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[valid turtle]

&& SchloppyLebt.SchloppyLebt == true)

Why SchloppyLebt.SchloppyLebt?

why not SchloppyScript.SchloppyLebt

[deft grail]

because thats what you named your variable

[valid turtle]

thats what I named the bool

which is a variable

correct?

[deft grail]

lol

the right one is what you named your bool, so it matters

the left one is what you named your variable, this can be anything

[valid turtle]

So I could put anything on the left rn and it would always work?

[deft grail]

yes, but you need to change the name of your variable also

[valid turtle]

what variable

which to be exact*

[north kiln]

the one that you're referring to with this line of code

you declared a variable with a name, you have to use that same name to refer to it

you can name it almost whatever you want

[valid turtle]

But the bool IS the variable no?

[deft grail]

you have 2 variables here

1 for the script

1 for the bool

[valid turtle]

How are they named the same thing then tho

[deft grail]

because you named it that

[valid turtle]

No

[deft grail]

yes

[valid turtle]

I only named the bool like that

Xd

[north kiln]

public SChloppyScript SchloppyLebt;

You named it SchloppyLebt

[valid turtle]

OHHH

[deft grail]

exactly

[valid turtle]

Okay now I understand

I thought SchloppyLebt is used there so the current script knows that I want to use the bool

[north kiln]

It's a variable name, you can call it what you want

[deft grail]

ive been trying to explain this to you for 2 hours that this is not the case

[valid turtle]

Im so sorry man

[deft grail]

i said it at least 5 times 😂

[valid turtle]

everytime you said that I didnt know what you meant bc you didnt specifically told me what you meant

Im so sorry

xD

[crimson whale]

The barrel of the cannon is not facing the enemy as it should and seems to adjust the base transform of the barrel. When I set the barrel's y rotation to 0, it isn't the same as 0 y rotation when I start editor playtesting.

    GameObject target = GameObject.Find("Enemy_" + targetID);
    if (target != null) {
        Transform barrelTransform = transform.Find("Barrel");
        if (barrelTransform != null) {
            Vector3 direction = (target.transform.position - barrelTransform.position).normalized;
            direction.y = 0;
            Quaternion lookRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);
            barrelTransform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(-90, lookRotation.eulerAngles.y, -90);
        }
        else {
            Debug.LogError("Barrel object not found.");
        }
    }
    else {
        Debug.LogError("Target not found.");
        isTargeting = false;
    }
}```

Any help is appreciated.

[valid turtle]

So after 4 hours I fixed the isssue and understood it.

Thank you guys. ❤️

[deft grail]

<#💻┃code-beginner message> here i said it
probably confusing for you though

[valid turtle]

But for the future. People usually use the same Variable name so they know what they are using it for, right?

[deft grail]

you should probably have a parent which its center would be located at the end of the barrel.
and rotate the parent instead

[deft grail]

no

they use the script name usually

for example public Rigidbody2D rigidbody; is what i would use
i wouldnt use public Rigidbody2D velocity; just because i want to do velocity.velocity

[valid turtle]

So like this:

public SchloppyScipt SchloppyScipt;

?

[crimson whale]

The start of the barrel? Or at least its rotation point?

[deft grail]

where you want it to rotate from, which i assume should be the edge of the barrel

[valid turtle]

Ahh okay

[crimson whale]

It shouldnt rotate around that point though

[deft grail]

well rotating it at the center is also not what you want

[crimson whale]

Hows come? Is this just a workaround for the issue

[deft grail]

i mean unless im understanding wrong?

[crimson whale]

Well I'm not understanding much about the issue as I have no clue why its happening

0 y rotation at the start of the project running and in the prefab editing mode is different than 0 y rotation after its tried looking towards a target

[deft grail]

well you change the Z

[crimson whale]

Which makes 0 sense, like the origin is being changed in teh code

[deft grail]

maybe thats why

the only difference in the 3 pictures you show i see is the z changed

the 2 pictures on the right are identical

[crimson whale]

Ok ill try that give me a few

🤷‍♂️@deft grail

A little bit more: the barrel slowly rotates towards that position without the Y changing at all, and then stays there

[fierce geode]

Is there any way to have a static variable show up in the inspector, because I want to have a static List of Items that any script can grab; but once I make it static, it disappears from the inspector, which means I can't add it. My only solution I can think of is like an in between a variable that isn't static, but when the game starts; it puts all the items into the static list.

[deft grail]

make a static instance to the script instead? not sure if this is better but might be

[graceful osprey]

someone can help me, post processing is not being applied

[rich adder]

#💥┃post-processing

[graceful osprey]

sorry

[marble hemlock]

have decided to re-evaulate

should i use a rigidbody and attempt to code everything it doesnt do like a character controller

or should i use a character controller to get it to interact with physics

[rich adder]

character controller can interact with physics

its a physics object anyway

[marble hemlock]

i thought they ignored physics

[rich adder]

its like a mix kinematic type controller

calls OnTriggerEnter methods and OnCharacterControllerHit

but like kinematic rb it ignores external physics forces though

[marble hemlock]

in a frustrated rage of trying to figure out how to work with rigidbodies, i may have deleted a large chunk of my code

i probably have it saved somewhere

[teal viper]

That's where you realize you should have used version control.

[marble hemlock]

time to figure out what that is

[swift pilot]

guys i need help with this

heres the script

wait

sending

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

public class Inventory : MonoBehaviour
{
private const int SLOTS = 9;

private IList<InventorySlot> mSlots = new List<InventorySlot>();

public event EventHandler<InventoryEventArgs> ItemAdded;
public event EventHandler<InventoryEventArgs> ItemRemoved;
public event EventHandler<InventoryEventArgs> ItemUsed;

public Inventory()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < SLOTS; i++)
    {
        mSlots.Add(new InventorySlot(i));
    }
}

private InventorySlot FindStackableSlot(InventoryItemBase item)
{
    foreach (InventorySlot slot in mSlots)
    {
        if (slot.IsStackable(item))
            return slot;
    }
    return null;
}

private InventorySlot FindNextEmptySlot()
{
    foreach (InventorySlot slot in mSlots)
    {
        if (slot.IsEmpty)
            return slot;
    }
    return null;
}

public void AddItem(InventoryItemBase item)
{
    InventorySlot freeSlot = FindStackableSlot(item);
    if (freeSlot == null)
    {
        freeSlot = FindNextEmptySlot();
    }
    if (freeSlot != null)
    {
        freeSlot.AddItem(item);

        if (ItemAdded != null)
        {
            ItemAdded(this, new InventoryEventArgs(item));
        }

    }
}

internal void UseItem(InventoryItemBase item)
{
    if (ItemUsed != null)
    {
        ItemUsed(this, new InventoryEventArgs(item));
    }

    item.OnUse();
}

public void RemoveItem(InventoryItemBase item)
{
    foreach (InventorySlot slot in mSlots)
    {
        if (slot.Remove(item))
        {
            if (ItemRemoved != null)
            {
                ItemRemoved(this, new InventoryEventArgs(item));
            }
            break;
        }

    }
}

}

[rich adder]

eventhandler comesfrom the System namespace

[swift pilot]

oh so how do i fix it?

[rich adder]

add the namespace?

also !ide

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[swift pilot]

i did vs code

config

[rich adder]

not likely and if it were you can use quick-refactor to add the namespace

[swift pilot]

im quiet new to this so can someone explain whats a namespace..... 💀

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Namespaces.html
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/fundamentals/types/namespaces

[swift pilot]

bet

[quick pollen]

So let me get this straight
if I have a Vector3(0f, 1f, 2f), would Vector3.normalized be (0f, 0.5f, 1f)?

[verbal dome]

No, it will make its length 1.
(0, 0.5, 1) has a length of more than 1

[quick pollen]

what would it be equal to then?

[verbal dome]

I'm not a calculator, why not test it yourself lol

[quick pollen]

fair enough

[quick pollen]

when would you usually use that though?

[modest dust]

Vector normalization is simply dividing each of it's component by the vector magnitude
vector (1, 1, 1) -> magnitude √3 -> normalized vector (1/√3, 1/√3, 1/√3)

[modest dust]

For example, when you want to get a direction, without it being affected by the distance between one object and another

Or when making diagonal movement the same speed as when walking up/down/left/right only

[quick pollen]

i see i see

yeah I was thinking of using it for charactercontroller movement

because I wanted a kind of "knockback" effect

thank you!

[verbal dome]

Thats one place to use it yeah. You probably dont want it to depend on the distance, just want the normalized direction

[quick pollen]

yeah, I basically want to take the direction from the enemy to the player, and add force in that direction

so yeah

this should be it

if it wasnt normalized itd probably make me get knocked back more or less, depending on the distance

which honestly, doesnt sound too bad, I could make that a mechanic

but yea

[modest dust]

Depending on the type of game, it can be dependent on the distance, but probably not on the "raw" distance, i.e. if you want the knockback to be less effective if the enemy is too close or too far, you translate the distance into an appropriate modifier and multiply it with the normalized direction vector, that's one way to look at it

[verbal dome]

Sure.

[modest dust]

But yeah, you basically want the normalized direction at the very least

[quick pollen]

although a different issue:
I'm using a charactercontroller to move the player, and if I call controller.Move() inside of fixedupdate, it jitters, while if I call it in update, it moves the character more/less depending on the framerate

[verbal dome]

Should use Time.deltaTime when calculating the movement in Update

[quick pollen]

I am

[verbal dome]

Show code?

[quick pollen]

or do you mean multiply the force with Time.deltaTime?

[verbal dome]

Yes

If by force you mean the value you pass into Move

[quick pollen]

a yea ur right

I mean this is the thing I have

    void ControllerMove(){
        forceToAdd = Vector3.Lerp(forceToAdd, Vector3.zero, Mathf.Pow(forceFraction, 100 * Time.deltaTime));
        controller.Move(forceToAdd);
    }
    public void AddForce(Vector3 direction, float force){
        forceToAdd += direction.normalized * force;
    }
}```

and I call ControllerMove() in update

so I'll just multiply ForceToAdd with Time.deltaTime

wrong vid

fuck

how tf does this make sense

sometimes it launches me over the entire map, other times it barely knocks me an inch

                Vector3 knockbackDirection = transform.position - enemy.transform.position;
                knockbackDirection.y = 0;
                movement.AddForce(knockbackDirection, knockBackForce);```

[modest dust]

You're not normalizing your knockbackDirection, that's one thing you need to do

[quick pollen]

I do inside of this function:

    public void AddForce(Vector3 direction, float force){
        forceToAdd += direction.normalized * force;
    }```

[modest dust]

Ah, alright

[quick pollen]

    void ControllerMove(){
        forceToAdd = Vector3.Lerp(forceToAdd, Vector3.zero, Mathf.Pow(forceFraction, 100 * Time.deltaTime));
        controller.Move(forceToAdd * Time.deltaTime);
    }```

and this is the function handling the movement

[modest dust]

Then debug it and check the values being passed to AddForce first

Either the force somehow changes, or AddForce is being called multiple times, or your lerping is wrong

[quick pollen]

Block only got called once so AddForce only gets called once

idk if the normalization is correct tho

[modest dust]

Check the force too

And mostly focus on the debug messages when the bug happens

[quick pollen]

it happened there

[modest dust]

Then debug how your forceToAdd changes over time

[quick pollen]

yea it still adds random forces

I mean

its not 100% random

it is more or less the same magnitude

[modest dust]

And what's the expected force?

What's the value of knockBackForce?

[quick pollen]

it is 100

[quick pollen]

I don't know the expected force exactly, but there should be 0 difference between 2 initial knockback forces

so if I knock myself back twice, their magnitude should always be the same

[modest dust]

Then debug exactly that

Check the values where the knockback seems alright

What's the direction, force and resulting forceToAdd magnitude

And how it changes over time

Same thing when the knockback is too big, check everything and find out which part of the code causes this behaviour

[quick pollen]

okay I think I found a fix

I started using fixedDeltaTime in my wrong lerp

which seems to produce the same magnitude every time

[flint thicket]

hey can i get some help

[eternal needle]

!ask

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[flint thicket]

i'm trying to recreate this mechinic in unity

the dash and slash

how can i make this mechinic

in unity

bro i googled i cant find anything about it

[eternal needle]

theres really a ton of different steps here. all depends how you want it to look and feel. No one will be able to give you an exact answer here on how to do it
The first part already depends on how you're moving the player.

[flint thicket]

i have the movement code do you want to see it

[eternal needle]

break the problem down also, you have a dash and slash, this is 2 different problems. The dash depends on how you're moving. The slash is gonna be some vfx and like a physics query to get enemies within the area

[flint thicket]

so how so i make the dash daigonal

i have some code to relate to it but it doesn't work

Transform [] listOfDashableObjects; // Find list of dashable objects

void Update() {
  if (inAir) {
    // Get the closest dashable object
    Transform closest = null;
    float distance = Mathf.Infinity;
    foreach(var obj in listOfDashableObjects) {
      float dist = Vector3.Distance(transform.position, obj.position);
      if (dist < distance /** TODO: Add a max distance check here */) { 
       closest = obj;
       distance = dist;
      }
    }

    // if the user presses dash
    if (closest != null && Input.GetDown("dash")) {
        Dash(); // Add a force at that direction    
    }
  }
}

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👨   |  |

void DashTowards(Transform target) {
  Vector2 direction = new Vector2(0.5f, 0.5f); // 45deg up to the right

  // If the target is to the left of us, lets flip the dash direction around
  if (target.x < transform.x) { 
    direction.x *= -1;
  }

  // If the target is below, go down
  if (target.y < transform.y) { 
    direction.y *= -1;
  }

  rigidbody.AddFroce(direction * dashForce);
}

[eternal needle]

your !IDE probably isnt configured. this is full of errors

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[flint thicket]

i dont thin thats the problem my ide is not configured

also here is the player movement code

[eternal needle]

well you've cleared not looked at the #854851968446365696 . having a configured IDE is required for help here

also the readme tells you how to send code

[flint thicket]

yah this my first time asking for help

oh well i try sovle it myself

[eternal needle]

And I've shown you the link for how to configure your IDE so you can solve your errors. How do you expect to solve your errors if your IDE isnt even telling you what's wrong?

[flint thicket]

i know my bad not your fualt

[tulip nimbus]

Is there a tutorial anyone can recommend on timing in Unity?

I just cant find anything that really fits my needs regarding this topic, what im trying to do is for example:

gameObject.SetActive(false);
(Now wait for 5 or so seconds)
gameObject.SetActive(true);

How can i do something like this without using a timer variable or new Method all the time?

[eternal needle]

Look into coroutines
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Coroutines.html

[frigid veldt]

hello, I have a question regarding sprite arrays

currently made a little dialogue system with text and audio, but now I want to add 2 character portraits. I created a Sprite[] array called images and put 4 images into it. Theres a function called NextLine() and I want the image to switch every time thats played, but ive been stuck on it for 3 hours now. Any ideas?

[radiant frigate]

how can i reference the child of an object i want to instantiate (that doesnt exist previously in the scene) via code?

[eternal needle]

Does the value of index here also align with what image should be on? Because if so you could just reuse that variable and access your array[index] and assign that to whatever image you need.

[eternal needle]

Store a reference to it on the parent object is the usual way

[frigid veldt]

this is the index for voicelines, I have yet to add the index for images

[eternal needle]

I can see that, which is why I ask if that value would be the same for images. You can reuse it if so

[frigid veldt]

I think its reusable

[radiant frigate]

could you elaborate? so am i gonna do and tell what my idea is because maybe there is a better way, i want to instantiate a gameobject thats a section of a infinite runner, so i choose a random one from a list and instantiate it, and now for adjusting a value to the y y came up with this idea right here

[eternal needle]

It means to put a script on the parent object that references the child object you need. Whatever instantiates the whole prefab can just read it from the parent object.

[radiant frigate]

the green points are start point and the red ones are endpoints, so now i just try to allign the start point to the last current endpoint

maybe its a bad way of doing it but thats the only way i thought that could work

[eternal needle]

I also have absolutely no clue what you're showing here or what that has to do in relation of grabbing a child object. It seems like you're talking about a new problem

[radiant frigate]

makes sense

[radiant frigate]

the start and end point are 2 gameobjects (the ones i need a reference to so i can get their y value)

but yeah your solution works

[wary canopy]

Sir, why my codeium won't shows up on my left panel as it used to be @swift crag

this is my first week with codeium

previously I just block the whole code and ask to analyze

[worldly bronze]

I need to link a .uss stylesheet to my UXML, but I cannot see anywhere I can add it to be my visualelement.. ?

There is no + or anywhere I can drop my .uss it is only under data source I can do that, but that seems to be wrong, especially 'cause there is a place for stylesheets

I also just did the one where I click the + here:

But that also seems to be wrong, since it is not connected to the visual element then.

[rocky canyon]

you liking it?

[wary canopy]

um yeah loved it, but I think the add on starts to dissappear
but it's installed still

coz previously I just allowed to block my whole code and right click for analyze
now the tool was missing

[rocky canyon]

i usually never use the left panel.. but it should be there if the extension is enabled

[wary canopy]

got it

anyway can we adjust the UI size for the add on ?

[swift pilot]

can someone here help me make a hunger system for the unity 3D game kit

[rocky canyon]

are you paying?

j/k its pretty simple..
the logic is a variable being lerped or movetowards 0 in update

then u have a function to add back X amount

once empty or < 0 = ded

[cosmic dagger]

if you have a coding issue or error, it's best to post the relevant code, any errors, and where the problem lies . . .

decrease (subtract) the hunger variable over time. when something is consumed, increase (add) to its value . . .

[swift pilot]

the thing is

i downloaded a hunger and thirst pack

and i cant get it to work

my original setup had a script named playerontroller

so does the hunger and thirst pack

so like

their clashing

[willow scroll]

Then you have to fix them manually

[carmine skiff]

is there a way tospeed up compilation of code i have a good midrange PC but it feels like so laggy for making smallest changes to code

[lapis frigate]

Is there a way to start coroutine an IEnumirator method inside an IEnumirator method? because everytime I do this its method just doesnt start

[willow scroll]

"Is there a way to start an IEnumerator inside an another IEnumerator?"

Is this what you mean?

[cosmic dagger]

it's the same way you started the first coroutine . . .

[lapis frigate]

ye but it just doesnt work

[willow scroll]

Show the code

[cosmic dagger]

this doesn't allow us to help you. give the proper information when you !ask a question . . .

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[willow scroll]

The syntax is correct

[tender stag]

can you override a class?

like u do with methods

i want a base class and add to it

or would inheretance be better

[slender nymph]

that's what inheritance is for

[tender stag]

right

[tender stag]

what does this mean

[slender nymph]

you can only inherit from one class at a time

and an "attachment manager" should not inherit from "attachment". at most it would reference the attachments

[tender stag]

yes i know

im just seeing if it even works

i have the whole attachment system finished

is just im rewriting it

[lapis frigate]

wdym

what do I do then

[willow scroll]

Explain what exactly doesn't work

[lapis frigate]

the TypeDialogue method liiterly just doesnt start

[willow scroll]

Please, show it

[willow scroll]

You cannot inherit from multiple classes. You can inherit from multiple interfaces and a single class

[slender nymph]

don't modify the string for typewriter style dialogue, instead assign the entire string then modify the maxVisibleCharacters property

but if that coroutine isn't being started, then the one you are starting it from is also likely not being started

[lapis frigate]

how do I use the maxVisibleCharacters property?

[slender nymph]

the same way you use any other property

[ashen frigate]

why are the numbers disappear ?

[slender nymph]

looks like your color has no alpha

[ashen frigate]

alpha ?

[rocky canyon]

transparency

[slender nymph]

that's the A in RGBA

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe show the script that's changing the color

[lapis frigate]

its still doenst start

I think the method just doesnt start

[slender nymph]

using maxVisibleCharacters has nothing at all to do with starting the coroutine.

i already told you what is likely not causing it to start

[lapis frigate]

the PlayerTurn method does start

[slender nymph]

prove it

[ashen frigate]

scripts
https://paste.ofcode.org/NaJe5C4fvyLMCjFF82TqQy
https://paste.ofcode.org/LxVL9K546FuvpB772DwDAK

[lapis frigate]

if it wouldn't I litterly couldn't play

and i would be softlocked

[slender nymph]

the colors in your Damage Color Parameters have no alpha

[lapis frigate]

but I can play, the dialogue just doesnt sturt

[slender nymph]

you have not shown any code that proves this so i am inclined to not believe it

[lapis frigate]

and when I change the player Turn to void the TypeDialogue does start

[rocky canyon]

see when u have red enabled..

[slender nymph]

guess what that means? you aren't actually starting the coroutine correctly

[rocky canyon]

the black bar underneath it indicates it has a value of 0 on the alpha..

it should be white

[ashen frigate]

you right ty

but what in code makes it do it ?

[slender nymph]

it's not the code. it's the colors assigned in the inspector like i've already pointed out

[rocky canyon]

the colors that u have assigned in this script

[ashen frigate]

ohh isee the health controller

[rocky canyon]

thats a silly question. as the other script has nothing to do w/ colors at all

[ashen frigate]

you right my bad

[rocky canyon]

correct.. since u have them serialized just fix them in the inspector

[ashen frigate]

and ty

[rocky canyon]

np 👍 🍀

[tender stag]

holy shit

i just discovered generics

or whatever its called

the T thing

[slender nymph]

this doesn't really seem like a good application of generics tbh

[tender stag]

trust me for my case it is

[slender nymph]

how

[tender stag]

because i need the base class

which is AvailableAttachments

and then use that

but for different things

like if i need to add a new attachment

i just write it in there

instead of like 5 classes at the same time

[slender nymph]

that does not explain how generics are useful here.

[tender stag]

by not repeating the same code 20 million times

dont worry

[willow scroll]

How to not worry if you've mentioned discovering generics just now?

#💻┃code-beginner message

[tender stag]

because it works as it should

and saves me writing the same shit over 20 times

instead using a base class

[slender nymph]

and how exactly would you be repeating the same code "20 million times" by just using some base class that your attachments share as the variable type in that AvailableAttachments class?

[tender stag]

which i can pass different classes into

[tender stag]

u see how i had two different classes?

[night valve]

Why not to make base Attachment class and put code there instead of 20milion places

[tender stag]

and they had the same thing

which is sight light and muzzle

if i wanted to add a new attachment type

i'd have to go to each script

and add it manually

[slender nymph]

yeah, that's just called "bad design", not exactly a usecase for generics

[tender stag]

brother

its fine

chill

[night valve]

You don't xD just make new class deriving from Attachment base

[tender stag]

its called every project is different

[slender nymph]

alright, well when your code ends up being confusing spaghetti because you barely understand what you are doing and using a tool that is not right for the job you are using it for, don't come crying here

[tender stag]

sure

[willow scroll]

There are just too many classes

[tender stag]

no because one holds information for the holder item

which is visible to the player

and one is the world item

which is picked up

its two different things

which u cannot put together

one hold specific information to itself and the other as well

u cant just put this together in one code

one class

this has to work with my inventory system

and as you know every system is different

every system has a different design

my house is different than urs

[willow scroll]

Supposedly, you mean the item, which exists in the world as a GameObject and its image as a slot?

[tender stag]

i cba

[slender nymph]

finish a thought before pressing enter.
and this phrase right here is a good indicator that perhaps generics are not the right tool for this. generics are good for when multiple systems are similar not different. hence the name "generic"

[tender stag]

they are simmilar

i was talking about the inventory system

[willow scroll]

Yes, but I wouldn't go around saying that if I lived in a house, whose roof collapses when it rains

[tender stag]

thats my point

[slender nymph]

so your point is that it has to be similar but also that your systems are all different so it isn't similar.

[willow scroll]

What you need is class ItemData, class ItemController : MonoBehaviour and class ItemSlot : MonoBehaviour

[tender stag]

i am doing that

i know how inheritence works

and im telling you i cant use it for my attachment system

[willow scroll]

What is you attachment system used for?

[tender stag]

each item that has the AttachableAddon

can hold its own attachments

so if you attach a scope to an ak

it will hold that scope item inside that ak item

so next time you pick it up it will still be there

and then you have to actually enable the model on the ak model

if the specific ak your holding has a scope

[willow scroll]

A scope attached to the ak is supposed to be ak-specific, isn't it?

[tender stag]

yes

to that specific item

because u can craft many aks

so that specific ak has to hold its own attachments
which is what im currently doing

[willow scroll]

So you can have a class, derived from item, to have a field for scope?

[verbal dome]

I just have a component on each gun part that has a list of "plugs" and "sockets" which define what part types can be attached and where

[solar arrow]

is this error coding related? idk what is this

[queen adder]

Is it affecting anything, It might be an internal error, not your own code

[solar arrow]

nope

[queen adder]

its usually fine to ignore it then, re-open the project

[carmine skiff]

I have no idea what is going on it just seems that VS doesnt like unity anymore

[rich adder]

right click it and try Reload With Dependencies or Regen project files in External Tools of unity

[carmine skiff]

that fixed the first one but not the second one

nvm fixed both now

[gaunt solstice]

Hey I'm making a top-down tank game in Unity 3D and does anyone have any good tips for making an enemy AI tank? I can use the navmesh system to make it move around and stuff but I am having trouble getting it to actually move like a tank

[rich adder]

in what way ?

[steep rose]

thats pretty neat

although i would do a check for the AI tank to only shoot if the barrel is under a certain threshold of looking at the player

[rich adder]

wdym too much angle now?

[steep rose]

no if you look in the gif, when you go behind the wall and come out the AI tank shoots even when its not looking at you, well so yes the gun has to much angle before shooting target 😅

[gaunt solstice]

well mostly when it gets a point on the navmesh to move to it will turn as it moves to the point which is not something a tank could do, so my current solution is to have it stop and turn to face the point before moving towards it. if youve ever played a video game with tank controls its like that. the problem with that is that while its turning it makes it a very easy target to shoot, so i'd prefer for it to have a turning arc, so it keeps moving while also turning towards the point on the navmesh. i made a video showcasing the 2 turning styles with the player tank that im controlling

[rich adder]

oh yeah should fix that lol I havent touched this project since last year

[steep rose]

a tank could do that

[steep rose]

you would need to show us code for what you have now, a tank can do both turning in place then moving and turning while moving

[gaunt solstice]

i know it can do turning in place that problem with that is that it just makes it a very easy target to shoot at

[rich adder]

hmm you could grab the generated navpoints then smooth them out and pass those final points manually moving it, I wouldn't know how you'd make it an arch instead though.

[steep rose]

show us your code of what you have

[gaunt solstice]

I do have some code that I was working on in order to get it to turn in more of an arc, the problem is that it messes with the navmesh so it keeps getting stuck on walls

[steep rose]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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Use links to services like:
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[steep rose]

if you want it to arch i would just get the next position of the navmesh and move and rotate manually there

i would also keep the turning in place for if the agent gets confused

[steep rose]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AI.NavMeshAgent-nextPosition.html

[carmine skiff]

https://beta.myst.rs/r6pq1mnu the looking around is not smooth at all idk why

[gaunt solstice]

yeah right now I'm currently working on the HandleStuck part in my code so that it could turn around if it gets stuck on a wall

[steep rose]

yeah for sure, the arch would be great to look at but when the agent gets stuck or is confused you should have the turn in place, if it is getting stuck in walls then you should teleport the agent to the closest point outside of a wall, preferably the previous position

[stiff fjord]

how would i make it so the forces are constantly being applied till they make conatct then switch

[deft grail]

set a bool to true on enter

and in Update you can apply the force if the bool is true

[blazing prairie]

If I am making a android game what should be the save speed is ms for my game to save data consistently onApplocationQuit or any another function

[stiff fjord]

i tried thsi but i crashed unity lol

[deft grail]

huh

[stiff fjord]

it completelyfroze

[timber comet]

You don’t need two bools for that, plus the up() and down() must be on update under an if with the bool

[deft grail]

just do if(goingUp) Up(); in Update

[verbal dome]

And else Down(); assuming this is like Gravity Guy

[timber comet]

Plus you could do this with only an if without making two functions

[short hazel]

Unity will wait for all your scripts to have finished executing before it proceeds on rendering the next frame. If one of your scripts doesn't finish (eg. with an infinite loop), you'll freeze it.

Remember that when your code runs, nothing else runs (except for multithreaded code - coroutines aren't a part of that)

[lost anvil]

hi, im trying to clamp where the player can rotate the inventory to by the amount of objects but im not sure how i would go about doing it, i had a try with mathf.clamp but that didnt work, is there something i can do to reference if the index of the item list is at the start or end maybe?

input method - https://gdl.space/ewuhuweyoz.cs

[short hazel]

Change both conditions to "if up/down arrow AND that I'm not already at the beginning/end of the inventory"

You need a variable to track what the current index you're at in the inventory

[lost anvil]

yeah i do i probably shouldve included that

[lost anvil]

ill see about this

[swift pilot]

what does this small plus icon next to the box mean

[deft grail]

the change isnt updated to the prefab

[swift pilot]

ohh

how do i update 💀

[deft grail]

in the inspector of the parent next to the name theres a button

you can do it there

[swift pilot]

not there

[deft grail]

"overrides"

[lost anvil]

to do that last part im assuming im comparing the index of the current item to the start and end indexes of the inventory?

[short hazel]

Yep

[lost anvil]

great cheers

[deft grail]

i think i saw it being a button itself before, maybe depends on the Unity version not sure

but for you its overrides

[swift pilot]

oh shit it worked thanks alot

[short hazel]

Yeah means the children objects were added, compared to the prefab

[swift pilot]

also for some reason i cant drag the thirst text into the text area in the script in the inspector of the parent

[deft grail]

its probably a text mesh pro

[short hazel]

If you're using TextMeshPro, the type to use in the code is TMP_Text instead of Text

[swift pilot]

yu

yup

it is

is there a way to make it normal text

[deft grail]

no, use TMP

[short hazel]

Prefer TMP, it's better

[deft grail]

change the variable type like SPR2 said

[swift pilot]

oh

[short hazel]

Plus for simple operations it's used the same in the code, you won't have to change much

[swift pilot]

so i just edit the script and put TMP instead of text

[deft grail]

TMP_Text instead of Text

[swift pilot]

oh

alright

[obtuse lagoon]

hey guys, when i try to log into unity I need a code and i enter it and i get “Invalid code”

[deft grail]

and you would need using TMPro; instead of unityengine.ui

[swift pilot]

got it

[short hazel]

If you're not programming this feature yourself, ask in #💻┃unity-talk for general help

[obtuse lagoon]

oh ok

[stiff fjord]

ended up going with this

[swift pilot]

im getting the same issue guys

[crisp anvil]

Hello, my start method isn't running on my prefab when instaitiated

    {
        gameManager = Game_Manager.Instance;
        if (gameManager == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("Game_Manager instance is null in QuestSlot.");
            return;
        }

        questManager = gameManager.questManager;
        if (questManager == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("questManager is null in Game_Manager.");
            return;
        }

        questSystemUI = questManager.questSystemUI;
        if (questSystemUI == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("questSystemUI is null in QuestManager.");
            return;
        }

        Debug.Log("QuestSlot Start");
        Debug.Log(questManager == null ? "questManager is null" : "questManager is not null");
    }```

Any idea why?
The prefab is made during runtime. I get no Debug logs from this, but I do from my Game Manager and stuff.

[short hazel]

Make sure the prefab has the script, that it is enabled (the check box aside its name in the Inspector is checked), and that the object the script is on is active (check box at the top of the Inspector is checked)

[crisp anvil]

it does

[short hazel]

If you added the script to an instance of the prefab (for example in the scene), make sure to Apply the changes to the prefab itself

[crisp anvil]

prefab is the same, like, If I add more debugging to the void start method it will work, its so confusing

it makes no sense ot me

[short hazel]

Do you get any exceptions logged in the Console? Make sure errors are not filtered out

[swift pilot]

heres the scipt that i edited still cant put tmp in the text area

[short hazel]

Also put a log, but at the beginning of Start

[short hazel]

To change the text, the property to use is still .text.

You need to configure your !ide before proceeding any further.

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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[swift pilot]

already done

[crisp anvil]

No exception or warnings, just my debug logs from other scripts.

I figured it out and it was dumb

dont wanna talk about it

[short hazel]

It's not, lines 25 and 31 should be underlined red, the issues are here.

[swift pilot]

so how do i fix it?

not the config

but the script

[short hazel]

Having a configured editor is required to get help here

[languid spire]

without fixing your config you will get no help here

[swift pilot]

oh

[late burrow]

how to save variable when creating prefab but not save variable when instantiating

[swift pilot]

done

switched to microsoft visual

[short hazel]

Good choice

[tulip nimbus]

So for a reason i really cannot figure out, my OnTriggerEnter2D does not work anymore all of the sudden.

It worked fine before i added the if (shipDead == true) and IEnumerator ShipDeath.

Why is this?

    void Update()
    {


        if (ship_hp == 0 || ship_hp <= 0)
        {
            shipDead = true;
            
        }

        if (shipDead == true) 
        {
            StartCoroutine(ShipDeath());
            shipDead = false;
        }

        void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
        {
            if (other.gameObject.tag == "Bullet")
            {
                Destroy(other.gameObject);
                ship_hp -= 1;
                AS.PlayOneShot(hit);

            }

        }

        IEnumerator ShipDeath()
        {
            AS.PlayOneShot(explosion);
            Color color = Color.red;
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);

            Instantiate(Particles, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
            yield return new WaitForSeconds(5);
            gameObject.SetActive(false);
            DestroyImmediate(Particles, true);
            yield return null;
            StopAllCoroutines();

        }


    } 
}

[swift pilot]

so can i get the help 😄

[short hazel]

Yes, refer to my comment a bit before

[swift pilot]

yea so how do i change the property

[short hazel]

With your keyboard

[swift pilot]

... 💀

[short hazel]

It's not .TMP_Text = ..., it's .text = ...

TMP_Text is the variable type

[swift pilot]

ohhh

[languid spire]

because it is INSIDE your Update method

[tulip nimbus]

Oh, so certain functions do not work when inside the Update method? Do they have to be on their own to work properly?

[late burrow]

can i mark variable as non copyable on instantiate

[languid spire]

yes, never nest methods unless you have a good reason to do so

[tulip nimbus]

Thanks alot

[steep rose]

they reside outside of the update method

[tulip nimbus]

i appreciate it

[short hazel]

When they're inside, Unity cannot see them, so it cannot execute them

[swift pilot]

LESS GOO IT WORKED I LOVE THIS SERVER

[verbal dome]

Yes

[carmine skiff]

IS rotation Frame dependant or not my left and right roation on mouse feels so laggy and idk whyand its driving me insane

[languid spire]

do not cross post

[carmine skiff]

didnt mean to just putting it in a better place and also glad someone seen and yet still didnt answer the question :3

[verbal dome]

Depends on your code.

[carmine skiff]

https://beta.myst.rs/r6pq1mnu - fps controller
https://beta.myst.rs/2s9aiepg - input manager

[languid spire]

you know why I didn't answer? Because I looked at the code you posted and saw absolutely no effort to try to debug it

[carmine skiff]

i mean i did try ive been trying for 3 hours trying different methods of rotation looking through the docs to no help at all

[steep rose]

setting the .rotation manually? using .rotation is not framerate dependent but Update() is.

[languid spire]

then why isn't your code peppered with Debug.Logs?

[steep rose]

but your inputs counteract this, unless they are multiplied by Time.Deltatime which makes buggy movements, since inputs already do this

[carmine skiff]

how is that going to help me with how smooth the rotation is

[languid spire]

because it shows you exaxctly what is happening and what values you are using. Debugging 101

[carmine skiff]

ive tried using time.deltatime in multiple places just doesnt help at all just makes the rotation not happen pretty much at all

[cosmic quail]

hi, handle rotation in lateupdate, it will solve all of your issues.

[verbal dome]

You should do camera rotation in LateUpdate, not Update

[steep rose]

unless they are multiplied by Time.Deltatime which makes buggy movements, since inputs already do this
dont use Time.deltatime for inputs

[carmine skiff]

oh i misread your message mb

[carmine skiff]

Thank you both it feels a lot smoother now @verbal dome

[errant fjord]

hello guys, i have this script that controlls the location of the object , but i want to reference it to a controll those parameters in the shader how do i reference it?

the script was made by chatgpt , 😊 just want to controll couple of parameters with the script

[short hazel]

Look at the reference name of the parameter in the shader graph. Then once you have that, get the material from the code, and use the appropriate Set method on it, to change these parameters. SetFloat() would correspond to float inputs

[errant fjord]

thanks!

[bold saffron]

For some reason This loop never starts:

https://pastebin.com/fqGtvzDh

(this is just a small part of the code)

[keen dew]

i > 2 should be i < 2

[bold saffron]

thank you!

[graceful osprey]

is there any way to change the tree render distance?

[ruby python]

Hey all,

I'm working on a Vehicle Enter/Exit script and am trying to get the players 'pose' to change using Unity's built in IK solution.

The IK works perfectly 'outside' of the vehicle, but I'm having a weird issue when 'sitting' in the seat.

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

I have some 'target objects' attached to the vehicle seat (the idea is that I want to use the same script for multiple vehicles).

I used these 'target objects' as target positions for the IK target object positions (enter the vehicle, hands/legs/spine ik controllers move to the 'target' objects positions. Now, this does actually work (see image), the red Boxes are all in the correct positions.

The issue I'm having is that none of the character bones are moving to them as they should. The controllers still work (I can move them around and the arms/leg bones move, but from where they are in the image.

Can anyone see the issue? Been trying to figure it out for most of the day 😕

[earnest wind]

why would u want to have a void in a void

[languid spire]

fyi they are called methods not voids

[earnest wind]

i call them voids my bad

idk never heard someone say method

[short hazel]

void is the return type, indicating that the method does not return any value

[deft grail]

basically everyone here calls them a method or a function

[languid spire]

void is a return type. what would you call

int Mymethod() {}

[short hazel]

Method is the official name

[earnest wind]

nice

[languid spire]

it's even in the message you replied to

[earnest wind]

my bad

[earnest wind]

oh yeah function yeah

[atomic flume]

Does anybody know the encryption method for .dat save files for mobile unity games?

[languid spire]

it can be absolutely anything implemented by the developers

[atomic flume]

Okay I'm looking at the game pewdiepie Tuber simulator in particular

[languid spire]

so ask the developers, they are the only ones that can tell you

[atomic flume]

There's a apk that unexrypts them for the game but the problem is that it was made for a older version of android that looks into that android data folder which does not work anymore

[short hazel]

Decompilation/modding/reverse engineering of third party games is not something we offer help with here.

[languid spire]

we do not discuss these things on this server

[atomic flume]

Okay

[crimson whale]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class ProjectileLogic : MonoBehaviour {
    public int speed;
    public GameObject target;
    public string projectileType;
    void Update() {
        if (target != null) {
            Vector3 direction = (target.transform.position - transform.position).normalized;
            transform.position += direction * speed * Time.deltaTime;

            Quaternion lookRotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(direction);
            transform.rotation = lookRotation;
        }
    }

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision) {
        if (collision.gameObject == target) {
            EnemyInitiate enemyInitiate = target.GetComponent<EnemyInitiate>();
            if (enemyInitiate != null) {
                enemyInitiate.health -= 20;
                Destroy(gameObject);
            }
        }
    }
}```
This ^ is the only code controlling the projectile's movement, and it's only telling it to go towards the target, yet it is equally drawn to the top left of the game towards literally nothing and I can't figure out why. Here's the instantiation code:

```void StartProjectile(int targetID) {
    GameObject target = GameObject.Find("Enemy_" + targetID);
    if (target != null) {
        GameObject newProjectile = Instantiate(cannonProjectile, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
        ProjectileLogic projectileLogic = newProjectile.GetComponent<ProjectileLogic>();
        if (projectileLogic != null) {
            projectileLogic.target = target;
        }
        else {
            Debug.Log("Projectile logic script could not be found in cannon projectile.");
        }
    }
}```

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[short hazel]

Your projectile has a Rigidbody, yet you move it from the Transform directly. This bypasses the physics engine and might lead to weird results

[crimson whale]

I see, thank you. The issue with removing it is that the collision won't be detected when it hits an enemy, but I can just make it apply the damage once its within a certain range of the enemy rather than colliding if there's no easy workaround.

[short hazel]

You could use the Rigidbody to move it, using the MovePosition() or AddForce() methods

[crimson whale]

Well on second thought, can it pass through objects that are not the one its targeting? If not the alternative might be the way to go

[steep rose]

the rigidbody obeys the physics system, so it will detect collisions

using the transform doesnt, i would just use the built in rigidbody functions

[tulip nimbus]

Is there a way to make it so that an IEnumerator method "locks" itself so it cannot be called again until the code is finished or yield breaked?

[crimson whale]

Yes, set a variable to true when you call it and set it to false at the end of the coroutine

And only call it while the variable is false

[short hazel]

It will stop at any collider in its path, unless you modify the physics settings to tell it that the layer "projectile" does not collide with any other layer except whatever layer the enemy is on

[crimson whale]

So what do you think I should do

Just make it destroy and damage when its within say 1 distance from the target?

I don't need it to have physics

Just go towards the target

[short hazel]

Do you want realistic (bullet velocity, bullet drop) physics?

[crimson whale]

I do not

Making it like COC

But going over it has made the answer pretty obvious

Thank you :)

[short hazel]

You could make a script that raycasts from the last position of the projectile to the current position, and check that the colliders detected in between contains your enemy

[steep rose]

i would use the rigidbody to detect collisions and use the functions, using translation and detecting collisions yourself every frame by using Overlapsphere or checking the distance is slower than just using the rigidbodies built in collision detection

[bold saffron]

Hello, not sure whether this belongs in code-general but I am trying to make make script spawn in a turret and then set it to TurretList. All the turret prefabs have the turret tag and yet instead of being set on line 79 to feature the three turrets, on line 80 it tells me that turret list is 0 keys long. Does anyone know why this is happening? thanks! (The "GenerateTurret" code is hashed out on lines 75-76)

https://pastebin.com/NSyAHWgZ

[tulip nimbus]

Is there a way to dissable a function so it doesent react anymore? Like OnTriggerEnter doesnt react to any Triggers any longer?

[polar acorn]

Set a boolean on it and as the first line of that function do if (thatBool) return;

OnTriggerEnter specifically works on disabled objects because it's often used to "wake up" disabled scripts when the player is near them

[tulip nimbus]

On a diffrent note, when dissabling scripts, is there a status that an object can be in which dissables all interactions and codes? Like gameObject.SetActive() but without the object actually dissaperaring?

[ripe shard]

When you destroy a unity object but keep a reference around you can still access it but you get errors when you do.

Officially there is no such state.

[tulip nimbus]

Okay one last thing i wanted to ask today

Theese operators are kind of messing up my code. How do i devide the Operators so they work on their own instead of combining each other?

Which means i want to make it that the if() statement returns true if:
(ship_hp = 0) + (OR ship_hp <= 0) + (AND shootable == true)

not if:

(ship_hp = 0) + (OR ship_hp <= 0 AND shootable == true)

I really hope this is not too confusing to ask for i really dont know how to word it.

Do i use commas? Or anything else?

[ripe shard]

AND binds stronger than OR, use brackets to organize your statements. A comma in a paper math statement is an AND

[tulip nimbus]

Thanks, tho

How do i put them to seperate the operators?

[ripe shard]

Maybe read up on c# expression syntax

[eternal needle]

Just saying those 2 checks on the hp are overlapping. You are checking ( if it's equal to 0) or (less than or equal to 0)

[tulip nimbus]

This is great, i was wondering how you call those. Thank you!

[ripe shard]

This is the complete source of truth, but it has way more info than you need https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/language-specification/expressions

[tulip nimbus]

yeah ik that was my problem here i couldnt figure out

[eternal needle]

I'm not sure if you understood what I meant, the statement that you said you want to check for has a redundant check. Meaning you dont need to check if its 0 and also check if it's less or equal to 0

[tulip nimbus]

Ah i get it now. Was confusing since english isnt my first language. So youre saying i can leave out the ship_hp == 0?

[eternal needle]

Yes

[tulip nimbus]

Thats really helpful to know so my code wont be so messy, thanks man!

[alpine cairn]

I NEED he l p

[polar acorn]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

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[steep rose]

the debug Path runs, but OVC and i does not, im not sure why 🤔

if(pathfinding)
            {
                Debug.Log("Path");
                while(true){

                    Collider[] OVC = Physics.OverlapSphere(currentnode.position, AISphereRadius, WPtransformmask);
                    Debug.Log("OVC");

                    for (int i = 0; i < OVC.Length; i++){
                        Debug.Log("i");

                     Openednode.Add(OVC[i].transform);

                     float OpenStartCost = Vector3.Distance(OVC[i].transform.position, Startpoint.position);

                     float OpenEndCost = Vector3.Distance(OVC[i].transform.position, Endpoint.position);

                     int OpenIntStart = (int)OpenStartCost;

                     int OpenIntEnd = (int)OpenEndCost;

                     int OpenFinalCost = OpenIntStart + OpenIntEnd;


                      if(FinalCost < distmin && Openednode.Contains(OVC[i].transform)){
                        currentnode = OVC[i].transform;
                        Openednode.Remove(currentnode);
                        Closednode.Add(currentnode);
                      }

                    }
                }

[teal viper]

A runtime error perhaps?

[steep rose]

all im seeing in console is the debug path and my try-catch to tell me if a point exists, and my script is running to so im a little confuzzled

[teal viper]

What try catch? Where? It could be catching the error for you.

If an error is thrown, the code execution stops. It doesn't matter if you catch the error later on.

[alpine cairn]

help me make first person game

plzzz

[steep rose]

it may have been catching the error, I think i had an infinite loop in there on accident so my unity is most likely gonna crash 😅

[alpine cairn]

PLZZZ

[steep rose]

please what

[alpine cairn]

help me make first person game

[teal viper]

Stop. Read #854851968446365696 on how to ask questions and how not to.

[alpine cairn]

stop being rude plez

[eternal needle]

<@&502884371011731486>

[teal viper]

No one is gonna make a game for you here. The best we can do is answer a specific question.

[steep rose]

make it yourself

[alpine cairn]

why are u mentioning a mod

[frosty hound]

@alpine cairn This isn't the place to spam for people to make games for you. This is a learning server.

[alpine cairn]

im not spamming

[steep rose]

@alpine cairn you might get muted or even worse banned if you keep it up

[north kiln]

You are repeatedly posting "plzzz", which is unecessary spamming

[eternal needle]

Oh sorry I didnt see a mod was already typing.

[frosty hound]

Yes, you are. If you want to collaborate with people, use the Discussions site. !collab

[eternal falcon]

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[alpine cairn]

im just asking for help not collabing

2 different things

[steep rose]

help on what?

[frosty hound]

So ask a specific question.

[steep rose]

speak up

[alpine cairn]

need

[north kiln]

Nope. Post a complete sentence.

[frosty hound]

!mute 1268096070488166451 3d Return when you can actually ask a question.

[eternal falcon]

zen_gull_53076 was muted.

[steep rose]

my playmode is busy for 4 minutes 😂

[eternal needle]

If it is an infinite loop, you might be able to pause in VS if the debugger is attached. Otherwise you'd have to just close unity

I've seen others say sometimes you can attach the debugger during it and pause but I've never gotten it myself to work lol

[steep rose]

ah rip, i didnt have the debugger on

[teal viper]

They could attach it to process

[steep rose]

i just closed unity but it didnt close and everything seems fine? im not even gonna question it

[steep rose]

do you need to yield for while(true) or else it will hang unity?

[teal viper]

Unless you break from it in a reasonable amount of time, yes.

It would hang any program, not just unity.

[steep rose]

alrighty then that was my issue, thanks 👍

[teal viper]

Btw, yield would only apply to a coroutine.

In any other case, you need to break out of the loop

[dry geyser]

can anyone help me with this error i cant find or fix with photon's pun2? the error: Got DisconnectMessage. Code: 104 Msg: "InvalidEventCode". Debug Info: {}. the script I believe is causing this is:

[teal viper]

Networking is really not a beginner topic and there's a channel for that: #archived-networking

[dry geyser]

oh ok

[bold iron]

Is there a function that will play when the script ends?

[teal viper]

Wdym by "the script ends"?

[bold iron]

i have a another script that turns on and off the game object. When it turns off the game object the script associated will also stop. I want it to run a code when the script associated with the game object stops.

[teal viper]

So, when it's disabled. There's an OnDisable method that would be called.

[bold iron]

ok thanks

[sour ruin]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the best chat to ask but had anyone experienced transform handle offsets that don't align with the actual position and rotation? I have a joint hierarchy for the character and none of the joints are represented correctly. Furthermore trying to rotate the joint rotates it around this phantom handle axis instead of where it's actually located. I know where it's actually located since visually all the meshes are in the right place and rotation + draw gizmo pins the positions correctly, just the handles are off

[wintry quarry]

Switch your tool handle position to Pivot

Right now you likely have it on Center

[sour ruin]

Yup

Thanks

[waxen adder]

Anyone else get into a situation, where you feel like you can do something better in your programming, but can't quite think of it?

Like, you can get something to work, but the code is kinda weird

[lavish topaz]

I'm new to Unity so I don't have the most experience with cameras, so I decided to look at cinemachine since some tutorials were using it. They used Camera.main to assign the Object to a variable, but when I do that it is null.

I do have the tag as MainCamera for the cinemachine virtual camera object. Everything I can find online says that's the issue but nothing else.

[cold stag]

Someone hepl this is extremely frustrating. I spent the entire weekend on this rpoject and I can't build it. The thing keeps saying UI doesn't exist in the namespace unity. wtf do I do I've literlaly tried everything, reinstalling the editor reinstalling the 2D package and the UI package and trhe textmeshpro packacge deleitng the librarby folder deleting all the visual studio folders reinstalling the visual studio package

[eternal needle]

this is just experience. im sure this can be said about most peoples beginning attempts for player movement scripts.

[eternal needle]

the MainCamera tag should be on the object with the unity camera

[waxen adder]

That's fair. Considering most of the territory I'm dealing with right now is brand new to me, it could easily be compared to when I started doing player movement.

[wintry quarry]

You'd have to show your code, your scene, and the error.

It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with Cinemachine though

[teal viper]

Might want to share the actual errors and their details.

[bold gale]

In godot, you can connect a collider signal to a script in another object.
In Unity, a Box Collider calls OnTriggerEnter when something enters the area. Is there a way to connect this function call to another script, or do I have to always add a script to this Box Collider/GameObject if I want to do that/and for every functionality?

[wintry quarry]

You can easily make a script that has a UnityEvent that gets triggered in OnTriggerEnter. Then you can subscribe whatever you'd like to the UnityEvent

[bold gale]

Is there any way one single gameobject can listen to multiple objects by itself, or do these multiple objects always have to subscribe that one single gameobject first?

[languid spire]

depends on your hierarchy. If you have a parent with a rigidbody and children with colliders then the parent can receive the collisions on the children

[bold gale]

i see, the parent isnt a rigidbody, its just a GameObject. I'm doing things with areas in a prefab hallway that a player walks into, and the level will change and add prefabbed hallways depending on the area that the player walks into.
Since the hallways will be generated in runtime i thought it would be easier to have one single manager script listening to those box collider areas rather than having to code multiple box colliders subscribing to one script

[solid marlin]

Hey yall, not sure if this kind of question fits here or not so I apologize if it doesnt, I have decided to start learning unity as I was always interested in game dev. Someone told me that I should learn the C# basics, as in loops, classes and functions mostly. Are those enough to start tinkering around in unity? If yes, do I just look up a random tutorial and go off of that?

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[ruby python]

Mornin' all.

I'm having a bit of a weird issue that I can't for the life of me see where the problem is. I've got a simple 'enter/exit vehicle' script that works almost perfectly.

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

This gets called by an 'interaction' script on the player.

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

The issue is that the first time I try to interact to 'drive' the vehicle(s), the switch script behaves as if I am already 'driving' the vehicle (as if the bool isDriving is set to True), and I'm a little confused as to why.

Can anyone see where my error is please?

Video for reference.

https://streamable.com/57yrpn

[eternal needle]

if you have a decent understanding of those concepts, plus how to actually write some lines of code yourself, then yea thats a better starting point than a lot of beginners here. the learn site steve linked will teach you unity basics

[astral falcon]

Did you log your isDriving boolean when entering? Maybe you are setting it in inspector or something gets triggered twice?

[solid marlin]

Thanks for the answers, yeah, I have the concepts already since I programmed in other languages, should I just keep following unity learn until I feel comfortable with smaller projects then learn whatever I need in smaller bits?

[ruby python]

The logs in the console are the boolean (the warnings are something unrelated and non-game breaking so ignore those.

[worthy veldt]

only those 2 Enter and Exit is changing isDriving ?

[ruby python]

Yeah.

[tranquil lintel]

hi, im a beginner in unity and am currently trying to make a basic crossy road esque game to learn stuff. So basically I want the game over screen to pop up whenver my chicken collides with a car. Both game objects have colliders and the chicken has a kinematic rigid body too. The car is tagged correctly and I don't think theres a problem with layers. But the OnCollisionEnter2D still doesnt execute. Can anybody help me with why?

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if (collision.transform.tag == "Car")
        {
            Debug.Log("Game over");
            gameOverScreen.SetActive(true);
            chickenIsAlive = false;
        }
    }
}```

[eternal needle]

have you used java before? c# is basically the same. if so, yea u could just keep going on unity learn or make your own small project if you have an idea. Really the tutorials should just be there to tell you what exists in unity, and roughly what its used for. If you understand coding well, you'll quickly see that most tutorials really are bad. for example, the unity docs is purely just to show you how to use the functions. a lot of the time the code itself is questionable. Not sure about unity learn as ive done like 2 lessons on it.
The same goes for youtube tutorials. Most are really bad when you look closely. But you can always use them to get an idea of what exists or how something can roughly be done

[astral falcon]

Those logs should happen once, not multiple times, right?

[worthy veldt]

he put it in update, and isdriving is false when he is on bike

[languid spire]

to start with, debug if the method even runs and what the collision objects tag is

[solid marlin]

Ive mostly used python and im aware of the fact that most tutorials are bad since they usually just tell you the answers with small explanations

[ruby python]

That was my bad tbh. I had the logs running in update. Gimme a sec.

[astral falcon]

So you should make sure, that the interaction is happening once before accepting a new state.

[tranquil lintel]

the tag is Car but no the collision snippet isnt running. I dont see the debug statement in the console

[languid spire]

so do as I suggest. You KNOW nothing until you do you are just assuming atm

[astral falcon]

Also, where do you trigger EnterVehicle()? I cant see it in your scripts or am I blind 😄

[tranquil lintel]

okay how exactly do i go about this?

[languid spire]

Add a Debug.Log before the if outputing the tag

[tranquil lintel]

okay i did that and its not showing up in console

[languid spire]

so your method is not executing which means your setup is incorrect

[ruby python]

I have an 'interaction' script.....

public class Interactable : MonoBehaviour
{
    public UnityEvent OnInteract;

    public void Interaction()
    {
        OnInteract.Invoke();
    }
}

This triggers the EnterVehicle method

[astral falcon]

Ah, okay, thanks for clarification

[tranquil lintel]

alright so what all should i verify?

[languid spire]

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

[astral falcon]

You should really learn how to google things and research. Spoonfed developing wont help you learn anything

[compact light]

I am having an issue where editor attributes such as range and editor button are not appearing or having an effect in the toolbox. Is there any setting or whatnot that I have to change?

        [SerializeField] [Range(0, 100)]
        public float dragCoefficient = 0.1f;
        [SerializeField] [Range(0, 1000)]
        public float maxSpeed = 100.0f;
        [EndGroup]
        
        [EditorButton("ResetMotion", "Reset Motion")]

[astral falcon]

Put the range attribute in the next line

[compact light]

additionally, private variables are showing up in the toolbox... is there a way to remove this?

[astral falcon]

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

[compact light]

no luck

[ruby python]

Okay, I threw in some more useful debug.logs. It looks like it's triggering the ExitVehicle Method straight away on the first 'interaction' and I'm really not sure why.

https://streamable.com/u6nfm4

[astral falcon]

Is the inspector probably driven by a custom editor inspector?

[compact light]

no

[astral falcon]

Because you are on the one hand triggering the interaction, it gets true and update checks for your input and detects the keydown and exits, I guess

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExecutionOrder.html physics before input. So I guess, its exeucting the update of the physics script first. Why not just make the interaction check for itself and switch the boolean instead of you mixing up update input and physics raycast at the same time?

[ruby python]

I find it weird that it only happens the first time the EnterVehicle() is called though. Weirder thing, I had this working perfectly yesterday. lol.

[astral falcon]

Phew, you never know what script gets called first until you set the executionorder manually. Thats why I suggest, decide on one interaction input type, not a mixture. Also I suggest switchintg to the new input system

[astral falcon]

Any screenshot of your inspector?

[astral falcon]

And what does your current script look like?

[compact light]

[SerializeField] 
        [Range(0, 100)] 
        public float ThrustForce = 10.0f;
        [SerializeField] 
        [Range(0, 100)] 
        public float ManeuverForce = 10.0f;
        
        [SerializeField] 
        [Range(0, 100)]
        public float DragCoefficient = 0.1f;
        [SerializeField] 
        [Range(0, 1000)]
        public float MaxSpeed = 100.0f;

[languid spire]

you do realize that for public variables you do not need [SerializeField] at all

[astral falcon]

this is working perfectly fine on my side. even if public values are serialized anyways

[compact light]

trying everything out here man

[alpine yarrow]

hi im new to coding

[astral falcon]

Show the full script. What is your class type?

Also, just remove [SerializeField] for now for the public values

[compact light]

restarted the editor one moment

do I need serializable on the class?

[astral falcon]

what is the class type

[compact light]

class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour

[astral falcon]

Did you remove the serializefield and leave only range?

[compact light]

yes

[astral falcon]

What does Range show you as tooltip when hovering it?

[astral falcon]

Can you show the top of your class? PlayerController : Monobehaviour etc.? You sure there is no custom editorlayout lying around somewhere?

And did you restart your visual studio/vs code?

[alpine yarrow]

what coding app do you guys sugest?

[astral falcon]

I am using visual studio coming with unity. Personal preference for a lot of cases Id say. Some use rider, some use AI driven stuff and what not

[alpine yarrow]

thx

[compact light]

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

namespace SpaceAsh.Player
{
    public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
    {
        # region Inspector Variables

        //[BeginGroup("Game Objects")] 
        public InputActionAsset playerControls;
        public Camera playerCamera;
        public GameObject ship;
        public Rigidbody2D shipRigidbody;

        //[EndGroup] [BeginGroup("Movement Variables")] 
        [Range(0, 100)] 
        public float thrustForce = 10.0f;
        [Range(0, 100)] 
        public float maneuverForce = 10.0f;
        
        [Range(0, 100)]
        public float dragCoefficient = 0.1f;
        [Range(0, 1000)]
        public float maxSpeed = 100.0f;
        //[EndGroup]
        
        //[EditorButton("ResetMotion", "Reset Motion")]
        

        # endregion

        /.../
    }
}

[astral falcon]

region? why is there a space to it between hashtag and region?

[alpine yarrow]

im in school rn cann u help me write with a walking script when im home?

[compact light]

thats a whitespace

[alpine yarrow]

yuh

on ur left

same thing

[compact light]

regions allow you to block off code

[astral falcon]

Please keep personal chats out of this 😄

[alpine yarrow]

alr

thats my friend

[astral falcon]

I know what regions are 😄 Just was wondering, why its not autocorrecting yours to remove whitespace which makes me wonder, if your whole setup is set up correctly

[alpine yarrow]

when i get home today can you help me with a walking script??

[compact light]

its a whitespace lol

rider has a weird default code style

[astral falcon]

You can always come here to ask globally. I wont give 1:1 support as noone else here does most of the time, as we are all here on free basis to help eachother 🙂

[compact light]

commented it out nothing changed

[astral falcon]

ahh its rider, my bad then.

[alpine yarrow]

ty for helping when i get home i will se if i can get some help

[astral falcon]

Okay so. If you add a new public variable, does it show up after saving?

[compact light]

yes

[languid spire]

Copy/Pasted your script

[compact light]

lmfao

this happens every time I touch this damn editor

[astral falcon]

Somethings def. broken on your side. no errors or warnings in unity?

[compact light]

there is no setting or anything that may change the behavior of the editor?

[languid spire]

no

[compact light]

thats all

[astral falcon]

Are you in debug mode or something?

[compact light]

nope

[solid marlin]

One more question related to this, what IDE should I use? Previously I mostly used VSC for other languages, is that going to be fine for this as well?

[astral falcon]

I worked with both, code and studio, both worked well, personal preference for most parts as long as you dont need any special case covered

[compact light]

this a good version to be using?

[astral falcon]

Did you check this box by any chance? ProjectSettings => Editor

[compact light]

def inspec?

[astral falcon]

Yep, it should be unchecked, at least its on my editor

[astral falcon]

Hm, out of ideas then

[compact light]

back to godot I go ig 😭

[astral falcon]

Just try another editor version and see if things change

[compact light]

I def have a corrupted install

[compact light]

what ver u on?

[astral falcon]

I am working with unity 6 cause I need some features. So I cant tell you what 2022 version is best

Last one I used was .41f1

There is .48 out, maybe update

[compact light]

im going down to 2021 lts

[compact light]

i was on 2022 .47

[astral falcon]

Ah okay, because it says 47 on your screenshot

[compact light]

edited.

[languid niche]

can someone help i am getting a null ref error at enemy script line 26 when checking for isEnemyArea, which is in player script

[cosmic dagger]

the reference variable on that line is null . . .

[languid spire]

you never assign a value to playerScript

[cosmic dagger]

you need to assign a value to playerScript . . .

[languid niche]

playerscript = getcomponent<Playe>()
i di this too but it was same

sorry for typo error but this is assigning right ?

[languid spire]

is Player on the same Game Object?

[cosmic dagger]

well, does the GameObject this script is attached to have a Player component?

[languid niche]

I did a serializedfield and assigned the player object to it

no player and enemy are different game objects with different scripts

[languid spire]

so GetComponent on it's own can never work

[languid niche]

actually i want to access the bool variable from the player script in enemy script, can u let me know a better way

[languid spire]

you have the GameObject player in your script so

playerScript = player.GetComponent<Player>();

would have worked

[languid niche]

yeah that was i thinking why is it returning null when i am adding the component

[languid spire]

because the component cannot be found on the CURRENT game object

[astral falcon]

Is there only one player present at all time?

[languid niche]

yup

a unity window

[astral falcon]

Then you could use the singleton pattern to always have access to your player

[languid niche]

the private set and public get thing, i mean instance

[astral falcon]

Yep, that instance thing

[languid niche]

Ok I will try Thanks :), i will try get a solution around it

[queen adder]

If you will want OnCollisionXXX to get called in children too, you could use my package: it also aims to send disabled collider messages https://github.com/RiskyWilhelm/UnityColliderSupport

[gritty cloak]

Hi, is there any reason a Debug.Log is being called non stop when the function I call should work only when I click certain button in my app? For instance, I click once a button that calls ChangePhase function and now the debug says "Current Phase is Create List" without non stop, I have checked the script and the Inspector but there are no other ways this should be called so many times. Last week I did not had any problem, is just today that I opened the project and it went crazy

[languid spire]

did you check the stack traces to see the call stack?

[gritty cloak]

how do i check?

[languid spire]

select the message, the stack trace appears below

[gritty cloak]

Phase is already CreateList. No change needed.
0x00007ff604fdde3d (Unity) StackWalker::GetCurrentCallstack
0x00007ff604fe2f19 (Unity) StackWalker::ShowCallstack
0x00007ff605fd2eb1 (Unity) GetStacktrace
something like this?

[languid spire]

just screenshot the console window

[astral falcon]

And what code are you triggering? Can you share it

[languid spire]

so it looks like your menumanager is firing events

[gritty cloak]

public void SetListType(int type)
{
listTypeIndex = type;
for (int i = 0; i < typeListButtons.Length; i++)
typeListButtons[i].interactable = (i != listTypeIndex);
currentListType = (ListType)listTypeIndex;
Debug.Log("Current type of list is " + currentListType);
}

This is called from the buttons on the UI

public void ChangePhase(string text)
{
if (Enum.TryParse(text, out MenuPhase newPhase))
{
if (menuPhase != newPhase)
{
menuPhase = newPhase;
UpdateMenuObjectsWithAnimation();
Debug.Log("Phase changed to: " + menuPhase);
}
else Debug.Log("Phase is already " + newPhase + ". No change needed.");
}
else Debug.LogError("Invalid phase name: " + text);
GeneralInfoText();
Debug.Log("Current phase is: " + menuPhase);
}

This is called from different sources since changing phase happens when I click certains buttons in the app

[astral falcon]

!code

[eternal falcon]

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[languid spire]

At a guess you have multiple subscriptions to the event. Are you using AddListener ?

[gritty cloak]

the only code with addlistener is in Start() in ListManager, to whichi I have set up to check the inputfield and to make the "Create" button available only if there are characters for the list name, but other than this, I have no other listeners

[languid spire]

ok, you have your console collapsed, uncollapse it and check the stack traces for the instances of that message. See if there are any differences

[gritty cloak]

what should be looking for again?

[languid spire]

it is very clear to see which part of your code is in the call stack calling, eventually, the Debug.Log. So you need to look at the messages you think should not be there and see if they are all being called from the same place

[languid spire]

At a very wild guess, looking at this the fault lies in your ListManager. doing too many AddListeners without removing them correctly

[gritty cloak]

well everything was solved as magic when I just restarted Unity, now things work without the console calling the same function countless times

[worthy veldt]

i looked into how to save a game, in stardew valley clone game should i go for BinaryFormatter or JSON ?

it utilized scriptable object for recipe and player can make their own crafting recipe (cooking game). im not sure how to save SO in json

but i read that binary method is unsecure ?, i dont mind if player cheating the save file but i dont want to make it too easy

[silk night]

A scriptable object is just serialized data, you can serialize the data to json and back

[eternal needle]

Dont use binary formatter. The docs do say, it's not secure. The alternative can be binary writer.
But either way its up to you and the actual serialization of it should be pretty easily swapped out. Meaning you should just call a method to save your data, and in that method you do either your json or binary.
Json will be human readable, binary wont be

Json being human readable also means it's easier for you to see when something goes wrong

[worthy veldt]

i only learned the basic so it will be tedious though, storing that information one by one. i watched binary can store custom class.

welp, better savfe than sorry. json it is

[eternal needle]

It's not like json cant store custom classes. Basically everything is a custom class

[worthy veldt]

yes as i mentioned i just learned the basic, perhaps there is more technique down the line

[eternal needle]

Look into Newtonsoft. There is also some plugin that has a bunch of conversions for unity types so you can serialize stuff like vector3

There isnt much to it honestly. If you can save an int, you can save your custom class. It's literally the same code.
Also it's a bit easier when you make classes that contain only the information you want to save.

[dry geyser]

anyone know why u cant see my player object in the game tab?

[wintry quarry]

Probably due to its z position relative to the camera

This is also not a coding question

[vagrant harness]

There's a better way of doing this, isn't there?

    public InputActionAsset inputActions;
    public Animator animator;
    InputAction move;
    InputAction look;
    InputAction punch;
    InputAction jump;
    InputAction crouch;
    public bool canMove;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        move = inputActions.FindAction("Move");
        look = inputActions.FindAction("Look");
        punch = inputActions.FindAction("Punch");
        jump = inputActions.FindAction("Jump");
        crouch = inputActions.FindAction("Crouch");
    }

[north kiln]

Serializing InputActionReferences; using the C# generator of the Input Action Asset; or just doing what you've done, as there's nothing really wrong with it.

[vagrant harness]

Anyone know how to make VS always

{
    
}

instead of doing a normal line break when you press enter in the middle of a {}?

[vagrant harness]

Anyone know why characterController.isGrounded rapidly switches between True and False?

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (!(characterController.isGrounded))
        {
            velocity += (Vector3.down * Time.fixedDeltaTime);
        }
        else if (velocity.y != 0 || velocity.y < 0)
        {
            velocity.y = 0;
        }
        velocity = velocity * (characterController.isGrounded ? 0.5f - Time.fixedDeltaTime : 1 - Time.fixedDeltaTime);
        Debug.Log($"Velocity: {velocity}, Grounded: {characterController.isGrounded}, movement: {move.ReadValue<Vector2>()}");
        characterController.Move(velocity);
    }

[frosty hound]

Probably because you're resetting the y velocity to zero whenever it is grounded resulting in the capsule cast on the CC to not actually go in any direction to detect the ground that frame.

The docs have an example on how to move and jump, use that as a working base.

[red helm]

What API to use for the Database of the Unity Game?

[wintry quarry]

Wdym by "the database"?

What are you trying to do

[red helm]

Like storing completed levels

[wintry quarry]

Why do you need a database for that

Sounds like you're just asking about a saved game system

[thorny basalt]

If it us just “what levels have been completed” I like to use JSON personally

[silk night]

If you specifically want online storage look into firebase or other cloud based storage

If you want to just save player progress on the device:

• Simple data -> PlayerPrefs
• Complicated data -> Json + Filesystem

[bright arch]

why does clicking on my object not input anything into the debug log at all, regardless of whether or not i clicked the collider?

[slender nymph]

do you have an event system in the scene with a Physics2DRaycaster on the camera?

[bright arch]

ou sweet, i did have event system but not the raycaster, thank you

[wintry quarry]

Are you doing the physics raycast for testing purposes? It seems redundant

[bright arch]

i needed to just make sure it was actually clicking the object, when i click on it i want other things to happen so it does have a purpose

[normal mango]

ive got a simple script on a bunch of doors that calculate how close or far the player is, and opens the door when they get close, but the variable isnt syncing with the animator. how can i fix this? do i need to declare the animator component?

[slender nymph]

where do you set the parameter on the animator?

[languid spire]

how would you expect to operate the animator if your script knows nothing about it's existence?

[normal mango]

so declare the class and getcomponent in awake?

[languid spire]

or declare as a serialized variable and drag the animator component into it

[normal mango]

does the avatar part of the animator component matter?

[slender nymph]

presumably a door does not have an avatar, so no

[normal mango]

still got nothin

[slender nymph]

and are you actually setting the parameter or did you think just referencing the Animator component would magically tell the parameter the value of your completely unrelated variable?

[normal mango]

how can i set that then?

[slender nymph]

did you look at the docs for the animator component?

[normal mango]

not yet

from the unity 3d manual?

[slender nymph]

!docs

[eternal falcon]

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[languid niche]

I also doing same thing except when i get past the point i make the bool true and if less false, so you can play the animation when close to the point and closing animation when past the point,
there is a codemonkey tutorial also which states this opening and door closing thing that may help 🙂

[normal mango]

i got it working, thanks

[frozen plaza]

hi!

I'm trying to manipulate a mesh. for that I want to look at the triangles of the mesh. I would expect triangles to be int[][], an array of 3 integers each which are the indexes of the vertices of the triangle

the triangles array is int[] for me though.. anyone know why this is?

[low lagoon]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh.html worth taking a looksie here (specifically https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Mesh-triangles.html)

[frozen plaza]

hm, yea.. I would expect Vector3, but it's int[]. why?

[silk night]

triangle is just listing indexes of verticies

[frozen plaza]

yes. it should but it's not. it's just a 1D array of numbers

[silk night]

so a drawn triangle would be:

PSEUDO CODE
mesh.vertecies = [(0, 0, 0); (0, 1, 0); (1, 1, 0)]
mesh.triangles = [0; 1; 2]

the 0, 1, 2 telling that they reference the first, 2nd and 3rd vertex

[frozen plaza]

ah! so it's always pairs of 3?

[silk night]

yes, three connected vertecies that draw a triangle

[frozen plaza]

ah, now I see it.. ok, that's a bit unfortunate but I understand it

thank you!

[languid spire]

you know you can easily remap an int[] to a Vector3int[] if it makes it easier for you to work with

[low lagoon]

adding complexity unnecessarily can cause problems... the most simple solutions usually end up being the best

[frozen plaza]

right..

[alpine yarrow]

@astral falcon hi remember me?

[silk night]

you can just use a for loop that increments by 3 every step and go with i, i+1 and i+2 to access the vertecies

[alpine yarrow]

I wanna get a good code app but what should I use?

[frozen plaza]

did you just delete a message? looked like syntactic sugar, I'm new to C# and would like to learn things like that

[willow scroll]

Visual Studio is a free ide, most commonly used for Unity

[alpine yarrow]

There are 2 visual stodio code-insider and visual studio code

[silk night]

Yeah I missread what you want to do, it was a linq query to just remap the triangle array to each vertex point, but you want all 3 points of the triangle in a sub array

[low lagoon]

vs code is pretty decent for me, visual studio is absolutely the easiest if you're not using copilot or something

[alpine yarrow]

Alr but there a are 2

Insider and normal

Well I think normal

[willow scroll]

What do you mean by "2 visual studio code-insider"?

[astral falcon]

Just imagine some punctuation in the sentence 😄 "There are 2 (,) visual studio code...."

[alpine yarrow]

Sorry my English is not the best

Well I think it worked and ima try to. Get a walking script and looking arround

[night valve]

"crocodiles dont swim here"

[silk night]

    var mapped = new int[mesh.triangles.Length/3][];
    for (var i = 0; i < mesh.triangles.Length; i += 3)
    {
        mapped[i / 3] = new int[3] { mesh.triangles[i], mesh.triangles[i + 1], mesh.triangles[i + 2] };
    }

[night valve]

sorry i had to :c

[verbal dome]

I'd use tuples or vec3int instead of arrays, for storing individual triangles

Less garbage

[willow scroll]

Got it. None of them were advised by me. I mean "Visual Studio", and this is the whole application name, without "Code"

[valid turtle]

where would I seek help for something like the particle system?

[alpine yarrow]

Alr thx

[astral falcon]

#✨┃vfx-and-particles

[obsidian granite]

if there's two bodies in a collision, collision.impulse will always point toward one body, even if both objects are receiving the OnCollisionEnter message. is there a way i can have the impulse always face the rigidbody on the object that the script is attached to? right now i'm thinking of using dot product to check if the impulse vector is more than 180 degrees away from the vector pointing from the colliding body toward the attached body, and if it is, i'll just multiply it by -1, but i'm wondering if there's a better way

[willow scroll]

In the installer, select Unity for Unity, .NET for C# without Unity

[alpine yarrow]

I think I did it idk

[silk night]

isnt the impulse the combined forces on impact, so if both objects hit each other with the same velocity (reversed) the impulse should be 0

not 100% sure on this tho

[alpine yarrow]

I got the wrong one

[obsidian granite]

that's not the issue

[silk night]

the impulse is not pointing at "any" object, it is pointing where the combined forces add up to

[obsidian granite]

impulse is a vector

it points

[silk night]

what you are looking for is the impact position + normal i think

[valid turtle]

prob have to wait quite long for an answer there right?

[obsidian granite]

impulse is unit force times a change in unit time

force is a vector

therefore impulse is a vector

[silk night]

A, speed (0, 3, 0) -> Impulse (0, -2, 0) <- B, speed (0, -5, 0)

iirc

[obsidian granite]

impulse is the change in force needed to resolve a collision, my issue is that the impulse i'm getting from a collision points in the wrong direction. i.e, if a car hits another car, one of the car's impulses will be pointing in the correct direction, but the other one's impulse will be pointing in the wrong direction

[junior saddle]

why do they let me do this

[willow scroll]

Because you may have semicolons without anything "inside of them"

You can also have as many spaces before putting one, for instance

[low lagoon]

use "Visual Studio" which comes with Unity. "Visual Studio Code" can be a pain to set up if you aren't already experienced dev

[willow scroll]

Not sure whether VS Code requires more than selecting it as an ide and downloading a plugin for C#

[low lagoon]

you could probably ban that in your lint if you really don't like that it can be done

[low lagoon]

plugin for C#, plugin for Unity, and then fixing the way unity launches VS Code to be able to launch it with line-number properly, not to mention if you've got several unity projects that rely on eachother and want to edit both at the same time from a higher-up codebase in a single editor e.e

I guess that last part is the reason it was a pain for me lol...

[junior saddle]

I feel like this is wonderful

random semicolons everyone

[willow scroll]

If you want to decrease your readability, sure

[alpine yarrow]

Sashok so if I wanna code for unity I use c#

[low lagoon]

that is correct

[alpine yarrow]

Alright thank you all so much for helping

Another question (sorry for all the question I'm new to this)

I wanna make a 3d game what should I do for a walking? Mouse looking script

[silk night]

You should !learn through tutorials

[eternal falcon]

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[astral falcon]

Thats not a coding question but your decision of what you wanna do.

[alpine yarrow]

Wdym?

[astral falcon]

You decide what game you are going to do. There is no best practice for a "3d game". Walking could be anything depending on platform, movement mechanics and what not. But as sidia suggested, first go through the tutorials

[alpine yarrow]

Is that in this server?

[low lagoon]

actually in the link that the bot showed: https://learn.unity.com/

probably just start here: https://learn.unity.com/pathway/unity-essentials

[alpine yarrow]

Alight well wish me luck ima start

[frozen plaza]

so.. if I want to sub my mesh into 2 submeshes, I do

        this.mesh.subMeshCount = 2;

        this.mesh.SetTriangles(someTriangles, 0);
        this.mesh.SetTriangles(someOtherTriangles, 1);

        MeshRenderer renderer = this.GetComponent<MeshRenderer>();
        renderer.materials = new Material[] { someMaterial, someOtherMaterial };

and then I have 2 submeshes with a different material, no?

well i did try and it does not work lol so that's why I'm asking

[willow scroll]

Yes, you do. You have to select "Unity" in Visual Studio installer if you want to work in Unity. Additionally, you should install ".NET" for C# applications. I would recommend to start from pure C# before going to Unity

[silk night]

Yes, that should be the right solution, what exactly does not work here?

[frozen plaza]

I have half the triangles be one submesh and half the other. only the first submesh is rendered (or visible idk)