💻┃code-beginner

[marble hemlock]

its also inconsistent, which makes me uncertain what the problem or cause is

uhhh
okay

ig we'll just

ill try another system

[astral falcon]

What system are you even using?

[marble hemlock]

currently its just set up to make the gameObject to setactive whenever canInteract becomes true, which becomes true if the raycast hits a layermask called "pickupLayer"

[astral falcon]

What is the setactive gameobject? Does it have a collider or something?

[marble hemlock]

it was working fine before, and the script was left unchanged because of that. but now i get random snapping of the camera whenever i hover over the pickupLayer

[marble hemlock]

yes

the problem isnt that its not registering it, because it is. its that for some reason something is causing the camera to suddenly snap away.

ill just figure it out later ig

[astral falcon]

Does your player get pushed away by that collider for some reason?

[marble hemlock]

no

its inconsistent so im not sure whats causing it to be exact

[astral falcon]

Yeh, depending on where you stand, it can have different effects. Can you just disable the collider for test purposes?

[marble hemlock]

im going to turn off gravity then cuz its gonna fly through the floor

well its not causing any problems now, but the raycast isnt hitting anything

i shall try something else

[astral falcon]

You should check the physics collision matrix and place your items on another layer than your player

[neon oar]

how do i delete the wolken Script component

https://gyazo.com/afc9b153f3226c41135bd0888bfeb57a

https://gyazo.com/8f206b85c6206f6a83609417ab9c75a7 there is no delete ooption lol

[ivory bobcat]

Try the remove component?

[neon oar]

omydays

im so sorryu

looooooool

[solid marlin]

Hey so I am still super early in learning, but I have two questions. Firstly, is unity learn going to be enough for basically anything? Or should I look up/use third party tutorials as well? Secondly, how will I know that "I am ready" to make something bigger? Obviously Ill start with smaller projects for practice and experience but I'd like to move onto something bigger when I have enough knowledge.

[faint osprey]

i want to create a system where when the player dies the scene instantly restarts however would the engine take longer restarting the scene than just resetting everything else

[teal viper]

Unity learn might not be enough for "anything". Nothing will be enough for "anything" actually. Unity learn would help you with the basics. Beyond that you're on your own. Learn and research whatever you need for your project instead of everything.

[teal viper]

Also, you would never know when you're ready. You just try it and see yourself if your goal was too ambitious. That is, after you got the basics down of course.

[solid marlin]

Fair point, I mostly meant anything as in Ill know my way around unity mostly.

I dont think my goals are THAT ambitious honestly so once I get over most of the basics I feel like I wont get stuck much

[teal viper]

Assuming you're reloading the scene, that would obviously take more time than just resetting some variables. Reloading implies unloading objects and resources from the memory, loading them again and initializing everything.

[faint osprey]

hmm ok well is there a good way of ressetting everything other than resetting all the transforms and bools of everything

[solid marlin]

How different is unity 6 from the current LTS version? Any major differences that I should consider while learning?

[teal viper]

There isn't. That's pretty much what you'd need to do. You might write some code that makes it easier though. For example have a resetter component and/or have your scripts implement a sort of resetter interface.

That being said, while scene reloading would take more time for sure, perhaps it's a compromise you're ready to take. That's a design decision.

[teal viper]

There are plenty, though most of them are probably new features. Better start off with lts.

[faint osprey]

no i just tried resetting the scene takes like 1-2 seconds im gonna reset everything lol

[topaz thistle]

!code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

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

📃 Inline Code

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

[topaz thistle]

Is there anything in my code that could be preventing me from interacting with the game? I start the game and I can't interact with it at all:
https://hastebin.com/share/onexumusoy.csharp

[deft grail]

as in keyboard presses or wdym cant interact

[wintry quarry]

What kind of interactions are you expecting?

[topaz thistle]

To click a button and enter text into an input

[swift elbow]

check if you have an event system in your scene

[wintry quarry]

Yeah make sure there's an event system

and the appropriate raycasters/input module

[deft grail]

if i have a script on a prefab i can just Instantiate that?
or do i have to do GameObject?
im getting a "the object you want to instantiate is null" error

[swift elbow]

are you asking if you can instantiate a script?

[deft grail]

i want to instantiate the game object but as of type as the script, so i dont have to use GetComponent on it

or does this only work with rigidbodies and stuff?

[swift elbow]

you can just create a new variable and do = Instantiate(prefab).GetComponent<T>();

[deft grail]

yeah i know, but with rigidbodies you can just instantiate that directly i think so i thought the same applies to a normal script but i guess not

[swift elbow]

oh i see, but no i dont think this works with anything other than rb

[deft grail]

yeah, works fine as a GameObject though so ill have to use GetComponent

[eternal needle]

yes that applies to any component on your GO. not limited to rigidbodies in the slightest

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.Instantiate.html
the docs for instantiate are clear, they take any UnityObject. Theres no limitations on this being a GameObject or Rigidbody
Take a look at the 3rd/4th example too.

[iron wing]

why am I not getting Auto Complete?

[swift elbow]

is your !ide setup?

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[deft grail]

so i can instantiate my own script?
would you know why it would error as null then?

or maybe its that i didnt put it in a variable and change it on that, but directly on the instantiate instead

[iron wing]

I tried enabling this, though it didn't change anything.

[iron wing]

I'll take al ook

[eternal needle]

im not sure what you mean by the next sentence, its just entirely likely you didnt plug it in the inspector after changing the type

[arctic ridge]

I'm trying to make a camera control script to use with a joystick here: https://paste.ofcode.org/Z2S9aHRA9rihXqmcczWRfE, but when i use it it both snaps back to the default camera, and the camera clamps on the left and right as well as up and down. I assume the camera snaps back due to something with the multiplication and the joystick at position (0,0), and the clamping is due to soemthing with the Mathf.clamp method, but i'm not super familiar with it.

Also, mouse x and mouse y are bound to the correct axes in the input manager

[rocky axle]

Should I start with the unity beginner programmer or unity essentials? I’m about done with code academy’s intro to c#

[iron wing]

I went through this for Visual studio Code and I'm fairly sure I went through all the steps. Even though I'm using VS Code is Visual Studio actually nessecary??

[deft grail]

it automatically changed it, but just to make sure i even removed the component and added it back and manually re assigned them but it errors
as soon as i change the variable to GameObject the error is gone
but ill try it again later maybe i did something wrong

[ivory bobcat]

I'd recommend this if you've just covered if-statements and whatnot - some rehashing of what you've learnt but practical to Unity. If this is too much information, you may want to brush up a bit more with the basics without Unity.
https://learn.unity.com/project/beginner-gameplay-scripting
Assuming you just finished https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-c-sharp

[cosmic dagger]

Visual Studio and VSCode are both different. choose one to work with. Visual Studio is an actual IDE and easier to setup/use. VSCode is a code editor that is lightweight, and plug-in friendly for many coding languages . . .

[minor pier]

Hiya yall! Im a starting dev and im learning c# rn, but a lil problem i have is that im struggling with writing code.
I understand each piece of the code what it does but i struggle with just writing it into a proper script, does anyone have tips to make it easier?
(Its like knowing what the pieces in a pc do but that u have no idea how to put it together into a pc)
Idk if this is the correct chat for this but if it isn't please redirect me!

[bold gale]

I want to check if an object is in the camera view, and I've looked online and tried many solutions like OnVisible, and TestPlanesAABB with camera frustums but they dont work if the object is behind another object, or if you arent looking at the center transform of the object or in other words you are looking only at a small part of the object.
I'm going to do raycasts for the entire camera view with spacing in between them, but surely unity has an inbuilt function for this already, can anyone help point in the right direction?

[teal viper]

OnVisible should work imho. Unless you're using occlusion culling.

And testplanesaabb should work if you provide proper bounds

[iron wing]

I dont remember adding a second camera in the first place. why am I getting errors trying to remove it?

[iron wing]

weird. i think restarting unity fixed my issue unless it comes back

[valid turtle]

{
// LogicoScripto is another script I want to use a number from
    public LogicoScripto scoreText;
    public Text HighestScore;
// you can ignore this int for right now   
 public int PlayerScore;

    void UpdateScore()
    {
        GameObject.Find("playerScore").GetComponent<LogicoScripto>();
        if(playerScore )
    }


}

Im trying to code a highscore and I coded this so far. But when I want to use the "playerScore" from the other script it says as an error that "The Name "playerScore" does not exists in the current context."

What am I doing wrong. I thought I could maybe use find to grab the number from the other script.

[ivory bobcat]

Normally you'd cache the reference then use it. For example:cs var logico = GameObject.Find... if(logico.playerScore > ...) ...

But if the two objects are in the scene, you should consider referencing from the inspector instead: cs [SerializeField] private LogicoScripto logico; ...``````cs if(logico.playerScore > ...)

where you'd drag the other game object from the scene into the inspector field of the script that wants access to that object's component.

[valid turtle]

but if I do private dosent it NOT show up in the inspector?

[ivory bobcat]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SerializeField.html
It's serialized so it'll show up in the inspector. If other objects should be able to change this reference then you'd have the access as public.

You should probably move non coding question to #💻┃unity-talk or some other relative channel id:browse

[strong mica]

sure

[valid turtle]

public LogicoScripto scoreText;
    public int HighScoreText;
    public Text HighestScore;

    void UpdateScore()
    {
        GameObject.Find("playerScore").GetComponent<LogicoScripto>();
        if(scoreText.playerScore > 0)
        {
            HighestScore = GameObject.Find("playerScore").ToString;

        }
    }


}

I now have this but it says that .ToString isnt working

[languid spire]

because ToString is a method not a varaible

[ivory bobcat]

I don't think you need that find and get component method.

Methods should have ().

[valid turtle]

But how else would I get the Number from the other script?

I would like to use your first method

[ivory bobcat]

If you want to use find (not advise) you'd cache the component

[valid turtle]

how would I do that? 😦

[ivory bobcat]

    public int HighScoreValue;
    public Text HighestScore;

    void UpdateScore()
    {
        var logico = GameObject.Find("playerScore").GetComponent<LogicoScripto>();
        if(logico.playerScore > HighScoreValue)
        {
            HighestScore.text = logico.playerScore.ToString();
            HighScoreValue = logico.playerScore;
        }
    }```

[languid spire]

you missed the .text

[modest dust]

I'd recommend taking a C# course if you're having issues with something so basic as saving a method return value into a variable and using that

[valid turtle]

Im trying to avoid tutorials

Dont want to end up in hell

[modest dust]

And here's the result

Take a normal C# course, the link is in the pinned messages in this channel

[languid spire]

well don't expect to be constantly spoonfed here

[swift elbow]

thats exactly what i did and thats the only reason i ended up in hell lmao

[valid turtle]

are you still in hell?

[swift elbow]

no ive been out for a long time, but its only because of persistence

would not recommend this method though

[modest dust]

I strongly advise to take a C# course

[valid turtle]

But do I actually learn something if I do that?

dont I just reproduce?

[swift elbow]

if you follow along and practice then yeah

[modest dust]

At a basic level, yes

[swift elbow]

think about the learning process for coding to be similar to math, you have to learn and practice in order to remember and understand

[modest dust]

Those courses exist and are pinned here for a reason

You first learn how to place a single brick, then make a wall out of them

[valid turtle]

Something I also never understood was:

Dont learn Syntax, learn problemsolving.

TF am I supposed to do if I dont even know how to write specific things in the first place.

[swift elbow]

i mean, i feel like this advice is super counter intuitive because to learn coding basics, everyone already has enough problem solving skills (assuming youre not a child)

[languid spire]

to program you need to problem solve, to code you need syntax, they are not the same thing at all

[swift elbow]

but following along with courses will teach you problem solving as well

[modest dust]

Problem solving and syntax are two different things, but you still need both

[valid turtle]

Ohh okay

[dry geyser]

can anyone help me with this script refusing to recognise AudioListener? it just keeps erroring that the refrence needs to be an instance of an object

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

public class AudioSettingApplier : MonoBehaviour
{
    public AudioSource audioListener;

    private void Awake()
    {
        if (audioListener == null)
        {
            audioListener = GetComponent<AudioSource>(); // Automatically assigns AudioSource from the GameObject
            Debug.Log("assigned: " + audioListener);
        }
    }


    private void Update()
    {
        audioListener.volume = SettingsHandler.instance.Volume;
        Debug.Log(audioListener.volume*100);
    }
}

[valid turtle]

The thing is, I basically took a course, but the guy then said: Figure out how to do things like animation and HighScore by yourself. Thats my situation kinda

[iron wind]

Do you maybe have this script on more than one object in the scene?

[modest dust]

Then don't listen to the guy, if you don't know how a tool works then how are you supposed to use it blindly? You have to either take a course or consult the docs to know how to use it. But your problem right now isn't with animation or high score, it's basic C#, so go learn that.

[languid spire]

screenshot your console, please dont dripfeed relevant information

[swift elbow]

Yeah that's some horrible advice

For your case

[valid turtle]

Discouraging, but I guess I have to pull trough

[dry geyser]

just the camera

[languid spire]

then SettingsHandler.instance.Volume is your problem not the AudioSource

[dry geyser]

i never set it initially thats why. thanks

[opal zealot]

That's odd, I already have the InputSystem set up with the name but I cant connect it.

Following a video tutorial for the script in question: https://hastebin.com/share/xojunusoti.csharp
Said Video Tutorial is from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-VfsQQlji0

[swift elbow]

its PlayerInput not system

[opal zealot]

Ah, my mistake.

[languid spire]

`obvious error

PlayerInputSystem playerInput;
...
playerInput = GetComponent<PlayerInput>();

[opal zealot]

Ahh

[snow warren]

hello

i have a big issue going on here

whenever i instantiate a new game object

it says on the end of the name of the gameobject gameObject(Clone)

how to remove the (Clone) from the end of the gameobject

[languid spire]

seyt the instantiated objects name property

[snow warren]

i am setting names like this

[languid spire]

and please type in full sentences before pressing enter

[snow warren]

GameObject Managed = new GameObject("Managed");

[snow warren]

sorry i will try not do it again

[languid spire]

this will not add the (clone)
this

Instantiate(prefab);

will

[snow warren]

is there any alternative?

[languid spire]

sure

GameObject newObject = Instantiate(prefab);
newObject.name = prefab.name;

[snow warren]

it is over complicating things

i hope it works

[opal zealot]

Followed everything right, though I never seen this error occur before.

[swift elbow]

you dont have the component on your object

[languid spire]

so your GetComponent is not working. Is the component on the same game object?

[astral falcon]

You can also use https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Component.TryGetComponent.html to include checks and log fallbacks when its failing

[languid spire]

this is very common, expect to see it a great deal

[opal zealot]

Ah

[languid spire]

it always boils down to the same problem, you are assuming something which is not the case

[opal zealot]

I need to watch the video again.

[astral falcon]

I advice you to read the docs about the types and methods you are using in the tutorial. Otherwise you will just follow someone telling you what to do and have a very narrow learning curve

[opal zealot]

Will do.

[languid spire]

and this is why I hate video tutorials, they show but do not teach

[opal zealot]

Tea

[astral falcon]

I rather read several pages of a blog post tutorial then watching one tutorial again, that is not covering a specific topic just to remind

[opal zealot]

I did miss something.

[languid spire]

yes, you forgot to add the PlayerInput component to the gameobject

[snow warren]

hey when i do change the name and remove the clone keyword from the end
it creates another gameobject with clone written at its end

how to deal with that?

[languid spire]

show your code

[opal zealot]

My bad, its all fixed by now.

[astral falcon]

If it created another gameobject, you are creating it via code, so you most likely copied the line to the next and tried to set the name on a new instance.

[opal zealot]

Thanks Smith

[snow warren]

let me see

[snow warren]

its like 5k lines of code

so i dont know what to show with it

[languid spire]

just post the bit where you are making the gameobject

[snow warren]

ok let me

if (!UAEFileRoot.Find("target").Find("Managed").Find(ids.ToString()))
{
    GameObject Entity = new GameObject(ids.ToString());
    Entity.AddComponent<TypeFieldCell>();

    ContactInfo Infos = new ContactInfo();
    Infos.Name = Entity.name;
    Infos.Type = identifiers[54];
    Entity.GetComponent<TypeFieldCell>().ConfigueHierarchyCell(Infos);

    var obj = GameObject.Instantiate(Entity, UAEFileRoot.Find("target").Find("Managed"));
    obj.name = Entity.name;
}

Transform GEntity = UAEFileRoot.Find("target").Find("Managed").Find(ids.ToString());```

[astral falcon]

so you are creating a new gameobject already with Entity line, then instantiate a gameobject again

new Gameobject will just be an empty gameobject in your hierarchy

also, for whoevers sake, get a better way to avoid all those Find() calls.

[snow warren]

🥲

[snow warren]

yea
but for some reason there are duplicates

[languid spire]

because you are creating them

[snow warren]

one with no clone written at the end and other with clone written at the end

[snow warren]

let me see

ok i fixed everything

[languid spire]

this

GameObject Entity = new GameObject(ids.ToString());

create an new object and this

var obj = GameObject.Instantiate(Entity, UAEFileRoot.Find("target").Find("Managed"));

makes a duplicate of it

[snow warren]

now the word clone is gone

but there are duplicates

[snow warren]

you mean the gameobject was in the scene already and i am just duplicating them instead of setting them as parents

then what's the instantiate for?

[languid spire]

you dont need the instantiate, replace it with Entity.transform.SetParent

[snow warren]

thanks for the big info

let me fix my code

[languid spire]

better yet, completely rewrite it because it is horrible

[snow warren]

its not easy to rewrite 5k lines

[languid spire]

that block is though

[snow warren]

it is being reused and modified and then reused again and again

its not a function

[languid spire]

and, if you have a 5k line script you are definitely doing something (probably lots of somethings) very wrong indeed

[snow warren]

nooo

it used to work

i intended to make a hierarchy like suppose you open a folder and you want to see the contents of the folder in a hierarchy like you open folders and stuff like that
previously i wrote the code when on button click the contents were shown
but now i am working on making it a complete hierarchy so in simple words i am just modifying the previously existing code

take a look at this

this is also a hierarchy but i this case of gameobjects

inside scene

[languid spire]

ok, that should probably be less than 200 lines of code, not 5k

[snow warren]

and opening some other file formats like rar and zips so yeah

[languid spire]

irrelevant, it sounds like you have never heard of loops

[snow warren]

I am not a good programmer

i turned 18 a few months ago

[languid spire]

let me give you a tip.
Look for patterns and duplications in your code, all of those means you should be using loops and methods not copy/pasting

[snow warren]

thanks for the advice

[weak cedar]

I have a script that derives from Button. How do I add my own code to Start() or Awake(), or is there an alternative?

[languid spire]

which Button, there are 2

[weak cedar]

UnityEngine.UI

[languid spire]

public class Button : UnityEngine.UI.Button
{
    new void Start()
    {
        base.Start();
        // Your code here
    }
}

[burnt vapor]

Don't do this

new hides the original method, and if you were to cast or match the old button, then it uses that Start method instead

Button inherits from Selectable, which inherits from UIBehaviour. This method has a virtual Start method you can override

So override, don't new

[languid spire]

It is my understanding from the OP's question that that is exactly what he wants

[burnt vapor]

@weak cedar

You add your own code by overriding

public class Button : UnityEngine.UI.Button
{
    override void Start()
    {
        base.Start();
        // Your code here
    }
}

new should generally only be used if a method is not virtual, though in this case you should wonder why it's not virtual in the first place

[weak cedar]

this is what I want

I'm making a custom button with some tweening animations, and since the Button completely overrides the inspector, I can't drag and drop image references

so I need to pass references somehow

[eternal needle]

would your start method even be called by unity if you use new?

[burnt vapor]

Not sure. I have no idea how this would fix their issue, hence why I suggest against it. But, this is probably my lack of understanding what the point is

[weak cedar]

it does

[weak cedar]

so why do you suggest I use override and not new?

[burnt vapor]

Like I said, new hides the original method where override actually overrides it. I don't see how override would not work here

[weak cedar]

wdym by hides?

[burnt vapor]

The issue is that if you were to call one of the base methods, you would not call the final new method in one of its derived types. Compared to override which overrides the method and does call it

So if Unity calls Start in a way where it does it from one of the base types, it will not call your new method

And perhaps it actually calls it from MonoBehaviour. I don't know what logic they use here

Regardless, if this happends, it would call the final method. In your case there are no overriding methods, and thus the base virtual Start method is called

But like I said, I don't know your issue well enough to see why new could possibly work better here. I haven't used Unity enough for that

[weak cedar]

override doesn't work anyway

[fluid lagoon]

how do i make dynamic rigid body not flip in unity 2d i want my charechter to not fall and flip

[weak cedar]

appearently start in the uibehaviour is protected

[burnt vapor]

Doesn't matter

Use the correct access modifier

[swift elbow]

stop cross posting

[weak cedar]

ok works this way

[burnt vapor]

Also, here is an example https://dotnetfiddle.net/SuZ5TL

Notice with the first and second line, both call the final override method and not the new method

It's only when you directly use the class with the new method where it works

[languid spire]

except Unity runs it's methods via Reflection not standard C#

[burnt vapor]

Like I said, I don't know what logic they use and what is called in the end

This is just an example of the issue with new and why you should override instead

[weak cedar]

I'm not going to use any of the base classes methods. In fact, just Start()

[weak cedar]

ty for elucidating btw

[burnt vapor]

You're not the one calling the methods though

[queen adder]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class MovementScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    static string deathTag = "DeathWay";
    public GameObject player;
    public float moveSpeed = 5f;
    public Vector3 teleportPosition;

    private Rigidbody rb;

    void Start()
    {
        player.tag = "Player";
        rb = player.GetComponent<Rigidbody>();
        if (rb == null)
        {
            rb = player.AddComponent<Rigidbody>();
        }
    }
    void Update()
    {
        float moveHorizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        float moveVertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

        Vector3 movement = new Vector3(moveHorizontal, 0f, moveVertical);
        rb.velocity = movement * moveSpeed;
    }

    void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
    {
        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("DeathTrap"))
        {
            player.transform.position = teleportPosition;
        }
    }
}
``` MissingComponentException: There is no 'CharacterController' attached to the "PlayerBase (1)" game object, but a script is trying to access it.
You probably need to add a CharacterController to the game object "PlayerBase (1)". Or your script needs to check if the component is attached before using it.
MovementScript.Update () (at Assets/Scenes/MovementScript.cs:14)

[cosmic dagger]

The error is telling you what to do . . .

[queen adder]

Fair enough 😄

[wintry quarry]

This error doesn't match this code to be honest. Make sure you saved your code.

[real geyser]

i have this code here

and it gets scriptable object

but its not becoming one?

[slender nymph]

you cannot create an instance of an abstract class. you can only create instances of a concrete implementation

you also don't have a CreateAssetMenu attribute on that anyway so even if it weren't abstract, you can only create an instance of it in code

[real geyser]

in here i did override which is not instancing?

[slender nymph]

okay so then create an instance of that object using the Create menu

[real geyser]

ah

damn

mb

[forest widget]

Hey Guys i have an weird problem i am doing the unity beginner program and i just cant watch any of the videos because they wont load even tho i have a good and stable connection to my Wifi.
Has anyone a Tip for me how to fix it?

[slender nymph]

that's not a code question. that is not really even unity related as it's an issue with your own internet connection. if you cannot watch videos due to poor internet, then find text based courses

[frozen plaza]

how can I fire an event on EditorGUILayout.Toggle?

[forest widget]

okay i am sorry i didnt knew where to ask i will i am sorry

[cosmic quail]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/EditorGUILayout.Toggle.html read the documentation

[frozen plaza]

I did.. there's nothing about an event there

[cosmic quail]

there is, in the code example

[hexed terrace]

id:browse to find the various subjects, and always read the topic first.

[frozen plaza]

this does something every time OnGUI, not when the checkbox is clicked

[languid spire]

you can simulate that by using a property

[frozen plaza]

pretty new to C#.. this means with get/set?

[languid spire]

yep

bool _setBtn;
bool setBtn { get { return _setBtn;}
set {
   if (_setBtn != value) {
      _setBtn = value;
      OnToggle(value);
   }
} }

[vivid ginkgo]

i have a main folder with many subfolders. these subfolders contain many images. i want to change the filter mode of all these images to Point no filter. How do i achieve this, can i automate this? I dont want to go each folder, ctr a and change it to point no filter, when there are about a thousand folders to get through.

[frozen plaza]

cool, thank you

[vivid ginkgo]

If anyone could help me, i would appreciate it a lot. thank you all

[languid spire]

#↕️┃editor-extensions but you need an AssetPreprocessor script

[past stone]

Hello I have a Serializeable and I am having an issue where I cannot drag my Text or Image component to the list i am not sure why this is happening how do I make it work?

[System.Serializable]
  public class UpgradeUI
  {
    public Image icon;
    public Text name;
    public Text description;
  }

[slender nymph]

your Text component is probably actually a TMP_Text, as for the Image component, make sure your variable is the right type of Image. UnityEngine.UI.Image is not the same as the UIElements.Image type (you want the former)

[past stone]

i made sure that i am dragging a legacy text/image component and it says type mismatch or just not allowing me to do it

[slender nymph]

then are you perhaps trying to drag scene objects into a prefab or other asset?

[past stone]

yes

[slender nymph]

please say that next time. prefabs cannot reference in-scene objects. you have to pass the reference at runtime when you instantiate the prefab
https://unity.huh.how/references/prefabs-referencing-components

also consider switching from the legacy text to text mesh pro, it's better is nearly every way (unless of course you like your blurry text)

[past stone]

i see, so how do i correctly connect the text component to my script? I wanted to display the text from my script to the UI

[slender nymph]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[fervent abyss]

how can i await a method thats not async? or wait until this method is executed?

[past stone]

got it thanks

[slender nymph]

if a method is not async then it will complete before the next line of code runs when you call it

[polar acorn]

You cannot. If you want a delay, it needs to either be async or a coroutine

[slender nymph]

whatever is supposed to use that returnValue variable should be executed in the result callback. because this is clearly an API request which means that callback isn't executed here, it is executed whenever that API request completes

[polar acorn]

If you want something to happen after returnValue is true, instead of having this script return a value to something, just have the ExecuteCloudScript call that function instead of setting returnValue

[faint osprey]

is it possible for a raycast to be blocked by a trigger collider

[languid spire]

yes, if the setting for it is on

[faint osprey]

is it on by default

[languid spire]

no

[faint osprey]

oh oof mine was dont know when that happened or if its a unity 6 thing

[wintry quarry]

yes

[languid spire]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Physics-queriesHitTriggers.html

[faint osprey]

cool that fixed my issue

    {
        SceneManager.LoadScene("Tutorial" + player.currentScene.ToString(), LoadSceneMode.Additive);
        player.playerStart = GameObject.Find("PlayerStart" + player.currentScene.ToString());
    }```

is there a function to wait for unity to finish loading a scene or do i need to put this in a coroutine

[astral falcon]

you could use the async method to wait for it

also you can use the scenemanagers events https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SceneManagement.SceneManager-sceneLoaded.html

[faint osprey]

    {
        Debug.Log("Loaded");
        player.playerStart = GameObject.Find("PlayerStart" + player.currentScene.ToString());
    }```
it doesnt call at all not even when i start the game

[languid spire]

you need to subscribe to the event

[lofty sequoia]

is there a special process to using FormerlySerializedAs?
When I use it I add the header, save, rename, save, remove header, save, and it STILL loses all inspector references

[faint osprey]

ah is that this SceneManager.sceneLoaded += OnSceneLoaded

[languid spire]

yes

[faint osprey]

thats giving me errors

[astral falcon]

the docs give you a perfect example to compare to

[languid spire]

did you look at the method signature in the example code linked?

[faint osprey]

all i can see is putting it in onEnable but thats still giving me the error

[astral falcon]

compare your OnSceneLoaded method to the docs

[keen dew]

Add header, rename, save, switch to Unity and let it recompile, remove header, save

[languid spire]

method signature!

[faint osprey]

i had my params in my loadNextScene not OnSceneLoaded

[languid spire]

you need to pay more attention to what you are doing!

[fading barn]

Can animation controller be used for same purpose as state machine or behaviour trees?

[slender nymph]

the animator is a state machine so it can be used for that yes, behavior trees would likely be difficult in it but you can use unity's Behavior package for that

[trail heart]

I'd look out for performance though
Animator has an overhead cost since it's designed to blend many layers of properties when animating them

[fading barn]

I will check it out

Why do some features come in unity seperately as packages be installed instead of just being preinstalled?

[languid spire]

because not every project need them, why pay the overhead for things you dont want?

[slender nymph]

well for one thing, the behavior package only just released. and not everything needs to be directly integrated into the engine, the more things are modularized, the more your experience can be tailored to exactly what you need

[fading barn]

Ok i get it.

[frozen plaza]

this also pops in OnGUI.. :/

[languid spire]

of course, when you change the toggle

[frozen plaza]

no, every time..

[languid spire]

nah

[frozen plaza]

oh nvm.. the != value didn't work properly

[forest widget]

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

public class MovementPlayer1 : MonoBehaviour
{
private float movingspeed = 10;
private float diry;
// Start is called before the first frame update
void Start()
{

}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{
    if (name == "Player1")
    {
    diry = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") * movingspeed;
    }
    if (name ="Player2" && Input.anyKey) //<-- Right here
    {
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.I))
        {
            diry = movingspeed;
        }
        if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.K))
        {
            diry = -movingspeed;
        }
    }
    else if (!Input.anyKey)
    {
        diry = 0f;
    }
    
}

}`
I searched online for half an hour and i cant find out why unity doesnt like that i use a && in the if condition...

[cosmic quail]

name == "Player2". you forgot a =

[forest widget]

thank u so much i was really doubting my programmingskills rn 👍

[rustic maple]

"SetDestination" can only be called on an active agent that has been placed on a NavMesh.
UnityEngine.AI.NavMeshAgent:set_destination (UnityEngine.Vector3), how can i fix this error? because my game wont start either, this is the script ive been using: https://gdl.space/mamivalena.cpp

[cosmic quail]

have you placed a navmesh and baked it? your ai agents need it

[wintry quarry]

Pretty clear error - make sure the NMA you referenced is active and on a navmesh

[rustic maple]

yeah i did, but at first the blue "ground" was there, and later it dissapeared

[cosmic quail]

maybe it disappeared cause you disabled the object it was on? or maybe you gotta re-bake it

[rustic maple]

i just re bake it a second ago and nothing happened

[crystal fiber]

So i want to get the Axis of the Mouse X (and y) without the value going to a negative value, but the Horizontal and Vertical ranges change from 0 to +1 or -1. i want to get the axis of the mouse at only a positive value whenever you move ur mouse, is there soemthing that might do that?

[polar acorn]

Mathf.abs

[crystal fiber]

I did that but

Wait

[lofty sequoia]

Followed exactly and it still wiped all the references. This is ridiculous

[wintry quarry]

what does this mean exactly? Like only capturing rightward and upward mouse movement?

or do you want [-1, 1] to become [0, 1] ?
Or something else?

FYI if you're still interested in this or haven't figured it out on your own, that asset is now free.

[tender stag]

oh great

thanks for letting me know

i'll check it out

[rustic maple]

it kinda looks like when i try to bake it it stops in the middle and nothing is showing up

[slender nymph]

do you have gizmos enabled and the navmesh surface object selected in the hierarchy?

[rustic maple]

yes and yes

[slender nymph]

well those screenshots aren't very helpful at all. if at this point you've determined that your navmesh is not baking, then the issue is likely whatever settings you have for the navmesh surface. share the relevant setup details in #🤖┃ai-navigation

[rustic maple]

alr sorry for that

[sand goblet]

Hello, what would people consider a comprehensive Unity course for someone already knowing C#? In the search I found people discourage paid courses, but not sure what else would be recommended?
LIke, sure, I can look up 50 different YouTube tutorials (though I've heard mixed opinions on those too), but is there something nice and comprehensive by a single person/string of videos? I tend to prefer that than different teaching styles etc

[languid spire]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[sand goblet]

Neat, thanks

[nova wagon]

Hey i have a Problem where i try to set a Variable of a Script (added to an Object) via the inspector. In my code the corresponding lines are
[SerializeField] private InputField FieldA;
[SerializeField] private Text FieldB;

but i cant drag and drop or choose the corresponding Inputfield / Text Object. any1 know what i am doing wrong?

[slender nymph]

your components are probably the text mesh pro ones not the legacy ones, so your variable types need to match. TMP_InputField and TMP_Text

[nova wagon]

so
[SerializeField] private TMP_InputField FieldA;
[SerializeField] private TMP_Text FieldB; ?

[slender nymph]

if my guess about the actual components was right, then yes

[nova wagon]

do i need extra using directives now ?

[rich adder]

using TMPro

[slender nymph]

yes, your !IDE should have suggested or autofilled them when you used that. assuming it is configured

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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

[nova wagon]

❤️ Legends thank you

[twin bolt]

How do i use .parent to check for the closest parent?

[steep rose]

You would loop though all the parents around you

And find the distance between each one of them to you

[earnest yoke]

Anyone mind helping me so solve these errors?

[deft grail]

probably missing some packages or using the wrong names

[patent imp]

        {
            Debug.Log("Key 1 is pressed");
            transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<Image>().enabled = false;
        }
        if (isSelected == null)
        {
            Debug.LogError("isSelected Image is not assigned in the Inspector!");
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log("isSelected Image assigned successfully.");
        }``` It saying "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Slots.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/Slots.cs:33)" but i have the image in the slot can some help ChatGPT is being useless. im not sure what info is usefull so please ask if you need more

[deft grail]

whats line 33?

[patent imp]

transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>().enabled = false;

it was all working intell i wanted that select thing

its all from a tutoral but that other part im adding

[deft grail]

so does the 0th child of the object with this script have a text mesh pro UI component?

[patent imp]

oh wow it was that simple. I had the image as the first one

[wintry quarry]

This is one reason it's better to just assign the component in the inspector

[deft grail]

which is possible even if its a prefab since its on 1 game object

[patent imp]

I have 9 slots and they are under inventory which is under a canvas. If i make it a componet will they all change at once?

[wintry quarry]

If you make what a component will all of what change at once? And in response to what action?

[patent imp]

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

public class Slots : MonoBehaviour
{
    private InventoryController inventory;
    public int i;
    public TextMeshProUGUI amountText;
    public Image isSelected;
    public int amount;

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        inventory = FindObjectOfType<InventoryController>();
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        amountText.text = amount.ToString();

        //Turns off text if nothings there
        if (amount >= 1)
        {
            transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>().enabled = true; //The 1(it starts from 0) is the first child under slot (1), amount. It then gets a component which is TextMeshProUGUI. It then enables it(the checkmark)
        }
        else
        {
            transform.GetChild(0).GetComponent<TextMeshProUGUI>().enabled = false;
        }

        if (transform.childCount == 3)//This is the amount of child under the slot if add more gui change this number
        {
            inventory.isFull[i] = false;
        }

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1))
        {
            Debug.Log("Key 1 is pressed");
                isSelected.enabled = false;
        }
    }

    public void DropItem()
    {
        if (amount > 1) //If its stacked
        {
            amount -= 1;
            transform.GetComponentInChildren<Spawn>().SpawnDroppedItem(); //I think that last part is calling the function in spawn script
        }
        else if (amount == 1)
        {
            amount -= 1;
            GameObject.Destroy(transform.GetComponentInChildren<Spawn>().gameObject);
            transform.GetComponentInChildren<Spawn>().SpawnDroppedItem();
        }
    }
}

sorry i forget you can see everything i can. the slots have a counter if the items in it and the number turns off if there not an item in it

im just confused on how it knows which of the 9 to turn off.

Nevermind every thing

i just figured it out

[polar acorn]

The TextMeshProUGUI component on this object's first child

It knows which one to turn off because that's the one you've told it to turn off

[patent imp]

ya the thing im trying to add is throwing me off my i think i got it now

[tawdry quest]

ChatGPT is being useless
Thats why you learn how to code and how to use the engine and not just copy code from AI, cuz if it fails youre lost.

!learn

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

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

[steep rose]

All AI knows is related topics from the internet, so if those topics are wrong, it will be inheritly wrong. thats why we do not suggest AI for coding since its also better to use your brain which is supposed to be able to constructive think and critical think to solve an issue.

and its better to actually understand what you are doing rather than mindlessly doing it

[cosmic dagger]

you learn more by reading through those 50 topics to get the answer. it's the journey (along the way), not the result . . .

then you have an understanding of the problem and how to solve it, instead of just the code for the solution . . .

that's a big difference . . .

[eternal needle]

At this point, we might need some message to link about this conversation considering it gets suggested to beginners so often.

Though I dont really understand what they were suggesting, since one message says to learn properly and the next says to use AI instead of google.

[tawdry quest]

dont use it if you have no knowledege

thats the base of it

[tawdry quest]

yes the time saved i didnt waste on searching for the same result

cuz the AI even explains it to you

[tawdry quest]

sure it does that, thats why im saying you should learn how to code and have a good basis before using chatgpt

[sand goblet]

(Assuming the AI explains correctly and doesn't invent things from thin air)

[polar acorn]

Asking for a lot there

[tawdry quest]

you shouldnt use ChatGPT Free or the generic prompt, you would need one of the specialised gpts

And the lowend free version is garbolium, i should mention that

so if your trial GPT4 prompts runs out, you should stop using it or pay for the full version

[tawdry quest]

nope

using it multiple times a week, so far none of the specialised gpts have hallucinated

[steep rose]

you should not use chatgpt if its wrong then?

why use a tool thats wrong? and has proven to be wrong

[tawdry quest]

it is basically never wrong, but you should have enough knowledge so you can tell if its glitching out and giving bs code

[sand goblet]

I mean, it can be a neat tool. Just whenever I used it, it usually eventually spits out something wrong and when I try to correct itself on it it either
a) claims it corrected but spits out the same code or
b) gives completely different code that has some new issue

[tawdry quest]

if were talking GPT 3.5 yes that was really bad, but since GPT 4 and the specialised GPTs it has gotten a lot better

[steep rose]

K whatever you say then, im not gonna argue an arbitrary point just to be correct 🤷‍♂️

[tawdry quest]

i would guess youre using the free gpt version

since that likes to do that, especially the claims it corrected but spits out the same code

[sand goblet]

I think even waht I tried of 4 did that a bunch. Maybe less with Unity, idk. It wasn't great at Rust

[polar acorn]

Why pay for the plaigarism machine

[tawdry quest]

or just the general ChatGPT prompt that isnt trained on a language

[polar acorn]

you could probably pay an actual tutor instead

[steep rose]

or use critical thinking and documentation

[tawdry quest]

what do i need a tutor for, i know how to code, its just a faster google

[steep rose]

if you have to rely on GPT as a tool then you're not learning much

[sand goblet]

Well there's a difference between knowing when it spits out stupid stuff and just using it as a google-like
And not knowing when it tells you made up stuff

[tawdry quest]

it gives me the correct thing i need and even an example and how to implement it and if i need more info it can link me to relevant posts

no need to waste 20 min on google going trough forums or stackoverflow

[polar acorn]

How much are you paying versus how long does it take you to google something?

[tawdry quest]

you just just not should want it to provide code for you, like "program me a loop that does this and then that and returns something else"

[ripe shard]

why don't you just write it yourself, thats much quicker 😮

[tawdry quest]

thats most likely gonna be garbage code

[tawdry quest]

thats what im doing

idk if yall cant read

[tawdry quest]

this

[glad merlin]

I just joined what’s going on

[ripe shard]

trolloing

[tawdry quest]

you use it to get specific help or like functions, not to get entire code and it works wonderfully

[steep rose]

thats a contradiction to what you said after

AI especially Chatgpt 4s specialised coding Chats are very good at coding, if you can give it specific tasks and ask for specific help
Its way faster then googling and searching trough 50 topics 

[tawdry quest]

no ?
if you can give it specific tasks and ask for specific help
Its way faster then googling and searching trough 50 topics

not for generic coding stuff

[glad merlin]

what? I don’t understand.

[polar acorn]

Literally what are you googling for that you can't like, immediately find?

[sand goblet]

What are you googling that requires searching through that many topics

[tawdry quest]

there is so many stuff in C# and Unity thats not directly explained and you have like 40 different threads with a different answer, unless you are a complete beginner

saying the same thing to chatgpt gives you a summary and the most liked implementation

[steep rose]

the documentation explains them very well

[sand goblet]

If there's that much conflicting info, I dunno why the AI would know the silver bullet, but eh

[tawdry quest]

cuz the ai has all of them and can tell which the people like more and like less and then shows you the best option

its like an optimized search engine

[sand goblet]

I'm going to doubt the "has all of them" part

[tawdry quest]

its litterally a web scraper

it has all of em

if it doesnt, it can scrape more sites for you

[steep rose]

did you know the internet also has all of them

[tawdry quest]

yes if you like to search

i rather code and get shit done

[sand goblet]

How do I know if it does or does not have all of them and thus need or don't need to tell it to scrape more

[tawdry quest]

get an answer that explains it well and works ? no.
doesnt ? tell it you need more input and it should look online

[polar acorn]

So, if you are willing to pay money and download a chatbot, you can get type your message into a different page than google and get the same information at roughly the same rate

Totally worthwhile

[tawdry quest]

download a chatbot ?

its a website

[sand goblet]

Well, it working and explaining it well doesn't necessarily mean it's the best way

[tawdry quest]

its litterally a prompt like on google, but instead of searching you get an immediate answer

[steep rose]

you do realize you can just use 1 google search to find your answer?

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it is just google

google you pay for

[tawdry quest]

thats not really necessary, overoptimization or overimproving is a bad idea

[steep rose]

otherwise known as guugle

[tawdry quest]

if it works and doesnt steal you 50 fps it does the job

[sand goblet]

well you said the AI has all and can show the best option

[tawdry quest]

code to get stuff done, dont code to code pretty & optimized

[tawdry quest]

it usually does, but if doesnt, it wont matter. thats what i mean

[steep rose]

you would most likely code and make it optimized so it doesnt turn your computer into a dumpster fire

[tawdry quest]

what

[steep rose]

you make optimized code and working code

[polar acorn]

I don't really know what you're getting at on this one either

I can't really vouch for how good the paid chatbots are because seriously who the hell spends money on the plaigarism machine, but I think you're vastly overestimating how long it takes to google basically anything programming related

[tawdry quest]

im a programmer since im 12, im now 25, i have googled so many programming stuff and i hell i do be searching around 5-25 different websites till i find a good answer sometimes on more niche questions, while chatgpt just goes: "I got you: answer"

Thats a huge value for 20$ a month in saved time

[polar acorn]

It's 2024, there aren't even 25 total websites any more

there's like twelve websites on the entire internet

Any problem you'll search for will take you to either the documentation or StackOverflow

[tawdry quest]

[polar acorn]

It's seriously not hard to find anything. Data has been collected into these monolithic Websites of Alexandria

[tawdry quest]

im using this since GPT 4 (April), there are still so many random blogs and sometimes 12 different stackoverflow & 20 different reddit posts about one thing, prolly even more then 8 years ago

and then the next thing is so niche you only find a random ass article from 2015

[polar acorn]

Okay but why would you click on any of those

[tawdry quest]

to get an answer to my question, honestly this is useless, i tried to proove the point, but im talking against a wall with you guys

[polar acorn]

I feel like I've given a pretty solid response - googling is not hard and saving half a second is not worth $20

[eternal needle]

you dont even save half a second. This is just not knowing how to google. This is why at the start i said we should have some message or something we can link to for others to read about why you shouldnt suggest it to beginners. The ones using AI always like to just say "its never made up things that seems truthful to me!". Well either it has, or you're asking it to make for loops.

[tawdry quest]

This is just not knowing how to google. yep sure buddy 👍

[polar acorn]

...yes it is? Not sure what the sarcasm is supposed to mean when that's literally the point

You've said you find googling too difficult

That's why you pay $20 for a chatbot to google for you

[tawdry quest]

not at all what i said, yeah im right im talking to a wall, not worth to continue

bye

[polar acorn]

How else can you interpret it?

[eternal needle]

My point is more for the beginners that see this conversation and want to justify their use of AI.
But everytime someone advocates for AI its always the exact same conversation everytime. "It works for me why wont you guys listen". Yea ive went through the whole AI phase too. when I needed it for something else, i figured i might as well try out the coding side of it. It was horrible, yes even on gpt4. Sure you could ask it to make a for loop for you, and itll do it. But as soon as you want something above what a first year programmer can do, you're stuck on this cycle of "well if i just adjust my prompt maybe itll understand me this time!".

And anyways, you claim you're talking to a wall while repeating the same points we've seen dozens of times and clearly show you dont know how to google by your own points. I havent seen you actually address a point other than saying "chatgpt can do it without going through 50 links"

[tawdry quest]

I havent seen you actually address a point other than saying "chatgpt can do it without going through 50 links
cuz thats my main point ? It can answer your questions about programming and functions or implementations, without you needing to search for ages;
but it cant really code for you, litterally the first thing i said about it at the beginning... oh boy

[polar acorn]

So you are saying that googling is too hard. You don't have to go through 50 links. Most of the time you don't even have to click on anything

[tawdry quest]

this

[eternal needle]

please read what you're typing.

but it cant really code for you, litterally the first thing i said about it at the beginning
#💻┃code-beginner message
AI especially Chatgpt 4s specialised coding Chats are very good at coding

[tawdry quest]

"Most of the time you don't even have to click on anything" Thats not even remotly how it works

or youre searching for really simple stuff

but more complicated stuff you will have to go trough 2-3 posts minimum, extracting all the info, while chatgpt already has all that info can can just give it to you

thats what its useful for

and since gpt free has a worse database and cant do webscraping, its basically useless in general

[polar acorn]

Literally what are you looking for that isn't readily available basically immediately

[steep rose]

thats false since google itself shows you on the front page of your search for your answer sometimes

its a built in function of google

and the descriptions of sites also tells you a lot

[tawdry quest]

that happend maybe once to me, thats so rare lol

[eternal needle]

information that isnt immediately on google but somehow webscraped from gpt apparently.

[steep rose]

what? its not

[tawdry quest]

cuz chatgpt is not google ?

[rich adder]

remind me of those late night infomercials , they make everything seem/look so difficult and inconvenient .

[tawdry quest]

ok i just tried it, did they change that to be more agressive this year ?

i tried it last year and it barly ever popped up

[steep rose]

its been that way forever, you have been in the GPT loop lmao

[tawdry quest]

yeah ive been so loong in the gpt loop, man 6 months

[eternal needle]

anyways, the main point of this is not to suggest other beginners to use AI. No one really cares if you insist on using it. I found a thread where we talked about it before
https://discord.com/channels/489222168727519232/1267346441270067222

[opaque fox]

anyone know how to tint an object a certain color when mousing over it rather than changing its color entirely?

i have an object that's disabled by default over the tile that activates when you mouse over it, but the highlight flickers rapidly

[polar acorn]

How are you handling the color change currently?

[tawdry quest]

well i did not

i did the opposite

so why we even arguing

[tawdry quest]

lol

[opaque fox]

the tiles themselves don't change color, there's an object of a certain color on top of them disabled by default

it activates when you mouse over it (void OnMouseOver) and deactivates using OnMouseExit()

the problem is the object on/off rapidly

(this also means this isn't a tint i know)

[eternal needle]

idk if you're trolling here now or really just dont remember what you wrote, in multiple messages you're here advocating for the use of AI in the beginner channel. What else do you think you're doing?
#💻┃code-beginner message
#💻┃code-beginner message

[eternal needle]

you should show !code

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[eternal needle]

but if theres an object on top, then your mouse probably isnt over the same object anymore

[polar acorn]

So, you move the mouse over this object, and you activate a new object that's on top of it. This means that your mouse is now over that object instead, which means this object disables that one, which means your mouse is now on top of it again

and so on

[tawdry quest]

Yeah i just realised how that sounds in this channel without much context

yeah the whole discussion was completly my bad

But yeah you @eternal needle @polar acorn @steep rose convinced me to give googling another chance even if gpt works for me, maybe its not worth it throwing money at them for faster results.

Thanks guys

[tender stag]

why is it not visible?

is it cause its static?

well it cant be cause of that

[tender stag]

they are scriptable objects

[opaque fox]

will do, gimme a sec

[opaque fox]

this makes sense tho

thats why it’s flickering

[polar acorn]

yes

[tender stag]

so whats the most logical fix to this

[polar acorn]

make them not be static

[tender stag]

i need them static

[polar acorn]

then you can't set them in the inspector

[tender stag]

brudda

[polar acorn]

They are mutually exclusive

Why do they need to be static?

[tender stag]

what about this

wait

remove the first static

nvm it still wont work

[tender stag]

cause i cant be asked to write .Instance

[polar acorn]

Get over it

[tender stag]

thats how long the line will be

with the .Instance

[rich adder]

use new input system with events ?

[tender stag]

i dont like the new input system

cant get into it

and dont have time to get into it

[rich adder]

oh alr , just makes what you're doing easier

[tender stag]

i know it does

but i just dont have the time to learn it

i tried it before

wasted over 2 months

[rich adder]

2 months? tbh it took me a few days, there are not just 1 way to use thats why

[tender stag]

true

[polar acorn]

I can't post the dismissive message because of the bot but it really is all that can be said

[queen adder]

making coroutines worse

[rocky canyon]

heck ya

[queen adder]

I hope they totally remove obsolete methods and members on unity6

Random.RandomRange sux

[tender stag]

why cant you pass in multiple variables through an event?

like in a button

it can only be 1

[rocky canyon]

i jumped on the bandwagon

i was trying to make it read better..

but no luck

[queen adder]

I have a version that uses a singleton and doesnt need the this part

[rocky canyon]

it actually reads better the way it is originally lol

[teal viper]

Because that's how it was designed. You can pass as many as you want via code.

[rocky canyon]

using the Mono then .Run(Coroutine)

[hollow slate]

you can.

[rocky canyon]

just b/c it cant be done via the inspector doesn't mean it cant.

[queen adder]

the only problem is that I hate writing startcoroutine in full, in my version, you can just type your ienumerator, and since i enumerator is a small interface, you just press s and the start is easy to select

[rocky canyon]

if it helps you go for it

[queen adder]

can just fix it later with a single magic regex lol

having me explain how my brain works just wasted back the time saved by doing this weird stunt tho lol

[rocky canyon]

thought there mighta been something there.. that i could add to my utils class

alas.. dont think so for me lol

[tender stag]

yeah i know through code

but i meant like visually

through the editor

[rocky canyon]

StartCoroutine(Rebound()); ftw

[hollow slate]

y'all trying to make a coroutine act like a method...?

[queen adder]

maybe in another world, you can call your coroutines only with Rebound()

[rocky canyon]

not i.. Laptop might be

i was just goofin lol

[rocky canyon]

Rebound() as Coroutine; or Coroutine.Rebound(); <-- yea that

would be dope

[queen adder]

actually maybe I'll try looking at coroutine class lol

[teal viper]

Unless you implement your own event that allows it, you're out of options.🤷‍♂️

[queen adder]

the second is very unlikely

[rocky canyon]

ya, but its cooler

[tender stag]

alright thanks

[queen adder]

the first one could be possible at least

[rocky canyon]

why not the second? you could use ur own Coroutine class.

wrap it in a namespace

nvm that would refactor back to what the original is

[opaque fox]

https://hatebin.com/quvwuosrqj

this code handles the renderer, material, and color of the object

tried adding a while (true) loop to the OnMouseOver() method but that proved to be really bad

guess i could separate this code and add it to the object on the tile prefab, unless there's an easier way to do a tint effect?

[polar acorn]

Of course it didn't, how could that loop ever end

[iron wing]

when I add my animation triggers they just play forever by deafult when i start the game. how do i stop that from happening?? I disabled "Loop Time" by clicking on the animation but it didnt do anything

[opaque fox]

was hoping the while loop would only be active while the SetActive was true

[rich adder]

depends where you're calling trigger function also what conditions you made for transitions in animator

[polar acorn]

while(true) will run until one of the two conditions is met:

1. A break statement is reached
2. Every moving particle in the cosmos has reached its highest entropy state, and all that existed and ever will becomes stagnant, cold, and dead

[iron wing]

all I've really done is placed the animations into the Animator, and added Triggers and then assign those triggers to said animations. I haven't added any calls to those triggers in script yet.

[polar acorn]

don't

[rich adder]

Added Triggers is pretty vague also, if there aren't any scripts this isn't a code question.
#🏃┃animation and would show w/ screenshots all the said triggers you added

[iron wing]

okay thank you! i had no idea there was a channel for that.

[opaque fox]

This isn't seeming to work either. The cube on this Tile3D object has the script attached, and I also made it so the Rendering mode is Transparent. OnMouseEnter isn't activating at all now.

[polar acorn]

Instead of toggling an object, why not just recolor this object?

[rich adder]

if the gameobject is deactivated not sure unity runs those functions

also GetComponent<GameObject>() is redundant as you can just get the gameobject with the property gameObject VS is trying to hint you at that

[opaque fox]

like referencing the alpha value?

[rich adder]

if its a mesh, switch the material or use the color parameter on the material's shader

[polar acorn]

You want to change the color when you mouse over it, right?

You can just change the color of the material or whatever other kind of renderer it's using

[opaque fox]

ah

[opaque fox]

oh, see that’s strange cause VS suggested doing GetComponent first, odd

i see now tho

[rich adder]

one is the prediction / intellicode in VS, the warning comes from Unity message / library

both are not exactly talking to eachother

[opaque fox]

Okay so I made sure the game object isn't disabled by default, but the OnMouseEnter code still isn't executing

it has a box collider and everything

unless it needs a box collider bigger than it

[rich adder]

bigger than it?

OnMouseEnter just cares about colliders

[opaque fox]

wrong word

i meant uhhhh actually yeah i do need a collider

[rich adder]

also put logs to always test if a function is running

[opaque fox]

okay the script isn't even activating

okay i found it, had another SetActive(false) somewhere

The parent object in the prefab was setting it inactive

[rich adder]

btw you should consider using a Raycast instead or even just the Event System with the Ipointer interfaces

you can have a bit more control on the hits / debugging information about hit objects

[vivid slate]

!bug

[eternal falcon]

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📝 If your bug report is to do with Documentation, either an error, typo, or omission, you can report it by scrolling to the bottom of the page where you found the issue and click ‘Report a problem on this page’!

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For more complete instructions on how to report bugs, access: https://unity3d.com/unity/qa/bug-reporting

[vivid slate]

i need help with some code i’m getting an error code and have no idea how to fix it

!code

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[vivid slate]

//cs

[frosty hound]

Try again

And if you're going to drop code for that long, use a bin site.

[tawny edge]

How do i learn coding?

I was in the middle of doing a unity course, then decided to make a small project, i then went to the first tutorial that looked decent but i feel overwhelmed.
the tutorial doesn't seem bad but i'm unsure how do i learn code.
Should i understand every line here?
Should i just copy paste code even if i don't 100% understand how it works to focus on finishing my project?
What is the best aproach to learn?

ttorial is this by the way:https://youtu.be/f473C43s8nE

[outer wigeon]

Ive never seen this yet - is this just a unity bug? 'Unity self'

ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: _unity_self
UnityEditor.SerializedObject.FindProperty (System.String propertyPath) (at <9920ff0c944845d7b9f9a61ef1478edc>:0)
UnityEditor.UIElements.Bindings.SerializedObjectBindingContext.BindPropertyRelative (UnityEngine.UIElements.IBindable field, UnityEditor.SerializedProperty parentProperty) (at <8c3449848bd845499081ddbe4a09b367>:0)
UnityEditor.UIElements.Bindings.SerializedObjectBindingContext.BindTree (UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualElement element, UnityEditor.SerializedProperty parentProperty) (at <8c3449848bd845499081ddbe4a09b367>:0)
UnityEditor.UIElements.Bindings.SerializedObjectBindingContext.ContinueBinding (UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualElement element, UnityEditor.SerializedProperty parentProperty) (at <8c3449848bd845499081ddbe4a09b367>:0)
UnityEditor.UIElements.Bindings.DefaultSerializedObjectBindingImplementation+BindingRequest.Bind (UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualElement element) (at <8c3449848bd845499081ddbe4a09b367>:0)
UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualTreeBindingsUpdater.Update () (at <7c69dfc1e63a4ea388c73014d3c7ce20>:0)
UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualTreeUpdater.UpdateVisualTreePhase (UnityEngine.UIElements.VisualTreeUpdatePhase phase) (at <7c69dfc1e63a4ea388c73014d3c7ce20>:0)
UnityEngine.UIElements.Panel.UpdateBindings () (at <7c69dfc1e63a4ea388c73014d3c7ce20>:0)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIElementsUtility.UnityEngine.UIElements.IUIElementsUtility.UpdateSchedulers () (at <7c69dfc1e63a4ea388c73014d3c7ce20>:0)
UnityEngine.UIElements.UIEventRegistration.UpdateSchedulers () (at <7c69dfc1e63a4ea388c73014d3c7ce20>:0)
UnityEditor.RetainedMode.UpdateSchedulers () (at <8c3449848bd845499081ddbe4a09b367>:0)

It's solved on relaunching the project but I'm not exactly sure what I did to trigger it in the first place

[vivid slate]

how would i do that?

need help with code line 26 must have a return value https://hastebin.com/share/dafadimuwo.csharp

[eternal needle]

I suggest doing c# outside of unity so you can understand the basics like loops, data types, class, and just generally how to write code without all the unity stuff causing extra confusion. Ultimately you learn by doing, look at the docs when you dont understand something.

[eternal needle]

Yes it's a unity bug, if it's not reappearing it's fine to just ignore.

[rich adder]

the c# function declaration is structured as follows
access modifier - return type - methodname (parameters)
eg
private void Foo(int number)

[eternal needle]

Is this AI code? This is quite a beginner error compared to the complexity of your code

If it's a tutorial you should follow it exactly but also I suggest the same to you as I did the other person here
#💻┃code-beginner message

[vivid slate]

yt code lol i've been taking coding classes but I wasn't understanding that portion of it

[vivid slate]

thank you this makes a lot more sense

[pure crest]

Hi all! I've been working on a basic first person game, and I wanted to use ray casts to shoot out to deal with a player interacting with the object they're looking at, and I have some basic code online using Debug.DrawLine that should just project a ray from the player's view to where they're looking but for some reason no matter how I program it, the ray always starts at the camera (Like its supposed too) but it will only point towards the ground no matter where the player moves. Im pretty stumped here as I've tried a bunch of different methods of fixing it

[rich adder]

going to have to show some !code

[steep rose]

use drawray

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[rich adder]

also for rays yes you should use DrawRay, or even better Physics Debugger

[pure crest]

oh my god thats what it was

i've spent at least 5 hours trying to figure it out and it was literally just that, ive been going insane

thank you so much

i dont know how in all my searching I didnt realize I was just using the wrong debug 😭

[rich adder]

much easier to use physics debugger these days , hardly need to draw physics queries anymore

makes code repetitive, if you change raycast you gotta remember to match the debug n vice versa

[pure crest]

I was mostly using the draw debugging to make sure I was understanding rays correctly before I attempted to implement it

I didnt wanna implement the system unless I knew exactly how it was acting visually

[rich adder]

yup, give physics debugger a try
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/PhysicsDebugVisualization.html#physics-debug-queries

[pure crest]

thanks!

[steep rose]

I would look at the documentation if you are confused on what it is and what It does

But yes do what navarone said, I didn't know that existed 😂

Unless it is a unity 6 thing, then I definitely wouldnt have known

[rich adder]

its 2022+

I just linked 6 docs cause 2022 is being weird lol

[steep rose]

Ah okay good to know, I guess I'm just living under a bunch of nested if statements 😄

[rich adder]

its lowkey a good feature to have especially for visualizing Spherecasts n such

[hallow sun]

wtf i think unity is struggling with simple division

check the variable named A, it is just for debugging and is simply the values of velocity x/y

not only does it ignore that i try to make it negative, but the division itself is way off

[meager gust]

unlikely. you're probably missing something elsewhere

computers don't struggle with basic division

you should probably verify the math in a debug.log rather than the inspector

[hallow sun]

you are right, debug log shows the correct result

[wintry quarry]

You're changing vectorVel after calculating A so yeah you're just seeing the new value of vectorVel and the A calculated from the old value in the inspector

[polar acorn]

Debug.Log($"-({vectorVel.x} / {vectorVel.y}) = {a}");

Right after the line

[bold gale]

yeah, specifically im disabling a renderer until a player first looks away from the collider, then ill change the collider layer to include the player and then enable the renderer, but ive got it working and if anyone else is interested in raycasting the entire camera this is what i came up with

// in FixedUpate()
Vector3[] frustumCorners = new Vector3[4];
camera.CalculateFrustumCorners(new Rect(0, 0, 1, 1), camera.farClipPlane, Camera.MonoOrStereoscopicEye.Mono, frustumCorners);

Vector3 topLeft = frustumCorners[1];
Vector3 topRight = frustumCorners[2];
Vector3 bottomLeft = frustumCorners[0];
Vector3 bottomRight = frustumCorners[3];

Vector3 vertical = bottomLeft - topLeft;
Vector3 horizontal = topRight - topLeft;

int vAmount = 4;
int hAmount = 8;

for (int i = 0; i < vAmount; i++)
{
    for (int j = 0; j < hAmount; j++)
    {
        Vector3 point = topLeft + (((vertical) / vAmount ) * i) + (((horizontal) / hAmount ) * j);
        point = camera.transform.TransformVector(point);
        // Debug.DrawRay(camera.transform.position, point, Color.blue);

        if (Physics.Raycast(camera.transform.position, point, out RaycastHit hit))
        {
            if (hit.collider.gameObject.TryGetComponent(out ICameraSenseable senseable))
            {
                senseable._CameraViewFixedUpdate();
            }
        }
    }
}

[teal viper]

Still not sure what's the point of that. It's like checking against the frustum planes(+ maybe one raycast), just a lot less accurate.

And probably less performant.

[queen adder]

It is pointless to create occlusion culling by yourself. The engine has it's own ways and it should get updated by them in order to make system stable. This is because they are the ones who can implement a system that is optimized very well since they can implement to the core of the engine. Even tho Unity 5 have Occlusion Culling, it is not enough for large worlds due to floating point errors and Unity provide no support for floating point while Unreal does. In Unity 6, they just updated the Occlusion Culling and told users that is a game changing shit but the same technology (GPU based OC) was always been there in Unreal...
So still, if you want a large open world, you COULD use Unity 6 or switch to Unreal for really better performance.

[queen adder]

that tutorial is complex and not the best (for starters), ive used it multiple times

Dont even try making first person games when you just start, make random cubes and spheres games

[graceful lintel]

is it possible for some Start() to be called first before other object's Awake()?

Or did I do something horribly wrong...

[teal viper]

Theoretically, possible. For example if the the object with awake is disabled on scene load.

[graceful lintel]

Yeah that makes sense, thanks man

[waxen adder]

Let's say I have a prefab. It's an empty gameobject with a model as a child. I would like to change specifically the material of the child to be a certain color. How would I do this?

To answer my own question: GetComponentsInChildren

Also, it would be wise to not have the same component in the hierarchy of the prefab

[slender sinew]

depends on what the material is, as color variables could have different names in the shader code, but usually it's just _Color. So, something like

var newColor = Color.white;
yourParentObject.GetComponentInChildren<MeshRenderer>().material.SetColor("_Color", newColor);

[waxen adder]

Ah, yeah that would work too, so long as I don't have the component on the parent, which was my big mistake

[slender sinew]

if you are dealing with child objects, usually it's good to make a new script to put on the parent so that you can assign references there

relying on GetComponentInChildren / Parent is not usually ideal

[waxen adder]

Oh, yeah that would also be a very good idea lol

Actually didn't think of that

[real rock]

Is doing Vector3.Dot(Vector3.up, myDirection) an effective way of finding the upward component of a vector or do I need to do actual trig? (Vector3.up could be the up of any vector, so .y doesn’t apply)

[eternal needle]

What do you mean the upward component? Can you specify what you're trying to solve with this

[real rock]

So I’m trying to do some vehicle physics stuff (don’t want to use wheel colliders) and having the right force be pushed back up from the ground is proving tough, so if I wanted to isolate just the force acting downwards after it’s acted through the suspension is it doable with .Dot or will I need to do trig?

(I may also just be entirely over thinking this and I can just have my suspension calculation handle gravity too idk)

[eternal needle]

If you want only the up/downwards force just take the y component of the vecror

I'm not really sure what you mean in the first message saying .y doesnt apply

[real rock]

But if it wasn’t up/down according to world space?

Rather up/down according to a normal?

Wait I think I’m overthinking this anyway

[eternal needle]

I'm not really sure what you're doing here, and I'm not too good with physics but I suggest you read this https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Vector3.Dot.html
It just returns a float, so I guess you could compare how similar your vector is to some other vector but I'm not sure what you're trying to do with it.

[clever idol]

In a rigidbody you can add a mass, mabye you can try that too? Im no expert btw

[real rock]

Yeah I’m using mass and gravity for the weight but countering the weight is a perpetual headache, I can never decide how I want to do it lol

I think I have it now though

[wheat brook]

Hello so I was creating a game where I need to throw food at my pan and then take the pan to the counter

• After throwing the food it goes inside pan
• but as soon as in move with the pan the food falls down
• I want to make it move with pan and fall when I rotate it 90 degrees

[languid spire]

so parent the food to the pan and then unparent it when you rotate

[wheat brook]

The food is instantiating don’t want it to parent as soon as it instantiates ( drops )

Should I use enumeration or something

[languid spire]

so you parent it when the food hits the pan

[wheat brook]

Will try it basically the game is mining food ⛏️ so while mining it instantiates the food and it drops in the pan- excavator

[pastel vector]

Sorry couldnt find any other channel for this. Haven worked wih 3d i unity before and cant seem to find a way for a parent not to include its children when calculating its bounds. This is quite annoying since I want to rotate a object from a custom pivot and I thought just adding a parent could be done to controll the pivot (as you do in any other 3d package) and with 2d
Seems lite there is something really basic I missed

[languid spire]

not sure how bounds has anything to do with this

[pastel vector]

If you just rotate it seems to do it around the center of the bounds

With childeren:

Without

@languid spire as you can see the pivot changed when adding a child

[keen dew]

Change this to Pivot

[pastel vector]

Does that set it so that it also effects rotations in code?

[keen dew]

No, only the editor

[pastel vector]

Ok its maybe just an editor problem then? When roating the parent it will have a pivot at it position in world space?

[wintry quarry]

No, it didn't. You're just not actually looking at the Pivot

[pastel vector]

Well it uses the center for the pivot rotation so technically it is a pivot just not the Pivot

but yes you are right

[wintry quarry]

Only the editor does that. In code that setting doesn't exist and has no meaning. The actual pivot is always what matters

[pastel vector]

Thats great then its just a editor problem that really isnt a problem

[lapis frigate]

I have these 3 variables (The bloodSacrificeChance and the 2 below it,) and when I set them up in the start method and then debug them they equal to what they should but when I use them in a diffrent method in thescript they just change to 0 for some reason and the isBloodUsed changes to false

the variables 3 at the top

for example when I debug them in this method they are equal to 0

[polar acorn]

Show full !code

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[lapis frigate]

https://gdl.space/osifupejom.cpp

[polar acorn]

So, in the Act() coroutine, they're 0, where do you start this coroutine since it's not in this script?

[lapis frigate]

https://gdl.space/ukofifesep.cs

in the enemyTurn method

in line 312

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, you're calling it on the instance in the enemiesLibrary. I'm assuming that's set in the inspector, since it's serialized. Can you show me the inspector for the EnemiesLibrary component?

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, the knight unit is the one with problem, right? Double click on that box in this inspector, show the object that comes up

[stoic tendon]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class verschijnfuse : MonoBehaviour
{
    public fuseskript fuse;

    void Start()
    {
        // Controleer of dit object de tag "fuse" heeft
        if (gameObject.CompareTag("fuse"))
        {
            gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
public void place()
{
    Debug.Log("Activating fuse object.");
    gameObject.SetActive(true);
}
}```

why isn't my gameObject appearing?

[polar acorn]

What calls place()

[stoic tendon]

wdym

[polar acorn]

So, it's a prefab. The prefab itself never enters the scene, so it's Start() function is never called

[stoic tendon]

it like placing something

[polar acorn]

I mean what I asked, where do you call the place() function you made

[polar acorn]

Your EnemiesLibrary should reference the instances in the scene, rather than the prefabs. That way they'll have run their Start methods and whatnot

[lapis frigate]

umm how do I do that?

[polar acorn]

What spawns the objects?

[polar acorn]

Okay, and what is ObjectInteraction? When does this call that function?

[stoic tendon]

when i hover the object and click 'e'

[lapis frigate]

wait when I think about it it does run the start method tho

[polar acorn]

You are spawning one. But you're calling Act() on the prefab, not the one you made

I found it, it's in SetupBattle

You're spawning a clone of enemyUnit, but then you're changing the prefab's currentHP and whatnot

[stoic tendon]

i added a debug thingy and when i click e it shows the messages but it does not let the object appear.

[stoic tendon]

me?

[polar acorn]

You probably want to store the return value of Instantiate in a variable and use that one

[polar acorn]

Are you doing anything involving enemyUnit, currentHP, or prefabs?

[stoic tendon]

no but do you know the solution of my problem

[polar acorn]

So, you get the log saying "Activating fuse object."?

[stoic tendon]

yup

[polar acorn]

Then this object is being enabled

[stoic tendon]

but i can't see it

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of the object with your verschijnfuse script on it after the log prints

[lapis frigate]

umm tbh I'm still not that sure how exactly do I use that

[polar acorn]

Instantiate makes a copy of something and puts it in the scene. You're making a copy of your prefab and putting it in the scene. That copy then runs Start and sets its variables. enemyUnit is still the prefab that was not put in the scene and therefore has not set any of its variables in Start. Instead of using enemyUnit, you should use the thing that Instantiate created

[stoic tendon]

it stays like this

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of the object

after the log

[languid spire]

that is not the correct gawme object

[polar acorn]

No, the object you're trying to activate, the one with the verschijnfuse script on it

[languid spire]

this is the gameobject referenced. fuse1

[lapis frigate]

but dont I use it already? the clone I mean

isn't that what instaniate is created

[languid spire]

no

[polar acorn]

No, how would you? You don't store it in a variable

How would you reference it if you don't actually keep a reference to it?

[lapis frigate]

I mean cuz its already in the scene

[languid spire]

but not in your code

[stoic tendon]

this objects dissapears when clicking on play. and it does not appears

[polar acorn]

There are many things you have in your scene. An object existing does not mean it's the one you're referencing

[polar acorn]

This script will disable the object it's on in Start, as long as this object has the tag "fuse". When place is called, it will reactivate itself. Now show the object that has this script on it

[lapis frigate]

ok so after I stored the instantiate in a variable what do I do?

[polar acorn]

Okay, is this object active after your log prints?

[polar acorn]

Use that, instead of the prefab

[stoic tendon]

yes when i click on that object the fuse should appear

[stoic tendon]

Yes it has to be empty in the beginning, when i click on the object the fuse has to appear

[lapis frigate]

How do I use that though

[polar acorn]

Show a screenshot of your full unity window, with the console visible, and this object selected, after your log has printed showing that place has been called

[lapis frigate]

im sorry if it sounds dumb im just still not that great at coding

[polar acorn]

instead of using the variable that holds your prefab, use the variable that holds the one in the scene

[lapis frigate]

I dont use a variable for the enemyPrefab tho

I mean I have one but I dont refrence it anywhere

[polar acorn]

Yes, you do. enemyUnit

The one you got from your enemy library

[polar acorn]

Scroll up to the top of this object in the inspector

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it's activated

It's working fine

[lapis frigate]

so I should replace every place I write enemyUnit in the battlesystem script with the nameof the new variable?

[polar acorn]

Anywhere that you want to refer to the object in the scene instead of the prefab from the library

[lapis frigate]

aight

[stoic tendon]

no because the fuse does not appear when I click this object

[polar acorn]

You're activating the object that has the verschijnfuse script on it. This is the object that has that script on it. This object is active. The code is working.

[stoic tendon]

Yes, the object is activated, but the fuse doesn't appear. It just stays dissappeared

That isn't working

[polar acorn]

Is there a parent of this object that is disabled

[stoic tendon]

the parent is a whole object.

[polar acorn]

Also, this looks pretty visible to me

[stoic tendon]

the right fuse has to appear

[polar acorn]

That's not this object though

The one you have selected is the one outlined in orange

That's the object you're activating, and it's active

[polar acorn]

This is the object your code is trying to activate, and it's active.

[lapis frigate]

aight I did it and it accualy works now tnx @polar acorn

[polar acorn]

And what's telling this object to activate?

[lapis frigate]

actually *

[amber nimbus]

Hello, I was just wondering whether I should use Rigidbody for character movement. It would be a pretty basic movement, crouching and maybe mantling/hopping over objects. I cant decide if I should use Translate or Rigidbody. I am not really keen on the Character Controller component, as I think it would be easier for me to work with my code when implementing new stuff later on.

[polar acorn]

Your code's been referring to the Fuse1 object

[stoic tendon]

this one. You gotta click on this object to make the fuse appear

[polar acorn]

You should probably never use Translate for a character. If you want it to interact with literally anything, it's going to need either Rigidbody or CharacterController

[polar acorn]

Okay, so why is this object trying to activate itself if you want it to activate a different object

[amber nimbus]

Alright thanks :D

[stoic tendon]

thats a good question

so i need to make 2 skripts for this action?

[polar acorn]

Or have your script toggle a different object instead of itself

[stoic tendon]

Well i seperated them by using the tag 'fuse' so this object doesn't dissapear when you click on play

[polar acorn]

Your script is telling the object that it is on to enable or disable

[stoic tendon]

    void Start()
    {
       
        if (gameObject.CompareTag("fuse"))
        {
            gameObject.SetActive(false);
        }
    }

[polar acorn]

if you want it to enable or disable a different object, you should use that

[stoic tendon]

So making 2 skripts will fix it?

[polar acorn]

You don't need two scripts

Just have this one reference a different GameObject and toggle that one

[stoic tendon]

how?

Sorry im just a noob with this lol

[polar acorn]

By calling SetActive on that object instead of this one

[stoic tendon]

Verdwijnfuse.SetActive(false);

this?

[polar acorn]

Sure, if Verdwijnfuse is a reference to the GameObject you want to toggle

[stoic tendon]

Assets\scripts\verschijnfuse.cs(21,5): error CS0103: The name 'Verdwijnfuse' does not exist in the current context

Im getting this error.

[polar acorn]

What is Verdwijnfuse in this script

[stoic tendon]

the object i want to appear/dissappear

[polar acorn]

Okay but in the script, where do you define the variable Verdwijnfuse

[stoic tendon]

using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class verschijnfuse : MonoBehaviour
{
    public fuseskript fuse;

    void Start()
    {
        {
            Verdwijnfuse.SetActive(false);
        }
    }

public void place()
{
    Debug.Log("Activating fuse object.");
    Verdwijnfuse.SetActive(true);
}
}```

[polar acorn]

There is nothing in this script named Verdwijnfuse

You have not made a variable of that name

[stoic tendon]

UnassignedReferenceException: The variable Verdwijnfuse of verschijnfuse has not been assigned.
You probably need to assign the Verdwijnfuse variable of the verschijnfuse script in the inspector.
verschijnfuse.place () (at Assets/scripts/verschijnfuse.cs:20)
UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCall.Invoke () (at <0b78209fd00d4f419f30dd210cbab239>:0)
UnityEngine.Events.UnityEvent.Invoke () (at <0b78209fd00d4f419f30dd210cbab239>:0)
ObjectInteraction.OnInteract () (at Assets/scripts/ObjectInteraction.cs:25)
CameraLookDetector.Update () (at Assets/scripts/CameraLookDetector.cs:40)

now im getting this error

the object has a name

[polar acorn]

You have at least one instance of this script that you have not assigned a value to Verdwijnfuse

This one you've got pictured is fine, so it's not this one

[stoic tendon]

it says the main camera when I dubble click the error,.

[polar acorn]

Does that object have a Verschijnfuse script on it?

[stoic tendon]

no

[polar acorn]

So, you're going to have to find whatever object has that script on it, but doesn't have the variable Verdwijnfuse assigned

[snow warren]

hello

i have 2 cameras in a scene
and i adjusted the rect of one camera to fit it in the other camera point of view
is it possible for the camera rect to rescale itself automatically with the changing size of the display just like UI elements?

[stoic tendon]

it was this object

So i need to remove the skripts from this object? The one i use the skript to interact with?

[polar acorn]

Then you'll need to assign a value to it or remove the script

[snow warren]

need help?

[stoic tendon]

Thanks it works! Needed to add some more lines

[patent imp]

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[hollow slate]

The camera rescales itself automatically to the aspect-ratio of the screen.

You can adjust the FOV and what axis the FOV is acted on.

[snow warren]

not talking about the camera

but the rect

the rect of the camera in the display

[hollow slate]

oh. Is it using Unity UI?

anchoring with this should force an element to always fill the entire canvas.

[snow warren]

[hollow slate]

If you're just talking about a normal rectangle as an object, then yeah, some simple math should do the trick.

Check the distance from the camera

then calculate the FOV on X and Y

then use sin and cos accordingly to find the X and Y -scaling of the object.

[snow warren]

talking about this

[hollow slate]

aha.

[snow warren]

its a rect

not a rect transform

i never found a way to rescale rects

neither have i worked with plain Unity UI made with rects

[hollow slate]

well, to what purpose do you want to rescale the Viewport Rect?

I've never really had to do that in any of my projects, so I'm curious.

there might be a better solution for whatever you want to do.

[steep rose]

I believe this can modify the camera rect
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Camera-rect.html

i could be wrong

since i have never used it

[snow warren]

let me see

it does it randomly

[hollow slate]

just Camera.rect.*

[snow warren]

[steep rose]

thats just an example

[snow warren]

how to calculate?

let me see

[hollow slate]

randomly?
You can adjust the height and width respectively

[steep rose]

you do not need to do that

[snow warren]

if i place a UI element and copied its rect to match the rect of the camera then would it work?

[hollow slate]

I'm still not sure what you want to calculate.

[steep rose]

you would have to try it

[hollow slate]

UI elements scale based on the camera by default.

I have no idea what you want to do right now.

[snow warren]

rects are not

[snow warren]

this might give you a better understanding

[hollow slate]

what in the world.

[steep rose]

then best just mock something up using this function

also is that unity?

i dont know what im looking at

[snow warren]

yes it is unity

[hollow slate]

Looks like Unity to me if we look at all the parameters. Everything else is INSANITY though.

[snow warren]

i hooked some c++ libraries at runtime to achieve the result

not really hooking but just some C++ calls inside C#

[steep rose]

thats on the border of not being unity 😆

[steep rose]

but as i said

[snow warren]

nah unity is really powerful tbh if you ask me

in terms of user control

[steep rose]

seems like it

[hollow slate]

why'd you control it to make it look like... this.

[steep rose]

prob preference

[snow warren]

i have a goal and i dont think promotion is supported

[hollow slate]

I'm an open-minded individual but this... this is too far.

[snow warren]

so i prefer not to disclose what it is

aside from that

can you guys pls tell me how can i rescale the rect of the camera based on the changing size of the display