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[dawn mulch]

Ohhh I see. Gotcha. Okay well I'll cut the chatter then. I hope you have a good day and thank you all for taking the time to answer a couple questions.

[rich adder]

thanks! goodluck with your learning 🙂

good'ay

[dawn mulch]

Will do. Should I continue to aks questions here or ask them somewhere else?

[rich adder]

if they are Unity coding questions here, anything else find the appropriate channel or Unity talk if its not found

[dawn mulch]

Gotcha

[rich adder]

you should instead just capture the inputs inside a GetAxis

idk if that will fix it but worth a shot

movement = new (Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical")).normalized;

thats weird.. maybe its your keyboard? never had issues with this code

Debug.Log the inputs and see whats happening

[polar acorn]

Show the updated code

[rich adder]

#💻┃unity-talk

do you have arrow keys on your keyboard? try those

[polar acorn]

So, this is working in all directions individually, but doesn't work at all with up-right or down-right?

[rich adder]

that is strange

[polar acorn]

If it's working with your arrow keys, but doing this for WASD, then the problem is definitely your keyboard

Cheap keyboards can only detect a certain amount of inputs per "circuit" and if they've wired multiple keys to the same circuit it won't detect multiple presses

[rich adder]

have you actually debugged the values?

[white obsidian]

what could be the issue of my header not showing up in unity? the Patrol points and movement parameters headers are showing but Enemy isn't

[short hazel]

The field is private and not serialized

[white obsidian]

oh damn

really

😄

sorry for the stupid question.. : D

[jaunty coyote]

im absolutly confused, using the new navigation system of unity my ai cant follow the player. I put agent.SetDestination into update function and the ai just stops and stays in place because it only get partial state paths. Ive seen 3 tutorials with this new system using exactly my method except its working, even on of the offical unity tutorials is using my method. I already tried unity 2023.3 and now the unity 6

[rich adder]

well, are you sure it has a valid path

i generally dont Set Desitination in update anyway, i call it once and only update if player changes position there is an event and the method is fired again

so only as target moves its necessary

[jaunty coyote]

well, if i call set destination once, it gets to its destination succesfully

[jaunty coyote]

heard that like 5x times till now, the player in my game constantly moves so i need it getting updated

[rich adder]

I mean mine does too, that doesnt mean it has to be in update

[jaunty coyote]

doesnt matter tho, every time the set destination is called, the agent freezes for a second

so if a player constantly moves, the character will bassicly constantly try to run setdestination, thus freezed on same pos

been there, tried that

[rich adder]

works fine for me, must be something on your end

best to debug the path returned and see whats happening, draw the path or check the corners in the gizmos of AI nav

[jaunty coyote]

you able to share your working code?

[rich adder]

i can get to it if I open my project , need some time tho

the gist is, if your player is only 1 you can make the public static event Action <float> OnPlayerMove

[jaunty coyote]

got all the time, spent last 5 hours trying to figure out the new ai system that isnt working for me

[jaunty coyote]

multiple players

[rich adder]

hmm you could also use the same static event anyway, just pass the Player as the second T if you want specific player

[jaunty coyote]

wierd, debuged again, its returning once a completed path, once a partial one

[rich adder]

do you have diff heights on your floors?

[jaunty coyote]

one single plain terrain

debuged line showing correct pathing

[rich adder]

i always get better results when i run the destination through SamplePosition rather than using the target transform postion directy

Vector3 GetDestination(){
 if (NavMesh.SamplePosition(target.position, out var hit, maxHeight, NavMesh.AllAreas))
 {
     return hit.position;
 }
return Vector3.zero;
}```

[north oar]

``public class SpawnCards : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] GameObject[] cards;

void Start()
{
    StartCoroutine(CardSpawn());
}

IEnumerator CardSpawn()
{
    foreach (GameObject card in cards)
    {
        Animator animator = card.GetComponent<Animator>();
        animator.Play("FloatIn");
    }

    yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.2f);
}

}``
cant figure out the bug in this i have 4 objects im trying to spawn in one by one but they all spawn in at the same time, i use an animation holder to give them all teh same animation

[jaunty coyote]

let me try, tnx

[polar acorn]

1. !code
2. There's no point to the wait in that coroutine, by the time it hits the wait, there's nothing left to do

[eternal falcon]

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[still elm]

ugh creating a highscore table in unity was more difficult than I imagined

[north oar]

wdym by the time it hist the wait theres nothing left to do

[runic lance]

you probably want to put the yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.2f) inside the foreach loop

[rich adder]

why ?

[north oar]

wait im dumb

gimme a second lmao

[still elm]

I don't even know were to start

[polar acorn]

Code runs one line at a time, top to bottom. It finishes the loop, then waits, then does nothing else and ends

[rich adder]

what kind of highscore, also internet or no internet

[runic lance]

oops, I thought you were spawning inside the loop, but it's just getting the component

[jaunty coyote]

still does this, made it update every half a second so i can at least see it move

[north oar]

yes taht was it idk how i didnt notice that it was so obvious lol

[rich adder]

show your agent inspector

[still elm]

no internet, just writing to file

a scoreboard who shows how many gameobjects (enemies) I have desstroyed before I died

with position and score + name

[rich adder]

make a struct so you can save it as grouped data in a json / bin file

[still elm]

never done json before

[rich adder]

its just a way to convert your data into text that is formatted as JSON, this way it can be read back easily

https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/json-serialization.html

[still elm]

Oh ok

[still elm]

are you sure json is a good solution if I just want to store the highscore locally?

sound like json is used for api

[jaunty coyote]

u want json if you want data to remain after game restart

[short hazel]

It's just a way to "encode" data, you can write it to a file

And yeah its original use is from the web, it's in the name: JavaScript Object Notation

[rich adder]

you dont have to use json format no. I just use that because I typically load these jsons in other APIs

json is irrelevant if its locally or not
as mentioned it just a way to format the data a specific way

you can write to raw streams and binary too , up to you

[short hazel]

It's just that JSON is the easiest to set up, and doesn't require much code to save and load the data (10 lines at most)

[jaunty coyote]

@rich adder got it working with: NavMeshPath path = new NavMeshPath();
nm.CalculatePath(temporaryTest.transform.position, path);
nm.path = path;

[rich adder]

yeah thats strange because I don't have to do that , but then again I haven't fully seen the rest of the code

also that weird snapping could be cause of character controller being moved with mouse + pivot in playmode

[jaunty coyote]

well it works so i wont touch it, anyways, tnx for your time

[jaunty coyote]

it isnt, now i did the same moving araund and still works, still, thanks ❤️

[rich adder]

hey if it works it works lol

[still elm]

oh ok

[tired knoll]

is there any reason zero collsion is detected?

nothing appears in logs

i feel like its a really stupid answer

but i actually cannot find it

[polar acorn]

What is the inspector of the object this is supposed to be colliding with

[tired knoll]

the player - i found the reasoning; the object cant collide with anything if probuilder shape is attatched to it

which is dumb

[stuck palm]

how come this script isnt working in edit mode?

[tired knoll]

but oh well

[stuck palm]

i dont think its working in playmode either

[ivory bobcat]

What's not working?

[rich adder]

what?

[stuck palm]

its just not updating the float lol

[tired knoll]

i removed the probuilder shape component and it started working

[ivory bobcat]

Verify with some logs

[rich adder]

I never had to do this in my 5+ years of using Probuilder

[tired knoll]

idk either

i just whacked together a quick sphere and squashed it

[rich adder]

did you have a mesh collider on the pb mesh?

[stuck palm]

okay, the logs are showing up correctly, but im not seeing a change to the materials, in edit mode or play mode

[wintry quarry]

Wrong property names probably for the shader

Shader properties almost always start with _

[stuck palm]

thats done it! thank you

[bold plover]

Why does the color picker in the Karting microgame project freeze my entire computer when I use the color picker lmao.

I can only deduce it's old or it's my computer.

[steep rose]

what version of unity are you using

[north oar]

{
    while (Vector3.Distance(player.transform.position, playerSpawnPoint.position) > 0.1f)
    {
        if (Vector3.Distance(player.transform.position, playerSpawnPoint.position) > 0.1f)
        {
            player.transform.position = Vector3.Lerp(player.transform.position, playerSpawnPoint.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
        }
        yield return null;
    }
}```
i noticed when my player reaches the spawnpoint it starts twitchign and then found out that the while loop actually never stops but i dont know why, it goes direclty onto the spawnpoint

[steep rose]

also does it freeze unity or does it actually make your entire computer unresponsive?

[bold plover]

2021.3.22f1

The entire computer.

[steep rose]

you physically cannot click anything else?

[rich adder]

https://unity.huh.how/lerp/wrong-lerp

[bold plover]

Correct. I can't even close the program with Alt+F4.

Strangeness. No tab out. Nothing.

[steep rose]

does it use all of your ram/cpu/hdd?

you should probably check that

[bold plover]

Just reset the computer.

Yeah might be a system limitation issue I can't think of anything else.

rip

[steep rose]

supposedly this has happened and been known to hang unity but not the entire computer even on unity 2019.

if it does happen repeatedly you could probably delete your project library folder to make unity recompile to see if that fixes anything

last resort is to reinstall unity

if those do not work, just submit a !bug report

[eternal falcon]

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[steep rose]

if your system cannot handle the color picker, you should have seen other limitations by now I would think

[north oar]

tanks

[bold plover]

Trying it again. Otherwise I'll probably just end up submitting the bug report.

Thank you though.

[dim yew]

why does it tell me to use the first one and then give me an error??

[sour fulcrum]

Is there a built in function/name/etc. for Like rebasing a collection to start from a specific value?

Like imagine i have a list<int> of 0-24

I want to make a version of that list that starts at 22 but everything before 22 is added after 24

whoever posted that question yes if i understood correctly

[zenith cypress]

var main = ps.main;
main. // set here

[dim yew]

0 idea why this works but thanks

[zenith cypress]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ParticleSystem-main.html

[nocturne kayak]

This is getting stupid and broad but how would one approach colliding without physics? i can move a cube on xyz in 3D space, i don't want it to be affected by any other physical forces, i just want it to collide with walls

I did setup a box collider in such a way that it detects when it's colliding with stuff

But i can't begin to think how i'd make it so once it's colliding, it can be moved in every direction except for the ones it's colliding with

[north kiln]

Perform casts in the direction of movement and limit the distance to the hit's distance

[nocturne kayak]

Is there a way to get the direction of movement if i'm not moving it one axis at a time?

[timber tide]

transform.forward

Oh youre moving it in any direction then you should already have the direction anyway. Normalizing your velocity will give direction too.

[full coral]

does anyone know why my .apk build doesnt respond to Click events onto enemies, but it works perfectly fine on my computer, whether it is formatted to windows or android?

[carmine sierra]

How can i capture a mouse's position in unity 3d

[wintry quarry]

depends which input system you're using

[carmine sierra]

input.mouspos

[wintry quarry]

if the new system, there are several ways depending on what you're trying to do exactly

[wintry quarry]

sounds like you already know the answer

[carmine sierra]

but i need to capture it in relation to world space

[wintry quarry]

that's not "capturing the mouse position"

that's "how do I project the mouse position into the 3D world"

[carmine sierra]

oh okay

[wintry quarry]

there are several ways, depending on exactly what you want

[carmine sierra]

i need to learn that ray thing dont i

[wintry quarry]

This page explains two good ways of doing what you want:
https://unity.huh.how/screentoworldpoint

a good third option is just to use the event system, depending on the use case

[carmine sierra]

thanks, i tried cam.ScreenToWorldPoint(input.mousePosition) tho

[nocturne kayak]

I don't think i can access velocity If i'm not using rigidbody for movement

[timber tide]

I'm not understanding. If you're moving it already then you have a direction

If you move on the x+ axis your direction vector is simply (1, 0, 0). If you're moving on both the x+ and z+ then your direction vector is (1, 0, 1)

[wintry quarry]

then read the rest of the page, as I said there are multiple options explained there. Also ScreenToWorldPoint works as long as you're doing it properly.

[timber tide]

which would be 45 degress from the z direction

[wintry quarry]

But you haven't actually explained your use case so

it's hard to say what's best

[nocturne kayak]

This whole thing feels stupid, i can't use a character controller because i need a cube\custom collisions, and doing rigidbodies makes the whole thing move around, how come it's so complicated to just move something around and keep collisions, what the hell

[wintry quarry]

It's a very common mistake/misconception for people to think that character controllers are simple

they are quite complex

[teal viper]

Well, because you're mixing up different systems here. Collisions are in physics domain. If you want the object to collide with things, it needs to have a collider and a dynamic rb and be moved by the physics. Otherwise there's nothing to calculate the collision for it.
You can obviously reinvent the wheel and write your own collision kind of system with casts and/or overlaps, but that's a different story.

It's really not that complicated if you understand and accept the rules of the game.

[nocturne kayak]

Kinematic characters can collide with walls, so why is it so difficult to just implement that?

[timber tide]

if all you want is to stop something when it comes into contact then doing shapecasting is probably fine

well, I'd do a mix of overlap and shapecast

[teal viper]

No they can't.

Oh, you mean kinematic rb character controller assets on the asset store?

[timber tide]

that asset is also only capsule I think

[crisp token]

Hey I'm having difficulty trying to figure out how to make a constructor for a struct in HLSL on a Compute Shader

[crisp token]

just make a non-official constructor seems to be thje play

[sand girder]

bro i cant even code😭 😭

[teal viper]

Share the actual code and the error

[sand girder]

HOW THE HELL DO I CODE

I CANT EVEN CODE ANYTHING TO WALK

[teal viper]

!learn
And stop spamming nonsense

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[sand girder]

ok

[crisp token]

I'm fine, pretty sure there's just no HLSL constructors for structs.

[teal viper]

Are you talking about structs in hlsl or C# side? Hlsl basically follows the rules of C++, so you can reference that.

[crisp token]

Only know C so far, about to start learning c++ soon. I looked it up tho and I think I've confirmed my suspicions

[molten pulsar]

hi im having a problem

im trying to modify avatar herarchy becuse unity imports make it a mess

when i finish and exit from avatar configuration

avatar herarchy didnt save

how i can save it?

[teal viper]

I don't think you're supposed to modify the hierarchy in avatar config.

[lost anvil]

is it bad to have a script dedicated to references for use within a namespace / state machine?

[teal viper]

Not quite sure what you mean by that.

[molten pulsar]

so what i supposed to do?

[teal viper]

You can unpack the asset prefab in a scene, modify it and save as a new prefab.

[molten pulsar]

okay thats a good idea

thank you for that

i never think in that before

[lost anvil]

nvm i dont have that many variables that i need to do that

[molten pulsar]

soo i unpack the model modifiy and save it as new prefab but that dosent seems to be usefull,theres a way that i can create a avatar from a unpack model in scene?

[teal viper]

No. Maybe explain what is it that you're trying to do? And more importantly, how is it related to code channel?

[molten pulsar]

welp you make me think in the detail that this channel is only for coding

so was a mistake post this in this chanel

btw

im trying to fix this:

and well the only way that i find to fix it was change the jerarchy but

when i leave avatar configuration dont save it

[teal viper]

You should fix that in a 3d modeling software like blender.

[molten pulsar]

sooo i blender see normaly

i have to change jerarchy in blender?

[teal viper]

Yes. Make sure it confirms with the standard humanoid armature. At the moment it does not. You have shoulders and fingers parented to the root of the armature. This is not correct even in blender(though it might just work in blender).

[molten pulsar]

okay thank you

i will try that

i say you if that works

[static cedar]

How to get the width and height of a rect transform?
It's surprisingly more complex than i thought.

[timber tide]

rect

[static cedar]

Apparently not. Because it also depends on anchor position.

[stark sonnet]

https://paste.ofcode.org/UfpbVZ7CAf77RKiWW79bUu

would any of you know if theres something wrong in my code that would cause me to not be able to jump

[signal egret]

I'd recommend only applying gravity when the character is not grounded

[teal viper]

Did you try debugging it at all?

[stark sonnet]

i didn't. i'm new to all this and learning through tutorials. unfortunately this one didn't provide much explanation. i will try that. thank you

[signal egret]

do

  velocity.y += gravity;```

[teal viper]

So you followed a tutorial exactly and it doesn't work the same way as it does in the tutorial?

[stark sonnet]

i will try that now!

[teal viper]

Do they have that in the tutorial?

[stark sonnet]

and yes i did. he just had copied and pasted the script and i followed the ground checks and the masks.

[stark sonnet]

not at all

[signal egret]

your grounded is much more reliable if its a raycast
grounded = Physics.Raycast(pos, Vector3.Down, charHeight, ~whatEverThePlayerLayer, out var hit)

[teal viper]

Then it's probably not gonna help.

[teal viper]

Can you share the tutorial?

[signal egret]

hit is helpful if you want more information what ever the ground is, steps sounds, slippery surface etc

[stark sonnet]

it didn't sadly but yes give me one second and i will post link

[stark sonnet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxg0vQk05os&list=PLtLToKUhgzwnk4U2eQYridNnObc2gqWo-&index=4&t=394s

[bitter sage]

So I'm using the Facepunch Steamworks Steam Integration plugin in Unity, and got steam integration working and everything in my game.

The problem is, my game crashes if the game is run outside of Steam now and also there are compiling errors on Non-Steam platforms, such as WebGL or Android. I'm not exactly sure how to solve this. I thought removing the Steam Integration script would do it, but it didn't.

Has anybody had any experience with this? I seem to be having trouble exporting to a DRM-Free executable for itch.io and non-Steam platforms such as WebGL and Android.

[teal viper]

Where's the part that they explain/implement jump?

[stark sonnet]

one second and ill find time stamp

[spare mountain]

has steam integrated itself so deep into your code that even removing it doesn't end its wrath? 😳

[bitter sage]

Yeah, I'm not sure what's happening.

I removed the SteamIntegration.cs that I attached to the scene to boot it up. I even removed the SteamAchievement.Cs since that was throwing up a compiling error.

I then reimported the files, and tested. Immediately, Steam login boot up when I pressed preview.

Then when I tried to do anything with the game, it crashed. Not sure what's happening.

Putting the Steamintegration files and everything back made it all work again

no crashes

[stark sonnet]

he starts to explain the script at about 28:00 and goes through and explains how to set up the ground check/ground mask , stuff like that. the guy was a little all over the place by the end he shows hes walking and jumping. i'm able to move but jumping for some reason is just not working

[teal viper]

Do you have the jump button defined in your input manager?

[stark sonnet]

yes i do!

[teal viper]

Can you take a screenshot?

[teal viper]

Okay.
Let's get started with debugging a little bit then.
First, you want to make sure that there are no errors at runtime. Especially no errors popping up at around the time of the issue.

I see you have an error in the console right now. What is it about?

[stark sonnet]

that was when i was trying to tweak the script to what was previously suggested before. i had changed it back and i do not have any errors as of now

[teal viper]

No errors when trying to jump either, right?

[stark sonnet]

that is correct

[teal viper]

Okay. The next thing is where to start debugging and how.
There are many ways to debug code. The simplest one is printing something in the console that would tell you about the state of the objects at that time. You can do that by using Debug.Log("some text");. You can pass in whatever string you want. You can output other variables values and almost anything else.

Now. Debugging is a 2 stage process:

1. You make an assumption.
2. You confirm the assumption with debugging info, like debug.log.

In your case we can start with a very simple assumption: the code that sets the jump velocity doesn't run.

Now, how can we confirm that with a debug.log?

[stark sonnet]

would i run the debug.log after
if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && isGrounded)
{
//the equation for jumping
velocity.y = Mathf.Sqrt(jumpHeight * -2f * gravity);

}

[teal viper]

After what?

[stark sonnet]

after that bit of code?

isn't that the lines of code for jumping?

[teal viper]

What line exactly is responsible for setting the jumping velocity?

And another question: what do if statements do?

[stark sonnet]

if (isGrounded && velocity.y < 0)
{
velocity.y = -2f;
}

they determine whether or not something is true, right? like i have an if statement stating that if i press say the spacebar to jump that statement will run because its true?

[teal viper]

Yes. So Would placing a debug log after the if block tell us anything about whether the code inside the if block run or not?

[stark sonnet]

yes so would i place that inside the {} or directly after?

[teal viper]

You would place it directly after the line that you want to confirm. In this case it happens to be in the if block.

[stark sonnet]

okay i will try that now

[stark sonnet]

if (isGrounded && velocity.y < 0)
{
velocity.y = -2f;
}
Debug.Log("I'm jumping!");

this is the correct way to put it right?

[teal viper]

No. Go over what we were talking about again.

Would that log prove that the line inside the if block runs?

[stark sonnet]

no. when i placed it on the inside nothing showed up in the console when i tried to jump

[teal viper]

So what can we conclude regarding the first assumption?

[stark sonnet]

that line of script is not running

[teal viper]

Great. Now let's move to the next assumption. Why is it not running?

[stark sonnet]

maybe it's not meeting all the parameters of the isGrounded?

isGrounded = Physics.CheckSphere(groundCheck.position, groundDistance, groundMask);

[teal viper]

You're skipping several steps.

[stark sonnet]

🤦‍♀️

something is wrong with that block so that block needs to be tweaked. correct? i do that before the parameters?

[teal viper]

No. That's too far stretched. If the line in the if block doesn't line, then the conditions are not met, right?

[stark sonnet]

thats correct

[teal viper]

So you should start with seeing which condition is being false.

[stark sonnet]

okay. so i'm getting the feeling then that its not grounded then

[teal viper]

Okay. And how would you confirm that assumption?

[stark sonnet]

debug.log after the line that determines if grounded?

[teal viper]

It would be simpler to print the value of the variable

Debug.Log("some variable value is " + someVariable);

[willow shoal]

Hi. how to make the box collider work whenever I am in?

I tried using ontrigger, but it only worked once

[eager spindle]

ontriggerenter works when you enter

ontriggerexit works when you leave

ontriggerstay works anytime

[willow shoal]

Thanks

I will try

[tulip nimbus]

Not sure if one can see in this video but whenever i control my camera it kind of stutters, making the camera movement less smooth. Why is this? (Wether putting it in FixedUpdate() or Update() didnt seem to make a diffrence for me)

What can i do?

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/mouse-input-and-deltatime

[tulip nimbus]

Thank you 👍👍

[waxen adder]

How can I set up and trigger event listeners? I'm in the docs at the moment and see this, but it seems kind of basic/not what I was expecting:
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEvent.html

[rancid tinsel]

what is going on here? if i copy and paste that line in again it suddenly doesnt throw an error

[north kiln]

https://unity.huh.how/compiler-errors/cs0246

[rancid tinsel]

...but it works

same exact line same format

[north kiln]

In the same file?

[rancid tinsel]

yes

[north kiln]

Perhaps it's a busted character

[rancid tinsel]

just pasted in place of the one throwing an error

what do you mean by that?

[north kiln]

Firstly, you definitely have the correct using?

[rancid tinsel]

yes

UnityEngine.Pool

im following a tutorial to the T rn

[north kiln]

That's not the using for List

[rancid tinsel]

UnityEngine?

[north kiln]

Nope.

[rancid tinsel]

System.Collections.Generic?

[north kiln]

Yes

[rancid tinsel]

ok then i do have it

[north kiln]

So then it's probably just a foreign character

As you say just re-writing it fixes it, seems likely to be that

[rancid tinsel]

copy and pasting fixes it

so that wouldn't make sense

wait

wtf

i just realised what it is

for some reason typing it doesn't add the using

and pasting it does

so it was just missing..

[north kiln]

Typing it would add it if you used autocomplete instead of character-by-character

[rancid tinsel]

i see

thank you for the help

[north kiln]

otherwise, as the doc I linked said you should use your IDE to add namespaces

[rancid tinsel]

the one issue with that is it keeps autocompleting and adding random stuff i dont want and makes it messy

[frozen burrow]

Hello I have this code that lerps between two colors, however they change gradually like a gradient. How can I change it so it changes instantly? I probably shouldn't use Lerp but I don't have much options in the props/funcs of Color.

[keen dew]

You mean it should alter between the two colors?

[vernal bone]

Hi, have a small question.

Should i unsub events in OnDisable?
Like it's necessary/best practice or i just randomly picked that up somewhere?

[winter aspen]

I'd say yes to avoid any unwanted behavior when events trigger.
I doubt it would have a real performance cost unless you have tons of objects subbing

[vernal bone]

so as i thought, it's like a "safety" thing
good to know, big thanks

[winter aspen]

you're welcome 😄

[north kiln]

It's only necessary when other objects are involved. If you're subscribing to an event on another object then you must unsubscribe or else you'll remain subscribed even when destroyed

If you're referencing other objects from an event on the destroyed object then because the C# side remains in memory when referenced at all then that other object will too and they won't be GC'd until all the refs are assigned to null

[carmine sierra]

why doesnt this work

[north kiln]

magnitude is a float

[carmine sierra]

but rb.velocity.normalized doesnt work

[north kiln]

how so?

[carmine sierra]

says vector3 is not assignable to float

[north kiln]

so you're trying to assign a it incorrectly. Have a look at the broader picture and look at what you're assigning to

[vernal bone]

so, it's also a memory leak problem?

[carmine sierra]

i want a magnitude which is limited to 1

[north kiln]

Then use Mathf.Clamp01

[carmine sierra]

which is what i thought normalization did

that would just give it a limit of 1 right

[north kiln]

yes, clamp between 0 and 1

Mathf.Min(value, 1) would be the same

as magnitide is always positive, would be less checks

[carmine sierra]

ohh okay rb.velocity.normalized.magnitude works

[north kiln]

that will always be 1

(or 0, but nothing inbetween)

[carmine sierra]

oh?

if I want rotation in one axis around another object (according to mouse velocity and position) what method could I use?

I tried rotatearound but im not sure how to get it relying upon the mouse's movements

[past spindle]

If I create an invisible collider around an explosion and only activated it during the explosion, could I use OnTriggerEnter to create an Area of Effect to damage the player if the player is within the trigger area when it is activated?

[keen dew]

It would be much simpler to use OverlapSphere or OverlapCircle

[past spindle]

Ok thanks

[frozen burrow]

I think so, yeah

[keen dew]

colors.selectedColor = (int)(Time.unscaledTime * colorSpeed) % 2 == 0 ? startColor : endColor;

or if you divide by colorSpeed instead of multiplying then colorSpeed is the time in seconds how long one color is selected

[frank pelican]

does anybody know why i dont have any decent rider code inteligence

everything is white and i dont have any tabcomplete for some reason?

[slender nymph]

!ide

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[frozen burrow]

thank you, I didn't know I could use int in there! :D

[wind raptor]

How quickly does the console update? I feel like I'm seeing delays between calling Debug.Log and seeing it on the console, but I'm not 100% sure it's the console being delayed vs something I've done.

[languid spire]

once per frame

[fickle halo]

with static classes, why is static required for members? When the static class already prevents all members from being non-statics?

[wintry quarry]

Not really a unity question

C# was designed by microsoft. It was a language design decision they made that you still have to type static for all members

presumably for clarity

When you're on line 600 of a 2000 line file it might not always be immediately obvious you're inside a static class.

[fickle halo]

heh ok

why can't I put constant variables in a namespace??

[languid spire]

why are you asking nonsensical non Unity questions on this server?

[summer shard]

why does my smooth damp stutters when i move?? it's in update

heldPickable.transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(heldPickable.transform.position, objectHolder.position, ref handDampVelocity, handPositionSmoothTime);

[odd widget]

If i were to have a list of variable that’s often refetenced by a lot of other script, is the better practice to separate it from the original script so the other script reference that instead?

[languid spire]

makes absolutely no difference

[odd widget]

Aaah okay then

Thanks

[slender nymph]

there are beginner c# courses pinned in this channel if you don't understand how the language works

[fickle halo]

my hunch is those courses won't have an answer to that question

wrong channel though, i get it.

[languid spire]

the answer is the same as to your previous question. Because that is the way the language was designed and implemented. If you don't like that take it up with Microsoft, this server is not the place to ask such questions

[wintry quarry]

what are objectHolder and heldPickable? Are those objects moving? If so how are they moving?

Show the rest of the code as well

[summer shard]

should i just send u the link to the full code?

[wintry quarry]

yes

[summer shard]

https://pastebin.com/4tbEdBnY

[wintry quarry]

Ok and the other question?

[summer shard]

object holder is under main camera, this is the inspector, heldPickable is just a Pickable script reference of held pickable in hand, i can send a vid of how it's looking rn

Pickable heldPickable = inventory[heldInventoryIndex];
if (!Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Mouse1)) {
    //lerp here
    heldPickable.transform.position = Vector3.SmoothDamp(heldPickable.transform.position, objectHolder.position, ref handDampVelocity, handPositionSmoothTime);
    heldPickable.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(heldPickable.transform.rotation, objectHolder.rotation, handRotationSmoothTime);
}

[wintry quarry]

how does the player move

[summer shard]

#region MOVEMENT
private void HandleCamera() {
    if (!canLook) return;

    float mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * sensitivity;
    float mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * sensitivity;

    cameraLook.y += mouseX;
    cameraLook.x -= mouseY;

    cameraLook.x = Mathf.Clamp(cameraLook.x, -85f, 85f);

    cameraHolder.localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(cameraLook.x, cameraLook.y, 0);
}

void HandleAir() {
    isInAir = !Physics.CheckSphere(groundCheckTransform.position, 0.1f, groundLayer);
    playerRigidbody.linearDamping = isInAir ? 0f : 10f;
}

void HandleMovement() {
    if (playerRigidbody == null || !canMove) return;
    isRunning = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift);

    Vector3 cameraForward = new Vector3(cameraHolder.forward.x, 0, cameraHolder.forward.z);
    Vector3 cameraRight = new Vector3(cameraHolder.right.x, 0, cameraHolder.right.z);

    float horizontal = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal");
    float vertical = Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical");

    Vector3 move = cameraForward.normalized * vertical + cameraRight.normalized * horizontal;
    move.y = 0;
    moveDirection = move.normalized;
    playerRigidbody.AddForce(move.normalized * (isRunning ? runSpeed : moveSpeed));
}
#endregion

[wintry quarry]

Does the Rigidbody have interpolation enabled?

[summer shard]

yup, this is player

[wintry quarry]

not sure

yu might have some other code breaking the player's interpolation potentially

something like that

wait

does the held object have a Rigidbody?

[summer shard]

this is how it looks in game

[summer shard]

yea but it's kinematic

[wintry quarry]

you sure? I see you setting kinematic false when you drop

but not to true when you pickup

[summer shard]

it does

[summer shard]

i do it in Pickable script

[wintry quarry]

not exactly sure then

I would try removing the Rigidbody component in the inspector while testing

while holdling it

and seeing if that changes anything

[summer shard]

hmm it sure is smoother but i can't disable the rigidbody, i can only remove it

[fickle halo]

i installed plastic scm in vscode, but i dont see any highlighted lines for changes?

[summer shard]

i don't think it's the right server to ask in

[fickle halo]

its unity's version control

[summer shard]

ohh

[summer shard]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/after-upgrading-to-2021-2-0f1-plastic-scm-is-gone-errors-are-all-over-the-place/860190 ???

[fickle halo]

Plastic SCM extension can't start: unable to start "cm shell"

this is the error im getting. on macos

[summer shard]

so the kinematic doesn't "disable" the rigidbody but only disables itself moving??

[quaint storm]

Hey, everyone! I'm making a game with a complicated reload mechanic, you gotta use your mouse to eject mag, insert a new one and drag the slide. I'm fairly new to unity, but I have no clue where to start. I have already implemented every other mechanic except this one.

Any hint on where to start or some learning materials to read up on are appreciated.

Also, this is for a project and the dead line for this mechanic was a week ago, but I was able to delay it till the next week.

[icy blade]

quick question, i want to put a picture with jpg file into panel, but the source image doesn't recognize my image can you help me

also the core im using is 3d core

[wintry quarry]

Make sure you have the image set to import as a sprite in the import settings

[icy blade]

where is the import settings?

[languid spire]

the inspector of the file you are importing

[icy blade]

its works thank you

[full coral]

Is there any way to fix NiceIO, I think it's breaking my apk build

[languid spire]

what is NiceIO

[long jacinth]

why doesnt this work

[rich adder]

read the error

[languid spire]

where do you see color here?
https://docs.unity3d.com/2018.2/Documentation/ScriptReference/UI.Image.html

[rich adder]

also bad idea to GetComponent in update. Cache it in awake/start

[rich adder]

I mean it does have color..

[polar acorn]

Because it has an error, bert

[rich adder]

is just probably Image from wrong namespace

[long jacinth]

it can change mid game

how do i get the color tho

[polar acorn]

The Image component on this object can change mid-game?

[long jacinth]

no the color

[rich adder]

that doesnt mean you have to GetComponent each frame..

[polar acorn]

So why would that prevent you from caching the component in start

[lofty sequoia]

is there a way to search for child/derived prefab variants?

[long jacinth]

i changed it but its not telling me any way to change the color of an image

[polar acorn]

In the inspector or at runtime?

[rich adder]

😉

[polar acorn]

What does the error say

[lofty sequoia]

inspector, runtime I'd probably have to iterate assets for a type-- although that's assuming each one has the same type in it

[rich adder]

like i said you probably are using the wrong Image component

[languid spire]

cannot get Prefab inheritance at runtime only in the editor

[polar acorn]

Fairly sure you can search t: <SomeComponentType> in the inspector search and it'll bring up any prefabs that have that type on it, but that would only search the top-level object

[long jacinth]

Image' does not contain a definition for 'Color' and no accessible extension method 'Color' accepting a first argument of type 'Image' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)CS1061

[rich adder]

are you going to finally listen to what I said or just keep ignoring it lol

[slender nymph]

make sure you are using the correct type of Image. the UIElements one is incorrect

[polar acorn]

Do you have a script named Image

[long jacinth]

wait is there more than one

[rich adder]

yes, if you control click or hover it will tell you where its from

[wintry quarry]

Yes, but also anyone can make one

[long jacinth]

no i dont have a script named image

Microsoft.Unity.VisualStudio.Editor.Image

[wintry quarry]

Color is capitalized wrong btw

Definitely wrong one

[rich adder]

you have to look at the documentation and it will tell you the correct namespace

[polar acorn]

Yeah that's not a Unity image

[long jacinth]

now it works thanks

is there a way to make the color more whiter

for any color

[rich adder]

whiter?

[polar acorn]

Make the color closer to #FFFFFF

[rich adder]

.color just tints the sprite btw. It doesn't change the original sprites color

[long jacinth]

how tho

[polar acorn]

By changing the color into one that is closer to #FFFFFF

[long jacinth]

how is that achievable if its just gonna be numbers and letter in code

[polar acorn]

By picking numbers closer to #FFFFFF

[wintry quarry]

Convert the color to HSV e.g. https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Color.RGBToHSV.html
Then to make it whiter you reduce saturation and increase brightness (the "s" and "v")
Then convert it back to RGB https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Color.HSVToRGB.html

quick dirty example

Color Whiten(Color input) {
  Color.RGBtoHSV(input, out float h, out float s, out float v);
  s -= .1f;
  v += .1f;
  return Color.HSVtoRGB(h, s, v);
}```

[wet lark]

hello just wanted to get a quick understanding of PPU setting, just started learning and so i sliced a 16x16 tileset for the world and a 32x32 sprite sheet for my player and set PPU for to 16 and 32 respectively, but wondering why when i build the world through my tile pallette my world building tiles are basically like double the size of my Player sprite, did it scale to the max PPU?

[swift sedge]

FF = 255, so #FFFFFF = (255, 255, 255)

[rich adder]

#🖼️┃2d-tools / #🔀┃art-asset-workflow

[swift sedge]

or just use a hex -> dec converter online

[long jacinth]

so saturation can make things whiter

[wintry quarry]

reducing saturation makes things less colorful

which brings it closer to grayscale

and then brightening it moves it towards the white end of the grayscale

(as opposed to the black end)

it really depends on exactly what effect you want

but some combination of desaturation and brightening is what you want

you can also just brighten and leave the saturation alone, or vice versa

[long jacinth]

alright thats good

[long jacinth]

i also found another solution for my game but i dont know which one is better

the background is black so just simply lowering the alpha will make things darker

but i dont know what is better making things darker or brighter for my game because it will only affect the capital state so it is brighter and can be differenciated from the others

[swift sedge]

hsv is what you want

[long jacinth]

alright thanks

[bold plover]

Trying to add a player input component to my player object. It doesn't seem to not be wanting to find that though. I guess I reinstall packages?

[languid spire]

have you created and generated one?

[past spindle]

Could somebody look at my code. I'm working with OverlapSphere for the first time but not getting the result I'm after. This script is on the objects exploding and I'm trying to create a space for dealing damage & knockback to the player, but the debug.log message isn't even printing in the console window. https://hatebin.com/lopfahkyhd

[polar acorn]

Consider putting a log outside of the if, see which objects your overlap detects. Also, before you commented it out, were you getting the "Sphere has exploded" message?

[past spindle]

@polar acorn Do you mean to put it one level up? And yes, the other debug.logs work fine

[polar acorn]

Inside the loop, outside the if. See if the overlap picks up anything, and then find out which objects it hits if it does

[past spindle]

I’m not sure how to return that info.

How do you tap into what the loop detects?

[polar acorn]

by logging it

[rocky canyon]

    Collider[] colliders = Physics.OverlapSphere(transform.position, 3f);
    foreach (Collider c in colliders)
    {
        Debug.Log($"Detected: {c.gameObject.name}");

        if (c.GetComponent<BoxController>())
        {
            Debug.Log("Player takes damage.");
        }
    }```

[past spindle]

It's detecting all the colliders that make up my player. My player is the only object in the game so far.

[polar acorn]

Okay, do any of the logged objects have a BoxController component on them

[past spindle]

@rocky canyon thank you

[swift sedge]

could also use the print procedure

[rocky canyon]

print is gross and inferior

but yes, u could

i'll use print when coding console
in unity always use Debug.. Dbug rather 😈

[rocky canyon]

no problem... i find it always helpful to log in multiple locations in ur code

helps isolate and see where problems may arise

[past spindle]

@polar acorn Only one object has BoxController, and it is showing that the script is detecting it

[rocky canyon]

thats good news right?

[polar acorn]

Okay, so show the inspector of the object with BoxController, and show what your log prints

[rocky canyon]

        if (c.TryGetComponent<BoxController>(out BoxController boxController))
        {
            Debug.Log("Player takes damage.");
            boxController.DoSomething();
        }
        else
        {
            Debug.Log($"No BoxController found on {c.gameObject.name}");
        }```
may also consider using a TryGet vs GetComponent but thats something u can look into later

[past spindle]

@polar acorn ok, I think I see the problem now. The collider has been deactivated for the object holding the script to allow objects to enter the object, but I can work around that. Thank you.

[cosmic quail]

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[sage mirage]

Hey, guys! Is there a way somehow to bypass time.timescale and do something ? For example, I have some animations that I want to run when time.timescale is 0 how I can do that ?

[slender nymph]

set your animator to use unscaled time

[sage mirage]

Yeah but what about dotween?

I am animating game objects with DoTween. Is there a way to make it, when working with DoTween?

[thorny basalt]

Set DoTween to fixed update.

[sage mirage]

What do you mean?

[rich adder]

fixedUpdate works on timescale

[slender nymph]

check the docs

[sage mirage]

Of dotween?

[slender nymph]

yes, obviously

[sage mirage]

Yeah I have checked

[thorny basalt]

Oh it does?

[sage mirage]

There are different methods

[rich adder]

yes Physics loop is always timeScale dependent

[thorny basalt]

Neat. I never manipulate timescale so I don’t know. 😅

[rich adder]

pew pew slow mooo

[slender nymph]

correct. including methods that modify the settings for DOTween

[sage mirage]

You know I have some UI elements that I am scaling, so what I want is to ignore timescale and reset it's size back to it's default size

There is a method for it

[slender nymph]

so check the docs for the tweening library you are using to perform that action so you can find out how you can use the unscaled time

[sage mirage]

SetUpdate(true)

DoScale().SetUpdate

[slender nymph]

don't expect people here to look at the docs for an asset you are using for you

[thorny basalt]

static bool DOTween.defaultTimeScaleIndependent
Default: false
Sets whether Unity's timeScale/maximumDeltaTime should be taken into account

[rich adder]

yea thats in the docs

[slender nymph]

it's also not what they probably want, the method they already found is probably the one they want. unless they want to affect all newly created tweens

[rich adder]

^ those are global settings

[sage mirage]

Wait there is a property that does that ? Where you found it because I am looking at dotween docs and I found nothing XD

[slender nymph]

look harder then

[rich adder]

I hate their docs ngl

they don't have anchoring links

[thorny basalt]

Its there

[sage mirage]

Yeah I don't use very often do tween this is like my 2-3 time

[rich adder]

literally go on their page and search TimeScale

it aint hard

[sage mirage]

I am using everytime Unity Docs ok I have to learn searching on dotween docs

[rich adder]

https://dotween.demigiant.com/documentation.php

[slender nymph]

learn how to use ctrl+f

[rich adder]

the browser has built in ^

[sage mirage]

ctrl + f?

What is that

What it does?

In visual studio

[slender nymph]

you know exists too, right?

[rich adder]

your browser

[sage mirage]

Yeah bro I just want to talk

[rich adder]

dev tricks you need to learn

[sage mirage]

I don't want help from google neither chat gpt I prefer getting help from people XD

[rich adder]

google helps you be self sufficient

[slender nymph]

the first dev trick you need to learn is actually googling things you don't understand as the first option rather than immediately asking other people

[polar acorn]

"I don't want to solve my own problems I want other people to solve them for me so I waste twice as much time"

[summer shard]

what's better dotween or leantween

[slender nymph]

primetween

[sage mirage]

I don't want to solve my own problems from getting copy pasting, I just want to get clear explanation and guidance in order to do it on my own you mean XD

[summer shard]

seems alright

[polar acorn]

Looking up documentation isn't "copy pasting" it's literally how learning happens

"Guidance in order to do it on my own" is what we are telling you to do

[slender nymph]

most people who help here prefer not to answer inane questins that are easily answered by a 5 second google search that already provides clear explanations and guidance

[sage mirage]

I said that I am not familiar with do tween docs no?

[slender nymph]

and that is why you use ctrl+f

[rich adder]

yeah but you can search any docs if you learn the tools that exist to do so

as such it was pointed out multiple times you can search within browser

[polar acorn]

So now you can go find out about them

[sage mirage]

Wait you can do that everywhere ctrl + f?

I know different shortcuts but this one was really strange for me

[rich adder]

no

i mean most browser use that as shortcut
these are the more important things that you should learn and will boost your productivity 200%

[summer shard]

also should i use tweens to animate "HeldObject" moving up and down to simulate getting the object from your pocket or should i use just animator

[rich adder]

thats nothing we can answer, thats up to you

[summer shard]

i mean animator would be easier but it's easy to loose track of what's currently the animation doing

[sage mirage]

There are also different shortcuts in Unity that boosts productivity but I really can't remember all of them only few of them or I just have to use them more often in order to remember them next time.

[polar acorn]

Effectively every single program that uses text in any form has a Ctrl+F shortcut

[rich adder]

animator gives you more control to fine tune but more of a pain to change later on,
lerping / tween give you less control right away but can be easily tuned in inspector vars

[summer shard]

that's what im sayingggg and i don't know what to choosee

[rich adder]

its just whatever is going to be easier for you to make ,

if you plan on having a lot of items, all you need to do is animate 1 thing anyway the object holder

[polar acorn]

In the absence of a "right" answer, simply choose an answer.

[swift sedge]

really good, especially with the recent 1.2 release

[polar acorn]

Roll dice if need be

[rich adder]

hehe I do that sometimes ^

[wraith phoenix]

Hey all,
Super simple question but how do I code an Attack() that simply moves an enemy towards the player?

[polar acorn]

Depends on how you intend to move the enemy. Is it moving with transform, a rigidbody, a CharacterController or something else?

[wraith phoenix]

Currently moving with a rigidbody

I found this and was about to try it.
Unless you have a more robust way to implement it?

[polar acorn]

So you'd want to:
Step 1. Find the direction towards the player object
Step 2. Either call AddForce in that direction, or set the Velocity to that direction times a speed

[wintry quarry]

tpyically you don't want to move a Transform on a Rigidbody directly, since it will completely sidestep the physics engine and all physics interactions

[wraith phoenix]

The game is 2d top down isometric, if that helps to know

This is moving my enemies currently:
rb.MovePosition(rb.position + (moveDirection * (moveSpeed * Time.fixedDeltaTime)));

[wintry quarry]

1. using velocity would be better about respecting collisions (e.g. rb.velocity = moveDirection * moveSpeed;) - simpler code too.
2. You will need/want to disable this code temporarily most likely during the grappling sequence

[wraith phoenix]

I think there won't be any grappling luckily (but maybe I'm not using the term proper) because I have a knockback effect put in place upon collission.

This might also respect the collisions unintentionally

But I'll play with changing to rb.velocity

[wintry quarry]

when I say "grappling" i'm talking about the "pulling" mechanic you described

[sharp pawn]

So if I have the code line
Private void OnTriggerEnter (Collider other)
How would I change the that so that the code contained in the void is activated every frame that the player is in that trigger?

[slender nymph]

use OnTriggerStay instead (that is called each physics update that the trigger collider overlaps another collider)

[sharp pawn]

Ah thank you

[wraith phoenix]

Very cool way to think about grappling. Grappling at a distance. Thanks for that correction.

What's the proper format for posting code again? !code

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[wraith phoenix]

{
    [SerializeField] private float chaseSpeed = 3f;

    private GameObject player;
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>(); 
        player = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("Player");
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        rb.velocity = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.transform.position, chaseSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
    }
}```

[slender nymph]

Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, player.transform.position
this does not make sense for velocity

[wraith phoenix]

This is what I came up with. Trying it now.
P.S. Sorry for posting a screenshot of code earlier. Now I no to not do so.

[wraith phoenix]

Yea, I was worried about that

So then do I need to return to moving the enemy by their transform?

[slender nymph]

no. praetor suggested using the movedirection multiplied by your desired speed for the velocity, that is not what you have here

direction is (endPosition - startPosition).normalized

[wraith phoenix]

So then set the Vector2.MoveTowards into the moveDirection variable?
with the code from praetor, I'm just struggling to understand how I feed the program the direction of towards the player.

[slender nymph]

no, you don't need the MoveTowards call at all if you are assigning velocity

also i just told you how to get the direction. then you just multiply that by the speed and voila you have the velocity

[wraith phoenix]

rb.velocity = (player.transform.position - transform.position).normalized * (chaseSpeed * Time.deltaTime);

Like this?

[slender nymph]

don't use deltaTime when assigning velocity unless your intention is to move very very slow

[wraith phoenix]

Ok testing now

Thank you so much!

[slender nymph]

as for a proper explanation of why that is: the multiplication of deltaTime is used to change that speed from units per frame to units per second. Velocity is already expressed in units per second so the deltaTime multiplication is redundant for that aspect and just makes the velocity incredibly smaller for no good reason

[wraith phoenix]

Good to know that velocity is already expressed in units per second. So whenever I'm not working with velocity, go back to deltaTime.

[wintry quarry]

You can't really just go with some hard rule. You have to understand the situation and what the numbers mean in the current context to decide whether you need it

[wraith phoenix]

Guess it's one step at a time here then

[rocky canyon]

like for example.. in Update (can vary how often its run)
if ur doing something like :
myValue = otherValue * 10; it could vary
so, in that case you'd do something like :
myValue = otherValue * 10 * Time.deltaTime;

[wraith phoenix]

Well, now my AI script is throwing up some flags lol.
I'll keep working on it so I can see if the Chase player script works.

I did a dirty work around and it works!

THank youi so much

Feeling accomplished and logging off

[red wind]

Why cant I see my Particals in my Game?

[slender nymph]

1. not a code question
2. that big white rectangle you are looking at is your canvas, not your camera. your camera is the itty bitty rectangle where your move handles are centered on so you need to make sure your particles are visible in that

[red wind]

Thanks. I fixed it😗

[slender nymph]

please tell me your solution wasn't to make your camera 100x bigger to fit around the canvas

[swift sedge]

make the canvas relative to the camera via the "Render Mode" property. At least for 2D

[young lava]

Alright so pretty much I've been implementing a map system. When you press M, the full map is pulled up and you can click and drag to pan the map around to see parts that might not fit on the entire UI. I am in the middle of implementing a fast travel system, but I am having trouble implementing it. The minimap UI itself is literally just a mask and a texture to display what the MapCamera is seeing (the map camera is seeing all the different gameObjects in the scene with map icons attached to those gameObjects). Pretty much what I want is if the mouse is pretty close to the TP icon on the map, and the player clicks, the player will fast travel to that TP. The only issue is that since the map is not made up of all the icons itself I can't really use a button or anything to implement this. I would probably need to somehow calculate the click on the map and convert that to world position. Is this a viable method or should I swap to a different one?

[ivory saffron]

I need an event similar to OnPointerClick, but it needs to fire on button down, instead of waiting till button up

[slender nymph]

IPointerDownHandler with its OnPointerDown method

also https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/SupportedEvents.html

[ivory saffron]

thanks

[lofty sequoia]

Is it possible to change center of a sprite to the pivot point?

I thought maybe
image.rectTransform.pivot = image.sprite.pivot;
would maybe do something useful, but when the prefabs are instantiated, the pivot of the sprite changes and sends it way off screen

[knotty arch]

Hello. I'm not sure if I'm using Time.deltaTime correctly.

void Update()
    {
       Vector2 movement = getMovement().normalized;
        if (movement.x != 0 || movement.y != 0)
        {
            rb2D.velocity = Speed * Time.deltaTime * movement;
            animator.SetFloat("DirY", movement.y);
            animator.SetFloat("DirX", movement.x);
            animator.SetBool("Idle", false);
        }

I'm changing the FPS manually to see how the game reacts to different perfomances. The enemies seems good, but the player moves extremely fast (while "teleporting" because of the low framerate). So, I guess that the Time.deltaTime doesn't has to be here but I can't understand why.

If I don't use Time.deltaTime, then my movement won't be framerate-dependant, does it?

[teal viper]

Well, what is velocity?

[knotty arch]

How many distance the player moves in a certain period of time, or that's what I think

[teal viper]

Okay. And what do you get if you multiply speed by some amount of time?

[eternal needle]

It would make sense to have your speed * DT but this should be in fixed update because you're using rigidbody movement

[knotty arch]

But isn't it better to use Update because it has a good Input detection

[eternal needle]

Input can be in update, movement can still be in fixed update

[knotty arch]

How many distance it moves in secs?

[knotty arch]

Okay, so I would have a boolean that I can check in fixedUpdate I guess

[teal viper]

How much distance it moves in that period of time. And you assign that to velocity. Which by itself is, like speed, measuring the distance the object would move in a unit of time.

See the issue?

[knotty arch]

I don't think so

[teal viper]

Basically, velocity performance the same function as speed, yet you're modifying it by multiplying it by time.

So it's not velocity anymore

You're basically assigning the distance to be moved that frame to velocity.

[knotty arch]

So, if I had a movement that doesn't use a rigidbody, then it would be fine to use Time.delta time

Am I right?

[teal viper]

It depends on how you would've used that resulting value. If you were to add it to the object position as it is, that would've been fine.

Please don't post irrelevant off topic stuff.
#📖┃code-of-conduct

[visual junco]

ok

[knotty arch]

I see. I think that I understand it a little more but I will investigate more so I have it clear

Thanks for you help 🫡

[teal viper]

Do the math on paper. Or even just log the value of velocity that you get. Would it be consistent across frames?

[knotty arch]

I will try it

[eternal needle]

One simple sanity check you could always do, even easily in code, is just record the position of an object then record it again 1/5/10 seconds later. You should see the distance be equal to your speed after 1 second.

Unless the movement has some easing I guess

[ivory saffron]

what's the issue here ?

[wintry quarry]

Have you modified the code since that error message?

[ivory saffron]

no

[wintry quarry]

you sure? Because that error doesn't really seem likely on that line

can you run it again and see if it still says line 37?

(and make sure all code is saved)

[ivory saffron]

yes i'm pretty sure it's on that line

[wintry quarry]

did you run it again?

[ivory saffron]

it was on line 35 once though

[wintry quarry]

Does it still say line 37?

Run it again now

I think you added the log line or something

[ivory saffron]

yes i did run it again. going to restart unity now

[wintry quarry]

most likely the error is on line 36 in that screenshot

and likely owner.itemHolder is null, based on that log.

[wintry quarry]

and what did it print

restarting Unity isn't going to do anything for this

[ivory saffron]

it did

[wintry quarry]

see

line 36

so yeah owner.itemHolder is null

[north kiln]

prefab might be, as it's coming from Instantiate

[ivory saffron]

it's not null

[wintry quarry]

wouldn't that be a totally different error though

[wintry quarry]

Debug.Log or attaching a Debugger will tell you for sure

[north kiln]

It could even be a field on prefab that's borked

[wintry quarry]

but it seems to me almost certainly owner.itemHolder

[north kiln]

a serialized backing field of a property called empty

on a component called PrefabsReference

[north kiln]

the exception would be thrown in Create, so it cannot be that

[ivory saffron]

right, empty was null

[wintry quarry]

oh you're right - the earlier screenshot had it thrown in Create

[wintry quarry]

this one

I was working off that old information

[ivory saffron]

we're back to screenshot 1 now

[wintry quarry]

then now owner.itemHolder is null

[ionic raven]

public void amountChanged(ChangeEvent<string> evt)
{
    decimalPlaces = maxDecimalPlaces;

    bool usedPeriod = false;
    char[] allowedChars = "0123456789.".ToCharArray();
    string result = "";
    var amount = Tamount.value;

    foreach(var c in amount)
    {
        if (c.ToString() == "." && !usedPeriod) // if it is "." and not been used
        {
            usedPeriod = true;
            result += c;
        }
        else if(c.ToString() != ".") // it's not "."
        {
            if (decimalPlaces > 0)
            {
                if (allowedChars.Contains(c))
                {
                    result += c;
                }
            }
            if (usedPeriod)
            {
                decimalPlaces--;
            }
        }
    }
    string zeros = "";
    for(int i = 0; i < decimalPlaces; i++)
    {
        zeros += "0";
    }
    Debug.Log(zeros);
    result += zeros;

    Tamount.value = result;
}

The very end where i create the zeros string is causing my unity to crash, what can i fix here?

[wintry quarry]

What's the value of decimalPlaces?

[ionic raven]

Starts off as 4

[wintry quarry]

how do you know though

[ionic raven]

    [Range(0,4)]
    public int maxDecimalPlaces = 4;

[wintry quarry]

that doesn't tell us anything

it can be serialized as any value

use the debugger or Debug.Log to print it

(btw using StringBuilder would be massively more efficient than this code)

[ivory bobcat]

Check the value in the inspector and probably log the value before the if statement.
Might want to comment out the for-loop if crashing will occur or run with the debugger etc

[ionic raven]

just opening it again

decimal places is at 4 before the if statement

[ivory bobcat]

And before it crashes, what is the value?

[ionic raven]

i'll check that out in a bit after this works

[ivory bobcat]

You can use the debugger to set a break point after it crashes to stop the application without having to reboot the editor

[ionic raven]

i commented the if statement out, and put the debug before the commented statement

[north kiln]

Tamount's changed callback is amountChanged, isn't it.

[wintry quarry]

Ah yeah - is that a text input field or something

[north kiln]

Use SetValueWithoutNotify, or whatever the appropriate function is

[ionic raven]

instead of Tamount.value?

[ionic raven]

yes, text field using unity ui toolkit

[ivory bobcat]

When you update the value it'll call the function again - endlessly.

[ionic raven]

OHHHHHHHHHH yes, that makes sense hahahaha

so withoutnotify is changing it but not calling the amountChanged yeah?

Lovely! It works! Thank you all!

In the input field, i want to put a "$" at the start, but i can select before the "$" sign, how do i select after it?

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe an image would help illustrate what you're needing help with? (assuming this is a code question)

[ionic raven]

The line on the left is my cursor, is there a way to make it so the cursor is always in front of the $

[rich adder]

just dont make it part of the inputfield

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe you ought to put a label object next to the text field

[ionic raven]

alright aha, i'll give that a go 🙂

[rich adder]

make sure to anchor them together

[ionic raven]

Is anchor in the toolkit?

[rich adder]

its part of unity UI
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@3.0/manual/UIBasicLayout.html

[ionic raven]

I haven't seen it in the unity toolkit

[rich adder]

oh you're using UIToolkit?

[ionic raven]

yeahh

[rich adder]

ahh okay 😅 no idea ig its fine if they're using flex layout or something, I never used it for ingame just editor

[ionic raven]

I have only just started using the toolkit since using the other UI, it is so different 😂

This is as close as I know how to get

[rich adder]

you should be able to modify the padding

[ionic raven]

And it is indented from the others

[rich adder]

very different lol they have 3 different ways to layout too, including a layout editor

[ivory bobcat]

Online suggestions for anchoring with ui toolkit:
https://discussions.unity.com/t/do-the-ui-toolkit-has-an-anchor-option/943211/5

Create an empty container with the current container inside of it. Set Position to absolute, click on the small box in the larger box to attach it to all the edges of the screen, and then in Flex set the direction to be from that edge.
or
use flex-direction to position a container visual element for the player status elements at the bottom, using column-reverse on its parent element.

[rich adder]

something also might help for padding n stuff
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UIE-USS-SupportedProperties.html

[ionic raven]

I don't think it is padding because that's all set to 0 and negatives don't do anything

[rich adder]

its probably margin n stuff

[north kiln]

you will need to make a selector that targets the relevant element

by padding the container that wraps the inner text

[ionic raven]

I can put the margin in the negative.. probably not what i should do though

[ionic raven]

What do you mean?

[north kiln]

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UIE-USS-Selectors.html

[ionic raven]

using margins i can get this:

[ionic raven]

oh yes okay

[primal rivet]

Guys to learn code i just need to look at pins in script channels right?

[queen adder]

ok

so basically

im 2d rigidbody, with box collider 2d and a player script that my teacher provided

[rich adder]

show the code ⬇️

[eternal falcon]

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[queen adder]

of the script?

[rich adder]

the script is the code yes

[queen adder]

alr

wait

[rich adder]

use the links

[queen adder]

ok

https://paste.ofcode.org/sy8TZ3qqKqgkkGrYziESmk and here is the player script

wait

https://hatebin.com/ktgrnokwuz Here is the playermovement

[rich adder]

alr can you show inspector where you put this script on

[rich adder]

what are the inspector values set to

and the rigidbody

[rich adder]

what did you set max vel values too

that gravity scale is pretty high

[queen adder]

wdym

[queen adder]

if it's lower, then it will like float down

it's just the horizontal movement, jumping is fine in the build

[rich adder]

btw you should always move rigidbodies in fixedupdate

[queen adder]

80 for x and y

[rich adder]

change Update to FixedUpdate

[queen adder]

where

[rich adder]

in the Player

[queen adder]

ok

[rich adder]

I think your speed is probably just too low for the amount of drag you put

either crank up speed or lower drag

[queen adder]

ok

ty

[rich adder]

is working now?

[queen adder]

im trying

[queen adder]

it works, tysm, i just increased the speed, but it's too fast in the editor, which i don't mind thanks! :)

[rich adder]

np . btw you changed it to fixedupdate right?

if you want to keep same speed just lower the linear drag

[queen adder]

yes, will do

[rich adder]

that should help with speed a bit, n maybe you want interpolate so it looks smoother

[queen adder]

ok

[frank zodiac]

I dont get the point of a "private backing field". I did a bit of research and found that it controls access to a value, but cant we just use a simple get and set on a field without a private backing field, and wouldnt that technically be considered "controlling access to a value"?

[north kiln]

sure, but then you can't do any logic in the getter/setter

[frank zodiac]

Why cant you?

[north kiln]

(unless you're on a very new version of C# that we're not on)

[north kiln]

Because that's not how it works

[frank zodiac]

Arent get and set basically mini functions that execute whenever the property is gotten or setten, respectively?

So we could put any logic we want in there

[north kiln]

But what's the value if you've declared the body of the function

if you don't declare the body then an implicit backing field is created and used

if you do, then no field is created and you are required to do that yourself

[frank zodiac]

Could you give an example plz?

I dont really get it

[north kiln]

public Example Blah { get; set; }
This field is backed by an implicitly created field called <Blah>__backingField (off the top of my head)

and it creates two functions,
Blah__get() and Blah__set() which retrieve and set that backing field

if you do:

public Example Blah
{
  get {
    // insert code here ...
  }
  set {
    // insert code here ...
  }
}

there is no implicit backing field

and so there is no value, hence why if you want to do something similar to the other one but with some checks on top you need your own field

private Example _blah;
public Example Blah
{
  get => _blah;
  set {
    if(_blah == null)
      throw new Exception("Bad!");
    _blah = value;
  }
}

public Example Blah { get; set; }
is just shorthand for

private Example <Blah>__backingField;
public Example Blah
{
  get => <Blah>__backingField;
  set => <Blah>__backingField = value;
}

except the compiler is doing the work for you

[frank zodiac]

Ah I see now

Makes sense, thanks

[ionic raven]

How do I sort the list entries by date:

using System.Linq;
using UnityEngine;

public class EntryManager : MonoBehaviour
{
    [SerializeField]
    public List<Entry> entries;
    
    [System.Serializable]
    public struct Entry
    {
        public string amount;
        public string payer;
        public string date; // Format "dd/MM/yyyy"
    }
}

[ivory bobcat]

With pure c# you could probably use sort with a interface comparer or one of the other overloads
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1.sort?view=net-8.0

[ivory bobcat]

Here's an example: https://onlinegdb.com/TftI9KgGI

[eternal needle]

just use DateTime which already implements IComparable https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime?view=net-8.0
then its as simple as
entries.Sort((a, b) => DateTime.Compare(a.date, b.date));

[fossil valley]

Hey guys quick question. Can someone explain Why do we have to put () at the end of this code---- animator.SetBool(IS_WALKING, player.IsWalking());

[eternal needle]

this would mean IsWalking is a method/function on whatever type player is. You are invoking the method to get the result of it

[fossil valley]

The player is referencing another scripts function. I'm just trying to understand why we have to put that at the end? is that because it's a function and to make a function intialize we have to always put a ()
@eternal needle Ah that pretty much explains it. Thanks

[eternal needle]

also here is why you dont want to use strings https://dotnetfiddle.net/Q8VdK4
it wont sort properly based on date. you'd either have to convert to DateTime to sort it or manually parse it yourself

[sturdy wharf]

hey guys i have a weird glitch...

I have a simple unity project, and everything works good (as intended) in the editor. But when i build and run my project, the build version doesn't work, and when i go back to the editor after, it also breaks the editor in the same way. Ive searched online and found similar issues but all of their fixes havent worked. I've restarted unity, changed the execution order and a few other things i think. If you need more details please ask.

Thank you !

[buoyant finch]

hello I am making a 2d rpg and in it I have an npc who I want to follow a fixed path for 1 event another fixed path for another and so on pls guide me on that

[summer shard]

should i always split my scripts into sub folders like CoreMechanics, Managers etc?

[sturdy wharf]

if you want to stay organised

[wintry quarry]

Yes you would need to share details. "Doesn't work" and "broken" are too vague.

[sturdy wharf]

yeah ill attach a video outlining my issue

when i was recording the video suddenly it fixed 🙏 ive been trying to fix this for hours idk why it suddenly works. thanks hah

[queen adder]

guys why doesnt my pythong work

print('world hi')
if print = sigma
sigma

just kidding, haha!

[worn flint]

Question, what's better? VS code or just VS? I've heard some people say that they like one over another and I just don't know which one to use.

[teal viper]

VS.

[timber tide]

VS code is very light weight but you do miss out on some features that VS has

[teal viper]

I wouldn't recommend vs code simply because a beginner is very likely gonna mess up it's setup and just gonna use it I configured without even knowing it.

[timber tide]

Right, I think last time I added code for a Unity project I needed to link the .net SDK and some directories, but other than that the Unity extension does probably do some of that heavy lifting

[buoyant finch]

hello I am making a 2d rpg and in it I have an npc who I want to follow a fixed path for 1 event another fixed path for another and so on pls guide me on that

[timber tide]

Can't suggest a guide, but the easiest way around this is to just create a bunch of points in space (multiple gameobjects), and have your character MoveTowards them. Compare each frame if you're near the current node you're moving towards then switch to the next Node when close enough.

Otherwise you have Unity's Pathfinding module but that requires a lot of reading into the API

Oh, actually not sure if the module works for 2D, unless that was updated

[languid spire]

it doesn't, they will need to use something like A* Pathfinding for 2D

[devout flume]

You cannot modify an inbuilt component, you would need to have another strategy to indicate that state (either a custom script you put on each component, and you get it using GetComponent<>(), or a data structure like a dictionary)

Maybe there's another solution that I'm not aware of though

Oh this, maybe but I can't tell you unfortunately

[languid spire]

of course you can. something like this

Animator anim = someGameObject.GetComponent<Animator>();
anim.SetBool("Walking",true);

[past spindle]

When I try to assign an object to a public variable in my prefab's script, I get "type mismatch" in the inspector dropdown. I can drag & drop it, but the change won't apply to all when I try to override. Anybody have any ideas?

[languid spire]

you cannot assign objects from the hierarchy to prefabs

[past spindle]

I'll see if I can go about this a different way then. Thanks

[mystic robin]

Assign a tag to the object in your scene that you want to add to the variable add some code based around find object by tag or first object with tag to that variable on start or awake etc

[past spindle]

I'll keep that in mind, but I'm already having to identify the target object two different ways in this one sequence of events. I'd like to avoid using tags here if I can for simplicity sake.

[languid spire]

that is atrocious advice.
Dependenciy injection is the solution here

[ionic raven]

The link doesn't show me why you don't use strings, but if the day is the same but the month is different, they would be grouped together instead of month

[ionic raven]

I think this would be the best approach for this.. i could go:

DateTime dt = new DateTime();
dt.day = 12;
dt.month = 6;
dt.year = 2024;

Or something like that

I'll give DateTime a go in the morning

[proven matrix]

Hey guys. I have a game and I am tryna implement a Firing function. When the player press E they fire a gun. However, I have put the fire() method in the update function, is there to delay the fire method being called every frame because when i press E, loads of bullets come out

[languid spire]

how do you check for the key press?

[summer shard]

why can't i reference my method in unity event???

public void ShowDialogue(Dialogue dialogue) {} //this method


[Serializable]
public struct DialogueLine {
    public string person;
    public string text;

    public DialogueLine(string person, string text) {
        this.person = person;
        this.text = text;
    }
}

[Serializable]
public struct Dialogue {
    public int id;
    public List<DialogueLine> lines;

    public Dialogue(int id, List<DialogueLine> lines) {
        this.id = id;
        this.lines = lines;
    }

    public static bool operator ==(Dialogue c1, Dialogue c2) {
        return c1.Equals(c2);
    }

    public static bool operator !=(Dialogue c1, Dialogue c2) {
        return !c1.Equals(c2);
    }

    public override bool Equals(object obj) {...}

    public override int GetHashCode() {...}
}

[proven matrix]

i shall show u the code

private void PlayerInput(){ //Check if player is touching on the ground and if spacebar is pressed if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.Space) && isGround){ Jump(); isGround = false; animator.SetBool("Jump", true); } }

[languid spire]

Ok, so go and read the docs and look at the difference between GetKey and GetKeyDown

[proven matrix]

Ahh

ill try implemetn that h

[proven matrix]

It still fires multiple bullets tho

[languid spire]

what does the code you posted have to do with firing bullets?

[proven matrix]

Waitr

i sent the wrong one

lemme

void onFire(){
//If player press "E" attack animation will happen
if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.E) && isGround){
animator.SetTrigger("Attack");
Instantiate(bullet, gun.position, transform.rotation);
}
}

This is the fire() method

I am sorry

[languid spire]

same problem

[burnt vapor]

If you want a delay between shots, then you should add a boolean like canFire and set this through a coroutine with each shot

[proven matrix]

Oh wait, that worked

[burnt vapor]

Alternatively, use a timestamp using Time.time. The documentation has a great example: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Time-time.html

[proven matrix]

Ill try using ur idea too

[burnt vapor]

If you do, use Time.time instead

It's a lot more readable and scalable

[queen adder]

is it possible to disable the rigidbody2d component or i have to delete it

wait no i just want to disabe hte gravity

[timber tide]

Pretty sure you can set enabled to false, otherwise setting it to kinematic should work

[queen adder]

oh i found it

its gravity scale

[timber tide]

That would just affect the gravity acting on the rigidbody, but if that's all you need

still prone to be affected by other forces and bodies

[prime lodge]

i have simple scene and i wanted to test something in play mode so i pressed the play button and its loading 7 minutes now

is it stuck or should i wait

or can i somehow exit the play mode

[tidal quartz]

hi, tbh im not really even a dev. i just make games with my friends from time to time using tutorial. I made a clicker using playerprefs to save data, and the value goes to negative when its over 2.1B , anyone know fix?

[slender nymph]

see #854851968446365696 for what to include when asking for help

[languid spire]

dont use an int value

[devout flume]

Sounds like signed int capacity overflow

[summer shard]

is there a way to get text mesh pro text without the rich text, just pure text?

[slender nymph]

did you look at the TMP_Text docs?

[burnt vapor]

Your integer overflows. I suggest you create an object of saveable data and inside place a long value that is serialized into a string. PlayerPrefs does not have a variant for long data types.

Generally you should also not use PlayerPrefs in general. Make your own system. The way PlayerPrefs work is generally frowned upon since it uses registery keys.

[languid spire]

you might like to look at my PlayerPrefsLite asset (free on the asset store) which will allow you to use uint, long and ulong values

[full coral]

It's a file that support the code conversion of an apk. But now my more specific issue is my input system is holding onto my press input and never triggering a release. So if I click its counts as a hold per tick and I don't know if there's a way to redo the function or force unity to release it after a timer

I can show more specific documentation if I need

[summer shard]

didn't find anything useful there

[slender nymph]

then surely you didn't look hard enough

[summer shard]

i mean theres get parsed text but it just returns nothing for me

[slender nymph]

sounds like the TMP_Text object you are calling that on has no text then

[summer shard]

hmm i'll try again thanks

[summer shard]

im setting the text with dialogue.text = something and it seems to have a delay?

private IEnumerator displayDialogue(DialogueLine line) {
    string prefix = $"<b><color=#fff454>{line.person}:</color></b><br>";
    //Set the max visible characters to 0, set the text to the line and conjust the text

    dialogueText.text = $"{prefix}{line.text}";

    Debug.Log("passed line: " + line);
    Debug.Log("Normal text: " + dialogueText.text);
    Debug.Log("Parsed text: " + dialogueText.GetParsedText());

    yield break;
}

the parsed text is the text that's by default in game, like it's set in the scene

[slender nymph]

before i provide any other information, what is the actual purpose of parsing the text you are assigning?
https://xyproblem.info

[summer shard]

wdym? i want the parsed text to get the typewriter effect because getting the normal text adds the rich text to the string and adds unnescessary length to the string

[slender nymph]

cool so you don't need that at all. just modify the maxVisibleCharacters property on the TMP_Text instead

and you've already got the text you need because you're literally creating the string from that text

[summer shard]

yea, thats what im doing but the length of text is e.g 60 and the real character count is 30, it adds 30 additional characters to that variable and i don't want that

[slender nymph]

you have the unformatted text already

[summer shard]

where

[slender nymph]

in your line object obviously

you know, where you get the text that you wrap in your rich text tags

[summer shard]

it's split by text and person and it adds additional ":" character

and once i change the prefix i have to change everything

[slender nymph]

oh no, you have to get the length of two strings and add them together. that's so difficult

[summer shard]

did u not read what i've said

[summer shard]

that's what i've been doing before

[slender nymph]

what part of what you said means what i said cannot be done? you do realize that just adding those lengths together is going to be much better than always grabbing the parsed text, right?

[summer shard]

but i've wanted more reliable method of getting the unformatted string

[summer shard]

and once i change the prefix i have to change everything

[slender nymph]

now explain how that changes anything about what i said

[summer shard]

bro what

[slender nymph]

you have the string already. so just use its length. that's it. you don't need to get the parsed string because you already have it before you add the rich tags at all

[summer shard]

if i add something else to the prefix like additional character, i have to also change the unformatted text, i do not want that

why can't i just get parsed string?

[slender nymph]

oh you can. and you can look up why it isn't working. i'm not going to help you further if you're going to be this fucking dense about what you are doing though.
because you're worrying about what happens when you decide to change the hard coded part of your string as if you wouldn't already know what number of characters you are adding to that hardcoded part of the string

it will always be more performant to just add the lengths of these strings together rather than calling GetParsedString which is going to allocate a new string each time

[summer shard]

nah bro stop being so arrogant

[devout flume]

I'm a bit confused, you want the length of the final text without all the rich format, you make out a string which, without format, is {line.person}: {line.text}, the length is just 2 + length(line.person) + length(line.text) (length may not be a valid function, the idea is here)

[slender nymph]

but you see, they don't want to do that. they'd rather allocate a bunch of data instead of doing that

they also don't even need to use GetParsedText if all they are trying to do is get the character count

[summer shard]

why would i fucking care about allocating data, you don't have to recode the fucking engine just to save 0.0001ms of performance

[slender nymph]

it allocates an array and a string every time you call GetParsedText

and naturally, the longer your text is, the more data will be allocated. but you've already got the relevant data

[summer shard]

and? it's not like it's gonna drop 20fps

[devout flume]

May I know what is variable in your text? You seem worried to rewrite the code because of modifications you may want to bring. What kind of modification are you talking about?

[summer shard]

adding or removing characters

[devout flume]

In between the character (: ) or at some other places?

Realistically

[summer shard]

yea

[devout flume]

Then create a 3rd var

[slender nymph]

this is clearly for dialogue. and if it is a dialogue heavy game you're going to be allocating a lot of memory doing this shit this way.
imagine causing so much garbage that your game starts stuttering just because you are too fucking arrogant to add some numbers together

[summer shard]

is it my problem that it won't delete the allocation right after?

[slender nymph]

you've also completely ignored the other relevant properties on the TMP_Text object which would have been better to use because you do not need to get the parsed string at all

[slender nymph]

the "delete the allocation" part is the part that makes it stuttery

[devout flume]

To me a dialog is realistically this: {username}{dialog separator}{dialog}, you could add the length of each and add all the rich text you want after

[slender nymph]

the more work that the GC does, the more stuttering you will experience

[tall nest]

can I use unity to make games on my PC?

[timber tide]

maybe

[tall nest]

Ok I will try when I become ready

I have 8gb ram

[devout flume]

Yes a garbage collector is a pain, it makes the work easier as you do not need to manage memory yourself (sort of) but you clearly lose in performance, as it will have to count every reference for every heap allocated variable in the code, which will take some CPU