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[hollow slate]

okay so, you're changing the camera's rect, and you want objects to scale based on it?

[snow warren]

not objects

just the camera view

like lets suppose

[hollow slate]

okay, so let's say you set the rect H to 0.5
You still want the camera to take up the entire view?

[snow warren]

i put the width and height of the camera viewport rect as 0.5 and 0.5

now whenever the size of the display changes like from 1920x1080 to 1200 x 600

i want the rect to change its size to match the change in display

much like how UI does it

[snow warren]

only want 1 camera to take the entire view
and other to take a small space in the view

[hollow slate]

so, if I have a 1080p screen, but set the res to 720p, you want the width and height to become smaller?

[snow warren]

yes

now you got it

thanks god

[hollow slate]

this should be really easy with some simple math no?

Let's presume 1920x1080

we then go to

1200 x 600

Let's presume 0x0 would mean 0 width and 0 height.
Let's also presume 1920x1080 is the max resolution.

We just take
height = 1200 / 1920 = 0.625
width = 600 / 1080 = 0.555...

We then get the ratio of the new resolution.
This should scale it accordingly.

[snow warren]

ur a genius

thanks for help

i failed in maths

[hollow slate]

hahah, alrighty. Good luck with your stuff.

[snow warren]

also one more crucial stuff to ask

the width reduces itself to the left and the height reduces itself to the bottom

so whenever i will reduce the width and height it will be reduced towards the down left corner of the screen

[hollow slate]

you want to centre it?

[snow warren]

is there a way to do it in the centre

[snow warren]

yes

[hollow slate]

yeah, sure. I messed around with it now and found:

(1 - (multiplier))/2

[steep rose]

you would need to move whatever you want centered by a certain amount every time you upscale or downscale

[snow warren]

yes
but calculation is what i suck at

sadly i failed in maths

[hollow slate]

basically, if we take the example from before, to centre we would:

height = 1200 / 1920 = 0.625
width = 600 / 1080 = 0.555...

x = (1 - 0.555)/2
y = (1 - 0.625)/2

Just take whatever ratio.

[snow warren]

how do you know all this?

[hollow slate]

hahah

[steep rose]

school

[snow warren]

[hollow slate]

well - doing lots of small math stuff in Unity.

[snow warren]

sweet

[hollow slate]

You'll start getting this pretty soon too, no problem I'm sure :)

[snow warren]

thanks

[stray zodiac]

Uhh anybody know the best place to get started with C#?

I have unity installed and everything

[snow warren]

there are many

tho learning C# in itself is way more easier than C++
but if you wanna learn Unity API then it might take you some time to get there

[steep rose]

you can learn C# in many ways, either by using documentation or using a Csharp learning site like
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/csharp
and if you want to learn unity best you !learn

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[stray zodiac]

Ok thanks!

[hollow slate]

me, personally. I suggest starting a project for something you really want to make. As soon as you don't know how to do something, look at a tutorial to learn how to do it. Continue this process and you'll learn.

you'll also learn that there are many different ways to achieve something, and many tutorials are different in their approach. You'll learn your preferred approach, it's drawbacks and when not to use it.

TLDR; if you have something you want to make, start making it.

@chilly vigil "right" for what?

what's your desired behaviour?

[chilly vigil]

https://hatebin.com/uhvmlkkdyn is this code right

[hollow slate]

did you write this code?

[chilly vigil]

yeah following an photon battle roayale course

[hollow slate]

okay

and is the code doing what you want it to do?

[chilly vigil]

i got 7 errors from it.

[steep rose]

and what were those errors

[chilly vigil]

"Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,43): error CS0117: 'Transform' does not contain a definition for 'Right'
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,51): error CS0103: The name 'x' does not exist in the current context
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,55): error CS0120: An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'Transform.up'
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,70): error CS0103: The name 'y' does not exist in the current context
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,84): error CS0117: 'Transform' does not contain a definition for 'Forward'
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,104): error CS0117: 'Transform' does not contain a definition for 'Position'
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(45,19): warning CS0219: The variable 'Y' is assigned but its value is never used
Assets\Scripts\DeathCamera.cs(54,116): error CS0165: Use of unassigned local variable 'Direction' " these i forget to refine some stuff

[steep rose]

well you are not using X Z or Y, you need to use them and assign them at the top of your script, so your script can actually see it

and you capitilized the T in transform

you should configure your !ide

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[shy flame]

Hey everyone!

I’m having a problem with my Unity3D game. The game view shows up completely white before I click "Play." Also, I can’t set up the UI properly since everything appears white in the editor too.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!

All UI prefabs are white.

[short hazel]

A UI element might be covering the entirety of the viewport here

Make sure you positioned them correctly (the Canvas is huge compared to your world objects - 1 unit = 1 pixel)

[shy flame]

All of my UI prefabs are white, but they render correctly only after I click 'Play.

[short hazel]

Disable all objects except the Camera and play. Then, enable them one by one until your view goes white again. The object you just enabled is the one causing it

[shy flame]

Thanks for the help!

[queen adder]

hey! ive got a quick question whats the easiest way to make something change when we increase the float ex. position

so when we increase the float the position is changed by 1

[polar acorn]

Make the float a property, and in the setter, change whatever else you need to change
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/properties

[queen adder]

thanks ill check it out

[weary egret]

Quick question for a scrollview - I have a bunch of objects inside a scroll view, and it works with the mask np, but as soon as I add an on click event to the objects, it no longer scrolls. What is the way to allow for interaction with the objects, but with the scrollview still working?

[queen adder]

ive got it to work and i can imagine it being rlly usefull in the future thx again!

[wintry quarry]

This is a known issue. Idr the solution but if you google it you should find some discussion threads and a solution

[weary egret]

I had to remove the event trigger entirely and use:

public void OnPointerClick(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        // Handle click event
        Debug.Log("Clicked on object");
        var ProfileController = GetComponent<ProfileController>();
        ProfileController.ClickAvatar();
    }

[wild tartan]

I NEED HELP when i code on like the text tht sould have collors dont have and its just text

[steep rose]

!ide, this could also be from you just opening the script and you needing to wait for it to do its thing

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[steep rose]

if your ide is not autocompleting or underlining errors, configure it

we would need more context but this is what im suggesting from what you are saying

[mild hound]

Guys i need help, i'm making a mobile game but the Drag Controller doesn't work really fine, it does what it's supposed to do (so aiming) but it's ambiguous. Can someone help me solve my problem if i share a clip and the code?

[wild tartan]

ima try ty mate

[steep rose]

why didnt you include code and video when you asked?

we would need that to help

[mild hound]

Yes u right but sometimes no one response even if i submit a video and code

I send you the vid

[wild tartan]

well this isnt the same as the other one

[steep rose]

you need to submit code and anything else to help us understand your issue, people dont answer either because they dont know or because they are doing something else

[wild tartan]

wait i think i got it

[steep rose]

you didnt say anything about visual scripting and im not sure that link would fix it, it might but have no idea

[wild tartan]

when i instaled i didnt choose the unit stuff

[mild hound]

This is the game, basically what i want the "drag-line" to do, is that: 1. Stay stick in the player view without going out the scene when the player's moving, 2. The movement of the player while aiming doesn't affect the aiming direction of the drag-line

I hope i've been claire

It's been a while that i'm trying to fix this now i send the PlayerController script

[steep rose]

!code

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[wild tartan]

ITS WORKINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

YESSSSSSSSS

NOW I JUST NEED TO WATCH THIS 8H TUTORIAL OF PROGRAM

[mild hound]

https://gdl.space/gufopezate.cs

@steep rose

[hollow slate]

you just need to have the point from which you start pressing be based on screen-position, not world position.

[mild hound]

Ok now i try

[steep rose]

all i would do is add the players position as an offset to the drag line so the "drag-line" can stick with the player, and im not sure what you mean by your second point

[mild hound]

Vector3 MousePosition { get { Vector3 pos = mainCamera.**ScreenToWorldPoint**(Input.mousePosition); pos.z = 0; return pos; } }

I need to change ScreenToWorldPoint?

[mild hound]

Ok thank you now i try this

With the second point it's more complicate to explain what the problem is, but basically i don't want that the player movement affects the modifiyng of the drag line points position

[steep rose]

from what im seeing in the video, I dont see that happening it looks normal to me

[boreal vine]

what chat to do i go to for unity cloud help? I don't want to accidentally speak in the wrong chat

[mild hound]

Btw with that you mean i need to make 2 variables that store a Vector3, one from the distance of the startPoint and one from the lastPoint, so (playerPosition - startP/lastP) and then add them to the SetPosition function of the lineR?

[mild hound]

This doesn't work but i will try the other method

[hollow slate]

It will work if you want it to only be based on your finger movement, ignoring the movement of the player in the game.

[steep rose]

you just get your position where you place the linerenderer and add it to your players position, and put that in Update() so it moves while the player is moving

[mild hound]

OK 👍

[void fable]

this is the link for the code: https://hastebin.com/share/ozorizijeh.csharp so I added the appear and move and disappear thing (picture).. But I think it might have gone wrong there because I tried to change it, but still nothing😭 @hexed terrace

[tender stag]

how can i make Time.timeScale = 0; run instantly

cause it runs after the next frame

[polar acorn]

It does run instantly. Time.deltaTime has already been computed

[tender stag]

alright bun this

my pause menu isnt gonna freeze the time

[eternal needle]

Could you not just check if the timescale is 0 in that coroutine?

And use WaitUntil

[tender stag]

its fine

it matches the game style

not freezing it

[patent imp]

!lean

!learn

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[tender stag]

my problem is that when my inventory is open and i press escape

it closes the inventory and opens the pause menu straight away

the CloseInventory sets the isOpen = false;

how do i make it so that the menu doesnt open straight away?

that would be the script execution order right?

u can see at the end when i have my inventory open and press escape to close it

the pause menu opens straight after closing the inventory

i guess the pause menu script runs after the inventory manager

[nocturne kayak]

Is there a way to get which object triggered a function through an event wrapper?

[slender sinew]

you would have to pass the gameobject as an event parameter or create a struct to hold event-related information (which would include the gameobject reference) and pass that

[bold plover]

Sometimes you just need to go back to an older version and rebuild what you were trying to do. Still I'm a bit frustrated coming back to a project and still somehow struggling with a state machine. This being despite a lot of research on getting it to work.

Like I'm wondering if I just build it from scratch? The state machine itself hasn't been the problem but rather implementing it with the player script I have.

No questions for now mostly just blabbing.

[slender sinew]

rebuilding features from scratch is a large part of learning quickly

[prime cobalt]

Can you make gravity go around a certain point? Like a ring but while walking around the edge you're pulled down by the same amount.

[wintry quarry]

Yeah if you mean the EventTrigger component, that makes sense because that component subscribes to all the events automatically

[wintry quarry]

You can do anything you want with the rug code

[polar acorn]

Gravity is just AddForce but down. If you gravity to be in a direction other than "down" you can disable the built-in gravity and addforce in your chosen direction instead

[tender stag]

i switched from GetAxisRaw to having each key for different direction

the GetAxisRaw was canceling the input if both keys were pressed

[worldly mural]

Does anyone know why "Pluto_Hit" isn't transitioning back to "Pluto_Idle" immediately after finishing? It doesn't play through the animation either it just continuously replays it as long as the bool "IsHit" is active and I don't know how to change that since making it false would immediately set it to "Pluto_Idle"

[tender stag]

for example if u were walking left and right
it would be 0
but with how i did it it doesnt do that, any way to make it cancel each other out?

[frozen plaza]

hey guys!

can someone tell me why my vehicle seemingly casts an enormous round shadow? and why its topside is not lit?

even a cube is casting this shadow

[verbal dome]

Hard to tell what's going on from these screenshots

[tender stag]

i mean it works

but im not sure this is the most efficient way of doing this

[slender sinew]

just add the numbers instead of manually checking each combination

y = 0f;
if (upPressed)
  y += 1f;
if (downPressed)
  y -= 1f;

if both are pressed, they will cancel out

[tender stag]

alright

when my inventory is open, and i press escape it closes the inventory and immediately opens the pause menu

Inventory.cs if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) && isOpen) { isOpen = false; }
Menu.cs if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Escape) && !Inventory.Instance.isOpen) { gamePaused = true }

is that because of the order of execution?

the menu script running after inventory

[spare mountain]

put it as an else if

[tender stag]

its not the same script

its two different

[spare mountain]

then put it in the same script

[tender stag]

im not gonna put the menu logic in my inventory script

that doesnt make any sense

its already over 800 lines

jumbling more shit together will fix it but complicate everything further

[tender stag]

in the video u can see i had my inventory open and then pressed escape

and it closed the inventory and opened the pause menu straight away

which isnt what i want

[spare mountain]

just that one line

not the whole menu logic

[slender sinew]

yes

[tender stag]

should i change it in the project settings?

some people told me the order of execution should be the last thing to do

[slender sinew]

you can if you want, the pause menu would need to run first

[tender stag]

yeah

[slender sinew]

yeah generally people don't like it because it's not obvious

[spare mountain]

if you put these two in the same script with a reference your problem is gone

[tender stag]

im not mixing these two

its gonna get too confusing later on

[slender sinew]

you should probably instead make a new script that manages the opening and closing of GUI, or create a system for handling how your inputs are received. For example, Unity does something for their GUI where they "consume" events. So, you could do something similar and have an "escape pressed" boolean somewhere in a script that gets set to true when you press escape, then when the inventory closing checks that boolean and decides to close, it would "consume" the event and set the boolean to false so that the pause menu can't use it

[tender stag]

and this is old code dont ask why im checking else if(isOpen)

cause it doesnt make sense lmao

[spare mountain]

no I'm saying set isOpen and gamePaused in the same script

[tender stag]

i just slapped it there

in the long run i will probably look into it

making a seperate script to handle it

but for now it works

[queen adder]

How do i learn things? Im gettting to a point where I dont know what I dont know how do I learn things? Also whats the best way to refrence a component on a prefab in a script on the same prefab

[steep rose]

getcomponent can do such, and for the learning part. what dont you know?

whats hard about learning?

[teal viper]

Regarding learning, this is a very vague question. But if you have all the basics covered, you just learn from experience and research whatever you need on the go.

As for the latter, serialized field is the preferable option imho.

[steep rose]

oh if you mean like assigning a variable that being a script or a rigidbody, then use [SerializedField] 💯

i mean getcomponent can do that but i wouldnt for something as simple as such

[teal viper]

Also avoid cross posting...

[steep rose]

does anything like Toint exist in C#? im making another variable for vector3.distance every time i want to convert it's float to an int, unless thats the only way

[wintry quarry]

Mathf has various methods to do that but why are you converting the distance to an int?

[steep rose]

for an A* algorithm, but mathf has things like that?

[wintry quarry]

A* doesn't require conversion to int.

I assume you mean for the heuristic function?

The heuristic score can be a float

[steep rose]

oh it can?

i guess i dont need to then

[wintry quarry]

But are you sure you want to use the "as the crow flies" distance for a*?

You should probably be using Manhattan distance

Depending on how your thing moves

If it can't move diagonally, you want Manhattan distance

[hot lantern]

Anyone knows why GetMouseButtonDown(1) wont work when i press right click? When i try it with (0) it does with the left one

[steep rose]

its in 3d which is a little harder

[wintry quarry]

And you should be using a Vector2Int for the coordinates anyway

[wintry quarry]

Not really it's basically all the same. Is it a 3D grid?

Just use Vector3Int coordinates

[steep rose]

i would use manhattan distance but i dont currently have a procedural grid 😅

[wintry quarry]

And 3D Manhattan distance

[steep rose]

im currently using placed points

which sucks

[wintry quarry]

Is it grid based or not

[steep rose]

yes

[wintry quarry]

So then you have a grid

And should be using grid coordinates

As for conversion to/from world space position, use Unity's built in Grid component

It has everything you need

[swift elbow]

what function is this in?

[hot lantern]

void OnMouseDown()

[wintry quarry]

0 is indeed left click

1 is right click

[swift elbow]

put it in update dirctly and see what happens

[wintry quarry]

You could use IPointerDownHandler. It includes the mouse button that was used in the parameter instead of doing extra update checks

[steep rose]

unitys grid component you say? ill check it out. im guessing i need to get the distance between 2 points using that?

instead of just measuring distance using vector3.distance

[wintry quarry]

No you just use it to convert between world space and grid space coordinates

You get the distance between two grid coordinates using Manhattan distance

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_geometry

[queen adder]

Thats the problem I dont know what I dont know so I cant learn. Is there somewhere I can go to learn new these for certain usecases

[steep rose]

the documentation, and us and the internet

depends on what you need to learn, imo it looks like you are burnt out

been there done that

[queen adder]

I think what Im missing is proper resources to research with. Any recomendations?

[steep rose]

ah okay thanks brother! 😁

[teal viper]

Google

[queen adder]

Lol that should work

[queen adder]

Unity docs help me a lot with stuff I know thats good and I try not to ask too much in here just when Im completely stuck

[steep rose]

if you need help, dont feel like you cant ask

[teal viper]

Google these use cases and see how people handle them. Or ask here. There's not much more to it.

[steep rose]

thats literally why we are here

to help people

[queen adder]

I try not to depend on you guys kinda like tutorial hell. Asking nice people on discord hell lol.

[steep rose]

i wouldnt say your relying on us, what i would say is you gaining more knowledge and wisdom for coding than you would by yourself

this is exactly why teachers exist, to teach others so they can be comfortable and know the current subject

and so that their students can pass on that wisdom to others, and so on and so fourth

[faint osprey]

            {
                /*foreach (Scene S in destroyQueue)
                {
                    SceneManager.UnloadSceneAsync(S);
                }
                destroyQueue.Clear();*/
                SceneManager.UnloadSceneAsync(SceneManager.GetSceneAt(player.GetComponent<CharacterMovement>().currentScene - 1));
                GH.Solidify();
            }```

ignore the commented code but im using this function to unload loaded scenes however when i get to the 2nd scene and unload the first one it works good but then when i get to the 3rd scene and try to unload the 2nd it doesnt work because it tries to unload scene 1 and not scene 0 however in my build manager that scene is set at scene 1 so I dont really understand why that wouldnt work

[teal viper]

Did you actually debug the values?

[faint osprey]

yeah i was watching the variable in editor it was 2 when the function was called so with - 1 it should equals 1 however it was destroying the scene that is labled as 2 in the build profile

so unless it works as the number relative to how many scenes are actually loaded

but i feel like it shouldnt

[teal viper]

It is. Did you read the docs?

[faint osprey]

so then whats the point of the number in build profile

public static AsyncOperation UnloadSceneAsync(int sceneBuildIndex);

yeah look this says it shod be

oh wait

its cause im using get scene at

isnt it

[teal viper]

Yes

[waxen adder]

I want to make a helper class. It would contain data structures and functions I find myself using a lot in the project. However, these data structures and functions use some of Unity's own data structures and functions that come from monobehaviour. If I make the class extend monobehaviour, don't I need this helper class be a component on a game object in order for it to do anything? I'd rather not have it like that. I'd rather it act more more like how a public static class that doesn't extend monobehaviour acts, in that you don't need it to be a component on anything. Any ideas?

[eternal needle]

Just dont make its class a monobehaviour and make it static if you want. It's not really clear what the problem is here

[rich adder]

you have many functions in unity that are static, they can be used outside of MBs

as long as they are kept on the main thread

[waxen adder]

Hmmm. There might not be actually lol.

I think I'm misremembering the last time I did something like this. iirc, I tried using start and update functions within a public static class that didn't extend monobehaviour.

All I want to do though is add some of my own data structures and associated functions, so yeah, nevermind XD

[eternal needle]

start and update are functions called on your components by unity. they arent a c# feature

[rich adder]

start and update are literally MB functions

[loud python]

https://paste.ofcode.org/QzG9GLSp2KQf3cdPsyKsr7

This is the greatest thing ive ever written

[loud python]

these are inherited from MB? or Using systems or collections ?

[eternal needle]

none of those. using systems or collections in your code wouldnt call any methods in your code, and i said "they arent a c# feature". its not inherited either, unity calls it via reflection

[waxen adder]

I made a custom grid, however I want the grid to automatically be created/updated in a similar vein as the built in unity grid. So, in other words, as values are changed, I want to create the grid and draw the gizmos needed to represent the grid, all in editor. Do I use OnValidate for that or something else?

[languid lake]

{
    comboNum = 1;
    
} else
{
    comboNum++;
    comboResetTime = Time.deltaTime + 2.5f / 3f;
}``` 

Hey I wrote this code for a combo system for pretty much if too much time has passed itll reset the combo number back to 1 or if its at 5 hit already but im actually really confused on how it works if smb can explain in like simple terms 😭

[polar acorn]

Code runs top to bottom, one line at a time. An if statement checks if the thing inside of it evaluates to true. If it does, it runs the code inside the condition. Otherwise, it runs the code inside the else condition.

|| means OR. It will return true if either side is true. So, if Time.time - comboResetTime > nextAttackTime, or if comboNum is 5, it will set comboNum to 1. Otherwise, it'll add one to comboNum and set comboResetTime to a new value. Time.deltaTime is the amount of time in seconds since the last frame ran (it is basically "Seconds per frame"), plus the constant 2.5 / 3 (which is roughly 0.8333.

[languid lake]

Doesn't Time.time get higher and higher over time so eventually itll outgrow the -comboResetTime correct? Theres nothing stopping it from resetting afterward

[polar acorn]

Time.time is the amount of time in seconds since the game began

[kind heron]

hello guys im doing roll a ball tutorial rn to familarize myself with unity. im on the part where you add the enemy to chase player using nav mesh but for some reason, the enemy player just circles around the player and has some irregular movement, and only moves when the player moves

[languid lake]

So eventually no matter how big comboResetTime is wont time always be bigger than nextAttackTime After a certain point?

[polar acorn]

You are checking if the current game clock, minus comboResetTime is greater than nextAttackTime

Nothing here changes nextAttackTime, and there's no information as to what that is

so that's all I can say about it

[ivory bobcat]

You probably want to check the elapsed time instead cs var current = Time.time - previous; if (current > reset) { ... previous = Time.time; }

[languid lake]

nextAttackTIme is hardcapped at 3 it doesnt change so if the game is 15 seconds in with time.time = 15, next attack time is 3 how is comboResetTime bringing time.time down below 3

[languid lake]

I apologize it does work for sure Im just very confused on how combo resettime works as time.deltatime is able to generate such a high number thats able to bring down time.time below it when its clicked right after another

[polar acorn]

If it's always 3, then after about 4 seconds, Time.time - comboResetTime is always going to be greater than nextAttackTime. Unless your framerate is really really bad

[languid lake]

Thats what Im saying but somehow I even waited a full minute before checking again and it was still able to reset back to one if the pause was tooo long

[polar acorn]

Try logging all of the relevant values

Time.time, comboResetTime, and nextAttackTime

[ivory bobcat]

Oh, edited the message. Previous should be the current time stamp.

comboResetTime = Time.deltaTime + 2.5f / 3f doesn't feel right as it's some tiny delta whereas Time.time would be the total play time thereon and subtracting it by the reset time would just yield an infinitely growing value.

[languid lake]

Alright so I figured it out after logging their was code later in the function that was for something else that added the delay that made nextAttackTime == time.time but + 1 pretty much so everytime it checked it made sure you waited 1 extra second before resetting the comboNum = 1

[languid lake]

Yeah its the extra part that pretty much says nextAttackTime = Time.time + 1f/3f that way when comboResetTime checks by subtracting it takes off more time that it gained which allows it to be under the nextAttackTime

[near wadi]

I'd throw in a few more Debugs, like an Awake Done to make sure that Awake is not finishing. It Should be finishing before the other stages (unless i got my order confused) -- Oh, i see what you are saying now.. Ok, i will leave it to those who know more than me

[carmine lagoon]

may I ask, since im planning to make an array that lists all the detected viruses. I am planning to make a sorter for the tower that makes them choose between the viruses, like the one with the lowest health, the nearest, the one with the highest health and the furthest away.

since this only list one virus/enemy, it's not really efficient as a player to only target one virus

[near wadi]

Which version of the engine are you on?

shoot. so not some odd 6 bug.

Why don't you share your code again here, so others can see. (this is beyond my understanding as to why)

Cool., that should be enough for someone who understands it to help

[nocturne kayak]

Hey

Anyone knows how do i get a variable value from script A to script B through an event?

    public static event Action<string> OnAxisClicked;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    public string gameObjectName;
    private void Awake()
    {
        gameObjectName = gameObject.name;
    }


    public void SelectAxis()
    {
        OnAxisClicked?.Invoke(gameObjectName);
    }
}

^ i have this code on what i want to trigger the event

    private void Awake()
    {
        PositionAxisHandle.OnAxisClicked += SelectAxis();
    }

    private void SelectAxis()
    {
        Debug.Log("CLICKED THIS BULLSHIT:" + gameObjectNameShouldGoHere);
    }
}

and this on the object i want to print the name from

but i don't know how i'd go about sending gameObjectName from the first script to the second

[ivory bobcat]

Select axis should take an argument of type string?

    private void SelectAxis(string gameObjectNameShouldGoHere)
    {
        Debug.Log("CLICKED THIS BULLSHIT:" + gameObjectNameShouldGoHere);
    }```

[nocturne kayak]

That works

Just so i understand

That mean that when i call a method through an event

That method's arguments are going to be automatically taken from the event dispatcher?

What if i have, let's say, one string argument and one int argument on the event but the function i'm trying to trigger only takes a string argument?

[ivory bobcat]

Your action expects a function with a parameter of type string event Action<string> OnAxisClicked thus your function should have a parameter of type string void SelectAxis(string gameObjectNameShouldGoHere)

[nocturne kayak]

That definetly works

As in, wrapping my head around the concept

[ivory bobcat]

(str, _) => SelectAxis(str)

[nocturne kayak]

While on the topic of events,

Is there an event listener of some kind?

Let's say i wanna figure out what's triggering and being triggered from a specific script

is there a way to do that besides going through god knows how many scripts?

[ivory bobcat]

Events are pretty nasty when it come to debugging tbh

[teal viper]

Place breakpoints and see the callstack when they're triggered.

[nocturne kayak]

well

it's meta's code so

I'm not entirely sure where to begin

[teal viper]

Begin with reading and understanding the code.

At least the relevant one to your issue.

[wanton iron]

guys, someone worked with unity photon?

photon pun*

just..i need help

[kind heron]

bump on this, the enemy still just circles around my player object when i move and never moves on its own

[nova wagon]

hey, sorry im quite new to unity so...
i downloaded Assets from the unity Store but when the show up in my Projekt they are just pink

[swift elbow]

this isnt a coding question + lookup pink materials unity on google

[nova wagon]

sorry my bad

[full coral]

Is there a way for the game to differentiate a tap and a hold on the ui canvas? I am using 2022.3.37 and i was thinking abot checking duration to do it but its not working in this version. Is there an easier way I overlooked?

[teal viper]

If you still look for help, you should share more info.

[full coral]

I'm raycasting a ui canvas into a 3d space in order to basically do fruit ninja with an orthographic camera. It all works fine. But a tap and a slash is indistinguishable

[teal viper]

You'll need to implement it yourself.

[full coral]

I'm trying to I'm just not great with unity. Can you point me in the right direction of the documentation. I do have the new input system working with the game as well

[teal viper]

In terms of unity API all you need is just checking the touch input.

The logic of the tap vs hold is up to you.

[full coral]

Is it true in Version 2022.3 that the duration function is iffy

[teal viper]

What duration function?

*Method btw. In C# it's it's methods, not functions.

[frozen plaza]

is my x positive on the right or the left here?

the right is X+, no? it's odd.. in blender I have the arrow point to X+ but in unity it's inverted appearently?

[frozen plaza]

and also, I'm absolutely freaking out with the controls in this.. when I hold RMB to fly around the scene, the X control is inverted but Y is not.. can I change this? I always look the wrong direction, it's frying my brain

[sterile sable]

someone has a project that when you click a button it will play an ad?

[sonic igloo]

based on this, you're upside down. which i think would explain the inversion on your controls as well

[frozen plaza]

daaamn, you're right! thanks so much! :D

[sonic igloo]

np!

[frozen plaza]

I have another question: out of curiosity I wanted to look at visual scripting and now it's giving me errors and I think I enabled something I don't really need. can I completely turn that off?

[languid spire]

yes, remove the visual scripting package

[frozen plaza]

how do I do that?

[sonic igloo]

yeah, just Window>Package Manager and you can remove it. it's outdated/abandoned more or less, depending on which version you use (not that it was ever really great in the first place honestly)

[languid spire]

like you would remove any package. The package manager

[frozen plaza]

im new so I didn't know how to do it

thanks to both of you though, I removed it

[sterile sable]

someone?

[frozen plaza]

Debug.DrawRay(ray.origin, ray.direction * 100, Color.red);
why can't I see this one?

[sonic igloo]

no one is really going to have a project that you can just download that has that functionality only, you're better off just learning how to do it on your own (this is a channel for coding concepts, which isn't really something that'd cover a goal as vague as that, i think)

[sterile sable]

every time i try to make this project it show me this error Assets\NewBehaviourScript.cs(5,106): error CS0535: 'NewBehaviourScript' does not implement interface member 'IUnityAdsShowListener.OnUnityAdsShowClick(string)'

[sonic igloo]

try checking the "gizmos" button in the top right of the scene viewport, that's usually the culprit. if it's not that, not sure

[frozen plaza]

hm.. does it even work in play mode?

[sonic igloo]

it should work in both modes, as long as the gizmos view is enabled

[frozen plaza]

ah, it's a different button when play is active, now I see it, thanks!

[sonic igloo]

np! also i checked the docs since it had been a while, if you're not doing that every frame (inside Update or FixedUpdate) then you may have to set the duration. it's set to draw only for one frame by default, so that may be why it isn't showing up in play mode if you're only calling it one time

[frozen plaza]

right, thanks

I appreciate the help

[sonic igloo]

👍

[sterile slate]

hi! could anyone tell me what Debug.log() is used for?

[languid spire]

it's used so you can debug your code

[sterile slate]

oh ok and could you tell me what the following errors mean?

[burnt vapor]

Not without your !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.

[burnt vapor]

Your syntax is wrong, that's all that can be said

[languid spire]

those mean you have syntax errors in your code. your ide should be highlighting them if not configure it using !ide

[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

[sterile slate]

i know but every tutorial has a different looking visual studio

[languid spire]

you do not even have a solution open there

[formal sable]

Hey guys! What's going on?

Where can I ask about textures for materials?

[sonic igloo]

it depends on what kind of question, but probably #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[verbal dome]

Maybe #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[sterile sable]

I am trying to make a simple unity ads project and i keep getting this error Assets\AdManager.cs(5,41): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'IUnityAdsListener' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[formal sable]

I bought a pack in the asset store.

I have HDRP rendering.

There was a problem: Materials for houses flew off. However, this can still be fixed.

Another thing is the grass that goes through the "Terrain" and how to put the material, I do not know

[languid spire]

we do not provide support for 3rd party assets, contact the asset publisher

[cunning locust]

how to compile c# code in vsc ?

[rocky canyon]

you mean using it for other than Unity?

like to compile and run standalone c#?

[cunning locust]

yeah

I figured it out tho, had to install .net SDK

[carmine lagoon]

@rocky canyon are you free?

I have a question

[burnt vapor]

If you have a question, just ask it. Don't ping a specific person

[rocky canyon]

https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/dotnet/hello-world-tutorial/install found this website..

[carmine lagoon]

sorry, he was the one who recommended me the code so I figured it would be the best to ask from him too

can I make the target an array instead of a single value and the turrets to have a sorter to differentiate which target to shoot first

[rocky canyon]

you can do anything u can imagine

[rocky canyon]

absolutely..

using for loops to loop thru and do comparisons or w/e

[cosmic dagger]

yeah, that's normal . . .

[carmine lagoon]

You guys watch me take three days to read the documentation and come back here asking again HAHAHAHAHAHA

anyways thanks guys

[burnt vapor]

Generally everybody here is experienced enough to answer your question

[amber nimbus]

Hello, currently working on an inventory system for my game. The approach I am thinking about going for is having an object the item data of a some container (for example a chest) aswell as the size of the inventory grid. What I am not sure is how to go about generating the actual UI. As I heard that working with UI is pretty slow. My idea was to generate the grid and the items inside the container whenever the player opened the chest. But I was also thinking if I should rather make a prefab for the UI that is just spawned and then the items are added. (this would mean I dont have to generate the grid each time I open the container)

[rocky canyon]

for ur own good kinda thing

[rocky canyon]

this is a good method imo.. have ur prefab w/ everything set up.. a placeholder icon, placeholder text or w/e

then when u instantiate ur actual object.. use its data (via a scriptable object or however u decide) and populate those variables

[carmine lagoon]

since I'm planning to use this same block of codes, how can I apply it to instantiated game objects?

[rocky canyon]

use a function that takes in the gameobject or w/e script they have that ur trying to modify

    public void SpawnAlpha()
    {
        currentTank = Instantiate(typeAlpha[Random.Range(0, typeAlpha.Length)], transform.position, Quaternion.identity).GetComponent<Tank>();

        DoSomethingToPrefab(currentTank); // <-- like here
    }

    void DoSomethingToPrefab(Tank tankToUse)
    {
        tankToUse.DoSomething();
    }```

unless im confusing what ur trying to do

which i probably am.. as i dont have much details to go off of (haven't been following the conversation)

i mean whats wrong with this?

[carmine lagoon]

Where can I share my screen lol

[rocky canyon]

not in this server unfortunately..

[carmine lagoon]

oof

[rocky canyon]

record a video short

[carmine lagoon]

okay i'll try

[rocky canyon]

ShareX

i use that program to make nice little filesizes

[fervent abyss]

you should create the materials yourself and assign the textures to them. you also should've checked if the asset supports HDRP

[carmine lagoon]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qZxHbg9WKKlmIhdeETjHF0Isz_KUZroL/view?usp=sharing

[full coral]

sorry i fell asleep

idk one of my programmers said that the duration method of differentiating is iffy in the unity version

[steep rose]

needs to be embeded

nvm

that works

[remote steppe]

Amigos

Haven't unityied in like a year until recently out of being forced. (School) only unreal. Question regarding unity asset creation. In unreal for "prefabs" I can make my c++ class (essentially game object class or component), and then create BP (prefab) from class, which automatically sets up all the components of the prefab, etc to expedite the creation. What I've seen so far is in unity you don't use constructors, have to make a game object in world, set it up manually, and then create prefab. Is that true?

Tldr lol

[frosty hound]

That's the typical workflow, yep

[remote steppe]

Unfortunate

Manual labor

[frosty hound]

I'm not sure it's faster not to be able to visually see what you're setting up before creating a prefab. 🤷‍♂️

[remote steppe]

Let code do it for me.

[steep rose]

you can add components using code but thats more labor then just setting it up

i see no issue with setting it up manually

[frosty hound]

What's your actual usecase in Unity?

[remote steppe]

Oh it was just for setting up objects. Was curious of workflow. Like I said. Unreal I do this

So before I even get in client everything is setup lol

[frosty hound]

Right, I suppose that's one way to do it

[remote steppe]

And can adjust base class

Does none of unity use constructors? Or just monobehaviors

Well.. I guess mono is main world object lmak

[frosty hound]

Monobehaviours don't use constructors no. Only plain C# scripts.

[remote steppe]

Ahh

Okay so tldr is, unity is setup object manually.

Minus script that can add vars/affect components

[frosty hound]

Unless you want to do it all at runtime, but then you lose the benefit of actually visualizing your work / quick tweaking in editor.

[remote steppe]

Which still needs script machine manually added

Ah so that just creates it in world?

Not actual prefab asset

[frosty hound]

Yep

If you want to create a class that creates an object, dresses it up and initializes it, kind of what you're doing in your Unreal example.

But that's going to not be any faster, that's for sure.

[remote steppe]

Tyvm

My hero for quick answer

[teal viper]

That doesn't make much sense.

[blazing crater]

can anyone help me fix my code?

[short hazel]

!ask

[eternal falcon]

:thinking: Asking Questions

:mag: Search the internet for your question!
:book: Use the API Scripting Reference and User Manual and this troubleshooting site for commonly posted issues.
:wrench: Attempt to debug your issue.
:thought_balloon: Find an appropriate channel by reading the name and description in #🔎┃find-a-channel
:grey_question: And don't ask to ask, ask a full question illustrating with screenshots if needed.
-# For more posting guidelines, go to #854851968446365696

[blazing crater]

Ok Im trying to make it so when you click left mouse button your ability will shoot the way your facing. Then go on cooldown for how ever much attack speed is, which at base is 3. I got everything working except cooldown How do i fix it!

[short hazel]

When you shoot, record the time with Time.time and add your cooldown seconds, into a variable. Then add a condition to that outer if statement that checks that Time.time > _timeAfterCooldown

[steep rose]

or you can invoke a function or use a coroutine

[blazing crater]

ok so how could i do that. give an example.

[blazing crater]

I tried.

[steep rose]

where?

[short hazel]

_timeAfterCooldown = Time.time;

Field needs to be declared in your class

[blazing crater]

I removed it because it did not work.

[short hazel]

Coroutines are more complex and would require a bunch of changes in your current code

Adding a variable and a condition is better in your context

[blazing crater]

where would I put the cooldown time?

where WaitForSeconds is?

[short hazel]

As soon as you shoot, so in there yes

new WaitForSeconds() does nothing if not in a coroutine

[blazing crater]

ok

[steep rose]

i wouldnt say corountines are more complex, its not to hard to make them

[blazing crater]

so i would do Time.time = attackspeed?

[steep rose]

and or use them

[short hazel]

In their current code there's more drawbacks than advantages. Again, it requires moving more code around

[short hazel]

No, scroll up and check out my examples

You cannot assign a value to Time.time, it's read-only. It gives you the time in seconds since the game started

[blazing crater]

so I make a float. like, publice float timeaftercooldown = 3f; ?

[short hazel]

Yes but you don't store 3 in it. That field represents the time at which you'll be able to shoot again

Put the actual cooldown delay in another variable

[blazing crater]

can you give an example?

Im sorry if im annoying you Im new to C#.

[short hazel]

private float _timeAfterCooldown;
public float _cooldown; // set to 3 in the Inspector

[blazing crater]

ok.

done now what?

I added the floats and the time.time

[short hazel]

When you shoot put the result of Time.time + _cooldown inside _timeAfterCooldown

[blazing crater]

like this? _timeaftercd = Time.time + _cooldown;

[short hazel]

Correct

[blazing crater]

and it should work?

[short hazel]

Not until you add the part in the if statement that actually compares the variable with Time.time again, to check whether time has moved on enough for it to be greater than your variable

[blazing crater]

well how would i do that?

[short hazel]

I told you, in text form

Translate to code

You can combine two conditions in the if statement with && to make the if statement run only if both conditions are truthy

[weak cedar]

Which one is a better idea: changing the sprite of an image or having image childrens and setting them active/inactive? (For only 2 sprites, therefore only 2 children)

[blazing crater]

I would put the conditions at the end of the shoot

[short hazel]

No in the if at the top

[blazing crater]

which one?

[short hazel]

"If I left click AND that time has advanced enough for me to shoot"

[short hazel]

I'd use the former, since all references would be grouped into a single script. That way, no need to expand the object's children and select them to change the image

[blazing crater]

so like this?

[short hazel]

The script can be made more versatile by using an array instead of multiple fields

[short hazel]

You ignored the &&, but that works

[blazing crater]

Do i need to add &&

[short hazel]

if (... && Time.time > _timeAftercd)

[blazing crater]

Its saying error

[short hazel]

Post said error

[steep rose]

you need to revise this code and put {} properly

[blazing crater]

it has error lines on the dots and &&

[short hazel]

You're taking things way too literally lol

The dots mean "the left mouse input detection that was there before"

[blazing crater]

sorry

[frozen plaza]

when modeling something for unity in blender, how do I work this x/y/z thing?
should I model it so that X is the front of my tank for example?

then how do I export/import it so that it fits in unity?

[blazing crater]

It works!

[short hazel]

Not a code question
Model as is in Blender (ie Z-up), you can change the axes in the export settings so they fit Unity's setup

[frozen plaza]

where should I ask and what do I set in the export setting exactly?

[short hazel]

#💻┃unity-talk, Google has plenty of resources available

[blazing crater]

on that same code.. I have it so the abilty clones the game object that is the ablity. but I want them to despawn after 3 seconds. how could I do that?

[wind raptor]

Is there a way to access an event parameter within the AddListener function?

    int MyInt;
    UnityEvent MyEvent;

    MyEvent.AddListener(delegate { MyInt = [intValueHere?]; });

[blazing crater]

or to much to ask for?

[short hazel]

Use Destroy(obj, delayInSeconds) to schedule an object for destruction

[blazing crater]

and to not take literal the delayinseconds I would put how many seconds till destroy so like 3?

[short hazel]

Use UnityEvent<int> and a lambda expression instead of that old delegate syntax and you'll be able to access it: myEvent.AddListener(val => MyInt = val);

You'll be able to set the integer you want to pass from the Inspector.

Or, when invoking it from code!

[short hazel]

Yup correct

You also need the object to destroy in a variable (denoted by the obj here)

[blazing crater]

yea i did

[short hazel]

Do not give it skillg! It's the original. Get the clone from Instantiate:

GameObject clone = Instantiate(skillg, ...);

Instantiate returns the object it just created

[blazing crater]

ok

[wind raptor]

Excellent, thank you!

[sterile sable]

Hi i am trying to make a simple unity ads project and i keep getting this error Assets\AdManager.cs(5,41): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'IUnityAdsListener' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[short hazel]

Have you imported the package and added the required using directives at the top?

[rich adder]

are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?

[sterile sable]

i dont know

[short hazel]

Head to the Package Manager to find out!

[sterile sable]

what now?

[short hazel]

Ensure that the ads package is installed

[blazing crater]

is it ok if i send a video of what is happening?

[sterile sable]

i have Advertisement Legacy installd

[blazing crater]

The gameobject got destroyed but it was still there.

Im so confused

[short hazel]

That might not be the correct one. I think it's named just "Advertisement"

Legacy denotes an older package that's probably deprecated

[sterile sable]

where i can find the Advertisement package?

[short hazel]

In the Package Manager

[sterile sable]

i dont see it

[short hazel]

If it's not listed, click the "In Project" dropdown at the top and switch to the "Repository" section

[sterile sable]

i dont have it

[short hazel]

Unity Registry

Trying things out won't break anything!

[sterile sable]

i still dont find the Advertisement

[short hazel]

Which Unity version are you on?

[sterile sable]

2022.3.11f1

[short hazel]

That might be why. Keep the legacy one and make sure you have using UnityEngine.Advertisements; at the top of the script you need to import the ads stuff

[sterile sable]

i have using UnityEngine.Advertisements; in my script

[blazing crater]

How do I fix this issue now?

The code

[hexed terrace]

What issue?

[blazing crater]

when the code clones when I click the sprite is not there. It enabled and on the clonede object

[hexed terrace]

it's Z pos is a minus, it's probably behind everything. Don't give it a minus Z pos.

[blazing crater]

how?

[terse plume]

unity doesn't have a global Y kill plane, right? I must check the Y of the object during Update? 🤔

[hexed terrace]

What is skill1g.transform.position .. as that is where it's getting the position from. Either change that position in the inspector, or set the Z pos to 0 in code before instantiation

[blazing crater]

ok

[blazing crater]

when i tried clone.transform.position.z = -1; it showed the error line

[sterile sable]

@short hazel

[hexed terrace]

so read the error, understand it, do the fix.

[short hazel]

Unavailable, someone else will take the lead

[sterile sable]

OK

[blazing crater]

unhelpfull

It will not work i tried moving the object, and tried clone.transform.position.z = -1; but it does not work what do i do

[sterile sable]

could someone help me?

[full coral]

I'm just relaying. We are all kinda new with unity. We mostly know unreal. Also most of our code is visual scripting

[polar acorn]

What is "The duration method of differentiating". That doesn't really mean anything

If you're just relaying someone's question, maybe they should come ask it so they can actually provide context

[polar acorn]

Unless you actually say what the error is, no one can give you any further information than that

[oak kelp]

when i use Debug.Log it doesnt log anything to the console is there away to fix this?

[polar acorn]

Either you've hidden messages in the console or that line isn't actually running

[oak kelp]

does i have to drag the C# Script somewhere?

[polar acorn]

If you want the code to run it does need to exist

[oak kelp]

i have it made just nothing pops up in the console

[polar acorn]

What function is the log in

[oak kelp]

 // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            Debug.Log("Jump");
        }
    }
}

[polar acorn]

Okay, is the object this script is on active in the scene, and are you hitting space?

[river garnet]

Hi, really need help with my project. Im trying to get an objec to collide with the ground but when trying to add a "Ground" layer to my platforms, I am given an empty window. I cannot add a layer

[oak kelp]

yes i have the Player as a Circile and i press Space

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of the player object

[polar acorn]

Something's gone wrong with the internal editor code.

First step, try window -> reset layout. If that doesn't work, restart unity. If that doesn't work, close unity, delete your Library folder and re-open. If that doesn'twork, reinstall this version of Unity.

[polar acorn]

Show the inspector of the Player component on this object

[river garnet]

I tried restarting unity and resetting layout already

Ill try deleting the library folder

[idle burrow]

You don't seem to have instantiated the Player object within the code that is responsible for collision

[oak kelp]

im sorry im new i dont really understand

[polar acorn]

Regardless, this should definitely have stuff in that window

[river garnet]

What does this mean? this is my first time programming objects like this

[idle burrow]

That or you're just referencing the object oddly

[river garnet]

Deleting the library folder did not work either

[polar acorn]

Okay, so the player script is attached. Hit play, press space, show a screenshot of your console

[polar acorn]

The errors in the console are in Unity's internal code and have nothing to do with the scripts in this project

It's some sort of editor corruption if the library clear didn't fix it. Might need to reinstall

[oak kelp]

i press space about 6times

[river garnet]

It gives me that error every time I try to add a layer

[idle burrow]

This is a C# coding error

[river garnet]

My object moves, it just falls right through my platform since I havent added a grounded layer which I cant do

[idle burrow]

The compiler is not happy with what you wrote

[polar acorn]

Show the full !code of the player script

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[river garnet]

Do you want me to show you my code?

[polar acorn]

No, it isn't

[polar acorn]

and no, it's not

1. It's not a compile error
2. It's not in any of the code they wrote, it's in Unity's rendering script

[river garnet]

My code runs fine for the record - as I said, it falls through my platforms as I cant add a ground layer. I have no compiler issues

[oak kelp]

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

public class Player : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
        {
            Debug.Log("Jump");
        }
    }
}

[polar acorn]

You can ignore the other guy, he doesn't seem to actually be reading the source of the error. It has nothing to do with your code, unless you've written a function with this name:

[polar acorn]

Okay, so it's not a nested function or anything. Try putting a log in Start

[river garnet]

Here is my code just in case ive done something wrong.

Im just adding basic player movement

The only thing that is wrong to my knowledge is just letting me add a ground layer

I just get an empty window

[polar acorn]

Yeah, runtime code wouldn't affect the rendering of any editor windows. Unless you've written editor scripts that override this function, or have a plugin/asset that does, it's probably a corrupt install

[river garnet]

Hmm okay, Ive restarted, deleted the library folder, and reset my windows

I suppose all thats left is reinstalling unity?

[polar acorn]

If you don't want to reinstall yet, make a new project with nothing in it and see if you can add a layer there

[river garnet]

Sure ill give that a shot

[polar acorn]

If it's working there, then you might have a plugin or asset causing problems

if it's still broken, reinstall would probably be the fix

[river garnet]

I havent imported any assets or plugins. Ive only used built in functions and 2d objects like squares

Yes it works on another plugin

very strange

[oak kelp]

so it logged

{
        Debug.Log("Start was called.");
    }

just not spacebar

[idle burrow]

You're looking at the wrong snippet

[river garnet]

Another project, I meant

[idle burrow]

This is the important bit

[river garnet]

It worked on another unity project

[polar acorn]

That's literally the same snippet

[river garnet]

Adding a layer, I mean

[lofty sequoia]

what algorithm does the Unity auto sprite slicer use?

[polar acorn]

Unless they wrote that GetMaxRenderingLayersFromSettings function in the UnityEditor.Rendering.RenderPipelineEditorUtility, this has nothing to do with their code

[idle burrow]

A null reference does not come from a corrupt unity install

[polar acorn]

Yes, it can

and it does

when it is in Unity's code

[river garnet]

It just worked on another project in the same unity install, so I dont think my install is corrupt

Somethings wrong with this specific project

I have no idea what

[quaint wadi]

Does anyone know how to fix tools window not pooping up when i add my editor script 😭
I've used this before multiple times and now it just doesn't pop up

[polar acorn]

Maybe a project configurations thing? The error is in RenderPipelineEditorUtility, are you using URP or built in?

[idle burrow]

Cross reference your project to see how the object shows up

or configs

[river garnet]

I dont know what that means to be honest, how do I find out?

pretty new to this

[polar acorn]

1. Did you add the menu attribute to the script? Make sure you didn't accidentally name it something else
2. Do you have any compile errors, even in other scripts? It won't compile any editor code if anything's failing to compile

[river garnet]

What do you mean?

That error only shows up when I click the "Add Layer" button for the record

[polar acorn]

Pretty sure they're still assuming the problem is in your code somewhere

[quaint wadi]

i get this error when i add it

[polar acorn]

but it really isn't. The error is unambiguously clear about that.

[idle burrow]

It's either that or incorrect settings

[river garnet]

My code is here if youd like to read it

[polar acorn]

Nah, that's just a warning, that wouldn't stop it.

Show the !code where you're defining the toolbar and the function to run

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[river garnet]

So what can I do to fix it? As I stated earlier I tested the add layer function on a different project and it worked

[polar acorn]

Are you using URP or built-in?

[river garnet]

As in? my template?

Im not sure what URP or built-in is

[polar acorn]

If it's URP, maybe you need to update the render pipeline package, or remove and re-add it

[polar acorn]

Yes, unless you've specifically changed it, it'd be which template you started with

[idle burrow]

A built-in is what comes out of the box with unity

[river garnet]

Hmm I see, this one is 2D Universal I believe

Not Built-in render pipeline

[polar acorn]

Okay, so URP (Universal Render Pipeline)

[river garnet]

Yes that one

Unfamiliar with the terms, sorry

[polar acorn]

Window -> Packages, find your URP package, and update it if it has one, otherwise remove and reinstall it

[river garnet]

Where do I find the package?

[polar acorn]

I'm unfamiliar with the template names, thought it was called "2D URP"

[river garnet]

Im using Unity 6

[polar acorn]

Check under "In Project", find something with a name along the line of "rendering" or "universal"

[river garnet]

Theres nothing under Update, and under In Project I just have Multiplayer Center and 2D Sprite

I found Universal RP under Unity Registry, should I install that?

[rich adder]

yeah now its just Universal on the hub 🙄

[polar acorn]

It's not already installed? That's odd.

[river garnet]

Beats me

as to why

I assume I should probably install it then

[polar acorn]

I haven't actually installed Unity 6 yet, but I'd assume the template named "Universal" came with URP

Give it a shot, if things break you can always remove it

[river garnet]

Sure thing

Im not sure how to remove it but ill cross that bridge when I come to it

Yup that did it

[polar acorn]

Same button you used to install it. It becomes a remove button once it's already installed

[river garnet]

How strange. I wouldve assumed that would come preinstalled with the template

[polar acorn]

Fixed the problem?

[river garnet]

Yes, im able to add a layer now

Thank you very much

Confused how that wasnt already there, but nevertheless glad its fixed

[polar acorn]

Okay cool.

Gonna chalk that up to pre release quirks

[river garnet]

Most likely

[rich adder]

normally does, are you sure you didn't click BIRP

[polar acorn]

Yeah. Seems like a kind of important package to have in the template

[river garnet]

Not sure what BIRP stands for, but Im 99% sure I clicked the "2D Universal" template

[rich adder]

BuiltInRendererPipeline

[river garnet]

Ah, no, I didnt use that one

[rich adder]

but yeah if you clicked Universal must be something they def need to fix lol

[river garnet]

I think it may be a release issue, I definitely used 2d universal

[rich adder]

yeah might be that specific version of the template maybe

[river garnet]

My PC still falls through my platforms unfortunately.. not sure whats wrong there

[rich adder]

your pc falls through ?

[river garnet]

Yeah it doesnt collide with my platforms

[rich adder]

you have colliders on both?

[polar acorn]

Player character presumably. Computers don't tend to phase through desks

[river garnet]

Believe so

[rich adder]

also how are you moving the said object

[river garnet]

Yes PC is player character, sorry

[river garnet]

What do you mean how?

[rich adder]

oh lol yeah are you moving transforms maybe

[quaint wadi]

where do i even find that 😭

[rich adder]

which component are you moving it by

[river garnet]

Oops they dont have box colliders

hang on

[polar acorn]

Wherever you put it.

[river garnet]

Okay yeah it colldies now but doesnt move left to right

[rich adder]

going to have to at least send code / show setup

[river garnet]

Code is here

What else do you need me to show?

[quaint wadi]

ye but what do you want me to send lol

[rich adder]

oh okay, I'd first put log inside check if its even running

[wheat rune]

!ide

[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

[river garnet]

How do I do that?

[rich adder]

also did you change your speed variable inside inpsector

Debug.Log(horizontal)

[river garnet]

Speed variable, no I have not. Didnt know there was one

Oh a debug log, I see

[rich adder]

Ahh well its initialized with 0

therefore its 0 unless it was changed in inspector / code

[river garnet]

Which component is that under

[river garnet]

Ah in my code, right

[rich adder]

expose it in the inspector to change it there with

[SerializeField] attribute (exposes private fields in the inspector)

[river garnet]

Add that line?

[rich adder]

if you want to change it via inspector yes you need that attribute for private fields

only public fields are serialized by default in the inspector

[river garnet]

I got a compiler error, it says invalid token 'void' in class, record, struct, or interface member declaration

when I added that

[rich adder]

where did you add it ?

[river garnet]

Under the other seralizefields

[rich adder]

the attribute goes above or beside the field declared

[river garnet]

So I should put it in front of my privte float = speed line?

Sorry, im really new to this

[rich adder]

before private correct

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

[river garnet]

Like this?

[rich adder]

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

[rich adder]

why did you write "attribute"

[river garnet]

You said [SerializeField] attribute

[rich adder]

but I only put the inline code on the attribute 😉

[river garnet]

Oh perhaps I took it too literally

[rich adder]

yes lol

look the links I sent

it should help

[river garnet]

so the line should be: [SerializeField] private float speed = 6f;

[patent imp]

i have 2 tile maps children of a grid. one is for the background the other is for on top of it. then i change the palette on one it also changes the other is that normal?

[rich adder]

thats how you wrote the others, yes 🙂 @river garnet

also your IDE does not look configured

it should've underlined red what you wrote before

[river garnet]

How do I configure it properly?

[rich adder]

#🖼️┃2d-tools not a code question

[river garnet]

I dont see it showing up in the inspector either, the speed variable I mean

[rich adder]

did you save ? and make sure you hae no compile errors

[rich adder]

follow guide on !ide ⏬

[eternal falcon]

💡 IDE Configuration

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

Select one:

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• JetBrains Rider
• :question: Other/None

[river garnet]

Yeah no compiler errors and saved

[rich adder]

show new code you updated

[river garnet]

Okay yeah I have all the IDE stuff right

Its at the top

Is it in the wrong spot

[rich adder]

looks fine where its at

make sure UNITY console doesn't have compile errors

[river garnet]

Nope no compiler issues

Just something about Render Graph API, but its not an error

[rich adder]

are your errors collapsed maybe

screenshot console window

try adding the script onto the gameobject again

[river garnet]

This is the console

Sure ill remove it and readd it

Ah yeah there it is

[rich adder]

ahh gotta love unity 6 bugs

[river garnet]

now ive lost my jump function hahaha

[rich adder]

make sure the layers are correct for the IsGrounded method

[river garnet]

I fixed it

[rich adder]

also do get your IDE configured

[river garnet]

It is

[rich adder]

its not

[river garnet]

Well I followed that link and I have everything it does

[rich adder]

it should not look like that, and it should say Assembly-CSharp at the top

instead of Miscellaneous

when you wrote [SerializeField] attribute private . should've underlined red

[river garnet]

I have the Game Development with Unity installed in VS

[river garnet]

and my preferences tools have VS as my external script editor

[rich adder]

close VS , click Regen Project Files

[river garnet]

Where do I find that

[silk verge]

supp can anyone help pls? looks like unity dont want to find my serializefield or smthing

[rich adder]

preferences external tools

[river garnet]

I only see Reset Argument

[rich adder]

how can we help without the issue being shown and code shared?

[rich adder]

then its not configured correctly lol

[silk verge]

wait

was screenshoting mbmb

[river garnet]

Hmm okay, Ill reread that article

[rich adder]

spelling error

configure your [IDE ](#💻┃code-beginner message)

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

[rich adder]

yes if you already installed via HUB click that link etc

should be only a few steps

[river garnet]

Installed VS through unity hub? I didnt do that

I installed VS manually and installed unity hub seperate

[rich adder]

oh okay in that case you might need to install the Unity Workload in VS Installer

make sure you do that part via Visual Studio Installer

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/gamedev/unity/get-started/getting-started-with-visual-studio-tools-for-unity?pivots=windows#install-visual-studio-and-unity

[river garnet]

I dont see that option on the installer, just the game dev with unity

which I already have installed

[rich adder]

this one is installed already for your version of VS ?

[river garnet]

Yeah I did it manually when I first installed visual studio

figured id need it

[rich adder]

yup

okay go back to unity Preferences External tools, click the dropdown, show all the options

make sure you see the Visual Studio with the version number

[river garnet]

yeah the one that shows up is Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 (internal)

[rich adder]

it should not say internal

I think it shows the actual version

[river garnet]

Well then how do I fix it?

[rich adder]

check real quick inside unity packages In Project

make sure Visual Studio Editor package is there

[river garnet]

No I dont see it in packages

[hearty apex]

Hey @river garnet , just a quick recommendation, it's just my opinion so you don't have to comply ,I strongly recommend you to learn c# without unity first , just learn the basics and stuff , once you get the hang of core functionality, it's going to be super easy for you to learn unity API. If you need some resources do let us (or me ) know.

[river garnet]

Id love to take my time, however I have to make a functioning game for university within the next 20 weeks so I kinda have to learn through trial and error like this in unity

[rich adder]

thats a problem then
you need the Visual Studio Editor package installed

[river garnet]

Im normally a level designer

[river garnet]

Got it. I found it under unity registry

I installed it

[rich adder]

normally it comes with the template idk what hapened there

[river garnet]

Well same reason I didnt have the URP either I assume

[rich adder]

yeah something went funky with your manifest.json lol

[river garnet]

Yes it says Assembly-CSharp now

Amazing. Thank you

[rich adder]

woo!

[river garnet]

I thought something was amiss cause it was white code instead of coloured

usually everything has a colour

[rich adder]

yeah usually thats a tell tale sign

[full coral]

oh i apologize i was severely sleep deprived ill reword it and get back later. sorry

[river garnet]

Chalked it up to just vs being weird though

Thanks again! You guys are life savers

[hearty apex]

Understandable, I guess gotta face it then, you'll get the hang of it just keep hammering around, that's a valid path depending on the context actually.

And of course there's still the " but " factor

[river garnet]

Yeah I dont mind learning like this. I enjoy coding enough that im willing to do it this way

[hearty apex]

One other thing you can do is have a complete goal of what type of game do you want to make, once you have a clear vision of requirement, learn specific things you need for it , and again only if you are limited by time.

[river garnet]

Its a bit trail by fire but I dont have much of a choice

Yeah thats what im doing, Im going basic 2d platformer for now, so I was trying to get player WASD controls and basic jump functions

Which are working now, so thats nice

[hearty apex]

True considering 20 weeks time , you'd just rush unintentionally even if you try not to , so do it the way you are more comfortable

[river garnet]

Thank you for your offer though, I will 100% be back in here asking for help

[hearty apex]

Great to hear that.

[hearty apex]

Asking people live like this is much more healthy sure

[river garnet]

Definitely. I tried finding everything on google but my errors were a bit hyperspecific and I didnt really understand

So this is a great resource

Especially considering my universal packages werent installed for whatever reason

[hearty apex]

Happens to best of us

[full coral]

im sorry i know its not as effective, since its not my question and im merely relaying, "Idk I was trying to make it check how long it's being held down using hold duration but when calling the input using On Input System Event and click Hold on the drop down it fires instantly. I'm not sure how to check the duration or make it wait the duration before registering. Right now it counts as held down instantly, even though the hold duration is set to 1 second by default."

he said this, for context, we are just truggling through unity and dont know the best way to do things, so this methodology might seem convoluted and overly complicated. idk what to do. all we are trying to do is differentiate bwtween a press and drag, and a tap

[slender nymph]

if you're having trouble with the input system, then check out the documentation pinned in #🖱️┃input-system to learn how it works

[river garnet]

Does anyone know how I get text to display on screen in my scene? I have made a timer and im trying to put it in the top right corner

Or how to move it to the right spot rather

[languid spire]

your text object should be a child of a canvas, then it's just a simple matter of moving it and anchoring it to the correct position

[fair steeple]

google how to make a canvas ui

[river garnet]

I have this

[languid spire]

so, no canvas

[slender nymph]

this is not a code question. but you can clearly see that it is in the bottom left of the canvas

[river garnet]

My bad then ill just google it

[slender nymph]

consider looking at the documentation pinned in #📲┃ui-ux to learn how the canvas and your ui objects work

but this is literally just a matter of "move it to the top right of the canvas instead of the bottom left"

[fair steeple]

How can I make CharacterController.SimpleMove() move relative to the Self space instead of World?

It's for a first person controller

[slender nymph]

pass the direction to Transform.TransformDirection and use the return value of that

[river garnet]

Yeah I get that but its like this so thats why im confused

Its okay, wrong channel anyway so its my fault. Ill keep searching

[slender nymph]

that's not even on the canvas now

[fair steeple]

The canvas is kinda confusing

[slender nymph]

you see that big white rectangle that your text object originally started in the center of and now has its bottom left corner near the center of your screenshot? that is the canvas

[river garnet]

a little bit yeah

I see

[fair steeple]

Are you watching a youtube tutorial? I feel like this is better if you see how it's done

[queen adder]

Will these topics help me understand the concept before entering Unity?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDh6wX9T0Ow&list=PL82C6-O4XrHcblXkHA4dLcnb_ipVkKHch

[river garnet]

Yeah I am

I just dont really get it, when they put in the text on the tutorial it immediately just appears on screen

mine isnt doing that

[slender nymph]

double click the canvas in your hierarchy so you can see it. that represents the entire screen view for the UI

[languid spire]

because you do not have your canvas object selected and focused in the scene view

[slender nymph]

and, again, check the docs in #📲┃ui-ux to learn how to use the canvas

[languid spire]

wdym, Unity should just automatically know what I am doing and what I want to do

[river garnet]

Alright no need for the condescending remarks, it was just a question. Ill figure it out

[rocky canyon]

from the playlist, yes.. all that stuff

no clue what Records are.. but all that other stuff yea

[queen adder]

thank you

[fair steeple]

that worked thanks. got a bit confused there and tried to call from the Transform class lol

[lone barn]

Is there a consensus on how you should move a 2d rigidbody player ?
Should I use AddForce, MovePosition with a kinetic body, velocity, position ?

[rich adder]

MovePosition was meant for Kinematics sure, but its weird because the 2D engine gives velocity to kinematic so you can potentially use .velocity too

[somber nimbus]

Hello everyone! I'm an absolute beginner to C# in Unity and I'm following a tutorial by a YouTube Channel named Zigurous on how to make a Flappy Bird. For some reason, I can't get my prefab for the pipes to actually create new pipes despite having the code written and done without no errors. Can somebody help me? (Btw, timestamp for the tutorial is 37:04 if you need any reference)

[slender nymph]

okay now show the code that creates new pipes

[somber nimbus]

VS is saying that the code that is crossed out is obsolete, does it have to do with that?

The tutorial is kinda old, it's using Unity 2019

[slender nymph]

why did you mark the Spawn method as obsolete?

[somber nimbus]

VS marked it on its own 😭

[slender nymph]

no it didn't

[somber nimbus]

How do I unmark it then? I closed the editor, reopened the script and I just saw it like that

[slender nymph]

read your code

[echo cloak]

it says "System.Obsolete"

[somber nimbus]

Where and what do I do with it?

[echo cloak]

You should probably remove the attribute, if you don't want the method to be obsolete

[somber nimbus]

Oh okay

It still doesn't work, the spawning of the pipes I mean

In my case, they're the stalagmites

I deleted the system obsolete btw

[slender nymph]

show the spawner object

[slender nymph]

and what enables it

[somber nimbus]

you mean the script?

[slender nymph]

yes

[somber nimbus]

OH MY GOODNESS THANK YOU

I'm so sorry, I'm very new to this 😭

That fixed it

[oak kelp]

for some reason when i put code in void Update() nothing works?

[devout flower]

If you put a debug statement in it, does it work

Also show where the script is attached

[oak kelp]

no nothing works in void update

[slender nymph]

did you actually put a log inside of Update?

[oak kelp]

yes it got called but nothing else works

[steep rose]

so update does work, what do you mean by nothing else works, have you tried debugging?

[oak kelp]

i tryed logging keypresses like spacebar and none of it gets loggedf

[languid spire]

show your updated !code

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[steep rose]

dont you need an eventsystem in your project for things to work?

im pretty sure you do iirc

[languid spire]

only for canvas

[oak kelp]

https://hatebin.com/crytwwhjkj

[steep rose]

ah okay thanks

[languid spire]

do you have the old input system or both enabled?

[oak kelp]

what do you mean?

[languid spire]

exactly that

[oak kelp]

i dont get what you mean sorry

[oak kelp]

mine doesnt look like that

[steep rose]

make sure you are not in preferences

[oak kelp]

im in project settings