the Editor namespace and Editor scripting. In a deployed build, however, you can’t use ScriptableObjects to save data, but you can use the saved data from the ScriptableObject Assets that you set up during development.

Data that you save from Editor Tools to ScriptableObjects as an asset is written to disk and is therefore persistent between sessions.

[sullen perch]

thx

[gaunt solstice]

a problem I am currently running into is it keeps running into walls and getting stuck. I could just have it turn around if it hits a wall but I just think I should approach this in a different way. The random movement I have right now works fine I just want it to go back and forth less frequently

[tender stag]

i need to make a script which scales the transform its on down to the target scale which is in a variable

but when i scale it the children positions change

so i need a reference object and track its original position

and then also move the transform so that even if i scale it its gonna be in the same position

i need this script to on the start of the game scale the transform on all axis to the "scale" variable, but also move the position of this transform so that the position of the referenceObject doesnt change

[ivory bobcat]

If you're wanting parent constraints without scaling, perhaps consider this https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-ParentConstraint.html

[tender stag]

i want to scale it

like scale the object down

but keep all the childrens positions

so it doesnt look like it changed

[ivory bobcat]

So.. you don't want to scale it and all of it's children - relative to it.
You want to scale it and all of the other object independently.

[tender stag]

wait

im so confused

i dont even need a script

alright nvm

it works

[sullen perch]

my ai keeps teleporting down below the ground? any ideas?

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

[teal viper]

I don't see the navmesh agent component on the first 2 objects in the hierarchy

Also, you know you can dock the game tab/window right?

[sullen perch]

i dont know what you mean

[teal viper]

How are you expecting it to move?

[sullen perch]

this is my ai inspecter and it was working before

[teal viper]

Why are there 0 components on the "wolf" object?

[sullen perch]

there is another one in the wolf that contains my logic and visuals

[teal viper]

Why is the logic not on the root object?

[sullen perch]

idk

should it be?

[teal viper]

Yes. You want it to move, right? If you're not gonna put the logic and the nav mesh agent on the root, it's not gonna move anywhere. The "wolf" object is basically unrelated to your wolf. It's just another empty object in the scene.

[sullen perch]

oh

ok

its still spawning under

[teal viper]

Now share the details of the object during the issue. As well as the navmesh surface.

[rocky canyon]

fr we need deets

[sullen perch]

i think i might have solved it, i moved the terrain and didnt bake it againn, now the ai is frozen

It keeps changing its destination

[rocky canyon]

ya, b/c u didnt rebake it.. (the actual navmesh is probably no where near where the agent spawned)

[sullen perch]

Yeah but now its frozen and idk why

[rocky canyon]

i just told you why..

if the navmeshagent isnt standing on.. or close enough to a navmesh it doesn't work

you probably have an error in ur console saying something like that (that is if u have navmeshagent logic running)

[rocky canyon]

anyway.. this is how i normally spawn my units on uneven terrain

starting at 0 + offset higher than highest peak.. (so if ur highest peak was +100 units) i'd start my raycast at 110 units above 0.. and then raycast downards w/ a length longer than that. (so it will touch the terrain)

once it hits u have a position that is exactly at the terrain

(ofc i use a LayerMask so i can avoid tall buildings and trees and stuff, so its only detecting the ground)

[sullen perch]

i am so confused

[sullen perch]

can you please elaborate

the terrain is a navmesh

nvm

got it to work

[ivory jasper]

how can I some how store all of my game objects in some kind of list/dictionary, then be able to load them back and spawn each saved object accordingly? i'd like to make a save/load system like this, unless there's a better approach

the only attributes i'd ideally need to store are position, rotation, and type

[rocky canyon]

u cant really save objects.. u could since ur already talkin about lists.. add all these gameobjects u want to saved in the list..
each number corresponds to an object..
0 -> this thing
1 -> that tree
2 -> this item.. etc and then save abunch of integers also inside a list or array or something..
then when u go to load.. u can have a script read the value from the save data.. and then load whichever object corresponds to it

[echo sand]

    private Dictionary<KeyCode, System.Action> keyMethods;

    void startMethodBinding()
    {
        keyMethods = new Dictionary<KeyCode, System.Action>
        {
            { KeyCode.LeftShift, updateSprint }
            ...
        };
    }

    void updateSprint()
    {
       ... 
    }

is this a valid way to call methods when a key is typed

i want to avoid making alot of if statements

[steep rose]

did you try it?

[echo sand]

ye but idk if it makes sense to do it this way, this is how i used to handle input in luau

[rocky canyon]

if u figure out the best way to do it holler at me..

i gotta making a mapping system soon..

[echo sand]

lol, i hate scripting input

also how do i iterate trough the keys?

i tried this but it doesnt work

 foreach (KeyValuePair < KeyCode, System.Action > Key in keyMethods)
 {
     if (Input.GetKey(Key) == true)
     {

     }
 }

i also tried KeyCode instead

[eternal needle]

you can just grab the list of keys https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.dictionary-2.keys?view=net-8.0 or get the actual key from the key value pair https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.keyvaluepair-2.key?view=net-8.0#system-collections-generic-keyvaluepair-2-key
right now you're trying to plug in a KeyValuePair to the GetKey method
Though really id just use the new input system and not do any of this

[ivory jasper]

so i would have to iterate through each item in the list to spawn it?

[echo sand]

Honestly ill rather look more into that then, ty

[rocky canyon]

roger

like here i have two arrays 1 for items and 1 for weapons..
in my load method i'd just loop thru them and i'd have a key or something to compare.. and that would hold all my objects
then the method would just load up all the items i need to begin the game

using just integer values..

then my Inventory Manager would populate w/ my items and weapons

[ivory jasper]

ah interesting

[rocky canyon]

altho theres many different ways..

[eternal needle]

If you have a list you're gonna have to iterate through it to even read all the values in the first place.
Typically youd wanna save it by some ID

[queen adder]

Hi everyone. I have problem.

[rocky canyon]

well, whats the error say?

and show Loader.cs !code

[eternal falcon]

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[ivory jasper]

could you elaborate on the ID part?

[queen adder]

no need more. i see where i have problem. thank you.

[eternal needle]

For anything that youd wanna save in your world, you could assign an ID, associated with the prefab, which could just be a number. Then you save that ID to file along with whatever else. When you read the file, grab the ID and spawn the corresponding prefab

[ivory jasper]

oh okay

[twilit jolt]

Hi everyone, quick question

I'm working on a puzzle automation game, and i have my own level editor, that can save the map i'm working on to a scriptable object, and the game then when playing the level loads the stuff for it in
Editing, saving, loading and playing works perfectly fine, but when i close and reopen unity, one of the scriptable objects storing the level data randomly dumps all it's stored stuff
I have no code that runs without the game running too, so it can't be that i'm calling a function that would do something like this

the map data is basically just a list of a struct that stores the ID of the prefab (it's position in a list of all the prefabs that are in the editor), and the position and rotation of the piece (first pic)
the only time i'm actively modifying this list is when i call the save function, that is tied to a button inside the in game editor, it shouldn't be called anywhere else (pic 2)

am i doing something wrong when setting the stuff in the scriptable object that can cause this, or is this a unity issue? and if it is, is there any way to work around it?

---

Managed to fix it
For anyone who has this issue, what worked for me was manually marking the SO dirty, and then manually saving the assets

[rich adder]

you should not save in scriptable object if you want to preserve data between build play session

[twilit jolt]

It's specifically for an in editor scenario tho sorry for not specifying in the original message, i use this inside unity and not in a build

[obsidian granite]

Anyone have an idea on what I could do for arcade-like racecar movement while still having good, realistic car collisions? it's kind of hard for what i'm going for, since i want non-physically realistic movement while also having physically realistic collisions. rn i'm using convex meshcolliders and mesh deformation and such

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqATTzJmFDY similar to this, but with mesh colliders on the car

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpXT5So1Gbg&ab_channel=SpawnCampGames i add collisions to this type of controller in this video

[obsidian granite]

holy hell you are my saving grace

tysm man

[rocky canyon]

its not perfect collisions

but it works pretty well.. considering its just a rolling ball

[obsidian granite]

i actually searchjed on yt for like

6 hours and didn't find something

u are the actual goat

[rocky canyon]

i hope it works for ya 👍

[obsidian granite]

it should

[rocky canyon]

if u check the description the project is on GitHub also

could help to see it already setup and everything

theres little edge-cases i havent solved yet

but.. its a start lol

[queen adder]

ive been trying to make my guy walk up stairs but i cant quite seem to figure it out, he keeps getting stuck and it moves way to jankily when it does work

what am i doing wrong here?

Vector3 qw = manager.gravityDir*1.1f;
RaycastHit lowH;
bool stair = Physics.Raycast(col.bounds.center+qw,frfor,out lowH,0.5f);
if(stair && (Vector3.Dot(lowH.normal,rig.linearVelocity)<0)){
  if(!Physics.Raycast(col.bounds.center+qw/2f,frfor,0.5f)){
  Vector3 climb = transform.position-(manager.gravityDir*stepHeight);
  transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(transform.position,climb+transform.position,0.05f);
   }                }
  }

[rocky canyon]

not sure u wanna go this way.. but a simple way to deal with stairs... is to use a ramp collider instead

stairs can just be visual

[queen adder]

i may need actual stair-stepping abilities later on for slight deviations in terrain

[steep rose]

I personally use a raycast suspension on my player to negate this effect

Stairs are a pain in general

[queen adder]

whats a raycast suspension?

[covert obsidian]

i have this

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

public class movement : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    public Vector3 jump;
    public float jumpForce = 2.0f;

    public bool isGrounded;
    Rigidbody rb;
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        jump = new Vector3(0.0f, 2.0f, 0.0f);
    }
    void OnCollisionStay()
    {
        isGrounded = true;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown("space") )
        {
            if(isGrounded)
            {
                rb.AddForce(jump * jumpForce, ForceMode.Impulse);
                isGrounded = false;
            }
        }
        if (Input.touchCount > 0)
        {
            Touch touch = Input.GetTouch(0); // Get the first touch
            
            // Check if it's a tap (or touch began)
            if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Began)
            {
                Debug.Log("Screen was tapped!");
                // Add your code here to handle the tap
            }
        }
    }
}

but the isgrounded doens't work. it lets me jump while it's not grounded

[steep rose]

Exactly what it says it is

You use a raycast and apply suspension forces to your player

It will just go up stairs and slopes normally

[queen adder]

oh ok

[rocky canyon]

this is one of my favorite kind of controllers

[queen adder]

i looked it up, it seems like something used for vehicles?

[rocky canyon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdskE8PJy6Q&ab_channel=ToyfulGames

[steep rose]

This

I couldn't find the video

[rocky canyon]

it can be used for vehicles.. but nothing stops it from being on a character

[queen adder]

alright, il watch this then. thanks

[steep rose]

You got that video on speedial spawn

Great work

[rocky canyon]

its one of my bookmarked videos

b/c of how clever it is

just "game magic" type of thing..

ur graphics will have its feet on the ground.. the actual collider tho.. it floating

[rotund garnet]

Is it possible to run a method from a different script which is on the same gameobject?

[swift elbow]

yes, if you reference a different script you can access its variables and methods

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/GameObject.GetComponent.html

usually you will have to use GetComponent<>() to reference and set its value to whatever component you choose get

[wintry quarry]

Of course, very common

Get a reference to it, and call the method

[rotund garnet]

thank god

[languid spire]

Usually you would declare a Serialized Field in the script and drag/drop the required reference in the Inspector

[swift elbow]

he said "on the same object"

[languid spire]

exactly

[swift elbow]

i dont understand

why drag and drop when you can just call get component in start\

[languid spire]

If both scripts are on the same game object setting the reference in the inspector is better than using GetComponent

[swift elbow]

why?

[languid spire]

because then you dont need the GetComponent call

[swift elbow]

using get component is so much easier...

[languid spire]

really? why have an extra line of code which could go wrong if you don't have to?

[swift elbow]

id rather have its value be set automatically and find the script on its own rather than sometimes forgetting to drag and drop in the inspector and getting null ref errors

plus get component cant really go wrong as long as you have [requirecomponenttypeof()]

[languid spire]

and if you forget to add the script you still get a null ref

[swift elbow]

which is why i said this ^

its less of a headache for me in all honesty and i wished i did this more when i was starting out fresh

[languid spire]

so 2 extra lines of unnecessary code

[swift elbow]

"unnecessary" to you 🤷‍♂️

[languid spire]

I don't think you would find many people who would agree with you

[swift elbow]

and thats ok 👍

[languid spire]

It has always been a design philosophy in Unity to keep GetComponent calls to an absolute minimum

[swift elbow]

is there a specific reason?

[languid spire]

overhead and easy to break

[swift elbow]

easy to break?

how so?

[languid spire]

script execution order for one

[swift elbow]

true, i never thought of that nor ran into that as an issue before

thanks for the insight, i guess

[languid spire]

yep, SEO can bite you in the arse more often than you would think

[rotund garnet]

this is what u were talking about, right, Steve?

[languid spire]

yes

[idle ginkgo]

hi I have been using unity version control

but i wanna switch to github

do i need to disable unity one

[toxic cloak]

personal preference

[languid spire]

there is certainly no point in having 2 different version control systems running at the same time, that way leads to confusion and ruin

[tulip pilot]

Gentlemen I need some help, I have been assigned a project wherein my objective is to simulate a electric motor connected to a load in order to derive the heat, power consumption etc.

the project is a Proof-of-Concept and so far i have managed to basically achieve nothing so far. I have tried to attach the speed of the motor shaft to the sprocket, that did not work, and the opposite too which also did not work

I am basically stumped at this point, Internet and CGPT have not been helpful

right now all this is just a fancy screensaver

[teal viper]

What exactly doesn't work?

[tulip pilot]

The Rotation of the Shaft and the Rotation of the Sprocket is Independant of each other

[teal viper]

Can you record a video?

[tulip pilot]

I can, but to explain in words basically the Motor Shaft and the Sprocket both move independant of each other based on values inputted manually

there is just no Linkage between the two

[teal viper]

You'll need to only move the motor and everything else would either need to be linked via joints or by collision with the motor parts.

[tulip pilot]

I see, There is a problem here tho, the Chain and Sprocket are generated with the use of a Tool from the Asset Store: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/game-toolkits/chain-and-gear-generator-273628

The Speed at which the Sprockets rotate is controlled by it's own script via the variable "Machinery speed"

Changing the sprokets to Rigid body might break the whole thing

[charred spoke]

Looks to me that you can easily feed the shaft speed into this machinery speed variable

[teal viper]

Do you need the setup to be physically accurate or not?

[tulip pilot]

Physically accurate, The Ultimate objective in my project is to be able to Vary the Load on the larger cog and thus be able to simulate the Heating, power draw etc. of the motor

now if I can get away with doing that without physical accuracy, I'll take it

[teal viper]

Then you probably shouldn't be using that asset.

[tulip pilot]

I see

Do I have any options with regard to using Chains and Sprockets?

I'll settle with Gears too

[teal viper]

In terms of models you can use whatever, even the ones from the asset you're using. But the setup would need to not rely on hardcoding.

[tulip pilot]

I see, so what are my avenues here

because I am a Complete Beginner to Unity

like, 0 experience whatsoever

[teal viper]

Research the available physics components, like joints and stuff and use them in the setup.

The only script you would need is one on the motor to set it's torque.

[tulip pilot]

I see

Thankyou mate

alright so I changed the layout, used two gears, and now only the left gear is spinning not driving the one on the right

The gear on the left is fixed joined to the Shaft which rotates it, the gear on the right is also fixed joined to the shaft which is to be rotated

[lunar kelp]

@hexed terrace whats wrong on line 37?

[hexed terrace]

the last bit -> #💻┃unity-talk message

[fervent abyss]

whats the best way to play an animation backwards?

[languid spire]

set speed to -1

[fervent abyss]

thats what i tried aaaaaand it didnt work

retractAnimator.speed = -1; this right?

[languid spire]

well it does work so you've done something wrong

also #🏃┃animation

[fervent abyss]

its a code matter

i need to do it from code 😊

[tulip pilot]

Well I tried mesh colliders to try and have the two gears spin each other

suffice to say it didn't work at all

[slender nymph]

then you need to show what you've tried and show how you verified that it didn't work

[fervent abyss]

ok brb

[tulip pilot]

yea so mesh colliders just makes the driving gear fly off from it's axis

[lunar kelp]

is there something wrong with Quaternion Slerp?

[hexed terrace]

The problem is obvious. You are giving values in the Y and Z axis, when you want to give JUST Y.. zero out the other axis.

0, Yval, 0

[lunar kelp]

i did it but it gave me an error

[hexed terrace]

so.. read the error. research the solution

[lunar kelp]

at least did i do it right?

[hexed terrace]

nope

don't you think setting targetRotation to 0, Yval, 0 would be the obvious thing to do ?

[lunar kelp]

im new i have no idea

[hexed terrace]

It's LOGIC

[lunar kelp]

yeah but where do i exactly put it that i dont get

[hexed terrace]

think about it.. you want the correct rotation before you set the turret rotation

step through the life of targetRotation, think about it

you're also dealing with Quaternions for some reason, would be easier with eulers

[slender nymph]

there's not enough context here

[fervent abyss]

i want to play my animation backwards

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AnimationState-speed.html

[tulip pilot]

Alright I figured it out

I just straight up used a script to do the job for me

[languid spire]

you are setting the speed of the snimator not the animation

[fervent abyss]

okay so how do i get the animation state

[languid spire]

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

[fervent abyss]

im using an animator btw

ok

[slender nymph]

i'm aware of that, but you haven't even shown how you are calling these methods. you've shown buttons in the inspector but i see no relevant attributes in the code you've shared

how could i know if the PlayBack method is even being called

[fervent abyss]

i showed the methods tho?

theres a code above the video

[slender nymph]

please learn to read

[fervent abyss]

[slender nymph]

and enough with the stupid emoji replies, use a reaction so i don't get pinged for inane bullshit

[fervent abyss]

superiority complex final boss

[slender nymph]

right so i'm definitely not helping you anymore

[fervent abyss]

right... have a good day

[languid spire]

you can also use this
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo.html

[fervent abyss]

i tried that and set the speed but theres only a getter

i cant set it

[languid spire]

not sure it would work for you if you are not using Animator states anyway

[slender nymph]

well that's certainly not a code question, nor is it unity related. but you do know discord has an inbox that will show you all of the direct replies and messages you've received right?

[wet bobcat]

no thanks I look at it and remove the previous post

[vagrant harness]

Anyone know why this isn't working -_-"

public GameObject[] dataPlanes;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
    {
        dataPlanes[i] = (transform.GetChild(i).gameObject);
    }

[cosmic dagger]

"What" is not working?

[vagrant harness]

It isn't assigning any list items

[cosmic dagger]

an array is fixed size. you need to initialize it with a set number . . .

[vagrant harness]

Nevermind, figured it out

    public GameObject[] dataPlanes;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        dataPlanes = new GameObject[100];
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
        {
            dataPlanes[i] = (transform.GetChild(i).gameObject);
        }

[cosmic dagger]

then you can populate it with . . .

[cosmic dagger]

yes, here you initialize it with a set number. it makes sense to use the transform's child count as the size to fit all of them instead of an arbitrary number . . .

[cosmic dagger]

i noticed you called it a list. this is where the error lies. GameObject[] is an array which has a fixed size (length) and cannot be changed. List<GameObject> is a list which can grow/shrink dynamically. both are called collections which store a group of objects . . .

[vagrant harness]

I only called it a list cuz I've used Visual Scripting for years lol

[tender stag]

why is the event being called before the for loop?

[verbal dome]

How did you confirm that?

[tender stag]

by commenting out the for loop

and seeing if the OnEnteredSeat triggers a bool to false

and it does

[lunar kelp]

hey i think i fixed it?

[tender stag]

but when i uncomment the for loop it sets it true

because of the for loop

[verbal dome]

Idk what your code does but the for loop definitely runs before the event invoke

[tender stag]

even tho the OnEnteredSeat sets it to false

[tender stag]

yeah its supposed to

so im not sure

[verbal dome]

Use Debug.Log or debugger

[strong wren]

You'll probably figure out the issue if you attach and step through it

[tender stag]

but how the fuck does it not set the bool

the for loop resets it

wait

something is wrong

[ashen frigate]

hello

can i ask here unity question ?

[cosmic dagger]

this channel is for beginner coding questions. if you want general unity questions, try #💻┃unity-talk

[ashen frigate]

im a beginner

kinda

[cosmic dagger]

that's fine, as long as it's related to coding, then you're in the right place . . .

[hexed terrace]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

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[ashen frigate]

ive made a state machine for my game and theres a logic if player grounded you can jump once
im trying to change it to double jump
but im kinda having troble with it

my jump state https://pastebin.com/dTBemRd3
my machine state https://pastebin.com/5qP9dkDB

[lunar kelp]

can this be an model issue?

[silk night]

Would be good to discribe what the issue is

[hexed terrace]

he has

Show where the axis for the turret transform is

[silk night]

ahh further up, aight

[rich adder]

we would need to see pivots

[lunar kelp]

it is on pivot

[rich adder]

wat?

Im talking about the gizmos, for the pivot. The axis directions

the colored arrows

[lunar kelp]

i thought u meant this

[rich adder]

yes and you show what it looks like in the scene

with turret selected

[cosmic dagger]

the axes could be incorrect for the model . . .

[rich adder]

what is the pivot for the top part, that seems to be the part rotating

[wintry quarry]

Looks like you have the base here.
Select the gun part

[lunar kelp]

first one is the head and second one is the partToRotate

[lunar kelp]

this one is the entire turret

[rich adder]

oh ok , whats first one look like when its in scene not rotated in playmode

[hexed terrace]

make sure this is set to local

[rich adder]

it is apparently (hopefully)

#💻┃code-beginner message

[hexed terrace]

Ah, that was scrolled off screen

[rich adder]

why did you put it back to center?

[rich adder]

also this is hella wrong

X axis should not be Top / Down

[hexed terrace]

Green = Y, should be pointing up

[rich adder]

and blue is correct for the first one but not the second

[vestal adder]

can seeing if my game strains the cpu, ram or gpu help me tell what in my game could use optimising

[hexed terrace]

AND you want it located at the rotation point.. not in some random position (or centered)

[rich adder]

use the profiler and find out everything you need to optimize

[hexed terrace]

Just use the profiler

[vestal adder]

i have used it maybe i am missing something

[lunar kelp]

it looks like this when i remove the head

[vestal adder]

does the profiler show exactly what is straining the game or something

[rich adder]

its fine but backwards

Blue is always your Forward

either use blender and fix it, or just make a parent object then adjust the child so the foward matches parent blue

[rich adder]

well yes, how do you claim to have used it if you don't know what it does

[hexed terrace]

you'd ideally want the Z axis pointing the same way as the barrels... otherwise you're going to have to add 180 to your look at calcs

[vestal adder]

i have used it

[rich adder]

used it and used it properly are two different things

[lunar kelp]

no i didint do anything i just removed the head from part to rotate

[vestal adder]

what should i be getting from this

[hexed terrace]

Clicking on those graphs will give you information. Also, this isn't a code question, so shouldn't be in here.

Probably look on !learn 👇 for guides on how to use the profiler

[rich adder]

Yeah I get that but ideally you want to have the setup described here #💻┃code-beginner message

[eternal falcon]

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[vestal adder]

my fault

[rich adder]

here Unity has made this, if you watch it all you will understand how to use it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsqv8nj0cw

[tulip nimbus]

IDK if this is the channel to ask, Can anyone explain to me why this code does not work. The tags are assigned but it just wont do anything at all once a collision happens...

[rich adder]

follow this https://unity.huh.how/physics-messages

also why is the top OnTriggerEnter nested inside another method 🤔

[tulip nimbus]

as im fairly new, i dont know whether the function is called every frame or once start is hit

[rich adder]

its the first call when something enters a trigger

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

[tulip nimbus]

thanks alot for the info

[lunar kelp]

wdym by barrels?

[rich adder]

the barrel of a gun

[lunar kelp]

oh

[rich adder]

like this you fix the pivot in unity

[lunar kelp]

do i make the parent for the partToRotate or the Head?

[rich adder]

anything you rotate and need calculation to match you need to fix the pivot as shown, graphics should always be children so they can be rotate to match parent with correct pivot

so any object that has some sort of pointing direction, ideally want this fix

[tulip nimbus]

Another quick question, how do you combine if statements? For me i get a compiler error if i do it like this. How do i do it right?

[toxic cloak]

&& , || u need to first clear concept before using these

[cosmic dagger]

where'd you get %% from? i think you want the AND && operator . . .

[night raptor]

double modulo 🤔

[tulip nimbus]

oops i mixxed them up, i appreciate it

[rich adder]

you should prob specify which one is which 😉

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/boolean-logical-operators

[tulip nimbus]

Ok what did i do wrong this time?

[cosmic dagger]

did you read what the error said?

hover over the red squiggly error . . .

[tulip nimbus]

currently checking this one out it seems helpful but theres just so much info

[cosmic dagger]

you have to look at the mistake in order to understand what you did wrong . . .

[rich adder]

bookmark it, read it a bit at a time (these operators are very important)

[tulip nimbus]

"Invalid Expression &&", which seems wierd as && means AND for all i know now

[toxic cloak]

if statement is not closed by semi colons

[tulip nimbus]

Im a total beginner so i appreciate your help so much guys

[rich adder]

thats part of the problem yes

its also not in the same statement

[polar acorn]

if (other.gameObject.tag == "BODEN")
this is a complete statement.

It's not a boolean, it's an entire line

[cosmic dagger]

also, you have a semi-colon after the if statement. that makes this a single-line statement; anything inside of its scope will not execute (run) . . .

[rich adder]

closed the first parenthesis too early

[tulip nimbus]

Guys it works you are truly the best

i appreciate it so much

[vestal adder]

do these switch states need to be in update, they control where the enemy will go and seem to be using alot of computing power

    {
        switch (state)
        {
            case State.Idle:
            if (Health.health <= 0)
            {
                anim.SetBool("idle", true);
            }
            break;

            case State.Patrol:              
            Patrol();                         
            break;

            case State.Chase:                                                   
            Chase();             
            break;

        }

    }```

[tulip nimbus]

it is like magic onceit works and now i feel kinda dumb haha

[rich adder]

checking switch statement isn't antyhing heavy , its as "heavy" as if else statement chain

[polar acorn]

Do you want this to run every frame?

[toxic cloak]

yes lmao it caught my eye first so i stopped analysing the rest

[cosmic dagger]

when HandleJump is called, does it add to jumpCount and _DoubleJump?

[vestal adder]

do you mean as heavy as the states they start

[rich adder]

you said
" seem to be using alot of computing power"
You have to find out which one of those then because switch in Update alone wouldn't do that. Its quite common

[toxic cloak]

you should check scripting tutorial for unity first to understand how to code properly or u will be wasting alot of time debugging stupid stuffs

[rich adder]

any c# tutorial will do. Usually find better less click bait trash that way than Unity specific ones

[ashen frigate]

jumpCount is set to 2 after i jump

and _DoubleJump idk

[rich adder]

you cant not now, that's your job is to debug those unkowns

[cosmic dagger]

no, you're checking for each of these states every frame. if you're already in a state, you should only have to update that state every frame, not check if you're in each state every frame . . .

[ashen frigate]

_DoubleJump is somthing ive add to debug but it dosnt seem like its effecting it

_DoubleJump = flag

[rich adder]

then find out why

[ashen frigate]

ive tried idk why

[rich adder]

try it how ? did you debug it where is the debugging and what did you check in debugging
I dont see one single log in your code. nvm maybe 1 and it prints something not helpful

[cosmic dagger]

that's weird because _DoubleJump is added right after JumpCount. both should increase by 1 . . .

[ashen frigate]

ive tried flag "_DoubleJump" = 0 then check if its 1 then dont enter if(...)

[cosmic dagger]

doesn't it go from 1 to 2?

[ashen frigate]

it jump to 2

https://prnt.sc/TYUnVfCPEeR7

ive pressed jump 1 time

[cosmic dagger]

is there anywhere else you are increasing JumpCount? search your scripts . . .

[ashen frigate]

ok ive had here chatgpt version
now im using the code ive send
its 1 in the JumpCount

but no doublejump still

https://prnt.sc/g7vfXzQNp-rK

ive placed public for double jump and it seem to be stuck in 1

https://prnt.sc/0LJ5USUibJCj

jump state
https://pastebin.com/7DqbcmL4
state machine
https://pastebin.com/mQFJLqt7

[rich adder]

please use a better site listed in !code

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

pastebin sucks a donkey

half the page wasted on bs scam
not vertical screen friendly

[ashen frigate]

jump state
https://paste.ofcode.org/367qbweiq8EHQ3pjXWZ5WHj
state machine
https://paste.ofcode.org/K9NQ3ufmzsN8gyuF5WC97R

[rich adder]

whats supposed to happen instead?

[ashen frigate]

i want to be able to do double jump

[rich adder]

so is HandleJump hitting ?

[ashen frigate]

yea it does the first jump

but not the secound

im mean in air jump "double jump"

[rich adder]

which line is supposed to make it double jump ?

tihis ?

 else if (Ctx.DoubleJump < 1)
        {
            Debug.Log("enterd the double jump if :: ");
            HandleJump();
        }

[ashen frigate]

i think handlejump should be able to do as many jumps as u want if u calling it the only thing that should stop it is if statement

[ashen frigate]

i was trying to see if it will go there

[rich adder]

taking out the grounded if and if for counts, are you able to run Handle jump multiple times

[ashen frigate]

https://paste.ofcode.org/v7VHuAMNqaJiKqPfvftrDK
this is the state grounded

if i take out
//if (Ctx.IsJumpPressed && !Ctx.RequireNewJumpPress)
//{
SwitchState(Factory.Jump());
//}

it will loop jump but only after he hit the ground

[rich adder]

what about this Ctx.CharacterController.isGrounded in PlayerJumpState

[lunar kelp]

im making it but it changes the head position

[rich adder]

then your original mesh has pivot that far, just move it into place as well then

since you're rotating the parent , the rest is just visuals

[ashen frigate]

i have nothing about it
beside
state machine:
CharacterController _characterController;
public CharacterController CharacterController { get { return _characterController; } }

[ashen frigate]

CharacterController is somthing that comes unity https://prnt.sc/6dxx5mssy0LG

[rich adder]

I'm saying if you take out that if statement are you able to put HandleJump . im unsure how you're supposed to call HandleJump again

[rich adder]

i know what a character controller is lol that wasn't the question

[ashen frigate]

XD ok i wasnt sure im kinda confuse about all of this

[rich adder]

imo this is already overcomplicated statemachine for simple setup

its complicating it more for you

how many states are you really having ? if you're new to FSM start with something simpler like enum and switch statement

[toxic cloak]

try using super states like grounded state where the child inheritence are like move and idle states then air state with jump and fall states ..simpler logic can make it easier for you to transition between states

[frank flare]

So there's a project where there are 4 buttons and each button has a special effect when I click it. For an example one of these buttons move that big cube on the video up when it's clicked. How can I make some event that moves that cube up that gets called from a button's script?

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class Keyboard : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Camera playerCamera;

    void Start()
    {
        playerCamera = Camera.main;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        Mouse mouse = Mouse.current;
        if (mouse.leftButton.wasPressedThisFrame)
        {
            Vector3 mousePosition = mouse.position.ReadValue();
            Ray ray = playerCamera.ScreenPointToRay(mousePosition);
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit))
            {
                if (hit.collider.gameObject == gameObject)
                {
                    Debug.Log("u"); // instead put here an event and from the other script log "u" and move the cube up
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Not sure if it's related to #💻┃code-beginner but anyways

[ashen frigate]

public override void CheckSwitchStates()
{
//if (Ctx.CharacterController.isGrounded)
//{
Ctx.IsJumping = false;
Ctx.DoubleJump = 0;
SwitchState(Factory.Grounded());
Debug.Log("isGrounded :: ");
//}
if (Ctx.DoubleJump < 1)
{
Debug.Log("enterd the double jump if :: ");
HandleJump();
}
}

public override void CheckSwitchStates() {
if (Ctx.IsJumpPressed && !Ctx.RequireNewJumpPress)
{
SwitchState(Factory.Jump());
}
}
its going up no gravity
if i press jump it stops it

[lunar kelp]

did I do something wrong here?

[rich adder]

hit.collider.gameObject == gameObject
why are you checking if the ray hits the object doing the raycast ?

also would use UnityEvent or something to Invoke

[rich adder]

from this screenshot alone its hard to tell, did you fix the pivot and which object is the script rotating the parent or child?

[frank flare]

because I need to check if the player cursor hits the button

[rich adder]

are you trying to check the cubes with a raycast?
you should be checking for the "Keyboard" component

[ashen frigate]

i think it uses SetSuperState
its set here
IsRootState = true;
playerbaseState :

https://paste.ofcode.org/yEHnzRy9zahuTXF7QcPCQP

[lunar kelp]

i didnt do the script part i believe

[frank flare]

these cubes are supposed to be an ingame keyboard which you can use through clicking with mouse

[rich adder]

that doesnt answer the question

[lunar kelp]

what am i supposed to do in the script?

[frank flare]

why should I check for the keybord component?

[rich adder]

because thats how you tell them apart..

if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit))
            {
                if (hit.collider.TryGetComponent(out Keyboard keyboard))
                {
                    keyboard.DoSomethingInThisKeyboard();
                }
            }```

[chrome chasm]

Does anyone know how I can render a particle system over a screen space canvas (which fills the whole screen)?

[rich adder]

forget the script part, you havent shown the setup being fixed first

code comes after..

[lunar kelp]

i set the empty parent on the turret and rotated it

[rich adder]

#✨┃vfx-and-particles

[rich adder]

show w the hierarchy visible and the pivots setup

btw when someone says "shown" they mean visually

I'm not at your computer nor am i psychic so I can't see what you see

[rich adder]

alr what about PartToRotate, show the inspectors too..

[rich adder]

okay which object has the script you shown snippet from, can you show the inspector for it

[frank flare]

that way it does "keyboard.DoSomethingInThisKeyboard();" because the script is attached to 4 buttons

[rich adder]

exactly and each button has their own Keyboard that is a separate instance, so they each their own distinguished action or identifier to tell it apart

[rich adder]

I said on the object its on

specifically said that

[frank flare]

ah, I guess I'll put the raycast thing into player and button effect into button

[lunar kelp]

you mean in the parent i created in?

[rich adder]

where was it before ?

[rich adder]

you put this script on a gameobject yes ?

[frank flare]

inside one script

[lunar kelp]

no?

you said we'll do the scripting later

[rich adder]

OH nah you should have this On 1 script on player

then on Keyboard you put each thing you want to do different

[rich adder]

i said fixing the code part, but you had this script on a gameobject before , you remove it?

need to make sure its referencing the correct Transform

[lunar kelp]

oh u mean partToRotate?

not really

[rich adder]

see how you referencing Head ?

instead of PartToRotate

you're rotating the one with the incorrect axes

thats first

Turrent 2 component should be on Turret root gameobject anyway.. and referencing PartToRotate in the Transform Turret field

you should not put logic scripts buried in the mesh

[lunar kelp]

i put the parent in the turret, is that correct?

[rich adder]

which parent?

just show screenshots so we dont get confused

[lunar kelp]

the video u sent me earlier

[rich adder]

#💻┃code-beginner message

this is correct

Your reference on the script is not

[lunar kelp]

which is?

[lunar kelp]

ohhh

[rich adder]

please tell me you understand 5% of what we're doing so i can keep going

[lunar kelp]

it fixed a bit

[rich adder]

ok now

fix the code

[lunar kelp]

so the parent was useless?

[rich adder]

what?

[lunar kelp]

was it just a minor mistake i made or was the parent essential

[rich adder]

its there to ensure the code matches the axes correctly

try changing code to

Vector3 directionToTarget = target.position - turret.position;
directionToTarget.y = 0f;
if (directionToTarget != Vector3.zero)
{
    Quaternion targetRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(directionToTarget);
    turret.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(turret.rotation, targetRotation, rotationSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
//etc
}

did it work ? @lunar kelp

[frank flare]

what's the difference between this

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

public class Keyboard : MonoBehaviour
{
    public void DoSomethingInThisKeyboard()
    {
        Debug.Log("y");
    }
}

which gets called by

if (hit.collider.TryGetComponent(out Keyboard keyboard))
                {
                    Debug.Log("u");
                    keyboard.DoSomethingInThisKeyboard();
                }

and having DoSomethingInThisKeyboard as some event... or something...

[rich adder]

why not Put event inside

[lunar kelp]

it gave me an error

2 actually

[rich adder]

well no one said copy it verbatim. It was an example

obv you replace it with whatever your names are

[lunar kelp]

oh right i completely missed it

[rich adder]

public class Keyboard : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField] private UnityEvent theEventToDo;
    public void DoSomethingInThisKeyboard()
    {
        Debug.Log("y");
        theEventToDo.Invoke();
    }
}```

if you do this you can plug a different thing inside the inspector on each Keyboard

[cosmic dagger]

multiple methods (delegates) can subscribe to the event. calling a specific method will only run that method. you can subscribe different methods to an event per instance of Keyboard . . .

[ancient karma]

Having trouble making a camera control system for aiming in my top down game. I have written this script to handle moving the camera to where the player is aiming, but because you aim by clicking on the screen somewhere, when the camera moves to that position the cursor's location in 3d space changes, resulting in the aim moving constantly in the direction you are clicking

        if (Input.GetMouseButton(1))
        {

            RaycastHit hit;
            Ray ray = cam.GetComponent<Camera>().ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);

            //if the player clicked on a valid location
            if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
            {

                //handle camera movement
                aimPoint.transform.position = hit.point;

...

I think I would need to offset the cursor by the amount the camera moved, but I'm not exactly sure how I would accomplish that and I didn't see anything similar on the forums

[lunar kelp]

i dont know why its doing this now

i tried to put partToRotate but it didnt work for some reason

[rich adder]

in which way is moving ? like different heights ?

[ancient karma]

X and Z translation

the idea was that you would aim at a location and the camera would move over where you are aiming to give you a better look

[rich adder]

oh I see. First I'd use a planeRaycast

or do you not want player to be able to aim outside the colliders?

its shifting up and down probably because if height variation in hitpoint

[ancient karma]

shifting up and down isn't really the issue, that I can solve by stripping the vertical component from the vector

[rich adder]

but mainly you want to add like a min distance before camera follows the cursor

[rich adder]

yeah that fix verticality issue but still breaks your aim if you ever have mouse in the gray area

something to keep in mind

[ancient karma]

yeah, thats alright for now. I will probably change that now that I am reading about planeRaycast since having your aim get stuck on that isn't the most pleasent

but the core issue still persists, it's using the mouse position as more of a movement vector than a target to observe while aiming

[rich adder]

something like this ?

[dusky bay]

I keep getting this error, I've tried everything to fix it, Google, Youtube and even myself but I simply can't get rid of this error.
Here is where the error directs to:

if (ShouldLoadText)
            {
//this one                
if (dialogues.Dialogues[DialogueIndex - 1] != null) StartCoroutine(LoadText(dialogues.Dialogues[DialogueIndex - 1], SpeechBubble));
                ShouldLoadText = false;
                gameObject.transform.GetChild(0).gameObject.SetActive(false);
                gameObject.transform.GetChild(dialogues.Expression[DialogueIndex - 1]).gameObject.SetActive(true);
            }

[rich adder]

you get rid of it very simple, don't go over the bounds

[dusky bay]

get rid of the line that makes the error?

I can't do that, it's essential to my game.

[rich adder]

no make the index within the bounds

idk how you got otherwise from what i said

[dusky bay]

sorry abt that

[rich adder]

there are multiple collections to check here

[dusky bay]

I tried this:

if(DialogueIndex < 0) DialogueIndex = 0;
        if(DialogueIndex > dialogues.Dialogues.Count - 1) DialogueIndex = dialogues.Dialogues.Count - 1;
``` but I still get errors

[rich adder]

GetChild can also return out of bounds btw

[dusky bay]

this will check if it's out of range or negative, but I still get errors

[dusky bay]

actaully thats a good point, I never noticed that because the error was pointing to the startcoroutine one

[rich adder]

I mean its possible thats the one, but its good to double check because transform basically holds collection of children

Debug.Log the indexes in the code

[dusky bay]

what should I do, like before?

[dusky bay]

the one you said?

[rich adder]

start with DialogueIndex-1

[dusky bay]

alr I'll tell you the results

[rich adder]

also make sure you add this to second parameter of Debug.Log

[dusky bay]

oh yeah one thing to state is that the error is outputted alot of times, like 1k

[rich adder]

then it means you tried doing it 1k 🤷‍♂️

[dusky bay]

like this?

Debug.Log(this.DialogueIndex - 1);

I did the embed wrong

so ignore the cs

[rich adder]

Debug.Log($"{name} DialogueIndex is {DialogueIndex - 1}", this)

[dusky bay]

what does the "this" do at the end? just curious

[rich adder]

when you click log in console brings you to the object / component that called the log

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

[dusky bay]

I've only got one object using the script

[rich adder]

still its good habit to do so for future

there could one day be an object with the same component that has an empty collection and you dont notice etc.

[dusky bay]

ok

[ancient karma]

https://youtu.be/sWCnL-3JMag?t=184 more along these lines

[dusky bay]

I'm not sure why it's -1, the game works fine.

[rich adder]

I dont understand this just zooms out for longer range

everything else moves the same

[dusky bay]

I found the problem, at the beginning it's -1, and then afterwards it's changed to 0 where it performs fine in game.

[dusky bay]

thank you for you're help

[weak cedar]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

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[weak cedar]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[weak cedar]

            Touch touch = Input.GetTouch(0);
            if (EventSystem.current.IsPointerOverGameObject(touch.fingerId))
            {
                Debug.Log("yes");
                return;
            }
            if (um.gameState == GameState.MainMenu)
            {
                Debug.Log("touch");
                um.DraggedAtStart();
            }

[ancient karma]

crude drawing time. green represents the non aiming fov around player P, orange represents the fov while aiming at the target T. The camera is normally centered on the player, but then aiming it shifts to a point between the player and the target (and zooms accordingly) to give a better look at where you are shooting

[weak cedar]

This is in Update. "Yes" get logged like 5 times but after that it logs "touch". The touch is over an ui element. No idea why does it first correctly detect it is over an ui (multiple times) but then doesn't

[rich adder]

use 2 cameras with cinemachine, 1 that follows the player.
To get the inbetween effect would be easier to do 2 Transforms, 1 is the target position on cursor transform and the second is the origin of the weapon or whatever aim origin.
The Target Group in cinemachine could probably always keep a proper view between the two. Then just toggle between the two cameras, cineamchine adds nice smoothing you can adjust

[ancient karma]

lol I forgot the actual problem my b, I have the camera movement sorted, just gotta lerp and it will smooth out. the issue is when the camera moves, the cursor is no longer in the same location in 3d space, and it moves the camera target point, which then further moves the cursors poition in 3d space, and so on

[rich adder]

so put a variable for the position that doesnt change unless you cancel out them aim

[ancient karma]

would that prevent you from adjusting your aim without letting go then aiming again?

[frank flare]

so I added OtherPlayer.cs but it still got no function option

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEditor.Timeline.Actions;
using UnityEngine;

public class OtherPlayer : MonoBehaviour
{
    public void up()
    {
        transform.position += new Vector3(0, 5, 0);
    }

    void down()
    {
        transform.position += new Vector3(0, -4, 0);
    }
}

[rich adder]

you have to drag the one thats on a gameobject

[rich adder]

its up to you when it gets updated again

so when you aim you hold say right mouse, then it locks that position, if you move the mouse the camera is still locked on that spot instead of mouse

[ancient karma]

unless I'm misunderstanding, that would prevent you from moving your aim without letting go of it first, it would be like playing call of duty except you cant move your camera while ADS'd

[rich adder]

I'm confused tbh on when you want the camera to stop moving 😅

[ancient karma]

lmao I probably explained it poorly

[rich adder]

its also a little confusing since I have a similiar project but ig we have different purposes on aim 😅

[ancient karma]

its not so much the camera that needs to stop moving, its the cursor

[rich adder]

well you can't technically stop the cursor but you can for example stop capturing its movement for your calc

or if your cursor is custom you can just stop running whatever scripts sets its pos

[ancient karma]

I did think of that, stopping and starting capturing it only while the cursor is actually in motion/input on mouse axis

But since the cursor gets offset by the camera movement, moving the cursor after the offset would just be the same problem

I just read something about making a custom cursor based on the mouse position's delta. That might be the way I have to go

[versed zinc]

can anyone please help? I want my enemy to lock in on me but it doesnt. I use enemy.transform.LookAt(enemy.Player.transform); to do it and also it lays down. here how it looks like:

[ancient karma]

Then the camera movement wont move the cursor, only mouse movement will move the cursor. in theory

[frank flare]

yeah thanks it works

[rich adder]

ohh thought you had that type of cursor already

[ancient karma]

LOL, there's the miscommunication 😆

I'll give that a shot and see how it turns out

[versed zinc]

Please ping or dm

[rich adder]

well cleary its working

just not the way you expected

[versed zinc]

ik but how to fix it

[rich adder]

you have to fix the pivot

transform.LookAt uses the Forward(blue arrow) of the transform to look at somewhere

make sure you adjust it in Pivot / Local mode not Global

[versed zinc]

ok

ill try

[versed zinc]

I did it but nothing changed

oh

wait

[rich adder]

my guy thats step 1 of fixing pivots

[versed zinc]

I did center

[rich adder]

there are more steps, which still includes you fixing the pivot 😂

[versed zinc]

how to do it

[rich adder]

make it child of a parent object then rotate child to match the blue arrow on parent

[pulsar meteor]

help i had a player controll but it didnt save and everthing is gone

[rich adder]

what didnt save ?

whats a "player controll"

[pulsar meteor]

wsad

idk

[rich adder]

wsad? idk what that is

[versed zinc]

done

[pulsar meteor]

it just didnt save i hit ctrl s but it didnt save

[rich adder]

what didn't save ? I have no idea

[rich adder]

show me

[pulsar meteor]

the controll for moving

[rich adder]

what is "the controll"

[pulsar meteor]

script

[rich adder]

ah well without version control if you did not hit save , you're shit outta luck then..

[pulsar meteor]

i didnt save the script

and thats it

[versed zinc]

thx

it works

[rich adder]

time to learn version control

[hallow acorn]

hey i just wrote my script that checks for a raycast every frame until it hits something with a special tag and ive been wondering if it matters if i check for the input and than the raycast or the raycast and the input at the same time. does it affect performance in a noticable way?

[shell sorrel]

well do you only care about the raycast when a certain input is happening?

[cosmic dagger]

you should only run the raycast when it's needed. if you don't need the raycast until input is received, then do it only when you receive that input . . .

[rich adder]

if you want prompts then you need Raycastfirst then buttonPress

eg like inspecting an item before text of "press E to interact"

[shell sorrel]

also the cost of a raycast per frame is not much in the grand scheme of things

[hallow acorn]

basicly yes but for a more polished look it would maybe be nice to highlight the object with edge detection

[shell sorrel]

so if you want to popup something up based on it, before input yeah its fine to do that every frame

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, they're cheap . . .

[shell sorrel]

i would use the nonalloc version if you can

[rich adder]

mostly thats only if seek more than 1 collider

like RaycastAll etc.

[hallow acorn]

is it a good idea to cast it every 3rd or 4th frame so you wont notice the short delay but have the advantage of less raycasts maybe?

[hallow acorn]

yo whats that

[shell sorrel]

would not over complicated it

now you need logic to count frames vs just doing it

and the user might notice

think about this in a shooter 90% of weapons are hitscan and some fire very fast and its fine

[hallow acorn]

yeah ok i might just cast the raycast and its good enough haha

[steep rose]

it wouldnt cause performance issues but like everyone else said you would only call it when needed (AKA when you press an input)

[shell sorrel]

like generally do not do work that is not required, but if you have a use for something just for for it

better to keep things simple, then over complicate it worrying aobut performance problems that do not exist

[hallow acorn]

or if you want to highlight it on an overlay

[twin bolt]

I'm trying to fade out the focal length of a depth of field volume. This isn't working though. https://i.imgur.com/7ilhONQ.png

[shell sorrel]

if you do hit perf issues you got the profiler to tell you exactly why

[rich adder]

did you actually read the message..

[steep rose]

im guessing its asking for a float

[rich adder]

pretty sure its not a float

its a ParameterFloat or some shit

[twin bolt]

Oh, i was assuming it was.

[shell sorrel]

did you read the error?

[rich adder]

check the docs

[shell sorrel]

its highlighted red and should tell you

[twin bolt]

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error (active) CS1503 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'UnityEngine.Rendering.ClampedFloatParameter' to 'float' Assembly-CSharp C:\Users\RATPr\My Game\Assets#My Stuff#Main\Scripts\Main\Mechanics\Autofocus.cs 36

[shell sorrel]

so there is your answer

its expecting a float you gave it a ClampedFloatParameter

[twin bolt]

I mean that prior to writing the code, i thought it would be a float.

[rich adder]

ohh ClampedFloatParameter, I was off by the Clamped 😛

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@7.1/api/UnityEngine.Rendering.Universal.DepthOfField.html?q=depth of#UnityEngine_Rendering_Universal_DepthOfField_focalLength
the docs also

[twin bolt]

How would i get a float out of it then? I tried .value, gives same error.

[shell sorrel]

read the docs see what that type provides for you

[rich adder]

you have to cast it

since you get a Single

[shell sorrel]

it seems to have a GetValue method

[rich adder]

ah right ^^ do this

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.core@5.2/api/UnityEngine.Rendering.VolumeParameter.html#UnityEngine_Rendering_VolumeParameter_GetValue__1

[twin bolt]

Oh ok.

Still gives Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error (active) CS0029 Cannot implicitly convert type 'float' to 'UnityEngine.Rendering.ClampedFloatParameter' Assembly-CSharp C:\Users\RATPr\My Game\Assets#My Stuff#Main\Scripts\Main\Mechanics\Autofocus.cs 38

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

[shell sorrel]

did you save

even if it failed for a other reason the error would differ

signature is T GetValue<T>() so if you give it float it will return float

[pulsar meteor]

i have the error parameter doesnt exist and it exist help

[twin bolt]

Yep i saved and it still gives same error..

[rich adder]

well no shit

you really dont know why after what we said?

Mathf.MoveTowards returns float

focalLength expects ClampedFloatParameter

what is wrong here?

[steep rose]

what are you even saying

talk with words

[cosmic dagger]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

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:book: Use the API Scripting Reference and User Manual and this troubleshooting site for commonly posted issues.
:wrench: Attempt to debug your issue.
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[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.core@7.1/api/UnityEngine.Rendering.ClampedFloatParameter.html#constructors

[polar acorn]

Now you've got the correct parameter for MoveTowards, but you're trying to set the ClampedFloatParameter to a float

[twin bolt]

Oh wow, i had to add .value to the beginning focallength.

[rich adder]

that works too ig thought it was a private set 👍

[stuck palm]

if I remove a field in a scriptable object, will the data stored in other fields be lost?

[rich adder]

remove it from the script how would it exist on the other instances?

[stuck palm]

wdym sorry?

[shell sorrel]

no removing one field does not effect other fields

[stuck palm]

I mean like if I have a scriptable object asset, and remove a field from the script, will the data in the other fields be lost

[cosmic dagger]

if you remove a field, it will no longer exist for that SO. how can it be stored in other fields?

[rich adder]

ohhh like reset

no it wont

only when you change the names of the field it affects that fields data but not others

[stuck palm]

okay good, I've got these massive objects that I do not want to lose the data for by modifying lol

thank you

[rich adder]

that would suck if all serialized data was lost like that

[stuck palm]

fr 😅

how does unity handle the preservation of that data when you remove and add fields?

[rich adder]

ima guess reflection

only touch the entry/field affected or sum

it all goess in the text file / yaml is just like removing any other entry in a organized structure

[twin bolt]

Okay so now it changes the focal length but not every update, only everytime the "focus" bool is toggled. ``` void Update()
{
RaycastHit hit;
if (Physics.Raycast(Camera.main.transform.position, Camera.main.transform.forward, out hit, maxPickupDistance))
{
if(hit.transform.tag == "Interactible" || hit.transform.tag == "Item" || hit.transform.tag == "Door" || hit.transform.tag == "BigItem" || hit.transform.tag == "Lock" || hit.transform.tag == "Paper" || hit.transform.tag == "Important")
{
Focus = true;
}
else
{
Focus = false;
}
}
else
{
Focus = false;
}

    if(Focus == true && DOFSetting.focalLength.value != 0f)
    {
        DOFSetting.focalLength.value = Mathf.MoveTowards(DOFSetting.focalLength.value , 0f, 10 * Time.deltaTime);
    }

    if (Focus == false && DOFSetting.focalLength.value != 50f)
    {
        DOFSetting.focalLength.value = Mathf.MoveTowards(DOFSetting.focalLength.value, 50f, 10 * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}```

I'm trying to make it fade to 0 or fade to 50

[pulsar meteor]

why isnt it working

[cosmic dagger]

did you check what the warning says?

[rich adder]

that if statement is scare 😨

[pulsar meteor]

i am in the right channel and i added screen shots

[cosmic dagger]

huh?

[twin bolt]

I know, 🤣

[pulsar meteor]

the ! ask

[steep rose]

thats not what she said

[pulsar meteor]

what then?

[steep rose]

#💻┃code-beginner message

i have zero clue on what you are seeing

[cosmic dagger]

i don't know what you're trying to do because that wasn't explained, but i'm talking about the warning message from your console screenshot . . .

[pulsar meteor]

i am in code begginer

[steep rose]

click on it

[pulsar meteor]

oo

[pulsar meteor]

you it doesnt exist but it does

[steep rose]

huh? just click on the link

[pulsar meteor]

i thought you where saying about this

[steep rose]

thats..

okay

[rich adder]

start by simplifying it , an interface or a component for "Focusable" that you only look for this

[steep rose]

im flabbergasted

[pulsar meteor]

should i start from the begining

[cosmic dagger]

no one said anything about this except for you . . .

[pulsar meteor]

i had a error

but the error say si dont have is walking

but i have

and i have this also

[cosmic dagger]

we don't know if you do (have an isWalking parameter). you have to show us that it is really there . . .

[steep rose]

show us the entire script !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[cosmic dagger]

if you clear the console and run the game, does the warning still appear?

[pulsar meteor]

YES

https://gdl.space/abematefop.cs

this is the code

[steep rose]

are you actually getting the correct animator?

[pulsar meteor]

yess

i didnt move

is this a common problem

[cosmic dagger]

as dec_vew mentioned, is the correct animator referenced?

[pulsar meteor]

yea i checked

[twin bolt]

Do you notice anything wrong with the script that would cause my issue?

[steep rose]

is isWalking set in a animator transition

[pulsar meteor]

Yes

[steep rose]

show us that transition

[pulsar meteor]

I can't the power went of or something

[rich adder]

whats happeneoing now

[twin bolt]

It doesnt Movetowards the end float, every frame.

It only moves when the bool is changed.

[deft grail]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[cosmic dagger]

!code

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[rich adder]

which one you have 2

[steep rose]

code looks good other than the nesting

im a bit stumped here

[pulsar meteor]

I follow a lot of turtorials

[faint osprey]

how do you round a float to 3 sf ive tried mathf.round but its not working

[twin bolt]

Both lines dont move every frame. ```
if(Focus == true && DOFSetting.focalLength.value != 0f)
{
DOFSetting.focalLength.value = Mathf.MoveTowards(DOFSetting.focalLength.value , 0f, 10 * Time.deltaTime);
}

    if (Focus == false && DOFSetting.focalLength.value != 50f)
    {
        DOFSetting.focalLength.value = Mathf.MoveTowards(DOFSetting.focalLength.value, 50f, 10 * Time.deltaTime);
    }```

[wraith phoenix]

Anyone know why my PlayerDash() is not firing when I press the associated button?

{
    // Inspector Variables
    [SerializeField] private TrailRenderer myTrailRenderer;

    // Operational Variables
    private bool isDashing = false;
    private float coreMoveSpeed;
    private float dashSpeed;
    private float dashCDTimer;
    private float dashDuration;
    
    // Scripts
    private PlayerController playerController;
    private PlayerControls playerControls;
    
    private void Awake() {
        playerControls = new PlayerControls();
    }

    void Start()
    {
        playerController = GetComponent<PlayerController>();
        coreMoveSpeed = GetComponent<BaseStats>().GetStat(Attributes.MoveSpeed);
        dashSpeed = GetComponent<BaseStats>().GetStat(Attributes.DashSpeed);
        dashDuration = GetComponent<BaseStats>().GetStat(Attributes.DashDuration);
        dashCDTimer = GetComponent<BaseStats>().GetStat(Attributes.DashCDTimer);
        
        playerControls.Movement.Dash.performed += _ => PlayerDash();
    }

    private void Update() {
        if(playerControls.Movement.Dash.triggered){PlayerDash();}
    }

    private void OnEnable() {    
        playerControls.Enable();
    }

    private void OnDisable() {
        playerControls.Disable();
    }

    private void PlayerDash() {
        Debug.Log("Dash fired");

        if(!isDashing && Stamina.Instance.CurrentStamina > 0) {
            Stamina.Instance.UseStamina();
            isDashing = true;
            playerController.moveSpeed *= dashSpeed;
            myTrailRenderer.emitting = true;
            StartCoroutine(EndDashRoutine());
        }
    }

    private IEnumerator EndDashRoutine() {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(dashDuration);
        playerController.moveSpeed = coreMoveSpeed;
        myTrailRenderer.emitting = false;
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(dashCDTimer);
        isDashing = false; 
    }
}```

[deft grail]

where do you assign the PlayerDash to input

[steep rose]

how doesnt it work? math.round just rounds your float to the closest int

[deft grail]

oh i see in Update, thats kinda hidden

[faint osprey]

yeah thats the problem cause the floats im tryna round are all under 1

[slender nymph]

if you want to snap the float to the nearest thousands digit (which is what i assume you meant with "to 3 sf", use the Snapping.Snap method

[cosmic dagger]

did you setup the button properly from the input manager?

[faint osprey]

ive never heard of that function ill look it up and try it now

[wraith phoenix]

I believe so.
I did the same procedure with all my combat buttons and they all work.

[faint osprey]

wait so what would i put as the 2nd parameter snap

[steep rose]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Snapping.Snap.html

[faint osprey]

literally was just on that lol

[slender nymph]

read the docs and take a guess at what it should be

[faint osprey]

literally dont know it says rounds value to closest multiple of snap so does that mean if i put 0.1 it will round to 0.1, 0.2, 0.3

[slender nymph]

yes

[steep rose]

snap The increment to round to.

[elder fern]

hello guys i am using videoplayer, but how do i check if the video has finished? thanks
i have tried looking in the docs but i still dont get it
i have been stuck for 30 mins

[faint osprey]

it didnt work im still getting floats that are 6 decimals long

                Snapping.Snap(CDP.HPS, 0.01f);
                CDP.HPSDisplay.text = "(HPS: " + CDP.HPS.ToString() + ")";```

thats the code im using

[slender nymph]

remember that floats are value types

and that Snap returns the value

[faint osprey]

CDP.HPS = Snapping.Snap(CDP.HPS, 0.01f);
so shod be this?

[rich adder]

use the isPlaying with combination of clip time and current time
nvm you can just use this event
https://docs.unity3d.com/560/Documentation/ScriptReference/Video.VideoPlayer-loopPointReached.html

[steep rose]

this may also help you
https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-know-video-player-is-finished-playing-video/671347/2

[slender nymph]

btw, if the intention was just to round it for display, then you should have said that because ToString takes a formatter parameter and F2 would have been sufficient for that

[faint osprey]

thanks thats useful but im also using the value for incremiting stuff aswell

[elder fern]

ahh yes i came across this before but im not sure how to implement into my code

like what variables should i change and so and so

[rich adder]

you just subscribe to the event

[steep rose]

look at the third post and implement that

its just a void

which you invokerepeated

[rich adder]

literaly just

  [SerializeField] VideoPlayer videoplayer;
  void OnEnable()
  {
      videoplayer.loopPointReached += Videoplayer_loopPointReached;
  } 
    private void Videoplayer_loopPointReached(VideoPlayer source)
    {
        //do somehting
    }

[elder fern]

ok ty

what does serialize field do?

sorry i am very new to unity

[rich adder]

exposes it in the inspector so it can assigned there

[steep rose]

shows private variables in inspector

[elder fern]

oh ok

ty

[rich adder]

btw when subscribing to event is good measure to unsubscribe, dont forget to clean up by doing the opposite in the OnDisable or OnDestroy method
eg cs void OnDisable() { videoplayer.loopPointReached -= Videoplayer_loopPointReached; }

[cosmic dagger]

weird. do you have any other scripts with access to PlayerControls? if so, check for dash input there . . .

[wraith phoenix]

I did get it to work

Well, at least my debug log is recording lol.
Now to get it to actually adjust my move speed from my primary movement script (:

[cosmic dagger]

oh, nice. what was the solution?

well, that's a start . . .

[wraith phoenix]

I'm not entirely sure lol.
I changed:
playerControls.Movement.Dash.performed += _ => PlayerDash();
to:
playerControls.Movement.Dash.started += _ => PlayerDash();

But I also did a few other things.

This was in the Start()^

Removed the stamina references and now it 100% works!
Now just to bring back in the stamina control and tweak the duration / speed.

It's a kind of cool system to use if anyone wants to have different dashes for different character classes.
Feel free to ask if anyone wants more details (:

[cosmic dagger]

good. i would move the subscription += to OnEnable so you can unsubscribe -= in OnDisable. it ensures you're removing the listener from the event to avoid memory leaks . . .

[thorny fern]

Hello!
I started learning Unity and i want to ask a few questions regarding scripting.
I learned how to disable a script from another script (using a toggle event for on/off)
I have a Circle prefab that i spawn on the screen multiple times whenever i click a button. The circle prefab has a script attached to it that makes the circle moving in random direction. While in edit mode i can see in hierarchy tab that a clone of the prefab is created each time. Because each of the circles move in a different direction, my understanding is that the script is also cloned? I want to make a button to stop all moving circles at the same time. Here are my questions:

1. Can i disable/enable the Circle prefab script for all clones at once or do i have to loop through all of them and disable each one individually?
2. When disabling a script and then enabling it again, does the Start() function execute again?
3. In a scene with multiple scripts each with their own Update() function, does Unity use any multithreading for running all the Update() functions? I read something about the order in which those are run -> does it imply that all Update() functions are ran sequentially single threaded?

[wraith phoenix]

Like this:

            //playerControls.Enable();
        playerControls.Movement.Dash.started += _ => PlayerDash();
    }

    private void OnDisable() {
            //playerControls.Disable();
        playerControls.Movement.Dash.started -= _ => PlayerDash();
    }```

I still don't fully understand OnEnable/Disable. Do you have any documentation by chance?

[cosmic dagger]

almost, you can't unsubscribe from an anonymous method. it has to be cs playerControls.Movement.Dash.started += PlayerDash;
if this gives an error, it's bcuz you need to add the parameter (even if you don't use it, that's fine) . . .

[rich adder]

1. loop though all of them yes but disabling parent gameobject disables all child gameobjects scripts from running though (unless they have something else referencing the script and running a function)
2. no it does not, only OnEnable and OnDisable do for example
3. unity runs single-threaded until you use jobs so all Updates are ran sequentially also no guarntee which script runs first the specific event,

[queen adder]

hi my capsule character clip through the wall its acting like there is no collision how to fix that?

[rich adder]

how should we know we havent even seen the script / setup?

[steep rose]

give us more details, are you using a RB or CC? , how are you moving it?

[wraith phoenix]

I get the error "No overload for 'PlayerDash' matches delegate 'Action<InputAction.CallbackContext>"

You mentioned adding the parameter. Do I add this parameter in the Input Action Map or somewhere else?

[queen adder]

player is using this script

[rich adder]

in the method you sub Action to, is expecting a CallbackContext as parameter in the function

[rich adder]

show video of what is happening

also the inspector for this gameobject

[thorny fern]

Thanks for the clarifications!

1. My parent object isn't in the scene since i didn't want it to render at start. The prefab is only in the assets not in the Scene. What do i do in this case?
2. How can i use Jobs to tel Unity about running Update() functions in parallel? Aren't jobs used inside another function like Update()? (didn't read that much on jobs yet)

[steep rose]

also !code

[eternal falcon]

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[rich adder]

what are you trying to accomplish here with jobs?

main useful only if you're doing long and complex calculations

[wraith phoenix]

I don't know what a "CallbackContext" is.
Is there something I can read to understand this better?

[rich adder]

its a struct that unity uses to pass around Input info https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem@1.0/api/UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputAction.CallbackContext.html

[thorny fern]

The Jobs question was more of a general question. for now i'm not trying to accomplish anything with it. Although i want to see how my performance is improved when i have hundreds of circles in the screen

[thorny fern]

yes. finding nearest neighbour for all circles

[rich adder]

ig it depends how many you have sure and how long. Or if there are no altenatives

solving issues by tossing multicore at them isn't always the solution

lot of people still have cpus that perform better on single core

[thorny fern]

ig. i was trying to learn both unity and algos at the same time. hence the togles with scritps enable/disable for different algos or single/multiple threaded and see the difference in real time

[cosmic dagger]

1. Yes: PART 1: by using events, each circle instance can subscribe to an event. when that event is called, all circles will execute the method subscribed to the event (disabling them).
   PART 2: you can add each instantiated circle to a list, then loop and disable the script on each circle

2. No: Start is only called once during the lifetime of a GameObject, however, OnEnable is called every time the script is enabled (or the GameObject becomes active).

3. By default, Unity is single-threaded. you can setup a system where an UpdateManager with a list iterates runs an OnUpdate method on each component (in the list), or an event that other scripts subscribe their custom OnUpdate method to that runs when the event is invoked . . .

[rich adder]

do you create and destory or just create the circles ?

[thorny fern]

both

[rich adder]

look into pooling
probably would do that first before jumping straight into multi-thread / jobs esp in the beginning

[wraith phoenix]

Well, I read that page. My understanding of it has increased 2% lol
I need a tutorial on how to read these Unity Docs I guess lol

[rich adder]

its just a type its expecting in the method that was giving you error line

you dont have to exactly understand the details on how it works

just passes specfic data "grouped up" the way its expected

public event Action MyAction;
 public event Action<int> MyActionWithInt;
 void Foo()
 {
     MyAction += Bar;
     MyActionWithInt += Bar; // gives error because bar is missing expected int in signature 
// void Bar (int theValue) {}
 }
 void Bar()
 {

 }```

[cosmic dagger]

when you receive input CallbackContext has all the data about the input, that's all. you can access a bunch of fields or properties holding input data. for certain input, like a button, you don't always need that data but its passed (given to you) regardless . . .

[cosmic dagger]

you just add it to the method . . .cs private void PlayerDash(InputAction.CallbackContext ctx) {}

[autumn pine]

Alright so im getting a null reference exception when trying to use OnDisable() and I think im tracing it back to this.enabled not existing

but it does exist

[rich adder]

cant be this

[polar acorn]

!code

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[rich adder]

show the exact error (like the line number + script name)

[wraith phoenix]

Ok. So buttons are inputs. When an input is passed into Unity, it has a group of data associated with it termed a 'Callback'.

What is "ctx"? Some sort of 'ignore' command?

[autumn pine]

the error is not in visual studio, but only happens when I run the scripts in game

[cosmic dagger]

OnDisable is automatically called on a MonoBehaviour when it is disabled . . .

[rich adder]

because its a runtime error

[polar acorn]

ctx is the name of the variable

[rich adder]

what is on Line 10 in ghostchase.cs

[polar acorn]

It is a variable of type InputAction.CallbackContext named ctx

[rich adder]

whats ghost and scatter

[autumn pine]

ghostchase is a subclass of ghostbehaviour

[polar acorn]

Either ghost or ghost.scatter is null

[autumn pine]

which contains the Enable method

[wraith phoenix]

Ah, ctx = "CallbackContext"

Or just "Context"?

[rich adder]

or just Context

[polar acorn]

private void PlayerDash(InputAction.CallbackContext chungasAmogus) is an identical method declaration and exactly as valid

[cosmic dagger]

that's just the name of the parameter. cs private void OnTriggerEnter(Collider collider) {}
collider is the variable name of the parameter. you use this variable within the method to access the collider of the collided GameObject. ctx is the same thing . . .

[rich adder]

you can literally name it bananas and the compiler wont care

chungasAmogus lol

[autumn pine]

doesnt seem like it

everything checks out when I look it over

[wraith phoenix]

So this code is then going to have the Callback Context essentially be blank because nothing is surround the curly brackets: IE {}

[rich adder]

how did you check?

[cosmic dagger]

usually, i name it context but i just abbreviated it to ctx for easier writing when responding . . .

[polar acorn]

"Seem" isn't proof. How did you check

[autumn pine]

how should I check

[polar acorn]

Debug logs usually

or a breakpoint

[autumn pine]

debug logs where

[rich adder]

before that line

same method

[polar acorn]

in the place you want to check the value

[cosmic dagger]

no, the CallbackContext parameter variable will have information. i just showed you how to correctly write the method signature to fix the error. you do not have to use the parameter variable within the method if you don't need its data. what you put in the method is what you need when the player dashes . . .

[earnest helm]

https://gdl.space/ipekejutag.cs
ive followed this movement script from a tutorial but im running into an issue where simple bumps or dips like in the photo means the player can't walk up them

[rich adder]

void OnEnable(){
Debug.Log($"{name} is ghost here? {ghost} is ghost scatter here ? {ghost.scatter} ", this);
//etc

[autumn pine]

scatter was null but I'm not sure what to do with that information

[polar acorn]

Make it not be null

Or stop trying to use it if it's null

[autumn pine]

it shouldnt be null

im not sure why it is

[polar acorn]

Then find out why it is and fix it

[rich adder]

show where it assigned

[rich adder]

oh my

[polar acorn]

Does the object with the Ghost component on it have a GhostScatter component on it as well when it's created?

[rich adder]

and if you do check if this function running at all

[autumn pine]

yes

[autumn pine]

the function does run

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector for it

[rich adder]

just like you were sure the other things were assigned?

[wraith phoenix]

private void PlayerDash(InputAction.CallbackContext ctx) {...}
When I added InputAction.CallbackContext ctx it broke all uses of
playerControls.Movement.Dash.started -= _ => PlayerDash();
I tried dropping _ => as well and added using UnityEngine.InputSystem; to the top of the file.
Thoughts?

[autumn pine]

not sure what you are asking but I used debug.log to check and it runs

ill check and see if everything gets assigned

[polar acorn]

Did you log the value of scatter in Awake?

[shell sorrel]

dont use a lambda just directly sub the function

[cosmic dagger]

i mentioned you have to change how you (un)subscribe to it: <#💻┃code-beginner message>

[shell sorrel]

playerControls.Movement.Dash.started += PlayerDash

[polar acorn]

PlayerDash now takes a parameter. _ => PlayerDash() is an anonymous function that takes a parameter, discards it, and calls PlayerDash with no parameters

That is no longer valid

[wraith phoenix]

Ahhh, silly lambda. What's it doing there??? 😉

[shell sorrel]

also your -= to unsub before was not even working, since both times you are adding and removing functions you just created in that place

not the one you actaully defined permanently

[autumn pine]

yes it is assigned correctly

[cosmic dagger]

as mentioned earlier, you need to use a method in order to sub and unsub correctly because an anonymous delegate (using a lambda =>) creates a method on-the-spot and therefore cannot be referenced to use later to unsubscribe . . .

[polar acorn]

Then one of these situations is happening:

1. You're checking it in OnEnable before awake runs
2. The object with scatter set is not the same as the object you're checking in OnEnable
3. Something is setting scatter to null between awake and OnEnable