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[rich adder]

because if nothing is showing up as expected, I'm willing to bet you named your InputActions PlayerInput so now its probably trying to grab the wrong thng

[frozen burrow]

oh yeah I did that

I renamed the InputActions to something else and deleted the previous code that was generated as PlayerInput, however I still can't acess the props/funcs from PlayerInput

[rich adder]

show your current code you have

[frozen burrow]

oh nevermind, the script I deleted had a clone, I deleted it and it worked. Thank you for your help! ✨

[severe onyx]

when using this sort of code to rotate my camera around (0,0,0) based on mouse movement how do I keep the rotation up and down absolute to the world space instead of having my rotation angle change after the camera has rotated to the left or right?

                    transform.RotateAround (Vector3.zero,Vector3.up,mouseX * rotateSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
                else
                    transform.RotateAround(Vector3.zero, Vector3.right, mouseY * rotateSpeed * Time.deltaTime);```

[rocky canyon]

i tend to use a container within a container. and rotate each seperately.

[fierce shuttle]

I would suggest W3schools c# course: https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php - they have interactive lessons that let you experiment with the code you learn in a sandbox-like environment, and I think once you have a good understanding of C# in general (outside the context of engine terminology like "Game Objects"), then trying the Unity Learn tutorials the bot linked will be easier to follow, but everyone learns differently so pick what is most effective for how you personally learn best, there are also blogs, books and YouTube tutorials covering the basics of C# as well, if you prefer other forms of learning

The course I linked specifically focus on learning C# as a language on its own, once you have that understanding, Unity Learn will teach you the basics of how to use the engine in general, from there, sure you can make anything youd like, 2D, 3D, 2.5D or anything you want, but I think youll first want a good understanding of C# and the engine separately before diving into any specific project

[rich adder]

3d/2d will be irrelevant the code more or less is the same in unity

if you learn c# you can read any API. Including unity

[rocky canyon]

typically taht takes some experience of knowing what not to do

[severe onyx]

I wonder how I would implement that without messing up existing code for flying around since that would take an object's rotation into consideration, aye? or am I misunderstanding what you're suggesting here?

[rocky canyon]

wouldnt be that hard.. keep ur flying stuff on the gameobject ur rotating now..
rotate that only 1 direction (up and down for example).. then create a new container within that one that would only control left and rightfor example

itd just require splitting up the rotation stuff.. but theres other ways to do it as well..

its normally just a difference of using local and global directions

[severe onyx]

yeah I saw the transform.Rotate function has a way of specifying rotation relative the self or relative to world space

but that does not seem to be an option for transform.RotateAround for some reason

[rocky canyon]

might try fiddling that that first before refactoring anything

[rocky canyon]

ahh

[severe onyx]

unsure how to use the Rotate to achieve what RotateAround does tbqh

[rocky canyon]

with rotate u gotta keep up with the differences

[severe onyx]

I looked at it and I understand how it should work in theory and that the math itself isn't exactly complicated but my brain is kinda jamming up trying to write the actual code here

[tiny grove]

i am making a menu for which i have added a button component to my start game image on the canvas, in the button, in the on click section i am giving the object i attached the start game image to but the function is not showing up

[rocky canyon]

            // rotate the camera on its X axis (up and down)
            transform.localRotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(-currentLookingPos.y,Vector3.right);

            // rotate the player on its Y axis (left and right)
            controller.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(currentLookingPos.x,controller.transform.up);```

[tiny grove]

what am i doing wrong?

[rocky canyon]

angle axis is a good one to use

u can kinda see here (im using two objects to rotate) to keep them seperate.

on the camera UP and DOWN im using Vector3.right (a global rotation)

for the player LEFT and RIGHT im using transform.up (a local direction)

[rich adder]

not debugging
also sounds like you dragged the script from the folder of assets rather than the instance

[rocky canyon]

let me ask whats the function of this? what is it ur rotating? and im assuming u want (1) object to rotate in all dimensions

well atleast 2..

[severe onyx]

the camera

using it's own transform.right to rotate around instead of the global vector3.right for up and down actually solved it I think?

let me test a bit more but looks promising right now

[proven matrix]

Guys why can't i add conditions in my transitions?

[wintry quarry]

because you have your inspector in debug mode

[proven matrix]

Ah 🤦

[summer shard]

is there a way to get dictionary capacity?

[rich adder]

potentially millions if not more, wat are you trying to do?

[summer shard]

private static int inventoryCapacity = 4;
private Dictionary<int, Pickable> inventory = new Dictionary<int, Pickable>(inventoryCapacity);

private int getInventoryAvailableIndex() {
    for (int i = 0; i < inventory.Capacity ???; i++) {
        
    }
}

[rich adder]

Dictionary doesnt store anything but just the references

[rich adder]

you want the Count

[summer shard]

wdym?

[rich adder]

also for Dictionary easier to use a foreach loop

[summer shard]

no, what if there's 3 items in inventory?

[rich adder]

.Count

[summer shard]

it would return 3 no?

[rich adder]

yes

[summer shard]

and the inventory max capacity is 4

[zenith cypress]

You can't get the capacity without reflection, as you aren't meant to really need it. Sounds like you want Count instead. It doesn't even look like you need a dictionary either. Just use an array if you just have 4?

[rich adder]

yeah just go with array

what is the point of using dictionary if you have indexes anyway

generally the List/array is faster

[summer shard]

can't arrays be infinite?

[zenith cypress]

Arrays are always a constant size, so no

[summer shard]

okay, so how can i get the array's capacity?

[stone pilot]

When the player dies why isnt the falling plaform getting resseted at its start position?

public float destroyDelay = 2f;

Vector2 startPos;

[SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;

private void Start()
{
    startPos = transform.position;
}

private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
{
    if(collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
    {
        StartCoroutine(Fall());
    }
}

IEnumerator Fall()
{
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(fallDelay);
    rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Dynamic;
}

public void Reset()
{
    transform.position = startPos;
    rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic;

    // Reset velocity and rotation
    rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
    rb.angularVelocity = 0;
    transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;

    Debug.Log("FallingPlatform has been reset.");
}```

**even the debugging is working**

[rich adder]

arrays are always fixed length. So just .Length

.Count is for anything that can Add/Remove entries (expandable collections)

eg a List, Dictionary etc

[languid spire]

you are mixing transform and rigidbody movement, disable the rigidbody before setting the transform positon

[summer shard]

so something like this?

    private int getInventoryAvailableIndex() {
        for (int i = 0; i < inventory.Length; i++) {
            if (inventory[i] == null) return i;
        }
        return -1;
    }
``` and does it error if im trying to index a null value?

[rich adder]

or make it kinematic before teleport pos / Use rb.MovePosition insead @stone pilot

[verbal kiln]

Hi guys, I would like to ask you to help me, if you help me, I will be glad. In general, there is such a problem, I want to create a code in which the doors will open like phasmaphobia, please help. Here is the code using UnityEngine;

public class Door : MonoBehaviour, IInteractable
{
public float openAngle = 90f; // Угол открытия двери
public float openSpeed = 2f; // Скорость открытия двери
private bool isOpen = false; // Состояние двери (открыта/закрыта)
private Quaternion closedRotation; // Начальная позиция двери
private Quaternion openRotation; // Позиция двери в открытом состоянии

void Start()
{
    closedRotation = transform.rotation;
    openRotation = closedRotation * Quaternion.Euler(0, openAngle, 0);
}

void Update()
{
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0))
    {
        Interact();
    }

    // Плавное открытие и закрытие двери
    if (isOpen)
    {
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, openRotation, openSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
    else
    {
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, closedRotation, openSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}

public void Interact()
{
    isOpen = !isOpen; // Переключение состояния двери
}

}

[summer shard]

!format

[rich adder]

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[summer shard]

wow

[rich adder]

i specifically said read it, and you did not read it..

perfection

[rich adder]

index a null value ? wdym

[stone pilot]

{
    rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic;
    transform.position = startPos;

    rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
    rb.angularVelocity = 0;
    transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;

    Debug.Log("FallingPlatform has been reset.");
}```

this works?

[verbal kiln]

Hi guys, I would like to ask you to help me, if you help me, I will be glad. In general, there is such a problem, I want to create a code in which the doors will open like phasmaphobia, please help. Here is the code

[summer shard]

idk im not good at this shi

[rich adder]

did you try it ?

[molten pulsar]

hi i have a problem

[stone pilot]

I'll try now

[rich adder]

do you only want the index of available empty entry then its correct how you have it

[summer shard]

k thanks

[stone pilot]

Nope it's not working

[rich adder]

what does" doors like phantasmapobia " means

[rich adder]

try rb.MovePosition(startPos) instead

[stone pilot]

Wait, the body type isn't even being set to Kinematic?

There's a problem I will check the death script

[verbal kiln]

Phasmophobia is such a game, there the doors open like this: You press the button and pull in the direction you need

[rich adder]

well then thats issue, dynamic rb will override transform pos

[stone pilot]

{
    rb.simulated = false;
    rb.velocity = new Vector2(0,0);
    transform.localScale = new Vector3(0,0,0);
    tr.emitting = false;
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(duration);
    transform.position = startPos;
    transform.localScale = new Vector3(1,1,1);
    rb.simulated = true;

    StartCoroutine(trail());
    cam.ChangeColour();
    if (fp != null)
    {
        fp.Reset();
    }
}```

What's wrong here?

(fp is the fallingPlatform script)

[rich adder]

maybe explain what issue your having first because at a glance nothing

[stone pilot]

When the player dies the falling platform position should be resseted

but it's not

working

[rich adder]

ddid you put log inside fp.Reset() method to see if its running

[stone pilot]

{
    rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic;
    transform.position = startPos;

    rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
    rb.angularVelocity = 0;
    transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;

    Debug.Log("FallingPlatform has been reset.");
}```

I did ig

[verbal kiln]

Phasmophobia is such a game, there the doors open like this: You press the button and pull in the direction you need. Help please

[stone pilot]

and the debug is popping up in the editor

[rich adder]

this would not work for pulling doors then, you would need to use Physics and a Hinged door

[stone pilot]

so I still don't know whats the issue

[rich adder]

so like Amnesia ?

[verbal kiln]

yeah

[rich adder]

did you try rb.MovePosition instead?

[languid spire]

debug startpos so it is what you think it is

[stone pilot]

Not really

[verbal kiln]

the joke is that I don't really know the codes, I'm trying to write what I know, tell me more please!

[stone pilot]

But why the setting rigid body type to Kinematic not working?

[rich adder]

you can use without physics but easier to use physics as beginner, put the door as rigidbody then use a hinge at corner so it rotates around it, when you want to Pull door use raycasthit rigidbody of door to AddForce(playerPos - doorPos )
or do opposite dir to push

[stone pilot]

rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic;

That's not working

When the Reset func gets called

[verbal kiln]

can you help me with this?

please

[rich adder]

find out why

you can just turn Simulated off and reset pos, you prob dont even need that

[stone pilot]

I tried setting the rb body type to kinematic in the editor but even setting the rb to kinematic keeps the platform falling

[stone pilot]

I tried that

didn't work

[rich adder]

how do do you want me to help you ? I told you more or less the steps, you need to research each one. Break down bigger problem into smaller easier to solve ones.

[verbal kiln]

Thank you so much

[rich adder]

show the platform code

[verbal kiln]

I will try to do something, thanks in advance!

[stone pilot]

Here

{
    public float fallDelay = 1f;
    public float destroyDelay = 2f;

    Vector2 startPos;

    [SerializeField] private Rigidbody2D rb;

    private void Start()
    {
        startPos = transform.position;
    }

    private void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
    {
        if(collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Player"))
        {
            StartCoroutine(Fall());
        }
    }

    IEnumerator Fall()
    {
        yield return new WaitForSeconds(fallDelay);
        rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Dynamic;
    }

    public void Reset()
    {
        rb.bodyType = RigidbodyType2D.Kinematic;
        transform.position = startPos;

        rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
        rb.angularVelocity = 0;
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;

        Debug.Log("FallingPlatform has been reset.");
    }
}```

[rich adder]

Np. I had a video I on this subject but things got in the way and wasnt able to edit/publish yet.. Its fairly easy to do once you know the basics you need
A raycast, a rigidbody and a Hinge

[verbal kiln]

Thanks)

[rich adder]

Debug.Log("FallingPlatform has been reset."); is printing ?

[rich adder]

its calling 3 times?

[stone pilot]

Because I died 3 times

So it got called 3 times

[verbal kiln]

do you need animation on the door?

[stone pilot]

But that's not the case

[rich adder]

not with physics

[verbal kiln]

Okay

Thanks

[rich adder]

ahh shit

nvm

dont name the method Reset()

thats already unity method

[stone pilot]

Oh ok

I will call it ResetPosition()

[rich adder]

  public void ResetPlatform()
  {
      rb.simulated = false;
      rb.position = startPos;
      rb.velocity = Vector2.zero;
      rb.angularVelocity = 0;
      transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;
      rb.simulated = true;
      Debug.Log("FallingPlatform has been reset.");
  }```

try this one

[stone pilot]

Alright

[rich adder]

idk if .position has to wait till simulated is on to work, if it doesn't try transform.position again

[stone pilot]

Still didn't work, but I Tried freezing the y pos then setting the Kinematic and I think that worked

I will try this

[summer shard]

is doing a for loop for 4 game objects bad in update?

[molten pulsar]

hi

im having this problem

i need that a object that is a child of other dont follow the rotation of the parent object

theres a way to do that?

[rich adder]

not necessarily. what you do in those, is more important than looping every frame

have plenty of scripts that iterate hundreds of objects in an update / costum tick loop

just be smart about it

[summer shard]

nvm i wanted to hide all inventory objects every frame except the one that is equipped but i changed it to be only if player changed the item

[rich adder]

thats usually the smarter way to go when events aren't possible

but usually events are the best, Observer pattern. Only do something when something happened

[languid spire]

yes, don't parent it, use a parent constraint

[rich adder]

dont parent them

or just position constraint works if you dont need anything else

[molten pulsar]

okay

i making a musket game

and i need that musket follow the player rotation when he is pointing to something

but dont when the musket is idle

i will try that

[rich adder]

in this case use the parent constraint and you can probably just toggle the rotation follow option there via code,

[molten pulsar]

okay

thx for that information

[stone pilot]

Damn I finnaly got it working

[verbal kiln]

https://imgur.com/a/9kQnEJw either the door falls, or it just stands there and flies away somewhere in the house, I wrote a script + added a Rigidbody in it I unchecked the Use Gravity, it seems like I set up the loops, tied it

[summer shard]

is this a bad practice?

struct InventoryKey {
    public KeyCode key;
    public int index;

    public InventoryKey(KeyCode key, int index) {
        this.key = key;
        this.index = index;
    }
}

private static InventoryKey[] inventoryKeys = {
    new InventoryKey(KeyCode.Alpha1, 0),
    new InventoryKey(KeyCode.Alpha2, 1),
    new InventoryKey(KeyCode.Alpha3, 2),
    new InventoryKey(KeyCode.Alpha4, 3),
};

[rich adder]

what is the purpose of this?

[ivory bobcat]

Which part? static?

[summer shard]

so like whenever i press 1, it changes the held object to index 0, 2 to 1 and etc

[summer shard]

like the whole fragment

[rich adder]

meh just put the keycodes inside an array then use their index

[summer shard]

i mean now when i look at the code i have to do foreach array in the update look to get if player pressed the keycodes...

[rich adder]

   [SerializeField] private KeyCode[] weaponKeys = new KeyCode[] { KeyCode.Alpha1, KeyCode.Alpha2, KeyCode.Alpha3, KeyCode.Alpha4 };
   private void Update()
   {
       for (int i = 0; i < weaponKeys.Length; i++)
       {
           if (Input.GetKeyDown(weaponKeys[i]))
           {
               currentWeaponIndex = i;
               Debug.Log("Detected " + weaponKeys[i]);
           }
       }
   }```

[verbal kiln]

https://imgur.com/a/9kQnEJw either the door falls, or it just stands there and flies away somewhere in the house, I wrote a script + added a Rigidbody in it I unchecked the Use Gravity, it seems like I set up the loops, tied it

[summer shard]

wouldn't this be bad cuz it's a loop inside update?

[rich adder]

who said loops are bad inside update?

[ivory bobcat]

There's only four elements

[rich adder]

what you do inside a loop is far more important than having a loop

if you're instantiating objects with a loop without conditions in update yes, you will melt your pc soon

[summer shard]

i mean this looks bad but im guessing it's more optimized than the loop??

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha1)) {
            ChangeInventoryIndex(0);
        } else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha2)) {
            ChangeInventoryIndex(1);
        } else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha3)) {
            ChangeInventoryIndex(2);
        } else if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Alpha4)) {
            ChangeInventoryIndex(3);
        }

[rich adder]

this is literally worse but ok
this goes against one of the main principles of DRY (Don't repeat yourself)

[ivory bobcat]

You'd use a loop if you'd need to iterate an array/collection

Where you'd be able to repeat some patterns.

[languid spire]

what on earth makes you think that?

[summer shard]

idk it just looks like its better

[verbal kiln]

check, maybe I did something wrong, please

[rich adder]

ah yes lets base performance on how things "look"

[summer shard]

i mean at first it looks like it's better because i don't need to use a loop in the update

[ivory bobcat]

The first assumption that loops are bad is incorrect

[rich adder]

whoever told you loop in update is bad is wrong , get that out of your head

[languid spire]

so you just replace it with a bunch of if statements as if they have no cost

[summer shard]

i mean it feels better 😭

[rich adder]

if its somehow is more legible to you, thats more valid than assuming for loops are issues in update performance wise or anything ..

[languid spire]

you really need to know what you are talking about in order to make judgement calls like that

[ivory bobcat]

If there were a hundred elements, you'd be stuck either hard coding a hundred if-else statements or using a loop with one if statement.

[summer shard]

yea i mean it looks like it's bad when it's looping every frame

[rich adder]

thats only because you have wrong assumptions

[summer shard]

yea 😦

[rich adder]

writing Input.GetKeyDown 4+ times instead is considered "wrong" just by the fact you wriote the same thing that many times instead of 1 time

[languid spire]

you keep saying looks and feels. Look at the generated IL code and then make a rational decision

[verbal kiln]

as you can, please help, look through the messages and video that I sent you, help, I beg you.

[rich adder]

did you use a hinge?

[verbal kiln]

yes

[rich adder]

and did you loock the rigidbody on it?

I will show you my setup, but I need to open it . be patient though

[verbal kiln]

Okay), thank you, I'll wait!

[verbal kiln]

Oh my god, how do I do this?

could you drop your door?

[ivory bobcat]

If you're looping for some sort of validation every frame (null check etc), it can be bad as you could find other preventative means. If you're looping to iterate some collection to repeat a necessary task (polling for input is necessary unless you're using events - likely polls under the hood anyways but without you needing to do so multiple times), it's technically more sane than brute forcing a bunch of repetitive lines. Here you'd benefit from refactoring. @summer shard

[verbal kiln]

stop, show me what you have in the inspector for the two objects, and how you did it hange

if you can send a video please

[rich adder]

https://streamable.com/4tijch

ill show you setup vid one sec

[lunar hollow]

This is not code related, but i cant get the Package Manager to work, when i go to The My Assets Tab i get an error related to the Unity ID, i am Logged in, have no Firewall and no proxy settings, does anyone know what could cause this, or how i could download packages without the manager?

[verbal kiln]

wow i want a door like that

[verbal kiln]

i wait, Thanks)

[verbal kiln]

Do you need any scripts?

[summer shard]

how do i get the amount of items (not null) in a fixed array

[rich adder]

yes you need raycast / Addforce on the door rb

[verbal kiln]

will the code I wrote above work?

[verbal kiln]

its code

[rich adder]

you need this code
https://hatebin.com/gzfezacgaw
I did not write it so its not optimized at all.. I have another one in a diff project that is better and specific but thats closed source

[verbal kiln]

Thank you so much for helping me out in this situation, sorry for wasting so much time!

[rich adder]

strongly suggest you do start learning some of this stuff with the Unity learn courses

it will be easier to modify / use scripts

[verbal kiln]

Thanks for your help!

[cursive rover]

Can someone help me? My camera is jittery (when rotating) but only in the unity editor. When i build the game everything is fine. I cant really test my game with the jittery camera. Here is my Look function (executed in fixed update of my player movement script)

//Looking around by using your mouse
    private void Look()
    {
        float num = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivity * Time.deltaTime * sensMultiplier;
        float num2 = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity * Time.deltaTime * sensMultiplier;
        desiredX = playerCam.transform.localRotation.eulerAngles.y + num;
        xRotation -= num2;
        xRotation = Mathf.Clamp(xRotation, -90f, 90f);
        FindWallRunRotation();
        actualWallRotation = Mathf.SmoothDamp(actualWallRotation, wallRunRotation, ref wallRotationVel, 0.2f);
        playerCam.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(xRotation, desiredX, actualWallRotation);
        orientation.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, desiredX, 0f);
    }

And here is my camera move script (in a camera empty containing the main camera as a child)

using UnityEngine;

public class MoveCamera : MonoBehaviour {

    public Transform player;

    void Update() {
        transform.position = player.transform.position;
    }
}

[slender nymph]

don't multiply mouse input by deltaTime. it is already framerate independent (which is the point of doing that multiplication).
remove that multiplication and reduce your sensitivity by a factor of about 100. you probably also don't need the sensMultiplier variable either

[cursive rover]

Thanks! I will try that out.

[verbal kiln]

https://imgur.com/a/q0qBfeH did everything as you did

[rich adder]

probably not.. seems you messed up

[cursive rover]

My camera is even more jittery now... 😭

[verbal kiln]

I just can't add the script from the word at all

[summer shard]

whenever i drop the item, it either doesn't drop in the right position but straight out of the hand, or teleports to the raycast position for a split second then teleports back to the hand or it works normal BUT ONLY whenever the interpolation is set to interpolate or extarpolate, on none it works fine

public bool DropHeldObject(bool throwObject) {
    if (heldInventoryIndex < 0 || inventory[heldInventoryIndex] == null) return false;
    Pickable heldPickable = inventory[heldInventoryIndex];
    Rigidbody heldRigidbody; Vector3 dropPosition; RaycastHit hit;

    if (!heldPickable.TryGetComponent<Rigidbody>(out heldRigidbody)) return false;
    dropPosition = Physics.Raycast(cameraHolder.position, cameraHolder.forward * dropDistance, out hit, dropDistance) ? hit.point :
                                                                                cameraHolder.position + cameraHolder.forward * dropDistance; //If the raycast is correct then teleport to raycast hit else teleport using the front of the camera

    heldRigidbody.isKinematic = false;
    heldRigidbody.transform.position = dropPosition; //MovePosition doesn't change anything=
    heldRigidbody.AddForce(throwObject ? cameraHolder.forward * dropStrength : Vector3.zero);

    inventory[heldInventoryIndex] = null;
    ChangeInventoryIndex(-1);

    return true;
}

[slender nymph]

show what the code currently looks like. preferably using a bin site so you can share the whole class

[rich adder]

start debugging

[cursive rover]

Everything? the whole player movement script? or the look script after the changes?

[verbal kiln]

https://imgur.com/a/5yJYrxC

[verbal kiln]

look, I sent three photos there

[summer shard]

i mean what is there to debug, the position only changes correctly whenever interpolation is set to none. im just trying to see if maybe i change the position in non-correct way

[slender nymph]

whatever script controls the camera's rotation which you've described as "jittery"

[cursive rover]

here is the whole player movement script (includes the camera look)
https://pastebin.com/vtuhVhKE

[slender nymph]

can you at least select the correct language to include syntax highlighting if you're going to use pastebin

[cursive rover]

Sorry i forgot. Here it is with syntax highlighting: https://pastebin.com/zg8MXK1c

[verbal kiln]

oh that's it, I fixed the error in the code, your names are slightly different, they are together in the code, but the folder name is different

[verbal kiln]

I just don’t understand what to insert here, I’m Russian, I don’t really know English + the translator doesn’t translate. https://imgur.com/a/pUZDRCN

[naive shoal]

Am I allowed to share my Git here or anywhere to allow someone to review my game? I'm doing a course as an absolute beginner and I'm struggling with some parts

[short hazel]

If you have an issue with a specific part of the code sure, you can post it here, but we usually don't do full code reviews here

!code posting guidelines below

[eternal falcon]

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[dire flare]

Pls where can I get free asset not copyright I want to use it for my game

[short hazel]

Unity Asset Store

This is a code channel btw, this question is better asked in #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

Or #💻┃unity-talk

[rich adder]

line renderer is probably not important , the firepoint is the origin of the raycast ideally it has to be the camera or child of camera.

[dire flare]

Am scare to use some one work and later hold my game for copyright

[verbal kiln]

у меI get an error because of this Lr, I don't know what to do

[rich adder]

anything in the asset store should be no problem and anything else you can lookup the license on it.. it's not that difficult don't blantly sell someone's work unauthorized

[cosmic quail]

https://www.fab.com/megascans-free claim before end of the year

[verbal kiln]

and the door simply doesn't open

[short hazel]

And if you still have doubts on whether you can use an asset or not, talk to someone competent in that matter, like a lawyer

[rich adder]

ok so just add a LineRenderer component

[verbal kiln]

and where can I get it at the door?

[dire flare]

Megascan thanks guys

What of audios

[rich adder]

get it at door ? wdym it goes on the same object as the raycasy

[verbal kiln]

I added it, but what should I do with it?

https://imgur.com/a/sc68Pvl

[rich adder]

you just...plug it in..

[verbal kiln]

aaa

i stupid

and what should I put in the firepoint?

[rich adder]

the type it wants

[verbal kiln]

im idiot

thanks

[rich adder]

np

[verbal kiln]

and what button does it open on anyway?

otherwise it won't open

[rich adder]

the script has that I think

[verbal kiln]

oh god, damn mistakes https://imgur.com/a/og6yoYo

[rich adder]

well it's because you're trying to drive a sports car without knowing how to ride a bike

[verbal kiln]

ahwahw, good joke

[verbal kiln]

I will try to learn Unity

[rich adder]

read the error message it tells usually exactly where to look for

[jaunty coyote]

quick question, why does nameshagent.SetDestination(player.position); stop the AI? it gets called every frame in the update, asking because its the first time this would cause an issue and fully stop the agent

[rich adder]

possibly because its being called every frame, iirc they changed that

[night mural]

you're probably recalculating the path constantly and never actually getting a full path

from the docs

Note that the path may not become available until after a few frames later. While the path is being computed, pathPending will be true. If a valid path becomes available then the agent will resume movement.

so you're asking for a path, then it starts calculating one, then you ask for it again, then it starts calculating one, repeat forever

[ember tangle]

I've written a caching system for projectiles, to be used in other systems in my game as well. This is my first time using generics. I'd love some feedback if you want to look https://hatebin.com/rufpfodmdd

[jaunty coyote]

i understand that

but i need my path being updated, the player is moving afterall

[ember tangle]

Each object adds itself to the queue through an awake function in a manager object.

[night mural]

sure, but maybe you don't need individual-frame accuracy for every agent seeking your player. the simplest solutoin would be to only recalculate a new path if the previous one finished

[jaunty coyote]

i did already reduce the updates to twice per second but the navmesh still stops for a second

everytime the setdestination is called the velocity gets set to 0

is it possible to disable that?

[night mural]

unity has built-in pooling support if that might make your life easier

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/introduction-to-object-pooling

[night mural]

I would consider actually checking if the path is done instead of guessing a time at which you think it might be

[night mural]

donno, you could always record the velocity and set it again yourself? I'm not sure you should need to

[jaunty coyote]

so something in the lines of: NavMesh.CalculatePath(transform.position, temporaryTest.position,NavMesh.AllAreas, path);
nm.SetPath(path); ? except this gives out an error

[jaunty coyote]

ill try this i guess, best bet considering my skills, but holy they made it way more time consuming to make a simple ai

[ember tangle]

Thanks, but this seems to be just a description of the design pattern rather than anything built in. I did mine with generics so that I don't have to call GetComponent<>(). Either way its good food for thought

[bitter sage]

What's a good resource to look into in properly revoking the script from certain exports?

[crisp hamlet]

void RotateWheels(){
        float carSpeed = Vector3.Scale(carRb.velocity, transform.forward).magnitude;
        float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        foreach(GameObject wheel in wheels){
            float rotationAngle = CarPhysics.CalculateWheelTurnSpeed(carSpeed, wheelRadius);
            wheel.transform.Rotate(rotationAngle, 0f, 0f, Space.Self);
        }

    }
    void turnFrontWheels(){
        float horizontalInput = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
        frontLeftWheel.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(
            frontLeftWheel.transform.localEulerAngles.x,
            horizontalInput * maxTurnAngle,
            frontLeftWheel.transform.localEulerAngles.z
        );
        frontRightWheel.transform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(
            frontRightWheel.transform.localEulerAngles.x,
            horizontalInput * maxTurnAngle,
            frontRightWheel.transform.localEulerAngles.z
        );
        frontLeftWheel.transform.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(frontLeftWheel.transform.localEulerAngles.x, horizontalInput * maxTurnAngle, frontLeftWheel.transform.localEulerAngles.z);
    }``` 

Does anyone know why my wheels turn 180 degrees on z axis? i dont change it anywhere so im quite confused

[night mural]

Oh sorry, I assumed the lesson would be actually good which was my mistake. Here's the docs for the built-in pools:
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Pool.ObjectPool_1.html

[nocturne kayak]

Hey, does anyone know how to implement kinematic collisions if i'm moving an object through code?

[night mural]

it seems wrong to me that your rotation angle is based on your wheel turn speed, but maybe it makesa sense?
generally though, you won't get consistent rotations if you are using quaternion.euler, since a given euler representation can have multiple quaternion representations, and unity might convert inconsistently when it's setting that rotation. The solution is to maintain your own Quaternion which you modify, then set the actual rotation from

[jaunty coyote]

velocity doesnt work, the calculate path function is returning nullreference, even if everything is present

[crisp hamlet]

havent read the rest but to the first point the formula for wheel rotation speed is carSpeed / wheel radius

[jaunty coyote]

kinematic means it has no collision? if im not mistaken

[nocturne kayak]

In that case, do you have any pointer on how i could begin to try and implement collisions in that usecase? (video0

[crisp hamlet]

alright so i make a single quaternion that i change rotations of and set that to transform.rotation during each update?

[jaunty coyote]

no idea, i dont want to give you false tips i never tried before

[nocturne kayak]

Coolio

I think kinematic does have collision tho

[night mural]

1. might be able to do it with joints?
2. you could do something cute like have a copy of the cube with physics enabled that tries to follow it (with a joint or constraint) and copy that position over if they start to differ too much
3. do your own checks each frame (maybe https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Physics.ComputePenetration.html) and adjust manually

[nocturne kayak]

otherwise there would be no kinematic character controllers

[night mural]

yep, generally you can no longer rely on the simulation to manage the object fully and must do it yourself

a character controller is usually already having been doing that

[nocturne kayak]

I don't think i'm gonna need to go as far as implementing a character controller for this

I'm just mulling over what would be the best say to simply

Stop the cube if it hits a wall

[timber tide]

Everything can be done with raycasts

with that being said, you can just use character controller as it's a raycast based solution

[halcyon dagger]

ayo, does anyone know how to increase the fps limit on the game window inside the editor? its capped at 30

[steep rose]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-targetFrameRate.html
read this, it should help

[halcyon dagger]

i didnt know i had to change it from code as well as in the build, thanks mate

[past spindle]

I’m coding for a 3D game where objects Instantiate in the sky, fall, and then explode when they hit the ground. My explosion code is right above the destroy object code in the collision method but for some reason my explosions are happening when the objects instantiate.

[rich adder]

this is a coding channel

[rich adder]

show code.
you would need to debug the collision and see whats actually being registered

[lunar hollow]

yeah, but ive looked absolutely everwhere to no help, so this was my last resort.

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk at most. maybe try the unity discussions

[lunar hollow]

thanks

[past spindle]

I don’t have it in front of me unfortunately. The destroy object code is working as it should though, if that helps.

[rich adder]

idk what that means because I don't have the context and it would be hard to make assumptions

[past spindle]

I can try again after dinner if not

[rich adder]

come back when you got the code then lol

[past spindle]

Ok

[halcyon dagger]

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

public class LilTest : MonoBehaviour
{
    private CharacterController characterController;

    void Start()
    {
        characterController = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
    }

    void Update()
    {
        Debug.Log(characterController.isGrounded);
    }
}

Shouldnt this be printing true? what am I missing? Why is the cube not being detected as grounded?

Please help

[rich adder]

first you should not mix box collider with character controller as its already a capsule collider. And afaik isGrounded only gets proper value when Move() is used

as it checks the last move made

also might be starting to low within the ground

[halcyon dagger]

mb

so, sticking a characterController.Move(Vector3.zero); inside the update should do?

[rich adder]

try and see what happens

[halcyon dagger]

half the time is true the other half is false XD

[rich adder]

did you remove the other collider and also get it out of the ground ?

[halcyon dagger]

yeah

[rich adder]

not sure, i just use physics queries

isGrounded is finnicky

[halcyon dagger]

like a raycast or overlasphere?

[rich adder]

yup

anything that returns more than 1 collider always use nonalloc tho

[halcyon dagger]

The thing is that im making a 3d player controller and ill need to use physics later so i really need to use a rigidbody, however, character controller has a few thigs regarding slopes and allat that id like to have instead of having to build from 0

but rb.addForce used for movement doesnt quite like me, for exaple when stopping going up on a ramp or a slope, it does a lil jump

[rich adder]

either controller / way you choose still need physics queries to detect ground imo

[halcyon dagger]

been watching a few tutorials and there is people toggling the rigidbody and character controller in and out of the gameObject when they need to apply a force but it seems unsafe and overcomplicated for me

[rocky canyon]

i would agree w/ u

[halcyon dagger]

cant get over the issue with the forces tho, but rn idk which direction to go

[rich adder]

you can replicate forces through lerps / curves so its no big deal

dynamic rb is fun but there are annoying things to work around

[timber tide]

The majority of Unity tutorials uses character controller (somewhat surprising) so if you wanna download one of those templates and open it up to play around with it

[rich adder]

there is also KCC is free now which is a rb but set as kinematic

[timber tide]

I would implement gravity and test collision with that instead of dragging it around on the scene

[halcyon dagger]

is that an asset from the store or?

🤔

[halcyon dagger]

with the character controller instead of forces u mean?

[timber tide]

rigidbody comes with gravity

[rich adder]

mhm https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/physics/kinematic-character-controller-99131

[nocturne kayak]

I've tried that

but i can't for the love of me figure out what's going on there

[halcyon dagger]

how was it

[nocturne kayak]

i can't even copy the collision system

It's very feature complete, of course

but for beginners (me) the code it a tad too complex

i'm facing a similar problem

i just want the cube to collide with walls

what the hell

[full coral]

I'm making a computer/android game for school and for some reason the enemies aren't receiving hits on mobile. Only computer. I'm raycasting a canvas into a 3d space and a trail rendered follows said raycasting. But for some reason clicking on the enemy doesn't work at all only in mobile. It works fine to interact with UI widgets but the enemy ignores it

[verbal dome]

How are you moving it tho

[nocturne kayak]

manually setting the transform.position through code

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

[halcyon dagger]

damn thats awfully big lmao

look at this

[timber tide]

Im pretty sure that has its own methods of movement to call

[verbal dome]

If you want collisions then you either need to:
A. Add a rigidbody and move it via the rigidbody instead of the transform
B. Do manual collision checks before moving it (for example, Physics.CheckBox/BoxCast)

[rich adder]

its very powerful system it used to cost money

[halcyon dagger]

then it even uses another class 3000 lines long my god

[nocturne kayak]

I'm gonna be checking the physics.checkbox

But how'd i go about implementing that? how do i check if it's going to collide before it collides?

[halcyon dagger]

im not doubting it, i just want to make a simple system myself, and this is way too big for me

[verbal dome]

You just perform a CheckBox on the position that you are about to move it to.
If it returns true, then dont move it

Because that means it is blocked

[rich adder]

yeah go for it , everyone has diff needs

[halcyon dagger]

thanks anyways, i really appreciate the help

:)

[sick glade]

Sup. I'm working on my first game currently, which is a port of a board game me and my friend made. I want to make an efficient Object Spawning system that I won't have to remake later, is a Singleton ObjectManager class like I'm using the best way to go about this?

[rich adder]

whats an "efficient Object Spawning system "

efficient in what way

[sick glade]

When I say efficient I'm thinking reusable in whatever context I need something spawned

I'm not sure if theres a standard for game design or not

[rich adder]

then you want to look into object pooling

[sick glade]

I'll look into it

[vale karma]

how could I get the mesh of a SkinnedMeshRenderer to see the highest vertex of the mesh every frame? i keep going down rabbit holes that are talking about general stuff. I cant find the solution

[timber tide]

If it's instanced data then you're probably going to have to do some readback on the vertex buffers

[vale karma]

idk anything about what buffers are, ill start there

[timber tide]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SkinnedMeshRenderer-sharedMesh.html
There's shared mesh, but I'm not sure if it gives the updated per frame basis of verts from animating

Usually the skinned stuff is all instanced on the GPU

probably easier to just open it in blender

[past spindle]

private void OnCollisionEnter(Collision collision)
{
if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Ground"))
{
explosionFX.Play();
Destroy(gameObject);
}
}

Anybody know why this would be animating explosions during instantiation of the game object?

[teal viper]

Are you sure that's what's happening? Try adding some debug logs to see if that code is even called at that timing.

[vale karma]

It was made and animated in blender, my issue is finding the highest vertex, for another gameobject to follow that vertex or parent to it

[past spindle]

ok, thanks

[teal viper]

Might be easier to just parent to the topmost bones with some offset.

[timber tide]

Oh, thought you meant highest vertex count

[vale karma]

it has a blendshape that has some code, but some things look funny or act weird bc theyre fixed to a certain point when spawning in. If it was able to parent to the top vertex thatd be the vest

[timber tide]

Right, sort by bone is probably the idea first off

[vale karma]

I havent delt with bones, how would those be different from just grabbing the vertex?

ill show a lil bit of my issue one sec

[teal viper]

Thing is, the updated vertex data doesn't exist on the CPU. It's likely calculated in a compute shader and possibly stored in a separate buffer that is passed to the actual rendering shader.

[teal viper]

For starters it would be 100 times easier.

And probably more performant.

[vale karma]

sweet, i learned a little bit about some shaders, but not enough to do what i need yet. I was able to make a wave cube lol

[timber tide]

You can also create a non-moving empty bone for your character which you can assign as a pivot too if you want to do it that way

[verbal dome]

Skinnedmeshrenderer.BakeMesh would work but its pretty slow since it has to skin the mesh again on the CPU

Definitely use the bone approach if that is accurate enough for you

[vale karma]

This is kind of hard to see. But the discord cap is at like 500mb. If you see when i transplant the cutting into the pot, the next stalk growing is from its base. As of now the entire system calculates the instantiate point from when the one before it is created. your saying compute shaders can fix this issue?

[past spindle]

@teal viper How does a debug log help when the two lines of code are next to each other? Don't they execute near-simultaneously?

[teal viper]

Yes. That's the point. If you don't see the log, then that code is not executing.

[past spindle]

I'm seeing the execution of both lines but at different times, and it looks like the first instantiation of clones are not being destroyed for some reason.

[teal viper]

No. Compute shaders won't fix anything. It was an explanation of how skinned meshes work in unity.

That being said, I don't see anything that would require a skinned mesh in the video.🤔

[vale karma]

fudge its hard to show with the cap

[teal viper]

You keep on talking about instantiation, but the code that you shared doesn't have anything to do with it.

[vale karma]

the skinnedmesh is i guess created or used because the model imported has a blendkey in Blender. So it has the key in the SkinnedMeshRenderer instead of the FilteredMEsh or whatever

it grows from like a smallish dot to a long stem over the value of the key

[past spindle]

@teal viper void Start()
{
InvokeRepeating("SpawnSpheres", startDelay, spawnInterval);
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update()
{

}
void SpawnSpheres()
{
int dropQuantity = Random.Range(1, 3);
if (dropQuantity == 1)
{
UnityEngine.Vector3 spawnPos1 = new UnityEngine.Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnRangeX, spawnRangeX), spawnPosY, Random.Range(-spawnRangeZ, spawnRangeZ));
Instantiate(sphere, spawnPos1, sphere.transform.rotation);
}
else if (dropQuantity == 2)
{
UnityEngine.Vector3 spawnPos1 = new UnityEngine.Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnRangeX, spawnRangeX), spawnPosY, Random.Range(-spawnRangeZ, spawnRangeZ));
Instantiate(sphere, spawnPos1, sphere.transform.rotation);
UnityEngine.Vector3 spawnPos2 = new UnityEngine.Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnRangeX, spawnRangeX), spawnPosY, Random.Range(-spawnRangeZ, spawnRangeZ));
Instantiate(sphere, spawnPos2, sphere.transform.rotation);
}
else if (dropQuantity == 3)
{
UnityEngine.Vector3 spawnPos1 = new UnityEngine.Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnRangeX, spawnRangeX), spawnPosY, Random.Range(-spawnRangeZ, spawnRangeZ));
Instantiate(sphere, spawnPos1, sphere.transform.rotation);
UnityEngine.Vector3 spawnPos2 = new UnityEngine.Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnRangeX, spawnRangeX), spawnPosY, Random.Range(-spawnRangeZ, spawnRangeZ));
Instantiate(sphere, spawnPos2, sphere.transform.rotation);
UnityEngine.Vector3 spawnPos3 = new UnityEngine.Vector3(Random.Range(-spawnRangeX, spawnRangeX), spawnPosY, Random.Range(-spawnRangeZ, spawnRangeZ));
Instantiate(sphere, spawnPos3, sphere.transform.rotation);
}
}

[teal viper]

!code

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[teal viper]

Okay, I see. So you cut that stem and want to get the topmost vertex position or something?

Or just the topmost vertex position at the time of growing?

[vale karma]

Weell yes and no, So as the plant grows, it already knows the next spot it will instantiate the branch or leaf. It creates a timing issue whwere the leaf already grows, or taking the branch off before the leaf grows it still grows on the old spot in the air. Its technically working based on a timing mechanic with blenshape values. Id rather the next child object on top of it follow the highest vertex, rather than betting on whatever spot it calculated at the start is right

at the time of growing to answer your question

[teal viper]

Kinda sounds like you have some overcomplicated logic there.

If it's not something you do every frame, maybe try what Osmal suggested. But honestly, I think there's a need to rethink the implementation choices.

[past spindle]

@teal viper So do I need to click these links? I don't understand the !code response. My apologies. I'm not a discorde native lol

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

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[past spindle]

-e

[teal viper]

It tells you how to share code. If it's a large code block, yes, open a link, paste your code, save and share the new link.

[prime goblet]

how could i convert this class into a singleton?

public class SoundPlayer : MonoBehaviour {
    public AudioSource collide;
    public AudioSource merge;

    public void collideSound() {
        collide.Play();
    }
    
    public void mergeSound() {
        merge.Play();
    }
}

[past spindle]

@teal viper https://hatebin.com/gjqvdndaij

[mighty compass]

Anyone here good with python?

[teal viper]

Google the singleton pattern in unity.

[mighty compass]

Having a lot of trouble with a Python school project, trying to make a game server that can have multiple client threads at a time.

[teal viper]

Ok, so when you instantiate these objects, they play the particles right away and you don't want that? Is that the issue?

[past spindle]

@teal viper yes

[teal viper]

This isn't really related to Unity. Maybe look up a python server.

[steep rose]

does this happen on every single object or only on a couple

[mighty compass]

kk

[teal viper]

Do the particle systems have play on awake(or something like that) checked?

[past spindle]

@teal viper it seems to happen on all of them.

[steep rose]

do you have anywhere else in your code that calls the particles?

[past spindle]

@teal viper it did have play on awake checked. It seems to have changed something but not fixed the problem. Give me a sec to analyze.

@teal viper lol I actually have no explosions at all, but I think I can fix it. Odd that I'd be happy to break the game more, but at least it's a problem I understand. Thanks for the help.

[north kiln]

Note that int dropQuantity = Random.Range(1, 3); will never return 3

[fierce shuttle]

Why might you want to turn this into a singleton? What benifit would that give for your use case? Also is there a specific reason your using 2 different functions to play your sources?

[sleek siren]

I'm using characterController.Move(direction * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime) to move my player but it moves only when my fps is higher, when my fps is low player doesn't move at all but just sits there. No change in position

[cinder schooner]

possibly your direction has an issue

[wintry quarry]

Show the full script

[sleek siren]

The script is too long to send here

[sleek siren]

I'll send in two parts

[RequireComponent (typeof(CharacterController))]
public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour
{
    //Exposed variables
    [Header("Attributes")]
    [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed;

    [Header("Settings")]
    [SerializeField] private float mouseSpeed;
    [SerializeField] private float nViewAngleLimit, pViewAngleLimit, playerReach;

    [Header("References")]
    [SerializeField] private MyInput input;
    [SerializeField] private Transform playerCameraTransform;

    //Private variables
    private CharacterController controller;

    private void Awake()
    {
        input.onInteract += CheckInteraction;
    }

    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        controller = GetComponent<CharacterController>();
        Cursor.lockState = CursorLockMode.Locked;
    }```

    void Update()
    {
        if(GameManager.gameState == GameState.GameRunning && !DialogueHandler.Instance.IsSpeaking)
        {
            Vector2 moveInput = input.GetMovementVectorNormalized();
            Vector3 moveDirection = transform.forward * moveInput.y + transform.right * moveInput.x;
            Vector2 mouseVelocity = input.GetMouseVelocityNormalized();

            HandlePlayerMovementAndRotation(moveDirection, mouseVelocity);
            KeepPlayerGrounded();
        }
    }

    private void KeepPlayerGrounded()
    {
        if (transform.position.y != 0f)
        {
            Vector3 position = transform.position;
            position.y = 0f;
            transform.position = position;
        }
    }

    private void HandlePlayerMovementAndRotation(Vector3 moveDirection, Vector2 mouseVelocity)
    {
        //Move and Rotate
        controller.Move(moveDirection * moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        transform.Rotate(0f, mouseVelocity.x * Time.deltaTime * mouseSpeed, 0f);
        playerCameraTransform.Rotate(-mouseVelocity.y * Time.deltaTime * mouseSpeed, 0f, 0f, Space.Self);

        //Limit player top and bottom view
        float cameraUpAngleX = playerCameraTransform.rotation.eulerAngles.x;
        if (cameraUpAngleX > 180f)
        {
            cameraUpAngleX -= 360f;
        }
        cameraUpAngleX = Mathf.Clamp(cameraUpAngleX, nViewAngleLimit, pViewAngleLimit);
        playerCameraTransform.localEulerAngles = new Vector3(cameraUpAngleX, 0f, 0f);
    }

    private void CheckInteraction()
    {
        Ray ray = new Ray(playerCameraTransform.position, playerCameraTransform.forward);
        if(Physics.Raycast(ray, out RaycastHit hit, playerReach))
        {
            if(hit.collider.TryGetComponent<IInteractable>(out IInteractable interactable))
            {
                interactable.Interact();
            }
        }
    }
}```

[waxen adder]

You're gonna want to use a web service for posting big blocks like that

I personally use https://pastebin.com/ but I imagine there's ones in this discord that are preferred too

[wintry quarry]

(please use paste sites in the future)
Can you share the MyInput script?

[cosmic oxide]

can anyone help here?

[thorny sluice]

you need to screenshot the full errors

[wintry quarry]

restart the editor

[cosmic oxide]

thanks

[nimble apex]

if i want to clean up the value of a playerpref key, deletekey or setstring = ""

[teal viper]

Deletekey. The right one would just keep the value empty for that key, not remove it.

[nimble apex]

if a key is "deleted", getint/getstring will not be nullref right?

its okay if returned value is 0, or ""

[teal viper]

No. It would generate the key value pair with the default value again.

[nimble apex]

NICE

ty

[keen parcel]

how can I change these componenet settings in a script?

[summer shard]

does anyone know why that's happening?

    public bool DropHeldObject(bool throwObject) {
        if (heldInventoryIndex < 0 || inventory[heldInventoryIndex] == null) return false;
        Pickable heldPickable = inventory[heldInventoryIndex];
        Rigidbody heldRigidbody; Vector3 dropPosition; RaycastHit hit;

        if (!heldPickable.TryGetComponent<Rigidbody>(out heldRigidbody)) return false;
        dropPosition = Physics.Raycast(cameraHolder.position, cameraHolder.forward * dropDistance, out hit, dropDistance) ? hit.point :
                                                                                    cameraHolder.position + cameraHolder.forward * dropDistance;

        inventory[heldInventoryIndex] = null;
        heldInventoryIndex = -1;

        heldRigidbody.isKinematic = false;

        heldRigidbody.position = dropPosition; //am i doing this wrong??
        heldRigidbody.AddForce(throwObject ? cameraHolder.forward * dropStrength : Vector3.zero);

        ChangeInventoryIndex(-1);

        return true;
    }

[sand glen]

Give more context, i dont want to learn your code to figure out problem

[summer shard]

i mean look at the video, it sometimes don't teleport the object and just drop it in the hand position instead

[fickle plume]

Don't give people riddles to solve on top of the problem. Explain in detail expected behavior.

[summer shard]

i want the held object to ALWAYS teleport in front of player and then drop on the ground

[fickle plume]

Did you debug the problem to understand what's happening?

https://unity.huh.how/debugging

[summer shard]

yup but i don't understand why is that happening, the drop position is correct, there's nothing else that's overriding the position of the object except this piece of code but i set the heldInventoryIndex and the reference in an array to null

//this is this piece of code
private void HandleHand() {
    for (int i = 0; i < inventory.Length; i++) {
        if (Input.GetKeyDown(inventoryKeys[i])) {
            ChangeInventoryIndex(heldInventoryIndex != i ? i : -1); //Inventory 
        }
    }

    if (heldInventoryIndex < 0 || inventory[heldInventoryIndex] == null) return;
    Pickable heldPickable = inventory[heldInventoryIndex];
    heldPickable.transform.position = objectHolder.position;
    heldPickable.transform.rotation = objectHolder.rotation;

    //Dropping object
    if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.G) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse1)) {
        DropHeldObject(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse1));
    }
}
#endregion

[fickle plume]

I'm not seing any debug messages

[summer shard]

wdym?

[fickle plume]

To solve the problem you need to actually understand it, use debugging tools I've linked.

[summer shard]

i did that tho

[fickle plume]

Good, then you know where the problem is.

[summer shard]

i dont like bro

[fickle plume]

You need to put debug messages at every step to understand what the program is doing. If you do that then you'll know what's happening.

[summer shard]

i do understand what's happening, i don't understand why the position is not changing

[fickle plume]

You don't have a single debug message.

You don't just throw code here for others to fix it.

[summer shard]

i removed the debug messages before i sent the code...

[fickle plume]

@summer shard You really don't get it. If you've debugged the problem this would've been solved already.

[summer shard]

no because there's no reason why the object would not drop in the correct position, the drop happens after changing the position and the change position doesn't affect the drop, the drop position is correct, the position is set correctly, there's literally no explanation to what's going on

[fickle plume]

So you use debug messages to pinpoint the exact moment coordinates change

[summer shard]

yea ```cs
public bool DropHeldObject(bool throwObject) {
if (heldInventoryIndex < 0 || inventory[heldInventoryIndex] == null) return false;
Pickable heldPickable = inventory[heldInventoryIndex];
Rigidbody heldRigidbody; Vector3 dropPosition; RaycastHit hit;

if (!heldPickable.TryGetComponent<Rigidbody>(out heldRigidbody)) return false;
dropPosition = Physics.Raycast(cameraHolder.position, cameraHolder.forward * dropDistance, out hit, dropDistance) ? hit.point :
                                                                            cameraHolder.position + cameraHolder.forward * dropDistance;

Debug.Log(dropPosition);

inventory[heldInventoryIndex] = null;
heldInventoryIndex = -1;

heldRigidbody.isKinematic = false;

heldRigidbody.position = dropPosition; //am i doing this wrong??
Debug.Log("Dropped the object lamo");
heldRigidbody.AddForce(throwObject ? cameraHolder.forward * dropStrength : Vector3.zero);

ChangeInventoryIndex(-1);

return true;

}

private void HandleHand() {
for (int i = 0; i < inventory.Length; i++) {
if (Input.GetKeyDown(inventoryKeys[i])) {
ChangeInventoryIndex(heldInventoryIndex != i ? i : -1); //Inventory
}
}

if (heldInventoryIndex < 0 || inventory[heldInventoryIndex] == null) return;

Pickable heldPickable = inventory[heldInventoryIndex];
heldPickable.transform.position = objectHolder.position;
Debug.Log("Changed the position of the object lol"); // here
heldPickable.transform.rotation = objectHolder.rotation;

//Dropping object
if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.G) || Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse1)) {
    DropHeldObject(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse1));
}

}

[fickle plume]

It's not just printing out things blindly, you probe state of the variables at different stages and find out where (or when) is the problem

[summer shard]

what's the reason of this then

Debug.Log("position before " + heldRigidbody.position);

heldRigidbody.position = dropPosition; //am i doing this wrong??

Debug.Log("position after " + heldRigidbody.position);
Debug.Log("Dropped the object lamo");

the position changed correctly but it didn't change

[fickle plume]

Examine what coordinate you are actually assigning.

You need to inspect everything.

[summer shard]

wdym

[fickle plume]

If after assigning coordinates are wrong see what you are actually assigning

at that moment

Need to investigate and look up the chain of events.

[summer shard]

it's working okay but only a couple of times, every few drops, it doesn't teleport and idk why that's happening

[fickle plume]

so print out what happening inside dropPosition each time

[summer shard]

i did and drop position is correct each time

[fickle plume]

and when it gets you incorrect data examine what you are feeding it to get that result

Make sure you are not mixing up local and global space as well

[ivory bobcat]

Basically, if it's being assigned the correct value either the code here isn't the issue (being overridden elsewhere) or the coordinate system isn't what you're expecting it to be.

[summer shard]

it's not the coordinate system because it's working, but sometimes it's not that's the problem

[fickle plume]

so you need to print out when it happens and examine that

[ivory bobcat]

We're assuming the first is incorrect - possibly the second after proving the first.

[fickle plume]

This also describes how to use visual tools to debug too https://unity.huh.how/debugging You can draw gizmos, lines on position, etc.

[summer shard]

i turned off setting the position of the held object and as far as i've seen it works but i don't know why, since debugging told me that the drop happened after setting the position of held object ?

[covert hemlock]

when i create monobehavior script, I don't see the 'using System.Collections;' namespace. Is that normal?

[cinder schooner]

yes,

by default you don't "need" it

[covert hemlock]

ok ty

[red cedar]

does anyone know why my restart button is not working ?

[summer shard]

do you have your scene added in build setting at index 1?

[fickle plume]

Is the scene you are loading has index 1 in build settings?

[red cedar]

sure I have it

[fickle plume]

do you get any errors

[red cedar]

no I didn't got any

[fickle plume]

did you connect the method to the button and is it actually being executed?

debug that

Also your !ide is not configured, you won't get any error tracking there

[eternal falcon]

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or underlining errors, please configure it.

Select one:

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[red cedar]

how to do it?

[red cedar]

I think is not being executed. I try to debug and it doesn't appear on console

[fickle plume]

So when you load game over scene, do you keep the main one with don't destroy on load, does it exist at all, or you didn't assign button in the first place

[red cedar]

I didn't do that one, but I do assign the button

[fickle plume]

See if it is still assigned at runtime

[red cedar]

yeah it still assigned

[languid spire]

screenshot the inspector of GameManager please

[fickle plume]

If it was assigned it would be executing. You might have another method with the same name doing nothing somewhere.

[fickle plume]

@red cedar Still, your first step should be fixing your IDE, that should help finding errors #💻┃code-beginner message

[red cedar]

Only this one method

[red cedar]

already did it though

Is it because of my event system?

[languid spire]

screenshot your build settings window

[fickle plume]

Do you destroy it as some point?

[red cedar]

no

[fickle plume]

is it present when you press the button

[red cedar]

when I add canvas it already automatically add event system

[languid spire]

your button in not in your canvas

[red cedar]

yes it's present

[languid spire]

Button game object needs to be a child of Canvas game object

[red cedar]

Ohhh It's working now, thank you guys

😁

[rancid tinsel]

how do I check if a specific index in a char array or list is "empty"?

checking if == "" doesn't work since "" is a string i guess?

[slender nymph]

check if it equals default

[lapis yew]

With empty you mean NULL right?

[rancid tinsel]

its never null

[wintry quarry]

Depends on your definition of empty

It can't be actually "empty", it will exist. But you can compare it to some known value like null

[rancid tinsel]

i may have screwed something up

[wintry quarry]

Compare it to "" then

[rancid tinsel]

idk why it thinks its an int

[slender nymph]

again, compare to default which is the same as (char)0 because it is a value type

[wintry quarry]

Oh you said char not string

[slender nymph]

it cannot be null but it can be the null character (char)0

[rancid tinsel]

is there a docs page for that? i tried looking it up and couldnt find it

[wintry quarry]

Again yeah compare to some known value

[slender nymph]

it's literally just the word default

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/default

[wintry quarry]

"csharp default keyword"

[rancid tinsel]

i was looking up unity instead of c# because im not very bright

[slender nymph]

that's still the first result

[rancid tinsel]

i searched this up since i didnt really understand what it was

[wintry quarry]

Frankly the array is a red herring and isn't actually relevant to the question at all

An array is merely a collection of multiple variables

[rancid tinsel]

yeah i get that now, i thought "default" was part of arrays rather than its own keyword

[frank flare]

how can I check if something touches collider inside FixedUpdate() ? I don't want OnColliderTrigger or something because I want to put a few colliders

[teal viper]

You can replace some colliders with casts and overlaps, but they are limited in various ways. OnCollider/TriggerEnter is the best option and extra colliders don't really cost much if you manage them properly.

[frank flare]

I want to put 2 and more colliders like that but behave like 1 thing
this model is a fan and is supposed to elevate the player, which it would do by adding force on the player per fixed frame
And by OnCollider / TriggerEnter it would add 2 forces (I think??) since there are 2 colliders

[teal viper]

Ahh, I see. It wouldn't get called twice if it's a compound collider.
And even if it does for some reason, you can make simple checks in code to prevent applying the effect twice.
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/compound-colliders.html

[desert plinth]

Hi there, I made a game once with a fan exactly like yours. Why do you need 2 colliders?

[frank flare]

because the model isn't a suare and I also want the pushing effect to be on a high position as well

[desert plinth]

Use a SphereCast then. It's like a rayCast, but well, a sphere. SphereCasts have a length, so a SphereCast kinda works like a CapsuleCollider, but like - in code, idk how to explain it properly. I just checked. In my game, I also used SphereCasts.

[teal viper]

Another option is to create the collider mesh in blender and use just 1 mesh collider.

[desert plinth]

And using SphereCasts also allows you to use FixedUpdate()

[frank flare]

yes this seems to be the best solution

[desert plinth]

Why not just use a capsule collider tho? It's circular and can be scaled.

[teal viper]

Because their shape is not exactly a capsule. It's not gonna cover it accurately.

[white obsidian]

in my code i have these, but when i open my unity it doesnt show it even tho i did [SerializeField] to it, why?

[wintry quarry]

Check your console window for compile errors

[polar acorn]

Do you have any compile errors

[white obsidian]

oh yeah i do have 1

[wintry quarry]

You must fix that first

then it will work

(even if it's from another file or something)

[polar acorn]

Then fix it

[white obsidian]

thanks guys

[burnt skiff]

hi im doing a 2d project and i want to change the camera background from the default blue background to a png but when i use the canvas it gets in front of my prefobs how do i fix this

[wintry quarry]

If you're using an overlay canvas, it will render on top of everything

that's why it's called overlay

anyway this is not a CODE question

so you're asking in the wrong channel

[burnt skiff]

oh mb

which channel should i go to

[burnt skiff]

does that mean i have to change the camera background itself

[cosmic quail]

#💻┃unity-talk is fine for any question. but if this is ui related then #📲┃ui-ux

[wintry quarry]

#📲┃ui-ux or #💻┃unity-talk

[flat tree]

hello, I want to ask about unity projects;
I am a beginner so is there any project tutorials from unity from scratch till end where we learn basics and all working of unity editor and making whole games etc

[wintry quarry]

I'm sure many such things exist on youtube, sure

[burnt skiff]

alright thanks

[wintry quarry]

!learn

[eternal falcon]

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[flat tree]

thanks

[dim yew]

i can't find out why i'm getting a nullref here, i would guess its something to do with the gamemanager

[hexed terrace]

whatever is on line 27 ..

[cosmic quail]

GameManager's "instance" is null. are you setting it in awake? because this is also awake. and the awakes order is random

[dim yew]

this is definitely the problem

so is this just a universal singleton issue?

or should i start using start for these things

[hexed terrace]

Initialise in Awake() get stuff in Start()

[hasty tundra]

i want to get a random point on the outline of a circle, essentially i want to be able to input a float value, then i want to be able to calculate a random point on a circle from 0,0 on that line. How would i calculate the correct x-y coordinates to make it accurate?

[dim yew]

tysm

[hexed terrace]

FYi - next time you share code, include the line numbers. Don't make us guess/ assume which line has the error

[dim yew]

good idea, my bad

[night raptor]

So how is that different from Random.insideUnitCircle.normalized, how would the float be relevant in this case?

[odd widget]

Hello

[hasty tundra]

i dont want it inside the circle, i want it on the edge of the radius

[night raptor]

normalized

[odd widget]

Does checking system date/hour by using DateTime.Now resource intensive? Is it okay to do it in void Update()?

[hasty tundra]

ok thatd prob work then 😭

[rotund garnet]

If i have a procedural world generation system that places chunks as the player moves around, would it then be bad practice to have a script on each chunk, that would just place smaller world props, like trash cans, and fire hydrants based on spawn points? Or should i have a script that searches for spawn points?

[night raptor]

One thing to note is that if the random point happens to be at the center which is very unlikely but possible, .normalized will return a zero vector so depending on how big of a problem that would be in your case, you might wanna do something like this:```cs
Vector2 randomOnCircle;
do
{
randomOnCircle = Random.insideUnitCircle.noramlized;
} while (randomOnCircle != Vector2.zero)

[hasty tundra]

thats a shout acc, thanks

[rotund garnet]

Rephrased: should i have one script which is always searching for new points to instantiate stuff on, or should i do it immediately in each individual chunks, using direct references to the points?

[night raptor]

Is there a reason not to spawn those objects at the same method that creates the chunk?

[rotund garnet]

I mean i guess not.. but the chunks consist of 8x8 tiles, which have a large logic to be placed correctly, so i was wondering if i should divide it up more. Each tile will (based on random.range) spawn between 0 - 3 props

[azure cairn]

anyone know where to go for help with UI stuff?

[languid spire]

#📲┃ui-ux

[azure cairn]

many thankies

[nocturne kayak]

Hey, is there a way to make a raycast ignore an gameobject of specific tag?

[languid spire]

you are allowed to look in #🔎┃find-a-channel yourself you know

[wintry quarry]

tags, no. Layers yes.

[azure cairn]

sorry, this server has a lot of channels and i didn't see that one ._."

[nocturne kayak]

Oh, cool, i was misunderstanding the docs, sorry

[night raptor]

Splitting up the code is not bad but attaching extra script to each tile might even hurt the performance if there's a lot of the chunks. I would probably create a static helper class (or regular class created in the chunk generator) named PropPlacer or something similar that you can refer to place the props when the chunk is spawned. Since the prop placement should be done at the same time with the chunk generation, I'd couple them in code too.

[strong wren]

You can RaycastAll and do whatever filtering you want after the fact

[nocturne kayak]

i assumed the layermask param was going to make the raycast ONLY detect that layer, but apparently it only ignores that one

[wintry quarry]

no it only detects the layers in the mask

the mask can contain any number of layers

the easiest way to define a mask is in the inspector. e.g.

public LayerMask myLayerMask;```

[rotund garnet]

But if there are 200+ spawn points in just 1 chunk, would i then have to drag them all into a list? Or will i have to do some searching for them, like searching for a tag they all share?

[night raptor]

Don't the chunk generator know those spawn points automatically? If not, how are the spawn points defined?

[rotund garnet]

The spawnpoints are empty game objects, that are at the places in the tile where it is possible for something to have a chance to spawn…

[night raptor]

But how have they gotten there? Do the procedural world generator spawn those points?

[rotund garnet]

No i was thinking they were gonna be placed manually…

But im guessing that would be a heck of a task

[night raptor]

placed manually on procedurally generated world?

[rotund garnet]

Yeah the world consists of tiles, and each tile has pre-defined points where stuff could spawn

Or at least that was my idea

[odd widget]

Does changing the value of Text in TMP takes a lot of resources? Should i use “if one second passed” on the Void Update() to make it a bit more lighter

[night raptor]

If you really want to place the points manually, you may want to have a script for each chunk where you set the points but I'm not quite confident in my understanding of your vision

[odd widget]

Or does it not matter and i can make it tmptext.text = “changed value”

[nocturne kayak]

Is this just expected boxcast behavior? for some reason my boxcast isn't taking into account the rotation of the cube

[wintry quarry]

Your boxcast will do whatever your code tells it to do

the cube object is irrelevant to the boxcast itself

[nocturne kayak]

When i call it, i'm fairly sure i try to specicy that i want it's rotation to be equal o transform.rotation

i expected that would make it have, well, the same rotation as the cube

[wintry quarry]

Assuming transform is the cube and your code actually has that, then yes

[nocturne kayak]

Physics.BoxCast(transform.position, transform.lossyScale/2, transform.forward, out hit, transform.rotation, maxDistance, 5);

[night raptor]

Never heard of that causing any performance problems

[odd widget]

Okayu

Thankyou!

[wintry quarry]

5 is not a valid layer mask

but yes as far as orientation that looks ok assuming transform is the cube itself

[night raptor]

Use profiler to find out but usually people just set the text every frame if needed

[nocturne kayak]

How can it not be? because right now it's working, it's ignoring everytrhing in the UI layer

[wintry quarry]

because you're lucky

read what I said here #💻┃code-beginner message

[nocturne kayak]

Not really feeling that way lately

[wintry quarry]

5 is actually this layer mask:
..000000101
so it will hit only layers 0 and 2

[frank flare]

is unity default gravity bad for a player? I've seen some strange effects sometimes but maybe it's just me. Should I replace it with my own gravity?

[wintry quarry]

Make a layermask properly as I explained above

[nocturne kayak]

Shit, so that was luck, still, should the layermask really be affecting the rotation in this instance?

[wintry quarry]

no

the layermask does not affect rotation

how are you drawing the red box

[night raptor]

I don't understand what you are asking. What kind of strange effects those are and how your "own gravity" would do any better?

[nocturne kayak]

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

[wintry quarry]

Gizmos.DrawWireCube(transform.position + transform.forward * hit.distance, transform.lossyScale);

you are drawing an unrotated cube

that is why the cube that is drawn is not rotated

[night raptor]

You can always rotate the Gizmos.matrix to get rotated gizmos

[rotund garnet]

So this is 3x3 chunks, which each has 8x8 tiles of procedurally generated roads. i want to now place down fire-hydrants, benches, garbage cans, and streetlights, but the game is a post-apocalyptic zombie-surviver, so the things need to be scattered, and broken, which means that i wanted to originally pre-place the points on the tile-prefabs, and then based on rng place something on that point. So my question was, if this would be a reliable method of doing it, or if i should make a script that places things more randomly than the pre-defined points?

[wintry quarry]

Vector3 cubePosition = transform.position + transform.forward * hit.distance;
var oldMatrix = Gizmos.matrix;
Gizmos.matrix = Matrix4x4.TRS(cubePosition, transform.rotation, transform.lossyScale);
Gizmos.DrawWireCube(Vector3.zero, Vector3.one);
Gizmos.matrix = oldMatrix;``` @nocturne kayak

[nocturne kayak]

Is there somewhere i can read about this the Uity docs on DrawWireCube don`t really go into rotation, only centar and size (which i can guess now is that was causing this weirdness), i wanna understand a tad better what's going on there

[wintry quarry]

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

[night raptor]

I would consider placing them all procedurally but if you really want to do all that work manually, you can have script on each chunk and set the spawn points there

[rotund garnet]

I will do it procedurally😎 - this is the way

[frank flare]

not sure how to explain but the main one is this:
for an example I make a script that adds forces to the player each frame space is pressed, the player goes on 800 y but then even tho the force is going up the player goes down to -2000 y because of unity gravity
also I realized having custom gravity might be not bad because I can change gravity value

[polar acorn]

That doesn't sound like gravity, that sounds like your code

And you can change the value of unity gravity as well

[night raptor]

Yeah, sounds like your movement script is the issue more than unity gravity

[burnt skiff]

why do i get a nullreference exception when i use my find survivor button

[polar acorn]

what line is the error on

[burnt skiff]

18 i think

[polar acorn]

Instead of "thinking", just check

[burnt skiff]

how, sorry im a bit new to this

[polar acorn]

Ah, hang on, mobile only showed the two thumbnails, there's a third pic with the code on it

agents is null

[burnt skiff]

is it because its in another class

how would i make the button work from there

[slender nymph]

notice how your Initialize method has 0 references

[verbal dome]

To draw a rotated cube you have to modify Gizmos.matrix before drawing it

[polar acorn]

this means that either Initialize was called with a null value, or it wasn't called at all at the time that code runs

[burnt skiff]

oh alright i think its wasnt initialized because i dont see the debug message

gimme a sec

[verbal dome]

@nocturne kayak So something like thiscs Gizmos.matrix = Matrix4x4.TRS(center, rot, Vector3.one); // Draw at zero pos because the matrix already has the position Gizmos.DrawWireCube(Vector3.zero, size);

[burnt skiff]

when the drones are initialized i can see the log message on which drone has the survivor but for some reason maybe the button script cannot access it?

[polar acorn]

This is a different function

[verbal dome]

@nocturne kayak Might need to cache Gizmos.matrix before and reset it afterwards. Not sure if it auto resets after drawing gizmos
Also, you can do Gizmos.matrix = transform.localToWorldMatrix to draw in local space of the transform

[burnt skiff]

cant i access the drones across different classes?

[polar acorn]

Where are you trying to?

[burnt skiff]

alright so this is the class everything is in after the drones are initialized they get put into the list and then they get partitioned and then the partitions establish a communication i want to make it so that when i press the button it will use the communication and find the drone with the survivor

but the findsurvivor is in the other class and im not sure how to make it accessible to that class

[polar acorn]

Nothing is shared unless you specifically go get it. You would need either the FindSurvivor to reference this object to get its list, or have this object reference the FindSurvivor to send its data there

https://unity.huh.how/references

[burnt skiff]

is it possible if instead of using a different class for the controller i just use that flock class make the findsurvivor method in there and specify that that method will run on click using this

[polar acorn]

It's "possible" to do whatever you want. Whether you want to or not is up to you

[burnt skiff]

oh alright ill try it out thanks

[burnt skiff]

it works thank you so much

[red cedar]

does anyone know why my restart button is not working when I'm on scene 2 then move to scene game over? but if I open scene game over manually the code can be executed.

[slender nymph]

!code

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[slender nymph]

also you need to get your !IDE configured 👇

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[nocturne kayak]

I implemented the code PraetorBlue sent me

And it works

i have a rough understanding on how it all works, which is frustrating

i hate implementing code i don't understand

But looking into matrixes rn

[red cedar]

already did it

[nocturne kayak]

Right now i'm trying to think of a way to just

[slender nymph]

as in after i instructed you to? because your screenshots showed that it was not configured

[fickle plume]

That's what you said last time

[nocturne kayak]

Not move the cube past the hit result, but i don't know if simply if transform = wirebox.transform then don't move in that direction

[frank flare]

is there a way to get main object's rigidbody (to add force to it from a fan) ? (not with getparent)

I will get Capsule by OnTriggerStay and will have to get main rigidbody, which is player to add force on it

I also plan on adding grabbable items which will be elevated by fan

[wild widget]

Anyone can tell me what is this means "Even Instantiate will still instance the whole object, while returning the component. This avoids calls to GetComponent". From #💻┃code-beginner message, how to referencing rigidbody from Instantiate without GetComponent?

[rich adder]

whats wrong with get component in parent?

[slender nymph]

if your prefab (or the object you pass to Instantiate) is a Rigidbody type then Instantiate will return the Rigidbody on the instantiated object

[polar acorn]

If you call Instantiate on a reference to a Rigidbody, it will still create the entire object, but it will return the rigidbody

[frank flare]

cus items will have rigidbody in the collider part

but I guess if I can't I'm gonna do it

[rich adder]

so instead make an actual script you look for that has specific functions / components linked to what you want, interact with that instead

this way you can make Rigidbody a property you just grab
var rb = mycol.GetComponentInParent<MyScript>().Rb

[wild widget]

thankss

[wild widget]

thankss

[red cedar]

is this correct? my auto complete on?

[slender nymph]

yes

[rich adder]

now it says Assembly instead of Misc

[red cedar]

thanks

[red cedar]

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

public class GameManager3 : MonoBehaviour
{
    public void RestartGame()
    {
        Debug.Log("Restarting game...");
        SceneManager.LoadScene(1);
    }
}

[rich adder]

so is the log running at all ?

do you have Event system in the new scene?

[languid spire]

why is this GameManager2 when your code says GameManager3 ?

[red cedar]

Yes if I open GameOver Scene manually. but If I go from Scene 2 then go to scene GameOver the log is not running at all.

[rich adder]

what about Event System gameobject?

[red cedar]

Game manager2 is for scene 2 and game manager 3 is for game over scene

[red cedar]

i have it on hierarchy

[rich adder]

so is that the scene that doesn't print log?

[red cedar]

yes, but If I open the scene manually not from scene 2 is working properly

[languid spire]

that's crazy, why not one game manager for all scenes?

[red cedar]

I'm sorry 😭

[polar acorn]

What is the difference between them

[rich adder]

is this a screenshot of the screen coming from scene 2? or you just pressed play ?

[red cedar]

from scene 2

if i press play the game over scene it's working properly

that's the different @polar acorn

[polar acorn]

I mean code-wise, what is the difference

[red cedar]

wdym, I don't understand

[polar acorn]

What, in code, is different between the different managers

[red cedar]

Game Manager 2 is for scene 2
Game Manager 3 is for scene Game over
I can't send the code it's too long

[polar acorn]

!code

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[red cedar]

https://hatebin.com/oceusrkqrt

[polar acorn]

Okay, and what's different about this than, say, GameManager1?

Or GameManager3?

[red cedar]

https://hatebin.com/skzidgrfkm

[polar acorn]

Okay, these are utterly different things. This class should absolutely not be called GameManager3

This is at best like, RestartButton

[red cedar]

https://hatebin.com/loovreqcva

[rich adder]

wow..

[polar acorn]

This one looks like basically the exact same class as GameManager2 but with everything done differently for no reason

[red cedar]

I think my code is worse than my handwriting😭

[nocturne kayak]

Thanks to the help of this channel, i now have the stupidest collision system ever devised by man.

It stops moving if the distance between the cube and the wall is lesser than 0.1, and it doesn't work if it moves too fast

Truly, a programming masterpiece.

[sage mirage]

Hello! I have seen your code in Game Manager. So, I have to make a few notes for you. So, first of all prefer when working with a lot of game objects which in your case isn't an important issue to just use a list or an array to hold every item and just make a loop for it to deactivate or activate your game objects in start or wherever you want that free up space in memory and it's more efficient rather than creating so many game objects and call SetActive() all the time. Second note, do not prefer calling your script Game Manager instead call it RoundManager or with a different name because I had some issues in my code if I remember correctly when one time I call it that way. For example, I am making right now a horror game already 2-3 months development and I have so many scripts and game objects to handle, what I did was to just make an array to hold the items that I needed for example to deactivate or activate. Third note, you should get used to work with singleton pattern, so instead of creating references everytime just create a static class and call it whereever you want in other scripts that way you can prevent null references in your code and it's more efficient.

[frank flare]

am I doing something wrong?

Vector3 distance = (collider_rb.position - local_Transform.position).magnitude;

[slender nymph]

magnitude is a float

[frank flare]

ah... yes

[rich adder]

keep in mind when you deactivate an object its still in memory

it was already created so space is already occupying/allocated the memory

only when you Destroy it is marked for removal on the next GC tick

[sage mirage]

I mean isn't it more efficient ?

Rather than creating in the whole script SetActive methods ?

You are making a method and you use for example a static class, you call the method that has that line of code where it deactivates or activates the game objects on an array. That way you just call the method which is one line and done

[rich adder]

the script was already created when the object is in the scene

making it disabled doesnt do anything but stop callbacks like Update etc

thats why when you Pool you recycle objects but you still need them created

once created the memory is already allocated for it

Creating And Destroying is what creates MORE unecessary allocation on and on

[sage mirage]

So, what do you suggest in order to free up space in memory and to remove garbages?

[rich adder]

don't run expensive operation when you don't need to , clear any objects you no longer use, recycle anything you keep reusing , like pooling bullets, or anything you keep needing to despawn and respawn etc

[still elm]

what does this peice of code do?
void Update()
{
time -= Time.deltaTime;

}

if time is a float being 60

[rich adder]

subtracts time over time, unaffected by FPS

Time.deltaTime is always the time between each frame

[still elm]

so time is being subtracted from time every? second?

[rich adder]

without any multipliers it goes down about -1 a second yes

[still elm]

is there any other way to make this? or is this the preffered way to keep track of time. I want to have variable that once 30 seconds has passed a method should run

[rich adder]

its very common thing to do this yes, if you don't need like 100% accuracy its fine most of the time

[still elm]

Okay, Appreciate the help. 😄

[wintry quarry]

every frame, the duration of the previous frame is subtracted

this creates a timer.

Update runs once every frame
Time.deltaTime is the duration of the previous frame

[rich adder]

there is also tracking Time.time for timers, but more common with looping timer

[still elm]

this would work?
void Update()
{
time -= Time.deltaTime;

    if (time == 0)
    {
        WaveSpawner();
        time += 30;



    }

[wintry quarry]

no

it wouldn't

[rich adder]

generally bad idea to check floats with ==

[wintry quarry]

it will never == 0

[still elm]

I'll do an int instead then

[wintry quarry]

it will be like 0.032 one frame and -0.015 the next frame

[rich adder]

floats always use some form of < or >
or Mathf.Approximately

[wintry quarry]

why?

That won't work

[still elm]

oh

[wintry quarry]

Just do if (time <= 0)

[still elm]

I don't understand this

[wintry quarry]

what don't you understand

[still elm]

what time.DeltaTime does

[wintry quarry]

It's just a number

it's the number of seconds since the previous frame

it changes every frame

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Time-deltaTime.html

[wintry quarry]

if your frame takes 1/60th of a second, then the value of Time.deltaTime is 1/60 (aka 0.016777)

but it will not be some known number

it will just be however long the computer took to process the previous frame

[languid spire]

be a good trick if deltaTime was negative @wintry quarry

[still elm]

ah ok

[wintry quarry]

So if your first frame takes 0.011 seconds to process, then after one frame time will go from 60 to 59.899 @still elm

[still elm]

thanks for the example it helped

[wintry quarry]

every frame it will reduce by a little bit

[dawn mulch]

Hey everyone I'm new here. And I don't really understand what im doing and need some kind of guidance.

I dont understand code. Okay not true. I understand variables, loops, bool, integers, if/else, maybe others I haven't mentioned. But I don't understand the rest. I see videos out there that talk about it, but I don't understand how people know the rest of it, like vector3 and where it goes and how it's used, or how they know when to use spriterenderer, or any of that. And nowhere do they explain it. I've spent the last 3 days racking my brain trying to understand where they are finding this info, and I found that they said something about an API, but I can't find where it is in unity, and the examples they show in the API looks confusing, on top of also not super clear on what they do or how they need to be used. Can anyone explain it in to me, im really struggling to understand how they know to use moveDir, and how to structure code.

I hope this makes sense.

[wintry quarry]

based on how much time elapsed

[rich adder]

the manual or documentations are top

its looks daunting because 3 days isn't enough time to be comfortable

[languid spire]

!learn

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[thorny basalt]

Vector3s are a struct built into Unity. They are 3 floats.

[rich adder]

this sometimes takes years

literally

[wintry quarry]

It is going to take you months or years to "fully" understand things. It's a slow learning process

Vector3 is nothing more than a collection of 3 numbers though. Often used as, for example, cartesian positional coordinates (i.e. representing position as 3 numbers x, y, z)

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/scripting-vectors.html
(don't sleep on the manual, it actually explains a lot)

[dawn mulch]

I'm not expecting it to take a couple days. I understand this process will literally take years to learn. But it's about how people just know which ones to use or which ones even exist. Are you saying the ONLY way I'm going to learn how to structure code is by just learning one piece one YouTube video at a time?

[wintry quarry]

but it can also represent other things in other contexts, such as colors, euler rotation angles (rotation round the x, y, z axes) etc

it can be used for anything you want

and is used for many things

You can even dream up new uses for it, and people do so every day

[rich adder]

na not youtubes, with time you wont even need to use videos.

[dawn mulch]

I get that. I am very well aware this will be a long and arduous journey. But I wish I had the full list in my mind so I could experiment a little with what I already know.

[languid spire]

no, once you understand the concepts behind programming then the rest is pretty easy

[rich adder]

you learn by trial and error, and some basic understanding on how to plug which type into what

if you keep making shitty lego houses at first, eventually you figure out how to use each piece and make entire city scapes

[wintry quarry]

there's no such thing as a "full list"

[dawn mulch]

But I can't just put the word time, it has to be specifically Time.deltaTime. I cant use velocity, I need rigidBody.velocity.x

[wintry quarry]

this is just a matter of being familiar with the API and knowning how to look it up when you forget or aren't familiar

it will come in time

[dawn mulch]

I just wish I could see the list of the library, if that makes sense. To see how each one works

[wintry quarry]

Get good at google too

[rich adder]

more important than replicating someones code / video you actually learn how each piece works and how you can put them together

[languid spire]

in those particular contexts, yes, in other contexts, no

[wintry quarry]

you can

it's right here https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/

but it's not that useful on its own

[dawn mulch]

Then what's the API, and how do people know what's in the library?

[wintry quarry]

it's like learning how to speak english by reading the dictionary

This is reference material

reference material is not useful when read cover to cover
it is useful to look things up as you need

[languid spire]

we read it, many times

[dawn mulch]

I've been using it extensively for the past 6 weeks. I'm only now figuring out there's an actual list for the library.

[rich adder]

if you want more reading material the manual really well put together compared to any other engine tbh

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

[wintry quarry]

of course there is

[still elm]

when both using System class and UnityEngine class. Random.Engine is unsure which class to use for Random.Range Function. How would this be resolved?

[wintry quarry]

any significant piece of software worth using has documentation

[wintry quarry]

using Random = UnityEngine.Random;

for example, if you want the Unity version

[rich adder]

using Random = UnityEngine.Random

[languid spire]

6 weeks is nothing, I've been using Unity for nearly 20 years and still refer to the docs at times

[still elm]

ah ok

thanks

😄

[dawn mulch]

Cool. That's what I'm after. I wasn't aware of it until last night. Like 12 hours ago. I've been coding completely blind this whole time. 🤣

[wintry quarry]

You can also just type out the full UnityEngine.Random.Range(..) at the moment you use it instead

[rich adder]

as long as you don't fall in the "AI" trap. You're good . Take as much time as you need

[still elm]

should this be written in the top amoung namespacses thing?

[dawn mulch]

Oh I understand. Again I'm intimately familiar with how long it will take me to learn this. I've already had it explained to me that it will take a good chunk of my life to learn. I've accepted that part of my life already

[still elm]

it worked

thanks

[rich adder]

sometime even just 1 hour a day will make huge difference tbh

[still elm]

can I post code somewhere here just for quick overview?

[rich adder]

ideally use links for large code

[still elm]

pastebin?

[rich adder]

oh god no

!code

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[dawn mulch]

Yeah see it went here, but it only shows the new features and I couldn't find documentation of the library list anywhere.

[dawn mulch]

Oh see this works here

I type in what I need and it pulls relevant info. This is amazing

[rich adder]

nah nested deep there it tells you both how to do specific things and code, for example how to make a cutscene or animation events

or even just linking a script as serialize reference in the inspector

[wintry quarry]

note this is only a small part of it. This is the "core" api. it doesn't include the hundreds of packages in Unity.

It's way too much information to just... read through. But absolutely feel free to look at things you're interested in here.

[still elm]

How can I improve in my wave spawner code. I tried to make it the best I could. I am relativley new to programming. https://hastebin.com/share/ucibicujin.csharp

[dawn mulch]

Right, but now I can ask questions and reference this to help me cement my understanding a lot better than not having this at all.

[rich adder]

for example if you want to learn about Coroutines
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/coroutines.html
the manual explains it and shows code

[dawn mulch]

Yeah and it was making my head spin something fierce, i guess I was just expecting it to be its own tab so you could look through the library that comes with unity.

[rich adder]

or https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-random.html a topic about Random

[rich adder]

ScriptingAPI is anything code related and Manual for the unity concepts and examples

there isnt a Library unity uses per se.. Unity is the library

[dawn mulch]

I've been busting my behind then. I've spend the last 6 weeks with about 5-8 hours of learning with a few break days sprinkled in, so more like 5 weeks.

[rich adder]

yeah those hours are good too, but you can easily burn out quick. Just balance it out

when i first learned unity I would do 10 hours sessions at night, and then have work 2 hours later in AM lol

it was not good to learn /code tired though. One thing i regret, lots of wasted hours solving issues i solved next day with fresh mind in 2 mins lol

[dawn mulch]

But I'm also starting with no experience. That including using terminal for work related things, and making a game in scratch when I was in middle school, and my fascination with wanting to understand every games calculations and love to understanding how the games I've played work, all the way down to movement and everything. I took CS50 made a better game than I did in middle school (still very unoptimised and sloppy code that could be cleaned up a lot more, but it was enough to be proof of concept that I understood what was in front of me) and I'm now in unity going through the growing pains of YouTube hell learning what I can from there until I know enough to experiment.

[rich adder]

even just taking the CS course puts you ahead than most who come here tbh. Very good to understand those concepts for later use esp the formulas and their efficency like Big O notation, very important in game developement

[dawn mulch]

Exactly. I know my body well enough to know when I'm burned out and need food or a nap, so I take them because the last thing I want is to burn out. I don't want my love of coding being soiled by my own poor choices. Which is also why I'm trying to not rely on anything as a crutch or just blindly copying code typing it out letter for letter, but since eim in the beginning I understand that for some sections I kinda have to just to get the repetition in.

[dawn mulch]

For me it was 50x because godot linked that before learning game engines. People also recommended Microsoft code camp before doing anything either. So I'm trying to go about it the right way

And what I understand is the right way is to do as much of it yourself before asking anyone. Exhaust every conceivable option before asking anyone. Hence why I'm here 🤣

[rich adder]

researching skills are invaluable.

you will be doing it 80% of your time

"how do i...."

[dawn mulch]

Yeah. Which is why I'm doing it that way as much as possible. It helps that I try to do everything myself first anyways. I'm notbthe type who likes to ask for help.

[dawn mulch]

The ampunt of times I've done that, Jesus christ man 🤣🤣🤣 most ads I have are code related now and my feed has changed dramatically on YouTube as well.

[rich adder]

nothing wrong with asking for help though esp if you're confused, having this much communication has its benefits too 😛

[rich adder]

yeah just stay clear of any "AI"

hate that google shoved that in the search page now..

[dawn mulch]

See it hear mixed reviews on that, and they swing both ways. People seem to detest it, and others think it's okay as long as you're using it to explain things to you and little else.

[rich adder]

all it does it hinders your ability to think for yourself imo

and most of the regurgitated info is mostly wrong or not the most efficent way

anyway dont want to carry away with offtopic 😛 that AI topic has been beaten to death

we should prob make a thread or move to unity code questions 😛

[dawn mulch]

There's a channel for that? I thought I didn't see it. Hang on

[rich adder]

well technically this is the code channel, but if its code related as we're talking about it could be a thread so we don't flood. Although I'm heading out soon lol

[dawn mulch]

Yeah I don't see any channels listed anything close to unity questions

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk for general unity stuff everything else is in id:browse